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‘We should join up’ Franklin Square veteran, 99, remembers service in World War II later moved to Floral Park with her late husband. Today she lives in the Franklin Square retireFlorida. North Africa. Italy. ment home Plattduetsche Home That was the route that Elea- Society. nor Rizutto of Franklin Square, Before the war broke out in 99, took when she served in the 1939, Rizutto was studying to U.S. Army during become a nurse. World War II. After graduating Rizutto is one of from a three-year nine veterans — nursing program and the only in Brooklyn, she woman — set to said, it was obvious take a one-day trip to her and a group t o Wa s h i n g t o n , of fellow nurses D.C., on Oct. 3, what their next organized by ste p should be: Honor Flight Long joining the war Island, a nonprofit effort. that has flown over “I had just grad240,000 veterans to uated from nurses’ the nation’s capital ELEANOR RIZUTTO training and the since 2005. war broke out,” World War II veteran, “This special Rizutto recalled. Honor Flight gives Franklin Square “So a group of us nine of our ‘Greatdecided to join up.” est Generation’ She described the Americans an opportunity to decision nonchalantly: “We were contemplate their military young, and we thought, there’s a memorials, meet representatives war, and we’re nurses . . . we of their service branches, com- should join up.” miserate with fellow veterans The hospital where Rizutto and exchange World War II sto- was working before the war ries,” said Bill Jones, the presi- organized a group of soon-to-be dent of Honor Flight Long members of the 37th General Island. Unit, a hospital unit comprising Born in New Jersey, Rizutto CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

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STUDENTS IN FRANKLIN Square are required to wear masks, per New York state law.

Family sues F.S. school district over mask mandate By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

The mother of a 10-yearold student at John Street School, in Franklin Square, filed a federal lawsuit earlier this month, demanding that her daughter, who suffers from asthma and anxiety, be exempted from the statewide mandate requiring students to wear masks in school. The lawsuit, which asks for an injunction that would allow the girl to attend school unmasked this fall, charges that the school mask mandate put into effect by the state Department of Health, under the direction of Gov. Kathy

Hochul, is unconstitutional and violates the student’s due process rights. “This denial violates Sarah’s fundamental rights,” the lawsuit argues. “Sarah and her family have constitutionally protected rights to a medical exemption from a state regulation that can cause Sarah harm.” Court documents show that the student’s pediatrician wrote a medical exemption and verified that wearing a mask for the entire school day was not safe for the girl. The school district rejected the request earlier this month. New guidance issued by the Health Department this month allows school dis-

tricts to grant exemptions from the mandate to certain students if they can produce documentation from a medical provider. “People with medical or developmental conditions that prevent them from wearing a mask may be exempted from mask requirements,” the department’s update stated. Sujata S. Gibson, the attorney representing the family, filed an emergency motion on Sept. 8, asking that a hearing be held to argue that the district must accept the student’s medical exemption. Gibson told Newsday that the student planned to attend school this year but was “very nervous” CONTINUED ON PAGE 11

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Fire tore through a row of businesses and apartments at Woodfield Road and Lakeview Avenue in Lakeview Sunday around 4 a.m., with 24 fire departments responding, from local departments in the Lakeview-Malver ne area, including Franklin Square and Elmont, to some

from as far away as Port Washington and Manhasset. A cause was not reported at press time. All occupants of the apartments were uninjured. Five firefighters, however, were treated for smoke inhalation. More than two-dozen were displaced from their homes. The structure that burned was reportedly among the oldest in the hamlet of Lakeview, population roughly 5,600.

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THE ELMONT UNION Free School District plans to purchase over 800 iPads for the 2022-2023 school year.

Technology takes the lead By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

Schools in the Elmont Union Free School District will direct nearly $350,000 in funding provided through the Smart Schools program of the state education department toward enhanced in-classroom technologies, according to a statement released by New York State Sens. Todd Kaminsky and Anna Kaplan along with New York State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages. The Elmont School District plans to use the Smart Schools funding to purchase 857 iPads that will be rolled out in classrooms during the 2022-2023 school year. These iPads will replace older iPads currently being used in by 5th and 6th grade students across Elmont schools. “We owe it to our children to invest in their education and ensure they are given the first-rate education they deserve,” Kaminsky said. “I am confident that these funds will go to good use.” “My top priority is always ensuring that our public schools have the resources they need to give our kids the best shot at success when they go out into the world,” Kaplan said. Local officials, she added need to “work together to ensure students have all the tools they need to succeed.” Claudine Hall, head of the Jamaica Square Improvement League, a local civic organization that works to serve students in Elmont, said that choosing to enhance in-classroom technology is a smart investment. “I think it’s a great investment in our children,” she said, adding that investing in less high-tech resources such as backpacks and writing utensils is vital

for student success as well. “Anything that anyone invests into the education of our young people is the smartest thing to do,” Hall added. Solages emphasized that promoting the use of technologies in the classroom will help bolster Elmont Union Free School District schools and students toward reaching their full potential. “We know that these are the types of continual investments in education that will yield high returns and enable New York students to compete globally,” Solages said. The iPads are expected to heighten learning for the diverse student bodies across schools in Elmont, home to individuals and families that speak over 70 different languages, according to the statement. The school district’s 1:1 iPad program makes learning English easier and more fun for English as New Language students through the customizable app library on the device. “This program offers an enhanced and differentiated instructional model with customized apps to expand student learning inside and outside of the classroom,” according to the statement. “These upgraded devices will further enhance the district’s commitment to our students by preparing them for a rapidly changing digital world,” said the superintendent of the Elmont school district, Ken Rosner, according to the statement. “Through collaboration, creativity, and digital citizenship, students will be well prepared as they transition to high school and college. Our mobile device curriculum and 1:1 iPad deployment are designed to assist students in reaching their highest potential,” Rosner added.

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FIRE RIPPED THROUGH a row of businesses and apartments early Sunday morning. Firefighters from across Nassau County responded to extinguish the fast-moving blaze.

