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THE MAlVERNE STREET was named after Paul Lindner, who held leadership positions, such as Exalted Cyclops and Grand Titan, in the Ku Klux Klan in the early 20th century.
Despite inflation, Our Lady of Lourdes is still serving the needy He serves as an organizer and distributor of the pantry’s food, and helps collect it as well, drivAs the price of food and gas ing to Island Harvest locations in continues to rise, many Long Uniondale and Elmont, where Islanders have been forced to volunteers use a small fund of rethink their shopchurch donations to ping and driving buy produce. habits. So how have According to food pantries, like Latronica, since JanOur Lady of uary the food pantry Lourdes’ pantry in has noticed a change Malver ne, been in the food it has weathering the inflare c e iv i n g f ro m tionary storm? Island Harvest. The church’s food There has been less pantry has been in meat, specifically operation for chicken and beef, decades. Over the and far more canned years, it has providgoods and vegetaed food to the needy bles. This is no surtwice a week, on prise: The ConsumTuesdays and Fri- lINDA er Price Index shows days, without fail. BAlDACCHINo a double-digit Since January, how- Youth coordinator, increase in the cost ever, the organizaof beef across the tion has been feeling Our Lady of Lourdes country. Pasta has the pinch as food also been harder to prices have climbed. come by, in part because of the “It ain’t easy,” said Tom Russian invasion of Ukraine, Latronica, a local volunteer, “but which normally produces onewe’re still feeding a lot of peo- fifth of the world’s grain. ple.” Luckily for Our Lady of Latronica is president of the Lourdes, Island Harvest isn’t the Malverne chapter of the Society pantry’s only source of produce. of St. Vincent de Paul, a lay Much of the food it distributes is Catholic charitable organization founded in 1833 to help the poor. Continued on page 14
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After two years, village board approves change By RoBERT TRAVERSo rtraverso@liherald.com
After two years of petitioning and compiling evidence, the push by community members to rename Lindner Place, the village street named after Ku Klux Klan leader Paul Lindner, culminated with the Malverne village board voting unanimously to rename the street during a special meet-
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ing on March 31. The street’s new name is still to be determined. “A group of dedicated Malverne residents of diverse backgrounds and ages came together to unite in one cause to finally have Lindner Place renamed,” Lori Lang, a member of the renaming committee, said in a statement. “On Thursday, March 31st, 2022, we did not erase or change
history. We corrected it!” A report of historical documents compiled by the renaming committee and presented to the board last month detailed Lindner’s involvement in cross burnings and other acts of hate speech that targeted minority groups, Jamie Bellamy, a member of the renaming committee, said at a previous village board Continued on page 16
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The Long Island Breakfast Club Show, a podcast hosted by West Hempstead residents Valentina Janek and Gregg Cajuste, is helping to find a possible kidney donor for lifelong West Hempstead resident Eric Peluso, who has lived with kidney disease for nearly two decades now. Late last year, Peluso’s kidneys failed — a long-term effect of the kidney disease caused by Alports Syndrome, a genetic disorder Peluso, 39, was diagnosed with at 33. He receives dialysis treatment three times per week for three and a half hours. “Dialysis is what is needed for Eric right now because his kidneys failed,” Peluso’s wife Michele said, “but it’s not good long term because it starts to break down the body.” The possibility for a successful kidney transplant is best from a living donor, Peluso said. One of the many efforts that Peluso and Michele have taken to find a live donor is reaching out to musician Jim Altamore — a Brooklyn native who sang at the couple’s wedding — on March 15. Peluso asked Altamore to spread the word about his need for a kidney donor. Roughly five days later Altamore put Peluso in contact with Janek, who posted the need for a kidney on Facebook on March 23, which caught the eye of a potential donor, Christian, who declined to use his last name. Christian immediately considered the opportunity to help Peluso, contacting Janek right away. “I saw her post last night and I
The Long Island Breakfast Club show was originally created to help those seeking employment after losing jobs in middle age. It is recorded at G’s Dance and Night Club in West Hempstead, and hosted by Valentina Janek and Gregg Cajuste. Janek described the show as “a live networking group,” and “a community of people who help each other.” To watch the Breakfast Club show, tune into G’s Club Facebook live broadcasts on Mondays at 11 a.m. and Thursdays at 5 p.m. –Lisa Margaria LISA MARGARIA/HERALD
WeSt HeMpSteAd ReSIdentS Eric and Michele Peluso appeared on The Long Island Breakfast Club show on March 24 to spread word that Eric needs a Kidney donor. From left were Eric, show hosts Gregg Cajuste and Valentina Janek, and Michele Peluso. thought: we need each other in the world,” Christian said, also noting that it is possible to live a full life with just one Kidney: “My dad, when he was 20-yearsold, he lost his one kidney — and he’s 80-years-old right now.” On March 24, before speaking on the Breakfast Club’s show at G’s Club, the Pelusos met Christian for the first time in person. “We never knew who [the potential donor was],” Michele said, “that’s how quick it happened.”
The next step was finding out if Christian’s kidney was a match, and, at the time of the Breakfast Club’s show, Peluso could not estimate how long that would take. “We really don’t know, because we’ve never gotten that far,” Peluso told Cajuste. Unfortunately, the Pelusos found out last week that Christian was not a match. The search for a potential donor continues. Janek is still using her platform to help the Pelusos, she said.
