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E.R. native returns to director’s role Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards, and for which she earned a Golden Globe nominaEast Rockaway native John J. tion and other accolades. Kim Budion has signed on to direct stars in “Minari,” which is set his first film since he wrote, and for full release this year. Budion was behind the lens for, the said he saw it at the Hamptons award-winning “Rockaway.” International Film Festival, and Budion will deter mined that direct “Latchkey Kim was “perfect” Kids,” written by for the role in his Meaghan J. Cleary next project. and set to begin “I’m looking forfilming in June. It’s ward to their a dark comedy that dynamic because follows a bright in their own 9-year-old boy as he respective films, befriends an eccenthey are so unique tric teenage girl and phenomenal,” looking to escape Budion said. the troubling life JoHN J. BUdioN “ We ’ ve a l r e a dy that her mother Latchkey Kids’ director seen the industry has burdened her get really excited with. While that is about their potenunfolding, the police suspect the tial, and I just think their synerboy is killing his babysitters. gy with one another in scenes is “It’s a little dark, a little fun, a just going to be magical through little adventurous, and there’s a the lens.” little drama in there,” Budion Cleary said she worked on the said. “It’s a cross-pollination of script for many years, and she genres.” was excited to have the two For the two starring roles, young actors on board along Budion and Cleary landed the with Budion. Cleary, a Bedford two young actors they were hop- Hills, N.Y., native who now lives ing for in Elsie Fisher and Alan in Ridgewood, Queens, won Best S. Kim. Fisher rose to promi- Screenplay for “Latchkey Kids” nence in the movie “Eighth Grade,” which won Best First Continued on page 4

By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

Courtesy Mike Graham

FlowERS BY MikE owner Mike Graham said it was “amazing” to be voted best florist in Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s Best of Long Island 2021 contest. He owns shops in Oceanside and East Rockaway.

Florist continues to grow neighborhood support By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

Two years after starting his business in Oceanside and another one in East Rockaway, Flowers by Mike owner Mike Graham is already seeing the fruits of his labor. Earlier this month, the business was voted the best flower shop on Long Island in Bethpage Federal Credit Union’s Best of Long Island 2021 contest. “It’s just amazing that the community’s been so influen-

tial to us, and they’ve been really behind us and keeping us going, and I just can’t thank them enough,” Graham said. “The support and the buying local is there, it’s coming, we see it, and it’s just a great thing to see the community come out and to win a big award with only two years in business.” Graham opened his shop, at 221 Mer rick Road in Oceanside, in January 2018, with the goal of being involved in the community.

Last April he launched a second Flowers by Mike shop at 338 Atlantic Ave. in East Rockaway. According to the contest website, Best of Long Island is “a roadmap to the best, topnotch businesses and services throughout both Nassau and Suffolk counties,” including restaurants, shops and family-run businesses. The residents and patrons who rely on the businesses determine the winners by voting on the conContinued on page 13

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Students celebrate different cultures To promote global thinking and celebrate diversity, West End Elementary School first-graders spent a week diving into the cultural celebrations of Australia, Brazil, Greece, Kenya and the Philippines. Students learned how each country celebrates the new year by reading, watching videos and conducting research. Each class then focused on one specific country

to become experts on. They created lap books to organize the new vocabulary and to respond to critical thinking questions and writing prompts. On Jan. 14, each class presented their country to the other in-person and remote first grade classes through the video conferencing platform Cisco Webex. During the presentation, students were called on

to share what they found interesting about that country’s celebration. Students also discussed how the celebrations differed from their own and how they were similar.

liv krokoff researched celebrations and traditions from around the world with her class.

first-grader shea alvarez learned about Kenya’s new year’s traditions.

Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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West end elementary School first-grader Nico Prato learned about new year’s traditions in different countries during a recent exercise.

E.R. students spark science competition Students in the Science Research Program at East Rockaway JuniorSenior High School participated in Northwell Health’s Spark Challenge on Jan. 14. The purpose of the virtual experience was to expose high schoolers to the various career opportunities in health care. Students participated in webinars, interactive presentations and heard a keynote presentation on leadership and neurosurgery by Dr. David Langer, chairman of the Department of Neuro-

surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, in New York City, and professor of neurosurgery and radiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, in Hempstead. Students will take this experience and develop an infomercial-style presentation to highlight a single health career that was presented. Once completed, they will submit their presentation into the Spark Challenge contest in April. Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

Photos Courtesy East Rockaway School District

east rockaWay Junior-senior High School students participated in Northwell Health’s Spark Challenge. dr. david langer, chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Lenox Hill Hospital, in New York City, and professor of neurosurgery and radiology at Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, in Hempstead, was the keynote speaker for Northwell Health’s Spark Challenge.

