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Strongbox Theater to come to E.R. By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
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TONY LEONE SAID it was a dream realized to purchase the former East Rockaway National Bank and Trust Company building, which he plans to convert into the Strongbox Theater. Above, Leone inside an old bank vault that he said he might keep after the renovations.
To ny L e o n e c a n s t i l l remember the moment he fell in love with theater. After landing a few bit parts in plays as a college student at SUNY Buffalo, he finally earned his first speaking role when he played an old curmudgeon named Mr. Morse in the Lanford Wilson play “Hot l Baltimore.” For his first line, he rumbled into the scene from a backstage staircase to deliver four words — “I have a complaint” — and from that
moment on, theater was a major part of his life. “It was like an explosion,” Leone recalled. “When I said that line, the whole audience erupted in laughter by the way I delivered it. Night after night, I got all these laughs, and so, ever since that moment, it was like something happened in me and I had to do theater. That feeling has never left me.”
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A bittersweet farewell for E.R.’s St. Raymond School By TOM CARROZZA tcarroza@liherald.com
The annual St. Raymond Parish carnival was a bittersweet event this year, because it marked the final day for the school before it permanently closed amid lowered enrollment accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. Students, administration, alumni and parents celebrated the emotional final day for the school on June 18, the last day of classes. After a 9:30 a.m. schoolwide Mass, the students were led to the parking lot, where inflatable obstacle courses
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e cared for those kids like they were our own, and the families treated us like we were part of their families.
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Teacher, St. Raymond School and games were set up. A DJ blared music, and students played and ate cotton candy and ice cream. “St. Raymond has been my family for the past 34 years,” said Kay Hamaty, who taught sixth through eighth grades at the school. “We cared for
those kids like they were our own, and the families treated us like we were part of their families. It was a very spiritual, loving place to be a part of.” First-grade teacher Joanne Fischer said she felt an extraordinary bond with the
community as well. “It was my second home,” she said. “It’s hard to watch the doors close, but we know that they’re going to be OK.” Sister Ruthanne Gypalo, the principal, wrote a letter on the school website reflecting on St. Raymond’s closing. “There is an uncertainty that looms above us all — where
we are going, what we are doing, will we be welcomed a n d c a re d fo r i n o u r n ew place?” it read. “But our faith should also let us realize that we will be OK because God is in charg e and he loves us very much.” Gypalo closed by focusing o n c e l e b r at i n g t h e s ch o o l CONTINUED ON PAGE 4
NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS Student makes LNMS ‘No Place for Hate’
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EAST ROCKAWAY’S VALEDICTORIAN Lucy Temple, fourth from right, and Salutatorian Emma Pollackov, fifth from left, were recently honored by the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents. Taking part were, from left, Director of Guidance Janna Bonacorsi, Superintendent of Schools Lisa Ruiz, Pollackov’s father Steven Pollackov, and her grandmother Judith Crane, Temple’s parents Kim and Ben Temple, and ERHS Principal Richard Schaffer.
ERHS val, sal recognized The East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School’s class of 2021 Valedictorian Lucy Temple and Salutatorian Emma Pollackov were honored by the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents on June 10. The annual event, which celebrates the top students from each school across the county, was different this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Joined by relatives, Temple and Pol-
lackov attended a breakfast at their school with district officials who recognized their achievements on behalf of the NCCSS. The two students have had many accomplishments and displayed leadership throughout their high school careers. Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins
Lynbrook Nor th Middle School eighth-grader Cate Jennings was recently presented with the Cynthia Marks Student Legacy Award from the Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey. The organization selects one student from the elementary, middle and high school level who has demonstrated exceptional leadership skills to make their school No Place for Hate. As the award recipient, she received a plaque of recognition and a check for $500 for her hard work and dedication. Jennings was nominated by school social worker Sandra Gettenberg for going above and beyond to make the North Middle Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools School community a better place. Since the sixth grade, Jennings LYNBROOK NORTH MIDDLE School eighth-grader has been an active and valuable Cate Jennings received the Cynthia Marks Student member of the school communi- Legacy Award from the ADL New York/New Jersey. ty. She has held both the vice of color, she created a presentation for president and president positions in student government and has demon- Black History Month, which was shared strated her true leadership abilities serv- with the school community and engaged with students and staff around the topics ing as a voice for all students. In addition, Jennings is an active mem- that were presented. ber of the school’s after school club, Equity for All, and serves on the school’s diver- Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; comsity committee. As an advocate for stdents piled by Mike Smollins
