Franklin Square/Elmont Herald 11-05-2020

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Dunne upsets Thomas in S.D. 6 Otherwise, local incumbents win re-election By sCOtt BRiNtON and MElissa KOENig mkoenig@liherald.com

Election Day 2020 turned out to be a wild one.

As of midnight on Tuesday, tens of thousands of absentee ballots remained to be counted, making projecting winners in any number of races for Congress and the State Legislature tricky, if not impossible.

But local incumbents appeared to do well in their quest for re-election, unofficial results from the Nassau County Board of Elections show — except in the 6th Senate District, where Dennis Dunne Sr., a Republican from Levittown, defeated incumbent Sen. Kevin Thomas, a Democrat from Levittown, with 54 percent of the vote to Thomas’s 46 percent.

Meanwhile, State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat representing the 9th District, was reelected with 53 percent of the vote to 47 percent for his challenger, Victoria Johnson. He was one of only a handful of Democratic candidates that Nassau County Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs declared win-

Carey seniors: Please let us leave campus lunch and free periods with their parents’ permission.

“This is a big one,” Scirica mkoenig@liherald.com said of the senior perk. “Being H. Frank Carey High School that seniors are finally licensed, students look forward to their having the opportunity to go senior year, when they can use down the block and grab a bagel the school’s senior fo r 1 0 m i nu t e s lockers, compete in means a lot when t h e S ew a n h a k a you’ve been lookCentral High ing forward to it for School District’s five years.”

Sports Night and Other area the school’s Juniorschool districts are Senior challenge, allowing their stuand take part in dents to leave and eve n t s s u ch a s re t u r n , S c i r i c a Spirit Week and noted, and when Senior Day. But she delved more because of the deeply, she found coronavirus panout that officials in demic, many of BElla sCiRiCa some of those disthese senior perks tricts have argued and events have Senior, Carey High that it is beneficial been canceled this for students to year. leave during their free time to “By now, we would have had minimize the number of stuthree different events for the dents in a building at a given senior class, but we weren’t able time. to,” Senior Hadiqua Sandhu told Then, when she, Sandhu and Herald on Oct. 28. So, she said, Tavernese noticed that faculty she and fellow seniors Vincent members were allowed to leave Tavernese and Bella Scirica the building throughout the day, decided to try to give their class- the three seniors met to discuss mates “a win after so much loss” ways the district could impleby petitioning the district to ment the senior passes this year. reinstate the use of senior pass- On Oct. 27, Sandhu and Taves, which allow seniors to leave ernese submitted a proposal to the school buildings during their Continued on page 4

By MElissa KOENig

Courtesy Kathleen Rice

U.s. REp. KatHlEEN Rice, above voting early in Hempstead, won reelection with 52 percent of the vote. ners before midnight, including Sen. Anna Kaplan, who defeated challenger David Franklin with 52 percent of the vote to Franklin’s 48 percent. Kaplan said she was “extremely humbled that the people of Nassau County have placed their trust in me to be their senator for two more years.”

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages also won re-election to the 22nd Assembly District with

66 percent of the vote to challenger Nicholas Zacchea’s 34, a n d A s s e m bly m a n E d R a secured another term in the 19th District, garnering 64 percent of the vote.

In the race for Congress, incumbent Kathleen Rice defeated challenger Douglas Tuman, 52 to 47, and Rep. Gregory Meeks ran unopposed. The presidential election was still undecided as of press time.

ElEction RESUltS office

VOl. 22 NO. 45

Winner

opponent

4th c.d.

Kathleen Rice (d) – 52%

douglas tuman (R) – 47%

5th c.d.

gregory Meeks (d) - 100%

none

6th S.d.

dennis dunne (R) - 54%

Kevin thomas (d) - 46%

7th S.d.

anna Kaplan (d) - 52%

david Franklin (R) - 48%

9th S.d.

todd Kaminsky (d) - 53%

Victoria Johnson (R) - 47%

19th A.d.

edward Ra (R) - 64%

gary port (d) - 36%

22nd A.d.

Michaelle Solages (d) - 66% nicholas Zacchea (R) - 34%

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FSCA over the moon for hometown astronaut

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By Melissa Koenig mkoenig@liherald.com

Mike Massimino remembers standing on his front lawn on Commonwealth Street in the Summer of 1969 and looking up at the night sky as Neil Armstrong took humankinds’ first steps on the moon. That experience — which he previously described as being “bigger” than the Mets winning the World Series that year — inspired him to become an astronaut himself.

He would check out all of the books about outer space that he could get from the Franklin Square Library, and became an expert on the subject in his secondgrade class at the John Street School — even dressing up as an astronaut in the school’s Summer Recreation Space Parade. Massimino then continued to study science at H. Frank Carey High School, and, at the insistence of a high school social studies teacher, went on to earn a degree in engineering from Columbia University. Still, he said, the dream of becoming an astronaut seemed impossible.

Then, one day in 1985, his mother told him about the Cradle of Aviation’s Space Fair, and Massimino decided to attend. He recalled feeling that same childlike wonder he felt in 1969 as he learned about NASA’s space shuttle program, but, he said, what really pushed him to pursue his dream job was an encounter with a random teenager.

“I can’t remember what his name was, but he told me everything he had done to become an astronaut and how he plotted each step in his future to make that dream come true,” Massimino recalled in 2018. “Here I was, 23-years-old, and this 15-year-old had his life more thought out than me.”

Massimino then decided to volunteer at the Cradle to learn everything he could about NASA, and continued his education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering. While there, he tried to apply for NASA’s space program, but the agency rejected him three times. Still, he refused to give up, and in 1996, his dream finally came true, as he was selected to begin training.

He has since left Earth twice — in 2002 and 2009 — in order to make repairs to the Hubble Telescope. During his 2002 mission, Massimino performed two spacewalks to upgrade the telescope’s camera and solar arrays, and in 2009, his team overcame frozen bolts, stripped screws and stuck handrails to upgrade the telescope’s computer and gyroscopes. Massimino went on two spacewalks that year that totaled more than 15 hours.

But despite these long treks, Massimino never forgot where he came from, bringing some Franklin Square momentos on his 2009 voyage, including an American flag that the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2718 had gifted him, and a photo of hundreds of students from the John Street School.

Then, when he returned to Earth, he treated himself to A&S Bagels, and spoke to students at John Street and H. Frank Carey about his experiences.

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Photos by Melissa Koenig/Herald

The FranKlin square Civic Association honored Mike Massimino, second from left, an astronaut from Franklin Square, with a Hometown Hero banner on Nov. 1.

“ T h i s h a s a lw ay s b e e n my home,”Massimino said on Sunday, when members of the Franklin Square Civic Association and local officials unveiled a Hometown Hero banner for him at the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike and Commonwealth Street. “This has always been where I’m from.”

The Civic Association started its Hometown Hero program last year, and has since honored 37 military heroes and seven first responders from Franklin Square with these banners that hang on Lincoln Road, Hempstead Turnpike, Rath Park and the Franklin Square and Munson Fire Department, and also hung three generic banners honoring all of the military, first responders and health care workers in the town. The group decided to honor Massimino to show their appreciation for all of his accomplishments, Adrienne McKenna, the Civic Association’s correspondence secretary, said.

“You make Franklin Square proud, and you make Nassau County proud” with your “grit and tenacity” to follow your dreams, County Executive Laura Curran said at the ceremony, before presenting him with a citation.

