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HEPA filters coming to N.S. School District spaces, and eliminate dust, mold and pollen. They will be installed in any room measuring between After a month of fundraising, 900 and 1,500 square feet where the North Shore Viking Founda- students or staff spend extended tion, a nonprofit that supports periods of time, and will ensure North Shore Central School Dis- a steady flow of clean air in the trict students, has buildings throughraised $130,000 to out the year. They buy and install 255 will not be installed high-efficiency parin larger spaces, ticulate air filters in such as cafeterias, indoor areas she said. throughout the disThe fundraiser trict. That works out was under taken, to about $50 per stuCashman said, when dent. the State Education The fundraiser, Department ancalled HEPA Viking nounced in August Out, began Sept. 30, that it would allow after Lisa Cashman, freestanding HEPA a mother of two chilfilters in classrooms. dren at Sea Cliff Ele- dR. PEtER The effort was conmentary School, preducted mostly via GiaRRizzO sented the idea to email and social the Viking Founda- Superintendent, media, with parents, tion. She started the North Shore residents and busifundraiser, she said, School District nesses showing their after looking over support. the district’s plans to North Shore keep students and Board of Education teachers safe as the President Dave Ludmar said the weather turns cold and outdoor district had already committed learning is no longer an option. much of its 2020-21 budget to The fundraiser ended Oct. 30. ventilation improvements, perHEPA filters, Cashman said, sonal protective equipment and clean the air of viruses, including the coronavirus, in enclosed Continued on page 16

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ROBiN MayNaRd, CENtER, is the latest in a long line of Sea Cliff Yacht Club commodores, following in the footsteps of leaders including, from left, John Dawson, Harvey Bass, Jim Carballal, Charles Parisi, Doug Wefer and Brad Dickson.

Sea Cliff Yacht Club inducts first female commodore By MikE CONN mconn@liherald.com

Over its 128-year history, the Sea Cliff Yacht Club has seen a multitude of changes, from its membership to its programming to its community service projects. One of its constants, however, has been m a l e l e a d e r s h i p. T h a t changed last Saturday, when Robin Maynard was named the club’s first female commodore. “It really, truly is an honor, and it was important to me also to be a role model,” Maynard said. “Boating is a male-

driven sport, and it’s nice to push female boaters and female sailors [forward].” Maynard, 48, said she has been a member of the club for 12 years, and has sat on its board in various capacities for the past decade. Although she grew up relatively far from the water, in West Orange, N.J., she said she has always been drawn to the ocean. Sea Cliff ’s proximity to the water, she said, and her love of its Victorian architecture were what brought her to the village in 2000. Whether she is out on one of her three

sailboats, her powerboat or her scull, she said, she feels at home on the water. “Being on the water is just a special thing,” Maynard said. “It’s very relaxing. There’s no better view than sunset at the Sea Cliff Yacht Club.” Although she began sailing several years before joining the club, Maynard said she became a member when her daughter, Samantha, was 2 because she wanted her to get involved in boating early. Samantha, now 15, rows comContinued on page 3

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continued from front page petitively at the private Kent School in Connecticut. Bringing rowing to the yacht club is one of Maynard’s goals. She also wants to improve the club’s beach area with new furniture, she said, and update its dining room. While the coronavirus pandemic has made things difficult for the club and its 175 members, Maynard said it is very proactive in its health regulations. A committee of doctors has put a number of procedures in place, she said, including temperature checks, distancing of tables, thorough cleaning and limiting capacity, and a tent equipped with heaters will augment club capacity as the weather gets colder. Harvey Bass, a member for 34 years who served as commodore from 2012 to 2014, said that Maynard has shown her dedication over the years as a board member. She has a strong operational background, Bass said, having served on a number of committees, and has even made financial contributions. Her ascension to commodore is a milestone, he said. Maynard is a no-nonsense person who gets things done, Bass said, and is very inventive when it comes to creating events. For Halloween she created a “trunk-or-treat” event in Sea Cliff Mayor Edward Lieberman said that Robin Maynard’s which members decorated their vehi- excellent commodore. cles and children made their way around the club parking lot collecting more fulfilling it is,” she said. “It’s treats. She enjoys bringing the club’s also a good example to set for our families together for all sorts of pro- children to be active in our community. I try to give back as much as I grams. “The Sea Cliff Yacht Club is year- can.” Sea Cliff Mayor Edward Lieberround,” Bass said, “so you have to man said he has gotten to know Mayh ave a p e r s o n w h o nard well through inspires people to come her many contribuby the club even on tions to the comthose cold winter days m u n i t y, and that have nothing to do described her as with sailing.” philanthropic and Thirty-six year club humble, a caring, member Doug Wefer, devoted resident of who was commodore the villa g e. T he from 2001 to 2003, said yacht club could that women have played not have made a an important role in the better choice for its club for years. It’s about first female comtime it had female leadm o d o re, L i e b e rership, he said, and Mayman said, noting n a rd ’s d evo t i o n a n d that her induction energ y make her the punctuated an perfect choice. While eventful week in some private yacht clubs woman’s history, are set in their ways, he with Sen. Kamala said, Sea Cliff is more robin Maynard Harris being electopen-minded. Commodore, ed the nation’s first “Considering the role female vice presithat women play in our Sea Cliff Yacht Club dent. club, doing everything, “The year 2020 [and] all the volunteerhas now seen a fulfillment of the ism that there is,” Wefer said, “it’s appropriate that women also lead the woman’s movement and the history of women’s suffrage,” Lieberman club, so it’s great to see.” Maynard, an attorney at Marchese said, “that in the same week we have & Maynard, is the village’s associate a woman vice president of the United judge, and served on the village board States and a woman commodore of in 2017 and 2018. “I think the more the Sea Cliff Yacht Club, both historithat you give back and the more that cal and inspiring places of leader- Maynard Said She to succeed. you’re involved in the community, the ship.”

