The Garden City News 06-05-2020

THE SEASON THAT WASN’T

Garden City High School senior athletes missed out on their final year of spring sports this year, but have shifted their focus to the future. See pages 42-43 to see the graduating boys lacrosse team members. Above, in a pre-pandemic photo, Christian Sullivan takes on a South Side opponent.

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Village residents have rallied to get the Board of Trustees to approach the Metropolitan Transportation Association (MTA) and Long Island Rail Road to revisit decisions about installing 93-foot-tall utility poles along the Estates section of the village. The poles are part of the 9.8-mile Third Track project which runs from Floral Park to Hicksville.

The Village Board meeting May 21 featured questions about the process by which these poles were installed during the early spring, while the pandemic’s heavy impacts on New York and Nassau County forced residents to stay home. However residents’ questions remained unanswered after the meeting.

Three residents, all with the first name Matt, started the lengthy public comment and

exchange as they addressed the Village Board of Trustees on Zoom. The creator of a Change.org petition, “Remove 90+ Foot Steel Utility Poles Along Garden City Third Rail Expansion Project” Matt Hess noted the likelihood that property values along the corridor of the tracks will plummet and quality of life, with the visual intrusions on the greenery of the neighborhoods was a

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GC School budget election takes place this week by mail

BY RIKKI MASSAND

During the Board of Education’s May 27 virtual/teleconference public hearing on the proposed 2020-’21 budget of $120,913,141 public comments were not voiced in real-time or read aloud, but Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha and Assistant Superintendent for Business/ District Clerk Dana DiCapua worked through several questions from community members.

Dr. Sinha posed the questions the community sent into the administration, and in large part DiCapua provided focused and concise answers on each topic. The proposed schools budget represents a local tax levy increase of 1.74% (the maximum allowable levy) and a budget-to-budget increase of 2.47% -- up by $2,913,173.

The deadline for votes on the budget to be received in to District Clerk DiCapua’s office by Tuesday, June 9 at 5 p.m.

DiCapua stated that all absentee ballots with postage-prepaid “oath envelopes” -- requiring voter signatures -- were to be mailed to all registered voters living in the district by May 29. “Each voter needs to sign the oath envelope; without their signature on the oath envelope it is not a valid ballot vote...you cannot include multiple ballots from voters residing in the same household in one oath envelope,” DiCapua explained.

Dr. Sinha read one question about formulating the district budget contingent upon students returning to regular operations of sitting in schools this fall, over the coming academic year. She said plans are in place for a full ‘in-school’ program, but plans do exist for either a blended/hybrid program delivery, or a fully remote program.

“The State requires us to have a fiscal and functional plan for the education of our students. We have an operational budget that is put together with an understanding that the district will be open. We are required to have a budget and we do the best we can to anticipate the needs of students and employees for next year,” she said.

Dr. Sinha believes additional requirements or accommodations, which would be outlined by the State Education Department and/or Gov. Cuomo’s office could mean classrooms with fewer students in order to adhere to physical distancing.

“This may be challenging but we’re in the process of planning for schools to be open in September,” she noted.

Another resident’s question was about potential savings, or costs

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Do your part, don’t spread fear

The times right now are surely the strangest in most people’s lifetimes. Between the pandemic and civil unrest, there is a lot to legitimately fear. But it’s important to make a distinction between what is truly frightening, and what is fear-mongering.

On Monday there were a number of posts on social media warning about the large protest rally which took place outside the county Legislature building on Franklin Avenue. There were some legitimate things to be afraid of. Some protest rallies in other cities have devolved into violence, although this one didn’t. And having a large crowd standing near each other during a pandemic is also a good reason for fear. Unfortunately, though, some are add-

ing to the legitimate fears by spreading false rumors. On Monday, we saw a post that claimed that Seventh Street merchants were boarding up their stores because they feared looters. That was untrue.

On Wednesday we received a text which claimed that the county police were warning that potential looters were placing bags of bricks around the county and marking the spot with yellow crosses on utility poles. Also untrue.

Either of those rumors was easy to fact check. It took a five minute call to the Nassau Police to learn the truth, and you don’t have to be in the media to do a fact check.

If you haven’t checked it, don’t spread it.

Subdivision was “as of right”

To the Editor:

Subdivision of lots in the Village is an understandably tender issue. The members of the Zoning Board of Appeals, all of whom are long-term Village residents who have raised their families here, scrutinize every such case which comes before us very thoroughly.

The Board of Trustees is equally concerned about subdivisions. Some years back an Overlay District was added to our zoning in order to further limit subdivision.

Nevertheless, if a resident has a sufficiently large property, a property not bound by the Overlay District, a property not requiring a variance review by the Zoning Board, then that resident may subdivide that property “as of right”, because each of the new lots conforms in every way to the area zoning. Such is the case mentioned by Mr. Finamore at Tanners Pond Road and Somerset Ave.

Should the present zoning be further tightened to restrict subdivision in some way which will pass legal challenge? That is a question for our POA’s and Village Counsel to consider and advise our Trustees about.

John Villanella, Chairman Zoning Board of Appeals

Correction

To the Editor:

In my letter regarding subdivisions I wrongly included the village beautification committee. I have since been corrected by Mrs. Althea Robinson that said committee has no jurisdiction over decisions to approve subdivisions. They only advise, with the parks commission, on open spaces.

I regret the error.

Arnold Finamore

A Clarification

To the Editor:

In last week’s issue, Arnold

Finamore’s letter to the editor expressed disappointment regarding the proposed moratoriam on subdividing lots. Mr. Finamore called down the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), the Board of Trustees and the Civic Beautification Committee (CBC) stating that these organizations have “let us down.” He has asked for a response from “someone in authority!” We four members of the Civic Beautification Committee representing our respective POAs, wish that Mr. Finamore had fact checked before publicly disparaging this Village Volunteer Committee. Had he done so, and had he read the CBC’s report to residents in The Garden City News a few weeks ago, he would have learned that our Committee acts as an “advisory committee” to the Village Parks Department in cooperation with Paul Blake, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners and of Cultural and Recreational Affairs along with a representative of the Village Parks Department and Village Arborist. To clarify, the charge of the CBC is to address the plantings throughout the Village which include 41 sites (double the number addressed at the CBC’s inception in 1987). These include 10 monuments and flagpoles, 23 signs and miscellaneous areas plus 8 large areas within the commercial districts. The CBC had met with Commissioner Blake and the Park’s Department’s Stephen Barnych in January to discuss floral plantings throughout the Village for 2020 spring and summer months. These included tulips in various colorations magnificently abloom throughout the commercial districts and in various other areas this spring, the result of 42,000 tulip bulbs planted by the Village last fall. Throughout the summer, baskets of petunias line the commercial districts. Dying or dead shrubs have also been replaced. We had also discussed other areas of concern which the CBC felt require attention and possible new plantings.

For Mr. Finamore’s information, these are the ONLY areas that fall under the purview of the Civic Beautification

Thousands rally at NC Legislature building to protest killing

BY MEG MORGAN NORRIS

About 2500 people attended a rally on Monday, May 31st, at the Nassau County Legislative building on Franklin Avenue. The rally was to protest the murder of a black man, George Floyd, at the hands of white Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.

Floyd was killed when one of the police officers pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes.

The rally was one of many held across the country in the past week. Although in many cities there have been reports of violence and looting, the Nassau County event was peaceable.

The Nassau protest drew people from all demographic groups. About half of the participants appeared to be white. And while many of the protesters appeared to be under 30 years old, there were also quite a few older people as well as children in the group.

The rally began at 5:30 p.m. amid a heavy police presence. Franklin Avenue was closed to vehicular traffic between 14th Street and Old Country Road.

In a later statement Garden City Police Commissioner Keneth Jackson said, “The Garden City Police Department and the Nassau County Police Department worked together in

an effort to ensure a safe and secure environment for all participants in the protest. Franklin Avenue, between Old Country Road and 14th Street, was closed during the duration of the event.”

Just before the speakers began, a line of Nassau County Police Officers marched up Franklin Avenue and spaced themselves every twenty feet. In addition, there were police stationed on roof tops across the street from the legislature building, drones hovered overhead and a helicopter circled the site.

Protesters challenged the police officers in the street to “take a knee” in solidarity, but were ignored. However Newsday reported that later during the rally Nassau County Police Chief Patrick Ryder did kneel in unison with the protesters.

A number of speakers from community groups around Nassau County talked about the injustice that is endemic in our culture. Barbara Powell of the Hempstead NAACP called Floyd’s death a “modern day lynching”.

About an hour into the program, a group of about five hundred protesters turned the rally into an impromptu march instead. The group marched down Franklin Avenue to Fifteenth Street, over to Cherry Valley Avenue, up to Old Country Road / Herricks Road, and north to Jericho Turnpike.

Protesters gathered at the Nassau County Legislature buiding on May 31st as part of a nationwide outpouring of anger due to the murder of George Floyd.

From there the group moved east on Jericho Turnpike past Mineola Boulevard, before turning south back to the Legislative Building.

The marchers chanted slogans and encouraged onlookers to join in.

The marchers kept to the middle of the streets while police officers walked

alongside on the sidewalks. There were no incidents of homes or businesses being damaged.

One marcher gave the Garden City News the following account of the march. (He has asked that his name not be published.)

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Vinny Muldoon Owner and Garden City Resident

A

spin on a longstanding village tradition

By Gary Simeone

The Coronavirus pandemic has changed so many things in our lives including traditions that people look forward to every year. One of those traditions is the school district’s annual senior citizen tea event. The event, which normally takes place towards the end of April was rescheduled to this past Tuesday.

Normally, senior citizens who live in the village, would come to the high school and watch students perform in a variety of school plays and even see them belt out a few opera notes. They would get to interact with the students, have dinner and receive a care package of tea bags, cookies and other goodies.

“Obviously because of the virus we had to switch things up this year, so members of the district’s PTA and SEPTA delivered these care package to people’s homes and residences,” said Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Kusum Sinha. “This is an event that the community and especially our seniors really love so we wanted to let them know that we are here for them.”

Dr. Sinha, taking the necessary precautions with her face mask and gloves on, delivered care packages to residents of the Wyndham at Garden City Apartments.

PTA and SEPTA representatives fanned out and delivered the packages, which included handmade tea towels to different sections of the village.

“Many of our seniors in the village haven’t left their homes in months, so they were very happy to see us and very touched we came,” said PTA president, Danielle Atteritano. “This was a way to

let them know we are thinking of them especially now with all that’s going on.” She said that the care packages included two tea bags, a box of Lorna Doone cookies, two disposable face masks and tea towels that were put together by middle school students.

“Students in Mr. (Joe) Wilkonski’s art class decorated the tea towels for them and I think receiving them really brightened up their day,” said Atteritano.

She said that 135 seniors were recipients of the generously put together care packages.

Garden City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha, left, presents a care package to a resident of the Wyndham.

Elene Bombach, with a furry friend, accepts the gift from the School District.

