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Progress, and more to do District 13 welcomes new acting school superintendent istration from Stony Brook University. In 2007, she was brought on as director of curriculum, Dr. Judith LaRocca will instruction and technology for become Valley Stream School the New Hyde Park-Garden City District 13’s acting schools Park Union Free School District, superintendent Jan 15. The out- where she oversaw curriculum, going superintendent, Dr. Con- testing, professional developstance Evelyn, will ment, data managestep down after a ment and technolosix-year tenure Jan. gy infrastructure. 14. Picked by Evelyn LaRocca, now the for the assistant district’s assistant s u p e r i n t e n d e n t ’s superintendent for post, LaRocca has instruction, will held the position oversee the learning since since 2016. She experience of roughhas continued to ly 2,000 children JuDiTH laRoCCa enjoy a close partacross the district’s Superintendent, nership with Evelyn fo u r e l e m e n t a r y over the past five District 13 schools in a year years and was widevexed by constant ly considered her change, uncertainty and hard- logical successor. LaRocca is ship brought by a global corona- poised to carry on the touted virus pandemic—with no end in progress made by her predecessight. sor into the future, but questions LaRocca got her start in edu- loom as to what will happen durcation as a middle school math ing the pandemic. teacher for the Massapequa Regarding Covid-19, teachers School District in 1996. In 2003, and students continue to experishe took on her first administra- ence positive cases of the virus tive role as a staff developer and as an ongoing reality. In the last shared data expert for the East- two weeks, 21 students and six ern Suffolk Board of Coopera- staff members in the district tive Educational Services, dur- have self-reported as testing posiing which time she earned her degree in school district adminContinued on page 11

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THE fouR EaglE Scouts, from left, Haiden Danto Scanlan, Joshua Thomson, Christopher Rakeman and Nathaniel Redillo.

Valley Stream troop honors four new Eagle Scouts By JuaN laSSo jlasso@liherald.com

Valley Stream’s Troop 116 conferred the title of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, to four members at their Eagle Courts of Honor Dec. 11. The four honorees—Haiden Danto-Scanlan, Christopher Rakeman, Nathaniel N. Redillo, and Joshua Thomson—stood before a crowd of village dignitaries, proud family members and friends, and many fellow scouts at the auditorium of Holy Name of Mary School. Veteran Eagle Scouts were also there to honor and

reco gniz e the hard-won achievement of the honorees. Among numerous awards and proclamations, the four scouts were pinned with the Eagle Scout medal and a new neckerchief with the emblazoned eagle, representing the best efforts and values of the BSA. It is a distinction only 4 percent of scouts attain. Of the many intense requirements needed to earn the Eagle Scout rank is a minimum of 21 merit badges and completion of a communityservice project, commonly known as the Eagle project. Scouts are tasked with planning and leading a project

that benefits other people and tests their leadership skills. Scanlan, who had since the beginning of his scouting adventure in 2010 dreamed of making Eagle, undertook a massive renovation of the Scholar’s Academy’s musical instruments storage room in Rockaway for his service project. While preparedness is a main credo of the Boy Scouts, his initial pre-pandemic project plan did not anticipate the major school health restrictions caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. Although his plan had to be rehashed, Scanlan nevertheless persisted. The Continued on page 16

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Village art class showcases finished works

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By Karina Kovac kkovac@liherald.com

The village’s Community Center’s Burgundy Room showcased the work of amateur student artists at the Valley Stream Recreation Department’s Adult Art Class at an art gallery reception last Friday. The students were part of the Fall 2021 Adult Art Class, finishing off their ten-week beginner and intermediate acrylic painting classes with a final presentation of their completed work. The class is run under the instruction of self-taught artist Matt Khan W h e t h e r yo u ’ ve n eve r picked up a brush or think you’re too old to learn a new skill, this art class shows that everyone’s inner talent of painting is just waiting to be tapped into, according to Khan. While the adult students The graduaTion class of the Fall 2021 Valley Stream ranged in age and skill level, side instructor Matt Khan (in the blue vest.) they all thrived from Khan’s judgment-free style of instructrying to be slightly more deliberate.” tion and encouragement. “I want people to see whatever they “You have no idea you can do any- want to see in it…and convey a feeling, thing until you try…it’s never too late to not a result” he further stated. Always learn, ” said Lorraine Maggio, 71, who using the logical, numeric side of his enjoyed the course and the friendly stu- brain, the art class has allowed him to dent atmosphere. Maggio’s notice things in the world he painting of still life fruits is a hasn’t before like where classic trope in art. The shadows lay, textures rise, fruit’s auburn color contrastand colors meet. ed with the dark blue backMatt Khan has been ground evoking a brooding, painting since he was four dramatic arrangement. years old. He initiated the Lucille Sartin, 74, was program two to three years inspired by a local church ago at the request of his cobuilding she once rememworkers who saw and marbered seeing, transforming it veled at his work. Painting into a house. As your eyes together for ten weeks, he travel across her painting, and his class have developed you gradually pick up on lay- lorraine a solid bond. Students even ers and layers of details that go so far as texting and callwould not be otherwise Maggio ing each other when an art noticed at a glance. The bold Student sale is happening at Blick white house stands in sharp Art Materials and offer to relief. Then, you catch the get one another materials. flower boxes outside the windows, until What separates his class from other comyou notice the enveloping scenery of munity art classes, according to Khan, is trees and animals that make the setting that he “encourages mistakes because come alive. that’s how you learn and once that fear Maggio and Sartin both drew their factor out of there, phenomenal work is inspirations for their painting from their being done.” surroundings, teaching their eyes to act “I think Valley Stream has the best as art lenses on the world. art program hands down. I know that for Peter Frangas, an expert in Informa- a fact. We have the best prices and the tion Technology (IT), usually views the best instructor: it’s the most bang for world in 1’s and 0’s and finds “no sense your buck,” said Khan. As an homage to of variety” in his job because the end his students, Khan displayed his paintproduct is always the same even when ing as well, incorporating one aspect of using different methods. The art class is everyone’s painting into his own. He told a much-needed break from his mundane his students that despite 30 years of working life, where he is free to experi- painting, his students never fail to teach ment wildly with abstract styles and him something new about art. decide when a work of art is finished or The upcoming spring art class is still not. in the works but is expected to start in “Being able to see each brush strokes March next year on Fridays. A wider in my abstract paintings, added with the variety of times will be available to colors, almost creates a pulse that beats accommodate more residents of Valley like the brush to the canvas,” said Fran- Stream who would like to participate. gas. “It’s like a Jackson Pollock if he was

