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E.M. rallies for ‘Star Wars’ fanatic with MS ute to society. Its members often volunteer in hospitals, charity events and fundraisers. East Meadow exhibited true Weiss, 49, has been obsessed good-neighborliness by helping a with “Star Wars” since he was a charity garage sale come to life. child. The first movie in the Last Saturday’s Galactic Charity series premiered in 1977, when Garage Sale drew hundreds of he was 5. His father took him to residents who offered money see it, and the rest is history, he and other donations said. “It’s always just for Justin Weiss to o n i n t h e b a ck sell in order to fulfill ground,” he said. his dream of buying “It’s just fun, and it an authentic, screentakes you out of realaccurate “Star ity.” Wars” costume. We i s s s a i d h e Weiss, who has couldn’t count how multiple sclerosis, many times he has hopes to join the seen the “Star Wars” 501st Le gion, an movies. He has seen international organievery one in a theJustin Weiss zation dedicated to ater. “I sat through the creation and all the movies with wearing of detailed him when we met,” replicas of villains from the said his wife, Nancy. “Star Wars” universe. This Although the 501st Legion is includes Sith Lords, clone troop- not affiliated with Disney or ers, bounty hunters and other “Star Wars” creator George villains from the movie series. Lucas’s production company, There are legions worldwide. Lucasfilm, the companies are The New York City and Long familiar with it. Some members Island legion is called the were even hired as extras in the Empire City Garrison. Its motto Disney+ series “The Mandaloriis “Bad Guys Doing Good.” an.” According to its website, the In order to join the legion, 501st’s mission is to promote which was founded in 1997, a interest in “Star Wars,” facilitate screen-accurate costume is the use of costumes and contribCONTINUED ON PAGE 15

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JUNIOR FIREFIGHTERS NICK Montoni, 17, from East Meadow, left, and Omek Kumar, 15, from East Norwich, worked on a dummy that’s used to teach trainees at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy in Bethpage how to treat fire victims. The 140-pound dummy is dragged out by probationary firefighters from a live fire as part of their training.

Hot stuff at Nassau fire camp Teens learn to extinguish blazes big and small By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com

Seventeen-year-old Nick Montoni will major in fire science at Nassau Community College in Garden City this fall. The East Meadow resident said he hoped to become a New York City firefighter one day. That’s why he enrolled this summer at Camp Fahrenheit 516, at the Nassau Fire Service Academy in Old Bethpage. Curious about firefighting,

Montoni joined the East Meadow Fire Department juniors at 14, eager to learn how to put out fires and save people’s lives. A friend told him about the “cool” experience he could have at Camp Fahrenheit 516, and he said he learned a great deal there recently, including which fire extinguishers to use on different types of fires. Twenty-eight teens, ages 14 to 17, took part in the five-day camp July 26-30, a scaleddown version of the more

intense two-week camp for probationary firefighters, which is also run by Nassau County fire instructors. “I learned how to put the gear on properly, which was heavy, and how to put the ladder up properly,” said Montoni, a brand new East Meadow High School graduate. “I climbed up a ladder that was the highest I ever climbed — 22 feet — and then went through a window for the first CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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VINNY CAFISO, AND his golf partner Vinnie Viscuse, left, greeted Deborah Coates, an East Meadow Kiwanis volunteer at the 6th annual Steven J. Eisman Memorial Golf Outing on Monday.

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EAST MEADOW KIWANIS president Lisa Hallett, above, left, Debbi Kirsh and Deborah Coates signed in the golfers. MIKE LITZNER, TOP right, prepares for the shot. CHERE GOLDSTEIN PUTTED, far right, on the 18th hole. BRETT PASQUARELLI, RIGHT, swings at hole 1.

For the sixth year the East Meadow Kiwanians held its annual Steven J. Eisman Memorial Golf Outing and the day could not have been more perfect. Under cool, sunny skies 128 golfers enjoyed a great day of golfing to suppor t their organization, which offers so much to the children in the community. Eisman was a very charitable guy, Kiwanian Tom Gallagher said. He organized the golf outing to honor his friend, who was always giving back. The golf outing sells out every year and each year receives more sponsors too. The proceeds from Tuesday’s outing will benefit the children who are sent to Camp Kiwanis each year by the East Meadow Kiwanis Club, and the Key and Builders clubs.

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Camp Fahrenheit 516 teaches firefighting basics KHADEEGAH MEMON, 14, of East Norwich, after extinguishing a diesel fuel fire at the Nassau County Fire Service Academy earlier in the day.

CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE time.” The camp is 40 percent classroom and 60 percent hands-on training. Participants perform drills on the last two days, including putting out a warehouse fire. “It was hot,” Montoni said of the warehouse fire. “And once you put the water on [the fire], you could see fire over your head. It’s hard to see in there because it’s very dark.” “The camp gives them the closest thing they will experience of being an actual probee firefighter, something no other junior organization has in the entire country,” said Jerry Presta, of East Norwich, chairman of the Nassau County Junior Firefighters Association. “When they go into these buildings to put a fire out, there is no propane switch to turn off. This is the real deal here.” Presta said no one has ever been hurt at the fire camp. That’s because, he said, participants are well prepared by the end of the camp to perform the drills. “This is a great recruiting tool,” said Robert Hughes, the chief fire instructor and a former East Meadow Fire Department chief. “The camp teaches the kids responsibility, safety and leadership, and they get other kids to join. A large majority who go to this camp go on to join the volunteer fire department, either as a firefighter or an [EMT].” And for some juniors, it’s a wake-up call.

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“We’ve had kids go to fire camp and decide this isn’t for them,” Presta said. “They can’t believe how hot it is, how close they are to the flames. I had one girl end up going to EMT school and then paramedic school. She probably would have dropped out of probee school and pushed the entire idea of the Fire Depart-

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ment away had she not gone to the camp.” Omek Kumar joined the East Norwich Fire Department juniors when he was 13. Now, at 15, he is the treasurer. The type of person who enjoys learning new things, Omek said being a junior satisfies his curiosity. What surprised the Oyster Bay resident most at fire camp was how calm everyone was when they were in the burning building. “I learned how to work as a team when fighting a fire and how to stay together,” said Kumar, who plans to become an emergency medical technician and then attend nursing school. “This showed me how being in a real fire would feel.” Montoni said fire camp brought him one step closer to becoming a firefighter. “I’ve always loved the idea of saving lives,” he said. “People aren’t mad at firefighters. They are relieved to see them. In a sense, I get to be a hero.”

NICK MONTONI, AN East Meadow Fire Department junior, said he plans to become a New York City firefighter.

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The East Meadow Fire Department installed a new chief, Paul Kosiba, in April, the 71st chief of the volunteer Fire Department, which has a storied past, having operated for 91 years. Kosiba, 61, began his volunteerism with the East Meadow Fire Department in 1993, assigned to Engine Company Number 4. He quickly rose in the ranks, becoming 2nd lieutenant in 2004, and 1st lieutenant in 2005. He later went on to become captain of Engine 4 in 2006. “I caught the firefighter bug when I was young and growing up and over 40 years later here I am,” Kosiba said. “I loved the opportunity to serve and create friendships and comradery.” He is no stranger to being a dedicated firefighter. Kosiba joined the Plainview junior firefighters at 16 years old, while growing up in Old Bethpage. From there his career as a volunteer firefighter grew. He wound up staying with the Plainview Fire Department for 15 years and served as a fire company captain and rescue lieutenant. “I’ve known him for 28 years, he’s got quite a record,” said James O’Brien, district supervisor of the Jericho Fire District and an ex-chief of the East Meadow Fire Department. “He’s committed to getting the job done and providing a professional service to our communities.” Serving as fire chief during the Covid-19 pandemic has not been easy. The world may have temporarily halted and then slowed down, but fires do not. “Everyone needs to be protected and you don’t know what situation you’re walking into,” Kosiba said. “We haven’t changed. We still had to do our job, just a little bit more cautious.” Being a chief is always the goal for those who enter volunteer fire departments. “You always think about the

served at every level, he added. In April of 2018, Kosiba was elected the third assistant chief. He would go on to move up the ranks rather quickly and became second assistant chief in 2019 and first assistant chief in 2020. Now, in 2021, Kosiba has achieved his ultimate goal as the head chief of the department. Chiefs serve one-year terms, and then go back amongst the ranks of firefighters. The job of a chief is to be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the fire department, he said. Apart from holding positions in the fire department, Kosiba is also extensively trained in other areas. He came to East Meadow with an emergency medical services background. During his time in East Meadow, he achieved an Emergency Medical Technician Critical Care certification, while working on an Engine 4 ambulance. He also was a part of East Meadow’s Advanced life Support Response Squad. “He’s a solid citizen and great guy,” Dick Cardozo, treasurer for Engine Company 4, said. “You have to give a lot to your neighbors and expect nothing in return, which he does. Not everyone rises to the top, but the good ones do. He’s someone I am glad to have on my team.” Being a volunteer firefighter isn’t the only activity that defines Kosiba. In 2016, he retired after 33 years as a teacher in the Port Washington School District. He taught technology education and spent some time in special education. His desire to serve is why Kosiba said he became a teacher. And being an educator runs in the family. Kosiba’s wife, Pat, and two daughters Kelly, 33, and Caroline, 27, are all teachers. Kosiba has also had an extensive military career. He retired in 2016 after 29 years in the United States Coast Guard. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard during 9/11, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Hurricane Irene.

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY UPDATE Thursday, August 5

ally every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. Register once to access all the classes. Ann Rothman leads the class, which is appropriate for those who are not athletes. To register, visit eastmeadow.info. For more informtion, call (516) 794-2570.Visit lirrc.org with any questions.