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Second stage of Sea Cliff sewer project gets the go-ahead By Mike Conn mconn@liherald.com

The Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously on Oct. 26 to expand the scope of work for the ongoing process of sewering the Village of Sea Cliff. After a decade of planning, the project began in May, connecting the Sea Cliff Avenue sewer line to streets in downtown Sea Cliff. The funding for the second stage will come from money left over from the first stage. The additional 2,460 linear feet of sewers will service properties on portions of Maple, Central, 7th and Summit avenues. Sea Cliff Village officials were able to expand the scope of its sewer expansion project at no additional cost thanks to favorable prices that were secured when bidding out the initial 5,850 linear feet of work, which impacted portions of Prospect, 12th and Summit avenues, as well as Fairview Place. Mayor Edward Lieberman said the village received funding to lay the Sea Cliff Avenue sewer line six years ago, but there wasn’t enough money to connect the line to homes or businesses. That changed in the summer of 2018, when the village received $4 million in bonds from Nassau County and $3 million in state grants. The first stage of the sewer project has been a success, Lieberman said, and he is excited to see it moving forward. “It’s a great achievement for the village to have at least this part of Sea Cliff Avenue connection come to fruition as well as all the additional residences that will be able to be hooked up for not only their benefit but for the entire village’s,” he said. Village Administrator Bruce Kennedy said the first stage of the project cost roughly $5 million, leaving roughly $2 million over for the second stage. He said the village was able to get the first stage under its budget by selecting the best bidding options available. This, he said, enables the project to move forward without any additional cost. Additionally, Kennedy said the village had a contract with the developers of the Glen Harbor condominiums in Glenwood Landing. The developers paid for a sewer line down Prospect Avenue to Cliff Way, which saw $700,000 in reimbursements

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LegisLator DeLia Deriggi-Whitton, left, has worked alongside Sea Cliff Village Administrator Bruce Kennedy and Mayor Edward Lieberman in planning the sewer project for years. coming back to the village. “The bottom line is that if we’re able to go even further without spending any more money, it’s a home run,” Kennedy said. While putting the first stage together, Kennedy said the village had to coordinate with water and gas utilities to get things done. The village needs to engineer plans around those companies’ existing infrastructures as the second stage moves forward, he said, so there is no clear timetable as of yet. Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, a Democrat from Glen Cove, said the original project encompassed the business district of Sea Cliff, but the hope was always to expand it into more residential areas and eventually the entire village. In the future, she said, the village is hoping to put one or two more streets per year in its

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capital budget. Even with the second stage moving forward, DeRiggi-Whitton said 85 percent of the village is still unsewered, despite the fact that 90 percent of Nassau County is serviced by sewers. Sea Cliff ’s waste has been handled by cesspools since the turn of the 20th century, and some working cesspools are over 50 years old, which DeRiggi-Whitton said can be bad for businesses and homeowners. She said they can limit the legal human occupancy of restaurants, forcing them to allow less customers inside than a sewered business would. Cesspools can also be difficult to maintain, she said, so sewering the village will give homeowners one less thing to worry about. Sewers are also far better for the environment, DeRiggi-Whitton said, as they are much less prone to leaking out waste-

water than cesspools are. This is especially important for a waterfront community like Sea Cliff, she said, as preserving the health of Hempstead Harbor is important for everyone in the area. “Sea Cliff ’s steadfast commitment to their sewer expansion initiative will allow more property owners to benefit from a project that protects the environment, stimulates economic growth and enhances our quality of life,” DeRiggiWhitton said. Kennedy said he has been pushing to connect village properties with sewers as far back as 2009, when he was mayor. This, he said, makes the advancement of the second stage even more meaningful. “It’s extremely gratifying,” Kennedy said. “It proves to me that hard work and dedication to a project can make it a reality.”

crime watch Glen Cove man arrested for Sea Cliff burglaries A Glen Cove man has been arrested for a burglary that occurred in Sea Cliff on Nov. 6 at 1:22 a.m. According to detectives, a woman, 18, heard a car door slam and saw an unknown man flee northbound on Carpenter Avenue. The female discovered she was missing an undisclosed amount of money from her vehicle. Officers responded to the area and began to conduct a canvass. Taylor Steed, 24, of 29 Chadwick Street was in the vicinity and it was determined he was responsible for the incident. Steed was arrested and transported to the Sixth Precinct.

During the investigation it was determined that Steed was also responsible for a burglary on Marden Avenue in Sea Cliff. The female victim, 62, reported a loss of an undetermined amount of money and a cell phone. Steed was also responsible for an entering a vehicle on Carpenter Avenue. The female victim, 60, reported a loss of miscellaneous items. Steed has been charged with seconddegree burglary, fourth-degree grand larceny and two counts of petit larceny. He was arraigned on Nov. 7 in Mineola.

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As the sun sets earlier and the weather gets colder with the approaching winter, outdoor dining options which helped restaurants stay afloat over the spring and summer may be coming to an end. While this will inevitably change how eateries run in the coming months, several North Shore restaurateurs have figured out ways to adapt and keep their businesses afloat. Rob Mansfield, owner of Grassroots in Glen Head, said customers have not been allowed inside the building since the pandemic hit. He built an entire outdoor area which can safely seat at least 45 people, he said, and placing new heaters in the area will enable it to be used in colder weather as well. He said another outside area will be built out with a fire pit, which will serve as another safe outdoor dining area. Grassroots will also have indoor dining soon, Mansfield said. He said the space will be able to fit roughly 25 people, and moveable partitions will enable parties to have their own space separate from other customers. Additionally, crews will come into the restaurant regularly to clean the space, he said, giving customers even more peace of mind while inside. “Health is not just physical — it’s mental as well,” Mansfield said. “I want people to know that Grassroots is a completely safe place to be in.” “We still want to be there for our friends and neighbors and loved ones,” he later added. “You just have to be careful,