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Recreation Department’s Adult Art Class hold up their work they’re most proud of along-

ou have no idea you can do anything until you try… it’s never too late to learn.

gaBriella FunK, a recent graduate from Stony Brook University, said running ideas by Matt Khan who then showed her tips and tricks helped her develop as an artist. iT analYsT PeTer Frangas enjoyed delving into the abstraction art has to offer, using different brushes to yield more and more crazier and vibrant results.

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H: Have you made the faculty proportionally representative to the students they teach? E: I think that the public needs to

understand that there is a finite opportunity to diversify the staff every year. The opportunity has to do with people who are leaving the district for whatevEvelyn: We reviewed the hirer reasons…so that can ing practices and created sometimes be three teachnew hiring practices. We ers in one year or ten. In started over. One of the the last two hiring seasons, things we did was create a the diversity hiring has screening interview where exceeded 40 and 50 percent, all candidates are asked the so we are well on our path same questions….questions to meeting the goal of havthat really got to the core of ing a proportionate reprewhat we we’re looking for in sentation of students to an educator…I hired Gerard educators. At that time, we Antoine, the Superintenhave hired a school psychold e n t f o r B u s i n e s s a n d Dr. Constance Evelyn ogist that is East Asian that Resources six months after I speaks Urdu fluently began my position…to work because in this district the on the number one goal of the board: second most spoken world language is diversifying the staff. Urdu, not Spanish.

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E: We adopted Superkids and Wonders as our core curriculum in English and Math K6 and a new science and social studies curriculum. The 6-grade science curriculum is actually aligned with what’s happening in Central High School District…thanks to Dr. LaRocca’s leadership. We have adopted a STEM curriculum. We have 3D printers and kids spend time in these innovation labs. We adopted a formal socialemotional learning (SEL) curriculum that is integrated entitled: the RULER Program. H: Can you explain what is social-emotional learning? E: You had three sister elementary

school districts all [keeping pace with the modern social and emotional programs happening at] the Central High School District, but unfortunately, District 13 students did not have this shared language around their socialemotional health. The heart of the

H: What would make it proportional? E: Eight out of ten teachers are white

females in America, so I want you to know we are very proud of the fact that we’ve hired a lot of male teachers in the last four hiring seasons. Diversity means a lot of things. People are very focused on race, I get that, but it means diversity of language, gender, culture, etc. I think it would take another ten years to reach that goal of proportionate representation of families to educators.

H: What mark would you like to leave on the students? E: That you were loved and valued here,

and a lot of people have my cell phone number. Parents, teachers, educators, board members—they don’t call me unless they need me, but they know if they call me, that I’ll come running. No inquiry or request will go unanswered.

H: Do you have any wisdom for the incoming Superintendent Dr. Larocca? E: I have often said to her that being your true self is being your best self.

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Herald sports Speedy Claxton-led Hofstra aims high By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

