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SeAFoRD ReSiDeNT DoRoTHy Meinke waved to family, friends and community members who drove down Brooklyn Avenue on Sunday to help her celebrate her 102nd birthday.

Seaford Fire Department sirens blared last Saturday afternoon as a trail of more than 15 cars and trucks paraded down Brooklyn Avenue to honor a special Seafordite. Resident Dorothy Meinke smiled and waved to passersby from her front lawn as drivers honked and cheered. It was a birthday drive-by parade to celebrate Meinke, who this week turned 102. Meinke was born Dorothy Luhrs to William and Julia

Luhrs on March 2, 1920. She grew up in Flatbush, Brooklyn, one of four children. She described her entire life as “a blessing.” “I was very lucky,” Meinke said, seated comfortably in her living room last week. “I had a wonderful life, I really did. . . . I had a mother and father that loved me, but more importantly loved each other, so we had a very nice family life.” When she was 8 or so, she would head down to Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn to play tag and jump rope with roughly 15 Continued on page 3

Real estate prices continue to soar in Wantagh-Seaford By MARiA CeSTeRo and JoRDAN VAlloNe mcestero@liherald.com

Wantagh real estate agent Michael Sherack said that home prices across Long Island are on the rise – and Wantagh-Seaford is no different. Sherack, 47, sells homes within 60 neighborhoods across Long Island. A Seaford resident since 2008, Sherack said properties in Wantagh are selling for more money than in the past as the number of available houses has dropped. “Bidding wars” frequently ensue, he said. “There seems to be an insane amount of demand for houses on

Long Island and there’s not enough inventory to meet it, and Wantagh and Seaford are really no different,” said Sherack. As an agent, “it can be frustrating sometimes, but rewarding to a certain degree, when you find a buyer their perfect home.” A nearly $2.5 million home sale set to be finalized this week in South Merrick reflects wider trends seen across the island. Real estate prices have spiked on Long Island since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. An influx of buyers seeking suburban homes has been met with limited inventory, Sherack said. One key MLS data point gathered by Sherack showed that in

January, the median sales price of Wantagh homes was $615,000, a rise of 11.2 percent from the prior year, when it was about $553,000. Neighboring Seaford’s median sales price was reported at $599,000 the same month. That’s an increase of roughly 12 percent since last year alone. And the median home price on Long Island stands at $600,000 — just a year ago, it was $550,000, according to Realtor.com. As of late February, Sherack said that he had only 28 houses in his inventory to sell in Wantagh. In Seaford, the market is even tighter: there were only 19 houses up for sale.

Sherack said he’s watched buyers take part in bidding wars and has seen as many as 20 buyers competing for a single home. “There’s a lot of competition for all the houses in the area and there are a lot of people on the move,” said Sherack. “The average home prices are consistently rising, and some buyers won’t be able to go that high.”

Buyers are taking out more expensive loans than in years past, he added. Further, the average interest rate is projected to be 4 percent by the end of 2022. It was roughly 3.45 percent in late January. Although Sherack stated that rising prices may sway buyers away from certain houses, sellContinued on page 5

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Last saturday, FamiLy members and friends stopped by Donna Schneider’s home, where Dorothy Meinke, top center, lives, to celebrate her birthday a few days early.

Seafordite, 102, describes her life as ‘a blessing’ continued from front page neighboring children. That was where she met her late husband, Richard. “He was on 36th Street, and I was 37th,” she recalled. “But it met across Flatlands Avenue. We had no sidewalks or paved streets, but all the kids from my side and his side would come to the one corner.” Despite her being a bit of a tomboy, she was voted “Blonde Beauty” at St. Brendan’s High School, as noted in her 1939 yearbook. That year, she brought the yearbook to a nearby ice cream parlor with her girlfriends. With a 15-cent cup of walnut ice cream on the counter, Richard signed her yearbook, and the rest was history. Four years later, Dorothy and Richard were married, and they went on to have eight children. In 1949 they moved to a home in Seaford on Washington Avenue, south of Merrick Road — not far from where she greeted her friends and family on Saturday in a brown velvet jumper. Richard died in 2008. Her youngest daughter, Donna Schneider, now owns the home. When the Meinkes first came to Seaford, the area was mostly farmland. Sunrise Highway was a dirt road, and there was only one school building on Jackson Avenue. Dorothy recalled the construction of many homes around Levittown at the end of World War II, as soldiers returned home. She’s watched the hamlet change, but still, she said, “Seaford is still a small town.” Her sixth child, Robert Meinke of Shirley, said that being able to celebrate with his mother in person was “really rewarding” considering the difficulty of the past two years. “Two years ago, we had a 100 birthday party for her on Feb. 29,” Robert recounted. “The very next day, on March 1, was the first Covid-19 death in New York. We got that party just in time to beat the whole shutdown. It’s great to see everyone here, in the neighborhood, to celebrate

my mom. She continues to go strong, and we’re very proud of her. We love her.” Schneider said her mother was a wonderful stay-at-home mom. “Family time was very important,” she recalled. The family of 10 had a hearty dinner at the kitchen table every night. Eileen Meinke, who traveled with older sister, Diane, from California to celebrate her mother’s birthday on Saturday, described the experience as “breathtaking.” “She looks absolutely beautiful,” Eileen said. “My mother is a beautiful person inside and out. She’s the best mother — we were all very a seaFord Fire Department engine blessed. We had incredible very loud salute to the birthday girl. parents.” Dorothy is a 70-year parishoner of St. William the Abbott R.C. Church in Seaford. She regularly watches “Jeopardy!”, reads the paper, watches televised Mass, completes word search puzzles and still loves chocolate, as she has since she was a kid. Her youngest children were only a few years older than her oldest grandchildren. She now has 21 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren — but when it comes to the number of great-greatgrandchildren she has, she jokes, “Don’t ask!” But her secret to longevity? It might be oatmeal. “I don’t smile until I get my oatmeal in the morning,” she said with a laugh.