Town CounCilMan ToM Muscarella and County Legislator Vincent Muscarella, above, spoke to Massimino before the ceremony. a Banner honoring astronaut Mike Massimino, above, left, was unveiled on Nov. 1. nassau CounTy exeCuTive Laura Curran, right, presented Massimino with a citation.

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Valley Stream soccer coach arrested and charged with raping player Nassau County police arrested a Valley Stream soccer coach for allegedly raping a 16-year-old female player on two occasions over the summer, detectives reported on Thursday.

Police reportedly arrested Sean Johnsen, 35, of Fletcher Avenue, on Oct. 29 in connection to two alleged instances of “inappropriate contact” with the player, which detectives said took place on Aug. 17 and Aug. 21 in Westbury. The players on his team ranged in age from 14 to 19 years old, police said.

Prosecutors charged Johnsen with two counts of third-degree rape, two counts of third-degree criminal sexual act and

endangering the we l f a r e o f a child. He was arraigned on Friday, Oct. 30, in Mineola. No defense attorney information was listed upon his arrest.

Po l i c e a s k t h at a nyo n e Sean Johnsen with knowledge about the incident or who may be the victims of a similar crime to contact (516) 573-4022.

Gotham Avenue school closes because of Covid

More cases reported in Elmont schools By meliSSA Koenig mkoenig@liherald.com

The Gotham Avenue School in Elmont will remain closed until Nov. 16, Superintendent Kenneth Rosner announced in a letter to parents on Monday, when district officials were informed that a parent and two of his or her children had tested positive for Covid-19.

A “large number of staff members” were considered to be close contacts with these infected individuals under Nassau County Department of Health guidelines, Rosner wrote, and as a result, the school will remain closed for the duration of the 14-day quarantine period, while students learn remotely.

The building was set to be open for inperson voting on Tuesday, however. It has been cleaned and disinfected in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and New York State Department of Health regulations, Rosner said, “and we can assure the public that there is no danger of a person contacting the virus from surface contact in the school.”

It, along with all of the other Elmont

Union Free School District buildings that serve as polling places, was to be cleaned and sanitized within hours after polls close, he said, and while Gotham Avenue would remain closed, the other schools were scheduled to open on Wednesday “with no possibility of transmission of the virus from any surface.”

The new cases, meanwhile, brought the school district up to five positive cases since the beginning of the school year, according to state health department data.

District officials had previously announced that an individual who provides day care to a student at the Covert Avenue School, a parent of students at the Clara H. Carlson School and a parent of a student at the Dutch Broadway School had tested positive for the virus at the end of October.

No student or staff member had tested positive for the virus in any of the cases, Rosner said, but the students who were in contact with these individuals, and their classes, were told to quarantine and learn remotely. The buildings, and especially the rooms these students used, he noted, have been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected.

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A group of seniors at Carey High School have created a petition to have senior passes reinstated at Sewanhaka Central High School District Schools.

Carey seniors ask for passes to be reinstated continued from front Sewanhaka district officials.

They suggested that the passes be phased in slowly to allow district officials to collect data on the program. The passes would initially be made available to students in good academic standing, and could be used only during lunch periods.

The seniors would have to fill out forms indicating where they were going, and sign out of the building. When they returned, they would have to present their daily attestation form, which the district requires all students to fill out each day, indicating that they did not have any Covid-19 symptoms, and have their temperature taken.

There would be consequences for those who do not follow social distancing guidelines or adhere to the district’s Covid screenings and temperature checks, Tavernese said, and Scirica suggested that each school offer them one entrance and exit, with hand sanitizer readily available.

“This is not time-consuming and very practical,” Scirica said, since only half of each school’s student body that opted for the district’s hybrid learning plan is in a building each day, “and only a small number of those seniors are free each period.”

“It’s a simple request,” she added, “which could easily be done with such precision to keep students safe and add just a little enjoyment to our senior year.”

But at the Board of Education meeting on Oct. 27, Superintendent James Grossane said the request appeared to have come only from one school, and he would have to look at ways for the district to implement it at all five schools.

In response, Scirica created an online petition that night to prove that seniors at all five high schools want the opportunity to leave their buildings — which, Tav-

ernese said, is a normal part of the senior experience in the district. “Our petition will prove that people from each building share our needs,” he said.

The petition reiterated that the seniors had been looking forward to the senior passes since they entered the school as seventh-graders, “but now that we’re finally there,” it states, “the circumstances have stripped from us many of those opportunities.” As a result, it says, seniors are “stuck sitting in the lunchroom in student desks, and sometimes for multiple periods a day.”

By Monday, the petition had garnered 524 signatures, with one signatory, New Hyde Park Memorial High School Senior Jenisha Saji, commenting that there would be a minimal chance of students contracting Covid in a 38-minute period, and another, Gigi Palermo, writing that “everyone taking part in in-person learning would feel more safe if we had opportunities to leave school, especially to eat.”

“It isn’t safe to be that close to anyone,” Palermo continued, “so it would be in everyone’s best interest if seniors were handed senior passes.”

Jasmine Garnica, another New Hyde Park senior, wrote, “If schools were really worried about people getting contact with the virus by leaving campus, then the teachers and security guards shouldn’t be able to leave either. They clearly aren’t immune since most of our cases have been staff.”

According to data from the state Department of Health, two on-site and one off-site teacher at New Hyde Park had tested positive for the virus as of Oct. 27, as had one on-site teacher at Elmont Memorial High School. The other three schools reported no teachers testing positive.

Franklin Square children go trunk or treating

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FRANKLIN SQUARE/ELMONT HERALD — November 5, 2020

Hundreds of families lined up outside Rath Park for a safe Halloween experience on Oct. 31.

The Kiwanis Club of Franklin Square hosted its inaugural Trunk or Treat event that day, in which people could decorate the trunks of their cars and hand out candy to children in costumes.

Photos by Christina Daly/Herald ClokWiSe from above

WaSte management Worker Joseph Day, 3, spun the candy wheel in Elise Sarmiento’s trunk at the Kiwanis Club of Franklin Square’s inaugural Trunk or Treat event on Oct. 31. keeran Jodah, 3, rolled around Rath Park in his police car. the ChriStinSon family, Soledad and Sullivan, were abducted by aliens.

Wonder Woman Sabina Pugni, 4, dropped candy into the bag held by her dad, Joseph, who was dressed as Jason.

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Bringing local sports home every week

Herald sports POPS softball perseveres amid pandemic

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Just like every sports organization at every level, 2020 brought unprecedented challenges for POPS 40 & Over Softball, which recently completed its 22nd year on the South Shore of Nassau County.

“We’re thrilled to say we played a whole season without any member testing positive for the virus,” said POPS founder and commissioner Keith Pastuch, a retired chiropractor who resides in East Atlantic Beach. “It took a lot of work to pull it off, and this was the most rewarding year out of the 22.”

POPS traditionally conducts two seasons each year from early May through late August, but had to eliminate fall ball for 2020 after Covid-19 forced its spring/summer schedule to be delayed by more than two months.

“The thanks and appreciation I’ve received from players and their wives and family members has been incredible,” Pastuch said. “Probably the one thing everyone missed was the camaraderie after games. We had to ask guys not to hang out in the parking lot or stick around to watch other games after they played.”

POPS, which had 400 players this year, down from the usual 550, not only followed New York State Department of Health guidelines for Covid-19, but also took additional precautions to keep everyone safe, Pastuch noted.

