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MSSN sees an uptick in Covid patients throughout the summer, Glatt said, it had about 20 as of Nov. 19, and the number was likely to With coronavir us cases grow as Thanksgiving and the steadily climbing nationwide, holiday season approached.

Mount Sinai South Nassau hosOn Monday, the hospital pital, in Oceanside, announced in a has seen a slight news release that it uptick in Covid-19 was suspending patients, and docpatient visitors in tors have urged cauthe Emergency tion as Nassau Department until County residents further notice. Hosprepare to spend the pital staff will keep holidays with their visitors and comloved ones. panions updated on “I’m concerned, the condition and but I think if people status of their loved take this seriously, ones by phone. The try to social disonly exceptions will tance as much as be for parents of possible during the pediatric patients holidays and wear and end-of-life cases. masks at all times T he chang e also when they can, it’s applies to the hospieffective,” said Dr. t a l ’s e m e r g e n c y Aaron Glatt, chair- DR. AARON departments in man of the hospi- GLATT Oceanside and Long tal’s Department of Beach, but does not MSSN Medicine. “Most of affect visiting rules the evening during for patients admitholidays you’re not eating, so ted to the main hospital, where have the mask on for the rest of visiting hours remain 4 to 8 p.m. the evening, and it’ll decrease daily. exposure and make it safe for Glatt said that because peoeveryone.” ple are more aware of the safety While MSSN averaged one to protocols needed and the dant wo c o ro n av i r u s p at i e n t s CONTINUED ON PAGE 16

By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

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Courtesy Sandel Center

JANET DEFLORA, A member of the Sandel Center, with a cardboard “member.”

Sandel Center reopens

Members return after months-long closure

By JILL NOSSA jnossa@liherald.com

When the Sandel Center was forced to close to members in March because of the coronavirus pandemic, social isolation in the senior population was a big concern. The center did what it could to stay in contact with members, and finally reopened on Nov. 9, a move that was welcomed by staff and members alike.

“People are so glad to be back,” Chris O’Leary, the center’s director, said, “and it is

so nice to see their faces again.”

Members were met at the door with balloons and applause the first day, O’Leary said, along with new procedures: temperature checks, sanitizer for their hands and waivers to sign. Inside the facility, masks are required, tables are spaced farther apart and sanitizing wipes are readily available. The center is open at 25 percent capacity, with just over 40 members allowed in at a time,

and they must call ahead to secure a spot. There is a lunch hour, but no food is served.

Members are encouraged to bring their own, and they can buy snacks and coffee.

To encourage social distancing, the staff created a fun way to remind people not to get too close: cardboard “members.”

“We have fake seniors stationed throughout the center,” O’Leary said. “It’s more inviting than having caution tape CONTINUED ON PAGE 3

would say a quarter of a million people in the United States have died. Every single one of them would have loved to have a vaccine.

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Curran encourages local holiday shopping

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Last Friday afternoon, outside of Matty’s Toy Stop in Rockville Centre, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran was joined by the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce and the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency to announce the “Shop Safe, Shop Local Scavenger Hunt,” encouraging residents to shop and dine at small businesses struggling from the impact of the pandemic.

It’s Nassau’s second annual scavenger hunt to promote shopping local during the holiday season; however, this year it has been expanded from one day to one week.

The event will kick off this Saturday, Nov. 28, and run through Friday, Dec. 4. There will be one winner each day and no repeat winners will be allowed. The first to complete the hunt each day successfully will receive a $100 gift card, courtesy of the Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, to be used to shop locally.

“Laura Curran and other local politicians like Anthony D’Esposito and Todd Kaminsky have been extremely supportive to small businesses since the shutdown in March,” said Jeannine Palladino, owner of Jeannine’s Gifts located at 6 N. Park Ave. in Rockville Centre. “It’s really been a struggle and I admire how hard they’ve worked to keep small businesses going,” she added.

For rules on the contest and to print the “Shop Safe, Shop Local Scavenger Hunt,”

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NASSAU COUNTY EXECUTIVE Laura Curran with Sean McQuade, owner of Matty’s Toy Stop, at a news conference on Nov. 20. go to www.nassaucountyny.gov/shoplocal.

All purchases must be made at small businesses located within the same community in Nassau County.

Chris Evans, owner of Press 195 restaurant located at 22 N. Park Ave., said he’s a big fan of Curran’s and appreciates everything she’s done to assist struggling business owners.

“Supporting local businesses is more important than ever,” Evans said. “These

times are very difficult for many.”

At the news conference, Curran urged consumers to do their spending at local small businesses. “Our small businesses, especially those in our once bustling downtowns, that employ so many of our neighbors, families and friends, are struggling to survive,” Curran said. “You can help throw them a lifeline just by doing your holiday shopping at the mom and pop shops in your community — rather than online or

at big box retailers. I hope residents take advantage of this engaging shopping game and have some fun while supporting and safely exploring local small businesses — you never know the hidden gems you may find.”

Richard Kessel, chairman of the Nassau County IDA, added, “The Industrial Development Agency and our sister organization, the Local Economic Assistance Corporation, have worked tirelessly during this pandemic to do what we could to assist small businesses during these challenging times, including loans and PPE giveaways.

This is just another effort of support to promote shopping safely and shopping locally to support the brick-and-mortar businesses that are the fabric of this county.”

Small Business Saturday was first launched by American Express in 2010 to promote shopping at small businesses in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. This collaborative event expands on Small Business Saturday and is intended to highlight the economic impact and importance of shopping and dining locally.

“The Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce is proud to be partnering with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and the Nassau County IDA in this our second annual scavenger hunt,” said Julia Marchsella, past president of the NCCC. “We are grateful for the opportunity to recognize our local business owners and chamber members who eagerly await your safe shopping experience.”

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Currently, there is one daily exercise program in the morning. “We’re offering one generic fitness class that’s comfortable for all levels,” Deputy Director Nancy Codispoti said. “It’s a seated exercise class that focuses on the regeneration of muscles.”

Members can do a more intense workout at home. “The Zoom classes focus more on cardio and offer more variety,” Codispoti said.

While the center was closed, O’Leary and her six full-time staff members continued to provide support for the 200-plus members. In April she created “Sandel at Home,” a weekly television program that airs on the village’s station — Channel 18 on Optimum and Channel 37 on Verizon Fios — at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. and is posted on the village website under Senior Services.

CHRIS O’LEARY The same fitness instructors that Director, members used to Sandel Center see in person now guide them through routines on the screen. And O’Leary conducts interviews with community leaders, which have taken the place of in-person lectures.

The program has two parts, fitness and lifestyle. In the fitness section, instructors guide seniors in full-body workouts, tai chi, yoga, dancing and other physical activities. In the lifestyle section, O’Leary interviews a community leader, and there may be an art demonstration, a musical performance or another presentation.

Maintaining a connection to the members was important, O’Leary said. “Studies show that isolation is extremely bad for the health of older people,” she said, “and our mission has always been to engage seniors.”

Now, reopened but with capacity limited, she added, she has no plans to end the TV program. “I’m very committed to keeping it going,” she said. “I had been wanting to reach our home-bound population even before the shutdown, and we’re reaching more people than ever.”