Speedy Claxton elevated Hofstra to new heights as a player, and now he’s looking to do the same from the bench. The new Hofstra men’s basketball head coach and former NBA guard took over the program this past spring 21 years after he led his alma mater to the 2000 NCAA Tournament as champions of the America East. He will now look to his alma mater back into March Madness two years after Hofstra captured the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) title just before the NCAA Tournament was canceled due to the start of the pandemic. “I still have to stop to pinch myself,” said Claxton, who played 10 years in the NBA and was part of the San Antonio Spurs’ 2003 championship run. “I’m blessed and I look forward to leading this program into the future.” Claxton’s coaching debut nearly featured a monumental upset when Hofstra fell at 15th-ranked Houston 83-75 in overtime after holding a 13-point lead with 8:30 left. The game showcased the talents of Pride newcomer Zach Cooks, a graduate student transfer guard from NJIT who scored a game-high 26 points. Junior guard Aaron Estrada, a transfer from Oregon, also shined during his first game in a Hofstra uniform with 15 points. The Houston game was played without fifth-year graduate student guard Jaley Ray, who scored 18 points in Hofstra’s 69-67 loss to then-20th ranked Maryland on Nov. 19. Guards Caleb Burgess and Omar Silverio also return after playing key roles on last year’s 13-10 team that fell to Elon in the CAA semifinals. Sophomore Darlistone Dubar, an Iowa State transfer, adds to the Pride’s guard depth. Red-shirt sophomore forward Kvonn Cramer earned CAA All-Rookie team honors as a freshman last year and Claxton is looking for more of a breakthrough in 2022. Abayomi Iyiola, a 6-10 redshirt senior forward and Arkansas transfer, also provides an inside presence. Hofstra (6-5) was picked fifth in the CAA preseason poll. The Pride open conference play at William & Mary on Dec. 29 with its CAA home opener on tap for Jan. 3 against UNC-Wilmington (UNCW) on Jan. 3 at 8 p.m. “I think we will be in the upper echelon of the conference,” Claxton said. “It’s wide open with a number of teams that can win it.”

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GRADuAtE stuDENt JAlEN Ray, left, entered the season ranked 17th on Hofstra’s all-time scoring list with 1,334 career points.

Pride looks to continue rise By ANDREW COEN sports@liherald.com

Hofstra women’s basketball made strides in Danielle Santos Atkinson’s second season as head coach by nearly tripling its win total last season despite playing 10 fewer games. Santos Atkinson is now hoping to build off last year’s 8-12 season where the Pride went 5-7 in the CAA and reached the conference semifinals. Hofstra improved from a three-win 2019-20 season that featured a number of close losses. “Our goal is to build off of how we finished the season last year,” said Santos Atkinson. “It all came together at the end of the year.”

The Pride returned eight players, including senior JaKayla Bown, a preseason All-CAA selection who averaged 16.3 points per game last season. Brown suffered an injury in last Saturday’s 59-37 loss to Ole Miss and missed the remainder of the game. Junior guard Sorelle Ine za a d d s a s p a rk t o t h e H o f s t r a offense after missing last season due to injury following a freshman season that landed her on the All-CAA Rookie Team. Ineza hit a buzzer beater on a long twopoint jumper in Hofstra’s 55-53 victory against Loyola Maryland on Nov. 20. “Having her on the floor has definitely been a breath of fresh air,” said Santos Atkinson of

Ineza. “She is such a positive and optimistic person and just has a calming spirit about her.” Seniors Jaylen Hines, Jahsni Knight and Jaala Henry also add experience as returning starters. Henry, who transferred to Hofstra from Pittsburgh in 2019, tallied a career high 16 points in a 72-57 win at Kennesaw State on Nov. 26. Hofstra (3-5) closes non-conference play with a weekday matinee against Long Island rival Stony Brook this Tuesday at 1 p.m. and then makes a short trip to Manhattan for a Dec. 28 matchup with Columbia. T he CAA schedule tips off on New Year’s Eve with a home game against UNCW at 2 p.m.

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District 24 schools celebrate Hanukkah-themed activities

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in BrooKlyn avenue Elementary School, Emily M., holds up her gelt and paper dreidel.

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learned how to draw their own menorah and colored in a candle each day to light it. Students also read “The Magic Dreidels” by Eric A. Kimmel and created their own paper magic dreidels. Superintendent of Dr. Don Sturz Valley Stream 24 District said in a statement, “...Hanukkah holds special significance to our Jewish neighbors and friends.”

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District 24 schools honored the celebration of Hanukkah, otherwise called the Festival of Lights, earlier this month. Each school created activities for students designed to impart the meaning and importance of the holiday to those of the Jewish faith. Hanukkah is an eight-day long celebration, beginning this year on the evening of Sunday, Nov. 28, and ending at sundown on the evening of Monday, Dec. 6. Each school took its unique approach to the celebration. One of the ways William L. Buck Elementary School celebrated Hanukkah was by lighting their digital menorah on the class TV screen each day. The students also created sun catcher dreidels and hung them up on their classroom windows to witness their illuminating creations catch the sunlight. The Brooklyn Avenue Elementary School read “Arielle and the Hanukkah Surprise” by Devra Newberger Speregen. Students were able to make their own dreidels and receive Hanukkah gelt. Gelt refers to money that is given as a present during Hanukkah. Often times sweet chocolate covered in a golden tin to resemble the coin is given to children in the celebration. The Robert W. Carbonaro students

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Red Light Special Meli Melo on 153 Dubois Ave is having their Thursday music event. Music by DJ Exotic, DJ Marz, and DJ Woodly and friends will be played. Hookah is available and the event runs from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dec.17. To book a reservation in advance call or text 347-740-9382.

Tuesday, Dec. 28 Disabled American Legion Chapter 145 Meeting The Valley Stream VFW Post 1790 Chapter 145, is having their monthly meeting at 65 E. Merrick Rd starting at 7 p.m. Refreshments will be served to those in attendance and new members are welcome. All are asked to bring a copy of your DD214.