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■ Last Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a large-scale invasion on Ukraine’s north, east and southern areas. ■ As of Saturday, Oksana Markarova, Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., said 198 Ukrainians have died, including three children, and 1,115 have been injured since the first attack.

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PROTESTERS CONSOlE A woman following a press conference in Glen Cove on Saturday. called it a “special operation” after months of denying Russia’s plans for invasion. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last Thursday declared martial law across the country which forbade male Ukrainians between the ages of 18-60 from fleeing the country. More than 150,000 refugees – predominantly women, children and the elderly – have fled Ukraine in the past week, according to the United Nations. An able-bodied man of 36 years, Balaban’s cousin, Roman, was drafted for the

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found out, I was in pure shock,” Shykula said. “I was texting all of my friends in Ukraine, and it took them a while to get back to me, and I was really scared.” “It is time for you to raise your voice as well and fight back together with us,” Volodymyr Tsyalkovsky, a Ukrainian American from Great Neck, told the crowd at the event. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman and Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) also called on residents to boycott all Russian products. “If we do not stop the Russian aggression now, [it] will flow into [North Atlantic Treaty Organization] countries which we have a treaty obligation to fight,” Blakeman said. “If we do so, then American blood will be shed, so we have to stand firm and resolute.” For the first time, NATO has initiated a NATO Response Force, an effort of Special Operations Forces that can be deployed, according to its website. “We want the people of Ukraine to know, that here in Nassau County, we are behind you,” Blakeman said at the press conference. “And it is also a message to our president that weakness invites danger and now is the time for America to be strong and to enact further sanctions.”

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Community members are reeling from the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Wantagh resident Oleh Balaban, 31, said he has been in a state of worry and frustration as Russian forces invade Ukraine – his home country. Last Tuesday morning, Ukraine-born Oleh Balaban first heard news of Russia’s possible invasion on Ukraine’s major cities. Balaban had stayed overnight at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip – he was welcoming his newborn daughter Myla Marie Balaban to the world when he first heard the news of Russian forces invading Ukraine. Balaban was born in Ukraine but moved to the United States at age 11. He started a family and recently opened Ole Fajitas in Wantagh. “How this can happen in a modern world, in a modern country, is beyond me,” Balaban said. “I’m watching the news everyday hoping that maybe something turns positive, that maybe Russia decides to call back and say: ‘Retreat, we don’t want to do this anymore,’ but that is never coming.” On Feb. 24, Russian forces launched their first attack on Ukraine. It was the largest military assault of one European state on another since World War II, according to multiple media outlets, including AP and Reuters. In a televised address, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin

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Waging bidding wars in South Shore market want to move away from the city ers are in favorable positions to life,” said Ferrante. “They’re put their houses on the market. migrating in, but sellers aren’t As housing prices go higher, interested in selling.” Real estate agent Tatyana Sherack said it’s a “good time” Agron, who works for agents. with VI Properties, Other local real a Hewlett-based real estate agents are estate group that is a feeling the pressure subsidiary of Comof matching homep a s s I n c. , s a i d : buyers with houses “Long Island has in a limited market. never experienced Signature Premier this before.” Properties real Agron said she estate agent, Giulio believes the influx is Ferrante, 47, said because people are that working in real moving to Long estate is very frusIsland from urban trating for him. areas, seeking more “It’s discouraging space and some for buyers right now giulio reduced Covid-19 because there are FerrAnte restrictions. not many homes on The real estate the market,” Ferran- Real estate agent m a rke t i s m o s t te said, who sells active between Febhomes in Wantagh, Seaford and the rest of Long ruary and July, Agron said – but Island. “I feel sad for the buyers this year is different. “They’re definitely on the rise,” Agron looking for their dream home.” Ferrante added that “nine said of home prices. “I don’t times out of ten,” a buyer will be think buyers, sellers or brokers outbid for a house and thus lose expected this.” the home they wanted. “People

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A sign At the intersection of Seamans Neck Road and Sunrise Highway promoted a listing for an open house in Seaford on Feb. 26.

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S.A.T. Prep Course (Virtual) This virtual series of six sessions hosted by the Seaford Public Library will help students in grades 10-12 prepare to take for the S.A.T. in 2022. The course will run from 6:45 to 8:15 p.m. A check of $70 should be made payable to Laura LaVacca to register for the six session courses. Anyone wishing to attend the courses should additionally purchase the book, “The Official S.A.T. Study Guide 2022” for about $20 on Amazon. If not available, a copy of the 2021 version will suffice. Guests should also have a calculator, pencil and a notebook. A link to the live Zoom class will be emailed to each registrant the day of the program. For more information, call the Seaford Public Library at (516) 221-1334.

Tuesday, March 8 123 Block Party The Wantagh Public Library is hosting a block party for children ages 1 to 3 from 10:30 to 11:00 a.m. Open-ended block play encourages creativity, expression and collaboration all while strengthening children’s motor skills. A parent or guardian must attend. Space is limited to attend. Registration is required through the library’s website. Contact Jennifer Mchugh at: jmchugh@wantaghlibrary. org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

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A Time for Kids Presents “Tot Time” From 10:15 to 11:15 a.m. at the Wantagh Public Library, children ages 18 months to 5 years old will sing songs, do simple movements, use hand manipulative toys and create a simple craft. A parent or guardian much attend. A $15 fee for the program is payable by check only to the Wantagh Public Library. Registration is required to guarantee social distancing. Contact Jennifer McHugh at (516) 221-1200 or via email at jmchugh@ wantaghlibrary.org with any questions regarding the event.

