East Meadow Herald 11-17-2022

Your Health Healthy Holidays

Football can be anyone’s game

By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com

For a long time, football has been a male-dominated sport, but that didn’t deter 13-year-old Elizabeth Serra from following her dream of being a kicker. Now, the Woodland Middle School eighth-grader has fin ished her first season as a kicker and a wide receiver for the Woodland Jets, showing her skill on the field.

Elizabeth’s love for the game was sparked in third grade, after her teacher taught the class about the Super Bowl. That year’s game was between the New England Patriots

Amid winter illnesses, shortage of often-used medication

By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com

A national shortage of one of the most commonly used medi cations could be affecting local hospitals and doctors’ offices this season, according to health officials.

The Food and Drug Adminis tration listed a shortage of some forms of the antibiotic amoxicil lin in late October. The antibiotic is widely used, especially in pedi atric medicine, used to treat ear infections, bronchitis and other chest infections. Doctors pre scribe it in four different forms — capsule, tablet, chewable tab let and liquid.

The FDA website shows that pharmaceutical manufacturers list “demand increase for drug,” as a reason for the shortage.

This shortage comes at a time when the chest infection respira tory syncytial virus is on the rise in children. RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms in infants and young children. Adults can get it too, but typical ly they barely notice the symp toms.

“RSV is a very common virus in children,” Dr. Sehar Ejaz, the interim pediatric chairman for Nassau University Medical Cen ter said. “Almost all the children under age 2 at some point in

their young life get it.”

The uptick of RSV comes after a time when children have been sheltered for the past cou ple of years due to the coronavi rus pandemic. Usually only infants and young babies would catch RSV, but now, since chil dren are back in school for the first time after being kept home, older children, like 4- to 5-yearolds, are catching it too.

“It was good that they were protected for the past two years, but now there’s a lot of out breaks in day cares and schools,” Ejaz said. “The virus usually occurs late fall and goes to early spring, and we see it peak from December to February but this

year we’re seeing it a little bit earlier.”

Typically, if a child has RSV, antibiotics wouldn’t be pre scribed because the virus tends to go away within five to seven days. The antibiotics are used more for bacterial infections, according to Dr. Ejaz. But, if RSV causes the child to have a bacterial infection, amoxicillin

is the first drug of choice.

“Amoxicillin is our number one prescription that we basical ly use in children,” she said. “A shortage of amoxicillin is very concerning for pediatrics.”

At NUMC, she has not encountered this problem yet, and the hospital doesn’t foresee that it will, but if the numbers of

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ElIzABEtH SERRA, 13, just finished her first season as a kicker and wide receiver for the Woodland Jets football team. She scored 16 points this season for the team.

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Honoring veterans in East Meadow

In East Meadow there was no shortage of support for veterans this year in honor of Veterans Day on Nov. 11.

East Meadow Kiwanis put up American flags at East Meadow and W.T. Clark high schools for their annual Field of Honor. Members of Kiwan is, Athletes Helping Athletes and the East Meadow commu nity volunteered to put them up on the school grounds, totaling over 200 flags.

With all of the donations in hand from the pre-Veterans Day celebration on Nov. 5, Pete Wenninger from the American Legion Post 1082, headed to the Veterans Food Pantry behind Nassau University Medical Center to drop them off for veterans in need. The dona tions from the community totaled five shopping carts.

The East Meadow Veterans of Foreign War Post 2736 had their own little celebration.

Leaders of the VFW organize the program each year. Mem bers came together at Veter ans Memorial Park at 10 a.m. on Nov. 11 to commemorate the holiday with some break fast sweets and coffee while they chatted about the war and enjoyed each other’s com pany.

To honor those who couldn’t get to any Veterans Day celebration on their own, Wenninger organized a trip to the Fulton Commons Care Center on Merrick Avenue in East Meadow on Nov. 11. Those who served got to come down and enjoy coffee and donuts with the legion members.

East mEadow VEtErans of Foreign War Post 2736 had their annual Veterans Day breakfast together at Veterans Memorial Park.

PEtE wEnningEr from the East Meadow American Legion Post 1082 visited veterans at the Fulton Commons Care Center in East Meadow. He spoke with veterans and they each got a certificate of appreciation.

stEVE LasaLa, brian O’Flaherty, and Richie Krug Sr., helped put up the Field of Honor flags at East Meadow High School.

Courtesy Kevin Kamper

Courtesy Kevin Kamper

Each yEar mEmbErs of East Meadow Kiwanis, Athletes Helping Athletes and other volunteers put up over 200 flags at EMHS and Clarke in honor of Veterans Day.

Courtesy Pete Wenninger

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Madison Beer hosts concert and food drive

By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com

The holidays are filled with plenty of food — but not for everyone. That’s why Nassau County officials have teamed up with Long Island Cares and Island Harvest food banks to make sure everyone eats on Thanksgiving.

And they’re getting a little celebrity help along the way from singer-songwriter Madison Beer.

Born and raised in Jericho before mov ing out west to pursue her music career, the 23-year-old Beer returns to Long Island on Wednesday, Nov. 23, to host the “End Hunger Thanksgiving Celebration” at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale.

It doesn’t cost money to attend, but everyone who shows up beginning at 3:30 p.m., are asked to bring at least one nonperishable food item. The celebration will focus on Beer’s accomplishments — begin ning with her early days as a teenager on YouTube singing covers of her favorite songs. She shot into stardom after another young performer, Justin Bieber, linked to one of her videos.

Beer also will bring attention to hunger and the culture of giving, according to Nassau County Executive Bruce Blake man.

Beer “has become a very, very influen tial person, especially with the young peo ple throughout the world,” Blakeman said

outside of Nassau Coliseum earlier this week. “We are trying to create a culture here in Nassau County and throughout the country — and throughout the world — of giving: Giving to people who need a little bit more help.”

The county also will proclaim Nov. 23 “Madison Beer Day.”

“I always look forward to coming home for the holidays,” Beer said in a state ment. “But it’s that much sweeter coming home for an event like this one that will help so many.”

Beer has more than 30 million followers on Instagram and Twitter, Blakeman said.

“She’s somebody that — certainly peo

ple throughout the world, and especially young people — have recognized as some one that is very, very talented,” he said. “We’re so happy that she is coming back to Nassau County so we can honor her, but at the same time give back to the community and make sure that everybody gets the food that they require so that they can have a happy holiday.”