“The War with Grandpa” Go watch the movie “The War with Grandpa” at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park. Bring a blanket or chairs. Movies start at sunset or around 8:15 p.m. This movie is rated PG.

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The Long Island Professional Network is having a meetup at the Apollo Diner at 630 Merrick Ave. The LIPN is an exclusive referral group, with approximately 25-30 members at any given time. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. Visit www.lipn. org for more info.

Teens can try this escape challenge over Zoom at 7 p.m. Participants only have one hour to figure out the clues and solve puzzles to successfully steal Dr. Jones’s valuables. Register at www. eastmeadow.info or call (516) 7942570. A Zoom link will be sent the morning of the event.

Thursday, Aug. 12

Chair yoga with April 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, chair yoga has gained many new members. To register, visit eastmeadow.info. For more information, call (516) 794-2570. The event will be held at 4 p.m.

Friday, August 6

Movie night: “Playing with Fire” Stop by the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre for a movie night. The movie is rated PG. Bring blankets or chairs. Movies start at sunset or around 8 p.m. Herald File Photo

Mi Gente Live Head to Speno Park on Wednesday, August 11 to listen to some latin music. Mi Gente is a tribute to some of the greatest latin pop dance artists. The show starts at 7 p.m.

Easy exercise This exercise class, hosted by the East Meadow Public Library, will be given virtually every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. Register once to access all the classes. Ann Rothman leads the class, which is for those who are not athletes. To register, visit eastmeadow.info. For more information, call (516) 794-2570.

Saturday, August 7 Janis Joplin Experience Stop by the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre for a Janis Joplin tribute band. Bring blankets and chairs. Show starts at 8 p.m.

American Legion The American Legion post 1082 will be having their meeting at 294 Bellmore

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Rd. New members are welcome but must be a member of the U.S. Armed forces. The meeting starts at 11 a.m.

La Novella Join Lis, Jim and Sky of the band The Six as they play at La Novella at 6:30 p.m. The acoustic trio will be playing every Saturday evening. La Novella is located at 364 East Meadow Ave.

Monday, August 9 Easy exercise This exercise class will be given virtually every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m. Register once to access all the classes. Ann Rothman leads this class hosted by the East Meadow Public Library that is for those who are not athletes. To register, visit

eastmeadow.info. For more informtion, call (516) 794-2570.

Journaling during the pandemic Join Professor Kathleen Volk Miller who will introduce the science and practice of writing toward emotional well-being and psychological healing. The event, hosted by the East Meadow Public Library will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call (516) 794-2570.

Tuesday, August 10

Korean language and culture Teens can learn basic phrases and fun facts about Korean culture with W.T. Clarke high school student Joanna. She will share her culture in an interactive class hosted by East Meadow Public Library. The class begins at 7 p.m. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call (516) 794-2570.

Kiwanis meeting East Meadow Kiwanis will meet at The Grand Stage Diner at 7:15 p.m. New members are always welcome. For more informaation contact the club President Lisa Hallett at (516) 204-2284.

Tai Chi Join the East Meadow Public Library for virtual tai chi starting at 11 a.m. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call (516) 794-2570.

Wednesday, Aug. 11 Easy exercise

How Disney changed the media Join Brian Rose at 1 p.m. to talk about how Disney changed the media. Disney is a huge player in film, television and even live performance. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call (516) 794-2570. A Zoom link will be sent the morning of the event.

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Misty Mountain will be playing at Eisenhower Park on August 14 at 8 p.m. Look out for summer movies and concerts from Nassau County. Tickets: nassaucountyny.gov/parks. Look out for International-themed nights at Eisenhower Park. There are free drive-in movies at Veterans Memorial Park. Check out the indoor public pool sessions at the Eisenhower Park pool.

A silver medal for Wantagh native at Olympics

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By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

At the age of 21, Wantagh native Andrew Capobianco is an Olympic medalist. Capobianco and his partner, Michael Hixon, earned a silver medal in men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard diving at the Tokyo Olympics on July 28, with a score of 444.36 points. The pair finished just behind the Chinese duo of Wang Zongyuan and Tie Siyi, who won the gold medal with 467.82 points. “I’m extremely proud,” Andrew’s mother, Darlene Capobianco, said. “He has exceeded all of our expectations. We knew that he had the talent and the will and the drive, but once you get on the stage, everything changes. He was surrounded by other divers who have already won medals and won the Olympics. DARLENE “I will say this,” Darlene added. “Andrew did say he felt CAPOBIANCO that he was at his strongest, Wantagh mentally, physically and emotionally, right now.” “The past 24 hours has been surreal and it still hasn’t really sunk in yet,” Capobianco wrote in an Instagram post last Thursday. “The whole journey up to this point has been incredible and I’m so proud that we could cap it off with a silver medal.”

e knew that he had the talent and the will and the drive, but once you get on the stage, everything changes.