“Because we’re dealing with older players, we were advised to have everyone wear a mask in the dugout areas,” he said. “Because of guidelines, catchers wore masks during games, as well as the first- and third-base coaches and the umpires.”

Similar to youth org anizations, POPS players were not permitted to share equipment or drink bottles, or celebrate with the usual high-five or fist bump. Postgame handshakes were replaced by the tip of a cap.

One unexpected hurdle to get the season off the ground, Pastuch said, was securing enough field per mits.

Because if Covid-19 restrictions, some familiar fields were not available or only available through the end of August. Because of this year’s delay, fields were needed until mid-October to get a 12-game regular season in, plus playoffs. “It came down to the wire in terms of getting enough permits,” Pastuch said.

When the action finally began July 13, players took the field with heavy hearts. A beloved member of the POPS family, longtime director Bob Lashinsky, lost his battle with Covid-19 in March. Pastuch organized a drive-by past Lashinsky’s Bellmore home to

Photos courtesy Keith Pastuch

TEaM PaSTuch, aBOVE, captured the 60 and older division championship in the POPS softball league, which overcame a myriad of obstacles to get a full season in.

TEaM GrEGOrETTI fINIShEd No. 1 in the 40-plus division.

ThErE waS NO stopping Team Cohen, below, in the 50-C division.

pay respects, and nearly 100 cars took part. A scholarship, presented to a graduating high school senior related to a POPS member, was established in Lashinky’s name in honor of Bob and his father, Leo. While there’s long been a waiting list to join POPS, Pastuch said that would not be the case for 2021. With the help of six directors and seven field supervisors, he has already secured additional weeknights at various fields to accommodate m o r e g a m e s . Fo r m o r e information, visit www.popsoftball.com.

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Herald Inside LI focuses on development

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Panelists from several different sectors involved in commercial real estate offered a positive outlook on Nassau County’s economic development during the latest Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

Financial, legal, government and development professionals engaged in discussion about current projects and how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their work. Those speakers were Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency and Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park.

Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, moderated the discussion. RichnerLive produced the webinar and started the Herald Inside LI series in August to spark conversations about how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted life on Long Island. In this webinar, the big questions were: How has commercial real estate been impacted, and what does this mean for Nassau’s economy?

One of the newest commercial projects in the works is the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, being built on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, which will open with the Islanders 2021-22 hockey season.

Pistore said he sees the project as a “beacon in the community” during this dark time — it will create 10,000 construction jobs, 3,000 permanent jobs and build a new railroad in Elmont, he said. He noted that the build is following the “three S’s” — sanitization, security and sustainability. He also said that developers are working closely with partners, such as Northwell Health, to create a diversity and inclusion plan to ensure the community benefits from the project.

“There’s a lot of darkness right now — a lot of uncertainty, a lot of anxiety,” Pistore said. “The construction continues; we are on track. We’re making great strides

with our Islanders fans. We’re making great strides with our premium fans, with our music lineup that’s about to be announced, with our partner UBS, which is our naming partner, and Northwell.”

Maturo, whose company is developing the Nassau HUB near Nassau Coliseum, noted that before the pandemic, there was a real interest in creating vibrant, walkable downtowns on Long Island. While this still stands, there are now many more factors involved, including people staying home more than they used to. People are also working from home — Maturo said his commercial office buildings are only 10 to 12 percent occupied at this time — and there is an influx of people moving from the city to the suburbs.

Taking all of this into account, Maturo said he believes that post-pandemic, once there is a vaccine, “there’s going to be an explosion in activity,” he said. “There will be greater connectivity, both literally in terms of how we move between the city and the suburbs, but more so how the suburbs collaborate and integrate with the city in terms of economic activity.”

Maturo advocated for more public transportation in Nassau County’s future, which he hopes to integrate into the Nassau HUB, a multi-use, village-style development.

The pandemic has also brought new companies leasing office buildings on Long Island — as residential real estate has climbed, so has commercial, in markets such as offices and rental buildings.

“We are seeing a lot of our clients, especially from Brooklyn or Queens, are looking to move their facilities out to Long Island,” Madigan said, “so a lot of commercial real estate requests we’re getting right now are companies looking to move out here. Long Island is definitely benefiting.”

Strober added that eventually people will return to their offices, and that will be a plus, as well. He did warn, however, that the economy may need another boost well before things start returning to normal.

“The federal government shot the economy in the arm,” he said, referring to the CARES Act, which offered loans to businesses across the country, as well as stimulus checks and unemployment benefits that allowed people to spend their dollars,

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“and slowly we’re going to be weaning off that high and we’re going to need another shot.”

Perna-Plank said she represents several big-box clients filing for bankruptcy, such as retailer Pier 1, which recently closed all its brick-and-mortar locations.

This puts landlords in a situation in which they need to fill large spaces with new leases.

“Our landlords have to get creative,” she said. “They have to start breaking up these large leasable areas. If they have a store that’s 5,000 square feet, they’re going to have to do some work and chop those up so that they can start filling those spaces.”

As businesses struggle during the pandemic, Perna-Plank also said landlords are working with their tenants to negotiate plans for rent payments.

Coghlan also spoke about his role in aiding businesses that want to open and thrive in Nassau County, such as offering several different types of tax incentives.

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CloCkwise from top right: Moderator Skye Ostreicher; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency; and Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP, discussed economic development on Long Island during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

in New York and one of eight on Long Island. Its programs help Nassau County’s economy remain competitive with surrounding regions, the panelists said.

“We address the affordability,” Coghlan said. “There’s a lot of discussion about PILOT programs and things we do…

We’re not giving corporate welfare; we’re not destroying the tax base of Long Island.

It’s frustrating when we work hard on a great project and you just see ‘tax breaks’ in the headline …

“I look at it as tax creation,” he continued. “We’re not going to do anything that’s going to destroy the tax base. We’re only seeking to grow it, which will offset the burden on our residents as we’re working with manufacturing companies and wholesale companies who move here.”

RXR Realty, Citibank and Jaspan Schlesinger LLP sponsored the webinar.

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Webinar to discuss youth mental health In recent years, local school districts have placed greater emphasis on mental health improvement initiatives and support systems for students. Now, amid the Covid-19 crisis and a rapidly changing world as we head into the holiday season, students may need those resources more than ever.

During the next Herald Inside LI webinar on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., school officials and behavioral specialists, as well as a local elected official working closely on the issue, will discuss how schoolaged children have been impacted by the pandemic and what solutions Long

Island has available to it. Panelists will include: ■ Dr. Vera Feuer, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Northwell Health ■ Dr. William B. Johnson, state monitor of Hempstead School District and former superintendent of Rockville Centre School District ■ State Sen. Todd Kaminsky ■ Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association ■ Dr. Charles Schleien, chair of pediat-

ric services at Northwell Health Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, will moderate the conversation and deliver questions from viewers. The webinar will also touch upon Northwell’s partnership with several Nassau County school districts to provide mental health services at Cohen Children’s Behavioral Health Center on Merrick Road in Rockville Centre, as well as FCA’s partnership with the North Shore and Great Neck school districts.

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Communications, which publishes Herald Community Newspapers, launched the Herald Inside LI webinar series in August to speak with leaders on a weekly basis about issues impacting Long Island communities, especially during the pandemic. To register for “Mental Health: Coping for Kids,” visit liherald. com/mentalhealth.

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Rotary club leader lands a three-book deal el to solve her family’s murder was “interesting stuff ” and “not what I expected.”