Friday, March 4 Sibshops Event Sibshops, hosted by Sensory Beans of Wantagh, is an event for siblings ages 5 to 9 or those with special needs. The program will run from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Children will be able to discuss their thoughts, feelings, and challenges in a safe environment while having fun. They will engage in meaningful games and crafts that will also help them connect with others. Pizza and drinks are included. The event costs $30 per child. Contact Sensory Beans at (516) 3081462 with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

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Children in Pre-kindergarten to Grade 3 can join the Seaford Public Library in this craft event from 6 to 6:30 p.m. to make toothpick stars out of toothpicks. This event is virtual only. Contact childrens@seafordlibrary.org to register.

Teenagers can take part in a “bad art challenge” from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Wantagh Public Library on Tuesday, March 8. Guests will create ugly art and vote for the worst creation. Prizes will be awarded to first and second place. To register, email Carly Cucci at ccucci@wantaghlibrary.org. Glow in the Dark Skate Night

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Join United Skates of America in Seaford for a fun night of skating in a glow-in-the-dark theme held every Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. Skates will be available for rental. Contact United Skates of America at (516) 795-5474 for additional information.

The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center will host a seal-watching event from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Attendees will walk roughly one mile both indoors and outdoors and learn about local Harbor and Gray seals. Individuals must purchase tickets to attend. The Center is located on Bay Parkway at Jones Beach State Park.

Saturday, March 5 Lyons Club Comedy Fund Enjoy a night of live comedy with Peter Bales, Peaches Rodriguez, Eric Haft and Billy Thompson at 6 p.m. at Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall in Wantagh. Drinks are available for purchase at the bar. Contact the venue at (516) 7837500 with any questions or concerns.

Sunday, March 6 Sunday Funday Dance Party with DJ Frankie From 6:30 to 9:45 p.m., join the Sunset Grill on Sunrise HIghway in Seaford for a dance party. DJ Frankie will give a live performance for the Sunday Funday Dance Party. Freesstyle, house, disco and classic music will be played at the event.

Monday, March 7 Adult Skate Lessons: Skaterobics United Skates of America will host adult skating lessons from 7 to 8 p.m. The registration fee is $20 per person for class only. An additional 10$ fee will be added to take the class and an adult night session with live music from DJ Arson from 8:30-11:30 p.m. Skate rental is included. Contact United Skates of America at (516) 7955474 with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

Playdoh Party Children ages 2 to 5 can join the Wantagh Public Library from 2:00 to 2:45 p.m. for a Play-Doh party. Children can mix up colored Play-Doh and play with cutting tools. A parent or guardian must attend with each child. Contact Erin

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Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater has started selling tickets for a “Wild ‘N Out” event June 2. Seaford Scholarship Drive is kicking off its 15th annual fundraising drive for Seaford H.S. seniors. The Wantagh Chamber of Commerce will host a St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 20. The Seaford American Legion will be hosting a St. Patricks Day Dinner Dance on March 19. Check out skating events at United Skates in Seaford online at: https://www.unitedskates.com/.

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Killian Foy completed his heralded wrestling career as a champion. The MacArthur senior captured a county title at 138 pounds two years after placing second in the counties. Foy clinched his first Nassau crown with a 12-3 major decision win against Port Washington’s Matthew Castillo on Super Bowl Sunday at Nassau Community College in East Garden City. Foy entered the counties determined to go out on top after missing out on a chance to compete for a championship as junior when no postseason tournaments were held during a truncated 2020/21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The senior reached the finals in his second straight county championship appearance with a technical fall win against Syosset’s Jacob Brockey just 3:28 into the match, one of three pins he recorded during the tournament. “We were proud of him and I think he was proud of himself to finally be the champ,” said 13th-year MacArthur head coach Rob Paletta of Foy, who is committed to wrestle on the collegiate level next year at the University of Pittsburgh. “He deserves it and is one of the best wrestlers in Nassau County.” The county championship earned Foy a second appearance in the New York State Wrestling Championships held at the MVP Arena in Albany last weeked. Foy earned his second All-State honors with a third

place finish. He won the third place match by pinning Casper Stewart of Attica-Batavia late in the first period. Foy reached the state semis as the five seed after knocking off fourth-seeded Jared Weinhaus of Sachem East, who was a Suffolk County champion and entered the states unbeaten. He won by technical fall in the previous round versus Zachary Miller of Islip. The third place showing improved on Foy’s previous appearance in the counties when he finished fourth. As a freshman, Foy, who first competed on the varsity level as an eighth grader, reached the finals stage at 99 pounds before falling to Hilton High School’s Gregor McNeil. Senior James Clarkson also finished his MacArthur wrestling career on a strong note with sixth place finish in Albany to earn All State honors after third place showing at the county championships. Freshman Jonathan Fox, junior Paul Lichter and junior Ben Velasquez also qualified for states after placing third in counties. MacArthur finished fourth as a team in the county championships with 153 points, just six behind third place Hewlett. The Generals were runner-up at the Nassau County Division 1 Dual Meet Tournament in late January falling to Wantagh 38-28 in the finals. “We had a good run this year,” Paletta said. “Overall it was a solid year for MacArthur wrestling.”

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MACARthuR sENiOR KilliAN Foy captured the Nassau County 138-pound title Feb. 13 and went on to earn All-State honors last weekend.

