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MEMBERS oF THE cast of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”

Let the show begin — finally Seaford M.S. stages first play in three years By MARIA CESTERo mcestero@liherald.com

Theater curtains opened in the Seaford Middle School last Friday for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. For their first show in three years, students performed the classic musical “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.” Its director, Barbara Sherwin, said she was eager for drama to return to the school. She had been preparing for the production since January, arranging for Drama Club students to meet three days a week to practice. “We’ve been through such an experience

with the pandemic that we wanted to do something silly and fun for the kids,” Sherwin explained. “No moral theme, no seriousness, just fun.” She explained why “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was chosen — letting the kids enjoy lighthearted fun while introducing them to classic musical theater. “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” is a musical film from 1968 about a family that fixes up an old car that sputters and pops as it moves — hence the title. The father tells his two children a fictional tale of how pirates are trying to steal the car. “I’ll probably be in tears at the show,” SherContinued on page 5

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On March 29, the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District hosted the second Nassau County Youth Wellness Summit, welcoming teens and educators from 27 school districts across the county, including Seaford High School. Those in attendance learned how to combat anxiety, improve self esteem, and learn coping skills, among many other things, at the all-day event which featured panels, workshops and presentations from professionals and educators working in the mental health field. The summit, which was hosted by the New Jersey based organization, the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide, was funded by Friedrich Air Conditioning at the Brookside School in Merrick — space that was donated to the group by the Central District. Stacy Brief, 24 of Bellmore, is a licensed social worker, and 2016 graduate of Wellington C. Mepham High School. Brief works as a therapist at the North Shore Family and Guidance Center in Roslyn, but also serves as the Long Island Coordinator for the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide. Brief told the Herald that while in high school, she was going through a difficult time, struggling with anxiety and depression. Stacy’s father, John Brief, who works for Friedrich Air Conditioning, had a coworker in the same industry, that served on the Board of Directors for

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At thE EVENt in 2019, the summit kicked off with a “Strings of Hope” resiliency panel, led by Stacy Brief and others. The same panel started this year’s summit. SPTS, and recommended the family get connected to them. “They suggested we check out one of their fundraisers,” she recounted. “It really spoke to me — it helped me make meaning of what I was going through.” Brief started sharing her story at SPTS events, and at this point, she said her entire family is very involved with the organization. “We had been volunteering and working with SPTS in Jersey, and we saw the impact it was having there,” she

said. “I said, ‘Our community could have this, we could do it too.’” Brief helped assemble a committee of mental health professionals, educators and local school district administrators to create a wellness summit on Long Island. The first summit was hosted at the same location in Merrick in 2019, but due to the coronavirus pandemic, it took a two-year hiatus. Four students and 2 staff from each participating district attended the event,

that was meant solely for sophomores and juniors in high school. The summit began with a “Strings of Hope” resiliency panel, hosted by 3 young adults including Brief. Following the panel, attendees went to two sessions of workshops. Later in the day, a resource fair connected students to 16 groups on Long Island, such as the therapeutic schools, safe centers, and yoga studios, among others. The last event was a keynote presentation given by the organization Lead You, who led a “high energy, interactive assembly,” according to Brief, where students were taught how to relieve stress, find safe coping skills and manage anxiety through interactive play. Susan Tellone, the clinical director of SPTS, explained that the organization is all about education and training, rather then therapy. “Our focus is on increasing awareness and teaching,” she said. Since its founding in 2005 SPTS has educated 650,000 teachers, to recognize and combat warning signs of suicide. They also work to educate parents and community leaders. Wellness summits were common for SPTS prior to the pandemic, and their goal is to get the conversation about mental health started. “We are trying to model how to talk about mental health,” she said.” Tellone said kids often think that they’re the only ones struggling. “Once they start talking about it, they see its not true,” she added. “It’s okay to ask for help.”

TOH completes field at Seaman’s Neck Park Hempstead Town Supervisor Don Clavin and Councilman Chris Carini announced that field renovations at Seaman’s Neck Park have been completed in time for the spring season, according to a press release. The Town of Hempstead funded the all-turf multi-purpose fields through their capital investment plan into local parks. “We are undergoing a lot of exciting projects in the Town of Hempstead and it makes everything worthwhile when we see young athletes ‘having a ball’ in our parks,” said Supervisor Clavin in the release. “I am proud to have furthered the Town of Hempstead’s commitment to recreation by establishing a capital improvement plan for town parks where we upgrade our facilities in order to provide top-notch recreational experiences for local communities. Be on the lookout for more upgrades to parks all over America’s largest township.” Carini spoke about the negative impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on the youth due to organized sports being cancelled, according to the release. Carini stated he “stood firmly’ with coaches and parents to promote the “Let Them Play” movement. “I am proud to have worked with various community leagues to upgrade the multipurpose field and implement a full turf ball field at Seaman’s Neck Park to better serve the young athletes of Hemp-