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Theater owner to present free plays in park of “39 Steps” in Memorial Park on Frihit, Leone quit his job in pharmaceutical days and Saturdays from July 9 to 31. The logistics in New Hyde Park and devoted play is based on a spy novel written in his life to a new endeavor: the Strongbox 1915 by John Buchan, which Alfred HitchTheater. First, though, he needed a loca- cock adapted into a dramatic movie in tion to house his plays. After looking at 1935 before it was converted into a comeseveral properties, Leone, of Valley dic play in the United Kingdom in the Stream, and his wife and business part- 1980s. The play follows main character ner, Marla D’Urso, purchased the aban- Richard Hannay as he becomes embroiled doned former East Rockaway National in an international spy ring related to the mysterious “39 steps.” Bank and Trust Company, “It feels good to give the which was built in 1930 gift of theater with a free and has been vacant for show,” Leone said. “I think five years. people are itching to see a They plan to convert show, and these actors are the building into a perFor tickets to the itching to have an audiforming arts venue featurStrongbox Theater’s ence.” ing a black box theater to upcoming free producLeone hired Sam Hood present plays, open microtion of “39 Steps” in Adrain in April to direct phone nights, film screenMemorial Park on Fridays the play. Hood Adrain was ings and concerts. They and Saturdays from July the first of several candialso bought the building 9 to 31, go to strongboxdates whom Leone internext to the bank to use as theater.com. viewed and has an extenan office and rehearsal sive background in televispace while the facility is sion and film, runs a prounder construction. In duction company, and has addition to the black box (typically a small square room with black performed since he was 8. “It’s just the show that we need in this walls and a flat floor), Strongbox will feature dressing rooms on the second floor, a time,” Hood Adrain said, beaming with rehearsal space and lighting grids excitement. “Coming out of Covid, people installed in the ceiling, as well as a café are so ready to gather together and be and lounge. A big obstacle that Leone and safe. This show is nothing but funny. It’s D’Urso face is deciding what to do with going to be a joyous coming together.” The 106-page play has a two-hour run the massive bank vault that the couple was told would cost $100,000 to remove. time, and though there are about 60 roles Leone said he hoped to incorporate it into in the performance, four actors play all of them, ranging from old Scottish innkeepthe theater’s design. “It’s a dream come true,” he said. It’s ers to gang enforcers. The cast rehearses an obsession. I’ve always had this dream five hours a day, five days a week. There where I’d be walking along the avenue are 20 crewmembers, and Leone said the and thinking, ‘This could be a good the- goal is to have 1,000 people from East Rockaway and surrounding communities ater.’” see the play this summer. Leone praised Hood Adrain for his energy and rapport Play in the park The theater will not likely be finished with the actors, and his ability to bring until September 2022, but Leone isn’t challenging scenes to life.
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Hood Adrain got a sense of the camaraderie of theater when he was in a production of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer
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TONY LEONE AND his wife and business partner, Marla D’Urso, said they hope to complete renovations of the old bank by September 2022. Night’s Dream” and his sister, Grace, died suddenly. When he returned to auditions two weeks after her death, the play’s cast and crew gave him a book filled with personal messages to lift his spirits. “One of the kids wrote, ‘You have something that no one else has: You have an angel in the audience the rest of your life,’” he said, fighting back tears. From then on, he continued acting, writing and directing, eventually moving to Brooklyn and starting his production company — What Will the Neighbors Say — which develops original plays.
Community fixture to be
Leone, D’Urso and Hood Adrain each said they hoped “39 Steps” would bring people together, and they wanted the theater to help surrounding businesses by becoming a community fixture and drawing people to the area.
Most of all, D’Urso said, they want the play to foster a sense of community and normalcy after a trying year and a half. “We need them to make us smile now,” she said of the “39 Steps” cast. “That’s the most important part. We’re dying to smile and laugh and just do something fun.” As the actors buzzed about during a rehearsal behind him, Leone sat at his desk and tried to envision what it will be like in Memorial Park this summer. “I picture opening night,” he said softly as the actors ran lines in the background. “Just standing in the back and just hearing that first laugh, just like that first laugh I got playing Mr. Morse all those years ago. As soon as the audience erupts in laughter that first time, I know I’m going to lose it. That, to me, is going to be a big moment in my life.”
Amazon Fresh slated to come to Oceanside By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
After much speculation and buzz about what will replace the vacant Waldbaum’s building in Oceanside, Amazon Fresh is slated for the location. There are 14 such stores across the country. In May, Amazon Retail LLC applied for a grocery and beer and wine product license at the vacant site at 3620 Long Beach Road, which is now being renovated. The license is pending with the New York State Liquor Authority. The 47,300-square-foot building has been empty since 2016 after Waldbaum’s parent company filed for bankruptcy and went out of business, leaving the shopping center without a grocery store. Ten-
ants there include Marshalls, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kohl’s, Staples and Michaels. The news of an Amazon Fresh coming to the neighborhood was met with mixed opinions from residents. “I’m not interested in Amazon anything,” Cathie Stalano said. “. . .I would much rather have a sit down, eat-in Chinese restaurant. I will not be patronizing that store and paying outrageous prices for organic anything.” Michelle Weiner was one of many residents who said she believed the building would have been put to better use if it was a recreation center or entertainment arena for children. “How many more supermarkets do we need in the area?” she said. Jeff Barkan offered a different per-
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spective. “For those that are in dreamland about that spot, believing that a recreational facility would be better, there is not a chance it would be financially viable,” he said. “If it was, the space would never have remained vacant for so long. This is a done deal, and it will be fabulously successful.” Joe Glavin said he enjoyed the technology aspect to Amazon Fresh supermarkets, which offer a traditional selection of goods, but use technology to let shoppers pay without going through check-out lines. Most Amazon Fresh stores use the Amazon Dash Cart, a “smart shopping cart.” By using it, customers can sign into the cart using the Amazon app, place their bags in the cart and leave the store using the Dash Cart
lane. “I like the idea that you can walk into the store with your app, put your stuff in the bag and just walk right out with no line,” Glavin said. “Unless you want to pay traditionally, go on their app. It’s really cool.” Responding to a Facebook entry in an Oceanside community group, many residents said they were pleased about the potential for Amazon Fresh, while others were against it. Amazon, based in Seattle, bought Whole Foods Market for $13.7 billion in 2017 and opened its first Amazon Fresh in California last August. There are 14 Amazon Fresh locations across California, Illinois, Virginia and Washington.
