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School election results North Merrick, Merrick budgets North Merrick total: $34.7 million Passed by a vote of 631321. Merrick total: $54.5 million Passed by a vote of 557259.

Mary Keene N. Merrick trustee

North Merrick, Merrick school boards Andrew Garcia/Herald

Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads, at lectern, spoke at the corner of Merrick Avenue and Smith Street in Merrick with community leaders, from left, Joe Baker, Julie Marchesella, Randy Shotland and Ira Reiter.

Bill targets utility road repair By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads stood at the corner of Merrick Avenue and Smith Street in Merrick Monday, surrounded by traffic rolling over the two roads, which have been marred by incomplete paving projects. With him were Bellmore-Merrick community leaders who lent their support to a bill of his that would require utility com-

panies to fully restore county roads after they have been dug up for the installation of gas and power lines — a common occurrence across Nassau. “Nassau County in 202021 is going to spend almost $80 million in road resurfacing,” Rhoads, a Republican from Bellmore, said. “That’s taxpayer money that’s going to be invested in the state of our county roads just like Merrick Avenue.” Merrick Avenue will be

resurfaced by the county from Sunrise Highway to the Southern State Parkway later this year, according to Rhoads, who said that work is partly needed because of “extensive work” done by utility companies. “As you travel from Sunrise Highway to the Southe r n S t at e Pa rk w ay, i t ’s almost like of f-roading,” Rhoads said. Utilities “came in, they did their work, and they put in temporary Continued on page 20

Mary Keene and Kathy Moran were elected to the board with 529 and 491 votes, respectively. Incumbent Michelle Gordon did not win re-election, garnering 391 votes. Kathy Moran In Merrick, Nancy Kaplan, N. Merrick trustee Linda Wilk and Butch Yamali were re-elected with 669, 561 and 447 votes, respectively.

College-bound teen has research published By REINE BETHANY rbethany@liherald.com

Undaunted by the Covid-19 pandemic, a young Merrick resident has won several major research competitions — including one normally reserved for college and graduate students. Sophia Fitzpatrick, a graduating senior at the allfemale Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead, won a prize for her research paper at the local level of the Junior Sciences and Humanities Symposium. She had her paper accepted by a psychology journal and earned an invitation to present a research poster at the virtual symposium of the Association for Psychological Sciences on May 26 and 27. While the word “research” makes most students groan — especially when producing a 20-page treatise titled, “When Guilt Is Good: Can Employing Anthropomorphism in PSA’s Improve Climate Change Awareness and Activism?” — Fitzpatrick had nothing but enthusiasm for her project. “I love this project so much, I talked about it in every single one of my college interviews,” she said. “I love talking about this. Stop me if I talk too much. I can go on and on.” To do the project, Fitzpatrick had to obtain information from published professional articles, design and conduct virtual surveys with both teens and adults, tabulate her results and write the paper in the strict style of the American Psychological Association. When she submitted her paper to the Walt Whitman Journal of Psychology in November 2020, its peer-review panel would not accept it without recommended changes. “That’s daunting for 17-year-olds,” said Stephen Sullivan, Research Director in the Science Department at Sacred Heart Academy, who mentored Fitzpatrick’s proj-

ect. “But she sat down, she looked up new things in other journals, and sent her paper back and they accepted it.” “That was such an important experience,” Fitzpatrick said, “a really important lesson that I will take to college.” Fitzpatrick’s success is exactly what Sacred Heart science teacher Beth Feinman hoped to see. Feinman, a retired MD, became chair of the Science Department at Sacred Heart several years ago. Young high school women, she noticed, tended to cross off certain career choices early on. “My goal,” she said, “is to show them what they can accomplish, to have them not cross off anything — in science, technology, engineering, math, any of the STEM fields.” Feinman developed a research program at Sacred Heart that starts in ninth grade. Students take a placement test to be accepted into it. For three years running, Sacred Heart seniors — and this year, juniors — have won invitations to present research posters at the APS convention, competing against college and postgraduate students. The opportunities that the program opens inspired Fitzpatrick to join it, but science isn’t her only interest. “Being a well-rounded student has always been very important to me,” Fitzpatrick said. She has organized climate change rallies, plays three sports, and is the president of the Sacred Heart student council. Sacred Heart Principal Sister Jean Amore described Fitzpatrick as “an empowered young, compassionate, courageous woman who leads with her head and with her heart.” Theology teacher Allison Haun called her “the epitome of a scholar athlete . . . an incredible leader.” “Satisfying” is the word that Fitzpatrick herself applied to her research project experience, adding, “It’s just an honor to be able to show my stuff and see my work really pay off.”

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Bellmorite gets an Islanders surprise

MERRICK HERALD — May 20, 2021

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

When Carsyn Volpe answered a knock on his door on May 14, he never expected what was waiting for him on the other side: a roughly 7-foot-tall blue and orange dragon. Sparky the Dragon, the mascot of the New York Islanders, made a surprise visit to the 12-year-old’s home in North Bellmore with some gifts for the Islanders fan to keep. Sparky brought along Islanders owner Jon Ledecky to also meet Volpe, who received tickets to the Islanders playoff game against the Penguins. It’ll be the first playoff game that Volpe attends. “I hope we destroy them,” Volpe said, “so I can go home happy.” Volpe also received a plethora of Islanders-themed goods, including a jersey with his name on it — a perfect match for the blue-and-orange socks he was already wearing — signed autographs from players and more. Ledecky and Sparky visited the Saw Mill Road student as part of a tour throughout the Island visiting families that are powering through health challenges. Volpe had been cancer-free for eight years before he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma in the fall. His battle against the cancer has caused him to lose vision in one eye. Volpe’s mother, Bernadette, didn’t give him a single clue that the visit was happening, which made it a complete surprise. Volpe is an Islanders superfan, with a room fully decked out in Islanders merchandise. “Just to have the experience with him means the world,” Bernadette said.

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BERNADEttE AND CARsyN Volpe, first and third from left, were visited by Islanders owner Jon Ledecky and Sparky the Dragon.

VolpE, ABoVE, WAs excited to receive signed autographs from players. AftER A fEW pictures, Volpe immediately threw on his new jersey. WhIlE VolpE AND his mother have been to some Islanders games, this will be their first playoff game.

