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At Bellmore Movies, a sign of LIIFE at the event, giving them an opportunity to connect with fellow filmmakers and audiences The Long Island Internation- alike. al Film Expo is returning to its “We love hosting — it’s a lot home, Bellmore Movies, this of work, but it’s so rewarding,” year. said Henry Stampfel, co-owner Now in its 24th year, LIIFE of the Bellmore Movies and prestypically airs dozens of indepen- ident of the Long Island Film/ dent movies at the T V Fo u n d a t i o n , historic singlewhich sponsors s c r e e n t h e a t e r, LIIFE. “We’re proud which has been in of this.” operation for over Stampfel recount100 years. Last year ed seeing filmmakwas a shakeup, howers premiere films at ever, as the coronaviLIIFE and eventually rus pandemic made move on to projects the usual moviebig and small, ANNE STAmpfEl both going experience all f r o m H o l l y wo o d Co-owner, but impossible. blockbusters to other In lieu of the Bellmore Movies indie films made week-plus of movie with up-and-coming premieres, event visionaries. organizers last year “We’re glad it’s decided to show back,” said Anne films during two Stampfel, Henry’s drive-in dates at the Samanea wife and the theater’s co-owner. Mall in Westbury. They also “It’s always quite an experimade the films available to ence.” watch online — an offering that Although there are some will be repeated this year. drawbacks, including the showBack at Bellmore Movies, ing of fewer movies than past LIIFE will feature its usual red- years and the inability of foreign carpet event, including a pre- filmmakers to travel and showmiere night and a closing awards case their work, the vibe at this ceremony. Filmmakers from around the world usually gather Continued on page 4

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little league makes it big The Merrick-Bellmore Little League advanced to the state championship after winning the Long Island Section 4 West title over Rockville Centre on July 20. Story, additional photo, Page 5.

Mepham graduate hosts NPR podcast ‘After All Things’ By JoRDAN VAlloNE Jvallone@liherald.com

Sabrina Garone, a North Bellmore native, is the host of WSHU Radio’s podcast “After All Things.” The podcast, which bring listeners regional headlines and updates on the coronavirus pandemic, has been a popular addition to WSHU’s evening show since early last year. WSHU is a National Public Radio radio station owned and operated by Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Conn. “It’s the

local NPR affiliate that happens to be located on the Sacred Heart campus,” said Garone, 24. “They take a lot of interns from the school and have graduate assistant programs. That’s how I started working there.” Garone graduated from Wellington C. Mepham High School in 2014, and finished her undergraduate degree in Media Arts at Sacred Heart in 2018. Last year she completed a graduate degree in Broadcast Journalism and Media Production, also at SHU. Asked how she got involved in

podcasting, she said, “I honestly didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I wasn’t even thinking about graduate school. I had a professor tell me about this graduate assistant position at WSHU. Radio was the one thing I hadn’t really tried, which is funny because I liked podcasts and I listened to them all the time.” According to Garone, that professor, Joe Alicastro, knew that she liked the production aspect of broadcast journalism, due to her involvement in a television Continued on page 2

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Local hosts Covid-centric WSHU podcast Continued from front pAge news show on campus. “I love audio, and I love editing audio,” Garone said. “I owe a lot to him for encouraging me.” “I had Sabrina as a undergraduate and graduate student,” said Alicastro, a former producer at NBC New for 30 years, and current director of SHU’s Masters program in Journalism and Media Production. The masters program at SHU offers a fellowship with WSHU to some students, which Sabrina was offered and accepted, according to Alicastro. “I think the program is fantastic — I listen to it,” Alicastro said of Garone’s podcast. “There’s been a lot of closures of local news sources in sabrina recent years. If you didn’t get any other news during the day, you’d be caught up on the news in 8 to 13 minutes, just by listening to Sabrina.” After All Things — previously know as “C-19” — recently underwent a name change and rebranding, Garone expalained. “That’s the new name as of a week ago,” she said. The podcast was originally called C-19 due to its original emphasis on Covid. “There was a lot of confusion about Covid at the time. This podcast came about making our evening news more accessible to

people in an 8 to 13 minute segment. “After All Things is the new name as we transition out of the pandemic,” Garone added. “The focus is about the world after Covid — where funding is going, what schools will look like, and other things.” NPR’s evening show, “All Things Considered,” is on every night from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Every half hour, WSHU comes in with local news, according to Garone. “We serve Connecticut and Long Island,” she added. “Anything that is happening in our region is what takes the focus.” Being that Connecticut and Long Island are separate from each other, Garone spoke on how they make the show work for both locations. “Since I’ve garone been working here, I’ve realized the two places are very similar. They share the Long Island Sound, commuters from both locations go into the city, and they’re affected by the same problems,” she explained. “I try to make the show a good balance between both places.” Garone is the primary host of the podcast, but says occasionally she’ll feature audio from Bill Bucker, NPR’s host of All Things Considered. “It’s nice to have him be part of it,” she added. Garone has been producing the podcast

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“After All things” recently underwent a name change and rebranding, and can be found online at wshu.org or on Apple Podcasts. from home, and said that it’s great that technology has enabled radio hosts to not have to be in a physical studio. She said, “Most people weren’t even going to the studio,” at the start of the pandemic. “They gave me this great microphone and I have all the software,” which allows for her show to sound like it was produced in a studio, she added. Garone spoke highly of her coworkers at WSHU, who have been particularly supportive throughout her journey. “When I was a graduate assistant, I wasn’t even trying to be a reporter, host or journalist. I was really encouraged by our news direc-

tor, Terry Sheridan, to do whatever I wanted — to not stick to one thing. “I never imagined hosting a podcast,” she added. “Everyone at the radio station taught me everything about radio, and for that I am so grateful.” “Sabrina’s great,” said Sheridan. “She brings enthusiasm — a younger point of view. She has a voice for it and she’s hitting all the right marks.” “I was never an NPR listener,” Garone said, discussing the challenge of directing her podcast towards certain audiences. “I always had this preconceived notion of what an NPR listener was. One of my personal goals was to introduce younger people to public radio.” “Part of what we have to do is be where our audience is,” Sheridan added. “The podcast was designed to be something people could listen to at their convenience.” After All Things can be listened to every evening, Monday through Friday, on WSHU’s website, wshu.org, NPR’s podcast directory, and Apple podcasts, according to Garone. Nielsen’s National Regional Database estimates WSHU’s Public Radio’s terrestrial and digital platforms attract about 8,500 podcast visitors on a weekly basis. “NPR can be for everyone,” Garone said. “By the nature of After All Things being a podcast, I hope young people can see that too.”