American Legion Post 854 Meeting Valley Stream’s Andrew Fatscher Post 854 is having their monthly meeting at 7p.m. at the Valley Stream American Legion building, 51 Roosevelt Ave.

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Join the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library for virtual bingo over Zoom. For any age, whole families can join from 6:30 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. A form found on the libraries website must be filled out before the event and requests for Zoom less than an hour before the program may not be seen by staff.

Friday, Dec. 17 Fabulous Friday Night Meet-Up The Pearl’s Heart will be having a ladies night gathering to connect, converse and unwind at Standard Pour Coffee & Wine Bar on 64 Rockaway Ave. from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Food and drink will be available, please rsvp at fabulousfriday1217.eventbrite. com. For more information email ThePearlsHeart@gmail.com. Standard Pour is a Black-Owned & WomenOwned Coffee Shop.

Teen Gingerbread House Craft Join the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library for gingerbread making. Ms. Kenney will be making and assisting Gingerbread House crafts in the Children’s Room. During the event face masks are required by attendees and early registration is encouraged as the program is limited to 10 participants. If you’d like to join, please send an email to Vsteens@nassaulibrary.org.

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Fabulous Friday Night Meet-Up The Pearl’s Heart is an organization meant to encourage and connect millennial women. They will be having their last in-person meet-up of the year at Standard Pour Dec. 17 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. and encourage the public to support this local Black and women-owned business.

Saturday, Dec. 18 Learn to Code - STEM Activities en. Interested in coding? Teen volunteer at the Henry Waldinger Library Sawaira will explore different coding apps, including Canva,Tinkercad, Scratch and Scratch Jr. 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.

Virtual 3D Printing Workshop The Henry Waldinger Memorial Library will be offering a 3D Printing Workshop via Zoom from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The library’s 3D expert Kayla Serpa will show participants how to download print files from Thingiverse and to use

Tinkercad to customize prints and create new designs. To register for this workshop, contact Library Director Ms. Eng at hwmlcontact@hotmail. com for the Zoom information, plus instructions about how to download and login to Tinkercad prior to the class. After your project is completed, it can be emailed to the library for printing. The library will print one FREE name plate per person using its MakerBot 3D printer, and then you will be notified when to pick it up at curbside/lobby pickup.

Wednesday, Dec. 22 Kraft Korner Join Ms. K from the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library for a few stories and DIY crafts via Zoom from 1:30 p.m.

to 2:15 p.m. Children may complete their crafts with grown-up assistance at their own pace. Craft materials will be available for pick-up at the library. Registration is required and can be filled out here: https://forms.gle/ ohJqN2mLYbo9qZr2A

Thursday, Dec. 23 Kahoot! Family Holiday Trivia Join the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library on Zoom at 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. for Kahoot! Family Holiday Trivia. You’ll need one device to join the Zoom meeting and another to submit answers for your family. Feel free to share and individuals are welcome to play too! A reminder: You will need a second device for Kahoot! If you’d like to join, please register here: https://

Children in Kindergarten through 6th Grade, with help from a parent or caregiver, will make play dough at the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library. Program materials will be provided by the library. This will be an indoor activity with limited registration. Face masks are required for children and adults. Registration is also required you can register by following this link: https://forms. gle/4PYj6W12i4fFwZ9z8. There will be three demonstrations done throughout the day starting with 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., then 1 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., and finally at 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

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The spot Standard Pour is located is where the legendary record shop Slipped Disc once was. The library will close early Dec. 24, for Christmas Eve at 1 p.m. and is closed through Dec. 26. VS South boys track team became Conference Champs for the first time since 1980 in 2000. The first shop to open in Valley Stream was a butcher shop in the late 1880’s. Lon Babby, president of the Phoenix Suns, grew up in Valley Stream.

LaRocca named acting superintendent tive for the coronavirus. One class has also been forced to quarantine. “We have worked very closely with the Nassau County Department of Health” to implement a “layered prevention strategy…that includes mask-wearing, social distancing, hand-washing, and monitoring students with illness,” LaRocca said. Improving indoor air quality was the latest focus, according to LaRocca, serving as a strong deterrent against virus transmission. The district installed new Uni filter air vents and air purifier filtration systems in all four schools, using HEPA filters designed to eliminate virtually all coronavirus particles in the air. “All of our indoor air quality was up to standard, but before Covid, people weren’t thinking about indoor air quality at the level that would kill viruses,” LaRocca said. “We were certainly up to code…and new systems are an additional layer of protection.” She declined to comment whether the filtration systems were suited to filter the virus at the start of the school year in September. When asked if she would use her new position to encourage parents to vaccinate their children, as recommended by the federal Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention, she choose to tread cautiously on what she considered a delicate matter. “I’m not sure that’s something I really want to talk about. I do not want to

comment on things that may be polarizing to certain people,” she said. While state Education Department guidelines for school reopening did include optional provisions for hybrid or remote learning for families with special needs, LaRocca, following the example of her predecessor and many districts, will carry forward with full-time in-person learning for students. However, in the event of a major districtwide outbreak, “all our schools are fully equipped to go into a full remote-learning environment within 24 hours, so all of our teachers and classes are remote-ready,” LaRocca said. Dr. Judith In following recent Education Department requirements, District 13 has also taken strides to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in its schools, the incoming acting superintendent said. LaRocca has been credited with leading the charge both in diversity hiring and in establishing a culturally responsive curriculum. LaRocca has used the Culturally Responsive–Sustaining Education framework, as laid out by the state, to shape the curriculum and promote an awareness and appreciation for distinct racial, linguistic, and cultural identities among students.