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Students at Seaford Middle and High School recently partnered with Blue Star Mothers of America’s NY14 Chapter in Nassau County to create donation boxes for veterans across Long Island. This was the first time that the Seaford Parent Teacher Student Association partnered with the organization. The collaboration resulted in decorated, Super Bowl LVIthemed care packages for veterans. Blue Star Mothers is a non-profit organization with over 200 chapters throughout their country. Their work is non-partisan and focuses on supporting veterans and their families, especially mothers who have children that are deployed. “I’m so new to this that when I see the excitement in the younger people, I mean, I just love it,” said Linda Greene, who has served as Vice President of NY14 since August and has a son in the Marine Corps. “[The Seaford event] was overwhelming for me because I didn’t think that such young people would get that involved.” Students in the Career Development Program at Seaford High School worked with middle school students in the Service Club to construct and decorate the themed boxes, decked out with Bengals and Rams team colors and imagery. The concept was created by students. Two large collection boxes, each one representing a team, were set up at both schools. Students were encouraged to donate toiletries and other nonperishables for veterans, in the name of football spirit. Andrea Nordquist, President of the Nassau Chapter of Blue Star Mothers, said that her role entails “a lot of work.” But “when you see the smiles on some of our veterans faces when they receive these items that they so dearly need – when you see little children that are excited

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Seaford StudentS recently created donations for veterans through a partnership between the Seaford Parent Teacher Student Association and non-profit Blue Star Mothers. about making a card or collecting candy for us or anything like that – it just makes it all worthwhile.” In the past, Blue Star hosted fundraisers such as Sweats for Vets, which collected clothing that was donated to Veterans Affairs in Nassau County. The nonprofit has participated in community parades, street fairs and have advocated for suicide awareness in the area. The partnership between the nonprofit and Seaford schools began at the Winter Wonderland event in Wantagh, organized by the Wantagh Chamber of Commerce. Blue Star Mothers had a table to ask for donations and promote their organization. Lisa Garcia, President of the Seaford PTSA, approached the nonprofit and suggested that they partner on a fundraiser. Items collected by students, parents and staff included toiletries, non-perishable food and handmade cards. Initially, the boxes were to be sent abroad to soldiers

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deployed, but the organization chose to send it to United Veterans Beacon House in Bay Shore instead. Beacon House provides veterans and their families with support and living services, and has dozens of homeless shelters in Suffolk and Nassau Counties for vets. “They were deeply, deeply happy that we’re able to bring them all those items, because those are things that the residents really need,” said Nordquist. While visiting middle school students, Nordquist told the students the story behind The Four Chaplains statue, located outside Seaford Middle School. It honors four military chaplains on the Dorchester ship that sank in 1943, all of whom forfeited their life preservers and provided solace to those who could not get on one. Each year on Feb. 3, this day of remembrance is celebrated across the country. “It’s a very interesting story,” Nordquist said. “The kids were really touched by it.”

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used like a checkbook or credit card. You may arrange a line of credit in addition to equal monthly payments. There are also a variety of interest rate options. Your mortgage professional can explain these options in detail. Eligibility To qualify for a reverse mortgage, the borrower must be at least age 62.There are no minimum income or credit requirements. For most reverse mortgages, the money can be used for any purpose; however, the borrower must pay off any existing mortgage(s) with the proceeds from the reverse mortgage. A pending bankruptcy that has not be finalized may slow the process, but is not a disqualifier. Before borrowing, applicants must seek financial counseling from a source that is approved by the Department of Housing and Urban Development ( HUD). The counseling is a safeguard for the borrower and his/her family, to make sure the borrower completely understands what a reverse mortgage is and how one is obtained. Understanding Potential Benefits A reverse mortgage can be a help to homeowners looking for additional income during their retirement years, and many use the funds to supplement Social Security or other income,

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ance owed on the loan are retained by the seller Cost And Fees Typically, the interest rate on a reverse mortgage will be less than a traditional mortgage. Closing costs and other fees can be usually be included in the principal amount of the loan. Lenders are required by Federal law to fully disclose all the proposed costs of the loan over the life of the loan. Bottom Line The best way to determine if a reverse mortgage make sense for you is through a one-onone consultation with a qualified mortgage professional. Some questions to consider: √ How long do you intend to stay in your home? √ Are there opportunities to put the value stored in your home to better use — i.e. invested at a higher rate of return than the interest rate on the loan? An experienced and knowledgeable mortgage professional can help you answer these questions and more by discussing with you your unique situation. As with any important decision, it’s important to make a educated choice. For more information, contact Steven Eplan, Senior Management Group, Inc. at (516) 900-1500 or visit www.myseniormanagement.com.

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Keeping with the Chabad’s tradition of creating incredibly fun and exciting holiday programs for the entire Jewish community, the Chabad of Merrick-BellmoreWantagh will be hosting its 16th annual Purim celebration! Purim commemorates the escape of the Jewish People from annihilation by the ancient Persian Empire, and is celebrated by the exchange of food packages between friends, giving charity to the poor, eating a traditional festive meal, and reading the story of Purim from the megillah — the Purim scroll. “Every year, there’s a fun theme to make the Purim celebration even more exciting and memorable,” Rabbi Shimon Kramer said. “This year’s party will be ‘Israel-style’ and will combine Jewish traditions with a fun Israel feel.” This year’s Purim holiday begins Wednesday evening, March 16 and continues through Thursday, March 17. Traditionally, one should attend a ‘megillah’ reading twice-once in the evening and once during the day. The Chabad will host a megillah reading on Wednesday, March 16 at 7:30 pm. On Thursday, March 17, there will be 4 megillah readings throughout the day. The first will be held at the Chabad, outdoors at 8:15 am if weather permitting, and the second will be held at Ohav Sholom at 10:45 am. The final two readings will be held at the Clubhouse at the Merrick Park Golf Course during the Chabad’s Grand Purim-Israel Style celebration at either 5 or 6:15 pm. The RSVP is required at ChabadJewishLife.org/ PurimIsrael. “We are hoping to give everyone an

The Chabad’s Purim Party ■ Megillah reading along with simultaneous multi-media Purim slideshow ■ Safed Kabbala Hebrew Letter Art ■ Drink freshly squeezed orange juice in a kibbutz ■ Enjoy shawarma, babaganash, falafel and other Israeli delicacies in the Tel Aviv shuk ■ Make your own Hamantashen at ‘Angel’s Bakery ■ Mud mask masking at the Dead Sea ■ Come in costume! Costume Contest! ■ Fun for adults and children alike! exciting, meaningful and safe Purim celebration,” program director Chanie Kramer said. For sponsorship opportunities and/or to make a reservation, visit ChabadJewishLife.org/PurimIsrael or call the office at 516-833-3057. Courtesy Chabad Center for Jewish Life; compiled by Jordan Vallone.

