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Holiday Wrapping Paper Contest drawn by our young readers
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Chamber welcomes three new members
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Business booms at L.I. Pickers Consignment shop offers snapshot of decades past rus pandemic has taken on many businesses, L.I. Pickers has seen a surprising spike in L.I. Pickers is a time capsule activity over the past nine of the last 70-plus years. Bomber months. “Since the pandemic, jackets, cadet hats and medals it’s busier than ever,” said its from the Korean and owner, Gary GuarVietnam wars sit on notta, adding that he a 1950s-era Coca expected to see more Cola shelf. Across sellers of knickthe aisle, a row of knacks and doodads Mattel’s special-edibecause people have tion Holiday Barbie had more time to dolls from the 1990s clean out their attics stand in their cases. and basements. Lava lamps, bub“What I didn’t figble gum machines, GARy ure was how many Humphrey Bogart GuARNoTTA people would want movie posters, to buy,” Guarnotta Owner, record players, pornoted. “People aren’t celain dolls, model L.I. Pickers going on vacation, cars and other fixthey aren’t spending tures of decades past are all laid money on things like concert out in the cluttered harmony tickets, so they’re treating themunique to thrift stores and selves.” antique shops. Guarnotta, 58, of Levittown, Despite the toll the coronaviContinued on page 3
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CAlVARy luTHERAN CHuRCH, in East Meadow, held its first Christmas tree lighting last Saturday. Joe Sgroi, of East Meadow, helped his daughter, Isabella, 3, hang an ornament she made in nursery school class.
‘A new tradition’ at Calvary Congregation hosts its first tree lighting By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
A lot has changed at Calvary Lutheran Church over the past nine months, in the interest of keeping parishioners safe and limiting the spread of the coronavirus. Congregants no longer pass collection plates at services, instead dropping off donations as they leave. They no longer exchange a “sign of peace” by hugging or shaking hands, but instead
wave or smile at one another. And the church’s pastor, the Rev. Anthony Giordano, doesn’t hand out Communion wafers, but distributes them from a device he calls the “Pez dispenser.” Despite such limits and adjustments, congregants celebrated what could become a new tradition last Saturday when they were joined by children from Calvary Nursery School for the church’s first Christmas tree lighting.
The school holds a Christmas pageant each year, but canceled it this year as the pandemic ramped up. School Director Pat Giovanniello said that she and the church administration brainstormed ideas for different, socially distanced celebrations that they could continue after the pandemic. A church board member, pitched the idea of hosting an outdoor tree lighting, and Continued on page 3
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Calvary Lutheran Church rings in the season everyone immediately agreed to it, Giovanniello said. She bought an evergreen from an East Meadow landscaper and helped plant it on the church’s front lawn, adjacent to a nativity scene. Then, late Saturday afternoon, the church community gathered in front of it and watched as the nursery school students shook bells made of plastic cups and sang “Jingle Bells,” “Away in a Manger” and “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.” The students then decorated the tree with ornaments that they had made in class. The church was founded in 1950 and the nursery school in 1980. “We’ve been around for so long and, as you could imagine, there are a lot of traditions that we hold dear,” Giordano said. “So today we’re starting a new tradition.” After sunset, he lit the tree, and guests enjoyed hot chocolate and cookies on the front lawn. The event was one of the few that involved both the school and the church. “So many times we’re separate from the church,” Giovanniello said, “so this is a nice unifying event.” In addition to forgoing the Christmas pageant, the nursery school has taken other necessary steps to minimize risk amid the pandemic. “We’re following a very strict protocol, and trying our best to keep everything clean and safe for everyone,” Giovanniello said. The school is operating on a reduced schedule so only one class meets in the building at a time. Students wear masks at all times, and family members are not permitted to enter the building to pick up their children. “We know that all it takes is one family member to have the virus and come here,” Giovanniello said. The school reopened this fall, and the church has been operating with its new guidelines since it reopened on June 13. When the pandemic began to
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Congregants listened as Calvary Nursery School students sang yuletide songs during the Lutheran church’s first Christmas tree lighting last Saturday. spread in the U.S. in mid-March, the church was closed entirely when Giordano himself was diagnosed with Covid-19. He began recovering after about a week, but felt extreme fatigue for another month, and couldn’t focus on any activity for more than a few hours before needing to lie down. He is Calvary’s only pastor, so the church was closed, with no virtual alternatives, until late April. Then Gior-
dano began resuming activity, recording messages and sending them to parishioners. In May, he enlisted the help of a friend who is also a priest, and began holding services on Zoom. The following month, the church reopened at 20 percent capacity, reducing its number of worshippers per service from 250 to roughly 50. Now it operates at 50 percent capacity, with roughly 175 worshippers per service.
L.I. Pickers is a treasure trove of collectibles continued from front page opened the consignment shop in 2011 in a strip mall on Carman Avenue, in Salisbury. “That year I started going on the road and buying stuff,” he recalled. “But it wasn’t like American Pickers” — the History Channel reality show about two antique collectors who travel the country, looking for treasures. The difference, Guarnotta said, was that “there’s so much history here on Long Island that I didn’t have to go far.” He has been a collector of 1950s memorabilia since he was 17, and owns three Chevys and a Ford Fairlane, all models from that decade. He worked for a local furniture company from 1995 to 2008, when he lost his job in the Great Recession and began searching for a new career path. He wanted to open his own small business, while pursuing his hobby. “I can’t bring any more stuff home or my wife will kill me,” he said with a laugh. “But I bring it here and I can look at it every day.” Gary and his wife, Maureen, were sweethearts at East Meadow High School, where they graduated in 1980 and 1981, respectively. They met in Maureen’s freshman year because she liked his car — a yellow Dodge Dart — and wanted to meet him. Maureen worked for a phone company called Reliable Voice and Data for 38 years, but when the pandemic hit, she left her job and began working at L.I. Pickers full-time to help her husband. The couple have a 30-year-old son, Gary Jr., who lives in Merrick with his wife and two daughters, a 2-year-old and a
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1-month-old, and these days L.I. Pickers is a family operation. “I know it wouldn’t be easy to get people to buy stuff,” Guarnotta said of initially opening the shop. “Everybody needs money and has junk they want to get rid of, so inventory wasn’t a problem.” When he started the business, Guarnotta was offered a treasure trove of antiques and collector’s items that people were looking to sell. Now they research their finds on eBay, and sell them at a 20 percent discount because, Maureen said, “a quick nickel is better than a slow dime.” Some of the prices surprise them, Maureen said, noting a portrait of a scantily clad Lauren Hutton, the actress and model, that is valued at almost $700. L.I. Pickers also has two eBay shops — @g-dog777 and @lipickers-0 — and a YouTube channel on which employees display some of their products. With its online following, it draws customers and sellers from other states. After their chat with the Herald, the Guarnottas were expecting a Vermont comic book enthusiast who planned to spend hours in the store’s basement, browsing hundreds of comic books from throughout the 20th century. Asked about their favorite finds over the years, Maureen laughed and said, “You should come to our house and see our garage.” Guarnotta narrowed it down to either a Coke machine or a jukebox, both from the 1950s.
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For gary guarnotta, left, and his wife, Maureen, of Levittown, business has been booming this year at their consignment shop, L.I. Pickers, on Carman Avenue in Salisbury.
