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Outrage grows over concert vaccine issue vaccination at the door and will have no seating restrictions, although we encourage spacing Several parents in the Rock- between family pairs when posville Centre School District sible. Any unvaccinated guest, have voiced their displeasure guest who forgets or does not with school officials after they want to show proof of vaccinaannounced plans to separate tion and vaccinated guests vaccinated and unvaccinated accompanied by an unvaccinataudience members ed child will sit in at n e x t m o n t h ’s the unvaccinated winter concerts. section with six feet In a letter to par(three seats) spacents earlier this ing between family month, interim pairs.” Superintendent Several parents Rober t Bar tels expressed outrage wrote that the conover the letter at the cer ts, which are Board of Education divided by g rade KRISTEN meeting on Nov. 16. levels, would be PUTTERMAN Bartels said at the held in the auditorimeeting that the um to allow for Rockville Centre measure would appropriate spacenable administraing, each student would be per- tors to effectively contact-trace mitted to have two guests, parents in the event of an outattendees would be required to break. wear masks, the concerts would After the meeting, Kristen be live-streamed, and there Putterman, who said she was would be two sections of the vaccinated, told the Herald that audience based on vaccination she and her husband would not status. attend the event because of the “There will be a vaccinated seating arrangements, and that section and an unvaccinated her daughter would not sing section for each concert,” Bar- with the elementary school chotels wrote. “Guests sitting in the rus. vaccinated section will be “It’s just a way to divide the required to show evidence of CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

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The big score Dana Poetzsch celebrated her goal three minutes from the end of regulation in Molloy’s victory over Bridgeport last week, which came before it was eliminated on Saturday. Story, Page 3.

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Outing in memory of Tommy Brull is a success By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com

The Tommy Brull Foundation has continued its mission to help those with physical, mental and emotional disabilities through the pandemic. At its 14th annual fundraiser at the St. Agnes Parish Center on Nov. 13, the foundation made donations to 13 groups and individuals, including the Backyard Players & Friends and South Side High School student

Will Ryan, who was the foundation’s 2021 Courage and Resilience Award winner. In the first in-person iteration of the event since 2019, the foundation roared back. Last year’s event was a livestreamed telethon that lasted nearly six hours. “It was really cool and different — and I never want to do it again,” joked Martin Brull, the foundation’s creator. Brull started the foundation in 2008 in honor of his brother,

Tommy, who died in 1999, at age 23, in an accident near the Williamsburg Bridge. Some of the details of his death are still uncertain. He and Martin, who were just 17 months apart, were close. Tommy devoted much of his free time to the special-needs community, and volunteered at Camp ANCHOR in Long Beach. The foundation in his name has CONTINUED ON PAGE 13

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Molloy women’s soccer NCAA run ends Despite a 1-0 second-round defeat to Mercy on Saturday, the Molloy Colle ge women’s soccer team will remember their NCAA Division II tournament run for their dramatic, come-from-behind win at Rockville Sports Complex last Thursday. After a first half dominated by the Lions, Bridgeport forward Leigh-Ann Ramsay headed the Purple Knights ahead in the 53rd minute on the team’s first corner of the match. Molloy took their ninth corner only a couple of minutes prior. In the 57th minute, a Purple Knight collided with Lions’ keeper, senior Jackie Carty, causing the Molloy training staff to check on the veteran. The kee per escaped a little worse for wear, but stayed in the match, which would prove to be huge when Bridgeport’s Andrea Basilicato drew a penalty kick. With the Lions’ tournament hopes on the line, Carty stopped the spot kick and the deflected rebound, sending the fans and her teammates into a frenzy. Just like that, all the momentum was with Molloy and forw a r d D a n a Po e t z s c h , wh o recovered from a missed oneon-one with the Knights’ keeper in the 67th minute, to level the match in the 75th off a scramble inside the penalty area. Poetzsch continued to take

over the game, receiving a ball along the sideline near midfield and hopping over a Bridgeport slide tackle before being hauled down for a penalty with only four minutes left in regulation. The striker was called upon to finish off the chance she created and put a left-footed strike into the bottom left corner of the net. Poetzsch tur ned around triumphantly and was immediately mauled by all nine other field players. “Obviously I was feeling kind of down (after the 67th minute miss), but I had a lot of oppor tunity throughout the g a m e, s o I k n ew o n e m i s s wasn’t going to be the end of the game,” Poetzsch said. “I missed once, but I won’t miss again. That’s my mindset.” Carty said the Lions were extremely confident after avoiding going down 2-0. “We’ve been practicing PKs a lot, and I just felt like her body language was pointing at her going to her strong side,” Carty said. “So I just decided to send it right and hoep for the best.” Carty credited defender Sarah Tappeto for forcing a weak rebound shot off of the penalty kick in the 74th minute. The Lions dropped a 1-0 decision at home on Saturday afternoon to Mercy, ending their season in the second round, but they finished the season with a sterling 18-3 record.