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Merrick nurse arrested for allegedly stealing fentanyl Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Ray Donovan announced Tuesday that a former North Shore University Hospital nurse was arrested for allegedly stealing 1,467 vials of fentanyl and 223 vials of midazolam between October and December 2020. Melissa Frame, 36, of Merrick, was arraigned today before Judge David Levine on one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the fifth degree, one count of grand larceny in the fourth degree and five counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The defendant was released on her own recognizance and is due back in court on May 25. If convicted of the top charge, the defendant faces a potential maximum of up to nine years in prison. “The defendant worked in a cardiac unit of the hospital and had access to highly-controlled substances like fentanyl,” Singas said. “She allegedly stole more than 1,400 vials of the dangerous drug in less than two and a half months. I thank Northwell Health for reporting this employee to law enforcement and for their cooperation in this matter.” “The theft of this fentanyl by a hospital employee is a sad, yet stark reminder of how hard-hitting this opioid epidemic really is,” said Ray Donovan, DEA New York Division, Special Agent in Charge. “I commend the work of our diligent DEA Diversion Investigators and the Nassau County District Attorney’s office for their work on this investigation.” Singas said that the defendant is a former registered nurse who worked at

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North Shore University Hospital. From approximately October 3, 2020 to December 18, 2020, Frame allegedly used her fingerprint and a corresponding unique identification number to gain access to a medication dispensing machine more than 50 times. During the incidents, the defendant allegedly noted a patient’s name to correspond with the medication that was removed. In total, Frame allegedly dispensed 1,467 two milliliter vials of fentanyl containing 100 micrograms of the drug and 223 vials of midazolam. A review of the records by the hospital system allegedly revealed that none of the drugs removed by the then-nurse were administered to any patients. The defendant allegedly took the controlled substances between two and 30 hours after a documented patient procedure, for which they already received medication. According to the DEA, the amount of stolen fentanyl could be utilized to manufacture approximately one kilogram of a narcotic drug containing fentanyl valued at between $60,000 and $75,000. Northwell Health reported the activity to law enforcement, fully cooperated in the investigation and the employee was terminated. The defendant surrendered this morning to NCDA investigators. The investigation is ongoing. Senior Assistant District Attorney Tova Simpson of DA Singas’ Major Crimes Bureau is prosecuting this case. The defendant is represented by Steven Gaitman, Esq. The charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless found guilty. Courtesy Office of the District Attorney of Nassau County

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MERRICK PAL TRAVEL SOCCER TRYOUT SCHEDULE

MERRICK HERALD — May 20, 2021

Take pride in your community…represent your hometown…play for MERRICK!!

The Merrick PAL Travel Soccer program will be holding tryouts for its 2021/2022 boys and girls travel soccer teams. PLAYERS OF ALL SKILL LEVELS ARE WELCOME TO TRYOUT. Tryout dates and times for all Merrick PAL Travel Soccer teams are listed below. IMPORTANT… If you cannot make the tryout dates shown, expect to be late due to prior commitments, or have any questions prior to the tryout, please email or call the team contact listed so that we can try to accommodate you. PLEASE PLAN TO ARRIVE AT LEAST 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED TRYOUT TIME IN ORDER TO CHECK-IN, REGISTER AND BEGIN WARMING UP. (NOTE: Qualifying age requirements are specified below.)

Gender

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Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin

New Girls Travel Teams New Girls Travel Teams New Girls Travel Teams New Boys Travel Teams New Boys Travel Teams New Boys Travel Teams

Birth Year 2012 U10 Tryouts 6:45 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 5:30 PM 6:45 PM 6:45 PM

7:45 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:45 PM 7:45 PM

AGE GroUp ConTACT: Skip Haile - sshaile@aol.com 516-410-3762

Birth Year 2011 U11 Tryouts Girls Girls Boys Boys

5th 5th 5th 5th

Monday, May 24, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021

6:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM

7:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM

Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Harold D. Fayette School Brookside Admin

Spartans & Wildcats Spartans & Wildcats Heat & Colts Heat & Colts

GIrLS Spartans Contact: Peter Lagonikos lagonikos@aol.com 516-451-9595 Wildcats Contact: Jessica Wortman jwortman13@gmail.com 516-305-3762 BoYS Heat Contact: Mark Wan markwan@comcast.net 516-770-5775 Colts Contact: James Wolform jimmywolform@gmail.com 516-725-1856

Birth Year 2010 U12 Tryouts Girls Girls Boys Boys

6th 6th 6th 6th

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021

5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM

6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM 7:00 PM

Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin

Thunder, Storm & Magic Thunder, Storm & Magic Mustangs Mustangs

GIrLS Thnder Contact: Thomas McGuire tmcguire@gmail.com 516-298-8010 Storm Contact: Mike Postillo mpost16@aol.com 516-721-5856 Magic Contact: Kelly Wilcha 516-841-6141 kelspec10@aol.com BoYS Mustangs Contact: Gregg Rossi greg.p.rossi@espn.com 201-320-8297

Birth Year 2009 U13 Tryouts Girls Girls Boys Boys

7th 7th 7th 7th

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021

7:00 PM 6:30 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM

8:00 PM 7:30 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM

Harold D. Fayette School Brookside Admin Harold D. Fayette School Brookside Admin

Dynamite, Crush, Tomados Dynamite, Crush, Tomados Mavericks & Dragons Mavericks & Dragons

GIrLS Dynamite Contact: Paul Matthews pmatthews551@gmail.com 516-551-5054 Rob DaSilva robd_72@yahoo.com 516-390-6224 Steve Clark sjclarke1826@gmail.com 516-306-3903 BoYS Mavericks Contact: Rich Katz Rich.Katz@gmail.com 516-524-6146 Dragons Contact: Bryan McGloin merrickdragons@gmail.com 516-425-6007

Birth Year 2008 U14 Tryouts Girls Girls Boys Boys

8th 8th 8th 8th

Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 Wednesday, June 2, 2021 Monday, June 7, 2021

8:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 7:00 PM

9:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 8:00 PM

Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin

Hericanes & Lightning Hericanes & Lightning Warriors Warriors

GIrLS Hericanes Contact: Kevin Sullivan kevin.p.sullivan13@gmail.com 631-807-4689 Lightning Contact: Steve Schwinger sschwinger81@gmail.com 917-626-5226 BoYS David Goldberg baseball4family@yahoo.com 516-457-6116

Birth Year 2007 U15 Tryouts Girls Girls Boys Boys

9th 9th 9th 9th

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 Monday, June 7, 2021

6:30 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 7:00 PM

7:30 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 8:00 PM

Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin

Bulldogs Bulldogs Matrix Matrix

GIrLS Bulldogs Contact: Tony Rohr tonyrohr@gmail.com 347-248-1200 BoYS Darin Laby darinlaby@gmail.com 646-472-6647

Birth Year 2005 & 2006 U14 Tryouts 10th 10th 10th 10th

Tuesday, June 1, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 Thursday, June 3, 2021 Monday, June 7, 2021

7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:00 PM 7:00 PM

8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:00 PM 8:00 PM

Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin Brookside Admin

Jaguars & Blue Lightning Jaguars & Blue Lightning United United

GIrLS Jaguars Contact: Martin Mohr martinjmohr@gmail.com 516-510-0207 Blue Lightning Contact: Adrian Wander adrianw5@yahoo.com 917-612-3020 BoYS United Contact: Mike Barath merrickunited@gmail.com 917-373-5166

Tryout Locations: Harold D. Fayette Elementary School: 1057 Merrick Avenue, North Merrick, NY 11566 Brookside Admin/School: 1260 Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick, NY 11566 | www.merrickpal.org Thank you for supporting Merrick and the Merrick PAL Travel Soccer Program!

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events and activities

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gram, found on the Merrick Library webstie, www.merricklibrary.org.

Time for Kids in the Garden: Garden Flowers

Charity Garage Sale

At 10:30 a.m., join Time for Kids in the Merrick Library Garden for a supercharged storytime. This month’s themes is flowers and gardening. For children ages 18 months to 5 years and their caregivers. Registration begins on Friday, May 14 for Merrick library cardholders and Friday, May 21 for all other cardholders. Masks must be worn during the program and patrons must maintain social distancing. Participants must fill out a health questionnaire on the morning of the program in order to attend. Register on the library website, www.merricklibrary.org.

