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Not ready for school?

Parents express their hesitance about September reopening down guidelines for when school buildings could reopen for inperson instruction. Schools in Though it’s still summer, regions that are in Phase 4 of the school — and particularly how it state’s reopening protocols and will reopen in September — is on have a daily average Covid-19 the minds of many, infection rate of 5 months after the percent or lower mid-March stateover a 14-day period wide pandemic shutwill be allowed to down. Friday is the reopen. Schools in a deadline for schools region that sees a and school districts spike in infections — to submit reopening a seven-day average plans to the State rate of 9 percent or Education Departhigher — cannot ment. reopen. Cuomo is School adminisexpected to detertrators were told to mine which schools create three differcan reopen on Aug. ent plans: one for in7. person instruction, Modifications to including details of classrooms, and the how the district grouping of students would adhere to to reduce the risk of social distancing MATTHEW exposure and infecg u i d e l i n e s a n d RUSSo tion, will be decided maintaining health Woodmere resident by districts based on safety protocols with guidelines from the facemasks required; state, along with another for the remote learning guidance on. that was implemented when “A majority of the school disschools were closed; and a third tricts are looking at the hybrid,” plan, a hybrid plan of in-person said Lawrence School District and distance education.

Superintendent Dr. Ann PederGov. Andrew Cuomo also set Continued on page 6

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Despite social distancing protocols that impact the capacity of businesses and restaurants, Five Towns business owners are feeling optimistic about their economic survival amid the coronavirus pandemic.

When Long Island entered

Phase 3 of reopening on June 24, restaurants were allowed to use 50 percent of their capacity for indoor dining.

Masks were and still are required for entering diners, but can be removed once they are seated. Outdoor dining was permitted when Long Island entered Phase 2 of reopening on June 10.

The region moved into

Phase 4 on July 8, with museums, aquariums and other “low-risk” cultural establishments were allowed to reopen.

G ov. A n d r e w C u o m o issued an executive order on June 18 giving local authorities the power to shut down businesses that do not maintain safety protocols. Bars and restaurants that do not Continued on page 6

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Despite virus beach club members having sun fun

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By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Nearly two months since the beach clubs in Atlantic Beach and the village beaches opened, it appears that checking members and staff temperatures, constant cleaning and maintaining social distancing has helped to keep the coronavirus in check and allow many to enjoy the summer.

New York Beach Club owner Alex Jacobson said it has been a challenging summer with having to adhere to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state and county health guidelines, needing extra security and housekeeping, however because of the plans made beginning in March he said things have gone swimmingly.

“Our members are grateful for the measures and saving their summers, the feedback has been great,” Jacobson, adding that yes, security has turned away members and staff whose temperatures were higher than 100°.

“It’s definitely more difficult to operate. You have to be more intelligent about costs.”

Masks are required as members staff walk into the facility and in the beach club’s walkways and building.

There are a limited number of people allowed in the pools and the bathrooms, and in the building people are asked to be 10-feet apart, he said. There is also no food concessions, but takeout food delivery is permitted.

Jacobson said that the feedback from other clubs has also been upbeat, and three members from a trio of clubs bears that out in response to a Herald question posted on Facebook.

Irving Kaminetsky, an Inwood Beach Club member said, “Temperature [is taken] upon entering, masks required until you reach your cabana. Self-parking.

Beach lounges are preset, only two people in restrooms at a time. Incredibly safe at country club as well.”

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BEach cluB mEmBERS are getting the most out of the summer despite the pandemic. Above, the Sunny Atlantic Beach pool in 2018.

“Silverpoint is doing an amazing job,” said Linda Kreisman. “The beach area is huge and chairs are spread apart. Masks are worn on the boardwalk, bathrooms and other areas where social distance can’t be maintained.”

“Sunny Atlantic is doing a great job,” said Syd Mandelbaum. “Temp [taken] as you walk in, valets wipe the steering wheel, must mask til you get to your chair, only two to at a time in the bathrooms. Social distancing is practiced on the sand by chair and umbrella boys.

Impressive.”

Beach safety reminder

Atlantic Beach officials placed a reminder on the village website about staying safe on the village’s eight beaches and its half-mile long board walk.

“We have done a great job as a village working together to flatten the curve of Covid-19 in our community. It is our responsibility to continue to keep safe and healthy.”

Beachgoers are expected to wear masks when entering and exiting the beach entrances. When on the boardwalk, village officials said: “Please be respectful and social distancing on the boardwalk. Masks must be worn on the boardwalk when social distancing of six-feet is not possible.”

Veterans farmers market is open in Cedarhurst

By JESSIca cOaccI nassaueditor@liherald.com

In Cedarhurst, Rock and Wrap It Up! has created a safe haven for veterans to shop that helps to reduce their exposure to the coronavirus.

Serving the Five Towns for more than 30 years, Rock and Wrap It Up!’s Andy Parise Veterans Toolkit has launched the Veterans Farmers Market at 405 Oceanpoint Ave., in Cedarhurst, the home of Rock and Wrap It Up! founder and Chief Executive Officer Syd Mandelbaum, who serves a commander of Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339.

Rock and Wrap It Up! is an award-winning anti-poverty think tank, researching, discovering and nurturing potential sources willing to share renewable assets that have fed more than 1 billion people in need. Named for the longtime mayor of Cedarhurst, who served in World War II, The Andy Parise Veterans Toolkit is constructed to offer at-risk veterans job opportunities, vet-friendly colleges, services for female veterans and more.

When Mandelbaum saw many of his friends that are veterans were at high risk for the coronavirus in regular supermarkets because of long lines, he created a place to shop at a distance. “To me, it was all about protecting their health and having a place where we can control the numbers,” he said.

Veterans gather socially-distanced in Mandelbaum’s backyard on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wearing masks, dozens of senior members from the Lawrence-Cedarhurst American Legion Post 339 and the Inwood Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1582 pick organic fruits, vegetables, salads, meats and fish.

The veterans choose from many perishable items kept in a refrigerated vehicle. Mandelbaum said senior neigh-

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KOREaN WaR vEtERaN Harry Sidor, 88, picked up food at the Veterans Farmers Market launched by Rock and Wrap It Up!’s Andy Parise Veterans Toolkit. bors come as well, along with staff members of Rock and Rap it Up!. Due to losing their full-time job because of the pandemic. The remaining food is given to Gammy’s Pantry, a free food bank in the Five Towns Community Cen-

ter in Lawrence.

Domenic Crici, 88, is sergeant-at-arms of Post 339. He said the market has helped him tremendously. “Syd is very generous,” Crici said, “I’m eating more vegetables and fruit now cause it’s not always there for me in the store.”

The veterans market relies on its partnership with Trader Joe’s in Hewlett and Costco in Lawrence. The market also receives donations from Wall’s Bakery in Hewlett, the Bagelry and Crawfords Coffee Bar & Café, both in Cedarhurst, private donors and some veterans, who in turn, shop at the market. Mark Schechner of Wall’s Bakery has donated to Rock and Wrap It Up! for over 20 years. He said he is proud to donate leftover bread rolls, and Long Island needs more of these programs.

Pat Alesia, 72, was a brigadier general when he was discharged from the army. He is a member of both posts.

Alesia helps get pick up perishable and nonperishable items from Trader Joe’s. Alesia said the store accommodates the veterans by allowing them to avoid the long lines.

Post 1582 Commander Miguel Martinez, 47, is a master sergeant with the United States Army Reserve and has served in the military for 26 years. He is a volunteer driver for the market. Martinez said he has a healthy family, making him glad these services help veterans who are alone and cannot go to a regular store.

“We’re very proud of the program and will use the success to help veterans markets across the United States, at risk, and in need,” Mandelbaum said. “If we can feed them and keep them safe, we’ve really done a job.”

For more information on the Veterans Farmers Market, go to https://www.rockandwrapitup.org or call 1-(877) 691-3663.

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Michael Cohen released from prison, again

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

Federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein agreed that Lawrence native Michael Cohen’s claim that he was scooped up by federal of ficials on July 9 and returned to Otisville prison in upstate New York in retaliation for writing a book about President Donald Trump and ordered the former Trump lawyer once again to be released and placed in home confinement.

Cohen was released from prison on July 24.

During the July 23 phone hearing, Hellerstein rebuffed the prosecutors’ contention that the release form was not tailored to forbid Cohen from speaking with the media. The judge said the only “inference” was retaliation as the reason for Cohen being taken back into federal custody and his May 21 furlough release because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“The purpose of transferring Mr. Cohen from furlough and home confinement to jail is retaliatory, and it’s retaliatory because of his desire to exercise his First Amendment rights to publish a book and discuss anything about the book or anything else he wants on social media,” Hellerstein said.

Cohen, 53, was said to have violated the rules of his release that included not using social media. The other violation was for being at Le Bilboquet, a French restaurant in Manhattan on July 2, which is tied to the parameters of the agreement that he cannot leave home without permission. In his decision, Hellerstein, allowed Cohen what is considered a privilege of using social media during his home confinement.

On July 2, seven days before he was taken back into custody, Cohen tweeted “Favorable ruling yesterday by the Court as I am close to completion of my book…” referring to the decision by a New York State Judge Alan D. Scheinkman to lift a restraining order on a book by Maty Trump, on her uncle

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LawRENcE NativE aNd former lawyer for President Donald Trump, Michael Cohen, was released again from prison on July 24. and the Trump family. That ruling reversed a lower court’s decision. On the same day, Cohen tweeted “… anticipated release date will be late September,” referring to his book on T r ump. However, according to sources, Cohen does not have a publisher.

Cohen was serving a three-year prison sentence for breaking campaign finance laws, tax evasion and lying to Congress, among other charges in 2018.

He was also ordered to pay $1.39 million in restitution, forfeit $500,000 and pay a $50,000 fine. The guilty pleas to the federal felony charges resulted in his disbar ment as a lawyer in New York state. His sentence runs until November 2021.

Serving as Trump’s personal attorney, Cohen arranged six-figure payments to a porn star known as Stormy Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, to buy their silence about their one-time affairs with the president.

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Zooming with first DH son. He finished his career with the Chicago White Sox in 1978.

Alan Freedman, executive direcMore than 80 people joined a Tem- tor of Temple Israel of Lawrence, ple Israel of Lawrence virtual event said he has known Blomberg for 16 that featured a former New York years and described him as having a Yankee nicknamed the “Designated great personality. “Ron is a natural Hebrew.” born storyteller,” Freedman said.

Ron Blomberg spoke from his “Whether he is talking about what it Atlanta home on July 22 about his meant to be a Jewish ballplayer in experiences of being a Yankee for New York City in the 1970s, or about the majority of his baseball career. getting along with others in sports as Blomberg, 72, was born and raised well as outside of sports. These in Atlanta. He was words have real drafted first overall meaning and appliby the Yankees in cation today.”

