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‘He’s a real leader’ Former Mules star Jayden Seraphin preps for basketball season at Queens College By HoldEN VElaSco newsroom@liherald.com

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FoRMER MalVERNE HiGH School basketball star Jayden Seraphin is preparing for his college debut at Queens College this winter.

Malverne High School’s former AllCounty basketball star, Jayden Seraphin, is getting ready to suit up for the Queens College Knights this winter. Seraphin, 18, was a captain of the 2019-20 Mules team that played in the Long Island Class B championship game against Center Moriches. Although the Mules lost 94-90, the horn at the end of overtime meant more to Seraphin and teammate Michael Warren than the end of the game. “I dapped him up and gave him a hug,” Warren recalled. “I knew it was hurtful, but it’s not like we went out without a fight. I knew he gave it his all.”

“I thought after the game I would be in tears, because it was the last time I would play [for] Malverne,” said Seraphin, a 6-foot-3 shooting guard, who forced OT with an acrobatic shot with 11.5 seconds remaining in regulation. “But Coach [Darrol] Lopez always told me if you just put everything out on the floor, you’ll never be ashamed of the outcome. So after the game it was all smiles, to be honest. It sounds crazy, since we lost, but I was proud of my team and what we accomplished.” Seraphin inspired his teammates on and off the court, according to Malverne associate coach Walter Aksionoff. Often the first to arrive at practice, Seraphin, Aksionoff recounted, sought different ways to lead by examContinued on page 5

Former first lady of Malverne, Barbara Purcell, dies at 100 By NakEEM GRaNT ngrant@liherald.com

For decades, Barbara Purcell was known as the first lady of Malverne, and eventually of Nassau County and the Town of Hempstead as well. Her husband, Francis Purcell, served as the village’s mayor, and later as county executive and town supervisor. “Her husband was always known as a consummate profes-

sional and an excellent public servant,” Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett said. “Barbara was by his side all of those years.” Barbara Purcell died in New Bern, N.C., on Aug. 15. She was 100. Francis Purcell died in 2014. A graduate of Malverne High School in 1938, Purcell was a longtime village resident before she moved to Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., in the early 1990s, and later to North Carolina.

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An avid golfer, Purcell was a member of the Rockville Links Country Club and PGA National, in Palm Beach Gardens, who enjoyed the game well into her 80s. To many village residents, Purcell was known as a lifelong volunteer and an active member of Malverne American Legion Post 44. “When she was living here in Malverne, right after World War II, she was extremely active in

the American Legion Auxiliary,” recalled Ladies Auxiliary President Dr. Carol Hassett. “She kept up her dues every year, like a good auxiliary member.” November 2020 marked the 100th anniversary of the American Legion Auxiliary, and the Ladies Auxiliary had searched for a way to commemorate the anniversary. That’s when the Continued on page 12

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Malverne preps for Back the Blue Walk

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More than 800 people marched through the Village of Malverne to thank police officers and law enforcement for their service during the village’s inaugural Back the Blue Walk last year, on National Thank a Police Officer Day. This year’s walk, scheduled for Saturday at 10 a.m., will go from Malverne to Lynbrook. The walk is organized by Malvernite Doris Bové, who said she was inspired by her daughter, Nicole, and her Girl Scout Gold Award project in 2019. Nicole’s project aimed to support law enforcement during a time at which suicide among police officers had increased. “It’s time for [us] to say, ‘thank you,’” said Bové, an animation and digital media teacher at Nassau BOCES. Bové also kicked off the village’s blue ribbon campaign, which aims to thank police officers for their service, in September 2020. Participants will meet at Westwood Park at the Steven McDonald Garden of Forgiveness for a ceremony. The group will then cross the train tracks into Lynbrook to Whittier Street, turn left on Hendrickson Avenue to Hempstead Avenue, and it will conclude at the gazebo on Church Street at Chester A. Reese Veterans Memorial Park for a closing ceremony. Residents are encouraged to hang a blue ribbon on their home, tree or pole, and to bring an American flag to the walk. “I want them all to know that they’re welcome here in Malverne,” Bové said in a previous Herald story, “and that they are our neighbors.”

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Former malverNe mayor Patti Ann McDonald, center, was one of the guest speakers at last year’s walk.

MSSN poll shows support for Covid booster By tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

With Covid-19 booster shots looking likely, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside recently conducted a poll to gauge interest in the third jab and opinions on mask use in schools. The “Truth in Medicine Poll” found that an overwhelming majority of vaccinated Long Island and New York City residents said they would get the booster when available. At the briefing meeting last Thursday, Senior Vice President of Communications Joe Calderone said 600 metro area residents took part in the poll. Of the vaccinated group, which comprised 84 percent of participants, 75 percent said they would get a vaccine booster shot if one were offered. Nine percent said they would not get the booster, and 16 percent said they were unsure. Dr. Aaron Glatt, MSSN’s chairman of medicine, said new studies have shown that the third shot could help people with underlying health conditions develop a stronger immune response to the virus. “If we had this information, which we didn’t have when the vaccines first came out, we’d actually recommend that these people take three doses right away,” Glatt said last Thursday. Dr. Adhi Sharma, MSSN’s new president, was heartened by the 75 percent figure, as a Mount Sinai poll in October 2020 indicated that more than 50 percent of

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mouNt SiNai South Nassau’s Dr. Aaron Glatt, Dr. Adhi Sharma and Joe Calderone explained the findings of the hospital’s most recent poll. participants said they did not plan to be vaccinated. “People are now integrating information into their decision-making,” Sharma said. “Where they had no information before, they have plenty of information now, and we’re seeing that they’re using information to make a rational decision.” School reopening has been a hot-button

issue across the country, and the poll asked participants whether teachers should be required to take the vaccine and if students should have to wear masks. Sixty-eight percent of participants said teachers should be required to take the vaccine, with only 16 percent saying they should not. Fifty-three percent of participants approved of the use of masks

for kindergarten to 12th-grade students, with 23 percent opposing the requirement. Sharma called last year’s virtual school experiences “sub-optimal.” With the vaccine unavailable to children under 12, he endorsed mask requirements for schools to keep in-person classes going until enough children can be vaccinated. “The inconvenience of wearing a mask is so small relative to the safety that it affords the individual, as well as everyone else in that room,” he said. Sharma also called attention to the disparity between the number of respondents who wanted teachers to be vaccinated and who did not want students to wear masks. “We need to do a better job on educating our community so we understand from them what their concerns are on certain issues so we can better address the information gaps that exist,” he said. The poll also asked the 102 unvaccinated participants if the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the vaccines would make them more likely to take them. Fifty-four percent said it would not sway them, and 23 percent said they were now more likely to take it. The remaining 23 percent said they were still unsure. “If everybody was immune to the virus, the virus cannot spread,” Glatt said. “The more people that get vaccinated, the less there are places for the virus to spread and mutate and attack people who were previously immune.”

