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Local woman publishes debut book of poetry motherhood, the arts and ambition, and speaks to the potential of relationships to hurt and Shakira Croce said that as far heal. The poems offer intimate back as she could remember, she glimpses into their author’s life. wanted to write poetry. Croce grew up in Georgia, “My mom said she always moved to New York to study remembered me with something writing at Sarah Lawrence Colin my hand, writing . . .,” Croce lege in Yonkers and eventually recalled. “I think it earned a master’s was just something at Pace University. that I always wantShe lives in Lyned to do, just a way brook with her of expression. I husband, Shawn t h i n k eve r yo n e Lovatal, and their kind of has a grav1 - ye a r- o l d s o n , itation, and for me, Julian Croce it was to explore Lovatl. creatively.” In addition to Croce, 33, poetry and creative recently fulfilled writing, Croce her dream when works in Manhather debut book of tan as the assistant SHAkiRA CRoCE poems, “Leave It director of comRaw,” was pub- Lynbrook poet and munications and lished by Finish- writer public relations at ing Line Press. The Amida Care, New book features 24 York’s largest nonpoems that the Lynbrook resi- profit Medicaid special-needs dent has written over the past health plan. She writes articles eight years, chronicling her sin- for the company’s website and gle life, in her mid-20s, to mar- advocates for people who do not riage and motherhood, in her have access to health care, early 30s. Her writing features including those dealing with sharp imagery and stories from extreme poverty and mental her life that have stuck with her. health and substance abuse The poetry explores the nuances of sexuality, marriage, Continued on page 11

By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

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STuDENTS AND STAff returned to school last week in Lynbrook and East Rockaway. Students at Centre Avenue Elementary School were clearly excited to go back.

‘We do not know what lies ahead’

Uncertain school years begin in Lynbrook, E.R. By MikE SMolliNS msmollins@liherald.com

In what was a very different return to school than past years amid the coronavirus pandemic, students and staff in Lynbrook and East Rockaway attended school in person on Sept. 8 for the first time in six months, wearing masks and keeping their distance from one another. How the school year will play out is an open question, as health guidelines continue

to change and fear of a second wave of the virus remains. “We do not know what lies ahead, but we do realize our operations could change often, and those changes could be sudden,” Lynbrook Superintendent Dr. Melissa Burak said in a statement. “We need to continue our efforts to social distance and wear masks to protect each other and stay in school as long as possible. However, when we are forced to make a change, we will be flexible

and do so and ask families to be just as flexible. Covid-19 has made us strong partners with a mission to keep everyone healthy and safe.” In the Lynbrook School District, students returned with half days on Sept. 8 and 9 to acclimate to the many changes. The first full day was Sept. 10 as the district began new instructional models and methods. Elementary school students are either enrolled in gold (in-person) or Continued on page 4

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Villages commemorate 19th anniversary of 9/11 By Mike SMollinS msmollins@liherald.com

On a somber Friday, residents, elected officials, first responders and community leaders gathered for ceremonies in Lynbrook and East Rockaway commemorating the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. “I was impressed to see so many residents at the service supporting family and friends of those lost,” Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach said, “and in doing so, they maintained social distancing.” When addressing those gathered at the memorial behind Village Hall, Beach said the country should use the solemn day to focus on what unites people instead of what divides them. He said he still felt anger, grief, loss and sadness 19 years after the attacks, but he also had hope for the future. “We will never forget,” he said. “But in all of its destruction, it brought us closer. We should also remember the unity of Sept. 12 and the days following the attacks. New Yorkers and all Americans stood strong and together, in a way that I have never seen before in my lifetime. We were there for our neighbors, friends and family . . . We owe it to those we lost 19 years ago today to make it a point to live and rekindle the spirit of the unity that brought us together.” Beach noted that he lost loved ones, colleagues and friends on that day, and thanked the fireman, police officers, doctors and nurses who continue to help others to this day, and the brave lives who were lost that day. In East Rockaway, first responders, village officials, community members and others gathered in Memorial Park to read the names of those that were lost that day and to also host a ceremony of remembrance. Mayor Bruno Romano addressed the audience, and village trustees, employees and first responders read the names of every life that was lost in the attacks. “In addition to our regular annual program, the village board and I decided to include a name reading ceremony this

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HeMpStead town CounCilMan Anthony D’Esposito, above left, read the names of those who died in the attacks. eaSt roCkaway Village Trustee Rich Bilello, above right, began reading the names of first responders killed in the attacks. eaSt roCkaway Mayor Bruno Romano, bottom right, addressed those gathered in Memorial Park. naSSau County poliCe Department Auxiliary Inspector Diane Laukaitis, at right, saluted. year for all of the people that perished in the World Trade Center,” Romano said afterward. “Members of the East Rockaway Fire Department, first responders from our community and a family member of an East Rockaway 9/11 victim were honored to read aloud the names of all that perished. It was a beautiful ceremony and the board would like to continue with this tradition.”

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lynBrook and eaSt Rockaway each hosted ceremonies on Friday to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach said the solemn day was a reminder that the country should stand united.