Randi Shubin Dresner, the president and chief executive of Island Harvest, told reporters it was “very kind,” of Blakeman to involve the two food banks in this pro gram.

Beer, she said, is someone who “knows about our community, and clearly she understands that there are so many people who are struggling here on Long Island. With the rising costs at the gas pump and the rising costs at the supermarket, people who were just making ends meet are now having to struggle and find additional dol lars to just feed their family and put food on the table.”

Donations are down right now, accord ing to Jessica Rosati, chief programs offi cer for Long Island Cares.

Yet between the two organizations, well over 20 million pounds of food is distribut ed across Long Island, Dresner said. And that number has increased “quite a bit” from pre-pandemic times.

Seating for the celebration is limited to 15,000, and requires advanced registration at NassauCountyNY.gov. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., with the show starting at 5.

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RANdI ShuBIN dReSNeR, the president and chief executive of Island Harvest, thanked Nassau County Executive Blakeman for including her organization and Long Island Cares in the ‘End Hunger Thanksgiving Celebration.’ The free event — set for Wednesday, Nov. 23 — will be hosted by Long Island-born singer-songwriter Madison Beer, and will double as a food collection drive.

Herald Sc H ool S

Superintendent’s Conference Day for East Meadow

More than 100 educators in the East Meadow School District were honored for receiving tenure during Superinten dent’s Conference Day on Nov. 8.

The district’s celebration recognized all the teachers who received tenure dur ing the last three years.

In past years, teachers would be hon ored in April of the year in which they received tenure. However, due to the pan demic, these teachers missed being hon ored in the year of their tenure.

“In the East Meadow tradition, all of you stepped up to the plate and did what you needed to do for our kids,” said Super intendent of Schools Kenneth Card. “It was a challenging task, but together, we did it. For that, I am truly grateful.”

The district congratulates all of its dedicated educators for their continued commitment to our students.

More than 100 educators in the East Meadow School District were honored for receiving tenure during Superintendent’s Conference Day on Nov. 8.

Courtesy of the East Meadow Union Free School District

Shortage of amoxicillin is a growing concern

RSV keep rising, that could change.

“I can definitely see it becoming a problem if we have a sudden, even worse uptick in RSV after Thanksgiving or holi day break,” she said. “Then it could become a big problem.”

Dr. Ejaz thinks the shortage is due to the medical community focusing on other medications the past few years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

“I think in the last two years, every body was focusing more on Covid, and kids were not going to school so they were not getting as sick,” she said. “So there was less demand of amoxicillin and all of a sudden now people are realizing that, okay, we kind of overlooked this part of kids going back to school.”

Dr. Jessica Berrios, the acting chair of emergency medicine at NUMC said that because pediatrics uses amoxicillin way more than adults, she doesn’t think there will be an issue.

“There’s a lot of talk about potentially thinking about other types of medica tions just in case there is a complete unavailability of it,” Dr. Berrios said. “It’s easier for us because we can use different medicine to treat the same sort of com plaints which would be like pneumonia, and bronchitis.

“But I feel like when the season comes of these viral infections, we tend to see less bacterial infections,” she explained.

“But we have been seeing Covid which is sticking around.”

Dr. Berrios explained that because of masking during the pandemic, doctors weren’t seeing many viruses affecting patients, but now that people are starting to wear masks less often now, they’re back.

“We’re going out more, so the cold viruses will spread,” she said. “And I think even with Covid, it will just be a

cold virus, a regular coronavirus like it was before.

“But I think that these viruses are just going to have to take their course and then we’re going to have to just get through them and then hopefully they will also just sort of peak off.”

The best way to stay healthy, both Dr. Ejaz, and Dr. Berrios agreed, is to get vac cinated.

“Although we don’t have a vaccine for RSV, I strongly recommend all the parents to take their flu shot, and give it to the kids that are old enough,” Dr. Ejaz said.

“Same thing with the Covid vaccine.”

It is safe to get the Covid booster and the flu shot at the same time, Dr. Berrios said, and she suggests everyone become up to date with their Covid and flu vac cines.

Herald file photo

With viruses like RSV, Covid-19, and the regular cold and flu on the rise this winter season, doctors at NUMC suggest staying up-to-date on vaccines.

Courtesy Jordan Vallone there is a shortage of some forms of the antibiotic amoxicillin, most commonly prescribed to children.

St. Joseph’s funding helps student veterans

St. Joseph’s University-New York was awarded nearly $560,000 to help it better recruit military veterans as students, and lead them toward degrees.

The funds come from the U.S. Depart ment of Education’s Centers of Excel lence for Veteran Student Success Grant Program.

“We pride ourselves on the exceptional services we offer to all of our students, especially student veterans who have given so much of themselves before they arrive at St. Joseph’s,” said Donald Boomgaarden, the school’s president, in a release. “We are grateful to receive this funding that will allow us to continue the work we do with our student veterans, and expand our services to even more students in the years to come.”

Funds will be used primarily for the school’s Peer Health Educator Program, designating six veteran-specific peer

health educators trained in meeting the needs of student veterans. The grans also will expand career preparation and sup port for veterans, increasing participation with Student Veterans of America, pro vide graduate student completion grants, provide internship stipends, and launch a program specifically for female veterans.

“Our military and veteran students bring a wealth of experience, knowledge and diversity to our campuses,” said Erin D’Eletto, the school’s military and veter ans services director. “This funding will not only allow us to continue providing substantial services to our student veter ans, but also add programs and services to further support their personal, academic and professional success.”

St. Joseph’s University offers campuses on West Roe Boulevard tin Patchogue, as well as on Clinton Avenue in Brooklyn. To learn more, visit SJNY.edu.

Superintendent search community forum

On behalf of the trustees of the East Meadow School District Board of Educa tion, East Meadow residents are invited to a community forum on Nov. 29 to give feedback for a profile creation for the next superintendent of schools.

The board has engaged with District Wise Search Consultants who will lead the forum. Community input will be invalu able to create a profile for the next leader of the East Meadow School District. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kenneth A. Card, Jr. will retire effective Aug. 31, 2023.

The meeting has been scheduled for Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. at the Leon J. Campo Salisbury Center in Rooms 1A and 1B. For those who are unable to attend in person,

a Zoom link is available on the district website: www.emufsd.us/article/893716.

The participation of all stakeholders is very important during this process. All information gathered will be included anonymously in a report that will be pre pared for the board of education.

