Wantagh Herald 07-02-2020

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VOL. 68 NO. 27

JULY 2 - 8, 2020

Churches back on schedule; numbers limited

By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com

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Hoping to thwart an invasion Volunteers joined elected officials in pulling water chestnuts from Mill Pond Preserve in Wantagh last week, as part of an annual effort to clear the invasive plants from local waterways.

St. William the Abbot Roman Catholic Church, in Seaford, has the appearance of a modest neighborhood church. Inside, though, the nave is bright, airy, welcoming and large, with a capacity of more than 1,000.

Under the state’s Phase 2 reopening guidelines, which went into effect on June 7, churches, mosques and synagogues are permitted gatherings of congregants of up to 25 percent of their capacities, as assessed by county fire marshals. And while parishioners have, in some cases, been reluctant to take advantage of the eas-

ing of restrictions, roughly 60 masked souls gathered on Saturday for the weekly 4 p.m. Vigil Mass at St. William’s.

Like most churches that share Holy Communion — Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Episcopalian, for example — the manner of giving and receiving has undergone changes as part of each denomination’s commitment to keeping worshippers as safe as possible.

Before the Mass began, the church’s pastor, the Rev. Joseph Fitzgerald, explained to those assembled how the sacrament would be administered; how parishioners were to observe social distancing; and how they CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

MacArthur’s Kelleher earns inaugural Flatley award

By J.D. FREDA jfreda@liherald.com

Hugh Kelleher, affectionately known as Hughie to his coaches and colleagues, has a lot going for him. He was named one of Long Island’s top 100 football players at the beginning of the fall athletic season, and football isn’t even his best sport. The 6-foot-2-inch MacArthur High School senior is Ivy Leaguebound, having signed to play lacrosse for Cornell University in 2021. And he was a member of the Generals’ basketball team as well.

Last month, Kelleher, 18, was named one of the first two recip-

ients of the new Tom Flatley Award, given to a male student athlete in Nassau County who competes at a high level in both football and lacrosse while demonstrating athletic and peer leadership as well as academic success, and a commitment to community service and extracurricular activities. The award included a $1,000 scholarship from the Nassau Lacrosse Coaches Association.

Flatley, a former lacrosse coach at Sewanhaka High School and football coach at Garden City High School, died in May, of pancreatic cancer. He was a member of the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame and won the U.S.

Lacrosse Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019.

“The kid is a phenom,” MacArthur Athletic Director Keith Snyder said of Kelleher in May. “He signed his letter of intent in his junior year. He’s one of the better athletes to come through the Levittown District in the time that I’ve been here. He is a special athlete and a special kid.”

Kelleher is the youngest of three athletic brothers. Snyder lauded Hugh for his ability and character and, after watching his senior football season, Snyder said he was upset that he wouldn’t be able to watch his final lacrosse campaign, which

was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. ‘’It’s sad,” Snyder said. “He can’t play his senior year of lacrosse. What an exceptional athlete. We were looking forward to a pretty good year.”

Kelleher’s final football season showed why he is a unique athlete. The tall and agile running back stands above most of

his offensive teammates, and once the ball is snapped, he glides through holes in the offensive line and shows bursts of speed in the open field. He rushed for more than 1,800 yards last fall, and helped lead the Generals to a 10-1 record, including a 27-7 upset win over Garden City, spoiling the Trojans’ hopes for a CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

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SENIOR HUGH KELLEHER capped a standout football career by rushing for more than 1,800 yards in his senior year.

MacArthur lacrosse star receives new honor CONTINUED FROM FRONT PAGE 43-game regular-season win streak, which would have broken a Long Island record.

But Kelleher was really looking to showcase his talent on the lacrosse field in the spring. Now, as the pandemic continues, no one knows when he will have the opportunity to lace up his lacrosse cleats and take the field.

His high school coach seems to think he’s ready for all challenges.

JOHN NESSLER “I believe he could be a conCoach, t r i bu t o r [ at MacArthur Cornell] right Courtesy Levittown Schools varsity lacrosse away,” MacArthur varsity KELLEHER WAS ONE of two recipients of the lacrosse head inaugural Tom Flatley Award. coach John Nessler said in May. “He thur’s varsity team. might be more on the defensive side of ‘’He became a student of the game,” the midfield, instead of being more offenNessler said. “At first it was difficult to sive-minded.”

Nessler said he had no reservations make him think that he couldn’t just run about Kelleher’s lacrosse IQ, and that his through everyone, because he’s so physiphysical gifts would aid him in what cally dominant.” Kelleher was invited to could be a smooth transition to the next play against the USA under-19 select team level. “The kid could run like a deer, and in Austin, Texas, last year, and scored a he plays tough,” Nessler said. “He’s 6-2, goal in a scrimmage.

He has demonstrated a wide range of he’s a tough kid and he’s smart.”

Kelleher has been around the sport for skills in his high school athletic career, a long time. Nessler saw his talent when but for the time being he must learn he was in eighth grade, and invited him to another — patience — as college teams varsity practice. At the time, Hugh’s older slowly return to the field and he joins the brother, Jimmy, was a senior on MacAr- squad at Cornell.

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By TIMOTHY DENTON tdenton@liherald.com

Despite the disappointment of a truncated school year and the necessity of foregoing many senior-year activities students looked forward to since the beginning of their high school careers, Wantagh and MacArthur high schools can still take pride in the accomplishments of their top students.

In addition to their academic accomplishments, the group includes musicians, athletes artists and linguists, as well as students active in community service and service to their respective schools.

Wantagh High School’s valedictorian and salutatorian have known each other since the Yao family moved across the street from the Minutolis seven years ago. They have been friends and friendly competitors ever since.

