Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald 10-06-2022

Beers, brats and bumper cars

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Firefighters halt garage blaze

owls soar past Bulldogs

Playing hockey for St. Jude’s

Lynbrook boy raises $1,000 in a single day for cancer research

By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Lemonade, slap shots and government officials helped a 7-year-old Lynbrook boy raise more than $1,000 for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Aiden Healey started his fundraising efforts three years ago with a lemonade stand, raising $960, and this year he stepped up his game with char ity street hockey.

He came up with the idea of opening a lemonade stand as a charitable fundraiser in 2019, after watching a commercial

for St. Jude’s.

According to his dad, Mike Healey, Aiden saw the commer cial for St. Jude’s and began asking questions about why the children were missing their hair, which his father attempt ed to explain in the simplest of terms.

“He said, ‘Daddy, I want to help those kids,” Mike Healey said. “Aiden said they could have his piggybank.”

Following the Covid-19 pan demic in 2020, Aiden became a big fan of the New York Rang ers, which motivated him and

Residential rental development switches ownership

The Cornerstone at Yorkshire sold to New Jersey-based commercial investment company

By DANIEl oFFNER doffner@liherald.com

The Cornerstone at York shire, a recently constructed 80-unit residential apartment complex at 5 Freer St. in Lyn brook, was recently sold to the Birch Group, a development firm from New Jersey.

According to Long Island Business News, the property, which once housed the former Capri Lynbrook Motor Inn, was sold for $42.85 million by the Farmingdale-based developers Terwilliger and Bartone. It was at 98 percent occupancy at the

time of the sale.

The Capri has a checkered past of prostitution and drugs. It was a nuisance for several years — on which the village expended much time and energy in the hopes of revoking its license.

Mayor Alan Beach had previ ously referred to the property as a “magnet for undesirable activi ty,” and helped champion the redevelopment in hopes that it would revitalize the area and help bolster local commerce.

News of the sale is particular ly surprising considering that the Terwillinger and Bartone Properties group tried for years

to build an apartment complex in Lynbrook.

When the project was finally approved in 2020, the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency granted mortgagerecording tax abatement, sales tax abatement, and a 20-year pay ment in lieu of taxes agreement for the four-story residential property.

Despite several delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the property officially opened in December 2021. It comprises eight two-bedroom apartments with rents of roughly $3,400 per month, 44 one-bedroom apart

ments estimated to cost $2,800 per month, and 28 studio apart ments with estimated remts of $2,300 per month.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development requires that eight of the units be set aside as designated work force housing, which requires

that they be leased at a reduced rent for households earning up to 80 percent of the median income for the area..

The Cornerstone at Yorkshire also includes several high-end amenities, open floor plans, ener gy-efficient appliances and more.

Courtesy Kathleen Healey AIDEN HEAlEy AND his brother Liam, 5, helped raise money for St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Student receives deep dive into oceanography

East Rockaway High School junior Everett Gamache joined a group of researchers, educators, and students for an inten sive two-week oceanogra phy course at the South ampton Marine Sciences Center offered by the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.

Everett gained experi ence working with the research team in the lab and onboard the research vessel Peconic in Shin necock Bay, where they used oceanic sampling gear to make conclusions about the water column, and collected, examined, and discussed different marine organisms.

East Rockaway HigH School student Everett Gamache joined researchers for a twoweek course in oceanography.

Three LHS students selected for NYSSMA

Three exceptional Lynbrook High School musicians were recently selected as either participants or alternates for the 2022 New York State School Music Association All-State Conference. The festival will be held in Rochester from Dec. 1-4.

Senior Dylan Baltes will play the string bass in the symphony orchestra for the second year, while junior Zachary Buxton will sing in the mixed chorus.

Junior Sabrina Ostroff was chosen as an alternate for the mixed chorus.

These three talented musicians were among thousands from New York State who auditioned for the All-State Confer ence last year. Performing in these elite All-State ensembles is one of the highest honors bestowed on high school music students in the state. The district con gratulates them on this tremendous accomplishment.

Courtesy East Rockaway School District

Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools

LynbRook HigH scHooL students Dylan Baltes, Zachary Buxton and Sabrina Ostroff were selected as either participants or alternates for the 2022 New York State School Music Association All-State Conference.

Bier, Sauerkraut, and German Dancing

East Rockaway provides a taste of Deutschland with three-day Oktoberfest celebration

The Village of East Rockaway pro vided the community with a little taste of Deutschland, duirng its annual three-day Oktoberfest and Fall Festival along the waterfront.

Over the weekend, people from all across Long Island gathered to partake in the festi tivies.

Main Street was buzzing with games, rides, vendors, and food trucks, which brought fun and excitement to the oth erwise quiet commu nity. And, of course, there was plenty of traditional German music, dance, food, and more for all to enjoy.

— Daniel Offner

TradiTional German danCers get their oompah on at the Oktoberfest in East Rockaway.

BiG William Wilkinson and little William Wilkinson, 4, enjoy the bum per cars.

JosepH landerer, 6-years-old, and Jason Landerer enjoying zeppoli’s at the Octoberfest.

kids ridinG THe dragon coaster during the threeday Oktoberfest celebration in East Rockaway.

Tim Baker/Herald Claire Harvey, 11, Eileen Harvey, 12, Nicolette Shaw, 13, Stephanie DeCunzo, 13, Scarlett Quiroz, 9, Alexia Motto, 12, and Selena Quiroz, 6.

Property switches hands for $42.85 million

Other amenities include a fitness center, courtyard, co-working space, a clubhouse, balconies, and on-site parking for its resi dents.

Because of the Capri’s history of crim inal behavior, the Village of Lynbrook issued a request for proposals to redevel op the property in 2016.

Developer Anthony Bartone, with Ter willinger and Bartone of Farmingdale, won the bid for the redevelopment project and after several years of discussions with the village board, the construction of the Cornerstone began in June 2020.

“We said we’d deliver this building in 18 months,” Bartone told the Herald back in January 2022 during a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new location. “Through Covid, through supply chains and every thing, guess what? We opened in 18, and I’m very proud of that.”

While the property has changed hands, according to published reports, the cur rent Greystar management staff is expected to remain in place under the new ownership.

“The Birch Group is a privately-held commercial real estate investor, owner and operator with a singular ability to uncover opportunity and create enduring value for partners, tenants and inves tors,” the company’s website states. “Since 2014, we have deliberately expand ed our portfolio of income-generating properties to include more than 6.5 mil

lion square feet of value-add office assets in strategic markets that demonstrate sound fundamentals and growth poten tial.”

In addition to the Cornerstone at York shire, the company has acquired several Long Island-based commercial properties in recent years.

This includes the Jericho Plaza Confer ence Hub, a two-building office complex and campus, and both 1979 and 1985 Mar cus Avenue in Lake Success, both of which boast more than 300,000 square-feet of office space and include an on-site café, fitness center and parking.

They also own commercial properties in several New Jersey communities including Morristown, Short Hills, Flor ham Park, Ridgefield, Parsippany, Para mus, and Princeton.

“We have signed several tenants in the pandemic that have come out of New York City,” Mark Meisner, the president and founder of the Birch Group told Bloomberg in an interview in January. “Employers have to continue to remain flexible and give their employees the optionality of working closer to home cer tain days of the week.”

