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Vets excluded from Covid-19 funding groups such as 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(7) social clubs, 501(c)(8) fraternal Because of a technicality in beneficiary societies and 501(c) the American Rescue Plan Act (10) domestic fraternal societies. of 2021, American Legion and “501(c)(19) is every American Veterans of Foreign Wars posts Legion chapter, not just ours,” haven’t been receiving special said Pete Wenninger, commandpandemic loan and er of the East Meadg rant assistance ow American Legion from the federal gov1082. er nment, despite In addition to the their nonprofit staAmerican Legion tus. and VFW, other vetARPA was enacterans groups ed in March, after include the Military t h e C o ro n av i r u s Officers Association Aid, Relief, and Ecoof America, Ladies nomic Security Act, Auxiliary to the Vetpassed under Presierans of Foreign dent Trump in 2020, PETE Wa r s , N a t i o n a l ran out. The $1.9 trilGuard Association WENNINGER lion stimulus bill of the United States was signed into law American Legion and the Marines by President Joe Memorial AssociaBiden to speed up tion. the country’s recovery from the According to the Internal Reveconomic effects of the coronavi- enue Service, organizations rus pandemic. described in section 501(c)(3) are Veterans organizations, how- commonly referred to as charitaever, are unable to receive funds ble organizations, most of which because of their particular tax- are eligible to receive tax-deductexempt status. While American ible contributions. 501(c)(19) Legion and Veterans of Foreign organizations are also eligible to Wars posts are listed as 501(c) receive tax-deductible donations. (19), ARPA only provides beneNassau County Legislator fits for organizations designated Tom McKevitt, a Republican as 501(c)(3). This leaves out other CONTINUED ON PAGE 11
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A dream matchup Street artist Efren Andaluz said his mural, “The Passing of the Torch,” at Peitro’s Pizzeria on East Meadow Avenue in East Meadow, is a tribute to the “Rocky” movies, with a twist — Rocky is in the ring with his protégé, Adonis Creed. Story, Page 3.
PTA leader Liz Kong, passionnate about kids and volunteering By LAURA LANE llane@liherald.com
Liz Kong, who once worked for J.P. Morgan arranging financial portfolios for clients worldwide, has spent more than a decade as an East Meadow Parent Teacher Association volunteer. She has served on the group’s executive board during much of this time, and she said she cherishes her experiences as a PTA president and vice presi-
dent. “I love when I see a child happy,” said the 50-year-old East Meadow mother of three. “I love when a child knows my name. But I don’t do things to be acknowledged. I do it because it makes me feel good.” One of Kong’s fondest memories is when she brought Ashley, who was an infant, to Barnum on Art Night. “She was wrapped in a pouch and I remember hanging the art work and everyone kept
trying to take the stapler away from me,” she said, laughing. “I was the stroller lady for years.” Mel Kong, her husband, also 50, said they are both active in the community. “We enjoy what we do,” said Mel, director of the East Meadow Little League’s Over 13 Boys’ Division. “The common denominator for us is helping children.” Liz also serves on the PTA’s CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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EAST MEADOW HERALD — December 2, 2021 Courtesy Lauren Maslov
ANDALUZ THE ARTIST, left and Lauren stand in front on the mural that was finished on Nov. 21, the 45th anniversary of the movie “Rocky.”
The E.M. mural is truly a pizza work By MALLORY WILSON mwilson@liherald.com
A beloved East Meadow pizzeria has a new look: a striking mural of Rocky Balboa and Adonis Creed. The giant art display is outside Pietro’s Pizzeria on East Meadow Avenue. Pietro’s, owned by Lauren and her husband Andy Maslov, has always been a family owned eatery. Lauren bought the restaurant from her parents, John and Carol Arigo in August. They had bought it from Carol’s parents, Peter and Nancy Ippolito in 2000, the original Pietro’s. The pizzeria originally opened in 1976. The mural, completed last Saturday, was spray painted by Huntington artist Efren Andaluz III, whose professional name is Andaluz the Artist. When Lauren and Andy heard Andaluz’s suggestion that he paint a mural of Rocky they asked him why. But then, they discovered that Rocky and Pietro’s had some similarities. “[The character] Rocky was of Italian heritage,” Andaluz said. “And then I found out that the movie “Rocky” came out the same year that the restaurant opened.” Andaluz said he always wanted to paint a mural of Rocky and recommended that the Maslovs avoid typical pizza landscape art. He also mentioned that he likes his murals to have a storyline. “Just because to me, I’m a street artist not a landscape ar tist,” Andaluz explained. “I’ll do it, but I’d rather do something that draws traffic.” Andaluz said he always loved Rocky’s story, how the character came from meager means and worked hard to become a champion, one of the best in his field. “When Lauren approached me and said she was going to put a mural on the wall I told her that it wouldn’t be a bad
LAUREN MASLOV, RIGHT and her father John Arigo, left, stand in front of the wall before it was painted. idea,” Arigo said. “And when I saw it completed, I was completely in awe and couldn’t believe how nice it came out.” Lauren, who left her career in property management at 5PointzLIC to take over the restaurant, was inspired by the buildings where she worked, which were covered in murals. “I kept seeing all of the street art and thinking, ‘Oh wow, my dad has a restaurant with a blank wall and we could really do something with that,’” she said. “That was before I even owned the restaurant.” Arigo said that they had wanted to put something on the side of the building but never went through with it. A friend of Lauren referred her to Andaluz and they met in June. The mural, which is called the “Pass-
