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Anglers haul in catch at shark tourney cerns are the offshore winds, because they create rough seas.” A Coast Guard advisory had Last Friday night, the Free- been issued. Winds of 20 knots port Hudson Anglers held the or stronger would cancel the Captain’s Night Dinner for the event. 48th Annual Shark Tournament But the wind speed was only — a year late. 15 knots that morning, so the The coronavirus pandemic tournament was on. By 6 a.m., 26 had forced the small vessels had event’s cancellation headed out past the in 2020. green-gray waves of The buoyant ocJones Inlet. casion was enlivThroughout a ened by the presence s w e l t e r i n g d a y, of Freeport Mayor anglers baited their Ro b e r t Ke n n e dy, circular hooks and Hempstead Town dropped sinkers to Supervisor Don reach the sharks Clavin, Town Counbelow. A few boats cilman Chris Carini motored as far as 80 and State Assembly- FREEPORT miles into the Atlanwoman Judy Griffin. HUDSON tic to find bigger The toasts and specimens. Fisherc h e e r s i n c l u d e d ANGLERS men hardly noticed gratitude for New the heat or the rollYork state’s reopening and the ing of the craft under their feet return of one of Freeport’s most as they maneuvered their rods exciting yearly events. against the strength of thrashBut at 5 a.m. last Saturday, as ing creatures that might weigh sunrise approached and the several hundred pounds. clouds over Guy Lombardo “Typical sharks of Jones Inlet Marina lightened, the shark are threshers, blue sharks and tournament was in doubt. makos,” Gross explained. “The “Clouds don’t really bother size range is impressive. Someus, and neither does rain,” Free- one caught a thresher a couple port Hudson Anglers President of years ago that weighed in at Dave Gross said. “Our main conCONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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ESCORTED BY POLICE, members of the Black community and its allies marched along the sidewalks of Freeport in the second annual Long Island Unity March.
Juneteenth Unity March propelled by L.I. youth By CRISTINA ARROYO RODRIGUEZ and REINE BETHANY carroyo@liherald.com; rbethany@liherald.com
In celebration of Juneteenth, the second Long Island Unity and Juneteenth March was held at 2 p.m. last Saturday. It progressed from Cow Meadow Park to Atlantic Avenue and back. The march was headed by 17-year-old Ariana Levin of South Huntington, who also organized the first LI Unity March last June, after her school didn’t address the George Floyd murder in a
timely manner. Shanequa Levin, Ariana’s mother and the founder and CEO of the Women’s Diversity Network, said that Juneteenth “recognizes that Black people have a different independence day, because this day represents all Black people becoming free. Independence Day didn’t make us free.” Juneteenth is the name given by African-Americans to June 19, 1865, when Union troops rode into Galveston, Texas, to tell Black slaves — belatedly — that all slaves in
Confederate states had been proclaimed free by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of Jan. 1, 1863. Craig Moore, who brought his children to the march from Brookhaven, in Suffolk County, said he wanted to lend support to the movement. “We’re still facing some difficult times in this country,” Moore said. “Now [Juneteenth] is a federal holiday — you know, small steps.” Deborah Newton, of FreeCONTINUED ON PAGE 12
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Making Records and Then Breaking One
FREEPORT HERALD — June 24, 2021
Steve “Gangsta Rabbi” Lieberman breaks a Guinness record despite cancer By REINE BETHANY
taking pleasure in this. He says, ‘Steve is doing this and as long as he does it I’m going to take care of To break a world record, a per- him.’” The idea for recording the son has to be the record-breaking record-breaking song came after sort. Steve Lieberman found a way to Lieber man’s wife of 27 years, be exactly that. He isn’t an athlete Linda, died unexpectedly in 2019, or a collector of teddy bears or the followed by the Covid-19 death of type to spin the most hula hoops Lieberman’s 34-year-old daughter simultaneously, like some Guinness Heidi Rachel in April 2020. “It’s like, I don’t feel good, but World Record holders. Instead, he has applied his own outstanding my God gives me the strength to do personal persistence to breaking it,” Lieberman. “I’m playing maybe the Guinness record for the longest two hours a day, recording.” The song he ultimately submitsong ever officially recorded. ted to Guinness World When the idea first Records involves 18 came to him in midinstruments, including 2020, it was daunting. “I guitars, trombones, a looked at the current French horn, a euphorecord of longest offinium, a saxophone, and cially released song,” yes, a clarinet — all of said Lieberman, “and I which he plays himself, saw it was 13 hours. I in addition to writing thought, I can’t do 13 STEVE and singing the lyrics. hours!” The song’s title, “The Nonetheless, he got LIEBERMAN Noise Militia (#38/76),” started and he made it reflects the total of 38 happen, with the cando attitude he has shown ever since cassette albums plus 38 CDs that he was in elementary school. Lieberman has released. “In 1968, I got a clarinet,” LieberWhile Lieberman awaited word man said. “I was not playing it too from Guinness, his website, Gangwell, and the teacher said, if you staRabbi.com, proclaimed, “‘The don’t play it better by next week, Noise Militia (#38/76)’ is now the you won’t play it [anymore]. I got LONGEST SONG IN HISTORY! at good at it.” 35 hours 41 minutes and 48 opuses He didn’t stop with the clarinet. — Guinness World Record for lonIn early 1970, he learned trombone, gest song released is pending! G-d followed by bass guitar in 1971. He granted me the strength to do this. added one instrument after another Blessed be His Name.” while exploring heavy metal and Official confirmation came from punk. Guinness this April. Few would associate punk with “It was a milestone,” said daughan observant Jewish youth who ter Rebekah Lieberman, who lives graduated college in 1980 and with her father. A paramedic, she became Freeport’s comptroller in works 13-hour shifts Monday 1984. But as the 1980s progressed, through Wednesday and helps her Lieberman created his own long- father as needed the rest of the haired persona, the Gangsta Rabbi, week. developed a one-man show using “His recording studio is in the his bass guitar and a beat machine, house, so I hear it when I’m home,” and played gigs at music clubs. Rebekah said. “I did a music video In 1991, he constructed a studio that had to be sent to Guinness docin his Freeport house and recorded umenting the recording of the lonone album after another on cassette gest song. The whole process went tapes. As technology changed, he from Sept. 10, 2020, to April 20, 2021 switched to CDs and released sin- — eight months.” gles to SoundCloud, Spotify, and Lieberman was already into YouTube. more projects by the time Guinness Always, he coordinated his notified him, like extending “The music with his faith, as reflected in Noise Militia” to 60 hours, and proworks like his 2009 album, “Diaspo- ducing “Post Militia Pogo Batallion ra: A Folk-Punk History of the (#39/77),” a 70-minute piece comHebrew Nation.” prising a dozen or so arias. JDub Records signed him to a Lieberman turned 63 on June 21. recording deal in 2009, releasing The leukemia causes bouts of pain “DiKtatoR 17” in 2010 and “The and nausea, he said, “but I get sick Rabbi Is Dead” in summer 2011. and then I pray to my God for comThe second title refers to Lieber- fort. It’s within seconds that I’m man having been diagnosed with playing the bass or whatever. acute myeloid leukemia shortly There’s no doubt this is a miracle.” before his 53rd birthday. “He lived to accomplish what he “They give you 5 years and you wanted to do,” said Rebekah, “so die,” said Lieberman. “And I’m on he’s joyful.” 11 years now. And I think my God is
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REBEKAH LIEBERMAN AND her father displayed his Guinness World Records certificate. STEVE LIEBERMAN STOOD smiling amid the 18 instruments he played to create his recordbreaking song recording.