smart and respectful, and that’s what we do.” In June, the Village of Sea Cliff allowed restaurants on Sea Cliff Avenue to set up tables in the street by blocking the area off from traffic on Friday and Saturday evenings. This was a huge benefit to Still Partners, co-owner Dan Roth said, because the restaurant does not have a private outdoor dining space. As customers begin to move inside, Roth said the state’s maximum allowance of 50 allows roughly 43 customers to be in the restaurant. He said its interior is being reorganized to comfortably and safely accommodate as many people as possible, which includes putting up partitions between parties. People sitting at the bar need to be spaced out, he said, and partitions for those customers may be built as well. Moving inside can be tough for Still Partners, Roth said, but they will make do with what they have. Nonetheless, he said he is looking forward to a Covid-19 vaccine, whenever that may arrive. Jay Jadeja, owner of the Onion Tree in Sea Cliff, said colder weather could present some challenges, given customers’ reticence to come inside the restaurant. He said the restaurant is still seating customers outside with the presence of heaters, which is important to the business given its max capacity of 20 indoor diners under the state’s current 50 percent capacity laws. “We’re trying our best to stay afloat,” Jadeja said, “and to survive the winter.”

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NYU Winthrop is now NYU Langone NYU Langone Health this week announced that NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola would change its name to NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island, pending approval by the New York State Department of Health. The name change continues NYU Winthrop’s integration into the NYU Langone Health system. The renaming follows last year’s merger of NYU Winthrop into NYU Langone Health’s network of multi-specialties, clinical trials, research and medical education, which complement NYU Winthrop’s existing services, hospital officials said. “NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island has made our NYU Langone Health system even stronger, as we bring its greatest strengths into our broader network,” said Dr. Robert Grossman, dean and CEO of NYU Langone Health. “NYU Langone Health provides one standard of care— excellence in quality and safety—no matter where that care is received within our health system.” NYU Langone has consistently been named a top hospital system by Leapfrog, U.S. News & World Report, Vizient and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Patients of NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island have access to more than 350 inpatient and outpatient locations across Long Island, Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan. “NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island has grown from a community-based hospital to one with a much broader mission, having solidified our ties in clinical, research and academic collaborations with NYU Langone Health,” said Dr. Joseph Greco, chief of hospital operations at NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. “As advances in medical care grow by leaps and bounds, it has become ever the more important that our institution becomes synonymous with an extensive network of healthcare choices.” NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island officials credit the medical center’s affiliation with NYU Langone Health for help-

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NYU WiNthrop hospital in Mineola will now be known as NYU Langone Hospital. ing it achieve one of the lowest Covid-19 mortality rates in New York state during the initial coronavirus surge when Long Island was labeled a “hot spot” for the infection. During that time, NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island accessed lifesaving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) heart-lung machines through its collaboration with NYU Langone. It is among many expanded clinical services the Long Island hospital now offers as part of NYU Langone Health. In addition to that joint initiative during the coronavirus pandemic, which is part of an advanced heart failure program, NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island’s further enhancements in collaboration with NYU Langone Health include:

■ Access to expanded clinical trials, including for cancer through Perlmutter Cancer Center at NYU Langone HospitalLong Island. ■ Lifesaving transplant services, such as for kidney, pancreas, liver and heart transplants. ■ Expansion of neurosurgery services, including a newly opened, integrated orthopedic and neurosurgery ambulatory center in East Meadow. ■ A new NYU Langone Health Vaccine Center testing site on Long Island, aimed at breakthroughs in areas such as Covid19 prevention and treatment. ■ A renewed commitment to academic excellence with the opening last year of

NYU Long Island School of Medicine, which brought to the campus of NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island. ■ A strengthened research enterprise on Long Island, which already has produced Covid-related pathology information shared around the world. NYU Langone Hospital-Long Island was originally known as Nassau Hospital upon its founding in 1896, later incorporating Winthrop into its name. The hospital has been a stalwart for medical care on Long Island, going back to its days caring for residents during the eras of the Spanish Civil War, the Depression, World War II through the coronavirus pandemic.

Non-profit leaders to talk Covid-19 challenges The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have been widespread. Like businesses and schools, non-profit organizations too have faced major challenges and needed to adapt during these times. RichnerLive, a division of Richner Communications, which publishes Herald Community Newspapers, will host its “Not-For-Profit Summit: Covid-19 and Beyond,” a special, one and a halfhour webinar featuring leaders in the non-profit industry, on Nov. 12 at 10 a.m. In many cases, these past few months have created a greater need among the populations that non-profit organizations serve — for child care, for food, for financial assistance — while the non-profits themselves are also dealing with limited resources.

From creating new fundraising methods to keeping the people they serve engaged in different ways, this conversation will focus on how not-forprofits have overcome tough times in recent months. Every non-profit is struggling in some way, and this discussion will guide viewers on: ■ Financial sustainability ■ Fundraising ■ Program operations ■ Board engagement and growth The morning’s keynote speaker will be Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association. Reynolds also served five years

as executive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, where he launched programs helping vulnerable youth populations. He also currently serves on several drug task forces, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Heroin Prevention Task Force. Other panelists will include: ■ Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares ■ Andrea Rieger, CFO of Variety Child Learning Center ■ David Rottkamp, CPA partner and not-for-profit practice leader of Grassi Advisors & Accountants ■ Jennifer L. Smith, community devel-

