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Pantries step up food drives Thanksgiving need increases, while donations dwindle 70 to 100 families each week.

The pantry is open every Friday, when people can drop off While Americans across the donations and clients can later country are wondering how to pick them up. Early on, the Antisafely celebrate the upcoming Racism Project and the Sisterholidays without inadvertently hood of Central Synagogue-Beth contracting or Emeth stepped in to spreading the corohelp raise money navirus, many famiand supply beef, lies in Rockville poultry and proCentre have a more duce to those needp re s s i n g wo r r y : ing help. Rena RibWi l l t h e r e b e ack, co-administraenough to eat? The tor of the Anti-Racdemand for food ism Project and a continues to member of the Sisincrease as the panterhood, said they demic drags on, and had been raising volunteers at local funds since the food pantries are spring, and would concer ned that purchase turkeys, t h e s e f a m i l i e s JULIE hams and produce might be forgotten. for Thanksgiving.

In March, at the LONGWOOD “We’ re luck y to start of the pandem- Director, have been able to ic, Sharon Shep- The Experience help,” Riback said, pard, started a pop“and have been Food Pantry up food pantry at going strong since the Martin Luther April.”

King Jr. Center, where she is the In addition to the generosity assistant director, because, with of the community, several area children at home from school businesses have been instrumenand many families out of work, tal in keeping the pantry going, she saw an immediate need in according to Riback. Sons of a the community. Eight months Butcher, in Oceanside, bags up later, that need has nearly tripled, and the center now serves CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

By JILL NOSSA

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PLEXIGLAS BARRIERS PROVIDE extra protection between desks in kindergarten classrooms.

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By JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

More than two months into the school year, St. Agnes Cathedral School is settling into a groove in an uncertain time. With roughly 575 students in kindergarten through eighth grade, the school has been providing fulltime in-person instruction, and so far, officials say, the school year is going smoothly.

“The children are resilient, are adapting,” Principal Cecilia St. John said, “and they love being back in school.”

Like the public schools, the reopening plan at St. Agnes followed State Education Department and Department of Health guidelines. Writing

the plan over the summer wasn’t difficult, according to St. John, but the guidance changed on classroom setup requirements, which made preparation more challenging.

“There was a lot of blood, sweat and tears,” St. John said, adding, “especially tears.”

To get students back into classrooms, with an average of about 18 students per class, each classroom had to be measured so that desks could be spaced six feet apart. Reconfiguring the classrooms — moving nonessential equipment like bookcases and tables into storage — took two days. The state decided late in the process that kindergarten classes would need desk barri-

ers, which had to be purchased. “The timing was ridiculous, because then it changed again,” St. John said. “Still, it provides a double layer of protection.”

The biggest undertaking, she said, was buying iPads for all the students. Previously, the school had provided devices only for grades six, seven and eight, but after the closure in the spring, school officials decided to get them to everyone. The devices were on back order for weeks, but luckily they were delivered before the start of school, and St. John said she enlisted staff members and teachers to help prepare them by downloading CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

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Full-time plan working at St. Agnes School apps, sanitizing cords and cables and organizing a distribution schedule for parents to come and pick them up.

Remote learners had iPads by the start of school, and everyone else had them by the first full week of classes.

“Being able to provide iPads to all children is what I’m proudest of being able to accomplish,” St. John said. “We didn’t want to lose the opportunity to continue educating our students if the school has to close and we’re all quarantining again.”

Though the majority of students are in the classroom five days a week, 44 are on a remote learning schedule. At the beginning of the school year, St. John said, she asked parents what schedule they preferred, and she has stressed that they have one opportunity to change their mind over the course of the school year.

“They can switch once to remote or once to in-person,” she said, “but I ask them to make that decision and then commit. We can’t be hybrid, for continuity.”

For those in school, the experience is a different one.

Students and staff are required to wear masks all day, and social distancing is required in the cafeteria and on the playground. When students enter the lunchroom — which has partitions, air purifiers and fans to help circulate the air — aides sanitize their hands. The lunch tables have Plexiglas barriers, and the tables are sanitized between lunch periods.

During recess, students must stay with their homeroom and are assigned to different sections of the playground each day. However, St. John said, there are “maskfree zones” where they can sit or stand in squares six feet apart and take their masks off. “We’ve really tightened up on the cohort rules this week, as we’ve seen the [Covid-19] numbers going up,” St. John said last Thursday. “We’re being vigilant.”

The school also has safety measures in place as students enter the building. Members of the school’s Fathers’ Club helped revamp the morning drop-off by incorporating the Covid screening app into the routine, St. John said.

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STUDENTS AND PARENTS answer Covid screening questions each morning.

Parent volunteers check the app as students arrive, while others direct traffic. Teachers are stationed at each entrance, and give hand sanitizer to students as they enter.

“It’s extremely organized,” St. John said. “It was a monumental task to implement, and it’s great to see that it is now working.”

The school did have to quarantine one grade for a day, and the state Department of Health and school nurse conducted contact tracing. But because relatively few students were involved, it was “an easy case” and everyone was cooperative, according to St. John. “The DOH was pleased with our setup and the fact that we have seating

charts and wear masks,” she said. “Luckily we’ve had no further cases.”

When schools shut down in the spring, she said, St. Agnes did have to address its curriculum map. This year, the Catholic schools within the Diocese of Rockville Centre have implemented a new curriculum, called iReady, and St. John said that benchmark testing was completed last week. Teachers assessed the gaps in learning, and will use the data to guide instruction and create individualized lesson plans. “I’m thrilled with the program,” she said, “and the directed lessons will help keep the high-performing students challenged.

“It’s all worth it,” St. John added. “Being in school and learning full-time is a better method. Last spring we were in crisis mode, and I’m glad we’re back.”

Kim Shaughnessy, of Rockville Centre, a member of the St. Agnes school board, said she has been impressed with the school’s operations during the pandemic, even this spring. Her son graduated from eighth grade in June, and her daughter is in fifth grade. “I recognize the difficulties in finding a safe way to educate and keep children in school,” Shaughnessy said, “but I’ve been very impressed by the proactiveness of St. Agnes. They had a plan in place within a week of the shutdown. The children were online, doing their work, and I didn’t feel like we missed a beat.”

Throughout the summer, she said, she was pleased with the communication and the plan for this year. “It shows such tremendous heartfelt dedication and commitment on the part of the staff and faculty to the children and to education,” she said.

The Rev. Michael Duffy, who joined the parish as rector in August, said he, too, has been impressed by the school’s response to the pandemic. “They worked really hard over the summer, and everyone has been so diligent and following the protocols,” he said. “I’m proud that we’re still able to provide a good, solid Catholic education to these kids, five days a week, and that we’ve adapted to meet the needs of everyone.”

Need for food continues to increase locally CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE the individual meat orders for each family every week, and Fruit Tree Farm, in Baldwin, supplies the produce.

Monetary donations, however, have dwindled over the past five weeks or so, Riback said. “We have enough to last for the next two to three months, if the need doesn’t increase further,” she said, “but I’m worried people will forget about us around Christmas.”

Sheppard, 53, was diagnosed with breast cancer in July, and her twin sister, Karen Sheppard, stepped in to make sure the pantry continued. She drives from her home in Huntington Station to set up and run the food pantry each week, along with her son and a handful of volunteers. “I’m dedicated to keeping it going,” Karen said.

“It really lifts my sister’s spirits to see it continue.”

Over the past few months, Karen, a senior administrator at Tax Advisors Group, has stopped working on Fridays in order to volunteer, and she and Sharon have gotten to know families in need. Not only do they know who to expect at the pantry, they also know what foods the regulars like and will go out of their way to make sure they have them.

“For some of our regular clients, we’ll use our own resources and purchase items that we know they like,” Karen said, not-

ing, for instance, that some of the seniors the vision of my sister,” she said.

What the pantry needs right now is take their medications with applesauce, while others prefer sardines, which aren’t more grocery items and monetary donations. Food can be dropped off a popular donation. “I really at the MLK Center, at 150 N. love the work. And if a guest Centre Ave, between 9 a.m. misses a week, we’ll call to and 1 p.m. on Fridays. The check in on them. If someone center cannot accept cash is sick or has a disability, we’ll donations, but those interestdeliver the food to them.” In ed in donating can email antiaddition, Karen said, about racismprojectli@gmail.com to once a month they provide a find out how. takeout lunch for clients, payAs Christmas approaches, ing for it themselves.

Karen said, she anticipates a When the pantry started, greater need for turkeys and Karen said, 50 to 60 families hams. utilized it each week, but in the last few weeks there have “I thought the need would be going down by now, but it’s been as many as 100. “I see getting bigger,” she said. this as a long-term project,” “More families are coming, she said. “This is something and I’m so nervous.” that could go on until the KAREN Julie Longwood, director economy comes back.”

SHEPPARD of the Experience Pantry at The regulars range from Volunteer organizer, the Experience Vineyard young mothers to seniors, sinChurch, said she, too, has gle fathers and working fami- MLK Center seen an increase in the numlies, Karen said. Because of food pantry ber of families in need, and its pop-up, non-permanent donations are not coming in status the pantry is not an official nonprofit and is therefore not rec- the way they normally do. “We had an ognized by larger organizations, and must abundance last year that lasted through rely on the community. “We’re very appre- December,” Longwood said. “Right now ciative of everything the Rockville Centre we only have 50 turkeys.”

Every Saturday morning, she said, community has done to help and support

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see this as a long-term project. This is something that could go on until the economy comes back.

about 150 families visit the pantry — but that number doesn’t reflect the actual need in the community. Those who receive donations sign in each week, and based on the most recent records, 370 households were served over a four-week period, amounting to about 1,100 people.

“People assume those going to the food pantry go every week,” Longwood said, “but most come once a month or every other week.”

Additionally, she said, they are finding that a lot of households have more adults at home. For the holidays, the goal is to provide families with holiday meals in addition to the weekly grocery items.

Until this Friday, Longwood said, they are still collecting items for the Thanksgiving food drive, and are requesting nonperishable items as well as fresh food so recipients can make a homemade meal, including milk, cheese, eggs, potatoes, butter, apples, yams, squash, onions, peppers, cabbage, string beans, ham hocks and bacon. Items can be dropped off Tuesday through Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at 251 Merrick Road.

“Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on things we’re thankful for,” Longwood said, “and it’s also an opportunity for us to look around and ask how we can provide something else for these families.”

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All-America honors for SSHS swimmer

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Kiara Kennedy is eager to get back in the pool for South Side’s girls’ swim team after a memorable 2019 campaign saw her break three school records, capture a Nassau County championship and earn All-America honors.

“It was really an exciting year,” said Kennedy, who as a sophomore last fall won the county title in the 100-yard backstroke and placed third in the 100-yard butterfly. “I have such a blast with all the girls,” she added. “We’re a close group.”

Kennedy was named a National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) High School AllAmerica in the 100-yard backstroke. She placed third in the state in the event while setting a new program record with a time of 55.50 seconds. She’s the first South Side female swimmer to earn All-America honors since Daphne Skelos, a 2006 graduate, and was one of only 32 sophomores or freshmen in the nation to receive the honor.

“I realized the potential I had in the backstroke and it put a goal in my head,” said Kennedy, who began swimming at the age of 8 and competes year-round at the club level for Long Island Aquatic.

Cyclones coach Ryan Clark said Kennedy has always possessed the basic building blocks to become a big-time swimmer. “Kiara’s been on varsity since seventh grade and by the time she graduates, she’ll be a six-time county qualifier,” Clark said. “She’s talented and so competitive.

She has a great strength and conditioning training routine with her club so I concentrate on giving her sprint specific workouts. She’s taken to that training better as she’s gotten older.”

Clark said Kennedy’s success in the backstroke came quickly. As a freshman, she qualified for the state meet in

Courtesy Kiara Kennedy

IN 2019, SOUTH Side’s Kiara Kennedy broke three school swim records and won a county title on the way to AllAmerica status. the 500-yard freestyle and also competed in freestyle sprints in the county meet. In fact, the other school records she holds are in the 100 free (53.78) and 50 free (24.85.) “It was her idea to start competing in the backstroke,” he said. “She’s really excelled at it recently. She has an unbelievable start and is fast under water and on turns.”

Kennedy, who swam 57.93 in the 100 butterfly for an All-County finish, said she’s hopeful she’ll be competing for South Side in March when the Nassau girls’ swim

season is supposed to begin after being postponed this fall due to Covid-19.

“I’m really hoping that it works out and we have a season,” Kennedy said. “I don’t want to think about it yet.”

Clark said Kennedy is poised for another strong season. “She’s put herself in great position and I’m cautiously optimistic we can keep the Covid numbers low and compete in March,” he said. “Kiara being a junior, it’s a big year for her for college recruitment.”

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Molloy Galathon to celebrate success in action

ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD — November 19, 2020

Annual Molloy College gala shifts to virtual format amid ongoing pandemic

By JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

For more than 20 years, Molloy College has hosted a gala for alumni and community that provided top-notch performances and brought people together, while raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarship funding. This year, despite an ongoing pandemic, the upcoming gala on Nov. 28 promises to be just as spectacular, although it has shifted to a virtual format.

“We had a very solid format that worked for us for two decades,” Ed Thompson, vice president of Molloy, said.

“We wanted to maintain the same level of quality and entertainment, minus the sitdown dinner.”

The virtual gala will take place on Saturday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. and will celebrate the alumni and community leaders who have been on the frontlines fighting against the pandemic. It will recognize nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers, business postgraduates and others who have invested in Molloy and its four schools of learning: Arts & Sciences, Business, Education and Human Resources, Nursing & Health Sciences.

“In a difficult time for our country, our colleges, and for Molloy, we wanted to celebrate the many accomplishments of our students and alumni,” Thompson said.

“We totally revamped our primary external fundraising event of the year and can now reach alumni all across the country.

Our alumni include nurses, social workers and other who did an outstanding job and deserve to be recognized.”

It will also aim to impress as in years past, with entertainment from Paul Shaffer, Melissa Manchester, Lillias White, the South Shore Symphony and cameo appearances by additional entertainers, students and alumni.

“We are confident in Molloy’s mission and want to express our gratitude for our alumni, our gratitude for the support of friends,” Thompson said, “and are confident we can enjoy an evening together in a year that’s been difficult to say that.”

Angelo Fraboni, artistic director of the Madison Theater at Molloy College, said he thought the idea of shifting the format would be the best way to showcase Molloy’s talent and success.

“It will be formatted kind of like a telethon,” Fraboni said, “and we’ll make it about Molloy, with a section devoted to each of the colleges.”

A big challenge faced with the virtual format, Fraboni said, was figuring out how to create the opening number. Fraboni said they took five pop songs, changed the lyrics to reflect Molloy and created a music video that includes a montage of people getting prepped, Molloy getting prepped and moves into the opening segment.

“It has taken an army to put this on,” Fraboni said of the recorded production.

All of the colleges and deans were involved in producing the segments, which were filmed across the campus, with final number on stage at the Madi-

Courtesy Mike DeVito

DR. JAMES LENTINI, president of Molloy College, with Molloy College Cap21 students.

Courtesy Angelo Fraboni

DENNIS COLLINS, MOLLOY COLLEGE student Nichelle Lewis, Sharon Jerry-Collins, Paul Shaffer and Vanesse Thomas. son Theater.

The gala is the annual student scholarship drive, the biggest fundraiser of the year, generally raising $325,000. With all of the financial hardships facing the college because of the pandemic, “We felt it was important to still support the students,” Fraboni said.

Preregistration is requested, though not required, and donations are suggested. Typically, tickets cost $500 apiece, and while it brings in the money, Fraboni acknowledged that this prohibits many people from attending. The hope is that by inviting the entire community to a free virtual gala, the number of smaller donations will be equivalent to what is typically raised through a smaller number of higher ticket prices. “I’m hoping people will have watch parties,” he said. “Hopefully getting more attendees will mitigate the lack of bigger dollar amounts with

smaller donations.”

While the gala is recognizing front line workers, it will also honor Rockville Centre residents Wayne and Karen Lipton as the Lifetime Achievement Honorees, recognized for their years of strong leadership and corporate citizenship.

“Wayne and Karen Lipton have done a lot for the college,” Fraboni said. “Wayne and I have worked together a lot and I’ve brought him into my productions. He and Karen have been huge supporters and we felt it was time to honor them. No one is more deserving than them.”

The Liptons have lived in Rockville Centre for the past 40 years and have been actively involved in the schools and village over the years. Karen, a former assistant district attorney, said she is honored to have the award bestowed upon them, though for her, she doesn’t consider it so much about what she’s done for the col-

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lege as it is about her active role in the Rockville Centre community, including involvement with the PTAs and the Education Foundation. Wayne served as deputy mayor, is on the board of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, former member of the Rockville Centre Community Fund Board of Trustees, chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Rockville Centre, president of the RVC Guild for the Arts, president and principal cellist of the South Shore Symphony.

“We’ve watched Molloy move from a modest sized college to fulfilling an important role on Long Island,” Wayne said.

About 10 years ago, the Liptons became involved with helping to make the South Shore Symphony’s home at Madison Theater and outreach to support the arts. Wayne has collaborated for the past nine years with Fraboni, and has done a variety of perfor mances including operas, musicals, and galas, and has performed with stars like Judy Collins, Keith Emerson, and Tony Danza. “We’ve had a nice collaborative effort in growing the arts through the orchestra and its outreach,” Wayne said, “and have also secured funds to grow the programs, and even donated a Steinway grand piano last year.”

The virtual format is an “interesting twist” and Wayne said he hopes people will tune in and catch the surprise: a duet between him and Dr. James Lentini, president of the college.

“People should tune in just to get a sense of what is going on at Molloy,” Wayne said. “It’s such a vibrant place and has turned into a rather substantial college. The gala will be happy event and we could all use some happiness in our lives right now.”

The event can be viewed at molloycollegegala.com, and those interested in donating can call the live call-in center will be active during the event: 516-323-4750.

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Athletic Trainer advocates for diversity in field

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

LaTonja Lee, the Diversity and Inclusion Committee chair for the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association (NYSATA), is using her personal and professional experiences to implement new initiatives, outreach, and opportunities for minority communities to become involved in the athletic training profession.

“My passion for the profession of athletic training has been profound, but advocating and promoting diversity in the profession is personal,” said Lee, a Rockville Centre resident who has nine years of experience including two-plus years as an assistant trainer at Molloy College. “As far back as I can remember I have been one of the only, or singularly the first and only person of color, in any sports, club activities, jobs, or organizations of which I have been a part.

“These experiences fueled my desire to become more involved by facilitating mentorships and providing a gateway for future athletic trainers of color by

cultivating initiatives through commu- vice and outreach, facilitate mentorship, and execute forward progress nity outreach,” she added.

Lee was born in Brooklyn and raised while introducing students to the proin Rockville Centre. She attended Kel- fession. This has been achieved through lenberg High School (2002 graduate) and workshops and fitness education programs, social media camwas on the pre-med path at paigns to increase awareS U N Y- A lbany when she ness of cultural competency shifted career choices durand ethnic representation in ing her junior year. “I knew I the sports realm and creatwanted to stay in medicine ing educational marketing in some capacity,” she said. materials.

After graduating Albany In addition to NYSATA with a bachelor’s degree in initiatives, Lee is asked to human biology, she earned a lecture at different events to master’s degree in athletic speak her truth and tell her training from LIU-Brooklyn own story. She shares how “I love sports,” said Lee, LaTonja Lee being the only minority in who played basketball and the room is a privilege that soccer at Kellenberg. also comes with immense At Molloy, she works with all athletes but concentrates on women’s pressure. It is a privilege because she volleyball, women’s tennis, women’s can represent her culture and educate others on concepts that may be foreign lacrosse and men’s basketball. One of her goals is to work for a professional to them. The pressure, she said, comes from feeling like she must be perfect, to sports team.

As committee chair of the 1,500-mem- not make a bad impression on behalf of ber NYSATA, Lee aspires to cultivate her race. Knowing how important it is initiatives to encourage community ser- for young people to see someone who

looks like them, Lee dedicates herself to spreading these messages and encouraging others to be assertive, because their voices matter.