“I really loved that juxtaposition of sciWhile sitting at a restaurant 20 years ence and culture,” she said, adding that ago, Central Nassau County Rotary Club Kessler backed up all of the scientific thePresident Rony Kessler, of Franklin ories and technology in his book with Square, started writing a story on a nap- actual studies and anecdotes. kin, inspired by his life growShe then offered Kessler a ing up in Israel and recent scithree-book deal, and suggestentific advancements. But as ed he write a novella to tease time went on, he forgot about his first full-length book. The those first few chapters, and short-story, “The Professor they lay dormant along with and the Wild Dogs,” is availKessler’s other writings until able now on Amazon, and the recently, when Kessler’s son novel, “The Mysterious Aniasked to see some of his files mal Soup and Rachel’s Gifts,” from his childhood in Tel Aviv. is expected to be published With nothing else to do next week. Kessler is still in while stuck at his Florida the process of writing the home during the pandemic, third book, which deals with Rony Kessler Kessler decided it was time to the Bedouin people, a nomadpick up where he left off. “The ic Arabic tribe. virus kept me at home,” the 78-year-old The books are appropriate for tweens said, “and the writing kept me busy.” and teens, Kessler said, and include a hidHe wrote every day, he said, and start- den moral. The novel, for example, deals ed attending aspiring writers’ meetings with genetic manipulation and how with Stephanie Larkin, the founder and “we’re really messing around with things president of Red Penguin Books and we shouldn’t be messing around with,” Web Solutions, who told him about the Kessler said, and the prequel, which deals publishing process and offered him with a professor trying to save an endansome advice. gered species of wild dogs while “sinister Then, when she first read Kessler’s and greedy players conspire against manuscript in late July, she said she was him,” according to its description online, impressed. Larkin receives a lot of mem- is about the importance of protecting oirs, she said, and thought Kessler’s story wildlife. about a 12-year-old girl who travels to Isra“I think that’s a good message to give mkoenig@liherald.com

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people,” Kessler said.

He even got his granddaughters, who are between the ages of 11 and 14, to read over the books and make sure they are appropriate for the age group, as part of Larkin’s advice for all authors to spellcheck their work, read it over and give it to someone else to read. He doesn’t know how his stories will end when he starts writing them, Kessler said, describing how his stories just flow out of him. So, Kessler said, each part of the editing process, “gave me some things to change.”

Then, when he finished the manuscripts, the publishers would edit it, get artists to design three to five cover and

page designs for Kessler to choose from, and promote his work. Before “The Mysterious Animal Soup and Rachel’s Gifts” comes out next week, Larkin said, Kessler will meet with various book clubs on Long Island and hold meet-the-author Zoom events.

After all that is done, and he publishes the third book in his series, Kessler said, he would also like to publish the poems he wrote in the 1960s and ‘70s. “But,” he said, “I don’t want to do that until the book is completed.”

Kessler’s books are available on Amazon.com, and all proceeds will go to the Rotary Club.

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Six young cancer patients and their parents treaded through mud and braved high winds on Monday to get their first glimpses of the future UBS Arena at Belmont Park, as part of the National Hockey League’s Hockey Fights Cancer program.

The initiative was founded in 1998 by the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association to “inspire hope and courage for those who are living through and moving past cancer” during the month of November, according to the NHL’s website. To celebrate, New York Islanders officials reached out to local hospitals and cancer patients to see if they would like to get a personal tour of the construction site.

Then, on Nov. 2, Dylan Milio and his mother, Kristen; Ryan Starace and his father, Jim; Cianna Tunstall and her father, Michael; Brody Kuenzler and his mother, Theresa; Vincent Buck and his father, Scott; and Alex Gold, and his father David Giuffrida, gathered at Gate 5 of Belmont Park in their Islanders gear.

They put on hard hats and construction vests, before being led through the mud to the entrance of the future 17,000seat arena, and up a steel ladder to the 300-level of the arena, which will include a designated section for the Islanders’ Blue and Orange Army, a “100-Foot” bar and a dining concourse. From there, the cancer patients and their family members were also able to see where center ice will be located.

Once they finished looking around and taking photos, the group members were then escorted back to the main entrance, where they got a chance to make their mark on the arena by signing a beam that will be placed on the roof of the building.

“My name is on top of the ceiling,” Ryan Starace, 8, of Hauppauge, said he will tell his friends when they watch future Islanders games.

Starace was diagnosed with leukemia four years ago, and his father, Jim, said the Islanders hockey franchise has since been very generous, and have invited the family to a number of games.

Theresa Kuenzler, of Holbrook, also said her favorite part of the day was knowing that her son, Brody’s, name will forever hang at the arena, and Vincent Buck, 18, of Islip, said he appreciated having his name on a beam, so that he can always be at Islanders games, even when he cannot physically attend.

Others on the tour also said they liked to see the arena in its early stages.

Michael Tunstall, whose daughter Cianna celebrated her ninth birthday on the tour, said he thought it was cool to see all of the machines the developers need to use for the construction of the building, and Alex Gold, 22, of Islip, said he thought “it was an amazing experience” to see the building first-hand.

“It’s not very often you get to see a building being built,” added Michael Milio, of Massapequa, whose daughter has a rare form of brain cancer, and was unable to attend the tour. Islanders officials let her brother, Dylan, attend in her

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Theresa and Brody Kuenzler, above, said they are fighting for Brody, who is in remission for bone cancer. They were with Sparky the Dragon, the Islanders’ mascot. ryan sTarace, lefT, hung over a wire on the main concourse, above the Islanders’ future locker rooms. cianna and Michael Tunstall, below, were outfitted with hard hats and vests before the tour.

The view froM the upper concourse, where a group of cancer patients and their parents began a tour of the future UBS Arena. The white structure in the center marks center ice. place to “keep him strong for his sister, Michael said, and have previously let Dylan video chat with players Andrew Ladd and Matt Barzal.

“They’ve been really supportive of us,”

Michael said of the hockey team — a sentiment that Theresa Kuenzler echoed.

She said that when the team found out about Brody’s bone cancer with a tumor on his spine, they let the family attend a

game and have Brody, who also has autism, speak to Captain Anders Lee. Brody has not been exhibiting any signs of cancer for up to a year now, Theresa said, but is still undergoing “extensive” physical therapy.

The experience of walking through the future arena, though, she said, is “one that Brody will never forget.”

Former PrinciPals HoPe Kranidis, Marshall Zucker and Amy Buchanan were presented with Keys to Elmont.

Zucker, the retired principal of the Gotham Avenue School, were presented with their Keys to Elmont and citations from the Nassau County Executive’s Office by Committee Chair Ralph Esposito, while surrounded by nearly 20 parade committee members and their invited guests. Everyone was social distanced and wearing masks.

Retired Elmont Superintendent Al Harper, another grand marshal, was unable to attend, and will receive his key and citation at a later date.

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Elmont residents were not able to show off their community pride at the annual parade before the Belmont Stakes this year, but that did not stop the members of the Elmont/Belmont Stakes Parade Committee from recognizing the grand marshals — who had been selected for their dedication to the community well in advance of the pandemic — at a small gathering on Oct. 9.

There, Amy Buchanan, the retired principal of the Dutch Broadway School; Hope Kranidis, the retired principal of the Stewart Manor School; and Marshall

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Tina invited me to return as a guest for several shows, and now I’m a member of the club’s advisory board. Earlier this year, I joined Tina as one of the show’s co-host, and I’ve been helping her to bring in new guests. We each have our own platform, but now we’re putting that all together. We really don’t know much about the guests before the show, but that style and approach seems to work.

