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Hundreds still without power A utility pole snapped in half on Everett Place in East Meadow during Tropical Storm Isaias on Aug. 4. As of Tuesday, 943 East Meadow residents remained without power. Story, more photos, Page 10.
Dealing with psychological toll of the coronavirus pandemic By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
The coronavirus pandemic’s impact on mental health can be seen in the increase in calls to the Bellmore-based Long Island Crisis Center. Roughly 80 percent of those who call specifically mention Covid-19, according to Executive Director Theresa Buhse. Callers have described depressive episodes resulting from self-isolation, anxiety because of possible
Seeking help If you or a loved one is experiencing a crisis, you can call the Long Island Crisis Center’s hotline, (516) 679-1111. exposure to the virus and an inability to cope that moved them to join online Alcoholics Anonymous meetings or visit therapists
in person. “We have several different hotlines, and have been answering them around the clock,” Buhse said. “We haven’t missed a beat when it comes to answering the calls.” Marcella Pizzo, a mental health counselor with a private practice in East Meadow, said she has seen an increase in the number of patients since March, with Continued on page 3
The East Meadow School District will be permitted to reopen next month, along with districts across the state, as announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Aug. 7. Cuomo said he based his decision on low infection rates recorded in every region. The State Education Department is leaving the specifics of how to reopen New York’s 749 school districts to the districts themselves. They are empowered to make decisions about what inperson learning will look like, how much remote learning will be offered and how to implement safety protocols. To develop a plan to reopen, the East Meadow district formed a School Reopening Committee that included dozens of administrators, teachers, parents, nurses and police officers. Administrators also sent a survey to district parents, asking them about their concerns about and hopes for reopening. But Superintendent Kenneth Card Jr. said that the district had not been given adequate guidelines from the state, and that making a plan felt like “flying a plane in the dark.” The district finalized its plan
and posted it on its website on Aug. 7, shortly after Cuomo’s announcement. “When the 2020-2021 school year begins, on-campus school will look much different than previous years,” the introduction to the 44-page plan begins. Before students return to classes in person, staff members will be trained in all safety measures through an online learning platform called the Global Compliance Network. Students will receive similar training in person during the first week of school from their teachers and school nurses. Students will be required to have wear masks all day, except when eating lunch and during periodic “mask breaks.” They will have their temperature taken each day and asked other questions about their health, and will be sent home if they have a temperature higher than 100 degrees. If a staff member or student comes within six feet of someone with Covid-19, he or she must tell a district official, who will report the information to the State Department of Health. The staff member or student will not be permitted on school property until OK’d by the health departContinued on page 3
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Tackling the pandemic’s mental health crisis her caseload at its maximum capacity of 25 to 30 clients a week. “By the end of April, I had clients who I haven’t seen in two to three years coming back because of the stress,” Pizzo said. “I had a month and a half where it was really intense for me. I don’t like to turn people away.” She has had to change the way she works with clients, she explained, because of the economic impact the pandemic has had on some of them. She began accepting fees on a sliding scale, based on their income. If a college student didn’t have mental health insurance, she charged a nominal fee, sometimes $20 a session. “A lot of college students I see probably lost their job, and they’re working in retail and all of those places are closed,” she said. “I have to understand that and recognize that.” Pizzo said she considers herself a cognitive behavioral therapist, meaning she helps patients challenge harmful behavioral patterns. During the pandemic, she said, it’s easy to fall into the habit of focusing on the worst, which is known as a negativity bias. She gives her patients techniques to practice when this happens, such as meditating or making lists of what they are grateful for. Another aspect of the pandemic’s mental health crisis is what clinical social worker Warren Graham described as a “dual consciousness,” in which people are striving to balance their need to practice social distancing with their need to social-
What would you say to someone experiencing anxiety or depression because of the coronavirus pandemic? “We experienced a Spanish flu and didn’t think we would come back from it, but we did. Life will get back to normal, and eventually you will get that job or things will work out in some way … think about what you could be doing now to help you get to where you want to be when this is over.”
“Seek out help if you need it — even if you’re just not feeling right or having trouble sleeping. Sometimes anxiety could come out in other forms, like physical irritation or intestinal problems. If you’re not feeling well, check in with a mental health specialist.” –Marcella Pizzo, mental health counselor
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ize. “It’s causing a lot of internal conflict for people who want that human contact and connection,” Graham said, “but they also want to be safe at the same time.” Graham, who has a private practice in Merrick, said he believed more people should be talking about the mental health effects of the pandemic. “We might not even know the depth to which people are affected until we come out about it,” he said. Graham has noticed an increase in anxiety in many of his clients that, he said, turned into depression over time because of a lack of human connection. “Being on Zoom is great if you need it, but it’s not the same as sitting in front of people and having a cup of coffee,” he said. In his younger clients, he said, he has
noticed more detachment and apathy. Without a means of making their mark among their peers through sports and other activities, many children are showing more signs of depression. According to the American Psychological Association’s “Stress in the Time of Covid-19” poll, roughly 71 percent of parents surveyed said they were worried about the impact the pandemic has had on their children’s social development. And roughly 55 percent reported that their children have manifested behavioral issues since the start of the pandemic. “It’s always important to normalize their feelings,” Graham said. “It’s not unreasonable that they’re contemplating going out and risking their health just to be around people.” But, he added, it’s important to find
creative ways to foster human connections while still following safety guidelines. He said he wasn’t surprised to see the growth in trends like car parades and games played on Zoom. The APA also found that 70 percent of Americans are feeling psychological stress about the economy, as compared with the 46 percent it reported last year in its survey “Stress in America.” The pandemic’s effects on the economy have been a major issue for Nicholas Giampetruzzi, a mental health counselor with the City University of New York who helps physically and mentally disabled students find employment opportunities. “During the pandemic, it’s been kind of difficult to do what I do,” he said. “There’s very, very little in terms of jobs out there, let alone jobs for those with disabilities and mental illnesses.” In the interim, much of Giampetruzzi’s work has been helping his clients develop plans of action, as they consider what they want to do when the crisis ends. “There’s been a lot of anxiety and a lot of depression,” he said. “Even getting technology from their school poses a challenge to some who are socio-economically disadvantaged. It’s been really hard for them, and a lot of them had their symptoms worsen.” Like Graham, Giampetruzzi also stressed the importance of helping his clients find productive ways to spend their free time. “They need to keep themselves occupied,” he said, “because it’s a distraction from their negative thoughts.”