The Cornerstone Yorkshire in Lyn brook is currently the only residential property purchased by the company, how ever, their website indicates that they have sold plans for residential space in Baltimore, Hartford, and Philadelphia.

Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach was con

Ben Fiebert/Herald the Cornerstone at Yorkshire, at 5 Freer St. in Lynbrook, was recently sold to the Birch Group for $42.85 million.

tacted but said he is withholding com ment until he gets a chance to meet with the new developers.

tives with The Birch Group and the initial

Firefighters put out blazing garage fire

Lynbrook firefighters fought and extin guished a raging garage fire in the eve ning on Friday, Sept. 23.

Firefighters were dispatched to a reported garage fire at 44 Yale Place, just off of Hendrickson Avenue in Lynbrook, around 8 p.m.

Second Assistant Chief Scott Bien was first on the scene followed by Chief of Department Chris Kelly and Third Assis tant Chief Clayton Murphy.

When they arrived the garage was emitting large amounts of black smoke until glass was heard breaking and a large volume of fire exploded from the building. Chief Kelly broadcast a “Signal 10,” indicating that there was a working fire at the location.

Truck Company No. 428 was first on the scene followed by Vulcan Company Engine No. 422, Tally-Ho Engine No. 423, Engine Company No. 421, the Floodlight Unit, and the Emergency Medical Compa ny.

Vulcan stretched a feeder line to the hydrant on Yale Place near the corner of Hendrickson Avenue.

They were assisted by members of Tal ly-Ho company, which immediately took a hose line up the driveway and attacked the side of the burning garage to save the nearby exposure which was the neigh bor’s garage just feet away.

That hose line along with a second hose line, brought up by Tally-Ho mem bers, were used to fight the large volume

of fire consuming the one-car garage.

At one point the fire also threatened the area behind the burning garage.

Chief Kelly directed Engine Company to go around the corner to Central Ave nue, obtain a water source, and protect the exposures behind the burning garage.

The garage on Central behind the fire suffered some minor melting of its siding.

When Chief Kelly called a “Signal 10” it set in motion an immediate response from neighboring villages on a mutual aid response.

Valley Stream Fire Department sent their “Fast Team” ladder, the Rockville Centre Fire Department also sent a lad der, the Malverne Fire Department sent an engine to the scene, and the East Rock away Fire Department sent an engine to stand-by.

Around 8:30 p.m., Chief Kelly announced a “Signal 12,” to indicate that the fire was now under control.

Because of the intensity of the fire, Kelly requested the response of the Nas sau County Fire Marshall’s Office.

Lynbrook firefighters answer the call of a raging garage fire on Sept. 23.

The Marshall’s Office is currently investigating the cause of the raging fire.

When the fire was extinguished, mem bers of Truck Company began the over haul of the wooden structure to get at additional small pockets of fire.

Lynbrook firefighters were at the scene for just over an hour. There were no injuries.

The complete video of the fire can be seen on the Press Room page of the Lyn brook Fire Department website, at Lyn brookFD.org.

Photos Courtesy Lynbrook Fire Department

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

ERASE Racism, a leading regional organization that promotes racial equity on Long Island, has a new face. Laura Harding became the group’s president on Sept. 19, replacing its founder and leader for 21 years, Elaine Gross.

The search for a new pres ident began in April, when Gross announced her depar ture. Gross created the orga nization in 2001, and led it to prominence by heightening public understanding of structural racism.

Harding, 48, was born in Barbados and grew up in Brooklyn. She earned an undergraduate degree from Adelphi University, a master’s in social service administration from the Univer sity of Chicago and a law degree from Howard University.

A public advocate and attorney with extensive experience in promoting racial justice, equity and inclusion, Harding said that she didn’t initially seek out a role at ERASE Racism. She was working as a co-chair of the Racial Justice &

Equity Team in the office of the Deputy Mayor for Education in Washington, D.C.

“I was doing some really incredible work and getting ready to expand my portfolio in D.C.,” Harding explained. “A recruiter approached me, and they were like, ‘Hey, we’re looking for the next lead er of ERASE Racism, and your name came up.’”

One thing led to another, Harding said, and she agreed to an interview. “Once I did my research and talked to a couple of people who worked with ERASE Racism,” she said, “I was extremely excit ed about being considered as a possibility for the posi tion.”

When she left her job in Washington, Harding said, she took time off to prepare to build on the foundation Gross had established.

“My first few days have been spent just really reaching out to different board members and arranging meetings to introduce myself,” she said on Sept. 20.

“It’s been exciting to relearn Long Island, and understand who the people are, who the communities are, and who I need to meet.”

Harding said she wanted to take the time to get to know the group’s stake holders — people directly impacted by its work. “I think when you are an organiza tion like ERASE, a lot of our time is spent among professionals — the elected officials, the community-based organiza tions, and subject-matter experts,” she explained. “I want to be mindful that I also have access to the voices of the people who we are work ing for.”

Harding said she finds all of ERASE Racism’s work to be important, but the two things she’s most interested in developing are its advoca cy and community education branches. “It allows us to develop and build capacity in students and regular commu nity members to advocate for themselves and their needs,” she said, “to ensure they’re being serviced and supported in an equitable way.”

Gross said that Harding’s extensive resume made her the right choice to suc ceed her. “It is thrilling for me to see a new president with a breadth of experi ence appointed to ERASE Racism,” Gross said. “I am delighted that (she) will

be succeeding me, and that she will be setting the course for ERASE Racism going forward.”

Edward Pichardo, co-chair of the organization’s board of directors, agreed. “ERASE Racism is fortunate to have someone with her depth of skills come into the lead[???] this illustrious organization,” Pichardo stated in a press release last week.

ERASE has done tremen dous work, Harding said, but a lot still needs to be accom plished. “If you look at what’s happening, certainly in New York state, on Long Island and across the nation, there clearly is still a lot of work to be done,” she said. “I think there’s a place for the organization — a place to contribute to ensuring that Long Island remains a beautiful, inclusive and equi table place to live.

“I’m excited to be here,” Harding added, “and I’m excited to lead ERASE Racism’s work, and I look forward to con necting with our various communities and stakeholders to hear their thoughts, and hopefully advocate for them in a way that’s powerful.”

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Lynbrook shuts down Hewlett

By toNY BellissiMo

tbellissimo@liherald.com

For the first time in more than two decades, John Palladino and David Yaker found themselves on opposite sidelines at a Nassau County high school football game.

Last Friday night, Yaker, Lynbrook’s first-year head coach, returned to Hewlett and guided the Owls to a 15-0 victory over the Bulldogs in a Conference III matchup.

ella MalDoNaDo Calhoun Senior Volleyball

CoMMitteD to plaY D-1 volleyball at Binghamton, Maldonado will look to close her high school career by helping Calhoun make anothe deep run in the Nassau Class A playoffs after it reached the finals last season. She’s a two-time All-County libero who’s led the county in digs in back-to-back seasons, including 435 as a junior. She made the AllTournament team last fall and was the Colts’ MVP as a sophomore.

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thursday, oct. 6

Boys Soccer: South Side at Lynbrook 4:30 p.m. Boys Soccer: V.S. Central at Freeport 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Lawrence at Calhoun 5 p.m. Girls Soccer: South Side at Mepham 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Elmont at Carey 6 p.m.