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Seaford High School’s 2021 yearbook has received second place in the American Scholastic Press Association contest. “It was a surprise, but we are definitely honored by it,” co-adviser Melinda DiGiovanna said in a press release. After receiving a recommendation from the yearbook publisher, advisors Jostens DiGiovanna and Curtis Tripoli, submitted the book to the ASPA contest. The 144-page yearbook, critqued by ASPA judges, earned 715 out of 1,000 points for the second-place win. It was judged on the following criteria: content presentation, creativity, page design, photography and publication structure. Last year’s lead editors were Madison Aher n, Giana Cesario, Kelsey Gil and Ashley Sidoti, with Leila Gomez designing the

cover. The final edition of “Vikings” was 144 pages of Seaford High School content plus a 2021 year-inreview section. ASPA judges have provided current yearbook organizers with a guideline for improvement. “[We are] incorporating suggestions from the judges to make this year’s edition even better,” seniors Sophia Herman and Nicole Karaman, this year’s editors, said in a press release. DiGiovanna and Tripoli said the current staff members admire the work of the previous staf, and indicated that they made sure the second place yearbook reflected their school spirit and dedication to the committee. “They are proud of last year’s staff for creating a book that not only appropriately honored the Class of 2021, but looks good, too,” DiGiovanna said.

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Seaford HigH ScHool yearbook advisers Melinda DiGiovanna (left) and Curtis Tripoli, and senior editors Nicole Karaman and Sophia Herman, received a second-place award from the American Scholastic Press Association for the 2021 edition.

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Exploring nature and wildlife at Jones Beach “Olaf is a box turtle,” educator Mia Ramirez explained to a group of about 15 children and adults inside the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center in Wantagh last Friday. “What!?” one toddler exclaimed in response, which was met with laughter from some parents. Ramirez proceeded to show each of the children the 11-year-old turtle, who came from an animal rescue group in Riverhead. Each child was allowed to touch the shell of the creature using two fingers, as Ramirez provided information and fun facts about box turtles’ diets, habitats and more. The interactive experience was

part of Creature Feature: one of the many children-centered programs hosted by the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center. At this paid program, children were able to learn about Long Island’s native reptiles and spend time with them in person. Rounding off the program, attendees visited the tanked turtles and seahorses. Kids also used the interactive touch tank, a small water environment with living creatures, to interact with mollusks, hermit crabs and horseshoe crabs. Much to their astoundment, the crabs have been around for over 400 million years!

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Children reaCh down into a touch tank at the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center in Wantagh as parents and an educator look on. The Center is open to the public for free most days from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Jones BeaCh energy and Nature Center educator Mia Ramirez talks to children about eastern diamondback terrapins and seahorses. aliCe, 5 of Levittown, leans down to pet a box turtle at the Center. father Corey and daughter Taylor, 5, of Baldwin, watch an eastern diamondback terrapin, a species of turtle, take a swim.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. LOUIS PECORA, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF CONO L. PECORA AKA CONO PECORA, STEVEN PECORA, AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF CONO L. PECORA AKA CONO PECORA IF THEY BE LIVING AND IF THEY BE DEAD AND ALL OTHER PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, ET AL., Defendant(s).

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A. You’re not necessarily barking up the wrong tree to make an offer on a house like this, but it does show the age of the home. When people say, “They don’t build houses like they used to,” I usually think, thank goodness. What you’re seeing was common through the 1920s, when locust trees, known for their resistance onte eeper to decay and insects, were used as support columns. These trees have been used for structural support for many centuries. Their most well known use was for supporting the city of Venice when the swamp-dwelling inhabitants, who lived on small islands, stabilized and built the city. Using locust posts, they could conduct their marine merchant trade while protecting themselves from the regularly invading Goths, preparing for attacks by seeing them from the north from 20 miles away, long before an attack could take place. The Venetians rammed locust posts deep into the seabed and supported those beautiful Renaissance structures on them. In the James Bond film “Casino Royale,” there is an intense fight scene that takes place in a building under extensive renovation. At the end of the scene, the building, which actually was having the locust posts retrofitted, like most of Venice, collapses into the watery depths. From an architect’s perspective, knowing about the structural changes underway, this was very interesting as well as dramatic. If the locust posts aren’t split and cracked but are smooth and semi-straight, they should be fine to continue to do their job. If you see signs of weakness or are suspicious, contact a licensed architect or engineer who has experience with these conditions for a closer look. If you decide that the columns need changing, then the job requires building temporary walls in the basement on either side of the main beam to support the whole structure of the home before the columns are removed. Correctly calculated concrete foundations, called footings, will need to be installed by digging up the concrete floor where forms are set and the footings are placed. Whether steel or wood columns are installed, the anchors for them need to be properly placed and attached. The columns, when installed, should be connected, at the top and the bottom, to the footing and to the beam. This isn’t a small job, and requires an experienced company that protects the area from dust before cutting the concrete, orders the right strength of cement for placement in the formwork and knows what connectors to install top and bottom. Good luck!