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The day that changed America On a sunny — not a cloud in the sky — Tuesday morning, terrorists high jacked four commercial airplanes. One plane crashed into each of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon and the fourth plane was taken down in a field outside Shanksville, Pa. At 8:45 a.m., American Airlines Bowing 767 exploded into the North Tower and at 9:03 a.m., United Airlines 767 crashed into the South Tower of the World Trade Center buildings in New York City and eventually caused a catastrophic collapse of both towers and killing more than 2,600 people. At 9:08 a.m., the Nassau County Fire Communication Center activated the Malverne Fire Department along with all the other fire departments in Nassau County for a mutual aid call to New York City Fire Department. A staging area was set up at the Belmont Racetrack where a fire department staged waiting for their assignments. A fire engine from Malverne was deployed to a New York City Firehouse in Richmond Hill, Queens. One of their assignments was to respond along with East Meadow’s fire department ambulance to assault a victim. On Sept. 15, 2001, members of the Malverne Fire Department responded with rescue Truck 438 on a mutual aid call to the New York City Fire Department to provide floodlights and support during the rescue and recovery operations. All our village emergency services were put on standby; police, police

reserves, fire, ambulance corps and Department of Public Works. Our village was placed in a state of emergency as no one knew what might come next. On a personal note, I can tell you it was a very eerie feeling to watch fighter jets fly over our Firehouse on Broadway. As in any crisis or emergency our Malvernites always come through. Malverne residents called our police and fire departments asking how they could help and what could they do. Malverne established a fund where residents could make a donation that would go directly to the families of the four deceased residents. There was a village memorial service for the four residences of Malverne that was held at the Howard T. Herber school auditorium. A memorial candlelight ceremony was also held during the interfaith Thanksgiving Service on Thanksgiving eve at the Community Presbyterian Church. A beautiful 9/11 Memorial with a piece of the steel from one of the World Trade Center buildings is in Reese Park on Church Steet. We will never forget our Malverne residents: Scott Bart, Jacqueline Donovan, James Haran and Diane Urban. Every year on Sept. 11, our residents gather together at our 9/11 memorial in remembrance of our four Malverne residents. Respectively submitted,

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ThE AmEriCAN flAG hung the Hall’s Pond Park’s entrance. WEST hEmPSTEAD AND Lakeview’s fire departments joined together for the ceremony.

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Residents, local elected officials and community groups gathered around the 9/11 Memorial at Hall’s Pond Park in West Hempstead last Saturday for the West Hempstead Community Support Association’s annual 9/11 service. Reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the Sept 11. attacks, people of all ages filled the park to promote the same resounding message: to never forget. Community groups including West Hempstead Boy Scout Troop 240, West Hempstead/ Franklin Square Girl Scout Service Unit Troop 1389 and the Lakeview and West Hempstead fire departments took part in the ceremony. –Nakeem Grant

Boy AND Girl Scouts placed a candle for each of the residents who died in the attacks.

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ple. “He’s a hard worker, and his passion to succeed does not go unnoticed,” Aksionoff said. Seraphin credits those qualities to his mother, Betty, who died last year. “She knew what she was doing when she was raising me,” he said. “I don’t know how to describe it … for the 17 years that I knew her, she gave me enough knowledge that I can use for the rest of my life.” What stands out about Seraphin, Warren said, is the impression he leaves with everyone he meets. He added that Seraphin has a natural way of boosting team chemistry, which he believes will pay dividends at the collegiate level. “My first impression of him was that he was a cool guy,” Warren said. “He was a funny dude. At this time, we were still young, maybe like 11. That hasn’t changed. He’s just more mature now. He’s a real leader. He’s my guy.” “I just saw a lot of good intangibles that he displayed in just one game,” said Queens College assistant coach Cesar Osses, who recruited Seraphin. “The biggest thing I saw was that he was very coachable, so I felt like he was a great kid with great upside.” During the preseason, Osses found out that Seraphin is a gym rat and, Osses said, he is always talking with his coaches and teammates. “He’s always active in our group chat, messaging the guys,” Osses said, “and even though he’s a young guy, I can see him being a leader. He’s very talkative, and he’s not afraid to step up and

get guys going.” Seraphin put that on display this summer, when most of the Queens College team played in the Pro-Am CrunchTime Basketball League in Westbury. “At first it felt a little strange, because now I’m playing with people who were all the man wherever they came from,” Seraphin said. There’s a lot of basketball intelligence that I’m playing with now. Playing with my teammates in CrunchTime just gave me the chance to understand people’s characteristics and their play styles.” Seraphin’s team was the fifth seed in the league playoffs, and though they lost to the eventual champions, he considered the season a success. “The way we stuck together and came out from the first game, we saw exponential progress this summer,” Seraphin said. “I was just like, ‘wow,’ because we’re playing against teams full of professional players and grown men.” At Queens College, Seraphin said, he hoped to keep up the momentum and good morale. Osses said he couldn’t be happier about Seraphin putting on the Knights’ blue and silver. “Even though Jayden’s a great player, I think he’s going [to] be a great representation of our program outside the court,” Osses said. “I think we picked a great person to have for Queens College as a whole, and our basketball team.” Seraphin said he couldn’t wait to make his college debut this winter. Asked if his mother would be proud of him, he replied, “Oh yeah, most definitely. Most definitely.”