Lee is especially passionate about diversity in the athletic training profession because at its core, athletic training is about health care for physically active individuals. Unfortunately, many persons of color receive disproportionate healthcare due to lack of cultural competence, language barriers, bias, and inadequate resources. By educating current athletic trainers and increasing diversity within the profession, athletic trainers can ensure people of color receive the utmost care in their hands.

“Having diverse members of a sports medicine staff fosters inclusion, compassion, empathy, and respectful interaction with different ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, genders, identity, sexual orientation, and nationality,” Lee said. “It enhances culture and creates innovation, allowing people to be recognized individually and represented as whole.”

Neighbors iN the News RVC woman named ‘super lawyer’

Courtesy Town of Hempstead

JOhN LucY Of Village Framers of Rockville Centre, center, with, from left, Lynbrook Village Mayor Alan Beach, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Town Clerk Kate Murray.

RVC Business receives free PPE kit John Lucy, owner of Village Framers of Rockville Centre, was recently given a free PPE kit from Town of Hempstead officials. Last month, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin, Councilman Anthony D’Esposito and Town Clerk Kate Murray met with Lucy at Lynbrook Village Hall to provide him with the PPE kit. Also attending was Lynbrook Village Mayor Alan Beach. This new town program makes 6,000 PPE kits available for local businesses with items needed to keep staff as well as their patrons safe. The kits are available free

of charge and are only available while supplies last, so businesses in need of these high-in-demand supplies are encouraged to apply on the town website –hempsteadny.gov/ppe-giveaway – as soon as possible. This initiative has been made possible through funding from the federal CARES Act, which provided a $133 million grant to the Town of Hempstead to distribute economic relief grants to alleviate some of the adverse effects that have arisen due to the pandemic.

Rockville Centre resident Donna- versity with an undergraduate degree in Marie Korth has been named to the 2020 accounting and graduated, with honors, New York Metro Super Lawyers list, from that university’s School of Law. She which recognizes top lawyers in their is admitted to practice in New York State respective areas of practice. and before the United States District Korth is a partner in the Commercial, Courts for the Eastern and Southern DisBanking and Real Estate Lititricts of New York and the gation Practice Group, and is United States Supreme Court. a Certified Mediator. She conShe is a member of the New centrates in all aspects of York State Bar Association commercial and real estate litand Nassau County Bar Assoigation, all land use issues, ciation. appellate practice, commerThe review and selection cial foreclosure, lending litiprocess for the Super Lawyers gation, guardianship proceedlist includes a statewide nomiings, and previously concennation process, peer review trated in cooperative/condoby practice area and indepenminium law. dent candidate research. Due Donna-Marie Korth to the highly rigorous nature In addition, as a trained mediator, Korth is able to of the nomination and review mediate a wide variety of process, only 5 percent of lawcivil disputes pre or post-litigation. She yers in the New York metro area are was appointed to serve on the Commer- named to the list. Super Lawyers, part of cial Mediation Panel in Nassau County Thomson Reuters, is a research-driven Supreme Court, Hurricane Sandy Media- peer influenced rating service of outtion Panel in Eastern District of the Unit- standing lawyers who have attained a ed States District Court, Alternative Dis- high degree of peer recognition and propute Resolution Panel of the Nassau fessional achievement. The annual selecCounty Bar Association, and serves on tions are made based upon peer nominathe ADR Advisory Council of the Nassau tions, independent research by Super County Bar Association.

Lawyers, and evaluations from a highly Korth graduated from St. John’s Uni- credentialed panel of attorneys.

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Deadline for submissions is noon Thursday, week prior to publication.

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We are pleased to announce the winners and share their Halloween style with our readers.

Winners received gift certificates from local businesses.

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to our valued business partners for their support.

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HERALD SPORTS Hofstra ready to defend conference title

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Hofstra is coming off a special men’s basketball season that saw a bittersweet ending.

For the first time since 2001, the Pride qualified for the NCAA Tournament. However, two days after Hofstra defeated Northeastern, 70-61, to capture the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament on March 12, NCAA President Mark Emmert announced the cancellation of March Madness due to Covid-19.

“Nobody wanted to believe the decision to cancel the tournament was true,” Hofstra head coach Joe Mihalich said. “Telling the guys was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do in my life.”

Hofstra, which won 12 of its last 13 games and finished 28-6 — one win shy of the program’s single-season record, returns three starters and other key pieces, is expected to tip off the 2020-2021 campaign around Nov. 25 against a yet-to-be-determined opponent.

With Mihalich on medical leave, associate head coach Mike Farrelly takes over on an interim basis.

Farrelly, who enters his eighth season with the program, is assisted by former Pride star Speedy Claxton and Colin Curtin.

“It’s great to get back on the floor,” Farrelly said.

“We’ll miss coach Mihalich’s voice, but we’re not undergoing any huge changes and the message is still the same. Everyone is looking forward to competing and getting after it.”

The Pride, which opened practice Oct. 16, will surely miss standouts Desure Buie (18.2 ppg, 200 assists, 85% free throws) and Eli Pemberton (17.6 ppg, 5.6 rpg) but returns three double-digit scorers to lead the pack.

Senior guard Jalen Ray, who scored 17 points in the CAA championship game, averaged 11.9 points and is primed to take another leap, Farrelly said. “He’s already done it from a leadership standpoint,” Farrelly noted. “Jalen will have the ball in his hands at crunch time. He can shoot it and he’s working on getting to the rim more.”

Another key piece to the backcourt returns in the form of senior guard Tareq Coburn, who averaged 10.6 points and 5.5 rebounds. “He’s shown growth in his game to compliment his shooting,” Farrelly said. “Just like Jalen, we need Tareq to take that next step. Teams are going to gameplan to stop them.”

At point guard, Farrelly said the Pride will begin the season with Shawdarius Cowart and Caleb Burgess sharing the workload. Cowart is a JUCO transfer from Pensacola, FL who had 20 double-digit scoring games last season. Burgess, a sophomore, appeared in 23 games off the bench for Hofstra. “It’s a competitive battle, and the good thing for them is they don’t have to worry too much about scoring,” Farrelly said. “We need them to run the offense and defend.”

A major target on offense will be junior big man Isaac Kante (6-foot-7, 240 pounds), who grabbed 15 rebounds in the CAA title game, started all 34 games and averaged 11.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and shot 65.5 percent from the floor. “Isaac’s a double-double threat every time out,” Farrelly said. “The way he developed last season was a big reason why we were so successful.

He’s a great leader and our best post scorer in a long time.”

A pair of talented newcomers, true freshman David Green, and redshirt freshman Kvonn Cramer, will be counted on to make their presence felt in the frontcourt.

Green comes off a tremendous high school career in the Orlando, Fla., area, while Cramer hasn’t played in an organized game since 2017 due to injury.

Photos courtesy Hofstra Athletic Communications

ISAAC KANTE CAN be a dominant force in the paint for the Pride after averaging 11.4 points and 7.7 rebounds last season as a sophomore.

The Pride is rated at the top in the CAA preseason rankings. The conference schedule will once again include 18 games, but due to Covid-19, the format has been adjusted to limit travel and help ensure the health and safety of student athletes, coaches and staff. In lieu of a traditional, home and home round robin schedule, teams will play against the same opponent at the same site on consecutive days, primarily Saturdays and Sundays.

“It’s going to be interesting in terms of strategy,” Farrelly said of the back-to-back concept. “I certainly understand why we’re doing it. But for instance, we open with two games against William & Mary. If we match up in the tournament, we wouldn’t have seen them for two months.”

The CAA regular season will tip off Friday, Jan. 1, and conclude on Sunday, Feb. 28. Games impacted by the pandemic could be made up at various alternate dates.

As of now, Hofstra will not have fans at home games.

“It’s going to feel strange,” Farrelly said. “We’re so used to having the Hofstra faithful behind us.”

SENIOR GUARD JALEN Ray is Hofstra’s top returning scorer.

Rockville Centre celebrates its veterans

ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD — November 19, 2020

By JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

The American Legion Post 303 held its annual Veterans Day ceremony Wednesday in Veterans Memorial Park in Rockville Centre, with several dozen people in attendance, including members of the Rockville Centre Police Department, fire department, village officials and Boy Scouts. The short, socially distanced event paid tribute to those who have served in the military.

“Veterans Day is for all who served,” Post Commander Frank Colon said.

“There is no such thing as an insignificant military service. We understand it is not just that sacrifice and service that are important, but willingness to alter your life in defense of our nation sets veterans apart.”

A big part of Veterans Day, Colon said, is offering words of gratitude to veterans.

“I would like to thank all of the veterans here today,” Colon said, “and today is an important day to say thank-you to your family, friends and neighbors who have served and are serving.”

Chaplain Mark Getman gave a benediction. “Bless our veterans, these men and women of courage and valor, with a deep understanding of our profound gratitude,” he said. “Protect them and their families from loneliness and want, grant them lives of joy and bounty. May the dedication and honor be remembered as a blessing from generation to generation.”

The ceremony concluded with the playing of taps.

Photos by Jill Nossa/Herald

BOY SCOUT TROOP 214 attended the ceremony.

THE CEREMONY CONCLUDED with the playing of taps.

Polito acting superintendent for Rec Center

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

In her nearly 20 years as an employee of the Village of Rockville Centre’s Recreation Department, Karen Polito has worn her share of hats, including tennis instructor, preschool teacher, preschool director and program director.

Recently promoted to deputy superintendent, Polito is also the acting superintendent following this summer’s retirement of Ginger Creegan, who spent a remarkable 44 years on the job including the past four as superintendent.

“Ginger was a great mentor and I learned a lot from her,” Polito said. “I’m learning something new every day and growing more and more confident about moving into the position full-time.

We’ve got a tremendous staff here.”

As acting superintendent, Polito oversees a staff of 10 full-time employees, anywhere from 50 to 150 part-time employees, all programs, as well as building maintenance. She said since reopening under Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Covid-19 safety guidelines in July, the Rec Center has been operating with fewer numbers — the summer playground program had 144 kids instead of the usual 400 — and has its cleaning

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Courtesy Karen Polito

KAREN POLITO BRINGS almost 20 years of experience at the Rec Center to her new post as acting superintendent. routine “down to a T.” “We began our preschool programs in late September and staggered our fall program openings,” Polito said. “Everything has gone extremely well. We’ve

been open from 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and have started to increase our weekend hours.”

