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A mother’s love is ‘Simply Magic’ phy. When her daughter was born, she said, she put her career goals aside to be a stay-atThis Mother’s Day will hold home mom. She was planning to more meaning for some, as vac- write a children’s book for years cinated relatives reunite after a and started it recently. Then the year of absence and families coronavirus pandemic hit, and honor the matriarchs who kept that motivated her to finish it. their spirits up “I wanted to do through the coronasomething that I virus pandemic. could be proud of Seaford mother during this trying Danielle Scopinich time,” she said. “And says that she could I wanted to leave h ave n o t g o t t e n something behind through the panfor my daughter for demic without her when I’m no longer daughter Ava. She here. She’s my only recently wrote a child and, of course, children’s book the center of my unic a l l e d “ S i m p l y DANIEllE verse.” Magic” about her Scopinich conrelationship with SCoPINICh nected online with Ava, 8, a second- Seaford author Joan Coleman, a grade student at Seachildren’s book illusford Harbor Elementrator from Oregon, tary School. who illustrated “Simply Magic.” The story follows a young girl The self-published book is curwho wants to be a superhero. rently on sale on Amazon and is When she asks everyone around available for checkout at the Seaher if she has any superhuman ford Public Library. “It’s our talents, her mom tells her that favorite place to go together, so her superpower is her smile, we’re very excited that families “because it gets me through the could take it out there,” Scopintoughest days,” Scopinich said. ich said. Scopinich has a master’s Mother and daughter have degree in education and a passion for writing and photograContinued on page 3

By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

Courtesy Nicole Denn-Simon

GIRl SCouT TRooP 3105 dedicated its Bronze Award project to James Lodato, who died of a rare soft-tissue cancer in May 2018. As part of the project, the scouts created a book to educate the community about pediatric cancer.

Supporting a fallen classmate

Girl Scouts donate gifts to children with cancer By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com

James Lodato left an impact on his classmates with the jokes he told, his love of baseball and the unfettered joy with which he lived the last year of his life. When he started second grade at Forest Lake Elementary School in the fall of 2017, James was diagnosed with a rare soft-tissue cancer called alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma. He died the following May.

“I think he was so joyful to be in his situation and still be so happy,” said Isabella Simon, 11, one of his classmates. “I don’t think he deserved any of this, but he was very strong and he was definitely a warrior.” Last month, the Wantagh community dedicated a new baseball field to James at the elementary school, naming it the James Lodato Field of Dreams. The opening coincided with another community project. Isabella and the rest

of Girl Scout Troop 3105 dedicated their Bronze Award project to him, naming it James’s Angels. Throughout the school year, they collected toys and gifts that they donated to the John Theissen Children’s Foundation last month. They also created a children’s book that tells James’s life story and includes facts about pediatric cancer, tips on how to support children with life-threatening illnesses and Continued on page 3

he’s my only child and, of course, the center of my universe.

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James’s Angels keeps a warrior’s memory alive a list of nonprofits that support children with cancer. The scouts recently donated two copies of the book to the Wantagh Public Library, one to the Theissen Foundation and one to James’s parents, Christine and Jimmy Lodato. When the girls contacted his parents to ask permission to do the project, Christine “was just so touched by them wanting to do this,” said Isabella’s mother, troop leader Nicole Denn-Simon. Laney Gonzalez and Remy McCarthy, both 11, wrote the book’s introduction; twins Marissa and Olivia Reber, 11, researched facts about pediatric cancer; and Isabella and Lexi Chorzepa, 10, created a page of tips and resources to support children with cancer. They each designed an angel for the front cover of the book, and selected a combination that included Isabella’s body and Laney’s wings. “Here’s the book that we made,” Isabella said, showing each page to a Herald reporter. “And that’s James,” she said, revealing a photo of a smiling young boy with no hair. “He would always play jokes on us, like hiding in the closet during lunch and jumping out to scare us,” said Olivia, who was also in James’s second-grade class. “He kept wanting to come to school and he kept on fighting to come to school,” Isabella said, “but in May 2018, he sadly passed away.” The Girl Scouts made the decision to donate to the JTCF by this May in James’s honor, and also because it’s a time of year when the foundation is in need of support. According to John Theissen, the organization receives most of its donations around the winter holidays and

girl scout Junior Troop 3105 Lexi Chorzepa Laney Gonzalez Leila Henriques Remy McCarthy Alexa McLoughlin Marissa Reber Olivia Reber Isabella Simon

Courtesy Nicole Denn-Simon

The girls recenTly gave one of the books to James’s mother, Christine. Above, she was with Remy McCarthy and Isabella Simon, both 11. the start of school. But many children go without toys or gifts in between spring and September. Troop 3105 filled a truck with their donations, and had more left over. In addition to family and friends, the girls received most of their donations by sharing their project on social media on the Wantagh Moms Facebook group. They

also received many donations from James’s former teachers. “We live in a very caring community,” said Denn-Simon. When pandemic restrictions loosen, Theissen plans to take the Girl Scout troop on a tour through the hospitals he supports, so they can interact with the children in the pediatric cancer units.

Theissen became a mentor to the girls during their project, and explained to them why he launched the foundation, a story that began in 1988, when he was 17 and hospitalized with a brain tumor. He had successful surgery at what was then Schneider Children’s Hospital in New Hyde Park, where he befriended a 7-yearold girl named Tasha who had a terminal illness. She inspired him to devote his life to improving the lives of children in hospitals by donating toys and gifts to make their stay more enjoyable. “I learned that the smallest act of kindness, whether it’s holding their hand or telling them a joke, could make a difference in their fight and make them stronger and happier,” Olivia said. Lexi added, “I learned that certain kids don’t really get a lot, and some kids don’t even have family visiting them in the hospitals, so it’s good that we donated a lot of toys.”

Seaford mom writes book inspired by daughter continued from front page frequently attended the library’s virtual programs on Zoom, including baking, arts and crafts and yoga classes. “We’re hoping, by September, to have in-person programs again,” said Ida Zaharopoulas, the facility’s head librarian. “As more and more people are vaccinated, we’re getting closer and closer to getting out of this.” Scopinich’s husband, Steven, is a New York City Police Department sergeant who works in Queens. He has worked constantly through the pandemic, she said, and was diagnosed with Covid-19 in December. “Other than that, the isolation was the worst part of the pandemic,” Danielle said. “But it gave us more time together, and brought us closer as a family.” Ava is also a dancer at Christina’s Dance Unlimited in Wantagh, is training to join the competitive swim team at the Goldfish Swim School in Wantagh and takes roller skating lessons at United Skates in Seaford. “She’s my inspiration and the reason for everything I do,” her mother said. “She has gotten me through the pandemic with her smile.”

“simply magic” is available for sale on Amazon and can be checked out at the Seaford Public Library. Danielle and Steven will celebrate their wedding anniversary on Mother’s Day, and he planned to take off the day off and spend it with his family.

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iTs auThor, Danielle Scopinich, with the book’s inspiration, her daughter Ava, 8.

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Happy Anniversary defending our children’s education or the amount of rehabilitation time my mother needed at the medical center. He’s the one who stands by and helps when someone is getting sick in the bathroom, I’m more of the disinfecting wipes who swoops in afterwards. Barbeque, gardening and feeding the birds? Him. Tax papers, cell phones and computer updates? Me. How to do high school math? Me. How to handle a high school bully? Him. Last year, given the shelter-in-place requirements, it was almost our anniversary when I decided I’d bake a black forest cake from a brand name devil’s food cake mix, white frosting and cherry filling. It was the best I could do at the time, determined to emulate our wedding cake from so many years ago. And I think that was the best part about it. It was a small symbol of our marriage, one of many small symbols and gestures only 30 years can accrue. A gentle celebration of a life-affirming day. And as long as I accurately calculate how many years we are celebrating — I never seem to remember that quickly — it will be the “cherry on top” of our (im)perfect bliss.

By Lauren Lev When we can, prior to attending a nearby wedding or other special occasion, we take a trial run, driving the route so that we can note specific directions and don’t have to guess which left or right turn on the day of the affair. This has been a “go to” approach for years, even with benefit of GPS or a Google map. But circa 1989, drivers didn’t have this exacting luxury. As a courtesy to our wedding guests, my then husband-to-be and I drove the complete route to the temple as well as the catering hall, jotting down directions that would be typed and folded into our invitation. I remember the cars leaving the ceremony on that May afternoon, an unofficial organized line navigating the streets of Queens. This week, my husband and I celebrate over three decades of commitment since we wrote out those directions. Three decades in which the only things I have longer than his devotion is a folding card table and desk lamp that saw me through my high school and college studies. As well as three decades plus of memories and teachable moments. I have accepted the reality that there is almost nothing my spouse and I agree on. Nothing except for some of the hardest, most important decisions we have had to make throughout our union. We’ve fought about a dish sponge and the size of the parking lot at the storage unit company. But we have been a single unified voice for

A contributing writer to the Herald since 2012, Lauren Lev is an East Meadow resident and a direct marketing/advertising executive who teaches marketing fundamentals as well as advertising and marketing communications courses at the Fashion Institute of Technology and SUNY Old Westbury.

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Wantagh american Legion 1273 in 2018 led the Wantagh Memorial Day parade down Wantagh Avenue with a pipe band.

Possible Memorial Day parade set in Wantagh John Sottnik, the vice commander of the Wantagh American Legion Post 1273, sent out a letter on April 29 letting the community know that the post applied for a Wantagh Memorial Day Parade permit. However, whether a parade will be held or not is at the discretion of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “So, we must be prepared for a lastminute decision from the state, and we ask that you plan for the parade but be flexible if we are required to cancel,” Sottnik wrote in the letter. “If the parade will be permitted, we cordially invite you to march and participate in the Wantagh Memorial Day Parade and Ceremony that we will be hosted on Monday, May 31.” Assembly for the parade will begin at

9:30 a.m. on Beltagh Avenue near the Wantagh Middle School and the parade will step off at 10 a.m. The parade will end at the American Legion Post on Park Avenue. There will be a Memorial Day Ceremony at the American Legion either at the end of the parade or at 11 a.m. The ceremony will take place, rain or shine, regardless of if there will be a parade or not. For those who wish to present a floral wreath at the ceremony, they should have the wreath delivered to the post by 9 a.m. Parade participants, viewers, and those attending the ceremony should follow all Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for social distancing and face coverings.

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Herald ScHoolS Celebrating individuality in Seaford Everyone has unique qualities and special abilities, and that individuality was celebrated at Seaford Manor Elementary School in April for Autism Awareness Month. All students and staff were encouraged to join in the Light it Up Blue campaign by wearing the color on April 19. As a school-wide project, every student was provided with a blank puzzle piece, which is the symbol used by many to represent the mystery and complexity of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Children decorated theirs and each wrote one unique quality about themselves. The colorful pieces were then hung throughout the school. Teachers also showed a digital read aloud of “I’m Special, I’m Me!” by Ann Meek and Sarah Massini. Students then participated in follow-up discussions about the qualities that make them special. Manor’s Autism Awareness Month activities were coordinated by teachers Michelle Bagliore and Kristin Whitman. Provided by the Seaford School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz

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on a recent Thursday at the Nassau County Police Academy in North Massapequa, recruits practiced arresting a suspect during a felony car stop, in which the vehicle that was pulled over had reportedly been used in a crime.

