The Garden City News (03/15/19)

Friday March 15, 2019

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BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

Brownie Troop 1354 braved the cold weather last Friday to sell Girl Scout cookies to Seventh Street passers-by.

Village ratifies contract with union

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND In an off-the-agenda move at its Tuesday, February 26 meeting the Garden City Village Board of Trustees accepted a new contract with the CSEA (Civil Service Employees’ Association) Rank and File, the largest contingent of village employees.

The new contract runs for the next two years, until 2021, effective retroactively from the expiration of the prior contract several years ago. The Board noted that this contract did not get printed in time for its action agenda for February 26 as it was voted on and approved

earlier in the same day by the CSEA union.

The settlement includes no retroactive CSEA Rank and File raises for the last five years but two years of raises going forward; the first (this year) of 2.25% and a second of 2.75%. “Roughly we have settled with a seven-year deal with raises totaling five percent over the seven years. This includes a lump sum signing bonus of $3,500 for each Rank and File unit member and that will total approximately $507,000,” Mayor Brian Daughney said.

“It has been a long road coming

and the CSEA Rank and File had seven years without a new contract. We are glad to get it done but there is always more to do, so we will continue to work. This is another one of the ways in which we try to keep village taxes lower than what they might usually be or are often,” he said.

Daughney added that much pending litigation and claims between the Village of Garden City and CSEA Rank and File have been settled concurrently with the new agreement.

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At the Tuesday, March 12 budget work session and school board meeting, Board of Education President Angela Heineman updated Garden City families on the state of the school tax relief sought by developers of 555 Stewart Avenue, who plan to build 150 luxury rental apartments in the easternmost section of the village.

Interested community members are asked to circle Thursday, March 21, as the first date the application will be considered by the Nassau County Industrial Development Agency (IDA). The board president says ‘new developments’ have taken shape after recent negotiations with the developers’ counsel and the school district’s attorneys, Guercio & Guercio of Farmingdale.

“Those discussions have been progressing and since last week there has been another development… The developer of the project, Southern Land Company, has filed their application for financial assistance with the Nassau County IDA, and our district counsel received notice of the application today (March 12). My understanding is that the developer (Southern Land) will be partnering with the owner to develop this property jointly,” Heineman said.

Southern Land Company is a new part of the development of 555 Stewart, as during the presentations and hearings before the Village Board of Trustees in late 2017 and the first six months of 2018, attorney Kevin Walsh, who is based on 7th Street, represented corporation “550 Stewart LLC,” which also owns the commercial property (its namesake) across Stewart Avenue. Some upscale multifamily residential unit developments Southern Land has in its protfolio include 3601 Market Street and The Laurel condos at Rittenhouse Square in Philadelphia; Symphony Park in Las Vegas, condos in Denver and Boulder, Colorado; downtown Dallas, Allen and Plano in Texas and several projects in Tennessee.

During public comments, parent Colleen Ciullo asked Heineman for more specifics on the process ahead with the developer and IDA. “The owner/developers said all along that they were See page 55

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A WORD FROM THE PUBLISHER

Expanding STEM curriculum We were happy to hear that the Garden City School District is planning to expand the Project Lead The Way program into the Middle School.

Project Lead the Way is a sequence of courses that began with a course “Introduction to Engineering Design” in Garden City High School. Over the next several years the curriculum expanded to include courses in Principles of Engineering and Computer Integrated Manufacturing.

Next year, if the school budget is approved as formulated, the Middle School will offer a course called “App Creator” as part of the curriculum.

Teaching science and engineering principles to children is just as import-

ant as teaching good communication skills and writing, in our opinion.

Learning to think scientifically and learning to code computer programs teaches children a way of thinking that involves critical thought and problem solving in a fun way.

Today we see examples of anti-scientific thought, such as the anti-vaxxer movement, that are truly frightening.

The amount of “magical fuzzy thinking” out there is astonishing in a nation that boasts almost universal literacy.

Teaching science and technology courses is a way to invest in our children’s future and our nation’s future.

We hope the School Board continues to expand the curriculum.

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Fix our drinking water

To the Editor: To quote the mayor regarding the problem with our drinking water, “we are all taxpayers here and the village is going to spend millions of dollars on this - be prepared as we do need to have our water safe. I am giving this community a head’s up as this is going to cost millions,” Daughney stated.

Yes, yes, yes without clean water the village would go down quickly both in health and moving away, especially those with children.

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Patricia C. Donnelly P.S. An ice skating rink following millions to repair st. Paul’s would be in the millions also. Let the village vote, clean water to drink, or a repaired St. Paul’s / ice skating rink?

Village Election Day Tuesday, March 19 Voters in Garden City will go to the polls on Tuesday, March 19th, to select a new mayor and members of the Board of Trustees.

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Sheer decency and common sense must prevail. St Paul’s also would cost millions. First always comes the health and security of a clean water system cleared of toxic chemicals.

Who would want to live in Garden City if the water was not safe?

On the ballot will be: Title of Term of Name of Office Office Nominees Mayor 2 Years Theresa A. Trouvé Trustee 2 Years Brian C. Daughney Trustee 2 Years Mark A. Hyer Trustee 2 Years Stephen S. Makrinos Trustee 1 Year Louis M. Minuto All candidates are running unopposed under Garden City’s unique Community Agreement.

Under the Community Agreement, each of the four Property Owners Associations select two trustees to the Board of Trustees, and the mayorship rotates among the sections.

Typically very few voters actually cast ballots during the Village election.

Last year fewer than 170 votes were cast.

While it is possible for a last minute candidate to mount a write-in campaign, none has ever been successful in the history of the Community Agreement.

Election information

The election will take place on Tuesday, March 19, from 12 noon until 9:00 p.m. at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue.

Absentee ballot applications to be used in conjunction with the General Village Election are available at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue. The Village Clerk had to receive applications by March 12, if the ballot was to be mailed.

For personal application, the deadline is March 18.

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BY RIKKI N. MASSAND With the 2019-2020 budget deliberations in the ‘hot’ real estate market of Garden City taking shape, the rise in young families, birth rates, the housing and developments in town and long term implications on the schools became the focus for Garden City Public Schools last week.

Barbara Graziano of Western Suffolk BOCES presented to the Board of Education at its Wednesday, March 6 work session. To assist school systems and communities with school enrollment analysis, every year Western Suffolk BOCES compiles demographic data on local public school enrollment.

Data and information from years 20082017 is available to download on the Western Suffolk BOCES website.

Garden City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha explained that the district and the Assistant Superintendent for Personnel, Dr. Maureen Appiarius, have worked with Graziano as the demographics study was prepared. “This work was something we needed in terms of our budget development process,” Dr. Sinha said.

Data-Driven Analysis

Losses for the enrollment totals in the primary schools (Locust, Hemlock and Homestead) and at Garden City

High are expected to be balanced by an overall gain of 16 students in the district in the next five school years, with the district’s heaviest enrollment increases being at Stratford School and Stewart School (intermediate to middle grades).

“In district population, there was an increase between 2000 and 2010 of 3.1%, or about 670 people. Then between 2010 and 2017 there was an increase of about 2% or 440 more people. For years 2003 through 2006 there were well over 200 births each year. Locally, births dropped to a low of 152 in 2009. Since then, births have fluctuated from 184 to 220 births per year,” Graziano told the school board.

The study completed in school year 2016-’17 led Graziano’s office to predict enrollment in the Garden City district to be 3,859 students, and the actual number was 3,875 students enrolled this year, with slides to break down the totals by grade. She later added that from 2016 to the present, Garden City Public Schools has seen a gain of 49 students, K through 12. The last two school years’ total bucks the trend of lower enrollments in the 10-year historical period.

During the presentation, Graziano explained the examination of national and countywide trends in births, year by year, as well as housing turnover

and historical housing turnover. Local villages and municipalities are also contacted for information on new development projects or updates on those currently under construction. Graziano says her BOCES office also studies the population trends within districts including “any ethnic or age structure changes as well as other socio-economic factors that could impact enrollment.”

Private and charter school enrollments are also part of demographics studies.

Kindergarten/Birth ratios are used as data on births and enrollment five years later are projected.

“Those ratios take into account students that move in or out of the school district since birth as well as those who may be attending non-public schools,” Graziano said.

Housing turnover in Garden City, in particular with more young families in the Mott section and the village’s East in general, has been brought up at municipal meetings in the last three years. Graziano detailed housing turnover data for the school board at last week’s meeting and said the trend will continue with more young families with children coming into the school district, “which will of course impact enrollment,” she explained.

“Housing turnover dropped to a low of 170 units in 2009. Since then housing

turnover has been on the increase with a high of 274 units sold in 2017. What we are seeing in a lot of areas recently is that housing turnover is up but supply is tight, therefore unit prices are high.

The median house price was at a low of $715,000 in 2012 but it has increased to a median of more than $915,000 in 2017.

This morning I looked at preliminary data for 2018 and it appears while the housing turnover was down a little bit, the median price was still up, at about $930,000. Our feeling is that as the median home price keeps rising, housing turnover may drop some as younger buyers possibly start moving further east into Suffolk to find more affordable housing,” Graziano said.

555 Stewart Avenue calculated

In consideration of the community pushback last year with the development planned for 555 Stewart Avenue (150 luxury rental apartments) and approvals from the village, with a possible PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) coming up for the school tax portion on the property, Graziano spoke about housing development projections in Garden City, noting it as “a particular concern over impact to the district.”

“This addresses the 555 Stewart Avenue project -- the village approved a See page 50

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The Garden City School District is expected to extend an engineering course curriculum into the Middle School next year by funding an additional course in a series in its 2019-2020 budget. The budget, which is just under $118 million, also focuses on technology and teaching integration, and includes a partnership for reading advancement with Teachers College at Columbia University involving professional development.

In the current 2018-2019 school year Garden City Public Schools implemented its fourth Project Lead the Way (PLTW) course, Civil Engineering and Architecture. The first year a PLTW course was introduced at Garden City High School was 2015-2016 with Introduction to Engineering Design. The next two school years saw Principles of Engineering in 2016-’17 and Computer Integrated Manufacturing, or C.I.M. for short, in 2017-’18.

If the district budget for 2019-’20 is approved as formulated, next year for the first time a Project Lead the Way course -- “App Creator” -- will be offered at Garden City Middle School.

The Project Lead the Way series of engineering, tech and S.T.E.M.-based high school classes are nationally standardized, project-based courses that prepare students for college-level work and culminate with a student assessment, which colleges and universities can use to determine if a student earns college credit.

Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Edward Cannone spoke about the Project Lead the Way courses in the greater context of innovative and rich program offerings in Garden City Public Schools: “We see how our academic themes transpired across 2018-’19 and how we planned for things to transpire in the new academic year’s budget. The budget allows us to do all of the good work that we try so hard to organize for our students. When considering especially our instructional budget components the district administration reflects on why we are doing things -- what are the long-term effects? What can we launch will we launch that will have a trajectory and will affect students for several years down the road? We pursue accomplishments each academic year to develop in-demand skills in our students.

The students will leave high school and universities while becoming competitive people, and as we’ll discuss mental health initiatives, students can develop soft skills to apply things in their careers and self-regulate and self-manage,” Dr. Cannone said.

Garden City Middle School Principal

Dr. Peter Osroff spoke about Project Lead the Way courses’ success at Garden City High School and how the comprehensive goal is to prepare students “with computer science and engineering skills for 21st century jobs that we do not even know or exist yet.” Dr. Osroff also commented on expansion of the technology and applicable instruction at the Middle School. Over the next three years, plans call for one additional module (PLTW course) per year at Garden City Middle School. With the budget plans for next year, as part of professional development two district teachers will be taking part in PLTW course trainings in Dallas this summer.

Expanding technology coursework

“We are very excited about bringing in PLTW to the middle school as we understand how many students are applying to design and engineering schools (colleges). One of the things we are doing is changing our sequencing of courses with technology from an alternate-day semester course to an alternate-day yearlong course. We prepare for an expansion of our technology and engineering programming in the middle school as we want kids to have those hands-on skills that we recognize are so critical for students. Over three years we would have modules of Project Lead the Way in grades 6, 7 and 8,” GCMS Principle Osroff said.

Recently Garden City High School was named as a PLTW “Distinguished School of the Year.” Michael Stano is Garden City’s designated and trained Project Lead the Way teacher. In October of 2018 Stano was recognized as one of 34 teachers nationwide at the annual PLTW conference, held in San Antonio, as a “PLTW Outstanding Teacher.” Stano was one of two teachers in New York State recognized with this honor last year. His reflection on PLTW courses at the time came up during the board of education’s discussion of the budget on Tuesday night.