Courtesy Darlene Capobianco

CAPOBIANCO, 21, LEFT, and his partner, Michael Hixon, 27, celebrated their success in the men’s 3-meter synchronized diving finals last week in Tokyo. He also qualified for the semifinals of the individual 3-meter springboard event on Monday, as the Herald went to press. He ranked 17th out of the 18 divers who advanced to the next round. “It’s a dream that you can’t really dream,” his father, Michael Capobianco, said of his silver medal performance. “It’s a dream just for your child to make it to the Olympics, let alone win a medal once they get there.”

“I think he’s going to dive his best,” Darlene said of the individual 3-meter event. “Whether his best is going to beat someone else’s best, I don’t know, but he definitely has the potential to be on the podium again.” This was Capobianco’s Olympic debut. He got his start in diving at around age 9, and won his first Nassau CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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State invests in at-risk youth to curb gun violence By CRISTINA ARROYO RODRIGUEZ carroyo@liherald.com

Two weeks after Governor Cuomo issued a first-in-the-nation executive order declaring gun violence a disaster emergency, on July 21 he announced the state would invest $16 million to fund workforce training and job placement programs for at-risk youth in 20 cities most impacted by gun violence. Nassau County will receive $900,000 to serve 180 at-risk unemployed, underemployed and out-of-school 18- to 24-year olds, and Hempstead, $500,000 for 100, as the state identified Hempstead and Uniondale as gun violence hotspots earlier this month. This brings the state’s total commitment to reducing gun violence to $154.7 million. County Executive Laura Curran said she fully suppor ts the initiative. “The county intends to support State Executive Order 211 on Gun Violence with additional American Rescue Plan funds for community violence intervention, such as summer youth employment opportunities in gun violence hotspots.” The Nassau County Police Department recently announced that while major crime are down across the board, gunshot incident numbers countywide are up. In 2020, with most

people staying indoors because of the coronavirus pandemic, there were 68 shots fired. This year so far, however, there have been 95 shots fired, a 39 percent increase. From 2009 to 2019, NCPD had reported a reduction of 36.5 percent in firear mrelated violent crimes, as well as a decrease of 27.5 percent in shooting incidents involving injury and of 14.3 percent of shooting victims from 2014 to 2019. The NCPD assembled a gun-suppression team last year, taking 40 guns off the street. In 2021, the team has surpassed that number. Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said during a July 1 news conference that the department had been working with federal partners on the issue of guns arriving in the county from ANDREW areas down South, which he CUOMO said was due to Covid-19. Governor “Gun violence is a public health crisis in New York state and across the country, and we’re attacking it with the same comprehensive, evidence-based approach we used to beat Covid,” Cuomo said. “We know

that simply telling kids to put the gun down doesn’t work—we have to give them an alternative.” Dr. Chethan Sathya, director of the Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Center, called gun violence a public health crisis. “Looking at this issue as a public health crisis does two things: It helps us de polarize and depoliticize this issue…and it also helps us apply a public health model to combat this, just like we did for substance abuse, HIV, tobacco use and automotive collisions in the past.” The Northwell Health Gun Violence Prevention Center is working to identify programs and strategies that may be effective. “Right now, no one knows what works and what doesn’t,” Sathya said, “because gun violence prevention received less research funding than any other leading cause of death in the past decades.” He also emphasized there are many reasons for gun violence, and solving the crisis should be multi-faceted. “Gun

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A BLACKTIP REEF shark, like the one seen above, was spotted in South Shore waters last week. Last Friday, swimmers at Jones Beach State Park were only permitted to enter the water up to their knees due to shark sightings.

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Shark sightings prompt Jones Beach patrols By KATE NALEPINSKI and MALLORY WILSON knalepinski@liherald.com

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, in conjunction with the State Police, have increased safety measures at Jones Beach State Park after several shark sightings and a possible shark bite in the Atlantic Ocean in recent weeks. Both entities last week announced that they would enhance lifeguard staffing; increase patrols on the beach by lifeguards, police and staff; deploy lifeguards, local and state police in boats and helicopters to monitor the water for sharks; and use drones and helicopters for additional monitoring, according to a state press release. Officials were also patrolling Robert Moses State Park. “We’ve implemented great measures to make sure that we keep all the swimmers as safe as we possibly can,” said George Gorman, regional director for the state parks office. The Herald took a closer look at the shark sightings thus far.

July 22

A fisherman captured a sandbar shark near Field 2 at Jones Beach. Later that day, a lifeguard saw the fins of two suspected sand tiger sharks near the park’s Field 6. Under state protocol, swimming was suspected while a drone inspected the shoreline. Swimmers are permitted back in the water no sooner than an hour after a sighting. “We scan the waters, make sure everyone is safe, then reauthorize swimming,” Gorman said.

July 24

A shark was spotted along “local shorelines,” Gorman said. This one was unconfirmed by authorities.

