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Bill focuses on transfer of businesses ■ Direct the SBA to host business succession planning workshops across the country.
By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to challenge small ■ Provide small business ownbusiness owners, many face a ers with a one-time $250 tax common and timeless question: break to create a business succession plan and an What will happen to additional $250 tax their businesses break when the sucwhen they leave, cession plan is retire or die? implemented. To help these There are bu s i n e s s p e o p l e nearly 30 million address that quessmall businesses t i o n , U. S . Re p. across the country, Andrew Garbarino, and less than 42 pera Republican from cent have succesSayville who represion plans, accordsents Wantagh-Seaing to Garbarino. ford, joined other Some of their ownmembers of the CHERI BUSToS ers take a simpler House of Represenapproach to their tatives to draft legis- U.S. Representative, future than others lation that would Illinois — such as Lifestyle help small business Sports in Wantagh. owners create busiAndrew Kruter and his family ness succession plans. Dubbed the Small Business have owned the sports-supplies Succession Planning Act, the bill store on Wantagh Avenue for over 45 years. “We just keep would: growing,” Kruter said. “The ■ Direct the Small Business only things standing in our way Administration to create an are the big-name stores, like online business succession plan- N i k e and Adidas.” ning toolkit, and train staff Kruter said that his family members to guide small busi- has a reputation in the communess owners through the process nity for being committed to of creating a succession plan. Continued on page 3
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Preparing to wow the judges Seaford High School robotics club members, from left, James Suleta, Kailly Nocera and Matt Shientul worked on their entry for this year’s robotics competition at Hofstra University. Participating schools must submit a video for consideration by March 4. Story, more photos, Page 5.
‘Ineffective’ vaccines given at J.B.
A cooler a few degrees above frigid spoils 81 doses By BRIAN STIEGlITZ bstieglitz@liherald.com
More than 80 people who were vaccinated for Covid-19 at Jones Beach on Feb. 15 were given ineffective doses, the New York State Department of Health recently disclosed. According to Jill Montag, the department’s public information officer, the faulty vaccinations posed “no health risk,” and all of the people who were impacted were contacted by the health
department to reschedule their appointments. A department employee who was transporting the vaccines in insulated coolers mistakenly raised the temperature of one of the coolers, and 81 doses were deemed ineffective, according to Montag. Nearly 1,300 properly stored doses were administered that day at the state park’s drivethrough vaccination site. “New Yorkers’ health and safety is our top priority, and due to this vaccine’s very specific
temperature sensitivity, we have a process in place to identify if any temperature excursions occur,” Montag said. “This process worked, allowing us to quickly pinpoint this issue, identify the extremely small number of individuals impacted, and immediately be gin taking action.” Montag added that residents should not let the incident deter them from getting their vaccinaContinued on page 3
hen even one small business closes, an entire community loses.
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At Jones Beach, 81 doses were ‘ineffective’ tions. “Overall, tens of thousands of doses have been administered at Jones Beach — 99 percent of which are not impacted,” she said. Last week, New York’s eligibility requirements for residents to be vaccinated expanded to include those with underlying health conditions. “In order to vaccinate residents with comorbidities, we will be partnering with various community partners, including our [federally qualified health centers], which will help us reach our vulnerable populations in our hardest-hit communities,” Nassau County Executive Laura Curran said. She added that the county’s information technology team is in the process of creating a streamlined registration system to make it easier for residents to Jill Montag schedule vaccination appointPublic information ments and “alleviate the hassle officer, of going on a wild goose chase NYS Department of for a vaccine.” The New York state website, Health www.covid19vaccine.health. ny.gov, features an “Am I Eligible” app, which residents can use to check their eligibility before they make an appointment. The site also has a list of all state-run vaccination
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ew Yorkers’ health and safety is our top priority . . . we have a process in place to identify if any temperature excursions occur.
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More than 80 Covid-19 vaccination doses were deemed ineffective after they were given to people at Jones Beach on Feb. 15. All of the recipients have since been contacted, and rescheduled appointments to receive proper doses. sites in Nassau County, which include Jones Beach, Nassau Community College in Garden City, the Yes We Can Community Center in Westbury and Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, as well as five others. Nassau County has its own website for vaccine information, www.nassaucountyny.gov/vaccine.
The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, which are being used in the county, require two doses. The state site should automatically schedule a second appointment, while county officials will contact residents who received their first doses at county-run sites. Andrew Garcia contributed to this story.
Garbarino seeks to help small businesses was that they didn’t have the tools or their customers and having an encyclo- knowledge to pass their small businesspedic knowledge of the goods they sell. es along themselves after they move on His family, he said, sees the business to new opportunities or retire, or to continuing to thrive in the community make arrangements for the transition if they die. for another 45 years. Small businesses drive But, Garbarino emphalocal economies by offering sized, “Unfortunately, more employment opportunities than half of our nation’s as well as services to other small business owners do businesses, while building not have a succession plan wealth for the community in place. I’m proud to join as a whole. my colleagues in introduc“When even one small ing common-sense legislabusiness closes, an entire tion to better equip our community loses,” Bustos small business community said at a virtual news conwith tools to develop succesference on Feb. 11. “With sion plans and build upon a the global pandemic forcing framework I’ve laid out as a many of our small business former assemblyman and ow n e r s t o t a ke a n e w private-practice attorney.” approach to keeping their Garbarino, who repre- andrew business healthy, success e n t s t h e 2 n d D i s t r i c t , garbarino sion planning has become worked to draft the legislamore critical than ever tion with Cheri Bustos, an U.S. Representative, before.” Illinois Democrat; Jason 2nd C.D. “As a third-generation Crow, a Colorado Democrat; Long Islander and small and Tom Rice, a Republican business owner, I know from South Carolina. first-hand the blood, sweat, and tears Bustos brought the idea to her House small businesses owners pour into colleagues after she held economic ensuring their businesses are a sucroundtables with community leaders in cess,” Garbarino said, referring to his her district in Illinois in 2019. A com- and his father’s Sayville law firm, Garmon concern owners shared, she said, barino Law Office. continued from front page
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U.S. rep. andrew Garbarino recently introduced legislation that would help small business owners create plans to transfer control of their businesses when they leave, retire or die. Garbarino often patronizes local businesses like Paddy’s Loft in Massapequa, where he appeared with his predecessor, Peter King.
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Seaford HigH ScHool robotics club members, from left, James Suleta, Kailly Nocera and Matt Shientul, work on this year’s robot for the F.I.R.S.T. competition which will be held remotely this year.