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Longtime bicyclist Arne Johnson, 72, said that his cycling speed has slowed with his age. And as a member of Huntington Bicycle Club, Johnson said he struggled to keep up with t h e yo u n g e r, faster members in the group. So when the Huntington resident purchased his first electric bike, it was a “lifechanging experience,” he said. Johnson said he began looking into e-bikes a few dan Yuricic years ago after Owner, Merrick he suffered injuries which Bicycles prevented him from cycling. He purchased his first e-bike from Brands Cycles and Fitness in Wantagh in September 2018. E-bike sales at Brands have at least doubled since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, said owner Gary Sirota. That follows a national trend: according to the World Economic Forum, electric bike sales in the U.S. have increased by 145 percent since 2019. “A lot of people took up cycling as a hobby during the pandemic and stuck with it after,” Sirota said. On March 21, 2020, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that New York bike shops could remain open during the statewide closure order under Executive Order 202.6. Sales have also increased at other local bike shops, including Merrick Bicycles in Merrick. Owner Dan Yuricic, who also co-owns Long Beach Bicycles, said that when gyms and recreational facilities closed during the pandemic, many people turned to bike riding for exercise, since bike shops were open deemed essential, he said. Yuricic said many of those cyclists have now switched to electric bikes. “E-bikes allow people to travel further distances, carry things on their bikes, combat winds, get up higher hills ... it makes it easier for certain members of bicycle clubs to keep up with the rest of their groups,” Yuricic said, “especially in the case that those members are older than the rest and have less stamina.” While some electric bikes only have a throttle, meaning the bike can be operated without pedaling, others, like Johnson’s, are pedal-assist bikes. “[They] allow you to work out as much or as little as you want to,” Johnson said. “You can get a different level of assistance from the bike’s motor

-bikes allow people to travel further distances, carry things on their bikes, combat winds, get up higher hills.

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arne JohnSon poSed outside Jones Beach near the welcome sign with his e-bike in September 2019. depending on which level you choose and how hard you pedal. On level one, you’ll do the most work and you’ll get the minimal help from the motor.” Sirota said that the majority of his e-bike customers ride for recreational and exercise purposes. However, many Long Islanders use bicycles to commute to work so they don’t have to worry about finding space to park their vehicles, he said – or worry about breaking a sweat. “Bicycles are a great and healthy way to travel to work,” he said, “but the problem is that you are bound to break a sweat. With e-bikes, you can get to your destination comfortably, without sweating.” Electric bicycles are also efficient for long hiking or camping trips, Johnson said, who noted that he once rode his e-bike from Huntington to the Hamptons. “With e-bikes, you can make self-sustained trips by simply carrying your battery charger with you and finding an outlet to charge your bike’s battery at night,” he said, “you can even bring a bag full of your clothes with you because the motor makes it easy to carry extra weight.” Although electric bike sales have increased, Yuricic said, they will never replace regular bikes. Sirota said he feels similarly. “Regular bicycles will never go out of style,” Sirota said, who prefers to ride a regular bike. “Whether it’s younger children cruising around, adults exercising or going for joy rides, or even cyclists who compete in contests, everyone cycles for different reasons…so it’s nice to have a variety of different types of bikes to choose from.”

JohnSon, 72 of Huntington, rode his Giantbrand e-bike at an event in Lancaster, Penn., in September 2018.

LIIFE returns to Bellmore Movies Continued froM front page year’s LIIFE should be a return to normalcy — especially for Bellmore Movies’ owners, who underwent a tumultuous year. People are still hesitant, Anne said, despite the theater following sanitary stipulations after every showing. Social distancing is enforced and usually comes naturally as well, as the large theater houses 350 seats. “I’m tired of being the mask police,” Anne said, “and I don’t want to chase people away — I need that money. It’s a conundrum in enforcement.” “We’re so excited to be back,” said Debra Markowitz, former director of the Nassau County Film Office. “Besides being a co-creator of LIIFE, I’m a filmmaker myself — there are so many people and fellow filmmakers that I usually see.” “We’re glad to do it,” Anne said. “It’s a step towards normalcy.” LIIFE will show 125 feature-length films spanning several genres. Among the premieres will be movies shot by Long Island natives and filmed throughout the Island — and one Merrick mom and daughter duo are prepared to show their documentary.

Merokean gets a ‘Second Chance’

Merrick resident Tara Notrica has her journey towards a bone marrow transplant chronicled in the documentary, “Second Chance,” a film by Rochesterbased director Matthew White. Her daughter, Samantha Horowitz, provided the music accompaniment through the film’s soundtrack. Horowitz wrote and sang over the tracks that include emotional messages of support for her mother. It started with the ballad “Brave the Storm,” a song written with vocal coach and former “American Idol” contestant Robbie Rosen. The song is meant to show Notrica that she wasn’t facing her illness, mast cell disease, alone. “What makes it unique is that we tell it through music,” said Notrica, a two-time transplant survivor. “We co-wrote nine songs — that’s how we tell the story; they cover different topics.” “I think it’s really important and special that my mom’s story, my music and how it helped will be able to be shared

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The boys of the Merrick-Bellmore Little League are enjoying a successful season. Still undefeated, they came from behind to defeat Rockville Centre in the Long Island Section 4 West Championship, sending them to the state championship. It was an intense game on July 20 — Rockville Centre held the lead, until a Grand Slam gave MBLL the edge. The game ended 10-8. They also defeated Massapequa Coast, 5-4, for the District 31 Championship.

