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A ‘cornerstone’ closes in W.H. Pompei restaurant shuts down after nearly 50 years in business By NAkEEM GRANT ngrant@liherald.com

Courtesy Vincent Pavlovsky

PoMPEI RESTAURANT, AT 401 Hempstead Ave. in West Hempstead, closed in December.

When restaurateurs Nadir and Jenny Rago purchased Pete’s Cuisine, at 401 Hempstead Ave. in West Hempstead, and opened Pompei restaurant in 1971, they had big visions for the business. They dreamed of transforming the small building into a place that would attract people from all over the community. When Nadir’s health declined in 1984, his daughter, Ada Rago, took over the business and made that dream a reality.

“Ada was in medical school at the time, and had plans of becoming a pharmacist,” her husband, Vincent Pavlovsky, recounted. “Once her father got sick, she dedicated her life to running the business through hard work, and made it into a thriving business in West Hempstead.” Ada expanded the space in the late 1980s, when she bought the property next to the restaurant to create a parking lot. Shortly afterward, the restaurant added sit-down catering, which was a success. For many Continued on page 4

W.H. family returns H.S. ring to Valley Stream North grad By ToNY BEllISSIMo tbellissimo@liherald.com

When he wasn’t playing football and wrestling as a Valley Stream North High School student athlete from 2006 to 2009, Joe Castrogiovanni would often head to Hall’s Pond Park in West Hempstead for some exercise. One of his routine walks, in May 2009, proved costly, however, when Castrogiovanni lost his class ring. “The ring was always a little loose, and it must have just slipped off my finger,” he said. “I didn’t notice it was gone until I got home. I went back that same evening to search for it,

but couldn’t find it.” Castrogiovanni had no luck, but later that month, West Hempstead couple Robert and Grace Kopec did. Robert saw the ring lying on the walking path, scooped it up and stuck it a drawer, where it sat for more than a decade before the urging of his daughter, Lauren, and social media played a role in its return to Castrogiovanni. “I walked a few miles at Hall’s Pond every day back then,” Robert said. “The ring was on the ground, and there was nobody around. Somehow, the story came up in discussion during the [2020] holidays, and my daughter took some action

was shocked to get the call somebody had the ring.

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to try to get it back to the person it belonged to.” With “Spartans” inscribed on the ring, along with the name “Joseph,” a wrestler, a football and the number 57, Lauren Kopec searched the internet for Nassau County high school

nicknames. Then she then took to Instagram and sent a message to the Valley Stream North Spartans account: “Hello, I know this message is really random, but is there any chance you would have a roster from the football or wrestling team from 2009? My parents found a class ring . . . any help would be appreciated.”

Valley Stream North Athletic Director Michael Frazer got the message, and contacted former football head coach Tom Schiavo to try to track down the 2009 varsity roster. Schiavo, who has every team photo in his office, wasn’t in school at the time, so he made a quick call to Elias Gaston, who graduated that Continued on page 3

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Joseph CasTroGiovanni’s losT high school ring is back in his possession after more than 11 years.

High school class ring returned to rightful owner continued from front page year. “Elias knew right away Joe wore 57,” Schiavo said. “So at that point we knew whose ring it was.” The next step was fairly simple, because Castrogiovanni’s younger brother, Eric, is currently a junior at Valley Stream North. Soon after the New Year, the Kopecs connected with Castrogiovanni, who’s now 29, and

made arrangements to give him his ring more than 11 years after it was seemingly lost forever. “I was shocked to get the call somebody had the ring,” said Castrogiovanni, who still lives in Franklin Square and recently opened his own practice as a clinical mental health counselor. “It’s a keepsake, and I’m thankful to have it back. It looks brand new and fits perfectly now.”

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Taking the polar bear plunge — in school Explore students of the Maurice W. Downing School in Malverne took part in an interactive lesson that focused on polar bears last month. Students also crafted artwork with polar bears, while learning about fun facts regarding these Arctic animals.

Time to celebrate Life is just one damned thing after another unless we take time out to recognize and celebrate the good events that happen between the hardships and hassles. This is true for our personal lives as well as our country’s life. A celebration is an acknowledgment, an honoring of an event. Last week, the swearing-in of our new President and Vice President was our most acclaimed celebration. Many rejoiced. Some lamented. No matter, the celebration of the peaceful transition of power took place. Can you imagine what would have been lost if we ignored this day? If the swearing-in took place in secret - without witnesses, without any assurance that it ever happened, without joys and smiles, without previous Presidents of both parties present to lend validity to the occasion? Ye s, we n e e d c e l e b r at i o n s. To acknowledge, appreciate and cherish the event. We need them as a nation, and we need them as people. That’s why we celebrate birthdays and anniversaries. That’s why we celebrate national

and religious holidays. If they’re important to us, we don’t let them pass without marking their significance. Many of us, however, allow important moments to go unnoticed and uncelebrated. Such events, wh e t h e r b i g o r s m a l l , deserve to be recognized if they have meaning to us. A big, fancy occasion to mark the celebration is unnecessary. Indeed, you may not need to make the event public, but you do need to acknowledge and appreciate the event for your own self-worth. Neglecting to do so means that your accomplishment, achievement, success remain inda unnamed, unnoticed, unimportant. We might even say that it ceases to exist. Here are two examples of personal events that call for celebrations: John has a high pressured job and a demanding boss. On a typical day, he tolerates being spoken to disrespectful-

ly, yelled at for a non-essential error, and blamed for his boss’s blunders. Yesterday, however, was different. John stood up for himself, determined to stop the verbal abuse. When his boss finished his tirade, he said, “I don’t deserve to be spoken to like that. When you can speak to me respectfully, you’ ll find me at my desk.” Shaking in his boots, he quickly departed from his boss’s office before anything more could be said. An hour later, his boss came to his desk and offered an apology – a halfassed one – but still an apology. He accepted it. That apadin evening, he toasted himself, “I did it!” He then shared his story with his wife, who promised that once Covid is no longer a threat, they’d go out to a fine restaurant to celebrate. The day Doreen lost 10 pounds was a day worth celebrating. Not publicly, but

