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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
By MikE CONN
mconn@liherald.com
Courtesy Kathleen Dickson
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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’m so thrilled and proud of everyone involved in this phenomenal effort in just 30 days.