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ST. RAYMOND STUDENTS gathered at a carnival to bid farewell to the school, which closed for good on June 18.
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community’s accomplishments and future, noting, “We are not going to dwell on sadness, but want to celebrate our successes.” On March 16, the Diocese of Rockville Centre released a letter announcing the planned closures of St. Raymond and St. Thomas the Apostle School, in West Hempstead, citing financial issues and declining enrollment. The letter noted that enrollment was decreasing before the coronavirus pandemic, but the health crisis exacerbated the problem. “We are deeply saddened by the cl o s i n g o f t h e s e t wo e l e m e n t a r y schools,” said Sean Dolan, the diocese’s communications director. “The Diocese of Rockville Centre thanks the dedicated and committed principals and teachers . . . who have taught in these schools.” Students from both schools will be welcomed into any Catholic elementa_______
ry school in the diocese, but many parents said they were not prepared to have their children switch schools. According to the letter, school leaders and the team at the State Department of Education will assist parents and students in selecting and transferring to new schools. St. Raymond was founded in 1927 and became a fixture in East Rockaway for decades, but the school experienced a 49 percent decline in enrollment. The parish provided more than $1 million to sustain operations and keep the school running, but the parish could no longer support the school, which had 130 students enrolled in 2020-21. Anne Petraro, whose son Joseph finished second grade at the school, graduated from St. Raymond in 1992. Petraro spoke about how the school’s leadership, and specifically Gypalo, has made it a second home for the many Petraros who have walked its halls over the past three decades.
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ANNE AND JOSEPH Petrano, at left, celebrated the St. Raymond School with their friends Jean, far right, and Frances Warner. “She instilled values and strong faith into my life, and I wanted the same for my son,” Petraro said of Gypalo. “It’s bittersweet, but I know that with our faith, he will take it with him, but it’s still so devastating for me.” Petraro and fellow parent Jean Warner said they hoped that St. Raymond’s closing would not end Catholic education in East Rockaway. The two are working to establish a new school for the students of the recently closed St. Raymond, St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Christopher’s schools. The All Saints Coalition, which both Petraro and Warner are a part of, is
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Heralds honor Long Island’s top teachers By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com
The Herald Community Newspapers group held its first live Zoom awards show to honor Long Island teachers for their outstanding work inside and outside the classroom. The Herald Head of the Class Long Island Teacher Awards ceremony was hosted by the Herald and RichnerLIVE, presented by Bank of America and sponsored by Geico. Jordan Sabinsky, who teaches kindergarten at Searingtown Elementary School in the Herricks School District, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award. Nancy Aquino, who teaches second grade in the Baldwin School District’s Steele School, took home the honor for top elementary school teacher. Grace Dong-Janeo, who teaches at Hempstead Middle School, was the top middle school teacher. And Rebecca Rodriguez, a foreign language teacher in the East Rockaway School District, was the top high school teacher. Eric Feil, the Heralds’ director of business development, hosted the event, announcing the winners and interviewi n g t h e m a b o u t t h e i r a c h i e ve ments. “What a night this is going to be as we celebrate the top teachers across Long Island,” Feil told the online audience as the ceremony began. “We’ve all had a teacher in our lives who has made a lasting impact, who was truly special — whether they saw something in us that they brought out, inspired us, or gave us the confidence to go and learn something and apply something new to the world … Now, tonight, we are here to honor them.” Stuart Richner, president and CEO of Richner Communications, thanked viewers for joining in for the night and shared his view of the most influential teachers in students’ lives. “Even before Covid-19 and even before teachers were declared essential workers last August, we all knew just how essential they were … It has always gone without saying that our schools are the true heart and soul of Long Island,” Richner said. “Top educators motivate students in countless ways and create atmospheres of understanding, compassion and curiosity. The most influential teachers go above and beyond, and their impact is felt both inside and outside the classroom. The impact of a great teacher can last a lifetime.” Richner shared how he still fondly recalls the lessons that his sixth-grade teacher, Mr. Stuart Brock, taught about being confident and taking the lead, and always sticking up for those without a voice. When Richner first started holding discussions about the idea of honoring Long Island’s top teachers, he said he knew it would be vital to receive community input. The awards nomination process was open to the public and generated more than 300 nominees, from students, parents and teachers to local business owners. “Throughout the pandemic, we have seen our educators meet countless new
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JordAN SABiNSky, who teaches at Searingtown Elementary School in Herricks, won the Bank of America Rising Star Award.
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COMMUNITY UPDATE Ongoing 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.
Monday Night Car Shows in East Rockaway Have you heard? They didn’t reinvent the wheel, but East Rockaway Kiwanis has the cars rolling! Come Monday nights from June 21 to Aug. 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday nights to celebrate Car Shows. People of all ages gather together safely outdoors on Main Street at Parking Field 6. DJ Ken will spin the oldies. Many of the cars start to come at 4 p.m. from surrounding neighborhoods with some as old as 1931.
Tuesday, June 29 Virtual Book Talk Discuss your favorite books of all types with Nicole, avid reader and Lynbrook Public Library librarian at 7 p.m. Email kbuchsbaum@lynbrooklibrary.org for more information.