Friday, oct. 7

Boys Soccer: East Meadow at Oceanside 6 p.m.

Football: MacArthur at South Side 6 p.m.

Football: Freeport at Farmingdale 6:30 p.m.

Football: Kennedy at Long Beach 7 p.m.

Football: V.S. South at Malverne 7 p.m.

Football: Wantagh at Carey 7 p.m.

Football: Seaford at C.S. Harbor 7 p.m.

Girls Soccer: V.S. North at Hewlett 7:15 p.m.

saturday, oct. 8

Girls Soccer: Baldwin at East Meadow 12:30 p.m.

Football: Mepham at Garden City 2 p.m.

Football: Carle Place at Lawrence 2 p.m.

Football: Port Washington at Baldwin 2 p.m.

Football: Clarke at North Shore 2 p.m.

Football: Oceanside at Massapequa 2 p.m.

Football: Calhoun at Sewanhaka 2 p.m.

Football: Hewlett at V.S. North 2 p.m.

Senior quarterback Michael Fagen and senior running back Daniel Barroso had rushing touchdowns and linebackers Tyler Denker (14) and Craig Leczczak combined for 27 tackles to lead a stellar defensive effort.

“It was a game we needed and wanted,” said Yaker, who spent the past 5 years as Hewlett’s offensive coordinator under Pal ladino and previously worked alongside him at Lawrence. “I’m really proud of our kids,” he added. “We installed new offenses and defenses, and the kids have really bought in and are working hard.”

All of the scoring came in the first half. Barroso had a 1-yard touchdown plunge in the opening quarter and Fagen tacked on the 2-point conversion run for an 8-0 lead. Fagen, who rushed for 182 yards, added a 6-yard score in the second quarter as Lyn brook evened its record at 2-2. Hewlett remains in search of its first win.

“All the credit goes to them,” Palladino said.

“It was weird coaching against Dave, but it felt more awkward in May and June and August getting ready for a season with out him around,” he added. “We’re both professionals and close friends. Both teams played really hard and they beat us.”

The Bulldogs, who are down four start ers due to injury, were held to 12 yards of offense in the first half. A few solid secondhalf drives stalled on downs. Jake Lunati, Ramon Calderon and Max Dantona all had sacks for the Owls, who visit Floral Park this Saturday for a 2 p.m. kickoff.

“Every game in Conference III is a bat tle,” Yaker said. “All of the coaches are really good and the kids are tough.”

Midway through the season, Fagen has proven to be as dynamic as anyone in the conference. He has 657 yards rushing and 7

touchdowns as well as 3 passing touch downs — all to senior Jaylin Walker.

“He’s a machine,” Yaker said of Fagen. “I’ve been so impressed by him. He’s a con verted slot receiver, which makes what he’s doing that much more impressive.”

Paving the way for Fagen up front are seniors Lunati, Thomas Byrne, Michael O’Hagan and Ralph Caputo, and junior John Difiore.

Hewlett’s offense has lacked continuity, Palladino explained, but could get starting running back Mekhi Jean-Baptiste, a

junior, back at 100 percent this Saturday at Valley Stream North.

“I don’t want to make excuses,” Palladi no said. “We didn’t start the season healthy and we’re doing the best we can with eight starters playing both ways. We’ll continue to work to get better starting with Valley Stream North.”

Senior John Cusumano leads the Bull dogs at quarterback. He’s a first-year starter. “He’s playing so hard and really taken ownership of the offense,” Palladi no said.

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seNior quarterBaCk MiChael Fagen continued his tremendous season for the Owls with a rushing touchdown in last Friday’s win at Hewlett.

Home sales fall, but prices tick up

Higher mortgage interest rates appear to be cutting into home sales in August across the state, but closing prices contin ue to rise.

Closed sales fell 11 percent year over year to 13,740 units, according to the New York State Association of Realtors, while new listings dropped more than 15 per cent. Yet, median sales prices climbed nearly 4 percent to $405,000 — the 28th consecutive month to see a median sales price rise.

New listings were also down more than 15 percent in Nassau County, while closed sales totaled just under 1,400 — a 16 per cent decline from 2021. The median sales price, however, grew 5 percent to $701,250.

Real estate professionals are working with less than three months of housing supply, which continues to decline. Experts call a six-month supply to be a sign of a balanced market.

McGuinness new Ocean Financial chair

Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union didn’t have to look too far for its new board of directors chair, appointing Lisa McGuinness of Oceanside as the first woman to hold that position.

McGuinness has been on the board for seven years, first as a supervisory com mittee volunteer, before becoming a director in 2019.

She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, and earned her bachelor’s degree at SUNY Geneseo. McGuinness started at Dime Savings Bank, helping to program the first ATMs. She was later an executive for companies like Estée Lauder, Avon and Cole Haan.

McGuinness has been recognized as a leader in the information technology industry for more than two decades.

She is a long-time Oceanside resident, raising her family there with her hus band. She is a member of St. Anthony’s parish, volunteering on several commit tees. McGuinness also is a past president of the Ladies Auxiliary at the Fr. Joseph O’Connell Knights of Columbus Council 3481.

In fact, it was members of that particu lar KofC that founded Ocean Financial back in 1969, as a way to provide financial services to the families of members like them. Today, Ocean Financial has more than $380 million in assets, serving mem bers of the Knights of Columbus, the Dio ceses of Rockville Centre, and the at-large Catholic community.

Taylor part of diversity, inclusion conference

Marie Taylor just returned from St. Louis, one of more than 300 people quali fying for the Edward Jones Diversity,

Equity and Inclusion Conference.

The conference included interactive panel discussions, presentations, workshops and networking ses sions, with a chance to gain insights, tools and resources to strengthen diversi ty, equity and inclusion acumen.

Taylor is a financial advisor for the Edward Jones office in West Hempstead.

Minority Enterprise Development Week

The inaugural Minority Enterprise Development Week on Long Island kicks off with a ceremony in Hempstead on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Hosted by the African American Small Business Foundation and the Long Island African American Chamber of Com merce, the ceremony begins at 9 a.m., at the Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion, 1 Wash ington St.

RSVP is required. For more informa tion, email info@liaacc.org.

Lindsay becomes VP at Northwell

She was one of the first Americans to be vaccinated against the virus that causes Covid-19, and even received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

But now Sandra Lindsay has a new role — vice president of public health advocacy for Northwell Health.

Lindsay spent 29 years in nursing, most recently as director of nursing and critical care at the Long Island Jew ish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. She also led the front lines during the pandemic, not just during the first wave begin ning in March 2020, but by also volunteering to be the first in-line to get the Pfizer vac cine on Dec. 14, 2020.

As a woman of color — and a proud Jamaican immigrant — Lindsay inspired communities of color and those in the Caribbean community to trust the vac cine. Her ID badge and scrubs now reside at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Lindsay immigrated in 1986, and grad uated from Manhattan Community Col lege in 1993 as valedictorian of her nurs ing program. She later earned her bache lor’s from St. Joseph’s University in Patchogue, a master’s degree from Lehm an College in the Bronx, and an MBA from Hofstra University.

Lindsay joined Lenox Hill Hospital soon after as an oncology nurse, before moving to LIJ.

