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Now renovated, East Meadow library reopens

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

Courtesy Melinda Geraghty

RYAN AND AMELIA Geraghty, 2½ and 5, in the library’s updated children’s room.

The East Meadow Public Library opened on Sept. 23 after two years of construction, a relief to residents, who said they missed their library. It was a quiet opening with no fanfare to commemorate the day, but residents, who were busy exploring the new additions to the library, didn’t seem to mind.

“I think the most exciting part about the library opening is it actually opening,” Michael Turner, a library trustee, said.

“Unfortunately, with Covid

things kept getting pushed back and back, but finally the day is here. I think the patrons are going to really appreciate what we’ve done here.”

Turner said he has been on the board for 25 years, and it had always been a dream to renovate the library. There had been previous plans, but the project never came together, he said.

Laura Buontempone brought her granddaughter Skyler, who is nearly 2 years old, to get her library card.

“We used to live at the library before it closed,” said CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

NUMC is honored by Heart Association for treatment

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

Nassau University Medical Center earned national recognition for its efforts to improve the management of heart failure in September. The medical center, in East Meadow, received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus-Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Quality Achievement Award.

The award was given to the hospital for its commitment to ensuring that heart failure patients receive the best treatment according to scientific evidence that has been nationally recognized and researched. The

hospital’s ultimate goal is speeding up recovery and reducing readmissions for heart failure patients.

“In order to achieve Gold Plus, you need to have the highest numbers,” Amgad Makaryus, chairman of the Department of Cardiology at NUMC, said. “This means greater than 85 percent in the categories such as evidencebased medication treatment, different measurements of the heart and the patient education and patient follow-up.”

More than 6.5 million adults in the United States are living with heart failure. The condition tends to be chronic and causes patients to be readmitted to the

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Department of Cardiology NUMC hospital.

“You need to be on top of things,” Makaryus said. “You’re treating hundreds and hundreds of patients, and you need to meet all of the criteria for a year.”

The 2021 award is based on

data received from 2020. It was hard to meet the criteria during the coronavirus pandemic, Makaryus said.

Heart failure is manageable with the right medicine, lifestyle changes and devices. Many heart failure patients live enjoyable, productive lives. Heart failure is hard to treat, though, said Makaryus, and it is different

among patients.

“Nassau University Medical Center is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our patients with heart failure by implementing the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure initiative,” Anthony Boutin, president and CEO of NUMC, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

NUMC recognized for its heart program plus, silver, bronze and participating.

NUMC was also recognized on the said. “The end goal is to ensure more peoassociation’s Target: Heart Failure ple in Long Island can experience longer, Honor Roll.

To achieve this honor, a hoshealthier lives.” pital must meet specific criteria, such as Get With The Guidelines is the American Heart Association/American Stroke helping patients improve medication Association’s hospital-based quality adherence, providing early follow-up improvement program provides hospitals care and coordination, and enhancing patient education. The ultiwith the latest research-based mate goal is to reduce hospiguidelines. Get With The tal readmissions and help Guidelines was developed patients live with their condiwith the goal of saving lives tion. and making recovery faster.

The medical center also It has helped more than 9 received the Association’s million patients since 2001.

Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll “We are pleased to recogaward. To be considered, hosnize Nassau University Medipitals must meet measures cal Center for their commitdeveloped with more than 90 ment to heart failure care,” percent of compliance for 12 said Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief of Amgad Makaryus months to meet the “Overall cardiology at Northwestern Diabetes Cardiovascular IniUniversity’s Feinberg School tiative Composite Score.” of Medicine. “Hospitals that “Our score of 91.3 is actually higher follow Get With The Guidelines protocols often see fewer readmissions and lower than the average of all New York hospimortality rates — a win for health-care tals and all of Long Island hospitals,” Makaryus said. “It’s a great accomplishsystems, families and communities.”

Participants apply for the annual ment.”

NUMC is a “safety-net hospital,” comaward by sharing their commitment to providing high-end care to heart failure mitted to treating patients regardless of patients. They are also rated on the edu- insurance status or ability to pay. This cation they provide to their patients to can make treating patients harder.

“Our patients tend to have other help them manage their heart failure once they are home. There are six levels social determinants of health that might of achievement: gold plus, gold, silver not allow them to fulfill the outcome that CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

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NASSAU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL Center received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus-Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Quality Achievement Award. other patients have who have better means,” he said. “Despite the disparities, we still treat our patients and get them to the same health levels as other better-off patients.”

Patients may be unable to pay for medication or even a ride to the hospital, and NUMC has programs to help in both

of these situations. “We try to target these things,” Makaryus said. “We have a finance department, we have people to help with transportation, we have people to help with the transition of care and more. We try to really help our patients in the community.”

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THE EAST MEADOW Public Library opened on Sept. 23 after being under renovation since 2019.

E.M. library includes a maker’s space CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Buontempone, of East Meadow. “When you have two little kids going to the library breaks up the day. And we love the programs and how they help the little ones interact with other kids.”

Turner said the renovations provide for the community’s needs. The stacks of books are now accessible to youngsters in the children’s room, and the basement, which once housed the old community room, is now a “maker’s space” for young adults, with a 3D printer.

Several programs will take place there in future.

But not everything has been completed, Turner said, although the library is safe for the staff and MELINDA patrons. Some GERAGHTY last-minute items East Meadow that are still needed include seats for the new reading garden and a gate to enclose it.

The library is also waiting for the audiovisual system for the community room.

Melinda Geraghty, from East Meadow, said bringing her children to the newly opened library was exciting. Before the library closed, she would bring her daughter, Amelia, 5, all of the time. Her son, Ryan, 2, had never been to the library.

“All of the employees are so welcoming; they really missed the kids,” Geraghty said. “My son squealed when he ran into the children’s area and the librarian said she was so thrilled to hear that sound

New look, new hours Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday — 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Wednesday — 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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y son squealed when he ran into the children’s area, and the librarian said she was so thrilled to hear that sound again.

Saturday — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Sunday — 1 to 5 p.m.

Updates inside and out ■ A tiered 250-seat lecture hall on the first floor east side of the building.

Courtesy Melinda Geraghty

SKYLAR LEVINE, 1½, was the first visitor to the Children’s Room. again.”

Although there are still no in-person programs at the library, Turner said he hopes that will change by the tail end of October.

“Right now, the staff and patrons need to get acclimated to the new library,” he explained. “I still get confused as to where some things are right now so we all just need a little time.”

Geraghty said she looks forward to inperson programs resuming because she wants to hold Girl Scout meetings at the library. “They’re taking baby steps,” she said. “At least the library is open.”

Much of the library has been modernized. There is a new air-conditioning system, and the water and electrical systems have been updated as well. Making everything modern makes the library more efficient and will save the community

money, Turner said.

His favorite part of the renovation is the community room. It is the only addition that changed the actual blueprint of the library. The new room, on the first level near the entrance, seats 250 people with tiered seats so everyone can see, regardless of where they are sitting.

“Our kids love the library and so do we. It’s a good community anchor,” Seth Fox, of East Meadow, said. “It’s great to see the new community room, which should help open up for more community events. I think the town really needed it.”

Apart from marveling at the new building, Fox said he liked seeing the staff. “It’s great to talk to everyone again and see their excitement about the opening,” he said.

Creation of the community room was a big selling point to the community and

■ An outdoor-reading garden.

■ An entry plaza with trees.

■ Additional quiet study and group study rooms.

■ More windows, which adds more natural light.

■ Renovated program spaces in the lower level.

■ A family bathroom in the Children’s Room.

■ Improved lighting. helped the bond pass back in 2017, according to library officials. It was determined then that the renovation would run roughly $14.6 million “Overall, it’s great to see their vision come to life,” Turner said. “Seeing it on paper doesn’t really do it justice.”

