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Charlie MeaNey’S, iN Valley Stream. The coronavirus pandemic continues to cause headaches for local restaurant and bar owners.

Local restaurants struggle amid surge in Covid cases

By StephaNie BaNat jlasso@liherald.com

Valley Stream restaurants and bars are feeling the effects of the new wave of Covid-19 cases caused by the highly contagious Omicron variant. From supply-chain shortages to declines in the inflow of dine-in customers to having to adapt to the constantly changing mask mandates and social distancing rules, these businesses have their hands full.

“The past few weeks have been a lot slower,” said Valley S t re a m n at ive M i ch a e l Labeck, owner of bar & grill Charlie Meaney’s. “Almost all

of our food orders have been to-go. At first, we thought maybe it was because of the holidays, but we’re seeing now that it’s definitely a part of the pandemic.”

Labeck said that this is a major setback for his business because January is usually one of his busiest months.

“January is our bread-andbutter season,” he said, “because of football and the Super Bowl coming up . . . It’s always a really big time of year, but unfortunately I think this month is going to be rough.”

Labeck added that one of the biggest challenges that his

business faces is pandemicinduced supply-chain shortages. “Our biggest concern is the supply-chain shortages and the huge increase in the prices of food,” he said. “I haven’t been able to get a lot of things on our menu from supply stores. There’s much less of what we need, and it’s much more expensive when we do acquire things.”

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At Ogden Elementary School in Valley Stream, lights, decorations, music, food and games for students, parents, teachers and staff set a cheery tone for the holidays on Dec. 21. Last year, the event was drive-thru only, but this year, the children were able to enjoy the experience outdoors in each other’s company.

Parent Teacher Association co-president Nicole Eliopoulos said the displays of light are a festive part of many different holidays, which is why a light show was a great way to celebrate at Ogden.

She credited Principal Dr. Dina Anzalone, volunteering parents, such as former Ogden parent Ethan Lahey and a think tank made up of Ogden teachers, for the success of the event, which aimed to create an inclusive, special holiday experience for students and their families.

Entering through the school into the school yard, visitors followed a colorfully lit path, passing festive windows showcasing Christmas, Hannukah, Diwali, Kwanzaa, the Lunar New Year, the winter season and New Year’s, inflatable snowmen, cookie stands, a live band, under a tunnel of arched lights and into an outdoor holiday fair.

Teachers designed the holiday window displays, which “were meant to look like the windows in Saks Fifth Avenue or Macy’s Herald Square,” Anzalone said.

Holiday cookies and desserts from different cultures were donated by Ogden families to be served alongside warm s’mores, hot cocoa, hot pretzels and other treats Light up pedal cars and two inflatable bounce houses were a favorite amongst the energetic elementary schoolers. Ogden students also had fun throwing plush ‘snowballs’ at each other while DJ Pace played Christmas music.

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The TreaT TaBle was swell staffed by Ogden employees Mary Hughes, left, and Maggie Schroeaer, along with PTA parent Pam Singh. the Hewlett High School Chorale.

“I love how they have so many different things here,” Hewlett High junior Emily Shalom, a Chorale member said.

“It brings the whole community together.

I think it’s really cute and it’s nice for the holidays.”

Woodmere Middle School sixth-grader, Christian Mentor, thought that this year’s event was a level-up from last year.

“Before we were in cars just driving around but now, we’re actually outside.” he said. “They have fun activities, and they have yummy food.”

Third grade Teacher Melissa Williams was dressed as Miss Claus with students Alana Jean, left, and Alyssa Jean, above.

Woodmere middle School seventh-graders, Raphael Levi, left, Zenon Eliopoulos and Daniella Kotlyar, worked the ticket line at the Ogden light show on Dec. 21, left.

Jennifer reyeS poSed with Charlotte Zapata, left, and Penelope Zapata in front of the winter backdrop that parent volunteer Steve Myaskovsky used for memorable photographs, far left.

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Beloved VSS coach Ward dies By tony BELLISSImo tbellissimo@liherald.com

Kenneth Ward, who spent 29 years at Valley Stream South High School’s varsity baseball head coach and also served as the school’s Athletic Director for 17 years, died Dec. 26 following a brief illness. He was 68.

A Bethpage resident who grew up in Merrick and was a star athlete at Calhoun High School, Ward is survived by his wife of 37 years, Gladys, as well as his niece, Eva, and stepchildren Karen and Steven.

Ward recorded 352 career coaching wins from 1989-2017, with all but 8 victories coming at VSS. He guided the Falcons to six conference championships and earned six Coach of the Year awards while also serving as President of the Nassau County High School J. Heck/Herald Baseball Coaches Association.

KEn wARD wAS Valley Stream South’s base“Ken was a one-of-a-kind teacher, coach and mentor,” said Frank Alesia, ball coach for 29 years and guided the Falcons a 2001 VSS graduate who played two to 344 wins and six conference titles. seasons under Ward and then served on the grounds of the Baseball Hall of as his third-base coach for three years before becoming the head coach at Valley Fame.

“Both of my sons [Andrew and ChristoStream Central. “He helped countless students and athletes become the best ver- pher] played for Kenny and went on those trips to Cooperstown and will cherish sions of themselves,” Alesia added.

Ward’s final game in the dugout was a those memories forever,” said Rich Hess, win over East Rockaway on May 9, 2017. “It who noted he took over as coach of the Falwas a pleasure,” Ward said in an interview cons in 2018 with Ward’s blessing. “All the with the Herald following his coaching kids who put on a Valley Stream South finale. “We had some great seasons and we uniform meant the world to him,” Hess had some not-so-great seasons, but that’s added. “The first time I met him was on a baseball,” he added. “It was a privilege to baseball field in 1989 when I was an assistant at East Rockaway. We quickly became coach so many outstanding young men.”

Charlie Ristano, an All-County pitcher buddies.”

Ward, an avid collector of baseball for the Falcons who graduated in 2000 and is the pitching coach at the University of memorabilia and a huge fan of the New Notre Dame, said nobody loved baseball York Yankees and Green Bay Packers, was more than Ward. “He was always so caring a standout high school baseball and basand made me feel good about my career ketball player at Calhoun. A 1971 graduate, path,” Ristano said. “He was a constant he was selected by the Montreal Expos in presence in my life and a major influence.” the 21st round of the Major League BaseMidway through Ward’s tenure, an ball Draft. Rather than turn pro, he acceptannual two-day trip to Cooperstown ed a full baseball scholarship from Adelphi became a staple and a bonding experience University and was a four-year starting for the student-athletes. The Falcons devel- shortstop.