“I’m going to post their information constantly on LinkedIn and on my posts,” Janek said. She also invited the Pelusos to most of her upcoming events so that they an distribute fliers and speak to people inperson. To read a full story about Peluso and his family’s battle with kidney disease, go to shorturl.at/jpGR5. If you are or know somebody interested in donating a kidney to Peluso, call the donor hotline number (212) 263-3621. Say Eric Peluso’s full name and mention that he is on the waiting list at NYU Langone Hospital in Manhattan.
Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt returns on April 9 By LISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com
The West Hempstead Lions Club, a local branch of the international Lions Club volunteer organization, will host its annual Easter Egg Hunt at Halls Pond Park, West Hempstead, on April 9 at 11 a.m., where there will be prizes, raffles, face painting and more. After not being able to hold the Egg Hunt since 2019 due to Covid, the annual festivity will resume this year — in perfect timing with the club’s 75th anniversary. “This year is our 75th birthday,” Co-Vice President Antonella Verderosa said, “so [the Egg Hunt] it’s a big deal for us.” The Lions Club will scatter 3,000 candy-filled Easter eggs on the hill at Halls Pond. Golden eggs have tickets inside, which can be used toward a prize after the hunt. “If you get a golden egg, that’s like a big thing,” Verderosa said. The Easter bunny will arrive with the Lakeview Fire Department, West Hempstead, at 11:15 for photo opportunities. “During the height of the pandemic as most activities were canceled, we put on a character parade featuring the Easter Bunny,” Lakeview Vice President Heather McNeil wrote in a text. “Our members dressed in their own favorite costumes to bring cheer to the children of the Lakeview Fire District. We hope to do the same this year after the Egg Hunt event.” Games and fun competitions, like guessing how many jellybeans are in a jar, will take place at the Egg Hunt. There will be two raffles at the event for the chance to win Easter toys and goodies.
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Herald ScHoolS Ribbon cutting at Malverne High School ball field The first opening day at Malverne Senior High School’s new baseball field was held on March 26. The varsity baseball team, members of the school district’s board of education, administrators, alumni, community members, and local and state officials attended the event, where a ribbon-cutting ceremony, speeches and a ceremonial first pitch preceded the Mules first game of the season against West Hempstead, which they won 11-0. “It’s exciting to have everybody here celebrating what Malverne is about,” said Superintendent of Schools Dr. Lorna Lewis on opening day, according to a statement released by the Malverne Union Free School District. “This is what happens when we come together with purpose to do the work. We want to thank everybody for coming out to support us.” Varsity baseball coach Joseph Dunn and two senior athletes Keondre Greene and Tyler Rouse said that the new field will make an exciting addition to the team’s spring season. Alumni parents Joyce Berry and Glenn Mitchell carried out the ceremonial first pitch, and Malverne Senior High School alumni had the opportunity to tour the new field. Town of Hempstead Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, New York State Assemblywoman Judy Griffin and Malverne Village Mayor Keith Corbett also attended the event and provided citations to the district. Courtesy Malverne Union Free School District
The Malverne Union Free School District held a ribbon cutting ceremony to mark the opening of the brand new field.
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West Hempstead High School track athletes Victoria Guerrier and Gloria Guerrier recently completed a remarkable winter track and field season. The dedication and hard work of Victoria and Gloria, twin sisters, is “exemplified by the number of awards and honors both students received,” the West Hempstead Union Free School District said in a statement. Victoria finished her winter season with All Conference honors and as a Nassau County Class C Champion. She also earned All-State honors and finished sixth overall in New York State for the 600m dash. Victoria was recently highlighted as one of Long Island’s top 25 girls competing in track and field. Gloria earned All-County honors for the 600m dash and also competed at the New York State Championship as a member of Nassau County’s intersectional relay team, where she earned All-Federation honors. “Both students had incredible seasons,” the district said, adding that this led the sisters to qualify and compete at the New Balance Indoor National Championships, where they ran against the fastest high school students in the U.S. in the 400m dash. The Guerriers plan to continue competing in the spring season. Courtesy West Hempstead Union Free School District
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payment is received. Once your payment is received, you will be sent a link to join the class. Please make your check payable to WHPL and mail to West Hempstead Public Library Attn: Programs, 500 Hempstead Ave., West Hempstead, NY 11552. Include on the check: Your name, address, phone number and the name of the class. Register online at the library’s website, https://www.whplibrary.org/.
Beginner pickleball lesson (W.H.) Learn to play America’s fastest-growing sport for FREE! This clinic is for beginners. Must register by calling (516) 550-5700 or email memberservices@ pickleballplusllc.com. Limit 1 class per person. April Schedule: April 7: 1:302:30 p.m. April 11: 3:00-4:00 p.m. April 14: 1:00-2:00 p.m. No equipment needed. Pickleball Plus is located at 525 Eagle Ave, W.H.
Virtual Conversation Circle (W.H.) Join the West Hempstead Public Library for a virtual conversation circle between 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. Chat with friends and neighbors. Register online here: https://www.whplibrary.org/.
Intermediate Spanish Class (W.H.) Join the West Hempstead Public Library and Piedad Ramirez for a virtual intermediate Spanish class between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Contact Piedad Ramirez at (516) 481-6591 X 11 or via email at canaria@whplibrary.
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Saturday, April 9 Travel Around the Library for Library Week (W.H.) Stop by the Reference Desk between April 3rd and April 9th and pick up a fill-in-the-blank raffle form for National Library Week. Browse the 1st floor and find 10 signs or more like the picture above. When done, hand it in to the Reference Desk for your chance to win a travel themed prize. Everyone who hands in a form will also get to choose a small surprise. Open to West Hempstead cardholders, ages 18+.