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Comeback win on Thursday highlights Lions’ tournament experience

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SENIOR GOALKEEPER JACKIE Carty stopped a penalty kick in the second half with the team trailing 1-0.

Wilson hosts Turkey Trot and canned food drive By TOM CARROZZA tcarrozza@liherald.com

It was a busy week over at Wilson Elementary School, where a Turkey Trot and food drive were held to celebrate Thanksgiving. It started with the Turkey Trot on Saturday morning, which saw the “Little Gobblers Run,” a mile run, and a 5K that traveled down to Firemen’s Field and the track at South Side High School. Dozens of school children and their parents took part in both the run and aerobic exercises afterward on the field next to Wilson. On Monday morning, Mayor Francis X. Murray arrived to pick up food donated as part of the Duffy Dash/Canned Food Collection. The recently elected Wilson Student Government officers were on hand to deliver the food items to the mayor.

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RVC firefighters, police help deliver baby in car By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

Last month, members of the Rockville Centre police and fire departments helped deliver a baby when a pregnant woman went into labor early on Halloween. On Oct. 31 at 11:46 a.m., crews from each of the departments were dispatched after receiving word that a woman was in labor. The parents were on their way to a local hospital to deliver their son when the mother, Shelane (the departments did not wish to include her last name due to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) went into labor earlier than expected. Former Fire Chief Louis Franco and Officer Eric Hores were first on the scene to help her, and two Northwell medics

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weren’t far behind. Rockville Centre Fire Chief Jim Avondet, a critical care emergency medical technician, also arrived along with more RVCFD crews, which included Tony Rugolo, fire medic Lt. Mike Wooram, former Captain Kim Martino and EMTs Paige Sansone and Aiden Stutzmann. The professionals worked closely together to safely deliver the baby, Nathaniel, in the backseat of Shelane’s car. The baby and his parents were then transported to North Shore University Hospital, where Shelane and Nathaniel were both healthy and fine. “I’m grateful that I was there to assist and work along with my fellow first responders,” Avondet said. “I thank them all for a job well done, and Dad is doing well, too.”

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Isles fans raise the roof on their new ‘Barn’ UBS Arena opening ends a 20-year battle for team’s home base By Tom Carrozza tcarrozza@liherald.com

Islanders fans from across Long Island made the pilgrimage on Saturday to the team’s new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. Despite a disappointing game result — the Islanders lost to the Calgary Flames 5-2 — fans were elated to finally have a home for their favorite hockey team after years of uncertainty, recreating the exuberant cheering that so defined games at Nassau Coliseum, known affectionately as “The Barn.” The $1.1 billion arena at Belmont Park already means a great deal to fans who have watched the team through years when the Nassau Coliseum fell into disrepair and the Barclays Center in Brooklyn offered obstructed seating. The fanbase survived rumors of the team’s move to Quebec City or Kansas City in the 1990s and 2000s and has STeven finally been Ferraro rewarded with an Islanders fan arena that pays homage to both them and the players of yesteryear. “I’m 26 years old, and I’ve been waiting my entire life to see this building open,” Steven Ferraro, of Rockville Centre, said. “It was the Lighthouse and then whatever after, but the [new] building [is] absolutely fantastic, just gorgeous.” Ferraro said his favorite aspect of the structure so far is the Heineken Terrace above the main entrance, saying it’s unusual to have clublike atmosphere at a hockey game. The late John Kempf was remembered at the game by his wife and son, Christine and Sean Kempf, who carried around a cardboard cutout of him. A detective in the Suffolk County Police Department, John died in April 2020 after a battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease — a rare degenerative brain disorder. During his tough fight, Kempf got to speak to his all-time favorite Islander, John Tonnelli, on the phone. “It means everything to be here,” Sean Kempf said. “[My father] was a lifelong fan, and he passed that down to us.” Sean also said that his father was a huge fan of both Zach Parise and Zdeno Chara and would have been blown away if he had seen them both acquired by the Islanders in the off-season. Mark Martinez, of Levittown, said he became an Islanders fan along with his school friends when the team visited Summit Lane Elementary School when they were children. “When we were little, tickets were cheap and we would go to every game, and now we still go to every game. It’s a part of our friendship now,” Martinez said. In the upper deck, signs with the logos of Islanders fan meetup groups from San

’m 26 years old, and I’ve been waiting my entire life to see this building open.

