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Tom Dunn takes reins at Tilles Center

By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

Wantagh, Seaford and Levit town are strongly linked by school zoning while their resi dents share common roads, parks and preserves. These communities can now also proudly lay claim to the leading man at the Tilles Center.

Tom Dunn, a Levittown native, has been named the new executive director at Tilles, Long Island’s premier arts center, on Long Island Uni versity Post’s campus in Brookville.

The Tilles Center has drawn

artists from all over the world to Long Island, making it easier for residents to enjoy profes sional performances without trekking into Manhattan. According to its website, the center was the first to bring the New York Philharmonic to Long Island, and Bruce Spring steen recorded “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” there — before it was even known as the Tilles Center.

The venue has seen the likes of Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Jerry Seinfeld, Harry Connick Jr. and more perform there. It also features

New York state adds to South Shore Estuary Reserve Act

By MICHAEl MAlASZCZYK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

Big things are happening with regard to New York state’s plan to keep the South Shore a fun and safe place for beachgo ers, kayakers, fishermen and everyone else who enjoys the vast array of marine nature on the shore.

In 1993, the State Legislature passed the Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve Act, which sought to identify the South Shore, from Long Beach to the western tip of the South Fork, as a single estuary, despite the fact that it falls under vari ous local jurisdictions. The legis

lation gave the state the ability to respond to the South Shore’s environmental needs with a comprehensive plan, as opposed to local governments potentially dealing with environmental issues in different ways.

To ensure that counties and towns were not left in the dark on the state’s activities, a council was created for the estuary reserve, consisting of represen tatives of the New York Depart ment of State, Nassau and Suf folk counties and numerous municipalities and conservation organizations.

Since then, the state has been able to act unilaterally on behalf of the estuary. The program was

updated in 2001, when the Legis lature passed a Comprehensive Management Plan, which dedi cated more than $660 million to maintaining and improving the South Shore’s water quality, its ecosystems, opportunities for public use and enjoyment, its economy, and flood resilience.

It was determined this year, however, that more action was needed to protect the estuary. Last week, officials announced that the Comprehensive Manage ment Plan had been updated to include the reduction of nutri ent pollution, the restoration of wetlands, improvements in sea grass and shellfish habitat, and increased public education on

the reserve. The latter will involve expanded public rela tions efforts with news media to increase the reserve’s visibility, and more educational programs involving local organizations.

The goals of the updated plan are to improve the South Shore environment by enhancing the management of wild fish popula tions as well as invasive species,

and promoting natural habitat restoration.

Stony Brook University will work with environmental orga nizations such as Operation SPLASH and Save the Great South Bay on efforts to preserve water quality, focusing on fight ing harmful algae blooms and ensuring that towns within the

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ToM DuNN, oRIgINAllY from Levittown, is the new director of the Tilles Center. He brings years of art and management experience with him.

Home sales fall, but prices tick up

Higher mortgage interest rates appear to be cutting into home sales in August across the state, but closing prices contin ue to rise.

Closed sales fell 11 percent year over year to 13,740 units, according to the New York State Association of Realtors, while new listings dropped more than 15 per cent. Yet, median sales prices climbed nearly 4 percent to $405,000 — the 28th consecutive month to see a median sales price rise.

New listings were also down more than 15 percent in Nassau County, while closed sales totaled just under 1,400 — a 16 per cent decline from 2021. The median sales price, however, grew 5 percent to $701,250.

Real estate professionals are working with less than three months of housing supply, which continues to decline. Experts call a six-month supply to be a sign of a balanced market.

McGuinness new Ocean Financial chair

Ocean Financial Federal Credit Union didn’t have to look too far for its new board of directors chair, appointing Lisa McGuinness of Oceanside as the first woman to hold that position.

McGuinness has been on the board for seven years, first as a supervisory com mittee volunteer, before becoming a director in 2019.

She graduated from Sacred Heart Academy, and earned her bachelor’s degree at SUNY Geneseo. McGuinness started at Dime Savings Bank, helping to program the first ATMs. She was later an executive for companies like Estée Lauder, Avon and Cole Haan.

McGuinness has been recognized as a leader in the information technology industry for more than two decades.

She is a long-time Oceanside resident, raising her family there with her hus band. She is a member of St. Anthony’s parish, volunteering on several commit tees. McGuinness also is a past president of the Ladies Auxiliary at the Fr. Joseph O’Connell Knights of Columbus Council 3481.

In fact, it was members of that particu lar KofC that founded Ocean Financial back in 1969, as a way to provide financial services to the families of members like them. Today, Ocean Financial has more than $380 million in assets, serving mem bers of the Knights of Columbus, the Dio ceses of Rockville Centre, and the at-large Catholic community.

Taylor part of diversity, inclusion conference

Marie Taylor just returned from St. Louis, one of more than 300 people quali fying for the Edward Jones Diversity,

Equity and Inclusion Conference.

The conference included interactive panel discussions, presentations, workshops and networking ses sions, with a chance to gain insights, tools and resources to strengthen diversi ty, equity and inclusion acumen.

Taylor is a financial advisor for the Edward Jones office in West Hempstead.

Minority Enterprise Development Week

The inaugural Minority Enterprise Development Week on Long Island kicks off with a ceremony in Hempstead on Thursday, Oct. 13.

Hosted by the African American Small Business Foundation and the Long Island African American Chamber of Com merce, the ceremony begins at 9 a.m., at the Nathan L.H. Bennett Pavilion, 1 Wash ington St.

RSVP is required. For more informa tion, email info@liaacc.org.

Lindsay becomes VP at Northwell

She was one of the first Americans to be vaccinated against the virus that causes Covid-19, and even received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

But now Sandra Lindsay has a new role — vice president of public health advocacy for Northwell Health.

Lindsay spent 29 years in nursing, most recently as director of nursing and critical care at the Long Island Jew ish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. She also led the front lines during the pandemic, not just during the first wave begin ning in March 2020, but by also volunteering to be the first in-line to get the Pfizer vac cine on Dec. 14, 2020.

As a woman of color — and a proud Jamaican immigrant — Lindsay inspired communities of color and those in the Caribbean community to trust the vac cine. Her ID badge and scrubs now reside at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.

Lindsay immigrated in 1986, and grad uated from Manhattan Community Col lege in 1993 as valedictorian of her nurs ing program. She later earned her bache lor’s from St. Joseph’s University in Patchogue, a master’s degree from Lehm an College in the Bronx, and an MBA from Hofstra University.

Lindsay joined Lenox Hill Hospital soon after as an oncology nurse, before moving to LIJ.

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Seaford Museum hosts successful festival

By miChael malaSZCZyK mmalaszczyk@liherald.com

It looks like Mark Simonson Jr.’s efforts to save the Seaford Historical Museum have been a success. Simonson, who is the youngest lifetime member of the Seaford Historical Society, ran a lem onade stand several weekends through out the summer to raise funds for the museum. The building was falling apart and in need of repairs, threatening the precious jewels of Seaford’s history that lie inside of it.

The building is an artifact in and of itself, according to Historical Society President Judy Bongiovi. It was built in 1893, and served as a schoolhouse until 1917, when Seaford’s school population had outgrown it. In 1919, it became Sea ford’s firehouse, and served in that capacity until 1975, when, like the school, Seaford’s firefighter population had out grown it. The fire department donated it to the historical society, which then turned it into the museum.

Countless artifacts inside, including old pieces of clothing, pictures and paintings of historic Seaford, and an authentic Seaford skiff, a boat used for the bay-men of old Seaford.

Building upon Mark Simonson’s efforts, which raised over $650 for the muse um, the Seaford Historical Society hosted a fall festival on September 25.

The festival featured food, clothing and jewelry vendors, live performances from local dance groups, and a pumpkin patch.