WHAT’S NEWS IN AND OUT OF THE CLASSROOM

HERALD SCHOOLS East Meadow students honor Sept. 11 anniversary Throughout the day on Sept. 10, students from the East Meadow Union Free School District took time to reflect on the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Each school recognized the 20th anniversary of the day with age-appropriate conversations and activities.

At Barnum Woods Elementary School kindergartners wore red, white and blue and colored an American flag, while firstgrade students discussed heroes and how they can show gratitude to those who act heroically in their own community. Meanwhile, fourth graders created patriotic quilts to demonstrate their respect and appreciation for the country and to honor the heroic action of the nation’s heroes.

At Parkway Elementary School, students in AnnaMaria Izzo’s fifth-grade class listened to a story, “The Man in the Red Bandana,” and learned about a local hero from Sept. 11. Students shared their thoughts, feelings and questions with their peers and created a list of qualities that makes someone a “superhero.” To honor their heroes, students chose one of three projects. They created origami paper cranes, which serve as a reminder of the importance of community during an emergency, designed first responder

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THIRD-GRADE PARKWAY ELEMENTARY School students Hailey Geldert, far left, Jolie Zabala, Alyssa Guzman, Marcus Hamilton and Joshua Diaz donned red, white and blue and displayed the firefighter helmet worn by their teacher’s father on Sept. 11. badges, or wrote “Dear Hero” letters to honor and thank heroes in the community.

At East Meadow High School, the social studies department crafted lesson plans to teach students about the events

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of Sept. 11, 2001 and how it changed the world. During the day, teachers led students through the hallway, where the names of all of those who tragically passed were displayed on the walls. Students then visited the school’s 9/11 memorial, consisting of two trees to signify the Twin Towers, as well as a small piece of the World Trade Center. American flags were planted in the memorial and all staff were provided with American flag pins to stand in unity of remembrance.

“This small act of service is intended to unite our students, faculty, and staff, to remember this horrific day 20 years ago, and motivate us to do good things for one another, no matter how big or small,”

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At W.T. Clarke High School, the Rho Kappa Social Studies Honor Society in conjunction with the art department and school library created a space for the school community to reflect and remember the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001.

They produced an exhibit, “September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World,” which presented the history of Sept. 11, its origins, and its ongoing implications through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks.

Told across 14 posters, this exhibition included archival photographs and images of artifacts from the 9/11 Museum’s permanent collection. It explored the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and communities at the local, national and international levels, and encouraged critical thinking about the legacies of 9/11.

“Twenty years after the attacks, with terrorism still a threat today, the events of 9/11 and its aftermath remind us that we may never be able to prevent all the actions of people intent on harming others, but we do have control over how we respond to such events,” said W.T. Clarke High School English and Social Studies Department Chair Kelly Xylas. “Whether by volunteering in our local communities, serving our nation in the military, caring for the sick or through other efforts, all of us can help build the world in which we want to live. As we witness history unfolding in our own time, the ways we choose to respond—both large and small—can demonstrate the best of human nature after even the worst of days.”

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The holocausT memoRial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove, which has been vandalized in anti-Semitic acts at times.

Bridging the Holocaust understanding gap

By Roksana amid newsroom@liherald.com

New York has the highest Jewish population outside of Israel. With that in mind, many young New Yorkers are misinformed about the Holocaust at the same time that the state is seeing a rise in anti-Semitic attacks.

A recent, first-of-its-kind survey, conducted by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Ger many, found high levels of inadequate Holocaust education among young people in all 50 states. In New York, 58 percent of Millennials and Gen Zers — those born between 1981 and 1996 and 1997 and 2010, respectively — could not name a single World War II concentration camp, death camp or ghetto, according to the survey. Sixty percent of New York young people also did not know that 6 million Jews died in the Holocaust, and 57 percent reported seeing Holocaust denial or distortion on social media and elsewhere online.

Dr. Stacie Locascio, a certified BrainCore Neurofeedback provider and mother of two from Glen Cove, said, “It’s absolutely shocking, and that just shows you how much anti-Semitism there is out there. I think [young people] are probably getting it from social media, which they probably believe more than they believe their teachers.”

Social media has become a politically charged platform to spread misinformation, and the extent of that misinformation is cause for concern to Holo-

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andRea BolendeR, acTing executive director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove. caust educators like Andrea Bolender, who is acting executive director of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center in Glen Cove.

“Education has changed over the years. I remember when I was in high school — you know, a hundred years ago — that you could take a Holocaust elective for a whole semester, and I think education has changed,” Bolender said.

Elected leaders like State Sen. Todd

Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, are working to ensure New York schools provide adequate Holocaust education. Kaminsky said he believes there are schools on Long Island that are doing a good job of educating students about the horrors of the Holocaust, but he stressed the need for schools to undergo audits to see how students are being educated, and whether school curricula need to be amended.

“It’s not just enough to mandate it in the law that Holocaust education should be taught. We actually have to make sure it’s being taught, and it’s clearly not, or not well,” Kaminsky said in an interview with The Long Island Advocate. “And so, something has to be done, and we need to know where the problems are and direct our resources there.”

A bill proposed by Kaminsky to authorize the state education commissioner to undertake a study of which school districts are teaching about the Holocaust and which are not is currently under review in committee in the State Legislature. Kaminsky is now running for Nassau County district attorney.

Bolender said that without in-depth education about the past behaviors that led to the Holocaust, history could repeat itself. Bolender said young people must understand the context behind the history.

“That’s what we do here at the Holocaust [Memorial and Tolerance Center].

We identify the period of hate, which

behaviors will lead up to a genocide, but also examine the roots of anti-Semitism. A lot of people think it started with World War II,” she said.

In 2019, anti-Semitic hate crimes rose by 14 percent across the United States, according to the FBI. New York was among the states where they were on the rise. On Long Island, swastikas have been etched into sidewalks in Oceanside, Ku Klux Klan stickers placed on poles in Bay Shore and swastikas spraypainted at the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center.

Bolender shared that most youths who have vandalized the Holocaust museum have not been Glen Cove locals. As a consequence, most must perform community service and take part in Holocaust education, including the meaning of Nazi symbols.

“We have to spend a little more time developing their emotional intelligence, not just their mathematical and science intelligence,” Bolender said of today’s students. “Emotional intelligence will get you much further in life and make you a better human being. Isn’t that what we all want for our kids, for someone to say they were a good person Locascio said parents play a key role in their children’s emotional development, especially regarding current events in the Middle East.

“I think their parents just need to pay a little bit more attention to what their kids are doing, thinking and who they’re hanging out with,” she said.

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

COMMUNITY UPDATE Thursday, Sept. 30 Harvest dish garden for seniors Extension of Nassau County under the tent at East Meadow Farm, 832 Merrick Ave., from 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. to celebrate the bounty of the farm.

Create a harvest dish garden with help from instructors. Space is limited. For ages 60 and over. To register to attend in-person, contact the Nassau County Office for the Aging at (516) 227-8900.

Friday, October 1 Cascading falls on a wood plank Head down to Pinot’s Palette, 2557 Hempstead Tpk., for a night of painting fall trees on a wood plank. Class is from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. and is $50 per person. To register visit https://www. pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events

Saturday, October 2 American Legion meeting The American Legion post 1082 will be meeting at the American Legion Hall at 294 Bellmore Rd., in East Meadow at 11 a.m. New members are always welcome. For further info call (516)-579-8781.

Family fun day Join The Cornell Cooperative Extension for their Annual Family Fun Day at East Meadow Farm from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

East Meadow farm is located at 832 Merrick Ave. Cost is $10 per family.