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NEwLy cOmpLEtED fiELD in Seamen’s Neck Park. stead Town,” said Councilman Carini. “Seaman’s Neck Park is always a hub of activity and I’m thrilled these new fields will help cement the Town of Hempstead’s place as a leader among local recreation.” The overhaul of the original multi-purpose field at Seaman’s Neck Park includes the full replacement of the synthetic turf complete with custom “Broncos” logos in the end zone, as it serves as the home field for the Seaford Broncos. Additionally, new fencing, bleachers and a backstop has been constructed to complement the field. The project in total earmarks a $1.4 mil-

lion capital investment, according to the release. “On behalf of the Seaford Broncos Organization, we would like to thank the Town of Hempstead, in particular the hard work put in by Don Clavin and Chris Carini, for helping the reconstruction project at Seaman’s Neck Park come to fruition,” said Tim Fox, President of the Seaford Broncos. “The Broncos organization was established in 1966, and thanks to the support of The Town of Hempstead and these incredible new fields, we will continue to see smiles on our cheerleaders

and football players for years to come every Sunday in the Fall.” The Baseball Field at Seaman’s Neck Park is also receiving an upgrade through a $926,000 capital investment. A new synthetic turf infield and outfield have been installed, along with new bleachers, fencing, player dugouts and a completely refurbished backstop. In regards to the Seaford Little League, a new scoreboard has been acquired. Legislator Steve Rhoads is in the process of securing a grant from Nassau County to construct a new bullpen. “Dreams really do come true,” said TJ Koerner, President of the Seaford Little League. “We thank Supervisor Clavin and Councilman Chris Carini for their efforts in making this dream a reality.” “As coaches and parents, our job is to provide a safe and healthy environment for the youth to have a place to grow, learn sportsmanship and become student athletes. Community leaders like Don Clavin and Chris Carini help make that possible by their efforts in helping build up and maintain our local parks, playing fields and playgrounds,” said President of the Seaford Viking Lacrosse Club,Tony Barone,. “Myself, my fellow coaches of football and lacrosse organizations are eternally grateful for what they have done for us. We are lucky to have them leading our Town.”

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Cedar Creek Committee updates community By MARIA CESTERO mcestero@liherald.com

Cedar Creek Oversight Committee and SUEZ met on Mar. 29 to discuss the current conditions of the Cedar Creek Water Pollution Control Plant Facility in Wantagh. Their mission: reduce and control odor emissions from the plant and make multiple updates to the facility that will benefit the community. Cedar Creek Oversight Committe board discussed how they have recieved less than half the amount of odor complaints than the prior year. The facility has recieved nine complaints about odor, according to Cedar Creek Oversight Committe plant manager, Dave Chrisdell. Close to two schools, both Seaford Harbor Elementary School and Mandalay Elementary School, sewage plant’s odor emissions would reach the schools and local residents in the area. Their solution was to place portable sensors around the area to track odors in 2021. The facility will also use weather stations to track and monitor winds to further prevent sewage plant odor from seeping into the surrounding communities. The odor, would travel strongest with westbound winds, said President of the Harbor Civic Association, Phil Franco. Attendees of the board meeting chatted about the smell the sewage facility used to produce compared to current times. Legis. Steve Rhoads also attended the meeting about the community update. “It used to smell and it brings property values down,” said local real estate agent, Karen Cass. Cass is a licesnsed real estate for Signature Premier Properties in Wantagh. Cass continued her statement to ask if further projects at the sewage plant during the summer months will affect the community.

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BOARd MEMBERS ShOw their presentation to the audience. Among the projects at the sewage plant, the plant focuses on water reuse. The plant has saved 30 million gallons of potable water since 2019. Water that is put back into the ocean is tested and must pass an 85 percent removal minimum to meet standards- standards they hope to surpass. The plant also studies the wastewater that come into the facility, testing it for covid-19 which can be detected before symptoms appear in the community. The plant can continue to monitor major hot spots areas such as schools and hospitals and antipicate coronavirus outbreaks in the community.

784 water samples were taken in January compared to the 709 samples taken in February according to Chrisdell.According to the presentation done, the trend of doing corrective work on the sewage facilility has decreased, a trend in the facility. Among the changes to the Cedar Creek Water Polution COntrol Plant Facility, new security measures will be added in preventative measures to ensure the safety of the plant and surrounding community members. “What is here is dangerous without security,” said Chrisdell. Sewage plant workers will perform daily security sweeps in the area to prohibit illicit activity.

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Students and staff were ready to hit the stage win said prior to the performance. “I want the kids to be able to think outside the box and be creative to make the story come alive.” Sherwin explained that the school’s arts department struggled during the pandemic. A teacher for 29 years, she noted the importance of introducing classics to younger crowds to prevent drama from being a “dying breed.” Middle School students were excited to perform in the play, which ran on Friday and Saturday. “It was a very good experience for me because I love music,” said sixth- grader Zachary Dykman, who played the character Baron Bomburst. “Performing is fun.” Drama Club member Olivia Ferrara said she felt the opportunity to be under the stage lights and make the audience laugh was amazing. Playing the part of Baroness Bomburst, Olivia said she had done many plays before, but the school play felt particularly special to her. BarBara “It makes me feel special,” she said. “I get to step on stage and act like someone Sherwin else other than Olivia. Not performing Director made me feel like something was missing.” The students are encouraged to learn how to perform in front of a live audience. Mistakes, Sherwin explained, are OK in live performances, and they are a great learning opportunity for students who want to pursue a career in acting. Sherwin “caught the bug” for theater in high school, when she performed in plays. She had also performed in musicals for her church. Passionate about teaching students to perform, Sherwin said she looked forward to their production.

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Brooklyn Style Soft Pretzels (Pre-recorded) Learn how to make iconic pretzels from scratch with the Seaford Public Library! Join Chef Rob for another delicious snack program. Dry ingredients will be included in the kit. Ingredients not included: milk and butter. Partipants will be notified when materials are available for pickup. The limit is one per family. Registration is required.Contact childrens@seafordlibrary.org with any questions or concerns abuot the pickup kits.

