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Helping meet need for food 5T Community Center serves as Long Island Cares donation site as milk and juice. If available, kosher bags are provided, but those products are limited. Pet During a lull in the Long food is also provided if needed.

Island Cares food distribution at Long Island Cares is a nonthe Five Towns Community Cen- profit food bank headquartered ter in Lawrence on May 20, in Freeport. Gammy’s Pantry, a Inwood resident Sarah Hayes free food bank at the community took a well-earned gulp of water center managed by Inwood resiand explained why dent Sasha Young, she volunteers. was certified earlier “I was raised by a this month as an L.I. single mother, and Cares distribution being able to help center, and funded means everything,” by a portion of $2 Hayes said, standing million that the in the Community Town of Hempstead Center’s lobby. “I see has allotted from a myself in the faces $133 million federal of those people.” aid package for 14 On May 18, the food banks across first day of the comthe township to help munity center’s desensure that resiSARAh hAYES ignation as an L.I. dents in need are fed Cares site for Five Inwood during the Covid-19 Towns residents, pandemic. more than 200 people received a The announcement of the box full of food there, and 500 allocation, made with L.I. Cares families were served in the first on May 5, was the first act of the two days. On May 20, the line ini- town’s newly created Economic tially stretched down Lawrence Relief Advisory Committee, Avenue to the stores on Mott which will recommend how Avenue. funds from the federal governEach 20-pound box of food is ment’s economic stimulus packintended to feed six people for a age should be distributed. week. It contains nonperishable “This is Gammy’s dream fulitems as well as fresh produce, when available, and staples such Continued on page 11

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PFc. JohN J. Oliveri Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1582 Commander Miguel Martinez led the ceremony after the Inwood parade honoring essential workers on Sunday.

Saluting essential workers

Inwood holiday parade recognizes front-liners

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Inwood resident Diane Tyler, whose daughter, Sharifah, is a home health aide, and has many family members and friends who are caring for and responding to the needs of Covid-19 patients, said she was thinking of a way to honor them.

“I did it because they deserve it,” Tyler said of a call she made to Pete Sobol,

also of Inwood, that led to the organizing of an essential workers appreciation parade last Sunday in place of the annual Memorial Day Parade, which usually takes place the Sunday before the holiday.

“We need to show them the spirit of our appreciation,” Tyler added after several vehicles, driven by members of the Inwood Fire Department, local business people and residents, blared sirens, honked honks, blinked lights

and waved signs as they made their way from the Inwood Long Island Rail Road station down Doughty Boulevard to Mott Avenue.

“It was done because the community wants to let the essential workers know how valued and appreciated they are,” Sobol said. “There’s no event in town when they don’t step forward. Amid the pandemic they’re serving, and deserve a tremendous amount Continued on page 27

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Essential to its core, Early Learning Center is open jbessen@liherald.com

The Five Towns Early Learning Center in Inwood, an essential part of the community it has served for 80 years, has remained vital during the coronavirus pandemic by never shutting its doors to care for the children of frontline workers. During World War II, women who attended trade school dropped off their children so they could work in the place of men.

Executive Director Pepper Robinson said that in the first few weeks of the Covid-19 health crisis enrollment dropped to as low as eight but has jumped to 30 in the past couple of weeks. “People are creeping back, sometimes parents who are working are uncomfortable leaving their children,” she said, in explaining the dip.

One family had the teenage kids watching the younger ones, 5 and 2, and Robinson said the parents realized there was no routine and the more youthful siblings needed the structure the Early Learning Center provides.

There is plenty of hand sanitized, hand washing and mask wearing, Robinson said, but admitted that social distancing 2-year-olds is not easy.

However, staff meetings are held to remind everyone of the diligence needed to keep everyone healthy and that includes not having the parents walk into the Wahl Avenue building to pick up their children.

“We spend more time outdoors and were granted a waiver by the Department of Social Services to have the older kids, kindergarten and first-graders of the siblings already here,” Robinson said, adding that less noise and more time outside has allowed the kids to hear more of nature such as a woodpecker doing what a woodpecker does.

She said that the from the start all her teachers

“my rock stars” never left and that has been a large part of helping their students through a challenging time. “We are worried about the children and their social, emotional development, that no one’s talking to them,” Robinson said, adding that coming to the center is a “pocket of normalcy” where the teachers offer a “sense of a routine that provides them with positive social, emotional experiences.”

That normalcy could head off a regression in maturity, where children might go back to wanting a pacifier again. So, Taco Tuesday remains in place, she said. However, the children did experience grief as the center’s 30-year-old turtle Gina died.

Similar to Blanche DuBois, but in a much nicer fashion, the Five Towns Early Learning Center relies on the kindness of others. However, both Kiwanis clubs in the Five Towns, the Five Towns Kiwanis Club and Peninsula Kiwanis Club, are not strangers to the Early Learning Center.

Over the years, both clubs have assisted the center. Five Towns Kiwanis member Tom Cohen said that the center contacted them to help with food donations as the pandemic strained the ELC’s resources.

“Many of the families of the children that ELC looks after they look after have been impacted financially, many have lost jobs and income,” he said. “Pepper is very well known to us and annually we support the organization though our charitable Five Towns Kiwanis Foundation.”

By providing Stop & Shop gift cards, center families were able to buy the food items they wanted. “The club noted that many organizations provide pre-packaged food supplies but our method of support allows the families to purchase items they specifically want,” Cohen said, adding that 25 gift cards valued at $25 each were given to center families.

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Courtesy Pepper Robinson

FivE TowNS EaRlY Learning Center student Kasey Rosales in the school’s outdoor garden.

LWA senior featured in performing arts virtual award

By MaTTHEw FERREMi mferremi@liherald.com

One senior performing arts student from the Lawrence Woodmere Academy will be able to take one final bow in an upcoming virtual awards show.

LWA senior Harrison Schwartz will be one of 50 theater students that will take part in the 10th annual Roger Rees Awards for Excellence in Student Performance. The show will be held online on June 1 at 7:30 p.m.. A panel of professional Broadway coaches and music directors selected the top 25 men and top 25 women students from New York City-area schools.

Andrew Feldman, an LWA senior and former lead of the Broadway play “Dear Evan Hansen,” will host the show alongside Frank DiLella, a theater reporter for NY1. Feldman was a Roger Rees awardwinner in 2019 before staring the title tole of “Dear Evan Hansen” on Broadway last year.

Schwartz was set to play Gomez in LWA’s adaption of “The Addams Family,” which was scheduled for March 20 and 21 until it was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. “The school had to submit nominees and I ended up being one of the finalists,” Schwartz said. “I was absolute-

Courtesy Harrison Schwartz

lawRENcE woodMERE acadEMY senior Harrison Schwartz, front, will participate in the Roger Rees virtual awards show on June 1. ly ecstatic when I found out.”

The feeling of having his last high school play cancelled was disappointing for Schwartz, but he’s excited to participate in the show. “This is making the most of a bad situation,” he said. “Even if it’s virtual, I’m glad I can finally do something to conclude my high school acting

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career.”

Ella Schawrtz, Harrison’s mother, she said that the Roger Rees Awards are the pinnacle achievement for high school performing arts students. “I’m proud of what Harrison and the other kids have been able to accomplish virtually,” Ella said. “It took a very sad situation to can-

cel the show but they’ve been able to turn it around into something very beautiful with this awards show.”

Tasha Partee is LWA High School’s drama director. She noted that the hard work the student performers put in will get to pay off in the show.

“I’m grateful for our participation in it and the opportunities it’s given our students,” Partee said. “It’s more meaningful this year because it is giving us something so positive to be focused on and really giving our students that our preparation for our show wasn’t going to waste.”

Partee added how happy she is for Schwartz that he get one more chance to perform in his high school career. “I’m so excited for Harrison because there was a big part of my heart breaking when I realized his chances of being seen on stage in his senior year were getting slim,” she said. “The fact that he is getting greatly deserved time on-stage and getting to take a final bow is fantastic.”

Despite the circumstances, Schwartz said the opportunity to perform is always exciting. “Even though it’s not in person, it’s still great to perform,” he said. “I’m really excited and I’m proud to be one of the nominees.”

The show can be watched live on YouTube at: https://bit.ly/2TmuVJd.

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Courtesy Frank Manzo

INWood RESIdENT FRANk Manzo said his brother’s Acura had all four tires stolen on May 20.

Rash of tire and wheel thefts in the Five Towns

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Tires and wheels from four cars were stolen in the Five Towns on the night May 20, according to Nassau County police.