There will be hands on activities for kids, nature facts, farm stand, art in the garden, animals and wildlife and more. For further info visit http://ccenassau.org/.

CCE Nassau farmers market Head down to Eisenhower Park field eight from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. for a farmers market. Cornell Cooperative Education Nassau Farm Stand, will be inviting other local farmers and local food businesses including fruit and vegetable farms, craft beverage producers and other Long Island food vendors to join them each week.

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EMFD Fire Prevention Day East Meadow Fire Department is having a fire prevention open house on Sunday, Oct. 3 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 197 East Meadow Ave. This event kicks off national fire prevention week.

Dave Pettigrew Dave Pettigrew will be playing at East Meadow Benevolent Hall at 170 Maple Ave., in East Meadow from 2 to 5 p.m.

Proceeds will go to the rebuild of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Levittown. The cost is $50. For further info visit https://www.bandsintown. com/e/102812888.

Craft and gift show There is a craft and gift show at Eisenhower Park field 8 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For further info visit nassaucountycraftshows.com

Sunday, October 3 Sunday divine liturgy The Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green Ave., in East Meadow. Those interested in the church’s ancient traditions and liturgical life welcome. Coffee hour follows.

Vaccinated attendees are not required

to wear masks. For further info email htocem@gmail.com.

The Brooklyn Bridge and Who Loves You The band The Brooklyn Bridge and Who Loves You will be playing at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre in Eisenhower Park at 4 p.m. This Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons tribute band are LI Hall of Fame inductees. For further info call (516)-572-0348.

Walk to End Alzheimer’s The 2021 Walk to End Alzheimer’s is at Eisenhower Park, field 6. The check in time is 9 a.m., ceremony takes place at 10 a.m. The route length is about two miles. For further info call Tinamarie Hardekopf at (631)-315-6486. To register visit https://act.alz.org/site/ TR?sid=23932&type=fr_informational& pg=informational&fr_id=14659.

Monday, October 4 Wednesday, Oct. 6 Veteran of Foreign Wars meeting

Falun Dafa

Veteran of Foreign Wars post 2736 will be meeting at the American Legion Hall at 294 Bellmore Rd., in East Meadow at 7:30 p.m. New members are always welcome. For further info call (516)-599-5380.

Falun Dafa will take place virtually every Wednesday at 7 p.m. Falun Dafa is an easy-going, meditative exercise similar to Tai Chi. For more information, visit eastmeadow.info or call (516) 794-2570. The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the event.

Tuesday, October 5 Advanced crochet class Join the East Meadow Library for a virtual crochet class at 7 p.m. with April. Supplies needed include light color skein of yarn and a size G, H, I, or J crochet hook. To register, visit eastmeadow.info or call (516) 794-2570.

The Zoom link will be sent the morning of the event.

Thursday, Oct. 7 Drive through senior health fair This senior health fair hosted by Senator Kevin Thomas is from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of St. Paul’s Field House at 295 Stewart Ave., in Garden City. There will be free Covid tests and vaccines, flu shots, a mobile mammography van and wellness packets. Appointments are required for the mammography van. Call (516)-7391700 for appointments and questions.

The Walls of Honor ceremony is Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. at Eisenhower Park.

East Meadow United Methodist Church is having an outdoor bazaar on Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

There is a Cemco general meeting on Oct. 13 at 7 p.m. at the EMFD headquarters.

The Nassau County Turkey Trot at Eisenhower Park will be November 14.

Cheerleading clinic at Speno Park on Oct. 11 from 9 a.m. to noon

U.S. Rep. Rice votes against lower drug costs Schrader and Peters offered their own alternative drug pricing plan before the vote, which was co-sponsored by Rice. Their proposal limited Medicare to negotiate prices U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, of the 4th District, was one of on only older drugs that are off patent but do not have three moderate Democrats who voted against a key provi- any generic competition—a sliver of what the original sion that would lower prescription drug prices in Presi- provision proposed. dent Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion infrastructure package, Pharmaceutical companies have spent the most of any known as the Build Back Better Act, in the House of industry on federal lobbying this year. Combined, they Energy and Commerce Committee. The othhave spent $171 million in 2021, more than ers were Rep. Kurt Schrader from Oregon and twice the amount of the next highest spendRep. Scott Peters from California. ing industry, and their lobbying expenditures On Sept. 15, the three Democratic votes, in have increased since 2013, topping at $309 miladdition to the unanimous disapproval from lion in 2020. the Republicans, tied the vote 29-29 in the In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi committee, blocking the plan that would signed by Rice and nine other moderate Demallow Medicare programs to negotiate lower ocrats in May, Peters argued that reduced costs for prescription drugs instead of phardrug prices would hamper research and maceutical companies setting their own pricdevelopment of new medicines in the phares with little competition. maceutical industry, echoing the statement This drug pricing provision is based that the leading pharmaceutical federal lobon H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower bying contributor this year, PhRMA, pubKathleen Rice Drug Costs Now Act, which passed with zero lished in an open letter that was signed by the opposition in 2019. The Congressional Budget heads of major pharmaceutical companies.

Office found that this bill would save the government $456 While Peters and Schrader have received large cambillion over 10 years and reduce drug prices by 57 percent paign contributions from pharmaceutical PACs and to 75 percent. employees throughout their political careers, collecting Before the vote, Rice, who represents a swath of the $860,465 and $614,830, respectively, Rice has only received South Shore, acknowledged that the Build Back Better $6,150 this cycle, as her major donors are tied in the finanAct would improve the lives of Long Islanders, but she cial services industry. said she does not support advancing provisions “that are Growing up in Garden City, Rice originally registered not fiscally responsible and jeopardize the bill’s final pas- as Republican in 1984 and did not vote until 2002. She sage.” In a letter sent after the vote, however, Rice shifted switched parties in 2005, when she was elected as Nassau her stance, saying that she supports H.R. 3, but she does County district attorney as a Democrat. During her tennot think the act would pass the Senate. ure, she formed Nassau’s first-ever Medicaid and public According to Data for Progress, 90 percent of Rice’s assistance fraud unit, which has secured millions of dolconstituents support the provision that she voted against. lars in restitution for Nassau taxpayers.

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Mepham Junior Football ON SEPT. 18, LaSpina made national headlines when she became the first female football player in Long Island history to score a touchdown. She caught a 4-yard scoring toss from quarterback Peter Mayo to put the finishing touch on Mepham’s 49-21 victory over Roslyn. She had two other receptions in the game and totaled 45 yards.

LaSpina, also a key member of the school’s Long Island champion softball team, began playing football as a seventh grader at Grand Ave.

GAMES TO WATCH Friday, Oct. 1

Girls Soccer: Massapequa at East Meadow .........4:15 p.m.

Girls Tennis: Lynbrook at Oceanside......................4:30 p.m.

Girls Tennis: South Side at Long Beach.................4:30 p.m.

Girls Volleyball: East Rockaway at Mepham ..........4:30 p.m.

Field Hockey: Sewanhaka at East Meadow...........4:30 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Hewlett at V.S. North ........................4:45 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Kennedy at South Side....................4:45 p.m.

Football: East Meadow at Farmingdale .....................6:30 p.m.

Football: South Side at Manhasset ...........................6:30 p.m.

Football: Lawrence at Island Trees .............................6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 2

Girls Soccer: South Side at Garden City ................... 1 p.m.

Football: Garden City at Long Beach......................... 2 p.m.

Football: Sewanhaka at Baldwin ............................... 2 p.m.

Football: Carey at Elmont ............................................... 2 p.m.

Football: East Rockaway at Clarke .................................. 2 p.m.

Girls Volleyball: Long Beach at South Side................ 2 p.m.

Girls Soccer: Clarke at Carey..................................... 2 p.m.

