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Summer Fitness Keep your cool Avoid feeling sluggish as summer heats
the living In the warmer, longer, lazier days of summer, tend to adopt a seems easier, life less chaotic. Even adults And now, as we’re “school’s out!” attitude in summer. our ‘“new normal’ learning to live with the pandemic in to the fullest. Still, mode, we’re ready to embrace summer we can feel slugsummer can start to drag and eventually weather can make gish. Long spells of hot and humid summer feel like an eternity. by season the enjoy and you of version Be the best maintaining a healthy lifestyle. both its advoBe careful with caffeine. Caffeine has one can argue cafcates and detractors. However, no needed. Those feine’s ability to provide a boost when can really who drink caffeinated beverages in moderation summer sluggish benefit from the boost it provides. On already hot and mornings when the temperatures are can not only prohumid at sunrise, a cup of iced coffee as well. vide a boost of energy but some refreshment pick-me-up When relying on caffeine for that extra to carefully during summer’s dog days, it’s important consumption moderate caffeine consumption. Caffeine actually have the in late afternoon or in the evening can get from caffeine. adverse effect many people hope to those who drink boost, a such provides Because caffeine or in the evening caffeinated products in late afternoon night, zapping their at asleep falling difficulty have might energy the following day as a result. is not healthy Caffeine can also be dehydrating, which its toll on the when hot, humid weather already takes caffeine conbody. Keep this in mind and don’t overdo sumption. can be more Alter eating habits. Perhaps nothing a big meal. Large draining on a hot summer day than of energy and meals on sizzling summer days rob people often lead to feelings of discomfort.
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Teaching taekwondo
Upgrades at Eisenhower dog park are unveiled Mary Messina, of Levittown, and her dog, Denver, a shepherd collie, love playing in the Eisenhower Park Dog Park. Information on the park’s upgrades and more photos of furry friends and their owners, Page 3.
Grandmaster Sung J. Choi shares traditional martial arts expertise
“school of wisdom.” Choi said that when he was learning taekwondo it was a difIt’s no easy feat to become a ferent form than what is taught grandmaster in taekwondo, but today. “We learned how to fight,” Sung J. Choi has achieved that Choi said. “We learned how to s t at u s a n d t h e n protect ourselves. It some. Being a grandwas tougher than master means that these kids learn.” the highest level of When he was 6 taekwondo has been years old, he was achieved. Choi is a already a junior 9th Dan — or rank black belt, and — of black belt. moved up the ranks Choi, along with f r o m t h e r e. H e Lee, his wife, are the became a 9th degree owners of GM Choi black belt sometime Do Center in East in the 1980s, he said. Meadow. There he To achieve this, teaches taekwondo extensive training and hapkido. While and testing by World taekwondo is the Taekwondo is needKorean ar t of ed. punching and kickAside from taeing for self-defense, kwondo and hapkiYoUNG CHoI hapkido, also Koredo, he is also a boxan in origin, teaches Daughter ing champion in the self-defense with difmiddleweight diviferent techniques sion and trained for than taekwondo. the 1964 Summer Olympics held Choi grew up in Korea and in Tokyo. Because of different had an early start with taekwon- circumstances, however, he do. It was part of the culture, didn’t go. and most boys start learning Choi served in the Vietnam early. He is from the original War because of Korea’s mandaschool of taekwondo Jidokwan, tory service law, meaning all which was founded at the end of World War II and translates to Continued on page 14
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50 cans of food for milestone birthday to aid those in need By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com
East Meadow resident Todd Weinstein was born in 1972, and that’s how many cans of food he wants to collect and donate in honor of his 50th birthday on June 8. The “Nice things that happen in East Meadow” Facebook page founder and administrator is always starting drives and pools on the page to bring neighbors
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together. There have been multiple recipients of his generosity; this time the canned goods will be going to the Interfaith Nutrition Network in Hempstead, a nonprofit that helps those who need food, clothes and other necessities. “Instead of a party or something, I really wanted to give back,” Weinstein said. “So I’m encouraging everyone to donate, and I want it to be done around my birthday.”
It’s no surprise that the community has really stepped up for this drive, Weinstein said, because residents have always been willing to help. But he was shocked when he received a video from Stew Leonard Jr. saying that Leonard would donate 50 containers of chicken broth, 50 bags of pasta, 50 cans of beans, 50 jars of marinara, 50 jars of olive oil and 50 free ice Continued on page 12
e really brings more of the traditional techniques and forms, and nobody really teaches that style anymore.
Beware: A dangerous new health hazard! Most people assume they’ve learned how to think by going to school and attending classes. Though formal education is important, knowing the facts and the right answers may lead you down the wrong road. Listening to those who know the truth as well as blindly believing in authority make you a prime target for being indoctrinated into their way of thinking. Now I’m going to share with you new research about why consuming vegetables, which you may have thought of as safe, is a significant hazard to your health.
countryside they grew and ate their own vegetables. You may think that was a healthy thing to do but the average life expectancy was only 47, infant mortality was 10 percent and typhoid, whooping cough, and influenza killed hundreds of thousands.