Wednesday, June 30 Virtual Bingo The East Rockaway Library hosts virtual bingo at 4 p.m. for ages 4 and up. Pick up your bingo cards when you sign up and Miss Donna will send you the link to our virtual meetup. Or email dmiller@eastrockawaylibrary.org to register and they will send you a card to print at home.
Tuesday, July 6 Lynbrook Board of Education The Lynbrook Board of Education will
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Wednesday, July 7 East Rockaway Board of Education 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.
Tuesday, July 13 Lynbrook Library Board Meeting The Lynbrook Library will host its monthly board meeting at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (516) 599-8630.
Monday, July 19 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) 599-8300 for more information.
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The East Rockaway VFW’s thrift shop is open for business. East Rockaway Kiwanis hosts summer car shows on Monday nights. High school graduations are set for June 25. Lynbrook Library hosts a virtual book talk on June 29. The Lynbrook school board meets on July 6.
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Ten-year-old Robby entered fourth grade believing the following three things were true. • Some people, like his sister, were born smart. Others, like him, had the rotten luck to be born stupid. • If you don’t know the answer to a question or you don’t know how to do something, it just proves how stupid you are. • If you try to do a task and fail, admit you’re no good at it. Since you’re no good at it, don’t even try to do anything to improve. Robby has internalized a “no-cando” attitude. If a task is difficult, instead of staying with it, he quickly gives up, feeling frustrated and embarrassed. If told to “try harder,” he becomes belligerent, yelling “leave me alone.” He’s convinced that those who have to work hard in school are dummies. The smart kids, like his sister, don’t need to study. Everything comes easy to them. They just know the answer. Robby is a child at risk – not only for academic success but also for depression. His style of negative thinking is termed “learned helpless-
ness.” He is passive and self-critical, approaching tough tasks with pessimistic thoughts, such as, “I’m terrible at this,” “I’m a total failure,” “I’ ll never learn anything.” In contrast to Robbie, Eric, despite having some serious learning issues, has a more optimistic viewpoint about himself. Eric believes that to get smarter or to do better athletically, you need to work at it. Though he jokingly calls himself a natinda ural bor n klutz, that doesn’t stop him from wanting to play softball or soccer every chance he gets. Though he knows he’ll never be a star player, he takes pride in how much his skills have improved this year. In school, his toughest subjects are reading and spelling. “I’m a slow reader,” he admits, “so it takes me longer to do my work. But when I’m motivated to get a good grade, I put in the time and ask my mom to quiz me.” Eric is what’s called a “mastery
student.” He believes that success is based on how much you study or practice. When he does poorly on a test, it’s a signal to him that he has to study harder next time. He staves off pessimistic thoughts by reminding himself what he does well. “It’s only a spelling test,” Eric told his mom. “You know, that’s my weakest subject. And my other grades are pretty good.” If your child is more like Robby than Eric, apadin here are a few ways to help him or her become more confident. • Teach your child what “learned helplessness” is. He may think calling himself stupid just states the obvious. Or it could be a protective device-calling himself stupid before anyone else does. • Instead of sitting him down and “making” him work, work with him playfully. Teach him to become a detective who searches for evidence of his strengths and successes – even
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Memories of a once and future hero
My late mother was always cleaning the apartment she lived in for more than six decades. Actually, it was more like a continuous archeological dig as she waded through years and years of memories and history. In 2003 she handed me a letter she discovered, and I feel that it’s appropriate to publish during the Memorial Day period. My cousin Heshy, an Army infantryman, wrote it in 1944 just a few months after D-Day:
are about to make; guys who stick up for schleps who are being picked on; guys who stop one selfish hot dog from ruining the entire unit. “Maybe ‘cause it’s the army, but there’s a tendency here to have a guy tell you; ‘hey, do it for me ‘cause we’re in the same outfit.’ That’s the hardest part: not shooting at the Krauts far away, but rather saying ‘no, it’s not right’ to the guy standing (or lying) right next to you. They give medals for the grand acts of bravery, but it’s those millions of quiet acts of courage that will win this war and earn us the right to deserve to win it. Anyway, love to all. I miss you folks a lot and can’t wait to come home. I hope I have the courage to be as brave there as I hope to prove I am here. Please pray for me as I pray for each of you. As ever, your loving nephew, Heshy.” My cousin, Pfc. Herbert Goldman, age 21, was killed in action on September 14, 1944. After having vololdman unteered to single handedly attack a machine-gun post that was strafing his platoon, he succeeded in his mission, though twice wounded, before a third shot proved fatal. On Memorial Day we remembered his single act of heroism, which we can never duplicate, but at my mother’s urging, we can try, every other day, to appreciate and perform those million other quiet acts of bravery that ennobled his spirit and will for-
COMEDIAN AMY SCHUMER, above, filmed a scene for her upcoming Hulu series, “Life & Beth,” in Malverne on June 14.
