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ERHS hit by Covid-19 outbreak required to quarantine as we simply do not have the staff to accommodate their learning East Rockaway Junior-Senior needs,” Ruiz wrote. “With a High School pivoted to remote reduced number of students in learning through the New Year attendance at the Junior-Senior after a “high numHigh School, it will b e r o f p o s i t ive b e d i f f i c u l t fo r C ov i d - 1 9 c a s e s ” teachers to proceed were reported at the with typical school, according to instruction given a letter from Superthe high number of intendent Lisa Ruiz. students who will Both elementary be absent. T his schools remained action will allow for open for in-person a continuity of classes. instruction, and Ruiz wrote last teachers will be betweek that over two ter able to stay on days, 20 students track with the preand three staf f scribed cur ricumembers tested lum.” positive, resulting The decision was in 100 students met with mixed quarantining, repreactions from resenting 20 percent LISA RUIZ s o m e re s i d e n t s. of the student body. Superintendent, Randi BeckerOfficials instituted O’Moore, who has a remote lear ning East Rockaway child at the high from Dec. 15 to 22. school, said she Winter recess began Dec. 23, believed the district has done after the Herald went to press, “an incredible job” in keeping and students were expected to children safe. return to in-person classes Jan. “I’m glad they went virtual 3. during this time of increased “This decision was made as it Covid cases,” she said. “Our will be impossible to properly educate all students who are CONTINUED ON PAGE 9
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Santa’s got game The man in red visited the St. Raymond’s CYO basketball camp last Saturday to give out presents to the boys and girls in kindergarten and first and second grades who take part in the program.
AG files suit against Shake A Paw Customers allege business sold sick dogs that died By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com
After years of customers alleging that Shake a Paw stores in Lynbrook and Hicksville sold them sick puppies that eventually died, and following rallies against the businesses, the New York state attorney general’s office has filed suit against the establishments. Shake a Paw — at both of its locations — sold dogs that came from puppy mills while telling customers they were from legitimate breeders, alleged a lawsuit filed in Nassau County Supreme Court by Attorney General Letitia James’s office Dec. 16. Many of the puppies had
serious illnesses, including pneumonia, breathing problems, infections and congenital defects, and several had parasites, according to the suit. Customers allege that certain issues were kept hidden from them, and the stores are accused of doctoring health certificates, advertising healthy dogs for sale and lying about the breeds, according to the filing. “When New Yorkers purchased puppies from Shake A Paw, they did not expect to bring home dogs in such heartbreaking and horrifying conditions,” James said in a statement. “Today, we are holding Shake A Paw accountable for their unlawful and inhumane actions
by filing a lawsuit to permanently ban the company from selling puppies any longer, as well as to recoup what consumers paid. Animal mistreatment is despicable and will not be tolerated.” When a Herald reporter called to seek comment about the suit Monday, a Shake a Paw employee hung up, and further requests for comment from the storeowner were not returned directly at press time. Richard Hamburger, a lawyer representing Shake A Paw, emailed the Herald a statement on behalf of the business, denying all allegations, noting that the businesses are cooperating CONTINUED ON PAGE 14
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Last month, the Lynbrook Public Library hosted a small ceremony to christen the Regina A. Flaherty Memorial Garden in honor of a former library board president who died in 2017. “She was very community-oriented,” Library Director Robyn Gilloon said. “She had lots of vision and to be able to have an area where people can remember her and reflect upon her is very important.” Gilloon has been library director since 2006, and said Flaherty was the board president when she came to her position up until her death. Gilloon and Flaherty came up with the idea to create a garden outside the library for its 80th anniversary in 2009. All the work was done by the Lynbrook Department of Public Works, and it was recognized as a Project of the Year completed by a municipal agency by the Metro Chapter of the American Public Works Association. Keith Bonomo was also recognized for his supervising and project management on the job. Flaherty died on Sept. 18, 2017, at the age of 65. She was a member of the Solidarity of Our Lady of St. Raymond’s parish, the Lynbrook Owls Moms and Dads Club, the Gridiron Club and the PTA. Flaherty also served as the president of the Friends of the Lynbrook Library and as president of the library board. According to her obituary on the website for Perry Funeral Home, Inc., she was known for her chocolate chip cookies, her rainbow cookies, crumb cakes and whoopee pies. The garden was named in her memory on Nov. 2 in a small ceremony, because, Gillon said, Flaherty was never one for attention. Her family members, friends, library colleagues and village officials attended the dedication. “She was very low key,” Gillon said. “She didn’t want to be the center of attention and did what she did out of
THE GARDEN WAS added at the library in 2009. compassion, not for notoriety, so she really wouldn’t have wanted any big fanfare.” At the memorial ceremony, Gilloon lauded Flaherty for all she did for her community during her life. “If lives are measured in accomplishments, we can all believe that Regina lived a fulfilling, meaningful life,” she said. “All of us gathered here are more fortunate because we knew her. This garden, now the Regina A. Flaherty Memorial Garden, is a place for gathering and celebrating Regina, a woman who touched so many lives and made the world a better place.”
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THE LYNBROOK PUBLIC Library christened the Regina A. Flaherty Memorial Garden last month.
Firefighters bring Christmas to wounded vets Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warriors brought Christmas to wounded servicemen and women at rehabilitation units at Bethesda, Md., Fort Belvoir, Va. And Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune, both in North Carolina. The firefighters have done this every year since 2004. A contingent of Lynbrook, Malverne and Stewart Manor firefighters brought Christmas to Fort Belvoir on Dec. 3.
