Issuu

Malverne/West Hempstead

HERALD Intramural sports in Malverne

New air purifiers at Molloy College

Young costumed characters

Page 4

Page 16

Page 9

$1.00

NOVEMBER 12 - 18, 2020

VOl. 27 NO. 46

From Vietnam to W. Hempstead L.I. Breakfast Club honors local woman who memorialized airlifts By MElIssa kOENIG mkoenig@liherald.com

Melissa Koenig/Herald

ValENtINa JaNEk, faR left, and Gregg Cajuste hosted Lana Mae Noone at G’s Club in West Hempstead last Sunday for a live reading of “Children of the April Rain.”

As the Vietnam War dragged on in the fall of 1974, Lana and Byron Noone were fighting a battle of their own at home in Garden City South, struggling to deal with two miscarriages and having given up on conceiving a child of their own. Distraught, they couple talked to their pastor, the Rev. Dan Fritz, of the Christ First Presbyterian Church in Hempstead, and he suggested that they visit an adoption agency in New York City. There the Noones

were told that they would have to wait two years for an American child, or they could adopt a Vietnamese child who had been orphaned by the war. They chose the second option, figuring these children had nowhere else to go. The story of their adoption efforts, part of a international rescue program dubbed Operation Babylift, became the subject of a book written by Lana Noone, now 73 and still living in Garden City South, and a play she co-wrote, after the Noones’ adopted daughter, Jennifer, Continued on page 3

Malverne author wins praise for science book series By NakEEM GRaNt ngrant@liherald.com

Malvernite Carol Basdeo said that one of her biggest goals as a mother was to show her two children — Kayla, 10, and K.C., 8 — that they could pursue any career they wanted while helping them develop a love for learning. She believed that she could accomplish this through her favorite subject, science. “My belief was that I wasn’t going to decide their career path for them,” Basdeo, 39, said. “But as a parent, it’s my responsibility to expose them to all the different facets that’s out there so that they can make the proper

decision.” Basdeo, who was a bank teller for more than a decade, now owns Nassau HVAC Supply Inc. in Lynbrook, and has also become known as an author. A native of Guyana, she launched the first of four short children’s books with science themes in April 2018. She got the idea for the first one, “K.C. & Kayla’s Science Corner: The Apple Experiment,” from K.C., then 5, when he came home excited about a school experiment. “My first book was based on my son’s experience,” she recalled. “He’d done the apple experiment” — in which he placed an apple in a bowl of

water, saw that it floated, and then explained why. Later that evening, Basdeo wrote her first draft in a new marble notebook in about half an hour. “I wanted my kids to remember their childhood,” she said, “and that’s why I based my story on them and their experiences, so they can look back on their memories.” Basdeo’s books, which she is calling K.C. & Kayla’s Science Corner series, are all published by MindStir Media. Her series garnered recognition in the children’s book categories of two national book competitions last month, the Manhattan Book Awards and the Moonbeam

Awards. All four books are aimed at first- and second-graders. They teach science concepts through stories accompanied by instructions for easy-to-perform experiments. “I really did believe in it, and I thought that it was something that kids would love,” Basdeo said. “I think the part that I enjoyed the most was when I

would go to the schools or the libraries and I would read to the kids. Just to see the look on their faces — that really gave me the motivation to keep going.” Basdeo had planned to do a book reading at the Queens Public Library as part of Indie Author Day on Nov. 7, but the coronavirus pandemic forced the Continued on page 14

NYU Winthrop Hospital is now

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island New name. Same exceptional care. Close to home. At NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island we continue to foster a rich tradition of providing world-class healthcare to local Long Island communities. Patients of NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island have access to more than 350 inpatient and outpatient locations across Long Island, into Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan and beyond.

To find a doctor, visit nyulangone.org/doctors or call 646-929-7800.

1109218

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

Operation Babylift mother is honored timeline of operation Babylift

graduated from H. Frank Carey High School in Franklin Square. The play, “Children of the April Rain,” was read by actors last Sunday at G’s Club in West Hempstead.

March 1975: More than 2,000 South Vietnamese refugees had been brought to Saigon.

Rescuing the orphans

By 1975, the South Vietnamese city of Da Nang had fallen to North Vietnamese troops, and U.S. and South Vietnamese officials feared that Saigon — where Ed Daly, the chairman and principal owner of World Airways, had relocated more than 2,000 South Vietnamese refugees — would soon follow. Frustrated by a lack of response from the federal government, Daly decided to work with Friends of Children of Vietnam, an organization comprising American housewives who solicited money and supplies for Vietnamese orphanages, to have 53 orphans and 22 adult attendees airlifted to the Presidio in San Francisco on April 2, 1975. The plane took off without headlights or clearance from the U.S. or South Vietnamese governments, but when the news reached Washington, President Gerald Ford announced that he had authorized an airlift of 2,000 Vietnamese orphans to the U.S., where adoptive families like the Noones waited anxiously for them. “This is the least we could do,” Ford said in a news conference on April 3, “and we will do much, much more.” From April 20 to 28, nearly 40 planes left Saigon every 24 hours, according to the Gerald Ford Museum, and by the end of the month, the Defense Attaché Office in Saigon had processed more than 40,000 evacuees, including more than 3,000 orphans. It became the greatest humanitarian effort of the late 20th century, and even Monaco’s Princess Grace called adoption agencies to inquire about the children. But on the first official flight of Operation Babylift, as it came to be known, the plane’s lower fuselage came apart shortly after takeoff on April 4. Its crew tried to make an emergency landing, but the plane hit a dike and broke into four parts, leaving 138 passengers dead, including 78 children and 35 Defense Attaché Office personnel. The Noones’ baby, whom they named Heather before even meeting her, was scheduled to be on that flight, but when Lana called the adoption agency, she was informed that the plane was carrying children for a different agency. Heather instead arrived on a flight the following day, but had to be hospitalized and treated for pneumonia before the Noones could take her home. Finally, on April 23, 1975, an escort handed the couple a baby with big eyes wrapped in a blanket, and the Noones knew instantly “she was our baby,” Lana recounts in “Children of the April Rain.” But when they unwrapped her, they saw how sick she really was. They took Heather to a local pediatrician, who told them that the emaciated child reminded him of a refugee from World War II. She had a worsening cough, continued to lose weight and soon had to be hospitalized again, this time at Long Island Jewish Hospital in New Hyde Park.

april 2: The first unofficial Operation Babylift flight left Saigon without runway lights, a flight plan or formal clearance. april 3: President Gerald Ford authorizes the airlift. april 4: The first official flight crashes in a rice paddy, killing 138 people on board. april 17-28, 1975: Subsequent flights from Saigon were filled with babies, children and adults. Melissa Koenig/Herald

Lana noone’s gRandson Jayden Alexander Chul-Soo Noone played taps. “I couldn’t imagine God letting Heather die,” recalled Lana, who was 28 at the time. She and Byron — who died of brain cancer in 2002 — sang and danced around the hospital room to cheer their baby, and twice she actually smiled up at her adoptive parents. The doctors, however, wrote in Heather’s medical chart that Lana was in denial of the baby’s condition. In the end, Heather died of complications of birth defects related to exposure to Agent Orange — the defoliant dropped from the air by U.S. troops — and severe malnutrition. She was part of the Noone family for just six days, and weighed six pounds at her death. Through tears, Lana said, she told her pastor that God must not want her and Byron to become parents. Then, a month later, they received another call to go to Kennedy Airport the following day, and were once again handed a baby girl wrapped in a blanket. She was on the last Operation Baby Lift flight out of Vietnam, and the Noones named her Jennifer. She went on to attend H. Frank Carey High School, Drew University and Columbia University. Jennifer is now a social worker in Myanmar. But Lana never forgot about Heather, and vowed to keep the legacy of Operation Babylift alive. In 2005 she co-founded the website VietnamBabylift.org to connect adoptees, families, Vietnam veterans and civilians who assisted with the operation. The site also helps adoptees search for their birth parents and siblings. In 2015, Noone organized a reunion for the evacuees and their adoptive parents at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial, where the group dedicated a plaque to the 138 casualties of the doomed first flight. Lana told her and Byron’s story in a book, “Global Mom: Notes from a Pioneer Adoptive Family,” and in “Children of the April Rain,” which received a standing ovation at a staged reading at the New York City Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Plaza in April 2017. Last year, Noone met Valerie Janek at a local diner and told her her story. Janek, a co-host of the “Long Island Breakfast Club Show” said she thought it would be a great story to share on the program because Noone never quit — a lesson the club emphasizes with its members. The West Hempstead-based organization offers employment and career counseling workshops, interviewing classes and referrals to help middle-aged Long Islanders who are looking for work. It also hosts monthly meetings, including sessions featuring motivational speeches and job interview discussions. “When I met Lana, it all blended,” Janek said. So she spoke to her co-host, Gregg Cajuste, and they hosted Noone on their show last year. At the time, they said, they would like to stage the play for the community. “We really want to get her story told,” Cajuste said. “It’s like history — history has to be told.” But amid the coronavirus pandemic,

the Breakfast Club was unable to host the performance in April, in honor of the 45th anniversary of the airlift. Then, a few weeks ago, Janek said, Noone suggested that they do a live reading for community members for Veterans Day. Janek contacted local businesses about putting together raffle baskets or donating food, and reached out to Gerry Ferretti, an actor who runs the Long Island Film Festival every year. Ferretti, in turn, reached out to his friends, who did the reading last Sunday. “I’m always looking to help other artists and creative people,” Ferretti said, adding that he especially enjoys “seeing people take their personal experiences and putting [them] down on paper.” The local actors did not have time to rehearse before the big show on Sunday, but they succeeded in telling the story of Operation Babylift, from the very first to the last. “It’s such a fascinating story,” Cajuste said. “People don’t appreciate what people did in the past, and we take for granted what people went through.”

Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick leading in 21st A.D. race By BRidget downes bdownes@liherald.com

It was still a tight race in Assembly District 21 at press time Monday. Former Malverne deputy mayor and village trustee Patricia CanzoneriFitzpatrick, who challenged incumbent Judy Griffin for a seat representing the district, was leading Griffin. Republican challenger CanzoneriFitzpatrick had garnered 27,516 votes while Griffin, a Democrat from Rock-

ville Centre, had 27,069, according to the New York State Board of Elections. But thousands of absentee ballots, which could tip the scale of the race, were still to be counted, and tallying them could take days. Nearly 13,000 absentee ballots had yet to be counted as of press time on Monday. The Board of Elections could not start counting the absentee ballots until Tuesday under New York state law.

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

continued from front page

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

Herald ScHoolS MHS students back in action through intramurals Malverne High School students are determined to stay active by taking part in school’s dynamic intramural program that kicked off on Oct. 19. The program includes boys soccer, cheerleading, football, girls soccer, girls tennis and girls volleyball. Although the voluntary program does not include game play, it will focus on teamwork, conditioning and skill development. Students are excited to be part of these physical activities that will keep them engaged in a safe and structured manner. Courtesy Malverne School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

Malverne students returned to active play by participating in the school’s safe and engaging intramural program, which kicked off on Oct. 19.

Photos courtesy Malverne School District

students alsO played soccer at the high school.

One Of the intramural activities included volleyball. Malverne/West Hempstead

HERALD HOW TO REACH US Our offices are located at 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530 and are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

MAIN PHONE: (516) 569-4000 ■ WEB SITE: www.liherald.com/malverne or www.liherald.com/westhempstead ■ E-MAIl: Letters and other submissions: mal-wheditor@liherald.com ■ EDITORIAl DEPARTMENT: Ext. 207 E-mail: mal-wheditor@liherald.com Fax: (516) 569-4942 ■ SUBSCRIPTIONS: Press ”7” E-mail: circ@liherald.com Fax: (516) 569-4942 ■ ClASSIFIED ADVERTISING: Ext. 286 E-mail: ereynolds@liherald.com Fax: (516) 622-7460 ■ DISPlAY ADVERTISING: Ext. 249 E-mail: sales@liherald.com Fax: (516) 569-4643 The Malverne/West Hempstead Herald USPS 017678, is published every Thursday by Richner Communications, Inc., 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530. Periodicals postage paid at Garden City, NY 11530 and additional mailing offices. Postmaster send address changes to Malverne/West Hempstead Herald, 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530. Newsstand Price: $1 Subscription rates: $36 for 1 year within Nassau County. Out of Nassau County: $58 for 1 year. Copyright © 2020 Richner Communications, Inc. All rights reserved.