CRIME WATCH Arrests ■■ A■ male■ suspect■ was■ arrested■ on■ June■ 15■ for■ assault■ when■ Freeport■ police■ officers■ responded■ to■ a■ local■ business■ for■ a■ report of ■assault.■The■victim■told■officers■ that■ he■ had■ engaged■ in■ a■ verbal■ altercation■ with■ a■ male■ inside■ the■ establishment,■and■when■the■victim■left■the■establishment,■ the■ male■ assaulted■ him■ in■ the■ parking■ lot.■ Officers■ then■ located■ and■ arrested■the■suspect. ■■ A■ male■ suspect■ was■ arrested■ on■ June■ 17■for■criminal■possession■of ■a■controlled■ substance.■ Freeport■ police■ Special■ Enforcement■ Officers■ stopped■ a■ male■ on■ North■Main■Street■who■had■an■outstanding■warrant,■and■found■him■to■be■in■possession■of ■narcotics.■ ■■ A■ male■ suspect■ was■ arrested■ on■ June■ 20■for■aggravated■unlicensed■operation■of ■ a■ vehicle.■ While■ on■ routine■ patrol■ on■ Woodcleft■ Avenue,■ Freeport■ Special■ Enforcement■ Officers■ stopped■ a■ vehicle■ for■a■traffic■infraction,■and■found■that■the■ motorist■had■multiple■suspensions■on■his■ license■and■a■warrant■for■his■arrest.
Larceny ■■ A■Freeport■police■officer■responded■to■
a■residence■on■June■16■for■a■report■of ■larceny.■ The■ complainant■ told■ the■ officer■ that■the■complainant■had■left■his■vehicle■ unattended.■ When■ he■ returned■ some■ hours■ later,■ the■ vehicle■ did■ not■ operate■ properly■ because■ sensors■ had■ been■ removed.
Dispute ■■ Freeport■police■officers■responded■to■a■ report■of ■a■dispute■on■June■18■because■a■ customer■was■unhappy■with■the■services at■ the■ establishment.■ The■ business■ told■ the■officer■that■the■product■the■customer■ wanted■ was■ available■ and■ that■ the■ business■ was■ trying■ to■ schedule■ an■ installation■ with■ the■ customer.■ Officers■ were■ able■ to■ help■ resolve■ the■ miscommunication■between■parties.
Identity theft ■■ A■ resident■ reported■ an■ incident■ of ■ identity■ theft■ to■ Freeport■ Police■ Headquarters■ on■ June■ 21.■ The■ complainant■ stated■ that■ unauthorized■ charges■ had■ been■ made■ to■ the■ complainant’s■ Jovia■ account.■ The■ complainant■ had■ obtained■ a■ new■ Jovia■ card■ and■ wanted■ to■ report■ the■fraudulent■activity.
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Freeport woman pleads guilty in fatal crash The■ Nassau■ County■ District■ Attorney’s■ Office■ announced■ that■ a■ Freeport■ woman■ pleaded■ guilty■ on■ June■ 16■ to■ aggravated■vehicular■homicide■and■other■ charges■ in■ a■ 2020■ high-speed■ crash■ that■ killed■ a■ 39-year■ old■ woman■ and■ injured■ the■victim’s■8-year■old■son. Nicole■Pollock,■28,■of ■Freeport,■pleaded■ guilty■ before■ Judge■ Patricia■ Harrington■ to■ aggravated■ vehicular■ homicide■ (a■ B■ felony),■ manslaughter■ in■ the■ second■degree■(a■C■felony),■assault■in■the■ second■ degree■ (a■ D■ violent■ felony),■ assault■ in■ the■ third■ degree■ (an■ A■ misdemeanor),■ driving■ while■ ability■ impaired■ by■the■combined■influence■of ■drugs■or■of ■ alcohol■ and■ any■ drug■ or■ drugs,■ and■ aggravated■ driving■ while■ intoxicated.■ When■Pollock■is■sentenced■on■August■11,■ a■ penalty■ is■ expected■ of ■ 6■ to■ 18■ years■ in■ prison■on■August■11. “This■tragedy■was■the■direct■result■of ■ the■defendant’s■decision■to■drink■and■get■ behind■the■wheel■–■costing■a■woman■her■ life■ and■ a■ son,■ his■ mother,”■ Acting■ District■Attorney■Joyce■Smith■said.■“No■plea■ or■sentence■to■follow■can■erase■the■heart-
ache■ of ■ this■ young■ man■ and■ his■ family,■ but■we■hope■this■outcome■provides■some■ sense■that■justice■has■been■done.”■■■■ According■ to■ the■ investigation,■ on■ Sunday,■February■2,■2020,■at■approximately■12:02■a.m.,■Lissette■Quintanilla,■39,■was■ driving a■ red■ Kia■ north■ on■ the■ Meadowbrook■ Parkway■ with■ one■ passenger,■ her■ 8-year■old■son. Pollock,■ the■ defendant,■ operating■ a■ grey■Nissan■Rogue,■was■driving■at■a■high■ rate■ of ■ speed■ while■ highly■ intoxicated.■ Just■ north■ of ■ Exit■ M7,■ Pollock’s■ Nissan■ collided■ with■ the■ back■ of ■ Quintinilla’s■ Kia,■ causing■ Quintinilla■ to■ lose■ control■ of ■her■vehicle,■cross■lanes■of ■traffic■into■ a■wooded■area,■and■crash■into■a■tree. ■Quintanilla■died■in■the■collision.■Her■ son■ suffered■ a■ fractured■ arm■ and■ other■ injuries. ■ The■ defendant’s■ vehicle■ came■ to■ rest■ along■a■side■rail■north■of ■the■fatal■crash. ■ The■ case■ was■ prosecuted■ by■ Senior■ Assistant■ District■ Attorney■ Christopher■ Casa■ of ■ the■ NCDA’s■ Vehicular■ Crimes■ Bureau.■The■defendant■is■represented■by■ Dennis■Lemke,■Esq.
