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Cherishing the joy of teaching LTA president Lori Skonberg steps down, to retire in 2022

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

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off they went The Brandeis 5K Run, a fundraiser for the school in Lawrence, returned last Sunday. The event raised more than $15,000. Story, more photos, Page 11.

Celebrating a new state holiday Juneteenth party in Inwood Park on Saturday

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

With the growing recognition of Juneteenth as a day to commemorate a moment in American history that resonates loudly with Black people, Inwood resident Ilyassha Shivers, along with his family and his church, the Wings of Faith Outreach Minis-

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“My father grew up in the South, and in South Carolina it wasn’t a big, major holiday,” Shivers said. “When he migrated north, it lost some of its significance. There was a lack of learning about it. Now, with it coming to the forefront, we wanted to make sure it becomes an annual

event.”

Juneteenth — a combination of the words June and nineteenth, and also known as Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Liberation Day, and Emancipation Day — is a holiday celebrating the emancipation of those who had been enslaved in the U.S. The day was originally celeContinued on page 14

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Lori Skonberg grew up with dyslexia — difficulty with learning to read or interpret words, letters and other symbols — at a time when discerning such disorders was not as common as it is now.

“I had a reading problem,” Skonberg said, sitting in the auditorium of the Lawrence School District’s Broadway campus, which now houses the elementary and middle schools where she teaches English Language Arts. “. . . I could read like you couldn’t believe, but ask me a question about what I read — I had a real problem with it all through elementary school.”

She played basketball, softball and volleyball in high school and basketball in college, at SUNY Geneseo. “My saving grace was that I was a very good athlete,” she said. “That saved me and saved my self-esteem.”

She combined her athletic skills with hard work to overcome her learning disability and forge a 41-year career in education that Skonberg, 63, will say goodbye to next year. Becoming a teacher was her response to the challenges she faced. “Back then you were either a troublemaker

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loRI SkoNBERG [or] fell through the cracks. I wasn’t a behavior problem — I was good in sports; I was outgoing.” As a teacher, she said, “I didn’t want students to fall through the cracks.”

The Oceanside resident also stepped down last month as president of the Lawrence Teachers Association after nearly 13 years.

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Launching a renovated Inwood marina area

NASSAU HERALD — June 17, 2021

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

The rickety wooden floating dock and deteriorated timber-laden bulkhead is gone, replaced by a modern-looking and a very stable ramp that leads to a pair of launches where people can push out their canoes, kayaks and personal water craft into Motts Basin, and the boat ramp was replaced and the entire space is augmented by two grassy areas with eight benches.

A $2.7 million Nassau County project that began physically in late 2019 and continued through the Covid pandemic was officially unveiled at Inwood Park on June 10 with a spate of elected and appointed officials, along with community leaders.

“To Inwood this means a lot, because like Peter [Sobol] said Inwood is the poorest community in the Five Towns, and what they are doing is really good, I really appreciate what Laura Curran is doing and Mr. Solages,” said Inwood resident and Five Towns Community Center Vice President Byron Alavardo Valiente. Sobol was an Inwood civic leader for more than 25 years. He died in February.

Carrié Solages is the county legislator who represents the community.

Originally installed in 1965, the bulkhead and launch received a makeover performed by Westhampton Beachbased Chesterfield Associates Inc., after a public bidding process. Permits from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state’s Department of State also had to be approved, said Deputy County Executive for Parks and Public Works Brian Schneider, who added the project began with a design consultant.

“We had tremendous shoreline erosion problems, the bulkhead was completely replaced, the boat ramp was

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NaSSau CouNtY LEgiSLatoR Carrié Solages showed off the new kayak launching area at Inwood Park. completely replaced, and we added an American with Disabilities Act compliant kayak-launch,” Schneider said.

“It’s a real benefit to the community as far as resiliency for the shoreline and accessibility for the public to enjoy the natural environment, and to enjoy the water.”

Inwood Civic Association President David Hance called it “awesome day for Inwood.” “On behalf of the Inwood community we extend a heartfelt thanks to County Executive Curran, County Legislator Solages and all the stakeholders who had a hand in getting this done. Inwood is a growing community, we need to upgrade our facilities and make them safer and more accessible,” Hance said.

Viewing the renovations and repairs as an investment in Inwood, Solages said: “This is about investing in our community, investing in our youth and making sure we

have opportunities for our family to enjoy ourselves in county parks. We have some of the best county parks in the 3rd District, including the North Woodmere Park.”

He noted the renovated and restored boat launch is, “adding value to where there is already value.” Solages added that he looks forward to a future relationship with Long Island Paddlers, “to teach the importance of water safety, especially for the minority, I think it is very important that we encourage more education on water safety.”

Another Inwood Park improvement will drop on July 4, Solages said, with an overhaul of the outdoor hockey rink that will be transformed into an outdoor “indoor” soccer pitch with artificial turf.

878 overpass in memory of Pete Sobol

By MattHEW FERREMi mferremi@liherald.com

A bill in the state legislature that would name a portion of the Nassau Expressway after longtime Inwood resident, businessman and civic organizer Pete Sobol is now one step closer to passing.

The bill (S.4651/A.6187,) was unanimously passed by the state senate and assembly in a vote on June 9. It now heads to Gov. Cuomo’s desk for his signature. If signed, the bill would rename the overpass connecting Seagirt Boulevard and the Nassau Expressway as the “Peter V. Sobol Memorial Bridge.”

Sobol died in February at the age of 64. He was considered by many to be the unofficial mayor of Inwood. The bill was co-sponsored by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky and assemblywoman Melissa “Missy” Miller. Kaminsky said in a statement that Sobol dedicated his life to improving Inwood and the Five Towns.

“Peter Sobol dedicated every fiber of his being to bettering Inwood, the Five Towns and the lives of its residents,” Kaminsky said. “Renaming a bridge on Route 878 is a fitting tribute to Pete and his lifetime of service to the community.

While he may have departed, his legacy will continue to live on for generations.”

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a BiLL tHat would rename the overpass connecting Seagirt Boulevard and the Nassau Expressway as the ‘Peter V. Sobol Memorial Bridge’ was passed by the state senate and assembly. Above, Sobol spoke at a Black History event at the Community Center in 2019.

Miller said that Sobol was one of the most selfless, caring and generous people she has ever known. “I wish that we weren’t doing this, because it makes it all the more real that our beloved Pete Sobol

is gone,” she said. “But I am honored that Senator Kaminsky and I are able to memorialize Pete by renaming a section of this roadway after him. The Peter V. Sobol Bridge is a wonderful acknowledg-

ment of his work and will now serve as a permanent legacy to Pete.”

Executive Director of the Five Towns Community Center K. Brent Hill succeeded Sobol as executive director of the Community Center in 2019. Hill noted how Sobol was helpful to him during his transition to the new role.

“Pete Sobol embodied the spirit of Inwood and its surrounding communities and dedication to assisting those in need and building bridges amongst communities was second to none,” Hill said, “It’s only fitting that an overpass on 878 is to be named in his honor. He was a great guy and is sorely missed but we will continue his mission of service.”

Inwood resident and founder of Gammy’s Pantry at the community center Sasha Young said that Sobol was a great mentor and friend to her over the years.

“Losing Peter suddenly has been felt deeply throughout the Five Towns and beyond,” Young said. “Renaming a bridge on Route 878 in Peter’s memory is a fitting way to begin to honor his many contributions toward making Inwood and the surrounding areas a better place.

A great big thank you to Senator Kaminsky and Assemblywoman Miller for your work on this legislation, which will ensure that Peter’s legacy will live on.”

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Beaches and pools need more lifeguards

June 17, 2021 — NASSAU HERALD

By OLIVIA RAMSEUR Being a lifeguard, a staple of summer employment, has been upended by the coronavirus pandemic, as there is a shortage of lifeguards across the nation and on Long Island.

The Lynbrook Municipal Pool in Greis Park is short staffed for the summer but expects to operate with business as usual.

“Luckily we did have many people return for staff this year but we’ve been facing a shortage ... so we have been struggling a little bit with our scheduling,” Lifeguard supervisor Carolyn Berghorn said. “... We are understaffed right now by at least 10 guards but hopefully those numbers will fill out about halfway through the summer.”

Some facilities will be unable to open or will have to reduce hours. The YMCA of Long Island fears they may not be able to run their regular summer programming. “We have hired about 100 lifeguards thus far and still need a minimum of 30 more to run our summer day camp programs and swim lessons,” Tamar Simpson, a spokesperson for the YMCA of Long Island, said. “… We hope to fill these positions or we will need to limit our program offerings to kids and families as a last resort.”

The Covid-19 pandemic caused the shutdown of many businesses last year

and few lifeguard-training centers were able to remain open as essential businesses. This left many unable to meet the certification requirements necessary to be a lifeguard this season.

Many lifeguards also found themselves out of shape and unable to pass the physical recertification tests, said Motti Eliyahu, owner of the Valley Stream-based Lifeguard Training NY. The American Red Cross began offering certification extensions and online provisional certification courses last year, Training services manager Nichole Steffens said, but a physical session would still be necessary at a later date.

Businesses hiring lifeguards have begun to eclipse the minimum wage of $14 an hour. Some places are also offering a finder’s fee, payment for training courses and even housing for the summer.