East Meadow schools prepare for reopening continued from front page ment, which could mean quarantining for 14 days. If anyone who has been exposed enters a building, it will be evacuated for up to three days and thoroughly cleaned. The school schedule includes a number of options, laid out in the reopening plan, and is subject to change. There is not enough space in the middle and high school for all students to return at once and follow social distancing guidelines, according to district officials, so they are mulling a hybrid learning plan. Students would be separated into two groups that would alternate between two days at school and two days of learning at home. One group would attend classes in person on Monday and Tuesday, and the other half on Thursday and Friday. All students would have a half-day of remote learning on Wednesday and a full day of remote learning on the days when they weren’t in school. The plan includes a possible staggered date for elementary school students, who would return to school in person full-time if government guidelines permit. Students in kindergarten through first grade would return to school every day starting Sept. 3. Second- through fifth-graders would return to school for a hybrid-learning schedule starting Sept. 3, and attend every day starting on Oct. 5.
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The easT Meadow School District released its reopening plan on Aug. 7, the day that Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that schools across the state could reopen in September. Above, friends Logan Morales, left, and Mahdi Islam caught up on the first day of classes last year in Allison Brafman’s fourth-grade class at Bowling Green Elementary School. Parents of students in all grades were given the option of complete remote learning, should the district choose the hybrid model. Patsy Mustafich, who has three children in the district, said she had been “going crazy” trying to make the decision,
and was hoping to learn more about the plan at this week’s Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, after the Herald went to press. Other parents said the plan was confusing, and left out a number of details. One, Lena Vikara, met with a number of others
and wrote a letter addressing their concerns, which she sent to Superintendent Kenneth Card two weeks ago. “We feel that there are things that our district didn’t do or take into account with making their decisions, and the parents were not involved at all,” Vikara said, adding that she wanted to see all students return to school, full-time, on the same start date in September. “The hybrid plan submitted by the East Meadow School District has left parents and students with many questions that have gone unanswered, or only vaguely clarified,” her letter reads. She and the other co-signing parents researched other districts’ plans and found that many have been “both creative and effective,” she wrote, in following Cuomo’s guidelines to use “ all available space.” “We understand that no decision can be made until Governor Cuomo approves or denies the plans of each district,” the letter continues. “However, after looking at the models proposed by other districts, we feel that East Meadow can do better … We want each and every person to be safe, but we cannot let instruction fall to the wayside.” The district’s reopening plan, with a subsequent Frequently Asked Questions section, can be viewed at https://bit. ly/2ClESl8.
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Cops: Woman charged with EMFD official arrested for hit and run of 11-year old boy sexually abusing teen, cops say By BRIAN STIEGLITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
An East Meadow woman was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a hit and run in Massapequa two days earlier that left an 11-year old boy with serious injuries, police said. Max Selesky, 11, was riding a scooter with a friend on Eastgate Road when a woman in a red pick-up truck struck and dragged him for 50 feet before leaving the boy in the street, according to detectives.
The boy sustained multiple serious injuries and was transported by police to a local hospital where he was treated. News 12 reported that he suffered a concussion and will need plastic surgery after being cut up from head to toe, according to his parents. An investigation led to Laura Nucatola, 33, of East Meadow, who is being charged with leaving the scene of an incident with serious injuries. She was first arraigned on Wednesday at the Nassau County First District Court.
Police investigating indecent exposure incident in Merrick The Nassau County Police Department is investigating an indecent exposure incident that occurred in Merrick on Monday night. According to detectives, two nine-yearold sisters encountered a white male twice while traveling to and from their Petit Avenue home to their grandmother’s house on Webster Street. One girl, while riding her bike to her grandmother’s, saw the man sitting on a bicycle on the corner of Petit Avenue and Webster Street, intentionally exposing
himself to her. She turned around to go home and tell her parents. About two minutes later, her sister saw the same man while riding home from her grandmother’s house. As she attempted to ride her bicycle past him, the man lunged at her, grabbing her shoulders, stopping her and attempted to pull her pants down. The girl yelled at the man and was able to get away and ride home to her parents.
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A leader of the East Meadow Fire Department Junior Program was arrested for engaging in sexual misconduct with one of its 16-year old members, according to Nassau County police. Scott Farber, 49, of East Meadow, allegedly committed criminal sexual acts against the 16-year old boy in his home on April 18, according to detectives. An investigation pointed police to Farber, who was arrested in his home Scott without incident early Tuesday morning. Farber is a commissioner at the East Meadow Fire Department in addition to helping lead its junior program. He joined the department in 1992 as a firefighter and paramedic before serving as a chairman and vice-chairman. “All I could say is that the East Meadow
Fire Department and District will fully cooperate with the district attorney and law enforcement on this matter,” said Commissioner John Priest. The EMFD declined to comment further due to the pending litigation. Farber is being charged with two counts of thirddegree criminal sexual activity and endangering the welfare of a child. Farber was arraigned on Wednesday morning and held on $50,000 bail or $25,000 bond. His next appearance is Friday. He is being represented by the Legal Aid Society, which does Farber not comment on pending cases. Detectives are asking that those who feel they may have been a victim of a similar incident to contact Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800-244-TIPS, The Special Victims Squad at 516-573-4022, or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous. More as this story develops.