Registration for winter programs, which includes staples such as Gymnas-

tics and Cross Fit, and a new Sporty Fours, an introduction to athletics for 4-year-olds, opened Monday. Programs are scheduled to begin Jan. 4, Polito said, and run for 10 weeks.

Though some logistics need to be worked out, Polito said the fast-growing sport of pickleball will be a new addition to the Rec Center. Pickleball features elements similar to tennis, badminton and racquetball, played on a badminton sized court (20x44 feet) with solid paddles made of wood or composite material and a polymer ball, much like a wiffle ball. The height of the net is a few inches lower than a tennis net.

“There’s a lot of interest in it and we have space for two courts in our upstairs gym,” she said. “We just have to figure out a few things, but I expect it to happen soon.”

Also a first, replacing the annual Breakfast with Santa, will be a Drive-By to see Santa and some of his friends. It’s happening Dec. 19 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. No fee will be charged and each child will be given a Do-It-Yourself Ornament kit to bring home. Pre-re gistration is required at www.rockvillecentre. recdesk.com. “We usually have 800 people at the breakfast so we’re expecting this to be a popular alternative,” Polito said.

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Non-profit leaders discuss Covid-19 challenges

By ANDREW GARCIA agarcia@liherald.com

The latest episode of the Herald Inside LI webinar series featured six guests from not-for-profit organizations who discussed how they are handling operations amid the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Panelists included Rhonda Klch, executive director of the Equity First Foundation; Neela Mukherjee Lockel, CEO of American Red Cross of Long Island; Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares; Andrea Rieger, CFO of Variety Child Learning Center; and Jennifer Smith, the Community Development Officer for Investors Bank.

Jeffrey Reynolds, president and CEO of Family and Children’s Association, was the keynote speaker.

Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, co-moderated the discussion alongside David Rottkamp, the not-for-profit practice leader at Grassi Advisors and Accountants.

The Nov. 12 webinar featured perspectives from non-profit agencies, both big and small. Red Cross, for example, has operations across the country, while the Equity First Foundation is a grassroots, volunteerbased organization. Each guest shared experiences on how funding and engagement are currently challenges.

“For those of us on the front lines in dealing with health, human services and disaster relief, we’ve come to understand that Covid has exposed all of those fault lines that existed long before the pandemic ever hit,” Reynolds said. Hunger, housing accessibility, childcare, general health, and mental health issues and inequities have been exacerbated in recent months, he noted, and crises like the opioid epidemic were “a problem we were turning a corner on, and we’re right back to where we started many, many years ago.”

Many not-for-profits, Reynolds explained, were already stretched to capacity in offering services before the pandemic began. The Family and Children’s Association is Nassau County’s only shelter for runaway and homeless youth, and funding has not changed in three decades. As of March, the many in-person fundraisers that are common for non-profit agencies were canceled.

Many people who used to be donors, he added, are now those who seek out the services of non-profits.

“It’s amazing the amount of resiliency and innovation and effort that is put forth by every non-profit organization, from the smallest PTA or Little League club to the larger social service, hospital or health and educational system and everything in between,” said Rottkamp, who has been a CPA for non-profits for more than 30 years.

The Equity First Foundation, which was founded by Klch five years ago, is a “very small” non-profit that teaches financial literacy to people of all ages. Much of its work took place in classrooms, but remote learning in local school districts upended that initiative, Klch said.

Virtual one-on-ones and other digital endeavors, including The Diversity Project podcast, have become the norm for the Equity First Foundation. Financial crises for individuals, she added, are a deeply emotional topic, with the need for outside

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LEFT TO RIGHT from top row: Keynote speaker Jeff Reynolds, president and CEO of Family and Children’s Association; moderator Skye Ostreicher; co-moderator David Rottkamp, partner and not-for-profit practice leader at Grassi Advisors and Accountants; Neela Lockel, CEO of American Red Cross of Long Island; Andrea Rieger, CFO of Variety Child Learning Center; Rhonda Klch, executive director of the Equity First Foundation; Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares; and Jennifer Smith, the Community Development Officer for Investors Bank, discussed non-profit practices during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Nov. 12. guidance often crucial.

For Rieger, the biggest positive that has emerged in recent months is the resiliency of the Variety Child Learning Center staff, which services hundreds of special-needs students while also dealing with their own issues at home.

This year, Long Island Cares is celebrating its 40th anniversary. It provides food assistance to 375 local food pantries and kitchens, as well as six pantries of its own.

“What we’ve been doing for the past eight or nine months is simply try to help people survive,” Pachter said. Food intake and distribution have increased by nearly 80 percent for the organization since the pandemic began.

In the last eight months, Long Island Cares has fundraised “probably more than we’ve made in the past two years,” Pachter said, with donations coming from more than 40 states across the country.

The Red Cross’s in-person fundraiser shifted to a virtual event, which was able to raise a “good amount” of money, Lockel said, and its June gala will be hosted with the greater and metro New York Red Cross chapters for a regional virtual gala.

“It’s hard to keep people engaged and excited,” Lockel said, “so we’re just trying to find what will bring people in, keep them engaged and still carry on our mission.”

A major Variety Learning Center fundraiser scheduled for April was also canceled because of the pandemic and is now slated for 2022.

The restructuring of in-person events forces organizations to reconsider the efficacy of such fundraisers, according to Reynolds — “The model is broken, people,” he said.

“The reality is, events are the least efficient ways to raise a dollar,” Reynolds said.

“We have to find a way to do things a little differently.”

The key, he said, is to respect people’s time while making sure they know where their donations are going. “I’m going to take the money we would’ve spent on hors d’oeuvres and fancy desserts, and we’re going to put them towards services in the community,” he said. “Your dollar will actually go further.”

Long Island Cares has avoided virtual fundraisers, instead choosing to sponsor events and advertise. Organization officials recently held their first virtual news conference, which included a 10-minute call with reporters.

Personal protective equipment, or even the technology needed to offer remote ser-

vices, is often lacking for non-profits, Smith said. “I think there is definitely a lot of need that is not being met by individual and corporate donations,” she said.

“We are ‘people people’ at the American Red Cross — we’re all about human interaction and care and compassion for others,” Lockel said. “So, it revolves around the questions, ‘How do we continue to provide that?’ and ‘How do we create an environment where we feel connected to one another?’”

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Businesses contribute to success of Herald’s contest Herald Community Newspapers connected with local communities in a safe, yet festive Halloween by inviting readers to take part in a Boo-tacular Halloween Contest. Open to participants of all ages, including adults and pets, the categories ranged from Best Baby Costume to Most Original Costume.

The 18 winners, whose creative costumes can be seen in this edition of the Herald, all received gift cards from local businesses.

The Herald thanks the gift card sponsors, including Angela’s Bakery,

Glen Cove; Elisa’s Restaurant, Bellmore; Lenox & Park Italian Bistro, Rockville Centre; Mitchell’s Restaurant, Valley Stream; Piccolo Ristorante, Bellmore; SaVino’s Restaurant & Wine Bar, Lynbrook; Villa Maria, East Rockaway; and Vincent’s Clam Bar, Carle Place.

Everyone at Herald Community Newspapers appreciates the enthusiastic support of these business partners.

Their generosity allowed families to maintain Halloween traditions while safely navigating the “new normal.”

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alloween’s thrills and chills were a bit different this year, but one thing remained the same — we dressed up in costume to celebrate. To make the festivities a bit more special in our “new normal,” the Herald invited readers to participate in a Halloween Costume Contest.

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Social security setup Getting retirement benefits start date right

By Tom Margenau

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get many emails from readers confused about which date to choose as the starting date for their Social Security retirement benefits.

The confusion essentially centers around the fact that Social Security checks are paid one month behind.

For example, the Social Security payment for November will be sent to you in December. That’s a relatively straightforward rule, but it leads to all kinds of problems, especially when people are filing for their Social Security benefits online. Here is a typical example: Q: I will be 66 in February 2021. I don’t want any reduced benefits, so I want to make sure my checks start at age 66. The online application is asking me which month I want to start my benefits. I know checks come one month behind, so I’m afraid if I put down February as my starting month, that will be the January Social Security check, meaning I will get a reduced amount for starting my benefits before age 66. So should I indicate March as my starting month?

A: You turn 66 in February. So if you want your benefits to begin when you are 66, you should indicate February as your starting month.

In other words, don’t concern yourself with the month your Social Security check is actually delivered to you. The application question isn’t asking, “Which month do you want your first check to be sent to you?”

Instead, it is essentially asking you this: “Which month do you want to be your first month of eligibility for Social Security benefits?” And again, in your case, that is February 2021.

In some cases, people sent me their questions after the fact. And it’s causing them all kinds of undue stress. Here is an example of that: Q: I was 65 in September, and that’s when I wanted my Social Security to start. But the question on the online form confused me, and I thought if I indicated August as the starting check, knowing that it would come in September, then September would be my starting month. But then I got a letter from Social Security telling me that my benefits had started in August, one month before my 65th birthday, meaning I now will get a reduced benefit for the rest of my life.

Please help me. What can I do about this?

A: What you can do is relax. You made a little goof.

You can correct it if you want. But really, it’s not that big a deal, so you may want to just let things ride.

You didn’t give me your benefit amount, but let’s assume your age 65 benefit rate would have been $2,200 per month. But you mistakenly started your Social Security at age 64 years and 11 months.

Retirement benefits are reduced five-ninths of 1% for each month they are taken early. So your monthly rate

(with an August start date) might be about $2,185 or so. In other words, you will lose around $15 per month forever. But on the plus side, you got that one extra $2,185 Social Security check for August. It will take you about 145 months, or more than 12 years, before you come out on the short end of the stick by making this minor error in your starting date. Or to put that another way, you will be 77-years-old before this mistake catches up with you.