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privately. Though Doreen still wanted to lose another 10 pounds, she recognized with joy that she was halfway there! What would she treat herself to? Not food but new clothes in a new size! If you neglect to take time to celebrate your big and small achievements, everyday hassles and hardships become more prominent. So tonight, before your head hits the pillow, reflect on something personal worth celebrating. Create a blow-out Zoom party for your achievement, if you wish, or launch simple words of praise for yourself. “You did it! – Good job – I’m proud of you!” Then smile, pat yourself on the back and get a good night’s sleep. You’ve made your achievement a recognizable moment in your life. ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D. is a psychologist, coach and author in private practice who specializes in helping people become the best they can be. You can reach her at LSapadin@DrSapadin.com. Visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

Pompei, a ‘cornerstone’ of W.H., closes continued from front page decades, Pompei attracted about 1,000 guests per week, according to Pavlovsky, the co-owner with his wife for more than 20 years. From birthday parties to awards ceremonies, bridal showers and wedding anniversaries, Pompei became the community hub for celebrations. “They’re a quality restaurant run by quality people,” said Phil Napoli, of West Hempstead. “They never disappointed day after day, year after year, and they were a cornerstone of our community. I want to thank the ownership and all their long-term employees, who truly cared for their customers.” Business came to a screeching halt, however, last March, as the coronavirus pandemic spread. Pavlovsky had several deaths in his family that month, some of which were related to Covid-19, and a few Pompei staff members died in the same week. As if that weren’t enough, Ada’s mother, Jenny Rago, died in April. “When these types of things happen, the bolts just come out,” Vincent, 57, said. “Then, once the state’s regulations were put in place, we knew that we couldn’t operate the restaurant at half staff.” Distraught by the effects of the pandemic, her husband said, Ada, 63, believed it would take too long to turn the business around. So they sold it to Bais Torah U’ Tefilah, a synagogue across the street, on Dec. 31. Vincent said that Ada had become accustomed to spending six days a week at the restaurant, from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m., to ensure that the quality of the food was “superb.” “She dedicated her life to this business,” Vincent said. “She wasn’t a cook, even though she knew how to. She had a team of great people underneath her, but she was always in the kitchen, making sure everybody’s meal was hot and perfect. It was very rewarding for the both of us.” Vincent, who owns Service Masters, a restaurant repair and construction company, noted that the restaurant industry across New York state suffered a huge blow. “There’s really been nothing more traumatic than what we’ve gone through over the past year,” he said, “but a lot of restaurants have had their struggles, too.

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Numerous eveNts were held at Pompei. Above, the West Hempstead Community Scholarship Fund’s annual dinner in 2019. When you talk about a neighborhood business like ours that was thriving for so many years . . . we took a tremendous amount of pride in what we did.” He attributed Pompei’s success to the local organizations, fire departments, the Nassau County Police Department and senior citizen groups, among others, for supporting local businesses. “Pompei has been a cornerstone in the center of town for many years,” West Hempstead Community Support Association President Maureen Greenberg said. “May the family know that while their decision to close was hard, they made many families have beautiful, significant life events at the restaurant. I wish them the best in their retirement.” Having that kind of support, Vincent Pavlovsky added, was humbling to his family. “Even though the customers came from near and far, the neighborhood people were wonderful,” he said. “If Ada was able to go on the roof and scream, ‘Thank you!’ to everyone, she’d do it. Unfortunately, times change and situations change, but life goes on. We don’t have any definitive plans for the next stage of our lives right now, but we’re working on it.”

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“When it took over Pete’s, we were sad. But Pompei became a beautiful fixture in the neighborhood. My dad was the president of the Kiwanis Club and they used to have their meetings upstairs. He used to bring us home great meals from their meetings. Fantastic food.” –Frank T. Dixon, West Hempstead

“We had many family celebrations there over the years from bridal showers [to] baby showers, graduations and our parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. Pompeii Restaurant was a special place and it will be missed and fondly remembered.” –Nancy Vicario, West Hempstead

“I attended many awards dinners from West Hempstead High School for my son. Whether it was the Athletic Awards, the Achievement Dinner for the top 25 of his class, or the Social Event fundraisers for the PTA, it was always a good time. I will truly miss them.” –Barbara Schreck, West Hempstead

“Great restaurant with awesome food and excellent service. It was my mother’s favorite restaurant. She would frequently order the shrimp scampi and always take the leftovers home.” –Gordon Howard, West Hempstead

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play three Wednesday nights in February. Participants are encouraged to have some basic knowledge of chess, people interested should sign up ASAP. The library needs to be sure that it can fill the classes. For more information, call the children’s room at (516) 4816591 Ext. 5.

Farmers Market at Crossroads Crossroads Farm’s weekly farmers markets will be held each Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Make dog biscuits Visit the Franklin Square Library’s website during the month of January to learn how to make dog biscuits, which will be donated to a local shelter for community service credit. Participants must snap a photo of themselves making the dog biscuits with the Baking Coach video and their finished product. They can then drop them off at the library to be donated or can donate them to a local shelter themselves. However, if a participant donates the cookies themselves, they must snap a photo of them dropping the biscuits off at the shelter. Please send those photos to ebach@franklinsquarepl.org

Sunday’s big game The NFL’s big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Tampa Bucaneers will take place on Feb. 7, at 6:30 p.m. The game will be streamed on CBS with a halftime performance by The Weeknd.