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‘Rockaway’ creator to direct ‘Latchkey Kids’ film continuEd fRom fRont pagE at the School of Visual Arts in 2015. She and Budion have similar influences, such as “Stand by Me,” and she was impressed with his work on “Rockaway,” which is a coming-of-age film — partly filmed in East Rockaway — that chronicles characters based on Budion and his brother, Anthony, as they plot revenge against their abusive father and spend time with characters based on friends they grew up with in the village. “It really sealed the deal when I saw his film, ‘Rockaway,’ that I really knew that this was the right guy to direct my film because of the performances he got out of those kids,” Cleary said. “It was just amazing . . . It’s really cool to have such a great group of people involved as well. It’s exciting.” After the success of “Rockaway,” which won several awards at various film festivals and is streaming on Amazon Prime and other platforms, Budion worked as the special effects supervisor for “No Sudden Move.” Steven Soderbergh directed the film, which stars Matt Damon, Brendan Fraser and Jon Hamm. Since 2018, Budion has worked with Cleary on editing the script for “Latchkey Kids” until they perfected it. When it was finalized, they passed it on to Budion’s manager, Cory Thompson, who co-founded Tact Media in 2018 and worked with producers from the Related Pictures Group to champion the project. Thompson said his role is to lay the groundwork for the film, which includes finding financing for it. He has known Budion for many years, dating back to their days at New York University, and was also involved in “Rockaway.” He said he is a proponent of independent movies, and that he was drawn to the project after reading the script. “I found it to be a really compelling, fun and entertaining script, and I saw potential breakouts for the two leads with their performances,” Thompson said. “Since John has experience working with young actors, this felt like a natural progression.” Budion said he hoped that by the time cameras begin rolling in June, the country would be in a better place with the coronavirus pandemic. Shooting locations have not been finalized yet. He added that the pandemic has brought about many changes in his profession, including making sure sets are equipped with personal protective equipment and ensuring social distancing is enforced between actors, crew members and everyone involved. Budion said he learned a great deal from writing and directing “Rockaway,” and he would bring those lessons to “Latchkey Kids.” He also noted that he and Cleary have brought their respective visions to the film and have worked well as a team so far. “You can tell right away if something’s going to work,” he said. “We felt from the get-go that this could be something really special.”

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East Rockaway nativE John J. Budion will direct “Latchkey Kids,” a coming-of-age dark comedy.

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mEaghan J. clEaRy, above, wrote “Latchkey Kids,” and said she was excited to work with Budion.

young actoRs alan S. Kim and Elsie Fisher will star in the film.

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It is the legal obligation of the East Rockaway School District to provide transportation for children of the district attending private and parochial schools outside the district. This transportation is provided only when the following conditions are met: ■ For elementary school transportation, when the child lives at least two miles from the private or parochial school, but not more than 15 miles. ■ For secondary transportation, when the child lives at least three miles from the private or parochial school, but not more than 15 miles. Forms for transportation requests may be obtained by calling (516) 887-8300, option 1 ext. 556, or by writing to East Rockaway UFSD, Transportation Office, 443 Ocean Ave., East Rockaway, 11518-1299. This request must be filed by April 1. If you anticipate enrollment of your child in a private or parochial school in Septem-

ber, even if your child has not yet been accepted, a written request for transportation should be made at this time. The application is also available on the district’s website, eastrockawayschools.org. Education law specifically states that the application must be made annually for each new school year. Parents of children with disabilities attending various schools need not apply for the renewal of transportation. Requests arriving after April 1 will not be considered unless the requests are from new residents. New residents should make application within 30 days of the date that residency in the district is established. All requests should be sent to:

Gold prospector meets an untimely end in 1898 By Art MAttson lyneditor@liherald.com

Editors note: Lynbrook historical odds and ends is a column that takes a look back at some interesting facts and events in the village from over the years.

Mrs. Jeannine Iadevaia East Rockaway UFSD Transportation Office 443 Ocean Ave. East Rockaway, 11518-1299

ERSD’s kindergarten registration set for May Kindergarten registration for residents of the East Rockaway School District, who will turn age 5 on or before Dec. 1, are scheduled for the week of May 10-14.

Photos courtesy Art Mattson

If you have not already contacted the Central Registration Office, call AmayaMoran at (516) 887-8300, press 1, ext.43, or email her at namayamoran@eastrockawayschools.org.

when the schooner Jane Gray sank near Vancouver. The vessel was bound for the Klondike and was overcrowded with miners and mining equipment. —South Side Observer June 3, 1898

Wilbur Doxsey will start on Saturday for Alaska in search of gold. —South Side Observer April 29, 1898

Mattson is the official Lynbrook village historian and the director of the Historical Society of East RockMAttson away and Lynbrook. Additionally, he is the author of Gloom has been cast over this village “The History of Lynbrook,” which is availon news of Wilbur Doxsey. He drowned able on Amazon.com and at local libraries.

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community update Ongoing Covid-19 Testing Lynbrook residents are eligible to get tested for Covid-19 at the Valley Stream Pool parking lot, 123 W. Merrick Road in Valley Stream from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesdays and Fridays. Rapid testing is available and no appointments are needed. Stay in your car and wait for directioins, and bring your identification and insurance card.

VFW Thrift Shop in East Rockaway Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350 in East Rockaway has launched its Veterans’ Thrift Shop. The post is at 164 Main St. Due to the pandemic, the store’s schedule varies, but members are trying to open daily, including Sundays. For thrift shop information and hall rentals, call the post at (516) 887-8170, and ask for Pat, Gary, Tony or Gene.