Robotics club gears up for competition Seaford High School’s robotics club is gearing up for its annual competition, but due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event will be held virtually this year. Every year, the team participates in the FIRST robotics competition at Hofstra University, facing off against dozen of other high schools from the region. It has been modified this year so each team will submit a video of its robot performing the assigned task. Seaford students are currently building a robot that can pick up and launch a ball through a hole to earn as many points as possible in a specified time frame. For the competition, students must create a 15 by 30-foot playing field for the robot. At one end, there will be a wall with a hexagon-shaped opening. The robot must be able to throw the ball through that hole from several different points on the playing field. That requires building a robot that is capable of launching the ball from different angles. Sophomore Kailly Nocera said the team is using the robot they built last year and modifying it based upon this
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year’s competition requirements. It will include an intake mechanism to pick up a ball, which then travels down a ramp to the shooter. For the first time, the robotics club is using the school’s computer numerical control machine to make cuts in the aluminum, which team members say will make it more precise than if cutting by hand. Robotics club adviser Nick Isgro said that the time saved by using the CNC is time added for programming and testing the robot. “I really like the learning experience,” Nocera said. “If you fail, you do it again until you get it right. It’s great being here after school, doing what we love and learning how to make our robot better.” Isgro said they will likely use the cafeteria for the playing field, because of the open space and high ceilings. The video must be submitted for the competition by March 4. Provided by the Seaford School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz.
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As a musician, Wantagh High School junior Julia F ro e s e h a s w i t n e s s e d among instrumental and choral peer-musicians a need for additional support and an injection of confidence to perform at their best. She has combined her love of music, writing skills and an entrepreneurial focus to self-publish a music book to assist musicians with the art of making music. Titled “Making Music with Confidence: Takes only four key steps to success,” Froese set out to teach fellow music lovers how to warm up before an important performance, auditioning techniques, how to learn a piece of music and tips on Courtesy Wantagh School District peek performing. In short, WantagH HigH ScHool junior Julia Froese recently readers will learn four steps self-published a book about music titled, “Making Music to become concert-ready. with Confidence: Takes only four key steps to success.” Most importantly, Julia’s book instructs readers to folalso mentors fellow peers through the low their heart. Tri-M Music Honor Society. “You have to be passionate about what “There wasn’t a system in place to conyou are doing to be successful,” Froese nect to high school musicians and for said. them to acquire advice,” Froese explained. An accomplished soprano, Froese is an “Through the Tri-M mentoring program, All-County musician and a member of older musicians can help prepare younger Wantagh High School’s chorus and a cap- students. Older students can also acquire pella groups. She was selected to perform points by mentoring younger students and as one of 16 members of the high school’s to become a member of Tri-M.” Anora Le Voci honors chorus for the 2021Teacher Sameerah Cassidy congratu2022 school year. Additionally, Froese has lated Froese on writing the book and said performed with the Metropolitan Youth its success lies in Julia’s focus on the emoOrchestra since fifth grade. tional side of performance and auditionFroese explained that writing “Making ing. “This book melds in beautifully with Music with Confidence” fulfills her proj- what music students need today,” Cassidy ect qualifications for a Girl Scouts of said. America Gold Award, the organization’s To acquire a copy of Julia’s book, you highest scouting accomplishment, but can click on the following link: https:// also allows her to give performing advice w w w. a m a z o n . c o m / g p / p r o d u c t / to musicians and those who are afraid to B08T86LV88/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_ audition and fulfill their dreams of creat- o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. ing music. In addition to the book, Froese offers Provided by the Wantagh School District. virtual workshops for musicians working Compiled by Brian Stieglitz. on their goals through the pandemic. She
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Ruth Because I wasn’t there, I believe that my mother Ruth left this world much the same way she had spent much of her 92 years in it: unassuming, gentle and kind. With a full demanding life she was pretty strong, though she was the last one to be aware of it. I spent many conversations summoning up encouragement for her after we had fought moments before, but come to think of it, so did she. It was always Mom who reminded me to “take care, drive carefully, love you” and “nice jacket/hat/purse (by the way).” So rather than think of how this passing had left all kinds of ways to do things differently in a Covid-19 world, I want to honor her for having learned about her posthumously from the eyes of three women. They not just expressed polite condolences, but told me what she meant to them, in the context of being my friend. One remembered Ruth for accompanying me to the college open house that ultimately lead to my undergrad degree. This friend recalled being there with her mother too, and she acknowledged that unique connection between parents and children. These two committed moms were there for us both, through our education, three national advertising competitions and two graduations. My former roommate characterized Ruth as enjoyable to be around, “fun in a soft way (with) a peaceful aura”. Inspired
but not forgotten. Both women also took the time to mention Ruth’s quest for learning. She never let age stop her and she got her associate’s degree fifty years after her high school diploma. And then there is my best friend who I met that first day in high school journalism class. She never said it outright until now, but I had always sensed how she felt, now identifying Ruth as her “second mom” for her compassionate and attentive nature. I now realize that like all of us, there were many before and after Ruths. Ruth before marriage and family. Ruth before my brother moved away. Before I met these amazing three women. Before my dad died. But in the peace of retrospect, I now understand that she was not just Ruth because of her life altering experiences. She was Ruth because she always connected with people. She always cared about people. She always did things to grow. And she never stopped exuding courage, albeit gently and quietly.
A Seaford man is facing criminal mischief charges for an incident that occurred on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. in Seaford. According to detectives, police responded to a 911 call for a disturbance. According to police, Joseph Vicale, 20, of Seaford, had a verbal dispute with two other occupants in the residence. The male broke the glass in the front door, causing lacerations to his arms and debris on his body. The arriving officer encountered the man, who had a large piece of glass in his hand. The officer gave commands for the subject to drop the glass and he complied. When the officer began to arrest the
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Vicale, he began to flail his arms and resist. The officer subdued Vicale and arrested him. During the struggle, the officer’s eyes came in contact with small fragments of glass on the subject’s body and suffered irritated eyes and blurred vision. He was transported to an area hospital for treatment and released. Vicale is being charged with thirddegree criminal mischief, second-degree assault, two counts of third-degree menacing, second-degree harassment, resisting arrest and second-degree obstructing governmental administration. He was arraigned on Monday at the Town of Hempstead First District Court.
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Jennifer McHugh at (516) 221-1200 or at jmchugh@wantaghlibrary.org.
Crafty Creations Grades 4-6 Time: 6:30 pm in the library Location: Wantagh Public Library Come to the library to paint a ceramic rainbow box. Face coverings are required to be worn over the nose and mouth at all times during the event and while in the library. Space is limited to ensure physical distancing. Contact Erin Goldberg 516-221-1200 or egoldberg@wantaghlibrary.org.
Thursday, March 11 Chapter Chat Book Club Time: 4:00 - 4:45 pm Location: Wantagh Public Library (in person and on Zoom) Grades 2 - 3 Read the book or ebook at home then join us for a discussion and activity. This month’s book is: The Becket List. When New York City native Becket Branch moves to the country with her family to help run her grandmother’s farm and store, she finds that new friends, hostile chickens and mischief are only the beginnings of her new life.
Friday, Feb. 26 Game Day: Among Us Time: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Wantagh Public Library Free event. Come to the library to play Among Us with Shannon. Be sure to bring a smartphone/tablet and have the game downloaded on your device. Face coverings worn over the nose and mouth are required at all times during the event and while in the library. Space is limited to ensure social distancing. Contact Shannon Jaeger at (516) 221-1200 or sjaeger@wantaghlibrary.org.