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The kind of ‘funny money’ that helps … charity

Recorded comedy show, Helping Thru Humor, comes to Molloy University

By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Laughter is the best medicine. It can also be a great way to help raise money for charity.

Helping Thru Humor, a non-profit fundrais ing platform, is recording a live comedy special at Molloy University’s Madison Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 15, which will be broadcast online to help raise money for special needs charities all over the state.

This one-of-a-kind performance was the brainchild of Jason Plawner, who traces the concept’s origins back to his youth. He was a trumpet player in his high school’s competitive marching band, and later transferred that tal ent to a drum corps.

Pursuing such a path was a very expensive undertak ing, Plawner said, which was commonly financed through grants, donations, sales and membership dues.

“It was getting so expensive to take part,” Plawner said. “At one point, it was reaching close to $6,000 a year.”

Looking to not only raise money for one drum corps — but all of them — Plawner created Helping Thru Humor. And instead of limiting such fundraising to just the audi ence that could physically show up, Plawner teamed up with Michelle Ciardulli — co-chair of the Long Island Motion Picture Arts Center and Museum, and a Molloy graduate — to assemble the charity event, and broadcast it across the state.

“I’m looking forward to putting on a wonderful show,” Plawner said, “and that all of the charities participating will come out raising more money than they ever thought possible.”

The performance will feature the brother-sister duo Derrick and Julie Tennant and comedian Bobby Collins,

who will take the stage to help raise money for charities including 14 Sleeves, A Chance to Dance and The Forum School.

Collins is a renowned New York stand-up comic with 40 years of experience under his belt. He has opened for icon ic entertainers like Frank Sinatra, Cher and Dolly Parton, as well as Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano and Chris Rock.

Collins is dedicated to the cause as one of the charities the event it supporting, Zeno Mountain Farm, is a non

profit camp in Vermont where his daughter Madison has trekked to for more than a decade. It’s intended as a place where everyone can enjoy the camp experience, even if they live with disabilities.

Derrick and Julie Tennant, otherwise known as the Love Chromosome, combine their own inspirational sto ries about overcoming adversity with comedy and an inspirational message.

Julie was born with Down syndrome, which is a condi tion that can create cognitive disabilities, developmental delays or physical challenges caused by an extra chromo some. Julie’s grandpa used to tell her that the chromo some in question wasn’t “extra,” but instead was missing in everyone else.

It’s where the nickname comes from, “the love chromo some.”

Derrick was a gifted athlete on his way to really mak ing a career in sports. But one night, he laid down, and didn’t wake up for three days. Doctors said he suffered from “random bleeding,” which paralyzed him after brain surgery, making him unable to move his left side.

Thanks to years of therapy, hard work, and love from his family and friends, Derrick found a way to effectively manage and live with it, reshaping his obstacles into opportunities. Together with his sister, they travel all across the country to share inspirational words of wis dom with others.

The event begins at 8 p.m., at the Madison Theatre at Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave.

Tickets are $45 to attend in-person, and are available online at MadisonTheatreNY.org.

Can’t make it in-person? There will be a chance to watch — and give — online by visiting HelpingThruHu mor.org.

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Local artists on view at Heckscher’s Biennial

By Karen Bloom

eckscher Museum of Art has opened its exhibit space to Long Island’s top artists as the Long Island Biennial exhibition gets underway.

The latest edition of the juried exhibition — which features varied works from contemporary artists across Nassau and Suffolk counties — opened last week, offering a unique and exciting snapshot of what is happening artistically here on Long Island.

“The Long Island Biennial always strives to highlight the depth and breadth of contemporary artists working on Long Island,” says curator Karli Wurzelbacher. “This Biennial is one of the most inclusive the museum has presented. Women make up over half of the 57 featured artists. They are also racially and ethnically diverse, and some of them draw upon their heritage in their work.”

More than 445 artists have participated in the exhibit since the Biennial’s opening installation in 2010. This year, the museum received a whopping 732 entries. Interest in this showcase reflects the diversity and enthusiasm of the local creative community.

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• Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or Heckscher.org

• Now, through Jan. 22

The 95 works on view present a lively cross-section of current artistic practice, encompassing a range of media, with styles spanning abstraction to hyper-realism.

“I am especially impressed by the ways in which many of the artists engaged with the concerns of our time, from social justice, to health, to ecology,” Wurzelbacher says, “and appreciate those who brought new approaches to traditional materials and techniques.”

Artists of note include Lynbrook’s Keith Gamache, who submitted a pandemic-inspired piece.“Drawing inspiration from folk art traditions from Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs to the Modernist grid and the contemporary use of text as

image, I have used Masonite pegboard as a painting surface on and off for nearly 30 years,” he explains. “Most recently, together, resulting in my most complex pegboard paintings that combine emblem-like cell structures of the Covid-19 virus with words and phrases related to our collective experience

throughout the pandemic.”

Jason AurelioThomas, of Oyster Bay, contributed a mixed media of steel wire, plaster, plaster cloth, resin, acrylic paint piece called “And How Does That Make You Feel?” (steel wire, plaster, plaster cloth, resin, acrylic paint).

“My creative work is an attempt to evoke an inner curiosity that urges the viewer to come in close and have a sensory experience with the texture and colors,” he notes. “The desire to explore the shadows and textures of something is so primal, sensual and very inspiring to me.”

Wantagh’s Kayla Moz is represented by her sculpture, “The One I Lost, The One I Hold.”

“As an artist, I have the luxury of processing my world through my art,” she shares. “Self-portraiture is a tool to access my inner life and document my experiences. Pregnancy has impacted every aspect of my life. Who I am and how I am perceived is developing and growing with my baby. To make artwork about pregnancy is to discover this evolving version of myself.”

As always, the exhibit experience is enhanced by related programming, featuring participating artists. Upcoming events include sessions to meet the artists in the galleries, select Sundays, through Dec. 11.

Top: Jason Aurelio Thomas is inspired by the world around him, resulting in a mixed media work.

Middle: Keith Gamache used a folk art style in his pandemic creation, ‘Covid-19 Vol. 1: Social Distancing.’

Bottom: Kayla Moz’s sculpture references her inner self.

’33 (a kabarett)

Inspired by the true story of the fallen Eldorado Club in Berlin, during the rise of the Nazis, ’33 (a kabarett) speaks to the past and present as it recreates the cabaret’s final night in 1933. Performed and written by Bremner Duthie, the darkly humorous monodrama is based directly on texts of survivors and oppressors from the 1930s, and also on texts from periods of cultural repression up to the present day. ’33 offers a hopeful and realistic insight into the struggle against censorship and repression. It speaks to the challenge of honoring the memory of the disappeared. It says we must grieve in sorrow, but we can choose to fight back with energy, humor, laughter, and life.

Saturday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. $35, $30, $25. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Give Our Regards To Broadway

The hit series returns to the Madison stage with a salute to the great Stephen Sondheim. Featuring Broadway stars and Molloy University’s CAP21 Studio Company, the entertaining revue puts a new spin on those great hits from beloved awardwinning musicals including ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘West Side Story’ and more. With narration by Madison Theatre artistic director Angelo Fraboni, the fast-paced show guides the audience through the musical explosions of Sondheim with anecdotes on how these great musicals made it to the forefront of our popular culture, interspersed throughout.