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More than 200 soldiers and their children were treated to catered lunch and numerous gifts and presents. Firefighters also presented two Schwinn multipurpose exercise bicycles to the recovery unit. The fireighters also presented Lt. Col. Daniel Keener with an American flag donated by Floral Park Eagle Scouts given to the firefighters to present to the wounded.
GROGAN, LEFT, AND Mike Kushner, Stewart Manor Fire Department, presented an American flag to U.S. Army General Mary Krueger. Courtesy NCFF-OWW
NASSAU COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS Operation Wounded Warriors brought Christmas to wounded servicemen and women. Making the presentation to Lt. Col. Daniel Keener, the battalion commander of the Soldier Recovery Unit, second from left, was, from left, former Lynbrook Chief Kevin Bien, Santa Claus (Malverne firefighter Antonio Evola), LFD Ladies Auxiliary member Lynne Donnelly and Lynbrook Honorary Chief and NCFF-OWW Vice Chairman Steve Grogan.
Santa visits St. Raymond CYO camp Santa Claus made a visit to St. Raymond’s School during its basketball clinic for boys and girls in kindergarten, first and second grade
on Saturday. The holly, jolly big man gave each participant drawstring bags and pom-pom hats as a Christmas gift.
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Holiday boutique a yuletide success Lynbrook High School students Gregory Deratus and Katie McHale organized a holiday boutique fundraiser on Dec. 16, with the proceeds going toward the purchase of gift cards for high school students and families in need during the holiday season. Deratus and McHale worked with their Owl peers to create holiday crafts using the Cricut crafting machine. The small group of students worked for weeks both during class and after school hand-making crafts to be sold. Students made holiday embellished buttons, jars and mugs stuffed with
candy canes, hot cocoa mix and chocolate-dripped biscotti, which they made with cooking teacher Lauren Reganato. The high turnout at the boutique saw lines out the door, and all crafts were sold out in less than one hour. Students in the Career Development Program also offered free gift-wrapping services for staff members. Thanks to its success, the holiday boutique is sure to become an annual event. Courtesy Lynbrook Public Schools; compiled by Mike Smollins
Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins
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AP Scholars with Honor: Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on 4 or more of these exams. Isabelle Anderson, Michael Kilgus, Leslie Madera, Kathryn McMahon, Matthew Pollackov, Sofia Valdebenito and Grace Wayar.
AP Scholars with Distinction: Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken and scores of 3 or higher on 5 or more of these exams. Sofia Bertolotti, Lauren Cronin, Megan McMahon, Jason Miller, Daniella Pedi and Madeleine Prucha.
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THERE WAS A high turnout for the holiday boutique at Lynbrook High School on Dec. 16.
The East Rockaway Board of Education congratulated students on the achievement of earning Advance Placement Scholar designation during its Dec. 14 meeting. JuniorSenior High School Principal Richard Schaffer Richard Schaffer took to the lectern and expressed the significance of this recognition. He also announced the 30 student recipients who will be receiving certificates. Advance Placement Scholars are current students and recent graduates who were recognized for their successful performance on the 2021 AP exams. In all, 17 students earned the distinction of AP Scholar, seven students earned AP Scholar with Honor and six students were named AP Scholar with Distinction.
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VFW Thrift Shop in East Rockaway Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350 in East Rockaway has launched its Veterans’ Thrift Shop. The post is at 164 Main St. Due to the pandemic, the store’s schedule varies, but members are trying to open daily, including Sundays. For thrift shop information and hall rentals, call the post at (516) 887-8170, and ask for Pat, Gary, Tony or Gene.
Tuesday, Jan. 18 East Rockaway Board of Education The East Rockaway Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7 p.m. at East Rockaway Junior-Senior High School, 443 Ocean Ave. Live stream recordings will be posted at eastrockawayschools.org.
Flag Disposal in East Rockaway When a flag is worn, tattered, ripped or soiled beyond repair, it is no longer fit to serve as a symbol of our country and should be retired and disposed of properly. There are worn flag depository’s located at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3350, 164 Main St, American Legion Post 958, 71 Main St. and Village Hall, 376 Atlantic Ave., all in East Rockaway. .
Thursday, Feb. 17 Chi Gong with Marianna Farina
Monday, Dec. 27 Pre-school Winter Craft Children ages 3 to 5 and a caregiver can join Ms. Renee from the Lynbrook Public Library at 11:30 a.m. for chilly, snowy stories followed by a wintery craft. For more information, call (516) 599-8630 or visit lynbrooklibrary.org.
Tuesday, Dec. 28 Wee Ones Stories and Songs Join the East Rockaway Library for stories, songs and movement activities for children 1 to 3 years old and their caregiver at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 29 Stomp Prints The Lynbrook Public Library hosts this interesting activity at 10:15 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. for students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Use stickybacked foam to create a snowman. Then apply paint and stomp with your feet to make a cool print. Presented by Ms. Benter. If you have children in
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A flowery Christmas Flowers by Mike owner Mike Graham, center, was recently lauded by East Rockaway Mayor Bruno Romano, second from left, and members of the village board for creating Santa’s workshop at the Grist Mill. both age groups and wouldike them to attend together, please try to register them for the older group. For more information, call (516) 599-8630 or visit lynbrooklibrary.org.
Thursday, Dec. 30 Melting Snowman Cookies Chefs of D’ Future returns to the Lynbrook Public Library at 5 p.m. to help attendees create interesting cookies. Class size limited. For more information, call (516) 599-8630 or visit lynbrooklibrary.org.