“What we’re seeing is companies and facilities – beach clubs, yacht clubs, marinas, day camps, sleepaway camps on Long Island – they all start now at about $17 an hour all the way up to $30 an hour for our 15 and 16 year old lifeguards,” Eliyahu said. “... There’s a lot of different incentives out there right now that companies are hiring and fighting over to hire people as a lifeguard to work at their facility.”

Sandy Hollow Day Camp in South Hampton typically hires three lifeguards for the summer. The camp is offering $30 an hour and is paying for additional

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LIfEgUARd tRAInEES LEARn how to administer cardio pulmonary resuscitation at Lifeguard Training NY. water safety certification necessary for their Aquatics Director. Beth Hughes Barrie, the owner and director, says they have never had such a hard time filling the positions, though they expect to have them all filled this summer.

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Public beaches on Long Island face fewer problems hiring staff. Atlantic Beach has filled all their village beach lifeguard positions and Long Beach expects no problems hiring for the season. Jones Beach had a large hiring last summer and possibly will not need to hire at all this year, lifeguard supervisor Cary Epstein said.

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Epstein hopes that more people take lifeguard-training courses in the next few weeks now that Covid restrictions are lifted and more pools are opening. “The good news is, there are pools that are opening now and there are lifeguard training classes that are starting now,” Epstein said. “While Memorial Day has passed – the unofficial start to summer – hopefully in the next several weeks leading into the July 4th weekend, maybe we won't catch up completely, but hopefully people are going take some of these classes.”

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Gammy’s Pantry provides food to families across the Five Towns and some of that food is grown right in Lawrence in the garden at the Five Towns Community Center. Both the pantry and garden are named for Betty “Gammy” Young, the grandmother of Youth Services Coordinator and Gammy’s Pantry Director Sasha Young. The pantry has a daily food distribution and during the pandemic partnered with Long Island Cares, a collaboration that began last June.

“We have a little over 3,000 families registered on the South Shore,” Young said. “Daily we see, on fruits and vegetable days, probably 200 people.”

The garden began a few years ago as a butterfly garden, but during the pandemic has also focused on fruits and vegetables for the pantry. Young and her children as well as children and teens from the Youth Advocacy Group and the center’s summer camp primarily tend to the garden and pick the crops. There are children as young as 2 years old who catch butterflies and seniors, the oldest being 94, who help with the garden.

One of the senior volunteers, Mariarosa Guzzardi, has been volunteering since the pandemic started. She primarily works with kids to make arts and crafts to decorate and personalize the garden.

“We recycle stuff and make something beautiful,” Guzzardi said. “We take a bicycle and make a basket with flowers … We want to paint a bench and make it different … One of the kids gave the idea to make a choo choo train where we can put flowers. We make the kids’ ideas become

reality.”

Cedarhurst resident Jennifer Weisel started volunteering at the center when she had time off from work last summer.

She wanted to return the favor for the help that Gammy’s Pantry has provided her family.

“Sasha’s such a great lady,” Weisel said. “She does so much for the community so it’s the least I can do to help her out and help the community with her.”

Young hopes to expand the garden’s services to include more interactive activities for children and partnerships with the center’s recycling program.

“We have butterfly larvae that are on the way so we can have children watch butterflies hatch and grow,” Young said.

“We’ll be adding a lot more plants that bring bees and insects to pollinate ...We’re going to start interactive videos that people can take home and that we’re going to tape and show cooking straight from the garden. We’re definitely conserving water this year and we’re working on a new garden initiative with our recycling program that we have. We’re going to be using water bottles as plant containers so that we can actually grow our garden plants in the plastic recycled bottles.”

The most important aspect of the garden is its service to the community.

“Everything goes towards people here in the community,” Young said. “Anything we pick goes right back into the community.”

The Five Towns Community Center is at 270 Lawrence Ave. To sign up to volunteer in the garden, email gammyspantry@gmail.com or call (347)-702-2013.

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Before retiring, Hofstra president reflects

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

The sun shone down on Hofstra University’s campus late last month as flowers were blooming in all their chromatic splendor. Dozens of graduates meandered about the campus in full cap and gown, stopping for photos at several iconic locations — the campus was alive, and the spirit of graduation was in the air.

Stuart Rabinowitz, the university’s president for the past 20 years, was reaching something of a graduation himself.

As he, too, walked through the campus, he was thoughtfully reflective on his tenure, under which Hofstra was transformed from regional school to the internationally renowned university that it is today.

While he will not completely depart from what he now calls “home,” Rabinowitz, 75, is set to retire from his position as president at the end of August. He assumed the post in 2001.

Before his official departure — and after avoiding some bees on the hunt for those colorful flowers — Rabinowitz sat with the Herald at Hofstra to reflect on his career.

“I really have always felt this is a special place,” Rabinowitz said. “I came here to teach law in 1972, and I thought I would only stay a year or so and move on — but I just fell in love with the place and the people.”

“So, it took me 50 years to leave,” he added with a laugh.

Rabinowitz did join Hofstra’s Law School faculty in 1972, then went on to become the dean of the School of Law

stuart Rabinowitz from September 1989 to June 2001, when he became president. He was chosen by the university’s board of trustees in December 2000.

The school went through myriad changes under his leadership. Among the new schools opened are the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine and the School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies, run in partnership with Northwell Health. The Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Peter S. Kalikow School of Government, Public Policy and International Affairs, and the School of Health Professions and Human Services are also additions.

The list goes on: Rabinowitz also

founded Hofstra’s National Center for Suburban Studies and the Center for Entrepreneurship.

“I think I had some ideas of what Hofstra needed to move on to the next level. I am a good imaginer of things,” Rabinowitz said. “And apparently, I have a talent of hiring really good people to implement those tasks. . . I never worried about hiring people that are smarter than me, or who might disagree with me — I encourage disagreement.”

Rabinowitz credited the university’s board of trustees with supporting his endeavors, no matter how far reaching they may have been. Sometimes it seemed to be “daydreaming,” he recalled, such as when they applied to host a presidential debate at the university.

“Well, three debates, they came to the conclusion that we were debate central,” Rabinowitz said.

Not every decision was an easy one, though. Ending Hofstra’s football team and, more recently, moving a statue of Thomas Jefferson, which originally sat in front of the heavily trafficked student center and received backlash from students who highlighted Jefferson’s history as a slave owner, were among them. The statue was moved to a less visible part of campus.

“There were difficult decisions and difficult times,” Rabinowitz said. “The thing I feel best about is that even on the decisions that are controversial, I never made a decision that I didn’t think was in the best interest of the university. I tried so hard every time not to let my personal views affect anything — and I really think

I was able to do that.”

Most important, students come first at Hofstra. “They are the reason we exist,” Rabinowitz explained. “That means you listen to students, treat them well, treat them with respect and give them a voice.”

“It’s like all the students and members of the community are my responsibility, even though they’re not,” Rabinowitz said, “which is why it’s really hard to be president. You feel every pain, injury and sadness — and you also are happy when they’re happy.”

Rabinowitz has also focused on the Nassau Hub, the commerce zone surrounding the university. As co-chair of the Long Island Regional Economic Development Council, he has influence over the project, but it has yet to come to full fruition.

The area around the Nassau Coliseum is still set to have residential and commercial spaces as part of the Hub. As co-chair of the council, Rabinowitz helped bring $727 million to 885 projects on Long Island since 2011. He also stays active as a member of the board of directors for Accelerate Long Island, and he has also served as a trustee of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities and on the board of directors of the Long Island Technology Network.

Rabinowitz could not find it in himself to completely say goodbye to Hofstra, however. In the fall of 2022, he will teach an undergraduate honors college course, Introduction to Constitutional Law. “I can’t completely leave — I would get the bends if I completely detached from the university,” Rabinowitz joked.

Open Nassau carries on amid the pandemic

By CRIstINA ARRoyo RoDRIGuEz carroyo@liherald.com

When Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman took office in 2018, he partnered with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran to open and modernize county finances. Investing nearly $1.3 million since 2019, his office launched a userfriendly data platform, Open Nassau, in which the public can access county records, report financial issues, and keep updated on smart audits and equity reports. The following interview has been edited for brevity and clarity.

Herald: What are the goals and motivations behind Open Nassau?

Jack schnirman: Culture change is what

we are looking to achieve. It’s not just about technology, it’s about bringing everyone on an equal playing field because everyone has access to the exact same information. Then we can have a conversation that is evidence-based and data-driven without anyone hoarding the information like how it used to be.

Before we did this program, county had a D+ in transparency by the Press Club on Long Island. It was all paper-based, it was a challenge to get numbers, you had to do all these foils, and there were conflicting num-

bers and conflicting views on the numbers.

Open Nassau became an organizing principle to get everybody to deal from a simple set of numbers.

Herald: When you were trying to implement Open Nassau initially, did you get a lot pushback from the current establishment?

schnirman: Not as much as you would

think. There was pushback based on that old-timey culture of holding information so close to the vest and using access to it as a way of safeguarding power. Culture starts from the top, so that culture change started directly from the top where you have the comptroller and the county executive on the same page.