Monday, April 11 Spanish Conversation Join the West Hempstead Public Library and Pia Ramirez between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. for a virtual class to practice your Spanish and read along with a bilingual book via Zoom. This class is appropriate for teens who want to practice their Spanish. Contact Pia Ramirez at (516) 481-6591 X 11 or via email canaria@ whplibrary.org for more information.
Crochet Hug This (W.H.) Between 7 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. in the community room, receive a kit that comes with an adorable stuffed ani-
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Learn how to crochet with three-part library class Dianne Cattrano attaching crocheted pieces to a wheelbarrow in the Baldwin community garden in 2019. Learn how to crochet at part two of a course held by the West Hempstead Public Library on Monday, April 11 between 7 and 7:45 p.m. in the community room. mal that ‘hugs’ the yarn you will use to crochet a beautiful blanket. Animals and yarn colors vary and will be available on a first come basis. Cost: $5 payable by check to the West Hempstead Public Library within 72 hours or registration will be forfeited. You do not have to know how to crochet to attend this class. Instructions for this easy pattern will be provided by Priscilla. This is a 3 part class; this class on April 11 is part 2 of the class. All supplies are provided. This class is in person at the library and is limited for social distancing. Masks will be required. If you don’t want to attend the in person classes, you can register for the kit and video only. Payment must be made at the Reference Desk within 72 hours or registration will be forfeited. Kits can be picked up beginning Wednesday, April 6.
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Join the West Hempstead Public Library and Marilyn Bunger between 9:45 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. for another installment of Bunger’s virtual exercise and strength training class via Zoom. Registration is required. The class is held weekly and gives you access to Marilyn’s recorded videos 24/7 for 13 sessions from October to December and costs $30. Your registration will not be approved until payment is received. Once your payment is received, you will be sent a link to join the class. Please make your check payable to WHPL and mail to West Hempstead Public Library. Register online at the library’s website, https://www.whplibrary.org.
Join Miss Victoria between 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. in the community room for some stories and songs at an event geared towards children ages birth through four years old. Registration begins one week prior to the program. Please add your child to the waitlist if the class is full. Registration will begin on Wed., April 6 at 9:00 a.m.
Yoga with Joe (W.H.) Join the West Hempstead Public Library and Joe Cilmi between 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. for a yoga class via Zoom. Registration is required. This class costs $30 and is weekly and gives you access to 12 of Joe’s recorded videos 24/7. Your registration will NOT be approved until
Join West Hempstead Public Library and Eddie Hug between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m. for a virtual tai chi class. Registration is required. This class is weekly and gives you 24/7 access to Eddie’s recorded video sessions. Access to the courses costs $30. Please make your check payable to WHPL and mail to West Hempstead Public Library Attn: Programs, 500 Hempstead Avenue, West Hempstead, NY 11552. Include on the check: Your name, address, phone number and the name of the class. Register online at the library’s website, https://www.whplibrary.org/.
HAVIng An eVenT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to rtraverso@liherald.com
The Malverne Village Board voted unanimously on March 31 to rename Lindner Place. The Malverne Mohawks Lacrosse Club Girls practiced for the first time this year on March 4. Between March 15 and March 22, Malverne averaged 0.43 positive cases of Covid-19 per day. Between March 15 and March 22, W.H. averaged 1.14 positive cases of Covid-19 per day. Orville Wright, the inventor of powered flight, lived in West Hempstead during the 1930s.
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Birthright Israel holds Excelerate22 Summit in person for first time since 2019 By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com
More than 300 Birthright Israel Excel Fellows from North America and around the world, including several Long Islanders gathered for the Excelerate22 Summit, the first in-person Birthright Israel Excel summit since 2019. Birthright Israel Excel is considered a prestigious business fellowship that offer as summer internship, then membership in a community of peers that focuses on engagement with Israel, personal growth, philanthropy and professional development. The internships typically lead to positions at what are called top-tier companies such as Bain & Company, Google and J. P Morgan Chase, where they develop strategic partnerships with companies in Israel, start their own businesses and more often than not hire other Fellows. “It is a great honor for me to take part in the Birthright Excel Summit in NYC,” Oceanside resident Andrew Carlins wrote in an email. “I am super excited for the opportunity to meet and connect with other Excel alumni there from all the world.” Among the participants were nearly 30 Fellows from Argentina, Africa, Israel, Mexico and the United Kingdom. The April 1 to 3 summit got under way with a festive Friday night dinner and other Shabbat customs on Saturday morning. Israel’s Consul General in New York, Asaf Zamir, kicked off the summit. On Saturday there were peer-peer workshops and a Saturday night social. Erin Schrode, an activists. Social entrepreneur and Congressional candidate, and David Blitzer, global head of Blackstone’s Tactical Opportunities Group, spoke on Sunday.
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ThE BiRThRighT iSRaEl Excel Fellows from North America and around the world who networked in New York City last weekend. Schrode, 30, ran for a California House seat in 2016. Her organization Turning Green propels her nonprofit Conscious Kitchen to serve more than 19 million organic nutritious meals to students and vulnerable populations in her home state. Blitzer, 52, is also the founder and managing general partner of Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment and managing partner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New
Jersey Devils. “To match our Fellows’ varied interests, the speakers will each be presenting a different key perspective, from the Israeli lens to social activism to the cutting edge of business innovation,” Idit Rubin, Birthright Excel’s executive director said in a news release. “Our community is diverse in its interests, but united in its joint commitment to success, growth and giving back.”
