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Some Rockville Centre children have experienced a semblance of normalcy in recent weeks by attending the village’s annual Summer Playground program at the John A. Anderson Recreation Center.

The weekly day camp provides indoor and outdoor activities for kids. At right, Keegan DelaCruz cooled off in the spray park.

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Students in the Rockville Centre School District will likely return to school in person full time this fall, based on last week’s a n n o u n c e m e n t f ro m G ov.

Andrew Cuomo that schools across the state will be allowed to reopen. Cuomo said he based his decision on low infection rates recorded in every region.

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every region is below the threshold that we established,” the governor said during a conference call with reporters. “If there’s a spike in the infection rate, if there’s a matter of concern in the infection rate, we can revisit.”

The State Education Department is leaving the specifics of how to reopen New York’s 749 school districts to the districts themselves. They are empowered to make decisions about what inperson learning will look like,

how much remote learning will be offered and how to implement safety protocols.

“We are giving flexibility to the school districts,” Cuomo said.

Similar to the state’s phased-in economic reopening, he said, “There was no one-size-fits-all” approach then, nor is there now.

He emphasized that communication between school districts and their communities is essenCONTINUED ON PAGE 15

All of us at the Herald Community Newspapers were frightened by the coronavirus pandemic when it reached Nassau County in early March. Some of us were sickened by Covid-19, and some were even hospitalized.

But we had a job to do. We were, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo called us, “essential workers,” relaying vital information people needed to know to stay h e a l t hy a n d s u r v ive t h i s potentially deadly disease.

So we did what we knew h ow t o d o — reported the news, day in, day out, for weeks on end. Suddenly, we were no longer a weekly newspaper.

We were a daily, publishing the news online at liherald.com and in our daily newsletter.

Hundreds of thousands of people came to our website for the latest news.

The pandemic stretched us to our limits, but we never broke.

We were with you throughout, and our pledge is to remain with you until all of us return to normal life — or whatever our lives will be in the new normal.

Producing the news, however, is a costly endeavor. We must pay the salaries of reporters, editors,

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Tropical Storm Isaias hits Rockville Centre

HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — August 13, 2020

By JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

Thousands of Rockville Centre residents were left without power when Tropical Storm Isaias hit last week, leaving some in the dark for days. As the storm barreled across Long Island Aug. 4, it hit Rockville Centre particularly hard, causing the entire village to lose power by late afternoon. With heavy winds and gusts up to 78 miles per hour, the storm downed trees and power lines throughout the area, from Hempstead Lake State Park to commercial and residential streets.

By the next morning, 55 percent of the village had its power restored, according to Mayor Francis X. Murray, and about 75 percent was restored by the end of the day.

However, some homes were left without power until Saturday evening.

Amanda Gilligan, who lives on Westminster Road, was without power for four days after a tree fell onto a neighbor’s yard, knocking out power lines and causing three utility poles to snap. Her neighborhood is in the unincorporated section of town, where the power is supplied by PSEGLI. “We did not see any service men until Thursday to survey the damage,” Gilligan said. “Crews initially came on Friday to remove tree, worked until approximately 8 p.m., and returned on Saturday.”

She said power was finally restored on Saturday at 7:50 p.m. As of press time, neighbors still did not have cable or Verizon service, she said.

“One of the greatest challenges an electric utility faces is preparation for and recovery from a major weather event, such as Tropical Storm Isaias,” Murray said. “With winds over 75 miles per hour, the storm caused significant damage to utility and municipal infrastructure across the tri-state region. The storm also impacted communications systems, creating challenges in getting information to residents.”

In preparation for this storm, he said, the village activated its mutual aid process and reached out to other municipal utilities throughout New York to arrange for line crews to arrive either just prior or just after the storm arrived.

“Due to the predicted storm, many of our normal responders were unable to commit to assist the village until after the storm passed,” Murray said. “In addition to the line crews, we had tree crews come in to help remove all the fallen trees throughout the village.”

The Village of Rockville Centre is one of three communities on Long Island to operate its own electric utility. Like many municipal utilities and COOP’s across New York State, Murray said, the village gets its power from several sources. He said about two-thirds of its energy comes from a long-term hydro power purchase agreement with the New York Power Authority. The village also purchases power, via the wholesale power market (NY-ISO) and it is imported through transmission lines from PSEG-LI. It also has the capability of producing power through its own generation facilities.

“However, during Tropical Storm Isaias the three transmission lines from PSEG-LI that feed the village went out of service,” Murray said, adding that PSEG-LI was able to restore these transmission lines at approximately 3 a.m. the next morning. “While the Electric Department swiftly engaged our own power plant, numerous utility lines and poles throughout the village were taken down during the storm. Our internal crews, along with additional outside tree and distribution crews, were mobilized and actively worked on electric system repairs to restore power as quickly as possible.”

Nottingham Road residents Josephine Feinstein and her son, Alex, found themselves in a long line for coffee at Kookaburra Coffee Co. on Wednesday morning after a big transformer blew out on their block Tuesday, causing them to lose power around 2 p.m. Josephine said a huge tree limb hit the roof of their house, causing minor damage.

“There was quite a lot going on in our area,” Josephine said, noting that a neighbor lost a 100-year-old tree

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THE STORM DAMAGE in Rockville Centre was extensive. Above, a tree fell from the backyard of a home on Andover Road onto a house on Arrandale Road.

CARS WERE ALSO damaged by the storm.

TREES DOWNED POWER lines along Demott Avenue, east of Hempstead Avenue.

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that was being removed this morning. “That’s why we went to get coffee.”

They waited in line for 40 minutes before finally getting their order shortly after 9 a.m., but said they did not mind the wait.

“They’re great and we really have nothing to go back to,” Josephine said. She works from home and Alex, who is taking summer online classes at the University of Florida, is not able to log on without power.

“We can’t do anything. We’re just enjoying the nice day.”

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LAST YEAR, THE Playing on the Porch event drew crowds to homes across the village offering live music. The event has been canceled this year due to concerns over large gatherings.

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The■ Rockville■ Centre■ Chamber■ of ■ Commerce■has■canceled■the■second■annual■Playing■on■the■Porch■after■planning■to■ hold■the■event■on■Sept.■12.

Organizers■ said■ the■ cancelation■ came■ from■ authorities■ over■ concerns■ about■ large■ crowds■ gathering.■ However,■ Chamber■ president■ Brian■ Croutier■ said■ the■ event■would■have■enforced■social■distanc-

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Before■ the■ cancelation,■ the■ Chamber■ had■registered■more■than■30■houses■hosting■musicians■for■the■event.■Last■year,■the■ family-friendly■gathering■drew■neighbors■ out■ to■ hear■ music■ at■ 24■ different■ houses■ across■the■village.

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LENORE RUST, PART owner of the Banana Bread Baking Co., was one of the many vendors at the Rockville Centre Farmers Market on Sunday Aug. 9. The market sets up in Long Island Parking Lot number 12 every Sunday, from 7 a.m. to noon, with dozens of vendors offering fresh produce, baked goods and other items.