I knew that the Breakfast Club didn’t have a home base, so once we started talking about the idea of having the club at my business, G’s Dance and Night Club, she jumped on it. It’s amazing to be part of an organization that’s dedicated to helping others. Sometimes in life, people get lost and we’re helping people find their way.

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We set up the farmer’s market at Syd’s house in Cedarhurst. It lets members of the American Legion come to the house and do their shopping. There’s social distancing and masks being worn, so the setup is safe. It gives the opportunity for some of these veterans to get out of the house and catch up with fellow veterans.

They’ll be chatting, and the next thing you know, war stories are being told. We have the farmer’s market set up on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

On Nov. 7, the American Legion and other veteran organizations were planning to hold a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, but that has been canceled. Lawrence-Cedarhurst Post 339 is planning to hold a ceremony on Nov. 11 in Cedarhurst Park.

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Since then I was promoted to deputy director. I interview and I watch every instructor that comes through these doors to be with seniors and instruct them. It’s critical that each of them have knowledge of how the body works. It’s also how they instruct and the level that they can judge if one person has to go at one pace and another at another pace, the instructor can adjust so that everyone feels they get something out of the workout.

When the pandemic hit, I thought, ‘How am I going to keep these seniors at the level of fitness they’ve maintained all these years?’ I started taping myself on my phone and reached out to the village and Sandel to see if we could make a show of it. At first we thought it would be a couple weeks, but the development of the show became more and more important and impactful, as they wouldn't be able to come in for services.

Normally I hold 13 different classes — meditation, total body, cardio and others. In the end it’s about getting people to move, to smile, to enjoy each other's company. The American Heart Association says group exercise is the best way to get people in shape and stay in shape because it is motivating. It’s been a challenge because we haven't been able to be together. But we bring in their favorite instructors in pilates, in yoga, in line dance, on the show. It’s been exciting.

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Teachers also have to clean and disinfect their classrooms and toys two to three times a day. Once a week, a cleaning person comes to the school and does a deep cleaning of everything in the school.

Our goal is to keep everyone safe in my school. I want to keep things safe for the kids.

Although a lot is different, we still have maintained some of our old traditions. We recently were able to go on a field trip to a pumpkin farm. Everyone wore masks, and we disinfected the bus in between uses. It’s great that we have been able to return to having field trips.

When the pandemic started, our school only provided classes to the children of essential workers. Now, we are in full enrollment from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. However, many children have not returned back to school. The pandemic is scary, and many parents are concerned for their children. Before the pandemic, we had a total of 60 students enrolled in our school, and now we only have 35 students enrolled in our school.

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sewanhaKa high school senior Rahul Maharjan received a Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program.

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After learning all about Gloria Estefan’s life as an immigrant and her rise to fame for Hispanic Heritage Month, Elmont elementary school students received a surprise message from the singer-songwriter herself on Oct. 23.

In the video message, Estefan holds up a student’s project documenting the pivotal moments in her life, and thanks the students for their hard work.

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II. Add:

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General Fund - Analysis of Fund Balance Fund Balance - July 1, 2019

$38,971,011

Revenues: Revenues from Taxation (including STAR payments) Revenues from PILOTs Revenues from State and Federal Sources Revenues from Local Sources Subtotal

148,191,896 2,967,336 42,927,411 2,376,885 235,434,539

Expenditures: General Support Instruction Pupil Transportation Community Services Employee Benefits Debt Service Principal Debt Service Interest Interfund Transfers Subtotal Fund Balance - June 30, 2020

$16,620,374 111,024,756 8,580,211 37,049 41,514,789 6,570,281 2,473,163 1,035,365 87,855,988 $47,578,551

School Lunch Fund - Analysis of Fund Balances Fund Balance - July 1, 2019

$814,017

Revenues from Sales All Other Revenues Subtotal

813,916 1,215,717 $2,029,633

Food Purchases All Other Expenses Subtotal Fund Balance - June 30, 2020 Sewanhaka Central High School District Annual Financial Report 2019/20 (continued) III.

196,617 2,326,217 $2,522,834 $320,816

Special Aid Fund - Statement of Revenues & Expenses Expenses: Instruction Employee Benefits Other

$1,950,256 133,946 1,955,531

Revenues: Federal Sources State Sources Interfund Transfer

$2,356,156 1,443,577 240,000

Total Expenses

$4,039,733

Total Revenues

$4,039,733

Special Aid Fund - Balance Sheet (June 30, 2020) Cash $209,528 Due from Other Funds 0 State & Federal Aid 2,590,617 Receivable Total Debits $2,800,145 IV.

Accounts Payable Accrued Liabilities Due to Other Funds Total Credits

$14,874 15,908 2,769,363 $2,800,145

Capital Projects Funds - Balance Sheet (June 30, 2020) Cash $2,466,833 Cash - BOND 384 Due from State & Federal 794,713 Total Debits $3,261,930

Accounts Payable Due to Other Funds Fund Balance Total Credits

$34,992 1,093,106 2,133,832 $3,261,930

Capital Projects Funds - Analysis of Fund Balance Fund Balance - July 1, 2019 Add: Interfund Revenues Add: Other Revenue Subtotal

$1,935,514 738,565 2,468,923 $5,143,002

Less: Expenditures Less: Interfund Transfer Fund Balance - June 30, 2020

3,009,170 0 $2,133,832

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL ELECTION ELMONT FIRE DISTRICT December 8, 2020 NOTICE is hereby given pursuant to the Town Law and General Municipal Law of the State of New York, that an Annual Election of the Elmont Fire District will take place on December 8, 2020, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. (prevailing time) and 9:00 p.m. (prevailing time) at the Elmont Fire Department Headquarters Building located at 95 Lehrer Avenue, New York, for the purpose of voting for a candidate for the Office of Fire Commissioner and upon the following proposition.

All duly registered residents of the Elmont Fire District who were duly registered to vote with the Nassau County Board of Elections on or before twenty- three (23) days before the date of the election shall be eligible to vote at this election.

Voters will have the opportunity to elect one (1) person to serve in the office of Fire Commissioner for a five (5) year term, commencing on January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2025. .

PLEASE BE ADVISED that candidates for District Office shall file their names with the Secretary of the Elmont Fire District at the Elmont Fire District Building, located at 100 School Road, Elmont, New York no later than twenty (20) days before the date of the election.

Said filing shall be submitted in the form of petition subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the Fire District to the Fire District Secretary. Petition forms shall be made available by the Fire District Secretary.

