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Labor Day, Valley Stream schools opened their buildings to students for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic spread across the U.S. in mid-March. With protocols to prevent the spread of infection, virtually every aspect of school life has been altered, and thus far, local parents have re por ted that beyond a handful of technical glitches, the reopening has

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MeMbers of Valley Stream BSA Troops 99 and 116 saluted the fallen at the 2020 Valley Stream Sept. 11 memorial ceremony at Hendrickson Park on Friday.

Valley Stream honors the fallen of Sep. 11 by Nicole alciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

It was a nearly cloudless morning, early, on Sept. 11, 2001, when Valley Stream resident Samuel Gay, who was in college and working as a taxi driver at the time, recalled he had made his routine pickup-stops throughout lower Manhattan to bring his usual customers to work. As part of his route, he recounted, he usually picked up a man who lived on 67th Street and Columbus Avenue, and then drive him down to his place of work at One World Trade Center building — the north tower. After dropping the man at work that day, he never saw him again. “Every year on this day, I think about that friendly man and I get teary eyed,” Gay said emotionally at the Valley Stream Sept. 11 memorial service this year. “The main goal is to never forget so this awful thing doesn’t happen again.” On Friday, residents and community leaders, all distanced apart and wearing masks, gathered at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 people who died, when both 110-story, World Trade Center twin towers collapsed in the terrorist attacks 19 years ago. “For the families of the fallen, we understand that although we all suffered loss that day, you bear a special burden,” Mayor Ed Fare said in his address to the audience of nearly 50 attendees. “We must always take time to remember and reflect, and in doing so, we pay tribute to the loved-ones we lost and those among us today still succumbing to serious health issues from their service at ground zero.” For many residents, they said that attending the ceremony made them recall their loved-ones’ and their own whereabouts on that fateful day, as well as how much their own lives have changed since then. Many of the memories from the day of the attacks remain hazy for Valley Stream resident and 33-year New York City firefighter Arty Riccio who said he spent hours unconscious and buried under rubble after the towers collapsed shortly after he carried a woman down 18 flights of stairs in an attempt to rescue her. “I never found out if the woman that I carried had survived or not, and I still think about her,” Riccio said, adding that he attends the ceremony in remembrance of not just her, but his colleagues and friends who died that day. “Every single day of my life is harder because of that one day, and I think it’s important that people never

colorguardsMeN held Vigil throughout the ceremony this year. stop gathering for remembrance ceremonies like this one, to spread love and never forget.” Resident John LaBarbera said that in 2001 he worked for a financial firm in the city at 55 Water Street, about a mile away from the twin towers. On the day of the attacks, he said, he watched from inside his work building as smoke rose from the twin towers as they fell. “I had a lot of close friends and people from work that died on that day,” he said. “It’s a sad thing that our country was attacked and we can and should never forget.” Oftentimes, when Valley Stream resident Pat Kielawa reflects on the tragedy she said she thinks about her sister, who was in the north tower, when the attacks occurred. A fire broke out on the building-floor where her sister was taking part in a two-week job orientation for a health insurance company. Fortunately, Kielawa said, her sister managed to flee the tower, running for 12 minutes, a 0.6 mile distance, to the Brooklyn Bridge. “My sister has had a hard time talking about what happened on that day, but I’m sure that when she was fleeing for her life, the run must have felt like forever,”

Kielawa said. “This day is always sad, but it is uplifting that we are all gathered here today to remember.” Valley Stream resident, Elizabeth Capone, said that when she decided to attend this year’s memorial service she already knew that it would be an emotional day for her. Her husband still suffers Sep. 11-related injuries from when he was a first responder working to save lives during the attacks. Her husband has cognitive and breathing issues as well as a variety of other health complications from his exposure to the smoldering wreckage of the towers. “Many people don’t even realize how many people are still affected by what happened that day,” she said. “This is my day to have my tears and I think events like this keep the reality of what happened alive.” As the memorial ceremony came to a close residents said they felt comforted from having seen their community gathered in honor both the lost and survivors, and they said they found that the service helped them better underContinued on page 19

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OBITUARY Joseph V. Eliseo, a longtime Valley Stream and Oceanside resident known for his kindness, intelligence and volunteer work died on July 10. He was 78. Eliseo was born on March 19, 1942 in the Bronx to Vincent and Carmela Eliseo. He attended and graduated from a private Catholic school, and worked for Coca Cola where he met his future wife Anna Tampone Eliseo. The two were married in 1962 and moved to Valley Stream where they raised two children Vincent and Maria Eliseo. The two started a distributor business in the Bronx with Pepsi-Cola. Tampone Eliseo predeceased her husband, and in 1988 Eliseo remarried to Patricia Strickland Eliseo in Manhattan. Together they resided in Oceanside, and through their marriage, he acquired four adult stepchildren: Denise, Doris, Dawn and Danny. Eliseo was known to be considerate, caring, loving, kind, intelligent and witful, according to family members, with a penchant for putting smiles on others faces despite hardship and tragedy. “I have never met anyone who has had anything but kind praise for this man, my wonderful father,” his daughter Maria Eliseo said. “As long as I can remember my father’s focus was to help everyone he could … My Father was the go-to man when anyone needed advice,

inspiration or help of any type. He would never say no to anyone.” E l i s e o f r e q u e n t l y vo l u n t e e r e d through this church and various community organizations, coaching children’s sports teams, cooking and playing Santa Claus for holiday events, among many others. He was also known for his resilience, his daughter said, suffering and pushing through physical impair ments, including back injuries from his job and a near fatal car crash, requiring numerous surgeries. He also survived a multiyear battle with cancer. “He was a tank, a strong man and a leader you could always count on,” she said. “A man among men; a wonderful father, stepfather, grandfather, uncle, nephew, cousin, husband and friend. He loved everyone.” His influence, including stories, works, kind heartedness and wisdom will continue through his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, family, friends and many more, she said. Eliseo is survived by his wife, Patricia Strickland Eliseo; son, Vincent and daughter Maria. A celebration of his life took place at the Flinch & Bruns Funeral Home in Lynbrook on Sept. 4 and a mass was held in his honor at the St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre.

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Joseph eliseo, a longtime Valley Stream and Oceanside resident, died on July 10. He was 78. Family members said he was known to be considerate, caring, loving, kind, intelligent and witful.

