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Vol. 97 No. 26

JUNE 25 - JUly 1, 2020

Live from Cedarhurst

It’s Laura Curran at the Gural JCC because there was so much uncertainty and so many questions, to give people the informaFor the first time since Nas- tion that we got as soon as we got sau County Executive Laura it. What are the numbers? What Curran began her coronavirus are the statistics? What resourcpandemic news es are out there briefings on to help people?

Fe b. 2 6 , s h e What do you stood behind a need to know?” lectern and Curran ran spoke about the down the updatlatest coronavied Covid-19 rus-related numbers for numbers from Nassau County, the Five Towns. as she usually On Monday, does. She noted Curran apthat on Wednespeared outside day, the county the Marion & would move A a ro n G u r a l into Phase 3 of J C C ’s S u s t e the state’s nance Hope reopening proOpportunities tocols. “We are Place, or SHOP, taking note of in Cedarhurst, the spikes in which houses other parts of Jeffrey Bessen/Herald the Rina Shkolthe country, but nik Kosher Food NASSAU CoUNty ExECUtIVE in Nassau CounPantry, closets Laura Curran held her Monday ty the numbers f o r d o n a t e d news briefing outside the Gural c o n t i n u e t o c l o t h e s a n d JCC SHOP in Cedarhurst. decline as resioffice space for dents are using social workers common sense,” who help those in need with an she said, referring to the weararray of services. ing of masks and social distancExplaining why she began ing. “It is so essential to get this giving the daily briefings, Curran said, “I felt it was important, Continued on page 16

By JEFFREy BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

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A “RAlly to Reopen Schools in September” was held outside the legislative building in Mineola last Saturday to urge the state to reopen schools next year.

Rallying to reopen schools Board of Regents to release guidelines in July

By MAttHEW FERREMI mferremi@liherald.com

A crowd of roughly 50 parents and teachers gathered in front of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola last Saturday to stump for the reopening of school buildings in September.

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While rally attendees expressed their displeasure with distance learning and school buildings being closed, Five Towns school administrators, who did not attend the “Rally to Reopen Schools in September,” discussed where their schools currently stand on a September reopening.

The rally was organized by East Setauket residents Maria Sanders, Amalia Makroglou and Aristea Lucas, mothers of school-age children. Lucas is an English as a Second Language teacher in the Sachem Central School District. Sanders noted that they chose Mineola as the location for the Continued on page 16

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Help us to continue to provide critical and essential services to our entire community.

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is in touch with seniors and Holocaust survivors to check in and perform wellness checks. Activities are being shared so that they can stay healthy and engaged.

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is conducting remote counseling sessions with vulnerable and isolated community members who are anxious and need support at this time.

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has been running virtual support groups for adults with disabilities and parents of children with special needs to connect, share resources and support each other.

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has mobilized an army of volunteers to deliver food, run errands and shop for groceries to those who can’t get out especially seniors living alone.

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Let’s eat out: restaurants reopen for indoor dining

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By JEFFREY BESSEN and SCOTT BRINTON jbessen@liherald.com, sbrinton@liherald.com

A trio of restaurant owners in the Five Towns are to a man excited that they will once again be able to serve their customers in-house as Long Island moves into Phase Three of reopening the economy as the coronavirus pandemic subsides.

As of Wednesday, June 24, restaurants will be permitted to open for inside, inperson dining, provided employees and patrons wear masks, and six feet of social distancing is maintained between tables.

Spas will also be allowed to reopen.

Restaurants will only be permitted to reopen indoors at 50 percent capacity, according to the governor’s New York Forward website. The maximum number of people per table will be 10.

“Oh, we are ecstatic about it,” said Randy Rosner, owner of Bagel Boss in the Peninsula Shopping Center in Hewlett. “It will be a good boost for all the restaurants and the people who want to go out.”

Bagel Boss has been open for curbside and in-store pickup and delivery since the pandemic began, Rosner said, adding that when Phase Two began several tables were placed outside for customers as allowed by the New York state mandated guidelines.

He said that all services would remain and having the tables six-feet apart inside will yield roughly only 30 percent. Severs will wear mask as per the guidelines.

“Curbside service will continue as it’s working out and people use it to avoid standing in line,” Rosner said. No one likes to wait in line but you are missing a great part of Bagel Boss’s ambiance: FM rock radio station Q104.3 wafts through the business’s sound system.

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REmY’S ITalIaN RESTauRaNT on Franklin Avenue in Hewlett is reopening for in-person dining. From left were HWBA President David Friedman, HWBA board member Linda Kreisman, Giovanni Kurtaj, Woodmere resident Ann DeMichael, Remy Kurtaj and HWBA First VP John Roblin at the October grand opening.

In Woodmere, Friendlier Pizza and Restaurant owner Vito Vinceslao said being allowed to resume in-person dining is a “total blessing” and his eatery survived the pandemic’s pitfalls because of their patrons.

We’re very fortunate, we fed the whole neighborhood and then we have the outdoor tent,” he said. “People who feel comfortable will come and those who don’t that’s understandable. Gradually we’ll get there. We have a very loyal clientele.”

Vinceslao said that only one of the restaurant’s two dining rooms would be able

open. Patrons can always order for pickup or takeout and the tent will remain for now. “We are very fortunate the parking lot is well positioned for it,” he said, “the store next to us is empty and the supermarket [Gourmet Glatt] is slower in the summer. We are doing excellent. I have no complaints.”

At Remy’s Italian Restaurant on Franklin Place in Hewlett, owner Remy Kurtaj said he is more than prepared to reopen for in-person and the half dozen tables he set up outside will remain. “I think it’s time, everybody is ready and whatever recom-

mendations there are we will follow,” he said. “It’s time if you ask me.”

Curbside pickup will continue, Kurtaj said, along with delivery. “Business, honestly for every restaurant it’s tough. Hopefully together we’ll get through it.”

Gov. Andrew Cuomo insisted that businesses must keep up coronavirus safeguards. He issued an executive order on June 18 giving local authorities the power to immediately shut down businesses that do not maintain safety protocols. Bars and restaurants that do not can lose their liquor licenses.

Houses of worship restart in-person religious services

By JEFFREY BESSEN jbessen@liherald.com

With houses of worship being able to reopen to 25 percent capacity through Phase Two of the economy’s reawakening during the ebbing of the coronavirus pandemic, churches, mosques and synagogue are opening their doors, but gradually.

Rabbi Zalman Wolowik, the Chabad of the Five Towns’ director, said the Jewish congregation opened for services on June 10, the first day of Phase Two, while maintaining the New York state mandated social distancing.

“Due to the great demand and excitement, we staggered times for services, in order to accommodate as many as possible in a legal fashion, with a registry for busy times such as Shabbat and Sunday, and all must wear a mask when they are at Chabad,” Wolowik said, adding that holding services outside on the Cedarhurstbased Chabad’s lawn was a “temporary fix, but not the way it was meant to be.”

“There’s a lot discussed in the code of Jewish law going back thousands of years about the sanctity of a designated place for services, a synagogue, with a perma-

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Ginsburg said that the synagogue is nent setting for the Torah scrolls, and a room that creates and enhances the atmo- applying several precautionary measures: sphere of services, praying together, sing- registering congregants in advance to ing many designated parts of the services comply with governmental tracking requirements; everyone in together, reading the Torah the synagogue, including in the confines of a synathe rabbi and cantor, must gogue is the setting that we wear masks; congregants have had as a tradition for will be distanced from each centuries, that way it limits other in an eight-foot radidistractions and enables us; the cantor will be posifocus, it also enhances tioned directly in front of camaraderie amongst the the Ark with his back to the congregants,” he said, callcongregation; and congreing it a “a very warm, gants are being encouraged exciting and uplifting to bring their own prayer atmosphere.” books and tallits (prayer Congregation Sons of shawls).

Israel congregants in Wood“While I have been in mere were able to attend regular contact with my Shabbat services on June CONgREgaTION SONS OF congregants over the last 20. “At 25 percent capacity, Israel in Woodmere, lead three months via phone, our sanctuary/ballroom by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg, email, snail-mail, and daily can accommodate 200 peo- restarted in-person reliple,” Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg gious services on June 20. adult education classes conducted over Zoom, said. “Other than on the there is nothing like the High Holidays and special occasions such as a bar or bat mitzvah, we experience of praying together in the don’t see those numbers, so staggered ser- actual space of our magnificent, historic sanctuary,” Ginsburg said. vices are unnecessary at this time.”

Despite the enthusiasm of many to get out of the house, Temple Beth El in Cedarhurst is taking a more deliberate approach to the reopening. “While we would want very much to restart in-person services, after conversations with our members we believe that it is premature for us to do so based on the age and needs of our congregants,” Rabbi Claudio Kupchik said, adding that temple members are being served through what he called a full slate of online services and activities, “that keep our members engaged and active without risk of spreading or catching the virus. It has been reported that due to the singing involved, in-person religious services are a high risk activity for the participants during the pandemic.”

The preservation of life and health is a vital tenet of Jewish tradition, Kupchik said. We don’t need to rush into restarting in-person services but we intend to do so very carefully,” he said. “We have organized a task force to plan and subsequently execute our procedures for reopening.

We don’t have a target date yet — we’ll know ‘when it feels right,’ but we certainly hope to have a few services underway before the High Holidays.”

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Photos by Monica Rzewski/Herald

Franklin Early Childhood Center administrators and teachers congratulated the first-grade graduates as they drove by in the June 12 car parade.

sECond-gradEr To bE Sophia received her parting gift at the car parade.