LaRocca affirmed the district’s continued commitment toward hiring a diverse teaching corps that reflects and represents all students. District 13 has seen a modest bump in the number of teachers of color in schools across the district—from 5 to 19 in the last seven years—averaging two new minority teachers a year. In 2018-19, among the 176 professional staf f members across the four elementary schools, 12 of them were from minority backgrounds. According to a 2015-16 survey by the National Center for Education Statistics, public elementary and secondary schools, on average, 19 perLaRocca cent of teachers were of color. And schools with greater racial and ethnic diversity in their student populations also tended to have considerably more racial and ethnic diversity among teachers. District 13 is a solidly majority-minority district. According to 2019 demographic data from U.S. News & World Report, roughly 30 percent of students in the district are Hispanic, 22 percent are Asian, and 22 percent are Black. But its teaching staff remains overwhelmingly white. Research suggests that Latino and Black students who have teachers who match their race or ethnicity showed improvement in a host of educational out-

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The Town of Hempstead Board voted Dec. 8 to opt out of a New York state law that will take effect next year allowing the sale of marijuana at local retail shops. The 7-0 vote was much to the relief of local school officials who had called on the Town Board to ban the sale of the drug within Hempstead’s borders. Among the school districts submitting letters to the town in favor of the ban were Baldwin, East Rockaway, Hewlett, Island Park, Long Beach, Lynbrook, Malverne, Oceanside and Seaford. The town recently held a public hearing on the matter. Alison Erickson, of Oceanside, who is project coordinator for the Oceanside Safe Coalition, spoke before the Town Board at the hearing, urging council members to opt out of the state law. “I stand before you today as a resident of Oceanside representing the Oceanside Safe Coalition, but I’m also a mother and a longtime advocate for the safety of the youth in my hometown,” Erickson said. “It’s moments like this that we must recognize the responsibility that we do have as leaders and decision-makers, and our children do deserve to grow up in communities that are designed to protect them.

“With the local commercialization of marijuana,” she continued, “we do need to ask ourselves what message will this send to today’s youth? We have the ability to opt back in at any time. What is the rush to do so now when there are currently no regulations that could potentially keep our community safer or ensure that these products will stay out of the hands of children?” Meanwhile, Jesse Bravo, of Oceanside, expressed support for the retail sale of marijuana. “They’re making this a process that is difficult for dispensary owners,” Bravo said. “If they move the wrong way, they are shut down, and that includes not advertising in front of your kids. We are addressing a market that is already here, whether you put dispensaries in your neighborhood or somewhere else, it’s still going to be brought in. If you opt in, people get to buy what they are already buying right now and in a safe manner. The amount of processing going in from seed to sale is insane.” Ruthanne McCormick, of the Rockville Centre Coalition for Youth, said she was against the of the retail sale of marijuana in Hempstead, noting that the Village of Rockville Centre, under Mayor Francis X. Murray, recently opted out. “As shops had opened in anticipation of being able to get retail licenses,” McCormick said, “they had marijuana flags flying on Sunrise High-

way, and it was attracting our youth. They were going there just to see this flag. We have seen firsthand in Rockville Centre the mental anguish that our youth are suffering, and many of them do turn to marijuana and other substances thinking that they can selfmedicate and improve their health. We have seen it in the opposite direction.” Sean Corbitt, of Island Park, said he supported the town opting in to retail sales. “I’m a medical marijuanna patient,” he told the Town Board. “I’ve been using medical marijuanna for roughly a year. I have friends who have smoked marijunna laced with fentanyl and been hospitalized. It’s something that should be considered not just for the safety of your children but for everybody. If it already exists, it is already being tampered with. We, as marijuana users, are advocating for safe marijuana for everybody.”

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continued from front page result: He revamped the storage room, fashioning it with a custom guitar rack to hold 36 of the school’s guitars and fundraised more than $4,000 for new instruments for the school. Rakeman, who was a dedicated volunteer at Camp ANCHOR, a local camp serving disabled children and adults in the Town of Hempstead, decided for his service project to spruce up the camp’s surf shed, which needed repair, in time for the Camp Anchor Surf Program. On top of his remodeling, Rakeman fundraised more than $2,000 for the program, crediting the backing of his fellow troop members for getting him to the finish line. Redillo brainstormed an Eagle project that would have a widespread impact and greatly serve people in need. An admitted sneakerhead, Redillo researched online for a non-profit and found Soles4Souls, which collects gently used footwear and distributes it nationwide and around the world to people in need. With plucky ingenuity, scout-like resourcefulness and sheer grit, Redillo collected 653 pairs of new and used footwear throughout his final time in high school. Thomson, a Valley Stream South High graduate, installed a bicycle-repair station at Arthur J. Hendrickson Park for