Sunday, Oct. 9, 3 p.m. Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 3234444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

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Lynbrook Health Fair

Trained staff will be demonstrating the Pulse Oximeter, which allows for the 24-hour monitoring of vitals after release at the health fair at on Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing, 243 Atlantic Ave., on Thursday, Oct. 6 at 11 a.m. In addition to this new Bluetooth enabled monitoring system, there will info sessions on diabetes care, glucose monitoring, flu shots, therapy dogs, diabetic-friendly recipes, sleep apnea, CPAP maintenance, and post-Covid breathing exercises.

Veterans thrift shop

Comedy Fundraiser

East Rockaway Kiwanis Club hosts a comedy fundraiser at Governor’s Comedy Club, 90 Division Ave., in Levittown, Sunday Oct. 9. Tickets are available for a $20 donation. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. with a 7 p.m. showtime. Food is available at all shows and there is a two item minimum per person at the tables.

Homecoming Pride

Show your Lynbrook Owls pride on Saturday, Oct. 15, beginning with a parade at 1 p.m. from Lynbrook High School to Marion Elementary. Afterwards be sure to check out the big game.

Food Free, Worry Free Halloween Party

Masters of Illusion

Enter the magical world of illusion at NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, with the Masters of Illusion, Sunday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m. This 21st century magic show is unlike anything you have seen before. Watch closely as you experience things that just can’t be done … or can they? Cutting-edge illusionists Dan Sperry, Michael Turco and Naathan Phan perform sleight-of-hand, perplexing interactive mind magic, hilarious comedy, dangerous escapes and large scale illusions that baffle and astound their audience. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

VFW Post 3350 in East Rockaway continues its veterans thrift shop at 164 Main St. The store’s schedule remains variable in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, but attempts to be open daily, including Sundays. For thrift shop information or hall rentals, call (516) 887-8170, or visit VFWPost3350.org.

Join Love for Giovanni Foundation for its 8th annual Halloween event, Sunday, Oct. 16, 3 p.m.-5:30 p.m., at the Lynbrook Recreation Center at Greis Park, 55 Wilbur St. With pumpkin painting, games, a DJ and more. RSVP and admission available on Eventbrite.com.

Little Saint Nick 16th annual golf outing

The Little Saint Nick Foundation in East Rockaway will be hosting its 16th annual golf outing and dinner event on Monday, Oct. 10 at the Woodside Club, at 225 Muttontown Eastwoods Rd. in Syosset. The event begins with registration at 9 a.m. followed by breakfast and a shotgun start at 11 a.m. In the evening, after a long day of golfing, there will be a cocktail hour at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. Proceeds from the fundraising event go to help the foundation. For more information and prices visit LittleSaintNick.org/events.

Showcase your talent

Come out to Mr. Beery’s Village Pub, at 33 Main St. in East Rockaway, every Wednesday for open mic night. Performers can sign up at 8 p.m. with showtime starting promptly at 9 p.m. For more information visit MrBeerys.com.

Sports for a Cure

Lynbrook sports organizations will gather at Greis Park, Saturday, Oct. 8, noon to 4 p.m. for a field day-style competition to help raise money for a cure. Open to kids in grades K-12 and include football, baseball, cheerleading, lacrosse, soccer, kickline, hockey, basketball and wrestling. Cost is $20 per entry. All proceeds raised will benefit the Breast Cancer Resarch Foundation. For more information visit BCRF.org.

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Pride

Show your Lynbrook Owls pride on Sat. Oct. 15, beginning with a parade at 1 p.m., from Lynbrook High School to Marion Elementary. Afterwards be sure to check out the big game.

‘Guys and Dolls’

Lynbrook PBA Cigar Night

Join members of the Lynbrook Police Benevolent Association for cigar night on the rooftop of Kasey’s Kitchen & Cocktails, Monday, Oct. 10. 7-11 p.m., at 23 North Park Ave. in Rockville Centre.Admission is $100 plus tax and includes the cost of two cigars and cutter gift, one handrolled cigar, an open bar, buffet and more. There will also be a door prize, raffles, and Monday Night Football.

Items on The Scene page are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to thescene@liherald.com.

Plaza Theatrical’s fall season offers Broadway at its show-stopping best, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 7, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 8, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 9, 2:30 p.m. Hailed by many as the perfect musical comedy, this Tony-winning favorite follows a rowdy bunch of gamblers, gangsters, and sassy showgirls in a wild game of chance in bustling 1950s Manhattan, performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

Art talk

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition,“Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art.” Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program. Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum. org.

South Shore Estuary Reserve Act is updated

By MICHAEL MALASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

Big things are happening with regard to New York state’s plan to keep the South Shore a fun and safe place for beachgoers, kayakers, fishermen and everyone else who enjoys the vast array of marine nature on the shore.

In 1993, the State Legislature passed the Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Act, which sought to identify the South Shore, from Long Beach to the western tip of the South Fork, as a single estuary, despite the fact that it falls under various local jurisdictions. The legislation gave the state the ability to respond to the South Shore’s environmental needs with a com prehensive plan, as opposed to local gov ernments potentially dealing with envi ronmental issues in different ways.

To ensure that counties and towns were not left in the dark on the state’s activities, a council was created for the estuary reserve, consisting of representa tives of the New York Department of State, Nassau and Suffolk counties and numerous municipalities and conserva tion organizations.

Since then, the state has been able to act unilaterally on behalf of the estuary. The program was updated in 2001, when the Legislature passed a Comprehensive Management Plan, which dedicated more than $660 million to maintaining and improving the South Shore’s water quali

ty, its ecosystems, opportunities for public use and enjoyment, its economy, and flood resilience.

It was determined this year, however, that more action was needed to protect the estuary. Last week, officials announced that the Comprehensive Management Plan had been updated to include the reduction of nutrient pollution, the restoration of wetlands, improvements in sea grass and shellfish habitat, and increased public edu cation on the reserve. The latter will involve expanded public relations efforts with news media to increase the reserve’s visibility, and more educational programs involving local organizations.

The goals of the updated plan are to improve the South Shore environment by enhancing the management of wild fish populations as well as invasive species, and promoting natural habitat restoration.

Stony Brook University will work with environmental organizations such as Operation SPLASH and Save the Great South Bay on efforts to preserve water quality, focusing on fighting harmful algae blooms and ensuring that towns within the reserve work with the state to limit the pollutants that enter the estuary’s water system.

Local, county, and state politicians said they were pleased with the updates to the management plan. State Parks Commis sioner Erik Kulleseid had high praise.

“During this important week for those of us who love the outdoors, I commend this

plan for stewardship of Long Island’s South Shore,” he said last Friday. “The public’s ability to use, access and enjoy tributaries and shorelines is critical, and planning will ensure positive results going forward.”

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin has focused on making residents aware of all that the South Shore ecosys tem has to offer. Clavin and Town Council man Christopher Carini recently helped open another kayak launch on the South Shore Blueway Trail, which wends it way across Nassau County’s portion of the South Shore that is accessible by kayak and canoe.

“The Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve is home to a rich array of environ mental diversity, and contributes greatly to the fabric of our township’s unique coastal nature area,” Clavin said. “The Town of

A vIEw of the Jones Beach Inlet and Long Beach from Jones Beach’s West End jetty. All are a part of the South Shore Estuary Reserve.