Exactly how many such incidents have occurred in the past month is unclear.

Police are saying that it is around a dozen.

All the vehicles were either Acuras or Hondas in Cedarhurst and Inwood.

Inwood resident Frank Manzo posted on Facebook that his brother’s tires on his Acura vehicle were stolen on Wahl Avenue. A neighbor noticed the missing tires and told Manzo in the morning of May 21.

“My brother’s Acura was left on cement blocks with all four tires gone on Wahl Avenue,” Manzo said. “The officer said our area has been getting hit hard for the last few weeks and that police had been filling out reports all morning.”

Manzo, who has lived in Inwood for the past 20 years, said he doesn’t recall any similar incidents occurring in the past.

“The police also told me that six more cars had their wheels and tires stolen off their cars [on May 20] in Inwood,” he said.

“It’s really a shame what our neighborhood has become.”

Village of Lawrence Mayor Alex Edelman sent a letter to residents on May 21 urging residents to keep their cars locked and to leave nothing of value visible.

“Please be advised that last night, in the Village of Cedarhurst, tires and wheels were stolen from three vehicles described as Hondas and Acura’s,” Edelman wrote. “Similar incidents occurred in the Village of Cedarhurst last week as well and thus, as a precaution, we are suggesting that everyone, especially owners of similar vehicles, consider the purchase of wheel locks.”

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Arrests

Petit larceny

■ NORTH WOODMERE- On May 14 at 4:30 p.m., Scharharazod Pedlar, 55, of Far Rockaway, was arrested for shoplifting at the BJ’s Wholesale Club on Rockaway Turnpike, officials said.

■ CEDARHURST-On May 12 at 7 p.m., an unknown subject altered a check that was mailed to Gourmet Glatt Kosher Supermarket on Spruce Street, according to police.

■ ATLANTIC BEACH-On May 20 at 8:47 p.m., Daniel Bravo, 21, of Corona and Mehdi Ahmedi, 21, of Whitestone, were arrested for possession of marijuana on Albany Boulevard, police said.

■ CEDARHURST-On May 19 at 4:30 p.m., an unidentified female stole fish and vegetables from Gourmet Glatt Kosher Supermarket on Spruce Street, police said.

Larceny from auto

■ INWOOD-On May 20 at 5 p.m., an unidentified person stole a delivered package from the front porch of a house on Church Street, authorities said.

■ NORTH WOODMERE-On May 15 at 11:21 a.m., a man reported that his wallet was stolen from his unlocked vehicle on Woodmere Drive, according to police.

■ INWOOD-On May 187 at 6 a.m., a woman reported that her wallet was stolen from her vehicle on Soloff Boulevard, police said.

Criminal mischief to auto ■ INWOOD-On May 15 at 8 p.m., an unidentified person ripped the passenger’s side mirror off of a vehicle parked on Stanley Street, police said.

Michael Cohen is home

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Lawrence native Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, was released from upstate Otisville, a medium security federal prison, on May 21, because of the coronavirus, and is now home.

“I am so glad to be home and back with my family,” Cohen tweeted on May 21.

“There is so much I want to say and intend to say. But now is not the right time. Soon.

Thank you to all my friends and supporters.”

Cohen, 53, will serve the remainder of his three-year sentence confined to home.

He had a release request denied in March and then another release was rescinded by the Federal Bureau of Prisons on May 9 because Cohen had yet to serve 50 percent of his sentence that runs until Nov. 22, 2021.

He previously served the required 14-day quarantine The bureau’s basic two-step policy has inmates being released to community custody quarantined for 14 days before the release. After that period: If an inmate

has no symptoms and a temperature less than 100.4° the inmate will be transferred. If an inmate has Covid-19 symptoms, or temperature greater than 100.4° they will not be transferred and will instead be immediately placed in isolation.

He, was found guilty of breaking campaign finance laws, tax evasion and lying Congress, among other charges in 2018. He was also ordered to pay $1.39 million in restitution, forfeit $500,000 and pay a $50,000 fine. The guilty pleas to the federal felony charges resulted in his disbarment as a lawyer in New York state.

It was also reported by several media outlets earlier this month, that the Bureau of Prisons denial came one day after Trump Organization attorney Charles Harder warned Cohen in a letter to not publish his planned “tell-all” book.

Cohen testified multiple times in front of Congressional committees on Capitol Hill last year, including the public hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, where he famously called his former boss a racist and a cheat, and admitted,” I am a fool.”

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Long IsLand RaIL Road stations, which only months ago were crowded with people at peak travel times, are now virtually empty during the morning rush.

Ahmed Bazille, left, an attorney from Freeport, headed into his Manhattan office on May 21. He was one of a handful of commuters at the Freeport station at 7:45 a.m.

Photos by Scott Brinton/Herald

Riding the rails while a pandemic rages

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never imagined the emptiness. It left me with a sinking feeling, a sense of aloneness that I had not experienced before as I stood on Long Island Rail Road train trestles during the middle of what should have been rush hour.

The coronavirus crisis has truly a l t e r e d o u r h u m a n l a n d s c a p e.

On a sunny May 21, I drove from station to station along the Babylon Branch of the LIRR, stopping in Seaford, Bellmore, Freeport, Rockville Centre, Lynbrook and Valley Stream, to document the emptiness — and the small number of people who are riding the rails these days.

Then I headed down the Far Rockaway Branch to the Lawrence station, and over to the Long Beach branch to the Long Beach ter minal.

Where only two and a half months ago tens of thousands of commuters

crowded onto cement platforms early in the morning, awaiting stainless-steel trains to carry them to New York City or points east, now there are but a handful of people — the essential workers who cannot telecommute, but are thankful to still have their jobs. Often, a platform was devoid of people, as if it were part of a ghost town. I had no trouble finding parking.

It requires a certain fortitude, I thought, to ride the rails amid the coronavirus pandemic, knowing the virus is out there, still lurking, unseen.

People truly are resilient. Today's LIRR riders are, in a sense, pioneers, showing the rest of us how we will overcome when, eventually, Gover nor Cuomo gives the OK allowing everyone to return to work and life as normal.

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a neaRLy empty Seaford LIRR station at 6:39 a.m., above. Cathy Wiley, of Seaford, right, an LIRR engineer, headed to work.

thIs muscLe caR was among the few vehicles parked at the Bellmore LIRR station.

The Bellmore sTaTion at 7:30 a.m.

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raj PaTel, of the Kaval Deli and Convenience Store, at the foot of the Rockville Centre LIRR station, with a plastic tarp around his front counter to protect himself from the virus.

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At left, the 10:23 train out of Long Beach, headed to Penn Station.

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Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 Commander Syd Mandelbaum standing at Cedarhurst Park noted that more than 400,000 Americans died fighting World War II and that was “400,000 worlds that ceased to exist.” To honor them Mandelbaum said people should, “do good deeds in their memory every day.”

Cedarhurst Deputy Mayor Ari Brown read the names of the wars that Cedarhurst residents had fought in and played “Taps.”

Weinstock noted that 1.3 million Americans have died in all the wars the country has fought. To read all the names he said what take 55 days of around the clock speaking.

Longtime Trustee Myrna Zisman read the poem “It is the Veteran” and Deacon Dan Otton from St. Joseph’s R.C. Church in Hewlett closed out the ceremony.

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It was not standing on Central Avenue watching military veterans being feted or fire trucks driving by or the Lawrence High School marching band performing nor was it people standing by the soldier memorial in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park and waving American flags.

However, the Cedarhurst village virtual Memorial Day ceremony live on Zoom and Facebook placed a human face on the sentiment of the day. There was a brief driveby of first-responder vehicles on Cedarhurst Avenue outside of Village Hall.

Mayor Benjamin Weinstock noted the difference between typical parades and Monday’s ceremony. He said we are “mindful that the focus is the brave servicemen and women who served.”

Rabbi Kenneth Hain of Congregation Beth Sholom in Lawrence spoke on the need to, “Make sure we are maintaining and retaining American Democratic values, our religious services and our compassion and con-

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Obituaries

young at heart in her later years despite her age.

“Angela had so many interests that made her full of life,” he said. “She truly was 99 years young.”