Perhaps the shining feature of the day was bay man Ben Sohm’s display of animals from the Great South Bay, caught right in Seaford. In little pools, Sohm showed festi val attendees a sand shark, flukes, different species of crabs, an eel, and fish called “croakers”. Sohm is a multi-generational Seaford resident, and his profession as a bay-man is one of the oldest in Seaford.

The day was a huge success, with many residents attending. Town of Hempstead Councilmen Christopher Carini and Antho ny D’Esposito presented Mark Simonson Jr. with a special citation for his efforts in rais ing money for the museum.

The museum itself was finally open to the public during the festival. According to His

Bethpage Federal Credit Union sponsored a pumpkin patch in the museum’s side yard to add to the fall festivities.

an authentiC SeaFord skiff, a world-famous boat model intended for bay men digging for clams or hunting waterfowl.

Bay man Ben Sohm, a multigenerational Seaford resident, caught some animals in the Great South Bay that were on display for this festival. downStage danCe, a dance group located on Merrick Road in Seaford, was one of the groups performing at the event.

the SeaFord hiStoriCal Museum, a schoolhouse turned firehouse turned museum on Waverly Avenue.

torical Society president Judy Bongiovi and vice president Frank Allaire, the necessary repairs have been mostly made, and part of that is thanks to Simonson’s efforts.

Michael Malaszczyk/Herald photos

New beginning for Long Island’s Tilles Center

Broadway shows on national tours. With its main concert hall seating more than 2,000, and its smaller Krasnoff Theater seating just over 500, the center is well suited to draw quality entertainment to the Island.

Dunn said he was eager to usher the center into the post-pandemic era of entertainment, bringing years of theatri cal experience, both on the arts side and the management side.

Dunn said he had an upbringing that many South Shore Long Islanders can relate to.

“I had a very idyllic, suburban child hood,” Dunn said. “I grew up across the street from North Village Green. I always loved the public pools, the basketball courts, riding my bike through the neigh borhood and, of course, going to Jones Beach. West End 2 was my favorite part of the beach. Levittown was a great place to grow up.”

Dunn lived the typical life of a child in Wantagh, Seaford or Levittown, attending Summit Lane Elementary School in Levit town before enrolling in St. Bernard’s and Holy Trinity, both Catholic schools in the area.

Dunn then attended Fordham Universi ty, graduating in 1994 with a degree in English. “I initially thought I wanted to be a theater major,” he said. “But then I want ed to do a little more reading and writing.”

After graduating from college, Dunn

entered what he referred to as his “starv ing artist days.” He started a theater com pany called Empty Stage Theatre Compa ny, made up primarily of his high school and college friends. Empty Stage rented out black box theaters and did many sketch comedies and skits. Dunn’s shining accomplishment from this time was cowriting and directing the play, “Who Killed Woody Allen?” It was a comedy that had an off-Broadway run at the Triad The ater on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

Even during this “starving artist” peri

od, Dunn was working his way up in the management side of show business. “From 1994 to 1998, I worked for a theatri cal licensing company called Music The ater International,” he said. “So, my whole career has been tied to the arts.”

Dunn lived in Los Angeles for a bit, going in between jobs, one of which was working as a production assistant for the NBC sitcom, “Daddio.”

He then came back to New York, and from 2001 to 2017, Dunn served in a variety of leadership roles at Lincoln Center, where he was part of the management team overseeing a $1.2 billion re-develop ment of the campus. From 2018 to this year, he was the director of the Southamp ton Art Center, helping to keep it afloat during the pandemic.

“At a time when upwards of 15 percent of cultural nonprofits were shuttering, I’m really proud of the fact that we actual ly strengthened the bottom line of the Southampton Art Center,” Dunn said. “That was a product of incredible support from our community and great leadership from the board.”

Now Dunn said his focus is to make sure that the Tilles Center retains its posi

tion as Long Island’s premiere performing arts venue.

“I’m keen on reintroducing Tilles to the market,” Dunn said. “I think as we come out of the pandemic, we’re hungry for live entertainment, and I’m confident that we’re going to continue to attract exciting world-class artists.”

In addition to attracting famous artists, Dunn said he looks forward to giving art ists beginning their careers a chance at the big-time stage at the center.

Dunn’s colleagues are thrilled to have him join the team at Tilles.

“It’s always great to infuse new ideas and just reenergize, especially coming off of the years we came off of,” Shari Linker, Tilles’ director of marketing, said. “Thanks to Tom’s efforts, the response from the community has been great in terms of their interest.”

Despite living in Huntington now, Dunn said he hasn’t forgotten his roots and regularly visits Levittown.

“The biggest thing we want people to know is that you don’t need to travel into the city for world-class live entertain ment,” Dunn said. “It’s right here, close to your communities.”

Michael Malaszczyk/Herald photos

The CenTer, on Northern Boulevard in Brookville, is Long Island’s premiere professional performing arts center.

LIU PosT Takes great pride in being the home of the Tilles Center.

State strengthens oversight of S. Shore estuary

reserve work with the state to limit the pollutants that enter the estuary’s water system.

Local, county, and state politicians said they were pleased with the updates to the management plan. State Parks Commis sioner Erik Kulleseid had high praise.

“During this important week for those of us who love the outdoors, I commend this plan for stewardship of Long Island’s South Shore,” he said last Friday. “The public’s ability to use, access and enjoy tributaries and shorelines is critical, and planning will ensure positive results going forward.”

Town of Hempstead Supervisor Don Clavin has focused on making residents aware of all that the South Shore ecosys tem has to offer. Clavin and Town Coun cilman Christopher Carini recently helped open another kayak launch on the South Shore Blueway Trail, which wends it way across Nassau County’s portion of the South Shore that is accessible by kayak and canoe.

“The Long Island South Shore Estuary Reserve is home to a rich array of envi ronmental diversity, and contributes greatly to the fabric of our township’s unique coastal nature area,” Clavin said. “The Town of Hempstead will continue working with our partners at all levels of government to ensure our South Shore environments are safeguarded for genera tions.”

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she was happy with the expansion of the state’s conser vation plan, and hoped it would bear fruit for the South Shore.

“Protecting Long Island’s waterways and shorelines has never been more

important as we face the growing and unprecedented effects of climate change and regular threats to water quality and ecological health,” Hochul said. “I am proud to announce this Comprehensive Management Plan for the South Shore

Estuary Reserve, which is a rich and diverse ecosystem that not only provides key benefits to Long Island’s economy, recreation and tourism, but also better prepares New York for a changing cli mate.”

Michael Malaszczyk/Herald

A view of Jones Beach Inlet and Point Lookout from Jones Beach’s West End jetty. All are a part of the South Shore Estuary Reserve.

By JORDAN VALLONE jvallone@liherald.com

ERASE Racism, a leading regional organization that promotes racial equity on Long Island, has a new face. Laura Harding became the group’s president on Sept. 19, replacing its founder and leader for 21 years, Elaine Gross.

The search for a new pres ident began in April, when Gross announced her depar ture. Gross created the orga nization in 2001, and led it to prominence by heightening public understanding of structural racism.

Harding, 48, was born in Barbados and grew up in Brooklyn. She earned an undergraduate degree from Adelphi University, a master’s in social service administration from the Univer sity of Chicago and a law degree from Howard University.

A public advocate and attorney with extensive experience in promoting racial justice, equity and inclusion, Harding said that she didn’t initially seek out a role at ERASE Racism. She was working as a co-chair of the Racial Justice &

Equity Team in the office of the Deputy Mayor for Education in Washington, D.C.

“I was doing some really incredible work and getting ready to expand my portfolio in D.C.,” Harding explained. “A recruiter approached me, and they were like, ‘Hey, we’re looking for the next lead er of ERASE Racism, and your name came up.’”