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Seraphin, 18, was captain of the 2019-20 Mules team that played in the Long Island Class B basketball championship.

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An estimAted 2,000 people turned out for the Town of Hempstead’s 9/11 ceremony, held Saturday in Lido Beach.

Photos by Scott Brinton/Herald

Hempstead Town salutes 9/11 heroes By JAmes Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

Sept. 11, 2021, dawned as a stunningly beautiful late summer morning, the sky an azure blue and the sunshine a bright yellow — just as it was on the same day 20 years ago. At the Hempstead Town Park at Lido Beach, there was a standing-room only crowd that gathered before a makeshift stage on the sand and also filled a wooden walkway leading from the parking lot. The crowd, estimated by officials at about 2,000, had come to observe a milestone anniversary — the 20th year since two commercial jetliners were hijacked by terrorists, who used them as missiles to slam into each of the mAriAnee twin towers of the World Trade tABorsky Center, killing almost 3,000 peoMerrick ple. The mood on the beach was somber. “It was the day America lost its innocence,” said Marianee Taborsky, of Merrick, who came with her husband, Kevin. They embraced before taking seats set up on the beach. She had heard reports of the attack that morning and turned on her TV. “I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “This doesn’t happen to us. This was America.” Speakers, including New York state’s new lieutenant governor, Brian Benjamin, a former state senator from Harlem, spoke not only about the terror of that day, but also of the sacrifice of 9/ll responders. Others, including New York City police officers and Long Island legislators, talked of losing fathers, nephews and other relatives. “I plan on being here every year that I am lieutenant governor,” Benjamin said. His predecessor, Kathy Hochul, now governor, had spoken at the Lido Beach ceremony last year. Some of the loudest applause of the day came for New York Police Department Detective Vincent DeMarino, whose father, also Vincent DeMarino, of Valley Stream, a deputy chief in the city police department, died of can-

t was the day America lost its innocence.

memBers of the Rockville Centre Fire Department served as the color guard at the Town of Hempstead’s 9/11 ceremony on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa. cer after working at the ruins of the World Trade Center. Detective DeMarino was 9 on Sept. 11, 2001. He sat in class while other students were pulled out by their parents after the attacks. When he got home, he said, his mother explained to him that two planes had hit the trade center. She told him his father was “fine.” “But she didn’t know that until he came home after 2 in the morning,” on Sept. 12, he said. He said he father had been “the Energizer bunny, always busy” and chatty. “But after that day, he just sat down,” DeMarino said. In 2018, he was diagnosed with a brain tumor “directly linked to his work at ground zero,” he said. His father died 13 months later. “He took his work at ground zero head on,” DeMarino said. “This was my dad. Share your story too.” The

crowd rose to its feet. Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin noted that last year the observance was held in the Lido Beach parking lot, and the crowd was limited because of the coronavirus pandemic. This year, he said, the event could safely be held on the beach. The 9/11 terrorist attacks “took a toll on the country,” Clavin said, but they also brought “unity and bravery.” Many of the first-responders sat quietly. Among them was Pat Antonacci, of Levittown, an NYPD detective who said he worked at ground zero for a few months. “It was horrific,” he said. His wife, Maryann, said, “It took a toll on him. He Continued on neXt page

Hempstead Town holds 9/11 ceremony didn’t talk about it. He didn’t even smile for months.” Hempstead Town Councilman Bruce Blakeman spoke of losing his nephew, Sgt. Tommy Jergens, a New York state court officer from Valley Stream. He died when the towers collapsed. “Some people dread this day,” Blakeman said. “We know we are going to have to relive the pain and the horror of that day.” He said his nephew joined the Boy Scouts, the U.S. Army and the state court system because “the kid always liked

amoNg tHe atteNdees was Todd Gleason, 61, of Island Park, a crane operator who removed the last piece of World Trade Center steel from ground zero.

to wear uniforms.” “We never got to say goodbye,” Blakeman said. Only his shield was found. At the end of the ceremony, a number of people tossed white carnations into the choppy surf of the Atlantic Ocean. One of them was Cara Donaldson, of Plainview, a psychologist. “Throwing flowers means casting my prayers to Mother Nature and God,” she said. The pain of 9/11, she said, “never ends, even 20 years later.”

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New York Police Department Detective Vincent DeMarino spoke of his father, also Vincent, of Valley Stream, who died in December 2019 of a brain tumor directly linked by his doctors to his work as a first responder at ground zero in the months after the 9/11 attacks. HemPstead towN suPervisor Don Clavin led the ceremony.

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with daily living. Join the Lakeview Library from noon to 1 p.m. to learn how to recognize common signs of the disease; how to approach someone about memory concerns; the importance of early detection and benefits of a diagnosis; possible tests and assessments for the diagnostic process, and Alzheimer’s Association resources. Special guest speaker Dr. Erica Meltzer, clinical neuropsycholgist in the Department of Neurology at Northwell Health.

Our Lady of Lourdes thrift shop The Shop hours are 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each Wednesday; and 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the first and third Saturday of each month. The shop is located across from Our Lady of Lourdes School on Sheehy Place between Park Boulevard and Wright Avenue in Malverne (See our sign on lamp post). Come in and browse, buy at bargain prices; clothes, household goods, jewelry, misc. Donations gratefully accepted.

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

Virtual Simply Stronger Every Tuesday, from 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.

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In this presentation by Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County, learn how to keep your houseplants looking their best year-round from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Hosted by the West Hempstead Library, pick up tips for optimal care and maintenance, including possible pests. Discover handsome houseplants to enjoy even if you don’t have a green thumb. All attendees who attend will be able to pick up a houseplant the next day.

Learn how to prepare some homemade fried rice with the West Hempstead Library on Sept. 20.

Virtual Zumba Every Tuesday, from 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.

Back to School Scavenger Hunt Visit the Malverne Public Library during the month of September for hidden pictures and win a small prize.