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Scout thanks community for help with service project

BY AUGUSITIN MINGOIA MURPHY

I would like to thank everyone in the community who donated items to the collection I organized in order to support Veterans at the VA Medical Center in Northport during the pandemic. I would also like to thank the American Legion of Garden City Post 265, the Kiwanis Club of Garden City, the American Legion Auxiliary, The Cathedral of the Incarnation and the Parents and Scouts of Troop 55 for your support, and everyone who included a note with their donations. As a Scout, and according to the Scout Oath, I wanted to do my duty to help other people. I wanted to help the Veterans who are patients at the Northport Medical Center since no visitors were allowed at the hospital during the pandemic. I organized a collection of personal care items, games and reading materials, and healthy snacks for them to have during their stay at the hospital. The donations that came in were very generous. I was able to put together 39 complete care packages that included: shampoo, soap, deodorant, shaving cream, razors, comb, tissues, chap stick, lotion, toothbrush, toothpaste and floss, crossword puzzle books and mechanical pencils. I also sent a box of board games, mag-

azines, and miscellaneous items that were donated to the VA Hospital. Because my service project coincided with Memorial Day and all parades were cancelled, I also thought that in addition to the care packages I could help the Veterans commemorate Memorial Day as they remembered their friends or family who they lost in the line of duty. So, I added a second part to my service project. I proposed doing a virtual performance of “Armed Forces March” with the Scouts in my Troop. 16 Scouts volunteered. I got tips from my music teachers, I found and distributed the sheet music to everyone, I held a zoom meeting to discuss the strategy and with the help of a Troop 55 parent, Mr. Mele, I sent the Scouts a recording of the music to practice with. Another Scout, Owen Williams volunteered to be the video editor. We all got it done in less than 2 weeks!. Thank you to all the Scouts who played in the virtual band and did a great job: Shea Burns, Hunter Burns, Patrick Corrigan, Matthew Guida, Alexander Lenzo, Joseph Lippens, Elvin Mele, Thomas Melkonian, Alexander Mingoia Murphy, Timothy O’Brien, Matthew Pontecorvo, Nicholas Rovelli, Sean Santare, Matthew Santos and Owen Williams.

Scout Augustin Mingoia Murphy with items he collected for veterans.

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Petit Larceny arrests

On May 27th a 32 year-old New Hyde Park man was arrested for the alleged theft of household items at Keyfood. Upon investigation, he was also charged with allegedly steal ing items from the store on May 26th and attempting to steal items on May 14th. He was charged with two counts of petit larceny and one count of attempted petit larce ny. On May 28th Garden City Police arrested a 56-year-old Roosevelt man in Parking Field 7N for the alleged theft of merchandise from CVS Pharmacy. He was charged with petit larceny.

Suspended license

On May 28th a  23-year-old motorist was charged with driving on Stewart Avenue with a suspended license and a license plate violation.

Business defrauded

A 7th Street company reports sending multiple payments totaling $106,000 to an unknown company who posed via email as one of their vendors. The company realized they were victims of fraud when the actual vendor requested payment for their services.

Bumper banged

On May 30th damage was discovered on the bumper of a vehicle parked in Parking Field 7N.

DWI for both drivers

Upon investigation of a two-vehicle accident on Herricks Road and Rockaway Avenue on May 31st, both operators, a 39 year-old Bayside

man and a 41 year-old Garden City man, were arrested for DWI. The driver from Bayside was also charged with leaving the scene of an accident. A passenger in one of the vehicles was transported to Winthrop Hospital for facial injuries.

Demonstration duty

Officers were assigned to traffic control details for a large demonstration on Franklin Avenue on May 1st

Overweight truck

As a result of a traffic stop investigation on Old Country Road on May 1st, a Smithtown carting vehicle was cited for suspended registration, fuel leaks and being 30,000 pounds overweight.

Graffiti Graffiti was found on the Chestnut Street overpass on May 1st.

Larceny arrest

Officers arrested a 29 year-old Freeport woman on May 2nd for the alleged theft of merchandise from CVS.

Lock those car doors

Loose change and two EZ Passes were reported stolen from vehicles parked on Laurel Street.

Bridge takes another hit

A truck travelling southbound on Cherry Valley Avenue struck the train trestle on May 2nd. The driver, a 24 year-old Westbury man, was charged with disobeying bridge clearance signs.

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RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN GARDEN CITY

The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes presented were selected based solely on the fact that they were recently sold.

Date: 05/21/2020

4 bedrooms, 3 full baths

Style: Colonial Total taxes: $18,732

Lot Sq. Ft.: 11,250

MLS number: 3203075

Broker: Daniel Gale Associates

Traditional 4 bed & 3 bth colonial on a 75x100 property with a det 2 car garage. This home is full of charm and beauty with Eh, liv w/FP, side den, din, eik, expansive great room with full bth and wet bar and fireplace. The 2nd flr offers a master bed, 2 add bed and full hall bth, The 3rd flr has an add bed, full bth & storage. The basement unfinish, utilities (200 Amp), laundry & storage. everyone! Over 2600 sq ft of living space! Finished basement, oversized property and reasonable taxes

Sold price: $930,000

Date: 04/28/2020

4 bedrooms, 2 full/1 half baths

Style: Center Hall Colonial Total taxes: $18,043

Lot Sq. Ft.: 6,000

MLS number: 3205758

Broker: Coach Realtors Fennessy Associates

Desirable Mott Section. Center Hall Colonial. Formal Living Room with wood burning fireplace, Formal Dining Room, EIK, Large Den/Family Room adjacent to LR and Kitchen, PR. 2ND FL IS THE Master Bedroom with a full bath and 3 additional bedrooms with a hall bath, Slate walk front and back of the home. Brick patio and privately landscaped rear garden.. Window Replaced 10 yrs. ago. Portico Entrance.

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As the Village continues doing its part to help slow the spread of COVID-19, officials wait for the next relaxation of the rules during this pandemic.

If you don’t feel well, contact your doctor immediately. If you need immediate medical assistance, call 911. We have a Village email: mayor@ gardencityny.net and a telephone number: 516-465-4000. Let us know if we can help you. Should you wish to share your thoughts with me, you can reach me directly at 516-650-8847. Please be well and be safe.

The people of Garden City are strong, and we will come through all of this stronger than we ever were before. All of you are in my thoughts.

Impacts and Challenges of Covid-19

Village Treasurer Irene Woo presented the March 2020 Treasurer’s Report during the May 21, 2020 Board of Trustees meeting via Zoom. Ms. Woo reviewed the impacts and challenges COVID-19 has had on Village Departments, revenue and expenses.

Revenues

The Recreation and Parks Department, which saw an approximate $41,000 drop in revenues at the end of March due to the closure of

the Village and cancellation of spring programs, received no revenues after March 17 for use of the Field House. Basketball programs, which make up a large portion of spring Field House rentals, were also cancelled due to COVID19 concerns. Credits have been issued for future programs.

The Tennis Fund has also been adversely impacted by the closure of the Village and cancellation of programs. The facility has been closed for more than 10 weeks. The Fund has a revenue drop of approximately $58,000. Credits have been issued and, in some cases, refunds for unused court time and missed league play. As for the Pool, revenue for the upcoming season is not yet coming in due to the uncertainty of opening this summer.

work and the Business District paving program). Commercial sanitation revenue is currently in line with projections, however, officials are anticipating a decrease in revenue in the next billing period due to a decrease in volume.

The Building Department saw a decrease in all applications beginning in March and continuing through May.

The Police Department saw a 50 percent decrease in March traffic and parking tickets; revenues decreased accordingly. In April, traffic and parking tickets decreased by at least 90 percent. On a positive note, accidents in the Village decreased by 82.5 percent for the first six weeks of the pandemic, as compared to the same period last year.

Impacts/Expenses

The Department of Public Works also has decreased revenues as a result of two large reimbursable projects that have not yet begun (Nassau Boulevard train station parking lot

Further, social distancing measures quadrupled the average number of new Garden City users to the Digital Doorway prior to the pandemic announcement. Between February and March new users increased 100 percent, and again 100 percent between March and April.

According to Ms. Woo, Villagewide COVID-19 related expenses were $108,000 through March, and approximately $142,000 through April. Expenses include sanitizing/cleaning of Village facilities and vehicles, safety supplies, and technology.

Nassau County Urban Consortium

At a special meeting of the Board of Trustees held Thursday, May 28 via Zoom, Trustees considered the Village’s option to continue – or not continue – its participation in the Nassau County Urban Consortium.

Garden City’s volunteer firefighters have been taking what would normally be hands-on training classes via Zoom. The annual inspection dinner, which takes place in May, and the 100th anniversary parade and block party scheduled for June, have been postponed.

At the Pool, expenses are generally coming in under budget in several categories due to the uncertainty of whether the Pool will open this summer. It typically takes three weeks to prepare the facility once a decision is made to open.

Additional overtime and parttime support has been incurred in the Sanitation and Recycling Departments in order to maintain full service for residents.

At the Library, spending increased for digital materials as a result of the Library being closed. On a positive note, as reported in a previous Mayor’s Update, reading has soared during the pandemic, according to Library Director Marianne Malagon. When the Library closed its doors on March 16, it embarked on a plan to increase its digital collection to make eBooks and digital audiobooks available through the Nassau Digital Doorway/Overdrive to patrons who would be sheltering in place at home.

During March and April, the Library purchased approximately 1,500 new items for the Nassau Digital Doorway collection, a 750 percent increase over the number of items purchased in January and February. Digital circulation in April was approximately 4,200 items, an increase of 1,000 items, which is approximately a 30 percent increase over March.

The Final Judgment in the MHANY Management v. Garden City required the Village to join the Consortium if the County did not sell the Social Services Site within a specific period of time. In accordance with that Final Judgment, the Village entered into a Cooperation Agreement with the County to join the Consortium on April 16, 2015. The Village’s membership in the Consortium began on September 1, 2016. The Final Judgment requires the Village to participate in good faith in Consortium activities. This requirement originally expired on April 22, 2019 but was extended to September 1, 2020 by the Court in 2016.

On May 4, the Village received a letter advising the Village of its opportunity to terminate the existing Cooperation Agreement for the next qualification period, which begins October 1, 2020. Trustees unanimously voted to terminate the Cooperation Agreement, but will remain a member of the Consortium through September 30 2020, which is beyond the current requirements of the Judgment and the date of expiration of the Village's term in the Consortium per the current Cooperation Agreement with Nassau County.

On or before June 7, 2020, the date specified in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Urban County Qualification Notice dated May 4, 2020, the Village of will notify Nassau County in writing that it intends to, and hereby does, terminate the Cooperation Agreement at the end of the current qualification period (September 30, 2020). Despite its vote to terminate membership, the Village will continue to cooperate with the Nassau County Urban Consortium and remains dedicated to fostering the goal of creating a diverse

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The George Floyd protests

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

Just when there appeared to be some light at the end of the tunnel with respect to the coronavirus pandemic, we confront another highly volatile situation, widespread unrest following the tragic death of George Floyd while in the custody of the Minneapolis police department.

Although there is much national division at present, there is relatively little debate concerning the underlying cause of the unrest, Mr. Floyd's death. Obviously the officer involved (and his colleagues, if they are also arrested) is entitled to a fair trial, and maybe additional evidence will emerge, but the video of the scene appears to show a horrific picture of mistreatment by the arresting officer of a helpless and handcuffed Mr. Floyd for which there appears to be no justification. There are almost no significant national figures or media commentators who deny that this is apparent police brutality or who are defending Mr. Floyd's treatment. That includes President Donald Trump, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.

Accordingly, with one caveat, it is hard to argue with the peaceful protests pouring out all over the country that are pointing out and condemning instances of police brutality toward African Americans (even if few cases are as clear cut as the one involving Mr. Floyd). There do seem to be far too many of these instances and these occurrences certainly run counter to equal justice under law -- a basic tenet of American freedom. It is certainly appropriate to call for investigating these cases and for full justice against police perpetrators of illegal and violent acts against civilians.

The caveat is that many of the people advocating or defending large protest gatherings against police brutality seem to be the very same people who just a few days earlier favored a glacially paced reopening of the state in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. These people claimed, for example, that only minuscule religious gatherings were appropriate and that relatively small anti-lockdown protests were endangering public health. Now, however, the same folks seem pretty indif-

ferent to the health issues involved with much larger gatherings where social distancing guidelines are frequently not followed. (It is not clear how much wearing masks actually helps in these situations.) I agree that there is no pandemic exception to the Constitution and that all dissent cannot be suppressed during health emergencies; on the other hand, however, freedom of speech cannot be dependent on the content of what is being said.

Unfortunately, of course, the divisive issue right now is not the peaceful protests but a widespread violent rioting and looting. Numerous states have called out the National Guard, and it has done some good in stabilizing some situation, as in Minneapolis. At this writing, the local police in New York City has been overwhelmed, but the mayor, clashing with Governor Cuomo, has refused to allow the National Guard. Cities around the country have imposed curfews.

