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The end of a fundraising era This year marks the last for the Ronald Winchester Walk of Honor

By CHRISTINA ENRICo Correspondent

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lions host an amazing race Rockville Centre Lions Club volunteers Michael and Mary Guararra lent a hand at the third annual Walking Rally fundraiser last Saturday. Story, more photos, Page 3.

What began as a way for a sister to honor her brother was transformed into a years-long community-wide tradition in Rockville Centre.

U.S. Marine Lt. Ronald Winchester was killed on Sept. 3, 2004, when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle, killing three other Marines and Winchester, who was serving his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was 25.

In Ronald’s memory, his sister, Kristine, organized a pub crawl with friends and family the following year. Their mother,

Marianna Winchester, a phys. ed. teacher at Oceanside Middle School, liked the idea so much that she decided to broaden the remembrance, and in 2006 she organized a similar fundraiser, a Walk of Honor, to commemorate her son in a way that would have made him proud.

For Marianna, the memorial event was more than just a symbol of her son’s heroism. She considered it a form of grieving, and a way to continue Ronnie’s legacy by doing what he had done throughout his short but honorable life — help make a difference in the lives of others.

It was Marianna’s mission to Continued on page 8

South Side High grad runs 50 marathons in 50 states

By STACEY TAYloR Correspondent

Former Rockville Centre resident and South Side High School alumnus Randell Hansen completed his goal of running marathons in all 50 states last fall.

Hansen finished the New York City Marathon in 2021, leaving only two marathons left to go, in Maine and New Mexico.

The following year he took part in the Sugarloaf Marathon in Kingfield, Maine, finishing in 3 hours, 8 minutes and 36 seconds.

He followed it up last October by completing the Duke City Marathon in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 3:23:37.

“Certainly altitude was a factor with my time,” Hansen, a 44-year-old civil servant who now lives in Sacramento, California, said of his run in Albuquerque. “Along with my body out of whack, being sick a few weeks earlier. We did have ideal running weather, though, with cloud cover and some sprinkles, which kept temperatures down.”

His 50-marathons-in-50-states quest took Hansen almost 13 years.

“Well, I completed my goal last October, and they have all been done in under three and a half hours,” he said.

When he began running, his initial goal was simply to finish

the races, but when he saw his finishing times, it motivated him. In 2018 he joined the 50sub4 marathon club — for those with the goal of running sub-fourhour marathons in all 50 states — after he saw a runner at the 2017 Marathon to Marathon event in Iowa wearing a club shirt.

“When I saw that I had all of my finishes in under that time, I joined them as well,” Hansen said, “but I made the three-and-ahalf-hour threshold a personal goal as I was coming to the end.”

Hansen lived in Rockville Centre from 1980 to 2002. He graduated from South Side High in 1997, when, he recalled, he

wasn’t much of an athlete. Nearly a decade later he took up running, starting small by competing in 5Ks, then working his way up to 10Ks and half-marathons.

“After I ran the Eugene Marathon on May 1, 2022, and finished in 3 hours, 15 minutes and 17 seconds, I was encouraged with how much I improved,” he said, “and realized I could qualify for Bos-

ton if I just continued to train.”

He became inspired to run a marathon in each of the 50 states in 2011, after a chance meeting at a hockey game with a runner who had set that goal.

“I always loved traveling,” Hansen said. “I decided from there to make it my goal … to try and accomplish something not Continued on page 20

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‘It’s not unusual to have fun with anyone’ Sandel Center seniors enjoy a special performance featuring the music of Tom Jones

The Grand Pavilion recently teamed up with the Sandel Senior Center for a special musical performance by Lamar Peters, a Tom Jones musical impersonator, who treated the seniors to a special afternoon featuring some of his top 10

hits from the 60s and 70s.

Following the performance, audience members were provided with chocolate covered strawberries and Prosecco.

–Daniel Offner

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Tom Jones impersonator Lamar Peters performs the hits for the seniors at the Sandel Center in Rockville Centre.

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FOSSI PreSIdent Bruce Mirkin, left, joins Tom Jones impersonator Lamar Peters, Sandel Center Deputy Director Nancy Codispoti, Janet Fex with Grand Pavilion Rehabilitation, and FOSSI Secretary Yndiana Seltzer for a special performance at the Sandel Senior Center on May 19.

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Lions Club hosts 3rd annual Walking Rally

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nspired by the CBS hit reality television show, “The Amazing Race,” the Rockville Centre Lions Club’s held their biggest community fundraiser effort of the year, on Saturday, May 20.

“It’s really like an adult scavenger hunt,” Lions President Michelle Sewell explained. “There are teams of four or more people who are given a directional map and they have to figure out the answers based on clues. The team that gets the most correct answers gets a prize.”

Teams put their knowledge of the village to the test by solving clues and puzzles hidden across different locations and establishments throughout the community.

“It’s a nice way for the community to get together and see things they may not normally see in the village,” Sewell said.

More than 100 participants signed up to take part in this year’s competition, which began at the parking lot next to the Rockville Centre Fire Department, at the corner of Maple and Morris avenues.

Each of the clues tasked competitors to perfrom different activities, ranging from bowling at Maple Lanes RVC, a duck pluck at Better Home Health Care on Merrick Road, tasting the different flavors of ice cream at Go Nuts for Sweets on N. Village Avenue, and much more.

Participants each spent $35 to take part in the event, which included a free t-shirt, a buffet lunch, raffle prizes and more. All of the money raised will go to help different efforts in the community including Mr. B’s inclusive playground, the Mary Ruchalski Foundation, and more.

Following the Walking Rally, everyone gathered at MacArthur Park Restaurant & Pub at the corner of Park and Maple avenues to celebrate all of the fun and exciting challenges they accomplished.

–Daniel Offner

Keith Rossein/Herald photos

kaTe de sanTis, left, the Hon. Anthony Paradiso, former Assemblywoman Judy Griffin, and former Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen participated in the 3rd annual Lion’s Club Walking Rally on Saturday, May 20.

Teams parTicipaTing in the Lions Club’s Walking Rally were sent to explore Rockville Centre to find clues.

Jane mccabe and Eileen Palazzo’s clue, ‘knock down things bowling,’ sent them to Maple Lanes RVC. Lions cLub voLunTeers help set up the 17 donated gift basket for the fundraising raffle at MacArthur Park Restaurant & Pub. rockviLLe cenTre TrusTee Emilio Grillo, left, Trustee Katie Conlon, Kathleen Conlon, 17, Deputy Mayor Kathy Baxley, and Matt Baxley compete as a team during the Lion’s Walking Rally fundraiser.

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Teams scattered throughout Rockville Centre to participate in the fundraiser event

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Criminal Mischief ■■ A■Rockaway■Avenue■resident■reported■ on■May■21■someone■damaged■two■outdoor■ lights■at■his■residence.

Larceny ■■ A■Citibank■customer■reported■on■May■ 16■she■was■the■victim■of ■a■diversion■larceny,■ where■ someone■ placed■ thumbtacks■ under■ her■ car■ tires.■ When■ she■ went■ to■ remove■ them,■ money■ was■ stolen■ from■ inside■her■vehicle.■ ■■ A■ Chase■ Bank■ reported■ someone■ attempted■ to■ cash■ checks■ using■ his■ personal■ identification■ information■ in■ Yorktown■Heights.■ ■■ The■manager■of ■Enterprise■Rent-A-Car■ reported■on■May■17■someone■stole■a■regis-

■■ A■ Stratford■ Road■ resident■ reported■ on■ May■ 18■ that■ someone■ stole■ her■ catalytic■ converter■while■her■vehicle■was■parked■in■ front■of ■her■house.■ ■■ An■ employee■ of ■ Rite■ Aid■ reported■ on■ May■19■someone■stole■merchandise.■ ■■ An■Old■Mill■Court■resident■reported■on■ May■ 19■ someone■ stole■ her■ catalytic■ converter■ while■ her■ vehicle■ was■ parked■ in■ a■ parking■lot■near■her■home.■ ■■ A■ motorist■ reported■ on■ May■ 19■ someone■ stole■ tools■ from■ her■ vehicle■ while■ parked■on■N.■Long■Beach■Road.■ ■■ A■ customer■ of ■ Cabo■ reported■ on■ May■ 19■ someone■ stole■ her■ cell■ phone■ while■ inside■the■restaurant.■ ■■ A■motorist■reported■on■May■21■someone■ stole■ his■ vehicle■ while■ parked■ on■ Sunrise■ Highway.■ The■ vehicle■ was■ unlocked■ with■ the■keys■inside■at■the■time■of ■the■larceny.