The boys showed “tremendous resilience,” said coach Dominick Tolipano. “The team has been incredible. It was a number of different kids stepping up.” Players on the team include Leo Alesia, Jake Burlock, Nick Esposito, Will Hutchinson, Nick Ippoliti, Nick Maresca, Andrew Marino, Anthony Sanchez, James Smith, Frank Stella, Matthew Tolipano, Derek Tormack, Ian Yegidis and Ryan Yormack. Coaches include Tolipano, Jeff Esposito, Nick Ippoliti, Eric Maresca. The start of the championship was set for Tuesday, July 27, as the Herald went to press.

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Ben & Jerry’s will end sale in Israel-occupied territories By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

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How and why older folks get in on the fun Social media isn’t just for young adults. According to a Pew Research Center survey, nearly 70 percent of U.S. adults log on to Facebook, including 73 percent of respondents ages 50 to 64 and half of those 65 and older. Digital content strategist Renee Clare-Kovacs says seniors are embracing the “communities” aspect of Facebook. “They like the ability to keep up with events at church, their alma mater, sports, friends, and, of course, family all in the same place,” she says. “They are less intimidated there than Instagram which requires the additional steps of using their camera and uploading — throw in hashtags and emojis and they’re out.” Getting Social During the pandemic, many seniors have been relying on social media to connect with and “see” their loved ones. Maria Leonard Olsen, a 58-year-old attorney, uses Facebook; her 79-yearold mother uses Facebook and Instagram to see pictures of her children and grandchildren. “I see that libraries, community centers and village groups do training for how to use social media,” says Olsen, who’s the author of “50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life.” She advises people to “take advantage of these free classes and to learn how various social media platforms work.” David Henderson II, who’s now over 60, started using social media to get in touch with his high school and college friends. These days, he uses it to talk about how he manages his diabetes. “I started sharing my diabetic journey with family and friends because so many of them were dealing with the same issue,” he says. Social Platforms While sites such as Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok skew younger, many seniors are on those platforms too. For example, Mediakix ranked the top 10 elderly Instagram influencers, including actor George Takei and trendsetter Iris Apfel; each have more than a million followers. Seniors are finding success and connections on TikTok, too. The Wall Street Journal reported that Stephen Austin’s cooking videos, which he posts under the name @omsteve, short for Old Man Steve, netted the 82-year-old over a million followers. “There are some adventurous seniors who are

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joining TikTok,” says Clare-Kovacs.“TikTok embraces an authentic aesthetic so they don’t mind poking fun at themselves.” Creating and Consuming Content Social media — which includes sites such as Pinterest and LinkedIn — offers a mix of entertainment, news, hobbies, virtual socialization and more. Users can share articles, photos, recipes, and present their opinions. Or, they can just consume other people’s content and not create any content of their own. “Even though the older generation is using more social media, around 32 percent of senior users don’t post at all, they only see and consume what others post,” says Sharon van Donkelaar, chief marketing officer at Expandi, a LinkedIn automation tool. Social Safety Be careful not to overshare, advises Jolene Caufield, the senior advisor at Healthy Howard, a nonprofit organization advocating for healthy lifestyle choices. “Seniors have the misconception that people on the internet will not use their anecdotes or information for malicious purposes, so they overshare,” she says, noting that some seniors even post that they’re home alone, which could attract the attention of criminals. Caufield warns that oversharing also increases the risk of unauthorized access to a senior’s social media accounts, since security questions might be things they share on social media. Cybersecurity experts warn all social media users, especially seniors, not to click on any links they receive via private messages or on the advertising posts they see on the sites. That should reduce the chances of malware invading their computer system. Still, seniors don’t need to be scared about social media. Henderson tells fellow seniors that “Unless you have a flip phone, you’ve already embraced the technology, so you may as well use it to stay in touch with your grandkids, friends, and relatives you rarely get chance to see.” It’s a convenient tool to stay in touch, as well as find and share information. And the many seniors already using social media prove that it can be for anyone.

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Children in grades K-6 are invited to the Merrick Library from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. in the library garden for some fresh air a beautiful mermaid mosaic craft. This program is subject to good weather. In case of inclement weather, those registered will be contacted via email. Only registered patrons will be permitted to participate. Please visit www.merricklibrary.org for additional information.

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Friday, July 30 Learn to Play the Ukelele Join music instructor Adam King at the North Bellmore library for fun beginner ukulele lessons! No prior experience is necessary. Each participant will will be loaned a ukulele for the 4 weeks of the program. The four class sessions are: July 29, Aug. 5, 12, & 19. Please visit www.northbellmorelibrary.org/ for additional information and to learn how to register.

The Bellmore Friday Night Car Show The Bellmore Chambers of Commerce and The Town of Hempstead presents the weekly Bellmore Friday Night Car Show. Every Friday evening through Oct. 1. Located in the Bellmore LIRR Parking Lot between Bellmore Avenue and Bedford Avenue. Free admission for spectators. $5 admission for cars. Runs from 6 to 10 p.m. Visit www.bellmorechamber.com/events.

Saturday, July 31 Tail Waggin Book Buddies Tail Waggin’ Book Buddies is a program for children who would like to practice their reading skills with some four-footed furry friends! Become a super reader when you read to these doggies.... they love to listen! Dog teams provided by Love on a Leash. Program will be held indoors. Event runs from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Please visit

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Sunday, Aug. 1 The Nassau County Fair The Merrick Chamber of Commerce and Nassau County Fairs presents a weekly market fair for fine goods and crafts. This event takes places every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. Visit www.nassaucountyfairs. com for more information.