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After defeating Fairfield to close the regular season last year on a Friday night, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team gathered in Margiotta Hall the following afternoon to await its postseason fate needing a Towson loss to Drexel in order to reach the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. With hopes looking bleak when Towson led by four goals late in the third quarter, Hofstra’s seniors suddenly learned their careers were in fact not over yet when Drexel stormed back for a 12-11 win. The Pride then took advantage of the surprise CAA tournament appearance with a semifinal upset of top-seeded Delaware before falling in the conference finals to that same Drexel team that resurrected its season a week earlier. “You live and die by every goal and you start to become a fan rather than a coach because your future is out of your hands,” said 16th-year Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney of the scene watching Drexel-Towson. “It was an array of emotions.” Tierney hopes this year the Pride will be able to wrap up one of the four available CAA tourney spots on the field and not have to rely on external help. Hofstra opened the CAA schedule with a 12-10 defeat at Fairfield last Saturday. The CAA schedule gives Hofstra a fresh start after an up and down non-conference season where the Pride battled a number of injuries. The Pride entered CAA play with a 10-9 overtime loss at Providence College where sophomore attackman Gerard Kane tallied five assists, graduate student midfielder James Philbin scored a hat-trick and red-shirt freshman Rory Jones registered four points. The 6-2 Kane, an Ohio State transfer, has emerged as Hofstra’s leading scorer with 17 goals and 11 assists. Seniors Matt Elder and Dylan McIntosh are also offensive threats. Junior goalie Mac Gates, a San Francisco native, has stepped up in net to anchor the defense in front of starting defensemen Tom Ford, Tim Hegarty and Bryan McIntosh. Gates recorded 17 saves in a 8-6 loss at Villanova on March 5. Following a road game at Delaware this Saturday, Hofstra hosts Drexel in its CAA home opener on April 16 at 3 p.m.
Pride women off breakout year The Hofstra women’s lacrosse team had a breakthrough season in 2021 with the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2007. The Pride graduated all-time leading Hofstra scorer Alyssa Parella, but returns plenty of talent from last
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year’s team that earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 6-6 record after facing one of the toughest schedules in the country. Hofstra then nearly pulled off its first NCAA Tourney win in school history before falling to ninth-ranked Loyola 11-9 in a game where Long Beach native Katie Whelan shined with four points. “It showed how resilient our team was last year to get big wins and find ourselves in the NCAA Tournament,” Smith said. “It was an incredible experience and it makes our team motivated to get back there.” Whelan, a graduate student, has emerged as a leader of the offense at attack in her final season of college lacrosse. The former Long Beach High School standout leads Hofstra in both goals and assists and tallied seven points in a 12-9 loss to Vanderbilt on March 20. Junior midfielder Taylor Mennella has also emerged as an offensive threat with a four-goal performance in a 16-9 win at Marist on March 11. Graduate student mid-
fielder Arrianna Esposito,senior attacker Erin Demek and sophomore midfielder Kerry Walser are also stepping up as scoring options. The Hofstra defense has been a big strength this season led by senior goalie Jess Smith, who tallied 14 saves in a 15-11 loss to 22nd-ranked UConn on March 26. The close features senior Wantagh High School product Anna Kaufmann, Kendall Smith, Brynn Hepting and Shannon Boyle, who was an All-CAA second team selection last year. Hofstra went 6-4 in non-conference play, which included a competitive game with local rival and then sixthranked Stony Brook before falling 12-6 on March 18. The Pride began the CAA schedule with a 17-12 loss to 12thranked James Madison last Saturday. Demek had three points. After an April 13 game at Drexel, Hofstra hosts Towson on April 16 at noon.
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Pen pals learn and share experiences Fourth grade students at Davison Avenue Intermediate School in Malverne are participating in a pen pal program with students in Arkansas. The students, from Mrs. Jeanine Greco’s class at the school, have begun exchanging letters with other fourth grade students from Mena, Arkansas. “In their letters, students share what life is like for a fourth graders in their state,” the Malverne Union Free School District explained in a statement.
Davison Avenue students discovered that Arkansas is the top rice-growing state in the nation, and the Arkansas class sent the Malverne students Rice Krispies Treats. “Mrs. Greco’s class can’t wait to tell them all about New York and send them mini apple pies to represent the state fruit, the apple,” the district added. –Robert Traverso
Joseph Pumo was appointed as the principal of West Hempstead Secondary School by a unanimous vote of the board of education during a March 22 meeting, according to a statement released by the West Hempstead Union Free School District. Pumo, who has served as the interim principal of West Hempstead High School since the start of the 2021-22 school year, will become principal effective July 1 of the new West Hempstead Secondary School. “Through this merger and under Pumo’s guidance, the district aims to improve instructional consistency at Joseph the secondary level, create a better alignment with their programs in grades Pre-K-12, and create environments within the schools that continue the district’s mission of innovation and reimagining 21st-century learning,” said West Hempstead Union Free School District Superintendent Dan Rehman, according to the statement, explaining the district’s goals for opening the new secondary school. The district stressed that the majority of operational functions of the schools will stay remain the same, and that more details will be shared in the next few months.