To those that knew Angela Querze, she Mar tino added that Querz e loved was someone who lived her live to the spending time with her f amily and fullest through the number of different friends. “She enjoyed playing piano, interests and hobbies she participated in. organ, reading the bible and spending The former Inwood resident Querze time with family, hosting many holidays died in Douglaston on April 7 from natuin her home with homemade Italian food ral causes. She was 99. and wine,” she said. “Angela loved chilBorn April 2, 1921 to parents Tony and dren and was also an animal lover as she Philomena Reo, she lived with them, her adopted birds, dogs, cats and even fed g randparents and cousins in Inwood local raccoons that visited at dusk.” before moving to Douglaston with her Predeceased by her husband Raoul in beloved husband, Raoul Querze. She 1977, Querze is survived by numerous would spend the majority of her life in nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great that Queens community. nephews.

Music ran in the family as Querze was A private burial took place at Nassau an accomplished opera singer and Raoul, Knolls Cemetery in Port Washington on a maestro who taught singing to up and April 15. Martino noted that a celebracoming performers, and both were musition of her life would be held at a later cal educators at Carnegie Hall. date.

Querze’s cousin, Ellen Martino said “She led a life of faith and love, felt that Querze was a woman of culture. EllEn MARTIno that she had an amazing, blessed life and “Angela was a world traveler and was well was very grateful for a lifetime of good versed in several languages including Cousin health,” Martino added. “Angela had a Italian, Spanish, French and English,” Martino said. “She was always dressed to the nines happy presence, was loved by all and will be sadly missed by many extended family members and dear and had a beautiful selection of hats.”

Rich Moleno, Querze’s nephew, said his aunt was friends.”

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Former Inwood resident Angela Querze, 99

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

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ngela had a happy presence, was loved by all and will be sadly missed by many extended family members and dear friends.

Courtesy Ellen Martino

AngElA QuERzE WAs known for her love of the arts, animals and her family.

Longtime Five Towns resident Shirley Lederman, 98

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

To those who knew Shirley Lederman, she was a Five Towns legend who had a passion and knowledge for music.

Lederman died on April 27 at the Lawrence home of her daughter and son-inlaw, Eileen and Danny Spector, with whom she lived for the past five and a half years from natural causes. She was 98.

Born on March 24, 1922 in Brooklyn, Lederman eventually moved to the Five Towns, residing in both Cedarhurst and Lawrence.

Together with her late husband, Larry, Lederman owned Columbia Camera and later Oz-Roc Music, which was located at the corner of Central and Columbia Avenues in Cedarhurst. She was twice awarded the Cedarhurst Business Woman of the Year during her business career.

Lederman’s daughter, Eileen Spector, speaking on behalf of the family, noted the popularity of the store. “Oz-Roc attracted young and old as everyone came to this popular music store to satisfy musical tastes ranging from opera to Broadway shows to rock ’n’ roll with everything in between, including jazz, reggae and hiphop,” Spector said. “My mother was knowledgeable about all genres.”

According to Spector, lines around the block were a familiar sight at the store no matter how hot or cold it was once a Ticketron machine appeared at the store, which allowed customers to buy tickets to concerts of their favorite musicians.

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sHIRlEy lEdERMAn’s lovE for her family is what stood out to her daughter, Eileen Spector. Lederman is pictured here with 11 of her great-grandchildren in 2019.

“The popularity exploded as the crowds grew even larger with throngs of folks, from near and far,” she said. “Customers would come to buy tickets for the most celebrated concerts of the day, along with the theater and historic museum presentations.” Lederman owned Oz-Roc from 1975 to 1995.

Former Cedarhurst resident Bobby

DeRose wrote on Facebook his memories of visiting Oz-Roc as a child. “When I was a kid, Shirley was great,” he said. “I would hear something on the radio and go to the store and tell Shirley a few words and she always knew the song.”

In addition to being well known in the Five Towns, Shirley was a true “people person.” She was a member of the Sep-

hardic Temple in Cedarhurst and was active in the Silver Sneakers program at the New York Sports Club where she made even more wonderful friends. She also loved boating, fashion design and was a patron of the arts.

“As much as she loved her friends and customers - many of whom came by just to say hello - Shirley’s ultimate devotion was to her family,” Spector added.

Predeceased by her husband Larry in 1995, Lederman is survived by her children Eileen and her husband Danny, Jeffrey and his wife Beverley. Five grandchildren, Michael Lederman and his wife Jessica, Mindy Fenton and her husband Scott, Cari Leitner and her husband Brett, Craig Spector and his wife Erika, Stacey Sandler and her husband David, and her 12 great-grandchildren, Sammie, Alexa, Emily, Jessie, Jake, Josie, Zack, Max, Mason, Rylee, Jordyn and Hazel.

“Shirley will be remembered for her unending love, her strength and her deep sense of family,” she said. “She will be remembered especially by her grandchildren, for instilling in them an everlasting legacy: the gift of music.”

A memorial service for Lederman will be held at a later date.

“She in every sense of the word, a legend that spanned generations and she will be terribly missed by everyone who met her,” Spector added. “A Five Towns giant has left us, but not before positively impacting so many lives in so many ways and creating treasured memories that will remain with all of us.”

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MSSN scheduling elective surgeries ing surgeries at night and on weekends to accommodate all requests.

Elective surgeries were paused to ensure there were Doctors at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital had enough beds, ventilators, doctors and personal protecto put off 800 to 1,000 elective surgeries to treat Covid- tive equipment to treat Covid-19 patients.

19 patients during the height of the pandemic. With The hospital is promoting a “Don’t Put Your Health cases steadily declining, however, the staff on Hold” initiative, urging the community is starting to schedule the procedures. not to risk safety out of fear of coming to a “At this point, the state has said we can hospital. “If you’re out there and you have proceed, and we are following the guidea procedure that you’ve been putting off, or lines,” said Dr. Rajiv Datta, the Departif you have any kind of medical issue, you ment of Surgery chairman and the medishould call immediately,” said Joe Caldecal director of the hospital’s cancer prorone, the hospital’s vice president of corgram. “It’s safe now to come and get these porate communications. “Don’t wait.” procedures done before an elective surgery He said the hospital has a safe passagebecomes an emergency.” way for non-Covid-19 patients. At the same Guidelines that hospital officials urge time, the number of Covid-19 patients has patients to follow include making sure that dropped from 80 percent of the hospital’s they are social distancing for up to 14 days capacity down to 33 percent, Calderone before surgery, that they receive a coronasaid. Many coronavirus rooms were deepvirus test at the hospital’s drive-through cleaned and converted back to their intendsite on Washington Avenue at least three ed purpose. days before an operation and that they iso“Over the last eight weeks, it was all late themselves from others in the days DR. Rajiv Datta over the news that hospitals were loaded before the procedure. Once guidelines are with Covid patients, which was true,” Chairman, met, patients can undergo elective surgerDatta said. “But the numbers are different ies, such as hernia operations or cosmetic MSSN Department now, and we are very careful about what procedures. of Surgery we do here.”

Doctors are scheduling elective proceAt press time Friday, the hospital had 65 dures now. Datta said it might take up to 10 confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases, days for the hospital to return to its regular daily and 13 Covid-19 patients on ventilators. Meanwhile, 880 schedule of elective procedures. coronavirus patients had been discharged. On April Typically, before the pandemic, MSSN doctors per- 13, the hospital peaked at 383 Covid-19 patients. formed 40 surgeries daily. There are now, on average, If people follow social-distancing guidelines, wear 15 surgeries per day, and doctors might start perform- masks in public and wash their hands regularly for at

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Rajiv Datta, the Department of Surgery chairman at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, said he facility received the OK from the state Department of Health to perform elective surgeries again. least 20 seconds, Calderone said he is hopeful that a second wave of infection, if it were to arise, would not be as bad as the first. Additionally, he said, the hospital would be better prepared for the outbreak.

“If it comes, we have a bit of a playbook now that we really didn’t have before, and most hospitals in the country are better prepared for a second surge because everyone learned from the first time,” he said.

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The “Kosher Guru,” has come up with another initiative to help those in need of food during the coronavirus pandemic.

Hewlett resident Gabriel Boxer, also known as the Kosher Gur u, has launched the “Feed A Family Fuel A Restaurant” program. The goal is to help feed families in need of food while also supporting local restaurants.

“I am proud and honored to be able to share this project that we have been working on for a few weeks now,” Boxer said. “We are finally officially rolling it out to help so many local small businesses while being able to sustain and help many families in need now.”

Boxer is known as the “Kosher Guru” because of his backg round in the kosher food industry. He is a restaurant consultant who aims to help companies thrive in the industry. Boxer has a prominent presence on social media as his Instagram account: @kosherguru has more than 45,000 followers.

He previously launched the Kosher Response Project in the earliest days of the pandemic in March in an effort to donate meals to first responders around the tri-state area.

