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Top seniors excel in, out of classroom work in science research or her late-night study sessions that help her survive a dense honors Ashley Roth and Kathryn and Advanced Placement coursePostiglione may seem at first load. Passionate about science, glance like two typical childhood technology, engineering and friends, but on closer examina- math, or STEM, Roth has been tion, you quickly realize they are involved in the LHS science far from ordinary. On Feb. 12, the research class, the mathletes pair were announced as valedic- team and the Science Olympiad torian and salutatorian, respec- competition for several years. She tively, of Lynbrook has also been recogHigh School’s class nized as an A.P. of 2021. Scholar with Dis“The Room 35 tinction. Achievers,” as their This year, her second-grade teachclassmates elected er, Marianna Flanher president of nery, fittingly called both the Science them, have long National Honor welcomed any acaSociety and the demic challenge, ASHlEY RoTH National Honor a n d wo rke d t o Society, which she Valedictorian, LHS maintain a collabsaid she considers orative, rather than class of 2021 her greatest accomcompetitive, relaplishment and most tionship. gratifying recogni“Watching Kathryn do some- tion. thing really great pushes me and “Being elected to these posiinspires me, but not in a competi- tions really let me know that my tive nature,” Roth said. peers recognize me as someone Postiglione shared a similar who can lead,” Roth said. “It’s so sentiment. “We love to watch important for me to know that each other and everyone in our they realize I’m always here to class succeed,” she said. lend a helping hand, and if they Roth has maintained a rigor- text me at 2 a.m. because they’re ous work ethic, whether in her competitive ballet studio, her Continued on page 9

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This lesson got a green light Lynbrook kindergartners recently learned about Garrett Morgan, the African-American inventor of the traffic light, and created projects in his honor as part of a Black History Month lesson.

‘The seniors are so thankful’

LHS to welcome back class of 2021 in person By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

To bring more students back for in-person learning at Lynbrook High School, officials announced that all seniors would be invited back to the building starting Monday. The district’s Phase 4 task force, comprising students, teachers and administrators, hosted a series of meetings to discuss bringing more students

back to school, and an outdoor celebration of their return was planned for Monday morning. At the Feb. 10 Board of Education meeting, task force representatives shared their plan, which included bringing seniors back first. Dr. Maureen Berman, assistant superintendent for personnel, transportation and student support services, chaired the Elementary School Committee, while Dr. Gerard Beleckas, assistant superintendent for

curriculum, instruction and assessment, chaired the Middle School Committee, and LHS Principal Joseph Rainis, the High School Committee. In a survey of parents of LHS seniors conducted by the task force, 60 to 70 percent of the 156 respondents said they would favor their children returning to full in-person instruction, while others said they would prefer to Continued on page 9

e have a community like nothing else in the high school.

Staying connected during Covid-19 has been tough, but East Rockaway’s Builders Club contacted nursing homes just in time for Valentine’s Day. The mission of the club was to show that love is not lost. Last February, members of the Builders and Key clubs spent Valentine’s Day with seniors at the Atria nursing home in Lynbrook, just one month before Covid-19 shut down the state. During the visit, they played bingo and participated in crafts. Though such a trip was impossible to pull off this year, the Builders Club still wanted to spread the love by sending valentines to seniors and caregivers at Atria. On behalf of the club, Don Poland brought carnations, valentines and other holiday-themed goodies to the nursing home. Students in eighth grade wrote valentines for the seniors and helped to prepare everything for them. Additionally, Mike Graham of the East Rockaway Florist and Flowers by Mike donated 110 canrations, which were also given. The donation was in keeping with the Building Club’s mission statement, which is to build a better community. With Valentine’s Day being a holiday meant to spread love and kindness while making people smile, the Builders Club members decided to celebrate from afar. Nursing Homes have been hit hard by this pandemic. Covid-19 has claimed more than 160,000 lives of nursing home resi-

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LFD saves man from burning home By Steve GroGan lyneditor@liherald.com

Lynbrook firefighters saved a man from his burning basement on Feb. 21. Just after 1:30 a.m. that morning, the Lynbrook Fire Department was alerted about a house fire at 68 Shipherd Ave., just off Sunrise Highway. Upon arrival, smoke was seen emanating from the home. Residents outside the house told firefighters that someone might still be in the basement. The fire was already blowing out of a basement window. Chief Michael Brooks signaled that there was a fire. Third Assistant Chief Danny Ambrosio proceeded to the rear and forced open a basement door and started a search with First Assistant Chief John Donald. They were then joined by Truck Company’s inside team, which comprised Captain James DiGiambattista, former Captain Scott Bien and firefighter James Merkel. Brooks notified members inside that a victim was confirmed to be trapped in

the home. Without the protection of a hose line, and in heavy smoke, Bien and Merkel located an unconscious man in the basement. Working together, the chiefs and Truck Company members were able to remove the victim and pass them to the care of Medical Company personnel. EMT and former Captain Janice Germain immediately began CPR with the assistance of EMT and Captain Kaitlin Curran and EMT and Lieutenant Kacie Curran. The man was transported to Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside by Lynbrook’s ambulance with the assistance of Northwell Health paramedics Members of Engine 1 stretched a hose line into the basement and extinguished the fire. Brooks was the incident commander and requested mutual aid from surrounding fire departments. Due to the fast actions by Lynbrook firefighters, the victim is alive, stable, and was transported to the Nassau County Burn Center at Nassau University Medical Center.

LynBrook firefiGhterS and EMTs performed CPR on the man after firefighters pulled him from the burning basement, top right. fire BLew out the basement windows, at left, where the man was rescued.

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LynBrook firefiGhterS carried an unconscious man up a staircase from the burning basement of a home on Shipherd Avenue on Feb. 21.

Different perspectives on Valentine’s Day By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

While some people are accustomed to spending Valentine’s Day with a spouse or a partner, there are many people who have never celebrated the holiday because they have chosen to live a life of singleness in accordance with their religion. For as far back as East Rockaway resident, RuthAnne Gytalo can remember, she said, she always had a dream of becoming a nun in her future. At 7-years-old, she said she always found time to make believe she was one, by putting sweaters over her head and pretending to be dressed like a nun. Gytalo, who went to all Catholic schools as a child and young adult, said she was raised in a very religious Catholic home. In her youth, she said she was mesmerized and inspired by the nuns at her schools and church, who shared with her how they had a deep and loving relationship with their religion. “I wanted to be just like the nuns and I related well with them because there was never a time in my entire life when I didn’t connect to Jesus Christ,” Gytalo said. Now, a little over five decades later, Gytalo said her dream came true because she has been a nun for 54 years, serving as an active member of a community of sisters who belong to the Sisters Servants of Immaculate Heart of Mary, a congregation based in Scranton, Pa.