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Four F. S. residents charged in crime bust Unsealed indictment levies labor racketeering, extortion charges against 14 defendants By ROBERT TRAVERSO rtraverso@liherald.com

Four residents of Franklin Square were among 10 Colombo organized crime family members and associates charged with committing labor racketeering, extortion, money laundering, loansharking, fraud, drug trafficking and other crimes on behalf of the crime organization in a federal indictment unsealed Sept. 14. The charges stem from multiple, longrunning efforts allegedly orchestrated by the crime family to take control of a Queens labor union and its affiliated health care benefit program, or health fund, which provides medical benefits to union members, according to a statement released by the Department of Justice. In addition, the indictment charged crime family members with conspiracy to commit fraud related to workplace safety requirements. One member of the Bonanno organized crime family, one of the four Franklin Square residents, was also charged. The boss, underboss, and consigliere, the top-ranking members of the Colombo crime family, were indicted on racketeering charges. The four Franklin Square residents charged in the indictment are cousins Vincent Ricciardo, 75, and Domenick Ricciardo, 56, as well as John Ragano, 59, and Erin Thompkins, 53. Thirteen of the 14 charged in the indictment were arrested last week and were scheduled to be arraigned via videoconference before United States Magistrate Judge Taryn A. Merkl at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn. Vincent Ricciardo, alleged captain of the Colombo crime family, was arrested in North Carolina and will be arraigned in federal court in Charlotte. “Today’s charges describe a long-standing, ruthless pattern by the administration of the Colombo crime family, its captains, members and associates, of conspiring to exert control over the management of a labor union,” said Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, the acting United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York,

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FBI Assistant Director Director-in-Charge according to the statement. “The indictment of 14 defendants, including members of the Columbo crime family on labor racketeering, extortion and money laundering charges should send a clear and concise message that these types of crimes will never be tolerated by law enforcement,” said Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder. According to the statement, Vincent Ricciardo, who is commonly referred to by associates as “Vinny Unions,” was charged with using extortionate means, such as direct threats of physical, bodily harm, to control the management of the unnamed labor union and steer it to make decisions advantageous for the Colombo crime family. According to the indictment, both Ricciardos have collected a share of the salary of a top-ranking labor union official since 2001 by threatening to harm him and his family. Beginning in late 2019, at the direction of the leadership of the crime family, the Ricciardos allegedly began to force the senior official and others at the labor union’s affiliated health fund to make decisions that benefitted the crime family, such as choosing vendors associated with the crime family for contracts. The Ricciardos and associates sought to divert over $10,000 per month from the health fund’s assets to the administration of the Colombo organization. Thompkins, of Franklin Square, and various members of the crime organiza-

tion allegedly laundered money from that purported to show that hundreds of health fund contracts and payments workers had completed required safety through third parties and eventually to courses when they had not. Many of the members at the top of the crime fami- those charged used Ragano’s “schools” to ly by re-bidding health fund venconduct meetings involving dor contracts to individuals mafia members as well as to and companies affiliated store illegal drugs and with another associate fireworks. charged in the Ragano and Vinindictment. Addicent Ricciardo were t i o n a l l y, k i c k also charged with backs were paid loansharking for to the Colombo collecting loans organization totaling $250,000 and intermediby extorting an aries were used unnamed indito keep the payvidual. In addiments hidden. tion, Ricciardo Ragano, of the and Ragano were Bonanno crime charged with confamily, was charged spiracy to distribute with loansharking, large shipments of fraud and drug traffickmarijuana in vehicles ing offenses as well as issufrom New York to Florida. ing fraudulent The 14 individuworkplace safety als charged, includtraining certifica- THE CHARGES REVOLVE around the crime ing the four Franktions. According to organization’s alleged efforts to take over lin Square resithe i n d i c t - and manipulate a Queens labor union. dents, have not ment, Rag ano, been convicted. known as “Bazoo” They face up to 20 and “Maniac,” claimed to operate two years in prison. workplace safety schools in New York that “These soldiers, consiglieres, under he said provided Occupational Safety and bosses, and bosses are obviously not stuHealth Administration (OSHA) training dents of history, and don’t seem to comcourses and certifications, along with var- prehend that we’re going to catch them,” ious New York City certifications, to con- said FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge struction workers. Michael J. Driscoll. Regardless of how According to the indictment, Ragano many times they fill the void we create in and Domenick Ricciardo sent paperwork their ranks, [we] are positioned to take with falsified records to the Department them out again, and again.” of Labor and other government agencies

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Backing the Blue Supporters of police and other first responders held a rally over the weekend, “Back the Blue Malverne Walk,” attended by dozens of people. The rally went from the Westwood Long Island Rail Road station in Malverne into Lynbrook and down Hendrickson Avenue in Lynbrook to Little Five Corners and back into Malverne on Hempstead Avenue. The photo above was taken on Hendrickson Avenue in Lynbrook.

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about Enrico Fermi, an Italian-American physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in physics. The lecture will feature information on the life and work of Fermi. Registration is required. A Zoom link to the program will be emailed to you before the program begins, and registration ends one hour before the lecture starts. For further information, contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org.

Tai Chi/Chi Gong with Joseph Panico Join Elmont Memorial Library and Joseph Panico at 11 a.m. for a virtual tai chi/chi gong class, which consists of breathing and movement exercises that aim to reduce stress as well as increase flexibility. Registration ends one hour before class begins. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 x 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

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Film: Nomadland Join the Franklin Square Public Library at 2 p.m. for a screening of “Nomadland,” a movie that was the recipient of 3 Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The movie is centered on a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern nomad. The movie will be shown in the meeting room, and a discussion will follow the showing of the film. Register online at the library’s website, http://www.franklinsquarepl.org/.

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Elmont Memorial Library and Joseph Panico are holding a tai chi/chi gong class on Sept. 23 at 11 a.m.

Join Elmont Memorial Library between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. for the final part of a three-part virtual class that teaches positive thinking skills. This class is for teenagers in grades seven through 12 only. You must register to receive the Zoom link to receive the class. Contact teen services at (516) 354-5280 X 247 or via email at elmontteens@elmontlibrary.org to register.

Friday, Sept. 24 Lecture: Louis Armstrong with Jack Schnur Join Elmont Memorial Library and Jack Schnur at 12:30 p.m. in meeting room 2 for an in-person lecture that will focus on Louis Armstrong’s career from the 1920s in New Orleans to his #1 hit “Hello Dolly.” The program will feature interviews with Louis and people who worked with him, as well as duets with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Billy Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Danny Kaye and Barbra Streisand. Registration begins two weeks before the program for Elmont Memorial Library card-

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Online Program: Evening Book Cafe Join the Franklin Square Public Library and Susan at 7 p.m. for an online discussion of the book “Birth of Venus” by Sarah Dunant. Register online at the library’s website, www.elmontlibrary.org.

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holders. Registration begins one week before the program for non-cardholders. Masks are required for all in-person programs, regardless of vaccination status. Contact adult reference at (516) 3545280 X 223 or via email at reference@ elmontlibrary.org to register.