Honoring Armistice Day, Veterans Day This year, America observes the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. On May 8, 1945, WWII in Europe came to an end. President Harry Truman announced that the Japanese’s surrender and the end of WWII. On Sept. 2, 1945, formal surrender documents were signed aboard the USS Missouri, designating the day as the official victory over Japan, which was known as V-J Day. When WWII began in 1941, 707 men from Malverne entered the armed forces. Of that, 22 did not return home. Two of the 22 were active Malverne firefighters Charles Miles and

Foster Scoboria, and both were killed in action. Veterans Day honors all American veterans, both living and dead for the dedication and services that they gave to their country and we are all deeply appreciative to them for the sacrifices they made in their lives to keep our country free. Please remember Nov. 11, Veterans Day. Wishing you all a very happy Thanksgiving. Respectively submitted, David Weinstein Village historian

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

APPLYING FOR COLLEGE? MOLLOY IS THE FREE LIVE WEBINAR

RIGHT COLLEGE.

45-minute discussion with live Q&A:

Everything to know about the application and admissions process in our new normal

RIGHT

NOW. 19 at 7PM THURSDAY • NOVEMBER RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY One of the best values for your tuition dollar, Molloy is close to home but far from ordinary. With career-focused programs, real-world connections and personal guidance, we’re open and here for your student – in person or online – for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

visit www.liherald.com/College

MOLLOY COLLEGE. THE RIGHT CHOICE. RIGHT NOW. SPONSORED BY Apply Today: Molloy.edu/RightChoice

CAN’T MAKE THE LIVE WEBINAR, REGISTER AND YOU’LL RECEIVE THE RECORDING!

RICHNER

Submit your questions in advance by emailing insideli@liherald.com To sponsor a webinar or for more information contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or 516.569.4000 x 224

1109337

PRODUCED BY

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

NYU Winthrop is now NYU Langone NYU Langone Health this week announced that NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola would change its name to NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island, pending approval by the New York State Department of Health. The name change continues NYU Winthrop’s integration into the NYU Langone Health system. The renaming follows last year’s merger of NYU Winthrop into NYU Langone Health’s network of multi-specialties, clinical trials, research and medical education, which complement NYU Winthrop’s existing services, hospital officials said. “NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island has made our NYU Langone Health system even stronger, as we bring its greatest strengths into our broader network,” said Dr. Robert Grossman, dean and CEO of NYU Langone Health. “NYU Langone Health provides one standard of care— excellence in quality and safety—no matter where that care is received within our health system.” NYU Langone has consistently been named a top hospital system by Leapfrog, U.S. News & World Report, Vizient and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Patients of NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island have access to more than 350 inpatient and outpatient locations across Long Island, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. “NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island has grown from a community-based hospital to one with a much broader mission, having solidified our ties in clinical, research and academic collaborations with NYU Langone Health,” said Dr. Joseph Greco, chief of hospital operations at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. “As advances in medical care grow by leaps and bounds, it has become ever the more important that our institution becomes synonymous with an extensive network of healthcare choices.” NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island officials credit the medical center’s affiliation with NYU Langone Health for help-

Courtesy NYU Langone Health

NYU WiNthrop hospital in Mineola will now be known as NYU Langone Hospital. ing it achieve one of the lowest Covid-19 mortality rates in New York state during the initial coronavirus surge when Long Island was labeled a “hot spot” for the infection. During that time, NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island accessed lifesaving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) heart-lung machines through its collaboration with NYU Langone. It is among many expanded clinical services the Long Island hospital now offers as part of NYU Langone Health. In addition to that joint initiative during the coronavirus pandemic, which is part of an advanced heart failure program, NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island’s further enhancements in collaboration with NYU Langone Health include:

■ Access to expanded clinical trials, including for cancer through Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone HospitalLong Island. ■ Lifesaving transplant services, such as for kidney, pancreas, liver and heart transplants. ■ Expansion of neurosurgery services, including a newly opened, integrated orthopedic and neurosurgery ambulatory center in East Meadow. ■ A new NYU Langone Health Vaccine Center testing site on Long Island, aimed at breakthroughs in areas such as Covid19 prevention and treatment. ■ A renewed commitment to academic excellence with the opening last year of

NYU Long Island School of Medicine, which brought to the campus of NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. ■ A strengthened research enterprise on Long Island, which already has produced Covid-related pathology information shared around the world. NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island was originally known as Nassau Hospital upon its founding in 1896, later incorporating Winthrop into its name. The hospital has been a stalwart for medical care on Long Island, going back to its days caring for residents during the eras of the Spanish Civil War, the Depression, World War II through the coronavirus pandemic.

Non-profit leaders to talk Covid-19 challenges The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have been widespread. Like businesses and schools, non-profit organizations too have faced major challenges and needed to adapt during these times. RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications, which publishes Herald Community Newspapers, will host its “Not-For-Profit Summit: Covid-19 and Beyond,” a special, one and a halfhour webinar featuring leaders in the non-profit industry, on Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. In many cases, these past few months have created a greater need among the populations that non-profit organizations serve — for child care, for food, for financial assistance — while the non-profits themselves are also dealing with limited resources.

From creating new fundraising methods to keeping the people they serve engaged in different ways, this conversation will focus on how not-forprofits have overcome tough times in recent months. Every non-profit is struggling in some way, and this discussion will guide viewers on: ■ Financial sustainability ■ Fundraising ■ Program operations ■ Board engagement and growth The morning’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association. Reynolds also served five years

as executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, where he launched programs helping vulnerable youth populations. He also currently serves on several drug task forces, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Heroin Prevention Task Force. Other panelists will include: ■ Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares ■ Andrea Rieger, CFO of Variety Child Learning Center ■ David Rottkamp, CPA partner and not-for-profit practice leader of Grassi Advisors & Accountants ■ Jennifer L. Smith, community devel-

opment officer, Investors Bank Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, will facilitate the discussion among the nonprofit experts and deliver questions from event participants. To register, visit liherald.com/notforprofit. To submit your questions in advance, email insideli@liherald.com. To sponsor a webinar or for more information about Herald Inside LI, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive. com or (516) 569-4000, ext. 224. Also, on Nov. 19, RichnerLive will host a webinar focused on the current college admissions process, sponsored by Molloy College. More details to follow.

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD â€” November 12, 2020

I My Community Enjoy the best local news for your area with Herald Community Newspapers. Stay connected with the schools, high school sports, local government, shopping, dining and more! Now, get the Herald delivered to your mailbox every week for up to 60% off newsstand prices!

real local, real news.

1 - Year Plan (52 weeks) $30 for 1 year Save 40% off the newsstand rate

2 - Year Plan (104 weeks) $50 for 2 years Save 50% off the newsstand rate

3 - Year Plan (156 weeks) $60 for 3 years Save 60% off the newsstand rate

BEST VALUE

Skip the trip to the newsstand. Pick your best plan today.

Visit LIHerald.com/subscribe or call (516) 569-4000 x7

1095377

All rates based on Auto-Pay. Subscriptions outside of Nassau County, $52 per year

Cancer patients get personal tour of the Belmont arena

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

By Melissa Koenig mkoenig@liherald.com

Six young cancer patients and their parents treaded through mud and braved high winds on Nov. 2 to get their first glimpses of the future UBS Arena at Belmont Park, as part of the National Hockey League’s Hockey Fights Cancer program. The initiative was founded in 1998 by the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association to “inspire hope and courage for those who are living through and moving past cancer” during the month of November, according to the NHL’s website. To celebrate, New York Islanders officials reached out to local hospitals and cancer patients to see if they would like to get a personal tour of the construction site. Then, Dylan Milio and his mother, Kristen; Ryan Starace and his father, Jim; Cianna Tunstall and her father, Michael; Brody Kuenzler and his mother, Theresa; Vincent Buck and his father, Scott; and Alex Gold, and his father David Giuffrida, gathered at Gate 5 of Belmont Park in their Islanders gear. They put on hard hats and construction vests, before being led through the mud to the entrance of the future 17,000seat arena, and up a steel ladder to the 300-level of the arena, which will include a designated section for the Islanders’ Blue and Orange Army, a “100-Foot” bar and a dining concourse. From there, the cancer patients and their family members were also able to see where center ice will be located. Once they finished looking around and taking photos, the group members were then escorted back to the main entrance, where they got a chance to make their mark on the arena by signing a beam that will be placed on the roof of the building. “My name is on top of the ceiling,” Ryan Starace, 8, of Hauppauge, said he will tell his friends when they watch future Islanders games. Starace was diagnosed with leukemia four years ago, and his father, Jim, said the Islanders hockey franchise has since been very generous, and have invited the family to a number of games. Theresa Kuenzler, of Holbrook, also said her favorite part of the day was knowing that her son, Brody’s, name will forever hang at the arena, and Vincent Buck, 18, of Islip, said he appreciated having his name on a beam, so that he can always be at Islanders games, even when he cannot physically attend. Others on the tour also said they liked to see the arena in its early stages. Michael Tunstall, whose daughter Cianna celebrated her ninth birthday on the tour, said he thought it was cool to see all of the machines the developers need to use for the construction of the building, and Alex Gold, 22, of Islip, said he thought “it was an amazing experience” to see the building first-hand. “It’s not very often you get to see a building being built,” added Michael Milio, of Massapequa, whose daughter has a rare form of brain cancer, and was unable to attend the tour. Islanders officials let her brother, Dylan, attend in her

Photos by Melissa Koenig/Herald

Theresa and Brody Kuenzler, above, said they are fighting for Brody, who is in remission for bone cancer. They were with Sparky the Dragon, the Islanders’ mascot. ryan sTarace, lefT, hung over a wire on the main concourse, above the Islanders’ future locker rooms. cianna and Michael Tunstall, below, were outfitted with hard hats and vests before the tour.

The view froM the upper concourse, where a group of cancer patients and their parents began a tour of the future UBS Arena. The white structure in the center marks center ice. place to “keep him strong for his sister, Michael said, and have previously let Dylan video chat with players Andrew Ladd and Matt Barzal. “They’ve been really supportive of us,”

Michael said of the hockey team — a sentiment that Theresa Kuenzler echoed. She said that when the team found out about Brody’s bone cancer with a tumor on his spine, they let the family attend a

game and have Brody, who also has autism, speak to Captain Anders Lee. Brody has not been exhibiting any signs of cancer for up to a year now, Theresa said, but is still undergoing “extensive” physical therapy. The experience of walking through the future arena, though, she said, is “one that Brody will never forget.”

Costumed characters, creatures in Malverne Courtesy Malverne School District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

Photos courtesy Malverne School District

daviSon avenue School students in Malverne, above, took part in the festivities for the Halloween season on Oct. 30. Maurice w. downing Primary School students wore masks during the festivities.

StudentS at downing School dressed up in Disney and comic book characters for Halloween.

NOT-FOR-PROFIT SUMMIT: COVID-19 & BEYOND

FREE LIVE WEBINAR • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 • 10-11:30AM The disruption from COVID-19 has created a new set of challenges for the not-for-profit sector. Join us to discuss: Financial sustainability • Fundraising • Program operations • Board engagement and growth

KEYNOTE Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds

President & CEO, Family & Children’s Association

CO-MODERATOR David M. Rottkamp, CPA

Partner Not-for-Profit Practice Leader, Grassi Advisors & Accountants

Rhonda Klch

Executive Director, Equity First Foundation

Neela Paule T. Pachter Mukherjee Lockel CEO, CEO, American Red Cross of Long Island

Long Island Cares

Andrea Rieger CFO. Variety Child Learning Center

PRESENTED BY

Jennifer Smith Community Development Officer, Investors Bank

SPONSORED BY

Submit your questions in advance by emailing insideli@liherald.com PRODUCED BY

To sponsor a webinar or for more information contact RICHNER Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or 516.569.4000 x 224

To watch previous webinars or sign up for future webinars, visit liherald.com/insideli

1109310

CAN’T MAKE THE LIVE WEBINAR, REGISTER AND YOU’LL RECEIVE THE RECORDING!