For those unable to attend the meeting, or for those who prefer to provide their suggestions and opinions privately, a con fidential email address has been estab lished by the consultants: emsupsearch@ districtwisesearch.com. Emails received by Dec. 2 will be included in the consul tant’s report. Emails received after this date will be forwarded to the board of edu cation but will remain anonymous.

Herald file photo

The easT meadow School District Board of Education will be holding a community forum on Nov. 29 to give feedback for a profile creation for the next superintendent of schools.

HERALD — November 17, 2022

Motorcycles and turkeys

It was cold and rainy on Nov. 13 but that didn’t stop the Nassau County Fire Riders, other motorcycle gang members, and members of the East Meadow American Legion Post 1082 from coming out to the Greene Turtle Sports Bar and Grille on Hempstead Turnpike in East Meadow for their sixth annual turkey drop to benefit veterans and their families.

The Nassau County Fire Riders are made up of members from the Nassau County Fire Service, Emergency Medical Service and Police Department who enjoy riding motorcycles. The nonprofit was founded in 1989 to unite firefighters, pro mote motorcycle safety and allow mem bers to enjoy one another’s company. The turkey drop was run for two decades by the Suffolk County-based I

Don’t Know motorcycle club before the Fire Riders took it over.

Over 100 turkeys, and pounds and pounds of canned food and monetary donations were collected for the Bay Shore-based United Veterans Beacon House, a nonprofit veterans service orga nization. Beacon House was founded in 1994 and helps more than 800 veterans and veteran families each year across Long Island. They have 50 housing locations across Nassau and Suffolk counties, with 25 of the homes for veterans only. The group also helps veterans find jobs, pay utility bills and arrange funeral services.

Post 1082 donated $750 to Beacon House to help veterans. All of the money was raised from their steakout and cigar night on Sept. 19.

MeMbers of the East Meadow American Legion post 1082 gave a check of $750 to Beacon House.

the Nassau CouNty Fire Riders helped load the Beacon House truck with all of the donations.

Last year over 150 turkeys were donated.

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Courtesy John Scalesi

Except for those imposed by reli gious belief, my cousin Mo has no restrictions on what he can eat.

Blessed with a solid (unwritten) con stitution, Mo is permitted by his nutri tionist, cardiologist and personal trainer to eat anything his heart (and taste buds) desire. Yup, in this hypo-allergic world, Mo cannot only want eat nuts, he frequently dines with them (but that’s anoth er story).

Anyway, the point is that Mo has his choice of any culinary delight. Yet, of all things animal and vegetable (and artificial) Mo’s favorite food, the one he most often chows down on for chow is: b roiled chicken necks. Yes, chicken necks.

Someone else remembered that his mother designed necklaces, while his father sold goose-necked lamps. One kid noted Mo always refers to a traffic jam or the Throgs Neck Bridge as a “bottle neck,” and greets every visitor with, “Whatyadoin’ in this neck of the woods.”

Unreserved Judgment

It was suggested that our back (and neck( breaker Aunt Zoey may have influ enced Mo’s diet by having always called a “pain in the neck.” (of course, by that logic, after a lifetime with Zoey, many of us would be eating nothing but … rump steak, but that’s definitely another story.)

Known in Yiddish, according to my pal Josh, as either helzils or gorguls, (not to be confused with gargoyle or gargle), chicken necks are available in packages of more than a dozen (which means that there’s a lot of chickens running around not only with out a head, but without anything to con nect it to their body … but that too is another story.

Anyway, why a man whose menu can run the gamy from meat and potatoes to sushi to seven-layer chocolate cake (yum) chooses to gorge on chicken necks has always been a family mystery. Last month a gaggle of nieces and nephews grappled with the issue at chicken (neck) dinner.

“Maybe that’s why Mo moved from Great Neck to Little Neck to Teaneck,” offered one. “Perhaps it’s why he only wears turtlenecks, v necks and crew necks,” posited another.

Anyway, reference was made to Mo’s love of neck ties and nectarines. One crit ic noted that cousin Mo could, on occasion, be stiffnecked and always seemed to be running at breakneck speed to keep neck and neck with cousin Victor.

When one dinner guest with a lunging neckline suggested that perhaps, for Mo, “neck” was not a noun but rather a verb, we decided to ask him directly about his thing for chicken necks.

“It’s very simple,” replied Mo, “and it goes to neither food, fashion, language nor geography. I eat chicken necks because in a world of timidity, hesitation, calculation and often downright coward ice, chicken necks remind me to try and be forthright, decisive and to take a oppo sition and stick my neck!”

“And what if it gets bitten off?” asked a young cousin. “Then at least,” laughed Mo, ”I’ll know I wasn’t chicken.” ©2022 Ron Goldman

R on G oldman

Lauren Maslov of the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce was awarded East Meadow Small Business honoree during the 37th Annual Businessperson of the Year and Legislative Breakfast, hosted by the Nassau Council of Cham

bers of Commerce, on Oct. 28 at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury. Rich ie Krug, President of the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce was there to show his support as well.

Courtesy Town of Hempstead

Hempstead town CoUnCilman Tom Muscarella, Town Clerk Kate Murray and Receiver of Taxes Jeanine Driscoll congratulated Lauren Maslov on Oct. 28.

STEPPING OUT

Let’s talk about Bruno — and Anna and Elsa, too Step inside an enchanting adventure in Disney on Ice’s

YES: Close to the Edge Tour

By Karen Bloom

As the calendar moves through November, another ice extravaganza from the Disney folks is sure to find its way here. This season’s production brings together two of Disney’s blockbuster films as the beloved stories come to life on ice — “as never before,” according to the Disney folks.

The spectacle, which runs through Nov. 20 at UBS Arena in Elmont, transports audiences to the heart of the icy world in

WHERE WHEN

• Now through Sunday, Nov. 20. Times vary.

Tickets start at $20 (pricing may fluctuate based on demand); available at Ticketmaster.com

Arendelle and the Madrigal family’s casita in Columbia. And, of course, the action is guided by everyone’s favorite “hosts” — Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy — who keep the energetic show moving along

through each segment.

After the dramatic opening sequence, you’ll enter the

world of “Frozen,’ narrated by Olaf, the lovable snowman who likes warm hugs and all winter. and bring back summer.

control the weather with her emotions. Her husband, Felix. Their daughter Dolores, with her gift to hear. And, yes, the mysterious Bruno, the misunderstood Madrigal family member whose visions foretold the future.