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lyNBrook resideNts, MAyy and Charles Levato, on their Wedding Day. They are now both 92 and have been married for 67 years. Gytalo, who is the principal at St. Raymond’s Catholic School in East Rockaway, said she has been serving at the school and at St. Raymond’s Church as a nun for more than 30 years, where she has lived in the convent that is provided by the parish behind the school. Gytalo said that part of being a Sister,

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is remaining single and abstinent her entire life. Although she has never celebrated Valentine’s Day, Gytalo said she thinks that Feb. 15 is a day worth acknowledging, which is Singles Awareness Day — a day of celebrating different forms of love outside of romantic relationships, which is recognized on the National Today Calendar. While Gytalo said she has chosen a life of singleness and life-long celibacy for the purpose of devoting herself fully to maintaining a loving relationship with her God, Lynbrook residents Charles and Mayy Levato have a different love story. Nearly 70 years ago, when Charles, and Mayy were in their late 20s, they both attended a church dance gathering in the Bronx, where they met for the first time and instantly felt attracted to one another. On the night that they first met, Charles said his heart was beating fast when he approached Mayy for the first time to ask her to dance at the church gathering. However, once he asked her, he said all his shyness disappeared and they danced the night away. That night, they

both said they felt an instant connection. Now, the two, who are both 92-years-old and have been married for 67 years, are currently living in the Atria Lynbrook retirement home, where they recently celebrated Valentine’s Day together. The couple said that after spending the morning of the holiday together by attending Catholic church, they couldn’t help but spend the remainder of the day recounting all the memories that they’ve shared together over the years. “She wasn’t a very good dancer, but it was very close to love at first sight,” said Charles with a laugh, as he recalled the church dance where he met his future wife. “No matter what we’ve been through over the years, we have always managed to stay together and work things out.” Mayy had a different feeling upon meeting her future husband. “It was love at first sight for me,” Mayy said, smiling. “He was always so patient with me and he has always done what a gentleman should do, which is to serve and help me.” Although the couple said that over the years they have hardly ever argued, they noted that they believe the secret to a long lasting romantic relationship is having compassion when disagreements arise. “We stayed together wherever we went and that made our union stronger,” Mayy said, adding that she and her husband raised four children together with very little arguments over how to raise them. “I love my husband because he was always so open with me.” Charles also offered his opinion on how to make a relationship last. “We are both not stubborn, so we have never had an argument that lasted more than five minutes,” he said. “Mayy is a wonderful person, a good cook and a great listener.” Charles added that understanding one another is also vital. “Once you share what you have to say with your spouse, you should always listen to them by hearing them out and only then can you both match your thoughts and perspectives together through compromise,” he said. “The key to a successful romantic relationship is for both spouses to always let their thoughts intertwine nicely.”

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The state Department of Public Service will hold a series of virtual hearings later this month as part of a study that will look into the feasibility of municipalizing New York American Water, the privately owned utility whose service and water bills have long been decried by Nassau County customers. On Feb. 3, Gov. Andrew Cuomo appointed Rory Lancman, special counsel for ratepayer protection, to oversee the study, which will assess different ways to reduce customer costs, including a public takeover. The study is set to be completed by April 1. The proceeding includes three virtual hearings at which residents and elected officials can offer public comment. Lancman said each hearing will address a different part of NYAW’s Nassau operation, which includes the Lynbrook, Merrick and Sea Cliff service areas. “Public forums give ratepayers the chance to directly communicate their concer ns and share their ideas for improving water delivery, so that Governor Cuomo, the commission, legislators, local government officials and the public can make an informed decision on how best to reduce water rates and provide safe and reliable drinking water in the long term,” Lancman said in a news release. “I urge everyone concerned with the future of water delivery on Long Island to participate in the forum for their area.” The hearings will take place from Feb. 23-25 at 6 p.m. Ratepayers are asked to attend the hearing within their service area. (see box). Those wishing to comment on the record must pre-register by 12 p.m. on the day of the hearing. Participants can register by phone at 1-800-342-3330 or on www.webex.com by

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A happy 100th Mathilda Johnson, a resident at Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing, celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 31. Her family brought her a balloon bouquet to celebrate. Lynbrook Restorative staff helped to make Johnson feel loved on her special day, singing “Happy Birthday” and presenting her with a special birthday cake, created by the facility’s own baker, Marian Buda.

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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.

Monday, March 22 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.

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.

Friday, March 29 Virtual Book Discussion The East Rockaway Public Library hosts a book discussion at 7 p.m. The book being discussed is “Long Bright River” by Liz Moore. Copies are available in regular and large print at the front desk. Copies available to download on ebook and audiobook on the Libby app. Email reference@eastrockawaylibrary.org or stop by and give the library your email address to get the link to the online discussion

Tuesday, March 9 Lynbrook Library Board Meeting The Lynbrook Library will host its monthly board meeting at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (516) 5998630.

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Wednesday, March 10 Lynbrook Board of Education 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.

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Ringing in the Chinese New Year West End Elementary School students recently engaged in activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Fifth-grader Sophia Koskowicz learned how to use chopsticks.

Tuesday, March 16 East Rockaway Board of Education The East Rockaway Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at

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Lynbrook Village Election Polls will be open at Greis Park from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. as three candidates vie for two trustee seats on the village

The East Rockaway VFW’s thrift shop is open for business. LHS seniors return to in-person school starting March 1. The Lynbrook Library board meets on March 9. The Lynbrook school board meets on March 10. Village elections are set for March 19.

board and two others vie for the village justice position. For absentee ballot information, visit lynbrookvillage.net to learn more. East Rockaway is also hosting an uncontested election.

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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. In 1916, Lynbrook’s New Era newspaper advertised a nifty looking, new Chevrolet at A l b e r t F. Janecek’s auto dealership on Merrick Road. T he car cost just $550. Do not read too much into that. Back then, the $750 deluxe MAttson model cost the entire annual salary of the average worker in the U.S. That would be well over $50,000 today. The lower priced model would be more than

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$35,000. Back then, ads had three-digit telephone numbers. Phones were still a luxury. And with only a few businesses along Merrick Road in Lynbrook, no street number was needed for the address. Mattson is the official Lynbrook village historian and a director of the Historical Society of East Rockaway and Lynbrook. Additionally, he is the author of “The History of Lynbrook,” which is available on Amazon.com and at local libraries.