FECC says goodbye to its first-graders with a parade Administrators and teachers at Hewlett-Woodmere School District’s Franklin Early Childhood Center held a car parade for its first grade graduates on June 12, because of the coronavirus.

The roughly 90-minute celebration began on Serene Street and continued on Henrietta Place where the FECC school

building is located. Along with the vehicle drive-by, there was a DJ, balloons and each graduate received a packaged gift that included a plush bulldog and school remembrances. .

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ZaChary showEd ThaT he appreciated his first-grade teacher Mrs. Brennan.

kEnsiE and hEr father waved to the FECC faculty as they drove through.

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mine if that will be the case for the 2020-21 year. “I know many of our residents have questions regarding the While the coronavirus pandemic can- reopening of schools,” Marino said. celed in-person classes for the remain- “Please be assured that the district is der of the school year, the Hewlett- preparing for the fall, although ultiWoodmere School District has created a mately, the governor, the state educaCovid-19 task force to help organize the tion department, the state and county reopening process. health departments will deter mine Superintendent Dr. Ralph Marino Jr. when and how we open.” explained what has been taking place in Gov. Andrew Cuomo said at his May the school district throughout the 21 news conference that the state would health crisis. “Hewlettrelease guidelines for school Woodmere has had to incorre-openings in June. “The porate short- and long-term state will approve those planning in order to address plans in July all in preparathe pandemic,” he wrote in tion for an opening in Sepan email, responding to all tember,” he said. “But we of the Herald’s questions. don’t want to make that deci“We also had to identify and sion until we have more address the instructional, facts.” wellness and financial impliBoard of Education c at i o n s o f cl o s i n g o u r Trustee Paul Critti thinks schools.” that having a plan could The task force has indihelp avert problems during vidual work groups that will the reopening. “Everybody address focus areas includhad a rocky start to dealing ing transportation, faciliwith the pandemic,” he ties, instruction, health and said. “Hopefully, we get over safety, and extra-curricular PAul cRITTI this and don’t have to go activities, Marino said through this again, but I’m Trustee “Hewlett-Woodmere Puba realist and I realize this lic Schools has formed the can happen again so it’s HWPS Covid-19 Reopening Task Force, important to be prepared just in case.” which is charged with establishing the Marino added that the reopening plan to reopen schools in a manner that plan will be finalized during the sumprovides for the health, safety, and well- mer. “The end result of the task force’s ness of students and staff,” he stated. work will be a reopening plan designed “The task force includes members of to provide for the safety of all stakethe District-wide School Safety Team, as holders to the greatest extent practicawell as other staff members instrumen- ble,” he said. “The plan will be considtal in the reopening of schools.” Marino ered a living document that retains the did not specify how many people are on flexibility to adapt as situations dictate. the task force.

The plans will be submitted to the New He said that the district is planning York State Department of Education to open on time, but noted that there for review and approval in July.” are numerous factors that will deter-

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MSSN reopens to visitors

By Mike SMollinS

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■ Additional personal protective equipment will be provided, if indicated.

With a steady decrease in coronavirus cases, Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital began welcoming back visitors to the medical center last Friday, but under strict guidelines.

While the hospital had welcomed visitors 24 hours a day before the pandemic, it is now following guidelines recommended by the state’s Department of Health, which means only one visitor per patient between 4 and 8 p.m. Visitors are not permitted to split the four-hour block among different visitors; only one person can come to see a patient each day.

The hospital’s other visitation rules include: ■ Visitors must be 18 or older.

■ Visitors will be required to provide their names, the name of the patient they are visiting and their contact information.

■ Visitors will undergo a symptom and temperature check upon entering the hospital.

■ Visitation will be denied to anyone who reports significant exposure to or symptoms of Covid-19 within 14 days of the visit.

■ Thorough hand hygiene must be performed before entering and upon leaving the patient’s room.

■ A surgical mask must be worn at all

■ Once in the facility, the visitor must remain in the patient’s room throughout the visit, except when requested to leave by the staff.

Additionally, the Emergency Room is not accepting visitors, and the Behavioral Health Unit is only permitting visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Because there is a statewide ban on nursing home visitation and the hospital’s Transitional Care Unit is a licensed nursing home, visitors are prohibited there at all times.

“This is visiting hours in the post-Covid era,” said Joe Calderone, the hospital’s vice president of corporate communications, “meaning it’s not going to be the way it was before Covid. Now, when you come to the hospital, on order of the Health Department, we have to collect people’s contact information, and when they come to the hospital, a number of things are going to be different.”

Calderone added that visitors must practice social distancing, check in when they arrive at the hospital and fill out their contact information on an iPad, so that staff can conduct contact tracing in the event of a second wave of infection.

The hospital continues to monitor the coronavirus pandemic, and its visitor policy may be altered as the need arises. The new visiting rules are in effect to keep all patients safe from infection. If a visitor has cold or flu symptoms, hospital admin-

istrators said they should stay home.

“We recognize that patients who have visitors generally do better and make a faster recovery,” said Richard Murphy, the hospital’s president and CEO. “We are as [eager] as our patients to reunite them with their loved ones. This is another important step toward returning our hospital to more normal operations. We always operate with our patients’ needs foremost in all we do, and having family members present at the bedside is at the top of our list.”

The hospital is taking measures to provide a safe and sterile environment for patients, visitors and staff, thoroughly cleaning and sterilizing all units and departments (as well as its comprehensive network of outpatient specialized health care centers). As of Friday, there were only 10 confirmed Covid-19 patients being treated at MSSN, and they were isolated from non-coronavirus patients. The Emergency Department is also screening patients seeking emergency treatment, so non-Covid patients and staff can be in a safe environment.

Patients visiting the hospital for any procedure, oncology or infusion treatment, or surgery are required to undergo pre-procedure Covid-19 testing at a new drive-up testing site in the hospital’s Washington Avenue parking lot. The test must be performed no more than two days before the procedure.

Though there are strict guidelines in place, Calderone said enabling visitors to come to the facility again was a major

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RichaRd MuRphy, the president and CEO of Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital, said hospital officials were eager to reunite patients with their family members and friends, but had to adhere to strict guidelines to ensure everyone’s safety. milestone for the hospital, and he urged residents not to put their health on hold.

“It’s been three months since we’ve had visitors in the building,” he said.

“It’s good for everyone . . . Emotionally, no one wants to be in a hospital where you can’t have outside visitors, so the connection with family and friends is critical to the healing process, and we recognize that and embrace it. We’re very excited to open up our doors again to the community.”

For more information, visit mountsinai.org/SouthNassau.

Five Towns Kiwanis help feed Oceanside seniors

Nassau looks ahead to Phase Three reopening June 24

Atlantic Beach resident Barry Ringelheim, a member of the Kiwanis of the Five Towns, spurred the club to provide grocery items to seniors in Oceanside. With the help of Hewlett Harbor resident Bill Ander, the most recent person to join the club, used professional connections to obtain the items.

Woodmere resident Ann DeMichael, also a Kiwanis member and co-director of the Town of Hempstead Oceanside Senior Center, helped to organize and distribute the grocery bags. More than 30 were given out on June 17. Councilman Anthony D’Esposito, a strong supporter of Kiwanis’s volunteer efforts, also assisted in the distribution.

“Proud to be president of this club,” Anthony Campanile stated in an email. “With devoted members such as yourselves, we have become the shining star in the division.”

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Five townS kiwaniS members Barry Ringelheim and Ann DeMichael helped organize a free food distribution for seniors in Oceanside on June 17.

Nassau is on track to be gin Phase Three reopening of businesses on Wednesday, June 24, according to County Executive Laura Curran and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

During the third phase, restaurants will be permitted to open for inside, in-person dining, provided employees and patrons wear masks, and six feet of social distancing is maintained between tables. Spas will also be allowed to reopen.

Restaurants will only be permitted to reopen indoors at 50 percent capacity, according to the governor’s New York Forward website.

The maximum number of people per table will be 10.

Spas will also only be able to open at 50 percent capacity, with safety protocols. Waiting rooms will be closed.

Seven New York re gions have already entered Phase Three. Only Long Island, New York City and

Mid-Hudson have not.

Cuomo said at his daily briefing June 18 that he was in a “happy-golucky mood” because New York had tested 68,000 people overnight and found an average infection rate of .9 percent — the lowest it had been since the coronavirus pandemic began in mid-March.

New York City’s infection rate was 1 percent, while Long Island’s was .7 percent.

By contrast, the infection rate had earlier reached 20 percent in New York City and 16 percent on Long Island.

The number of Covid-19 deaths ticked up statewide overnight, from 17 to 29.

The governor insisted that businesses must keep up coronavirus safeguards. He issued an executive o rd e r o n Ju n e 1 8 g iv i n g l o c a l authorities the power to immediately shut down businesses that do not maintain safety protocols. Bars and restaurants that do not can lose their liquor licenses.

Far Rockaway woman rescues dogs and cats When she was 4-years-old, Christine Drakatos found a litter of kittens in a sewer drain and made her mother help rescue them, and since then the Astoria native who lives in Far Rockaway has helped saved animals.

Drakatos, 52, has been rescuing animals, mostly dogs and cats, nearly her entire life and since 2008 under the banner of B.R.A.T. Rescue Inc., a Far Rockway-based nonprofit that aims to save animals from the streets or situations where they are being abused.

“It’s always been there since I was born,” she said, about her need to save animals. “First animal was a cat, I started to sneak them into my house originally then I moved onto dogs.”