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Town 9/11 ceremony honors Luis Alvarez By James Bernstein jbernstein@liherald.com

They gathered in the early-morning light Friday at the Hempstead Town Park at Lido Beach to honor those killed in the Sept. 11 terror attacks, and to salute the thousands of first responders who worked to save lives and to identify remains from the twin towers in the days, weeks and months after they were shattered by hijacked passenger jets. Spectators brought chairs, masks and coffee mugs and huddled against their vehicles in the parking lot as gray skies finally gave way to sunshine. They socially distanced, as requested by Town Supervisor Donald Clavin Jr. But the star of the 19th annual memorial service was a man who wasn’t even there — Luis G. Alvarez, a New York City bomb squad detective who worked on the pile, as ground zero was initially called. Alvarez, 53, died on June 29, 2019, a few weeks after delivering dramatic testimony to Congress that successfully extended the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. He died of complications of cancer linked to his work at ground zero. Luis’s brother, Phil, the keynote speaker at the ceremony in Lido Beach, said his brother “died in peace, knowing that the bill would probably pass.” “Thank you for never forgetting,” Phil Alvarez told the hushed crowd. “That’s what my brother would have wanted, that you would never forget.” His brother, he said, wasn’t a big talker, but when he talked, he made people either laugh or listen closely because he had something important to say. “There are a lot of Lou Alvarezes out there,” Phil said. “It was 19 years ago that my brother’s body began to die. But it was also when his soul began to live. He had a purpose in life, to warn others of the health dangers associated with working on the pile.” “Lou called me up one day and he said, ‘Bro, I got Stage Four.’” “I said, ‘What are we going to do?’” “He said, ‘We’re going to beat this bitch.’” And, Phil said, in many ways, his brother did. “He said, ‘I need to get in touch with my friends. I need to warn them about the health hazards.’” Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul came from her hometown of Buffalo to join the crowd in Lido. “These are truly extraordinary times,” Hochul said, referring to the coronavirus pandemic and the need to wear masks and separate. “But we will still gather,” she added. “This is where we need to be.” Hochul and Clavin later laid a new wreath at the Memorial Wall in the park. Luis Alvarez’s name was added to the wall. Clavin, who served as master of ceremonies, noted at the outset that 2020 “started as a normal year. Then, in March, everything changed for everybody. The sounds we heard all the time were sirens

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Phil alvarez, Brother of Sept. 11 first responder Luis Alvarez, who died of 9/11-related cancer in 2019, was the keynote speaker at the Town of Hempstead’s annual Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony in Point Lookout. To his right was Councilwoman Dorothy Goosby, and to his left, Councilman Bruce Blakeman. of ambulances, taking people to hospitals. But that’s what first responders do.” The event was also marked by prayers by the Rev. Michael Duffy, of St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Center; Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky, of Yeshiva of the South Shore in Hewlett; and the Rev. Eric C. Mallette, of the Greater Second Baptist Church in Freeport. There were musical selections by the Gregorian Consortium of Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale. led by Director Alexander Basile. Mallette, who served in the U.S. Marine Corps, said people were expecting a prayer. But, he said, he also wanted to make a statement, calling on the spectators to love their country and “support the USA. If anyone wants to leave this country, they can go. I guarantee, no one will stop them,” Mallette said to applause. Valerie Laupheimer, of Nor th Bellmore, was among the first to arrive at the park, at 6 a.m. On Sept. 11, 2001, she recalled, she was working for the credit-rating agency Moody’s, across the street from the twin towers. Laupheimer said she had heard a loud bang, but thought it was just part of the city’s usual background noise. Her sister, she said, worked a few floors above her, and called to tell her to look out the window. “I did see an explosion,” Laupheimer said. “But I didn’t know it was an airplane.” She learned that it was soon afterward. She left the building shortly after 9 a.m. and walked to the 59th Street Bridge, but couldn’t get through the crowds, so she walked to the Brooklyn Bridge. She got a lift home from Brooklyn, arriving at home after 7 p.m. “I was in disbelief,” Laupheimer said of the day, as she stood at the edge of the crowd in the park Friday morning. “I’m still so devastated. So many people went to work that day, as I did, and they didn’t come home.”

FireFighters stood atoP the town’s 9/11 Memorial Wall before the ceremony. town oF hemPstead Supervisor Don Clavin, right, and Alvarez laid a wreath with Lt. Gov. Kathy Hocul at the Memorial Wall.

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For the past seven weeks, Nicholas Zacchea has been seen handing out his biography to passersby at Long Island Rail Road stations and at supermarkets in the 22nd Assembly District, as part of his bid to unseat Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages. The district was formed in 2012, when sections of three existing Assembly districts were pieced together, and Solages, 35, has represented it ever since. It includes parts of Franklin Square, Elmont, Valley Stream as well as North and South Valley Stream, Floral Park and South Floral Park, Bellerose Terrace, North Woodmere and Stewart Manor. Zacchea, a Republican from Floral Park who declined to disclose his age, said he decided to run because he was “becoming very disappointed in the way gover nance was being handed out,” and was upset with the rise of socialist rhetoric in the country. “My experience has been in government,” he added. “I know how government should work.” Zacchea was an auditor for the U.S. Government Accountability Office for more than 30 years, providing legislators with information they needed to make informed votes on various bills, and even sometimes drafting legislation based on the information he gathered. In his role, he said, he was not allowed to express opinions, and could only present facts — a practice that he still tries to adhere to.

In fact, he recounted, a supervisor once asked him to review his team’s findings on the needleexchange program in New York City, which, during the HIV epidemic of the 1980s, allowed drug users to safely dispose of injection equipment and receive new sterile needles and syringes in exchange. Zacchea said he was morally opposed to the program at the time, but when he saw that the evidence his team had gathered showed that it “significantly helped reduce the spread of HIV,” he changed his mind. Federal agencies also recruited Zacchea to serve as an auditor and investigator while he was serving in the GAO. From 1977 to 1980, for example, he managed a staff of 85 auditors, criminal investigators and support personnel who conducted energy audits in New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The audits, he said, uncovered numerous incidences of energy companies engaging in illegal activity. In 1988 and 1989, Zacchea managed a 10-person team teaching Saudi Arabians how to properly conduct audits, before returning to New York as the assistant director of the GAO, and eventually he joined the United Nations, taking part in peacekeeping missions in places like Haiti — where the military took control in a coup d’état in the 1980s — and conducting more audits. After leaving the United Nations in the early 2000s, he said, “I started to get calls from Continued on page 9

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V.S. houses of worship open for in-person services By Nicole AlciNdor nalcindor@liherald.com