Tuesday, Jan. 4 Project Hope: Coping with Covid Project Hope visits the Lynbrook Public Library from 2 to 3:30 p.m. NY Project Hope assists people in understanding their reactions, emotions and overcoming the negative psychological effects of Covid-19. At these sessions the Mental Health Association of Nassau County will provide information, education, emotional support and links to resources, as well as wellness screening for adults, children and seniors. NY Project Hope is the statewide crisis counseling response to Covid-19. NY Project Hope is a program of the NYS Office of Mental
Health and is funded by FEMA. For more information, call (516) 5998630 or visit lynbrooklibrary.org.
Thursday, Jan. 6 Virtual Picture Book Time The East Rockaway Library hosts virtual picture book time at 1:30 p.m. Ages 3 to 5 years old – Join Miss Lisa for stories, crafts, songs and more. For more information, call (516) 5991664 or visit eastrockawaylibrary.org.
Wednesday, Jan. 12 Lynbrook Board of Education The Lynbrook Board of Education will host its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. at
Pre-schoolers can make a winter craft at the Lynbrook Library on Dec. 27. East Rockaway Library hosts “Wee Ones Stories and Songs” on Dec. 28. Make snowman cookies at the Lynbrook Library on Dec. 30. Learn how to cope with Covid-19 at the Lynbrook Library on Jan. 4. The Lynbrook school board meets on Jan. 12.
Join the Lynbrook Public Library for Chi Gong with Marianna Farina at 10:30 a.m. Chi Gong is an ancient Chinese meditative practice which uses slow graceful movements and breathing techniques to enhance the immune system, promote relaxation, and reestablish balance and harmony of the mind, body and spirit. For more information, call (516) 599-8630 or visit lynbrooklibrary.org.
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By THE REV. MARK LUKENS We couldn’t have our Christmas pageant at Bethany Congregational Church this year because too many of our Sunday school children were quarantining. We had been gradually opening up again, gathering folks we hadn’t seen for awhile and with the vaccines and the boosters and all the other precautions, we hoped and prayed that we would be fully open with all the “smells and bells” to welcome the coming of our savior and our deliverance from this plague as well. But that isn’t going to happen, and it looks like our plans for a grand celebration of Christmas are going to have to wait until another year. It looks like Christmas will be a smaller, simpler affair this year and maybe that’s okay. Maybe, without all the distractions, we will be able to pay a little more attention to the signs in the
sky, and listen for angel voic- the people we try to ignore es the way the shepherds did, the rest of the year and not with ears exhausted remember that God brought from shopping and all the his gift of salvation from doing around the holidays, among poor and working but with awe and wonder of people, from among those unknown and the incredible uncounted in gift that was the corridors coming into of power. the world, the God burst creator of all into history, that is, born not as a connot in a cathequeror, but as dral to the an infant sounds of a dependent on Christmas the kindness s y m p h o n y, of strangers but in a stai n a wo rl d ble, straining that was hurtto be heard ing, cynical above the and violent, cries of ev aRk ukens not to conMary’s labor. demn us for Maybe, as our sins, but we continue to try and hang on to our so that we could lift each hope, our faith and our love other up in his name, learn during this difficult time, we to love and honor each other will begin to realize that it is and transform this hurting not the gifts that we bring, world into the kin-dom of but the gifts that we were God it was created to be. Christmas isn’t about supmade to be, that matter. Maybe we can look around at ply chains or about the trap-
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE teachers are teaching live lessons, just like as if the children were in the classroom, virtually. This district has been amazing during this extremely dif ficult Covid era.” Holly Ann said she was “against remote lear ning,” and she b e l i eve d c h i l d r e n could stay in class with in-school testing. Ruiz wrote that students would be required to attend classes virtually and turn on their cameras on to take part in lessons. She urged parLisa Ruiz ents and students to continue to follow all health and safety guidance, especially through the holidays, and noted that many of the cases came from close contact between students at social events outside of school. Under state Department of Health guidelines, if children are not vaccinated and come in close contact with someone who tests positive for Covid-19, they must quarantine, while vaccinated individuals need not.
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With an eye toward its future, the East Rockaway School District will soon reunite its Strategic Planning Committee to outline and assess the district’s goals for the future. The committee comprises about 35 teachers, administrators, board trustees, staff members, parents and community members who engage in rich discourse to form goals. “Any great organization or district has its vision for the future, and it has been more than five years since the district’s original committee met and developed our strategic plan,” Superintendent Lisa Ruiz said. “... Our schools and students have reaped the benefits of those plans and it is time to measure our progress and continue to advance forward. I’m really eager to reconvene with the group, welcome new members and continue setting the course for excellence in our schools.” The past plan was a four-pronged system that was designed to address achievement, opportunity, innovation, and connection across the district. Essentially, it served as a blueprint for changes and decision-making over the past five years.
Changes included innovative teaching strategies, researched based solutions and forming relationships with local universities and realtors, and it was the first of its kind for the district, and also served long-term needs. After the group re-forms, the changes implemented will likely come under new leadership after Ruiz announced at the Nov. 16 Board of Education meeting that she would retire at the end of the school year. “I feel like I’ve spent almost 45 years in education, almost 42 years in public education, and I just felt that for personal reasons, this was a good time to move on to that next phase in my life,” Ruiz said. “. . . I was going to leave at the end of last year, but because of Covid, I wanted to see the district through its difficult time.” Ruiz’s retirement is to take effect June 30 next year. She came to East Rockaway nine years ago after serving as the assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in Merrick and as the director of pupil personnel services in Levittown. She has been in education more than four decades. Among the many things she said she was proud of, Ruiz said she was pleased to institute and successfully oversee the district’s previous strategic plan.