O’Leary acknowledged that some members aren’t ready to come back, and she tells them not to feel guilty, because everyone has to decide what’s best for them. Even making the decision to reopen was a process, she explained, involving many conversations among O’Leary, Mayor Francis Murray, Village Administrator Kathy Murray and village trustees.

“It was important for us all to be on the same page,” O’Leary said. “Everybody had input, and it was a very well thought out decision.”

Prior to reopening, she interviewed Dr. Lawrence Rand, a geriatrician based on Bellmore, on the TV show and discussed safety and some of the seniors’ other con-

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eople are so glad to be back, and it is so nice to see their faces again.

Photos courtesy Sandel Center

ABOVE, SENIORS TAKING the in-person fitness class.

THE CENTER’S DEPUTY director, Nancy Codispoti, left, recorded a fitness class with cardboard “members.”

MEMBERS WERE GREETED with balloons, below, on the first day the center reopened.

cerns. According to Rand, residents shouldn’t have to worry if everyone who comes in is screened and if surfaces and hands are sanitized regularly.

“Most of the viral transmission is through the air, and if people wear masks, it’s reasonably protective,” he said, noting that card games and mah-jongg should also be relatively safe activities.

So far, O’Leary said, people have been compliant. “The people who come are the least nervous,” she said. “They’re expressing so much happiness at being in the company of friends and are so grateful to be out of the house.”

Phyllis Miller, 80, has been a member since moving to Rockville Centre three years ago to be closer to her daughter. She lives alone in an apartment and depends on the center’s busing for transportation.

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Since March, Miller said, she hasn’t been able to get out much, so when she found out that the center was opening, she was thrilled, and signed up immediately.

“It’s my Disney World,” she said. “If I’m not with my children, I’m happiest here.”

Knights of Columbus raffle to benefit Mercy NICU

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The■St.■Agnes■Knights■of ■Columbus■ Council■ will■ be■ having■ a■ virtual■ raffle,■ with■proceeds■to■be■donated■to■the■Neonatal■ Intensive■ Care■ Unit■ at■ Mercy■ Medical■ Center.■ This■ will■ be■ the■ council’s■ fourth■ consecutive■ year■ holding■ a■ raffle■ during■ the■ Christmas■ season■ for■ the■ benefit■ of ■ Mercy■ Medical■ Hospital■ NICU. The■ raffle■ includes■ the■ following■ prizes: ■■ First■ Prize:■ SONY■ 55”■ CLASS■ 4K■ UHD■LED■LCD■TV■(retail■value■$520)

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■■ On■ Nov.■ 17,■ at■ 3:44■ p.m.,■ a■ motorist■ reported■his■car■was■struck■by■a■vehicle■ that■left■the■scene■while■it■was■parked■in■ a■lot■on■Merrick■Road.

■■ On■ Nov.■ 19,■ at■ 4:27■ p.m.,■ a■ motorist■ reported■ three■ tires■ were■ damaged■ on■ her■vehicle■while■it■was■parked■on■Hamilton■Street.

Larceny

Burglary

■■ On■Nov.■16,■at■6:33■p.m.,■an■employee■at■ a■ restaurant■ on■ South■ Park■ Avenue■ reported■someone■left■without■paying■for■ their■meal.

■■ On■ Nov.■ 21,■ at■ 8:27■ a.m.,■ the■ manager■ of ■ a■ car■ rental■ agency■ on■ Sunrise■ Highway■ reported■ someone■ broke■ the■ front■ door■ glass■ and■ entered■ the■ office■ overnight.

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

■■ Second■Prize:■$250 ■■ Third■Prize:■Basket■of ■Cheer

Joe■D’Aleo■-■Deputy■Grand■Knight 473■E.■Wood■Road Rockville■Centre,■NY■11570 (Include your email address or telephone number) The■ virtual■ raffle■ drawing■ will■ be■ on■ Zoom■ on■ Tuesday,■ Dec.■ 15,■ at■ 7:30■ p.m.■ Zoom■ ID■ 488■ 767■ 8430;■ Passcode■ ZJpt4d.■

News brief Courtesy Knights of Columbus

The ST. AgneS Knights of Columbus virtual raffle will raise money for Mercy’s NICU. Raffle■ numbers■ will■ be■ sent■ to■ participants■prior■to■the■drawing.

If ■ you■ have■ any■ questions,■ contact■ Joe■ D’Aleo■ (917)■ 682-1475■ or■ Phil■ Paoli,■ Grand■Knight,■at■(516)■507-7793.

Village of Rockville Centre to hold ‘RVC Holiday Lights Night’ in December The■Village■of ■Rockville■Centre■is■currently■ seeking■ entries■ for■ its■ first■ “RVC■ Holiday■Lights■Night,”■a■community-wide■ decorating■contest.■Homeowners■are■invited■ to■ dig■ out■ their■ lights■ and■ decorations■ to■showcase■their■holiday■spirit■and■traditions■ to■ win■ bragging■ rights.■ Each■ home■ entered■in■the■contest■will■be■included■in■a■ community■ map■ that■ will■ be■ available■ to■ residents.■ Residents■ are■ encouraged■ to■ take■ a■ lights■ tour■ and■ cast■ their■ vote■ online■ at■ www.rvcny.gov■ or■ by■ dropping■ off ■a■ballot■with■Santa■and■his■helpers■at■ Village■Hall■on■Sunday,■Dec.■13■from■6■to■8■ p.m.■ The■ winning■ designs■ will■ be■ announced■ on■ the■ village■ website■ and■ social■media■pages■on■Tuesday,■Dec.■15.■ Homeowners■ can■ register■ their■ home■ to■be■a■part■of ■the■village-wide■contest■by■ calling■ the■ Recreation■ Center■ at■ 678-9238■

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The■ raffle■ tickets■ are■ $5/raffle.■ The■ tickets■ must■ be■ purchased■ by■ Monday,■ Dec.■ 14.■ The■ tickets■ can■ be■ purchased■ through■ the■ St.■ Agnes■ Knights■ of ■ Columbus■ PayPal■ account■ (credit■ card■ link■ PayPal.Me/KofC2548)■ or■ send■ a■ check■ payable■ to■ St.■ Agnes■ Knights■ of ■ Columbus■to:■

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■■ Family■ Friendly:■ Displays■ that■ engage■our■youngest■residents The■community■map■and■voting■ballot■ will■ be■ available■ at■ www.rvcny.gov■ early■ on■ Sunday,■ Dec.■ 13.■■ Due■ to■ Covid-19,■ all■ participants■are■asked■to■remain■in■their■ vehicles■and■to■wear■a■face■covering■when■ the■windows■are■rolled■down.

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Herald sports Hofstra takes more aggressive approach

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Last season was a difficult one for Hofstra’s women’s basketball program in terms of wins and losses, but there’s plenty of reasons for second-year head coach Danielle Santos Atkinson to be optimistic about the future.

The Pride was unable to beat any of its Colonial Athletic Association rivals in 201920 and finished 3-27 overall while being outscored by an average of 15.6 points per game.

Its victories came against Hartford, Morgan State and Campbell.

“There were a lot of factors going into my first season and our eyes were set on a bigger picture,” said Santos Atkinson, a former Hofstra assistant who returned to campus last season to become the 12th head coach in program history. “We saw a lot of individual development and laid the foundation,” she added. “This season we’re looking to be much more aggressive at both ends of the floor. We want to play faster on offense and pressure the ball and generate more turnovers on defense.”