Flying the flag high Just after Flag Day and in time for July 4, the Freeport Historical Society got an assist from Hale Storm, who volunteered his personal time and his company’s bucket truck to repair a weather-damaged flagpole. The flagpole belongs to the Freeport Historical Society, which is located at 350 South Main Street. Mr. Storm is the proprietor of Freeport Signs & Rigging. The repair of the flagpole will help prepare the museum to reopen for appointments-only tours on July 11. History buffs can call (516) 623-9632 a day or two in advance to arrange for a free tour. The society looks forward to welcoming patrons after the long months of Covid-19 shutdowns, said a news release sent out by Freeport Historical Society President Lorraine Avitabile. Reine Bethany/Herald
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Mayor Alex H. Edelman
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Heralds honor Long Island’s top teachers By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com
The Herald Community Newspapers group held its first live Zoom awards show to honor Long Island teachers for their outstanding work inside and outside the classroom. The Herald Head of the Class Long Island Teacher Awards ceremony was hosted by the Herald and RichnerLIVE, presented by Bank of America and sponsored by Geico. Jordan Sabinsky, who teaches kindergarten at Searingtown Elementary School in the Herricks School District, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award. Nancy Aquino, who teaches second grade in the Baldwin School District’s Steele School, took home the honor for top elementary school teacher. Grace Dong-Janeo, who teaches at Hempstead Middle School, was the top middle school teacher. And Rebecca Rodriguez, a foreign language teacher in the East Rockaway School District, was the top high school teacher. Eric Feil, the Heralds’ director of business development, hosted the event, announcing the winners and interviewi n g t h e m a b o u t t h e i r a c h i e ve ments. “What a night this is going to be as we celebrate the top teachers across Long Island,” Feil told the online audience as the ceremony began. “We’ve all had a teacher in our lives who has made a lasting impact, who was truly special — whether they saw something in us that they brought out, inspired us, or gave us the confidence to go and learn something and apply something new to the world … Now, tonight, we are here to honor them.” Stuart Richner, president and CEO of Richner Communications, thanked viewers for joining in for the night and shared his view of the most influential teachers in students’ lives. “Even before Covid-19 and even before teachers were declared essential workers last August, we all knew just how essential they were … It has always gone without saying that our schools are the true heart and soul of Long Island,” Richner said. “Top educators motivate students in countless ways and create atmospheres of understanding, compassion and curiosity. The most influential teachers go above and beyond, and their impact is felt both inside and outside the classroom. The impact of a great teacher can last a lifetime.” Richner shared how he still fondly recalls the lessons that his sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Stuart Brock, taught about being confident and taking the lead, and always sticking up for those without a voice. When Richner first started holding discussions about the idea of honoring Long Island’s top teachers, he said he knew it would be vital to receive community input. The awards nomination process was open to the public and generated more than 300 nominees, from students, parents and teachers to local business owners. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen our educators meet countless new
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JordAN SABiNSky, who teaches at Searingtown Elementary School in Herricks, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award.
challenges, and they are more deserving than ever of recognition for their passion, determination and dedication,” Richner said. “Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate a teacher and for sharing the moving stories about why you felt they should be honored.” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, of Baldwin, who served on the Baldwin Board of Education before she ran for the County Legislature, spoke directly to Long Island’s teachers at the awards ceremony. “I’ve got kids in school myself, and I know how hard you all have worked this past year and a half pivoting, learning new technology on the fly, making sure that kids got the knowledge, resources, information and preparation needed to succeed,” Curran said. “I am truly grateful for all of your work and a huge congratulations to all the winners and finalists tonight.”
NANcy AquiNo, who teaches in Baldwin, was the top elementary teacher. GrAce doNGJANeo, who teaches in Hempstead, was the top middle school teacher. reBeccA rodriGuez, who teaches in East Rockaway, was the top high school teacher.
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Frank Zangla Commissioner, Parks & Recreation
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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Friday, June 25
view on the Library website for the month of July. For further information, contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274, or email mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info.
Magical Tales with Tails Join us at the Freeport Memorial Library for our all-day (9 a.m. – 9 p.m.) summer reading adventure kickoff! Magic Jim will present a “Tales with Tails” magic show for the whole family, combining magic, humor, and puppetry! Contact the Youth Services Department at (516) 379-3274 or email csoto@ freeportlibrary.info.
I Spy! Leap into an online adventure of I Spy from 4-4:30 p.m. Can you guess which object in the background I am thinking of? I’ll give you some clues until your guess or give up! For grades 1 through 4. Join us on Zoom at https://zoom. us/j/97375551272?pwd=KzhjNi9UU GFiZjlJa3hlWnVVVzFLUT09, Meeting ID 973 7555 1272, passcode 312171. Contact the Youth Services Department at 516-379-3274 or email youthservices@freeportlibrary.info
Origami art online Origami is the art of paper folding. Come 4-4:30 p.m. and learn how to make different animals such as a turtle and a bird! For students in grades 2 to 4. Please join on Global Go To Meeting from your computer, tablet, or smartphone, at https://global.gotomeeting. com/join/750800653. The access code is 750-800-653. Contact the Youth Services Department at (516) 379-3274 or email youthservices@ freeportlibrary.info.
Saturday, June 26 Tai Chi Enjoy a Saturday morning Tai Chi session with the Freeport Memorial Library on June 26 at 10-11 a.m. Please wear comfortable clothing with sneakers and bring your own water. The event will be held on GoToMeeting at https://global. gotomeeting.com/join/509229173. The access code is 509229173. For more information, contact Maryellen Cantanno at (516) 379-3274 or email at mcantanno@freeportlibrary.info
Monday, June 28 Aquatic Art From 2-3 p.m., in-person at the Freeport Memorial Library, let’s make art using water guns and water color. Take your artwork home when you finish. You can also keep the water gun. Registration is necessary. For grades 1 through 6. Warning: YOU MAY GET WET! Rain date is Tuesday, June 29 at 2:30 p.m. Contact the Youth Services
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Waterfront historical tales The history of Freeport’s ever-changing, ever-fascinating waterfront will come alive on Tuesday night in a virtual program in partnership with Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé and Freeport Historian Regina Feeney. For details, see the calendar for Tuesday, June 29. Department at 516-379-3274, or email youthservices@freeportlibrary. info.