“I have family friends who work at NYU Winthrop and Mercy Hospital and I wanted to help them in any way I could,” he said. “I just kept bringing

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heWlett ReSiDent GaBRiel Boxer has stayed busy helping those in need during the coronavirus pandemic with his Kosher Response Project and now the ‘Fuel A Family Fuel A Restaurant’ initiative. Boxer, left, donated food to Moshe Reich, right, and nurse at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. food to them and I winded up getting a great response from people on social media for it.”

The initiative is being funded by

Community Chest South Shore. Community Chest’s mission is to help other organizations and institutions as they serve as an umbrella charity that raises

money.

Community Chest President Cal Nathan said that Boxer epitomizes what the organization looks for in their Vision 2020 imitative, which seeks to support entrepreneur-minded individuals that will energize the community with their ideas.

“Gabe’s the perfect example as someone who is a social entrepreneur that is innovating and making an impact in the community,” Nathan said. “He’s doing two goods, helping people in need and also helping local restaurants.”

Nathan added that Boxer’s work ethic has been on display during the pandemic. “For the past eight weeks, Gabe has worked relentlessly to help the community,” he said. “He personifies charity and kindness.”

Boxer is appreciative of Community Chest’s funding. “We would like to truly thank our partner Community Chest South Shore who made this possible to help support local small businesses and families in need,” he said. “I thank their entire board and all of its members for helping us continue our mission and partnering with us to continue doing good.”

The donations will be used to purchase gift cards from local restaurants and give to families in need.

Donations can be made at www. kosherresponse.com. To confidentially request a meal for a family, go to: https://bit.ly/2TgOpza.

Feeding the needy amid a viral crisis filled,” Young said. Gammy was her grandmother Betty Young, whom Sasha has described as “the inspiration behind everything good I do.” That began with the pantry, which she opened in November 2018, and has expanded to include Gammy’s Closest, which takes in donated clothes and distributes them to people in need. “Gammy’s Panty is thrilled to partner with Long Island Cares at this time to continue to serve the growing need during the Covid pandemic,” Young said. “Our pantry serves over 100 families weekly. Many are homebound and seniors.”

The connections among the community center, the pantry and L.I. Cares, she explained, began even before the town allocated the money. She and other volunteers cleaned up the center’s lobby and gave Dr. Jessica Rosati, L.I. Cares’ program director, a tour on May 5. The visit followed several weeks of phone calls.

Rosati noted that the food distribution would continue for the next six months. “The partnership with the Town of Hempstead [and] the staff at the center, in conjunction with Gammy’s Pantry, has been a pleasure,” she said wrote in an email. “There is a well-developed team of capable and compassionate staff that are serving families safely, with dignity and respect. We’re delighted thus far to have been able to successfully provide nutritious foods to residents at a time in such uncertainty.”

State Assemblywoman Melissa Miller, of Atlantic Beach, helped connect Young with Long Island Cares.

“I’m very aware of the need for food [in the community] even non-pandemic,” Miller said. “We were getting calls that the food being distributed by the [Lawrence] school district wasn’t enough, as many more people were showing up and the kids weren’t getting food. We reached out to Long Island Cares and put them in touch with Sasha.”

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PeoPle lined uP outside the Five Towns Community Center on May 20 to pick up 20-pound boxes of food from Long Island Cares.

Miller added that she was working on pushing for more federal money for local businesses that have been harmed by the pandemic. She said she endorses creative concepts to jump-start business, including, where possi-

ble, closing off streets and allowing restaurants to serve diners outside.

The community center has been a hive of activity since the pandemic shutdown began, feeding many in the Five Towns who are food insecure. Donations of food have come from a variety of stores and organizations, including the Cedarhurst-based Rock and Wrap It Up!, which collects unused food from concerts and sporting events, as well as stores such as the Bagelry, Trader Joe’s and Wall’s bakery.

The Hewlett-Woodmere and Lawrence school districts have also been distributing meals. Lawrence schools began distributing kosher food last week, and on May 22, there was a food distribution effort, supported by Nassau County, at the Number Four School in Inwood.

“This is a reminder of how great the need is,” said State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns and helped distribute food at the Community Center on May 21. “We have to pull together and help one another.”

The federal funding will also support the Nassau Center for Collaborative Assistance, Long Island Cares’ satellite location in Freeport, as well as food distribution in Hempstead, Uniondale, Merrick, Bellmore and Oceanside.

A family can claim at least 20 pounds of food once a month at distribution sites including Baldwin, Elmont, Roosevelt and other communities. Times are subject to change depending on community need. The Lawrence site, at 270 Lawrence Ave., is open Mondays and Wednesday from 3 to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon.

For more information or to schedule a pickup or delivery, visit licares.org or call (631) 582-3663.

Scott Brinton contributed to this story.

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Yes, we’re all preoccupied with dealing with realities of our daily lives, but at the same time we’re practicing social distancing, we have an opportunity to protect and improve or own health. Healthy eating is especially important for keeping your immune system in top condition. Here are some steps you can take to eat healthy in the times of Covid.

Minimize trips to the supermarket Before you shop…

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Reading/Writing: Ask your kids to make a list of what’s in the pantry and refrigerator. Then, have them look through cookbooks or online recipes sites to find meals and snacks that use up what is on hand. Have them share their breakfast, lunch, or dinner meal ideas.

Math: Find math in measuring spoons and cups, counting out numbers of ingredients, taking stock of pantry items, or planning the time it will take to prepare, cook, eat, and clean up a meal.

Science: Get kids involved in baking bread, cooking an egg, or creating a homemade salad dressing— then, search the internet to discover the science behind why ingredients change when they are combined, heated, or blended.

Think nutrition The healthiest meals emphasize whole grains, vegetables, and fruits — serve them in the greatest amounts. Meat portions should be smaller — this will save money and help keep dietary saturated fat in check.

Make a shopping list —and use it! You’ll be less like to forget items or buy impulse items. Stock up on nutrition-packed foods that will stay fresh for a week or longer. √ Breads: corn tortillas, whole grain English muffins, bagels, breads, wraps, frozen whole wheat waffles √ Grains: instant oatmeal, pasta, frozen brown rice, couscous, refrigerated pizza crust √ Fruits: fresh, dried, plain frozen, canned in juice or water √ Vegetables: fresh veggies, plain frozen, low sodium canned, sun-dried

√ Sauces: tomato pasta sauce, salsa √ Soups and broths: canned, frozen, shelf-stable cartons √ Juices: 100 percent juice √ Milk: fresh, shelf-stable packages √ Eggs and cheese √ Beans/legumes—canned and dry √ Nuts and seeds: bagged, canned, nut butters √ Poultry, meat and seafod √ Flavorings: add zing with dried herbs and spices, vinegars, mustard, hot/steak sauces, lemon/lime juice, light dressings, honey, Greek yogurt Go easy on the frozen dinners — most are high in sodium, fat, and calories —and limit purchases of tempting foods like chips, sodas, cookies, and ice cream.

Prepare for the unexpected. Since supermarkets are running low on many, be ready with a back-up plan if an ingredient you need is unavailable.

Keep the less fortunate in mind. Contribute to local pantries and soup kitchens now. Then, when it is all over, donate extra food you stocked up on that is still fresh and safe to eat.

Use contactless payment or credit cards. If you use the payment keypad, tap the buttons and screen with your knuckle—then use hand sanitizer after completing your payment.

When you bring the restaurant home Eat “out” safely. If you want to have take-out meals, take the food home right away and eat it while it is hot.

Store leftovers safely — wrap tightly and refrigerate any dishes with meat, fish, poultry, or dairy products. Be sure to reheat these leftovers thoroughly before eating.

Make eating together at home a positive experience Whether it is homemade or takeout, eating more meals at home is a new routine for many families. Keep the stress down by making mealtime fun.

Get the family involved. Kids can help set the table, pour the water, make the salad, or grate the cheese. Make mealtimes a family affair.

Try some new recipes. If you have never made homemade pizza, roasted a whole chicken, or cooked meatballs from scratch, now is a good time to try! For the less adventurous, start slowly by looking for those recipes that call for only a few ingredients and use common kitchen tools.

Reconnect with the family. Eat together at the table or spread a blanket on the floor and have an indoor picnic. Be sure to separate mealtime and TV time; watching while eating makes it too easy to pay attention to TV and not your food, so you are likely to overeat. Wonder what to talk about at mealtime? Chat about things you will do this summer, tell jokes; just keep the conversation upbeat and fun.

Above photo: In an ideal scenario, you’d have a balance of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein, and dairy at every meal. It might be hard to pull that off now, and that’s okay.