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“Dear family, I apologize for the sloppy handwriting, but I’m writing from the back of a truck taking us to the front, and I just wanted to grab what may be my last chance for a long time to write. I hope all of you are fine. I’m no longer “fine”…the war has made me coarse and rough, and I feel a hardness toward pain and suffering that I guess is what helps us survive and just get mad, not go mad. on As we head in to what we hope (yet fear) will be a real battle, I pray I’ll do my duty and make my buddies and all of you at home proud of me. “These past few months, I’ve learned a lot about courage. I’ve seen guys ignore enemy fire to race to the rescue of wounded they don’t even know, while one guy insists on always taking the point on every patrol ‘cause he has no one back home who would miss him. But I’ve also seen other, different kinds of courage: small acts of valor that make this whole mess bearable; guys who confront superior officers who
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Comedian films Hulu series locally By NAKEEM GRANT ngrant@liherald.com
The parking lot at Angelo’s Pizzeria on Hempstead Avenue in Malverne was filled with a television production crew on June 14 as comedian Amy Schumer spent much of the day shooting a scene for her upcoming Hulu series, “Life & Beth.” Streets were blocked off and police cars surrounded the pizzeria as the filming
took place. Local Facebook group pages were buzzing throughout the day as word about Schumer had quickly spread in the village. A Ro c k v i l l e C e n t r e native, Schumer, 40, who is starring and directing in this upcoming comedy series, had filmed a scene in Rockville Centre last month. The show, which also stars Michael Cera and Michael Rapaport, is expected to premiere later this year.
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ow has the pandemic affected me? Because I came to work every day, I was able to be distracted and get away from thinking about the pandemic. I came to work every day because I wanted to be with the children and keep them safe. I understood that the families in this community needed to go to work. They were not able to work remotely. I worked in whatever class I was needed. I cooked for the children when the cook was out at the beginning of the pandemic. Since September, I have greeted the children and their families each day to do their Covid health screening, take temperatures and wash the children’s hands before they enter their classrooms. I have answered the phone while the administrative assistant was home working remotely.
I was born in Far Rockaway, but raised in Inwood, and I still live here. I began working at the Five Towns Early Learning Center on May 23, 1988; during those 33 years, I have been a part of the center family and care for and educate generations of children. As an assistant teacher, I am a “Jill of everything,” as apparently I say "Yes" to whatever Executive Director Pepper Robinson calls me to do.
LYNBROOK HIGH SCHOOL student Isabelle Gaudet received a $1,000 scholarship from New York Elks Lodge No. 1.
Editor's note: In an interview, Robinson said of Ortiz, “She has been a rockstar during the pandemic. All of my staff have been, but she is special, having worked here for 33 years. She has truly been a hero for the center and for the Inwood community. She is well loved by the center children and their families.”
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Lynbrook High School student Isabelle Gaudet recently received a $1,000 scholarship from the New York Elks Lodge No. 1. The officers and members were in attendance as Lodge Scholarship Chairman Michael Boiler presented the scholarship to Gaudet. Gaudet is a hardworking student-athlete, and plays varsity volleyball, lacrosse and bowling, and also has received high grades academically. She is a member of many clubs, including the Key and Friends clubs, and the Students Against
Drunk Driving initiative. Additionally, she is a member of the National Honor Society and the National Math, Science and Arts societies. She plans to attend Virginia Wesleyans University and Wesleyans Batten Honors College, where she and 39 other students were accepted as incoming freshmen. Gaudet will major in biology and has aspirations to become a doctor. Courtesy New York Elks Lodge No. 1; compiled by Mike Smollins
NEWS BRIEF Summer Reading Program kicks off Long Island students can stay well-read this summer with a Summer Reading Program designed to reinforce their reading skills gained throughout the school year by fostering independent learning throughout summer vacation. The program will enable children of all ages to participate and gives them an opportunity to strengthen their skills through the theme “Tails and Tales.” If students read three age-appropriate books and keep a journal during the summer, they are eligible to receive a certificate of achievemement. The event was launched by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky. “Our summer reading program
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fosters an appreciation toward learning and encourages children to invest time in their studies throughout the summer months,” Kaminsky said, according to a news release. “Studies show that children who read over the summer become stronger and more focused students in the years that follow, indicating that the knowledge gained from independent reading persists long throughout childhood. I’m excited to see what our kids will learn this summer as part of the Summer Reading Program.” To register for the program, visit kaminsky.nysenate.gov. For any qusestions or for more information, call (516) 766-8383.