Football: Massapequa at Oceanside .............................. 3 p.m.

Football: Hempstead at Freeport .................................... 3 p.m.

Football: New Hyde Park at V.S. Central .......................... 3 p.m.

Football: Hewlett at V.S, South ........................................ 3 p.m.

Football: Seaford at North Shore .................................... 3 p.m.

Football: Herricks at Calhoun ......................................... 3 p.m.

The Clarke girls’ soccer team is tackling a higher league this fall after conquering Conference A-IV in the spring.

The Rams moved up to Conference A-IV after a league title last season and are embracing the tougher competition. A 2-1 season-opening loss to Mineola, however, leaves little room for error the rest of the way however if Clarke wants to grab the league’s one available playoff spot putting plenty on the line for its Oct. 4 rematch.

“We basically have to win out if we want to make the playoffs,” said longtime Clarke head coach Becky Mattia. “I tell them one game at a time and just keep getting better with each game.”

Junior forward Alyssa Fasce is off to a straight start as a scoring threat upfront.

Fasce scored two goals in Clarke’s 4-0 win at Valley Stream North on Sept. 18 and then netted four goals along with an assist in a 5-1 victory against Great Neck North five days later.

Sophomore forward Valerie Cisneros is another force near the net, who tallied a goal in the Great Neck North win. The offense is also driven by sophomore central midfielder Avika Mehta offense along with senior outsider midfielder Taylor Merget and Julian Cronin.

The defense is anchored by junior goalie Kaitlyn Vo, who recorded 10 saves in a 3-0 shutout against Glen Cove on Sept. 21.

Vo captured Conference A-V goalkeeper of the year honors as a sophomore in the spring after registering six clean sheets.

“She understands the game very well,” said Mattia, a former standout collegiate goalie at Hofstra who has trained Vo since she was eight years old. “She has the ability to play somewhere in college.”

The defense in front of Vo is led by juniors Kiera Heavy and Ashley Tighe.

The backline has only allowed three goals through its first four matches.

“The defense is super organized and they cover well,” Mattia said. “I would say that is the strength of our team.”

Clarke returns to the pitch on Saturday at Carey for a 2 p.m. kickoff before a big road test at Mineola Monday at 4:30 p.m. where the Rams will likely need at least a tie with the Conference AV championship

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CLARKE’S ASHLEY TIGHE, right, battled against Glen Cove’s Edith Vanegas for control of the ball during the Rams’ 3-0 victory on Sept. 21. contender to maintain hopes for a postseason berth. The busy stretch continues Wednesday at home versus Valley Steam North at 4:45 p.m. with another road match then on tap Friday at Glen Cove starting at 4:30 p.m.

While Clarke’s quest for a return playoff visit will be more challenging, Mattia welcomes the enhanced competition in

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Conference A-IV and is eyeing the program moving up to county’s top leagues in the near future to better position it for championship goals.

“At this very moment this conference is a good fit for us,” said Mattia, whose team fell to New Hyde Park in the second round of the spring 2021 Class A playoffs.

“I think we stack up pretty well here.”

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Circle of Hope founder, Cindy Knoll dies Purpose, in October 2012 in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Chanie Kramer, a Chabad co-director and the wife of Rabbi Shimon Kramer, still fondly remembers the massive turnout of more than 300 women.

“It was a large amount of women who wanted to be a part of the Circle of Hope,” Kramer recalled. “Why? Because Cindy put her name to it. She said, ‘We’re gonna do something good, something positive,’ and women wanted to be involved in something good … Certain people have that ability to get people together.”

The kickoff event raised $55,000 and featured a runway show sponsored by Runway Couture, with several models who were breast cancer survivors.

“That first year, Cindy and I did everything,” Lisa Fessler, a breast cancer survivor and a Circle of Hope co-founder, recounted. “We pounded doors, we got donations. It was a huge success … Cindy was so loved.”

The organization also created a wig bank at the Chabad, for which Fessler made the first donation. It is still available to local cancer patients.

Hurricane Sandy hit the hamlet shortly after the dinner, delaying plans and interrupting the excitement. Knoll didn’t back down, however. The community slowly got

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

Because of her affable nature, Cindy Knoll was everybody’s best friend. She was perhaps best known for one thing: getting people to passionately support a good cause. She was an influential member of the community who helped countless cancer patients get through their struggles by sharing her own.

Knoll died of brain cancer on Aug. 31, at age 56.

As a breast cancer patient and a mother of three children, treatment and recovery were a struggle for Knoll. She relied on her own mother for help with her then 1-yearold daughter. She had the support of her family, but envisioned a community web of support for all local cancer patients to ensure that they would have the help Knoll’s mother provided her.

In 2012, Knoll co-founded the Circle of Hope, at the Chabad of Merrick-BellmoreWantagh, with other breast cancer survivors. The initial focus was female breast cancer patients, and the goal was to provide resources for them and their families in the form of emotional support, financial assistance and preventive health seminars.

The initiative kicked off at a formal women-only dinner, dubbed Journey for a

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CINDy KNoll, sECoND from left, attended a spin class fundraiser for Circle of Hope. where guests took part in a spin class to raise money.

“She was larger than life,” said Fessler, who attended the event with Knoll.

“She had the gift of bringing out the best in people,” said Joy Jellinek, a childhood friend of Knoll’s who lives in Bellmore. “She understood relationships and people. She did so much for strangers. She touched so many lives — it’s hard to actually describe her.”

At the Chabad, Knoll’s influence will not be forgotten. An interior designer, she designed the Chabad’s mikvah, which is open to all Jewish women in the community. “She knew how to make things look beautiful,” Kramer said.

“It’s such a great loss,” said Rabbi Kramer. “She’s done so much for the community — she was a close friend and a great partner. She enjoyed seeing other people happy.”

“She is never going to be forgotten,” Chanie Kramer said.

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back on its feet, and the Circle of Hope continued to grow.

Knoll, a connoisseur of cuisine who loved to cook, wanted food to be part of the help that Circle of Hope provides. Cooking was a big part of who she was — preparing a home-cooked meal for her family was always a priority, Chanie Kramer said. She understood how difficult that lifestyle can be to maintain when undergoing cancer treatment.

She started Cooking for Hope at the Chabad, in which students and volunteers prepare meals for local cancer patients.

Once a month, the meals are made and stored for families to receive week after week. Knoll was always excited to share her “treasure trove of recipes,” Kramer recalled.

In addition to the wig bank, Circle of Hope expanded last year to include a clothing bank, with specialized clothing for cancer patients, which is free. Founded by Loraine Alderman, of East Meadow, the clothing bank now saves patients the added stress of finding the right, comfortable clothing.

Journey for a Purpose returned in subsequent years, with honors for women including a Survivor Award and a Community Service Award. The turnout was consistently in the hundreds.

The support group, which had been catering to women with breast cancer, also grew to accept men and others with any illness. “We thought, it can’t just be about women,” Fessler said. “We wanted to open it up to all people who need our help.”

At the meetings, Knoll was the “ultimate hostess,” Kramer said. “She ran the meetings. Everybody looked up to her … she brought everyone together.”

Other smaller fundraisers were held to support Circle of Hope. The last one Knoll attended before her health deteriorated was Spin for Hope at iSpin in Bellmore,

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Nassau County, NY – Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is proud to announce the first ever Fall Music Festival at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre at Eisenhower Park on Saturday, October 2 from 12pm to 7pm. The free music festival will feature performances from the Grateful Dead tribute Half-Step, country music by Two for the Road and Eagles’ tribute band Desert Highway. The event will also feature more than a dozen food trucks, games and a classic car show.