“I have some ideas on how we’re going oped a relationship with Unatego High School beginning in 2002 and the teams to honor him this season,” Hess said. scrimmaged annually at Doubleday Field “He’ll be greatly missed.” ______________

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HEwLEtt HIGH SCHooL student Anoosha Virani addressed the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education on the Eid holiday at the Dec. 15 meeting.

Hewlett-Woodmere board to decide on Eid addition

By LISA mARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com

Since 2017, Muslim families in District 14 have been asking the HewlettWoodmere School District Board of Education to consider accommodating their request to add the Eid holidays to the school calendar so their children to take part in the celebrations, and pointed to the inclusive environment that the district promotes as another reason.

In 2018, the board decided against adding Eid to the school calendar after multiple meetings. Despite this, Muslim students, parents and other allies have not stopped campaigning for the addition of Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha. The request is expected to be entertained once again at the board’s Jan. 12 work meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the Woodmere Education Center at Johnson Place in Woodmere.

At the most recent board meeting on Dec. 15, Hewlett-Woodmere elementary, middle and high school students addressed the trustees on their feelings about the lack of accommodation of the holidays. Eid al Fitr, meaning the “festival of the breaking of the fast,” is celebrated at the end of Ramadan, a month when many adult Muslims fast. Eid al Adha, meaning the “feast of the sacrifice,” is celebrated roughly two months later, at the same time when many Muslims perform the Hajj pilgrimage. Typically, Eid al Adha would not be during the school year most years.

Hewlett High School students Ibrahim Rasheed and Anoosha Virani discussed the stress that came with their past experiences having to take or prepare for important tests while their families cele-

brated Eid without them.

The Hussain sisters, Zahra, a Woodmere Middle School seventh-grader, and Mishal, an Ogden Elementary School fourth-grader, and Erina, an Ogden fifthgrader, addressed the confusion and difficulty that comes with missing school to celebrate.

“I heard this quote the other day while watching ‘Spider man’ and it reminded me of the board,” Zahra said at the Dec. 15 meeting. “The quote was, ‘with great power comes great responsibility,’ and it made me think: you have the power to make a very impactful change — but are you responsible enough to do it?”

Sahar Hussain, a parent, and students Intisa Ahmed, a middle school eighthgrader, and Virani, questioned the board for not honoring diversity. Both Ahmed and Virani were embarrassed, they said, about the school’s lack of inclusivity and expressed feeling invisible.

“It’s the holiday season, the most wonderful time of the year,” Ahmed said previously. “But when it’s my turn to carry out on our own festivities, why do I get different treatment?”

Although new to the district, Virani was no less honest. “I feel hurt. I feel like the people out here today don’t feel heard,” she said previously. “We have this microphone that projects all around the room, but can you hear us? Can you really hear what we’re saying?”

None of the six board members at the Dec. 15 meeting commented, and when board President Debra Sheinin, who did not attend that meting was called, she had no comment.

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Shaw avenue teacher, Jeanine Lichter, walked her second grade class through a coding challenge.

District 30 students start participate of Hour of Code

By Karina Kovac kkovac@liherald.com

Students across Valley Stream District 30 recently joined in the Hour of Code, a nationwide challenge aimed at introducing younger students to coding during their brains most adaptive and malleable years.

“It’s an opportunity for them to get familiar with coding and allow them to get engaged and immersed in the whole coding field,” Director of Technology and 21st Century Learning Chris Onorato said.

Classes from pre-kindergarten up to sixth grade in Clear Stream Avenue, Shaw

Avenue and Forest Road Elementary Schools were faced with a variety of coding challenges during the school day.

Some classes, for example, had students complete code that would enable their video game character to move with the press of a button.

The program is designed to demystify “code” and ingrain the basics of computer science in students, growing in the level of complexity as students move up in years, according to the Hour of Code movement website. By the 6th grade, students in district 30 are expected to have a strong familiarity with coding and will be able to complete highly advanced code, according to school officials.

By Karina Kovac kkovac@liherald.com

The Valley Stream UFSD 13 touted in their Winter 2021 newsletter energy cost savings after entering into an energy performance contract with Honeywell Building Solutions back in January of 2017.

The district decided to enter the contract to counterbalance the negative effects of climate change and reduce the district’s overall energy budget, in addition to assisting with any economic challenges in the future.

According to a report provided by Honeywell, the district’s estimated energy cost savings for the first year period is $275,246, which equates to a savings increase of 28.26 percent. Finances are not the only benefit from switching to solar, according to Dr. Constance Evelyn, superintendent of District 13, but there

are “untold benefits” for the environment.

“We’re huge proponents of reducing our carbon footprint,” Evelyn said. “Our District’s commitment to energy conservation focuses not only on energy cost savings for the taxpayer but also on integrating sustainability into student learning for future generations.”

This energy performance contract allowed the district to obtain the latest energy-saving technology without having to frontload or bond the costs of those energy-saving systems, according to school officials. The district’s payment plan for the installed system is set at 15 years. However, these devices put into place have a lifespan that stretches beyond the 15-year payment window.

When the plan is over, district 13 will begin to capture significant energy savings and generate additional positive cash flow, according to officials.

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events and activities

Friday, Jan. 7 Teen Book Club The book to be discussed by the Henry Waldinger Library is Prodigy, by Marie Lu, the second book in Marie Lu’s New York Times bestselling LEGEND trilogy.

June and Day arrive in Vegas just as the unthinkable happens: the Elector Primo dies, and his son Anden takes his place. The two join a group of Patriot rebels eager to help Day rescue his brother and offer passage to the Colonies. They have only one request— June and Day must assassinate the new Elector. In this highly-anticipated sequel to the New York Times bestseller Legend, Lu delivers a breathtaking thriller with high stakes and cinematic action. If you’d like to join, this 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. discussion please send an email to VSteens@nassaulibrary.org to join the meeting. Please register early so a copy of the book can be provided for you to pick up at the library prior to the program.

