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ters, headcounts ensured that all personnel were present, and each volunteer was assigned to a On the morning of Sept. 11, truck. Meanwhile, radio commu2001, current Valley Stream Fire nications were taking place Chief Eugene between the Nassau O’Brien II was at his County Fire Comhome as he watched munications on TV as the World Bureau and all NasT rade Center’s sau County Fire North Tower burst Departments to into flames after a determine the numplane struck it at ber of available vol8:46 a.m., followed 17 unteers and equipminutes later by a ment that could be second plane that sent into the city. slammed into the At 11:30 a.m., South Tower.

C h i e f Pe t r y a s At 10:30 a.m., a sumed command of general alarm was the department and transmitted, calling dispatched one O’Brien and his felengine company, low Valley Stream one truck company firefighters to and a heavy rescue r e p o r t t o t h e i r EUGENE c o m p a ny t o t h e respective firehous- o’BRiEN Brookfield Blvd. es to provide mutual firehouse in RoseValley Stream chief aid to New York dale. Shortly after City. From there, all arriving there, they de par tment firewere relocated to fighters gathered with their the firehouse of the FDNY Princtrucks at Valley Stream Fire eton Street Tigers, Engine 303 in Department headquarters, on South Jamaica, Queens. O’Brien, East Oxford Street and Rocka- a lieutenant at the time, manned way Parkway, where a command the rescue company’s tower ladpost was set up. der. During their 14-hour stay in Once the three fire chiefs at South Jamaica, O’Brien and his the time arrived at headquarContinued on page 3

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Charlene DeMarino

Family remembers Sept. 11 hero’s legacy at ground zero jlasso@liherald.com

Twenty years ago, during one of the deadliest days in American history, Charlene DeMarino was — like many other Americans — working at her office when she learned of what happened that morning. A co-worker told her to come watch the TV after a jet crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center.

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watched in disbelief and dismay as a second plane slammed into the south tower 17 minutes later.

By then, Charlene had a clear view of the dark plume of smoke blanketing the Manhattan sky from her office in Franklin Square.

“All the roads were closed,” recalled Charlene. Businesses and transit ground to a halt, and “for hours and hours, all I could do was watch” the

streams of fire trucks and police cars racing on Hempstead Turnpike. As she paced back and forth in her office, Charlene’s thoughts centered on one man: her husband, Vincent DeMarino, an NYPD officer and North Valley Stream resident, who was on duty that day working in Bronx narcotics and was numbered among the first officers to plunge into the Continued on page 4

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t was a solemn feeling because you knew there were hundreds of firemen in those buildings when they came down.

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Village car show honors Wounded Warriors jlasso@liherald.com

On July 23, the Village of Valley Stream held a special dedication to the Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior group during one of its recent classic cars shows, which were held every Thursday this summer. The NCFF-OWW is a non-profit that comprises nearly 40 fire departments across Nassau. Its mission, according to Stephen Grogan, vice chairman of the NCFF-OWW and a Vietnam War era veteran, is to provide comfort to injured veterans as they undergo rehabilitation.

It was at the insistence of Valley Stream Mayor Ed Fare and County Legislator William Gaylor that a donation be made to Grogan’s charity, and Fare thought there was no better place to engage the public’s interest and raise money than at the classic car show.

“It is a great honor for the Village of Valley Stream to participate in honoring and supporting veterans and this fantastic organization through our classic car show,” Fare said. “Car shows are an iconic American tradition, so what could be more fitting than to welcome Steve Grogan on behalf of the Firefighters Wounded Warrior Foundation? We are so proud of the great work they do on behalf of America’s heroes.”

A modest, but important sum of cash was raised for the NCFF-OWW, and a brief ceremony was held for Grogan, where he was presented with citations on behalf of his organization by Fare and Gaylor.

“As a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, it was a privilege to honor these veterans who continue to give back to our community by helping other vets in need,” Gaylor said. “The important work these volunteers are doing is making a difference in the lives of these veterans at a time when many need it the most.”

After the presentation, Grogan took the microphone and was given the chance to spotlight the work of Valley Stream and Lynbrook firefighters in their tenacious efforts to lend support to injured and disabled veterans and their families. “Last year there was no car show because of Covid-19,” Grogan said. “This year the village asked me to say a few words to the crowd, and I was more

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than happy to be able to get out to the public what we do.”

The great number of charitable activities done by the organization include donating gift cards for disabled veterans and buying groceries for them to working with P.C. Richard for veterans who need appliances. Valley Stream Fire Companies Engine 2, on Brooklyn Avenue, and the Rescue Company, on Rockaway, have also helped to raise money for the NCFF-OWW. “I appreciate the support that the Village of Valley Stream and their car show gave to the Wounded Warriors Foundation,” Grogan said, “and we appreciate the mayor’s support and everyone who helped in the car show.”

A concert for vets The Lynbrook Fire Department will hold its 10th annual Wounded Warrior Concert for the NCFF-OWW at Greis Park on Sept. 25 from 4 to 10 p.m.

V.S. fire chief remembers horrors of Sept. 11 continued from front page fellow firefighters responded to all alarms of fire in that area, one, a serious building fire. They were eventually released back to Valley Stream at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.

Chief O’Brien recalls watching the noticeably distraught faces of the FDNY firemen coming back to the firehouse. It was “hard to describe how you felt for these guys coming in knowing that their friends may have died.” O’Brien remembered a Queen’s lieutenant named Brian Hickey who was an old colleague of his and asked if he was still working at the fire house. He later learned that Hickey, 47, had been promoted to captain, joining the Rescue 4 company at the WTC site, and was one of the 343 firefighters that died that day. Hickey had kept a photo of his family inside his helmet.

At around 2 p.m. Tuesday, three Valley Stream engines were sent to Belmont Park for possible duty. At Belmont, the company joined 1,000 other firefighters from Nassau and Suffolk county fire departments who were being readied for assignment, yet only a few engine and ladder companies were sent to ground zero. All units at Belmont were eventually released at 10:30 p.m. on the day of the attacks and returned to Valley Stream for a continued standby at their local firehouses.

Although Valley Stream firefighters were not initially called directly to the ground zero disaster site, they were indispensable in providing fire protection to residents and businesses in Queens and continuing to protect resi-

dents and businesses in the village and its neighbors, areas that were left under minimal protection because so many resources were sent to New York City.

O’Brien and several other of his fellow firefighters collected large bundles of food, water and medical supplies, and donated them to the Red Cross to aid in the relief efforts. O’Brien was also among several volunteers who lent their support at ground zero in the bucket brigade, passing buckets of rubble to clear the area in search of potential survivors and those fallen beneath the debris.

“It was a solemn feeling because you knew there were hundreds of firemen in those buildings when they came down,” O’Brien said.

While much of that time feels like a chaotic blur to O’Brien, one thing he starkly remembers was “the eerie feeling” one had walking into a city reduced to what looked “like a war zone.”

“I couldn’t tell you where I was if I was standing there right now,” O’Brien said.

cUrreNt vALLey StreAm Fire Chief Eugene O’Brien II served as a lieutenant in the rescue company that was on standby at a firehouse in Queens following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Steve GrOGAN, vice chairman of the Nassau County Firefighters Operation Wounded Warrior group, second from near left, a Vietnam War era veteran, accepted citations on behalf of NCFF-OWW from Nassau County Legislator William Gaylor, near left, and Valley Stream Mayor Ed Fare, far left, as Village Trustee Sean Wright held the Valley Stream citation for NCFF-OWW.

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9/11 hero remembered by his family continued from front page chaos and terror of the WTC site.

By 4 o’ clock, Charlene was, at last, able to get out of the office to pick up her four children from their grammar school at Blessed Sacrament and take them home.

The children gathered around the TV, waiting feverishly for their father to come home. When pressed by her children again and again about when their dad would be back, all Charlene could say in her carefully composed tone was, “Everything is going to be ‘OK.’” “He was literally missing for at least 17 to 18 hours. We didn’t hear from him at all,” Charlene said.

