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HERALD________________ GLEN COVE _______________ Gazette A salute to Seven marathons little league ‘Earth Month’ in seven days season kicks off Page 15 Page 3 Page 9 Vol. 27 No. 17 APRIl 26 - MAY 2, 2018 $1.00 MS-13 issues threat to cops Street gang has had a presence in Glen Cove, says DA indictment By NADYA NATAlY, CHRISTINA DAlY, ney’s office and Detective Lt. ZACH GoTTEHRER-CoHEN John Nagle of the Glen Cove and SCoTT BRINToN Police Department, although [email protected], [email protected] Nagle said that even though some known MS-13 members Members of the El Salvador- live in Glen Cove, they don’t nec- an gang MS-13, or Mara Salva- essarily engage in illegal activi- t r u c h a , h av e ties here. threatened Nas- “Our officers sau County and h a v e b e e n Village of Hemp- e know, instructed to be stead police offi- extra careful on cers, according to W through our certain calls,” he County Police said, “to be extra C o m m i s s i o n e r intelligence, who vigilant at all Patrick Ryder. belongs to what times.” I f “ M S - 1 3 T h e t w o Christina Daly/Herald Gazette wants to threaten gangs. “ c l i q u e s, ” o r CHIlDREN AND ElECTED officials helped to plant a white oak sapling in Morgan Memorial Park a cop in this coun- semi-independent on Earth Day in honor of Marguerite Suozzi, a former first lady of Glen Cove, the mother of U.S. ty, MS-13 is going DET. lT. JoHN NAGlE, chapters of Rep. Tom Suozzi and a longtime supporter of the park. to get an answer,” Spokesman, MS-13, that oper- Ryder said. “We a t e o n L o n g will answer that Glen Cove Police Island — “Holly- threat, and we wood” and “The A tree grows in Glen Cove will answer it strongly.” Sailors” — report to and share The threats follow a series of drug profits with gang leaders in gang killings in the Baldwin- El Salvador, according to police. Celebrating Earth Day with an arboreal theme Freeport-Merrick area last year, Diaz was a high-ranking Sail- and the extradition from Mary- or, according to District Attor- By ZACH GoTTEHRER-CoHEN “Those birds weren’t here. member of the Trustees of land last week of Miguel Angel ney Madeline Singas. Another [email protected] They were all killed off by Morgan Memorial Park, who Corea Diaz, known on the street Sailor, Kevin Cuevas Del Cid, DDT” — a pesticide common- died in September, Tom as “the Reaper,” an MS-13 king- nicknamed “Creeper,” was At a tree-planting ceremo- ly used in the 1950s and ’60s Suozzi noted that the tree pin who is the gang’s highest- arrested last July at his land- ny in Morgan Park on April before it was banned in 1972. would one day grow as tall ranking member on the East scaping job in Glen Cove after 22, U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a “Those birds didn’t come and mighty as the other trees Coast. allegedly conspiring to lure a former Glen Cove mayor, back in five years, 10 years, in the park, which towered The gang has had a presence victim into the woods and mur- recalled walking with his 15 years or 20 years,” Suozzi above the crowd, their in Glen Cove, according to both children in the woods of the continued, “but they did CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 boughs still leafless but on the Nassau County district attor- Welwyn Preserve and seeing come back.” a red-tailed hawk fly by, and Gesturing to the white oak the verge of budding after a then watching an osprey dive sapling that was to be planted late-ending winter. Several into Long Island Sound to this Earth Day in honor of attendees and officials noted scoop up a fish. his mother, Marguerite the beautiful weather, one of When he was a child in Suozzi, a former first lady of the first warm, sunny days Glen Cove, Suozzi said, Glen Cove and an active CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Special LOOK on the HOnOrIng HERALD Keepsake Inside! scene our local heroes Gazette Edition 2 TU"OOVBM &XOLQDU\'HOLJKWV&XOLQDU\'HOLJKWV April 26, 2018 — GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE 2018 — GLEN COVE April 26, 7KH0DQVLR7KH0DQVLRQQ 200 Dosoris Lane Glen Cove “PAVING, A WHOLE NEW WAY” Great food, fine wines, fabulous raffles! Restaurants showcase their signature dishes 0RQGD\ 503UH3DLG5DWWKH'RRU April 30th .LGV8QGHU 6-9pm **126752//(563/($6(** RSVP: Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce (516) 676-6666 [email protected] New This Year! Tickets available online. www.glencovechamber.org 972609 970229 RICHNER WE’RE HIRING! COMMUNICATIONS INC Glen Cover’s week of marathons for vets 3 By ZACH GOTTEHRER-COHEN If Jepson