Cultural Competencies
Herald seeks Person of the Year nominations Know anyone around town who you’d describe as an exceptional do-gooder –– that PTA president, Little League coach or scout leader who goes above and beyond the call of duty; that community volunteer who gives so much of him or herself while asking for nothing in return; that volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician who saved a life? The East Meadow Herald is currently seeking nominations for our annual Person of the Year. All People of the Year are featured in fulllength, front-page feature stories that appear in our final issue of the year, which will be published on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31. If you know
of any unsung heroes within the community who deserve recognition for their selfless work on behalf of others, please contact us immediately by email at bstieglitz@liherald.com or write to the East Meadow herald, c/o Brian Stieglitz, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, N.Y. 11530. Submissions are due by Dec. 17., and the sooner we receive them, the better! Nominations are best sent by email. Along with your nominations, just give us two or three sentences why your nominee deserves recognition and provide contact information for him or her, if you can. You can nominate more than one person.
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“What are five words that describe and acterize myself. There’s always been a litdefine you?” tle fear that if I get labeled I’ll get stuck Such was the question posed by the there. Forever. leader in our Equity & Inclusion WorkSo that explains when I was told, “You shop series that was held by my universi- can’t do that” I found myself forever sayty employer. It was the kick ing, “Watch me!” off for the session on cultural Or when I was unsure competencies and it asked all with a decision I made and I participants to relate and was encouraged by the words, share our cultural identities. “yes, you can do it” — I did. Do I really have five quick None of those actions can nouns or adjectives that be defined in a word. No one explain me? For the very first should be judged on where time in forever, I had to stop they live, how they look, and really think about my dress, eat, speak or worship. perspective of myself. More What we see can be misleadimportantly, I had to stop and ing. The misconceptions, really think how that perspecdescriptions and stereotypes auren ev tive is shaped by others and that drive our picture of the what they think of me. world and its inhabitants In truth, I struggled with must be tempered. We need to the terms, erasing the words in my head remember to look a little closer at the perand barely completing the five. Let’s just son and not the labels. say I wasn’t too comfortable with the quick, “don’t give this too much thought” A contributing writer to the Herald since approach and wished I had said some of 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resithe ideas and phrases the others shared. dent and a direct marketing/advertising A few days passed and I thought of this executive who teaches marketing fundaexercise again. I wondered if how I mentals as well as advertising and marketapproached it said a lot more about me ing communications courses at the Fashion than the descriptions themselves. That Institute of Technology and SUNY Old is, maybe I couldn’t come up with the Westbury. labels because I really don’t want to char-
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Photos courtesy East Meadow Chamber of Commerce
The easT Meadow Chamber of Commerce joined with Council of East Meadow Community Organizations on Dec. 3 for their 21st annual tree and menorah lighting at Veteran’s Memorial Park.
The ChaMber also joined with the Community Association of Stewart Avenue, led by Helen Meittinis, for another holiday lighting on Dec. 4 on the corner of Lake Lane and Carman Avenue.
by brIaN sTIeGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
Despite the cancellation of many traditions and annual events due to the coronavirus pandemic, the East Meadow and Salisbury communities are still illuminated and decorated to spread holiday cheer among residents. Veteran’s Memorial Park, or East Meadow’s “town square,” is ready for Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza and the other winter holidays celebrated throughout the community. The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce joined with Council of East Meadow Community Organizations on Dec. 3 for their socially distanced 21st annual tree and menorah lighting at the
park, on the corner of East Meadow and Prospect avenues. Then, on Dec. 4, the East Meadow Chamber joined with the Community Association of Stewart Avenue, led by Helen Meittinis, to ring in the holidays in Salisbury at their annual tree and menorah lighting on the corner of Lake Lane and Carman Avenue. Children from the East Meadow School District decorated the tree with handmade ornaments. And, for the fourth year, the streets of East Meadow are decorated with giant snowflake lights to ring in the season. Frank Camarano, the board chairman of the East Meadow Chamber of Commerce, championed the effort.
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events and activities
community update Thursday, Dec. 10
discussion of “Finding Dorothy,” by Elizabeth Letts, on Wednesday, Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. Letts reimagines the story behind the creation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the perspective of L. Frank Baum’s intrepid wife, whose hardscrabble life on the Dakota prairie inspires her husband’s masterpiece and her advocacy of an exploited Judy Garland. Register at www.eastmeadow. info or call the library at 794-2570 and ask for Programming to get an e-mail with the Zoom link on the morning of the program.
Lutenist Christopher Morrongiello in Concert Enjoy Renaissance music played on the lute Chris Morrongiello during a virtual concert presented by the East Meadow Public Library on Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 and ask for Programming to get an e-mail with the Zoom link on the morning of the program.
Friday, Dec. 11
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Ghosts and Spirits as Holiday Traditions
Christmas Time in Ireland with Kevin Westley
Join author, actress, playwright, artist and Ghost Tour Guide Leanna Renee Hieber on Friday, Dec. 11 at 1 p.m. at this East Meadow Public Library program. She will discuss the long tradition of holiday haunts and ghost stories from the 1600s to today, which were dramatically revived and popularized by Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol. Learn about how the 19th century preoccupations with Spiritualism, the rise of popular fiction, an increase in the reading public due to the affordability of books and newspapers informed holiday traditions both secular and sacred. Register at www.eastmeadow. info or call the library at 794-2570 and ask for Programming to get an e-mail with the Zoom link on the morning of the program.
Make Your Own Clay and Ornaments Learn how to make your own clay and then scuplt it into ornaments with your family at the East Meadow Public Library’s event on Friday, Dec. 11 at 4 p.m. To make the clay, you’ll need two cups of flour, two cups salt, two tablespoons of vegetable oil, three-fourths of a cup of water, optional food coloring, markers, paint or string and cookie cutters. Register at www.eastmeadow. info or call the library at 794-2570 and ask for Programming to get an e-mail with the Zoom link on the morning of the program.
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Santa’s coming! The East Meadow Fire Department’s Engine Company #2 will be driving their truck throughout the East Meadow community on Dec. 19 with Santa Claus. Volunteers will be handing out treats to children, who could write letters to Santa and hand them to the firefighters.
Saturday, Dec. 12 Sensory-Friendly Concert with Brady Rymer The East Meadow Public Library is hosting a sensory-friendly, virtual Brady Rymer concert on Saturday, Dec. 12 at 11 a.m. The concert features original songs inspired by children with autism and other special needs and captures how they may experience the world differently, while expressing just how much we all have in common. The performance aims to send children a message of self-confidence and empowerment through rock ‘n’ roll. Brady Rymer will perform “Just Say Hi,” “Jump Up,” “Love Me For Who I Am,” “Under the Big Umbrella,” “I Found It,” “Light of Love,” “Dance ’til I Drop,” “Revvin’ Up the Reindeer” and “Hanukkah Rocks.” You can find the lyrics and listen to
some music at Brady’s website: http:// www.bradyrymer.com, YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/bradyrymer, or Soundcloud playlist: https://soundcloud.com/bradyrymer/sets/peacelove-and-buncee-buddies. Register at www.eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 and ask for Programming to get an e-mail with the Zoom link on the morning of the program.