In the past six months, houses of worship, like many time-honored institutions have undergone a number of changes, as coronavirus restrictions forced many to switch to virtual services. Now, as those restrictions loosen, many in Valley Stream have opened or begun to open their doors to in-person worship. Attendance is lower, local faith leaders reported, but that did not come as a shock, they said, after many of their congregants expressed to them fear of returning and contracting the virus. Before the pandemic, Bethlehem Assembly of God was averaging 1,700 members at Sunday church services at its locations in Valley Stream and Rosedale. Even after recently opening a second location in Valley Stream, Bethlehem Assembly still only sees about 500 people at its services in all three locations on Sundays, its pastor the Rev. Steven Milazzo reported. His church reopened to indoor services on July 12. Despite the lower attendance rates, Milazzo said that the importance of faith institutions is greater than ever. “This is the card that we have been

dealt and we have to trust God in this, while doing our part to stay safe,” Milazzo said of the pandemic. “The church needs to be there to support, comfort and encourage people during this time.” His services, he said, require all participants to register beforehand and maintain at least six feet of distance between one another unless they belong to the same family. Masks must be worn at all times, and congregants are escorted to their seats one at a time. Railings and surfaces are also wiped down before, after and during services. “We want to be part of the solution, not the problem, and I know soon we will get to the other side of all this,” Milazzo said. “I hope that people everywhere will learn that knowing and loving God, being close to family and building positive relationships are all things we can do positively during this pandemic.” The Valley Stream Presbyterian Church opened to in-person services more recently, on Sept. 12, the Rev. Kymberly Clemons-Jones reported, and so far is holding them outdoors only. “Our first service back went well and about 40 people showed up,” she said. Continued on page 11

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les Police Department in the early 1990s. There, he said, he helped created an analysis system to deter mine which officers were more at risk of engaging in illegal activities, in order to “pre-empt problems before they start.” Solages, a Democrat from Elmont, said she thought it was funny that Zacchea was so opposed to socialism, when he likely has family that benefits from Social Security — a program that some consider socialist. She also said that during her time in office, she was able to:

accounting firms” to train more auditors in former Soviet countries, while training the U.S. Agency for International Development personnel on the techniques he used at the GAO. By 2012, Zacchea was working in Bosnia and Herzegovina, but when his wife became ill, he started tur ning down foreign assignments. After she died in 2015, he applied for jobs at local universities, and has been t e a ch i n g e c o n o m i c s a t Molloy College, in Rockville Centre, since 2017. “I have a hell of a lot of e x p e r i e n c e i n g o ve r n ■ Secure $1 million from ment,” he said, adding, the state budget for the Assemblywoman “People are talking about implementation of univerMichaelle Solages socialism now. I saw the s a l p re s ch o o l o n L o n g havoc it caused in those Island, because in towns countries.” like Elmont, Valley Stream H e u s e d t o t r ave l and Floral Park there was around for mer Soviet not enough child care. countries, he said, giving lectures about the benefits ■ Push for legislation to of a free-market economy, ensure that women have a n d m a ny o f t h o s e h e access to adequate health spoke to, he said, began to care to reduce the likelirealize how the economic hood of their dying during system they were living childbirth. under restricted their lib■ H av e h u n d r e d s o f erties. Nicholas Zacchea smoke detectors installed. He also sai d he was injured several times ■ Pass legislation requiring Industriwhile living in countries with socialal Development Agencies to livestream ized health care, and once had to wait their meetings. 10 hours for eye surgery. Additionally, Zacchea said, he is ■ Implement a recreational running against calls to defund police depart- program in Valley Stream. ments, because he spent time in counRe publicans, Solages said, have tries where police departments were underfunded, and it was “not unusual eliminated the federal, state and local for me to be stopped and for the police tax reduction, and are suing the federal government in an effort to get rid of to search my car for money.” Instead, he would support legisla- the Affordable Care Act, which, she tion establishing an independent unit said, helped reduce medical debt in that would look into personnel issues, New York. as he did, he said, with the Los Ange-

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County hosts socially distant 9/11 ceremony By Scott Brinton sbrinton@liherald.com

In a nearly 40-minute, socially distant ceremony last Friday morning, elected and appointed Nassau officials and families of local 9/11 victims paused to remember the 348 county residents who died in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. At the solemn ceremony, held under a steel-gray sky, seven family members of victims read all 348 names before a handful of attendees at the Harry Chapin Lakeside Theater at Eisenhower Park in East Meadow, near the county’s 9/11 memorial. County Executive Laura Curran of fered opening and closing remarks, and Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder was among the attendees. The Nassau County Police Department Pipe and Drum band performed “Amazing Grace”; the Rev. Kevin Smith, the county’s fire chaplain, offered the opening

prayer; and NCPD Chaplain Dov Schwartz gave the closing prayer. “This has been a hard year, to say the least,” Curran noted in an email to county residents a day before the ceremony. “But as we approach the 19th anniversary of Sept. 11, I am taking time to pause and remember the tragic events that left our community and our nation forever changed. The World Trade Center attack stole the lives of thousands. We lost family members, friends, neighbors and colleagues — and we lost a sense of safety that we once took for granted. “The heroic first responders who set their own safety aside to rescue others,” she continued, “showed immense courage, and we are forever grateful. We face a second tragedy as we remember those heroes who survived 9/11 but lost their battle with Covid-19 this year — a disease made worse for those who spent days or weeks breathing in the air at ground zero.” To watch a video of the ceremony, go to liherald.com.

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victoria DEvito, from left, Greg Hoffman, Diane Fairben and Geri Ainbinder were also among the readers at Nassau County’s socially distant 9/11 remebrance ceremony last Friday. Each lost family.

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SuSan HutcHinS waS among seven readers to recite the names of Nassau’s 348 9/11 victims at the county cderemony. Hutchins’s son Kevin Colbert, 25, of West Hempstead, died in the World Trade Center attacks. county ExEcutivE Laura Curran offered opening and closing remarks.

Rita Cosby, the renowned Emmy- the Institute to even higher levels.” The Global Service Institute’s Honwinning TV host, veteran correspondent and best-selling author, has joined orary Advisory Board comprises chamLong Island University as chairwoman pion boxer Evander Holyfield, Super of its Global Service Institute. Cosby Bowl champion Joe Theismann, “King of the High Wire” Nik Walwill lead the institute’s edulenda, Grammy-winning cational initiatives to s i n g e r D i o n n e Wa r inspire a commitment to wick, Emmy-winning volunteerism and elevate actress Susan Lucci, Roc the importance and power Nation President of Busiof service. ness Operations and StrateDuring the coronavirus gy Brett Yormark, Oscarpandemic, university offinominated Actor Gary cials said, the need for volSinise, best-selling author unteers to assist drasticalNelson DeMille, astroly depleted nonprofit organaut Buzz Aldrin, NATO nizations, so the need for Supreme Allied Commandt h e m h a s n eve r b e e n rita coSBy e r G e n e r a l We s l e y greater. Global Service C l a rk , M i c h a e l Re a Through engagement Institute chair gan, business executive programs, conferences, and D-Day veteran Maurice internships, scholarships and fellowships, the nonpartisan insti- “Hank” Greenberg, America’s first tute aims to develop character, prepar- female Four-Star Gen. Ann Duning and inspiring students and others woody, Medal of Honor recipient Col. to help find solutions to complex world- Jack Jacobs, founder of EarthX Tramwide challenges and seek personal or mell Crow, celebrity chef Robert Irvine, professional lives dedicated to service, public relations executive Ken Sunshine and others. according to LIU officials. The LIU Global Service Institute “The Global Service Institute established LIU as a premier destination for will kick off the fall 2020 semester with developing values-driven global citi- the “Headliners of Service” monthly zens who will impact their communi- virtual speakers series, which will featies,” LIU President Dr. Kimberly R. ture live conversations with Susan Cline said. “With her global experience Eisenhower, Housing and Urban Develexploring critical headlines and life- opment Secretary Ben Carson and Forlong dedication to service, Rita Cosby mer Israeli Prime Minister Ehud is an exemplary leader who will elevate Olmert.