July 26

A Jones Beach lifeguard was reportedly bitten by a shark while in the water at

How to reduce shark interactions To minimize the risk of shark interactions, the state Department of Environmental Conservation advises the public to: ■ Avoid areas with seals. ■ Avoid areas with schools of baitfish, often identifiable by splashing on the surface, diving sea birds or the presence of marine mammals such as dolphins. ■ Avoid areas where people are fishing. ■ Avoid swimming in the ocean at dawn, dusk or at night. ■ Avoid murky water, and isolation — swim, paddle, kayak and surf in groups. ■ Swim close to shore, where you can touch the bottom. ■ Always follow the instructions of lifeguards and parks staff.

Central Mall at around 11 a.m. He had an inch-long laceration on his leg, and was referred to a local hospital for further treatment, according to a state news release. The lifeguard, who was not identified, reported seeing a shark fin after he was bitten. Swimming was suspended at Jones Beach and neighboring beaches. State Police responded with a drone search of the water, but saw no sharks.

July 27

State and local officials stepped up scanning operations throughout at Jones Beach and Robert Moses. Lifeguards and State Police operated drones, and State Police operated helicopters and patrol boats. Helicopters and drones spotted sharks that day, Gorman said. While patrolling the water, Gorman said, lifeguards spotted “thousands” of bluefish and bunker fish, or menhaden — two feeder fish for sharks — close to the shoreline. These species tend to congregate in shallow water, and some experts believe this may be a clue to why sharks appear to be more prominent this season,

he said. “Smaller fish attract larger fish,” Gorman said.

July 28

Town of Hempstead officials closed all South Shore beaches after “numerous” blacktip reef sharks were spotted off local beaches, according to Town Supervisor Don Clavin. The reef sharks were seen at Jones Beach, Lido Beach and Long Beach, Clavin said at a news conference. Two sharks reportedly jumped out of the water roughly 200 yards off the Lido West shoreline, lifeguard Julia Burns said last week. Around the same time, at least two other sharks were spotted at Jones Beach and Long Beach. “We’ve been so prepared for scenarios like this,” Burns said. “It’s really important to be prepared and remain calm. There’s nothing we like more than seeing everyone at the beach happy, but paramount to that, we want everyone who comes to the beach to leave safely.” The beaches were closed to swimmers out of an abundance of caution. “We’re very appreciative of the residents’ under-

standing,” Clavin said. “They understand that this is a safety precaution that we need to take.” Blacktip reef sharks, which range from 4 to 8 feet long, are not native to the area. Officials speculated that the species could be in the region because of the approaching hurricane season.

July 29

Sharks spotted swimming close to shore delayed the opening of Jones Beach. Later that day, bathers at Hempstead beaches were permitted to wade in only knee-deep.

July 30

“There were a ton of helicopters flying over the beach, watching, and I would say double the amount of lifeguards,” Rachel Heym, from Plainview, said at Jones Beach. “They didn’t mention any restrictions for going into the water, but I’m a little scared to go in, anyway.” “No one really told us anything when we came into Jones Beach,” East Meadow resident Savannah Smith said at the park. “At Lido Beach, they were telling us we were only allowed in waist-deep, but here they said nothing. I didn’t want to go in more than my knees anyway.” Local lifeguards, the Town of Hempstead’s “shark patrol” team and state police were expected to continue to scan and patrol local waters and remain on the lookout for sharks. Long Island beaches are a “crucial resource for New Yorkers in summer,” state parks Commissioner Erik Kulleseid wrote in an emailed statement, and the state must ensure that local beach-goers feel safe. “With assistance from New York State Police, we are expanding our measures to patrol for sharks and other potentially dangerous marine animals,” Kulleseid wrote. “I encourage all New Yorkers to familiarize themselves with the steps they can take to stay safe while enjoying a day at the beach.”

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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE required. The costumes don’t come cheap, costing upward of $2,000. Every piece of the costume is acquired from vendors whom the 501st recommends, to get the most accurate look, Justin explained. When you acquire all of the pieces of the costume, the 501st must then approve it. Justin’s costume of choice is a biker scout. “I’ve always been one to root for the villain in the movie,” he said. “I love what they do and all of the events they go to.” He first saw the 501st Legion at a convention in 2011 called Eternal Con. “I have spent so much of my life giving to charities and community,” he said. “The organization gives so much to charities and communities, and what I’ve wanted to do for so long. I want to be a part of something bigger than myself.” For 10 years he ran a fundraising group called Team Phoenix, which raised money to fight multiple sclerosis. It has donated over $200,000 to the cause. Justin was diagnosed with MS when he was 36, and his mother, Lyndi Weiss, died of the disease when she was 53. Justin and his family and friends have held garage sales, bar events and more to help raise money for MS research. After he collects all of the pieces of his costume, he says, he wants to walk around town and run errands to show it off. “My friends and family are ecstatic for me to get this costume,” he said. “I have no pieces yet, and I’m excited to start collecting them.” Weiss once owned a landscaping company, but gave it up to pursue other opportunities. He accepted a job as a custodian at McVey Elementary School. “Originally I was thinking about a night job,” he said. “When they offered me a day job, I took it. It’s less money, but it’s more satisfying.”

