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V.S. civil rights activist tells his story but also in Valley Stream, where acts of intimidation often deterred Black families from On March 7, 1965, protesters moving in. An article in The trekking the 54 miles from New York Times on Aug. 16, 1979, Selma, Ala., to Montgomery, the detailed a cross burning on the state capital, to register Black lawn of Inga Grant, a native of voters were violently confronted Jamaica, and her family, on by local authorities and white Woodland Avenue, five weeks vigilante groups. In the wake of after their arrival in the mostly that national tragewhite neighborhood. dy, which became The Times reported known as Bloody that the family of Sunday, civil rights nine was subjected protesters snapped to obscene calls, into action around threatening letters, the country. and rocks shattering Eight days later, their windows. roughly 15,000 civil Less overt but rights activists took equally discriminato the streets of Har- lARRy Fox tory behavior was a lem in a show of sol- Activist fact of life, accordi d a r i t y, d u r i n g ing to Fox. To fight which someone bigoted housing snapped a photo of a young man practices and help Black families marching in the crowd, holding secure homes, Fox, alongside up a sign that read, “We Will members of the Long Island Overcome.” chapter of the Congress of That man in the photo was Racial Equality, or CORE, would local civil rights legend Larry try to catch white homeowners Fox, now 79, marching alongside and real estate agents in their college students Karen Penner, uneven dealings with Black cusWillie Espy, Rose Brown and tomers through a tactic known Ralph Penner. All except Fox as “home testing.” have since died. The activists would try to see In the 1960s and ’70s, racially whether home renters would be motivated violence was taking more willing to rent to Fox, a place not only in far-off Alabama Continued on page 9

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BeFoRe He BeCAMe executive director, Jason Tan served as LIJ’s deputy executive director. Prior to that, he was the associate executive director of quality management.

LIJ Valley Stream hospital welcomes new chief By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com

A new wave of leadership has come to Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital. The hospital started the year by welcoming Dr. Hsiang-chi “Angel” Meng as its medical director. A few weeks later, Jason Tan, 42, became the facility’s executive director, after two years as deputy executive director of administration. Tan is hardly an unfamil-

iar face to the hospital staff, having spent seven years getting to know the faces on the hospital floor and forging strong relationships with the health care team. But now he will face new pressures and demands as its chief, tasked with overseeing the day-today operations of the 284-bed facility and its roughly 1,300 employees, while ensuring a high-quality standard of care for the large volume and diversity of patients his hospital serves.

LIJ Valley Stream’s Emergency Department alone takes care of over 40,000 people a year. The hospital executive director’s role involves making daily rounds of its many departments and round-theclock meetings focusing on everything from patient postdischarge follow-ups to the expansion of service program. Colleagues who’ve worked closely with Tan say Continued on page 16

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By Juan Lasso jlasso@liherald.com

A proposal to build an apartment complex at 54 and 68 W. Jamaica Avenue was approved for final site development plan review by the village’s Zoning Board of Appeals on Feb. 28 during the regular meeting of the board of trustees. The village board voted unanimously to amend the zoning map from a C-1 district, a residential and commercial zone, to a CA-district, or floating zone at 68 West Jamaica Avenue. The floating zone change covers a 5,000-square-foot parcel of residential property to be added to a 20,000-square-foot property to make way for the construction of a high-density, multi-family apartment complex at the southeast corner of South Corona and West Jamaica avenues Last June 21, the village board voted unanimously to change the 20,000-squarefoot parcel of land in a multi-family residential and commercial district. Originally, the change was meant to pave the way for the construction of the new apartment building at 54 W. Jamaica Ave. But plans were halted and revised by the Lynbrookbased developers Robert Phillip Ferraro Architect P.C. developer to accommodate the addition of 68 W. Jamaica. The revised plans have bumped up the density to 63 apartment units, a 34 percent increase, doubling the number of studio apartments from eight to 16, and adding eight new one-bedroom units. First-floor parking also increased from 43 to 56 parking spots. According to a statement of recommendation made by the village’s Community and Economic Development team during the meeting, “The Community Economic

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a mock-up of the apartment complex proposed for 54 and 68 W. Jamaica Ave. Development team finds the current application…to be in the best interest of the village of Valley Stream and should be approved. The addition of this property to the approved project at 54 West Jamaica Avenue will expand investment in our downtown and our tax base. This project will enhance the safety and beauty of an important quarter between our downtown and train station.” The statement further explained that the development team negotiated with the developer to provide a contribution of $268,000 to the village’s community benefit fund. The applicant has also addressed concerns of the neighboring firehouse by revising the site layout and [close off the building exit] to the rear of the firehouse and has agreed to provide affordable units and pay the full value of village taxes if IDA (Industrial Development Agencies) benefits are received for this project, according to the statement.

