Challenging Attitudes on Aging
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HERALD________________ GLEN COVE _______________ Gazette Holiday glitz at Polish pride Movies and Festival of Trees at senior center a book on Colvin Page 15 Page 9 Page 3 Vol. 27 No. 47 NoVEMBER 22-28, 2018 $1.00 Challenging attitudes on aging By YoUN-Joo PARK Aging Revolution” last Sunday [email protected] at The Landmark in Port Wash- ington. Carol Waldman, the exec- Deeply woven utive director of into the fabric of the Glen Cove Bernard Macias’s S e n i o r C e n t e r, childhood is the hen an m o d e r at e d t h e steadfast presence event. of his grandmoth- W older In the next two er. She lived with to three decades, his family, wel- person forgets people in their 60s comed him home a n d o l d e r a r e from school each something, why expected to become day and cooked a majority of the meals he remem- is that person world’s population. bers to this day. “I It is essential, was very lucky to having a ‘senior Macias said, for Elisa Dragotto/Herald Gazette grow up seeing my DIFFERENT VARIETIES oF corn were on display at Garvies Point Museum for the Native American those who are g r a n d m o t h e r, ” moment’? Well, u n c o m f o r t a b l e Feast last Saturday and Sunday. Macias said, “but around the elderly my kids — they why don’t we come to terms with look at older people that demographic a bit differently see that as a trend and become A feast full of history at Garvies than I do.” ‘junior moment’ better informed Now an associ- about issues associ- ate director of for younger ated with an aging Point Museum and Preserve AARP Long Island, society. Macias’s job is rais- people? Author Ashton By AlYSSA SEIDMAN tion is our No. 1 goal,” said tured four types of popcorn, ing awareness of Applewhite, who older populations. [email protected] Veronica Natale, the muse- cranberries and boiled corn ASHToN writes about age- um’s director. “So we like to soup. In the pottery studio, He and commu- ism — discrimina- Hidden in the woodlands bring education through patrons used natural clay nity leaders, activ- APPlEWHITE tion against older ists, sociologists of Glen Cove, visitors wan- hands-on activities. People get deposits from Hempstead Ageism author people — was a and policy makers dered the grounds of Garvies more out of learning when Harbor beach to sculpt bowls member of the were part of a panel, and said that Point Museum and Preserve it’s hands-on and visual.” and vases. panel that offered insights on all too often, biases against a during the annual Native Guests applied tribal face Marianna Ferrari, who aging at a program called “Con- American Feast last Saturday. paint made from red shale, came from Queens, said she versations from Main Street, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 Each year, the weekend before which was ground at a stone- enjoyed the exhibits, which Thanksgiving, the museum drilling station. Children she said realistically por- invites patrons from near and weaved in and out of wig- trayed life in native tribes. far to take part in a variety of wams in the interactive wood- “The multisensory aspect of activities that celebrate land village, and visitors sam- it [is more interesting than] Native American life. pled fare from Native Ameri- just reading about it in your “Being a museum, educa- can food displays, which fea- CONTINUED ON PAGE 12 2 Member FDIC November 22, 2018 — GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE 2018 — GLEN COVE 22, November Come Meet Santa! Saturday, December 1 st 12:00pm - 2:00pm The First National Bank of Long Island 26A Lido Boulevard, Point Lookout, NY 11569 Children can take a FREE picture with Santa! Refreshments to be served! Bring this coupon to receive a FREE Goody Bag from Santa Point Lookout Branch 1005740 Colvin’s story unfolds in two films, a book 3 GLEN COVE HERALD GAZETTE — November 22, 2018 22, HERALD GAZETTE — November GLEN COVE By LAURA LANE rahan said, “and we’d dress to the nines [email protected] and dance all night long.” Colvin had also been targeted while on “Marie’s death is extremely painful for assignment in Sri Lanka in April 2001, us,” Cathleen Colvin said when asked when government troops were fighting how the family is handling the release of Tamil Tiger guerillas. A grenade was not one, but two films and a biography of fired at her when she yelled, “Journalist!” her sister, the legendary war correspon- She survived, but lost the sight in her left dent Marie Colvin, who was killed on Feb. eye and from then on wore a patch, which 