Thursday, Jan. 28 Knights of Columbus Blood Drive The Lynbrook Knights of Columbus, 78 Hempstead Ave., is hosting a blood drive. To make an appointment or for additional information, call (516) 4785023.

Wednesday, Feb. 3 Tot Time The East Rockaway Library hosts Tot Time at 10 a.m. Children ages 2 to 3 years old and a caregiver are invited to join Miss Donna virtually for a storytime with a craft and activities. Pre-registration is required, along with an in-person or curbside pickup of the craft and activity supplies. You must register with an email address so the library can send the link to the program. The library’s address is address is 477 Atlantic Ave. Visit eastrockawaylibrary. org for more information.

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Unity Rocks East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School sophomore student-athlete Clare Acuti was selected to be part of the Team Up for Unity Initiative between Section VIII, Section XI and the Long Island Nets. Above, Ciare with, from left, ERHS Principal Richard Schaffer and Director of Athletics David Barth.

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The East Rockaway Public Library is hosting an online book discussion at 7 p.m. The featured book is “Daisy Jones and the Six” by Taylor Jenkins Reid. Download a copy on the Libby app, or pick up a copy at the library in regular or large print. Register with your email address to reference@eastrockawaylibrary.org, call (516) 599-1664 or stop in and a librarian will send you the link to the virtual meeting. The library’s address is 477 Atlantic Ave.

The East Rockaway Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, 443 Ocean Ave. Live stream recordings will be posted at eastrockawayschols.org. It will also host a budget work session on Jan. 12 at 6 p.m., preceded by a regular work session.

Lynbrook Library Board Meeting The Lynbrook Library will host its monthly board meeting at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (516) 5998630.

The Lynbrook Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Lynbrook High School, 9 Union Ave., Lynbrook. Virtual meetings can be found at lynbrookschools.org.

Tuesday, Feb. 16 Lynbrook Village Board Meeting The Lynbrook mayor and village board of trustees will host its next meeting at Village Hall, 1 Columbus Drive, at 7 p.m. It will also be streamed virtually. Visit lynbrookvillage.net or call (516) 5998300 for more information. It will also be Grievance Night.

The East Rockaway Library hosts Tot Time on Feb. 3. The East Rockaway VFW’s thrift shop is open for business. A blood drive in Lynbrook is scheduled for Jan. 28. The TOH and MSSN have partnered for mobile Covid testing. The East Rockaway Library hosts a virtual book talk Feb. 8.

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Here’s how to sign up for your vaccine By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

At press time Monday, the distribution of vaccines to those over 65 years old continued in New York state. Despite the slowly unraveling process, most appointments to receive a shot will eventually need to be made through various government-run websites. It’s no secret: Appointments for the coming weeks are booked. New York receives roughly 250,000 doses of the vaccine every week from the federal government, a portion of which is allocated to Nassau County. More than 55,000 vaccinations have been administered in the county, which has more than 1.3 million residents. Still, it can be helpful to know what to expect when navigating the unfamiliar — and sometimes dysfunctional — websites. To eventually receive the vaccine, an appointment is required. A vaccine will not be given without an appointment. In addition to those over 65, eligible groups include doctors, nurses and health care workers, first responders, teachers and public transit, grocery store and public safety workers. Eligibility will open to more residents in the coming weeks and months. The New York state website, www. covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov, features an “Am I Eligible” app, which can be used by residents to check their eligibility before making an appointment. Also available is a list of all state-run vaccination sites in New York. Nassau County is home to one at Jones Beach, although like all other sites, no appointments are currently available. There are 11 other sites shown, all with limited availability. Nassau County has also established its own website for vaccine information, www.nassaucountyny.gov/vaccine. Several more county-run sites are shown, including Nassau Community College in Garden City, the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury and Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, as well as five others. Appointments are limited here, too. Appointments for all sites will continue to open as eligibility requirements expand and more vaccines are delivered to the state. All vaccines received by officials are required to be used, according to federal guidelines. Residents will need to be diligent in making appointments once it’s their tur n. Problems have been reported about the New York state website, including it being inundated with heavy traffic, according to Nassau County officials. Appointments across the state were also canceled because of low vaccine supply, according to The New York Times. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, county officials operated a pop-up vaccine site at Union Baptist Church in Hempstead. Roughly 150 vaccination shots were given to pre-selected community members over age 65. Similar pop-up

Courtesy Nassau County

A NAssAu COuNty resident was vaccinated at Union Baptist Church in Hempstead on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Officials opened the pop-up site to administer more than 100 vaccine doses to those over 65. NAssAu COuNty’s WEBsItE also lists sites run by the county, including the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury. Courtesy Nassau County

sites are likely to appear. “Once we get adequate vaccine supply from the federal government, Nassau County is committed to an equitable distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine,” Executive Laura Curran said in a statement. “As part of our efforts, the county is working closely with trusted messengers to build confidence in an equitable process, and with established partners to directly increase access in the communities hardest hit by the pandemic. The county will continue to vaccinate as many residents as we can across all communities so we can definitively win this war, get our lives back and get our economy roaring.” The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, which are being used in the county, require two doses. The state site should automatically schedule your second appointment, while county officials will reach out to residents who received their first doses at a county-run site.