The effort to close the gap on the rest of the CAA will be led by two full-time returning starters and one part-time returning starter, all of whom Atkinson is counting on to take their games to another level, along with a talented group of newcomers.

Jaylen Hines started all 30 games in 201920 and led the team in scoring (11.6 ppg), rebounding (8.8 rpg) and steals while shooting nearly 50 percent from the floor (139-for281) to rank third in the conference. A 5-foot10 redshirt junior forward, she poured in a career-high 30 points against Charleston and is a “walking double-double,” Santos Atkinson said.

“Jaylen is our most proven player and she’s returned with a lot more confidence,” Santos Atkinson said. “She worked on her game and her body big time during the quarantine. She has great touch around the rim and a positive demeanor that makes her a leader.”

Sophomore Sorelle Ineza started all but two games last season at point guard and chipped in 8 points per game with a teamleading 32 minutes per game and 85 assists.

From Quebec, Canada, Ineza was named to the CAA All-Rookie Team. “We put an awful lot on Sorelle’s shoulders last season,” Santos Atkinson said. “Being a freshman point guard is tough. Her game evolved over the season and now we’ll look to move her off the ball and give her more opportunities to shoot.”

A couple of candidates to run the point are Rosi Nicholson, a junior coming off a strong season for Santa Fe Community College in Florida, and Jaysyni Knight, a junior transfer from the University of Pittsburgh who may not be eligible to play until next season pending a waiver decision on the NCAA’s transfer policy.

Another former Pitt Panther, 6-foot-3 redshirt junior forward Jaala Henry, practiced with the Pride all of last season while sitting

out under the transfer rule. “She knows our system and is ready to contribute major minutes,” Santos Atkinson said. “She’s versatile with good shooting range and rebounding ability.”

Hofstra’s third returnee with starting experience is junior guard JaKayla Brown, who averaged 6 points per game over 24 appearances, including a dozen starts.

“JaKayla’s worked hard during the offseason and is an improved shooter who’ll help us at both ends.”

Santos Atkinson believes the Pride will be a deeper squad than last season — and needs to be. “We want to play faster so we need fresh legs off the bench,” she noted.

The Pride is scheduled to open the campaign with a non-conference game at Siena on Nov. 25. The CAA slate 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 studentathletes, 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 weekends.

“On paper, the conference is just as strong as last season,” Santos Atkinson said. “We’re focused on the little things and what’s going to make us competitive every single game.”

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. Hofstra opens CAA action against William & Mary.

As of now, fans are not expected to be permitted to attend games. “No fans is something we’ll have to get used to,” Santos Atkinson said. “When it’s game time, we just have to get locked in.”

JaYLEN HYNES LEd Hofstra in scoring and rebounding last season as a redshirt sophomore.

Photos courtesy Hofstra Athletic Communications

JuNIOr guard JaKaYLa Brown made a dozen starts for the Pride last season and averaged 6 points per game.

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Applying to college amid the coronavirus pandemic tion process.

“We are in a Covid world right now, nalcindor@liherald.com and students are concerned about if To help reduce Long Island high that is going to affect the list of schools school seniors’ worries while applying that they apply to, or if they need to to college amid the coronavirus pan- think about local schools, even though demic, Herald Inside LI hosted a webi- they might have been planning on going nar on Nov. 19 to guide them through a away for school, and they are also conprocess that is at once similar, but very cerned about how their families should plan financially for the decision-making different than in years past.

Molloy College sponsored the hour- process,” DeMartini said. “SAT and ACT scores are ingrained in our psyche, long Zoom session.

Because many entrance exams were so it’s shocking for many kids that we canceled during the pandemic, a num- no longer have to submit them. Howevber of students have not taken the SAT er, we encourage students to submit or ACT, and certainly have not taken SAT and ACT scores, and if they go test either or both of the tests more than optional, their college essays should be once, as many high school students had exceptional.”

The panelists also agreed that the in the past between their junior to topics students choose for senior years. As a result, the their admission essays play webinar panelists said, a major role in their chances many colleges are making of acceptance to their such exams optional and desired schools. giving greater weight to “We are trying to steer extracurricular activities, kids away from choosing the number of Advanced Covid-19 or pandemic-relatPlacement classes a student ed stories for their college has taken and admissions essays. admissions essays because many people will write sto“At Molloy College, we ries like that,” Muzio said. have a holistic approach when evaluating students “However, if a student’s panfor entry into the college, so demic story demonstrates we always look at more than exceptional strength, then just the academic average we will encourage them to and the test scores that write about it.” appeared on the student’s The owner of Standout transcript and on their file College Prep, Bethany Goldand we dig a little deeper,” szer, said she has noticed a said Marguerite Lane, assisbig difference over the past t a n t v i c e p re s i d e n t fo r year in the college admisenrollment management at sions essays that students Molloy. “We understand that FrANk Muzio have submitted to colleges many high school students because of the stories stuWantagh were thrown into remote dents are telling about curlearning because of the pan- guidance director rent events in the world. demic, and that they might “Kids on Long Island not have the best academic have a habit of being spoiled test scores, so we look at the entire pic- and entitled, but the college admissions ture of a student to see if the student is essays have changed a lot to topics such a good fit for Molloy to help them devel- as sexuality, gender, race issues, Covidop in their academics and career.”

19-related stories and more,” said GoldFrank Muzio, the guidance director szer, who often serves as a liaison for the Wantagh School District, said between parents and high school counthe district has held Common App work- selors and parents and college admisshops with students and is encouraging sions officers. “I think in previous years them to apply both to local colleges and students would have been afraid to disthose farther away. cuss those topics, but now they talk “Students have adapted to this new about it. Kids are braver.” normal in different ways and at differ“I’ve noticed that students have put ent paces, and we want to make sure themselves out there more and have that all students have an application been more vulnerable in their college plan,” he said. “This past year, we really admissions essays — whether it’s about had to do a lot of individual counseling Covid-19 or about social justice,” Lane to meet students and families where agreed. they are and to meet a wide spectrum of Panelists also said they are encouragneeds.” ing students to fill out the Free ApplicaAnthony DeMartini, assistant princi- tion for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). pal of school counseling and wellness at Finally, counselors are encouraging Calhoun High School in North Merrick, students to take a deep breath and relax. said counselors had to pivot last winter “We are trying to encourage kids to and spring because of the pandemic, enjoy school,” DeMartini said. “But, at using Zoom and Google Classroom to the same time, we want them to know keep in touch with students and meet that they can get through the college with parents about the college applica- application process.”

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Seven South Side studentathletes, including five who missed playing their respective sport for the high school teams in the spring of 2020 due to the pandemic, inked their national letters of intent to compete at the next level and begin a new chapter in their lives.

Boys’ lacrosse standouts TJ Sheehan (University of Denver), John Jude Considine (Hobart College) and Thomas Kelly (Binghamton University), girls’ lacrosse stars EllaGrace Delmond (Quinnipiac University) and Sydney Rathjen (Brown University), girls’ volleyball leader Faith LaMacchia (Seton Hall University) and girls’ soccer club player Jillian Shimkin (Penn State University) gathered at SSHS for a signing Courtesy South Side High School Athletics ceremony Nov. 18.