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continued from page 8 “Offerings and tithes are lower than usual because people are unemployed and lost their jobs due to the pandemic, but we are remaining prayerful and hopeful about our future.” Clemons-Jones said she plans to hold the Saturday 3 p.m. services, which are new for the congregation, outside until colder weather forces a return indoors, and every Sunday the Saturday services will be made available to watch online. “My congregants were not disturbed by the switch in worship day because we have become accustomed to change since the pandemic has changed so many things,” she said. “The most The Valley sTream Presbyterian Church opened important part is that we are meet- for in-person services out doors for the first time ing every week and that we on Saturday, Sept. 12. remember that God is on his and communicating electronically using throne.” For other faith leaders in Valley Zoom, Whats App, texting, Google Meets Stream who have yet to open their doors and conference calls. Virtual services and to in-person worship, they said that they electronic communication will continue expect that it will come with challenges after the church opens for indoor services. requiring a number of changes. “Many people have said they don’t Temple Hillel in Valley Stream, will hold its first indoor services on the Rosh know if they want to go back to indoor Hashanah and on Yom Kippur holidays. services,” the Rev. Gertude Nation, pastor Although Rabbi Steven Graber said that of the church, said. “I’m willing to do he is still unsure how many will attend, whatever it takes to keep people well he said he anticipates that only a few because Covid-19 can be deadly.” For the incoming indoor services, dozen will sign up over coronavirus fears. “I’m still hopeful that this far into my Nation said there would be many changcareer my congregation and I can be es, including temperature checks at the adaptable, and I’m excited to be able to door, an elimination of church choir and provide face-to-face spiritual connection, singing, touching, greeting, handshaking even if it is in a much smaller way,” he and hugs. Masks will be required and prosaid. “Even if we can’t see each other all vided if needed and no more than one the time in person, we are still friendly person will be allowed in the church bathwith one another and we have camarade- room at a time. Fellowship time, or time rie through communication over emails spent socializing after church, has also been eliminated. and through phone calls.” “This is a matter of life and death, so On Sept. 20, Grace United Methodist Church in Valley Stream will also open its I’m not complaining about the changes doors to indoor services for the first time that will take place when we open again,” since the pandemic hit. In the meantime, she said. “I’m excited and I can’t wait to members have been attending services see my congregation again.”

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While the world’s humans might be stuck wearing masks for some time yet, their furry, four-legged canine companions have no such restrictions, and so on Sept. 8 the Friends of Valley Stream Dogs annual Doggie Pool Party went ahead as planned, continuing a tradition now in its sixth straight year. Each September, the event invites Valley Stream’s dogs, and their owners, to the Hendrickson Park pool complex children’s pool, where for one afternoon they are free to frolic through its water jets and sprinklers before it is emptied

for the year. Friends of Valley Stream Dogs, is a canine-centric civic organization that originally formed to lobby the village for the construction of its dog run currently located on the Village Green. Now, it holds a handful of charity and social events throughout the year, including the ever-popular pool party. Mike Powers, operations coordinator for the group, said he had approached Mayor Ed Fare with the idea for the party while food shopping one day at King Kullen. Although incredulous at first that it could be done, Powers Continued on page 22

Mike Powers, aBove center, operations coordinator for Friends of Valley Stream Dogs, helps organize the event each year. Jennifer Grande, left, gives belly rubs to her 11 year-old Scottish terrier, Maggie. sally ann esPosito, from left, Mayor Ed Fare, Denise Barnard, and Jo Ann Scala joined Bella.

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V.S. schools reopen at limited capacity continued from front page gone well. At Shaw, each class has a designated entrance and exit for pickup and drop-off, and with at least half the student body learning remotely from home on any given day, Tibaquira-Gomez said that even with the added hurdles of social distancing and temperature checks of students entering the building, dropping her daughter off at school has been smooth and quick. Glorisbel Roman, whose daughter, Sierra, also a Shaw fifth-grader, said that seeing the reduced density of students firsthand has given her some peace of mind that the school is taking student safety seriously. “Just seeing less volume [of students] in the school makes me feel better,” Roman said. She, too, said that with greatly reduced traffic, dropping her daughter off was easier than normal. “Mornings are usually hectic for parents,” she said, “but it was nice I could drop her off and know that everything would be OK.” Their daughters are close friends and are in the same fifth-grade class. They were eager to return to school, their mothers said, and they relayed what it has been like so far. Mask wearing is mandatory at all times except when eating and during phys. ed. — an occasionally difficult task in the humid September weather, Tibaquira-Gomez reported — and six feet of social distancing is required even outside during recess, making games like tag impossible. In phys. ed., activities are limited to individual workouts. “They’re doing exercises, but making it fun for them, so kudos,” TibaquiraGomez joked. Even restroom breaks are different, the mothers said, with a maximum of two students to a restroom at once. Students are given markers to place outside the door to signify they are inside and prevent another student from walking in and exceeding the room’s capacity. Maribel Canestro, who has a son in sixth grade at Wheeler Avenue Elementary School, said that the new safety protocols gave her some sense of comfort. “They’ve taken an abundance of precaution,” she said, “which I support.” Parents at the high school level have reported a similar experience. Noemi Diaz, who has a son in eighth grade in Memorial Junior High School and a daughter in her junior year at Central High School, said the return to in-person schooling has been smooth, with hallways kept relatively empty and class sizes averaging five to 10 students. Canestro, however, expressed concern that with the changing of class periods and classrooms throughout the day, there could be more of a chance that her older son, a junior at Central High School, could come into contact with someone who has been infected. She acknowledged, however, the need to balance safety with socialization. “If it was up to them, they’d go every day,” she said.

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Diaz said that because of scheduling and the number of students learning remotely, she is the only student in the room for one of her classes. The Central High School District has two cohorts that alternate between two and three days in the classroom per week, in addition to those learning from home the entire week.