Lynbrook, E.R. schools back in session Continued from front page green (remote) instruction for the first marking period, while at the secondary level, students are taking part in the blue (rotating between in-person and remote) or green (all-remote) options. Since spring, a district task force of administrators has prepared for reopening, researching instructional options and hosting discussions to develop plans. Among the safety measures, students and staff must have their temperature taken before entering a school. A l s o, h a n d washing stations, socialdistancing markers, desk shields and s i g n s h av e been added throughout the buildings, and desks h ave b e e n dr. meliSSa spaced six feet apart. Burak “It was so Lynbrook Schools wonderful to superintendent see our students back in the building,” Burak said. “You could tell by looking in their bright and gleaming eyes how happy they were to be with their friends and teachers.” East Rockaway schools opened their doors on Sept. 8 in what Superintendent Lisa Ruiz described as a “smooth opening.” “All of our students and staff members adapted extraordinarily well to our new mandated health and safety procedures,” she said in a statement. “We’d like to thank all of the parents for their understanding and support the last few months, as well as thank all of the teachers for doing an exceptional job managing both in-class and remote learning for our students, and our administrators for their outstanding leadership during this time.” Over the past few months, the district engaged more than 100 stakeholders from the school and community to develop plans to reopen the schools. They laid out three options students in all grades,

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StudentS at the East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School were welcomed back to school on Sept. 8. including full in-person, hybrid and remote-only models. Families also completed a survey about returning to school. Students who chose the remote-only model take part in all classes via live-stream, following their regular class schedule. Classrooms in all schools were outfitted with cameras to allow for live-streaming. Remote students may switch to the hybrid model at the end of the first marking period. Should state officials close schools because of a Covid19 spike, the district would be required to revert to a version of the remote-only model. Teachers were trained on new instructional tools needed to support students, assess their academic progress and provide regular feedback. Social distancing, wearing of face coverings and face shields, use of polycarbonate dividers, daily health checks of students by parents, frequent hand washing and use of sanitizing stations are all required. Staff members were also trained in providing trauma-informed care for students who are most significantly affected by the pandemic and a potential resulting school closure. At the elementary level, students now eat lunch in their classrooms, while secondary students eat in the cafeteria and in a classroom in the middle school wing. “I look forward to sharing more positive news from our schools in the coming weeks,” Ruiz said.

deSkS were SpaCed six feet apart in East Rockaway.

aS SChoolS returned last week, West End Elementary School firstgrader Scarlett Pollin completed a first-day worksheet. Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools

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Lynbrook teacher, family get creative to give back Lynbrook Public Schools art teacher Jennifer Turner and her family strived to give back to those in need during the coronavirus pandemic and worked to raise $1,000 for Community Solidarity. Working with her husband, Marc Turner, and their daughters, Lily and Sophie, the family got creative and sold custom mask chains that attach to medical masks for students and teachers to use when they head back to school. They did so through Community Solidarity, which has a mission to distribute boxes of nutritious fresh food and vegetables daily to those in need on Long Island and in Brooklyn. Marc volunteered his time with the program by sorting boxes to long lines of cars at the Hempstead train station. Jennifer and her 11-year old daughters decided to make the chains for medical masks because they weren’t able to haul heavy boxes, but still wanted to give back. “We saw all over Instagram and Facebook that people were making and selling mask chains,” Jennifer said. “We figured we could do this, but give all of the funds raised to help fund the cause. Beading is fun for us, too, it’s something we can do anywhere and counting and sorting beads is very relaxing. You have to be in the moment, not worrying or stressing about anything because if you lose track, your beads will be everywhere!” The family created about 60 mask

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Lynbrook art teacher Jennifer Turner and her family created about 60 mask chains and donated the proceeds to Community Solidarity. Above, from left, Marc, Lily, Sophie and Jennifer Turner with Community Solidarity President and CEO Jon Stepanian. chains in both adult and child sizes. Jennifer and her daughters used small, glass plastic seed beads with gold plated and silver clasps to attach to any size mask. The Turner family recently presented a check to Jon Stepanian, the president and chief executive order of Community Solidarity,to support the program and help fight hunger. Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins

Each year, New York American Water flushes the water mains in its distribution system. This essential part of our system maintenance program helps us to provide you with high-quality water service. When crews are in the area, customers may experience a drop in water pressure or discolored water. If this happens, simply let your water run until it is clear. Customers are also encouraged to check for discolored water before doing laundry. Any changes due to weather will be posted on our website at newyorkamwater.com (on the home page, click on Alerts Notifications). NOTE: No flushing will be conducted in observance of Sukkot (Oct. 2–Oct. 9), Columbus Day (Oct. 12), and Veterans Day (Nov. 11)

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Nassau and Suffolk counties have both opted to postpone high school sports until January of 2021, and many colleges have moved their fall sports to the spring, as well. With sports on pause, student-athletes — especially high school seniors — and parents are left not only disappointed, but also with many lingering questions. How will student-athletes demonstrate their perfor mance to college scouts without games until January at the earliest? Will sports scholarships be in jeopardy? What other options do student-athletes, both in college and high school, have for maintaining their skill and physical activity? Herald Inside LI, a webinar series produced by RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications Inc., publisher of Herald Community Newspapers, will explore these questions on Wednesday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Inside LI webinars aim to educate the community about navigating different aspects of life during the coronavirus pandemic. This live, 45-minute virtual event will feature local athletics coaches and officials, including:

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Sixteen new teachers attended the Lynbrook Public Schools’ twoday new teacher orientation program on Aug. 31 and Sept. 1. Eleven previously served as teaching assistants in the district before being promoted to teachers for the 2020-21 school year. Coordinated by Dr. Maureen Berman, assistant superintendent for personnel, transportation and student support services, attendees participated in activities and heard presentations from central administrators, directors and staff members to help make their transition a comfortable and rewarding one. During the course of the two days, the new teachers learned more about the district’s curriculum and different departments, were trained in the area of technology, met their mentors and more. In addition, the attendees lear ned about the district’s reopening plan from central administrators.