Monday, March 1 Wantagh School District budget hearings The Wantagh School District will offer four separate 2021-22 budget workshops for all community residents. There will be three evening workshops on Monday, March 1, Monday, March 15, and Wednesday, April 7, starting at 7 p.m. For those unable to attend the evening workshops, a budget workshop will take place on Thursday, April 8, starting at 1 p.m. (revised time from school district calendar). All workshops will be held via videoconferencing and a link to the workshop will be posted at that time on the district website, www. wantaghschools.org.
Friday, March 12 St. Patrick’s Day Shenanigan’s
irish Soda Bread Muffins with Chef Rob Register to bake traditional Irish Soda Bread muffins with Wantagh Public Library resident baker Chef Rob. Registered families can pick up a kit beginning Monday, Mar. 8, which includes baking supplies, a recipe, and a link to watch Chef Rob demonstrate how to bake these tasty treats. Contact Susan Finck at (516) 221-1200 or at sfinck@wantaghlibrary.org.
Tuesday, March 2 Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday virtually with the Wantagh Public Library. All registered families will receive a link to view a Dr. Seuss storytime with special guest readers from the Wantagh Retired Teacher’s Group. Read 4 Dr. Seuss books during the month of March you will be entered into a raffle for a fun prize. Vote for your favorite Dr. Seuss character. All registered children will receive a Dr. Seuss goody bag containing a craft and other fun items. Please register each child separately. Contact Susan Finck at 516-221-1200 or sfinck@wantaghlibrary.org.
Virtual Exercise: Chair Yoga Time: 7 p.m. Location: Seaford Public Library (Virtual)
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AARP Tax Preparation Time: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Location: Wantagh Public Library Free event. Aimed for low to moderate income taxpayers with simple tax returns that can be prepared in less than one hour, the library will again be hosting IRS-Certified AARP Tax-Aide Foundation tax preparers every Tuesday
Time: 4:15 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Grades K-3. Location: Wantagh Public Library. Join Miss Carly for St. Patrick’s Day stories and a craft! Face coverings are required to be worn over the nose and mouth at all times during the event and while in the library. Space is limited to ensure physical distancing. Contact Carly Cucci 516-221-1200 or ccucci@wantaghlibrary.org.
until April 13, 2021. Be sure to bring social security cards for everyone listed on the tax return (including dependents), a valid photo ID, and last year’s tax return and all tax-related documents. Please call the library to make an appointment. Contact Ian Smith at (516) 221-1200 or at ismith@wantaghlibrary.org.
Wednesday, March 3 Hand-Painted Wooden Coasters Time: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Location: Wantagh Public Library Come to the library to hand paint your own set of coasters. Face coverings worn over the nose and mouth are required at all times during the event and while in the library. Space is limited to ensure social distancing. Contact
Wantagh is home to historical preservations sites like the Wantagh Museum Seaford got its name from Captain John Seaman’s town in England Wantagh is home to the pet cemetery in which Richard Nixon’s dog Checkers was buried Business owners could go to the Wantagh or Seaford Chamber of Commerce Matthew Koma, acclaimed DJ and husband to Hillary Duff, calls Seaford his hometown
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Kindergartners are becoming immersed in all different types of poetry in Brooke DeSanto’s class at Seaford Harbor Elementary School. The poetry unit kicked off with students writing an acrostic poem for Valentine’s Day, writing a line that begins with each letter in “love bug.” Students then attached their poems to a love bug craft, made with their handprints, as a gift for their parents. Students wrote their poems while wearing plastic glasses so they could “see the world through the lens of a poet,” DeSanto said. In the coming weeks, they will be putting those glasses back on to explore different types of poetry, from haikus to rhyming poems, and writing their own original pieces. DeSanto added that children are understanding the differences between stories and poems, as well as learning new sight words. Provided by the Seaford School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz.
Seaford Harbor elementary School teacher Brooke DeSanto met with Addison Hillman after completing her Valentine’s Day acrostic poem. raymond ColliCHio waS hard at work on his “love bug” poem.
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Alzheimer’s group funding NYU research The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, headed by former New York State Sen. Charles Fuschillo Jr., of Merrick, has awarded a $250,000 grant to NYU Langone Hospital in Mineola to expand and accelerate research that it is conducting to uncover the underlying causes of Alzheimer’s disease, with the goal of developing new treatments and slowing the progression of the disease. This AFA award follows a $100,000 grant in 2019 that began the cutting-edge research project. The NYU Langone clinicians and scientists are seeking to approximate brain behavior by reprogramming human cells derived from Alzheimer’s patients. Based on genetic information collected through voluntary blood donations from many patients, the team can distinguish where Alzheimer’s neurons diverge from healthy neurons, and from there take corrective action. This allows the team to then non-invasively explore the potential development of new treatments. The study is led by Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital and associate professor of Medicine at NYU Long Island School of Medicine. Reiss is also a member of AFA’s Medical, Scientific and Memory Screening Advisory Board. “This new funding allows us to quicken the pace of our work and include participants with only mild cognitive impairment, allowing us to study subtle changes in the composition and metabolism of neurons before advanced Alzheimer’s has taken hold,” Reiss said. “The brain is the body’s most inaccessible and complex organ, making it extraordinarily challenging for scientists to develop new treatments and cures for Alzheimer’s,” Fuschillo said. “This grant enables the NYU Langone Health team to
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The Alzheimer’s FoundATion of American recently awarded NYU Langone in Mineola a $250,000 grant to conduct research into the causes of and treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Above, Dr. Allison Reiss, head of the Inflammation Laboratory at the Biomedical Research Institute at NYU Langone Hospital. expand the number of participants, perform additional cutting-edge work and accelerate the pace of this very promising research study. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America is very pleased to make this investment in hope.” “Having cared for a loved one with Alzheimer’s, I know the impact this disease has on families and how desperately new treatments are needed,” said AFA founder and Chairman Bert Brodsky. “We’re hopeful that NYU Langone’s research can make a game-changing scientific breakthrough that will improve the lives of families affected by this terrible disease.” Reiss and her team have been gathering blood samples from individuals liv-
ing with Alzheimer’s, as well as those without the disease. From each blood sample, the research team isolates exosomes that originated in the patient’s brain. Exosomes are small particles shed from every cell, including neurons in the brain. These extracellular pieces, or vesicles, derived from brain neurons carry key genetic information. Researchers are investigating the differences in this genetic information between healthy people and those with Alzheimer’s. The aim is to use the information gained to reprogram Alzheimer’s neurons to behave more like those in healthy people. The research team is also testing a number of drugs for possible repurposing and use in Alzheimer’s disease, as
well as seeking new gene-editing approaches to treatments. The new grant will allow the study to expand the participant pool to include those with mild cognitive impairment. By comparing this group to the original pool of participants who have already progressed to full-blown Alzheimer’s, the earliest deviations from normal can be captured. The study is also being expanded to include first-degree relatives of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease. Additionally, the grant will allow the team to accelerate the project by using more complex tools to analyze the effectiveness of novel treatments to restore cellular and mitochondrial function. Reiss is joined by Dr. Aaron Pinkhasov, chairman of psychiatry, and Dr. Irving Gomolin, chief of geriatrics, at NYU Langone on Long Island; Dr. Joshua De Leon, associate professor of clinical medicine at the NYU Long Island School of Medicine; and Dr. Lora Kasselman, assistant professor of foundations of medicine, and Dr. Thomas Wisniewski, the Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman professor of the NYU Alzheimer’s Disease Center. According to Reiss, in the last two decades, only a handful of medicines were approved to treat Alzheimer’s disease, while the vast majority of clinical trials were halted. Trials typically rely on research first conducted on mice or using spinal fluid, and those often fail to replicate the complex neurological activity in the human brain. That contrasts with research to find cures for cancers of the liver, lungs and other vital organs, where it is increasingly common for pieces of tissue to be extracted for biopsies—and for profiling of cancer cells—to develop with optimal treatment regimens. To give to AFA, go to alzfdn.org/ donate.