Saturday, Jan. 8 Zoom Computer Class Microsoft Word This virtual workshop hosted by the Henry Waldinger Library will cover Microsoft Word Basics. Topic to be covered: What Is on the Home Tab?, Part 1. If you would like to join the class running from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., send an e-mail to hwmlcontact@hotmail.com so that the library can send the Zoom information to you to attend.

Monday, Jan. 10 Architectural Review Board Meeting Residence interested can attend the Architectural Review Board at the Village Hall Auditorium from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Architectural Review Board meeting is a formal meeting whereby an applicant, or their professional representative (Architect/ Engineer), present their architectural drawings showing the proposed changes to said property.

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Classical Music Recital The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library will host a Classical Music Recital at Tuesday, Jan. 11 at 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., featuring pianist and composer Leonard Lehrman, violinist Daniel Hyman, and soprano Helene Williams.

Tuesday, Jan. 11 LIVE Concert - Classical Music Recital The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library will host a Classical Music Recital at 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., featuring pianist and composer Leonard Lehrman, violinist Daniel Hyman, and soprano Helene Williams. This concert will celebrate Schubert’s 225th Birthday on January 31st. If you would like to attend this recital, please contact Library Director Ms. Eng at hwmlcontact@hotmail.com and the Zoom information to attend the program will be sent to you.

Wednesday, Jan. 12 Disabled American Legion Chapter 145 Meeting The Valley Stream VFW Post 1790 Chapter 145, is having their monthly meeting at 65 E. Merrick Rd starting at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served to

those in attendance and new members are welcome. All are asked to bring a copy of your DD214.

Thursday, Jan. 13 Family Bingo Night Join the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library for BINGO night from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. The whole family can join for virtual bingo over Zoom. Fill out this form and the library will send you a link to your bingo cards. https://forms.gle/ y6kZT1TFmnuPaJqS9 Requests for Zoom info less than an hour before the program may not be seen.

Tuesday, Jan. 18 Valley Stream District 13 Board of Education Committee Meeting Residents are welcome to attend the district 13 Board of Education committee meeting. Executive session

begins at 7:15 P.M. and public session begins at 8:00 P.M at the auditorium of James A. Dever elementary school, located at 585 Corona Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580.

hotmail.com or leave message on Facebook to indicate your interest in attending. The agenda (and Zoom information) will be sent to you prior to the meeting.

Wednesday, Jan. 19 Thursday, Jan. 20 Library Board Meeting

American Legion Post 854 Meeting

The Henry Waldinger Library Board of Trustees will be meeting via Zoom from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Send an e-mail to hwmlcontact@

The Valley Stream American Legion Post 854 is having their monthly meeting at 51 Roosevelt Ave. Valley Stream , NY 11582. New members are welcome.

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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 jlasso@liherald.com

The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library is closed in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Village of Valley Stream Road Show Episode 14 on VS Citizen Patrol is out now on YouTube.

The library will have virtual Teen Pictionary Jan. 14 at 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., email to rspv.

Concerns can be directed to Citizen’s Advisory Council at citizenadvisorycouncil.vsvny.org.

For sanitation special pick-up of items such as matresses, BBQs, etc call (516) 825-8108.

Outgoing county exec. pushes gender inclusivity On her second-to-last day in office, Nassau County Executive Laura Curran issued an executive on Dec. 30 to create a nine-member Nassau County Advisory Committee for Gender Inclusivity to address gender identity discrimination in the county’s charter, administrative code and other regulations. The committee would report to the county executive.

Bruce Blakeman, who became county executive Jan. 1, said he would not start the committee, saying the executive order was intended to play to the press.

Instead of creating the committee, “this administration will respect the [LGBQT] community by placing important stakeholders on the Human Rights Committee,” Laura Blakeman said, citing the 15-member human rights commission chaired by Bobby Kalotee.

Curran’s executive order came three years after she enacted an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission policy that upgraded sexual harassment prevention measures, including having a separate complaint form for sexual harassment and prompt investigations into discrimination or harassment allegations.

“We are working to eradicate all forms of discrimination in the workplace and to ensure equal employment opportunity for all members of our team,” Curran said during a 2019 news briefing. “This new policy will do more to protect the civil rights of our employees than has ever been done before.”

The chief executive of the LGBT Network in Hauppauge, Dr. David Kilmicky, praised Curran’s work

in making the county safer and more inclusive throughout her tenure as county executive. “This longoverdue policy change for Nassau’s transgender people and families sends a clear message that all county employees are entitled to work in an environment that is safe and free from harassment and discrimination,” he said at the news briefing.

Jay Kaplan, the LGBTQ youth services manager at the Bellmore-based Pride for Youth, echoed the sentiment, saying, “This policy is the first in Nassau County’s history to explicitly protect transgender people, and it is hopefully the first of many policies that will be introduced to end discrimination against this vulnerable population.”

Indeed, the policy was the first in Nassau’s history to protect in EEO policy a class of “sex” against gender-identity discrimination in the workplace. The policy Curran also protects employees who report harassment and/or discrimination from retaliation and provides interactive training to educate all employees in identifying and reporting instances of discrimination and/or sexual harassment.

Kilmicky, however, also noted that, despite these policies, transgender workers may still face discrimination.

“Across our nation, members of the transgender community continue to endure elevated levels of poverty, housing discrimination, workplace bias and a risk of suicide and mental health challenges. They are the victims of fatal violence with infuriating frequency,” Legislator Arnold Drucker, a Democrat, said.

He then added that Blakeman has publicly expressed his commitment to helping all Nassau resi-

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dents, so Drucker asserted, “Following through on the formation of this committee would put the power of action behind his words and bring us one step closer to fulfilling the promise of ‘liberty and justice for all.’”

In October, Curran also signed into law a bill that created a 15-member disabilities advisory council, comprising members with disabilities and people representing organizations that serve and advocate for those with disabilities, tasked with providing recommendations to the county executive and legislature.

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Kennedy Sophomore Wrestling ON DEc. 11, Goldstein helped the Cougars to a 4th-place finish (out of 13 teams) in the 45th annual Sprig Gardner Tournament hosted by the Bellmore-Merrick District. He captured the 285-pound title with a 6-4 overtime decision against Lawrence’s Andres Valle. Goldstein, who is ranked third in Nassau in the weight class, also had a big semifinal win over Mepham’s Miguel Rivera in the two-day event on the way to earning Kennedy’s George Munnich Most Outstanding Wrestler award.