Clearly, these criminal actions cannot be justified or tolerated. Violent confrontations with law enforcement can easily lead to serious injuries or death. Destroying people’s place of business and stealing property, in addition to being wrong in itself, can have enormous ramifications in terms of quality of life in an area, and often means a lack of employment opportunities for people who are nowhere near the top of the economic pyramid.

There are many theories about how organized the violent actors are. For example, it is unclear whether there are large numbers of agitators crossing state lines to sow destruction (for ideological reasons or just for a thrill) or whether many of the troublemakers are just member of local gangs. Is someone funding some of the miscreants?

But, whatever the origins, the violent actions of some individuals need to be suppressed immediately, most likely by a show of overwhelming numbers and force by law enforcement. What happened to George Floyd was a serious matter, very much worthy of our attention. It cannot be overwhelmed by the actions of nihilists in our midst.

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Virtual Lego classes offered by Garden City teens

Build Big 123, a new program created by Garden City teens, hosts 30-minute virtual Lego classes for children ages 6-10.  Children use their Lego bricks to build various themes.  Besides social interaction and fun for the children, it keeps them occupied so the parents get a break too!  Classes are limited to 10 children and cost $5 per child, a portion of which will be donated to local hospitals and food banks. To reserve a spot, go to Booksy.com, Instagram or Facebook and search for Build Big 123 or visit http://booksy.info/BuildBig123

A.T. Stewart Shop getting ready to re-open!

Melissa Jaeger, Director of the A.T. Stewart Exchange

BY MELISSA JAEGER

We’re ready for you! Governor Cuomo has commenced the next phase of our state’s re-opening. That means while we remain closed, we are available for curbside pick-up – or in our case, parking lot pick-up -- in back of the TGCHS Museum. For now, pick-ups will be Monday through Friday 10:00 – 12:00, effective immediately. Or by appointment.   Please, wear your mask. I’ll be wearing mine.

Be sure to browse and shop a sampling of our available items via the tgchs.org website (where we have a link to our online store) our online store at: stores.myresaleweb.com/at-stewartexchange. At the click of a button, you can make an online purchase.

If you’ve visited the shop previously

and know of an item you’d like to purchase, call or email us.

Flag Day is fast-approaching – June 14th. It’s not too late to purchase your flag. The Garden City Historical Society (TGCHS) and its Exchange are offering the U.S. flag for sale. Purchase your 3’x5’ flags (with embroidered stars), priced at only $20 and/or flag kits (flagpoles and anchors) for $38. Please continue to show your pride and fly your flags throughout the summer.

We really look forward to the day when we can re-open the shop. That day is coming soon. I’ve heard from many of you – consignors and regular customers -- who’ve all said how much they miss coming in to their “happy place.” For that, I thank you! We are just as anxious to get back. And when we can, we will be sure to let you know!

For those unfamiliar with the Exchange Consignment Shop, we are housed in The Garden City Historical Society Museum on 109 Eleventh Street (in the basement of the building). In addition to the flags and gift items, we sell all kinds of consigned items, including but not limited to jewelry, china, lamps, small pieces of furniture, silver, crystal, paintings and collectibles.

Remember: all proceeds from the Consignment Shop support the maintenance and upkeep of our TGCHS Museum. Work on the outside of the Museum will hopefully resume shortly. The shop is located at 109 Eleventh Street, Garden City.

Shop Hours: Tues – Fri 10:00 –4:00; Sat noon – 4:00

Please call (516) 746-8900 for more information

Estates POA meeting on June 10th via Zoom

Due to New York State’s continued social distancing orders, the next meeting of the Property Owners’ Association of Garden City Estates will be conducted via Zoom Video Conferencing starting at 8 pm on Wednesday June 10th.

If you are a resident of the Estates section of Garden City and are interested in attending the meeting, please email GCEstatesPOA@gmail.com , provide your street address and phone number and request a link to access the meeting. In response, those residents will be sent an email with a Zoom link with a password two hours before the

start of the meeting. The deadline to request a link is June 10th at 12 noon. Prior to the commencement of the meeting at 8 pm, those residents will be directed to a waiting room where the POA will confirm their identity as the person requesting the link. All participants will be on mute until the question and answer part of the meeting, at which time, Estates residents may ask the host to be unmuted in order to ask a question.

The POA hopes to resume its regular meetings in the fall.

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Garden City teens have created an online Lego class via Zoom

The dedication, compassion, and strength that The Bristal team displays daily is evident – especially to those who choose to call The Bristal home, as well as their families. The happiness and well-being of residents means everything to us, so their heartfelt appreciation is both powerful and motivating. We’re proud to share their sentiments for the outstanding individuals who make The Bristal such a special place.

Thank you for all you are doing to keep the residents safe, happy, and well fed! Mom is amazed at all you are doing on a daily basis!

– Suzanne K. (family member)

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community and assuring equal housing opportunities and nondiscrimination in its zoning and other land use processes.

New Recycling Buckets

Starting Monday June 8th the Village will be delivering new recycling buckets to all households and businesses in the Village. We will be collecting the old recycling containers at the time of your normal collection and leaving a new one in its place. These new recycling buckets were purchased as part of the Village’s 201920 Capital program. These buckets are larger then the old ones with more capacity and now have handles which make them more ergonomic for the operators who collect and empty them and for the homeowners who fill them. Distribution of the new pails will take approximately two weeks to complete.

Online Tax Payment Availability

The online tax payment system for the 2020-2021 tax year is available as of June 1, 2020. First half payments are due by July 1, 2020, to avoid penalties. Second half payments are due by December 31, 2020, to avoid penalties. To take advantage of the discounted full year amount, both payments must be made simultaneously

by June 30, 2020.

You can access the 2020-2021 Tax Payment System via the Bill Payment Center “Quick Link” on the Home Page.

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Visa, MasterCard or Discover (Additional Fees Apply for Credit Card Payments)

If you have any questions, please contact the Tax Department at 4654156.

Parking Field 8 Repaving Project

On Monday, June 1, 2020, Valente Contracting began removing and replacing damaged concrete in preparation for the repaving of Parking Field 8 – from Ninth Street to Stewart Avenue.  Parking is limited during the first phase of construction. The parking lot is open for emergency vehicles. This schedule is subject to change and is weather permitting.

Business District Paving Stones

The Village has entered into an agreement with Graci Paving for the rehabilitation of the sidewalk paving stones throughout the Village Business districts. The Village has evaluated the sidewalks and has started mailing notices to businesses that have paving stones in need of repair/

replacement. Businesses have the option of hiring a contractor directly to address the deficiencies noted by the Village, provided they file for the proper permits with the Village. If not, after the Village required notice period has passed, the Village will begin repair work. The owners of the property will then be billed for the cost of this work.

Western NassTransmission Project

The Western Nassau Transmission Project consists of the construction, operation and maintenance of a proposed new 138 kilovolt underground transmission line primarily within the public roadway rights-of-way for a total distance of approximately seven miles between the East Garden City substation (located in Uniondale) and the Valley Stream substation (located in Lynbrook).

The project is expected to reinforce LIPA’s electric transmission system in the southwest Nassau area and ensure continued reliable service. The underground transmission line will be located wholly within the Town of Hempstead and will traverse the Villages of Garden City, Malverne and Lynbrook, and will be constructed primarily underground. The project is on schedule for a December 2020 completion. The two-week construction

schedule in Garden City entails: Began June 1, 2020:

• Trenching on Ninth Street and Hilton Avenue between Splice Vault No. 18, which is located just south of the intersection with Ninth Street and Cherry Valley Avenue, and Splice Vault No. 19, which is located in the northbound lane of Hilton Avenue just north of the intersection with Stewart Avenue. On Ninth Street, trenching will be in the eastbound lanes.

• Trenching tie-ins are anticipated to begin at Splice Vault No. 19, located in the center northbound lane of Hilton Avenue between Stewart Avenue and Ninth Street. Expect single lane closures in the northbound lane of Hilton Avenue.

• Horizontal Directional Drilling activities continue on Stewart Avenue between Westbury Road/Butler Place and Village Hall. Timber matting and drilling equipment is stationed on the “mall” area of Stewart Avenue near Westbury Road. Travelers are advised of temporary closures of the Westbury Road/Butler Place crossover of Stewart Avenue during these activities.

Questions? Call the hotline at 780-0665, email info@ westernnassautransmission. com or visit www. westernnassautransmission.com.

While graduation will be virtual this year, your graduate’s accomplishments are real. Celebrate their hard work with a personalized message in this newspaper.

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TMA Booster Club supports STEAM in GC Schools

In a typical display of gen erosity and support, the Garden City TMA Booster Club, teamed up with the Paul R. Eckna Memorial Foundation, and contributed $7,700 to the Garden City Friends of STEAM. The donation was the purchase of 12 Arms to be used in the Project Lead the Way curriculum at the Garden City High School. The TMA Booster Club also made it possible for the Garden City Friends of STEAM (GCFS) to award $5,000 in scholarships this year to deserving GCHS Seniors. Additionally, TMA helped GCFS to provide the Science Research Lab with a needed Pro-Taz 3D printer.

and TMA has always responded to our requests with a sense of urgency and importance, valuing the academic as well as the extracurricular and always with a sense of equity supporting all students”.

Golden Girls Celebrate

“Without the continued support of the TMA Booster Club, we would not be able to help the district the way we would like”, said Matt Wakeham outgoing Executive Director of Garden City Friends of STEAM, “Jimmy Connolly

The TMA Booster Club, lead by Rob and Kristin Cappello, is a hard working group of Garden City parents that volunteer their time, talent, and resources to raise money to support many organizations and sports teams at Garden City High School. If you would like to make a difference and become a member, please reach out at tmagcny@gmail.com.  For more information and to join them go to their Facebook page: TMA Booster Club of Garden City.

On Tuesday, May 26 Ellen Moynahan opened her front door to ascertain what all the noise was about. To her surprise it was a group of her friends who were going down Brook Street in decorated cars with their horns blasted. Signs were all over recognizing her special birthday.

Ellen’s friends all had their masks on and were careful to keep the 6 foot distancing. Celebrating the Ellen’s birthday and keeping the secret was the best surprise.

Amid this crisis, Keats Agency is fully staffed in virtual offices and available to you by phone, email, video and chat from our website. Stay safe, stay healthy and stay home. We all must do our part.

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Homestead School rockers

inspire hope, unity, pride

The Homestead School rock garden of hope, started by an anonymous person and enhanced by Homestead students and teacher Donna Welch.

Homestead School teacher Donna Welch wanted to start a special project for young students to create an inspirational visual message of hope, unity and pride for the entire Garden City community during the pandemic.

Welch wrote a letter to the students asking them to provide a drawing to visually create the Rock Garden of Hope that an anonymous person started with one rock of HOPE  in front of the school. She wrote: “Look at Old Glory flapping in the wind early this morning at Homestead! The rock has the word HOPE inscribed. You can create your own rock by drawing it on a piece of paper. Then, write an inspirational word on it. Send it to me through Seesaw and I will compile all of our

Photo courtesy of the Garden City School District

thoughts. HOPE you have a great rest of the day.”

Student responses far exceeded Welch’s initial expectations. She has since noted that students and those passing by have been adding  rocks to the Homestead garden.  Messages of faith, love and pride cover the many rocks that now adorn the school property.

“Passersby are seeing the flags flapping on the curbside,” Welch said. “I am very proud of these young children. They have really come together to show the strength of our community and how much they care to send such a prominent message of hope.”  The digital class garden will be unveiled at the end of the year.