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more Than 17,000 Islanders fans brought the old Nassau Coliseum energy to their new home at UBS Arena in Elmont. The Blue and Orange Army in Section 329 brought soccer-style chanting throughout the game. ISleS FanS goT pumped up before entering UBS Arena for the first time. Donovan Berthoud/Herald

Diego to the United Kingdom were placed above the raucous Section 329 crowd. The section, carried over from the Coliseum, serenades the team with soccer-style chants and drum playing throughout the game. The much-touted low roof of the building traps the noise, giving amazing moments like when the crowd sang along with Nicole Raviv during the national anthem. There were glimpses of what the atmosphere can be like when the team gets going, like when Richard Panik laid the first big hit or when the referees announced Brock Nelson’s first goal. Superfans Jake Basile and Nicholas Constantinidis, from Plainview, came to the game carrying cardboard cutouts of Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech’s face. The two started the “Pelech Posse” a few Continued on neXt page

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UBS Arena opens Nov. 20 to much fanfare years ago, now even selling merchandise to the over 8,000 followers of their Instagram page, “Bathtubjake.” “A lot of guys from the Barn days were kind of concerned about this not being home, but it really felt like it tonight,” Basile said. “This is genuinely a dream come true. It’s so surreal. The atmosphere was great. Not the result we wanted from the game, but the arena was absolutely amazing,” Constantinidis said. “It

felt like this is ours, this is our amazing, 21st-century arena. We finally joined the club.” Co-owner Jon Ledecky, who purchased the team with business partner Scott Malkin in 2016, spoke to and took pictures with fans outside the arena before the game. “You can hear the fans are so excited and they’re saying, ‘Thank you,’ which is great, but we’re saying it back, because without them and their support, this building doesn’t happen,” Ledecky said.

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A Rockville Centre resident recently merged firms with a financial group to form a partnership. Michael Mennella, of Rockville Centre, became a partner at the Atrium Financial Group, a boutique firm within Northwestern Mutual, which has aimed to expand its presence across New York state. Atrium is led by founder William Newman and his partner Jeremiah Mackey. Mennella runs an office in Garden City and will remain there. The now 21-member team represents a combined 70 years of experience, and their footprint spans from Manhattan to Long Island, to the AlbaMichael ny and Adirondack areas. The partnership enables the team of professionals to serve more than 700 households and manage over $1.4 billion in client assets. “Our combined team is equipped to provide better service than ever before,” Mennella said, according to a news release. “The pooling of our resources will ensure that we can provide our clients whatever they may need, whenever they need it.” The Atrium Financial Group works with families and small business owners who share their values of family, commitment to excellence, mutual respect, integrity, and personal and professional growth. The team specializes in creating financial freedom through multi-generational estate planning and income distribution strategies. Their comprehensive, tax-efficient approach to finance integrates traditional

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NEIGHBORS IN THE NEWS RVC resident partners with firm financial planning with cutting edge behavioral finance. The group’s coaching and stewardship inspire their clients and community to realize their full potential. “This partnership is in direct alignment with the values of all of us at The Atrium Financial Group,” Newman said, according to a news release. “We are committed to building enduring relationships that inspire financial security for our clients, team and community. We want you to become the hero of your own lives.” Atrium also offers financial planning by and for women. The practice includes women who have earned the certified Mennella financial planner professional designation, providing expert guidance and innovative solutions tailored to the specific goals and aspirations of women. In addition, the business was recently selected as a founding member of Northwestern Mutual’s newly formed Private Client Group, a specialized group of expert advisory teams who provide elevated private wealth management expertise for clients with significant means. “This team of specialists and staff are primed and ready to help with every facet of a financial plan,” Mackey said, according to a news release. “We’ll guide each generation of your family so you can enjoy your wealth today and for years to come.” Courtesy The Atrium Financial Group; compiled by Mike Smollins

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THE ROCKVILLE CENTRE Lions Club is now sponsoring the Spectacular Lions Club, a group that comprises the whole South Shore. Taking part were, from left, Marian Thomsen, Bill Manteria, Ed Asip, President Michelle Sewell and members of The Spectulars Maria Micillo and Robin Foreman.

The Spectacular Lions Club is forming across Nassau County’s South Shore and will provide leadership, service and socialization opportunities for young adults on the ASD spectrum and their loved ones. The club is already at work making a difference in the lives of others. They collected non-perishable food items for a Thanksgiving drive organized by their sponsor, the Rockville Centre Lions Club. Club organizers Maria Micillo and

Robin Foreman led the drive with a festive collection box, which was decorated by the new club members at a recent organizational meeting. For more information about the Spectacular Lions Club, its mission, upcoming meetings or planned activities, email Micillo at mmicillo18@gmail.com. Courtesy RVC Lions Club; compiled by Mike Smollins

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EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

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Current Events discussion Stay up-to-date with current affairs and discuss what’s on your mind with facilitator Richard Skolnik, through the Rockville Centre Public Library. The discussion will take place over Zoom and registration is required. The link will be emailed one hour prior to the 10:30 a.m. start time.

Thanksgiving at George Martin George Martin the Original in RVC will serve a special three-course prix fixe menu in celebration of Thanksgiving. Reservations available from 2 to 6 p.m. Call 516-678-7272 for reservations.

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Join this virtual knitting and crocheting circle led by Shelley Leibson. Register at the RVC Library to receive the Zoom link to this virtual event. Starts at 1 p.m.