Unusual Incident ■■ An■employee■of ■Long■Island■Outdoorsman■ reported■ on■ May■ 15■ a■ fraudulent■ credit■ card■ was■ used■ to■ purchase■ merchandise■online.

People named in Crime Watch items as having been arrested and charged with violations or crimes are only suspected of committing those acts of which they are accused. They are all presumed to be innocent of those charges until and unless found guilty in a court of law.

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Hempstead hosts E-Cycle event Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin assists Bruce Sobel of Rockville Centre during the Hempstead E-Cycle and Shredding program on May 7 at North Woodmere Park.

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Mepham Junior Baseball it DiDN’t taKe long for Kehoe to work his way into the heart of the Pirates’ batting order this spring. He began the season hot and quickly caught fire, earning All-County honors and maybe more. He finished the regular season with 5 homers and 37 RBIs to go with a whopping .650 batting average and 1.100 slugging percentage. Then in Mepham’s Class A playoff opener he blasted another home run and drove in three to lead a victory over Carey.

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Despite beating Hewlett in the first round of the Nassau C girls’ lacrosse playoffs May 18, South Side coach Rob Deviln assessed the 2023 campaign by saying it was “a successful season that had disappointments in it.” Last Monday’s performance was definitely not one of them.

The fifth-seeded Cyclones are back in the county semifinals after shocking No. 4 Seaford, 9-8, on Caitlin Haggerty’s fourth goal of the afternoon with just over five minutes remaining. The win avenged a 14-7 loss to the Vikings on May 2 and gave South Side the right to face top-seeded North Shore on Friday.

South Side lost 12-6 to those Vikings on May 8.

Just weeks earlier, it seemed like the Cyclones could be a quick out in the playoffs. After a 4-3 start, the Cyclones found themselves mired in a eight-game losing streak before salvaging the season finale 16-5 against Bethpage on May 12.

Their newfound momentum carried over into the playoffs, scoring 11 times in the first half en route to a 19-4 victory over the 12th-seeded Bulldogs. Haggerty and Avery Testa each scored five times and Annie Madden and Charlotte Rathjen added three goals apiece for South Side.

“The girls knew that they wanted to come out quickly and just leave no doubt and just take the field, do what they knew they were capable of, and then try to sustain it, which is something that has been a little bit of a weak spot for us this year,” Devlin said.

South Side had trouble closing out games in the second half at times during its slump as it held a halftime lead on three different occasions before eventually falling to its opponent. The skid started with a 12-10 home loss to Syosset on April 18 in which it held a 7-6 lead at intermission and held a more comfortable 6-3 advantage against Garden City before the Trojans rallied for a 9-8 overtime triumph on April 27.

Eight days later, a 7-4 South Side lead at the break turned into a 10-9 loss to Long Beach.

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“We started out with some confidence and then you got into league play and it’s a really tough conference that we play in,” Devlin said. “When you go Manhasset, Cold Spring, Garden City all in a row, it can beat on you a little bit.”

Several players had noticeable improvements in their offensive stats. Haggerty was pacing the team with 45 goals and 63 points entering the Seaford game – well above the 18 in both categories in 2022 – and Rathjen wasn’t far behind with 39 goals and 53 points (17-11-28 last year).

Senior Demmerle Hamel had 10 goals in

the first two games and sat at 33.

Testa boosted the lineup after a lengthy absence and fellow junior Madden continued to be a steady presence at midfield with 15 goals, the same as speedy freshman Ava Curtis. Tri-captain Morgan Harloff had another great season anchoring the defense with junior Reese Haley and freshman Alexa Giannone.

Freshman goalie Tara Cody got the bulk of the playing time down the stretch and made 71 saves this season. Junior Kyla Murphy stepped up with eight saves in Monday’s win over Seaford.

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Ronald Winchester is honored one last time their biggest game of the season, against Army, 30-28. keep Ronnie’s giving spirit alive and to help take He served as a first lieutenant with the ground care of his fellow Marines, which, she said, was infantry, and is remembered for his unwavering what he would have wanted. commitment to his country.

Little did she know how much of an impact the Over the years since his death, several local busiwalk would have. What started out small grew to nesses have offered up their space to host fundraisinclude as many as 300 participants each year, and ers for the memorial walk, which Marianna and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars over the her family said they were eternally grateful for. She years for organizations including the Injured gave special thanks to R.J. Daniels and Kasey’s Marine Semper Fi Fund, the First Marine Division Kitchen and Cocktails — her son’s favorite watering Association Scholarship Fund and America’s Vethole for many years — for their continued support.

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She recalled how the establishments went out of And, just as important, it brought community their way to make the walk possible, even in the members together. Local businesses and volunteers summer of 2020, as the world was slowly opening pitched in to help with the fundraising efforts, and back up amid the coronavirus pandemic, and they Marianna said she would never forget the sight of a made sure to continue the cherished tradition. sea of brightly colored T-shirts, created for the walk In previous years the event raised anywhere each year, making its way across Sunrise Highway from $18,000 to $21,000. in her son’s honor.

However, Marianna said, since they didn’t sell Now, almost two decades after his death, the any merchandise this year — which, in the past, event has come to an end. The last hoorah for the Maureen Lennon/Herald brought in $7,000 to $8,000 — they expected the total Ronald Winchester Walk of Honor took place last Marianna Winchester, the Gold Star mother of U.S. Marine Lt. to be lower.

Saturday. About 200 walkers took part.

The Ronald Winchester Walk of Honor will forThe event started at R.J. Daniels, from 4 to 6 p.m., Ronald Winchester, and American Legion Post 303 Commander Frank ever remain a story of how powerful the love of a and continued into the evening at Kasey’s Kitchen Colón Jr. honored the troops on Veterans Day in 2017. Winchester, an community can be — how it can heal wounds, comand Cocktails, and featured half-price drinks and a Oceanside Middle School phys. ed. teacher, created the fundraising fort a mourning family, and help a mother through free buffet. There were also raffle basket drawings Walk of Honor in her son’s memory. the grieving process after losing her son, all while and a 50/50 raffle as well as a live DJ and dancing. chester emphasized that it couldn’t have happened withmaking a difference.

“I was concerned about the weather … but it out those dedicated community members. She said she The outcome is greater than Marianna ever could have didn’t keep the crowd away,” Marianna Winchester said.

She explained that there was no particular reason for would always appreciate the people and businesses that imagined when she first organized the event. Her son’s the event to end, but most of the volunteers who have been donated their time and effort, including the U.S. Naval name will always be remembered not only by family meminvolved over the years are retired and settling down into Academy, which, year after year, donated merchandise bers, friends, walk participants, their fans and the volunteers who kept the cause alive, but also by the many veternew chapters of their lives, so it just seemed like the right and apparel for the cause. time.

Ronald Winchester graduated from the Naval Academy ans who have benefited from their efforts. It is thanks to After all the years of fundraising, it was clear that the in 2001. He was a lineman and a captain of the Navy foot- all of them that Ronnie’s legacy will be one of generosity walk’s initial mission had been accomplished, but Win- ball team, and in 2000 he led the Midshipmen to victory in and sacrifice. continued from front page

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Oceanside schOOl nO. 4 was just one of several schools taking a field trip to an open house hosted by the Nassau County Police Department at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, just in time for the organization’s 98th anniversary. More than a thousand people came to each of the three days of the event.

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t’s not quite a century, but when anything reaches the ripe age of 98, it’s certainly time to celebrate. And that’s what he Nassau County Police Department did recently with its second annual open house — a three-day event at the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, that attracted somewhere in the neighborhood of Tim Baker/Herald 1,000 people each day. the gRand finale at the end of the recent Nassau County Among those helping Police Department open house at the David S. Mack Center the department celebrate for Training and Intelligence was the take-off of the police its near-milestone were helicopter. groups of students from various schools who there” are experiencing, Ryder said. “How gathered to see demondo we do it? And how do we do it better? strations, learn more about the history of It’s a challenge for us every day. We’re the department at the police museum, and working to make it better.” visiting Children’s Safety Town.