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have no memory of Beatlemania. The movement, which erupted in the early 1960s and was accompanied in the following years by an outpouring of teenage hysteria not seen since, is history to me, recalled only in books and films. The Beatles released “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” in 1967, the year I was born. I turned 3 shortly after the group dropped its last album, “Let It Be,” the making of which was artfully documented recently in director and producer Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back,” SCoTT an eight-hour, three-part, semiBRINToN voyeuristic look at the Beatles’ final days as they crafted some of rock’s most anthemic tunes, including “Get Back” and “Let It Be.” I have loved the Beatles’ music since I was a child, so I had to watch this Disney+ film, despite the sometimes gnawing tedium of sitting and waiting for John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr to transform ostensibly everyday material into stardust. The Beatles are enshrined in my earliest memories, their songs played on the radio long after the group’s demise. For reasons that aren’t entirely explainable, their music

became part and parcel of our collective psyche, melodies and harmonies that repeat in a continuous loop in our subconscious, readily retrievable at a moment’s notice. My Hofstra students know the Beatles, which is remarkable, given that a half-century has passed since the group famously broke up, and yet their music and mystique remain embedded in our culture, passed down from one generation to the next in films like “The Beatles: Get Back.” The problem with the Fab Four, to my mind, is this: John, Paul, George and Ringo are so often thought of not as human beings, but as icons, symbols of a bygone era that is often romanticized by those who came of age during one of the world’s most tumultuous periods. Gen X — which immediately followed the baby-boom generation that gave birth to the Beatles — grew up hearing stories from those 10 and 20 years older about cutting school to throng Kennedy Airport when the four invaded New York on Feb. 7, 1964, two days before they appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” a moment seared into American music history. For many baby boomers, there can be no greater rock group. “The Beatles: Get Back” brought the Fab Four down to earth, at least for me. That’s why, in part, I loved this film. Finally, I got

the chance to see the quartet not as mediaready perfection, but rather as people — frazzled, even troubled, full of foibles, bad habits and insecurities. The film’s first part, documenting the Beatles’ first seven of 21 days rehearsing for the “Let It Be” album, is dark and unruly, showing a side of the group that I had never seen before — a more disinterested, unseemly side. The Beatles, whom I had long thought of as the best of friends, were plagued, it appeared, by strife. Indeed, Yoko Ono is assigned far too much blame for the group’s breakup. It was clear, based on this film, that the Beatles were in disarray without her, though it was bizarre, and I’m sure distracting for the band, the way she just hung around during these early, chaotic jam sessions — and throughout the project. McCartney was, it seemed, the only glue at this point holding the group together, and the only one capable of managing day-today operations and committed to producing exceptional music. Lennon appeared aloof and erratic, likely high. Harrison acted like a petulant teenager, storming off over creative differences with Lennon and McCartney, whom he reportedly thought of as controlling and suffocating because they often dismissed the “quiet Beatle’s” songwriting. Starr was just there, at times playing the

he Fab Four’s music and mystique remain embedded in our culture.

role of the smiling court jester to lighten the sullen mood. In the second two parts, the Beatles moved out of the cavernous, shadowy Twickenham Studios into their intimate and bright Apple Studio in downtown London, where they met up with the ingenious electric pianist Billy Preston to complete “Let It Be.” The mood changed overnight. The Beatles were mates once again, and the four resumed the productive work that had, the story goes, characterized their earlier, cheerier collaborations. Though “Let It Be” was not the Beatles’ best album, it was nevertheless an extraordinary body of work, producing three of my favorite Fab Four tunes — “Two of Us,” “Let It Be” and “The Long and Winding Road” — despite the collegial challenges that they faced in the beginning. The Beatles’ fabled unannounced concert atop Apple Corps headquarters, filmed on a typically overcast English day on Jan. 30, 1969, was not so much a concert, I learned, as a somewhat impromptu recording session that London police shut down after a handful of numbers because of noise complaints. Thank you, Peter Jackson, for showing us the Beatles behind the veil of their otherwise impenetrable popularity. 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.

Are we what we watch on TV? Say it ain’t so.

t’s easy to admit watching “The Roosevelts,” “Band of Brothers” or “The Dust Bowl,” all high-minded documentaries featured on PBS. It has felt so satisfying to drop into conversation that I loved Ken Burns’s treatment of Hemingway in his three-part, six-hour TV bio-documentary. “Oh, Hemingway,” folks might say, eyebrows raised. Such mentions might get me a nod of approval, or, one might hope, admiration. She watches “The Planets,” they might think, when she could be watching “HouseRANDI wives of New JerKREISS sey.” Perhaps one friend might say to another behind my back, “She actually watched the two-hour docudrama “Fantastic Fungi.” Imagine. Oh, the hubris of letting it be known that I voluntarily tuned into the 2½-hour story of “The Pilgrims” on PBS. Or the multi-part series on the not-so-thrilling story of American “Reconstruction” following the Civil War. At any time, I might have chosen “Fear of the Walking Dead” or “Pretty Smart,” possibly the worst-reviewed piece of puer-