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FRIENDS, FAMILY AND neighbors offered Justin Weiss money and other donations at his garage sale on Saturday. He has volunteered at McVey in the past, often helping at the Halloween festivities. His daughter Megan, 18, grew up in East Meadow, and he loved helping out and being around children, which was what moved him to take the job. In addition to funding Weiss’s custom costume, the proceeds from the garage sale will go to the Make A Wish Foundation (by way of the 501st Legion) and to the Vietnam Veterans of America. Weiss’s good friend Anthony Carbone was the primary organizer of the garage sale. Other friends and family helped out as well. “They know how much I’ve wanted

this, and they wanted to help make it happen,” Weiss said. “The response has been incredible. I’m so overwhelmed. I was almost in tears over the support.” “He’s been into this for as long as I’ve known him,” Carbone said. “We always talked about getting the community together to support him. He does so much good for everyone else. It’s about time the community came together for him.” The garage and shed at Weiss’s house were filled with donations, Carbone said. “He’s a good guy,” he said of his friend. “He deserves this, and it’s awesome that everyone actually came together for him.”

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try’s history that we asked our health professionals to provide relief and assurance. In 1918, the nation was decimated by the flu pandemic. In 2002, we had the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, scare. In 2004, America learned of the H5N1 avian influenza, or bird flu, which necessitated the destruction of millions of chickens to keep us safe. In all of those cases, America turned to agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. We followed the media reports, looking for assurances that no serious illness would invade our homes and upset our daily life. During those times, people like Dr. Anthony Fauci and others stood behind lecterns with charts and graphs. They assured the country in measured words that the government was trying its best to protect us. When the Covid-19 plague hit our shores last year, the two federal agencies were the first to alert us of a possible new virus that had developed in China. Did they get it right from the beginning? Not knowing how serious it was, they

made a few miscalculations on the issue of masks and how quickly the virus might spread, but their job was made even harder by a president who didn’t want to talk about the coronavirus because it would interfere with his reelection plans. It was at that point until that a lifeor-death challenge became a political football, and it remains one today. Instead of one nation united, we have red and blue states fighting over mask requirements. We have so-called elected officials discouraging their constituents from getting vaccinated. We have media personalities such as Fox’s Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines even though, according to media reports, he has been vaccinated, as has most of the staff at Fox News. And then we have a variety of public officials mocking the doctors and the vaccine. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who sees himself as a possible president, is selling T-shirts making fun of Doctor Fauci. In the meantime, Florida is now one of the states with the largest number of new reported Covid cases. To add to his arrogance, DeSantis is fighting with the

t’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid’s ravages.

cruise ship industry over its insistence on checking boarding passengers for symptoms of the virus. Political stupidity when it comes to protecting the public isn’t confined to any party. It is hard to imagine that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the son of a great political legend, is traveling around the nation, discouraging people from getting vaccinated. For many in the anti-vaccination movement, Kennedy is considered their No. 1 hero. His poor dad must be turning over in his grave. It’s too late in the game to expect there to be a united effort to stop Covid from ravaging our country. Innocent people will continue to die as a result of raw politics. Families will continue to lose cherished members of all ages. There’s a lesson to be learned about politicizing disease, but it seems that no one who needs to hear it is willing to listen. The coronavirus scourge isn’t over, and there will be many more losers thanks to a handful of political losers. 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.

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peace of mind!” How is this OK? What if the dude is reading his gizmo wrong? What if the gizmo isn’t accurate? Why not just call your doctor? Actually, I know the answer to that. Answering services are understaffed. It’s hard to reach your doctor in the middle of the night. A trip to the ER is a drag. One cardio app offers a “premium” subscription, which raises the question of what makes it premium? Does it monitor you less rigorously if you don’t upgrade? Do you get a refurbished monitor if you look for a bargain? Now we can also buy portable ECG monitors for under $100 that you can carry in your pocket and glance at from time to time to see if your heart is behaving. The proliferation of these medical devices, available to the public, makes my own heart race. During Covid we all learned to do some things we had relied on experts to do before the pandemic. I’d never heard about an oximeter before 2020, but when my husband got the sniffles, I regularly checked his O2 levels to be sure it wasn’t

n airports, subways and stores, kiosks and registers go unmanned and unwomaned.