Beware the kraken Children in first through fifth grade can discover interesting facts about the giant squid with the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum and create their own giant squid from items around the house in a pre-recorded program available on the Franklin Square library’s website under “Children’s Special Programs.”

Learn about the narwhal The Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum will tell children in first through fifth grade all about narwhals and how their tusks inspired legends of unicorns in a pre-recorded program that will be available on the Franklin Square library’s website under “Children’s Special Programs.”

New Year Virtual Teen Fitness with Maria Ende (grades 6 to 12) The West Hempstead Library will feature a recorded Teen Exercise video through Feb. 13 on YouTube. Then, exercise all month with the recorded video on the library’s YouTube account, https://bit. ly/3peVApe.

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Thursday, Feb. 4 Intermediate Spanish People will some skills in the Spanish language can join the West Hempstead Library’s virtual intermediate Spanish class from 4 to 6 p.m. $10 check payable to WHPL; Mail to: WHPL Programs, Attn: Pia; 500 Hempstead Ave.; West Hempstead, NY 11552 Call Pia Ramirez at (516) 481-6591 ext. 11 or email canaria@whplibrary.org for more details.

Estate and Medicaid Planning The Long Island Herald will be holding a virtual webinar on cutting expenses and saving money on Feb. 4 at 10 a.m. Registration is required.

Sexual abuse workshop The Franklin Square Public Library will be holding a free one-hour virtual workshop on Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. to teach adults how to keep their children safe from sexual assault. Registration is required.

Rotary Club meeting The Central Nassau County Rotary Club will be holding its next meting virtually on Feb. 4 at 9 a.m. Residents can sign in from their computer, tablet or smartphone, or call (646) 749-3122 and enter the access code 381-747-093 to participate.

Saturday, Feb. 6 Girls Who Code orientation Girls in grades seven through 12 can join the virtual Girls Who Code orientation at the Elmont Memorial Library on Feb. 6 from 12 to 1:30 p.m., and get

ready to learn some basic programming skills. Registration is required.

Sunday, Feb. 7 Sunday’s big game The Kansas City Chiefs will face the Tampa Bay Bucaneers in the big game in Tampa Bay, Fla. on Feb. 7 at 6:30 p.m. It will be streamed on CBS, with a halftime performance by The Weeknd.

Wednesday, Feb. 10 LI Chess Nuts LI Chess Nuts is back at the West Hempstead Library, this time virtually, from 7 to 8 p.m. Children in grades two and up are welcome for instruction and

Make some chocolate Children in kindergarten through sixth-grade can pick up everything they would need to create their own chocolate treats for Valentine’s Day from the Franklin Square Public Library on Feb. 10. Registration is required.

Send some smiles Teenagers in grades six and up can pick up postcards from the Franklin Square Public Library on Feb. 10 to decorate with silly pictures, jokes, or words of encouragement for sick children. Once they are finished, the teenagers can return them to the library so that officials can send them to families, hospitals and local Ronald McDonald Houses. Please do not write “get well” or “feel better,” because these are cards designed to make them happy and not to remind them of being sick. Registration is required, and participants will receive one hour of community service.

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The Covid vaccination site at Belmont Park will be open based on availability. Nassau County is offering restaurant owners a grant program. To learn more about the town’s Covid-19 resources, visit hempsteadny.gov/covid-19. The Central Nassau County Rotary Club meets virtually every Thursday. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky will hold a virtual cyberbullying roundtable on Feb. 11, at 5 p.m.

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Herald sports High-risk sports resume with conditions By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Less than a week after high-risk high school sports in New York state such as basketball, football, wrestling, volleyball and competitive cheer were given the OK to proceed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran relayed the necessary guidance put in place by the state and approved by local health officials. At a Jan. 27 news conference at Bay Pa rk i n E a s t Ro ck aw ay, C u r r a n announced the high-risk sports guidelines that, once met, will clear the way for public and parochial schools to begin practicing for basketball, wrestling and cheer on Feb. 1, and holding games and matches as soon as Feb. 8. “I’m excited to get our kids back on the fields, courts and the rinks they love so much and to bring a little normal back into their lives,” Curran said. Some of the mandatory guidelines put in place countywide by Suffolk aren’t being mirrored by Nassau. Instead, those decisions were left to individual school districts in Nassau. These include weekly Covid-19 testing for participating athletes, coaches and others in daily contact with the teams, temperature monitoring before practices and games, and no more than two spectators per athlete for home teams. Masks must be worn at all times, unless players are unable to tolerate such a covering for the physical activity, and a minimum of 6 feet in distance between individuals must be followed at all times, with the exception of participating athletes. No sharing of equipment or drinks will be permitted, and facilities must provide sanitizer for all in attendance and be limited to 50 percent of the maximum occupancy of a particular area, inclusive of employees, patrons, players and spectators. Curran said the Nassau County Department of Health would conduct spot compliance checks at random schools to ensure safety guidelines are being followed. On Jan. 26, Nassau’s athletic directors held a meeting with Section VIII, the governing body for high school athletics in the county, to discuss a return to play for basketball, wrestling and cheer. Section VIII also conducted a conference call with school superintendents that same morning. Section VIII Executive Director Pat Pizzarelli said with athlete participation the primary goal this winter, there would be no playoffs for basketball and no postseason for wrestling. Basketball teams will play an eight-game season, while wrestling will conduct dual meets only. “We want the largest number of kids playing in the most number of games, and this was the way to do it,” Pizzarelli