Tuesday, Dec. 15 Philip Harwood presents Classic Films Philip Harwood will present the classic film Nothing Sacred (1937) in this East Meadow Public Library program on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. In one of the greatest screwball comedies, a country girl (Carole Lombard) learns
she is not dying of radium poisoning, but feigns illness in order to go to New York as a guest of a reporter’s (Fredric March) newspaper. Register at www. eastmeadow.info or call the library at 794-2570 and ask for Programming to get an e-mail with the Zoom link on the morning of the program.
East Meadow Kiwanis meeting The East Meadow Kiwanis Club is meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 15, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Borrelli’s Italian Restaurant. New members are always welcome.
Wednesday, Dec. 16 Evening Book Discussion Join your friends from the East Meadow Public Library for a virtual book
The East Meadow Public Library offers this virtual tour through Ireland on Thursday, Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. The program includes topics such as the origin of celebrating on Dec. 25, Christmas in Killarney, Christmas preparation, decorating with holly and Ivy, Wren Day, Woman’s Christmas and more. Register at www.eastmeadow. info or call the library at 794-2570 and ask for Programming to get an e-mail with the Zoom link on the morning of the program.
HavInG an EvEnT? Items on the Community Update pages 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 bstieglitz@liherald.com
A virtual pandemic journaling group, run through the East Meadow Public Library, meets Mondays at 7 p.m. The East Meadow Kiwanis club is hosting its annual Toy Drive from Dec. 2 through Dec. 18 Gym like Evolve Health and Fitness, on East Meadow Avenue, are open for in-person and online workout sessions Eisenhower Park is bigger than Manhattan’s Central Park and the perfect place for a stroll, weather permitting Donate food and supplies to your neighbors in need at the McVey Elementary School Mighty Kind Market
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Council Members DOROTHY L. GOOSBY BRUCE A. BLAKEMAN ANTHONY D’ESPOSITO DENNIS DUNNE, SR. THOMAS E. MUSCARELLA CHRISTOPHER CARINI
KATE MURRAY Town Clerk
JEANINE C. DRISCOLL Receiver of Taxes
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It’s a wrap for Herald holiday contest The results are in for Herald Community Newspapers first Holiday Wrapping Paper Contest! In the spirit of giving, and to spread holiday cheer throughout our communities, the Herald invited students in grades kindergarten to 12 to create original giftwrap designs. We are pleased to share their creative designs with our readers in this edition of your newspaper. The Herald was thrilled with the enthusiastic response to the contest. Teachers in schools throughout our communities used the contest as a class assignment. To our delight, we received hundreds of submissions. As you can imagine, our panel of judges found it too difficult to select just one winner per paper. Our solution was to create a patchwork quilt effect to display all the wonderful and creative artwork. The winning designs are printed on newsprint wrapping in this week’s editions as an insert. The larger center designs are the first-place winners from each town. Runner-up selections, from an array of towns, form the border. Brighten up a holiday season unlike any other by using this wrapping paper for your gifts to loved ones. For those who would like additional wrapping paper sheets, they can be purchased at the Herald office at 2 Endo Blvd. in Garden City. Congratulations to all the winners!
Baldwin
First Place Baldwin – Datrell Williams Baldwin - Genao Runners-up Freeport – Tyler Acquavella North Bellmore – Briana Sayoc Oceanside – Anna Sokoli Oceanside – Brody Lucas Oceanside – Hailey Bischoff Oceanside – Hannah Weininger Oceanside – Makayla Sheriff Rockville Centre – Benjamin Yin Rockville Centre – Caroline Dunham Rockville Centre – Clare McKenna Rockville Centre – Finley Sarva Rockville Centre – Isabelle Fuentes Rockville Centre – Madeline McKenna Rockville Centre – Nicholas Amato Rockville Centre – Patrick McKenna Rosedale – Avalyn Peters
Valley Stream
First Place Rockville Centre – Benjamin Yin Valley Stream – Gianna Moran Valley Stream – Joseph DiMaio Valley Stream – Lairabelle Snyder Feintuch Runners-up East Rockaway – Juliana Becker Elmont – Isabella Reichbach Franklin Square – Lillian Wilde Hewlett – Natalie Villatoro Lawrence – Heather McHale Lynbrook – Grace Dillard Lynbrook – Madison Moore Lynbrook – Veer Goel Malverne – Lorelai Thrasher Merrick – Ben Ferraro Merrick – Matheo Esquivel North Bellmore – Kayla DiMaio North Bellmore – Olivia Lettieri Rockville Centre – Clare McKenna Valley Stream – Kayla Diaz Wantagh – Megan Martone
Oceanside - Anna Oceanside - Makayla Long Beach - Georgia Bellmore - Jessica Rockville Centre - Clare Wantagh - Megan East Meadow - Andrea
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Winners Merrick – Ben Ferraro Merrick – Jenna Gorelik Merrick – Sophia Atela Merrick - Lindsay Nashtick
THiS winninG wRappinG paper was produced by Datrell Williams, of Baldwin. Oceanside
First Place Long Beach – Georgia Rector Oceanside – Anna Sokoli Oceanside – Brody Lucas Oceanside – Makayla Sheriff Runners-up Oceanside – Aiden Eltabib Oceanside – Andrea Ocasio Oceanside – Ava Cardiello Oceanside – Chloe Zapata Oceanside – Cole Ocera Oceanside – Gabriella Streshinskaya Oceanside – Gianna Maley Oceanside – Hazel Odayan Oceanside – Jacklyn Kirichenko Oceanside – Jonathan Kirichenko Oceanside – Liana Horan Oceanside – Logan Miller Oceanside – Madison Serino Oceanside – Nikos Athanasopoulos Oceanside – Reid Levine Oceanside – Samantha Madden
East Meadow
First Place East Meadow – Andrea Faye Dungca Merrick – Matheo Esquivel North Bellmore – Kayla DIaz Wantagh – Megan Martone Runners-up Bellmore – Garifalia Vatougios Bellmore – Michaela Dietrich Bellmore – Penny Graff Bellmore – Rex Dietrich Merrick – Ben Ferraro Merrick – Grace Gallo Merrick – Jenna Gorelik Merrick – John Costalas Merrick – Leighton Gauldie Merrick – Lindsay Nashatik Merrick – Shivonne Barry Merrick – Sophia Atela Merrick – Valentina Alferi North Bellmore – Alison Niedfeld North Bellmore – Bella Lanzello North Bellmore – Briana Sayoc
Lynbrook
First Place Lynbrook – Charli Celentano Lynbrook – Grace Dillard Lynbrook – Madison Moore Lynbrook – Veer Goel Runners-up East Rockaway – Alyssa Villatoro
East Rockaway – Christopher Buccino East Rockaway – Frankie Zangari East Rockaway – Isabella DiChiara East Rockaway – Jayden Vacchio East Rockaway – Juliana Becker East Rockaway – Violet Buccino Hewlett – Natalie Villatoro Lawrence – Heather McHale Lynbrook – Alexandra Turman Lynbrook – Ava Sionov Lynbrook – Fiona Barcellino Lynbrook – Giovanna Malverne – Lorelai Thrasher Valley Stream – Gianna Moran Valley Stream – Lairabelle Snyder Feintuch
Sea Cliff/Glen Head
First Place Glen Head – Arianna Amato Glen Head – Lienna Riess Glen Head – Mikaela Riess Sea Cliff – Scarlett Bader Runners-up Baldwin - Genao Bellmore – Jessica Kane East Meadow – Andrea Faye Dungca East Norwich – Lauren Cunningham East Rockaway – Charlie Celentano Glen Cove – Jennifer Racanelli Glen Head – Anthony Amato Glen Head – Samara Riess, Long Beach – Georgia Rector Merrick – Jenna Gorelik North Bellmore - Kayla Diaz Oceanside – Anna Sokoli Oceanside – Makayla Sheriff Rockville Centre – Benjamin Yin Rockville Centre – Clare McKenna Wantagh – Megan Martone