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Part three in a photo series on the Nassau County Police Academy. A Signal 15 comes in over the radio: A stolen vehicle used in a felony — perhaps a bank robbery, maybe a kidnapping — has been pulled over. Officers must quickly assess the situation: Is the vehicle occupant armed? Hostile? Ready to run? With so many unknowns, officers are trained to follow step-by-step procedures to take the suspect into custody without a fight. The objective of this high-stakes, potentially deadly scenario is to “keep everyone safe,” Officer Arthur Zanelli, a Nassau County Police Academy instructor, said on a recent Thursday, just before academy recruits ran through a mock felony car stop. “You want [the suspect] to have his day in court.” De-escalation, talking a suspect through the car stop with specific instructions that leave no room for error, is the key to everyone walking away unharmed, according to Zanelli. The recruits practiced talking suspects through a stop, instructing them precisely how and when to leave their vehicle. There were four recruits in two police cruisers, whose objective was to bring in two suspects in a single vehicle, one of whom ran off, while the other stayed and was captured. It was a mock exercise, but the nervous tension was palpable as of ficers approached the vehicle, their dummy guns drawn. Communications is key in this scenario, Zanelli said, and the recruits called out to one another throughout the exercise. Once a suspect is handcuffed, then the Continued on neXt page

officerS practiced drawing their guns. The objective, police academy instructors said, is to avoid firing a weapon, to ensure that police, the public and the suspect all stay safe. officer arthur Zanelli, above ran recruits through their paces during the mock exercise. officerS muSt give suspects step-by-step instructions on how to proceed when exiting a vehicle during a felony car stop.

Recruits practice to make the perfect arrest detective work begins. Who is this person? Did he or she commit the felony in question? It might very well not be the bad guy, Zanelli noted. It could, for example, be a relative who had nothing to do with the crime in

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question, but that person must be treated as a suspect until proven otherwise. The felony car stop, he noted, is among the most dangerous scenarios that a police officer might encounter in the field.

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It was another example of football being a game of inches. Garden City’s defense stymied MacArthur on back-to-back attempts from inside the 1-yard line midway through the fourth quarter and held on to win last Saturday’s Nassau Conference II championship, 14-7. On the way to capturing a fifth straight county title, the Trojans ran out the final 6:52 following the intense goal-line stand which ended in a bit of controversy as MacArthur’s players, coaches and fans believed the fourth-down play was a touchdown. “It pretty much came down to us not being able to finish,” MacArthur head coach Bob Fehrenbach said. “It’s expensive real estate down there and often not easy to punch it in. The last attempt was very close. We thought we had it, but it wasn’t clear-cut.” As was the case when the Generals (6-2) came up short during the regular season at Garden City (6-0), falling 35-29 on March 27, they were unable to cash in promising drives. Last Saturday, they had three possessions stall inside Garden City territory in the first half alone, including two in the red zone, and trailed 7-0 at halftime. The Trojans scored on their first possession after stopping MacArthur on a fourth-and-three try from their 46. Junior Jack Cascadden, who carried 13 times for 145 yards and made Garden City’s three biggest offensive plays of the game, capped its 54-yard drive with a 15-yard touchdown with 4:56

remaining in the opening quarter. The ensuing possession summed up the day for the Generals, who reached the title game with a convincing semifinal victory over South Side. Behind Thorp Award candidate Ryan Isom, they drove from their own 30 to inside the Garden City 5 before the senior running back was held to a gain of three on fourth-and-4. Isom had 38 yards on the drive, including a fourth-down conversion at the 12, and junior quarterback Ryan Muller added a 16-yard run earlier on third down to keep the chains moving. The Generals, led up front by senior Martone Award candidate Andrew Calderon, were back in the red zone again after forcing the Trojans to punt late in the second quarter, starting at the 27 and moving to the 16 after a run by Isom. However, the threat would end in the closing seconds of the half on a turnover. It was still 7-0 better than midway through the third quarter when MacArthur took to the air for just the third time in the game and the result was a spectacular one. On first down from its own 28, Muller found Matt Papach in stride around midfield and the junior wideout made a nice adjustment for the catch and outraced the defense for a 72-yard touchdown. It was 7-7 with 3:54 to go in the third. It wasn’t tied long, however. Cascadden broke free for a 48-yard touchdown in the final minute of the quarter for what proved to be the game-winning score. “We had a feeling we could get this far and have a chance to win it,” Fehrenbach said.

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After more than 87 minutes of scoreless soccer in the Nassau Class A girls’ final, Mia Delmond took over to deliver South Side its first county crown in six seasons. The junior striker fired a shot into the left corner of the MacArthur net with 2:27 remaining in the first overtime for the eventual game-winner in a 2-0 triumph against topseeded McArthur on April 28. She then added a key insurance tally with 4:07 remaining in the second extra session. “We all played together and never stopped pushing,” Delmond said. “It was a whole team effort.” Delmond’s heroics at MacArthur’s home field in Levittown delivered South Side (7-2-3), a once dominant New York State power, its first county title since 2014. It capped an unusual delayed fall season met with challenges amid the Covid-19 pandemic. There is no traditional Long Island or state championship this year due to logistical challenges posed by the health crisis. The championship match marked a long-awaited rematch of the 2019 Class A semifinals when MacArthur defeated South Side 3-2 en route to an eventual county title. MacArthur (13-1-2) had previously defeated South Side 1-0 on March 26 and played to a 0-0 tie on April 9 as part of a dominant regular season campaign in which Generals only surrendered one goal heading into the playoffs. “This is something we have been working for and towards for a while and they wholeheartedly deserved it,” South Side head coach Jenn Abgarian said. “They put in the work that they needed to and as a unit as a team as a program it was very special.” The Cyclones had several chances to win in regulation, but were thwarted by MacArthur’s stingy defense. Sophomore goalie Lexie Thompson made seven saves including a key stop on a South Side corner kick early in the second

half where she knocked the ball away from danger. Senior midfielder Alyssa Accordino was also instrumental in keeping the game scoreless during regulation with some clutch plays that included positioning herself in front of the goal line to clear away a shot on an open net from off a corner kick with 18 minutes left. MacArthur, which was competing in its third straight county finals, had some solid scoring chances in the first half including hitting a crossbar with just 35 seconds left before halftime. “We didn’t take advantage of some opportunities we had in the first half,” MacArthur head coach Jamie San Filippo said. “Some of our top goal scorers had some open looks from inside the 18-yard box and throughout the season those have been goals.” San Filippo said some tired legs also may have caught up with his team less than 48 hours after the Generals knocked off Garden City 2-1 in double overtime on a goal from Fiona Killan off an assist by Kaitlyn Tung. MacArthur trailed 1-0 for much of the match before a Madison Hnis goal knotted the score with just under 10 minutes left. “That was the first time at halftime we have been down for the entire season,” San Filippo said. “That is a high pressure moment and as the game went on instead of them getting more and more nervous it actually looked like they were getting more and more confident.” The South Side title brought a storybook close to five graduating seniors Kate Sweeney, Ella Delmond, Maddie Roberti, Sydney Rathjen and Maddy Wolfrom. Plenty of talent returns this fall in the Cyclones’ quest for a repeat and a chance to compete for the program’s first state title since 2012. “Winning this title sets the tone hopefully for the next couple of years,” said Mia Delmond, who is planning to play lacrosse at Quinnipiac with her sister Ella. “We’re back on the map.”

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MACARthuR’s FiONA KilliAN, who scored in double OT to beat Garden City in the semifinals, settled the ball during the Generals’ OT loss to South Side in the April 28 title game.

Residents rally against water rate hike By ANDREW GARCiA agarcia@liherald.com

On Monday, roughly 25 New York American Water customers rallied at the Theodore Roosevelt Executive Building in Mineola to decry a fast-approaching rate hike and push the State Assembly towards legislation for a municipal takeover of the company. The rate hike will take effect May 1 and will increase customers’ bills up to 30 percent. It will affect NYAW’s more than 124,000 customers in Nassau County. The rally was a joining of public water advocacy groups from throughout the county, including the Merrick-based Long Island Clean Air, Water and Soil. They gathered after the State Senate successfully passed legislation that creates a path for a new Nassau County Water Authority last week, demanding that the Assembly pass corresponding legislation. “All we’re asking for is clean, reliable and affordable water,” said David Denenberg, co-director of LICAWS. “The average [NYAW] private water customer will see our bills go up almost $400 a year — that’s more than public water customers pay a year.” “We believe that water is a human right — it should not be a for-profit resource,” Margaret Maher, a Merrick resident and a volunteer for Food and Water Watch. “Water should be affordable and clean for

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MERRiCK-BAsED ADvOCACy GROup Long Island Clean Air, Water and Soil co-directors Claudia Borecky and David Denenberg joined with other advocates to call for a companion legislation to the state senate’s that creates a path for a public water authority. everyone.” “Now we need a corresponding bill to be passed in the Assembly and to offset the 26 percent increase,” said Agatha Nadel, director of the advocacy group North Shore Concerned Citizens. “I urge everyone here and everyone that’s affected to call your assemblymembers; tell him or her to get the job done, and to get the job done now.” Denenberg held a sign that displayed the rates paid by homeowners on the same block, but with separate water providers. In the example, the homeowner under

NYAW’s private service paid nearly $2,500 in a single year, compared to the roughly $500 paid under municipal service. The disparity is due to NYAW’s obligation to pay property and franchise taxes, the burden of which is passed along to their customers. Public municipalities and its customers are not faced with such burdens. “It is completely unjust and unfair that in 2021, we have a private company selling water to us, which is a basic life need,” said George Pumbar, president of the Glen Head/Glenwood Landing Civic Associa-

tion. The Senate’s push for the legislation — which they initially tried and failed to include in the state budget — was in response to a study ordered by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and conducted by the state Department of Public Service that reported a public takeover of NYAW is not only feasible, but in residents’ best interests. The DPS recommended that the State Legislature act quickly to remove the “onerous property tax burden” on NYAW’s ratepayers. In the state budget plan, NYAW would have been granted an exemption from a franchise property tax, putting more of a tax burden on ratepayers of other utilities, such as National Grid. But the Assembly blocked the measure based on concerns that residents who are outside of NYAW’s service areas would be affected, including those in Suffolk County. “The bill passed in the Senate would affect Suffolk County residents,” Assemblyman David McDonough, a Republican from Merrick, said. “People who aren’t affected shouldn’t have to pay that.” As the May 1 hike loomed, Denenberg predicted that NYAW may again postpone the increase, as they’ve done multiple times since the pandemic began. “We need the assembly to pass the complementary bill to S989A from the Senate — we need it today,” said Meta Mereday, an activist from Baldwin.