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By JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

Every Sunday morning, residents of Rockville Centre and the surrounding community have the opportunity to purchase fresh, local produce and other goods in the safest way possible – outdoors. The Long Island Growers Market sets up in parking lot 12 of the Long Island Rail Road on Sunrise Highway and Long Beach Road each week, with 30 different vendors selling their specialty products. The market has been operating since June under strict guidelines, asking customers to maintain social distance and requiring vendors and customers to wear masks, Consumers can find fresh produce, baked goods, fresh fish and meat, as well skin care products, dog treats, sauces, spices and cheeses. Pre-orders are available. The market runs through Nov. 22; more information can be found at longislandgrowersmarket.com.

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DANIELLE FERRARA, RIGHT, bought a toasted coconut iced coffee from the New York Gourmet Coffee Co. Her sons, Keith and Sean, watched as Elissa Heydemann completed the order.

DEIRDRE AND JIM Casey purchased a variety pack of NutPunch from Angela Calvo at her Nut Punch store at the farmers market in RVC.

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With interest rates dipping below 3 percent in some cases, homebuyers have been eager to close deals on houses recently, which is “fueling the real estate market in a positive way,” said Carol O’Leary, associate broker and agent at Coach Realtors.

“People have more time right now to focus on real estate and look for properties because there is not much else to do,” she added, “and that’s to our advantage.”

O’Leary noted, however, that inventory is low, making it more difficult to give homebuyers options. Due to a shift in lifestyle brought on by the pandemic, buyers are looking for properties with home office space and swimming pools.

“Things slowed down for three months,” O’Leary explained, “then when things started opening up again, people had been in their apartments for a long period of time, and realized they wanted a change.”

Donna Einemann, associate real estate broker at Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty, said the low inventory and high demand has led to bidding wars on houses — and, consequently, higher sale prices.

means ensuring that proper safety measures are being taken when showing houses.

“Our focus is the end goal of either selling or buying,” O’Leary said. “We want to achieve that while keeping everyone safe and comfortable with the whole process. It adds that other layer onto our roles.”

“The pandemic was a real challenge,” Einemann added. “I truly believe that we rose above the challenges and created some new best practices that we’ll continue to use going forward.”

Nancy Achstatter, broker and owner of Home and Hearth of Rockville Centre, echoed their sentiments, but noted that many people are still uncomfortable putting their houses on the market, which could account for the low inventory.

She also noted that she sees many buyers moving from Manhattan into the suburbs of Long Island. Many buyers are looking for completely renovated houses, as they don’t want construction done on their homes during this time for a number of reasons — concern of virus spread, working from home and kids learning from home, to name a few.

And, due to the increased demand and low inventory, houses stay on the market for shorter periods of time than ever, she said.

“It’s good news for the real estate market because we are rebounding after Covid,” she said, “and we’ve figured out a way to do it safely.”

HERALD COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS — August 13, 2020

By BRIANA BONFIGLIO

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A dozen of Lou Corradino’s friends and colleagues held a car parade in honor of his retirement from Richner Communications Inc. on Aug. 6. Mask wearing and social distancing were musts.

A beloved RCI figure is moving on

Printing Manager Lou Corradino retires after two decades with company ciation to Lou for his time and dedication to Richner Communications,” RCI President Stuart Richner said.

Richner Communications Inc., par- “‘Upstairs Lou,’ as he’s known, has ent company of the Herald Community made a positive impact on our company Newspapers, bade farewell to Lou Cor- while becoming a loyal friend and colleague to all of us radino, its director at Richner, as well of commercial as our commercial printing, who print clients. retired last week “We’ll certainly after two decades. miss Lou’s printing And, as is the cusexpertise and t o m t h e s e d ay s, knowledge,” Richmany of his ner continued, friends and col“and his uncanny leagues at the comability to juggle pany held a car many balls at the parade for him in same time without front of his Commissing a beat or a mack home on deadline. What I’ll Aug. 6. miss most, howevThe soft-spoken er, is having Lou as father, grandfather a colleague and and great-grandfafriend.” ther, whose passion I n p a r t i c u l a r, for his work was Richner noted, Corexceeded only by corrAdino wAS rci’S commercial radino was instruhis love for his fam- printing manager for two decades. mental in growing ily, the Yankees and RCI’s commercial the Giants, will be printing and mailing divisions. “Lou missed by all at RCI. Corradino was one of RCI’s unsung oversaw the expansion of the printing heroes, a behind-the-scenes manager division from a newspaper- and publicawho ensured that the company’s presses tion-focused printer to one of Long hummed along according to tight, near- Island’s premier, full-service commerly 24-hour-a-day schedules. He oversaw a cial printers and mailers,” Richner said.

Corradino plans to spend more time staff of press operators, mail distributors, binders and drivers, and worked with his wife, Marie, and their family — with RCI’s commercial printing and and they have a lot of family, including mailing clients, including other publish- three daughters, two sons, and many ers, hospitals, schools, municipalities, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

“Lou is the consummate printing prononprofit organizations and corporafessional,” said Michael Bologna, RCI’s tions throughout the tristate region.

“I’d like to express my sincere appre- vice president of operations. “I remem-

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corrAdino with rci President Stuart Richner, left, and, Michael Bologna, vice president of operations, right. ber at his interview thinking how lucky we were to have found him. The last 20 years have gone by in a flash. Along with our customers, we’ll miss having Lou and his incredible talents in our stead. His are some pretty big shoes to fill. I wish him well.”

Rhonda Glickman, RCI’s vice president of advertising sales, said she had been through a great deal with Corradino, including the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which upended business operations across Long Island, and a catastrophic fire at RCI’s Lawrence office in 2004, which forced the company to move to an abandoned manufacturing plant in West Hempstead for two years while a new office and printing plant was built in Garden City.

“No matter what, Lou always got it done,” Glickman said. “The papers always got out, and he always got it done

with his kind and quiet nature. He was a terrific colleague, and I’ll miss him.

Best of luck to him.”

Heralds Sports Editor Tony Bellissimo worked with Corradino for 12 years.

“He’s a wealth of information and a tremendous problem solver,” Bellissimo said. “I’ll miss popping into his office to talk sports, but our conversations will no doubt continue by phone.”

This reporter would like to thank Corradino for all his encouragement over the past 20 years. He often remarked how great the Herald papers looked and how interesting the stories were, and he would always remind me of our mission — that people buy newspapers for the stories inside — even at the car parade last week.

So, from all of us at RCI, thank you, Lou, for your outstanding service to the company. You will be missed by all of us at 2 Endo Blvd.

RVC native aims to complete 50 marathons jnossa@liherald.com

Randell Hansen had a lofty, yet attainable goal: Run a marathon in each of the 50 states, culminating with the New York City Marathon on its 50th anniversary. He spent a decade checking states off of his list, reaching 46 by last fall. Then, the coronavirus pandemic hit and derailed the Rockville Centre native’s plans, just four states shy of completing his goal.