said. Baldwin has already decided to have all high-risk athletes and coaches tested weekly and will not be permitting spectators, Athletic Director Ed Ramirez said. The district is planning to livestream basketball games and wrestling matches. “I’m excited to see our winter student athletes, especially our seniors, back competing,” Ramirez said. “Although they will not get the full experience, they have an opportunity to represent their school one last time, be with their teammates and enjoy their passion.” The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District does not plan to mandate testing, Athletic Director Eric Caballero said. It will allow two spectators per home athlete, with no fans from visiting teams permitted. The Sewanhaka Central High School District is following the same criteria for testing and spectators, said Athletic Director Matt McLees. The Valley Stream Central High School District will not allow fans for basketball and wrestling, but Athletic Director Scott Steuber said the topic will be revisited for sports set to begin March 1, such as football, soccer, volleyball and field hockey. “I’m thrilled that we’re going to be starting all of our sports,” Pizzarelli said. “We haven’t had any Covid spread with the sports that began Jan. 4. Now we’re starting basketball and wrestling. BaSkETBaLL, aLONg wITh other high-risk winter I’ll be honest, I’m concerned cheer, were cleared to begin practicing Feb. 1. about wrestling. I spoke to our athletic administrators. They need to stress to their coaches they need to be diligent in keeping the safety of our student-athletes as the No. 1 priority, which is what we always do in athletics.” Pizzarelli added each school district would make a determination whether to compete in the high-risk winter sports or not. He said only Uniondale, which is in full remote learning mode, has opted out so far. Lawrence flipped its decision on winter sports and will be competing. Traditional fall sports, including football, soccer, girls’ tennis, cross-country, volleyball, field hockey and girls’ swimming, are slated to begin practice March 1. Spring sports, such as lacrosse, baseball, softball, boys’ tennis, track and field, girls’ badminton and boys’ golf, are set to start April 22.

NaSSau COuNTY ExECuTIvE Laura Curran said individual school districts could decide on Covid-19 testing for athletes and coaches.

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Herald Inside LI hosts cutting expenses webinar By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

The Covid-19 pandemic caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs in 2020, and as a result, many found that their worst financial fears became their reality. Even though many Americans never lost their jobs and some have found new ones, a growing number of people have been preoccupied by fear because they worry about being able to keep their jobs during the worst economic c a l a m i t y s i n c e t h e G re at Depression. For many, pulling money from their savings accounts is the only way to survive, while others wished they had saved more emergency money, or they don’t know where to begin to start cutting expenses. With many Long Islanders grappling with these financial concerns, Herald Inside LI held a free infor mational Zoom webinar on Jan. 28 to discuss reducing expenditures. The webinar, which was sponsored by Edward Jones, Emigrant Mortgage, EmPower VeroNicA Solar, Maidenbaum Property Ferrero Tax Reduction Group and Geico, featured a panel of Assistant Vice expert speakers, who discussed President, simple ways to save money. DisEmigrant Mortgage cussion topics ranged from paying off credit card debt and getting finances in order to information about how to refinance loans with lower rates, ways to save on electric bills and how to grieve property taxes.

n the same way that you would plan a Super Bowl dinner for friends and family, I recommend that people plan if they want to budget.

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“Last year, it was eye-opening to see how many people lost their jobs, and many people learned the hard way that having emergency funds set aside is so important,” said Marie Taylor, a 20-year financial adviser at Edward Jones. “People need to know that you’re never too young to start saving because people can go into foreclosure if they can’t make payments.” As someone who helps people manage people’s finances on a daily basis, Taylor said her usual approach when helping new clients to start a budget worksheet is to help them understand their savings, investments and income. The worksheet, she said, includes four key questions: ■ Where am I today? ■ Where do I need to go?

■ Can I get there? ■ What do I need to reach that goal? “I tell my clients that it’s important to look at where your money is coming from and to make sure they know the risks, recognize strategies and that they should understand what their goals and aspirations are,” Taylor said. “It’s also important that people make sure that they have a financial adviser that is focused on the people they serve. If a financial adviser is not explaining costs or checking on your investments, and they are telling you what they think you need while failing to find out your background information, you might want to get a different financial adviser.”

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HerAld iNside li held a free Zoom webinar on how to reduce expenses amid the coronavirus pandemic last Thursday. coordinator at Emigrant Mortgage Company Inc., said her job involves helping people to create a plan that reviews their credit report to see if it is up to date and without errors. She also looks at credit cards to make sure the interest rate is the lowest possible. “Whenever someone closes or opens a savings account, it will affect their credit score,” she said. “A lot of people have credit cards that they don’t use, and they don’t realize that this will affect their credit score and that they should be diligent about paying their credit card payments when they are due.” Ferrero also said she spends time evaluating her clients’ mortgages to aid them in discovering new ways to save in various areas, such as in their utility, phone and car insurance bills. She also aids people in looking at their long-term goals and deciding if taking out a home equity mortgage or line of credit would be the most sensible decision, based on a case-by-case analysis. With the ongoing pandemic, she also said, interest rates are low, and now is an opportune time to refinance and renovate homes. “In the same way that you would plan a Super Bowl dinner for friends and family, I recommend that people plan if they want to budget, and through my job, I want to help people to realize through an analysis process, specifically where their money goes on a monthly basis,” she said. “This is a challenging process, but most people are glad when they do this, and they are better able to see where they can better save money.” Taylor and Ferrero both added that people should look for interest rates on their student loans to help budget better. “It’s important to do research on programs and to look for companies to help you to do this,” Ferrero stressed. “Speak to someone who will sit down and listen to you and be disciplined about this, and don’t get distracted,” Taylor said. Tara McDermott, director of customer experience and stakeholder relations at EmPower Solar, said her company serves about 3,000 clients. EmPower Solar aims to help consumers save on electric bills by help-

ing them install solar panels. “Now, more than ever, people are more conscious of an increase in electric bills because people are spending more time in their homes, and therefore they are using up more energy due to the pandemic,” she said. “The average home on Long Island pays $250 a month on their electric bill, and our goal is to get homeowners to save money through the installation of solar panels on their roof. About one in every 22 houses on Long Island have solar panels now.” Having solar panel consultation with EmPower Solar, McDermott said, is free. It will take place over Zoom to discuss how much solar panels will cost on a case-by-case basis and answer any other questions for those considering going solar. “We stress to our clients that having solar panels does not increase taxes, but third-party studies have shown that it does add about $20,000 to the value of the home,” she said. “Around 15 percent of clients have a battery backup system for their solar panels—which will allow them to power their house during a power outage for an unlimited amount of time. This is great because clients can be prepared for an emergency, similar to another Superstorm Sandy.”