Herald: Was the focus on equity issues a

purposeful and directed decision?

schnirman: Absolutely. One of the earliest

choices we made was in investing in a qualitative research unit. We started by tackling our demographics: who we are as the county population, how quickly we are diversifying, getting older, getting more diverse, and use that as an opening point for a conversation on equity.

Then, we asked the question: What’s the deal of living in Nassau County? We started highlighting the different affordability

challenges that folks face. Our formula was about identifying gaps, looking at best practices from around the country, and highlighting options on the policy side so we can remain competitive and be a place where people want to and can afford to live.

tions and frustration about how and why they could undo that kind of advancement.

Herald: So how do get from transparency

things faster, more transparent, more efficient, so that resources go where they need to go. The pandemic was an unforeseen, once-in-a-generation level crisis, and we saw the measure of our work. We made sure we were prioritizing getting the resources needed to the non-profits because if something suddenly dried up, the service would stop in that moment when it was needed more than ever.

to accountability?

schnirman: The honest answer is that we can’t do everything ourselves since that’s beyond the role of our office. We try to find folks to partner with, whether it be within government, and/or expert and advocacy organizations. Our worst fear is that we write these reports, make these recommendations, we make them graphically appealing, we put them on social media, and we push, we push, we push, and nobody pays attention and nobody does anything.

Herald: How are you ensuring the continuation of Open Nassau for the new comptroller?

schnirman: We are working around the

clock to make sure the work is sustainable and to make it as difficult or impossible to pull back from this kind of transparency.

If the next comptroller removes Open Nassau, for example, I would like to believe that they would face an awful lot of ques-

Herald: How does Open Nassau impact county residents?

schnirman: We do this work, we make

Herald: Did the pandemic help accelerate the implementation of Open Nassau?

We could’ve talked for years about making things more tech-based, but instead the crisis of the pandemic created the necessity to do them overnight. It was a sink-orswim moment, and success is not guaranteed when you have a county government that has not historically invested enough in technology infrastructure. It’s a testament to the workforce, to the innovation of our teams, and to the understanding that you can’t afford to fail. Those shifts were shockingly smooth.

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in the HAFTR Class of 2021 on their admissions to the following universities, colleges, and yeshivot.

Tulane University University of Arizona University of Central Florida (UCF) University of Colorado at Boulder University of Florida University of Maryland - College Park University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Pennsylvania University of Toronto University of Wisconsin-Madison Yeshiva University CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (CUNY) Baruch College Brooklyn College City College of New York (CCNY) College of Staten Island Guttman Community College Hunter College John Jay College of Criminal Justice Lehman College Macaulay Honors College New York City College of Technology Queensborough Community College Queens College STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK (SUNY) University at Albany Binghamton University University at Buffalo Farmingdale State College Stony Brook University

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events and activities

community update Accessing Programs

at the entrance on Sheridan Avenue.

For more information contact Susan Sachs at susan.sachs@guraljcc.org or (516) 569-6733 x230.

Peninsula Public Library The listed online programs are free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. Register by calling (516) 239-3262, or go to the Eventkeeper calendar on the PPL’s website: https:// www.peninsulapublic.org/ An email with login details will be sent before each program. For more information email Janet Schneider at jschneider@peninsulapublic.org. Peninsula Public Library has no adult programs scheduled from May 17 to 31.

Canasta & Mah Jongg Returning to Temple Hillel in North Woodmere, 1000 Rosedale Road, canasta and mah jongg classes on Wednesdays. Canasta 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and mah jongg 1 to 4 p.m. Mah jongg 10 a.m. to noon and canasta 12:30 to 4 p.m., Thursdays. Bring your game and play all day. $8 per game.

Coffee and cake. Call Naomi Rivlin, (516) 791-8329.

Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library

Yoga

Throughout June, Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library has an all-day program dedicated to the learning and loving or animals. Jason will teach the audience about Princess the toad, Tickles the hedgehog and lots of other fun creatures including mice, lizards, bunnies, crabs, and baby animals.

June 16 & 23 at 11 a.m., Paulette Silber will focus on therapeutic stretches which do not involve holding postures or sitting on mats in this Zoom program. Use of a chair is optional. Peninsula Public Library.

Courtesy Shulamith High School

Thursday, June 17 Travel & History At noon, Dani Rotstein returns to continue the story of the Secret (Crypto) Jews of Majorca Island combining history and gorgeous scenery in a virtual Zoom tour. Peninsula Public Library.

Yoga And Meditation At 2 p.m., Lisa Zimmerman leads a session on upper body yoga and meditation. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library.

Join the Zoom meeting https://bit. ly/3iIymre.

Congrats to the grads Shulamith High School in Cedarhurst held its third graduation on Monday. Chaya Warren is the class valedictorian; the co-salutatorians are Talia Ben-Simhon and Noam Maman; and Bailey Weiss is the Keter Shom Tov award winner. Above, the 2021 graduates.

On June 17 & 24 at 4 p.m., Andrea Wool presents a low intensity version of Zumba with easy-to-follow steps and Latin music on Zoom. Peninsula Public Library.

Friday, June 18 Current Events At 11 a.m., Hofstra political science professor Dr. David Green will discuss

Device Training At 11 a.m., Sharper Training Solutions: cool apps for iPhone & iPad n this Zoom series. Join Zoom https://bit. ly/3wxSgJS.

Yoga For Memory the major headlines and topics in the news via Zoom. Join us to ask questions, share your comments. Peninsula Public Library.

At 11 a.m., Travel lecturer Sheila Taub will discuss tourism in the city of Chongqing, China as well as nearby highlights on the Yangtze River, such as Three Gorges Dam in this Zoom presentation. Peninsula Public Library.

Gentle Qigong On Mondays, June 21 & 28 at 6 p.m., Paulette Silber leads a personalized, seated Zoom version of 18 Form Qigong focusing on breathing and combining Tai Chi with the healing effect of medi-

HAFTR High’s Julia Elefant and Jacob Steinmetz earned Cedarhurst-based Rock and Wrap It Up! 34th Sid Tanenbaum Scholarship for Excellence in Academics and Athletics.

Hewlett resident Kaitlyn Snyder, a finance major at the New York Institute of Technology was one of 126 students inducted into the school’s

tation. Peninsula Public Library.

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The Gural JCC’s a weekly Zoom support group offers coping strategies. 9 a.m.

Pre-registration required. Contact Lisa Barnett, (516) 569-6733 x 210, lisa. barnett@guraljcc.org.

Tai Chi June 22 & 29 at 11 a.m., Linda Cafiero leads a virtual Tai chi series. Improve posture, balance and focus. Peninsula Public Library.

(516) 569-6733 x220 for details.

Alice Neel At 2 p.m., professor Thomas Germano presents a lecture on the work of visual artist Alice Neel. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library. Zoom meeting https:// bit.ly/3wuvYbH.

Reclamation District At 5 p.m., the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District meets via a telephone conference because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Wednesday, June 23

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Walking Club

At noon with Cathy Byrne, coping strategies, education and support. Contact Byrne at cathy.byrne@guraljcc.org or

The Gural JCC wants to talk a walk with its Walking Club at 10:30, weather permitting. Meet at Grant Park in Hewlett

Phi Eta Sigma chapter, the U.S.’s oldest and largest honor society for first-year college students.

Isabella Anna Di Scipio, of Woodmere, an art history and Italian studies major, earned a bachelor’s in arts from Connecticut College.

More than 3,600 students received varying degrees at James Madison University’s gradua-

June 24 at 11 a.m., in this Zoom series, instructor Miriam Abrahams will offer gentle poses to increase your concentration and memory power. Peninsula Public Library.

Looking Ahead Car Show On Sunday, June 27 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America, Queens County Region holds a vintage car how at Rock Hall Museum, 199 Broadway, Lawrence. Free admission. To register a vehicle contact Howard Fishman at (516) 662-9379 or hfishman52@aol.com. Day of show car fee, $15. No rain date.

tion, including James Silberger, from Woodmere, who graduated cum laude with a degree in sport and recreation management.

Art therapist and counselor Eti Levkovich joined Five Towns Premier Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Woodmere. For information on programs and services, call (516) 588-3200.

Unified basketball bonds students with sports

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By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

After a one-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, unified basketball returned to Hewlett High School for its second season.

Unified basketball was founded in 2008 and is an inclusive sports program that unites Special Olympics athletes and partners (people without intellectual disabilities). According to specialolympics.org, 1.4 million people take part in unified sports globally. Some of the rules are: three students with intellectual disabilities and two partners are on the court at the same time, no shot clock but there are three-point shots.

The Hewlett unified team is coached by varsity basketball coach Bill Dubin, who has been coaching at the school for 30 years. Dubin is also a special education teacher at Hewlett High. This year, the team finished with a 3-2 record in the regular season and advanced to the championship game after defeating East Rockaway 44-42 on June 8. The Bulldogs fell short in the championship game to New Hyde Park on June 10. There are currently five unified teams in the county which includes: Hewlett, Lawrence, New Hyde Park, East Rockaway and Carle Place.

“The kids had a great time this season,” Dubin said.

“They played hard, smart and together. That’s what it's all about.” Dubin added that this year’s roster consisted of 12 players and two graduate assistant coaches.