Thursday, June 17

Bellmore resident Ed Garfinkel will hold a garage sale, with proceeds going towards NAMI Queens/Nassau. Contact Garfinkel at (516) 343-6761 or at jgarfinkel@namiqn.org for more information.

An LGBTQ+ Pride Celebration through Word and Song

Thursday, May 27 In-Person St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser Wellington C. Mepham High School will be hosting its 11th St. Baldrick’s fundraiser on May 27. This year’s event will be an in-person event following COVID protocols and will be covered live by Bellmore-Merrick Broadcasting. Participants must register on the district’s event page in order to attend the event. No walk ins will be permitted. For more information, please visit the event page, https://www.stbaldricks.org/events/ mypage/868/2021.

Tuesday, June 1 Elevate, Enlighten, Empower — A Virtual Pride Celebration PrideForYouth, a division of the Long Island Crisis Center, will host a virtual Pride Celebration at 7 p.m. The event will include performances, testimonials, special guests and more. Register at www.prideforyouth.org/pride2021.

Wednesday, June 2 Long Island Cares first virtual fundraiser The Harry Chapin Food Bank will continue its mission to end hunger on Long Island by hosting their first virtual fundraising event from 6 to 7 p.m. The

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Bellmore-Merrick Broadcasting earns STN nods The Bellmore-Merrick Broadcasting team placed second in the Student Television Network Spring Nationals in the category of Live Sports Broadcast for their coverage of the April 14 Senior Night girls volleyball game. Last year, BMB received honorable mention in this same category.

hour-long event will include a threecourse dinner provided by Lessing’s Hospitality Group, as well party boxes delivered right to your door. There will be a silent auction and raffle prizes. Professional MC’s will host the event and Feeding America’s CEO, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot will give opening remarks, the audience will also hear from other special guests. Tickets start at $35. You can tune in solo, have an office viewing party or get the whole family together for a “charity night” to support their mission to end hunger. To register, please visit www.licares.org/ events/feed-the-need/. For more information about sponsoring this event, please contact Shawn Hirst at (631) 582-FOOD x104 or SHirst@licares.org.

Prudence Wright Holmes presents Typhoid Mary Thursday

Zoom information.

Prudence Wright Holmes is a solo performer in New York City. She has done solo shows about Agatha Christie, Harper Lee, Anne Frank and Willa Cather and a new one about Typhoid Mary. She will be presenting the Typhoid Mary program for the North Bellmore Library via Zoom on Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. Typhoid Mary tells the story of Mary Mallon, an Irish immigrant who worked as a cook and infected hundreds of people with typhoid fever, although she never had the disease herself. She was quarantined on an island for over 30 years. After the performance, Prudence will do a Q&A. Please register on the North Bellmore Public Library website, www.northbellmorelibrary.org, to be provided with

Saturday, June 12 Crafts in the Garden: Father’s Day Gift Children in grades K-6 are welcome in the Merrick Library garden at 11 a.m. to create a Father’s Day gift craft. Only registered patrons may attend. You must also wear a mask and abide by social distancing guidelines. This program is subject to good weather conditions. You may be contacted via email the morning of the program if the weather is inclement. Registration begins Friday, May 28 for Merrick cardholders and June 4 for all other cardholders. Please fill out the Health Questionnaire on the morning of the pro-

”PRIDE SLAM 2021 An LGBTQ+ Celebration through Word and Song” is the theme of this year’s Pride Month Celebration sponsored by Westbury Arts in association with Pride for Youth. LGBTQ+ poets and musicians from Long Island and the greater New York area are invited to submit their original works for consideration for inclusion in the Zoom event to be held live at 7:30 pm. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, June 1. Submission should be sent to Rocco Lanzilotta at rocco@westburyarts.org. All artists will be notified no later than Sunday, June 6, whether or not their work has been chosen.

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PFY, a division of the Long Island Crisis Center in Bellmore, will celebrate Pride Month in June. Merrick Truck Co. 1 said goodbye to their white 1996 Tower Ladder truck after 20 years of service. BMCHSD kicked-off its One Voice, One Message Virtual Races to benefit the Community Cupboard. The Bellmore Street Festival and the Merrick Fall Festival are still slated for September this year. Residents turned out to vote at their local school districts’ voting sites on Tuesday.

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Calhoun is sitting chilly atop the Nassau Conference III girls’ lacrosse standings at the midway mark with a perfect 6-0 record thanks in large part to its ability to jell a roster of experienced and first-year varsity players. The Colts passed their biggest test so far May 11 when they held off neighboring rival Mepham, 6-4, after blanking the Pirates in the first half behind goaltender Lauren Boldis. The senior stopper totaled 19 saves in a lights-out performance and got offensive support from multi-goal scorers Rylee Raines and Olivia Correa. “It was a good, scrappy win,” Calhoun coach Melissa Rohr said. “It was a serious test against a district rival. Mepham’s a quality team. Lauren was incredible in goal for us. She was the biggest reason we won.” Calhoun, which also got goals from Sofia Mescolotto and Izzy Vieni, built a 4-0 halftime lead. Alicia Heller scored twice for the Pirates, who kept Boldis busy throughout. “Lauren is an aggressive and active goalie who keeps us in every game,” Rohr said of Boldis, a returning starter and captain who’ll play collegiately at Scranton. “She’s talented and humble.” The defense in front of Boldis features threesport athletes Lauren Grossi, a senior, and Olivia Perrone, a junior. They bring strong fundamentals and anticipate well, Rohr said. Junior newcomer Isabella Cespedes has solidified the

group and is learning fast, the coach noted. A couple of fourth-year varsity players spearhead the midfield. Raines, a senior captain, ranked among Nassau’s leading scorers through the first few weeks of the season. “She’s our do-everything,” Rohr said. “She’s a natural attacker who takes draws and shoots well from both sides.” Raines scored at least four times in four of the first six games and totaled 21 goals. Junior Maggie Araneo is also a captain and a “true two-way middie,” Rohr said. “She has some of the best hands of anyone I’ve coached,” she added. “She has fluid stick skills, a great shot and is hard to defend.” Araneo had 12 goals and 10 assists through six games. Up front, the left-handed shooting Correa is a three-sport athlete in her fourth varsity lacrosse season. “She’s the best all-around athlete I’ve coached,” Rohr said. “She’s a huge weapon in the elbow.” Mescolotto is a sophomore attack who saw varsity action in 2019. She had two goals in last Friday’s 6-4 win over Mineola. “Sophia has great moves and stick skills,” Rohr said. Viene, one of two freshmen on attack, has developed chemistry with Correa and is also lefty. Freshman Shannon Lewis has six goals and seven assists, while senior Grace Radtke makes things happen from behind the cage. In addition to Mepham, the Colts beat Carey twice, Hewlett, Oyster Bay and Mineola. Rohr said their goal to win the conference title is a realistic one.

MERRICK HERALD — May 20, 2021

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CapTaINS, frOM LEfT, Rylee Raines, Lauren Boldis and Maggie Araneo have been a big part of Calhoun’s fast start.

