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V.S. incumbents re-elected ‘A gentleman, Rice, Kaminsky, Meeks, Solages all victorious

By ScOtt BRiNtON ANd MEliSSA KOENig sbrinton@liherald.com or mkoenig@liherald.com

Election Day 2020 turned out to be a wild one.

As of midnight on Tuesday, tens of thousands of absentee ballots remained to be counted in Nassau County, making projecting winners in any number of races for Congress and the State Legislature tricky, if not impossible.

L o c a l ly, h oweve r, r a c e s tur ned out pretty much as expected.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, a Democrat from Long Beach representing the 9th District, was re-elected with 53 percent of the vote, to 47 percent for his challenger, Victoria Johnson.

Kaminsky said it was “really gratifying” to return to Albany, noting that a few years ago, none of Long Island’s senators were Democrats.

Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages won re-election in the 22nd Assembly District, with 66 percent of the vote to challenger Nicholas Zacchea’s 34.

“I want to express my heartfelt appreciation to the voters of the 22nd Assembly District,” Solages said. “I am honored and humbled by your support. Due to your encouragement and unwavering commitment, we were successful. I will continue to work

Paul Brown, former village trustee, dies of Covid-19 at 73 board of trustees under the George Donely administration, and more recently, from 2015 to Paul Brown had a big smile.

2017, on the Charles Monica As a former village trustee, Senior Village Apartments Monica Senior Village Apart- board. ments board member, husband, During his first run for office, father, grandfather, avid Mets he sought the help of Joanne fan, keen debater Antun, a neighbor and man of faith, on Fenimore Street, among many other where Brown moved roles, his perhaps with his family in most striking char1984, to hand out acteristic, according campaign literature. to friends and family, “During those was his war m, early years, when friendly smile. you’re learning the “He was very likropes — and there able,” his daughter, are many ropes to Deborah Rahaii, learn,” Antun said. recalled, “I always Paul Brown “If you could see remember a piece of his smile, you knew advice Paul Brown it,” longtime friend Diane Panza- gave me, which was, ‘Never forrino said. “He was just an all- get that you work for the people around nice guy.” of Valley Stream.’”

Brown died on Oct. 14 at age Antun ran for trustee herself 73. The cause of death was com- in 1992, and in 2010 became the plications of Covid-19. village’s first female mayor, A Brooklyn native, he moved before stepping down in 2011. with his wife, Laurel, to Valley The two also served on the MoniStream in 1972, where he worked ca Senior Village board together. as an independent salesman out At a meeting on Brown’s of an office in the basement of porch, while the two were their Euclid Street home, selling reviewing a Monica Village budsoundproofing equipment to get, Antun recalled, she was building contractors. From 1991 to 1995, he served on the village Continued on page 3

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Courtesy U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice

U.S. REP. KAtHlEEN Rice, above voting early in Hempstead, was reelcted in the 4th Congressional District with 52 percent of the vote. tirelessly on your behalf to help address the challenges we face, as well as secure lasting and meaningful improvements to our community.”

U.S. Rep. Kathleen Rice, a Democrat representing the 4th Congressional District, was also re-elected. She grabbed 52 percent of the vote, to 47 percent for Republican Douglas Tuman.

“I believe we can move forward from this election stronger and more unified,” Rice said in a statement. “Long Islanders and Americans of all

political backgrounds want an end to the dysfunction in Washington, and we can only achieve that if we work together.”

As the Herald went to press Wednesday morning, the presidential race pitting Donald T r ump a g ainst Joe Biden remained undecided, with key battleground states — Pennsylavania, Michigan and Wisconsin, along with Arizona, Nevada and Georgia — still furiously counting votes.

The presidency, according to the pundits, may not be decided until Friday.

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douglas tuman (R) – 47%

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todd Kaminsky (d) - 53%

Victoria Johnson (R) - 47%

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Michaelle Solages (d) - 66% nicholas Zacchea (R) - 34%

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Growing up in the 1950s and 60s at the height of the space race between the United States and Soviet Union, and raised on the pulp science-fiction movies, television and classic sci-fi novels of the era, Valley Streamer James Allocca says he has long been fascinated with space, spaceships and exploring the great unknown.

So after a career in the publishing and design industry, he tried his hand at writing his own novel. In 2018 he released his first book, “Black Saucer: A Story of Determination,” which chronicles a science vessel crew’s desperate escape from a dying earth, overcoming steep odds while making startling discoveries along the way, but always with an eye toward the home they left behind.

This summer, Allocca released a followup: “The Descendants of Krag” after encouragement from readers. Now, he is working on another novel, with connections to the first two. The Herald caught up with the local sci-fi author for a Q&A on his life, inspirations and what’s next.

Herald: Tell us briefly about yourself.

James Allocca: I grew up in Brooklyn, which was a great place for a kid to grow up, with lots of comic book stores and hobby shops. My wife and I have lived in Valley Stream since 1988. I’ve been an artist for as long as I can remember, and I’ve been an art director in the publishing industry for the last 35 years.

NASA’s heyday, and followed every moment of every launch. And between launches, there was always a classic sci-fi movie on TV, or a comic to read.

Herald: What are your chief creative inspirations?

Allocca: Great authors such as Jules Verne, H.G. Wells, Isaac Asimov and the other pioneers of sci-fi literature. special effects geniuses like Ray Harryhausen and George Pal were also great influences on me. And I certainly can’t leave out Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who is maybe my biggest influence.

Herald: “Black Saucer” was your first

book, with “The Descendants of Krag” as its followup. What were some of the challenges of becoming a first-time author?

Allocca: I had to learn about writing on

the fly. I thought it would be easy, but man, was I wrong! “Black Saucer” took years to write, just because I had to learn a lot about being an author. Also, because parts of my books are based on factual science, there was a lot of research and fact-checking!

Herald: Your stories involve positive themes of overcoming great odds in the face of near certain catastrophe. What is it about those themes that strike you?

ence-fiction writing?

Allocca: There is so much negativity in this world right now, with many challenges. I refuse to be negative. I truly believe that the human spirit cannot be stopped, and that the future is still bright for all of us.

Allocca: I’ve always wanted to write a sci-

Herald: What’s next?

Herald: Why did you decide to get into sci-

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ence-fiction book, but whenever I had an idea for one, it really wasn’t that good.

The idea for “Black Saucer” came to me in the middle of the night, and I started typing the story the next day.

Both science and science-fiction have always fascinated me. I grew up during

Allocca: The third book has ties to the first two, but with some new characters and it has a different twist to it. I just started writing it, and it should be another fun ride!

continued from front page struck by something Brown said. He had recounted a story from a Bible study class at Grace United Methodist Church, where he and his wife were active congregants.

“It was kind of an ‘aha’ moment for me,” she said. “I saw the thread that tied everything together . . . He was a man of faith.”

Brown, she said, was living proof of the golden rule: treat others as you would like them to treat you.