Both share an interest in science — Minutoli expects to study physics, while Yao will pursue a course in neuroscience with an eye to continuing on the medical school. Keeping the competition alive, both will attend Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina.

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WANTAGH HIGH SCHOOL seniors Travis Minutoli and Athena Yao are valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2020. room for distractions, the advice made sense. It is difficult to imagine how Peters could be more active in his school community. He is a National A.P. Scholar, a member of the school’s Mathletes team, the development committee, competed in the Science Olympiad and is a member of the World Language Honor Society. He served as a member of the homecoming court, was the student government class president, cocaptain of the quiz bowl team, president of the Math Honor Society and vice-president of the National Honor Society. He was also a standout on the school’s track team.

As an Eagle Scout, Peters was a camp counselor in the district’s Camp Invention program since its inception.

After graduation, Peters is headed to Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, where he hopes to study operations and information management.

Travis Minutoli, 2019-20 Wantagh valedictorian

Minutoli is an Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction. He is a trustee of the National Honor Society, treasurer of the World Language Honor Society, a member of the Science Honor Society and secretary of the Tri-M music honor society. His extracurricular schedule also include membership in Mathletes and the Italian Club, and he served as cocaptain of Science Olympiad. Minutoli also gives back to the community through service in the Key Club. During senior superlatives, Minutoli was voted “most likely to succeed.”

A passionate musician with a love of Mozart, Dvorak and Chopin, Minutoli plays saxophone and clarinet and is a member of the Nassau-Suffolk Performing Arts Wind Symphony.

“I’d really like to take some music courses next year,” Minutoli said, adding that Duke will afford him the opportunity to study piano — a cherished dream.

Minutoli has yet to settle on a career path. “I really like physics and want to study more, but I haven’t thought too far ahead,” he said, adding that medicine was a possibility. Thus, the competition with Yao could continue into graduate school and beyond.

Athena Yao, 2019-20 Wantagh salutatorian

Athena Yao is everywhere. In photo after photo and at seemingly every event where outstanding students were recognized, Yao was to be found.

Captain of the school’s A Team at the annual Science Olympiad, she helped guide her crew into a fourth-place finish out of more than 40 teams — high enough that they would have competed in the state finals, but for the coronavirus. But despite her high achievements, Yao was as likely to be found supporting

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EVAN PETERS, RIGHT, and Jason Maynard, second right, after being named to the National Honor Society in May. her team by quietly fixing a device as by playing a starring role.

Yao was recently designated a National Merit Scholar and is, in addition, a National Advanced Placement Scholar, having received an average score of 4 on all AP exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. She serve as tutoring coordinator for the National Honor Society; is a member of the World Language Honor Society and president of the National Art Honor Society; She recently gar nered the Congressional Art Award and the Scholastic Art and Writing Award.

Yao cofounded the school’s Minds Matter Club, a social-emotional and mental health awareness forum for her classmates. She was varsity captain of the girls cross-country team and director of art for Girl Genius Magazine, as well as a teaching assistant at the Long

Island School of Chinese. Even more impressive is Yao’s Junior Academy membership with the New York Academy of Sciences, where as a member of an international team of students, she garnered the grand prize at the Regeneron and Medidata Genomics Challenge.

Yao said her parents named her for the Greek goddess of wisdom. A devotes of Greek culture and mythology, they chose “Helen” for her younger sister, after the famous princess in Homer’s “Illiad.”

Evan Peters, 2019-20 MacArthur valedictorian

As his school’s top scholar for 2019-20, Evan Peters was asked for words of wisdom for any incoming freshman who might be looking ahead toward the same goal. “Stay of f social media,” he advised.

With a schedule that leaves little

Jason Maynard, 2019-20 MacArthur salutatorian

Jason Maynard plays the viola. As the middle instrument of an orchestra’s string quintet, it doesn’t often get a chance to really shine; but as the voice that most often unites the melody with the bass line, its role is essential.

Maynard’s choice of instrument is indicative of his focus on teamwork — a quality he said he values highly. As an athlete, he earned All-County recognition for cross country and track and qualified for the New York State championships. Maynard is also a member of the school’s National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, Math Honor Society, World Language Honor Society, Key Club and Environmental Club. He was the student government’s corresponding secretary. Maynard will attend SUNY Stony Brook, where he plans on studying biochemistry as part of a premed course. His twin sister, will embark on a similar course at SUNY Cortland.

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Worshippers slow to return to church after receiving the sacrament, as is customary. were to leave the church when finished.

St. Jane Frances de Chantal, in WantProvisions were also made for those agh, one of the area’s largest Catholic who wished to receive the sacrament outparishes, reported a reticence on behalf side the church, as well as for those who of its members to attend. “I think they’re wanted simply to pray after the service still feeling shy because of the virus,” ended.

The celebrant, the Rev. James Hansen, the parish’s assistant business manager, assisted by eucharistic ministers and Eileen Jaeger, said.

Resuming its regular Mass schedule volunteers, kept communion lines moving, and helped parishioners and visitors on June 14, the church had 160 attendees at the noon service. The following week, alike leave the church in an orderly way. the number had risen to about 250.

Communion was given at the end of There were about a dozen attendees at the Mass, rather than at its usual point.

After a liberal dose of hand sanitizer, Monday morning’s 7 a.m. Mass, about half of whom were without Hansen and two assistants masks, despite posted notices placed a communion wafer that they were required. Sevin each communicant’s eral agreed that it felt good to hands, and there was no resume daily worship. “If I option to have it placed can get a haircut or go to the directly on the tongue. Some beach,” one said in passing, recipients wore gloves, but “I ought to be able to go to most did not. church.”