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essential and to act accordingly. The nativity scene clearly teaches that we cannot let ourselves be fooled by wealth and fleeting promises of happiness. “We see Herod’s palace in the background, closed and deaf to the tidings of joy. By being born in a manger, God himself launches the only true revolution that can give hope and dignity to the disinherited and the outcast: the revolution of love, the revolution of tenderness. From the manger, Jesus proclaims, in a meek yet powerful way, the need for sharing with the poor as the path to a more human and fraternal world in which no one is excluded or marginalized.” May our prayer, silent contemplation and creative family catechesis of the nativity scene help us to be instruments of a gospel revolution of humility, charity, mercy, tenderness and solidarity with the sick, the poor and the suffering. May our commitment to “holiness and mission” bless our contemplative synodal listening and our eucharistic revival and evangelization.
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On Dec. 1, 2019, our holy father Pope Francis issued “Admirabile Signum,” an Apostolic letter on the meaning and importance of the nativity scene. It is a beautiful reflection that I draw on at Christmas, and one which I urge you to read and pray. In it, the holy father reminds us that the simple act of arranging our nativity set links us to the past, opens questions for the present and orients the future. It is an act that has an existential impact. Pope Francis said, “Setting up the Christmas creche in our homes helps us to relive the history of what took place in Bethlehem. Naturally, the gospels remain our source for understanding and reflecting on the event. At the same time, its portrayal in the creche helps us to imagine the scene. It touches our hearts and makes us enter into salvation history as contemporaries of an event that is living and real in a broad gamut of historical and cultural contexts.” The beautiful scene of parents and grandparents setting up creches together with children and grandchildren is a powerful multi-dimensional experience of catechesis — the teaching and passing on of our Catholic faith and our belief in the Incarnation of Jesus Christ to the next generation. Parents and grandparents have that wisdom of teaching children and grandchildren how to assemble and situate the creche, but at the same time, they also have the catechetical and relational sensitivity to let children and grandchildren
make choices about where the shepherds, way to those dwelling in the shadow of the sheep, the three kings are to be placed. suffering (cf. Luke 1:79).” We can drift through life dodging and Children are encouraged to place the holy family — Mary, Joseph and the repressing these critical existential questions of life. We can live prince of peace — with blindly and superficially. their own hands into the Our Catholic belief in center of the creche. How the unity of the nativity often children then enjoy, and the crucifixion, the sometimes on their own creche and the cross, Bethand sometimes with brothlehem and Golgotha, keeps ers and sisters and family our lives centered and members, moving and focused on the things that interacting with the figureally count in our short rines. How often their bibtime on earth — the last lical imaginations and things (death, judgment, souls are set on fire with heaven and hell) and a God’s love as they play belief in the eternal joy of with their family nativity heaven, our true home. sets. Frances continues to Pope Frances continishop ohn arres press the existential quesued: “I would like now to tions: “The presence of the reflect on the various elepoor and the lowly in the ments of the nativity scene in order to appreciate their deeper mean- nativity scene remind us that God ing. First, there is the background of a became man for the sake of those who starry sky wrapped in the darkness and feel most in need of his love and who ask silence of night. We represent this not him to draw near to them. Jesus, ‘gentle only out of fidelity to the gospel accounts, and humble in heart’ (Matthew 11:29), but also for its symbolic value. We can was born in poverty and led a simple life think of all those times in our lives when in order to teach us to recognize what is we have experienced the darkness of night. Yet even then, God does not abandon us, but is there to answer our crucial questions about the meaning of life. Who am I? Where do I come from? Why was I born at this time in history? Why do I love? Why do I suffer? Why will I die? It was to answer these questions that God became man. His closeness brings light where there is darkness and shows the
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Attorney general files suit against Shake A Paw CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE with the state’s investigation. “Shake a Paw has never knowingly sold a sick puppy, or knowingly misrepresented the pedigree, or breeder from whom the puppy was acquired,” the statement said. “On the rare occasion when a sold puppy has taken ill, Shake A Paw has reimbursed veterinary bills up to the sales price, given a full refund or exchanged the puppy for another.” The statement also said that the store does not purchase dogs from puppy mills, and noted that the state Department of Agriculture and Markets found the stores to be in compliance after “numerous unannounced inspections.” Hamburger called the suit “reckless,” and said it “threatens to destroy the good will and reputation of a good and decent small business that has, over the past 28 years, brought joy to 80,000 loyal and highly satisfied Long Island pet owners and their families.” According to the claim, at least nine dogs that Shake A Paw sold “died soon after sale” from various ailments, and many customers paid “hundreds of dollars of unnecessary additional goods and services,” and sometimes thousands of dollars. Many owners also had to quickly take their new dogs to the vet, racking up bills that Shake A Paw did not reimburse them for. Since 2016, the attorney general’s office has received 99 complaints about
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THE STATE ATTORNEY general’s office has filed suit against Shake a Paw stores in Lynbrook and Hicksville, after many customers alleged that they purchased dogs from the businesses that later died. Protesters demonstrated outside the Lynbrook store in October 2020. the stores, while the Better Business Bureau received another 33 complaints, leading to investigations into the establishment’s practices. In a probe into veterinary records for 408 dogs sold at Shake A Paw, James’s office found that about half of them had infections, coughing, sneezing or breathing problems, more than half were infected with parasites, and 10 percent suffered from pneumonia. James is seeking restitution and civil penalties from the shops. Complaints against the stores have