If I were you, I wouldn’t worry about it, and I’d just let things go. But if it is going to bother you, you can contact the Social Security Administration and tell them you want to withdraw your original claim and file a new claim with September as your starting date. If you do that, you will have to return the Social Security checks you’ve already received.

Now here is a question from someone who also made a mistake, but in the opposite direction: Q: Oh, my gosh! I turned 66 in September. The online form asked me when I wanted my checks to start, and I said October, knowing that the September check comes in October. I just got a letter telling me that October is my starting month, with my first check coming in November. Because of this mistake, I’m missing my September check. What can I do?

A: As I advised the previous reader, you could go back to the SSA and tell them you want to withdraw that claim you made and file a new claim with September as your starting month.

Or, you could just let things go the way they are.

Because you started your Social Security benefits one month after your full retirement age, you will get a little something extra in your monthly checks. It’s not much.

You get a two-thirds of 1 percent increase. It’s called a “delayed retirement credit.” (For people who wait until age 70 to start their benefits, those delayed retirement credits add up. You get 32 percent added to your monthly check if you wait that long.)

You didn’t give dollar amounts, but let’s say your age 66 benefit would have been $2,500 per month.

With this one extra delayed retirement credit, you might get 20 bucks or so added to your check each month. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you lost one check (the September payment). It’s going to take you about 10 years to make up that one benefit payment you lost. So, if you think you’re going to live past age 76, you will actually come out ahead because of this mistake you made.

Tom Margenau writes a syndicated weekly column, “Social Security and You.”

Above photo: There’s a little nuance to starting Social Security benefits. Be sure you’re aware of all that’s involved to make sure your check arrives right when you want it.

The sky is falling Ways to take the ‘I’ out of anxiety

By Marilynn Preston Are you worried about how much you worry? These days, with our world turned upside down, as we continue to struggle through a life-altering pandemic, there’s plenty to worry about, even for those who tend not to be worriers.

Uncontrolled anxiety is a giant obstacle to personal happiness. No surprise. Worry causes stress, and stress saps our strength, disturbs our sleep, fries our brain and constantly undermines our best efforts to stay healthy, relaxed and optimistic.

Naturally everyone’s list of worries will be different to varying degrees, but we all share a need to deal with our anxiety in clever and effective ways.

That’s why I want to offer some proven coping strategies recommended by psychologist Robert L. Leahy, the director of the American Institute for Cognitive Therapy, an author and editor of 26 books, including “Anxiety Free: Unravel Your Fears Before They Unravel You.” Some sound truly weird, and those are some of my favorites. Dr. Leahy has seen these methods work wonders. His blog on psychologytoday.com is a constant source of simple and powerful methods for dealing with your worries: Turn your anxiety into a movie.

One creative way to let go of a worry is to disconnect yourself from it, Dr. Leahy says. Imagine your anxiety, your fear, presented to you as a film or a theater piece.

You’re in the audience. You’re listening to the guy in the goofy hat sing and dance about your overdrawn bank account or your underwhelming relationship.

He’s acting out your worries, all right, but you’re detached. You are the witness.

And that trick literally takes the drama out of it. From that calm, detached place, you’re able to take more effective action.

Set aside worry time. Worries show up, constantly and unannounced. You’re taking a walk — a wise and wonderful thing to do — and the whole time, you’re worrying about all the things you should be doing instead a very silly thing to do.

Here’s Leahy’s suggestion: Set aside a specific time every day to worry about your worries. Pick, say, 6 p.m. If it’s morning and a worry hits, jot it down and decide to focus on it later. Do that all day

long. By the time 6 p.m. rolls around, many of your worries will seem too silly to deal with, and you’ll have spent most of the day worry-free.

Breathe it out. The mind attaches to the negative. Know that and be ready.

Next time you feel tense, notice your breath. You’re probably holding it. Ask yourself: Where is my breath now? Where is my attention? Link them by listening to your inhalations and exhalations, an easy and ancient strategy for calming your nerves. Breathe in, breathe out, (SET ITAL) consciously(END ITAL). When anxiety knocks — and it will — answer it by bringing your attention back to your breath. No harm doing this 10 times a day if you need to.

Don’t fight the craziness. It’s normal to have crazy thoughts, says Dr. Leahy. He had a client, a lawyer, who kept imagining she’d lose control and start screaming in court. Our minds are creative, he told her. Sometimes our little synapses make wacky connections and a crazy thought results. It happens to everyone. Don’t judge yourself. See your anxiety as though it were a curious object on a shelf, he says. Notice it, but don’t react to it in negative ways.

Take your hand off the horn. When you make a stupid comment, do you play it back over and over? Stuck in heavy traffic, is that you blasting your horn? What is, is, Leahy points out. Some things just cannot be controlled ... like rush hour. He teaches his clients to surrender to the moment. It’s a paradox: The more you surrender to the moment, the more in control you actually feel.

Let it pass. When you’re a worrier, everything can feel like an emergency.

And yet, every feeling of panic comes to an end. Next time you feel your anxiety building to a crisis, ask yourself,“How will I feel about this is a week? In a month?”

So why not drop it now?

And, of course, if self-help techniques aren’t working, then it’s time seek professional support.

Above photo: Life is filled with uncertainty, especially at times like this. While many things remain outside your control, your mindset is key to coping with difficult circumstances and facing the unknown.

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AEP starts Oct. 15 and runs to Dec. 7.

Now is the time to evaluate a Medicare plan that’s right for you.

Attend a virtual no-cost Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Plan seminar hosted by AgeWell New York and learn about different plan options for individuals with Medicare, both Medicare and Medicaid and a Medicaid Advantage Plus Plan for those who need community based long term care services and supports in the home.

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Make the lifestyle leap into the best of your life

By Michele Biggart, Director of Sales, Fountaingate Gardens

T ing, Over The Counter (OTC) cards, Prescription Drugs, Telehealth, Alternative Therapies and/or access to a Wellness Coach or Care Manager who can assist with navigating and coordinating health care services.

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agent at (718) 696-0206|TTY/TDD (800) 662-1220, email: events@ agewellnewyork.com or visit agewellnewyork.com/ virtual-seminar.

here are many living options available to today’s seniors including 55+ communities, assisted living communities, and life plan communities. But, how do you balance what you want now with what you may need in the future? Let’s compare them and find out.

While 55+ communities may seem like the perfect option as you age, they offer little more than similarly aged neighbors who often are not engaged as a community. The grounds are well-kept, but home maintenance isn’t included. And residents who need care have to look elsewhere to meet those needs at their own cost.

Assisted living communities are needs-based rental communities that provide a one-room suite or small apartment, activities, meals and some care.

More complex care requires a move to a rehabilitation or nursing care center.

Life plan communities (62+) are independent living communities focused on health, engagement and well-being. Luxurious facilities, myriad amenities and life-enhancing programs foster a healthy, active lifestyle. Seniors’ health and financial future are secure, with many levels of care available on campus and defined expenses for a lifetime.

It’s time to change how we view retirement living. A life plan community offers the safety and comfort of your own home, a secure future, and the ability to be part of a community built with your health and engagement in mind. If your lifestyle no longer fits your needs, make the leap to the best of your life today!

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SENIOR MEMO Reminiscent shadow boxes at Maple Pointe Assisted Living

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ementia can be an absolutely heart breaking disease. It often steals away beautiful memories that people have made throughout their lifetime. At Maple Pointe, we have a wonderful staff in our memory care neighborhood, or what we call our Country Cottage. Each and every one of them work hard to create a warm and loving environment that truly feels like home for our residents. After all, our residents are our family, and we want to make sure that they know it.

Country Cottage Coordinator, Nicole Sorace, came up with the idea to capture our residents’ favorite memories within a shadow box in order to surround them with familiar visuals and bring them piece of mind. Our Country Cottage residents crafted the shadow boxes on their own, making their own choices and bringing together what they love. Our staff simply assisted with the cutting and gluing. We are so very proud of the remarkable work they created!

These shadow boxes have since been added to the walls outside of each residents’ apartment, of which they truly enjoy seeing and “showing off”. At Maple Pointe, we strive to maintain the independence of our Country Cottage residents, while offering the assistance they need. Dementia is not an easy disease, and no one should have to go through it alone.

Please allow Maple Pointe to lend and helping hand and serve as a place of sanctuary for you and your loved ones.

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Saving lives at South Shore Rehab

s the pandemic gripped Nassau County in late March, the South Shore contained some of the hardest hit communities, with hundreds of residents in Freeport, Baldwin, Oceanside and Long Beach testing positive for Covid-19 within the first month.

Kilita Redmond, Director of Respiratory at the South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, said she had never witnessed anything like this in her 20 years of experience as a respiratory therapist.

“In the first months, I had a number of residents with Covid under my care,” Redmond said.

She described fighting the pandemic at the center like going to war, where Redmond and her staff would suit up in hazmat suits and protective gear to enter a sectioned off part of the center and treat dozens of Covid patients a day.

Because seniors are among the most susceptible population to the coronavirus, Redmond and her team needed to work carefully to contain the virus and help their patients beat it.

Although the long hours took their toll, both mentally and physically, South Shore Rehab was able to see their patients recover from the virus. Among those who beat Covid-19 was Walter Reed, a Freeport World War II veteran who celebrated his 100th birthday and good health at South Shore Rehab on April 29.

Redmond added that for the past seven months, the South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center has been Covid-free. She and her team are proud to report that 18 Covid-infected residents have had their

Kilita Redmond led the respiratory team at South Shore Rehabilitation and Nursing Center to combat the pandemic.

tracheostomy tubes removed since March, no longer needing breathing assistance.

“I was very proud of my team for helping our patients through this,” Redmond said. “We were like a well-oiled machine, doing everything we could for our patients.”

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Vitality during the ‘new normal’

Walking Now that the colder weather is upon us, there are fewe moments to take a walk outside.

So capture the opportunity on the days when the weather still cooperates. A walk around the neighborhood can provide sufficient exercise to reduce restlessness and deliver mood- and immune-boosting benefits. If you or your loved one must stay indoors, walking around the house or marching in place can increase daily step counts.