GAMES tO wAtch Friday, Jan. 7

Wrestling: Lynbrook at V.S. North...........................4:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Lynbrook at V.S. South ..................... 5 p.m.

Wrestling: Baldwin at East Meadow ........................... 6 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Syosset at Freeport ......................... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Farmingdale at Oceanside .............. 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Clarke at Wantagh ........................... 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 8

Wrestling: Calhoun Tournament.............................9:30 a.m.

Girls Basketball: Sewanhaka at Elmont....................... 10 a.m.

Girls Basketball: Hewlett at South Side......................... 12 p.m.

Girls Basketball: MacArthur at Mepham...................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: South Side at Hewlett ...................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: North Shore at Lawrence ................... 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: G.N. South at Long Beach ................. 12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Elmont at Sewanhaka ........................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Seaford at Carey ..........................12 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Roosevelt at Kennedy ......................... 2 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 10 Boys/Girls Bowling: Oceanside at Baldwin ..................... 4 p.m.

Gymnastics: South Side at Long Beach .......................... 5 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Hicksville at V.S. Central .................6:30 p.m.

Girls Basketball: C.S. Harbor at West Hempstead.......... 7 p.m.

Boys Basketball: Carle Place at Malverne ................. 7 p.m.

Valley Stream North was able to prevail in its non-league inter-town matchup Dec. 30, as the Spartans won their unofficial “rivalry” game against Valley Stream South by the score of 59-49.

Despite the potential cancellation due to COVID protocols and never truly finding a rhythm on offense, Valley Stream North head coach Michael McVeigh was content with how his team handled this gritty matchup.

“We had our ups and they had their ups and we both had our downs, but we were able to stay the course and not let them go on too big of a run,” McVeigh said. “When your shots aren’t falling, you have to try to get to the rim and we were able to do that.”

North (7-1 overall) managed to control the tempo early and maintained a 16-9 lead at the end of the first quarter. Perhaps the most notable takeaway was how well the Spartans were able to manage the game, as they never conceded the lead from there and kept the Falcons fighting an uphill battle all afternoon.

North scored in double figures in every quarter and led 28-17 at halftime and by a dozen points after three quarters.

With North’s three-ball never being a consistent source of offense, the team managed to adjust and primarily win in the paint and on the boards. Senior Godwin Eyiuche initiated a healthy portion of the offense, as he had 19 points and 5 assists, while also getting to the line 11 times. Seniors Brian Farrell and Malcolm Harrington controlled the glass, as each had double digit rebounds, with Harrington being a point shy of a double-double.

Senior Gio Grey also finished with 10 points, being the only player besides Eyiuche to reach double digits for the winners. His 3 treys were crucial in breaking South’s 2-3 zone, a defensive look which gave the Spartans fits at certain junctures.

For Valley Stream South (1-5 overall), a bit of rust was to be expected. The team has recently been ravaged by COVID, and their lack of fully healthy and prepared players made it ambiguous whether the

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SENIOr GIO GrEy knocked down 10 points Dec. 30 to help Valley Stream North hold off visiting Valley Stream South, 59-49. game was even going to be played.

“For all of our front court guys it was their first day back since being out,” VSS head coach Mike O’Brien said. “With all the COVID stuff happening it will be about getting back into the swing of things.”

While they did a plethora of things successfully on the defensive side of the ball, the issue for the Falcons was generating easy looks on offense. Much like the Spar-

tans, their perimeter shooting was lackluster, and they had slight issues deviating from that game plan.

Senior Ralston Campbell was South’s leading scorer with 16. Freshman Brady Delvalle had 13 points, with most of his buckets coming from repeated floaters in the lane. Senior Brady Manning also had 10 points, showcasing both the ability to pull up off the dribble and get to the lane and finish off-foot layups.

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responders being refused service at restaurants, fast food establishments, coffee shops, food trucks and retail stores, we passed a law that that prohibits such businesses or their employees from refusing to serve these individuals based on that criteria.

■ The Legislature established a special revenue fund that will ensure every dollar received from millions of dollars in settlements resulting from a class action lawsuit against several opioid manufacturers and pharmacies will go toward prevention, treatment and education programs specifically targeting the opioid epidemic. Without the special fund, the settlement proceeds would be placed into the county’s general fund, where they could be spent for purposes wholly unrelated to the opioid crisis.

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■ In response to New York state legalizing the recreational use and sale of cannabis products for individuals 21 and older wherever smoking is allowed under the ill Clean Air Act, we created a law that prohibits the smoking or vaping of cannabis at all county-owned facilities. Currently, the smoking of tobacco is prohibited at county-owned properties. This legislation helps clear up any confusion by the public and reinforces that smoking of any kind is not permitted at county properties along with the vaping of cannabis as well. In addition, we passed a bill amending Nassau County’s Social Host Law to help prevent the consumption of cannabis by minors in private homes.

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As your legislator, I am grateful for the support you continue to provide, and I look forward to taking on the challenges that lie ahead in 2022. I hope your holiday season was filled with joy and happiness along with good health that will remain throughout the New Year.

Gaylor is a county legislator for Legislative District 6, which comprises Malverne, Lynbrook, North Lynbrook, Valley Stream and portions of Rockville Centre, Hewlett, Franklin Square and Woodmere.

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■ We passed bill creating a new school bus camera program that will impose fines on drivers who illegally go around or pass school buses with its stop sign out and lights flashing. These cameras will help make sure our students are safe when boarding and exiting buses, by hopefully prompting more drivers to follow the law and putting our children less at risk.

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Watering bags are available through the village and cost 30 dollars per bag, according to village officials. After purchasing, the bags will be delivered and installed at the resident’s convenience in the spring. If interested in the service, a check can be made payable to “Inc. Village of Valley Stream” and mailed to the Highway Department Watering Bag Program, 123 S. Central Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11580. The village asks those sending in checks to write their address and “watering bag” on the check.