Hewlett-Woodmere Athletic Director David Viegas said the idea for a unified basketball team came about in 2018. “I was meeting with other athletic directors and they were discussing how great unified basketball is for their respective schools,” he said. “I realized that this is something where the kids can participate with no exclu-

Courtesy Bill Dubin

THE 2021 HEWlETT High School unified basketball team after their 44-42 win over East Rockaway on June 8. sions. So I went to our superintendent to discuss it.”

Dubin noted that the best part of coaching the unified team is watching the players improve on and off the court each day. “It’s great watching their whole demeanor and the way they handle themselves improve,” he said. “One new player we have this year was afraid to come into the gym before joining the team. Now, he’s running up and down the court like the rest of the kids do.”

Hewlett High School senior Josh Tepper is a team member. He tried out for the varsity basketball team in the past, but didn’t make it. Despite that, Tepper saw uni-

fied basketball as a great activity. “I love playing basketball and I saw this as a great opportunity to be able to help others,” he said. “This team is great for our community and it’s exciting to be a part of.”

Going forward, Dubin is hoping that more students and schools get involved with the unified team. “We certainly have more players than we had before in 2019 and we expect that to continue,” he said. “The school and community are behind us which I think is a win-win. I’m not sure why every school in the county doesn’t have a team.”

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Liam Rave scoRed in the top frame of the first inning during the Hewlett-Woodmere Little League Minor League All-Star game on May 31.

Weather turns nice, let’s play two Near game time of the first HewlettWoodmere Little League All-Star game, the sun began to peak out from the clouds and the temperature climbed as the Minors level players tossed their first pitch around 12:30 p.m.

The teams – Angels, Rays and Twins vs. White Sox, Astros, and Royals, with the Rangers split among both – secondand third-graders hit the cover off the ball in a 21-19 win by the Angels, Rays and Twins squad.

The Intermediate level – fourth- and fifth-graders – also played an All-Star game with the combined Mets, Rockies and Diamondbacks defeating the blended Dodgers, Marlins and Cubs, 9-8.

The Majors, sixth- to eighth-graders, competed in a Home Run Derby with eight players representing its four teams – Mariners, Indians, Blue Jays and the A’s. Jack Hiller, of the Mariners, took the slugger title after two rounds.

–Jeffrey Bessen

Benny GLatt took off for third base in the first inning of the Hewlett-Woodmere Little League Minor League All-Star game on Memorial Day.

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It began in 2019, was interrupted because of the coronavirus in 2020 and returned his year with 120 participants, 86 of them in-person who took part in what was billed as the second annual Brandeis 5K Run on June 13. Another 34 took part virtually and more than $15,000 was raised.

Starting off from in front of the school on Frost Lane in Lawrence runners and some walkers took for the 3.1-mile jaunt.

Evan Small was the first to cross the finish line in the back of Brandeis with a time of 19:01.68; followed by Leiba Rimler, the first woman to finish, in 20:21.88 and then Megan Doyle in 21:32:50. Gabriel Glass was right behind Doyle in 21:34.38.

Elena Lederman and Esther organized the school fundraiser that also handed out T-shirts to the participants, the requisite water and medals to top finishers.

Nassau police from the 4th Precinct and members of the auxiliary police unit secured the runners safety across the race route.

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–Jeffrey Bessen

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First place Finisher Evan Small crossed the finish line in 19:01.68.

leiba rimler placed second and was the first woman to finish. Her time was 20:21.88.

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Kreiss succeeds Skonberg as LTA head at Lawrence Middle School and a previrepresents the school district’s teachers, ous LTA vice president, is returning as librarians and social workers. Rachel Kre- second vice president. “I am so thankful iss, a special education teacher at the mid- that we had Lori at the helm these last dle school, was elected to succeed Skon- 12 years,” he wrote in an email. “She was a steady hand during a berg. Kreiss, 48, is a cousin of tumultuous time. Filling her Herald columnist Randi Kreshoes will not be easy. Howiss. ever, I have all the confiSkonberg has taught at dence in the world in Rachel Lawrence for 27 of her 41 Kreiss as the incoming LTA years, and also taught at pripresident. I am looking forvate schools, including what ward to working with her is now Lawrence Woodmere and incoming first vice-presAcademy, when there was ident Martina Tretter in still a Woodmere Academy. A their new capacities.”

1990 merger with Lawrence Leading the LTA has Country Day School created given Skonberg many opporloRi sKonbeRg LWA. tunities to help its members S h e b e c a m e m o r e Lawrence teacher — from ensuring that a i nvo l ve d w i t h t h e LTA teacher had the proper prep roughly 25 years ago, at the time to getting an educator’s job back — Number Six School (now the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach), when Anne and in turn, union members have aided Young, an art teacher and the union’s the district and its students after Hurrisenior building rep, approached Skon- cane Sandy and during the coronavirus berg about succeeding her in represent- pandemic.

“We learned the new definition of a ing the teachers in the building. “I was drive-by,” Skonberg said. “The new defialready in the union, working my way nition of a drive-by is teachers gong to up the ranks,” Skonberg said. “A few the students’ houses to drop off books, years after that I became president. It’s been a nice ride, even with all the ups to check on them to make sure they’re and downs, the twists and the turns. I OK, to drop off food for them if they don’t have, to bring things to the stuenjoyed every part of it.”

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Rachel KReiss was elected to succeed Lori Skonberg as LTA president. knownst to the district, the LTA collected money, and we gave out gift cards to so many families that didn’t have, and we did this several times throughout the course of the pandemic.”

Skonberg said that being an educator for more than 40 years has taught her

that teaching is more than just presenting a daily lesson. “Because I talk to the students — that’s what most of us do,” she said, noting the hardships the pandemic has created for students, from being cooped up in a small living space to losing loved ones to the virus. “During Covid … you popped online. They didn’t want to learn, they needed to talk.”

Last year, Skonberg went as far as promising to dye her hair any color to entice her students to go online at the beginning of the pandemic. “Three weeks later my hair became fuchsia,” she said. “Guess what? They showed up.

We talked, we laughed, we had show and tell. Kids don’t have a problem being alone, they have a problem being lonely.”

Calling it a “disappointment” that she could not hammer out a new contract for district teachers — the LTA has been working under an agreement that expired in 2011 — Skonberg will hand the issue off to Kreiss, but anticipates serving as an adviser.

“The elephant in the room is agreeing to a contract, but I think it is really, at this point, a smooth re-entry to next year after a year of pandemic,” Kreiss said of her top priority, adding that she would work so “that the teachers are given the respect and treated like the professionals that we are.”

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The holiday was commemorated with prayer meetings and by singing spirituals and wearing new clothes to represent newfound freedom. Within a few years, African-Americans were celebrating Juneteenth in other states, making it an annual tradition.

“It’s an African-American celebration but an American holiday, in spite of everything that has taken place,” Shivers said, noting the institutional racism that still prevails in the U.S. “We will be always be Americans — that’s part of our culture. We want to do our part to do better and continue to build on the legacy they created,” he added, referring to previous generations.

Last year, New York state recognized Juneteenth as a holiday for state employees. In October, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation officially making it a state holiday. In total, 47 states and the District of Columbia recognize Juneteenth, and the festivities

include religious services, speeches, educational events and family gatherings.

“It means to celebrate freedom for our ancestors and freedom as African-Americans who were enslaved,” said Simone Smikle, an elder with the Wings of Faith in Inwood. “We celebrate being able to vote, to make choices and live freely.”

On Friday, middle and high school students will take part in a Juneteenth program at the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence.

As part of the Community Coalition of the Five Towns, Valley Stream and the Rockaways, the community center is helping to produce a video on the holiday.

“It is a bittersweet acknowledgement of the continued struggle of Black Americans,” said community center Executive Director K. Brent Hill, who recalled learning about Juneteenth reading Ebony magazine. “Most important, it is American history, and all facets should be taught, as we can only learn from the challenges we face together.”

In Inwood Park, on Bayview Avenue in Inwood, there will be barbecue, spoken words, dancing, a basketball shoot-around, face painting and balloons on June 19, Shivers said, adding that he wanted it to be “more so a celebration.”

“In a year where we are revisiting history and examining history,” he said, “it is important that we remember and teach, so we can move forward and as a nation, but never forget the path that has brought us to the present.”

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St. John’s opens new behavioral health wing

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“We have worked tirelessly to create the ideal environment to treat those who are experiencing emergent behavioral

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The nurses’ sTaTion in the new state-of-the-art behavioral health wing in St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in its emergency department.

working in the emergency department collaborate with St. John’s outpatient behavioral health team members to ensure that patients have a follow-up visit with a clinician within 48 hours of being discharged from the emergency department to prevent a crisis from reemerging, and to provide an opportunity for sustained and effective outpatient treatment.

The behavioral health wing’s new private interview space also provides an ideal opportunity for a “warm handoff ” to occur between outpatient providers and patients prior to discharge. Through a warm handoff, patients build a rapport with an outpatient provider, which can encourage patients to continue seeking necessary behavioral health services in the community from this provider.

St. John’s also connects behavioral health patients with community based organizations that provide services such as care coordination, substance abuse treatment, and crisis respite which, when utilized, can help manage behavioral health conditions and prevent the need for an emergency department visit or hospitalization.