At about 3 in the morning, while the children were asleep in their beds, Vincent returned home, his uniform marred in dust and grime from the hours spent under the dense cloud of smoke that lay claim to Lower Manhattan.

“I took the hose out from the backyard to hose him down,” Charlene said. Then, Vincent went inside for a quick hot shower, a change of clothes, and like that, he was off again to the WTC site, leaving almost as soon as he had arrived. Over the course of several weeks, totaling over 500 to 700 hours, Vincent worked in the WTC debris field to aid in the search-andrescue efforts.

As Vincent and his fellow officers toiled amid the ruins, they were exposed to the toxic chemical pollutants from the rubble and debris. “He didn’t realize it at that time,” said Charlene, but the cabin of Vincent’s police car was taking in contaminated air, and he was “inhaling all of it.”

It was not long before Vincent’s health suffered as he developed skin irritations that, despite ongoing treatment, never went away, sinus infections, acid reflux and unsteady breathing. “He never slept,” Charlene said. “He was up every two hours from that night forward.”

Despite his health problems, Vincent

Photos courtesy Charlene DeMarino

Michael DeMarino, far left, with his siblings Nicole, Morgan and Vincent and their mother, Charlene. All four of the elder Vincent’s children grew up to become first responders. pressed on with his career in public safety, serving as the New York City Transit security chief dealing with emergency response and counterterrorism measures, as well as guarding the city’s transit facilities. And Vincent pressed on with his two most prized and precious roles of husband and father—never missing a game or a recital if he could help it, and spending quality time with the children and his wife whenever possible.

According to Charlene, nothing seemed to snuff Vincent’s joy or dampen his relentless vigor and “full-speed” energy toward life and family. While Vincent always took pride in the seriousness of

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his work, he also had a way of “making things light” — and was always quick with a funny on-the-job story to tell her and the children. Yet Vincent rarely spoke to his family or anyone else about what he and his fellow officers witnessed and endured on Sept. 11.

Just when the crushing consequences of 9/11 seemed to have fully exacted their toll, Vincent suffered his first of two seizures on Nov. 8, 2018. About a month after his second seizure on Thanksgiving night of that year, doctors discovered a tumor in Vincent’s brain, which was believed to have been linked to his work at the contaminated ground zero site.

As the cancer progressed, “that jocular, amped-up man was gone in a couple

months,” said Michael DeMarino, Vincent’s youngest son. “He went from being someone who was so independent, up at 5 a.m. in the morning running the treadmill, to being the total opposite.”

Vincent DeMarino died Dec. 6, 2019. All four of his children, Michael, Nicole, Morgan, and Vincent, have followed in their father’s line of work as police officers and “proudly carry the DeMarino name” today.

“The greatest thing my dad believed he ever did as a police officer in the field was as a 9/11 responder,” Michael DeMarino said, “…but his proudest and most important full-time job and title he ever wanted to excel in was being a dad, and he did.”

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Our Kids Place, Valley Stream District 24’s educational partner in offering the state-funded universal pre-kindergarten program to district children 4 years old by Dec. 1, held an orientation and open house for incoming Valley Stream 24 pre-K students and their families at the school’s Hewlett location.

The two-hour, in- SUPeriNteNdeNt dr. dON Sturz of District 24 paid a visit to person orientation Our Kids Place. and open house skills. The lesson plans are created to took place Aug. 10, and the virtual orientation was held Aug. inspire and to maintain the students’ 12. At the orientation, Our Kids Place staff attention. Students also have the opportuanswered questions from families about nity to participate in other activities such the pre-K program and reviewed school as ballet, piano, soccer and karate classes.

“Partnering with Valley Stream 24 to policies and procedures to help both the children and their families be ready for begin the education of the district’s youngest students makes this year very the start of the school year.

“It was my absolute pleasure to visit exciting for all of us here at Our Kids with the Our Kids Place staff and stu- Place. We are ready for a safe year, full of dents,” said Dr. Don Sturz, superintendent learning,” said Lorraine Peters, director of Valley Stream District 24. “It is clear of the Our Kids Place program. “Our goal that the staff at Our Kids Place are profes- is to ensure that the young Valley Stream sional in everything they do and that they 24 students we have been entrusted with truly care about our students. This is complete this year with the foundational going to be an exciting and engaging year skills that will help them become indepenfor these youngsters, one that will be fun, dent thinkers, problem-solvers, and seekinstructive and foster creativity and a love ers of knowledge.”

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New MSSN president outlines goals

By MIKE SMOLLINS msmollins@liherald.com

Dr. Adhi Sharma took over as president at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside on Sept. 1 after previously serving as its chief medical officer and its executive vice president for clinical and professional affairs.

Sharma succeeds Dr. Richard Murphy, who was president for nine years and had worked in health-care leadership roles for more than four decades. Sharma was chosen by the hospital’s board of directors after a six-month search and will be the hospital’s first physician leader, as the presidency has typically been a chief executive officer role led by those with business backgrounds.

As he prepared to take over the role, Sharma sat down for a question-and-answer session with the Herald.

Herald: What are your thoughts and feelings on taking on a new role?

Sharma: There are a lot of emotions. Specifically, I’m cer-

tainly humbled by the trust that’s been put in me, and the staff that we have here has been so amazing. I’m excited to take on the role and eager to continue the momentum that we have built up this year to keep going forward. When we came out of the pandemic, a lot of hospitals came out not as strong as they went in, and we actually came out stronger. That was because of our ability to respond and the close-knit group of staff we have that really stepped up to the plate. Everybody worked side by side, so we came out with a lot of momentum, and we’re very eager to keep that momentum going forward.

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ON SEPT. 1, Dr. Adhi Sharma, left, took over as president of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital in Oceanside, at left, from Richard Murphy.

Herald: Can you describe your roles and duties and how they compare to what you were doing previously?

Sharma: My role [before Sept. 1], I was chief medical offi-

cer and executive vice president [of the hospital], so I had a number of areas that I provided oversight for, including [information technology]. I worked closely with nursing, all of the quality and regulatory components, as well as patient experience components, so there were a lot of areas that I oversaw.

It will be an interesting transition to let go of everything that I’ve been involved with at the level that I’ve been involved . . . I will have to backfill my current role, and once I do that, that’s when that transition will occur.

As long as I’m serving two roles, I’ll end up staying closer to the projects that I’m involved with now. [This role] reflects where health care is today. We are much more focused on quality of care, clinical programming and population health, and much less focused on contracting and all the business elements of health care.

Herald: What are some of your major goals going forward?

Sharma: The main goal is in three parts. The first is to

keep that forward momentum, so all of the projects we have going come to fruition, and to see them to completion and any hiccups or obstacles, we have to make sure we overcome those. The second is to steward the integration with the system [that comes with the planned $400 million expansion], that’s a very high priority for us . . .

The third is to continue to provide the care we’re known for to keep our staff engaged through this process and make sure their wellness is being minded. Because of the pandemic, there’s a lot of fatigue setting in for our staff . . . Getting our staff and our community to whatever the next phase of this is . . . will be the third priority — to see us through the pandemic.

Herald: What are your thoughts on your predecessor Richard Murphy, and has he given you any advice?

Sharma: He’s been mentoring me for this role for the last six years. I’ve been working very closely with him. I first started working with him in 2007, so I’ve known him a

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long time . . . While I’ve been here, he’s been working very closely with me. He’s an excellent role model for any hospital leadership. It’s easy to oversimplify this sentence, but the gravity of it cannot be underestimated: He gets it. I’ve worked with a lot of CEOs, and he’s a CEO that gets it . . . It’s so easy for . . . a non-clinical CEO to just look at numbers, look at volumes, look at budget reports, things like that. He doesn’t just do that. He always sees the big picture, and he always sees the totality of that picture.

Herald: What specific challenges do you face taking on this new role during a pandemic, especially with the Delta variant?