ile pap on the air. I could have watched “The Sex Lives of College Girls” or “The Tiger King” or “Naked and Afraid,” but no, I trended toward “The Durrells in Corfu” or “The Great British Baking Show.” Not only that, but while I’m slipping into my hair shirt, let me confess to judging others by their TV tastes. What to make of a seemingly intelligent human being who chooses to spend hours watching reruns of “The Jerry Springer Show” or “Toddlers & Tiaras”? Clearly not someone to be taken seriously. Certainly an individual lacking in taste and gravitas. One friend mentioned a Bollywood series, dubbed in English, to which she was addicted. I tuned in, just to educate myself, of course, and I was shocked. Pure banal, unfunny, poorly acted trash. Who was this woman I cherished? That was the old me, the opinionated, haughty critic of others’ entertainment choices. Then I found “Succession.” In biblical terms, I was found and now I am lost. “Succession” is heading toward the last episode of its third season, and defying the rule of diminishing returns, it is getting better.

It is, according to Wikipedia, “The saga of a fictional American global-media family that is rich, powerful and dysfunctional.” Ah, but it is so much more. Let me start with this: There isn’t one redeeming character in the series, not a single decent human being. The family is shredding itself from the inside, with fathers and mothers and children all equally capable of eviscerating one another. The writing is smart and fast and acidic. So, how can I put this? I can’t stop watching, even though the story and the themes speak to lives that are morally corrupt and evil. But it’s laugh-out-loud funny. It’s hard to reconcile the issues, and I don’t feel great about my addiction to the series, but I’m hooked. Most of Sunday I think about the new episode dropping that night. It never disappoints. We have the family patriarch, Logan Roy, his spidery ex-wife, his Lady Macbeth of a new wife, and his kids, three deeply troubled, fractured adults who cringe at their father’s poisonous wrath and yet hover within striking distance. They want his money, and even more, his love. Roy, played by Brian Cox, is the master of this desperate circle of sycophants. It is all a

’m hooked on ‘Succession,’ a show without a single redeeming character.

sicko sideshow; still, it’s the most entertaining series I’ve seen in years, probably since Mr. White left his chemistry classroom for a meth lab in “Breaking Bad.” Kieran Culkan plays Roman, the creepiest of the kids, perhaps the most damaged, given to endless streams and riffs of corrosive commentary and insults. But it’s a close call with Kendall, the would-be rebel squirming under the weight of his father’s leaden shoe. Then there’s Shive, an apt name for the unloved daughter, tormenting her husband with the Roy family brand of love. I grew up with “The Brady Bunch.” I have no excuse at all for loving “Succession.” I surely would not want anyone to judge my integrity or my morality by my devotion to the series. I don’t admire any of the characters, just the devilish fun of miscreants and their misdeeds. I may not be so judgmental in the future when family or friends say they love “Duck Dynasty.” Or I may. Suddenly, good taste in TV is on a sliding scale. My pleasure in watching the wrecked relationships in “Succession” confounds me. It is better written than most TV series, but it sure ain’t Shakespeare. It is a mystery to me, the human heart. Its chambers hide such dark places. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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cinated or not. The state, however, never required businesses to check proof of vaccination, though New York City did in September — a wise move indeed. The result? For months, we’ve seen a majority of Nassau County residents abandon the use of masks, regardless of vaccination status, even in tightly packed spaces like the Long Island Rail Road, where the mask mandate remained on trains for all, even after Cuomo’s decision. Now we’re seeing the coronavirus infection rate quickly ticking up again. We know masks can be annoying. They can cause chafing and “maskne,” red marks where the mask touches the skin. They can make it a little more difficult to breathe. And they hide our faces, inhibit-

letters Shop locally! To the Editor: Re the editorial “This holiday for sure, shop locally” (Dec. 2-8): People should shop locally every day of the year. Small independent businesses are at the mercy of suppliers, who control the price they must pay for merchandise. As independent mom-and-pop stores, they don’t have the bulk-buying purchasing power that Amazon and other large national chain stores have. That’s why they sometimes charge a little more. It’s worth the prices to avoid the crowds and long lines at larger stores in exchange for the convenience and friendly service that your neighborhood community shop

down across Long Island, including on the South Shore — a rare event for us indeed. Scientists cannot directly link any single weather event like a tornado — or even a short-term pattern of tornadoes — to climate change, the heating of the Earth caused by the release of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. We can, however, make educated guesses. Of late, we’ve seen record or near-record high temperatures. Should we, on Long Island, see temperatures in the 60s in mid-December, just before the start of winter? Certainly not. Warmer temperatures produce erratic, potentially deadly weather. Climate change might not produce a greater number of hurricanes — the bane of Long Island’s existence — but scientists tell us that it could very well produce more powerful storms like Hurricane Sandy, which leveled many parts of the South and

North shores in 2012. That’s why we must do everything we can to reduce or eliminate our dependence on coal, oil and natural gas, and instead turn to renewable resources like solar, wind and geothermal. At the same time, we mustn’t forget the hardship that Sandy caused us here — and the kindness shown to us by people from across the country, who sent donations to help us through one of our darkest hours. Now it’s time to pay it forward, and donate to the good people of Kentucky, who will need years to restore their communities. The State of Kentucky set up the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund over the weekend to provide direct relief to those whose lives have been upended by this natural disaster. If you can, please give. You can do so through this link: https://bit.ly/3pPGtnT.