1967. Despite Te m p l e I s r a e l receiving 125 colmember Beth le ge basketball Friedman recalled scholarships meeting Blomberg including one from when she was a Jo h n Wo o d e n at high school senior UCLA, Blomberg in 1976 working on signed with the a school project Yankees for $75,000. about sports. “I got He eventually made to go down to Yanhis debut with the kee Stadium for a Bronx Bombers in day and interview September of 1969. a variety of people Perhaps what he for the project,” she is most famous for said. “I got to intertook place on April view my two favor6, 1973 at Fenway ite Yankees in Roy Park when he was Wikimedia Commons W h i t e a n d Ro n written into the FoRMER YaNkEE RoN Blomberg, Blomberg. It was Yankees lineup as one of the most took part in a Temple Israel virtual exciting days of my the first designated h i t t e r i n M a j o r discussion on July 22. life.”

League Baseball Blomberg did history. A DH hits in place of the recall that day and noted that when pitcher in the batting lineup. looking back at his career, he is most Despite that moment, Blomberg proud of having had the opportunity said that he doesn’t have a single to make a positive impact on fans. favorite moment of his career as he “It was great to be able to play in described playing for the Yankees as the big leagues, but what I enjoy a dream. most is putting smiles on peoples “I had the opportunity to live my faces,” he said. “When I go to Yankee dream playing with the Yankees for Stadium, I like to catch balls that are almost eight seasons,” Blomberg hit in the stands in batting practice said. “Being Jewish and with the and give them to kids when I do meet Yankees was the greatest thing in the and greets. I love seeing their faces world. I met a lot of Jewish people in light up even if they don’t know who my time in New York and it was I am.” great.” Blomberg played for the Yankees through the end of the 1976 sea-

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Jeff Leb, the immediate past presiFor new Peninsula Public Library dent and current trustee said that he Board of Trustee President Audrian was elated that Gray was chosen to be Gray, reaching out to the community is president. “Audrian is an incredibly talsomething that she wants to emphasize ented individual and professional, and in her five-year term. her many strengths will help bring the At PPL’s July 16 reorganizational library to be better than ever,” he said. meeting, Gray was elected “ T h e Pe n i n s u l a P u b l i c by her fellow trustees to Library serves an incredibly serve as president of the diverse constituency and library’s five-person board. community, and our library She previously served as the board and president repreboard’s secretary and vice sent that amazing tapestry p re s i d e n t . T h e c u r re n t that makes our district the board also includes Vice best area in Nassau County President Samuel Francis, to live.” secretary Jeff Leb, treasurer Carolynn Matulewicz, Sarah Yastrab and Trustee PPL’s director, has worked Reva Oliner. alongside Gray for the past Gray, who g rew up in five years. She believes that Inwood and graduated from Gray is a great fit to be presL aw re n c e H i g h S ch o o l , ident of the board. “Audrian spent 23 years in Alexanhas many years of profesdria, Va., before returning to sional board experience havthe Five Towns in 2001, is a AudRIAN GRAy ing been on the board of the former executive director of PPL board president Girl Scouts and other comnonprofit organizations who munity organizations,” she has also sat on the board of said. “She has been a valuthe Five Towns Community Center in able member to the library during her Lawrence and conducted evaluations of time on the board.”

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Peninsula Public Library, which is on Retired from paying positions, she Central Avenue in Lawrence, has long applied her professional experience vol- been the library that has the largest unteering in the Hempstead office of usage in one of the smallest library the Urban League of Westchester help- buildings in Nassau County. Gray noted ing 55 and older workers gain new skills that it is essential to reach out to other and placing them with other nonprofit communities to keep the library relegroups. Gray holds a bachelor degree vant, especially during the coronavirus from SUNY Old Westbury and a mas- pandemic. ter’s in social welfare from Stony Brook “As a kid, I grew up in the library and University.

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Parents unsure on school reopening continued from front page sen, adding that because Lawrence issued Chromebooks with Wi-Fi connectivity to its students before the pandemic, and then to more students when school closed, virtually all district students and teachers can build on the remote learning done from March to the end of school in June.

“Our guiding principle is the safety of everyone and accountability for learning,” Pedersen added. Lawrence has asked students’ parents and guardians to fill out a survey to determine their “comfort level” with the reopening models, at https://www. lawrence.org/.

Hewlett-Woodmere officials said that the school district’s Reopening Task Force was continuing work on plans to be submitted on Friday and posted on the district website, https://www.hewlett-woodmere.net/.

In an email to district residents on Monday, Superintendent Ralph Marino Jr. wrote that the task force members had “spent many hours reviewing and discussing these most important documents. These plans must remain at the ready regardless of the district’s reopening intentions in case we are mandated to limit building capacity or initiate a school closure.”

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it is stiLL unknown if Lawrence Middle School Principal Willis Perry will get to welcome students back to school in September, as he did last year. student’s grade and school, the technology setup at home and transportation. The choice would come with no guarantees, according to Marino. “The district will then need to determine the feasibility of each program in accordance with the state mandates,” he wrote.

Lukewarm reception for reopening

After Woodmere resident Matthew Russo posted a Facebook query on what people think about sending their children

back to school, nearly 40 comments noted health and safety factors as the primary reasons for not reopening schools in September. Russo said he also received 30 calls from parents who were also mostly lukewarm about reopening.

“It’s clear to me that nobody is comfortable about sending their kids back to school with Covid-19 out there,” said Russo, the father of two boys — Max, an eighth-grader at Lawrence Middle School, and Ethan, a fifth-grader at Lawrence Ele-

mentary School. “Some parents who have special-needs children or those with asthma are worried.”

Derya Tanguner, the mother of two Lawrence students, posted, “I’m torn. I feel like if cases are down and precautions are taken it’s OK, but on the other hand I’m scared.” Her son, Eray, is a fifthgrader, and her daughter, Azra, is a kindergartner, who, along with her classmates, will remain at the Early Childhood Center at the Number Four School as part of the district’s reconfiguration plan, which aims to maintain continuity for younger students by keeping them with familiar teachers and support staff.

Should officials reopen schools and deem it necessary for children to wear masks and have plastic protective shield around their desks, and not allow them to leave the building for lunch, or to take classes such as art and music, Woodmere resident Jenelle Vides posted, “Then in my eyes you’re saying it’s not safe for my kids to go back to school.”

Within hours of Marino’s email, parents posted comments on the Hewlett Woodmere District 14 Residents Facebook page. “I know for sure online learning is a disaster,” Rozali Shteinberg Barabash wrote. “At least in my case where both parents working full time. I can’t imagine online or hybrid plan.”

Despite virus, businesses have an upbeat outlook continued from front page can lose their liquor licenses.

Vito Vinceslao, owner of Friendlier Pizza and Restaurant in Woodmere, said that outdoor seating was a positive in terms of business. “As soon as we were able to seat people outside, we put up a big tent outside,” Vinceslao said. “We’re very fortunate the parking lot is well positioned for it, as the store next to us is empty, and the [Gourmet Glatt] supermarket is slower in the summer.”

Vinceslao noted that even with no indoor dining from mid-March through late June, business has remained steady, and he credits the restaurant’s “loyal customers.” “Some people are still hesitant to come out to the restaurant, and I understand that,” he said. “We’re very fortunate for our customers in this community that have kept coming back to us.” He added that he has not had to lay off any of his 20 employees.

While the pandemic has forced some businesses to close temporarily, Randy Rosner, manager of Bagel Boss, in Hewlett, said that the store has remained open. “Since Phase 3, I’d say that business has been OK for the most part,” Rosner said. “We’re not at 100 percent of what we usually do in business, but I’d say that we’re at 75 percent. To me, that is encouraging.”

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Businesses across the state require that patrons don a mask or some other face covering before entering a store. al tables were placed outside, as allowed by state guidelines.

“For indoor dining, we’re usually able to sit 60 people, but now we’re limited to about 25 to 30 people,” he said.

“People are still coming in, and to me that’s a good sign for us going forward.”

Like Bagel Boss, Woodro Kosher Delicatessen and Restaurant, in Hewlett, has also remained open. Owner Gary Goldenshteyn said that he still offers delivery, non-contact curbside pickup,

family meal deals and online ordering.

“Fortunately for us, people have still ordered from us throughout the pandemic,” he said. “Our indoor seating has decreased, as a good night for us now would be if one table is filled.

Despite that, our business has been doing well.”

Goldenshteyn noted that he was grateful for the community’s support.

“I’d like to thank everyone who has continued to come in during the pandemic,” he said. “Some may have

stopped coming in due to a change in ownership, but I think the proof is in the pudding that our food is good.”

In Cedarhurst, businesses usually look forward to the annual multi-day Summer Sidewalk Sale in July. It has not yet been scheduled this summer.

Deputy Mayor Ari Brown said the event serves as an economic engine for businesses that need to rev up revenue.

“If any of the stores have a down year in sales, the sidewalk sale can help put them over the top,” Brown said.

“The [Business Improvement District] puts a lot of work into the sale, as we spend about $10,000 to $15,000 on advertising to spread the word about it.”

Brown serves as the village liaison to the BID, which collects a portion of the village tax on commercial property. In conjunction with the village, the money is used for improvements and promotions in the business district.

Brown said the village has still not decided whether to hold the sidewalk sale this summer. “We’re prepared to hit the ground running, but this is such a fluid situation, as the rules are changing all the time,” he said of the pandemic. “I would say that 99.9 percent of the businesses in Cedarhurst are more than anxious to do it if it does happen.”

Along with the sidewalk sale, Cedarhurst hosts an annual summer concert series, and Brown said that, too, was “up in the air.”

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ToH grants $2M to Northwell for Covid-19 testing

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The Hempstead Town Board unanimously voted to grant up to $2 million to Northwell Health on July 28 to establish 13 Covid-19 testing sites throughout the town, including in Elmont, the Five Towns, Freeport and Hempstead.

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Donald Clavin said the town had some of the hardest-hit communities on Long Island. The town received $133 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to combat Covid-19. The funding for Northwell Health is intended to prevent a second wave of the pandemic.

“This is the most important thing we could be doing with the money we received,” Clavin said. “This collaboration will save lives.”

“We are proud to partner with the Town of Hempstead to provide antibody and diagnostic Covid-19 testing and share prevention information, as this is an important step toward stopping the spread of coronavirus and preventing another deadly cycle of the pandemic from getting a foothold across New York state,” added Michael Dowling, president and CEO of Northwell Health.

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ToWN oF HEMpSTEAd Supervisor Donald Clavin announced that the town would give a $2 million grant to Northwell Health to set up 13 Covid-19 testing sites. an Dorothy Goosby said that while the Town of Hempstead as a whole has been through tough times because of the pandemic, the virus has disproportionately affected low-income communities and communities of color in the town.