Garden City Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha said at an event in California, Stano presented on the topic of “Modifying Project Lead the Way curriculum to Save Time and Finish Strong” and detailing his experience of students’ in Garden City High’s Project Lead the Way courses. “This is pretty impressive as most vendors do not allow you to change you to change the curriculum or what they’re doing.

This was extremely impressive as he presented that topic and for our district to be recognized for the PLTW program and his efforts as a teacher experienced with it,” Sinha told the board.

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Check fraud: On March 7th a Garden City company reported that twelve fraudulent checks, totaling more than $5,000, were written and cashed against their business banking account.

Credit card fraud: On March 7th Garden City Police received a report that fraudulent credit card accounts were opened using a resident’s identity. The accounts were subsequently used to make multiple purchases totaling $5,400.

Broken gate: On March 7th Garden City Police responded to the Stewart Manor Train Station for a traffic condition caused by a broken railroad gate.

Faulty generator: Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to a smoke condition caused by a faulty generator on the roof of a Franklin Avenue building on March 7th.

Leaving the scene: Garden City Police officers investigated a report of an unknown vehicle leaving the scene of an accident on March 8th. The vehicle was reported to have struck and damaged an unoccupied vehicle parked on Commander Avenue.

Gym theft: On March 9th property was reported stolen from a locker at the New York Sports Club.

THC arrest: On March 10th, following a traffic stop investigation on Clinton Road, Garden City Police arrested a 25 yearold Mineola man for alleged criminal possession of a controlled substance (THC), unsafe lane usage and defective headlamps.

Power failure: On March 10th Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to a power outage caused by a transformer fire on Willow Street.

Identity theft: On March 11th a Garden City resident reported that two fraudulent credit card accounts were opened using the resident’s identity. The accounts were subsequently used to make multiple purchases exceeding $3,400.

Arrest in vehicle entries: On March 12th at 3:45 a.m., Garden City Police responded to a report of a suspicious person on the property of a Garden Street residence. Upon searching the area, Officers located a

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subject matching the description nearby, and upon investigation, determined he allegedly entered a vehicle in the driveway of a Willow Street residence in an attempt to steal property.

The subject, a 51 year-old West Hempstead man, allegedly was also found to be in possession of a gravity knife and crack cocaine. He was charged with trespass, attempted larceny from an auto, felony possession of a dangerous weapon and criminal possession of a controlled substance.

Check forgery: On March 12th a Franklin Avenue business reported that an $8,000 check placed in the office mail bin was intercepted, altered and cashed by an unknown person.

Porch pirate: Contents of a package delivered to a Laurel Street residence were reported missing on March 12th.

Village ratifies contract From page 1 the village will have “the unfettered ability to use GPS in all village vehicles.” In October 2018, the Village News & Information press release published in The Garden City News relayed the utilization of GPS: “Investment in this system gives the Village the ability to monitor its assets and also maintain efficiency in manpower deployment. In addition, this system provides new tools and reporting methods to assist in the maintenance and repairs of all Village vehicles.”

As part of the settlement, the Village of Garden City will obtain health insurance contributions of 20% from all new hires to the village workforce, starting on day one of their employment and lasting through retirement. The mayor added that biweekly payroll via direct deposit was part of the CSEA settlement.

Since the February 26 Board meeting The Garden City News has reached out to Labor Relations Specialist negotiator Liam Russertt of CSEA Regions 1 and 2, as well as other CSEA officials for comments on the new deal with the village, however the CSEA has not responded to this request.

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GARDEN CITY UPDATE - NEWS AND INFORMATION Mayor@gardencityny.net The Board of Trustees and staff continue to work on numerous projects, including the LIRR Third Track and its impact on Garden City, the water tank replacement project, water quality issues, personnel matters, zoning matters, the concept plan for the former St. Paul’s School building and the proposed budget and other matters. We encourage you to attend Village Board of Trustees meetings and meetings of your Property Owners’ Associations.

Meetings of the Property Owners’ Associations are held almost every month – please check their respective websites.

Water Main Replacement

A water main replacement project began Wednesday, March 13, 2019 on Pine Street (weather permitting).

Work began on Grove Street and will move east along Pine Street. The project is expected to take approximately four months to complete. This water main replacement will improve overall water quality and flow in your area.

Garden City Water Department personnel are working in your neighborhood on designated days between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Residents in the area should be aware of possible water service dis-

ruptions and possible discolored water as part of this work. This work may cause “rusty” or “cloudy” water. It is recommended that you draw water for drinking and cooking on these days. We also recommend that you try to avoid doing laundry during these times. We apologize for any inconvenience and will try to keep the interruptions to a minimum.

All residents are being notified prior to any disruptions in service with informational flyers distributed to their homes. We thank you for your cooperation and patience during this project. If you have any questions, please contact Village Engineer Craig T. Bandini at (516) 465-4009 or the Garden City Water Department at (516) 465-4020.

LIRR work at Merillon Ave. Station

With the pending construction at the Merillon Avenue train station related to the third track expansion project, we anticipate possible disruptions in parking and access to the station in that area. We are working with the project managers to try to prevent any issues. We will have more information as this project progresses.

Budget Presentations

The Board of Trustees, in conjunc-

Perspectives in Health

A Free Community Education Seminar

WHY DOES YOUR BACK HURT? An Evening with Neurologists

Kenneth Chao, MD, and Anastasia Eswar, MD, Attending Neurologists at NYU Winthrop Hospital, will discuss the following:  Prevalence of back pain in adults  Relevant anatomy  Various causes of low back pain  Red flags of low back pain and when to seek care  Tests that your doctor may order  Treatment of back pain A question and answer period will follow.

April 2, 2019 6:45 PM Registration; 7:00 PM Program NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Mineola (corner of Second Street) Admission is free, but seating is limited.

Reservations are required.

Please call (516) 663-8300 to reserve your space.

tion with members of the Citizens Budget Review Advisory Committee (CBRAC), held the first of several budget sessions on Thursday, March 7, 2019. Village Treasurer Irene Woo provided an overview of the current Fiscal Year forecast, the proposed Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget and the Village’s proposed five-year capital plan.

Building Superintendent Giuseppe Giovanniello, Police Commissioner Ken Jackson and Fire Chief Brian Gallo and 1st Assistant Chief Thomas Strysko also presented their proposed budgets.

Budget Session #2 was held on Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Kevin Ocker, chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Cultural and Recreational Affairs, along with Tim Messner, Ralph Suozzi, Ms. Woo and Darcia Palmer, Garden City’s Deputy Village Treasurer, all presented their proposed budgets for Recreation and Parks, Pool and Tennis Enterprise Funds, Administration, Finance and Other General Unallocated Expenses and Revenues.

The proposed budget is again tax cap compliant in that the Village did not exceed the 3.37 percent Tax Levy Limit. The proposed tax levy increase is 2 percent, as it was last Fiscal Year. Further, the 2019-20 proposed budget represents a 1.45 percent increase over the prior year, when adjusted for the $2.7 million reimbursement for Business District paving. To view the March 7 and March 12, 2019 Budget presentations, please visit the Village’s website, www.gardencityny.net.

Budget Session #3 is scheduled for Thursday, March 21, 2019 in the Village Hall Board Room beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Library, Department of Public Works and Water Department proposed operating and capital budgets will be discussed. All residents are encouraged to attend.

New playground at Community Park

A new playground under construction at Community Park is slated for completion by mid-April. Demolition of the existing playground equipment is already complete and the stone subbase for the asphalt/safety surfacing system is in place. Work continues this week. This playground has 30 play events, six different ground-level play events and a total of 18 ground-level play events. Elevated play events are accessible by ramp so this is an inclusion design for children ages 2-5 and 5-12 years old. This apparatus does not currently have included adaptive swings but staff is looking into adding them at this location. The swings are currently included at Village parks.

Business District Security Infrastructure Project

The Garden City Police Department would like to expand the business district security infrastructure project to include the placement of cameras on Seventh Street and in Parking Field 7N. The Department is requesting $70,000 in its proposed 2019-20 budget.

Currently, cameras are located within Parking Field 7S. In prior years, cameras were also installed in several Village-owned facilities, including the Water Works building, Village Hall, Village Court, the Police and Fire Departments and the Library.

The cameras can be viewed from inside Police Headquarters and inside the mobile command unit. Although not monitored 24/7, the cameras serve as an important tool in aiding the Department in solving crimes.

According to Inspector Michael Doyle, who is spearheading the project, the existing cameras have aided Police in solving numerous crimes such as criminal mischief, identity theft and a DWI case in which the subject was three-and-a-half times the legal limit.

Police Department revenue, staffing

Ninety-nine percent of Police Department revenues are derived from traffic and parking fines. In 2018, the Department issued approximately 32,000 ticket citations - about 19,800 parking violations and 12,000 moving violations. Citations generated $1.7 million in 2017 and is projected to generate $1.6 million in 2019-20.

Current staffing includes 52 fulltime police officers with three on long-term disability; 13 full-time civilian staff, which includes dispatchers; one part-time civilian staff for weekend traffic enforcement; and 11 part-time crossing guards. Included in the 2019-20 proposed budget is four new full-time positions (three officers and one dispatcher) and two part-time positions (parking meter attendants).

Solicitations

Please note that now through Friday, April 19 2019 the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) is conducting a House-toHouse Fund Drive Saturdays between the hours of 12 noon and 5:00 p.m. and Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 4:00 and 8:00 p.m. Invited call backs only between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.

Village Election Tuesday, March 19

The annual Village Election will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 12 Noon until 9:00 p.m. at Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue. Registered Village residents will be voting for the See page 55

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This inviting and sun-drenched side hall, brick and cedar colonial is located on private 40 x 100 property in the Western section of the Village. Beautifully updated, the home offers an open and chic floor plan featuring a living room, dining room, white cabinet/granite eat-in kitchen, new powder room and office/den with a separate entrance. Upstairs are 3 generously sized bedrooms and updated hall bath. Homestead and Stratford Schools. Walk to LIRR Stewart Manor Station.

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GCHS announces the Class of 2019 co-valedictorians, salutatorian

Congratulations to senior Cassidy Go for being named co-valedictorian of Garden City High School’s Class of 2019.

With a seven-semester weighted GPA of 100.37, co-valedictorian of GCHS’s Class of 2019, senior Elsie Schaubeck, tied with Cassidy Go for the highest academic honor.

Congratulations to Garden City High School’s Class of 2019 Co-Valedictorians Cassidy Go and Elsie Schaubeck and Salutatorian Aidan Padala. Cassidy and Elsie both achieved a seven-semester weighted GPA of 100.37 qualified them for the top academic honor of the senior class. Aidan achieved a weighted seven-semester GPA of 100.12. Cassidy, Elsie and Aidan will speak at the high school’s Commencement Ceremony to be held on June 29th. “We are very proud of the hard work and dedication of our top students,” said Principal McLaughlin. “Congratulations to Cassidy, Elsie, and Aidan!”

Attention students!

Senior Aidan Padala achieved the second-highest seven-semester GPA to become GCHS’s Class of 2019 salutatorian.

Send in news of your acadrmic accomplishments and achievements to editor@gcnews.com and you could end up in our paper!

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Pictured here are (left to right) science teacher Ms. Kathryn Sheil, Cole Mullahey, Stephen Michael, Brandon Noll, Gianna Palmeri, Alex Kucich, Nancy Jiang, Bonnie Ji, and science teacher Mr. George Harrison.

On February 2, the Garden City High School Science Olympiad team competed in the Regional Competition at Kellenberg Memorial High School.

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Four GCHS students elevated to National Merit Finalists

Left to right: Guidance counselors Karen Whiston and Natasha Khan, NMS Finalists Aidan Padala, Aidan Coyne, Chloe Rogers, and Patrick Heavey, with guidance counselor Patrick Doyle and Assistant Principal Kevin Steingruebner.

Congratulations to four Garden City High School seniors for recently being elevated from Semifinalists to Finalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Competition.

The students honored were: Aidan Padala, Aidan Coyne, Chloe Rogers, and Patrick Heavey, Since 2009, the high school has had 33 seniors named as Finalists in the National Merit Scholarship competition.

The students qualified as National Semifinalists by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT).

GCHS’s 2019 Semifinalists subsequently completed a detailed scholarship application to move on in the competition,

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including submitting further evidence of outstanding academic achievement, involvement in school and community activities, demonstrated leadership abilities, employment, and honors and awards received.