Javascript for beginners Children in grades 5 through 12 can register to learn Javascript, a programming language that is mostly used to make websites dynamic. No prior programming experience is necessary. The meeting takes place 5-5:45 p.m. on GoToMeeting, https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/545502365. The access code is 545502365. For further details, contact Freeport Library’s Youth Services Department at (516) 379-3274, or by email: youthservices@ freeportlibrary.info.
Tuesday, June 29 The history of Freeport’s waterfront In partnership with Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé, from 6-7 p.m., join Freeport Historian Regina Feeney to learn the adventurous tumult of Freeport from wildlife haven to oysterman’s heaven to Actor’s Colony to Nautical Mile destination. The program
will be streamed live at the time of the event from Legislator Mulé’s Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/ LegislatorDebraM. You may also contact the Office of Legislator Debra Mulé at 516-571-6205, or email Dmule@nassaucountyny.gov for more information.
Soul with Heart Book Club Join leader Mary Robinson online, 7-8:25 p.m., as we discuss Born a Crime, by famed comedian and “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah. This memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. Please join on Global Go To Meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone at https://global. gotomeeting.com/join/601766589, access code 601-766-3122. Contact the ASK Department at 516-379-3274, ext.505, or email ask@freeportlibrary. info
Wednesday, June 30 Teddy Bear Story Time
From 6-6:30 p.m., children ages 3 to 6 are invited to wear their pajamas and cuddle their favorite teddy bear during this story program. Join our Zoom meeting at https://zoom.us/j/99058864 625?pwd=VURWWTc0Z2I4VkhPS2lVW HliUHpUQT09, Meeting ID 990 5886 4625, Passcode 955066. For more information, contact the Youth Services Department at 516-379-3274, or email youthservices@freeportlibrary. info.
Thursday, July 1 Hidden Stories of Long Island Parks Join savvy sightseer Jeanne Schnupp for this 10 a.m. – 12 noon presentation of “Long Island Parks with Stories to Tell!” At least 70,000 acres of recreational and wooded parkland are spread in a historic network across Long Island, from Queens to Montauk. In this new series, we will visit five very different parks and preserves: Alley Pond in Queens, Christopher Morley in Nassau, and Connetquot River, Caleb Smith, and David Weld in Suffolk. This presentation will be available to
Waterdeep: Dragon Heist Create your own character! Join us on Global Go To Meeting from 6-6:45 p.m. for a session of Dungeons and Dragons. Welcome to Waterdeep, the Crown of the North, where a wondrous urban adventure is about to unfold. Gold coins are hidden in Waterdeep! For grades 5 through 12. Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone at https://global.gotomeeting. com/join/629847365, access code 629-847-365. Contact Youth Services Department at 516-379-3274, or email youthservices@freeportlibrary.info.
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Village Hall’s tower will stay rainbow-lit throughout June, celebrating the LGBTQ+ community. A map display by historian Regina Feeney is on view at Freeport Library through June 28. Freeport dedicated a tennis court at Bishop White Park to instructor-mentor Daniel Burgess. The next village Board of Trustees meeting is on Monday, June 28, 6:30 p.m., Village Hall. Seesion 1 of the Recreation Center’s Full-Day Program starts Monday, June 28, 9 a.m.
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FREEPORT RESIDENT DEBORAH Newton, far right, with, from right, her daughter, Jennah, and Jeremiah and Keyana Allen, celebrated Juneteenth by taking part in the march from Cow Meadow Park.
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SURROUNDED BY HIS crew, Capt. Jacob D’Ottavio of the boat Our Passion held a hand to their winning shark. Their first-place winnings totaled more than $42,000.
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brutality. Myles Hollingsworth, president of port, who brought her daughter, niece and nephew, said, “My family celebrated the NAACP Freeport-Roosevelt Youth Juneteenth for years, with barbecues and Group, echoed Ariana’s sentiment. “The youth should be involved as much possiwatching educational movble,” Hollingsworth said, “but ies.” She teared up when disthe generation before them cussing Juneteenth as a has to give them the tools national holiday, saying, “My they need to thrive, such as mother picked cotton, so slavcritical race theory educaery wasn’t that long ago. It’s tion, reparations and ecoimportant for other people to nomic advancement.” know our struggle.” On Saturday, Black Legacy President Biden signed a Partners also coordinated its bill establishing Juneteenth first annual Juneteenth Food as a federal holiday after the Festival with the Long Island House passed the bill with a Unity March. The festival 415-14 vote. New York state was held from 3 to 10 p.m. in had already recognized JuneCow Meadow Park. teenth on Oct. 14, 2020, when “The festival was a very Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed DEBORAH special day for Black Legacy into law legislation proclaimPartners as we celebrated ing it an official state holiday. NEWTON freedom, empowerment, and He had previously issued an Freeport community on the official executive order recognizing it day that [Juneteenth] is recspecifically for employees on ognized as a federal holiday,” said BLP’s June 17, 2020. Ariana Levin agreed that Juneteenth founder and president, Kestle Bess. is important, but viewed official recogniWhen asked what people should take tion of it as a “Band-Aid” rather than away from this march, Ariana Levin said, “something that can fix the issues that are “Support Black businesses and entreprehappening in the Black community in neurs. We are out there.” America,” citing persistent problems with education, economics and police
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540 pounds.” The returning boats flocked into Guy Lombardo Marina by 6 p.m. The crews unloaded their catches and cheers went up as the winners were announced. The crew of Our Passion, captained by Jacob D’Ottavio, took first place with a 345pound thresher. D’Ottavio reeled in the winning fish and his crew took home a total of $42,065 in prize money. Second place went to the crew of No Time, captained by Nick Sevene. John Farren was the angler who manned the reel, landing a 233.4-pound thresher, and the crew’s prize money totaled $5,771. In third place was the crew of the Black Pearl, captained by Bryan Wetherall. Angler Frank Sollecito reeled in the 201.4-pound thresher. Crew total: $503. Among the prizes, 6 percent of the money from entry fees went to the tagging contest. If an immature shark is caught, it won’t qualify as a catch, but if contestants are willing to tag it before releasing it back into the ocean, then marine biologists can study the tags and track shark migration. Returned tabs are placed in a hopper for a drawing. Three tags were returned by the crew of the boat Cannon Ball 2, earning roughly $200. Two members of the National Marine Fisheries Service, Katie Viducic and Kate Zewinski, also attended the event, collecting measurements for scientific purposes.