Friday Indoor Storytime The RVC Library hosts this song and storytime for those ages 18 months to five years. Register online at the library website. Starts at 10 a.m.

Scribblers: A Writing Workshop Share your work with fellow writers, receive feedback, and discuss your craft. Bring your work to share. Register online at the RVC Library for this hybrid program. Starts at 7 p.m.

A Peter White Christmas The Madison Theatre at Molly College hosts this Christmas concert from Peter White, Mindi Abair and Vincent Ingala. Call the theater box office at 516-3234444 or visit www.madisontheatreny.org for tickets. Event starts at 8 p.m.

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Monday, Nov. 29 Adult Afternoon Games Bring your friends and games to the RVC Library for an aftenoon of fun. Starts at 1 p.m.

Meditation with MaryClare MaryClare Chiofalo leads this meditation class designed to help you destress, relax, and focus. Register online at the RVC library website. Starts at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 30 Chi Gong with Marianna Farina Farina returns in person to the Rockville Centre library with her exercise class. Register at the library website for the session that runs from Sept. 7 to Nov. 9. Starts at 10:30 a.m.

Library Play Date Come to the Helen Kraus Room at the RVC Library where your kids (ages 15 months to four years) can play with colorful toys in a fun environment. Register

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Wilson Turkey Trot a huge success Participants in the Little Gobblers run at Wilson Elementary sprint through the parking lot on Nov. 20. online at the library website. Starts at 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday Yoga with Joe Certified yoga instructor Joe Climi leads the class designed to accommodate the needs of people who may have difficulty with more traditional appraoches. This class is hybrid, with in-person and Zoom options. Register online at the RVC library website. Starts at 12 p.m.

All About Smart Home Devices Amazon Echo and Google Nest have changed the way people function in their homes. Learn all about the features offered in these smart devices with Sharper Training Solutions at the RVC Library. Register at the library website. Starts at 2 p.m.

What to Watch (in-person) Join moderator Michael Matuszewski and RVC Library staffer Rob Siegel to discuss the shows everyone is watching and talking about from Squid Game to Outlander. Register online at the RVC Library website. Starts at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Dec. 1 Simply Stronger with Marilyn Bunger Certified instructor Marilyn Bunger leads this exercise class to enhance strength and flexibility. Starts at 9:30 a.m.

Bible Study at St. Agnes Join Fr. Bright and other members of the study group each Wednesday morning either in-person or virtually at

9:45 a.m. The program meets in the second floor of the ministry building in the youth ministry room. Email Irene Vastola at iavastola@gmail.com for Zoom link.

Mothers’ Center Circle Join other mothers at Kim’s Corner in the RVC Library as facilitators help you connect on the joys and challneges of motherhood and support each other through their own journey. Register online at the library website. Starts at 10 a.m.

Intermediate Bridge with Anne Bass Anne Bass leads a class teaching participants how to play bridge at the Helen Kraus Room at the RVC Library. Starts at 10 a.m.

Broadway Rocks The Who L.I.-based production company The Rock Project comes to The Madison Theater at Molloy College for this onenight celebration of the famous rock group’s music. Starts at 8 p.m.

HAVING AN EVENT? Items on the Community Update pages are listed free of charge. The Herald welcomes listings of upcoming events, community meetings and items of public interest. All submissions should include date, time and location of the event, cost, and a contact name and phone number. Submissions can be emailed to rvceditor@liherald.com

The RVC Farmers’ Market will be at Parking Lot 12 every Sunday from 7 a.m. to noon. St. Agnes hosts the RVC Soccer 50th Anniversary Gala on Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. The Village of RVC hosts a Tax Lien Sale at the Village Hall Courtroom on Nov. 29 at 10 a.m. SSHS inducts its National Math Honor Society in the auditorium on Nov. 29 at 7 p.m. The Wilson Winter Concert takes place at the SSHS auditorium on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m.

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Herald seeks Person of the Year nominations Know anyone around town who you’d describe as a true do-gooder –– that PTA president, Little League coach or scout leader who goes above and beyond the call of duty; that community volunteer who gives so much of him or herself while asking for nothing in return; that volunteer firefighter or emergency medical technician who saved a life? The Rockville Centre Herald is currently seeking nominations for our annual Person of the Year. All People of the Year are featured in fulllength, front-page feature stories that appear in our final issue of the year, which will be published on Dec. 27.

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DAUGHTER in front of the family’s menorah. (the ritual candelabra) which was required as a daily practice. Well, this single flask, instead of only burning for one day, burned instead for eight days. Hanukkah always occurs during the time of year when the days are shortest, and nights are longest — darkness is at its peak in the world. The symbolism of lighting the menorah empowers us as humanity to use our agency, to shine whatever flask of oil we have to make the world a little brighter. For even though the darkness at times seems overwhelming, it certainly was for the Maccabees, I recall a teaching from one of my favorite rabbis who just recently died, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, which I feel is quite relevant to our present time: “There always were two ways to live in a world that is often dark and full of tears. We can curse the darkness, or we can light a light, and as the Chassidim say, a little light drives out much darkness. May we all help light up the world.” May we all have a joyous, bright, and healthy holiday season. Lerner is a rabbi at Congregation B’nai Sholom - Beth David in Rockville Centre.