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Elected leaders call for PSEG reimbursements U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat reimbursements for spoiled food, medfrom Garden City who is up for re-elec- ication or other perishable items to tion this year, and Nassau County customers who have experienced proExecutive Laura Curran, a Democrat longed outages in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias. from Baldwin, are calling “More than 400,000 cuson PSEG-Long Island to tomers lost power in the refund the previous month’s after math of this stor m. utility bill and reimburse W h i l e m a n y h a d p owe r for spoiled food, medicarestored within the first 24 tion, or other perishable hours, more than 140,000 items for customers who customers were still left endured power outages lastwithout electricity over 24 ing over 24 hours. More hours later. PSEG’s website than 400,000 Long Islanders has repeatedly crashed and lost power in Tropical calls and texts from customS t o r m I s a i a s, a n d s o m e Kathleen Rice ers have gone unanswered. 35,000 were still without “A prolonged power outpower on Sunday. age is difficult under normal circumIn a letter to Daniel Eichhor n, stances, but in the midst of the coronaPSEG-LI’s president and chief operatvirus pandemic, it can be disastrous. ing officer, Rice and Curran wrote: Families have stored food in their “Dear Mr. Eichhorn: refrigerators to limit trips to the gro“We write to you today to urge cery store, and these items have now PSEG-Long Island to offer refunds on had to be discarded. Access to electricthe previous month’s utility bill and ity, especially the internet, is critically
important to Long Island residents at this time. New Yorkers working from home depend on consistent and reliable utility services. Not only is it vital to have air conditioning available during the hottest month of the year, but also inter net access is a necessity to clock in for work and to visit with doctors from the safety of one’s home. “Because of these hardships, we urge you to offer our constituents who have endured outa g es lasting Laura more than 24 hours financial relief in the form of a refund on past bills. At least one of your local competitors, Con Edison, is offering reimbursements for spoiled food, medication or other perishable commercial merchandise. Taking these steps immediately would show compassion to a region that is still recovering from past storms and an
unprecedented health crisis and could be facing more storms this hurricane season. “When PSEG-Long Island took over from the Long Island Power Authority in 2014, our constituents were promised better service, better communication and more accountability. After the failures we have witnessed from your handling of Isaias, we sincerely urge you to provide Long Island residents with financial relief. We thank you in advance Curran for your consideration and prompt response. Sincerely, Kathleen Rice Member of Congress Laura Curran Nassau County Executive
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PSEG-LI’s lackluster performance was frustrating Editor’s note: Clavin is the Town of Hempstead supervisor. Few things are more frustrating that PSEG-Long Island’s bungled efforts to restore power to its customers in a timely manner. Perhaps the only thing more maddening than the utility’s lackluster energy restoration efforts has been the electric provider’s unmitigated failure to furnish accurate information to customers and the company’s inability to simply answer phone calls from power-deprived customers. Adding insult to injury, nothing has better demonstrated PSEG-LI’s misunderstanding of how it dropped the ball last week than an Aug. 6 “To our customers” email sent by PSEG President and CEO Ralph Izzo. All evidence to the contrary, the utility’s chief executive claims to understand the importance of power in supporting family lifestyles and the urgency associated with an energy provider’s accuracy when communicating with customers. In that message, Izzo neglects to recognize that PSEG-LI’s greatest shortcoming last week was in frustrating customers’ ability to communicate with the utility. In fact, more than long restoration times and inaccurate estimated times of restoration, Long Island customers were most angered by their inability to contact the company in any way dur-
ing the storm to report that power was out. T his, despite re peated emails and text messages from PSEG ahead of the storm assuring customers of the company’s preparedness to deal with upcoming weather and reminding them that they could report outages by calling a particular telephone number, sending a text message to the company, filing a report through the PSEG app or the company website. None of those methods worked. As a result, customers tur ned to other authorities, none of which could reasonably be thought to have any way of getting the power back on or tellDon i n g c a l l e r s wh e n t h a t might happen. Switchboards exploded at local police departments and at county, town and village offices across Long Island. When those efforts proved unproductive, residents tur ned to social media, where they learned – many for the first time – that they were not the only ones who could not get through. Nobody without power could be sure that PSEG-LI even knew that they were in the dark. If they had entered the Federal Witness Protection Program, PSEG-LI customer service representatives would not have been harder to reach.
In his Aug. 6 email, Izzo pointed out that Isaias was one of the most powerful storms to strike the Northeast in years, which is true. However, it was precisely this type of storm that PSEG was hired to handle. One need only think back to National Grid’s post-Sandy failures to recall that it was the Long Island Power Authority’s dissatisfact i o n w i t h t h at p e r fo rmance that led to the management contract’s transfer to PSEG. Izzo pointed out, “At its peak, more than 1.7 million homes and businesses lost power across Long Island and New Jersey – including 420,000 PSEG Long Island customers.” Clavin W hy a re we b e i n g linked to New Jersey? Is it because an af filiate of PSEG-LI services the Garden State? That’s the company’s problem – not ours. In fact, at the time the company was being considered for the LIPA contract, it argued that the availability of crews in nearby New Jersey would enhance PSEG’s emergency response capabilities on Long Island. It apparently never occurred to management that geography made it likely that both areas would someday be affected by the same storm. In his email, Izzo wanted us to know, “PSEG-Long Island under-
stands how critical it is to share accurate and timely infor mation with our customers.” If that’s true, it’s hard to understand why a host on talk station WLIR (107.1 FM – Hampton Bays) was left on Wednesday wondering why the promised call from a PSEG-LI spokesman didn’t come during his show. It’s also hard to accept Izzo’s claim of understanding the importance of sharing information that is accurate and timely when, as of this writing, the energy provider’s communication systems were still replying to many customers with error messages, and the PSEG outage map appeared under a banner that read, “Map Data May Contain Inaccuracies.” Finally, Izzo wrote about reports of tor nadoes “and wind gusts topping 100 mph in some places” as a cause of PSEG’s post-storm troubles. No tornadoes or 100 mph winds were experienced in PSEG-LI’s service territory, so that claim is dishonest. PSEG-LI has been fortunate that, until this week, its stewardship of the Long Island electric system has occurred under mostly blue skies. The first real test of its professionalism under pressure came with Isaias. The test came, and PSEG failed. The utility failed to restore power in a timely fashion, it failed to provide accurate and useful communications to its customers, and it even failed to answer the phones.
