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he would ask, ‘What could I do to help you today?’ He made helping us his priority.” Ly n c h w a s a h i g h l y respected attorney for more than 50 years until his recent retirement from Murphy & Lynch, PC. Earlier in his legal career, he worked at the Nassau County district attorney’s office and was active politically, assisting with the election campaign of former U.S. Rep. Norman F. Lent, who served Continued on page 15

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There were three things that lifelong Malvernite Paul Lynch cared about more than anything, according to his daughter, Eileen Lynch O’Hara: his Catholic faith, his family and his friends. “My dad’s faith in God was the driving force behind everything he did,” Lynch O’Hara said. Lynch died in his home on July 23. He was 85.

The product of a Catholic education, he graduated from Chaminade High School in 1953, and earned a bachelor’s degree at the College of the Holy Cross in 1957 and a law de g ree at Fordham Law School in 1960. Lynch lived a life of faith and service to others. “He used to stop by our house on his way home from Mass every day on his way to the bakery or the deli,” Lynch O’Hara recalled. “After greeting my husband, Tom, and I,

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MAlVERNiTE PAUl lyNCh, left, served as village trustee for former Malverne Mayor Joseph Canzoneri in the 1990s.

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endeavors.” Prizzi filled an open seat that was vacated by Lauren Touchard, who recentOne of the most active residents in the ly moved to another community. Touchavillage, Malvernite Carl Prizzi added rd joined the village board in 2018. In a another role to his resume on relatively short time, howevAug. 4 as he was sworn in as er, she had immersed herself the village’s newest trustee. in the community as commis“I’m very excited for this sioner of the Police Departrole and for the opportunity ment, the Department of Pubto serve the Village of Mallic Works and the Building verne,” said Prizzi, a MalverDepartment. She also served nite for the past 17 years. as liaison to the Youth Board “I’m certainly looking forand the Celebrations and the ward to giving back to the Tree and Beautification comcommunity.” mittees. Among his roles in the vil“We really appreciate her lage, Prizzi, 42, is a board Carl Prizzi service to the village over the member at Crossroads Farm Malverne years and we wish her and and a scout leader at Boy her family the best in their Scout Troop 24. In 2015, Prizzi new endeavors,” Corbett said. was named as the Herald’s Person of the “Lauren Touchard was the definition Year, alongside Malverne residents Brian of what it means to be a good public serLewis and Rick White. vant looking after the community,” said “I think he’ll do a great job as trustee,” Village Trustee Tim Sullivan. “She was said Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett. “As literally out there putting up bows and someone who has the community at heart Christmas lights . . . [and] whether it was with a young family who I think will do a running the youth board or our summer lot of hard work and a lot of commitment recreation program, she really served our to this village as he’s shown in each of his village well.”

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Volunteers from CreatiVe Little Learners Daycare Sulphira Montelos, left, Owner Lisa Ortiz and Alyssa Lamarre cleaned up the overgrown weeds and trash at the Lakeview train station last Saturday.

Community cleanup in Lakeview

Youth Volunteers from Howard T. Herber Middle School also took part in the cleanup, above. Volunteers marCia hester, from St. Johns Baptist Church and Arkiem Williams cleaned up Donlon Place, far right. aisha Demosthenes, one of Moms Who Cares’ founders, was one of the event’s organizers.

Volunteers of all ages rolled up their sleeves last Saturday for a cleanup near Lakeview’s Long Island Rail Road stop. Local groups such as Moms Who Care and Creative Little Learners led the clean up to collect debris, trash and overgrown weeds. “I walk with my kids and it’s an eyesore,” said Aisha Demosthenes, one of Moms Who Cares’ founders. “We’ re hoping to help in making a difference in the community.” Younger volunteers that included students from Howard T. Herber Middle School also offered a helping hand. Additionally, some of the volunteers took part in another cleanup at Tanglewood Preserve in Rockville Centre. –Nakeem Grant

Committee to aid Stop & Shop victims The National Compassion Fund, a nonprofit organization that distributes charitable contributions in the aftermath of mass casualty crimes, and Stop & Shop announced on Aug. 12 the members of the West Hempstead community Steering Committee. The Steering Committee will be led by Vanessa Lockel, executive director of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, and the former regional director for resiliency projects for the Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery during Hurricane Sandy. The committee will be responsible for setting the distribution policy for funds collected through the West Hempstead Compassion Fund benefitting those impacted by the tragic events that took place on April 20, at the Stop & Shop store at 50 Cherry Valley Rd. “It’s an honor to serve the Long Island community in this way — and I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all who have donated,” said Lockel in a news release. “In collaboration with the National Compassion Fund, the steering committee has published a draft series of protocols and timelines for distribution of the funds. As part of our commitment to transparency, we invite victim’s families, donors and others directly impacted by the shooting to offer feedback on these proposed rules.” At around 11:30 a.m. on April 20, 31-year-old Gabriel DeWitt Wilson, of Hempstead, allegedly walked into the West

Steering Committee members Vanessa Lockel, committee chairwoman Jenna Sachs, assistant director of trauma-informed practice, The Safe Center, Long Island Randi Shubin Dresner, CEO, Island Harvest Joe Calderone, senior vice president of communications, Mount Sinai South Nassau Sue Grieco/Herald

REtAIL, WhoLESALE AND Department Store Union Local 338 will be represented on the committee. Above, Local 338 workers at a car parade in April. Hempstead Stop & Shop with a .380 caliber pistol, and shot and killed him, while wounding two others. Wishropp, 49, was a father of seven children, including two daughters who attend Valley Stream South High School. The Draft Protocols may be downloaded at www.nationalcompassionfund.org. Public comment on the Draft Protocols will be accepted through Aug. 23 by sending an email to NY@NationalCompassionFund. org. In addition, the National Compassion Fund and Stop & Shop will host a Town