Exercise and strength training Yoga, Pilates, tai chi, and stretching can help seniors stay fit at home during the pandemic and can improve balance, flexibility, core strength, and overall mobility. Many instructional videos can be found online, and some are even tailored specifi-

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he coronavirus pandemic has turned life upside down for just about everyone, and still seriously impacts our everyday lifestyle. Older adults — at a higher risk of serious complications from Covid-19 —are more likely to restrict their activities significantly to reduce their chances of contracting coronavirus.

Although it’s important for older adults to protect their health during the Covid-19 pandemic, it’s also vital to stay physically and mentally active. While it can be challenging for seniors to find appropriate social distancing activities, there are certainly ways for older folks to remain active while following social distancing guidelines.

There are ways to stay active and thrive cally for older adults. Another option is joining a virtual class hosted by an area exercise studio or senior center.

Strength training is also important for seniors — and it doesn’t necessarily involve lifting heavy weights at the gym. Many strength-training exercises for older adults can be done at home while sitting or lying down. Seniors only need their body weight and a few simple exercises to get started. If desired, they can use everyday household items such as soup cans to add weight for exercises.

Dancing Known for its cardiovascular benefits, dancing is a fun, low-impact way to exercise and boost endurance during long days of social distancing. As an added benefit, listening to some favorite music may even encourage your loved one to exercise their mind by taking a pleasant “walk” down memory lane.

Gardening Gardening can enhance outdoor spaces while burning calories and providing a healthy dose of fresh air. During late fall/winter, consider alternatives to reap the benefits of gardening.

Potting small plants or herbs to be maintained indoors or decorating an enclosed porch or patio can provide an afternoon’s diversion and keep you moving and active.

Arts and crafts Older adults who have limited mobility can stay active at home by participating in arts and

crafts. Whether knitting, crocheting, painting, coloring, or working with clay, arts and crafts can help maintain their dexterity and cognitive skills.

Always be mindful of safety Reduce the risk of falls by exercising on flat surfaces that are free of tripping hazards while wearing proper footwear Don’t overdo it. If you or your loved one is new to exercise, ramping up a fitness routine too quickly can lead to injury. Be mindful to start with beginner-level exercises and take it slow and steady.

Stay hydrated. Older adults can become dehydrated quickly, so seniors need to drink

plenty of water before, during and after exercise.

Keep someone informed. Older folks should let someone know when they are exercising, especially if they are leaving the house or will be by themselves — not just for accountability, but to protect them in case of a fall or another injury.

Above photo: In addition to finding creative ways for seniors to communicate during social distancing, it’s just as important to stay active to maintain well-being.

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New tech that makes life easier Freedom and ease with Fitbits, smart phones and more

By Kristen Castillo

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hese days, you don’t have to be a millennial or a tech junkie to understand how to use some of the latest technology, like smartphones and fitness trackers, because the gear is becoming more user-friendly.

Older Americans who embrace technology can enhance their lives by staying informed, shopping, connecting with friends and family, and even tracking their health and fitness progress.

Now more than ever, technology is being embraced by seniors as it’s an essential means of staying connected with loved ones during the pandemic.

Smart Investment The over-50 crowd is getting more and more engaged with tech. According to a recent AARP study of 1,520 adults over 50, 70 percent of Americans own a smartphone; 90 percent own a laptop or computer; and 40 percent own a tablet.

With functions like taking and storing photos, playing music and games, and tracking everything from your heart rate to your finances, the devices are both practical and fun.

Personal Connection Technology allows seniors to stay in touch with family and friends near or far, and some technology is made especially for a senior audience.

The GrandPad tablet connects seniors through voice and video calls and instant photo

sharing.Targeted toward people over 75 who may not use cellphones or computers, it has large buttons and an intuitive interface. Family members can preload contacts and pictures and then use the GrandPad companion mobile app and web portal to start chatting, ensuring that no memories are missed.

Nixplay is a digital picture frame that uses Wi-Fi to immediately display media sent from anywhere in the world with friends and loved ones. It’s compatible with Amazon Alexa, and it connects to platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Dropbox and Google Photos. Nixplay can function as a family social network to strengthen your relationships.

Wearables Wearables have been adopted by just 13 percent of the over-50 crowd, according to the AARP study, though new wearables that cater to seniors can actually make a difference in personal safety and health and wellness.

Fitbit users can expect the gadget to track their sleep patterns, heart rate, steps and stairs climbed. They can manually enter data such as when and what they eat or how much water they drink. Staying mobile and active is key for seniors’ physical health and well-being, and this device helps wearers be mindful.

A safety wearable called run angel, which is worn on the wrist like most wearables, can be used to help caregivers and family members know the whereabouts of their loved one. In an emergency, you can press an alert button that

produces a loud alarm and alerts up to three designated people with the time, date, coordinates and map to your location. Trusted family and friends will be with you every step of the way.

Freedom Guardian is an all-in-one medical alert smartwatch that provides around-the-clock monitoring and support, including unlimited emergency calls, speech-to-text messaging, calendar and appointment reminders, weather forecast, GPS and Wi-Fi triangulation. A caregiver can check in via the companion mobile app. The PC Magazine product review website gave the device an excellent rating but notes a drawback: There’s a monthly $44.95 monitoring fee. Any of

these devices make fantastic gifts and go a long way to offer you and your loved ones peace of mind.

The digital world can be very intimidating for seniors, but even more daunting can be the fear of injury, becoming disconnected from loved ones or becoming less physically capable. Emerging tech is designed to help ease seniors’ transition and improve their vitality in every way.

Above photo: Seniors are adapting to technology, so important to keep in contact with family and friends since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Never put your heart health on hold

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ceanside resident Clifford Bauer, 74, began experiencing bouts of shortness of breath, abdominal bloating and weight gain during the summer 2019.

By September, Mr. Bauer, who had undergone triple bypass surgery at 47 and survived a cardiac arrest in early 2019, couldn’t “walk 100 yards without stopping to rest.”

His cardiologists, Raul Mendoza, MD, Associate Chair of Medicine, and Lawrence Kanner, MD, Chief of Cardiology and Director of Arrhythmia Services, who had been treating him for heart failure and an abnormal heart rhythm, admitted him to the hospital and referred him to heart failure specialist Noah Moss, MD, of The Mount Sinai Hospital.

Dr. Moss placed him on a new medication for heart failure, but Mr. Bauer’s condition failed to improve. Blood tests showed that his kidney function was deteriorating due to what Dr. Moss suspected was a blocked artery.

Diagnostic imaging proved Dr. Moss correct, revealing a 95 percent blockage in an artery supplying blood to the right kidney. Stents were implanted in the artery to restore blood flow and Mr. Bauer’s symptoms began to clear up. Today, Mr. Bauer says, “I’m back. I really can’t believe it. I wake up, thank God and get on with my day.”

Mr. Bauer is alive today, thanks to the expert cardiology team at Mount Sinai South Nassau, the Long Island flagship hospital of the Mount Sinai Health System and Mount Sinai

MSSN Dr. Moss & Dr. Mendoza: Mount Sinai South Nassau patients can expect to be seen by experienced heart doctors such as Raul Mendoza, MD, Cardiologist, Associate Chair of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau (left), and heart failure specialist Noah Moss, MD, of The Mount Sinai Hospital (right).

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They are: Jeffrey A. Brown, M.D. (Neuropathic Facial Pain Surgery), Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D. (Neurovascular and Brain Surgery), Benjamin R. Cohen, M.D (Spine Surgery), Vladimir Y. Dadashev, M.D. (Spine Surgery), Zachariah M. George, M.D (Spine Surgery), John A. Grant, M.D. (Pediatric Neurosurgery),, Sundeep Mangla, M.D. (Endovascular Neuroradiology), Stephen T. Onesti, M.D. (Spine Surgery), Sachin N. Shah, M.D. (Spine Surgery), John Pile-Spellman, M.D. (Endovascular Neuroradiology), Brian J. Snyder, M.D. (Pain and Parkinson’s Surgery), and Alexandros D. Zouzias, M.D (Spine Surgery).

“It’s a pleasure to congratulate our colleagues and partners for receiving this honor,” said Michael H. Brisman, M.D., the chief executive officer of Rockville Centre-based NSPC. “Our practice has provided patients from Long Island, and elsewhere, with the most compassionate and comprehensive brain, back,

and neck care available for over 60 years. The selection of these twelve physicians to the 2020 Top Doctors: New York Metro Area confirms a tradition of clinical, and patient-centered excellence, at NSPC.” For decades, Castle Connelly Medical Ltd. has been conducting a peer-review survey to select the region’s top doctors based on the theory that medical professionals are best qualified to assess the qualifications of other practitioners.

Licensed physicians vote online for those doctors they consider outstanding. A Castle Connolly doctor-led research team then counts the nominations and vets the nominee pool with the aid of a number of screens, including confirming board certifications and investigating disciplinary histories.

(NSPC Brain & Spine Surgery) has grown to become one of the largest, private neurosurgical groups in the U.S. with six conveniently located offices on Long Island. The practice’s experienced neurosurgeons and interventional neuroradiologists are experts in “Bloodless” brain and spine surgery, including laser spine surgery, endoscopic spine surgery, ultrasonic spine surgery, radiosurgery, and other advanced minimally invasive techniques which are used to treat brain tumors, brain aneurysms, trigeminal neuralgia, herniated disc, spinal stenosis, chronic back pain, and other conditions. Please visit www.nspc. com to learn more.

The firm’s Top Doctors: New York Metro Area guide lists those whom Castle Connolly has determined to be in the top ten percent of the region’s physicians — approximately 6,000 in all.

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Hearing clarity: A serious, life-changing problem that can be solved

to try to fill in the missing pieces of he most commonly reported symptom of conversation and gets “overloaded”. This hearing loss is poor hearing clarity – not cognitive overload is a recognized contributor problems with loudness. If you or a loved to dementia and reduced memory one struggle with difficulty hearing Because clarity — especially in background conversation clearly at times you know how noise — is the most common complaint of frustrating it can be for the person with hearing people with hearing loss, the proven treatment difficulty and also for friends and family plan we have developed at Hearing Center of members who want to talk with them. But Long Island addresses the complex causes of frustration is not the only reason poor hearing poor hearing clarity to provide the most clarity is a problem. effective solution for each individual.