Thursday, April 14 Finger Paint Fun Children in Grades 1-4 with a caregiver can join the Wantagh Public Library from 10:30-11:00 a.m. and get creative and make a mess! The Wantagh Public Library will provide the supplies and take care of the clean up. Parents and acregivers are asked to bring a smock or old t-shirt for their child to protect their clothes. Registration is required.Contact jmchugh@wantaghlibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

Friday, April 8 Storytime with Betsy the Diva Dog Jones Beach Energy & Nature Center’s educators will lead monthly lessons on the power of migration and the Atlantic Flyway and engage participants in a community paper-mache art project. Particpants can join the center from !0 a.m. -1:00 p.m. and learn about the birds that call Jones Beach home and make a paper-mache birs that will be featured in a special exhibition at JBENC! Each three-hour session consiss of: Lessons on birds and migration, Creation of unique paper-mache birds,Bird watching around the Center & snack break ,Putting the finishing touches on paper-mache birds. Contact the Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

Bingo at the Library Join the Wantagh Public Library from 11:a.m. -12:00 p.m. for a game of bingo. Participants will get the opportunity to win prizes during the event. registration is required through the library’s website. Contact ismith@wantaghlibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

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80’s night with Decadia at Mulcahy’s Join Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall for live music and drinks. Decadia Will be perfoming live on stage with DJ Savage. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. Call (516) 783-7500 with any questions or concerns regarding the event. Beach Energy and Nature Center from 10:30-11:30 a.m. for a quid lab. Slap on those gloves and get dissection tools ready because the Jones Beach Eneergy and Nature Center will be diving into the anatomy and survival adaptations of the squid! Join the center for a guided squid dissection for a deeper understanding of these magnificent marine animals.This program takes place outdoors on tables. Guests are asked to dress appropriately. All minors under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. For more imformation visit the Jones BEach Energy and Nature Center website.

Monday, April 11 Beginner Canasta Join Jacqui Palatnik at the Seaford

PUblic Library from 1:00-3:00 p.m. for a beginner or refresher course on this stimulating card game of acanasta. Contact adultprograms@seafordlibrary. org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

Awesome Authors Children in Grades 2-5 can oin Miss Karen in the Wantagh Public Library community room from 4:15-5:00 p.m. for this fun class where kids get to be authors! Kids will get to write and illustrate their own stories then attach the pages to make a book. Registration is required. Contact kskelley@ wantaghlibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

Tuesday, April 12 Cookie Wars Teens in Grades 6-12 Twill take part in Cookie Wars as they decorate cookies with icing, sprinkles, candy and more at the Wantagh PUblic Library from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Starbucks cards will be awarded to the winners of the cookie war event. Registration is required. Contact Carly Cucci at ccucci@wantaghlibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

Beginner Guitar Participants in Grades 5-12 can learn the fundamentals of music through the guitar at the Seaford Public Library from 4:00-5:00 p.m. in the meeting room. Guitars will be provided to participants. Registration is required through the Seaford PUblic Library

Make a rainy day masterpiece with Miss Jen at the Wantagh Public library from 4:15-5:00 p.m. Participants will use a variety of art supplies to create a fun umbrella craft. Registratiom is required.Contact jmchugh@wantaghlibrary.org with any questions or concerns regarding the event.

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

Seaford’s Unites Skates of America will be hosting an array of themed skating events. The Seaford Wellness Council will have a wellness and health event Tuesday, May 3rd. Modern Nail Spa will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday, April 18 at 4:40 p.m. The Wantagh Little League Opening Day Parade on Wantagh Ave. takes place April 9 at 9:30 a.m. Mulcahy’s Pub and Concert Hall will have Happy Hour every Friday. Live music starts at 6:00 p.m.

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just a couple of the unique summer offerings at the state-of-the-art Joseph M. Barry Career & Technical Education Center in Westbury. Other classes include Aviation Academy, Construction Trade Academy, Mechanical and Automotive Institute, and Computer Hardware Essentials. Certain courses are offered in Introduction, Intermediate and Advanced levels. Through Nassau BOCES Outdoor and Environmental Education program, campers become Marine Biologists for the summer in the Marine Explorer Technology program. STEMenthusiasts work in teams to build an underwater remote-operated vehicle in the Marine Exploration Technology camp. There are also hiking-based, coastal explorations and an outdoor adventure challenge waiting for campers who want to be in the great outdoors this summer. These programs allow youngsters to discover the unique habitats of Caumsett State Historic Park in Lloyd Harbor, where they will use hi-tech tools to explore nature. Programs are also held at the Nassau BOCES Brookville Environmental Education Center where there is an outdoor classroom and challenge course elements including a sixty-foot-high climbing wall. For more information on any of these summer programs, visit www.hofstra.edu/ academics/ce/summer-camp/ or call (516) 463-2267. Courtesy Nassau BOCES

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Herald ScHoolS Seaford High students preach emotional health The Seaford School District enlisted the help of its own student leaders, who successfully planned and presented workshops to fourth and fifth graders, to emphasize the important of mental health, according to a press release. About two dozen students from the Brackett Leadership Team spoke to students on a variety of topics at Seaford Harbor and Manor elementary schools in March. The team is named after founder of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence Dr. Marc Brackett, who is working with the district this year as part of an increased emphasis on the social, emotional and mental well-being of students. Dr. Brackett presented to district staff and high school student leaders before the school year began. High school students from the Brackett Leadership Team split into groups to create presentations on seven topics: doing meaningful things you enjoy, forgiveness, healthy relationships, managing your life smartly, managing your thoughts, physiological regulation and self-care. The students also created digital presentations as well as hands-on activities for their elementary peers. Taylor DiFondi, who was part of the

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Seaford Student memberS of the Brackett Leadership Team giving a presentation on mental health. physiological regulation team, said she and her partners taught students how to regulate their emotions with deep breathing and yoga. She noted that it is important for people to be able to talk about their feelings and emotions, and if children see that example being set by high school students, it will make them more comfortable to do so, according to the press release.