Glen Cove
Winners Glen Head - Arianna Glen Head - Lienna Glen Head - Mikaela Sea Cliff - Scarlett Runners-up Glen Cove - Jennifer Baldwin - Genao East Rockaway - Charli Merrick – Jenna Gorelik Glen Head - Samara North Bellmore - Kayla Rockville Centre - Benjamin East Norwich - Lauren Glen Head - Anthony
Runners-up Bellmore – Brendan Radicone Bellmore – Rex Dietrich Merrick – Caleb Shogan Merrick – Grace Gallo Merrick – John Costalas Merrick – Lacey Behrens Merrick – Leighton Gauldie Merrick – Luke Julian Kaplan Merrick – Shivonne Barry Merrick – Zoey Stiegelbauer North Bellmore - Kayla North Bellmore - Matthew North Bellmore - Olivia North Bellmore - Daniela North Bellmore - Briana North Bellmore - Bella
Bellmore
First Place Bellmore - Rex North Bellmore - Briana North Bellmore - Kayla North Bellmore - Olivia Runners-up Bellmore – Jessica Kane Bellmore – Michaela Dietrich Bellmore – Penny Graff Merrick – Caleb Shogan Merrick – Grace Gallo Merrick – John Costalas Merrick – Leighton Gauldie Merrick – Luke Julian Kaplan Merrick – Shivonne Barry North Bellmore – Alison Niedfeld North Bellmore – Bella Lanzello North Bellmore: Daniela Sicignano North Bellmore – Emily Radicone North Bellmore – Emma Showerer North Bellmore – Matthew Fugieri North Bellmore – Paige Harvey
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Molloy College women’s basketball enjoyed one of the best seasons in program history in 2019-2020, going 22-9 overall and reaching the East Coast Conference title game. “Twenty-two is just a number,” coach Joe Pellicane said. “It’s how you get your wins. What makes that 22 so special is the quality opponents we beat along the way. We beat Stonehill, the Northeast-10 champions,, early in the season, and that set the tone.” Molloy ranked No. 12 in the country in strength of schedule and in the top 5 in points allowed and defensive field goal percentage. “We’ve always taken great pride in defense,” Pellicane said. “Those accomplishments are something to hang our hat on.” Turning the page on a new season with what appears to be many obstacles on and off the court, the Lions return one fulltime starter, senior guard/forward Gabrielle Aspuru, and will look to resume practice sometime in December to prepare for the Jan. 9 opener at Robert Wesleyan. “We started individual workouts in October and hope to be back on the court soon,” Pellicane said. “Nothing is guaranteed this season. I’m hoping for the best. I’m blessed to be teaching and coaching an exceptional group of young ladies.” Barring any changes, the 18-game ECC schedule and postseason tournament will be played without fans. The Lions won’t participate in any non-conference games. In addition to Robert Wesleyan, they’ll also face defending champ Daemen, D’Youville, District of Columbia, Staten Island, Queens, Bridgeport, Mercy and St. Thomas Aquinas twice each. Pellicane described Aspuru as one of the best players in the conference. She was an All-ECC selection last season after starting all 31 games and averaging 12.6 points and 5.9 rebounds, ranking second on the team in both categories. She also blocked 35 shots. “Gabrielle is multidimensional on both ends and can defend anyone,” Pellicane said. “She’s a big-time winner and a captain on and off the court. She has a great motor and attitude and we’re fortunate to have her on our side.” Point guard Giolibeth Perez was limited to 18 games (all starts) last season due to injury and will miss all of 2020-21. Her 7.2 points per game and ability to get teammates involved (74 assists.). Perez’s absence leaves Aspuru as the only top seven scorer back in the fold. Junior Katie Marquardt, who averaged 16 minutes per game last season in a reserve role, is expected to assume a larger role and could handle the point. Pellicane said she brings a tremendous basketball IQ and leadership ability. “We trust Katie with the ball,” he said. Senior Mackenzie Burke and redshirt
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sophomore Maryanne Ba gonis, a Mepham High School graduate, bring experience to the backcourt. One of the program’s newcomers is sophomore guard Trinity Hudson, a former standout at Glen Cove High School. “Trinity is very athletic and I’m looking forward to being able to work with her,” Pellicane said. At forward, senior Morgan Staab, a Lynbrook resident and Kellenberg High School grad, appeared in 18 games last season and will have an opportunity for a more defined role, Pellicane noted. “She shoots, rebounds and defends well,” he said. Graduate student Mikaiya Moore could make an impact in the frontcourt along with freshman 6-foot-2 center Danielle Hippner, who starred at East Meadow High School. “We haven’t been able to define much without much practice,” Pellicane said. “We’re taking it one day at a time.”
JuNIOr guard KaTIE Marquardt, top, appeared in 29 games last season, including three starts, and could assume a larger role. gaBrIELa aSpuru wILL be counted on to produce offense and leadership for the Lions after starting all 31 games last winter.
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The East Meadow Chamber of Commerce welcomed three businesses to the community with ribbon cutting ceremonies on Dec. 4. Digitech Printers, Stylush Studio & Laser and Gators Restaurant, all on Hempstead Turnpike, are open for business in East Meadow. The Khalfan Family opened Digitech Printers in 1999 in Manhattan before coming to East Meadow. It has since become one of the most competitive and reliable graphics, printing and signage shops in Manhattan. It includes a walk-in copy center and prestigious printing and signage facility. They cater all kinds of to clients ranging from mom-andpop businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Stylush Salon & Laser is “a full service salon dedicated to consistently providing high customer satisfaction by rendering excellent service, quality
products, and furnishing an enjoyable atmosphere at an acceptable price,” as stated on its website. Established in 2018, the salon offers facials, threading, waxing, haircuts, hair coloring, hair styling, blowouts, microdermabrasion, galvanic current, medical microneedling, dermaplaning, cosmetic and pharmaceutical chemical peels, eyelash extensions, ear and nose piercings, eyelash and eyebrow tinting, makeup services, keratin treatments, henna tattoos and other services. Owner Sania Naqvi has over 15 years of experience in the field and is an esthetician/skincare specialist, natural hair cosmetologist, eyelash extension technician, makeup artist and medical representative. Lastly, Gators of East Meadow offers a sports bar and restaurant vibe and serves a number of different American and Italian dishes ranging from burgers, salads, pastas, seafood and meat selections and vegetarian entrees.
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The easT Meadow Chamber of Commerce welcomed Digitech Printers to the community with a ribbon cutting on Dec. 4. also celebraTed wiTh a ribbon cutting form the Chamber was Stylush Salon & Laser. The chaMber welcoMed Gators Restaurant to the community with a ribbon cutting on Dec. 4.