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Glen Cove Hospital is now offering patients with ear, nose and throat (ENT) ailments cutting edge care at the newly renovated offices, located within the hospital. The new Center for Head and Neck Specialties, at 101 St. Andrews Lane, is equipped with state-of-the-art technology. Glen Cove Hospital’s specialists provide the most advanced diagnostic capabilities for patients with sinus disease, head and neck tumors, and thyroid and parathyroid tumors. The center, under the leadership of Edward Gabalski, MD, chief of ENT care at the hospital, with Laura Sznyter, MD, who leads the Center for Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, as well as Judd Fastenberg, MD, and Margherita Bruni, MD, who are experts in the area of rhinology — an ENT subspecialty focused on sinus and nasal cavity disorders — specialize in the use of image guided, minimally invasive surgical techniques for the treatment of these conditions. These services are complemented by Shuchie Jaggi, DO, endocrinology/thyroid disease doctor; Elizabeth Floyd, MD, facial and oculoplastics physician; and Idil Ezhuthachan, MD, allergy and immunology doctor. Thyroid disease is on the rise on Long Island, Dr. Sznyter noted. Glen Cove Hospital will now be able to provide expert care for thyroid cancer and dysfunction of the thyroid and parathyroid glands in the Glen Cove area. Patients will receive comprehensive care including medical evaluation, biopsies, imaging and surgical management, when indicated, all in one place from an endocrine surgeon with

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The carefully crafTed and ever-so-spooky monsters guarding the home of Gwynn, left, and Mike Lennon were scary enough to award them third place.

Sea Cliff’s best Halloween houses are celebrated Although the coronavirus forced the cancellation of its annual Cider Social, the Sea Cliff Civic Association was still determined to celebrate the village’s Halloween spirit. In a safe and socially distant manner, the association put on its first ever Halloween House Contest. Its members took to social media to see who might be interested, and cruised up and down Sea Cliff ’s streets to find which houses went above

and beyond decorating for the holiday. They recorded the entire process and posted the videos on Facebook to receive community feedback. After the community voted for the houses they liked most, first place was awarded to the Flanzig family. The Biolsi family took second place and Mike and Gwynn Lennon rounded out the podium in third place.

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Herald ScHoolS N.S. elementary students become epidemiologists Ryan BRidgwood helped students see how quickly germs can spread, which is especially relevant given the current coronavirus health crisis.

North Shore Elementary School students across all grade levels in Ryan Bridgwood’s STEAM classes recently became microbiologists and epidemiologists while exploring how bacteria may spread. In this highly engaging and hands-on exploration, students were given a special hand lotion used to train health professionals on proper aseptic techniques, such as hand washing. By simulating germs, this special hand solution allowed students to see how easily bacteria can spread through touch and how much work is needed to properly wash one’s hands. Bridgwood walked around his class shining a blue light on the hands of each of his students so they could visibly see an orange color representing the “potential germs.” He then asked his students to wash their hands with soap and warm water.

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Mock 2020 presidential election at Glen Head Elementary Under the guidance of Janet Goldberg, students at Glen Head Elementary School have been learning about the U.S. Presidential election process. Goldberg said she teaches her students about tolerance and speaking up for civility, acknowledging that elections can be messy and children often hear negative messages on television and radio or from adults. During the last week in October, one week prior to the actual presidential election, Goldberg dressed up in a vote shirt and a headband with two American flags. Then, she rolled a red, white and blue decorated voting cart in and out of all of the classrooms of Glen Head Elementary with paper ballots containing pictures of the two presidential candidates. Additionally, Goldberg made two life-size, cut-out posters of President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. All Glen Head students had an opportunity to participate in the school’s mock presidential election. Prior to voting, Goldberg reiterated the importance of the role that each citizen plays in electing the president of the United States and reminded her students that they can only vote for one candidate. Each student was given a “voting” sticker after they put their ballot in the voting box and was told that their vote was confidential.

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Town mails school tax bills reflecting new county assessment Oyster Bay Town Receiver of Taxes Jeffrey Pravato has announced that 2020-2021 school tax bills have been mailed and reflect the new property assessments issued by Nassau County, which may impact residents’ taxes. Because Gov. Andrew Cuomo delayed the tax payment deadline for one month residents can pay the first half of their taxes without penalty through Dec. 10. New York State Law requires that a one percent penalty is added for each month the tax remains unpaid, retroac-

tive to Nov. 1. Residents should sign their check and make it payable to Jeffrey P. Pravato, Receiver of Taxes. Indicate the property’s S.D. Code, Section, Block, Lot and phone number on the check. Residents who prefer to mail in their payments should send them to the Office of the Receiver of Taxes, 74 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, N.Y. 117711539. Taxpayers may access 2020-2021 school tax information online at www. oysterbaytown.com. Residents may view current tax bills, print out a hard

copy or pay taxes with an ACH check payment for a reduced fee of 75 cents or by credit card for a much higher fee charged by the credit card companies Pravato said school budgets are set by their local school districts, and the Town of Oyster Bay is not involved in that process. Any questions related to school tax rates and amounts should be addressed to individual school districts. The telephone number for each school district is printed on the front of the school tax bill. Any questions regarding property

Thank You HEPA Helpers Aaron Emily Margaux Abizeid Family Accetta Family ADM Productions Aged to Perfection (Glen Head and GWL Moms) for Sugarush Aguirre Family Alicia Grande Amy Newman Ana Aguiar-Mady Andrea M. Macari Andres Berry and Jessica Coyle Anett Datlo Ann Molina Anna Kim Arboleda Family August-Levin Family Bacher-Johnson Family Bertinetti Family Betty Jackson Blitz Family Bowen Jin Branch Real Estate Group Brian and Kathleen Esernio Brian Caslin Bunce Plumbing and Heating Inc. Camillo and Tina Turriciano Camps Family Capogna Family Carmen Xiao Carol Ann Smyth Carol Remy, North Shore Class of 1985 Carolyn Genovesi Cartagine-Commander Family Chloe and Tyler Harding Choppers Burger Bar Chopra Family Clarity Construction Colbert Family Cormac Brady Corn Family Cullen&Danowski D’Altorio/Willis Family Dan and Lucy Adamo Dan and Susanne Deegan Daniel and Johanna McAdams Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty Danielle Hild David & Katie Weinberger Donna Stein Dr. David Glatt Dr. Nicole Esquenet Dr. Peter Giarrizzo and Family Dressler Family Dylan & Vicky Levy