It was dogs that lead her to establishing B.R.A.T. A dozen years ago, after receiving an email about a dog and her puppies living in the woods near the Edgemere Houses, Drakatos then learned the stray dogs were packs of feral canines.

“Personally, I don’t know anything else,” she said, about rescuing animal, “it comes from the heart. Doing this for over 12 years and living here the five years it’s a totally different area from where I grew up. We didn’t have abuses animals. If we had it, we didn’t know of it. I just can’t ignore it. It hurts me to the core.”

Working with the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Drakatos said her organization, which is made up of volunteers and friends, some are both, does its part to help get the animals vaccinated, microchipped and fixed, “we don’t add to the problem,” she said, including trapping, neutering and releasing (getting them adopted) more than 500 cats.

One of those volunteers and friends is Woodmere resident Aliza Arbeli, who initially adopted a pup named Stelli through the Petfinder listing and messaged Draka-

tos through the B.R.A.T. Facebook page in late 2017.

“I’m a lifelong animal lover, with a specific affinity for chihuahua,” said Arbeli, 30, “So when I saw that tiny girl, I knew I had to have her.” At one of Dee Snyder’s Ride events, Arbeli and Drakatos met.

“Christine came to my home, checked it all out ad handed me my sweet girl.”

That’s another thing that Drakatos does, she vets the would-be new openers, through references, spending time with them and a home check. “I will not put my animals in harm’s way, she said.

Arbeli began following Drakatos’s work, then donating money and supplies.

Subsequently helped out at adoption events and now maintains the Petfinder listings. “I can go on forever about all of Christine’s attributes,” Arbeli said.

“Christine is the most selfless, kind person you’ll ever meet. Constantly doing for animals and humans alike, without ever asking for anything in return.”

Retired NYPD Det. Lisa Catrone met Drakatos several years ago on a couple of dog rescues and the two became fast friends. Catrone was a co-founder of the rescue group Ruff House Rescue and is familiar with animal rescues. When she saw what Drakatos was doing, Catrone jumped onboard.

“She is amazing,” said Catrone, who retired in 2018 after 21 years, “she got rid of the feral dogs, got them fixed, adopted.

I helped as she fell on hard times. She never says no. I’m proud of her as she has stepped up. She is like family and has a really, really big heart.”

What B.RA.T. does need is a new home after getting booted from a three-story house in Far Rockaway recently. Drakatas was also feeding many of the animals that live in the Rockaways and some in the other boroughs and on Long Islands as the coronavirus pandemic hit.

To learn more, go to http://www.bratrescue.org/. To donate, go to bratrescue@ yahoo.com.

Kaminsky honors Five Towns ‘student stars’

By MattHEw FERREMi mferremi@liherald.com

Seven high school students attending Five Towns area schools were recognized

by State Sen. Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) as “student stars” for their academic achievements.

The Five Towns “student stars” include: Lawrence Froymovich of Hewlett High School, Molly Vashovsky of HAFTR High School, Kimberly Palacios of Lawrence High School, Moshe Goldfeder, Rambam Mesivta High School in Lawrence, Shoshana Greenberg of Stella K. Abraham High School for Girls in Hewlett Bay Park, Hewlett resident Jake Belmont of Lynbrook High School

and Malverne resident Mishah Aryeh of Davis Renov Stahler Yeshiva High School for Boys in Woodmere.

Kaminsky honored 28 students in total from the 9th Congressional District.

He visited the homes of each student and presented them with the annual New York State Senate Student Stars Award.

“I am thrilled to recognize these extraordinary students who have excelled academically and established themselves as leaders in their communities,” Kaminsky said. “The Student Stars Award winners represent the best and brightest that our schools have to offer, and serve as role models for their peers. I applaud their achievements and will be eagerly awaiting their future plans.”

Photos courtesy B.R.A.T Rescue

FaR RockawaY RESidENt Christine Drakatos with one of the many dogs she has rescued.

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Herald sports Tiz the Law wins historic Belmont Stakes

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With most of the sports world still idle in the midst of Covid-19, horse racing grabbed the spotlight last Saturday evening with the Belmont Stakes serving as the opening leg of the Triple Crown for the first time in history.

And, for the first time since 1882, a New York-bred earned its way into the Belmont history books.

In striking distance throughout the 1 1/8-miles, Tiz the Law cruised past pacesetter Tap It to Win down the stretch and was never threatened by closers Dr Post and Max Player on the way to a 3 ¾-lengths victory in the 152nd running of the Belmont Stakes.

“I was pretty confident by the time we hit the seven-eighths pole,” said Tiz the Law’s jockey, Manny Franco, who secured his first career Triple Crown race win.

“He was so kind and relaxed for me,” he added. “He was so comfortable and never got keen, so I think that was the key.”

Franco, 25, the New York Racing Association’s leading rider the past two years, has piloted Tiz the Law to all four of his graded stakes victories, including three in a row. “It means a lot to me,” he said.

“This is my home track. I’ve been riding here for about six years already. One leg of the Triple Crown is the dream of any jockey. I’m happy with the opportunity that I have right now.”

Owned by Sackatoga Stable and trained by Barclay Tagg, Tiz the Law, bred in the Empire State by Twin Creeks Farm, returned $3.60 on a $2 win wager, increasing his career earnings to more than $1.5 million. The final time was 1:46.53.

“It’s tremendous [to win the Belmont with a New York-bred],” said Jack Knowlton, operating manager of Sackatoag Stable. “We buy New York-breds; that’s our game, and we don’t spend a lot of money.

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years, and I keep telling everybody, Barclay doesn’t get a lot of big horses, big opportunities, but when he does, he knows what to do.”

Tagg, who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2003 with Funny Cide, said his main concern leading up to the shortened Belmont was Tiz the Law’s 11-week layoff. But that proved a non-factor. “It looked to me like everything just went like clockwork,” he said. “That’s the way the horse likes to run and that’s the position the horse likes to be in. Manny knows the horse very well.”

Held without spectators and owners, and with limited media permitted to attend, Tagg thought the quietude was “very nice” and said the absence of crowd noise helped keep Tiz the Law calm, and it showed.

“About the five-eighths pole, my horse was so relaxed, so calm,” Franco explained. “From there, I knew I had so much horse to win the race. I didn’t want to move early. I knew I had the horse underneath. I was just waiting for the right time to move.”

Dr Post, trained by three-time Belmont winner Todd Pletcher, finished a lengthand-a-half ahead of Max Player for runner-up status. Both horses were making just their fourth career starts. The $1 trifecta returned $99.50. Pneumatic, Tap It to

TraINEr BarcLaY Tagg has mapped out future plans for Tiz the Law, who upped his career earnings to more than $1.5 million and is 5-for-6 lifetime.

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Win, Sole Volante, Modernist, Farmington Road, Fore Left and Jungle Runner completed the order of finish.

“He ran great,” Dr Post jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. said. “No excuse. He got beat by a good horse too. The winner is a nice horse, New York-bred and he ran great. My horse is improving. . . He just needs a little more time to figure things out.”

Linda Rice, trainer of Max Player,

said, “He got shuffled back a little after the break and had a wide trip through the turn, but he was still running on at the end of it. He hasn’t run in five months so it was a pretty good effort.”

Tagg said he will target the Aug. 8 Travers Stakes at Saratoga, followed by the Sept. 5 Kentucky Derby and the Oct. 3 Preakness for Tiz the Law, who has five wins in six career starts.

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video clips from each speech and the project impacted the students. Kayla Fleschner said that learning about the courage and compassion that her greatgrandmother, Ida Spirer, empowered her to continue to behave similarly in high school and in life. Fellow eighth-grader Tani Poznanski said the value of a growth mindset is one that he learned both at the school and his great grandfather.

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The “Power of Story” Capstone Project was called life-changing by the students. Guided by Principal Joshua Gold, project director and coordinator Dr. Yali Werzberger, and faculty advisers Rebecca Zweibon and Rinat Balsam, students interviewed family members, visited websites, museums and communities to learn more about the historical background that shaped their ancestor’s lives, which then impacted their lives and story.

Many educators stress the importance of learning about other cultures to build respect for other people. HAFTR teachers pointed to recent studies showing that knowing family history gives people a sense of identity, makes them more resilient, helps people connect with others, makes people better and also helps people make better life choices. The idea for the program came from research conducted at Emory University, identifying a correlation between knowing one’s family story and grit and resilience. The school’s project has shaped students into better people at a young age, HAFTR officials said.

Despite the obstacles of the coronavirus pandemic, Werzberger was moved by the way students overcame the circumstances. “The way in which our students have responded has been inspiring, and the resilience they have shown, continuing in their family tradition, has been nothing short of remarkable,” she said.

Along with the in-depth research, the students were exposed to public speaking skills by radio personalities Nachum Segal and Miriam Wallach of the Nachum Segal Network, who entertained the students with humorous and engaging stories Werzberger said teamwork, working with others and sacrificing for another were prevalent themes that appeared in the students’ stories. “Our students spoke with pride about how their ances-

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Cedarhurst-based anti-poverty think tank Rock and Wrap It Up! founded by Syd Mandelbaum and Gammy's Pantry, a free food pantry run out of the Five Towns Community Center in Lawrence by Inwood resident Sasha Young each received a $30,000 grant attained by State Sen. Todd Kaminky, a Democrat who represents the Five Towns.

"We hope to be able to purchase freezers and refrigeration, and of course nutritious food that will be given to families most in need in our area," Young said.