SEvEN SSHS STudENT-aTHLETES signed their national letters of intent last week. Pictured, from left, top row: John Jude Considine, Thomas Kelly, Sheehan, Considine and Faith LaMacchia and EllaGrace Delmond, and bottom, from left, TJ Sheehan, Jillian Shimkin and Sydney Rathjen.

Kelly all play travel lacrosse for Icon and will be keys to the ors as a freshman, and has posted back- leadership have never been less than wear a South Side uniform for the first Cyclones’ attack as third-year varsity to-back 50-point seasons. “She’s strong stellar,” Scalice noted. time this fall, however the season was performers.

Shimkin, who plays for New York postponed until March. An attacking and fast and runs the length of the Sheehan broke out in 2019 with 38 field,” Devlin said.

Soccer Club as well as the U.S. U17 Wom- midfielder, Shimkin is graduating in goals and 14 assists as a sophomore Rathjen, a lefty attack wing and a en’s National Team, was planning to January and headed to Penn State early. attack. He was Honorable Mention All- three-sport athlete, had 48 points, County. “TJ is a crafty player who uses including 26 goals, in 2019, garnering his size well and is a quarterback Honorable Mention All-County, and 40 behind the cage,” South Side coach points as a freshman All-Conference Steve DiPietro said. selection. “Sydney is 6-foot plus and Considine, the football team’s quar- does a nice job on draw controls too,” terback, played midfield two years ago Devlin said. “She’s pretty quick and but will move to his natural position of likes to race across the top of the arch.” attack for his final season of high school LaMacchia has enjoyed great success lacrosse. “He has a dangerous shot and from both team and individual standexcellent vision,” DiPietro said. points in her first three seasons with Kelly, a midfielder who earned All- the Cyclones’ volleyball program under Conference honors in 2019 after tallying coach Cheryl Scalice. “Faith is one of 13 goals and 10 assists, is a fearless dodg- the hardest-working athletes I’ve ever er who brings a physical style. coached,” Scalice said. “I’ve coached her – John F. Kennedy Like Sheehan, Considine and Kelly, for six years. She knew she wanted to go Delmond and Rathjen also missed play- D-1 since she first picked up a volleying for the Cyclones in the spring. Both ball. She’s never idle and practices her Please join me this holiday season and Delmond and Rathjen played varsity as skills constantly.” throughout the year to come, and donate freshman, thrived as sophomores in LaMacchia will be a fourth-year non perishable food items to our local 2019, and compete at the club level. starting setter with a pair of Nassau food pantries that serve our community Delmond is a midfielder described by County titles and one Long Island chamand those surrounding us. coach Rob Devlin as a “playmaker and pionship under her belt. Last year, she grinder who’s a great find for Quinnipi- led South Side in assists and ranked secRVC Recreation Center, 111 N Oceanside Road ac.” Delmond earned All-County honors ond in digs on the way to becoming an as a sophomore and All-Conference hon- All-County selection. “Her attitude and St. Agnes Parish Outreach, 1 Quealy Place

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Town approves grant to protect seniors Local senior citizens will soon have an extra method of protection against Covid-19, thanks to a new initiative launched last week by the Town of Hempstead and United Way of Long Island. The $354,492 grant approved by Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and the Hempstead Town Board will fund the installation of nearly 560 portable medical-grade HEPA air filtration units in atrisk seniors’ homes as well as some doctor offices. The installation of air filters is intended to improve the air quality of enclosed spaces, particularly for seniors who are at higher risk when exposed to the coronavirus.

“I’d like to once again thank Senator Schumer for his part in securing this funding that continues to support and protect hundreds of thousands of residents of the Town of Hempstead,” Clavin said. “Our senior population is the most vulnerable to this virus, which is why it is imperative that we do what we can to shield them to the greatest extent possible from the risk of infection.”

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 80 percent of Hempstead’s Covid-19 deaths have been from people 62 years or older. The activities funded by the grant to United Way will assist more than 550 seniors with chronic health risks like asthma or COPD. By keeping the air as pure as possible, these residents will have a much lower risk of contracting the airborne coronavirus. Additionally, the funding will also go to help support staff distribute and install these units as well as provide seniors with PPE supplies such as masks, sanitizers, and digital thermometers.

“This is a challenging time and United Way is extremely pleased to have the opportunity to help keep seniors safe at home through our partnership with the Town of Hempstead and we believe this program offers great hope in providing needed resources to help seniors live a healthy and full life,” said Theresa Regnante, President and CEO of United Way of Long Island. “The installation of these portable medical grade HEPA air filtration systems are going to make a dramatic difference, especially for those with chronic health conditions who are at home and sheltering-in-place due to the Covid-19 public health emergency.”

United Way of Long Island has already assisted more than 9,000 Long Islanders during the pandemic and securing these grant funds will ensure they continue their helping mission. The funding received by United Way was made possible by a $133 million grant the Town of Hempstead received as part of the federal CARES Act, which the Town is using to provide economic relief

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ROCKVILLE CENTRE MAYOR Francis X. Murray, far right, was at the John A. Anderson Recreation Center on Nov. 17, when the grant announcement was made by Hempstead Town officials. grants for local businesses to cover Covid-related expenses.

“The coronavirus is not simply just going to go away, so we need to do what we can to protect all of our residents, especially the most vulnerable,” Senior Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby said. “Thank you to United Way of Long Island for their efforts to safeguard senior citizens.”

“Our senior citizens are on the top of the list as most at risk to suffer the severe effects of this potentially deadly virus,” Councilman Bruce Blakeman added.

“We’re proud to team with United Way of Long Island to help protect residents during this pandemic.”

“Along with Supervisor Don Clavin and my colleagues on the Hempstead Town Board, we’re proud to announce another important initiative that will play a role in the recovery from Covid-19, while also helping our vulnerable populations navigate the uncertainties of the ongoing pandemic and protect our residents from a second wave,” Councilman Anthony D’Esposito said. “Working with United Way of Long Island on this program can be

helpful in preventing senior citizens from being infected by the coronavirus.”

“It is imperative that we do what we can to shield our most at-risk populations to the greatest extent possible from being infected by Covid-19,” Councilman Dennis Dunne, Sr., said. “We will continue to pursue and implement initiatives to safeguard our residents as we navigate the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.”

United Way of Long Island advances the common good, creating opportunities for a better life for all by focusing on three key building blocks; health, education and financial stability. It is United Way’s priority to create equity across Long Island by investing in partnerships, helping the most vulnerable and at risk through organizations and programs that demonstrate raising the bar for fairness and equal access to services. United Way provides a united solution and impact, fighting for families across Long Island.

Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled by Jill Nossa

84th annual Mercy Ball celebrates the season For the last eight decades the Friends of Mercy Medical Center have hosted the Mercy Ball, which has traditionally been the kick-off to the holiday season. This year will be no different as they host their first virtual celebration.

The 84th annual Mercy Ball will take place on Saturday, Dec. 5. The event is switching to a virtual format out of an abundance of caution, but promises to remain the hallmark event of that is has been known for.