22, 2012, in Homs, Syria. She was 56. became her hallmark. The documentary, “Under the Wire,” Colvin and Conroy arrived in Syria on which covers the last three weeks of Col- Feb. 13, 2012 on assignment for the British vin’s life, was released on Nov. 10. Cath- national newspaper, The Sunday Times. leen, who goes by Cat, said she was Conroy said in an interview on the Al shocked when she saw the film for the Jazeera television show “The Stream” first time week’s before. An attorney from that they were there to tell the story of Oyster Bay, she joined filmmaker Chris the Syrian civilians trapped in the war- Martin at the International Film Center torn city of Homs, which the Syrian in Manhattan to answer questions after Army had been bombing for five years. its screening on Nov. 10. “Under the Wire” “Lebanese intelligence told us that any was included in the Viewfinders Competi- journalist found in or around Homs was tion, a documentary film festival held to be executed and the bodies thrown on each year at IFC. the battlefield,” Conroy recounted. “We Describing the film as intense, Martin knew that going in.” said that Colvin as one of the “greatest Cat Colvin said she felt a connection to war correspondents,” adding, “The strate- the documentary because of Conroy, who gy of dictators to silence the press in plac- reminds her of Marie. “They thought that es like Syria has been successful.” if they could do their jobs better — if The documentary was based on the Paul could capture the pain of the suffer- book “Under the Wire: Marie Colvin’s ing that he saw firsthand and if Marie Final Assignment,” by photographer Paul could just write better, people would see Conroy. He accompanied Colvin in Syria, how unacceptable it was,” she said. “And and was seriously wounded when she was they thought that if they could bring it killed. “Paul wrote the book because he more graphically to the world, it wouldn’t felt a burden to tell the Syrian people’s continue.” Courtesy Cat Colvin story and the danger to journalists,” Cat The other film about Colvin, “A Private CAT COLVIN, LEFT, was close to her older sister, Marie, a respected war correspondent. Colvin explained. “This was important to War,” starring Rosamund Pike, was Marie, too.” released on Nov. 2. The story is accurate, several times. “It’s a difficult film for my Colvin’s closest friend during her teen- her sister said, except for the portion that family to watch. It does depict my sister’s age years, Jerelyn Hanrahan, found the delves into her personal life, as well as murder.” documentary disturbing. “I cried all the some of the other characters. They are A biography was also released on Nov. way home,” she said. She comforts her- combinations of various people that she 1. “In Extremis: The Life of War Corre- self with memories of happier times, like had relationships with, Cat explained. spondent Marie Colvin,” was written by when she and Marie went to the Oyster “Rosamund’s performance is brilliant; Lindsey Hilsum, international editor for Bay club Rumrunners, which closed years she mastered Marie’s mannerisms and Channel 4 News in England, who was also ago. “Marie loved wearing stilettos,” Han- voice,” said Cat, who met with the actress a foreign correspondent. “Lindsey was a close friend of Marie’s,” Cat said. “She spent a lot of time in Oyster Bay working on the biography, interviewing Marie’s friends and family.” Cat has many memories of her sister. She described Marie as “uncompromis- ing,” regardless of how small or large the Courtesy Cat Colvin issue. “Everything was an adventure with MARIE COLVIN, LEFT, with her mother, Marie,” Cat said. Rosemarie, who lives in East Norwich. She had been passionate about sailing since she was 14 and bought her first boat. Hanrahan said. “We saw a woman with Their parents, Bill and Rosemarie Colvin, five children walking in the desert. Marie gave her their permission to do so, certain wanted to know how much people were that she wouldn’t be able to scrape togeth- paid and how many hours they worked. er the money for a few years, but Cat said She was very upset about the woman’s sit- the boat showed up in the family’s East uation.” Norwich driveway soon after. When they returned, Hanrahan went Hanrahan, who lives in Mill Neck, to college and to Europe to become an art- hadn’t seen Marie since the 1990s, but her ist. Marie went to Yale. memories of her best friend remain solid. Hanrahan said she never saw her She remembers Colvin as soft-spoken and friend as someone who was confused elegant, unpretentious and vulnerable.