Monday, Aug. 2 Let’s Get Crafty - Grades 3-5 Emma DeOliveira, a Girl Scout working toward her Gold Award, will share the book I Wanna New Room by Karen Kaufman Orloff. After sharing the story, she will help the children with a Design

Your Dream Room craft! Grades 3-5. Please visit www.northbellmorelibrary. org/ for additional information and to learn how to register.

Tails and Tales Scavenger Hunt Merrick Library Visit the Children’s Room at the Merrick Libray and find all the hidden pictures of animal tails throughout the room-and win a prize! Tails and Tales Scavenger Hunt is self-directed and runs from Monday, August 2 through Thursday, August 31 during regular library hours. Please visit www.merricklibrary.org/ for additional information.

Outdoor Community Service Opportunity - Meals on Wheels Placemat - Bellmore Library Using special paper and vintage books, teens in grades 6-12 can make placemats and earn one hour of community service. This event is currently scheduled to take place outdoors, but in the

event of inclement weather, it will be moved inside. Space is limited, so please register in advance at https:// www.bellmorelibrary.org/. Program will run from 7 to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Aug. 3 Long Island Writer’s Guild Meeting Meetings are free and open to the public. No reservations or sign up required. Just bring a pen, paper, and the willingness to create! Facilitated by members of the Long Island Writer’s Guild, each session will include a writing exercise, volunteered presentations of individual work, and personalized college-level critiques of presented works. Writers will have the opportunity to learn writing strategies and techniques, share their works-in-progress in a supportive and educational environment, and, most importantly, have fun! Writers of all levels and genres are wel-

This workshop at the North Bellmore Library will discuss the importance of the college application essay, especially now that some colleges have become test optional and the essay has become an even more important tool for colleges to learn about you. We will discuss the topics on the Common Application, what schools are really asking, and how to brainstorm topics and answer the supplemental questions. Feel free to bring your questions. Open to rising high school juniors and seniors and their parents. Program will start at 6:15 p.m. and go until 7:30 p.m. Open to residents and non-residents. Please visit www.northbellmorelibrary.org/ for more information and to register.

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The Town of Hempstead is hosting free outdoor concerts at various parks. The Town of Hempstead will be hosting a beach cleanup on July 25 at Lido Town Park. Annual fall festivals will return to the hamlets in September. The Town of Hempstead re-opened cooling centers and extend beach/pool hours due to the heat wave. The Community Cupboard can be contacted via phone at (516) 992-1073.

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“Fighting in Afghanistan was like Whac-A-Mole,” said Army Staff Sgt. Chad Ryals, a veteran of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. “It’s rocky and mountainous there, and [fighters] would pop out of the mountains and use the terrain against us. A lot of my friends didn’t make it home.” Ryals, a Louisiana native, enlisted when he was 17. Now 35 and a Glen Cove resident for five years, he said it’s important that combat veterans from the war in Afghanistan and the second Persian Gulf War be remembered — those who did not return home alive as well as those who did. He said he had wondered why it took Nassau County so long to add a monument to Veterans Memorial Plaza in Eisenhower Park for these veterans, and added that he was pleased with the decision. Flanked by veterans, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced July 8 at the plaza that a bipartisan advisory committee would design and raise $100,000 for a new monument to honor county veterans of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. County officials said they hoped to break ground on the memorial Oct. 7, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the outbreak of war in Afghanistan. The memorial was established in 1947, two years after World War II ended. The plaza has grown ever since, with monu-

ments that recognize those who fought in because an active Afghanistan/Iraq war the Civil, Spanish-American, Korean and veteran organization does not exist. He urged volunteers to join, adding that they Vietnam wars. “We’re proud that Nassau County is do not need to be VFW members. Peter Wenninger, commander of the home to one of the largest veteran populations in the state,” Curran said. “There are East Meadow American Legion Memorial 55,000 veterans who make their home right Post 82, said he has not found any veterans from the Afghanistan and Iraq wars who here in Nassau.” want to become involved in Some 4,281 residents the legion. served in Iraq and Afghani“I hand them my card stan, according to census and ask them to please data. Twenty-one died. come down to the hall, and “Our troops are coming I’m met with comments home now from Afghanilike, ‘How did you know I stan,” Curran said. “It was a vet?’ and ‘Why did makes sense that right now, you come across the parkmore than ever, we ensure ing lot to talk to me?’” Wenthat present and future genninger said. “I get the feelerations continue to appreing that they don’t trust and ciate the sacrifice that vethave some sort of PTSD.” erans have made for our Ralph Esposito, director nation.” Chris Peterkin of the Veterans Service The county memorial Agency for Nassau County, committee has 12 members, said veterans of Afghanifive of whom Curran selectstan and Iraq do not join veterans organied, five chosen by the Nassau Council of Veterans of Foreign Wars, one by the Nas- zations because they have families and are sau County Legislature’s majority and one looking for jobs to support them. “These are all kids who aren’t interestby the minority. Chris Peterkin, commander of the Bell- ed in joining American Legions or VFWs,” more Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2770, said Esposito, of Floral Park. “We are in our 70s, from the Korean and Vietnam is forming an additional committee of Afghanistan and Iraq veterans to work wars, for the most part. They don’t want to with the county’s committee. The VFW listen to a bunch of old guys talking war spearheaded the memorial, he said, stories.”