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Alzheimer’s group funding NYU research The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, headed by former New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., of Merrick, has awarded a $250,000 grant to NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola to expand and accelerate research that it is conducting to uncover the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of developing new treatments and slowing the progression of the disease. This AFA award follows a $100,000 grant in 2019 that began the cutting-edge research project. The NYU Langone clinicians and scientists are seeking to approximate brain behavior by reprogramming human cells derived from Alzheimer’s patients. Based on genetic information collected through voluntary blood donations from many patients, the team can distinguish where Alzheimer’s neurons diverge from healthy neurons, and from there take corrective action. This allows the team to then non-invasively explore the potential development of new treatments. The study is led by Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital and associate professor of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Reiss is also a member of AFA’s Medical, Scientific and Memory Screening Advisory Board. “This new funding allows us to quicken the pace of our work and include participants with only mild cognitive impairment, allowing us to study subtle changes in the composition and metabolism of neurons before advanced Alzheimer’s has taken hold,” Reiss said. “The brain is the body’s most inaccessible and complex organ, making it extraordinarily challenging for scientists to develop new treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s,” Fuschillo said. “This grant enables the NYU Langone Health team to

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The Alzheimer’s FoundATion of American recently awarded NYU Langone in Mineola a $250,000 grant to conduct research into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Above, Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital. expand the number of participants, perform additional cutting-edge work and accelerate the pace of this very promising research study. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is very pleased to make this investment in hope.” “Having cared for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, I know the impact this disease has on families and how desperately new treatments are needed,” said AFA founder and Chairman Bert Brodsky. “We’re hopeful that NYU Langone’s research can make a game-changing scientific breakthrough that will improve the lives of families affected by this terrible disease.” Reiss and her team have been gathering blood samples from individuals liv-

ing with Alzheimer’s, as well as those without the disease. From each blood sample, the research team isolates exosomes that originated in the patient’s brain. Exosomes are small particles shed from every cell, including neurons in the brain. These extracellular pieces, or vesicles, derived from brain neurons carry key genetic information. Researchers are investigating the differences in this genetic information between healthy people and those with Alzheimer’s. The aim is to use the information gained to reprogram Alzheimer’s neurons to behave more like those in healthy people. The research team is also testing a number of drugs for possible repurposing and use in Alzheimer’s disease, as

well as seeking new gene-editing approaches to treatments. The new grant will allow the study to expand the participant pool to include those with mild cognitive impairment. By comparing this group to the original pool of participants who have already progressed to full-blown Alzheimer’s, the earliest deviations from normal can be captured. The study is also being expanded to include first-degree relatives of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, the grant will allow the team to accelerate the project by using more complex tools to analyze the effectiveness of novel treatments to restore cellular and mitochondrial function. Reiss is joined by Dr. Aaron Pinkhasov, chairman of psychiatry, and Dr. Irving Gomolin, chief of geriatrics, at NYU Langone on Long Island; Dr. Joshua De Leon, associate professor of clinical medicine at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine; and Dr. Lora Kasselman, assistant professor of foundations of medicine, and Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman professor of the NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Center. According to Reiss, in the last two decades, only a handful of medicines were approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease, while the vast majority of clinical trials were halted. Trials typically rely on research first conducted on mice or using spinal fluid, and those often fail to replicate the complex neurological activity in the human brain. That contrasts with research to find cures for cancers of the liver, lungs and other vital organs, where it is increasingly common for pieces of tissue to be extracted for biopsies—and for profiling of cancer cells—to develop with optimal treatment regimens. To give to AFA, go to alzfdn.org/ donate.

Inside LI to host Black History Month webinar By nicole Alcindor nalcindor@liherald.com

In honor of Black History Month, Herald Inside LI will host a webinar featuring Black leaders on Long Island on Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m. S p e a ke r s w i l l i n cl u d e P h i l Andrews, president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of the Hempstead School District; Frederick Brewington, owner, principal, civil rights lawyer and community activist at the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc.; and Daniel Lloyd, vice president of the of Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, and founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. The speakers will by Zoom discuss their industries and the culture of

today’s workplaces. They will also discuss how communities have adapted to social justice and racial equity issues, as well as provide insight on how leaders can best harness their influence to impact Long Island. To register to watch the webinar on the scheduled date or receive a recording of the event, go to LIHerald.com/BlackHistoryMonth. To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or call (516) 569-4000, ext. 224.

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LHS seniors invited back to school stay remote, Rainis said. “Based on that number, and with the startup of athletics and other activities . . . there may be students who are selfselecting to stay home,” he explained, “so that they won’t have to worry about the potential of quarantining while their sports season is going on, or while Class Night is taking place. So while we’ll be inviting the entire senior class back, we don’t think that the entire senior class will take advantage of it for their own reasons.” Within each of their reports, the administrators spoke about their subcommittees’ recommendations. Parents of children in kindergarten through 11th grade will be asked to complete a commitment survey, which will be sent March 5, asking if they would like to return to full in-person instruction or stay remote. The target date for all elementary and middle school students who would like to return to full in-person learning would be April 12. Parents and students greeted the return of seniors positively. Kerry Benvenuto, an LHS alumna of the class of 1992 who has three children in the school — Mason, a senior, Ryan, a sophomore, and Logan, a freshman — said she was grateful to the task force and administrators for their efforts. “While the pandemic certainly has proven to be a challenging time for all of us, it has also provided immeasurable opportunities for us to work together as a community, show our unity and help

each other through our darkest hours,” she said. “The class of 2021 is a shining example of the light this world needs in order to grow.” Her daughter, Mason, said she was excited to reunite with her peers, some of whom she has not seen since last March. “I can’t believe it’s been a year since we have been in school together learning, laughing and making memories,” she said. “I want to thank all who made this happen. The seniors are so thankful.” Board of Education Trustee David Yanker said the class of 2019 missing out on experiences reminded him of lyrics from the popular Macklemore and Kesha song, “Good Old Days,” in which they sing “cause someday soon your whole life is going to change/you’ll miss the magic of the good old days.” Yaker said he is excited they will have a chance to make memories together again. Student Gover nment Association President Joe Giovinco said it would be nice to have a sense of normalcy. “We are now able to have our Class Night and Powderpuff football game,” he said, “which are a huge part of our high school experience that we thought we’d miss out on in our senior year.” If the return of the class of 2021 goes well at the high school, the hope is to have juniors who would like to return do so on April 12. May 10 would be the possible return date for sophomores and juniors, Rainis said, noting that though more desks would have to be added to classrooms, many safety protocols would remain, including keeping one-way traf-