Before serving as interim principal of West Hempstead High School, Pumo served as an assistant principal for grades seven to nine during the 2020-21 school year at the district’s secondary site and as the assistant principal at West Hempstead Middle School from 2017-2020. “With his experience working in both of our schools, it is my firm belief that Mr. Pumo is the perfect administrator to lead the creation of our new West Hempstead Secondary School,” Rehman said. “Mr. Pumo will help lead the district through this transition, focusing on the overall well-being of our students,” Rehman said. “For those of Pumo you who know Mr. Pumo well, you know that he emphasizes educating the whole child and understands the importance of meeting the social and emotional needs of all students while balancing high academic expectations,” the superintendent added, stressing his confidence in Pumo’s abilities to be principal of the new school. “Over the course of the past year, he has highlighted the importance of a strong school/home partnership and has done an outstanding job,” Rehman added. –Robert Traverso
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Rockville Centre’s largest educational institution will soon have a new name. Molloy College has officially earned university status from the New York State Board of Regents, allowing the Dominican institution to adopt the Molloy University moniker beginning June 1. It’s the culmination of work university officials have conducted for more than a decade. Founded in 1955 by the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, Molloy is known for its strong nursing program that has been especially important during the coronavirus pandemic. Molloy is a private institution with roughly 3,500 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students. College president James Lentini unveiled a new logo for Molloy last week, which keeps the school’s burgundy lion mascot, but is now enclosed by an offwhite “M” and “U.” This is essentially full circle for Lentini, who said university status was discussed even when he interviewed for his job back in 2019. “Some of the regents finally softened,” Lentini told the Herald. “I’m probably lucky with my timing a little bit, but I was involved in lobbying pretty hard with our regents.” Both Lentini and predecessor Drew Bogner — who retired in June 2020 after 20 years in the position — worked with 10th Judicial District Regent Roger Tilles to change some of the language the
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MOllOy COllege pResidenT James Lentini shows students the new logo for Molloy University. While a huge moment for Regents used to describe unihis treasured Molloy, Bogner versities. New York’s definisaid he was excited to also tion was far stricter than the usher in more New York instirest of the country, Lentini tutions to take on university said. status with the refined definiIn fact, if Molloy had been tion. located in any other state, its Molloy — through Lentini four schools of nursing, busiand Bogner — argued that ness, education and the arts across the country, the definiwould have qualified Molloy tion of university simply for university status as early JAMes lenTini meant they had graduate proas 2018. grams. New York’s system, After retiring, Bogner President, however, required a school to moved on to become an interMolloy College offer doctoral programs in im president with the Comorder to achieve university mission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York, status. “In many ways, New York was comwhere he lobbied the Regents even more pletely out of touch,” Bogner said. The to change its university designation.
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MeMbers OF The Lindner Place Renaming Committee, comprising 33 individuals and organizations, which has pushed for renaming the village street for over a year.
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New name is coming for Lindner Place continued from front page meeting. Indeed, a book written by a Nassau County historian claims that Lindner, the Exalted Cyclops of the Nassau County chapter of the KKK, spoke on Sept. 22, 1924, at a gathering of 10,000 Klan members in Freeport. Lindner also held the title of Grand Titan of the New York State Klan, and a New York Times article from September 1924 identified him as a Klan leader. Following the police killing of George
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sive as to the name of the street and as to dents do not take pride in Lindner’s the actions of Mr. Paul Linder,” Corbett name. “You’re a child getting off a bus or said at last week’s meeting, stressing that your mother’s letting you out of a car, the board had long wanted to act on the and maybe you have a darker complexion than mine,” the mayor issue, but required documensaid, echoing a concern comtation before doing so. Lindner, born in 1877, was mittee members raised for also a major figure in early months about the impact on Malverne history. Born to children and community Ger man immig rants, he members of allowing the went on to play a key role in name to remain. “On Lindthe village’s development, ner Place, to go into the owning the land where Grace Downing Street School … Lutheran Church is today as T.J. MAGNO you can understand the emowell as other acreage, most Member, Remaining tional, psycholo gical … of which was purchased by ordeal you’re putting them Committee the Amsterdam Development through.” Co. to create what would “If you do the research become the village. and you read what was presented to us … Lindner also served as Malverne the decision itself is very easy,” board Bank president from 1926 to 1931, and Trustee Timothy. H. Sullivan said. became a respected figure despite his The village will work with the renamopen ties to the KKK. “People wanted ing committee, residents and students in him to run for what was the equivalent considering new names for the street, of mayor at the time,” Village Historian Corbett said. More than 20 new names David Weinstein said in a previous Her- were proposed, and the list has been narald story. “He donated a lot to the vil- rowed down to five, the committee conlage.” firmed. Nonetheless, Corbett was unequivocal “I’m glad to finally see a path forin saying that the village and its resi- ward,” Magno said.
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Timeline of the renaming effort ■ July 2020: T.J. Magno creates an online petition calling for Lindner Place to be renamed following a rally held in June amid nationwide protests following the killing of George Floyd. ■ February 2022: The petition has over 5,600 signatures online, and at a village board meeting, Mayor Keith Corbett commits to working with trustees and residents to resolve the dispute over the street name.
■ February: Voting on the top three to five potential new names suggested by residents takes place online. ■ March 2: The Lindner Place Renaming Committee submits a report to the village board detailing Lindner’s involvement with the KKK. ■ March 31: The village board votes unanimously to rename the street.
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Q. I recently got a “framing” inspection for carpentry. The inspector asked me to get all electrical wiring and plumbing pipes in before he would look at the way the wood framing was done. Then he rejected the work because of the way the beams and columns went into the walls. We had steel beams put in so we could remove all the inside walls and open the kitchen up to the living and dining rooms. It’s now one big open space. The carpenters cut the wall tops and bottoms so the beam and column could go in. Is there a way to fix this, and why is it so important? The inspector said the architect would need to write a letter explaining the fix.