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Hall Meeting at the Long Island Marriott, at 101 James Doolittle Blvd. in Uniondale, N.Y., on Aug. 26, from 1 to 2:30 p.m., and from 6 to 7:30 p.m. for those who interested in providing a comment in-person. The Town Hall will also be broadcast on Facebook Live at www.facebook.com/nationalcompassionfund. “This committee is important so that we can ensure that 100 percent of the funds go to the victims in a fair manner,” said Jeff Dion, executive director of the National Compassion Fund. “We are very fortunate to have a dedicated Steering Committee to ensure that our process is informed by Long Island community input and community values. Our goal is to help the victims and families as much as possible and as quickly, efficiently and fairly as possible.” The National Compassion Fund has assisted victims of many recent atrocities, including those in Indianapolis, Ind.; El Paso, Texas; and Parkland, Fla. To date, more than $575,000 has been donated to the West Hempstead Compassion Fund by

Dana Sanneman, vice president of public affairs & development, Mount Sinai South Nassau Bryan Calka, senior vice president of corporate partnerships, New York Islanders Mark Blaustein, Esq. CPA John Durso, president, Local 338, RWDSU/UFCW Bob Yager, senior vice president of operations, Stop & Shop Bob Spinella, vice president of labor relations, Stop & Shop nearly 500 donors, including a $500,000 donation from Stop & Shop. Donations will be accepted through Oct. 15, with distributions taking place in early December. Donations can be made at bit.ly/3lZlYok. For those who want to make donations by check or wire transfer, email accounting@nationalcompassionfund.org for detailed payment information. Courtesy National Compassion Fund; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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Curran gears up early for fall campaign By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

Laura Curran has apparently decided not to wait until after Labor Day, the traditional beginning of fall political campaigns, to kick-start her drive for a second term as Nassau County executive. Curran, 53, a Democrat, held a rally on a sweltering Saturday afternoon outside the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, where bottled water was handed out with blue campaign signs. The county executive announced her intention to run for re-election in May. After her 20-minute speech to about 100 supporters Saturday, Curran acknowledged that it is early to campaign. “The election is three months off,” she said. “But it’s important for people to know where we are going. We will be persistent to build back” after the pandemic. Curran said her fall campaign would focus on “fully funding” law enforcement, expanding access to mental health, developing multi-year plans for a balanced budget, supporting small businesses and promoting job growth. Her opponent in the fall campaign will be Hempstead Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman, 65, a Republican who lives in Atlantic Beach. Blakeman has run for several offices before, including for a seat in Congress. Blakeman has said his campaign will be all about taxes. Curran, who lives in Baldwin, worked as a reporter for The New York Daily News and New York Post and as an editor at Herald Community Newspapers and was a Baldwin Board of Education member before winning a seat in the County Legislature. In 2017, she defeated Republican Jack Martins to become the first woman to be elected Nassau County exec-

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Laura Curran spoke to about 100 supporters outside county office building on a sweltering Saturday afternoon. utive. On Saturday, Curran was endorsed by John Durso, president of the 250,000-member Long Island Federation of Labor. “I’m proud to lend my support to someone who is one of us,” Durso told the crowd. He said the federation’s support for candidates has not always been unanimous. “But this time,” Durso said, “it’s Laura.” Her friend and neighbor, Naala Royale, owner of a Rockville Centre restaurant, told the crowd that Curran “lives in a normal house, walks her dog and sometimes holds press conferences on her front lawn. For us, that’s

Laura.” In her speech, Curran outlined a series of programs on which her campaign would be based. One program includes fighting crime. She noted that she, Nassau Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder and other officials recently broke ground on a new $54 million, 89,000-square-foot police academy on the Nassau Community College campus in Garden City. She emphasized that Nassau was recently named the safest community in the United States by U.S. News and World Report. “That doesn’t happen by accident,” Curran said. It came about as the result of work by her administration, the police department and residents. But her veto of a bill earlier this month to give first responders the right to sue under the county Human Rights Law when they face harassment disappointed police union leaders, including Nassau Police Benevolent Association President James McDermott. Curran cited a new opinion by the office of state Attorney General Letitia James questioning the constitutionality of the bill. Under her administration, Curran said, the county had received its first positive bond rating from Wall Street in 15 years. Moody’s revised its outlook on the county to positive from stable while affirming its A2 rating, citing three straight years of improved financial results. Curran also said the county had recently reached a critical milestone in the Bay Park Conveyance Project with the County Legislature’s unanimous approval of a design-build contract with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Western Bays Constructors Joint Venture. The $439 million Bay Park Conveyance Project is designed to restore the ecosystem and water quality in the Western Bays by conveying treated effluent from the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant to the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant’s ocean outfall pipe through underground tunnels.

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High school football camps kick off Aug. 23 By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Three months and three weeks after Massapequa, Garden City, Manhasset and Wantagh captured Nassau football championships, all 53 programs in the county will start preparing for a new season Aug. 23. All scrimmages, two regular-season games, one round of playoffs and the Long Island championships were eliminated this past spring as the 2020 season was delayed six months. It’ll be back to the eight-game grind and eight playoff teams per conference this fall. Conference IV, which has 13 teams, will begin the season one week before the rest of the county and all but three of its schools won’t have the benefit of a scrimmage. A handful of games, including West Hempstead at Malverne, are set for under the lights on Friday, Sept. 3. A full schedule will kick off the following weekend, with the majority of games taking place Saturday, Sept. 11. Garden City, which has captured five straight Conference II titles, is the only defending county champion seeded No. 1 in its respective conference. Massapequa is No. 2 in Conference I behind Oceanside, Manhasset, the reigning Rutgers Cup champ, is ranked sixth in Conference III, while Wantagh is seeded second behind Plainedge. With Wantagh’s jump to III, North Shore earned the No. 1 seed in IV.

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MacArthur at V.S. Central Plainedge at South Side Carey at Elmont Massapequa at Oceanside South Side at Wantagh Clarke at Seaford Carey at Baldwin MacArthur at Garden City Wantagh at Plainedge Calhoun at Mepham

Garden City opens against an unfamiliar opponent. Baldwin, in Conference II for the first time, visits the Trojans on Sept. 11. Massapequa travels to East Meadow, Manhasset visits Bethpage, and Wantagh hosts Valley Stream North.

Five teams switch conferences

Of the five programs taking on new conference rivals this September, more than half joined Conference II: Baldwin, Herricks and Glen Cove are seeded No. 9, 10 and 13, respectively. It’s the first time Baldwin will not play in the top conference. Wantagh is back in its longtime stomping grounds of Conference III, which includes South Side again after the

Cyclones were in Conference II last season.