The proposition to be voted upon at the Annual Election shall be in the following form: PROPOSITION Shall the Resolution of the Elmont Fire District in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, entitled: RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE ELMONT FIRE DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU, STATE OF NEW YORK, ADOPTED OCTOBER 28, 2020; AUTHORIZING THE AMENDMENT OF THE DISTRICT SERVICE AWARD PROGRAM FOR THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS OF THE ELMONT FIRE DISTRICT BY CHANGING THE MAXIMUM YEARS OF SERVICE CREDIT THAT CAN BE EARNED BY A PARTICIPANT FROM TWENTY (20) YEARS TO THIRTY (30) YEARS, AND THEREBY INCREASING THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT THAT CAN BE EARNED

BY PARTICIPANTS FROM FOUR HUNDRED ($400.00) DOLLARS PER MONTH TO SIX HUNDRED ($600.00) DOLLARS PER MONTH EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1, 2021, STATING THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST OF SAID PROGRAM AS AMENDED BASED UPON THE PRESENT NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS TO BE FOUR HUNDRED NINETY ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT ($491,768.00) DOLLARS, STATING THE CURRENT ANNUAL COST OF THE PROGRAM BASED UPON THE PRESENT NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS TO BE THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED THIRTY TWO ($382,732.00) DOLLARS, WITH THE ANNUAL ADMINISTRATION FEE INCLUDED IN THE AFOREMENTIONED FIGURES REMAINING THE SAME BASED UPON THE PRESENT NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS; STATING THAT ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE PLAN WILL REMAIN UNCHANGED AND IN EFFECT; APPROPRIATE SAID AMOUNT THEREFORE, BE APPROVED? Dated: October 28, 2020 Frances Andino Fire District Secretary Elmont Fire District 123693 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICIA PUBLICA ELECCIÓN ANUAL DE FRANKLIN SQUARE Y EL DISTRITO DE BOMBEROS DE MUNSON MARTES, DICIEMBRE 8, 2020 POR FAVOR NOTE que la Elección Anual de Franklin Square y el Distrito de Bomberos de Munson se tomara acabo el Martes, Diciembre 8, 2020 entre las horas de 1:00pm y 9:00pm en la Oficina Central de Bomberos localizado en 841 Liberty Place, Franklin Square, New York con el propósito de: Elegir un Comisionado para un término de 5 años comenzando Enero 1, 2021 y terminando Diciembre 31, 2025.

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Cada residente del Distrito de Bomberos registrado con la Junta de Elecciones del Condado de Nassau desde Noviembre 16, 2020 serán elegibles para votar.

Por favor ser aconsejado que la Junta de Elecciones del Distrito de Bomberos tendrán junta el Martes, Noviembre 24, 2020 desde las 12 de la tarde hasta las 3:00pm en la Oficina Central, 841 Liberty Place, Franklin Square, New York con el propósito de preparar la lista de votantes registrados del Distrito de Bomberos.

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE ANNUAL ELECTION OF FRANKLIN SQUARE & MUNSON FIRE DISTRICT TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2020 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Annual Election of the Franklin Square & Munson Fire District will take place on Tuesday, December 8, 2020 between the hours of 1:00 pm and 9:00 pm at Fire Headquarters located at 841 Liberty Place, Franklin Square, New York for the purpose of: Electing one Commissioner for a 5-year term commencing on January 1st, 2021 and ending on December 31st, 2025 Candidates for District Office of Commissioner must file a petition signed by at least 25 registered voters residing in the Fire District, said petition must be filed with the Fire District Secretary no later than 4:00 pm on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Petition Forms shall be made available by the Fire District Secretary.

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All residents of the Fire District duly registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections as of November 16, 2020, shall be eligible to vote.

Please be advised that the Board of Elections of the Fire District shall meet on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 from Noon to 3:00 pm, at Fire Headquarters, 841 Liberty Place,Franklin Square, New York for the purpose of preparing the rolls of registered voters of the Fire District.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS FRANKLIN SQUARE & MUNSON FIRE DISTRICT ATTEST: Kerry Santina Fire District Secretary October 21, 2020 123696 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 19th day of December, 2019 bearing the index number 608000-19, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Nassau County Clerk located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY, grants me the right to assume the name of Edna Mae Thomas. My present address is 441 4th Street, Elmont, NY 11003. My date of birth is February 24, 1960. The place of birth is Mc Duffie Co. Hosp., Thomson, GA. The present name is Eddie Mae Thomas a/k/a Edna M. White.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF REGISTRATION ROLLS FOR ANNUAL ELECTION OF THE ELMONT FIRE DISTRICT PLEASE BE ADVISED, that the Board of Elections of the Elmont Fire District shall meet on the 23rd day of November, 2020 between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Elmont Fire District Building, located at 100 School Road, Elmont, New York for the purpose of preparing the rolls of registered voters of the Elmont Fire District. The annual election of the Elmont Fire District will be held on the 8h day of December 2020, between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at the

Elmont Fire Department Headquarters Building, located at 95 Lehrer Avenue, Elmont, New York.

PLEASE BE ADVISED that only those persons who have registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections on or before the 16th day of November, 2020, and have resided in the fire district for thirty days prior to said date of election shall be eligible to vote.

PLEASE BE ADVISED that candidates for District Office shall file their names with the Secretary of the Elmont Fire District at the Elmont Fire District Building, located at 100 School Road, Elmont, New York no later than twenty (20) days before the date of the election.

Said filing shall be submitted in the form of petition subscribed by twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the Fire District to the Fire District Secretary. Petition forms shall be made available by the Fire District Secretary.

Dated: Elmont, New York October 28, 2020 FRANCES ANDINO Fire District Secretary ELMONT FIRE DISTRICT 123692 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

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A. Not exactly, but you have to look at the big picture. You may feel like you’re getting burned, but the building code is actuonte eeper ally named The Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Fire prevention is a primary reason that the building laws exist.

In many cases, building departments allow existing garages to have minor repairs without a permit, but only for things like replacing a garage door, a rotted section of wall base plate, shingles or siding, although you should always verify before starting. You described a near-complete rebuild, only saving the roof part of the garage, and your building official has determined that, beyond 50 percent change, the code for new buildings applies.

Even though your zoning code allows a free-standing accessory structure to be 2 feet to 4 feet from a property line, depending on your community, garages that are closer than 5 feet to a property line must have materials that are rated to prevent flame spread for an hour.

This is especially important in places where there’s a volunteer fire department that must take the time to assemble from all over the community before even heading off to put out the flames. In that precious time, without flame-retardant materials, the structure may not just become completely engulfed, but also spread fire to adjacent houses and other structures. Unless you never catch the news, you can clearly see how vulnerable whole towns and cities are, and just because we don’t live next to a forest, the unthinkable can still happen.

As for cost, aluminum siding, which actually still exists, may cost less, can be painted to match the house and lasts an average of 35 years. Fiber cement siding also does the job, but costs more.

Other choices include stucco over cement board and steel panels, all more costly. Aluminum or cement board eaves, gutters and roofing are also required, and even though most of the home construction industry doesn’t read or know the regulations, the requirements still exist, and cost the most when they aren’t adhered to and the work has to be done twice.

So don’t feel like you’re being singled out or being held to the fire. The rules exist for all of us.

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y the time you read this, the 2020 presidential election will either be over or not. There will be a clear winner, or there won’t. The Herald properly advised its columnists that we couldn’t endorse presidential candidates, because we don’t speak for the newspaper. But I can tell you how I think the candidates’ policies and personal character stacked up.

Donald Trump was not an accidental president.

He didn’t win the White House in 2016 in a fluke, or because Hillary Clinton was a more flawed candialfonse date who ran a d’aMato weak campaign.

He won because he tapped into the valid concerns of Americans — both diehard Republicans and disaffected Democrats — about the future of the country.

These Americans decried the flood of good jobs out of the country in the name of “free trade” and “globalization.” They understood that the unchecked flood of illegal immigrants into the country further threatened good-paying jobs here with cheap labor. They were weary of exorbitantly expensive foreign wars, with

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lost American lives and floods of dollars that went to fight them instead of helping rebuild America. They wanted to see America put first, not last.

Trump merely distilled these legitimate concerns into that “America First” campaign. Americans responded to his straightforward pledge to Make America Great Again.

This may have surprised and dismayed some of the media and academic elites who live lives far removed from the American mainstream, but it didn’t surprise me, because I’ve lived my whole life in that mainstream.