Hempstead will continue working with our partners at all levels of government to ensure our South Shore environments are safeguarded for generations.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was happy with the expansion of the state’s conserva tion plan, and hoped it would bear fruit for the South Shore.

“Protecting Long Island’s waterways and shorelines has never been more important as we face the growing and unprecedented effects of climate change and regular threats to water quality and ecological health,” Hochul said. “I am proud to announce this Comprehensive Management Plan for the South Shore Estuary Reserve, which is a rich and diverse ecosystem that not only provides key benefits to Long Island’s economy, rec reation and tourism, but also better pre pares New York for a changing climate.”

Michael Malaszczyk/Herald

Local lemonade stand helps raise money

Continued from front page

his little brother, Liam, 5, to try to do more than sell lemonade.

Thanks to the support of the local com munity and the assistance from Lynbrook Police Chief Brian Paladino, the block in front of the Healey’s house was closed off

Sunday, Sept. 25, so that the kids could safely participate in a street hockey game.

“The police chief was so helpful in put ting this all together,” Mike said. “He helped out by supplying the kids with hockey sticks. We couldn’t have done it without him.”

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Before the game, parents in the com munity took “bets” on which of the teams they thought would win the game between the dads versus the kids. Natu rally, the kids’ bucket was filled to the brim with donations for St. Jude’s.

“I scored five goals,” Aiden said. “If you ask me, it was a lot of fun to beat my dad.”

Aiden celebrated each of his goals with a high kick, just like his favorite Rangers forward, Artemi Panarin.

Initially, the plan was to have the dads play the kids, but things quickly changed when Lynbrook Mayor Alan Beach and the members of the Board of Trustees showed up to play.

“It actually ended up being a hoot,” Mayor Beach said. “The whole village board ended up playing hockey against the kids.

“It was really nice to see the young peo ple get involved and pitch in to help a wor thy cause.”

The kids’ team continued to dominate, claiming an easy victory over village offi cials.

Apart from the money raised on the game, Aiden and Liam collected dona tions with their “Buck for a Puck” game

and sold some refreshing glasses of lem onade, which helped cool off players after the game.

His mother, Kathleen Healey, said that after collecting the money from the first lemonade stand, Aiden was so excited to get the check that as soon as it came in, he went and put it straight into the mail slot.

“We’ve never been so proud,” she said. “Of all the money he has helped raise, he has never asked for a dime of it.”

Because of his selfless efforts to raise money for children struggling with can cer, the New York Rangers hockey club thanked Aiden and his family with some “Hockey Fights Cancer” commemorative patches.

Aiden plans on hosting a similar event next year, as the support for his charitable efforts continue to gain momentum, only this time, it will feature a charity baseball game instead.

“We always watch sports together,” Mike said, “And over the years, he has really gotten into baseball.”

He hopes that by bringing the national pastime into the mix, the family’s lemon ade stand will help raise even more money for the children at St. Jude’s next year.

aiden and Liam Healey, 7 and 5, sold lemonade in support of St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.

Photos Courtesy Kathleen Healey Lynbrook mayor aLan Beach, in striped shirt, and members of the village board were among those who played hockey for charity.

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Rethinking the garage

Q. Our two-car garage faces the street, but we’re making a lot of changes to our house, and want to open the garage door from our side yard instead of the front, partly because it will look nicer and also because it will give us privacy when we use it for shade in hot weather with the door open. We have always kept it organized so our cars fit. The problem is, we aren’t sure we have the room to make the turn, or whether there are rules about how much room we need for a driveway in our side yard. What permits do we need, how much space do we need and do we need our neighbor’s permission?

A. I remember, grow ing up, that there was a new development being built where one of the advertised features was that the garages didn’t face the street. The mar keting term they used was to call these homes “estate homes,” partly, I believe, because they needed more land and a greater dis tance between neighbors. I also remember that the homes were arranged so the neighbors didn’t have a view out of side win dows, looking into one another’s garages.

Ask The Architect

Your idea of creating another covered area to sit outdoors on hot, sunny days makes sense. Because there are no requirements for neighbor’s permis sion, or that residences require prescribed parking dimensions, your only problem is whether you have the turning area, also known to planners as turn ing radius.

If you’ve ever noticed that street corners are uniformly rounded, it’s because they’re regulated. The same goes for parking lots, where we use a 5-foot radius for turning at a right angle, and the backup aisle is 24 feet wide. If you have more than 24 feet for the side-yard distance from your garage to your property line, plus a few extra feet, hopeful ly, to plant hedges, then you should have no prob lem laying out the new driveway approach.

Plans and a permit are required to show the structural change for the new garage door opening so your roof is correctly supported. You should hire an architect or engineer, since the plans will require a professional’s seal. If your home is in one of the many smaller villages that require the pav ing to be “permeable,” allowing rainwater to seep through and recharge groundwater, then you have more to do, which is why a professional should be hired to calculate and make recommendations on the least costly or least invasive way to handle drainage.

It’s true that this used to be simple, and it may even seem simple when you talk to a building offi cial and they use phrases like “all you need to do” or “you just need” or “your architect will know.” These phrases give the impression that this should be simple, another word for cheap. The only thing that makes it simple is when the explanations given to you are thorough and clear, and the planning is, too. Good luck!

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One kind of identity politics is no longer a winner

There are all kinds of people who seek public office. Some are for mer government officials hoping to work their way up the political ladder. Others are businesspeople look ing to transfer their skills from their world into the political world. A third class of candidates is the progressives who’ve never met a payroll and often don’t match the public’s percep tion of what a can didate should look and act like.

The fourth variety of office seeker is the celeb rity candidate who would like to parlay his or her name recognition into elective office. There’s a long his tory of celebrity candidates who’ve looked to turn fame into a different kind of power. Some of them have been sports heroes. The earli est one I could find was Walter Johnson, who pitched for the Washington Senators for almost 25 years and then, after he retired, ran for county commissioner in Montgomery County, Maryland. He suc ceeded in winning a term and then ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

The list of more recent sports figures who took the plunge into politics is head

ed by former New York Knicks star Bill Bradley. Bradley was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served three terms. In 2000 he decided to run for president, and his loss in the Democratic primary ended his political career.

Ben Knighthorse Camp bell went from competing in judo in the 1964 Olympic Games to representing Col orado in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Professional wres tler Jessie Ventura became governor of Minnesota, star pitcher Jim Bunning served in both the House and the Senate, and there were many more.

California is known for producing movie and televi sion star candidates. The first one was George Murphy, a leading man of Holly wood musicals in the 1930s and ’40s who became a U.S. Senator. We all know the biggest success story of all, that of B movie actor Ronald Reagan, and then there was Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turned his bodybuilder persona into that of a successful actor as well, and then California’s governor.

The list of celebrities, some better known than others, who went into poli tics during or after film or television careers includes Shirley Temple Black, Cynthia Nixon, Sonny Bono, Clint East

wood, Sean Duffy, Clay Aiken, Fred Grandy, George Takei, Melissa Gilbert and John David Lodge. The current ros ter of former media stars is headed by Donald Trump, whose show “The Apprentice” gave him access to millions of viewers who became enthusiastic supporters.