fic in certain hallways and staircases and the installation of more polycarbonate dividers. He added that administrators would continue to monitor trends in cases and Covid-19 variants before adding more students. Officials said they hope a mask mandate and dividers would stop any potential spread of the virus. Board of Education President William Belmont said at the Feb. 10 meeting that it was important to stagger the return of students, rather than increase the volume drastically. “While some may be like let’s bring them all back at once, I think it’s very prudent to do it in this type of manner,” he said, “because it allows us to assess our ability to handle that increase.” Lynbrook school officials formed the task force last fall amid many parents pushing for their children to return to inperson learning. The board approved the creation of the task force in October, and the subcommittees met regularly while forming a plan and generating the surveys. After the task force revealed its plans publicly, Burak lauded the task force and the school community for its handling of the return of students and for prioritizing their safety. “There’s a tremendous amount of logistics,” she said at the meeting. “I’m very proud of the teachers, the administration, the students and how everyone has really worked together and have revisited this and tried to make it safe. While maybe not everyone agrees, this district has made prudent decisions to

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Lynbrook HigH ScHooL Principal Joseph Rainis chaired the High School Committee, which was part of a task force tapped to develop plans to bring back all students for in-person instruction, which will start with LHS seniors on Monday. Above, Rainis at a school event before the pandemic began. bring back people in a safe environment for everyone.” The East Rockaway School District has operated either on an all-remote or hybrid in-person, remote schedule, and district officials said they have no plans yet to change that model.

Lynbrook High announces top seniors continued from front page having trouble with math homework, I’ll be there to help.” As president, Roth has devoted her time to exploring creative ways to maintain the traditions of the honor societies, as the coronavirus pandemic posed quite a roadblock to fundraising and community service opportunities. She has organized socially distant honor society inductions, a toy drive and remote tutoring sessions. “It has been hard, but such a fun challenge,” Roth said. Additionally, she has spent the past two years volunteering at the nonprofit BackYard Players and Friends in Rockville Centre, which provides art classes, dance lessons and other creative activities to young adults with special needs. She said that her time as a volunteer has been an extremely rewarding experience. Combining her love for science and passion for helping those in need, Roth said she plans to study biology or neuroscience in college in the hope of later attending medical school and becoming a neurosurgeon. She said that her greatest motivation for entering such a male-dominated field has been Katherine Johnson, one of the first female African-American mathematicians to work at NASA. “Her role in breaking barriers for women and people of color inspires me to

live at the forefront and continually push forward, beyond what anyone expects me to achieve,” Roth said. Postiglione also has a strong passion for STEM, and has ashley roth devoted much of her high school career to fulfilling her love for science research. She is a member of the mathletes team, the science research class, the Women in STEM club, the Science Olympiad and the Science National Honor Society. She has balanced these extracurriculars with her unyielding commitment to her classes, most of which have been honors and A.P. courses, and was recognized as an A.P. Scholar with Distinction. LHS’s science research program has been a great medium for Postiglione’s interests as well as a place to form strong bonds with teachers and classmates. “Science research is a really special class,” she said. “We have a community like nothing else in the high school.” Postiglione added that her greatest mentor throughout high school has been research teacher Chuck Vessalico, who

has offered her plenty of support and advice. Postiglione has been a competitive soccer player throughout much of her life, participating in school and travel teams for years. She has kathryn postiglione also committed herself to her studies yearround. Last summer, she attended virtual classes through the Yale summer program in astrophysics, where she was granted remote control access to a telescope at Yale’s Leitner Observatory and collected data on Star Cluster Messier 39. She used this experience to then write a paper in LHS’s science research class titled “Analyzing the Photometry of Star Cluster Messier 39: Creation of Color Magnitude Diagram, Age Calculation, and Distance Measurement.” Postiglione’s greatest accomplishment thus far has been the awards bestowed on her at science fairs. Two years in a row, she has been recognized as a semifinalist at the Junior Science and Humanities Symposium for science research. Postiglione also has a strong passion for philanthropy, and has put her talents

to good use by helping those in need. She is one of 20,000 volunteers in over 100 countries for an organization called e-NABLE, which creates prosthetic hands with 3D-printed parts. Postilgione’s job has been to assemble the parts, which are then delivered to children and adults in need. She said she hopes to one day apply her engineering skills to the field of electrical engineering or computer science. Asked what advice they would offer incoming freshmen, they offered a similar theme. “No matter how many people say, ‘Why are you studying so much?’ and ‘You should stop working so hard,’ keep doing what you’re passionate about, and don’t let anyone get in the way of that,” Roth said. Postiglione added that staying confident and surrounding oneself with supportive people is “the key to success.” Both expressed gratitude to their teachers and peers for their success at LHS, and Principal Joseph Rainis offered his praise for their accomplishments. “Congratulations to each of you on this wonderful accomplishment,” he said. “You make us all very proud.”

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Baby, it’s cold outside Embrace the season — indoors and out