One thing led to another, Harding said, and she agreed to an interview. “Once I did my research and talked to a couple of people who worked with ERASE Racism,” she said, “I was extremely excit ed about being considered as a possibility for the posi tion.”

When she left her job in Washington, Harding said, she took time off to prepare to build on the foundation Gross had established.

“My first few days have been spent just really reaching out to different board members and arranging meetings to introduce myself,” she said on Sept. 20.

“It’s been exciting to relearn Long Island, and understand who the people are, who the communities are, and who I need to meet.”

Harding said she wanted to take the time to get to know the group’s stake holders — people directly impacted by its work. “I think when you are an organiza tion like ERASE, a lot of our time is spent among professionals — the elected officials, the community-based organiza tions, and subject-matter experts,” she explained. “I want to be mindful that I also have access to the voices of the people who we are work ing for.”

Harding said she finds all of ERASE Racism’s work to be important, but the two things she’s most interested in developing are its advoca cy and community education branches. “It allows us to develop and build capacity in students and regular commu nity members to advocate for themselves and their needs,” she said, “to ensure they’re being serviced and supported in an equitable way.”

Gross said that Harding’s extensive resume made her the right choice to suc ceed her. “It is thrilling for me to see a new president with a breadth of experi ence appointed to ERASE Racism,” Gross said. “I am delighted that (she) will

be succeeding me, and that she will be setting the course for ERASE Racism going forward.”

Edward Pichardo, co-chair of the organization’s board of directors, agreed. “ERASE Racism is fortunate to have someone with her depth of skills come into the lead[???] this illustrious organization,” Pichardo stated in a press release last week.

ERASE has done tremen dous work, Harding said, but a lot still needs to be accom plished. “If you look at what’s happening, certainly in New York state, on Long Island and across the nation, there clearly is still a lot of work to be done,” she said. “I think there’s a place for the organization — a place to contribute to ensuring that Long Island remains a beautiful, inclusive and equi table place to live.

“I’m excited to be here,” Harding added, “and I’m excited to lead ERASE Racism’s work, and I look forward to con necting with our various communities and stakeholders to hear their thoughts, and hopefully advocate for them in a way that’s powerful.”

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MacArthur built for extended run

By aNDReW CoeN sports@liherald.com

Following three straight straight seasons of first round playoff defeats, MacArthur boys’ soccer is seek ing a far longer postseason stay this fall.

The Generals began the 2022 season with a sevenmatch unbeaten streak before falling to Plainedge 1-0 last Thursday in a rematch of last year’s Class A first round heartbreaking loss on penalty kicks. Eleventhyear MacArthur head coach Andy Atkins said his team has made strides since a season-opening 1-1 tie and is hopefully poised for an extended playoff run.

ella MalDoNaDo Calhoun Senior Volleyball

CoMMitteD to plaY D-1 volleyball at Binghamton, Maldonado will look to close her high school career by helping Calhoun make anothe deep run in the Nassau Class A playoffs after it reached the finals last season. She’s a two-time All-County libero who’s led the county in digs in back-to-back seasons, including 435 as a junior. She made the AllTournament team last fall and was the Colts’ MVP as a sophomore.

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thursday, oct. 6

Boys Soccer: South Side at Lynbrook 4:30 p.m.

Boys Soccer: V.S. Central at Freeport 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Lawrence at Calhoun 5 p.m.

Girls Soccer: South Side at Mepham 5 p.m.

Boys Soccer: Elmont at Carey 6 p.m.

Friday, oct. 7

Boys Soccer: East Meadow at Oceanside 6 p.m.

Football: MacArthur at South Side 6 p.m.

Football: Freeport at Farmingdale 6:30 p.m.

Football: Kennedy at Long Beach 7 p.m.

Football: V.S. South at Malverne 7 p.m.

Football: Wantagh at Carey 7 p.m.

Football: Seaford at C.S. Harbor 7 p.m.

Girls Soccer: V.S. North at Hewlett 7:15 p.m.

saturday, oct. 8

Girls Soccer: Baldwin at East Meadow 12:30 p.m.

Football: Mepham at Garden City 2 p.m.

Football: Carle Place at Lawrence 2 p.m.

Football: Port Washington at Baldwin 2 p.m.

Football: Clarke at North Shore 2 p.m.

Football: Oceanside at Massapequa 2 p.m.

Football: Calhoun at Sewanhaka 2 p.m.

Football: Hewlett at V.S. North 2 p.m.

“I really believe we’re getting better every day and we typically get better as the year goes on,” said Atkins, who led MacArthur to a county title in 2014 just two years after taking over a program that had endured back-to-back winless seasons. “We’re starting to come together offensively a little more.”

Leading into the Plainedge game, MacArthur posted back-to-back 4-0 wins against North Shore on Sept. 23 and at crosstown rival Division two days later. Austen Roth scored two goals in both of the wins.

Roth is one of 11 different goal scorers this season for an improved offense led by junior forward Christian Perez Franco, the reigning offensive conference player of the year who had three goals and two assists despite opposing defenses marking him closely each game. Senior James Eden, another returning All-Conference starter, is also shining with three goals and two assists. center midfielder Kieran Weber, who also earned AllConference accolades last season, has been an effective distributor with eight assists.

MacArthur’s early season success has been led large ly by its defense, which achieved five shutouts in its first seven games. Senior goalie Tyler Behr, who was an honorable mention All-County player last season, is continuing his strong play from his junior year he recorded 11 shutouts.

The backline features returning All-County honor able mention senior sweeper Tyler Mormando, stopper Jack Longobucco, left back Gianni Ninno and right back Liam Dunleavy. Junior Joey Mahoney, who has been on varsity since eighth grade, anchors the defen sive midfield along with fellow junior Nolan Tordy, who also plays some stopper as well.

The Generals are next in action at neighborhood rival Wantagh Friday at 5 p.m. before traveling to Friends Academy Wednesday for a 4:45 p.m. kickoff. MacArthur closes the regular season at home against Bellmore-JFK on Oct. 14 at 4:30 p.m.

MacArthur entered the week in contention for the league title in Conference A East, which would assure the team of a top three seed in the upcoming Class A playoffs. Atkins said a

high seed would boost his team’s chances of a deep postseason run, which is a big goal for his many veteran players who have experienced past playoff disappointment in the opening round.

“We just have to focus on what’s in front of us and keep win ning the games in our conference because that’s what we can control as far as seeding,” Atkins said. “We’re really focused on correcting the wrongs of the past and getting where we think we deserve to be.”

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MaCaRthuR’s KieRaN WeBeR, left, and North Shore’s Dario Leighton battled for control of the ball during the Generals’ 4-0 win Sept. 23.

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School third graders, from left, Ava Scopinich, Dominic Ambrosino, Concetta Greco and Christopher Vance worked together to build a free-standing tower with index cards during a STEAM challenge about persistence.

Persistence is key for Seaford Harbor

Third graders had 100 index cards and their imaginations, as they worked in teams to construct the tallest tower dur ing a recent STEAM challenge at Seaford Harbor Elementary School. In Marina Massa’s class, students had no tape or glue to hold the cards together, but they could fold, cut or tear them however they wanted to build a free-standing structure.

The challenge was a lesson in persis tence, as students quickly learned that

their first, second and even third attempts were unsuccessful. They worked together to come up with solutions and accomplish the goal. In Seaford, the 16 Habits of Mind are incorporated into daily lessons to help children develop good learning habits.

Persisting is No. 1 on the Habits of Mind chart and the index card STEAM chal lenge certainly accomplished that as stu dents spent 25 minutes trying various ideas until they found a solution.