The virtual celebration will be a 30-minute presentation featuring “Through the Years” of past Mercy Balls highlighting prior honorees, honor guards, and special guests. A patient will also share a “miracle” story.

The proceeds of the Mercy Ball will support Mercy Medical Center’s battle with Covid-19.

“We are looking forward to a successful event as we celebrate our first

virtual Mercy Ball and we hope all can The award is presented by the NassauSuffolk Hospital Council to join us in our efforts to an individual or group conraise funds to combat this tributing to the developnational pandemic,” said ment of Long Island’s comJeff Mulhall, President of munity hospitals in the the Friends of Mercy. spirit of the renowned forEvery year, awards are mer president and Long presented to deserving honIsland resident’s lifelong orees, and according to Muldevotion to public service. hall, this year’s Theodore Nurses & Certified NursRoosevelt and Sister Mary ing Assistants will receive Nadine Casey honorees the Sister Mary Nadine “are a true testament to Casey, CIJ Award that honMercy’s efforts in protectors a member or group from ing our community memthe Mercy family who best bers while fighting this panp o r t r ay s t h e va l u e s o f demic on the front lines.”

Mercy Medical Center and Three major awards will JEFF MULHALL the Cong re gation of the be presented: Infant Jesus whose memE m p l o ye e s o f M e r cy President, bers founded the hospital in Medical Center during the Friends of Mercy 1913. global pandemic will Judge Leo F. McGinity, a receive the Theodore Roosevelt Award for Outstanding Service. senior long-time Friend of Mercy mem-

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ber who started as an Honor Guard member in 1943 and is still an active member, will receive the Bishop John R. McGann Lifetime Achievement Award, which is presented to a distinguished individual dedicated to volunteering time and effort in support of the Friends of Mercy.

There are multiple ways to help support this year’s first virtual event in our continuing efforts in fighting this pandemic battle. Consider making a donation to Mercy, take a sponsorship that offers a full or half page ad, or purchase a raffle ticket for a 1-carat diamond earrings and necklace set valued at $2,200.

To make a donation, purchase a sponsorship or jewelry raffle ticket visit www.MercyBall.com, or call the Office of Development at 516-705-2618.

Courtesy Friends of Mercy; compiled by Jill Nossa

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I wanted to connect with the women of Long Beach. I needed a place to talk with them to get support for my idea. So I called the Long Beach Library, and they were more than happy to help.

They provided us space for monthly meetings, and in the pre-Covid days, we were attracting 40 to 50 women a meeting.

We talked about women’s health, the challenge of balancing work and family life, an especially important issue for women. We talked about finances and how to best finance a business. Women were telling me they were still having trouble getting loans from banks. We all agreed we needed these sessions.

Now, in the Covid era, our meetings continue, but of course they are all virtual and still are on a monthly basis. We’re getting 20 to 30 women a month. Life is more difficult than before Covid, but women still find the time to attend, and they still agree we need this.

My background in Long Beach politics and as a professor of communications at Nassau County Community College is particularly helpful in running the meetings, finding the best speakers and helping women go in the direction they choose.

Our next virtual meeting is Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 7 pm. You can find us on Zoom at Long Beach Empowerment Network. The ID to get into the meeting is 6628911877.

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ne was the village’s events that was supposed to take place in late March was Post 44’s annual walk-a-thon to raise funds for our veterans. Just because volunteers couldn’t walk with us this year, we told them that can still have their boots on the ground to help walk in spirit with our veterans.

If you can, we would appreciate your consideration of any amount to help our veterans.

We held our first walk-a-thon in 2018, and we had Post 44 veterans walking side by side with children on Franklin Avenue. Our slogan for the walk was, ‘They march for us, we walk for them.’ We ended up collecting $800 in donations that year. As for this year’s walka-thon, the [New York State] Department of State advised Post 44 that people interested in donating to veterans that are hospitalized, living in state homes, awaiting placements or need of shelter, can send checks to the American Legion at P.O. Box 44, Malverne, N.Y. 11565.

We thought that this would also be a great project for children at home to reach out to all veterans. If you wish to send a card with or without a donation, we would be very thankful.

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s the lockdowns were implemented and the world’s attention was locked in on the relentless surge of Covid-19, my colleagues and I at Mount Sinai South Nassau united with one mission: We were going to face it head-on with our patients and be with them every step of the way until the day we joyfully ushered them out of the main entrance of the hospital.

I could see the fear in our patients when they arrived at the hospital doors and in their loved ones who dropped them off. When I returned home from work to my family, I was just as fearful that they might catch it from me; obviously, that was the last thing I wanted. While I knew that the hospital’s infectious disease and quality and safety teams had implemented the protocols and measures that would keep me and my colleagues safe while at work, I always had this nagging thought of "what if.” I often good-naturedly reminded my wife that my years of working in a school reinforced the habit of sanitizing my hands.

Each day I returned home from work, I immediately went to my bedroom without greeting or hugging my wife and then headed to the shower. Purposely avoiding the running hugs from my children as I entered our home was something I had never imagined having to do. As the lockdown intensified and our loved ones and neighbors sheltered in place, I went to work each day hoping that today would be better than yesterday.

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his year we’re doing a drive-through food donation.

We have volunteers from the Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Kennedy High School, the parish and church itself, Stop & Shop, Stew Leonard’s, [Nassau County Legislator] Steve Rhoads and community members. We are estimating about 100 volunteers.

We make sure not only to feed them but also pray with them.

People have been affected so much, so you are not just giving to a food bank, but can encounter and experience and love with the families live and in person.

The little things do mean a lot. We take the little things for granted every day. But that is what we value the most, and the families see it as a tremendous blessing.

In a lot of ways, these families depend upon us going the extra mile. Every year we give more. If the cupboards are low, you name it, and we’re putting it in there and we want to give in abundance.

We are always at the ready. I wish that everyone would be able to experience this kind of generosity at least once in their life and be a part of something bigger than themselves.

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RVC School District hires Director of Curriculum Last week, Rockville Centre School District named veteran educator Sonia Hood as its new Central Director of Curriculum and Instruction. Hood joins RVC Schools from Hempstead Public Schools and will report to Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Janine Sampino. Hood served with distinction at Hempstead, as both teacher and administrator, for nearly two decades.

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“Sonia shares important core values with our community,” Chang added. “She wants students to become independent thinkers and agents of change, and she believes strongly in creating equity for everyone who wants an education. She is a kindred spirit in empowering young minds.”

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MSSN sees increase in Covid-19 patients to the point where even if patients were gers of Covid-19 than they were in to contract the coronavirus, it would be March, it was up to them to be cautious a milder for m of the illness. Glatt by limiting groups and taking other expressed optimism that the Food and safety measures during the holidays to Drug Administration would approve the ensure they are not sorry later on. He vaccines soon.

“This is very encouraging,” he said, added that mask wearing “but I’d like to see the hard has also reduced the number data to see how good it is.” of patients hospitalized with In MSSN’s latest Truth in the flu, which is a positive Medicine poll, released in development.

O c t o b e r, 46 percent of Glatt noted that he was on respondents said they would a conference call with repretake the vaccine if it were sentatives of other hospitals available. Glatt said he was last week, and they all surprised by that, and urged reported a slight increase in the community to trust that the number of coronavirus the FDA would not release patients. “The numbers are one if it were not safe. far better than they were in Dr. Aaron Glatt “I would say a quarter of March, April and May,” he a million people in the Unitsaid, “but they’re worse than they were in the summer, and that’s a ed States have died,” Glatt said. “Every single one of them would have loved to concern for everyone.”