Nationally, about 15,000 were elevated to Finalist status in the 2019 competition. These students are now vying for three types of scholarships to be awarded this spring. Finalists have the opportunity to compete for 2,500 scholarship awards of $2,500. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored scholarships will be provided, and approximately 190 colleges and universities are expected to finance 4,000 awards to recipients who choose to attend the sponsor institution.

WPOA News

Any members or new residents interested in Director or Officer positions in the Western Property Owners Association, please contact the President of the WPOA, Gerry Kelly by Monday, March 18 at gerry7th@gmail. com (302-547-0800 for questions) The WPOA has a number of opportunities to represent the organization and contribute to the neighborhood.

The WPOA continues to collect dues ($25) through a link on its web site gcWPOA.com or through the mail.

Members of the WPOA support the costs of mailings throughout the area we represent. Please consider becoming a member today.

The next General Meeting is April 16 at Homestead School at 7:30 pm.

ATTENTION STUDENTS! We invite you to send details of your academic achievements, along with your name and contact info, to editor@gcnews.com for a chance to be featured in our paper!

Submissions from students of all ages are welcome!

Carol Lazar, Community Club co-president; Wayne Soderlund, jeweler; Kathy McCormick, general program chairman

On Wednesday February 6, the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead featured Wayne Soderlund, who has been designing and creating beautiful jewelry along with his father, Walter, and his brother, Kyle, since 1980, when he was 15 years old. Wayne is a master jeweler and a GIA Graduate Gemologist.

After hand manufacturing jewelry in Manhattan for 75 years, they decided to move the business to Garden City, New York and created J.E. Lund Jewelers. They are a family of fourth generation jewelers dating back to 1927, when their ancestors travelled from Sweden to the United States.

The program Wayne presented was extremely interesting and all were fascinated by his vast knowledge. Wayne explained the differences in diamonds, both the color and sizes. How you can make any diamond into a blue diamond. He also explained in which countries the diamond mines are located. The audience asked over a half hour of questions, the longest question and answer period to my recollection The creativity of the Lund

Family ancestors, as well as their insistence on a high-quality end product, has continued through the generations, and remains in full force and effect today. They take pride in their work, and offer their clients an unparalleled experience during which they may purchase an existing piece, or design a unique, oneof- a- kind creation, with the dedicated guidance of an on-site jeweler.

The Community Club is a Philanthropic organization organized in 1919 at the instance of the National League for Women’s Services, in order to perpetuate the Community Spirit created by wartime activities.

The Community Club today is comprised of nine Departments; Americanism/Current Events, Art, Community Service, Drama/ Literature, Garden, Music, Studio and President’s Council.

There are also many committees, trips, art classes, and programs presented throughout the season. If anyone is interested in becoming a member of the club please contact the club office at 746-0488 on Tues., Wed., or Thurs. between 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.

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The Welcoming Club of Garden City is a well-established women’s organization that focuses on welcoming new members to our community, fostering relationships of long-time residents, supporting local businesses and raising money for charity. This year, The Welcoming Club of Garden City is proud to support the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The MDA is leading the fight to help kids and adults live longer and grow stronger.

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.

Upcoming Events

March 21st: Sip & Shop It’s like having your own personal stylist!

Tickets are $25 which includes champagne, wine, appetizers and 20% off entire purchase. All ticket sales will be donated to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Please join us for this amazing event and support this amazing charity. This event is open to everyone so friends and family are welcome.

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Thursday, March 21st, 7–10 pm Sage & Angie Boutique Specializing in Women’s Fashion 235 Nassau Blvd West Hempstead, NY 11552 516-500-9445 www.thegardencitywelcomingclub. org/sip-shop-event

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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 pot luck dinner or head out to try our local restaurants.

Please email GCSupperClub@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.

Onsite babysitting available!

Anyone interested, please email WelcomingClubBowling@gmail.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 email WelcomingClubBunco@gmail.com.

Toddler Playgroup Toddler playgroup a way to connect with other moms with kids similar to the age of your children. It’s a great way to get to know other moms in town and make new friends! If you are interested in being placed in a group, please email GCToddlerActivities@gmail.com.

Stroller Walking Club The stroller walking club is for those moms who don’t want to leave the kiddos home but would like to get out with some girlfriends. We meet weekly at one of our lovely GC parks to walk and chat. We are currently on a winter hiatus but walks are scheduled to begin again in April when the weather warms up. 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 session, email WelcomingClubGolf@gmail.com.

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On Sunday, March 17 at 9:15 am, The Reverend Lynn Sullivan will lead the book study at the Sunday Forum Series at Garden City Community Church (GCCC) in the Church parlor, on the book, “Love Without Limits: Jesus’ Radical Vision for Love with No Exceptions”

by Jacqueline A. Bussie.

The GCCC Lenten Theme this year is taken from the book, “Love Without Limits”. A three-part book study will take place on March 17, 24 and 31. Lynn will facilitate the first session, with Margie Price and Chris Dieguez leading the next two Sundays. The book study shares many stories about Loving without Limits. As Lynn wrote in her March Pastor’s Message, “Lent for us is a time to truly reflect on our purpose and God’s plan. It is a time of letting go of the things that are keeping us from experiencing our faith in a very real and spiritual way. It is a time to think why Jesus was willing to journey to the cross and die so that we may experience fullness of life. Lent is the perfect season to ask the questions about what it truly means to be a follower of Christ, disciple of Christ and Apostle of Christ. It is a time to take

our faith seriously and be a servant first”.

In Love Without Limits, the author, Jacqueline A. Bussie, imparts practical solutions for people of faith who yearn to love across division and difference in these troubled times. Through personal stories, engaging theological reflection, scriptural readings, the book challenges us to answer God’s call to practice a love so deep, it overthrows the social order; so radical, it condemns the powerful; so vast it includes all.

Join us this Sunday as Lynn walks us through this troubled times to gain back civility, respect and hope with love big enough to heal our hurts Lynn has a BS and BFA from Southern Methodist University, and a MS in operations management from the University of Arkansas before heading to New York. She continued her education with an M Div. from New York Theological Seminary and took graduate courses at Adelphi University in community health education. She has been active in her community and the Metro Association of the New York Conference of the United Church of Christ. She currently serves

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the Metro Association as chair of the Boundary Awareness Training and is a member on the statewide Commission on Ministry. She is active in the Garden City Clergy Fellowship.

Lynn is the Senior Pastor of the Garden City Community Church.

She and her husband, Mark, have two grown daughters, Laura who lives in Astoria and Sarah, living in Atlanta.

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 its community. Worship services are Sundays at 8:30 am in our Chapel and at 10:30 am in our Sanctuary.

Wednesday Service is at 8:00 pm in Gardner Hall. There is a Church school for children and a crib room for infants and toddlers during the 10:30 am service. The 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- 7461700. You may also visit our website at www.thegccc.org.

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Local artist unveils mural of Nunley’s Carousel horse

BY GARY SIMEONE It was quite an unveiling ceremony for Garden City artist Michael White at the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Saturday, March 9th. His 5x7 foot mural of an original Nunley’s Carousel horse was presented to an audience that included Nassau County Executive, Laura Curran, legislator, Debra Mule and assemblywoman, Judy Griffin. The event was put together by the Baldwin Civic Association.

“Last year, I was contacted by the Civic Association, and they had asked me about doing this project,” said the 49 year old White, who works out of an art studio in his home. “They wanted me to do a mural of a horse from the original Carousel in Baldwin, that will be mounted and hung at the Baldwin train station in April.”

He said that what made the project significant was that he was born and raised in Baldwin, and was a frequent visitor to the original Nunley’s Park, located on Sunrise Highway at the time.

“I used to go there as a little kid with my parents, to ride the roller coaster, plane ride and play at the arcade. It was a famous, beloved place on Long Island with its great summertime atmosphere and its historical carousel.”

The Baldwin location was open for sixty years before closing for good in 1995. The carousel sat in storage for a number of years before eventually ending up at its current location at Museum Row in Garden City.

White said that he had come across a photo online of the carousel in its original condition, and that he thought it would be a great source for a painting.

“I saw this photo online of the black carousel horse in its Baldwin setting and I was inspired to paint it.

I posted my painting online and there were literally thousands of reactions from people, who I guess developed a sense of nostalgia to this image.”

After garnering such a strong reaction from people, he decided to paint more of the horses in their original condition and post them online.

His postings caught the attention of members of the Civic Association, who then asked him if he’d like to do the project.

After meeting with the Civic Association, a fundraiser was held, and the money was raised from private donations to pay him to do the mural.

White said that the mural of the horse was unveiled for the first time at Saturday’s ceremony, and the plan is for it to be mounted on an outdoor tressel at the train station in April.

Healthcare scholarship offered

Garden City orthodontist Dr. Denise Emma is accepting applications for her annual healthcare scholarship.

The $1000 cash scholarship is given annually to a graduating senior in Garden City High School who intends

to pursue a career in the health field.

To apply, visit www.doctoremma.com/ in-the-community. Application deadline is April 30th. Call 516.741.7970 with any questions.

Community blood drive The St. Joseph - Bishop Baldwin Council # 15809 Knights of Columbus in Garden City is sponsoring a Blood Drive on Sunday, April 7, 2019 from 7:45 am – 1:45 pm in the St. Joseph School gymnasium located at 121 Fourth Street, Garden City.

As a consequence of cancelled winter blood drives, blood supplies are lower.

It is crucial to the community blood

supply that healthy people come to our blood drive and help replenish what was lost.

All eligible donors are encouraged to donate blood. To schedule a convenient appointment time, please call Arthur Anderson 516-319-2459 or John Russo 516-384-4552.

Walk-ins are welcome as well!

Mural of Nunley’s Carosel by Garden City artist Michael White

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The Democratic Field

BY BOB MORGAN, JR. It’s still about 10 months until the first Democratic presidential primaries will take place, but we are starting to see the outline of the field that will seek to challenge President Trump in the 2020 Presidential election.

We should first probably take note of some important folks who apparently will not be participating in the 2020 election. Hillary Clinton appears to understand that two unsuccessful runs as the frontrunner are enough, and that she is unlikely ever to become president. Perhaps a little more surprisingly, former mayor Michael Bloomberg decided not to make the race. Perhaps he believes that, however well funded he may be, this Democratic electorate will not be looking to a New York City billionaire. For what it is worth, I expected Governor Andrew Cuomo to make a serious effort this year, but he does not seem particularly interested. I also thought that Michelle Obama might flirt with making a race, but she seems pretty clearly on the sidelines.

One important subplot of the Democratic race is whether the party is willing to nominate a relatively elderly candidate. As this is written, the frontrunner in the early polls (even if he hasn’t formally announced) is Joe Biden, who will turn 78 years old a few days after election day 2020. Running second in the polls is Bernie Sanders, the avowed socialist and Vermont senator , who will be 79 years old in 2020.. Also very much in the running is Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren, who will be 71. Admittedly, given that President Trump will himself be 74 on election day, Republicans will not make much of the age issue, but you do wonder how a septuagenarian candidate will appear to many Democrats desiring a new and energetic direction for the party.

It might well be that older candidates have a bit of an artificial poll advantage at this point in the election cycle. Many people are not yet paying close attention to the race

and name recognition, a particularly long suit of veteran politicians, may be a strong factor in the rankings.

Another issue facing older candidates is that the sheer length of a political career makes it likely that a candidate has made one or more one or more political missteps in the past. One obvious example is Senator Biden’s opposition to school busing for the purposes of promoting public school integration in the 1970s, which may not play well with more liberal elements of his party.

The senator was also accused of plagiarism of speeches of a British politician during one of his previous presidential runs. Bernie Sanders’s past praise of Fidel Castro is unlikely to be helpful in Florida. Of course, Elizabeth Warren has her own issues relating to her curious claims of Native American heritage.

But if the Democrats do not choose an older standby candidate, the question is who else is available. A big problem is that the party has a rather thin bench, lacking, for example, an available candidate who is a big state governor. Perhaps the most likely younger candidate is California senator Kamala Harris, certainly an attractive and articulate figure. Nevertheless, Ms. Harris, who has only served in the Senate since 2017 (she was state attorney general before that), may have a significant experience deficit in national affairs . Beto O’Rourke served three terms in the House before running a spirited, but losing, race for Texas senator last year; it is unclear whether he will appeal to the more liberal elements of the party. Other candidates like Amy Klobuchhar, Kirstin Gillebrand and Cory Booker have yet to emerge from the shadows.