Think of this production as a singalong on ice, accompanied by dramatic skating. From beginning to end, audiences are immediately drawn to their favorite tunes, highlighted, of course, by the power ballad “Let It Go” and the boppy “We Don’t Talk About Bruno.”

The pioneering rockers are back on stage in celebration of the 50th anniversary of their famed album, ‘Close to the Edge.’ With an ever growing fan base, YES continues to electrify audiences with daunting virtuosity, complex musical textures and powerful lead vocals. ‘Close to the Edge’ is widely considered one of their most defining albums, not only for YES but for the whole progressive movement. It became an inspiration for their contemporaries and for successive generations of musicians. Experience an unforgettable evening of YES at its best, featuring its existential prog masterworks and instrumental pyrotechnics. The band — featuring core members Steve Howe on guitars along with keyboardist Geoff Downes, singer Jon Davison and bassist Billy Sherwood — will play the iconic album in its entirety plus a set of classic YES hits.

Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. Tickets are available at TheTheatreAtWestbury. com, LiveNation.com or (516) 247-5200.

who charm everyone in We

family home alongside her sisters: Isabela — whose perfection radiates with her ability to make plants grow and flowers bloom with every step — and Luisa, with the gift of super strength that she

all things summer. He’ll take everyone to Arendelle to help Anna find Elsa, whose icy powers unleashed an eternal winter. Kristoff and Sven will be there, too, as they race to bring back summer. Then it’s time to visit with the Madrigals, that extraordinary family who charm everyone in “Encanto.” We follow Mirabel’s quest to save the casita, her enchanted uses to help her village move buildings and reroute rivers. Meet Tia Pepa, who can

“I’m extremely proud of this show,” says Artistic Director Adam Loosely. “Disney on Ice continues to combine athletics and skating to tell a really good story. This particular production is all about contrasts (from design and costume to storyline) from the cold blues of ‘Frozen’ to the warm South American culture and colors of ‘Encanto.’ It comes together in such a meaningful way.”

Stepping in to helm the production as firsttime artistic director, Loosely admits to feeling what he described as “a little anxiety initially during the process. “My nerves started to fade away when I realized the whole (creative) team had the same vision. ‘Frozen’ has resonated with people for years and years. It seems we can’t have an ice show without ‘Let It Go.’”

As for “Encanto,” audiences are seeing these characters on ice for the first time. “The response has been really rewarding for our cast,” Loosely says.

And for that cast, Loosely points out that the production is much more than a retelling of the two movies. The skaters’ athleticism shines in their displays of aerial acrobatics and skating technique, setting the tone with the opening number. “It truly highlights the talent of the cast, with solos, pairs and plenty of skating style changes.”

“It’s a beautiful, optimistic show, which we need after two plus years of the pandemic,” he adds. “Spend two hours and leave with a smile on your face. We all deserve that.”

Kirk Whalum

A familiar presence on the Madison Theatre stage with his gospel concerts, Kirk Whalum returns with a performance that demonstrates his versatile command of his sax and devotion to jazz in all its forms. Soulful, passionate, stirring — these are the words most often used to describe Whalum’s music. Forged from his Memphis, Tennessee, gospel roots and his 1980s initiation into the thriving Houston nightclub scene, Whalum’s big, rich tenor sound is unmistakably his. An ordained minister, he is the recipient of numerous awards and acknowledgments for his musical excellence, including a Grammy (2011) for Best Gospel Song

(‘It’s What I Do,’ featuring Lalah Hathaway). In a career spanning decades, Whalum has a sound that is uniquely his — a sound that leaves an indelible imprint.

Saturday, Nov. 19, 8 p.m. $40-$95. Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

Photos courtesy Feld Entertainment

Photo: Two popular movies from the Disney canon become one in an ice skating spectacle that shares the message: You are the magic.

Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont

THE SCENE

Nov. 20

Luminocity light festival

On stage

Plaza Theatrical continues its season with “Grumpy Old Men: The Musical,” Saturday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 20, 2:30 p.m.. Also continuing Nov. 26-Dec. 3. Based on the beloved 1993 film, which starred Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau and Ann-Margret, this stage adaptation captures the lovably crotchety characters through twinkling humor, great songs, and the affectionate depiction of a small town that feels like home to everyone. It’s performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Two-time Tony Award winner Brian Stokes Mitchell brings his “Songs and Stories” concert, to Tilles Center, Saturday, Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m., performing classic standards and soaring showstoppers from his celebrated career. In this joyous and elegant evening of glorious songs and personal storytelling, on the LIU Post campus, 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville, the star of “Ragtime,” “Man of La Mancha” and “Kiss, Me Kate,” among others, will serenade audiences with his powerful baritone, accompanied his long-time pianist and collaborator, Tedd Firth. Tickets are $62, available at TillesCenter.org or (516) 299-3100.

Nov. 19

Nov. 17

Head to Eisenhower Park,now through Jan. 8, for the Luminocity holiday light festival. This immersive world of magical light installations is ideal for family and friends of all ages. The festival runs every Wednesday through Sunday from 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. For tickets visit Tinyurl.com/ eparklights.

Outdoor market

The Samanea New York Mall at 1500 Old Country Rd., in Westbury has an outdoor market every Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. There are dozens of vendors with clothes, shoes, jewelry, soap, toys and more. All vendors welcome. For any questions call (516) 3177729.

Holiday lighting

The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce and Council of East Meadow Community Organizations hold their holiday lighting, Thursday, Dec. 1, 6 to 7 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Park. Santa will be making an appearance. Any questions contact Dolores Rome at (516) 972-9872 or Liz Fries at (516) 359-4269.

Nov. 30

Paint and sip night

Head down to the Greene Turtle in East Meadow, 1740 Hempstead Turnpike, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 6 p.m., for a fall-themed wine bottle paint and sip. All items are provided including fairy lights. $35 per person. A food/ beverage purchase is required. For tickets visit tinyurl.com/ fallwinebottle. For any questions/ comments call or text (631) 3970099.

Holiday fun

Visit the streets of 19th century London during the darkest days of the year, in this adaption of the classic “A Christmas Carol,” with the Experiential Theater Company, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 25-26, 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; also Wednesday, Nov. 30, 10:15 a.m. and noon, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage. Meet the Cratchit family, Mr. Scrooge, and the ghosts of past, present and future in this interactive show that weaves together music, humor, puppetry and collaboration. Celebrate the change of seasons through this beloved literary tale. Performances continue through December.

Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Having an event?

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

Free Christmas concert

Celebrate the season at a Christmas concert, Saturday, Dec. 3, at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 369 Green Ave., in East Meadow. The Vespers evening candlelit prayer will start at 6 p.m. with the concert starting at 7 p.m. With choral music and traditional carols from both East and West sung by the church choir, and reception following. For information contact (516) 483-3649.

Thanksgiving Day fundraiser

Help families in need at the Thanksgiving Day fundraiser at the Grand Stage Diner, 2490 Hempstead Turnpike, in East Meadow on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 23-24, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The goal is to feed over 750 families. If you would like to make a donation or drop off food, anything is appreciated. For questions contact Michelle (516) 732-8504 or Tom (516) 719-5977.

On exhibit

Photography’s ascent in the art world is an international phenomenon. Nassau County Museum of Art’s star-studded exhibition spans the historical roots of the medium, opening Saturday, Nov. 19

View works by Ansel Adams and his generation and the thrilling, large-format color works of such contemporary masters as Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, James Casebere and Gregory Crewdson, among others. From the documentary to the painterly, images bear witness to the times. On view through March 5. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Oh Baby!

Mercy Hospital invites moms-to-be to a community baby shower, Saturday, Nov. 19, noon-2 p.m. Meet with physicians, lactation specialist, mother/baby nurses, and other hospital personnel with raffles, giveaways for mom and baby(s), games and more. The free event takes place in Mercy’s employee cafeteria, lower level, 1000 North Village Avenue, Rockville Centre. For information visit CHSLI.org or call (516) 626-3729.

CITY CELLAR

Small Business Award for Argyris brothers

Nick and Tom Argyris, owners of the Grand Stage Diner in East Meadow received the Town of Hempstead Small Business Award on Oct. 20. The brothers have operated the diner on Hempstead Turnpike for nearly five years. Despite the financial challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic and rising costs of goods, the popular eatery still maintains its human itarian outreach programs to help people in need. They both serve as members of

the East Meadow Fire Department, are dedicated supporters of the East Mead ow Chamber of Commerce, East Meadow Kiwanis and other neighborhood organi zations. Currently, they are gearing up for the diner’s annual Thanksgiving Day Fundraiser, which will be held on November 23rd and November 24th. They hope to provide free meals to more than 700 families.

Oktoberfest fun for local seniors

Members of the Salisbury/East Mead ow Senior Center celebrated Oktoberfest at The Sands in Lido Beach on Oct. 24. The Sands on Lido Beach is a catering

hall. The exciting day of fun, food, and music brought seniors from across the township together to celebrate the Ger man holiday.

Courtesy Town of Hempstead Hempstead town supervisor Don Clavin, Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr. and Town Clerk Kate Murray presented the Town of Hempstead Small Business Award to Nick and Tom Argyris, owners of the Grand Stage Diner in East Meadow, on Oct. 20.

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Hempstead town CounCilman Anthony D’Esposito — who was recently elected to serve congressional district 4 in January, Councilman Tom Muscarella and Town Clerk Kate Murray greeted seniors at Oktoberfest.

A love of the game, competition and team

and Philadelphia Eagles.

“I became a really big Eagles fan when they won the Super Bowl,” Elizabeth said. “Since then I’ve really loved football and I really wanted to try to be a kicker and even another position too.”

Having played soccer for 10 years on school and travel teams, Elizabeth was no stranger to being on the field and being part of a team, so the accli mation to football wasn’t hard for her. She barely blinked an eye at being the only girl on the team.

“I was a little bit nervous,” she admitted. “But then I realized what I really wanted to do, and I just really wanted to play football, so it didn’t really bother me that much.”

Elizabeth’s mom, Denise, said that her daughter dragged her out to the East Meadow High School football field every day over the summer to practice for try outs this past fall. Initially, she was ner vous to have her daughter play football.

“I was a little nervous but she explained the game to me because I don’t really watch sports,” Denise joked. “She explained to me how, when a kicker goes

and kicks, they can’t be touched by the opposing team, because it could be a pen alty on that team, so she’s like, ‘mommy, it’s really safe, don’t worry, I’m completely padded, and protected.’ So I said OK.

“I support her in everything she does and she’s just a great kid all around. She’s such a hard-working girl. When she has her mind set on something, she will go after it. She’s very perseverant and very

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determined.”

In order to play on the team, Elizabeth had to pass a rigorous physical fitness test and get medically cleared in order to prove she can play on a boy’s team, and she passed with flying colors.

“I love the game, and the competition,” Elizabeth said. “And I really love how the team is like family.”

Having a kicker on a middle school team is pretty rare, and at this level, point after touchdowns are worth two points rather than the traditional one point.

Elizabeth scored 16 points this season for the Woodland Jets, and even helped the team win their final game against the Seaford Vikings. The game was tied, and if the Jets didn’t have a kicker, they would’ve lost.

“Lizzy was an asset to the team,” Michael Simone, Elizabeth’s coach said. “I’m glad she tried out, and I’m glad she came on board.”

Simone said that at first he was sur prised when he saw a girl’s name on his roster this fall, and that he double checked with the athletic director just to make sure it was correct. He was excited to have her as a kicker.

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When it came to her being a wide receiver though, Simone said it was all her idea. “Her work ethic is incredible. She would run every sprint, she would do every conditioning drill, so I think every one on the field, recognized her motiva tion, her dedication,” he said. “During games, if I had an opportunity to put her in as wide receiver, depending on who we were playing and their personnel that was on the field, it was a no brainer to get her out there.

“She earned the right to play that posi tion, just as much as any other football player that I was coaching.”

Elizabeth’s parents said that Simone and everyone on the team treated her with the utmost respect. And whenever they went to games, Simone said that no

one ever blinked an eye over the Jets hav ing a female player.

“We always get some sort of surprise to it, it’s a little bit out of the norm,” Eliz abeth’s dad Henry said of the reactions he gets when he says his daughter plays foot ball. “But she’s definitely lived up to her potential with being a kicker.”

Elizabeth said that she wants to contin ue playing in high school, but when it comes to college and the pros, she has her mind set on the University of Pennsylva nia or Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology for computer engineering.

“I’m never going to doubt Lizzy, just because I’ve seen her work ethic,” Simone said. “She is someone I don’t think I would ever bet against.”