Regardless, efforts continue to recruit younger veterans. Ryals, who served in Iraq from 2003 to 2005, and in Afghanistan from 2006 to 2007, said he could understand why the veterans don’t want to talk. “It’s kind of a repressive memory, which causes constant stress,” he said. “It affects you mentally, and you can’t relax. You don’t want to think about it.” Many veterans feel survivor’s guilt, he said. “They say talking about it helps, but it doesn’t,” he said. “I volunteer at a suicide hotline for veterans. I put myself out of my comfort zone to help.” Virginia Cervasio, of Glen Cove, created Heroes Among Us, a nonprofit that serves veterans. She formed the organization in memory of her son, Angelo, 24, an Air Force Gulf War veteran who died by suicide in 2006. Her nonprofit will donate $5,000 toward the monument. A member of Curran’s 12-member veteran’s advisory committee, Cervasio said she will do whatever is needed. “This project is very close to my heart because I’m honoring my son,” she said. “This is the war he fought in and died. It doesn’t matter that he didn’t die there.” “The only way you are truly gone is if you are forgotten,” Ryals said. The memorial “wouldn’t be for me. It would be for them.”

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site: He added more money for Long ous criminals who pose a threat to sociIsland cops and strengthened our crimi- ety.” nal laws. Todd is the right choice for the In an interview earlier this week, next Nassau County district attorney. Donnelly said the bail reform bill — I’m thrilled to support him.” even amended — remains an issue. “The The bail reform bill was a major loss of a judge’s discretion is major,” issue last year when Kaminsky ran for she said. She said some people charged re-election against Republiwith serious crimes are still can Victoria Johnson, who released without bail. “They centered her campaign on put a Band-Aid on it,” she the matter. Johnson, in the said of the amended law. view of political analysts, Donnelly said she was fared better than expected, running to “help strengthgarnering about 60,000 votes, en” the D.A.’s office, where c o m p a re d t o 6 8 , 0 0 0 fo r she has worked for more Kaminsky. than three decades. She said, Donnelly noted that she if elected, she would beef up worked with federal prosecuthe office’s cyber-security tors to convict a “porn docunit and crackdown on tor” who filmed and forcibly gangs in the county. ann Donnelly touched patients. And the Rich Orsillo, a Kaminsky prosecutor also was involved campaign spokesman, said, in a Long Beach drug wiretap case, “Todd Kaminsky is a fearless prosecutor which resulted in the conviction of who has put violent criminals behind seven individuals, making the commu- bars and led the convictions of corrupt nity safer from drug dealing. politicians from both parties—and his “I’m delighted to be a candidate for record is second to none. As district Nassau district attor ney,” Donnelly attorney, he will continue to protect said. “I have dedicated my career to Long Islanders and be a tireless champikeeping the public safe and prosecuting on for Nassau County, delivering again those who commit crimes. I want to be and again for our families without the district attorney in order to protect being beholden to party bosses.” Nassau County residents from danger-

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GOP for the race. In her first news release last week, Donnelly, of Garden City, blasted her Anne Donnelly, a career prosecutor opponent as “a political opportunist who last week was named the Nassau who has spent his time in Albany writRepublican’s nominee for county dis- ing get out of jail free laws to turn loose trict attorney, wasted no time calling more dangerous inmates onto our out what she sees as her streets.” opponent’s chief vulnerabiliShe also charged that he ty: State Sen. Todd Kaminis a “career opportunist who sky, she says, is the author of has worked to tur n loose the ”get out of jail free laws.” dangerous criminals into Kaminsky, a Long Beach our neighborhoods.” Democrat who has served in Nassau GOP Chairman the State Senate since 2016, Joseph Cairo Jr. said in a was a supporter two years statement that “the choice ago of the controversial bail for district attor ney this refor m legislation, which year is clear. Republicans allowed suspects in some have put forth a candidate type of crimes to be released wh o h a s d e d i c at e d h e r todd Kaminsky from jail without bail. The career to keeping the public bill was amended last year to safe and putting dangerous give judges more discretion to assign criminals behind bars.” bail for violent and other crimes. Now, Nassau Democratic Party Chairman more than 20 crimes are once again Jay Jacobs, in announcing Kaminsky’s “bail eligible.” Kaminsky backed the nomination in late June, noted that the changes to the law, which was originally state senator was a federal prosecutor. passed through the state budget. “Senator Todd Kaminsky is a fearless Nonetheless, Donnelly, a 32-year former federal prosecutor who has put career prosecutor who is currently dep- Long Islanders’ safety first his entire uty chief of the Organized Crime and career,” Jacobs said in a statement. Rackets Bureau, took aim at Kaminsky, “When fringe g roups were crying only days after being nominated by the ‘defund the police,’ Todd did the oppo-

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On July 20, campers at Camp Gan Israel of Merrick joined with the C.I.T. campers of Camp Pardas Chanah of Montreal jointly shared messages of kindness on the streets of Merrick. Passersby can see the positive messages as they return home from work or go to Stop & Shop. How did Merrick and Montreal come together? The story begins with Covid-19 lockdowns and two sisters who are directors of the two camps. When Dinie Gurary, director of Camp Pardas Chanah, realized that Canada’s lockdown would not allow her to operate her all-girls’ overnight camp, she began to search for alternative campsites for the summer of 2021. She found a beautiful campsite in Kingston, NY, and planned a summer for more than 200 campers, who are happily enjoying their time in summer camp. Being in upstate New York opened many new opportunities for trips and outings in the New York area that the Montreal camp never had access to. When she was planning a full-day trip itinerary for her CIT division in the Long Island area, she called her sister, Chanie Kramer, director of Camp Gan Israel of Merrick. Together, the two sisters planned an exciting team building activity that would promote kindness and involve the older groups of CGI Merrick campers along with the C.I.T. campers of Camp P.C. They had to figure out a Covid-safe way to make it happen, and they did — they ordered cans of washable spray chalk and letter stencils. Upon arrival in Merrick, the C.I.T.s split up into several groups, with some decorating the sidewalks outside Stop & Shop (who happily gave their

consent), some decorating Hewlett Avenue, while the 3rd group shared messages of kindness with CGI campers using the camp’s outdoor walkway. “In today’s times, when there is so much upheaval, uncertainty and negativity in the news, we can all use positivity in our lives,” said Chanie Kramer. “I hope that all those who see these messages of kindness are inspired to pay it forward, and spread kindness to others. If each of us focuses on doing our part to add in goodness and kindness, we can make the world a better place to live in.” That evening, Maureen Stuck was walking by Hewlett Avenue and stopped to enjoy the messages. “The words out here are inspiration,” she said.