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The start of the school year has had its issues, large and small, however. Last Friday, Central High School District and District 13 officials reported that two siblings attending Willow Road Elementary School and North High School had both tested positive for Covid-19. The students had attended school for a day during the first week, and neither will be allowed to return for at least 14 days or until the family provides negative test results to their respective school districts. While neither school closed, superintendents in both districts said the Nassau County Department of Health would conduct a contact-tracing investigation to find anyone the students might have come into contact with. The Health Department does not comment on individual coronavirus cases, an agency spokeswoman said. Additionally, parents have reported technical issues with the remote learning part of their children’s curriculum. Lessons, they said, have become more structured than those in the spring to more closely mimic in-classroom instruction, with set sign-in times for each class. With more complex instruction, however, have come more opportunities for things to go awry. “The work is obviously more detailed than what they were doing before,” Roman said. Diaz, who is a PTA co-president in District 30, where Shaw Avenue is located, reported that a number of parents had complained about difficulty signing in to their virtual classrooms. Tibaquira-Gomez said her daughter has expressed worries about whether she

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would be able to sign in to her classes on time, and in one case, a virtual textbook was not displaying properly on her school-issued iPad. Roman described similar issues with her daughter, with instances of momentary panic when sign-in passwords did not work or lessons did not display properly. Both mothers acknowledged that in such situations, children in economically disadvantaged households or those where parents must leave the household for work might run into additional trouble. Tibaquira-Gomez, who is a stay-athome mother, said it was a “blessing in disguise” that she is able to help her daughter when she runs into technical issues. And although Roman is able to work from home most days, she said she sometimes feels anxious that she is unable to oversee her daughter’s studies directly, recounting times when her daughter texted her from another room for help when she could not sign in to classes. “I’m kind of nervous,” she said. “Is she

SieRRA RomAn, 10, left, a fifth-grader at Shaw Avenue Elementary School, has enjoyed her return to in-person classes, but technical glitches at home have sometimes disrupted the remote part of schooling.

on schedule, is she doing the right thing? I can’t monitor that.” Canestro said that while her son at Wheeler, which is in District 13, had not encountered technical problems, delays in receiving teachers’ responses to questions had occasionally caused additional stress. Diaz acknowledged that these issues would likely take time to iron out. For her children in the high school district, she said technical problems were less pronounced. For District 30, however, she said it might take time. Susan Rodriguez, District 30’s administrative director for 21st century learning, said that officials were working to ensure that every student could log in to the remote-learning program, and that there were resources such as a help desk for parents, video tutorials and frequentlyasked-questions pages for students. “Let’s give it two to three weeks to get the kinks out,” Diaz said, “and if we’re still not happy with it, we can revisit.”

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Residents recall the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks stand the importance of remembrance. “On this day every year I’m sad and I think about the awful pain and suffering that so many people had to endure and that so many people are still faced with today and every day,” Valley Streamer Joann Chang said. “The importance of events like this is to help us remember and educate the younger generations who

weren’t alive when the 9/11 attacks happened.” “This memorial service was such a tribute to the day and to so many people we lost,” said Sharon Daly, another resident whose two neighbors died in the attacks. “I’m glad that we had such a great turn-out for this ceremony even with the Covid-19 pandemic that’s going on.”

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BSa and Girl Scout members carried their wreath to the village 9/11 memorial. ForMEr VallEy StrEaM American Legion Post 854 Commander Ron Feltington played Taps in honor of the fallen.

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District 13 welcomes its students back Valley Stream District 13 opened its doors to students on Sept.3 for the start of the 20202021 school year. Teachers, with masks in place, welcomed back both new and familiar faces after the school closures of last school year and the summer vacation. Students entered Willow Road, Wheeler Avenue, Howell Road and James A. Dever elementary school buildings, to begin a new year of learning, albeit in a decidedly different fashion than in any year before. Getting there involved a long and strenuous planning process that required all hands-on deck, but on the first day of school, all procedures and protocols that had been designed to ensure a smooth opening unfolded largely as planned. Perhaps most notable were the myriad health protocols in place to help ensure the health and safety of all students and district staff. They include the wearing of masks, desks positioned at minimum six feet apart, multiple hand-washing opportunities for students and staff, hand sanitizer availability and many more as stipulated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as state and local health departments. Teachers and staff were given extensive training prior

to reopening day on the use of virtual learning technology to help maintain robust education for students, whether in school or during their remote sessions. “Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have made a conscious effort to uphold our commitment to our students, staff and their families,” Schools Superintendent Dr. Constance D. Evelyn said. “We are confident that despite the challenges we may face, this will be another year of growth and knowledge for our students, our teachers and district personnel.” For students in kindergarten, first grade and small special education classes, parents could choose a five-day in-school option or a fully remote option. For students in second grade through sixth grade, parents could choose between a hybrid learning model where students are in school two days a week and learn remotely three days, or a fully remote learning model. For the hybrid model, students have been designated in either cohort A or B, which limits the number of students in a classroom on any given day, allowing desks to be placed the appropriate distance from each other in classrooms. Compiled by Peter Belfiore

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WilloW Road teacheRs Mrs. Higgins and Mrs. Lepe ready to welcome their students back into the classroom on Sept. 3. WheeleR avenue student Madison Garcia begins her at-home virtual learning school day in Mrs. Cullen’s class. sixth gRade students, far left, in Mrs. Pettas and Mrs. Watson’s class at Howell Road School back in the classroom while remaining masked and socially distanced.

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When Anayo Michel thinks about the two decades she has spent living in Valley Stream, she said that although she has noticed it become more diverse, that diversity has not translated into representation of people of color as teachers in Valley Stream schools. “The neighborhood has changed, but the schools didn’t get the memo,” Michel, 47, said. “It’s wonderful and amazing to see the diversity and different cultures as you walk through the streets of Valley Stream, but my daughter Layla is in seventh grade and she’s never had a person of color teach her before.” According to New York State Education Department data, as of 2018 less than 20 percent of teachers at Valley Stream’s four school districts are people of color. District 24 had the lowest percentage of teachers of color at 5 percent and district 30 has the highest 18 percent. Additionally 10 percent of Central High School District teachers are people of color, while in District 13 they make up 6 percent of the teaching body. Upon first moving into Valley Stream Michel said she was aware of high-profile instances of racism and racial harassment in the neighborhood. Although the last cross burning in Valley Stream took place 1979, 20 years before she arrived in the neighborhood, Michel was still frightened of the idea that she would be a victim of similar harassment. As a result, she didn’t feel comfortable traveling alone in public to certain places. As time passed, however, Michel said as more people of color have moved into Valley Stream she said she found the neighborhood become more welcoming for her as a Black person. “I have no problem with living in a minority neighborhood because when I was in high school I went to a diverse high school,” she said. “Having Black teachers that looked like me helped push me to do better and it helped me to see and believe that I can do better for myself