A library persists through the pandemic with 250 seats and upgraded windows to allow more light into the building. Construction is expected to be completWhile The East Meadow Public ed by the end of the year. Library remains closed to patrons, it The library is offering deliveries and continues to offer a c u r b s i d e p i ck u p broad array of virfor loans. Patrons tual programming can also pick up as well as delivery holds at the East and curbside pickMeadow School up of books. District’s Leon J. The board voted Campo Salisbury to keep the library C e n t e r i n We s t cl o s e d d u e t o a bury. The library’s combination of e-book collection, o n g o i n g re n ova reference services, tions and the coroand wide variety navirus pandemic. of online resourcThe building was es —including citioriginally schedzenship test prepauled to be open ration, newspaper during the renovaarchives and legal tions, but delays in document assisconditions during tance — remain March in April led available though the board to come the library’s webto their decision to site. THE LIBrAry Is also offering deliveries ensure construcWhile in person tion could be com- and curbside pickup for loans. programs classes pleted more ef fiand events have ciently. The renovations come after a been canceled, the library is offering $14.6 million community bond passed several pro g rams over Zoom. All in March 2017. Renovations include a August, they will be offering virtual complete cosmetic overhaul, as well as workshops on journaling during the a expansion on the building’s west side pandemic, exercise and college essays. to include a community theatre room Prog rams for kids include toddler
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A dozen of Lou Corradino’s friends and colleagues held a car parade in honor of his retirement from Richner Communications Inc. on Aug. 6. Mask wearing and social distancing were musts.
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Printing Manager Lou Corradino retires after two decades with company ciation to Lou for his time and dedication to Richner Communications,” RCI President Stuart Richner said. Richner Communications Inc., par- “‘Upstairs Lou,’ as he’s known, has ent company of the Herald Community made a positive impact on our company Newspapers, bade farewell to Lou Cor- while becoming a loyal friend and colleague to all of us radino, its director at Richner, as well of commercial as our commercial printing, who print clients. retired last week “We’ll certainly after two decades. miss Lou’s printing And, as is the cusexpertise and t o m t h e s e d ay s, knowledge,” Richmany of his ner continued, friends and col“and his uncanny leagues at the comability to juggle pany held a car many balls at the parade for him in same time without front of his Commissing a beat or a mack home on deadline. What I’ll Aug. 6. miss most, howevThe soft-spoken er, is having Lou as father, grandfather a colleague and and great-grandfafriend.” ther, whose passion I n p a r t i c u l a r, for his work was Richner noted, Corexceeded only by corrAdino wAS rci’S commercial radino was instruhis love for his fam- printing manager for two decades. mental in growing ily, the Yankees and RCI’s commercial the Giants, will be printing and mailing divisions. “Lou missed by all at RCI. Corradino was one of RCI’s unsung oversaw the expansion of the printing heroes, a behind-the-scenes manager division from a newspaper- and publicawho ensured that the company’s presses tion-focused printer to one of Long hummed along according to tight, near- Island’s premier, full-service commerly 24-hour-a-day schedules. He oversaw a cial printers and mailers,” Richner said. Corradino plans to spend more time staff of press operators, mail distributors, binders and drivers, and worked with his wife, Marie, and their family — with RCI’s commercial printing and and they have a lot of family, including mailing clients, including other publish- three daughters, two sons, and many ers, hospitals, schools, municipalities, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. “Lou is the consummate printing prononprofit organizations and corporafessional,” said Michael Bologna, RCI’s tions throughout the tristate region. “I’d like to express my sincere appre- vice president of operations. “I remem-
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corrAdino with rci President Stuart Richner, left, and, Michael Bologna, vice president of operations, right. ber at his interview thinking how lucky we were to have found him. The last 20 years have gone by in a flash. Along with our customers, we’ll miss having Lou and his incredible talents in our stead. His are some pretty big shoes to fill. I wish him well.” Rhonda Glickman, RCI’s vice president of advertising sales, said she had been through a great deal with Corradino, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which upended business operations across Long Island, and a catastrophic fire at RCI’s Lawrence office in 2004, which forced the company to move to an abandoned manufacturing plant in West Hempstead for two years while a new office and printing plant was built in Garden City. “No matter what, Lou always got it done,” Glickman said. “The papers always got out, and he always got it done
with his kind and quiet nature. He was a terrific colleague, and I’ll miss him. Best of luck to him.” Heralds Sports Editor Tony Bellissimo worked with Corradino for 12 years. “He’s a wealth of information and a tremendous problem solver,” Bellissimo said. “I’ll miss popping into his office to talk sports, but our conversations will no doubt continue by phone.” This reporter would like to thank Corradino for all his encouragement over the past 20 years. He often remarked how great the Herald papers looked and how interesting the stories were, and he would always remind me of our mission — that people buy newspapers for the stories inside — even at the car parade last week. So, from all of us at RCI, thank you, Lou, for your outstanding service to the company. You will be missed by all of us at 2 Endo Blvd.
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Tropical Storm Isaias wallops East Meadow By Brian stieGlitZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
All of Long Island began to feel the effects of Tropical Storm Isaias, including East Meadow and Salisbury, on Tuesday afternoon when it slammed into the East Coast with heavy winds of nearly 70 mph and knocked down trees and utility poles in its path. According to the PSEG Long Island Outage Map, in East Meadow there were 943 of 14, 315 customers affected by power outages as of Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 7 p.m. Salisbury initially sustained a much larger hit, but, within a week, it went from having 2,845 to 161 of 3,551 customers affected by power outages, according to PSEG Long Island. Most of the outages are the result of trees falling on power lines. Members of the East Meadow Fire Department have been responding to calls all day on Tuesday to assist residents affected by the storm. Between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m., the East Meadow Fire Department answered 90 calls throughout the community regarding downed trees, wires, car accidents and one car fire, said Fire Commissioner John Priest. Then, around 7 p.m., the department received another 20 calls in “rapid succession,” Preist said. “It was a very busy day not jst for the East Meadow Fire Department, but for emergency services through Nassau County as well,” he said. The rest of the evening and the past two days have returned to the typical number of calls to the EMFD, whose storm response was overseen by Chief James Walsh. On the East Meadow Moms and Dads Facebook page, one woman shared that a number of recent high school graduates on her block had voluntarily began sawing and removing downed tree limbs to clear up the roadways.