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y heart bleeds for the people of Ukraine, an emerging democracy pulled between West and East, a former Soviet republic that only gained its independence from the USSR in August 1991, amid the sudden and precipitous collapse of communism across Eastern Europe. Now Ukraine’s freedom is once again in jeopardy because of a war that it didn’t start. I was living in Eastern Europe in August 1991, serving in the Peace Corps in Bulgaria, a six-hour drive south of Ukraine Scott along Romania’s Black Sea coast. I BRINtoN fell in love and married in Bulgaria on Nov. 9, 1991, the second anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was born and raised on Long Island, and live here now, but Eastern Europe became an adopted homeland. Many Long Islanders have ties to Eastern Europe, including close to 13,000 people of Ukrainian descent, according to census data. We can see those ties in the Eastern Orthodox churches that dot the Island — St. Michael’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Uniondale, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in East Meadow and St. Seraphim of Sarov Russian Orthodox Church in Sea Cliff, among others.

Eastern Europe is a conglomeration of ancient cultures, at once set in their ways but ever morphing in response to the push and pull of powerful nations — historically, Russia and Germany. Eastern Europeans are survivors. Ukraine will survive Russia’s invasion, an act of war in violation of international law. The price that Ukrainians will pay for the takeover, ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin, will be terrible, though. The impact will be felt by people across Eastern Europe. Most Americans can’t understand the fear of the old Soviet Union that many, if not most, Eastern Europeans carried with them during the Iron Curtain era (1945–91). They risked life and limb to secure their freedoms from the USSR in the late 1980s and early ’90s. They stood in solidarity, marching en masse in their capitals’ squares, demanding sovereignty. There was an electric unity among people across Eastern Europe in those heady days. They were afraid, but they stood in defiance of a nation that had for more than four decades tried to crush their independent spirit, their freedom of thought and religion, their very way of life. If Bulgaria had lost its newly won democratic freedoms to the communists, as was entirely possible in the early 1990s, oldschool apparatchiks might have “cleansed” Bulgaria of any American “sympathiz-

ers.” In that case, anyone who had had contact with an American like me could have been in grave danger of just disappearing. This was not a wild conspiracy theory. It was a valid fear based on years of iron-fisted Soviet rule. Now, a little more than 30 years after the fall of communism, Putin, a former KGB foreign intelligence officer, threatens once again to upend stability in Eastern Europe, a region that has, through the ages, been shattered by war, including two World Wars. And, once again, Eastern Europeans fear for their future. In the U.S., war in Ukraine is far away. The images of a Stalinesque housing complex ripped apart by Russian artillery fire, repeated many times on American and European TV news networks in the first days of the war, are perceived very differently across Eastern Europe than they are here. The expansive structure, fortified by plain cement walls, could have been most anywhere in Eastern Europe. Such an attack sends a terrifying signal to people across the region — you could be next — even if the thought is a distant one. It is highly unlikely that Putin would roll tanks beyond Ukraine’s borders into NATO-allied nations, military analysts tell us. But before the war, most of them appeared uncertain that he would invade

he census counts close to 13,000 area residents who are of Ukrainian descent.

Ukraine, despite President Biden’s warnings to the contrary. In recent weeks the U.S. has sent some 14,000 troops to Germany and Eastern Europe to shore up the defenses of NATO allies such as Poland and the Baltic states, bringing the total number of American troops in Europe to nearly 100,000, according to The New York Times. Thus, once again, we see a dividing line drawn between superpowers in Eastern Europe. My wife and I were listening to Bulgarian National Radio Friday night, wanting to hear how Bulgaria, a NATO ally that condemned the invasion, was reacting. The news centered on two communities — hundreds of Bulgarian expatriates living in Ukraine (who needed to be evacuated) and hundreds of Ukrainian expats living in Bulgaria (many of whom planned to drive through Romania to meet refugees fleeing Ukraine and bring them to safety). Their route would become a “humanitarian corridor.” With U.S. troops moving within firing range of invading Russian forces, and tens of thousands of war refugees fleeing across Eastern Europe, we, as Americans, must pay close attention to this conflict and do all we can to shore up Ukraine, a fledgling democracy. Scott Brinton is a special assistant professor of journalism at Hofstra University, and editor and adviser to The Long Island Advocate, a student online publication. He is a former executive editor of the Heralds.

Ukrainian Jews flee a Russian attack, again

either Russia nor the Ukraine has ever been a welcoming homeland for the Jewish people. Despite the singing and dancing in “Fiddler on the Roof,” the play was set in 1905 czarist Russia in the Pale of Settlement, the lands of Eastern Europe, including what became Ukraine, where hundreds of thousands of Jews lived under the boot of the Russian Cossacks. It is estimated that more than 1.5 million Jews lived in what is now Ukraine on the eve of World War II, according to a story in The Forward last RANDI week. “Some one KREISS million of those Jews were killed in the Holocaust,” the newspaper reported, “but a 1989 census estimated that close to half a million still lived in Ukraine in 1989, before the dissolution of the Soviet Union.” The story went on to say that under Soviet rule, Jews were persecuted and denied the right to emigrate, forced to hide much of their religious practice in a society “rife with anti-Semitism.” Last week, once again, with Russian tanks crossing the border, the dwindling

Jewish population was on the run. In a bizarre and nonsensical statement, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the invasion of Ukraine would remove Nazi influences, ignoring the fact that the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish. The story of the Jewish community in Ukraine today is a minor footnote to the greater story of a nation beaten into submission by a dictator on the march. The footnote, however, resonates with me, because many of my relatives fled Ukraine and came to America in the years before World War I. My grandfather Morris Brownstein, born in 1897, left Ukraine in 1912 on the SS Zeeland. We don’t know how he managed to travel from Russia to Antwerp, but he boarded a ship in Belgium for the long crossing. He was 15 years old, and he was alone. What we do know is that he made his way to Brownsville, Brooklyn, became a tailor’s apprentice and found and married Anna, a second cousin. In 1924 he applied for naturalization, was granted citizenship and was as proud of being a “yankee” as anyone who ever escaped oppression and found freedom on our shores.