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As Jews gather this Friday evening, we safe and offer thanks for those on the front will be welcoming the Sabbath, as well as lines who allowed the most vulnerable Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year of among us to stay home, such as postal work5781. During the upcoming High Holy Days ers, home health care aides and delivery — the 10 days between Rosh Hashanah and people. We will thank God for the kindnessYom Kippur — we will engage in prayer and es of friends and neighbors who helped us reflect on the year that has passed. Without by going to grocery and drug stores in our stead. Holiness was evident a doubt, the intention we in every act of kindness and bring to our prayers will be every gesture of assistance. influenced by the unpreceThere is blessing in our new dented global health crisis understanding of what it of these past seven months. means to sacrifice for the Covid-19 affected all of greater good and to pull us, no matter our faith traditogether to make it through tion. Issues of health, loss of a difficult time. We have a loved ones, a sense of isolanew appreciation for the old tion, financial difficulties, saying gam zeh ya’avor, job loss, childcare and the “this too shall pass.” impact on our children are Judaism values life over just some of the issues we all else, so many, many Jewstruggled with during the ish religious communities pandemic. We all grieved the have turned to online platloss of our normal lives. abbi andRa forms for worship services Now, having begun to reand gatherings to mark emerge and return to places elluSh important life events. At of work and school, we are Temple Am Echad in Lynyearning for a sense of routine. At the same time, we realize adjusting brook, we too have been praying together, to a new sense of “normal” comes with its yet physically apart, since March. Although own types of stress. In addition, we know our High Holy Day worship will also be conthat some of us are still grieving the deaths ducted on virtual platforms, we find comfort in the idea of all of us coming together at of loved ones and other losses. These thoughts and experiences will the same moment in time to offer our words temper our Rosh Hashanah celebrations, of praise and gratitude. Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur are but we will celebrate nonetheless. One of Judaism’s basic tenets is “to choose life.” known in Hebrew as the Yamim Noraim, When we look back on the year that’s past, “the Days of Awe.” As we gather in prayer, we won’t forget the difficulties, but we will we will acknowledge both the “awesomechoose to focus on and offer gratitude for ness” of our communal existence and of the blessings that emerged during this diffi- God’s gifts of strength, resiliency and hope. May 5781 be a year of health and well cult time. Gratitude for the blessing of community will be very much a part of our being for all of us. prayers as we welcome the New Year. We will express our gratitude for the first Bellush is the spiritual leader of Temple Am responders in our community who kept us Echad in Lynbrook

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Town 9/11 ceremony honors Luis Alvarez By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

They gathered in the early-morning light Friday at the Hempstead Town Park at Lido Beach to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and to salute the thousands of first responders who worked to save lives and to identify remains from the twin towers in the days, weeks and months after they were shattered by hijacked passenger jets. Spectators brought chairs, masks and coffee mugs and huddled against their vehicles in the parking lot as gray skies finally gave way to sunshine. They socially distanced, as requested by Town Supervisor Donald Clavin Jr. But the star of the 19th annual memorial service was a man who wasn’t even there — Luis G. Alvarez, a New York City bomb squad detective who worked on the pile, as ground zero was initially called. Alvarez, 53, died on June 29, 2019, a few weeks after delivering dramatic testimony to Congress that successfully extended the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. He died of complications of cancer linked to his work at ground zero. Luis’s brother, Phil, the keynote speaker at the ceremony in Lido Beach, said his brother “died in peace, knowing that the bill would probably pass.” “Thank you for never forgetting,” Phil Alvarez told the hushed crowd. “That’s what my brother would have wanted, that you would never forget.” His brother, he said, wasn’t a big talker, but when he talked, he made people either laugh or listen closely because he had something important to say. “There are a lot of Lou Alvarezes out there,” Phil said. “It was 19 years ago that my brother’s body began to die. But it was also when his soul began to live. He had a purpose in life, to warn others of the health dangers associated with working on the pile.” “Lou called me up one day and he said, ‘Bro, I got Stage Four.’” “I said, ‘What are we going to do?’” “He said, ‘We’re going to beat this bitch.’” And, Phil said, in many ways, his brother did. “He said, ‘I need to get in touch with my friends. I need to warn them about the health hazards.’” Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul came from her hometown of Buffalo to join the crowd in Lido. “These are truly extraordinary times,” Hochul said, referring to the coronavirus pandemic and the need to wear masks and separate. “But we will still gather,” she added. “This is where we need to be.” Hochul and Clavin later laid a new wreath at the Memorial Wall in the park. Luis Alvarez’s name was added to the wall. Clavin, who served as master of ceremonies, noted at the outset that 2020 “started as a normal year. Then, in March, everything changed for everybody. The sounds we heard all the time were sirens