■ In 1900, when most people lived in the
■ A significant amount of violent crime
■ An increase in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) since 9/11 has been linked to several vegetable scares. In October 2006 our nation was traumatized by people consuming bacteria-ridden spinach - one of the so-called “healthier” vegetables.
is committed within ten hours of consuming vegetables. Criminal defense strategies indicate that some people show a lack of inhibitory control after ingesting even a small amount of vegetables.
■ It’s truly shocking that 50 percent of kids who eat vegetables score below average on standardized tests. True for younger kids as well as college-bound teens, as indicated by their SAT scores.
■ With repeated clinical trials, it’s been shown that a lab mouse can choke on just one ounce of vegetables. Yet, the average person consumes ten times that amount in just one day!
■ Vegetables have been proven to be addictive substances. Subjects put on a liquid diet without any vegetables were demanding them in as short a time as 6 hours. Vegetables can escalate to more serious addictions, including foods high in C’s - carbohydrates, calories, and cholesterol. These foods are widely inda apadin known to be a significant contributor to the current epidemic of obesity and diabetes.
■ Tribal societies in New Guinea who eat few or no vegetables have a significantly lower rate of cancer, arthritis, and heart disease than our population
Are you a three generation or more high school graduating family? If your family has multiple generations (you, parent, grandparent, great-grandparent) graduating from the same highschool, please contact us. We would like to feature you in an upcoming graduation section
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■ Those ignorant of the dangers of consuming vegetables often refer to them as veggies. Such talk is inappropriate, even dangerous, especially in schools where impressionable kids can get the idea that nothing’s wrong with eating veggies - I mean vegetables. One bit of good news. Years ago, parents fed vegetables to babies as young as one month. Today pediatricians warn moms against such practices, strongly advising them to feed their newborns only breast milk for four months and no vegetables. ■ Oh, one more cautionary caveat. Many vegetable eaters find it difficult to distinguish between valid scientific facts and nonsensical babble. If you don’t want to be fooled like they are, read past the headlines. Question who is saying what and for what purpose. Demand that facts be proven repeatedly with scientific evidence, not with hunches, propaganda or brainwashing. “What luck for rulers that men do not think.” ––Adolph Hitler ©2022 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people improve their relationships, enhance their lives and overcome procrastination and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.
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What’s up next door and around the corner
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County LegisLators John Ferretti and Tom McKevitt with community officials, Richie Krug Jr.,and Frank Camarano Jr., and residenrs cut the ribbon for the upgraded dog park on May 17.
‘Paws’itively great upgrades at the dog park
sean DoLan anD his service pup, Little Girl, a Teacup Yorkie had a great time on the new turf. PuPPy roCCo anD Bill Mcdevitt enjoyed the little dog section of the park. Vanessa CeLissaint brought her dog Niko all the way from Queens to experience Eisenhower Park’s dog park. taro’s tongue was out and about while he was running through the dog park.
The ribbon was cut on May 17 to unveil new upgrades to the Eisenhower Park dog park. County Legislators John Ferretti and Tom McKevitt with community officials, Richie Krug Jr., president of the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce and Frank Camarano Jr., president of the Nassau Council of Chambers o f C o m m e rc e a n d neighbors attended to see the new upgrades. A new synthetic turf field was added to replace the g rass which caused muddy conditions after it rained. New concrete walkways, a gazebo, a new fence and new plantings were added to the park that’s located on Salisbury Park Drive. The dog park is divided into two areas for large dogs and small dogs (25 pounds and under). Each section has shade structures, water stations, waste stations, trees and benches.
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Herald ScHoolS E.M. Students honored as ‘Best Young Artists’ The East Meadow School District congratulates East Meadow High School student Amber Dacanay and W.T. Clarke High School student Joanna Lee who were selected as exhibiting artists for the Long Island’s Best Young Artists exhibition at The Heckscher Museum. This annual exhibition features extraordinary works of art created by Long Island high school students. Nearly 400 works of art from 55 high schools were submitted for jurying this year, with 79 selected by Heckscher Museum Curator Karli Wurzelbacher, and guest juror, artist and Long Island’s Best Alumna Emily Martin. Dacanay’s work, “Intimacy’s Embrace” and Lee’s work, “Curls To Match,” will be on display at the museum through May 29.
w.t. ClarkE HigH School student Joanna Lee, second from left, was selected as an exhibiting artist for the Long Island’s Best Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum exhibition.
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East MEadow studEnt Amber Dacanay’s work, “Intimacy’s Embrace,” will be on display at The Heckscher Museum through May 29.
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Baldwin Public Library 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin N.Y. 11510 See library hours of operation by visiting baldwinpl.org/ Freeport Public Library 144 W. Mer rick Rd., F ree por t, N.Y. 11520 See library hours of operation by visiting freeportlibrary.info/about-thelibrary/contact-us East Meadow Public Library 1886 Front St., East Meadow, N.Y. 11554 See library hours of operation by visiting eastmeadow.info
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JEssy PANzER hAs done many air shows before, but will fly in the Bethpage Air Show for just the second time — and her first time back in her ‘single-seat pink airplane.’