Courtesy Denise Serra ElizabEth bEcamE passionatE about football when her third-grade teacher taught the class about the Super Bowl.

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ElizabEth sErra draggEd her mother, Denise, out to the East Meadow High School football field every day this summer to practice her kicks before fall tryouts.

i’m never going to doubt Lizzy, just because I’ve seen her work ethic.

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Q. There is a house in my neighborhood, just a few doors away, that has never been taken care of. I know someone lives there, but they don’t seem to care about how their home looks, and I wonder: Is there a way to get the community together, tear the house down and turn it into a park? It would look a lot bet ter.

A. The house you’re referring to seems to be like one in almost every neighborhood, but I haven’t seen any single-lot parks popping up any where. Maybe the reason it doesn’t happen is because you can’t just seize someone’s property. If that were the case, what would stop your neigh bors from taking your property?

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Every once in a while, when I’m sitting in a pub lic zoning hearing, someone appears and makes a statement at the microphone just like what you are suggesting. I think they, too, are expecting a light bulb to appear above everyone else’s head when they suddenly realize what a genuinely great idea that was. But instead of trying to condemn some one else’s property, it may be better to gain some idea about what is really going on. I have often had to do this in the course of exploring options for potential buyers.

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In some cases, such as a shopping center that continued to lose and not replace businesses, the owner lived a thousand miles away, and was just using the property as a tax write-off while they waited for the market to change and just sell. The condition had already existed for over a decade before someone asked me to look into the condi tions and search the records. The property did improve after violations were issued that forced the owner to respond in court. The same may be the course of action for the property you are describ ing.

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If you are inclined to look further into the cir cumstances of the owner, you may learn the reason(s) for the conditions being what they are. In a free country (so far), you may not like how your neighbors live, but we still don’t have the control to just take their property. Your recourse is to try to understand why the property is this way, and help, if you can, report them to authorities and become the “squeaky wheel,” or take your own personal legal action. Good luck!

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Russia’s space program fades as China’s rises

By all accounts, Russia is losing its unprovoked war against Ukraine. It has lost thousands of troops, spent the equivalent of billions of dollars, and become an international pariah. As a result of the ruinous war, Russia is also losing some thing that has always been precious to its national pride — its position as a leader in the world’s space programs.

until 2024. The sharpest cuts will be in manufacturing technology and develop ment. Money for scientific research will be cut entirely.

into space, leading politicians and mili tary leaders to proclaim that we were failing in space.

flight and a space station, and it plans to explore the Moon, Mars and the wider solar system.

The decline of the Russian space pro gram is not new. It began after the col lapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. That kicked off a brain drain from Russian. The need to fund the Ukraine war only accelerat ed the degradation of Rus sian space efforts.

JAMES BERNSTEIN

The country that stunned the world — and shook up the Unit ed States — with the launch on Oct. 4, 1957, of the sat ellite Sputnik, is falling further and further behind in civil space explo ration, according to experts. Its mili tary space program, however, remains robust, those experts say.

“The Russian space industry is in an obvious state of crisis,” Asif Siddiqi, an authority on Russia’s space program who teaches history at Fordham Uni versity, told an industry publication.

Partly to help fund Russia’s brutal attack on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin recently said he planned to slash funding for space flight activities at least

Additionally, jailed Rus sian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has made allegations of widespread corruption across the coun try’s space industry, with money disappearing into the hands of oligarchs.

Russia does not have a rover on the far side of the moon. China does. It does not have orbiters circling Mars. China, Indi an and the United Arab Emirates do.

Russia does not have a fleet of space telescopes, as does the United States.

“We’ve fallen behind on the science program,” said Igor Marinin, head of the Russian industry publication Novosti Kosmonavtiki. “We’ve forgotten how to make and fly unmanned probes.”

Of course, it was not always this way. The United States and much of the world trembled when the Soviets put Sputnik

Concern deepened in 1961, when the Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly to outer space, aboard the Vostok 1 capsule. He completed one orbit of Earth. Meanwhile, as the American novelist Tom Wolfe wrote in his highly acclaimed book, “The Right Stuff,” “our rockets kept exploding” on the launch pad.

But what does the cur rent demise of Russia’s space program mean for the United States? John Logsdon, who teaches at George Washington Univer sity and who is often called the “dean of space policy,” said in a phone interview last week that we can no longer count on the Russians as partners on the Interna tional Space Station, or on other space projects in the future. Russian cosmo nauts still fly aboard the space station, but Russia has said that it even plans to withdraw from that program.

For the United States, Logsdon said, the new competitor is China. The Chi nese program has overseen the develop ment and launch of ballistic missiles, thousands of satellites, manned space

In a display of its growing prowess, China launched a cargo mission to its newly completed space station last week end. The 35-foot-long cargo spacecraft docked Nov. 12 with the Tiangong station on Saturday, according to a Chinese news release. As is typical of the country’s news media, few details were released publicly. But according to space experts, the freighter was carrying propellant for the space station, as well as some scien tific experiments.

In recent months, China launched two modules to join its already orbiting space station, which is about 20 percent large than the U.S.- and European-built International Space Station. It is expect ed to be occupied and operational for at least 10 years.

Our approach to China in space has been entirely negative. In 2011, Congress banned NASA from hosting Chinese visi tors at U.S. space facilities. Two years later, Congress banned Chinese nationals from entering NASA facilities without a waiver from NASA.

Nevertheless, Logsdon said, “The Chi nese space program is advancing.”

James Bernstein is editor of the Long Beach Herald. Comments about this col umn? jbernstein@liherald.com.

Thankful, mindful and watchful this holiday

Thankful, mindful and watchful this holiday

The midterm elections proved that you can’t put lipstick on a pig. Well, maybe you can try, but eventu ally folks will see through the cover-up. That expression, “lipstick on a pig,” pops up from time to time during elec tions. In 2008, President Barack Obama said that a sup posedly new eco nomic plan pro posed by his oppo nents, John McCain and Sarah Palin, was nothing new, “just putting lipstick on a pig.” Repub licans went ballis tic, accusing Obama of slyly associating the pig patter with Palin. Obama said his comment was about policy, not people. Anyway, he wasn’t the first or the last to use the expression, which, you must admit, con jures a compelling visual.

fringe groups like QAnon, tried their best to put lipstick on these pigs, but they didn’t fly. Fortunately, most of the Republicans who were elected or reelected to office aren’t conspiracy theo rists or election deniers.