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As the Zoom meeting was ending, guest speaker Mark Miller, in-house counsel at Maidenbaum Property Tax Reduction Group, made a few remarks. “All residential homeowners should file a grievance, and anybody who has a renovation on their house should file and see if they qualify, but they should keep in mind that solar panels don’t count as a renovation in these instances,” he said. “Also, if you double your house size through renovation, you won’t get the home improvement exemption. You might be considered a whole new property at that point.” The recording for this cutting expenses webinar can be found at liherald.com/recordings. The next Herald Inside LI webinar will be Thursday, Feb. 4, at 10 a.m., and will look at estate and Medicaid planning.

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Remembering the history of The Four Chaplains In these difficult times, it is always helpful to remember what is good about America. At this time of year, the American Legion family would like to take this moment to remind people of an important part of our history. So let’s go back to another difficult time in U.S. history. World War II was raging and it was a frigid night when they left Newfoundland. It was winter and the Atlantic was cold. The captain had cautioned his men to all stay alert, stay dressed and to be prepared for anything. But the men were cold and tired. The Dorchester (a recently converted luxury ship) was now converted into a transport ship. There were 902 American soldiers and personnel on board. Their destination was a military base in Greenland when suddenly, on Feb. 3, 1943, the worse thing ever happened. They were spotted by a German officer who was on a U2 submarine. He targeted them and then gave the order to fire, and the USAT Dorchester had been hit. All of a sudden the men on the Dorchester were quickly thrust into total darkness. Panic and chaos ensued, and there weren’t enough lifeboats. But these four brave men began to work together. They tried to calm the men down and comfort them. In a call for unity, all four gave what they could to help the soldiers in distress. Lt. Alexander D. Goode, a rabbi, gave his gloves to a young soldier who was cold and shivering, he also gave words of comfort to him. It wasn’t until that young man was on a lifeboat that he realized Goode had given up the only gloves he had and was willing to be cold so that he could be warm. Then there was Lt. John P. Washington, a Catholic priest

who also gave words of comfort as did Lt. Clark V. Polling, a Dutch reformed minister, and Lt. George L. Fox, a Methodist minister. They all gave of themselves never asking for anything in return. They never asked for the religion of the person who needed help or even if they had religion. All that mattered was that they were all children of God, who were hurting. The four chaplains then went on to give out the life preservers from the deck. As the cold wind blew in the dark of night, they stood there handing them out. It wasn’t long before the four chaplains looked at each other and they realized there were no more left. Then they looked at each other and each removed their life jacket and gave it to one of four cold and frightened young soldiers. It was reported by soldiers in the life boats and the soldiers with life preserves who were bobbing in the cold Atlantic that night, that the four Chaplains arms were linked together on that slanting deck, sinking the Navy Hymn as the Dorchester sank. Only 230 soldiers survived that night, but it could have been fewer if the four chaplains hadn’t decided to work together to save as many people as they could. The four chaplains posthumously received the Distinguished Service Medal and the Purple Heart, as well as The Four Chaplains Medal. The Nassau County American Legion family regrets that it could not hold its annual full reenactment of the Four Chaplains this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, but the group hopes to do so next year. Courtesy Dr. Carol Hassett; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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W.H. teen awarded by TOPSoccer West Hempstead teen Jessica Lee was named as the 2020 recipient of the Marg McGory TOPSoccer Volunteer of the Year award on Dec. 8. Lee received the award from the Long Island Junior Soccer League, the largest league in the Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association. This recognition completes an amazing year for Lee, 17, who was first named the TOPSoccer Buddy of the Year by ENYYSA at the group’s Holiday Party in December 2019. That was followed by being named the East Region TOPSoccer Buddy of the Year, and then the US Youth Soccer National TOPSoccer Buddy of the Year at a gala held in Baltimore in January 2020. TOPSoccer, The Outreach Program for Soccer, is a community-based program to give children and young adults with physical and/or intellectual challenges the chance to play soccer. “I believe that all kids should have the same opportunities in life,” Lee said in a news release. “TOPSoccer helps make that happen. Seeing the players every week and their faces full of excitement, ready to play soccer, never fails to put a smile on my face.” After her family started the West Hempstead Chiefs’ program, Lee has been involved with the program for nine years. Playing since she was three, she now plays with the LIJSL’s Garden City Park Shooting Stars, as well as on the varsity team at Kellen-