The open house aimed not only to “We have progressed like the rest of the familiarize the public with police work, country has with police reform and the but also to bridge any divide in communineeds, as technology advances, as types of guns on the street, drugs, different ways to ties where trusting the police could be lacking. Ryder acknowledged past miscommit crimes” have advanced, we have takes and said the department is commitadvanced,” police commissioner Patrick ted to moving forward with the public’s Ryder said. “We are very fortunate here in support. And really, in the long run, they Nassau County that we are, I like to say, are the good guys, after all. ahead of the curve.”

“We’re here to help,” he said. “You Staying ahead of the curve means know, yeah, sometimes you’re dealing undertaking a new training village that with bad things. Things happen, and you will replace the usual tactical training the know, people are upset. We got that. We department has done since 1925 with what understand that. But we want them to Ryder describes as a more accurately simunderstand. We’re here to help you. And ulated real-life scenario. It’ll be complete trust in us. We’ve got to build that trust. with different locations such as a school, “We know we have errors. We’ve made house of worship, different types of residences, a bank, a police station, and even a mistakes. We want to get better.”

One attendee eager to see the police train station with a trestle and platform was Jack Mallon. The 2-year-old wore a for specialized situational training.

Through new technology and analytics, police vest and enjoyed the repelling demonstration. the department can adjust to the complex“We came just to show him a little bit ities modern law enforcement can encounand to support the police and get his interter out in the field, Ryder said. est piqued a little bit,” said Christina Mal“Life has gotten complicated with the lon, Jack’s mother. amount of mental health crisis people out

nassau cOunty POlice Department commissioner Patrick Ryder stands in front of a repelling demonstration off the David S. Mack Center for Training and Intelligence, where the department celebrated its 98th anniversary recently with an open house.

It’s important to support law enforcement, she added, because “they do so much for us so we should do a little bit for them.”

Visitors watched an array of demonstrations beyond repelling like using the Jaws of Life to help rescue people from crashed cars, and a display of police canines. Officer Michael Leone, one of the officers involved in the K-9 demonstration, was signing specialty made K-9 cards given to the kids after the display — something they could take home as a souvenir.

It was “exhilarating” to see the kids rush him for autographs, Leone said, adding that “it’s nice to be appreciated by the public.”

Steve Dembo took his children out of school early to attend some of the open house. He knew it was law enforcement

week, so he reached out to the department to see if anything was going on, and found out about the training center event he knew his two children would enjoy.

“I think it’s important for them to see what the police officers do every day,” Dembo said. “It’s interesting. They’re interested in it.”

Together, the family saw the repel demonstration, the new state-of-the-art robot dog, and even met the motorcycle unit.

“They love really everything so far,” Dembo said. And that allowed the dad to take his kids home with them the lesson that “police are your friends, and if you have any kind of trouble at all, they’ll help you.

“It’s very important that kids know that,” Dembo added. “Not to be afraid of them.”

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The bill also quashes several tax credits, modifies the permitting process and other requirements for energy It has been a busy week on the House floor, especially projects, expands work requirements for the Supplefor U.S. Rep. Anthony D’Esposito. He not only passed his mental Nutrition Assistance Program, and nullifies Law Enforcement Officers Bill of Rights, but spoke out actions by the federal education department to suspend in support of a resolution to expel his fellow Long federal student loan payments, discharge debt and Island Republican representative, George Santos. implement a new income-driven repayment plan.

The resolution was reportedly first introduced by a D’Esposito dispelled concerns the bill would make Democratic House member from California, U.S. Rep. financial cuts to Veterans Affairs. Instead, he said it Robert Garcia. essentially caps discretionary spending and decreases Santos was indicted this month, accusing him of 13 the spending level for fiscal 2024. counts of wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public “It grows the economy, it saves taxpayers money, and funds, and making materially false statements to the it protects veterans, defense spending, Social Security U.S. House of Representatives. and Medicare,” D’Esposito said. “We believe the Limit, Last week, D’Esposito took to the podium to urge the Save, Grow Act is exactly what this country needed, and bipartisan House Ethics Committee to take swift action more importantly, it was this first step in negotiations in getting rid Santos, who he called a “pathological liar.” with the president and the Senate.”

The House ultimately voted to refer the resolution to the With the Santos “stain” potentially damaging the House Ethics Committee instead of voting on the resoreputation of the Republican Party, Democrats could Courtesy Matthew Capp lution itself. come out in full force to reclaim his district, U.S. Rep. ANThONy D’Esposito passed a motion in the House “I was the first member of Congress to say that he D’Esposito’s and others to take back the House, where should resign, but unfortunately, the fact of the matter of Representatives on May 17 to send the case of Long Island the GOP maintains a very slim majority. is that in order for a member to be expelled, you need colleague to the House Ethics Committee.

Reflecting on the policies and efforts brought forth two thirds of the vote of Congress,” D’Esposito said. by his colleagues such as Hempstead Town Supervisor “They don’t have the numbers, so that’s the problem.

Don Clavin, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Salaagain “because public service can be a noble calling that “I don’t think that George should serve another day in makes people’s lives better.” However, “too many in Wash- dino and North Hempstead Town Supervisor Jennifer Congress. The quickest way to rid this institution of this ington care about political gamesmanship, sound bites DeSena, D’Esposito believes voters aren’t focused on the stain is to refer this issue to the House Ethics Committee.” and photo opportunities than actually making real prog- alleged misdeeds of one man, but looking at what the With 18 months to go until the general election, seven ress for our families.” party is doing as a whole. candidates have already put their hats in the ring looking Gillen previously told the Herald one of the reasons “I don’t believe Santos has tainted Republicans,” to take over Santos’ district. Former Democratic Hemp- she decided to run was because of the Republican position D’Esposito said. “I think voters see that the Republican stead town supervisor Laura Gillen and Olympian Sarah on the national debt crisis. The GOP insist President way of governing Nassau County and Long Island is the Hughes seek to face D’Esposito for his seat in the fourth Biden reduce spending before they will agree to raise the right one. congressional district. debt ceiling.

“I’m preparing the same way I’ve prepared for every Gillen lost to D’Esposito in November’s election, but D’Esposito recently helped House Republicans pass the election in my life, and that is working hard now. It’s delivrecently said in her official announcement she is running Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, which is intended to ering on promises.”

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Phoenix Graphics is based out of Rochester, and while admitting to “human error” over the party Anyone receiving a voter mail check card erroaffiliation, did claim no other part of the card was neously identifying them as a registered Democrat, incorrect. there are a few things to know.

“As soon as it was discovered, we moved immeFirst, it was caused by human error. Second, diately to remedy the situation,” the company said, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman does in a statement. not want any blame to be leveled at county Demo“This is an isolated event, but we apologize for crats. our mistake, especially to Nassau County officials, According to Blakeman, in the past couple of who bear no responsibility for this problem. We weeks, the county has fielded many calls from dishave fixed the error and, at no cost to taxpayers, gruntled voters claiming that they received these will deliver corrected voter information cards as cards that misidentified their voter registration soon as possible.” over the past couple weeks, Blakeman — a RepubliIn recent years, voter fraud concerns have risen can — said. There also were claims that other nationwide, with many Republicans blaming Demdetails like township and Assembly district were ocrats for creating such situations, despite presentalso incorrect. ing little — if any — evidence to back up those But there is no conspiracy, Blakeman said. claims. The most prominent case involves former Instead, it was a simple mistake admitted to by president Donald Trump, who continue to state the Phoenix Graphics, the vendor used by the county 2020 election was stolen from him — once again elections board to print and distribute these cards. with no evidence to support the claim.