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Bethpage Air Show flies back into the sky Annual event — featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels — takes off Saturday, May 28 By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
Alexa Wahl was just 7 when her family began attending the Bethpage Air Show. Standing on Jones Beach and staring at the sky, she would watch the planes soar past quickly and gracefully. It was from that very moment Wahl realized she wanted to be a pilot. Now 23, the Deer Park resident spent time in high school “Googling every possible profession” because she felt becoming a pilot wasn’t possible for her. Nothing excited her quite like flying. So why not? Wahl decided to go for it. With no experience and just a dream, Wahl enrolled in the Aviation Center at Farmingdale State College. After four years of learning to fly, she graduated from the program last December. Wahl’s now an instructor at the center — currently the only woman in such a role — mentoring future pilots. Yet, it was Michael Canders who helped her realize her dream. A military pilot for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy for more than four decades, Canders is an associate professor and the college’s aviation center director. It was ultimately up to him who the five aviation center pilots would fly in this year’s Bethpage Air Show. One of his top choices? Wahl, of course. “I was so surprised to be asked,” Wahl said. “I worked so hard, and it definitely paid off. But it still feels too good to be true.” Wahl and the other pilots from the center will open the show on Saturday, May
Want to go? The 2022 Bethpage Air Show is set for Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jones Beach is located off Meadowbrook Parkway South. Admission is free, but there is a $10 parking fee charged on-site, but is waived for those with a New York State Parks Empire Pass. This year’s show is headlined by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, For more information, visit BethPageAirShow.com. Courtesy Alexa Wahl
AlExA WAhl, A recent graduate of the Aviation Center at Farmingdale State College, will fulfill her childhood dream of flying in the Bethpage Air Show. 28 at 10 a.m., as the first group. Wahl will pilot the third plane in the line, flying a PA-28-161, otherwise known as a Piper Warrior 3. It is the same plane she trained with at points in the program, and is classified as “low-wing,” meaning it’s more stable and easier to control, making it better for new pilots to operate. Wahl will join the 44 other pilots from the Aviation Center at Farmingdale State College who have flown in the air show. Her mentor, Canders, will narrate the flights at the show and talk about the program for all the viewers to hear.
For some pilots, however, this air show will not be their first rodeo in the sky. Jessy Panzer is a true air show veteran. The Colorado Springs-based pilot was introduced to planes by her father, who worked at Duncan Aviation, a privately owned business jet service provider. He died in an accident when Panzer was just 10. When she is not doing air shows, Panzer works as a corporate private jet pilot. She began flying in air shows back in 2004, and the 43-year-old has since made her way to about 15 shows a year, except
for the coronavirus-ravaged 2020 dates. Panzer has flown solo as well as in duos and trios depending on the show. This will be her second time flying at Bethpage, but her first time doing it solo. “I’ll be back in my single-seat pink airplane,” she said. Panzer said she loves doing shows because “to see everyone’s faces after I perform, especially the little girls, makes it all great.” Panzer wants those girls to leave the show saying, “If she can do it, I can do it, too.” “I am very excited to be invited back to Bethpage,” Panzer added. “All performers work so hard to practice and maintain the planes so we can wow everyone in 10 minutes. A great show is going to be put on.”
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events and activities
Friday, May 27
Wednesday, June 1
Easy exercise
Game day
Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Mirea will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.
Join the East Meadow Public Library for game day starting at 12 p.m. There will be tables set up in the makers space downstairs.
Stress management
Thursday, June 2
Between Covid, job loss, loved ones dying, loved one getting sick, financial pressure, addictions, and more, 3 out of every 5 Americans are dealing with anxiety in some way. This can be the classic “anxiety/panic attack”, obsessive compulsive disorder, catastrophic thinking, and many other negative emotions. Bobby Reidel has over 20 years of experience working with those experiencing anxiety, stress, depression and other issues. Take some time out and relax at the East Meadow Library at 1 or 7 p.m. To register visit east meadow.info.
Chess club 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.
Virtual chair yoga
Friday craft for grades 3 to 5 Make treasure boxes at the East Meadow Library at 4 p.m. To register visit east meadow.info.
Pop culture film Watch the movie Konga on Zoom with Keith Crocker from the East Meadow Library at 1 p.m. Dr. Decker comes back from Africa after a year, presumed dead. During that year, he came across a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to test out his theory. As he has many enemies at home, he decides to use his chimp, ‘Konga’ to ‘get rid of them’. Then Konga grows to gigantic proportions and reeks havoc all over the city of London. To register visit east meadow.info.
Public skate There will be a public skate at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Meadow from 7 to 9 p.m.
Saturday, May 28
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Memorial Day parade Celebrate Memorial Day by watching the Memorial Day annual parade. The parade starts at 10 a.m. at East Meadow High School and there will be an ending ceremony at Veterans Memorial Park on Prospect Avenue. endangered. They are integral to our foods and other plants. Learn all about bees with Gerald Raffa at the East Meadow Library at 11 a.m. To register visit east meadow.info.
Sunday, May 29 Sunday divine liturgy The Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green Ave., in East Meadow. Those interested in the church’s ancient traditions and liturgical life welcome. Coffee hour follows. For further info email htocem@ gmail.com.
Monday, May 30 Easy exercise Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual easy exercise at 10 a.m. Mirea will lead this class. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the class. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.
Tuesday, May 31 Tai Chi Join the East Meadow Public Library for virutal Tai Chi at 11 a.m. Through the generosity of Man Cheng, there will be a weekly half hour class in Tai Chi. To register visit https://eastmeadow.info/.