ing of the torch mural,” is a tribute to the “Rocky” movies in general, Andaluz said. The inspiration for the title came from Pietro’s being a third-generation owned restaurant. The mural features Rocky, played by Sylvester Stallone in the 1976 film “Rocky,” in the ring with his protégé, Adonis Creed, played by Michael B. Jordan in the 2015 movie “Creed.” “I thought it would be cool if I had them playing against each other, kind of like a passing of the torch,” Andaluz said. “...I wanted to make it something full circle.” It took roughly a week for Andaluz to complete the mural. To make the connection between the mural and the pizzeria even stronger, the completion date — Nov. 21, coincided with
the 45th anniversary of when “Rocky” was first released. “It happened by accident,” Andaluz said. “It was an insane coincidence.” “The timing was strange,” John Arigo, the former owner of Pietro’s, said. “They never timed it or anything, it just happened that way.” Lauren said she was excited about the possibility of a “Rocky” mural from the get-go. “Everyone loves “Rocky,” she said. “I wanted something people would look at and be inspired by. It’s an iconic movie. We wanted to connect the old and the new.” Andy said he loves the story aspect of the entire mural and its connection to the restaurant. “This is not a typical business, it’s a story,” he said. “We’re the whole inspiration of the old world meeting the new world.” Andaluz, who grew up in Queens, has always been an artist, he said. When he purchased an airbrush in high school and started making tee-shirts for his peers he decided to run with the idea. It was in 2016, that he became popular after creating the mural “151 Pokémon” on the side of his studio, located in a building in Huntington during the “Pokémon-Go” app craze. “That went super viral and it was featured on every news station imaginable,” he said. “From there it changed my life and I started working more on murals.” Andaluz has posted roughly 50 murals throughout the United States. In Huntington alone there are 12 of his murals. Lauren said that customers are mesmerized but confused when they first see the mural. “Most people say it’s amazing but they always ask ‘Why?’” she said. “When they hear the story, they think it’s cool.”
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W.T. CLARKE MIDDLE School’s Terrific Kids for the months of September, October and November were recognized during the East Meadow Board of Education’s Nov. 17 meeting.
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EDUCATORS KATHLEEN HANNAN, left, and Kimberly LoFaso were welcomed as new administrators to the East Meadow School District during the Board of Education’s Nov. 17 board meeting.
Board of Ed welcomes two new administrators The East Meadow Board of Education welcomed two new administrators to the district during its Nov. 17 board meeting at East Meadow High School’s auditorium. Kathleen Hannan was named as the district’s coordinator of Secondary Special Education. Kimberly LoFaso is the chairperson of the English and Social
Studies Departments at W.T. Clarke Middle School and W.T. Clarke High School. “On behalf of the East Meadow School District, I would like to congratulate Ms. Hannan and Ms. LoFaso and wish them all the best,” Anthony Russo, the district’s assistant superintendent for personnel and administration said.
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Thursday, Dec. 2
Lee’s career includes developing the stories and co-writing the screenplays for award-winning independent feature films Send No Flowers and The Blue Lizard. He has also written the screenplays for award-winning short films, Junkie Heaven, Bullified and Stand-Up Guy. To register visit www.eastmeadow.info.
Chess club Join the East Meadow Public Library for chess club starting at 1 p.m. Chess club meetings are in the lower level conference room at the library.
Holiday lighting The East Meadow Chamber of Commcerce and CEMCO holiday tree lighing is from 6 to 9 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park. There will be face painting, ornament decorating, hot chocolate, donuts and a special appearace from Santa.
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Friday, Dec. 3
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Chess club Join the East Meadow Public Library for chess club starting at 1 p.m. Chess club meetings are in the lower level conference room at the library.
Acoustic Outlaws The band Acoustic Outlaw will be playing at Whiskey Reds Sports Bar and Grill at 2552 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow from 8 to 11 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 4 Lawrence Taylor signing Lawrence Taylor will be signing memorabilia at Lucky’s Sports Cards and Memorabilia at 1854 Front St., in East Meadow from 2 to 3 p.m. Items can also be sent in to be signed or dropped off. For further info or to buy tickets visit http://www.luckysportscards.com/ upcoming-signings.html
East Meadow Fire Department Station 4 Santa Run On Saturday, Dec. 4 from 12 to 3:30 p.m. EMFD Station 4 will be making runs to residents houses. Email emfdstation4@gmail.com for Santa to make at stop at your house to take a photo. All requests need to be in by Friday, Dec. 3.
Sunday, Dec. 5 Sunday divine liturgy The Divine Liturgy is celebrated every Sunday at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church at 369 Green
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Join the East Meadow Public Library at 7 p.m. in the community room for the Mark and Josephine D’Antonio jazz series featuring NyMBVS 5 (pronounced Nimbus). NyMBVS 5 is made up of five conceptually unique Long Island musicians who find joy in creating and playing original music. To register visit www.eastmeadow.info
EMFD Engine Company 1 and Ladder 1 will be having their Christmas tree, wreath and grave blanket sale starting Dec.2. The trees will be at Meadow Plaza, across from the EMFD Headquarters at 197 East Meadow Ave. Hours are Thursday and Friday from 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Ave., in East Meadow. Those interested in the church’s ancient traditions and liturgical life welcome. Coffee hour follows. For further info email htocem@ gmail.com.