the marg mcGory award Marg McGory, for whom the annual award is named, was a longtime advocate for those with special needs. Associated with the Diocese of Rockville Centre, she secured the Marydale field complex in Melville when the newly formed league TOPSoccer program quickly outgrew its first home, the John Allen Developmental Center in Huntington. berg Memorial High School, in Uniondale. She served as Kellenberg’s team captain this past fall season. “Very poised, great young lady who gives her heart and soul to her community and to the TOPSoccer players there,” said Steve Padaetz, the league’s managing director. The LIJSL plans to recognize Jessica in a private ceremony at the league offices in Ronkonkoma sometime this year with her family in attendance. Courtesy Long Island Junior Soccer League; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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Solving for tomorrow in West Hempstead A team of students at West Hempstead High School have been selected as semi-finalists in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow 2020-21 Education Contest. Solve for Tomorrow addresses the countrywide academic challenge of increasing students’ pursuit of science, technology, engineering and math education. Students are tasked with showing how STEM can be applied to help improve their communities. Ninth-grade students Steven Poirot and Alicia Maria and 10th graders Tenoch Jaramillio, Glenda Garcia, Victoria Guerrier and Glorida Guerrier, with the guidance of science research teacher Sal Trupia, brainstormed a few ideas for how to meet the challenge. They eventually decided on a very topical and eco-friendly idea: biodegradable masks. After ample research and planning, they submitted the concept in December. “We had a few other ideas,” Tenoch said, “but

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light. If they are selected, they will be among 10 other national finalists. Samsung will announce three national winners in May. Through Solve for Tomorrow, Samsung is hoping to foster interest in STEM among students and illustrate the practical impact these subjects can have. Samsung will give away more than $2 million in technology, classroom supplies, and other contest prizes to schools this year through Solve for Tomorrow. “STEM is such an important part of the curriculum and culture here at West Hempstead,” Principal James DeTommaso said. “We are very proud of their ingenuity and innovation.” Courtesy West Hempstead School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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primary contests against anyone who displeases him. But at the impeachment trial, all those cowards who won’t vote to convict Trump will, along with the public, be forced to watch hours of video of the horrors of the Jan. 6 mob attack. And they will have to hear witnesses who will state, “President Trump told me to do it.” To paraphrase the late, great boxer Joe Louis, they can run but they can’t hide. So let’s turn to the real world. Thanks to the courage of Twitter and Facebook, Trump is without a platform to continue his lies about a stolen election. There has been no public uprising against the social media platforms. It’s really comforting to have a day without tweets from an out-of-control narcissist. And it feels good to have a president who is showing up for work each day. Unlike Trump, Biden isn’t hiding from the Covid pandemic. The federal government is taking over the responsibility of getting vaccines out to people. We are hearing what the govern-

ment is doing to tackle this plague, and not ignoring the dangers of a virus that has killed over 400,000 people. Biden will tell us the truth, which is a welcome change. It is clear that the 74 million people who voted for Trump aren’t just sitting around, mourning their loss. In the weeks after the Capitol uprising, 30,000 Republicans reportedly changed their party registration in disgust over Trump’s conduct. That may not seem like a big number, but many of them were residents of Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Arizona, key political states. Many of the same people who refused to wear masks, and made fun of Biden during the campaign when he appeared in one, are lining up to get their vaccinations, while anxiously awaiting new legislation that will provide stimulus money for struggling businesses and increased unemployment benefits. And in the near future, Biden will be offering a new health insurance proposal. Trump will likely escape any penalties for the Jan. 6 attack, but many of

hanks to the courage of social media, Trump is without a platform to continue his lies.

his people who broke into the Capitol will face the possibility of prison terms. Many Trump voters may have second thoughts about sticking with a man who encouraged an event that resulted in the deaths of five people. The talking heads on TV speak as if Trump voters are some sort of solid block, but most of them want the same things that Democratic voters want. The rural red states have plenty of areas badly in need of a little love. They are suffering with limited resources. They lack internet access and are saddled with poor schools, just like inner cities. Their local hospitals are overwhelmed and in danger of failing. Their need for a little TLC can be met by a caring president, and the dynamic will change. So I’m not going to let the immoral conduct of 45 senators distract me. I’m focused on the real world. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Creating your pandemic time capsule

f time is really relative and there are time travelers out there from the future thinking about where to visit, do not, I repeat, do not go back to 2020. We just closed the door on that baby, and it was hard to get on with our lives. If you don’t believe me, just open the time capsules we leave behind. We’re preserving the artifacts of our lives so that people in the future can better understand who they are and what brought them to their moment. RANDI I’ve been thinkKREISS ing about what I will put into my pandemic time capsule, which is a big cardboard box in my bedroom closet. Into it goes anything that I think is evocative of living through the pandemic. Some of the things I put in the box are what you’d imagine: a roll of toilet paper, pictures of us and our friends in masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer, an envelope with several strands of hair, eight inches long and gray. I started keeping a pandemic diary over the summer, and I threw that into the cardboard

capsule in August, when I was depressed by the numbers and didn’t feel like writing daily entries anymore. I tossed into the box some of the newspaper front pages I saved: “CDC details first U.S. case of novel virus spreading in China.” “FDA grants historic authorization to a Covid-19 vaccine.” “Winter is coming: Why America’s window of opportunity to beat back Covid-19 is closing.” We cannot be reliable memory keepers if we don’t include politics. The ferocity of the pandemic was fueled by President Trump and his people. They hid the truth from the American people, fudged the alarming numbers, silenced the scientists and failed to do what was necessary to get ahead of the surges. So, I would put into my box another front page, from The New York Times: “Biden Beats Trump.” The world changed in a moment. I would also save my “screen use” statement from Verizon, indicating an average of 60 minutes a day pre-pandemic, and six hours a day as of last week. I asked some friends and family what they would put in a pandemic time cap-

sule. Photos of people in ICUs on ventilators, my sister said. My grandson suggested something with the Netflix logo, a friend suggested photos of her grandkids, with and without masks as the year progressed, and another friend suggested a can of tuna and a packet of yeast. Someone said she’d put an old paintbrush in the capsule, since it helped save her life. I’ll include the hard-copy calendar I keep with notations for Zoom meetings and virtual doctor’s appointments and copies of our living wills, executed as the pandemic surged. I will include photographs — real, printed photographs — of the loving friends who died this year, some of Covid-19, some of other diseases. I have the receipt from some enterprising death company welcoming me to a “virtual shiva.” I will toss in my appointment card for my second Pfizer vaccine shot, as soon as I get inoculated. When I surveyed some friends about what should go into the time capsule, one suggested Trump himself. Another said she would like to bury the anxiety and constant fear many felt as the former president bungled the response to