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St. John’s Episcopal Hospital in Far Rockaway has opened a state-of-the-art behavioral health wing in its emergency department. The 2,300-square-foot space includes an evaluation room; a private interview room; an exam room; and 11 curtain divided patient care areas with a combination of beds and recliners that are designed to provide what hospital officials called “a comforting and safe environment of care.”

The new area also has a space that can be used as a quiet room to provide the patient with a calm and relaxing environment where they can self-manage their symptoms. According to a recent New York State-sponsored Community Health Needs Assessment, access to behavioral health services is a Top 10 need of the Rockaway, Queens communities, officials said. St. John’s also serves the Five Towns and surrounding communities.

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held as to the following matter: Agency: Board of Appeals Village of Woodsburgh Date: June 30, 2021 Time: 7:00 p.m.

Place: 30 Piermont Ave Hewlett, NY 11557 Subject: Application of Nicole Spivak, 801 Keene Lane, Woodsburgh, New York, to amend a previous Board of Appeals decision approving variances to construct a swimming pool with a patio, pool equipment and required fencing, which work required variances of the following Village Code sections: (a) 150-39(B), in that the proposed impervious surface coverage will be 6,545 square feet, where the maximum permitted impervious surface coverage is 5,188.9 square feet; (b) 150-47(D), in that there is no landscaping proposed between the pool fence and the property line, where landscaping is required to be planted outside of the fencing; (c) 150-47(H), in that (i) the proposed pool is in a front yard, (ii) the pool will be 14.92 feet from southerly front property line, (iii) the pool will be 15.08 feet from the westerly front property line, (iv) the pool equipment is 11.25 feet from the side property line, and (v) the pool fencing will be on the property line, where pools shall be built or maintained in a rear yard, including its equipment and fencing and shall have a minimum setback of 25 feet from all property lines on a corner lot. The proposed pool also requires a special permit pursuant to Village Code §150-47(B).

Premises are also known as Section 41, Block 45, Lot 29 on the Nassau County Land and Tax Map. The Board of Appeals, as lead agency, has determined that this application is a Type II matter under the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which requires no environmental review.

At the said time and place, all interested persons may be heard with respect to the foregoing matters.

Any person having a disability which would inhibit attendance at or participation in the hearing should notify the Village Clerk at least three business days prior to the hearing, so that reasonable efforts may be made to facilitate such attendance and participation.

Plans and other materials associated with the application may be reviewed and

downloaded at www.woodsburghny.com or inspected at the office of the Village Clerk, 30 Piermont Avenue, Hewlett, New York, during regular business hours.

Dated: June 7, 2021

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS Michelle Blandino, Village Clerk 126368

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

LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on 06/28/2021 at 8:00 PM in the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY for the following: Petition of FEIT ADAM & FENSTER,SUZANNE Premises: 477 BARNARD AVE Sec/Blk/Lot 39/179/62 Case # 2021-014 PROPOSED 2 STORY ADDITION Variance from: 265-38.C Building area.

The total building area, including all accessory buildings, shall not exceed 30% of the lot area.

265-41. A. Side yards.

A side yard is required along each side of a building.

The side yards along the sides of a building used exclusively as a singlefamily dwelling shall have an aggregate width of no less than 16 feet. Neither side shall be less than six feet in width, except on corner plots, the side yard shall be six feet.

265-42. Rear yards.

A rear yard of not less than 25 feet shall be required on every plot.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing.

Dated: June 17, 2021 Cedarhurst, NY Benjamin Weinstock Mayor Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer

By Order of the Board Of Zoning Appeals 126373 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Incorporated Village of Hewlett Harbor will hold a public hearing via ZOOM on June 30, 2021 at 7:00pm. All residents and professionals wishing to attend are directed to contact Village Hall at 516-374-3806 for further Z O O M information/instruction or visit our website at www.hewlettharbor.org.

All interested parties will be given the opportunity to be heard on the following application for variance relief: Continuation…Mr. and Mrs. Larry and Diana Tetstosi 287 Heather Lane Hewlett Harbor, Ny 11557, is requesting to install and inground pool and patio. Applicant requests relief from Village Zoning code ordinance 145-19. Village Zoning ordinance 145-19 states: A lot 20,787 square feet in a residential “B” district shall not exceed 30% of the building lot coverage.

Applicant is requesting a 45.6% building lot coverage.

Mr. Frank Almonte 1177 Harbor Road Hewlett Lane Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting a rear yard In-ground swimming pool, pool paving and maintain raised rear yard grade.

Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19 and Village Code 17-22.

Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25% in a residential “AB” district. Applicant is requesting a 31.8% lot coverage. Village Code 17-22 states: it shall be unlawful to alter, add to or remove within 100’ of any property line any soil which will result in any deviation from the original grade.

Mr. Kim Volman 1300 Seawane Drive Hewlett Harbor, NY 11557, is requesting to construct additions and alterations to an existing dwelling.

Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19, 145-10.C and 145-13. A. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 25% in a residential “A” district. Applicant is requesting a 30.8% lot coverage. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: the maximum permitted front yard surface coverage is 18%.

Applicant is requesting 58% front yard surface coverage.

Village Zoning Code 145-10.C. states: The maximum height of a residential dwelling in a residential “A” district shall not exceed 35’.

Applicant is proposing 36’8”. Village Zoning Code 145-13.A states: The average front yard setback shall not be less than 55’ in a residential “A” zone. Applicant is requesting a front yard setback of 54’2”.

Mr. Michael Sokolyansky 243 Hedge Lane Hewlett Harbor NY 11557 is requesting a rear yard Inground swimming pool and pool paving.

Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19. Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 30% in a

residential “B” district.

Applicant is requesting a 38.4% lot coverage.

Mr. Edwin and Iryna Goldstein 280 Bayberry Drive Hewlett Harbor NY 11557 is requesting a rear yard wood composite deck. Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19.

Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 30% in a residential “B” district. Applicant is requesting a 32.6% lot coverage.

Mr. Dominick Calandrella 265 Bayberry Drive Hewlett Harbor NY 11557 is requesting a rear yard pool cabana and pool paving. Applicant requires relief from Village Zoning Code ordinance 145-19.

Village Zoning Code 145-19 states: The maximum permitted lot coverage shall not exceed 30% in a residential “B” district. Applicant is requesting a 38.8% lot coverage.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS STEVEN GOLD, CHAIRMAN ZONING BOARD MICHAEL RYDER Village Clerk Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York June 10, 2021 126376

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LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on 06/28/2021 at 8:00 PM in the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY for the following: Petition of DISTRICT 15 LAWRENCE SCHOOL Premises: 305 CEDARHURST AVE Sec/Blk/Lot 39/311/10 Case # 2021-016 CHANGE OF USE PERMIT : TEMPORARY DAY CAMP AT EXISTING SCHOOL ( LAWRENCE SCHOOL # 5 ) Variance from: § 265-33 Permitted uses.

[Amended 3-6-1967 4-7-1980 by L.L. No. 2-1980; 9-14-1981 by L.L. No. 10-1981] No building or premises shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered for other than one or more of the following specified uses: A. One-family dwellings which may include, in addition to the dwelling, the office of a professional (limited to a physician, dentist, chiropractor, podiatrist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, registered nurse providing counseling services only, attorney, accountant, architect or professional engineer), when actually used as the private dwelling of the aforesaid professional person, and

the same individual who occupies the office shall reside within said premises and shall be the owner of record. No other professional shall use said office, regardless of his/her relationship to the owner-professional. The office space for said physician, dentist, chiropractor, podiatrist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, registered nurse providing counseling services only, attorney, accountant, architect or professional engineer, may contain the following and shall not exceed the same: a waiting room, consultation room, two treatment and/or examining rooms and one bathroom with a total floor area not to exceed 600 square feet. The office space shall be entirely on the first floor of the premises and shall have a direct access by means of one entrance door to the interior of the residential portion.

[Amended 7-7-2014 by L.L. No. 8-2015; 11-7-2016 by L.L. No. 10-2018] B. Places of worship.

[Amended 3-6-1967; 10-6-1997 by L.L. No. 9-1997] C. Libraries, public museums and also schools as herein defined.

[Amended 3-6-1967] D. Clubs maintained or conducted by any religious, philanthropic or patriotic organization.

[Amended 3-6-1967] E. Accessory uses, customarily incident to the above uses, but not including a business or building or use not located on the same lots with the building or use to which it is accessory. A garage or a group of garages for more than two motor vehicles shall not be permitted as an accessory use. Each and every garage shall be at least 25 feet from any street line except on plots having a width of less than 50 feet located on a corner in which case such garage shall be placed on said property at a point as far distant as possible from any street line.

Garages comprising a portion of the main dwelling shall be deemed a portion of that building and the front, side and rear yard restrictions shall be applicable thereto.

[Amended 3-6-1967[1] 2] PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing.

Dated: June 17, 2021 Cedarhurst, NY Benjamin Weinstock Mayor Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer

By Order of the Board Of Zoning Appeals 126375 PUBLIC AND LEGAL NOTICES… Printed in this publication can be found online. Search by publication name at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on 06/28/2021 at 8:00 PM in the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY for the following: Petition of STEVEN GELLER & ARIELA FINKIEL Premises: 333 LIVINGSTON PL Sec/Blk/Lot 39/346/32 Case # 2021-015 ADDITION / ALTERATION TO EXISTING ONE FAMILY STRUCTURE Variance from: 265-38 C Building Area The total building area, including all accessory buildings, shall not exceed 30% of the lot area.