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info. For those attending virtually, the Zoom link will be sen the morning of the event.
Tuesday, Dec. 7 East Meadow Kiwanis
East Meadow Kiwanis is collecting food at the McVey Mighty Market from 9 to 11 a.m. Food donations to the Mighty Market go to those in need. McVey Elementary School is located at 2201 Devon St., in East Meadow.
The East Meadow Kiwanis will be meeting at 7:15 p.m. at Borrelli’s at 1580 Hempstead Tpk., in East Meadow. New members are always welcome. Social distancing is enforced. Mask should be worn when not eating. For further information contact the club President Jennifer Reinhardt (516)-351-9891.
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Join Paul Levine either from home or in the library community room for a session devoted to holiday plants at 3 p.m. To register visit www.eastmeadow.
Students in grades 3 through 12 can learn how to make 3D snowflakes at the East Meadow Public Library at 7 p.m. Participants can earn two hours
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of community service for attending the program and making snowflakes to help decorate the young adult room. To register visit www.eastmeadow.info.
Wednesday, Dec. 8 Snowman take and make craft Students in grades 3 though 5 can register for a snowman take and make craft starting December 8 at 10 a.m. After registration, the kit can be picked up in the children’s room.
It Came from the Radio Join Mark Torres at the East Meadow Public Library from 7 to 8 p.m. with special guest Filmmaker and Comic Writer Lee Kolinksy and his daughter Julie Kolinsky. As a diverse and creative writer with a foundation in journalism,
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There will be Christmas caroling with Holy Trinity Orthodox Church on Sunday, Dec. 12. The CASA holiday lighting will be Dec. 12 at 4 p.m. on Carmen Ave., next to the Carvel. The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce holiday party is Tuesday, Dec. 14 from 6 to 10 p.m. EMFD Engine Company 4 will be having a breakfast with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 12. Check out painting at Pinot’s Palette at https://www.pinotspalette.com/eastmeadow/events.
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Tom Suozzi, former county exec, running for governor is expected to pass. Suozzi, a lawyer and accountant, first ran unsuccessfully for governor at age 43 U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, 59, is throwing in 2006, losing a primary bid to Elliot his hat in the ring for governor, the Glen Spitzer, a two-term attorney general often Cove resident said Monday. called “the sheriff of Wall Street” for his “I’m running for governor because I efforts to prosecute white-collar crime. believe this is the job I am made for,” Spitzer was later forced to resign in 2008 Suozzi said in a news conference. “Every- amid a sex scandal. thing I’ve done has prepared Suozzi had formed Fix me for this particular job at Albany in 2004, publicly critithis particular time.” cizing longtime Assembly Suozzi referred to himself Speaker Sheldon Silver, who as “a common-sense Demoresigned in 2015 amid a corcrat.” He said he would work ruption scandal. with anyone to solve problems Suozzi’s goal, he said, was to benefit the people he serves. to expose corruption in New “I’ve had a proven record in York state politics with his my career of doing that,” he grassroots movement. said. “It’s about doing the corAlthough his efforts were rect thing to help prople.” popular, the Democratic Party Tom Suozzi Then he added, “I feel like supported Spitzer. Suozzi lost this whole left-right extremist by a large margin across the thing is killing our country state, failing to carry even and our state.” Nassau County. The Democrat, who represents the 3rd It was a tough blow for an elected leadDistrict on the North Shore, has worked er who had beat the odds in the past. In over the past four years to reinstate home- 2001, Suozzi, after serving four terms as owners’ ability to deduct state and local Glen Cove mayor, became Nassau County taxes from their federal income tax bills. executive, the first Democrat in three The SALT deduction, which was capped at decades to hold the position. During his $10,000 in 2017 under President Trump, tenure from 2002 to 2009, he eliminated a has cost many Long Island residents thou- $45 million deficit, stopping the county sands of dollars annually. Most recently, from falling into bankruptcy. Suozzi pledged that he would not vote for But after winning twice as county execinfrastructure and social spending bills utive by wide margins, Suozzi lost in 2009 proposed by President Biden if SALT to Edward Mangano, who won by 386 votes reform were not included in the legisla- and was later brought up on corruption tion. charges in 2017. The House approved a provision in Suozzi took a break from politics but Biden’s expenditure bill on Nov. 19 to raise returned in 2017, when he won against the SALT cap to $80,000. The bill now goes Republican Jack Martins to represent the to the Democratically led Senate, where it 3rd Congressional District.
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CASA annual tree lighting The Community Association of Stewart Avenue is having its tree lighting on Friday, Dec. 10 at 4 p.m. Holiday tunes will be sung by the W.T. Clarke High School Chorus and Jazz Choir on Carman Avenue next to Carvel. Santa Claus will be making an appearance to greet children and spread holiday cheer.