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Enjoy the Van Halen tribute band Completely Unchained at Mulcahy’s, 3232 Railroad Ave. in Wantagh at 7 p.m. Admission of $59.95 includes admission, an appetizer and an entree, as well as domestic bottled beer and house drinks. Call (516) 783-7500 to make a reservation.

If there was ever time to spread kindness, it would be now. Children in grades five and up are invited by the Seaford Public Library to create three signs with messages of kindness. Participants will learn different types of lettering and a few drawing tricks. All participants will need is markers and tape. Each child to participate will earn two hours of community service when they show a picture of themselves hanging up the poster where others can see it. Send the photo to teens@seafordlibrary.org. A link to the pre-recorded tutorial will be emailed to participants the day of the program. Register at seafordlibrary.org.

Saturday, May 8 Family Outdoor Spring Concert Miss Andrea is returning to the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Ave., at 10 a.m. with her guitar and drums to entertain children six and under, and their families. All must social distance and it is requested that families bring a blanket or a lawn chair. All participants over two must wear a mask. The program will be hosted at the library lawn situated at the Jones Avenue entrance. For more information, call (516) 221-1200.

Sal ‘The Voice’ Valentinetti Sal ‘The Voice’ Valentinetti was a finalist of America’s Got Talent, is an Italian-American musician best known for his vocals, personality and heart of gold. See him at Mulcahy’s Pub & Concert Hall, located at 3232 Railroad Ave. in Wantagh. From 6 to 9 p.m., the admission of $89.99 will get attendees a four course Italian dinner and top shelf drinks. Call (516) 783-7500 to make a reservation.

Monday, May 10 Button Maker Helpers Teens from grades eight to 12 are invited to help make buttons for the Wantagh Public Library’s Summer Reading Program and earn community service credit. This is an in-person event at the Wantagh Public Library’s children’s room, 3285 Park Ave. from 7 to 8 p.m. Register in advance at wantaghlibrary.org. Social distance and masks are required.

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Mother’s Day brunch Celebrate Mother’s Day at Mulcahy’s Pub & Concert Hall from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. or 1 to 3 p.m. The package includes a brunch entree, Mimosas, Bloody Mary’s, dessert, coffee, juice and a photo souvenir. Adults: $49.95. Children $24.95. Make a reservation at (516) 783-7500.

Tuesday, May 11 Sweet as Pie baking class Learn to make a classic blueberry pie from scratch in a pre-recorded class offered by the Seaford Public Library. The library will provide a kit that includes all the dry ingredients needed for the pie. Kits are limited to one per familyand will be available from May 11 to 18. Register for a kit at childrens@seafordlibrary.org.

Wednesday, May 12 Lego Challenge Lego building meets trivia in this fun program for children in grades five through nine. Visit the Wantagh Public Library. 3285 Park Ave., to use clues to

build the answer to each question out of legos. Share your creation with the group and see if you got the answer right. Face coverings and social distance are required. Register in advance at wantaghlibrary.org. For more information, call (516) 221-1200.

Thursday, May 13 Live music and martini’s Thursday nights are for $5 martini’s (with the purchase of an entree) with live music on the side from 4 to 10 p.m. End the work day with food and fun at Margarita’s Cafe, 753 Wantagh Ave. For more information, call (516) 595-7278.

Summer Safety for Kids With the summer quickly approaching, Assemblyman David G. McDonough is

sponsoring a virtual Child Safety event hosted by Robert Ricigliano and the Wantagh Public Library. During the summer, children will be outside enjoying the warm weather, and parents are invited from 7 to 8 p.m. to learn important tips from NY State SafeKids on how to prevent their children from getting injured while playing. To register, visit wantaghlibrary.org.

Adult skate night At United Skates of America, Inc. located at 1276 Hicksville Road in Seaford, Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 10 p.m. is for the adults. Enjoy a night of roller skating to music from a DJ. Purchase the tickets at www.unitedskates.com/public/seaford. Admission is $13.50 and skate rentals are $5. For more information, call (516) 795-5474.

Half Step, a Long Island band that plays the music of the Grateful Dead, will be returning to Mulcahy’s Pub & Concert Hall, 3232 Railroad Ave. in Wantagh at 7 p.m. Domestic beers and house drinks for $4 will be served all night. Make a reservation at (516) 283-2500.

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Last Hope Inc.’s FIX-A-FERAL Voucher Program is now open. The Wantagh Public Library 2021-22 budget vote was approved. Seaford Manor and Harbor Elementary PTAs present night out at Adventureland on May 21. Wantagh Little League 2021 Home Run Derby to commence May 23. The Seaford Makers Market begins May 15 at the Seaford Train Station from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

County undertakes campaign to plant 500 trees On April 30 — Arbor Day — a 93-yearold Uniondale resident named Ernest Catanese joined Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and New York State Sen. Kevin Thomas to kick off the new Nassau County Tree-Planting Campaign. The location was the Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Park in Uniondale. Curran started the day’s ceremony by thanking Catanese, saying, “Ernest Catanese and his wife are really the reason this park is here.” In 2009, Catanese and his wife, Marie, won a five-year fight to turn the trashy northwest corner of Uniondale Avenue and Nassau Road into the flowering little park. The pretty, well-maintained space is only one of many civic projects that the couple had taken part in since moving to Uniondale in 1955. Marie died in 2019. On Arbor Day, after thanking Catanese, Curran outlined the campaign, which aims to plant 500 trees in Nassau County during 2021. “As we speak right now,” she said, “of those 500 trees, we already have 207 in the ground. We expect to have 233 in the ground by the end of today, and by the end of Tuesday, 270.” Evergreens will be planted in the fall. Each new tree, Curran said, will yield “three to five times their initial cost in benefit to the community, so it’s not just

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State Sen. Kevin Thomas, Ernest Catanese, and County Executive Laura Curran shoveled earth around a newly planted magnolia tree in Uniondale last Friday. an environmental issue, it’s also an economic issue.” Thomas spoke to the meaning of Arbor Day, saying it “calls attention to the increased importance of reforestation, not only in our national forests, but also

in commercial forests, rain forests and wetlands around the world.” Catanese took the microphone briefly to say, “When I grew up in Manhattan, I had to walk three blocks to see a tree, so this is really great. My wife deserves

every accolade . . . She was an endless worker on this.” Tree Advisory Board Chairman Lawrence Fernandez further explained the planting campaign: “We’re studying and putting together recommendations for trees that will grow in narrow sidewalk areas.” Trees die, he said, “because they’re living in a space that’s too small, or if they happen to do well, they break the sidewalk.” As part of the campaign, tree experts are inspecting locations around Nassau to deter mine which types of trees will best fit different surroundings. For sunny MLK Jr. Peace Park, the board chose a Southern magnolia, native to King’s home state of Georgia. “This is a hardy Southern tree,” Curran said, “and I think it will carry forward that spirit of perseverance that is embodied by the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Paul Gibson, president of the Uniondale Community Land Trust, was asked by Curran to add a few words. The UCLT rehabilitates blighted homes to create affordable housing, and said Gibson, “We preserve the trees that we can, and if we can’t, we plant new ones.” The day’s ceremony concluded with Curran, Thomas and Catanese shoveling dirt into the prepared pit where the magnolia sat, its buds full with the promise of blossoms to come.

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s a nurse in the Population Health Department of St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, Kerinth Afflick follows up with patients after they are discharged from the hospital and helps to make sure they are getting and taking their medications and they are making and getting to their follow up visits to doctors. “When you first become a nurse you are so young, and a little ignorant,” said Afflick, who will admit to being in her early 50s. She has been a nurse for 28 years. “You learn. You learn patience, learn to listen, listen to problems and follow up. You become a psychiatrist as the patients need someone to speak with and you become a great listener.” There was one patient, she said who was undocumented that Afflick assisted to ensure they were aware and used all the resources available to them for more than two years.

There are some other patients who, because of the coronavirus pandemic, are alone. “One patient didn’t use our pharmacy (St. John’s has an in-house pharmacy), they were isolated because of Covid,” she said. “They tried to rely on CVS and we called CVS and asked them to please deliver the meds.” Which was done. Afflick said for her being a nurse is about giving back. “It’s not about the thank you so much as making sure that [the patients] are OK."

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’ve been a registered nurse for just over a year, I entered the field after many years as a short story writer, translator, teacher, even a bartender. Originally from Louisville Ky., I met my girlfriend and moved to Manhattan about 10 years ago. I entered an accelerated nursing program at Mount Sinai about 18 months ago — before Covid happened — but recognized this capacity for being a nurse about 10 years ago by caring for my dying father. So, I got my license in February 2020, Covid happened, and we moved out here. My girlfriend has a home in Locust Valley. That means I’m new to nursing and at 45, working in what has essentially become a Covid ward, keeping up with younger nurses. I don't know if that’s good luck or bad, however, with the experience and expectations of someone at my stage in life, it wasn’t a shock. Anyhow we

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eing an emergency room nurse Sarah Avis said is like “trying to thrive in controlled chaos. You have zero patient info, teamwork is critical and you trying to find the missing piece of a puzzle.” When Avis, 34, was young her mother was very ill. “I like how there was people to help in my mother’s time of need,” she said, explaining why when she went to college she chose nursing as her profession. Now eight years in, Avis views the role of nurse as multifaceted. “It means just being there through an extreme time and making someone as comfortable as possible and being someone they can trust,” she said, “especially during Covid. Families are limited. We play the role of caregiver, friend, family member. It can be hard. As a nurse you are supposed to have an emotional barrier. We see so much certain

trauma and a lot of grief, it’s emotional. As a nurse you also want to be there. It is very challenging.” Recently, Avis witnessed “a young life lose. “It was extremely emotional,” she said, describing how a family member sank to the floor. There was hugging to console this person and more family handholding and hugging. Sometimes just being a presence is very challenging for a very busy ER.” St. John’s emergency department serves nearly 49,000 patients annually.

don't choose the time for things. As a Covid ward there are peaks and troughs. It’s busy, it's chaotic, but we make our way through it. Now that there are protocols and we've been vaccinated, the world’s gotten used to a new normal. But people are sick, hundreds are dying, every day. Becoming a nurse, I’ve learned we're all human. Our time on earth is precious and finite. And I’ve learned that it’s possible to be removed, dispassionate, but remain passionate about treating people with humanity.

always wanted to be a nurse. My uncle was a physician, so growing up I used to go into work with him and see him taking care of all the patients. At 14-years-old I was a candy striper, later I volunteered in a local hospital feeding babies, and then I went and started as a PCA. And through that, I put myself through nursing school. My first job was at an Ob-Gyn office and there were a lot of young women there with teen pregnancies in the community I was working in, and I just really took a passion to it. So, I grew in it and became a part of the Nassau County Perinatal Service Network, where we focus on the underserved communities to make sure they have easy access to prenatal care. Covid hit our population very hard. A lot of our patients are living in multi-family

households, and Covid just ran rampant. A lot of them don’t have access to healthcare, so we really made sure we advocated for them. Through a grant, we were able to provide our patients with PPE. We were also able to provide our patients with food. A lot of patients were out of work because of Covid, so there was no food for their families. Not only do we treat the patient, but we treat the family. We watch the children grow and then they have kids again and they trust us and want to come back to us.