What you eat affects your physical and mental health, and both are a priority. Start with what you have and fill in the gaps.

Are you feeling stress, fear and anxiety as the pandemic drags on? If so, you’re not alone. The recommendations for social distancing affect nearly every part of our lives, including finances, relationships, transportation, jobs and healthcare.

Some common causes of stress during the coronavirus pandemic are uncertainty, lack of routine and reduced social support, says Mark Flanagan, LMSW, MPH, MA. Routines As humans, we don’t like uncertainty and tend to thrive in routines, says Flanagan. Routines are essential because they create a sense of normalcy and control in our lives. This sense of control then allows us to manage the challenges that come our way.

“When we don’t have a routine, much our time is spent trying to establish one,” says Flanagan. “Without a routine, we often pay attention to the things that are most ‘flashy.’ When big news happens, we tend to focus on it more.”

Social support Not only are our routines currently disrupted, but the routines of everyone around us are as well.

“When something goes wrong in our lives, we can usually rely on others to get a sense of calm,” he says. “But when everyone is experiencing the same sense of uncertainty, there’s no real ‘anchor’ to help manage some of the stress.”

Stress Stress management is essential for good physical health, and it’s especially important right now as our world addresses the Covid-19 pandemic.

“While short-term pressures and stress are normal and can help us change in positive ways, chronic stress causes a huge deterioration in our quality of life on a physical level,” says Flanagan. “When we are more pessimistic, depressed or anxious, our immune system goes down and produces more stress hormones, reducing our immunity and increasing inflammation.”

Stress can also put a strain on your mental health, relationships and productivity, he notes.

Steps to stress reduction “Rather than dwell on nervousness, focus on the things you can control,” Flanagan suggests. “When you move the locus of control from something outside yourself to inside yourself, you powerfully reduce anxiety and boost confidence.”

He suggests the following steps to regain control and reduce stress.

Follow the recommended health guidelines. These guidelines include frequent hand-washing, social distancing, practicing respiratory etiquette and cleaning commonly used surfaces. See the latest recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Not only will you pro-

tect your health, but you’ll also protect the health of vulnerable people in your community, like older adults and those with serious or underlying health issues.

Create a morning routine. When you’re stuck at home, it can be tempting to let go of basic routines, but Flanagan says a morning routine can help you feel more productive and positive. Consider waking up at the same time each day, exercising, showering, meditating, journaling, tidying your home or having a healthy breakfast as part of your morning ritual.

Check in with loved ones regularly. While social distancing is essential to slow the spread of the virus, you can still check in with family and friends by phone, video chat, text or email.

Consider ways to help others. This can include picking up groceries for a neighbor and leaving them at their door, donating to a local charity, or purchasing gift cards from your favorite restaurant.

By taking the focus off yourself, you can experience reduced stress and a greater sense of well-being.

Have a daily self-care ritual.

Self-care can include exercise, meditation, walking outside, reading, taking a bubble bath, painting, journaling, gardening, cooking a healthy meal or enjoying a favorite hobby. Pick one thing and do it at the same time each day. It will help anchor your day and provide a welcome respite.

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Above photo: Stick with your routine as much as you can. Go to bed and get up in the morning on your usual schedule. Eat meals at regular times. Find ways to exercise away from the gym — do yoga in the living room, trim the hedge, have a scavenger hunt in the backyard with your kids, or just toss a ball or play tag as a family.

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Keeping the body hydrated helps the heart more easily pump blood through the blood vessels to the muscles. And, it helps the muscles remove waste so that they can work efficiently.

“If you’re well hydrated, your heart doesn’t have to work as hard,” says John Batson, M.D, a sports medicine physician and an American Heart Association volunteer.

Dehydration can be a serious condition that can lead to problems ranging from swollen feet or a headache to life-threatening illnesses such as heat stroke.

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How much water do you need?

What does being well hydrated mean? The amount of water a person needs depends on climatic conditions, clothing worn and exercise intensity and duration, Batson says.

A person who perspires heavily will need to drink more than someone who doesn’t. Certain medical conditions, such as diabetes or heart disease, may also mean you need to drink more to avoid over-taxing the heart or other organs.

People with cystic fibrosis have high concentrations of sodium in their sweat and also need to use caution to avoid dehydration. And some medications can act as diuretics, causing the body to lose more fluid.

Thirst isn’t the best indicator that you need to drink.“If you get thirsty, you’re already dehydrated,” Batson says.

Batson said the easiest thing to do is pay attention to the color of your urine. Pale and clear means you’re well hydrated. If it’s dark, drink more fluids.

If you want to know exactly how much fluid you need, Batson recommends weighing yourself before and after exercise, to see how much you’ve lost through perspiration. It’s a particular good guide for athletes training in the hot summer months.

“For every pound of sweat you lose, that’s a pint of water you’ll need to replenish,” Batson says, adding that it’s not unusual for a high school football player, wearing pads and running through drills, to lose 5 pounds or more of sweat during a summer practice.

People who are in good shape tend to sweat more, and need to drink more even if they aren’t feeling fatigued, Batson says.

Not sweating during vigorous physical activity can be a red flag that you’re dehydrated to the point of developing heat exhaustion.

Water is best For most people, water is the best thing to drink to stay hydrated. Sources of water also include foods, such fruits and vegetables which contain a high percentage of water. Sports drinks

with electrolytes, may be useful for people doing high intensity, vigorous exercise in very hot weather, though they tend to be high in calories.

“It’s healthier to drink water while you’re exercising, and then when you’re done, eat a healthy snack like orange slices, bananas or a small handful of unsalted nuts ,” Batson says.

He cautioned against fruit juices or sugary drinks, such as soda.“They can be hard on your stomach if you’re dehydrated,” he says.

It’s also best to avoid drinks containing caffeine, which acts as a diuretic and causes you to lose more fluids.

Batson says drinking before you exercise or go out into the sun is an important first step. “Drinking water before is much more important,” he says. “Otherwise, you’re playing catch-up and your heart is straining.”

Not just for athletes or exercise Hydration isn’t just important during physical activity.

Sitting in the sun on a hot or humid day, even if you aren’t exercising, can also cause your body to need more fluids.

People who have a heart condition, are older than 50 or overweight may also have to take extra precautions.

Above photo: According to doctors, there’s no one-sizefits-all formula for daily water intake. The amount of water you should drink daily depends on your body, your health conditions, your medications, and other factors.

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Being at home doesn’t mean being on the couch Stay healthy while social distancing Covid-19 has the public rethinking how they stay healthy–— both physically and mentally. Even those in good health can start to feel anxious and fearful when the words ‘pandemic’ and ‘social distancing’ are mentioned.

But can you stay active and mentally healthy while social distancing? The answer is a resounding yes.

While routines have changed, it’s critical that people keep exercising and eating nutritious meals, since the body is often able to better fight off illnesses when it’s healthy and strong.

Taking these steps helps fight off stress, which most people are experiencing right now in one way or another.

Get off the couch and step away from the computer to maintain your well-being during this unsettling time.

Get outside: While it’s important to limit physical interactions, getting outside for a run, walk or bicycle ride is a great way to boost endorphins and enjoy fresh air. Just make sure to maintain six feet between yourself and others.

If weather or other reasons limit your ability to go outside, many companies and gyms are offering free online exercises right now. Endorphins have been found to reduce stress, increase feelings of happiness and help fight against depression.

Get proper nutrition: Add fruits and vegetables to your plate for colorful, nutrient-rich meals. Vegetables also are a good source of fiber. Eating well will help you feel better and give you energy to keep moving. Now is a great time to try that new recipe or food subscription box!

Stay hydrated: Drinking plenty of water can help prevent dehydration. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dehydration can cause unclear thinking and mood swings, among other health problems. Not sure how much to drink? Many medical professionals suggest following the 8x8 rule, eight ounces of water eight times a day.

Stay connected: Just because you can’t be with friends and family in person doesn’t mean you can’t stay in touch. Set up time to connect with video chats, phone calls and emails.

Staying connected doesn’t have to be high-tech.

Have kids or just a kid at heart? Write encouraging messages on your driveway or in your windows for your neighbors, and postal and delivery workers.

Know Your Options: One of the best ways to prepare is knowing what to do if you start to show symptoms. To minimize your exposure, call or email your doctor or local health system about a telehealth visit to be screened. The provider will then identify what steps you should take next.

Get support: Talking through concerns and fears can help put them in perspective and make you feel calmer. You may want to reach out for professional support if you’re struggling.