Brown and his wife were involved in a number of church activities at Grace Methodist, according to Panzarino, who met Brown roughly 35 years ago at a church couples club that he and his wife were a part of. In addition to Bible study, he taught Sunday school there and was chairman of a number of church committees. He also represented the church at the United Methodist Annual Conference, Panzarino said.

“He did a lot of things at the church,” she said, “and for the many things he did, he rose to the top.”

Brown, his daughter and Panzarino agreed, fully dedicated himself to anything he set his sights on.

“If he was interested in something, it wasn’t just a simple interest,” Rahaii said.

“He would throw himself in.”

In addition to his run for local office, Brown was a member of the local Elks Lodge, where served as Exalted Ruler, the highest post in the club.

And not content simply to coach baseball while his son, Keith, played in the late 1980s, he was president of the Valley Stream Little League. He was also heavily involved with his daughter’s sports. When she ran track and cross-country in high school, and later college, he, too, started running. In 1993 Brown ran the Long Island Half Marathon, and in 1996 he ran the New York City Marathon.

He also enjoyed engaging in friendly debates and sharing his ideas, but was careful not to push too far.

“He was using facts to get you on his side, but if you didn’t agree, it was all in good fun,” Rahaii said.

“He enjoyed initiating people in very polite debate,” Panzarino said.

Ultimately, however, it was Brown’s kind humor and smile, friends and family said that were perhaps his most defining traits.

“Paul was a gentleman, first and foremost,” Panzarino said. “. . . He was an easy person to get along with and had a joke for any scenario. He enjoyed getting a chuckle out of people.”

She and other community members raised funds to dedicate a bench at Hendrickson Park, where Paul and Laurel often enjoyed walks. The village is scheduled to install it in the spring.

“I think a lot of people feel the loss, not just his family,” his daughter said. “I think he had an impact on a lot of people.”

In addition to his wife, daughter and son, Brown is survived by his sisters, Barbara Michalski and Pat Burton; brothers, Stephen and Larry, and granddaughters, Colleen, Casey and Grace Brown and Leily and Andie Rahaii.

Photos courtesy Deborah Rahaii

Paul Brown with his wife, Laurel, and granddaughters Colleen, Grace and Casey Brown and Andie and Leily Rahaii. Brown, a former village trustee, died on Oct. 14 of complications of Covid-19.

A wake was held on Oct. 19 at the Lieber Funeral Home in Valley Stream. Brown was buried at the Calverton National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family asked that donations be made to the Epilepsy Foundation, at www.epilepsy.com/make-difference/ways-give.

the Browns at their condo in Sanibel, Fla., above. laurel and Paul with their son, Keith, and his daughters Casey and Grace, above right. Brown was known for his sense of humor. the Browns, in white and orange at right, with some of their friends, including Diane Panzarino, center.

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Police: soccer coach allegedly raped teen Nassau County police arrested a Val- years old, police said.

Prosecutors charged ley Stream soccer coach for Johnsen with two counts of allegedly raping a 16-yeart h i r d - d e g r e e r a p e, t wo old female player on two counts of third-degree crimoccasions over the summer, inal sexual act and endand e t e c t ive s r e p o r t e d o n g ering the welf are of a Thursday. child. He was arraigned on Police reportedly arrestFriday, Oct. 30 in Mineola. ed Sean Johnsen, 35, of No defense attorney inforFletcher Avenue, on Oct. 29 mation was listed upon his in connection to two alleged arrest. instances of “inappropriate Police ask that anyone contact” with the player, with knowledge about the which detectives said took Sean Johnsen incident or who may be the place on Aug. 17 and Aug. 21 victims of a similar crime in Westbury. The players on his team ranged in age from 14 to 19 to contact (516) 573-4022.

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Two Valley Stream firefighters were injured early Sunday morning when a house fire and suspected gas explosion in Meadowmere Park caused parts of a chimney to collapse on them, according to fire and police officials.

Valley Stream firefighters were dispatched at around 5:39 a.m. as part of a mutual aid request from the Meadowmere Fire Department to assist with a blaze on South Street that fire officials said likely originated from a gas explosion, and which had spread to two neighboring houses. Roughly 13 departments, along with 125 firefighters were called to assist with the fire, officials said.

Valley Stream Fire Chief Eugene O’Brien, said the Valley Stream firefighters were injured from falling debris when the chimney of one of the neighboring homes collapsed. Both suffered bruises and cuts to their shoulder areas, police said, and were hospitalized.

One was airlifted to the Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, and the other was rushed to South Nassau Mount Sinai in Oceanside. Both were released later that morning O’Brien said, and were expected to make full recoveries.

The home at the center of the fire

appeared to be completely destroyed, O’Brien said, and the two others badly damaged. According Nassau County Assistant Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro, a 63-year-old man living in the home where the fire originated suffered severe burns and was also airlifted to NUMC. His condition is currently unknown. Several vehicles were also destroyed in the fire, he said. Neighbors said the explosion that sparked the blaze sounded like a bomb. Fire Marshal officials were investigating the incident, but Uttaro said it was not believed to be suspicious.

Meadowmere Park is neighborhood of roughly 60 people in Queens, on the Nassau County border, and is located on the water across the eastern tip of John F. Kennedy International Airport. Valley Stream firefighters were called as part of mutual aid agreement between fire departments in the area, according to Mayor Ed Fare.

He said the Valley Stream firefighters’ efforts were an example of their willingness to respond to an early-morning call to Meadowmere and, “to help out our neighbors there.”

Matthew Ferremi and Jeffrey Bessen contributed to this story.

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Bringing local sports home every week

Herald sports POPS softball perseveres amid pandemic

By TONY BELLISSIMO tbellissimo@liherald.com

Just like every sports organization at every level, 2020 brought unprecedented challenges for POPS 40 & Over Softball, which recently completed its 22nd year on the South Shore of Nassau County.

“We’re thrilled to say we played a whole season without any member testing positive for the virus,” said POPS founder and commissioner Keith Pastuch, a retired chiropractor who resides in East Atlantic Beach. “It took a lot of work to pull it off, and this was the most rewarding year out of the 22.”

POPS traditionally conducts two seasons each year from early May through late August, but had to eliminate fall ball for 2020 after Covid-19 forced its spring/summer schedule to be delayed by more than two months.

“The thanks and appreciation I’ve received from players and their wives and family members has been incredible,” Pastuch said. “Probably the one thing everyone missed was the camaraderie after games. We had to ask guys not to hang out in the parking lot or stick around to watch other games after they played.”

POPS, which had 400 players this year, down from the usual 550, not only followed New York State Department of Health guidelines for Covid-19, but also took additional precautions to keep everyone safe, Pastuch noted.

“Because we’re dealing with older players, we were advised to have everyone wear a mask in the dugout areas,” he said. “Because of guidelines, catchers wore masks during games, as well as the first- and third-base coaches and the umpires.”

Similar to youth org anizations, POPS players were not permitted to share equipment or drink bottles, or celebrate with the usual high-five or fist bump. Postgame handshakes were replaced by the tip of a cap.