For his first decade in America, Morris lived in a tenement in Brownsville, probably without running water, possibly with dozens of other new arrivals. According to Wikipedia, Brownsville was predominantly Jewish from the 1880s until the 1950s. An estimated 25,000 people lived there by 1900. In the early 20th century, the majority of Brownsville’s residents were immigrants. By 1920, when Morris was living there, more than 80,000 of the area’s 100,000 inhabitants were Russian Jews, and Brownsville was known as “Little Jerusalem.” For decades, the Ukraine he left behind was a sovereign nation, pulled between the magnetic poles of the West and Russia. Historically, it has always been an uneasy homeland for Jewish people, from ancient persecutions to the pogroms of the 20th century. It seems unlikely that the nation has any chance of surviving the Russian invasion. I believe that if a 15-year-old boy can travel across Europe, book passage on a ship and make a new beginning in a new world, then those of us who have reaped America’s bounty must stand with the Ukrainians in their resistance to occupation in any way we can.

n 1912, Morris Brownstein, my grandfather, left Ukraine on the SS Zeeland.

We do not know yet what will be asked of us. When Grandpa Morris signed his naturalization papers, he pledged his heart and soul to the United States of America. He was a good citizen, a patriotic American, grateful to this country for blessings he never could have imagined as a child in war-torn Ukraine. The Forward added another footnote to last week’s invasion. According to Rabbi Shlomo Baksht, his staff was still looking into moving the 250 children from the three orphanages they run in Ukraine westward, away from the Russian border. His last message was that the effort was too late, and they were “hunkered down.” Of all the what-ifs we ponder in our lives, one of the most intriguing is what our lives would look like if our parents and grandparents and great-grands hadn’t left their homes and all that they knew of the world to risk dangerous ocean passages to begin new lives, learn new work and absorb new customs in a new land. The people of Ukraine will suffer mightily in the coming days and weeks, as Russia tramples their dreams of freedom. I think of the 15-year-old from Ukraine who made that harrowing trip 110 years ago, and I am so grateful. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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hese days, we smile or roll our eyes when we hear the term “fashion police,” but leading up to the Nixon administration, wearing the wrong outfit could land an otherwise innocent young woman in hot water. Dresses were required in Nassau County schools until 1970, when administrators finally allowed girls to wear pantsuits. It was a seemingly small change by today’s standards, but every single one mattered in the movement we celebrate every March as Women’s History Month. It was President Jimmy Carter who, in 1980, issued a presidential proclamation creating what was then National Women’s History Week. “Too often, women were unsung, and sometimes their contributions went unnoticed,” Carter said. “But the achievements, leadership, courage, strength and love of the women who built America was as vital as that of the men whose names we know so well.” By then, women were claiming their place. They were already earning more bachelor’s degrees than men, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, and roughly half of the master’s degrees. Four decades later, in the red-hot fields of science and engineering, women still trail men in bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees, according to the National Science Foundation. And women still earn just 84 cents of every dollar a man makes, according to a 2020 Pew Research study.

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letters Senator Brooks is doing great work To the Editor: Kudos to State Senator John Brooks and his staff for their work on trying to rein in the high cost of living on Long Island. Brooks has been a leader in the fight for affordable municipal water. His support for a legislative commission on the future of the Long Island Power Authority will open the door to reduced electric rates as well. If legislation creating the commission is passed, it will set out a roadmap for the “municipalization” of the electrical system. With full municipal ownership, electricity would be managed on a nonprofit basis, much like public water and public libraries. This is no far-fetched idea. Freeport and Rockville Centre have municipally operated power systems with rates 40 percent less than PSEG. If we take the profits out, electric rates will fall. Thank you, Senator Brooks. FRED HARRISON L.I. Food & Water Watch Merrick

But they have made steady, if sometimes agonizingly slow, progress. In the century since women finally earned the right to vote, they have become professionals, more financially independent, and more visible as business leaders. And women have worked their way into the leadership positions they have long deserved. Sandra Day O’Connor became the first woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1981. Three years later, Geraldine Ferraro became the first female vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket. Jeannette Rankin of Minnesota might have been the first woman elected to Congress in 1916, but Shirley Chisholm broke yet another notable glass ceiling in 1969, becoming the first Black woman sent to Washington. And then, of course, Kamala Harris finally put a woman one step away from the Oval Office, a feat that can be topped only by whoever eventually becomes our first female president. It seemed only logical for Congress to expand the week first set aside by Carter into something more substantial, although Capitol Hill needed a little push. Thanks to the efforts of the National Women’s History Project — a nonprofit promoting “multicultural women’s history awareness” — Congress decreed the first Women’s History Month in 1987, issuing similar proclamations each year until 1995, when Bill Clinton started the tradition of simply

having presidents issue the proclamations on their own. The last girls who were compelled to wear dresses to school would be grandparents now. Some — especially of the younger generations, who never knew differently — might even take for granted a lot of what women have achieved. But as far as they have come, there’s still a long way to go. And to finally achieve full equality, women will depend on one another to pave the way, just as the female trailblazers of the past have done — Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Susan Ahn Cuddy, Billie Holiday, Rosalind Franklin, Susan B. Anthony, Gloria Richardson. Don’t recognize a name? Then Women’s History Month is the perfect time to look it up and learn more about her. Three cheers for the women who are the leaders of our nation. Our inventors. Our entrepreneurs. Those who tend to our health, and fight our battles in court. And those whose names aren’t widely known — especially those who gave birth to us, raised us, and taught us right from wrong, shaping us into the people we are today. These women, in particular, may sometimes be taken for granted, but their contributions must never be forgotten. They make their own history, every day, in the families that ensure our society remains healthy and strong.