Rock and Wrap It Up! is a nonprofit founded by Mandelbaum, a Cedarhurst resident, in 1994. The organization seeks to fight poverty and hunger across the country by donating food and other items to those in need.

Mandelbaum said the grant will help expand its service area by hiring additional personnel and purchasing new equipment. “Thank you to Senator Kaminsky for helping secure this grant,” Mandelbaum stated in a news release.

“With this funding we’ll be able to expand our reach and help more families struggling with food insecurity.”

The Community Center's Executive Director K. Brent Hill appreciated the financial support that will aid community members in need.

“The Five Towns Community Center is thankful to have the support of Senator Kaminsky as we partner with local governments, our neighbors and other social service agencies to assist those in need, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic,” Hill said in the same release. “This grant will allow us to help people from a diverse spectrum dealing with food insecurity.”

The community center, through Gammy's Pantry, also currently serves as a Long Island Cares donation site. Funded by a portion of $2 million that the Town of Hempstead has allotted from a $133 million federal aid package for 14 food banks across the town to help ensure that residents in need have food during the pandemic.

Kaminsky helped attain the grants through the County's Office of Community Development. He said that he hopes the grant will help address the growing issue of food insecurity in the Five Towns.

“No one in our community should be worrying about where their next meal is coming from, especially during a health crisis,” he stated in the release. “I’m happy to have secured these critical funds for Rock and Wrap it Up! and the Five Towns Community Center so they can expand their food distribution programs and help put an end to hunger in the Five Towns.”

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Many businesses have been forced to scale back aggressively since March because of the global coronavirus pandemic. A few, however, have been forced to expand.

For Adam Selden, 50, of Melville, a quick pivot in business direction during a crisis has created new possibilities for Albatross Manufacturing. The brand Albatross Manufacturing (albatrossmfg.com) falls under Selden’s company, Quality Specialty Projects, which he founded in 2008. His company has distributed any number of items, but now it is focused on facemasks, which are in high demand these days.

“We had been doing some clothing and receiving government contracting, so we were working to supply products for those clients,” Selden said. “Our biggest was actually the Army.” Selden secured a contract with the U.S. Army to supply their weight room and gym equipment for military fitness centers. He also worked closely with the American Red Cross, as his company supplied tarp materials for the foundation.

The Bayside, Queens native and University of Wisconsin-Madison alumnus was candid in saying business started to drop off in mid-2019. “We had a really bad seven months from August 2019 to, really, March 2020,” Selden said. “There was no federal funding, really, and we were working on government contracts.” He went on to say that the onset of the coronavirus pandemic provided an opportunity to jump-start his business.

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AlBAtRoss FounDER ADAm Selden, 50, of Melville, has grown his business during the coronavirus pandemic by supplying personal protective equipment.

“When this whole thing kind of got started, the Red Cross came to us and said we had to get started into looking into masks,” Selden said. He and his business partner, Matt Delaney, of Manhasset, listened to that advice.

The pair scrambled to find manufacturers in China near the top of the year, but with the country facing serious pandemic restrictions, they were unable to secure a shipment immediately. Once the manufacturers were able to ship, though, Albatross received its first load, which it sent to the American Red Cross.

“Once we were able to, we switched over our company to do masks,” Selden said. “After we sent our first order to the Red Cross, we started taking orders for locals on Long Island.”

Selden, who had worked out of a Melville office with no warehouse to that point, then started shipping masks out of his home. After sending masks to roughly 8,000 homes, the Albatross founder knew he needed a new way to go about this. With the help of Delaney, and the hiring of a few part-time employees, Albatross soon shipped hundreds of thousands of masks to residents across Long Island, with more than 100,000 of those coming to Nassau County.

Albatross even began donating masks to local fire departments and essential workers. “We would give the people at the gas stations masks; we donated hundreds of them,” Selden said. The company has since expanded.

Selden said there are a few reasonable next steps, including distributing hand sanitizers, hand wipes and wallmounted automatic thermometers to take the temperature of any person who walks past. The demand to expand in product and volume has forced Albatross to look toward securing a warehouse in Plainview.

“If we get this, we are going to need inventory, and I plan on hiring a staff to do that,” Selden said. “We wouldn’t be able to do the business without it. Because the way we’ve been operating, in the office in Melville, it’s just me and Matt.”

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The College offers evening and weekend classes, many in online and hybrid formats, with accelerated schedules designed to accommodate

students’ busy schedules. Additionally, there are numerous online programs available during daytime hours as well.

“We invest in student success and we challenge our students to succeed.

Molloy students are committed to a value system that stresses a strong work ethic, resiliency, professionalism and leadership,” said President Bogner. “This is why they graduate, and why they get hired. We reach beyond the classroom and educate the entire person.”

residence hall, the College’s third. Some of Molloy’s newer offerings include an economics major, as well as a degree completion program that will enable returning students to easily earn their undergraduate degree.

We know you have questions, now more than ever. At Molloy, we will help you find the answers. Visit molloy.edu to learn more.

Molloy congratulates the graduating class of 2020!

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Michelle Khanan Shelly Koppel Jessica Kormblum Sam Krup Victor Lane Rena Laniado Eliana Lazar Makayla Lebowitz David Lederer Jonathan Lederer Ariella Levin Hannah Levine Ethan Libkind Lea Kubin Douglas Mandel Julia Mann Samuel Mari Sharon (Shoshana) Markowitz Samuel Maron Jolie Mastey Meira Max Joshua Melman Matthew Morse Orziel Motechin Matthew Nathan James Ness David Ohana Ethan Oliner Elizabeth Olshin Benjamin Perl Joshua Phillips Jennifer Rabinowitz Yitzchak Rauchwerger Miriam Reiss Jacline Rivkin Abraham Rokosz Ahava Rosenberg Sophia Rosenthal Rami Rudensky Daniele Sabo Ilana Sacolick Danielle Satran Aidan Schechter Zachary Schindler Aaron Schreiber Ethan Shilian

Emily Silverstein Emily Siri Rachel Skurnik Kira Solomon Moshe Soshtain Jonah Spielman Seth (Jacob) Spitzer Samuel Spitzer Ariella Stefansky Dalia Termechi Ashley van Amerongen Molly Vashovsky Sara Well Haley Wiener Joshua Wiener Avery Wietschner Solomon Wilkowski Tara Willner Jeffrey Wolberg Ikey Yadid Hebrew AcAdemy of tHe five towns And rockAwAy middle scHool Benjamin Aron Daniella Aronov Arie Assaraf Lilly Azio Max Basuk Sadie Blinder Jonah Botnick Joseph Cohen Shmuel Cohen Leah Digmi Peter Drukker Betzalel Englard Ariel Felus Jonah Fish Harry Fleschner Noah Freundlich Jordana Gamss Esther Gaon Caleb Gasner Sam Glatt

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Julia Svoyskiy Jonathan Troppe Jacob Wallach Sara Wallach Ryan Winkler Sophia Witkes Elisheva Yonk Jordan Zarka Jacob Zwiebel Hewlett elementAry scHool 5tH grAde Manashe Abramov Alessandro Aguilar Melissa Aguinaga Miranda Omar Ahmed Kyle Albanese Valery Alvarado-Mazariegos Brody Apter Joseph Aronov Joseph Artusa Sebastian Badia David Balzac Eilai Barninka Hannah Barrera Luke Belleau Sean Blustin Ryder Borriello David Borukhov Nathan Bouskila Maeson Boyd Niles Brenner James Brilli Marco Caruso Branden Castaneda Hanna Cho Grace Claverie Abel Colon Xavier Cortes Preston Cusumano Isabella D’Agostino Alfredo DiScipio Jr. Kaden Edwards

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Jaron Feder Dean Feldman Sean Ferdman Elizabeth Ferro Ella Findling Alex Fournier Max Fried Moises Funes Cruz Valarie Ganah Lilly Gitlin Ava Golbraykh Ethan Goldenberg Sara Golduber Elizabeth Gomez Ava Griffith Calieb Griffith Katie Gulotta Julian Gupta Maya Hadpawat Dalia Hakhamov Liev Hecht Jacob Hernandez Stephanie Higgins Uriel Hillel Vincent Hoffman Emilie Joseph Salim Kaptan Ariela Karlinsky Rachel Katz Samantha Keltz Leora Khaimov Anastasia Khaimova Zayd Khan Myles King Sofia Kolodziejczyk Emily Kondov Sophia Korn Jacob Kurtz Gianna Labasi Alexa LaPaglia Ruqayyah Lawson Winston Lin Grace Lindenbaum Owen Liss Janee Llanos Dominick Lord Melaina Magliaro Ethan Menkes

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THE HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL PTA SENIOR COMMITTEE WOULD LIKE TO WISH THE HEWLETT HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2020 CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR GRADUATION! ___________________________________________ Elias Adnan Liam Stephanie Agnis Shahood Ahmad Jordan Albanese Leel Alkobi Lara Althawadi Aidan Arad Harry Arzouman Amanda Aulet Shlomo Azerrad Kayla Azinge Leor Azoulay Praise Babalola Gabrielle Badu Isaac Bardavid Jacob Bernstein Stephanie Billharz Jeremy Binetter Equan Blackman Aiden Blumenstein Emma Blumenstein Michael Bojorge Francis Bojorge Centeno Carlos Bonilla Perez Rachel Borukhov Julia Borukhova Jared Bostoff Anna Bromfeld Ariella Bronfman Kayla Brooks Ryan Bruce Jake Burkhart Gina Carrillo Daniel Caso Ira Cheng Guy Chernin Matthias Cho Alaina Chohan Cristina Ciampone Kevin Cohen Jordan Confino Sophia Coraci