the virus. I cut our hair and figured out how to fix our TV because we couldn’t let a service person in. The problem is that now, even though we’re drifting back to normal, some do-it-yourself chores are here to stay. I check out my own groceries because no one is at the registers. I check out my own purchases at the big stores, and I read my own lab reports on the patient portals because I want my results sooner rather than later. I book my own flights and make all changes online because I can’t get a human being to pick up. All the work I’ve done in my life, aside from writing, which is a solitary endeavor, bonded me with other people in real time. I taught, I tutored, I lectured, and it was a way to nurture human connections. In airports, subways and stores, kiosks go unmanned and unwomaned. We are increasingly on our own, without micro-connections to humanize our days. I see a time when virtual schooling could be universal. We will educate ourselves, order our food online, repair our own equipment and, heaven forbid, maybe operate on ourselves if the lesion is small and the instructions are good. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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orking to decrease gun violence is a no-brainer, but how to go about reducing the number of shootings, injuries and fatalities caused by guns is proving to be a question whose answers are hard to decide on. Law enforcement officials say that getting guns off the streets enhances public safety, and that reducing the number of guns generally leads to a decline not only in shootings, but also in other crimes. The Nassau County Police Department recently noted that while major crimes like arson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping and rape were down across the board, gunshot incident numbers are ticking upward. In 2020, when a majority of people remained at home as the coronavirus pandemic raged, there were 68 shots fired across Nassau. This year, with the county opening up again, there were 95 shots fired from January through the end of July, a 39 percent increase thus far. From 2009 to 2019, the NCPD reported a reduction of 36.5 percent in gun-related violent crimes, and a 27.5 percent decrease in shooting incidents that resulted in injury. From 2014 to 2019, there was a 14.3 percent decline in the number of people shot. NCPD officials say taking firearms off the street has brought about those improvements. Its gun suppression team collected 40 guns in 2020, and has surpassed that

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LETTERS Opioid settlement is a big win To the Editor: State Attorney General Letitia James recently announced settlements with three of the nation’s largest opioid distributors related to their culpability in accelerating the ongoing opioid drug crisis on Long Island. At a news conference announcing the settlements with McKesson, Cardinal Health and Amerisource Bergen, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said that the county’s total share of the settlements paid by the “big three” could reach as much as $86.8 million. This announcement represents another giant step forward in our quest to end the devastating opioid drug crisis that continues to plague our society. The County Legislature’s Democratic minority is committed to working closely with Curran’s administration, public health experts and other key stakeholders to devise a strategic plan for applying these funds to amplifying and delivering the treatment, education and pre-

number this year, officials said. To enhance the work being done by the police, the county has embraced the state gun violence initiative announced in July by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who called gun violence a public health crisis. In making the announcement, Cuomo noted that there had been 26 shootings across the state over the Fourth of July weekend, including three on Long Island. As part of the state’s new initiative, Nassau will receive $900,000 of a total of $16 million to help 180 18- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed, out of school and considered at risk of potentially becoming involved in crime. Another $500,000 will go to the Village of Hempstead to help 100 people in the same age group. Uniondale was also identified as a gun violence hot spot. County Executive Laura Curran has said she supports Cuomo’s executive order. We endorse it as well. We believe the problem of gun violence should be seen more as a public health issue than as a recurring problem in only one portion of the community. As Dr. Chethan Sathya, the director of Northwell Health’s Gun Violence Prevention Center, noted, viewing the issue of gun violence through the lens of public health helps to depolarize and depoliticize it, and encourages the use of a public health model similar to the efforts to reduce traffic accidents, cigarette smoking, the transmission of HIV/

AIDS and substance abuse. The more money and research that can be dedicated to gun violence prevention, the more likely officials will be to determine what works and what doesn’t, Sathya said. “We can’t afford not to commit ourselves 100 percent to this effort,” the advocacy group New Yorkers Against Gun Violence group tweeted of the state initiative. We agree. But it also needs the support of other organizations — groups that support guns, respect their responsible use and understand their power as a destructive force — every day, more than a hundred Americans are killed by guns, and 230 are shot and wounded, according to the nonprofit Every Town for Gun Safety. To help make the state initiative work, the Department of Labor will join forces with local workforce development boards and their networks of community partners to provide job training, certification and career placement services. In addition, gun violence intervention and prevention strategies will be coordinated by the state’s Division of Criminal Justice Services and the Office of Victim Services. We also call on the National Rifle Association and all other legitimate regional and local gun organizations to join the battle against gun violence by using their influence to help ensure that that violence can be reduced to the point where the state’s program is no longer needed.