Members of the managing your thoughts group, Madison DiMonda and Katherine Hoehn led elementary school students in an activity to explore how they feel on different days of the week. They discussed ways to turn negative feelings into positives ones and shared a muscle relaxation technique that reduces stress. Their group utilized emoji cards with

pictures of different feelings to help children understand the wide range of emotions they can experience. The cards also closely mirrored the mood meter, which was introduced throughout the district this year. Natalie Villecco said her group talked to students about forgiveness. They explained that holding grudges creates negative energy and prohibits growth. Forgiveness, she said, fosters a positive mindset and creates peace of mind. As part of an activity, students wrote down their negative emotions on paper and threw it into a bag. Children then held the bag to show how those bad feelings can weigh someone down. High school Principal Nicole Schnabel said that they are looking to make the Brackett Leadership Team a formal club for next year. The goal is for the elementary presentations to become an annual occurrence, adding another resource that supports the mental well-being of Seaford’s students. She added that she is really proud of her student leaders for the effort they put in to planning the inaugural workshops.

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Even after studies, neighbors are still wary some of the pushback from Town of Hempstead officials, which denied Mount Sinai’s request earlier this year. The board argued 311 parking spots are needed for the building, but Mount Sinai says its own experts believes there’s more than enough spaces for what they need, and that the impact to traffic in and around that commercial district is negligible. Joe Calderone, a spokesman for the hospital group, says he can’t understand why there is any opposition to this project at all. Facilities like this are designed to help those needing medical services outside of a hospital to get it without the need to travel. Plus, when Mount Sinai Doctors opened a similar facility in Suffolk County, it was well-received by its Greenlawn neighbors. “When you have (medical professionals) all in one place, it gives them more opportunity to collaborate, which is beneficial to medical staff and patients,” Calderone said. “Why should the North Shore have this and not the South Shore?” Ella Stevens is one neighbor who has challenged the proposal. Her Wantagh-Seaford Homeowners Association fears patients and employees will end up parking on side streets, disrupting the nearby residential district by blocking driveways and eating up space intended for those living there. “Now you want to put in doctors’ offices and other services, which is fine,” Stevens said earlier this year. “But how are you going to accommodate the influx of patients coming in and out? It’s not the same use as the Verizon building, where traffic was mostly stationary.” But other neighbors don’t agree. Chris Brown, the owner of nearby Mid-Island Medical Supply and a former Wantagh Chamber of Commerce president, says something needs to be done over a massive commercial

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Mount Sinai South Nassau workers show neighbors what they can expect from a planned medical office building at 2020 Wantagh Ave. structure that’s starting to fall into disrepair. “The building now is in terrible shape and it’s going to make the community that much nicer to fix it,” Brown said. “It’s going to help local businesses.” Joining him in support is Capt. Timothy Jaccard, president of AMT Children of Hope Foundation and a paramedic with the Nassau County Police Department. His foundation offers pregnant women prenatal care and

resources to give up babies if necessary, but in a safe manner. One of his organization’s safe houses isn’t far from Mount Sinai’s proposed facility. “I make a point for the women to be seen,” Jaccard said. “With this, they’re going to be able to get their prenatal care” closer to home.

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After defeating Fairfield to close the regular season last year on a Friday night, the Hofstra men’s lacrosse team gathered in Margiotta Hall the following afternoon to await its postseason fate needing a Towson loss to Drexel in order to reach the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) tournament. With hopes looking bleak when Towson led by four goals late in the third quarter, Hofstra’s seniors suddenly learned their careers were in fact not over yet when Drexel stormed back for a 12-11 win. The Pride then took advantage of the surprise CAA tournament appearance with a semifinal upset of top-seeded Delaware before falling in the conference finals to that same Drexel team that resurrected its season a week earlier. “You live and die by every goal and you start to become a fan rather than a coach because your future is out of your hands,” said 16th-year Hofstra head coach Seth Tierney of the scene watching Drexel-Towson. “It was an array of emotions.” Tierney hopes this year the Pride will be able to wrap up one of the four available CAA tourney spots on the field and not have to rely on external help. Hofstra opened the CAA schedule with a 12-10 defeat at Fairfield last Saturday. The CAA schedule gives Hofstra a fresh start after an up and down non-conference season where the Pride battled a number of injuries. The Pride entered CAA play with a 10-9 overtime loss at Providence College where sophomore attackman Gerard Kane tallied five assists, graduate student midfielder James Philbin scored a hat-trick and red-shirt freshman Rory Jones registered four points. The 6-2 Kane, an Ohio State transfer, has emerged as Hofstra’s leading scorer with 17 goals and 11 assists. Seniors Matt Elder and Dylan McIntosh are also offensive threats. Junior goalie Mac Gates, a San Francisco native, has stepped up in net to anchor the defense in front of starting defensemen Tom Ford, Tim Hegarty and Bryan McIntosh. Gates recorded 17 saves in a 8-6 loss at Villanova on March 5. Following a road game at Delaware this Saturday, Hofstra hosts Drexel in its CAA home opener on April 16 at 3 p.m.