Notable coaching changes

For the first time since the late 1980s, someone other than Stephen Carroll is leading Baldwin as its head coach. Frank Chimienti, former head coach at Valley Stream Central and an assistant at Freeport for the past five seasons, has taken over the helm and is thrilled about the energy displayed by the Bruins during summer workouts. “It’s not like I’m taking over a program in need of a rebuild,” Chimienti said. “Baldwin has such a great tradition and there’s a lot of talent around.” Making their head coaching debuts in September will be Frank Baglivo at Clarke and Kevin O’Hagan at East Meadow. A former assistant under Rob Perpall at Seaford, Michael Corcoran returns to lead the Vikings.

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Remembering a life of service and sacrifice Editor’s note: Don Pupke is a board member of the Malverne Historical & Preservation Society.

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Chester A. reese Veterans Memorial Park was named after Malvernite Chester Reese, who died nearly 90 years ago at the age of 39. was under such heavy shellfire, both of gas and high explosive, that all communication from front to rear had been cut off, except by runner. At dusk on the fourth day, Runner Reese was sent out from regimental headquarters to inform the company commanders on the firing line that they should withdraw their commands under the brow of a certain hill and there reorganize their commands in preparation for the renewed assault on the next day. Severely gassed on the long crawl through the heavy underbrush and barbed wire, he valiantly proceeded forward. He finally reached the front line although his face was swollen, his eyes half-closed and his speech almost gone from the effects of phosgene gas. Gallantly he delivered his message to every company commander and then proceeded on the long, dangerous crawl back to Regimental P.C. Runner Reese never reached the R.P.C. for he was overtaken by a mustard gas shell, severely burned and left unconscious on the field. Later, when he regained consciousness in a hospital, his first thought was the delivery of his report to the regimental adjutant.” After seven months in a French hospital, Reese returned to the U.S. “physically wrecked.” His lungs were destroyed. He would no longer be able to play his saxophone, French Horn or bugle. Simple

breathing was an ever-present ordeal. He worked for a while on Wall Street but his health broke down and he was forced to find less strenuous work as a postal clerk in the Malverne post office. He became a member of the Malverne chapter of the American Legion and his musical talent soon found expression by organizing and training the bugle corps of the Lakeview Fire Department. He also led a campaign for the Village of Malverne to hold open-air concerts in the park adjacent

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Malvernite Chester Reese died nearly 90 years ago. Reese died a young man, at the age of 39, following complications from appendicitis. He left no wife and no children. Anyone who knew him personally has long since passed away. Ordinarily, a person like Reese might have disappeared anonymously into the annals of history, except, in his case, he didn’t. In the Village of Malverne, a gazebo and a park bear his name. Silent tribute to the courage of a young man in battle and testimony to a life cut short due to the longlasting effects of war. Reese was born in Brooklyn in 1895. He attended the public schools, but at an early age his family discovered that he was a gifted musician. Reese could play almost any instrument that included woodwinds, saxophone, the French horn, clarinet and xylophone. At the age of 12, he started out with his father on a Vaudeville tour that would last for nearly a decade. His love for musical performance would take him from coast to coast, playing in cities and hamlets throughout the country with an act known as the Chinese Musical Entertainers. Reese might have remained an entertainer had it not been for the United States’ entry into World War I. Reese enlisted in the U.S. Army and, given his musical talent and background, he became a sergeant bugler and was sent overseas. Unfortunately, the trench warfare of the Argonne Forest had little need for musical talent and he soon found himself assigned as a “battalion runner,” in which he conveyed messages from headquarters to the frontline commanders. A citation issued by the command of Maj. General McGlachin, Company B 28th Infantry, highlights Reese’s heroism. “While assigned to the dangerous duty of battalion runner, [Chester A. Reese] carried messages under heavy machine gun and shell fire from the front lines in the Argonne Forest to the regimental headquarters,” the citation read. “For three days, Runner Reese carried on these dangerous missions with courage and accuracy. During these advances the frontline

to the Malverne train station — then known as “Washington Park,” a tradition that continues today. For years after the war, Reese’s acts of heroism and his sacrifice for this country went unnoticed by the Department of War. He received no medals and no official recognition of his bravery, until his fellow members of the Malverne American Legion took up his cause. They petitioned the White House and Congress and every other elected official on Reese’s behalf. Finally, in the late winter of 1933, Reese was sorting through the Malverne mail when he came upon a package from the War Department addressed to him. An article in the Nassau Daily Review described the scene perfectly: “Glowing against the velvet lining of the flat case he unwrapped, Chet Reese saw his reward for the loss of a career. It was the United State’s Silver Star for gallantry in action, issued only to men wounded while performing heroic duty during the world war.” At the time, Reese’s Silver Star was believed to be the only one awarded to a Nassau County resident. Reese died less than six months after he finally received recognition for his gallantry and sacrifice. His service and sacrifice that took place more than 100 years ago are honored, by the Village of Malverne in the park that bears his name and by the openair concerts that take place every summer in the village.

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Use recycled material to make an organizer for your writing/drawing tools with the West Hempstead Library. Visit the library’s website for an idea of what the project will look like. Pickup is anytime between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Virtual Simply Stronger Every Tuesday, 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Marilyn Bunger continues her popular class in exercise and strength training virtually via Zoom software with the West Hempstead Library. This class is weekly and gives residents access to Bunger’s recorded videos 24/7. There are 18 sessions (July-September) Cost: $30.

Bilingual Meditation for Beginners Take a mental health break and meditate with the West Hempstead Library from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Wikimedia Commons

Seashell necklaces Decorate your own seashell necklaces with the Malverne Public Library while supplies last on Aug. 23.

Virtual Zumba Every Tuesday, 7 p.m. to 7:55 p.m. Sandy continues this popular class virtually via Zoom software with the West Hempstead Library. This class is weekly and gives residents access to Sandy’s recorded videos 24/7. There are 18 sessions (July-September) Cost: $30.