The villages of Freeport, Hempstead and Valley Stream were the top three hardest-hit communities in the town, respectively. As of July 26, Hempstead had 2,351 confir med cases, Valley

Stream had 2,049 and Freeport had 1,734, according to the Nassau County Department of Health.

The hamlet of Elmont had 1,405 confirmed cases as of July 26.

Town officials said that while the 12 testing sites would be spread throughout the town, there would be a larger concentration of sites in the most affected communities.

“My communities were hit the

worst,” said Goosby, who represents the Village of Hempstead, Lakeview and Roosevelt, as well as parts of Freeport, Baldwin, Lynbrook, Rockville Centre and West Hempstead. “I’m grateful for this partnership with Northwell Health to help my fellow residents.”

“Northwell Health was instrumental in saving Valley Stream,” added Councilman Bruce Blakeman, who represents Valley Stream, Lawrence, Inwood and portions of Cedarhurst, Elmont and Franklin Square. “Their facility at LIJ Valley Stream really stepped up for the community, so this partnership will be a great help to the Town of Hempstead.”

Dowling said that at the height of the pandemic, Northwell Health was treating more than 17,000 patients at its facilities on Long Island and New York City.

T hat number has dropped to 86 patients, and he hopes the number continues to decrease with the Town of Hempstead’s grant.

“The ways to combat this is through more testing, social distancing and wearing masks,” Dowling said. “We’ve seen spikes in our states, and we need to make sure we don’t see it go up here.

We’ll be sharing all our results with the local leadership in order to encourage the best practices and avoid a surge of cases here.”

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HEWlETT HIgH ScHool student Sachin Ramphal was inducted into the National Technical Honor Society for his academic achievements.

BOCES student inducted into honor society

By MATTHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

Hewlett High School student Sachin Ramphal, who is studying Animation and Digital Media Skills at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech, was inducted into the National Technical Honor Society for his academic achievements.

Dr. Carla Theodorou, Executive Director, Nassau BOCES Department of Regional Schools and Instructional Programs, said that Ramphal is an example of an outstanding scholar who earned exclusive membership to the NTHS through superior scholastic achievement,

dedicated community service and the enthusiastic endorsement of his teachers.

“We’re extremely proud of our NTHS scholars, especially their unwavering commitment to academic excellence in these challenging times,” Theodorou said.

“Barry Tech students have the advanced technical knowledge, integrity and maturity that will give them an advantage in new and emerging industries.”

Barry Tech is a career and technical education high school through Nassau BOCES that offers over 40 hands-on courses designed to help students develop the skills they need to get a step ahead in their chosen career fields.

Iris Guevara-Interiano, a Lawrence student studying nurse assisting at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech was inducted into the National Technical Honor Society because of superior scholastic achievement, dedicated community service and the enthusiastic endorsement of her teachers, BOCES officials said.

Membership in the NTHS is considered the nation’s highest honor for excellence in career and technical education. The students have consistently distinguished themselves by exemplifying exceptional qualities, such as honesty, leadership, responsibility and good character. They are thought as of the embodiment of the NTHS vision, “success favors the prepared mind.”

“We’re extremely proud of our NTHS scholars, especially their unwavering commitment to academic excellence in these challenging times,” Dr. Carla Theodorou, executive director, Nassau BOCES Department of Regional Schools and Instructional Programs, said in a statement. “Barry Tech students have the advanced technical knowledge, integrity and maturity that will give them an advantage in new and emerging industries.”

The technical honor society is recognized by business, industry and education as the standard for student achievement and leadership in career and technical education. Membership helps students find success in today’s highly competitive workplace by encouraging scholastic achievement and cultivating a desire for excellence.

Members are awarded personalized letters of recommendation for employment, college admission and scholarships, and have their diplomas and training certificates stamped with the official NTHS seal.

Barry Tech is a career and technical education high school that offers more than 40 hands-on courses designed to help students develop the skills they need to get a step ahead in their chosen career fields. Classes are taught in a state-of-the-art facility simulating real-world work environments that meet current industry standards.

Faculty are professionals in their fields who share their experience and expertise. To learn more, go to www. nassauboces.org.

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My main objective during the pandemic has been to help the Nassau County Veterans Service Agency stock their food pantry as well as their efforts to provide essentials to veterans in need. There are so many vets who need help under normal circumstances. Unfortunately, the pandemic has increased that number and decreased many service organizations’ ability to help vets and their families.

The pandemic paralyzed the ability of veterans’ service organizations such as the American Legion and its auxiliary to help in the ways they normally do. All activities were canceled. It became impossible to collect items such as medical equipment and clothing; to hold their normal fundraisers; to conduct their regular events such as monthly visits to local VA hospitals and the Stand Down for Homeless Veterans.

I chose to do online fundraising specifically, because it is something that can be done with no contact. Through direct donation, Venmo and GoFundMe, I have been able to help keep the VSA food pantry stocked and provide Stop & Shop gift cards that were given directly to veterans in need. Ralph Esposito and his crew at the VSA do an amazing job throughout the year helping veterans. Raising money to help them do part of their job was the least I could do.

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ovid definitely played a huge part in the last few months for me. For my family, it meant that my parents would lose all of their work for a while, which was very tough on our family, like many others.

However, I have tried to concentrate on the positive things. For starters, missing the last few months of high school was unexpected, but looking at it positively, it was actually lucky, as it made it possible for me to be available for Gammy’s Pantry, and to serve so many families in need and for me to start my job on the truck for Sanitary District One, which has been an amazing opportunity for me.

Another positive opportunity that has come out of the coronavirus pandemic is that I began working for Long Island Cares, and I am able to help many new families that started to come to the pantry.

Gammy’s Pantry, a free food bank run by Inwood resident Sasha Young out of the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence, is one of the several food distribution centers run by Long Island Cares and funded by the $2 million that the Town of Hempstead has allotted from a $133 million federal aid package Working in my community and serving others with Gammy’s Pantry is very important to me, as we are a family.

t’s been challenging and rewarding to lead an organization during this pandemic.

Closing the library back in March was a difficult, but vital decision for everyone's safety.

Seeing the library without patrons and staff filled me with great sorrow — a once lively community center was eerily quiet.

Working from home had its difficulties, but we persevered and even thrived. The staff and I learned different, and often better, ways to serve the community from home: bolstering digital and streaming services, developing robust online programming, calling patrons at home, offering digital library cards, holding weekly virtual meetings to both keep staff informed and improve morale. I created a social media team to communicate our new and improved digital services and library news to the public though the website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and email, and I added remote reference so patrons could easily chat with our librarians.

Mid-June saw even more change, with our curbside pickup service. It involved a great deal of planning, but with regular meetings and staff-based committees, the pickup service was implemented smoothly. It was so gratifying to hand out bags of library items, and see how grateful our patrons were. We will take what we have learned these last few months and continue to evolve and reach out to more people in Franklin Square.

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A line began to form outside the Five Towns Community Center at 11:30 a.m. for doors that opened at 1 p.m. for Gammy’s Pantry on July 25.

The Community Center’s gymnasium was setup like a store with tables for men’s shirts, another for other men’s clothing, women’s apparel on a table and a rack, baby clothes, accessories such as handbags, toys and on the stage housewares, children’s books and videos.

Much of the items is donated from many community members.

Gammy’s Pantry is named in honor of Young’s grandmother Betty Young, whose life and memory inspires Young.

At intervals of 10 minutes or so a group of roughly 10 people were allowed in to “shop” for the free items.

Sasha Young, who created Gammy’s Pantry, oversaw all the activity from making sure the appropriate number of people were let into the building to ensuring that the volunteers cleaned up the tables and distributed the needed food.

“Everyone is here helping, the 600 club and the senior volunteers,” said Young as she viewed the landscape of generosity that she created two years ago and has exploded because of the tremendous need during the coronavirus pan-

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The 600 club is a group of volunteers who as of July 3 each logged 600 hours (now much more) at the pantry during the pandemic, helping to distribute food to people in need: Young’s daughters, Alexandra and Alexis Acosta; Blanca Bran and her daughter Natalie Bran; Sarah Hayes; Syd Mandelbaum; Edwin

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Three men were rescued from an overturned boat in East Rockaway Inlet near the Silver Point and Sun N Surf beach clubs on July 23, officials from the Inwood Fire Department said.

The City of Long Beach Fire Department received reports of an overturned boat in the area of Atlantic Beach at 2:45 p.m. Emergency responders from Atlantic Beach Rescue, and the Inwood, LawrenceCedarhurst and Long Beach fire departments canvassed various locations.

With the help of information from NYPD, Long Beach and Inwood responders the boaters were found. Silver Point and Sun Surf lifeguards immediately deployed from the shore along with Inwood firefighter James Notarnicola.

Boats from all the departments launched converging on the three people.

The rescue swimmers, including made contact with the victims and awaited pickup from the Atlantic Beach Rescue boat after a long swim.

The three men, who were wearing personal flotation devices, were taken to a staging area for treatment and transport to local hospitals by Nassau County police ambulance, the Woodmere Fire Department and Long Beach F.D. All three did not have life-threatening injuries, Inwood officials said.

All the air and marine partners from Inwood, Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Long Beach, FDNY, NYPD and Coast Guard Station Jones Beach searched for the capsized vessel. The boat was found by NCPD

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Pandemic parenting with less stress

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By Richa Bhatia, MD, FAPA In this unprecedented novel coronavirus pandemic, many parents are left struggling with navigating a new, uncharted territory of challenges, while trying to grapple with and establish new norms in the household. Given the rapid and drastic changes in daily life that the world has witnessed recently, it is not uncommon for parents to doubt their parenting approach.

Many parents are understandably feeling overwhelmed. While you’re very likely doing the best you can as a parent in these challenging times, these key strategies may help reduce overall anxiety in the household and help enhance the emotional well-being of your child/teen.

Remember: the goal is neither perfection nor achieving maximal productivity, but, rather emotional and physical wellness.

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Provide Some Structure to the Day Having an open-ended day with no clear schedule does not typically bode well for most children and teens, and may contribute to increased anxiety. Having structure helps to introduce some predictability in these uncertain times. Also, this may help children feel a sense of accomplishment and a sense of agency.

However, it would be beneficial to do this in moderation; do not go overboard with scheduling their day. Too much or too restrictive scheduling can be an impediment as well. There can be flexibility in the schedule as long as there are regular bedtimes and waking up times as much as possible.

Prioritize Positive Feedback and ‘Pick Your Battles’ Many well-intentioned parents feel the urge to redirect and correct each and every ‘annoying’ move of their child/teen (this tendency may be more at the forefront now, given so many people these days are at home the entire time with their children). Refrain from doing so. Instead, choose to notice and praise the desirable behavior that your child is exhibiting.