Eddie Dominguez Eric & Valerie Weinstein Evelina Luzhansky Family of Alec and Devyn Mandell Finelt Green Family For our teachers and students! Gabrielle Beth Mannuzza Glen Head Elementary School PTO Glen Head Hardware Glen Head Racquet Club Glenwood Landing SCA Gloria & Timothy DeMeo Gloria Schaefer Go Vikings Greg and Erica Felice Hanan Grandparents Harriette and Jeff Gold Haven Pools Hawe-Feldman Family Honor of John Swinburne, MD Hughes Family In honor of all the hard working teachers and administrators In honor of George Gordon In Honor of our granddaughters Rio & Grayson Abizeid In Honor of Nana Jackson Meserve Family Jaime Byrne Baranoff Jared and Suzanne Cohen Jason and Diana Miller Jeanine Briefel Jeanne and Scott Lewis Jetsetting Families Joe Gatto John & Francine Krupski John and Diana Ricci John and Susan Hall Joseph Anobile Josue Svatovic Mendez Goetz Juettner Family Kai & Vivi Kallaur Family Karin & Doug Barnaby Katie and David Weinberger Kathrine A. Gold, MD Kathy and Theo Pappas Kelly Kelly & Joe D. Keri Crocco Kimberly Brissenden Kirsten Marchioli Knight Marketing Corp of NY-Stan Peters Kotap America Ltd. Kristen Ellis-Henderson Krupski Family

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Natacha Gonzalez Nawrocki Smith LLP New York Behavioral Health / Jolie Silva & J. Ryan Fuller New York Firefighters Heart North Shore Golf Cart Repair Services Inc. North Shore High School PTO North Shore House Calls North Shore Middle School PTSO North Shore Teachers’ Union - Proudly Representing NS Teachers, Secretaries & TAs Notaris Family North Shore Special Education Parent Teacher Association (NS SEPTA) North Shore Viking Class of ’99 NSSFE Retired Members Chapter O’KEEFE Plumbing Chris & Tim O’Keefe Olivia Buatsi On behalf of Anjali & Zora Zainule Parra Family Passy Family Patricia Chiara Patrick & Jordan Loftus Paying It Forward Peg & Roger Friedman Pelosi Family Perciballi Family Peter & Margaret Gallagher Peter and Pina Bongiorno Phelps Family Plosky Fam Part II Price Family Priscila and Lucio Malaco Proud Viking Family Rays Towing Rebecca Marcus Rechner Family Regan Family Rest Easy Pest Control Reynolds Reynolds/Schmidt Family Richard B. Arnold Real Estate Rincon Family Roseann Papa Roumas Family Ryan & Drew Hollander Ryan Parra Ryniker Family Sacher Tennis LLC Salerno Family Samir & Tania Chopra Savin Engineers, P.C. Scheuerman Family

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The McCrudden Family The McKenna Family The McNeely Family The Mehraban Family The MIllers The Moynihan Family The Mueller Family The O’Donovan Family The O’Toole Family The Patels The Petersen Family The Petrick Family The Plosky Family The Pogorzelski Family The Reidy Family The Roberts Family The Rodriguez Family The Rosenhouse Family The Rudegeaire Family The Sanborn Family The Schatz Family The Schembri Family The Schembri Family The Sea Cliff MAKEshop The Selby Family The Silvia Family The Skamagas Family The Solomon Family The Stickley Family The Strecker Family The Stroot Family The Swinburne Family The Tomasheski Family The Trotta Family The Verdirame Family The Victorines The Viking Family The Vizza Family The Volz Family The Wagner Family The Wefer Family The Wilson Family The Winchesters The Wolner Family The Zapken Family The Zublionis Family The Zuzzolos Tina Munz Tirino Family Tristan and Gina Sipley Tucker Burns Tyler and Chloe Harding Vanguard Builders Versocki Family Viking Fellows Weseley-Jones Family Xuefei Shan Yao Family Ye Family Zahrah Chin & Family Zeppieri Family ....Plus many generous donors who prefer to remain anonymous.

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Lafazan and Woodbury Jewish Center to host Thanksgiving Food Drive As Thanksgiving approaches, Legislator Josh Lafazan, an Independent from Woodbury, is partnering with the Woodbury Jewish Center to host a food drive for Island Harvest on Nov. 17. To more effectively address a drastic increase in food insecurity across Long Island amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and maximize the positive impact of this collection, donors are encouraged to contribute healthy, non-perishable food items. The Woodbury Jewish Center is located at 200 South Wood Road in Woodbury, and the drive will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, contact Rena Thomas at (516) 571-6218 or by email at rthomas@nassaucounty.gov.