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Phil alvarez, Brother of Sept. 11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of 9/11-related cancer in 2019, was the keynote speaker at the Town of Hempstead’s annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. To his right was Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and to his left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman. of ambulances, taking people to hospitals. But that’s what first responders do.” The event was also marked by prayers by the Rev. Michael Duffy, of St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Center; Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, of Yeshiva of the South Shore in Hewlett; and the Rev. Eric C. Mallette, of the Greater Second Baptist Church in Freeport. There were musical selections by the Gregorian Consortium of Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale. led by Director Alexander Basile. Mallette, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, said people were expecting a prayer. But, he said, he also wanted to make a statement, calling on the spectators to love their country and “support the USA. If anyone wants to leave this country, they can go. I guarantee, no one will stop them,” Mallette said to applause. Valerie Laupheimer, of Nor th Bellmore, was among the first to arrive at the park, at 6 a.m. On Sept. 11, 2001, she recalled, she was working for the credit-rating agency Moody’s, across the street from the twin towers. Laupheimer said she had heard a loud bang, but thought it was just part of the city’s usual background noise. Her sister, she said, worked a few floors above her, and called to tell her to look out the window. “I did see an explosion,” Laupheimer said. “But I didn’t know it was an airplane.” She learned that it was soon afterward. She left the building shortly after 9 a.m. and walked to the 59th Street Bridge, but couldn’t get through the crowds, so she walked to the Brooklyn Bridge. She got a lift home from Brooklyn, arriving at home after 7 p.m. “I was in disbelief,” Laupheimer said of the day, as she stood at the edge of the crowd in the park Friday morning. “I’m still so devastated. So many people went to work that day, as I did, and they didn’t come home.”

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County hosts socially distant 9/11 ceremony By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

In a nearly 40-minute, socially distant ceremony last Friday morning, elected and appointed Nassau officials and families of local 9/11 victims paused to remember the 348 county residents who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. At the solemn ceremony, held under a steel-gray sky, seven family members of victims read all 348 names before a handful of attendees at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, near the county’s 9/11 memorial. County Executive Laura Curran of fered opening and closing remarks, and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder was among the attendees. The Nassau County Police Department Pipe and Drum band performed “Amazing Grace”; the Rev. Kevin Smith, the county’s fire chaplain, offered the opening

prayer; and NCPD Chaplain Dov Schwartz gave the closing prayer. “This has been a hard year, to say the least,” Curran noted in an email to county residents a day before the ceremony. “But as we approach the 19th anniversary of Sept. 11, I am taking time to pause and remember the tragic events that left our community and our nation forever changed. The World Trade Center attack stole the lives of thousands. We lost family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues — and we lost a sense of safety that we once took for granted. “The heroic first responders who set their own safety aside to rescue others,” she continued, “showed immense courage, and we are forever grateful. We face a second tragedy as we remember those heroes who survived 9/11 but lost their battle with Covid-19 this year — a disease made worse for those who spent days or weeks breathing in the air at ground zero.” To watch a video of the ceremony, go to liherald.com.

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victoria DEvito, from left, Greg Hoffman, Diane Fairben and Geri Ainbinder were also among the readers at Nassau County’s socially distant 9/11 remebrance ceremony last Friday. Each lost family.

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SuSan HutcHinS waS among seven readers to recite the names of Nassau’s 348 9/11 victims at the county cderemony. Hutchins’s son Kevin Colbert, 25, of West Hempstead, died in the World Trade Center attacks. county ExEcutivE Laura Curran offered opening and closing remarks.

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Lynbrook resident shakira Croce recently published her first book of poems, “Leave It Raw,” which chronicles eight years of her life.

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Lynbrook poet hopes to be a voice for women Continued from front page

‘Cycle’ Motherhood reaches out from the periphery, inaudible. As a rush of feathers signals the flock plunging toward the tree line of pines puncturing the biting sky. They stand stiff, expectant of ice that will edge along their needles and curves of the great lake. She rocks in my memory, in the corner of the bar, guiding my fingers through strands she gave me. We weave the most incredible plait and leave it raw, unsewn straw running across tile. A desire to want to produce my own little girl before she’s gone grows, as the dried palm now hangs in my closet, coiled around old boxes of newspapers. We shove them further back to clear space for baby things. perfect closer because it speaks to where she is in her life now, and one of the lines became the title of the book. Ther collection helped bookend a period in her life, she said, and she hopes to continue writing in the future, though she is busy now that she has started a family. She added that she was proud to have her poetry published. “As any medium, a writer, a musician, an artist, you want people to see your work, but that’s not necessarily the motive for you doing it,” she said. “For me, it was wanting to get my thoughts out there. I think there’s still a need for more women’s voices, not just in literature, but all around, just a woman’s experience, experiencing creative life and navigating the professional world.”

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issues, as well as those infected with HIV. “I do really care about people having access to care fighting discrimination and stigma,” she said, “so anything I can do to help that and push that forward I feel really strongly about.” While on maternity leave from her job, Croce sorted through her old and new poems, and arranged them in a collection in the hope of publishing them. It was a yearlong process, and she said she agreed to a deal with Finishing Line Press because it has been an outlet for many strong female voices over the years. Michael Broder, the author of “This Life Now” and “Drug and Disease Free,” said he was moved by her work. “The poems in Shakira Croce‘s chapbook are a celebration of the elemental forces — earth, air, fire, and water — and how they can both hurt and heal, both scrape us raw and scour us clean, in body, mind and spirit,” he wrote for the book jacket. In addition to the book, which was released on Aug. 31 and is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other outlets, Croce’s work has been featured in several literary magazines and journals, including the New Ohio Review, Pilgrimage Press and many others. Her poetry revolves around several themes, including motherhood, pregnancy, uprooting from Georgia to New York, her experiences playing and studying music, and working with those with HIV. She has also written about suffering through two house fires, an electrical blaze in Georgia, and living above a diner that caught fire in New York City. Though the poems were not published in the order they were written, Croce said, there is a linear path to them. “You can trace and see the growth of the female protagonist throughout,” she said. “You can trace her growth in the collection.” Croce said it was hard for her to choose poems in the book that stood out to her, because the collection as a whole means so much to her. She noted, however, that the final poem, “Cycle,” was the