occurred for years. In 2018, Oceanside resident Heidi Cohen said that she purchased a male French mastiff named Izzy as a gift for her boyfriend, Michael Thompson, and the puppy immediately developed health problems. Cohen said she purchased the dog at the Lynbrook location, at 1 Atlantic Ave., and just hours later it was coughing uncontrollably. She added that when she called Shake A Paw, employees there would not put the owner on the phone. The family took the dog to the veterinarian about six times over four weeks,
Thompson said, adding that Izzy had to be hooked up to breathing machines at home. He said Shake A Paw covered the veterinary expenses, but would not pay any bills above the amount Cohen paid for the dog. Thompson said that Izzy eventually got better, but the ordeal was hard for her boys to deal with. Around the same time, Jessica Tagliarino said that a few of her relatives had had problems with puppies purchased at Shake A Paw. “I know three dogs purchased there by my family members,” she said. “All needed surgeries, all were different breeds and had different reasons. One died too young, at 2 years old.” Last year, Marisa Soto, of Staten Island, said she purchased two dogs at the Lynbrook location, and each of them died. The first, an 8-week-old Chiweenie — a cross between a Chihuahua and a dachshund, which the family named Betty — developed a cough and died three days later. The replacement, an 8-week-old dachshund, which they named Dottie, got sick, developed diarrhea and had to be euthanized. In October 2020, dozens of people gathered outside of the Lynbrook store for a rally against the businesses’ practices. Chants of “Adopt, don’t shop!” and “There’s no excuse for animal abuse!” echoed outside from protesters who gathered after a number of customers reported buying puppies there that got sick and died.
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Students spread cheer at camp’s Holiday Fest East Rockaway JuniorSenior High School students volunteered at the Camp ANCHOR Holiday Fest under the guidance of staff member Maureen Schutta. Student volunteers included Stephen Cooney, Bashan Jones, Isabella Schaefer, Jonah Tasca and Grace Wayar. They assisted in prepping the gingerbread design tables, craft tables, selfie backdrops and the outdoor karaoke. Staff member Jimmy Lores also helped shuttle the volunteers back and forth. Courtesy East Rockaway School District; compiled by Mike Smollins
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EAST ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR High School student volunteers lent a helping hand during the Camp ANCHOR Holiday Fest.
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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE The bond resolution, a summary of which is published herewith, has been adopted on December 17, 2019 and amended on December 14, 2021, and the validity of the obligations authorized by such bond resolution may be hereafter contested only if such obligations were authorized for an object or purpose for which the EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, in the County of Nassau, New York, is not authorized to expend money or if the provisions of law which should have been complied with as of the date of publication of
this Notice were not substantially complied with, and an action, suit or proceeding contesting such validity is commenced within twenty days after the publication of this Notice, or such obligations were authorized in violation of the provisions of the constitution. Nereyda Amaya-Moran District Clerk BOND RESOLUTION OF THE EAST ROCKAWAY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, NEW YORK, ADOPTED DECEMBER 17, 2019 AND AMENDED ON DECEMBER 14, 2021, AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF ALTERATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO
DISTRICT BUILDINGS AND SITES; STATING THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST THEREOF IS NOT TO EXCEED $29,708,336; APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT THEREFOR, INCLUDING $6,200,000 CURRENTLY ON-HAND AND AVAILABLE IN DISTRICT CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDS AND $2,000,000 OF AVAILABLE FUND BALANCE FROM THE DISTRICT’S 2020-2021 FISCAL YEAR; AND AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $21,508,336 SERIAL BONDS OF SAID DISTRICT TO FINANCE THE BALANCE OF SAID APPROPRIATION. Objects or purposes:
to construct various alterations and improvements to buildings and sites Amount of obligations to be issued not to exceed $21,508,336 Period of probable usefulness: thirty (30) years A complete copy of the bond resolution summarized above shall be available for public inspection during normal business hours at the office of the District Clerk, East Rockaway Union Free School District, 443 Ocean Avenue, East Rockaway, New York Dated: December 14, 2021 East Rockaway, New York 128906
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JOHN KENNEDY HAD a helping hand from his mother, Monica, when crafting his gingerbread house.
Students get jolly with gingerbread houses Students in the Kindergarten Center in the Lynbrook Public Schools got into the holiday spirit with gingerbread houses on Dec. 16. With a milk carton as a base, every student in Lisa Lampert’s class crafted a gingerbread house, complete with graham crackers,
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A. Good question! The answer requires a number of other questions to be asked and answered to determine how concerned you should be about safety. Consider that newer buildings were constructed with more stringent requirements, while older buildings may have maintenance issues — especially buildings nearer to the onte eeper ocean — and may not have been repaired for decades. So age and location need to be known. If you know that your building has been well maintained, age may not be as much of a concern. Other than unusual items like cars and swimming pools, one of the heaviest things that buildings are designed for is paper, in filing cabinets and bookshelves, so libraries need to be extra strong to hold such extreme loads as large racks, shelves and stacks of books and papers. The required load design for balconies is the same as libraries: 100 pounds per square foot. Balconies have to not only hold the weight of people, but also carry their own weight, and heavy snow or ice, combined with high winds, without buckling. Typically, people gathering on a balcony should be similar to people gathering in the living room inside, and it’s rare to see people packed together in such a limited space without breathing room. You should use common sense, and social distancing would mean that you could limit people to being within a foot or so apart if you choose. Again, it’s rare to see people jammed into such a tight space, but that can happen if everyone rushes out to see something going on outside, like a fireworks display, for example. The safety factor of 100 pounds per square foot will generally hold, but only if the other maintenance conditions are met.