With progress being made on a vac- have a vaccine.”

MSSN has undergone many changes cine, Glatt said he was “very optimistic” about what he has learned of the efforts in equipment and protocol to help better of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer deal with a second wave of coronavirus and the biotechnological company Mod- patients. Last month, a new $100,000 syserna. Though he said he has not seen tem was installed at the hospital, the published data in full, the informa- increasing its oxygen volume by 500 pertion showed that the vaccines had few cent. Additionally, there are now daily side effects, and that they were effective conference calls, a contingency program CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE

TOH announces more Covid rapid-testing sites As the rate of coronavirus infections continues to rise on Long Island and across the state, Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and the Town Board have implemented three major Covid-19 testing initiatives to combat the second wave of infection.

During a special meeting, the board unanimously approved the measures, which include free rapid and diagnostic Covid-19 testing for Town of Hempstead residents through Dec. 30. The program was made possible using funds from the town’s $133 million in federal CARES, or Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security, Act. The board approved up to $445,967 in grants to Mount Sinai South Nassau, which will open a drive-through rapid testing site for Town of Hempstead residents in Oceanside. In addition, they also amended an existing agreement with Northwell Health, part of a $1.5 million grant approved in October, which expands its current diagnostic testing program for essential workers and first responders to also include free Covid-19 testing for all Town of Hempstead residents.

“Unfortunately, the coronavirus infection rates are rising across Long Island, and no community is immune from the spread of the virus,” Clavin said, according to a news release. “Utilizing federal CARES money, which was

secured thanks to Sen. Charles Schumer, we want to take on the second wave of Covid-19 by providing expanded free testing options for all residents.”

Under the agreement with MSSN, town residents will have a dedicated phone line to make appointments for a drive-through rapid testing unit in Oceanside. The testing will be conducted at a mobile drive-through unit at the hospital, 1 Healthy Way, in Oceanside, six days a week, 12 hours a day from Nov. 29 through Dec. 30. More informat i o n o n t h i s p ro g r a m w i l l b e announced in the coming days.

The testing program with Northwell Health expands an existing collaborative effort to provide Covid-19 testing to first responders and essential workers.

Free Covid-19 testing will be available for all town residents at various times and locations, by appointment by calling (516) 821-2500, until the end of the year. Through the town’s Covid-19 testing and education program with Northwell Health, more than 10,000 tests have been administered to Town of Hempstead residents.

For more information on these testing programs, and the Town of Hempstead’s other Covid-19 initiatives and resources, visit hempsteadtownny.gov.

Courtesy Town of Hempstead; compiled

by Mike Smollins.

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MOUNT SINAI SOUTH Nassau has had more patients with coranvirus in recent weeks, after seeing very few cases over the summer. is now in place so staffers can rotate into different positions, and a host of procedures were implemented and equipment was upgraded.

“I sleep better at night,” Dr. Frank Coletta, chief of critical care, said last month. “I know that I have 140 ventilators ready to go, and I know that each

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LEGAL NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Trustees of the Incorporated Village of Rockville Centre (Village) will hold a public hearing with respect to the following proposed local laws: RVC 2020G. A local law to amend the Code of the Village of Rockville Centre, in relation to parking permits.

Date of Hearing: December 7, 2020 Time of Hearing: 7:00 pm Place of Hearing: The meeting and public hearing will be conducted virtually pursuant to Executive Orders issued by the Governor.

Interested persons may access the virtual meeting and audio at: https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/86333695081?pwd=aEd qOGZBa3REaTloU3QyaER ZZENBZz09 Meeting ID: 863 3369 5081 Passcode: RVC. Audio only may be accessed at 646-558-8656, Meeting ID: 863 3369 5081 Passcode: 846479.

Pursuant to Executive Orders, the Village Hall is closed to the public. The

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All interested persons will have an opportunity to be heard with respect to the public hearing (a) prior to or during the public hearing by email to feedback@rvcny.us or by written submission to the Village Administrator, One College Place, PO Box 950, Rockville Centre, New York 11570-0950, or (b) during the hearing by oral comment or Chat comment using the Zoom website.

The proposed action is a Type II Action pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act, which requires no environmental impact review.

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Dated: November 6, 2020

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123939 LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education of Malverne UFSD, County of Nassau, hereafter invites the submission of sealed bids for: Pupil Transportation Monday, 12/7/20 - 9:30 A.M. at the Administration Building Malverne UFSD 301 Wicks Lane Malverne, N.Y. 11565 At which time and place all bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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It’s possible that owners don’t understand the consequences of their narrowed thinking. Your dilemma is financial and logistical, and worst of all, you’re being set up to fail at your job, one for which you could end up being blamed for work you didn’t even do. There’s the liability problem with whose workmanship caused damages, whose employee may get hurt because of cross-over work that created a dangerous condition, and whose insurance will be used to cover the scope of the job.

The owner, it seems, wants to be the contractor, treating two competing companies as subcontractors. Maybe the owner has figured out a way to save money on every item while watching workers scrounge for morsels of tasks to try to make payroll that week. This is a bait-and-switch operation where you believe you’ll be doing the work, as a professional, setting up the dates to deploy which employee or subcontractor, arranging for tools and delivered materials, only to get a call the day before informing you that the parallel party will be stepping in. You may regret being set up. Good luck!

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esides the sad deaths of a quartermillion Americans, the pandemic claimed another victim this month: the re-election of President Trump.

Had the election been held in February, Trump would have won against any Democrat. Unemployment was historically low, there were more jobs than job seekers, incomes were up, 401(k)s were high, manufacturing was robust, deregulation liberated small business, he engineered a more assertive U.S. trade policy, no new wars were waged, hostilities were being JOHN abroad, O’CONNELL reduced Middle East peace deals were coming and consumer spending was strong.

Trump’s February re-election wouldn’t have been unanimous. Millions who prioritize the environment and climate change would have voted for a Democrat. People who disagreed with Trump’s right-to-life stand would have opposed him. Citizens who find him repulsive wouldn’t have voted for him. His obnoxious narcissism didn’t help, though Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s and former President Barack Obama’s obvious vanity is overlooked by a worshipful media.

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But the ante-pandemic Trump would have won. Even in November he garnered 4 million more votes than Obama did in 2008, 8 million more than Obama did in 2012, 8 million more than Hillary Clinton in 2016. Trump 2020 even beat Trump 2016 by nearly 11 million votes.

Yet still, to the cheers of nearly 80 million Biden voters, Trump is likely to have lost his re-election bid after his legal challenges conclude.

The virus exposed his myopic focus on the economy and jobs and his minimizing of other critical concerns. Trump all along has preached a gospel of nationalistic capitalism. John F. Kennedy’s brilliant speechwriter, Ted Sorenson, once used the now famous aphorism, “A rising tide lifts all boats,” in a presidential address. Trump not only believed in that theory, he achieved such an uplifted economy. Unemployment was at 3.5 percent in February, the lowest since 1969. Americans were working, getting paid more, saving more, spending more. The increased demand encouraged more trade under better trade deals, such as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Retirement savings plans were doing well, helping limited-income seniors feel more secure about paying their bills. Most people were living better. A pre-election poll —

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that received little press attention — revealed that most people felt they were better off than they were four years ago.