One unexpected hurdle to get the season off the ground, Pastuch said, was securing enough field per mits.

Because if Covid-19 restrictions, some familiar fields were not available or only available through the end of August. Because of this year’s delay, fields were needed until mid-October to get a 12-game regular season in, plus playoffs. “It came down to the wire in terms of getting enough permits,” Pastuch said.

When the action finally began July 13, players took the field with heavy hearts. A beloved member of the POPS family, longtime director Bob Lashinsky, lost his battle with Covid-19 in March. Pastuch organized a drive-by past Lashinsky’s Bellmore home to

Photos courtesy Keith Pastuch

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pay respects, and nearly 100 cars took part. A scholarship, presented to a graduating high school senior related to a POPS member, was established in Lashinky’s name in honor of Bob and his father, Leo. While there’s long been a waiting list to join POPS, Pastuch said that would not be the case for 2021. With the help of six directors and seven field supervisors, he has already secured additional weeknights at various fields to accommodate m o r e g a m e s . Fo r m o r e information, visit www.popsoftball.com.

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Schachtel said. “She would draw things that were just so lifelike, as if you had taken a picture of it. Her pictures were For Angela Lin, a former student at always amazing, because you could tell Grace Lutheran School in Malverne, pic- what she was drawing. I just hope she tures really are worth a thousand words. never loses her passion.”

When the school went into Grace Lutheran Principal lockdown in March, Angela, Wanda Walters reflected on 5, was searching for ways to Angela’s progress during her express herself. She did so by two years at the school. drawing and painting pic“Angela came to us in the tures of what was happening.

3-year-old program, and she “She doesn’t talk a lot,” couldn’t speak any English at her mother, Celine Lin, of all,” Walters recalled. “She’s Valley Stream, said of Angealways been very meticulous la, “but whenever she’s home, about drawing, making she just wants to draw.” things and being creative. As Celine, who is Chinese, she got older, she continued to said that because her daugh- WaNda draw and color, and we’re ter struggles with English, WaLters very excited to learn that she painting became a way for put together this Covid-19 Principal, her to engage with her classdiary and book.” mates on Zoom. Amazed by Grace Lutheran Now a kindergartner at her artwork, Angela’s pre- School James A. Dever Elementary kindergarten teacher at School in Valley Stream, G r a c e L u t h e r a n , Ap r i l Angela returned to Grace Schachtel, suggested to her parents that Lutheran on Oct. 9, after Walters ordered they create a book, and they did just that. copies of her book for the school. Walters They published a book called “Little An’s read the book to students as part of AngeCovid-19 Diary: During the Lockdown in la’s special visit.

New York,” last month. Each page fea“I call her our first preschool author tured Angela’s paintings accompanied and illustrator,” Walters said. “The detail, with a description in her own words. the artwork . . . to see that she has it in “They took my suggestion to heart,” Continued on page 14

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Five-year-old illustrates book on her experience during the pandemic

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aNtoiNette LeviNe, a children’s librarian at the Malverne Library, accepted a copy of Angela Lin’s book from its author, to be included in the library’s collection.

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Herald Inside LI focuses on development

By Briana Bonfiglio bbonfiglio@liherald.com

Panelists from several different sectors involved in commercial real estate offered a positive outlook on Nassau County’s economic development during the latest Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

Financial, legal, government and development professionals engaged in discussion about current projects and how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted their work. Those speakers were Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency and Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park.

Skye Ostreicher, of Herald Community Newspapers and RichnerLive, moderated the discussion. RichnerLive produced the webinar and started the Herald Inside LI series in August to spark conversations about how the Covid-19 crisis has impacted life on Long Island. In this webinar, the big questions were: How has commercial real estate been impacted, and what does this mean for Nassau’s economy?

One of the newest commercial projects in the works is the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, being built on Hempstead Turnpike in Elmont, which will open with the Islanders 2021-22 hockey season.

Pistore said he sees the project as a “beacon in the community” during this dark time — it will create 10,000 construction jobs, 3,000 permanent jobs and build a new railroad in Elmont, he said. He noted that the build is following the “three S’s” — sanitization, security and sustainability. He also said that developers are working closely with partners, such as Northwell Health, to create a diversity and inclusion plan to ensure the community benefits from the project.

“There’s a lot of darkness right now — a lot of uncertainty, a lot of anxiety,” Pistore said. “The construction continues; we are on track. We’re making great strides

with our Islanders fans. We’re making great strides with our premium fans, with our music lineup that’s about to be announced, with our partner UBS, which is our naming partner, and Northwell.”

Maturo, whose company is developing the Nassau HUB near Nassau Coliseum, noted that before the pandemic, there was a real interest in creating vibrant, walkable downtowns on Long Island. While this still stands, there are now many more factors involved, including people staying home more than they used to. People are also working from home — Maturo said his commercial office buildings are only 10 to 12 percent occupied at this time — and there is an influx of people moving from the city to the suburbs.

Taking all of this into account, Maturo said he believes that post-pandemic, once there is a vaccine, “there’s going to be an explosion in activity,” he said. “There will be greater connectivity, both literally in terms of how we move between the city and the suburbs, but more so how the suburbs collaborate and integrate with the city in terms of economic activity.”

Maturo advocated for more public transportation in Nassau County’s future, which he hopes to integrate into the Nassau HUB, a multi-use, village-style development.

The pandemic has also brought new companies leasing office buildings on Long Island — as residential real estate has climbed, so has commercial, in markets such as offices and rental buildings.

“We are seeing a lot of our clients, especially from Brooklyn or Queens, are looking to move their facilities out to Long Island,” Madigan said, “so a lot of commercial real estate requests we’re getting right now are companies looking to move out here. Long Island is definitely benefiting.”

Strober added that eventually people will return to their offices, and that will be a plus, as well. He did warn, however, that the economy may need another boost well before things start returning to normal.

“The federal government shot the economy in the arm,” he said, referring to the CARES Act, which offered loans to businesses across the country, as well as stimulus checks and unemployment benefits that allowed people to spend their dollars,

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“and slowly we’re going to be weaning off that high and we’re going to need another shot.”

Perna-Plank said she represents several big-box clients filing for bankruptcy, such as retailer Pier 1, which recently closed all its brick-and-mortar locations.

This puts landlords in a situation in which they need to fill large spaces with new leases.

“Our landlords have to get creative,” she said. “They have to start breaking up these large leasable areas. If they have a store that’s 5,000 square feet, they’re going to have to do some work and chop those up so that they can start filling those spaces.”

As businesses struggle during the pandemic, Perna-Plank also said landlords are working with their tenants to negotiate plans for rent payments.

Coghlan also spoke about his role in aiding businesses that want to open and thrive in Nassau County, such as offering several different types of tax incentives.