Legislators pushing for ARPA to be modified
EAST MEADOW AMERICAN Legion Post 1082 is just one of the Legions that has been excluded from Covid-19 money.
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from East Meadow, said legislators have been lobbying Washington since May to rewrite ARPA to include veterans organizations in the legislation. “If there is money to be given to you,” McKevitt said, “we would do it in a minute.” Local lawmakers have pushed to revise the language in ARPA to expand funding to veterans groups. In June, Richard Nicolello, presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature, submitted a letter to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer on behalf of the Republican majority requesting that the “narrow definition” of nonprofits be modified to include veterans and other organizations. “The Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdowns had a devastating effect on veterans, fraternal and cultural organizations that own facilities,” the letter stated. “The organizations were prevented from holding catered events at their facilities, which is a primary means whereby they pay the costs associated with the halls.” The Democratically controlled Senate has not acted since the letter was sent, McKevitt said. “It’s not right that veterans organizations can’t get money,” Wenninger said. “We have bills to pay, and we’re self-sufficient for the most part, unless we’re in dire circumstances like Covid.” Frank Salamino, the quartermaster of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
2736 in East Meadow, said the group would use any grant or loan funds to continue services and, potentially, purchase a hall for the VFW. “It’s not the same not having our own building,” he said. “What helps a post thrive is having their own place. It makes a difference.” The American Legion, Wenninger said, advocates and raises funds for homeless veterans and those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as helps provide funeral services for veterans. With federal funds, he said, the American Legion could add an air-filtration system to its post on Bellmore Road. “I would also put in hand sanitizers — all the things that Covid money is supposed to be used for to improve your business,” he said. And, he said, he would also redo the bathrooms to make them fully handicapped accessible. “Recross your t’s re-dot your i’s and make it right,” Weinger said of the ARPA.
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NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS Making a Thanksgiving meal possible
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ASSEMBLYMAN JOHN MIKULIN conducted his annual constituent outreach event, an informal series of appearances where residents were able to speak to him directly.
Mikulin completes listening tour Assemblyman John Mikulin, a Republican from Bethpage, completed his annual “Meet Mikulin” constituent outreach event series. These events are an informal opportunity for constituents to meet with the assemblyman. They can also hear about state issues, news from the capitol, get help, learn more about how the assemblyman’s office can assist them, or simply stop in to say hello. “Constituent services are my favorite part of the job. I love meeting with people and being of service to them,” Miku-
lin said. “I think most people are surprised to learn just how helpful my staff and I can be, so I encourage anyone who has ever wondered about the state Assembly to attend these informal events to learn more. This is a great way for me to get to know my constituents better.” Contact him at his district office in East Meadow at (516) 228-4960 during normal business hours, weekdays, 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., or by emailing him at mikulinj@nyassembly.gov.
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The weekend before Thanksgiving is traditionally the busiest time of year for the East Meadow Kiwanis Club — and this year was no different. Activities kicked off at 6 p.m. on Nov. 23, in the Clarke High School senior cafeteria. Food donated by ShopRite and its Uniondale customers, collected by six businesses around town and supplemented by Kiwanis Club purchases was sorted and placed into baskets. The work was done by more than 60 students from the Builders Clubs East Meadow that Kiwanis sponsors at Woodland and Clarke middle schools. The following morning, Kiwanians, along with their spouses, children and/ or friends, personally delivered the food baskets, which consisted of ingredients for a full turkey dinner with all the fixings. It was given to 125 families recom-
mended by religious leaders and social workers who are living under trying circumstances. In normal times, the club’s Annual Senior Citizen and Military Family Thanksgiving Dinner would have been held at East Meadow High School on Nov. 25. Holding that event this year, however, would have unnecessarily endang ered the lives of guests. Instead, invitations were sent out. For each of the 275 RSVPs received, a cooked and plated turkey dinner, along with a dessert sponsored by the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce, was waiting for them. All of the dinners were given to the occupants of a caravan of cars that slowly wended its way around the semicircle in front of EMHS between 10 a.m. and noon.
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PTA leader’s mission: Make kids happy LIZ KONG IS very involved in the PTA, but what is most important to her is her family, Mel, left, and her children, Emily, Ashley and Ryan.
CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE Founders Day Committee. She described the experience as “exciting” and said she enjoys seeing how happy people are when they are honored. She, herself, is no stranger to also being honored. Chosen as a Woman of Distinction in 2018, Kong was honored by Nassau County for her volunteerism, and received a letter saying she was chosen again in 2020, before the event was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. PTA Council President Donna Goldstein recognized what an asset Kong would be to the PTA. Impressed by her work as a PTA vice president at Barnum Woods for two years, Goldstein asked Kong to serve as the Barnum PTA president in 2017. “Liz is very driven, passionate and determined,” Goldstein said. “She’s one of those people who gets things done, whether she is the president or is sitting on a committee. She’s always looking to make children happy.” Barnum Woods Principal Gregory Bottari described her as a valued leader, saying “She has always been and continues to be all about pledging allegiance to children.” Liz and Mel are originally from Flushing, Queens, having first met in middle school. Mel remembered what attracted him to Liz. She often looked to help other students, he said, offering homework help. When they worked together at Wendy’s, him flipping burgers and Liz minding the cash register, she helped other employees. “People are fond of Liz because of her giving nature,” Mel said. “I knew she’d be a good wife because of that.” Dating in college, they married in 2000. Their wedding DJ encouraged them to move to East Meadow, where he lived. Learning that East Meadow had excellent schools, they visited the area shortly after their wedding. Then, Liz said, she saw a house in East Meadow that she fell in love with and the couple bought it the same year they were married. Describing East Meadow as a very inviting community, she said her neighbors have been wonderful, and she has made many friends. Although she was a 1994 graduate of John Jay College with a degree in forensic psychology, Kong never entered
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that field. She worked as a broker in Manhattan and was hired by J.P. Morgan in 1999 for its family wealth management department. She advanced there, becoming an assistant vice president of client services in 2001. But when J.P. Morgan relocated to Delaware in 2009, Kong was laid off. The mother of two children, she didn’t want to continue commuting to Manhattan. Kong loved being a stay-athome mom for nine years, raising her children, Ryan, 18, Emily, 14 and Ashley, 9. Then she decided to become a teacher’s assistant in 2018. She has worked at Long Beach Middle School as an English New Learners teacher’s assistant ever since. Mel, who is a portfolio account at Bank of New York Mellon, called his wife a hero. “At the end of the day, she makes sure the kids have their clothes out for school the next day, she makes their lunches and dinner,” he said. “She’s a super woman.”
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SMAA East Meadow flag football championship is back The Salisbury Men’s Athletic Association of East Meadow’s Flag Football league’s championship is back after a Covid-19 hiatus on Sunday, Dec. 5, at Cantiague Park in Hicksville from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. There are 31 teams with students from kindergarten through 12th grade from East Meadow and Salisbury, and the league gives them an opportunity to compete in a friendly environment. The league strives to bring together athletes from across East Meadow that wouldn’t nor mally play together, which is emphasized in its motto, “1 sport, 1 town.” “It’s a great community event,” Dave Schwarz, the league’s founder, said. “... The young kids really came out to play this year.” The season runs from September to December, and most coaches are East
Meadow parents, but there are even former players who have returned to help out and referee and coach. “I got four kids who are in college that played that now come back and volunteer to coach,” Schwarz said. “They just love the league.” Retired East Meadow football varsity coach Vinny Mascia and W.T. Clarke High School football varsity coach Kevin O’Hagan will make an appearance to help out with the games. East Meadow Board of Education member Eileen Napolitano will stop by to offer words of encouragement to the peewee players after their games. The sport is similar to mainstream football, but rather than tackling players, the defensive team removes a flag from the ball carrier’s flag belt to achieve a “down.”
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It used to be easy to be a New York pound the confusion. This past November, dressed in warm Jets fan. Not just because they used to win, but as an East Meadow or Union- thermal gear and heavy coats and hats, we changed it up, traveling on public dale resident, along with hundreds of adults, kids, day campers and local sum- transportation. We took the Long Island mer schools, you could enjoy the imme- Rail Road just before 8 a.m., to the N.J. diate benefits of “Jets Fest” and the Transit’s 9:14 a.m., to a shuttle train in open practices held at Hofstra Universi- Secaucus Junction at 9:41 a.m. for the MetLife Stadium. Not as ty every year in late sumtough as it sounds. Just folmer. When that ended and low the green and white jerthe Jets permanently held seys. training camp in New JerAll was good, until we sey, the prospect of going to entered the arena and went East Rutherford was less looking for our seats. We compelling, and a lot more asked personnel at the luxuexpensive. ry suite, we asked ushers on Since those days on Long the 200 level and we asked Island, I have experienced security. No one knew where the team live and in person our seats were. No one. And only twice on the generosity auren ev we couldn’t get those 30 minof two distinct g roups: utes of searching back. friends who gave us preFinally, an usher escorted season tickets and a big beer corporate sponsor with a winning us to some first row seating in Section 205, assuming it represented 205 B seats. sweepstakes. The experiences couldn’t be more dif- He returned within the hour, directing ferent, except for the consistency of our us to the beer corporate sponsor’s sec“travel/directions” karma. I am con- tion and club. We moved up in the world. All things considered for the 2021vinced it prevents our family from getting to or from the right place on the 2022 season, I realize that my “directions” karma isn’t as troubling as the footprint with ease. Years ago, we got to attend the “losing” karma the Jets themselves are Snoopy Bowl, a preseason matchup mired in. I only had one round-trip, between the Jets and the New York 12-hour expedition that ended at 7 p.m. Giants, which included tickets and a for a 1 p.m. start game. The Jets have a parking pass for the stadium from our lot more agonizing times to bear. friends. We dressed in tee-shirts and shorts and navigated the New Jersey A contributing writer to the Herald since Turnpike with very few problems in 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resireaching the stadium. Comfortable in dent and a direct marketing/advertising our initial journey, it remains an unex- executive who teaches marketing commuplained mystery how we got very lost as nications courses at the Fashion Institute we left the stadium where we encoun- of Technology. tered a lot of post-game traffic to com-