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After weeks of hosting virtual services and meetings online to abide by state guidelines and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention protocols, many houses of worship across New York have returned to having indoor services over the past few months. For many church leaders in Lynbrook and East Rockaway, the excitement of returning to indoor services brought with it some difficulties, including decreased attendance. “The first church service back indoors was a mixed bag, and things have been challenging ever since,” said the Rev. Robert Walderman, pastor of Lynbrook Baptist Church, which returned to indoor services in July. “We are happy to be back, but we are also sad that our whole congregation is still not meeting together in person.” Since opening, Walderman said, he has had to change many of his usual practices to abide by state and CDC guidelines. At the beginning of every service, upon entry, congregants have their temperatures taken and they are given hand sanitizer. Attendance is taken at every service and for every pew that is open for seating; two pews are closed, in order to maintain social distancing. “It’s difficult because even with this new reality of indoor services, close contact with people has been removed and we have also lost complete connection with many of our congregants,” Walderman said. “We went from having about 175 people attending our church before the pandemic, to now only having about 50 people showing up to indoor services.” Walderman said many congregants told him they won’t come back until there’s a vaccine and many feel uncomfortable returning despite the safety protocols in place. Though there are challenges with inperson attendance, services for Lynbrook Baptist Church are available virtually on live stream every Sunday on their website as an alternative. For Bethany Congregational Church of East Rockaway, things have taken a similar turn, with attendance indoors decreasing. “We used to have 160 members before the pandemic, and now we are down to 25, which is a difficult concept to grasp,” said the Rev. Mark Lukens, noting indoor worship only recently came back. “We don’t want anyone to do anything that makes them uncomfortable. It’s a tumultuous time, and the important thing is that people need the gospel and we have to get it to them, even if it’s online.” Understanding how to use online platforms to run his services was no easy feat for Lukens, who described his experience learning how to run technology and virtual platforms as an uncomfortable and constantly changing learning curve. “At my ripe age of 65, it wasn’t easy for me, but I’m pleased I can keep learning,” he said. “The sooner this pandemic is over the better, but in the meantime, we will do whatever God calls us to do.” About two months ago, East Rockaway

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lyNBrook BAptist church opened with indoor services at the end of July. Church of the Nazarene opened for the first time with indoor services. Typically, the church had 180 children and adults showing up for regular services before the pandemic. Now, only about 65 people attend each Sunday. “We know that when a vaccine is discovered, things will go back to normal,” the Rev. Stephan Hurkens said. “We are thrilled to gather in-person again and we are just trying to remain positive while praying for a vaccine.” Around March, when the state guidelines required many houses of worship to switch to solely virtual platforms for their services, the Rev. Stephan Leung, the pastor of Edge City Church in Lynbrook, had been preparing to launch his new church with its first indoor service. However, he never had that chance and his church only had the opportunity to start off virtually and has remained online. On Sept. 13, Leung opened for the first time. “The fact that we never ever had the chance to meet in person prevented us from having a big start or launch,” he said, adding that he regularly had about 30 people participating in online services. “We are hoping our church can expand once we start meeting in person and we are excited to see faces in person, while continuing our live streams weekly.” Even with the changes that many houses of worship have made by beginning to host services, Harold Kislik, the president of the Hewlett East Rockaway Jewish Centre, said that his congregation will not follow suit and will not open until at least the winter. The HERJC has held a few outdoor services on Saturday nights to make up for the lack of indoor services. “In order to follow state, county and CDC guidelines, a lot of things that we normally do during services cannot happen, such as, meeting after and before service, and there are also limitations on singing and we cannot sit near each other, ” Kislik said. “We are also not hav-

Courtesy Rev. Stephan Leung

oN sept. 13, Rev. Stephan Leung, the pastor of Edge City Church opened his building for the first time, as a new church in Lynbrook, with in-person services. ing indoor services because many people who attend our services are elderly and we don’t want to attract people to a dan-

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A building with ‘a lot of potential’ Q. We bought a building that has three stores on the bottom and an attic above each store tall enough to stand in. The real estate rep said it was intended to be apartments that were just never built, and that it had “a lot of potential.” The building also has an easement driveway that goes to the back, for our property as well as the property next door and two houses behind. We were told that we could maximize the property by building over the Ask The driveway, since it’s part of Architect our property. How do we find out about these things? Our attorney suggested that you might know. A. Hopefully you bought the property for the rental income of just the three stores, because you can’t imagine that nobody else ever saw the onte eeper potential for the buildings in the past but just didn’t try to develop the property further. After rule No. 1 in real estate, which is “location, location, location,” comes rule No. 2, to develop the highest and best use of a property. Always maximize these two for the greatest return on investment, according to my real estate professor. If not, we were taught, then know when to walk away. One of the first things to evaluate, after the building and property condition, is the municipal zoning requirements, such as required parking based on use. Parking is the largest amount of space limitation, and can be the most challenging to investment return. Retail often requires space for one car per 200 square feet for onsite parking, plus driving aisles 23½ to 24 feet wide and a twoway driveway for entry and exit from the site. This takes a lot of space away from the building area. You can’t take street parking or municipal lots into account, because they’re shared by the public, but there may be a written decision in property records that grants a waiver of the off-street parking requirement if the same use is continuous. If you add or change a use, the waiver may not continue, and a new zoning case may need to be evaluated before a zoning board. Easements are the attorney’s job to juggle, since title and deed restrictions are part of land limitations set by local law and government legal decisions. I have rarely seen anyone be successful at building above an easement without expense that may be more than the value of the purpose. The attic space, if adapted to more retail or housing, opens up many more issues, such as space-consuming access stairs for entry and separate fire escape. Sprinklers, flame-retardant finishes, elevator, emergency lighting, alarms, strobes, control panels — the list is long. Always ask before you buy. The tough part before purchase is allowing the time it takes to get real answers. Every requirement is based on so many varying factors due to differing materials, building areas and uses. There will be a lot of number crunching and research to possibly reach your goal. Good luck!