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CloCkwise from top right: Moderator Skye Ostreicher; John S. Madigan, senior vice president and director of Emerging Corporates-Long Island, Citi Commercial Bank; Michael Maturo, president of RXR Realty; Tom Pistore, president of commercial operations for UBS Arena at Belmont Park; Kyle Strober, executive director at Association for a Better Long Island; Harry Coghlan, CEO and executive director of Nassau County Industrial Development Agency; and Sophia A. Perna-Plank, associate at Jaspan Schlesinger LLP, discussed economic development on Long Island during a Herald Inside LI webinar on Oct. 29.

in New York and one of eight on Long Island. Its programs help Nassau County’s economy remain competitive with surrounding regions, the panelists said.

“We address the affordability,” Coghlan said. “There’s a lot of discussion about PILOT programs and things we do…

We’re not giving corporate welfare; we’re not destroying the tax base of Long Island.

It’s frustrating when we work hard on a great project and you just see ‘tax breaks’ in the headline …

“I look at it as tax creation,” he continued. “We’re not going to do anything that’s going to destroy the tax base. We’re only seeking to grow it, which will offset the burden on our residents as we’re working with manufacturing companies and wholesale companies who move here.”

RXR Realty, Citibank and Jaspan Schlesinger LLP sponsored the webinar.

Herald Inside LI is a weekly webinar series. To view a recording of this webinar and to register for future ones, visit liherald.com/insideli.

Webinar to discuss youth mental health In recent years, local school districts have placed greater emphasis on mental health improvement initiatives and support systems for students. Now, amid the Covid-19 crisis and a rapidly changing world as we head into the holiday season, students may need those resources more than ever.

During the next Herald Inside LI webinar on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m., school officials and behavioral specialists, as well as a local elected official working closely on the issue, will discuss how schoolaged children have been impacted by the pandemic and what solutions Long

Island has available to it. Panelists will include: ■ Dr. Vera Feuer, child and adolescent psychiatrist, Northwell Health ■ Dr. William B. Johnson, state monitor of Hempstead School District and former superintendent of Rockville Centre School District ■ State Sen. Todd Kaminsky ■ Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association ■ Dr. Charles Schleien, chair of pediat-

ric services at Northwell Health Skye Ostreicher, of RichnerLive and Herald Community Newspapers, will moderate the conversation and deliver questions from viewers. The webinar will also touch upon Northwell’s partnership with several Nassau County school districts to provide mental health services at Cohen Children’s Behavioral Health Center on Merrick Road in Rockville Centre, as well as FCA’s partnership with the North Shore and Great Neck school districts.

RichnerLive, a division of Richner

Communications, which publishes Herald Community Newspapers, launched the Herald Inside LI webinar series in August to speak with leaders on a weekly basis about issues impacting Long Island communities, especially during the pandemic. To register for “Mental Health: Coping for Kids,” visit liherald. com/mentalhealth.

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Central H.S. Key Club students team up to clean up ley Stream to clean up trash from village property along Sunrise Highway. This initiative was created to unite the entire Kiwanis family to service their community.

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the students joined with members of the nascent Valley Stream Beautification Committee and Village of Valley Stream workers in the effort.

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MeMbers of the Central High School Key Club gathered on Oct. 24 to clean up a portion of village property along Sunrise Highway.

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WilloW Road teacheRs Karen Higgins, left, and Jeanette Walters led their sixth-grade students in a reading boot camp.

Reading Boot Camp at Willow Road

it Was the second annual reading boot camp held in District 13. the Week-long event consisted of exercises intended to improve reading and textual analysis skills. the boot camp was held outside this year to better allow for social distancing.

Sixth-grade students at Willow Road School their second annual Reading Boot Camp late in September this year. Students were able to retur n to the rhythm of school by reviewing past skills while teachers, acting as “skill sergeants,” guided them through each militarythemed day of reading. The weeklong event took place outdoors so students could get some fresh air while maintaining a safe distance from their peers.

On day one, students started by practicing close reading calisthenics--where they teamed up to tackle different pieces of reading. Day two consisted of communications of fice training--students paired up to practice inferencing as they read text message transmissions. Day three and four focused on looking at different points of view and comparing the main idea/ theme through discussion. At the end of the week, students created posters reviewing the skills they had learned, which are now displayed on the walls of their classrooms.

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News briefs The Valley Stream Religious Council is scheduled to hold its annual Thanksgiving service on Thursday, Nov. 19.

The service will run from 7 to 8:14 p.m., because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, it will be held virtually via Zoom. The meeting ID number is 827 7197 4987. For more information call: (631) 258-3571.

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Henry Waldinger library reopens After more than seven months closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Henry Waldinger Memorial Library reopened this week to patrons.

Previously residents could pick up books via drop-off and programs had continued virtually, now the building is open to a limited capacity with modified hours.

The library gave the following information for patrons in their return:

during weekdays. Hours are 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

■ The library will be open in two sessions: from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 6 p.m.

■ Only 10 visitors are allowed inside the library at a time.

One of the nation’s top values in higher education, Molloy is close to home but far from ordinary.

■ The library will be cleaned prior to the start of each session.

With career-focused programs, real-world connections and personal guidance, we’re open and here for you – in person or online – for today’s challenges and tomorrow’s opportunities.

■ Anyone with a high temperature will not be allowed into the building.

■ Face coverings required and must be worn at all times inside the library.

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There, I got to share my story as a businessman over the years. I never even thought that I’d get into something like a talk show. I just knew that the show was all about helping people in general, so I decided to give it a shot.

Tina invited me to return as a guest for several shows, and now I’m a member of the club’s advisory board. Earlier this year, I joined Tina as one of the show’s co-host, and I’ve been helping her to bring in new guests. We each have our own platform, but now we’re putting that all together. We really don’t know much about the guests before the show, but that style and approach seems to work.

I knew that the Breakfast Club didn’t have a home base, so once we started talking about the idea of having the club at my business, G’s Dance and Night Club, she jumped on it. It’s amazing to be part of an organization that’s dedicated to helping others. Sometimes in life, people get lost and we’re helping people find their way.

Communicating with people in-person is what I’ve looked forward to the most through our meetings with guests for the show. Like many other people, my business slowed down during the shutdown, and it slowed down a lot of the things we do at the Breakfast Club. But now we’re back at it. You don’t realize what you miss until you don’t have it anymore, and I think a lot people have come to that realization during this pandemic.

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or the past few months, I’ve been helping my friend and colleague from American Legion Post 339 Syd Mandelbaum with the veteran’s farmers market. We pick up food donations from Trader Joe’s. Some of the donations go to Syd’s house, and some go to the Five Towns Community Center.

We set up the farmer’s market at Syd’s house in Cedarhurst. It lets members of the American Legion come to the house and do their shopping. There’s social distancing and masks being worn, so the setup is safe. It gives the opportunity for some of these veterans to get out of the house and catch up with fellow veterans.