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‘Future of Space’ found at Cradle of Aviation former nasa astronaut William Shepherd opened the new exhibit at the Cradle of Aviation Museum May 10.

By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

William Shepherd, raised in Babylon, in Suffolk County, has strayed a bit far from his roots over the years: He has zoomed around the globe multiple times on the space shuttle as a NASA astronaut, and became the first commander of the International Space Station. If Shepherd, now 71 and retired from NASA and a Navy career, has learned anything from his space travels, it’s this: Something extraordinary — even alien life — could be out there. If aliens were to arrive here, the andrew Parton first thing they might see of us, President, Shepherd said in Cradle of Aviation an interview at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City last week, would be space junk. “My sense is that if there is ever some kind of crossing with another species, the first thing they would see would be stuff we discarded,” like the hundreds of usedup space communications or weather satellites still flying around. Shepherd’s mind was very much on space and the future last week. He traveled from his home in Virginia to be at the Cradle May 10 for the opening that day of its newest exhibit, “The Future of Space.” Shepherd spoke to the media, schoolchildren and at a dinner reception for invited guests that evening. He had donated his flight suits and other NASA gear he had collected over the years to the Cradle, which has included the items in its new exhibit. The exhibit, Shepherd said, is designed to stimulate minds, young and older, with what is to come in the cosmos in the decades ahead. The time was ripe, Cradle officials said, for such an exhibit. The most stunning of recent events took place Feb. 18, when NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars. Ingenuity, Perseverance’s helicopter, has made a number of flights on the Red planet since. Elon Musk’s Spacex, a privately held company, launched its Dragon spacecraft on March 2020, to resupply the space station. Other Spacex voyages are planned. And NASA is thinking of a return flight to the moon, aboard a vehicle called Artemis, with a planned launch in 2024. Artemis’s crew will include a woman and a person of color. They will be the first of their gender and race to step foot on the moon. Much of the enthusiasm for space flight waned after Americans first landed on the moon in 1969. It revived in the 1980s with the launch of the space shuttle, but after two shuttles exploded in flight, killing 14 astronauts, the shuttle program ended. But the success of Spacex and the Mars landing mark a new beginning, said

he future is now. There is going to be a lot happening in space.

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Andrew Parton, the Cradle’s president. “The future is now,” Parton said in an interview. “There is going to be a lot happening in space.” In the interview, Shepherd said he does not see Mars as a “final destination” of the space effort. “We are trying to figure out where humans fit in the universe,” he said. “We won’t get any direct answers right away, but we will get some clues.” The vehicles that will travel to Mars in the future, Shepherd said, will likely be much larger than now, and the effort to get them there will be international. The exhibit itself takes up a large corner of the Cradle. It includes models of Spacex rockets, a 12-by-12 Martian landscape, complete with tiny hills, all designed by Rod Leonhard, a graphic artist and photographer, from Hewlett; an intricate model of the Space Station, which took two years for Matt Arnold, of Port Washington, to construct.

Part of the exhibit includes a 12-by-12 Martian landscape designed by a Hewlett graphics expert, Rod Leonhard.

The exhibit introduces augmented reality, an interactive experience in which objects that a model of the International Space Station, reside in the real world are designed by Matt Arnold of Port Washington, in a enhanced by computer-generated two-year effort. perceptual information. decades. It features dozens of famous A visitor can download an app to a cellphone and use AR to put images World War I and World War II aircraft of him or herself on Mars, or even “cre- built by Grumman and the Fairchildate and dance with little aliens on the Republic Corporation of Farmingdale, as planet,” said Leonhard, who demonstrat- well as general aviation models. It also has models of airplanes from the begined the technology for this reporter. Long Island played a large role in the ning of flight, balloons, components and early days of space flight. The biggest role gear by other manufacturers. And there is an original Lunar Module, LM-13, which belonged to Grumman Corporation of Bethpage, now Northrop Grumman, was intended for the Apollo 19 mission to which built the lunar lander that took Copernicus Crater in 1973. That mission Apollo astronauts to the moon. Grumman was canceled for budgetary reasons. “We’re going to honor the old, but celealso constructed the space shuttle’s wings. Dozens of subcontractors built brate the new,” said Jennifer Baxmeyer, electronics and other components for the the Cradle’s executive director. The plan is to build out the exhibit in years to shuttle. The Cradle honors Long Island’s come, adding what is new in space and achievements in aviation over the science, she said.

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StudentS from VaneSSa Albaneze and Jeanette Pincus’s art and chorus classes spoke with OK Go lead singer Damian Kulash. like to be involved in the creation of a worldwide project to recreate the video,” Pincus added. “They also said it would incorporate art submissions from Mrs. Albaneze’s students, as well as musical ones.” For the next few months, Pincus worked together with OK Go Sandbox arranger and music producer Luke Touzor to create the choral arrangement and recorded her choir to be used as the

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her receptionist. Waldman found the opportunity after being furloughed during the pandemic from the New Hyde Park practice where she was employed. “It was the perfect opportunity to start my own practice,” she explained. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do.” As a nurse practitioner, Waldman knows it’s unusual to find someone like her heading their own practice. The prevalence of nurse practitioners has risen in recent years, however, and the position gives Waldman “more autonomy” in what she practices, she said. She added that the common partner-

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elcome summer! It will look and feel a bit different from last summer as we begin to emerge from the pandemic. This past year sure was tough on everyone and it also forced many of us to re-think family outings, vacations or even easy ways to entertain the kids while at home. For some, this summer will offer more opportunities for kids outside the home. But other families may be more cautious about forging full steam ahead. Still summer beckons. Kids are ready to jump in the pool, play outside (and sleep in!), while parents are eager for barbecue dinners and easy-going evenings on the patio. Taking advantage of warm temperatures, outdoor activities and time together as a family is certainly appealing, but what happens when the boredom sets in and amusement parks and road trips are the main requests? Summer can be a respite, but also a conundrum if you’re trying to find activities to keep your family entertained. According to a NerdWallet and Harris Poll survey, families tend to ramp up spending when warm weather hits. Parents of kids ages three to 17 plan to spend an average of $471 per child on summer activities. The majority of parents with children younger than 18 — more than 80 percent — who plan to take a summer vacation, spend an average of $2,256. But summer isn’t just about opening up your wallet. There are plenty of ways to enjoy the season to everyone’s benefit — without spending fortune. Turn passions into summer projects Let’s face it, when it comes to summer and kids, free time can eventually turn into boredom. Try positioning summertime as an opportunity to pursue different, out-of-the-box interests, hobbies or projects that there isn’t time for during the school year. “Help your kid identify a passion project for the summer,” says Cherie Lowe, personal finance author and blogger. For example, a child who loves history at school might enjoy building a medieval castle from cardboard recycling as a budget-friendly summer activity. For budding artists, try mimicking the masters in an outdoor window painting contest at your home. Bonus: Once the masterpiece is complete, you can have fun washing off the paint and get sparkling clean windows in the process! To get ideas for a project, Lowe suggests looking for library books, finding online videos,