Film Discussion: Dr.Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with Phil Harwood Join Elmont Memorial Library and Phil Harwood at 2:30 p.m. in meeting room 2 to view and discuss Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring Miriam Hopkins and Frederic March. Registration begins two weeks before the program for Elmont Memorial Library cardholders. Registration begins one week before the program for noncardholders. Masks are required for all inperson programs, regardless of vaccination status. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

Saturday, Sept. 25 Trivia: Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? With Theresa Maritato Join Elmont Memorial Library and Theresa Maritato for an all-day, online trivia event. To register, email Theresa at theresaowens8@gmail.com by Friday, September 24. Make the subject line of the email “ELMONT/5th.” All questions will be holiday-related and will be emailed to you on September 25; contestants have until 11:50 p.m. to play. Everyone who plays will be eligible to win a $25 Amazon gift card, regardless of score. For further information, contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org.

Sunday, Sept. 26 Lecture: Screwball Comedy between 1934 and 1942 with Phil Harwood Join Elmont Memorial Library and Phil Harwood at 2 p.m. in meeting room 2 for

a lecture on the screwball comedy period of filmmaking. Between 1934 and 1942, directors like Frank Capra, Howard Hawks, Preston Sturges made popular screwballera films. Registration begins two weeks before the program for Elmont Memorial Library cardholders. Registration begins one week before the program for noncardholders. Masks are required for all inperson programs, regardless of vaccination status. Contact adult reference at (516) 354-5280 X 223 or via email at reference@elmontlibrary.org to register.

Monday, Sept. 27 Online Program: Zumba Join the Franklin Square Public Library and Kristen Fonte for a Zumba workout between 5:45 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Register online at www.elmontlibrary.org.

Lecture: Enrico Fermi Join Elmont Memorial Library and Edward Sierra for an online lecture at 7 p.m.

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The Franklin Square Civic Association is holding a community yard sale on Saturday, Nov. 6. In 1898, Elmont, originally part of Queens County, became part of Nassau County. National Hockey League player Shane Pinto is originally from Franklin Square. Elmont Memorial High School is renowned nationwide for its Model United Nations club. Send your letter to the editor to Nakeem Grant, at ngrant@liherald.com.

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Lynbrook Senior Soccer/Football a standoUt center-midfielder and two-time All-Class selection, Vuotto is pulling double duty this fall as the leader of Lynbrook’s soccer team and also a key contributor on the gridiron. In the opening week of both seasons, Vuotto scored three goals and assisted on another to get the soccer campaign off to a successful start, while also making history for the football program by going a perfect 4-for-4 on extra-point kicks to become the first-ever female to score for the Owls.

games to watch friday, sept. 24

Boys Soccer: Wantagh at Lynbrook .......................4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: V.S. Central at Baldwin .....................4:30 p.m. Boys Soccer: Sewanhaka at Calhoun ...................4:45 p.m. Boys Soccer: Elmont at Carey ...............................4:45 p.m. Boys Soccer: MacArthur at Long Beach ................4:45 p.m. Football: Plainedge at South Side.............................. 6 p.m. Football: Clarke at West Hempstead .....................6:30 p.m. Football: Hewlett at Wantagh ..................................... 7 p.m.

saturday, sept. 25

Girls Volleyball: Wantagh at South Side...................10 a.m. Girls Volleyball: Kennedy at Carey ...........................10 a.m. Girls Soccer: Wantagh at MacArthur .......................10 a.m. Football: Glen Cove at Mepham................................ 2 p.m. Football: Elmont at Long Beach...................................... 2 p.m. Football: Garden City at Carey ........................................ 2 p.m. Football: V.S. Central at Sewanhaka .............................. 2 p.m. Football: V.S. South at Kennedy ...................................... 2 p.m. Football: Bethpage at Lynbrook ...................................... 2 p.m. Football: Seaford at Lawrence ........................................ 2 p.m. Football: Friends Academy at Malverne .......................... 2 p.m. Football: Manhasset at V.S. North ............................. 2 p.m. Football: Baldwin at New Hyde Park ......................... 2 p.m. Girls Soccer: Sacred Heart at South Side................... 4 p.m. Boys Soccer: Massapequa at Oceanside ...................... 7 p.m.

The Carey boys’ soccer team is off to another great start thanks to the same old formula of a stifling defense and contributions from everyone on the roster. The Seahawks improved to 3-0 and exacted a measure of revenge by outlasting Glen Cove, 2-1, last Friday thanks to Nick Zarra’s second goal of the contest with just under two minutes left. The junior opening the scoring in the 13th minute and, on the winning goal, blasted a shot from well outside the box that found the lower part of a net past the screened goalkeeper. The Big Red ended Carey’s hopes for a county title with a 4-3 overtime victory in the third round of the Nassau A tournament last spring. “It was a huge win for us,” coach Matt Princi said later that night. “Both of us had mostly the same team back from last year and everybody remembered. We watched the video of that again on Thursday to remind them of what that was like. It was a great game.” Junior goalkeeper Gino Cervoni was the other hero after deflecting a long throw-in out of harm’s way as time expired. The play was eerily reminiscent of last year’s playoff game, when the Big Red scored with less than a second left in overtime to advance. “They had a throw-in in the end with three seconds left, and you could just hear everybody freeze with the ball up in the air and it went right into the six [yard line] and he came out and punched it towards the sideline,” Princi recalled. “I’m exhausted right now.” The 6-foot-5 Cervoni had 10 saves to push his season total to 18 and has allowed just two goals this season. The Seahawks overall have not yielded three or more goals in a regular-season contest since Sept. 24, 2019. “When you’ve got a guy like Geno in net for the past three years, that definitely helps,” Princi said. “He’s just a monster back there. He commands respect when he comes off his line [and] he’s very intimidating to try to take a shot placement around him because his arms and wingspan are so long. It’s nice knowing he’s back there.”

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senior nicK Zarra scored the game-winning goal with a few minutes remaining last Friday to lift Carey over Glen Cove, 2-1. It also helps to have a stingy defensive corps of Colin Gervasi, Nick Savos, Nick Balsamo and Jason Malovich. Gervasi, a four-year starter, even pitched in offensively with a pair of goals in Carey’s 4-0 season-opening victory over Calhoun. “He’s the anchor of everything back there,” Princi said. “He’s a true definition of what a captain should be, a leader on and off the field. He’s highly intelligent and his soccer IQ is very good.”

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Offensively, the Seahawks have gotten goals from four other players. Juniors Gianluca Intranuovo and Alessandro Perna also scored against Calhoun, while JV callups Alejandro Aviles and Christian Russo helped Carey edge Sewanhaka 2-1 on Sept. 13. The offense could be even more dangerous when All-County honorable mention Tyler Balsamo and sophomore Dante Valverde start potting goals after combining for 15 last spring.