“The voter check cards were sent out with inforBut Blakeman does not wish to see that kind of Michael Malaszczyk/Herald mation on a card about people and where they’re sentiment rise in Nassau. supposed to vote, what district they’re in, and what NASSAu CouNtY ExECutIvE Bruce Blakeman displays a voter card “I don’t think the Democratic Party is engaged their registration was,” Blakeman told reporters at he says was sent to a voter in his jurisdiction, incorrectly labeling them in a conspiracy to create havoc in their own primaa recent news conference. “In this circumstance, as a registered Democrat. According to Phoenix Graphics, the vendor ry side,” the county executive said. “I would everyone was identified as a Democrat. Not Repub- used by the county elections board, a number of voter cards were assume that the Democratic Party doesn’t want a lican. Not Working Families. Not the Green Party. misprinted with the wrong party — a mistake caused by human error. bunch of Republicans showing up for their primaSo obviously, you can imagine that people who are ry. So, I don’t think there’s anything nefarious on Republicans or in another party were very conwrong — like township or Assembly district — could add the part of the Democratic Party. cerned that their registration had been changed by some- to that confusion caused by this issue.

“With respect to my party, I wouldn’t want a bunch of one else.”

Blakeman says he’s reached out to the elections board, Democrats voting in our primaries.”

This has spurred concern that voters could be con- and is working to not only resolve this, but ensure it The county elections board said voters can expect regfused about how they can vote in upcoming primaries, doesn’t occur again. istration cards with the correct information coming to thinking their registration has been changed. Another “If you got this, don’t go vote in the Democratic pri- their mailbox ahead of the primary elections in late potential concern is that the other details that could be mary,” he added. “The voters rolls are accurate. These June.

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By Karen Bloom minutes of dynamic maneuvers. We’re t’s the moment we’ve been eagerly awaiting: Memorial Day

By Karen always improving our planes and refining our weekend has arrived. Besides the observances, parades and Bloom WHERE routines.” barbecues, for so many of us, that annual trek to Jones Beach His team is a close-knit group of to watch action overhead the Bethpage Show is Can art the change the during world?

It’s aAirquestion WHEN five pilots, with decades of military and a beloved tradition not to be missed. This year’s extravaganza, on professional experience.

Saturday and Sunday, helmed once the U.S. Air ••May 27-28, 10Sunday, a.m.-3 p.m. that’s beenMayat27-28, theis focus ofagain ourby collective Saturday and noon-4 “I like to say once you check in you never Force Thunderbirds.

• $10 usethrough fee Friday, p.m.;vehicle Tuesday check out. The camaraderie of our team is The distinguished back for their 9th headlining appearance, • Jones Beach State Park, culture for squadron, centuries.

Now as society 11 a.m.-4 p.m. what makes us special,” he says. is joined by other elite military pilots including the U.S. Army Golden Knights •Wantagh Emily Lowe Hall Gallery, navigates theMarines complexities of Team, modern life, • For “We’re thrilled that this is our 20th year Parachute Team, the U.S. F-35B Demonstration the U.S. Navy up-to-date South Campus, information, Hempstead. with the show. It’s so important to us as it’s F-18 Growler Legacy Team, and the U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod visit BethpageAirShow.com.

For information and to RSVP, art as a path for social change is at the our home show. For many of our friends, it’s Team. call (516) 463-5672, or visit the only time they get to see us (perform).

The Thunderbirds, “America’s Ambassadors in Blue,” demonstrate the Hofstra.edu/museum forefront of artistic expression.

We are always excited to be here and put a smile on people’s faces. It’s great extraordinary capabilities of the F-16 Fighting Falcon — the Air Force’s premier fun to fly down low and see everyone on the beach. This is an awesome multi-role fighter jet. The elite military pilots proudly showcase the capabilities weekend, and all the performers are great at what they do.” of the $18 million,19,700-pound fi ghter aircraft, which can travel at speeds “When We All Stand,” Hofstra University Museum of Art’s new exhibition, examines up to 1,500 mph. Grace meets power in this mix of six aircraft performing the collective power of the arts in society. formation flying and solo routines. Flying only a few feet from wingtip to Photos courtesy U.S. Air Force by can Alexandra — skills the museum’s assistant director wingtip,Curated observers glimpseGiordano the superb that all fighter pilots must of exhibition and Airmen and women execute daring manuevers in a thrilling display of the collection — the exhibit underscores artists’ civic responsibility and infl uence. possess. might of the Air Force’s premier multi-role fighter jet, the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

“It renowned highlights the vitalperformers role that artists have activating democratic values that Other civilian include theinalways popular Skytypers equality and freedom, encouraging civicIIengagement, and cultivating unity,” andpromise their flight squadron of five vintage World War aircraft.

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Giordano “Artists oftenmost-decorated lead the chargeaerobatic and expose truths that may otherwise be Folds of Honor with Hamill. The Air Power ignored.

TheBiplane artists in thisEd exhibition takeAmerican a stand and call out injustices through their art Museum Warbirds. pilot gender, David Windmiller. and activism on Long issuesIsland’s such asdaredevil immigration, reproductive rights, mass incarceration, Thevoting Warbird Thunder The violence, Civil Air Patrol.

And theunfulfilled. They all combine the making rights, racialteam. bias, gun and promises Farmingdale College Rams, who will flapproach y several of of art withState public serviceFlying that has a grassroots in the hope of mobilizing their their 22 college-owned aircraft. communities and the nation to ignite movement, create awareness, and inspire others to The Skytypers, an air show favorite, combine the best of old them.” andstand new. with The team uses five of the remaining World War II-era exhibit, runs through July 28, is in conjunction NA SNJThis planes left inwhich the world, meticulously restored with the with Hofstra’s 13th presidential conference on the Barack Obama presidency coming up in April. latest technology.

“Wewere wereNavy interested the idea the artistin has a civic responsibility,” says “These scout in planes usedthat on missions World Warmuseum II and the KoreanKaren War,”Albert. explains Larry Arken, director “The initial ideaSkytypers’ for this exhibition was inspired by flight modernized them andbriefi give ng them anleader.

Obama“We’ve Administration White House thatplenty took of place on May 12, 2009, TLC.where We have take60 care of our warbirds. gotmet quite moretothan artists and creative They’ve organizers with administration officials to a military They’vepower landedofon aircraft and as discusshistory. the collective the arts tocarriers build community, create change, and chart fighter trainers they trained the Greatest Generation.” a pathway for national recovery in the areas of social justice, civic participation and The Farmingdale-based Skytypers are, of course, a familiar activism.” sight along beaches in the northeast with their skytyped To generated that end, unlike recent exhibits that showcased messages at an other altitude of 10,000 feet with puffs the museum’s permanent collection, Giordano reached out to contemporary of smoke in dot matrix-style letters. Those messages will be on artists who loaned museum works. Some 36 pieces routine. are on view — representing full the display duringtheir the selected show, following their aerobatic all media Molly Crabapple andinthe “We like — to from think Emma of this Amos, as the largest text message theEqual Justice Initiative, world,” Arken says.

For Freedoms, Miguel Luciano, Michele Pred, Hank Willis Thomas, and Sophia Each message is two miles long and as tall as the Empire Victor.

State building.

Visible for 30 miles, they be seen bynot 4 be more timely than “The way our climate is now, thiscan exhibit could million people, according to adds.

Arken. at this moment,” Albert His Among planes’ flthe ying maneuvers command attention in from the highlights, shealso points to the series of prints their five-ship formation. collective For Freedoms. Their four large scale photos are based on “We fly low, at 500 feet,” Arken says. “We’re known for paintings inspired by President Franklin D. ourNorman precisionRockwell’s skills that 1943 involveoil18 Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address that outlined what he considered the essential four democratic values freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. For

All ages will enjoy some Memorial Day weekend fun on the Tilles Center lawn, with Grammy Award-winner Dan Zanes and Haitian-American jazz vocalist Claudia Zanes. They perform a mix of old and new songs from near and far in a style that has been called ‘all-ages social music,’ also 13 described as an all-ages party. This interactive concert will have you dancing and singing along as the duo performs homespun, joyful music for everyone to enjoy. It’s a relaxed performance open to all, with modified sound levels and quiet spaces for those who wish to move around. Zanes occupies a unique place in American music Pat whereMcGann sea shanties, English music hall, North American Pat McGann is quickly and risingWest as one folk music, party songs, ofIndian the sharpest stand-ups on thethe spirit ofscene. early rock-and-roll, and comedy A relative latecomer originals collide.