Giving specific praise rather than general praise is more beneficial. Also, distinguish whether the behavior is just annoying or actually risky/ dangerous. What seems like annoying behavior may sometimes be your child/teen’s way of coping, and is often unintentional. Giving attention to the undesirable/’annoying’ behavior is more likely to reinforce it. Furthermore, frequent nega-

tive feedback and criticism can negatively affect a child’s developing self-esteem.

Spend Some Quality Time Together Even 10-20 minutes of quality time together with your child/teen on a regular basis can be meaningful for them, and help them feel supported, understood and calmer. For children between 2 and 10 years of age, this can be in the form of ‘child-directed play’ or ‘freely chosen play’.

As the name suggests, in child directed play, the approach is not one of giving instructions or telling the child what to do or engaging in competitive play, but, rather of letting the child direct and guide the play. This type of play helps cement the bond with your child, and helps children gain confidence and self-esteem.

For older children, you may engage together in an activity of your child’s choice, such as age appropriate board games or hobbies, (without controlling, directing, or criticizing). If you have a teen, consider engaging in an activity or conversation of your teen’s choice with a goal to actively listen and support them.

Pause and Slow Down Practicing mindful pauses during the day can help you and your child have better emotional health in general, and can also help to feel calmer and regain perspective when things start to feel overwhelming. This can also help you be more patient, less reactive and therefore, more effective at practicing effective parenting.

‘Encourage Your Child/Teen to Resume and/or Cultivate Hobbies Learning through schoolwork is important, but, creative pursuits are as important for the developing brain. Whether it is resuming playing the piano/guitar, singing, dancing, writing, drawing, painting, reading, or something else, you can encourage your child to indulge their creativity further while you are at home with them.

Creative activities can help your child experience a sense of fulfillment and joy, which in turn, will help enhance their emotional and cognitive well-being.

Courtesy Anxiety and Depression Association of America Above photo: Kids feel pandemic stress too. Spending quality time with your kids and listening deeply to them is one way to help them tame anxiety.

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Keeping older people connected during COVID-19 is essential

or many months, the older population has been keeping to themselves to maintain their health as the pandemic rages around us. This highest risk group is carefully attempting to avoid coming into contact with the virus.

But the keys to preventing the spread of the coronavirus — quarantine and self-isolation — also have negative health impacts for their physical and mental health.

“Being socially isolated creates a health risk equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day,” says Rebecca Jackson Stoeckle, who directs Education Development Center’s initiatives in health, technology, and aging.

She adds that the pandemic will also cause interruptions in how many older adults access their health care needs.

For example, “If you are an older adult who routinely goes to the local senior center to get your blood pressure checked, and that center is now closed, how will you monitor your health?” Stoeckle asks.

As the world tries to adapt to the new social realities imposed by Covid-19, it is essential that older adults continue to feel connected to loved ones, friends, and caregivers around them. Here, Stoeckle offers tips for making this happen.

with friends. In a time of social distancing, these networks can help older adults continue to feel connected, even if the events themselves are not happening.

Stoeckle recommends that loved ones check in with older adults about their support networks, and help them find ways to stay connected to these groups and routines. Some religious and civic organizations may already have a plan in place for reaching out to older adults in their community. If so, make sure that the older adults know that too, and help them connect with whatever services may be available.

Informal support networks may be harder to replicate, but it’s not impossible. For example, there are plenty of fitness apps that can help older adults stay active, even if they are not going to their weekly swim or Zumba class. And while card games may be harder to do virtually, keeping the routine of getting together with friends — even if it is only over the phone or Skype — is still valuable.

“The most important things are the human-tohuman touch and helping people who live alone,” says Stoeckle. “I think we all need to identify people in our building, in our neighborhood, or in our life who may be vulnerable, and we have to make sure they are in touch with someone on a regular basis.”

Embrace technology Stoeckle says that the fact that more and more older adults are embracing mobile phones, social media, and online tools is a boon at a time when physical proximity to loved ones can actually be harmful to older adults’ health. She encourages families to use technology tools to stay in touch with each other.

Regular routines can be altered to include technology. For instance, families can use Skype to enable an older relative to join them for dinner or read bedtime stories.

“I see this as an opportunity for bonding, especially if a grandchild offers to talk to their grandparents through setting up a Skype account so they can see one another,” says Stoeckle.

Connect, connect, connect Finally, Stoeckle says that the most important way to support older adults during this time is to connect however possible. Whether it’s a video chat, phone call, written letter, or even a text, those messages are vital to fostering connectivity and community.

“In many independent living communities, many people have a phone buddy — someone they talk to every day,” she says. “I’m hearing a lot of people say that they are going to start doing that with their loved ones now.”

Stoeckle stresses that even simple connections can be powerful — and that phone calls and text messages may be easier to continue for the long term anyway, once the need for virtual get-togethers fades away.

“In times like this, we feel the value of human connection even more powerfully,” Stoeckle says.

Use existing support networks to stay active Many older adults already have structures that help support their physical and emotional health and wellness — including faith communities, neighborhood or exercise groups, or even weekly bridge games

Above photo: Loneliness is affecting nearly everyone during the pandemic, but is especially concerning for seniors.

As much as we progress as we’ve made adjusting to our “new normal,” Covid-19 has disrupted our routines and made everyday activities, such as work and caring for loved ones, challenging.

These changes, on top of the general uncertainty around this pandemic, can create feelings of stress, fear and nervousness. These feelings are normal, and people typically bounce back after difficult times.

Also keep in mind, children and teens may respond more strongly to the stress and anxiety caused by Covid-19 and become frightened that they or their loved ones will get sick. Take time to talk calmly and reassure children about what is happening in a way that they can understand.

It’s normal for people to have these types of feelings right now: √ Fear about going about daily routines, including shopping for groceries and other essentials. √ Anxiety, particularly about being separated from loved ones. √ Uncertainty about when the pandemic will end and you will be able to fully resume all activities. √ Concerns for your physical safety and that of others. √ Fear of getting sick. √ Guilt about not being able to fulfill responsibilities, such as work, parenting or caring for dependents. √ Boredom or isolation. √ Thoughts of blame, worry or fear. √ Worry about loss of income. √ Fear of being stigmatized or labeled if you become sick.

Determine what coping methods work best for you People’s reactions appear in different ways, not only in the way someone feels, but in the way they think and what they think about — their sleeping habits, how they go about daily living and the way they interact and get along with others.

Try these steps to help you cope: Connect with loved ones through video calls, phone calls, texts or social media.

Stay informed with accurate, reliable information from trusted sources.

Avoid social media accounts and news outlets that promote fear or rumors.

Take care of yourself and monitor the physical health needs of your loved ones. Eat healthy, drink plenty of water

and get enough rest.

Get outside to exercise and walk your pet, go to the beach, a nature preserve or some form of being out that you enjoy. But don’t forget to continue to follow appropriate protocol when in public.

Be patient with yourself and others.

It’s common to have any number of temporary stress reactions, such as fear, anger, frustration and anxiety. Hold an image in your mind of the best possible outcome. Make a list of your personal strengths and use these to help both yourself and others stay emotionally strong.

Relax your body often by doing things that work for you — take deep breaths, stretch or meditate, or engage in activities you enjoy.

If you are religious or spiritual, follow practices at home that provide you with comfort and emotional strength.

Helping others Reach out to older adults or people with chronic health conditions and offer to help. For example, offer to pick up groceries, medications and other essential supplies. Check in with them regularly but practice social distancing by keeping at least six feet away when you deliver essential items and wearing a cloth face cover.

Talk to your children and explain why this is happening and how long it might last. Use language that is normal and consistent with how you usually communicate. Be creative and think of fun activities that will occupy their time.

Keep a schedule, set appropriate limits and maintain usual rules when possible.

Take care of your pets, which can be an essential part of your support system.

Like people, pets react to changes in their environment and routine, so their behaviors may change, as well. Keep track of their well-being and take care of their needs as best you can.

Show kindness to people who may not have a support system or are isolated. There may be limits to what you can do in reaching out, but a little kindness may be just what someone needs.

Above photo: The pandemic impacts everyone differently. Some are coping with the loss of a job. Some are risking their lives caring for those who are sick. And others find themselves deeply contemplating existential questions of mortality and the meaning of life.

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Our lives have changed dramatically since Covid-19 has made our homes the center of our world. This has lead to feelings of strong emotions like anxiety and depression, which in turn can trigger poor eating habits and food choices.

Keep in mind that adequate nutrition may include two sources of foods, primary and secondary foods. Primary foods might include our relationships, physical activity, career, spirituality, creativity, and others. Secondary foods are the foods we choose to eat.

Being at home so much creates an opportunity to get in touch with many important aspects of nutrition including our food choices, how certain foods affect our body, and how much food we are consuming.

Take advantage of this time to get creative with your cooking.

Create a well-crafted grocery list Essential items will include veggies, fruits, whole grains, nuts and seeds, and especially condiments and spices. Supplement that with lean protein, fish and some dairy if you want and you’re all set.

And, of course, you’ll also want to keep snacks on hand. Try these healthy daytime snacking food ideas. √ Crunchy: apples, veggies with hummus, plain popcorn √ Sweet: organic yogurt with fruit, dried fruit, smoothies √ Creamy: avocados, rice or chia seed pudding, pureed soups √ Salty: olives, pickles, kale or seaweed chips

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Return to breakfast Spending more time at home may provide an opportunity to become reacquainted with the most important meal of the day. What breakfast options make us feel our best? Not sure what to eat?

Conduct a breakfast experiment by eating a different breakfast every day for a week. Record what you eat and how you feel after eating.

Record how you feel again two hours later. Note energy, mood, and physical symptoms. Here is a sample week: Day one: eggs Day two: scrambled tofu Day three: oatmeal Day four: boxed breakfast cereal

Day five: fresh vegetables Day six: fresh fruit Day seven: muffin and coffee Monitor your cravings Strong emotions and the need for security might trigger strong cravings for foods that can sabotage our diet or perpetuate an already low mood. Consider these factors that can be related to strong food cravings.

Food mood connection. Pay attention to your current mood state and emotions. Do you feel stressed? Try a soothing activity first instead of eating, like listening to music to calm yourself in the moment.

Hydrate. Lack of water can send a similar signal that you are hungry. Be sure you are drinking sufficient amount of water but not too much, especially close to bedtime.

Balance. Are you eating certain ‘types’ of food more often than others? Eating a diet too rich in sugar might cause a craving for meat or eating too many raw foods might cause cravings for extremely cooked foods or vice versa.

Tame your inner child. We can crave foods from our childhood because they are comforting. For example, if you crave boxed macaroni and cheese you might consider satisfying that craving with a healthier version (homemade) of that mac and cheese and adding vegetables to the dish.

Season’s greetings. The body can sometimes crave foods that balance the elements of the season. For example, during the winter, many crave hot or heat-producing foods like meat, oil, or fat. In the summer months we might crave fruit. Explore what foods you enjoy eating during the different seasons.