Saturday, Sept. 18 Malverne Centennial Family Picnic The Village of Malverne will kick off its Centennial Event Series with an afternoon of good old-fashioned family fun and games for all ages at Whelan Field from 1 to 6 p.m. The picnic includes corn hole and horseshoe tournaments,

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potato sack races, tug of war, kickball, dunk tank, pie baking contest and more. Enjoy live bands, delicious food, craft beer, wine and other refreshments available to purchase. RSVP at www.malvernevillage.org/centennial for a chance to win a prize. Must be present to win.

Monday, Sept. 20

attend the program. West Hempstead Library cardholders only; one per household.

Monday Crafternoons Make a caramel apple craft in the Malverne Library’s children’s area or take a craft kit home. Limited to one per child while supplies last. Call (516) 599-0750 ext. 303 or email malvernekids@malvernelibrary.org for more information.

Homemade Fried Rice In honor of National Fried Rice Day, Chef Julie of Chefs of d’ Future hosts this Zoom program with the West Hempstead Library at 7 p.m. to teach people how to make homemade fried rice. Ingredients can be picked up anytime during the day on Sept. 20 (no exceptions.) This presentation will be recorded for anyone who cannot

Wednesday, Sept. 22 Virtual Tai Chi Instructor Eddie Hug will continue these popular classes virtually via Zoom with the West Hempstead Library every Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. This weekly class gives participants access

to Hug’s recorded video 24/7. The sessions, from July to September, is $30.

Move & Groove Outdoor Storytime at Westwood Park Join the Malverne Library for a fun outdoor music and movement storytime with stories, songs, rhymes and bubbles, from 10 to 10:30 a.m., or 11 to 11:30 a.m. Please bring a blanket or towel to sit on. Ages one and up. Registration is required. Call (516) 599-0750 ext. 303 or email malvernekids@malvernelibrary.org to register. To accommodate social distancing, spots are limited. Masks must be worn by everyone ages two and up.

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The Village of Malverne will kick off its Centennial Event Series on Saturday at Whelan Field. See photos from local 9/11 ceremonies in this week’s edition. The Malverne Public Library’s Back to School Scavenger Hunt will run until Sept. 30. Malverne’s second annual Back the Blue Walk will take place on Saturday, at 10 a.m. Editor Nakeem Grant’s last day with the Herald was on Sept. 15.

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It’s back to school for W.H. students The West Hempstead School District welcomed new and returning students for the 2021-22 school year on Sept. 1. The students kicked off their first day with enthusiasm as they arrived at their schools ready for a new academic year. Students were eager to return, see old friends and meet their new teachers. For the kindergarten students at Chestnut Street School, the first day was made extra special thanks to a warm welcome from administrators and staff. Students settled into their classrooms quickly and participated in several activities to get to know their teachers and one another. Courtesy West Hempstead School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

staff MeMbers at Chestnut Street School prepared to welcome the West Hempstead class of 2034 to kick off the 2021-22 school year.

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Malverne staff MeMber Beth Mahony, center, was among the honorees during Superintendent’s Conference Day on Sept. 1. She was joined by, from left, Board President Josephine Bottitta, Downing Principal Ed Tallon, district Superintendent Dr. Lorna Lewis and Steven Gilhuley, the assistant superintendent for curriculum, instruction & educational services.

Malverne staff celebrated for success The Malverne School District carried out its annual tradition of honoring teachers and staff members who have achieved notable milestones and accomplishments during Superintendent’s Conference Day on Sept. 1. Teachers, staff, members of the Board of Education and administrators applauded these individu-

als for going above and beyond for the district. This includes Cinthia Thorp for earning the recognition of 35 years of service; Barbara Krauciunas, Jo-An Renzullo and Michael Messina for achieving 25 years of service; Jessica Finkelstein for earning the recognition of Outstanding Staff Member; and Beth Mahony for earning the

recognition of Outstanding Support Staff Member. During Superintendent’s Conference Day, several speeches were provided by administrators, including district Superintendent Dr. Lorna Lewis, who welcomed staff and provided words of motivation as they enter the 2021-22 school year.

In addition, this year’s keynote speaker was Empowerment Coach Keith L. Brown, who filled the Howard T. Herber Middle School auditorium with positive energy and inspiration. Courtesy Malverne School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

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Wantagh Senior Football a standout lineBaCKeR and offensive lineman, Casey helped the Warriors capture the Nassau Conference IV championship last season while leading them in tackles for a second straight campaign and serving as a captain. The two-time All-Long Island and All-County selection is looking for a third straight season with over 100 tackles. As a junior, he was runner-up for the Piner Award, presented to Nassau’s most outstanding linebacker. Twenty of his tackles last season came in playoff wins.

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Girls Volleyball: Lynbrook at South Side ................4:30 p.m. Girls Soccer: Uniondale at Baldwin.......................4:30 p.m. Boys Soccer: Elmont at Calhoun...........................4:45 p.m. Boys Soccer: Hewlett at South Side......................4:45 p.m. Girls Volleyball: Carey at Long Beach ......................... 5 p.m. Football: Farmingdale at Oceanside .......................... 6 p.m. Football: Hicksville at Freeport ................................... 6 p.m.

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Girls Soccer: Mepham at South Side........................ 9 a.m. Girls Volleyball: Clarke at West Hempstead .............10 a.m. Girls Soccer: Seaford at V.S. South .........................10 a.m. Girls Soccer: Long Beach at Lynbrook ....................10 a.m. Football: Glen Cove at Baldwin ................................. 2 p.m. Football: Sewanhaka at Elmont...................................... 2 p.m. Football: Carey at Calhoun ............................................. 2 p.m. Football: MacArthur at V.S. Central ................................. 2 p.m. Football: South Side at V.S. South .................................. 2 p.m. Football: Wantagh at Bethpage....................................... 2 p.m. Football: V.S. North at Hewlett ........................................ 2 p.m. Football: West Hempstead at Seaford ............................ 2 p.m. Football: Malverne at Clarke ........................................... 2 p.m. Football: Carle Place at East Rockaway .......................... 2 p.m. Football: Westbury at East Meadow................................ 2 p.m. Boys Soccer: Farmingdale at Oceanside ....................... 5 p.m.