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The second annual Town of Hempstead Mulchfest is allowing environmentalists, gardeners and other townsfolk to chip in and recycle their Christmas trees in exchange for bags of mulch at Baldwin Park on Grand Avenue. Started by Supervisor Don Clavin last year, the program is run by the town’s parks department and the sanitation department, which this year is collecting plastic and cardboard recyclables at two exchanges.

At the first one recently, the loud whirr of an industrial woodchipper could be heard every few minutes as residents pulled in with their seasonal trees on their car roofs for drop-off. Firs, spruces and pines were tossed efficiently by parks workers into the machine, which ground them up, giving off a fresh, sappy tree aroma.

Parks Department Regional Supervisors Chris Maloney and Terence Murray reflected on their experience at Mulchfest last year by telling a story of one Levittown woman who called the town hotline after the event and requested mulch to plant her prize-winning tomatoes in the spring.

“We brought over about 30 bags of recycled mulch [to her home], and she let it dry from January to the spring and sprinkled it throughout her garden,” Murray said. The woman was so thankful that she asked the workers to return over the summer so she could gift them some of her award-winning tomatoes. It was a wonderful “full-circle moment” for the workers, Murray said, noting they enjoyed the refreshing taste of the tomatoes in the heat working outside.

Nutritionists agree that people who grow their own food at home can benefit in numerous ways. The food tends to be more nutritious and allows for a more diverse and healthier diet, as the food is

packed with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Gardening is also a rewarding way to stay active and be exposed to vitamin D from time in the sun, especially if Covid concerns keep you at home.

Applying the mulch, which is free for any Hempstead resident to pick up at Baldwin Park (follow the signs), can be a cost-saving way to beautify and prepare upcoming gardens for planting, said Murray, who is involved in tree plantings at Baldwin Park. “We have beautiful soil” for growing on Long Island, he added, recalling the days, 60 and 70 years ago, when potato farms occupied much of Nassau County.

Maloney agreed how “there is nothing better than putting back into the community” and how full-circle the “whole cycle” of planting and giving back can be.

Last year, an estimated 130 trees were turned into mulch and returned to the public. So far this year, about 75 trees have been ground up, with one more day, Jan. 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., when town residents can trade in their trees for mulch.

Maloney showed enthusiasm about putting the “as-natural-as-natural-gets” chips back into Baldwin Park for local residents to enjoy.

“Last year’s success has inspired us to bring Mulchfest back to the Town of Hempstead for a fun and environmentally friendly way to repurpose Christmas trees . . . ” Supervisor Clavin said. “The Town of Hempstead proudly stands for greener and environmentally friendly programs.”

In addition to Mulchfest, the Town of Hempstead hosts S.T.O.P. (Stop Throwing Out Pollutants) and E-Cycle (electronic recycling) events throughout the year to help promote the safe disposal of materials that could be hazardous to the environment and the waste stream. The full 2022 S.T.O.P. and E-Cycle schedule will be announced on the town website, hempsteadny.gov, soon.

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CuStoMerS gathered to watch football in the backyard of Charlie Meaney’s.

Businesses grapple with uncertainty of Omicron continued from front page for our wings. Before the pandemic started, chicken wings were $2.25 a pound.

Now, they are $4.40 a pound. But we can’t raise our prices too much because we are a local neighborhood bar and people won’t want to come here anymore if they’re being overcharged.”

Owner of La Perla De Oriente Restaurant & Bar on Merrick Road, Santos Gutierrez, of Rosedale, also commented on the financial challenges that his business has faced over the past nearly two years because of the pandemic.

“I just hope that this year is a better year,” he said, “because we have been struggling and it hasn’t been easy for our business . . . I’ve had to cut employees, and even though I applied for the [Paycheck Protection Program] federal loan, it didn’t give us much.”

Another situation that is affecting neighborhood restaurants is the mask requirement.

While Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a mandate Dec. 13 requiring masks to be worn in all indoor public places, new Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who was sworn in Jan. 3, said he would not enforce the state’s mask mandate or require proof of vaccination in the county.

“It does make it easier for us to run our business,” Labeck said of Blakeman’s pol-

icies, “but public health-wise, it could be a cause for concern.”

Toni Clifton, a Valley Stream native and a co-owner of Pretty Toni’s Cafe, on Merrick Road, said that despite Nassau County’s change in mask requirements, she would err on the side of caution and still require masks to be worn at her restaurant.

“We are just reopening our dine-in section this week for the first time since March 2020,” said Clifton, “which we have been apprehensive about because of the rising number of cases. We’re requiring all customers and employees to wear masks, and we’re making sure to have our tables six feet apart. We also have signs encouraging customers to maintain social distance.”

Toni and her Pretty Toni’s co-owner, Gary Clifton, added that they wished there was a more definitive protocol on what to do in terms of masks, vaccines and social distancing in Nassau County.

“We’re running a fine line between having to run our business but also be our own police,” Gary Clifton said.

Despite the challenging circumstances, the owners of the three restaurants said they remained optimistic that the number of Covid cases would fall and things would get easier for their businesses in the new year.

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Syd MandelbauM, of Cedarhurst, runs a farmers market for veterans out of his Cedarhurst home. He is now working with Northwell Health’s Long Island Jewish Hospital in Valley Stream to expand the program.

Farmers market serves Five Town, V.S. veterans said.

Spellos and Mandelbaum also worked Northwell Health.” LIJ has also offered together to create the Whole Earth calcuto have prepared meals from the evening lator. “The Whole Earth calculator is shifts offered to veterans.

“It’s a no-brainer, especially when it something that Syd and I have worked on comes to the conversation of not just pro- for the past eight years,” Spellos said, viding the food,” Spellos said, “but pro- “which allows organizations to identify when they’re donating food, what the viding nutritional information.”

In addition to the farmers market, benefit of not having that food going into Spellos worked with Mandelbaum to cre- a landfill would be.”