Eastern Orthodox ChrisChurches took different tians receive the sacrament approaches to sanitizing. At from a chalice, and the mixSt. Frances, volunteers from ture of bread and wine is THE VERY REV. the Knights of Columbus administered with a special and Columbiettes disinfected spoon. None of that has MARTIN KRAUS the entire church between changed at Holy Trinity Pastor, services. Its pastor, the Rev. Orthodox Church, in East Holy Trinity Orthodox Seth Awo Doku, wrote in the Meadow, a parish serving all parish newsletter that more of the South Shore, with Church volunteers were needed to members from as far away as help between its 16 weekly Queens.

“We believe we’re receiving the body services.

In addition, the entire church is proand blood of Christ,” the parish’s pastor, fessionally steam-cleaned each Tuesday, the Very Rev. Martin Kraus, explained at the beginning of the restrictions in Jaeger explained.

Three Roman Catholic parishes in the March. “It cannot be corrupted.”

At 25 percent capacity, the church can area resumed their schedules of weekallow up to 38 worshippers, clergy and day services, in addition to the Saturday altar servers. As at St. William’s, Holy and Sunday Eucharists that had begun Trinity maintains social distancing, with earlier in the month. The fourth, St. worshippers in every other pew. Families James Catholic Church, in Seaford, has may sit together, but individuals sit at limited its weekday services to Mondays, the far ends of the pews. Communicants Wednesdays and Fridays, according to come to the altar one at a time; take a the Rev. John Derasmo, its pastor.

Holy Trinity had not yet resumed sernapkin to place under their chins; and then discard the napkin afterward on a vices on feast days at press time, but like many local churches, it is streaming all tray beside the priest.

The usual Orthodox custom of kissing services online.

“We don’t have the budget for that icons has been suspended, and the remaining communion bread — the anti- kind of equipment,” the Rev. Andrew doron — is reserved in sanitary packag- Groll, of St. Gregory of Nyssa Carpathoing and handed out after the liturgy, rath- Russian Orthodox Church, in Seaford, er than being consumed immediately said at the beginning of the pandemic.

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THE REV. JOSEPH Fitzgerald, pastor of St. William the Abbot, celebrated Mass for an online audience before the church reopened for regular services on June 14.

But his parish has resumed regular services.

The Episcopal Church of St. Jude, in Wantagh, which serves both Seaford and Wantagh since the closing of St. Michael and All Angels in Seaford at the begin-

ning of the lockdown, has also resumed its two regular Sunday masses. A survey of other various Protestant denominations indicated that regular services had resumed in their churches, too.

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For 13-year-old East Meadow resident Nicholas Cervo, having a 3D printer isn’t just a toy or a hobby. The rising freshman at East Meadow High School saw a Facebook post about a boy in Canada who was making mask extenders, and decided to use his own 3D printer to do the same in order to make the grueling shifts of frontline workers a little bit easier.

The extenders have notches that attach to the string of a mask so they can be worn on the back of the head, reducing the irritation that often occurs at the back of the ears when wearing a mask for an extended period of time. After doing some research and testing different prototypes, Nicholas Found the perfect model to print.

“It took some trial and error, I’d say, but he got it,” Nicholas’ mother Kim Mancuso said. Cervo said it takes around two hours to print nine small extenders, seven medium extenders or five large extenders.

Cervo emailed Nassau County Legislator Rose Walker (R-Hicksville) in order to figure out where to distribute the extenders. She connected Cervo with her neighbor, a nurse at Winthrop Hospital, who distributed them throughout the facility.

Walker’s office posted his donation on Facebook, leaving several frontline workers eager to try the extenders. “It really blew up from there,” Mancuso said.

“The healthcare workers have just been so, so thankful,” Walker said. “ You wear the mask, and it can be very annoying behind your ears . . . when you can’t take it off for long period of time, it’s a tremendous help.”

Cervo first met Walker during a meeting with his Boy Scout troop at the Hicksville Library last year and, at the time, she said he was already showing her how the 3D printer worked. “It was so interesting to me,” Walker said. “I couldn’t believe that a printer could physically make something . . . [Cervo] is really an amazing young man.”

Cervo has donated over 1,600 extenders to date. Winthrop Hospital has received 300 extenders and Nassau University Medical Center has received 250.

Cervo also made donations to Saint Francis, Mount Sinai South Nassau, Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, Cohen’s Children’s Hospital, North Shore University Hospital, the Brooklyn Veteran’s Agency, The Hospital for Special Surgery, St. Catherine of Siena, Plainview, and Southside hospitals. He made additional donations to the East Meadow Post Office and AHRC Foundation, as well as various doctor’s offices, rehabilitation centers, and Nursing Homes.

The A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility in Uniondale, a facility that was hit particularly hard by the virus, received 185 extenders alone. One man even contacted Cervo privately because his daughter wore hearing aids and the mask irritated her ears.

On seeing his facebook posts, Cervo’s family members in Florida and Arkansas contacted him and he donated extenders to health care facilities in those states too.

Cervo said that the fact that he is able to take something he enjoys doing to help others has made it even more fulfilling.

“I’m really interested in the printers, architecture and all that kind of stuff,” he said. “Helping others really makes me feel good.”

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East Meadow teenager prints mask extenders

THE EXTENDERS HAVE notches that attach to the string of a mask so they can be worn on the back of the head.

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Celebrating Pride amid a pandemic PFY officials talk acceptance, progress and the need for change

By Victoria caruso aseidman@liherald.com

Where to find LGBtQ+ resources

As this year’s Pride Month came to a close this week, LGBTQ+ rights activists across Long Island reflected on the community’s progress and shortcomings in creating a safer, more welcoming Long Island for people of all identities.