Body knows best. If your body is lacking in certain nutrients it may produce odd cravings.

For example, salt cravings might reflect a mineral level deficit in the body. Listen to your body it might be telling you something.

Are you eating enough? Low blood sugar might result in mood swings and this can perpetuate less than optimal food choices.

Above photo: When everything else feels so out of control, it’s tempting to reach for the comfort food.

Keep your mind and body in balance and make nutrition a priority.

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he nation’s only STEM/Health Science Competition featured 280 students and 50 prize winners with over $82,000 in prize money.

Five Long Island high school science students recently received first place awards, one in each of five health science categories, at the second annual Neurological Surgery, P.C. (NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery) Health Science Competition.This event is the nation’s only STEM/health science competition. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic related school closures and stay at home orders, the competition and awards program were held virtually this year.

Over 280 high school students representing the best and brightest from 37 high schools from Nassau and Suffolk counties competed for $82,000 prize money in this year’s competition. Students presented their health-focused, self-designed and researched projects online via websites and videos to judges with expertise in health science and medical research.The top 10 finishing teams in each of five categories will receive cash prizes ranging from $5,500 to $500.

The five first place winners are: Anushka Gupta of Great Neck North High School in the “Behavioral Sciences” category; Suchir Misra of Jericho Senor High School in the “Bioengineering and Computational Biology” category; Tiffany Guo of Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington in the “Biology - Microbiology/Genetics” category; Lianna Friedman of Roslyn High School in the “Biology Medicine/Health” category; and Chelsea Pan of Ward Melville High School in the “Health Related Biochemistry/ Biophysics” category. Each winner received a $5,500 prize.

“Despite the pandemic, this year we saw amazing projects from many brilliant and inspiring students. Their understanding of medicine and health-related subjects was impressive. Exploring the student’s projects, made it clear that the leadership of NSPC made the right decision to sponsor and hold the event this year virtually,” said Michael H. Brisman, M.D., the chief executive officer of NSPC. “The student competitors are exactly the people we need to

and wonder,” commented CSTL Executive Director Dr. Ray Ann Havasy.

The student competitors prepared for months for the event and worked independently or as part of teams to research and create their projects. For more information about the competition and a full list of all winners and their schools, please visit https://www.cstl.org/ nspc/2020-results/.

address the high demand for STEM, health science, and healthcarerelated jobs here on Long Island and across the nation. We are certain that the 2020 ‘virtual’ competition has motivated all involved, to pursue their interest and careers in healthcare and related sciences.”

Created to promote student interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) as well as healthcare and health science careers, this competition was managed by Long Island-based not-forprofit The Center for Science, Teaching & Learning (CSTL). The mission of CSTL is to encourage science-based learning and literacy through hands-on programs. This event is sponsored by NSPC, one of the New York Metropolitan region’s premier neurosurgical groups.

“Disappointingly for students many organizations cancelled science competitions this year due to the pandemic. The leadership of NSPC however, recognized that this year’s competition and its purpose was even more important than ever before for inspiring students who are interested in health science careers. As a result, student team interest and participation were record-breaking. This competition demonstrates the importance and critical role that health research and innovation play in education and encouraging inspiring young people to learn, explore

About Neurological Surgery, P.C. (NSPC) Founded in Freeport in 1958, Neurological Surgery, P.C. (NSPC) has grown to become one of the largest, private neurosurgical groups in the U.S. with six conveniently located offices on Long Island. The practice’s 20 experienced neurosurgeons are experts in “Bloodless” brain and spine surgery, including laser spine surgery, ultrasonic spine surgery, endoscopic spine and brain surgery, radiosurgery, and other advanced minimally invasive techniques which are used to treat brain tumors, brain aneurysms, trigeminal neuralgia, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, chronic back pain, and other conditions. Visit www.nspc.com for more information.

About the Center for Science Teaching and Learning: The Center for Science Teaching & Learning (CSTL) is a not-for-profit organization with a mission of encouraging science learning and literacy. CSTL develops programs for people of all ages and utilizes inquiry-based learning as its foundation for program development.

CSTL is the administrator of the NSPC Competition and the Spellman HV Clean Tech Competition. For more information about CSTL, visit www.cstl.org.

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We strive to make Maple Pointe an option for all seniors, because we are more than just an assistive living, we are home. Staff and residents love to welcome new faces into our Maple Pointe family and

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outines are an essential part of managing one’s daily living activities and helps improve mental health while decreasing anxiety and stress. The following are some suggestions from Lynbrook Restorative Therapy and Nursing to help you through these uneasy times.

1. Wake up the same time every day.

This will get your body on a schedule and promotes better sleep, which, of course, is good for your health.

2. Eat three well-balanced meals.

While it’s easy to grab something quick or snack on a sugary treat, making sure you give your body the nutrients it needs with help with highs and lows of blood sugar. Lynbrook Restorative’s dietitians work together with our patient’s individual dietary needs to create healthy habits they can continue when going home.

3. Get dressed and ready for the day.

Even if you do not plan to go out, getting freshened up and dressed will always help to make you feel ready for what the day brings. We have plenty of patients and residents that go the extra step and accessorize their outfits and/or put on some makeup. It will make you stand a little taller.

4. Exercise is a wonderful stress reliever.

Exercise promotes good mental and physical health while playing an important role in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. At Lynbrook Restorative our patients receive physical therapy twice a day. As part of our Cardio Pulmonary Program our facility offers Tai Chi, which promotes strength, flexibility, balance and alleviates stress.

These are difficult times to combat loneliness.

Lynbrook Restorative encourages our patients to occupy themselves in a number of ways. Of course staying in contact with family members is very important. In addition to patients’ own phone lines in their rooms, we have acquired a cell phone specifically used for families to Facetime with their loved ones. This provides eye-to-eye contact that is so helpful in familial connection. Our staff has been known to use their own personal cell phones to connect our patients with their families.

Lynbrook Restorative also has a bakery in our lobby. This is a great place to take a coffee break, get a sweet treat and friendly conversation with either Jeanette or Marian, our bakers or another patient.

When the weather is nice, our shaded patio is a safe place for socially distance time with our recreation staff. Listening to music or playing games makes for quality time during the day.

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makeshift theater, where patients were entertained recently with the “Hamilton” movie. Small, socially distanced groups took turns enjoying the movie together.

Simple steps and moments like these truly help in the day to day of managing stress and loneliness.

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Oceanside Care Center post-Covid-19

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s a premier facility in Oceanside during the Coronavirus pandemic, Oceanside Care center did all we could to ensure the safety and well being of our residents and staff. We managed to secure sufficient PPE throughout the height of the pandemic all the way through until today.

Our team at Oceanside Care Center worked tireless hours and made heroic efforts to fight this virus way out of our building.

In addition to our nursing staff working so hard to protect our residents and keep your loved ones safe, our recreation department and social work department worked long hours to keep the families and residents connected so they didn’t feel so isolated once the no visitation policy was put into place. We purchased an abundance of iPads so we could setup FaceTime visitations for the families and their loved ones as well. This helped make what was such a scary time for all a little more at ease, seeing their loved one being so well taken care of.

The housekeeping department staff was also trained on how to disinfect and prevent this virus from spreading.

In addition, the facility had some great success stories from some Covid-19 infected residents who have recovered and were fully sent home in good health. Sadly OCC also lost a longtime staff member and friend, Harry Gangaparsad. The entire team mourns and sympathizes with all of those who lost a loved one to this disease.

OCC’s goal is and will continue to be to keep this virus out of our building. We are currently performing weekly Covid-19 testing on every employee and

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Our entire staff, from nursing down to environmental services, worked around the clock to ensure a safe and sterile work zone as per the Department of Health and CDC guidelines. Our owners worked diligently early on to secure enough PPE to prevent running low on supplies. They still currently continue to do so.

We had assigned team leaders for each unit to be designated to call families daily to keep them up to date regarding their loved ones status and wellbeing. An abundance of iPads were purchased once the no visitation policy was put into place. With the help from our recreation department working alongside the social work team we were able to setup FaceTime calls for residents and families so they didn’t feel so isolated and alone during such a scary and difficult time.

Our goal is and continues to be focusing on keeping Grandell Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Covid-19 free by weekly testing for every employee in addition to a daily screening process. We are currently working with the Department of Health so we can reopen safely to visitors again in the near future

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Reaching out Seniors can stay healthy and engaged in the friendly confines of home loneliness can be quite consequential and may include: √ High blood pressure √ Heart disease √ Obesity √ Weakened immune system √ Anxiety √ Depression √ Cognitive decline √ Alzheimer’s disease To help older adults successfully cope with the continuing upheaval to “normal” life, medical professionals advise that families assist their senior family members to counteract social isolation and reduce loneliness.

Outdoor activities Take advantage of the summer weather and enjoy some socially-distant interaction in the driveway or in the backyard if you are comfortable. Go for a walk around the block or at a nearby park. Outdoor activities with a few select individuals are a great way to maintain in-person contact while still respecting social distancing guidelines.

Electronic communication While a phone call is always welcomed, help a senior loved one install and use a video conferencing app. This is a great way to have a face-toface conversation, especially if your loved one lives out of the area and you won’t be able to visit in person this summer.

A small family gathering could be planned,

too, by inviting relatives from around the country to join in on a video chat.

Hobbies and other pastimes If your loved one has a particular hobby that has been put on the backburner, encourage him or her to engage in it again. Maybe a loved one is knowledgeable about your family history or has a lot of old family photographs that can be sorted.

Taking the time to write and record information that can be shared with younger generations is vitally important.

Consider other hobbies such as gardening, playing a musical instrument or knitting. Now is the perfect time to learn a new hobby, too.

Above photo: Older adults may need help to navigate these trying times and ward off feelings of isolation and loneliness.

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As communities begin to take steps toward resuming some of these activities, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) continues to recommend that people who are 65 years of age or older and those who have severe underlying medical conditions like diabetes or heart or lung disease continue to practice social distancing and stay home as much as possible due to a higher risk for complications from Covid-19.

For many older adults, this continued disruption to a routine that, under usual circumstances, would include in-person interaction and social outings, presents added issues: health risks due to social isolation and loneliness. While loneliness and social isolation are sometimes used interchangeably, they are, in fact, different, but related, according to research conducted by the late John T. Cacioppo, Ph.D., former director of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience at the University of Chicago. He explained it in these terms: social isolation is the objective physical separation from other people (living alone); loneliness is the subjective distressed feeling of being alone or separated.

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MuRRaY FoRMaN coNtiNuES in his role as president of the seven-member Lawrence Board of Education. local governments to implement longterm hazard mitigation projects after a major disaster. The program aims to reduce the loss of life and property that typically results from natural disasters.

