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Town earmarks CARES funds for libraries one in our town was spared from the impacts of this pandemic and the financial toll it has taken, aseidman@liherald.com [and] we are proud to be able to On Feb. 10, Hempstead Town provide this funding to our Supervisor Donald Clavin, neighborhood libraries so they appearing with local library can continue serving the residirectors, announced that the dents of Hempstead Town.” town had approved Most libraries more than $340,000 have continued to in grants to support offer a full compleseveral public librarment of services, ies in the township. with Covid-19 safety Wantagh’s and Seameasures in place, ford’s public librarincluding high-grade ies were among the Plexiglas shields for beneficiaries of the the circulation and town grants. reference desks, perThe funds will s o n a l p ro t e c t ive come from the federequipment for staff, al CARES Act, which daily sanitizing proCongress passed and ChRiStoPhER cedures, UV-lighting for mer President to disinfect books Trump signed into CARiNi and printed materiHempstead law last March. als, and the reconfigEach library will town councilman uration of library receive more than spaces to maintain $20,000 to help pay social distancing. for unbudgeted expenses “Our children, schools, incurred during the pandemic. seniors and community groups Clavin said that the funding depend on our libraries, as they would also allow the facilities to play an important role in our continue to provide essential pro- communities,” said Town Coungrams and services to their com- cilman Christopher Carini, who munities. fondly recalled leading Seaford “They might have lost some Civic Association meetings at the sort of benefit they’d given the Seaford Public Library. “We all community,” he explained. “No Continued on page 3
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Courtesy Boy Scout Troop 186
lEA FEiNER, oF Levittown, is a member of Wantagh’s Boy Scout Troop 186 and among one of the nation’s first female Eagle Scouts. For her Eagle project, she constructed perches for the cats of the Wantagh Animal Shelter.
Local teens among first female Eagle Scouts in the nation By ANDREW GARCiA agarcia@liherald.com
Boy Scout Troop 186 of Wantagh made history this week, as three of its scouts were among the first girls in the nation to achieve the rank of Eagle. Amritha Jacob, of Bellmore, Julia Kirpalani, of Merrick, and Lea Feiner, of Levittown — who worked at the Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter in Wantagh for her Eagle project — officially
became Eagle Scouts at a special ceremony on Monday. The trio, along with Scoutmaster Mike Sarlo, had received congratulatory certificates from County Executive Laura Curran at the Nassau County Legislature on Feb. 11. They are among hundreds of young women across the country who comprise the inaugural class of female Eagle Scouts. “It’s such a great honor,” Kirpalani said. “I never
expected that in my youth I’d have the opportunity to do this — I thought maybe my daughters might be able to do this. To be part of that change was unexpected, but it’s been an amazing opportunity and an amazing leap of faith.” “Getting to Eagle is rooted in service — that’s the whole point: to learn leadership and dedication to your community,” Jacob said. “Being able to say that we have achieved that Continued on page 3
e all want to see our libraries continue to provide their programs.