using social media or talking to friends who could be subject matter experts on a chosen area of interest. If it’s super hot and your family has a passion for water and DIY projects, look for water-based activities to cool down. One fun example: “Build your own sprinkler,” Lowe says.“For about $10 you can buy PVC pipe to construct an elaborate sprinkler for the backyard. We’ve done this and added to it each year,” Lowe says. Tap into area parks Sunshine and warm weather encourage people of all ages to get outdoors, and local parks are an excellent resource. To take advantage of what our parks have to offer and create a “parks plan” to guide you. Make it your goal to explore parks that may be unfamiliar to you, even consider a day trip to a park on the North Fork for example. Host themed potlucks with family and friends You might be tempted to eat out more during the summer months, especially now to show support for the restaurant industry hardhit by the pandemic, but it’s also the season to fire up the grill. Enter the potluck: Planning communal outdoor gatherings with neighbors, friends and family and sharing in food and games can be an enjoyable summer activity, to supplement dining out. Especially since we missed out on that sort of socializing last summer, it will take on a renewed appeal this year. Make your summer potluck dinners even more memorable by planning them e neighborhood events, celebrations or recreational backyard sports tournaments. You could also create theme nights such as “eating around the world,” where everyone brings dishes from different countries. Have fun with a cause Summer doesn’t have to be about selfentertainment. Families can also find gratification and summer fun by volunteering their time. Choose a cause or activity that suits your family’s interests, ages and lifestyle. For example, nonprofit building or renovation projects or volunteering at a community garden can be inspiring, memorable and skill-building. n Above photo: With a little imagination you can schedule a whole season of appealing activities to suit you and your family.

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ummer is fast approaching — and while we’re not back to “normal” just yet, we’re looking forward to a more relaxing, less stressful season as we start to emerge from the pandemic. We all want to have fun — even if we’re staying close to home. Families surely want to pack more play into your day. And there are plenty of ways do to just that. These ideas aren't just for the kids — they're fun and engaging activities for the whole family. After all, grown-ups need time to play, too. So set aside school, work and stress; turn your attention on ways to play with kids this summer. √ Build a toy car racetrack out of old boxes, paper towel rolls and other repurposed materials. √ Make a target with chalk on a blackboard or the sidewalk, and then throw wet sponges at it until it disappears. √ Set up a glow-in-the-dark ring toss.Use dollar-store glow necklaces or bracelets as rings. √ Organize a massive water gun battle. √ Or maybe your kids prefer a water balloon war. Fill them up before starting and keep them in buckets. Make sure the kids wear their swimsuits. √ Have a hula-hoop contest — see who can keep the hoops spinning longest and who can twirl the most hoops. √ Learn a fun new skill as a family: Try juggling, skateboarding, French braiding or whatever strikes your fancy. √ Grab your camera and take photos of plants and animals using different filters and frames, and then compare the results. √ Paint the sidewalk with water. See how fast the sun makes your art disappear. √ Get some pots and pans for drums, dress up and have a parade. √ Catch fireflies in a glass jar and watch them shine before letting them fly away. √ Go on an alphabet treasure hunt. See if you can find things that begin with every letter in nature. √ Create your own pop-up playground from old cardboard boxes, fabric pieces and other recycled materials. √ Draw a game board on the sidewalk and make up the rules. Kids can

become life-size pieces in a game of your own invention. √ Host silly relay races. Have the kids hop on one foot, walk backward, gallop like a horse, skip — the more ridiculous the challenge, the better. √ Create a short stop-motion film using dolls, stuffed animals or action figures. There are lots of apps that make this easy. √ Go through your recycling bin to see what you can turn into a boat. Add sails and decorations, and then float it in pool, river or tub. √ Have a car wash for your toys, bikes and scooters. Make sure to get really wet! √ Play flashlight tag. While the other players hide, whomever is "it" must find and "tag" them with the beam while saying their names. √ Host a fancy tea party for your stuffed animals. √ Go on a neighborhood wildflower walk—do some research in advance so you can identify some of the blooms. √ Rifle through the dress-up bin and have a photo shoot with your little princess, pirate or superhero. √ Indoor campout: Set up a tent in the living room, make oven s'mores, turn off all the lights and download a campfire app for your tablet. √ Set up a scavenger hunt in the backyard or local park. Give the kids maps or clue sheets for extra fun. √ Put on a show! Make up your own or adapt one of your favorite books, movies or TV series. Craft sets and costumes for extra fun. √ Head to the beach and build an enormous sand castle. √ Play a rousing game of themed charades — see what kinds of wacky themes you can come up with. √ Organize a family game night and pull out old standards like Monopoly, Scrabble and Pictionary. Winners can earn points to cash in for small prizes or extra scoops of ice cream. √ Collect items from nature and make a collage. Add paint or leave it au naturale. n Above photo: Document your world. Turn your eye to what’s happening all around you.

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or many of us, some of our fondest memories of growing up come from camping with our families. You just have to smile when you recall the fun of jumping into a cool lake on a hot summer day, chasing fireflies under a starry night sky, or making S’mores around an open campfire. For nature lovers, perhaps nothing is more enjoyable than packing up the camping gear, traveling to a favorite campsite and getting away from it all while sleeping under the stars. Such an experience can be transformative, turning first-time campers into lifelong enthusiasts. Even if you’re not a hardcore outdoors person, you can enjoy some special bonding time outdoors with the kids. Spending some nights out under the stars makes for a beautiful and peaceful summer activity. You don’t need a big cabin or a camper, either. You can do a lovely trip in a simple tent. Today’s modern tents are a lot nicer than the ones you may be used to. They can be divided into rooms, have hightech, waterproof and wind-proof fabrics, and connections for lights and fans. Sleeping Capacity: Choose a tent with plenty of room for you and your family. You may consider increasing your tent capacity by at least one person if you or your family are people of size, are claustrophobic, toss and turn at night, need more room to sit or sleep comfortably, or if you’ll be with small children or dogs. Types Of Tent: Cabin-style tents have near vertical walls to maximize peak height and livable space. Some cabin tents may also have awnings and vestibule-style doors that make them more like a house than a tent. Dome tents stand up better to storms with a tall part in the center and walls that slope down to the ground. It reduces the space inside the tent, but it’ll stand up in high winds.

Pay attention to tent floor length. Look for a floor length of more than 90 inches if you’re camping with anyone more than 6 feet tall. Also consider the number of doors. More than one door will keep you from climbing over each other in the night if someone has to get up for a bathroom break or rises early for fishing, hunting or hiking. Tent Materials: Look for higher-denier fabrics on your tent, which are more ruggedthan lower-denier fabrics. This is especially true for outer parts like rain flies and canopies. You’ll also want to pack a few extra repair kits and seam tape to keep your tent waterproof in case of rain. Look for mesh panels set into the doors, ceilings and walls of the tent for adequate ventilation. The panels should be set up to take advantage of cross ventilation in the tent. Camp Like A Pro Parents who have never before taken their children camping may benefit from employing a few strategies to make the trip as fun as possible. Make a trial run in the backyard. A night camping in the backyard won’t be exactly the same as a night in the woods, where wildlife, and particularly insects, may be less welcoming hosts. But a backyard camping night can acclimate children to their sleeping bags and their tents. A fun night sleeping under the stars in the backyard also may make kids more enthusiastic about an upcoming camping trip in the woods. Go over safety early and often. Use every opportunity to explain camping safety measures to youngsters in advance of your trip. Emphasize the importance of staying together in the woods, and teach youngsters how to identify potentially harmful plants like poison ivy, making sure they know to avoid coming into contact with these and other poisonous plants. Contact your local parks depart-