Levittown’s new student liaisons begin

Division Avenue student Chris Evans and MacArthur student Jack Maurer will attend the regular board meetings and share the latest happenings in their school community. Chris has been on the High Honor Roll in each quarter of his high school career and has a weighted GPA of more than 100, and is in the National Honor Society, serves as the pub lic relations officer for Student Council, has won multiple statewide Science Olym piad competitions, is a DECA member

and plays on the boys tennis team. Jack is also a consistent member of the High Honor Roll and a member of the World Language Honor Society and the National Honor Society and won second place in last year’s New York State Chemagination competition. Jack is also an exceptional athlete as he earned All-District playing for the varsity soccer team and County champion honors on the winter and spring track teams and plays on the varsi ty football team as placekicker.

Courtesy of Levittown Public Schools Division Avenue HigH School student Chris Evans and General Douglas MacArthur High School student Jack Maurer, fifth and eighth from left, will report to board of education members and administrators at the regular monthly meetings.

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The kind of ‘funny money’ that helps … charity

Recorded comedy show, Helping Thru Humor, comes to Molloy University

By DANIEL OFFNER doffner@liherald.com

Laughter is the best medicine. It can also be a great way to help raise money for charity.

Helping Thru Humor, a non-profit fundrais ing platform, is recording a live comedy special at Molloy University’s Madison Theatre on Saturday, Oct. 15, which will be broadcast online to help raise money for special needs charities all over the state.

This one-of-a-kind performance was the brainchild of Jason Plawner, who traces the concept’s origins back to his youth. He was a trumpet player in his high school’s competitive marching band, and later transferred that tal ent to a drum corps.

Pursuing such a path was a very expensive undertak ing, Plawner said, which was commonly financed through grants, donations, sales and membership dues.

“It was getting so expensive to take part,” Plawner said. “At one point, it was reaching close to $6,000 a year.”

Looking to not only raise money for one drum corps — but all of them — Plawner created Helping Thru Humor. And instead of limiting such fundraising to just the audi ence that could physically show up, Plawner teamed up with Michelle Ciardulli — co-chair of the Long Island Motion Picture Arts Center and Museum, and a Molloy graduate — to assemble the charity event, and broadcast it across the state.

“I’m looking forward to putting on a wonderful show,” Plawner said, “and that all of the charities participating will come out raising more money than they ever thought possible.”

The performance will feature the brother-sister duo Derrick and Julie Tennant and comedian Bobby Collins,

who will take the stage to help raise money for charities including 14 Sleeves, A Chance to Dance and The Forum School.

Collins is a renowned New York stand-up comic with 40 years of experience under his belt. He has opened for icon ic entertainers like Frank Sinatra, Cher and Dolly Parton, as well as Jerry Seinfeld, Ray Romano and Chris Rock.

Collins is dedicated to the cause as one of the charities the event it supporting, Zeno Mountain Farm, is a non

profit camp in Vermont where his daughter Madison has trekked to for more than a decade. It’s intended as a place where everyone can enjoy the camp experience, even if they live with disabilities.

Derrick and Julie Tennant, otherwise known as the Love Chromosome, combine their own inspirational sto ries about overcoming adversity with comedy and an inspirational message.

Julie was born with Down syndrome, which is a condi tion that can create cognitive disabilities, developmental delays or physical challenges caused by an extra chromo some. Julie’s grandpa used to tell her that the chromo some in question wasn’t “extra,” but instead was missing in everyone else.

It’s where the nickname comes from, “the love chromo some.”

Derrick was a gifted athlete on his way to really mak ing a career in sports. But one night, he laid down, and didn’t wake up for three days. Doctors said he suffered from “random bleeding,” which paralyzed him after brain surgery, making him unable to move his left side.

Thanks to years of therapy, hard work, and love from his family and friends, Derrick found a way to effectively manage and live with it, reshaping his obstacles into opportunities. Together with his sister, they travel all across the country to share inspirational words of wis dom with others.

The event begins at 8 p.m., at the Madison Theatre at Molloy University, 1000 Hempstead Ave.

Tickets are $45 to attend in-person, and are available online at MadisonTheatreNY.org.

Can’t make it in-person? There will be a chance to watch — and give — online by visiting HelpingThruHu mor.org.

Courtesy the Love Chromosome DERRIck AND JuLIE Tennant are a brother-sister duo who travel the country to share inspirational and meaningful stories. They perform at Molloy University on Oct. 15.

STEPPING OUT

Perspectives Personal

Local artists on view at Heckscher’s Biennial

By Karen Bloom

eckscher Museum of Art has opened its exhibit space to Long Island’s top artists as the Long Island Biennial exhibition gets underway.

The latest edition of the juried exhibition — which features varied works from contemporary artists across Nassau and Suffolk counties — opened last week, offering a unique and exciting snapshot of what is happening artistically here on Long Island.

“The Long Island Biennial always strives to highlight the depth and breadth of contemporary artists working on Long Island,” says curator Karli Wurzelbacher. “This Biennial is one of the most inclusive the museum has presented. Women make up over half of the 57 featured artists. They are also racially and ethnically diverse, and some of them draw upon their heritage in their work.”

More than 445 artists have participated in the exhibit since the Biennial’s opening installation in 2010. This year, the museum received a whopping 732 entries. Interest in this showcase reflects the diversity and enthusiasm of the local creative community.

WHERE WHEN

• Heckscher Museum of Art, 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or Heckscher.org

• Now, through Jan. 22

The 95 works on view present a lively cross-section of current artistic practice, encompassing a range of media, with styles spanning abstraction to hyper-realism.

“I am especially impressed by the ways in which many of the artists engaged with the concerns of our time, from social justice, to health, to ecology,” Wurzelbacher says, “and appreciate those who brought new approaches to traditional materials and techniques.”

Artists of note include Lynbrook’s Keith Gamache, who submitted a pandemic-inspired piece.“Drawing inspiration from folk art traditions from Pennsylvania Dutch hex signs to the Modernist grid and the contemporary use of text as

image, I have used Masonite pegboard as a painting surface on and off for nearly 30 years,” he explains. “Most recently, together, resulting in my most complex pegboard paintings that combine emblem-like cell structures of the Covid-19 virus with words and phrases related to our collective experience

throughout the pandemic.”

Jason AurelioThomas, of Oyster Bay, contributed a mixed media of steel wire, plaster, plaster cloth, resin, acrylic paint piece called “And How Does That Make You Feel?” (steel wire, plaster, plaster cloth, resin, acrylic paint).

“My creative work is an attempt to evoke an inner curiosity that urges the viewer to come in close and have a sensory experience with the texture and colors,” he notes. “The desire to explore the shadows and textures of something is so primal, sensual and very inspiring to me.”

Wantagh’s Kayla Moz is represented by her sculpture, “The One I Lost, The One I Hold.”

“As an artist, I have the luxury of processing my world through my art,” she shares. “Self-portraiture is a tool to access my inner life and document my experiences. Pregnancy has impacted every aspect of my life. Who I am and how I am perceived is developing and growing with my baby. To make artwork about pregnancy is to discover this evolving version of myself.”

As always, the exhibit experience is enhanced by related programming, featuring participating artists. Upcoming events include sessions to meet the artists in the galleries, select Sundays, through Dec. 11.

Top: Jason Aurelio Thomas is inspired by the world around him, resulting in a mixed media work.

Middle: Keith Gamache used a folk art style in his pandemic creation, ‘Covid-19 Vol. 1: Social Distancing.’

Bottom: Kayla Moz’s sculpture references her inner self.

’33 (a kabarett)

Inspired by the true story of the fallen Eldorado Club in Berlin, during the rise of the Nazis, ’33 (a kabarett) speaks to the past and present as it recreates the cabaret’s final night in 1933. Performed and written by Bremner Duthie, the darkly humorous monodrama is based directly on texts of survivors and oppressors from the 1930s, and also on texts from periods of cultural repression up to the present day. ’33 offers a hopeful and realistic insight into the struggle against censorship and repression. It speaks to the challenge of honoring the memory of the disappeared. It says we must grieve in sorrow, but we can choose to fight back with energy, humor, laughter, and life.