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Officials: student, faculty health is priority continued from front page cleaning supplies. “We invested a lot as a district in health and safety implementations,” he said. “At the time, the filters had not yet been approved for use, and when word came from Albany that they were permitted, the community sprang into action.” North Shore Superintendent Dr. Peter Giarrizzo said the filters were ordered from a supplier and were expected to arrive in the coming weeks. “I’m so thrilled and proud of everyone involved in this phenomenal effort in just 30 days,” Giarrizzo said. “Soon the HEPA air purifiers will be placed in all instructional spaces in the district . . . On behalf of the Board of Education, teachers, faculty, staff and students of North Shore, we extend our thanks to the Viking Foundation and the entire community for [their] generosity and dedication to the health and wellness of our great Viking Nation.” After Cashman presented her ideas to the Viking Foundation, Co-president Maureen Denley said the group was happy to undertake the fundraiser to help ensure student safety. The group normally raises funds for school programs, Denley said. The Viking Foundation, she added, is grateful for the community’s support for the fundraiser. More than 400 community members contributed to the effort, Copresident Doug Wefer said, and seeing the

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Viking Foundation Co-president Doug Wefer, far left, North Shore Superintendent Dr. Peter Giarrizzo, Sea Cliff resident Lisa Cashman, Board of Education President Dave Ludmar, foundation Co-president Maureen Denley and foundation board members Rachel Bowen and Freddie Gumm with one of the HEPA filters, which they hope will bring a new level of safety to North Shore schools. community rally around a cause to support the health of students and staff members is a testament to the caring nature of its residents.

“We’re very lucky to live in a place that is able to come together and give this to our schools,” Cashman said, “because not everybody, even in our neighboring dis-

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OBiTuARiEs Anthony G. Rotola Anthony G. Rotola, 65, of Glen Head, died on Oct. 31. Beloved son of the late Mabel and Anthony; loving brother of Nancy Oxer (Bob) and Brenda McManus (Paul); dear uncle of Alexa, Robert, Victoria, Matthew and Mackenzie; also survived by loving aunts, uncles and cousins. Rotola was a retired employee of Con Edison for 44 years. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus: John W. Mackay Council, an exempt member of the Glenwood Fire Dept., as well as an usher at his parish of St. Mary’s in Roslyn Harbor. Visiting at Dodge-Thomas Funeral Home on Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass at St. Mary’s RC Church of Roslyn Harbor on Friday at 10 a.m. Interment St. Charles Cemetery. Donations may be made to Memorial Sloan Kettering Pediatric Cancer Care.

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Reverse raffle for scholarship in memory of adored Glen Cove band teacher Ed Smith Alongside the family of Ed Smith, a beloved Glen Cove band teacher who died of stroke complications in March, the Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce is conducting a reverse raffle, with part of the proceeds going to establish a new Ed Smith Music Award scholarship. Three hundred tickets are up for sale $50, each of which gives the

owner a chance to win $1,000, as well as other prizes. The rest of the money will go toward creating a scholarship for students who appreciate music as much as Smith did. The drawing of the winning ticket will be shared online on Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www. givebutter.com/chamberraffle.

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urrounded by thousands of adoring supporters, many sporting red MAGA caps, President Trump sauntered into a victory rally in Cincinnati on Dec. 1, 2016, three and a half weeks after his election, and laid out the Trump Doctrine. “You hear a lot of talk about how we’re becoming a globalized world,” he bellowed to the chanting and screaming crowd, “but the relationships people value in this country are local: family, city, state, country. They’re local. There’s no global anthem, no global currency, no certifiSCoTT cate of global citiBRinTon zenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag.” So ends “A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps,” a 2019 documentary directed, edited and produced by Alana DeJoseph, who served as a small enterprise development Peace Corps volunteer in a tiny village in Mali, West Africa, from 1992 to 1994. The film, with historical footage and interviews with former and current volunteers and world leaders, most notably former President Jimmy Carter, tells the nearly 60-year history of the federal agency devoted to fostering world peace. I watched the film, which DeJoseph

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described as her “baby,” only weeks before Trump lost his re-election bid. It was a nervous time for many. Would the United States again elect an unabashed nationalist as president and continue on its lonely path toward global disengagement, closing borders, frayed alliances and the shredding of hard-fought international treaties, or would it choose another path, one of reengagement — one that seeks to build friendships rather than divide and conquer? This was the question with which DeJoseph chose to end “A Towering Task,” The answer would, potentially, determine the Peace Corps’ future. I was particularly interested in the film because I served in Peace Corps, in Bulgaria, from 1991 to 1993. I was among the first two dozen volunteers — and Americans, period — to enter the country after the fall of communism only a year earlier. It was a time of great trepidation — many wondered whether democracy would take hold for good in Eastern Europe after mass protests had toppled one hardline regime after another — and a time of great hope — millions of Eastern Europeans cheered the opening of the former Soviet bloc to the West. As an American who wore jeans and sweatshirts and spoke with a New York accent, I was something of a local celebrity in Veliko Turnovo, the ancient city in cen-

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tral Bulgaria where I served. I cannot express in words the sense of optimism I felt at the time. You believed, if only for a short time, that world peace was perhaps at hand. As one of the globalists whom Trump has decried for the past four-plus years, I feared his presidency, and I wasn’t unwarranted in my concern. In June 2017, Trump withdrew from the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions worldwide. Then, in 2018, he backed out of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known formally as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed by Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States — to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, at least for the foreseeable future. I could go on, but this column isn’t about Trump. It’s about “A Towering Task.” Last week, President-elect Joe Biden immediately affirmed that the U.S. would re-enter the Paris accord, one of President Barack Obama’s signature achievements. We shall see what becomes of the Iran nuclear deal. Biden’s election gives returned Peace Corps volunteers like me a sense of hope that the U.S. will continue to engage with the world, as it had for decades before Trump, and that the Peace Corps will con-

moving film tells the story of the agency devoted to fostering world peace.

tinue its core mission of building international friendships by sending Americans to developing nations to live and work as people in those countries do. As “A Towering Task” makes clear, each Peace Corps volunteer is an ambassador of goodwill, a friendly face who becomes deeply embedded in the local society and culture, and whose contributions become the stuff of local conversation for years to follow. Creating the Peace Corps in the 1960s was indeed a monumental undertaking by President John F. Kennedy and the agency’s first director, Sargent Shriver — Kennedy’s brother-in-law and the father of broadcaster Maria Shriver. The film, narrated by Academy Award-nominated actress Annette Bening, does a masterful job of telling the early story of the Peace Corps and the political fray that its formation stirred, after which it meticulously chronicles the agency’s history, decade by decade, with panoramic footage from Peace Corps countries around the globe, showing both natural wonders and human suffering. The film also shows it’s perfectly possible to love one’s country — the U.S. — and engage with the world. If you love the Peace Corps, watch this film. If you love your country, watch this film. If you love the world, watch this film. You can do so at bit. ly/3lcL6VA. 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.