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A. Your inspector is looking out for you. He didn’t accept the work because the interior walls that were removed had an important role to play in holding your house together. Now that there are no walls running at right angles to the outside wall, the strength of the exterior walls has been reduced, enough so they can waiver in a high wind onte eeper and compromise the home. In other words, the long, unbraced wall can collapse in a heavy storm. From flying in a plane, you may have heard of wind shear. It’s caused by pulsing crosswinds that work like a giant hammer, pounding directly at the wall’s surface, like pounding a big drum face, and is referred to as positive pressure. The wall is also brushed by winds that run parallel to its surface, which causes a suction known as negative pressure. Together, the pulsing is tugging at the wall and pushing it, causing opposite reactions that, if the wall isn’t properly braced, can make it come apart and wrench away from the rest of the building. By cutting the continuous top and bottom wall “plates” that run around the whole structure, the wall is no longer attached at these points. That’s one reason why windows and doors receive extra support around the openings. The “weakest links” are the places where the connection has been severed or removed altogether, as when steel beams and columns are inserted into the wall and the wood has been cut away. Some argue that the steel beam and column actually brace the structure, but only if they are attached to the surrounding dissimilar wood. In most cases, when an inspection is done, the lack of understanding of the wind shear process is revealed, and hopefully it is discovered before a disaster and not after. This can be repaired by making the wood walls connect again, using steel sheets, steel strapping or plywood that bridges the wall studs on either side of the steel column and beam. The plywood will stick out if the wall is only as thin as the column, but with large wall studs, the plywood can be recessed to be even with the rest of the carpentry.
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hether you knew it or not, there are many types of football games. According to Wikipedia, the roster includes Jorkyball, cycle-ball, football tennis, blind football, power chair football, rugby, traditional American football and my favorite, political football. While most of the others (except the gridiron variety) need an explanation, almost everybody knows what a political football is. And one of the best examples is the price of gasoline. JERRY Regardless of the party in power, KREMER gas prices are used regularly as a line of attack on the incumbent leader of the country. Over the past 40-plus years, Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Biden have been the targets of public anger over the price of gasoline. And in most of those instances, the attack on the White House has been nothing more than a cheap shot for political gain.
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One of the major causes of sharp hikes in gas prices is wars or political upheaval on far-away continents. In 1973, the ArabIsraeli war caused prices at the pump to skyrocket. That was followed by the IranIraq War, which started in 1980. In the 1990s, the Persian Gulf War made motorists go crazy when the price per gallon spiked. While Saudi Arabia pretends to be our good friend and is always seeking more jets and defensive weapons, the Saudis periodically decide to cut back on oil production, which hits American drivers in the wallets and pocketbooks. Another enemy of the gasoline consumer is Mother Nature. Drivers in New York may pay little attention to disasters or climate-related events in Louisiana or Texas, but an explosion at an offshore oil rig, or a major hurricane, can cause longterm disruption of gas prices. I’ve always wondered why, within minutes after a hurricane slams into one of those key Southern states, the stations around here up their prices. That anticipatory action isn’t due to a shortage; it’s just an example of greed.
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For as long as I can remember, the price of gas has gone up and down during the spring and winter seasons, respectively. The jump in price as the weather warms is actually the result of the industry practice of changing the grade of the fuel to adjust to the climate. Summer gasoline costs more to produce, because it’s a special blend that is less polluting and can adapt to the heat. Even though this has been going on for the past 30 years, there are always politicians somewhere waiting to jump on their opponents to cast partisan blame. Another reason for the summer jump in prices is that around April, most oil companies shut down their facilities for maintenance, and are slow to prepare their production for the increased demand from vacationers starting in June. If you’re looking for someone else to blame for the summer rise in the price per gallon, it’s you, me, your neighbors and countless other Americans. Most of us start taking time off in June and many of us take driving vacations, and that trend continues right through Labor Day.
o matter who's in power, the other side will blame them for the high cost of gas.
The extra gas we guzzle puts enormous pressure on refineries, and up go our costs. Over a recent Saturday-night dinner, a few of my friends started complaining about the price of gasoline, and were quick to blame it on President Biden. Because he sits in the Oval Office, he’s the natural target for fuel-cost outrage. But many people forget the fact that the coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp cutback in production, and when the public decided that it was time to get out and start driving again, there wasn’t enough gasoline to meet that sudden burst of demand. That was another open invitation for the refineries to dramatically raise their prices. As we’re seeing, virtually every basic commodity, from corn flakes to car tires, is becoming more costly, but the easiest target for a politician seeking to get a few headlines is the price of gas. There’s no more popular political football, but it’s tossed around for all the wrong reasons. 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.