’ll put in pictures of us and our friends in masks, a bottle of hand sanitizer . . .

the pandemic, and we realized the unthinkable: that upward of a half-million Americans could die. One friend said he would put in Hershey’s Chocolate Nuggets, which he swears are better than Xanax. Food has loomed large for everyone — getting it, hoarding it, cooking it, donating it. What time capsule would be complete without takeout menus and a list ranging from GrubHub to UberEats? These were companies I never heard of before 2020. I would save the books I picked last year at random for my Zoom book group this winter. Somehow, they’re all relevant to living through a pandemic. I suppose that’s because all good literature distracts us and helps heal our fractures. For a few weeks, I kept a notepad at my bedside and wrote down the dreams I was having in the worst days. They were all the same: I walk into a room and no one is wearing masks, and I know, I absolutely know, that I will get sick. I couldn’t have had that dream in 2019. I’ll put the notepad in my time capsule. My best hope is that we can seal our capsules very soon and leave their memories and lessons to history. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Recalling injustice during Black History Month

uring February, Black History Month, we celebrate the great African-American political and civil rights leaders, scientists, artists, poets, movie stars and athletes. But we must also pause to recall America’s dark past, stained by horrific acts against Black and brown people, at times perpetrated by our own government. As the Covid-19 pandemic rages on, it’s critical that we look back at the “Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male” to understand the distrust that many African-Americans feel toward our government and medical institutions. That distrust may be a contributing factor in the significantly higher Covid-19 infection rate and death toll seen among Black and brown people. The Tuskegee study was supposed to last six months. It carried on for 40 years, from 1932 to 1972, a collaboration between the U.S. Public Health Service and Tuskegee Institute, a historically Black college in Alabama. The study of 600 poor Black sharecroppers examined 399 with syphilis and 201 without the disease. Study participants were told they were being treated for “bad blood,” a colloquialism for syphilis, anemia and fatigue, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In truth, they weren’t being treated at all — even after 1945, when penicillin was accepted as “the treatment of choice for syphilis.” In fact, the study looked at what would happen if syphilis were to go untreated — but the participants never knew that. It wasn’t until 1972, when an Associated Press story disclosed the study, that it

ended. Is it any wonder that many AfricanAmericans might distrust the continual exhortations of our federal, state and local governments to be inoculated against the coronavirus as soon as they can? According to the CDC, nationally, there have been 1.4 times more Covid-19 cases among African-Americans than white people over the past 11 months. The hospitalization rate is 3.7 times greater among Black and brown people. And the death rate is 2.8 times greater. There are reasons for these dispiriting statistics beyond distrust of government and the medical system — systemic racism is chief among them, the CDC says. Lack of access to health care is another, and occupation is another: Many people of color work in the service industry, requiring them to show up in person rather than work from home via Zoom and email. Finally, there’s the question of housing. Many Black and brown people live in tighter quarters, in more densely populated areas, than white people. The coronavirus requires density to spread widely. In 2019, the Herald undertook a yearlong investigative series examining the many forms that systemic racism takes in Nassau County. We called it “The Racism Around Us.” Infant mortality is a leading indicator of a community’s well-being, according to the county Department of Health. When children are dying in high numbers at birth, there are probably myriad other health concerns in a community. In the majority of white communities

letters LIRR questions remain unanswered To the Editor: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s success is New York’s success, and a strong LIRR makes for a strong Long Island. Critical planning is needed for the year ahead to stamp out fraud and abuse, smartly rehabilitate the East River tunnels and get Elmont’s new train station up and running. Long Islanders depend on the MTA to provide an affordable, dependable and hassle-free commute, and the LIRR must live up to that obligation, especially as riders return to work in New York City. The MTA has its work cut out in 2021, and I will continue to hold agency officials to account. Our region’s future depends on it. I recently pressed MTA officials on the steps they’re taking to clamp down on fraud and waste, and urged MTA leadership to finish installing biometric clocks for employees to log hours in the coming year. Indeed, fraud has been a perennial problem for the MTA, and yet the agency has yet to adequate-

across Nassau, the infant mortality rate ranged from 0 to 3 in 1,000 births in 201416, according to the New York State Department of Health. In most communities of color, the infant mortality rate was three to nine times that. County officials identified nine communities of color as well as those with large minority populations — Elmont, Freeport, Glen Cove, Hempstead, Inwood, Long Beach, Roosevelt, Uniondale and Westbury — each with measurably greater health concerns than nearby white communities. They have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, mirroring national statistics for infection and death rates. “Blacks are bearing a disproportionate burden of Covid-19 in Nassau County,” said Elaine Gross, president of the Syosset-based ERASE Racism, “and the county must address two related challenges. First, it must increase health care access and Covid-19 testing in Black communities. Second, it must combat the structural racism that fuels the disparities.” Sarika Kuman, Long Island regional organizer for the National Institute of Reproductive Health, put it this way: “One’s quality of life should not be determined by your zip code, but in Nassau County it is. From infant mortality to pandemic fatality rates, the common thread is Long Island’s structural inequities.” During Black History Month, we must never forget the racial injustices of our collective past so they are never repeated again, and so we might commit to rooting out the daily injustices — large and small — in our present society.