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here has been a fixation on comparison throughout the coronavirus pandemic. First came the comparison of cases, the seismic shock of northern Italian coronavirus news that woke up the world to the severity of the virus. Inevitably came the comparison of death rates, from China to the United Kingdom to the U.S. and, slowly, everywhere in between. As we have watched countless graphs of data ebb and flow over the past 16 months, only one measure has shed light on a JEMIMA potential end: vaccination rates. DENHAM Having experienced the entirety of the pandemic as a college student at Georgetown University, I have been surrounded by variations on the question, “When will this end?” I have not had an in-person class since early March 2020, when my peers and I all assumed that Covid could not possibly last longer than a few weeks. How naive we all were. Naivety aside, however, I soon began to acclimatize to the world of virtual education in a different time zone, in my hometown of London. Amid the “Zoom

fatigue,” shaky Wi-Fi and the irony of feeling detached from friends but claustrophobic with family, reminding myself that all these would hopefully bring this bizarre way of life to an end seemed like a good enough incentive. Cue the coronavirus vaccine. I first heard of the inoculations early this spring. Finally, thoughts of socializing with my friends on campus, meeting my professors to continue conversations outside lecture halls and being late to class because I had to run down a hallway, not because my Wi-Fi was intermittent, began to piece together as a realistic future. Six months after the vaccine rollout worldwide, however, this phase of the pandemic has caused, as much as quelled, a general feeling of anxiety. Hesitancy about the vaccine has perhaps provided a more interesting point of comparison than numbers and charts. It is certainly a topic that has produced an unprecedented emotional response on both ends of the spectrum. While I can only speak from the experience of being predominantly surrounded by American and British college-age students, the viewpoints I have heard on the vaccine very quickly offer insightful indicators of people’s political and cultural standpoints. Nonetheless, they present

couldn’t wait to be late for class because I had to run down an actual hallway.

LETTERS vention services that will save lives and help residents free themselves from the grips of addiction. KEVAN ABRAHAMS Minority leader, Nassau County Legislature

Entertainment venues will get grants To the Editor: Ninety-four Long Island live-entertainment venues will receive a total of more than $51 million from the federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grants Program. Since the pandemic began, I have been a strong advocate for the establishment of the relief program, rallying with venue operators across New York in calling for relief for live venues. The SVOG program was initially plagued by technical challenges, which have since greatly improved. In Congress, I routinely advocated for improvements to the program. My efforts were successful, and the Small Business Administration has now approved 9,884 grants nationally, including 1,142 in New York. Grants will continue to be distributed on a rolling basis. On March 22, 2020, non-essential businesses in New York shut down. Their

something deeper, and more interesting, than a political affiliation: whether individuals believe their singular actions can help reduce the global devastation of the virus. Moreover, they have highlighted for me where my generation perceives it stands among all this mess. Like many of my contemporaries at Georgetown, I was eager to get the shots. While I was double-vaccinated by late May, life remained fairly similar for the vaccinated and unvaccinated in the Washington area during the early vaccine rollout. But it became clear that there were tangible benefits for vaccinated people early this summer. From less social distancing to optional mask wearing, it allowed experiences that resembled a sense of pre-pandemic normalcy. On the other side of the pond, the U.K. saw a hasty vaccine rollout in late winter that eclipsed any American efforts. Unfortunately, this initial success has crumbled amid our confusing “traffic light” travel rules, spiraling virus cases and declining trust in the government’s handling of the situation as we edge into a possible fourth wave. While the root of these issues can be pinned on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reluctance to ban travel from places where the Delta variant originated until it

was deemed too late, there is something to be said about the link between vaccine rates and incentives. Unlike the U.S., the U.K. did not employ an incentive scheme for vaccines. This promoted the realistic message that a vaccine wasn’t a quick fix to the complexity of the pandemic, but provided an important step in a return to normalcy. However, I have seen an unprecedented and surprising hesitancy toward the vaccine among younger people over the summer in the U.K. “I won’t get that sick, I don’t need it,” “It’s too much of an effort” and “It’s too new to trust” are some of the sentiments I’ve heard repeatedly. While I sympathize with these concerns, the general lack of motivation is disturbing. Vaccine hesitancy is a direct comparison that can be made across generations, political affiliations and nationalities. However, almost everyone offered the vaccine has also had to question whether they want to take accountability for the trajectory of the virus. Undoubtedly, the short-term consequences and potential side effects must not be underestimated. But this stage of the pandemic also presents a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: become a key stakeholder in the global fight against the coronavirus by being vaccinated. Jemima Denham is an intern at the Heralds this summer, working remotely from her home in London.

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reopening and recovery has been uneven ever since. I’m relieved that the Small Business Administration heeded our call to improve and expedite the approval process to deliver this critical aid to impacted businesses as soon as possible. Local businesses like these contribute too much to the spirit and culture of our communities and economy for us to do nothing. The SVOG program was established through the bipartisan Covid-19 relief package passed last December. As a member of the Problem Solvers Caucus, I was part of the bipartisan coalition of lawmakers who crafted the framework that the relief package was built on. I also helped secure additional funding for the SVOG program through the American Rescue Plan, to total over $16 billion in grants for shuttered venues in order to keep businesses afloat and workers on the payroll. The American Rescue Plan also instituted a fix to ensure that shuttered venues that received Paycheck Protection Program loans after Dec. 27, 2020, can also receive Small Venue Operators grants, as long as the grants are reduced by the amount of PPP funds provided. Applying for both grant programs was previously prohibited. TOM SUOZZI U.S representative, 3rd District

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