“Nassau County has a world class parks system and one of the best times to take advantage of our outdoor spaces is the Fall season. The first ever Fall Music Festival will showcase our crown jewel Eisenhower Park and bring us together to share the best in music and food. Bring the entire family down to celebrate the beginning of fall and a Saturday filled

with great live bands, an array of food trucks and fun, “ said County Executive Curran.

Schedule of performances: ■ Half-Step (Grateful Dead tribute) – 1pm to 2:30pm ■ Two for the Road (country music) – 3:30pm to 4:30pm ■ Desert Highway (Eagles tribute) -4:45pm – 6:15pm Admission is free. Residents should bring blankets or chairs. Food and alcohol will be available for purchase from the County’s concession stand and over a dozen food trucks. Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre is located at Eisenhower Park, field 6. For more information call 516-572-0200 and for day of event weather information please call 516-572-0355.

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Dog saved at Prospect Avenue kitchen fire On September 25, at 11:52 a.m., East Meadow firefighters from Engines 1, 2, and Ladders 1, 2, were alerted that there was a house fire on Prospect Avenue. Two minutes later Safety Office Unit 6155 transmitted his response, immediately followed by James Walsh, assistant chief, and Chief of Department Paul Kosiba and Peter Cheswick, assistant chief.

As firefighters geared up and boarded the trucks, additional information from dispatch reported that someone passing by had called in the fire, and additional calls were coming in from 911, a clear indication of work ahead.

Unit 6155 arrived at the fire, announcing “smoke showing” and advised the chiefs of the need for a Signal 98 response, which is when the first pumper that arrives connects to a hydrant and goes on the attack.

Just prior, dispatch announced that Rescue 5 was added to the response due to the reports that came in.

Just minutes later, first due Ladder 617 arrived on the scene, followed by Engine 612.

Neighbors told the firefighters that no one was home, except one of the family dogs. The neighbors were manning a garden hose in an effort to slow down the spread of the fire in the kitchen as Engine 2 firefighters pulled their attack hose to the front door.

First in, Ladder Co. 1 members quickly reached the front door, wearing their breathing apparatus for the search. They were assisted by Nassau County Police Department officers who knew where the dog was.

Moments later, firefighter James O’Brien of Ladder 1 emerged with an unconscious German shepherd in his arms.

East MEadow firEfightErs extinguished a house fire on Prospect Avenue and saved the family’s dog. No one was home at the time.

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During the next few minutes Ex Chief John O’Brien administered oxygen to the dog, as firefighters moved into the house knocking down the remainder of the fire. When Rescue 5 arrived on the scene emergency medical technicians took over in caring for the dog. In just 20 minutes after receiving the alarm, all visible fire had been extinguished. Firefighters continued their efforts to look for any hidden fire. By then, the dog, named “Duke,” was now on his feet and running around.

As the smoke cleared it was apparent that the work done by neighbors certainly gave the East Meadow Fire Department the upper hand at gaining quick control of

the fire.

The fire gutted the kitchen but did not spread into any of the other rooms of the home. The house did suffer extensive smoke and water damage but no structural damage was found.

In all, 40 volunteers from Engine 1, Engine 2, Ladder 1, and Rescue 5 responded to the fire. There was no need for any additional assistance.

Submitted by John J. O’Brien Sr., an ex-chief of the East Meadow Fire Department.

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It starts with entry into a pop-up exhib- department isn’t (fortunately) always about fire protection. As a real resource to it, a model house in which the objective of the participants is to experience the way this area, many of us know how our Fire to get out of a home where there is a fire Department gives generously to us all. It and smoke emergency. I have never forgot- was a place to drop off donations after natten that one-time practice, somehow doing ural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy.

There is always the solemn it with my toddler in my arms ceremony to honor Memorial and my preschooler very close Day and I distinctly rememby as we bounced down the ber the entire community stairs, staying close, staying coming out to this location to calm and staying low to exit to commemorate the first annisafety. My clearest recollecversary of Sept. 11 with the tion was the zero visibility. wind whipping up fiercely as Good practice, with the hope if the souls of all those lost you never have to use the were part of the moment. training.

At the end of the week, we Fire Prevention Week is will still have the magnets, pot Oct, 3 through Oct. 9 this year holders and coloring books and East Meadow Fire auren ev that focus our attention on Department’s Open House home safety and security. But will acknowledge this with “for all ages” activities at fire headquar- more importantly, for rest of the other 51 ters at 197 East Meadow Ave. on Sunday, weeks EMFD will continue to protect our town, the facet of Fire Prevention week October 3.

As evidenced above, this location and that always makes this celebration noteevent holds vivid memories for the years worthy. my family was especially new to the area, complete with photos of our children A contributing writer to the Herald since holding the enormous fire hoses and 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resilearning all we could about fire safety. The dent and a direct marketing/advertising historic highlight was the opportunity to executive who teaches marketing fundaride the fire truck in a shuttle service mentals as well as advertising and marketaround the neighborhood — something ing communications courses at the Fashion that proved that most people aren’t too old Institute of Technology and SUNY Old Westbury. or too sophisticated to do.

Yet as a resident, my relationship to the

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S&P upgrades Town of Hempstead credit rating The Town of Hempstead’s credit rating has been upgraded. Standard & Poor, a credit agency, has boosted the town’s credit rating from AA- to AA, among the highest levels available, and praised its “strong” financial management and “conservative budgeting,” according to a news release.

The Wall Street credit rating agencies commended the town for a “continuously improved” financial position since 2016.

Standard and Poor’s also touted the town’s “good financial policies” and “strong budgetary flexibility,” and a “strong institutional framework score.”

“We have revised our view of Hempstead’s management to strong from adequate, reflecting good financial policies,” Standard & Poor’s wrote in its report.

“Hempstead’s budgetary performance is strong in our opinion,” S&P added later in the report.

The credit ratings boosts come on the heels of a town tax freeze for the fiscal year 2021 to be followed by a tax cut in the Supervisor’s proposed 2022 budget.

Since Don Clavin became supervisor, the town improved its credit standing with well-known Wall Street credit agencies Moody’s Investors Service and Standard & Poor’s.

In December, Moody’s awarded the town an upgrade from Aa2 to Aa1.

The synopsis of the reviewers noted that the Clavin administration’s “financial management [of the Town] is strong…” and that “financial operations are likely to remain sound given conservative budgeting and active management.

The town’s credit rating upgrade to Moody’s second-highest possible rating level in 2020 was also accompanied by a glowing review of the township’s fiscal policies by the Moody’s analysts.

“The hard work and dedication to the taxpayers on the part of my administration and that of my colleagues is paying dividends for Hempstead Town homeowners,” Clavin said in a statement. “Earning among the highest credit ratings of any local government on Long Island is a major accomplishment. To be able to earn the upgrade at the same time as the town has frozen taxes demonstrates that strong fiscal management and the highest regard for taxpayers can go hand-in-hand.”

The tangible benefits this credit rating upgrade presents are vast, including reduced costs related to future government borrowing as well as the refinancing of debt.

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE BOARD OF APPEALS Pursuant to New York State Town Law Article 16, New York State Public Officers Law Article 7, and the Town of Hempstead Building Zone Ordinance, NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Town of Hempstead will hold a public hearing in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Town Hall Plaza, One Washington Street, Hempstead, New York on 10/6/21 at 9:30 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. to consider the following applications and appeals in Levittown: THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 9:30 A.M. 538/21.

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LEVITTOWN - James & Vera Zinnel, Variance, front yard average setback, construct 1-story addition & open porch both attached to dwelling; Special exception to maintain 2nd accessory structure (shed) exceeding horizontal maximum with less than required side yard setback., N/s Robin La., 201’ W/o Bayberry La., a/k/a 45 Robin La. N.C.P.C. Local determination.

