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Vol. 72, No. 33
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
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Right-wing activist sparks anger in Port Social media figure linked to QAnon conspiracies speaks at wellness center BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y
The tour included conferences that featured QAnon influencers, anti-vax An event in Port Washington on activists and election fraud conspiracy Sunday featuring Scott McKay, a social theorists, the ADL said. “In this intriguing event, we will media figure who is accused of spreading QAnon conspiracies and what the dive into the secrets of the Under Anti-Defamation League describes as Ground Tunnels and explore fasciantisemitic rhetoric, focused on an al- nating insights,” the event’s online leged underground child trafficking description said. “Plus, we’ll address the crucial issue of child trafficking plot around the world. The gathering at Rays of Light on and pleading to protect and safeguard our most vulnerable as168 Main St. was orgasets.” nized by Jason Shurka, a McKay, a 36-yearSee related Port Washington native old from Dallas, Texas, who founded UNIFYD, a story made comments previ“nonprofit faith-based” PAGE 34 ously that the ADL deorganization that offers scribes as antisemitic a streaming service and on the Khazarian Mafia, alternative medicine a group of Jews traced back to the 8th products, according to its website. Rays of Light, along with other century. The Khazars, McKay said, were “UNIFYD Healing Centers” like McKay’s in Dallas, Shurka said, offer clients the marauders, thieves and Satanists who Energy Enhancement System, a sup- chose Judaism out of the three major posed technology that can treat cancer religions in the world when they were and autism, among other illnesses, ac- threatened to be killed off completely. “For the next 1,400 years, they’re cording to online testimonials. Shurka’s family owns the Port Washington cen- infiltrating every institution and agency of civilization,” McKay said Sunday, ter. McKay is a self-proclaimed “Patriot according to an online recording postStreetfighter” who hosts a show on the ed by McKay of the event. “The central social media platform Rumble with banks, the royal families. They breed 228,000 followers and was part of the their way in, they kill their way in.” Reawaken America Tour. Continued on Page 34
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Students musicians make music and friends while honing their craft and expanding their appreciation for diverse musical styles at Herricks Summer Music Program, a unique four-week immersive experience that is held at Herricks Middle School. See story on page 43.
Right Coast Taqueria finds home in Mineola BY B R A N D ON D U FF Y A friendship that started nearly 30 years ago at Houlihan’s has since expanded into Right Coast Taqueria, which recently opened its doors in Mineola this July. Dave Preisler said he and his partner would stay in touch after first meeting at the restaurant chain and eventually decided to put their combined corporate experience into something they both love.
“We both came from working at full-service, corporate restaurants,” Preisler said in an interview with Blank Slate Media. “We both said we’re done with that, let’s do simple, fast casual with a handful of employees. That’s how the idea was born.” Right Coast Taqueria first opened in Deer Park in 2018. After initial success, plans to sign a lease on a second location came to a halt with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Preisler said.
“We realized we didn’t need to serve people in a big dining room,” Preisler said. Right Coast created its first food truck that was first stationed in Holbrook, but demand for catering private events led to the creation of a second one. The two trucks split their time between traveling to different events and acting as an “outdoor restaurant” in Ronkonkoma, Preisler said. Continued on Page 41