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MARTIN BRULL, FOURTH from left, celebrated the return of the in-person fundraiser for the Tommy Brull Foundation, in honor of his late brother, who died in 1999. learning experiences. “He helps a lot of organizations in town and every time we call him, he shows up and he’s always there for us,” White said of Brull. “So, we’re lucky to have him and the Tommy Brull Foundation. They’ve been amazing.” Brull said he wanted to highlight the Backyard Players’ successful year despite

the pandemic, as they opened a new storefront on Long Beach Road in October. The foundation selected Ryan, 16, for its Courage and Resilience Award. “Ever since I can remember, Will has had an infectious and inquisitive personality [and] has always put others before himself,” Brull said. “He is eager to learn about anyone he meets.”

Brull cited Ryan’s empathetic nature, echoing several of his South Side High teachers and fellow students, who have expressed their admiration of the energy he devoted to the Pathways program, mentoring ninth-grade students. The foundation, Brull said, had one of its most successful years in 2021, raising more than $100,000.

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whole community,” Putterman said. “There’s no actual reason to have an unvaccinated and vaccinated section. Everyone still has to wear masks, so it really just feels like it’s a way for the board to see who’s unvaccinated and who’s not, and a way just to shame people.” Putterman added that she believed the policy was unnecessary, and noted that other local districts, such as Oceanside and Lynbrook, haven’t established such a rule. Sarah Cooney said that her seventhgrade son, who plays trumpet in the wind ensemble, and her fourth-grade son, who is in the chorus, would not participate in the concerts this year. “To me, it’s irrational,” she said of the separation. “We know that if you’re vaccinated, you can get [Covid-19] and you can spread it, so dividing parents up like this is anti-science and very divisive. To me it’s very upsetting, and they don’t need to do this. We’ll all be wearing masks. We need to put some common sense into this, and I do feel very strongly.” She added that the holiday concerts are diverse, with students singing songs that celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza, but the vaccine edict is not inclusive, and she believes people have the right to keep their medical choices private. Jon Abrams said he believed it was “an extremely ill-advised and illogical policy,” and that people can now go to church together, sit in restaurants together and do other things, so he was unsure why they couldn’t sit with one another, wearing masks, while watching their children perform. Abrams also said that it would make more sense to have attendees provide proof of negative

tests for the coronavirus, because vaccinated people can still contract it. “I think people should do whatever they think is advisable to their own health and situation in consultation with their doctors, and it’s their business, it’s not the school’s business,” Abrams said. “It betrays a fundamental understanding of the science in addition to being an egregious policy.” A resident named Kristen, who requested that her last name not be used, said she was vaccinated but still opposed the policy, and that those who have been vocal about it aren’t opposed to vaccinations, but rather to separating concertgoers. “For the board, there is no mandate to do this,” Kristen said. “Everyone is going to be wearing masks also, so it’s kind of like a non-issue, but we’re feeling like the social cost to our community is very high because you’re basically shining a spotlight on those who are unvaccinated.” Kristen added that the district wasn’t separating spectators at sporting events and other school activities, so she didn’t understand why it would for concerts. In his letter, Bartels wrote that district officials wanted everyone who attends the concerts to feel comfortable. “The district would like to open the concerts for as many guests as possible,” he wrote, “but we need to be mindful that the pandemic is still ongoing and we must be respectful to the safety concerns of all attendees. We are hoping to revisit these protocols for the spring concerts in an effort to have more audience members, should Covid restrictions be lifted.” Neither Bartels nor board President John O’Shea had responded to requests for comment at press time.

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South Side seniors sign to play sports in college Eight South Side High School senior student-athletes recently signed their national letters of intent to play sports in college. MacKenzie Creagh will play Division I girls’ lacrosse at the College of the Holy Cross in Massahcussetts; Mia Delmond will compete in Division I girls’ lacrosse at Quinnipac University in Connecticut; Ciara Giannone will participate in Division I girls’ lacrosse at SUNY Albany; Emma Hospodka will play Division I girls’ soccer at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh; Emily Iacobellis will compete in Division I girls’ soccer at Cornell University in Ithaca; Kiara Kennedy will participate in Division I swimming at Duke University in North Carolina; Maggie Long will play Division I girls’ lacrosse at the University of Pittsburgh; and Brady West will compete in Division I boys’ soccer at Loyola University in Baltimore. The NCAA manages the daily operations of the National Letters of Intent program, while the Collegiate Commis-

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sioners Association provides governance oversight of the program. Started in 1964 with seven conferences and eight independent institutions, the program now includes 657 Division I and Division II participating institutions. The NLI is a voluntary program with regard to both institutions and studentathletes. No prospective student-athlete or parent is required to sign the NLI and no institution is required to join the program. The NLI is a binding agreement between a prospective student-athlete and an NLI member institution. ■ A prospective student-athlete agrees to attend the institution full-time for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters). ■ The institution agrees to provide athletics financial aid for one academic year (two semesters or three quarters).