“It’s disappointing. All four of the races this year have been postponed or cancelled,” Hansen said, “and there’s no guarantee I’ll get into the New York City Marathon next year.”

Hansen, who has lived in Sacramento, CA, for almost 18 years, graduated from South Side High School in 1997 and earned a degree in management from Hofstra University in 2001. He is an associate government program analyst for the State Teachers Retirement System, where he has worked since 2004. He said he was looking forward to completing his 50-state mission in his home state about a decade after setting the goal.

Hansen, 41, was not always a runner. Aside from one season of track in seventh grade, he said he mostly played ice and roller hockey for recreation while growing up.

About 12 years ago, he completed his first 10K run. While he was training, he saw an ad for a half-marathon and marathon event in Carlsbad the following January, and signed up, running a half-marathon in January 2009.

“I felt tired and sore, but decided to run another half in Sacramento,” Hansen said. At that point, he said, “I thought, ‘I’ve gotta try a full’ and I signed up.”

His first marathon was Run the River in Sacramento in November 2009.

“I felt great, and it felt great to finish,” he said. He took second place in his age group.

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RANDELL HANSEN AT the finish line in the Marshall University Marathon in West Virginia in November 2018.

He felt so proud to have completed a marathon, he said, he bought a 26.2 sticker for his car. The following year, he ran the California International Marathon in Sacramento, and by the next spring had set his new goal. This goal was inspired by an acquaintance of Hansen’s who mentioned wanting to run a marathon in each state during a conversation in early 2011. It planted a seed, and by that spring, Hansen was headed for the second state, running a

marathon in Eugene, OR. He felt good after finishing, he said, and had even knocked a few minutes off his time.

“It seemed like a doable goal,” Hansen said, “and I was already on a mission to visit every state and state capital.”

In the following years, he has run multiple marathons a year, including seven in both 2014 and 2015, and has joined several running clubs, including the 50 States Marathon Club, the 50 sub 4 Marathon Club, and Marathon Maniacs.

Since moving to California, Hansen has returned to Rockville Centre regularly, though last year, his parents moved to Sacramento to be closer to him and his wife, Heather Smith-Hansen. They sometimes meet him at various locales to watch his races, and Hansen said he tries to make vacations out of his trips: he checks out books from the library ahead of time so he can research the city and find the best attractions to see, from museums to historic sites, state capitals or local parks, and will even try to squeeze in a sporting event if possible.

This spring, he was planning on running in New Jersey and Maine, and was going to head to New Mexico in September before finishing in New York City in November. He was accepted as a charity runner for the NYC marathon, fundraising for the Huntington’s Disease Society of America’s Team.

“I picked this charity because I know someone who’s suffering from the disease,” Hansen said, “and I want to raise awareness and support the research.”

He said he has seen his friend’s condition deteriorate over the past decade, and it’s “heartbreaking” to witness.

“There is no cure,” said, “only treatments.”

Though the race is canceled this year, he is still fundraising for the cause and has until the year he participates in the marathon to reach his fundraising minimum. So far, he has reached $595 of his $4,000 goal. Donations can be made at www.hdsa.org/randellhansen.

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ROCKVILLE CENTRE RESIDENTS Kenneth Frank, second from the left in the back, and Shawna Brandle, second from left in the front, are indpendent filmmakers, pictured at the screening of their film, “Family Obligations,” at the 2019 LI International Film Festival.

By BRIANA BONFIGLIO bbonfiglio@liherald.com

In late July, Rockville Centre filmmaker Kenneth Frank was ready to start shooting his latest film, “My Sister’s Wedding” in the village.

The film shoot, to take place at a house on Morris Avenue, had already been pushed back from May due to Covid-19.

The crew and actors were set to start early this month, when they faced yet another coronavirus setback.

Now, Frank says the film shoot has been delayed to spring 2021.

“At the very last minute, the health and safety requirements changed,” Frank said. “We didn’t have the time or budget to get the [Covid-19] tests we needed. It made sense to wait until next spring to shoot because it will be a little simpler.”

Frank’s independent film studio, In the Garage Productions, received “Best Feature Film” at Long Island International Film Festival last year for “Family Obligations,” which was shot at various locations in Rockville Centre and the South Shore, including Golden Fortune, Unk’s Landromat and the Long Beach Boardwalk.

The studio’s first feature film was “The Mix,” and it is currently sending out “Sofa King” to film festivals, which are delayed at the moment. It has also released several short films, including one in American Sign Language called “Too Much Noise.”

Frank runs In the Garage with his wife, Shawna Brandle, the executive producer of the new film, and Chris Mollica, who served as a producer and lead actor in “Family Obligations.”

“My Sister’s Wedding” takes place all in one day at a family’s childhood home as they marry off one of three daughters.

It follows one of the sisters as she tries to navigate the family dynamics and break free of their drama, and ends in the wedding.

Frank and Brandle live in Rockville Centre with their two daughters, Eleanor and Peppa, so they were happy to secure the filming location right in the village.

“My Sister’s Wedding” takes place on a summer day, so they decided to wait until spring 2021 for the shoot, when warm weather returns.

Originally, the filmmakers had planned to have about 30 to 40 extras to play guests in the wedding for the film, but they cut them when they realized they’d be shooting in a pandemic. Frank had amended the script to reflect a “Zoom wedding.” Now that the film is delayed, he is unsure which version of the script he’ll use come spring 2021.

Since the film has employed actors from Screen Actors’ Guild (SAG), In the Garage needed to abide by their guidelines, including coronavirus-related health and safety measures. These rules were often changing, and in late July, SAG announced that all actors and crew members on set needed daily coronavirus tests. Unfortunately, Frank said, this was not within their means.

“It’s disappointing because we all put in a lot of work and time into it,” he said.

“But the number one thing is keeping people safe, this way we’re not worrying about those resources and health. We don’t want to rush this kind of thing, so it was definitely the right move to be cautious and put it off.”

Frank noted that the smaller film studios may have a tougher time bouncing back after the pandemic, and there are still many unknowns in regards to funding and time constraints, leaving independent filmmakers to prioritize their energies depending on the situation. For example, they may have to hire a health and safety officer when they return to set, which would be an additional cost.

“We’re learning as this goes,” he said.

“And figuring out the best ways to make movies within the new circumstances.”

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We have an amazing staff who made a tremendous effort to reach out to every single member.

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I also made a pledge to help everyone who wanted to learn how to use Zoom and other technology. We also hold conference calls for the low-tech members as a way to connect; we hold discussion groups or ask trivia questions, and the members love it.

Our social worker makes calls and is still helping people. We’ll gradually start to phase people back in — the bad effects of isolation are well known. We’ve been able to reach everyone and have gotten positive feedback. Our doors are locked, but we’re still here.

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I was finally able to catch up on some of my favorite television shows that were on DVR for months, and I alas discovered the much talked about Netflix! For anyone who watches it, I’m sure you can attest to how amazing it is, yet how addictive it can become, and you can easily binge-watch an entire series in one sitting, which I may or may not have done — LOL. Another big deal during quarantine is that I finally got a new puppy in my house. An idea my family had considered for a while but never acted upon until a month ago. So far so good. Though I’m definitely open to any potty-training tips.