“Pride Month has always been about taking a moment to hit pause,” said Aiden Kaplan, a services manager at PFY, a Bellmore-based LGBTQ+ organization.

Formally known as Pride For Youth, the nonprofit has been helping to transform the region into a more inclusive and accessible environment for those with non-heterosexual and/or non-cisgender identities. It provides free HIV and STI testing, counseling, support groups and programs for members of the LGBTQ+ community, as well as educational workshops at local middle and high schools.

“It’s a safe place,” said Christian Milan, a 23-year-old client and peer navigator at PFY. Milan gained the confidence to start his drag career at the center’s bimonthly drag competition, Drag Factor.

“There are so many youths who view PFY as the only space where they can go to feel affirmed and accepted,” Kaplan said. “Our goal is to create an all-encompassing space where you can access lifesaving services, [a] community and culture and feel celebrated for those things.”

Although the pandemic has forced Gay Straight Alliance clubs to temporarily disband and PFY in Bellmore to close its physical doors, support for LGBTQ+-identifying individuals remains.

Popular PFY programs, like Coffee House, continue to provide a comfortable environment for LGBTQ+ youth to connect virtually. The organization also launched Long Island’s LGBTQ+ Covid-19 relief program in April, which provides assistance with employment, housing, technology, at-home HIV testing, free condom delivery and case management services.

In a 2015 report by the New York State LGBT Health and Human Services Needs Assessment, LGBTQ+-identifying Long Islanders most frequently reported a lack of psychological support groups and health professionals who specialize in LGBTQ+ issues. With these barriers in mind, PFY’s program was “designed to make sure that LGBTQ+ individuals are not at a higher risk during the Covid-19 Crisis,” Kaplan said.

LGBtQ+ acceptance in the schools

Administrators at the Long Island Crisis Center founded PFY in 1993, at a time when LGBTQ+ services were virtually nonexistent on Long Island. In the late 80s, the center’s hotline experienced an uptick in calls from people who identified as LGBTQ+, but there were no resources to be shared.

During this time, incidents of homophobia went unchecked in Bellmore-Merrick schools. Records from Uncovering the Past, a program at John F. Kennedy High School, showed an incident from the ’70s at Shore Road Elementary in which a third-grader, Richie Jackson, was harassed for choosing choir as an elective. The phys.-ed. teacher told the children in his class to “jump on the faggot,” and stood by while a group of boys piled on Jackson and made him cry. The incident was never addressed.

In 2007, Kaplan began his female-tomale gender transition while attending Grand Avenue Middle School; the process continued into his time at Mepham High School. As the schools’ first openly transgender student, Kaplan said the faculty made an effort to ensure he was respected, though, given the time period, he was still unable to use his bathroom of choice.

Now, as a PFY facilitator for the Central High School District, Kaplan has seen firsthand the progress the schools have made over the last decade. “They have actively been trying to recognize

Courtesy Christian Milan

christian MiLan’s draG persona, Aphrodite, has become a symbol of PFY, where he works as a peer navigator to educate LGBTQ+ youth on sexual health and identity. that this isn’t just one student anymore,” he said. “This is possibly hundreds of students who are coming out, who need support, and schools need to make sure that they’re affirmed.”

Graduating Calhoun High School senior Noah Marchuck, who is gay, is the former president of the school’s Gay Straight Alliance. “Bellmore-Merrick has come a long way with LGBTQ+ acceptance, but I think a stigma does still exist,” he said. “At Calhoun, the atmosphere is very accepting, and every faculty member embodies that; however, I’ve [had] a good deal of people call me hurtful things regarding my sexuality, both to my face and behind my back.”

Christina Dimitriou, the faculty adviser for Mepham’s GSA, said her students occasionally hear offensive language targeted at the LGBTQ+ community, such as when the club handed out rainbow-colored ribbons for national Coming Out Day. “GSA is not just about getting together and having a safe space, but about us going out into the Mepham community and normalizing these things so that these derogatory terms trickle away,” she said.

unity with BLM

In the wake of George Floyd’s death — which sparked thousands to turn out for Black Lives Matter protests in Merrick and Bellmore — LGBTQ+ rights activists are also thinking about racerelated problems on Long Island. Among 291 communities, the majority of Long Island’s Black residents live in just 11 neighborhoods, making the region one of the most segregated places in the nation.

“I think Pride this year is unique. It’s a time for us to remember our roots and look at other communities that are having their fight right now, and relate their experiences to where we were 50 years ago,” Kaplan said. “It’s an opportunity for [our] community to stand in line with another movement and say we know what it’s like to face injustice.”

Recognizing that Mepham is in a community made up of 85.7 percent white residents and only 1.45 percent black residents — with similar demographics in Merrick — Dimitriou agreed that change is needed, and that starts with education.

“We don’t have members in the club that are people of color, but we absolutely address these things, whether I send

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PFY is a division of the Long Island Crisis Center. out an article or share a book,” Dimitriou said.

Marchuck urged residents to use their platforms to educate one another about the susceptibility of Black LGBTQ+ individuals, and “donate to organizations that focus on Black LGBTQ+ people,” such as “The Trevor Project” or “The Center for Black Equality.”

“We have a long way to go.” Milan said. “Long Island has been so systematically separated for so long now, but I think that now, especially with the Black Lives Matter movement, people are starting to understand.”

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Belmont Stakes go on — despite pandemic

By VisVajit sriramrajan The Belmont Stakes looked a little different to fans and the larger horseracing community this year, as industry officials had to alter their operations due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic.