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Committee comprised of one volunteer representative from each of our four Property Owners’ Associations. Currently, the CBC is chaired by Patricia Siler (CPOA) who is expected to serve throughout Mayor Trouve’s term, as is tradition. Representatives serving the other POAs are Kathleen Auro (Estates), Maureen Lyons (WPOA) and

Thousands rally at Legislature building to protest killing

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“Shortly after turning off of Mineola Blvd, we passed a firehouse, where a couple of firefighters were up on cherry pickers looking down at us and a utility truck was parked diagonally across the street, seemingly in a half-hearted attempt at a blockade. Rumors of firehoses swept through the crowd - some half-joking because it was pretty warm out and people were sweating from the exertion - but I didn’t actually see them brandishing any. We passed by without incident, detouring around the parked truck and then continuing on.

“Every so often, the police would try to blockade us. They would race all the squad cars down the side streets and get ahead of us and then block the road and all stand in formation, giving us nowhere to go and no choice to stop in our tracks. I think they were trying to get us to disperse or keep us from fouling traffic on the main roads, but I’m really not sure because I didn’t hear them give us any clear orders even though I was near the front of the group. I just saw the cops stand motionless and stare us down.

“Every time we were met with a blockade, the group would start chanting “take a knee” and the whole crowd would kneel in front of the officers, both as a display of nonviolence and I think as a reference to Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling as a form of protest - the crowd was trying to get the officers to kneel in a show of solidarity.

“The first couple of times that happened, the crowd ended up passing the blockade after just a few moments of standstill; at least once I saw protesters at the front simply bypass the parked police cars and lead us down a side street. I’m not sure if it had been the goal of police to allow that or not.

we were, a bunch of white protesters at least two or three rows deep, face to face with the cops. I was in the second or third row. Someone said ‘link arms and form a human shield,’ so I did. I think the plan from there was to slowly advance on them, one step at a time, until they let us move again. I took one or two slow and cautious baby steps, but none of the people next to me were really moving much, and I didn’t want to be the lone provocateur. I think we all got cold feet.

“I noticed at least one officer with a hand over his badge - for context, several people were filming - and it stuck out to me. I remember saying out loud, ‘why is he covering his badge?’ and several people around me latched onto it as well and started yelling about it. The officer I had been staring at looked nervous and I saw several of them exchange glances. He briefly dropped his hand, but then a moment later re-covered it and several of the others seemed to join him.

“I heard the young guy who had been yelling earlier start up again. He was yelling expletives, “f*** cops” type stuff, really upset and frustrated sounding, maybe even on the verge of tears - I couldn’t see his face very clearly but I could tell from his voice how agitated he was. Then he started trying to get people to charge at the cops with him. I saw several of the officers shift their weight uneasily when he started saying that. Other protesters immediately grabbed him by the shoulders and wrestled him back from the front of the group and away from the police line, telling him ‘no.’ I’m not sure what happened next, but I think someone talked him down.

myself, charter member (EPOA). The Civic Beautification Committee, along with our POAs feel that our residents benefit by knowing that that there is a functioning committee working with the Village to help keep “the gardens in Garden City!”

Althea Robinson

Editor’s note: Mr. Finamore has also written a letter to the editor this week to correct his original letter.

“Just before 8:30, they blockaded us for I think the third time as we came up 15th Street to the corner of Franklin Ave. But this time the crowd stood still for longer, and people got tense. I remember after a few moments there was some commotion up at the front, it sounded like a young guy was arguing with someone else in the crowd and getting heated about it, but I couldn’t hear what was being said. A lot of people were yelling, things like “we’re just walking” and “walking is not a crime,” asking the police why they wouldn’t kneel with us or march with us, all while they just stood there. A minute or two later, I heard a call of ‘white people to the front!’ go out, echoed by several of the protesters in front of me.

“Well, I’m white, and they wanted me in front, so I went to the front. So there

“Pretty soon after, the police exchanged glances again and let us turn the corner onto Franklin, moving aside so we could march back to where the protest had began and where a lot of our cars were parked.

“Just a few blocks down, they had some more cars parked in the middle of Franklin, but it was getting dark, we were right near the parking lots, and I think a lot of people were tired. We were told ‘You may leave peacefully’ over a megaphone, a few other orders which I didn’t quite catch, and the whole crowd pretty much went along with it from what I could tell. I left at that point.”

The evening ended peacefully. Neither the Nassau County Police nor the Garden City Police reported any arrests at the protest. In addition, rumors of looting, which had been circulating throughout the day, were unfounded, although a heavy police presence was observed at Roosevelt Field later that evening.

Calling all 5th Graders

Recently, Stewart School 5th grader Elizabeth Vitale had an idea. Since the students were not able to do their “Pennies for Patients” Campaign to donate to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Elizabeth thought there was a way students and families could still help. In an extension of the recent “Porch Photos” fundraiser, Elizabeth along with her Stewart classmates Abby Perisa, Amelia Moran, Maddie Atteritano, Katherine Maresca and Sophia Persichilli will be taking socially distant porch photos of the their fellow Stewart and Stratford classmates in their FOCUS t shirt as a way to help a good cause and make a memory. Please email: fifthgradefocusphoto@gmail.com if you would like to participate in this wonderful project!

EPOA awards scholarship to GC High School Senior

The Eastern Property Owners’ Association has awarded a $1000 scholarship to Garden City High School senior, Kayla Quinn.  As in prior years, the EPOA focused its scholarship search on college bound seniors residing in the East who demonstrated outstanding records of community service.  This year, the EPOA scholarship committee had many deserving applicants.

Kayla will attend Fordham University.  Kayla has been outstanding in her involvement in community service.  Kayla was a volunteer coach for the Centennials Top Soccer for four years.  This program is for children with special needs.  Kayla set up drills, recruited new volunteers and worked with individual players.

Kayla was also a member of the Garden City Library Advisory Board for two years where she helped design programs for Garden City teens.

Camp Invention was another program lucky to have Kayla’s talents.  She was a leadership intern in the

STEM field.    She also volunteered in the Garden City Summer Enrichment Program and with the Saint Joseph’s Vacation Bible School where she assisted with the preschool program.

However, it is the Top Soccer Program that Kayla found most enjoyable and rewarding.  In her application, she spoke eloquently of the tremendous growth in both soccer and social skills for a very special young man she had the privilege to work with.

In addition to this impressive community service, Kayla won numerous academic and athletic awards.  She was a National Merit finalist, a New York State Senate Leadership recipient, a Scholar Athlete and 2nd team All County in Fencing.

The EPOA is proud and pleased to honor Kayla’s efforts.  We congratulate her and all of the outstanding applicants as they graduate from high school.  The EPOA feels fortunate to have these committed students contribute to our community.

The Welcoming Club of GC

Upcoming Events:

6/4 - Wine Tasting

6/10 - Book Club

6/17 - Craft Club

6/18 - Sip and Shop

Join A Group

Book Club

Enjoy a good book amongst good friends. Our book club meets on a monthly basis to discuss the page turner of choice. For upcoming book club events, please email WelcomingClubBookClub@gmail.com.

Craft Club

The craft club is a great way to meet with friends and practice your crafting skills. This club meets every few months and creates a seasonal project. If you are interested in joining, please email GCCraftClub@gmail.com.

Supper Club

Bring your significant others out for this one! This is a great way to make new friends as a couple. You will be paired up with 3-4 other couples to set up a rotation of dinner events. Host your new friends at a potluck dinner or head out to try our local restaurants. Please email GCSupper@gmail.com for more information.

Bowling Club

Join us!! No experience necessary! We are looking for new faces to join our Wednesday morning league. Occasional pacers are also welcome. Anyone interested, please contact Ellen Diller (Diller05@aol.com) Carol Santangelo (santa060@yahoo.com) or Elizabeth Colantonio (mcdea@aol.com).

Bunko

Bunko is a simple dice game usually

played in a group of 12. It is a great way to meet people and make new friends. The game is easy to learn and play. If you are interested, please contact WelcomingClubBunco@gmail.com.

Toddler Activities

A great way for you and your little ones to make new friends. Activities include stroller walks each Tuesday around our beautiful neighborhood and a visit to the park. Stroller walks are on hiatus due to the pandemic.  Once the pandemic is over, we can resume our playgroups where we meet with moms and kids from the town that are similar in age.  Please email GCToddlerActivities@gmail.com for more information.

Golf

Golf lessons at Cherry Valley Club are always a big hit! Golf pro Ed Kelly helps us GCWC ladies improve our golf game. If you are interested in reserving your spot for the spring 2020 session, email WelcomingClubGolf@gmail.com.

Tennis

Tennis lessons and group play at the Garden City Bubble! Please contact WelcomingClubTennis@gmail.com to reserve a spot for the fall 2020.

Want to join the fun and make a difference?

We invite you to join the club! For just $37 a year you will have access to lots of great events and many fun members-only clubs and events.  Complete the easy online membership form today at www.thegardencitywelcomingclub. org in the “Join” section of the website.  While you are there, browse the site for lots of great information about the club.

Cathedral launches Center for Spiritual Imagination

The Center for Spiritual Imagination, dedicated to contemplative practice for just living, has officially launched with a new website and online opportunities for contemplative prayer and talks on spiritual practices.

The Center for Spiritual Imagination develops opportunities for compassionate service that unite contemplation and action, approaching just action as a spiritual practice and a fruit of contemplation. Of particular interest to the center are the needs of the “spiritual but not religious,” a growing demographic that seeks revitalized spiritual practices directly connected to works of mercy and justice in the world.

Numerous leaders in contemplative spirituality shared their support of the center’s launch, including Richard Rohr, author of Universal Christ and founder of the Center for Action and Contemplation. “The Center for Spiritual Imagination is re-envisioning an inclusive and engaged spirituality for the 21st century,” said Rohr. “The gifts of monastic spirituality are translated into a form that can be practiced in everyday life and where one’s commitment to contemplative practice leads to justice-making.”

"The work of the Center for Spiritual Imagination is exactly what is needed in these times,” said Justine Huxley, CEO of St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace in London and author of Generation Y, Spirituality and Social Change. “Rooted in the nourishment and depth of ancient rhythms, this is work that can lead us back to the source. There is food for the soul here in

abundance. It links our personal journeys with the collective need for transformation, which all true spirituality at this time must do.”

The center was founded by members of the Community of the Incarnation, a new monastic community which vows to embody and teach engaged contemplative spirituality. The Community of the Incarnation prays, lives, and serves at the Cathedral of the Incarnation in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island. The co-founders of the community and center are clergy and lay staff of the cathedral who profess a commitment to serving the spiritual needs of seekers, doubters, religious practitioners and those typically disinterested in institutional religion.

The Rev. Adam Bucko, co-founder and director of the center, is an internationally recognized teacher of engaged contemplative spirituality. He previously co-founded The Reciprocity Foundation, where he spent 15 years working with homeless youth. Co-founder the Rev. Morgan Ladd is sub-dean of the cathedral, overseeing intergenerational worship and spiritual formation programming. She specializes in translating the path of spiritual growth for people at all stages of life, particularly children and families. Co-founder the Very Rev. Dr. Michael Sniffen is dean of the cathedral and a scholar of ritual theory and the role of pilgrimage in spiritual life. He was an early organizer in the Occupy Sandy mutual aid movement in New York.

Cathedral administrator Kris Vieira is a co-founder and director of communi-

online.

cations at the center.

An award-winning communicator, she is a frequent teacher of 12-step spirituality and contemplative practice.

“The Center for Spiritual Imagination responds to my deepest longing for transformation and invigoration of faith at the heart of diocesan life,” said the Right Rev. Lawrence Provenzano, Bishop of Long Island. “Just actions motivated by prayer form the core of the church’s life and work. The center encourages us all with ways to live and pray justly. Deep prayer and friendship with Jesus Christ move us to act with healing in a hurting world. I joyfully support this work as a bishop of the church and episcopal visitor of the Community of the Incarnation.”

IN MEMORIAM

Sayers (John) and Erin Smith (Matthew) and her seven grandchildren, Keelin, Jillian, Catherine, Margaret, Kenneth, Donald and Shelby. She also is survived by her sister, Rosemary Kelly and brother John C. Dunn, Jr. She is predeceased by her sister, Kathleen Macy.