Why should you be concerned about To view comments from Hearing Center of difficulty with hearing clarity? There are many Long Island patients about their experience reasons. Some of them are summed up in this with the treatment of their hearing loss go to important statistic: untreated hearing loss has Dr. Lawrence Cardano, www.HearingCenterofLI.com/Reviews been shown to increase the risk of dementia by Au.D. To schedule a complimentary consultation 200% for mild hearing loss to 500% for severe Director, Hearing Center of Long Island at Hearing Center of Long Island call hearing loss. This is the result of a number of (516) 871-3698. different problems caused by untreated hearing For a free copy of “Stop Living Your Life In Isolation,” by loss that are each important on their own.

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RVCFD fights car fires at auto dealership Rockville Centre firefighters, under the command of Chief Eric Burel, responded Saturday afternoon to a reported car fire at the Karp Automotive dealership on Sunrise Highway. Firefighters found that numerous vehicles on car racks were ablaze in the service department parking lot. They immediately stretched two attack hose lines and put out the fires.

A total of 11 vehicles were damaged in the fire, according to Burel.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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FIREFIGHTERS STRETCHED TWO attack hose lines to put out the fire.

MEMBERS OF THE Rockville Centre Fire Department responded to a car fire at Karp Automotive on Sunrise Highway.

THE CAUSE OF the fire is being investigated

OBITUARY

Elizabeth A. Feiner, 90 Elizabeth A. Feiner, of Rockville School District in June 1993 after workCentre, died suddenly on Oct. 31. She ing there for 20 years. She was an active member of Curé of was 90.

Ars Parish in Merrick, past Loving mother of Kathy president of the Vianney Graustein, Gail, Beth Fifty-Plus Club, member of (Greg) LaCasse and George the Ministry of Consola(Gwynne); cherished tion and a volunteer in the grandmother of Bobby Outreach Program and (Serena), Gillian, Tricia, annual bazaar and bingo Kristin (Kevin) Gerard, fundraising activities. She Kaitlin (Timmy) Pond, was also a longtime memTaryn, Grace and Patrick; ber of the Hempstead adored great-grandmother Country Club and Atlantic of Gavin, Keira, Welles and Elizabeth A. Feiner Beach Club.

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Services were held at She is predeceased by her husband, George. The couple were Macken Mortuary in Rockville Centre Merrick residents for more than 50 on Nov. 4. Funeral mass was held at Curé of Ars on Nov. 5, followed by an years.

Feiner retired from the Merrick interment at Holy Rood Cemetery.

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LEGAL NOTICE Public Notice to Bidders Sealed Bids will be received by the Village of Rockville Centre Purchasing Department for the matter stated below.

Bids must be received at the Rockville Centre Police Department, 34 Maple Ave., Rockville Centre, New York 11570 until 11:00 am prevailing time on December 10, 2020.

Bids will be opened that day and read aloud in the

Village Court Room. In accordance with Executive Order of the Governor of New York, the bid opening will be recorded, and the recording will be available on the Village website on December 11, 2020. The contract will be awarded as soon thereafter as practicable for: GMI Circuit Breaker Bid No. 2011E1(1006) The contract documents, specifications and plans

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Follow the link to the Purchasing Department.

All questions should be directed to the Purchasing Department.

Please contact Kathy McMahon via email only at k m c m a h o n @ r v c n y. u s.

Questions must be submitted no later than December 3, 2020.

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The Village reserves the right to split awards between multiple bidders or reject all bids, or make such determination as in the best interests of the Village, as provided by law.

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Q. We’re trying to do a bigger kitchen and make an office, since I’m now probably working only from home.

To save on cabinets, we’re looking at several options, including cheaper, imported ones. I did some research, and I’m concerned about whether the Chinese-made cabinets we might get are safe to use. I assume that they don’t give off harmful fumes like a friend told me about. Is this true and what can you tell me?

A. By “cheaper,” I’m hoping you mean less costly, not less value for your money. As you spend more time at home, this could be a real problem, but it isn’t what you’ve been led to believe. Your concern about Chinese-made cabinets is based on rumor and underlying hysteria more than on fact.

The concern is based on a few past dilemmas, onte eeper such as when our domestic construction industry became so busy that there was a gypsum wallboard shortage, and China sent under-regulated boards into our market that contained cancer-causing radon. The fact is that the whole cabinet-producing industry had to make a change when it was discovered that the most common glues used to manufacture medium-density fiberboard, or MDF, and plywood have formaldehyde as a primary component. Although sealants are used to prevent or limit off-gassing of formaldehyde, California, America’s main receiver of imported cabinets from China through its ports, developed laws and standards to control and eliminate volatile organic compounds, or VOCs. In case you thought China was the only concern, cabinets made all over the Western Hemisphere, from North, Central and South America, also used to have high levels of toxic formaldehyde in the adhesives. What you might want to consider is that California really stepped up in the interest of public safety, developing guidelines under their Carb 2 compliance standards. Sadly, the most recent United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement attempted to set standards, but Chinese companies have found that they can skirt the standards — not regarding toxicity, but tariffs — just by the way woods are purchased and handled.

The trade agreement didn’t go far enough in protecting the wood-products industry, and China has, once again, taken clear advantage of the market as a nonparticipant in the agreement. It can buy wood from countries that defy sustainable forest practices, contributing to environmental problems. Just by adding one outer veneer of birch to hardwoods, while the opposite face is a more expensive species, such as in flooring, China pays no export duty instead of the 8 percent it should, defeating the tariff altogether. Ironically, the practice also affects our competing birch wood industry and is a loss for related industries, such as oak and maple producers.

You, as a purchaser, buy products, unaware that so much time, and your money, went into preventing countries from unbalancing our trade, only to watch it happen anyway. Cheaper may mean less costly, but cost to our economy and environment are also a value to consider. Good luck!

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Remember to shop locally this holiday season

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hanksgiving is only a week away, and the December holidays are fast approaching. We’re supposed to be making plans to shop in our local downtowns or at the malls, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, we may be tempted to turn to the national online outlets instead.

Despite the crisis, we encourage you to consider patronizing our mom-and-pop shops, many of which now offer their goods online. Abandoning our local businesses would be devastating on so many levels.

First, we could see an even greater number of them go under than already have.

That could lead to boarded-up storefronts and empty main streets, which would depress local property values and increase property-tax rates. Second, the businesses that have long supported our communities through donations to the Little Leagues

and the Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops would no longer be around to depend on.

Third, your friends and neighbors would lose jobs and their livelihoods.

So we implore you to make a plan to shop safely — and shop locally. And please, keep patronizing area restaurants.

Winter is almost upon us. You may not feel safe yet dining in — even though our local eateries are taking all mandated precautions — but you can certainly order from them and pick up your meals or have them delivered.

It feels like we blinked, and nine months have passed since Covid-19 hit New York.

Here’s what we wrote in our March 19-25 editorial, “Even now, patronize your local small businesses,” 35 weeks ago. Not much has changed since then.

“Coronavirus has swept across New York with astounding speed, leaving sickness, fear and uncertainty in its wake. Small

Next week, limit your Thanksgiving gatherings

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ith the Covid-19 infection rate creeping up above 3 percent in parts of New York state, including Long Island, Gov. Andrew Cuomo last week issued two executive orders. The first requires any establishment with a liquor license, including bars, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and pool halls, to close after 10 p.m.

The second limits gatherings in homes to 10 people or fewer.

Thank you, Governor, for staying on top of this terrible outbreak and showing the courage to do what is potentially unpopular, but vital to maintaining public health.

The evidence is overwhelming that large gatherings lead to higher infection rates — and more deaths. Public health officials are pleading with families to abide by Cuomo’s most recent restrictions.

Many have said on social media and in other forums that the government cannot control what they do in their own homes.

That’s true. Law enforcement is not likely to come and bang on your door if 25 family members and friends attend your Thanksgiving get-together, provided the celebration doesn’t spill into a public venue.

You would, however, have to live with the consequences if the disease were to

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businesses, particularly restaurants and bars, have taken a beating over the past two weeks — yes, it’s been only two weeks since the first coronavirus case in Nassau County was reported, though it feels like ages.

“Business at restaurants and bars was cut in half by the coronavirus — and that was before Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned gatherings of more than 50 people on Monday, forcing restaurants and bars to close, though take-out is now allowed, including alcohol from bars, distilleries and wineries.

“Many small businesses, which are the lifeblood of our downtowns, run on small budgets, with narrow profit margins. A steady downturn in sales, even for a few weeks, could kill a mom-and-pop shop.

“That is why we urge people to patronize their local small businesses, even during these frightening times.”

LETTERS Thanks to those who think of others To the Editor: During this season of gratitude, I want to offer my heartfelt thanks to all our neighbors who make helping others a priority in their lives. Their commitment to service takes on added significance as our communities face this global pandemic together.

I extend a special salute to our region’s health care heroes who continue to sacrifice so much to help our region get through this crisis.

Every day I am humbled by our Red Cross volunteers, who share of themselves to help the most vulnerable prepare for and recover from life-changing disasters like fires, floods and building collapses. This year, following historic wildfires out West and relentless hurricanes along the Gulf Coast, many traveled far from home to deliver hope and help to thousands of families.

Thank you to our partners, who share with us a com-

spread among your guests. So, please, stick to the rules. They were put in place to protect you and your loved ones. Think of it like this: Put off the big celebrations this holiday season so you can all get together in 2021.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said last Sunday that we could very well round the corner on this disease next April with a Covid-19 vaccine, which now appears within our reach. So please be patient until then and limit your social interactions, as difficult as that might be.

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OPINIONS

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aving run successfully for public office 13 times, I can readily understand why President Trump is having a hissy fit. My political mentor once reminded me that “winning isn’t everything, but losing is nothing.” Trump doesn’t like to lose, and according to his niece Mary Trump, losing was never allowed in the Trump family.

The idea of being one of only 10 presidents who ran for re-election and lost must really be galling.

In the private sector, Trump had numerous ways to avoid losing. He JERRY franchised his KREMER name to be put on dozens of buildings, with no liability. He filed for bankruptcy several times, and in almost every case emerged with no obligations to his creditors.

There are dozens of ways to come out a winner in the business world, but in politics, you either win or you lose.