Kidsstandwill also tosoulful comedy, he began doing enjoy games, bubbles,he face-painting up at 31 after realizing was not andgood crafts,atstarting at 12:30 p.m., very selling packaging. with a barbecue available He hustled his waylunch to become thefor purchase. house emcee at Zanies Chicago, where he distinguished himself as Saturday, May 27, 2 p.m. $25. LIU especially adept at working the Post campus, 720 Northern Blvd., crowd.

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TillesCenter.org, three young children, McGann’s 299-3100 appeal stems from his quick wit and relatable take on family life and marriage. In 2017, McGann began touring as the opening act for Sebastian Maniscalco, moving with him from clubs to theater, to arenas, including four soldout shows at Madison Square Garden. McGann’s relatively short, but impressive resume, includes Montreal’s famed Just For Laughs Tom Gilda’s RushLaughFest, and The Festival, Loudon Wainwright Great American Comedy Festival, III and still calls Twomore. giftedMcGann performers pair up Chicago home. double bill on the for an exciting Landmark stage. These legendary Saturday, Feb. 11, 8 will p.m.enthrall $40, $35, singer-songwriters their $30, $25. The Paramount, 370 audience in an evening fi lled(800) with New York Ave., Huntington. story-telling, ballads passionateor 745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com gritty blues. Tom Rush, a gifted ParamountNY.com. musician and performer, offers not just a performance but a musical celebration. His distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice have made him both a legend and a lure to audiences around the world. For the past 52 years, Loudon Wainwright III has carved out a distinguished career as one of our most original singer-songwriters; a six-string diarist with material that is by turns, tongue-in-cheek, tender, sarcastic, Yarn/Wire heart-wrenching, and always Now in its 18th year, Adelphi deeply personal.

Along the way, University’s ‘new music’ he’s released more than 20 albums, series won welcomes a Grammy,Yarn/Wire. acted in film The Newand York-based andintrepid television, had his songs piano-percussion quartet has Johnny recorded by artists including forged singular pathBonnie with Raitt, Cash, aMose Allison, endlessly inventive and his own son, collaborations, Rufus Wainwright. commissions and performances Friday, June 2, 8ap.m. $55, that have made signifi cant$49, $45.

Jeanne Rimsky Theater at of Landmark contribution to the canon on Main Street, 232The Main St., Port experimental works. quartet Washington.

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Two gifted performers pair up for an exciting double bill on the Landmark stage, Friday, June 2, 8 p.m. These legendary singer-songwriters will enthrall their audience in an evening filled with storytelling, ballads and gritty blues. Tom Rush, a gifted musician and performer, offers not just a performance but a musical celebration. His distinctive guitar style, wry humor and warm, expressive voice have made him both a legend and a lure to audiences around the world. For the past 52 years, Loudon Wainwright III has carved out a distinguished career as one of our most original singer-songwriters, a six-string diarist with material that is by turns, tongue-in-cheek, tender, sarcastic, heart-wrenching, and always deeply personal. Along the way, he’s released over 20 albums, won a Grammy, acted in film and TV, and had his songs recorded by artists including Johnny Cash, Mose Allison, Bonnie Raitt, and his own son, Rufus Wainwright. $55, $49, $45. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

On exhibit Nassau County Museum of Art’s exhibition, “Eye And Mind: The Shin Collection,” highlights the extraordinary collection masterworks assembled by 31-year-old connoisseur Hong Gyu Shin, an internationally recognized figure in the global art world. He shares his treasures, including works

by Whistler, Lautrec, Boucher, Daumier, Delacroix, Klimt, Schiele, Balthus, Warhol, de Kooning, Gorky and many other important names from art history provocatively juxtaposed with the painting and sculpture of our own time from both Asia and the West. On view through July 9. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

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Sisterhood Game Night Play mah jongg and canasta with the Sisterhood of Congregation B’nai SholomBeth David at their weekly game night, Tuesday, May 30, 7:309:30 p.m., in the synagogue lobby, 100 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre.

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A “mocktail” version is also available. To help promote the fundraiser, mixologist Dan Leopold will offer a mixology demonstration and Whalebone tasting at the Museum’s Whales & Ales event on June 3, 2:30-3 p.m. Funds will support the Whaling Museum’s community education programs during its 2023 summer season.

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Vintage vehicles and retired fire apparatuses will be on display at Parking Field 2, between N. Centre and N. Village avenues, for the entire community to come out and enjoy. Classic car owners are invited to sign-up to display their vehicles by messaging Lois Tinghitella at LTinghitella@RVCNY.US. Those looking to sign up must include their name, address, telephone number, email address as well as the make and model of the car.

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Support PFY, a division of Long Island Crisis Center, at a 30th Anniversary Benefit celebration, Tuesday, June 13, 6-10 p.m. With drag bingo and performances by Ivy Stalls and Syn; also special guest honoree actor-author-activist Maulik Pancholy. The event, honoring PFY’s 30 years serving Long Island/Queens’ LGBTQ+ communities, is at Westbury Manor, 1100 Jericho Turnpike, Westbury. For more information and tickets, go to tinyurl.com/ pfyevent2023.

Back by popular demand, families will enjoy a musical adventure, ripped from the pages of Mo Willems’ beloved children’s books, on the Long Island Children’s Museum stage, Wednesday, May 31, 10:15 a.m. and noon; Thursday, June 1, 10:15 a.m. and noon. Elephant and Piggie storm the stage in a rollicking musical romp filled with plenty of pachydermal peril and swiney suspense perfect for young audiences. Together with nutty backup singers, The Squirrelles, the comedic duo even gets the audience involved in the action. $9 with museum admission ($7 members), $12 theater only. Long Island Children’s Museum, Museum Row, Garden City. (516) 224-5800 or LICM.org.

Memorial Day Parade The 2023 Rockville Centre Memorial Day Parade kicks off at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 29, in the lot between N. Centre and N. Village avenues, proceeding down Maple Avenue towards the John A. Anderson Recreation Center at 111 N. Oceanside Road. A service follows at Veterans Park in front of the Rec Center at 11 a.m. to pay respect to local servicemen and women.

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Top lawyers honored for time in, out of office

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t was an experience that provided plenty of perspective, including for Frank Torres.

“Whenever I’m honored and recognized for what I do in my field of law, it’s so humbling,” said Torres, an associate attorney with Duffy & Duffy. “I never would have expected so many years later after getting out of law school that I would have gotten to this point.”

That point was being recognized as one of the Top Lawyers of Long Island during a ceremony last week, May 17, at the Heritage Club at Bethpage. Hosted by RichnerLive — the events division of Richner Communications and Herald Community Newspapers — the event featured some 300 attorneys, all mingling and congratulating each other on their achievements.

Lawyers were awarded for their accomplishments in a wide range of fields, including civil rights litigation, land use and zoning, commercial litigation, personal injury, and dispute resolution.

Jothy Narendran, a co-managing partner with Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran, was named one of the philanthropists of the year. She encourages everybody at her firm to get involved with a charity that they connect with on some level. For Narendran, that work involves Spectrum Designs, a custom apparel shop that employs individuals who are neurodiverse.

“It’s so nice to be recognized, especially in the community that we’re in,” Narendran said. “I don’t think there’s success without giving back.”

Amy Amato, executive director of RichnerLive, expressed gratitude for all who attended and made the event possible. Herald publisher and chief executive Stuart RichTim Baker/Herald photos ner described the gala as a “great way to celebrate all of the TOp LAWYeR HONOReeS enjoying dinner during the awards ceremony with friends, family & loved ones. legal firms and professionals that contribute to our community. They are critical to ensuring that everyone’s interests are represented both fully and fairly. And I congratulate all of the winners for their hard work, passion and expertise.”

A portion of the ticket proceeds were donatMajor Sponsor ed to the Suffolk County Bar Association ChariEasy Tax Credits ty Foundation, and the Nassau County Bar TenantBase Association We Care Fund. There the money will be used for educational and charitable purphoto Booth Sponsor poses, including the improvement of citizenship Jaspan Schlesinger Narendran LLP and justice, and to provide scholarships, grants and charitable programs to help those in need.

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Of all the marathons he has run during his multi-year mission, his favorites, he said, were Walt Disney World (2013), Cleveland (2014), Little Rock (2014), Boston (2014, 2017) and New York City (2021).

“They all had their attributes,” Hansen said, “but I based them on the atmosphere, the course, the scenery, the crowd support — and my finish times.”