My best guess is that one of the younger candidates will eventually gain momentum as the debate season moves on and will eventually wrest the nomination. Still, the situation is very fluid, an older candidate cannot be ruled out, and there likely will be a long and protracted race to the nomination.

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News from the Children’s Room The Young Adult Department once again has chicks that will be hatching in the YA Room. The Children’s Department has many books on display about chickens and the process of hatching. Come check out Eggs by Kevin Henkes, the Minerva Louise series by Janet Morgan Stoeke, Where do Chicks Come From? by Amy Sklansky and Peep and Egg: I’m Not Hatching by Laura Gehl.

Spanish Storytime

with Hempstead Town Clerk Sylvia Cabana On Thursday, March 28, 2019, from 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm, Hempstead Town Clerk Sylvia Cabana will be conducting a Spanish Storytime at the Garden City Public Library. The program is open to children in kindergarten and grade 1 only. Each child may attend with one adult family member. Online registration is required and underway on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ).

Winter Spring Programs 2019

Online registration for Garden City residents is underway on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Non-residents can also register if space is available.

You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the storytime. Each child needs his or her own Library Card to register. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist for that day.

Book Discussions

Registration is underway in the Children’s Room ONLY. Non-residents can also register if space is available.

Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on waitlist for the day.

THE BOOK ENDS A program for children presently enrolled in grades 3, 4, and 5. Join us for games and activities.

The Great Treehouse War

by Lisa Graff Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:00–6:00 pm Book discussion will be followed by a fun one-hour science program with science teacher Chris Buchman. A beverage and snack will be provided.

Children’s Room Programs **Ages Birth - 5 Years** (Not yet in Kindergarten)

*BABY SIGN LANGUAGE SESSION 1 AND 2 Thursday, March 21, 10 am Come and learn basic sign language with instructor Margaret Ann Farmer.

These one-hour sessions are for children birth to 5 (not yet in kindergarten) and a caregiver. Expectant parents are also welcome. Online registration is required beginning Tuesday, March 5, at 10:00 am on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Register once for both sessions. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Each session is one hour.

SPRING EGG HUNT IN THE LIBRARY Monday April 8 at 10 am This program is for children ages 2½-5 (not in kindergarten) and a caregiver. Registration is required beginning Tuesday, March 26, at 10:00 am on EventKeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).

You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Children should bring their own baskets to collect eggs.

Program is one hour. *BABY JAM AND TODDLER JAM WITH ANDREA MORALES Thursday, April 11 at 10 am Baby Jam is for children ages 6-18 mos. and a caregiver is at 10AM. Toddler Jam is for children ages 19-30 mos. and a caregiver at 11AM. Online registration is required beginning Tuesday, April 2 at 10:00AM on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ). You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist.

Each program is 45 minutes. *INFANT JAM WITH ANDREA MORALES Thursday, April 18 at 10 am This program is for children birth through five months and a caregiver at 10 am. Online registration is required beginning Tuesday, April 2, at 10:00 am on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl. org). You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly.

If you are late, your spot may be given

to someone on the waitlist. Program is 30 minutes. *DADDY DO WITH MISS DONNA AND SHERI NICOLETTI Saturday, June 8 at 11 am Dads will learn how to do different hair styles for their daughters. Please bring your own brush and comb. This program is for children ages 2½ -kindergarten. **Ages Kindergarten – Grade 5** *DROP-IN LEGO CLUB Tuesday, April 16 This monthly club meets on four Tuesday afternoons from 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm and is for children in grades K-5. No registration required. Space is limited and is on a first-come, first-served basis. *FINGER PAINTING WITH MISS SANDY Saturday, March 30 at 1:30 pm Online registration is required and begins Tuesday, March 19 at 10:00 am on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ). You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly. If you are late your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Please dress accordingly. Program is 1 hour. *ICE CREAM SOCIAL WITH LIBRARIANS MISS DONNA AND MISS BARBARA Monday, April 15 at 7:00 pm Online registration is required beginning Tuesday, April 2 at 10:00 am on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).

You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Program is 45 minutes.

INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS Tuesdays, May 7, May 15 & May 21 from 3:30 – 4:15 pm For 4th and 5th grade only.

Online registration required beginning Tuesday April 16 at 10:00 am online at Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) and is for all 3 sessions. Separate registration for each child is required. Please arrive promptly. *DADDY DO WITH MISS DONNA AND SHERI NICOLETTI Saturday, June 8 at 11 am Dads will learn how to do different hair styles for their daughters. Please bring your own brush and comb. This program is for children ages 2 ½ – kindergarten. Online registration is required on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) with a library card beginning May 21 at 10:00 am. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the storytime. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist for that day.

Tween Programs Mondays

These programs are for tweens

in grades 4-7. Online registration is required on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ) with a Library Card.

Registration starts at 10:00 am on the days indicated below. Programs run from 7:00 – 8:00 pm.

April 8 *KAHOOT TRIVIA NIGHT. Registration begins Tuesday, March 26.

Joint Children’s and Young Adult Programs

Online registration is required on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) with a Library Card. Registration starts at 10:00 am on the days indicated below.

You must do a separate registration for each tween. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist for that day.

Sat., March 23 *STAR WARS DAY A day to celebrate STAR WARS with programming,character meet-andgreets throughout the day for all ages.

Registration begins Tuesday, March 5.

(Special events for preschoolers through grade 8 and families.)

Sat., April 6 *WONDER ANTI-BULLYING DAY The Library will be hosting a Wonder Anti-Bullying Day based on the best-selling book Wonder by R.J. Palacio with programming focusing on anti-bullying throughout the day, for all ages.

More details to follow. Registration begins Tuesday, March 19 (kindergarten through adult). Details to follow.

Sat., May 18 *QUIDDITCH (GRADES 4-8).

Teen Quidditch Tournament 11:00AM—12:00 PM Sign up for your team and compete in our Quidditch Tournament!

Weather permitting, this program will be held outside. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be cancelled. Registration is required.

Registrants must sign up for a team or to be a Snitch in advance online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ) with a Library Card beginning Tuesday, April 30th at 10:00 am. There are limited spots on each team and to play as the Snitch. Registrants are asked to wear the color of the team they are signed up to play for: Green—Slytherin, Blue— Ravenclaw, Red—Gryffindor, Yellow— Hufflepuff, Black—Snitches *Funding for these programs has been provided by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority is given to Garden City Public Library Cardholders. Non-residents will be accommodated on a space available basis. Each child needs his or her own Library Card to register. Please check the Library website www.gardencitypl. org for upcoming events and registration dates.

Tween Night – Kahoot Trivia Night

Tweens in grades 4-7 are invited to join us for our April Tween Night, which is a Kahoot Trivia Night. Play a game of trivia using Kahoot and the Library’s iPads while enjoying a pizza dinner. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, March 26 at 10 am online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ). This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library and is joint program with the Young Adult and Children’s Departments.

Star Wars Day

The Children’s and Young Adult Departments will be celebrating Star Wars with a full day of Star Wars themed programs on Saturday, March 23, 10 am – 4 pm! This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Registration for programs is required unless otherwise noted and began on March 5 at 10 am online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability.

• Star Wars Story Time with Saber Guild: Endor Temple 10:30 am – 11 am: Listen to stories read aloud by the Jedi and Sith of Saber Guild: Endor Temple! For children ages 2½-6 and an adult caregiver. All children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver.

• Family Lightsaber Training with Saber Guild: Endor Temple - Grades K-2: 11:30 am – 12:15 pm: Saber Guild: Endor Temple will train adult and child participants in the ways of the Force, some basic lightsaber techniques, and a blocking drill, so parents

can build their own lightsaber battles with their children. For grades K-2 plus parents or an adult caregiver! All participants must sign a waiver before participating in the program. A parent or legal guardian must sign a waiver in advance before their child participates in this program. All children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver during this program.

• Family Lightsaber Training with Saber Guild: Endor Temple – Grades 3-5: 12:30 pm – 1:15 pm: Saber Guild: Endor Temple will train adult and child participants in the ways of the Force, some basic lightsaber techniques, and a blocking drill, so parents can build their own lightsaber battles with their children. For grades 3-5 plus parents or an adult caregiver! All participants must sign a waiver before participating in the program. A parent or legal guardian must sign a waiver in advance before their child participates in this program. All children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver during this program.

• Tweens Padawan Training Institute with Saber Guild: Endor Temple: 2:30 pm – 3:15 pm: Tweens Padawan Training Institute. Learn lightsaber choreography with the Jedi of Saber Guild: Endor Temple. For grades 6-8. A parent or legal guardian must sign a waiver in advance before their child participates in this program.

• Star Wars Meet and Greet: 10:30 am – 12 pm and 2 pm – 3:30 pm: Meet and take pictures with your favorite Star Wars characters from Saber Guild: Endor Temple, Rebel Legion: Echo Base, and 501st: Empire City Garrison.

The Hambones The Hambones The Garden City Public Library Sunday, April 7, at 2:00 pm Come enjoy a Sunday afternoon of classic rock, country, rhythm and blues, and more when The Hambones return to the Garden City Public Library on Sunday, April 7 at 2 pm!

With a cumulative 130 years in the music business, lead vocalist John Kouri and his bandmates, Scott Milch

on drums, John Pizzicarola on guitars, and Steve Soltow on bass, will play classic tunes made famous by The Beatles, Rolling Stones, The Who, Chuck Berry, Grateful Dead, Elvis, Bob Dylan and Tom Petty. This fun musical experience is open to all. No registration is necessary. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

The Art at Sagamore Hill

Garden City Public Library Thursday, March 21, 2019, 2 pm President Theodore Roosevelt was a patron of American art and artists.

His collection at Sagamore Hill includes paintings, bronzes, reliefs and sculpture. Janet Parga will give a visual presentation on this little-known art collection at Roosevelt’s summer White

House on Thursday, March 21 at 2 pm.

Ms. Parga will focus on 10 artists and the provenance for their artwork which connects them to the Roosevelt family.

This program is open to all. No registration is necessary. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

For all ages. No registration required.

Meeting characters is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Plus, watch Saber Guild: Endor Temple practice and demo some of their fights throughout the day in the Lower Level. Stop by our table in the lobby to get free Star Wars themed giveaways or participate in our scavenger hunt for your chance to win a prize! Saber Guild: Endor Temple, Rebel Legion: Echo Base, and 501st: Empire City Garrison are all not-for-profit, LucasFilm-recognized Star Wars costuming groups.

How to Beat the High Cost of College with Barry Fox

Join us on Monday, March 25 at 7PM for the Financial Aid Workshop “How to Beat the High Cost of College” with financial aid consultant Barry Fox. This program is for college-bound students and parents. Registration began Tuesday, March 12 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ).

Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

College Planning Workshop

College Admissions Consultant Kelly Chester Begin the college application process by discussing test scores, transcripts, resumes, preliminary school lists and the college application timeline with college admissions consultant Kelly Chester on Monday. April 1, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, March 19 at 10 am online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Registrants should sign up for one 20-minute timeslot within the two hour session.

Cards for Hospitalized Kids

Earn community service hours by volunteering to make cards for children in hospitals on Wednesday, April 3, 4 pm – 5 pm. This program is for tweens and teens in grades 6-12. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, March 19 at 10 am online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org).

Babysitting Workshop

Join us at the Library for a twopart workshop Babysitting Workshop in March. This program is for grades 6-12 only and registrants are required to attend both sessions to receive a certificate. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, March 5 at 10 am online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl. org). This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. The Babysitting Workshop will

meet on the following Wednesdays: • Mar. 20, 3:45 pm – 5 pm - Safety Session with Officer Richard Pedone from the Garden City Police Department and Steve Espey from the Garden City Department of Recreation.

• Mar. 27, 3:45 pm – 6 pm - First Aid Session with registered nurses Georgette Basso and JoAnn Tanck.

Participants are asked to bring a doll so they may practice the proper ways to hold a baby while feeding or diapering.

Volunteers Needed to Provide Teen Feedback

This year, Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta is serving on the 2020 Best Fiction for Young Adults (BFYA) Book List committee for the Young Adult Library Services Association (a division of the American Library Association) and is looking for teen volunteers ages 12-18 to provide feedback on recent young adult fiction. Eligible books are those published between November 1, 2018 and December 15, 2019 and aimed at teens aged 12-18. Volunteers will earn community service credit and will be assigned books to read throughout the year. If interested or for more information, please contact Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta via email at laurag@gardencitypl.org or via phone at 516-742-8405 x242.

