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THE PULSE OF THE PENINSULA
Vol. 91, No. 11
guide to schools and education
comedian brings perisan twist
gop, conservatives pick martins
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Son’s loss guides family on heat safety mission Ariel’s Checklist created to prevent exertional heat strokes B y J oe N i k i c After their son Ariel died two years ago from exertional heat stroke suffered while hiking in Israel, Mark and Ellen Newman set out to improve heat safety procedures across the world. The result was Ariel’s Checklist, a 10-point guideline on how hikers and those performing physical activities in hot temperatures can better protect themselves. “I want Ariel’s name to go on and the actions of his soul to go on through saving the lives of others,” Mark Newman said. “He doesn’t have a body
to be the vehicle, so we are now his vehicle.” After graduating from Yeshiva University High School for Boys in June 2014, the 18-year-old Ariel set off for a nine-month educational program at Mechinat Yeud in Israel on Sept. 3, 2014. Ellen said the program serves students through educational and religious studies, as well as with physical activities like hiking and traveling through the country. “It was a very small program so we thought this would be nice and he wouldn’t fall through the cracks,” she said. “There would be a sense of ca-
maraderie and he would really feel like a part of the group of young men.” But while hiking in the Judaean Desert on Sept. 10, 2014, Ariel collapsed from exertional heat stroke. He died later that day in an Israeli hospital. Mark said when they learned of their son’s death, he and his wife headed to Israel to find out what caused his death. After speaking with the head of the hospital’s trauma unit, he said, they believed his son died from a heat stroke rather than a separate health Continued on Page 65
Voters to decide 15 board seats in village elections Six villages to hold uncontested races March 15 A Troop 10 boy scout makes a fire at the Shelter Rock district’s Klondike Derby at the Muttontown Preserve. See story on Page 58.
B y J oe N i k i c Voters will head to the polls Tuesday to decide on 15 positions in six Great Neck villages — none of which is contested. But the candidates may not want to assume victory just yet with memories still fresh of the surprise write-in campaign launched by Village of Great
Neck Mayor Pedram Bral’s and Christine Campbell were part two challengers for trustee po- of an under-the-radar writesitions in 2013. in campaign in the 2013 elections, which resulted in hundreds of residents lining around the block from the ELECTION 2016 Great Neck House to vote for the challengers. Bral, Mendelson and Bral, Village of Great Neck Campbell were narrowly deContinued on Page 66 trustee Anne Mendelson and
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