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or twice a day (ideally not first thing morning or after dinner), turning off news alerts, and obtaining information from one or two reputable news outlets.

Set boundaries around social media. “There’s this concept of toxic sociality where we constantly have to be connected, even in superficial ways, and when we’re not, it feels like part of us isn’t being ‘fed,’” he explains. “It’s important to practice social distancing with social media too. We may not think we’re having any effect on our newsfeed, but we can take steps to reduce the ripple effect of panic on social media.”

He suggests posting positive messages online and being mindful of your likes, shares and comments.

Meditate. Meditation can help restore your sense of control as you focus on your breath or a positive word or phrase.

“Meditation can help you activate your parasympathetic nervous system, and that’s an antidote to fear,” says Flanagan.

“And when you’re more centered, you’re able to create a calm reality around you.”

Encourage others. “Often, when we are scared, it can be tempting to repeat negative

messages, but actively encouraging family and friends is really important,” he says.

“Chances are, someone is having a harder time than you are. Your words matter and people will respond accordingly. It’s important to realize we are not victims; we are helping to create our environment and change it for the better. By sending positive messages out into the world, you’ll not only affect those around you, but those words will come back to you.”

Finding hope “It’s important to remember that this will pass sooner or later,” says Flanagan. “The world has gone through many different challenges, like disease outbreaks, war and uncertain times. For better or worse, these times always pass.

That doesn’t mean this time isn’t significantly challenging, but if we focus on what we can control and do things that are good for our health and the health of those around us, we will come out of this in perhaps a more whole state and with a renewed perspective. It’s important to look toward the future and begin building for that future. You can always have hope. Hope never leaves us.”

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s the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten our health and financial security (on which our health care depends), it’s more important than ever to ensure that all life planning documents are in order. The time to make sure you and your loved ones are protected is now.

With video conferencing, your Will, trust, estate plan, and other advance directives can be prepared and signed from the comfort of your own home.

You should consider, or update, the following planning strategies and documents:

√ Life Insurance Beneficiaries

√ Health Care Proxy/Living Will

√ Real Estate Ownership Agreements

Name beneficiaries on your life insurance policies.

√ Retirement Plan Beneficiaries

Name beneficiaries on your IRA, 401(k), pension, deferred compensation plan, and other qualified and non-qualified retirement accounts and annuities.

√ Financial Accounts Beneficiaries

Name beneficiaries on your bank and brokerage accounts.

Designate co-ownership and joint ownership of real estate holdings to ensure your properties will pass as intended.

Designate a trusted agent to make medical decisions for you in the event that you can’t, and provide your family with directions regarding extraordinary medical care and end-of-life decisions.

√ Medicaid Plan

Structure your financial resources and prepare documentation to ensure you qualify for long-term care while safeguarding your assets and inheritance.

√ Creditor Protection Plan √ Will

Stipulate how your assets should be distributed after death, designate beneficiaries, and appoint an Executor to carry out your directions.

√ Guardianship

√ Estate Plan

√ Power of Attorney

√ Trust

Appoint persons you trust to be your children’s, parents’, or your own guardians in the event of death, incapacity, or absence.

Designate a trusted agent to make legal, financial, and business decisions for you in the event that you can’t.

Protect your assets and beneficiaries in the event of bankruptcy, lawsuits, or debt left behind at death.

Plan distribution of your assets in detail, minimize estate tax, and specify any other instructions to be carried out.

Manage, protect, and minimize taxation of your inheritance to minors or persons with disabilities.

√ Tax Plan

Take advantage of tax opportunities resulting from depressed asset values and low interest rates.

This list is not comprehensive, nor does everyone need all documents listed. The information is general and is not intended to be, and should not be considered, legal advice. For specific questions please consult an attorney.

James Burdi is a partner in Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP’s Trusts and Estates and Elder Law Practices. He can be reached at jburdi@ vmmlegal.com and 516.437.4385 x130.

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inwood volunteer firefighters at the veterans’ service.

Inwood celebrates the essential workers continued from front page of appreciation.”

Inwood resident Byron Alvarado, and Sanitary District 1 Commission Chairman Jim Vilardi and Superintendent George Pappas helped Sobol and Tyler organize the parade.

Before it began, lifelong Inwood resident Helen Hunter stood at the intersection of Doughty Boulevard and Mott Avenue and held several handmade signs created by children she knows. “All of my family was in the military,” she said, explaining her involvement. “My father fought in World War I, my brother in World War II, had an uncle in the Korean War and sister in the military. We have to respect the past. We have to work together, as we are in this together.”

The parade was followed by a brief ceremony at the Veterans Memorial outside the catering hall that once housed the Pfc. John J. Oliveri Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1582, before the hall was sold in 2018.

Post Commander Miguel Martinez, a master sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve who has served in the military for 26 years, led the ceremony.

“In learning about military history, you take pride in knowing that we do not forget about our dead, and that you will never leave a fallen comrade behind or be left behind,” Martinez told the Herald.

“We will be honoring our war dead, also thanking essential workers for all that they do.”

lifelong inwood resident Helen Hunter held several signs made by children.

Parade vehicles honked their horns and blinked their lights as their passengers waved signs acknowledging essential workers. Natalie Bran showed her appreciation.

After he laid a wreath at the memorial and before the American flag was raised, Martinez said, “We don’t forget our fallen

loves ones.” He ended his brief speech with, “God Bless America.”

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what is happening during the coronavirus crisis, Alvarado added that the parade was organized to get people out of their homes for a while. “No matter how hard the time is,” he said, “we have to stay strong and stay together.”

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Lawrence viLLage officiaLs and two community leaders marked Memorial Day at the monument in Zion Park on May 25. From left were Deputy Mayor Michael, Mayor Alex Edelman, Trustee Syma Diamond, Lawrence Association President Paris Popack, Village Administrator Ronald Goldman and in front American Legion Commander Syd Mandelbaum.

Lawrence honors the fallen military veterans The Lawrence-Cedarhurst Memorial Day Parade that gets under way in Lawrence did not take place this year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Instead, Lawrence officials and two community leaders joined to honor the military veterans at the memorial in Zion Park as Mayor Alex Edelman, Deputy Mayor Michael, Trustee Syma Diamond,

Village Administrator Ron Goldman, Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 Commander Syd Mandelbaum and Lawrence Association President Paris Popack took part in a brief ceremony where a wreath was placed at the memorial.

Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, honors the men and

women who died while serving in the United States military. Originally called Decoration Day, the holiday began after the Civil War. Memorial Day became an official federal holiday in 1971.

Unofficially, the entire weekend marks the beginning of the summer season.

Typically parades, barbecues and going to the beach are the primary activities.

This year many people took part in either virtual ceremonies or ones with 10 or fewer people practicing social distancing — six feet apart — because of the Covic-19 heath crisis.

—Jeffrey Bessen

Morning prayers amid Covid-19 in Lawrence On a picturesque spring Thursday, a father and two sons, who declined to give their names, led a morning prayer service on Lawrence Avenue near the Long Island Rail Road train station in Lawrence.

Everyone else stood at a distance, most in front of their own homes.

The men are also wearing tefillin, also called phylacteries, which is a set of small black leather boxes containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Torah. Tefillin is worn by observant adult Jews during weekday morning prayers.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on May 20 that worshipers of all religions could resume religious gatherings of 10 or fewer people, which began May 21. With religious leaders, especially rabbis, uncertain that houses of worship should reopen, outside appeared to be a viable alternative.

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sociaL distancing was practiced during a morning prayer group in Lawrence on May 21.

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Reaching back to his childhood community, Jeff Wallach has written a book that encompasses plenty of places that are familiar to Five Towners in the 1970s, while plotting a story that could resonate with many people that never set foot on the South Shore.

“Mr. Wizard” tells the tale of two brothers, Phillip and Steven, who believed they were Jewish-American and in Wallach’s words, “set off on a treasure hunt in search of who they really are and what that might mean to them.”

“A lot of people are taking DNA tests and are discovering surprises in parents, [being] adopted and ancestry,” Wallach said. “Never had that kind of science, where you could spit into a cup and find out all those things.”

Wallach’s life began in Brooklyn in 1960, the son of Sidney, a jeweler, and Rosemay (née Wolfe), a homemaker and retail jeweler. Growing up in North Woodmere, Wallach had writing on his mind since he was 12. Ernest Hemingway and Raymond Carver were influences.

“At Woodmere North Junior High School (now Woodmere Middle School), I had a teacher who was extremely encouraging,” he said, remembering seventh grade English teacher Lisa Huttner. “I wrote the worst short stories. She encouraged me.”