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e’re about to lose one of the most significant advances in health care made over the past decade unless Congress takes immediate action. That’s why I’m calling on Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Tom Suozzi to step up and protect lifesaving health coverage subsidies for New Yorkers. These expanded subsidies help families afford the cost of health coverage. By driving down costs, this relief ensures that Americans across LISA the country don’t lose their access TYSON to care. While this program has been an essential component of our response to the coronavirus pandemic, the impact of these benefits has been far greater. If made permanent, marketplace health insurance subsidies could cut the number of uninsured by 12 million nationwide next year, according to the Urban Institute. In New York alone, it
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would ensure that 163,000 people would have access to the benefits of health coverage who otherwise would not be covered. This could cut the number of uninsured by nearly 15 percent across the state. These expanded tax credits must be made permanent in this year’s final budget reconciliation package. As we continue to confront the worst public health crisis in over a century, these subsidies ensure that every community in our state can access basic care and take part in our ongoing recovery. Despite the impact of this relief, these subsidies will disappear if Congress doesn’t act soon. If they expire, the effects on working- and middle-class families could be devastating. A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that premiums could double for the millions of Americans who buy their coverage on the marketplace. Another study by the Department of Health and Human Services found that premiums could rise by as much as $600.
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As we’ve fought to recover from Covid-19 and its deadly mutations, marketplace subsidies have become an essential lifeline for thousands of New Yorkers. And while it’s hard to imagine a worse time to lose health coverage than in the middle of a global pandemic, these expanded benefits are currently set to expire by the end of next year. That’s why it’s so critical that leaders like Schumer and Suozzi work with their colleagues to protect these essential benefits for every American still struggling to afford health coverage. As director of the Long Island Progressive Coalition, I’ve seen our community go through decades of debate over how best to expand access to health care. While this conversation must continue, we cannot afford to lose a program that is providing coverage to so many right now. New York has long been at the forefront of efforts to protect the health and well-being of working families. From Teddy Roosevelt making the first national call to protect against “the haz-
amilies shouldn’t have to choose between paying bills and paying for health care.
ards of sickness” to his cousin Franklin Roosevelt creating the Social Security program, our state’s leaders have long fought to ensure that working people can live and age with dignity. In more recent times, our leaders in Congress fought to pass, and then defend, the Affordable Care Act. All of these efforts have improved the lives of countless families across our state and around the country. Now we have the chance to build on that legacy by protecting these lifesaving subsidies before they expire. This will not only ensure that thousands of New Yorkers can keep their health coverage, but also move us closer to the day when every American will have access to affordable, quality health care. No family should ever be forced to choose between paying the bills and paying for health coverage. These expanded marketplace subsidies must be made permanent now, because they ensure that millions of Americans don’t have to make that choice. It’s time for our leaders in Washington to act. Lisa Tyson, of North Bellmore, is the director of the Massapequa-based Long Island Progressive Coalition.
Kidney donor tells story of the gift she gave
ear Ms. Kreiss: “I read your article in the Herald about your friends’ son who needs a kidney (“Hoping for the gift of life in this season of giving” Dec. 9-15). I suspect people who read the column or see pleas like this in general don’t believe they can help because organ donation is so serious. It made me think that, as a kidney organ donor, it would help if I told my story. “I met ‘Jane,’ another parent, at my daughter’s RANDI school. I came to KREISS know her through her devotion to various class projects and activities. When I realized I hadn’t seen her in a while, I asked a mutual friend, who told me Jane’s husband was dying of kidney failure. “I called Jane to offer support, and she told me her husband’s best chance to survive was with a live kidney donation. I immediately felt the sense of urgency and thought, ‘I’ll get tested,’ not realizing I actually said it out loud. She
guided me to the program that was testing his potential donors. Turns out I was a match, and a very good one. “Now it was up to me to decide if I could really do this. All the bravado I had shown in getting tested started to wane a little bit now that it was a reality. What was I thinking? I had three kids of my own who needed me. I was in my late 40s, and while I was in decent physical condition and had no ailments, I was more than a little overweight. “And I didn’t even know this guy. “But somehow, I knew I was supposed to do this. I was given a lot of information and data about organ donation, and the more I read about it, the less I feared it. The clincher for me: Without a donor kidney, this man would die too young after spending the rest of his days tied to dialysis. “I went through many tests, and my results were all good. Then I was told that his brother was most likely going to be the donor, so for about nine months I was on the reserves list. Then, suddenly, his brother and sister were eliminated as donors for medical reasons. I was
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once again at bat. After almost a year of uncertainty, it was now a go. “At every stage of this process, my medical team (you have your own medical team that is separate from the recipient’s medical team) reminded me I could pull out at any time. But I was ready. All the delays just made me feel that if it was meant to be, it would happen. “When I woke up after the surgery, it was evening, and my dear brother was standing over me, holding a can of kidney beans (in case I needed a spare). I didn’t feel any pain but was tired. I was told the operation was a success, and that my recipient was doing well. “They always say the best way to get things working again after surgery is to get up and walk. So walk I did, every day, at least once an hour. I felt minimal pain. “The recipient’s new kidney began functioning beautifully right away. Each day he got stronger and stronger. We both healed well, and though he has other physical challenges unrelated to the transplant, his kidney is functioning
y recipient is healthy, and I’m healthier than I’ve been in years.’