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Long Island business owners, particularly its restaurateurs, are feeling anxious and confused once again after a fourmonth period of relative calm following last spring’s deadly local outbreak of the coronavirus, which forced shops and eateries to shutter before slowly opening back up over the summer and into the fall. The big question now is, will businesses face tighter restrictions again because of a second infection wave that has surged across the country, including in New York, in recent weeks? “Is there going to be a shutdown? Is there not going to be a shutdown?” asked Harry Malhotra, director of the South Asian Chamber of Commerce, during an online hour-long panel discussion, “Main Street Business Survival,” on Dec. 3 at the Long Island Smart Growth Summit, hosted by the nonprofit Vision Long Island. Such questions weigh heavily on small-business owners these days, Malhotra said. The answers will depend, in part, on the degree to which the Covid-19 virus spreads, and whether it can be controlled, according to government officials. Starting in mid-November, Gov. Andrew Cuomo imposed a 10 p.m. closing time for bars, restaurants, gyms and any
Malhotra noted the crippling effect of establishments that serve alcohol, including bowling alleys. The measure, said Cuomo’s November order, restricting residential gatherings to 10 or fewer people, Frank Camarano, first vice president of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Com- on a number of restaurants and catering merce, has been “catastrophic for restau- halls. The order means no or few catered parties in homes, a critical rants.” source of income for many Restaurants can serve restaurateurs. “All parties curbside pickup and delivery canceled again,” he said. orders after 10 p.m., but not “Everything is gone again.” liquor to go. Elizabeth Wellington, depCuomo’s order came at a uty director of the Long time when Covid-19 cases Island African American began to tick back up. In Chamber of Commerce, said early October, the percentage the public “must support of tests for the virus that downtown businesses.” came back positive hovered Neil Seiden, president of around 1 percent, according the financial advisory firm to New York state’s coronaviAsset Enhancement Solurus dashboard. By mid- Harry tions, in Uniondale, noted November, it was above 3 perMalHotra that the federal Paycheck cent. As of Dec. 1, it was close Protection Program, which to 6 percent, with a seven-day Director, South provided Small Business rolling average of 4.9 percent. Asian Chamber Administration loans that By comparison, in April, of Commerce would be forgiven if a compathe percentage of positive ny kept all of its employees tests was above 20 percent at on, ended Aug. 8. “Hopefully,” Seiden times, before declining. For business owners, “It’s very diffi- said, “Congress can agree” on another cult … It’s like a tsunami coming down, round of economic stimulus — which, at and they don’t know where to go,” said press time, seemed increasingly likely. So, Luis Vasquez, president and CEO of the he said, business owners must be preLong Island Hispanic Chamber of Com- pared to apply for aid if and when the merce, adding, “It’s very confusing. next stimulus package is approved. In recent days, House Speaker Nancy There is no roadmap.” His organization’s objective, he said, is to be an information- Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were in talks over a $908 bilal resource for its members.
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Internet use has rapidly increased across the country as meetings and events have switched to virtual platforms. As a result, many devices have slowed. Most Americans have relied in recent years on 4G broadband cellular networks to connect to the internet on their devices. Starting last year, however, a select number of areas across the country have upgraded to 5G — the fifth generation of broadband connectivity. On Dec. 3, Herald Inside LI held a webinar, sponsored by Crown Castle and New Yorkers for 5G, to educate Long Islanders about 5G. In the Zoom meeting, experts said America will likely see more areas adopt the new network in the near future. “5G is a platform for innovation because it will improve internet service by making it faster, and with 5G, people will be able to download more on the internet,” said Karmen Rajamani, director of Crown Castle East Area, which works with governments and private companies to build out communications infrastructure. “With this pandemic, we are losing so many businesses; however, when we have technological advancements through 5G, new small and medium-sized businesses will come into fruition, and with that, more people will need to hire new people for those local businesses. Also, 5G will help new medium-sized businesses grow into larger ones.” Caitlin Brookner, spokeswoman for New Yorkers for 5G, a statewide coalition of chambers of commerce, health care providers, real estate groups and development organizations, said the country is facing a technology crisis because of increased internet use. Communities of color in cities and underserved areas with weaker internet connections have been most affected during the pandemic. “Many people lack access to high-speed internet, and this affects their ability to do online schooling and maybe
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the road to connect to teachers or to get a doctor’s appointment.” According to Jim Misewich, associate laboratory director of energy and photon sciences at the Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Suffolk County, having 5G in more communities could also lead to new scientific findings and breakthroughs. Under a 4G network, Misewich said, “We cannot study the full structure of the nucleus using a classical computer, but we will be able to understand all this better if we have 5G. We will be able to model things on computers that we currently can’t model now using 5G, which can lead to new discoveries in science.” Both Brookner and Rajamani said expanding 5G coverage to more communities across the nation will help doctors to perform surgeries remotely, and it will provide better connectivity when people reach out to first responders for help. “Eighty percent of 911 calls are made from a cellular device, and 5G will deliver better and faster responses and better access to first responders,” Brookner said. “People and first responders might even be able to send pictures in real time of their situations, which would be an advantage.” For more information on 5G, specifically how it will affect health care workers and first responders, tune in to part two of the Herald Inside LI Webinar about 5G at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 10. Expected guest panelists will include Dr. Purna Prasad, chief technology officer for Northwell Health; Ana Rua, government affairs manager for New York Crown Castle; and Fan Ye, associate professor of the electrical and computer engineering department at Stony Brook University. To sign up for part two of the Power of 5G series, go to www.LIHerald.com/5G2. To view a recording of part one of this webinar and to register for future ones, visit liherald.com/insideli.