They’ll be chatting, and the next thing you know, war stories are being told. We have the farmer’s market set up on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

On Nov. 7, the American Legion and other veteran organizations were planning to hold a ceremony marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, but that has been canceled. Lawrence-Cedarhurst Post 339 is planning to hold a ceremony on Nov. 11 in Cedarhurst Park.

My perspective has always been that veterans are a part of my extended family.

What we try to do is outreach wherever we can to help. I believe that if fellow veterans don’t take care of each other, then nobody else is going to do it. The focus always is to try and help where help is needed. That is what American Legion tries to do on a regular basis.

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xercise has always been my passion. I’ve been teaching for 40 years. I was at the Rockville Centre Recreation Center for 26 years, where I hosted a program three times a week and 15 years at the Sandel Center — seven years as a full-time, village employee.

Since then I was promoted to deputy director. I interview and I watch every instructor that comes through these doors to be with seniors and instruct them. It’s critical that each of them have knowledge of how the body works. It’s also how they instruct and the level that they can judge if one person has to go at one pace and another at another pace, the instructor can adjust so that everyone feels they get something out of the workout.

When the pandemic hit, I thought, ‘How am I going to keep these seniors at the level of fitness they’ve maintained all these years?’ I started taping myself on my phone and reached out to the village and Sandel to see if we could make a show of it. At first we thought it would be a couple weeks, but the development of the show became more and more important and impactful, as they wouldn't be able to come in for services.

Normally I hold 13 different classes — meditation, total body, cardio and others. In the end it’s about getting people to move, to smile, to enjoy each other's company. The American Heart Association says group exercise is the best way to get people in shape and stay in shape because it is motivating. It’s been a challenge because we haven't been able to be together. But we bring in their favorite instructors in pilates, in yoga, in line dance, on the show. It’s been exciting.

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Since the pandemic, has started things are different slightly. Even though my students have completely in-person classes, as usual, now we do temperature checks at the door for everyone, including students, their parents, teachers and visitors. We also provide hand sanitizer, and we have the children wash their hands frequently.

Teachers also have to clean and disinfect their classrooms and toys two to three times a day. Once a week, a cleaning person comes to the school and does a deep cleaning of everything in the school.

Our goal is to keep everyone safe in my school. I want to keep things safe for the kids.

Although a lot is different, we still have maintained some of our old traditions. We recently were able to go on a field trip to a pumpkin farm. Everyone wore masks, and we disinfected the bus in between uses. It’s great that we have been able to return to having field trips.

When the pandemic started, our school only provided classes to the children of essential workers. Now, we are in full enrollment from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. However, many children have not returned back to school. The pandemic is scary, and many parents are concerned for their children. Before the pandemic, we had a total of 60 students enrolled in our school, and now we only have 35 students enrolled in our school.

My hope is to see everyone return back to school.

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Celine Lin and her husband, Ray, take their daughter on trips to museums around the state as a way to inspire her.

They attribute their own love of art to Malvernite Arthur Raymond, a World War II veteran and artist whom they befriended a few years ago.

“He seems to be in a very peaceful place because of painting,” Celine said.

“I’d like the same for my daughter, since she loves to paint.”

While Celine, an antiques dealer, and Ray, a financial consultant, are not artists themselves, they see their daughter’s

growth through artwork and have encouraged her to keep painting. The couple hope to publish another book of Angela’s paintings in the near future.

“I think we, as parents, both felt that this was a good milestone for her,” Ray said. “It encourages her to develop more skills through drawing, because it actually gives her a lot of confidence, and now she’s getting some fame in her school community.”

The Lins donated a copy of the book to Malverne and Rockville Centre’s public libraries, and they plan to give copies to other local libraries. In addition, they hope to donate the proceeds of Angela’s book to local charities.

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Non-profit leaders to talk MSSN poll shows Covid-19 challenges reluctancy for vaccine The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic have been widespread. Like businesses and schools, non-profit organizations too have faced major challenges and needed to adapt during these times.

In many cases, these past few months have created a greater need among the populations that non-profit organizations serve — for child care, for food, for financial assistance — while the non-profits themselves are also dealing with limited resources.

From creating new fundraising methods to keeping the people they serve engaged in different ways, this conversation will focus on how not-for-profits have overcome tough times in recent months. This discussion will guide viewers on: ■ Financial sustainability ■ Fundraising ■ Program operations ■ Board engagement and growth The morning’s keynote speaker will be

Dr. Jeffrey L. Reynolds, president and CEO of Family & Children’s Association. He also currently serves on several drug task forces, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Heroin Prevention Task Force.

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■ Paule Pachter, CEO of Long Island Cares ■ Andrea Rieger, CFO of Variety Child Learning Center ■ David Rottkamp, CPA partner and notfor-profit practice leader of Grassi Advisors & Accountants ■ Jennifer L. Smith, community development officer, Investors Bank To register, visit liherald.com/notforprofit. To submit your questions in advance, email insideli@liherald.com. To sponsor a webinar or for more information about Herald Inside LI, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or (516) 5694000, ext. 224.

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LEGAL NOTICE New York State Surrogate’s Court New York State Bar Association Official OCA Form JA-6 Accounting Citation File No.111569/B CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO:Grassi & Co Attorney General State of New York Jasper Surety Barbara Morrissey Adele Rokosz Roma and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-ofkin of the said RICHARD ZABRISKIE, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road,

Mineola, New York, on December 8, 2020, at 11:00 o’clock in the forenoon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of Richard Zabriskie, should not be judicially settled.

[X] Further relief sought (if any): 1.

Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2.

Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $39,508.36 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $12,203.34 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3.

Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $71,500.00 of which $11,500.00 has been paid and $60,000.00 is unpaid together with disbursements totaling $128.07 all of which have been paid; 4.

Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $5,225.20 of which $2,225.20 has been paid and $3,000.00 is unpaid; 5.

Releasing and discharging the surety; 6.

And why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the

decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of RICHARD ZABRISKIE, decedent should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship; 7.

Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, HON. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate October 8, 2020 s/ Seal Debra Keller Leimbach, Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Attorney Name Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC (516) 538-1111 Firm Telephone 254 Nassau Blvd. South, Garden City South, New York 11530 rkerins@mahonlaw.com Address Email (optional) NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s

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Nine months into a worldwide pan- wear a mask all the time when outside demic, less than half of metro area res- the home or when they cannot social idents said they plan to get a Covid-19 distance.