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Expanded dinosaur exhibit roars into RVC The Center for Science Teaching & Learning’s expanded “Dinosaurs! and Animal Adventure” exhibit, featuring four new animatronic dinosaurs, is open and welcoming families and groups. New to the exhibit are five animatronic dinosaurs inside and outside the exhibition hall. New additions include a mother Triceratops and baby, Citipati (CHITT-uhPUTT-ee) and Parasaurolophus (Pear-uhsore-AWL-oh-fus). A grand re-opening and expansion ceremony with state and local elected officials, VIPs and business leaders was recently held to mark the occasion. Dinosaurs! And Animal Adventure is the only tourist and educational attraction of its kind on Long Island. Over the past two years, even during the pandemic, the exhibit has become a popular familyfriendly attraction. “The expansion of the Dinosaurs! and Animal Adventure marks the latest step in our mission to inspire and educate,” said Dr. Ray Ann Havasay, the executive director for CSTL. “We are certain that everyone that visits our expanded exhibit will be impressed and enjoy our new dinosaurs. Our exhibit will continue to bring tourists and economic activity to Rockville Centre and Nassau County.” The exhibit focuses on how animals adapt and survive. It is demonstrated
through an intermixing of dinosaur models and live animals together. It is housed at CSTL’s 35,000-square-foot WAC Lighting Hall of Science at its Tanglewood Preserve headquarters, at 1450 Tanglewood Road, in Rockville Centre. School children and families from the New York region and beyond are expected to visit this exhibit annually to experience more than 80 displays. As a science and STEM educationfocused not-for-profit organization, CSTL is dedicated to providing people of all ages with a place to engage in both formal and informal learning. CSTL also creates signature corporate programs and delivers educational workshops. Dinosaurs! and Animal Adventure is open every day except Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $15 for anyone 13 and older, and $12 for children ages 1 to 12. Tickets can only be purchased on site. For special group rates and programs for special events, birthday parties, camps trips and school field trips call (516) 764– 0045 or email helpdesk@cstl.org. For more information about CSTL, special events and Dinosaurs! and Animal Adventure visit cstl.org. Courtesy CSTL; compiled by Mike Smollins
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Mercy Hospital donates 22,000 pounds of food On June 17, a team from Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital donated more than 22,000 pounds of food to a variety of local nonprofits in an effort to combat food insecurity on Long Island. Thanks to a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation, Mercy employees and volunteers assembled and distributed 1,200 bags of perishable and nonperishable food items to 10 Nassau County-based organizations. The intention is that each family receives two bags (a perishable and nonperishable), which contains enough food to feed a family of four for a week. “The communities we serve are an extension of who we are at Mercy; therefore, I am extremely grateful to Mother Cabrini for allowing us to provide food access to families who might be struggling to put food on the table,” Mercy Hospital President Peter Scaminaci said, according to a release. “With food insecurity on the rise, given the
current climate, I am hopeful that initiatives like this one will help us to continue to combat the issue locally.” Each family will receive 37 pounds of food: nonperishable items such as pasta, beans, granola, rice and more, and perishable items such as fruits and vegetables. As an added bonus, families will also receive disinfecting wipes. Organizations that received food vary from pantries, to women shelters to parishes. The event is one of many food drives that Mercy employees participate in. Just recently, the Friends of Mercy, an organization that fundraises for the hospital, and the staff started the Giving Garden, where they grow fresh vegetables that will be donated to the Nursing Sisters of the Sick Poor and others facing hunger in the community. Courtesy Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital; compiled by Mike Smollins
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he general public has little or no idea how government works. Citizens may go to a town, city council or village board meeting, but they’re usually there for a brief visit about some neighborhood issue, and after that there’s no longer any contact with the world of elected officials. Most of my service has been in state government, having spent 23 years in the State Assembly. When I contrast the State Legislature of my years to the current one, I must confess I have JERRY mixed emotions. When I arrived KREMER in Albany in 1966, and through all the years that I was in office, the makeup of the Legislature was what I think the founding fathers would have approved. There were insurance agents, teachers, bankers, undertakers, merchants and former athletes, and there was even a legislator who drove trotting horses at night. They all had some things in common, which were either prior public service or they knew
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what it was like to make a payroll. Almost all of my colleagues understood that being an elected official required time and patience. Many of them who were committee chairs had a deep knowledge of their assigned subject, and their expertise was obvious during floor debates. I often found myself in awe at how a particular member had mastered a very complex area and could speak with such intimate knowledge about a pending proposal. Luckily, I had the chance to either listen to or be a part of floor debates that were challenging and sometimes combative. Because I eventually rose to be the chair of the Ways and Means Committee, I had the opportunity to learn the inside workings of state government, which was an experience that I cherish to this day. But sadly, today’s Legislature is no longer a carbon copy of the one I experienced. On the positive side, there are still many hard-working members who have a positive influence on the legislative process. They know what they’re talking about, and their many successes in creat-
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ing new laws is proof of their effectiveness. The Long Island legislative delegation, headed by Sen. Todd Kaminsky, is a very effective group, and they display sanity and knowledge when they speak out on some important issue. That’s the good news about today’s Albany. But there’s also a very unsettling side to the changes that are taking place. Every person has the right to run for office, and if they can get a majority of the voters to support them, they will have the exciting opportunity to serve. From time to time, some new members become a positive force in the Legislature and succeed by doing their homework. But there are a growing number of new members who have no life experience, and are now in the public arena without a clue about what is expected of them. Some call themselves “progressive,” but their positions on vital subjects are far from progressive. New laws cost money, and there should be an understanding that the average taxpayer can afford just so much. The newcomers focus on finding ways to tax the people that they consider
growing number in the Legislature don’t have a clue about what is expected of them.
“rich.” They advocate punishing tax measures that are a message to New Yorkers that if you can relocate, now is the time. The number of residents and businesses that leave the state is rising at a staggering rate. States like Florida are welcoming these disenchanted people with open arms. I have had over a dozen conversations in the past six months with people who aren’t Jeff Bezos types but who are giving up on New York because they see what has happened and fully expect times to get even worse. It’s bad enough that so many people’s lives have been decimated by a year of Covid, and now they face punishing program after program that threaten their ability to survive economically. There is no magic formula to change the direction of state politics. Maybe an aroused public will take action on Election Day, but that’s probably wishful thinking. What some people call good change I call a calamity. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.