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Simultaneous with the Shark Tournament, the Freeport Hudson Anglers hosted its fourth annual Fluke Frenzy. About 40 participants hit the waters to chase after a fluke worth over $1,600. Flukes, also known as summer or northern flounder, inhabit Eastern Coast waters from North Carolina to Maine. Patrick Browne, of Freeport, took first place with his 3.57-pound fluke measuring 20 inches. His fish was good for $726 in prize money. Coming in second with a 3.17pound fluke was Jerry Gimm, who won $525 and barely beat Lynn Donnelly, who finished third with a 3.11-pound fish. Donnelly won $85.
“The Freeport Hudson Anglers would like to thank all of our participants and sponsors for another great year at the Town of Hempstead’s Guy Lombardo Marina,” said a post-contest news release. “We look forward to seeing you in 2022 for the 49th Annual Freeport-Hudson Anglers Shark Tournament and Fifth Annual Fluke Frenzy.”
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Museum director, at 82 By REINE BETHANY rbethany@liherald.com
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BENITO SANCHEZ OF Freeport, who attends Nassau BOCES Career Preparatory High School, was presented with the prestigious George Farber Outstanding Student Award by Nassau BOCES Board Trustee Robert “B.A.” Schoen (fourth from right) and CPHS Principal Easton Hazell (third from left) along with family, administrators and school staff.
Freeport student earns BOCES honor Benito Sanchez, of the Freeport Union Free School District, who attends Nassau BOCES Career Preparatory High School (CPHS), earned the prestigious George Farber Outstanding Student Award this year. The award celebrates a variety of Benito’s remarkable attributes, including passion, perseverance, enthusiasm, outstanding character, scholarship, and a willingness to help others. Sanchez was honored during an individual award ceremony this spring, featuring a special presentation of his award plaque by administrators and Nassau BOCES Board members. He was also honored with a personalized lawn sign and a $100 check from the Nassau BOCES Educational Foundation. “If it wasn’t for this school I don’t think that I would be the person that I am now,” said Sanchez. According to a BOCES press release, Sanchez is known for his honesty, integrity, diligence and compassion, as well as his flawless work ethic. Through the CPHS work program, he has proven himself to be an exceptionally reliable, accountable, and overall invaluable employee. Sanchez worked on the Hofstra
University campus, where he excelled so impressively that he was offered full-time employment. He also performed admirably in the PC Richards job-training program, as well as in a number of jobs in the Freeport community, including an apprenticeship at a local construction company. “Our student winners exemplify the very best of Nassau BOCES,” said District Superintendent Dr. Robert Dillon. “They embody the true spirit of George Farber. Benito has shown kindness to other students, exhibited an excellent work ethic, and demonstrated outstanding commitment. He has eagerly shared his knowledge and made contributions to his community. His story is an inspiration to us all.” For the past 14 years, outstanding students have been earning this award in memory of former Nassau BOCES Board President George Farber, whose passion for improving the lives of students was surpassed only by his love and care for them. Farber was the longest-serving board member in Nassau County, having served from 1971 to 2009.
NEWS BRIEF Marking Pride Month in East Meadow Nassau County Legislator Debra Mulé (D - Freeport) commemorated LGBTQ+ Pride Month on Sunday, June 13, where she joined the LGBT Network for its “Long Island Pride: Together Again” concert and festival at Eisenhower Park’s Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater. “Nassau County celebrates diversity, and it was a pleasure to attend the LGBT
Network’s Pride event at Eisenhower Park alongside my colleagues in government,” Legislator Mulé said. “These events showcase how, when we celebrate what makes us unique, we can all feel included and respected. I am always proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community as an ally in the ongoing quest for equality.”
Joysetta Pearse, director of the African American Museum of Nassau County since 2012, died on June 11 at the age of 82. “She’s gone ahead of us,” said Museum Associate Alicia Evans. Julius Pearse, Joysetta’s husband of 41 years, sat quietly in his office, making arrangements for the funeral service that took place on Monday, June 21, at noon, at the Carl C. Burnett Funeral Home on South Franklin Street. “She was born in Brooklyn,” said Julius, “of Irish and African American ancestry.” Joysetta exerted herself to reveal the hidden histories of Black achievement, firstly in the United States, but also Joysetta worldwide. The displays that she and her team created for the museum referred bluntly to the racial bias that so many Black people had to overcome simply to develop their gifts and achieve greatness. Yet, when Nassau County Executive Laura Curran renamed the museum for the Pearses, Joysetta also remarked that her ancestry made her a uniting point between the races. And given the constant interaction between the museum and local colleges, her capacity to relate to all races and backgrounds enabled her to educate those who came to her very effectively. She had survived a punishing bout with cancer during 2020. By early 2021, she had recovered enough to resume her seat in her office, using a walker whenever she left her seat to stabilize her balance.
She carried on strongly through the May 18 renaming ceremony, but within weeks, her vital signs deteriorated. She entered hospice care in the second week of June. “She was in severe pain,” Julius said, “so the Good Lord decided to take his angel out of pain and He took her home with him.” When asked who might assume Joysetta’s mantle, Julius said bluntly, “Nobody can do that.” However, Joysetta had prepared Alicia Evans and others to take on many of her duties around the museum. “As far as the African American Museum is concerned,” said Julius, “we will give every effort to continue to provide services to the community that fulfill the ideals of Joysetta Pearse.” At the June 21 funeral, Pearse members of the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Club, Inc., read a Resolution in Sorrow, dedicated to Joysetta and her family. The resolution stated in part, “Joysetta was a modern-day Sojourner Truth, through her tireless efforts to improve and educate her community through the African American Museum, the African Atlantic Genealogical Society, and authoring books on African American history … Therefore be it resolved that we, the members of the Northeast District, pause to pay a richly deserved tribute of love, affection, and respect to our dear sister and friend.” On Sunday, June 27, from 2 to 4 p.m., a tribute to Joysetta will be held at the museum. “The title of her memorial service,” said Julius, “will be ‘A Tribute to Our
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Adam Jan Mikolajczyk, of Freeport, died on June 16 at the age of 71. He is survived by his loving wife of almost 48 years, Maria (Czyzewska), his daughter Malgorzata Norton and son-in-law James Norton, his son Michal and daughter-in-law Kimberlee Mikolajczyk, his daughter Michelle Mikolajczyk, his sister Anna Mikolajczyk, and many beloved relatives. Adam was a prominent activist of the Polish anti-communist union, Solidarnosc, in the Nidzica region. Under persecution, he immigrated with his family to the United States in January 1984 through the help of President Ronald Regan and Amnesty International. Adam was an engineer who received many awards and held 12 engineering patents. In 1998, he won the Hero Award with his son in the Around Long Island Regatta for answering a mayday call and helping sailors who had fallen ill. The funeral was held on June 23 at Our Holy Redeemer Roman Catholic Church in Freeport, with interment at St. Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale.