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of reading can earn your child one ticket, which he can then trade in for 30 minutes of screen time. Lead by example. Make reading a part of your own summer routine. One of the biggest factors that determine if a student will be a lifelong reader is seeing someone in their family set that example. Keep lots of reading material around the house and focus on reading more than other distractions. When reading, ask your child lots of questions. Reading lots of different books, silently or aloud, with someone else helps children build phonic skills and read fluently. But, talking about books, answering questions, and re-telling stories helps a child develop their ability to understand language. Make a “Summer Fun Journal.” Combine your child’s favorite summer activities with writing prompts. Have your child pick out or craft a summer fun journal, and when you take them to their favorite restaurant, or on a trip to Grandma’s, they can write a short entry in their journal afterwords. Prompt your child to use academic concepts when talking about the things they love. If your son or daughter is dying to tell you about the levels he just beat in his game, ask him to “explain” the level, and “describe” the “main character,” or ask her to “retell” the story of a movie or favorite show Read everything, everywhere. Have your child read billboards, signs, and pamphlets. If you go on a trip to a theme park, have your child be responsible for the map and have them read the rules and names of rides. n Above photo: The key to success with summer reading is to help make the reading part of the fun — making the library an exciting destination and combining literacy skills with the things your children already love. It’s possible to keep the focus on learning while enjoying the relaxed summertime pace.

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County bill takes aim at utility road repair continued froM front page patches, and those temporary patches are absolutely abysmal.” The measure, named the Save Our Roads Bill, would hold utilities accountable for restoring any county roads that they worked on. If they failed to make the repairs, the county Department of Public Works could then fix the roads and charge the companies for the repairs, according to the bill. There would be a 60-day window in which utilities would have to replace temporary road patches with permanent fixes. If the restoration was not made within the time limit, the county could make the repairs and charge the company, Rhoads said. “Our community is a great community, but people are avoiding driving down some of our roads because of the conditions of the streets,” said Ira Reiter, president of the Merrick Chamber of Commerce. “We just want our roads repaired properly so people don’t avoid them and for everyone to really enjoy Merrick and Bellmore when they’re in town.” “Now that stores are open and customers are coming to visit us, they’re commenting that when they get off Merrick Avenue, they need a Hummer to come down the street,” said Julie Marchesella, a past president of the Nassau County Council of Chambers of Commerce and owner of Queen of Hearts in Merrick. “We have to keep in mind that many of our businesses were hurt during the pandemic and are just reopening. We find it very important that our community looks great.” Also joining them were Ali Frankel and Joe Baker, presidents of the Bellmore Civic Association and the South Merrick Community Civic Associations, respectively.

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Joe Baker said that road repair was an aesthetic issue.

Julie Marchesella, owner of Queen of Hearts and a past president of the Nassau County Council of Chambers of Commerce, said she supported Rhoads’s bill to require utility companies to fully restore county roads after they have worked on them.

“Not only is it a money issue — saving taxpayers money — it’s also an aesthetic issue,” Baker said. “The roads are ripped up and the community doesn’t look as beautiful as it should be looking.” The bill, which passed unanimously through county committees last week, will come before the full Legislature on Monday, May 24.

“It becomes a blight on our local communities — it makes it less desirable for people to live here, less desirable for people to shop here, and it shouldn’t happen,” Rhoads said. “This is about protecting our communities, protecting taxpayer dollars and making sure that we’re doing everything we can to hold those who break our roads responsible for fixing them.”

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This year, Town of Hempstead residents will have the chance to end a summer day by packing up their coolers, ordering some takeout and heading to their local parks with their family members and friends for a free concert. The Town of Hempstead Neighborhood Concert Series will kick off on June 26, with a performance by the Commodores, followed by a firework shows, in Point Lookout. The music will keep on going on weekday nights at 7:30 p.m. (see schedule, Page 3) until Sept. 4, when Billy Joel tribute band Big Shot wraps up the season. “We are expecting great attendance with the concerts this year,” Town Supervisor Don Clavin said. “People are ready to get out, and they want to be outside. I think people are going to stay close to home, but they want to be out.” And having people out and about is also a plus for local businesses, which will be happy to supply takeout for hungry concertgoers, added Donna Jebaily, a member of the Seaford Chamber of Commerce board of directors. “As we’re getting more and more into people getting vaccinated,” Jebaily said, “people should have the opportunity, if they feel safe and healthy, to be able to get out and enjoy a good concert.” Seamans Neck Park, in Seaford, will host the Grateful Dead tribute band Half Step on July 21, and the Bon Jovi and Journey tribute band Bon Journey on Aug. 13. Wantagh residents can join their neighbors for the Linda Ronstadt tribute

band Blue Bayou at Forest City Park on July 13, then catch the 70s Rock Parade in Echo Park on July 15. Last year, the Town of Hempstead hosted 28 bands with drive-in concerts in Point Lookout. But this year, residents will be able to visit their neighborhood parks and enjoy the music, see their neighbors and maybe bust a move. “The [drive-in concerts] were successful, people were excited, but I’ll tell you, people want that local concert,” Clavin said. “They want to walk down to that local park in Franklin Square, in Uniondale or East Meadow, and watch a band.” Among the performers will be 45 RPM, known for its “C’mon Get Happy” show, featuring hits from the 1970s. The band will play at Merrick Road Park on July 9, in memory of its late bandmate, Danny Calvagna, of Deer Park, who died on Feb. 3 after a long battle with Covid-19. Danny’s wife, Karen Norris Calvagna, said she had appreciated the support of 45 RPM fans, and was looking forward to having the band play for Long Islanders this summer and honor Danny’s life. “The fans, they understand how Danny’s passing has affected everyone,” Karen said. “Aside from just reaching out to me with condolences, they appropriately reached out to all the band members, who have been family. Having that understanding with everyone has been so kind and so wonderful in this tragic time.” The band is currently in the process of raising money for a scholarship in Danny’s name for graduating seniors from Carle Place High School whose love of music will always be an integral part of their lives.

At town parks, a season of music All shows begin at 7:30 p.m. Social distancing and face-covering guidelines are still in effect.

Streetfighter: July 16 at Baldwin Park, in South Baldwin. A tribute to the Rolling Stones.

The Commodores: June 26 at Town Park in Point Lookout. Annual Independence Day fireworks show. Rain date is June 27.

