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Town lifeguards learn how to treat shark bites By ANGElINA ZINGARIEllo azingariello@liherald.com
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Ann Marie Glazer, center left, trauma coordinator at NYU Langone, and Town Supervisor Don Clavin, center right, joined other town officials and lifeguards to learn how to stop bleeding from a shark bite.
Sharks have been the talk of the summer across Long Island. Sightings, and some injuries, have caused a spike in awareness, thanks in no small part to reports on TV news. On area beaches, concerns have risen about the potential for encounters with sharks. On Aug. 8, off Rockaway Beach, a woman was seriously wounded when a shark bit her left leg. In a move to address the situation, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin partnered with NYU Langone Hospital Long Island to facilitate special training for town lifeguards on Aug. 16. More than 20 guards gathered at Town Park in Point Lookout, along with some of the town’s EMTs, to take part in “Stop the Bleed” training. “Town of Hempstead lifeguards are among the best in the business, and they are always prepared for the worst,” CoNTiNUeD oN pAGe 5
Museum welcomes Long Beach man’s bottled ships By WIll SHEElINE wsheeline@liherald.com
collector of the most iconic variety of so-called impossible bottles who died in May, recently donated 19 bottle-encased ships from his collection, which will no doubt continue to serve as inspiration and education for generations to come. The craft of creating a ship in a bottle dates back to the late 18th century. Gina Van Bell, the museum’s assistant director, explained that they represent NAS
While many young people might not know about the historical pastime of creating and collecting ships in bottles, a recent donation to the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum will help ensure that the history of the hobby will not be forgotten. The family of Lester Kappel, of Long Beach, an avid
an important aspect of the local artistry of the period, because many were made by whalers and sailors who spent weeks or months aboard a ship with little else to do but craftwork to pass the time. Long Island was a crucial contributor to the whaling industry for decades, and port towns like Cold Spring Harbor were epicenters of whaling. Making ships in bottles was AUGUST 24, 2023
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very common on Long Island, and on the North Shore in particular. “Empty glass bottles, small pieces of wood and sail, and tools such as sewing needles already on hand for repairing sails, could all be used to make a ship in a bottle craft,” Van Bell wrote in a statement. “Whalers (might) keep their art as a souvenir or give it to a loved one at the end of a long
voyage.” While the Kappel family could not be reached by press time, Van Bell explained that Lester Kappel had collected ships in bottles for several decades. Part of his collection had previously been on display in the museum in 2001. Kappel was born in Brooklyn nearly a century ago, and began coming to Long Beach CoNTiNUeD oN pAGe 6