Borelli’s Restaurant at 1580 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow at 7:15 p.m. The club will be holding its annual membership roundup. New members are always welcome. For more info contact club President jennifer Reinhardt at (516) 351-9891.
Unsung Segregated Military Units You’ve heard of the Tuskegee Airmen, but did you know there were more segregated African-American units that bravely served their country in the face of discrimination? Learn about the Triple Nickles, 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, and more with Howard Rosenberg at the East Meadow Library at 7 p.m. either in person or on Zoom. To register visit eastmeadow.info.
Kiwanis meeting
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cOnTinuing cOnSTRucTiOn iS great news for some peak commuters, but bad news for everyone else, as Long Island Rail Road restores some service while cutting others. Summertime trains, however, return Memorial Day weekend on the Long Beach, Montauk and Ronkonkoma branches.
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include both the $2.6 billion Main Line Expansion Project and the $11 billion East Side Access project looking to provide new service to Grand Central Terminal. The Main Line expansion is adding a third track between Floral Park and Hicksville. MTA also plans to cut the 11:21 a.m., train between Farmingdale and Penn Station, as well as the 10:25 p.m., train between Penn Station and Huntington. Commuters are recommended to take the 10:37 p.m., train to Ronkonkoma, and transfer at Hicksville for the Port Jefferson-bound train. The 11:14 p.m., train between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma will originate in Hicksville at 12:31 a.m. Commuters are advised to take the 11:39 p.m., train from Penn Station toward Huntington to connect with this train. The 11:22 p.m., train between Huntington and Penn Station will end at Hicksville, where commuters can jump to the 11:48 p.m., train to New York City with added stops. But it’s not all cuts. MTA has added a weekday train departing Atlantic Terminal beginning at 8:22 a.m., making all stops to Jamaica. For peak trains, the 6:07 p.m., route between Atlantic Terminal and Babylon has been restored. Also, a new train departs Jamaica at 7:37 a.m., operating express to Atlantic Terminal, with connecting transfers from Hempstead, Baby-
STAFF REPORT It’s been many long months of track work through the heart of the Long Island Rail Road. But all that construction is in the “homestretch.” Commuters will just have to endure a little more inconvenience in the meantime. During off-peak hours, at least. Weekend service between Penn Station and Huntington now operates hourly, according to new details from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, with connecting service to and from Port Jefferson every two hours. Eastbound trains to Huntington depart up to 13 minutes later than what they did previously. Also getting a later start are midday weekday westbound trains on the Ronkonkoma line, by up to 25 minutes. Overnight eastbound trains will be as much as a half-hour late. Same is true for midday eastbound trains to Oyster Bay, although the 8:06 a.m., train from Jamaica to Oyster Bay will now depart a short time earlier at 7:53. “These service adjustments accommodate the final stages of work as we reach the homestretch of completing the LIRR’s most transformative projects,” said Catherine Rinaldi, the railroad’s interim president, in a release. “The schedule modifications optimize availability for crews to complete tasks while minimizing disruptions to scheduled service.” Those transfor mative endeavors
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lon, Ronkonkoma and Oyster Bay Branch trains. The 6:09 p.m., train between Penn Station and Babylon will return to its normal schedule, stopping at Rockville Centre, Baldwin and Freeport only. The 7:12 a.m., train from Huntington to Penn Station will have an added Hicksville stop at 7:29 a.m. And the 6:21 p.m., weekday train between Penn Station and Ronkonkoma will now depart at 6:16 p.m. And one major piece of good news for those looking to get some sun: summeronly trains on the Long Beach, Montauk and Ronkonkoma branches return beginning Memorial Day weekend.
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East Meadow Senior Lacrosse sOLENskI CAppEd A tremendous high school athletic career with a pair of goals in the Jets’ loss at Oceanside May 18 in the Nassau Class A girls’ lacrosse playoffs. Also a key member of the school’s basketball team for years, Solenski is set to play lacrosse at the next level at Adelphi University. The AllCounty midfielder led East Meadow and ranked among the county’s leading goal scorers this spring with 65.
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Oceanside girls’ lacrosse proved that its regular-season success was not a facade, as the Sailors won their Nassau Class A quarterfinal playoff game against East Meadow, 16-3, on May 18. The third-seeded Sailors controlled nearly every facet of the game, indicating they are a true contender for the rest of the postseason. Coach Ralph Montera Jr. was elated to see certain tenets in their preparation carry over into the actual game. “The girls played with confidence,” Montera Jr said. “It was really all set up in practice this week, as they worked hard and believed in each other.” Offensively, ball movement and unselfish play were the central catalysts for the hefty goal total. Many of the Sailors’ goals were the byproduct of scripted sets and giving up a good shot for a better one. Nine Sailors scored goals, reinforcing how much of a team effort this was. Junior attack Megan Checola was a consistent source of offense, scoring five goals and adding two assists. Sophomore Maeve Barrins and senior Lily Johnson also were instrumental pieces of their attack, with each notching three points. Defensively, the Sailors were able to mitigate any momentum or rallies for East Meadow. Senior goalie Izzy Weintraub had seven saves, with many shots coming from point blank range. Sophomore Natalie Paul came up huge in certain junctures in both the face off game and in clearing. With this win, the Sailors advance to the semifinals
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EAst MEAdOw’s LINdsAy Solenski split a trio of Oceanside players during the Jets’ playoff appearance on May 18. where they were to face No. 2 Syosset on Tuesday at 6 p.m. after Herald press time. It will certainly be a strenuous challenge, but if they play with zeal and confidence like they did against East Meadow there is an avenue to victory. “We just have to keep playing confidently,” Montera Jr. said. “We were kind of the favorite in this game and the next game we are going to be the underdog. But we just have to play the same way and believe in each other.” For East Meadow, the central issue was keeping the Sailors out of enemy territory and
keeping possession on the other side of the field. The Sailors proved to have a potent offense and were given ample chances to demonstrate that. Considering the way last spring went for East Meadow, this season was still a sizeable improvement and nothing to be ashamed of. The Jets beat Freeport in an elimination game to advance to face Oceanside. “For us, we went defeated last season,” East Meadow coach Nicolette Tortorici said. “To make it all the way this far is huge. We already felt so successful, and we don’t have any regrets.”