Dog days of the 2020 pandemic election

s we go to press, Major and Champ are heading to the White House. Apparently, Joe and Jill Biden will be moving in, too, on Inauguration Day, but the big news is that dogs are back in the people’s house. This dog whistle is sweet: The presence of the Bidens’ two German shepherds speaks to the humanity of their owners. Also at press time, the current occupant of the White House has not yet conceded RAndi the election and is kReiSS launching lawsuits like North Korean missiles. They seem just as likely to plummet into oblivion. This traumatic election of 2020 unfolds amid a catastrophic pandemic, with more than 100,000 people a day getting infected with Covid-19. The entire election experience, not to mention the past four years, has been an unraveling of norms. The pollsters suggesting a big “blue wave” couldn’t have been more wrong. Basically they were telling us the earth

was flat and we nearly sailed over the edge. There was no such wave. It seems as if every person who voted for President Trump last time voted for him again. His supporters are still believers, which speaks to our great national divide. The voting went smoothly, but the counting has been excruciatingly slow. At press time, Joe Biden is the president-elect, but there are recounts ahead for Senate seats. We will have a new government in a couple of months. Probably. In this time of uncertainty, what can we know and count on for sure, no matter what? What is your life preserver? With my kids far away, my grandkids disembodied voices on the phone and friends scattered to their personal pods, my lifesaver has been my dog, Lillybee. I know she is my husband’s comfort as well. That is not to take away from us as a couple, but Lillybee is another category of loving companion. As it turns out, dogs can save us from ourselves, from the pain of isolation and the tension of being inside and outside bubbles. I’m sure you know as many people as I do who’ve become first-time dog

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owners since the onset of the pandemic. According to what I’ve read, the demand for dogs far exceeds the supply. Animal shelters, private breeders and pet stores are reporting unprecedented demand. People are hiring people to fly new puppies to them. Some shelters are reporting dozens of applications for individual dogs. Some breeders are reporting waiting lists well into 2021. Dogs fill the void created by lost jobs and lost school days and lost opportunities to socialize. As people realize the pandemic won’t be over anytime soon, they’re changing travel and spending habits. They’re longing for emotional connection, and that’s where dogs do what they have always done: give special meaning to life. All the clichés of unconditional love and friendship are true. Of course, shelter directors are hoping that people remain as faithful to their dogs as the dogs are to them. When the pandemic ends and political life calms down and people go back to school and work, dogs will still need their people for food and companionship and love. Dogs are pretty happy these days. It’s a

ajor and Champ will be moving into the White House with Joe and Jill.

great life. Everyone is home! There’s always someone to play with. There will be a big adjustment for dogs and humans alike when pandemic restrictions are lifted. I’ve noticed that Lillybee is increasingly attached, following us from room to room, and also more anxious, picking up on our vibes. I took her to the puppy park yesterday and, like a toddler in preschool, she sat behind my legs and wouldn’t play with the other kids. When we get our mojo back, I expect she will, too. It’s a sign of our national health and well-being that Major and Champ will be moving in to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. On a personal note, I’m relieved that they’ll be bringing Joe and Jill. The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver, author of the collection “Dog Songs,” wrote this tribute: Because of the dog’s joyfulness, our own is increased. It is no small gift. It is not the least reason why we should honor as well as love the dog of our own life, and the dog down the street, and all the dogs not yet born. What would the world be like without music or rivers or the green and tender grass? What would this world be like without dogs? Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Biden should feel a deep sense of pride in the race that he ran. He conducted a clean campaign that respected the health and safety of voters during the coronavirus pandemic. When Trump attempted to stir controversy during the first chaotic presidential debate on Sept. 30 by raising questions about Biden’s son Hunter — while the former vice president was speaking about his dead son, Beau — he did not take the bait. He did not engage Trump in the ugly war of words that the president sought. Biden could easily have made hay about nepotism in the Trump administration. After all, Trump gave top jobs to his daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, both of whom have continued to engage in their daily business activities while working at the White House, creating any number of potential conflicts of interest. For that matter, the Trump Organization has carried on its dealings even

Early voting, a victory for the people

ew York state held its first early vote in 2019, and voter participation shot up nearly 45 percent statewide compared with 2015, according to Vote Early New York. Last year, Nassau County, which had double the required number of early-voting sites, had the highest early-voting turnout in the state. In all, some 256,251 people voted early in New York. This year, an astonishing total of at least 2.2 million New Yorkers cast early ballots over the course of nine days, from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1, according to the Associated Press. At the same time, 1.1 million sent in absentee ballots. Before Election Day, some 3.3 million people had already voted in New York.