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he Event,” a 2015 found-footage documentary by Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, opens with black-and-white images of mostly men marching in August 1991 through the streets of Leningrad, in the then Soviet Union, overturning a trailer and grabbing all manner of furniture to erect hastily constructed barricades. Worry was etched on the protesters’ faces. People had assembled in Leningrad’s central Palace Square and surrounding streets to stop an attempted coup d’état that, SCOTT they believed, was radiating from MosBRINTON cow, USSR’s capital, across the land. “The Event” is a hopeful but strangely haunting film that I watched last week on Zoom. Hofstra University’s Department of Comparative Literature, Languages and Linguistics and the History Department presented it, with a panel discussion moderated by Dr. Ben Rifkin, a Hofstra professor of Russian. I wanted to see the film because in August 1991 I was a Peace Corps volunteer stationed in Bulgaria, a Soviet satellite nation for 45 years, from the end of World War II through 1990, when it finally gained its freedom and turned to democracy. I cannot express the

chilling effect the coup attempt had on many Bulgarians, who worried about a sudden return to hardline communism. I wondered what, precisely, had happened in Moscow and other Soviet cities from Aug. 18 to 21, 1991, as the coup unfolded. I had never seen images of it before. The good people of Leningrad were concerned that Soviet Armed Forces tanks might roll against their city, and a sea of tens of thousands of people rallied, placing themselves in mortal danger to preserve the democratic reforms enacted under Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. The fear of a possible attack on Leningrad was not irrational. Eight communist hardliners calling themselves the Committee on the State of Emergency, and various factions within the Soviet military, were behind the putsch, seeking to halt the impending breakup of the Soviet Union that would give sovereignty to its 15 outlying republics. Soviet tanks, in fact, rolled into Moscow, where tens of thousands of demonstrators stood in their way. Among them was Boris Yeltsin, the man who succeeded Gorbachev as president of Russia when the Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991. I was on a train somewhere outside Sofia, Bulgaria’s capital, with my then fiancée, Katerina, who was born and raised in Sofia, when we first heard the news of the coup attempt. Katerina’s face turned sullen. What

would we do if it succeeded? Most Americans cannot understand the fear of the then Soviet Union that many, if not most, Eastern Europeans carried with them in the backs of their brains. They risked limb and life to secure their freedoms from the USSR in the late 1980s and early ’90s. They stood in solidarity, marching en masse in their capitals’ squares, demanding sovereignty. Then, seemingly in an instant, all their hard-won reforms appeared to be in jeopardy. If Bulgaria lost its newly won democratic freedoms to the communists, would the old-school apparatchiks “cleanse” Bulgaria of any American “sympathizers”? In that case, anyone who had had contact with an American like me would have been in grave danger of just disappearing. These were not wild conspiracy theories. They were valid questions based on nearly five decades of iron-fisted Soviet rule. Katerina and I planned an escape route to the U.S. through Greece if the coup held, which, thankfully, it did not. We were in our mid-20s at the time. We recently celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary, living, peacefully, on Long Island for the past 28 years, returning every few years to Sofia. Bulgaria remains a democracy to this day. The Soviet coup plotters were not especially well organized, according to various

he USSR in 1991 and the U.S. in 2021: similarities I never would’ve imagined.

reports, and most of the SAF military was not a party to the conspiracy. It’s said that the plotters spent most of the three days of the coup drunk. Seven of the eight organizers were imprisoned, and one committed suicide. Ilya Vinitsky, chair of the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Princeton University, was among the panelists last week. He was 22 and living in the Soviet Union at the time of the coup. It was a seminal moment in his life, a point of demarcation — there was life before the coup, and after. Now he asks his students, “Have you ever felt you lived through a historical moment?” Yes, I would respond, more than once. Most recently was the disorganized insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, when thousands of pro-Trump rioters besieged our very seat of democracy to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election — that is, to attempt to overthrow our nation’s duly elected president, Joe Biden. Having lived through such a coup attempt while in a foreign land, I never imagined one here, particularly not one as violent as that of last January. Democracy is clearly a fragile thing. It requires an active, engaged citizenry that respects the rule of law. If it is not respected, then it must be enforced. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

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ast Thanksgiving we dined alone. I’m remembering an over-roasted turkey leg with a side of anxiety for me, a wedge of spinach pie for the vegetarian, hold the Thanksgiving cheer. We tried not to make too much of the day. We were veterans of isolation by then, still months away from our first vaccine. To see our kids and grandkids, someone would have had to risk flying, and the infection rates were daunting. Nevertheless, we watched millions RANDI of people choosing KREISS to travel, weaving through airport lines and hoping for the best. Spikes and surges followed. Sorry for the ruminating, but sometimes you must go back to appreciate how far you’ve come. A few months after Thanksgiving, our son and grandson caught Covid. We missed birthdays, anniversaries, proms and graduations. We were lucky; the nightly news featured Covid crises cascading across the country. Who will ever forget the pictures of refrigerator trucks parked outside New York City hospitals?