Despite the unfortunate defeat, the Jets still showed heart and fought regardless of the score. Senior Lindsay Solenski was persistent on offense, scoring two goals in the first half. She finished the season with 65 goals. Junior Isabella Pota scored a goal in the second half off a penalty, which turned out to be the final goal of their season. Sophomore goalie Dynastee Ramos had four saves on the afternoon, mitigating some of the Sailors’ scoring attempts. East Meadow finished with four wins against Conference 3 rivals.
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want to donate? ■ Drop off canned goods to 902 Shari Lane, East Meadow ■ Venmo to Todd_Weinstein1972 and he will shop on your behalf ■ Donate directly to the INN at http://weblink.donorperfect.com/ inneastmeadow to buy whatever the INN needs. “I’ll probably stick to the canned foods because that’s what they use,” he said. “But if they tell me they need something like baby formula then I’ll buy it.” This drive comes just two months after Weinstein was on the Drew Barrymore Show where Barrymore donated $2,000 to the INN. On the show, Weinstein asked her to make a video announcing the drive and she did. It was posted on Facebook April 17. “I have been blessed to share content with our now 3900 plus members who share in our goal of celebrating the good things in and around East Meadow,” Weinstein said in the post. “Thank you for your continued support, kindness and generosity. And as our friend (Drew Barrymore) says (in the video), ‘good things happen to people in East Meadow.’ Yes, they do when we come together as a community.”
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A family shares passion for martial arts in E.M. GRANdmAstER suNG J. Choi has been studying taekwondo since he was a child. Now he shares his skills at his East Meadow GM Choi Do Center.
continued from front page men between the ages of 18 and 28 need to perform military service, before coming to the United States in 1973. While he was in the service, he said, he taught American and Korean soldiers how to protect themselves. In America he landed in Virginia because he had family there, Young Choi, his daughter, said. He opened up his first taekwondo studio in Baltimore around 1974. “He was basically one of the first grandmasters from Korea to bring taekwondo over to America,” Young said. “He knows all the old school martial arts grandmasters of the Korean masters in America.” He’s had a taekwondo studio wherever he’s lived, Young said. “He comes from a very traditional martial arts background, and I feel like what’s taught now is kind of watered down and diluted,” Young said. “He really brings more of the traditional techniques and forms and nobody really teaches that style anymore.” He kept his traditional style even when in Floral Park when he moved to New York in the 1980s, Young said. “We had that place the longest,” she said. “And now we’re here.” The Newbridge Road location opened in 2017, and along with classes, Sung practices natural medicine and Young does acupuncture. There’s a long family line of acupuncture, according to Sung and Young. Sung learned acupuncture from his father and his father learned it from his father. Now, Young is carrying on the family line. “Acupuncture you have to be able to meditate and concentrate to adapt to making herbal medicine,” Sung said. “Taekwondo you have to learn good concentration to learn and teach it.” He said that the two are connected in many ways. Sung said her father is great with the kids in his studio and that he’s much more lenient on them than he was with her growing up. “He was always so strict with us and made us do so many pushups,” Young recounted. “With the students now he’s so cute with them and laughs with them.” “Grandmaster Choi is very disciplined, so he really
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teaches them how to be disciplined, how to pay attention, how to work on themselves and how to make themselves better every single class,” Sanan Gadirli, an East Meadow resident who brings his two daughters, Jayla, 9, and Farah, 7, to GM Choi Do Center. “He makes sure kids are respecting one another.” The pandemic hasn’t been kind to the business, though, Young said. “When the pandemic first hit and the government was trying to help out small businesses through loans, we applied but got denied,” she said. “Because we opened up in 2017 we didn’t really have much income for the first few years, so my parents didn’t file the business taxes.”
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When they did file them, she said, they were denied because the county said there was no proof that we were a business. “We used to have a lot of students,” Sung said. “But the pandemic has caused a lot of them to not come back.” Young said that they only have one student now who has been there since they opened and that Sung just wants to share his love of taekwondo with the community. “I’m teaching them how to respect parents, how to respect their friends and how to respect their school teacher,” Sung said. “Then I teach them how to selfdefend themselves.”