“If together we are going to continue vaccine when it becomes available, according to the latest Mount Sinai our rigorous recovery from the overSouth Nassau public health poll. whelming disruption caused by the The poll’s findings underscore con- pandemic and ensure that we don’t cerns about the vaccine’s development experience significant setbacks from a and lack of trust in the Food and Drug second wave as well as the flu season, Administration’s regulatory process to we must remain vigilant and wear ensure its safety and effectiveness. masks in public and practice social disH oweve r, m o s t a r e a r e s i d e n t s tancing,” MSSN Chief Medical Officer responded that they believe the reopen- Dr. Adhi Sharma said. ing of local schools has gone well, the About a month into the school year, poll showed. Forty-one percent of those parents and guardians with children polled have school age chilback in school responding dren, and about half of to the poll said the return them said their children has been successful. On a returned to school at least scale of 1 to 10, in which 1 part-time. More than 90 permeans not successful and 10 cent of them gave schools means very successful, the high marks for successfully mean score was 6.82, and 7 reopening. And mask wearp e rc e n t o f re s p o n d e n t s ing in public has gained offered a score of 1 to 4. w i d e s p re a d a c c e p t a n c e, Parents and guardians according to the poll. are a bit less likely to attest Another key finding of that their children’s return t h e p o l l : Re s p o n d e n t s to school has been safe.

Dr. Aaron Glatt reported high Covid-19 job Using a similar scale, for losses among minorities in which 1 means extremely the area compared to whites. And only unsafe and 10 means extremely safe, h a l f o f t h o s e ove r 6 5 wh o we re the mean score was 6.35, and 12 percent employed before the pandemic are still offered a score of 1 to 4. About half of working at the same job. the parents and guardians reported Only 46 percent of respondents to that at least one of their children has the poll said they would get a Covid-19 returned to school at least part time, vaccine. Among those who said they with New York City households more would not get it, two-thirds said they likely to have a student back in school believed the vaccine is being rushed, than Long Island households. and they questioned its safety. In all, 54 The poll also found that work life is percent of 600 metro area residents still in recovery from the tumult polled indicated they trust the FDA to caused by the pandemic. While threeimpartially determine that a Covid-19 quarters of area adults who were vaccine is safe and effective to release. employed before Covid-19 are currently “We clearly have our work cut out employed at the same job, 11 percent for us in terms of educating the public are at a different job and 14 percent on the safety of a Covid vaccine, remain unemployed. Of those who are assuming one is fully developed, tested, at a different job or unemployed, 82 perdemonstrated to be safe and effica- cent experienced a job change/loss cious, and approved by the FDA,” said because of the pandemic. Additionally, Dr. Aaron Glatt, the chairman of the New York residents are more likely to Department of Medicine. “The poll have experienced a job change or lost results show that there is significant their job than Long Island residents. concern about the approval process. It Only 18 percent of white responwill be up to us in public health and in dents have changed or lost jobs since the government to make the case for a the pandemic started, compared to 31 Covid vaccine once it becomes avail- percent of Black respondents, 31 perable. I have faith in the approval pro- cent of Hispanic respondents and 32 cess being conducted by the FDA and percent of other race respondents. that all the data will be analyzed by Almost one in four (23 percent) of black independent professionals. These pro- respondents who were employed before fessionals will be guided by the science Covid-19 are now unemployed. and nothing else.”

T h e s u r ve y m a rke d M S S N ’s The public’s desire to vaccinate for third poll of 2020, sponsored by BethCovid-19, as well as the flu, comes at a page, on the region’s response to corotime when their trust in government navirus. It is a survey of Long Island agencies is at a low point. Just 32 per- and New York City adult residents that cent of the poll’s respondents said they aims to gather data about attitudes on trust the CDC “a lot,” while 44 percent key public health topics. The poll was said they have “some” trust. conducted from Oct. 4 to 8 via landOverall, the public has widespread lines and cell phones with 600 residents acceptance of mask wearing and main- in New York City and on Long Island. taining social distancing to prevent the spread of the virus. In all, 92 percent of Courtesy Mount Sinai South Nassau; poll respondents said that they either compiled by Mike Smollins

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A. Not exactly, but you have to look at the big picture. You may feel like you’re getting burned, but the building code is actuonte eeper ally named The Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code. Fire prevention is a primary reason that the building laws exist.

In many cases, building departments allow existing garages to have minor repairs without a permit, but only for things like replacing a garage door, a rotted section of wall base plate, shingles or siding, although you should always verify before starting. You described a near-complete rebuild, only saving the roof part of the garage, and your building official has determined that, beyond 50 percent change, the code for new buildings applies.

Even though your zoning code allows a free-standing accessory structure to be 2 feet to 4 feet from a property line, depending on your community, garages that are closer than 5 feet to a property line must have materials that are rated to prevent flame spread for an hour.

This is especially important in places where there’s a volunteer fire department that must take the time to assemble from all over the community before even heading off to put out the flames. In that precious time, without flame-retardant materials, the structure may not just become completely engulfed, but also spread fire to adjacent houses and other structures. Unless you never catch the news, you can clearly see how vulnerable whole towns and cities are, and just because we don’t live next to a forest, the unthinkable can still happen.

As for cost, aluminum siding, which actually still exists, may cost less, can be painted to match the house and lasts an average of 35 years. Fiber cement siding also does the job, but costs more.

Other choices include stucco over cement board and steel panels, all more costly. Aluminum or cement board eaves, gutters and roofing are also required, and even though most of the home construction industry doesn’t read or know the regulations, the requirements still exist, and cost the most when they aren’t adhered to and the work has to be done twice.

So don’t feel like you’re being singled out or being held to the fire. The rules exist for all of us.

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y the time you read this, the 2020 presidential election will either be over or not. There will be a clear winner, or there won’t. The Herald properly advised its columnists that we couldn’t endorse presidential candidates, because we don’t speak for the newspaper. But I can tell you how I think the candidates’ policies and personal character stacked up.

Donald Trump was not an accidental president.

He didn’t win the White House in 2016 in a fluke, or because Hillary Clinton was a more flawed candialfonse date who ran a d’aMato weak campaign.

He won because he tapped into the valid concerns of Americans — both diehard Republicans and disaffected Democrats — about the future of the country.

These Americans decried the flood of good jobs out of the country in the name of “free trade” and “globalization.” They understood that the unchecked flood of illegal immigrants into the country further threatened good-paying jobs here with cheap labor. They were weary of exorbitantly expensive foreign wars, with

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lost American lives and floods of dollars that went to fight them instead of helping rebuild America. They wanted to see America put first, not last.

Trump merely distilled these legitimate concerns into that “America First” campaign. Americans responded to his straightforward pledge to Make America Great Again.

This may have surprised and dismayed some of the media and academic elites who live lives far removed from the American mainstream, but it didn’t surprise me, because I’ve lived my whole life in that mainstream.

As president, Trump largely kept his promise to restore American peace and prosperity. He ended foreign wars and avoided new wars. He grew the economy and jobs with lower taxes and less regulation. He nominated conservative judges he said he’d nominate. He kept his word.

Then Covid-19 struck, and Trump was swept up in his own flaws. He couldn’t concentrate long enough to see the huge threat the virus posed. He couldn’t overcome his know-it-all attitude to let Mike Pence and an able Coronavirus Task Force do its job. He just had to run the task force’s press briefings himself, dig-

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ging ever deeper holes for himself. It was as if FDR had tried to one-up Eisenhower by announcing D-Day the day before the troops hit the beach.