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Julia BRienza is one of many key pieces for Malverne/East Rockaway as it looks to make a signifcant rise in the standings after a difficult spring season. mond, senior Mimi Bilardello (East Rockaway) is an All-Conference midfielder who can help control the center of the field and put the ball in the net. She had four goals in 2019 and added two more last season. Lores would like to get junior halfback Julia Brienza (Malverne), who plays on the travel circuit, more involved in the offense. She could see time at forward along with versatile freshman Avery Whitehouse,

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another travel player who scored her first varsity goal in the spring. Juniors Emma Keller and Sabrina Ramharakh, both from Malverne, are skillful and athletic forwards who’ll be counted on to help get the Rockin’ Mules’ production back to 2019 form. “The chemistry should be good and we’re more experienced,” Lores said. “No excuses to not have a competitive season.”

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Navigating a higher level of competition last season proved a rough road for Malverne/East Rockaway’s girls’ soccer program, but a return to familiar territory with most of its roster intact has longtime coach Joe Lores excited about a considerable rebound. “I really don’t know why we were bumped up a league, but now we’re back where we belong and where we’ve always been, and bringing back almost the entire team,” Lores said. “I think the stiff competition we faced like Cold Spring Harbor, Carle Place and Wheatley is only going to help us this season.” The Rockin’ Mules will compete in a conference comprised of West Hempstead, Sewanhaka, Roslyn, Great Neck North, Elmont, Roosevelt and Lawrence. They went a respectable 4-5-1 against a similar set of foes in 2019. Lores said they have only a couple of starting jobs to fill, with one being the last line of defense. Senior Jazmine Ackies (Malverne) shared the goalkeeper responsibilities in the spring and will get first crack to land the job. “She’s enthusiastic about playing the position and has varsity experience which can be valuable,” Lores said. “Our entire defense is back, so I think we’re going to be difficult to score against.” Kendra Chinchilla and Princia Ulysse, both Malverne seniors, and sophomore Ema Basic (East Rockaway) barely came off the field last season, Lores said, and will remain vital to the team’s success this fall. “Kendra is a four-year starter and our leader,” Lores said. “She handles all of our goal kicks and cleans everything up. She comes from a strong soccer family and brings a high soccer IQ and plays physically.” Lores describes Ulysse as one of the best athletes on the roster. “She’s a tremendous basketball player contributing on the soccer field and that’s never a bad thing,” he said. “She’s fast and athletic and gives her all.” Basic is a travel soccer player with a lot of experience. Lores said in the case where he would mark an opponent one-on-one, Basic would get the assignment to do so. A three-sport athlete who also competes on the basketball court and softball dia-

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Longtime Malverne volunteer ‘kept up her dues’ continued from front page group decided to honor Purcell, a past president of the organization. She was recognized during the village’s public meeting at Village Hall last year in November, at which the auxiliary unveiled a poster featuring a photo of Purcell to celebrate her 100th birthday. “That was our way of making a tribute to her and the auxiliaries,” Hassett said. Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett noted that there has been a bronze bust of Francis Purcell in the mayor’s office for decades, which serves as a constant reminder of the Purcells and their decades of volunteerism.

“Barbara was someone who needed no introduction in this village,” Corbett said at the village’s Sept. 1 meeting. “She lived a good and fulfilling life. We truly want to recognize Mrs. Purcell’s service that she gave to this village. Our thoughts and prayers are with Barbara’s entire family.” Purcell is survived by a son, Kim Thomas Purcell (Gail), two daughters, Patricia Harvey (Harold) and Diane Kohut (Stephen), and seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. “Mom lived a long and wonderful life giving us many memories to remember her by,” her children said in a statement.

The Purcells were married for 72 years until Francis’s death in 2014.

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BarBara and Francis with their children, Kim, second from left, and Patricia, in front of the Malverne Library in the 1950s.

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The Malverne ChaMber of Commerce’s annual Fall Festival, which was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, will take place on Oct. 3. Above, the fall festival in 2018.

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Malverne’s Centennial Committee is excited for the fall season as the group has several events planned for the coming weeks. On Saturday, the village will kick off its Centennial Event Series at Whelan Field with numerous family-friendly fun and games that include cornhole and horseshoe tournaments, potato sack races, tug of war, kickball, dunk tank, pie baking contest and more. From 1 to 6 p.m., the village’s Centennial Family Picnic is also expected to feature live bands, delicious food, craft beer, wine and other refreshments available to purchase.

“It’s really a happy time for this village to celebrate our amazing history,” said Malverne Mayor Keith Corbett. In conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce, the Centennial Float Parade and the chamber’s 28th Annual Fall Festival & Classic Car Show will take place in downtown Malverne on Oct. 3, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will also showcase live bands and entertainment, outdoor dining, street vendors, inflatable rides, a train ride and a pumpkin patch for children. The parade will march down Hempstead Avenue to Church Street. Each of the floats in the parade will recognize different groups in the village.

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Fire departments compete in local Labor Day Drill The West Hempstead Westerners finished third with a total of 20 points in the annual Labor Day Drill in Hempstead on Sept. 6. Hosted by West Hempstead, fire departments from different parts of Nassau County competed in numerous drills throughout the afternoon. What began long ago as simple, unsophisticated footraces have evolved into season-long competitions between numerous rival racing teams, with several different classes of competition, along with officiating and modern equipment. –Nakeem Grant