Several matters of business are taken care of and noted at the organizational meeting including the district expenses for the 2020-21 school year that are more than $50,000. There are 14 of those ranging from Carolyn Dowling receiving $50,000 to be a technology consultant to the $8.030 million paid to the New York state employees’ health insurance. Tel/ Logic Inc. will be paid $590,000 for the private school textbooks and National Grid and PSEG-Long Island both receive $385,000 for their utility services. Network Solutions & Technology will be paid $380,000 for computer maintenance. The Valley Stream-based law firm of Minerva & D’Agostino was retained for legal services at a cost of $265,000.

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The hybrid model that students in New York state schools could be using this coming school year, a combination of inperson and distance learning, was in use for the July 14 Lawrence Board of Education organizational meeting as the trustees and district officials met physically in the high school cafeteria with some attendees and others could listen in remotely. All attendees were expected to wear facemasks at all times and be sixfeet apart.

As board president Murray Forman said the same cast will reprise their roles as he soldiers on as the leader, now in his sixth three-year term and Dr. Asher Mansdorf, as the aide de camp vice president.

Mansdorf is serving his seventh threeyear term. The remaining Trustees are Heshy Blachorsky, Abel Feldhamer, Michael Hatten, Dr. David Sussman and Tova Plaut.

With the upcoming school year presenting unprecedented obstacles to learning because of the continuing coronavirus pandemic, Forman told the Herald that the district is ready. “We are confident that no matter the challenges we will deliver the educational material necessary for our learners to meet their goals to get to the next grade or graduate,” he said. “We will continue our capital projects in the middle school and we do believe that we’ll be in a position to start the FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] project next summer.”

District voters approved a Building Capital Reserve Fund not to exceed $4 million in June. The purpose is to finance reconstruction, renovation and the equipment for infrastructure improvements, including air conditioning at the high school, classroom and cafeteria renovations at the middle school and parking and playground enhancements at the Lawrence Primary School.

In 2019, Lawrence was awarded $14.397 million, mostly federal money, from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program that provides grants to states and

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Dr. Robert Dillon The webinar series will Superintendent bring together Long Island’s Nassau BOCES most prominent business, government and nonprofit Megan Ryan leaders with community resiNorth Merrick Board of dents and small business Education Trustee, owners and entrepreneurs.

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LEGAL NOTICE ANNUAL NEWS RELEASE - PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT Hewlett-Woodmere Public Schools today announced a free and reduced price meal policy for School District #14 area school children. Local school officials have adopted the following family eligibility criteria to assist them in determining eligibility: 2020-2021 INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR FREE AND REDUCED PRICE MEALS OR FREE MILK Free Eligibility Scale Reduced Price Eligibility Scale Free Lunch, Breakfast, Milk Reduced Price Lunch, Breakfast Household Twice per Every Two Household Twice Every Two Size Annual Monthly Month Weeks Weekly Size Annual Monthly per Month Weeks 1 $ 16,588 $ 1,383 $ 692 $ 638 $ 319 1 $ 23,606 $ 1,968 $ 984 $ 908 2 $ 22,412 $1,868 $ 934 $ 862 $ 431 2 $ 31,894 $ 2,658 $ 1,329 $ 1,227 3 $ 28,236 $ 2,353 $ 1,177 $ 1,086 $ 543 3 $ 40,182 $ 3,349 $ 1,675 $ 1,546 4 $ 34,060 $ 2,839 $ 1,420 $ 1,310 $ 655 4 $ 48,470 $ 4,040 $ 2,020 $ 1,865 5 $ 39,884 $ 3,324 $ 1,662 $ 1,534 $ 767 5 $ 56,758 $ 4,730 $ 2,365 $ 2,183 6 $ 45,708 $ 3,809 $ 1,905 $ 1,758 $ 879 6 $ 65,046 $ 5,421 $ 2,711 $ 2,502 7 $ 51,532 $ 4,295 $ 2,148 $ 1,982 $ 991 7 $ 73,334 $ 6,112 $ 3,056 $ 2,821 8 $ 57,356 $ 4,780 $ 2,390 $ 2,206 $ 1,103 8 $ 81,622 $ 6,802 $ 3,401 $ 3,140 Each Add’l Each Add’l person add $ 5,824 $ 486 $ 243 $ 224 $ 112 person add $ 8,288 $ 691 $ 346 $ 319

Weekly $ 454 $ 614 $ 773 $ 933 $ 1,092 $ 1,251 $ 1,411 $ 1,570 $ 160

SNAP/TANF/FDPIR Households: Households that currently include children who receive the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) but who are not found during the Direct Certification Matching Process (DCMP), or households that currently receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) must complete an application listing the child’s name, a valid SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR case number and the signature of an adult household member. Eligibility for free meal benefits based on participation in SNAP, TANF or FDPIR is extended to all children in the household. When known to the School Food Authority, households will be notified of their children’s eligibility for free meals based on their participation in the SNAP, TANF or the FDPIR programs. No application is necessary if the household was notified by the SFA their children have been directly certified. If the household is not sure if their children have been directly certified, the household should contact the school.

Other Source Categorical Eligibility: When known to the School Food Authority, households will be notified of any child’s eligibility for free meals based on the individual child’s designation as Other Source Categorically Eligible, as defined by law. Children are determined Other Source Categorically Eligible if they are Homeless, Migrant, Runaway, A foster child, or Enrolled in Head Start or an eligible pre-kindergarten program.

If children or households receive benefits under Assistance Programs or Other Source Categorically Eligible Programs and are not listed on the notice of eligibility and are not notified by the School Food Authority of their free meal benefits, the parent or guardian should contact the school or should submit an income application.

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Other Households: Households with income the same or below the amounts listed above for family size may be eligible for and are urged to apply for free and/or reduced price meals (or free milk). They may do so by completing the application sent home with the letter to parents. One application for all children in the household should be submitted. Additional copies are available at the principal’s office in each school. Applications may be submitted any time during the school year to Michelle Rosenthal. Please contact Michelle Rosenthal at 516-792-4018 with any questions regarding the application process.

Public Notices

Households notified of their children’s eligibility must contact the School Food Authority if they choose to decline the free meal benefits. Households may apply for benefits at any time throughout the school year. Children of parents or guardians who become unemployed or experience a financial hardship mid-year may become eligible for free and reduced price meals or free milk at any point during the school year.

For up to 30 operating days into the new school year (or until a new eligibility determination is made, whichever comes first) an individual child’s free or reduced price eligibility status from the previous year will continue within the same SFA. When the carryover period ends, unless the household is notified that their children are directly certified or the household submits an application that is approved, the children’s meals must be claimed at the paid rate. Though encouraged to do so, the SFA is not required to send a reminder or a notice of expired eligibility.

The information provided on the application will be confidential and will be used for determining eligibility. The names and eligibility status of participants may also be used for the allocation of funds to federal education programs such as Title I and National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), State health or State education programs, provided the State agency or local education agency administers the programs, and for federal, State or local means-tested nutrition programs with eligibility standards comparable to the NSLP. Eligibility information may also be released to programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act (NSLA) or the Child Nutrition Act (CNA). The release of information to any program or entity not specifically authorized by the NSLA will require a written consent statement from the parent or guardian.

The School Food Authority does, however, have the right to verify at any time during the school year the information on the application. If a parent does not give the school this information, the child/children will no longer be able to receive free or reduced price meals (free milk).

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2)

fax: (202) 690-7442; or

Foster children are eligible for free meal benefits. A separate application for a foster child is no longer necessary. Foster children may be listed on the application as a member of the family where they reside. Applications must include the foster child’s name and personal use income.

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email: program.intake@usda.gov.

Under the provisions of the policy, the designated official will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the ruling of the designated official, he/she may make a request either orally or in writing for a hearing to appeal the decision. Ms. Marie Donnelly (Interim Assistant Superintendent for Business), whose address is One Johnson Place, Woodmere NY 11598 has been designated as the Hearing Official. Hearing procedures are outlined in the policy. However, prior to initiating the hearing procedure, the parent or School Food Authority may request a conference to provide an opportunity for the parent and official to discuss the situation, present information, and obtain an explanation of the data submitted in the application or the decisions rendered. The request for a conference shall not in any way prejudice or diminish the right to a fair hearing.

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Only complete applications can be approved. This includes complete and accurate information regarding: the SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR case number; the names of all household members; on an income application, the last four digits of the social security number of the person who signs the form or an indication that the adult does not have one, and the amount and source of income received by each household member. In addition, the parent or guardian must sign the application form, certifying the information is true and correct.

Beginning July 1, 2019, students in New York State that are approved for reduced price meals will receive breakfast and lunch meals at no charge.

Nondiscrimination Statement: This explains what to do if you believe you have been treated unfairly.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA. Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

LEGAL NOTICE INC. VILLAGE OF ATLANTIC BEACH PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT the Board of Trustees of the Village of Atlantic Beach will hold a public hearing on Monday, August 10, 2020 to amend the Code of the Village of Atlantic Beach Chapter 250 Zoning Articles I-VIII, XI and XV. A copy of the text will be on file in the office of the Village Clerk. At such public hearing all interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard.

Dated: July 13, 2020

By Order of Mayor Pappas and Board of Trustees Emily SIniscalchi, Village Clerk 122505 Search for notices online at: www.newyorkpublicnotices.com

LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF HEWLETT HARBOR NOTICE OF VILLAGE ELECTION PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 15-104(3)(a) of the Election Law, notice is hereby given that the Village of Hewlett Harbor shall hold the Annual Village Election for the designated Village offices on Election Day, Tuesday, September 15, 2020

between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. at Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York 11557.

Mayor Term: (2) Two Years Village Trustee Term: (2) Two Years MAUREEN McCARTHY Deputy Village Clerk Dated: Hewlett Harbor, New York July 23, 2020 PUEBLO DE HEWLETT HARBOR AVISO DE ELECCIÓN DE PUEBLO TENGA EN CUENTA que, de conformidad con la Sección 15-104 (3) (a) de la Ley Electoral, se notifica que la Aldea de Hewlett Harbor celebrará

la Elección Anual de la Aldea para las oficinas designadas de la Aldea El Dia Martes 15 de Septiembre, 2020 entre las 12:00 p.m. y las 9:00 p.m. en Village Hall, 449 Pepperidge Road, Hewlett Harbor, New York 11557.

Término del alcalde: (2) dos años Fideicomisario del pueblo (2) Plazo: (2) Dos años MAUREEN McCARTHY Secretario adjunto de la aldea Fecha: Hewlett Harbor, New York 23 de Julio 2020 122503 PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

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Assist students with special needs in classroom Hours: 8:30am - 3:30pm • Salary: $13.00/hr

Part-Time

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Assist students in the cafeteria and/or on bus Hours: 11:00am - 2:00pm • Salary: $13.00/hr

Must have clean driver's license.

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* Must be approved by NC Civil Service & obtain fingerprint clearance from NYSED All school monitors have opportunity to join the Employees’ Retirement System

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Under NYS CDPAP Medicaid program you can hire your family or friends for your care. Phone: 347-713-3553

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MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:30am - 4pm Full Time position with benefits.