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year’s team that earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament with a 6-6 record after facing one of the toughest schedules in the country. Hofstra then nearly pulled off its first NCAA Tourney win in school history before falling to ninth-ranked Loyola 11-9 in a game where Long Beach native Katie Whelan shined with four points. “It showed how resilient our team was last year to get big wins and find ourselves in the NCAA Tournament,” Smith said. “It was an incredible experience and it makes our team motivated to get back there.” Whelan, a graduate student, has emerged as a leader of the offense at attack in her final season of college lacrosse. The former Long Beach High School standout leads Hofstra in both goals and assists and tallied seven points in a 12-9 loss to Vanderbilt on March 20. Junior midfielder Taylor Mennella has also emerged as an offensive threat with a four-goal performance in a 16-9 win at Marist on March 11. Graduate student mid-

fielder Arrianna Esposito,senior attacker Erin Demek and sophomore midfielder Kerry Walser are also stepping up as scoring options. The Hofstra defense has been a big strength this season led by senior goalie Jess Smith, who tallied 14 saves in a 15-11 loss to 22nd-ranked UConn on March 26. The close features senior Wantagh High School product Anna Kaufmann, Kendall Smith, Brynn Hepting and Shannon Boyle, who was an All-CAA second team selection last year. Hofstra went 6-4 in non-conference play, which included a competitive game with local rival and then sixthranked Stony Brook before falling 12-6 on March 18. The Pride began the CAA schedule with a 17-12 loss to 12thranked James Madison last Saturday. Demek had three points. After an April 13 game at Drexel, Hofstra hosts Towson on April 16 at noon.

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LEGAL NOTIC ASSESSOR’S NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF THE FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL THE ASSESSOR OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU HEREBY GIVES NOTICE that he has completed the 2022/2023 final assessment roll, which will be used for the 2023 levy of Town and County Taxes in the Towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead and Oyster Bay, and the City of Glen Cove and the City of Long Beach, and for the 2022/2023 levy of school taxes in such Towns and in the City of Long Beach. A certified electronic copy of the roll was filed with the Department of Assessment on April 1, 2022. The electronic roll may be examined on public terminals located in the offices of: DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENT NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE BUILDING 240 OLD COUNTRY ROAD, FOURTH FLOOR MINEOLA, NY 11501 where the same will remain open for public inspection for fifteen days. Dated this 1st day of April, 2022. ___________________ ROBIN S. LAVEMAN Acting Nassau County Assessor 130539 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BIDDERS In accordance with the provision of Section 103 of the General Municipal Law, the Board of Education of the Seaford Union Free School District, hereby invites the submission of sealed bids for: DRIVER EDUCATION INCAR INSTRUCTION

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Nassau County Legislature Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello, joined members of the Legislature, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joe Saladino and members of the Town Board to send off the region’s largest supply of donations collected by county residents to help refugees in Ukraine. The last boxes were loaded onto a truck provided by Hendrickson Fire Rescue Equipment, and will be driven to the Port of New Jersey, where they will be transported to Poland, to help the refugees escaping Ukraine. Last month, the Majority Caucus of the Nassau County Legislature and the Town of Nassau CouNTy LegisLaTure Steve Rhoads Oyster Bay initiated the collec- thanked the county for coming together and tion drive and opened drop off supporting Ukrainian refugees. locations at various County tion in the region, and we have given and Town facilities. Residents were able to drop off supplies including those in danger hope.” “What is happening in Ukraine is a medical items, and personal hygiene products in an effort to help the crisis travesty. Thank you to the people of Nasabroad. County locations included Eisen- sau County for coming together to prohower Park, Grant Park, Cantiague Park, vide supplies for so many people who Wantagh Park, Christopher Morley Park, have been forced from their homes,” LegNickerson Beach and the Theodore Roos- islator Steve Rhoads said. “The good will evelt Legislative Building. The donations of the people of Nassau County has led to were then stored at the Town of Oyster the largest collection drive in the region. Bay Department of Public Works ware- Thank you everyone who helped.” house in Syosset. In total, more than 45,000 pounds of “The people of Nassau County opened items were collected for Ukrainians their hearts to the plight of the Ukrainian forced to leave their homes. It is the largpeople and rallied around them to donate est collection on Long Island of supplies necessary supplies to help those fleeing for the refugees. the Russian invasion,” Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello said. “Thank you to Courtesy Nassau County Legislature; comeveryone who donated supplies. Together, piled by Jordan Vallone. we have put together the largest collec-

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Q. I recently got a “framing” inspection for carpentry. The inspector asked me to get all electrical wiring and plumbing pipes in before he would look at the way the wood framing was done. Then he rejected the work because of the way the beams and columns went into the walls. We had steel beams put in so we could remove all the inside walls and open the kitchen up to the living and dining rooms. It’s now one big open space. The carpenters cut the wall tops and bottoms so the beam and column could go in. Is there a way to fix this, and why is it so important? The inspector said the architect would need to write a letter explaining the fix.

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A. Your inspector is looking out for you. He didn’t accept the work because the interior walls that were removed had an important role to play in holding your house together. Now that there are no walls running at right angles to the outside wall, the strength of the exterior walls has been reduced, enough so they can waiver in a high wind onte eeper and compromise the home. In other words, the long, unbraced wall can collapse in a heavy storm. From flying in a plane, you may have heard of wind shear. It’s caused by pulsing crosswinds that work like a giant hammer, pounding directly at the wall’s surface, like pounding a big drum face, and is referred to as positive pressure. The wall is also brushed by winds that run parallel to its surface, which causes a suction known as negative pressure. Together, the pulsing is tugging at the wall and pushing it, causing opposite reactions that, if the wall isn’t properly braced, can make it come apart and wrench away from the rest of the building. By cutting the continuous top and bottom wall “plates” that run around the whole structure, the wall is no longer attached at these points. That’s one reason why windows and doors receive extra support around the openings. The “weakest links” are the places where the connection has been severed or removed altogether, as when steel beams and columns are inserted into the wall and the wood has been cut away. Some argue that the steel beam and column actually brace the structure, but only if they are attached to the surrounding dissimilar wood. In most cases, when an inspection is done, the lack of understanding of the wind shear process is revealed, and hopefully it is discovered before a disaster and not after. This can be repaired by making the wood walls connect again, using steel sheets, steel strapping or plywood that bridges the wall studs on either side of the steel column and beam. The plywood will stick out if the wall is only as thin as the column, but with large wall studs, the plywood can be recessed to be even with the rest of the carpentry.