educationally because I was seeing a Black person in a good profession.” After feeling dissatisfied by what she noticed was a lack of diversity in Valley Stream’s teachers, Michel said she decided to open her own dance studio in the neighborhood to at least provide a space where the arts from other cultures can be taught. She founded Layla’s Dance and Drums in 2011 with the hope of providing a space for student dancers to come and experience dance lessons from teachers from a variety of ethnic backgrounds. “My teaching staff is more diverse than Valley Stream School’s teaching staff,” she said. “I have teachers of all races teaching, so the students can embrace and learn cultures.” At her studio, Michel has dance teachers that are black, white, Latino and Asian, and teach African, Caribbean, Latin, and South African dance styles. Michel and her dance instructors use Afro beat, West African, Guyanese, Malian, Guinean and Ghanese style dances to allow for her students to learn about their own and new cultures. “We use the arts to expand the students’ cultural awareness and I always pride myself in being historically accurate when I teach the children,” Michel said, adding that she wants kids to feel open to share their points of view on different historical topics as she teaches them dances. “Often times we do dances as tributes to important people and times in history, and I teach my students new things about the history of the dances and it’s shocking to see the kid’s eyes open up when they learn new things about cultures.” Although she would like to see more teacher diversity in the local public schools, Michel said it shouldn’t be at the exclusion of white teachers. “I want my daughter to have teachers that look like her, but, I don’t want my daughter to have only Black teachers,” she said. “I think Valley Stream School’s need more teachers of color, but that doesn’t mean we should fire white teachers.”

‘God has given us a wonderful world’ By rABBi SteveN GrABer In the Talmud, Masechet Berachot, Rabbi Levi presents to us this problem: It says in Psalm 24, “The earth and its fullness belong to the Lord,” but it also says in Psalm 115, “Heaven is the heaven of the Lord, but the earth he gave to the sons of men.” How do we reconcile these two statements? Does the earth belong to God or to man? The Rabbis tell us that before we have recited a blessing over something, it belongs to the Lord. After we recite the blessing and acknowledge its true ownership, then it is made available to us. God has given us a wonderful world and he wants us to enjoy every good thing in

his world. So, every day of the year we acknowledge God’s beneficence. But on the High Holy Days, with their emphasis on ending one year, and beginning anew, our sense of awe and gratitude is even more heightened. The High Holy Days are a time to take stock of who we are, to be appreciative of what we have, to measure our strengths and weaknesses, successes and failures and to be hopeful for our futures. It is also a time for thanking God for everything you have and asking him to help you to be all you can be. May this be a sweet year for all of us, for the people of Israel everywhere and for the world.

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ANAyo Michel, opeNed Layla’s Dance and Drums in Valley Stream with the hope of providing a space for student dancers to come and experience dance lessons from teachers of all different ethnic backgrounds. Aware of the issue, addressing teacher diversity in the Valley Stream has been a work in progress, according to Central High School District Schools Superintendent Dr. Bill Heidenreich. “Diversity in the Valley Stream teaching staff has been a topic of discussion for many years and we know this is an area where we could be doing better,” he said. “We have the Nassau BOCES diversity recruitment services working to help us. They are a team of people that assist us to help us gain access to a diverse candidate pool.” Looking for a venue where their children might better see themselves in mentor figures, parents said they have come to Michel’s dance studio to fill that role. Valley Streamer Tee Camerom said having only white teachers in public school has has a subconscious impact on

her 6-year-old daughter. “I wanted more diversity and culture for my daughter, and for her to have a place that she can go to in order to identify with and see herself in others, and that’s exactly what she got at Layla’s Dance and Drum.” Bellerose Queens resident, Alexandra Mcglashan, said her 13-year-old daughter, Analise, was the only Black student at her school, PS 203 in Bayside, and she wanted to expose her more people that look like her as both teachers and fellow peers. “My daughter pointed out that the other kids in her school had different skin from her and she took this in a negative way, but, when I took her to Layla’s, there were many black and brown faces,” she said. “My daughter instantly felt more comfortable and she found a home and a safe place there.”

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September 17, 2020 — VALLEY STREAM HERALD

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lected leaders from across Nassau County are urging — even pleading with — residents to fill out the U.S. census if they have not already done so, and time is running out. The census count will end Sept. 30. The census was originally scheduled to wind down Oct. 31, but in August the U.S. Census Bureau suddenly reduced the time frame by a month. In August, however, four out of every 10 Americans had yet to file their census forms, according to National Public Radio. That has led to fears of severe undercounting, particularly in minority communities. That is why elected leaders across the county have held news conferences of late, encouraging residents to file their forms to ensure that the states have the correct number of U.S. representatives and that local governments receive all the federal aid they are rightly entitled to — both are based on population — and to assure residents of color, particularly recent immigrants, that they have nothing to fear from the census. Many immigrants reportedly fear that filing might jeopardize their status, particularly after President Trump pushed for inclusion of a citizenship question on the census form, a requirement that the Supreme Court shot down in July 2019. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, a Democrat from Baldwin, recently held a news conference in Roosevelt with U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat from Garden City. In August, Curran appeared at Glen Cove City Hall with U.S Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat from Glen Cove. The census was the focus of both gatherings. Local leaders are right to be concerned.

letters Thanks for the memories To the Editor: Re Scott Brinton’s column “The little bench in my backyard” (Sept. 3-9): It was very moving. This last year has been extremely difficult for so many. I can’t imagine how journalists like Brinton must feel, writing about the virus. The toll it has taken must be extraordinary. I don’t have a bench, but I have a small footstone that my son made when he was in kindergarten. It’s round and has small, colorful stones embedded in it. He glued those stones in carefully — his wonderful masterpiece. My son is now 21, living in North Carolina, attending college. Thank you to Brinton for sharing his memories. SARI BERKOWITz Glen Cove

What the Constitution says The U.S. Constitution mandates that the country count its population once every 10 years. The results are used to adjust or redraw electoral districts, based on where populations have increased or decreased. State legislatures or independent bipartisan commissions are responsible The Village of Freeport’s census response rate was 54 percent as of early this month; Elmont and Roosevelt, 53 percent; and the Village of Hempstead, 49 percent. This is indeed an urgent matter. Rice noted that a 1 percent undercount in the census could cost a local school district or government tens of thousands of dollars, if not hundreds of thousands, in federal aid per year. A severe undercount could cost millions. Overall, Nassau County’s response rate was solid at 73 percent, according to the most recent data, but even that number is concerning, given the amount of aid that could be sacrificed by an undercount of more than 25 percent. “When it comes to the census, the stakes have never been higher for Nassau,” Curran said at the Roosevelt news conference, addressing the coronavirus pandemic. “This census is about more than just ensuring we finally get our fair share of federal government dollars when we need it most. This year’s census is a once-in-a-decade opportunity for us to directly combat the inequities this crisis