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ON thE NEW York state-run vaccination website, www.covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov, a list of available state-run sites is shown. There is limited availability, but appointments will open to those eligible as more vaccines are delivered to the state.

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Town, MSSN plan mobile Covid-19 unit The Town of Hempstead and Mount Sinai South Nassau have announced that the hospital will establish a Covid-19 testing and vaccination mobile unit for town residents using more than $695,000 in CARES Act funds. This new program stems from the success of a previously approved grant to MSSN, which established a drive-thru testing center to help contain the spread of the virus by testing residents from their vehicles and reducing person-to-person contact. The program tested 1,733 residents from Dec. 5 through Jan. 23. “We’re proud to be once again team up with Mount Sinai South Nassau to provide these essential Covid-19 related services to our residents,” Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin said, according to a news release. “We thank Senator [Charles] Schumer for making the funding available to our town that has led to the creation of many programs to keep our residents safe.” The mobile testing and vaccination unit is expected to be up and running within the next 60 days, serving all areas

of Hempstead, focusing on those areas hardest hit by the pandemic. Further information will be posted on the Town of Hempstead website once the new program is fully operational. The drive-thru rapid testing program continues to be offered at no charge to town residents, but are available by appointment only by calling (516) 390-2888. The Covid-19 rapid tests are administered at MSSN’s Oceanside campus, at the Washington Avenue entrance. “This mobile unit will allow us to bring Covid rapid testing and potentially vaccinations directly to communities within the Town of Hempstead, particularly areas that have been hard hit by the pandemic,” MSSN President and CEO Richard J. Murphy said, according to the release, adding that the facility was proud to partner with the Town of Hempstead. Last year, the Town of Hempstead received $133 million federal CARES Act funding to use as economic relief grants to aid businesses, organizations and residents facing unbudgeted expenses caused

Photos Courtesy Town of Hempstead

Town officials approved the use of $695,000 in CARES Act funds to provide a mobile Covid-19 testing and vaccination unit at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside.

The mobile uniT, which should be up and running within 60 days, according to town officials.

by Covid-19. The funding line was set to expire at the end of 2020, however, the grant has been extended into 2021, providing opportunities for the continuation of existing programs as well as new programs as needed. Part of the funds will now be used to help support the mobile testing site at MSSN. “As a first responder, I know how critical of a role that Mount Sinai South Nassau has in our communities, fighting this pandemic on the front lines from Day 1,”

Town Councilman Anthony D’Esposito said in the release, “and we are proud to partner with them to provide a new mobile testing and vaccination unit for our communities.” For more information on these testing programs, and the Town of Hempstead’s other COVID-19 initiatives and resources, visit hempsteadtownny.gov Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Mike Smollins

Time to celebrate Life is just one damned thing after another unless we take time out to recognize and celebrate the good events that happen between the hardships and hassles. This is true for our personal lives as well as our country’s life. A celebration is an acknowledgment, an honoring of an event. Last week, the swearing-in of our new President and Vice President was our most acclaimed celebration. Many rejoiced. Some lamented. No matter, the celebration of the peaceful transition of power took place. Can you imagine what would have been lost if we ignored this day? If the swearing-in took place in secret - without witnesses, without any assurance that it ever happened, without joys and smiles, without previous Presidents of both parties present to lend validity to the occasion? Yes, we need celebrations. To acknowledge, appreciate and cherish the event. We need them as a nation, and we need them as people. That’s why we celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. That’s why we celebrate national and religious holidays. If they’re

important to us, we don’t let them pass without marking their significance. Many of us, however, allow important moments to go unnoticed and uncelebrated. Such events, whether big or small, deserve to be recognized if they have meaning to us. A big, fancy occasion to mark the celebration is unnecessary. Indeed, you may not need to make the event public, but you do need to acknowledge and appreciate the event for yo u r ow n s e l f - wo r t h . Neglecting to do so means that your accomplishment, a c h i eve m e n t , s u c c e s s remain unnamed, unnoinda ticed, unimportant. We might even say that it ceases to exist. Here are two examples of personal events that call for celebrations: John has a high pressured job and a demanding boss. On a typical day, he tolerates being spoken to disrespectfully, yelled at for a non-essential error,

and blamed for his boss’s blunders. Yesterday, however, was different. John stood up for himself, determined to stop the verbal abuse. When his boss finished his tirade, he said, “I don’t deserve to be spoken to like that. When you can speak to me respectfully, you’ll find me at my desk.” Shaking in his boots, he quickly departed from his boss’s of fice before anything more could be said. An hour later, his boss came to his desk and offered an apology – a halfassed one – but still an apology. He accepted it. That evening, he toasted apadin himself, “I did it!” He then shared his story with his wife, who promised that once Covid is no longer a threat, they’d go out to a fine restaurant to celebrate. The day Doreen lost 10 pounds was a day worth celebrating. Not publicly, but privately. Though Doreen still wanted to lose another 10 pounds, she recog-