Maximino Plasencia, of Freeport, died on June 17 at age 87. He was the beloved husband of Maria Consuelo, and the loving father of Jose Ramon, Rafael, Miquelina, the late Maximo Antonio, and Victor Manuel. He was also the dear grandfather of 14. A religious service was held on June 20 at Hungerford & Clark Inc. Funeral home, with interment in the Cemeterio Municipal, Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic.
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he general public has little or no idea how government works. Citizens may go to a town, city council or village board meeting, but they’re usually there for a brief visit about some neighborhood issue, and after that there’s no longer any contact with the world of elected officials. Most of my service has been in state government, having spent 23 years in the State Assembly. When I contrast the State Legislature of my years to the current one, I must confess I have JERRY mixed emotions. When I arrived KREMER in Albany in 1966, and through all the years that I was in office, the makeup of the Legislature was what I think the founding fathers would have approved. There were insurance agents, teachers, bankers, undertakers, merchants and former athletes, and there was even a legislator who drove trotting horses at night. They all had some things in common, which were either prior public service or they knew
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what it was like to make a payroll. Almost all of my colleagues understood that being an elected official required time and patience. Many of them who were committee chairs had a deep knowledge of their assigned subject, and their expertise was obvious during floor debates. I often found myself in awe at how a particular member had mastered a very complex area and could speak with such intimate knowledge about a pending proposal. Luckily, I had the chance to either listen to or be a part of floor debates that were challenging and sometimes combative. Because I eventually rose to be the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, I had the opportunity to learn the inside workings of state government, which was an experience that I cherish to this day. But sadly, today’s Legislature is no longer a carbon copy of the one I experienced. On the positive side, there are still many hard-working members who have a positive influence on the legislative process. They know what they’re talking about, and their many successes in creat-
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ing new laws is proof of their effectiveness. The Long Island legislative delegation, headed by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, is a very effective group, and they display sanity and knowledge when they speak out on some important issue. That’s the good news about today’s Albany. But there’s also a very unsettling side to the changes that are taking place. Every person has the right to run for office, and if they can get a majority of the voters to support them, they will have the exciting opportunity to serve. From time to time, some new members become a positive force in the Legislature and succeed by doing their homework. But there are a growing number of new members who have no life experience, and are now in the public arena without a clue about what is expected of them. Some call themselves “progressive,” but their positions on vital subjects are far from progressive. New laws cost money, and there should be an understanding that the average taxpayer can afford just so much. The newcomers focus on finding ways to tax the people that they consider
growing number in the Legislature don’t have a clue about what is expected of them.
“rich.” They advocate punishing tax measures that are a message to New Yorkers that if you can relocate, now is the time. The number of residents and businesses that leave the state is rising at a staggering rate. States like Florida are welcoming these disenchanted people with open arms. I have had over a dozen conversations in the past six months with people who aren’t Jeff Bezos types but who are giving up on New York because they see what has happened and fully expect times to get even worse. It’s bad enough that so many people’s lives have been decimated by a year of Covid, and now they face punishing program after program that threaten their ability to survive economically. There is no magic formula to change the direction of state politics. Maybe an aroused public will take action on Election Day, but that’s probably wishful thinking. What some people call good change I call a calamity. 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.
Covid-19 took so much, even our words
nce upon a time, a superspreader was a nifty tool for installing grout during a tiling job. Then we blinked, a virus leaped from a bat to a person and the world wobbled on its axis. Within weeks we crashed from a functioning society, with reasonable expectations for living full lives, to a dysfunctional country coping poorly with a global pandemic. In our new reality, superspreader has been repurposed to mean a social gathering where RANDI people sick with KREISS the coronavirus infect large numbers of other people. In the old times, you could buy a super-spreader for $31.88. And chances are it wouldn’t kill you. Covid-19 has transformed not just the way we live and go to work and school, how we shop and how we access medical care, how we travel and how we raise our children. The virus has hijacked our language. A mask is now universally recognized as a face covering to protect people from the coronavirus. The lowly cloth worn to
cover nose and mouth can also be a charged political statement. Not wearing a mask in a place where masks are mandatory is an act of defiance. Only two years ago, face coverings were pretty much associated with surgeons, Halloween or certain religious observances. Now we conduct our lives by where and how we wear our masks. We need a dictionary of the pandemic. What about the word refresh? You may think of a splash of cold water or running a comb through your hair, but I think of spending many hours for many days in a row trying to get appointments online for our vaccines. I would go to the designated site and then begin refreshing, over and over, hoping to land a shot. Eventually I did, after an unreasonable amount of repetitive key clicking. Before the pandemic, when I heard the world bleach, I thought of how much clothing I’ve ruined by splashing Clorox in the wrong places. But then, at the peak of the Covid surge around the country, there was the former president suggesting that people might inject bleach into their bodies to fight the virus. It was a singular moment in presi-
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dential briefings; the lunacy of the suggestion prompted Dr. Deborah Birx, on the stage to one side of the president, to twist her face in a silent agony of disbelief. It erased for all time the notion that bleach is just bleach. Will anyone ever hear the words refrigerator truck again and not flash back to the grim parade of trucks repurposed as morgues and lined up outside New York hospitals? Perhaps the new word associations are a kind of PTSD. I was driving on a highway recently, and when a refrigerator truck pulled alongside, I instantly recalled the dark days of New York City in the grip of the virus. For all my life, Q has been the regal 17th letter of the alphabet. Now, Q, short for QAnon, is inextricably tied to the political fringe group that metastasized among millions of Americans, spreading false information about the pandemic and misinformation about the scientists on the front lines of fighting the disease. Not to mention that Q followers have challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election and supported the Jan. 6 insurrection at our Capitol. I cannot hear Q without feeling anxious for
ill you ever think of ‘mask,’ ‘refresh’ or ‘flatten the curve’ the same way?