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My amazing sister, Eva Jones, RN, is the exemplary model of a nurse who is compassionate, caring and expertly skilled. With 35 years of dialysis experience, working for both major national dialysis companies, Davita and Fresinius, Eva offers the ultimate level of competence, bringing heart and kindness to ensure her patients’ smoothest and most comfortable sessions three times per week. They feel her love and confidence and are glad Eva’s in charge. Through pandemic Eva worked in a Covid-only outpatient dialysis clinic every day, sometimes up to 105 hours in a twoweek period, perpetually short staffed because other staff called out. She opened the clinic at 4 a.m., leaving at 10 or 11 p.m. Think about that. When a situation lands in your lap and you step up to the plate to do what is necessary, that’s an extraordinary person with a conscience. Thank God for nurse angels like Eva Jones!

Kayla Rein is my hero, my nurse, You may consider me biased because Kayla is my granddaughter. She worked tirelessly, 12 hour overnight ER shifts throughout the height of the pandemic and continues to do so today! I was there for her offering moral support along the way. Little did I know I, myself, would become an ER admittance in mid-January — due to a DVT. I witnessed first-hand the arduous, hard-working nursing staff. Needless to say, I was the “lucky” one, having granddaughter to attend to my unexpected needs. Thank God for our outstanding nurses and all other health care workers who routinely go above and beyond — day in and day out! — Virginia Rein-Biehl, Oceanside

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Phyllis Imbriano was honored by Tiegerman Schools at their gala on March 25. Phyllis has worked with Tiegerman for 21 years; as the school Nurse at Tiegerman Preschool, Elementary School, UPK and A.L.L. for Kids, also serving as the full-time nurse at Glen Cove Preschool/ Elementary School. Among the many tributes to Phyllis: “When my daughter Grace was younger, she attended Tiegerman Elementary School. Nurse Phyllis took great care of her and the other students. As a parent of a special needs child, you are always anxious when you get a call from the school! The first thing Nurse Phyllis would say is,“Grace is fine. I am calling about...”. I loved how aware she was and I can imagine she had the same sensitivity for the other students. I never worried about my child in school because I knew how supportive Nurse Phyllis and the staff were.”

Healthcare heroes don’t just touch the lives of their patients, but also the lives of their loved ones. From the perspective of a family member and also a future wife, we are amazed at the dedication, commitment and sacrifice Ross Rieman has devoted to saving lives, not only in the emergency room as a nurse practitioner at both Northwell LIJ and Northwell Forest Hills, but also as a volunteer (Second Assistant Chief) in the Woodmere Fire Department. In a hospital located at the epicenter of the pandemic, Ross tirelessly attended to Covid-19 patients in an overflowing emergency room without regard to his own welfare. He took extra shifts when his dedicated colleagues were ill with Covid-19. When not treating patients, Ross served his community through the fire department, ensuring that people who experienced Covid-19 symptoms received the care they needed. Ross is the epitome of what a true healthcare hero represents.

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NYU Langone Winthrop Hospital Jennifer Ryan, my wife, was a true a beacon of selflessness and compassion throughout the grimmest days of the Covid-19 pandemic. Jennifer provided outstanding to patients afflicted with Covid-19 in a homecare setting. The courageous, compassionate care delivered by Jennifer and her homecare colleagues was instrumental in reserving local hospital capacity and resources for the most critically ill patients at the apex of the pandemic. I salute and commend these true American heroes! — Brendan Ryan, North Merrick

My mother, Mary Stillwagon (BSN-BC, MS, Lac.), retired from a 40+-year tenure at Glen Cove Hospital Northwell Health in May 2020. She started her healthcare journey in the ICU at Glen Cove Hospital and continued her career there up until last year, amidst the pandemic. Mary also went on to receive her Masters in Science and became a Licensed Acupuncturist in 2005, all while working full time at the hospital. What nurses do for the world is truly amazing. Mom worked hard and sacrificed to ensure the comfort, care and treatment of each patient she oversaw. She treated countless patients, worked alongside hundreds of other healthcare professionals and always did it with grace, relentless dedication, and love in her heart. On behalf of our family, her friends, and associates, Thank You, Mary. Your retirement is well deserved! Now it’s time for us to take care of you. — Laura Stillwagon, Glen Cove

Priti Chohan

South Shore University Hospital I am so proud of the selflessness and dedication my daughter, Priti Chohan, BSN, MBA, RN, Patient Care Services Manager at South Shore University Hospital, has shown throughout the pandemic. She has stepped in countless times to assist her team on the front-line, maintaining order in such a hectic environment, and sacrificing time on the personal and familial front to give to caring for those affected. Most importantly, she has given her time to support her team, who were exposed to the virus and on the front-line daily. Healthcare is truly a special calling, deeply rooted in compassion and empathy Therefore, I would like to extend my gratitude to all the courageous essential workers who have helped to support our community throughout this tumultuous time. — Sudesh Chohan, Huntington

Susan Atwell

Mount Sinai Hospital Susan Atwell is a special person in my life. She is a registered nurse, RN BsN, who works in the PACU (Recovery) Department of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. She has been the most dedicated and determined nurse for her patients for the past 11 years at Mount Sinai Hospital. She began her nursing career 36 years ago with that same determination to help others in need, and it has only grown stronger through the years. In addition, Susan, who lives in Woodmere, is a devoted mother of three incredible children, Robert, Christine and Matthew. She raised them by herself while holding a fulltime nursing job. She is the happy grandmother of an adorable 1-year-old little guy, Daniel, too! Susan is my real hometown hero. I am very privileged to be her friend. — Donna Shulman, Hewlett

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started off in banking, but switched to nursing because I love taking care of people. Today, nursing is very challenging due to the pandemic. At the beginning, during spring 2020, we nurses were in-service constantly, getting educated by our supervisors about Covid-19. That’s what pulled us through. On the job, we wear a mask, goggles, surgical headwear, and a disposable gown. Every time we leave a patient’s room, we discard the mask and gown, and wash the goggles. It’s uncomfortable, but to fight the virus, we have to start with our first-line workers for the protection of the residents. Our staff members are all tested for Covid-19 twice a week, in a little unit that does the nasal swabbing here on site. Not having family members of patients visiting the facility makes our job a lot easier,

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Megan always has a smile on her face. Her warm and caring attitude is only matched by her stellar clinical skills. There was a time when I required wound care after a prolonged and complicated hospital stay. I was scared or in pain, and really able to trust that Megan was going to take care of me. Megan is always “on the ball”. I am so grateful for Megan during that time and I know that I healed so well in large part to the level of care Megan provided. Even after thewounds were healed, Megan would consistently check up on me. It was so nice that Megan continued to care about me. I am so impressed with Megan’s “can-do” attitude, and that she was always willing to lend a helping hand to other nurses and nursing assistants who needed it.

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Emergency Nurse, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream because we have to control interaction from the outside. But we do help our patients communicate with loved ones virtually. The virtual chats are scheduled with our recreation person. A nurse or aide can hold a cell phone so a patient can speak using FaceTime. We can also have the family members visit on-site, but not inside the facility. They stand in the entrance foyer between the double glass doors. The inner glass door is locked and the resident is brought down to sit on the inside. Then they talk with their loved ones on cell phones while smiling at them through the glass. We are trained to let our residents know what’s going on, but to keep them comfortable, and to give them respect and dignity at all times. Remember, this is their home.

have a brother with Down syndrome so I was kind of a nurse even in my childhood, and I kind of grew up with him, favoring caring for people with a personal touch. I went to nursing school and graduated in 1987, during the AIDs epidemic. I graduated from St. Vincent’s School of Nursing, and worked in the East Village where the AIDs epidemic was really fired up, so I had seen a lot of death and dying back in the 1980s. I thought I’d never see it again. And then Covid came. The first wave was very heavy in our Emergency Department, but we pulled through. The Northwell Health system quickly got it together, and we were very organized. We have a tiny Emergency Department, and as the volume increased we transferred out to the North Shore facilities. The wisdom that I brought having had been

through something terrible like this before was that I knew I had to dress in the full PPE, the personal protective gear. Back in the 1980s we didn’t know it was sexually transmitted so we were wearing all sorts of hats and gowns and face masks. So I guess that was the little bit of wisdom there that I had. I also gave a little support to the newer nurses, letting them know that we’re going to get through this. But it was also very overwhelming for myself. People were coming into triage and they could barely say their name, and then they would just drop dead in front of you. It was very scary. We did the best we could with what we had. But even when it got overwhelming you still had to stop and give that extra personal touch, whether it was giving my phone charger to them so they could try and call a family member.

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e had always known that nurses were heroes; the women and men who offered us a modicum of comfort at our darkest hours while quietly monitoring our heart rate, blood pressure and medications prescribed by our doctors. They watched over us, soothed our pain with a smile. We never really knew, however, what heroes they were until the coronavirus pandemic struck Long Island in March last year, sending already tired hospital staffs into overdrive. Nurses were at the very front lines of the crisis, and the physical and mental toll that they endured was unimaginable to most. Nurses were, of course, accustomed to death. It is part of medicine. No amount of training, however, could have prepared them for the onslaught of Covid-19 cases that they would see between March and June 2020 — or the rapidly rising death toll. With family and friends barred from entering hospitals during this grave period, nurses were often the very last people that the dying saw before they took their last breaths. 2020 and 2021 have very much been a battle for survival, and our nurses have fought it valiantly. Many of them have been infected with Covid-19 themselves. Some have died. We cannot thank our nurses enough for all that they did for us last year, but we should try. In this photo essay by Herald Photo Editor Christina Daly, we make the attempt, showing you, our readers, some of the faces who carried on through all the confusion and fear and heartache to protect and preserve life. For more photos, see liherald.com.

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shortly after, with her family still in the parking lot. Asha said the experience made her cherish her time with her family. 10: Chris Frasco, left, and, Frank Masi, nurses at NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola.

7: Curtis King, a transporter, at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside. 8: Nurse April Dones, of the Maternity Unit and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Mount Sinai South Nasau, was all smiles behind her mask recently. 9: Nurse Asha Ali, of NYU Langone Hospital, spoke of a 40-year-old patient who arrived at her unit struggling to breathe. The patient grasped her hand and told her, “You are you my angel.” The patient died of Covid-19

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chose to become a nurse because I wanted to work in the medical field and be at the bedside caring for patients. Growing up, I was inspired by the nurses I met and saw first-hand how they took care of people, not only physically, but also emotionally. The nursing profession means teamwork. I am beyond lucky to work in an area that has incredible teamwork. I would not be able to provide the best care without the help of our amazing patient care technicians and unit clerks, also amazing doctors and physician assistants who have taught me so much over the years. I have been an Emergency Department nurse at MSSN for nearly 10 years, also a member of the ED’s Unit Based Council and ED Trauma Committee for more than five years. We are always working on creating new ways to provide excellent nursing care for our patients. The nursing profession has taught me a

lot about life. I enjoy helping people and find myself helping others inside and outside of the hospital. I see first-hand how fragile life can be, so I try to keep a positive mindset and take care of myself physically and emotionally. We never know what is going to come through those ED doors and we must be prepared for anything and everything. We laugh together and we cry together. We lift each other up when we are feeling down or scared and celebrate the happy moments with each other. Nursing has always been a profession that is challenging yet rewarding. Emergency nursing is typically fast-paced and can be stressful. When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in March 2020, we were challenged in ways we had never imagined. Our team came together — we cared for our patients, we cared for their family members and we cared for each other.