Despite his hope of running in one of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, in Berlin, he was not selected in the lottery.

The charities he applied to represent didn’t have any openings, and his previous finish times weren’t fast enough for him to qualify.

Nevertheless, Hansen said that he and his wife, Heather Smith-Hansen, still hope to visit Germany and take in the sights. Next year, he said, he plans to register for marathons in London and Tokyo.

“If a trip is being made to the destination of the event, I might as well do a vacation around it and see and explore the sights,” he said. “Also I feel I have some unfinished business with some states, as I think I may want to revisit

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needs and helping folks,” Zappasodi said. “But there’s also, like, this somber tone, because, you know, we’re growing and growing, but then there As PFY is gearing up to celebrate the month of are still needs that are just unmet.” pride in June, and the LGBTQ community in genSome of the problems facing the LGBTQ comeral, this year it is also celebrating its own history, munity today include food insecurity, the inability as 2023 marks the 30th anniversary of the agency, to obtain consistent housing and job insecurity, which was the first of its kind in a suburban setamong others. Many people struggle with their ting in the United States. mental health, and with accessing and understandPFY, which formerly stood for Pride For Youth, ing health care services, and PFY works constantly is now known simply by its acronym, because a to make sure those issues are addressed. grant allowed the organization to expand the reach At the organization’s 2050 Bellmore Road locaof its services, and it now provides lifelong assistion and at its Suffolk County center in Deer Park, tance to anyone who identifies as LGBTQ on Long it offers rapid HIV and syphilis testing. PFY Island and in Queens. recently partnered with the Suffolk County The Bellmore-based organization was founded Department of Health to run a mobile medical 30 years ago as an offshoot of the Long Island Criclinic, where things like free Covid-19 and HPV sis Center, Tawni Engel, the associate executive vaccinations were offered. HPV is a sexually transCourtesy Tawni Engel director of the crisis center and PFY, explained, mitted disease that can cause long-term issues because its founders recognized the need for ser- PFY, thE ORgANizAtiON previously know as Pride for Youth, is such as cancer if untreated. vices for LGBTQ individuals.

To celebrate the anniversary and Pride Month, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and gearing up for Pride The crisis center operates a 24/7 hotline for peo- Month in June. the organization has an upcoming Pride Gala on ple with mental health crises, and in the early June 13 at the Westbury Manor. Ninety-four per1990s, Linda Leonard, its former executive director, cent of all proceeds will be devoted to helping the “I will say that we did the right thing, obviously,” she noticed an influx of calls from members of the LGBTQ said. “What we’re sort of known for is just saying, no, we LGBTQ community through PFY’s services. community, Engel said. want to meet the needs, and the needs that we are seeing.

Attendees will hear from award-winning actor Maulik “Really over the years, it’s grown exponentially into There’s obviously a gap in services, and we want to be Pancholy, who is openly gay and known for his role in the what it is today,” Engel said of PFY. “And back then, with the ones saying we’re filling that gap.” sitcom “30 Rock,” among other series. For information society, the climate was very different — things were Devon Zappasodi, PFY’s director, said that as the orga- on the gala, visit tinyurl.com/PFYEvent2023, and for very different.” nization celebrates the momentous anniversary, it is also more on the agency, visit LICCPFY.org.

The crisis center actually lost funding from private important to reflect on the work that still needs to be We’re “always keeping the community close to us,” and public donors in the 1990s because they didn’t want done.

Zappasodi said, “because without them, we’re nothing — to support organizations catering to the LGBTQ commu“It’s really exciting when we’re growing and creating it’s really coming from them — 30 years of working with nity, Engel said. these new, innovative programs that are really meeting and in collaboration with the community.”

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By STAFF REPORT Graduates crossed the stage to receive their diplomas at the 2023 Molloy University Commencement ceremonies held at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale on May 22, including students from the School of Arts and Sciences, The School of Business, The School of Education and Human Services and the School of Nursing and Health Sciences.

The Molloy Class of 2023 is comprised of 940 graduates, including Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degree recipients, plus Associates and Advanced Certificate and other graduates. Victoria Franco of Lindenhurst, served as class valedictorian and delivered an address.

“I’m so excited,” Sarah Tafur, originally from Colombia, who now lives in Valley Stream. “It was hard but we got it done.”

While the Class of 2023 was caught in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic and lockdown, and had to attend many of their classes remotely, that did not dampen the spirits of the graduates.

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“When we were able to go back in person, that really helped,” Thomas McHugh, who will take a job in a hospital emergency room as one of the graduates of the Barbara J. Hagan School of Nursing, said.

“Getting that contact back with the teachers really helped us learn.”

Sister Donna Markham, president and chief executive officer of Catholic Charities USA, who is the first female president to lead Catholic Charities and the 10th president in the organization’s 112-year history, gave the commencement address on Monday.

Her career has been dedicated to leading efforts to reduce poverty and providing care for people at-risk. As part of the ceremony Molloy bestowed an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree upon Sister Donna for her work during her 40-year career.

“We are pleased to welcome Sister Donna to this year’s commencement exercises,” James Lentini, president of Molloy University, said. “The CCUSA mission aligns closely with Molloy’s, with an emphasis on respect and dignity for all people, and she will deliver a powerful message that I am sure will resonate with our students.”

Molloy also conveyed an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on New York State Regent Roger Tilles, recognizing his contributions to the New York State Education Department, his philanthropy and support of the arts.

“Roger has been a friend of Molloy’s for many years and his support of higher education has benefited Long Island and all of New York State for many years,” Lentini said. “His dedication to the region is unsurpassed.”

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You will enjoy the ceiling fans and hardwood floors that are throughout the home. It is close to shopping, restaurants and public transportation, with the beach just blocks away. Come see for yourself, this maintenance-free home has it all! Low Flood Insurance and FEMA compliant.

A painter says he can do more than paint Q. We started doing work to our home and are just finishing, and the painter suggested that a wall could be taken down to open up the rooms. He says he can do this himself because it’s not a support wall.

We’ve looked into it, thinking about an island in the kitchen and matching the floor or replacing it. The painter said we might need an architect, but since the work is interior, it won’t need a permit. We’re wondering what we should do, because we know you’ll say we need a permit, but the painter says we can get one after the work is done, and he can start right away so he can finish the work and avoid interruptions. Do you think this is a good idea?

A. The permit, as a piece of paper or a process of reviewing the work, isn’t the point. As you read this, hundreds of projects around you are underway with no permits. Most of them will either never be found out or are of such small consequence that when an issue comes up, it will be ignored.

Usually, I only learn onte eeper about problems when either a buyer or a lending bank wants something put on record. I receive frantic calls asking if plans can be made quickly and a permit obtained before the closing in a week. Anyone who tells you the permit process is quick is trying to sell you something.

But remember, the permit document isn’t really the important thing. The permit is a symbol representing a more important issue — safety. Safety not only includes your well-being against doing something dangerous; it also means preventing health risks and the potential of losing a large sum of money if something goes wrong.

Removing a non-structural wall is a little misleading. The wall may not be supporting anything, but it has weight that you want to replace with another load. In general, people rarely look at any kind of building as a system of puzzle pieces, all fitting together in a specific way.

As an example of what can happen, I once got a call from someone who had that wall removed and added an island. The wall load was removed from the beams below, which was a good thing because those beams were now carrying less of a load. Then an island was installed, a four-foot-wide model with a beautiful quartz countertop, a sink and a sixburner stove. The homeowner also wanted an open display for restaurant-sized canned peeled tomatoes, ready for use with one of their famous recipes.

The island load was calculated after the finished flooring began to distort and come loose and sagged 4 inches, when I was called to figure out what was going wrong. The island weighed at least six times the load of the wall, and the beam below was buckling. The floor bounced and the wine glasses in a nearby cabinet clinked together every time someone walked by.

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Priv Primary Ste w/ Marble Bth &WICs. SD#20 .................................................................... $1,250,000 CEdaRHURST 332B Peninsula Blvd, BA, Move Right Into This Updated 3 Br, 2.5 Bth Coop Townhouse. LR, DR, Gran/Wood Kit w/ Stainless Steel Appl. Trex Deck Off LR. Primary Ste Features Updtd Bth & WIC. Att Gar Plus 1 Pkg Spot incl in Maintenance. W/D.Pull Down Attic. SD#15. Convenient to Shops, Trans & Houses of Worship ....................................................................................................... $449,000

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he ongoing influx of undocumented immigrants into New York City now threatens not just to overwhelm the city, but to spread into the suburbs, as we have already seen in Rockland and Orange counties, raising serious quality-of-life issues.