Saturday, Oct. 8, 8 p.m. $35, $30, $25. Jeanne Rimsky Theater at Landmark on Main Street, 232 Main St., Port Washington. (516) 767-6444 or LandmarkOnMainStreet.org.

Give Our Regards To Broadway

The hit series returns to the Madison stage with a salute to the great Stephen Sondheim. Featuring Broadway stars and Molloy University’s CAP21 Studio Company, the entertaining revue puts a new spin on those great hits from beloved awardwinning musicals including ‘Into the Woods,’ ‘West Side Story’ and more. With narration by Madison Theatre artistic director Angelo Fraboni, the fast-paced show guides the audience through the musical explosions of Sondheim with anecdotes on how these great musicals made it to the forefront of our popular culture, interspersed throughout.

Sunday, Oct. 9, 3 p.m. Madison Theatre, Molloy University campus, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 3234444 or MadisonTheatreNY.org.

SCENE

Masters of Illusion

Enter the magical world of illusion at NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Rd., Westbury, with the Masters of Illusion, Sunday, Oct. 9, 8 p.m. This 21st century magic show is unlike anything you have seen before. Watch closely as you experience things that just can’t be done … or can they? Cutting-edge illusionists Dan Sperry, Michael Turco and Naathan Phan perform sleight-of-hand, perplexing interactive mind magic, hilarious comedy, dangerous escapes and large scale illusions that baffle and astound their audience. For information/tickets, visit TheTheatreAtWestbury.com or LiveNation.com or call (516) 247-5200.

Weekly Mah Jongg

The JULIETS are back playing Mah Jongg and cards at Congregation Beth Tikvah, at 3710 Woodbine Ave., in Wantagh every Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks are optional, but proof of Covid-19 vaccination is required for newcomers, as well as a contribution of $5 per person. For more information email mahjonggCBT@yahoo.com or call (516) 785-2445.

2000s DJ Party

Is it too soon to be nostalgic for the 2000s? Mulcahy’s, at 3232 Railroad Ave., doesn’t think so. Visit the popular venue on Saturday, Oct. 8,for a 2000s DJ party, with food and drinks being served. For more information visit tinyurl.com/ djparty1008.

On exhibit

Art has access to worlds beyond the one we know. Explore the next dimension as seen through eyes of artists throughout the centuries, at Nassau County Museum of Art’s current exhibition, Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art,” now through Nov. 6. The exhibit summons a celestial realm of demons, ghosts and extra-sensory phenomena as conjured by such Surrealists as Dalí, photographers who specialize in the occult, Old Masters including Goya, contemporary talents including Betye Saar, Luc Tuymans, Michaël Borremans and many others. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Amazing Monarchs

Bathing suits and beach chairs may be put away, but nature goes on at Jones Beach. Visit the Energy and Nature Center, Saturday, Oct. 8, to catch, tag and release monarch butterflies. For more information visit tinyurl.com/monarchs1008.

Carlos Mencia

You may know comedian Carlos Mencia from his appearance on Arsenio Hall, or from “In Living Color”. The comic visits Governor’s Comedy Club, Friday, Oct. 7, 90 Division Ave., Levittown. For more information visit tinyurl.com/mencia1007.

All Star Comedy

Laugh your evening away before you get ready for the work week, Sunday, Oct. 9, at Governor’s Comedy Club, 90 Division Ave., Levittown. The lineup includes comics from the Long Island/NYC region. For more information isit tinyurl. com/govs1009.

$5 Skate Night

United Skates of America in Seaford wants to make skating year round activity. Every Thursday, from 4 to 6 p.m., enjoy a skate night with only $5 admission; skate rental is available for an extra $6. For more information visit tinyurl. com/thursdayskate.

Music Bingo!

If you like both bingo and music, Mulcahy’s offers “Bingo with a Twist,” Oct. 6, where you’ll trade numbers and letters for song titles and listen for your track! For more information visit tinyurl.com/ muls1006.

End of Summer BBQ

Summer is hanging on, in Wantagh at least. Enjoy an end of summer bash, on Sunday, Oct. 9, at Wantagh Park, 1 King Rd. For more information visit tinyurl.com/ summerbbq1009.

Squadron Meeting

The Civil Air Patrol is the civilian auxiliary unit of the United States Air Force, and they are responsible for the majority of domestic searchand-rescue missions. It’s a haven for future Air Force pilots. They meet on Mondays at St. Jude’s in Wantagh. For more information please visit tinyurl.com/airpatrol1010.

STEAM Workshop: Biodiversity

Oct. 11Book Talk

Seaford Public Library’s Eric Wasserman discusses Rebecca Serle’s “In Five Years,”Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2234 Jackson Ave. For info visit tinyurl.com/calseafordlibrary.

Having an event?

The Jones Beach Energy and Nature Center hosts a workshop dedicated to the biodiversity of ecosystems at Jones Beach, on Tuesday, Oct. 11. For more information visit tinyurl.com/biodiversity10-11.

‘Guys and Dolls’

Plaza Theatrical’s fall season offers Broadway at its show-stopping best, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2 p.m.; Friday, Oct.

7, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 8, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 9, 2:30 p.m. Hailed by many as the perfect musical comedy, this Tony-winning favorite follows a rowdy bunch of gamblers, gangsters, and sassy showgirls in a wild game of chance in bustling 1950s Manhattan, performed at Plaza’s stage at the Elmont Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. $49, $45 seniors. Elmont. For tickets, call (516) 599-6870 or visit PlazaTheatrical.com.

Art talk

Oct. 13

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

Participants are invited to ask questions at the end of the program.

Register at least 24 hours in advance to receive the program Zoom link. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. (516) 484-9337 or NassauMuseum.org.

Grab your lunch and join Nassau County Museum of Art Docent Riva Ettus for her popular “Brown Bag Lecture” live, via Zoom, Thursday, Oct. 13, 1 p.m. She’ll discuss the current exhibition, “Other Worlds than This: The Supernatural in Art.”

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CityMD is there when you need them to treat minor injuries, conduct quick lab tests and screenings, vaccinations, pediatric care and much more. The staff can treat sore throats, allergies, COVID-19, flus and other ailments so you can feel better again. Trained staff can also assist in women’s health so you can get the right treatment and answers fast. If you’re injured at work, occupational care is offered as well.

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Women’s health is critical and so is finding a doctor that will always be there for you. For five decades, The Woman’s Health Pavilion has been a key component of the community committed to gynecologic health. Patients are listened to, treated with respect and kindness and develop a friendly rapport with your physician.

Congregation Beth Tikvah hosts NFL official

The Men’s Club of Congregation Beth Tikvah in Wantagh hosted its guest speaker, former NFL official Steve Zimmer, at its September meet ing. Zimmer, who retired after last sea son, spent 25 years in the league and officiated 25 playoff games including 2 Super Bowls. He shared his on-field experiences and anecdotes with the group, which was followed by a ques tion-and-answer session.

Former NFL oFFiciaL Steve Zimmer holds a cake with the congregation’s Men’s Club president Dave Kamlet.

Seaford seniors awarded for excellence

Seaford High School seniors Myles Schnaier and Kailly Nocera were named commended students in the 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program. They were recognized for their outstanding academic promise and were among approximately 34,000 high school students from the country to earn commended student status based on their performance on the PSAT, which serves as the National Merit Scholar qualifying test.

LEGAL NOTICE

Public Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

WANTAGH FIRE DISTRICT ANNUAL BUDGET FOR 2022

WHEREAS, on the 26th day of September, 2022, pursuant to Section 105 of the Town Law and Section 181 of the Town Law the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Wantagh Fire District confirmed that the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing will be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for fiscal year 2023 on Monday, October 17, 2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire District Office located at 2045 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York, and WHEREAS, the Board of Fire Commissioners is required to adopt a proposed budget at least 21 days before October 17, 2022 so that it is available for public inspection prior to the budget hearing.