Police looking for man who spray-painted ‘KKK’ in E.M. Nassau County Police are investigating an incident where a man spray painted the letters “KKK” on a medical facility in East Meadow on May 20. The man allegedly used spray paint to graffiti the side wall of Urgent Care located at 2310 Hempstead Turnpike, according to p o l i c e. T h e i n c i d e n t occurred at 8:30 p.m. The subject is described as a male Hispanic, approximately 20 years old, with black hair, wearing a black and gray jacket, with black and white shor ts and sneakers. The investigation is ongoing. Detectives request that anyone with information regarding the above crime to contact the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1 800-244-TIPS. All callers will remain anonymous.
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y friend Mike is a gentle soul with a quick sense of humor. We met when we studied journalism at Long Island University’s Brooklyn Center and worked endlessly on the school newspaper, Seawanhaka. I still see Mike once in a while, when a few of the old Seawanhaka gang get together at a diner. Mike would joke as always on those afternoons over lunch, and regale us with stories about his latest trip to Italy, where he and his JiM wife have relaBERnsTEin tives. Our conversations also took place online. Mike has always been with us on the issues of the day — our disbelief and fear at the rise of the radical right and the demise of what was once the Republican Party, our dislike of the gun culture, our deep sympathy with the people in Ukraine, our disgust with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But after the back-to-back mass mur-
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ders over the weekend of May 14-15, in Buffalo and Orange County, Calif., I received an unusual email from Mike. “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em,” he began. He wrote that a cousin from Italy had been visiting, and went to a local gun range. He described the costs involved — $25 for a short “first time” course with an instructor, renting a gun for $25 per hour plus the cost of ammunition and the use of a target. He continued, apparently with some excitement, “They have all different kinds of pistols and some rifles.” His cousin had tried out a pistol, her friend had shot a rifle, and then they switched. She had urged Mike and his family visit the range. Then his note became alarming: “I’ve never fired a gun in my life,” he wrote, “but I think I may stop off at this place sometime this week and get my feet wet.” And then: “Maybe after learning how to shoot, I pick up a small but lethal handgun. I could get one legally, but it’s a huge hassle. I could always travel one weekend to a state with no gun laws and
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buy one there. I’m just getting spooked by knowing that so many wackos in New York may have a gun.” I quickly wrote to ask if he was serious. His response was heartbreaking. “I’m serious about going to the range for some fun shooting,” he wrote. “Just for the experience. I am semi-serious about the gun.” In the back of his mind, he concluded, “I see myself shooting some a-hole who approaches me on the street asking for money.” Maybe that shouldn’t have been a surprise. America has become the gun capital of the world. In 2021, Americans bought about 19.9 million firearms, the gun industry’s second-busiest year on record. Our country has also become the mass-shooting capital of the world. The shooting in Buffalo was the 198th such incident this year. And the year isn’t half over. Mike watched the coverage of Buffalo just like the rest of us. He reads the newspapers the same as we do. But he seems to have come to different conclusions. He may, he thinks, need a gun. The rest of us old college newspaper
could always travel one weekend to a state with no gun laws and get one there.’
guys don’t think we do. We all have different thoughts and different reasons for thinking the way we do. And that’s fine. But I can’t helping wondering what happened to the Mike I’ve known for so many years, the guy who wrote funny columns for the college newspaper and is still funny after all these years. What is it he is afraid of ? And why? Many others have the same feelings and fears, and I have the same questions for them. I have no desire to own a gun. Why do they? Why do they see the senseless killing of Black shoppers in Buffalo, worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh or a mass shooting in New Orleans, and think the solution is to arm themselves? The National Rifle Association has always preached that “the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is with a good guy with a gun.” But the proliferation of guns has never seemed to me a solution to the proliferation of guns. Mike is a good guy who may well want a gun. The trouble is, how many other good guys are out there who feel same way? And why? Jim Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments about this column? JBernstein@liherald.com.
When the coronavirus pandemic hits home
wo Sundays ago my husband tested positive for Covid-19. He was at home on the East Coast and I was visiting grandkids on the West Coast. It was the very last night of my trip; he called to say he had a cold, so we did the Covid home test together on FaceTime. He aced it, and not in a good way. He had Covid. I had been away for a week, but was leaving at 4:30 the next morning for home. He managed on his own for 16 hours while RAnDi I flew across the KREiss country and into ground zero for germs. I was super anxious all the way home, perseverating about vaccinated older people getting very sick. Dying. We have lost friends, and we have lived through all the dreadful accounts of ventilator hell. Since the beginning, we have been exceedingly careful with ourselves and others. How could this happen? Would it go well? Would I be next? After two years of hiding out and
hunkering inside and ordering in meals and missing family and friends, Covid still found us. After tracking the first available vaccines like bloodhounds and traveling two hours each way to get our jabs, Covid still found us. In our 54 years together, we’ve been through some stuff. Now my husband and I needed to get him through a global pandemic that has already killed 1 million Americans. I know how to be a good nurse, but there’s sometimes a mash-up among the head and the heart and the sense of humor. I can take blood pressure and use an oximeter and make chicken soup and basically devote my day to hydrating the patient. I also can worry myself sick with all the what-ifs. I can also laugh at the absurd. I developed my own prescription for loving care laced with a bit of dark humor. In the initial phase of my husband’s illness I was scared, so I was all in. No joking at all. As he improved, however, and when he started asking for seconds of dessert, and fluffed pillows, my inner Nurse Ratched
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emerged. We set him up in our bedroom, and I moved into another room. Our rule was that, with a mask, he could come out for meals at a table in our den. I would put his food out and go back to the kitchen, which was my space. Initially he was grateful for every morsel of food and gesture of kindness. As the days moved along, he suggested I had overcooked his eggs and handed him the wrong salad dressing. You’re so right. This. Isn’t. About. Me. (I don’t really buy that.) But I’ve been doing all the cooking, cleaning, laundry, dog walks, dishwashing, obsessive, never-ending handwashing, and disinfectant spraying. Don’t get me wrong; he is a model patient. I am not a model nurse. Not as bad as the fabled Ratched, who did a job on Jack Nicholson in “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” but I’m no Walt Whitman, either. Yes! You didn’t know? He didn’t just write poetry; he was a skilled nurse. We are now five days in since my husband tested positive. The CDC says
n the initial phase of my husband’s illness I was scared, so there was no joking.