Letterbox Challenge The West Hempstead Library’s 2021 Letterbox Challenge is all about bringing the community and merchants together in the aftermath of this unprecedented difficult year. It is a month-long event beginning on August 1 and ending on August 31. The participating merchants have a Letterbox picture frame inside their business. Solve the clues to find each location, visit during their business hours and follow the instructions in the kit. One kit per family can be picked up at the Reference Desk.

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Vanessa Young will present Seasonal Mocktails: The Art of Non-Alcoholic Mixology with the West Hempstead Library at 7 p.m. Flavorful and sophisticated non-alcoholic drinks are perfect for entertaining and everyday enjoyment. Learn the art of making drinks, syrups, infusions and edible garnishes. Follow along and make a delicious Tea Sangria to enjoy at the library’s Summer Wrap-up celebration. Ingredients and recipes will be emailed to registrants prior to the program. This program is part of the library’s Summer Reading-themed programming. Attendees will receive an extra ticket for the Summer Wrap-up celebration raffles.

Friday marks the last day for participants to submit their minutes for the West Hempstead Library’s Teen Summer Reading Club. Participants can record their minutes on the library’s website or bring their printed reporting cards to the library.

Saturday, Aug. 21 Back to School Giveaway The NAACP and the Lakeview Public Library present a Back to School Giveaway from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The library will give away school supplies. Masks are required. There will also be a voter registration drive.

Create a kit to help a child get ready for school with the West Hempstead Library.

Summer Reading Wrap-Up Celebration Join Roseanne and Wendi with the West Hempstead Library for this fun time celebrating the end of the Summer Reading Program at 7 p.m. This event is by invitation only for those who participated in the program. There’s a special surprise and lots of prizes and raffles.

Grab & Go Seashell Necklace Make a seashell necklace with glitter

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 ngrant@liherald.com

The Lakeview Public Library will host a Back to School Giveaway on Saturday, at 10 a.m. Malverne’s Summer Concert Series will continue at Crossroads Farm on Aug. 28. State Sen. Todd Kaminsky’s Back to School Supplies Drive will run until Sept. 3. Check out the Herald’s 2021-2022 guide on Page 13 in this week’s edition. Send you letter to the editor to Nakeem Grant, at ngrant@liherald.com.

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Neighbors iN the News Locals enjoy Summer Beach Program The Town of Hempstead’s 10-week Senior Summer Beach Program has attracted seniors throughout the township, including West Hempstead residents Isen Ramsay and Esmee Towler, on July 27 at Lido Beach Town Park. The summer-long program is free to town residents ages 55 and over and runs Monday through Friday at Lido Beach Town Park, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Organized activities such as line dancing,

games, and presentations are offered. The highlight of each day is special live entertainment under an outdoor tent. The town provides free parking passes. Participants may bring their own lunch, or purchase refreshments at affordable prices. The program will run through Sept. 3. Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett, far right, and Village Trustee Carl Prizzi, second from left, joined the Department of Public of Works to check out some of the new LED lights that were installed throughout the village.

New LED lights installed in Malverne Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett and Village Trustee Carl Prizzi recently toured the village to check out some of the costsaving LED lights that were installed. In addition to the lights providing better lighting on the roadways for safety, they will significantly reduce the costs of operation. This cost savings project was spearheaded by Deputy Mayor Perry Cuocci and Malverne’s Department of Public Works Superintendent Kevin

Brady. The addition of the lights in Westwood Park, together with the newly installed irrigation well, will significantly reduce the costs of operating Westwood by more than 80 percent, according to village officials. Courtesy Village of Malverne; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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Ever been angry, afraid, anxious, stressed? Of course you have, you’re human, after all! So what do you do when you’re feeling upset? Yes, speaking with your therapist can help. Yes, being with people you love can help. Yes, going for a run can help. But I’ve got a solution for you that’s always available, doesn’t cost anything and will quickly soothe your soul and heal your pain. Yeah, like what? A magic pill? Nope. It’s listening to music! Yes, music can calm your nerves, heal your soul and provide relief from anxiety, stress and tension. It’s a powerful medicine that can lower your blood pressure, distract your mind from pain and bring people together in a positive way. Here are three of my favorite songs I listen to whenever I’m in a funk. ■ Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds. “Don’t worry about a thing Cause every little thing’s gonna be all right.” As soon

as I hear those words sung with the Marley beat, I instantly relax. Yes, it’s a bit of magic! Magic that works. ■ When Rosie Grier sings, “It’s all right to cry, crying gets the sad out of you,” whatever sad is inside of me disappears. As the music and lyrics resonate with me, I feel in a calmer, happier place.

whole body sensation. And pay zero attention to how good your voice is or how well you move. Can’t remember the words to a song or having trouble finding a song with words that speak to you? No problem. Be creative -- become a song writer. Substitute your own words to the beat that matches your mood. Music paints a picture with emotional color. It can make onerous tasks feel like pleasant ones. Ask any kid who is singing the “Clean up, clean up” song while putting her toys away. With an upbeat melody and easyapadin going lyrics, cleaning up suddenly seems like fun! Have you been washing your hands for 20 seconds since Covid hit? I hope you’ve changed it from a chore to a bit of gaiety! It becomes so

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Yes, music is a powerful inda medicine, allowing us to acknowledge our emotions (without judgment) and validate our experience. Want to make music even more fun? Sing aloud! Sway to the beat! Dance with abandon! Make it a

easy – when you sing Happy Birthday twice! Music even softens the moments for those who suffer from dementia. Since musical memories are not as damaged as other memories, hearing familiar tunes helps perk up one’s brain, relieves stress and reduces agitation. So no matter what stage of life you’re in, if you’re looking for a bit of magic to combat troublesome emotions, compile a playlist of your favorite songs – songs that will combat stress, enhance your mood and help you regain your balance and bounce! ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. For more information about her work, visit her website at www.PsychWisdom.com.