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nized with joy that she was halfway there! What would she treat herself to? Not food but new clothes in a new size! If you neglect to take time to celebrate your big and small achievements, everyday hassles and hardships become more prominent. So tonight, before your head hits the pillow, reflect on something personal worth celebrating. Create a blow-out Zoom party for your achievement, if you wish, or launch simple words of praise for yourself. “You did it! – Good job – I’m proud of you!” Then smile, pat yourself on the back and get a good night’s sleep. You’ve made your achievement a recognizable moment in your life. ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist, coach and author in private practice who specializes in helping people become the best they can be. You can reach her at LSapadin@DrSapadin.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

Neighbors iN the News The East Rockaway School District Board of Education and administration recognized the winners of this year’s Andrew Stern Memorial Essay Contest during its Jan. 19 meeting. The annual contest honors East Rockaway graduate Andrew Stern, who was killed during the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Members of the Stern family run the contest each year and read more than 700 essays before determining a winner. This year’s essay topic asked students to reflect on the ways in which 9/11 and the Covid-19 pandemic are similar, different or both. Before presenting the victors with a certificate and a check, the Stern family invited each student to share their winning essays with those in attendance. This year’s winners were Nicholas Pannullo (high school category), Sophia Pappas (middle school) and Danielle Ramos (elementary school). Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Andrew Stern memorial essay contest winners announced

Courtesy East Rockaway School District

the east rockaway School District recognized this year’s Andrew Stern Memorial Essay Contest winners during its January Board of Education meeting.

Full STEM ahead in 2021 for Lynbrook students Lynbrook first-graders in Lorraine Troici’s remote class recently celebrated the new year with an engaging science, technology, engineering and mathematics activity. The class, which is comprised of students from Marion Street and West End

elementary schools, was tasked with engineering various ways to make the number 2021 using household items. Students needed to use problem-solving skills to determine which items were best and to determine how to create their design.

The activity was part of the first-graders’ unit about measurement, engineering and how creativity assists people in solving everyday problems. Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Tax grievance period extended Nassau County property owners will have an extra 60 days to file their property-tax grievances because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, County Executive Laura Curran announced last week. The grievance period will extend from March 1 through April 30. “With many residents still struggling from the devastating repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic … this will provide additional breathing room for those who want to fight their property assessment,” Curran said. “I will continue to protect the rights of homeowners and do everything I can to ease tax burdens whenever and wherever possible. I encourage homeowners to consider the possible benefits of the grievance procedure.” Tentative assessed property values for the 2022-23 roll for every property in the county have been finalized and are being mailed out currently. Notices of tentative assessment are also posted online at mynassauproperty.com. Homeowners who believe their assessed values for the 2022-23 assessment roll are inaccurate can file an Application for Correction of Assessment with county’s Assessment Review Commission before the close of the grievance-filing period. Because of the instability of Nassau’s real

estate market caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and the continued economic hardships that homeowners and businesses face, Curran said she has paused property valuation updates for the 2022-23 assessment roll. Thus, unless a homeowner has since received a correction of error, an assessment reduction or physically altered an improvement, the notice of tentative assessment should reflect the same property assessment as the previous year’s roll, which, the county executive said, is intended to protect against updates based on the current chaotic real estate market. Homeowners can find the calendar of virtual legislative meetings online at www.nassaucountyny.gov/arc and file their grievances on this site on their own. There is no fee to file an Application for Correction of Assessment with the county. For people without internet access, the application can be obtained in person at the Assessment Review Commission, 240 Old Country Road in Mineola, or by calling the ARC at (516) 571-3214. Property owners are encouraged to check ARC’s website for up-to-date information. –Scott Brinton

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LPD, LFD respond to overturned vehicle Lynbrook police and firefighters responded to a car accident at the intersection of Broadway and Starks Place on Jan. 20. When they arrived, they found a car overturned in an entrapment. The driver

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lynbrook PoliCe offiCerS and firefighters responded to an overturned car on Jan. 20. a Pregnant woman drove the overturned car on the intersection of Broadway and Starks Place, but was able to escape the vehicle and didn’t sustain injuries.

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Cub SCout PaCk No. 20 used the Elks Lodge in Lynbrook for its boxcar race on Jan. 19. Attending were, from left, Bear Den Leader Kevin Gebaver, Bear Cub Scout Kajah Gebaver, Welos 1 Cub Scout Kevin Gebaver, Pack 20 Cub Master David Dorsey and New York Elks Lodge No. 1 Chaplain Frank Nuzzi Sr., who is also the former district deputy grand exalted ruler for the lodge.

be held on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, between the hours of 5:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M., at which time the Board of Trustees as the Board of Assessment Review will meet for the purpose of reviewing the Assessment Roll and hearing and determining complaints in relation thereto. BY ORDER OF THE

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Scouts off to the races with boxcar event at Elks Lodge The New York Elks Lodge No. 1 in Lynbrook recently showed its support for Cub Scout Pack No. 20 in Cedarhurst by donating the lodge room for pack meetings. On Jan. 19, Pack 20 used the lodge to host its boxcar derby event, as they set up tracks and the races began. Members of the pack excitedly raced their cars down the track and recited the following oath: “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; to help other people at all times; to keep myself phsysically strong, mentally awake and morally straight.”