Nancy was born on May 27, 1942 to Mary Helen and John C. Dunn, MD and grew up in Garden City, NY. She graduated in 1960 from Garden City High School and from Notre Dame of Maryland in 1964. After graduating from college, Nancy worked as an International Translator at Chase Bank in New York City and met her husband Ken, while commuting on the Long Island Rail Road. Ken and Nancy fell in love and were married in 1966 at St. Joseph’s Church in Garden City, NY and honeymooned in Bermuda.

Nancy Marie Akeson

Nancy Marie Akeson (neé Dunn) died peacefully on May 30, 2020 in Vero Beach, FL at the age of 78.

She is survived by Kenneth (Ken) her loving husband of 54 years; daughters NancyAnn Clavin (Donald), Kristin

Nancy and Ken raised their three daughters in Garden City and spent summers at their home at Kimogenor Point in New Suffolk, NY and spent winters in John’s Island, Vero Beach, Florida. Nancy and Ken retired to John’s Island over ten years ago.

Nancy absolutely loved the game of golf and was a longtime member of Cherry Valley Club in Garden City, North Fork Country Club in Cutchogue, NY and John’s Island Club in Vero Beach, Florida. She was a fantastic golfer. Her timing and tempo were perfect and her golf swing was beautiful to watch. She holds the title of “Club Champion” and President of Ladies Golf/18 holers at all three clubs. She was a competitive player, a gracious winner, a mentor to new players and always had fun with her friends on and off the course.

Nancy and Ken loved their golf vacations and enjoyed road trips across the United States, as well as traveling the world, to play the most renowned golf courses. In addition to golf, Nancy was an accomplished tennis player, paddle player and bridge player; an avid reader and incredibly smart woman who would complete the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle every week, typically in a few hours. Nancy loved her computer, emailing her friends, “talking politics” and watching Fox News.

The center’s weekly meditation and contemplative prayer experiences will be offered online as social distancing continues in New York. The co-founders of the center will also offer a six-week online course titled “Spiritual Practices for Difficult Times,” which will include a brief history of contemplative spirituality and tools for developing a daily spiritual practice. The center is continuing its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, providing thousands of meals to essential workers and communities with food insecurity through its project Operation Feed the Front. Information on the Center for Spiritual Imagination and its projects can be found at spiritualimagination. org.

Most importantly, Nancy was a devoted wife, wonderful and dedicated mother, and a doting grandmother. Affectionately known as “Mumsy”, Nancy adored her grandchildren, and with a smile, welcomed the many babysitting opportunities presented over the years.

We will always remember Mumsy sitting on the Kimogenor Point porch with family, smiling and laughing while watching the sun go down, enjoying a glass of wine. She will remain in our hearts and be forever missed.

There will be no immediate service although a memorial celebration of a wonderful and fulfilled life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider sending donations in Nancy's name to the VNA Hospice House Vero Beach (www.vnatc.com).

Arrangements are under the direction of Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach, Florida. A guest book is available at www. strunkfuneralhome.com.

Fr. Adam Bucko at a Meditation Service before the shutdown. The service is now being offered

Photo by Joe Pellicone

Nancy Marie Akeson

Garden City Community Church has three grains of rice

BY MELVA VICTORINO

Growing up, I was a picky eater that I always left morsels of food on my plate. It was like a scripted admonition from my mother when she would remind us, “There are thousands of starving children in China who have no food, not even a grain of rice on their plates!” It didn’t make sense to me how a grain of rice could feed another child. It was not even a spoonful! As I grew older, my mother’s reminder to us made sense. Out of curiosity, I checked the Encyclopedia Britannica (No Google yet) what a grain of rice was worth. A seed of rice will sprout into a mature plant in four to five months producing several blooms of stalks with each stalk producing 300 grains or so per head. By then I stopped multiplying how many grains each seed could produced. All I knew was from one seed, enough rice could be harvested to feed all the starving children in China, even the world!

Garden City Community Church (GCCC) is NOT a rice field where we can harvest tons and tons of rice to feed many people. But GCCC has 3 grains of rice that we can share with others. Sharing is more than material things or a bag of rice. We are rich with people willing to give their time by volunteering and give their talents to make our church a place with 3 grains of rice.

First grain: Volunteers

One grain is embodied in the volunteers who made our ministries reach far beyond our doorsteps. For the past thirteen weeks all our programs, events, Bible Studies, children and youth programs, worship services and communications are done virtually. Special technical supports are needed to make the live-streaming, zooming and conference calls effective and safe to connect us to everyone. The challenge is not just the tech talk, but how to execute everything while staying home and practice safe distancing. We are blessed with members who give their knowledge of the intricacies of web designs of the Internet, the use of simple cameras and smartphones to record, play, and post greetings from members, the livestream Sunday worship services from our sanctuary while adhering to only four people present. I could name them all but I will need more than a whole page of the Garden City News. The one grain of rice will represent the hearts of our volunteers. There is nothing stronger than the hearts of volunteers, they are rare…at a time when they are needed, they come forward and stay faithful even without being recognized.

Second grain: Above and beyond

The second grain of rice of GCCC are the staff members who go above and beyond their calls of duty. This time, with apologies to the volunteers, I could name some of them. The bills have to be paid. The statements have

to be balanced. The checks have to be cut. Did I say the bills have to be paid? From her home, Liz Galzerano, our Business Manager does these in coordination with the Board of Finance. Gloria Malin, the Administrative Assistant makes the office runs smoothly from her home even as our schedule changes every second before the Wednesday and Friday e-blast come out. Even if our physical building is closed there are aspects that have to be checked regularly for building maintenance and sanitation protection. Robert Sipkin, Building Manager safely inspects the structural condition of our facilities. Music is an integral part of worship and our Minister of Music, Frank Crosio makes music a worship in itself. Frank and Soprano, Jennifer Brounstein fill the sanctuary with music every livestream Sunday worship. Of course, the camera will not transmit by itself. The behind the scene actions are alternately done by Mark Sullivan and Steve Short onsite; Doug Yasso takes care of all the computer live-steaming from his home, and Andrew Ellis does the recorded members greetings from home. When needed, Steve Short takes care of sound and additional wiring.

Third grain: The Ministry

GCCC’s third grain of rice is our Ministry. The congregation is the Ministers to the World. Our congregation is composed of diverse people that minister to our neighbors, our communities, our country and the World. GCCC is blessed with generous members who share their gifts to make us touch others. Food for LICC, Sing for Food, clothes, domestic and global disaster reliefs, services, supporting mission workers, sending gifts to people whose faces we will never see and places we will never go. Our guiding mission is to, “Go Ye Into All the World.”

Rev. Lynn Sullivan, our Senior Pastor, tirelessly inspires us all. She can make us laugh, make us cry, be silent and act with compassion as if she has a magic wand. George Bashian, Chris Dieguez, and Margie Price give the educational supports, children and youth programs and church school studies with parents giving their assistance.

Preaching is one bowl of rice that GCCC has. In all that we do and all that we have, it will not mean anything, if we forget the source of all our rice. We love God first and we are nourish each other each time we hear the spoken words as uttered by our minsters. GCCC is a resilient church and for 90 years we have committed ourselves to love God above all things, and others as ourselves. With all the turmoil happening around us, GCCC stays faithful to be a place of spiritual refuge where all are welcomed. We never doubt what the future holds for us, because we have a true friend in Jesus and we don’t doubt a true friend.

To help us bring more of the Spoken Words to you, the Rev. Earl Y. Thorpe, Pastor to Church-in-the-Garden, will virtually be preaching from the GCCC sanctuary on Sunday, June 14th at 10:30 a.m. service. Rev. Thorpe uses traditional and contemporary ministry models along with Christ-centered alternatives to engage the church in spiritual development, social activism, and economic empowerment. Under his leadership, Church-in-the-Garden has witnessed widespread spiritual growth and young people newly committing their lives to Jesus Christ. Rev. Thorpe deeply considers it a blessing to pursue new paths in discipleship, worship, evangelism, and social concern. In the present troubling times of our Nation, Rev. Thorpe is the voice we need to hear to make the Words of Jesus Matter. GCCC, the community, Long Island and the State are bless to have Rev. Thorpe grace our pulpit to make the 3 Grains of Rice Matter. Don’t miss this gift of God, save the date, Sunday, June 14th at 10:30 a.m. to join GCCC livestream worship, visit www.gardencitycommunitychurch.org. Come and join us all week long. Out of an abundance of caution and following the mandates set by the vil-

lage, county and state, we have closed our building until further notice. The Church is increasing security with our online services. For our services via zoom, please be advised that you will be directed to a waiting room and “zoom ushers” will screen to make sure participants are known to us. There may be a slight delay in starting, please be patient. Participants will not be permitted to share screens, video, or audio without hosts’ approval.

For information regarding our virtual worship services and programs, please go to our website:  www. gardencitycommunitychurch.org.

The Garden City Community Church is part of the United Church of Christ and is an Open and Affirming congregation that welcomes people of all ages, races, gender identities, and sexual orientations to participate in the life of our community.

The physical church of Garden City Community Church is located at 245 Stewart Avenue between Whitehall Blvd. and Kensington Road. For more information, email churchoffice@ thegccc.org or call (516) 746-1700. And as previously mentioned, you may also visit our website at  www. gardencitycommunitychurch.org.

Three grains of rice

Garden City PTA News

School Budget Vote Update

By executive order, Governor Cuomo has designated June 9 as the date for school budget votes and board of education elections in New York.  The budget votes and elections will be conducted by absentee ballot.  Eligible voters will receive ballots and a postage-paid return envelope by mail.  All ballots must be received in the office by 5 PM on June 9 to be counted, so please return your ballots promptly

This year’s school budget ballot will contain Three Propositions:

The 2020-2021 Proposed Budget

The Use of Capital Reserve Funds

The Election of one Board of Education Trustee

Proposition I, Proposed School Budget

Highlights from the 2020-2021 Proposed Budget include:

Expands instructional programs and invests in professional development; Maintains co-curricular and athletic programs at current levels;

Identifies and addresses mental wellness needs K-12;

Extends kindergarten instruction by 45 minutes per day

Expands FUNdations to Grade 3 for students who require additional support;

Implements Special Education Strategic Plan and introduces one self-contained kindergarten section and co-taught kindergarten, first, and fifth grade sections; Continues comprehensive approach to reading and funding for K-5 assessments;

Reimagines school libraries as collaborative learning and media centers; Upgrades technology infrastructure, strengthens cyber security, protects data privacy, and continues district’s 1:1 technology initiative.

*Note* The Administration recently amended the proposed budget to allocate approximately $500,000 from reserves to allow for anticipated onetime student support expenses resulting from the COVID-19 extended school closures.

Proposition II, The Use of Capital Reserve Funds

Three Proposed Projects:

Interior renovation of Middle School library to create a library media center; Creation of Middle School Collaborative Learning Space; Creation of new High School science research lab.

The Executive Committee of the Garden City PTA urges all Garden City residents to VOTE YES for the 20202021 School Budget and Propositions

II and III by June 9.   PTA at the BOE: School Budget Season is here and we need your help!

Please email legislation@ gardencitypta.org with any questions you have regarding the school budget and upcoming budget vote.  Connect with us on social media for real time budget updates and dates for Virtual Board of Education Meetings. Look for ways you can help our public schools in the weeks ahead. Advocacy works!

• Wednesday, 6/10 - Board of Education: Regular Session (post School Budget Vote on 6/9) via Virtual meeting at 8:15 pm. Check your email for details.

The School Supplies Sale and the 2020 Annual Dinner Fundraiser: Active Online NOW 2020 Annual PTA Dinner: Online Raffle

Keep your eyes on the prize! Imagine yourself in the winter after a day of skiing on Mohawk Mountain draped in a fur scarf and matching hat from Barbatsuly Furs…

And that’s just one of the prizes generously donated by our local businesses and families.  We will continue to hold our weekly online raffle of our generously donated baskets. Visit https:// go.rallyup.com/gcptaraffle11 to choose from over a dozen baskets! This week look for even more!