Let me make it clear from the start.

America is a nation of immigrants. They have always been the lifeblood that gives America its unique sense of determination and ingenuity. I am a grandson of immigrants. Like the late Gov. Mario Cuomo, I consider pETER America to be more a mosaic and KING stained glass window than a melting pot.

No country has more legal immigration than the United States. Having said that, we cannot be a nation without borders or one that allows entry to unlimited numbers of migrants. There must be an orderly process and procedure for immigration, not just to safeguard our society and communities, but for the welfare of the immigrants. We cannot financially afford the surge of undocumented immi-

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grants we are seeing today.

Coming out of the coronavirus pandemic, our economy was straining to recover. Mental health and education needs caused by Covid had to be met and paid for, with diminished revenues. Crime in our streets had to be brought under control to protect our residents and to make cities safe for people to return to work and play.

Housing had to be provided for the growing numbers of homeless, including America’s veterans. Adding 60,000 undocumented immigrants to New York City is unsustainable, especially since we have virtually no idea who these people are and what physical, mental and educational needs they have. Nor do we know the criminal histories some may have.

While the overwhelming majority of undocumented immigrants are good people, some are not. I saw examples of the negative results of uncontrolled illegal immigration on Long Island in 2014 and 2015, when there was a surge of undocumented minors across the southern border. A significant numbers of those kids were sent by the federal government to communities such as Brentwood and Central Islip, many of whose residents are

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hardworking immigrants from Central America. This put a severe burden on the local school districts, which had to accept these kids on very short notice while addressing their unique educational and psychological needs and deficiencies as well as the language challenges.

Despite Rep. Steve Israel and I making requests and introducing legislation, the Obama administration refused to provide these school districts with any added funding. There was also the chilling reality that a number of these young people were connected to the MS-13 gang, which was recruiting new members and carrying out brutal acts of violence against other students.

In the 18 months from the fall of 2015 to the spring of 2017, MS-13 carried out a reign of terror in the immigrant community, brutally murdering 25 mostly young people.

You can understand why residents in communities in Brooklyn and Staten Island are so opposed to large numbers of undocumented immigrants being housed close to schools and neighborhood facilities.

This crisis of undocumented migra-

resident Biden must secure our porous borders as quickly as possible.

tion would be severe enough if there were any end in sight. Instead, more buses of immigrants arrive at the Port Authority every day. New York City Mayor Eric Adams wants to lessen the city’s burden by sharing it with neighboring counties, which are no more able to provide the necessary services than the city. Not surprisingly, Rockland and Orange counties are resisting through legal proceedings, and Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has made clear his opposition to Adams’s plan.

The only answer to this humanitarian crisis is for the Biden administration to secure our porous border as quickly as possible. Despite the president’s protestations, he doesn’t need congressional authorization to get the job done. He has the necessary power and authority.

Congress will not consider legislation on undocumented migrants already in the country until there is assurance that the border is secure, and the asylum system is reformed so that just claiming asylum won’t provide long-term sanctuary until hearings are held years in the future. Our challenge must be to stop illegal immigration while ensuring that America remains a nation of immigrants.

Peter King is a former congressman, and a former chair of the House Committee on Homeland Security.

Dishing up an old-time menu for the holiday

he Memorial Day acai bowl just will not work. Neither do I want to see a tofu hot dog or an Impossible Burger vegging out at my table. Save the kale smoothies for another time. This year, after all the pandemic deprivations and accommodations and missed celebrations, I look forward to an old-time cookout, me and my old friends: carbs and salt and fat.

Even as I write this, it feels transgressive. I’m a good girl — I am. I eat healthy day in and day out. For heaven’s sake, even on Thanksgiving I now preRANDI pare stuffed butKREISS ternut squash as a main dish and cooked fruit for dessert.

Eating natural didn’t come naturally.

I didn’t grow up breakfasting on mango, granola and yogurt, lunching on avocado toast and dining on six ounces of salmon. I grew up the old-fashioned way, boosted by sugar, highly processed cereal, egg salad with mayo for lunch and liver and red meat for dinner. I stored bags of potato chips under my bed. I

know, you’re as surprised as I am that I reached this age.

My parents’ childhood diet was worse. As Jewish people of European descent, they ate everything with a scoop of chicken fat on top. Chopped liver was a fave. They were poor, so my mother’s family of six would share one chicken and fill themselves up with mounds of mashed potatoes (laden with chicken fat, of course). They served up pots of soup, also glazed with fat. The preferred cooking method was frying, and they weren’t using canola oil, believe me.

My mom and dad lived to 95 and 97, which does raise the question of whether chicken fat is an undiscovered health food. In their 60s they started eating fish and chicken, broiling instead of frying, consuming very little sugar and bulking up fruits and vegetables. They also started exercising, every day, in dogged moderation.

My food evolution began in college, when, after playing the vending machine cookie and cocoa slots, I gained 12 pounds. I hadn’t thought about it before: Would eating cookies and drink-

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ing sugar make me unhealthy? Was I prepared to buy all new clothes to accommodate my chocolate chip cookie habit?

As my parents improved their eating habits in the 1960s, I too educated myself about nutrition and began grazing at the salad bars rather than the dessert buffet.

I was an awful cook when we set up our first apartment. At my first official dinner party for the family, I cooked Cornish hens, plated them, and served them to our parents. They were hens on steroids, and it looked as if a flock of geese had landed on our table. When my mother-in-law stuck a fork in hers, blood spurted out.

Some food fads of the day were fondues, either chocolate or cheese, processed white bread and Tang (dehydrated orange juice). I did own a fondue pot, but eventually, dipping bread chunks into melted cheddar lost its appeal. Everyone I knew had a bun warmer to hold the doughy rolls we served with dinner.

Eventually I learned to cook, and have been doing it every day for more than 50 years. We have moved toward

know that a hot dog a day will put me away. But this weekend, serve ’em up.

the food paradigm of lots of vegetables and a small amount of protein, preferably fish. I eat lower-fat foods and less sugar because I believe in science, and I know that a hot dog a day will put me away. But one or two a year is good for my personal sense of well-being.

We all associate food with memories, and the coming together on Memorial Day, a holiday both celebratory and somber, has always included a gustatory launching of the summer season. The meal demands fresh corn and watermelon. Beer for the grownups.

This weekend, as we honor those who have given their lives keeping us safe and strong, let’s go back to basics. Even as fake news, fake intelligence and photo fakery overtake us, let’s serve up real hot dogs, rolls, sauerkraut, relish, hamburgers and ketchup, and let’s top it all off with a gaudy and gigantic red, white and blue Jell-O mold, which has no real ingredients at all aside from food coloring.

I don’t know why the prospect of an old-fashioned barbecue feels so satisfying, and I’m not going to analyze it. Just save a seat for me at the long table with the paper tablecloth and pass me a dog with the works.

Copyright 2023 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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olitical animosity in America is as old as the Constitution.

Divisiveness and rancor are not traits unique to American politics, either. Humans have learned and relearned how to debate without smashing one another over the head with clubs.

Politics is messy. It will always be a blood sport. Political parties exist to dismantle their enemies. But hope remains that discourse will win the day over destruction.

Last week in Nassau County, there was a moment of collective breath-holding for those who support the rule of law, after a printing company made every active voter in the county a Democrat.

The company, Phoenix Graphics, of Rochester, assured the public the mistake was a printing error, and that no one’s party registration had been changed by the Nassau County Board of Elections.

Phoenix promised to fix the error, and print and mail updated voter registration cards to everyone.

County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican, held a news conference anyway, clutching one of the incorrectly printed voter registration cards.

To his credit, Blakeman resisted a rhetoric-filled speech to score political points.

It would have been so easy for him to blame Democrats or cast doubts on the June primaries and the November election, especially since this election cycle will be the first with newly redrawn county legislative districts.