Taking that support to Vassar College, he graduated with a bachelor’s in 1982, and attained a master’s in fiction writing from Brown University two years later.

Married to Renee Renfrow, a graphic designer and licensed massage therapist, Wallach who lives in Portland, Oregon, has enjoyed a successful writing career as the author of five non-fiction books and more than 1,000 articles, essays and reviews in the American Book Review, Men’s Health, The New York Times and Sports Illustrated.

Golf, a game that plays a part in the book, is a focus of Wallach’s writing. “In junior high I would play at North Woodmere all the time,” he said. “One person’s mother would drop four of us off and 12 hours later someone else would be pick us up.” Lawrence Country Club was another venue as Sidney played as well.

Delving into nonfiction, he had written two other novels that have not been unpublished, is different from nonfiction.

“You don’t simply put on a different hat as so much get in involved in a different

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NoRth WoodmERE NativE Jeff Wallach has written ‘Mr. Wizard,’ a novel that begins in the Five Towns of the 1970s. world,” Wallach said.

Placing his novel in the Five Towns allowed Wallach to reminisce, but he also had to fact check as he had not been back in years. Noting that his memory was faulty, Wallach said he rewrote scenes or changed the location of a scene. Through the book, Wallach wants readers to understand “what defines who are.”

As an experienced writer, he said he was skeptical when a friend recommended using a book doctor to serve as a constructive critic and sounding board. “I talked to him and sent him a sample five to 10 pages,” Wallach said.

“He was extremely insightful and I had him go through the book twice.”

Book doctor Dan Pope said he understood Wallach’s skepticism. “I think Jeff was skeptical because he’s an accomplished writer and published author, he might have thought he couldn’t benefit from my services,” Pope said. “I think he saw, based on my comments where the expanding or editing worked.”

The collaboration produced “Mr. Wizard” published by Open Books. A book that Pope endorses as a “great read” and Wallach’s writing reminds Pope of “Richard Russo at his best.” Russo is noted American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter and teacher.

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Hindi’s Libraries, a Cedarhurstbased free book distribution organization, was named the winner of the Little Free Library’s 2020 Todd H. Bol Award for Outstanding Achievement, as the nonprofit has donated more than 100,000 books since its founding in 2018.

Founded by Leslie Gang and Dovid Kanarfogel, Hindi’s Libraries was established in memory of Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway teacher Hindi Krinsky, Kanarfogel’s wife, who died in 2018 at 32. Gang was a friend of Krinsky. Hindi’s Libraries began with three schoolyard Free Little Libraries and blossomed into Hindi’s Libraries as the book donations kept coming. The donations are spread across the United States, Israel, Africa and India.

“Becoming an LFL steward, partnering with Little Free Library, and forming relationships with LFL stewards all over the country has been one of the best parts of our growth,” Gang said in a press release. “We meet incredible people who are kind, generous and passionate about literacy — just as Hindi was.”

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that is considered the world’s largest book-sharing movement. The Todd H. Bol Awards for Outstanding Achievement are named for LFL’s founder, Todd Bol, who created the first Little Free Library book-sharing box in 2009 in Hudson, Wisconsin, and also died unexpectedly in 2018. This is the second year the award have been presented. The award honors extraordinary individuals and organizations who embody LFL’s mission to inspire a love of reading and build community.

“It is a privilege to recognize Hindi’s Libraries as one of this year’s winners of the Todd H. Bol Award for Outstanding Achievement,” LFL Executive Director Greig Metzger said in the same release. “Their volunteer efforts exemplify the vision of the late founder of Little Free Library, Todd Bol, to engage communities and enrich lives through the power of shared books. Through their efforts, Hindi’s Libraries has made the world a better place to be.”

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There are four grades of copper pipe, based on thickness. Your plumber is right about making sure you dilute the bleach, but there may be an assumption that you have a thicker, or the thickest, grade of tubing. I don’t recommend using bleach if the pipes are copper. Plastic pipes are inert, and don’t react to bleach, but you’ll still want to dilute it.

Pouring bleach down your drain presents more issues than you may realize. It may attack bacteria and viruses, but think of where it ends up. In his recently published book, “Troubled Water: What’s Wrong with What We Drink,” Seth M. Siegel goes into great detail about the consequences of what we put down the drain and how it may affect society as a whole.

We depend on clean water, and can’t survive without it. Many chemicals end up down the drain, and we don’t stop to give it a thought, but we should. Everything from paint to gasoline to pills to hazardous waste from hospitals (which isn’t regulated or monitored at the source) goes down the sink or toilet, and ends up being a real challenge to engineers trying to keep drinking water safe.

Bleach or chlorine comes into contact with bacteria and organic material like food and feces, and breaks down into carcinogenic byproducts such as trihalomethanes. Studies have shown that there is a link between these byproducts and cancer in several species, including humans. So, no, bleach isn’t safe when you consider the overall accumulated effect.

As for metal appliances, the manufacturer’s instructions should be followed. I see only mild soap products recommended in the pamphlets I saved for my appliances — making sure to stay away from electronic parts, of course. Internal components of things like the boiler are also harmed by bleach, since the copper may be thinner.

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ust take those old records off the shelf.

I’ll sit and listen to ’em by myself.

I simply short-circuited. After weeks of relative isolation, and being bombarded by constant sad news, I kind of numbed out. I was concerned when the pandemic hit, then I was actively worried, then I was frantic, and then I was numb.

Numb is the worst.

We all know the fight-or-flight response. Anxiety just takes over, and ratchets your brain and heart into overdrive, Randi even when you kReiss have nothing more stressful to do than prepare a meal or go to sleep. Sleeping is tough. That’s when the unbidden thoughts take over and the what-ifs rule.

For me, anxiety is a buffet: Shall I pick the what-if-I-never-get-to-see-my-kidsagain, or perhaps a tasty what-if-Trumpgets-re-elected — or maybe today I’ll chew on what-if-this-kids’-inflammatory-syndrome-explodes-across-the-country, or what-if-what’s-left-after-this-administration-trashes-the-health-care-system-theeconomy-the-environment-and-our-

democracy-doesn’t-resemble-Americaanymore.

These mean thoughts float around me, and it requires a concentrated effort to acknowledge the threats and then create a decent hour or a good day or a peaceful night. What I’ve discovered is that music is often the magic that breaks through the numbness and actually brings joy into the moment, or allows a few cathartic tears.

For us Boomers, rock ’n’ roll is still the bomb. It zooms us directly back to memories of being young and fearless and in the thick of it. Of not being trapped in a pandemic. So many of the lyrics were dopey but they’re attached to the one great philosophical question in life: Why must I be a teenager in love???

Last week, someone sent me a video montage of New York City with Frank Sinatra singing “New York, New York.” It didn’t feature a deserted Times Square or an empty subway car; it showed the prepandemic frenzy and fun, the tumult of the crowds and the street vendors and the joggers.

Sinatra went deep into These little town blues/Are melting away/I’ll make a brand

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new start of it/In old New York/If I can make it there/I’ll make it anywhere/It’s up to you/New York, New York.

Corny as hell, but it did what no amount of thinking things through could do: It made me feel. It brought tears.

Maybe music will help you get through. I’ve heard that several area hospitals pipe “Here Comes the Sun” over the P.A. system every time they discharge a Covid19 patient. Nice.

I took myself for a walk a few days ago, and was listening to a bunch of music I had downloaded. Up came “We Shall Overcome,” sung

by Peter, Paul and Mary.

Deep in my heart/I do believe/We shall overcome, some day. So, yes, I was that woman walking and belting out the great civil rights anthem.

Opera houses and entertainment halls, ballet companies and theaters are all offering online performances, many for free. If you can settle your mind into it, you can catch “La Traviata” in the privacy of your home, or stream anything from rock to metal to show tunes. Bach or Beyoncé, it’s all good medicine.

Other lyrics weave different spells.

When I was a kid, the Jerry Lewis Tele-

es, I was that woman walking and belting out the anthem ‘We Shall Overcome.’

thon was a really big deal over Labor Day Weekend. We went to my Aunt Zelda’s house, where our whole melodramatic family watched Jerry singing and crying his eyes out. We loved every minute of the cheesy sentimentality.

We all waited for it: At the very end, Jerry would sing “You’ll Never Walk Alone,” by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and audiences across the country would weep and the money would pour in. It was a thorough cleansing of the soul and the tear ducts.