Chick Incubation Project

The Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens Department’s annual chick incubation project will be held again beginning at the end of February.

The eggs arrived on Tuesday, February 26 and are scheduled to begin hatching Monday, March 18. Chicks will be returned to Cornell Cooperative Extension Suffolk County Farm 1-2 weeks after they hatch. Make sure to stop by to enter a name in our Name the Chick Contest and to learn more about the chick incubation process.

Volunteer Teen Reviewers Needed

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. Reviews will be used to update the Tweens and Teens Library Review Page (https://www.gardencitypl.org/category/teen-reviews/).

Reviews can be submitted via our online submission form, which can be found here: https://www.gardencitypl. org/submit-a-teen-review/. 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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Sunday, March 24, 2019 1:00 PM • UUCSR Join us for a FREE screening of the 2013 Academy Award winning short film, INOCENTE, an inspiring, coming-of-age story about a homeless, creative, unstoppable 15-year-old girl in California who refuses to give up on her dream to become an artist.

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Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by visiting the Garden City Public Library’s new Spirit of Ireland displays celebrating Irish traditions and culture. Learn more about Irish history, customs and culture, as well as how to cook a traditional Irish meal for the holiday. There are also Irish music CDs in the Media Center located on the Lower Level.

College Notes Seton Hall University is pleased to announce Colleen Sullivan of Garden City has qualified for the Fall 2018 Dean’s List.

After the close of every semester, undergraduate students completing all courses with a GPA of 3.4, with no

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Cathedral series explores Life & Death in the Letters of Paul On Wednesday evenings in the season of Lent, the Cathedral of the Incarnation will host a series which discusses the teaching of St. Paul through his letters to early church communities. The evening will begin at 7 pm with a light shared meal at the Mercer School of Theology refectory, followed by class discussion in the library. The class will take place every week March 13 through April 10.

The class will be taught by the Very Rev. Michael Sniffen, Dean of the Cathedral, and the Rev. Canon Bruce D. Griffith, Th.D., who will focus on what St. Paul taught about the meaning of death and what Paul believed about life after death. These themes will resonate pow-

erfully with the church seasons of Lent and Easter. Beautiful artwork from The St. John’s Bible will be woven throughout the group’s discussion.

The series is open to all, and attendees from across Long Island will be present. The Mercer School of Theology is located on the cathedral campus at 65 Fourth Street in Garden City.

Registration is free and helps the cathedral plan the meal. Visit tinyurl.com/LentenSeries2019 to register. To learn more about adult education programs at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, visit www.incarnationgc.org/grow, or email cathedral@incarnationgc.org

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The photo shows Clinton Road on the far left until it meets Old Country Road. Note the main line of the Long Island Railroad cutting across the top of the photo. The eight airplane hangers are in the center of the photo to the right and they back up to Old Country Road. Nothing in this photo remains today except the railroad.

CMF to hold second annual Ladies Night Out On Tuesday, April 2, the Garden City Chapter of the Children’s Medical Fund of New York (CMF) will hold its second annual Ladies Night Out at Kingfish Oyster Bar and Restaurant in Westbury from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. The proceeds from this event will help CMF raise funds for the “CMF Center for Pediatric Diagnostic Studies” at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, part of the Northwell Health System. Ladies attending the event will have the opportunity to shop with five local vendors, which include Offseids Clothing Boutique, Paddy

Bunk’s Children’s Boutique, Young Living Essential Oils, The Sweet Love Company and Waters Crest Winery, and to purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win prizes. Tickets are $75 per person and include select wine, two signature cocktails and light bites by Chef Tom Schaudel. Purchase event tickets on-line at www.cmfny.org/events or via mail by sending a check endorsed to CMF to c/o Lauren Scarantino, 17 Chestnut Street, Garden City, New York 11530.

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Friends of STEAM introduce LIRR STEM competition Members of the LIRR Expansion Project Team introduced their STEM Competition to Middle School and High School students on Tuesday, February 26 at the Garden City Public Library. The event was introduced and sponsored by the Garden City Friends of STEAM. The Competition involves the third rail expansion that is planned for the LIRR. The students asked thoughtful questions of the LIRR representatives, taking notes and sharing ideas. Eli Scalere, Middle School sixth-grader, said “I am doing the competition because kids have good ideas and can positively impact the community”.

Dr. Cannone, assistant district superintendent for curriculum and development attended the event as well as Dr. Zaferiou, Middle School science teacher.

For more information about the contest, go to LIRRExpansion. com; or visit our website gcfstem.org Matt Wakeham, executive director of GCFS, also introduced the upcoming STEAM Talks and the Annual Fundraiser - “The Big Robot”.

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The next STEAM Talks will be held at the Garden City Public Library at 7:00 pm on March 20 and April 8. The March talk speakers will be Women in STEAM - women from the fields of neuroscience research, civil engineering and computer science will speak.

The April STEAM talk will be a presentation by the Garden City High School science research students of this year’s science research projects, under the advising of Dr. Gordon, GCHS science research teacher. All Middle and High School students are welcome! For further information go to gcfstem.org.

There will also be a RoboExpo on April 1 at the GC public library to familiarize young students and their parents about First Lego League with demos

by Garden City robotics teams.

For more information, go to gcfstem.org.

The GCHS robotics team is raising funds for a big robot to enter into LI competitions. The fundraiser is online at: gcfstem. org. For information about the big robot competitions, go to: firstinspires.org/robotics/frc

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Exercise with Joy

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Classes will take place on your choice of Tuesdays or Thursdays at 9 am at the Senior Center. The one hour class will run for 10 weeks at a cost of $60.

This program is open to any resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City. Classes begin the week of March 12th. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Special Events for the Month of March Tuesday, March 19 at 1 pm “The Beatles Story” with John Ellis Kordes.

Take a “Magical History Tour” with historian and lifelong Beatles fan John Ellis Kordes. Learn the stories of the “Fab Four” from Liverpool, England who shook the world in the 1960s.

Wednesday, March 20 at noon Pizza Lunch The cost of this lunch is $6 and reservations are necessary by visiting the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue with payment.

Tuesday, March 26 at 1 pm Country Music with George Salem George with present “Classic, pre 1980s Country music with music from Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and many others.

FOR SENIORS

Thursday, March 28 at 10 am Computer Workshop: “Editing your Digital Photos” Basic knowledge of your device is necessary. In this hands-on class, you will learn the basics of using a graphics program. This class will cover editing a photographed image. Included will be editing techniques in cropping, resizing, red-eye removal and much more. This class is a continuation of the class on March 14.

Please register for any of the above program except the Luncheon by calling The Senior Center at 385-8006. To register for the Lunch, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Upcoming Trips for Seniors

Here are Garden City Recreation and Parks’ trip list for seniors who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City.

If you would like to register for any of our trips, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Payment must accompany registrations.

Tuesday, April 9 Trip to NYCB Theatre in Westbury For a concert with Irish tenor Andy Cooney, Italian tenor Elio Scaccio, and comedian Chris Monty. We will travel

by Recreation bus for this trip. Show time is 2 pm. Tickets are $37, checks only payable to Rendezvous Travel.

Wednesday, May 15 North Fork Wine Tour Travel to the North Fork of Long

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Island that has grown to include over 50 producers of world class wines. After traveling from Garden City by coach bus, we will start in Greenport where we can explore the Village and have lunch in one of the waterfront restaurants (included). We will then travel to a popular wintery for a tour and wine tasting. Before heading home we will stop at Briermere Farms, known for the delicious baked goods. The cost of this trip is $90, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel.

Wednesday, May 22 Trip to Westbury Manor for Lunch and a Performance of Mame

By Plaza Theatrical Productions.

The cost of this trip will be $40, checks only made payable to Plaza Theatrical.

Tuesday, July 23 Trip to the Culinary Institute We will travel by coach bus to the Culinary Institute, school to a number of world class chefs. We will have a tour of the school and then have lunch at Culinary Institute’s Caterina De’Medici Restaurant. When we are done at the school, we will visit a local farm stand where you will have time to shop. The cost of this trip will be $90, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel.

Thursday, August 13 Cruise the Thimble Islands We will board the coach bus to travel to Stony Creek, CT, where we will board a vessel for a narrated cruise of the

Thimble Islands. We will hear the history of these islands as we enjoy our cruise.

We will have lunch at the Chowder Pot and then travel to the Shore Line Trolley Museum where you will have time to tour the museum and have a trolley ride.

This trip will cost $90, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel.

Exercise for Seniors

Recreation and Parks is offering the following exercise classes for seniors at The Senior Center on Golf Club Lane.

Classes are open to all seniors ages 60 and older who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. Classes might be cancelled due to a special event or trip so please check the bulletin board at The Senior Center for updates.

MONDAYS Exercise with Felicia at 10 am Meditation with Connie at Noon Tai Chi with Connie at 1 pm TUESDAYS (Beginning March 5) Yoga with Dini Chair Dancing with Felicia at 2:30 pm WEDNESDAY Exercise with Felicia at 10 am Chair Yoga with Connie at 11 am THURSDAYS (Beginning March 7) Yoga with Dini at 11:15 am Meditation with Dini at Noon FRIDAY Exercise with Felicia at 10 am Resistance Bands with Felicia at 10:45 am Meditation with Connie at noon Tai Chi with Connie at 1 pm

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GC Retired Men’s Club Schedule of Activities Monday, March 18 Regular Meeting Monday, March 25 Sandwiches

About the GC Retired Men’s Club

All Garden City men aged 55 and older are eligible for membership.

Garden City non-retired residents are also welcome to join. Dues are a

modest $10 annually. The Club is social and non-partisan.

Meetings are at the GC Senior Center -- noon to 4:00 pm -- on Mondays and Thursdays. Lunch is served roughly twice a month. We welcome bridge, poker, cribbage, chess, backgammon and other card and non-card games.

Poker players check with John Marino at 248-1770. For more information, call our membership chairman at 327-0226.

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Garden City Public Schools Question of the Week

In alignment with the Board of Education’s goal of enhancing communication with the community, Garden City Public Schools continues its “Question of the Week” feature.

Q: If New York State’s tax cap law is set at “2%,” why is the proposed 2019-2020 budget higher than this (2.08%)?

A: The “2%” is actually a misnomer and only applies as an inflation adjust-

ment in the 8-step formula prescribed

by New York State to calculate a school district’s unique “tax levy limit” – the aggregate tax levy a school district can raise through property taxes charged on the district’s taxable total assessed value of property. The formula includes provisions for “adjustments and exemptions” that can raise the final “tax levy limit” above or below an annual 2% increase.

“GC For A Cure”

Mark your calendars! This year’s annual “GC For A Cure,” sponsored by The Garden City Teachers’ Association (GCTA), will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at the Garden City High School.

The 5K Run/Walk will start at 9:15 am and the 1 Mile Run/ Walk will start at 8:45 am.

Proceeds from the Run/Walk will benefit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK), the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Michele White Scholarship Fund, Kids Need More, and the Ronald McDonald House

of Long Island. The day’s events will offer awards, raffles and guaranteed fun for the entire family.

Organizers need your help in order to make this event a continued success!

If you are interested and able to offer your community support by donating or sponsoring this event, your generosity would be greatly appreciated. Please contact the race director, Kerry Calvert, at GCFORACURE@Gmail.com For more information about the event or to register, please visit www.

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Local realtor honored

Andrea Bharucha from Coach Realtors (front row, left) celebrated her tenure for NAHREP® on Wednesday, February 27th at the Garden City Hotel. She was supported by her colleagues, (pictured left to right) Anne Coffey, Andrea Bharucha, Pat Aprigliano, Liz Breslin and Stephanie Cullum. It was a night of great networking, collaboration and appreciation for a great year.

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals is the voice for Hispanic Real Estate® and proud champions of homeownership for the Hispanic community in and around Long Island. The NAHREP® Long Island Chapter provides community outreach, industry educational and business networking events thanks to the gracious contributions of the Long Island Chapter Board of Directors, members and NAHREP® Long Island sponsors.

Free symposium on endometriosis

NYU Winthrop Hospital will offer a free educational symposium, “Endometriosis: You Don’t Have to Suffer,” on Saturday, March 30, from 8:30 am to noon. It will be held at the Hospital’s Research and Academic Center, located at 101 Mineola Blvd., at the corner of Second Street in Mineola, in room G-018. The program is being held in conjunction with EndoMarch – a worldwide initiative to spread awareness about endometriosis.