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upenDeD trees anD branches were scattered throughout Eisenhower Park. The Long Island Rail Road has suspended service systemwide because of the fallen trees and downed utility poles. NWS forecasters said Isaias will lash the nor theast from Tuesday into Wednesday, with the storm dissipating by Thursday. For fire and medical emergencies, residents can call the East Meadow Fire Department at (516) 542-0576. To report power outages, call PSEG Long Island’s 24-hour electric emergency hotline number - 1-800-490-0075 - or OUT to PSEGLI (773454).
Down trees causeD power outages across East Meadow and Salisbury. Above, a tree was torn down by heavy winds on Prospect Avenue. a utility pole fell into the street and snapped in half on Everett Place. hunDreDs still remaineD without power as the Herald went to press on Aug. 11.
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Pandemic or not, paying respects at the cemetery is an ongoing obligation, that for some gives comfort, but for others is daunting and demanding. In our household, we carry that internal sense of responsibility, typically trying to go each summer, and this year, minus the large gatherings of people, gravesites are still accessible. My brother once asked why our dad was laid to rest in Long Island, considering he lived (and we grew up) in Flushing. I didn’t have a perfect answer, knowing simply that the land and availability was due east of Queens. All these years, all these days, and little did I know the journey to Exit 35 on the Southern State Parkway constantly takes us on a journey of memories each time, each mile we drive. On our latest trip, we stopped and searched and relied on some instinct to find our loved ones’ final resting places. Finding my grandmother is usually easy, because she is at rest near the front fences of the cemetery overlooking the traffic. I never liked the sentiment on her stone, but I chuckle about my aunt’s decision and think of their mother/daughter relationship, every time I read it. For my husband, his sense of direction and memory served him well, distinctly identifying the name of the road for finding his paternal grandparents quickly. They had seven children – all with distinct
lives and careers. And no matter where we went searching on that sunny morning we spotted wild bunnies, scampering among the grass, the trees and bushes. Regardless of faith, I believe there is a universality of remembrance and peace that invades every space, with loving efforts to distinguish the people who were in our lives — regardless of location. For some plots there are the remnants of candles and smooth stones. For others, strewn flowers, ceramic figurines and Yankee emblems. When I once worked at a home improvement retailer, the garden department always carried “Christmas in Heaven” grave blankets during December. I came to realize how it wasn’t just the headstone that gave purpose and information, but all the little things left behind that worked to keep memories alive. My mother has always said that it is a blessing to pay respects (in the words of prayer, “may their memory always be for a blessing”) and that those who loved us watch over us. I don’t always know what’s true, but I do believe that no matter where they rest, as long as I remember, they live. A contributing writer to the Herald since 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resident and a direct marketing/advertising executive who teaches marketing fundamentals as well as advertising and marketing communications courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology and SUNY Old Westbury.
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Neighbors iN the News Accepted into National math program Sarah Chavez-Olaya, a sixth grade student from Woodland Middle School in the East Meadow School District, was accepted into the Institute of Creative Problem Solving for Gifted and Talented Students. S e l e c t i o n by t h e i n s t i t u t e implies that a student is among the top 0.1 percent of all students in their grade, in mathematics, on Long Island. As one of the most competitive programs in the nation, each nominated student is expected to spend 60 hours on in-class and related outside projects. The curriculum Courtesy East Meadow School District covers mathematical topics such as algebra, geometry and number the- Sarah Chavez-Olaya, a sixth grade student from ory. It also includes others not Woodland Middle School, was accepted into the Institute of Creative Problem Solving for Gifted and included in the standard courses of study, such as problem solving Talented Students, one of the nation’s most competapplied to probability, theory of itive programs. finite differences and mass point geometry. Sarah completed the proBarnum Woods Elementary School. gram’s rigorous entrance exam while she was a fifth-grade Quest student at –Brian Stieglitz
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Covid-19 testing resumes at Jones Beach after Isaias
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By J.D. FreDa jfreda@liherald.com
The Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach State Park reopened on Thursday, Aug. 6 after sustaining significant damage during Tropical Storm Isaias. Isaias, which hit the area with a short, sharp blast of high winds and driving rain left hundreds of thousands of Long Islanders without power, in addition to the damage at the area’s first drive-through test site. The severe winds caused the site’s tents to collapse. The facility was closed Wednesday because of the damage. The site, under the jurisdiction of the State Department of Health, reopened on Thursday at 10 a.m., for those with appointments. Seaford State Sen. John Brooks visited the testing site Friday. “Everything is restored here,” Brooks said. “The equipment was not damaged, just the tents.” The site closed on Tuesday in preparation for the storm, ensuring its medical equipment remained intact. Officials quickly reconstructed the tents for use on Thursday. Since it’s reopening, the Jones Beach test site has seen roughly 100 patients per day. This is slightly less than half of the mobile lab’s typical daily capacity. Although the site was closed for only a full day after the storm, no information was available at press time as to when Wednesday appointments would be rescheduled Brooks has also said he received statistics pointing to a positive testing rate of two percent at the site, an increase from recent months. The rate of infection has ticked up since July Fourth weekend. Nassau County statistics, showed an infection rate of less 1 percent at
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TuesDay’s Tropical sTorm Isaias caused damage at the Covid-19 testing site at Jones Beach, leaving it closed for two days. The site reopened on 10 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 6 and immediately began testing on an average of 100 people per day. the site. As of Aug. 7, Nassau County has a confirmed 43,655 positive cases. Suffolk accounts for 43,786 confirmed cases. Combined, the two counties make up 20.8 percent of the state’s total. Seaford, Wantagh and North
Wantagh had a total of roughly750 positive cases, with a very slight increase in the past seven days. The two hamlets combine for an average of 16.62 cases in every 1,000 residents.