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he towns, cities and villages of Long Island have their own recorded and unrecorded histories. Their stories are told by local historians, librarians and historical societies. In many cases, lacking those resources, the history of those communities disappears year by year with the passing of the people who were blessed with those long-term memories. Long Beach, one of South Shore residents’ most popular coastal escapes, is one of those placJERRY es whose colorful history has filled KREMER numerous books, and is lucky enough to have residents who make it their mission to keep its history enshrined in books and fading photographs. One of the keepers of Long Beach history, Paul Jackson, died recently, leaving behind a number of hard-to-find books and other cherished notes that will fade in time. Jackson was a prolific writer, and published a number of books that gained the attention of history critics across the country. His first, “Our Town, Our Time: Long Beach, L.I. in the 1930s and WWII,”
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was a nostalgic look at the seaside city, with recollections of the schools, stores, movie theaters, the boardwalk and hotels. Orphan’s Day, the big bank robbery of 1939 and the murder of the mayor by a cop were its highlights. Jackson chronicled the experiences of 250 returning GI’s and wrote about the 30 Long Beach men who were killed in the war. His second book “Scoundrels by the Sea: The Sullied Past of Long Beach Politicians, Swindlers, Bootleggers — and Worse,” wasn’t published until 2013, long after Jackson left his chosen profession. In that book he took on dozens of deceased politicians, such as District Attorney William Cahn, State Assembly Speaker Joe Carlino, Democratic Leader Phil Kohut and Tammany Hall Leader Jimmy Hines, and described at length the lesser-known events and personalities that made Long Beach unique, compared with its many neighboring communities. While not a colorful celebrity, Jackson’ primary job was as editor and publisher of the weekly Long Beach Independent, which dated back to the late 1930s but ceased publishing in 1976. I got to know him when I was 12 years old, and had the temerity to walk into the paper’s office on
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Park Place and offer my services as a writer. I didn’t ask for money, but just the opportunity to write for free, which had become a childhood passion. Jackson was impressed with my nerve, and I was assigned to read the dozens of press releases that came in each week and try to boil each one down to a simple paragraph. In my early days at the Independent, I didn’t understand much about Long Beach politics, but I learned in a short time that it was brutal. There was no real Republican Party, but the city boasted the presence of the Assembly speaker, Carlino. The two factions were the group headed by the Democratic Party leader, Kohut, and his adversary, former Mayor Theodore Ornstein. Working for a weekly newspaper while at the same time trying to launch my own political career was a great challenge. Jackson didn’t believe in political correctness, and one by one, he challenged the people in power with blistering commentary. During those tumultuous years, I tried to walk a straight line between the factions, but sooner or later I would be forced to choose a side to survive. In those years, the most valuable asset that any weekly could have was the des-
met him when I was 12, and offered my services as a writer for the Independent.
ignation as the city’s official newspaper. That meant that all of the city’s legal notices were published in that paper. Survival depended on whether the political bosses favored your paper over its local rival. Eventually Jackson’s political commentary got under Kohut’s skin, and the Independent lost that coveted designation. Jackson’s career as an editor and publisher lasted only a few years, and without that valuable patronage, the Independent ceased publication. I continued to work part-time for weekly papers until I graduated from law school, worked as a city prosecutor and was elected to the Assembly. I had a brief encounter with Jackson when my book “Winning Albany” was published. Jackson was upset with my friendly relationship with “Boss Kohut.” The people who work hard to preserve Long Beach history owe a special debt of gratitude to Jackson for his dedicated work in chronicling so many key moments of local history. A side note: “Scoundrels by the Sea” lists for $122 on Amazon. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
How did you get through? In 50 words or less.
ell me your story. If you’re reading this, you are living through a deadly pandemic that has killed more than five million people worldwide. So far. If you’re reading this, you are just coming off Thanksgiving and zooming toward peak holiday season. Expectations for joy abound, lights dazzle and music bombards us with its slightly out-ofsync cheer. Some of us gather strength and purpose from the festive spirit. Some of us feel that the RANDI gifting and shopKREISS ping, and the stuffing of turkeys and ourselves, are just too much. Post-vaccine, we are resuming, life but not exactly. We are moving toward normal but watching the new variant coming from South Africa. Flights are canceled again. Holiday parties are on again, off again, depending on where you live and what the rules are. The one absolute commonality we share: We are alive in this moment, during the worst epidemic of our genera-
tion. Each of us has a story to tell, and I would like to offer this space for you to share yours. Some years ago, my son-in-law, Josh, said he wanted to interview my parents for StoryCorps.org, an online website where anyone can post a story about themselves. Once posted, it lives on in perpetuity. More recently, Storyworth has taken off. Another venue, it sends the person of your choice weekly questions and, at the end of a year, compiles the answers into a book, which becomes a keepsake of their thoughts or history or memories. Moth Radio features first-person human-interest stories. We have been telling one another stories ever since men and women were able to scrawl drawings on caves. We share common memories, but we see those bygone events through varying prisms. The truth of any one person’s stories is always on a sliding scale. When Josh called me and asked if it was OK for him to record my parents and post their stories to StoryCorps. org, it was the worst possible time. My folks were 97 and 92 years old. They
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lived in south Florida. Josh lived in California, way north of San Francisco and far away from any reasonable international airport. He said he had only two days he could travel to my folks’, including flying time. I told Josh it wasn’t a good time. I knew it wasn’t a good time. I suggested we leave it to my mother. She said yes. Josh flew on a Thursday, arriving at their house at 1 a.m. on Friday. That day he interviewed each of my parents for four to five hours, on and off, between their meals and physical therapy sessions and looking for my dad’s cane, hat, shoes, eating glasses, reading glasses and walking glasses. Josh was on the ground in Florida for about 24 hours. The stories are now part of StoryCorps history, and they’re even more precious now. Dad died in 2017. Mom died two years later. We all want to be known, to say in words that we have walked the earth and lived and loved. In this pandemic, we want to get out of our own heads, where we’ve been living alone for so long, and tell the world how we’re getting through. How has our work
he need to tell stories is etched into our souls. Why not try it in this space?