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Here is key information regarding names changes of major thoroughfares through East Meadow:
today’s Bowling Green School) to its current terminus at Newbridge Road. In the late 1920s, Old Westbury Road (Westbury to Jerusalem Road) was ■■ Merrick■Avenue: Whaleneck Road truncated and now ends at Car man (realigned/straightened between 1873 Avenue. and 1882), Barnum Avenue In 1947, the Town of Hempstead began a renumbering system in unin■■ Bellmore■Avenue: Westbury Road corporated areas, spearheaded by Carroll W. McLaughlin. The new uniform ■■ East■ Meadow■ Avenue: Newbridge address system would make it easier Avenue, Bellmore-Westbury Road, to find buildings and deliver mail and Westbury Road, road from Westbury to p ro m o t e s a f e t y by a l l ow i n g f i r s t Newbridge, and rarely or inconsistent- responders to find emergencies faster. ly Smithville South Road. Every twenty feet, the m i n i m u m a l l owe d l o t ■■ N e w b r i d g e ■ R o a d : size, the address would New Bridge Path, road increase by two. Most f ro m Je r i ch o t o N ew lots are sixty feet wide; bridge, Hicksville Road therefore, most houses in (north of Hempstead E a s t M e a d ow h ave Turnpike) addresses that are six numbers apart. Hemp■■ Salisbury■Park■Drive■ stead Turnpike is the “0” (east-west section): Long line for north-south Island Motor Parkway, addresses, and the interCounty Road section of Hempstead Tur npike and Front ■■ Old■ Westbury■ Road■ Street at the wester n (included Bob Reed Lane r cott cKers edge of the Village of and originally ran to Old Hempstead is the “0” line Country Road): Jerusafor east-west addresses. lem Road, Westbury to Developments planned Jerusalem Road, Gasser Avenue after 1947 adopted the new system before homes on established streets ■■ Carman■Avenue: New Road were changed after 1950. Several ■■ Stewart■ Avenue (east of Carman streets were renamed to avoid confusion over duplicates. Avenue): Hempstead Avenue, Dutch Also in 1947, the Nassau County Lane (for the Dauch Family) fenced in the County Park at Salisbury ■■ Hempstead ■ T ur npike: Hemp- (later Eisenhower Park) so it could stead-Bethpage Tur npike, Bethpage control who had access to the golf Turnpike, Bethpage Road, Hempstead- courses. In doing so, remaining roads Farmingdale Turnpike, Fulton Street, running through the park (Sprague Avenue and parts of Newbridge and Fulton Avenue Stewart avenues) were closed. The north-south section of Salisbury Park ■■ Front■Street: Barnum Avenue Drive was once connected to East ■■ Prospect■ Avenue: Hay Carter’s Meadow Avenue, which is why midcenLane and rarely or inconsistently West tury maps show both sections as Newbridge Avenue. Road, Sleepy Lane, or Fisher’s Avenue T h e N e w b r i d g e Ave n u e n a m e ■■ North■ Jerusalem■ Road: Jerusa- change (to East Meadow Boulevard, as lem Road, Jerusalem Avenue North originally suggested) was proposed by (was current-day Spencer Avenue and Town Councilman Gregory Peterson Ennabrock Road before 1950 realign- and supported by Chamber of Commerce members so people could more ment), road to Hempstead e a s i l y f i n d b u s i n e s s e s, b u t w a s opposed by many residents. First ■■ Wilson■Road: Christian Road responders were also concerned about M a c a d a m i z a t i o n ( p av i n g w i t h r e s p o n s e t i m e s t o e m e r g e n c i e s crushed stones) of Hempstead Turn- because of the confusion over Newpike to East Meadow occurred in 1896. bridge Road and Newbridge Avenue. Initial paving of other main roads The renaming to East Meadow Avenue through East Meadow took place took effect May 28, 1982. through the next decade, including © Scott Eckers Newbridge Avenue in 1906. The early decades of the 20th century saw the closure of colonial-era roads that ran Dr. Scott Eckers is the author of East through the Hempstead Plains. An old Meadow (in Arcadia Publishing’s road to Hicksville that originated at Images of America series). He is a Hempstead Turnpike west of Merrick trustee on the East Meadow Board of Avenue was closed in segments. A Education and ser v es as a school tiny stretch of that road connects administrator. He is also an entertainStewart Avenue from its original end er and recording artist. at Old Westbury Road (in front of
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My wife called. No answer. No way would we split up. But the clock was ticking. So we headed toward the northeast corner of the lot, looking around every pillar, hoping neither of us was about to get whacked. A few minutes later, ten on the nose, we saw him, the guy. He was just inside the entrance, wearing a mask, sitting behind a table with a bunch of bags on it. He waved us in. One bag had my daughter’s name on it. We grabbed it, thanked the guy, and took a powder out of there. Although the lot was rapidly filling with more and more Nissans, I had no trouble finding our get-away ride. We had the only car with a license plate and without a new car sticker (although we had our LIRR parking stickers). Maybe my cover was blown. But what ish we came for was in the bag. When we made the drop, my daughter was happy with the whole operation. According to the deal she made, she could have the loan for 28 days. If she held onto things for longer than that, well, it could get complicated. And some pay-offs would have to be made. But for now, she had her three books, courtesy of the temporary branch of the East Meadow Public Library. Hopefully, the library building renovations will be completed soon. Book borrowing will go back to being much easier, although maybe just a touch less exciting.
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Lipsky Is Seeking Construction Laborers For The Mill River Construction Project Located In Oceanside, NY. Requirements as follows: Proof Of Section 3 Eligibility, OSHA 10 Card, Must Be Authorized To Work In The United States, Own Transportation. Please Send Your Resume And Qualifications To: Info@LipskyConstruction.com Subject: Mill River Project Resume. Upon Approval Of Your Qualifications You Will Be Sent An Invitation To Interview For The Job Position.
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70 Heron Dr, BA, 6 BR, Contemporary with Open Layout on an Acre of Parklike Property. Move Right in! SD#14 .....................................$1,699,000 159 Meadowview Ave, BA, Stately 5200 Sq Ft Colonial Featuring 6 BR, 6.55 Bths on Acre Of Resortlike Prop with IG Pool, Tennis Ct, & Outdoor Kit. Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar, Fabulous Location in SD#14 .......................................................................REDUCED!! $2,699,000 JUAN JARA Licensed RE Broker Associate Cell: 516-318-0142 Juan@AllStarRealEstateBrokers.com CAMILLE GIARDINA Licensed RE Broker/Owner Cell: 516-318-1392 Camille@AllStarRealEstateBrokers.com
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hen I first came to the Herald in January to cover Long Beach, I took in what most others see — the fine beaches, the beautiful boardwalk, the tony restaurants on Park Avenue and the cool, funky bars on the West End. But the coronavirus peeled back the layers fast, and what emerged was a portrait not normally associated with Long Beach, a place with a high median household income, fine homes, razor-cut lawns and a busy downtown. What came as a surprise to me was the sigJaMes number BeRnsTein nificant of people living below the poverty level, and the long lines for food whenever it’s given out by the city, the Martin Luther King Center or one of the religious organizations. Some 6.9 percent of Long Beach’s 33,000 residents live below the federal poverty level of about $24,250 for a family of four. This seems high in a city where, according to the most recent U.S. Census figures, the median household income is $93,722 and the median property value is $478,800.
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These surprising poverty figures aren’t unique to Long Beach. The larger picture is worse: Long Island has for some time been turning into a tale of two societies, one well-to-do and the other struggling. Our vast middle class, for which we were long known around the country, is vanishing. Our once thrumming manufacturing base, made up of major national aircraft companies such as the old Grumman Corp., in Bethpage, and Fairchild Republic Co., in Farmingdale, is gone. Those companies provided good-paying jobs that supported solid middleclass families, and boasted of generations of employees from the same families — greatgrandfathers, grandfathers and fathers (and mothers). But those companies, and the workforces they spawned, have never been replaced. As a long-simmering result, Long Island’s poverty level has grown to an eye-popping 6.6 percent, according to the census — the highest since President Dwight Eisenhower’s last year in the White House, 1959. In once solid middle-class towns such as Levittown (the nation’s first post-
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World-War II suburb), Baldwin and East Meadow, there are too many struggles to make ends meet, a crisis that was taking shape even before the onset of the coronavirus, as thousands of good-paying careers were replaced by mostly lowerpaying service positions. Now, even those jobs are disappearing in the pandemic. According to Long Island Cares, a leading philanthropic organization, 10 percent of Long Islanders must make use of a food pantry every week. And in some Long Island school districts, some 80 percent of students are eligible for free breakfasts or lunches at school. Of course, poverty and food insecurity have tragically been the norm in a number of Long Island communities since Nassau and Suffolk mostly abandoned potato farming in the middle of the 20th century. The issue is, these dreadful realities are spreading rapidly, sinking more and more people into food insecurity. I’ve asked myself many times why this should be so in a well-educated, largely compassionate place like Long Island. Why, in Long Beach, are we building so many multi-million-dollar oceanfront condos when there is a crying need for
n our once solid middleclass towns, there are too many struggles to make ends meet.