Four injured after SUV crashes in North Bellmore Four people were injured after a Ford SUV drove off the Southern State Parkway and crashed into two parked vehicles on Old Britton Road in North Bellmore last Sunday morning, according to state police. Officials reported that the SUV was traveling westbound on the Southern State when it veered off the roadway and onto Old Britton Road, a residential street, and collided with an oncoming pickup truck before rolling over an unattended parked vehicle and landing on its side. The North Bellmore Fire Department was notified of the incident at 10:46 a.m. Harrison Last, NBFD’s public information officer, said that two of the SUV’s occupants were able to remove themselves and an infant from the vehicle prior to the department’s arrival, but couldn’t remove the remaining occupant. “Chief of Department David Marschall confirmed that one male adult was pinned inside the rear of the SUV, partially in the trunk,” Last said. “Firefighters were able to remove the roof from the SUV [and] quickly extricate the patient and place him into care of emergency medical technicians before [he was] transported to the hospital in critical condition.” The other three occupants were also taken to local hospitals for treatment of minor injuries, and the two occupants in the pickup truck were treated for minor injuries at the scene. Additional mutual aid was provided by Bellmore-Merrick EMS, the North Merrick Fire Department and the Nassau County Police Department, Last said. Officials are still investigating the cause of the collision, and ask anyone with information to call (631) 756-3300. John Scalesi/Herald Life
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PPE. You’ll see people with masks, face ease in the U.S. each year. About 1,000 ly, a potential resurgence of preventable n the midst of a pandemic, the last t’s died. And that’s 1,000 too many. infections resulting from missed vaccines thing we need is another outbreak of tha shields, gowns and gloves, which protect Now that we’re in the recovery phase is also very real. a highly contagious infection like to them — but also protect you. in New York, the risk — to young and old One year ago this month, a measles measles. Unfortunately, the diligent the From the waiting room to the medical — of contracting Covid-19 is much lower outbreak in New York caused a 30-year rooms, frequently touched and trafficked 19. In t work of stopping the spread of Covid-19 than at any point during this crisis. Not high in cases of the highly contagious illareas are regularly cleaned and disinfect- reality has, for many parents, meant falling only are there fewer patients, but the ness — which still kills hundreds of thoukeep ou behind on having their children routinely ed. Some organizations, like Northwell physical spaces are now safer, with measands of people per year globally. That vaccinated. Health, are using ultraviolet light technol- Our sures in place to protect any patient who outbreak occurred because in some comogy to create an additional level of disin- line of Individually, missing one vaccine shot enters a doctor’s munities we have fection. may not seem like a big deal, office. seen the number So, health care offices are but immunization schedules That starts with of people vaccinatsafe, and you shouldn’t be were developed after decades limiting the numed dip below safe afraid to see your pediatriof study, and the sheer number of patients. levels, threatening cian. Vaccinations have ber of missed trips to pediatriOnce in the office, our hard-fought cians during the coronavirus changed the game on so many people remain six herd immunity, crisis has meant a drastic fallillnesses, saving millions of feet apart — six which protects the off in childhood immunizalives. But that progress can beach balls of entire community. tions across the country. unwind, and it can do so space. To avoid When that immuIn fact, the Centers for Disquickly — as it is right now in overcrowding, nity declines, ease Control and Prevention other parts of the world. JosHUa DaVID CHarLes families are somethere’s a greater reports 250,000 fewer doses of Health care’s mission is to roCker FaGan sCHLeIen times asked to call risk for the infecmeasles-containing immunipromote and protect the genfrom their cars tion to spread. zations ordered from March 23 eral well-being of the commuwhen they arrive Last year it was to May 16 than during the nity. We need parents’ help. We and wait to be called in. just the measles we had to worry about. runnin same time period in 2019. And it’s not just can solve this problem together and Frequently, pediatric offices have desAdd measles. There were also about 2.5 million Today it’s every vaccine-preventable illensure that we protect the entire herd. ignated mornings for visits from those ness, because if kids aren’t coming in for fewer doses of all routine non-influenza The time is now. Please don’t wait until the tea one vaccine, they’re not coming in for any. who are well and afternoons for “sick visvaccines. Across Cohen Children’s Mediwe have another outbreak on our hands. bus dri its,” which is another way of assuring the And yes, wash those hands. Measles is our main concern, because of soon be cal Center’s 18 pediatric offices, we saw a how rapidly it spreads and how it can lead health and protection of those visiting the into sc 45 percent drop in all vaccinations for office. Everyone over age 2 must be to dehydration, pneumonia and encephachildren of all ages in that same period. Dr. Joshua Rocker is the chief of pediatric York th masked, and is screened upon entry with litis, or swelling of the brain. But we also The good news is that you and your emergency medicine at Cohen Children’s pandem a symptom checklist. You will be asked if worry about Haemophilus influenzae child can catch up. Pediatricians across Medical Center. Dr. David Fagan is the cen- the poi you have a fever, any symptoms and any Type b, a major contributor to meningitis our sch the country have worked overtime to creter’s vice chair of pediatric ambulatory known exposure to Covid-19, and based on administration. Dr. Charles Schleien is and bacteremia, when the bacteria ing ext ate safe environments, cleaning protocols those answers, you’ll be managed and spreads throughout the blood. Before the and strategies to minimize the risk of senior vice president and chair of pediatric moved within the office appropriately. Hib vaccination, about 20,000 children Covid infection. Fear of contracting the services at Northwell Health. Health care providers are dressed in full younger than 5 developed severe Hib disvirus is understandable, but unfortunate-
Letters selling us a false bill of goods. LARRY PENNER Great Neck
A guest column was short on insight To the Editor: Re Robert A. Scott’s op-ed column, “Of course Black lives matter!” (July 2-8): Scott addressed the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name at Princeton University because of his racist views and policies. I say well and good, but wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II, and be worthy of similar response? Scott went on to characterize the Native American and Black man at the sides of Teddy’s Roosevelt’s statue at the American Museum of Natural History as representing “colonial expansion and racial discrimination.” Really? Does Scott truly believe that these figures were included in such negative context, rather than representing progress from backwardness and deprivation into a more hopeful future? Scott wrote that Black lives matter because “they were being eliminated by police violence.” Not only was this claim false, is that the only reason, for him, that
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Black lives should matter? That the kind of officer who killed George Floyd could get into law enforcement at all shows a failure in the vetting and training process, with such officers representing only a small part of law enforcement. For Scott to even imply that “police violence” is primarily responsible for Black deaths is absurd. Incredibly, he contends that “Black people are killed in their homes and suburban neighborhoods by white police.” Is he blind to the realities of drive-by shootings, of revenge killings, of assaults, robberies, murders and rapes of innocent Black people — infants, the young, the old — by those who live in these very communities? How many more such crimes, of the most horrific nature, have been reported since his article was published only weeks ago? Why does Scott attribute “failing schools” as the cause of Black social woes? Many of those who have participated in looting and arson are school-aged minors from minority communities. Would Scott dispute that lack of proper guidance and disciplining at home contributes to educational and social deficiencies? He should consider the dedicated students and teachers in these schools, and how their pursuits are impacted by the criminal and antisocial miscreants among them. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway
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To bury the power lines, or not?