• Thursday, 6/11 - Raffles for Week 11 closes at 11:59 pm

• Friday, 6/12 - Winners are announced!

School Supplies Online Store has an Extended Deadline

Be safe. Order your child's September school supplies online. Plus, you will save time and money with quality products. Teacher approved and custom packed for your child's classroom.

• Friday, 6/19 - Deadline to order PTA School Supplies on the website: http:// www.bit.ly/ShopGCSupplies Code: GAR054

• Saturday, 8/15 - School Supplies pick up at the Garden City Middle School Cafeteria

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Together we can achieve great things!

News From the GC Library Children's Room

Virtual Summer Reading Club

The Children’s Librarians are preparing for the 2020 Virtual Summer Reading Club!   This year’s theme is “Imagine Your Story”!  Our Virtual Kick Off Show this year is on June 18 at 2:00 PM.  Details to follow.

Registration on Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) for the Summer Reading Club begins on June 15.  Additional details are forthcoming, and we look forward to another fun summer! We have some exciting things planned and are finalizing our plans.  Check the Garden City Public Library Website www.gardencitypl.org  for updates!  Virtual Storytimes

Available now! You can watch your favorite Children’s Librarians read some of their favorite picture books like Where is the Green Sheep written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Judy Horacek, The Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes, The Enormous Carrot by Vladimir Vagin, and many more!  You can access them by going to the Garden City Public Library website (www. gardencitypl.org), enter the Virtual

Library, click on About Us/Children's Room/Virtual Storytimes on the main menu or click on  this link  https:// www.gardencitypl.org/2020/05/21/virtual-storytimes-with-the-librarians/

Virtual Programming

The Children’s Department of the Garden City Public Library is continually adding virtual programming.   All announcements of programming can be found at www.gardencitypl. org  and on the Garden City Public Library’s Children’s Department’s Facebook Page  www.facebook.com/ GCPLChildrens .  Since new events are added daily, please check out the webpage  and Facebook often!

To participate in most virtual programs,  you will need a library card.  If you cannot find your library card to register, please apply for a digital card by visiting http://nassaulibrary. org/digital-card-application/  .   If you have any questions, email Children’s Librarian Barbara Grace at https:// gardencitypl.org/contact-the-childrenslibrarians/  .

Enjoy Fitness Fusion via Zoom through the Library

Join Dorothy Mandrakos for Fitness Fusion via Zoom on Thursday evenings, June 11th and June 18th at 7PM through the Garden City Public Library. These two one-hour adult classes will introduce you to the healing arts of qigong, yoga and meditation.  Qigong is a moving meditation that is both relaxing and invigorating!  Yoga increases strength and flexibility.  Meditation allows you to clear your mind and improve concentration.   Please have a mat, water and access to a wall or chair available.  Beginners welcome.

Online registration is open to all and

is for both Fitness Fusion sessions on Eventkeeper. Registration closes at 1PM on June 11th.  Registrants will receive an email with Login information and a password to the Zoom meetings on the afternoon of each of the programs. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Library.   This virtual program will be held via Zoom, a virtual conference platform.  Please download the free Zoom app in advance. You can participate on your phone, iPad, or computer. For more information on Zoom, visit their website at zoom.us.

It's What's Happening for Young Adults Through the Library

Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Club: Imagine Your Story

The Tweens and Teens Department is gearing up for the Summer Reading Club! This year’s Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Club’s theme is Imagine Your Story and is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020. Look for updates in the coming weeks for the Summer Reading Club, including prizes, virtual summer programs, and more! You can get updates by checking the Library’s website at www.gardencitypl. org or by following the Library’s Tweens and Teens Department on social media: Facebook:  www. facebook.com/GCPLTweensTeens and Instagram:  www.instagram.com/ GCPLTweensTeens

Virtual Teens and Tots Storytime Training Session

Teens and Tots Storytime is a volunteer program in which tweens and teens read stories to children during the summer. The Tweens and Teens Department is collaborating with the Children's Department to host Teens and Tots, and the Teens and Tots Storytime will have a new virtual format this summer via Zoom! The Library is hosting a Virtual Training Session on Monday, June 8 from 3PM - 3:40PM for volunteers for Teens and Tots . The training session will also be an opportunity for past volunteers to ask questions about the new virtual format. Tweens and teens must be entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 to volunteer this summer for Teens and Tots.

In order to participate in Teens and Tots Storytime, you must attend at least one training session to volunteer. If you have attended a training session in previous years, but are interested in participating in this year's new virtual format, it is still strongly recommended you attend a virtual Teens and Tots training.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual training session. For more information about Zoom, visit their website at zoom.us. Mobile users should download the Zoom app onto their device before the start of the meeting. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. If you cannot find your library card to register, please apply for a digital card by visiting nassaulibrary.org/digitalcard-application.

Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program. If you have any questions, email the Young Adult Department at https:// www.gardencitypl.org/young-adultdepartment/contact-the-young-adulttweens-teens-department/ or the

Children’s Department at https:// gardencitypl.org/contact-the-childrenslibrarians .

Teen Scattergories on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Scattergories on Tuesday, June 9, 3PM-3:40PM. Bring your favorite snacks and play a few rounds of Scattergories! Registrants should have paper and a pen/pencil with them. This program is for Grades 6-12 only.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen Creative Writing Workshop

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Creative Writing Workshop on Wednesday, June 10, 3PM-3:40PM. Bring your favorite snacks and your creativity as we bounce off ideas, work on writing prompts, and share our writing! This program is for Grades 6-12 only.

We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen Advisory Board Meeting

The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board is Thursday, June 11, 3PM-3:40PM. We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

If you are interested in helping to develop virtual programming ideas or social media outreach ideas for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12, consider joining the Teen Advisory Board Online applications are available at  https:// www.gardencitypl.org/teen-advisoryboard-application/  Applicants should be entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020

Tweens and Teens Weekly Social Media Challenges

Each day on our Facebook and Instagram pages, the Tweens and Teens Department will post a new challenge or activity for you to complete during the week! The schedule is as follows:

• Monday Art Challenge: Each Monday, get a new art challenge to work on for the week

• Tuesday Riddle: Each Tuesday, try to solve a new riddle

• Wednesday Writing Challenge: Each Wednesday, we’ll post a new writing prompt for you to work on during the week

• Thursday Question of the Week: Each Thursday, we’ll post a fun new question for you to share your answers

• Friday Reading Challenge: Each Friday, we’ll post a new challenge for you to read a book that meets a certain criteria

• Weekend Food Challenge: On the weekend, you’ll get a new challenge to cook or bake for the week.

You can find the challenges posted on our Facebook and Instagram.  If you participate in the challenges, earn community service credit by submitting it (or taking a photo of whatever you make to submit) here https://www. gardencitypl.org/social-mediasubmission/ so we can share it on our Facebook and Instagram pages! Plus, if you write a poem for the Wednesday Writing Challenge, you can also earn community service by submitting to our Poetry Challenge here https:// www.gardencitypl.org/poetry-writingcontest/ and if you read an ebook or listen to an audiobook from Nassau Digital Doorway (nassau.overdrive. com) for the Friday Reading Challenge from Nassau Digital Doorway, you can earn community service by writing a review and submitting it here:  https:// www.gardencitypl.org/submit-a-teenreview/

Teen-Created Social Media Content

Earn community service by submitting a photo, video, or other content for us to add to the Library's Tweens and Teens Facebook and Instagram pages! Ideas for submissions include a book you're reading, an art project you're working on, the scenery outside when you go for a walk, a board game you're playing with family, your family pet, or any other creative idea you have for content. Not all submissions will be used on our social media and not submissions including photos of people are allowed. Submit social media content here https://www.gardencitypl. org/social-media-submission/

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Tweens and Teens on social media Follow Garden City Library’s Tweens and Teens on Facebook and Instagram! The Young Adult Department has been using both social media platforms as a tool to post updates, announcements, digital resources, ebook recommendations, and more during this time of social distancing.

Here are the Facebook and Instagram pages for the Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens Department:  Facebook:  www. facebook.com/GCPLTweensTeens and Instagram:  www.instagram.com/ GCPLTweensTeens

If you're interested in participating in virtual events,  have questions, or would like to be added to the Tweens and Teens email list,  email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https:// www.gardencitypl.org/young-adultdepartment/contact-the-young-adulttweens-teens-department/.

Volunteer Teen Reviewers Needed for eBooks and Digital Audiobooks

Would you like to be a reviewer for the Library? Need community service hours? Then become a Volunteer Teen Reviewer. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. The Library is looking for teen reviewers to review digital content, such as ebooks and audiobooks, available on Nassau Digital Doorway. There might be a book you've already read listed in the collection that you can write a review on!

Browse the collection here: https:// nassau.overdrive.com

Submit a review here:  https:// www.gardencitypl.org/submit-a-teenreview/

Reviews will be used to update the Tweens and Teens Library Review Page (https://www.gardencitypl.org/ category/teen-reviews/) as well as update our social media pages. Reviews are subject to approval by the Young Adult Librarian. Please make sure to follow the guidelines for reviews in order for the review to count toward community service.

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Meet Libby -  Free One Tap Reading App from the Library

Have you met Libby? The free Libby app is the easiest way to get started downloading digital books and audiobooks from the Library. Libby is available for Android, iOS, Windows 10, some Chromebooks, and in your browser at libbyapp.com. If you have a device that's not compatible with Libby, you can still use the OverDrive app to borrow and enjoy digital titles.  For a brief introduction to Libby, watch a one minute video at https://help.overdrive. com/en-us/1307.html

To get started, download the Libby app from your device's app store, the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Windows Store. Or, visit libbyapp.com in your Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Edge browser. Once you are in Libby, follow the prompts to find the Garden City Public Library and sign in with a valid library card. Need a library card? Apply for digital access today at http://nassaulibrary.org/digital-cardapplication .

Now you are ready to select a title to download. Just browse the collection and borrow a title. Borrowed titles appear under Shelf > Loans and download to the app occurs automatically when you're connected to Wi-Fi, so you can read them when you're offline.

From your Loans, you can tap Read With... to choose where you'd like to read the book (on your Kindle or in Kindle app or in Libby), then finish sending to Kindle or start reading in Libby. You can also tap Open Audiobook  to start reading or listening to that title. Finally tap Manage Loan to see options like Renew and Return.

Consider using the Library’s digital services, which are available 24/7 from your home. You can find newly published popular titles as well as classics,

fiction and nonfiction, juvenile, young adult and adult books, and more at the Nassau Digital Doorway ready to request or available now to download on Libby or  Overdrive.com.

This Week’s Staff Picks

Each week the Adult Reference Librarians recommend books by popular authors, some were recently published or will be released soon. All books recommended are available as eBooks, which you can request through nassau.overdrive.com through our website www.gardencitypl.org and in the Libby app. Look for more book recommendations by following the Library’s Facebook page.

As the Page Turns with Librarian Laura Flanagan, be sure to read these two recommended titles.

Lou Gehrig: The Lost Memoir by Lou Gehrig - released May 12, 2020. At the age of 24, Lou Gehrig decided to tell the remarkable story of his life and career. He was one of the most famous athletes in the country, in the midst of a record-breaking season with the legendary 1927 World Series-winning Yankees. In an effort to grow Lou’s star, pioneering sports agent Christy Walsh arranged for Lou’s tale of baseball greatness to syndicate in newspapers across the country. Until now, those columns were largely forgotten and lost to history. Lou comes alive in this inspiring memoir. It is a heartfelt rags-to-riches tale about a dirt poor kid from New York who became one of the most revered baseball players of all time.

The Guest List by Lucy Foleyreleased on June 2, 2020. A high profile wedding between a reality TV star and online magazine editor is happening on an island off the coast of Ireland with a chilling history. The guest list is

Indulge Your Sweet Tooth

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exclusive, and everyone has something to hide and a reason to commit murder. You'll be left to guess whodunit alongside its guests. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?