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The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) announced the stakes schedule for the 28-day fall meet at Belmont Park will include 20 graded stakes among 47 total stakes worth $11.15 million in purses. The fall meet, which opened Sept. 16 with a nine-race card including a pair of Steeplechase events, runs through Oct. 31. There will be five “Win and You’re In” qualifiers to the Breeders’ Cup in November at Del Mar during the meet. This weekend (Sept. 25-26) will encompass the meet’s first graded stakes races, with Saturday offering the Grade 2, $300,000 Kelso Handicap for 3-year-olds and up going one mile on the main track and the Grade 3, $200,000 Athenia for fillies and mares 3-years-old competing at 1 1/8 miles on the turf. Sunday will see fillies and mares 3-and-up sprinting 6 1/2 furlongs in the Grade 2, $250,000 Gallant Bloom, with the undercard rounded out by the $150,000 Bertram F. Bongard for New York-bred juveniles going seven furlongs. Seven graded stakes will comprise the weekend of Oct. 2-3, with a pair of Grade 1s highlighting the Saturday card with the $500,000 Woodward for 3-year-olds and up going a one-turn 1

1/8 miles on Big Sandy and the $500,000 Champagne for 2-year-olds running one mile in a prestigious race affording a spot in the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile to the winner. The following weekend will again provide a chance to see top-caliber racing, with Saturday, Oct. 9 showcasing the Grade 1, $500,000 Joe Hirsch Turf Classic for 3-year-olds and up in a marathon 1 1/2-mile turf competition, with the Grade 2, $250,000 Vosburgh, a sixfurlong “Win and You’re In” event for the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint, bolstering the undercard along with the Grade 3, $150,000 Matron for juvenile fillies. Oct. 10 will offer the fall meet’s final Breeders’ Cup qualifier with the Grade 3, $150,000 Futurity for 2-year-olds going six furlongs on the turf providing a spot in the Grade 1, $2 million Juvenile Turf Sprint. Also on tap that day will be the Grade 2, $250,000 Beldame at nine furlongs for fillies and mares 3-years-old and up; and the Grade 3, $150,000 Knickerbocker for 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles on the turf. Closing weekend on Oct. 30-31 will see a packed Saturday that will offer eight stakes for New York-breds on Empire Showcase Day, led by the $300,000 Empire Classic for 3-year-olds and up going 1 1/8 miles.

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Family sues school district spread of the coronavirus. “Plaintiff does not consent to allow her daughter to be forced to use this experimental device, especially as it would be against the medical advice of her child’s treating physician,” the lawsuit states. The mother of the student, it charges, “has a protected Fourteenth Amendment right to life, and to protect her daughter’s life, secured by the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution, which includes the right to refuse nonconsensual administration of any objectionable medical product, and/or to be free from the forced administration of medical procedures and devices that Plaintiff reasonably believes may cause her daughter harm.” According to court documents, the rejection by the school district of the medical exemption provided by the student’s pediatrician followed a recommendation by a school district doctor who “based this decision on review of the [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] website which makes generalized representations about asthma and face masks.” Last spring, the girl’s mother submitted a physician’s exemption that was also denied after being reviewed by a school district doctor, according to court documents. “There is nothing in the law that authorizes them to overrule this girl’s treating physicians,” Gibson said.

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StudentS, teacherS, family and friends gathered at an grand reopening reception for the Yoga & Polarity Center, in Malverne.

Yoga studio reopens in Malverne By nakeem Grant ngrant@liherald.com

The Yoga & Polarity Center, in Malverne, held its grand reopening on Sept. 10. Residents had the opportunity to meet the teachers and check out the studio. “I feel so humble, grateful and blessed,

because it’s really full circle for me,” said Peaceful Yoga owner Marianne Bochilo in a previous Herald story. “To start out as a student there, become a teacher, and now opening and running the studio, I feel blessed.” The center features classes in yoga, polarity and reiki for people of all ages.

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about having to wear a mask. Gibson said the girl would comply with the mask-wearing rule if she had to, but added that her mother was concerned about the physical and psychological well-being of her daughter, who is unable to breathe well while wearing a mask. She has suffered from severe respiratory issues since birth, and has been treated in the past for severe asthma attacks, according to the lawsuit. Additionally, the girl’s anxiety exacerbates her difficulty with breathing when she wears a mask. Court documents also state that the girl struggled while wearing a mask last year, when she was in fifth grade. She began bringing her asthma pump to school, because the mask impeded her breathing and she had to use the pump more frequently, according to court documents. The lawsuit charges that mask-wearing requirements negatively impacted her grades last year. “Until last year, Sarah had gotten all A’s and was a model student,” court documents state. “Her grades began slipping, and she was frequently asked to go to the principal’s office for pulling down her mask to try to breathe. … Sarah’s anxiety became crippling.” The court documents also broadly question the effectiveness of mask wearing by students to prevent the

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WWII veteran to take honor flight CONTINUED FROM FRONT doctors and nurses who all knew one another from working at the hospital. They were initially sent to Florida for a month of what she described as intensive physical exercise similar to basic training. Next she was shipped to, and stationed in, North Africa for a year at the height of German general Erwin Rommel’s deadly attacks on the continent. Rizutto described her year in North Africa with one word: “Intense.” “That was rough,” she added. After Rommel was defeated by U.S. forces, Rizutto and her unit were sent to a hospital on the outskirts of Naples, Italy. They also helped treat wounded soldiers, she said, inside tents and buildings nearby. After that, Rizutto was moved northward across Italy, from Bologna to Verona to Udine. “That was almost the end of Italy, and that was almost the end of the war,” she said. As she reflected on her experience in the Army, she emphasized that her unit was always on call to serve wounded soldiers. “If they were injured, we took care of them,” she said, noting that the unit traveled alongside fighting units. Rizutto said she was nearly sent to Japan to assist in the Pacific theater of the war, but, she added, “The war ended, and we all went home.” Despite the intensity of the war, she said she cherishes her memories of the

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THE NINE VETERANS will visit the World War Two memorial in Washington, D.C., during the one-day trip on Oct. 3. time. “It was a fabulous experience,” said Rizutto, who will turn 100 on Sept. 28. “It was interesting and I was young and I learned so much, and it was nice to meet other people, and you grow up — that’s what happens. But I wouldn’t want to do it again.” When she returned to the U.S., she continued working as a nurse.

Rizutto was on a long list of veterans scheduled to take Honor Flights, because the trips were suspended during the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, Honor Flight Long Island officials decided to hold a one-day trip to Washington this fall rather than wait until next spring. On Oct. 3, nine veterans and their fam-

ily members will visit the World War II and Iwo Jima memorials and later attend a changing of the guard and a special wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. Rizutto, who has visited the capital in the past, said she was excited to visit the memorials dedicated to the Army.