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’m from Harlem and lived in Queens near Valley Stream. My first degree was in finance, but when my father went into a hospital with a stroke it struck me that hospital workers had good intentions, but there was not enough help, and I was drawn to nursing. It helps that I come from a family with a lot of doctors and nurses in it, so I asked a lot of questions, did some research, and seven years ago became a licensed nurse. For me nursing is a great field if you are the kind of person who cares. The money’s good, you can go anywhere in the country and you can help a person just by holding their hand. I worked at the Nassau County Correctional facility, and then two years ago I came to work at the Emergency Room at Nassau University Medical Center. We get it all. Helicopters come in and out, drownings, stabbings, shootings,

IN THEIR OWN WORDS

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MITCH MARAVILLA

Director of Nursing, Lynbrook Restorative Therapy & Nursing

Medical/Surgical/ Oncology Unit, Mount Sinai South Nassau

’ve been in long-term care nursing for 28 years, and Director of Nursing for 15 years. I consider being a nurse as a calling. It requires dedication and compassion because, while we take care of patients' and residents’ physical needs, we must also address their emotional and spiritual needs. During this pandemic, our dedication to our profession was put to the test. We could not stay home from work to avoid the deadly virus. Some of us isolated ourselves from our families for fear of exposing them. Many of us got Covid and some died. As the Director of Nursing, I had to care for my staff. They feared catching Covid and infecting their own families. I ensured that they were educated and had enough PPE, encouraged them, cried with them when they were emotionally drained, and sometimes bought them food or sewed masks for them.

For our residents, I crocheted hats and scarves during the winter, which made them smile. When nursing homes were closed to visitation, nurses brought phones and tablets to Covid-positive patients so that their families could say goodbye to them. I once held a patients’ hand as she took her last breath and told her son who lived in another state that she died peacefully. One day I had to “sneak in” a priest to administer a patient’s last rites. Now our facility is Covid-free. We have passed several inspections and continue to follow all infection control guidelines from the CDC and the New York State Department of Health. We have vaccinated most of our employees and residents, and hope the public will do the same so this pandemic will end soon.

car accidents. In the last year Covid took over. That was challenging in part because I took the pandemic personally. My cousin, Marilyn Howard, a mentor to me, was the first school nurse in New York City to die of Covid. Emergency room work has made me an even more compassionate person. You need a tough exterior, but still care. But I have plenty of support for that at home. My wife is also a nurse. We talk to each other about all these issues.

hen I was in high school, my dad was sick and in and out of the hospital. I had to help my mom take care of him, and that’s when I decided to take up nursing in college. The nursing profession is a calling. It is indeed a tough and stressful job. You need to have a certain virtue to become a good nurse. We call those virtues “TLC,” tender, loving care. It requires a lot of patience and dedication. Even if you are an experienced nurse, you don’t assume that you know everything. Every day is a continuous learning process. I’ve learned a lot in two decades of being a nurse. It’s made me stronger, resilient and appreciative of those people around me, such as my friends, family and co-workers, as well as my patients and their families. When the pandemic started, our floor was turned into one of the Covid-19 units. I was so scared. I’ve never been in this kind of

overwhelming situation in my entire career. I was physically, mentally and emotionally drained. There was a time when one of my patients could barely breathe, and I remember him saying, “Help me. Help me. I feel like I’m drowning.” As I waited for the rapid response team, I held his hand and encouraged him. I felt hopeless and prayed for him. I was his only support. It was also devastating when some of my co-workers got sick with Covid, including my husband, who is also an employee at the hospital. Our unit has remained the Covid floor for the hospital, but this year has been more manageable. I’m proud and privileged that I am a part of the process. Nursing is tough, but when you think of the lives you have touched, the lives you saved, it’s such a wonderful feeling. It’s priceless.

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

LYSTRA BULLEN

Glen Cove Hospital ER/ Northwell Health

Oceanside Care Center

’ve been a nurse for 33 years, first at St. Vincent in Manhasset on a ventilator floor, labor and delivery, post-partum care and in the emergency room at Glen Cove the last decade. I know it’s a cliché, but I think nursing found me. I was an average student in high school and didn’t have a lot of confidence. That all changed in nursing school. I felt like this was where I needed to be. The book part’s a large component, but taking care of people is not something you learn in a book. It comes from having empathy for others, understanding that it’s not just people, it’s somebody else’s mother, somebody’s child. This whole last year has been difficult. It’s the first time I felt I don’t know if I can make it. I have another eight years and I hope I can get through it. We’re not a trauma hospital, but an emergency room sees everything, and beginning

last March Covid is all we saw. It was scary at first — new information every day about PPE, about treatment. But we got better at it. And the community support was really special, like a parade. Maybe the parade’s moved on, but we’re still here doing the work. Still, nursing is an excellent career, so many kinds of jobs. It doesn’t have to be all high drama. Financially it’s great, you can’t be outsourced. There will always be a place for nurses.

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y job as a Certified Nursing Assistant is really a story about my dad. After my father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, my sister took him in, but he would do unpredictable things like leaving the house unannounced. Within a short time after we put him in a nursing home, he was totally different. When I visited him, he would say, “I ain’t givin’ no trouble,” and I could tell he was getting good care. About a year after he entered the nursing home, I decided to help others like the home helped my father, and I became a CNA. My job is hands-on. I bathe the patients, feed them, take them to the bathroom, talk to them, and learn the little things that help them feel calm. My work takes dedication because, when people can’t do self-care anymore, they go through a kind of depression. They miss their families. They may have underlying medical

conditions. We have to be very patient and sensitive. We approach each one individually and build bonds, step by step. When the pandemic began, everyone’s heart was bleeding for our patients. Families couldn’t visit in person anymore. Patients coming back from the hospital had to be isolated for Covid testing. But the patients understood because they watched the news, and they respected our explanations. They wanted their families to be safe, so they accepted window-side visits, video chats, and phone calls. These protocols are still in effect at this time. The nurses and CNAs have had to work extra hard to give the patients what they need. It’s been trying, but because we know our patients so well, everyone has adapted.

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Nassau University Medical Center

was a medical assistant for 20 years in a family practice office in Seaford. When my daughter went to college I decided to go back to school to be a nurse. Everyone thought I was a nurse, anyhow. I managed to get my degree and 15 years ago, became a regular staff nurse at NUMC’s pediatric unit. I just got this position as assistant nurse manager at the end of January. I love going to work. It's a job that I wouldn’t mind being at forever. In a pediatric unit, we get a little bit of everything. I also float to the nursery, neo-natal. So, I’ve gotten to see a variety of patients, newborn to age 21. When I was a medical assistant I dealt with adults, but in pediatrics you’re dealing with the parents too, making sure they’re knowledgeable ofwhat’s going on with their child. When Covid hit there was so much we didn’t

know. I took out my sewing machine and made caps and masks for whoever needed them. The load was so heavy, we were stressed out, but we had to put that aside. But the pandemic also put us in the public eye in an incredible way. Recently I pulled into a gas station in my scrubs and a man at another pump, a total stranger, shouted out, “Thank you!” That’s the kind of thing that makes you feel appreciated as a nurse.

worked in the airline industry in human resource management and I had a sister that worked here (Mercy Hospital) as a nurses’ aide. My sister was diagnosed with cancer while she was an employee here, and she had a tough battle for seven years. She was an employee here, a patient here, and she passed away here. After she passed away, I made the decision to become a nurse. And going to nursing school, I knew that I only wanted to work at Mercy because I felt that it was paying back for what I felt they did really well for my sister. I started nursing school in 2005 when I was 39, and I came straight here in 2008 and I’ve been here ever since. My mother went into nursing at the age of 40, so I think that let me know that no matter what the age, if you want to change, you can change. When Covid hit, my patient was the first

patient on the floor to get it. For me I think it was just trying to do the best that you can to keep your patients OK. And Covid was an eyeopener as far as seeing how fast a patient can decline, unfortunately. I think for most nurses, when you go into nursing you don’t go into it looking for someone to praise you for what you do or sacrifice. You do it because it’s something in your heart.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LIBRARY ELECTION SEAFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SEAFORD PUBLIC LIBRARY, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that voting upon the estimated expenses for school and library purposes for the Seaford Union Free School District (the “School District”) and the Seaford Public Library (the “Public Library”), for the school year 2021/2022, the election of members of the Board of Education and Library Board of Trustees , Proposition No. 1 (School Budget 2021/2022) and Proposition No. 2 (Public Library Budget 2021/22), as follows, will be held on May 18, 2021 in each of the school election districts heretofore established: PROPOSITION NO. 1 SCHOOL BUDGET 2021/2022 Shall the following resolution be adopted to wit: RESOLVED, that the proposed 2021/2022 Budget providing for the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated expenditures of the School District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021, as presented by the Board of Education of the Seaford Union Free School District at Seaford, Nassau County, New York, at the Public Hearing, be approved and the Board of Education be authorized to levy the necessary tax therefor. PROPOSITION NO. 2 PUBLIC LIBRARY BUDGET 2021/2022 RESOLVED, that the library budget for the year 2021-2022 proposed by the Board of Trustees of the Seaford Public Library and the levy of a tax therefor in accordance with Education Law shall be approved. VOTING will be by ballot on voting machines in the school houses designated in each of the separate school election districts heretofore established and the polls will remain open from 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m., and as much longer as may be necessary for all voters then present to cast their votes. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the electors have previously adopted a proposition providing that vacancies upon the Board of Education shall not be considered separate specific offices and that the nominating petitions shall not describe any specific vacancy upon the Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election of members of the Board of Education shall be as follows: One (1) member

of the Board of Education for a full term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2021. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the election for one members of the Board of Trustees of the Seaford Public Library shall be as follows: One member for a five (5) year term commencing July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2026 (incumbent Margaret D. Grub). NOMINATIONS OF CANDIDATES: Candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be nominated by petition. Each petition for candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education shall be directed to the Clerk of the School District (“the District Clerk”), in the Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, New York, shall be signed by at least twenty-eight (28) qualified voters of the School District, shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the residence of the candidate. To nominate a candidate for the Public Library Board, the petition must be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the School District, shall state the residence of each signer and the name and residence of the candidate, and shall describe the specific vacancy for which a candidate is nominated, including at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent, if any. Each petition shall be filed in the District Clerk’s Office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and by not later than 5:00 p.m. on April 19, 2021. SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICTS: The boundaries of the following School Election District shall be as heretofore determined and published by the Board of Education and the place in each election district for registration and voting shall be as follows: a)FIRST SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT Registration and voting at the Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, New York. Community members who reside within the geographic boundaries of the Manor Elementary School shall be required to cast their ballots at the Manor Elementary School. b)SECOND SCHOOL ELECTION DISTRICT Voting at the Seaford Harbor School, Bayview Street, Seaford, New York. Community members who reside within the geographic boundaries of the Harbor Elementary School shall be required to cast their ballots at the Harbor Elementary School. The geographic boundaries for these