Dominick Minerva, attorney for the developer, detailed noteworthy features of the apartment complex including: ■ Rooftop deck for residents and community room and lounge ■ Trash room on each floor with a trash shoot ■ Installed energy-efficient installations such as LED lighting and energy-efficient windows “…the applicant may, though it’s not fully determined yet, apply to the IDA (Industrial Development Agencies) for assistance and if he does so, the applicant is willing to agree to fully reimburse the village in village taxes. Resident Mike Belfiore asked the board whether the village has applied the provisions of the New York State Long Island Workforce Housing Act to the development project, to which Mayor Edwin Fare replied,

“…We follow the letter of the law.” “Are there any particulars of that [in regard to complying with the law] to be found on the record?” asked Belfiore. “No,” Fare responded. “This [project] is proposed as a marketrate development. If the applicant does apply to the IDA agency, then they will have to comply with their requirements for affordable units…but if that application is not accepted, it will all be marketrate,” affirmed Minerva. “…It really is the job of the village to apply the act, but if there are no details… there are no details,” argued Belfiore. The Long Island Workforce Housing Act requires housing projects that include five or more residential units either to set aside 10 percent of a project’s units for workforce or affordable housing — priced for families making 130 percent of the median income in the area or less — or construct affordable housing elsewhere in the municipality or pay a fee.

Convention confidence: GOP sees victory ahead By kepherd danieL kdaniel@liherald.com

After a two-day affair at the Garden City Hotel, New York state Republicans coalesced around Long Island Congressman Lee Zeldin as their candidate for governor over a few other candidates, including businessman Harry Wilson and Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Nassau County Republican Committee Chairman, Joseph Cairo said the party aims to target bail reform as part of its platform. “Bail reform is crazy, the nonsense going on there is a key issue,” he said on Tuesday, day two of the convention. “They commit a crime in the afternoon before the police are done finishing the paperwork, they’re out free again to commit more crimes.” Cairo said the party will continue to campaign on the issues that gave them victories in the race for county executive and district attorney. “The funding of the police, the economy, the assessment system here in Nassau County is completely botched up,” he said. “These are the things that brought us victory last year. The price

of gas. People see it every day. That’s what’s going to cause people to come out. The average guy wants to come out and express their voice this year and it’s going to be by voting Republican.” He said Republicans, not only because of the enthusiasm at the convention, but because people are not happy with the state of the country. “We saw it last year in Nassau County,” Cairo said. “People regardless of party affiliation, want change. They want America to be America again. We’re gonna see it this year.” Former Congressman Peter King, a Seaford resident, echoed Cairo’s sentiments. “The whole issue of inflation and the one-party rule in the state and underlying all of it is a lot of disapproval to Joe Biden, a Democratic state, and the aftereffects of Andrew Cuomo and Bill DeBlasio,” he said, explaining why the GOP is confident. “But if there’s one issue, it’s going to be crime and law and order. That’s the dominant issue from talking to people all over the state.” King sees a Republican revitalization, one that could gain seats in the State Senate, noting that Todd Kaminsky’s seat is open and the GOP could target John

nY Gop memBers gather in Garden City for their convention in hopes of making a red wave.

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Brooks. “I’ve never seen this type of energy and I’ve been in enough political events, I haven’t seen it like this, in 50 years at a state level,” King said. “I think having Allison Esposito as a candidate for lieutenant governor sends a signal. She’s a woman and she’s a real tough, longtime cop and that’s a great combination put together.” County Executive Bruce Blakeman, who was the beneficiary of the Republican resurgence, thinks highly of the party’s

gubernatorial choices. “I think Lee Zeldin is the right candidate. I think he made an excellent choice for lieutenant governor with Allison Esposito,” Blakeman said. “And I think he gets it and knows what needs to be done to turn the state around. I think people have confidence in him. My confidence level is very, very high. I think this November, there will be a red tide that will extend from Montauk all the way up to the border.”