Then the pandemic struck. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told the president and the nation in January that Covid-19 wasn’t a major threat. That’s all the rationale the country’s CEO needed to continue prioritizing economic growth. He knew that a pandemic had the potential to reverse all of his economic accomplishments and cut America’s flourishing growth off at the knees. While he took actions, like stopping incoming travel from China, ordering vaccine research and eventual distribution to commence at warp speed, sending hospital ships to California and New York, and ramping up ventilator production, he eschewed leading a national, coordinated effort. Nor did he inspire an America-wide “Let’s fight together” effort of mutual protection.

This lack of a federal-level, all-out war on the virus gave voters the impression that Trump saw the pandemic as an annoying distraction, eclipsing the sun from shining on his accomplishments. The virus wasn’t a problem he could build, deal or fire his way out of. He ran for president to be the manager in chief, and he was good at it, but when the pandemic came,

ut just imagine if the vote had taken place in February, before the pandemic.

we needed an empathizer and inspirer, a credible leader who could take — and eloquently explain — tough actions, and he wasn’t that.

Covid-19 delivered the fatal wound. And when Trump caught the virus at the height of the campaign — probably by setting a poor example by not wearing a mask and ignoring social distancing — the spotlight narrowed onto his failure to lead, and all his achievements went dark.

He had fended off many cuts before.

Long knives had been out even before Inauguration Day 2017: An indisputably far-left press in cahoots with social media moguls to censor MAGA speech; an infuriatingly condescending socialist elite; millionaire athletes and other entertainers; anarchists, arsonists and rioters disturbing the domestic tranquility and opposition-party conspiracies each drew blood. With little help, he prevailed against them all.

President-elect Joseph Biden’s supporters can celebrate their victory this Thanksgiving weekend. Trump’s fans should also be thankful, because the national pride they’ve relished for the last four years will prevail. Trump ignited it, but it was ours before him and will be ours after him. Reasonable patriots on both political sides make America great. We can all be thankful for that.

John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers.

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It wasn’t easy: How I got to see my grandkids

he following is not a how-to for anyone else. It’s just my story. We all have to maneuver our way through the grinding deprivations of the coronavirus as best we can.

We hadn’t seen the kids or grandkids for nine months, since we were lucky enough to gather for an anniversary holiday in the Dominican Republic last February.

Before we left for the D.R., we were worried about the mysterious and random deaths of RANDI tourists on the KREISS island over the year before. We didn’t realize that the far more deadly Covid-19 was already lying in wait there, and gaining ground in the U.S. We went, and everyone came home healthy, but toward the end of our stay we started hearing news about this novel coronavirus thing.

Having survived the D.R., we fully expected to go back to our lives and begin planning the next time we could see our children and grandchildren. We were on that imaginary road we all have in our

heads that rolls along into the future until we hit a wall.

Suddenly all of us got knocked sideways

by Covid-19, and we began making adjustments and accepting life compromises we never could have imagined. Over the summer, we didn’t visit our kids out West as we always do. We didn’t visit the Florida kids, either, because Florida seems to be ground zero for foolishness when it comes to the virus.

We felt increasingly shocked and depressed by the stories of people toiling at risky jobs because they couldn’t afford to stay home, at the same time caring for sick relatives and watching loved ones die. If you have a heart and a conscience, they keep hammering you to do something when there really was nothing to do except try to stay healthy and safe.

We stayed in touch with the family as the kids’ schools closed down, and they appeared increasingly detached and sleepy and bored when we connected on Zoom or Facetime. We leaned in and asked questions and they answered, and their slightly distant politeness seemed to exacerbate the pain of separation and real communica-

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tion.

A few weeks ago, my daughter in California said she wanted to visit and bring the kids. She really wanted to visit; I think she was worried that we might not be around forever. I suppose we’re all feeling our mortality. And she was worried that Covid was getting worse and flying might become impossible.

As I wrote last week, we all decided that Thanksgiving was out of the question because of all the people who would be traveling over the holiday despite the warnings.

We wanted to maximize safety.

My daughter flew three weeks ago. Two flights to get here: empty planes. Everyone in the airports and on board was masked.

When they got here, they stayed in a rental rather than with us, and we lent them a car so we wouldn’t drive anyplace together.

They ate meals in their own place, although that’s usually our best family activity.

It didn’t feel good at all to pay for a rental when I have plenty of room for them. It felt worse to wear masks when we were together, to keep six feet of social distance, and not hug. After a nine-month separation, we didn’t hug the people we love most in the

e invented the interlockingelbow hug and the expressiveeyes love beam.

world.

The Florida kids came for 24 hours and stayed at a nearby hotel, just so the cousins could see one another before another year goes by.

We were together outside whenever possible, and when the weather was uncooperative we sat inside, apart, near open doors and windows. The kids spent a big part of each day going to school online at their rental space.

We invented the interlocking-elbow hug and the expressive-eyes love beam, and we went to parks when we could and walked around, taking in the fresh air and one another. I never noticed on Facetime how much they have grown this year, and how they carry themselves differently, and how one has become a bit more diffident as another displays a new boldness in the world.

We did it as best we could. I would say we never forgot the danger lurking among us. Our regimen was disciplined but not perfect. They flew back home a few days ago, having obtained proof of life and proof of love all around. It was a visit unlike any others: We all knew we were seizing a moment with no promise of when we could meet again.

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

ROCKVILLE CENTRE HERALD — November 26, 2020

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Giving thanks in 2020

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n a year when so much has gone awry — so many lives lost, businesses battered, jobs vanished — it strains the imagination to think what we might be thankful for, particularly as the nation enters its second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. The coming months will likely be, as President-elect Joseph Biden has said, a “dark winter.”

Thanksgiving is, however, all about the audacious nature of hope.

The holiday, first celebrated in the fall of 1621, commemorates the struggle that the original Pilgrims faced and, against all odds, overcame in the New World — and the kinship they felt with the Native Americans who rescued them, helping to provide sustenance to a relatively small band of people who otherwise might have starved. The roughly 50 colonists at the original harvest celebration in Plymouth, Mass., were outnumbered by Native Americans two to one, according to History.com.

The 100 Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower had seen much death between 1620 and 1621: Some 78 percent of the women died during the first winter. Yet they persevered, and survived.

So shall the American people today — thanks in no small measure to our heroes

— the doctors, nurses, EMTS, firefighters, police officers, teachers, teachers’ aides, sanitation workers, railroad workers, subway and bus drivers, custodians, cooks, waiters and waitresses, supermarket employees and so many others — who have kept us safe, our education system up and running, and our economy moving. When many others were able to work from home, they put their lives on the line to do their jobs.

As a society, we should take a moment and reflect on their sacrifices over the past nine months.

We can also be thankful for our family and friends. We may not be able to shower them with hugs and kisses as we might want, but we can keep them in our thoughts and close to our hearts.