Sharma: There are going to be interesting challenges

related to this [vaccine] mandate [for health care workers] and what that’s going to mean for health care. I support that mandate. I think it’s the right thing to do for health care. It’s the right thing to do for our patients, it’s the right thing to do for our staff, so it was great that we were able to get that mandate in New York state. There are staff that may find it so objectionable that they leave health care, so we may see a concern with staffing as it relates to people who just opt to not get vaccinated.

That’s going to be a challenge. I think that Delta has shown us that even when you think you’re out of the woods, you’re really not.

Herald: Community outreach has always been a part of the hospital. What plans do you have to continue that?

Sharma: Community outreach is more important than ever. Getting information to people, that’s been a high priority for us. Our Truth in Medicine polls have been a great vehicle for us to really just assess what the pulse is of the community . . . We’re very eager to partner with our communities, partner with our elected officials to get education to our communities. The most important thing in health care is that people are educated . . . If we have food deserts in our community, if we have access issues in our community, we want to see how we can solve those problems. The [Covid-19] ‘Vaxmobile’ is a great example of solving an issue of access to vaccines.

We’ve learned a lot about our community through this pandemic, and we want to put all that knowledge to work. There are some silver linings in this pandemic, and our relationship with the community has never been tighter.

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Saturday, Sept. 11

Tuesday, Sept. 24

Valley Stream 9-11 Ceremony

Connecting Body, Mind, and Spirit Medical research has uncovered amazing facts about meditation and the body-mind-spirit connection. Join Gerry Gorman to learn how meditation can be used to minimize the effects of stress and maximize speed healing.

Learn the tools needed to make meditation part of daily life. The program will include a “meditation sitting” and a question-and-answer discussion period. Save your spot!

The village of Valley Stream will hold their annual 9-11 remembrance ceremony beginning at 6 p.m. in Arthur J. Hendrickson Park. All are welcomed.

Lions Club flea market The Lion’s Club will host their flea market at the village pool parking lot on 123 W. Merrick Road.

Poster Exhibition: September 11, 2021: The day that changed the world The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library is honored to announce its participation in September 11, 2001: The Day That Changed the World, an educational exhibition that presents the history of 9/11, its origins, and its ongoing implications through the personal stories of those who witnessed and survived the attacks.

Told across 14 posters, this exhibition includes archival photographs and images of artifacts from the Museum’s permanent collection. It explores the consequences of terrorism on individual lives and communities at the local, national, and international levels, and encourages critical thinking about the legacies of 9/11. This poster exhibition will be on display in the Adult Room from September 7, 2021, through October 2, 2021, courtesy of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. Contact: Library Director Ms. Eng - 516-825-6422 - hwmlcontact@ hotmail.com

Monday, Sept. 13 Board of Trustees work session The village will hold its Board of Trustees work session at 6:30 p.m. in the village hall auditorium.

Architectural Review Board Meeting The architectural review board meeting will be held at the Village Hall auditorium 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 14 CHS Board of Education business meeting The Valley Stream Central Highschool District Board of Education Business Meeting will start at 8 p.m. in One Kent Road (second floor, rear entrance of Memorial Junior High School).

Food safety facts session The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library will host speakers, Veronica Bilenkin, consumer health librarian, and Tushaar Shriman-ker, MD, resident physician.

Tuesday, Sept. 28 District 30 Board of Education Business Meeting Valley Stream District 30 Board of Education Business Meeting will start at 8 p.m. in the library at Shaw Avenue Elementary School.

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9/11 memorial and ceremony at park A ceremony will be held to honor the memory of first responders and the valiant men and women who risked their lives during 9/11. at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park.

Proper storage and cooking techniques can prevent food poisoning, a potentially fatal illness. Learn about online resources to find food safety tips, how to recognize the symptoms of food poisoning and gastroenteritis, and the four steps to safely prepare and preserve food whether at home or traveling. Please contact the library at (516) 825-6422.

Outdoor pom pom party For children, grades 3-6. Learn to make yarn pom poms! Participants must be able to tie a knot independently. This program will be held outdoors from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. We will meet on the grass in front of the main/adult entrance to the library.

Please bring a chair or blanket for you and your child to sit on. This program is weather-permitting, so we will contact you via the contact information you provide in the event of cancellation or a switch to a virtual format (Zoom). Contact: Children’s Librarian Ms. Kunz 516-825-6422 kidsroomvs@nassaulibrary.org

Saturday, Sept. 18 Learn to Code STEM Activities For childrens grades 3-4, amd up.

Interested in coding? Teen volunteer Sawaira will explore different coding apps, including Canva,Tinkercad, Scratch and Scratch Jr. at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Registration is required. 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.CONTACT: Library Director Ms. Eng 516-825-6422 hwmlcontact@hotmail.com

Sunday, Sept. 19 Classic Car Show The village will host a show of classic and antique cars at 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the village complex pool parking lot at 123 W. Merrick Road.

Thursday, Sept. 16

Tuesday, Sept. 21

American Legion Post 854

Board of Trustees Regular Work Session

The American Legion Post will hold its meeting starting at 7 p.m. at 51 Roosevelt Ave. Valley Stream, NY 11582

The village will hold its Board of Trustees meeting at the Valley Stream Village Hall auditorium from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Men’s health meeting The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library will host speakers, Veronica Bilenkin, and consumer health librarian, Will Jowsey, MBBS, resident physician.

Learn what to expect at a prostate cancer screening, when to begin and how often to follow up. Plus, get recommendations for online and print resources for men’s health information. Please contact the library at (516) 825-6422.

Wednesday, Sept. 22 Executive Session and Business Meeting Valley Stream District 24 Board of Education Executive Session will begin at 6:45 p.m. and the business meeting will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the William L. Buck Elementary School.

Library Board Meeting The Library Board of Trustees will be meeting via Zoom. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Send an e-mail to hwmlcontact@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. Contact: Library Director Ms. Eng (516) 825-6422, hwmlcontact@ hotmail.com

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cal of herself. She wanted to be more spontaneous with others and a better friend to herself.

Fast forward four months. Amy affirmed that she was doing away with harsh judgments. “This blame game is exhausting. I’m done with it! I remember the day you said to me, in that calm, reassuring voice of yours, that I’m okay just the way I am. Doesn’t mean there’s no room for growth. But I’m okay just the way I am. You don’t know what that meant to me. I was crying in the car after I left. Nobody had ever said that to me before.”

Amy continued to pick up many reassuring messages from me and others. Two of them kept ringing in her ears.

You don’t need to be perfect.

You’ve got a fun personality.

Fo r e ve r y m e s s a g e, there’s another one that asserts the opposite. Which one is right? apadin “A stitch in time saves nine” or “Haste mak es waste?”

“Opposites attract” or “Birds of a feather flock together?”

It all depends on the context. The same holds true for what people say about you. So, listen to the voices that are helpful at this time, in this context, not the ones that place you in a one-down position or humiliate you or are part of your past. Calm down, take your time, refocus your attention and you’ll be able to figure it out – like you always do.

Whose voice will you listen to? I hope you remember to listen to those who help you develop confidence, build backbone, and value what you do.

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When you were a kid, some people may have told you negative things that still affect your self-esteem. Maybe your big bro called you a blockhead. Or your mother’s remarks were constantly critical. Or your father kept telling you to toughen up! Because you were young, vulnerable and heard these messages repeatedly, they may still echo in your mind.

It’s not easy to make a negative voice go away just by wishing it wasn’t there.

Indeed, the more you wish something isn’t there, the more you reinforce its presence.

Here’s an example. Take a moment to not think about a white tiger standing in the middle of your room. Try hard not to think of that tiger. What’s happening?

Paradoxically, the more you try to avoid thinking of the tiger, the longer he hangs around. So, what can you do to get rid of those annoying, denig rating voices that reside in your brain? inda One way is to substitute the voice you don’t like with a voice you do like, a voice that’s calm, positive and reassuring. The voice may belong to someone you know or it may seem to come out of nowhere – perhaps a dream, a song, a prayer. It doesn’t matter. What matters is that you own it. Make it yours.