Up For Grabs from Librarian Martin Bowe are two recommended titles by David Grann, a New Yorker staff writer known for his investigative skills. His articles have been made into bestselling books with movie options.

Killers of the Flower Moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI by David Grann - released April 18, 2017. Oil rich Indians with money guardians in 1920’s Oklahoma were being mysteriously murdered. The FBI sent a former Texas Ranger to investigate. Director Martin Scorsese is ready to turn this book into a film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro.

The Lost City of Z: a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon by David Grann - released  February 24, 2009. Renowned explorer Percy Fawcett sought the mythical city of El Dorado. In 1925 his jungle expedition disappeared. The film version omits Grann’s own efforts to personally  explore this Amazon area which has supposedly claimed the lives of over 100 explorers--- all determined  to find knowledge   of Fawcett’s fate and any evidence of an advanced primitive civilization.

Bookmarked by Librarian Ann Garnett  are  two recommended titles to add to your reading list.

Conjure Women by Afia Atakorareleased on April 7, 2020. Conjure Women is a sweeping debut novel that brings the world of the South before and after the Civil War  to life. Spanning eras and generations, it tells of the lives of three unforgettable women: Miss May Belle, a wise healing woman; her preco-

cious and observant daughter Rue, who is reluctant to follow in her mother’s footsteps as a midwife; and their master’s daughter Varina. Conjure Women moves back and forth in time to tell the haunting story of Rue, Varina, and May Belle, their passions and friendships, and the lengths they will go to save themselves and those they love.

28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrandto be released on June 16, 2020. The New York Times bestselling author of Summer of '69 returns with her newest summer romance novel set on Nantucket. Mallory and Jake's secret love affair has lasted for decades -- but this could be the summer that changes everything. Based on the classic film Same Time Next Year (which Mallory and Jake watch every summer), 28 Summers explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.

Psychological Fiction Title Swap

Let’s talk about psychological thrillers! Join Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett via Zoom for a Virtual Title Swap focusing on Psychological Thrillers on Wednesday, June 17th at 7PM. Registration is required on Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) for this virtual program to be held via Zoom and ends on Tuesday, June 16th at 5PM. Registrants will receive an email with Login information to the Zoom meeting on the evening before the Title Swap.

Have questions? Contact the Librarians with questions about the Title Swap program, book recommendations  or to talk about books by emailing them  at www.gardencitypl.org/speaking-of-books/ .

500 years of Raphael

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Join Professor Thomas Germano at a virtual art lecture on Raphael via Zoom on Wednesday evening, June 10th at 7PM. Raphael has been called the most famous and most loved master of the High Renaissance period in Italy. In this 500 year anniversary of his death, view some of his major works and learn more about this influential artist at this virtual program.

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Residents demand answers about 93’ towers at LIRR

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widespread concern. Other concerns the trustees heard about include public health and safety of the large utility poles, and the lack of coordination by the MTA/LIRR and PSEG to properly ensure placement of the poles away from the residential south side of the tracks in Garden City and instead, locate them where the village had been aware of, on the industrial north side of the LIRR rails.

As of Wednesday June 3, in a 10-day time frame over 1,220 people had signed on the petition. In its first 24 hours about 900 people had signed the petition, which references the cover article on this topic in the May 15, 2020 edition of The Garden City News.

During the Board’s last meeting Hess, a Wellington Road resident, said the huge steel poles ruin the aesthetics of Garden City and have no place in a highly residential area. Matt Davis, also of Wellington Road, said many neighbors consider the PSEG poles in the LIRR right-of-way for the Third Track Project “literally a huge problem, with people expressing the same sentiments.”

“My family members and friends that have driven by asked me why the high-voltage power lines are located high atop the corner of my street, representing one of the scariest things for anyone shopping for a house….I can’t see how in the long-term our Garden City property values would not be impacted, and I have heard other towns (in Suffolk County) had been successful in having the poles taken down or locations changed,” Davis told the Board.

During the Zoom meeting, Brixton Road resident Matt Loesch told the trustees it is worth their consideration and time to get in touch with 3TC, the MTA/LIRR and PSEG Long Island to re-evaluate if the 93-feet-tall poles are appropriate for Garden City, “and if they’re worth putting together an effort to remove or replace them, possibly finding an alternative.”

MTA Community Outreach Manager for the LIRR Expansion Project Leslie Mesnick participated in the May 21 Zoom meeting. She spoke briefly about how the MTA/LIRR received many inquiries through the 3TC communities’ hotline, and they are “very aware of the unhappiness of many of the residents about these new poles.”

“We have read the Change.org petition and I appreciate the effort and energy that went into that petition, and I appreciate the stark change in view that some residents experience from their front lawns. I am very aware of the vegetative clearing and construction at Merillon Ave station plus the new poles -- I know what a big difference that makes in the view. It is false to say nobody knew about this about the poles as since 2016 we have been in the

community talking very transparently about the project and its components, and we do have regular construction updates. I understand moving the location of these poles from the north side to the south side affects this village more than any other. We are not hiding behind anyone, and we are happy to talk through the logic further,” Mesnick said. She noted the Frequently Asked Questions detailing the PSEG poles that was released earlier this spring.

Roxbury Road resident Alaine Lawlor contacted the News following the trustees’ last meeting.

“Those of us living that close (to the new poles) never received notice. The 3TC/LIRR representative on the Board of Trustees call seemed to think these notifications do not apply because the poles are on the LIRR right of way. We are not convinced that just because these poles are already up that they must stay up,” Lawlor said.

Lawlor explains that the Town of Eastport in Suffolk County successfully sued PSEG/LIPA, and “poles like these have been taken down.” She noted that several articles in Newsday covered that story, “including one just a few weeks ago stating that the last of the poles were removed.”

Bill and Randie Lucano signed the petition and added a comments on the MTA/LIRR:

“LIRR’s glib reply is that these construction decisions are all within the transportation department’s complete jurisdiction. You cannot anticipate the obvious, justified outrage from all residential areas... leading to the inevitable doubling back to rectify this industrial monstrosity? Who are you (MTA/LIRR) to grossly impact our environment and property values, and time and funds?!”

Marianne Perrone signed the petition and commented, “Garden City is a lovely town and should not be made to look like an industrial area.”

James Kumpel signed the petition and wrote: “These skyscraping poles were moved from the industrial side of the tracks to the residential side without consultation or engagement with the local community. Besides being an eyesore, they are a health hazard and counter to the plans submitted to our village. Government representatives in Albany, in Nassau County, Town of Hempstead and Village of Garden City: now is your chance to represent us.”

Village Trustee Louis Minuto, a professional in the corporate architecture and construction industry, said the MTA/LIRR/3TC “are already starting with funny business and we should not allow this.”

“In doing something like this, if you were having your kitchen remodeled and you’re expecting the stove to be on the right side of the kitchen and the contractor puts it on the left while you were not watching, you would make

them remove it and put it in the correct spot. This is no different -- the LIRR cannot do stuff they did not tell us about, even if they don’t have to. Being a good neighbor and being cooperative with the community is important and this is only in the beginning,” Minuto said.

Mayor Theresa Trouvé challenged the Board’s liaisons on its designated village Third Track Committee, as she asked Trustee Stephen Makrinos when this subject of the poles and their installation in the Estates had come up during a Board meeting, in public session or executive session. He and Trustee Brian Daughney spoke about emails between Board members from early April concerning the LIRR and 3TC.

Trustees Daughney and Minuto got into an exchange over the process and timeline ahead for Third Track work in Garden City, as Daughney says the stages “are almost over.” Trustee Minuto replied “no it isn’t -- they are only laying the space for it, they are not even putting the (Third Rail) tracks down yet!! This could take 10 years!”

Daughney said that timeframe is not an accurate assessment. Mayor Trouvé said that Minuto’s comments ‘are on the right track.’

“I was shocked the first time I saw these poles and MTA/LIRR/3TC did not tell us in advance. And I am shocked because PSEG has several other projects going on in our village and they have gone well..this was a shock. They (MTA/LIRR) should have done at least that and they should have located them on the other side (north of the tracks) in the commercial area, as the whole area is commercial. We need to keep pounding on them until they change their minds,” she said. The mayor also noted the amount of residents speaking out and signing the petition, as a clear indication of the outrage.

Trustee Minuto said the Board must push back very hard on the LIRR. Trustee Daughney said no one disagrees with that notion, but he felt the getting the poles changed now that they’re installed may not happen.

Deputy Mayor Robert Bolebruch said that in order to move forward now, the Board must sit down and understand what the village’s choices and challenges are. The full Board held an executive session on Thursday, May 28 on the topic with Village Attorney Peter Bee.

East resident and Rec. Commission member/volunteer Judy Courtney asked if there was any potential for there to be another community meeting with 3TC and LIRR representatives.

Due to the pandemic the Board did not feel there would be a similar opportunity.

“The pressure from the trustees is appreciated but I do think there is a different reaction if you have 500 to 700 people there voicing the united concern, and the LIRR would not be able to hide behind a couple of letters. Can we request that meeting?” Courtney asked.

Trustee Daughney said there could be a Zoom meeting. Trustee John Delany said a public meeting would be outlined based on what the May 28 executive session would detail.

Trustee Colleen Foley said the Board’s Third Track Committee is attempting to negotiate with the MTA/ LIRR/3TC. She says with the DesignBuild Third Track project while the poles were a surprise they came as part of a change to the plans.

“They did not ask us anything, and they did not have to talk with us. If you go to other communities just two or three miles away, LIRR is not talking with them...It’s much worse than what is going on here. I hope that we can have a relationship with MTA/LIRR so we can use whatever little leverage we have,” she said.

Trustee Minuto says he does not know if the Village of Garden City being “steamrolled over by one of the worst poorly-run organizations in the world makes me feel really awesome about the way in which the Third Track project will play out for us. I am not judging any fellow trustees or the Third Track Committee, but I do not agree with the way the village has been treated here.”

“Saying the project is ‘Design-Build and things happen’ is the biggest line of crap I have ever heard. That’s just an excuse for poor planning, and they want to put their problems on us. And saying they don’t have to does not excuse the MTA/LIRR’s crappy behavior,” he said.

In a follow-up email to The Garden City News last week, Matt Hess said “I’m encouraged that Garden City residents and leadership are coming together as a united front, and I look forward to hearing the town’s plan to correct the situation. Anything short of removing the poles is unacceptable.”

Hess adds that he and many neighbors were expecting an outcome from the Board’s time spent deliberating the matter. He hoped that following the trustees’ May 28 Executive Session, “our representatives will share a detailed proposal for addressing this affront to our village’s character.”

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By Charles Preston

School budget election takes place this week by mail

that would not be incurred if the COVID-19 pandemic creates a reason for continued remote learning instead of in-facilities instruction. “The budget is structured in such a way that we are assuming we will be in the schools, and again we will get more clarification from New York State. While there are certain expenses that would not be incurred if online instruction continued…..but there are also additional costs that schools could incur from remote learning. One of the things we’ve seen in the last three months is the extra supports our students will need, especially our younger students, when they do return to school as that support is not feasible to replicate online,” Dr. Sinha said.

Budget Drivers

The instructional program budget is three-quarters of the overall budget -- $90,865,307, or 75.15%. Teaching costs (salaries and benefits) would include $35.5 million for the regular program, and $16.625 for special education, and the district’s administrative costs of $13.705 million represent another 11.33% of the overall budget.

In the budget for next year, personnel services go up by $1,547,472 or 2.45%

from last year’s (2019-2020) adopted budget line of $63,152,845. And a 1.05% increase for Employee Benefits costs would be $317,123 more than last year’s $30,279,259 million allocation.

The district evaluated projected enrollment and class sizes for 2020-’21, which are typical each year, however Dr. Sinha said there were some additional budget drivers.