Covid-19 took so much, even our words
nce upon a time, a superspreader was a nifty tool for installing grout during a tiling job. Then we blinked, a virus leaped from a bat to a person and the world wobbled on its axis. Within weeks we crashed from a functioning society, with reasonable expectations for living full lives, to a dysfunctional country coping poorly with a global pandemic. In our new reality, superspreader has been repurposed to mean a social gathering where RANDI people sick with KREISS the coronavirus infect large numbers of other people. In the old times, you could buy a super-spreader for $31.88. And chances are it wouldn’t kill you. Covid-19 has transformed not just the way we live and go to work and school, how we shop and how we access medical care, how we travel and how we raise our children. The virus has hijacked our language. A mask is now universally recognized as a face covering to protect people from the coronavirus. The lowly cloth worn to
cover nose and mouth can also be a charged political statement. Not wearing a mask in a place where masks are mandatory is an act of defiance. Only two years ago, face coverings were pretty much associated with surgeons, Halloween or certain religious observances. Now we conduct our lives by where and how we wear our masks. We need a dictionary of the pandemic. What about the word refresh? You may think of a splash of cold water or running a comb through your hair, but I think of spending many hours for many days in a row trying to get appointments online for our vaccines. I would go to the designated site and then begin refreshing, over and over, hoping to land a shot. Eventually I did, after an unreasonable amount of repetitive key clicking. Before the pandemic, when I heard the world bleach, I thought of how much clothing I’ve ruined by splashing Clorox in the wrong places. But then, at the peak of the Covid surge around the country, there was the former president suggesting that people might inject bleach into their bodies to fight the virus. It was a singular moment in presi-
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dential briefings; the lunacy of the suggestion prompted Dr. Deborah Birx, on the stage to one side of the president, to twist her face in a silent agony of disbelief. It erased for all time the notion that bleach is just bleach. Will anyone ever hear the words refrigerator truck again and not flash back to the grim parade of trucks repurposed as morgues and lined up outside New York hospitals? Perhaps the new word associations are a kind of PTSD. I was driving on a highway recently, and when a refrigerator truck pulled alongside, I instantly recalled the dark days of New York City in the grip of the virus. For all my life, Q has been the regal 17th letter of the alphabet. Now, Q, short for QAnon, is inextricably tied to the political fringe group that metastasized among millions of Americans, spreading false information about the pandemic and misinformation about the scientists on the front lines of fighting the disease. Not to mention that Q followers have challenged the results of the 2020 presidential election and supported the Jan. 6 insurrection at our Capitol. I cannot hear Q without feeling anxious for
ill you ever think of ‘mask,’ ‘refresh’ or ‘flatten the curve’ the same way?
our democracy and our ability to have free and safe elections. How many of us were familiar with the term flatten the curve? And yet we heard that every day for months as scientists urged us to isolate and mask up to stop the awful surges of the pandemic. Those three words are changed forever in my mind. Even the word virus is heard differently. We have known viruses in our time, but this one quickly assumed Infectious Disease Hall of Fame status. We have protection from measles and polio and mumps. But for a long time, we were completely vulnerable to the Covid super bug. Once upon a time, a pod was thought of as a covering of a pea or a storage unit. Suddenly a pod became a small, safe group of family members or friends who socially distance together to limit exposure to Covid. The word even became a verb: to pod with a friend in the interest of mutual good health. Language is a living thing, evolving over time. The pandemic experience has co-opted our shared lexicon. It has appropriated words and led us to coin new ones to describe a time of profound loss and grief. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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plans that were formulated with public input. Plans had to be submitted to the state by this April. The governor gave the people a role in determining how they would be policed. There was much talk on the right of how such measures would impede police work and endanger officers. Quite the opposite, the legislation has only increased police transparency, slowly but surely building public trust. Tens of thousands of good police officers who do their jobs without incident had no problem with the state’s reform package. Improving police relations in communities of color could take years, if not decades. The sense of unease and fear that too many Black people feel toward police had been brewing since the creation of the nation’s first police department in New York City in 1844. It will take time to heal. New York state is, however, headed on the right path. At the same time, Nassau County and
Juneteenth comes to Nassau County
ov. Andrew Cuomo last June signed an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees now receive a paid day off. It was the right move. On June 17 this year, President Biden signed a measure designating Juneteenth a federal holiday. That, too, was the right move. On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen.
But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. That day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas. It officially became a state holiday there in 1980, but as of 2019, only Texas had recognized it as a paid holiday for state employees. There were, astoundingly, 14 Republican members of Congress who voted against the measure to create the national holiday, saying that they objected to the use of “Independence Day” in the legislation, or that the nation didn’t need another federal holiday. (There are now 11.)
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the Police Benevolent Association at last recently reached an agreement to require officers to wear body cameras. We wonder why it took so long, particularly given that the Village of Freeport had adopted them as early as 2015 — the first municipality in New York to do so — and why county officers will be paid $3,000 annually to wear them. Wearing a body camera, after all, requires no extra effort, no additional work, on an officer’s part. We are pleased to see, though, that officers will be wearing them as early as this fall. Undoubtedly, we, as a nation, have a long way to go before we finally achieve a racially just society. We have seen unarmed Black men killed by police in other parts of the country in recent months. Each death is a tragedy that we hope and pray will not be repeated. The year since the death of George Floyd was a start toward reform.
LETTERS A big thank you to Mayor Beach, village board To the Editor: Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach and the village trustees have shown so much support to our Lynbrook High School students this year, and the LHS PTA would like to say thank you. No one could have ever anticipated how the Covid-19 pandemic would affect our students and school years. The support of the village was overwhelming. The LHS class of 2020 missed so many year-end events and milestones, including its prom. Thanks to the village officials, the PTA and the community group “Friends of LHS”, an evening pool event, historically held on prom night, was still able to be held to
There should have been no reason for dissent on this legislation. The United States did not truly become the “land of the free” until all of its people were free. Until that June day in 1865, they were not. The country should acknowledge that fact. A federal holiday forces us to confront our history. Last weekend, it was wonderful to see people across Nassau County gathering in parks to celebrate with song and food or in the streets to march, reminding us that we have many miles to walk before we achieve the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of a society in which “little Black boys and Black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.”