for redrawing congressional districts. The U.S. Census Bureau provides states with population counts for this purpose. Everyone living the United States and its five territories is required by law to be counted in the census. Source: U.S. Census Bureau

has laid bare.” According to the Census Bureau, you should be counted where you were living and sleeping most of the time as of April 1. If you’re responding for your home, count everyone who lives and sleeps there most of the time. That includes children, foster children, roommates, and any family members or friends who are living with you, even temporarily. If someone is staying with you because of the pandemic, however, they should be counted where they usually live. This includes college students, who should still be counted at school. If they live in student housing, the college will count them. If they live off campus, they should respond for their off-campus addresses. Filling out the census takes no more than 10 minutes, and you can do so securely online at 2020census.gov. To reach the U.S. Census Bureau for help, call (844) 330-2020 for English speakers and (844) 468-2020 for Spanish speakers. Representatives are available daily from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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here has been much publicity about the failure of the U.S. Senate to agree on a new aid package for the states. The costs of dealing with the impact of the coronavirus have hit every government hard, but especially the northeastern states. Largely left out of the discussion, however, is the serious headache that Nassau County and New York’s 61 other counties face. Whether you are distant Cayuga County or Nassau, the story is the same. Sales tax revenues are down 20 percent in most areas, and state aid has been cut jerry by 15 percent. kremer Property tax collections have been delayed to help people with fixed or no income. In short, sometimes government closest to you suffers the most. As a former chair of the State Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee, I was curious, and took a deep look at Nassau’s finances and the impact of Covid-19, which mirror many other counties. County Executive Laura Curran has done a great job of managing the coun-

ty’s finances. When she was elected in 2017, she was saddled with a massive budget deficit and faced the possibility of a state takeover of the county’s finances. Her predecessor, Ed Mangano, had proposed a series of budgets with so-called one-shot revenues and lots of Band-Aids that were destined to fall apart. Most Nassau residents don’t know that it is one of only a few jurisdictions in the state that has a control board watching its every financial move. The Nassau Interim Finance Authority was established in 2000, and has a full-time staff. It was dormant until 2011, when the county was in desperate need of an outside monitor. The bond rating agencies advised county officials that they needed a series of modest tax increases to fill their budget hole. But political fear prevented it. Writing about something that’s not very sexy can be a challenge, but readers should understand how their government functions. Nassau County taxpayers wake up every morning expecting the police to control the streets, the highway workers to fill the potholes and the parks to be open for their enjoyment. All of these activities rely on there being

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LeTTers Appreciation for a refreshing op-ed To the Editor: I’d like to thank Scott Brinton for opening his nostalgic garden to his readers. It was a refreshing respite from all the political and pandemic-related news out there in the real world. Not only do his trees offer some protection against global warming, but in addition to his plethora of flowers, they add much beauty to our world. His ability to link such beauty to familial events in his life is a testament to the love he has for his family as well as to our earth. PAM SINgER Malverne

We need better street signs To the Editor: There was a long-overdue letter to the editor in the Aug. 20-26 issue, “Buildings need street addresses,” from Robert Rubalsky. Drivers become impediments to normal traffic flow while they search for locations that are not clearly marked with visible postal addresses. We have all been in this situation, either as the searcher or as the frustrated driver

enough money in the county treasury to pay for its workers and its facilities. The county currently faces a drop in revenue of $438 million, the result of all of the factors mentioned above. In simple terms, no business can survive for too long with losses of 25 percent or more. On Aug. 10, Curran announced a prudent plan to close this yawning budget gap. She proposed a series of budget cuts that would save $54 million. To offset the total of $438 million, she used all of her surplus funds, which included $103 million that local governments got in the CARES Act. Her proposal would produce $385 million in savings, which would erase the deficit. But there is one catch to this plan: The county owes NIFA a $75 million payment that is due in November. The County Legislature must approve the deferral of this payment, which would help avoid any serious tax increases. While the Legislature is controlled by the Republican Party, and Curran is a Democrat, I am convinced the Legislature will do the right thing and allow the payment to NIFA to be deferred for a year. If the county can’t balance its budget for

stuck in traffic behind one of these pilgrims in search of a destination. There are definite solutions, and at least one, the prominent display of a numerical address, is easy and inexpensive. These numbers are available in indoor or outdoor adhesive styles of many variations, and you don’t need to be a wizard or an acrobat to fasten them in place. go to your local hardware store or home center. If you want to be fancy, there are numbers in brass, chrome or black that fasten with screws, and require slightly more expertise to install. Another problem: Our street sign systems in the U.S. vary widely in the information provided and how it is displayed. Most signs are now reflective, and lettering size has been increased for visibility. One problem has been solved, but another one has been ignored, especially in New York. When you get to the correct intersection, which way do you turn to reach your destination? Short of using your gPS on every trip, you have a 50 percent chance of turning in the right or wrong direction. The answer is simple, and although I hate giving credit to California, that state has gotten it right. Just look at the street signs at the second-most-famous intersection of the country after 42nd Street and Broadway, Hollywood and Vine in Los Angeles. Above or below the street name is a slightly smaller sign

the coming year, all taxpayers may suffer, and the NIFA board could impose drastic cuts in county services. The tale of Nassau’s finances is being repeated in community after community. Since March, our television screens have been filled with story after story about all the human hardship the virus has caused. The scenes of emergency workers treating suffering people have left us with images that we will never forget. The services that save lives have to be paid for, and in the end, the buck stops with local government officials. Sadly, the people who can help pay for the coronavirus fallout — members of the Senate — went home for and returned from a summer recess, and still they have taken no action. There will apparently be no additional unemployment benefits and no small-business relief. Assistance for local governments won’t happen. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell reminds me of Nero, who fiddled while Rome burned. Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

Framework by Miguel Martinez

Near the Pacific coast, with the haze of wildfires in the distance — Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif.

with the numbers on that block. What a concept. Imagine getting to a corner and knowing immediately whether the numbers ascend or descend from that inter-

section in either direction. It’s an idea whose time has come. ERIC SPINNER New Hyde Park

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A maddening tale of two presidencies

onald Trump revealed his true self to The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward over the course of 18 interviews beginning last December, appearing coherent and well-informed — in matter-of-fact terms, for example, he noted as early as February that he knew the coronavirus was five times more deadly than the more “strenuous” strains of the flu. Trump could have acted decisively to stem the tide of disease that overwhelmed the U.S. But he didn’t. Many were unsure whether he could understand the gravity of the sCoTT illness or the sciBRinTon ence required to contain it. In April he suggested — seemingly seriously — that we might inject patients with disinfectant and irradiate them with ultraviolent light to kill the virus, prompting public health officials to issue urgent news releases cautioning people not to try this at home. Trump, to many, appeared to have lost his mind. As it turns out, we now know from Woodward’s interviews with the president that it was all performance art, a display of showmanship intended to obfuscate and deceive in the vain hope that Americans wouldn’t notice the rapidly rising Covid-19 death toll or unemployment rate.