attendance zones is set forth on the transportation map contained within the office of the Assistant Superintendent for Business and may be reviewed upon request. PERSONAL REGISTRATION OF VOTERS All qualified voters of the School District must be registered in the School Registration books in order to vote at such election on May 18, 2021. The following persons shall be eligible to vote: All persons who shall have presented themselves personally for registration in accordance herewith and all persons who shall have previously registered hereunder for any annual or special meeting or election and who shall have voted at any annual or special meeting or election held or conducted during the four calendar years prior to 2021 (i.e., 2017-2020). In addition, all persons who are registered to vote pursuant to the provisions of section three hundred fifty-two of the Election Law of the State of New York shall be eligible to vote. Registration of voters not previously registered and eligible to vote shall continue to take place until May 11, 2021, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. in the District Clerk’s office. The District Clerk shall prepare the Register of the School District on the dates and times above specified, and any person shall be entitled to have his/her name placed upon such Register provided that at that time, he/she is then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such register is prepared. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the District Clerk shall also be present during the annual School District and Public Library election at each schoolhouse where voting shall take place for the purpose of preparing a register for School District and Public Library elections held subsequent thereto. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Register of Voters so prepared as aforesaid shall be filed in the District Clerk’s Office upon its completion where it shall be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the School District, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and on each of the five days prior to the date set for the election except for Sunday, and it shall also be open for inspection on Saturday, by appointment. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that there will be a Public Hearing on the proposed School District budget on May 5, 2021 at 8:00 p.m. in the Seaford

High School Auditorium, 1575 Seamans Neck Road, Seaford, New York. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a public hearing will be held by the Board of Trustees of the Library, for the purpose of discussion of the expenditures of funds and the budgeting thereof for the Seaford Public Library for the fiscal year 2021-2022. Said hearing will be held on Monday, May 10, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. at a location to be determined or via GoToMeeting, if legally permissible. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the proposed 2021/2022 School District budget, as prepared by the Board of Education and the Public Library budget, will be available on request to the taxpayers and be obtained at any school house in the School District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on each day other than a Saturday or Sunday or holiday and at the Seaford Public Library, Jackson Avenue, Seaford, New York, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, and 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturdays, on each day other than a Sunday or holiday, during the fourteen (14) day period preceding the annual meeting and election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a Real Property Tax Exemption Report prepared in accordance with Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law will be annexed to any tentative/preliminary Budget as well as the final adopted budget of which it will form a part; and shall be posted on District bulletin board(s) maintained for public notices; as well as on the District’s website. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Education has, pursuant to Education Law, adopted a resolution to provide for absentee ballots for the election of members of the Board of Education, the adoption of the School District budget and referenda in accordance with Education Law Section 2018-a, which shall also apply to the Public Library election. Application for absentee ballots may be made at the District Clerk’s office on Mondays through Fridays, excluding holidays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Applications for absentee ballots must be received by the District Clerk no earlier than thirty (30) days before the election. Furthermore, such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to

the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter or his/her designated agent. Upon receiving a timely request for a mailed absentee ballot, the District Clerk will mail the ballot to the address set forth in the application by no later than six (6) days before the vote. No absentee voter’s ballot will be canvassed unless it has been received in the office of the District Clerk not later than 5:00 P.M. (prevailing time) on the day of the election. A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been issued will be available in the District Clerk’s office on Mondays through Fridays, excluding holidays between 9:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., until the day of election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE military voters who are not currently registered may apply to register as a qualified voter of the school district. Military voters who are qualified voters of the school district may submit an application for a military ballot. Military voters may designate a preference to receive a military voter registration, military ballot application or military ballot by mail, facsimile transmission or electronic mail in their request for such registration, ballot application or ballot. Military voter registration forms and military ballot application forms must be received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 22, 2021. No military ballot will be canvassed unless it is (1) received in the Office of the District Clerk before the close of the polls on election day and showing a cancellation mark of the United States postal service or a foreign country’s postal service, or showing a dated endorsement of receipt by another agency of the United States government; or (2) received by the Office of the District Clerk by no later than 5:00 p.m. on election day and signed and dated by the military voter and one witness thereto, with a date which is associated to be not later than the day before the election. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Education shall convene a special meeting thereof within twenty-four hours after the filing with the District Clerk of a written report of the results of the ballot for the purpose of examining and tabulating said reports of the results of the ballot and declaring the result of the ballot. The Board of Education hereby designates itself to be a set of poll clerks to cast and canvass ballots pursuant to Education Law, Section 2019-a

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LEGAL NOTICE AVISO SOBRE LA ELECCIÓN ANUAL DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR Y DE LA BIBLIOTECA DISTRITO ESCOLAR SEAFORD UNION FREE Y BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA DE SEAFORD, PUEBLO DE HEMPSTEAD POR EL PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que la votación sobre los gastos estimados para los fines escolares y de la biblioteca del Distrito Escolar Seaford Union Free (el “Distrito Escolar”) y de la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford (la “Biblioteca Pública”) para el año escolar 2021/2022, la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación y de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca, la propuesta N.º 1 (el presupuesto escolar 2021/2022) y la propuesta N.º 2 (el presupuesto de la Biblioteca Pública 2021/2022), como se indica a continuación, se llevarán a cabo el 18 de mayo de 2021 en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares hasta ahora establecidos: PROPUESTA N.º 1 PRESUPUESTO ESCOLAR 2021/2022 Que se adopte la siguiente resolución, a saber: SE RESUELVE que el presupuesto 2021/2022 sugerido, que contempla la asignación de los fondos necesarios para cumplir con los gastos estimados del Distrito Escolar correspondiente al año fiscal que comienza el 1 de julio de 2021, de acuerdo con lo presentado por la Junta de Educación del Distrito Escolar Seaford Union Free en Seaford, condado de Nassau, Nueva York, en la audiencia pública, sea aprobado y que la Junta de Educación esté autorizada a gravar los impuestos necesarios al respecto. PROPUESTA N.º 2 PRESUPUESTO DE LA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA 2021/2022 SE RESUELVE que se aprobará el presupuesto de la biblioteca para el período 2021-2022 propuesto por la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la

Biblioteca Pública de Seaford y el gravamen de un impuesto consecuente de conformidad con la Ley de Educación. LA VOTACIÓN será mediante boleta electoral en máquinas de votación en las sedes escolares designadas en cada uno de los distritos electorales escolares separados hasta ahora establecidos, y las urnas estarán habilitadas para votar de 7:00 a. m. a 9:00 p. m. y durante el tiempo que sea necesario para que los votantes presentes puedan emitir sus votos. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que los votantes ya han adoptado una propuesta que establece que las vacantes de la Junta de Educación no se consideren cargos específicos independientes y que las solicitudes de nominación no describan ninguna vacante específica de la Junta de Educación para la cual se nomina al candidato. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Educación deberá ser de la siguiente manera: Un (1) miembro de la Junta de Educación para un mandato completo de tres (3) años, desde el 1 de julio de 2021. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la elección de los miembros de la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford deberá ser de la siguiente manera: Un miembro para un mandato de cinco (5)años, desde el 1 de julio de 2021 hasta el 30 de junio de 2026 (último titular: Margaret D. Grub). NOMINACIONES DE CANDIDATOS: Los candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación se nominarán mediante solicitud. Cada solicitud de candidatos para el cargo de miembro de la Junta de Educación será dirigida a la secretaria del Distrito Escolar (la “Secretaria del Distrito”) en Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, Nueva York, deberá estar firmada por al menos veintiocho (28) votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar, deberá incluir la residencia de cada firmante y también la residencia del candidato. Para nominar a un candidato para la Junta de la Biblioteca Pública, la solicitud debe estar firmada por al menos veinticinco (25) votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar, indicar la residencia de cada firmante, así como también el nombre y la residencia del candidato, y deberá describir la vacante específica para la que se nomina al candidato, e incluir, al menos, la duración del cargo y el nombre del último titular, si hubiera. Cada solicitud se presentará en la oficina

de la Secretaria del Distrito entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 5:00 p. m., y antes del 19 de abril de 2021 a las 5:00 p. m. DISTRITOS ELECTORALES ESCOLARES: Los límites del siguiente Distrito Electoral Escolar serán determinados y publicados, como hasta ahora, por la Junta de Educación, y el lugar de cada distrito electoral para el registro y la votación será el siguiente: a)PRIMER DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR: registro y votación en Seaford Manor School, Washington Avenue, Seaford, Nueva York. Los miembros de la comunidad que residan dentro de los límites geográficos de Manor Elementary School deberán emitir sus votos en dicha escuela. b)SEGUNDO DISTRITO ELECTORAL ESCOLAR: votación en Seaford Harbor School, Bayview Street, Seaford, Nueva York. Los miembros de la comunidad que residan dentro de los límites geográficos de Harbor Elementary School deberán emitir sus votos en dicha escuela. Los límites geográficos de estas zonas de asistencia se establecen en el mapa de transporte que se encuentra en la oficina del superintendente auxiliar de actividades y se pueden revisar previa solicitud. REGISTRO PERSONAL DE VOTANTES Para votar en la elección del 18 de mayo de 2021, todos los votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar deben estar registrados en los libros de registro escolar. Las siguientes personas serán elegibles para votar: Todas las personas que se hayan presentado personalmente para registrarse de conformidad con el presente, y todas las personas que se hayan registrado previamente en virtud del presente para cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria y que hayan votado en cualquier reunión o elección anual o extraordinaria organizada o realizada durante los cuatro años calendario previos al 2021 (es decir, entre 2017 y 2020). Además, todas las personas que estén registradas para votar de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Sección 352 de la Ley de Elecciones del estado de Nueva York serán elegibles para votar. El registro de votantes que no se hayan registrado previamente y que sean elegibles para votar continuará disponible hasta el 11 de mayo de 2021, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito. La Secretaria del Distrito preparará el registro del Distrito Escolar durante