The Cub Scout pack aims to help each scout become a good citizen, provide opportunites for mental and physical fitness, develop teamwork and future leadership skills, provide safe, fun and yearround activities, teach outdoor skills, be transparent of pack activities and operations, inform parents of the advancement needs of the Cub Scouts, offer encouragement to each Cub Scout if the family wishes to develop and strengthen their faith. Courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1; compiled by Mike Smollins

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very life has its inflection points, moments that can steer you in one direction or another, and that direction, as poet Robert Frost would say, makes all the difference. That is especially true for former President Barack Obama, as he makes clear in “A Promised Land,” his introspective account of his personal and political life, released by Crown in November. Impression one of this 701-page tome: Obama is an excellent writer. Impression two: His political idealism is heady and SCOTT infectious — inspiring — and BRINTON because he is so solidly grounded in his family and his ever-evolving faith, he is utterly relatable as a person. He’s one of us, born into the middle class, with all its attendant daily struggles and perpetual yearning for a better life — for the American dream. Early in the book, Obama ponders a fascinating question: What if he had never left Chicago, where he was a community organizer from 1985 to 1988, and struck out for Harvard Law School? What if he had stayed, fighting, and winning, seemingly small battles to improve people’s lives, helping to repair a park or housing project or starting an after-school program?

What if he had never run for president? “Like many local heroes I’ve met over the years, I might have managed to build up an institution that could reshape a neighborhood or portion of the city,” he writes. “Anchored deep in a community, I might have steered money and imagination to change not the world, but just that one place or that one set of kids, doing work that touched the lives of neighbors and friends in some measurable and useful way.” He left, however. After earning his law degree, he ran for the Illinois State Senate, and won. He ran for Congress, and lost. And he ran for U.S. Senate, and won, before seeking the presidency in 2007-08, sealing his destiny, and his place among the pantheon of truly historic American presidents, the first AfricanAmerican to lead the country. His first run for president was an audacious undertaking, begun just about 14 years ago, on Feb. 10, 2007, on the steps of Illinois’s Old State Capitol, where Abraham Lincoln had delivered his “House Divided” speech 149 years earlier, noting, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Thrust onto the national stage, Obama was seemingly a natural candidate, intelligent, clear-headed, collected, indefatigable — at once esoteric yet utterly down-toearth. What we see in “A Promised Land”

is his very human side, beyond the glare of the media spotlight. We see his occasional annoyance and anger, his wrenching self-doubt and guilt — he desperately wanted to be the excellent father that he never had as a child, but his constant campaigning pulled him away from his wife and two young daughters. We see former first lady Michelle Obama, ever the reluctant but supportive political wife — and a magnetic draw on the campaign trail, humanizing the Obama brand while delivering arcane policy proposals in emotional terms easily understood by the electorate. No doubt, Barack and Michelle Obama make one hell of a power couple. I could see myself in the details of “A Promised Land,” which I suspect would be the case for many people. Like Obama, I studied at Columbia University, only six years after he graduated from the school. As was the case for Obama, my time there was spent in quiet contemplation. He lived a life of seclusion and self-improvement, without any close friends, making to-do lists, running along the Central Park Reservoir or the East River, eating cheap meals on the fly. That was pretty much my life at Columbia, only I ran along the Hudson. While reading, Obama habitually circles words he has never seen before. It was

n which the author ponders the question, what if he’d never left Chicago?

a habit I picked up as a teen that I have never shed. I could especially relate to his description of his disorganized nature. Referring to his 2008 campaign manager, David Plouffe, Obama writes, “Whereas I could be absentminded, indifferent to small details, incapable of maintaining an orderly filing system, constantly misplacing memos, pens and cell phones that had just been handed to me, Plouffe turned out to be a managerial genius.” Like Obama — and like so many people — staying organized, on task, on point, is a constant struggle for me. I have to work at it, day after day. No manner of computerized calendar helps. I have to write it all down, and remind myself, again and again, do this, do that. Self-deprecating to a fault, Obama gives us permission to admit our foibles. The wonderful part of “A Promised Land” isn’t the after-action report on the life and times of Barack Obama, but rather the humanizing of his political persona, which was shaped by hard times that gave him the empathy he needed to craft policy — think the Affordable Care Act of 2010 — that helped determine the individual destinies of millions of Americans. It’s a good thing he opted for Harvard Law. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

Post-inauguration: So, how are we doing?

allelujah. That says it for me. Great relief, writ small. How do we feel safe again after the anxiety of the last four years? The inauguration of Joe Biden and the restoration of a functioning government feel right, but it will take a little time to feel good. Especially while we negotiate our way through the 12th month of a savage pandemic. I witnessed the turn from darkness to light, from crazy to sane, from chaos to civility. Like you, I RANDI watched on TV as KREISS the president took the oath, as Lady Gaga sang and as poet Amanda Gorman sealed the deal. Still, this doesn’t feel like jubilation to me. If feels like I just stopped banging my head against the wall. The agony is ebbing, but there’s a dull pain that will take some time to resolve. Right now, the feeling that eclipses all others is relief. Since Jan. 20, I haven’t gone to sleep watching the news or wor-