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Fill out the census — the deadline is Sept. 30

lected leaders from across Nassau County are urging — even pleading with — residents to fill out the U.S. census if they have not already done so, and time is running out. The census count will end Sept. 30. The census was originally scheduled to wind down Oct. 31, but in August the U.S. Census Bureau suddenly reduced the time frame by a month. In August, however, four out of every 10 Americans had yet to file their census forms, according to National Public Radio. That has led to fears of severe undercounting, particularly in minority communities. That is why elected leaders across the county have held news conferences of late, encouraging residents to file their forms to ensure that the states have the correct number of U.S. representatives and that local governments receive all the federal aid they are rightly entitled to — both are based on population — and to assure residents of color, particularly recent immigrants, that they have nothing to fear from the census. Many immigrants reportedly fear that filing might jeopardize their status, particularly after President Trump pushed for inclusion of a citizenship question on the census form, a requirement that the Supreme Court shot down in July 2019. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin, recently held a news conference in Roosevelt with U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City. In August, Curran appeared at Glen Cove City Hall with U.S Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove. The census was the focus of both gatherings. Local leaders are right to be concerned.

letters Thanks for the memories To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “The little bench in my backyard” (Sept. 3-9): It was very moving. This last year has been extremely difficult for so many. I can’t imagine how journalists like Brinton must feel, writing about the virus. The toll it has taken must be extraordinary. I don’t have a bench, but I have a small footstone that my son made when he was in kindergarten. It’s round and has small, colorful stones embedded in it. He glued those stones in carefully — his wonderful masterpiece. My son is now 21, living in North Carolina, attending college. Thank you to Brinton for sharing his memories. SARI BERKOWITz Glen Cove

What the Constitution says The U.S. Constitution mandates that the country count its population once every 10 years. The results are used to adjust or redraw electoral districts, based on where populations have increased or decreased. State legislatures or independent bipartisan commissions are responsible The Village of Freeport’s census response rate was 54 percent as of early this month; Elmont and Roosevelt, 53 percent; and the Village of Hempstead, 49 percent. This is indeed an urgent matter. Rice noted that a 1 percent undercount in the census could cost a local school district or government tens of thousands of dollars, if not hundreds of thousands, in federal aid per year. A severe undercount could cost millions. Overall, Nassau County’s response rate was solid at 73 percent, according to the most recent data, but even that number is concerning, given the amount of aid that could be sacrificed by an undercount of more than 25 percent. “When it comes to the census, the stakes have never been higher for Nassau,” Curran said at the Roosevelt news conference, addressing the coronavirus pandemic. “This census is about more than just ensuring we finally get our fair share of federal government dollars when we need it most. This year’s census is a once-in-a-decade opportunity for us to directly combat the inequities this crisis

for redrawing congressional districts. The U.S. Census Bureau provides states with population counts for this purpose. Everyone living the United States and its five territories is required by law to be counted in the census. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

has laid bare.” According to the Census Bureau, you should be counted where you were living and sleeping most of the time as of April 1. If you’re responding for your home, count everyone who lives and sleeps there most of the time. That includes children, foster children, roommates, and any family members or friends who are living with you, even temporarily. If someone is staying with you because of the pandemic, however, they should be counted where they usually live. This includes college students, who should still be counted at school. If they live in student housing, the college will count them. If they live off campus, they should respond for their off-campus addresses. Filling out the census takes no more than 10 minutes, and you can do so securely online at 2020census.gov. To reach the U.S. Census Bureau for help, call (844) 330-2020 for English speakers and (844) 468-2020 for Spanish speakers. Representatives are available daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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here has been much publicity about the failure of the U.S. Senate to agree on a new aid package for the states. The costs of dealing with the impact of the coronavirus have hit every government hard, but especially the northeastern states. Largely left out of the discussion, however, is the serious headache that Nassau County and New York’s 61 other counties face. Whether you are distant Cayuga County or Nassau, the story is the same. Sales tax revenues are down 20 percent in most areas, and state aid has been cut jerry by 15 percent. kremer Property tax collections have been delayed to help people with fixed or no income. In short, sometimes government closest to you suffers the most. As a former chair of the State Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee, I was curious, and took a deep look at Nassau’s finances and the impact of Covid-19, which mirror many other counties. County Executive Laura Curran has done a great job of managing the coun-

ty’s finances. When she was elected in 2017, she was saddled with a massive budget deficit and faced the possibility of a state takeover of the county’s finances. Her predecessor, Ed Mangano, had proposed a series of budgets with so-called one-shot revenues and lots of Band-Aids that were destined to fall apart. Most Nassau residents don’t know that it is one of only a few jurisdictions in the state that has a control board watching its every financial move. The Nassau Interim Finance Authority was established in 2000, and has a full-time staff. It was dormant until 2011, when the county was in desperate need of an outside monitor. The bond rating agencies advised county officials that they needed a series of modest tax increases to fill their budget hole. But political fear prevented it. Writing about something that’s not very sexy can be a challenge, but readers should understand how their government functions. Nassau County taxpayers wake up every morning expecting the police to control the streets, the highway workers to fill the potholes and the parks to be open for their enjoyment. All of these activities rely on there being

ounty Exec. Laura Curran has done a great job of managing Nassau’s finances.