THE FOLLOWING CASES WILL BE CALLED STARTING AT 2:00 P.M. 548/21.

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LEVITTOWN - Suchita & Maltiben Yogesh Sharma, Variance to maintain senior residence each separate dwelling area exceeding 800 sq. ft. in total floor area; Special exception to maintain shed larger than permitted & exceeds horizontal maximum with less than required rear yard setback; Variance, side yard, maintain A/C unit attached to dwelling., S/s Glazer La., 199.59’ E/o Weaver La., a/k/a 10 Glazer La. N.C.P.C. Local determination.

ALL PAPERS PERTAINING TO THE ABOVE HEARING ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE BOARD OF APPEALS, TOWN HALL, 1 WASHINGTON STREET, HEMPSTEAD, NY 11550.

This notice is only for cases in Levittown. There are additional cases in different towns and villages on the Board of Appeals calendar on 10/6/21.

The full calendar is available at https://hempsteadny.gov/ hearings/103-hearing-1006-2021 The internet address of the website streaming for this meeting is https://hempsteadny.gov/ board-of-appeals/livestreaming-video.

Interested parties may appear at the above time and place. At the call of the Chairman, the Board

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND BOARD MEETING EAST MEADOW FIRE DISTRICT ANNUAL BUDGET FOR 2022 WHEREAS, on the 20th day of September, 2021, pursuant to Sections 105 and 181 of the Town Law, the Board of Fire Commissioners of the East Meadow Fire District confirmed that the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing will be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for fiscal year 2022 on Monday, October 18, 2021 commencing at 8:00 p.m. at the Fire District Headquarters Building located at 197 East Meadow Avenue, East Meadow, New York 11554, and WHEREAS, the Board of Fire Commissioners is required to adopt a proposed budget at least 21 days before October 18, 2021 so that it is available for public inspection prior to the budget hearing.

NOW, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the East Meadow Fire District has adopted a proposed Annual Fire District Budget for 2022 as of this date for purposes of discussion and review at the Budget Hearing to be held on October 18, 2021 and a copy of the proposed budget is available at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead and at the office of the East Meadow Fire District Secretary at 197 East Meadow Avenue, East Meadow, New York 11554 where it may be inspected by any interested person during office hours. In addition, copies of the proposed budget will be available on the night of the said hearing.

NOW, therefore, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the East Meadow Fire District will hold the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing to be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for fiscal year 2022 on Monday, October 18, 2021 commencing at 8:00

p.m. at the Fire District Headquarters Building located at 197 East Meadow Avenue, East Meadow, New York 11554.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the aforesaid budget will be presented to the residents and taxpayers of the East Meadow Fire District and to the Board of Fire Commissioners of the East Meadow Fire District, for their respective consideration at this public hearing and for the purpose of considering the said budget and hearing all persons interested in the subject concerning same on Monday, October 18, 2021 commencing at 8:00 p.m. at the Fire District Headquarters Building located at 197 East Meadow Avenue, East Meadow, New York 11554.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE AND BE ADVISED that the Board of Fire Commissioners will conduct a regular monthly meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners on Monday, October 18, 2021 immediately following the aforesaid Budget Hearing at the same location, the Fire District Headquarters Building located at 197 East Meadow Avenue, East Meadow, New York 11554, and the public is welcome to attend this meeting.

Regular meeting scheduled to follow.

Dated: September 20, 2021 East Meadow, New York BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS EAST MEADOW FIRE DISTRICT TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD ATTEST: DIANE BARTONE EAST MEADOW FIRE DISTRICT SECRETARY 127657

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: RBFlores, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 8/17/2021. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to:1844 Freeman Ave. East Meadow NY 11554 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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Home Rule Law of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held September 9, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 54-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 54-2021, amending Section 202-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead, to include and repeal “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at various locations.

Dated: September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127612

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 57-2021 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held on the 9th day of September, 2021, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 57-2021, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Local Law No. 57-2021, to amend Section 190-4 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead by the addition of a location to subdivision “A”, in relation to fifteen miles per hour school speed limits, 7 AM to 6 PM, school days as follows: INSERT: “A” - 15 mph school speed limits EAST MEADOW, Emma Drive - between Conti Square Boulevard and Ava Drive.

(TH-240/21) EAST MEADOW, Ava Drive - between Bly Road and Emma Drive.

(TH-240/21) Dated:September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARDOF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127615

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A. It’s hard for me not to feel as old as your house when you put it that way, but after writing this column for 32 years, I’m often doing work for children of former clients, and have gotten your question thousands of times. First, almost anything you do that adds space to your home also adds value, and value increases taxes. Cosmetic onte eeper changes like siding, windows or an asphalt or concrete driveway generally don’t affect the value, but luxury materials, such as stone facing or interlocking pavers, will.

Most of the time, people complain about taxation but rarely, if ever, do they collectively attempt to do anything about it. The methods for deciding value, or even using value as a gauge for tax increases, are questionable, especially because we used to be taxed based on square feet. As we transition into not leaving our homes, communicating digitally, the tax system perpetuates without challenge.

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The only way to answer questions about removing walls is to assess the whole house: where to disperse loads, how to brace exterior walls against wind shear, how to handle snow loads and wind uplift, where pipes and wires would be relocated, how the spaces function and will be finished.

Package all this to be reviewed by building officials and receive permission to build — sounds simpler than it is, especially when workers leave details out or change something and we start adjusting all over again, only after much discussion, time and money.

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Taxes: $13,468 Franklin Square $675,000 Seminole Road. Cape. 5, bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Partial finished basement with wet bar and butler’s pantry. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room. First floor bedroom. 3 seasons room. Large park-like yard. Central air conditioning.

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Baldwin $677,000 Charing Cross Road. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

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Attached garage. Large rooms. Near LIRR and Loft Pond.

Taxes: $13,903.83 Bellmore $760,000 Karen Street. Splanch. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Gourmet chef’s eat-in kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances with induction cooktop. Open floor plan with vaulted ceiling. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Entertaining backyard with pool and deck. Central air conditioning.

Taxes: $16773.45 East Rockaway $565,000 Riverside Road. Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Living room with fireplace.

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Freeport $510,000 Wilshire Court. Splanch. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Eatin kitchen. Spacious living room/dining room with vaulted ceiling. Master bedroom with sitting room. Den/family room. Gunite inground swimming pool with brick patio and built-in barbecue. Close to Nautical Mile. Taxes: $8,744 Island Park $800,000 Redfield Road. 2 Story. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Living room/dining room with vaulted ceilings. First floor master bedroom with skylights in master bathroom. Radiant flooring throughout.

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was mowing my backyard lawn in Merrick last Saturday when I was suddenly struck by the strange sensation that I had missed the bus to my race — that I should, at the moment, have been running a 5K or a 10K at a frantic pace instead of plodding along, mower in hand.

The temperature was a perfect 72 degrees, with no wind. Sunshine streamed down.

The leaves on the trees were halfbrown and turning crisp. Fall was clearly in the air.

Year after year, from my early adolescence to my SCOTT young adulthood, I ran cross-country BRINTON every fall, from middle school through college, missing only two seasons in high school. I was conditioned to gear up for the racing season as September neared an end. When the fall air and the angle of the sun in the sky turned just so, I had to be ready to run — hard.

The nervous anticipation I felt as the racing season approached was embedded in my brain, and every now and again it pops up, even now, more than three decades later. Such was the case on Saturday.

That got me thinking about how screwy the past 18 months must have been for our

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young athletes, how all of the coronavirus delays and cancellations in their sports seasons must have messed with their heads, whether they were elementary-age kids a few years into athletics or college competitors. When you’ve participated for years in a sport, there is an intuitive sense you feel for its up-anddown rhythms and welltimed rituals.