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los horarios y las fechas que se especifican arriba, y cualquier persona tendrá derecho a que su nombre se incluya en el registro, siempre y cuando, en ese momento o en adelante, tenga derecho a votar en la reunión o elección escolar para la cual se prepara dicho registro. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la Secretaria del Distrito a su vez estará presente durante la elección anual del Distrito Escolar y de la Biblioteca Pública en cada sede escolar donde se realice la votación con el fin de preparar un registro para las elecciones del Distrito Escolar y de la Biblioteca Pública que se realicen con posterioridad. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que el registro de votantes preparado según lo mencionado anteriormente se presentará en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito una vez finalizado, donde estará disponible para la inspección de cualquier votante calificado del Distrito Escolar, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 3:00 p. m., y cada uno de los cinco días anteriores a la fecha establecida para la elección, a excepción del domingo, y también estará disponible para su inspección el sábado con cita previa. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que el 5 de mayo de 2021 a las 8:00 p. m. se realizará una audiencia pública sobre el presupuesto sugerido para el Distrito Escolar en el auditorio de Seaford High School, 1575 Seamans Neck Road, Seaford, Nueva York. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Fideicomisarios de la Biblioteca llevará a cabo una audiencia pública con el objetivo de analizar los gastos de los fondos y el presupuesto del año fiscal 2021-2022 de la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford. Dicha audiencia se llevará a cabo el lunes 10 de mayo de 2021 a las 7:00 p. m. en un lugar a determinar o a través de GoToMeeting, si estuviera

permitido legalmente. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que las copias del presupuesto 2021/2022 sugerido para el Distrito Escolar, según lo preparado por la Junta de Educación y el presupuesto de la Biblioteca Pública, estarán disponibles para los contribuyentes, previa solicitud, y se podrán obtener en cualquier sede escolar del Distrito Escolar entre las 8:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. todos los días, excepto los sábados, domingos y feriados, y en la Biblioteca Pública de Seaford, Jackson Avenue, Seaford, Nueva York, entre las 10:00 a. m. y las 6:00 p. m. los lunes, martes, jueves y viernes, entre la 1:00 p. m. y las 6:00 p. m. los miércoles, y entre las 10:00 a. m. y las 2:00 p. m. los sábados, todos los días excepto los domingos y feriados, durante el período de catorce (14) días antes de la elección y reunión anual. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que el informe de Exenciones del impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles preparado de conformidad con la Sección 495 de la Ley de Impuestos sobre Bienes Inmuebles se anexará a cualquier presupuesto provisional/preliminar, así como al presupuesto final adoptado del que formará parte, y se publicará en los tableros de anuncios del distrito designados para avisos públicos y en el sitio web del distrito. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que, de conformidad con la Ley de Educación, la Junta de Educación ha adoptado una resolución para contemplar las boletas electorales por ausencia para la elección de miembros de la Junta de Educación, la adopción del presupuesto y el referéndum del Distrito Escolar conforme a la Sección 2018-a de la Ley de Educación, que también se deberá aplicar a la elección de la Biblioteca Pública. Las solicitudes de boletas electorales por ausencia se pueden presentar en la

oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito de lunes a viernes, excepto los feriados, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 4:00 p. m. La Secretaria del Distrito deberá recibir las solicitudes de boletas electorales por ausencia no antes de los treinta (30) días previos a la elección. Además, la Secretaria del Distrito debe recibir esta solicitud al menos siete días antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se enviará por correo al votante, o el día antes de la elección si la boleta electoral se entregará personalmente al votante o a su representante designado. Al recibir una solicitud oportuna para enviar por correo una boleta electoral de voto por ausencia, la Secretaria del Distrito enviará por correo dicha boleta a la dirección indicada en la solicitud a más tardar seis (6) días antes de la votación. Los votos por ausencia no serán escrutados, a menos que se hayan recibido en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. (hora en vigor) del día de la elección. Habrá una lista de todas las personas para las que se emitieron boletas electorales por ausencia disponible en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito, de lunes a viernes, excepto los feriados, entre las 9:00 a. m. y las 3:30 p. m., hasta el día de la elección. ASIMISMO, SE NOTIFICA que los votantes militares que no estén registrados actualmente pueden solicitar registrarse como votantes calificados del distrito escolar. Los votantes militares que sean votantes calificados del Distrito Escolar podrán enviar una solicitud de boleta electoral militar. Los votantes militares pueden indicar su preferencia de recibir una solicitud de registro de votantes militares, una solicitud de boleta electoral militar o una boleta electoral militar por correo postal, fax o correo electrónico en dicho pedido de

solicitud de registro, solicitud de boleta o boleta. Los formularios de registro de votantes militares y los formularios de solicitud de boleta electoral militar deben recibirse en la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito antes de las 5:00 p. m. del 22 de abril de 2021. Las boletas electorales militares no serán escrutadas, a menos que (1) la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito las reciba antes del cierre de la votación el día de la elección y tengan una marca de cancelación del servicio postal de los Estados Unidos o del servicio postal de un país extranjero, o un endoso fechado de recepción por parte de otro organismo del gobierno de los Estados Unidos, o bien (2) la oficina de la Secretaria del Distrito las reciba antes de las 5:00 p. m. del día de la elección, y estén firmadas y fechadas por el votante militar y un testigo de ello, con una fecha asociada que no sea posterior al día previo a la elección. TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que la Junta de Educación convocará a una reunión extraordinaria en un plazo de 24 horas después de la presentación ante la Secretaria del Distrito de un informe por escrito de los resultados de los votos con el fin de analizar y clasificar dichos informes de los resultados y declarar el resultado de la votación. Por el presente, y de acuerdo con la Sección 2019-a, subdivisión 2(b) de la Ley de Educación, la Junta de Educación se designa a sí misma como un grupo de presidentes de mesa para emitir y escrutar los votos durante dicha reunión extraordinaria de la Junta. Fecha:1 de abril de 2021 Por orden de la Junta de Educación Distrito Escolar Seaford Union Free Pueblo de Hempstead, condado de Nassau, Nueva York Carmen T. Ouellette Secretaria del Distrito 125182 To Place A Notice Call 516-569-4000 x232

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seaford Harbor eLementary School social worker Sharon Klein worked with students to create Kamishibai stories, which will be told using the small, wooden theater as a confidence boosting activity.

Logan Paccione Presented one of his illustrations in the Kamishibai box.

Students explore Japanese storytelling The art of Japanese storytelling has made its way to Seaford Harbor Elementary School, an approach that social worker Sharon Klein said helps students build their confidence. Through Kamishibai, they can get more comfortable presenting to others, a skill that will benefit them for the rest of their school years and into adulthood. Kamishibai is a special wooden box used in Japanese storytelling, and the front flaps open up to reveal story cards. Klein was given one of the boxes from a social worker she interned with more than 15 years ago. Now, she is using it as tool for Harbor students. Klein started by reading an actual

Kamishibai story to children. They then began work on their own “paper theater” by writing original stories and drawing illustrations on the large cards. The words for that correspond to each illustration actually get written on the back of the previous card, so while the audience looks at the front of the box to view the picture, the writer is behind the box, telling the story. The stories are on topics they choose, so in addition to boosting confidence, the activity also allows them to be creative and imaginative. Provided by the Seaford School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz

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covered the Bellmore-JFK High School Homecoming parade in the fall of 2004, photographing the revelers and floats as they headed from the Bellmore Long Island Rail Road station off Sunrise Highway to the Bellmore Avenue school. It was a sunny day, full of carefree teenagers. I could never have imagined then that day would haunt me still. All journalists who’ve been in the profession a while have stories they can’t shake. You might think you SCoTT had locked them away at the back BRINToN of your brain, but they reappear without warning, leaving you in a state of disbelief or sadness or anger. Thinking back on that Homecoming parade leaves me feeling all three. Covering the recent West Hempstead Stop & Shop shooting, in which 49-yearold Ray Wishropp, a father of seven from Valley Stream, was killed and two others were injured, sent the memories of that parade streaming back. That day, I snapped photos of Carol Kestenbaum, a 17-year-old JFK senior, as she drove the Homecoming king and queen in her white convertible. A little

more than two years later, Kestenbaum was shot dead while studying education at the University of Arizona. She had warned a friend that the young man she was dating seemed unhinged. The 22-year-old found out about the warning, killed Kestenbaum and her best friend, Nicole Schiffman, another Kennedy High graduate who was studying journalism at the University of Maryland, and then took his own life. Schiffman had come for the weekend to celebrate Kestenbaum’s 20th birthday. They were among the tens of thousands of Americans who have died in a perpetual cycle of gun violence in this nation. I held back tears when I covered their funerals on a cold winter day in 2007. They were buried side by side at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon. I knew Carol’s mother, Rita Kestenbaum. In 1999, she won a seat on the Hempstead Town Board. She lost it in the next election, but remained active in local politics for years after that. At the JFK Homecoming parade, she walked behind her daughter’s car from the train station to the school, beaming with pride. Her daughter was the first person I knew to die of gun violence. Her death leaves me feeling unsettled to this day, understanding how suddenly and sense-

lessly a life can be taken in this country. Wishropp was a Stop & Shop manager. Nassau County police said his alleged killer, a 31-year-old Hempstead man, had sought a transfer to another supermarket. When he didn’t get it, he left the store, but returned 40 minutes later and started shooting. I’m a runner. Last Saturday, I ran to the top of the giant hill at the Town of Hempstead’s Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick, where there’s a human sun clock dedicated to Carol Kestenbaum. You stand in the middle of the circle, where a rectangular stone block forms the centerpiece of this hallowed ground. The 12 months are marked on it. On a sunny day, if you stand on the month you’re in and raise your hand straight to the sky, your shadow will point to a number from one to 12, giving you the approximate time of day. “The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time,” reads the plaque in honor of Kestenbaum. I sat enjoying the 63-degree weather on a sunny, windless day. The azure sky stretched out before me, with wispy cirrus clouds high above. I could hear the creaky windmill to my left spinning, its moving blades forming a frenetic shadow on the seashell-coated path before me. In a grassy patch to my right, a family — a mother and father, their children and the

he deadly Stop & Shop shooting took me back to a Bellmore Homecoming.

kids’ grandparents — had spread out a blanket to sit and talk and laugh. It all felt so normal, peaceful, a world away from the chaos of gun violence that had erupted at the West Hempstead Stop & Shop April 20 and in Arizona all those years ago. Kestenbaum, who wanted to become a teacher, would have loved the sound of children at play, I imagined. Then a loud shot rang out, I believe from the gun range just across the Meadowbrook Parkway in Freeport, piercing the quietude, an eerie reminder that guns are never far away in America. As I ran down the hill to head home, I heard three more pops of a gun in rapidfire succession. Then again, and again. The shots continued as I ran out of the park. I had heard them many times before while at the preserve, but had never paid much attention to them. Now I wanted them to just go away, never to be heard again. I only wish our elected leaders at the federal and state levels might sit in Carol Kestenbaum’s circle, soaking up the normalcy of everyday life and imagining this young light of the world extinguished in a heartbeat. How would they vote on gun-control legislation then? Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@ liherald.com.