The event will feature multiple experts from NYU Winthrop who will discuss a variety of topics related to the condition. Attendees will learn about the mission of EndoMarch from Farr Nezhat, MD, co-founder, Worldwide Endometriosis March and Worldwide Endometriosis Day, and director of the Advanced Endometriosis Center at NYU Winthrop. Specific topics will

include the evaluation and diagnosis of endometriosis, treatment options, the management of infertility, and the role of ovarian tissue preservation and transplant in patients with the condition. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions and share their stories about their experiences with endometriosis.

Admission is free but pre-registration is required. A full schedule of topics and speakers is available at www.nyuwinthrop.org/community-education-lectures. Attendees are asked to arrive by 8:30 am for refreshments; the symposium begins at 9:00 am. To register for this event, please call (516) 663-8300, or register online at www.EndoMarch.org by clicking on EVENT FAQS and then NEW YORK – LONG ISLAND to get information and instructions to register.

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Save a Life "Stop the Bleed" In an effort to educate community members about techniques to stop life-threatening bleeding that could occur following traumatic events, NYU Winthrop Hospital will offer a free program, Stop the Bleed, on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 pm. The program will be held at the NYU Winthrop Research and Academic Center, located at 101 Mineola Boulevard, at the corner of Second Street in Mineola. It will be taught

by Ellen Berghorn, MS, RN, Injury Prevention Nurse from the Division of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery at NYU Winthrop, as well as by other healthcare professionals from the Hospital.

Stop the Bleed is a national program supported by the American College of Surgeons and Homeland Security. It encourages everyday citizens to become empowered to assist in bleeding emergencies until professional medical help arrives. The hospital’s goal is not to normalize events that might result in life-threatening bleeding, but to prepare communities as best as possible for a range of trau-

matic circumstances.

“Our vision is to educate as many laymen as possible in helping to treat life-threatening bleeding, much the way CPR has become a standard lifesaving program in communities across the nation,” said Collin Brathwaite, MD, Chairman of the Department of Surgery. The Stop the Bleed program teaches tactics to recognize and control life-threatening bleeding, by direct pressure, the use of tourniquets, or packing (filling a wound with gauze or clean cloth). No previous medical training is required.

The program will begin promptly at 7 pm; sign-in begins at 6:45 pm. Parking is available at the 120 Mineola Boulevard garage, entrance on First Street. Please drive to the third level of the garage to park and enter the 120 building via the walkway. Take the elevator down to the first floor, exit the building, and cross the street to the Research & Academic Center.

Space is limited and pre-registration is required. To register, please call (516) 663-8300.

Applications accepted for EPOA college scholarship The Eastern Property Owners’ Association of Garden City has announced that it will once again award a $1000 scholarship for 2019 to a graduating high school senior who resides in the Eastern section.

The candidates, or their family, must be dues-paying members of the EPOA. They must be currently attending public or private high school and plan to attend college full time in the fall. The focus of this scholarship is community

service. Candidates must be involved in some form of community service and need to submit an application which can be obtained from the GCHS Guidance Department or on the EPOA web site at www.gcepoa.org. Should you have a question, you can call Barbara Moore at 747-7047.

All interested, eligible seniors are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is Friday, April 19, 2019.

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Growing old gracefully with “The Gift of Years”

The Dean’s Forum is a time for lively spiritual conversation On Sunday mornings, the Cathedral of the Incarnation is home to a lively, spiritual conversation around diverse topics for adults called The Dean’s Forum. The upcoming session, “The Gift of Years”, explores the many gifts received as one grows older, based on insights from Joan Chittister’s book of the same name. The forum will take place through March 24.

Guests are invited to enjoy bagels, pastries and coffee at the Mercer School of Theology beginning at 10 am, followed by the Dean’s Forum at 10:15 am. This forum will be led by the Rev. Morgan Ladd, Minor Canon for Family Ministries at the Cathedral, and the

Very Rev. Michael Sniffen, Dean of the Cathedral. The forum will explore how society glorifies youthfulness and ignores old age. The wisdom of Benedictine sister and prolific author Joan Chittister invites adults of every age to see their later years as a blessing and not a burden.

The Mercer School of Theology is located on the cathedral campus at 65 Fourth Street. The Dean’s Forum is part of an intergenerational program called Fellowship in Faith that takes place on Sundays from 10 am to 11 am. No registration is required. For more information, visit www.incarnationgc.org/grow or email cathedral@incarnationgc.org.

Community Club to feature annual book review program Looking for a good book?

On Wednesday, March 20 at 1:30 pm in the Casino, The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead will present its annual and ever popular book review program.

Pat Molen will moderate, and reviewers include Mary Alice Burchell, Mary Maguire, Pat Molen and Michelle Weisburg. Each will share insights into some of the books they have read recently.

So, if you love books and you or your book club are looking for your next

great read, this is the program for you!

This special presentation is open to guests and nonmembers for a $5.00 fee.

Please join the club for conversation and refreshments after the program.

The Community Club, established in 1919, offers a wide variety of cultural, educational, creative and philanthropic programs and activities. To learn more about the Community Club and how you may become a member, please call the office at (516) 746-0488 between 9:30 am and 12:30 pm on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

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Scott Rechler draws crowds at Chamber of Commerce March Luncheon

Chamber Executive Director Dennis Donnelly, Scott Rechler, Chamber President Michael Ventre, John E. Appelt, and Immediate Past President Thomas McCambridge.

Scott addresses a captivated crowd.

Michael Balboni, Scott Rechler, and Nassau County Legislator Laura Schaefer

The room was filled at the Garden City Hotel for the Chamber’s 2019 March luncheon, held on March 7 and sponsored by Redland Strategies. Keynote speaker Scott Rechler, chief executive officer and chairman of RXR Realty, addressed the crowd on the latest developments at the Nassau County Hub. “Doing Good and Doing Well Means Doing Better” is the operational philosophy of RXR and Mr. Rechler takes great pride in enhancing the communities where RXR operates. RXR is a multi-billion-dollar private real estate company which was formed subsequent to the sale of Reckson Associates Realty Corp (“Reckson”) to SL Green in January 2007, one of the largest public real estate management buyouts in REIT history.

Since its formation in January 2007, Mr. Rechler has led RXR into becoming the largest owner, manager and developer of commercial properties in Long Island. In addition to RXR’s portfolio in Long Island, the RXR platform manages 69 commercial real estate properties and investments with an aggregate gross asset value of approximately $18.1 billion, comprising approximately 24.6

million square feet of commercial operating properties, and approximately 6,200 residential units in various stages of development throughout the New York region.

Mr. Rechler presented renderings of the HUB area and discussed the hotels, housing units, retail and medical establishments going into the 77-acre property. Many attendees reflected that it was, indeed, a vibrant talk that was dynamic, enthusiastic and highly informative. The Chamber thanks our exhibitors: Boston National Title Agency, LLC; Children’s Leukemia Research Association; Coach Realtors; Edelman Business Solutions; Flushing Bank; Nassau Financial Credit Union; New York Life; North Shore Office Supplies Inc.; Storage Quarters Records Management; The Bristal of Garden City and Windsor Commercial Real Estate. We also would like to thank RXR Realty, The Town of Hempstead, The Albanese Organization, Coach, the Hotel and Walsh Markus McDougal & DeBellis, for supporting the Chamber and making this such a successful event.

The room was packed.

Scott Rechler receives a plaque from Chamber President Michael Ventre

GC attorney named Fellow of NY State Bar Association

Kathryn C. Cole Juliana Rom and Kennedy Wilgosz of Garden City Troop 1449 were approved in September of 2018 by the Village for their Silver Award, the highest honor a Cadette can receive in Girl Scouts. They will be placing Little Free Libraries at three of our community parks, Tullamore, Hemlock and finally at St. Paul’s, where a ribbon cutting with take place. Date to be announced.

The girls will be holding a book drive to help stock these libraries. There will be dropoffs on both sides of town. If you wish to donate, please contact Sheri Wilgosz at 516-721-4461. Congratulations, girls, for a job well done!

The law firm Farrell Fritz has announced that Kathryn (Katy) C. Cole has been named a Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation.

Katy, a resident of Garden City, New York, is a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation practice group. She earned her J.D., magna cum laude, from St. John’s University School of Law and her B.A. from Colgate University. She is the founder of, and sole contributor to, Farrell Fritz’s “All About eDiscovery” blog.

Fellows are nominated by peers and recognized for distinguished achievement, dedication to the legal profession, and commitment to the organized bar and service to the public. “Being a Fellow of The New York Bar Foundation is an honor,” states Chair of the Fellows Emily F. Franchina. “Fellows represent one percent of the New York State Bar Association membership. Being nominated and elected is a notable achievement.”

As Foundation ambassadors, Fellows exemplify the spirit of caring and sharing by demonstrating their belief that the practice of law is a helping profession.

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The Great Neck Public Schools Community Education Spring/Summer Catalog is here!

Great Neck Community Education provides high-quality, fun, educational opportunities for adults. We offer classes in the areas of:

Creative Arts and Crafts Enrichment and Learning Arts and Entertainment Fitness and Movement Trips and Special Events Pursue your passions and interests in a welcoming community. Whether you come for intellectual engagement or social connection, or both, you’ll become part of our growing family of lifelong learners!

Call today to register! (516) 441-4949, or visit us online at www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/ce for a complete listing of courses.

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L E G A L NOTICE OF FORMATION OF STEM COLLEGE CONSULTING, LLC Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on January 23, 2019. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC to 148 Brompton Road, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

GC 0888 6X 2/8,15,22,3/1,8,15 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (LLC) Name: 198 Kensington Road Funding, LLC Articles of Organization filed by the Department of State of New York on: 12/05/2018 Office location: County of Nassau Purpose: Any and all lawful activities Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail a copy of process to: 161 Hampton Road Garden City, NY 11530 GC 0889 6X 02/15,22,03/01,08,15,22 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff AGAINST DIMITRIOS MOUTOPOULOS, VASILIA MOUTOPOULOS, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 24, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on March 26, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 311 DORCHESTER ROAD, GARDEN CITY SOUTH, NY 11530. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County See page 43

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LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE FOR UNPAID 2018 VILLAGE TAXES NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 29, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at the Village Hall, 351 Stewart Avenue, in the Village of Garden City, New York, pursuant to direction of the Board of Trustees of said Village, I, the undersigned, Treasurer of said Village, will sell at public auction the following described real estate in said Village together with any improvements thereon, to discharge the unpaid 2018 Village tax, interest and other charges which may be due thereon at the time of the sale. Such real estate will be sold subject to any unpaid assessments thereon levied by said Village prior to the date of such sale and any unpaid tax liens for years prior to 2018 purchased and held by said Village, and subject to the provisions of the New York State and Federal Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Acts, as amended, insofar as the same may be applicable to the owners of any said following described real estate. Purchasers will be required to pay the amount of their respective bids to the undersigned within ten days after the sale, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1454 of the Real Property Tax Law of the State of New York, as amended, and upon such payment shall receive a written certificate of sale describing the real estate purchased and the sum paid therefor.

The following is a list or statement of the real estate upon which such 2018 tax is unpaid, with the amount of such 2018 tax, together with interest and other charges due thereon to March 29, 2019.