As an earth scientist, Mandelbaum is ate the Andy Parise Veterans Toolkit interested in how donating app, named for a for mer leftover food can not only mayor of Cedarhurst. It’s provide meals for people, but “an app that we have to give also contribute to a sustainveterans information about able environment. “If you places they can get food on pick up 500 pounds of food top of the farmer’s market from an Aerosmith concert,” itself as well as different he said, “how much greenresources for them,” Spellos house gas is saved, how said. much water is saved, how Rock and Wrap It Up was many meals are generated?” established in 1991 and has Mandelbaum has been worked to fight poverty. Manproviding food for those in delbaum started small by need and fighting poverty in taking leftover food from the Syd MandelbauM New York and across the Jones Beach Theater and country through Rock and donating it to the communi- Rock & Wrap It Up Wrap It Up for 30 years. The ty, but soon expanded to veterans far mers market bands across the nation, with many of them adding a clause to their with LIJ is just another addition to the contracts that they would donate any long list of programs that he has impleleftover food to Rock and Wrap It Up. The mented to serve those in need. “I just organization also worked with sports think what Syd and Diane do is remarkteams in New York such as the Yankees, able and [is] truly saving people’s lives,” Mets and Giants to donate leftover con- Spellos said.

Mandelbaum said he hopes to expand cessions. Then, the prog ram was launched nationwide through the the veterans farmer’s market throughout New York and then across the country.

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Additionally, the pro g ram was “When you have people who are poor and launched at hospitals and hotels and in hungry, you don’t have a balanced econoHollywood. “Every studio in L.A. gives my, you don’t have a balanced environtheir food from . . . TV and film shoots to ment,” he said. “I always think very big, Rock and Wrap It Up volunteers through- and this could be something that could out the United States,” Mandelbaum help tens of millions of people.” continued from front page

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Q. I’m confused about the whole process of doing work to my home. I want to add a room and deck at the back of my kitchen, plus a second floor at the front of my Cape Cod-style home. Do I interview contractors first, architects first, ask an interior designer, ask my building department? What should I do, in what order?

A. The most important thing to understand when beginning the process is that each of the many people who will have input has a particular set of abilities, and approaches your project from his or her particular perspective. When you take the wrong advice from the wrong person, communication begins to fail, which is what you’re onte eeper trying to avoid. The contractor has a specific perspective, for example, which involves budgeting and getting the work constructed. Unfortunately, without training in codes that govern what can legally be done, they will still often advise the customers, and this can go awry, because they don’t have the responsibility to stand behind the advice they give.

The same can be said for interior designers, whose perspective should be within their scope of expertise, which is interior selections and knowledge of finishes and furnishings. Where the interior designer oversteps is when they plan the shape and location of spaces without the knowledge and expertise to determine the multiple issues of engineering, whether it’s the structure or other types of building systems like electric, plumbing and mechanical (heating, ventilating or air conditioning).

As an architect, I regularly struggle to work out problems when a contractor has altered something on a construction site or an interior designer has made a change that involves great cost to undo.

Examples of this could fill a book, but here are a few common ones. As I write this, I am preparing a case to present to a zoning board because a contractor was told, quite specifically and in front of the owner, that a second-floor addition had to be a specific roof angle and the structure had to sit on top of the first-floor walls. The contractor altered the roof angle and raised the addition 10 inches above the top of the first-floor walls. He even told the owner that the inspector “would never notice.” He did.

An interior designer advised a client that they could violate the laws of nature, building codes and zoning regulations when they recently took a copy of architectural plans and reconfigured them, telling the client that the architect didn’t have the artistic acumen or skill that the designer uniquely possessed. So a column ended up going in place of a sink, the roof structure had to be rebuilt, and there was no place to run the plumbing and air conditioning ductwork vertically. The cost for slender steel beams to accommodate the design decimated the budget as well.

All of these people need to be consulted, as long as they stay in their lanes of expertise. Good luck!

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ith 2021 behind us, I’m trying hard to be optimistic about 2022. When you’ve lived past your 70s, you have the benefit of having seen multiple ups and downs in our country, and those experiences give you some insight into what might lie ahead.

The coronavirus pandemic has taken a big toll on most of America.

Our daily rhythms have been scrambled. We’ve been forced to work from home, and have patiently suffered through JERRY lockdowns and the loss of social KREMER interaction. But because we are such an innovative nation, by the end of 2022, it’s likely that we will have tamed this disease and possibly be better prepared for any new health challenge.

Last year was a tough one for the business world. The lockdowns around the world and the constant flare-ups of Covid-19 caused shortages of critical products. Some manufacturers who have

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ample inventory have taken advantage of the shortages and have raised their prices unnecessarily. Oil refineries with large inventories have joined the parade and jacked up the price of gasoline. Millions of small businesses have been forced to close, and in many cases they will never return.

2022 promises to be a better year for our long-suffering industries. Our strangled shipping ports are likely to catch up with the backlog of containers, and the uncontrolled buying of 2021 will slow down. By midyear, many members of the workforce who stayed home will finally find new job opportunities, or bargain their way into better-paying positions.

I’m thinking optimistically about the challenges we face, except for one. Surveying the scene from Minnesota or Montauk, I am most pessimistic about the political world. I have served over 30 years in state and local government. I have seen bold new programs, and marveled at political stars in both the Democratic and Republican parties.

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elected officials is as different as night and day from my time in state government. Once upon a time, leaders in my political world were willing to sit down and discuss the needs of the people, and got things done with simple handshakes.

The backroom meetings were about the next 10 years, not the next 10 minutes. Quite a few of today’s incumbents, especially those in Congress, are interested only in getting re-elected, and are willing to say and do whatever it takes to hold on to power.

It doesn’t make you a socialist if you believe in child care tax credits, more day care, pre-K programs and relief for young people struggling with college debt. Pollsters will tell you how widely accepted these initiatives are. But a handful of entrenched politicians will tell you they aren’t worth the cost or are being abused.

Those same ideologues will eagerly vote for tax cuts for the rich and the purchase of more military equipment, needed or not.

The biggest threat of 2022 will be the ongoing attacks on our voting system.

Republicans in more than a dozen states

’m thinking positively about the challenges we face this year, except for one.

have passed laws putting state legislatures in charge of their voting systems.

Dedicated independent professional election workers are being supplanted by party hacks whose only job is to protect their political base. It’s possible that hundreds of actual winning Democratic candidates will be denied victories under these new systems. These machinations should be the target of a real 2022 Stop the Steal campaign.

Do we have any political heroes left on the national stage? Some of the 10 Republican House members who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump have been willing to give up their seats in the name of protecting the nation. A few in that brave group are seeking re-election, and were willing to take the risk.