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In honor of Black History Month, Herald Inside LI will host a webinar featuring Black leaders on Long Island on Feb. 25 at 9:30 a.m. S p e a ke r s w i l l i n cl u d e P h i l Andrews, president of the Long Island African American Chamber of Commerce Inc.; Regina Armstrong, superintendent of the Hempstead School District; Frederick Brewington, owner, principal, civil rights lawyer and community activist at the Law Offices of Frederick K. Brewington; Margo Cargill, CEO of Titanium Linx Consulting Inc.; and Daniel Lloyd, vice president of the of Nassau Council of Chambers of Commerce, and founder and president of Minority Millennials Inc. The speakers will by Zoom discuss their industries and the culture of
today’s workplaces. They will also discuss how communities have adapted to social justice and racial equity issues, as well as provide insight on how leaders can best harness their influence to impact Long Island. To register to watch the webinar on the scheduled date or receive a recording of the event, go to LIHerald.com/BlackHistoryMonth. To sponsor a webinar or for more information, contact Amy Amato at aamato@richnerlive.com or call (516) 569-4000, ext. 224.
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know something, you’re not stupid? If anything, you’re ignorant, which is fine – as we all know some stuff and we’re ignorant about other stuff. And whatever you need to know, you can learn. Now imagine that you were asked to teach your colleagues a new software program. If you’re still thinking you’re stupid, your first response is likely to be a host of reasons why you can’t do this. “They shouldn’t have asked me,” “I’m going to make a fool of myself,” “I’m no expert about this program!” Hang on to these negative frames, and you’ll become increasingly anxious and panicked. Reframe them and see how that alters
your inner dialogue. “What an opportunity! It’s great my boss has so much confidence in my tech skills. This could be a chance for me to shine, even though I know I’ll have to put a lot of work into it. Time to get going!” Hear the difference reframing can make in your personal life? If you’re looking for creative ways to reframe a situation, listen to how others think of it. Now here’s the hard part. Squelch your knee jerk reaction to tell them how wrong they are. Or how they just don’t understand. Or how they just don’t get it. Instead, listen! See if another’s assess-
ment of you (or of the situation) might make sense. Once you get into the habit of reframing, you’ll find it much easier to build up your self-confidence and resolve your inner conflicts. ©2021 Linda Sapadin, Ph.D., psychologist, coach and author specializes in helping people overcome procrastination and debilitating anxiety and fear. Contact her at DrSapadin@aol.com. Visit her websites www.BeatProcrastinationCoach.com and www.PsychWisdom.com.
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We grow up believing that what we assume to be true is true – with little awareness that we actively interpret the world. We view some behavior as natural, some thoughts as normal. If they differ from how we behave or think, we view them as weird, wrong, immoral, crazy or just plain stupid. How you inter pret an experience is called framing. Actively changing your interpretation is called reframing. If we, as a society, never reframed our b e l i e f s, we ’d inda apadin still think that women should not be able to vote, own property or voice an opinion that’s independent from their husbands. If we never reframed, we’d still think that children should be seen but not heard and whipped mercilessly if they don’t behave or pay attention. We’d still believe in the horror of slavery and the righteousness of jailing debtors and much more that seems outrageously wrong to us today. Thank goodness, society has reframed much of what was passionately believed to be right and natural. But it’s not just society that needs to reframe. It’s also you and me. We must not hang on to beliefs if they no longer apply. An example: Perhaps you were brought up in a family where you were frequently told that you were selfish if you wanted a toy for yourself and stupid if your grades weren’t stellar. Your parents didn’t mean to be mean; they just didn’t know any better as they themselves were brought up that way. You, however, internalized these beliefs, which lowered your self-esteem and self-confidence when you were a kid. And still today. Now what if you reframed those beliefs? What if you realized that to want something for yourself or to speak up for yourself is not selfish? After all, if you’re not at the hub of your own existence, who will be? And you can want for others as well as for yourself. What if you realized that if you don’t
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his winter season, like so much during the pandemic, is very different as Covid-19 is still very much a threat and we’re trying to do our part to stop the spread and stay healthy. The good news is that wintertime offers many opportunities to have some family fun — even during the pandemic. More good news? Masks to keep you safe from the virus keep your face warm in the winter too! Here is another piece of good news: with vaccinations now underway, the likelihood of a more normal winter next year is high. Keeping kids busy and focused during the pandemicinduced isolation has definitely taken its toll on all of us. It was burden enough when the weather was nice, but now that we’ve been thrust into our new normal of freezing temperatures, frequent snowstorms, etc., our quarantine life seems more challenging than ever. So while that family getaway most likely is cancelled this year, there are still plenty of ways to beat the winter blahs. Yes, family activities are a must right now — even getting outside. Go for a hike! Get your family — and doggo if applicable — and hit a trail or even the beach. Experience the unique appeal of the beach in wibter. Discover a new board game. Families can bond over the discovery and learning of board games. Newer-age games like The Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, and Carrcasonne offer fresh strategy. But classics like Monopoly and Candy Land are always winners. Complete a puzzle. Jigsaw puzzles are a great family/ team building exercise. Work as a team on one aspect of the puzzle, or assign a unique part of the puzzle to each family member. Reenact a favorite movie. With a quick search online, you should be able to find the script to a family favorite movie or favorite scene. Cast family members into their favorite roles and watch the movie magic unfold in your living room. Bake a new recipe. Find a new holiday recipe and bake it together. It is a great way to teach new skills, reinforce math skills, and start a family tradition. Also, since baking has elements of chemistry, there is an added academic component that is the proverbial — and literal — icing on the cake. Feed the birds. While plants sit dormant in winter, birds are still active, providing a great opportunity to aid our feathered friends. Kids can have fun making a simple birdfeeder, or buy one that sticks right to your window for up-close viewing. Put on a performance. Maybe you all learn the same dance, act out a short play, or have a family talent show. Distant relatives will be thrilled to tune in to a live steam and you’ll create a memory that will last a lifetime (especially if it is recorded!) Solve a (fictional) murder. For families with older children, you can spice up the traditional family game night with a murder mystery game. Get into the spirit of the whodunit with costumes and accessories, character backstories, and food or decorations to match the storyline. A quick online search will provide ideas to get you started. Make caring cards. Your family can create hand-made cards that you can mail or drop off to a local nursing home, senior center, hospital, police/fire station, schools, etc. People will appreciate the cards, especially during the pandemic. If you send the cards to schools, teachers will love the support, especially this year! Campout in the living room. This winter everyone could use a change-of-scene. Why not turn your living room into a bedroom and have a family campout? Create tents with sheets draped over furniture. Make sure to bring some books and read under the tents with flashlights! Make a list of new recipes to try. Designate one night of the week to test out each recipe. Each family could be in charge of one of the recipes.