ried my way through a fitful night. Briefly, I tuned in to the news around 9 p.m. on Inauguration Day. Biden was still president. Nine hours had passed since the swearing-in, and no one had stormed the Capitol. The day went according to plans. One wonders what the news outlets will rant about now. How will they be relevant without the sugar high of the former president? The press lives by “if it bleeds, it leads,” and we had plenty of bleeding, from the stolen migrant children at our borders to the hundreds of thousands of friends and neighbors dying of Covid19. How do we cover a regular presidency, which makes the usual kinds of mistakes and actually functions as an administrative body? Will there be an audience for proposed infrastructure legislation and state dinners for visiting dignitaries? The media is challenged to get past the low-hanging fruit like Kellyanne Conway weaving her awful webs, Michael Cohen spilling his secrets, Ivanka, Jared, Giuliani and Melania the Silent. Trump’s goon squad gathered all the available light. The mean-spirited tweets and corrupt actions of so many people around

the former president provided grist for the media every minute of every day of the past four years. How do we and the news industry get accustomed to calm and quiet at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.? Admittedly, something is lost, like sensationalism and melodrama; the grinding of the wheels of respectable government may not make for bold headlines. I hope the journalists who helped save this country with their relentless pursuit of the truth will rise to the moment and continue to expose the bad guys who always rise to the moment, and point to success where they find it. This column, over the past four years, has strayed from usual weekly territory, which is hyper-local. To me, Trump and Covid are as local as stories can get, changing the DNA of our lives. To finesse the constraint of writing once a week, I sometimes post something especially timely on Facebook. On the night of the inauguration, I wrote this: “So, what’s the trick here? A sane, accomplished rock-solid man elected President. A Black woman with Indian

ight now, the feeling that eclipses all others isn’t so much jubilation, but relief.

parentage elected Vice President. A heartfelt inauguration speech promising to keep us safe and true to democratic values. A blast of first-day executive orders undoing some of the malicious initiatives of the former administration. A press conference at the end of the day, a real press conference in the White House briefing room by someone who says she will tell us the truth. When can we believe this is all true? It’s so much goodness, all at once. It will take some time to accommodate to the change.” Think of the ground shifting under our feet as Trump & Co. were swept into office, primed for action, taking axes and shovels to our country, fracturing our democracy and burying the ideals that had grounded us for 240 years. For four years, many of us have lived with serious anxiety and stress. Our president did not help us or protect us or work at his job to keep this country and its people safe. It changed last Wednesday, but we need a moment to gather ourselves together for the serious recovery work ahead. It’s still midwinter. But, every day, there is more light. Looking forward to hallelujah, writ large. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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overnor Cuomo recently announced his 2021 agenda — aptly titled “Reimagine, Rebuild, Renew” — and included in it is an ambitious $26 billion green-energy plan to continue the restructuring of the state’s power grid by building in evergreater amounts of renewable energy, particularly wind. The E.F. Barrett Generation Station in Island Park, an aging, rusting hulk of a power plant, will serve as a connection point for an undersea electric cable that will extend from a large-scale wind farm 20 miles south of Jones Beach. The wind farm will not be visible from shore. It is one of two such projects proposed off

Long Island’s coast — the other will be 60 miles east of Montauk. We’re excited to see plans for offshore wind moving forward. Wind farms will not only provide massive amounts of carbon-free electricity, but will also help create thousands of high-paying construction jobs that will infuse Long Island’s economy with hundreds of millions of dollars. Like state economies across the nation, New York’s has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic, with tens of thousands of people losing their jobs. It is smart of Cuomo to focus on infrastructure improvement — particularly green infrastructure. Multi-billion-dollar projects like

letterS Expand telehealth in New York To the Editor: While New York state has been on the cutting edge of promoting telehealth for its residents, the adoption of telehealth by both patients and providers has been slow. Covid-19 has changed not only the way we live, but also the way health care providers support their patients, especially with regard to mental health. New Yorkers adapted throughout 2020, but it’s time to push telehealth to the next level in New York and fully integrate it into our health care system. I propose comprehensive reforms to permanently adopt Covid-19-era innovations to expand access to physical health, mental health and substance-usedisorder services, including unlocking the benefits of telehealth through policy modernization. My proposal includes the following regulatory and statutory changes to allow for greater flexibility in where and when patients can use telehealth, while maintaining

wind farms will boost the economy, at the same time that they will help reduce carbon emissions to stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis, including sealevel rise and stronger hurricanes. In fact, offshore and land-based wind projects will reduce carbon emissions by 16 million metric tons per year, while creating some 17,000 jobs. Talk about a win-win. Offshore wind has been a long time coming in the U.S. — there is only one small, five-turbine offshore wind farm in the country, off the coast of Rhode Island. Let us hope Long Island’s offshore wind farms are finally brought to fruition in the near future. That will require all of our support.