his winter season, like so much during the pandemic, is very different as Covid-19 is still very much a threat and we’re trying to do our part to stop the spread and stay healthy. The good news is that wintertime offers many opportunities to have some family fun — even during the pandemic. More good news? Masks to keep you safe from the virus keep your face warm in the winter too! Here is another piece of good news: with vaccinations now underway, the likelihood of a more normal winter next year is high. Keeping kids busy and focused during the pandemicinduced isolation has definitely taken its toll on all of us. It was burden enough when the weather was nice, but now that we’ve been thrust into our new normal of freezing temperatures, frequent snowstorms, etc., our quarantine life seems more challenging than ever. So while that family getaway most likely is cancelled this year, there are still plenty of ways to beat the winter blahs. Yes, family activities are a must right now — even getting outside. Go for a hike! Get your family — and doggo if applicable — and hit a trail or even the beach. Experience the unique appeal of the beach in wibter. Discover a new board game. Families can bond over the discovery and learning of board games. Newer-age games like The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Carrcasonne offer fresh strategy. But classics like Monopoly and Candy Land are always winners. Complete a puzzle. Jigsaw puzzles are a great family/ team building exercise. Work as a team on one aspect of the puzzle, or assign a unique part of the puzzle to each family member. Reenact a favorite movie. With a quick search online, you should be able to find the script to a family favorite movie or favorite scene. Cast family members into their favorite roles and watch the movie magic unfold in your living room. Bake a new recipe. Find a new holiday recipe and bake it together. It is a great way to teach new skills, reinforce math skills, and start a family tradition. Also, since baking has elements of chemistry, there is an added academic component that is the proverbial — and literal — icing on the cake. Feed the birds. While plants sit dormant in winter, birds are still active, providing a great opportunity to aid our feathered friends. Kids can have fun making a simple birdfeeder, or buy one that sticks right to your window for up-close viewing. Put on a performance. Maybe you all learn the same dance, act out a short play, or have a family talent show. Distant relatives will be thrilled to tune in to a live steam and you’ll create a memory that will last a lifetime (especially if it is recorded!) Solve a (fictional) murder. For families with older children, you can spice up the traditional family game night with a murder mystery game. Get into the spirit of the whodunit with costumes and accessories, character backstories, and food or decorations to match the storyline. A quick online search will provide ideas to get you started. Make caring cards. Your family can create hand-made cards that you can mail or drop off to a local nursing home, senior center, hospital, police/fire station, schools, etc. People will appreciate the cards, especially during the pandemic. If you send the cards to schools, teachers will love the support, especially this year! Campout in the living room. This winter everyone could use a change-of-scene. Why not turn your living room into a bedroom and have a family campout? Create tents with sheets draped over furniture. Make sure to bring some books and read under the tents with flashlights! Make a list of new recipes to try. Designate one night of the week to test out each recipe. Each family could be in charge of one of the recipes.

Awesome STEM toys Facilitate learning and critical thinking and in a fun, approachable way

Do a room makeover. Or even just rearrange the furniture, in the kid's rooms or playroom so they can have a change of scenery without leaving home Research a new outdoor spot. Explore it and plan a day around it and enjoy the adventure! Go through clothes and toys and donate to those in need. It will feel good to clean out your closets and help others Host a virtual Bingo night via Zoom. Invite friends or family to join in. Offer prizes you can mail to the winners. Build a snow fort or a snowperson. Weather allowing of course! Add to the fun by having hot chocolate outside under the stars. Set out chairs at least six feet apart and invite the neighbors. Research places to volunteer. Helping others will help lift your spirits. Many non-profit organizations are open to having volunteers safely either remotely or inperson. Contact some of your favorite local organizations and ask them how your family can help. Host a neighborhood food drive. Food pantries now need pantry donations as demand has increased significantly during the pandemic. Post flyers around the neighborhood or put them in mailboxes. Set a goal — maybe one can for each day of winter? Contact your food pantry of choice to find out if they have specific needs and when you can drop off the donations. Art night! Choose one night (or day) each week to create something amazing together. It could be a large banner with an inspirational message, vision boards, placemats displaying the holiday cards you received this year, a magnificent centerpiece using items from nature — anything goes! Learn a new sport together. This might be cross country skiing, snowshoeing, skating, speed walking, weight lifting, gymnastics, running, or anything that your family is interested in exploring. Staying active this winter will be important for your physical and mental health. n

Above photo: Winter can be a tough time of the year, even under the best of circumstances. Thanks to the chilly temperatures and lack of sunlight, many people deal with the winter blues on an annual basis — and that was before we ever heard the phrase “social distancing.” With a little creativity (and even a few extra layers), you might even find new reasons to love the wintertime!

If it wasn’t for your grade school children, you may have never heard of the term STEM learning. Initiated by the National Science Foundation, STEM education stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. While the geezers in the back (ahem, that’s us!) played with Barbies and G.I. Joes, this emphasis on instilling an attitude of curiosity and inquiry for children of a young age is quite highly regarded. As parents, we should be introducing our children to the scientific method, a systematic and logical approach used to answer a question or solve a problem. This lets our children see the world from a different perspective and gives them the desire to learn how things in the world actually work, and why they are the way they are. STEM games for kids are a great way to have a kid or teen's mind practice different ways to solve problems, thinking through each step like a game of checkers. Here are some creative ideas. Galaxy Rocket Ship Recommended ages: 3 and older MagnaTiles has turned into a household brand, so its partnership with CreateOn just seems like a natural fit. With the Galaxy Rocket Ship, your child can unlock a world of learning about planets and the solar system. Side one builds a rocket ship, while side two includes all the planets of the solar system, two versions of the sun, the moon, and an astronaut. Botley 2.0 Recommended ages: 5 and older If you’re tired of having your kids sit in front of a screen (I’m talking to you, remote learning), then Botley 2.0 is a great choice. It lets kids enjoy educational, screen-free STEM fun with handson coding and critical thinking without the need for a phone or tablet. Children will code their way through obstacle courses with simple sequences and explore ways to code through colors and movements. Kodable Recommended ages: 5 and older Kodable is a STEM curriculum that allows kids as young as kindergarten to learn coding basics. The award-winning learnto-code program provides easy-to-follow lessons and games that can be done at home. With Kodable, kids through fifth grade have the opportunity to think like a programmer and grow to learn how to write JavaScript. Shashibo Recommended ages: 7 and older Tap into a child’s imagination with Shashibo, which is just as interesting as the name suggests. The shape-shifting box (that sort of resembles origami?) transforms into more than 70 shapes. If you have the opportunity to get more than one, your child will be able to combine several cubes to build even larger shapes, sculptures, and structions. n Above photo: STEM toys help your child dabble in critical scientific fields in a fun way, building mental bridges to move them ahead of the crowd faster.