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Do a room makeover. Or even just rearrange the furniture, in the kid's rooms or playroom so they can have a change of scenery without leaving home Research a new outdoor spot. Explore it and plan a day around it and enjoy the adventure! Go through clothes and toys and donate to those in need. It will feel good to clean out your closets and help others Host a virtual Bingo night via Zoom. Invite friends or family to join in. Offer prizes you can mail to the winners. Build a snow fort or a snowperson. Weather allowing of course! Add to the fun by having hot chocolate outside under the stars. Set out chairs at least six feet apart and invite the neighbors. Research places to volunteer. Helping others will help lift your spirits. Many non-profit organizations are open to having volunteers safely either remotely or inperson. Contact some of your favorite local organizations and ask them how your family can help. Host a neighborhood food drive. Food pantries now need pantry donations as demand has increased significantly during the pandemic. Post flyers around the neighborhood or put them in mailboxes. Set a goal — maybe one can for each day of winter? Contact your food pantry of choice to find out if they have specific needs and when you can drop off the donations. Art night! Choose one night (or day) each week to create something amazing together. It could be a large banner with an inspirational message, vision boards, placemats displaying the holiday cards you received this year, a magnificent centerpiece using items from nature — anything goes! Learn a new sport together. This might be cross country skiing, snowshoeing, skating, speed walking, weight lifting, gymnastics, running, or anything that your family is interested in exploring. Staying active this winter will be important for your physical and mental health. n
Above photo: Winter can be a tough time of the year, even under the best of circumstances. Thanks to the chilly temperatures and lack of sunlight, many people deal with the winter blues on an annual basis — and that was before we ever heard the phrase “social distancing.” With a little creativity (and even a few extra layers), you might even find new reasons to love the wintertime!
If it wasn’t for your grade school children, you may have never heard of the term STEM learning. Initiated by the National Science Foundation, STEM education stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. While the geezers in the back (ahem, that’s us!) played with Barbies and G.I. Joes, this emphasis on instilling an attitude of curiosity and inquiry for children of a young age is quite highly regarded. As parents, we should be introducing our children to the scientific method, a systematic and logical approach used to answer a question or solve a problem. This lets our children see the world from a different perspective and gives them the desire to learn how things in the world actually work, and why they are the way they are. STEM games for kids are a great way to have a kid or teen's mind practice different ways to solve problems, thinking through each step like a game of checkers. Here are some creative ideas. Galaxy Rocket Ship Recommended ages: 3 and older MagnaTiles has turned into a household brand, so its partnership with CreateOn just seems like a natural fit. With the Galaxy Rocket Ship, your child can unlock a world of learning about planets and the solar system. Side one builds a rocket ship, while side two includes all the planets of the solar system, two versions of the sun, the moon, and an astronaut. Botley 2.0 Recommended ages: 5 and older If you’re tired of having your kids sit in front of a screen (I’m talking to you, remote learning), then Botley 2.0 is a great choice. It lets kids enjoy educational, screen-free STEM fun with handson coding and critical thinking without the need for a phone or tablet. Children will code their way through obstacle courses with simple sequences and explore ways to code through colors and movements. Kodable Recommended ages: 5 and older Kodable is a STEM curriculum that allows kids as young as kindergarten to learn coding basics. The award-winning learnto-code program provides easy-to-follow lessons and games that can be done at home. With Kodable, kids through fifth grade have the opportunity to think like a programmer and grow to learn how to write JavaScript. Shashibo Recommended ages: 7 and older Tap into a child’s imagination with Shashibo, which is just as interesting as the name suggests. The shape-shifting box (that sort of resembles origami?) transforms into more than 70 shapes. If you have the opportunity to get more than one, your child will be able to combine several cubes to build even larger shapes, sculptures, and structions. n Above photo: STEM toys help your child dabble in critical scientific fields in a fun way, building mental bridges to move them ahead of the crowd faster.
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Seaford Manor eleMentary School students Alex Carreras and Ella Pokalsky responded to drawing and writing prompts in their PARP notebooks about the 16 Habits of Mind.
Manor student focus on reading There was lots of action packed into Seaford Manor Elementary School’s 17-day Pick a Reading Partner program, coordinated by the PTA. This year’s theme was “Mindful Mario Kart: Race to Read,” inspired by the popular Nintendo game. This year’s PARP program also connected to the 16 Habits of Mind, with one habit explored each day before a grand finale on Feb. 12. In a handout for students and teachers, there were several book suggestions relating to each day’s Habit of Mind. First-grade teacher Angelina Lee read her students “Iggy Peck, Architect,” on the day the school celebrated Habit No. 11 – Creating, Imagining and Innovating. Students thought up ideas for new inventions and after drawing and writing about their proposed creations, they used materials such as blocks and Legos to bring their ideas to life. Students throughout the school kept PARP journals in which they responded to writing and drawing prompts related to the Habits of Mind.
For Habit No. 1 —Persisting — they wrote about a time in which they had to overcome an obstacle, and for Habit No. 13 — Taking Responsible Risks — they reflected on a time they tried something new. At home, students were encouraged to read at least 15 minutes a day with a partner, and there were lots of prizes as incentive to read even more. They could scan a QR code in the PARP handout to log their reading time and earn coins, just like in Mario Kart. Individual prizes for achieving certain goals included gifts cards to Scholastic and Fun Stuff Toys, a Kindle Fire, autographed books and a Mario Doodle Kit, and class prizes featured extra recess time, movie with the principal and a pizza party. There were also several virtual events including class parent read-alouds, community guest readers, a book fair and visits from children’s authors Nick Bruel and Peter Reynolds. Provided by the Seaford School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz.
after reading “iggy Peck, Architect,” first graders thought up new inventions and then built their ideas. gianluca fenolatea earned coins for writing about the Habits of Mind in his PARP journal.
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Seaford students win art competition Seaford High School once again found its students on the list of regional winners in the national Scholastic Art and Writing contest, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. Seniors Leila Gomez and Sophia Labrador, and sophomore Katerina Perlegis, all received honorable mention awards in the 2021 competition. Leila’s digital art piece, “Stuck,” is a visual representation of the psychology behind the reasons people develop certain fears and an exploration of her own fears. She is an Advanced Placement art student with teacher Curtis Tripoli. Sophia created an image of a sunrise using Adobe Illustrator, based upon a picture she took in Florida. The piece, appropriately named “Sunrise,” was created last year in her digital imaging class with teacher Melinda DiGiovanna. “Sweet Treats” by Katerina is a picture of donuts that she took on her phone and later edited for her photography class with Ms. DiGiovanna. She also works with more traditional art materials in her drawing and painting class. DiGiovanna said that contest was open to artists who completed their pieces in 2020 during the spring and fall school terms. She noted that it is very competitive and that judges look to award work that demonstrates a student’s passion for art. The pieces created by Leila, Sophia and Katerina are perfect examples of students becoming “lost in their art” and “finding their own path and style,” she added. Provided by the Seaford School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz.