Here’s how Amy did that. As a child, Amy suffered from asthma and bronchitis. She was a good student but a nervous child. She remembers her mom referring to her as “my poor Amy” and her dad telling her that she was “a good patient.”

Her brother, however, would taunt her saying, “You’re just lazy, mom lets you get away with everything.” At age 33, the labels from her childhood still ring in her ears. She views herself as lazy, nervous and incompetent, despite being smart.

As Amy began to feel safe with me, she opened up about her many fears – of not measuring of, of feeling inadequate, of being awkward in social situations.

Amy, however, was not just complaining.

She was looking for ways to be less criti-

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A veteran-laden Hofstra women’s soccer team is fueled for a return to the NCAA Tournament this fall after its abridged spring season ended in heartbreak.

Hofstra, which entered September ranked 25th in the national coaches poll, returned nearly every starter from a 7-1-1 team where the Pride led the nation in scoring per game, but were denied a chance to compete on the sport’s biggest stage following a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to Elon in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) semifinals. The rare spring season due to the pandemic created a far shorter than normal offseason.

“Last season came to an abrupt end and were deeply disappointed, but the fortunate thing this year was it was a quick turnaround,” said 16-year head coach Simon Riddiough, MAtthEW VOWiNkEL LED the Pride with 6 whose team opened with a 4-1 start goals and 5 assists on the way to earning Allafter wins against Stony Book, Alba- CAA First Team honors. ny, Brown and Columbia along with a “She is a supreme athlete,” said Riddinear upset of seventh-ranked Penn State in 2-1 defeat. “It is good to get back ough of Pearse. “We’re excited about her future.” at it.”

Another backyard product that RiddiThe Pride were tabbed as the unanimous CAA favorite with three players ough hopes makes strides this fall is junior forward Cailey Welch, a former earning pre-season conference player of the year accolades including senior for- standout at North Shore High School who ward Miri Taylor, fifth-year midfielder has battled back from injuries.

Lucy Porter and junior defender Anja Suttner. Forward Lucy Sheppard and mid- Pride men eye CAA crown The Hofstra men’s soccer team will fielder Jordan Littleboy, who like Porter are using an extra year of eligibility look to get over the hump this fall of allowed because of last year’s shortened achieving its NCAA Tournament aspiseason, received preseason All-CAA hon- rations following three years of near misses. orable mention nods.

The Pride were knocked off in the Porter, a reigning First Team-All American, notched her first goal in a 3-0 CAA finals by James Madison in penalty win at Columbia Sept. 2. Heavy defensive kicks last April making the third season a focus on Porter has paved way for seven row its season ended in a shootout to the different scorers led by four goals apiece Dukes on the conference tournament from Taylor and Sheppard. Freshmen stage.

“It is tough to take, but it makes you Georgia Brown and Ellen Halseth have stronger,” said 33-year head coach Richboth notched two goals.

Brown, a freshman from England, pro- ard Nuttall. “I feel like we have a well-balvides Hofstra with a bright future along anced team this season.”

Hofstra returns 10 starters from last with local newcomers Leah Iglesias (Carle Place) and Olivia Pearse (Seaford), who season’s 5-2-3 team including preseason scored her first career goal in Hofstra’s 4-0 All-CAA selections Matthew Vowinkel, George O’Malley, Storm Strongin and win against Brown on Aug., 27.

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VALLEY STREAM HERALD — September 9, 2021

By JUAN LASSO jlasso@liherald.com

Officials at Shaw Avenue Elementary School in Valley Stream School District 30 unveiled a new wing of the school Aug. 25, in time before the beginning of the school year.

Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nicholas Stirling was joined by Board of Education members and administrators for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

In May 2017, voters approved the project, to be funded by the district’s capital reserve with no additional cost to taxpayers. The one-story addition features three new classrooms, one resource room and storage. The project is part of the district’s strategic plan, which reflects the existing framework for 21st Century learning and outlines new initiatives for curriculum, communication and capital. The plan continues to identify capital expenditures that are necessary to keep Valley Stream’s schools structurally, environmentally, and educationally sound now and into the future.

“I would like to thank the Board of Education and everyone who helped to make this renovation possible,” Stirling said. “I also would like to thank our teachers here at Shaw for putting up with all the different challenges set forth. We were able to overcome a few setbacks and can still open and provide the education that we are so committed to providing to our students.”

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SUperiNteNdeNt dr. NichOLAS Stirling joined with Board of Education members in the ribbon cutting for Saw Avenue Elementary School’s new wing.

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A season of fresh starts This coming Monday is not only the beginning of the new Jewish year of 5782, it’s the beginning of the Shmita year. In the Torah we read that every seven years the land is supposed to lie fallow; we don’t plant or harvest, but we can eat what grows naturally. In addition, everyone–rich and poor–is welcome to glean from what grows. The wild animals get whatever is left. (Ex. 23:10-11). In Deuteronomy 15:1, the laws of this Sabbatical year extend to the remission of debts in order to allow people — as well as the land — to have a fresh start.

The High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are also about fresh starts.

In the weeks leading up to these days, Jewish tradition asks us to engage in a process called heshbon ha-nefesh, “an accounting of the soul,” or a life-review. While we should always be striving to be our best selves, this is an opportunity for more intense self-examination. To quote former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, of blessed memory, “How am I doing?” Have I helped to make the world a better place? Have I worked to be my best self, and to bring out the best in others?

If so, great! How do I do even better? If not, what do I need to do differently? It’s not about beating ourselves up for being imperfect humans, but recognizing that we’re works in progress, and having compassion for ourselves, and others.

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economy today is based on high tech, not agriculture, the concept of observing Shmita has needed to be reimagined in order to stay relevant. Several initiatives were begun during the last Shmita year (2014-2015) including creating funds to help with debt and making non-proprietary technology from major tech companies available to entrepreneurs free of charge.

How can we — in our lives today — observe the spirit of Shmita? The word shmita means “release.” In the Torah it’s used with respect to releasing someone from a debt, but what if we look at this as letting go of things that no longer serve us? We pray for forgiveness on Yom Kippur, but are we still holding onto resentment and anger over past hurts? Are we stuck in comfortable ruts because we’re afraid of change?

Shmita also reminds us that the land on which we live, which sustains us, belongs to God, not to us, and that just like we, and God, need to rest and not be productive, so does the land, and by extension, the entire environment, earth, air and water. How will reduce our footprint this year, carbon and otherwise? Can we reduce consumption by renting or borrowing things, or buying them second-hand?

A new year, a new beginning. May it bring blessing, and may we be the blessing.

From my family to yours, I wish you a happy, healthy, peaceful and sweet new year.

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LEGAL NOTICE CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Marcie Mae (aka Marcella) Fuchs Benda, Frances Helen Fuchs Bavaro, New York State Attorney General , Jasper Surety, Attorney in Fact SureTec Ins. Co., Diane Natalie Weiner, and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-of-kin of the said DONALD FRANZEL, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained.

A petition having been duly filed by Nassau County Public Administrator, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on October 27, 2021, at 9:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why a decree should not be made in the estate of Donald Franzel lately domiciled at 133-55 Hook Creek Blvd., Valley Stream, New York 11580, United States, admitting to probate a Will dated August 3, 1981 (and Codicil(s), if any, dated _______), a copy of which is attached, as the Will of Donald Franzel, deceased, relating to real and personal property, and directing that: [_] Letters Testamentary issue to ___________________ [_] Letters of Trusteeship issue to ___________________ f/b/o ___________________ f/b/o ___________________ f/b/o ___________________ f/b/o ___________________ [X] Letters of Administration c.t.a. issue to Nassau County Public Administrator ___ ________________ [X] Further relief sought (if any): Letters of Administration issued to petitioner on January 14, 2020 be revoked; Admin bond no. 3460182 issued

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WILLIS AVENUE (TH 339/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on State Street shall come to a full stop.