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New club grooms new generation of teachers By Karina Kovac kkovac@liherald.com

The Valley Stream Central High School District is preparing the next generation of educators with the launch of the Future Teachers Academy. The Future Teachers Academy is a new club at each of the district’s schools that gives students the opportunity to learn about the ins and outs of teaching, as well as how to break into the teaching profession. “I always had a feeling that becoming a teacher was something I wanted to do,” Samantha Altieri, a junior at North, said after the presentation. “When I heard about this club, I was excited to have a community and foster an environment where we can learn the information that we need to be successful in the future.” At a recent Future Teachers Academy session, Dr. Laura Seinfeld, Dean of the College of Education, Information and Technology at LIU Post, and Professor Cary Epstein, Assistant Dean at the college, gave a presentation titled: “Why Teach” for club members at Valley Stream North High School. The two lifelong educators went over the credentials required to become a public-school teacher in New York State and the ways students can specialize their educations to their teaching interests and future ambitions. Dr. Seinfeld and Professor Epstein also went over the benefits of becoming a teacher including job security and work-life balance that may not be available in other professions. “I’m not completely decided on what I want to do, but I know that with teaching, you get to work hands-on with children, and that’s something I want to lean into,” North sophomore Gunand Thind said. “I want to help people, and with teaching, you get to see the impact you’re making every day on the students’ lives. Like Maya Angelou said, ‘Be the rainbow in someone else’s cloud,’ and to be able to do that is something that interests me about the field.” For senior Sarai Alleyne, her own expe______________

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The sTudenTs are members of the Future Teachers Academy, a new club launched this year at each of the Central High School District’s schools to introduce them to the field of education. rience at North pushed her to start her teaching journey. “I’ve always wanted to work with kids, and a lot of the teachers here at North inspired me because of my relationships with them,” she said. “They’ve made my experience in the classroom easier and enjoyable, and I wanted to go into a career that would give me the opportunity to have those same kinds of relationships with students.” The brainchild for the Future Teachers Academy came at the suggestion of Assistant Superintendent for Personnel and Administration Cliff Odell, who said he wanted it to serve as a pipeline program for members of Valley Stream’s diverse student body to enter the teaching profession. “The driving force behind this club is to educate our diverse community of learners on the field of education,” Mr. Odell said. “Research shows that nationwide there is a significant lack of diverse educators, and this is a way of introducing our students to the profession of teaching, and the necessary higher education requirements to pursue it.” “The vision and mission of the Future Teachers Academy is to educate our students about the field of education so that they understand how they can make a dif-

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dr. Laura seinfeLd, Dean of the College of Education, Information and Technology at LIU Post, left, and Professor Cary Epstein, Assistant Dean at the college, gave a presentation about the field of education for students at North High School. ference in our community and beyond in a challenging and exceptionally rewarding career,” North Principal Dr. Robin Small said. Club advisors Brenda Coleman and Catherine Modzelewski, who each have

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Rabbi offers words of support to Ukrainian Jews Valley Stream Jewish Center (previously Temple Gates of Zion) Rabbi Yechiel (Joel N. Buchband) hears the echo of the past in the current crisis in Ukraine. During the time of the Czar, before the Soviet Union rose and fell, Jews were restricted in where they could live and set up settlements. The Pale of Settlement were parts of the Russian Empire where Jews were permitted, and Ukraine was the heart of the largest settlement, where millions of Jews came together. “That part of the world has an awful lot of painful Jewish history” he said. In the current climate it’s hard to verify how many of the Jewish faith are located in Ukraine, after years of masking identities on passports to obtain better jobs and educational opportunities. In a 2020 demographic study of European Jewry, the number of Ukrainians who identify as Jews was placed at 43,000, but some estimates based off of ancestry quadruple that number. As Ukraine has turned into a battleground against unprovoked Russian invasion, thousands of uprooted Ukranian citizens are fleeing. And as the history of Jewish persecution in Eastern Europe has shown, the current situation could prove disastorous for the frequently targeted demographic.