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Please mail or fax letter of interest & resume by August 6, 2020 to: Personnel Office VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT One Kent Road Valley Stream, NY 11580 Fax: (516) 872-5689 No Phone Calls, Please • EOE

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Why were our plans rejected?

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Because it would be too expensive to move, we decided to build around it, doing the right thing: We got an architect, got a permit and finished the basement. The contractor made changes, and the main air duct sticks out of the boiler with about 5½ feet under it, but it only sticks out Ask The about 10 inches from the Architect wall. We figured we’d put a couch or a bookcase there, since you can’t walk under it.

We got the required plumbing and electrical inspections, but we didn’t pass the final building inspection. Our architect came back and remeasured and refiled the revised plans.

But then our plans were rejected. Why? They say we onte eeper now need a state variance for the part of the air duct, which was clearly labeled on the first plans (that got a permit) because the ceiling height is too low in that area. Is this common? Can’t we just tell them we’re putting furniture under the part that sticks out? What should we do?

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This is a typical snowball effect of nobody thinking this through. Next, a building official who sees this issue in very defined terms thinks, “Wow, the code says no less than 6 feet 4 inches of clearance under beams, and automatically presses the reject button. So you stew over what to do, spend money ripping out the ductwork and moving the boiler, or spend money to have a case prepared for the sixmonth wait to go before a hearing board in Hauppauge, just so you can hear a common-sense discussion by the board about why not just show a built-in shelf unit under the duct? and then they call the next case.

Your situation is a waste of time, a needless string of lack of thought that could have been handled with a simple communication between the person examining your plans and the architect. But that didn’t happen — because only small villages would make the call, while big towns characteristically send out various forms of rejection, sending hearts into palpitation and causing needless upset, confusion and resentment. Build a shelf unit. Good luck!

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t seems like we’ve been living with the coronavirus pandemic in a slowmotion time warp. But it’s time we snap out of it and beat this plague with the can-do attitude that has characterized Americans’ character when faced with other seemingly insurmountable crises.

When the Great Depression struck our parents and grandparents, they buckled down, worked hard and helped dig America out of the economic dumps. The government did its job with innovative social programs that wove an ecoAlfonse nomic security net d’AmAto to break the financial free-fall.

After the bombs fell at Pearl Harbor, Americans didn’t crawl under the covers and shirk their responsibilities. They helped build a military-industrial juggernaut that overwhelmed dictators in both Germany and Japan. Young Americans answered the call by the millions to join in the armed forces that saved the world from tyranny.

In our own time, after the twin towers fell on 9/11, Americans again summoned the courage and fortitude to both comfort

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the victims of terrorism and confront its perpetrators. We not only rebuilt the World Trade Center, but also we regained our national sense of purpose to keep America strong and free. Evil lost; goodness triumphed.

Today we’re faced with an invisible, insidious enemy that has threatened our national health and battered our prosperity. Millions of Americans are still out of work, struggling to pay their mortgage or rent and put food on the table, and wondering if things will ever get back to any semblance of normal.

We must dig deep to find the courage to meet this scourge. We can take our inspiration from the hundreds of thousands of health care workers and first responders who have shown us incredible courage every day in the face of danger and even death.

Like the soldiers who stormed ashore at Normandy and the firefighters who ran up the steps of the twin towers as fire rained down, the brave Americans who are on the front lines in our hospitals and ambulances deserve our undying gratitude and respect. Likewise, the millions of essential workers who grow our food, make the products we can’t live without

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and deliver them to our stores, businesses and homes. They’re all heroes.

And as much as Americans like to find fault with their government and its leaders, the fact is that government at all levels has stepped up during this crisis with unprecedented support.

Let’s not lose sight of the fact that Congress and President Trump have put aside sometimes bitter differences three times now to pump trillions of dollars into the economy. And the Federal Reserve has directed trillions more to maintaining financial liquidity that has so far kept us from another Great Depression.

Economists tell us that given all this financial relief, the poverty rate has actually fallen during the past few months. The $1,200 stimulus checks, the $600-per-week unemployment insurance subsidy, the generous grants and loans to businesses large and small, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Medicaid benefits — all have kept our economy on life support until the world’s scientists can produce a vaccine to finally beat back the pandemic.

In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, local leaders and health care professionals at all levels have worked valiantly fighting this virus. New York faced down

nd here on Long Island, safely returning students to schools should be priority No. 1.

the earliest and deadliest wave, and while we’re still not entirely out of danger, we’re mercifully ahead of much of the nation on the road to recovery.

So where do we go from here as we face the latest signs that the virus isn’t an easy enemy to defeat? We double down on our determination to beat it. Congress is considering another round of financial relief for the nation. It needs to think and act intelligently.

Rather than blindly throwing trillions more at the pandemic, the next round of relief should be focused on bolstering our health care system to fight the virus, directing “job bonuses” to workers to get them back to work, helping small businesses hang on, helping state and local governments maintain vital services, and getting our kids back to school.

Here on Long Island, that last item — the safe return of students to the classroom — should be priority No. 1. Cuomo has laid out clear guidance to get our schools up and running. Our teachers will be on the front lines of this next battle.

We must encourage and reward their bravery.

Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column? ADAmato@liherald.com.

Breaking news: President discovers gravity

fter months of denying that gravity exists, President Trump dropped a golf ball from the White House roof and declared that Isaac Newton was right.

Likewise, the president has discovered the germ theory of disease, and not a moment too soon. In fact, it’s nearly 150,000 American Covid19 deaths too late.

As of last week, he was thinking the virus was starting to be a problem.

He pronounces RAndI from the podium kReIss that hand-washing and social distancing are good ideas.

Watching him endorse health precautions during a global pandemic that has already spread to nearly every country on earth is a bit like watching Linda Blair, in “The Exorcist,” with her head spinning 360 degrees. One minute he’s ridiculing people who wear masks, declaring the virus will disappear, and the next minute his head is spinning, and he’s saying the opposite.

You can’t say one thing one day and contradict it the next day, especially when

lives are at stake, and especially when you’re the elected leader responsible for keeping people safe. You can’t say the virus is inconsequential when the consequences of your bad advice are bodies piled up in refrigerated trucks.

“Mixed message” doesn’t begin to describe the damage caused by Trump’s about-face. It’s a relief that he’s now suggesting masks and distancing, but how do we forgive him for pushing states to open for business before they were ready?

How do we forgive him for the suffering and death that might have been averted if he had evolved a bit more quickly?

He says what is most expedient in the moment, and it doesn’t matter at all that he contradicts what he said a moment before. Life in the rabbit hole gets stranger and stranger.

Somehow, it feels more personal than political. When you lead the United States in battle, during a health or financial or foreign crisis, your very least obligation is to keep yourself informed, and help people stay safe and healthy and knowledgeable about the risks they face. You need to tell the truth. That’s not a particularly high bar, but it’s one that Trump

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doesn’t clear.

Of course, for Trump, everything is political, from Goya beans to the British Open. If it doesn’t serve his own needs, it doesn’t fly.

I had a dream a few weeks ago that I fear was prophetic. In it, the president suddenly did what he was actually doing last week: He put himself out front and center as the pandemic fighter in chief.

He started to wear a mask every time he saw a camera pointed his way. He spoke from the White House press room, lamenting the terrible surge in Covid-19 cases and hinting that it was the governors’ fault. Remember when he ceded leadership to the states, forcing them to scrounge for ventilators and PPE and hospital beds?

That was so he could blame them when the virus grabbed us by the throat and began to shake.

That’s where we are now, barely able to breathe in Florida and Texas and California and Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and North and South Carolina.

Trump has wiped clean from his brain any memory of pushing these states to open for business while the virus was still raging. People died because he

n my dream, he put himself out front and center as the pandemic fighter in chief.

doesn’t know how to lead in a crisis, and he doesn’t know how to delegate.

In my dream, he becomes the newly responsible, sane and sober voice from the Oval Office, suddenly urging people to take precautions. When they do, and the Covid-19 numbers start falling, he takes full credit for getting it under control. He applauds himself long and loud.

And too many people buy what he’s selling. And he gets re-elected.

That’s my nightmare.

To be clear: If the virus is subdued due to the president’s efforts, it would be an unqualified blessing for humanity. Let DJT take the credit.

The moral imperative, however, still requires us to vote Trump and his sidekicks out of office and into the dustbin of history. He is a proven liar and a morally bankrupt human being.

He miraculously discovered the protective powers of wearing a mask last week, when it was politically expedient.

Suddenly, he agrees it may not be a great idea to draw thousands of people together for a nominating convention in Jacksonville.

Any minute now he will invent the wheel.

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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We’ll say it again: It’s time to fix the SALT cap

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.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a democrat from Glen Cove, has campaigned relentlessly to eliminate the $10,000 cap on deductions of state and local taxes imposed by the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which President Trump shepherded through Congress.

That single act has cost many Long Islanders thousands of dollars.

Now Suozzi is finally getting an assist from a powerful ally in the Senate, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. It’s about time.

Thank you, Senator Schumer, for advocating for the elimination of this provision.

Most Long Islanders are hurting because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Many have lost their jobs: At the height of the crisis in April, Nassau County’s unemployment rate climbed to nearly 16 percent, before declining slightly. The loss of thousands of dollars in federal tax deduc-

tions has dealt a severe blow to too many families at a time when they are feeling most desperate. It’s time that Congress and the president recognize — and repair — the damage they have done to those families, and to Long Island’s economy.

In its most recent coronavirus package, the House called for the elimination of the SALT deduction cap. The Senate should follow suit. If passed by Congress and signed by the president, such a measure would put thousands of dollars back into many Long Islanders’ pockets. That would mean real and lasting relief.

New york, and Long Island in particular, deserves better than the tax plan hastily prepared by the president in 2017.

According to Suozzi: ■ New yorkers already subsidize other states by paying $36 billion to $45 billion

more in taxes than we get back from the federal government. other states, like Kentucky, home to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, are the beneficiaries of this largesse.

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Young people: Cut out the big gatherings

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bout a thousand people — most young people — gathered on the beach in Long Beach on July 18, in clear violation of the state’s current ban on gatherings of more than 50 people, which is intended to help stem the tide of the coronavirus pandemic.

Forgive us for saying this so bluntly, but that was just plain foolish. As Forrest Gump would say, “Stupid is as stupid does.”

Covid-19 loves big, dense groups, where it can easily spread. Most of the young people gathering on the beach after dark did not wear masks. It was, potentially, a perfect flashpoint for further spread of the disease.

Now the city has imposed an 8 p.m. curfew, after which people will not be permit-

ted on the beach, and 9 p.m. for the boardwalk, and only Long Beach residents will be allowed on the beach over the weekend.