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Karen Elefante is a real estate agent affiliated with Compass. Compass is a licensed real estate broker and abides by equal housing opportunity laws. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only. Information is compiled from sources deemed reliable but is subject to errors, omissions, changes in price, condition, sale, or withdrawal without notice. Photos may be virtually staged or digitally enhanced and may not reflect actual property conditions.

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hether you knew it or not, there are many types of football games. According to Wikipedia, the roster includes Jorkyball, cycle-ball, football tennis, blind football, power chair football, rugby, traditional American football and my favorite, political football. While most of the others (except the gridiron variety) need an explanation, almost everybody knows what a political football is. And one of the best examples is the price of gasoline. JERRY Regardless of the party in power, KREMER gas prices are used regularly as a line of attack on the incumbent leader of the country. Over the past 40-plus years, Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and now Biden have been the targets of public anger over the price of gasoline. And in most of those instances, the attack on the White House has been nothing more than a cheap shot for political gain.

One of the major causes of sharp hikes in gas prices is wars or political upheaval on far-away continents. In 1973, the ArabIsraeli war caused prices at the pump to skyrocket. That was followed by the IranIraq War, which started in 1980. In the 1990s, the Persian Gulf War made motorists go crazy when the price per gallon spiked. While Saudi Arabia pretends to be our good friend and is always seeking more jets and defensive weapons, the Saudis periodically decide to cut back on oil production, which hits American drivers in the wallets and pocketbooks. Another enemy of the gasoline consumer is Mother Nature. Drivers in New York may pay little attention to disasters or climate-related events in Louisiana or Texas, but an explosion at an offshore oil rig, or a major hurricane, can cause longterm disruption of gas prices. I’ve always wondered why, within minutes after a hurricane slams into one of those key Southern states, the stations around here up their prices. That anticipatory action isn’t due to a shortage; it’s just an example of greed.

For as long as I can remember, the price of gas has gone up and down during the spring and winter seasons, respectively. The jump in price as the weather warms is actually the result of the industry practice of changing the grade of the fuel to adjust to the climate. Summer gasoline costs more to produce, because it’s a special blend that is less polluting and can adapt to the heat. Even though this has been going on for the past 30 years, there are always politicians somewhere waiting to jump on their opponents to cast partisan blame. Another reason for the summer jump in prices is that around April, most oil companies shut down their facilities for maintenance, and are slow to prepare their production for the increased demand from vacationers starting in June. If you’re looking for someone else to blame for the summer rise in the price per gallon, it’s you, me, your neighbors and countless other Americans. Most of us start taking time off in June and many of us take driving vacations, and that trend continues right through Labor Day.

o matter who's in power, the other side will blame them for high gas prices.

The extra gas we guzzle puts enormous pressure on refineries, and up go our costs. Over a recent Saturday-night dinner, a few of my friends started complaining about the price of gasoline, and were quick to blame it on President Biden. Because he sits in the Oval Office, he’s the natural target for fuel-cost outrage. But many people forget the fact that the coronavirus pandemic caused a sharp cutback in production, and when the public decided that it was time to get out and start driving again, there wasn’t enough gasoline to meet that sudden burst of demand. That was another open invitation for the refineries to dramatically raise their prices. As we’re seeing, virtually every basic commodity, from corn flakes to car tires, is becoming more costly, but the easiest target for a politician seeking to get a few headlines is the price of gas. There’s no more popular political football, but it’s tossed around for all the wrong reasons. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Facts, fiction and when to fish for shad

’m afraid if you didn’t cut your hair in March, potty train your 2-year-old, castrate your farm animals, quit smoking or get married, you probably missed the optimal moment for such events. That is according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, which suggests auspicious dates for various activities, based on the phases of the moon and the alignment of the stars. The almanac, launched in 1792, is now my go-to reliable source of information, meteorological predicRANDI tion and general good-natured kibKREISS itzing. I used to read newspapers and watch TV news, but the OFA claims to be 80 percent accurate, and that’s good enough for me. I’m going with the annual pamphlet that tells me when to plant my tomatoes, based on the tides. If you’ve never read the Almanac, it is now available on Kindle, and as an act of personal devotion to readers, I purchased my own copy for $5.39 so I could write this tribute to a publication that has informed and amused folks for 230 years. It made my day — no, it made my month to read a compilation of anecdotes, folklore, science, magical thinking, histo-

ry, recipes, weather forecasts, farming information, ephemera, origins of month names, friggatriskaidekaphobia trivia (that’s the fear of Friday the 13th), animal signs of the Chinese zodiac and a windfall of homey, heart-warming, salt-of-theearth stories about good people doing kind things. The almanac offers a total, feel-good, not-amoment-too-soon distraction. According to the OFA, this month we will have a Full Pink Moon, which heralds the blossoming of wild ground phlox, one of the first spring flowers. It is also known as the Moon when the Geese Lay Eggs, for obvious reasons. The Almanac offers random factoids:

If you want to know how much paint you need for a room, or how much wallpaper, or when to go fishing for shad, check out the OFA. One section offers famous last words: “Is it The Fourth?” Thomas Jefferson, our third president and the author of the Declaration of Independence, who died on July 4, 1826. “How were receipts today at Madison Square Garden?” P.T. Barnum, April 7, 1891. “Get my swan costume ready.” Anna Pavlova, Russian ballerina, Jan. 23, 1931. “Is it not meningitis?” Louisa M. Alcott, March 6, 1888. The OFA does not limit its predictions to the weather or farming. It sees in our future fake leather clothing and shoes made from mushroom roots, jeans recycled for housing insulation and shoes made from soda bottles. In the dead-and-stuffed department, I learned that Comanche, a horse belonging to an officer killed at Little Bighorn in 1876, was given a full funeral, with military honors, in 1890, and then sent to the University of Kansas to be stuffed. He can be seen there today. Also, Owney the terrier, an official U.S. Mail dog, was stuffed and displayed at the 1904 World’s Fair. We all know Trigger trotted down the same path, but did you know that Vladi-

ant to know what's really important? It's in the Farmer's Almanac.