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Woodward recorded nearly all the interviews with Trump for his latest book, “Rage,” which was set to be published after press time. Snippets of the interviews were released for public consumption last week, and were aired on “60 Minutes” last Sunday. In them, Trump appears lucid, articulate, in command of the facts, without a hint of mental illness. That is the maddening part of this tale. At least if he were suffering from lunacy, like a latter-day King George III, then he might be excused for bungling the national strategy to contain the coronavirus. The interviews make clear, however, that Trump is perfectly sane. He claimed he lied to the American people about the deadliness of the coronavirus so as not to incite panic. Many pundits, however, pointed out that Trump has had little trouble stoking fear, even panic, on any number of issues — from immigration to public housing — when it suits his political aims. His 2016 election strategy was to engage in an all-out culture war to divide the country along entrenched political lines, and then win at the margins by picking up disaffected Democrats and right-leaning independents who, on occasion in the past, had voted for centrist Dems. It worked. To date, Trump has followed his 2016 playbook, sowing division wherever he can, including in the U.S.’s approach to the coro-

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navirus. He knew as early as February that Covid-19 was an airborne disease, and yet he eschewed masks from the get-go, mocking former Vice President Joe Biden relentlessly for wearing one in public and never requiring their use at his mass rallies — which he continues to hold, despite local mandates forbidding such gatherings. That is, the nation’s chief law enforcement officer is flouting the laws he is sworn to uphold. The result: The U.S. was projected to surpass 200,000 coronavirus deaths this weekend. It is, by far, the world’s highest death toll — Brazil, the second highest, had 129,575 deaths as of Sept. 12. It should be noted that Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has followed Trump’s coronavirus playbook, at times pretending the disease is relatively harmless, at others ignoring it and taking minimal action to contain it while claiming his administration is doing all it can to fight it. It needn’t have been this way. China, where Covid-19 originated, had 4,634 deaths as of last weekend; Germany, 9,421; Canada, 9,170; South Korea, 355; New Zealand, 24. Each of these nations acted quickly, according to a national plan, not our state-by-state, county-by-county, city-by-city hodgepodge of approaches, which have ranged from exceptional to downright dangerous. Trump had a national playbook that he could have — and should have — studied,

he nation’s chief law enforcement officer is flouting the laws he is sworn to uphold.

but he chose to ignore it. President Barack Obama left him a 68-page report titled, “Playbook for Early Response to High-Consequence Emerging Infectious Disease Threats and Biological Incidents,” developed by the National Security Council in 2016, according to “PBS NewsHour.” Obama was tested early in his presidency, in 2009, when the H1N1 flu raged across the globe, including in the U.S. On May 2 that year, he addressed the nation, and here, in part, according to White House transcripts, is what he said: “Over the last week, my administration has taken several precautions to address the challenge posed by the 2009 H1N1 flu virus. … “This is a new strain of the flu virus, and because we haven’t developed an immunity to it, it has more potential to cause us harm. Unlike the various strains of animal flu that have emerged in the past, it’s a flu that is spreading from human to human. This creates the potential for a pandemic, which is why we are acting quickly and aggressively.” Obama continued, remaining calm and truthful. H1N1 stayed with us for nearly two years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Roughly 12,500 Americans died of the disease during that time. If only Trump had followed his predecessor’s approach. Scott Brinton is the Herald Community Newspapers’ executive editor and an adjunct professor at the Hofstra University Herbert School of Communication. Comments about this column? SBrinton@liherald.com.

You’d better believe it: We are in this together

ive years ago, I returned from a visit to my kids and grandkids, who live in a mountain town in northern California, and in this space I wrote, “I have come back from the future, and if you plan on going, better wear your fire-retardant underwear.” The tone of my comment is discordant now with news of the apocalyptic fires engulfing so much of California and Oregon. My California kids go to bed at night with their smartRanDi phones on; they kReiss and their children have “go bags” packed so they can evacuate if the alarm comes from their fire district. Their car is packed with nonperishable food and water and flame-retardant blankets. They don’t live far from towns that have burnt up in half an hour when winds pushed flames into their homes. The ashes from those fires are drifting our way. As a writer for a local newspaper, I have come to realize over the years that our connectedness as Americans and as human

beings supersedes our particular neighborhood interests. Everything is local. And everything local is global. In these chaotic times, we find ourselves on the same ship, heading for the rocks. Smoke from fires travels, viruses go airborne and political indiscretion is infectious; none of us is safe or immune. I live on the South Shore of Long Island, where we’ve been getting plenty of rain, with little chance of wildfires, but the California story is mine because I go to sleep at night worrying about my kids’ safety. The fire story is all of ours because we can imagine the fear of an alarm at night that sends children out into the unknown. If you’re reading this, chances are you live in New York state, where our infection rate from the coronavirus is below 1 percent. We’re in good shape at the moment, but Covid-19 is surging in other parts of the country. My Florida kids are in the thick of it, and their unfolding story is mine, too. Here we are sending, or are about to send, our children back to elementary and high school and universities across the

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country. The college kids getting sick across the country are coming home to our towns and villages. What we also share as Americans is the discovery that our president could have kept us safer. A president who put people before politics, who elevated science and medicine, who could evince a modicum of empathy, could have saved tens of thousands of lives during this pandemic. Last week we heard tapes of journalist Bob Woodward’s interviews with President Trump. We heard the president say he knew how devastating the pandemic would be, but in his own words, he “played it down.” Five years ago, when I first wrote about the fires near my family out West, it was a big deal, because the schools had to close for two days due to smoke and unhealthy air quality. Fast-forward, and the kids have been out of school for five months because of Covid-19. There is an awful confluence of circumstances: People are battling a vicious pandemic in the midst of raging wildfires. None of it had to be this way. For three years before he decided to cover up the

y kids in California go to bed with their phones on and their ‘go bags’ packed.

threat of Covid-19 in America, Trump was scorching the earth in other ways, expanding mining and drilling, halting regulations on industries that pollute and refusing to accept the findings of scientists who have warned us that drought, fire and even pandemics are related to global warming and climate change. Professor Noah Diffenbaugh, the Kara J Foundation professor of Earth System Science and the Kimmelman Family Senior Fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, states that global warming, caused by air pollution created by human activity, is a major contributor to the baking heat searing so much of California. According to The Washington Post, “An international panel of leading climate scientists said in 2013 that the planet is warming at an accelerated pace, and found with 95 percent certainty that human activity is the cause. The past three decades have been the hottest on the planet since 1850.” In 2018, speaking with the BBC, President Trump said of climate change, “I don’t believe it.” Left or right, red or blue, we are in the same sinking boat. Can’t we at least agree to plug the holes? Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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