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

Unicorns, witches, pumpkins, Disney and comic book characters roamed the hallways in each building in the Malverne School District, as students and staff celebrated Halloween on Oct. 30. Students gathered together to take photos and took part in holiday-themed activities and crafts.

HERALD

WRAPPING

PAPER

DESiGN

CONTEST CONTEST RULES:

Who can enter: There will be 2 catergories: Students in grades k-5 • Students in 6-12 One entry per student Deadline: Entries must be received by 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. Grand prize: Winners will have their design printed as wrapping paper in the Herald and will be featured in an article in their local Herald paper. Entry format: Please use an 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of unlined paper All entries should have the student’s name, age, address, telephone number, email, grade and school printed on the back. Design can be reflective of all religious holidays. Entries will not be returned. Mail or hand-deliver to: Wrapping Paper Contest Herald Community Newspapers 2 Endo Boulevard, Garden City, NY 11530 OR Scan and email to: cmyers@liherald.com

ATTENTION KIDS: THE HERALD IS HOLDING A CONTEST TO DESIGN HOLIDAY WRAPPING PAPER THE WINNING DESIGNS WILL BE PRINTED AS HOLIDAY GIFT WRAP IN A DECEMBER ISSUE OF YOUR HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER

HELPFUL HINTS

• Must use 8 1/2 x 11” unlined paper, copy paper or construction paper. • Be creative & original. • Use bright colors. • Fill the entire page. • Choose paint, crayon, chalk, markers or pens, or other creative materials. • Remember your design will be repeated to make a real sheet of wrapping paper.

(must be a high-res jpg) Winners will be notified by email or phone by November 27

For more information contact Courtney Myers at cmyers@liherald.com or 516.569.4000 x 347

1109316

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

Italian diner in Malverne remains hopeful

ngrant@liherald.com

With the cold weather fast approaching, many local restaurants such as Italian diner Uva Rossa in Malverne hope that their safety measures will entice people to dine with them this fall. “Since we reopened, our tables are distanced apart, and we have plexiglass dividers between the tables and at the bar area,” said Uva Carol CesoNe Ro s s a c o - o w n e r Carol Cesone. “We Co-owner, also had a large Uva Rossa community table t h a t we h a d t o remove and we replaced that with a smaller table to limit the amount of people.” Uva Rossa, at 243 Hempstead Ave., which opened in 2013, has also hosted the Sue Grieco/Herald Malverne Chamber of Commerce’s annual installation dinner in January over the the malverNe ChamBer of Commerce typically holds its annual installation dinner at Uva Rossa, on Hempstead Avenue. past few years. Chamber President Kathi Monroe said that as the weather cools, it activities to help our merchants during this time,” that business has been slow since they reopened. becomes even more important for residents to shop she said. “We’re not out of the woods yet, but we’re “We’re hoping that business will pick up this fall,” locally. While many businesses have reopened in hopeful.” Cesone said, “and that we’ll be allowed to open up to recent months, Monroe said, they are still facing an In addition to Uva Rossa’s new safety measures, they more than 50 percent capacity and hopefully get back to uphill battle. also implemented a digital menu for customers. Cesone normal.” “We did our best to keep things rolling, as far as and her co-owner Antonio Bove both agreed, however,

e’re hoping that business will pick up this fall.

HELP FIND A VACCINE FOR COVID-19!

✓ People with underlying medical conditions ✓ People with greater chances of exposure at their job ✓ People over age 65 If you participate in one of our COVID-19 vaccine trials, you will be compensated for your time. You CANNOT get infected with SARS-CoV-2 or get COVID-19 illness from the study vaccine.

Let us know you are interested by joining our registry: nyulmc.org/covidvaccine Questions? NYU Langone: Manhattan (Tisch Hospital) 877-919-2822 Brooklyn (NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn) 718-630-8822 Long Island (NYU Winthrop) 516-663-3890 In collaboration with: NYC Health + Hospitals | Bellevue 212-562-5963 VA NY Harbor Healthcare 212-951-5986

1109215

NYU Langone’s Vaccine Center is looking for adults aged 18 or older to participate in its COVID-19 vaccine trials recruitment registry. The registry is open to all who would like to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials. We are especially interested in:

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

By Nakeem GraNt

Covid-19

HOMETOWN HEROEs

MaRy CaNzONERi I

WEsT HEMpsTEad assisTaNT sCOuTMasTER, BOy sCOuT TROOp 240 WEsT HEMpsTEad

knew about the growing need for nonperishable food in our community since so many people were stuck at home back in April and May. I proposed the idea of the Boy Scouts holding a food drive in June, which ran for about 10 days, to support West Hempstead High School’s food pantry. We had heard about so many families affected by the loss of jobs within the West Hempstead community. Whatever the community asks of us, we make it happen. I was able to spread the word about the food drive through email blasts and social media. I kept a bin on my front porch, and people started dropping off food each day. In just a week, I was surprised to receive more than 100 nonperishable food items. There [are] so many variables to the loss of income right now, so I didn’t expect to see a huge pile of canned, boxed and nonperishable items in my living room. My biggest takeaway is that if you give people a way to help, they’ll respond. I was just so overwhelmed with the response. We couldn’t have done that without the leadership of my husband, Scoutmaster Joseph Canzoneri, Troop 240 Committee Chairman Thomas O’Neill and all of our amazing Boy Scouts.

JOsH aRyEH

NORTH WOOdMERE FOuNdER/CEO, sMilE THROugH CaRs laWRENCE

spent more than the last decade volunteering almost every day to visit children that are sick, underprivileged or being bullied. Like the rest of the world, Covid-19 was unexpected and had a large impact on my daily life. My volunteers and I haven’t been allowed to visit even one child in a hospital since the pandemic began. We needed to maintain social distancing, so we altered our usual visits to drive by visits. We would arrange for anywhere between 10 to 50 exotic cars to pass by children’s houses or treatment centers at prearranged times to enable the children to feel loved even during these harsh times. We were privileged to visits hundreds of families with drive -by visits and to schedule FaceTime visits for the children in the hospitals. Additionally, we delivered food and medical supplies to older people that were too afraid of going out because of Covid. Covid impacted our daily lives but there is always a way to help people in need, all you have to do is be willing to figure out how. My favorite quote that I made up is: Kindness is free, it’s something that everyone can afford to give.

HOMETOWN HERO

REBATE$ TIP$ PROGRAM$ SAVING$

POWERING

THROUGH IN SE AFORD

HOMETOWN HERO PSEG Long Island is proud to safely support local businesses like Time Flies Ceramics Studio with our energy efficiency programs. LED lighting rebates are just one of the ways we are helping thousands of businesses save energy and money every year. Just as the Seaford community counts on Time Flies Ceramics Studio, Long Island businesses can always rely on us. Together, we’re powering through.

Find ways to save $$$ for your business.

PSEGLINY.com/BUSINESS

1109360

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

PasTOR, NEW JERusaLEM CaTHEdRaL iNC. ELMONT

he Covid-19 pandemic is a shared traumatic experience that has disrupted the lives of so many in our communities, cities, states and across this great nation of ours. The Covid-19 pandemic has really brought to light the great inequities that plague the Black and Latino communities that were hit especially hard. The grief, the trauma, even the food insecurities all have taken their toll on all of our communities, yet we still find the coping mechanisms that only God himself has attributed to each and every one of us in the form of resiliency. For us as Christians, this is the norm — the ability to adapt to stressful life changes and “bounce back” from hardship. Resilience is a response to tragedy, crisis or other life-altering changes that allow us to move on despite disappointments or loses. Just because we go through certain difficulties in life doesn’t mean that we are unaffected. Resilience is the human heart‘s ability to suffer greatly and grow in spite of the difficulty. As a pastor, my role is to encourage others, find solutions to difficult situations, despite the situation, so that those who are burned have hope and see the light at the end of the tunnel. I leave you with this verse of scripture, from James 1:12, “ Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.”

HOMETOWN HERO

ROCkviLLE CENTRE COMMaNdER, aMERiCaN LEgiON POsT 303 ROCkviLLE CENTRE

he pandemic has really put a dent in the work that we do for veterans, especially our homeless veterans. It's a big issue here. That’s why we conduct a stand down each year for veterans. We’ll have one this year, but it’s going to be downsized big time. We have 5,000 homeless vets on Long Island living in the woods, their cars and cardboard boxes. I'm very much involved in veteran issues here in Nassau County. We’re not done — we’re working hard, and there are a lot of good people we work with. We have a lot we give to the vets — you name it, we get it. This is all volunteer work, and we work really hard to help veterans and their families. We don't turn any veterans down or their families — whatever they need, wheelchairs, clothes, anything. I also run a committee for flag etiquette for kids here in Nassau County. We can't do it this year, but the veterans want the kids to know. I lost a lot of good veteran buddies of mine to the pandemic, but we [have got to] get through it.

HOMETOWN HERO

INTRODUCING A NEW S C H A R F FA M I LY C O M M U N I T Y

1059 Broadway, Suite 101 · Woodmere, NY 11598 ( 516) 400-6008

www.esplanadeofwoodmere.com

Kosher Senior Living Specializing in Memory Care OPENING WINTER 2020

N OW AC C E P T I N G R E S E R VAT I O N S C A L L F O R I N F O R M AT I O N ( 5 1 6 ) 4 0 0 - 6 0 0 8

1108986

O U R W E L C O M E C E N T E R I S N OW O P E N !

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

Their fronT-line sTories in Their own words daNiLO aRCHbOLd FRaNk COLÓN

Malverne mom leaves a legacy for her children

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

continued from front page event online, and it is now scheduled to take place on Saturday. She will read books to children via YouTube Live. “It’s different when you’re in the room physically with them, because you can move around and kind of feel the energy, and I like that,” she said. “When you’re on a computer, you don’t really feel that.” Basdeo and her family emigrated from Guyana to Elmont in 2002, then moved to Houston, and then to Queens, where they lived for more than a decade. They moved to Valley Stream a few years ago, and to Malverne four months ago. She met her husband, Neil Sooroojballie, in Guyana in 1999. Her career path, too, has been something of a journey. “I’ve worked as a cashier, a bank teller, a telemarketer, a Courtesy Carol Basdeo warehouse assistant manager, a teacher in Guyana, and Malvernite Carol Basdeo said she was inspired by plenty of other jobs,” Basdeo her children, K.C., 8, and Kayla, 10, to write her series said. “Every job teaches you of science books. important principles, and ther Cyril Lalloo, who died in 1999. “I those are the principles that actually had a bracelet from his mom,” you can use in your everyday life.” Kate Justine, a close friend from she said, “and I told him that’s how our Queens, said that Basdeo was moved family would remember him. When I got moved to start writing when she left her the recognition for the books, it meant so job as a bank teller. “She was really much, because it was my way of leaving inspired to share something with the next my legacy behind for my children and generation,” Justine said. “She wanted to grandchildren.” show children that they can really be Basdeo said she hoped to publish more whatever they want and still have fun.” science books in the future, and to see Basdeo said that Justine acted as an them offered by more Long Island librar“extra pair of eyes” who helped her get ies. “Not too many children realize that her thoughts on paper when she wrote science is such a vast field,” she said. “I her first book. “You could tell that this hope to continue spreading that knowlwas something that she really wanted to edge to children to help them experience pursue,” Justine said. “It’s something that the same joy that I have for this subject.” everybody can relate to, and her success inspired her to write more books.” Timothy Denton contributed to this story. Basdeo said she hoped the books would leave a legacy for her children, a philosophy passed down to her from her grandfa-

HOURS M-F 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Saturday 9 AM - 3PM

1109462

1106462

OUR RigOUROUS PROtectiOn MeASUReS will enSURe A SAFe And cOMFORtAble OFFice viSit.