265-41 A. Side yards.

A side yard is required along each side of a building. The side yards along the sides of a building used exclusively as a single-family dwelling shall have an aggregate width of no less than 16 feet. Neither side shall be less than six feet in width, except on corner plots, the side yard shall be six feet.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing.

Dated: June 17, 2021 Cedarhurst, NY Benjamin Weinstock Mayor Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer

By Order of the Board Of Zoning Appeals 126374 LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF CEDARHURST LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Village of Cedarhurst will hold a public hearing on 06/28/2021 at 8:00 PM in the Village Hall, 200 Cedarhurst Avenue, Cedarhurst, NY for the following: Petition of DAVID & DENISE TERLINSKY Premises: 480 ARGYLE RD Sec/Blk/Lot 39/309/1 Case # 2021-013 PROPOSED 14’ X 28’ INGROUND POOL & NATURAL GAS HEATER Variance from: 265-125 Location restricted. No swimming pool shall be built or maintained except in a rear yard as defined by the building zone regulations of the Village of Cedarhurst. The pool, including the foundation for the purifying apparatus, if any, shall be located not less than 10 feet from the rear lot line and not less than five feet from the side property lines of the premises. In no case shall any portion of the pool or fence be closer than 25 feet to a street line and,

in the case of corner plots, not less than 25 feet from the front of the premises and side street line of the premises.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard at said hearing.

Dated: June 17, 2021 Cedarhurst, NY Benjamin Weinstock Mayor Salvatore Evola Village Clerk-Treasurer

By Order of the Board Of Zoning Appeals 126372 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 1st day of July, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE and REPEAL “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: BELLMORE NEWBRIDGE ROAD (TH 182/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the south curbline of Henry Street south for 30 feet.

ELMONT HEATHCOTE ROAD (TH 187/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of 109th Avenue north for a distance of 35 feet.

FRANKLIN SQUARE ADMONT AVENUE (TH 178/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Roosevelt Avenue east for a distance of 30 feet.

HEWLETT STREET (TH 73/21) West Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME starting at a point 90 feet south of a point opposite the southeast curbline of Gehrig Avenue south for a distance of 55 feet.

ROOSEVELT AVENUE (TH 178/21) East Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at a point 15 feet south of the south curbline of Admont Avenue then south for a distance of 50 feet.

LIDO BEACH GREENWAY ROAD (TH 193/21) East Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME from the north curbline of Avon Lane north for a distance of 109 feet.

MERRICK SHORE DRIVE (TH 163/21) West Side - NO PARKING ANYTIME - starting at a point 191 feet north of the north curbline of Helen Court north for 13 feet.

NORTH VALLEY STREAM MIDVALE LANE (TH 172/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Corona Avenue east for a distance of 50 feet.

MIDVALE LANE (TH 172/21) North Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at a point 288 feet east of the east curbline of Corona Avenue then east to the south direction at the termination for a distance of 54 feet.

OCEANSIDE 1st STREET (TH 188/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the north curbline of Waukena Avenue north for 30 feet.

1st STREET (TH 188/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - from the north curbline of Waukena Avenue north for 30 feet.

LONG BEACH ROAD (TH 186/21) West Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at the south curbline of Exit Road (Valley Townhouse) south for a distance of 670 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations: HEWLETT SHERIDAN AVENUE (TH 106/16) East Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME - starting at a point 162 feet south of the south curbline of Broadway south for a distance of 22 feet.

(Adopted 5/23/17) OCEANSIDE LONG BEACH ROAD (TH 774/68) West Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at a point 762 feet south of a point opposite the south curbline of Mott Street south for a distance of 590 feet.

(Adopted 3/4/69) It may be viewed on the Hempstead website, at www.hempsteadny.gov ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard in person in accordance with applicable social distancing regulations, or real time telephonic communication, see instructions at www.hempsteadny.gov Dated: June 15, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 126361 To place a notice here call us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

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What’s neWs in and out of the classroom

NASSAU HERALD — June 17, 2021

herald schools

Courtesy HAFTR

HAFTR Took pART in a virtual parade competition celebrating Israel and was the runner up of the Harvey Kaylie Award for outstanding marching group.

Award-winning HAFTR celebrates Israel The Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaway, which usually takes part in New York City’s annual Celebrate Israel Parade like many Jewish schools, submitted a video of how the school community marks the Jewish state’s anniversary as the parade was canceled for a sec-

ond consecutive year because of the Covid pandemic.

Typically more than 200 groups march in the parade. HAFTR took part in the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York’s virtual marching competition and was awarded runner up of the Har-

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To Louise McFaddin, Louise Nicolosi, Patricia Ann Murrell, Arlene Ruth Morrelll Speakman, James Ji Bell. Rosemary Bell, Albert J. Schaufler, Maureen Schaufler Duram, Theresa Schaufler Pelikan, Dolores Scbauner Gmora, Elizabeth Schaufler Warburton, Thomas Buehl, Mary Schaufler, and any and all unkncwn persons whose names or parts of vhose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot aner diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs at-law and next-of-kin of the said deceased, and if any of the said above distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and in interest whose names and/or place of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained.

GREETINGS A Petiton having been duly filed by Patricia Mandel, residing at 415 E. 52nd Street, Apt. 12FC, NY, NY 10022.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY on June 30, 2021 at 9:30 O’Clock in the fore noon of that day why a decree should not be made in the estate of Louise E. Schaufler, lately domiciled at 477 Hungry Harbor Road., N. Woodmere, NY 11581, admitting to probate a Will dated December 12, 2018 a copy of wich is attached as the Will of Louise E. Schaufler, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that Letters Testamentary to Patricia Mandel.

Hon. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk This Citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not obliged to appear in person. If you fail to appear, it will be assumed that you consent to the proceedings, unless you file written verified objections thereto. You have a right to have an attorney-at-law appear for you.

Dated, Attested and

Sealed, 4/21/21 Name of Attorney: Mandel & Mandel, LLP Address: 600 Third Ave., 2nd Floor New York, NY 10016 Phone: 212-594-5200 QUOTE 126343

LEGAL NOTICE SANITARY DISTRICT NO. 1 TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to Town Law, the Nassau County Civil Divisions Act and a Resolution of the Board of Commissioners of Sanitary District No. 1, Town of Hempstead, New York, an election will be held by the registered voters of Sanitary District No. 1, Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, on July 8, 2021 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. at the offices of Sanitary District No. 1, One Bay Boulevard, Lawrence, New York, for the purpose of electing one resident of Sanitary District No. 1 as a member of the Board of Commissioners for a term of five (5) years. A copy of the aforesaid

Resolution is on file with and may be inspected during normal business hours, at the premises of Sanitary District No. 1, One Bay Boulevard, Lawrence, New York.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that applications for absentee ballots for the annual District election may be applied for at the office of the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available at the office of the Secretary to the Board of Commissioners during regular office hours and until the day of the election, and such list will also be posted at the polling place during the election.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SANITARY DISTRICT NO. 1 TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, NEW YORK Irving J. Kaminetsky, Secretary Dated: June 9, 2021 126370

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vey Kaylie Award for outstanding marching group.

The award honors groups who take the time and effort to creatively celebrate Israel. Gloria Kaylie sponsors it in memory of her husband, Harvey Kaylie, as well as Lotte Bravmann and Imma Kaufthal,

individuals who embodied and embraced the values and ideals of celebrating the Jewish state.

–Jeffrey Bessen

HALB sounds off with homemade instruments Seventh-graders the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach in Woodmere built musical instruments all made of recycled materials in Rina Korman’s science class. The students incorporated their knowledge of

sound waves, frequency, pitch and amplitude.

Photos courtesy HALB

poweR TRio DinA Farrel, left, Kayla Taub, Kayla Greenberg showed off their unplugged guitar.

–Jeffrey Bessen

HALB sevenTH-gRADeR BenAyA Aryeh played his school-made French horn.

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

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Interested Applicants should email letter of interest and resume to Ms. Regina Agrusa, Assistant Superintendent for Pupil Personnel and Special Education at: ragrusa@sewanhakaschools.org

COMMUNITY MAINSTREAMING is A Non Profit Human Service Agency Seeking Dedicated Staff To Work With Intellectually and Developmentally Disabled Individuals.

Any Further Questions Contact HR Recruiter Esther Seidman 516-683-0710, Ext 256.

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Early Childhood Center SUMMER CAMP Staff Needed In Lawrence The Gural JCC Early Childhood Center Camp Is Seeking Summer Staff Including Counselors, Assistant Counselors And Lifeguards.

Qualified And Interested Staff Please Call 516-239-1354 Or E-mail Camp@GuralJCC.org.

Needed In Lawrence For Fall, 2021 The Gural JCC Early Childhood Center Is Hiring Head Teachers And Assistant Teachers For The 2021-2022 School Year.