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Q. Our central air conditioning unit sits next to the rear corner of our house, and even though it’s 25 feet from our patio, where we entertain, it still makes a lot of noise when it runs. During a recent barbecue with friends, it became the topic of conversation, and my friend recommended either building a “sound wall” around it or moving it to the side of the house, just around the corner, which makes me wonder why they didn’t just put the unit there in the first place. It doesn’t make sense, and really would have solved the problem. What do you think? A. I think you’re lucky to be inquisitive and not take the first advice you got, because your friend’s advice may have caused you a lot of needless aggravation. For a few decades, the rules in most local communities have not only restricted where a central air conditioning condenser unit can be placed, but also require a building permit onte eeper and a zoning hearing process if the unit is intended to stay where someone who should have known better installed it. In the process of starting a large design project with new residential clients, we architects are stuck with having to check for extraneous issues that will hinder a smooth permit process, and those units become a sticking point. Unless there will be 5 to 8 feet of clearance to a side property line, depending on the community, you may want to avoid the extra couple of thousand dollars and wasted time detouring through a zoning variance process just because a friend or uncaring air conditioning company recommended putting the unit where it has been clearly discouraged from being placed for the last 30 years. I see this problem nearly every day, and realize that the installers either know about the problem or must have recently emerged from living under a rock, because there’s almost no way not to know if you do this for a living. The sound wall can work, but be sure to check with a manufacturer about air clearances, because the unit needs air flow to properly dissipate heat. Walls also require foundations, and can be expensive if the wall will be built to last. Also, the wall or fence requires a permit at the same time as the A.C. unit, no matter where you place both. Even fences around A.C. units require permits. The reason for keeping side yards clear is the noise echo between houses. Neighbors must have once brought this to the attention of their local government, because this wasn’t always an issue. Units hinder emergency workers who need access to side yards with fire hoses to prevent flames from spreading. You could also research and replace old equipment with a new, quieter model for a lot less money than a wall or permit — or just turn up the music and talk louder to mask the sound, for no cost at all. Enjoy your barbecues!

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y wife called soon after 9 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, her voice measured but tense. I was halfawake, preparing myself for the day, while our then 1½-year-old daughter slept in the next room of our Long Beach apartment. “Turn on the TV,” Katerina said. There were the twin towers ablaze in fireballs, black smoke pouring from the structures. Like so many of us, I could only stare, mouth agape, in stunned disbelief. My wife was at SCoTT Lawrence Middle School, where she BRINToN teaches to this day. The teachers didn’t have a TV to know precisely what was happening, so she called me to find out. She was sitting with a colleague whose husband worked at the World Trade Center. I stuttered as I relayed what I was seeing. I can’t recall which station I was watching, but I remember the frantic, frightened voice of a telecaster in a helicopter that whirred from a distance above the twin towers. Then, suddenly, the unexpected happened at 9:59 a.m.: The south tower col-

lapsed. The image of its shiny metal exterior cascading down, and then a massive gray ash plume spiraling back up hundreds of feet into the air, was seared into my mind. It haunts my thoughts to this day. I gasped. Then I had to explain to my wife what had just happened, and she had to tell her colleague, who was overcome by fear and sorrow. As I write this 20 years later, a chill radiates up my spine into my brain. At 10:28 a.m., the north tower fell. We, as a nation, had just witnessed the mass murder of 2,606 people in the twin towers live on TV. I’ve been covering the aftermath of the attacks since that day. Last Saturday I photographed the Town of Hempstead’s moving 9/11 ceremony, held, as it always is, at Lido Beach Park, where people gathered by the Atlantic Ocean on the day of the attacks to catch a glimpse of the smoke plumes from the towers. NYPD Detective Vincent DeMarino, whose father, also Vincent, of Valley Stream, an NYPD officer who died in 2019 of brain cancer because of his time spent at ground zero, encouraged attendees to tell their stories of that terrible day. In doing so, we keep the collective memory of the attacks alive so we “never forget.”

And so, I tell my story here. After collecting myself, I readied my daughter and headed to my wife. As I drove on West Park Avenue through Long Beach on the way to Lawrence, I spotted the smoke plumes through a break in the houses, just as I was entering the city’s West End. The plumes were like giant ribbons stretching to the heavens. “My God!” I said to myself, realizing that nothing would ever be the same. My wife was released from her duties after the children were sent home, and we met up on a side street in Lawrence. I could see the fear and horror in her eyes. We realized we had no cell service, but I told her that everything would be OK. I wondered whether that was true. My wife drove our daughter back to our apartment, and I went to work just down the street at the Heralds’ office at the time, in Lawrence. From there I took dictation from reporters who had been dispatched to train stations along the Babylon and Far Rockaway branches of the Long Island Rail Road. They were interviewing survivors who had hurried out of Manhattan, white ash and sweat coating their dark business suits. They poured out of the trains like frightened war victims. I worked until 3 a.m. the next day to

’ve been covering the aftermath of the attacks since that awful September day.

produce a paper. I remember stepping out of the office onto the empty sidewalk on Central Avenue around midnight and staring into the black sky. I heard F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead. They flew low, but I couldn’t see them. I felt drained and hollow. I was unprepared for the sense of sorrow that I — and the nation — would feel in the coming years. I reported on 13 funerals and memorial services in the months after Sept. 11, training my camera’s zoom lens on the grieving family members and friends of the victims. I hated shooting photos of those in such deep mourning. Now, though, my sense is that those pictures are an important part of history. They are documents that tell us about the price of terrorism. They show us, in no uncertain terms, why we must, as a nation, work toward world peace. I have reported on those annual ceremonies ever since. At last Saturday’s, I could hear the anger and sorrow of the family members and friends of 9/11 victims as they spoke. There is no peace that can come from such an attack, only acceptance. Never, ever forget. 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.