The tendency of wellknown personalities to become candidates contin ues with the upcoming November election. In Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz is seeking to become a U.S. Senator. Oz gained televi sion fame thanks to Oprah Winfrey, who made him a guest expert on her show. Dr. Oz, as he’s called, had his own show for 10 years, which has given him widespread name recognition.

His Democratic opponent, John Fet terman, lacks a show business back ground, but has attracted attention for his blue-collar-style campaign.

Other well-known names are seeking key positions in several states. Former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walk er is a Republican Senate candidate in Georgia, opposing Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, and television politi cal commentator Tudor Dixon is the Republican candidate for governor in Michigan, challenging incumbent

Gretchen Whitmer. Both Walker and Dixon have Trump’s endorsement, which may or not be a blessing.

Some prominent figures are not seek ing elective office, but instead will be playing active roles in many contests over the next month. Don’t be surprised if some of the candidates trot out celeb rities as their endorsers. But history has shown that endorsements by big names usually don’t produce votes, and bigname endorsers often loses public sup port for their next movie or television show.

The next 30 days will determine whether any of the latest crop of celebri ties can translate their prominence into winning campaigns.

These days, voters have become more sophisticated when it comes to endorse ments, and if a candidate has taken unpopular positions, no celebrity will make a difference.

This year, issues like abortion, infla tion, crime, education and the fragility of democracy itself are more important than candidates with recognizable names.

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 Strate gies, a business development and legisla tive strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Don’t we all live in the cone of uncertainty?

By the time you read this, all that will be left of Hurricane Ian will be wreckage, loss and grief.

I was floating in the Gulf of Mexico, in a good way, two weeks ago. We have a place there, on the beach, on a bar rier island, at latitude 27.36798 degrees N, longitude -82.62578 degrees W. We were just beginning to hear about a new tropi cal depression that eventually became Ian, a meteorologi cal thresher that shredded the southwest coast of Florida just days later. It made land fall near Fort Myers, an hour south of us, at lati tude 26.64227 degrees N, longi tude -81.86910 degrees W.

When you live on a barrier island in Florida you trade days in paradise for the knowledge that your home and your life are subject to rising tides and increasing ly fierce storms. We all know that no one should ever have built on the barrier islands, but my hunch is, people will rebuild, and developers will put up everlarger hotels and condos on the shoreline.

All the forecasts on Sept. 25 predicted that Tampa, up north, would be ground zero, but by the following day, we were the red-hot bulls-eye of the target zone. Our town issued a mandatory evacuation order and turned off all power and water to the island. We left our place a day before the storm hit, and drove to family in Fort Lauderdale. We’ve done this dance before. Dur ing Hurricane Katrina we were in Fort Lauderdale and had to evacuate to the west coast. Hurricane Sandy scattered us all over.

Early word is that our place on the beach is OK. The small shift in landfall saved us, but doomed our neighbors to the south. Our island still has no power or water. A sad note: The magical island of Captiva is flattened. The bridge from Fort Myers is in the Gulf.

ing. The day we left our beach, it was like that. The humidity saturated the air. A dome of heat pressed down. The birds were gone.

I can only feel lucky. Many thousands of people have no place to sleep. Their belongings, their memories and their jobs have been blown away. Businesses just beginning to recover from Covid-19 losses are in ruins. I know it will get better, and people will rally, but we need to give ourselves a moment. This is yet another once-in-a-lifetime event, another “unprecedented” disaster.

The small shift in Ian’s landfall saved us, but doomed our neighbors to the south.

I’ve been thinking about the 1948 movie “Key Largo,” with Humphrey Bog art and Lauren Bacall. They are stranded in the Keys as a hurricane slams onshore. What I remember is the sense of menace, the thrum in the air as barometric pres sure falls, the seas turn an ominous shade of green and the birds stop sing

It’s nice that the political players are grinding their teeth and trying to take the high ground, but don’t be fooled; politics rides these waves. Storms can be survived. More frightening is our current political cyclone. The stanchions of our democracy are also disappearing into deep troughs, and who knows if they can rise again?

Hurricane emergencies remind us that steady minds and steady hands at the wheel can help steer us through.

The supersized storms are increasing proof of the environmental crisis. How

many 500-year storms do we need to sur vive before the anti-science refuseniks realize it may still be within our power to curb the emissions and toxins that affect our climate?

The hurricanes, the wildfires, our political divisions, the QAnon crazies and other GOP extremists all seem pulled into a tightening vortex, playing out here and now. A hurricane is an apt metaphor for the forces eroding our democracy. The cleanup effort on the ground in Florida will be monumental. I don’t know what it will take to right this listing ship of state.

For a weekly newspaper columnist, I have been in the right/wrong place many times in my career, able to offer firsthand observations. I was on a beach in New York watching the towers burn on 9/11. I was on a ship in the Arabian Sea on May 2, 2011, the night our military slid Osama bin Laden’s corpse into the water. I was out West last summer amid the wildfires and, two days ago, I was an hour away from ground zero of the storm of the cen tury in Florida.

We all live in the cone of uncertainty. Today, we’re standing. We can offer a hand to those knocked down by the storm.

Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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istory has shown that endorsements by big names usually don’t produce votes.

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You have just two minutes to escape a fire

this Sunday is the beginning of National Fire Prevention Week, a century-old public health obser vance created by the National Fire Protection Association that was first offi cially recognized by President Calvin Coolidge in 1925. And it’s no coincidence that you’ll find this week in October, since it commemorates the Great Chica go Fire, which burned more than 17,400 structures beginning on Oct. 8, 1871.

While that certainly sounds like a lot of buildings, the association now esti mates that there are as many as 347,000 house fires in the United States each year. That means that somewhere in America, a home is catching fire every other min ute. Those blazes account for more than $7 billion in property damage, and worse, kill more than 2,600 people and injure over 11,000 more.

And that’s just on the civilian side. Nearly 65,000 firefighters were injured battling blazes in 2020, according to the association, while federal officials report that more than 100 were killed. Firefight ing is clearly one of the most dangerous jobs in America. Yet here on Long Island, nearly all of the 181 fire departments are volunteer.

That’s right. If you ever find yourself calling for help from the fire department, the men and women who show up at your

door are almost certainly first respond ers who get nothing in return for their service except the satisfaction of know ing they can help.

That’s the purest definition of a hero.

It’s also a noble pursuit that has evolved from rather ignoble beginnings. In ancient Rome, a wealthy businessman said to be instrumental in the creation of what would become the Roman Empire — Marcus Licinius Crassus — put togeth er a brigade of 500 slaves tasked with fighting blazes in the city. When smoke hit the sky, these slaves were there.

But with a catch. Crassus would nego tiate with the building owner to buy it for what today would be pennies on the dol lar — while it burned. If the owner sold, Crassus would instruct the slaves to extinguish the flames. If they didn’t sell, Crassus let it burn to the ground.

It would take Roman emperor Nero, in the first century, to build the first true fire brigade — one not seeking to profit from the misery of others — that most credit as the true beginning of one of society’s most essential services.