Lisa Curra Tracy Davidson James DeMarsico Tamia Dixon Rita Donskoi Laurent Dorvilier Bianca Duffer Bajana David Durdaller Ashley Edelman Karina Edwards Dean Elefante Michelle Erdos Louis Esposito Jade Essner Victoria Evola Arianna Faber Avraham Fayer Brandon Feller Naomi Feygin Sophia Finkelstein Michelle Finkowitz Maxim Fishman Logan Fliegel Sky Fokshner Tyler Fokshner Justin Forstock Theo Franks Lawrence Froymovich Ibrahim Gani Jordan Gaon Nuelle Gaona Stacey Garcia Orellana Gavin Gayle Andrew Gelman Mitchell Gelman Jeremiah Shawn Geotina Hannah Gerber Jasson Gil Herrera Brianna Ginzburg Isabella Ginzburg Daniel Giron Yonathan Glattman

Aaron Goldberg Simon Goldstein Antonio Gonzalez Delasia Graham Alexa Grammatico Lauren Grauer Samantha Grauer Michael Green Brianna Greenberg Zoe Greenberg Rebecca Grinberg Morgan Gross Junaid Gulzar Mia Gwirtzman Renee Haimov Tzvi Halpern Matthew Halpert Asal Hamidi Yakir Harari Lucas Hauksson Ny-mani HaynesWilliams Esther Heller Cristhian Hernandez Flores Nathaniel Hernandez-Vanegas Alexandra Heyman Jack Hoffman Muiz Hussain Jennifer Hyppolite Nicholas Inglima Antony Isayev Emma Jacobs Tyler James Phylnn Jean Justice Jones Yakov Kalontarov Liam Kaminsky Hailey Kampton Joseph Kang Brett Karkus Victoria Keane Sam Kelstein Kathryn Kersten

William Kim Kylie Kimyagarov Jahneal King Harrison Kirtman Jonathan Klayman Kaitlin Korin Amit Korn Mitchell Krasnopolsky Sarah Krevans Danna Kutcher Brandon Lake Socrates Lambros Gabriela Largaespada Tyler Layne Lauren Ledon Michael Leonhard Jessica Levy Remi Liebowitz Meghan Lynch Naim Lynch Paul Maher Kelly Malina Omar Maqsudi Allison Mardorf Isabel Martino Isabella Mata Chelsea May Ryan May Chloe Mazo Grace McBrien Jeffrey Mejia Martin Merizalde Samuel Mignott Avi Mikhaylov Jonathan Miller Rachel Miller Aaron Mindell Jack Minzer Emma Moroney Rebecca Motovich Shayna Motovich Joseph Munoz Liran Nagrani Avik Nandy

Brian Norman Shari Nudelman Antonio Oliviero Jaden Ortiz Gabriel Osiashvili Liliana Ospina Frank Osso Britney Paul Riley Palmese Daniel Pease Jenifer Perper Sofia Pesantez Louis Miguel Pilao Eileen Pincus Randel Placino Jules Polakoff Leon Portnoy Rachel Poutre Adam Prosolov Isabella Pugliese Kayley Ragazzini Joseph Ragusano Saad Rahman Asma Rasheed Gabriel Ratner Darren Rave Agam Raviv Teva Raviv Amanda Reddy Zoey Richards Gladis Rivas Mayeline Rodriguez Sydney Rosen Leat Rosenthal Pashma Sadiq Shanzeh Sadiq Alexander Salerno Daisy Salman Mikah Samuni Damari Sanchez Ruben Saror Elissa Sass Koby Schechter Amy Schwartz Idan Sela Gilad Shafir

Fatima Shami Oz Shamua Maytar Shapira Amena Shareef Lindsay Shatz Mitchell Shemtov Jacob Sherman Gabriel Shilman Shirelle Shimonov Oren Shmuel Michael Shoshan Ethan Shvartsshteyn Tyler Shvartsshteyn Erica Sigler Mitchell Silverman Chloe Sippin Jordana Sirlin Kaitlyn Snyder Guy Sonant Darren Spencer Amanda Stark Adina Stein Katie Stupak Simone Sturman Jacob Tanenbaum Alex Tang Yusuf Tatas Kevin Thiboutot Luke Tigani Mark John Tocino Soraya Toledo Nicholas Tumminello Michelle Turovsky Adam Tzach Daniel Uziel Angela Valero Denee Valme Nargiz Verdiev David Vilensky Fernando Viscarra Tyler Walter Ellis Wardle Aidan Warshavsky Ashley West Jade Wilkes

Christopher Williams Hannah Winter Boris Yakubov Moshe Yusupov Noah ZalcmanTurkel Kailah Zapata Maxim Zaurov Gabriela Zeledon Mendoza Tina Zheng Roshan ZiaeiTorbati Joshua Ziarno

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Tracy I. Davidson James J. DeMarsico Tamia J. Dixon Rita Donskoi Laurent Dorvilier Bianca D. Duffer Bajana David F. Durdaller Ashley B. Edelman Karina Edwards Dean A. Elefante Michelle A. Erdos Louis Esposito Jade Essner Victoria A. Evola Arianna Faber Avraham Fayer Brandon B. Feller Naomi Tzipporah Feygin Sophia Finkelstein Michelle Finkowitz Maxim Fishman Logan B. Fliegel Sky Fokshner Tyler Fokshner Justin M. Forstock Theo Nicholas Franks Lawrence F. Froymovich Ibrahim S. Gani Jordan Gaon Nuelle V. Gaona Stacey Tamara Garcia Orellana Gavin Alex Gayle Andrew Gelman Mitchell Gelman Jeremiah Shawn G. Geotina Hannah R. Gerber Jasson M. Gil Herrera Brianna D. Ginzburg Isabella M. Ginzburg Daniel R. Giron Yonathan Glattman Aaron M. Goldberg Simon Goldstein Antonio F. Gonzalez Delasia Graham

Alexa R. Grammatico Lauren M. Grauer Samantha P. Grauer Michael Green Brianna Greenberg Zoe Greenberg Rebecca Grinberg Morgan A. Gross Junaid Gulzar Mia J. Gwirtzman Renee Haimov Tzvi Halpern Matthew Halpert Asal Hamidi Yakir J. Harari Lucas Hauksson Ny-mani Deswan Haynes-Williams Esther Heller Cristhian Yoel Hernandez Flores Nathaniel HernandezVanegas Alexandra M. Heyman Jack Hoffman Muiz Hussain Jennifer Hyppolite Nicholas Charles Inglima Antony Isayev Emma Jacobs Tyler Demetri James Phylnn Love Jean Justice Jones Yakov Kalontarov Liam Kaminsky Hailey L. Kampton Joseph Kang Brett D. Karkus Victoria Taylor Keane Sam F. Kelstein Kathryn D. Kersten William Saeyoung Kim Kylie Kimyagarov Jahneal King Harrison S. Kirtman Jonathan Klayman Kaitlin Rose Korin

Amit Korn Mitchell Samuel Krasnopolsky Sarah R. Krevans Danna Raya Kutcher Brandon Lake Socrates Lambros Tyler O. Layne Lauren Ledon Michael E. Leonhard Jessica R. Levy Remi M. Liebowitz Meghan Lynch Naim Lynch Paul S. Maher Kelly Malina Omar M. Maqsudi Allison Mardorf Isabel Martino Isabella V. Mata Chelsea E. May Ryan May Chloe Mazo Grace McBrien Jeffrey S. Mejia Martin Merizalde Samuel Mignott Avi Mikhaylov Jonathan B. Miller Rachel F. Miller Aaron Mindell Jack Minzer Emma Moroney Rebecca Motovich Shayna Motovich Joseph Eduardo Munoz Liran Nagrani Avik Nandy Brian D. Norman Shari Nudelman Antonio E. Oliviero Jaden E. Ortiz Gabriel Osiashvili Liliana E. Ospina Frank Osso Riley Palmese Britney F. Paul

Daniel T. Pease Jenifer Perper Sofia Pesantez Louis Miguel G. Pilao Eileen N. Pincus Randel A. Placino Jules Polakoff Leon Samuel Portnoy Rachel L. Poutre Adam Prosolov Isabella Pugliese Kayley J. Ragazzini Joseph Ragusano Saad Ur Rahman Asma Rasheed Gabriel Ratner Darren Daniel Rave Agam Raviv Teva Raviv Amanda P. Reddy Zoey Richards Gladis Eileen Rivas Mayeline L. Rodriguez Sydney Rosen Leat Rosenthal Matthew Rubinoff Pashma Sadiq Shanzeh Sadiq Alexander Salerno Daisy T.B. Salman Mikah Ilana Samuni Damari Sanchez Ruben Saror Elissa Sass Koby Schechter Amy Schwartz Idan Ilana Sela Gilad Shafir Fatima Shami Oz Shamua Maytar Shapira Amena Shareef Lindsay J. Shatz Mitchell D. Shemtov Jacob B. Sherman Gabriel Shilman Shirelle Shimonov

Hewlett-Woodmere Faculty Association “Teachers dedicated to excellence.”