So if Trump has lost, or loses, his reelection bid, it won’t be because the old elites hate him, though they do. It will be because he just couldn’t help himself, and talked his way out of the presidency. It won’t be because of fake news, but because of his flawed penchant to make news. He’ll have only himself and no one else to blame.

And what about Joe Biden? Full disclosure here: Biden is an old and dear friend of mine. I’ve known him for 40 years, and I believe he’s a decent and honorable man. I also know he’s not a leftwing ideologue who is hankering to impose a socialist revolution on America.

Biden, like me, has lived his life in the American mainstream, and by nature he’s not inclined to swim out of it.

Joe’s problem, if he has, or does, become president, will be with the same left-wing elites who have battled Trump.

If he’s real lucky, the GOP will retain control of the Senate, so he’ll have a handy foil for not pursuing the left’s most radical agenda. But if he sweeps into office with

hen Covid-19 struck, President Trump was swept up in his own flaws.

both Houses of Congress in Democratic control, he’ll be hard-pressed to hold back the legislative floodgates.

If a President Biden and a compliant Congress impose steep new taxes and regulations in the midst of a fragile economic recovery, that recovery could collapse.

If he jumps back into the globalized freetrade mishmash, more U.S. jobs will hemorrhage out of the country. If he rejoins the deeply flawed Paris Agreement on climate change that imposed heavy burdens on the U.S. — while giving competitors like China and India a pass — more jobs still will flow out. If Biden accedes to the wild-eyed demands of enviro-extremists to dismantle America’s oil and gas industries, he could destroy America’s hardwon energy independence and further stifle any economic recovery.

What Biden would have to do to have a successful presidency is follow his own conscience and his own path. He would have to bang heads with the radicals in his own party. He would have to disappoint the same elites that cheered on his candidacy. He would have to lead, not follow.

Al D’Amato, a former U.S. senator from New York, is the founder of Park Strategies LLC, a public policy and business development firm. Comments about this column?

ADAmato@liherald.com.

I’m smitten with Smitten and coveting Envy

y go-to source of comfort at this time of year is apples, particularly apples born and bred in New York state.

One of the sweetest compensations for the end of summer and the turn toward winter is the homey apple. It’s sad to say goodbye to cherries and peaches and plums, but apples take center stage in October and they hang on well into winter. Under the right conditions, apples can Randi be stored for five kReiss to six months. Try that with a peach.

Plums, peaches and cherries don’t have the same cultural and mythological powers as apples.

Eve didn’t pick a plum in the Garden of Eden. The Evil Stepmother didn’t offer Snow White a peach.

Apples have cachet. It is said that Alexander the Great enjoyed dwarf apples in Macedonia in 300 B.C. Today there are some 7,500 different cultivars, with qualities ranging from tooth-aching sweetness to mouth-puckering tartness.

The most expensive apple you can buy is the Sekai Ichi, grown in Japan. They go

for around $21 each. Do not use for baking.

Cornell’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has developed dozens of apple varieties, including the popular Cortland, Macoun, Empire and Jonagold.

It leads the search for fruit that is delicious, offers crunch, has eye appeal, is disease-resistant and is blessed with a long shelf life. In recent years, horticulture professor Susan Brown led the breeding program for SnapDragon and RubyFrost at the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in upstate Geneva. Her past varieties include Fortune and Autumn Crisp.

SnapDragon is an offspring of Honeycrisp and an unnamed apple in Cornell’s breeding program that is described as similar to Jonagold. I haven’t found one yet in stores, but they are said to be sublime in their appleness.

Forgive me if I indulge the memory of apple picking every autumn through the 1980s, when my kids were growing up. If I breathe deeply enough, I can still smell the baskets of apples in the back seat on the way home, and the scent of sugary fried doughnuts, always part of the outing. It was one of those activities actual-

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ly as good as you expected it to be. The picnic lunch, the freedom of running through the orchards, the climbing and collecting, and then the eating and baking and cooking apple sauce comprised a perfect day. Even the bee stings and poison ivy were worth it.

Many self-picking orchards are still open for business and observing Covid-19 precautions.

My personal apple favorites are Pink Lady, Macoun and Honeycrisp. If I’m looking for an import, then Envy is it, from New Zealand. New York McIntosh are perfect if you’re in a slightly tart mood, and Rome and Cortlands head my list for baking.

Apparently there was a juicy apple scandal that rocked the horticulture world some years back. When the succulent Honeycrisp made its debut following a romantic propagation at the University of Minnesota, it was said to be a blend of the Macoun and the Honeygold. But someone who apparently had way too much time on his hands questioned the new apple’s paternity, conducted genetic fingerprinting and discovered that the Keepsake, not the Honeygold, was the father. Great embarrassment ensued in the world of apple cross-cultivation. I

t’s apple season, and here’s my advice: Don’t use the Sekai Ichi for baking.

don’t know if anyone ever conclusively proved who grafted to whom and how.

Apples are the main event in crisps, cakes, pancakes, cobblers and stove-top compotes. They are the crowning glory of muffins and cupcakes and cookies. We associate apples with holidays, the Jewish New Year (apples and honey) and Halloween. If you have young teeth, think apple jelly. In my home, from October to May, there is always a bowl of apple compote in the refrigerator that we enjoy with cereals, yogurt and especially ice cream.

Recently I tried a Smitten apple, whose rich parentage includes Gala, Braeburn, Falstaff and Fiesta breeding lines. It’s a keeper.

Apples have always been associated with knowledge, immortality, temptation, sex and yes, sin. Of course, today we have to think about the other Apple.

Why did Steve Jobs decide to call his company Apple? According to the Walter Isaacson bio, Jobs said he thought of the name while he was on an all-fruit diet.

He thought it sounded “fun, spirited and not intimidating.” I guess he was on to something.

And now I understand why my Mac is called a Mac. Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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o doubt, understanding the coronavirus takes work. We hear a seemingly endless stream of arcane reports emanating from an alphabet soup of acronym-laden government agencies, and our heads start spinning. Then along comes a hopefulsounding research paper, and suddenly many among us breathe a sigh of relief, believing, as President Trump would have us think, that things aren’t really as bad as CNN makes them out to be and we’re “rounding the corner.”

Case in point: A single research paper, published online over the summer by Dr. John Ioannidis, of Stanford University, indicated the Covid-19 death rate for those under age 70 was 0.04 percent, according to the Associated Press. That figure spread rapidly on social media, and many people took it as license to carry on with business as usual.

We see this irrational fearlessness reflected in the “herd immunity” approach to the virus touted by one of Trump’s top advisers, Dr. Scott Atlas, a neuroradiologist and a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, a conservative think tank. Atlas, who cited the 0.04 figure in July, has suggested we should let the virus run its course among young people to build “natural immunity.”

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letters Saluting their service To the Editor: In anticipation of this Veterans Day 2020, I salute veterans, currently active men and women of the armed forces, and their families. Their sacrifices are extraordinary in ordinary times, but Covid-19 has brought more anxiety and uncertainty to their unique situations.