NOW, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Wantagh Fire District has adopted a proposed Annual Fire District Budget for 2023 as of this date for purposes of discussion and review at the Budget Hearing to be held on October 17, 2022. A copy of the proposed budget is available at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead and at the office of the Wantagh Fire District Superintendent at 2045 Wantagh Avenue where it may be inspected by any interested person during office hours 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. In addition, copies of the proposed budget are posted on the fire district’s website, WantaghFD.Com and will be available on the night of the said hearing.

NOW, therefore, BE IT

FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Wantagh Fire District will hold the Annual Fire District Budget Hearing to be conducted with reference to the Annual Fire District Budget for fiscal year 2023 on Monday, October 17, 2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire District Office located at 2045 Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the aforesaid budget will be presented to the residents and taxpayers of the Wantagh Fire District and to the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Wantagh Fire District, for their respective consideration at this public hearing and for the purpose of considering the said resolution and hearing all persons interested in the subject concerning same on Monday, October 17, 2022 commencing at 7:00 p.m. at the Fire District

Office located at 2045

Wantagh Avenue, Wantagh, New York.

This notice is being publicized and posted in accordance with the provisions of Public Officers Law and the Town Law of the State of New York by order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Wantagh Fire District.

Dated: September 26, 2022

Brendan J. Narell Superintendent Wantagh Fire District 134504

LEGAL NOTICE

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1, Plaintiff, v.

CASEY STERN, RANDEE STERN, ET AL, Defendant. NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the Office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on September 23, 2019, I, Lisa Segal Poczik, Esq. the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on November 7, 2022 at The North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 2:00 PM the premises described as follows: 2515 Seamans Neck Road Seaford, NY 11783 SBL #: 65-253-21

ALL THAT TRACT OR PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York.

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 607859/2018 in the amount of $382,485.44 plus interest and costs.

Foreclosure Auctions will be held Rain or Shine. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee will cancel the foreclosure auction.

Richard S. Mullen

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604

Tel.: 855-227-5072 134469

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly entered April 13, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the North Side Steps of the Nassau County Supreme Court at 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on October 25, 2022 at 2:30PM, premises known as 2117 Washington Avenue, Seaford, NY 11783. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Seaford, in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, Section 57 Block 237 Lot 0002.

Approximate amount of judgment $62,043.77 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 009301/2014. The auction will be conducted pursuant to the COVID-19 Policies Concerning Public Auctions of Foreclosed Property established by the Tenth Judicial District. Foreclosure Auctions will be held “Rain or Shine.”

Merik Aaron, Esq., Referee

LOGS Legal Group LLP f/k/a Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD KATE MURRAY Town Clerk DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR.

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Dated: August 26, 2022 For sale information, please visit www.Auction.com or call (800) 280-2832 134196 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF ADOPTION OF TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD LOCAL LAW NO. 692022

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing was duly called and held on the 20th day of September, 2022, by the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, on the proposed adoption of Town of Hempstead Local Law No. 69 -2022, and following the close of the hearing the Town Board duly adopted Local Law No. 69-2022, to amend Section 10-3 and paragraph B of Section 10-4 of Chapter 10 of the Hempstead Town Code to increase the annual income limit for persons 65 and over to receive a partial town tax exemption

Dated:September 20, 2022 Hempstead, New York

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a resolution was duly adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the WANTAGH FIRE DISTRICT, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau, State of New York, on the 26th day of September 2022, subject to permissive referendum as provided for by the General Municipal law. An extract of the resolution is as follows: Wantagh Fire District maintains a Capital Reserve Fund under sec. 6-g of the General Municipal Law in which account is sufficient funds to accomplish the purposes herein after set forth, namely, for the renovation of the apparatus bay of the WANTAGH FIRE DISTRICT STATION #1 located at 3470 Park Avenue, Wantagh, NY 11793, in order to maintain the efficiency of the Wantagh Fire District in the discharge of their duties in preserving the lives and property of the residents of the community and the said construction is deemed in the best interest of the residents of the Wantagh Fire District. The resolution further provides that there be transferred from the present Capital Reserve 6-g of the Wantagh Fire District, a sum not to exceed be Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($250,000.00) and the District Treasurer is authorized to affect such transfer from time to time to effect the beginning of such construction. This resolution shall not take effect until thirty (30) days, unless in the meanwhile a permissive referendum as provided by the General Municipal Law is required to be held.

Dated: September 26th 2022

By order of The Board of Fire Commissioner Brendan J. Narell Superintendent 134492

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Q. Our two-car garage faces the street, but we’re making a lot of changes to our house, and want to open the garage door from our side yard instead of the front, partly because it will look nicer and also because it will give us privacy when we use it for shade in hot weather with the door open. We have always kept it organized so our cars fit. The problem is, we aren’t sure we have the room to make the turn, or whether there are rules about how much room we need for a driveway in our side yard. What permits do we need, how much space do we need and do we need our neighbor’s permission?

A. I remember, grow ing up, that there was a new development being built where one of the advertised features was that the garages didn’t face the street. The mar keting term they used was to call these homes “estate homes,” partly, I believe, because they needed more land and a greater dis tance between neighbors. I also remember that the homes were arranged so the neighbors didn’t have a view out of side win dows, looking into one another’s garages.

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Your idea of creating another covered area to sit outdoors on hot, sunny days makes sense. Because there are no requirements for neighbor’s permis sion, or that residences require prescribed parking dimensions, your only problem is whether you have the turning area, also known to planners as turn ing radius.

If you’ve ever noticed that street corners are uniformly rounded, it’s because they’re regulated. The same goes for parking lots, where we use a 5-foot radius for turning at a right angle, and the backup aisle is 24 feet wide. If you have more than 24 feet for the side-yard distance from your garage to your property line, plus a few extra feet, hopeful ly, to plant hedges, then you should have no prob lem laying out the new driveway approach.

Plans and a permit are required to show the structural change for the new garage door opening so your roof is correctly supported. You should hire an architect or engineer, since the plans will require a professional’s seal. If your home is in one of the many smaller villages that require the pav ing to be “permeable,” allowing rainwater to seep through and recharge groundwater, then you have more to do, which is why a professional should be hired to calculate and make recommendations on the least costly or least invasive way to handle drainage.

It’s true that this used to be simple, and it may even seem simple when you talk to a building offi cial and they use phrases like “all you need to do” or “you just need” or “your architect will know.” These phrases give the impression that this should be simple, another word for cheap. The only thing that makes it simple is when the explanations given to you are thorough and clear, and the planning is, too. Good luck!

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One kind of identity politics is no longer a winner

There are all kinds of people who seek public office. Some are for mer government officials hoping to work their way up the political ladder. Others are businesspeople look ing to transfer their skills from their world into the political world. A third class of candidates is the progressives who’ve never met a payroll and often don’t match the public’s percep tion of what a can didate should look and act like.

The fourth variety of office seeker is the celeb rity candidate who would like to parlay his or her name recognition into elective office. There’s a long his tory of celebrity candidates who’ve looked to turn fame into a different kind of power. Some of them have been sports heroes. The earli est one I could find was Walter Johnson, who pitched for the Washington Senators for almost 25 years and then, after he retired, ran for county commissioner in Montgomery County, Maryland. He suc ceeded in winning a term and then ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

The list of more recent sports figures who took the plunge into politics is head

ed by former New York Knicks star Bill Bradley. Bradley was elected to the U.S. Senate, where he served three terms. In 2000 he decided to run for president, and his loss in the Democratic primary ended his political career.