Oren M. Shmuel Michael Shoshan Ethan Paul Shvartsshteyn Tyler Shvartsshteyn Erica P. Sigler Mitchell Adam Silverman Chloe R. Sippin Jordana L. Sirlin Kaitlyn N. Snyder Guy J. Sonant Darren Spencer Amanda R. Stark Adina Stein Katie Stupak Simone T. Sturman Jacob I.D. Tanenbaum Alex W. Tang Yusuf Tatas Kevin Thiboutot Luke Tigani Mark John Tocino Soraya Tylia Toledo Nicholas Tumminello Michelle H. Turovsky Adam Tzach Daniel Shmuel Uziel Angela Valero Denee R. Valme Nargiz Verdiev David L. Vilensky Fernando Viscarra Tyler H. Walter Ellis L.Wardle Aidan M. Warshavsky Ashley West Jade K. Wilkes Christopher Williams Hannah Winter Boris Zackaria Yakubov Moshe Yusupov Noah Zalcman-Turkel Kailah Madison Zapata Gabriela Zeledon Mendoza Tina Zheng Roshan M. Ziaei-Torbati Joshua I. Ziarno

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Emily Dias Vasquez Randy Dorestal Rosmel Escorcia Orozco Chris Fajardo Alia Farooq Shamel Fields Erin Fishman Ian Fishman Mariana Flores Ramirez Alisson Funes Castro Isis Garcia Kaylin Gardner Ziaire Gary Madison Gause Wilber Giron Espana Ashley Godinez Jasmine Golden Joseph Gomez Ethan Gonzalez James Gonzalez Joshua Gonzalez Martel Marlon Gonzalez Moran Edwin Gonzalez Murcia Amelie Gowie Samara Gray Nisazir Green Ryan GuadamuzHernandez Brandon Guardado Valentina Guardado Guzman Hannah Guarineri Donis Gutierrez Bonilla Steven Hall Ali Hernandez Diego Hernandez Elvia Hernandez Emily Hernandez Alejandra Hernandez Bonilla Arnold Hernandez Hercules Andy Herrarte Cortez Merlin Huezo Analeigh Humphries Shane Hunt Isabella Iasevoli Casey Joachin Erin Jonas Joshua Jonas Alyssa Kasim Haley Katz Anderson Laguan Ortiz Saneer Lawrence Taneer Lawrence Zulivan Lopez Hidalgo Julian Lopez Juarez Cintia Lopez Luna Robert MacFadden Nathan Machado Christian Machuca Alvarado

Christian Manzanarez Aidan Marciano Talia Marcus Anthony Martinez Denise Martinez Jordy Martinez Melenie Martinez Owen Martinez Portillo Keyla Martinez Zavala Justin Martinez-Gomez Lesly Mazariegos Monzon Emma McCready Luis Mejia Justyn Mendez Gutierrez Kordell Merchant Wilian Merino Michael Merritt Ariana Meza Santos Rebeca Monroy James Monzon Linares Valerie Monzon Reyes Bavinton Morales Jadyn Morales Ashly Munoz Zeledon Ameerah Ojikutu Adrian Ordenana Garcia Breanna Orellana Estrada Stephanie Orozco Yunaisy Orozco Hernandez Jeffrey Ortiz Cortez Melanie Padilla-Davila Diana Palacios Jostin Parrales Sevilla Hector Perez-Sajquim Abram Portillo Roland Preston Tiffany Preston Khani Pringle Tanisha Rahman Jaya Ramroop Kaliyah Ramsey Ashley Regil Dayana Reyes Walter Reyes Yanary Reyes Linda Reyes Godoy Leticia Reyes Manzanares Jonathan Reyes Sotelo Yoselin Reyes-Cifuentes Willy Reyes-Rodas Henry Rienzo Edward Rodezno Paz Jeremiah Rodriguez Joel Rodriguez Yitzy Rogel Ordonez Hazel Rojas Emely Romero Andrew Rosales

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Through Sasha Young and Gammy's Pantry, the center also currently serves as a Long Island Cares food donation site. We have been honored to partner with Long Island Cares to intensify each of our missions to reduce food insecurity, especially during this pandemic. Families can claim at least 20 pounds of food once a month at our food distribution sites We were also honored to receive a $30,000 grant from State Sen. Todd Kaminsky. The Five Towns Community Center is thankful to have the support of Senator Kaminsky as we have partner with local governments, our neighbors and other social service agencies to assist those in need, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. This grant will allow us to help people from a diverse spectrum dealing with food insecurity.

The Community Center is over 100 years old, and people in the community have a great deal of reverence for the community center. I want the legacy of that to continue. I think we’ve all done a great job of doing that during this pandemic by providing services to those in need. I hope we continue to be of assistance to those in need.

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County executive visits the Gural JCC ty who have applied for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. economy cracking again.”

The JCC’s executive director, Aaron Rosenfeld, said In Phase 3, restaurants will be permitted to open for that Curran’s visit underscored the center’s inside dining at 50 percent capacity, with connection with the community and elected employees and patrons wearing masks, officials, including State Sen. Todd Kamintables at least six feet apart and no more sky, who helped organize the news conferthan 10 people at a table. Spas and tattoo parence to highlight the JCC’s work. lors will also be allowed to reopen.

“What we’ve done is not closed the SHOP Before Curran spoke, Michael Kerr, a and the food pantry this entire pandemic, Gural JCC board member and a United Jewand that was critical to us,” Rosenfeld said. ish Appeal Federation of New York commit“So, while we have closed our buildings to tee member, noted that the UJA had donated the public, our services, including the SHOP more than $46 million to philanthropic and all of our social services, have contincauses in the metropolitan area during the ued remotely in some cases, and [we] take pandemic. “For a broad range of essential orders over the phone and get them out to services, including an interest-free loan profamilies. Wherever there is a need, the gram and personal protective equipment for Gural JCC is there to fill it.” essential workers,” Kerr said. The UJA is a Though Gov. Andrew Cuomo is no longer sponsor of the Gural JCC. giving daily news briefings, Curran said she Stacey Feldman, associate director of the would continue to do so as the reopening aaron Gural JCC, said the center had seen a 40 percontinued, because residents still ask quescent increase in the number of families, to rosenfeld tions and “the press is interested in showing more than 550, that use the food pantry on a JCC executive up and having the questions answered.” weekly basis since the pandemic began.

She enumerated her priorities during the director That is “too much food to quantify,” Feldpandemic: “Number one, remain calm,” she man added. said. “Number two, assess the situation and Before she spoke, Curran was given a tour of the SHOP, and during her briefing she noted the staggering number three, to marshal whatever resources we have on 125 percent increase in the number of people in the coun- the county level to address the crisis.” continued from front page

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hat we’ve done is not closed the SHOP and the food pantry this entire pandemic, and that was critical to us.

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Michael Kerr, a Gural JCC board member and a United Jewish Appeal Federation of New York committee member, noted that the UJA had donated more than $46 million to philanthropic causes in the metropolitan area over the course of the pandemic.

Rallying for a September school reopening continued from front page rally because it served as a “middle ground” for attendees.

“Back in April, [Gov. Andrew] Cuomo said that the schools would be closed for two weeks to help our medical infrastructure and flatten the curve,” Sanders said.

“Now we’re in June and we’re still questioning September. Cuomo needs to act, and tell us that schools need to open in September.”

Cuomo initially closed schools statewide on March 16 for two weeks as the coronavirus pandemic spread. He extended the closure, and eventually announced on May 1 that schools would stay closed for the remainder of the school year.

Guidelines on reopening them have yet to be released by the state.

Lawrence School District Superintendent Dr. Ann Pedersen said that the district was awaiting further guidance from the State Education Department on how to go about reopening. “SED is expected to have a Board of Regents meeting on July 13 that will outline school reopening guidelines,” Pedersen said. “We are eagerly awaiting the results of that meeting.”

Exactly how districts will schedule school going forward is a big issue, she said. “The state has a rule where schools have to be in session for 180 days, and we’re awaiting guidance as to if districts have any sort of leeway when it comes to fulfilling those hours,” Pedersen explained. “The facility component of preparing can continue during this time, but the big holdup for districts right now is scheduling.”

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rally organizers, froM far left, Amalia Makroglou, teacher Aristea Lucas and Maria Sanders spoke to the crowd about the importance of reopening schools in September.

The State Education Department has divided state school districts into four regions for the purpose of planning reopening. Long Island is in Region 4, and a regional meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, after the Herald went to press.

Hewlett-Woodmere School District Superintendent Dr. Ralph Marino Jr. noted that his district had created a reopening task force to come up with a reopening plan to submit to the Education Department in July. “Specific work groups have been developed within the task force to address focus areas, including transportation, facilities, instruction, health and safety, extra-curricular activities, among others,” Marino said. “The

plans developed will be dependent upon guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Gover nor Cuomo, the New York State Department of Health, the New York State Education Department and other agencies.”

Richard Hagler is the executive director of the Hebrew Academy of Long Beach, which encompasses the Lev Chana Early Childhood Center in Hewlett Bay Park, the elementary school in Woodmere, and the academy’s two high schools — David Renov Stahler Yeshiva for Boys, in Woodmere, and Stella K. Abraham for Girls, in Hewlett Bay Park. All HALB schools, Hagler said, are in a “wait-andsee approach for reopening.”

“We are hopeful and are intending to open our schools on time in September, but we are awaiting further guidance from the state government,” Hagler said.

“I think it’s everybody’s hope to open in September, as that would be the best thing for our students and our schools.”

At the rally, Maria Sanders said that the importance of school goes beyond education. “I recognize that some school districts have better distance learning than others, but school is much more than learning ABCs and one-two-threes,” she said. “It’s social learning, emotional learning and building relationships. We can’t teach them all of this in the comfort of our kitchens.”