“Sometimes in war time there can be a great deal of chaos and a breakdown of law and order and if that happens that’s a dangerous situation and there can easily be, based on the history…attacks on the Jews,” said Yechiel who graduated from Columbia University, majoring in history and minoring in Judaic Studies. A number of veteran Jewish organizations are working towards helping Ukraninan Jews emigrate safely to nearby countries or even seek refuge in Israel. Organizations like The Joint (American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) has started an emergency humanitarian campaign to help Ukraine’s most vulnerable Jews in need. They have set up donations on their website that will go to providing food, medicine, and transportation of displaced persons. They have also set up new communication hotlines in Moldova and Israel to maintain human connection for Shabbat and moral. “If they’re going to stay [in Ukraine], it’s a very dangerous time and were certainly doing what we can to communicate our concern, our support, and our love,” said Yechiel. Rabbi Yechiel offered his words of support for those families facing the impossible: “We will do everything we possibly can to help you; if you decide to come here, we will welcome you. If you decide to move to Israel, we will help you move there: there are lots of Jewish organizations

raBBi Yechiel came to the conservative Valley Stream Jewish Center in 2004, beforehand living in Israel for 20 years where he began his synagogue life.

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that are waiting to stand by your side.” Yechiel explains that the common loss of identity of Ukranian Jews does not disqualify those of ancestry from seeking refuge in Israel. “A lot of them theoretically could emigrate to Israel, any person that has a Jewish grandparent would be welcomed by the state of Israel,” said Yechiel. Another agency, active for 90 years assisting Jewish people across the globe is the Jewish Agency for Israel. The following is stated on their website: “We founded and built the State of Israel, and we continue creating links globally—bringing Jews to Israel and Israel to Jews

around the world.” The agency is currently on the ground in Ukraine assisting Jews looking to absorb into Israel quickly and safely. Both organizations and many more online are asking for donations during this unimaginable crisis. Please consider donating. For furthter information on how to make a donation to the JDC’s emergency relief efforts, please visit their website at www.jdc.org/give. To provide donations to the Jewish Agency for Israel, please visit them at: www.jewishagency.org.

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Thursday, Mar. 10

Christmas Tree Mulch Pick-Up

Family BINGO Night

The Village of Valley Stream has Recycled Discarded Christmas Trees and it offering free mulch for pickup to village residence. Pickup is at three locations: Firemen’s Field Parking Lot, Barrett Park Front Entrance Cedar St. Between Boden Ave., and Sayre PI. A map of these locations is on the village website. For more information call (516) 825-8494.

The Henry Memorial Library is hosting a virtual BINGO night. The whole family can join for BINGO over Zoom. Fill out this form and the library will send you a link to your BINGO cards: https:// forms.gle/cDEBirP7KZiPeyx36 Requests for Zoom info less than an hour before the program may not be seen so reserve your spot today! This event will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.

Vita Tax Help The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library is offering limited in-person tax assistance with the help of volunteers from the Hofstra Tax Society. Appointments are limited and must be made in person at the library Adult Reference Desk so the required documents for the appointment can be given out. The program runs till April 15, 2022 and will be taking place on Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Masks are required regardless of vaccination status. For questions please call the reference desk at (516) 825-6422.

Friday, Mar. 4 Teen Book Club Join the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. for their in person teen book club! The book to be discussed this time is Crossover: A Graphic Novel, by Kwame Alexander. In this Newbery Medal– winning middle grade novel in verse, twelve-year-old twins and basketball stars Josh and Jordan Bell must learn to deal with problems on and off the court as they navigate homework, first crushes, family and, of course, basketball. Masks are optional. Please be considerate to those who choose to wear masks. If you’d like to join, please send an email to VSteens@ nassaulibrary.org to join. Please register early so a copy of the book can be provided for you to pick up at the library prior to the program. This event will take place in the Children’s Room.

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Board of Education Meeting Valley Stream Central High School District is having a Board of Education Meeting Mar. 8 starting at 8 p.m. at Memorial Junior High School.

Saturday, Mar. 5 Microsoft Word Join for the continuation of the virtual workshop that allows participants tol cover Microsoft Word Basics, this week focusing on the Mailings Tab – Part 3 – Letters & Forms. To register for this class, contact Library Director Ms. Eng at hwmlcontact@hotmail.com for the Zoom information

Learn to Code - STEM Activities Interested in coding? Henry Waldinger Memorial Library teen volunteer Sawaira will explore different coding apps, including Canva,Tinkercad, Scratch and Scratch Jr. Registration is required, please send an e-mail to hwmlcontact@hotmail.com to register. Registered children will receive the Zoom link and password for the

program. Requests for Zoom info less than an hour before the program may not be seen, the event starts at 11:30 a.m. and goes till 12:30 p.m. STEM learning can support children’s early math development and many other important skills.