hadn’t recently injured his back, he would 2018 April 26, HERALD GAZETTE — GLEN COVE [email protected] ride alongside Casale in a three-wheeler, he said, flying a large American flag to give curious witnesses a clue that When people talk about the seven marathons that the event is veteran-related, not just a local out for a jog. Glen Cove resident Eva Casale runs in as many days, While Jepson said that he’s glad Casale’s week-long they invariably speak with equal parts astonishment, run will bring awareness to veterans’ issues, he hopes it exhaustion on her behalf, and admiration. But for Casale will bring in money too. “There’s a lot of veterans out herself, it’s not the running that troubles her. there,” he said, “who for various reasons, need money.” “I’m nervous,” she said at her kickoff event at Elks’ He added, “Uncle Sam doesn’t pay them a lot, you know, Lodge 1565 in Huntington. “I have to give a speech. It’s they’re not millionaires.” just the buildup and the excitement,” she added, noting Jepson talked about the money and effort that goes that once she began running, her nerves would fade into into outfitting a home for someone who lost limbs and the background. the difficulty someone with Post-Traumatic Stress Disor- The excitement in the reception room of the Elks’ der, a common malady among returning veterans can Lodge was palpable. Members of Casale’s logistic team — have at getting a job. “They need that extra support,” he wearing t-shirts that read, “Every Veteran Appreciated,” said. “It’s about time America woke up to this.” an acrostic of the runner’s name — scurried around, mak- All the money raised by Team EVA — including a ing introductions and ensuring that the many veterans $10,000 check from Casale’s employer, the Suffolk Federal and dignitaries in attendance were attended to. Credit Union, presented to her at the kickoff event — Casale has been a distance runner for many years, will go toward Hope for the Warriors, an organization and has used her athleticism to raise awareness for that provides medical coordination, psychological coun- numerous causes. Indeed, it was people that she met at Zach Gottehrer-Cohen/Herald Gazette seling, family support, scholarships and other services to other events that moved her to direct her efforts toward EVA CASALE SET off on her first of seven marathons in service members and their families. veterans issues. “I’ve met a lot of sailors and soldiers and Huntington on April 21. Steve Bartomioli, senior director of sports and recre- marines who run with prosthetics,” she said, “I’ve met a ation for Hope for the Warriors, knew Casale from before lot of families, and they’ve sort of become my family.” ary carefully, sketching out a path that includes as many she began working with the organization, as a fellow She runs, Casale said, to appreciate — and to get those “points of honor” — military monuments, cemeteries, member of what he called, the “running community.” who follow her feat to appreciate — the sacrifices of memorial parks, American Legion and Veterans of For- “Eva is an amazing distance runner,” Bartomioli said. members of the military: those who are currently eign Wars posts — as she can work into her route. “She runs ultra-marathons” — which can be almost deployed; those who died in the line of duty; and those “Veterans are worth something,” said Pete Jepson, a twice as long as a 26.2 mile regular marathon — “for fun. who have returned home and who could very well be our navy veteran who was deployed to South America in the “Over the years,” he continued, “it’s been amazing to co-workers, neighbors and acquaintances. 60s, adding, “They’re special.” He is now a member of watch her grow the awareness of our project. She’s a This year is Casale’s third time running 184 miles in a the Patriot Guard Riders, a group of motorcyclist veter- force of nature. She’s just amazing.” week, and in order for her to send the strongest message ans who frequent events honoring service members — of appreciation to service members, she plans her itiner- living or dead — to show their support. Mayor Tenke hosts first of three town hall meetings By ZACH GOTTEHRER-COHEN Saulino, the relatively new director of [email protected] public works named as a top area of con- cern, the city is in the process of aggre- Mayor Tim Tenke held his first of gating a list of streets in the worst condi- three town hall meetings in the Connolly tion, and creating a list of potential road Elementary School gymna- repairs, organized by urgen- sium on April 22.

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