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Lawrence MiddLe SchooL English Language Arts teacher Lisa King congratulated her ‘kiddoes’ along the eighth grade car parade route on June 16.

SpeciaL education teacher Rachel Kreiss popped through the vehicle roof to celebrate the eighth-graders.

Promotional parade celebrates LMS eighth-graders The vehicles drove down Causeway past the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club as the Lawrence Middle School eighth-grade promotional parade got under way on the morning of June 16.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, large gatherings remained banned. As is the case with districts across Long Island, the Lawrence School District is marking graduations with car parades and virtual ceremonies.

Beginning at 10 a.m., the procession wound through

Lawrence with four stops. It first stopped in Cedarhurst, and then went through Woodmere at nine locations, then back to Cedarhurst for four more. In Inwood, the parade made 11 stops and then headed to Atlantic Beach for its final pair of stops.

On Causeway by the country club, eighth-grade graduate Judah Smith and his family got out of their decorated Chrysler Cruiser and waited for the parade. Smith said he thought his middle school years, especially his last, helped prepare him for future schooling.

“It means that I have grown as a person and I’m ready for high school, then college,” said Smith, who is considering becoming an entertainer, possibly an actor or comedian. “Better study habits and work habits,” he added, elaborating on his maturity as a student with an eye on his future.

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More on insulation Q. I read your column about insulation, and wonder why foam insulation is better, why not everyone uses it, why it’s so expensive and whether there are different kinds. We just had insulation put in the walls between our family room and living room to muffle the sound when my parents play the TV too loud, and we noticed the package said R-15. What does that mean? Also, the label had tiny lettering saying there is formaldehyde in it.

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Unfortunately, with so many more choices, we can still use the wrong insulation without knowing. Basically, insulating isn’t just the material; it’s the molecular configuration that traps air in the onte eeper material. Foam has the highest resistance per inch thickness.

Air entrapment keeps cool or warm molecules from directly slamming against the next air molecule and transferring temperature. By computersimulating configurations, engineers and scientists have formulated better ways to slow transfer, keeping us warmer or cooler and our rooms quieter, but only if the right material is installed the right way.

Among the many kinds of insulation are fiberglass, cellulose fiber and polyisocyanurate foam.

R-value refers to resistance. The higher the number, the greater tested resistance to thermal loss capability. If you use the wrong type or install incorrectly, it won’t accomplish the job. Foam insulation can be rigid boards or liquid-applied. Depending on the chemical composition, when the compressed liquid foam contacts air, it reacts or oxidizes, developing open- or closed-cell configurations. Less costly open-cell has half the ability to trap air as closedcell, and is soft and spongy, while closed-cell, which contains greater amounts of dense foam, will harden, trapping more air in smaller, closer cells, also forming a water barrier.

All insulation must be uniformly and fully installed, or cold air will get in. Most installations are incomplete, with gaps where cold air gets through. A non-uniform application can’t be expected to act uniformly. A quarter-sized gap is like leaving a window open, according to the Department of Energy, which funds, studies and regulates how much insulation you were supposed to have, according to the building code.

Sound insulation works differently, does a different job and is configured differently. Did I mention that it’s different? No matter how much educational material is available and considering, with most adults having the entire world at their fingertips on their cellphones, installers often can’t get the concept right. You have thermal R-15 insulation in the family room walls instead of sound-rated insulation, so you don’t have the sound reduction you thought you would get. It’s possible to get waterbased or inert insulation instead of toxic, formaldehyde-containing insulation and the thermalresistance(R) insulation should be replaced with sound-rated batting or even better rigid insulating board that goes on the outside of the wall studs, under finish sheetrock, to avoid sound vibration transfer through the wall studs.

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hen it comes to race relations, there is no doubt that we are at a crossroad. Events dictate what our conduct must be going forward, and there is no doubt that the recent killings of unarmed black men have forced America to come to grips with the fact that many of our fellow citizens suffer because of ingrained racism. President Trump has admitted that there is some systemic racism, but he doesn’t have the mind or heart to acknowledge that it is rampant in this country, and little has been done to bring it to a halt.

JeRRY In my years in kReMeR the Assembly, I learned a lot about racism from my colleagues, who told chilling stories about their sons or daughters being singled out for arrest just because the color of their skin invited different treatment. They spoke about failed health care systems that contributed to a higher mortality rate among black children. They spoke of overcrowded school classes with inferior teaching and a lack of basic supplies. While these stories were chilling, nothing they said prompted any dramatic action by the state.

A lot of us in office tried to find ways to help children of all kinds with pre-kindergarten programs, funding to reduce child mortality and extra state aid for school districts in heavily minority communities. But looking back over the years, these actions were a drop in the bucket, and didn’t really make a dent in the system that shortchanges millions of people.

If anything has forced us to confront the issue of race, it’s been the invention of the cellphone. It is showing us how minorities are abused on a daily basis in many different ways, including police officers shooting unarmed black men in the back. That’s recorded testimony to systemic abuse.

The demonstrations in the streets of this country and around the world bring out millions of young people of all races who are willing to speak out about conditions their elders have ignored. Police shootings that once were an occasional story that faded with time now go viral within minutes. The assault on a crowd outside the White House so the president could have a photo op showed how tone-deaf the leaders of this country are on issues of equality.

The questions we now face is, what do we do to uproot this ugly system?

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holders or generals from the South who fought for slavery. Most are symbols that no longer belong in the public space. Doing away with the Aunt Jemima syrup brand or Uncle Ben’s Rice is pure tokenism, and doesn’t help a minority student get a job or stop a racial profiling incident. Congress and local governments around the U.S. have to come up with programs that defuse the tensions racism causes.

If you listen to the debate going on about banning chokeholds and a national system of reporting police conduct, you can see that there is still deep-rooted racism that dates back to the Civil War. There are probably some senators whose forebears were slaveholders, and growing up in a racist system has poisoned their hearts.

Take a trip down to Richmond, Va., and you’ll see statue after statue glorifying generals who fought for the South. Elsewhere, some of our military bases do the same.

The two houses of Congress have to come together to pass laws that attack the problems that the policing of minorities creates. The suggestion that police departments be “defunded” is an overreaction by a relatively small number of people who don’t understand the challenges that law enforcement faces every day, but those departments have to be reorganized to deal

ongress must attack the problems that the policing of minorities creates.

more effectively with spousal abuse and rape allegations.

Policing in America hasn’t changed enough in the past 50 years. A commission appointed by President Barack Obama produced a road map for fairer policing, but federal law enforcement ignored its recommendations.

Now, in a very short period of time, local governments have sprung into action, passing laws banning chokeholds and acting against policemen who have serious disciplinary problems. Incidents captured on smartphones showing the use of unnecessary force have resulted in firings and suspensions. The New York State Legislature has passed a series of bills to address faults in the policing systems. Only time will tell whether they are all appropriate.

There is no doubt that passing new laws, firing rogue cops and funding important programs to stop racism are all important steps forward. Unfortunately, you can’t legislate what’s in people’s hearts. We can only hope that more open eyes will change enough people’s thinking to make a difference in the years ahead.

Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly’s Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? JKremer@liherald.com.

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ou probably haven’t read “Teaching as a Subversive Activity” by Neil Postman and Charles Weingartner.

“What is it that students do in the classroom?” the authors ask. “Well, mostly they sit and listen to the teacher. Mostly they are required to believe authorities or at least pretend to such belief. It is practically unheard of for students to play any role in determining what problems are worth studying . . .”

“Teaching as a Subversive Activity” was published in 1969. The war in Vietnam was Randi ablaze. The antikReiss war movement in the United States was galvanized, and militants were taking over university offices, bombing draft offices and picketing ROTC buildings. In the midst of this civic unrest, when it seemed as if the country was so divided it might never come together again, Professors Postman and Weingartner wrote their book, which was called a “no-holds-barred assault on outdated teaching methods.”

They were two obscure and uncelebrat-

ed professors who taught at Queens College during the Vietnam War years. As it happens, I was a student in Weingartner’s class in secondary school education in 1968. I studied with him that year, and then took another class with him while working on my master’s degree in education, all at Queens College. The background noise was Vietnam 24/7. In fact, during the worst of the protests, students commandeered our dean’s office and threw his furniture out the window onto the quad.

I was a bystander to the drama, just trying to get my degree and get on with my life as a newly married woman and a newly hired English teacher.

I never forgot Weingartner’s class and his “subversive” approach to education.

He and Postman were captivating and provocative, and although many of their suggestions proved to be impractical, we knew inside that they were right. They were right to say that schools needed to stop the rote teaching and testing. Their emphasis on critical thinking and process was spot on. They said schools needed to do away with grades, tests, textbooks, courses and full-time administrators. They said teachers should be more like life coaches

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(although the term didn’t exist at the time) and not authority figures.

I thought about Weingartner’s theories all the time I taught English. I was a good teacher, but we were constrained by a stagnant system in which students passively listened to teachers present “course content.”

Now, in the midst of a global pandemic, we accomplished the unthinkable: We shut down the nation’s schools and changed how kids learn.

Postman and Weingartner taught before the internet and devices and virtual teaching. It’s hard to know what they would make of this. They might be glad kids were liberated from the classroom, but their vision of educating children was more dynamic than sitting down with screens. I remember Weingartner telling us future teachers to get our kids out of the classroom and into the world, where they could experience art and music and literature firsthand, with us along as guides.