Tuesday, Mar. 8 Board of Education Committee Meeting Valley Stream Central High School District is having a Board of Education meeting starting at 8 p.m. at Memorial Junior High School, Cafeteria B, 320 Fletcher Avenue. For more information such as agendas contact the District Clerk at (516) 872-5628.

Wednesday, Mar. 9

The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library invites teens to meet for a fun game of Fact or Fiction from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. The game is played by one player standing up and reading his or her statement card aloud to the group, and then all players should “vote” on that statement by placing their fact or fiction card on the table. The presenter then reveals whether that statement is fact or fiction, and incorrect voting cards are removed from the table. Masks are optional for this event but the library asks everyone please be considerate to those who choose to wear masks. Registration required: https://forms. gle/KMSwFj33Tn5PUoTy7 Send an email to VSteens@nassaulibrary.org for questions.

Craft-Along: St. Patrick’s Day The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library is having a craft along come and enjoy readings of winter stories and making a St. Patrick’s Day craft. School-age children in Kindergarten through 6th grade can attend this event happening from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Program materials will be provided by the library. Masks optional, but the library says please be considerate to those who continue to wear masks. Registration is required at the following link: https://forms.gle/ T6hxVVPVKz4jwjHm7.

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The Valley Stream Road Show Season 1 Finale is up on YouTube as of February 25, 2022. You can request a Autistic Child Area or Children at Play sign from contacting 516-812-3285. Valuables are being stolen from gyms, make sure to lock up possessions and lock your vehicle. How have Nassau Public Library’s helped you? Share your story at bit.ly/2022LibraryGrowth. Log in to Tutor.com free online tutoring from subject experts year-round.

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Civil rights activist tells tales of agitating for justice continued from front page white man — and at a more affordable price —than to a Black man of similar standing. “They would gladly offer me the apartment at any rate,” Fox recalled. Later in the day, a Black person would come by, ready to rent the home, and be refused. “We’d then have a case” against the home seller, Fox said. “We were major troublemakers … good trouble.” Even when Fox and his fellow advocates could help a Black family secure a home, Black homeowners were still not in the clear, often encountering various forms of discrimination. Fox and other members of CORE would spend the night in a Black family’s home, keeping watch for acts of vigilante violence or intimidation. One night, in an ironic twist of fate, Fox was at his home on Jamacia Avenue, preparing for just such a watch shift, when it was fired into, he recounted, by racist vigilantes. Despite that scare, Fox has never deserted the village he’s lived in since 1961. “I don’t run,” he said simply. Since the mid-1960s, he said, there have been noticeable strides in racial equity and inclusion, as the shifting demographics of Valley Stream show

more families of color moving in from nearby Queens and purchasing homes. But the work isn’t finished, Fox notes, and he looks to the new generation of young people of a variety of backgrounds who are tackling the legacy of discrimination and other social ills as part of new social movements such as the Black Lives Matter movement. Fox’s advice for the new generation of civil rights activists is to get educated, and political. “Dig, dig, dig …,” he said. “Back in the day, we’d lay out five or six newspapers and argue over [whose political position] was right or wrong,” and whether facts were facts. He was also inspired to take up the civil rights cause by seeking out likeminded people. It was when he joined a Jewish youth group that he was introduced to a program called Justice in Action, focused on empowering young Jewish people to pursue social justice. Since then Fox has tried to live by the group’s mantra: “When one person is injured, all people are.” The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. put it another way: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Juan Lasso contributed to this article.

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Behind seniors Godwin Eyiuche (17 points) and Malcom Harrison (16), No. 10 Valley Stream North upset second-seeded Sewanhaka in a thrilling Nassau Class A boys’ basketball quarterfinal playoff matchup Feb. 23, 58-44. It was the epitome of a playoff atmosphere, with both fan bases as vocal and emphatic as a school could ask for. Valley Stream North head coach Michael McVeigh thought this win represented the selfless and hard-nosed attitude the team has demonstrated this season. “We don’t care who scores,” McVeigh said. “We are going to play defense and we are going to play together and that’s what we did.” Defensively is where the Spartans shined, as the team’s zone defense prevented Sewanhaka from ever finding a rhythm or from generating easy looks. The Spartans held the Indians to only 16 first-half points. This gave the Spartans enough cushion for them to secure the victory in the end. Offensively, North’s ball movement and shot making ability was a night and day difference following the halftime break. Eyiuche was the central playmaker, as his fearless takes to the basket were a central catalyst in the Spartans’ third-quarter run. Eyiuche thinks this win embodies the team’s strong and resilient demeanor. “We were the underdogs coming in,” Eyiuche said. “We weren’t scared from the jump, and we just wanted to show everybody how hard we play and that we were ready for the moment.”