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ny forward movement in aviation, or in space exploration, is usually greeted by cheers. As should be the case. But often, first come the skeptics who ask whether it was worth it all. Or the doubters who say it never happened. Or even, sadly, those who shrug their shoulders and say, “So what?” When the bicycle-makers Wilbur and Orville Wright successfully flew their singleengine, box-like airplane on a chilly December morning in 1903 jAmES from the mosquitomarshes BERNStEIN infested of Kitty Hawk, N.C. — the first motorized heavierthan-air vehicle ever to leave the earth — only four local newspapers showed up to cover the event. There were even disbelievers that the 12-second flight ever happened. The U.S. government turned the brothers down, with a form letter, saying it had no interest in their invention. An editorial in a Paris newspaper sniffed, “The Wrights have flown or they have not flown. They possess a machine

or they do not possess one. They are in fact either fliers or liars. It is difficult to fly . . . It is easy to say, ‘We have flown.’” The press and the public ultimately came to recognize the significance of the Wrights’ first flight. But it took time. So, too, now, there has been considerable scoffing at and bad-mouthing of the recent flights to the edge of space by the billionaires Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. Social media has been filled with denunciations: Bezos and Branson could have used the multimillions they spent on their ventures feeding half the world’s population. They could have brought global warming under control. They could have cured Covid. All these things are absolutely worthy goals and need to be done. But they will not be done by one man, or two. They will take global efforts by teams of scientists, researchers, scholars and all of us. Bezos and Branson had another goal in mind, one that is also worthy. Their flights were a brief few minutes, and they reached about 60 miles high, the edge of space. But on May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard, the first American in space, flew for only 15 minutes in his Freedom 7 space capsule, and reached an altitude of

101 miles before splashing down in the Atlantic. But in what is really a wink of an eye — eight years and two months later — Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon, in July 1969. The Apollo moon program certainly got the world cheering, but in the decades since, the view of its technological feats has soured. I have heard many deride it as little more than a propaganda tool, with a number of people looking back on it with a yawn. But the view of our blue and white planet from space alone was worth every penny. We got a perception of just how enormous “out there” is, how tiny we really are, and how we need to preserve this beautiful planet of ours. But technology from the Apollo program also gave us better water-purification systems, breathing masks used by firefighters around the world, solar panels, cordless devices like power tools, a path to developing miniaturized computers, advanced cameras, thermal blankets for keeping the sick warm and yes, moon rocks to gaze upon in museums. It’s easy to call Bezos and Branson thrill-seekers who have little better to do

ezos and Branson are scoffed at, but so were two brothers at Kitty Hawk.

with their time or money. Neither man is perfect. Bezos could certainly improve working conditions at his Amazon plants around the country, and he didn’t help himself when he “thanked” his employees for making his voyage possible. He used company stock to finance his trip, and his employees had no say in the matter. But I also see the two men as dreamers, like the Wright brothers and all of the Apollo astronauts. Each step forward in aviation, or space, gets us a little closer to where our DNA as human beings pushes us to be: out there. The Wrights were the step to commercial airplanes. The airplanes took us to Apollo. Apollo took us to the moon. The moon is now seen as a landing stop on the way to Mars and beyond. This progress cannot be stopped. Since our earliest days on Earth, we have looked skyward and asked, What’s up there? Wilbur Wright put it this way: “The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who, in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times, looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space, at full speed, above all obstacles, on the infinite highway of the air.” Let’s keep looking. James Bernstein is the editor of the Long Beach Herald.

Caught in the tangled lines of big fishing

watched the Netflix documentary “Seaspiracy” last week, and I may never eat fish again. The 90-minute exposé on commercial fishing, produced by Ali Tabrizi, a 27-year-old environmentalist and filmmaker, reveals a fishing mega-industry that is poisoning our oceans, overfishing across the globe, unintentionally slaughtering thousands of dolphins and turtles in miles-long fishing nets (known as walls of death) and peddling farmed fish that is contaminated to unsuspecting RANDI consumers. The KREISS documentary presents disturbing video evidence of practices like the mass killing of dolphins and whales in Japan, where some fishermen see the mammals as competition for their industry. Tabrizi interviews fishermen as well as leaders of various organizations devoted to the preservation of sea life and healthy oceans. He draws viewers to the conclusion that there is no such thing as “sustainable” fish catches, and no such thing as “dolphin safe tuna,” despite the labels and the claims of the fishing industry. He

interviews men who say they were kept as slaves on huge fishing vessels, processing shrimp in their holds, with the threat of being thrown overboard if they protested. The documentary shows thousands of miles of fishing lines and nets stuck together in vast seas of garbage floating across the Pacific Ocean. My own history with fishing and eating fish is at odds with the disturbing elements of the exposé. Having lived most of my life on the coast of Long Island, I fished Reynolds Channel, in Atlantic Beach and Long Beach, from the time I was 4. As a kid, I went out with my dad and my Uncle Herbie in a wooden rowboat with an outboard motor, and I always landed the biggest flounder. “Big as a doormat,” my dad would say. And I usually caught it on a simple dropline. Part of the fun was the other stuff we caught and threw back, the blowfish and spider crabs and the occasional eel. The bays were full and rich with wildlife. My dad cleaned the fish at the dock, and we ate what we caught. Who thought about it? Decades later, wanderlust led my own family to summers in Montana. There we learned to fly fish, and we ambled along