All these novelties changed, however, on June 2, when the threat of potential riots arose with the protest march in Far Rockaway. Everyone assumed the protesters would cross over 878 and come into Lawrence and the rest of the Five Towns, so the NCPD changed their minds and put us back on duty. We’ve stayed on patrol and are slowly resuming some pre-Covid activities.

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It would give them business experience, and for some of them, it would help promote the businesses they already have.

I was surprised to see so many young entrepreneurs on board with this idea and signing up for the event. We had about 20 vendors interested, and we were able to keep everyone’s shops six feet apart.

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LIONS CLUB PRESIDENT Ron Webb collected food donations at a recent food drive.

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By SCARLETT LIRIANO CEPIN Since its establishment 80 years ago, the Rockville Centre Lions Club has emphasized the Lions Club mission of serving the community. In the past, the organization has continuously provided support to the people of Rockville Centre.

However, when a pandemic hits, the way support is given to the people has to change, and the club recognized that. Earlier in the year, the Lions Club identified front-line workers’ needs and mobilized in an effort to help them in any way they could.

“We delivered food to the hospital workers during the midst of the crisis. So, we were in communication with the staff at Mercy and South Nassau [Hospitals] to see what the workers needed,” Anthony Paradiso, membership chair of the Lions Club, explained.

“We did that twice at each of the institutions. So, we really tried to be there to meet that particular need.”

Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin even recognized the Lions Club’s work in a post on social media. In a Facebook post, Esposito said: “Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and I are thankful for the work of Lions Club International here in the Town of Hempstead who visited Mercy Medical Center in the Village of Rockville Centre to provide snacks and beverages to hospital workers on the frontline. More ordinary people doing extraordinary things during the Covid-19 pandemic.”

Increased need is met with increased participation at the Lions Club. Both Paradiso and President Ron Webb noted that during the pandemic, more Lions Club members have been willing to lend a hand. Inactive members have become active again and eager to get involved.

People who are not members of the club are also now actively trying to gain membership. In a time of crisis, Rockville Centre residents want to help a cause they

consider meaningful.

The problem of food scarcity within the community is also something that the Lions Club is trying to tackle during the pandemic. In the midst of mass layoffs and increased unemployment, gaining access to food might be difficult for some families within the Rockville Centre community. However, given health and safety concerns, the protocol for events such as food drives has changed significantly.

Nonetheless, in the four hours the Lions Club food drive lasted, they were able to collect enough food to donate to other local organizations that help community members in need. While wearing masks and gloves to ensure the safety of Lions Club volunteers and the people they were interacting with at the drive.

Normally, the Lions Club hosts various fundraising and outreach events throughout the year, with an off-season in the summer. Now that in-person events are no longer possible, the club has to think a little bit outside the box if they want to continue following their mission and putting the community first during this time. The Lions Club, like most other organizations and businesses, are at the mercy of the virus, New York State, and CDC regulations at this time.

“It really depends upon social distancing and what the village will allow us,” Webb said. “Our activities are really going to be governed by the village and the CDC regulations [telling us] what we’re going to be allowed to do.”

The club is prioritizing planning lowcontact events, but keeping optimistic that regular events can be carried out soon. As New York State adjusts to our bettering conditions, the Lions Club is taking everything day by day. Webb and the club’s board are continually discussing safe ways to propel the club’s mission forward at meetings while not giving up hope for normalcy.

“We’ll see, you know. It’s kind of a wait and see as with anything else in the world these days,” said Webb.

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to hold “at least three sessions to give tial to address families’ and teachers’ con- everyone the opportunity to participate cerns. He added that he was requiring between now and Aug. 21.”

Discussions between Rockville Centre school districts to post their specific plans parents and district officials were schedon their websites for public review by the uled to continue this week, and Chang said end of next week. Specifically, Cuomo said, he would keep the community updated via those plans must fully detail three “highly questioned” areas: remote learning live-streamed messages on the district’s options, protocols for testing of students website. One was set for Tuesday, and and staff, and contact tracing plans for sit- another on Thursday at 1 p.m. That eveuations in which a student or staff mem- ning, the Council of PTAs was scheduled to host a second forum to engage parents ber tests positive for Covid-19.

“Now that Governor Cuomo has made in the discussion, with a third forum his final determination that schools can scheduled for Aug. 20 at 7 p.m. Questions can be sent to rvcptacouncil@gmail.com. reopen, the district is finaliz“The safety and well-being ing its approach on returning of our students and staff will students to school safely,” guide all decisions,” Chang Board of Education President said. “Given the uncertainty Tara Hackett said. “Over the created by this pandemic, we past several weeks, our are designing our plans to administration, along with move back and forth between the board, has been working models as needed. We will conto ensure that we are prepared tinue assessing the latest with strong models of instrucinformation, adjusting plans tion in all possible scenarios. as may be necessary, and keepOur goal is for every student ing the community informed to feel comfortable in their on a regular basis.” learning environment and to Marleen Maccone, whose successfully navigate our new two children attend Hewitt normal of education.”

Elementary School, said she Last month, the district was disappointed that the disformed a Reopening Committrict did not prioritize the fulltee to address the three learntime in-person option sooner. ing models. At a forum hosted “There is no doubt that many by the Council of PTAs, con- JUNE CHANG individuals in this community cerns were raised about the Superintendent, believe in the plausibility of a physical distancing mandates ‘safe’ reopening,” Maccone within the school buildings, RVC schools wrote in an email. “Reopening and especially in classrooms is certainly a divisive issue, and hallways. Since then, Superintendent June Chang said, district officials have and I respect and understand why we as a community may feel so differently. That found a potential solution.

“We’re in the process of procuring desk being said, no matter our individual priorguards that could allow all kindergarten ities, administration should have been through fifth-grade students to return full- working on laying the groundwork to protime,” Chang explained. “We have identi- vide for the safest and most enriching and fied a product that meets both State Educa- engaging learning experience possible for tion Department requirements and social both our students and teachers alike.”

She added that many people in the comdistancing guidelines. Additionally, we know there are classrooms using tables munity believe that, given the district’s instead of desks. In these instances, we reputation, it should have been more “forplan to purchase additional desks to ward-thinking,” and considered all potenreplace tables, and hope they will arrive in tial scenarios back in March.

“Our families wanted to see (both early time for the first day of school.”

Chang added that there would likely be and often) various options, actions plans a transitional period as students at the ele- and working models on paper,” Maccone mentary level go back to school, starting wrote. “Many of us continue to be disapwith a hybrid instructional model for the pointed that our inquiries and commenfirst week or so before moving to in-person tary have gone unanswered for months at a full time. The district, he said, was review- time. Given the uncertainty of both this ing, amending and adapting the remote virus and the political landscape, our dislearning model, and plans will be posted trict’s focus should be on creating an open online by the end of the week, along with a and honest dialogue with our families and sample elementary schedule and bell recognizing that we require community schedule. The high school, he said, is look- engagement and demand a broader scope ing to modify its bell schedule to stagger of involvement as well as unbiased expert the number of students in the hallway, so advice.”

