body / mind / fitness
May 26, 2022
With a focus on
Summer Fitness Keep your cool Avoid feeling sluggish as summer heats
the living In the warmer, longer, lazier days of summer, tend to adopt a seems easier, life less chaotic. Even adults And now, as we’re “school’s out!” attitude in summer. our ‘“new normal’ learning to live with the pandemic in to the fullest. Still, mode, we’re ready to embrace summer we can feel slugsummer can start to drag and eventually weather can make gish. Long spells of hot and humid summer feel like an eternity. by season the enjoy and you of version Be the best maintaining a healthy lifestyle. both its advoBe careful with caffeine. Caffeine has one can argue cafcates and detractors. However, no needed. Those feine’s ability to provide a boost when can really who drink caffeinated beverages in moderation summer sluggish benefit from the boost it provides. On already hot and mornings when the temperatures are can not only prohumid at sunrise, a cup of iced coffee as well. vide a boost of energy but some refreshment pick-me-up When relying on caffeine for that extra to carefully during summer’s dog days, it’s important consumption moderate caffeine consumption. Caffeine actually have the in late afternoon or in the evening can get from caffeine. adverse effect many people hope to those who drink boost, a such provides Because caffeine or in the evening caffeinated products in late afternoon night, zapping their at asleep falling difficulty have might energy the following day as a result. is not healthy Caffeine can also be dehydrating, which its toll on the when hot, humid weather already takes caffeine conbody. Keep this in mind and don’t overdo sumption. can be more Alter eating habits. Perhaps nothing a big meal. Large draining on a hot summer day than of energy and meals on sizzling summer days rob people often lead to feelings of discomfort.
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eating, even But this doesn’t mean you should avoid has taken a sumthough you may feel like your appetite eating habits can mer break. Rather, altering existing meals per day, eat provide more energy. Instead of three the day. smaller meals more frequently throughout metabhelp boost Healthy snacking during the day can of how hot olism and maintain energy levels regardless 4 hours, every 3 to it might be outside. Eat light meals lead to feelings of and avoid foods that are heavy and lethargy. do a great deal Look for foods high in fiber. Fiber can daily their from energy more for people looking to get but perhaps no diets. The benefits of fiber are numerous, ability to flush benefit is more pronounced than fiber’s toxins and wastes toxins and wastes from the body. Such during summake people feel very sluggish, particularly include fiber in their mer’s dog days. However, those who in their daily diets will notice a substantial improvement energy levels. look to exercise Exercise in the morning. Many folks the summer as a means to boosting energy during but those swoon. This is a sound and healthy approach, workouts might who don’t feel they’re maximizing their mornings instead. want to consider working out in the tired by the end of Summer heat often make people feel to less effective the workday, something that could lead work. after exercise workouts for those who the temWhen working out in the morning, however, cenfitness conditioned air in (even lower peratures are warmer inside if the ters temperatures can be noticeably in the gym and the temperature outside is especially hot) make the most of a body is better rested and ready to workout in the workout. In addition, many people who levels are higher mornings before work find their energy throughout the day as a result.
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New map, and a new outlook District lines join Elmont and V.S., avoid Queens alignment Elmont leaders have pointed to the 2011-12 redistricting cycle, which split the community New statewide congressional between two State Senate disand State Senate districts tricts, as an example of gerryapproved last week secured two mandering, a process by which longtime goals pursued by com- electoral districts are typically munity leaders and local elected drawn to the advantage of a parofficials in Elmont: ticular political The new map unites party. most of Elmont The 22nd State within the same conAssembly district gressional district was created during along with nearby that cycle, and communities, inAssemblywoman c l u d i n g Va l l e y Michaelle Solages, a Stream, while not lifelong Elmont resijoining the commudent, was elected to MiMi PiErrEnity with parts of represent it. But in Queens. the State Senate, JoHNsoN “I am very happy Elmont was split that Elmont, Valley between the 7th and President, Elmont Stream and Inwood 9th districts, reprehave been grouped Cultural Center sented separately by together in the Senators Anna recent proposed Kaplan and Todd redistricting lines,” Kaminsky. said Carrié Solages, a DemocratIn a previous Herald story on ic candidate for the soon-to-be- how redistricting has affected contested 4th District seat cur- Elmont residents, Assemblyrently held by Democratic Rep. woman Michaelle Solages said Kathleen Rice, who is not seek- the community was “carved up” ing re-election. “For many years, in the 2011-12 process and added our communities were split that the maps from a decade ago among two different districts did not consider residents’ sociodue to gerrymandering,” Solages economic realities. added, alluding to Elmont’s controversial redistricting history. Continued on page 3
By roBErt trAVErso rtraverso@liherald.com
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t’s about our community. it’s about our resources.
Courtesy Franklin Square Historical Society
CoNstrUCtioN of tHE Franklin Square Museum began in 1976, and 45 years later, it officially opened. It celebrated its one-year anniversary this month.
Museum marks milestone
Building planned since 1976 open for one year By roBErt trAVErso rtraverso@liherald.com
After over 40 years of fundraising, planning and construction to create a tangible journey through the history of Franklin Square for residents, the Franklin Square Museum celebrated its oneyear anniversary earlier this month. The origin of the museum stretches back to the U.S. bicentennial in 1976. A group of people who eventually
founded the Franklin Square Historical Society sought to tie the celebration to Franklin Square, so they built the gazebo at Rath Park to mark the anniversary. After the gazebo was completed, the group began to collect and compile artifacts from the hamlet’s past. It needed a place to store these artifacts — which include a 3,000-year-old spearpoint believed to be evidence of Native American presence in prehistoric Franklin Square,
a cannon that was used to start the Vanderbilt Cup Races of the early 1900s, military uniforms that belonged to local veterans and more — so the group turned its attention to creating a museum. “We needed a place to keep the community’s history,” said Paul Van Wie, president of the historical society, who helped collect many of the items and was involved in the early stages of planning the museum. “We have some real Continued on page 3