I am among those who really don’t care whether Trump concedes his loss and calls President-elect Joseph Biden.

LETTERS

History tells us that it’s the right thing to do. But it wouldn’t bother me at all if Trump didn’t show up on Jan. 20 for the Biden inauguration. My thinking about the departing president is colored by four years of Trump and everything he has done and stood for.

At this moment in time, well over 1,000 Americans are dying each day of Covid-19. Hospitals in socalled red states like Texas and Montana are running out of ICU beds, and the president is doing absolutely nothing. There is a coronavirus task force headed by Vice President Mike Pence, but its hands are tied because the administration doesn’t want to do anything.

Weeks ago, we learned that more than 500 children were separated from their parents after being picked up at the Mexican border as part of Trump’s crackdown on immigration. Biden called the situation a “national disgrace,” but the man who could do something about the tragedy, Trump, remains silent. I still remember then Attorney General Jeff Sessions pledging to enforce a “zero tolerance” policy on

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immigration in which children would be separated from their loved ones, and no one tried to stop him.

I recall that after the protests and violence in Charlottesville, Trump uttered his famous words that there were “very fine people on both sides.” I have continuing visions of the president sending comforting signals to the white supremacy crowd while they were holding torchlight parades demeaning ethnic minorities. I haven’t forgotten his slandering of the late Sen. John McCain or his cruelty toward a Gold Star family.

Over the years, Trump has reserved his greatest hostility for women. At his news conferences, he has gone out of his way to insult women reporters with taunts and mean-spirited comebacks. No president in American history has been accused by so many women of sexual assaults.

No president since Richard Nixon has refused to make any of his tax records public. “They’re under audit,” Trump has said, ad nauseam.

He made many promises back in 2016 to win the support of the country’s vot-

an. 20 will bring a new occupant to the White House, and we won’t miss this one.

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mon purpose and community spirit that extends our reach and helps connect more individuals with critical humanitarian support. And thank you to our supporters, who allow the Red Cross to deliver emergency relief 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Wishing you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Let’s continue to look out for one another.

NEELA LOCKEL CEO, American Red Cross on Long Island

Cheers mask column To the Editor: I applaud Dr. Eric C. Last’s column in last week’s Herald, “Surely we shouldn’t be fighting over wearing masks.”

The coronavirus pandemic has grown to such proportions, both locally and internationally, that the closing words of Dr. Last’s column cannot be over-emphasized in urging us in the community to develop good preventive habits against the virus: “It’s following the simplest guidance there is: Treat others as you’d want to be treated yourself. We owe one another nothing less.”

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ers. His pledged that he was going to “drain the swamp.” Four years later, a number of his close associates and campaign advisers have been convicted of federal crimes. Lobbyists have been given open access to the operations of the administration, and many have become federal officials.

Generals with admirable war records have been recruited to serve in Trump’s cabinet, and have been showered with insults when they chose to leave. Prominent corporate executives have been treated in the same ugly fashion. The conflicts of interest created by Trump’s family businesses have frequently made headlines, with no effort to curb their excesses.

Jan. 20 isn’t that far away, and it will be a happy day for those of us who have wished for a new occupant of the White House. There’s no need for Trump to bother attending. His absence would be noted, but not missed.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

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Will Trump come to Biden’s inauguration? I don’t care.

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The 2020 election: a mandate for moderation

he election is in the history books.

As the dust finally settles on the presidential race, it appears that Joe Biden won with the same razor-thin margin by which Donald Trump did in 2016. In both cases, a shift of less than 100,000 votes in a few states could have tipped the election the other way. Maybe the biggest surprise was the polls predicting a Biden blowout that again missed the mark by wide margins, just as they did in 2016.

Given the devastating impact of the coronavirus on the nation’s health and econoALFONSE my, it’s amazing D’AMATO that President Trump was able to come so close to being re-elected. He did better than polls predicted with Latino and African-American voters, who, I believe, may be less liberal than Democratic leaders think.

It’s a tribute to Biden’s steadiness that he wended his way to the presidency through a bruising primary thicket and Trump’s strong closing campaign to win.

And that Kamala Harris — a woman of Indian and Jamaican heritage — will serve as vice president is a historic first.

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But if I could give my old friend Mr. Biden some advice, it would be to recognize that the results of the election do not confer a mandate to veer too far from the political center. Republicans did not lose a raft of Senate seats, as polls also incorrectly predicted. They suffered a loss of only one seat, and as things stand now they hold 50 seats, while the Democrats have 48.

There will be two runoff elections in January in Georgia to determine Senate control. Democrats need to win both of those races to create a 50-50 Senate tie, which could then be broken

by Vice President-elect Harris’s vote. That’s a tall order in a closely divided state like Georgia. Look for voters there to send at least one of the two GOP incumbents back to the Senate, helping Republicans retain the majority.

The situation in the House is also instructive. It appears that far from losing seats there (as the polls and pundits again incorrectly predicted), the GOP didn’t lose a single seat, and instead will gain as many as 12, leaving the House closely divided. Here on Long Island, Republicans fared well, with Trump winning both Nassau and Suffolk counties; a big win for U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin; and

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Andrew Garbarino winning the seat held by retiring Rep. Peter King.

Within the Democratic House majority are a significant number of moderate Democrats who are not eager to see their party move too far left. If Speaker Nancy Pelosi fails to heed this call for moderation, she could very well lose her majority in the 2022 midterm election, as she did in 2010. It’s worth noting that history is not on her side, as the sitting president’s party has lost seats in every midterm election but one since World War II. Republicans also exceeded expectations in states across the country. They picked up a governorship, didn’t lose a single state House, and flipped control of three formerly Democratic legislatures. In New York, GOP candidates did remarkably well. A successful effort led by prominent Republican Ron Lauder helped produce wins in several State Senate races, ensuring that GOP senators can play a significant role in key bills and in critical state budget negotiations requiring “supermajorities” to override gubernatorial vetoes.

All of this leads me to conclude that President-elect Biden would be well

ome advice for my old friend Joe Biden: Concentrate on the virus and the economy.

advised to concentrate his efforts on defeating the coronavirus and rebuilding the U.S. economy. There’s great progress being made on developing a safe and effective Covid-19 vaccine. Let’s get it produced and distributed to every American. And there’s still a need to help businesses and workers who are dealing with the frightening economic impact of the epidemic. Let’s get them the help they need.

What will not be helpful is a misguided push to increase taxes on American businesses and workers during a fragile economic recovery. A vast majority of economists agree that raising taxes in a recession is counterproductive. Saddling American taxpayers with increased capital gains taxes that stifle investment would be especially damaging. And this is no time to hike business taxes, either.

The tax relief enacted in 2017 helped produce an economic boom only Covid-19 could undo. Biden’s campaign slogan was “Build back better.” Let’s build on the economic progress we made before the coronavirus hit, and build on the American electorate’s mandate for moderation.

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.

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s anyone else thinking about the Berlin Airlift? It is one of the great stories of American audacity in the face of political thuggery.

In case you’re too young, to remember, after World War II, the United States was part of the Allied occupation of Berlin, which had been bombed into rubble. Berlin had been ground zero for the rise of Hitler, and in 1948 the streets still echoed with the cheers of Germans who had RANDI helped usher the KREISS Fuhrer into power.

One of the other occupiers was Stalin’s Soviet Union. With no warning, on June 24, 1948, Stalin moved to take over control of West Berlin and push out the U.S., France and England.

Stalin precipitously blocked all access to the city, shutting down the rail lines, roads and canal access. The plan was to lock down and starve the Berliners until the U.S. backed off so the Soviets could take control of the city, with further designs on the rest of Germany.

It was the first macro-aggression of what would become known as the Cold War. Only three years earlier, American forces had slogged through three years of bloody warfare in Europe. Some U.S. leaders called for an aggressive response, but President Harry Truman found another way. Under the leadership of General Lucius D. Clay, American forces began an airlift of supplies to West Berlin.

Every day, planes landed bringing food, medicine and fuel — overall, more than 2 million tons of goods for Berliners over 15 months. On Sept. 30, 1949, Stalin gave up and lifted the blockade. Not a shot was fired.

I feel inspired by this bit of history because it speaks to America’s ability to rise up to a threat. Ingenuity and courage are homegrown assets, and we never needed these strengths more than we do today.

Our new enemy is Covid-19, which for reasons we all know is rampaging through our cities and states, killing people in increasing numbers and threatening our well-being and our prosperity. We

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need to dig deep and summon the bravery to win this war.

We are the victims of missed opportunities to better control the spread of the virus. We missed the chance to get ahead of the firestorm, but we still have agency.

Every single one of us can still do the simple, effective things: wear a mask when near other people, maintain social distance and wait for the promising vaccines to become available.

Don’t gather at parties or bars or family events. It won’t be forever, and it might save someone you love.

This Thanksgiving, I believe we must accept the sacrifice of a simpler occasion, without expecting family to board planes or sit around a table set for 15 or 20. We can do this. We can do it this year in the hope that next year we can be thankful for lives saved.

During World War II, there were four years of Thanksgivings marked by deprivation, loss and empty chairs. From the accounts I’ve read, people didn’t complain; it would have been unpatriotic, considering the sacrifices being made by soldiers in the eye of the storm. Butter

simpler occasion this year in order to celebrate saved lives next year.

and gasoline were rationed, some years turkeys were scarce, and people were asked not to book trains so as to save seats for soldiers on furlough.

We are in the throes of a catastrophic pandemic that is ruining lives and taking lives from coast to coast, north and south. We don’t know exactly how or when it will end, but we must do what we can to stop the spread. The courage is in doing the right thing, one foot in front of the other, without knowing for sure what lies ahead.

When American pilots took off for the first flight into West Berlin in 1948, they didn’t know if they would be doing the run for a week or a year or 10 years.

They didn’t know how long they could keep up the supply line, but they did it the first day, and they kept flying until the Soviets caved. We need to do what our medical experts and our presidentelect are telling us to do: Find the grace to think of others. Don’t gather with groups of family and friends. Have a good-enough Thanksgiving on our own, with the comforting compensation of knowing we are serving the common good, all of us Americans, fighting this fight together.

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

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