very well and normally. “A question I am often asked is, ‘What if your kids or someone in your family needs a kidney? Now you can’t help them.’ To which I answer, ‘I am so confident that this is a safe process that I know someone else in my family would step up and donate. We’ll be OK.’ “My donation has only affected me for the good. It increased my faith. It gave me more confidence in myself, and it made me finally act on my desire to live healthfully. I have struggled with my weight since I stopped playing competitive sports in my 20s. I have since lost all my excess weight. I am now 56, but physically I feel like I’m 30. “My recipient is healthy, and I’m healthier than I’ve been in years. I feel so grateful for the opportunity to have done this. It changed my life forever, and for the better.” The donor has asked to remain anonymous to protect the privacy of the recipient. To find out more about donating a kidney to Scott Englander of Woodmere, whom I wrote about two weeks ago, email scottneedsakidney@ gmail.com. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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Merrick pain doctor, Michael Belfiore, 58, was sentenced on Dec. 16 to 23 years in prison after he was convicted of selling opioid prescriptions to patients, many of whom were desperately addicted to opioids and often writhing in pain from a variety of injuries. Belfiore might have begun his career as a respected doctor, but he ended it ignominiously, as a common drug dealer. We were pleased that Belfiore was given a tough sentence, after he arrogantly fought the charges against him in 2014 and 2016, despite overwhelming evidence against him. His case should serve as a stiff warning for any doctor thinking of selling scripts for cash: The law will eventually catch up with you, and you will eventually be sent to prison for a long time. It’s about time the law caught up with the medical practitioners who, in part, at least, have fueled the opioid crisis that the nation, including Long Island, now faces. Belfiore’s case is especially egregious. According to federal officials, he wrote 5,000 prescriptions for 600,000 pain pills between January 2010 and March 2013. His case is, however, anything but unique. There are many like him. On top of that, too many doctors have overprescribed opioids for patients without giving proper thought to the possible long-term consequences of their actions. To be clear: This is not every doctor. Most physicians follow the rules. The doctors who have cavalierly prescribed opioids as
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LETTERS Questions Blakeman’s stance on mask mandate To the Editor: Our newly elected county executive, Bruce Blakeman, in one of his first acts, has rejected the recent New York state mask mandate. The announcement came at a time when Long Island’s positivity rate was increasing rapidly — it stood at more than 9 percent at press time — and was the highest in New York state. Here is what Blakeman, a Republican, recently told The New York Post: “Come Jan. 1, my administration will move Nassau forward with a common-sense approach that acknowledges the facts, science and progress made by our residents while also protecting businesses and jobs from any further damage created by government mandates. Nassau County is not in crisis and should not be painted with the same broad brush as the rest of the state. Ninety-seven percent of adults in Nassau County have received at least their first dose of the vaccine, and Nassau hospitals have adequate capacity to handle existing demand.”
their default practice, however, are partly to blame for the addiction pandemic that we find ourselves in now. The coronavirus pandemic has only worsened the opioid addiction crisis. In the first year of the pandemic, between April 2020 and April of this year, the U.S. recorded 100,000 opioid overdose deaths — 100,000! That meant an American died every five minutes of an overdose. President Biden’s $1.75 trillion Build Back Better legislation — which Sen. Joe Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, effectively killed last weekend by refusing to vote for it — included $11 billion to fight the opioid crisis, which is now increasingly driven by fentanyl, a powerful opioid. There remains a chance that the legislation could eventually pass. If it does not, though, there will be any number of consequences for the nation, not the least of which will be reduced resources to cope with the opioid crisis. Shame on Senator Manchin. Earlier this year, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran directed $15.3 million to addiction prevention and treatment services from a $230 million settlement that New York state reached with the pharmaceutical manufacturer Johnson & Johnson for its part in causing the opioid crisis, which has plagued the U.S. since the late 1990s. With the settlement, Johnson & Johnson avoided a trial. Last summer, state Attorney General Letitia James filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the state against pharmaceu-
tical giants Teva Pharmaceuticals, Amerisource Bergen, McKesson Corp, Endo Pharmaceuticals, Allergan Finance and Cardinal Health. The outcome of that suit remains to be seen. We must also remember this: The opioid crisis gave rise 10 years ago to a heroin crisis. This is how we described it in an April 2010 story, “From painkillers to heroin addiction”: “Nassau County police say that prescription painkillers have flooded the local illegal drug market in the past decade, which is driving the recent spike in heroin use … “With the drugs readily accessible, painkiller and heroin addicts are getting younger and younger, according to the experts … In the past, the average age of the heroin addicts … was 24. Now, most are 18 to 23. Many begin using prescription painkillers at parties as young as 14 and 15. When the painkillers become too expensive — they sell for $80 per pill on the street — the teens graduate to heroin, which goes for as little as $5 a bag.” Not much has changed over the past decade — except the drugs have become more powerfully addictive and potentially deadly, and the crisis has only gotten worse, not better, as we had hoped. A two-pronged approach that mobilizes both police and therapists is needed to address the crisis. That requires money. Nassau County Executive-elect Bruce Blakeman will take office in a week. We urge him to prioritize funding for drug enforcement and addiction treatment.