Athletic trainer advocates for diversity in field tbellissimo@liherald.com

LaTonja Lee, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee chair for the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association (NYSATA), is using her personal and professional experiences to implement new initiatives, outreach, and opportunities for minority communities to become involved in the athletic training profession. “My passion for the profession of athletic training has been profound, but advocating and promoting diversity in the profession is personal,” said Lee, a Rockville Centre resident who has nine years of experience including twoplus years as an assistant trainer at Molloy College. “As far back as I can remember I have been one of the only, or singularly the first and only person of color, in any sports, club activities, jobs, or organizations of which I have been a part. “These experiences fueled my desire to become more involved by facilitating mentorships and providing a gateway for future athletic trainers of color by cultivating initiatives through community outreach,” she added. Lee was born in Brooklyn and raised in Rockville Centre. She attended Kellenberg High School (2002 graduate) and was on the pre-med path at SUNYAlbany when she shifted career choices during her junior year. “I knew I wanted to stay in medicine in some capacity,” she said. After graduating Albany with a bachelor’s degree in human biology, she earned a master’s degree in athletic training from LIU-Brooklyn “I love sports,” said Lee, who played

basketball and soccer at Kellenberg. At Molloy, she works with all athletes but concentrates on women’s volleyball, women’s tennis, women’s lacrosse and men’s basketball. One of her goals is to work for a professional sports team. As committee chair of the 1,500-member NYSATA, Lee aspires to cultivate initiatives to encourage community service and outreach, facilitate mentorship, and execute forward progress while introducing students to the profession. This has been achieved through workshops and fitness education programs, social media campaigns to increase awareness of cultural competency and ethnic representation in the sports realm and creating educational marketing materials. In addition to NYSATA initiatives, Lee is asked to lecture at different events to speak her truth and tell her own story. She shares how being the only minority in the room is a privilege that also comes with immense pressure. It is a privilege because she can represent her culture and educate others on concepts that may be foreign to them. The pressure, she said, comes from feeling like she must be perfect, to not make a bad impression on behalf of her race. Knowing how important it is for young people to see someone who looks like them, Lee dedicates herself to spreading these messa g es and encouraging others to be assertive, because their voices matter. Lee is especially passionate about diversity in the athletic training profession because at its core, athletic training is about health care for physically active individuals. Unfortunately, many

ROcKvILLE cENTRE’S LaTONja Lee has nine years of experience as an athletic trainer.

Courtesy Molloy College

persons of color receive disproportionate healthcare due to lack of cultural competence, language barriers, bias, and inadequate resources. By educating cur rent athletic trainers and increasing diversity within the profession, athletic trainers can ensure people of color receive the utmost care in their hands. “Having diverse members of a

sports medicine staff fosters inclusion, compassion, empathy, and respectful interaction with different ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, genders, identity, sexual orientation, and nationality,” Lee said. “It enhances culture and creates innovation, allowing people to be recognized individually and represented as whole.”

Service to Armed Forces

Absentee ballots could decide 6th S.D. results mkoenig@liherald.com

Town of Hempstead Councilman Dennis Dunne maintained a slight lead over incumbent State Sen. Kevin Thomas in the race for Dennis Dunne t h e 6 t h S e n at e District on Monday, as more than 28,000 absentee ballots had yet to be counted. Unofficial results from the Nassau County Board of Elections show Dunne, a Republican from Levittown, with 52.9 percent of the vote, and Thomas, a Democrat from Levittown, with 46.5 percent of the vote. Libertarian candidate Jonathan Gunther, also of Levittown, earned 0.5 percent, and there were 32 write-in candidates. But the Board of Elections cannot

start counting the absentee ballots u n t i l N o v. 1 0 under New York State law. Of the more than 28,000 ballots, 13,700 came from registered Democrats, and 7,400 came from re gistered Kevin Thomas Republicans. “I won my seat in 2018 by some of the closest margins in all of New York State,” Thomas posted on Facebook on Nov. 4. “I knew I would be in another tough fight this year. I remain optimistic and confident in the democratic process.” Dunne could not be reached for comment as of press time. The 6th Senate District encompasses East Meadow and Lakeview, and parts of Wantagh, North Bellmore and Franklin Square.

The American Red Cross helps active service members, veterans and their families cope with the unique challenges of military life. • Emergency communications • Crisis counseling • Family workshops • Support for veterans Visit redcross.org/gnysaf to support the American Red Cross Service to the Armed Forces program

1109381

By MELISSa KOENIg

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

By TONY BELLISSIMO

Molloy installs high-tech air purifiers to fight virus

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

News brief

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Courtesy Steve Grogan

the fourth Battalion Fire District plans to support Wounded Warriors this fall through a food drive.

Fire district plans to aid Wounded Warriors

www.liherald.com

For the past 15 years, Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior have supported wounded warriors. In addition, Nassau County firefighters, including members of the five fire departments in the Fourth Battalion Fire District — which includes Malverne, Lakeview, Lynbrook, East Rockaway and Rockville Centre — travel down the east coast to military hospitals and rehab units to bring Christmas and holiday cheer to these wounded men and women and their children. Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior is a nonprofit that is not affiliated with the national Wounded Warrior Project. This year, the firefighters learned that the Wounded Warrior Battalion at Fort Belvoir, Va., one of the stops the firefighters make each year, needs help in stocking their food pantry, and the firefighters of the Fourth Battalion Fire Departments are helping in that effort. Every firehouse in this fire district is involved in accepting non-perishable food items for this cause from the general pub-

lic. People who wish to help can drop the food items off at any firehouse in the five communities on two Sunday mornings, Nov. 15 and Nov. 22. In addition, there will be a final drop-off held at the Lynbrook Fire Department headquarters, at Wright Avenue off Merrick Road on Nov. 29, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. The caravan of fire vehicles to deliver the food items will leave for Fort Belvoir from Lynbrook Fire headquarters on the morning of Dec. 4. “The trips by the firefighters this year to the military hospitals and rehab units have been scaled back due to the coronavirus, but we want these men and women to know that they are not forgotten,” said Fourth Battalion Chairman Ex-Chief John O’Reilly in a news release. “They have a need and we want to continue to help. I would hope that people feel the same way.” Those seeking additional information can contact Lynbrook Ex-Chief Kevin Bien at (516) 993-6074. Courtesy Fourth Battalion Fire District; compiled by Nakeem Grant

Legal Notices are everyone’s business

READ THEM

Public Notices

LMAL1 1112

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Kemdez trucking LLC. Articles of organization filed with the NYS department of state on September 23, 2020. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent upon whom process may be served

and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 452 Champlain AVE, West Hempstead NY, 11552. Purpose: any lawful act. 123527

To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. To search by publication name, go to: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com TO PLACE AN AD CALL 516-569-4000 x 232

Molloy College’s academic and residence buildings are becoming safer with the installation of advanced technology air purifiers, which help limit the spread of Covid-19. Siemens Smart Infrastructure is in the process of securing its O2Prime NPBI indoor, ozone-free air purification devices on HVAC systems across campus. Molloy paid for the $1 million project through federal CARES Act funding that the Town of Hempstead distributed in a grant to the Rockville Centre college this summer. “It’s important for our Briana Bonfiglio/Herald staff, students and the Dr. Jim lentini, president of Molloy College, left, and whole community that we Bailey Rosen, a student and resident assistant at Molloy, have a safe environment for showed off the device that will be fighting Covid-19 and the in-person interactions other airborne viruses and bacteria in college buildings. that we’d like to have,” said Molloy President Dr. Jim Siemens Industry, Inc., explained that the Lentini. “We think it’s really important to technology, while contained in a small get us back on campus.” device, can have large impacts. The unit College officials said the air purifiers releases positive and negative ions into will add another layer of protection the air that attach to the Covid-19 virus, against Covid-19. The small units are strip it of proteins and cause it to fall black boxes, roughly the size of a cell from the airstream so people cannot phone, that attach inside air vents and breathe them in. work constantly while the vents are Turner also noted that the technology turned on. Molloy is the first college on has been used for many years now and is Long Island to implement this technology, not specific to Covid-19. It helps to kill all which floods the air with ions and greatly bacteria, like mold or common cold reduces viruses and bacteria. germs, as well. Since reopening to resident students “[Molloy College] is definitely a leader and resuming 25 percent of courses in in this,” Cameron said, “and we as a comperson in August, there have been few pany are a leader in creating buildings Covid-19 cases on campus, Lentini said. that are smarter, more efficient and really With the new air purification system add- in this day and age, safer, so those stuing to existing safety measures, Lentini dents can come back with confidence and hopes to hold 35 percent of Molloy’s use the facilities knowing they have a concourses in person next semester and grad- tinuous system that is protecting them all ually build from there. day, all night, as they work and sleep in The college has temperature kiosks this dormitory.” that digitally read staff and students’ Cameron Engineering, a buildings faces and take their temperature before design engineer firm, has also installed they enter each building. Molloy also has the units in its offices for the safety of its strict face mask wearing and social dis- workers. tancing rules in place, as well as health “I salute Molloy College for taking the screening protocols and limited in-person proactive step of treating interior air to social activities. minimize the potential of disease transOn Oct. 27, college officials and Siemen mission,” John Cameron, a Rockville Cenrepresentatives gathered in Bogner Hall tre resident and managing partner of to see electricians install one of the air Cameron Engineering, said in a statepurifying units in an air vent. More than ment. 100 have been installed so far, and when Lentini commended Janine Biscari, the project is complete, there will be 500 vice president of student affairs and head throughout campus, including in every of the college’s Coronavirus Task Force, dorm room. and James Multari, the college’s director “It’s absolutely making us feel safer,” of facilities, for helping organize the projsaid Bailey Rosen, a Molloy student and ect. resident assistant at Bogner Hall. “The “In addition to temperature kiosks in college is taking so many precautions, all our buildings and strict masking and and this is just another addition and hand sanitizing protocols for everyone,” emphasis on the safety of resident stu- Lentini wrote in a statement, “this system goes above and beyond in keeping everydents.” one as healthy as possible.” David Turner, regional manager of

Employment

CLASSIFIED

To pLACE your AD CALL 516-569-4000 - press 5

Fax your ad to: 516-622-7460 E-mail you ad to: ereynolds@liherald.com E-mail Finds Under $100 to: sales@liherald.com DEADLINE: Monday, 11:00 am for all classified ads.

Every effort is made to insure the accuracy of your ad. Please check your ad at the first insertion. Credit will be made only for the first insertion. Credit given for errors in ads is limited to the printed space involved. Publisher reserves right to reject, cancel or correctly classify and ad.

We hire the smartest people who can solve the hardest marketing objectives with an arsenal of solutions and a smile through the journey.

Temporary Cleaner Position Teacher Aide

Apartment Treatment Program - Freeport Location Some Local Travel Required.