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The Town of Hempstead began its “pothole patrol” in August, an on-call service that fills potholes on roads within the town. Crews were trained over the summer by the Highway Department to operate two “pothole-buster” vehicles. In 2018, when the town marked its 50,000th pothole repair, Alan Jasper described the town’s method as “cut and paste,” with a small, square segment of the street being cut out and filled in with new pavement. He said this is a more efficient method than the former repair process, which often resulted in potholes reforming. The town’s new pothole-filling trucks, the BergKamp FP5 Flameless All-inOnes, fill potholes quicker, keep the asphalt constantly heated through electric heating and are “able to easily pour out asphalt to continuously fill potholes.” Including the drive, crews operating the vehicles consist of three to four workers.

Highway Department officials said they are already seeing an increase in the speed of pothole repairs. Hempstead purchased the vehicles through the Highway Department at a reduced price after careful consideration whether the trucks would be benefit the town. Originally valued at $350,000 per truck, the town purchased the two vehicles at the price of $190,060, or $95,030 each. The money to make this purchase came from the Highway Department’s vehicle acquisition budget, according to town officials. At the start of this initiative in August, the pothole patrol was receiving about 15 calls per day, but that figure recently dropped to five. Hempstead officials did not comment on the average time it takes to fill a pothole from call to filled pothole; however, in a statement from March 2021, town officials said the service is filling 1,000 potholes per day. “By acquiring these new vehicles, the Town of Hempstead is doubling down on our commitment toward improving and

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking on Public Streets,” a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 5th day of October, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution setting aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons at the following locations: BELLEROSE TERRACE 245th STREET - west side, startingat a point 170 feet north of the north curbline of Superior Road, north for a distance of 17 feet. (TH-361/21) BELLMORE MARGARET STREET west side, starting at a point 212 feet south of the south curbline of Merrick Road, south for a distance of 22 feet. (TH-397/21) EAST ATLANTIC BEACH ROCHESTER AVENUE west side, starting at a point 90 feet north of the roadway terminus, north for a distance of 19 feet. (TH-384/21) ELMONT LEHRER AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 205 feet south of the south curbline of Hempstead Turnpike, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-353/21) HILL AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 232 feet south of the south curbline of Kiefer Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-391/21) FLORAL PARK ONTARIO ROAD - south side, starting at a point 63 feet east of the east curbline Of 239th Street, east for a distance of 20 feet. (TH-383/21) MERRICK ORR STREET - west side, starting at a point 9 feet north of the roadway terminus, north for a distance of 25 feet. (TH-380/21) UNIONDALE BARRY PLACE - west side, starting at a point 100 feet north of the north curbline of New Street, north for a distance 23 feet. (TH-357/21) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid. Dated:September 23,2021 Hempstead, New York BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127527 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting

Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 5th day of October, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 197-5 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE “ARTERIAL STOPS” at the following locations: BELLMORE JOHN STREET (TH 379/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Margaret Street shall come to a full stop. MERRICK ROAD (TH 379/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Margaret Street shall come to a full stop. EAST MEADOW ERMA DRIVE (TH 376/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Dorothy Drive shall come to a full stop. ELMONT LEIGHTON ROAD (TH 362/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Conway Road shall come to a full stop. LEIGHTON ROAD (TH 362/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Kirkby Road shall come to a full stop. INWOOD LAWRENCE AVENUE (TH 371/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Norton Street shall come to a full stop. WANTAGH BAYVIEW AVENUE (TH 378/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Blue Point Court shall come to a full stop. BAYVIEW AVENUE (TH 378/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Brentwood Court shall come to a full stop.

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THE TOWN OF Hempstead purchased the vehicles through the Highway Department at a reduced price of $95,030 each to fill 1,000 potholes a day. maintaining roadway infrastructure,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said. “Be on the lookout for the Town of Hempstead’s pothole buster coming to a neighborhood near you.” Pothole busters service all of the Town of Hempstead, excluding roads

owned by village, county and state municipalities. The pothole patrol can be reached at (516) 812-3310, and calls are added to a list before a schedule is made, depending on the location and severity of the potholes.

Greis Park to host concert benefitting Wounded Warriors By STEVE GROGAN newsroom@liherald.com

Malverne firefighters will join the Lynbrook Fire Department’s volunteers, as Lynbrook will host their annual Concert and Block Party for Wounded Warriors on Sept. 25 from 4 to 10 p.m. at Greis Park in Lynbrook. The event will benefit Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior, a nonprofit charity comprising volunteer firefighters that has worked since 2004 to help wounded servicemen and women, including locally at the veterans’ hospital in Northport. It is not affiliated with the Wounded Warrior projects, and volunteers receive no compensation for the work they do. Malverne firefighters have been members of this concert committee for several years. This year will mark the 10th time Lynbrook has hosted the event, which was canceled last year because of the coronavirus pandemic. Rockville Centre firefighters will also be in attendance to help support the wounded warriors. While Lynbrook firefighters host a concert, other Nassau County fire departments host Doo Wop shows, spaghetti dinners, golf outings, road races, motorcycle runs, T-shirt sales, and other fundraising events to benefit NCFF-OWW In the previous nine years, Lynbrook’s firefighters have raised nearly $200,000 from the concert and block party to bene-

fit the wounded. And, each year, wounded soldiers still receiving treatment at Fort Belvoir, in Virginia, and Bethesda, in Maryland, travel to Lynbrook to attend the event. The Rockville Centre Inn on Sunrise Highway provides free rooms for the guests and their families. There will be at three bands that will play during the concert, all of them donating their time and talents for the cause. The cost of admission is a $20 donation and will include food. There will also be about 150 prizes raffled that evening thanks to the generosity of members of the Chamber of Commerce and many stores and shops, as well as other major corporations who donate prizes. Additionally, JetBlue Airways is again continuing to support Lynbrook’s efforts to help the wounded by donating two roundtrip tickets to anywhere they fly, which will also be raffled separately that evening. There is a second prize as part of that raffle for a Traeger Pro Series grill, and a third prize of a Yeti cooler. The raffle cost is $10. The event will take place in front of the Recreation Building at Greis Park, the entrance for which is on Horton Avenue between Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway. People seeking additional information can contact former LFD Chief Kevin Bien at (516) 993-6074. Those that cannot attend, but wish to make a donation can mail checks to NCFF-OWW, P.O. Box 295, Garden City, 11530.