WILLIS AVENUE (TH 339/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on State Street shall come to a full stop.

NORTH BELLMORE REGINA AVENUE (TH 330/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on King Street shall come to a full stop.

REGINA AVENUE (TH 330/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on King Street shall come to a full stop.

NORTH VALLEY STREAM BLOSSOM ROAD (TH 310/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on North Drive shall come to a full stop.

OCEANSIDE NASSAU ROAD (TH 348/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Weidner Avenue shall come to a full stop.

NASSAU ROAD (TH 348/21) STOP - all traffic traveling eastbound on Weidner Avenue shall come to a full stop.

SEAFORD OXFORD PLACE (TH 302/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on South Seamans Neck Road shall come to a full stop.

SOUTH SEAMANS NECK ROAD (TH 302/21) STOP all traffic traveling eastbound on Oxford Lane shall come to a full stop.

TONOPAH STREET (TH 305/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Neptune Avenue shall come to a full stop.

TONOPAH STREET (TH 305/21) STOP - all traffic traveling northbound on Neptune Avenue shall come to a full stop.

WANTAGH PARK AVENUE (TH 351/21) STOP - all traffic traveling southbound on Jeffrey Court shall come to a full stop.

WOODMERE GREEN PLACE (TH 249/21) STOP - all traffic traveling westbound on Lakeside Drive shall come to a full stop.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127376

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a

public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 23rd day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Chapter 202 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE and REPEAL “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking at the following locations: EAST MEADOW Section 202-24 BAILEY AVENUE (TH 87/21) West Side - NO PARKING 10 AM TO 3 PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS - starting at a point 327 feet north of the north curbline of Hempstead Turnpike north to the south curbline of Nottingham Road.

LIDO BEACH Section 202-2 FAIRWAY ROAD (TH 350/21) West Side - NO PARKING FRIDAY 4 PM TO SATURDAY 9:30 PM AND ON ROSH HASHANAH AND YOM KIPPUR - starting at a point 40 feet north of the north curbline of Lido Boulevard then north for a distance of 125 feet.

MERRICK Section 202-11 GRUNDY PLACE (TH 309/21) North Side - TWO HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 4 PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS - starting at a point 172 feet east of the east curbline of Merrick Avenue east for a distance of 38 feet.

UNIONDALE Section 202-12 ARGYLE AVENUE (TH 216/21) South Side - NO PARKING 10 PM TO 6 AM - starting at a point 50 feet east of the east curbline of Nassau Road then east for a distance of 478 feet.

ARGYLE AVENUE (TH 216/21) South Side - NO PARKING 10 PM TO 6 AM - starting at a point 655 feet east of the east curbline of Nassau Road then east for a distance of 47 feet.

WANTAGH Section 202-10 WILLOW STREET (TH 317/21) West Side - TWO HOUR PARKING 8 AM TO 4 PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS - starting at a point 220 feet south of the south curbline of Walters Avenue south for a distance of 119 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Chapter 202 “REGULATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS” to limit parking from the following locations: EAST MEADOW Section 202-24 BAILEY AVENUE (TH 348/94) West Side - NO PARKING 10 AM TO 3 PM EXCEPT SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS - starting at a point 232 feet north of

the north curbline of Hempstead Turnpike north to the south curbline of Nottingham Road. (Adopted 1/31/95) LIDO BEACH Section 202-2 FAIRWAY ROAD (TH 438/83) West Side - NO PARKING FRIDAY 4:00 PM TO SATURDAY 9:30 PM AND ON ROSH HASHANA AND YOM KIPPUR - starting at the north curbline of Lido Boulevard north for a distance of 165 feet.

(Adopted 11/1/83) NORTH VALLEY STREAM Section 202-18 LINDEN STREET (TH 188/05) North Side - NO PARKING EXCEPT SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS - starting at a point 45 feet east of the east curbline of Franklin Avenue east to the west curbline of Scott Drive.

(Adopted 7/12/05) UNIONDALE Section 202-12 ARGYLE AVENUE (TH 459) South Side - NO PARKING BETWEEN SIGNS 10 PM TO 6 AM starting at the east curbline of Nassau Road east to t a point opposite the east curbline of Fiske Place.

(Amend 11/20/62) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127377 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York, both as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 23rd day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 202-1 of the code of the Town of Hempstead to INCLUDE and REPEAL “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” at the following locations: (NR) CEDARHURST OAKLAND AVENUE (TH 347/21) West Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at the north curbline of Peninsula Boulevard north for a distance of 117 feet.

EAST MEADOW EAST MEADOW AVENUE (TH 301/21) West Side NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Poe Avenue north for a distance of 32 feet.

INWOOD WALCOTT AVENUE (TH 311/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Merril Place south for a distance of 35 feet.

WALCOTT AVENUE (TH 311/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Merril Place north for a distance of 40 feet.

MERRIL PLACE (TH 311/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Walcott Avenue west for a distance of 30 feet.

MERRIL PLACE (TH 311/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline at Walcott Avenue west for a distance of 30 feet.

LIDO BEACH FAIRWAY ROAD (TH 350/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Lido Boulevard north for a distance of 50 feet.

FAIRWAY ROAD (TH 350/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Lido Boulevard north for a distance of 40 feet.

(NR) LYNBROOK SOUTH FRANKLIN AVENUE (TH 319/21) West Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER starting at the north curbline of Central Place north for a distance of 30 feet.

CENTRAL PLACE (TH 319/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of South Franklin Avenue west for a distance of 25 feet.

CENTRAL PLACE (TH 319/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of South Franklin Avenue west for a distance of 30 feet.

NORTH VALLEY STREAM CORONA AVENUE (TH 316/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the north curbline of Kelly Court north for a distance of 30 feet.

CORONA AVENUE (TH 316/21) East Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the south curbline of Kelly Court south for a distance of 27 feet.

CORONA AVENUE (TH 316/21) East Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at a point 27 feet south of the south curbline of Kelly Court then south for a distance of 75 feet.

LINDEN STREET (TH 242/20) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Franklin Avenue east for a distance of 49 feet.

LINDEN STREET (TH 242/20) NO PARKING ANYTIME - starting at a point 49 feet east of the

east curbline of Franklin Avenue east to the west curbline of Scott Drive.

NORTH DRIVE (TH 310/21) South Side - NO STOPPING ANYTIME starting at a point 132 feet east of the east curbline of the apex of Clarendon Drive/North Drive east for a distance of 109 feet.

UNIONDALE ARGYLE AVENUE (TH 216/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Nassau Road east for a distance of 65 feet.

ARGYLE AVENUE (TH 216/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the east curbline of Nassau Road east for a distance of 50 feet.

WEST HEMPSTEAD MAPLE STREET (TH 331/21) North Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Woodfield Road west for a distance of 45 feet.

MAPLE STREET (TH 331/21) South Side - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER - starting at the west curbline of Woodfield Road west for a distance of 45 feet.

ALSO, to REPEAL from Section 202-1 “PARKING OR STANDING PROHIBITIONS” from the following locations: NORTH VALLEY STREAM LINDEN STREET (TH 683/64) North and South Sides - NO STOPPING HERE TO CORNER starting at the east curbline of Franklin Avenue east for a distance of 42 feet.

(Amend: 1/5/65) ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated: September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127374 Place a notice by phone at 516-569-4000 x232 or email: legalnotices@liherald.com

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Article 9 of the New York State Constitution, the provisions of the Town Law and the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, as amended, a public hearing will be held in the Town Hall Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 23rd day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day to consider the enactment of a local law to amend Section 192-1 of the Code of the Town of Hempstead by the

insertion of locations into subdivision “AA” thereof, in relation to gross weight restrictions upon commercial vehicles using certain town highways, as follows: “AA” - SOUTH VALLEY STREAM DAWSON DRIVE between Mill Road and Frasier Place.

(TH-304/21) DAWSON DRIVE between Brookfield Road and Frasier Place (TH-304/21) The proposed local law is on file in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Hempstead, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, where same may be inspected during office hours.

