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Play easier for kids with speech issues wider circle of children and adults faced with speech disorders and communication in ValShe made a passionate appeal ley Stream. to Mayor Ed Fare: Dedicate an It all came to a head last week official village-wide day for a lit- when Tritschler joined Fare and tle-known speech disorder that village recreation director makes it difficult Jimmy Fitzano at for kids to accuthe Kay Everson rately move their playground space mouth muscles at Arthur J. Henwhile talking. d r i ck s o n Pa rk . It’s known as T heir mission? childhood apraxia Unveiling a tool of speech. Michele Tritschler and T ritschler is a other speech speech and lanpathologists say guage pathologist will make public specializing in play spaces around treating the rare their community disorder. And she more mindful and hoped Fare would inclusive — comhelp her shine a munication public spotlight on boards. a condition often MEliSSA HERRERA Take a playoverlooked by par- resident g round conunents of young childrum common to dren, and misdiagchildren with nosed by even well-respected speech problems. A nonverbal or experts. language-impaired toddler And, of course, Fare was wants to invite another child to ready to help to do just that. play or make friends, but comThus, Childhood Apraxia of munication between the two can Speech Day was born May 14. It pose a challenge. was, for the most part, a ceremoInstead, the toddler can use a nial gesture. But one that may communication board to share have been the start of a larger, basic emotional needs and prefmore solid push to support a Continued on page 19
By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com
Tim Baker/Herald
VAllEy StREAM MAyoR Edwin Fare, center, claims victory in the village general election race Tuesday night at American Legion Post 845.
Valley Stream Anthony Bonelli
Edwin Fare
28% 58%
Mayoral Election Cristina Arroyo
14%
Ed Fare rolls to re-election with United Community Party By JUAN lASSo jlasso@liherald.com
Residents went to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes for mayor, two village trustees and a village justice in the village general election — and they’ve spoken. As of press time, unofficial election results show a win for Mayor Edwin Fare, as he retains an office he has held for over a decade. Fare earned 58 percent of Tuesday’s vote as
of 11 p.m., successfully fending off first-time challenger Cristina Arroyo and Anthony Bonelli, who fell short of defeating Fare in a second straight village election. Fare’s United Community Party also made a decisive sweep. Incumbent village Trustee Dermond Thomas — a corporate attorney — won his fourth term. Thomas moved to Valley Stream from Brooklyn in 2007, and became a trustee in 2011, after an unsuccessful bid for Continued on page 11
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hese communication boards take some of the stigma from a child that uses this device as their only form of communication.