State invests in at-risk youth to curb gun violence decrease of 27.5 percent in shooting incidents involving injury and of 14.3 percent of shooting victims from 2014 to 2019. Two weeks after former Governor The NCPD assembled a gun-suppresCuomo issued a first-in-the-nation execu- sion team last year, taking 40 guns off the tive order declaring gun violence a disas- street. In 2021, the team has surpassed ter emergency, on July 21 he announced that number. Police Commissioner Patthe state would invest $16 million to fund rick Ryder said during a July 1 news conworkforce training and job placement ference that the department had been programs for at-risk youth in 20 cities working with federal partners on the most impacted by gun violence. issue of guns arriving in the county from Nassau County will areas down South, which he receive $900,000 to serve 180 said was due to Covid-19. at-risk unemployed, under“Gun violence is a public employed and out-of-school health crisis in New York 18- to 24-year olds, and Hempstate and across the country, stead, $500,000 for 100, as the and we’re attacking it with state identified Hempstead the same comprehensive, eviand Uniondale as gun viodence-based approach we lence hotspots earlier this used to beat Covid,” Cuomo month. This brings the andrew Cuomo said. “We know that simply state’s total commitment to Former governor telling kids to put the gun reducing gun violence to down doesn’t work—we have $154.7 million. to give them an alternative.” County Executive Laura Curran said Dr. Chethan Sathya, director of the she fully suppor ts the initiative. Northwell Health Gun Violence Preven“The county intends to support State tion Center, called gun violence a public Executive Order 211 on Gun Violence health crisis. “Looking at this issue as a with additional American Rescue Plan public health crisis does two things: It funds for community violence interven- helps us depolarize and depoliticize this tion, such as summer youth employment issue…and it also helps us apply a public opportunities in gun violence hotspots.” health model to combat this, just like we The Nassau County Police Department did for substance abuse, HIV, tobacco use recently announced that while major and automotive collisions in the past.” crime are down across the board, gunshot The Northwell Health Gun Violence incident numbers countywide are up. In Prevention Center is working to identify 2020, with most people staying indoors programs and strategies that may be because of the coronavirus pandemic, effective. “Right now, no one knows what there were 68 shots fired. This year so far, works and what doesn’t,” Sathya said, however, there have been 95 shots fired, a “because gun violence prevention 39 percent increase. received less research funding than any From 2009 to 2019, NCPD had reported other leading cause of death in the past a reduction of 36.5 percent in firearm- decades.” related violent crimes, as well as a He also emphasized there are many

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Former Governor Cuomo announced that Nassau County will receive $900,000 to serve 180 at-risk unemployed, under-employed and out-of-school 18- to 24-year olds, reasons for gun violence, and solving the crisis should be multi-faceted. “Gun violence disproportionally affects AfricanAmerican youth, so by elevating racial equity and reducing disparities, then we can have an impact at curbing gun violence, as well as a multitude of other issues such as food insecurity and go on,” he said. County Legislator Kevan Abrahams, a Democrat from Freeport whose district includes large portions of communities affected by gun violence, said, “Because I have seen firsthand how internships, mentoring and professional development programs can place young people on the path toward a brighter and more success-

ful future, I’m especially excited to work with my colleagues at every level to ensure that we maximize the positive impact of this initiative.” Laura Burns, of Rockville Centre, who is running for the County Legislature in the 6th District, and who has been a longtime advocate for gun-violence prevention with Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, said, “Communities faced with the daily threat of gun violence require immediate and locally driven interventions — initiatives such as violence interruption programs, green spaces and youth programming help reduce gun violence.”

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continued from front page in the House for 11 terms. Lynch also helped fellow Malvernite Francis Purcell with his election as Nassau County executive in 1978, a position Purcell held until 1987. Lynch served in numerous roles in village government during the 1990s, including village justice, trustee, police commissioner and fire commissioner. “He was a good friend to many members of our village board and I,” Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett said. “We truly appreciate his service for the many years that he was a lifelong resident.” “I can tell you that as fire commissioner, Paul was always concerned about the david safety and welWeinstein fare of our fireVillage historian, fighters,” Village Malverne Historical Historian David We i n s t e i n Society recalled. “Paul was a caring, compassionate person. He will certainly be missed by all.” Lynch was committed to the Catholic Church, and a lifelong parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Malverne. He had served as an altar boy, and later volunteered as a parish trustee and a lector, and was a regular participant at daily Mass. He was a founder of the OLL Bazaar, a three-day, carnival-style celebration held in the village for more than a decade that attracted not only locals, but also residents of surrounding communities. Lynch’s grandson Patrick O’Hara said that his grandfather’s sense of humor made him special. “He always seemed to have the perfect thing to say at the right time,” Patrick said. “He was truly a firstclass man.”

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PauL Lynch, fifth from left, cherished his family and friends. Lynch was also an accomplished golfer. A longtime member and past president of the Garden City Country Club, he was proud of his seven holes in one. He enjoyed sharing his love of golf and all sports with his four children and six grandchildren, coaching and attending baseball, lacrosse, soccer, karate, tennis, volleyball and basketball games. He was also a passionate “dance grandfather.” “He was a constant presence and mentor to all of us,” O’Hara said. “He also made sure to include his feedback, which

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was often very honest and blunt in true Pop Pop’s fashion.” Lynch O’Hara said that her father enjoyed the company of the others, and that staying active helped him to develop lifelong relationships. “He cherished his friends from the many areas of his life that were important to him,” she said, “including friends from growing up in Malverne, friends from his active life in this community, friends from school, and friends from the Garden City Country

Club. His friends added richness to his life, and they are all truly gifts to our family.” Lynch was predeceased by his wife, Marilyn “Mickey” Lynch, and his two brothers, Peter and John. He is survived by Lynch O’Hara (Tom) and three other daughters, Virginia Lynch Super (Steven), Anne Lynch Hughes (Greg) and Theresa Lynch (Jonathan Kim), as well as six grandchildren.