“First and foremost we had contractual salaries and benefits. We also have state and federal mandates and something new would be law regarding student data privacy requirements (Education Law 2-d which needs to be fully implemented this July). Also for next school year we have increased appropriated reserve funds for compensatory and special education services due to school closure, and we are anticipating mid-year (December/January) reductions to New York State Aid. We have also kept funding in mind for when students transition back into our school buildings,” she announced during the May 27 hearing.

The district’s presentation a week ago noted that the fiscal planning allows for “insulation against a reduction to State Aid, utilizing district reserves and enrollment-driven criteria to analyze

staffing needs.”

Among district priorities for “Controlling Costs” is inclusion for GCUFSD in village, state and county bids and contracts for supplies and materials; joining in consortia for transportation, purchasing, insurance, technology, supplies, etc., and and the goal of maintaining the district’s excellent credit rating.

Dr. Sinha also noted the interest of continuing research-based professional learning and development for all district staff. “I go back to these past few months as with distance learning ongoing, on a regular basis faculty and staff have participated in professional development,” she noted.

The Fundations reading program for younger students will be expanding into 3rd grade and district kindergarten schedules will increase with adding 45 minutes of instruction. The budget includes funding of new sections of special education classes for kindergarten, plus self-contained special ed. classrooms in grades 1 and 5, integrated co-taught classes, and to cover the needs for compensatory services and special education services that students may need due to school closures.

Successful Online Budget chats

About 25 members of the community participated online in the school district’s first-ever “Virtual Budget chats” June 1 -- five days after the annual budget hearing, this year held via GoToMeeting and call-in virtual platforms.

In a press release in the May 29, 2020 Garden City News, Superintendent Sinha invited all Garden City residents to attend the virtual budget chats Monday.

“During the budget chats, participating community members will have opportunities to ask questions about programs, financial planning and all aspects of the 2020-2021 school year budget.”

The sessions Monday were from 11 a.m. to noon and again from 7 to 8 p.m., respectively. Dr. Sinha commented that the convenience of participation was at the forefront of planning the online sessions. Also, with this format the need to email in questions or comments on the budget ahead of live board of education meetings was improved to offer some real-time Q & A.

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of Dreams Reborn LLC, a domestic LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 4/6/20.. Office location: Nassau. SSNY is designated as agent upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 405 RXR Plaza Uniondale, NY 11556. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ONSLOW IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT

DIVISION 19 CvD 1091

NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION

AMANDA BARKER, Plaintiff, vs. JAMAL BARKER, JR., Defendant.

TO: Jamal Barker, Jr. Address Unknown TAKE NOTICE that a pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above-entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows: ABSOLUTE DIVORCE and CUSTODY.

You are required to make defense to such pleading not later than July 8, 2020, said date being 40 days from the day of the first publication, and upon your failure to do so, the plaintiff who is seeking relief against you will apply to the Court for the relief sought.

This, the 21st day of May, 2020. M. LYNN SMITH ATTORNEY AT LAW, PC

M. Lynn Smith Attorney for Plaintiff 320 New Bridge Street Jacksonville, NC 28540 (910) 938-3600

PUBLICATION DATES

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of Gamblers LLC. Art. of Org. filed with the SSNY on 05/19/20. Office: Nassau County. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process to the LLC, 3 Jeanette Dr. Massapequa, NY 11758. Purpose: Any lawful purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation LIL A

GOURMET LLC. Articles of Organizations Filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 1/30/2020. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any processed served against the LLC LIL A GOURMET 286 Waldorf Ave N.Y. 11003 purpose: any lawful purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE

Pursuant to the provisions of the General Municipal Law and Chapter 200 of the Code of the Incorporated Village of Garden City, New York notice is hereby given that the Board of Appeals of said Village will meet in the Village Hall at 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York on Wednesday, JUNE 10th, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. to take action on the following matters:

1. APPEAL OF NANCY & ROBERT REMICK for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-52.H of the Village Code, to allow for the maintenance and permitting of a replacement A/C compressor and a new additional split system A/C unit at the side of the existing dwelling known as 385 TERRACE AVENUE (Map of Garden City Terrace, Block 608 Lot 18, R-6 district) the placement of which has;

A. cause the required plot line setback for freestanding cooling equipment of (10.0’) to be reduced to no less than (4.5’).

In accordance with a survey filed with the Building Department, #2020-7703

2. APPEAL OF PAUL & ALYSSA QUINLAN for a variance of the provisions of sections 200-31 & 200.52.H of the Village Code, to allow for the issue of a building permit for the erection of a 44 sq. ft. front portico and a mechanical permit for the maintenance of an existing A/C compressor, at the existing dwelling known as 86 KILBURN ROAD (Map of Garden City Estates, Block 53-7 Lot 5557, R-8 district) the granting of which would;

1. cause the existing front yard setback of (21.02’) to be reduced to no less than (20.3’) where

LEGAL NOTICES

(25.0’) is required.

2.cause a freestanding A/C compressor to be as close as (6.5’) to an adjoining property line, where (10.0’) is required.

Building Department application # 2020-7592, plans of Paul John de Silva, R.A.

3. APPEAL OF BDSR CORP/ KURLANDER for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-7, 200-29 and 200-62, of the Village Code, so as to permit and maintain 605 sq. ft. of first and 755 sq. ft. of second floor accessory office space, and 315 sq. ft. of second floor mezzanine storage space, at the existing tenancy know as SITE ONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY, in a portion of the warehouse building known as 3 COMMERCIAL AVENUE (Map of Descriptive, Block D, Lots 17A, C-S district), the granting of which would; A. exceeded the maximum allowable accessory area of (403 sq. ft. or 10%) for the use, to be exceeded by (1,237 sq. ft.) (1056 sq. ft. or 36.17%)

B. not provided (3) additional off street parking spacesC. allow for the use as a wholesale landscape supply.

Building Department application # 2019-7377, Daniel Fabrizi R.A.

Note: said use has been constructed.

4. APPEAL OF CHERY FORKLIFT (NEWYORK) INC. for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-7, 200-29 and 200-62, of the Village Code, so as to permit the use of the existing warehouse building as an equipment dealer and utilize (4) four off street parking spaces for display, at the premises known as 61 COMMERCIAL AVENUE (Map of Descriptive, Block D, Lot 19) which would:

A. cause a use other than storage in an (S) District~ B. not provide (5) off-street parking spaces.

Building Department application # 2019-7354.

Note: Said uses, and display are existing.

5. APPEAL OF 555 STEWART GARDEN CITY LLC, for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-7 and 200-16.1.A(3), of the Village Code, so as to allow for the issue of building permits for the construction of a (2) Two building 218,703 sq. ft. 150 unit multifamily dwelling, w/127 grade level & 197 sq. ft. underground parking spaces; 1196 sq. ft. outdoor pool w/ 104 sq. ft. spa at the premises known as as 555 STEWART AVENUE (Map of Garden City Central, Block 6, Lots 26-29, R-T district) the construction of which would also:

A. exceed the maximum allowable floor area of (190,080 sq. ft. or 0.99 FAR) for the proposed buildings by (28,623 sq. ft.) (218,703 sq. ft. total or 1.127 FAR) ~

B. provide (21.1%) open space or (40,940 sq. ft.) where (25.0% or 48,505 sq. ft.) is required~

C. exceed the maximum allowable plot coverage of (52,385 sq. ft. or 27.0%) for the proposed building and accessory structures by (16,707 sq. ft.) (69,092 or 35.61%) ~

D. exceed the maximum allowable height of (45.0’ or 4 stories) by (2.875’) (47.875’).

Building Department application #2019-5998, Lessard Design Inc. P.C.

END OF CASES

The Board may transact any other business that may prop-

erly come before the meeting. DATED: May 29, 2020

Garden City, New York 11530

Karen Altman

Village Clerk

The Incorporated Village of Garden City does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission to, access to, or participation in its programs, activities or public meetings, and has designated Karen M. Altman, Village Clerk, as Disability Compliance Coordinator. Persons with a disability who wish to attend a meeting should contact Karen M. Altman at least 24 hours in advance of meeting at: 351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 (516) 465-4051

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

NEXT MEETING: TUESDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2020

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Village Budget for the Fiscal Year June 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021 was adopted on April 28, 2020 after a Public Hearing. Said budget may be examined on the Village’s website gardencityny.net and at the Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York, Monday through Friday, excepting legal holidays, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY

Karen M. Altman

Village Clerk

Dated: June 2, 2020 Garden City, New York

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GC High School Varsity Lacrosse 2020 – Memories Lost

As we all manage our way through these extraordinary times, we recognize the true hardships and challenges being faced by many, we also realize that for our GC High Varsity Lacrosse players, they have to face a lost liftetime of memories in addition to all the other challenges around them.

For many boys growing up in GC, lacrosse is a way of life. For many it’s a year round endeavor of practices, games, summer tournaments and off season workouts – all with the end goal being the opportunity to represent the outstanding tradition GC High Lax in their season season, with some of their closest friends alongside.

Finally hitting that senior year, becoming the true leaders of the team, the fruits of lots of hard work. Opening Day, THE WOODSTICK, Senior Day, Playoffs at Hofstra under the lights – seemingly all annual traditions that this group grew up watching and thinking of their turn, but not for the 2020 class unfortunately.

The boys recognize that the current crisis is much bigger than a season of lacrosse and an unfinished senior year of high school. They are shifting their focus to the future, a hopeful future. Maybe a simple graduation ceremony? A summer together celebrating, and hopefully enrollment in college in the fall as they had expected it to be. We want to wish them

all the best of luck in their futures, and without the opportunity to get to see them on the field this spring and recognize them for the efforts with a loud ovation, we wanted to give them that silent round of applause here and let them know that we feel for them, that we recognize all the effort they put into it over the years. They have worked their butts off to do their part in upholding the tradition of GC Lacrosse, only to be dealt a bad hand in the end.

Good luck to the graduating lacrosse seniors of the class of 2020! Go Trojans!

Jamesj Adams - Midfield

Christian Byrne - Attack Ford Carney - Midfield

Holden Overbeck - Midfield

Liam O’Donohue - Attack

Gavin Paskewitz - Defense

James Crowley – Long Stick Midfielder

Armand Beausoleil - Midfield

Sal Ingrassia - Attack

Christian Sullivan – Attack/Midfield

Amy Appelt Slade inducted into Lacrosse Hall of Fame

Garden City's own Amy Appelt Slade has been inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Amy is a truly great player, who was a three time All-American at the University of Virginia, earning first team honors in both 2004 and 2005, and second team honors in 2003. She was also the ACC's rookie of the year in 2002. Amy enjoyed a breakthrough junior season at Virginia, scoring a school-record of 90 goals and 121 points while helping the Cavaliers win both the 2004 ACC title and the NCAA national championship.

In addition to being named the ACC's player of the year and national attacker of the year, she was also winner of the 2004 Tewaaraton Trophy as the

nation's most outstanding collegiate player. Amy completed her UVA career with school records for career goals (258) and points (373) and finished second in career assists (115). At the time, her goals and points totals were fourth and fifth, respectively, in the NCAA Division I record books. She also set an NCAA record by scoring a goal in 66 straight games.

Amy was a member of the U.S. National Team Program from 20032011, serving as an alternate on the 2005 World Cup Team She has been previously inducted into the US. Lacrosse Long Island Metro Chapter Hall of Fame (2015) and the US Lacrosse Charlottesville Chapter Hall of Fame (2016).

Bill Kephart – Defense

Dan Mascola - Attack

Danny Lynch - Midfield

Garden City’s Amy Appeld Slade has been inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Photo courtesy University of Virgina

Home Showing Tips

For Buyers For Sellers

Do not touch surfaces during the showing.

Always clean and keep on your shoes at all times in the house.

Always bring hand sanitizer with you. Always drive to showings. Do not car pool with others.

Leave open all closet and cabinet doors and any other space a buyer will want to open.

Turn on any lights and lamps in rooms you will be showing.

Open all doors before each showing and sanitize knobs before and after all showings.

Keep windows open during showings to allow fresh air to flow throughout the house.