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A. Somebody named Murphy once said, “Whatever can go wrong will go wrong.” Someone named Stein responded to that by saying, “Murphy was an optimist!” You can now quote Leeper’s Law: The act of simplifying often leads to further complication. In the process of trying to make things easier, you may have unanticipated problems onte eeper that can surprise you. I started writing this column because I saw people making the biggest investment of their lives without truly understanding the process or what to expect. Documentation and planning shouldn’t be taken for granted. Part of a licensed professional’s job is consumer protection, on top of combining artistic needs, structure, function and systems. From your perspective, we need to only provide the planning for the affected areas. That seems simple enough. But then things get more complicated, because our plans are reviewed by so many others who all have their particular point of view. Building officials see your home or business differently than you do. Years ago, when everything was done with paper and pencil, we submitted plans and they got reviewed at face value, such as only looking at the room you want to add. Then computers compiled information that allowed officials to quickly locate the whole property history and possible illegal uses that were previously recorded. After a while, it became a regular assumption of government that people were all trying to get away with something most of the time, and the extra level of scrutiny led to officials asking for more and more information, mainly because some owners ruined trust for everybody. You are automatically under suspicion for illegal two-family use, illegal sheds, decks, pools and fences, or the lack of a permit for your air conditioner or finished basement or attic. Add to that the zoning information, “clear sight triangle” to avoid blocking drivers from seeing across your property, energy code analysis for even your simple addition, plus light and ventilation charts to show your window changes and there you go, not so simple anymore. Simple would be great, if it were also reality. Your home may have had a violation that was never cleared from a suspicion of a former owner who rented the basement, or a long-term house guest who caused a neighbor to secretly report you, without any need for proof. It happens more often than you imagine, and then things get complicated just proving that there’s no illegal use, or you have to hire a professional to produce plans for more than you expected. You could start out simply, but be prepared for the rest. Good luck!

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was, as they say, fully vaccinated. Neither time did I even feel the pinch of the needle as it entered my arm. Clearly, after having injected so many hundreds of people at this point, the vaccinators are highly skilled at the fine art of delivering a pain-free shot. Neither time did I experience any significant side effects from the inoculation, either — only a little tiredness. Feeling confident I was safe from the coronavirus, I recently headed to New York City for the first time since December 2019. My wife and I went with our daughter to check out the apartment she’ll be living in during her senior year at NYU. (They, too, are vaccinated.) It was a momentous occasion. Like hundreds of thousands of college students across the country, Alexandra had spent the previous 15 months cooped up in her bedroom, staring at a computer screen, disconnected from all the wonderful vibrancy that a young person can feel studying and living away from home. Suddenly, because of the marvels of modern science, there was hope that she wouldn’t continue to miss out on the full “college experience” before she graduates. Suddenly, there was hope for us all. Riding the Long Island Rail Road was an

o hourslong waits. No brusque, exhausted state employees. And no side effects.

existential experience. On the way home, I paid close attention to the whir of the train speeding across the landscape, the way the sunshine streamed through the car windows, the loud beep before its doors automatically closed, the frenetic chatter of excited passengers, many of them likely having visited the city for the first time in months. Last spring, as the pandemic raged, I shot a photo essay on the emptiness of the LIRR. I counted a handful of riders that May day. People kept to themselves, seemingly afraid. If they hadn’t had to be there, they wouldn’t have been. It felt surreal, post-apocalyptic. Never had I seen the LIRR so empty during rush hour on a weekday. Riding the LIRR this May was celebratory, joyful. The world had not ended. Human ingenuity had prevailed. We mustn’t get ahead of ourselves, I know. We have a ways to go before our society can return entirely to our pre-pandemic ways. And the sooner each of us commits to being vaccinated, the sooner we’ll arrive at that happy place. So, if you haven’t already done so, get the shot. It’s a lot easier than you might expect. 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.

From one end of the pandemic to the other in a sheet pan

ome folks say that the wheel was the greatest invention ever. Others point to the printing press, the internal combustion engine or the light bulb, but I think that during the pandemic, the ordinary sheet pan changed our lives forever. My tongue is only partially in my cheek when I say that the basic 14-by-20-by-1inch pan has transformed my day-today routine. You can buy two pans for under 30 bucks. And then you can give away most of your other pots and pans, especialRANDI ly the large, heavy, KREISS hard-to-clean roasting pans. Paula Zuccotti, a London-based expert on consumer behavior, attempted to document the things people turned to during the pandemic. She asked contributors from around the world to photograph their lockdown essentials. Thousands of people sent her photos of the objects that got them through. They ranged from watercolor paints to stuffies to the usual devices, to some unusual devices, to musical instruments, garden trowels, yarn, VR headsets, paddles, running shoes, hand-tied flies, live plants and herbs of all

kinds. If I knew about the project, I would have sent a photo of my sheet pan. During Covid-19, as my husband says, if I didn’t cook it, we didn’t eat it. Meal planning and preparation was a diversion. Eventually, though, it felt burdensome to think about food even though that was all there was to keep us busy and reasonably healthy in our isolation. Somewhere along the way I remembered the two sheet pans I’d bought. When I went online for recipes, I realized I was late to the party; apparently the sheet pan craze has been rocking for some time, and people have been using this super-easy method to cook everything from scrambled eggs to filet mignon. Even babies are cashing in on the boom, with Mom and Dad preparing entire meals of diced chicken or meat, veggies and maybe some polenta baked on one sheet and enjoyed for a few days. The sheet pan is really the repurposed jelly roll pan of old. But now my pans hold our entire dinner. The preparation is minimal and the cleanup is, well, one pan. One of the best things about the ascendency of the sheet pan is that it doesn’t matter if you’re left or right, liberal or conservative, vaccinated or not. It’s possible that both Liz Cheney and Kevin McCarthy use sheet pans to cook. It’s possible that Dr.

Anthony Fauci enjoys healthy meals a la sheet pan and that Mitch McConnell whips out his sheet pan to prepare a homemade meatloaf. (Nah, that probably doesn’t happen.) One of my favorite sheet pan recipes from Epicurious:

uring Covid-19, as my husband says, if I didn’t cook it, we didn’t eat it.

■ 3 pints grape tomatoes, halved ■ ¼ cup olive oil ■ 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar ■ 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced ■ 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon dried oregano ■ 2 teaspoons kosher salt, divided

■ 4 pieces thin-sliced, skinless, boneless chicken breast, or 2 skinless, boneless chicken breasts (about 1 pound) ■ 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper ■ 10 ounces fresh mozzarella, thinly sliced into rounds ■ ½ small red onion, thinly sliced into rounds ■ ½ cup peperoncini (about 3 ounces), thinly sliced Preparation: 1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Toss

tomatoes, oil, vinegar, garlic, 1 tablespoon oregano and 1 teaspoon salt on an 18-by-13 rimmed baking sheet. 2. Cut chicken into slices. 3. Season chicken on all sides with pepper and remaining 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon oregano. Add chicken to tomato mixture. Roast until chicken is almost fully cooked through and tomatoes are starting to burst, 8 to 10 minutes. Arrange mozzarella rounds over chicken and tomatoes. Return to oven and roast until cheese is melted and chicken is fully cooked through, 2 to 4 minutes. Top with onion and peperoncini. Another recipe, for baked feta cheese pasta, went viral on TikTok and turned out to be worth every bit of the hype. When I prepare fish, I love that I can cook a piece of salmon, the asparagus, butternut squash and the roasted potatoes all in one sheet pan. If I want to separate the fish, I just put it in a little aluminum foil boat right on the sheet with the other parts of the meal. Then I lift it out when it’s done and leave the veggies in for a few more minutes. What object helped you through this past year? I would love to hear from you. Someday there will be a museum of the pandemic. Get your entries ready. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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his week, the nation will mark the first anniversary of the death of George Floyd at the hands of exMinneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of murder, among other charges. Never has the death of an unarmed Black man at the hands of police reverberated so loudly and so powerfully here on the streets of Nassau County. Protests that in the past were largely confined to big cities came to our suburban streets last June — and rightly so. It was critical that the protests play out across the country, in all sorts of neighborhoods, to send a clear message that Floyd’s death was unacceptable and that we, as a nation, are demanding change. Sadly, however, killings of unarmed Black men have continued since Floyd died. That is why we need the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to be signed into law. The measure passed the House of

How to contact your senators You can email Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at https://www.schumer.senate.gov/ contact/email-chuck. Email U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand at https://www.gillibrand.senate. gov/contact/email-me. Representatives, but has yet to pass the Senate. The bill would: ■ Lower the criminal intent standard — from willful to knowing or reckless — to convict a law enforcement officer for misconduct in a federal prosecution.