Interested And Qualified Applicants Should Please E-mail Resumes And References Directly To

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A. You can choose your neighbors and you can choose your friends, but you don’t get to choose your family, right? Every once in a while, I get a call from a representative of a group of concerned citizens who want some use to just disappear, but you have to consider what the use is, and whether that use has been previously approved with permits onte eeper and certificates of completion at that location. If the use has previously been approved, with zoning variances or straight permits, then your recourse is limited.

It’s not uncommon to see people show up — or lately, log in — to a zoning hearing to voice their opposition to an established use such as a restaurant that wants more seating, or a new use that was formerly retail, and many other combinations or changes. As to whether you can do anything, I can only say that the specifics of the proposed use would need to be understood. For example, if the restaurant that has closed was previously approved for a specific number of seats, and the proposed restaurant goes in with the same status — under normal circumstances, the conditions remain the same and, except for any minor improvements, such as kitchen equipment, removing a wall or changing the seating configuration — then the only approvals needed are permits that do not require any contestable review, as would be the case in a zoning hearing.

Noxious fumes and fire safety are another matter, and you can make a complaint that may be addressed to some extent by examining the use of equipment to minimize the fumes, but consider that fumes from a restaurant are part of the mechanism of cooking and ventilation. Also consider that you, apparently, chose to live next to a commercial establishment. It did not choose to locate next to you; you chose where to live.

I have witnessed, in public hearings over the years, seemingly reasonable people step up to the microphone and blurt out the most unreasonable statements about how, for example, their neighbor’s renovation will cause noise and dust, so shouldn’t they be told they have to turn their homestead into a small park for everyone else to enjoy? My favorite one was the couple who were hell-bent on getting the railroad to either stop running by their house or change the train schedule so they could listen to the birds without interruption. I don’t think the board of the railroad changed the schedule, but I’m sure they had a good laugh. With relatives like that, I’ll stick with my friends. Good luck!

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Last Nov. 8, I was kayaking in Emory Creek in Freeport, just north of the Narrows, when I spotted what I thought was a chunk of garbage floating in the waterway and paddled over to collect it. I was headed north, back to the Albany Avenue boat ramp, after two hours on the water. Suddenly the garbage jerked, as if it were alive.

“What the…?” I blurted out. Were Scott my eyes deceiving me?

BRINtoN As I approached, I realized it wasn’t garbage, but a river otter, the first one I’d ever seen in the wild — or anywhere. I slowed my paddling, hoping to sneak up close enough for a quick photo. I stroked all of three times when the otter lifted its head slightly and dived headlong underwater, its back forming a perfect U as it plunged, like some mythical sea serpent of yore. I waited a few minutes to see if it might resurface, but it vanished.

I came away feeling grateful to have seen this beautiful creature, if only momentarily.

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thousands on the East Coast, but were hunted mercilessly from the 1600s through the early 1900s for their sleek fur, the densest of any mammal in the animal kingdom. When Europeans first settled in North America, otters inhabited every waterway on the continent, according to Mike Bottini, a wildlife biologist with the nonprofit, Islip-based Seatuck Environmental Association. By the 20th century, their numbers had dwindled to a few thousand, scattered in small, out-ofsight colonies.

Seatuck teamed up with the nonprofit Peconic Land Trust on May 20 to present a webinar on “The Re-wilding of Long Island,” about how any number of creatures — including river otters — are making a comeback thanks to conservation programs, so I had to tune in. In addition to Bottini, it featured Emily Hall, Seatuck’s conservation policy advocate; Kelly Hamilton, a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation wildlife biologist; and Enrico Nardone, Seatuck’s executive director. Arielle Santos, its wildlife conservation policy program coordinator, moderated.

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rebounding. It’s not clear when, precisely, river otters returned to Long Island, but a 2008 study by Bottini confirmed their presence here, and a subsequent study 10 years later found that their range was expanding.

Bottini identified 150 potential sites where otters might live on the Island, and narrowed their presence to three confirmed locations: Mill Neck/ Oyster Bay, the Nissequogue River and Peconic Bay. By 2018, they were found in 10 spots.

River otters are amazing creatures. They can hold their breath underwater for up to eight minutes, which might explain why I didn’t see the otter resurface — I had waited two or three minutes before I continued paddling on my way last November. They are also among only 10 or so animals besides humans that employ tools: They use rocks to smash open crustaceans’ shells to get to the meat inside.

I was pleasantly surprised to learn that not only are otters returning to Long Island, but bald eagles are as well — there are now 21 nesting pairs here, Hamilton said. They had nearly gone extinct during the 1960s because of the ubiquitous use of DDT, a now-banned pesticide that caused their offspring’s shells to thin and crack open before the chicks were fully developed. The mother bird would crush the eggs when she sat on them to warm them. From the 1940s to the

’ve glimpsed a river otter, and the silvery aquatic carpet of a school of river herring.

’60s, 675,000 tons of DDT were sprayed across America, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The increase in river herring on Long Island is promising as well, Hall said. The river herring is a silvery fish that was once so plentiful that when schools of it made their way upriver, they turned the water silver. We haven’t reached that point yet. One night in the fall of 2019, however, my son, Andrew, and I returned to the Albany Avenue boat ramp after kayaking Emory Creek. The sun had set only a short while earlier. The moon was full, causing an abnormally high tide that inundated part of the boat ramp parking lot. Andrew waded into the water to the edge of the bulkhead, and for no particular reason, shined his headlamp into the creek.

There it was, a giant mass of silvery fish streaming northward. “Whoa!” I exclaimed.

It was an extraordinary sight. I’m now convinced the fish were river herring.

The re-wilding of Long Island, to me, demonstrates the necessity of federal and state environmental regulations — and local conservation efforts undertaken by vital groups like Seatuck (seatuck.org) and the Peconic Land Trust (peconiclandtrust. org). They need and deserve our support.

Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

On the road with a priest, a knight and a monk

fter 15 months, hundreds of miles, 800 pages and 40 hours of audio, I listened to the closing words of my book this week, and it was good.

Early in the pandemic, I experienced the kind of deadening boredom and restlessness that can unravel the human spirit.

So I pushed myself outdoors to walk.

No matter the weather, no matter the temptations of the couch and the TV, I walked.

After some weeks, the thoughts that accompanied me RANDI were not helpful. I KREISS tended to perseverate on medical, political and existential threats. So I decided to listen to a very long book with my newly purchased AirPods, and that’s how Ken Follett’s “Pillars of the Earth” saved my life. Well, that’s an overstatement, but the book, all 40 hours of it on Audible, kept me reasonably sane.

The only other Follett book I had read was the breakout thriller “The Eye of the Needle.” I chose “Pillars” because it was

unreasonably long and because the reader, John Lee, got rave reviews. I wanted a deep, authoritative voice in my ear, an English narrator who would add authenticity.

I had strict rules for myself. I would only listen to the book — no contemporaneous reading. I would allow myself to listen only when I was walking, thus the builtin motivation. And when I was listening, I wouldn’t take phone calls or allow other distractions. I only listened when I walked alone.

In an afterward, Follett explains how he came to write this doorstop of a book, an epic piece of historical fiction, and his story is unique. He grew up in a family that adhered to a Puritanlike religious ethic. As a young lad, he became enthralled with the building of cathedrals, an odd fascination for a kid, especially since it was paired with an interest in medieval architecture.

He began writing thrillers, and all the while kept researching the story of the great cathedrals of England. His publishers wanted him to keep churning out bestsellers, because he had a real knack for it and they liked a sure thing, but he decided to write a big book on the building of a fic-

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tional cathedral in England between the years 1135 and 1170. It took him more than three years, which is nothing, because it took 30 years to build a cathedral in those times.

The building of the grand churches over decades is the infrastructure of the book. But it isn’t all flying buttresses and knaves and arches. The human story drives the narrative. The tale begins with a priest, a knight and a monk who witness an illegal hanging, and it flows out from there in all directions and over decades, with characters questing and crusading across the world. Follett creates dozens of characters whose stories pull us into the drama of life in medieval villages, castles and emerging towns.

I walked day after day, with Tom Builder and Prior Philip, Jack Jackson, Ellen the witch, Bishop Waleran Bigod, Aliena and Johnny Eightpence and even the ill-fated Thomas Beckett. Like a Woody Allen of Medieval times, Follett intertwines his characters with authentic historical figures we’ve only met in history books. Beckett, for one, leaps to life with a dignity and grace he may or may not have exhibited in

iving me something more healthy to focus on during my daily perambulations.

real life.

Villains abound. Heroes get pierced through with swords. Women sacrifice youth and beauty to honor oaths to dictatorial fathers. Lovers are thwarted by religion and plague and just bad timing.

Babies are born to and abandoned by desperately poor itinerant workers, and they are found and raised by good-hearted monks to become servants of God. I’m telling you about this now because it’s just possible that you’ll need to walk your way through a troubling time, and a really long book can make the journey easier. It was impossible to think any bad thoughts while I was listening my way through “Pillars of the Earth.”

We are all in a better place now, but a worrier is a worrier. So I still walk, and just today I began “The Long Ships,” by Swedish writer Frans G. Bengtsson. Published in 1941, it recounts the adventures of Viking Rode Orm in the late 10th century.