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ost members of the current generation have never heard of Sen. Robert Dole. His recent death, at age 98, inspired a series of stories about his bipartisanship and the challenges he faced as a grievously wounded World War II veteran. Many of the profiles noted how Dole worked feverishly to get important legislation passed, and how he got both Democrats and Republicans to have polite discussions on the issues of the day. Beyond the sadJerrY ness of his passing, Dole’s role in KreMer the national Republican Party helped make it appeal to voters of all types. Today’s Republican Party in no way resembles the party of Dole, and a dozen other Republicans that I could single out. It is now a party with no agenda and no real leadership. This is not to imply that Democrats don’t need to do their own housecleaning, but the Republican Party in its current form is an empty shell. Perhaps the worst example of how a party can sink into despair is the House

of Representatives. Over a long period, the House was a leadership incubator. Many young Republicans developed into stars, and were eventually elected to the Senate or became leaders in their home states. These days, however, instead of promoting the party’s longtime philosophies, many Republican House members seem dedicated to blowing up the government and turning it into some type of fraternity house. A typical example of how the party should function is former Rep. Peter King. King is and was a partisan who supported the leadership on all of the key issues. But he also kept himself open to alliances with members of the New York congressional delegation, and was never reluctant to work with the Democrats when it came to benefiting or protecting the state. If you took a poll of the Democratic delegation, almost all would express their respect for King as a hard-working and cooperative colleague. It is amazing that freshman members of Congress such as Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republicans from Colorado and Georgia, respectively, are almost as well known as Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, of California.

any GOP House members seem dedicated to blowing up the government.

Letters offers. At the same time, employees of local businesses go out of their way to help find what I need. Customer service is their motto. Our local entrepreneurs have continued the good fight to keep their existing staff and suppliers employed without layoffs and canceled supply orders. They work long hours, pay taxes and keep people employed. Customers patronize other commercial establishments on the block. Foot traffic is essential for the survival of any neighborhood commercial district. The owners of local shops and restaurants are the backbone of our neighborhood commercial districts. Show your support by making a purchase. LARRY PeNNeR Great Neck

Time to rethink teacher training To the editor: I recently joined State Assembly members Phil Ramos, Kimberly JeanPierre and Taylor Darling, as well as State Senators Anna Kaplan and Kevin Thomas, in issuing a joint letter to Long

Not a day goes by without one of them attacking President Biden or a Democratic House member. Lately, they have been attacking fellow Republicans in the ugliest of fashion. There is no doubt that New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets a great deal of attention from the media, but the “mean girls” prize goes to Boebert and Taylor Greene, who show zero respect for the institution. If you did a 100-year study of how the House has functioned, you will find no period of time where the members of one party spent most of their time bludgeoning their fellow party members. Recently, following the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, the Conservative Caucus demanded that any Republicans who voted for the legislation be stripped of their committee assignments and be expelled from the party conferences. Over in the Senate, things aren’t much better. Biden’s routine nominations for ambassadorships or major staff positions in key federal agencies are in limbo thanks to senators such as Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, Republicans from Texas and Kentucky. Both men would like to run for president, but they play

Island-based institutions of higher education calling on them to apply for and implement the Teacher Opportunity Corps II program as soon as possible to expand diversity in the teaching ranks. The goal of Teacher Opportunity Corps II is to increase the number of students from marginalized communities who choose teaching careers. Colleges and universities that offer this program provide students with tuition support, inter nship opportunities, teacher mentors, access to professional conferences and exam cost reimbursement. Unfortunately, only one Long Island institution has implemented this program to date. Young students from marginalized communities who aspire to be teachers should not have to give up their dream due to a lack of resources. People of color and those who come from lowincome backgrounds are underrepresented in educational careers. Teacher Opportunity Corps II provides resources that will increase the number of teachers who reflect the diverse student bodies that they will be responsible for educating. Senator Kaplan said, “On Long Island, our diversity is our strength, and it’s important that our kids see the diversity of our communities reflected not only among their classmates, but

no role in getting anything positive being done for the country. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, also of Kentucky, pledged during the terms of President Barack Obama and Biden to stop them from accomplishing anything. There is no doubt that the Democratic members of Congress have faults and weaknesses of their own, but both the House and the Senate have many working members who spend their time in Washington proposing new ideas and trying to pass laws that are good for the people. Many Democrats in the Senate are unhappy with their colleagues Joe Manchin, of West Virginia, and Kyrsten Sinema, of Arizona, but no effort has been made to lock them in the Congressional doghouse and throw away the key. In his final days, Bob Dole expressed his sadness over how his party currently functions, and mourned the loss of collegiality and the failure to get things done. The losses that he recounted are, sadly, losses for each one 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? JKremer@liherald.com.

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Now if the weather would only cooperate . . . — Rockville Centre

their teachers as well. Creating opportunities for more young people in marginalized communities to become educators will ensure our classrooms are as diverse as our communities and provide a pipeline of talented teachers to

do the vital work of educating our next generation.” MICHAeLLe SOLAGeS State assemblywoman, 22nd District

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