These are just random thoughts about the new year from a mostly optimistic columnist. I am eternally hopeful that the better angels will prevail in 2022.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years.

He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Readers tell their Covid stories in 50 words, or more

n the Dec. 2-8 issue, I invited readers to say how they were getting through the coronavirus pandemic so far, noting that all eyes were on the Omicron variant, and that our stories would surely evolve. Thank you so much for sharing these snippets of your lives. * “Friendship got me through Covid.

I would not have made it through this unexpected plot change in life without my peers.

The sudden death of my dog put a wave of grief over me for months. My RANDI best friend KREISS brought light into my shadowy sadness.” — E.K. * “‘So far’ are the operative words. No crystal ball here but by late February [2020] you could see it coming. Was still shocked by the incompetent and misleading, politicized government response and the willing denial by so many that killed and threatened. Read ‘The Great Influenza,’ spent months on the terrace and stayed as isolated as we could. Got a puppy.” — T.G. * “During the early days, I would take long walks in the early morning to clear

my thoughts. As time went on, I would run into other walkers, with many of us stopping to say hello and ask if everything was OK. On Thanksgiving 2020, a group of us got together outside and set up our tables six feet apart. We couldn’t be with family, but were happy to have found new friends.”

— Anonymous * “I was reminded of all the things I used to love about myself. I read more than I had in years. I had genuine conversations with my family, who, despite living in the same house for years, never were quite on the same page. Most important, I was aware of all I had taken for granted: I was finally satisfied with the life I had created for myself. I was reminded of the little girl who smiled and laughed and loved herself.” — R.G. * “I feel blessed just being here in Merrick with my mom, Rose, after losing my dad, Fred, to mantle cell lymphoma during the pandemic. As a resident of Australia, I had to secure a Travel Exemption from the Australian government to be allowed to board a flight to New York.” — L.H. * “I temporarily moved next door to my daughter and her family in July 2020.

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They were expecting a baby in August. I was there to help them out and they were there, providing precious moments at a time I would have been isolated and anxious.” — Anonymous * “We were three couples, close-by neighbors living in comfortable condos on the beach. We met every evening to talk, swim, have drinks and share extra supplies we were able to find. I painted every day. I have 42 completed paintings, three of which I sold. I let my hair grow out and am no longer a slave to my roots. My husband and I played board games.” — C.T. * “I not only ‘got through’ the pandemic, I rather enjoyed the peace and serenity afforded by the lockdown. My life revolved around a few people with whom I really love doing things. I enjoyed cooking, reading, card and game playing, long walks. I see a definite beauty in stepping off the world, albeit temporarily.” —A.C. * “At first I thought Covid would disappear quickly, but when I realized it was here to stay, I felt resentful. I’m 74, and I felt that a year and a half of my time was stolen from me while I locked myself inside. But I came to realize I was lucky.

My family was healthy, and I didn’t have

read more than I had in years.

I had genuine conversations with my family.’

to go off to work. I just had to stay alive!”

— B.C. * “Minus side: masking, no city, travel, theater, movies, felt restriction of movement. Plus side: more quality time to spend with family and friends, read, needlepoint, dining al fresco, a slower pace and longer phone conversations, spending less but giving more.” — B.G. * “Morning: television and telephone to family, friends. Afternoon: taking walks with husband through Cedarhurst. Evening: paint and write in a journal. I have kept seven journals — and I have tossed out two with the most negative thoughts.”

— L.M. * “Volunteering at the People Loving People Food Pantry in Oyster Bay was rewarding: It proved that during the most difficult times, people share with those less fortunate.” — K.G. * “Dealing with the pandemic is a slam dunk when you’re never alone. Lola and Mackenzie are my two small, hairy best friends. Never more than a few feet from wherever I am, they are great listeners.

We rarely disagree, and they think I’m a brilliant conversationalist.” — Anonymous Copyright 2022 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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ruce Blakeman’s first public act as Nassau County executiveelect, in the second week of December, was one of rebellion.

Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, had ordered mask use in indoor spaces where people gather to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Blakeman, a Republican, said he would defy the order, refusing to enforce it once he took office Jan. 1. The governor had left enforcement to the counties.

We understand Blakeman’s reluctance to reinstate a mask mandate. People have grown tired of obeying orders.

Most of us just want our freedom back.

We want our old pre-pandemic lives. We crave normalcy.

Apologies for the blunt language, but the coronavirus doesn’t give a damn about our desire to return to the way things were before all hell broke loose. It is a virus. It has an innate need to replicate, and to replicate it requires host bodies. Nature has granted the virus a seemingly incalculable ability to mutate to avoid eradication.

That is why we must do all in our power to eliminate the coronavirus — including wearing masks in public spaces. That is why the state mandate is necessary.

Blakeman has said there is little scientific evidence to demonstrate that masking reduces transmission of the coronavirus. That is not true. He only need look to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Science Brief from Dec. 6, titled “Community Use of Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2,” to find it.

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letters The gift of a kidney To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Kidney donor tells story of the gift she gave”: The donor sure augmented the meaning of giving of oneself. For her kidney she must have received a heart — not only one. This was a heartwarming story. She sure was courageous and generous. What a nice story for the season. May an extra-big star keep smiling on her.

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Recalling the great transit strike To the Editor: Jan. 1 was the 56th anniversary of the 1966

The CDC cites numerous studies, conducted over the past two years in a variety of settings, demonstrating that mask wearing, when carried out properly, can reduce the transmission of Covid-19.

According to the CDC, at least 10 studies have “confirmed the benefit of universal masking in community level analyses.” The agency, considered one of the world’s leading authorities on infectious diseases, further states, “Each analysis demonstrated that, following directives from organizational and political leadership for universal masking, new infections fell significantly.”

Data from 200 countries, including the U.S., demonstrated reductions in the death rate as well.

Furthermore, the CDC concludes, “increasing universal masking by 15 percent could prevent the need for lockdowns and reduce associated losses of up to $1 trillion, or about 5 percent of the gross domestic product.”

If Blakeman is sincerely concerned about protecting the interests of Nassau businesses, as we firmly believe he is, then he will enforce the mask mandate to ensure that they stay open. No one — no one — wants the type of lockdowns that we are increasingly seeing in other countries. At some point soon, however, they could become inevitable if patients were to overwhelm our hospitals once again.