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Students at West End Elementary School continued their annual Valentine’s Day tradition of participating in the Valentines for Veterans program run by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran. The students put together beautiful, creative and thoughtful handmade Valen-

tine’s Day cards filled with words of appreciation and love to be distributed to local veterans in hospitals and nursing homes. Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

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Students team up to build models East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School students in Patricia Refino and Andrew Kell’s earth science class teamed up and created a scaled model of the solar system. The class began by crafting models of the planets’ diameters and then compared the diameters of the inner and outer planets. After that, students were able to mea-

sure out a scaled model of the distances between the planets in the hallway. Throughout the lesson, in-person students remained socially distant and virtual learners followed along through Google Meet live-stream. Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins

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BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES JOHN GIORDANO, VILLAGE ADMINISTRATOR 1120896 LEGAL NOTICE AVISO ELECTORAL DEL PUEBLO DE 2021 A LOS ELECTORES DE LA MUNICIPALIDAD INC. DE LYNBROOK, NUEVA YORK ESTA ES UNA NOTIFICACIÓN OFICIAL, de que la siguiente es una lista verdadera y correcta de los candidatos nominados, como se indica en las peticiones de nominación presentadas ante el Oficial Electoral del Pueblo, para los puestos vacantes de la Elección Popular que se llevará a cabo el martes 16 de marzo de 2021, de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Ley Electoral del Estado de Nueva York: NOMBRE DEL CANDIDATO CARGO PÚBLICO LUGAR DE RESIDENCIA (PLAZO DE 4 AÑOS) LYNBROOK NEW VISION PARTY EMBLEM: STAR William J. McLaughlin Village Justice 21 Kowall Street Michael Hawxhurst Trustee 25 Dunne Place Laura Ryder Trustee 35 Pearsall Ave PEOPLE’S TRUSTEE PARTY EMBLEM: TREE David O’Neill Trustee 112 Tottenham Road TIME FOR UNITY PARTY EMBLEM: SCALES OF JUSTICE Josh Margulies Village Justice 88 Walnut Street ESTE AVISO ESTIPULA ADEMÁS QUE el único lugar de votación, situado en El Centro Recreativo de Lynbrook estará abierto para la votación a las 7:00 A.M. y cerrará a las 9:00P.M. JOHN GIORDANO, OFICIAL ELECTORAL DEL PUEBLO LYNBROOK, NEW YORK 124751 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

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A. Your floor is expanding, and the ridges at the seams are rising, because the floor has nowhere else to expand to. This problem is common, and was caused by the floor being limited from expanding because the cabinets and island, along with heavy furniture placed over the finished floor, keep the floor from expanding when the heat onte eeper is on. Wetting the floor to clean it also causes expansion, and should be limited or not done with water at all. Solving this problem is easier said than done. Basically, anywhere the floor is unable to move defeats the purpose, and only by freeing up the floor will the problem work itself out. There’s a simple wall molding that our ancestors used that seems to be generally forgotten. Even though I include this detail in most of the drawings I prepare, I rarely see this last little strip of molding being installed. What the molding does is act like a gap cover, since properly installed flooring has a quarter- to halfinch gap at the edges of the floor, including around a fixed island and around the room’s perimeter. The whole perimeter will need to be cut so the trim molding will need to be added, unless the vertical trim board has been installed with a space, in which case the flooring has to be able to float (slide back and forth) under the vertical wallboard trim. Our ancestors were very observant of nature, and skilled finish carpenters passed along their knowledge of the way materials behave. I worked for a finish carpenter while in high school, and learned that molding and trim weren’t just a finishing touch, but also a necessity to hide the places where materials needed room to expand and contract, at ceilings, floors, stairs and doors. Miracle materials have come along since then that were supposed to change the industry, like plastic moldings that are more temperature stable, but nature never disappoints. Natural or not, materials all have to work together, whether it’s the way they react to moisture, sunlight, heat or cold. You’re going to need to get the contractor to organize the flooring installer and the finish carpenter to coordinate cutting the floor, and either install the shoe molding or space the vertical trim baseboard so the floor moves and adjusts underneath, even at the island and kitchen cabinet bases. Hopefully, the flooring was installed over a moisture-proof expansion membrane. Then enjoy your floor.

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A year later, lessons learned from the pandemic

he coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc. We failed to see it coming until it was too late. We failed to imagine its destructive power. Nassau County’s first reported case was a 42-year-old Uniondale man who worked at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre and was treated at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, now NYU Langone. His case was reported last March 3. Three days later, Uniondale Schools Superintendent Dr. William Lloyd said in a statement, “The district has been in close contact with Nassau County and New York state health officials, and we have been told that at the current time, there is no reason to take any additional precautionary or preventive measures than those we already have in place.” By mid-March, schools had shut down. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran gave the order to close them for two weeks. Students didn’t return to their school buildings until September, learning, as best as they could, virtually, using new and unfamiliar online platforms like Zoom and Google Classroom. Businesses shuttered, some never to return. Hospitals — and the brave women and men who staff them — were quickly overwhelmed by the coronavirus caseload. So were funeral homes. Death, it seemed, was everywhere. And so here we are, a year later, battered and bruised, many of us filled with

anxiety because of a job loss, economic issues or simply the uncertainty that the coronavirus has brought to all of our lives. “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” the saying goes. After a full year of coping with a relentless disease, watching too many family members and friends fall prey to it, we are tired, ready for this nightmare to be over. We need to feel normal again. We are wiser, however. Our children are learning, albeit at a slower pace than they did. We are more forgiving of students if they miss a homework assignment or fail an exam. We don’t require them, to the degree that we did, to take the seemingly unending battery of state tests they were subjected to for years. Even the SAT is no longer sacrosanct, with a growing number of colleges becoming SAT-optional. Maybe that’s how it should have been all along. Perhaps our expectations were unrealistic. Long before the pandemic, young people complained, like no generation before, of the anxiety they were feeling. Maybe we should have listened more closely, understood better. If we come out of the pandemic with more realistic expectations of our children — and the desire to let them be kids at least part of the time — then some good will have come from this hell that we have collectively experienced. Maybe — just maybe — we will have learned that children’s feelings matter more in the end than their grades. At the same time, the pandemic

leTTers O’Connell was ‘right on the mark’ To the Editor: John O’Connell’s column in the Feb. 4-10 issue, “Agree with me or shut up,” was right on the mark. I have liberal relatives who still blame President Trump for all our woes, and it’s very difficult to have a reasonable conversation with them, on any subject, because they will always bring up the topic of politics. Many thanks to O’Connell for speaking up for many of us. PAT KING Merrick

It was worthy of framing To the Editor: Reading “Agree with me or shut up” was a profound breath of fresh air. Thank you, John O’Connell, for your thoughts. I’m going to frame this article as proof that there are still good people

exposed, like never before, the wide disparities in educational opportunities for children from different communities, based largely on race and socioeconomic forces beyond their control. We should commit, like never before, to closing these gaps so all children are given equal opportunity to learn. When you’ve had so much taken from you, you start to reassess all that you are. How much does owning the biggest house on the block or the shiniest car really matter? When you’re on a ventilator fighting for your life, not at all. We also learned that we’re highly adaptable creatures. Countless businesses have carried on virtually, leaving their owners wondering why they hadn’t tried going remote earlier. It saves time and effort. It also saves gasoline and, thus, money. And, as we have learned, it might be a way of saving the planet — less travel by car means less greenhouse gases sent into our atmosphere, which could help slow the climate crisis, the biggest of the crises facing humanity. We shouldn’t look back and beat ourselves up. We didn’t know better. We do now, though. The question is, when we are past the pandemic, who will we become? Will we revert to our old ways or adopt our newfound practices? We are likely to achieve herd immunity within the next year through a combination of inoculation and infection. Now is a good time to start planning for that day, and to decide how we will live in the years after these difficult days.