changed? What happened in school and out of school? What was it like to care for young children day after day and month after month with little relief aside from outdoor gatherings? As a longtime married woman, I feel like the subject of an experiment on human behavior. The question: How do isolation and stress affect marriage? In March 2020, most of us thought the virus might knock us off our routines for a few weeks. Now I have a 50-page folder of Covid Cuisine, quick meals for when we want to eat but I don’t want to cook. The need to tell stories is etched into our souls, part of our DNA. Why not try it in this space? Please, tell me your pandemic story in 50 words or fewer, and I’ll use my column to post the most compelling ones. You can be anonymous if you wish. We did this before, in less dramatic times, and it was enlightening. So, take a few minutes and put together a few words. Send them to the email below. I’ve been telling you my story every week since the pandemic fractured our sense of well-being. I want to know yours. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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n recent months, we have seen a growing number of parents crowding school board meetings across Long Island, protesting the state mandate requiring students to mask up in schools. In public spaces, from the mall to your local coffee shop and grocery store, many people no longer wear masks, believing they aren’t necessary anymore. Last week, we were hit by a harsh dose of reality: Seemingly out of nowhere, a new strain of the coronavirus, which scientists called the Omicron variant, reared its ugly head, first in South Africa and then Israel, several Western European countries, Hong Kong and Australia. Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser, said over the weekend that the strain had not yet been detected in the U.S., but it could very well be here.
South Africa discovered the strain first because health officials there were investigating why the country went from 200 coronavirus cases a day only recently to some 2,465 cases on Nov. 25, according to the Associate Press. What does this tell us? One, we must not think we have vanquished the coronavirus. It is still lurking worldwide, and anywhere and any time an infectious strain of the virus arises, there is the potential for it to spread to us here, on Long Island. So we must continue masking and social-distancing protocols to limit its transmission. This new strain is potentially more insidious than the Delta variant, which has ravaged the world, because the vaccines may be less effective in providing immunity against it. Scientists are study-
ing whether that is the case, and it could be weeks before we know the answer for sure. You should be vaccinated just in case — and to fight the many other Covid-19 variants. And we should vaccinate ourselves ASAP. That includes teenagers and children. New strains of the virus emerge in the unvaccinated population. It’s there where the virus can continue to spread, and any time it is transmitted from one person to the next, it has the potential to mutate. Mutation — the ability of the virus to re-engineer itself — is its survival mechanism. If it does not spread, it cannot continue to mutate. We are in the battle of our lives here. Like it or not, we must remember that this holiday season.
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ach year, we encourage our readers to shop locally, in your community’s downtown, during the holidays. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, we’re doubling down on that advice. We know Covid-19 spreads among dense populations. That only makes sense. It’s an airborne disease, so when people are tightly packed into small or confined spaces, there’s a greater chance that the virus will be transmitted from one person to the next. Shopping in your downtown, with its smaller stores, where customer density can be better controlled than at the malls and superstores, would thus seem like a
smart move, particularly now, with the rise around the world of the Omicron variant, against which the vaccines may be less effective. Beyond that, shopping locally is just good for your community. Keeping local shops and eateries in business supports the tax base, and bolsters homeowners’ property values. By contrast, downtowns full of boarded-up shops lead to rising property taxes for homeowners and plummeting house values. That is, shopping locally is in your self-interest. Moreover, it is a way to give back to the people who give so much to their communities. Local shop and restaurant
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LETTERS Jan. 6 was ‘just a protest’ To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “Recalling two failed coups that will live in infamy” (Nov. 25-Dec. 1): I agree that what happened in 1991 in the Soviet Union was important, and should be memorialized, as it was in the 2015 documentary “The Event.” I wish I had seen it. But I recall a hapless Boris Yeltsin, soon to be succeeded by Vladimir Putin. And Bulgaria found its rightful destiny. Above all, I would appreciate no extrapolations of that or other similar coup attempts to what happened at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. As a first-generation immigrant, I could not be prouder of our America. I am thrilled to be here, and that includes all our presidents. On Jan. 6, all our institutions held firm and did not budge — no insurrection, no riot, just a protest. To become a proud citizen, I learned that our
owners are the folks who sponsor Little League teams and donate to the Girl and Boy Scouts. They are the ones who organize fundraisers for children stricken by deadly diseases, and who advocate for better roads and schools in their communities. The owners of the small businesses that line the streets of our communities are us. That’s why you are more likely to receive competent service and a friendly smile when you shop locally. The coming month has the potential to challenge us in unforeseen ways. Now is the time to be safe — and that means being smart. Start by shopping locally.