Maccone went on to say that she plans are “still a work in progress.”

Cuomo is requesting that school dis- believed the lack of transparency needed tricts have ample discussions with parents to be addressed, and that she had reached and staff. “Districts have to communicate out to Chang about her concerns. “I with parents,” he said. “Parents need an believe that his communications model opportunity to be heard, and schools will certainly be a welcome change,” she should welcome the opportunity to explain wrote. “I look forward to seeing how he their plans.” Districts, he said, should plan can fulfill his promise of engagement.”

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Catholic Charities of Long Island announced the election of its newest members of the Board of Trustees, effective July 2020, which includes two residents of Rockville Centre.

Rev. Monsignor Rev. Monsignor James C. Vlaun James C. Vlaun, M. Div. is President/CEO of Catholic Faith Network and pastor in residence at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre. He was ordained in 1998 and has served within the Diocese of Rockville Centre since that time. He was made a Chaplain of His Holiness in 2007 and is the author of several books, including “Life, Love and Laughter” (Catholic Book Publishing Corp, 2011) and “Feasts of Life: Recipes from Nana’s Wooden Spoon” (Catholic Book Publishing Corp, 2002). He resides in Rockville Centre.

Robert Croke, also of Rockville Centre, is managing director at Neuberger Berman, located in Manhattan. As a client advisor on the institutional sales team, he is focused on corporate, endowment and foundation funds.

Other board members include Theresa P. Ahlstrom of Melville, a partner at

KPMG LLP in Melville, and the first woman partner in a “Big Six” accounting firm on Long Island when she joined the firm in 1993.

With over 35 years of experience with the fir m, she Robert Croke works with clients in the non-profit, healthcare, biotech and consumers and industrial markets.

Joseph A. Tedesco of Long Beach is president and CEO of Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union with branches in Oceanside and Seaford. He recently led the credit union through the COVID-19 pandemic and oversaw distribution of more than $3 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for small businesses. He is a former Director at Key Bank based in Philadelphia..

John P. Fitzpatrick of Port Jefferson is a senior vice president of investments at Morgan Stanley focusing on private wealth management with specializations in estate planning and tax efficient investing. He serves as a chairman of the St. Charles Hospital Foundation Board and a member of the board of Theater Three in Port Jefferson.

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Q&A with Molloy College President Dr. James Lentini On June 15, Dr. James Lentini began his tenure as the seventh president of Molloy College following the retirement of Dr. Drew Bogner, who held the position for the past 20 years. Lentini, 62, and his family — wife Dana, sons Luke and Noah and daughter Evalina — relocated to Rockville Centre from Rochester, Michigan, where he served as senior vice president and Provost at Oakland University from 2013 to 2020. The Herald recently spoke with Lentini about his thoughts on the new job and his vision for the future.

Senior Vice President and Provost at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, about 35 miles north of my hometown in Detroit. At Oakland I oversaw a campus of 19,000 students with a medical school, nursing, health professions, business, education, arts and sciences and more. I also served as Dean of the College of Creative Arts at Miami University in Ohio and I was the Founding Dean of the School of the Arts and Communication at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ). My foundational years in higher education were as a professor of music and administrator at Wayne State University in Detroit.

Herald: What made you interested in taking the position as president of Molloy College?

Herald: What are your biggest personal and professional accomplishments?

Lentini: A colleague and friend of mine

Lentini: As a university exec-

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who knows me well is a president of one of the prominent universities on Long Island. He knew that Drew Bogner was getting ready to step down after serving at Molloy for 20 years and said I should investigate the opportunity. I did just that, and it seemed that so many things aligned with my background and experience, including Molloy’s mission as a Catholic Dominican college. My family and I knew of Molloy through its musical theatre program, CAP21, as we are all involved in various forms of arts disciplines.

Herald: Where did you work before, and for how long?

Lentini: Before accepting the presidency at Molloy, I served for seven years as

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election of the Village of Rockville Centre will be held on September 15, 2020 at John A. Anderson Recreation Center, 111 No. Oceanside Road, Rockville Centre, New York. Polls will open at 7 a.m. and remain open continuously thereafter until 9 p.m., at which time they will close.

The offices and terms to be filled at such election are as follows: One (1) Trustees, for the remaining portion of a term expiring July 5, 2021 The following are the names and addresses of the persons who have been duly nominated in accordance with the provisions of the Election Law: For Trustee: Nancy Howard 69 Whitehall Rd. Michael Scalere 110 Rockaway Avenue

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Kathleen Murray, Village A d m i n i s t r a t o r / Vi l l a g e

Herald: What is your educational background?

Lentini: I received a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California, a Master of Music from Michigan State University, and a Bachelor of Music from Wayne State University.

I also completed the Management in Leadership and Administration program at Harvard University.

utive, I was proud to help What have you learned during develop and advance the your time on the job?

Dr. James Lentini first new medical school in 50 years in the state of MichLentini: That Molloy College igan, the Oakland University William has a proud and loyal faculty and staff, Beaumont School of Medicine. I led our and that the students love the instituuniversity to record highs in enroll- tion. Admittedly, it has been a challenge ment, retention, graduation rates, and to arrive at a time when the global panthe numbers of degrees awarded. At demic has required immediate actions Miami University, I led my school as a to manage a multitude of uncertainties part of a $500 million fundraising cam- facing all of higher ed, including course paign, and I raised the visibility of the delivery, budgets, and safety measures. I arts that culminated in bringing 400 stu- am most impressed, however, by the dents and faculty to a full-house Miami level of expertise and resilience I’ve witUniversity concert in Carnegie Hall— nessed in my short experience so quite a thrill for all involved. In my far. There has been excellent planning musical career as a composer and a clas- and proactive action taking place to sical guitarist, I was awarded the ensure continuing success at Molloy.

Andrés Segovia Composition Prize in Spain and I’ve had multiple publica- Herald: How has your vision about the job

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 23 day of July 2020 bearing the index number 000387-20, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Nassau County Clerk located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York grants me the right to assume the name of Nehemie Mengouchi Scheferston. My present address is 2 Vernon Ave Rockville Centre NY 11570. The date of my birth is August 13th 2000; the place of birth is University Hospital Brooklyn NY; the present name is Nehemie Mengouchi.

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tions, performances, and recordings by prominent performers, publishers, and labels. My most recent recording, “Through Time and Place,” was selected

by Howard Reich of the Chicago Tribune as the “Most alluring classical recording of the year.”

Clerk NOTICIA DE LAS NOMINACIONES PARA LA ELECCION DE LA VILLA VILLA DE ROCKVILLE CENTRE Por este medio se le notifica que el día 15 de Septiembre del 2020, se llevara a cabo una elección especial de la Villa de Rockville Centre, en el Centro de Recreación, localizado en el 111 North Oceanside Road en Rockville Centre.