our democracy and our ability to have free and safe elections. How many of us were familiar with the term flatten the curve? And yet we heard that every day for months as scientists urged us to isolate and mask up to stop the awful surges of the pandemic. Those three words are changed forever in my mind. Even the word virus is heard differently. We have known viruses in our time, but this one quickly assumed Infectious Disease Hall of Fame status. We have protection from measles and polio and mumps. But for a long time, we were completely vulnerable to the Covid super bug. Once upon a time, a pod was thought of as a covering of a pea or a storage unit. Suddenly a pod became a small, safe group of family members or friends who socially distance together to limit exposure to Covid. The word even became a verb: to pod with a friend in the interest of mutual good health. Language is a living thing, evolving over time. The pandemic experience has co-opted our shared lexicon. It has appropriated words and led us to coin new ones to describe a time of profound loss and grief. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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plans that were formulated with public input. Plans had to be submitted to the state by this April. The governor gave the people a role in determining how they would be policed. There was much talk on the right of how such measures would impede police work and endanger officers. Quite the opposite, the legislation has only increased police transparency, slowly but surely building public trust. Tens of thousands of good police officers who do their jobs without incident had no problem with the state’s reform package. Improving police relations in communities of color could take years, if not decades. The sense of unease and fear that too many Black people feel toward police had been brewing since the creation of the nation’s first police department in New York City in 1844. It will take time to heal. New York state is, however, headed on the right path. At the same time, Nassau County and
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ov. Andrew Cuomo last June signed an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees now receive a paid day off. It was the right move. On June 17 this year, President Biden signed a measure designating Juneteenth a federal holiday. That, too, was the right move. On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen.
But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. That day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas. It officially became a state holiday there in 1980, but as of 2019, only Texas had recognized it as a paid holiday for state employees. There were, astoundingly, 14 Republican members of Congress who voted against the measure to create the national holiday, saying that they objected to the use of “Independence Day” in the legislation, or that the nation didn’t need another federal holiday. (There are now 11.)
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the Police Benevolent Association at last recently reached an agreement to require officers to wear body cameras. We wonder why it took so long, particularly given that the Village of Freeport had adopted them as early as 2015 — the first municipality in New York to do so — and why county officers will be paid $3,000 annually to wear them. Wearing a body camera, after all, requires no extra effort, no additional work, on an officer’s part. We are pleased to see, though, that officers will be wearing them as early as this fall. Undoubtedly, we, as a nation, have a long way to go before we finally achieve a racially just society. We have seen unarmed Black men killed by police in other parts of the country in recent months. Each death is a tragedy that we hope and pray will not be repeated. The year since the death of George Floyd was a start toward reform.
LETTERS Ranked-choice voting is my choice To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “Ranked-choice voting? Not my choice” (June 10-16): Like Jerry Kremer, I consider myself somewhat old-fashioned in some respects, but unlike Mr. Kremer, rankedchoice voting is my choice indeed. It was hoped that the much-anticipated voting in New York City would proceed without problems or glitches, allowing the city’s primary voters to rank their choices for candidates and vote their consciences. Two RCV bills recently considered by the State Legislature would expand the system statewide and to general elections, not just primaries and special elections. Ranked-choice voting is gaining momentum and traction. RCV eliminates the “spoiler effect,” allowing voters to
There should have been no reason for dissent on this legislation. The United States did not truly become the “land of the free” until all of its people were free. Until that June day in 1865, they were not. The country should acknowledge that fact. A federal holiday forces us to confront our history. Last weekend, it was wonderful to see people across Nassau County gathering in parks to celebrate with song and food or in the streets to march, reminding us that we have many miles to walk before we achieve the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a society in which “little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.”
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he Florida state Board of Education recently banned the teaching of critical race theory because all topics taught in Florida schools must be “factual and objective,” and CRT asserts that “racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an early contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, denounced CRT because, he said, it teaches children “the country is ALAN rotten and that our institutions SINGER are illegitimate.” Teaching CRT is also banned in Tennessee and Idaho. In response to this assault on history, school districts across the United States are racing to report that they teach critical thinking, not critical race theory, although it is unclear whether the opponents of teaching U.S. history, with all its warts, inconsistencies and systemic racism, understand the distinction. In a joint statement, the American Historical Association, the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers, the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council for the Social Studies and 75 other educational organizations denounced a string of legislative propos-
als across the country that “target academic lessons, presentations, and discussions of racism and related issues in American history in schools, colleges and universities.” They charged that the bills infringe on “the right of faculty to teach and of students to learn”; “substitute political mandates for the considered judgment of professional educators”; and are designed to prevent an “honest reckoning with all aspects” of America’s past. In some circles, vehement opposition to CRT has become the new code phrase for rallying white opposition to full rights and citizenship for AfricanAmericans. During the Civil War, white racists and anti-war Copperhead Democrats accused abolitionists and Republicans of promoting miscegenation, race-mixing leading to biracial children that would eventually replace the white race. In a 1981 interview, Lee Atwater, a Republican consultant and confidant of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, explained how coded language worked. Because you could no longer openly use racially offense terms, “you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff,” but the people you are appealing to know exactly what you mean. When Reagan ran for president, he attacked “welfare queens” driving around in Cadillacs. A television ad for Bush associated his Democratic opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael
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LETTERS chose the candidates they actually prefer without fear of giving an advantage to candidates who are considered totally unacceptable. The system tends to give better representation to women, ethnic minorities and other groups that are traditionally under-represented in our political system. There is less fear of splitting votes among similar candidates by gender, ethnic group or ideology. RCV elections also tend to be more civil, producing less caustic, negative campaigning. Candidates are motivated to avoid alienating voters who might give them a ranking that might actually elect them as the votes are transferred to them from losing candidates. Rankedchoice voting is more likely to result in a deeper discussion of the actual issues rather than personal attacks. Ranked-choice voting is not old-fashioned, though it was used in the 1930s and ’40s for City Council general elections in New York City, Yonkers and Long Beach. For many, these elections exemplify a gold standard for democratic participation in the electoral process — RCV was combined with proportional representation, giving many groups and
Dukakis, with Willie Horton, a Black man convicted of murder who committed other serious crimes after taking part in a release program. The controversy over CRT erupted in Commack when members of a group called the Loud Majority disrupted two public meetings, interrupting Board of Education members and speakers in the audience, including students who were trying to explain how they felt slighted in a curriculum that ignored who they were. Instead of silencing the disruptors or requiring them to leave, board members and district officials kept trying to explain the curriculum to people who were not interested in listening. Kimberlé Crenshaw, who teaches law at UCLA and Columbia University and was an early proponent of critical race theory, described it as “an approach to grappling with a history of white supremacy that rejects the belief that what’s in the past is in the past, and that the laws and systems that grow from that past are detached from it.” In the 1990s, social scientists and educational researchers began to employ CRT as a lens to understand the persistence of race and racism. It became controversial when then President Trump denounced CRT as part of his response to The New York Times’s 1619 Project. To rally his supporters during his re-election campaign, Trump declared, “Critical race theory is being forced into our
children’s schools, it’s being imposed into workplace trainings, and it’s being deployed to rip apart friends, neighbors and families.” As a former high school social studies teacher, I embrace the effort by the National Council for the Social Studies to promote critical thinking based on an evaluation of evidence. I find CRT to be an important lens for engaging students as critical thinkers, and I believe it helps teachers involve students in a broader discussion. The European Enlightenment is often known as the Age of Reason, because Enlightenment thinkers tried to apply scientific principles to understand human behavior and how societies work. Many of the earliest Enlightenment thinkers were from England, Scotland and France, but the idea of using reason and science spread to other European countries and their colonies. In the U.S., Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are considered Enlightenment thinkers. Some historians, including me, point out that the Age of Reason in Europe was also the peak of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were transported to the Americas as enslaved laborers for plantations. 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.