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his Lovely Tropicana Raised Ranch boasts a great flow from the point of entry to the living room to a formal dining room to a very inviting kitchen with custom cherry cabinets and granite countertops to a large family room with an electric fire place. Also on this 1st level is a very large master suite, self contained bedroom and a third bedroom. The lower level consists of a large bedroom being used as an art room/ office and the best of all there is a possible mother and daughter with proper permits. You must see to appreciate, too much to list. Schedule your private viewing today by contacting Mercia Perry at 718-812-4175 or mperry@coachrealtors.com

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Baldwin $449,000 Parsonage Place. Contemporary. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Open concept kitchen with granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Water views and room to dock boat. Master bedroom with private balcony overlooking water. 40 foot new Trex deck. Large outdoor shed. FEMA compliant. Taxes: $7,050 Bellmore $609,000 Surf Drive. Hi Ranch. 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room with skylights. Den/family room and exercise. Master bedroom with ensuite bathroom and dressing area. 2 fireplaces. Large deck and side yard. Nearby marina and park. Taxes: $14,430 East Meadow $680,000 Cadillac Drive. Split Level. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Updated eat-in kitchen with quartz countertops, soft close cabinetry and new appliances. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Master bedroom with large his/hers closet. Large 4 car driveway. Large fenced yard. Close to parkways and shopping. Taxes: $12,897 East Rockaway $474,000 Baisley Avenue. Colonial. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms. Updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances. Spacious family room. Front porch and oversized yard. 2 car garage Taxes: $10,171.52 Franklin Square $1,050,000 Adonia Street. New Colonial. Dogwood section. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen with large center island and built-in wine cooler. Open floor plan. Formal living room. Formal dining room. Family room with fireplace. Master bedroom suite. Pre-wired Sonos surround sound system. Freeport $670,000 Rose Street. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Finished basement with outside entrance. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Living room with fireplace. Formal dining room. Den with fireplace and home office. Large front porch. Oversized property with deck, patio and pool. Separate 1,500 square foot workshop. Taxes: $10,951 Long Beach $765,000 Franklin Boulevard. Expanded Cape. Eastholme section. Updated eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, island and stainless steel appliances. Open layout. Formal dining area with sliders to yard. Ensuite master bedroom. Second floor family room with access to oversized deck. New landscaping. Many updates. Close to beach, boardwalk, shopping, dining, and LIRR. Taxes: $15,662.32 Rockville Centre $1,205,000 Raymond Street. Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Custom eat-in kitchen with granite countertops. Formal dining room. Den/family room and home office. Master bedroom suite with large master bathroom. Walk-up attic with recreation room and bonus rooms. Lush landscaped property. Custom front porch. Central air conditioning and security system. 2 car detached garage. Taxes: $22,159.59

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IN BRIEF Coach Realtors is Proud to Announce Heather Norman as the New Branch Manager of Their Hewlett Office

Heather has been an active Realtor in the Five Towns area and beyond since the early 2000s. She handles all aspects of her life with a dedicated handson approach to service and client satisfaction. Coach Realtors proudly announced Heather's appointment to the Leadership team in August; Her responsibilities include managing and developing her sales team and overseeing all aspects of real estate transactions conducted through the branch. Whether your move is local or global, Heather can assist you! Contact Heather today for assistance in buying or selling property, for current market status, or information as to how you can join Heather’s winning team of Realtors! www.joincoach.com, 516-374-0100, hnorman@coachrealtors.com

RecRuiting a great sales team is Really simple. We hire the smartest people who can solve the hardest marketing objectives with an arsenal of solutions and a smile through the journey.

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Q. We want to re-insulate our house before winter while we renovate, and aren’t sure about which type to use. The costs seem to be very different between fiberglass and foam. What would you suggest we use, and why? Are there any other less costly choices? A. Insulation, of all building materials, has the highest return on investment when you consider the installation and material cost compared with the savings over the rest of the life of the building. Every second of every day, your building or home is losing temperature to the outside environment, heating up in the summer and cooling onte eeper down in the winter, at constant expense, so resisting that loss of temperature and money should be a high priority in the design and selection of materials. Choose the best material and have it installed correctly.

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The best choice is closed-cell foam, which has the highest return on investment and the highest initial cost but is worth every penny. Closed-cell foam is a complete cavity-filling barrier with the highest resistance to temperature changes. But it also does what other insulators cannot: It is a vapor retarder and resister.

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The two biggest problems buildings face are water and movement, and closed-cell foam is an excellent choice to resist both, because it adds rigidity to the walls and roof while slowing or stopping moisture. Open-cell foam is less costly, but can collect and hold moisture like a sponge does. Fiberglass not only does not expand to completely fill the floor, wall and roof cavities, it also collapses when wet. The only place I would use fiberglass, given a financial choice not to, would be in buildings that need to be stripped due to regular flooding, since foam would be hard to remove in a repair or remediation. With fiberglass insulation you must leave an air space to the outside of the insulation so that air can freely flow to carry moisture away, a sure sign that the cavities continuously have humidity, just like the outside air. From a cost perspective, you can look at the issue two different ways. Do you want to save money in one day and pay more the rest of the building’s life, or do you want to make the investment to save the money on rising utility costs for the rest of your life in the building? I reduced the insulation in an energy analysis for a home in the spring, when the client got a quote of $16,000 for closed-cell foam. We are now required to do formal energy analysis on each project, so working the numbers and using some creative changes with more resistive window and door ratings, which adds some cost, we were able to use closed-cell foam and save the owner around $8,000. In 10 to 12 years, all those savings will begin to reverse themselves as utility prices rise and continuous temperature is lost. Good luck! © 2021 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

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n New York state, over 5,000 people hold titles such as mayor, supervisor, sheriff, chief of police and others, and these office holders are responsible for the good and welfare of their citizens. Other than New York City’s mayor, none are as powerful as the state’s 62 county executives. While some have small constituent bases, the downstate county executives have responsibilities with larger populations than several other states. While the public is largely unfamiliar with the role of county JERRY executives, in areas such as NasKREMER sau, Suffolk and Westchester counties, being a county executive is a very big deal. The current Nassau County executive, Laura Curran, is responsible for nearly 1.4 million residents. Her proposed 2022 budget is $3.3 billion. In her daily job, she supervises thousands of public employees, including one of the largest police departments in the state. In addition, she must deal with the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic

and a host of other municipal headaches. Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is charged with taking care of the needs of over 1.5 million residents in a territory that, combined with Nassau, has a population larger than 37 states. Like Curran, Bellone deals with the challenges of monitoring a large county workforce and a major police department, and overseeing dozens of agencies that provide critical services to Suffolk residents. With their wide-ranging experience, you’d think that county executives like Curran and Bellone would be on a fast track to higher political office. A look at the state’s political history, however, shows that no county executive has ever been able to successfully use his government experience as a springboard to the job of governor, attorney general or state comptroller. A number have tried, with no success. In 1968, Nassau County Executive Eugene Nickerson ran in the primary for the U.S. Senate, but lost that contest. Current U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi ran in a primary for governor against then Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, but failed. Political observers agree that if the late Nassau County

executive Tom Gulotta had run for governor against the late Mario Cuomo, he might have been elected. Instead, Gulotta yielded to State Sen. George Pataki, who beat the incumbent governor. Former executives in Westchester County have had mixed results in the quest for higher office. Al DelBello won a Democratic primary for lieutenant governor and served under Cuomo, who gave him few if any responsibilities during his four years in the job. DelBello was a bright and highly capable executive, but after his first statewide role he did not seek any other office. Republican Rob Astorino has run for governor a number of times with no success. Bellone is term-limited, and after this year he will be out of office. Curran is seeking her second term as county executive, and is an odds-on favorite because of her many successes and her strong administrative talents. She has run her office in a nonpartisan manner, and has the respect of Nassau County’s business and political communities. The question that Bellone currently faces, and that Curran will face, is what opportunities there will be for

he future looks bright for Nassau’s Laura Curran and Suffolk’s Steve Bellone.