more affordable housing? We can, after all, accommodate both. Why, at local government meetings, do we not hear more about what municipalities are doing about food insecurity and poverty? Why should there be long food lines at all outside the MLK Center or other agencies? All is not lost, however, and Long Islanders, hearty, giving and caring, have survived hard times before. We made it through the horrors of 9/11, after losing so many brave first responders and other citizens in the World Trade Center towers. We made it through the ravages of Superstorm Sandy, and rebuilt our communities and our lives. We were able to do these things because we reached out to others, either to offer life’s necessities like food, clothing and shelter, or just a friendly hand. What seemed like small steps proved life-saving to many. And we can do it all again. Once more, our efforts may seem small, but they can be life-saving. We can donate to some awfully important organizations: Island Harvest (IslandHarvest.org), Long Island Cares (info@licares.org), the Harry Chapin Foundation (harrychapinfoundation@ aol.com) or the Long Island Community Foundation (info@licf.org.) Over the years, what seemed like small steps have taken us where we needed to be. Maybe they weren’t so small after all. James Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald.
Saying goodbye to a force of nature on four paws
want to tell you the end of the story, since I’ve already shared the beginning and the middle in other columns. In our family, we love our dogs wildly and too well. When my daughter adopted Grandma the dog as a little pup from her local Humane Society, she felt good about taking in a rescue and also about the family getting a beauty of a dog for nothing. But nothing is for nothing. You’ve heard Randi about Grandma. kReiss Many people west of the Mississippi have heard about Grandma, but east of the Mississippi, only readers of this column know about her. She was the extraordinary black lab mix my daughter found at a shelter near the mountain town where she lives. Grandma was one of 11, and she and all her siblings regularly ran the trails around their town, exercising themselves and their humans. Once a year, on their birthday, the town hosts a barbecue down by the lake, marked by lots of splashing and tossing and fetching. Grandma had been touched by both
grace and abundant luck, both good and bad. She was strong, carried her own food on her back on overnight hikes, protected her humans and wasn’t afraid to challenge the occasional buck she encountered on the trail. When she was just 6 months old, Grandma nosed her way into the ski shack on the mountain and ate a dish of rat poison. As she started to seize, my daughter grabbed an emergency medical kit, poured an emetic down her throat and kept her alive until they could get to the emergency veterinarian. She ran six miles the next week, with no signs of any ill effects. Two years ago, she ripped open her chest jumping over a barbed wire on a camping trip. No one noticed until she almost bled out in the car. She healed well. Last year she found a porcupine in the brush and nudged it with her nose. It nudged back with 14 sharp quills into her snout. She needed general anesthesia to have them removed. These were all chapters in Grandma’s glorious adventure in the world, until 10 months ago, when my daughter called to say that the dog had a swelling in her abdomen, and the veterinarian said it was
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likely a malignant tumor. They were on their way to a surgeon. We spoke of how much treatment to do. The thought of this sweet girl dying before her time seemed a dark possibility. Grandma went into surgery with the family thinking that it would be better not to wake her up if there were obvious widespread cancer metastases. But the tumor was removed, and Grandma recovered from surgery; she was out on the trail in a week. It would not be a long remission, however. The cancer surged back after a few months. Eventually, Grandma wouldn’t lie down and couldn’t sleep. Two weeks ago, the family decided to help her die. There are veterinarians who will come to your house to euthanize your dog in the calm space of your home. But not during a pandemic. So they wrapped Grandma in some sheets that smelled like home and they brought her to the town vet. But the veterinarian could not allow more than one person inside her hospital. The family, including my grandkids, begged the doctor to bring the medication outside where they could hold the dog for this one last journey. The kindness of strangers. The doctor agreed, and administered the
ometimes a solitary loss — in this case, a dog — takes on the weight of the world.
dose as Grandma, only 5 years old, passed away in the arms of the people who love her. My kids buried her themselves, in the woods where she loved to roam. How could we grieve over one dog in the midst of a pandemic when there is so much human suffering? Sometimes, I think, a solitary loss takes on the weight of the world. Love is love. I couldn’t find the words, so I offered my children the words of Mary Oliver, from her poem “Her Grave.” … She roved ahead of me through the fields, yet would come back, or wait for me, or be somewhere. Now she is buried under the pines. Nor will I argue it, or pray for anything but modesty, and not to be angry. Through the trees is the sound of the wind, palavering The smell of the pine needles, what is it but a taste of the infallible energies? How strong was her dark body! How apt is her grave place. How beautiful is her unshakable sleep. Finally, the slick mountains of love break over us. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
EAST MEADOW HERALD — December 10, 2020
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Bike paths: Build them and cyclists will come
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t is a frightening statistic: Pedestrian deaths shot up by nearly 56 percent nationally between 2009 and 2018, from roughly 4,000 lives lost to cars and trucks to 6,227. That followed a long period of steady decline, from a high of 6,500 in 1990. Long Island has its share of pedestrian deaths, averaging about 60 per year. Frank Wefering, director of sustainability for the Babylon-based Greenman-Pedersen Inc., an engineering and construction firm, presented the statistics during an hour-long panel discussion, “Walking, Biking and Complete Streets,” that was part of the three-day Long Island Smart Growth Summit hosted last week by the nonprofit Vision Long Island. If you think about it, every sixth day on the Island, a pedestrian or cyclist is killed on the roads. Does it have to be this way? “No” was the resounding answer during the talk, given by four panelists, including officials from both the Nassau and Suffolk County governments. The thing is, reducing pedestrian deaths requires planning and a sustained financial commitment, as well as greater vigilance by motorists, the panelists said. We agree. We have reported all too often on pedestrians or cyclists struck down and severely injured or killed by careless drivers, many times drunk or glued to a cellphone. This has to stop. It’s not this way in many parts of Europe, where the pedestrian fatality rate is a fraction of what it is here, noted Wefering, who is from Germany. He cited
several reasons for the disparity. In addition to intoxication and cellphone use while driving, motorists in the U.S. are driving heavier vehicles, often SUVs and pickups, which, Wefering said, “are killing people at a much larger rate.” Additionally, he said, driver education and traffic enforcement are weaker here, and we simply don’t have the same infrastructure to protect pedestrians, including walking and biking paths, as there is in much of Europe — in particular the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and the United Kingdom. It’s long past the point where Long Island should adopt transportation alternatives that would allow people to move around without their cars. The Island was, in many ways, shaped by the “car culture” of the mid- to late 20th century. The sprawling parkway system created by legendary developer Robert Moses determined the location of entire communities and was, in large part, responsible for the development of Long Island as America’s first suburb. We need not, however, remain mired in the old ways. We can develop new infrastructure to encourage walking and biking — both healthy alternatives to driving, for our bodies and as well as the planet. The less driving we do, the less carbon dioxide is emitted into the atmosphere, and the slower the Earth warms. We can be thankful that both the Nassau and Suffolk County governments have awakened to this new reality and are steadily working to build the necessary infrastructure. We may need a while to
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letters She remains a Trump fan To the Editor: Jerry Kremer (“Will Trump come to Biden’s inauguration? I don’t care,” Nov. 19-25) may not miss President Trump, but I, along with about 74 million other Americans, will! I admit that he is often abrasive, and I wish he would tone down his rhetoric, notwithstanding almost four years of abuse from the Democrats, but he loves this country and has accomplished more than the Obama-Biden administration did in eight years. I think Kremer needs a fact-checker, because his column follows the party line and hauls out the same tired lies that have been hurled at the president over and over again. How can anyone say that Trump is doing nothing about Covid-19? At the beginning, blocking travelers from China was very important. He got manufacturers to stop making their own products in order to produce badly needed personal protective equipment, ventilators, etc. The “warp speed” that is bringing vaccines in record time — is that nothing? Trump converted the Javits Center into a makeshift
match the Europeans, with their myriad transportation alternatives, but with commitment on all of our parts, we can someday soon get there. Suffolk has long been ahead of Nassau in constructing bicycle paths, which now connect whole swaths of that county. There are hundreds of miles of bike paths to the east, while, we’re sorry to say, Nassau still measures its paths in the tens of miles. We have yet to develop the interconnected network of paths that Suffolk has, and that was evident in the two presentations that county officials made at the Smart Growth Summit. Nassau is “stitching together” mile-long segments of paths to eventually link its existing ones, while Suffolk is long past that point. There are promising projects here, though: Nassau County is developing plans to create a network of bike paths that will run the length of the Long Beach barrier island, from Atlantic Beach to Point Lookout, in the coming years, which will connect with both the Atlantic Beach and Long Beach boardwalks. New York state also plans to extend the 3.6-mile-long Ocean Parkway bike path, which begins at Jones Beach and ends at Tobay Beach, another 10 miles east to the Robert Moses Causeway, at a cost of $16.2 million. That project is scheduled for completion in 2021. And there are about a dozen miles of bike paths around Eisenhower Park and the Nassau Hub. But right now, that’s about it for Nassau. Bringing more bike paths to our county will require continuous public pressure.