Ben Knighthorse Camp bell went from competing in judo in the 1964 Olympic Games to representing Col orado in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate. Professional wres tler Jessie Ventura became governor of Minnesota, star pitcher Jim Bunning served in both the House and the Senate, and there were many more.

California is known for producing movie and televi sion star candidates. The first one was George Murphy, a leading man of Holly wood musicals in the 1930s and ’40s who became a U.S. Senator. We all know the biggest success story of all, that of B movie actor Ronald Reagan, and then there was Arnold Schwarzenegger, who turned his bodybuilder persona into that of a successful actor as well, and then California’s governor.

The list of celebrities, some better known than others, who went into poli tics during or after film or television careers includes Shirley Temple Black, Cynthia Nixon, Sonny Bono, Clint East

wood, Sean Duffy, Clay Aiken, Fred Grandy, George Takei, Melissa Gilbert and John David Lodge. The current ros ter of former media stars is headed by Donald Trump, whose show “The Apprentice” gave him access to millions of viewers who became enthusiastic supporters.

The tendency of wellknown personalities to become candidates contin ues with the upcoming November election. In Pennsylvania, Mehmet Oz is seeking to become a U.S. Senator. Oz gained televi sion fame thanks to Oprah Winfrey, who made him a guest expert on her show. Dr. Oz, as he’s called, had his own show for 10 years, which has given him widespread name recognition.

His Democratic opponent, John Fet terman, lacks a show business back ground, but has attracted attention for his blue-collar-style campaign.

Other well-known names are seeking key positions in several states. Former Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walk er is a Republican Senate candidate in Georgia, opposing Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, and television politi cal commentator Tudor Dixon is the Republican candidate for governor in Michigan, challenging incumbent

Gretchen Whitmer. Both Walker and Dixon have Trump’s endorsement, which may or not be a blessing.

Some prominent figures are not seek ing elective office, but instead will be playing active roles in many contests over the next month. Don’t be surprised if some of the candidates trot out celeb rities as their endorsers. But history has shown that endorsements by big names usually don’t produce votes, and bigname endorsers often loses public sup port for their next movie or television show.

The next 30 days will determine whether any of the latest crop of celebri ties can translate their prominence into winning campaigns.

These days, voters have become more sophisticated when it comes to endorse ments, and if a candidate has taken unpopular positions, no celebrity will make a difference.

This year, issues like abortion, infla tion, crime, education and the fragility of democracy itself are more important than candidates with recognizable names.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strate gies, a business development and legisla tive strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Don’t we all live in the cone of uncertainty?

By the time you read this, all that will be left of Hurricane Ian will be wreckage, loss and grief.

I was floating in the Gulf of Mexico, in a good way, two weeks ago. We have a place there, on the beach, on a bar rier island, at latitude 27.36798 degrees N, longitude -82.62578 degrees W. We were just beginning to hear about a new tropi cal depression that eventually became Ian, a meteorologi cal thresher that shredded the southwest coast of Florida just days later. It made land fall near Fort Myers, an hour south of us, at lati tude 26.64227 degrees N, longi tude -81.86910 degrees W.

When you live on a barrier island in Florida you trade days in paradise for the knowledge that your home and your life are subject to rising tides and increasing ly fierce storms. We all know that no one should ever have built on the barrier islands, but my hunch is, people will rebuild, and developers will put up everlarger hotels and condos on the shoreline.

All the forecasts on Sept. 25 predicted that Tampa, up north, would be ground zero, but by the following day, we were the red-hot bulls-eye of the target zone. Our town issued a mandatory evacuation order and turned off all power and water to the island. We left our place a day before the storm hit, and drove to family in Fort Lauderdale. We’ve done this dance before. Dur ing Hurricane Katrina we were in Fort Lauderdale and had to evacuate to the west coast. Hurricane Sandy scattered us all over.

ing. The day we left our beach, it was like that. The humidity saturated the air. A dome of heat pressed down. The birds were gone.

The small

shift in Ian’s landfall saved us, but doomed our neighbors to the south.

Early word is that our place on the beach is OK. The small shift in landfall saved us, but doomed our neighbors to the south. Our island still has no power or water. A sad note: The magical island of Captiva is flattened. The bridge from Fort Myers is in the Gulf.

I’ve been thinking about the 1948 movie “Key Largo,” with Humphrey Bog art and Lauren Bacall. They are stranded in the Keys as a hurricane slams onshore. What I remember is the sense of menace, the thrum in the air as barometric pres sure falls, the seas turn an ominous shade of green and the birds stop sing

I can only feel lucky. Many thousands of people have no place to sleep. Their belongings, their memories and their jobs have been blown away. Businesses just beginning to recover from Covid-19 losses are in ruins. I know it will get better, and people will rally, but we need to give ourselves a moment. This is yet another once-in-a-lifetime event, another “unprecedented” disaster.

It’s nice that the political players are grinding their teeth and trying to take the high ground, but don’t be fooled; politics rides these waves. Storms can be survived. More frightening is our current political cyclone. The stanchions of our democracy are also disappearing into deep troughs, and who knows if they can rise again?

Hurricane emergencies remind us that steady minds and steady hands at the wheel can help steer us through.

The supersized storms are increasing proof of the environmental crisis. How

many 500-year storms do we need to sur vive before the anti-science refuseniks realize it may still be within our power to curb the emissions and toxins that affect our climate?

The hurricanes, the wildfires, our political divisions, the QAnon crazies and other GOP extremists all seem pulled into a tightening vortex, playing out here and now. A hurricane is an apt metaphor for the forces eroding our democracy. The cleanup effort on the ground in Florida will be monumental. I don’t know what it will take to right this listing ship of state.

For a weekly newspaper columnist, I have been in the right/wrong place many times in my career, able to offer firsthand observations. I was on a beach in New York watching the towers burn on 9/11. I was on a ship in the Arabian Sea on May 2, 2011, the night our military slid Osama bin Laden’s corpse into the water. I was out West last summer amid the wildfires and, two days ago, I was an hour away from ground zero of the storm of the cen tury in Florida.

We all live in the cone of uncertainty. Today, we’re standing. We can offer a hand to those knocked down by the storm.

H istory has shown that endorsements by big names usually don’t produce votes.

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You have just two minutes to escape a fire

this Sunday is the beginning of National Fire Prevention Week, a century-old public health obser vance created by the National Fire Protection Association that was first offi cially recognized by President Calvin Coolidge in 1925. And it’s no coincidence that you’ll find this week in October, since it commemorates the Great Chica go Fire, which burned more than 17,400 structures beginning on Oct. 8, 1871.

While that certainly sounds like a lot of buildings, the association now esti mates that there are as many as 347,000 house fires in the United States each year. That means that somewhere in America, a home is catching fire every other min ute. Those blazes account for more than $7 billion in property damage, and worse, kill more than 2,600 people and injure over 11,000 more.

And that’s just on the civilian side. Nearly 65,000 firefighters were injured battling blazes in 2020, according to the association, while federal officials report that more than 100 were killed. Firefight ing is clearly one of the most dangerous jobs in America. Yet here on Long Island, nearly all of the 181 fire departments are volunteer.

That’s right. If you ever find yourself calling for help from the fire department, the men and women who show up at your

door are almost certainly first respond ers who get nothing in return for their service except the satisfaction of know ing they can help.

That’s the purest definition of a hero.

It’s also a noble pursuit that has evolved from rather ignoble beginnings. In ancient Rome, a wealthy businessman said to be instrumental in the creation of what would become the Roman Empire — Marcus Licinius Crassus — put togeth er a brigade of 500 slaves tasked with fighting blazes in the city. When smoke hit the sky, these slaves were there.

But with a catch. Crassus would nego tiate with the building owner to buy it for what today would be pennies on the dol lar — while it burned. If the owner sold, Crassus would instruct the slaves to extinguish the flames. If they didn’t sell, Crassus let it burn to the ground.