As president, Trump largely kept his promise to restore American peace and prosperity. He ended foreign wars and avoided new wars. He grew the economy and jobs with lower taxes and less regulation. He nominated conservative judges he said he’d nominate. He kept his word.

Then Covid-19 struck, and Trump was swept up in his own flaws. He couldn’t concentrate long enough to see the huge threat the virus posed. He couldn’t overcome his know-it-all attitude to let Mike Pence and an able Coronavirus Task Force do its job. He just had to run the task force’s press briefings himself, dig-

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ging ever deeper holes for himself. It was as if FDR had tried to one-up Eisenhower by announcing D-Day the day before the troops hit the beach.

So if Trump has lost, or loses, his reelection bid, it won’t be because the old elites hate him, though they do. It will be because he just couldn’t help himself, and talked his way out of the presidency. It won’t be because of fake news, but because of his flawed penchant to make news. He’ll have only himself and no one else to blame.

And what about Joe Biden? Full disclosure here: Biden is an old and dear friend of mine. I’ve known him for 40 years, and I believe he’s a decent and honorable man. I also know he’s not a leftwing ideologue who is hankering to impose a socialist revolution on America.

Biden, like me, has lived his life in the American mainstream, and by nature he’s not inclined to swim out of it.

Joe’s problem, if he has, or does, become president, will be with the same left-wing elites who have battled Trump.

If he’s real lucky, the GOP will retain control of the Senate, so he’ll have a handy foil for not pursuing the left’s most radical agenda. But if he sweeps into office with

hen Covid-19 struck, President Trump was swept up in his own flaws.

both Houses of Congress in Democratic control, he’ll be hard-pressed to hold back the legislative floodgates.

If a President Biden and a compliant Congress impose steep new taxes and regulations in the midst of a fragile economic recovery, that recovery could collapse.

If he jumps back into the globalized freetrade mishmash, more U.S. jobs will hemorrhage out of the country. If he rejoins the deeply flawed Paris Agreement on climate change that imposed heavy burdens on the U.S. — while giving competitors like China and India a pass — more jobs still will flow out. If Biden accedes to the wild-eyed demands of enviro-extremists to dismantle America’s oil and gas industries, he could destroy America’s hardwon energy independence and further stifle any economic recovery.

What Biden would have to do to have a successful presidency is follow his own conscience and his own path. He would have to bang heads with the radicals in his own party. He would have to disappoint the same elites that cheered on his candidacy. He would have to lead, not follow.

Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column?

ADAmato@liherald.com.

I’m smitten with Smitten and coveting Envy

y go-to source of comfort at this time of year is apples, particularly apples born and bred in New York state.

One of the sweetest compensations for the end of summer and the turn toward winter is the homey apple. It’s sad to say goodbye to cherries and peaches and plums, but apples take center stage in October and they hang on well into winter. Under the right conditions, apples can Randi be stored for five kReiss to six months. Try that with a peach.

Plums, peaches and cherries don’t have the same cultural and mythological powers as apples.

Eve didn’t pick a plum in the Garden of Eden. The Evil Stepmother didn’t offer Snow White a peach.

Apples have cachet. It is said that Alexander the Great enjoyed dwarf apples in Macedonia in 300 B.C. Today there are some 7,500 different cultivars, with qualities ranging from tooth-aching sweetness to mouth-puckering tartness.

The most expensive apple you can buy is the Sekai Ichi, grown in Japan. They go

for around $21 each. Do not use for baking.

Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has developed dozens of apple varieties, including the popular Cortland, Macoun, Empire and Jonagold.

It leads the search for fruit that is delicious, offers crunch, has eye appeal, is disease-resistant and is blessed with a long shelf life. In recent years, horticulture professor Susan Brown led the breeding program for SnapDragon and RubyFrost at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in upstate Geneva. Her past varieties include Fortune and Autumn Crisp.

SnapDragon is an offspring of Honeycrisp and an unnamed apple in Cornell’s breeding program that is described as similar to Jonagold. I haven’t found one yet in stores, but they are said to be sublime in their appleness.

Forgive me if I indulge the memory of apple picking every autumn through the 1980s, when my kids were growing up. If I breathe deeply enough, I can still smell the baskets of apples in the back seat on the way home, and the scent of sugary fried doughnuts, always part of the outing. It was one of those activities actual-

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ly as good as you expected it to be. The picnic lunch, the freedom of running through the orchards, the climbing and collecting, and then the eating and baking and cooking apple sauce comprised a perfect day. Even the bee stings and poison ivy were worth it.

Many self-picking orchards are still open for business and observing Covid-19 precautions.

My personal apple favorites are Pink Lady, Macoun and Honeycrisp. If I’m looking for an import, then Envy is it, from New Zealand. New York McIntosh are perfect if you’re in a slightly tart mood, and Rome and Cortlands head my list for baking.

Apparently there was a juicy apple scandal that rocked the horticulture world some years back. When the succulent Honeycrisp made its debut following a romantic propagation at the University of Minnesota, it was said to be a blend of the Macoun and the Honeygold. But someone who apparently had way too much time on his hands questioned the new apple’s paternity, conducted genetic fingerprinting and discovered that the Keepsake, not the Honeygold, was the father. Great embarrassment ensued in the world of apple cross-cultivation. I

t’s apple season, and here’s my advice: Don’t use the Sekai Ichi for baking.

don’t know if anyone ever conclusively proved who grafted to whom and how.

Apples are the main event in crisps, cakes, pancakes, cobblers and stove-top compotes. They are the crowning glory of muffins and cupcakes and cookies. We associate apples with holidays, the Jewish New Year (apples and honey) and Halloween. If you have young teeth, think apple jelly. In my home, from October to May, there is always a bowl of apple compote in the refrigerator that we enjoy with cereals, yogurt and especially ice cream.

Recently I tried a Smitten apple, whose rich parentage includes Gala, Braeburn, Falstaff and Fiesta breeding lines. It’s a keeper.

Apples have always been associated with knowledge, immortality, temptation, sex and yes, sin. Of course, today we have to think about the other Apple.

Why did Steve Jobs decide to call his company Apple? According to the Walter Isaacson bio, Jobs said he thought of the name while he was on an all-fruit diet.

He thought it sounded “fun, spirited and not intimidating.” I guess he was on to something.

And now I understand why my Mac is called a Mac. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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o doubt, understanding the coronavirus takes work. We hear a seemingly endless stream of arcane reports emanating from an alphabet soup of acronym-laden government agencies, and our heads start spinning. Then along comes a hopefulsounding research paper, and suddenly many among us breathe a sigh of relief, believing, as President Trump would have us think, that things aren’t really as bad as CNN makes them out to be and we’re “rounding the corner.”

Case in point: A single research paper, published online over the summer by Dr. John Ioannidis, of Stanford University, indicated the Covid-19 death rate for those under age 70 was 0.04 percent, according to the Associated Press. That figure spread rapidly on social media, and many people took it as license to carry on with business as usual.

We see this irrational fearlessness reflected in the “herd immunity” approach to the virus touted by one of Trump’s top advisers, Dr. Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist and a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank. Atlas, who cited the 0.04 figure in July, has suggested we should let the virus run its course among young people to build “natural immunity.”

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letters Saluting their service To the Editor: In anticipation of this Veterans Day 2020, I salute veterans, currently active men and women of the armed forces, and their families. Their sacrifices are extraordinary in ordinary times, but Covid-19 has brought more anxiety and uncertainty to their unique situations.