“Our biggest challenge over the past 90 days has been keeping people safe,” said Terry Finley, the president and CEO of West Point Thoroughbreds, a Saratoga Springs-based racing consultant. “Tragically, we had one death on the backstretch and some others tested positive for the virus, but we have over a thousand people who work on the backstretch every day, and everyone was well taken care of.”

Other companies, however, did not fare as well, he said, noting that he was grateful the Stakes went well despite pandemic-related risks.

Fans were not allowed to attend the Stakes on June 20 — when bay horse Tiz The Law, jockeyed by Manuel Franco, crossed the finish line to become the first New York-bred horse to win the race since 1882 — and the race was shortened from 1.5 to 1.125 miles.

“Fortunately for us, the pandemic didn’t affect Tiz The Law’s performance,” said Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoga Stable, which owns the horse. “It has made life much more difficult for the team at the stable, though. We haven’t had the opportunity to be at the race to see our horse run in person.”

He added that the team is hopeful they can see Tiz The Law in action again at Churchill Downs, where the 146th Kentucky Derby was rescheduled for Sept. 5. Subsequently, the Preakness, the third leg of the Triple Crown, was rescheduled to Oct. 3 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore.

The pandemic even affected the coverage of the event. Adam Coglianese, the lead track photographer for the New York Racing Association said, noting, “The experience leading up to the race was a little quieter

Courtesy Chelsea Durand/New York Racing Association

tiz the Law crossed the finish line first at the Belmont Stakes on June 20, becoming the first New York-bred horse to win since 1882. than normal, but we still photographed the horses in the morning and set up our cameras around the track like we usually would to produce images for the trainers.” He added that the lack of a physical audience meant that he and his staff had to focus more of their photography on the horses and the track.

“We all maintained social distancing,” he noted, “but otherwise there were no significant challenges.”

The race was broadcasted on NBC. With 3.4 million

people watching, it marked the lowest recorded viewership for any broadcasted Belmont Stakes and for any opening leg of the Triple Crown.

“The Belmont Stakes provided sports fans across the country with world-class entertainment during these challenging times,” said Patrick McKenna, the communications director for NYRA, calling the race unique but successful this year, and congratulating Tiz The Law for his win.

Northwell opens L.I.’s first LGBTQ transgender center Northwell Health has opened Long Island’s first center in New Hyde Park dedicated to transgender care, providing an array of services to serve the LGBTQIA+ community. The $850,000, 3,000-square-foot office opened in June in observance of Pride Month, giving the program first established in 2016 a physical home.

The Northwell Health Physician Partners LGBTQ Transgender Health Program, at 410 Lakeville Road, features four exam rooms, eight offices/ consultation rooms and two genderneutral restrooms. The center is staffed by a medical director, a primary care physician, psychiatrist, senior psychologist, nurse practitioner and two transhealth navigators. The program offers services for endocrinology (adult and pediatric), plastic surgery, adolescent medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, and otolaryngology.

“We understand that there are thousands of individuals living on Long Island who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming and non-binary.

This is an underserved community that has specific health care needs,” said Dr. David Rosenthal, medical director of the Center for Transgender Care at

Northwell Health. “The goals of this center are to bring together multiple clinical services at Northwell to serve the needs of the transgender community, educate health care professionals about transgender health, perform cutting-edge research and work with the health system to address infrastructure to meet the needs of the transgender community.”

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has ranked Northwell Health as the No. 3 health system in the nation and first in New York state based on the number of facilities designated a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality, according to its 2019 Healthcare Equality Index.

“Northwell Health’s mission to break down barriers and achieve health equity is evidenced in numerous programs and initiatives, including the health system’s ongoing investment into transgender health,” said Dr. Thomas McGinn, senior vice president and deputy physician-in-chief at Northwell Health. “Discrimination in all its forms must be eradicated.”

Northwell’s commitment to continuing medical education also includes the launch of a cultural competency mod-

Dr. DaViD rosenthaL, seated, medical director of the Center for Transgender Care at Northwell Health, and Sundeep Boparai, administrative manager of Northwell Health Physician Partners LGBTQ Transgender Program at New Hyde Park.

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ule that educates physicians to the special needs an LGBTQIA+ patient might have, Rosenthal said. The program is funded by the New York State Department of Health and is organized in collaboration with Northwell’s Center for

Equity of Care.

For more information about Northwell Health’s LGBTQIA+ services or to make an appointment, go to: https:// www.northwell.edu/doctors-and-care/ lgbtqia-services.

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Sienna just graduated McVey and Emily is starting second-grade. We love helping families and children in need. We’re selling all of the clothes they outgrew as well as old books and toys. We also bought a bunch of items to hold a raffle. They’re very proud and very excited to do this.

We’re either going to donate all the funds we make today or use the money to buy items to stock the [McVey] pantry. My husband’s from the Dominican Republic, so we plan to take whatever leftover funds we have and send them to a charity there.

A couple months ago, [Sienna and Emily] emptied their piggy banks for the pantry.

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We’ve lived in East Meadow for eight years and love the community and doing things to help out. During Christmas time, we adopted a family with the Bethany House and bought them all Christmas gifts.

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n June, the Bellmore Lions realized that Covid-19 was affecting many local families, so we started thinking about something we could do to give back to our community. Our first donation was about 85 pizzas for families so they could have a hot meal from Mama Gina’s.

Then we realized for more families, it was going to continue. We went for a matching grant with the Brandel Murphy Youth Foundation, and we were able to give out an additional 250 pizzas. In total, we probably gave out 350 gift certificates to families so they could have a hot meal during the pandemic. In addition, some other families received gift certificates for food from Dominos.