LeTTers Appreciation for a refreshing op-ed To the Editor: I’d like to thank Scott Brinton for opening his nostalgic garden to his readers. It was a refreshing respite from all the political and pandemic-related news out there in the real world. Not only do his trees offer some protection against global warming, but in addition to his plethora of flowers, they add much beauty to our world. His ability to link such beauty to familial events in his life is a testament to the love he has for his family as well as to our earth. PAM SINgER Malverne

We need better street signs To the Editor: There was a long-overdue letter to the editor in the Aug. 20-26 issue, “Buildings need street addresses,” from Robert Rubalsky. Drivers become impediments to normal traffic flow while they search for locations that are not clearly marked with visible postal addresses. We have all been in this situation, either as the searcher or as the frustrated driver

enough money in the county treasury to pay for its workers and its facilities. The county currently faces a drop in revenue of $438 million, the result of all of the factors mentioned above. In simple terms, no business can survive for too long with losses of 25 percent or more. On Aug. 10, Curran announced a prudent plan to close this yawning budget gap. She proposed a series of budget cuts that would save $54 million. To offset the total of $438 million, she used all of her surplus funds, which included $103 million that local governments got in the CARES Act. Her proposal would produce $385 million in savings, which would erase the deficit. But there is one catch to this plan: The county owes NIFA a $75 million payment that is due in November. The County Legislature must approve the deferral of this payment, which would help avoid any serious tax increases. While the Legislature is controlled by the Republican Party, and Curran is a Democrat, I am convinced the Legislature will do the right thing and allow the payment to NIFA to be deferred for a year. If the county can’t balance its budget for

stuck in traffic behind one of these pilgrims in search of a destination. There are definite solutions, and at least one, the prominent display of a numerical address, is easy and inexpensive. These numbers are available in indoor or outdoor adhesive styles of many variations, and you don’t need to be a wizard or an acrobat to fasten them in place. go to your local hardware store or home center. If you want to be fancy, there are numbers in brass, chrome or black that fasten with screws, and require slightly more expertise to install. Another problem: Our street sign systems in the U.S. vary widely in the information provided and how it is displayed. Most signs are now reflective, and lettering size has been increased for visibility. One problem has been solved, but another one has been ignored, especially in New York. When you get to the correct intersection, which way do you turn to reach your destination? Short of using your gPS on every trip, you have a 50 percent chance of turning in the right or wrong direction. The answer is simple, and although I hate giving credit to California, that state has gotten it right. Just look at the street signs at the second-most-famous intersection of the country after 42nd Street and Broadway, Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles. Above or below the street name is a slightly smaller sign

the coming year, all taxpayers may suffer, and the NIFA board could impose drastic cuts in county services. The tale of Nassau’s finances is being repeated in community after community. Since March, our television screens have been filled with story after story about all the human hardship the virus has caused. The scenes of emergency workers treating suffering people have left us with images that we will never forget. The services that save lives have to be paid for, and in the end, the buck stops with local government officials. Sadly, the people who can help pay for the coronavirus fallout — members of the Senate — went home for and returned from a summer recess, and still they have taken no action. There will apparently be no additional unemployment benefits and no small-business relief. Assistance for local governments won’t happen. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reminds me of Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned. 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.

Framework by Miguel Martinez

Near the Pacific coast, with the haze of wildfires in the distance — Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif.

with the numbers on that block. What a concept. Imagine getting to a corner and knowing immediately whether the numbers ascend or descend from that inter-

section in either direction. It’s an idea whose time has come. ERIC SPINNER New Hyde Park

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McConnell fiddles while counties like Nassau burn

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A maddening tale of two presidencies

onald Trump revealed his true self to The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward over the course of 18 interviews beginning last December, appearing coherent and well-informed — in matter-of-fact terms, for example, he noted as early as February that he knew the coronavirus was five times more deadly than the more “strenuous” strains of the flu. Trump could have acted decisively to stem the tide of disease that overwhelmed the U.S. But he didn’t. Many were unsure whether he could understand the gravity of the sCoTT illness or the sciBRinTon ence required to contain it. In April he suggested — seemingly seriously — that we might inject patients with disinfectant and irradiate them with ultraviolent light to kill the virus, prompting public health officials to issue urgent news releases cautioning people not to try this at home. Trump, to many, appeared to have lost his mind. As it turns out, we now know from Woodward’s interviews with the president that it was all performance art, a display of showmanship intended to obfuscate and deceive in the vain hope that Americans wouldn’t notice the rapidly rising Covid-19 death toll or unemployment rate.

Woodward recorded nearly all the interviews with Trump for his latest book, “Rage,” which was set to be published after press time. Snippets of the interviews were released for public consumption last week, and were aired on “60 Minutes” last Sunday. In them, Trump appears lucid, articulate, in command of the facts, without a hint of mental illness. That is the maddening part of this tale. At least if he were suffering from lunacy, like a latter-day King George III, then he might be excused for bungling the national strategy to contain the coronavirus. The interviews make clear, however, that Trump is perfectly sane. He claimed he lied to the American people about the deadliness of the coronavirus so as not to incite panic. Many pundits, however, pointed out that Trump has had little trouble stoking fear, even panic, on any number of issues — from immigration to public housing — when it suits his political aims. His 2016 election strategy was to engage in an all-out culture war to divide the country along entrenched political lines, and then win at the margins by picking up disaffected Democrats and right-leaning independents who, on occasion in the past, had voted for centrist Dems. It worked. To date, Trump has followed his 2016 playbook, sowing division wherever he can, including in the U.S.’s approach to the coro-