For nearly 140 years, the American Red Cross has been there for these brave families, to provide compassionate support to address critical needs at every stage of service. As part of our Service to the Armed Forces Program, Red Cross volunteers provide home comforts and critical services on bases and in military hospitals across the country and around the world; they support military families during deployments and during emergencies; and they continue serving our nation’s veterans after their service ends, both in person and virtually.

Since the coronavirus pandemic started, the Red Cross team has been working around the clock to address an array of

was greater than 99 percent. Thus, he appeared to suggest, we should think twice about shutting down again.

Many conservatives across the country latched on to the 0.04 percent figure, and have used it — or, rather, misused it — as evidence to support a push to fully reopen the economy and end what they say are intrusive policies, such as New York’s mask mandate in public spaces. The trouble is, that could lead to tens of thousands of more needless deaths, even among young people.

The 0.04 percent figure is likely accurate, but without context, it can leave the false impression that virtually no one under age 70 is dying of the coronavirus, when, in fact, tens of thousands are. At the Herald, we have written too many obituaries this year for people in the prime years of their lives cut down by this merciless virus — a firefighter EMT, a pharmacist and a philanthropist among them. You need not take our word for it, however.

National Institutes of Health statistics tell us that, among those killed by Covid-19 in the United States, 8.3 to 22.7 percent are under age 65. That is to say, of the more than 231,000 Americans who have died in the past eight months, 19,000 to 52,500 have been people under age 65. By comparison, 58,200 Americans died in the Vietnam War, which carried on for years.

When we look at Covid-19’s impact in this way, we suddenly see that America’s

alarmingly — and unacceptably — high death toll includes many, many younger people, and we have no idea whom the virus will take next. It is an indiscriminate killer. It infects many, but leaves some unharmed; others come down with what is essentially a bad case of the flu; and others contract pneumonia and die.

Each life lost is precious. Each life lost is irreplaceable. Amid the flurry of statistical information generated by government agencies, it is all too easy to forget the human devastation that the coronavirus has caused.

Moreover, many Covid-19 survivors under age 65 now suffer long-term symptoms, including memory loss, known as “brain fog,” joint pain, high blood pressure and heart palpitations, and we cannot say for certain what their prospects are for future recovery.

Finally, we must remember that we cannot hermetically seal our elderly in virusfree bubbles. The greater the infection rate is in our larger population, the greater the chance that older adults will contract Covid-19 and die.

We must accept that the virus is with us, and we must do all we can to preserve life. We’ll say it again: Wear a mask. Wash your hands often. Keep your distance.

Avoid mass gatherings. Work from home if you can. Get a flu shot. And pray for a vaccine.

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hinking about allegations of “fake news,” assertions that Covid-19 is a hoax and the denial of climate change in the face of expert testimony and extreme weather events, I began to wonder: How do we know what we think we know? I thought of the biblical quote, “The truth shall make you free,” and its variants, used as a motto at a number of universities as a secular declaration devoid of its biblical origins.

This is a fitting slogan for universities, because they are chartered to pursue the ideal of truth in accord roBerT a. with facts. In fulsCoTT filling this mission, universities serve three distinct roles. They are creators of new knowledge grounded in objective study and independent research; they are curators of what is thought, whether true or false, in books or databases; and they are critics supporting pursuit of questions that ask, “What if ?” and about fairness, justice and truth.

But how do we know the truth? I think there are three ways that people claim something as true. Some seek truth

through empirical evidence that is supported by findings that can be replicated by others. This way of knowing a truth is based on trial and error and controlled experiments.

In this way, we can learn the biological origins, manifestations and consequences of disease. Medical scientists and public health experts explain what they know from objective studies. Their findings can be tested by others and reported in peer-reviewed journals in order to minimize the potential for bias to influence results.

Some others express as truth what they “know” through epiphany, or revelation. They know this truth because they believe it, often because of religious inspiration and teachings. To say that someone believes something is true without empirical evidence is not to cast doubt on their conclusion, but to clarify the process by which they determined what they consider to be true. At times, such “received wisdom” becomes an orthodoxy that brooks no challenges.

Still another expression of a truth is based on emotion, including fear and prejudice. These irrational “truths” can be the foundation of hate and discrimina-

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LeTTers emerging challenges — including those related to health concerns, longer periods of time away from loved ones and increased stress — that the virus has created for on veterans, service members and their families. To that end, the Red Cross has adapted our crisis counseling and family workshops to a virtual setting, and improved supply distribution to ensure health protocols.

Each day across Nassau and Suffolk counties and across the country, we help support military families. Nationally, since 9/11 we have served more than one million military families. During this time of crisis, we stand ready to continue to support the next million.

To all active and retired service members and their families, please know that on Veterans Day and every day, our gratitude for your sacrifices remains as strong as ever.

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tion. When President Trump claimed that Mexican immigrants were “murderers and rapists” he was expressing a prejudice, making an emotional claim, a fear of the “other,” not a fact supported by evidence. His claim was true only as an opinion grounded in bias.

I think that each way of knowing — fact, faith and fear — must be acknowledged. We also must understand that we cannot argue against an expression of truth held by belief or bias by relying on empirical evidence alone. Beliefs and biases are not susceptible to reason — but they can be the subject of ethical analysis.

We must take a stand against fear-mongering, racist rants and lies about public health measures. We must expose the nature and character of the assertions made or the actions taken. As the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” so we must expose falsehoods and discrimination for what they are.

Someone might assert that climate change isn’t occurring or isn’t caused by human behavior, but that shouldn’t stand in the way of taking steps to mitigate climate disasters. Someone else might assert

that wearing masks and social distancing are denials of individual liberty. But such an opinion doesn’t give that person license to deny the rights of others who seek protection from a deadly virus.

One can argue with the scientists about how to behave during the pandemic, and the extent to which human behavior is threatening our planet, but we must do so with facts, not opinions based on emotion or epiphany.

By emphasizing the importance of facts, we may offend others who “know” a truth through another means. But they must honor our path to truth just as we must respect their right to an opinion.

Indeed, the very foundation of democracy requires civility, the willingness to listen to alternative views. But we shouldn’t allow opinions to negate facts and prejudice to deny freedoms.

So let’s acknowledge that there are different paths to what we consider truth, some based on empirical evidence, some based on emotion or bias, and some based on belief. Further, let’s agree that each of us can hold our position without denigrating a way of knowing expressed by another, unless that belief or bias endangers others and curtails their legal rights. We can disagree without being disagreeable.

Dr. Robert S. Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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At last, the election is over To the Editor: Election Day has come and gone.

This reminds me of “The Outer Limits,” the 1960s television show.

With the end of around-the-clock commercials by politicians, political parties, political action groups and pay-for-play special-interest groups, we now return control of your television back to you — until the next election cycle.

No more candidates’ campaign mailings clogging our mailboxes and weighing down our hard-working postal employees. Finally, some peace and quiet! Now, if only all the winning and losing candidates would pick up all the thousands of campaign signs that litter our roads and highways to help clean up our environment. They could use leftover campaign funds to hire either the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts to collect the litter. They could pay our young people a nominal fee, which I’m sure would be appreciated.

LARRy PENNER Great Neck

Vivid evening colors — now an hour earlier — at Theodore Roosevelt Park — Oyster Bay

FRANKLIN SQUARE/ELMONT HERALD — November 5, 2020

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How do we know what we know? Fact, faith, fear.

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