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our hundred years ago, the Catholic Church — then the arbiter of what ideas could be expressed and promulgated — banned books by scientists who claimed the Earth revolved around the sun because that theory conflicted with the orthodoxy of the time, i.e., the Bible and the Magisterium, the teaching authority of the pope and bishops. Even if astronomers’ heliocentric theories were true, the powerful elite could not allow such disturbing words to be read — at least not in the JoHn vernacular — for such heresies o’ConneLL fear would confuse the masses and undermine the authority of those in charge. These days it isn’t the princes of Rome that rule on what ideas are true and what news is allowed to be heard, but rather a decidedly secular hierarchy: the doyens of Silicon Valley, the media masters in New York and California, and their agents in Congress and government offices in Washington. The current ideological conflict is often described as a battle between liberals and conservatives, but that’s last century’s war. Today’s cancel-culture college of cardinals shouldn’t be confused with liberals.

Real liberals aren’t hate-filled, intolerant, angry anarchists, no more than real conservatives are rich, white supremacist nativists. Genuine liberals are First Amendment absolutists ardently supportive of our liberties: a free press, freedom to practice our religions, freedom to peaceably assemble, the freedom to petition the government to better serve us, its sovereign, and to speak freely without fear of violent attack or suppression. Authentically liberal Americans wouldn’t tolerate censorship of disagreeing — even disagreeable — voices. They’d defend those voices. The indisputably liberal Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis wrote in 1927 that “If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.” A monopoly-busting, free-speech advocate, Brandeis would, I’m sure, see today’s corporate social media lords’ cancel-culture censorship as antithetical not only to the Constitution but to American civil liberties. Traditional liberalism fights for an individual’s right to freely express ideas, popular or unacceptable, commonly believed or held only by that individual, true or not, whose supporting “facts” are from presumably credible sources or

ruly liberal Americans wouldn’t tolerate censorship of disagreeing voices.

Letters ly abide by its inspector general’s recommendations to stamp out overtime abuse. In December, five MTA employees were arrested on fraud charges for having logged “almost physically impossible amounts of overtime,” according to federal prosecutors. According to state payroll records, overtime hours logged by MTA employees soared 46 percent between 2014 and 2019. I urged agency officials to focus on reining in overtime and restoring riders’ trust in 2021. I also inquired about plans to repair the East River tunnels this year. Hundreds of millions of gallons of water inundated the tubes during Superstorm Sandy and left them in disrepair. A report by the state comptroller found that the number of trains delayed or canceled because of problems with the tubes and their switches had increased 72 percent since Sandy, and accounted for a significant number of the LIRR’s on-time problems. Finally, I’ve been a strong proponent of the new Elmont train station’s development as an integral component of the Belmont Park Redevelopment Plan. In addition to providing a regular, full-time public-transit option to and from the new arena, hotel and retail village, the LIRR hub will also serve as an additional com-

aren’t reliably sourced at all. Some of President Biden’s inaugural speech was right out of a traditional liberal’s handbook. In his president-as-conciliator role, he said, “We can see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. We can treat each other with dignity and respect. We can join forces, stop the shouting and lower the temperature.” Eschewing the inciteful far-left rhetoric of many of his party-mates in Congress, the press and Hollywood, the president warned: “[W]ithout unity, there is no peace, only bitterness and fury. No progress, only exhausting outrage. No nation, only a state of chaos. … Let us listen to one another. Hear one another. See one another. Show respect to one another. Politics need not be a raging fire destroying everything in its path. Every disagreement doesn’t have to be a cause for total war.” Left-wing extremists hope Biden’s words are just political speechifying. Unlike reasonable liberals — and conservatives, for that matter — who are committed to social justice, equal opportunity and free speech, the goal of the radical left is to redefine what’s just, to tilt the playing field based on group identity, to amplify the speech of loud leftists and to silence contrary voices. How fairly the national press reports on the Biden presidency will be important

to the future of the nation and to the survival of journalism itself. According to a Gallup survey five months ago, only 9 percent of Americans trust the media “a great deal.” Sixty percent trust them “not very much” or “none at all.” According to Gallup, the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year. News consumers have turned to social media for information. Some wanted to connect on the new social app Parler before Big Tech suppressed it. Yes, the same Big Tech, the new Magisterium, that decides what can be posted and who can post. I would have preferred that Biden had lost, but the election is over. That virus has left the lab. Disappointed, I must now only hope that he will serve America as a true liberal and reject many Democrats’ condescending intolerance. A sovereign people will oppose authoritarian politics that orders citizens to agree or shut up. Half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-Harris administration unchecked by the House or the Senate. That situation can be changed in two or four years. But many Americans are even more troubled by the anarchy brought by Antifa and the radial left, which revels in “woke” group-think and seeks to crush the individualism that has made America great. John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments about this column? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.

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muting option for area residents — which the community has needed for years. ToDD KAMINSKY State senator, 9th District

Executive orders are no help To the Editor: Last week, President Biden signed numerous executive orders that will end thousands of union jobs. one of them orders the closure of private federal prisons contracted by the U.S. Department of Justice. The idea of privately contracted federal prisons came from a previous Democratic administration. It was part of Vice President Al Gore’s so-called “reinventing of government” plan that instituted contracted federal prisons. It was Gore’s and President Bill Clinton’s idea that paying a contracted facility would reduce costs, cut the federal work force and save retirement money, because federal workers wouldn’t be employed at these facilities. With these closures, private prison guards will be on the unemployment lines, and joining them will be construction workers building the border

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wall and Keystone pipeline employees. And it was reported that another signed executive order ending drilling on federal lands will result next year in still more lost union jobs. So much for helping hard-working

middle-class Americans. STEVE GRoGAN Lynbrook Grogan is a retired Department of Justice employee.

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