■ Limit qualified immunity as a defense to liability in a private civil action against a law enforcement officer. Qualified immunity generally grants government officials performing their jobs immunity from civil lawsuits. ■ Grant administrative subpoena power to the Department of Justice in patternor-practice investigations, which examine patterns or practices of excessive force and biased policing by law enforcement officers. How none of these measures is on the books as part of federal law now is confounding, particularly after all that has transpired over the past year. It’s about time that the Senate acts on the legislation — and passes it. We urge our readers to write to their senators in support of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act.

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Nassau is on the way to a full reopening

assau County has been slowly, surely returning to normal life following 15 months of trying restrictions intended to contain an out-of-control virus, and we can say with certainty that those restrictions saved lives. This week the county will take a giant leap forward in the ongoing effort to reopen its economy. The capacity restrictions on businesses, from retail stores to fitness centers, were to be lifted on Wednesday, so we expect crowds will return to shops and amusement parks, and we hope business will boom. At the same time, indoor social gatherings of 250 people will be permitted,

up from the current 100, and outdoor residential gatherings of up to 500 will be allowed. All good news for couples seeking to marry in June. We have seen how life is getting back to the way things were. Long Island Rail Road cars are filling up, and so are our parkways. Traffic jams are back. So are lines to be seated at popular restaurants. Never in your life did you think you would be thankful for the day that heavy traffic and standing-room-only cars on the LIRR were back, but that speaks to the upside-down nature of the coronavirus pandemic, which altered our reality. What is making all of this possible are

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letters Let’s rethink Covid guidance To the Editor: Last week we heard a groundbreaking announcement from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that those who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus no longer need to wear masks or physically distance, indoors or outdoors, in almost all circumstances. The science is clear: The Covid-19 vaccine works, and that is how we return to normal life. I am proud that Nassau is leading the way, with 7 in 10 adults now vaccinated, and we will continue getting shots in arms so we can save lives and return to normal life. We are ahead of the curve. The CDC’s announcement also underscores the need to revisit New York state guidance for schools, including for hybrid learning, masks, graduation and proms. We must address the devastating impact the pandemic has

the Covid-19 vaccines. As of press time, Nassau County officials were reporting that some 70 percent of residents here had been vaccinated. That is excellent news, because it means we should, at the very least, be able to achieve herd immunity at the local level by summer’s end, and perhaps much sooner. We encourage readers to post photos of themselves on social media receiving their vaccine inoculations. Spread the message far and wide: The vaccines are safe. They are effective. And once you’re vaccinated, you are largely free to return to life as you knew it.

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oom and other online video conferencing applications are exposing the underlying racism that infects American society, including in its schools. A Jersey City high school science teacher was recently suspended after students videoed racist rants in which he insulted AfricanAmerican students in his class who defended the Black Lives Matter movement. A teacher in Palmdale, Calif., got into trouble when she thought a Zoom meeting with a parent was aLan over and launched into a racist rant sinGer accusing Black people of always lying. She was suspended and then resigned. A Georgetown University professor resigned and another was fired after they were caught on a video disparaging Black students. The entire Board of Education of the school district in Oakley, Calif., resigned

after a board meeting at which they cursed when describing parents. Twothirds of the children in this district are Latino. A white police officer upstate in Albany either forgot to turn off his body camera or accidentally activated it before launching into an anti-Black racist rant. He was suspended without pay, and his department has started the procedure to terminate him. The Albany police department is also accused of systematic racism. Between July 9, 2019, and July 9, 2020, 97 percent of the people ticketed or arrested in the jurisdiction for marijuana-related offenses were Black. The police chief and a patrolman in Hamilton, Ga., were removed after body camera footage showed them making racist comments about slavery and the mayor of Atlanta, who is a Black woman. They made the comments just before going on patrol at a Black Lives

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Matter rally. An assistant to the local mayor commented, “I’m not sure if he was stupid enough — obviously he was stupid enough — not to know it was still working and that he still had it on. The words just rolled out of their mouths. There was no hesitation.” Neither racism nor tech trouble is new during the pandemic; as with police misbehavior, educator misbehavior is just becoming easier to expose. In 2018, a Florida teacher was videoed telling a student from Haiti that she was from a “third-world island country where they don’t have doors.” In 2019, a photo of four teachers and an elementary school principal from Palmdale, Calif., laughing while holding up a noose was posted on social media. Teachers and police officers are entitled to due process, but on-the-job racist rants must be grounds for immediate dismissal, with no second chances. This is not a freedom-of-speech issue, but rather an issue of disqualifying behav-

t’s not just police officers; teachers, professors and board trustees behave badly too.

ior. Racists cannot be police officers or teachers. There are more than 3.5 million kindergarten to 12th-grade teachers and 800,000 police officers in the United States. These videoed incidents involve a minuscule number of teachers and police officers. The greater problem is school boards and state legislatures that seek to whitewash American history by ignoring or minimizing the role racism in the past and present has had and continues to have in shaping this country, and police departments that target African-Americans. Conservatives disparage “cancel culture,” but they are the ones who want to ban teaching the underside of American history and protect misbehaving police officers. Dr. Alan Singer is a professor of teaching, learning and technology and the director of social studies education programs at Hofstra University. He is a former New York City high school social studies teacher, and the editor of Social Science Docket, a joint publication of the New York and New Jersey Councils for the Social Studies. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/AlanJSinger1.

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had on the well-being of our children, who deserve to have a normal education and get their lives back as soon as possible. Our high vaccination rate and declining Covid-19 infection rate call for new state guidance based on an updated evaluation of risk and benefits. LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive

An earmark by any other name To the Editor: Members of Cong ress just can’t get enough pork to bring back home. On a bipartisan basis, they have resurrected the old “member items,” previously known as “Congressional earmarks.” Both Democratic and Republican Congress members believe it is one way to assure re-election in 2022. Congressional earmarks have been rebranded under a new title, “community project funding” requests. It is the equivalent of putting lipstick on a pig. Federal civil servants want to make sure dollars are spent on eligible projects that are shovel ready, completed on time and within budget, with taxpayers receiving the full benefits. They have the independence and technical expertise to do a better job of distributing funds and protecting the interests of taxpayers in avoiding any waste, fraud or abuse than members of Congress. LARRy PENNER Great Neck

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