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applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19. Becoming fully vaccinated provides many with a sense of liberation, but it also comes with a deep social responsibility. According to published research, full vaccination — defined as two weeks after the second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine — virtually eliminates a person’s Lawrence e. chance of dying the strains of eisenstein from the virus we are currently likely to encounter. The vaccines provide excellent protection for most people from even contracting it. Nonetheless, a small percentage of vaccinated people will still come down with Covid-19. And researchers continue to study whether someone who has been vaccinated can transmit the virus to others. While I think they will ultimately find at least some protection against transmission, we can’t yet quantify the risk. Until we have these answers, vaccinated people must assume the responsibility of ensur-

ing they don’t inadvertently spread the virus. Our knowledge of Covid-19 is expanding rapidly, and science should guide our policymaking. The new CDC guidance is important not because it’s a get-out-of-jail-free card — it isn’t — but because of the accompanying explanation. The agency didn’t just issue a blanket statement that vaccinated people don’t need to quarantine after exposure; rather, it gave an important medical explanation. It acknowledged that the risk/ benefit ratio, a cherished tenet in medical evaluation, shifts after people are vaccinated. They aren’t completely free of the possibility of contracting or transmitting disease, but the odds of doing so change. We should acknowledge and even celebrate the fact that vaccinated people are highly unlikely to die of the current predominant strains of Covid-19. But we don’t yet know how long the post-vaccination protection lasts, so the CDC set the quarantine-free policy at 90 days — a period supported by science — as long as people have no symptoms following their exposure. The other side of the equation is benefits. There are important psychological, economic, sociological and health-related benefits to keeping people active, produc-

tive and out of quarantine, and there are profound impacts of keeping them in quarantine. The CDC concluded that although there is some risk of vaccinated people contracting and spreading the virus, the risks of forcing them to quarantine outweigh the benefits. I fully support this analysis. Quarantine, the taking away of someone’s freedom in the interest of protecting the public’s health, must be ordered responsibly. A careful evaluation of the risk/ benefit ratio is the correct way for public health policymakers to proceed. I believe the next step should be a lifting of the domestic travel quarantine for New Yorkers who are fully vaccinated. If we are no longer quarantining fully vaccinated people with a known exposure, why would we take away their freedom just because they’ve traveled — including those with no known exposures? Using good science, we might find that some locations have more dangerous variants. In those cases, quarantine might become necessary, even for fully vaccinated travelers. I get asked all the time when I think we will return to life as we knew it before the pandemic. We aren’t going to just flip a switch, and parts of our new normal might be here to stay. I for one will always

eep in mind that parts of our new normal — like masks — may be here to stay.

Letters that are willing to stand up and speak whole truths. ANThONY ChrIsOsTOMO East Meadow

Doesn’t O’Connell care about facts? To the Editor: My response to John O’Connell’s column is, wow! Just wow! O’Connell complains that “the individual’s right to freely express ideas . . . true or not . . . or [not] reliably sourced at all” should be allowed to flow freely. really? And he dares call himself a journalist? The reason that “the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year” is because of the absolute outright lies the radical right has fomented on sites like Parler. Thank God big tech stopped that slander. The big lie that the election was “stolen” is exactly what led to the insurrection on Jan. 6. O’Connell says “half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-harris administration unchecked by the house and senate.” Well, more than half the country was obviously vexed by a Trump-Pence administration whose lies were retold on far-right extremist outlets and went unchecked by the house and senate. Thus,

wear a mask on a plane, because the benefit of not getting sick with Covid-19, influenza or any respiratory virus that could ruin my vacation far outweighs the tiny cost of wearing that mask. To get back to life as we knew it will require a stepwise series of policy decisions based on benefit outweighing risk, each getting us closer to that light at the end of the tunnel. We don’t have all the answers regarding Covid-19 transmission or variants yet. Until we do, County Executive Laura Curran and I continue to remind residents that it is vital for fully vaccinated people to strike a balance between the activities that become relatively safer following vaccination (reflected in the CDC’s new policy) and the necessary social responsibility for vaccinated people to continue taking protective measures. They should protect themselves and their communities by wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home and getting tested when they feel ill. Fully vaccinated people should be comforted, even liberated by the knowledge they will surely survive even if they catch Covid-19. They can enjoy that luxury while protecting their neighbors and loved ones until everyone experiences the exuberance of immunity. Dr. Lawrence E. Eisenstein is the Nassau County commissioner of health.

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more than half the country voted for truth over lies, and sane governing over the anarchy brought on by the MAGA rioters and the radically dangerous right. Elections do have consequences, and the people, individuals expressing their individualism, have spoken. so John, take your right-wing group think and weep into your pillow for the next four years as most of America has been forced to for the past four years. LEE PAsTOrE Seaford

Newspapers aren’t the enemy To the Editor: Now that our nation’s truest “enemy of the people” — Donald J. Trump — is no longer president, I would like to contrast his labeling newspapers and other modern media the “enemy of the people” with what a better, wiser president — Thomas Jefferson — said in 1787 about the press of his era: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” rIChArD sIEGELMAN Plainview