■ Safe ice thickness for a single person on foot is 3 inches. For an 8-ton truck, it’s 12 inches. ■ The first hurricane of 2022 will be Alex. ■ A fear of toads is bufonophobia; a fear of bees is melissophobia. ■ Playing golf burns the same number of calories per minute per pound of body weight as shoveling grain. ■ You can keep beef in the freezer for six to 12 months, but frankfurters? One to two months.

mir Lenin, who died in 1923, lies somewhat embalmed in a glass tomb in Moscow’s Red Square? Scientists continue the effort to halt the deterioration of his body. Those wacky Russians. Have you seen the signs of spring? According to the almanac, worms begin to emerge from the ground. Indeed, the March moon was the Full Worm Moon. Since ancient times, people have used flora as indicators of when the time is right to plant. For example, when the crocus blooms, it’s the cue to plant radishes, parsnips and spinach. A point of information: Some forwardthinking farmers and ranchers are inviting volunteers to do farm chores for increased fitness. (Sounds like a Tom Sawyer scam to me.) A new thing: mobile grocery stores in trucks that visit numerous neighborhoods. People shop inside the van, which then goes back to restock and then moves on. According to the OFA, pets will soon wear devices that allow them to interface with their veterinarians. Realtors will sell houses with pets included. I recommend the Old Farmer’s Almanac for its forecasts and arcane information and down-home good humor. It is uplifting and entertaining, fascinating and funny. It was the best $5.39 I’ve spent in some time. Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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hings we don’t want in our backyards: incinerators, releasing toxic fumes in the air. Nightclubs, with late-night rooftop music. Prisons, with their high walls and guarded towers. And medical facilities, designed to save us from traveling vast distances just to see a good doctor? Mount Sinai South Nassau wants to open a four-story, 60,000-square-foot specialty-care medical facility on Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh. It would provide everything from radiology, pain management and oncology to a much-needed women’s center. The facility would have 50 private patient examination and consultation rooms, accounting for 75 percent of the space. It would bring 100 new jobs to Wantagh, fewer than a third of them physicians. The rest would be the kind of skilled positions that too many area residents now have to commute to. What Mount Sinai is planning will look like a brand-new building, but it’s not. It would take over a drab brick building that has been vacant for five years. It has become the massive elephant in the neighborhood that many residents and business owners hope their friends and customers don’t see. Mount Sinai’s idea is to create one-stop medical services — providing anything you might need outside of a hospital, all under one roof. Imagine seeing your cardiologist in a warm, inviting office. She

letters What happens locally happens globally To the Editor: After reading the article “Lynbrook, East Rockaway residents aghast at growing gas prices” in the March 17-23 issue of the LynbrookEast Rockaway Herald, I felt compelled to respond. While Long Islanders are definitely feeling the effects of recent global events, I would like to bring attention to the fact that countries around the world are dealing with a lot more than soaring gas prices. While our national average price per gallon is over $4 per gallon, according to FINCA, a nonprofit microfinancing organization, “over 1 billion people live on $2.50 per day or less, including 280 million people in extreme poverty who live on less than $1.25 per day.” So while I support people looking for solutions to local problems, I also urge my fellow citizens to

orders X-rays, but you don’t have to hop in your car to get them. You just take the elevator. When you return, someone is waiting to draw some blood just to rule out infections or other diseases. You take care of almost everything you need in a single visit. Then you head out and make a quick stop at a local pharmacy to pick up your medication. We don’t think about the value of having all of this in one place — in our neighborhood — until we need it. Maybe an occasional cardiologist’s visit wouldn’t be a big deal if it involved multiple stops. But if we were being treated for cancer, and needed to make regular trips to a medical office, why would we want to drive to North Shore or even Manhattan every time? Wouldn’t we be going through enough already? Wouldn’t life be better if we had this kind of facility in our backyard? And why can’t a woman make a single stop for an annual checkup, and have a mammogram and all her lab work done in the same place, at the same time? What Mount Sinai wants to do in Wantagh is hardly new. One-stop medical facilities are common in other parts of the country, especially in areas with large senior citizen populations. No, not common — they are welcomed. Demanded. And this type of facility isn’t even new to Long Island. Mount Sinai opened a similar one in Greenlawn, near Huntington, that is not only a good neighbor, but has

been embraced by that community. There have been legitimate questions asked of Mount Sinai about the Wantagh facility — especially when it comes to parking and the impact on traffic. But the development process with local officials isn’t about a hard yes or no over whether it should be opened, but instead, how Mount Sinai can work with local officials and neighbors to ensure that those questions are answered and those concerns addressed. And from what we’ve seen, Mount Sinai has gone above and beyond to answer them. You can’t see it from the street, but there are nearly 250 parking spots on the Wantagh Avenue property, and Mount Sinai has plans to create another 60, despite the fact that study after study — and the hospital group’s own experience — has found that 250 is more than enough. Like many medical facilities, Mount Sinai’s Wantagh center would be designed to simply blend into the community — but when you needed it, it would be there, ready to serve. And in the meantime, it would bring people into Wantagh, not to clog up streets, but to visit the restaurants, shops, and other small businesses that are the lifeblood of the community. Fight the incinerators, the loud nightclubs and even the prisons. But medical centers are exactly what every great community needs, and this one is just what a great community like Wantagh needs.