Las urnas de votación abrirán a las 7:00 am y permanecerán abiertas continuamente hasta las 9:00pm, hora en que oficialmente cierran las urnas.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. NAME: On the RoAd Errands, LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 04/29/20.

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changed, finding yourself as school leader in the middle of a pandemic?

Lentini: Before the pandemic, I would

have spent my first days and weeks on the job simply getting to know everyone through in-person listening tours and gaining ideas for updating the strategic plan. Instead, there is no time for a typical transition, since major decisions now must be made on a daily basis. That said, it is allowing me to get a close look at how individuals and teams respond under very stressful times, and I have been most impressed by the leadership shown by so many at Molloy College.

Herald: What is your five-year plan for

Molloy?

Lentini: We’ll get the strategic plan

updated, look for ways to grow the endowment, build on the strength of our nursing program to envision other areas where enrollment and academic strengths can flourish, deepen our commitment to community engagement, expand our efforts in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and much more.

Herald: Is there any particular area of the college you would like to see improved?

L e n t i n i : S t r iv i n g fo r c o n t i nu o u s improvement is an important part of my leadership approach, so we’ll always be looking to improve on everything we do. I’d like to be able to expand our resource base, partnerships with health care organizations and businesses, and make sure that we have the support structures for our Molloy graduate to thrive and succeed.

Herald: What academic programs are the strongest right now?

Lentini: We are certainly known for our

excellent nursing and health profession programs. In fact, College Factual just named our nursing program number one in the country. CAP21 is wellregarded by anyone seeking a musical theatre degree. Our School of Education remains one of our best and our School of Business, particularly in Accounting, remains strong. We also have a lot of excellent majors in our School of Arts & Sciences, to name but a few areas. We’ll want to assess where we have even more room to grow, particularly in our many graduate and doctoral programs.

Herald: What are you most looking forward to in the upcoming school year?

Lentini: Like all school programs across

the country, we’re heading into a new experience this fall and I’m looking forward to a successful start with our inperson, online, and hybrid courses. While this is underway, I am beginning my “listening tours” across campus, and I look forward to building plans for growth and expansion of impactful programs and opportunities for Molloy College.

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EAST ROCKAWAY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Seeking Candidates for the Following Positions:

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Elementary school nursing experience preferred but not required.

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A. I was glad that you called instead of writing, even though it was already too late and I was unable to call back right away. The condition you onte eeper described is unsafe.

Asbestos shingles should not be power-washed. The reason is that federal and state environmental-protection laws prohibit mechanically cutting or disturbing the shingles. It releases fibers into the air, and also leaves the surface of the shingles exposed when it dries out.

Most people who do this may argue that soap and water are safe to use because the soapy water combines with the fibers and is called a “surfactant.” Unfortunately, people who make this argument are only half correct, the other half being that power-washing can often damage the surface of the material being jetted with high-pressure water. I have even testified to this in a court case in which the plaintiff argued that the defendant damaged fencing and a concrete driveway.

It may seem harmless to spray something with water, but at high pressure it’s like hitting the surface with bullet force. The defendant’s attorney unsuccessfully argued that the nozzle used for the power-washing, which he held in his hand, produces a “gentle” stream that’s designed to remove only dirt and grime. The nozzle clearly had never been used, showed no signs of having been attached to a spray gun, since the threads still had the clinging plastic from molding, and the judge saw this.

Pressure washing is generally damaging to most materials, and isn’t suggested unless that material can be safely exposed and resurfaced. Asbestos cannot be safely exposed. Even though you can argue that the material will be immediately resurfaced, temporary exposure is exposure, and any exposure, while the material is drying out, can allow fibers to be released into the air.

The shingles should have been brushed with a soft-bristle brush, like a car-cleaning brush, along with detergent, like siding wash or dishwashing liquid, and then rinsed. The dirt will still come off, the surface will still be clean and as long as fibers are not exposed, this method is the safest way.

You must call a testing company to take samples inside and outside your home. Air testing with specialized air filters on a tripod device will also be needed. Good luck!

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To bury the power lines, or not?

ropical Storm Isaias marched up the Eastern Seaboard Aug. 4 with 70-mph winds that snapped trees in half or ripped them out of the ground, often sending them crashing onto power lines, leaving 420,000 Long Island ratepayers without electricity.

PSEG-Long Island had promised to respond faster to restore power than its predecessor, the Long Island Power Authority. Last Saturday, four days after the storm, 60,000 Long Islanders were still without electricity, however, and thousands remained that way through Tuesday — a week after the storm.

As Isaias blew through, communications between customers and PSEG-LI rapidly broke down, with people unable to send messages about lost power, despite the $1 billion in taxpayer and ratepayer funds that the utility had invested in upgrading its communications and smartmeter networks in recent years.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach, plans to hold hearings on the response to Isaias by utilities across the state, including the communications response by PSEG-LI, Altice and Verizon.

The question is, what will come of those hearings? Will we vent our anger, and let that be the end of it? Will we seek another utility company to manage Long Island’s electrical system, as we did after Hurricane Sandy in 2012-13? Or will we work toward a more durable solution, one that considers the long-term effects of repeated tropical storms and hurricanes on an

island that juts 118 miles into the Atlantic Ocean, and one that hardens our infrastructure so we never again have to suffer the crippling damage that Isaias, and so many storms before, have left in their wakes?

We can upgrade the communications network all we want, but as last week’s storm made clear, that effort would likely prove futile. If $1 billion wasn’t enough to fix the communications system well enough to respond to a tropical storm, then what amount would be needed to prepare for a Category 4 hurricane — with wind speeds double that of Isaias and a million people trying to message PSEG-LI all at once?

One possible solution would be to bury the electric and cable wires, ensuring that they would remain stable and protected in hurricanes, tropical storms, ice storms and run-of-the-mill thunderstorms. The trouble is, burying lines is a massive undertaking that would require an investment of billions of dollars. Still, we should at least study it.

Consider this case study of one typical little South Shore community. During Isaias, a tree came down on Merrick Road in Merrick, near the Meadowbrook Parkway, cutting power to a .36-mile-long commerce zone just to the east.

Within that small business district are two supermarkets, 11 restaurants, a frozen yogurt shop and an ice cream parlor, which had to throw out hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of food that had

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Education and taxes To the Editor: People will pay, and pay dearly, if they believe they’re getting quality. For years one of the major attractions of Long Island has been the outstanding school systems, and yes, though taxes are high, people are willing to pay for the remarkable education students receive. However, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s closing of the schools, and his mandate for remote learning, in March negatively impacted students, parents and teachers. Despite the governor’s allowing schools to reopen in the fall if health and safety protocols are observed, the Rockville Centre School District is mulling three options. One of them is to continue remote learning, and another is a hybrid scheme.

People move to and stay in Rockville Centre because of the renowned classroom instruction and enriching cocurricular and extracurricular activities. Remote learning and a hybrid model are not an allure. They’re not why people are willing to pay high taxes. I suggest that if people believe they’re not getting value when it comes to education, they withhold a portion of their taxes. Why should people pay a trunkload of taxes for a satchel of schooling?