Today (and I won’t say fast forward, because it wasn’t), all of us have had vaccines and boosters. We’re all back to our jobs. Kids are back in school. As I swayed from despair to hope and back to trepidation, I coped, and that feels like enough. This Thanksgiving we will sit down with our family to start reweaving the ties that have stretched thin over the months of this pandemic. I have often written about gratitude for the small things that charge our days with interest and pleasure. This year my gratitude is singular, profound and unending. I am so thankful to the researchers and scientists and companies and governments and leaders who took on the virus and dug in for the fight. There were missteps and political machinations and failures along the way, but the development of vaccines, 90-plus percent effective, in only 11 months has been the stunning achievement of our lifetime. When we encountered a novel coronavirus transmitted easily through the air by breathing, talking and coughing, the World Health Organization said it did not expect a vaccine to become available in fewer than 18 months. Many virologists have said that the development of a safe and effective vac-

cine within 11 months was an extraordinary achievement. Please read “A Shot to Save the World,” by Gregory Zuckerman. Zuckerman tells the story of the unlikely heroes who worked together and separately, driven by the mission to find a vaccine. He describes the false starts and missteps, but also all that went right as researchers took on the challenge of their lives. It required unprecedented devotion, selflessness, fierce dedication to the job and a vision of success that transcended any one person’s ambition. It is a thrilling story. One of the salient points Zuckerman addresses is the idea that the new vaccines are too “experimental.” He says these discoveries are not one-day wonders, but blocks of research that came together over many years. They found daylight in the time of the pandemic because of the money and dedication and leadership that supported the effort. The work on AIDS informed this medical moon shot, and the Covid vaccines will inform research going forward. Zuckerman tells the story of Jason Schrum, the Moderna scientist who had worked at the company for only a short time. He came up with the actual modifica-

his year my family will gather again, and my gratitute is profound and unending.

tion to the mRNA molecule that is currently used in Moderna’s vaccine, Zuckerman writes. “That modification is the one that BioNTech uses also. It’s not the one from Katalin Karaka and Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania. They’re really pioneers, and I’m not sure we would have these vaccines without them.” Zuckerman writes that not enough attention has been paid to the Chinese scientist who struggled in the early days of the pandemic to share the genetic sequence of the virus. “The guy’s a hero,” he writes. “He risked so much …” I thank them all, from the doctors and nurses to the supermarket workers to the teachers and parents of young children, to the bench researchers who put in the hours, day after day and month after month. This year at our Thanksgiving, there will be a too-big turkey and stuffing and cranberry sauce. Leaves and grains for the vegetarian. We will hug and kiss our kids and grandkids, feeling safe enough with our jabs and boosters. Then we will feast on my apple cranberry crumble with a topping of gratitude for this country and countries everywhere where scientists are educated, supported and honored for their work. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ment and retail complex, a 250-room hotel and a community center in the future, is expected to create 10,000 jobs and generate $2.7 billion in economic activity when all is said and done. By 2024, the project is projected to sustain 3,200 full-time jobs, produce $858 million in annual economic activity and generate tens of millions of dollars in new yearly tax revenue for the region. We recognize that not everyone in Elmont is happy. Local residents have said they worry about increased traffic caused by the arena. Planners, however, have worked to mitigate traffic, building a new Long Island Rail Road station in Elmont, the first new full-time station in 50 years. Overall, the UBS Arena is a win-win for Long Islanders, whether or not you’re an Islanders fan.

LETTERS Many thanks on Thanksgiving 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. Whether responding to the devastation caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, offering relief after the destructive home fires that occur nearly every day in Nassau and Suffolk counties or supporting others who need extra aid during Covid-19, our neighbors raise their hands to help in countless ways. Every day I am humbled by our Red Cross volunteers who share their time to help the most vulnerable prepare for and recover from life-changing disasters in their communities. And when needed, these selfless people put their lives on hold for weeks to lend a hand far from home after relentless hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico and historic wild-

cinogenic substances on the planet, according to numerous federal agencies. Diesel trains simply shouldn’t exist in the 21st century. The LIRR began testing battery-powered trains on the Oyster Bay branch in April. Let’s hope the eight-month test period is successful, so the other three diesel branches — Montauk, Port Jefferson and Ronkonkoma — can become fully electrified as well. Of course, we must ask ourselves how the electricity to power our trains and buses is being generated — from fossilfuel power plants or renewable resources such as solar, wind and geothermal? Renewable is the way forward.