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Seaford HigH ScHool sophomore Katerina Perlegis was an honorable mention award recipient in the Scholastic Art and Writing contest, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, for her photograph of donuts.
Senior SopHia labrador was recognized for her computer illustration recreating a photo of a sunrise she took in Florida.
Spelling bee stars in Seaford The origins of the spelling bee date back to the 1800s, and two centuries later that tradition is alive and well at Seaford Harbor and Seaford Manor elementary schools. Fourth and fifth graders at Harbor took part in classroom spelling bees, with the winner from each class advancing to a schoolwide match. Eight students competed in a socially distant spelling bee on Feb. 5 in the gymnasium, which was decorated with balloons. All Harbor students were able to watch via a Zoom videoconference. Fourth grader Ryleigh Semple-Germano emerged as the winner after correctly spelling “goofy.” She received a champion certificate and medal. The other participants in the finale were fourth graders Lily Boyon, Dylan Herbert and James Rotolo, and fifth graders Amanda Bennici, Derek Burke, Brock Conway and Brandon Siegel. Seaford Manor’s classroom spelling bees were held in December, with 132 students from both in-person and remote classes participating. The eight winners then squared off in a virtual spelling bee on Jan. 19. After eight rounds, Valentina Orleman won with “remember.” Other classroom winners participating in the final round were fourth graders Brennan Ferraro, Liam Fox, James Frank and Samantha Richardson, and fifth graders Madelyn Burgess, Roran Cassidy and Nicole Krupka. Harbor’s spelling bee was coordinated by Renee Hauser and Manor’s competition was spearheaded by Danielle Siebner and Haley Timko Provided by the Seaford School District. Compiled by Brian Stieglitz.
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fourtH grader ryleigH SempleGermano was the winner of Seaford Harbor Elementary School’s annual spelling bee.
after eigHt roundS, fourth grader Valentina Orelano won the Seaford Manor Elementary School spelling bee.
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A. Your floor is expanding, and the ridges at the seams are rising, because the floor has nowhere else to expand to. This problem is common, and was caused by the floor being limited from expanding because the cabinets and island, along with heavy furniture placed over the finished floor, keep the floor from expanding when the heat onte eeper is on. Wetting the floor to clean it also causes expansion, and should be limited or not done with water at all. Solving this problem is easier said than done. Basically, anywhere the floor is unable to move defeats the purpose, and only by freeing up the floor will the problem work itself out. There’s a simple wall molding that our ancestors used that seems to be generally forgotten. Even though I include this detail in most of the drawings I prepare, I rarely see this last little strip of molding being installed. What the molding does is act like a gap cover, since properly installed flooring has a quarter- to halfinch gap at the edges of the floor, including around a fixed island and around the room’s perimeter. The whole perimeter will need to be cut so the trim molding will need to be added, unless the vertical trim board has been installed with a space, in which case the flooring has to be able to float (slide back and forth) under the vertical wallboard trim. Our ancestors were very observant of nature, and skilled finish carpenters passed along their knowledge of the way materials behave. I worked for a finish carpenter while in high school, and learned that molding and trim weren’t just a finishing touch, but also a necessity to hide the places where materials needed room to expand and contract, at ceilings, floors, stairs and doors. Miracle materials have come along since then that were supposed to change the industry, like plastic moldings that are more temperature stable, but nature never disappoints. Natural or not, materials all have to work together, whether it’s the way they react to moisture, sunlight, heat or cold. You’re going to need to get the contractor to organize the flooring installer and the finish carpenter to coordinate cutting the floor, and either install the shoe molding or space the vertical trim baseboard so the floor moves and adjusts underneath, even at the island and kitchen cabinet bases. Hopefully, the flooring was installed over a moisture-proof expansion membrane. Then enjoy your floor.
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A year later, lessons learned from the pandemic
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he coronavirus pandemic reached Long Island a year ago next week, at first bringing a handful of cases before it dug in and exploded, wreaking havoc. We failed to see it coming until it was too late. We failed to imagine its destructive power. Nassau County’s first reported case was a 42-year-old Uniondale man who worked at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre and was treated at NYU Winthrop Hospital in Mineola, now NYU Langone. His case was reported last March 3. Three days later, Uniondale Schools Superintendent Dr. William Lloyd said in a statement, “The district has been in close contact with Nassau County and New York state health officials, and we have been told that at the current time, there is no reason to take any additional precautionary or preventive measures than those we already have in place.” By mid-March, schools had shut down. Nassau County Executive Laura Curran gave the order to close them for two weeks. Students didn’t return to their school buildings until September, learning, as best as they could, virtually, using new and unfamiliar online platforms like Zoom and Google Classroom. Businesses shuttered, some never to return. Hospitals — and the brave women and men who staff them — were quickly overwhelmed by the coronavirus caseload. So were funeral homes. Death, it seemed, was everywhere. And so here we are, a year later, battered and bruised, many of us filled with
anxiety because of a job loss, economic issues or simply the uncertainty that the coronavirus has brought to all of our lives. “Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” the saying goes. After a full year of coping with a relentless disease, watching too many family members and friends fall prey to it, we are tired, ready for this nightmare to be over. We need to feel normal again. We are wiser, however. Our children are learning, albeit at a slower pace than they did. We are more forgiving of students if they miss a homework assignment or fail an exam. We don’t require them, to the degree that we did, to take the seemingly unending battery of state tests they were subjected to for years. Even the SAT is no longer sacrosanct, with a growing number of colleges becoming SAT-optional. Maybe that’s how it should have been all along. Perhaps our expectations were unrealistic. Long before the pandemic, young people complained, like no generation before, of the anxiety they were feeling. Maybe we should have listened more closely, understood better. If we come out of the pandemic with more realistic expectations of our children — and the desire to let them be kids at least part of the time — then some good will have come from this hell that we have collectively experienced. Maybe — just maybe — we will have learned that children’s feelings matter more in the end than their grades. At the same time, the pandemic
leTTers O’Connell was ‘right on the mark’ To the Editor: John O’Connell’s column in the Feb. 4-10 issue, “Agree with me or shut up,” was right on the mark. I have liberal relatives who still blame President Trump for all our woes, and it’s very difficult to have a reasonable conversation with them, on any subject, because they will always bring up the topic of politics. Many thanks to O’Connell for speaking up for many of us. PAT KING Merrick
It was worthy of framing To the Editor: Reading “Agree with me or shut up” was a profound breath of fresh air. Thank you, John O’Connell, for your thoughts. I’m going to frame this article as proof that there are still good people
exposed, like never before, the wide disparities in educational opportunities for children from different communities, based largely on race and socioeconomic forces beyond their control. We should commit, like never before, to closing these gaps so all children are given equal opportunity to learn. When you’ve had so much taken from you, you start to reassess all that you are. How much does owning the biggest house on the block or the shiniest car really matter? When you’re on a ventilator fighting for your life, not at all. We also learned that we’re highly adaptable creatures. Countless businesses have carried on virtually, leaving their owners wondering why they hadn’t tried going remote earlier. It saves time and effort. It also saves gasoline and, thus, money. And, as we have learned, it might be a way of saving the planet — less travel by car means less greenhouse gases sent into our atmosphere, which could help slow the climate crisis, the biggest of the crises facing humanity. We shouldn’t look back and beat ourselves up. We didn’t know better. We do now, though. The question is, when we are past the pandemic, who will we become? Will we revert to our old ways or adopt our newfound practices? We are likely to achieve herd immunity within the next year through a combination of inoculation and infection. Now is a good time to start planning for that day, and to decide how we will live in the years after these difficult days.