ropical Storm Isaias marched up the Eastern Seaboard Aug. 4 with 70-mph winds that snapped trees in half or ripped them out of the ground, often sending them crashing onto power lines, leaving 420,000 Long Island ratepayers without electricity. PSEG-Long Island had promised to respond faster to restore power than its predecessor, the Long Island Power Authority. Last Saturday, four days after the storm, 60,000 Long Islanders were still without electricity, however, and thousands remained that way through Tuesday — a week after the storm. As Isaias blew through, communications between customers and PSEG-LI rapidly broke down, with people unable to send messages about lost power, despite the $1 billion in taxpayer and ratepayer funds that the utility had invested in upgrading its communications and smartmeter networks in recent years. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, plans to hold hearings on the response to Isaias by utilities across the state, including the communications response by PSEG-LI, Altice and Verizon. The question is, what will come of those hearings? Will we vent our anger, and let that be the end of it? Will we seek another utility company to manage Long Island’s electrical system, as we did after Hurricane Sandy in 2012-13? Or will we work toward a more durable solution, one that considers the long-term effects of repeated tropical storms and hurricanes on an
island that juts 118 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, and one that hardens our infrastructure so we never again have to suffer the crippling damage that Isaias, and so many storms before, have left in their wakes? We can upgrade the communications network all we want, but as last week’s storm made clear, that effort would likely prove futile. If $1 billion wasn’t enough to fix the communications system well enough to respond to a tropical storm, then what amount would be needed to prepare for a Category 4 hurricane — with wind speeds double that of Isaias and a million people trying to message PSEG-LI all at once? One possible solution would be to bury the electric and cable wires, ensuring that they would remain stable and protected in hurricanes, tropical storms, ice storms and run-of-the-mill thunderstorms. The trouble is, burying lines is a massive undertaking that would require an investment of billions of dollars. Still, we should at least study it. Consider this case study of one typical little South Shore community. During Isaias, a tree came down on Merrick Road in Merrick, near the Meadowbrook Parkway, cutting power to a .36-mile-long commerce zone just to the east. Within that small business district are two supermarkets, 11 restaurants, a frozen yogurt shop and an ice cream parlor, which had to throw out hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of food that had
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letters Put power lines underground To the Editor: Consumers want cheap electricity. As a result, utility companies have been unable to charge the appropriate rates to allow for capital improvements to upgrade the existing power grid and substations, and burying more power lines. Residents living in low-density neighborhoods want to keep the price of homes low by accepting aboveground power lines rather than burying them. After Tropical Storm Isaias, with limited crews, it was impossible to reach everyone within 24 hours with such a catastrophic loss of power impacting so many customers at once. I would gladly pay to cover costs for burying my power lines to ensure more reliable delivery. Unfortunately, this wouldn’t work unless my neighbors also agreed to do the same. Decades ago, elected officials attacked the Long Island Lighting Company for being overpriced and inefficient. They promised that creation of the Long Island Power Authority would solve all our problems. Having lived in Great Neck from the 1960s to now, I don’t recall LILCO being anywhere as bad as today’s generation of elected leader claim LIPA was. Voters deserve a rebate from the elected officials who committed consumer fraud by
gone bad or melted because refrigeration was lost — in the case of one pizzeria alone, $50,000 worth, on top of the business it lost during the two days it had no power. There are 22 other businesses on this strip, ranging from a clothing shop to a gas station, a dry cleaner, a ballet studio and an insurance agency, as well as offices for a cosmetic surgeon, an attorney, a veterinarian and a pediatric dentist. Now, project all the lost goods and services in this commerce zone across Long Island, and you begin to understand the enormity of the economic hit that comes with even a relatively small-scale storm like Isaias. When we speak of storm damage, we generally talk about the price of repairs. Rarely do we consider the cost of business interruptions. This clearly needs greater deliberation. Burying lines, at an estimated cost of $1 million per mile, would undoubtedly raise electricity rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Spreading the project over decades, however, could mitigate the increase, while ensuring that future generations needn’t suffer as we have. Anaheim, Calif., is burying all its lines over 50 years, necessitating a 4 percent customer surcharge — or $4 per month for every $100 of electric use — while the cable TV companies must pay to bury their lines. The program began in 1990. With the climate crisis threatening to bring bigger hurricanes in the future, now, not later, is the time to act.