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n addition to the world’s oldest (continuous since 1762) and largest St. Patrick’s Day parade up 5th Avenue in Manhattan on March 17, dozens of Long Island communities are looking forward to their local parades, including Mineola and Bethpage on March 6, Huntington on March 13, Rockville Centre on March 19, Glen Cove and Wantagh on March 20, and Bayside on March 26. New York state has more than 50 parades — not including other kinds of St. Patrick’s celebrations — in March. These JoHn will all be well by marcho’ConneLL attended ers and spectators, since most parades are returning after two years of Covid-caused hiatus. There are thousands of St. Patrick’s parades throughout the country, many thousands around the world, from Dublin to Tokyo. Principally a chance for Irish-Americans to show their ethnic pride, our local family-oriented events are welcome signs of spring, reasons to rejoice in the pandemically safer outdoors and great opportunities for downtown businesses, with so many people lining the streets. I’ve been watching or marching in such

wonderful events in honor of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, for most of my long life. Sciatica and other maladies, however, have recently removed me from the line of march and sent me to the sidelines to cheer on my friends and fellow members of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. While parades are fun, they say little about the important role Irish-Americans have played in the past and present of our country. I wish people knew more about the magnificent contributions Irish immigrants and Irish-Americans have made to the formation and preservation of the United States, and its ongoing exceptionalism. Science, government, education, the labor movement, the military, civil rights, justice, policing, the arts, music and literature, industry, business, journalism and many other fields would be profoundly the less but for what Irish-Americans have done and continue to do. March is Irish-American Heritage Month, a good time for all of us to learn about or remember some of the people who have made America great. Six of the last seven presidents — and half of all American chief executives — were of Irish ancestry, including Biden, Reagan, Kennedy, Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt and Grant.

t's a list that goes on an on, in every field of endeavor from politics to the arts.

Letters Does Hochul have the right priorities? To the Editor: Replacement Gov. Kathy Hochul has endorsed legislation allowing farmers to grow marijuana in New York. That appears to be her priority over halting crime and rampant subway attacks. By permitting this bill, as well as an online betting bill, we are encouraging a generation of misfits. Is this how we develop the future leaders of our country? Perhaps our leaders in Albany, who passed the “no bail bill,” have been smoking this stuff just to test its efficacy. PAT KING Merrick

Conservatives, and individualism To the Editor: I’m a 72-year-old who already has one foot in the grave — a 1968 graduate of Mepham High School in Bell-

More than 25 percent of George Washington’s Revolutionary Army comprised Irish-Americans. Of the country that provided him with such brave soldiers, Washington said, “Ireland, thou friend of my country in my country’s most friendless days, much injured, much enduring land, accept this poor tribute from one who esteems thy worth, and mourns thy desolation.” A hero of that war, Commodore John Barry, of Ireland, was the holder of the first commission in the new United States Navy. Two hundred fifty-seven recipients of the Medal of Honor were born in Ireland. Dan Daley was awarded two Medals of Honor for separate actions, and would have been given a third but for the fact that he already had two. Walt Disney, actor and dancer Gene Kelly, dancer Michael Flatley, playwright Eugene O’Neill and authors F. Scott Fitzgerald and Malachy McCourt were/ are Irish-Americans. Bruce Springsteen is of partial Irish ancestry. John Ford has the most Academy Awards for best director, at four. Auto manufacturer Henry Ford had Ireland’s blood in his veins. The first woman to command a NASA space mission was Astronaut Col. Eileen Collins, an Irish-American. The first American woman to walk in space was

the Irish-American Dr. Kathryn Sullivan. Edward J. Flanagan was born in a wee stone cottage in County Roscommon, Ireland. He would become the Father Flanagan of Boys Town, in Omaha, Neb., and a beloved activist on behalf of children. Mary Harris, a.k.a. Mother Jones, was an advocate for child labor laws. Tough Kerryman Michael J. Quill was one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union. The list of Irish America’s contributors to the greatness of our nation goes on and on. The symbols of Irish America aren’t the stereotypical leprechauns, green beer, silly plastic hats and fake freckles; Irish America’s significance is better found in Washington’s words, the names of Irish Brigade troops on Gettysburg’s gravestones, Boys Town, NASA, the American labor movement and the Medal of Honor rolls. All Americans should celebrate IrishAmerican Heritage Month. Educators should teach about the heroic influence Irish-Americans have had. Librarians should create displays. Parents should show their children how deserving IrishAmericans are of honor. Many of the notable American heroes mentioned above have surely earned their own classroom lessons, from grade school to college. I wish all Herald readers and staff a happy St. Patrick’s Day! John O’Connell is a former executive editor of the Herald Community Newspapers. Comments? OConnell11001@yahoo.com.

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more, and a 1972 graduate of Hofstra University — but I’m really worried about what the future will be like in our society. Since 1980, I’ve watched the growth of a cold-hearted, survival-of-the-fittest Social Darwinist mentality among many Republicans in the conservative news media, on talk shows, in think tanks and policy institutes, and especially in Congress. More and more of these folks want to abolish every single federal government social program that helps the working class and middle class. I don’t think most Americans are aware of this. These people are now much more conservative than our Republican voters. What also scares the dickens out of me is the growth of an over-thetop, extreme hyper-individualism and libertarianism, in which so many of us believe that we have no responsibilities to one another, and only a concern for me-me-me and what I want to do. And we smugly and defiantly call this selfish and self-absorbed narcissism “personal choice.” STEWART B. EPSTEIN Rochester

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