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was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store. “Where’s yuh bittuhz?” the man inquired loudly. Befuddled, the young man asked for clarification. “Excuse me?” I immediately knew what the gentleman was looking for, and probably where he could find it. But rather than clear up the situation, I NICK stood silent. “Yuh bittuhz … bitBuglIoNe tuhz,” the older man exclaimed, growing a bit frustrated. I should have told the kid what the guy was looking for, but I was enjoying the confusion. After another few moments, the light bulb finally went on in the clerk’s head. “Oh, bittERS,” he said, directing the man to the correct aisle. I walked out of the store with a halfsmile, because that brief interaction highlighted a notion that has been turning around in my mind for some time: Younger Long Islanders don’t “tawk” like we

older folks anymore. I don’t have anything beyond anecdotal evidence of this linguistic shift, but I’m positive it’s been happening for some time. Ten years ago, I married Jill and became stepdad to Nicolas and Jake. At the time the boys were 6 and 4, respectively. I remember how much it frustrated me that they said the word “orange” wrong. They pronounced it “OR-enge.” It sounded like nails on a chalkboard to me, and I’d correct them over and over, “It’s not ‘OR-enge,’ it’s ‘ARE-inge,’” I’d tell them. “Say it like ya from New Yawk.” I wondered where they picked up this mispronunciation. Had they spent time in Florida before coming into my life? No, that wasn’t it. Their dad grew up just a few minutes east of me, and he “tawked” just like I do. In a few years, Jill and I had Adriana and then Elia and, as soon as they were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong. It was “wah-ter,” not “wah-tuh” and “hot dahg,” not “hot dawg.” My friends noticed the same thing with their kids, and you might have, too. If not, try this. Have your kids say talk, daughter, call and coffee, and see if you notice a difference.

My interest was piqued after the liquor store encounter, so I set out to find some answers. I contacted Hofstra University to see if they could hook me up with a linguistics professor who could shed some light on the subject. They put me in touch with Ilona Pierce, an associate professor in the Department of Drama and Dance. It seemed like a curious choice, but Pierce seemed to know her stuff when it came to the “Lawn Guyland” accent. It’s part of her job to teach budding Long Island actors how to ditch their accent for a more “neutral American” one. “I’m not a linguist, but I do spend most of my time listening to the speech of young actors — from Long Island, but also from all over the country and the world,” she said. First off, Pierce set me straight on a point of contention. Despite what some locals claim, there is absolutely no difference between the Long Island and the New York City accent. Ours has its roots in New York City, Pierce explained, and it spread out as New Yawk— sorry, New Yorkers moved out to the suburbs. Second, she confirmed that the Long Island accent is absolutely evolving. “I hear way fewer t-h sounds changed to t/d,” she said. “In the Long Island accent

s soon as our kids were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong.

of the 20th century, you’d hear ‘wit’ for ‘with’ or ‘dis’ and ‘dat’ for ‘this’ and ‘that.’” She also said kids aren’t dropping r’s for a’s anymore (turning “ever” into “eva,” for instance) and they have adopted a more “general American” pronunciation of words like “Harry, Gary and marry.” Case in point: my daughter Adriana is currently reading the classic “Hairy” Potter series. So, what the heck is going on? Well, according to Pierce, accents just naturally evolve over time. Nowadays, people relocate more easily and frequently and, as they move, they bring their sounds with them, she said. That made sense to me. The more I thought about it, I realized that I didn’t speak exactly like Grandma and Grandpa Buglione did. They came from Brooklyn and didn’t boil water, they “berled” it. They used the “terlit,” not the toilet. And if they knew a guy named Earl, they probably would’ve called him “Oil.” But I never spoke that way. It wasn’t all bad news, though. Pierce said she still hears kids calling dogs “dawgs,” and some of them still drink “cawfee.” Maybe there’s hope for the Long Island accent after awl. Nick Buglione is a teacher, freelance journalist and former editor of the East Meadow Herald.

A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake

admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys. But what to say about Gov. Andrew Cuomo in light of recent headlines? As a longtime supporter who watched his rise through the razor wire of New York politics, I have to say, Governor, you let us down. According to The New York Times, the Cuomo RANDI administration KReISS did not fully disclose the staggering numbers of Covid-19 nursing home deaths in New York City last spring. The allegation is that the horrific death toll — 15,000 and counting — was, in part, the result of the governor’s order to move Covid patients who had been hospitalized back to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The nursing homes weren’t equipped to handle pandemic disease, and they didn’t have sufficient protective gear for their staff. A cascading series of flawed policy

and thinking led to increased infections and deaths. Remember: Last March 5, Cuomo announced that cases of Covid-19 had doubled overnight from 11 to 22 statewide. By April 1, there were 83,000 reported cases. By May 1, New York state was nearing 375,000 cases. By late spring, Covid patients were swamping New York hospitals. Refrigerator trucks converted to mobile morgues stood outside some medical centers. The search for more personal protective equipment and ventilators was desperate, and in that context, Cuomo made the decision to move Covid patients from hospitals back to nursing homes. There were many possible reasons for that decision, from suggested political advantage to the prospect of hospitals having to triage care for all the incoming patients, to conflicting advice from medical experts on how to move forward. The result was that many thousands of nursing home residents died, almost always alone, almost always without saying goodbye to their loved ones whose grief is now compounded by anger. The people who took care of them, from the

nurses to the aides to the custodians who washed the floors, also died from the virus as it surged through the facilities. In recent statements, Cuomo has said that the policy was a mistake, and that there should have been more transparency when reporting the nursing home fatalities. He said the total of deaths reported was “delayed,” but he didn’t say that was intentional or self-protective. He said there was a “void.” There were many missteps in the early days of the pandemic. Supplies were scarce, and doctors and scientists who are usually in their comfort zone treating disease were shocked by the ferocity of the virus, even in the best hospitals in New York. There was no federal leadership. President Trump played the governors, had them begging for ventilators and masks that he dispensed grudgingly and for which he demanded obeisance. Cuomo’s nursing home policy was among the many mistakes that were made in those months. It follows that whenever Cuomo realized that the hospital-to-nursing-homepolicy was a mistake, he should have said so, fully and publicly. Waiting, delaying,

uomo rose to the occasion in those first months. He inspired us. He also let us down.

hiding the real numbers or whatever was done to avoid revealing the full truth was wrong. Attempting to cover up the tragedy, if that’s what was done, only compounded thousands of families’ pain. Cuomo is also the leader who sat before the cameras and the press every single morning for months and talked us through the wrenching changes in our lives brought about by the pandemic. He was steady and confident and told us we could get through it. He reminded us that we were “New York tough,” and we believed him. Governor, you rose to the occasion in those first months and provided steady leadership that helped us stay anchored in our lives. You did it while fighting a novel disease that was crushing the city, and you did it without significant support from the federal government. You inspired us, you kept the city going, you were a rock. I will never forget your 11 a.m. fireside chats. You also let us down. No thinking citizen of this state or country expects simple, black-and-white solutions to problems or leaders who are perfect. But we do expect you to tell us the truth, even when it hurts us. Even when it hurts you. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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