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applaud the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s recent guidance update recommending that people who are fully vaccinated not be confined to quarantine after exposure to a case of Covid-19. Becoming fully vaccinated provides many with a sense of liberation, but it also comes with a deep social responsibility. According to published research, full vaccination — defined as two weeks after the second dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine — virtually eliminates a person’s Lawrence e. chance of dying the strains of eisenstein from the virus we are currently likely to encounter. The vaccines provide excellent protection for most people from even contracting it. Nonetheless, a small percentage of vaccinated people will still come down with Covid-19. And researchers continue to study whether someone who has been vaccinated can transmit the virus to others. While I think they will ultimately find at least some protection against transmission, we can’t yet quantify the risk. Until we have these answers, vaccinated people must assume the responsibility of ensur-
ing they don’t inadvertently spread the virus. Our knowledge of Covid-19 is expanding rapidly, and science should guide our policymaking. The new CDC guidance is important not because it’s a get-out-of-jail-free card — it isn’t — but because of the accompanying explanation. The agency didn’t just issue a blanket statement that vaccinated people don’t need to quarantine after exposure; rather, it gave an important medical explanation. It acknowledged that the risk/ benefit ratio, a cherished tenet in medical evaluation, shifts after people are vaccinated. They aren’t completely free of the possibility of contracting or transmitting disease, but the odds of doing so change. We should acknowledge and even celebrate the fact that vaccinated people are highly unlikely to die of the current predominant strains of Covid-19. But we don’t yet know how long the post-vaccination protection lasts, so the CDC set the quarantine-free policy at 90 days — a period supported by science — as long as people have no symptoms following their exposure. The other side of the equation is benefits. There are important psychological, economic, sociological and health-related benefits to keeping people active, produc-
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tive and out of quarantine, and there are profound impacts of keeping them in quarantine. The CDC concluded that although there is some risk of vaccinated people contracting and spreading the virus, the risks of forcing them to quarantine outweigh the benefits. I fully support this analysis. Quarantine, the taking away of someone’s freedom in the interest of protecting the public’s health, must be ordered responsibly. A careful evaluation of the risk/ benefit ratio is the correct way for public health policymakers to proceed. I believe the next step should be a lifting of the domestic travel quarantine for New Yorkers who are fully vaccinated. If we are no longer quarantining fully vaccinated people with a known exposure, why would we take away their freedom just because they’ve traveled — including those with no known exposures? Using good science, we might find that some locations have more dangerous variants. In those cases, quarantine might become necessary, even for fully vaccinated travelers. I get asked all the time when I think we will return to life as we knew it before the pandemic. We aren’t going to just flip a switch, and parts of our new normal might be here to stay. I for one will always
eep in mind that parts of our new normal — like masks — may be here to stay.
Letters that are willing to stand up and speak whole truths. ANThONY ChrIsOsTOMO East Meadow
Doesn’t O’Connell care about facts? To the Editor: My response to John O’Connell’s column is, wow! Just wow! O’Connell complains that “the individual’s right to freely express ideas . . . true or not . . . or [not] reliably sourced at all” should be allowed to flow freely. really? And he dares call himself a journalist? The reason that “the percentage of those who don’t trust the media at all went up five points in one year” is because of the absolute outright lies the radical right has fomented on sites like Parler. Thank God big tech stopped that slander. The big lie that the election was “stolen” is exactly what led to the insurrection on Jan. 6. O’Connell says “half the country is vexed by the prospect of a Biden-harris administration unchecked by the house and senate.” Well, more than half the country was obviously vexed by a Trump-Pence administration whose lies were retold on far-right extremist outlets and went unchecked by the house and senate. Thus,
wear a mask on a plane, because the benefit of not getting sick with Covid-19, influenza or any respiratory virus that could ruin my vacation far outweighs the tiny cost of wearing that mask. To get back to life as we knew it will require a stepwise series of policy decisions based on benefit outweighing risk, each getting us closer to that light at the end of the tunnel. We don’t have all the answers regarding Covid-19 transmission or variants yet. Until we do, County Executive Laura Curran and I continue to remind residents that it is vital for fully vaccinated people to strike a balance between the activities that become relatively safer following vaccination (reflected in the CDC’s new policy) and the necessary social responsibility for vaccinated people to continue taking protective measures. They should protect themselves and their communities by wearing masks, social distancing, and staying home and getting tested when they feel ill. Fully vaccinated people should be comforted, even liberated by the knowledge they will surely survive even if they catch Covid-19. They can enjoy that luxury while protecting their neighbors and loved ones until everyone experiences the exuberance of immunity. Dr. Lawrence E. Eisenstein is the Nassau County commissioner of health.
Framework by Christina Fraser
more than half the country voted for truth over lies, and sane governing over the anarchy brought on by the MAGA rioters and the radically dangerous right. Elections do have consequences, and the people, individuals expressing their individualism, have spoken. so John, take your right-wing group think and weep into your pillow for the next four years as most of America has been forced to for the past four years. LEE PAsTOrE Seaford
Newspapers aren’t the enemy To the Editor: Now that our nation’s truest “enemy of the people” — Donald J. Trump — is no longer president, I would like to contrast his labeling newspapers and other modern media the “enemy of the people” with what a better, wiser president — Thomas Jefferson — said in 1787 about the press of his era: “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” rIChArD sIEGELMAN Plainview
For a dog named Charlie, a playground coated in white — Bayville
WANTAGH HERALD — February 25, 2021
So now that you’re vaccinated . . .