them when they finish their terms. In 2022 there will be statewide contests for the three major offices. Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, who has won all of his races by staggering numbers, is expected to coast to victory. Attorney General Letitia James may decide to challenge Gov. Kathy Hochul, which would leave an opening for an aspiring attorney. Neither Bellone nor Curran is a lawyer, so that eliminates that opportunity. So what’s next for these two Long Island rising political stars? Both are young and highly capable. It will take some time for there to be a major opening at the state or federal level, but it will come. Once upon a time, it was considered political heresy if one Democrat challenged another, but that’s now considered old thinking, and opportunities that no one ever thought about may surface. For now, the chiefs of both suburban Long Island counties will have to play the waiting game. 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.

Feel-good, do-good work: Here’s the plan

our teenager sets aside his phone, his iPad, his computer, his tricked-out sneakers, her makeup palette, her micro shorts, his ratty T-shirt, her addiction to Instagram, his obsession with TikTok, and they leave home for some weeks or months to trim trees, cut back brush, dig ditches, install solar panels, and otherwise work toward mitigating the devastating effects of climate change. They join a corps of similarly unprepared, illequipped teens and they get paid RANDI minimum wage to KREISS do their bit to keep the earth spinning. Just days after becoming president, Joe Biden signed an executive order providing for establishment of such a group — a Civilian Climate Corps. This would be the first-ever government-led initiative to put large numbers of young people to work fighting climate change. Democrats have expressed support for the idea, which is now incorporated in the $3.5 trillion spending bill bumping its way through Congress. Specifically, the CCC would “aim to conserve and restore public lands and

waters, bolster community resilience, increase reforestation, increase carbon sequestration in the agricultural sector, protect biodiversity, improve access to recreation, and address the changing climate . . . “. . . Projects could range from wetland restoration in Florida’s Everglades to building parks or installing solar panels in urban areas. Corps members would be paid minimum wage, receive health care benefits and possibly school credit for their service. Would parents get behind this idea? It makes sense that hard work could be a great benefit to our children. This generation of teenagers has survived pandemic shutdowns and isolation; a public-works experience could help them become more independent and resilient and educated in basic life skills. The idea would be to merge large cross-sections of teenagers from rural areas, urban zones and suburban communities and offer an opportunity for a rich social and cultural experience along with the physical work. The idea isn’t new. More than 80 years ago, my uncle joined the first CCC launched by FDR to put young men to work during the Great Depression. It was called the Civilian Conservation Corps,

and my uncle left Brooklyn to work somewhere out West for a summer clearing brush. I wish I had more details, but all I know is that as an old man, he recalled the experience as one of the best times of his life. He got paid, he got fed, he had a nifty uniform and he met people he never would have met in Brooklyn in 1934. The CCC operated from 1933 to 1942. The organization was semi-military, and some political leaders at the time urged increased military training as the drum beat of war in Europe was getting louder. Many of the young men in the program, which employed millions, became the fighting force for America in World War II. My uncle joined the Navy at 17 and served on a minesweeper. The new CCC has more modest goals, hoping to employ hundreds of thousands rather than millions, and it would be diverse in every respect, in contrast to FDR’s CCC, which was strictly segregated. According to a story in The Washington Post, the Depression-era CCC was more popular than any of FDR’s other New Deal plans, earning the respect of the president’s foes as well as his supporters. It is thought that FDR, who conceived of the program, got the idea from Har-

utting young people to work fighting climate change would be a new New Deal.

vard philosopher and writer William James. “If now there were instead of military conscription a conscription of the whole youthful population to form for a certain number of years a part of the army enlisted against Nature,” James once observed, “the injustice would tend to be evened out, and numerous other goods to the commonwealth would follow. Our gilded youth [would be] drafted off according to their choice [of work assignments] to get the childishness knocked out of them, and to come back into society with healthier sympathies and soberer ideas.” Even as a state legislator, FDR boosted conservation efforts. His CCC was a perfect plan to address widespread national unemployment in the 1930s. In his first inaugural address, he said, “I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work, not interfering with normal employment, and confining itself to forestry, the prevention of soil erosion, flood control and similar projects.” Eighty-eight years later, it is still a winning plan. But it requires a zeal for hard work and an idealism that fueled other do-good programs like the Peace Corps. I hope we, as a society, still have the right stuff. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ach election season, we at the Herald Community Newspapers invite political candidates to our Garden City office for an hourlong meeting to hear their ideas and views before deciding whom we will endorse. This year will be no different. We will not allow the pandemic to interfere with one of a newspaper’s solemn responsibilities — offering our take on which candidates we believe are best prepared to represent the people. In the coming weeks, we will be conducting endorsement interviews for county, town and city elections. We will base our decisions on extensive research, including those interviews with representatives of our Editorial Board. The process of interviewing candidates takes a month. At times an endorsement call is an easy one, while at others we agonize over the decision. We take the process very seriously, considering each candidate’s personal and professional background, commitment to doing good for people and positions on key issues when deciding on our endorsements. Political experience is a plus, but not a requirement to earn our support. Endorsement decisions are made by a minimum of three Editorial Board representatives, and often considerably more than that. A decision does not require unanimous consent, but rather a simple majority. When there is a dissenting opinion, we often note it in our endorsement. In the past, we have endorsed both Democrats and Republicans. Our enthusiasm for a candidate is based not on our individual political views, but rather on what we collectively believe to be his or her potential to effect positive change while in office. Our endorsements will appear in our Oct. 28-Nov. 3 issue.