Two Sundays ago, with Jerry dead now for years and telethons not so popular anymore, I saw a full-page ad in The New York Times, a tribute to Columbia University’s graduating class of 2020. It mentioned that Hammerstein had graduated from Columbia in 1916. Rodgers, it said, graduated in 1923. It shared the lyrics that the iconic team had written in 1945: Walk on through the wind, Walk on through the rain, Though your dreams be tossed and blown.

Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, And you’ll never walk alone!

You’ll never walk alone.

“We walk on, together,” the ad said.

Copyright 2019 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Remembering our warriors’ sacrifices

e marked Memorial Day on Monday, honoring all those who died in military service to our nation. It was a holiday unlike past years, however. Gone were the community-wide parades and elaborate ceremonies.

Gatherings were limited to 10 or fewer people, by order of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to help stop the spread of the coronavirus.

We weren’t entirely sure any ceremonies would be allowed until the governor gave the final word on May 19.

We hope everyone took some time to reflect on the meaning of the holiday.

Nearly 2.9 million Americans have died in battle since the Revolutionary War was fought from 1775 to 1783.

Leaving for war is any citizen’s highest form of service to the nation. He or she must be willing and ready to die. When the bullets and mortars fly, soldiers run toward them, not away from them, if they expect to win.

Right now, our nation is engaged in a war of a different sort, battling an unseen enemy, a viral invader that ravages many, while, strangely, leaving others untouched.

Our warriors are the doctors, nurses, EMTs, police officers and firefighters in the hospitals and in the communities that have become our new front lines. The coronavirus has been an unrelenting foe, but this fight must continue, and we must win it. We have no choice.

Winning requires sacrifice on the part

letters Thanks for the common sense, Randi To the Editor: Every Friday I thumb through the Herald to get to Randi Kreiss’s weekly entry, knowing that I will see support for my thoughts and views. I registered as a Republican back in the ’80s, when politicians at least displayed an outward dignity and respect for the jobs we gave them to do. Out of laziness, I haven’t changed my political designation, so the Trump trash still crosses my threshold. (There hasn’t been much lately, which seems odd, when the staged campaign love-ins can’t be held. I guess they don’t want to know the truth?)

I read a New York Times article recently about how the coronavirus has affected Russian doctors and

of us all. Some will give more than others.

Some will even give their lives in service to others.

During World War II, when the fate of the nation and world were at stake, people asked what they could do for their country.

Now we find ourselves facing a hostile aggressor that has attacked around the globe. The question each of us must ask is, what can we do to help?

That might mean holding a fundraiser, volunteering for or donating to a food pantry, making personal protective equipment for others or just wearing a mask in public. Whatever the case, even though so many of us are asked to stay at home, we are all in this fight together.

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he coronavirus will be with us for the foreseeable future. The shutdown we have been struggling with has been painful, inconvenient and sad. We have seen loved ones and pillars of our communities die suddenly of a virus no one knew about a year ago.

Classes are being held online, and graduations have been canceled.

Businesses deemed non-essential were ordered closed overnight.

Thirty-six million Americans — two million of them in New York — have applied for unemLaUra ployment benefits. sCHaeFer There is no precedent for the devastation of our local economy.

The silver lining is that the shutdown lowered the curve, as intended. A few weeks ago, my daily updates from the Nassau County Department of Health included the danger of hospitals being overwhelmed because of a shortage of ventilators, the county morgue being filled beyond capacity and the county running out of body bags. Today those dangers have been alleviated.

There was a daily effort to ensure that

the brave men and women who were on the front lines, battling the effects of this virus — doctors, nurses, police officers, ambulance drivers and other first responders — had the necessary equipment to protect themselves and their families. This effort extended to getting PPE to those who were working in essential businesses, like supermarkets and funeral homes.

The question now is, when will we be able to reopen other businesses? I agree that opening too early may pose a danger to our health, but opening too late poses a danger as well, and I’m afraid that is what we are starting to experience now. I have already heard from business owners who will be closing their doors for good. I shudder as I drive past so many that have been unable to open in any capacity since March. I understand the need to limit the number of people exposed to this horrible virus, but when do we get to be personally responsible again?

We have learned the importance of social distancing, hand washing and wearing masks to limit the spread of Covid-19. We have learned about mitigating the risks as much as possible, and for the most part, we have been respectful of one another. Signs in essential businesses

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ive us the opportunity to get back to some semblance of the lives we used to live.

LeTTers health care workers. With a little editing, the story could just as well have been about this country. It’s frightening that the lies and cover-ups in Russia are so similar to what’s been coming out of the White House. Thankfully, in this country we aren’t automatons, and can think for ourselves and get a job done when government fails us. I’m very dismayed that Dr. Anthony Fauci is being silenced. We need truth now more than anything!

The first reaction I had when the pandemic was declared was of the plagues during the Middle Ages. Everything changed then, as it is doing now. This is God’s way of slapping us across the face and saying, “Wake up!” — and in so many ways we are waking up. We’ve changed the way we work and learn; shown more love and tolerance to family, friends and neighbors; given the environment a much-needed break; gained more respect and appreciation for teachers, law enforcement and health care workers; changed our views on universal health care and salaries; and seen the true colors of our elected officials, to name just a few.

Then I thought of what some have deemed horrible possibilities: Is this nature’s way of “culling the herd” to protect herself ? Why are some “chosen” to die and others not? What if we never had war, famine, disease, ethnic cleansings?

How many people would populate the earth now — or would we have become

remind us of how customers and employees can protect themselves and others.

So why aren’t we allowing other businesses to do that as well? If someone can make an appointment to buy a car, why can’t they make an appointment to get their hair cut, using the same precautions? It seems to me that barbershops and hair salons are a great example of businesses that can open safely under specific, stringent guidelines: wear masks and gloves, and limit the number of customers allowed inside. That’s it.

If the guidelines aren’t followed, a business owner runs the risk of being shut down.

Restaurants should similarly be able to reopen with limited capacity, if that’s even profitable for them, and for many it won’t be. But without the option of reopening before we reach seemingly random benchmarks, these businesses face losing thousands of dollars a day. Every “shut-down” day brings them one day closer to closing forever.

Many municipalities are developing a “circuit breaker” approach to reopening, in which a shutdown would be reinstituted if there were a sudden surge in Covid cases. That protocol could easily be put in place. Perhaps it will be, but when?

Small business owners are our neigh-

bors, and many are active in our communities, sponsoring our Little Leagues and community events. And many of them have told me they may never reopen if we don’t provide them with a way to do so in a smart, effective and safe manner now — not a month from now. They understand that if they don’t take safety precautions, there are customers who won’t enter their stores or utilize their services, which will only result in more lost revenue.

Some people will not go out to any store until they feel completely safe.

That’s their prerogative as well. It’s a personal choice, and I believe we’re all ready to make those kinds of choices.

I don’t disagree that if we start to see a resurgence of coronavirus cases, we will have to make adjustments. But give us the opportunity to get back to living some semblance of the lives we used to live.

Let’s get back to feeling in control and safe again, because we will be vigilant about safety, and expect — and even demand — that of others.

Wear a mask, wear gloves, cover yourself from head to toe if that makes you feel safest. When the vaccine is finally available, it will be a game-changer. But let people make up their own minds, so we can get back to business before our economy reaches the point of no return.

Laura Schaefer is a Nassau County legislator representing the 14th District.

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Fortunately, and unfortunately, I won’t be around to see what results in generations to come, but I’m very interested, and almost excited, to see what happens in my lifetime. Thank you, Randi, for our weekly Common Sense class, and keep up the great work!

VIVIENNE SMITH Sea Cliff

Which Queens guy puts the other to shame?

To the Editor: Re Jerry Kremer’s column “Cuomo puts the other guy from Queens to shame” (April 30-May 6): There certainly is no comparison between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Donald J. Trump. One is a typical politician, much like Kremer, and the other is a businessman who accomplishes things he promises. Where has Kremer been the past three years? Under this president, we have had the best economy, more people working, fewer people on welfare, a history-making stock market and on and on.

Cuomo praised President Trump for sending aid that he requested, including the hospital ship Comfort, in record time, only to hoard the ventilators and

We can smell it from here — Oyster Bay

hardly use the Comfort. The arrogant Mr. “America was never that great” Cuomo sent Covid-19 patients to nursing homes. Because of his stupidity, many elderly people died. No, Cuomo is at the bottom of the list of governors, only one above that incompetent governor of Michigan.

If Kremer would get his face out of

the fake news and think for himself, he would find that President Trump is working tirelessly for the America people. I look forward to another four years of his leadership.

CHARLES VAN HORN Glen Head

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