There’s no doubt that the contentious nature of this historic presidential race drove people to vote, either early at the polls, by absentee ballot or in person on Election Day. But without early and absentee voting, we have to wonder whether turnout would have been as high as it was. We doubt it. Clearly, New York is on to something with early and absentee voting. That’s why we must not only continue to offer these options in the future, but also expand on them. Nassau County had 15 early-voting sites this year, while Suffolk had 12. Only one of the Nassau sites was on the North Shore, in Roslyn Heights. Clearly, the North Shore needs more sites — but it should not receive them at the expense of

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while the president has been in office. Yes, Biden could have made much of all that, escalating the rhetoric in what could have been a terrible tit-for-tat game with the president. But he didn’t. He left Trump’s kids alone, while proudly defending his own. In doing so, Biden showed his fundamental decency, his respect for the moral codes that we expect a president to abide by. He campaigned hard, but he never lost his sense of self-respect by engaging in the kind of scorched-earth tactics that got Trump elected in 2016. Biden ran a principled campaign, most notably in his socially distanced approach to reaching people through Zoom sessions and car rallies — and he always wore a mask. In other words, Biden set an example for all of us to follow. And that, in part, is why he is our president-elect.

letters Election 2020 — my shame revealed To the Editor: A few days ago, I almost unfollowed someone on social media for whom I have great admiration. I know I am not alone with these thoughts. That’s why I’m writing. To suggest that we all take a deep breath and listen to one another. It happened when I discovered, through social media, that this person is a Republican (gasp). We never talked about politics. She runs a wonderful non-profit company for Glen Head and surrounding areas, so I figured we were on the same page politics-wise. So, when I learned of her political leanings, I recoiled. My impulse was to unfollow her from my media sphere. And almost immediately, I felt shame. And then I felt like a hypocrite. Just a week before this happened, a dear friend of mine asked

other areas across the county. They should be added to Nassau’s current roster of sites. Too many people had to wait too long to vote, which some would argue is a form of voter suppression. You simply shouldn’t have to wait an hour to vote, let alone three hours or longer. The Nassau County Board of Elections should begin planning additional sites. That would require funding, because elections require paid poll workers. Coming by such funding will not be easy if the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic drags on. Nonetheless, the county should be taking a hard look at expanding early voting — if not now, then in the near future.

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wasn’t pleased, called me “an ass,” but went to the next checkout line. “May I also ask you to wear your mask the right way?” I said, still calm, nonthreatening, non-judgmental. “No, I won’t. I won’t be an ass like you.” I asked, “Out of curiosity, why do you feel so strongly about not wearing the mask?” Now threatening, he yelled, “Because you’re an ass, and you better not ask again or we’ll really have a problem! Are you looking for a problem?” No, I wasn’t looking for a problem. I was looking for chicken. But I felt an obligation to say something when my safety, and that of those around me, was threatened. After paying for my groceries, while my fellow shopper (still with mask concealing only his Adam’s apple) finished checking out, I spoke with the store managers. I told them what happened at the butcher counter and in the checkout line. I told them that although I was a regular customer, I’d find it hard to return to a store where the safety of cus-

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tomers and staff is put in jeopardy by fellow customers and staff. The managers lamented their plight, talking about the difficulty they faced enforcing the mask rules and the verbal, and sometimes physical, threats they and their employees have had to endure. They apologized for the behavior of their butcher, qualified by, “The staff is almost always good about masking.” And they spoke of the difficulty of enforcing mask rules among shoppers, and the awful choice their cashiers have to make regularly: risk a confrontation with a mask-deficient customer, or risk exposure to the coronavirus. I expressed my understanding of the awful situation store owners and employees are in, a situation they never sought. But I also expressed my passion about the issue. Because I’m a customer, a citizen, a husband, a parent. And I’m a physician, practicing primary care internal medicine in this community for over 30 years. We’ve lost patients to Covid-19,

t’s simple. It’s not political. It’s caring for others. It’s setting an example.

some of whom we’ve known for most of those three decades. We’ve cared for many others who’ve recovered, some of whom are still struggling with the lingering effects of the virus. What have we become? We threaten those who request that others in our presence follow simple guidance that could save another’s life? In a pre-Covid time, had I been wearing an Islanders T-shirt and my fellow shopper, a Rangers T-shirt, would I have been threatened for my team partisanship? It’s simple. It’s not political. It’s caring for others. It’s setting an example for others. It’s making a tiny sacrifice to potentially protect another human being. It’s pushing back against an ideology that questions science to foster political goals. It’s following the simplest guidance there is: Treat others as you’d want to be treated yourself. We owe one another nothing less. Eric Last, DO, FACP, is an attending physician and clinical assistant professor at the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is also a physician at Northwell Health Physician Partners/Internal Medicine at Wantagh.

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me to help her work through similarly negative feelings about people in her community. I suggested she take into account that people are more than just their political views. That she should take into account how and where they grew up, their life experiences and their psychological makeup. In my opinion, these are the things that inform who we are and how we think. Was I kidding myself when I told her that? No, I still believe it. But in real-life circumstances, it’s not that easy to practice. And forget about trying to tweak someone’s perceived truth. This begs the question — whose truth? So, my ask is for all of us, friends and neighbors, to breathe deeply and listen to one another. And while you are at it, ask yourself how hating someone who thinks differently from you helps? For if we cannot do this here, in our own neighborhoods, how can we expect our political representatives to work together on critical issues? CINdy PABST Former Glen Head resident

Keep masking up, New York To the Editor: As we continue to fight Covid-19, it is clear that masks help stop the spread of the virus and save lives. I am proud to announce, with my daughter Mariah Kennedy Cuomo, that New york is partnering with the company The RealReal and dozens of New york fashion designers to create limited-edition, made-in-New york masks. drawing from the diversity and creativity that New york’s fashion industry is famous for, these masks will benefit Covid-19 relief efforts and remind the public that we all still need to “mask up.” Profits from this campaign will be donated to Feeding America, Nurse Heroes and the New york Covid Relief Fund to help New yorkers and Americans in need. Particularly now, as the virus surges in parts of the country, it is critical that we continue to wear masks and take the simple, everyday measures that reduce the spread — stay distant and wash your hands often. GOv. ANdREW CuOMO

Tested by a tumultuous week, but none the worse for wear — Valley Stream

SEA CLIFF/GLEN HEAD HERALD GAZETTE — November 12, 2020

Surely we shouldn’t be fighting over wearing masks

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