ALL PERSONS INTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforementioned.

Dated: September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127387 LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Section 202-48 of the code of the Town of Hempstead entitled, “Handicapped Parking on Public Streets,” a public hearing will be held in the Town Meeting Pavilion, Hempstead Town Hall, 1 Washington Street, Hempstead, New York, on the 23rd day of September, 2021, at 10:30 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, to consider the adoption of a resolution setting aside certain parking spaces for motor vehicles for the sole use of holders of special parking permits issued by the County of Nassau to physically handicapped persons at the following locations: ELMONT LUCILLE AVENUE - east side, starting at a point 117 feet south of the south curbline of Burton Avenue, south for distance of 20 feet.

(TH-297/21) LITCHFIELD AVENUE west side, starting at a point 283 feet north of the north curbline of Theodora Street, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-332/21) ROOSEVELT HANSOM PLACE - west side, starting at a point 180 feet south of the south curbline of Washington Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-296/21) MANHATTAN AVENUE west side, starting at a point 536 feet south of the south curbline of Frederick Avenue, south for a distance of 20 feet.

VALLEY STREAM HERALD — September 9, 2021

15 the flooR hockey team of the New York Islanders taught Elmont children how to play hockey at an instructional event organized

by Gateway Youth Outreach.

Photos courtesy New York Islanders

Islanders host hockey instructional session

By RoBeRt tRaveRso rtraverso@liherald.com

afteR the event, the one hundred Elmont children that participated received a t-shirt, a water bottle, a hockey stick and more, courtesy of the Islanders.

At the event, the students were split apart by grade level and groups of 15 to 20 students per group to ensure each student received personalized instruction from the Islanders floor hockey team, which

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(TH-325/21) MONROE AVENUE south side, starting at a point 445 feet west of the west curbline of St. Francis Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-336/21) SEAFORD HICKORY STREET - north side, starting at a point 310 feet west of the west curbline of Jackson Avenue, west for a distance of 14 feet.

(TH-322/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for the distance of 20 feet.

(TH-115(B)/21) WEST HEMPSTEAD BROADWAY - east side, starting at a point 54 feet north of the north curbline of Belmont Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-285/21) MEREDITH LANE - north side, starting at a point 117 feet west of the west curbline of Mayfair Avenue, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-290/21) and on the repeal of the following locations previously set aside as parking spaces for physically handicapped persons: EAST MEADOW

CHESTER DRIVE - north side, starting at a point 406 feet west of the west curbline of Devon Street, west for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-180/19 7/02/19)(TH-324/21) OCEANSIDE ROXBURY ROAD - east side, starting at a point 85 feet north of the north curbline of Campbell Avenue, north for a distance of 20 feet.

(TH-184/14 - 6/24/14) (TH-287/21) VALLEY STREAM SHERBOURNE ROAD east side, starting at a point 151 feet south of the south curbline of Cley Road, south for a

distance of 20 feet.

(TH-115(B)/21) ALL PERSONS NTERESTED shall have an opportunity to be heard on said proposal at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated:September 9, 2021 Hempstead, New York.

BY ORDER OF THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD DONALD X. CLAVIN, JR. Supervisor KATE MURRAY Town Clerk 127375

PUBLIC & LEGAL NOTICES To place a notice here call us us at 516-569-4000 x232 or send an email to: legalnotices@liherald.com

taught the students basics of puck handling and provided an overview of penalties and shooting technique and skill development in hockey.

Boyle was surprised by how well the 100 students, who had never played hocked before, performed following

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One hundred local children learned how to play hockey at an instructional event held during the last week of July by the New York Islanders and organized by Gateway Youth Outreach, a communityfocused organization that organizes programs for the youth of Elmont.

GYO Executive Director Patrick Boyle said the goal of the program was to familiarize the students it serves with hockey, a sport almost all of its students had never played before.

“Most of our students are not familiar with hockey,” said Carol Reyes, program coordinator at GYO. “Broadening horizons and introducing youngsters to possibly unfamiliar sports is of great benefit to our young people,” she added.

Boyle noted that GYO has hosted instructional sports events in the past, often teaching Elmont introducing students to sports they do not play in school, such as golf.

instruction from the floor hockey team.

“It’s really interesting how a bunch of kids who had never been introduced to hockey were actually very, very good,” said GYO Executive Director Patrick Boyle.

The Islanders later provided each of the 100 students that attended the hockey event with a t-shirt, water bottle, ball, drawstring bag, and hockey stick.

Boyle, who is a hockey fan, said that with the Islanders first season at the new UBS Arena in Elmont set to kick of this fall, now is a great time for Elmont children to become interested in hockey. He added that many students he spoke to after the event told him that they were excited to learn a new sport and be able to watch hockey in Elmont this fall.

GYO released a statement on August 13 that thanked the Islanders for its partnership at the event: “GYO is extremely thankful to the New York Islanders for providing this opportunity and giving young people the tools to enjoy playing and watching hockey,” the statement said.

“The Islanders were extremely generous,” Boyle said, expressing gratitude for the hockey club’s partnership with GYO.

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A. We had just such a problem when the guy who caused the chip dropped a power tool while putting in a towel bar. He didn’t want to admit it at first, but then finally agreed to “fix” it, because otherwise everything would have needed to come out, again, and be completely redone, from the tub to the tile to the onte eeper plumbing. The tile was never going to be a perfect match, either. So the same guy who dropped the tool dabbed a matching primer on the spot, waited until it cured, buffed it out just like the instructions said, then brushed on the final coat with a little eye-dropper brush.

It looked like a repair, and was very obvious and disappointing. After much wasted discussion and time, when the guy tried his best to convince us “nobody would see it, it was hardly noticeable,” we decided to call a bathtub refitting company. The estimate wasn’t bad and the tile company agreed to pay for the repair. I was impressed at how much simpler the process was than I anticipated. I had doubts that the tub wouldn’t look as substantial as the porcelain tub finish and wouldn’t last.

Putting in a bathtub can affect the waterproofing of the bathroom if it isn’t installed with redundant materials to prevent water from getting into the walls. Typically, the lipped edges of the back of a wall-to-wall tub go up against the surrounding waterproofed walls before the tile is installed, so the tile overlaps the raised tub edge. This prevents water from flowing against gravity into the wall, especially after the sealant is installed. With the original tub still in place, the junction of the tub and tile isn’t disturbed, and the new tub covering joins at the tiled wall edge and is then resealed to actually reinforce the original waterproofing.

The bathtub replacement took one trip to thoroughly measure and a second trip to install.

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think everyone will concede that the summer went by too quickly. But despite the speed at which two months have passed, the world around us continued to function, and both good and bad things happened. In this short period of time, New Yorkers have seen the resignation of their governor and our first major storm experience. The weeks and months ahead will no doubt present us with new challenges.

We have a new governor, Kathy Hochul, who has hit the ground JERRY running, and established herKREMER self as a major political figure.

She has appointed a number of highly experienced staff members, and will make many more changes in order to erase the Cuomo footprint. Her new head of the Department of Financial Services is Adrienne Harris, who has worked as a special assistant to the White House and a senior adviser in the U.S. Treasury Department. DFS is a

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complex agency, and needs a level-headed leader.

Hochul has not been reluctant to wade into controversial areas. She has signed an executive order to require masks in all schools, and is pushing hard to get unvaccinated New Yorkers to get their shots as soon as possible. She called a special session of the Legislature to extend the eviction moratorium and also to move forward on the legalization of marijuana. Up to this point, the state had done a miserable job of distributing federal funds to New Yorkers who are behind on their rent.

Like many appointed public officials who plan to seek election to their new positions, she has a short time to establish herself as a strong governor, in the hope that she can ward off a 2022 primary challenge. The legislative leaders are making a sincere attempt to work with her, many out of relief that the Cuomo era is over. But time will tell whether they can work as an effective team, because Albany is a place where egos can collide on a moment’s notice.