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he Florida state Board of Education recently banned the teaching of critical race theory because all topics taught in Florida schools must be “factual and objective,” and CRT asserts that “racism is embedded in American society and its legal systems in order to uphold the supremacy of white persons.” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, an early contender for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, denounced CRT because, he said, it teaches children “the country is ALAN rotten and that our institutions SINGER are illegitimate.” Teaching CRT is also banned in Tennessee and Idaho. In response to this assault on history, school districts across the United States are racing to report that they teach critical thinking, not critical race theory, although it is unclear whether the opponents of teaching U.S. history, with all its warts, inconsistencies and systemic racism, understand the distinction. In a joint statement, the American Historical Association, the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers, the Anti-Defamation League, the National Council for the Social Studies and 75 other educational organizations denounced a string of legislative propos-
als across the country that “target academic lessons, presentations, and discussions of racism and related issues in American history in schools, colleges and universities.” They charged that the bills infringe on “the right of faculty to teach and of students to learn”; “substitute political mandates for the considered judgment of professional educators”; and are designed to prevent an “honest reckoning with all aspects” of America’s past. In some circles, vehement opposition to CRT has become the new code phrase for rallying white opposition to full rights and citizenship for AfricanAmericans. During the Civil War, white racists and anti-war Copperhead Democrats accused abolitionists and Republicans of promoting miscegenation, race-mixing leading to biracial children that would eventually replace the white race. In a 1981 interview, Lee Atwater, a Republican consultant and confidant of Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, explained how coded language worked. Because you could no longer openly use racially offense terms, “you say stuff like forced busing, states’ rights and all that stuff,” but the people you are appealing to know exactly what you mean. When Reagan ran for president, he attacked “welfare queens” driving around in Cadillacs. A television ad for Bush associated his Democratic opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael
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LETTERS help the recently graduated seniors celebrate together for one of the last times. Lynbrook has once again stepped up with its support of the LHS class of 2021. They will have great memories of many of the year-end events, such as a senior picnic, the annual prom walk and of course the Night Owls pool event, all made possible through the support of village officials and the Recreation Center, as well as the Lynbrook Chamber of Commerce. In addition, when the high school construction caused sidewalk and crosswalk closures, the village quickly partnered with LHS officials to devise a plan to create temporary cross walks and provided safe temporary parking for the students. The extension of the parking through the end of the school year shows the commitment of the village to help keep students safer. As the saying goes “It takes a village…” and we are lucky to have a great one! We are so thankful for the support from the Village of Lynbrook, the Recreation Department, The Lynbrook Police Department, and the Chamber of Commerce.
Dukakis, with Willie Horton, a Black man convicted of murder who committed other serious crimes after taking part in a release program. The controversy over CRT erupted in Commack when members of a group called the Loud Majority disrupted two public meetings, interrupting Board of Education members and speakers in the audience, including students who were trying to explain how they felt slighted in a curriculum that ignored who they were. Instead of silencing the disruptors or requiring them to leave, board members and district officials kept trying to explain the curriculum to people who were not interested in listening. Kimberlé Crenshaw, who teaches law at UCLA and Columbia University and was an early proponent of critical race theory, described it as “an approach to grappling with a history of white supremacy that rejects the belief that what’s in the past is in the past, and that the laws and systems that grow from that past are detached from it.” In the 1990s, social scientists and educational researchers began to employ CRT as a lens to understand the persistence of race and racism. It became controversial when then President Trump denounced CRT as part of his response to The New York Times’s 1619 Project. To rally his supporters during his re-election campaign, Trump declared, “Critical race theory is being forced into our
children’s schools, it’s being imposed into workplace trainings, and it’s being deployed to rip apart friends, neighbors and families.” As a former high school social studies teacher, I embrace the effort by the National Council for the Social Studies to promote critical thinking based on an evaluation of evidence. I find CRT to be an important lens for engaging students as critical thinkers, and I believe it helps teachers involve students in a broader discussion. The European Enlightenment is often known as the Age of Reason, because Enlightenment thinkers tried to apply scientific principles to understand human behavior and how societies work. Many of the earliest Enlightenment thinkers were from England, Scotland and France, but the idea of using reason and science spread to other European countries and their colonies. In the U.S., Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin are considered Enlightenment thinkers. Some historians, including me, point out that the Age of Reason in Europe was also the peak of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, when millions of Africans were transported to the Americas as enslaved laborers for plantations. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies.
FRAMEWORK by Christina Daly Lynbrook High School PTA
Are we really that racist, Randi? To the Editor: I totally disagree with Randi Kreiss’s column “Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?” in the June 10-16 issue. She repeats the rubbish that America is a terrible racist nation. That is not true, and she knows it! How could Barack Obama have been elected two times, and how could our current vice president, Kamala Harris, be in office if Randi is correct? She is mouthing the lies of the Democratic Party and helping them capture total power in our country. I urge her to wake up and reconsider her position! JAMES G. COLLINS Floral Park
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