he can go out and play. According to new guidelines, I was never required to isolate if I felt OK. We are not following these guidelines. We are both isolating until he tests negative. I will then test, and we’ll move on from there. Have no doubt: This Covid thing is one nasty bug. My husband has just about every pre-existing condition you can have, and he is feeling every one of his 76 years. The take-home lesson is this: We might be very sick or dead without the vaccines. Thank heaven and whatever powers may be, thank our scientists and our medical community and all the friends and neighbors and fellow Americans who took vaccines and boosters. I have no doubt at all that my husband’s apparent mild course of illness is because he has some protection from the vaccines. We were also able to get him Paxlovid, the anti-viral drug from Pfizer, and that seems to help, too. Today I can say, so far, so good. I hope he continues to do well. I hope I don’t get sick. Now I must make him a tuna sandwich, not too much mayo, a little bit of onion. Lightly toasted bread. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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t’s likely the eve of the destruction of Roe v. Wade — an act likely to be met with cheers or outrage, depending on which side of the landmark 1973 U.S. Supreme Court abortion case people land on. And what comes next could very well be up to your state legislator. How the court could change course so dramatically in less than 50 years is something scholars will debate for a long time. But it’s not exactly unprecedented. In fact, it’s not even uncommon. The court has overturned its own decisions more than 230 times since 1810, according to the Library of Congress. That makes such actions an almost annual event, on average. Many of those mind changes were for the better. Like the famous Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling in 1954, which upended the “separate but equal” policy established by Justice Melville Fuller’s court with Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896. Miranda v. Arizona in 1966 created the “you have the right to remain silent” Miranda rights we see over and over on cop shows. But Miranda actually overturned two rulings from just a decade earlier, both involving criminal suspects who were denied access to lawyers during police interrogations. And there have been decisions that just made things worse. Like Citizens United v. FEC, which has helped shape the “soft
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letters My body, my choice? Please! To the Editor: The argument about a woman’s right to control her body is confusing to me. It seems to apply only when certain parts of society want it to. They say confession is good for the soul, so perhaps that’s why Randi Kreiss felt the need to share with us that she had an abortion (“Threat to choice has women on the march,” May 12-18). The following week, a reader shared that she’d had two abortions (“Randi’s ‘raised voice for women,’” May 19-25). I’m happy that this reader was financially and emotionally ready to welcome children after her abortions. If all of our parents waited for that, I wonder how many of us would have been born. That’s not so much a judgment of these two ladies who shared their abortion stories, but more a commentary on our society. But where were these same coura-
money” political landscape we have today. In 2010, the court, let by Chief Justice John Roberts, ruled that giving money to political campaigns — no matter how much money — was an extension of free speech granted by the First Amendment. That ruling wiped out two previous Supreme Court decisions, including one brought by Sen. Mitch McConnell against the McCain-Feingold Act, which limited such campaign expenditures. Many of these legal “course corrections,” for lack of a better term, were met with controversy. And if the Supreme Court does indeed overturn Roe v. Wade in the coming weeks, its ruling will reverberate through a large number of elections and a wide range of legislation to come. Yet what’s before the court isn't a criminalization of abortion. Instead, it would likely return the country to what existed before Roe — individual states creating a mish-mash of laws ranging from full legalization of the procedure to its outright ban. New York has a complicated history with abortion. While many believe the state would remain pro-choice, it wasn’t always that way here. In fact, abortion has been legal in New York only since 1970 — legislation signed into law just three years before Roe of a procedure that had been outlawed, for the most part, since 1830. But abortion access will completely disappear in other states — the quickening
of a process that has been under way for the past couple of decades. The future of abortion in New York will almost assuredly lie with Albany. State lawmakers will be compelled to respond to the ruling, and could put in place laws codifying the original Roe ruling, dismantle legalization, or possibly finding some space in between. No matter which direction legislators lean, what is certain is they need to hear from you. For abortion? Against abortion? With conditions? No conditions? This is the time to speak up and be a part of the legislative process. We spend a lot of time reading — and hearing — about individual lawmakers’ positions. In the end, however, their job is to represent their constituents. That’s us. But they can’t represent us if they don’t know our positions on legislation before them, or the bills that could wind up on their desks thanks to the actions of the Supreme Court. Call your Assembly member or state senator. Write them letters. Send them emails. Visit their district offices. Don’t wait for someone else to speak for you, because if everyone waits, then no one is speaking. And with high court changing so dramatically in recent years, it's more important than ever to establish those relationships with lawmakers, because what happens next truly depends on you.