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While many of us were lounging on a beach or escaping on a golf course, politicians around the country were doing loads of mischief. Despite the fact that at least six states were all but drowning in Covid cases thanks to the Delta variant, their governors were busy banning mask mandates and telling everyone to make believe the disease had disappeared. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, whose state is racking up new cases, is actively battling school districts and cruise lines, who are just trying to keep people of all ages from getting sick.

The so-called red state governors are having a field day passing laws intended to restrict people from voting and to ban virtually all abortions. To date, over 400 laws have been introduced in 38 states to restrict the general public’s, and especially minorities’, opportunities to vote. The Texas legislature has passed a law banning abortions six weeks after a fetal heartbeat is detected. Having four daughters, I’ve learned that most women don’t even know they’re pregnant at that stage.

In June, a number of states with

ed state governors are having a field day passing restrictive voting laws.

Republican governors decided that people were declining to go to work because they were getting an extra $300 in federal unemployment benefits. Assuming that those people were all a bunch of slackers, state officials decided to stop giving out the federal dollars, assuming that this would force the recipients to leave home and go back to work. Their judgment has proven wrong, as unemployment statistics haven’t changed, and the people who were staying home continued to do so.

A final note about who’s running for public office these days. It seems that during the past year, there were 23 new people elected to the State Legislature. Only six had any government experience, and four had held a job in the private sector.

That left 13 who came into public office with few if any credentials. There’s no moral to this story. It’s just circumstantial evidence that it’s hard to find experienced people to run for office, and that’s a big loss for all of us.

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?

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A dog’s tale: the view from inside the canine carry-on

can’t stretch out, I can hardy breathe, but even inside this dog carrier, the air is better than the smoke out in Lake Tahoe. As the family pet, I went along on the summer vacation out West. Think of me as your four-legged eyewitness to one family’s encounter with environmental disaster.

As my human reported last week, we headed to Tahoe last month to visit kids and grandkids. We expected a month of R&R on the Truckee River. My human dad, superanxious about the RANDI trip, fixated on my KREISS food and my, um, movements. I’m not talking Beethoven. He carried blue New York Times plastic bags across the country because those are his favorite disposables.

We flew to Denver and drove 16 hours to Tahoe. A different hotel every night, weird hallway smells, walks on scorching asphalt and very super-sized people not wearing masks, which I resent because if something happens to my humans, I’m toast.

In Tahoe, we stayed at my sister’s house and at a rental house in the moun-

tains. My sister has a new, irritating puppy. He ate my food and chewed up my travel bed. He sneaked up on me and jumped on my back for reasons I don’t understand. The rental house was worse.

At night I walked outside in blackout conditions, the heavy musk of bear in the air.

Then smoke from the fires swept into Tahoe and smothered our air. People have no idea how ash and the absence of any poopworthy grass can affect a dog.

Then the humans started to misbehave. Tensions escalated into tiffs, and sniping ensued. Someone growled, “Who’s idea was it to come out here, anyway?”

And, “Who peed in the kitchen?”

The humans clearly had no idea what to do. Some knucklehead decided that an escape to San Francisco would work. Did I have a say?

New hotel room, new “pet relief ” area.

So stressful. My human dad brought along the blue plastic Times bags because sometimes even humans need comfort toys.

The San Francisco air was clear and in the “healthy” range on www.airnow.com.

While I cooled my paws in the hotel, my people walked the Embarcadero and

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toured the Botanical Gardens. But it was all an illusion of relief.

Back in Tahoe, air quality misery was now compounded by “extremely high and dangerous risk of fire.” CalFire texted that news to people’s phones every few hours.

We moved yet again, from the rental house back to my sister’s house, just for safety, to be under one roof.

That meant back to the devil dog.

Family tensions erupted again. Light the grill or don’t risk a spark? Walk me around the block or let me roam the yard? Take the kids to town or hide from the smoke? Everyone was supercharged, and displaying all the symptoms of loving but dysfunctional families everywhere. Lots of shouting, some crying, endless couldhave, should-have, and who’s feeding the dogs? I’m here to tell you that either no one fed me or everyone fed me. I hate when the humans become unreliable.

After a few days of simmering under one roof, my humans decided to leave, give up the rental house a month early, return our car to the wrong location (Reno instead of Denver) fly out of Reno ASAP, and then home.

So I’m writing on the RNO-to-DEN leg.

ither no one fed me or everyone fed me.

I hate when the humans become unreliable.

I heard news of hurricane-remnant flooding in New York, but we’re homeward bound, escaping the fires and ready for the wind and rain. A leg up to my compatriots splashing through flooded streets.

Tomorrow we fly back to the God-blessAmerica-I-hope-I-never-travel-again-better-than-a-mound-of-peanut-butter-glorious East Coast. We worry about the family we left in Tahoe, and yeah, even the new puppy. How’s a little guy supposed to feel safe outside and comfortable inside when Noah’s Ark is burning? My humans’ grandkids just sent a photo of a bear looming at the edge of their property.

Who’s going to tell the little guy to stay away?

The kids have several plans in play while hoping for shifting winds. Meanwhile, we fly east.

It is undignified to travel inside a “doggie carry-on” bag, but I fell for the old peanut butter trick. She who shall not be named tossed a peanut butter cookie into the bag, and I dived for it. Again.

Over the past three weeks I have slept in nine different beds. Now we’re cruising at 34,000 feet and I’m in a canvas tote, stuffed under the seat of some overstuffed dude. Nothing seems quite right, even in a dog’s world.

Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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Reflecting on the Sept. 11 attacks 20 years later

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he Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., set off a cascade of worldwide catastrophes over the subsequent two decades — the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and many other terrorist attacks, in multiple countries. September 2001 seems like a lifetime ago, but for those old enough to remember that terrible year, it remains a haunting memory, a fever dream that we try to lock in the backs of our brains but is ever-present.

For those of us in Nassau County that day, we could only watch in horror as grayblack smoke plumes spiraled out of the twisted, shattered remains of the twin towers upward into an otherwise perfect azure sky. The plumes were visible from points across the county.

Shortly after the attacks, people started to gather on the beach in Lido and at the Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve in Merrick — the highest point on the South Shore — to watch the billowing smoke, staring silently in stunned disbelief.

The United States homeland was under attack for the first time since World War II, and at that moment, we had no idea who the invader was, or the future suffering in distant lands that the attacks would bring.

It was all incomprehensibly terrifying.

In a front-page story in the Heralds’ Sept. 13-19 issue, “Terror at the Towers,” reported by Scott Brinton, Carrie James, Laura Lane, Jeff Lipton, Larry Maier and Cindy Roth, this is how we described the scene: “A wave of fear and despair raced across [Nassau County] Tuesday morning

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’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really, really scared.

Rollen Cajoles after terrorists slammed two hijacked jetliners into the World Trade Center, sending the Twin Towers crumbling into Lower Manhattan.

“In the afternoon, surviving victims of the attack filtered into Nassau by Long Island Rail Road, like refugees from a war zone. Many, who were still shaking dusty, white debris from their clothes, were not from the area but had taken the first train they could out of the city and gotten off at the first possible stop.”

We sent our reporters to the train stations to meet the survivors of the attacks.

Sylvia Melendez, who worked in Lower Manhattan, described the chaos after the towers crashed to the ground. “The rush of clouds of debris forced everyone out into the streets,” she said. “Everyone was running away.”

Here in Nassau, people were glued to their TVs and radios, watching and listening, hoping for the best but fearing the worst. “I’ve been listening all morning,” Luisa DeGirolamo, who worked at La Margherita Pastry Shop in Bellmore Village, said. “I’m devastated. I can’t get over it.”

Rollen Cagoles, of East Meadow, said, “I’m really scared. It’s so scary if we have something of a World War III. I’m really,

letters A letter to Governor Hochul To the Editor: Congratulations and good luck to Gov. Kathy Hochul. She has been thrust into a role that is critical to the 19.45 million people who live, work and play in the Empire State. Here on Long Island, we are especially hopeful for her good work.