Season of fire and flood slips into September

t has been a season of extremes, but after the floods and the fires and the winds and the Covid surges and the ICUs getting slammed and the little ones getting sick, and the heat waves searing the country, north, south, east and west, one drumbeat persists: Get the vaccine. Wear a mask. Take a booster. It’s easy and necessary. I can’t offer wiser words than these. If everyone who could have gotten the Covid-19 vaccine had done so, thousands of lives would have been saved. FamiRANDI lies would have KREISS avoided devastating illness and loss and broken businesses. But there being no percentage in looking back, there is still opportunity for people who have been reluctant to step up now and make themselves and their families safer from the virus. As autumn spins into view, we are clearly in the crosshairs of various unprecedented forces, meteorological, medical, political and cultural. I don’t know anyone who isn’t feeling anxious. Please, if you are among the sanguine and

secure, let me know your secret. The meteorological stressors seem an apt metaphor for the general distress of observing our country in the clutches of destructive forces: a defeated president who won’t go away, a clutch of sycophants who will sell their souls for another year in office and, unbelievably, millions of folks who feel so angry and disenfranchised that they would rather risk a tussle with Covid — or possibly a fatal encounter with Covid — than get an inoculation that will keep them safe. The difference is that, unlike the random violence of tornadoes and floods that have plagued us this summer, the political disturbances in the field have intentionality. The past administration targeted climate change initiatives and women’s rights and diversity. For four years we suffered a vacuum of moral leadership; the center frayed, and we haven’t yet repaired the damage that was inflicted on our departments of justice and state and housing and health. President Biden, love him, hate him or ignore him, is pushing against a tide of irrational vitriol that would overturn a legal election and let chaos reign. In the

name of “freedom,” people are rejecting a vaccine that can save the lives of the children they love. Somehow this all intertwines with the catastrophic weather we have endured this summer. When nature goes wild, some part of us knows to hunker down and ride it out, because when the storm passes, the sun will shine again. Order will be restored. But on the political front, there is no such guarantee. We are not done with hurricanes this season. As The Weather Channel warns: “We may still expect storms bringing exceptionally high waves … The sea may be white with driving spray; visibility very seriously affected…” It goes on to say that even large vessels may disappear for long periods of time in the deep troughs between the heaving seas. A fearsome description. But such storms can be survived. More frightening is our current political and pandemic cyclone. Our ship of state is also disappearing into deep troughs, and who knows if it can rise again? We must not take our eyes off this prize. Everything, including the actual weather, is conspiring to distract us from monitor-

lease, if you’re among the sanguine and secure, let me know your secret.

ing the attacks on voting rights and women’s rights. We need energy and focus to stay vigilant. We cannot do any of the important work that needs to be done unless we get the vaccine available throughout the country. Our hospitals and medical teams need relief, and we can help return to some normalcy if we get inoculated. If we get our kids inoculated. On the weather front, how many 500year storms do we need to survive before the anti-science refuseniks realize it is still within our power to curb the emissions and toxins that affect our climate? The storms, the pandemic and the politics seem pulled into a tightening vortex, playing out here and now. My sense is that our time, this particular time and place, autumn 2021, will stand out in history. It will be important, someday, to have the story of these troubling days set in print. What we can’t know, or even surmise, is how this unsettling season will evolve. The hurricanes will eventually blow out to sea. We will pick up the pieces. But after this season of political madness, who will remain standing? Each of us can do something: get the vaccine, wear a mask and, when it’s time, vote as if our democracy depended on it. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Vaccine race is community-by-community effort

ore than 80 percent of Nassau County adults have received at least their first dose of a Covid19 vaccine. That’s excellent. Overall, about 68 percent of Nassau residents who are eligible for the vaccine — that is, anyone over age 12 — are now fully vaccinated. That’s good, but not great. Not great because that leaves 30 percent — a sizable number — who are yet to complete their vaccination regimens. And here’s the thing: Not all communities are equal in the race to vaccinate as many people as humanly possible. The vaccination rate is just above 50 percent in Cedarhurst, Elmont, Freeport, Inwood, Lawrence, Mill Neck, Old Westbury and Uniondale. In other communities, it actually falls below 50 percent. In the 11549 ZIP code of Hempstead, it’s 26

percent; Greenvale, 35 percent; and Roosevelt, 48 percent. In any number of other communities, the rate hovers in the 60 percent range. Compare that with the rate in the 11020 ZIP code of Great Neck, where it’s 80 percent; Jericho, 78 percent; Plainview, 78 percent; the 11040 ZIP code of New Hyde Park, 75 percent; Mineola, 74 percent; Port Washington, 74 percent; Williston Park, 74 percent; Merrick, 73 percent; and Syosset, 73 percent. It becomes clear, based on these statistics, compiled by the federal and state governments, that there is a wide disparity in vaccination rates between many of the county’s more affluent communities and its low-income neighborhoods. County health officials must ask why people in working-class areas have fallen so far

And don’t forget your flu shot this year

ith all the highly necessary talk about the Covid-19 vaccine, it would be easy to overlook the flu shot, which each of us should get every year, but only about half of us do. With the coronavirus pandemic still raging, it’s more important than ever to get a flu shot this year. Then, if you do get sick, you can rule out the flu. Even if you do get the flu after receiving the shot, it’s likely to be a mild to moderate case, not the type that can knock you off your feet and send you to the hospital. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 12,000 to 60,000 people died of the flu in the U.S. each year between 2010 and 2020. That doesn’t come close to the more than

650,000 deaths caused by the coronavirus pandemic since March 2020, but it is still a heavy death toll. Everyone 6 months of age and older should get a flu shot every season, with rare exceptions, according to the CDC. People with underlying health complications should be particularly vigilant about getting the vaccine. Throughout the pandemic, we have seen how those with medical conditions are far more likely to succumb to a virus. September and October are the best time to be vaccinated against the flu, the CDC says. Ideally, everyone should be vaccinated by the end of October. Flu vaccines are offered in many doctors’ offices and clinics, as well as at many pharmacies and urgent-care cen-

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behind in being vaccinated. Do they not have the time to get their shots because they are working three jobs? Do they lack access to health-care facilities? Is transportation a problem? Is English a barrier? In certain communities, Cedarhurst and Lawrence in particular, religious conviction may play a role, and Jewish spiritual leaders from throughout the Five Towns recently released a video, which is at times serious and others humorous, encouraging their congregants to get vaccinated. We applaud that effort. Such targeted campaigns are clearly needed in any number of neighborhoods throughout the county. The race to achieve herd immunity — when 75 to 80 percent of all county residents have been vaccinated — will be won one community at a time.