Our school shutdown is a unique opportunity. If we can do that — and we did — why can’t we task our best and brightest with making learning a process and not a product, as David Hill proposed in an arti-

t took a pandemic to shut down the nation’s schools and change how kids learn.

cle in Teacher magazine in 2000?

Teachers, Weingartner said, should ask provocative questions. “What bothers you most about adults?” “How would you distinguish good from evil?” “What are the most dangerous ideas floating through our lives today?” “Why do you think so?”

The professors encouraged students to be creative and tolerant, and to learn to deal with ambiguity and failure. They encouraged teachers not to be in the business of giving answers, but to let students think through problems on their own or in peer groups.

This problem-solving approach to teaching has found traction in recent years. But too much dead wood anchors our education system. Too many classroom experiences are based on lesson plans and note-taking and tests. “Don’t plan a lesson,” the professors wrote in their book. “Confront your students with some sort of problem that might interest them. Then allow them to work the problem through without your advice or counsel.”

We are at a tipping point in education because of the pandemic, and we have an extraordinary opportunity to improve the public-school experience for our students and teachers. We could make some lemonade from this lemon.

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

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Why we must commemorate Juneteenth

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n April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia, ending the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in American history, in which an estimated 498,000 soldiers died in battle. With the surrender of the South, slavery ended with the stroke of a pen.

But not quite. News of the emancipation of slaves did not reach Texas, a slaveholding state, until June 19, 1865. On that day, Union forces arrived on Galveston Island to free Texas’s slaves, who rejoiced in the streets. Since then, Juneteenth — a blend of June and 19th — has been celebrated in Texas.

It officially became a state holiday in 1980, but as of last year, only Texas recognized Juneteenth as a paid holiday for state employees.

Last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed

an executive order proclaiming Juneteenth an official New York holiday, on which state employees will receive a paid day off, starting next year. It was the right move.

If you think about it, June 19, 1865, was effectively the day when all Americans were at last free. The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution applied to all white people, but not to all black people. Millions were held in bondage, beaten and defiled into subservience. According to the 1860 census, there were 4 million slaves in the U.S., accounting for 12.9 percent of the country’s total population of 31 million.

For centuries, the U.S. held Fourth of July celebrations — as well it should have — but rarely, if ever, did we recognize that the hard-fought freedoms won during the Revolutionary War did not apply to millions for 76 years after the Constitu-

tion took effect.

Juneteenth — celebrated in Texas with cookouts, rodeos and street fairs — reminds us of that horrid reality, at the same time that it celebrates the victory over the evil of slavery.

We must remember and reflect on our nation’s long history of enslavement if we are to understand our present-day systemic racism — and someday soon, we hope, overcome it.

The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on Memorial Day unleashed a wave of hundreds of peaceful protests and a handful of riots. It was clearly an inflection point in our history, a moment that, it appears, will move the needle further toward freedom and justice for all, regardless of skin color. New York, we are pleased to say, is playing a leading role in that movement.

Mark July Fourth by reading the Declaration

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ext week, the Herald Community Newspapers will publish the Declaration of Independence and a likeness of the American flag.

The Declaration will appear here, on our Editorial Page, as it long has during the week of the Fourth of July, and the flag will appear in the center of the paper.

We encourage families to stand on their stoops and front lawns and read the Declaration together, as messengers did across the 13 colonies in 1776.

For 39 years, the Merrick Historical Society, led by President Lawrence Garfinkel, gathered on July Fourth at the Merrick Library and the Long Island Rail Road station to read the Declaration. All from the community and beyond were invited to attend, and the event attracted

many families with small children.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, however, the society decided against the public reading, and is instead encouraging people to read the Declaration with their families at home. What a wonderful idea, we thought. What better way to learn about and teach our history — about the very moment our nation was conceived — than by reading the Declaration, line by line.

If you do so, take a photo and email it to us. Check Page 4 for details on how.

The Signing of the Declaration ushered in an entirely new era in history, when colonies would rebel against their sovereign, in our case the mighty British Empire.

That rebellion brought forth a new era in government, when democracy — rule by

letters Thank you for the support To the Editor: I hope this letter finds everyone safe and well. I would like to thank the members of the Hewlett-Woodmere community who took the time to vote via absentee ballot in the school budget vote and board member election. Although the format was very different this year, we had a record number of voters. We appreciate the support the community continues to place in us to provide the children of Hewlett-Woodmere with exceptional programs and services.

Thank you, also, to everyone who shared their thoughts and opinions with us throughout the many live and virtual meetings and conversations that helped to shape our budget for the 2020-21 school year.

I think we can all agree that Hewlett-Woodmere is a wonderful

the people — began after thousands of years of monarchial rule in Europe and around the globe.

Thus began the great American experiment, as we like to call it.

For sure, it has been an imperfect experiment. As noted in the editorial above, not all were freed by the American Revolution that followed publication of the Declaration. Millions remained enslaved for the better part of a century.

The American experiment, however, has moved steadily toward greater freedom and justice for all people. It is up to our generation now to carry the mantle forward and form a more perfect union than that which we were given by working to eliminate systemic racism in all its forms.

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Here’s how: First, stay connected. Call ost people don’t like going to your doctor’s office and ask about the the doctor. The truth? Even options for a visit. There are two comdoctors don’t like going to mon options: the virtual visit, conducted doctors. And now, in the time by video chat or phone, and the traditionof the coronavirus, people’s willingness al in-person visit. In either case, many of to see their doctor is at an all-time low. the same rules apply. Come prepared to It’s not a surprise, considering that the pandemic has many worried not only ask questions and complete any required tests (like blood work) that are needed to about themselves, but also about catchmake the time with your phying Covid-19 and bringing it sician the most beneficial for home to their loved ones. both of you.

Still, while you may tell yourIf a virtual visit is the self that the crisis is a good right option for you, ask your reason not to see your physidoctor’s office for any special cian, it’s a mistake that could instructions. What technoloprove costly to your health gy is needed? Will a smartand well-being. phone or laptop work best? Do Whether you suffer from you need to download an app an illness that requires testor program? Will the doctor ing and close monitoring, or anika call or send a website link via have symptoms that are new, saGar text or email? Make sure the it’s important to continue to battery for your phone or see your doctor. With Covidcomputer is fully charged and 19 widespread, the best way that, if the consultation takes places durto access health may seem unclear at ing the day, you sit facing a window or first, but just as you continue relationplace a lamp in front of you so the doctor ships with friends and family by followcan see you clearly on his or her screen. ing safety protocols, your relationship If an in-person visit is the right option with your doctor is one that can also be for you, ask your doctor’s office for any maintained safely.

Letters place to learn, live and work. The passage of the budget will allow the district to continue to provide extraordinary learning experiences for our students and the excellent programs and services valued most by our community.

I would also like to congratulate our re-elected Board of Education members, Cheryl May and Paul Critti, for the three-year term. In addition, the passage of our capital reserve proposition will allow us to complete necessary repair and maintenance projects at all of our facilities at no additional cost to taxpayers.

As of now, we are still awaiting guidance on the reopening of schools in the fall. The district has created a comprehensive reopening task force that is working diligently to ensure that our students, staff and visitors remain safe if we are permitted to reopen in September.

More information will be shared with the community as our plans and guidance from the state emerge.

DR. RAlPH MARINO JR. Superintendent, Hewlett-Woodmere schools

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can reduce fear and anxiety about seekspecial instructions before you head to the office. Some may ask you to call them ing medical care.

One more thing: If you don’t have a from the door when you arrive to make sure you don’t have to wait in the waiting primary-care doctor, it’s important to area. If you have a fever, cough or cold, find one who can help you on your health going fo or otherwise aren’t well, please let the journey. Ask friends, family members or the rec office know so proper precautions can be your insurance provider for recommen- have fo taken to care for you. Remember to wear dations. The best time to meet a new doc- the fact a face covering and follow the social-distor is before you fall ill. This gives your suffer b tancing rules of the office, doctor the chance to underwhich will require you to be stand who you are and how he six feet away from others and can help achieve your goal: to be in an area with fewer than be the healthiest version of 10 people. Wash or sanitize you. your hands both before and Remember, although many after the visit and when you things have changed as a arrive back at home. And result of the virus, we’re in once you’re at home again, this together. Relationships put your clothes in the launremain essential — and that dry. includes your relationship Maria No matter which option is with your doctor.

CarneY right for you, make sure you call the doctor’s office to folDr. Anika Sagar is a primary low up or schedule other care physician for adults and appointments, and remember to keep the an assistant professor of medicine at the colleag doctor up to date on how you’re feeling. their so Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/ If at any time you feel ill, let your physiNorthwell Health. Dr. Maria Carney is a for arre cian know right away. geriatrician and palliative medicine phy- skin in By having a plan and a strategy, and sician for older adults, and a professor of spoke a exercising control of the situation, you contrib medicine at the Zucker School. among crowde ing and these s said pr state.

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To the Editor: Re Randi Kreiss’s column “Thank you very much, but I prefer to remain alive” (Jun 18-24): Kreiss is entitled to her opinion, and common sense certainly dictates that one must be cautious during the coronavirus pandemic.

I don’t know Kreiss’s age or financial stability, but I think the owner of the bridge club is entitled and smart to open his establishment.

My family has two medical professionals, and we have a cancer survivor in our household, so I don’t treat medical issues in a cavalier manner. However, we must try and restore some sense of normalcy and let businesses operate and allow people to earn a living. This will allow mortgages, rent, utilities, taxes and food to be paid. It will also allow people the opportunity to recoup savings lost during the last three-plus months.

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