The challenges on Long Island are many. Our aging infrastructure needs serious attention. As the nation’s first suburb, we are living with an antiquated system that requires an upgrade. Our increasingly overburdened roadways, bridges and tunnels are dismal.

The environmental infrastructure is failing.

Drinking water has challenges, including the quality and quantity. Surface water contamination is rampant from nitrogen and other pollutants entering our creeks, bays, harbors and the Long Island Sound. Our air is polluted with toxins too small to see with the naked eye. We are vulnerable to sea level rise, climate change and the inevitable next big storm. The fact is, we aren’t ready.

Our environment is too important for the noaction tendencies of the past to continue. Our

really scared.”

Many parents rushed to their children’s schools to pick them up and take them home, fearful of further attacks. “A lot of people came and pulled their kids out because they didn’t want them to be in a place with a large group of people,” said Pat Brace, PTA president of Bowling Green Elementary School in East Meadow.

“They thought they would be a target.”

Nassau police doubled patrols around municipal buildings, schools, houses of worship and transportation lines. Police also diverted westbound traffic away from New York City. Motorists who had to travel major thoroughfares were advised to stay home.

The military closed down the airspace over Long Island, with unlighted F-16 fighter jets streaking overhead above John F. Kennedy International Airport into the night of Sept. 11 to 12.

Nearly 500 Long Islanders died in the attacks at the World Trade Center or later succumbed to 9/11-related illnesses. Each one was a life extinguished too soon. We must remember all of them — their essential goodness, their essential humanity.

In the coming days, there will be solemn ceremonies in remembrance of the dead.

Consider attending one to show your support for the victims, or stop and pause for a moment at 8:46 and 9:04 a.m. on Saturday and reflect on or say a prayer for the victims. In this way, you will help to keep their memories alive for generations to come. “Never forget” should never become a trite slogan. It should be a motto by which we live.

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hen talking with my grandkids about returning to school this fall — to the building, with other kids, not the dining room table — I was reminded of a school day of my own years ago.

“Bobby.” I heard my name called on the second-floor landing of A. B. Davis High School in Mount Vernon, N.Y. The caller was Mr. Leone, Joseph Leone, my biology teacher and college adviser. “Why haven’t you signed up for ALAn the SATs?” he asked. sinGer Neither of my parents had attended college, my mother had died eight years earlier, and my father, a vacuum cleaner salesman, had his hands full with two active kids. When I think about the controversies surrounding school openings this fall, I think, too, of the critical role of teachers in the lives of their students.

That certainly was the case for me.

Mr. Leone wasn’t alone in affecting my life for the better. I was going to drop out of college after my first year not only because of the cost, but also because I

questioned why I was there. I entered to be a minister, but had become disillusioned with organized religion. My college adviser, Mildred Martin, helped me sort through the financial and philosophical questions and urged me to appeal my financial aid award, and I continued as her student.

Other teachers stand out as well. Miss Calabrese and Miss King, in elementary school, “Pop” Phillips in high school, Mark Ebersole in college, and Kay Moore and Robin Williams in graduate school.

The past year of living and learning with Covid in our path and in our shadows revealed the inequalities of access to teachers like the ones I’ve known. When teachers are diverted from their main responsibilities, teaching and advising, they can’t fulfill their roles to the fullest. It is especially difficult for them to be effective when students lack access to broadband and Wi-Fi, a quiet place to study, and supportive adults to help them with difficult assignments.

A distinguished psychologist once said that we human beings are the “teaching species.” All species must learn enough to leave the nest, but humans turned teaching into a “calling,” a vocation dedicated to preparing the next generation

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was going to drop out of college after my first year. I questioned why I was there.

Letters looming issues need real solutions, not lip service. We need to address the Island’s solid-waste crisis, illegal dumping and the associated increases in disposal costs.

Hochul hasn’t been handed the reins of the state at our finest hour. New Yorkers suffer with an unsustainable tax burden that’s accelerating the exodus of high-net-worth people, employers and job creators. The growing disparity in income and wealth, an increasing immigrant population and the associated educational and health care challenges are monumental. And our young workforce and empty-nesters are leaving because of a lack of affordable housing.

Leaders in the past have forsaken us in favor of book deals, their own selfish agendas and their next election. Indeed, some are in prison for their bad behavior, but the reality is, the good people of New York have been sold out, and that’s why we require Hochul’s earnest leadership.

We have hope in her vision, fortitude and ability to make the really tough decisions. We’re counting on her. Most important, please know that we are here for you, governor. Long Island and the state of New York have immense resources, none greater than their residents.

There will be vocal naysayers who attempt to stop Hochul from addressing these vexing challenges. There are people who talk a lot, and there are people who get stuff done. To Hochul, I say this:

with knowledge, skills and values. As a result, teachers have a moral, social, civic and historical responsibility for not only educating each new generation but also, in this way, creating the future.

We must remember the vocation, the calling, of teaching. As the historian Jacques Barzun said, “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.”

At the beginning of our nation, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson stated that public education was at the heart of democracy.

“The whole people must take upon themselves the education of the whole people and be willing to bear the expenses of it,” Adams wrote. “There should not be a district of one mile square without a school in it, not founded by a charitable individual, but maintained at the public expense of the people themselves.”

Jefferson expressed similar sentiments. It is unfortunate, therefore, that some local school boards see teachers simply as employees, instead of as those who inspire discovery and awaken students’ imaginations, as Mark Van Doren and Robert Frost said.

But while the Founders argued that schooling was a local responsibility, they were adamant about the public benefits

to the nation. They believed that education should be public; is critical to democracy because it prepares an informed citizenry, able to ask questions; is important because it prevents aristocracy and promotes meritocracy; should be free from religion and ideology; should be equal and equally available to all citizens; and is a public investment that is worth the cost.

While the ideals of the Founders foundered on the compromises made to create a republic, they nevertheless created within the Constitution the mechanisms for correcting early mistakes and providing the means for continuing the pursuit of a “more perfect union,” which we have shown the ability to do.

As we help our kids and grandkids, or relatives or neighbors’ kids, prepare for a new school year, let us acknowledge the noble profession of teaching, perhaps by remembering our own teachers, and do what we can to fulfill the Founders’ aspirations for true equality of education in America.

Robert A. Scott, Ph.D., is president emeritus of Adelphi University; the author of, or contributor to, 18 books and monographs; and the author of hundreds of articles on higher education and social issues. His latest book is “How University Boards Work” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018; Eric Hoffer Prize awardee, 2019).

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Please be the latter. Be bold. We heard you say you’d “fight like hell for New York,” and that’s exactly what Long Island needs.

WILL FLOWER Bayville

Cuomo should be impeached To the Editor: Re Robert Rosenberg’s column “History repeats itself in Albany — again and again” (Aug. 26-Sept. 1): I agree with Rosenberg’s opinions, and would add that former Gov. Andrew Cuomo would indeed get the last hurrah and make “the State Legislature and state government look like a ship of fools” if it gave him a free pass on the nursing home deaths scandal and his subsequent cooking of the books to make it appear less egregious than he would have had us believe. Interestingly, Gov. Kathy Hochul revealed immediately that these deaths were undercounted by some 12,000.

By ordering nursing homes to accept Covid-19 patients, Cuomo, threatening owners with penalty if they did not comply, exposed many more confined elderly to the virus, potentially causing their deaths. With all due respect, I consider manslaughter to be an even more serious

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crime than the sexual harassment charges that forced Cuomo’s resignation.

Given the present state of affairs, it is now the State Legislature (and, ultimately, the State Senate) that is on trial, and it remains to be seen whether playing politics will take precedence over what must be done in the name of justice. How can

anyone trust Cuomo now? He contends that he will not seek future political office, but only impeachment would close the book on that possibility, definitively and conclusively.

ROBERT RuBALSKY East Rockaway

VALLEY STREAM HERALD — September 9, 2021

In celebration of teachers

September 9, 2021 — VALLEY STREAM HERALD

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