As a cross-country runner, I knew I had from midSeptember to late October to qualify for season-ending championships in early November, a narrow window within which to achieve that year’s goals, for sure. It was six straight weeks of focused energy, of exacting routines and, potentially, of great disappointment or glory on the field of play.

I was never a star runner, though in college I did eventually achieve my goal of breaking 17 minutes in the 5K, running it in 16:40, and 5 minutes in the mile, finishing it in 4:31. What cross-country, and track in college, gave me was a sense of belonging, camaraderie, place. That’s important for a young person. Athletics also gave me a routine — I knew where I had to be after school and on Saturday. My schedule revolved around sports.

I thought about how disruptive the pandemic must have been over the past year and a half to the routines of tens of thousands of young athletes, and the joy they

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must be feeling as they return this fall for their regularly appointed seasons.

Then I thought about Bulgaria. From 1991 to 1993, I served in the Peace Corps there, teaching English at the Vasil Drumev High School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences in Veliko Tarnovo, an ancient city in central Bulgaria. There were no after-school athletics in Bulgarian schools. If you wanted to play sports, you attended a specialized high school, open only to those displaying natural athletic ability.

At Vasil Drumev, there wasn’t even much of a gym program. The students, in grades seven to 12, hung out in the school courtyard during a free period when the weather permitted, playing basketball or volleyball. Boys did most of the playing. Girls often sat on the sidelines, chatting. There were no grass fields, no bleachers or scoreboards, only two basketball hoops set on one downwardsloping asphalt court, which, in the U.S., would no doubt have been a lawsuit waiting to happen.

One day, I asked my students what they did after school without sports or even clubs. Mostly, they said, they walked around town with friends, stopping for coffee at a café, where they would sit for an hour or two before heading home to finish homework and eat dinner with their fami-

’d never suggest that we do away with them, but they do have a downside.

lies. Afterward, they might watch TV on the handful of channels that were available then, and they were usually in bed by 10 p.m. It all sounded shockingly stress-free.

High school and college athletics in the U.S. can be wonderful, but the competitions are frequently high-stress events. The emphasis is too often on winning, on beating the competition, on rising to the top.

Even youth athletics can be anxiety-provoking, which I found as a volunteer soccer and track coach when my kids were younger.

I hope the pandemic might give us pause to think more deeply about our high school and college athletic programs. I would never suggest that we do away with them and adopt a Bulgarian-like system. As a former interscholastic athlete, I see the intrinsic value in sports. I also see the downside — the over-programming of students’ schedules, the often intense rivalries that can develop between teams and lead to divisions among young people, and the prioritization of victory over young athletes’ health, including their mental health.

Pushing young people beyond their limits to the point of a physical or mental breakdown in order to win a trophy is never worth the cost. Never.

Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication.

Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

It’s fall 2021. Can summer 2022 be far behind?

y earliest memory of a family vacation adventure ended with my mother and father falling into each other’s arms and sobbing. I was 7 years old. They were 31. We traveled 11 hours in our black Oldsmobile to a rental my dad had found in the newspaper known as Stony Hill Farm. It was in the armpit of New Hampshire, and we had dreamt of it, talked about it, and planned for it over an entire grim New York winter.

I can still see the scene where we drove onto the property. I was sweating RANDI in the back seat KREISS with my 3-year-old sister and my Grandma Annie.

We had turned off the main road, and when we saw the sign for Stony Hill, we were thrilled that all the days of our two-week vacation lay ahead. Then we saw the “cottages” — tiny, shabby huts that were more than chicken coops but not acceptable dwellings for humans who could walk upright.

We moved in, but not really. At 4 a.m. my parents woke us up, and we jumped into the car and fled, presumably skipping out on

our reservation and any financial commitments to the scamming “resort” owner.

The story came back to me this week as I started fantasizing about finding a rental for a few weeks in Maine next summer. I know it’s crazy early for planning anything, but I’m dreaming. I need to buy into a future when we can travel again without risking our lives. In case you’re wondering, everyone is going to Maine; it’s become the “it” place for summer. Ogunquit is the new East Hampton.

Part of Maine’s popularity has been its shabby chic, inexpensive cachet.

No more. Long gone are the days when early colonists fed lobsters, considered trash food, to their prisoners.

Since my early trauma in New Hampshire, the renting of vacation properties has become big business on Vrbo, Airbnb, HomeToGo and other platforms that bring owners and renters together — not without issues. The companies have gotten so big, and so many people are looking to escape, that the fees have soared and the potential for scams is always present. That said, we’ve found reasonably good vacation apartments and houses over the past 30 years, and I was looking to Maine for our

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getaway.

Maine may still be shabby, but the prices are for the rich and famous. For the uninitiated, when you rent on the platforms, for any time from one night to several months, you get to see photos and a list of amenities and house rules and availability.

I am now the world’s expert on deciphering what the house descriptions and photos actually reveal. Wherever you wander, I offer this as a pubic service: When reading about a property, look no further if you see the words “cozy” or “adorable.” This is online speak for cramped. You may have to crawl into the dormer bedroom. If the list of amenities includes “washing machine available,” it may be coin-operated. You don’t want to play your washer like a slot machine.

“Basic” kitchen supplies is a red flag.

Expect only salt and pepper. “Evolving” neighborhood also not a positive.

Study, study, study the photos. The angles can make a 6-by-8 room look like a football field. We nearly booked one appealing place until we looked at a photo of a bedroom and spotted what turned out to be a toilet right next to the bed. Another place had beautiful

s you search for a future vacation rental, pay very close attention to details.

wood floors, white walls and spiffy-looking appliances, but no other furniture aside from beds in otherwise empty bedrooms and living areas.

“Waterfront” can mean anything from waves crashing on a beach in front of the house to a glimpse of a canal from an attic window.

You must read all — every one — of the house reviews posted by renters. People will write on and on about how perfect the house is and then, perhaps prompted by conscience, add something like, “Just one little thing. There were mice in the walls.

But, really, the owner took care of it immediately.”

One house looked very promising until I read a review that said, “This was a spectacular house with a beautiful view of the bay.

I would definitely go back again except for the man living in the basement.”

Now I’m pursuing non-Maine properties, slightly off the grid, with more acceptable prices. Canada is a possibility if it stays open to travelers from the U.S. I did see a nice house in South Dakota. It boasted “stunning mountain views” and a “chef ’s kitchen.” But one reviewer complained of bears breaking into cars, more than once. There’s always something.

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ere we are, nine years after Superstorm Sandy pummeled Nassau County’s South and North Shores, still waiting for the federal and state governments to take meaningful action to harden our coastal infrastructure to withstand the likes of such a storm in the future.

For sure, strides have been made. The City of Long Beach has a new, much sturdier boardwalk, constructed of hardwood rather than pine. Smart move. It also has new dunes, with cord-grass plantings, to hold back the ocean. And here and there, small flood-mitigation projects have been undertaken in various communities.

We have yet to see the types of largescale hardening projects that were promised in Sandy’s wake, however. Check valves, for example, were supposed to be installed on storm drains that let out into the bays in any number of communities, but they are yet to materialize. Check valves prevent the tide from flowing backward into storm drains and flooding streets.

During Sandy, backflow caused by the storm’s rush of seawater flooded hundreds of blocks nowhere near the bays.

Our communities need check valves.

Where are they? Our new governor, Kathy Hochul, needs to answer us on this one.

For that matter, where are the streetraising projects? Is there any word on a $300 million proposal by Freeport Mayor Robert Kennedy to construct tidal floodgates across Jones Inlet? He first proposed the idea five years ago. So far we’ve had nothing but studies.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently released a draft report of its Nassau County Storm Risk Management Study, which suggests elevating more than 14,000 homes across the South Shore, at a cost of $3.8 billion, to mitigate the risk of flood damage during big storms, which are only expected to grow more powerful in the coming decades because of climate change.