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axes, property assessments, crime and schools were top concerns for Long Island politicians in the Nov. 2 elections. Both Democrats and Republicans tried to persuade voters that they would do a better job of keeping us safe and financially secure. In 2021, however, these standard suburban issues motivated more Republicans than Democrats to show up and vote, resulting in a change in party leadership in Nassau County’s executive branch and the Suffolk County MARTINE Legislature. For suburban resiHACKETT dents, the added expectation and understanding is that our high tax dollars show up to maintain our quality of life in the services that the government provides. We are paying for safety from crime, but also the safety of the air we breathe and the water we drink, and protection during a pandemic. But in campaign materials, and apparently on most voters’ minds, one major
issue seemed to be missing: the ongoing public health crisis that is the Covid-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 750,000 Americans. If Covid was mentioned by candidates during campaigning, it was with promises of what the government would not do — no mask mandates in schools, no employee-mandated vaccines. While political parties focus on the topics that they believe will get people to the polls, some issues, like public health, need to be supported no matter who is in power. Public health is by its nature political. It must be. In the earliest days of the United States, protecting citizens from infectious diseases like yellow fever fell to local municipalities, which enacted quarantine regulations for ships that arrived at coastal cities. The first public health agency was created in 1866 in New York City, and reduced deaths from a cholera epidemic that year through inspections, investigations and disinfection. Cities that did not have a public system to monitor and combat the epidemic experienced many more deaths. Government action is necessary to
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n their 2020 campaigns, candidates promised what the government would not do.
LETTERS nation is based on three separate branches — the executive, legislative and judicial. As a lawyer for 45 years, I can assure you that all was well outside, as well as inside, the D.C. “Beltway” on Jan. 6. If there really was a coup attempt, what disruptive aftermath did it cause? The fact is, there was no disruption, and, mercifully, life goes on. I only wish Brinton had more faith. God Bless America. WILLIAM J. A. SPARKS, ESQ. Merrick
Who’s doing the censoring, Randi? To the Editor: I was reading Randi Kreiss’s column “Sticks and stones — words can never harm me” (Nov. 18-24), about censorship and book burning, anticipating with relish the words she would use to describe the censorship exercised by the major social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) against voices on the right that they oppose. Instead Kreiss turned it around, and accused Trump supporters and associated people on the right of seeking to impose censorship! I was astounded. Where are the examples? Her examples, “flames rising from places like Virginia” and Texas ordering school officials to look in schoolbooks for pornography, were weak and
carry out the work of public health. How else do you get sewers across jurisdictions? Who else would pay for the clean water and the pipes to bring it into your home? Would restaurants regulate themselves to keep food preparation safe? The work to ensure public health must be carried out no matter what ideology is popular or which party has been elected to lead. The needs of public health continue no matter who is in power. Meanwhile, there are other pressing public health issues in Nassau and Suffolk counties that require political support: the increase in substance use and overdose deaths; the significant mental health strain of anxiety and depression among young people; and high rates of maternal and infant mortality. Collective and coordinated political action worked on Long Island to manage the spread of Covid-19 by deploying wideranging techniques similar to those used more than 150 years ago to combat cholera. Modern approaches to public health now also recognize that social factors play
a key role in people’s health. We saw this when the coronavirus pandemic devastated communities of color in Nassau and Suffolk counties, and recognize that the people in these communities were not solely to blame. Rather, it was the underlying conditions that existed before the pandemic — food insecurity, crowded housing, lack of internet access — that made outcomes so much worse for some than for others. Political forces need to address these public health priorities as well. At a time when party lines are dividing those who are vaccinated and those who are not, when mandating mask wearing to protect the health of everyone is framed as a matter of individual choice, we have lost the nonpartisan thread of public health. Whoever is in power in Nassau and Suffolk needs to address the longstanding issues of public health by doing what works and acknowledging the vital role that government action has on health outcomes. Red and blue waves come and go on Long Island every few years, but political public health action must remain constant. Dr. Martine Hackett is an associate professor in the Master of Public Health and Community Health Programs at Hofstra University.
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non-specific. She certainly did not cite the fact that many books that were traditionally read in high school, like “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” are now banned — yes, censored — by schools. LEON SUTTON, PH.D. Long Beach
Paying for those D.C. spending bills To the Editor: President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and their respective Democratic House and Senate caucus members claim that both the $1.2 trillion infrastructure and $1.75 trillion Build Back America bills are fully paid for. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the first bill would add $228 billion, and the second bill $367 billion, to our $29 trillion-and-growing national debt over the next 10 years. If they are so confident of this financing scheme, let them all put up their respective future pensions, 401(k) retirement plans, stocks, bonds, cars, homes, Social Security earnings and other assets as collateral. Place all of them in a blind trust on behalf of taxpayers. This could serve as a small down payment to cover the inevitable multi-billion-dollar shortfall in anticipated revenues to pay for both bills over the coming years. Ask
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their spouses or significant others to do the same. Biden, Schumer, Pelosi and company remind me of J. Wellington Wimpy, who famously said, “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” Tuesday
may never come for taxpayers who must pay for all the goodies promised by them within their lifetimes. LARRY PENNER Great Neck
EAST MEADOW HERALD — December 2, 2021
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