body / mind / fitness
May 26, 2022
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Summer Fitness Keep your cool Avoid feeling sluggish as summer heats
the living In the warmer, longer, lazier days of summer, tend to adopt a seems easier, life less chaotic. Even adults And now, as we’re “school’s out!” attitude in summer. our ‘“new normal’ learning to live with the pandemic in to the fullest. Still, mode, we’re ready to embrace summer we can feel slugsummer can start to drag and eventually weather can make gish. Long spells of hot and humid summer feel like an eternity. by season the enjoy and you of version Be the best maintaining a healthy lifestyle. both its advoBe careful with caffeine. Caffeine has one can argue cafcates and detractors. However, no needed. Those feine’s ability to provide a boost when can really who drink caffeinated beverages in moderation summer sluggish benefit from the boost it provides. On already hot and mornings when the temperatures are can not only prohumid at sunrise, a cup of iced coffee as well. vide a boost of energy but some refreshment pick-me-up When relying on caffeine for that extra to carefully during summer’s dog days, it’s important consumption moderate caffeine consumption. Caffeine actually have the in late afternoon or in the evening can get from caffeine. adverse effect many people hope to those who drink boost, a such provides Because caffeine or in the evening caffeinated products in late afternoon night, zapping their at asleep falling difficulty have might energy the following day as a result. is not healthy Caffeine can also be dehydrating, which its toll on the when hot, humid weather already takes caffeine conbody. Keep this in mind and don’t overdo sumption. can be more Alter eating habits. Perhaps nothing a big meal. Large draining on a hot summer day than of energy and meals on sizzling summer days rob people often lead to feelings of discomfort.
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eating, even But this doesn’t mean you should avoid has taken a sumthough you may feel like your appetite eating habits can mer break. Rather, altering existing meals per day, eat provide more energy. Instead of three the day. smaller meals more frequently throughout metabhelp boost Healthy snacking during the day can of how hot olism and maintain energy levels regardless 4 hours, every 3 to it might be outside. Eat light meals lead to feelings of and avoid foods that are heavy and lethargy. do a great deal Look for foods high in fiber. Fiber can daily their from energy more for people looking to get but perhaps no diets. The benefits of fiber are numerous, ability to flush benefit is more pronounced than fiber’s toxins and wastes toxins and wastes from the body. Such during summake people feel very sluggish, particularly include fiber in their mer’s dog days. However, those who in their daily diets will notice a substantial improvement energy levels. look to exercise Exercise in the morning. Many folks the summer as a means to boosting energy during but those swoon. This is a sound and healthy approach, workouts might who don’t feel they’re maximizing their mornings instead. want to consider working out in the tired by the end of Summer heat often make people feel to less effective the workday, something that could lead work. after workouts for those who exercise the temWhen working out in the morning, however, cenfitness conditioned air in (even lower peratures are warmer inside if the ters temperatures can be noticeably in the gym and the temperature outside is especially hot) make the most of a body is better rested and ready to workout in the workout. In addition, many people who levels are higher mornings before work find their energy throughout the day as a result.
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Bethpage Air Show back in the air By BRENDAN CARPENTER bcarpenter@liherald.com
Courtesy Jessy Panzer
JESSY PANzER HAS done many air shows, but will flying in the Bethpage Air Show at Jones Beach for just the second time, and her first back in her single-seat pink airplane.
Alexa Wahl was just 7 when her family began attending the Bethpage Air Show. Standing on Jones Beach and staring at the sky, she would watch the planes soar past quickly and gracefully. It was from that very moment Wahl realized she wanted to be a pilot. Now 23, the Deer Park resident spent time in high school “Googling every possible profession” because she felt becoming a pilot wasn’t possible for her. Nothing excited her quite like flying. So why not? Wahl decided Continued on page 9
Covid pandemic money now available for veterans halls By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com
A recent change in the American Rescue Plan Act allows veterans’ organizations and other 501(c)(19) organizations to receive special pandemic loan and grant assistance from the federal gover nment in the amount of up to $10,000 each. The original bill from March 2021 only lists financial assistance in the form of loans and grants to small businesses and nonprofits without specifying who qualified. Veterans organizations, however, were unable to receive funds because of their
particular tax-exempt status. While American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts are listed as 501(c)(19), ARPA only provides benefits for organizations designated as 501(c)(3). This leaves out other groups such as 501(c)(4) social welfare organizations, 501(c)(7) social clubs, 501(c)(8) fraternal beneficiary societies and 501(c)(10) domestic fraternal societies. “We’re filling out applications now,” said Bill Hoehn, the Seaford American Legion commander for post 1132. “We’re so happy. Every single legion hall in the country lost money when everybody shut down due to
Covid.” The change was formally made by the federal government in March, according to County Legislators Steve Rhoads and Tom McKevitt. But McKevitt said that it took time to make the change in the Legislature and the change was passed at the April 25 meeting. “It’s one thing for the feds to allow it,” McKevitt said. “But it’s the County Legislature that has to implement it and allow the administration to actually authorize that money to be used.” “We will be providing funding to veterans halls to keep them open,” County Executive Bruce
Blakeman said at the April 11 legislative session, according to the meeting minutes. “Our veterans served us, they protected us and the least we can do is help these veteran halls remain open and vital. Veteran halls are the foundation of our community.” Hoehn said that when Covid money first started rolling out, a lot of it didn’t apply to legion
halls because they didn’t have employees, but now it’s nice that money is being spent on them. The money “is really tied to the fact that during 2020, veterans halls had significant losses because they weren’t able to rent out their halls,” McKevitt said. “At this stage we can get them $10,000, but there could be room Continued on page 11