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y parents, Charles and Dorothy Kremer, immigrated to this country in 1922 from Romania, anxious to enjoy the American dream. They worked hard, raised a family, and every day of their life they metaphorically kissed the ground they walked on, celebrating the freedom they were enjoying. Our national holidays were meaningful events, and of all the benefits bestowed on them, the biggest one was the right to vote. If they were alive today, they would be distraught at the JerrY attacks being kreMer waged on the voting system by President Trump. Many weeks after the Nov. 3 election, Trump continues his daily harangues challenging the voting tallies in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona, all states won by President-elect Joe Biden. Trump has singled out the results in cities that are inhabited mostly by Black citizens. He attacks Republican governors and election officials with venom, even
though they are loyal members of his party who acknowledge voting for him. Republicans have called on him to give up his denials. The National Review, the voice of many conservatives, called Trump’s attacks on voting “a petulant refusal of one man to accept the verdict of the American people.” The weeks between now and Jan. 20 will go by swiftly, and the holidays hopefully will blur the memory of a man who was fired by an overwhelming number of the voters. As eager as many in this country are to see him go back to Mar-aLago, there are many others whose exit from Washington should be loudly applauded by a nation in need of healing. At the risk of forgetting a few, the ones who immediately come to my mind are Betsy DeVos, William Barr, Steven Miller, Wilbur Ross and Ben Carson. No one has done more damage to public schools than DeVos, the secretary of education. She has redistributed Covid-19 funding from them to her pet private schools. She came into the job four years ago after having been a huge donor to Republican politicians who supported redirecting money from public to for-prof-
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it private schools. And worst of all, she has hurt students who have defaulted on their student loans by blocking their appeals processes. There are not enough unkind words to fill the pages when you write about Steven Miller, President Trump’s immigration guru. He has worked to separate children from their parents at the Mexican border — even to deport nonnative medical professionals from this country (whose services were desperately needed) — and has battled any relief for those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program. He is the one of the few people I’ve ever heard of in public office whose relatives have publicly denounced him. Wilbur Ross, a long-time New Yorker, has done little for the reputation of the Department of Commerce. The census is an important vehicle to deliver more dollars to state and local governments. Census figures determine how many members of Congress that a state is apportioned. Ross has gone out of his way to prematurely close down the census so that states like New York are financially hamstrung. Ross knows Long Island well,
o one has done more damage to public schools than one of his all-stars, Betsy DeVos.
Letters hospital and brought a hospital ship to New York. Both were under-used. Regarding children at the border: That program involving “cages” was the work of the Obama-Biden administration. There were inspectors sent down who have reported that the children were well cared for. To Charlottesville and the so-called famous words “very fine people on both sides”: How disgusting to twist the president’s intentions. Even Jake Tapper of CNN — no friend of the president — said that Trump wasn’t referring to neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, and that he condemned neo-Nazis and white supremacists. So now it seems that Joe Biden will become president, although I haven’t given up hope. There are those who have suggested that Biden may not serve out his term, and then we’ll have President Kamala Harris, the senator who is more to the left than Bernie Sanders. I have a feeling that Trump will be missed. Mark Twain reportedly said, It is easier to fool people than it is to convince them they have been fooled. May God bless America. FAY SLADOWSKY Lawrence
Can’t understand conservatives To the Editor: Re John O’Connell’s column, “Give thanks the election is over, and put the knives away”
(Nov. 26-Dec. 2): I’ll bet O’Connell calls himself a conservative. What kind of morals and values do conservatives have that allow them to support a liar like Donald Trump? How can they watch as Trump attacks the democratic institutions and norms that have been the bedrock of our society since the inception of our country? What do they say as Trump uses the Department of Justice to do his bidding? How do they respect him as he signals pardons for those who cover up for him, and offers military aid to countries in exchange for digging up dirt on his political opponents? What do conservatives think when a man who lies with impunity challenges the results of an election that was deemed secure by the Department of Homeland Security? How do they stand by silently while he explodes both the deficit and the national debt? I will tell you how conservatives abide this, and it goes beyond hypocrisy. They abide it because once they realized that democracy could lead to a Black man being elected president, they abandoned democracy. They set Trump loose to destroy it. Hopefully, he won’t succeed (though he is still trying in the weeks he has left), and we can elect true patriots who can pass laws and policies to make sure that this never happens again. And these true patriots will be able to ensure that we have fairer representation, and that conservatives have a more limited role in governing, reflective of their more limited role in the population. VICKI LEWIN Lakewood Ranch, Fla.
but his actions have only harmed our vibrant community. Ben Carson has been one of the least effective heads of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. He has failed to implement any serious programs to upgrade public housing, which desperately needs help across the country. He took over the HUD secretary’s job almost four years ago and all but disappeared from public view. He had a great opportunity, but wasted it. Last but by far not least is Attorney General William Barr. The person who holds that position is supposed to be the “people’s lawyer,” but Barr has devoted himself to being the president’s lawyer. He has verbally attacked Trump’s enemies and has injected politics into the Justice Department, to the dismay of its professionals. Many qualified government lawyers have left the agency in protest of Barr’s policies. It will be especially gratifying to see this gang head out the door, no longer denigrating our democratic government. 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.
FraMework by Christina Daly
Coming home after a day of duck hunting — East Rockaway
CorreCtion The writer of last week’s letter “Reminded what Thanksgiving is
all about” was Marge Elias, not Marge Ellis. We regret the error.
EAST MEADOW HERALD — December 10, 2020
Next month, it’s goodbye to Trump’s rogues’ gallery
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