the big rivers: the Bitterroot, the Gallatin, the Blackfoot, the Yellowstone and the Ruby. Summer after summer we caught and released rainbow and brown trout lurking in the deep, still pools of those pristine rivers. This morning, I read in The New York Times: “Montana’s Famed Trout Under Threat as Drought Intensifies.” Which leads to questions about what is precipitating the devastating heat and drought across the West, and how overfishing, air pollution, industrial waste and food production contribute to the climate change that is affecting life on Earth? I’m worried that my favorite salmon recipes, made with farmraised salmon, may include a few surprise ingredients like arsenic, PCBs, DDT and mercury. When I open a can of tuna, “Seaspiracy” claims, even the “Dolphin Safe” label can be unreliable. The Guardian newspaper challenges some of “Seaspiracy’s” claims, saying that several fishing industry leaders were quoted “out of context.” The newspaper reports that there are viable groups working hard to create “sustainable’ sources of fish. It challenges the “Seaspiracy” claim that our oceans could be completely empty

ow do we eat healthy and still preserve the planet’s natural resources?

by 2048, saying that finding may be dated. I checked out the websites of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and learned that there are hundreds of endangered fish on their lists, fish dying out because of overfishing or disappearing habitats. Among them is the Atlantic salmon. So, as a salmon eater, my choice is wild-caught Pacific salmon or farm-raised salmon, which seems to have issues not only with contaminants but with the farms themselves, which release huge amounts of waste into the oceans. And if someone claims a farmed fish source to be environmentally conscientious and the fish safe to eat, how to know for sure? Please watch “Seaspiracy” for yourself. Read the rebuttals to the documentary on the BBC and Guardian websites. The questions for all of us are, how do we eat healthy and still preserve the natural resources of our planet? How do we create reliable oversight groups so that we can believe their reports of sustainable fish sources and healthy fishing protocols? Right now, the fishing industry is largely self-reporting, and that raises issues. As citizens of the Earth, our menu choices are fraught. Suddenly, a simple tuna sandwich creates an ethical dilemma. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

MERRICK HERALD — July 29, 2021

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lans to construct a wind farm in the ocean 15 miles south of Jones Beach will undoubtedly be met with opposition. The Long Island Commercial Fishing Association has already weighed in against the project, saying it could disturb vital fishing grounds. There will likely be others to follow during a two-year environmental review. We mustn’t allow not-in-my-backyard protestations to scuttle such a project again, though. In 2007, plans for a 40-turbine wind farm off Jones Beach, 10 years in the making, were killed largely because of NIMBYist opposition by a small but vocal group called Save Jones Beach. Long Island Power Authority officials claimed the project would cost too much, but studies showed it would have raised ratepayers’ monthly bills by a mere $2.50. Polling at the time showed Long Islanders overwhelmingly supported the wind farm, despite the rate increase. That’s because most folks understood then, and understand now, that we desperately need renewable energy sources like wind, solar and geothermal to reduce our reliance on dirty fossil fuels such as coal, oil and even natural gas in order to stave off the worst effects of the climate crisis. Yes, the Earth is heating up beyond the bounds of predictable climactic cycles, and we’re responsible for throwing the world’s mean temperature range out of whack. Power plants, factories, and cars and trucks send more than 40 billion metric tons of heat-trapping carbon dioxide — the chief of driver of climate change —

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letters Get vaccinated if you haven’t been To the Editor: New Yorkers across the state continue to fight Covid-19 by getting vaccinated, but we need to get even more shots in arms to put this virus behind us for good. I urge everyone who hasn’t gotten their shot yet to do so immediately. The vaccine is widely available and taking it is easy, safe and free. As of last week, the percentage of New Yorkers testing positive for the virus was up, at 1.86 percent. The seven-day average was 1.66 percent. New patient hospitalizations, patients in intensive care units, patients in ICUs with intubation and deaths were all up. All state mass-vaccination sites are open to eligible New Yorkers for walk-in vaccination on a first-come, first-served basis. Those who would prefer to schedule an appointment at a state-run site can do so on the Am I Eligible App or by calling (833) NYS-4-VAX.

into the atmosphere every year. Since the Industrial Revolution began in 1750, humans have released 2,000 billion metric tons, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That is, we have released enough carbon into the atmosphere to substantially alter its composition and set in a motion the climate crisis that we now face. The question is, what will we do to stop it? Will we bravely seek new, clean forms of energy, or will we keep our heads buried in the sands of our pristine beaches until they’re all underwater? Yes, the climate crisis is raising sea levels and increasing the strength of hurricanes and tropical storms, while also causing wrenching drought in parts of the world — including the American Southwest — that have traditionally been rain-deprived. You only need look to the abnormally scorching temperatures we have seen across the West this year — and the out-ofcontrol wildfires that have resulted — to understand the magnitude of the crisis that we face. Climatologists tell us that the climate crisis is no longer a future projection. It is here and now, and we are only starting to feel its terrible effects. We are not powerless, however. Just as human ingenuity got us into this crisis, it can get us out of it. Building offshore wind farms around Long Island — considered the “Saudi Arabia of wind” — would be a step in the right direction. It’s only natural that the Long Island Commercial Fishing Association would worry about the potential effects of wind

farms on traditional fishing grounds. It’s shortsighted, however, to think only in the present. Warmer ocean waters caused by the climate crisis could wipe out twothirds of all fish species around the globe, according to the World Economic Forum. At the same time, fish — and birds — exist in a narrow temperature range to which they have spent millennia adapting. Change the mean annual temperature over long periods of time, and the fish and birds begin migrating north to cooler regions. In the near future, in other words, there may not be a Long Island fishing industry to speak of unless we act now. Over the next two years, we also may hear that wind farms kill birds that fly through them. That’s true. All forms of energy production, though, kill wildlife. Blowing apart mountains to extract coal certainly does. Oil spills in the ocean certainly do. For goodness’ sake, nuclear power plants kill billions of fish and fish larvae annually by sucking them from rivers and oceans through their cooling systems. The National Audubon Society estimates that we could lose two-thirds of all bird species to climate change. That’s why the society supports wind farms, including offshore wind farms, even though we may lose thousands of birds to them. If you’re really worried about birds, though, keep your house cat inside. Outdoor house cats kill some 2.4 billion birds in the U.S. and Canada every year, according to the American Bird Conservancy.