For nearly 140 years, the American Red Cross has been there for these brave families, to provide compassionate support to address critical needs at every stage of service. As part of our Service to the Armed Forces Program, Red Cross volunteers provide home comforts and critical services on bases and in military hospitals across the country and around the world; they support military families during deployments and during emergencies; and they continue serving our nation’s veterans after their service ends, both in person and virtually.

Since the coronavirus pandemic started, the Red Cross team has been working around the clock to address an array of

was greater than 99 percent. Thus, he appeared to suggest, we should think twice about shutting down again.

Many conservatives across the country latched on to the 0.04 percent figure, and have used it — or, rather, misused it — as evidence to support a push to fully reopen the economy and end what they say are intrusive policies, such as New York’s mask mandate in public spaces. The trouble is, that could lead to tens of thousands of more needless deaths, even among young people.

The 0.04 percent figure is likely accurate, but without context, it can leave the false impression that virtually no one under age 70 is dying of the coronavirus, when, in fact, tens of thousands are. At the Herald, we have written too many obituaries this year for people in the prime years of their lives cut down by this merciless virus — a firefighter EMT, a pharmacist and a philanthropist among them. You need not take our word for it, however.

National Institutes of Health statistics tell us that, among those killed by Covid-19 in the United States, 8.3 to 22.7 percent are under age 65. That is to say, of the more than 231,000 Americans who have died in the past eight months, 19,000 to 52,500 have been people under age 65. By comparison, 58,200 Americans died in the Vietnam War, which carried on for years.

When we look at Covid-19’s impact in this way, we suddenly see that America’s

alarmingly — and unacceptably — high death toll includes many, many younger people, and we have no idea whom the virus will take next. It is an indiscriminate killer. It infects many, but leaves some unharmed; others come down with what is essentially a bad case of the flu; and others contract pneumonia and die.

Each life lost is precious. Each life lost is irreplaceable. Amid the flurry of statistical information generated by government agencies, it is all too easy to forget the human devastation that the coronavirus has caused.

Moreover, many Covid-19 survivors under age 65 now suffer long-term symptoms, including memory loss, known as “brain fog,” joint pain, high blood pressure and heart palpitations, and we cannot say for certain what their prospects are for future recovery.

Finally, we must remember that we cannot hermetically seal our elderly in virusfree bubbles. The greater the infection rate is in our larger population, the greater the chance that older adults will contract Covid-19 and die.

We must accept that the virus is with us, and we must do all we can to preserve life. We’ll say it again: Wear a mask. Wash your hands often. Keep your distance.

Avoid mass gatherings. Work from home if you can. Get a flu shot. And pray for a vaccine.

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hinking about allegations of “fake news,” assertions that Covid-19 is a hoax and the denial of climate change in the face of expert testimony and extreme weather events, I began to wonder: How do we know what we think we know? I thought of the biblical quote, “The truth shall make you free,” and its variants, used as a motto at a number of universities as a secular declaration devoid of its biblical origins.

This is a fitting slogan for universities, because they are chartered to pursue the ideal of truth in accord roBerT a. with facts. In fulsCoTT filling this mission, universities serve three distinct roles. They are creators of new knowledge grounded in objective study and independent research; they are curators of what is thought, whether true or false, in books or databases; and they are critics supporting pursuit of questions that ask, “What if ?” and about fairness, justice and truth.

But how do we know the truth? I think there are three ways that people claim something as true. Some seek truth

through empirical evidence that is supported by findings that can be replicated by others. This way of knowing a truth is based on trial and error and controlled experiments.

In this way, we can learn the biological origins, manifestations and consequences of disease. Medical scientists and public health experts explain what they know from objective studies. Their findings can be tested by others and reported in peer-reviewed journals in order to minimize the potential for bias to influence results.

Some others express as truth what they “know” through epiphany, or revelation. They know this truth because they believe it, often because of religious inspiration and teachings. To say that someone believes something is true without empirical evidence is not to cast doubt on their conclusion, but to clarify the process by which they determined what they consider to be true. At times, such “received wisdom” becomes an orthodoxy that brooks no challenges.

Still another expression of a truth is based on emotion, including fear and prejudice. These irrational “truths” can be the foundation of hate and discrimina-

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e must stand against fearmongering and lies about public health measures.

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Each day across Nassau and Suffolk counties and across the country, we help support military families. Nationally, since 9/11 we have served more than one million military families. During this time of crisis, we stand ready to continue to support the next million.

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tion. When President Trump claimed that Mexican immigrants were “murderers and rapists” he was expressing a prejudice, making an emotional claim, a fear of the “other,” not a fact supported by evidence. His claim was true only as an opinion grounded in bias.

I think that each way of knowing — fact, faith and fear — must be acknowledged. We also must understand that we cannot argue against an expression of truth held by belief or bias by relying on empirical evidence alone. Beliefs and biases are not susceptible to reason — but they can be the subject of ethical analysis.

We must take a stand against fear-mongering, racist rants and lies about public health measures. We must expose the nature and character of the assertions made or the actions taken. As the late Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis said, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant,” so we must expose falsehoods and discrimination for what they are.

Someone might assert that climate change isn’t occurring or isn’t caused by human behavior, but that shouldn’t stand in the way of taking steps to mitigate climate disasters. Someone else might assert

that wearing masks and social distancing are denials of individual liberty. But such an opinion doesn’t give that person license to deny the rights of others who seek protection from a deadly virus.

One can argue with the scientists about how to behave during the pandemic, and the extent to which human behavior is threatening our planet, but we must do so with facts, not opinions based on emotion or epiphany.

By emphasizing the importance of facts, we may offend others who “know” a truth through another means. But they must honor our path to truth just as we must respect their right to an opinion.

Indeed, the very foundation of democracy requires civility, the willingness to listen to alternative views. But we shouldn’t allow opinions to negate facts and prejudice to deny freedoms.

So let’s acknowledge that there are different paths to what we consider truth, some based on empirical evidence, some based on emotion or bias, and some based on belief. Further, let’s agree that each of us can hold our position without denigrating a way of knowing expressed by another, unless that belief or bias endangers others and curtails their legal rights. We can disagree without being disagreeable.

Dr. Robert S. Scott is president emeritus of Adelphi University.

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At last, the election is over To the Editor: Election Day has come and gone.

This reminds me of “The Outer Limits,” the 1960s television show.

With the end of around-the-clock commercials by politicians, political parties, political action groups and pay-for-play special-interest groups, we now return control of your television back to you — until the next election cycle.

No more candidates’ campaign mailings clogging our mailboxes and weighing down our hard-working postal employees. Finally, some peace and quiet! Now, if only all the winning and losing candidates would pick up all the thousands of campaign signs that litter our roads and highways to help clean up our environment. They could use leftover campaign funds to hire either the Boy Scouts or the Girl Scouts to collect the litter. They could pay our young people a nominal fee, which I’m sure would be appreciated.

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