It would take Roman emperor Nero, in the first century, to build the first true fire brigade — one not seeking to profit from the misery of others — that most credit as the true beginning of one of society’s most essential services.

This year’s Fire Prevention Week cam paign is “Fire won’t wait, plan your escape.” Homes burn faster today than ever before, according to the fire protec tion association. If your home catches fire and you’re inside, you could have less

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Randi fooled me — almost

To the Editor:

The title of Randi Kreiss’s column in the Sept. 15-21 issue, “From the queen to the U.S. jester-in-chief,” at long last, I thought, indicated she’d turned her sights from her obsessive hatred of Donald Trump to the realities of President Joe Biden’s makeAmerica-worse-again actions and propos als. Surely “jester-in-chief” referred to the current resident of the White House, and his ongoing hypocrisies and misguided decisions that jeopardize the safety and security of this country, things like redefin ing a student loan to mean a gift, and the continuing denial of the crisis at the south ern border.

But I was wrong. I found this was just another expression of Randi’s continuing obsessive hatred of Trump as the prime evil-doer of all time, mindless of Biden’s ongoing absurdities and self-created crises that have superseded in significance what ever failures Trump may have been respon sible for earlier (and forget his achieve ments).

When Biden took office, Randi decried how she wouldn’t have Trump to push around any more. But old habits die hard.

than two minutes to escape from the moment a smoke alarm sounds.

That means that having a plan in advance is more important than ever. And because every home is different, so will every plan be. The association rec ommends developing individual plans for everyone in a home — children, older adults, people with disabilities.

It’s also imperative to make sure there are smoke alarms in every bedroom, out side every sleeping area — like hallways — and on every level, including the base ment. In fact, the only place you shouldn’t put alarms, the association says, is in your kitchen and bathrooms.

And if you can, hire an electrician to help you link all the alarms — including those for carbon monoxide — together. That way, if there is smoke in one part of the house, it will alert everyone, every where.

We all hope we can live a lifetime never having to call the fire department. Even if we were to be so fortunate, we can sleep soundly at night knowing that those heroes are out there, ready to save us if we are threatened. But we can help keep them safe, too, by making sure we’re ready if we aren’t so fortunate.

So if you see a firefighter this week, say thank you — both in words and by doing your part to stay safe.

She will continue to dismiss Biden’s growing list of failures, intent on pursuing her first love — her hatred of and assault on Trump — even with the crises of crime, recession, inva sion from abroad, and Biden’s lies as to how

well America is doing with him in charge. As jester-in-chief, Randi is beginning to rival Biden himself.

ROBERT

opinions A 54-year-old movie’s warning to Putin

ussian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine hasn’t gone the way he planned. And he doesn’t seem too happy about it.

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I suppose you wouldn’t be happy, either, if you spent nearly a decade pumping your people full of lies to pre pare them for this invasion. After all, Putin has dedicat ed a ton of resources to mak ing sure his peo ple believe that Ukraine belongs to them, that Ukrainians are actually just con fused Russians or Poles, and that Ukraine is ruled by Nazis.

First, Russia was going to take Ukraine in a week. Then maybe a month. That didn’t happen. Many months later, we are seeing Ukraine making consider able gains in Russian-occupied territory. And, unable to cope with this, Putin has gone to a new threat: nuclear war. West ern leaders have met him stride for stride, and warned of counterattacks if he tries it.

This is something of a throwback threat. Many young people today don’t

know what it’s like to live in a world where nuclear war could be looming. Given all the other problems we face today, it’s not something we think about often.

But nuclear war was prevalent in peo ple’s minds not too long ago. The way warnings of the dangers of technology, mental health struggles and other, newer issues per meate today’s entertain ment, nuclear war did so at the height of the Cold War.

Remember “Planet of the Apes”? No, not those movies that came out in the 2010s. Those, ironically told the tale of how humanity destroyed itself when faced with a global pandemic. But much like they addressed the prob lems of today, the original addressed the problems of its day.

Released in 1968, at the height of the Cold War and not long after a nuclear confrontation nearly happened during the Cuban missile crisis, “Planet of the Apes” follows Charlton Heston’s charac ter, George Taylor, a space explorer who crash-lands on a mysterious planet.

Taylor encounters humans, but they are mute and animalistic, and the society is ruled by apes that have evolved into something human-like. They keep the

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Governor, please sign the crypto mining moratorium

To the Editor:

Gov. Kathy Hochul must sign legisla tion establishing a moratorium on cryp tocurrency mining powered by burning fracked gas. This kind of mining, used to make Bitcoin, known as “proof of work,” is extremely energy-intensive, consum ing more energy than some entire nations.

The Greenidge Generating Station in the Finger Lakes highlights the threat to our beautiful state. This facility, a for merly shuttered coal plant, is now con tinuously burning fracked gas for Bit coin mining. There are dozens of such plants across New York state that could be fired up again, polluting our air and water, promoting fracking and endanger ing our climate. Governor, please take

immediate action to prevent more such travesties.

Establishing an immediate moratori um on cryptocurrency mining powered by fossil fuels, while completing a com prehensive study of its impacts on the climate and the environment more broadly, is a prudent and necessary action. The Legislature passed bills sev eral months ago, and we are counting on the governor to sign them. The White House has also validated our concerns on cryptocurrency mining and the envi ronment, which is more evidence of why we need this moratorium and more study.

I urge the governor, please do not delay. We’re counting on her to be an environmental leader of our state and an example for the nation. I urge her to sign this bill into law now.

JOSEPH M. VARON West Hempstead

humans down with a passion, and Taylor is confused about why. One of the orang utan superiors, Dr. Zaius, played by Mau rice Evans, pursues Taylor with reli gious zeal when Taylor, unlike all the other humans, speaks. Zaius interro gates him about where he came from, and repeatedly implies that he knows something more than the other apes do about humans.

When Taylor and Zaius discover evidence of an old civilization on the planet that was ruled by humans, Zaius confesses to Taylor that he has “always known about man” and, though he acknowledges that man’s civilization was once great, he adds that “his wisdom must walk hand in hand with his idiocy.” The sacred scrolls of the apes tell them to “beware the beast man, for he is the dev il’s pawn” and that man would murder his own brother to possess his land.

This explains what drives the apes to oppress humans, but Taylor still doesn’t understand how they’ve come to believe this. Then, in a lifeless coastal desert known as the Forbidden Zone, once a lush paradise that was ruined by man, Taylor sees the Statue of Liberty, scorched, buried up to her chest in sand,

the ocean’s waves crashing into her. He has been on Earth the whole time, where humanity had destroyed itself in a nucle ar war.

Taylor falls to his knees, condemning humanity as maniacs who have “finally gone and done it.” The film ends with Taylor collapsed in the surf, doomed to live the rest of his life on a post-apocalyp tic Earth.

Putin’s threat has made this film, and the 1968 zeitgeist, relevant again today. Are we going to finally go and do it?

It’s easy to watch “Planet of the Apes” and think of the apes as the bad guys, brutes who are treating humans like ani mals. But at the end of the film, Zaius is proven right about humanity. In that world, we indeed were the devil’s pawn.

And as Putin threatens to use nuclear war to take Ukraine, the idea that man would kill his brother to possess his land seems to ring true. Perhaps those of us who would dismiss his threat — or worse, dare him to follow through on it so we can retaliate — should give this classic film a watch. It provides a stark warning not only to Putin, but to anyone who thinks nuclear war is a feasible solu tion to the world’s problems.

Michael Malaszczyk is a Herald reporter covering Wantagh and Seaford. Com ments about this column? mmalaszczyk@ liherald.com.

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i n ‘Planet of the Apes,’ we eventually discover what men have done to our planet.

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