REPUTED OWNER BLOCK LOTS TOTAL OR OCCUPANT TAX SALE MAP OF COUNTRY LIFE DEVELOPMENT MR ROBERT G TYNAN O 224 6,313.84 MICHEL J MALOOF P 267-268 6,122.11 CHRISTINE SARCINELLI T 336 6,811.63

MAP OF GARDEN CITY LAWNS E & M LOMBARDI 2 39-41 2,809.99 RICHARD & TERESA MULLER 5 75-77 3,428.65 TARA LYNN TALMADGE 6 46-49 5,985.52 ALLAN & JENNIFER MCLEOD 9 19-23 3,985.45 LINDA E CORREIA 13 46-49 2,351.14 MR & MRS JOHN C MATTHEWS 15 61-64 6,067.23 DIANE O’MALLEY 38 35-37 4,903.08 GEORGE & MANUELITA CODY 41 39-42 6,975.32 1ST AMERICAN PROPERTIES GROUP 45 22-24 2,474.88 MRS VIVIAN B CAINE 52 A 504.01 OWNER UNKNOWN 53 B 504.01 PAT IPPOLITO 62 20-22 5,732.20

MAP OF MINEOLA PLAZA MARIANELA AFRIDI 7 S1-S5 5,751.09 STEPHANIE & PAUL PLUNKETT 13 1-9 2,887.32 HAO ZHANG 13 199 51.78 MR & MRS CARL F WALENDA 14 23-24 1,649.99 STEPHANIE L BATTLE-HORSKY 19 17-21 6,877.94 KATHLEEN E HANSEN 23 67-70 5,553.36

MAP OF PELL GARDENS JOHN & KATHLEEN RUSS 532 25 2,706.87

MAP OF DESCRIPTIVE PROPERTY RECKSON ASSOCIATES D 2 30,555.50 TAGRE S.A. LTD D 22 9,592.93 DEMETRIOU REALTY CORP D 97B 4,601.53 NICHOLAS QUARANTO D 104 4,073.09

MAP OF FRANKLIN COURT MRS WILMA WIERBICKI E 18 3,145.09

MAP OF GARDEN CITY CENTRAL

REGINA CHILDS-CACIOPPO 2C 106 530.99 THOMAS B KADE 3 23 3,969.99 D ARMSTRONG, J MCGRATTY 6 34 8,520.07 D ARMSTRONG, J MCGRATTY 6 48 726.61 GARDEN CITY MEDICAL 7 L18-G05 CORNER LLC #C109 1,728.32 DANIELLE MOSER BALAN 10 2 5,521.80

MAP OF GARDEN CITY EAST CORINNE & ROD STRAEHLE 115 7 8,464.59 SENIORITA MGT LLC 118 7 3,262.39 MR & MRS RAYMOND MOORE 122 6 6,973.12 18 OSBORNE LLC 140 9 4,150.43 JORGE, CATHERINE & LINA GARDYN 140 19-21 8,042.86 LILLIAN & STEPHEN BIRO 144 4 3,789.54 ANCONA ACQUISITIONS 147 23-26 24,076.18 RYAN DONNELLY 155 LH 1,154.87

UNIT#2B MAP OF GARDEN CITY ESTATES NIDIA RUIZ 7 10-13 2,964.66 FREDERICK & JEAN HAHN JR 9 E15-E19 6,970.21 MARY & ANN LOOS 11 13-16 3,016.21 JOHN, MARY & KATHRYN RIFFLE 16 58-62 2,534.17 JENNIFER AIOSA 24 1-4 4,104.03 VIRGINIA DELFOE 27 31-34 7,248.05 MRS MARILYN F JENSEN 51 15-18 3,634.87 MR & MRS JAMES BRESSINGHAM 84E 38-41 6,337.00 JOHN & SONIA BARBERAN 85E 48-52 3,092.92

MAP OF GARDEN CITY GABLES MAIN AVE PARTNERS, INC 1 1-4 5,480.79 LUIS P. VEGA 8 14-17 2,964.66 MR LEON B JACKSON 13 15-18 5,876.25 ROBERT & CYNTHIA LOPIANO 13 74-76 3,963.79

MAP OF GARDEN CITY IMPROVEMENT CO. MR NICHOLAS GRASSO - 1 106.50 MR & MRS WALTER SCHULTZ - 461-462 292.00 ROBERT & KATHLEEN JOHNSON - 463-464 311.10

MAP OF NASSAU HAVEN FLORENCE RISMAN F 33-34 906.81 JOSEPH SOFFEY I 8-12 8,330.80

MAP OF PARK MANOR LYNDA A RUBIN - 128-131 3,119.32

MAP OF RICHLANDS MICHAEL J & EVELYN SCHWANTNER 5 87-90 6,711.95 YUNZHI GAO 12 11-13 7,790.40 EILEEN M GRIFFITHS 12 64-65 6,120.23

MAP OF SHAW GARDENS BARBARA M KUTNER F 20-24 5,761.20 MATTHEW & ALEXIS REILLY U 24-28 2,659.18 GARY & GINA GULLO X 1-3 6,772.73

MAP OF SHAW GARDENS SECTION #2 JOHN M EISEN, JR 1 31-34 4,124.65 JEAN P DWYER 7 25-28 2,714.61

MAP OF STEWART MANOR SEC #1 NICHOLAS SARDIS 19 1-6 3,634.87 Irene Woo, CPA Village Treasurer Garden City, New York March 8, 2019 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 See page 43

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From page 42 of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 33, BLOCK 491, LOT 446. Approximate amount of judgment $1,104,429.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-000366.

JOHN G. KENNEDY, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 GC 0893 02/22,03/01,08,15 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST LUIS E. ROBAYO, JR., et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 28, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on April 02, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 135 SECOND STREET, GARDEN CITY, NY 11530.

All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Garden City, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 34, BLOCK 147, LOT 248. Approximate amount of judgment $1,261,858.05 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 11479/09.

ALEXANDRA M. HENNESSY, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 GC 0900 4X 03/01,08,15,22 NOTICE OF FORMATION OF MAYELLA LLC Arts of Org. filed with Sec. of State of NY (SSNY) 03/05/2019.

Cty: Nassau. SSNY design.

As agent upon whom process against may be served & shall

mail process to 93 Smith St., Roosevelt, NY 11575. General Purpose GC 0901R 6X 03/08,15,22,29,04/05,12 NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 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 Tuesday, March 19th, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. to take action on the following matters: ----------------------------------------------1. APPEAL OF MAUREEN & TERENCE LYONS for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-15 and 200-46.C of the Village Code, to allow for the issue of a permit for the maintenance of a previously constructed 178 sq. ft. raised patio at the rear of the existing dwelling known as 8 PLATTSDALE ROAD (Map of Stewart Manor, Block 21, Lot 32, R-6 district) the granting of which would; A. allow the allowable building area of 1,674 sq. ft. or 27.9%, granted through variance at an August 24, 2010 hearing , to be exceeded by 179 sq. ft. (1,853 sq. ft. or 30.88%), B. reduce the required 18.0’ aggregate side yard to not less than the existing (17.3’) feet. *Adjourned at the February meeting for clerical paperwork.

In accordance with survey & plot plan filed with the Building Department.

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APPEAL OF JOHN MAHER for a variances of the provisions of Section 200-15, 200-52.A and 200-52.H, of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of a 76 sq. ft. two story front addition, and to maintain two (2) previously installed A/C compressors in the side yard, of the existing dwelling known as 109 WEYFORD TERRACE (Map Country Club Estates, Block 7, Lot 42, R-6 district) the granting of which would; A. cause the allowable building area of 1,650 sq. ft. or 25% to be exceeded by 75 sq. ft.

(1725sq. ft. or 26.12%)B. reduce the minimum plot

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line setback for freestanding cooling equipment of 10.0’ to no less than (0.96’) and (1.29’) with respect to the two A/C compressorsC. reduce the required front setback for accessory structures of 50.0’ to no less than (49.0’) with respect to one A/C compressor. *Adjourned at the February meeting for clerical paperwork. (on only A, B and C were omitted) In accordance with plans filed with the Building Department.

3. APPEAL OF MATTHEW CONNOLLY & LAUREN NICKERSON for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-46.C of the Village Code, to allow for the issue of a permit for the erection of a 99 sq. ft. first floor front garage addition, a 301 sq. ft. one story and 41 sq. ft. portico additions at the rear of the existing dwelling known as 72 BROOK STREET (Map of Garden City East, Block 114, Lot 8, R-8 district) the construction of which would; A. extend the existing non-conforming 10.3’ side yard a distance of 5.9’ to the front where 15.0’ minimum side yard is required, B. cause the required aggregate side yard of 35.0’ to be reduced to no less than (34.93’) where 35.0’ is required. *Adjourned at the February meeting In accordance with a plot plan and survey filed with the Building Department.

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APPLICATION AND APPEAL OF VINCENT & TERRI ANN PARNELL pursuant to the provisions of Sections 200-45 and 200-52-C, of the Village Code, to authorize the issuance of a permit, to construct and maintain a 18’ x 32’ in-ground swimming pool with 6’ high chain link and “Estate” fence, in the rear yard of the corner premises known as 52 NASSAU BOULEVARD (Map of Garden City Estates, Block 62, Lot 39, R-12 district), the installation of which would; A. cause the 50.0’ required setback for accessory structures from SALISBURY AVENUE, to be reduced to no less than (40.0’), with respect to the fencing and pool equipment. *Adjourned at the February meeting

From page 42 Compliance Coordinator. Persons with a disability who wish to attend a meeting should contact Karen Altman at least 24 hours in advance of meeting at: 351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 (5l6)465-4051 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

GC 0902 3X 03/08,15,22 In accordance with a plot plan and survey filed with the Building Department.

5. APPEAL OF MICHAEL & TRACY POLCINO for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-31 & 200-52.B of the Village Code, so as to allow for the issue of a permit for the installation of two (2) A/C compressors, and the modification of a previously granted variance for a 70 sq. ft. trellis and stoop that has been altered to a 40 sq. ft. one story addition, along the West front yard of the existing corner dwelling known as 24 SAINT JAMES STREET SOUTH (Map Garden City East, Block 123, Lot 9, R-8 District) the granting of which would; A. reduce the 37.5’ required accessory setback from SAINT JAMES STREET to no less than (34.0’) for the a/c compressors, B. reduce the 50.0’ required accessory setback from MAGNOLIA AVENUE to no less than (42.5’) for the a/c compressors, C. reduce the 45.0’ required front yard setback along MAGNOLIA AVENUE to no less than (43.25’) to the one story addition.

In accordance with plans filed with the Building Department.

6. APPEAL OF JOSEPH & MARYBETH GRIMPEL in accordance with the provisions of Sections 200-15 and 200-52.A, of the Village Code, to allow for the issuance of a permit for the construction of a 116 sq. ft. one story rear addition and to maintain a previously installed 6.0’ high fence erected through an April 28, 1981 temporary variance which has expired, at the premises known as 23 VASSAR STREET (Map of Richlands, Block 9, Lot 90, R-8 District), the granting of which would cause; A. the allowable building area of 1,625 sq. ft. or 25% to be

exceeded by 201 sq. ft. (1825.8 sq. ft. or 28.08%).B. allow the encroachment of a 46.0’ section of fencing to be as close as 4.0’ from VASSAR STREET, where (50’) is required. *Adjourned at the February meeting In accordance with a plot plan and survey filed with the Building Department.

7. APPEAL OF ROBERT WEBER for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-46.C of the Village Code, to allow for the issue of a permit for the erection of a 140 sq. ft. one (1) story rear and a 1,558 sq. ft. second floor additions (while demolishing a 597 sq. ft. ½ story), at the existing dwelling known as 127 ARTHUR STREET (Map of Garden City East, Block 144 Lot 7, R-8 district) the construction of which would; A. reduce the required 22.5’ aggregate side yard to not less than (17.4’) feet.

In accordance with a plot plan filed with the Building Department.

8. APPEAL OF MELINDA BEST for a variances of the provisions of Section 200-15 of the Village Code, to allow for the issue of a building permit for the construction of a 113 sq. ft. rear addition, of the existing dwelling known as 48 CAMBRIDGE AVENUE (Map of Richlands, Block 15, Lot 28, R-6 district) the granting of which will; A. cause the allowable building area of 1,144 sq. ft. or 25% to be exceeded by 151 sq. ft.

(1,295 sq. ft. or 28.30%)In accordance with plans filed with the Building Department.

9. APPLICATION OF ADAM & CARRIE ANN FAMULARO as per the provisions of Sections 200-45 and 200-70, of the Village Code, to grant authorization for the issue of a building permit See page 44

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L E G A L From page 43 to construct and maintain a 20 x 45 in-ground swimming pool with 20’ waterfall and automatic cover, landscaping plan and 6’ high ornamental fence, in the rear yard of the premises known as 110 WETHERILL ROAD (Map of Garden City East, Block 138, Lot 9, R-20 district); In accordance with a plot plan filed with the Building Department.

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APPLICATION OF DAWN & CHRISTOPHER SCHOPPNER as per the provisions of Sections 200-45 and 200-70, of the Village Code, to grant authorization for the issue of a building permit to construct and maintain a 20 x 45 in-ground gunite swimming pool with 120 sq. ft. aquatic lounge deck and 70 sq. ft. spa and automatic cover, outdoor kitchen, landscaping plan and 6’ high picket fence and gates at the front, with 6’ chain link at sides and rear, in the backyard of the premises known as 72 FIRST STREET (Map of Garden City Central, Block 28A, Lot 9A, R-20 district).

In accordance with a plot plan filed with the Building Department.