The Omicron variant, clearly far more transmissible than previous strains, has spread like wildfire across the U.S. over the past month. As of press time Monday, Long Island’s daily positivity rate stood at nearly 25 percent — the

highest in the state, despite our high vaccination rate.

Preliminary data indicate that Omicron, which is fueling this most recent surge, may be less virulent and less deadly than previous strains. Given the exponential growth of this new form of the virus, however, we are seeing hospitalization rates rising fast, which, once again, is straining our health care workers, who are already worn out by nearly two years of battling a relentless foe. At least one president of a major Nassau hospital has asked the public to consider staying home for two weeks to minimize spread.

When Hochul enacted the indoor mask mandate on Dec. 10, it was supposed to last until Jan. 15. She recently extended it to Feb. 1. We urge Blakeman to consider enforcing it.

The county mustn’t fine businesses that are earnest in their efforts to carry out the mandate — as many have been.

Without enforcement for egregious violators, however, there will be those who disregard the law entirely, and therein lies the problem.

To defeat this terrible, highly transmittable disease once and for all, we need a far greater sense of unity and resolve than we have shown to date. As a nation, we have always managed to summon our better angels and come together for a cause greater than ourselves.

Now we are faced with yet another crisis of epic proportions that requires us to think beyond ourselves and do what is best for the greater good.

Mask up!

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he 2019 documentary “Biking Borders,” chronicling the ninemonth, 9,320-mile cycling adventure of two college friends, Max Jabs and Nono Konopka, from Berlin to Beijing, opens with the pair struggling to stay upright as they pedal down a snowcovered road in eastern Turkey shortly after Christmas 2018.

These guys are just nuts, I thought. Immediately, I was hooked. I had to watch this travelogue — twice.

Following its opening scene, the sCoTT film, recently released on NetBrinTon flix, cuts to Germany and thereafter follows the pair’s journey chronologically, starting in the summer of 2018 at the Brandenburg Gate and ending at China’s Tiananmen Square in the spring of 2019.

Viewers quickly learn that their trek was far more than a sightseeing tour of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. It was fundraiser to build a school in Guatemala, which has the highest illiteracy rate in Central America — roughly 25 percent.

We also learn that the two, despite attending university in the biking capital of the world, the Netherlands, had barely

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pedaled anywhere before their epic trek.

Apparently, Jabs had ridden a little while in school, but Konopka not at all. In fact, the two undertook no special athletic training for their journey. According to a Forbes article on them, they figured they would get in shape on the way.

As noted, these guys just seemed nuts — but in the best of ways.

The two 20-somethings, both German, graduated together with degrees in international marketing from Fontys University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands in 2018, and set out on their journey only months later, headed to some of the most remote, inhospitable, potentially dangerous places on the planet. Yet they were all smiles, veritable fonts of infectious positivity.

Chalk it up to irrational exuberance or youthful naiveté, but they just went for it — and succeeded — continually promoting their trek via social media along the way to bolster donations for their cause.

If you watch anything on Netflix this winter, be sure to catch this film. For starters, it just makes you feel good. With so much pain in the world these days, it reminds us that there is hope for humanity, that we are not all irredeemably greedy, self-centered creatures. We can, through the power of belief and teamwork, do enormous good for the world.

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f you watch anything on Netflix this winter, be sure to catch this quirky film.

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transit strike that shut down New York City for days. It was the first of many municipal crises to face incoming Mayor John Lindsay, who ran on the Liberal and Republican Party lines, winning more than 1.1 million votes, or 45 percent, defeating Democrat/Civil Service Abe Beame, who had 41 percent, and Conservative Party National Review Editor William F. Buckley, who garnered 14 percent.

Rush hour began at 4 a.m., and many people arrived home as late as midnight.

The Long Island Rail Road added extra service. Both Penn Station and Grand Central Terminal were mobbed with thousands of new customers. Transit Workers Union President Michael Quill went to jail, suffered a heart attack and subsequently died. He did not live to see his successor win a record 15 percent wage hike. The subway fare was raised 33 percent, from 15 to 20 cents.

LARRY PENNER Great Neck Penner is a transportation advocate, historian and writer who previously worked for the Federal Transit Administration Region 2 New York Office.

Jabs and Konopka started out hoping they might raise 50,000 euros (about $56,500) to build a one-room, cinder-block school in Guatemala. By the time they reached Iran, they had collected that sum and more. As of press time, the project had raised 288,700 euros (about $326,400), enough to construct five schools.

Their new goal is a million euros — enough for 20 schools in Guatemala, Ghana and Laos.

Jabs and Konopka partnered with the New York City-based nonprofit Pencils of Promise, which builds the schools. Adam Braun, 38, a Brown University graduate who worked on Wall Street, started the organization in 2008, prompted by a conversation he had had with a little boy on a street in India while in college. The boy was begging for money. What he wanted, though, was a pencil so he could write and learn. Braun gave him one. Later, feeling unfulfilled in high finance, Braun recalled that chance meeting and left behind his safe, well-appointed world for international nonprofit work, starting Pencils of Promise with $25. The organization has since raised $75 million for education in the developing world.

I knew none of this before watching “Biking Borders.” When I learned the story behind the film and Pencils of Promise, I just had to donate to the cause,

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which can be done at bikingborders.com.

The site is in German, but Google Chrome can translate it into English.

Whether or not you donate, you should watch this documentary. The scenery is stunning, and on the road Jabs and Konopka encounter many kindhearted people who offer them aid when they need it most. And yes, things go awry from time to time, despite all their optimistic planning.

Jabs and Konopka just embrace the people they meet, and people embrace them back. The two seem unafraid, no matter the circumstance, even in countries that are known to be hostile to westerners. In Iran they are met as something like heroes, with people waving to them, cheering for them and pouring food into their hands — and strangers welcoming them into their homes for a night’s rest and a rice-filled Persian meal.

As an avid cyclist, I am at once envious of and fascinated by their trip. You needn’t love cycling, though, to enjoy this hour-and-a-half-long film. At its core, it’s really about our shared humanity, and these days, we can use all the humanity that we can muster.

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.

VALLEY STREAM HERALD — January 6, 2022

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