We also recently realized there was a need for personal protective equipment. We donated a $2,500 grant to the North Bellmore School District so they can purchase the PPE they need for summer school for the staff and the students. That will probably go towards face shields, nurses’ gowns and thermometers.

We’re a community-based volunteer organization. Many of our members live here, work here, have families here, grew their business here or went to high school here, and they want to give back. Covid hits home here — it’s around the world, but right here in our own community, it has affected so many people.

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For the charity, we had events postponed. I felt helpless. What are we supposed to do?

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In a busy week, or depending on the size of the colony I’m working on, [I might have] over 30 cats. It also depends on how many traps I have available.

I’ve noticed an increase in the number of abandoned cats after it was published that cats can catch the virus — even though it’s a different strain of the virus.

[For strays,] I’ll temporarily hold the cat until I can get a long-term placement through a rescue or a vet appointment. For ferals, I get them [spayed or neutered] and return them to their location where they’re from.

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The results are in, and the winners have been announced for Wantagh Middle School’s Shark Tank Challenge. Prizes were awarded for the students’ hard work and ingenuity.

Eighth-grade business mana g e m e n t s t u d e n t s B ro o ke Minogue and Kayla Newbert were the first-place winners for their project, Find It. Their business plan was to sell a GPS tracker to place on valuables to prevent losing them.

Students James Ackerman and Jack Tate took second place, with their proposed company, Attack Shoe Company, which would make athletic shoes with an emphasis on traction. In third place, Sarah Magaloff and Abigail Reif ’s proposed company, Suit & Sit, featured a proprietary design in which a suitcase unfolded and became a chair. The chair would extend at the press of a button.

The first-place prize was a $50 Amazon gift card with a $37.50 gift card for the secondplace winner.

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explained that students enrolled in the eighth grade business m a n a g e m e n t c o u r s e we re required to participate in a final project called “My Business Idea!” The students worked as sole proprietors or formed partnershipsss, corporation or nonprofit organization with fellow cl a s s m at e s. T h e s t u d e n t s learned how to work within teams and master real-life business tactics.

Teams determined the business ideas, names, logos and slogans, and startup costs and funding were researched. They created websites and completed SWOT analyses to determine their companies’ strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.

“The Shark Tank Challenge has brought innovation and enthusiasm to the business management class,” O’Connor said. “The students gained knowledge about the free enterprise system and learned they can own their own business, if they are willing to work hard and passionately.”

STUDENTS JAMES ACKERMAN and Jack Tate were second-place winners for their proposed company, Attack Shoe Company.

SARAH MAGOLOFF AND Abigail Reif won third place for their proposed company, Suit & Sit.

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The weather has been just right for fresh air, but our windows don’t work. A company that will change them sent a salesman, and he suggested we get the kind that move up and down because they work better, are easier to clean and last longer. I wonder why we ever had the swing-out kind, why they have problems — they literally stopped working, and we couldn’t even move the crank to open Ask The them — and do you recomArchitect mend changing them, or is there a less costly way to go?

Before we spend a lot of money, we’re checking everything.

A. Windows make a building. Before windows, humans huddled in darkness like cave dwellers.

With so many shapes, onte eeper types and sizes today, it’s a tease to try to choose between being creatively artistic and being practical and legal.

Windows are required to do a lot more, because there are laws and requirements that go far beyond the many styles, features and appearance. There are requirements for light, ventilation and fire escape that can mean the difference between life and death, plus the amount of unimaginable stress and aggravation when an insurance company delays or won’t settle the loss of life or property to the full extent of the policy because the windows were illegal. As building designers, we are trained to follow all limitations before completing the composition, just like a car designer knows to follow strict limits on crash survival, seat, wind-shield size and passenger orientation.

Before you switch window styles, consider that a window must, by law, allow for 5.7 square feet of clear opening when it’s in the open position.

Although an existing window can have a smaller opening in a building built before 2003, at least one window in each habitable room, like a bedroom or recreation room, must have an opening of not less than 4 square feet in the clear, open position.

Switching from casement (swing-out) windows to a double hung (up and down) sash style cuts the opening in half and probably much less than the 4 square feet. It’s a shame that the salesman didn’t know or comply with the law, because people say things with such confidence and it sounds believable.

Before replacing the hard-to-open windows, try doing something that most people forget to do: maintain them. Casement windows are notorious for sticking and being difficult, mostly because the tracks at the top and bottom of the window need to be cleared of debris and dust and then lubricated, along with all swing-arm and gear hardware, with a silicone lubricant. Without that cleaning and lubricating, the cranking becomes a wrestling match, and can cause the cranks to strip the gear that rolls out the arms that move the window. For about $30 you can invest in a can of silicone spray, a can of compressed air and some paper towels. Good luck!

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here’s an old saying (with many variations): “Beware what you wish for, because you might just get it.” That fits the current rush to judgment against police forces across America.

Calls to reform the police have been replaced by demands to “defund” or even “abolish” the police by the most radical political elements.

In Seattle, that’s led to the outrageous abdication of responsibility by elected state and local officials, who cowered before a mob that took over a whole city neighborhood.

ALFONSE The occupiers D’AMATO of the city’s Capitol Hill Organized Protest zone stormed a local police headquarters and forcibly expelled the officers stationed there. They set up barricades and have established their own tumultuous version of an open society. no cops, no discernible rules of behavior.

The result: a spiraling decline into lawlessness and disorder. Armed thugs roam the zone, dispensing their own version of justice. Fueled by drugs and alcohol, this has inevitably led to late-night shooting, and at least one death. But Seattle’s mayor and Washington’s governor have sat on

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their hands, making apologies for the mob.