VALID DRIVERS LICENSE A MUST Excellent Benefits

susane@projectreal.org

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Malverne UFSD Long Island, New York

Cleaner/ School Bus Driver 12 Month Position with Full Union Benefits

Full Time Job – Day/Night Shifts

$18.50 P/H NYC • $16 P/H LI CDPAP Caregiver Hourly Pay Rate! Under NYS CDPAP Medicaid program you can hire your family or friends for your care. Phone: 347-713-3552

Email or mail copy of resume to: HANDYMAN WANTED

1107557

dlawlor@malverne.k12.ny.us Human Resources, Administration Building 301 Wicks Lane, Malverne, NY 11565 Malverne Union Free District is an Equal Opportunity Employer

EMPLOYMENT Help Wanted

WWW.LIHERALD.COM DRIVERS WANTED

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, FLEXIBLESchool work 41894_Malverne District Full Time and Part Time scheduleRichner 3-4 days a Communications week. Great position Positions Available! for parent with kids in school or other reBusy Print Shop in Garden City 2 Columns (3.125) x 3" sponsibilities. Must have excel skills, is Hiring Immediately for phone manners, and good financial sense. Full Time and Part Time Drivers. Contact Corey Carr CoreyCarrNY@gmail.com with reMust Have a Clean License and sume/questions BoxTruck Driving Experience. AWNING MECHANIC/ FABRICATOR FT/ PT. Experienced With Awning Fabricat i o n / C a nva s s M a n u fa c t u r i n g . C a l l 516-250-8094; Email tgawnings@aol.com

Hours Vary, Night Availability is a Must. Please Email Resume to ehecker@liherald.com or Call (516)569-4000 x239

1108245

Please Visit Our Website www.projectreal.org For Job Requirements. If interested email resume to

Must have clean driver's license. Must be able to do light plumbing and carpentry. 4-day work week. $700 per week. 100% Medical & Dental, 401K, Uniforms, Paid Vacations, Sick and Holidays. Apply in person: MondayFriday between 9am & 7pm At: CALL-A-HEAD CORP. 304 Crossbay Blvd., Queens, NY 11693

JOB OPPORTUNITY $18.50 P/H NYC $16 P/H LI Up to $13.50 P/H UPSTATE NY CDPAP Caregiver Hourly Pay Rate! Under NYS CDPAP Medicaid program you can hire your family or friends for your care. Phone: 347-713-3553

LYNEER STAFFING SOLUTIONS Hiring Mail Sorters, Data Entry $14.50, Forklifts $17.00, Mystery Shoppers Ages 21-25 $18.00. 860 Long Island Ave., Deer Park NY 11729 631-586-4699

1107057

liherald.com

1104975

INC

Ronnie Gerber 516-238-4299

OFFICE HELP WANTED FULL TIME

For Order Taking, Phones, Light Data, Commission, Entry, Will Train! $800.00 Per Week, Medical, Dental, 401K, 2 Weeks Vacation, Holiday Pay. Please Apply In Person MondayFriday Bet: 9AM and 7PM At CALLAHEAD CORP. 304 Cross Bay Blvd. Queens NY 11693

OPEN HOUSES BY APPOINTMENT SUNdAY, 11/15/20 HEWLETT 1610 Hilary Ct, BA, NEW TO MARKET! Create your own Dream House! 5 BR, 3.5 Bth Colonial, Gutted and Ready for Finishing. O/S Property in Cul de Sac. Full Bsmt. 2 Car Gar. Needs your Finishing touches. SD#20 ......................................................... $749,000 1657 Warwick Rd, BA, NEW TO MARKET! Outstanding 4 BR, 3.5 Bth Col Built in 2012. Soaring Ceilings Throughout. Open Layout Perfect for Entertaining. Radiant Heated Flrs. Fin Bsmt with Hi Ceilings. SD#20 .............................................................$1,250,000 154 Midgely Dr, BA, 4 BR, 3 Bth Col on Dead end St in Old Woodmere Area. Updtd Gran/Wood Kit. Newer Windows, Slate Roof, Full Bsmt. SD#14. Close to all .................... REDUCED! $659,000 WOOdMERE 78 Gertmin Rd, BA, NEW TO MARKET! 4 BR, 3.5 Bth Grand CH Col on 1/3 Acre Double Lot in Old Woodmere. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Det Gar. SD#14. Near All ..............$1,250,000 78 Burton Ave, BA, 5 BR, 4.5 Bth Col in Great Old Woodmere Location. Large EIK, FDR, LR/Fpl, Den & Office. Full Bsmt, 2 Car Gar. Near All.SD#14 ............REDUCED! $899,000 946 Midwood Rd, BA, NEW! Renovated 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Colonial in Academy Area.Gran/ Wood EIK,LR/Fpl,FDR & Den. Fin Bsmt. Gar..$999,000 WOOdSBURGH 185 Bay Dr, BA, NEW! 5/6 BR, 4.5 Bth Exp Ranch on Parklike 1/2 Acre Prop. Guest Quarters, Full Bsmt, 2 Car Gar. SD#14..............................................................$1,450,000 891 Keene Lane, BA, Magnificently Renovated While Retaining Charm, Stone Cottage. 3 BR, 2.5 Bth with Tremendous Potential for Expansion. Brand New Mstr Bth. Over 1/2 Acre Property! Near All ......................................... REDUCED & MOTIVATED!! $999,000 HEWLETT HARBOR 3 Payne Circle, BA, 5 BR, 3.5 Bth Spacious Split on Beautiful Street in Cul de Sac. State of the Art EIK, 2 Dens, Bsmt, & 2 Car Gar. SD#20 .................................. $1,190,000 236 Richards Lane, BA, 5 BR, 5.5 Bth Contemporary Home on an Acre Of Resortlike Prop with IG Pool. Open Floor Plan. Full Fin Bsmt. Main Flr Master. SD14 ...REDUCED! $1,599,000 HEWLETT BAY PARK 70 Heron Dr, BA, 6 BR, Contemporary with Open Kayout on an Acre of Parklike Property. Move Right in! SD#14 .......................................................................$1,699,000 159 Meadowview Ave, BA, Stately 5200 Sq Ft Colonial Featuring 6 BR, 6.55 Bths on Acre Of Resortlike Prop with IG Pool, Tennis Ct, & Outdoor Kit. Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar, Fabulous Location in SD#14........................................................ REDUCED!! $2,699,000 30 Heron Dr, BA, Magnificent 8500 Sq Ft Waterfront Home on 2 Acre Resortlike Prop w/ Pool, Tennis/Sport Ct, New Landscaping w/ Waterfall & 3 BR Guest House w/ Kit, LR, Den. 300 Ft New Bulkhead. 4 Car Htd Gar. SD#14 ................ REDUCED! $4,690,000 EAST ROCKAWAY 18 Thompson Dr, BA, NEW TO MARKET! 4 BR, 3 Bth Exp Ranch. Updtd Gran/Wood EIk, Huge Great Room, FDR. Master Ste Boasts Bath & Closet that was a Room. SD#20.............$825,000 1 Thompson Dr, BA, 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Exp Ranch w/Open Layout in Waverly Park Area. Updtd EIK. O/S Prop w/Deck. Att Gar. SD#20 .....................................................$599,000 101 Emmet Ave, BA, WATERFRONT! Rebuilt in 2010, 4 BR 3.5 Bth Split w/ Pool, Outdoor Kit & Deck. Open Layout. Private Mstr Ste, 2 Car Gar, SD#20 ..........$1,250,000 Sherlock Homes Sherlock Homes

er Ok S Br ner Ow

1109242

RESIDENT COUNSELORS NEEDED FOR Project REAL SUPERVISED CR - Plainview Location

real local, real news

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 e s t. 1 9 1 1

In the email subject line please include the job title for which you are interested in applying. EOE

HERALD Community Newspapers

REAL ESTATE

Homes

Send cover letter & resume to: hr@merrick.k12.ny.us

salary, commission, bonuses and benefits. must have own vehicle and valid driver’s license.

Evon's Svces: 516-505-5510

HERALD

Part-time 4 hours Lunchroom duty, classroom support and clerical support

Substitute Teachers, Teaching Assistant and Teacher Aides

HHA's, LPN's, Nurse's Aides Childcare. Housekeeping Day Workers No Fee To Employers

Send email to ehecker@liherald.com or call (516)569-4000 ext. 239

Commercial cleaning experience desired. Working knowledge of “Green Cleaning”. Must be able to work independently. Previous experience in a school setting is preferred

Full Time: 6.25 hours Part Time: 4 hours Teaching Assistant or Teacher Certification required

WE HAVE THE HELP YOU NEED!!!

Forklift Experience A Plus. Full Time. Medical and 401K

1108858

to join our outside sales team, contact Rhonda glickman. send your resume today. rglickman@liherald.com, 516-569-4000 x250.

C O M M U N I C A T I O N S

Monitor entry and exit into school building, hallways, lunchroom and playground. Distribute passes and perform other office work as needed. Control and enforce traffic procedures during school dismissal. Police or Security experience preferred

Health Care/Opportunities

WAREHOUSE HELP All Shifts,

Teaching Assistant

(We said it was simple. We didn’t say it was easy.)

RICHNER

School Hall Monitors

Help Wanted

PLUMBING MECHANIC FT/PT WANTED: 10 Years Experience. Must Have To o l s A n d C l e a n D r i ve r ' s L i c e n s e. 516-431-1569

ROUTES AVAILABLE AT CALLAHEAD Corp.

NO CDL required, 4 DAY WORK WEEK, (enjoy 3 days off). Run your own route. Year round No lay offs! 100% medical, dental, uniforms, 2 weeks paid vacation. 401K. Plus commission. Will train! 4am-2:30pm. . Route driver $800.00 per week, includes $100.00 weekly bonus program. Plus 10-12 hours overtime. Apply in person Monday- Friday 9am-7pm at 304 Crossbay Blvd, Queens NY 11693

1108989

RecRuiting a great sales team is Really simple.

MERRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT

19 Walnut Avenue, RVC

Judy Hart / Roger Hart

43 N. Park Ave. Rockville Centre

516-764-2601

Rent Your Apartment through the Herald and PrimeTime Classified section. Call us for our great *specials. 516-5694000, press 5 for Classified Dept. *(private party only)

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

HERALD

An architect for a sunroom?

Homes

HERALD

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

HOME OF THE WEEK

• To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

Oceanside

Custom Masterpiece Colonial

tep right into this beautiful new construction Colonial in the heart of town. Featuring 5 bedrooms

2.5 baths, grand entry foyer and large

chef style kitchen with Bertazonni appliances plus many more amenities to perfection. Sitting on an oversized lot, this home could be yours! 75 Perkins Avenue, Oceanside, NY 11572

Q. I’m buying a sunroom for my breakfast room on the back of my split-level house, about 8 feet off the ground. I’m being told by the contractor that I need an architect and sealed plans. Since it’s basically a kit of parts that will go on my existing deck, why do I need this? It seems like a lot of extra expense the sunroom people didn’t tell me about. If I already have a permit for the deck, it should be Ask The allowed, right? I haven’t bought the sunroom yet. I’m Architect just trying to be sure I know the whole story before I do this, probably by spring, when the weather is better for construction. Any advice would be helpful. A. Do things once, the best way. A deck isn’t habitable, but a sunroom is, onte eeper and a permit is required. Plans have to show structural support, energy and building code compliance. Rain, moisture and ice are your primary concerns. You need the whole story without the sales part. Just like any purchase, issues you might not expect are still important, like finding out what kind of oil to add to your snow blower before the engine seizes or that windows without factory tinting can allow ultra-violet sunlight rays to fade your carpet. As an architect for a largely popular sunroom manufacturer in the 1980s and ’90s, I experienced many issues with their construction. Pre-engineered panel systems are designed by the company, hopefully by engineers, and should come with plans, from the manufacturer, that can be sealed and signed by their in-house engineer. If not, plans may need to be drawn from scratch by an architect or engineer that you hire so those plans can be integrated with your house. Integrated means that the company generally just sells you a product and doesn’t necessarily give any indication of how to support the unit or how to attach the unit system to your house so that it won’t leak or move. This is the general failing of the system, since, as I experienced with most of the installations, the part I could detail was free of leaking or movement, but the units themselves leaked nearly every time. We could detail how the edges of the unit could be sealed and redundantly weather-stripped and flashed, but the frames around the glass and wall edges would unseal and leak. I even met with the corporate president/owner and identified the specific problems. Promises to correct leak issues were made but not kept, and eventually I gave up. I looked at a two-year-old system while discussing other work for a home recently. The owner described the back-and-forth misery he and his family were experiencing with their sunroom and the company. Even 25 years after I gave up, the same company is still doing things the same way. You need a detail-oriented architect and installer, even if you think you don’t. The cost of doing things twice is much greater. Good luck.

516-740-2777 2848 Long Beach Rd. Oceanside, NY 11572 info@stonegatere.com www.stonegatere.com

INDIVIDUAL OFFICES FOR RENT BUILDING AMENITIES INCLUDE: • Shared Kitchen • Conference Room CALL US TODAY! • Reception Area 516-405-3918 • Municipal Parking

75 SEAMAN AVENUE, ROCKVILLE CENTRE o: 516.766.7900 | signaturepremier.com

THINKING OF BUYING OR SELLING? Contact one of our hardworking professionals today for all of your real estate needs!