letters Resolving the issue of mask mandates To the Editor: Whether a person should be vaccinated and/or wear a mask has become a highly debated issue. But one question begs to be asked of the Center for Disease Control and our elected officials, and answered. The question should be on the minds and agenda of everyone promoting and issuing mandates regarding protecting Americans from Covid and/or its variants. That question is, why isn’t everyone seeking to enter our country required to be vaccinated, whether entry is legal or anyone apprehended trying to enter illegally? There is only one way in my opinion that the controversy surrounding mandates can be resolved. A clear message must be sent mandating vaccinations and/or masks for everyone stepping foot into our country, not just our citizens. Without a universal mandate sends a message that partisan politics is at play and promotes conspiracy theories.

ters. You need a flu vaccine every year for two reasons. First, your immunity protection from vaccination declines over time, so an annual inoculation is needed for optimal protection, according to the CDC. Second, flu viruses are constantly changing. The composition of flu vaccines is reviewed annually by CDC officials, and is updated to protect against the viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming flu season. It takes about two weeks after your shot for antibodies to develop in the body and provide protection against influenza virus infection. That’s why it’s best to get vaccinated before flu viruses start to spread in your community.

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ears ago, my wife and I walked onto a Martha Vineyard’s beach with my Cornell University advisee and his parents, only to be confronted by a white man asking where we thought we were going. My advisee’s father, a professor at a prestigious medical school, who was African-American, replied, “I could ask you the same. I own this beach.” That wasn’t my first experience with racism, but it highlighted how education, expertise and wealth can be denied by the color of one’s roBert skin. My first memosCott ry of how race can distort reality is of when a friend and I were wrestling on the sidewalk on Third Avenue in Mount Vernon, N.Y., on the way home from school. We were having fun, but a passerby told us to stop. “Blacks and whites shouldn’t fight,” she said, instead of just saying that kids shouldn’t fight. My neighbor and I were simply playing, and unlike that lady, we could see each other merely as friends. I’m not colorblind. I see color and shades of color, but I try to see people for who they are as individuals. This is called

respect. When I was at camp as a 9-yearold, I remember small signs that lined the paths. Each said, “Others,” meaning think of others, welcome others, respect others. We put similar signs around the Adelphi University campus when I was president. Respect is a two-way exchange. Racism denies respect. Racism rejects the humanity of another person or group. We should understand that demands for respect and dignity are not demands for privilege and standing. We should teach in our schools and houses of worship, and certainly in our homes, that others should be respected even when they look different from us. Respect is different from tolerance. Tolerance is passive acceptance. Respect is an active engagement with another person as an equal. Respect requires action, while tolerance requires no commitment. In our society, many people grow up in communities lacking diversity because of decades of laws and regulations that, even when overturned, had set a foundation for segregated housing and divided communities. Yet the children who grow up in these towns and villages will most likely one day supervise, or be supervised by, or be a neighbor of, someone of a different

s a Black friend and I wrestled on a sidewalk long ago, a woman admonished us.

Letters My husband and I have received our two-shot vaccination. Now the first variant has been identified and drastic measures are being imposed to try to stem its proliferation. As with any virus, it will continue to evolve and other variants will surface. Do we remain in a constant state of mandates? And how do we stem the influx of potential outbreaks unless we make vaccines mandatory for everyone coming into our country and not just for our citizens. Shouldn’t the President and the CDC experts mandate vaccinations for everyone and not just single out our citizens. Visitors, whether legal or otherwise, must also have the same mandate applied to them with the same level of intensity as expressed by our President and CDC experts for our citizens; and, if not why?

ethnic or racial background. If they don’t learn the value of respect for others in their homes or schools, where will they? In 1944, the Carnegie Corporation funded research by Swedish Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal to study race relations in the United States. In his report, entitled “An American Dilemma,” he noted the contradictions of American democracy. The “dilemma” refers to a nation torn between allegiance to its highest ideals and awareness of the cruel realities of racial discrimination. The U. S. military was still segregated in the 1940s. Myrdal was quoted as saying that Americans “of all national origins, regions, creeds, and colors” hold in common “the ideals of the essential dignity and equality of all human beings, of inalienable rights to freedom, justice, and opportunity.” And yet, he said, these ideals were compromised by the pervasive violations of the dignity of Black Americans by public policy and private privations. The legacy of slavery and restrictive covenants robbed Black people of wealth and opportunity. They were denied G.I. Bill benefits given to white veterans, which created much of the white middle class and ensured home ownership, the bedrock of American economic wealth.

To the Editor: Thank you for using the Herald as a vehicle to publicize the 9/11 exhibit at

Dr. Robert A. Scott is president emeritus and university professor emeritus of Adelphi University and author of “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Awardee, 2019).

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the West Hempstead Public Library. I visited that exhibit on Sept. 10 and was very moved by the photographs and detailed documentation. While I was there, I donated my collection of actual newspapers — New York Times, New York Post and the Daily News — from that terrible time in our nation’s history. Yes, my late husband and I had felt the need to save them. I hope that everyone in the community takes the time to view that exhibit and remember all those people who lost their lives as well as their loved ones. PAM SINGER Malverne

ROSALIE NORTON West Hempstead

Highlighting the library’s 9/11 exhibit

Schools were segregated. There was a systematic denial of respect, opportunity and equal access before the law. A modern-day Myrdal would find many of these same dilemmas today. Housing and school segregation persist, restrictions on voting are flourishing, systemic racism is common, and respect as people and as citizens is refused to Black Americans. The history of racial discrimination is being denied even as it continues by those who deny it. Mutual respect is essential to social cohesion and civil discourse. To deny the humanity of millions of our neighbors is to limit our nation’s capacity to fulfill its ideals. These are difficult times. My hope is that, even in times like these, families, clergy and teachers will prepare children with the basic values of civility, sincerity and respect for others. We should each know that we are the “other” to some, and that others deserve the respect that we believe is due to us. Our national values — freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, democracy itself — will wither without mutual respect.

CorreCtion The author of last week’s column “In celebration of teachers” was misidentified. The column was written by Robert A. Scott, not Alan Singer.

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