It’s a sad but necessary step to ensure public health.

There will be those who will point to the recent Black Lives Matter — and, on a smaller scale, Blue Lives Matter — protests and wonder why they are not receiving the same criticism and crackdown.

Fair point, except during the protests, most people wore masks, and social distancing was at least attempted to one degree or another.

It’s only natural that young people would want to get out and congregate after four months of confinement. We get it.

Everyone is itching to leave their homes and return to normal life, and for many

letters Congratulations to the Heralds To the Editor: Congratulations to the Herald Community Newspapers on their performance in the Press Club of Long Island’s 2020 Media Awards competition!

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awarded second place for the Herald’s powerful, in-depth series on racism on Long Island, this year’s performance was impressive. The Heralds’ litany of recognitions speaks volumes about the newspapers’ first-rate coverage of and dedication to our communities.

I wish the Herald continued success as your editors and writers keep our communities informed about the news that matters to us.

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young people, that means big parties.

This isn’t the time, however. We remain solidly in the middle of a pandemic not seen in this nation since 1918. If we are to defeat the coronavirus, we must remain strong — we must keep up our resolve.

Parents, you play a key part here. Many of the revelers in Long Beach were teenagers or in their early 20s, by all appearances. Teens often don’t listen, we know. But in times of trouble, they will defer to their parents. you’re still their guide.

So talk to them about staying safe. discourage them from congregating in large groups, and encourage them to wear masks, stay six feet apart and wash their hands often. They’ll probably grumble, or even talk back to make a show of it, but most will listen.

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was out for a drive in mid-April, rounding the corner from Beach Street to Merrick Road in Merrick, when Emily Dickinson’s words suddenly came to my mind: I heard a Fly buzz — when I died — The Stillness in the Room Was like the Stillness in the Air — Between the Heaves of Storm — With the coronavirus crisis spiking at the time, death was all around. As a Herald editor whose job it was to report on the daily death sCott toll, I couldn’t escape it.

BrInton I hadn’t thought of Dickinson’s eerily beautiful poem since 11th-grade English class at Longwood High School, in Suffolk County, 36 years ago. It had lain dormant in the recesses of my brain all those years, until the pandemic exploded.

I remember feeling haunted by her words as a 16-year-old. How, I wondered, could the writer have heard a fly buzz if she had died? Driving that overcast day, it struck me: She wasn’t dead. She was imagining the moment of her death.

“I heard a Fly buzz” just takes your breath away. Close your eyes and recite its opening stanza slowly aloud, then feel the

chill in your spine.

Dickinson wrote it in 1862, when she was 32, living in her parents’ stately home in Amherst, Mass. It was a place of peace and safety, with a lush flower garden that she spent hours planting and tending to.

Beyond her sanctum, however, death loomed.

Tens of thousands of men were dying in the Civil War, killed by bullet or bayonet or taken by dysentery, malaria, pneumonia or typhoid. In all, an estimated 630,000 men died.

Driving that day, I felt as though I finally understood Dickinson and her seemingly morbid work. As a teenager, I had wondered why she was seemingly so fascinated by death, in particular her own. Now, facing a pandemic that was claiming hundreds of lives a day, I could fully appreciate her work. She was writing about what she saw and heard — what she knew.

As a nation, we hadn’t experienced a pandemic like the coronavirus crisis since 1918, when flu swept across the globe, infecting 500 million people and killing 50 million. Dickinson had died 32 years earlier, in 1886, at age 56.

She knew pandemics. Three waves of cholera, a potentially deadly intestinal infection, struck the United States between 1832 and 1866, killing an estimated 5 to 10 percent of people in large cities.

There was scarlet fever, too, and measles

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mily Dickinson spent a great deal of time at home.

Perhaps she was sheltering in place.

Letters Calculated omission?

To the Editor: In her July 16-22 column, “Unspoken conspiracy to sacrifice elders,” Randi Kreiss writes, “Ninety-five percent of coronavirus deaths occur in people over 60 years of age. A crushing number have died in elder-care facilities across the country.”

What I find incredible, but hardly surprising, about this, is that she goes on to excoriate President Trump for his handling of the crisis, but makes not a single mention of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his decision to return Covid-19 patients to nursing homes, subjecting untold numbers of older adults to the disease.

His inane decision, which he continues to make excuses for, was made after it had become evident that older adults were the most vulnerable to the disease and its fatal consequences.

Kreiss, in her hatred of Trump, dismisses Cuomo’s action without any reference whatsoever, even though it specifically relates to the very subject she was writing about, and at the local level at that, making it even more pertinent to Long Island than the more general references made to the federal response nationwide.

I agree that Trump’s decisions and leadership in this situation have includ-

and mumps.

Life expectancy in America during the 1800s was 40 — 35 during the Civil War. Before Covid-19, in the U.S. at least, we mistakenly believed we had defeated the type of worldwide pestilence that has now overtaken us, despite articles, books and movies — including the 2011 film “Contagion” — warning us that we had not.

From Smithsonian magazine in 2017: “We are arguably as vulnerable — or more vulnerable — to another pandemic as we were in 1918. Today public health experts routinely rank influenza as potentially the most dangerous ‘emerging’ health threat we face.”

Now, looking back, it’s glaringly apparent that we missed the signs, or refused to see them.

I was taught in English class that Dickinson was considered eccentric by Amherst townsfolk. She was reclusive, living most of her life at the family homestead and rarely leaving it later in life. She never married. She is said to have worn white all the time. (She wore it often, but not every day.) She was buried in a white coffin, dressed in white.

I might not have gotten Dickinson in 1984, but I believe I do now. Perhaps she was just leery of venturing into a world where death caused by mysterious illnesses lurked around every corner. Germ theo-

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t se ry — first proposed by French biologist the Louis Pasteur in 1860 — was not widely mo accepted until the late 1800s. Before then, sn people believed that a noxious form of foul-smelling air, which they called mias- with th ma, caused serious illnesses like cholera. terized Before Pasteur, there was no clear under- with ot standing of microorganisms, or their abil- crises.

Whe ity to kill.

Perhaps Dickinson stayed home to shelter in place and preserve her life. Perhaps she wore white as a way of warding off death — black being the traditional funereal garb. In writing “I heard a Fly buzz,” she confronted death itself.

In the end, she is said to have died of hypertension, brought on by the loss of many family members and friends whom she loved dearly. She likely suffered heart failure.

As of this writing, the viral death toll in the U.S. stands at more than 140,000, and 625,000 worldwide. Dickinson’s life and work implore us to face death — and do all fell at P we can to sustain our lives.

We now understand — and most of us crawl u respon accept — germ theory, and how to stop microorganisms from infecting us. Wear a tary-in mask. Wash your hands often. Stand six whelm feet apart from others. Avoid large crowds. Japan. call by I’m certain Emily Dickinson would forces t agree.

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

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ed many misjudgments and missteps, but for Kreiss to say that he has “abdicated leadership over the crisis” clearly displays her detachment from reality and a blind devotion to her agenda of hate. I would be curious to know how she could possibly have omitted reference to Cuomo in an article that begged for such reference.

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Questions Kremer’s assertions To the Editor: Jerry Kremer leaves no guessing to which side he’s on, despite the conditions raging throughout this country in Democratic-run cities and/or states, including the once-great New york.

His column “For Trump it may only get worse by Election Day” (July 16-22) raises some questions: Since early January, when President Trump made the decision to halt people from China coming into the U.S. (he was derided for this wise decision), it is “estimated that over 20,000 Chinese citizens traveled to America without hindrance.” Whose estimate is that, or is it like “anonymous sources” or “people close to . . .”?

Two red-bellied woodpeckers make friends — Oyster Bay

Regarding the president, “pushing hard for schools to open, threatening the health of millions of teachers and students,” “the federal government hasn’t provided one cent of funding for sanitizing classrooms or testing school personnel.” Mr. Kremer, on March 27, the president signed the CARES Act — H.R. 748 — which contains funding for costs related to Covid-19 for elementary, secondary and higher education. Read it!

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Don Clavin the Hempstead Town Board

Road to Recovery

the Hempstead Town Board

invite you to

for the

2020 FREE SUMMER DRIVE-IN CONCERTS August 1 3 5 7 8 10 12 14 15 17 19 21 22

All concerts start at 8 p.m. at Town Park, Point Lookout Town residents only. First-come, first-serve basis.

Bad Animals will get “Crazy on You” when they play the sounds of Heart.

Beginnings is a “Hard Habit to Break” as they perform the hits of Chicago.

Enjoy the sounds of “Motown” & more with Jerome “City” Smith.

There will be no “Evil Woman” as Strange Magic sings the hits of Electric Light Orchestra.

It will be “Hip to be Square” when Back in Time sings the hits of Huey Lewis and the News.

“The Angels Listened In” on Johnny Maestro Tribute Band.

It is “Urgent” for you to see Double Vision - The Foreigner Experience Rishard Lampese and his Rat Pack Tribute perform the music of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Enjoy one of Long Island’s favorite & most talented eclectic rock bands, Wonderous Stories.

There will be “Good Vibrations” as Endless Summer pays tribute to the Beach Boys.

You won’t be like “Rip Van Winkle” and sleep while The Devotions rock Point Lookout.

You will not be living a “Fantasy” hearing Shining Star – An Earth Wind and Fire Tribute.

“You May Be Right” but there is no “Pressure” when Songs in the Attic – the music of Billy Joel featuring David Clark.

2020 FREE SUMMER DRIVE-IN MOVIE SERIES Movies will begin at sunset, and attendees are urged to arrive early.

Town residents only. First-come, first-serve basis.

A Dog’s Journey

Aladdin (2019)

Tuesday, August 4 at Newbridge Road Park 2600 Newbridge Road, Bellmore

Tuesday, August 18 at Western Beef (Town Parking Lot R-1) 322 Nassau Blvd., Roosevelt

E.T.

The Secret Life of Pets 2

Thursday, August 6 at Echo Park 399 Nassau Blvd., West Hempstead

Thursday, August 20 at Echo Park 399 Nassau Blvd., West Hempstead

Trolls

Onward

Tuesday, August 11 at Seamans Neck Park 2700 S. Seamans Neck Rd., Seaford

Tuesday, August 25 at Baldwin Park 3232 S. Grand Ave., Baldwin

Frozen 2

How to Train Your Dragon 3

Thursday, August 13 at Camp ANCHOR 630 Lido Blvd., Lido Beach

Donald X. Clavin, Jr. Supervisor

Frank Zangla Commissioner, Parks & Recreation

Thursday, August 27 at Rath Park 849 Fenworth Blvd., Franklin Square

Council Members Dorothy L. Goosby Bruce A. Blakeman Anthony P. D’Esposito Dennis Dunne, Sr. Thomas E. Muscarella Christopher Carini

Kate Murray Town Clerk

Jeanine C. Driscoll Receiver of Taxes

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