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Mail-order ducklings found in V.S. ship chicks and ducklings in quantities of fewer than six. Di Leonardo said there are many The Easter season brings reasons for this restriction, many traditional symbols and mostly involving the birds’ traditions — eggs, candy, bun- health. He said since they nornies, ducklings, flowmally would have e r s, a n d m o re. their mother to keep Recently, though, them war m, and one of those symthey’d be without a bols has been more mother, they would of an issue than a need socialization holiday delight. and warmth from T wo d o m e s t i c their flock mates. ducklings, mailed “So, oftentimes illegally at one day when hatcheries old to someone’s ship them in quantih o u s e i n Va l l e y ties of two, they Stream as a prank, arrive dead and frowere rescued by zen,” he said. Humane Long T he ducklings Island’s president fo u n d i n Va l l e y and executive direcStream had a piece tor, John Di Leonar- JoHN Di of stale bread in the do, a few weeks ago. box with them, “This is the first LeoNARDo which is not suffit i m e t h at we ’ve President and cient for their heard of mail-order executive director, dietary needs. Birds chicks being sent to Humane Long Island in such a state can a home in Valley end up developing Stream,” Di Leonarnutritional deformido said. “I’m sure it’s not the ties and developmental disabilifirst time this has happened in ties. Di Leonardo said they can Valley Stream, though. We have get “angel wing,” in which their also rescued other birds that flight feathers are off to the side, have been abandoned there, prohibiting their flight. They including chickens.” can also suffer from a niacin In New York, it is illegal to Continued on page 4
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JAck SHARkey, RIgHt, was a village trustee and deputy mayor from 1987 to 1991, a coach and president of the Green Hornets, and a Korean War Air Force veteran. Village officials unveiled the Jack Sharkey Press Box in 2021 at Fireman’s Field, where Sharkey was a longtime announcer for the Green Hornets. He died on April 4 — the day after his wife, Catherine, died.
Jack and Catherine Sharkey were ‘God’s special parents’ By JUAN LASSo jlasso@liherald.com
During his father’s final days, Mike Sharkey, 59, couldn’t help but fixate on his father’s hand, specifically the right one. The thumb was oddly bent, having suffered lifelong muscular degeneration caused by an injury sustained in the Korean War when he served in the Air Force. Despite the nerve pain, Jack Sharkey, “a proud Irish
man,” wouldn’t complain, Mike noted. Instead, so much of his compassion was expressed and articulated through that hand, Mike said. Mike had watched his father reach out to grip a football with that hand countless times to play catch with him and his brother Darren over the years. Jack had reached out to embrace countless children he mentored as a Valley Stream Green Hornets Youth Football organization coach, imparting words of kindness
or wisdom meant to soothe and encourage. He’d blow his signature whistle from the bleachers during numerous football games, using both index fingers to pierce the sky, conveying praise to his sons and, eventually, grandchildren on the field. “The crowd would be roaring, and I could still distinguish my Dad’s whistle from the stands while I played in Continued on page 24
his is the first time that we’ve heard of mailorder chicks being sent to a home in Valley Stream.