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he war on local school boards, teaching and history is escalating as conservative activists and Republican politicians prepare for the 2022 congressional midterm elections. This year, 66 gag-order bills to prevent teaching about race and racism were introduced in 26 states, and at least 12 became law. Among the measures was Assembly Bill 8253, introduced in New York by Republican Assemblyman Colin Schmitt of upstate New Windsor, which, if passed, would ban ALAN students and teachers in SINGER K-through-12 schools from learning about The New York Times’s 1619 Project, which examined the nation’s beginnings through the lens of slavery. According to a report by the nonprofit PEN America, many of the bills mirror legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate by Tom Cotton, a Republican from Arkansas, and former President Donald Trump’s 2020 executive order “combating race and sex stereotyping.” Most include a provision prohibiting “divisive concepts.”
One frightening development is a shift in strategy by groups like the Proud Boys, whose members were involved in the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The Proud Boys are now picketing school board meetings in protests against mask and vaccine mandates, and school curricula and reading assignments that they don’t like. This fall there were Proud Boy rallies on Long Island in Rockville Centre, Bay Shore and Patchogue. In New York, school board elections are scheduled for next May 17, six months before November’s congressional election. Filing petitions are due in most school districts on April 18. The New York State School Boards Association provides a booklet for people considering becoming school board candidates. On Long Island, insurgent candidates challenging coronavirus mask mandates and a fictionalized version of critical race theory won three seats on the Smithtown Board of Education last May. Now a Republican consulting firm is organizing classes to further polarize and politicize school board races. Among those offering the classes are a former Trump activist, a former contractor with the Nassau Coun-
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LETTERS So, Blakeman seems to say, don’t worry if you get the Covid virus as a result of his no-mask-mandate policy. Nassau is ready with your very own ICU bed. Blakeman also touts the 97 percent onedose adult vaccine rate. One dose has little effect on the new variant, and what about the children who are now contracting the virus in higher numbers? Yes, acknowledge the facts. Don’t make up your own. DR. ALLAN SIMON Lawrence
America’s ‘awakening’ To the Editor: Re Dr. Alan Singer’s column “Democrats’ election perils have little to do with ‘wokeness’” (Dec. 9-15): Singer is right: The Democrats’ dismal election showing in November had little to do with “wokeness,” but it had a lot to do with “awakening.” People are showing disgust over the deceit of progressive attempts to redefine American values and traditions. The failure of House Republicans to hold Rep. Paul Gosar in contempt for his thoughtless tweets about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was unfortunate. But why was no contempt shown for Rep. Maxine Waters, who in April called on her followers to “stay on the street” and “get more
ty government when it was under Republican control and a Republican Suffolk County legislator. The latest Long Island school district to erupt with a critical race theory controversy is Great Neck. Some residents accuse a Great Neck North High School 11th-grade English teacher of presenting in class that whites are racists and students need to understand white fragility and reject privilege. The local parents appear to be working with a national organization, Parents Defending Education, which claims it wants to ensure that American schools do not promote “harmful agendas.” The group’s website has slides that were supposedly shown in the English class. What is missing from their attack on teachings is any attempt to learn what actually took place in the classroom. Students read the book “Between the World and Me,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, which won a National Book Award. The slides were part of a lesson introducing students to the issues raised in the book, and by other authors who question or challenge what they perceive of as racism and white supremacy in the U.S. Students were asked to pledge to think about the issues raised in the book, not to agree with a par-
confrontational” if Derek Chauvin hadn’t been found guilty of murdering George Floyd? This could be interpreted as inciting others to riot, which is not protected speech, but there she was, on video, saying as much, similar to when she called on her supporters to harass Trump officials when they were having dinner at restaurants with their families. Waters was never sanctioned or censured over that, either, emboldening her to even more such calls for abuse. In August 2020, Kyle Rittenhouse naively and stupidly brought his AR-15-style rifle with him to the Kenosha, Wis., riots, where he said he intended to offer only medical aid. He was walking with a fire extinguisher to put out a fire set by the arsonists, within their view — not very smart — when he was attacked. He didn’t assault or threaten anyone, but they overreacted violently toward him, provoking his justifiable self-defense. Members of the “Republican rank and file” have not challenged local school boards over critical race theory, but rather parents of children being subjected to it. To espouse the belief that this country is essentially racist is a fraud, and is itself racist. No wonder parents object to this divisive propaganda of hate. The greatest contributor to climate change is China, not the United States, but the 2016 Paris Agreement would have given China a longer time frame to clean
ticular author. According to state Board of Regents Chancellor Lester Young, “The New York State Board of Regents policy on diversity, equity and inclusion is not an attempt to, in fact, teach critical race theory. Critical race theory is not our theory of action. Our theory of action is cultural responsiveness.” The official position of the state educational governing body, and the reality of what gets taught in the classroom, have not stopped conservative Republicans from mobilizing white families to stop CRT. Jay Worona, deputy executive director and general counsel for the New York State School Boards Association, has called the political assault on school boards a “false narrative.” Worona responded to the assault, “There are many people who are proclaiming that the curriculum is being designed to indoctrinate students to think in a particular way, as opposed to what we’ve done for eons, which is to teach critical thinking skills.” Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter, @AlanJSinger1.
FRAMEWORK by Christina Daly
Lighting up the night — Island Park
up its carbon pollution than the U.S. Former President Donald Trump wasn’t against such initiatives, but only wanted them to be implemented fairly and equitably, consistent with his belief that America stop being made the scapegoat for the world’s evils. As more Americans see the truth, the Democratic Party will continue to decline. ROBERT RUBALSKY East Rockaway
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