OPINIONS

fter watching a boring sci-fi movie, I stared at the blinking orange hand signal outside the Lynbrook movie theater, waiting to cross heavily trafficked, four-lane Peninsula Boulevard. The white stick figure flashed, the seconds counted down to zero, and I found myself halfway across the road, wondering if this would be how I would die. I had just undergone my fourth knee surgery a few weeks before, and a fullleg brace and crutches were docCRISTINA ARROYO tor’s orders. The first time I had my RODRIGUEZ ACL swapped for a cadaver ligament, I was a first-year doctoral student in industrial and organizational psychology, more than happy to return to class in person two weeks post-surgery, against doctor’s orders. “At least it’s your leg that’s the problem, and not your brain,” my program chair said by way of welcoming me back. Not only was this statement ableist in that it dismissed the worth of neurodivergent people, but also it showed a lack

of understanding in our leadership and institutions of what it means to live with or be a person with a disability. “I no longer want the disabled population to be an afterthought,” Nadia Holubnyczyj, the first person in a wheelchair to run for the Nassau County Legislature, said during this fall’s campaign. With the founding of the county’s new disability-awareness advisory group, she called for government “to shift their entire mindset, their language, planning and execution.” Indeed, my temporary mobility disability didn’t only affect my leg, but also changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa. First, I was following a pain management schedule that included prescription opioids, which affect memory, focus and cognitive speed. When you’re hugging a toilet bowl between fits of vomiting or falling asleep from chemically induced fatigue three times a day, it’s difficult to decide whether Edward Lawler or John Stacey Adams best explains reactions to pay inequity. Second, the cognitive labor of navigating a world not built for you, and even

temporary mobility issue changed my relationship with the world, and vice versa.

LETTERS fires out West. I am also grateful for our partners who share a common purpose and community spirit to connect more people with critical humanitarian support. And our financial supporters allow the Red Cross to deliver emergency relief 24/7, 365 days a year. A final word of thanks to our first responders — police, fire and EMS — whom we are proud to support as they protect and assist our communities every day. Wishing you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Let’s continue to look out for one another. JOSE DOMINGUEZ CEO, American Red Cross on Long Island

Keep up the cancer reporting To the Editor: Regarding Scott Brinton’s column “A famed journalist enlightens us on cancer reporting” (Nov. 11-17): I want to thank Brinton and commend him for his cancer reporting. Although no cancer clusters have been officially designated on Long Island, I have found that there is a high incidence of cancer in communities here. I was diagnosed with acute myeloge-

built against you, is taxing. Where are the elevators in this Long Island Rail Road station? Are they currently in service? Will my crutches slip on the sidewalk? Where can I elevate my leg when at work? How much earlier do I need to leave? What detours should I take to avoid tripping and falling? Even though Holubnyczyj said she believes “there is no specific area of need that the county should be focusing on that would benefit the disabled,” she makes an exception for inequities in public transportation, which is one of the “hot spots” that need to be addressed. Besides planning the logistics of navigation, there is also the emotional strain of being treated as an inconvenience, a burden. “If it’s important to you, you’d attend,” an elected official said of whether to allow public meetings to be held on Zoom. “If you loved your children, you would make time,” said the president of a school club who holds monthly meetings exclusively in the evening. According to the 2018 American Community Survey, about 2 million New Yorkers, roughly 11 percent of the state’s

population, have a visible or invisible disability. And even after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, over 30 percent of reports filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission were claims of disability discrimination. In the past five years, Nassau County has spent almost $1 million in ADA settlements, even though only about one in five report this kind of discrimination. My Ph.D. program chair accurately recognized that there was a problem, but it wasn’t my leg. My leg wouldn’t have been a problem if public transportation had reliable access, if workplaces provided proper accommodations, if public meetings offered remote participation and if that pedestrian crossing signal lasted a few seconds longer. The disability doesn’t lie within me, Nadia, or within the community of people with disabilities, but within our institutions. Cristina Arroyo Rodriguez is editor of the Baldwin Herald and has been a nonprofit organizational consultant in the areas of pay equity and diversity, equity and inclusion. She has lectured in psychology at Baruch College, Bronx Community College and the City University of New York, and has taught Master Executive classes for NYPD leadership at John Jay College.

FRAMEWORK by Christina Daly

nous leukemia two and a half years ago. In my square-block area in North Merrick, there were four other people diagnosed with cancer. One of them lost her life. In Merrick, I know of five other people with blood cancers besides me. In the office where I worked in Roosevelt Field, there were two others besides me diagnosed with blood cancers. One of them lost her life. We were an office of only about 75 people. This is all anecdotal, but unless responsible reporters like Brinton and Dan Fagin bring this to the public’s attention, dangerous cancer-causing situations will not be addressed. Thank you for the work you do. PATRICIA FIFE North Merrick

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