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LETTERS ‘Common-sense’ gun bill needed To the Editor: Back to school brings a lot of excitement, but it can also bring anxiety. Our children’s safety is impacted not only by Covid-19, but also by our other national epidemic — gun violence. While New York state has some of the best gun violence prevention laws in the country, keeping families safe takes commitment on the local level as well. As an advocate for gun violence prevention, I have long supported public education about safe gun storage. One way to prevent unintentional child shootings is to make sure firearms are stored securely in the home using a safe or a gun lock, and making sure the weapon is unloaded, with ammunition stored separately. When sending your child to a play date at a friend’s house, always ask about the presence of a gun and how it is stored, the same way you would ask about food allergies or other child

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a request to Nassau County Board of Elections, 240 Old Country Road, Fifth Floor, P.O. Box 9002, Mineola, N.Y. 11501. Otherwise, you can cast your ballot at your local polling place from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2. All elections are consequential. Presidential elections are always hotly contested, and garner outsized attention. Though local elections are far more low-key, they are often more consequential to people’s everyday lives, affecting their propertytax bills, policing, roads, parks, garbage collection and sewer and water systems. If you want your voice to be heard, you need to cast a ballot. Our democracy is not, as they say, a spectator sport. It requires participation. So, in the coming weeks, please pay close attention to the Herald’s coverage of the candidates and then, regardless of how you do so, fulfill that most American of civic duties and vote.

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recently took part in a WABC-TV special, “Back to School: Learning During a Pandemic,” hosted by Lauren Glassberg. Participants included Roger León, superintendent of Newark Public Schools in New Jersey; Dr. Jennifer Lighter, a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases at NYU Langone Health; and Dr. Jill Emanuele, senior director of the Mood Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute in Manhattan. Glassberg distributed questions among the panelists. Here are my ALAN responses, which have been edited SINGER for space. What do you think needs to be done in terms of catching kids up in learning? The Brookings Institute posted a preliminary study in December 2020 that projected that students would lose 30 percent of the expected learning gains in reading and 50 percent in math because of Covid19 disruptions. In June, the federal Office for Civil Rights reported that the pandemic widened pre-existing racial, ethnic and economic disparities in education. There will be pressure on school administrators, teachers and students to catch up as fast as they can. If performance is measured by standardized exams, that could lead to

intense test prep rather than a focus on the joy of learning, making school a dreary place for kids who are returning to school full of joy. Have you heard any stories that suggest kids can’t learn in different situations? I think the bigger problems are the adult political battles over vaccinations and masks, which will increase adolescent anxiety and can contribute to bullying in schools. We’ve seen Covid-19 spikes in Louisiana and Texas, where people have been most hostile toward vaccinations and masks. New York City is mandating that all school employees be vaccinated by the end of September, but the teachers’ union acknowledged that there are thousands of unvaccinated city Department of Education workers, including teachers. We want to be hopeful, but we also need to be prepared. Kids respond to what is going on and the anxieties of parents and teachers. Should children and parents know which teachers are vaccinated? Teachers have rights. People with disabilities have rights. People with religious beliefs have rights. This question may have to be resolved in court. There are studies reporting that online learning isn’t as effective as classroom instruction. Can you discuss this? I have two high school-age grandchil-

e must make school and learning fun. That must be the priority.

LETTERS safety issues. While such precautions may seem like common sense, the Republican majority in the Nassau County Legislature refused to even discuss a safe storage bill simply because it was filed by a Democrat, Legislator Ellen Birnbaum. For three years the majority kept the bill off the docket, until a statewide safe storage law finally passed in Albany. Why did the Republicans drag their feet on this bill? Child safety is not a partisan issue. Why let party politics intrude on legislation to keep Nassau’s families safe? This is simply one area where the majority is putting their party affiliation ahead of the people they have been elected to represent. LAURA BURNS Founder, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Burns is running for the Nassau County Legislature in the 6th District.

Teddy Roosevelt inspired 9/11 hero To the Editor: I would like to make the case that on Sept. 11, 2001, former President Theodore

dren who are now seniors. I worked with them on FaceTime. They received instructional packets from school, and sometimes they could do them and sometimes they couldn’t, but I was there to help. The reality is, though, that most students don’t have someone with whom they can work. Parents may not be fluent in English. Parents themselves may not be well educated. My grandson needed help with chemistry. I don’t know chemistry, but as an experienced teacher, I asked him to explain it to me, and through that process he figured it out. Many kids don’t have that, and they get lost and give up. That’s the problem with online learning. I virtually visited about a dozen metropolitan-area middle and high schools during the pandemic. Some had high attendance, while at others, less than 50 percent of students showed. With online learning, many students didn’t attend school, and even if they signed on, many weren’t required to turn on their cameras and weren’t there.

Roosevelt, of Oyster Bay, helped save his beloved White House or the U.S. Capitol, in addition to the lives of any people still inside either building between 10 and 10:30 a.m. that day. This posthumous “act,” 82 years after his 1919 death, was made possible through the person of Todd Beamer, who led the heroic passengers aboard United Flight 93 with the words “Let’s roll!” Although Roosevelt was born in 1858 and was president from 1901 to 1909, his very American spirit was still alive in 2001. Though he wasn’t on Flight 93, he was there in spirit, in the heart and mind of Beamer. There is little doubt that if Beamer and his courageous fellow passengers had not mobilized to attack the terrorist hijackers and bring that plane down in Shanksville, Pa., it would have soon struck the White House or the Capitol. That Beamer was, at least in part, inspired by the ideals, ideas, words and life of Roosevelt was documented in Newsweek (Dec. 3, 2001) and in Beamer’s wife’s book, “Let’s Roll!” Lisa Beamer tells how, sometime after 9/11, she found on Todd’s home office desk a quotation from Roosevelt’s 1910 “Man in the Arena” speech, which read, in part: “The credit belongs to the man who is

Did some older students take part-time jobs to earn income during school hours? At one vocational school, many parents were out of work. Because the primarily young men at the school had job skills, they were working and signing into class on their phones, but the teachers were aware they weren’t really there. It was difficult, because the teachers didn’t

want to come down hard on them, because their families needed the income, but they weren’t learning. What are your final thoughts on where you think this school year is headed? First, for younger children, we must make school and learning fun. That must be the priority. For older children, the challenge will be to reaffirm the habit of hard work, even when the task is difficult or boring. That is preparation for future life. I’d like to propose a civics project for every school and student. We need to enlist our children as Covid-19 educators. This was done during World War II, when children were mobilized for recycling campaigns to educate their parents, and it was done by Mayor Ed Koch in New York City in the 1980s, when there was a water shortage. Our children should become active in their families and communities, educating parents, family members and neighbors on why they should be vaccinated. That would bring excitement to the schools, engage kids on many different levels and help address the pandemic. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.

FRAMEWORK by Tab Hauser

One of the last sunsets of the summer — Glen Cove

actually in the arena . . . who strives valiantly, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in worthy causes. Who, at best, knows the triumph of high achievement and who, at worst, if he fails, fails while daring greatly so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know nei-

ther victory nor defeat.” Roosevelt’s influence was certainly still alive — 91 years after he delivered that speech in Paris — in Todd Beamer on Sept. 11. RICHARD SIEGELMAN Plainview

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