Why are young girls mean to one another?

ime-travel with me. The year was 1957. We had just moved to Cedarhurst from Queens, and it was the first day of class at Number Three School on Broadway. I slid into my chair in Mrs. Haggerty’s sixth-grade classroom, and knew I would fall out of the same chair, dead, in a minute if I couldn’t get away from the stares and whispers of the other girls. After a few minutes of mounting distress, I burst into tears, thus condemning myself to an entire school year of teasRANDI ing and ostracism KREISS and bullying. You can’t cry. It just feeds the frenzy. In 1957 there was no counseling, no help, just day after day of preteen hell. I was actually one of the few, possibly the only, sixth-grader in America to get the “black spot” from a clique of girls in the class. Do you know your “Treasure Island”? The pirates passed a piece of paper with a black spot on it to someone about to be killed. So, did It make it better that I was the target of a literary group of

mean girls? When I opened the folded-up note left on my desk and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed. I wasn’t your regulation kid. I couldn’t help that. The other girls were consumed with “American Bandstand,” a daily live TV dance show out of Philly. They followed that program, and the real-life teens who appeared on the show, with a devotion I could neither fathom nor fake. I just wanted to come home after school, cut up a few oranges and retreat to my room with a book. Reading “Gone With the Wind,” I consumed a small grove. Eventually I made friends and kept friends and got married and had children and then grandchildren. What is a troubling issue in my granddaughters’ lives? Mean girl power plays, cliques and the popularity drama humming beneath the radar of most parents and teachers. Girls are still forming exclusive groups in elementary and junior and senior high school; they are still finding someone to be “it”; they are still causing other girls enormous emotional stress and anxiety. And it is mostly girls. Boys interact in entirely different ways. Of course, there

are bullies and guys’ cliques, but girls seem to deploy meanness in more creative and devastating ways. I asked a few of my friends if they remember if they were mean girls in school, and every one of us recalled whether we were in the cool, mean group or with the uncool outsiders. And everyone who copped to being mean acknowledged that they knew it was wrong, but they were afraid that if they didn’t join the power clique, they would become a target. Pretty savage equation, isn’t it? Meanness equals survival. In the decades since I survived the black spot, psychologists, educators and parents have studied the relationships among young girls and defined the behaviors and the interactions. But the meanness still exists in the whispers and the pacts to leave someone out and the comments on someone’s unacceptable clothes or habits or affect. There are attempts at discussion groups and sensitization groups and psychological services in the schools, but the toxic comments have leapt to the internet, where it is so much easier to target a classmate, anonymously and persistently.

hen I opened the note and saw the black spot, I knew I was doomed.

“Mean Girls,” the show and the movie, was hilarious, intuitive and sharp in its send-up of the popular girls who reigned supreme at a typical American high school. The production, which was, first of all, entertainment, glossed over the real pain young girls feel as victims of a meangirl power surge. Rosalind Wiseman, author of “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” urges parents to look at their own behavior, how they talk about neighbors or friends and the capacity they model for accepting people into their circle. Other suggestions she offers: Stay engaged with your child. Realize it isn’t only other kids who are the mean girls. Contact the school and calmly convey your concerns. Band together with other parents to discuss the issues. I’m not sure what to say to my own granddaughters. Perhaps remind them to keep talking to the trusted adults in their lives. Perhaps remind them that they are surviving a once-in-a-generation pandemic with courage and grace, and they can survive this, too. Look at me. I got the black spot 64 years ago and I’m still here. I don’t even remember the names of the girls who tried to ruin my sixth-grade life. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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e’re steadily getting there — herd immunity, when a minimum of 60 to 70 percent of Americans will be vaccinated against Covid-19. As of press time this week, about 34 percent of New Yorkers had been fully vaccinated, a number roughly equal to the national percentage. That’s good, but not necessarily great. Here’s why: Officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the vaccination rate has slowed in recent weeks, and if the percentage of inoculated Americans continues to drop each week, we may be unable to reach herd immunity by summer’s end. That would be bad. So much of what we held dear during pre-pandemic times — the ability to work and earning a living, visit family members and friends, take in a ball game or concert — hangs in the balance. Mercifully, we have seen a major drop in the number of infections across New York state over the past month. That trend, officials said, is due in large part to widespread vaccination of New Yorkers. It also may partly be a function of the slowing spread of the virus as warmer weather sets in. Officials had predicted that winter would bring the highest levels of infection and death, and it certainly did, peaking on Jan. 8, when the U.S. saw 259,564 new Covid-19 cases. Following that peak, health officials said, we would see a decrease in cases, with summer predicted to bring the lowest levels of infection since the pandemic erupted here in March of last year. Already we have seen the overall infection rate across the state fall below 2 percent, with only the Finger Lakes and western New York seeing rates slightly above that figure. The infection rates in the Capital

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letters Keep up the vaccinations To the Editor: Last week Nassau County reached a vital milestone in our quest to defeat the pandemic: Half of the county population had received at least one shot, including two-thirds of adult residents. I am proud of the collective effort being made by the Nassau Department of Health, hospitals and community partners to get shots into the arms of residents. If we keep up our vaccination progress, we will save more lives, get our economy fully reopened sooner rather than later and enjoy a normal summer. We can do it, Nassau! LAURA CURRAN Nassau County executive

Walk in or schedule an appointment All New York state mass vaccination sites are now open to eligible New Yorkers ages 16 and over for walk-in vaccinations on a first-come, first-served basis. Walk-in appointments are reserved for first doses only, with second doses to be scheduled automatically after administration of the initial shot. All vaccine providers are encouraged to allow walkin appointments for those eligible. People who would prefer to schedule Region and Southern Tier have already fallen below 1 percent, with Long Island not far behind, at 1.4 percent. All of this, of course, is excellent news. But will it lead to vaccine complacency, with unvaccinated New Yorkers falsely believing that the virus is gone for good, leading them to think they don’t need the shot? To be clear, even if we see the positivity rate drop below 1 percent — as it did last summer — the virus will not be gone unless we reach herd immunity. Unless a substantial majority of the state is vaccinated, we will risk the possibility that the virus will lurk among us and return with a vengeance, as it did this past winter. So, we are pleading with those who are on the fence about whether to be vaccinated to get the shot. This is truly a matter of life and death for thousands of your fellow citizens. Beyond that, all of our livelihoods depend on our ability to earn a living in a thriving economy. Our economy will not be fully rid of the current governmental constraints until the virus is at last vanquished.

an appointment at a state-run mass vaccination site can do so on the Am I Eligible app or by calling (833) 6974829. They may also contact their local health department, pharmacy, doctor or hospital to schedule an appointment where vaccines are available, or visit vaccinefinder.org to find information on vaccine appointments near them. Source: Office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo

State vaccinations by the numbers Total doses administered: 15,643,329 Doses administered over the previous 24 hours: 93,940 Doses administered over the previous seven days: 1,208,303 Percentage of New Yorkers with at least one dose: 46.5 Percentage of New Yorkers with completed vaccine series: 34.9 Statistics as of Sunday, May 2. Source: New York State Department of Health

Each of us will play a small but integral part in defeating the coronavirus. Winning the war will depend on whether average New Yorkers cast aside their lingering doubts and political allegiances and get the shot, which is free and accessible to anyone over age 16.

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t was recently reported that a group of Rockville Centre parents accused a high school social studies teacher of criticizing police during class, and wanted her to be reprimanded. The district superintendent, without referring to the specific incident, wrote to parents, “Lessons and activities that create divisiveness or that marginalize anyone have no place in our schools.” The teacher did not attack police officers or call for police departments to be defunded. To aLan engage students in a discussion sinGer about police actions after the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial, she shared statistics about police killings of Black men. The superintendent is right that no lessons should marginalize a racial, ethnic or religious group, but it had better be OK to “marginalize” neo-Nazis and white nationalism. If the superintendent’s policy were implemented, that would mean eliminating from discussion any controversial issue that might challenge students to think, like women’s reproductive rights, racism in American society, climate change denial or citizenship opportunities for Deferred Action

for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, recipients. It would allow a small group of parents to censor the curriculum, intimidate teachers into silence and cripple students’ education. The irony is that the Rockville Centre teacher was following guidelines outlined in the New York state social studies framework. An essential component of social studies education is teaching students to “respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims and evidence made on all sides of an issue, and resolve contradictions when possible; and determine what additional information or research is required to deepen the investigation or complete the task.” The Rev. Dr, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke at South Side High School in March 1968. Would he be banned today because his ideas on racism, militarism and poverty would make certain parents uncomfortable? Other cases involving teachers’ rights and responsibilities have recently been in the news. In San Clemente, Calif., a fourth-grade teacher was investigated after she took part in the Jan. 6 protest at the Capitol in Washington. She was temporarily suspended, and then reinstated after an investigation found no evidence that she acted illegally in Washington or

that she brought her political views into the classroom. I think her conspiracytheory politics are crazy, but she has the right to be a teacher. The same principles that protect her also protect the teacher in Rockville Centre. The Oneonta City School District upstate has a somewhat different issue that officials there are trying to sort out. Former students reported that a middle school social studies teacher gave them the finger and screamed obscenities when he drove by residents protesting the police shooting of a young African-American man. This case is difficult, because the teacher was acting, no matter how reprehensibly, as a private citizen. The district is now investigating him to determine whether there is evidence that his political views creep into his teaching, with students reporting that in lessons on the Civil War, he denied slavery played any role. If the accusations about his teaching are substantiated, he is directly contradicting the state framework that reads, “Westward expansion, the industrialization of the North and the increase of slavery in the South contributed to the growth of sectionalism. Constitutional conflicts between advocates of states’ rights and supporters of federal power increased tensions in the nation;

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New York is making Seeking justice progress on infections for George Floyd To the Editor: Last week, the statewide Covid19 positivity rate dropped to 1.49 percent, falling below 1.5 percent for the first time since Oct. 28. Every single day, New York state is moving forward in the race between the infection rate and the vaccination rate. More New Yorkers are getting vaccinated and hospitalizations are declining, which is good news, but we need New Yorkers to stay vigilant to ensure that we don’t lose any of the progress that we have made. Washing hands, wearing masks and staying socially distant are critical behaviors that each of us can practice, individually and in our communities, to slow the spread. In the meantime, New York is continuing to make the vaccine more accessible, and opening more pop-up sites. Spring is here, and we’re making progress, but there is a way to go before we reach the light at the end of the tunnel.

attempts to compromise ultimately failed to keep the nation together, leading to the Civil War.” In a joint statement, the president of the local chapter of the NAACP and a school board vice president said, “We are disheartened to hear of the allegations that an Oneonta City School District teacher drove by the demonstration in Muller Plaza on Sunday, yelling obscenities and flipping off the crowd . . . While people have the right to disagree with the demonstrators, it is important that those who work for the OCSD remember that while they are entitled to their opinions, they represent the district, and their actions reflect on their competency in the classroom.” The teacher is entitled to due process, but it appears he should have been investigated a long time ago. School administrators need to examine his lesson plans and monitor his teaching. If the district finds that racism not only shapes his politics, which is his right, but also affects how he teaches, he should be removed from the classroom, and the state should suspend his teaching certification.

To the Editor: For almost a year, we had been told that conscienceless former police officer Derek Chauvin mercilessly kept his knee on George Floyd’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Now the trial has taught us that the actual time was 9 minutes and 29 seconds — an additional 43 seconds of torture. Just think about the most painful or frightening 43 seconds of your life, and how agonizingly and excruciatingly long 43 extra seconds of that would have felt and seemed. I suggest that to whatever prison time Chauvin is sentenced to, we add an extra 43 months, or, for greater justice, an extra 43 years. RICHARD SIEGELMAN Plainview

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