No one should make excuses for bad cops or accept criminal behavior from those sworn to protect us. Police forces do need to reform, to be much better trained, to opt for de-escalation rather than confrontation. Bad cops should be weeded out and expelled from their forces. Police must win the trust of communities they serve, not see themselves as occupying forces, especially in communities of color.

But just imagine what will happen if police withdraw from patrolling highcrime neighborhoods. Think crime will magically go down? Think the killing will stop? Think again, because the summer killing season has already entered full swing in a number of America’s cities.

In Minneapolis, where the tragic death of George Floyd sparked a national awakening to the need to stop inexcusable police violence, recent murders of young black men have brought the tragedy full circle. But most of these murders weren’t committed by police. They were committed by criminals.

In Chicago, the death toll has been staggering. More than 250 people have been murdered so far this year. At the current death rate, Chicago could exceed last year’s 510 murders.

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Recently the New York City Police Department unilaterally declared a withdrawal from undercover policing aimed at the most violent drug gangs. The law-abiding citizens of areas where those thugs roam can only hide — they can’t run from their neighborhoods. Unlike New York’s wealthy, who can and will abandon the city for safer environs if the level of crime returns to that of the bad old days, those who live in its poorest neighborhoods will be trapped amid the violence and death. They’ll absorb the brunt of the drive-by shootings, the stray bullets, the revenge killings.

We may forget that at the height of the last crime wave, New York was terrorized by a high of over 2,600 murders in a single year. Last year there were just over 300 murders. That’s 2,300 fewer dead, fewer funerals, fewer grieving parents, widows and orphans.

Good policing had a lot to do with that dramatic drop in deaths. Constructive police engagement in communities plagued by high crime helped reduce the death toll. That’s why it’s all the more damnable that a few terrible cops have defamed the reputation of their police brothers and sisters, and damaged relationships between police and minority communities.

This damage must be repaired. Our

e need to offer more, not less, support for better law enforcement.

police forces must not retreat from our most vulnerable communities. They must not lose heart or commitment to the tough work they signed up for. We need to offer more, not less, support for better law enforcement, especially to encourage positive community engagement.

If that means creating specialized teams of social workers, medics, mental health professionals and others to help police respond to the calls they get, so be it. So many 911 calls today are domesticabuse calls, child-abuse calls, drug- and alcohol-abuse calls. They require more than law enforcement intervention. They require all the skills the public sector and the community can muster.

I certainly get it that policing needs to change and grow to serve our modern and all too often dysfunctional society. We should look at policing with eyes wide open. Let’s figure out what works and follow it. Let’s make public safety a No. 1 priority.

Let’s not throw in the towel on better policing, safer communities and fewer deaths, especially in our minority communities, which suffer the worst from criminal violence. Because black lives matter.

Every single one.

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.

Marriage in the time of Covid-19

esterday morning, my partner, my husband of 52 years, my onetime Lawrence High School sweetheart, turned his head on the pillow and whispered: “What are you making for dinner tonight?”

My eyes weren’t open yet, but I whispered back, “Grilled scallops over buckwheat noodles and yakitori vegetables.”

We sighed. I opened my eyes and got rolling.

There were scallops to defrost.

This is life for us during the coronavirus pandemic.

Do you enjoy irony? All I ever wanted was for RANDI him to retire so we KREISS could spend more time together. This winter he retired.

Three days later, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic, the world took a timeout, and here we are, with more togetherness than human beings were ever designed for.

True, when we married on July 3,1968, we promised to stick together through the usual storms that blow through lives, but this? It definitely requires a codicil.

We are rigorously avoiding outside social contact, and not dining out or bringing in food. What that means for me is that I have cooked three meals a day for these many weeks since the pandemic hit. As I heard my husband confide to a friend on the phone, “I’m so lucky she’s a good cook.”

How priorities change.

Believe me, when we were 21 his mind wasn’t on my chicken fricassee. He’s thrilled with my meals, and I’m happy to slice and dice and sauté and bake, because what else is there to do in this crazy time? It’s a simple equation. Our marital quid pro quo: I prepare a complex seafood and rice dish with saffron and exotic mushrooms. We sit down together and enjoy.

It works particularly well because he is happy to share the work by cleaning up.

But . . . but . . . how did this get to be our lives? At least once a day I have a moment of being totally flabbergasted at the surreal turn of events.

When we got married, who could have imagined that in our 52nd year together, we’d be isolated in semi-quarantine? Who could have envisioned all these hours and days and weeks spent alone after lifetimes

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of individual careers and outside friendships that nourished our lives and created healthy separation?

Everyone is writing their own survival manual during the pandemic, especially because the federal government’s leadership has been so inadequate, so late and so confused. My kids are raising teenagers who no longer go to school or get to hang out with friends. My nieces and nephews are entertaining their toddlers all day and welcoming newborns. Some friends are living through all of this on their own. Others are going to work and keeping as safe as possible, whatever that means.

For me, the first month was the worst, when I realized this wasn’t going to be a two-week deal, when I realized how vulnerable we are as over-65 seniors, when I saw the medical experts doing quiet battle with the federal government. I did what I could for myself, meditating and yoga and talking to friends on the phone. My husband and I carved out space for ourselves within our home, separating for some part of each day.

Still, there are moments that feel close to panic. How will we get through this time

ho could have imagined that in our 52nd year together, we’d be in quarantine?

of not seeing our children and grandchildren? How will young people make sense of this in the arc of their lives?

Here at home base, the journey is fraught. From another room, I can hear my husband preparing his hourly glass of water, violently shaking ice for what seems like 20 minutes, creating an avalanche of sound that shakes the dishes in the cupboard. I hear it from upstairs. Hell, you could hear it from another state. You wouldn’t think that would make you want to kill someone, but you’d be wrong. It’s the little things that drive you mad.