navirus. He knew as early as February that Covid-19 was an airborne disease, and yet he eschewed masks from the get-go, mocking former Vice President Joe Biden relentlessly for wearing one in public and never requiring their use at his mass rallies — which he continues to hold, despite local mandates forbidding such gatherings. That is, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer is flouting the laws he is sworn to uphold. The result: The U.S. was projected to surpass 200,000 coronavirus deaths this weekend. It is, by far, the world’s highest death toll — Brazil, the second highest, had 129,575 deaths as of Sept. 12. It should be noted that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has followed Trump’s coronavirus playbook, at times pretending the disease is relatively harmless, at others ignoring it and taking minimal action to contain it while claiming his administration is doing all it can to fight it. It needn’t have been this way. China, where Covid-19 originated, had 4,634 deaths as of last weekend; Germany, 9,421; Canada, 9,170; South Korea, 355; New Zealand, 24. Each of these nations acted quickly, according to a national plan, not our state-by-state, county-by-county, city-by-city hodgepodge of approaches, which have ranged from exceptional to downright dangerous. Trump had a national playbook that he could have — and should have — studied,

he nation’s chief law enforcement officer is flouting the laws he is sworn to uphold.

but he chose to ignore it. President Barack Obama left him a 68-page report titled, “Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents,” developed by the National Security Council in 2016, according to “PBS NewsHour.” Obama was tested early in his presidency, in 2009, when the H1N1 flu raged across the globe, including in the U.S. On May 2 that year, he addressed the nation, and here, in part, according to White House transcripts, is what he said: “Over the last week, my administration has taken several precautions to address the challenge posed by the 2009 H1N1 flu virus. … “This is a new strain of the flu virus, and because we haven’t developed an immunity to it, it has more potential to cause us harm. Unlike the various strains of animal flu that have emerged in the past, it’s a flu that is spreading from human to human. This creates the potential for a pandemic, which is why we are acting quickly and aggressively.” Obama continued, remaining calm and truthful. H1N1 stayed with us for nearly two years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Roughly 12,500 Americans died of the disease during that time. If only Trump had followed his predecessor’s approach. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

You’d better believe it: We are in this together

ive years ago, I returned from a visit to my kids and grandkids, who live in a mountain town in northern California, and in this space I wrote, “I have come back from the future, and if you plan on going, better wear your fire-retardant underwear.” The tone of my comment is discordant now with news of the apocalyptic fires engulfing so much of California and Oregon. My California kids go to bed at night with their smartRanDi phones on; they kReiss and their children have “go bags” packed so they can evacuate if the alarm comes from their fire district. Their car is packed with nonperishable food and water and flame-retardant blankets. They don’t live far from towns that have burnt up in half an hour when winds pushed flames into their homes. The ashes from those fires are drifting our way. As a writer for a local newspaper, I have come to realize over the years that our connectedness as Americans and as human

beings supersedes our particular neighborhood interests. Everything is local. And everything local is global. In these chaotic times, we find ourselves on the same ship, heading for the rocks. Smoke from fires travels, viruses go airborne and political indiscretion is infectious; none of us is safe or immune. I live on the South Shore of Long Island, where we’ve been getting plenty of rain, with little chance of wildfires, but the California story is mine because I go to sleep at night worrying about my kids’ safety. The fire story is all of ours because we can imagine the fear of an alarm at night that sends children out into the unknown. If you’re reading this, chances are you live in New York state, where our infection rate from the coronavirus is below 1 percent. We’re in good shape at the moment, but Covid-19 is surging in other parts of the country. My Florida kids are in the thick of it, and their unfolding story is mine, too. Here we are sending, or are about to send, our children back to elementary and high school and universities across the

country. The college kids getting sick across the country are coming home to our towns and villages. What we also share as Americans is the discovery that our president could have kept us safer. A president who put people before politics, who elevated science and medicine, who could evince a modicum of empathy, could have saved tens of thousands of lives during this pandemic. Last week we heard tapes of journalist Bob Woodward’s interviews with President Trump. We heard the president say he knew how devastating the pandemic would be, but in his own words, he “played it down.” Five years ago, when I first wrote about the fires near my family out West, it was a big deal, because the schools had to close for two days due to smoke and unhealthy air quality. Fast-forward, and the kids have been out of school for five months because of Covid-19. There is an awful confluence of circumstances: People are battling a vicious pandemic in the midst of raging wildfires. None of it had to be this way. For three years before he decided to cover up the

y kids in California go to bed with their phones on and their ‘go bags’ packed.

threat of Covid-19 in America, Trump was scorching the earth in other ways, expanding mining and drilling, halting regulations on industries that pollute and refusing to accept the findings of scientists who have warned us that drought, fire and even pandemics are related to global warming and climate change. Professor Noah Diffenbaugh, the Kara J Foundation professor of Earth System Science and the Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, states that global warming, caused by air pollution created by human activity, is a major contributor to the baking heat searing so much of California. According to The Washington Post, “An international panel of leading climate scientists said in 2013 that the planet is warming at an accelerated pace, and found with 95 percent certainty that human activity is the cause. The past three decades have been the hottest on the planet since 1850.” In 2018, speaking with the BBC, President Trump said of climate change, “I don’t believe it.” Left or right, red or blue, we are in the same sinking boat. Can’t we at least agree to plug the holes? Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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