This is a find. I look forward to my morning walk. After listening to live news this evening about Covid spikes, galloping Trumpism and political paralysis, it’s downright comforting to hear bloody sagas of Viking hordes raiding and sacking the known world.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Boaters take note: Stop speeding in the wetlands

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t’s nearly summer, and the boating season is now upon us. That means speedboats and personal watercraft roaring along our coastline. That’s OK, as long as they’re outside the designated no-wake zones in the saltwater wetlands that hug the shoreline, particularly on the South Shore, between the barrier islands and Long Island proper. The trouble is, too many people disregard the zones, causing widespread destruction of the wetlands.

If you’re one of these people, cut it out.

The wetlands provide critical “environmental benefits.” They act as breeding grounds for countless birds, fish and shellfish. At the same time, they soak up waves during hurricanes and tropical storms.

Without them, the South Shore would have taken a far greater beating during Tropical Storm Irene in 2011, Superstorm Sandy in 2012 and, most recently, Tropical Storm Isaias last year.

The wetlands comprise hundreds of mudflat islands that are held together by fields of Spartina marsh grass. As boats thunder through the narrow channels between the mudflats, they send waves crashing against their sides, slowly, steadily eroding them. Stop off at most any mudflat island in a South Shore boat channel and you’ll find the telltale signs of wave-action erosion.

The sides of the mudflats form U-shaped cliffs, because the waves strike them from below and break upward.

Eventually, caves form, causing the surface of the mudflats to collapse and send-

letters A critical look at critical race theory To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Are we immune to Texas-style xenophobia?” (June 10-16): I was surprised to read that Kreiss equated the pushback against critical race theory with what she called “Texas-style xenophobia.”

Half the column was a diatribe on initiatives by Texas conservatives that had nothing to do with the subject, but laid the foundation for why any opinion of the Texas legislature must be bigoted and wrong. Kreiss implied that those leading the charge against critical race theory are right wing, racist and Republican, and are influencing the ignorant against the advancement of civil rights. In fact, the pushback is bipartisan, and many who were initial supporters have changed their minds after seeing the actual implementation in school curriculums.

I am one of them and a lifelong Democrat

ing whole swaths of Spartina grass floating out to sea. Eventually, all that’s left is a sandy beach, which might look pretty but is easily washed away in a big storm.

When you find only rocks and pebbles, you know the demise of a mudflat island is near.

Development through the centuries has caused massive loss of wetlands, despite their vital functions and benefits. A study by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1990 found that the acreage of wetlands across the contiguous United States, both saltwater and freshwater, had decreased by 53 percent, from 221 million acres to 104 million. In fact, many South Shore communities were built in the 1950s and ’60s, atop wetlands, before the federal Clean Water Act of 1972 protected them from dredging and filling.

The act did not, however, protect them from boaters, who are left largely to govern themselves. Yes, there are county and town bay constables to enforce no-wake zones, but the wetlands, measuring tens of thousands of acres, are hard to police: In the Town of Hempstead alone, there are 17,000 acres of wetlands and 180 miles of coastal waterways to patrol. The constables are also often taken away from environmental enforcement by drunken boaters, who pose an immediate threat to other people.

One recent citizen-science survey of the world’s wetlands, conducted by the World Wetland Network, the Society of Wetland Scientists, the Cobra Collective and the International Union for Conserva-

tion of Nature, found that wetlands have decreased across the globe by 87 percent — that is, they are on the brink of disappearing from the face of the earth.

We cannot allow that to happen. Wetlands have been part of Long Island practically from the time it formed 10,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, as a 118-mile-long glacial deposit. Whether we realize it or not, we desperately need them. They deserve our protection.

We would love to hear our town officials speaking out more on this issue, given that they are entrusted with the protection of wetlands, along with state Department of Environmental Conservation officials. Educating the public on the importance of wetlands should be a top priority.

You might consider joining a group like the Freeport-based Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors) on the South Shore, or the Oyster Bay-based Friends of the Bay on the North Shore, whose mission is protecting our coastal waters, including the wetlands. Both organizations regularly conduct cleanups, which are critical, given the astounding amount of garbage that makes its way into our waterways and wetlands.

And again, if you’re a boater, please, please pay attention to and obey the nowake zones. You’ll be doing an enormous service to everyone who lives in one of our coastal communities, along with the many wild creatures who inhabit the wetlands.

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he recently completed census became controversial because of political interference, but the results are still important. This is especially true when it comes to the national birthrate and regions with population growth and decline. Long Island is a region in decline. What can we do about it?

The once-every10-years census produces a demographic profile of the nation broken down by age, gender, education, national origin, ethnicity, family status and employment, among other roBerT a. elements. It also produces populasCoTT tion estimates and charts the changes in births, deaths and migration. The data can be sorted by demographic characteristics as well as by geographic region. Income data is collected by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Together, they provide substantial information for community and economic development.

Census data helps government agencies at all levels as well as private employers forecast economic growth, fiscal demands and service opportunities. Businesses use census results to decide where to build factories, offices and stores.

Census results also provide the basis for apportioning the 435 seats in the House of

Representatives among the states, and the allocation of more than $675 billion per year in federal funding for schools, hospitals, roads, public works and other vital programs.

One key focus of the census is the nation’s birthrate. In 2017, the total fertility rate in the U.S. was 1,765.5 per 1,000 women, 16 percent below what’s considered the rate needed for the population to replace itself, 2,100 births per 1,000 women. After a decline during the Great Depression followed by the baby boom after World War II, the fertility rate has hovered for four decades at just under that replacement rate. It currently stands at 1.9 births per woman.

It’s estimated that by the 2030s, the number of Americans over age 65 will exceed the number of those under 18. The Social Security Administration’s working assumption is that there should be three covered workers per recipient for the system to be stable. In 2000, there were 3.4; today there are about 2.3. By 2030, the estimate is that there will be 2.0. This imbalance can be addressed by raising the wage base limit on Social Security payroll deductions, now $142,800; providing incentives for families to have more children; and improving our immigration system.

According to the Long Island Association, the number of births in Nassau and Suffolk counties fell by almost 20 percent

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from 2000 to 2016, and the number of people 19 and younger fell by 7.5 percent. The causes of decline include a “birth dearth” and out-migration due to job opportunities elsewhere and the cost of housing here.

Long Island’s population growth of 0.7 percent is lower than the average 1.2 percent in other metropolitan-area suburban counties. In the meantime, the median age of NassauSuffolk’s workforce continued to rise last year, according to Newsday.

The consequences of a decline in the young population are manifold for our country and our region. A rising ratio of retirees to new graduates means that funding for pensions and health care will likely result in less support for education. We will need to be concerned about who will start new businesses and who will staff existing ones. Will elementary school buildings become homes for retirees no longer able to live alone? Who will run for school boards, town councils and other civic offices?

Another consequence is representation in Congress. In the 1940s, New York had 45 members of the House; it now has 26 due to the state’s declining population.

Where will we find the scientists and engineers to conduct the world-renowned research at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Brookhaven National Labs and Stony Brook University, among other

t won’t be long before Americans over age 65 will outnumber those under 18.

LeTTers from New York. The history of racism in America needs to be told and acknowledged.

In spite of Kreiss’s partisan characterization, few on both sides of the political aisle would disagree. What we do disagree with is the damaging reverse racism, political ideology, anti-Semitism and historical distortions that have taken over critical race theory in places like California.

In the first draft of California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum, the state’s version of critical race theory, the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement for Palestine was included as an important social movement against apartheid in Israel, according to a recent article in Tablet Magazine, which describes itself as a “new read on Jewish life.” A list of 154 influential people of color did not include Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., U.S. Rep. John Lewis or Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, though it included violent revolutionaries.

There was even a flattering description of Pol Pot, the communist leader of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, who was responsible for the murder of a quarter of the Cambodian population during the 1970s, according to the article. Islamophobia was mentioned as a kind of oppression, but anti-Semitism was not. Similar issues have shown up often when critical race theory is applied.

Which of us, Ms. Kreiss, is “reacting —

venues? These engines of knowledge and prosperity require native-born and immigrant scholars to continue their mission of advancing knowledge and its applications.

While it can be argued that a decline in global population could be good for the environment and the sustainability of natural resources, my immediate concern is with our region.

Historically, nations have sought to manage, or at least stabilize, population growth by encouraging, while managing, immigration. Immigrants comprised about 13.7 percent of our population in 2019, but the growth in immigration has slowed. Restrictive policies have resulted in a drop in the number of international students, scholars, entrepreneurs and others to staff and serve our businesses and communities.

We need a plan for population renewal and dynamic development as well as environmental sustainability. The census and related reports provide the data needed to help us get started with a comprehensive approach. We can work to stall out-migration, improve in-migration and restore a productive immigration system. Such a plan will not only support population growth, economic and community development and the environment, but can also lead to the strengthening of democratic institutions through increased civic participation.

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

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not thinking, not listening, just pulling hotbutton words . . . out of the air,” to quote you?

DEBORAH SPIER Cedarhurst

1984 may be upon us today To the Editor: As the tearing down of monuments and statues, rewriting history and changing names of buildings named after historic figures continues under the growing cancel culture, it reminds me of George Orwell, who wrote, “Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

Orwell’s vision of 1984 may soon become today’s reality.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck

In the city of red sandstone — Sedona, Ariz.

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