But then, somehow, things settle. We find the light. We never had breakfast together because he went to work before 7.

Now we do. Yes, it’s true he does get testy when I leave crumbs from my toast on the table, but we’re coping. We have faith in us.

When we got married that July 3 in Woodmere, we promised to stick together.

As fragile as life has become, as much as we’ve changed, grown apart and together again, I’m still in. We got married on that date so we’d always have the Fourth of July to celebrate.

Alas, no fireworks this year, but I do have a nice whole snapper marinating in the fridge.

Copyright 2020 Randi Kreiss. Randi can be reached at randik3@aol.com.

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He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislature.

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their acts of pretended legislation: For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from Punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: For imposing taxes on us without our consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies: For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the forms of our Government: For suspending our own legislature, and declaring themselves invested with Power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy of the Head of a civilized nation.

He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free People.

Nor have We been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. e, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our Sacred Honor.

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The Declaration was signed first by John Hancock, president of the Continental Congress, and then by 55 others representing the 13 original states.

OPINIONS

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hile commenting on the chants and signs proclaiming “Black Lives Matter,” a white colleague said, “All lives matter.”

Yes, I replied, all lives matter, but we need to be reminded that black lives matter because it is black lives that are being eliminated by police violence. And we know only about those killed by bullets and bullies.

What about the others who are “killed” behind closed doors and

by Covid-19, toxic water, lead paint, failing schools, a ROBERT A. privatized prison system and job SCOTT discrimination, among other ills visited upon black people.

I asked my colleague if he ever worried when his son goes to a mall with friends. Imagine you’re black, I said.

Would you be concerned then, since we know that black people are harassed more often than whites and are killed in their homes and suburban neighbor-

hoods by white police.

How many times have we heard of black professionals being mistaken for maintenance staff ? How often have we read about black students being asked why they’re in a university lounge, as if they don’t belong there?

We hear the protests of the killing of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and so many others, but do we hear the cries of anguish of those who suffer the malignancy of daily slights and sights? The slights of having one’s name questioned because it seems foreign. The sights of statues honoring generals who wanted to maintain the slave system.

To solve a problem or cure an addiction, we must first name it and frame it.

We must own up to it, even if it takes time. We must acknowledge it and understand its causes and effects. This is true of racism in all its guises, whether individual or institutional.

I was fortunate to grow up in Mount Vernon, N.Y., where I had black friends in every grade of school. Even in college, although it was majority white, I had black friends — even one who today is a raving libertarian. But even with these experiences, I have to remind myself of white supremacy, of the many ways in

LETTERS

which I have been advantaged in life, despite the fact that my mother died when I was 9 and my father went bankrupt due to the medical bills. We were poor but white, and even that gave us advantages.

Racism is endemic. We must speak out against it, not in a patronizing way but as a patriotic act. For if we do not correct our nation’s original sin, this country whose ideals I admire will soon perish from its rotten core.

The sin of slavery and the dehumanization of black people was codified in our Constitution, written into law, condoned by churches and confirmed by courts. Through theology, political protocols, economic priorities and educational practices, black individuals, families and communities have been disadvantaged in American society. These are the sources of white supremacy and relative wealth.

It’s time for white people to acknowledge these injustices. It’s time for white Americans to acknowledge the justification for affirmative action. It’s time for white Americans to care about equal access to health care, education, job opportunities and justice for all Americans without regard for race, gender or background. To care about others is to care about the ideals on which this coun-

FRAMEWORK by John O’Connell

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try was founded, even when those ideals were flawed in execution.

These ideals are stated as, “We the people” — not some people — “in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Jus- judgme tice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide Ameri Call for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of replace Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do “abolis ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” This is a promise to pursue these ideals, not of perfection at the time of writing, but if we do not maintain this pursuit after more than two centuries of trying in fits and starts, we will surely perish as a nation.

To affirm that these ideals apply to all Americans, black, white and other, is a form of reparation worth standing up for, a major but easy first step. Then they can become an action agenda for university and business leaders, elected officials and community activists to ensure voting rights as well as basic human rights. If we do not support our neighbors, wheth- storme er near or far — if we do not affirm that, forcibl yes, black lives matter — we will certain- there. T ly find that the center, the core, will not establi of an o hold. rules o The Robert A. Scott is president emeritus of lessnes Adelphi University. the zon justice has ine and at and Wa

A cross-continental reader checks in To the Editor: I moved to Merrick in 1950 and graduated from Mepham High in 1961. My wife and I lived in Merrick for 38 years before moving to Seattle in 2007. When we moved, we placed a full-page letter in what was then Merrick Life to say goodbye and explain that we were leaving not because of any fault of the town, but rather to seek a new life in new circumstances. Our three children had gone to school and grown to adulthood in Merrick, and all graduated from Calhoun High School.

We have stayed close to our former friends and neighbors there, have returned to visit many times and continue to subscribe to the Herald in order to stay current with what’s happening there. (If you have read the papers, though, you’ll note that we have plenty of news in Seattle also!)

I wanted to let you know that Randi Kreiss’s column “Thank you very much, but I prefer to remain alive” (June 18-24) was a remarkable piece of writing, and encapsulated and so aptly described what is taking place. My wife and I send Kreiss our best wishes and hope she continues to stir the pot with such wonderful prose.

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SETH AND DANINE POPPEL Seattle

CORRECTION The name of a co-author of last week’s opinion column “Going to the doctor in a Covid-19 world” was misspelled.

She is Dr. Ankita Sagar, not Anika. The Herald regrets the error.

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