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sil fuels to power our future. mid new reports of almost half To rein in Con Edison’s outrageous a million New Yorkers strugprice hikes and put New York on the path gling to catch up with their to a clean energy future, it’s time for the electricity bills, Con Edison’s state to take control of Con Edison. decision to request further increases of New York is the fifth-largest consumer up to 20 percent from state regulators is a of petroleum in the country, and the slap in the face. Con Edison, which reported billions of dollars in profits last sixth-largest consumer of gas; only about a third of our energy year, has chosen to take comes from renewable energy advantage of the global enersources. Meanwhile, for gy crisis to increase its profit decades, deregulation has margin further. allowed companies like Con The utility is price-gougEdison to continue pursuing ing the state. the cheapest, dirtiest energy The crises we face today — sources while increasing pricfrom the ripple effects of the es for their customers, all to pandemic, to the rampant maximize their own profit. economic inequality it exacA publicly owned power erbated, to the climate crisis meLAnie grid would set New York on bearing down on us all — the right path toward revershave shown us that we can’t D’Arrigo ing this trend. By removing continue to accept things as private interests from the they are. We can’t allow corstate regulatory board and porations like Con Edison to bringing Con Edison under state control, rip off New Yorkers in order to enrich the utility would no longer have the their shareholders. Nor can we continue authority or means to spend millions of to rely on the current system of energy dollars lobbying against renewable enerdependence on foreign interests and fos-

Letters think about how they can contribute to solving global issues. Since becoming an intern at the Borgen Project, a national nonprofit that works to make global poverty a focus of U.S. foreign policy, I have been made aware of the impact that individual actions can have on combating these issues. These actions also benefit us here in the U.S. According to Chris Policinski, the former chief executive of Land O’Lakes, “From an economic perspective, what happens in one country has ripple effects throughout the world.” So, I ask my fellow citizens to treat both community and international issues equally when it comes to making a difference. JACk CASOLANI Yaphank

Were the ‘howls’ about Ketanji Brown Jackson purely race-based? To the Editor: Re Elaine Gross’s column “Finally, a Black woman on the Supreme Court?” last week: While I believe that Judge ketanji Brown Jackson does have the high judicial qualifications to sit on the Supreme Court, the hemming and hawing

ownership of our power grids. And to gy — nor would it be able to set its own make this happen, there needs to be a prices or bypass regulations meant to partnership between statewide and fedkeep us on track to being carbon-free by eral representatives. 2040. As a demonstration of that partnerNew York state already has the infraship, we held a rally in the Bronx togethstructure in place for a public takeover er with community leaders across New of Con Edison, and the movement also York City to call for public power. And has legislative momentum. The New when elected, we will push York Power Authority is a Congress and the State Legispublicly owned utility that lature to support public powers state-controlled operations, like the Metropolitan power grids in New York, proTransportation Authority, tect consumers, and advance with renewable energy. toward a sustainable energy But NYPA’s energy is disfuture. tributed by Con Edison, and For too long, Con Edison it isn’t allowed to directly tarhas profited from keeping get consumers or produce its New York underfoot. Now it’s own energy. But legislators our turn to bring the utility JonAthAn are pushing to change that to heel. with the passage of the Build soto Public Renewables Act, which Melanie D’Arrigo, a health would allow NYPA to begin care advocate and community taking over Con Edison by organizer from Port Washingacting as a direct competitor. ton, is a Democratic candidate for ConWe support these efforts — and we’re gress in New York’s 3rd District. Jonathan proud to be the first candidates in our Soto, of the Bronx, is a Democratic candiraces for higher office to support public date for the Assembly.

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and rationalizing she displayed in her hearings was somewhat disconcerting. But most disturbing of all was the fact that President Biden made race and gender his primary criteria in selecting his nominee. Reverse discrimination is still discrimination, regardless of whom it benefits. Ironically, if Biden had just limited his criteria to legal experience and competency, Jackson might still have ended up as his choice, but without the bad taste his criteria left in the mouths of many. Even if she is appointed, Jackson will always have the cloud of Biden’s egotism hanging over her head, his insistence on pointing out that, “Hey, it was me who was responsible for the first Black woman on the court!” History would be aware of that without Biden's self-serving pat on the back. Gross raises many legitimate points in her column, but I have to disagree with her implication that Biden’s nomination of a Black woman “brought howls” for other than very legitimate reasons. Yes, “structural racism” has existed, and continues to exist in America, particularly in certain areas, but that is a wrong that has been, and is being, remedied legislatively and in the courts. To imply that only people of color may rightfully address this issue is insulting and racist in itself. ROBERT RUBALSkY East Rockaway

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Want a ... Women’s Health Center in Wantagh? Join us for the upcoming public information session to learn more about our proposed Mount Sinai Doctors location at 2020 Wantagh Avenue:

Mulcahy’s 3232 Railroad Ave, Wantagh April 13, 5-7pm Note: Parking available at 2020 Wantagh Avenue.

At Mount Sinai South Nassau, we believe the South Shore of Long Island deserves the very best in women’s health services. Mount Sinai South Nassau is investing $35 million at our Wantagh Medical Arts Pavilion to bring you the latest in cancer care, cardiology, radiology, women’s care and endocrinology – all in one convenient location, without having to leave the South Shore. The proposed Mount Sinai Doctors location at 2020 Wantagh Avenue will help save lives by identifying diseases early, provide an economic boost to the Wantagh area, and bring a building that has been vacant for more than ﬁve years back to life. There will be ample parking. Let Town of Hempstead oﬃcials know you support the project. For more information, visit www.southnassau.org/wantagh

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