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he events at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6 and the exhortations by some elected officials leading up to them got me to thinking about civic responsibility and our nation’s future. It also reminded me of a conversation I had with someone I had met while in the Navy years ago. In an exchange about the Constitution, he asked, “Which Constitution do you believe in? At first, I didn’t understand what he meant. Then I remembered the confirmation hearing of Supreme roBerT a. Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and sCoTT her testimony on the meaning of “originalism.” So, I concluded, this is what he asked: Did I believe in the Constitution of 1787, that followed the American Revolution, or was I one of those who believe in the Constitution that followed Reconstruction and gave previously denied rights to all people? Those who cling to the original wording of 1787 maintain that the text is authoritative and unchangeable. They seem to ignore that the Constitution was written and adopted with provision for

evolution in thinking and amendment. Without the amendments, Barrett wouldn’t have the right to vote or serve as a judge. I began thinking about this question, which Constitution, while pondering the events of the past few months and the rampage that took place in the halls of Congress. Why don’t we know more about our history and our form of government? Why do some people react angrily when historians offer research demonstrating that some long-held truth turns out to be incorrect? Ours is called an exceptional country, but it isn’t exceptional in the ways some espouse. They claim a moral superiority when the claim is really different. What has become the United States is not a nation based on tribal affinity, a common land or region, or blood relations, as are some others. Instead, it is a nation unlike most because it was founded on ideas and ideals that became the founding principles of freedom, civic engagement and responsibility, and schooling for citizenship. These principles, and others, still obtain, even if they aren’t fully realized. That’s why we refer to the nation as an “experiment,” and why we strive to “create a more perfect

union.” We recognize it is not yet perfect, but continue to strive for it to be — for all people. Those old enough will remember junior high and high school courses in civics, including formal instruction in U.S. government, history and democracy. For the fortunate students, civics instruction wasn’t just textbooks in the classroom, but also involved activities such as writing letters to the editor of the local newspaper, attending and writing about school board meetings, and formulating proposed legislative bills and debating the merits of the ideas behind them. While all 50 states require some form of instruction in civics and government, theory-based classroom instruction isn’t sufficiently supported by experience-based learning. One consequence is that only 25 percent of American students achieve the “proficient” standard on the National Assessment of Educational Progress Civics Assessment. According to the National Education Association, until the 1960s it was common for high school students in the U.S. to take three different classes in civics and government. Unfortunately, these courses were slashed in the early 2000s, when the federal initiative called “No Child Left

here used to be wideranging junior high and high school courses in civics.

LeTTers oversight to ensure that high-quality care is delivered: ■ Eliminating obsolete location requirements by requiring Medicaid to offer telehealth reimbursement for services rendered to patients regardless of where the patient or provider is located in a non-facility setting. ■ Developing interstate licensing reciprocity with states in the Northeast for specialties with historical access shortages to ensure there is sufficient access to medical and behavioral health professionals. ■ Continuing Covid-19-era flexibilities for mental health and substance-use disorder services by allowing certain unlicensed staff, such as credentialed alcoholism and substance-abuse counselor trainees or peer specialists, to deliver substance-use-disorder and mental health services. This also includes eliminating the remaining in-person evaluation requirements before telehealth services can be delivered, expanding the types of staff who can deliver remote services, developing a regulatory structure for a predominantly virtual outpatient substance-use-disorder treatment program and exploring the expansion of existing initiatives that extend behavioral health services into nursing facilities. This will include reimbursement of all mental health and substance-abuse provider types, including certified recovery

Behind” gave priority to “core subjects” like math and English, and to job preparation and standardized testing. In addition, according to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, only small proportions of teachers surveyed thought that school districts and parents would support teaching about politics in a course on government or civics. The toxic nature of politics reflects the decline in education in civic responsibility, and promotes partisanship over patriotism. How can we fulfill our obligations to pursue the common good if we give priority to conflict over compromise? How can we discover the virtues of resolution over revolution if we don’t know the building blocks of our democracy? In pursuit of a more perfect union, we should celebrate the four freedoms drawn from the Bill of Rights and articulated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. We should use them as templates when discussing national purpose, priorities and progress. These principles, together with schooling in civics and critical thinking, can help guide fulfillment of the promises contained in the Constitution to which our elected and appointed officials swear loyalty. Robert Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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So, just write off student loan debt? To the Editor: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer wanting the federal government to forgive the first $50,000 of outstanding college loans sounds great. Who doesn’t want free stuff from Washington? But what about the millions of American parents who saved and sacrificed to put their children through college? What about the students who worked at part-time jobs to attend college? Millions benefited from being able to attend college on student loans. This has given them access to the middle class. Sadly, too many students then stuck the federal government with the bill. Despite being successfully employed for years at good-paying jobs, there are a number of former students with ample income who refuse to pay off their student loans. Taxpayers are left with the uncollected debts. Now Schumer wants Washington to write off hundreds of billions in outstanding student loan debt. Many larger private colleges have endowment funds ranging from millions to billions. Why don’t they

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contribute to reducing their own graduating students’ debts instead of taxpayers? Collecting some of these outstanding debts from those who can easily afford to pay would only be fair. Given that we are now burdened with a national debt of more than $27.7 trillion, attention must be paid to this scandal.

Why not start by denying federal and state tax refunds to those deadbeats who look for a free ride at our expense? When will the White House and Congress speak up on this issue and introduce legislation to assist in collecting the outstanding debts? LARRy PENNER Great Neck

LYNBROOK/EAST ROCKAWAY HERALD — January 28, 2021

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