Facts, fiction and when to fish for shad
’m afraid if you didn’t cut your hair in March, potty train your 2-year-old, castrate your farm animals, quit smoking or get married, you probably missed the optimal moment for such events. That is according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which suggests auspicious dates for various activities, based on the phases of the moon and the alignment of the stars. The almanac, launched in 1792, is now my go-to reliable source of information, meteorological predicRANDI tion and general good-natured kibKREISS itzing. I used to read newspapers and watch TV news, but the OFA claims to be 80 percent accurate, and that’s good enough for me. I’m going with the annual pamphlet that tells me when to plant my tomatoes, based on the tides. If you’ve never read the Almanac, it is now available on Kindle, and as an act of personal devotion to readers, I purchased my own copy for $5.39 so I could write this tribute to a publication that has informed and amused folks for 230 years. It made my day — no, it made my month to read a compilation of anecdotes, folklore, science, magical thinking, histo-
ry, recipes, weather forecasts, farming information, ephemera, origins of month names, friggatriskaidekaphobia trivia (that’s the fear of Friday the 13th), animal signs of the Chinese zodiac and a windfall of homey, heart-warming, salt-of-theearth stories about good people doing kind things. The almanac offers a total, feel-good, not-amoment-too-soon distraction. According to the OFA, this month we will have a Full Pink Moon, which heralds the blossoming of wild ground phlox, one of the first spring flowers. It is also known as the Moon when the Geese Lay Eggs, for obvious reasons. The Almanac offers random factoids:
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If you want to know how much paint you need for a room, or how much wallpaper, or when to go fishing for shad, check out the OFA. One section offers famous last words: “Is it The Fourth?” Thomas Jefferson, our third president and the author of the Declaration of Independence, who died on July 4, 1826. “How were receipts today at Madison Square Garden?” P.T. Barnum, April 7, 1891. “Get my swan costume ready.” Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, Jan. 23, 1931. “Is it not meningitis?” Louisa M. Alcott, March 6, 1888. The OFA does not limit its predictions to the weather or farming. It sees in our future fake leather clothing and shoes made from mushroom roots, jeans recycled for housing insulation and shoes made from soda bottles. In the dead-and-stuffed department, I learned that Comanche, a horse belonging to an officer killed at Little Bighorn in 1876, was given a full funeral, with military honors, in 1890, and then sent to the University of Kansas to be stuffed. He can be seen there today. Also, Owney the terrier, an official U.S. Mail dog, was stuffed and displayed at the 1904 World’s Fair. We all know Trigger trotted down the same path, but did you know that Vladi-
ant to know what's really important? It's in the Farmer's Almanac.
■ Safe ice thickness for a single person on foot is 3 inches. For an 8-ton truck, it’s 12 inches. ■ The first hurricane of 2022 will be Alex. ■ A fear of toads is bufonophobia; a fear of bees is melissophobia. ■ Playing golf burns the same number of calories per minute per pound of body weight as shoveling grain. ■ You can keep beef in the freezer for six to 12 months, but frankfurters? One to two months.
mir Lenin, who died in 1923, lies somewhat embalmed in a glass tomb in Moscow’s Red Square? Scientists continue the effort to halt the deterioration of his body. Those wacky Russians. Have you seen the signs of spring? According to the almanac, worms begin to emerge from the ground. Indeed, the March moon was the Full Worm Moon. Since ancient times, people have used flora as indicators of when the time is right to plant. For example, when the crocus blooms, it’s the cue to plant radishes, parsnips and spinach. A point of information: Some forwardthinking farmers and ranchers are inviting volunteers to do farm chores for increased fitness. (Sounds like a Tom Sawyer scam to me.) A new thing: mobile grocery stores in trucks that visit numerous neighborhoods. People shop inside the van, which then goes back to restock and then moves on. According to the OFA, pets will soon wear devices that allow them to interface with their veterinarians. Realtors will sell houses with pets included. I recommend the Old Farmer’s Almanac for its forecasts and arcane information and down-home good humor. It is uplifting and entertaining, fascinating and funny. It was the best $5.39 I’ve spent in some time. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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any voters may believe election season gets under way in early fall and ends on Election Day in November. That’s the way it might have been with secretive behind-the-scenes maneuvering and fundraising mainly done at gatherings for political party insiders. But with the advent of digital marketing, email blasts, social media platforms and texting, there is a constant barrage of electioneering done year-round. And now there is also early voting. With primary elections now in June instead of September, election season sneaks up on the unsuspecting electorate like an early-summer rainstorm. This year’s primary is June 28, when many will have just finished with high school graduations and may be planning their summer vacations. In other words, election season is closer than you realize. To whet voters’ appetites in what is considered an off-year election season — because there is no presidential race — candidates have been busy. Like Gov. Kathy Hochul. The former lieutenant governor became New York’s chief executive last August after Andrew Cuomo resigned, and became the de facto leader of the state’s Democratic Party. However, she faces an internal challenge from U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, whose congressional district, as it is currently configured, includes parts of Nassau County. And there are eight candidates, from both sides of the aisle, vying to replace Suozzi in the House of Representatives — a field that widened after redistricting stretched his congressional coverage area through the eastern edges of Queens, the Bronx and Westchester County. (A recent
For local election information, contact the Nassau County Board of Elections, at (516) 571-2411, or visit NassauCountyNY.gov. You can also reach out to the League of Women Voters of Nassau County, at (516) 431-1628, or visit LWVOfNassauCounty.org. court decision in Steuben County has questioned the Democratically drawn redistricting plan, so the race remains in limbo at the moment.) On successive days in February, U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice and State Sen. Todd Kaminsky — both Democrats — announced that they would not seek reelection. Five Democrats are running to replace Rice, while Republicans have coalesced around a single candidate. There are two candidates running for Kaminsky’s seat. Even as you read this, there was a special election on Thursday, after the Herald went to press, that included early voting that started March 28. Ari Brown and David Lobl, both from Cedarhurst, sought to succeed Melissa “Missy” Miller in the State Assembly. Miller’s district covers 11 communities and parts of another in southwest Nassau. There will be another election for the same seat later this year. What does all this mean to you, the average voter, and likely not a political insider? It translates into a much busierthan-expected election cycle in which impactful decisions are being made. Voters need to pay attention, and register to vote. You use your voice by casting a ballot for the candidate of your choice.