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Hewlett Harbor $1,090,000 Wateredge Place. Split Level. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, Cathedral ceilings. Formal dining room. Den/family room. Master bedroom suite with his and hers closets. Secluded property with water view. Security system. Taxes: $27,426.80

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East Rockaway $718,000 Grant Avenue. Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. Partial finished basement. Updated kitchen with granite countertops. Home office. Park-like backyard. Taxes: $14,820.56 Elmont $680,000 Baylis Avenue. Split Ranch. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. Finished basement. Eat-in kitchen. Formal dining room. Master bedroom with Jacuzzi tub. Den/family room. Enclosed sun room with large deck. Near shopping and transportation. Taxes: $14,563.67

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A. Living near a onte eeper shoreline, with dynamic high- and low-tide water movement, means taking greater precautions to make construction last longer and perform better. First, there’s the base, way below the floor slab, which must allow water to run through it to avoid collapse. The base is made of compacted stones that allow water to flow between so they don’t form an obstruction, working kind of like a filter. I generally design such a base with landscape filter cloth beneath it, to keep individual stones from sinking when the natural underground current of tide water rises and withdraws, pulling the ground material with it as it flows in and out. I rarely, if ever, see this done, and can assure you that if I’m not standing over the work when it’s being carried out, workers will ignore this “crazy” design, hence a reason for failure. Everyone is an expert, as I am sure you’ve come to know, but ignoring ground and soil dynamics makes it a gamble as to what you’re going to get. It isn’t reassuring when someone says they do this all the time, especially if they can’t give technical reasons for what they do. Floor slabs, just like beams, should be designed for the concentration of the loads they will carry, not just general practice, especially because the steel reinforcing is part of the formula. If the concrete or the reinforcing is undersized for the load, it will, in correct terminology, yield, or give way, not necessarily completely fail. The coating and placement of steel is extremely important. Except for major roadway and transit construction, I rarely see it done to legal standards. Most often, uncoated, rusted steel is placed randomly or tied in ways that defy the reason it was prescribed. If uncoated steel is too close to a surface, it corrodes faster as salt water gets sucked like a sponge into the concrete, allowing steel to wet and dry in a cycle guaranteed to rust. You’re right to be concerned. Good luck!

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Q. I’m wondering if our garage floor, which was completely removed and replaced with a new concrete floor, is strong enough for our cars and my pickup truck. We did it to get rid of the old floor, which was cracked and had sunk. Our mason told us he does this all the time, but it just seems like the floor is too thin and could break. Is there any way to know if it’s strong enough? It’s 4 inches thick, very flat and they put wires in, not thick Ask The rods, that crisscross in a grid. Architect Also, the wires were rusted when they went in and I wonder how long they could last, especially because we live in a development along one of the canals on the South Shore, and after what happened in Surfside, Fla., we aren’t as confident.

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n the early morning of April 28, I tiptoed into my dew-coated backyard in Merrick to watch as an orange sun slowly migrated upward, sending its rays streaming through the hundreds of flower-covered branches on the three cherry and two apple trees that my wife and I planted nearly 20 years ago when we first moved in. It is a glorious moment that I await each year, when I can stand and breathe in the sheer beauty of those life-sustaining flowers, all white and pink. Each is such a tiny, SCoTT seemingly insignificant thing. CollecBRINToN tively, however, these flowers constitute a powerful force. This is the natural world reborn in what was once a virtually lifeless suburban backyard. When my wife and I moved in, our yard was all lawn except for a handful of hydrangea, holly and Japanese yew bushes, two scrawny dogwood trees and one ornamental cherry around the edges. In the early years in our home, we ripped out about half of the lawn to make way for many more trees, bushes and flowers, a number of them native species. We wanted to recreate, in a sense, the back-

yards that we knew as children. I grew up in rural Yaphank, in Suffolk County, surrounded by a dense forest of white pine and oak trees. My wife was raised in Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, but spent many days in her family’s village of Rajdavitsa, amid cherry orchards full of wildflowers. We wanted trees through which squirrels and birds could scurry and construct their nests. We wanted a natural habitat. Two decades later, I’m proud to say that we have one. The cherries that we planted are more than 20 feet tall, and the apples, over 30 feet. All were purchased as one-foot bare-root saplings for a couple dollars each from the Arbor Day Foundation. We also planted four arborvitae, three maples, two white pines, two dwarf Alberta spruces, a Japanese maple, many more hydrangeas and hollies, boxwoods, barberries, red osier dogwoods, butterfly, raspberry and blackberry bushes, forsythias, fountain and maiden grasses, euonymuses, lilies, lilacs, hostas, black-eyed Susans, peonies and purple cone flowers, among others. Where once there was no wildlife, now we have bees and butterflies and birds — red cardinals, blue jays, European starlings, grackles, house sparrows, Baltimore orioles and my wife’s favorite, mockingbirds. We’ve even had birds build nests in

our trees, including a robin and a mourning dove. I love that. There are also squirrels, which eat our apples and, occasionally, our tomatoes, as well as raccoons and opossums here and there. This year we certified our yard as a Wildlife Habitat with the National Wildlife Federation. We started the simple process by answering a few quick questions: Does your yard provide shelter and food for wildlife? Is there a water source from which wildlife can drink? Are you committed to natural yard maintenance, without the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides and fertilizers? Then you pay a fee — certification is a fundraiser for this nonprofit environmental organization. Finally, NWF sends you a beautiful green metal sign, which we staked in our front yard’s center bed for all our neighbors to see as they’re out walking their dogs or jogging by. The sign sends a message that our yard is a safe place for wildlife. Between 1982 and 2001, 34 million acres of open space, an area the size of Illinois, were lost to development — roughly four acres per minute, or 6,000 acres a day. More than 10 million of those acres were covered over to make way for houses, buildings, lawns and pavement between 1982 and 1997, according to the U.S. Forest Ser-

here once there was no wildlife, we now have all that we hoped for.

vice, which projects that America will lose another 26 million acres to development by 2030. Each of us has a choice: We can leave our yards as lawn and pavement, or start planting to restore at least some of what has been lost. Collectively, we could reshape suburbia from a traditionally wildlife-averse landscape to a habitat that welcomes wild creatures of all shapes and sizes. The family from which we purchased our home were the original owners of the house, which was constructed shortly after World War II. It was among the first homes built in the area. The couple, in their early 80s when we bought it from them, spoke of a time when farmland stretched from the block just north of us to Merrick Road. That plot is now a shopping center. South of our home was covered by wetlands — what people in the mid-20th century thought of as swamp. It’s now all homes, the wetlands filled in to construct row upon row of split-level ranches, many double or triple their original size. We cannot undo the past. We can, however, commit to a more sustainable future. To learn more about how you can certify your yard with the National Wildlife Federation, go to nwf.org. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