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political parties a true voice in government, proportional to their actual voting strength in their communities. The RCV/PR systems of that earlier, progressive time did much to eliminate — for a while — the entrenched bossism of political machines. The reform was unfortunately eliminated by the Red Scare movement of McCarthyism. JIM BROWN Secretary, Green Party of Nassau County
Are we really that racist, Randi? To the Editor: I totally disagree with Randi Kreiss’s column “Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?” in the June 10-16 issue. She repeats the rubbish that America is a terrible racist nation. That is not true, and she knows it! How could Barack Obama have been elected two times, and how could our current vice president, Kamala Harris,
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be in office if Randi is correct? She is mouthing the lies of the Democratic Party and helping them capture total power in our country.
I urge her to wake up and reconsider her position! JAMES G. COLLINS Floral Park
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SAVE $4.29!
With Club Card. Limit 4 Offers.
144 Fl Oz Pkg 12 Oz Assorted Beer
Corona 12 Pack
$
15
99
With Club Card. Plus Deposit Where Applicable.
12 Oz Can Regular
Libby’s Corned Beef
3
$ 99 With Club Card. Limit 2 Offers.
64 Fl Oz Btl ... Assorted (Excludes: 100%)
Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice Cocktail
2/$
5
With Club Card. Limit 2 Offers. Must Buy 2.
15.44 Lb Bag
Royal Oak Hardwood Charcoal Briquets
$
3
$ 99
Chobani Greek Yogurt
12
99
Tropicana Orange Juice
MIX OR MATCH!
2/$
10
10/$
7
With Club Card. Limit 4 Offers. Must Buy 2.
67.6 Fl Oz Btl ... Assorted Lipton, Mug, Sierra Mist, Crush, Mountain Dew, Country Time, Dr. Brown’s, MIX OR Pennsylvania Dutch, Dole, Manzanita,
5/$
With Club Card.
52 Fl Oz Btl ... Assorted Trop50 Juice or Pure Premium: Grapefruit or
5.3 Oz Cont Assorted Flip, Complete, Regular, Probiotic or Less Sugar
Pepsi or Schweppes 2 Liter
3/$ 99 12 Oz Bag Hot Dog or Hamburger
With Club Card. Limit 4 Offers.
5
MATCH!
5
12 Fl Oz Can Regular Only
Carnation Evaporated Milk
5/$
With Club Card & Add’l $10 Purchase. Limit 1 Offer. Must Buy 5. Plus Deposit Where Applicable.
5
With Club Card & Add’l $10 Purchase. Limit 1 Offer. Must Buy 5.
30 Fl Oz Jar Regular Only
38 Oz Btl Regular
Heinz Tomato Ketchup
Hellmann’s Mayonnaise
2/$
$ 49
5
3
With Club Card. Limit 2 Offers. Must Buy 2.
With Club Card. Limit 2 Offers.
• 9.7 Oz ... Trix With Marshmallows • 10.4 Oz ... Original Cocoa Puffs • 10.9 Oz ... Hershey’s Kisses • 9 Oz ... Multi Grain Cheerios • 11.7 Oz ... Golden Grahams • 8.9 Oz ... Original Cheerios • 10.3 Oz ... Pokémon Berry • 10.6 Oz ... Cookie Crisp • 10.7 Oz ... Original Trix
144 Fl Oz Pkg ... 12 Oz Cans Assorted
La Croix Sparkling Water 12 Pack
General Mills Cereal
2/$
5
MIX OR MATCH!
With Club Card. Limit 2 Offers. Plus Deposit Where Applicable.
With Club Card. Limit 4 Offers. Must Buy 2.
Assorted: 42 Count Cont ... Pods or 92 Fl Oz Cont
Tide Laundry Detergent
$
10
99
With Club Card. Limit 2 Offers.
3
$ 99
YOUR CHOICE!
4 Double Roll Pack Select-A-Size
Bounty Paper Towels
8
$ 99 With Club Card. Limit 2 Offers.
We reserve the right to limit quantities to one can or package on sale items. Items offered for sale are not available in case lots. Alcoholic beverages may not be available in all locations. We are not responsible for typographical errors. Some Items Not Available in all Locations.
• Magnifico Salami
5
$ 99 lb.
Sliced To Order
FROZEN 1.5 Qt Cont ... Assorted Dairy Desserts or (Excludes: Non-Dairy)
Breyers Ice Cream
2/$
6
With Club Card. Limit 4 Offers. Must Buy 2.
14.5-15 Oz Can ... Assorted Big, Overstuffed, Jumbo or Regular (Excludes: Whole Grains & Throwback)
Chef Boyardee Pasta
5/$
5
23.9-24 Oz Jar Assorted Simply or Regular
(Excludes: Organic, Alfredo & Cheese)
Ragú Pasta Sauce
2/$
3
With Club Card. Limit 2 Offers. Must Buy 2.
144 Fl Oz Pkg ... 12 Oz Assorted Barq’s, Dr. Pepper, Fresca, Fanta, Tab, Mello Yello, Fuze, Minute Maid, Seagram’s, Sprite or
Coke 12 Pack
3/$
MIX OR MATCH!
1099
With Club Card & Add’l $10 Purchase. Limit 2 Offers. Must Buy 3. Plus Deposit Where Applicable.
BUY
2
199
PAY $
ea.
With Club Card. Limit 4 Offers.
16 Count Pkg ... Oxy Overload Toss-Ins or 60 Fl Oz Cont ... Oxy Overload, Stain Be Gone Advanced or FT Fusion Midnight Freesia
• Ajax
Laundry Detergent
MIX OR MATCH!
60 Fl Oz Cont Purple Wildflowers or Paradise Escape
• Dynamo
Laundry Detergent
72 Fl Oz Cont ... Lavender or Spring Fresh
• Final Touch
Fabric Softener
Lesser or Additional Items To Scan at $2.99 Each.
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June 24, 2021 — FREEPORT HERALD
Fri. June
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