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Vol. 32 No. 27
JUlY 1 - 7, 2021
Surfing inspires children’s book “The book is a message of hope and healing,” he said. The book is centered on a Among the things Cliff Sku- character named Milo the Sloth. din knows is water. A foreword notes that the book Among the things Jeanine was written “in response to the Sorensen knows is children. Covid-19 pandemic to support Skudin, whose name is synon- the organization and the athletes ymous in Long Beach with run- it sponsors.” ning surf shops and teaching Milo, a happy sloth, loves surfing, and Sorensen, a school playing with his best friends, psychologist at Lindell Elemen- Sue the Snail, Sha the Turtle and tary School in Long Kai the Chameleon. Beach, put what The sloth is always they know together swinging from tree a n d h ave c o to tree and having authored a lively, fun, the authors colorful children’s write. book, “Milo the Alas, one day, Sloth: Saved by the “many of Milo’s Stoke.” friends are not On Tuesday around to play,” and night, they signed when he asks his Cliff SkUDiN copies of the book at mom if he can go the Bright Eye Beer out and play, she Co. on Park Avenue. They also says no. No movies, no library. “A hosted a fundraiser for Skudin virus is spreading,” Milo learns. Surf For All, a Long Beach-based Milo is lonely and sad, but nonprofit that organizes surf one day he meets a pod of doloutings and other events for chil- phins surfing in the waves. “I’m dren and adults with physical so stoked,” one dolphin says. and developmental disabilities. Milo joins the dolphins and About 100 people turned out find happiness, recalling how he for the book signing and fund- used to play with his friends who raiser, including members of the one day will rejoin him. Long Beach City Council, well“The worry worms in his known real-estate brokers and mind and squirmy nerves in his students of Skudin Surf For All. belly are all gone.” “We were trying to come up Skudin said he believed the with a response to the pandem- water cures much, both mentally ic,” Skudin said. “We knew we and physically. He describes it as wanted to keep the kids in the possessing a healing quality, one water, and keep up their interest.” Continued on page 4
By JaMeS BerNSTeiN jbernstein@liherald.com
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e knew we wanted to keep the kids in the water.
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Congratulations, class of 2021! Members of Long Beach High School’s senior class threw their mortarboards skyward at their commencement last Friday.
Kaminsky plots his next move, from Senate to D.A.’s office By JaMeS BerNSTeiN Jbernstein@liherald.com
Todd Kaminsky, who was reelected last November to a third two-year term in the State Senate, announced his candidacy for Nassau County district attorney on Tuesday. Appearing in a dark blue suit despite the heat, the 42-year-old Kaminsky stood outside the Nassau D.A.’s office in Mineola, flanked by his wife, the lawyer Ellen Tobin, Nassau County
Executive Laura Curran and a host of other state and county officials, retired police officers, Kaminsky’s parents and supporters from his hometown of Long Beach. Kaminsky was endorsed by the Nassau County Democratic Party last Friday. Nassau’s outgoing D.A., Madeline Singas, was confirmed as a judge on New York’s highest court this month, triggering an election in November. “We begin our campaign for
Nassau County district attorney today,” said Kaminsky, to cheers from a crowd of about 100 people. “We need steady, experience leaders” in the D.A.’s office, he said. Kaminsky, who was a state assemblyman before winning a seat in the Senate in 2016, emphasized his law-enforcement experience in his speech. He has been criticized by Republicans for his support of a bail reform law that freed defenContinued on page 6