All you can eat? Amid a tenacious virus, not so much.

f there’s one thing that is quintessentially American, it’s the all-you-caneat, stuff-yourself-till-you-die buffet. Now, as the Delta variant spreads, shutting down buffet venues across the country, many folks are missing the opportunity for unrestrained gorging, which is a kind of sport coast to coast. This is a small grievance, to be sure, considering the misery that Covid has wrought, but it’s one of the pandemic lifestyle changes that bite. Like not being able to see your doctor in person or having RANDI to move your book KREISS group online or canceling your plans to see friends or family. With Covid unbound, we have to carefully consider whether to dine out, unless it is a well-spaced outdoor setting. Dozens of buffet restaurants have gone belly up, and the rest are struggling to create safer dining opportunities. Not that buffets have ever been the healthy go-to choice for a meal. The basic idea is that you can abandon any reasonable eating habits you may have acquired and just shovel in as much food as you want to with-

out anyone saying “enough.” In fact, some folks have taken to competing at a few of the big buffet emporia to see if they can get kicked out for eating too much. No such thing. You. Cannot. Eat. Too. Much. No one wants to be reminded that there has always been a direct path from the buffet line to the IV line in the E.R. We Americans want our super-sized meals, damn the glucose and cholesterol readings. If you dine out at a traditional restaurant, it gets awkward to order three desserts, but a buffet makes it not only possible but easy. Now, with Covid, buffet restaurants are struggling to survive, except in the South, where Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and Tennessee vie for the best attendance award. There is guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: “Avoid offering any self-serve food or drink options, such as buffets, salad bars and drink stations. This limits the use of shared serving utensils, handles, buttons or touch screens and helps customers to stay seated and at least 6 feet apart from people who do not live in their household.” Right. In Florida, where masks are a sign of weak-minded liberalism, many buffets are

still in business. Oh sure, there may be a server behind the dessert bar, helping you to the pie, but you’re jammed in with a million other unmasked people. Historically, Las Vegas has always offered the biggest, cheapest buffets. If you were willing to leave your life savings at the roulette table, the hotel was willing to feed you into a coma. The Bacchanal Buffet at Caesars Palace was the ultimate food experience for thousands of tourists. According to a review, it served more than 3,000 people a day across nine stations, featuring hundreds of items including nigiri sushi, dim sum, rotisserie chicken, 12-hour roasted American wagyu, paella, lobster bisque, snow crab legs, chicken and waffles, gnocchi, pizza, deviled eggs, pho, miso soup, Penang curry, cheeseburger sliders, soba noodles, poke, foie gras PB&J, oysters on the half-shell, shrimp and grits, pozole, tofu, General Tso’s chicken, avocado toast, peppercorn-crusted prime rib and more. According to its website, Caesar’s has reopened its buffet after making renovations and (one would hope) installing safety measures to avoid serving up a superspreader for dessert.

n Florida, masks are a sign of weak-minded liberalism, and buffets survive.

I don’t want to come off as a buffet snob. I’ve put in my time at the bacon station at many breakfast buffets. On the road, a cheap hotel buffet was an acceptable choice. You could always find something to eat. Here on Long Island, private tennis, golf and social clubs drew new members to their opulent buffets. I loved being a guest at these places, which offered delicious food and the all-you-can-eat ethos, although with more savoir faire than a Golden Corral. Buffets have been so abundant and ubiquitous that people learned to brainstorm the most effective methods of getting the best choices of expensive cuts of meat and seafood without wasting stomach space on the dinner rolls. My own son-inlaw nailed down the tactical approach to buffets years ago: Eat protein first. Don’t bulk up on salad. Go to the lobster and the shrimp and hold off on the carbs. No one ever made any profit on his buffet dinners. Now most buffets are the stuff of nostalgia. My most memorable one was a lunch for President Ronald Reagan when he and Nancy visited Temple Ohr Torah in North Woodmere. The centerpiece was a bust of the president, done in chopped liver. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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U.N.: Climate change is real, and it’s getting uglier

o the climate deniers, we say this: Wake up. July was the hottest in the past 142 years, since humans started recording climate data, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. July had previously been the hottest month ever recorded in 2016, 2019 and 2020. What we are seeing now is climate change play out in real time, as predicted by scientists dating back to the 1960s and the administration of President Lyndon Johnson. As a nation, we have largely ignored the crisis, pretending it wasn’t happening, hoping the scientists had got this one wrong. They didn’t. We can see that now. We can see it in the massive wildfires that have consumed swaths of the American West and southern Europe. California and Colorado may be on fire, but so are Italy and Greece. No fewer than nine wildfires are now ravaging California. Exacerbated by extreme drought, the Dixie Fire has burned since July 13 and scorched more than half a million acres in Plumas and Butte counties. Need we say more? The climate crisis is particularly worrisome for Long Islanders. We, after all, live on an island surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and the Long Island Sound, which are predicted to rise because ice shelves in Greenland and Antarctica are melting into the seas, causing water levels to rise, inch by inch, foot by foot, over decades. The 195-member United Nations International Panel on Climate Change recently released its sixth Assessment Report, offering the consensus findings and opinions of thousands of the world’s leading climatologists. The warnings are dire. When the IPCC began its work 33 years ago, it built some small level of doubt into its reports that maybe, just maybe, humans weren’t the cause of the Earth’s rapidly rising temperatures. Not anymore. In its most recent report, issued only weeks ago, the IPCC stated, “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.” As a result, the report continues, “Widespread and rapid changes in the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and biosphere have occurred.” Climate change works like this: We humans burn fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — to generate electricity and heat our homes and businesses. We also burn gasoline — which is made from oil — to power our cars, buses and trucks. That produces lots of carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, which traps infrared heat that is radiated into

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space from the Earth’s surface, warming the entirety of the planet. On average, human activities send 40 billion tons — tons — of carbon into the atmosphere each year. And here’s the thing: Despite our growing knowledge and awareness of the climate crisis, that volume of carbon continues to increase. Between 2014 and 2016, amid negotiations over the Paris Climate Agreement, carbon emissions leveled off, giving us some hope that perhaps we might be headed in the right direction. But those emissions started to rise again in 2017, the year President Donald Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement, and they continued to increase in 2018 and 2019, before falling last year during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, when everyone stayed home, according to The World Counts, a website that

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tracks carbon emissions. That we could, in fact, reduce our emissions dramatically during the pandemic should be cause for hope — not celebration, but hope. We are capable of limiting, even reducing our carbon output. We can seek and find alternatives to the old ways if we resolve to do so. The continued warming of the Earth through the middle of the century is all but inevitable, according to the IPCC report. Ensuring that climate change does not continue past that point is, however, possible. “Strong and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases would limit climate change,” the report states. Now, not later, is the time to commit to those reductions.