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et’s be clear. The calculated illegal leak of a draft decision by the U.S. Supreme Court is akin to leaking the launch codes for America’s nuclear arsenal. It puts American democracy and institutions at grave risk. As challenging as it may be given the passions of both sides, we need to put aside whether we agree or disagree that the draft Roe v. Wade decision is a correct interpretation of the Constitution and appreciate the far larger issue: that the leak is a cyniRonaLd J. cal effort to corrupt the confidenRosenbeRg tial deliberative process of our judiciary. It not only improperly sought to create a national firestorm prior to the court’s issuing a final decision, but also to destroy the necessary confidentiality, internal trust and mutual respect needed among the justices and staff. Unlike the other two branches of government — Congress and the executive branch — which have elected office holders who are answerable to their constituents every two, four of six years — the
federal judicial branch has unelected judges and justices who are appointed for life. The reason our founders provided for this was to attempt to immunize them from the outside forces and partisan influences that are involved in getting reelected or re-appointed. The founders of this great republic enacted a Constitution that provided for an executive branch and a legislative branch, both of which are answerable to the citizens — and thus also subject to being lobbied and picketed by them. Judges, meanwhile, are obligated to decide matters impartially, without bias, prejudice or partisan influences, based solely on facts properly admitted into evidence in court and in accordance with applicable law. It is illegal for anyone to attempt to intimidate or influence judges outside court proceedings to try to get them to achieve your desired outcome. Picketing their homes or otherwise trying to intimidate judges or their families is a serious crime, and a threat to the premise of the judicial branch. Chief Justice John Roberts’s statement after the leak only hinted at his level of anger when he described it a “betrayal of the confidences of the
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LetteRs geous people who are defending “my body, my choice” when we were corralled to get the Covid shots? Those who chose not to lose their jobs included firefighters, police, nurses and doctors who had no choice but to work to save all of us. And I would love for someone to explain to me why my family will have to take a Covid test to get back into the U.S. in July after a family vacation. Are there not thousands of illegals crossing our border every day who are neither tested nor made to be vaccinated? Get ready, people: “My body, my choice” is going to open up a whole new Pandora’s box. Physician-assisted suicide, or “medical aid in dying,” is legal in 10 states and the District of Columbia, and 10 years down the road, or sooner at the rate we’re going, I can bet you, in keeping with the disrespect for human life and the need for doing selfishly what is good for us, we’ll be looking at the following:
Court.” And words alone will not heal the historic damage done to the integrity of the court or sufficiently punish the leaker(s). In its wake, Roberts instructed the marshal of the court to conduct an internal investigation into source of the leak to Politico for the purpose of punishing those involved. There are those in Washington, however, who suggest that assigning this responsibility to an office whose role is not even remotely one of investigations is akin to asking a shop teacher to construct the Hoover Dam. He or she might be able to do it, but you wouldn’t put a lot of trust in the final product. At a time when the very integrity of the high court has been violated, there are voices calling for a stronger response. Glenn Fine, of the Brookings Institute, has written that what is needed is an investigative office worthy of its name and prepared for its purpose. In a recent commentary, Fine wrote, “This situation is why I argued … that the federal judiciary needed an experienced, professional, permanent internal investigative office — an inspector general.” Also in question is what happens to the traitorous individual who is ulti-
mately identified as the leaker? If he or she is an attorney working for one of the justices, the absolute minimum threat should be a highly publicized, humiliating permanent disbarment. The leaker should also face criminal charges, and if there is no current statute providing for criminal prosecution, Congress should immediately enact and implement one. A news service quoted Michael Frisch, described as a former disciplinary counsel in Washington, suggesting that if the perpetrator is an attorney, “It's going to be a career-defining, if not career-ending moment.” Americans need to understand that this leak went far beyond the question of Roe v. Wade. It sought to politicize part of our democracy that was deliberately set above and beyond politics by our founders. You may agree or disagree with the rulings of the Supreme Court, but it is designed to reflect the highest principles of what we call a democratic republic. Damage it and you damage that crucial foundation upon which America has been built and thrived for 233 years. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He founded the Garden City law firm Rosenberg Calica & Birney in 1999.
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Getting rid of elderly parents who have begun to be a financial, emotional and social burden — or a husband who has Alzheimer’s, and whose wife is emotionally drained, can no longer afford to care for him at home and can’t afford long-term care because that will deplete her financial security. Disabled children, homeless people and then the mentally ill will all be at risk in this disposable society we are creating for ourselves. Many of us are looking around and not recognizing this country that we love so much. The “my body, my choice” movement is bringing all of this to a head. How dare that reader speak of “religion-saturated politics” and how it should not be allowed to damage this country more than it already has. Spare me your preaching, sister, because you’ve got it all backward. JAne DAnTonA GRoGAn Lynbrook
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