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letters What happens locally happens globally To the Editor: After reading the article “Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents aghast at growing gas prices” in the March 17-23 issue of the Lynbrook-East Rockaway Herald, I felt compelled to respond. While Long Islanders are definitely feeling the effects of recent global events, I would like to bring attention to the fact that countries around the world are dealing with a lot more than soaring gas prices. While our national average price per gallon is over $4 per gallon, according to FINCA, a nonprofit microfinancing organization, “over 1 billion people live on $2.50 per day or less, including 280 million people in extreme poverty who live on less
Primary 2022 important dates June 3 ■ Mail-in registration deadline ■ In-person registration deadline ■ Online registration deadline
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June 28 ■ Primary day, with polls open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. ■ Absentee/mail-in voting deadline Don’t allow the opportunity to be wasted. From newspapers to television, there will be plenty of stories on the candidates. Most have their own websites, on which they share what they stand for — and what they stand against. And beginning with the June primary and leading to the general election Nov. 8, you will have every chance to show up at the polls and make your statement by casting a ballot. Every vote matters. And being registered to vote, and marking that ballot, is the one significant way in which you can truly make an impact, whether it be in a primary — which is critical and maybe even decisive — or in the general election. You also can make a statement by doing nothing and simply sitting on the sidelines. If candidates you support win, then no harm, no foul. But if they lose, you have no right to complain.
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sil fuels to power our future. mid new reports of almost half To rein in Con Edison’s outrageous a million New Yorkers strugprice hikes and put New York on the path gling to catch up with their to a clean energy future, it’s time for the electricity bills, Con Edison’s state to take control of Con Edison. decision to request further increases of New York is the fifth-largest consumer up to 20 percent from state regulators is a of petroleum in the country, and the slap in the face. Con Edison, which reported billions of dollars in profits last sixth-largest consumer of gas; only about a third of our energy year, has chosen to take comes from renewable energy advantage of the global enersources. Meanwhile, for gy crisis to increase its profit decades, deregulation has margin further. allowed companies like Con The utility is price-gougEdison to continue pursuing ing the state. the cheapest, dirtiest energy The crises we face today — sources while increasing pricfrom the ripple effects of the es for their customers, all to pandemic, to the rampant maximize their own profit. economic inequality it exacA publicly owned power erbated, to the climate crisis meLAnie grid would set New York on bearing down on us all — the right path toward revershave shown us that we can’t D’Arrigo ing this trend. By removing continue to accept things as private interests from the they are. We can’t allow corstate regulatory board and porations like Con Edison to bringing Con Edison under state control, rip off New Yorkers in order to enrich the utility would no longer have the their shareholders. Nor can we continue authority or means to spend millions of to rely on the current system of energy dollars lobbying against renewable enerdependence on foreign interests and fos-
Letters than $1.25 per day.” So while I support people looking for solutions to local problems, I also urge my fellow citizens to think about how they can contribute to solving global issues. Since becoming an intern at the Borgen Project, a national nonprofit that works to make global poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy, I have been made aware of the impact that individual actions can have on combating these issues. These actions also benefit us here in the U.S. According to Chris Policinski, the former CEO of Land O’Lakes, “From an economic perspective, what happens in one country has ripple effects throughout the world.” So, I ask my fellow citizens to treat both community and international issues equally when it comes to making a difference. JACk CASOLANI Yaphank
Were the ‘howls’ about Ketanji Brown Jackson purely race-based? To the Editor: Re Elaine Gross’s column “Finally, a Black woman on the Supreme Court?” last week: While I believe that Judge ketanji Brown Jackson does have the high judicial
ownership of our power grids. And to gy — nor would it be able to set its own make this happen, there needs to be a prices or bypass regulations meant to partnership between statewide and fedkeep us on track to being carbon-free by eral representatives. 2040. As a demonstration of that partnerNew York state already has the infraship, we held a rally in the Bronx togethstructure in place for a public takeover er with community leaders across New of Con Edison, and the movement also York City to call for public power. And has legislative momentum. The New when elected, we will push York Power Authority is a Congress and the State Legispublicly owned utility that lature to support public powers state-controlled operations, like the Metropolitan power grids in New York, proTransportation Authority, tect consumers, and advance with renewable energy. toward a sustainable energy But NYPA’s energy is disfuture. tributed by Con Edison, and For too long, Con Edison it isn’t allowed to directly tarhas profited from keeping get consumers or produce its New York underfoot. Now it’s own energy. But legislators our turn to bring the utility JonAthAn are pushing to change that to heel. with the passage of the Build soto Public Renewables Act, which Melanie D’Arrigo, a health would allow NYPA to begin care advocate and community taking over Con Edison by organizer from Port Washingacting as a direct competitor. ton, is a Democratic candidate for ConWe support these efforts — and we’re gress in New York’s 3rd District. Jonathan proud to be the first candidates in our Soto, of the Bronx, is a Democratic candiraces for higher office to support public date for the State Assembly.
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qualifications to sit on the Supreme Court, the hemming and hawing and rationalizing she displayed in her hearings was somewhat disconcerting. But most disturbing of all was the fact that President Biden made race and gender his primary criteria in selecting his nominee. Reverse discrimination is still discrimination, regardless of whom it benefits. Ironically, if Biden had just limited his criteria to legal experience and competency, Jackson might still have ended up as his choice, but without the bad taste his criteria left in the mouths of many. Even if she is appointed, Jackson will always have the cloud of Biden’s egotism hanging over her head, his insistence on pointing out that, “Hey, it was me who was responsible for the first Black woman on the court!” History would be aware of that without Biden's self-serving pat on the back. Gross raises many legitimate points in her column, but I have to disagree with her implication that Biden’s nomination of a Black woman “brought howls” for other than very legitimate reasons. Yes, “structural racism” has existed, and continues to exist in America, particularly in certain areas, but that is a wrong that has been, and is being, remedied legislatively and in the courts. To imply that only people of color may rightfully address this issue is insulting and racist in itself. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway
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