Eyiuche was the game’s leading scorer and added five assists, but it was a balanced effort for the Spartans. Harrington was a steady presence at the rim. Sophomore Dom Obukwelu had 12 points and senior Gio Grey added 7. Valley Stream North, which edged No. 7 Lynbrook by a point in the first round, will face third-seeded Garden City in the semifinals on March 1, after Herald press time, at Hofstra University. The winner will face either top-seeded Manhasset or No. 5 South Side in the county title game this Saturday at 5 p.m. at Hofstra. For Sewanhaka, it was a premature ending to what had been a terrific season. The team played hard all afternoon, but the shots just didn’t fall. Indians head coach Jay Allen had nothing but respect for North’s performance. “All the credit goes to coach McVeigh and their players, they played a great game from beginning to end,” Allen said. “They were well prepared and ready for the moment, and they played extremely well.” Sewanhaka dug too deep a hole. The Indians, who entered the game on a 14-game winning streak, attempted a late comeback but couldn’t generate enough offense. Senior J’Den Lloyd was a beast on the interior, as all of his 14 points came from well-earned buckets at the rim. Senior Chris Cherry had 11 points and was seemingly the only player for the Indians who could get anything going from beyond the perimeter. The senior backcourt duo of Tyler Harts and Kamren Denhart assumed much of the ball handling responsibilities as they have all season and finished with 9 and 10 points respectively.

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GOdwIN EIyuchE scOrEd a game-high 17 points Feb. 23 as Valley Stream North upset second-seeded Sewanhaka in the Nassau Class A playoffs.

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Excitement was in the air as the annual Boy Scout Pinewood Derby was underway on February 12. The wooden cars made by scouts in Pack 367 and 56 shot down the 29-foot-long track at lightning speed. The fun was not only for the scouts, but for the parents and scout alum who were also allowed to participate in their own races after paying an entry fee that will go towards offsetting the costs of the car kits next year. “They look forward to this event every year” said Patrick Burke, the Cub Master in charge of the races for the day. “I think it’s one of the most fun days that the pack has all year.” The Scouts are given the car kit during a holiday party and have a few months to create their racer, putting time and thought into building and decking out their ride to make it race-ready. This year, a laser timer was used to determine the winner at the finish line down to the thousandth of a second, relaying the information to a nearby laptop, so judges could declare a winner error-free, in case the fastest cars finish in a dead heat. Each scout received a patch for their efforts and those with the fastest racer were given trophies. The event is not only for the kids, however, as many of the parents also got involved, putting time and effort into building their own racers to compete

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against other pack parents. “Everyone gets a shot,” Burke commented. The race event, which stretches as far back as the 1950’s, has been a national program and rite of passage for many Boy Scouts. This event was sponsored by the American Legion Post 854.

Girls, Boys, parEnts and more felt the electricity in the air as the colorful cars raced down the track. FathEr stEvE oGniBEnE and his sixyear-old son and Boy Scout Paul watched on as the races were underway.

A West Hempstead man was arrested and charged in connection with a spree of burglaries in Valley Stream and surrounding areas. Carl Esposito, 58, allegedly robbed six stores in Decemeber, according to Nassau County police. His latest attempt was at Katy Nails in Valley Stream, carl Esposito where he threw a rock at the glass front door. However, after failing to break into the shop, Esposito fled the scene in a previously stolen 2014 Jeep. Police took him into custody, and he is scheduled to be arrainged in the First District Court in Hempstead. Esposito was previously arrested 38 times with 36 convictions. He was last arrested on Feb. 5 for burglary, released without bail and fitted with an ankle bracelet by Nassau County Probation.

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Neighbors iN the News Memorial students launch business Members of the Junior Ventures virtual enterprise class at Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School placed in the top 10 percent in the National Elevator Pitch Competition for its virtual business called: A Cookie in Between. Hosted by Virtual Enterprises International, the National Elevator Pitch Competition pits the business ideas of virtual enterprise teams from 300 schools across the country against each other. The Memorial students came up with

the idea for A Cookie in Between after performing research into food allergies. They decided to form a business that serves delicious, visually appealing and allergy-friendly treats. All of their products are dairy, peanut and tree-nut free, with gluten-free options. The students also created their company brand, logo, slogan and color scheme to go along with their business idea. Their pitch was wellreceived as the students took part in their first virtual trade show on February.