ED SCHWARTZ Rockville Centre

gone bad or melted because refrigeration was lost — in the case of one pizzeria alone, $50,000 worth, on top of the business it lost during the two days it had no power.

There are 22 other businesses on this strip, ranging from a clothing shop to a gas station, a dry cleaner, a ballet studio and an insurance agency, as well as offices for a cosmetic surgeon, an attorney, a veterinarian and a pediatric dentist.

Now, project all the lost goods and services in this commerce zone across Long Island, and you begin to understand the enormity of the economic hit that comes with even a relatively small-scale storm like Isaias. When we speak of storm damage, we generally talk about the price of repairs. Rarely do we consider the cost of business interruptions. This clearly needs greater deliberation.

Burying lines, at an estimated cost of $1 million per mile, would undoubtedly raise electricity rates, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Spreading the project over decades, however, could mitigate the increase, while ensuring that future generations needn’t suffer as we have. Anaheim, Calif., is burying all its lines over 50 years, necessitating a 4 percent customer surcharge — or $4 per month for every $100 of electric use — while the cable TV companies must pay to bury their lines. The program began in 1990.

With the climate crisis threatening to bring bigger hurricanes in the future, now, not later, is the time to act.

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PPE. You’ll see people with masks, face ease in the U.S. each year. About 1,000 ly, a potential resurgence of preventable n the midst of a pandemic, the last t’s died. And that’s 1,000 too many. infections resulting from missed vaccines thing we need is another outbreak of tha shields, gowns and gloves, which protect Now that we’re in the recovery phase is also very real. a highly contagious infection like to them — but also protect you. in New York, the risk — to young and old One year ago this month, a measles measles. Unfortunately, the diligent the From the waiting room to the medical — of contracting Covid-19 is much lower outbreak in New York caused a 30-year work of stopping the spread of Covid-19 rooms, frequently touched and trafficked 19. In t than at any point during this crisis. Not high in cases of the highly contagious illhas, for many parents, meant falling areas are regularly cleaned and disinfect- reality only are there fewer patients, but the ness — which still kills hundreds of thoubehind on having their children routinely keep ou ed. Some organizations, like Northwell physical spaces are now safer, with measands of people per year globally. That vaccinated.

Health, are using ultraviolet light technol- Our sures in place to protect any patient who outbreak occurred because in some comIndividually, missing one vaccine shot ogy to create an additional level of disin- line of enters a doctor’s munities we have may not seem like a big deal, fection. office. seen the number but immunization schedules So, health care offices are That starts with of people vaccinatwere developed after decades safe, and you shouldn’t be limiting the numed dip below safe of study, and the sheer numafraid to see your pediatriber of patients. levels, threatening ber of missed trips to pediatrician. Vaccinations have Once in the office, our hard-fought cians during the coronavirus changed the game on so many people remain six herd immunity, crisis has meant a drastic fallillnesses, saving millions of feet apart — six which protects the off in childhood immunizalives. But that progress can beach balls of entire community. tions across the country. unwind, and it can do so space. To avoid When that immuIn fact, the Centers for Disquickly — as it is right now in overcrowding, nity declines, ease Control and Prevention other parts of the world.

JOSHUA DAVID CHARLES families are somethere’s a greater reports 250,000 fewer doses of Health care’s mission is to ROCKER FAGAN SCHLEIEN times asked to call risk for the infecmeasles-containing immunipromote and protect the genfrom their cars tion to spread. zations ordered from March 23 eral well-being of the commuwhen they arrive Last year it was to May 16 than during the nity. We need parents’ help. We and wait to be called in. just the measles we had to worry about. same time period in 2019. And it’s not just runnin can solve this problem together and Frequently, pediatric offices have desmeasles. There were also about 2.5 million Today it’s every vaccine-preventable illAdd ensure that we protect the entire herd. ignated mornings for visits from those ness, because if kids aren’t coming in for fewer doses of all routine non-influenza The time is now. Please don’t wait until the tea one vaccine, they’re not coming in for any. who are well and afternoons for “sick visvaccines. Across Cohen Children’s Mediwe have another outbreak on our hands. bus dri its,” which is another way of assuring the And yes, wash those hands.

Measles is our main concern, because of cal Center’s 18 pediatric offices, we saw a soon be how rapidly it spreads and how it can lead health and protection of those visiting the 45 percent drop in all vaccinations for into sc office. Everyone over age 2 must be to dehydration, pneumonia and encephachildren of all ages in that same period.

Dr. Joshua Rocker is the chief of pediatric York th masked, and is screened upon entry with litis, or swelling of the brain. But we also The good news is that you and your emergency medicine at Cohen Children’s pandem a symptom checklist. You will be asked if worry about Haemophilus influenzae child can catch up. Pediatricians across Medical Center. Dr. David Fagan is the cen- the poi you have a fever, any symptoms and any Type b, a major contributor to meningitis the country have worked overtime to creour sch ter’s vice chair of pediatric ambulatory known exposure to Covid-19, and based on administration. Dr. Charles Schleien is and bacteremia, when the bacteria ate safe environments, cleaning protocols ing ext those answers, you’ll be managed and spreads throughout the blood. Before the and strategies to minimize the risk of senior vice president and chair of pediatric moved within the office appropriately.

Hib vaccination, about 20,000 children Covid infection. Fear of contracting the services at Northwell Health.

Health care providers are dressed in full younger than 5 developed severe Hib disvirus is understandable, but unfortunate-

LETTERS A guest column was short on insight To the Editor: Re Robert A. Scott’s op-ed column, “Of course Black lives matter!” (July 2-8): Scott addressed the removal of President Woodrow Wilson’s name at Princeton University because of his racist views and policies. I say well and good, but wouldn’t the same reasoning apply to Franklin Roosevelt’s internment of JapaneseAmericans during World War II, and be worthy of similar response?

Scott went on to characterize the Native American and Black man at the sides of Teddy’s Roosevelt’s statue at the American Museum of Natural History as representing “colonial expansion and racial discrimination.” Really? Does Scott truly believe that these figures were included in such negative context, rather than representing progress from backwardness and deprivation into a more hopeful future?

Scott wrote that Black lives matter because “they were being eliminated by police violence.” Not only was this claim false, is that the only reason, for him, that Black lives should matter?

That the kind of officer who killed George Floyd could get into law enforce-

ment at all shows a failure in the vetting and training process, with such officers representing only a small part of law enforcement. For Scott to even imply that “police violence” is primarily responsible for Black deaths is absurd.

Incredibly, he contends that “Black people are killed in their homes and suburban neighborhoods by white police.” Is he blind to the realities of drive-by shootings, of revenge killings, of assaults, robberies, murders and rapes of innocent Black people — infants, the young, the old — by those who live in these very communities? How many more such crimes, of the most horrific nature, have been reported since his article was published only weeks ago?

Why does Scott attribute “failing schools” as the cause of Black social woes? Many of those who have participated in looting and arson are school-aged minors from minority communities.