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ere’s a quick note to United Airlines. You know that deal you recently announced with Boom Supersonic that has you placing options to purchase 15 Overture aircraft, the still-tobe-built supersonic transport planes? If United, or any of Boom’s aeronautical engineers, have an institutional memory, they’ll recall that the firstgeneration Concorde SST died, in part, because of the ferocious opposition from those in the Five Towns living beneath ronALD J. final approach to F. Kennedy rosenberg John International Airport. That lesson needs to be heard in Tokyo, because Japan Airlines has secured 20 options for Overture, and Virgin Atlantic has announced that it is studying a supersonic airliner of its own. Let’s be clear. If your airliner can’t fly into Kennedy, you aren’t flying anywhere. Regardless of what technology you apply, whether its electric-powered engines or supersonic delta wings, the economics of any airliner depend on landing rights at JFK. The surrounding communities are

seasoned veterans of the jet noise war, and they know how to respond effectively based on their experiences with the deltawinged Concorde SST. In addition to a loud “double bang” sonic wave that assaulted people on the ground whenever the Concorde exceeded the speed of sound, its engines were considerably louder than those powering 747s and DC-10s of that era. Those jumbo jets arrive over the Five Towns far more slowly and far more quietly than the SST. The latest generation of aviation companies proposing to build a 21st-century SST has the advantage of working with research, technology, composite materials and supercomputers that were unavailable to Concorde designers back in the 1960s. Current plans suggest a design that incorporates an unusually long nose meant to contour a shock wave, wings designed to bounce a sonic boom up into the air and engines cloaked, in part, by twin vertical tails. Airlines also have a better appreciation of the economics of supersonic travel in an era of deregulation, when they have a far tougher and more competitive business model than the two European airlines that flew the Concorde across the Atlantic.

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Engineers say they fully appreciate that there is a point at which decibel readings for supersonic flight go off the chart and into the realm of community and Congressional opposition. They believe their prototype SST will offer a muted “thump” when it needs to fly over land in excess of Mach 1. While there has been an effort since 2018 to restart American SST research, Congress and the Federal Aviation Administration have yet to set new SST noise standards, which means, for the moment, that the industry is chasing a moving and subjective regulation. As fabrication of SST aircraft moves forward, the industry should consider simultaneously launching a community outreach and educational program focusing on what their SST will and will not do that would begin to engage Long Islanders. They should share their science, for example, with village mayors and civic leaders, particularly those in the Five Towns; host a community open house at Hempstead Town Hall; display their design concepts at the Lawrence High School science fair; host an informational briefing for Nassau County elected officials at the Cradle of Aviation; create a web site that details the thou-

he new model may give off a thump rather than a bang when it exceeds Mach 1.

sands of hours of wind tunnel testing, computer modeling and concept designs; coordinate efforts with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs JFK; and offer a virtual online tour of the engineering centers where their first SST is being designed. Boom Supersonic and its competitors, such as Lockheed Martin, need to appreciate that it is no longer sufficient to be the most innovative kid in the air. New technology, like new public infrastructure, now comes with a mandatory strategy to engage those who will be most impacted by it. But a neighborhood outreach program will not address the issue facing Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Inwood, and other communities on the South Shore that daily absorb the sights and sounds of intense air traffic. We know Long Island isn’t the center of the commercial aviation universe, but persuading New Yorkers living near JFK that a new and vastly improved SST will not harm their quality of life will be essential to the long-term viability of an SST that few of us will ever fly. Ronald J. Rosenberg has been an attorney for 42 years, concentrating in commercial litigation and transactions, and real estate, municipal, zoning and land use law. He is currently with the law firm he founded in 1999, Rosenberg Calica & Birney, in Garden City.

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People may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule an appointment where vaccines are available, or visit vaccines.gov to find information on appointments near them. The Covid-19 Vaccine Tracker Dashboard is available to update New Yorkers on the distribution of vaccines. The state Department of Health requires vaccinating facilities to report all vaccine administration data within 24 hours, and the data on the dashboard is updated daily to reflect current metrics in the state’s vaccination effort. GOV. ANDREW CUOMO

Transit agencies must settle dispute To the Editor: After seven months, New Jersey Transit and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority have been unable to agree on how to split $14.5 billion of CARES Act Covid-19 relief funds from Washington administered by the Federal Transit Administration. The MTA anticipated receiving $4 billion out of the second and $6.5 billion out of the third round of funding. This disagreement impacts other non-MTA transit operators. Until New York and New Jersey agree on a split of funding, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (FTA-sanctioned Metropolitan Planning Organization) will be unable to complete its funding request for its membership. This will mean that NICE Bus, City of Long Beach, Suffolk County Transit and Town of Huntington bus will be unable to access their share of funding. These smaller agencies do not have the same ability to borrow money

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as the MTA does. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and other elected officials should ask Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the state Department of Transportation, the MTA chairman and board members to resolve this dispute as soon as possible. Local bus operators such as NICE Bus do not deserve to be adversely impacted financially by this impasse between the two largest transit

agencies in America. LARRY PENNER Great Neck Larry Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

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