This seems like a low bar, but there it is. Don’t we all want a fair fight in the campaigns for office? And when someone clearly wins, don’t we all want to see the opponent concede defeat and move on? Thank goodness that’s what hap pened most often in the days after Nov. 8.

count on folks to trust election results? Will candidates fight the good fight and retreat with grace if they lose? We don’t know yet if this midterm portends big changes for the better and a return to relative normal, but the indications are promising. It was not a rout. Rioters did not take to the streets.

el during the fury of the pandemic.

RANDI KREISS

This election season, the GOP sent forth dozens of MAGA election deniers to run for important and influential offices across the country. Republican influencers in and out of government, complemented by seriously delusional

I am relieved and thank ful, as we prepare to gather for Thanksgiving, that the worst-case predictions for a toxic MAGA wave did not happen. Some Trumpian candidates pre vailed, but more were defeated. Voters looked at extremist candidates, anointed by the former president, and they said no. Not all the votes are counted in all the contests, and in Georgia there will be a runoff for a Senate seat, but overall the process has been peaceful and civil — and consequential.

Are we finally reaching a point where Americans on all sides of the political landscape share a vision for a safe democracy? Are we there yet? Can we

The cooling of the politi cal fever gripping the nation allows us to gather at our respective Thanks giving tables and truly give thanks. I am so thankful for the greatest gift we can enjoy in this life: peace of mind. We all experience occasional setbacks and losses, but with peace of mind we can negotiate our difficult life passages.

This isn’t November 2020 or Novem ber 2021, when the pandemic was burn ing through our population. We still have about 40,000 new Covid cases a day, but we have vaccines and anti-virals, greater understanding of the disease and less panic. At the height of the pandemic surge, it was difficult to find peace.

On Thanksgiving 2020, my husband and I sat down to a chicken rather than a turkey. We were grateful for one another but terribly lonely for our kids, who live plane flights away and couldn’t risk trav

The years of Covid restrictions and isolation offered random gifts as well: learning to find strength we didn’t know was there, finding ways to connect with loved ones through words and Zooms and eye to eye, six feet apart. I would never wish it for character-building, but living through a pandemic has height ened our zest for life and attuned us to the nourishing rhythms of nature.

I noticed recently that many people, rather than saying goodbye, now say “stay safe” when they come and go. That speaks to our relatively new belief that the ground can shift under our feet in an instant. Some threats can be mitigated and some blindside us, but we survivors of the pandemic and the political mael strom have been changed by these years. We say “stay safe” as a kind of hope and benediction for our friends and loved ones.

I hope you are blessed with friends and mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers and children and grandchil dren and neighbors at your Thanksgiv ing table. Along with peace of mind, let there be delicious turkey and sweet pota toes and cranberries and pies, all the tra ditional foods that anchor us to this time and place, and to one another.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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The power of concession

You’ve likely never heard the name William Jennings Bryan, as he’s not among those regularly talked about in history books. But his contribution to democracy should be indelible, after a simple telegram sent he sent to William McKinley on Nov. 5, 1896, forever changed how we approached elec tions.

“Sen. Jones has just informed me that the returns indicate your election, and I hasten to extend my congratulations,” Bryan said in the telegram. “We have sub mitted the issue to the American people, and their will is law.”

Conceding an election isn’t required by law, which is why what Bryan — in his first of three runs for president — did was all the more unique at the time. He didn’t have to do it by statute, but he had to do it in the spirit of democracy.

Such concessions have become a staple of our election process at all levels. Candi dates battle it out over issues and who can best represent the people, and once the people have made their decision, they accept it. Even if that decision doesn’t favor you, all for a peaceful transfer of power.

Not that making a concession is easy. Far from it. Candidates invest so much of themselves into their campaigns that to suddenly make an about-face and watch someone else get awarded what they had fought for can be heartbreaking. Still, no matter how hot the debate was among the candidates, once the decision has been made, it’s time to return to the real job at hand: governing.

When we think of concessions, we’re likely to think of those in races for our country’s highest office first.

“Just moments ago, I spoke with George W. Bush and congratulated him on becom ing the 43rd president of the United States. And I promised him that I wouldn’t call him back this time,” then-Vice President

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Al Gore said in a Dec. 13, 2000, address, even joking about rescinding his first con cession on election night, when the race between them was still too close to call.

“Almost a century and a half ago, Sen. Stephen Douglas told Abraham Lincoln, who had just defeated him for the presi dency, ‘Partisan feeling must yield to patri otism. I’m with you, Mr. President, and God bless you,’” Gore added. “Well, in that same spirit, I say to President-elect Bush that what remains of partisan rancor must now be put aside, and may God bless his stewardship of this country.”

Sen. John McCain shared similar senti ments eight years later, when he took the stage in Phoenix to congratulate the man who would become the 44th president, Barack Obama.

“Sen. Obama and I have had and argued our differences, and he has prevailed,” McCain said. “No doubt many of those dif ferences remain. These are difficult times for our country, and I pledge to him tonight to do all in my power to help him lead us through the many challenges we face.”

Concessions are just as powerful on the local level. State Sen. Anna Kaplan described her service in Albany as an “honor of a lifetime” after losing her reelection bid to former senator Jack Mar tins.

“While our campaign has ended, my service to — and love for — our communi ty has not,” Kaplan said. “I will always fight for you, and am committed to con tinuing that spirit of service in my next chapter.”

Laura Gillen, who lost her bid for Con gress to Anthony D’Esposito last week, also put politics aside to honor the choice of voters.

“We ran a campaign to be proud of in a challenging political environment,” Gillen said. “Together we motivated thousands of Long Islanders to make their voices heard.

To stand up for common-sense leadership. And to vigorously defend fundamental rights from assault.”

After the 2020 presidential election, in which defeated President Donald Trump never conceded to his successor, Joe Biden, there were real fears that this act of patriotism — this cornerstone action of democracy — could become a relic of the past. That conceding somehow represent ed weakness rather than strength. And that it meant essentially giving up on fighting for the chance to represent your community, region, state or even country.

But nothing about concession means you have to give up the fight, or that you can’t explore every option available to you. Once those options are exhausted, howev er, it’s time to close that chapter and start the next one.

On election night last week, U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin wasn’t ready to concede the gubernatorial race to Gov. Kathy Hochul. And that was his right — not all the votes had been counted, and while his chances of winning were remote, they still existed.