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How do you know I’m from Lawn Guyland?
was in Ryann’s Wines in East Meadow around the holidays, standing at the checkout, when a fellow customer, a man in his 70s, called out to a 20-something employee from across the store. “Where’s yuh bittuhz?” the man inquired loudly. Befuddled, the young man asked for clarification. “Excuse me?” I immediately knew what the gentleman was looking for, and probably where he could find it. But rather than clear up the situation, I NICK stood silent. “Yuh bittuhz … bitBuglIoNe tuhz,” the older man exclaimed, growing a bit frustrated. I should have told the kid what the guy was looking for, but I was enjoying the confusion. After another few moments, the light bulb finally went on in the clerk’s head. “Oh, bittERS,” he said, directing the man to the correct aisle. I walked out of the store with a halfsmile, because that brief interaction highlighted a notion that has been turning around in my mind for some time: Younger Long Islanders don’t “tawk” like we
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older folks anymore. I don’t have anything beyond anecdotal evidence of this linguistic shift, but I’m positive it’s been happening for some time. Ten years ago, I married Jill and became stepdad to Nicolas and Jake. At the time the boys were 6 and 4, respectively. I remember how much it frustrated me that they said the word “orange” wrong. They pronounced it “OR-enge.” It sounded like nails on a chalkboard to me, and I’d correct them over and over, “It’s not ‘OR-enge,’ it’s ‘ARE-inge,’” I’d tell them. “Say it like ya from New Yawk.” I wondered where they picked up this mispronunciation. Had they spent time in Florida before coming into my life? No, that wasn’t it. Their dad grew up just a few minutes east of me, and he “tawked” just like I do. In a few years, Jill and I had Adriana and then Elia and, as soon as they were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong. It was “wah-ter,” not “wah-tuh” and “hot dahg,” not “hot dawg.” My friends noticed the same thing with their kids, and you might have, too. If not, try this. Have your kids say talk, daughter, call and coffee, and see if you notice a difference.
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My interest was piqued after the liquor store encounter, so I set out to find some answers. I contacted Hofstra University to see if they could hook me up with a linguistics professor who could shed some light on the subject. They put me in touch with Ilona Pierce, an associate professor in the Department of Drama and Dance. It seemed like a curious choice, but Pierce seemed to know her stuff when it came to the “Lawn Guyland” accent. It’s part of her job to teach budding Long Island actors how to ditch their accent for a more “neutral American” one. “I’m not a linguist, but I do spend most of my time listening to the speech of young actors — from Long Island, but also from all over the country and the world,” she said. First off, Pierce set me straight on a point of contention. Despite what some locals claim, there is absolutely no difference between the Long Island and the New York City accent. Ours has its roots in New York City, Pierce explained, and it spread out as New Yawk— sorry, New Yorkers moved out to the suburbs. Second, she confirmed that the Long Island accent is absolutely evolving. “I hear way fewer t-h sounds changed to t/d,” she said. “In the Long Island accent
s soon as our kids were able to talk, they started saying stuff wrong.
of the 20th century, you’d hear ‘wit’ for ‘with’ or ‘dis’ and ‘dat’ for ‘this’ and ‘that.’” She also said kids aren’t dropping r’s for a’s anymore (turning “ever” into “eva,” for instance) and they have adopted a more “general American” pronunciation of words like “Harry, Gary and marry.” Case in point: my daughter Adriana is currently reading the classic “Hairy” Potter series. So, what the heck is going on? Well, according to Pierce, accents just naturally evolve over time. Nowadays, people relocate more easily and frequently and, as they move, they bring their sounds with them, she said. That made sense to me. The more I thought about it, I realized that I didn’t speak exactly like Grandma and Grandpa Buglione did. They came from Brooklyn and didn’t boil water, they “berled” it. They used the “terlit,” not the toilet. And if they knew a guy named Earl, they probably would’ve called him “Oil.” But I never spoke that way. It wasn’t all bad news, though. Pierce said she still hears kids calling dogs “dawgs,” and some of them still drink “cawfee.” Maybe there’s hope for the Long Island accent after awl. Nick Buglione is a teacher, freelance journalist and former editor of the East Meadow Herald.
A governor bruised by a pandemic mistake
admired Gov. Mario Cuomo so much that I actually bought an old CD of his speeches some years ago, and I actually listened to them. So I am educated in the successes and rhetorical and political skills of the Cuomo boys. But what to say about Gov. Andrew Cuomo in light of recent headlines? As a longtime supporter who watched his rise through the razor wire of New York politics, I have to say, Governor, you let us down. According to The New York Times, the Cuomo RANDI administration KReISS did not fully disclose the staggering numbers of Covid-19 nursing home deaths in New York City last spring. The allegation is that the horrific death toll — 15,000 and counting — was, in part, the result of the governor’s order to move Covid patients who had been hospitalized back to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. The nursing homes weren’t equipped to handle pandemic disease, and they didn’t have sufficient protective gear for their staff. A cascading series of flawed policy
and thinking led to increased infections and deaths. Remember: Last March 5, Cuomo announced that cases of Covid-19 had doubled overnight from 11 to 22 statewide. By April 1, there were 83,000 reported cases. By May 1, New York state was nearing 375,000 cases. By late spring, Covid patients were swamping New York hospitals. Refrigerator trucks converted to mobile morgues stood outside some medical centers. The search for more personal protective equipment and ventilators was desperate, and in that context, Cuomo made the decision to move Covid patients from hospitals back to nursing homes. There were many possible reasons for that decision, from suggested political advantage to the prospect of hospitals having to triage care for all the incoming patients, to conflicting advice from medical experts on how to move forward. The result was that many thousands of nursing home residents died, almost always alone, almost always without saying goodbye to their loved ones whose grief is now compounded by anger. The people who took care of them, from the
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nurses to the aides to the custodians who washed the floors, also died from the virus as it surged through the facilities. In recent statements, Cuomo has said that the policy was a mistake, and that there should have been more transparency when reporting the nursing home fatalities. He said the total of deaths reported was “delayed,” but he didn’t say that was intentional or self-protective. He said there was a “void.” There were many missteps in the early days of the pandemic. Supplies were scarce, and doctors and scientists who are usually in their comfort zone treating disease were shocked by the ferocity of the virus, even in the best hospitals in New York. There was no federal leadership. President Trump played the governors, had them begging for ventilators and masks that he dispensed grudgingly and for which he demanded obeisance. Cuomo’s nursing home policy was among the many mistakes that were made in those months. It follows that whenever Cuomo realized that the hospital-to-nursing-homepolicy was a mistake, he should have said so, fully and publicly. Waiting, delaying,
uomo rose to the occasion in those first months. He inspired us. He also let us down.
hiding the real numbers or whatever was done to avoid revealing the full truth was wrong. Attempting to cover up the tragedy, if that’s what was done, only compounded thousands of families’ pain. Cuomo is also the leader who sat before the cameras and the press every single morning for months and talked us through the wrenching changes in our lives brought about by the pandemic. He was steady and confident and told us we could get through it. He reminded us that we were “New York tough,” and we believed him. Governor, you rose to the occasion in those first months and provided steady leadership that helped us stay anchored in our lives. You did it while fighting a novel disease that was crushing the city, and you did it without significant support from the federal government. You inspired us, you kept the city going, you were a rock. I will never forget your 11 a.m. fireside chats. You also let us down. No thinking citizen of this state or country expects simple, black-and-white solutions to problems or leaders who are perfect. But we do expect you to tell us the truth, even when it hurts us. Even when it hurts you. Copyright 2021 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.
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