And we can be thankful for the miracles of modern science. Only 100 years ago, the 1918 pandemic ran wild for two years, killing 50 million worldwide, including 675,000 in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Thanks to technology that allows many of us to work remotely and socially distance, to date we have seen a tenth of the 500 million cases that the world did in

1918-19, and because of modern medical technology, the death toll thus far is onefiftieth what it was then.

So, while the number of infections and deaths today is unacceptably high, it is not close to the level of suffering experienced a hundred years ago — and let us hope and pray that it remains that way.

Likely, it will. On Saturday, the innovative New York company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals received emergency-use authorization for its experimental antibody treatment for the coronavirus. President Trump received the treatment, and by all accounts it was highly effective. The drug is designed to prevent patients from becoming severely ill by imitating the body’s natural defense system. We can only say, wow!

If all goes well, the Regeneron treatment should prevent many deaths, enabling health officials to safely roll out at least one of the vaccines now in the pipeline without undue political pressure. By April, we could indeed round the corner on this terrible pandemic, says Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

Yes, there has been much despair this year, but there is much hope as well.

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e are pleased that Nassau County Executive Laura Curran is once again promoting small businesses ahead of the holiday season — which is vital this pandemic year.

Last Friday, Curran and county Industrial Development Agency Chairman Richard Kessel came to Rockville Centre to promote an innovative contest, aptly titled the Shop Safe, Shop Local Scavenger Hunt, and we are encouraging readers to take part in it.

The contest, which will be held for one week starting Saturday, will work like this: Complete four of eight tasks in your community, like buying breakfast at a local eat-

ery or making a purchase at a local shop, and take a photo of yourself — masked — at each location, along with the product you purchased and your receipt. Then email it to scavengerhunt@nassaucountyny.gov or share it on Facebook.

The first person who finishes all four tasks and registers them on each day of the contest will receive a $100 gift card.

All purchases must be made at small businesses in a single community on the day of the contest. Online and delivery orders are eligible. The complete set of

LETTERS More praise for doctor’s column To the Editor: As Bob Praver did in last week’s letters, I also applaud Dr. Eric Last’s column, “Surely we shouldn’t be fighting over wearing masks” (Nov. 12-18), on the urgency of wearing masks in fighting the coronavirus

pandemic. But while Last’s exhortation that we must “treat others as you’d want to be treated yourself ” was well-intentioned, I believe it would fall on deaf ears when directed not only at those who, at this late date, scoff at the wearing of masks and social distancing, but also those who deliberately promote and take part in large, illegal social gatherings with no consideration of taking measures to counter the spread

instructions can be found at www.nassaucountygov/shoplocal.

As we noted in last week’s editorial, “Remember to shop locally this holiday season”: “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.”

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he coronavirus pandemic has created a variety of hardships that have left families and children in distress. Social isolation. A mounting death toll. An estimated 8 million Americans falling into poverty. We have entered uncharted territory, and uncertainty continues as cases continue to rise across the U.S. Grief is a normal reaction — grieving not just the loss of life, but also the loss of normalcy and freedom when a disaster occurs. So what happens when we add even more stress to families SHARON and their children, SKARIAH particularly when schools close?

The trickledown effect of all this misfortune can dramatically weigh on kids, especially if they don’t have access to mental health resources at home. Typically, mental health symptoms are identified at school, by their teachers and peers, social workers and guidance counselors.

Children need a routine and consistency. Remote learning and social isolation will continue to uproot them. Children

with autism also face challenges with irritability, anxiety and behavioral disturbances. And the erratic nature of schools’ opening and closing (albeit temporarily) can have a lasting effect.

A recent study in JAMA Pediatrics showed that more than 22 percent of students in the Hubei province of China reported symptoms of depression, and more than 18 percent had anxiety symptoms, when schools closed for over a month. A second study, in the Journal of Pediatrics, determined that younger children (ages 3 to 6) were more inclined to show fear or clinginess, where older kids (6 to 18) were more likely to show inattention and persistent inquiry.

Clinging, inattention and irritability were the severe psychological conditions demonstrated by children in all age groups.

School closures — short or long — are unfortunately bound to happen until a safe and effective vaccine is available.

Prepare to take care of your child now.

First, children need outlets. In early childhood, play is important for development in the physical, verbal and emotional domains. Build that imaginary fort,

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he trickledown effect of all this misfortune can dramatically weigh on kids.

LETTERS of the virus. The time for these selfish and greedy individuals to be reasoned with has long passed.

These people should be penalized for their actions, which continue to put the rest of us at even greater risk of acquiring the disease, and severe penalties should also be meted out to participants in these gatherings, not just their greed-bound organizers.

If anything, these miscreants should consider the 17th-century English poet John Donne’s poem, telling us not to ask “for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for thee.” They might also be reminded that, indeed, “no man is an island,” as Donne wrote. It appears, though, that they do not realize or accept this concept, even though we are all in this fight — together.

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We must protect communities of color To the Editor: The Washington Post last Friday published a new analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on people of color. It reported, “Nearly nine months after the virus exploded in

encourage storytelling, toast s’mores in your backyard. For adolescents, it’s important that they develop their own sense of identity but also explore peer relationships. Encourage this — in a socially distanced, safe way.

Second, seek normalcy. The goal is to foster continued development, even if your children can’t attend school in person. They want to feel safe — an important tool for parents to use during the crisis. Make sure you provide protection and consistency in an otherwise uncertain time. Talk to them about their feelings. Ensure their safety by creating an atmosphere of stability.

Third, adapt to the environment. Summer may be gone, but you can still enjoy the outdoors safely during the fall, and even on some nice winter days. When the extreme cold sets in, continue building on the elements of safety and fun you have already introduced. Have family game nights. Schedule a movie night. Cook and bake together as a family. Designate a reading hour.

Although it may be colder, it’s important to get exercise, so go for a walk or a hike or a brisk bike ride. There are also online exercises for kids, like yoga and others.

Fourth — and most important — pay attention. Younger children can’t always express their distress, anxiety or fear.

Their behavior may regress. Look for the signs, which include an increase in crying or neediness, more temper tantrums or somatic symptoms (headaches, stomach aches) than normal. Older children may also show increased anger and irritability.

If you think your children or adolescents may need a mental health professional, don’t hesitate. They are acting that way because they need help. So watch out for them to verbalize any suicidal thoughts, ongoing sleep disturbances, a decline in overall functioning (hygiene, grooming), aggression or worsening substance use. If you see these signs, seek treatment.

Following these steps may help keep children mentally fit during one of our harshest times. Nothing can replace life as we knew it pre-Covid, but you can manage this new normal and keep your kids safe, too.

Sharon Skariah, M.D., is the director of child and adolescent psychiatry for Zucker Hillside Hospital. She is also an assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ Northwell.

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the United States, and amid big treatment strides, the disease continues to ravage African-American and other minority communities with a particular vengeance.

Black, Asian, Native American and Hispanic patients still die far more frequently than white patients, even as death rates have plummeted for all races and age groups.”

As Covid-19 continues to spread aggressively nationwide, it is crucial that government officials at all levels — federal, state and local — address the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on people of color. Immediate attention should be paid to issues such as the availability of testing facilities in communities of color, access to health care, inequitable treatment once access is provided and priorities for providing vaccines once they are available. The evidence is clear: Government owes it to all Americans to ensure fair and equal access to health care, regardless of race, in this pandemic — and always.

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