1109074

IN RVC ON SUNRISE HWY

CAN'T FIND YOUR DREAM HOME? LET US BUILD IT! new Home Special 4 Bedrooms, 2-1/2 Baths, Plans & Permits

$499,000

PRESTIGE Custom Home Builder

DoRmERS • Ex TEnSIonS

1104263

We look forward to providing home buyers and sellers with the highest level of personalized service and support.

516-250-4947 • www.PrestigeGeneralContractors.com

*If your property is currently listed with another brokerage, please disregard. It is not our intention to solicit the listings of other brokerages.

1106049

Where Dreams Come Home

JUAN JARA Licensed RE Broker Associate Cell: 516-318-0142 Juan@AllStarRealEstateBrokers.com

We’re Keeping the American Dream Alive.

2119 Bedford Ave. John Lawlor, CBR, SFR Bellmore, NY 11710 Michele Librett-Lawlor, CBR, SFR

2949 Long Beach Road, Suite 8 • Oceanside, NY, 11572 Phone 516.766.8200

1109112

NYS Licensed Real Estate Salespersons

www.AllStarRealEstateBrokers.com

“Going Above & Beyond to find your Dream Home”

BestLiHomes.com • 516-418-3333 Open Houses

Rhonda Healy

Open Houses

Real Estate Salesperson, abR, SRS E: Rhonda.Healy.VW@gmail.com

HEWLETT 1610 HILARY Ct, BA, NEW TO MARKET! Create your own Dream House!5 BR, 3.5 Bth Colonial Gutted and Ready for Finishing. O/S Property in Cul de Sac.Full Bsmt. 2 Car Gar. Needs your Finishing touches.SD#20..$749,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

M: (516) 236-7269

Verdeschi & Walsh Realty 1025 W. Beech St. | Long Beach, NY

OneKey Multiple Listing Service

1099323

CAMILLE GIARDINA Licensed RE Broker/Owner Cell: 516-318-1392 Camille@AllStarRealEstateBrokers.com

1104359

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

WOODMERE 78 GERTMIN Rd, BA,NEW TO MARKET! 4 BR, 3.5 Bth Grand CH Col on 1/3 Double Acre Lot in Old Woodmere. Full Fin Bsmt. 2 Car Det Gar. SD#14.Near All...$1,225,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman, 516-238-4299 WOODSBURGH 185 BAY Dr, OPEN HOUSE BY Appt, 5/6 BR, 4.5 Bth Exp Ranch on Parklike 1/2 Acre Prop. Guest Q u a r t e r s , F u l l B s m t , 2 C a r G a r. SD#14...$1,450,00 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

© 2020 Monte Leeper Readers are encouraged to send questions to yourhousedr@aol.com, with “Herald question” in the subject line, or to Herald Homes, 2 Endo Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530, Attn: Monte Leeper, architect.

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

Safe Roof and Exterior Cleaning, Gutter Cleaning, Repairs, Installations

947101

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

1105595

Market Place • •

1107218

516.431.0799

aboveallgutters.com If Your Plumbing STINKS

Call The WeNKS!

AOWA_GotClutter_BW_Bold Fresh CoAt For A Fresh stArt!

516-889-3200

Sunday, August 02, 2020 11:31:01 AM

CAll JD PAINtING & reMoDelING CorP

Father & Son Owned

Specializing in: • Interior/Exterior Painting • Kitchens • Bathrooms • Basements • Wall Paper Removal • Power Washing

• Oil to Gas Conversions • Hot Water Heaters • Boilers All Plumbing & Heating Work For House Lifts • Licensed and Insured!

cjm contracting inc. Experts in Leak repair

FREE ESTIMATES • 4 HR EMERGENCY SERVICE

Bathrooms, Kitchens, Basement, carpentry, roofing, Painting, Sheetrocking, Plastering. Specializing in Brick, cement Stoops, Walkways, Driveways, Pavers, Waterproofing. mold certified.

jairorzc58@gmail.com licensed and insured

WeNK

PIPING & HEATING CORP.

Free Estimate. Small jobs Welcome.

$25

1106879

1102016

516-297-1885

wenkpipingandheating.com

516-428-5777 Lic.#H18C6020000/Ins

OFF

Any Service Call For New Customer Exp. 12/31/20

1105410

Chimney King, Ent. Inc.

FREE ESTIMATES

Lic# H206773000

Office: 516-546-4971 Cell: 516-852-5415

ALFREDO’S CONSTRUCTION Specializing

Installed

FLAT ROOFS SHINGLE ROOFS

1101474

Fully licensed and insured Nassau • Suffolk • NYC

$189

$999 VINYL SIDING Up to 1000 sq ft

Se Habla Espanol

the

BLACKTOP

BeSt priceS in town

Call For Fall Specials

senior Citizen Discounts

• ConCrete • BriCk Patios • stooPs • stuCCo • Belgium BloCks • sidewalks • drainage ProBlems • Cellar entranCe • waterProofing • driveway sealing demolition • dumPster serviCe • Powerwashing • handyman rePairs

516-424-3598

Licensed & insured

Free estimates

*Power washing sPecialist*

Residential and Commercial - All Surfaces Call Anthony Romeo “The Local Guy” “Anthony & J Home Improvement, Inc.” Also specializes in ★ Deck Renovation ★ Driveways ★ Siding ★ Masonry ★ Fences ★ Roofing ★ Interior/Exterior Painting. (516) 678-6641 - Licensed & Insured

1084810

Expert Watch Repair

(516) 766-1666 FREE • Chimneys Repaired, Rebuilt & Tuckpointing ESTIMATES • Stainless Steel Liners Installed

Chimney Cleaning & Masonry Services Done By Firefighters That Care chimneykinginc.com

1103656

FUTURE WINDOWS & SIDING 718-224-7079 917-945-7079 SPECIAL!

1107076

& lANdSCApINg • Tree Removal • Stumps • Fertilization • Planting • Land Clearing • Topping

1109243

FRANCISCO’S TREE SERVICE

1096763

Free estimates...Best Price For High Quality service

Tax Foreclosed Real Estate Auction Saratoga County • Online Only 40+ parcels available: Lots, Acreage, Homes, Commercial Properties

Due to COVID-19 mandates and regulations, this auction will be conducted 100% online.

&/877(5 GULYLQJ \RX J\

1104227

Professional Full Service Gutter Cleaning & Repair. Prompt & Affordable. Fast & Reliable. Ask About Our Worry-Free Maintenance Plans

HEATING OIL

6HOO \RXU PHUFKDQGLVH LQ QR WLPH OO K GL L L

HOME • COMMERCIAL

RELIABLE • 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE FAMILY OWNED FOR OVER 65 YEARS

CALL FOR MORE INFO No service in Long Beach

1081114

CALL NOW FOR LOWEST PRICE

(516) 379-2727

CRAZY? (PDLO \RXU $G WR WKH +HUDOG DQG 3ULPH7LPH &ODVVLÀ HG 'HSDUWPHQW DW VDOHV#OLKHUDOG FRP WR UXQ D )5(( )LQGV 8QGHU WR UXQ D )5(( )LQGV 8QGHU

**Action Required**

To participate in this online only auction, please visit our website and complete the “Online Bidder Registration Packet”. Originals must be received at our office no later than 11/27.

For complete information, visit www.auctionsinternational.com/liveauctions or call 800 -536-1401, Ext. 110

1108410

Online Auction Start: November 17TH, 10AM Online Auction Closing Begins: December 2ND, 10AM

“Selling Surplus Assets 7 Days a Week Online”

To Place Your Card in the

Here’s My Card Directory Just call

516-569-4000 press 5, then 2

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

HERALD

Stuff

To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 Open Houses WOODSBURGH 891 KEENE Lane, BA, REDUCED & MOTIVATED!! Magnificently Renovated While Retaining Charm, Stone Cottage. 3 BR, 2.5 Bth with Tremendous Potential for Expansion.Brand New Mstr B t h . O ve r 1 / 2 A c r e P r o p e r t y ! N e a r All...999,000 Ronnie Gerber, Douglas Elliman 516-238-4299

House For Sale

Offices For Rent OFFICE/STORE FOR RENT 1100 Sq. Ft. Corner Store, Large Windows, Designated Parking. Wantagh/ Bellmore Merrick Road. $3,150.00. 631-678-6546

MERCHANDISE MART

DESK: BEAUTIFUL STATE of the ar t m a h o g a n y. 2 1 x 7 2 x 2 9 1 / 2 $ 9 9 516-889-0321

Antiques/Collectibles

DISHWASHER, PORTABLE, APT. size. brand new. never used. w/ manual. $80.00 516-593-2249

WEST HEMPSTEAD / GARDEN CITY BORDER. On Corner Large 4 Bedroom, 2/1/2 Bath New Basement with Kitchen, Beautiful FIireplace, Yard w/Deck, 1 Car Garage, $599k. By Owner. 516-232-1377.

Retail Space For Rent

FINDS UNDER $100

LONG BEACH: Central Park Avenue. Approx. Rent $2750. Approx. 700Sq.Ft. Desirable Sunny Cor ner Location. 516-431-1569

Finds Under $100

CEDARHURST NO FEE Pr ivate Entrance, Modern 1BR, 2BR, 3BR, CAC, W/D, Storage, Wall To Wall Carpeting, Indoor Parking Space. Starting At $1450 For O n e B e d r o o m W h e n Ava i l a bl e. (516)860-6889/ (516)852-5135/ (516)582-9978 LAWRENCE Large 2 Bedroom in private home on quiet tree lined block near transportation, shopping and many restaurants. Dining room off kitchen, 7 closets. Your own separate entrance. New stainless steel range, dishwasher and Refrigerator. Newly refinished hardwood floors and freshly painted. No Pets, No Smoking, Good Credit Required. Call Mark $2150. 516-287-0784.

Finds Under $100

COFFEEMAKER: HAMILTON BEACH programmable, $15. Water Cooler, Avanti Pe r s o n a l 3 l i t r e . $ 1 0 B o t h N e w 516-825-0069

We Buy Antiques, Fine Art & Jewelry Same Day Service, Free In-Home Evaluations, 40 Year Family Business. Licensed and Bonded, Immediate Cash Paid.. SYL-LEE ANTIQUES www.syl-leeantiques.com 516-671-6464

Apartments For Rent

• To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5 • To place an ad call 516-569-4000 press 5

2 HEAVY OAK Wood Kitchen Chairs Bought orig. $250 each. $25 each/ best offer 516-783-6424 BABY BOYS' WINTER Jacket / Snow Pa n t s : S i ze 1 2 M . B ra n d N ew. $ 2 0 . 917-420-5814 BOYS' CLOTHES: SIZES 3T, 4T. New. Gap, Old Navy, Macy's, Children's Place. $7 each. 917-420-5814 CASSETTES 50 PLUS case 40's and up $20.00. CD's 57 plus case 90's $25.00 516-221-5374 CHRISTMAS COLLAPSIBLE TREE: Outdoor, 6 ft, LED lights, in box, excellent condition, $30. (516) 974-9027. CHRISTMAS JUMPING REINDEER: Outdoor, 4.3 ft, LED lights, in box, excellent condition, $25. (516) 974-9027.

FISHER PRICE GEO Trax complete Train Elevation Series. Excellent condition. $50.00. 516-270-4783. NORELCO TRIPLE TRACK Head Shaver $40 Norelco Comfort Cut Blade Shaver $25 Both Unused 516-825-0069 SHARK STEAM MOP. Safe on hardwood floors (from box). Never used-in carton. $25 516-427-9021 SOCKET SET 3/4 in. drive heavy duty. hardly used .3/4 to 2 in.$35.00. 516-5932249

SERVICES Cleaning Services HOUSE CLEANING AVAILABLE 20 Years Exp. Excellent References Homes / Offices. Reliable. Affordable Rates. 516-776-0021.

Electricians E-Z ELECTRIC SERVICES, INC. All Types Residential/Commercial Wiring, Generators, Telephone/Data, Home Entertainment, Service Upgrades, Pools, Spas. Services/Repairs. Violations Removed. Free Estimates Low Rates. 516-785-0646 Lic/Ins.