Global warming not only heats up the atmosphere, but also increases sea surface temperatures. Warmer oceans provide greater energy for hurricanes to feed off.

So, yes, we need to act, as the study asserts.

At what point, though, do we stop studying and start taking decisive action?

The risk management study began in

2016. It is not expected to be complete until 2023 — more than a decade after Sandy ravaged our shorelines.

Beyond that, it’s unclear where the billions of dollars in funding to elevate thousands of homes would come from. This isn’t right. People deserve answers from our elected leaders.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach who heads the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee and is running for county district attorney, recently expressed frustration with the lack of action on the storm-hardening front. Speaking of the Army Corps study, he said, “This study, while welcome, needs to become more than just paper and evolve into funding and real deliverables as soon as possible. This must go from concepts to actual, physical storm hardening — and that’s what matters as sea levels rise and storms intensify. Time is of the essence.”

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air and festivals season is upon us again. Last weekend, the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores staged its famed Family Street Festival, touted as the largest such fair in Nassau County, annually attracting as many as 100,000 people. This year, the crowds were back, despite the coronavirus, thronging Bedford Avenue.

It was, on one hand, a much-welcome relief to see people back together, laughing, smiling, chowing on roasted corn and zeppole. On the other, it was more than a little concerning that so many people were elbow to elbow in relatively close quarters. Social distancing — and masking — were out.

In no way are we suggesting canceling such festivals. We need them now to help rebuild our tattered spirits. We would like to see more people wearing masks during such events, however.

Yes, folks are outdoors, so ventilation isn’t a problem. Yes, many Nassau adults are vaccinated. We should make every attempt, however, to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in all ways possible, and masking helps.

By the way, the Bellmore chamber wasn’t the only organization holding a

festival over the weekend. Huntington Mobilization for Sustainability did as well. The Huntington Environmental Festival brought together conservation groups from across Long Island to teach about subjects ranging from electric cars to geothermal energy, composting and more.

What a wonderful idea! We suggest

that other groups, like our chambers of commerce, incorporate their own environmental corners into their festivals and fairs in the coming years. Long Island juts into the Atlantic Ocean, so it’s vulnerable to the effects of climate change (see editorial above). We need all the environmental education we can get.

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friend was lamenting the antivaccine movement and those who advocate their freedom from mandates, government or otherwise, to become vaccinated against Covid-19. After commenting on the irony of “pro-life” advocates wanting freedom from life-saving vaccines, my friend said, “What’s up with them?”

Fortunately, about 75 percent of the adult population in the U.S. has been vaccinated at least once.

Vaccination coverage, however, varies widely across ROBERT the country and among different SCOTT racial and ethnic groups. Black and Hispanic people are less likely than whites to have received vaccines, leaving them at high risk, especially with the Delta variant. As of September, nearly 60 percent of white people had received at least one dose of the vaccine, compared with only 10 percent of Black people, 17 percent of Hispanics, 6 percent of Asians, 1 percent of Native Americans and Alaskan Natives, and under 1 percent of Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders.

The low rate of vaccination among Blacks may be explained in part by their history with American health care. From

the time of slavery through the Jim Crow era, the Flexner reforms of medical education and medical care that disenfranchised Black citizens, through the syphilis “experiments” and segregation, Black people have been discriminated against, and have good reasons to be skeptical of government and corporate health care.

In recent months, however, owing in large part to citizen and community advocacy, vaccinations are reaching larger numbers of Black and Hispanics.

Nevertheless, there are elected officials and activist groups who argue against sensible public health measures such as vaccinations and mask-wearing. Unfortunately, these zealots brook no questions about their assertions and assumptions.

Their responses to questions like “Why not?” often is, “You just don’t get it.”

Perhaps one of the major challenges in our country is that we hesitate to engage those with other views. We have conservatives who think in terms of conserving privilege instead of promoting policies for the common good, and liberals whose lifestyles or attitudes at times belie their principles of equality and inclusion.

A former state senator in New Jersey was known for his familiar refrain: “We can disagree without being disagreeable.”

I sometimes wish this phrase were posted on every street corner in America.

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s members of a society — family, village or nation — we are free, but with responsibilities.

LETTERS Support the Climate Act To the Editor: Regarding the story “U.S. Army Corps of Engineers reveals findings of Back Bays Study” (Sept. 16-22): It is astonishing that an article about the high risk of flood damage faced by South Shore residents does not mention climate change. Why are our local elected officials supporting a plan to spend $3.8 billion in taxpayer money on resiliency measures such as “elevating more than 14,000 homes”? We know from the science that without addressing the source of the problem — climate change caused by fossil-fuel emissions — resiliency measures will ultimately fail.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky must realize that the real solution is a transformation to a renewable economy. The State Legislature must pass the Climate and Community Investment Act, which will create jobs and revenue by making corporate polluters pay their fair share to mitigate the damage they have done to our communities.

If our leaders truly want to combat the disastrous effects of climate change on the South Shore, and benefit every

Those who object to vaccinations not only put themselves in harm’s way, as many have learned, but also put the health of others in jeopardy. They must acknowledge responsibility for illness and death when not following the guidance of science-based public health protocols. How ironic it is that many who argue for the rights of the unborn act against the rights of the living to be protected from disease.

The anti-vaxxers might think they are making a political or perhaps theological choice, but in fact they are making a moral choice.

They are asserting a set of values that can harm and kill others. We are taught to love one another, even the meekest among us, but anti-vaxxers often prefer antipathy to empathy.

A defense offered by some is that mandates violate their freedom. Yes, a democracy honors freedom and provides that its citizens are free to question orthodoxy, to express opinions without fear of consequence, within the boundaries of law.

Consequently, members of a democracy must exercise freedom with responsibility, not freedom unfettered from concern for others.

Those who refuse to wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle may cite their freedom to feel the air flow through their hair, but to do so is to ignore the societal

costs incurred when they crash. Society pays for their irresponsible behavior. The same is true for anti-vaxxers.

Freedom isn’t a simple concept. We can be free “from” bondage and free to exercise our will, but as members of a society, whether it be a family, a community or a nation, we are free, with responsibilities. Freedom “with” derives from our founding principle expressed as “We the people.” “We,” not “I.” To flout this freedom is to fail to understand the different ways of knowing what we think of as truth. Public-health policy depends on truth as established by science, through rigorous experimentation and replication. Those opposed to vaccine mandates cling to a truth based on faith, which cannot be replicated, or a truth based on fear of authority and suspicion of government, which may at times be justified. These forms of truth generally focus on “I” instead of “we.”

As American citizens with equal voices and residents of the world community, we must bear witness to the health and safety of others as well as ourselves. We must engage in boundary-spanning discussions and promote education about public health. We must honor the humanity of our neighbors and fellow citizens if we are to have a viable democracy.

Dr. Robert A. Scott is president emeritus and university professor emeritus of Adelphi University and author of “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Awardee, 2019).

FRAMEWORK by Joe Abate

South Shore resident, they must support the CCIA. LAURA MAFFEI Cedarhurst

Lead by example on the climate crisis To the Editor: Those attending the United Nations General Assembly could lead by example when it comes to global warming.

Hundreds of heads of state, ambassadors, military attachés and security personnel can give up limousines taking them to and from their embassies, hotels or residences to the U.N. These motorcades contribute to gridlock and increase air pollution.

Join several million New Yorkers by riding the subway or bus. Enjoy some fresh air and walk several blocks from any nearby subway or bus stop. Mingle with ordinary people to develop a better understanding of America and its people.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

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