This year’s Fire Prevention Week cam paign is “Fire won’t wait, plan your escape.” Homes burn faster today than ever before, according to the fire protec tion association. If your home catches fire and you’re inside, you could have less

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Randi fooled me — almost

To the Editor:

The title of Randi Kreiss’s column in the Sept. 15-21 issue, “From the queen to the U.S. jester-in-chief,” at long last, I thought, indicated she’d turned her sights from her obsessive hatred of Donald Trump to the realities of President Joe Biden’s makeAmerica-worse-again actions and propos als. Surely “jester-in-chief” referred to the current resident of the White House, and his ongoing hypocrisies and misguided decisions that jeopardize the safety and security of this country, things like redefin ing a student loan to mean a gift, and the continuing denial of the crisis at the south ern border.

But I was wrong. I found this was just another expression of Randi’s continuing obsessive hatred of Trump as the prime evil-doer of all time, mindless of Biden’s ongoing absurdities and self-created crises that have superseded in significance what ever failures Trump may have been respon sible for earlier (and forget his achieve ments).

When Biden took office, Randi decried how she wouldn’t have Trump to push around any more. But old habits die hard.

than two minutes to escape from the moment a smoke alarm sounds.

That means that having a plan in advance is more important than ever. And because every home is different, so will every plan be. The association rec ommends developing individual plans for everyone in a home — children, older adults, people with disabilities.

It’s also imperative to make sure there are smoke alarms in every bedroom, out side every sleeping area — like hallways — and on every level, including the base ment. In fact, the only place you shouldn’t put alarms, the association says, is in your kitchen and bathrooms.

And if you can, hire an electrician to help you link all the alarms — including those for carbon monoxide — together. That way, if there is smoke in one part of the house, it will alert everyone, every where.

We all hope we can live a lifetime never having to call the fire department. Even if we were to be so fortunate, we can sleep soundly at night knowing that those heroes are out there, ready to save us if we are threatened. But we can help keep them safe, too, by making sure we’re ready if we aren’t so fortunate.

So if you see a firefighter this week, say thank you — both in words and by doing your part to stay safe.

She will continue to dismiss Biden’s growing list of failures, intent on pursuing her first love — her hatred of and assault on Trump — even with the crises of crime, recession, inva sion from abroad, and Biden’s lies as to how

well America is doing with him in charge. As jester-in-chief, Randi is beginning to rival Biden himself.

ROBERT

opinions A 54-year-old movie’s warning to Putin

ussian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone the way he planned. And he doesn’t seem too happy about it.

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I suppose you wouldn’t be happy, either, if you spent nearly a decade pumping your people full of lies to pre pare them for this invasion. After all, Putin has dedicat ed a ton of resources to mak ing sure his peo ple believe that Ukraine belongs to them, that Ukrainians are actually just con fused Russians or Poles, and that Ukraine is ruled by Nazis.

First, Russia was going to take Ukraine in a week. Then maybe a month. That didn’t happen. Many months later, we are seeing Ukraine making consider able gains in Russian-occupied territory. And, unable to cope with this, Putin has gone to a new threat: nuclear war. West ern leaders have met him stride for stride, and warned of counterattacks if he tries it.

This is something of a throwback threat. Many young people today don’t

know what it’s like to live in a world where nuclear war could be looming. Given all the other problems we face today, it’s not something we think about often.

But nuclear war was prevalent in peo ple’s minds not too long ago. The way warnings of the dangers of technology, mental health struggles and other, newer issues per meate today’s entertain ment, nuclear war did so at the height of the Cold War.

Remember “Planet of the Apes”? No, not those movies that came out in the 2010s. Those, ironically told the tale of how humanity destroyed itself when faced with a global pandemic. But much like they addressed the prob lems of today, the original addressed the problems of its day.

Released in 1968, at the height of the Cold War and not long after a nuclear confrontation nearly happened during the Cuban missile crisis, “Planet of the Apes” follows Charlton Heston’s charac ter, George Taylor, a space explorer who crash-lands on a mysterious planet.

Taylor encounters humans, but they are mute and animalistic, and the society is ruled by apes that have evolved into something human-like. They keep the

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Governor, please sign the crypto mining moratorium

To the Editor:

Gov. Kathy Hochul must sign legisla tion establishing a moratorium on cryp tocurrency mining powered by burning fracked gas. This kind of mining, used to make Bitcoin, known as “proof of work,” is extremely energy-intensive, consum ing more energy than some entire nations.

The Greenidge Generating Station in the Finger Lakes highlights the threat to our beautiful state. This facility, a for merly shuttered coal plant, is now con tinuously burning fracked gas for Bit coin mining. There are dozens of such plants across New York state that could be fired up again, polluting our air and water, promoting fracking and endanger ing our climate. Governor, please take

immediate action to prevent more such travesties.

Establishing an immediate moratori um on cryptocurrency mining powered by fossil fuels, while completing a com prehensive study of its impacts on the climate and the environment more broadly, is a prudent and necessary action. The Legislature passed bills sev eral months ago, and we are counting on the governor to sign them. The White House has also validated our concerns on cryptocurrency mining and the envi ronment, which is more evidence of why we need this moratorium and more study.

I urge the governor, please do not delay. We’re counting on her to be an environmental leader of our state and an example for the nation. I urge her to sign this bill into law now.

JOSEPH M. VARON West Hempstead

humans down with a passion, and Taylor is confused about why. One of the orang utan superiors, Dr. Zaius, played by Mau rice Evans, pursues Taylor with reli gious zeal when Taylor, unlike all the other humans, speaks. Zaius interro gates him about where he came from, and repeatedly implies that he knows something more than the other apes do about humans.

When Taylor and Zaius discover evidence of an old civilization on the planet that was ruled by humans, Zaius confesses to Taylor that he has “always known about man” and, though he acknowledges that man’s civilization was once great, he adds that “his wisdom must walk hand in hand with his idiocy.” The sacred scrolls of the apes tell them to “beware the beast man, for he is the dev il’s pawn” and that man would murder his own brother to possess his land.

This explains what drives the apes to oppress humans, but Taylor still doesn’t understand how they’ve come to believe this. Then, in a lifeless coastal desert known as the Forbidden Zone, once a lush paradise that was ruined by man, Taylor sees the Statue of Liberty, scorched, buried up to her chest in sand,

the ocean’s waves crashing into her. He has been on Earth the whole time, where humanity had destroyed itself in a nucle ar war.

Taylor falls to his knees, condemning humanity as maniacs who have “finally gone and done it.” The film ends with Taylor collapsed in the surf, doomed to live the rest of his life on a post-apocalyp tic Earth.

Putin’s threat has made this film, and the 1968 zeitgeist, relevant again today. Are we going to finally go and do it?

It’s easy to watch “Planet of the Apes” and think of the apes as the bad guys, brutes who are treating humans like ani mals. But at the end of the film, Zaius is proven right about humanity. In that world, we indeed were the devil’s pawn.

And as Putin threatens to use nuclear war to take Ukraine, the idea that man would kill his brother to possess his land seems to ring true. Perhaps those of us who would dismiss his threat — or worse, dare him to follow through on it so we can retaliate — should give this classic film a watch. It provides a stark warning not only to Putin, but to anyone who thinks nuclear war is a feasible solu tion to the world’s problems.

Michael Malaszczyk is a Herald reporter covering Wantagh and Seaford. Com ments about this column? mmalaszczyk@ liherald.com.

FRamewoRk by Tim Baker

i n ‘Planet of the Apes,’ we eventually discover what men have done to our planet.