HErald

Crossword Puzzle

Handyman

AUTOMOBILE & MARINE

MIKE THE HANDYMAN: Light JobsPlumbing, Electrical, Specializing Vinyl Tiles, Gardening, Powerwashing, Painting. Interior And Exterior. Experienced. Reliable And Honest. Call Cell 516-225-8107; 516-837-3436

Home Improvement

Autos For Sale CHEVY TAHOO 1995 112K Miles Lifted With Wheels, Full Power, Upgraded Radio With Bluetooth, Leather Seats, Clean CarFax, $3495 516-578-0377

HANDY DANDY NO JOB TOO SMALL! *Kitchens/ Baths *Painting *Sheetrock *Taping/ Spackling *Installations Ceramic/ Vinyl Tile *Carpentry *Alterations *Repairs/ More. FREE ESTIMATES. Dan 516-342-0761

MERCEDES BENZ E350, 2006: 4-Matic, 70K Miles, Excellent Condition. Must See! $12,000. 516-603-8697

Miscellaneous

***AAA*** AUTO BUYERS $Highe$t Ca$h Paid$ All Years/Conditions! WE VISIT YOU! Or Donate, Tax Deduct + Ca$h. DMV ID#1303199 Call LUKE 516-VAN-CARS 516-297-2277

DISH TV $59.99 For 190 Channels + $14.95 High Speed Internet. Free Installation, Smart HD DVR Included, Free Voice R e m o t e . S o m e r e s t r i c t i o n s a p p l y. 1-888-609-9405 GET DIRECTV! ONLY $35/month! 155 Channels & 1000s of Shows/Movies On Demand (w/SELECT All Included Package.) PLUS Stream on Up to FIVE Screens Simultaneously at No Additional Cost. Call DIRECTV 1-888-534-6918

Power Washing

Autos Wanted

Autos Wanted DRIVE OUT BREAST Cancer: Donate a car today! The benefits of donating your car or boat: Fast Free Pickup - 24hr Response Tax Deduction - Easy To Do! Call 24/7: 855-905-4755

Junk Cars Wanted

HIGHEST CA$H PAID All Cars Bought 24/7 FREE Pickup

Serving Nassau County 41 Years No Title, No Keys=No Problem ID Required. CALL US LAST!

Call us at 516-766-0000

Deals on Wheels

POWERWASHING ALL SURFACES: H o u s e s , Fe n c e s , C o n c r e t e / B r i ck , Decks/Sealing. . ANTHONY & J HOME IMPROVEMENT, INC. 516-678-6641

Sprinkler Syst./Irrig.Wells

• Fall Drain Outs • Installations/Renovations • Service • Repairs

Want to sell your car, motorcycle or boat? Have we got a deal for you! You can advertise your vehicle in the

Certified Backflow Tester Free Estimates Licensed and Insured

Joe Barbato 516-826-7700

1053491

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

Tree Services FRANCISCO'S TREE SERVICE

AND LANDSCAPING: Tree Removal, Stumps, Fertilization, Planting, Land Clearing, Topping. Free Estimates. Lic# H206773000. Office 516-546-4971, Cell 516-852-5415 T&M GREENCARE TREE SERVICE *Tree Removal *Stump Grinding *Pruning *Roof Line Clearing. Residential and Commercial. "We Beat All Competitors' Rates." Lowest Rates. *Senior Discount. Free Estimates. *516-223-4525, 631-586-3800 www.tmgreencare.com

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Careers/Training TRAIN AT HOME TO DO MEDICAL BILLING! Become a Medical Office Professional online at CTI! Get Trained, Certified & ready to work in months! Call 855-543-6440. (M-F 8am-6pm ET)

Education COMPUTER & IT TRAINING PROGRAM! Train ONLINE to get the skills to become a Computer & Help Desk Professional now! Now offering a $10,000 scholarship for qualified applicants. Call CTI for details! (844) 947-0192 (M-F 8am-6pm ET)

Health & Fitness HEARING AIDS!! BUY one/get one FREE! High-quality rechargeable Nano hearing aids priced 90% less than competitors. Nearly invisible! 45-day money back guarantee! 833-448-0751. VIAGRA & CIALIS! 60 pills for $99. 100 pills for $150. FREE shipping. Money back guaranteed! 1-855-579-8907

Classifieds All for an amazing price! Your add will run until you sell your vehicle. Just call one of our expert classified account executives today and you will be on your way to making a great deal on your set of wheels!

516-569-4000 press 5, then 2

Answers

to todAy’s puzzle

opinionS

urrounded by thousands of adoring supporters, many sporting red MAGA caps, President Trump sauntered into a victory rally in Cincinnati on Dec. 1, 2016, three and a half weeks after his election, and laid out the Trump Doctrine. “You hear a lot of talk about how we’re becoming a globalized world,” he bellowed to the chanting and screaming crowd, “but the relationships people value in this country are local: family, city, state, country. They’re local. There’s no global anthem, no global currency, no certifiSCoTT cate of global citiBRinTon zenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag.” So ends “A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps,” a 2019 documentary directed, edited and produced by Alana DeJoseph, who served as a small enterprise development Peace Corps volunteer in a tiny village in Mali, West Africa, from 1992 to 1994. The film, with historical footage and interviews with former and current volunteers and world leaders, most notably former President Jimmy Carter, tells the nearly 60-year history of the federal agency devoted to fostering world peace. I watched the film, which DeJoseph

described as her “baby,” only weeks before Trump lost his re-election bid. It was a nervous time for many. Would the United States again elect an unabashed nationalist as president and continue on its lonely path toward global disengagement, closing borders, frayed alliances and the shredding of hard-fought international treaties, or would it choose another path, one of reengagement — one that seeks to build friendships rather than divide and conquer? This was the question with which DeJoseph chose to end “A Towering Task,” The answer would, potentially, determine the Peace Corps’ future. I was particularly interested in the film because I served in Peace Corps, in Bulgaria, from 1991 to 1993. I was among the first two dozen volunteers — and Americans, period — to enter the country after the fall of communism only a year earlier. It was a time of great trepidation — many wondered whether democracy would take hold for good in Eastern Europe after mass protests had toppled one hardline regime after another — and a time of great hope — millions of Eastern Europeans cheered the opening of the former Soviet bloc to the West. As an American who wore jeans and sweatshirts and spoke with a New York accent, I was something of a local celebrity in Veliko Turnovo, the ancient city in cen-

tral Bulgaria where I served. I cannot express in words the sense of optimism I felt at the time. You believed, if only for a short time, that world peace was perhaps at hand. As one of the globalists whom Trump has decried for the past four-plus years, I feared his presidency, and I wasn’t unwarranted in my concern. In June 2017, Trump withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Then, in 2018, he backed out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed by Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, at least for the foreseeable future. I could go on, but this column isn’t about Trump. It’s about “A Towering Task.” Last week, President-elect Joe Biden immediately affirmed that the U.S. would re-enter the Paris accord, one of President Barack Obama’s signature achievements. We shall see what becomes of the Iran nuclear deal. Biden’s election gives returned Peace Corps volunteers like me a sense of hope that the U.S. will continue to engage with the world, as it had for decades before Trump, and that the Peace Corps will con-

moving film tells the story of the agency devoted to fostering world peace.

tinue its core mission of building international friendships by sending Americans to developing nations to live and work as people in those countries do. As “A Towering Task” makes clear, each Peace Corps volunteer is an ambassador of goodwill, a friendly face who becomes deeply embedded in the local society and culture, and whose contributions become the stuff of local conversation for years to follow. Creating the Peace Corps in the 1960s was indeed a monumental undertaking by President John F. Kennedy and the agency’s first director, Sargent Shriver — Kennedy’s brother-in-law and the father of broadcaster Maria Shriver. The film, narrated by Academy Award-nominated actress Annette Bening, does a masterful job of telling the early story of the Peace Corps and the political fray that its formation stirred, after which it meticulously chronicles the agency’s history, decade by decade, with panoramic footage from Peace Corps countries around the globe, showing both natural wonders and human suffering. The film also shows it’s perfectly possible to love one’s country — the U.S. — and engage with the world. If you love the Peace Corps, watch this film. If you love your country, watch this film. If you love the world, watch this film. You can do so at bit. ly/3lcL6VA. 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.

Dog days of the 2020 pandemic election

s we go to press, Major and Champ are heading to the White House. Apparently, Joe and Jill Biden will be moving in, too, on Inauguration Day, but the big news is that dogs are back in the people’s house. This dog whistle is sweet: the presence of the Bidens’ two German shepherds speaks to the humanity of their owners. Also at press time, the current occupant of the White House has not yet conceded RAndi the election and is kReiSS launching lawsuits like North Korean missiles. They seem just as likely to plummet into oblivion. This traumatic election of 2020 unfolds in the midst of a catastrophic pandemic, with more than 100,000 people a day getting infected with Covid-19. The entire election experience, not to mention the past four years, has been an unraveling of norms. The pollsters suggesting a big “blue wave” couldn’t have been more wrong. Basically they were telling us the earth

was flat and we nearly sailed over the edge. There was no such wave. It seems as if every person who voted for President Trump last time voted for him again. His supporters are still believers, which speaks to our great national divide. The voting went smoothly, but the counting has been excruciatingly slow. At press time, Joe Biden is the president-elect, but there are recounts ahead for Senate seats. We will have a new government in a couple of months. Probably. In this time of uncertainty, what can we know and count on for sure, no matter what? What is your life preserver? With my kids far away, my grandkids disembodied voices on the phone and friends scattered to their personal pods, my lifesaver has been my dog, Lillybee. I know she is my husband’s comfort as well. That is not to take away from us as a couple, but Lillybee is another category of loving companion. As it turns out, dogs can save us from ourselves, from the pain of isolation and the tension of being inside and outside bubbles. I’m sure you know as many people as I do who’ve become first-time dog

owners since the onset of the pandemic. According to what I’ve read, the demand for dogs far exceeds the supply. Animal shelters, private breeders and pet stores are reporting unprecedented demand. People are hiring people to fly new puppies to them. Some shelters are reporting dozens of applications for individual dogs. Some breeders are reporting waiting lists well into 2021. Dogs fill the void created by lost jobs and lost school days and lost opportunities to socialize. As people realize the pandemic won’t be over anytime soon, they’re changing travel and spending habits. They’re longing for emotional connection, and that’s where dogs do what they have always done: give special meaning to life. All the clichés of unconditional love and friendship are true. Of course, shelter directors are hoping that people remain as faithful to their dogs as the dogs are to them. When the pandemic ends and political life calms down and people go back to school and work, dogs will still need their people for food and companionship and love. Dogs are pretty happy these days. It’s a

ajor and Champ will be moving into the White House with Joe and Jill.

great life. Everyone is home! There’s always someone to play with. There will be a big adjustment for dogs and humans alike when pandemic restrictions are lifted. I’ve noticed that Lillybee is increasingly attached, following us from room to room, and also more anxious, picking up on our vibes. I took her to the puppy park yesterday and, like a toddler in preschool, she sat behind my legs and wouldn’t play with the other kids. When we get our mojo back, I expect she will, too. It’s a sign of our national health and well-being that Major and Champ will be moving in to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. On a personal note, I’m relieved that they’ll be bringing Joe and Jill. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, author of the collection “Dog Songs,” wrote this tribute: Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? What would this world be like without dogs? Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

The Peace Corps, a history of spirited engagement

Herald editorial

Malverne/West Hempstead

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD

HERALD Established 1994 Incorporating: Malverne Community Times 1964-1994 West Hempstead Beacon 1950-2020 Nakeem GraNt Editor aUDreY COHeN jill kaplaN Advertising Account Executive OffiCe 2 Endo Boulevard Garden City, NY 11530

Phone: (516) 569-4000 Fax: (516) 569-4942 Web: www.liherald.com E-mail: mal-wheditor@liherald.com OffiCial NeWSpaper: Village of Malverne

HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS Robert Richner Edith Richner Publishers, 1964-1987 ■ CliffOrD riCHNer StUart riCHNer Publishers miCHael bOlOGNa Vice President - Operations ■ SCOtt briNtON Executive Edtitor

e offer sincere congratulations to former Vice President Joe Biden for winning the presidency last week, at 77, the oldest man ever elected to the nation’s highest office. With him, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris was elected the first woman — and the first Black and Indian American — vice president. The vote totals were also historic: Biden received the most votes of any presidential candidate ever, over 75 million. President Trump had the second-most, with over 71 million. At press time Monday, the Associated Press had called all but two states — Georgia and North Carolina. Biden led Trump in Georgia, and North Carolina was expected to go to Trump. Biden had 290 Electoral College votes, 20 more than are needed to win the presidency. If he were to win Georgia, he would extend his total to 306, a clear mandate.

jim HarmON

Copy Editor CHriStiNa DalY Photo Editor tONY belliSSimO Sports Editor kareN blOOm Calendar Editor ■ rHONDa GliCkmaN Vice President - Sales elleN reYNOlDS Classified Manager lOri berGer Digital Sales Manager ■

jeffreY NeGriN Creative Director CraiG WHite Production Coordinator CraiG CarDONe Art Director ■ DiaNNe ramDaSS Circulation Director ■

Three honks for President-elect Biden

Biden should feel a deep sense of pride in the race that he ran. He conducted a clean campaign that respected the health and safety of voters during the coronavirus pandemic. When Trump attempted to stir controversy during the first chaotic presidential debate on Sept. 30 by raising questions about Biden’s son Hunter — while the former vice president was speaking about his dead son, Beau — he did not take the bait. He did not engage Trump in the ugly war of words that the president sought. Biden could easily have made hay about nepotism in the Trump administration. After all, Trump gave top jobs to his daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, both of whom have continued to engage in their daily business activities while working at the White House, creating any number of potential conflicts of interest. For that matter, the Trump Organization has carried on its dealings even

Early voting, a victory for the people

ew York state held its first early vote in 2019, and voter participation shot up nearly 45 percent statewide compared with 2015, according to Vote Early New York. Last year, Nassau County, which had double the required number of early-voting sites, had the highest early-voting turnout in the state. In all, some 256,251 people voted early in New York. This year, an astonishing total of at least 2.2 million New Yorkers cast early ballots over the course of nine days, from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1, according to the Associated Press. At the same time, 1.1 million sent in absentee ballots. Before Election Day, some 3.3 million people had already voted in New York.

There’s no doubt that the contentious nature of this historic presidential race drove people to vote, either early at the polls, by absentee ballot or in person on Election Day. But without early and absentee voting, we have to wonder whether turnout would have been as high as it was. We doubt it. Clearly, New York is on to something with early and absentee voting. That’s why we must not only continue to offer these options in the future, but also expand on them. Nassau County had 15 early-voting sites this year, while Suffolk had 12. Only one of the Nassau sites was on the North Shore, in Roslyn Heights. Clearly, the North Shore needs more sites — but it should not receive them at the expense of

HeralD COmmUNitY NeWSpaperS Baldwin Herald Bellmore Herald Life East Meadow Herald Franklin Square/Elmont Herald Freeport Leader Long Beach Herald Lynbrook/East Rockaway Herald Malverne/West Hempstead Herald Merrick Herald Life Nassau Herald Oceanside/Island Park Herald Oyster Bay Herald Guardian Rockaway Journal Rockville Centre Herald South Shore Record Valley Stream Herald Wantagh Herald Citizen Seaford Herald Citizen

member: Local Media Association New York Press Association Malverne Merchants and Professional Association West Hempstead Chamber of Commerce

Published by richner Communications, inc. 2 Endo Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 569-4000

while the president has been in office. Yes, Biden could have made much of all that, escalating the rhetoric in what could have been a terrible tit-for-tat game with the president. But he didn’t. He left Trump’s kids alone, while proudly defending his own. In doing so, Biden showed his fundamental decency, his respect for the moral codes that we expect a president to abide by. He campaigned hard, but he never lost his sense of self-respect by engaging in the kind of scorched-earth tactics that got Trump elected in 2016. Biden ran a principled campaign, most notably in his socially distanced approach to reaching people through Zoom sessions and car rallies — and he always wore a mask. In other words, Biden set an example for all of us to follow. And that, in part, is why he is our president-elect.

letters Thank you, South Shore voters To the Editor: Thank you to the voters of the South Shore for overwhelmingly re-electing me to the State Senate. This election cycle saw record turnout all across Long Island, and the whole country, and it is an honor to have the opportunity to continue representing our communities. We have taken on many challenges since I came into office. Since I’ve been entrusted with serving our community, we’ve taken on corruption in Albany, stopped tax hikes, banned guns from our classrooms, funded our towns and schools, and passed New York’s ambitious blueprint to tackle climate change. There is still so much work to be done, especially in the midst of the ongoing pandemic and economic recovery. I look forward to getting to work on behalf of all voters to achieve more prosper-

other areas across the county. They should be added to Nassau’s current roster of sites. Too many people had to wait too long to vote, which some would argue is a form of voter suppression. You simply shouldn’t have to wait an hour to vote, let alone three hours or longer. The Nassau County Board of Elections should begin planning additional sites. That would require funding, because elections require paid poll workers. Coming by such funding will not be easy if the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic drags on. Nonetheless, the county should be taking a hard look at expanding early voting — if not now, then in the near future.

opinionS

cene 1: The butcher at the local food store turned to face me from behind the counter. I noticed his mask in the below-the-nose position. I gave him my food order, and calmly ask him to wear his mask appropriately. He thanked me for reminding him, and we bade each other a good day. Scene 2: Same food store, same day. A customer ahead of me was checking out, paying the cashier. I assumed my spot, six feet behind, on the assigned, socially distanced color blob on the floor. A shopping cart coming from my left eriC C. appeared in front LaSt of me and assumed the position between me and the customer checking out. “Excuse me,” I said, intentionally calm and non-threatening. The customer looked at me, his mask in the below-the-chin position. I told him I was waiting on line and asked that he not cut in front of me. He

wasn’t pleased, called me “an ass,” but went to the next checkout line. “May I also ask you to wear your mask the right way?” I said, still calm, nonthreatening, non-judgmental. “No, I won’t. I won’t be an ass like you.” I asked, “Out of curiosity, why do you feel so strongly about not wearing the mask?” Now threatening, he yelled, “Because you’re an ass, and you better not ask again or we’ll really have a problem! Are you looking for a problem?” No, I wasn’t looking for a problem. I was looking for chicken. But I felt an obligation to say something when my safety, and that of those around me, was threatened. After paying for my groceries, while my fellow shopper (still with mask concealing only his Adam’s apple) finished checking out, I spoke with the store managers. I told them what happened at the butcher counter and in the checkout line. I told them that although I was a regular customer, I’d find it hard to return to a store where the safety of cus-

tomers and staff is put in jeopardy by fellow customers and staff. The managers lamented their plight, talking about the difficulty they faced enforcing the mask rules and the verbal, and sometimes physical, threats they and their employees have had to endure. They apologized for the behavior of their butcher, qualified by, “The staff is almost always good about masking.” And they spoke of the difficulty of enforcing mask rules among shoppers, and the awful choice their cashiers have to make regularly: risk a confrontation with a mask-deficient customer, or risk exposure to the coronavirus. I expressed my understanding of the awful situation store owners and employees are in, a situation they never sought. But I also expressed my passion about the issue. Because I’m a customer, a citizen, a husband, a parent. And I’m a physician, practicing primary care internal medicine in this community for over 30 years. We’ve lost patients to Covid-19,

t’s simple. It’s not political. It’s caring for others. It’s setting an example.

LetterS ous communities, honest government and a cleaner environment. The road ahead will be tough, but we’ll get through it together. Now is a time to come together, heal divisions and do the hard work to make real change for our communities and families. TOdd KAMINSKy State senator, 9th district

Water takeover should be rejected To the Editor: Liberty Utilities and New york American Water signed an agreement for Liberty to purchase American Water for a whopping $608 million. Why, you may ask, would anyone pay $608 million for a water system, 40 percent of which was sold for $71 million a little over eight years ago? Because NyAW gifted its shareholders with a 204 percent return on its investment — while charging its customers 10 times more than what our neighbors with municipal water pay. We urge NyAW ratepayers to join us in urging the Public Service Commission to reject this private acquisition and, instead, to support a public takeover of our most basic necessity — the water that runs freely under our feet. Water is a basic human right, one that should have local control, with local accountability. Knowing that there are plans under way to take back the water that is rightfully ours, Governor Cuomo gave the PSC until April 1 to distinguish between utility and customerowned assets if the state were to revoke American Water’s license to operate in New york

some of whom we’ve known for most of those three decades. We’ve cared for many others who’ve recovered, some of whom are still struggling with the lingering effects of the virus. What have we become? We threaten those who request that others in our presence follow simple guidance that could save another’s life? In a pre-Covid time, had I been wearing an Islanders T-shirt and my fellow shopper, a Rangers T-shirt, would I have been threatened for my team partisanship? It’s simple. It’s not political. It’s caring for others. It’s setting an example for others. It’s making a tiny sacrifice to potentially protect another human being. It’s pushing back against an ideology that questions science to foster political goals. It’s following the simplest guidance there is: Treat others as you’d want to be treated yourself. We owe one another nothing less. Eric Last, DO, FACP, is an attending physician and clinical assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is also a physician at Northwell Health Physician Partners/Internal Medicine at Wantagh.

Framework Courtesy George Schuchman

state. With political support, the path to victory is within reach. A public takeover is long overdue and absolutely necessary. It is time that the PSC does its job, which is to protect the interests of the public rather than do the bidding of a public water monopoly and its shareholders. CLAUdIA BORECKy, dAvId dENENBERG Directors, Long Island Clean Air Water and Soil Merrick

Keep masking up, New York To the Editor: As we continue to fight Covid-19, it is clear that masks help stop the spread of the virus and save lives. I am proud to announce, with my daughter Mariah Kennedy Cuomo, that New york is partnering with the company The RealReal and dozens of New york fashion designers to create limited-edition, made-inNew york masks. drawing from the diversity and creativity that New york’s fashion industry is famous for, these masks will benefit Covid-19 relief efforts and remind the public that we all still need to “mask up.” Profits from this campaign will be donated to Feeding America, Nurse Heroes and the New york Covid Relief Fund to help New yorkers and Americans in need. Particularly now, as the virus surges in parts of the country, it is critical that we continue to wear masks and take the simple, everyday measures that reduce the spread — stay distant and wash your hands often. GOv. ANdREW CUOMO

Tested by a tumultuous week, but none the worse for wear — Valley Stream

MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD — November 12, 2020

Surely we shouldn’t be fighting over wearing masks

Medicare+Medicaid=More benefits Check out our Dual Advantage Plans for 2021! You may be eligible for additional money-saving benefits through our Dual Advantage plans*, including: •

Monthly OTC Card up to $105 (to pay for items like OTC medications, toothpaste, incontinence supplies, and more)

•

Silver&Fit fitness benefit

•

Telehealth online doctor visits

•

Dental care

•

Top-quality doctors and hospitals

•

Discounts for hearing devices**

•

Transportation

•

And many more!

Medicare Card MEDICARE HEALTH INSURANCE Name/Nombre

JOHN L SMITH

Medicare Number/Número de Medicare

1XX0-XX0-XX00 Entitled to/Con derecho a

HOSPITAL (PART A) MEDICAL (PART B)

Coverage starts/Cobertura empieza

01-01-2018 01-01-2018

Medicaid/Common Benefit Identification Card (CBIC)

*Benefits may vary by plan Out-of-network/non-contracted providers are under no obligation to treat Fidelis Care members, except in emergency situations. Please call our customer service number or see your Evidence of Coverage for more information, including the cost-sharing that applies to out-of-network services. **Fidelis Care partners with TruHearing for discounted purchases of hearing devices.

Call today! 1-800-860-8707 TTY: 711

Our Licensed Sales Representatives are here to answer all your Medicare questions and help you enroll by phone

Monday–Sunday, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. from October 1–March 31 Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. from April 1–September 30

www.fideliscare.org/medicare H5599_21_20939FLY_M_Accepted_09072020

1109145

November 12, 2020 — MALVERNE/WEST HEMPSTEAD HERALD