But when it became clear that he had no path to victory, Zeldin did his part to pro tect and defend democracy by exercising the power of concession.

“I would like to congratulate New York governor Kathy Hochul on her election to a full four-year term,” Zeldin said in a statement the day after the election.

But while this particular battle for the governor’s mansion might be over, Zeldin made it clear that his fight for those he had hoped to represent wouldn’t end — a senti ment every candidate on the short side of any election should share in their own quests.

“As they take office in January, Gov. Kathy Hochul and those controlling Alba ny must address the grave concerns voiced by the voters,” Zeldin said. “While this campaign has come to a close, the rescue mission to ‘save our state’ continues.”

Once again, Randi Kreiss’s amazing ability to convey her thoughts and blend them with history — and in this case, a bit of astronomy as well — moved me to tears! (“An election that will move heaven and earth,” Nov. 3-9.) These are such stressful times, and I know that while it isn’t reasonable to expect everyone to always agree, there needs to be some more honest, respectful dialogue to help move our country to a better place.

I could write to Randi weekly, because her columns are so important and meaningful. I am constantly sending copies to dear friends who don’t live in the area — even a longtime friend who has lived in Italy for decades, but who is still American at heart (whatever that means these days) and is so worried for us and the world. If the America we know and love goes, what then? But then Randi gives us the perspective of eons of time to encour

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Time to throw out the political trash

Happily, the midterm elections are behind us. They were, at best, stressful, and overall they were ugly. Once again, the poll sters were more wrong than they were right, predicting all kinds of results that never happened. There were many les sons to be learned from the results, and any politician who ignores them does so at his or her peril.

Any candidate who calls for a ban on abortions in a red, blue or purple state is asking for trouble. There were five states in which abortion was on the ballot, and those that pro posed a ban in one form or another were shot down.

Women want to make their own choices, in consultation with their physicians, and attempts to take away that right will meet stiff resis tance. Defeated Pennsylvania senatorial candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz suggested that elected officials should have a voice on abortion, and that didn’t help his cam paign.

Most political observers thought the issue of gun control wouldn’t have an

impact on people’s thinking, but many voters who were questioned stated that their decisions factored in their con cerns about the need for much stronger gun laws. There is a constant fear that there will be more school shootings, and pro-gun legislators who are supported by the NRA may have to rethink their posi tion, even if that costs them a few gun-rights support ers. Guns are an issue that won’t go away, and will reresurface in the 2024 elec tions.

Any pollster who tells you that young people are uninterested in elections should be banned from polltaking. This election brought out a record num ber of so-called Gen-Z voters, millions of them college students. On Election Day there were reports all over the country of enormous lines of students waiting to vote, well after the polls were scheduled to close. The youth vote is now alive and well.

Crime was an issue that helped a num ber of candidates get elected, but the vast majority of voters had other concerns on their mind, including voting rights, pre serving the Constitution, saving Social Security and Medicare and stopping can

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age and help us de-stress by literally look ing to the heavens. That was so needed!

Thank you, Randi, from a most grate ful reader, for continuing to share so much of your wonderful self with us.

GEORGENE WINICk Woodmere

Another delay for LIRR East Side access

To the Editor:

Did the MTA and the LIRR forget to consider obtaining necessary clearance from the Federal Railroad Administration before they adopted the schedule calling for East Side access to Grand Central Madison to begin by December 2022? The Federal Transit Administration Full Funding Grant Agreement, approved in 2006, called for service to begin in 2011, at a total project cost of $6.3 billion, with a federal share of $2.6 billion.

The current cost is $11.6 billion, which doesn’t include debt service payments for the cost of borrowing, which brings the cost to $12.7 billion. Debt service costs are

buried under a separate agency operating budget. There is also over $4 billion more in indirect costs for what are known as LIRR “readiness” projects to support ESA service to Grand Central Madison. Honest accounting would bring the real total project cost to $16.7 billion.

A mandatory FRA safety feature that would prevent trains from entering the wrong tunnel clearly fell behind schedule. It is now forecast to be installed and up and running by March 6, 2023. Why was the original implementation schedule for installation of this safety equipment not completed earlier this year? This new FRA safety requirement was implement ed as a result of the Metro North accident on the Hudson Line at Spuyten Duyvil in 2013.

The MTA now has to request a waiver from FRA to begin service in December without this safety feature being in place. This will offer little comfort for riders who are looking for safe and reli able service to the Grand Central Madi son Terminal.

LARRY PENNER

Retired former director, Federal Transit Administration Region 2 Office of Operations and Program Management

didates endorsed by former President Donald Trump from winning key elec tions. Plenty of MAGA candidates won their races, but their tenures may be very short when their new constituents catch on to their lack of substance.

wWe learned in the mid terms that election denial ism is not a winning strate gy. The Republican candi date for New York governor, Lee Zeldin, ran a spirited race, but his resistance to acknowledging that Presi dent Biden was fairly elect ed hurt him with swing vot ers. New Yorkers are pretty sophisticated people, and the majority of them weren’t ready to buy into a candidate who opposed the certification of election results in Penn sylvania and Arizona. There are still plenty of election deniers who won their contests, but once they’re in office, their positions won’t help them do the required work.

From the ads that flooded the air waves, we could all agree that the tone of this year’s races was more dishonest and mean-spirited than ever before. In a lust for power, many candidates — incum bents and challengers alike — made false claims about their opponents, accusing

them of criminal conduct and making other outrageous allegations. But the slanderers didn’t fool most of the voters, who rejected the partisan poison.

Year after year, we have been subjected to stories about suspect polling results, in contests ranging from dogcatcher to pres ident. Political columnists and reporters, in print and on the air, have spend count less hours delving into the polling results, dissecting the numbers and often trying to divine trends that don’t exist. Over the past 10 years, I have challenged numerous pollsters who have wrongly claimed that they have reached people whose only phones are cellphones (which pollsters must dial manually). It’s time to ignore them and the commentators.

Now that the big red wave never hap pened and the experts will be scratching their heads for months trying to figure out why, it’s time to do a reset and focus on 2024. Future candidates will have to prepare for major changes in the electoral terrain, and be aware that they will suffer if they ignore the 2022 warning signs.

Jerry Kremer was an Assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strat egy firm. Comments about this column? jkremer@liherald.com.

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St. Agnes Cathetral on a crisp fall day — Rockville Centre

e learned in the midterms that election denialism isn’t a winning strategy.

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