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In total, 58 North students were inducted into the Spartan Chapter of the National Honor Society on February 9.

North’s Honor Society inducts students On February 9, the Valley Stream North High School inducted 58 students into the Spartan Chapter of the National Honor Society. The National Honor Society promotes community service, scholarship, leadership and character among its membership in chapters across the country. At North, the group sponsors various food and charity drives year-round and lends a steady hand to community members in need. Principal Dr. Robin Small gave a keynote address to students, commending

them for their academic achievements and reminding them that they are the leaders of the school who, “continuously demonstrate community service, leadership and character.” Following Dr. Small’s address, current officers for the chapter President Leema Caravan, Vice President Daniel Amin, Secretary Disha Bhall and Treasurer Lindsey Jacobs, along with Advisor Lori Belbol, formally inducted the students in front of their families, friends and staff.

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As per Education Law, Section 3635, district 24 must legally provide transportation for district children in grades K-6 attending private and parochial schools. These requests must be submitted to the Transportation Department of Valley Stream School District Twenty-Four at 75 Horton Avenue, Valley Stream, NY 11581 prior to April 1, for the school year beginning September 2022. Transportation can only be provided if the following requirements are met: ■ Kindergarten children must be five (5) years of age as of December 1 to meet qualifications. ■ The distance from home to school is not less than two miles and not more than fifteen. The parents must submit a writ-

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campaign centered on employee appreciation and gratitude, which will kick off on he is more than up to the task. “With his extensive clinical and admin- Friday. It may include a potential Wall of istrative knowledge, he has provided lead- Honor, wellness treatments, a company ership to nearly every aspect of the hospi- barbecue, and even Tan swapping places with another employee for a day as “a sign tal,” said David Seligman, deputy execuof respect to another person’s role, showtive director of Northwell Health’s Westing them how much I appreciate them and ern Region, who served as the hospital’s understand their hardships.” executive director before handing the As the coronavirus loosens its grip, he reins to Tan. “Jason Tan has the experialso aims to steer the hospital ence, demeanor and dedicaas close to a return to normal tion needed to lead LIJ Valley as possible despite the “uncerStream through this next tainty” and “fear of what phase of advancement and tomorrow may bring.” One of growth.” his top priorities will be to re“He’s able to work with establish the hospital’s strong people across the entire speccommunity presence and trum of health care, from the resume many of its outreach people that keep the building efforts and events that were functional and clean to the disrupted or postponed by highest-level chairman of the Covid. big systemwide departments “We are not only serving at Northwell,” said Steve our patients as they come in Bello, a former LIJ executive o u r d o o r s, bu t g e t t i n g director who is now senior involved with our service outvice president and executive side, not just within these director of the system’s Eastfour walls,” Tan said. “I want ern Region. to make sure I’m accessible to But this will be an excepeveryone and continue the tionally challenging year, great work and upward trajecbecause Tan must lead the tory that David [Seligman] hospital out of one of its most Jason Tan has started.” difficult periods, the two Tan became a registered Executive director years of the coronavirus pannurse in 2006. He started his demic. Staff shortages and Northwell career as a critical burnout have continued to affect hospital care fellow in the cardiothoracic intensive employees’ morale, taking a psychological care unit at Long Island Jewish Medical toll on them. Center in New Hyde Park. He was promot“At the beginning of the pandemic, the ed to nurse manager, and later went on to public made every effort to show their a leadership role managing quality for the gratitude through food deliveries and cardiology department. drive-bys,” Tan said. “But since then, it’s He earned a bachelor’s degree from not been as present. That’s our responsi- Stony Brook University, a nursing degree bility as administrators, to make sure that from Molloy College, a master’s in busi[the hospital staff] understand that we see ness administration and quality manageyou, appreciate you, and acknowledge ment from Hofstra University and a masyou’ve been working tirelessly to provide ter’s degree in health care delivery science care to patients, and that appreciation from Dartmouth College. He is also a graduate of Northwell’s High Potential leadershould never stop.” Tan has various ideas in store for a development program. continued from front page

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ukrainian Jews flee a Russian attack, again

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

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

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

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

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

VALLEY STREAM HERALD — March 3, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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