College Notes

space.

Instead, for eight days, it cruised over sensitive military sites - maybe with the blessing of our compromised President - before it got shot down over the Atlantic, close to South Carolina.

When our national security is at stake, a decision has to be made in split seconds!

There was enough room and opportunity to shoot the balloon down before or in the state of Montana.

Marco Rubio, the top Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee, stated about U.S. officials the following on ABC’s This Week: “Look, these guys can’t even do anything about a balloon flying over U.S. airspace. How can you possibly count on them if something were to happen in the Indo-Pacific region?”

The balloon reached American airspace on Saturday, January 28, 2023. How come President Biden gave the order to shoot it down on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, when he was apparently briefed by the Pentagon? The shooting was unnecessarily delayed to Saturday, February 4, 2023, a week after the balloon had entered our country. You can draw your own conclusion.

For China, it is mission accomplished; for the U.S., it is an embarrassment internationally apart from what’s likely still to come.

Heinz Mayer

Community Agreement Party candidates for Board of Trustees

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Beach Harrington, returned to the Village in 1991 to raise her family of 3 children along with her husband. As a Managing Director in credit sales, with more than 25 years’ experience, Michele has been an active member of the community coaching in Centennials soccer, teaching religious education in St. Joseph’s and participating in many civic organizations including Twigs and the American Cancer Society. Michele is a long-time member of the Estates POA currently serving as President. She is also a member of the Program & Use Analysis Committee on the Mayor’s Committee on St. Paul’s as well as serving on the Village’s Economic Governance Committee. Michele served on the Mayor’s Governance Committee in 2021-2022.

Cosmo Veneziale and his family have lived in Garden City since 1993. As an active community member, he coached travel baseball and travel soccer for the GC Centennials, was a member of the Western Property Owners Association and chaired its Firehouse Committee in 2020. A registered architect with 40 years’ experience, he is the principal of Cosmo Veneziale ARCHITECT, an award-winning architectural design firm located in New York City. Cosmo served on the Garden City Board of Education Ad Hoc Building Committee in 2000, was appointed to the Village Architectural Design Review Board in 2012, and Zoning Review Committee. n

As Mayor, Cosmo formed the Village Fire Safety Committee, which developed a Fire Safety Master Plan; and negotiated with the LIRR for additional landscaping, restoration of the Denton Avenue Bridge, and improvements to the design of the Cherry Valley underpass and train trestle. He formed the Mayor’s St. Paul’s Committee to analyze potential reuse concepts and provide for a referendum to save or demolish this iconic building. His Mayor’s Village Governance Committee and Business Development Committee were formed to address residents’ concerns.

Judy, Michele and Cosmo will represent the Community Agreement Party on the ballot for the March 21st Village election. Residents will have the opportunity to learn more about Judy, Michele and Cosmo and meet them at upcoming events.

Julian Bubniak of Garden City was named to the Dean’s List at Tufts University for the Fall 2022 semester. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must earn a grade point average of 3.4 or greater.

Garden City residents were named to The University of Scranton’s Dean’s List for the 2022 fall semester.

Students added to the fall 2022 Dean’s List are:

Grace E. Ascher, a sophmore nursing major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Emily A. Butler, a junior health administration major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Mary G. Haggerty, a junior occupational therapy major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Jessica F. Yoo, a junior occupational therapy major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Alexa K. Cassese, a senior health administration major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Erin K. Healy, a senior nursing major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Hope D. Mauceri, a senior counseling and human services major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Danielle M. Sbeglia, a senior occupational therapy major in the University’s Panuska College of Professional Studies.

Owen P. Ascher, a senior accounting major in the University’s Kania School of Management.

The Dean’s List recognizes students for academic excellence. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours during the semester to make the Dean’s List.

Hugh Keenan, of Garden City, earned dean’s list honors at The University of Tampa for the Fall 2022 semester. Keenan is majoring in Finance BS. Students must maintain a GPA of 3.75 or higher to be eligible for the dean’s list. n

Endicott College has named Samantha Andriola of Garden City to its Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semes- ter. Samantha is majoring in Business Management and is the daughter of Laura and Philip Andriola. n

The following Fairfield University students from Garden City received Deans List Honors for the Fall 2022 semester.

John F. Benenati

Marisa Bommarito

Ashley R. Bremer

Maeve D. Cashin

Meghan E. Dealy

Hayley E. Fitzsimons

Lauren R. George

Madison R. George

Renee Gollisz

Michael R. Greene

Andrew G. Hartog

Ava K. Herrera

Antonio U. Magnotta

Margaret K. Manning

Joseph A. McNiff

Matthew R. Papazian

Sofia P. Sciscente

Ashley M. Sproul n

In order to be placed on the Dean’s List, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in a semester, have no outstanding or incomplete grades for that semester, and have attained a semester grade point average of 3.50 or better.

Ithaca College congratulated all December 2022 graduates including two from Garden City: n

Matthew DeSimpliciis graduated with a BS in Business Administration.

Jack McShane graduated with a BS in Sports Media (COMM).

Congratulations to Nicholas Marcino from Garden City for being named to the Dean’s List at Saint Francis University. Marcino, majoring in Biology, was among 838 students who earned a spot on one of the honors lists (President’s and Dean’s) for the fall 2022 semester.

To earn an honors list distinction a student must have full-time status with a quality point average of 4.0 (President’s) or 3.50 (Dean’s) on 12 or more credits during a single semester, with no continuing or incomplete grades.