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Idling vehicles pollute needlessly To the Editor: I cannot comprehend, when we have beautiful weather, why hundreds of dads and moms who are picking their children up at school, dropping them off at someone’s house or simply waiting in the village, leave their cars running, spewing pollution with their children nearby.

Residents of Rockville Centre are polluting our environment, wasting gasoline, driving up pump prices that help our adversaries like the Russians and some OPEC countries, and wasting our own money.

I think everyone has heard about global warming, climate change and extreme weather events.

I’d love someone to explain why people keep their motors running unless it’s freezing out or so hot you need to run the AC. Let’s do better, RVC! JIM PAyMAR Rockville Centre

cal process that already causes voter confusion. Blakeman could have added to the confusion and distrust by blaming political enemies. He didn’t.

In fact, Blakeman explicitly said that Democrats weren’t engaged in a conspiracy. He emphasized that the county’s voter rolls are correct. He said there was nothing “nefarious” in the printing error. And he made light of any possible allusion to a conspiracy by saying that it would be nonsensical for Democrats to want Republicans to vote in Democratic primaries.

Pause and reflect for a moment on how significant Blakeman’s actions and words were. He could have made vague accusations, sown doubt and appeared to supporters as a hero battling dark forces.

The era of McCarthyism, the Gilded Age, the Civil War — there have been a number of times in our history when all hope of working with political rivals seemed dead. Our present-day political polarization has been described as among the most divisive in history. The ability to talk respectfully with people who disagree seems all but lost. Gerrymandering and U.S. Supreme Court rulings continue to separate us, and at any time there are a host of wedge issues that prevent reform.

Mention “stolen election” and people reach for pitchforks and torches.

Blakeman may not have scored political points with overzealous conspiracy theorists. Much more important, he sought to calm the electorate and reassure people’s faith in voting and democracy.

Now that he has poured cold water on a potential simmering issue, he and county legislators must focus on continuing to reassure voters that the county’s voting systems are secure. First, the county must investigate how the printing error occurred. Was it caused by an inadvertent keystroke? Did Phoenix check information before printing nearly 1 million copies of the registration cards?

Next, Nassau legislators must adopt a local law that stipulates that vendors are responsible for fixing such errors at no cost to taxpayers, and that vendors submit a statement of accuracy verification prior to publication. Phoenix voluntarily owned up to its mistake and said it would pay to fix it, but county taxpayers shouldn’t have to rely on the goodwill of vendors when they err.

Finally, the county must insist on prior review by a Board of Elections employee, who would examine voter registration cards and give the OK for printing.

Blakeman should hold another news conference with Democratic and Republican legislators before next month’s primary to reassure voters that the voter rolls are correct, and that no party registrations were incorrectly changed.

Partisanship in our country is close to all-time highs. Blakeman deserves credit for resisting an easy layup to score political points. He and the Legislature must, however, work hard in the coming months to reassure voters that their registration information is correct, and that their votes will be accurately counted.

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n many corners of the world today, instability and democratic backsliding reign supreme. We see this phenomenon playing out in real time as Russia continues its malicious invasion of Ukraine, China further cracks down on human rights, and Sudan braces for a potentially protracted civil war.

In the face of such a deteriorating international security situation, it is extraordinarily important that the United States reaffirms its commitment to standing for freedom, and continues to nurture democracy antHonY around the globe there is D’esposIto wherever fertile soil. America’s greatest ally in this generational struggle is Israel — a free country whose miraculous establishment by the Jewish people and survival against great odds has often drawn the ire of its antisemitic, authoritarian neighbors.

Recently I had the opportunity to travel to Israel as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation led by House Speaker

Kevin McCarthy, to see for myself the manifestation of that country’s great democracy and celebrate the 75th anniversary of Israel’s hard-fought freedom.

During our time in Israel, my House colleagues and I met with President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana, and several other Israeli lawmakers, and briefed them on ways Congress is working to help Israel combat violence perpetrated by terrorist groups and state sponsors of terror, such as Iran.

While speaking to our Israeli partners, my colleagues and I reaffirmed our support for enhancing Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system, and announced our participation in a new joint U.S. House-Knesset Parliamentary Friendship Group — a bilateral association of legislators from the United States and Israel designed to promote avenues of cooperation between our countries.

What’s more, the American delegation formally delivered a copy of a congressional resolution I co-sponsored that calls for

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e cannot allow indiscriminate bombing to remain the reality for its people.

Letters Larger lawsuits will only damage our health care To the Editor: The State Legislature is again considering legislation (A.6696/S.6636) that would exponentially expand damages awardable in wrongful death lawsuits.

This bill is very nearly the same as one that was — thankfully — vetoed by Gov. Kathy Hochul last January. The physicians at the Nassau County Medical Society and throughout the state worked tirelessly to have this bill vetoed, but this issue is now resurfacing.

As doctors, we have great sympathy for the grieving families of our patients, and we understand that this legislation seeks to help them. However, any legislation to expand costly lawsuits must be balanced to help prevent the enormous adverse impact it would have on our health care system. Had the first bill been signed into law, it would have made it even more difficult for our struggling community hospitals and medical practices to continue to provide needed patient care.

While the new bill pur ports to respond to the governor’s veto, it in fact does not.

Hochul identified several reasons for vetoing the earlier bill, including that it “would increase already high insurance burdens on families and small businesses and further strain already distressed

the strengthening of the Abraham Accords. The accords — a historic framework brokered by Nassau County’s own David Friedman, who served as America’s ambassador to Israel — provide a path to lasting peace in the Middle East, and I am proud that a Long Islander played such a large part in their formation.

We were shown such warmth by the Israeli people as we toured large swaths of Jerusalem, including the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre — moving visits to sites important to my Catholic faith. I also paid my respects to the victims of the Holocaust at Yad Vashem, which serves as a palpable reminder to the world that we must work tirelessly to prevent such evils from ever being carried out again.

Indeed, Jerusalem truly is a holy city, and I am grateful to the Israeli people for their considerate caretaking of so many important religious places of worship and other sacred sites. Sadly, however, the carefully maintained peace established by Israel that I observed was shattered as rockets fired from Gaza targeted innocent

health care workers and institutions,” which would be “particularly challenging for struggling hospitals in underserved communities.”

Furthermore, the governor articulated her concerns that the bill “passed without a serious evaluation of the impact of these massive changes on the economy, small businesses, individuals, and the State’s complex health care system.”

The new bill does not address these concerns. It would continue to enable the awards of new categories of damages that multiple actuarial studies show will lead to a nearly 40 percent growth in liability costs, on top of the already unaffordable costs facing our physicians and hospitals.

Studies from Diederich Healthcare show that from 2019 to 2021, New York had the highest cumulative medical liability payouts of any state in the country, $1.4 billion, nearly twice as much as the second-highest state, Florida. It also had the highest per-capita liability payment, 33 percent more than the secondhighest state, Pennsylvania. And it far exceeds states like California and Texas, which New York is competing with to attract and retain the best and brightest physicians.

We just completed a budget cycle in which significant steps were taken to address the stability of our community health care providers, particularly those providing needed care in our undeserved

Israelis in the southern sections of the country near the end of my visit — a painful reminder that Israel remains under siege, and that underscores the need for the United States to continue supporting our greatest ally in its struggle for survival.

On my flight back to New York from Jerusalem, I couldn’t help but think of those poor Israeli men, women and children forced to live in fear of indiscriminate death falling from the sky. We cannot allow this to remain the reality for the people of Israel.

I have seen firsthand how Israel stands as a beacon of hope in a world cloaked by darkness, and a shining example of the power of liberty in building a free, fair and just society. The United States must do everything in our power to safeguard our Israeli allies, for Israel’s very existence is a victory for the free world, and its success is America’s success. As a member of Congress, I will continue to do everything in my power to provide Israel the tools necessary to ensure that the blue and white banner forever flies high over the country’s eternal capital of Jerusalem. Israel will remain.

Congressman Anthony D’Esposito represents New York’s 4th Congressional District.

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areas. Yet this legislation would undermine the positive steps the Legislature has taken to protect access to care.

I urge the Legislature to work toward the adoption of truly balanced legislation that can expand the rights of grieving families, while at the same time pre-

serving our patients’ ability to continue to receive needed health care in our communities.

DR. DAVID PODWALL President, Nassau County Medical Society

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