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he Smithtown School District will restrict the use of 34 BrainPop instructional videos in classrooms because they introduce topics like Black Lives Matter and human sexuality. The restriction is in response to a couple who complained at the district’s July Board of Education meeting that the videos were biased against conservatives and “no more than a call for revolution, for our young people to protest,” according to Newsday. A BrainPop spokesperson responded via ALAn email that “we created the video on sinGer the Black Lives Matter protests to provide parents and educators a resource for explaining the protests and movement in kid-friendly terms. The video, which features a cartoon robot named Moby, “doesn’t call for or encourage a revolution.” BrainPop videos discuss over a thousand topics in math, science, social studies and English. They are used in almost three-quarters of U.S. school districts. Not coincidently, there were also complaints

about BrainPop at a July school board meeting in the Three Village School District. A speaker charged that the videos had “BLM all over it, along with Pride and videos that say if you’re white, you’re basically an oppressor.” You can watch the nineminute offending BrainPop Black Lives Matter video on You Tube. In the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump carried every election district in Smithtown, some by over 30 percentage points, earning Smithtown the nickname Trumptown, New York. Smithtown also returned Lee Zeldin to Congress. Zeldin, one of the most conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives, voted against establishing a commission to investigate what happened in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, supported Trump’s claims that the election was somehow stolen from him and asked the Supreme Court to overturn the result. In May, Smithtown voters elected three conservative candidates affiliated with the pro-Trump group Long Island Loud Majority to the Board of Education. While it’s unclear whether the group represents a majority of Long Islanders, it is definite-

he campaign in Smithtown against diversity efforts first drew attention in January.

LeTTers People have a right to choose To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “The political losers are killing your neighbors” (Aug. 5-11): I am amazed, and want to know what planet Kremer comes from. First it was Trump derangement syndrome, and now it’s Republican derangement syndrome. He says the so-called health haters should be treated the same way as people who were arrested on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6. Kremer speaks of Dr. Anthony Fauci, who flipped-flopped from day one, saying you have nothing to fear from Covid-19, starting with no masks. Then it was masks. Then it was two masks. Kremer mentioned conservative Fox host Tucker Carlson, who rails against vaccines. Last time I looked, we had freedom of speech in this country, but apparently, only if you agree with the left, according to Kremer. Then there’s Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whom Kremer tries to smear because he did an amazing job during the coronavirus pandemic while other governors fiddled. Notice that Kremer never mentions California, New Jersey and New York, all states controlled by Democratic administrations, which were disaster areas during the pandemic. Governor Cuomo sent elderly patients

ly loud when disrupting school board meetings, at which members often attack staff and student speakers. They have also been accused of propagating anti-Semitic tropes. During the school board campaign, the group circulated a newsletter attempting to connect opposition school board candidates with George Soros, a progressive and a Jew who has been targeted by anti-Semitic forces in Europe. The Smithtown campaign against Black Lives Matter and diversity efforts first drew public attention in January, when parents complained about the speaker at the district’s Family Literacy Night. Broadway actress Diamond Essence White read a children’s book called “Not Quite Snow White.” White, who is Black, is an outspoken supporter of Black Lives Matter. Smithtown Superintendent Mark Secaur apologized to protesting parents for the invitation to a “polarizing” personality. After the Long Island Loud Majoritybacked candidates were elected to the school board, the district’s assistant superintendent for instruction and administration, who had guided its diversity and equity efforts as a member of the district’s Equity Team, resigned. She had been criti-

cized by parents and LILM, which argued that diversity and equity were really subterfuge to promote critical race theory. The push to take over local school boards is part of a long-term strategy of the conservative group American Legislative Exchange Council to reshape American education and society by taking control of local governing bodies. Opposition to critical race theory has replaced opposition to the 1619 Project as the main mobilizing point for conservatives across the country. In response to the assault on CRT and the 1619 Project, the Zinn Education Project is organizing teachers to pledge to “teach the truth” and participate in Days of Action. It also provides sample lessons. In Smithtown and other Trump-supporting communities across the U.S., however, school boards and frightened administrators apparently don’t want teachers to “teach the truth.” Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher and editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.

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to their deaths by executive order, placing them in nursing homes while a hospital ship stood empty and the Javits Center was vacant of patients. Nor is there mention of former President Barack Obama’s 60th birthday bash, a super-spreader event in the making, as the liberals would say. Democratic politicians and supporters flew in on private planes, causing a huge carbon footprint, but people like me are the problem. So, yes, politicians are killing your neighbors by trying to suppress people’s right to choose and make their own decisions about themselves and their families. MICHAEL APPICE Westbury

Pulling out is a mistake To the Editor: I subscribe to perhaps 90 percent of President Biden’s programs, but pulling out all troops from Afghanistan is a terrible mistake. We are talking about only several thousand troops — and our action has prompted allied nations to withdraw their troops as well. Over the past several years, the existence of this limited military presence has permitted the education of girls, many of whom would otherwise not have had this schooling opportunity. Without

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this presence, the Taliban will pull these girls out of school. They will be forced into early marriage, become teenage mothers and doom their chances of being a meaningful part of the Afghan social fabric. BOB PRAVER Glen Cove

CorreCTion In the Herald’s Aug. 12 edition, West Hempstead resident Eric Peluso’s first name was misprinted as Michael in the story, ‘Hoping to find a donor.’ Also, his wife’s occupation is personal assistant. We regret the errors.

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