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t’s becoming more apparent each day that the Unites States will not return to any semblance of normalcy until there is a working vaccine for Covid19. In the meantime, we must face the reality that providing essential services to keep our economy going is job No. 1. Our health care workers are our first line of defense against the pandemic. People who grow and transport our food, as well as the grocery store workers who stock the shelves, are critical. Our police, firefighters, sanitation workers, transit operators and other local alfonse government workd’amaTo ers who provide basic services are keeping America running. Add to this list of essential employees the teachers and school administrators, bus drivers and school workers who will soon be asked to take our children back into school. We are more fortunate in New York than many other states, because the pandemic here seems to have abated to the point at which carefully reopening our schools is possible. It will mean taking extra precautions to maintain the
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can’t say I have a perfect track record with the recipes I publish. In fact, here’s an excerpt from a letter to the editor published many years ago. The note, from a Rockville Centre reader, said: “Randi Kreiss’ recipe sent me to the hospital with chest pains. After spending four hours at the emergency room and $70 the next day at my family doctor, I was told I had gas from all those veggies in the soup (which did not taste so great, RandI anyway).” kReIss I don’t know if the old gasbag is still with us, and I’m sorry she suffered chest pains, but I don’t think her issues had to do with my soup. My soup-making skills are considerable, and I’m in the process of compiling the recipes into a book for my kids and grandkids. My granddaughter Sabrina is particularly keen on cooking, and has already added her own culinary flourishes to my vegetarian tortilla soup. I say why mess with perfection, but she felt it needed some queso blanco. Anyway, she’s been pressing me for
health of students, teachers and other school workers, including measures that will add considerably to school budgets. The recent debate in Washington about the next round of federal pandemic relief has centered almost exclusively on helping the unemployed with a continued $600-per-week federal unemployment insurance subsidy. No one can argue that the 30 million unemployed Americans receiving this aid aren’t in need of assistance. They are out of work through no fault of their own. But it’s important to understand that this generous benefit adds up to $18 billion per week. That money is being borrowed by the U.S. Treasury, and will eventually have to be paid back to those who are loaning it to the federal government. And for many workers, their unemployment payments — including state and federal benefits — now exceed the weekly wages they were earning before losing their jobs. It is not unreasonable to ask that this benefit be adjusted to a more realistic and fiscally sustainable level. That doesn’t mean that the federal government should retreat on providing relief to Americans. Billions of dollars are needed to support
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the safe reopening of our schools. And billions more should go to helping states and local governments provide the essential services that would be drastically reduced without federal assistance. A fair way to assist states and local governments would be for Washington to help them make up for the sales tax revenue they’ve lost due to the pandemic. These sales tax losses are fairly straightforward to calculate. And since every state collects sales taxes, federal aid making up these losses could be fairly distributed across the country. Red states and blue states would benefit equitably. Another area where more federal aid is needed is for small businesses. Many received aid under the Payroll Protection Act, which extended them loans and grants to help keep their workers employed. Giving these businesses an additional lifeline so they can continue to stay open and provide jobs is a good investment. Economists of all stripes tell us that if these businesses were allowed to sink, many would never come back. The loss to the economy would be enormous. Finally, our hospitals and other medical facilities have been badly wounded by
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the Covid-19 crisis, as almost all other hospital admissions and doctor’s visits dried up these past few months. They should get the extra help they need to continue to provide quality health care. And it’s not too early to begin to think about what the economic future will look like once the virus is defeated. The business landscape will be altered for years to come. The real estate industry may see wrenching change if offices remain empty after the pandemic fades. Malls may never recover the business they’ve lost to online sales. We can expect what amounts to a national reorganization of our economy, with many old and respected businesses failing and many new ones struggling to emerge. Let’s not lose our sense of hope and optimism. The American spirit is boundless. We’ve learned some hard lessons, including that we must bring critical manufacturing home rather than depending on the rest of the world to provide essential medicines and products. The promising race to develop a Covid19 vaccine by our scientists shows that with a concerted effort, even the seemingly impossible can be made possible. Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.
Top-secret recipe revealed my family chicken soup recipe. It is special. I know every cook in every family makes the best chicken soup, but mine is outstanding. If there were a New York State Fair entry for chicken soup, I would win. I’m not claiming that in the age of Covid-19 it has unusual medicinal properties, but you can judge for yourself. It may not be hydroxychloroquine or bleach shots, but it’s a real comfort, spiritually and physically. Because Sabrina was so persistent, and because she also has a wicked sense of humor, I recently sent her the plans for my Manhattan Project of chicken soups. This was never meant to be published in a newspaper; it was meant to pass from kitchenwarm grandma hands to upturned fingers. It’s a kind of promise-to-keep, whispered mother to child. But in the interest of public health, here goes:
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thinking Kosher was tastier. My mother said it was because of all the salt. Invite your chicken into the pot. (Give him a good scrubbing first, using no soap. It’s soup!)
ot to brag, but if there were a New York State fair entry for chicken soup, I’d win.
Dear Sabrina, OK, OK this is the recipe: Find a chicken and a huge pot. Now maybe this chicken has it all together, or maybe he comes in eighths. Could be a pullet or a broiler; equal opportunity here. Could be Kosher or not. I was brought up
Gather: 3 32-oz. cartons of any good organic chicken broth Bunch fresh parsley (well washed) 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon 1/2 cup pearl barley (rinsed and strained) 5 stalks of celery 2 turnips, peeled, sliced and diced 2 parsnips, peeled, sliced and diced 6 carrots or a bag of cut-
up carrots 2 medium sweet onions, chopped 10-oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables (no sauce or butter!) Salt, pepper, a nearly infinitesimal amount of rosemary . . . no, that’s too much . . . such a heavy hand. Now here’s the hard part: Put everything into a huge pot. Cover. Turn up the heat and simmer for an hour and 10. That should soften the toughest old bird. I call it the RBG method. The after part:
Lift the chicken out of the pot. He will not come willingly. And he may fool you by pretending to fall apart. And he may actually fall apart. Round up all his body parts and put them in a separate bowl. Choices here: You can shred the chicken into the soup and dispose of the bones, or you can eat the chicken as an entirely separate experience. Boiled chicken with something — anything — is quite yummy if you give it a chance. You can also cut the boiled chicken into salad or stuff in a taco or toss into a smoothie. (I’m kidding.) Find your soup blender stick and puree just the right amount of time. Depends on whether you like soupy soup, or thick puree, or recognizable pieces, or just vegetables and soup, in which case you won’t need the soup blender at all. You decide. Personally, I like a few seconds of blending, while letting the vegetables keep their identities intact. If you call and visit me, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe. If you call and visit me often, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe with all the ingredients. May you enjoy this recipe, and may it nourish all the people you love. Grandma Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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