Would Scott dispute that lack of proper guidance and disciplining at home contributes to educational and social deficiencies? He should consider the dedicated students and teachers in these schools, and how their pursuits are impacted by the criminal and antisocial miscreants among them.

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t’s becoming more apparent each day that the Unites States will not return to any semblance of normalcy until there is a working vaccine for Covid19. In the meantime, we must face the reality that providing essential services to keep our economy going is job No. 1.

Our health care workers are our first line of defense against the pandemic. People who grow and transport our food, as well as the grocery store workers who stock the shelves, are critical. Our police, firefighters, sanitation workers, transit operators and other local ALFONSE government workD’AMATO ers who provide basic services are keeping America running.

Add to this list of essential employees the teachers and school administrators, bus drivers and school workers who will soon be asked to take our children back into school. We are more fortunate in New York than many other states, because the pandemic here seems to have abated to the point at which carefully reopening our schools is possible. It will mean taking extra precautions to maintain the

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can’t say I have a perfect track record with the recipes I publish. In fact, here’s an excerpt from a letter to the editor published many years ago. The note, from a Rockville Centre reader, said: “Randi Kreiss’ recipe sent me to the hospital with chest pains.

After spending four hours at the emergency room and $70 the next day at my family doctor, I was told I had gas from all those veggies in the soup (which did not taste so great, RANDI anyway).”

KREISS I don’t know if the old gasbag is still with us, and I’m sorry she suffered chest pains, but I don’t think her issues had to do with my soup.

My soup-making skills are considerable, and I’m in the process of compiling the recipes into a book for my kids and grandkids. My granddaughter Sabrina is particularly keen on cooking, and has already added her own culinary flourishes to my vegetarian tortilla soup. I say why mess with perfection, but she felt it needed some queso blanco.

Anyway, she’s been pressing me for

health of students, teachers and other school workers, including measures that will add considerably to school budgets.

The recent debate in Washington about the next round of federal pandemic relief has centered almost exclusively on helping the unemployed with a continued $600-per-week federal unemployment insurance subsidy. No one can argue that the 30 million unemployed Americans receiving this aid aren’t in need of assistance. They are out of work through no fault of their own.

But it’s important to understand that this generous benefit adds up to $18 billion per week. That money is being borrowed by the U.S. Treasury, and will eventually have to be paid back to those who are loaning it to the federal government. And for many workers, their unemployment payments — including state and federal benefits — now exceed the weekly wages they were earning before losing their jobs.

It is not unreasonable to ask that this benefit be adjusted to a more realistic and fiscally sustainable level. That doesn’t mean that the federal government should retreat on providing relief to Americans.

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the safe reopening of our schools. And billions more should go to helping states and local governments provide the essential services that would be drastically reduced without federal assistance.

A fair way to assist states and local governments would be for Washington to help them make up for the sales tax revenue they’ve lost due to the pandemic. These sales tax losses are fairly straightforward to calculate. And since every state collects sales taxes, federal aid making up these losses could be fairly distributed across the country. Red states and blue states would benefit equitably.

Another area where more federal aid is needed is for small businesses. Many received aid under the Payroll Protection Act, which extended them loans and grants to help keep their workers employed. Giving these businesses an additional lifeline so they can continue to stay open and provide jobs is a good investment. Economists of all stripes tell us that if these businesses were allowed to sink, many would never come back. The loss to the economy would be enormous.

Finally, our hospitals and other medical facilities have been badly wounded by

he postCovid-19 business landscape will be altered for years to come.

the Covid-19 crisis, as almost all other hospital admissions and doctor’s visits dried up these past few months. They should get the extra help they need to continue to provide quality health care.

And it’s not too early to begin to think about what the economic future will look like once the virus is defeated. The business landscape will be altered for years to come. The real estate industry may see wrenching change if offices remain empty after the pandemic fades. Malls may never recover the business they’ve lost to online sales. We can expect what amounts to a national reorganization of our economy, with many old and respected businesses failing and many new ones struggling to emerge.

Let’s not lose our sense of hope and optimism. The American spirit is boundless. We’ve learned some hard lessons, including that we must bring critical manufacturing home rather than depending on the rest of the world to provide essential medicines and products.

The promising race to develop a Covid19 vaccine by our scientists shows that with a concerted effort, even the seemingly impossible can be made possible.

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.

Top-secret recipe revealed my family chicken soup recipe. It is special. I know every cook in every family makes the best chicken soup, but mine is outstanding. If there were a New York State Fair entry for chicken soup, I would win. I’m not claiming that in the age of Covid-19 it has unusual medicinal properties, but you can judge for yourself.

It may not be hydroxychloroquine or bleach shots, but it’s a real comfort, spiritually and physically.

Because Sabrina was so persistent, and because she also has a wicked sense of humor, I recently sent her the plans for my Manhattan Project of chicken soups.

This was never meant to be published in a newspaper; it was meant to pass from kitchenwarm grandma hands to upturned fingers. It’s a kind of promise-to-keep, whispered mother to child. But in the interest of public health, here goes:

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thinking Kosher was tastier. My mother said it was because of all the salt. Invite your chicken into the pot. (Give him a good scrubbing first, using no soap. It’s soup!)

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Dear Sabrina, OK, OK this is the recipe: Find a chicken and a huge pot. Now maybe this chicken has it all together, or maybe he comes in eighths. Could be a pullet or a broiler; equal opportunity here.

Could be Kosher or not. I was brought up

Gather: 3 32-oz. cartons of any good organic chicken broth Bunch fresh parsley (well washed) 2 tablespoons chicken bouillon 1/2 cup pearl barley (rinsed and strained) 5 stalks of celery 2 turnips, peeled, sliced and diced 2 parsnips, peeled, sliced and diced 6 carrots or a bag of cut-

up carrots 2 medium sweet onions, chopped 10-oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables (no sauce or butter!)

Salt, pepper, a nearly infinitesimal amount of rosemary . . . no, that’s too much . . . such a heavy hand.

Now here’s the hard part: Put everything into a huge pot. Cover.

Turn up the heat and simmer for an hour and 10. That should soften the toughest old bird. I call it the RBG method.

The after part:

Lift the chicken out of the pot. He will not come willingly. And he may fool you by pretending to fall apart. And he may actually fall apart. Round up all his body parts and put them in a separate bowl.

Choices here: You can shred the chicken into the soup and dispose of the bones, or you can eat the chicken as an entirely separate experience. Boiled chicken with something — anything — is quite yummy if you give it a chance.

You can also cut the boiled chicken into salad or stuff in a taco or toss into a smoothie. (I’m kidding.)

Find your soup blender stick and puree just the right amount of time. Depends on whether you like soupy soup, or thick puree, or recognizable pieces, or just vegetables and soup, in which case you won’t need the soup blender at all. You decide.

Personally, I like a few seconds of blending, while letting the vegetables keep their identities intact.

If you call and visit me, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe. If you call and visit me often, I’ll give you my matzo ball recipe with all the ingredients. May you enjoy this recipe, and may it nourish all the people you love.

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

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