11. APPEAL OF JAMES & CRISTINA PELTER for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-15, 200-31 and 200-46.C of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of a 3,668 sq. ft. 2 1/2 story one family dwelling with 169 sq. ft. rear porch, 70 sq. ft. front portico and 1960 sq. ft. unfinished basement with 59 sq. ft. cellar entrance and, 240 sq. ft. detached garage at the plot known as 201 WHITEHALL

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BOULEVARD (Map of Garden City Estates, Lot 11, Block 16, R-8 district) the construction of which would; A. cause the allowable building area of 1,988 sq. ft. or 25% to be exceeded by 589 sq. ft.

(2,577 sq. ft. or 32.4%)B. cause the required front yard setback of 40.0’ to be reduced to (33.0’) with respect to the portico,C. cause the required minimum side yards to be reduced from 8.0’ to (5.0’)D. cause the required aggregate side yards to be reduced from 18.0’ to (15.0’).

In accordance with plans filed with the Building Department.

12. APPEAL OF MATT & JOELEEN TEPPER for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-15 and 200-31, of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of a 38 sq. ft. front portico and a 56 sq. ft. rear storage room, at the existing dwelling known as 85 KENSINGTON ROAD (Map Garden City Estates, Block 56, Lot 12, R-12 District) the construction of which would; A. cause the allowable building area of 2,000 sq. ft. or 20% to be exceeded by 36 sq. ft. (2,036 sq. ft. or 20.36%)B. reduce the required front yard setback of 25.0’ to no less than (20.7’).

In accordance with a plot plan filed with the Building Department.

13. APPEAL OF DANIEL & IRENE FABRIZI for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-15 and 200-46.C of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of a 75 sq. ft. outdoor kitchen and 30 sq. ft. outdoor fire pit, at the premises

known as 107 TULLAMORE ROAD (Map of Garden City Gables, Block 4, Lots 72, R-8 district) the construction of which would; A. exceed the previously granted (January 2014) building area of 1,867 sq. ft. or 28.3% by 105 sq. ft. (1,972 sq. ft. or 29.8%)B. reduce the required 8’ ft. minimum side and 18’ ft. aggregate yard setback to not less than 15.02’ ft. with respect to the proposed kitchen.

In accordance with plans and a survey filed with the Building Department.

END OF CASES ---------------------------------------------The Board may transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

DATED: March 19th, 2019 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, APRIL 16TH, 2019 GC 0905 1X 03/15

EAST WILLISTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUEST FOR BID:

NETWORK CABLING SERVICES

will be Accepted by the Purchasing Agent, Christine Kim, East Williston Union Free School District, Business Office, 11 Bacon Road, Old Westbury, New York 11568 on or before 1 P.M. Friday, March 29, 2019.

Specifications may be obtained in person or by calling 516-333-1707.

Diane Castonguay Assistant Superintendent for Business

Caryl Lewin Donovan

Caryl Lewin Donovan

Caryl Lewin Donovan, a longtime resident of Garden City, passed away peacefully on March 11, 2019 while surrounded by family. She and her husband Thomas F. Donovan moved to Garden City in 1957, where they raised their seven children, all of whom survive her. Her husband Tom, to whom she was married for sixty-four years, died in 2013.

Caryl was raised in St. Albans, Queens, attended Syracuse University and graduated from the Katharine Gibbs School. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother who was devoted to her family. Caryl knew wholeheartedly that caring for and loving her family was her most important calling in life; it provided both her greatest passion and greatest joy. She accepted her children’s spouses with great love and treated each of them as though they were her own.

Once they arrived, Caryl developed close relationships with each of her thirteen grandchildren, who lovingly knew her as their Nana. She was also a devoted friend and loving aunt to many nephews and nieces.

Her belief in the importance

of family was shared with and passed on to her children and grandchildren.

Caryl was a cheerful, gentle and generous soul, known for her great sense of humor, infectious laugh and joie de vivre.

Throughout her life she demonstrated an interest in others and believed in the power of kindness, which she showed not only those she knew, but to everyone she encountered, no matter how briefly. Caryl imparted valuable life lessons to her family members and close friends, of which she had many. Caryl maintained her mental acuity throughout her life, even as her ninety-one years began to catch up to her physically. She was an active member of St. Joseph’s Parish in Garden City, where she was a member of the St. Joseph’s Rosary Society and long served as a Eucharistic Minister.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. Joseph’s Church in Garden City on Saturday March 16, 2019. The family asks that in lieu of flowers, a donation be made in Caryl Donovan’s name to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which is working to discover a cure for Parkinson’s disease.

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THIS WEEK AT ROTARY

A Rotary fellowship dinner will be held at Piccola Bussola Restaurant on Monday evening, March 25.

Photo courtesy of Roy DeMarco

Scout Executive Reports to Rotary

At its bi-monthly luncheon meeting last Monday, March 11 at the Garden City Hotel, the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club welcomed Christopher M. Coscia, chief executive officer of the Boy Scouts of America (BSOA), as guest speaker.

Chris’s career in scouting has spanned 23 years. Previously, he had served as Deputy Scout Executive for the Greater New York Council which serves 47,000 Scouts and Scouters in New York City.

Chris is acknowledged as having played an instrumental role in the Council’s renaissance over the last decade.

Now, as CEO and Scout Executive Officer of the BSOA, located in Massapequa, Chris spoke about the many innovative scout programs provided by the Theodore Roosevelt Council. Among others, these include STEM programs and badge workshops along with two full -ser-

vice camps. He said some 4,000 volunteers run most of the programs and that there are 300 individual boy scout packs and troops.

Chris reported that membership grew in 2018 and that there are 10,000 young men and ladies involved in scouting throughout Nassau County with 300 individual scout packs and troops. He said that the rank of Eagle Scout is the highest honor to be achieved in scouting. While the continual aim is to grow membership and raise the visibility of scouting, Chris said that support from the community is key. “We need more scouting friends to re-engage; scout alumni to re-connect,” he said.

Interestingly, Chris reported that he is a past 20-year Rotarian. He had served as board member of the historic New York Rotary Club and was an active member of RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) program, supported by the Mineola-

Left to right: Club President Joanne Meyer-Jendras, CEO of Throdore Roosevelt Boy Scouts of America Christopher M. Coscia, guest speaker; and Speakers Bureau Co-Chair Althea Robinson Garden City Rotary Club.

Save these special Rotary Dates

March 25th - Fellowship Dinner Piccola Bussola, 159 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, 6:30 pm Rotarians and guests are invited to attend. Where is Rotary headed moving forward? Find out and participate! Guests and prospective members are welcome.

To reserve at $40 per person, please call President Joanne Meyer-Jendras at 516551-931; or jmeyerj@gmail.com.

June 27th - Community Achievement Awards Event Join Rotary as we celebrate the remarkable achievements of honorees Susan MacDonald and Diane Marmann.

These two past presidents of the MineolaGarden City Rotary Club will be celebrated at “Theatre Night” featuring cocktails, scrumptious hors d’oeuvres and a special performance of “Mamma Mia!” at the renowned Cultural Arts Playhouse in Syosset. Stay tuned for further information.

GCHS students secure top FBLA business awards

Members of Garden City High School’s Future Business Leaders of America

On January 18, GCHS’s Business students took part in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Spring District Meeting competition at Hofstra University.

The students compete in oral or written/test competition. Congratulations to the following students who placed: • Carolyn Feryo - Public Speaking II (oral), 3rd (qualified for states); • Chase Gladd - Client Service oral presentation, 4th/Economics exam, 1st; • Matthew Jordan - Sports/Entertainment Marketing, 1st; • Nicholas Krawiec - Advertising exam, 1st place/Banking and Financial Systems, 1st; • Vincent Aversa - Global Business exam, 2nd; • Ethan DePalma - Intro to Business exam, 2nd; • Max Genova - Marketing exam, 2nd;

• Stephen Michael - Business Law, exam 2nd /Securities & Investments, exam 2nd; • Madeleine O’Connor - Advertising exam, 2nd /Intro to Financial, Math 4th; • Jack Arlotta - Business Calculations ,exam 3rd; • Alexandra Michael - Hospitality Management exam, 4th/Job Interview, oral 4th; • Michael Reinhardt - Word Processing exam, 4th; • T.J. Schmitt - Economics exam, 4th; • Paul Varano - Accounting II exam, 4th; • Hailey Olshefsky - Entrepreneurship exam, 5th; • Anthony Remick - Basic Decision Making exam, 5th; • T.J. Schmitt - Business Calculations exam, 5th.

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Teen Project and Charlie’s Champions Foundation inspire community

Garden City High School Wresting Team and Coach Beihoff, Foxen and Hepworth, NYU Winthrop Hospital Nicole Almeida, Garden City Miracle Club member Delaney Zander Nicole Almeida, T.J. Schmitt, Luke Schmitt, Matthew Spirakis, Charlie Schmitt, Steven Spirakis, Dana Epstein

Garden City Middle School National Junior Honor Society and Advisor Mr. Camilleri It takes a village, and this holiday season, Teen Project and Charlie’s Champions Foundation once again joined forces to raise more than $10,000 to help make dreams come true for teenage patients at NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Cancer Center for Kids (CCFK) and the Hospital’s Child Life Program.

In 2014, Steven and Matthew Spirakis founded Teen Project, which has an ongoing mission to empower teens to give back and help others by participating in community service activities. “Matt and I developed this project with the help of Nicole Almeida, CCLS, Director of the Child Life Program at NYU Winthrop. While wrapping toys for the hospital’s annual swim-a-thon, we learned the hospital receives numerous toy donations during the winter holidays for the young pediatric patients, but was in great need of more age-appropriate gifts for teen patients. Matt and I thought this was a perfect oppor-

tunity for us to be able to help with the support of our friends,” explained Steven Spirakis.

The success of this holiday campaign continues to grow since teaming up with another local organization, Charlie’s Champions Foundation, three years ago. Charlie’s Champions Foundation’s mission is to raise awareness and funds to benefit pediatric cancer research and psychological healing programs at the Cancer Center for Kids (CCFK) at NYU Winthrop Hospital.

Just before the holidays, the Spirakis and Schmitt brothers, along with Charlie’s Champions’ Charlie Schmitt, delivered gift cards for Amazon, Michaels, Best Buy, GameStop, and Target, among others, to benefit teens within the Child Life Program both in the Main Hospital’s Hagedorn Pediatric Inpatient Unit and at the CCFK, where patients are being treated for pediatric cancer and blood disorders. A set of ‘gift card trees,’ especially crafted for

NYU Winthrop Hospital Nicole Almeida and Garden Miracle Club member Delaney Zander the program, added a touch of magic to this heartfelt initiative.

“The success of Teen Project is a constant reminder to me that even at a young age, my peers and I can do amazing things. The work we do is nothing compared to the obstacles these teenage patients are facing and it’s the least we can do to make them feel special,” said Matt Spirakis. “We are also very grateful for everyone’s involvement and support each year. It is the power of community that makes something like this happen,” he added.

This year’s campaign included participants from the Garden City High School’s Miracle Club, Garden City Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society, St. Anne’s and St. Joseph’s Religious Education Programs along

with new participants from the Garden City High School JV/V wrestling team, Albertson Soccer Team and Sacred Heart Academy.

“The Garden City Wrestling Program was extremely excited to partner with Teen Project and Charlie’s Champions on their NYU Winthrop Hospital Gift Card Campaign. We were first introduced to the initiative through wrestlers Steven and Matthew Spirakis during the prior wrestling season.

Upon taking over the wrestling program this year, the coaching staff added a philanthropic initiative as our way for athletes to become leaders outside the walls of the wrestling room. Our wrestlers embraced the initiative and showed that athletes can serve as an See page 47

Garden City Middle School’s victorious Debate Club team: (left to right): Tara Murphy, Entong Guo, Laila Smith, Julia Cherchever, Sophia Wang, advisor Mr. John W. Cronin, Raymond Byrnes, Erin Gately, Celia Hearon, and Elaine Wang.

On February 8, 2019, the Speech and Debate Club at Garden City Middle School (GCMS) clashed in a debate tournament with West End Secondary School (WESS) of Manhattan. This is the second time the schools faced-off against each other. The rivalry began when Mr. John Cronin, advisor of the GCMS Debate Club, was seeking ways to expand opportunities for his students to have rigorous, intellectual challenges using their critical thinking and public speaking skills.

The GCMS Speech and Debate Club was founded in September 2016, at the request of Mr. Cronin with the support

of Principal Dr. Peter Osroff. It was a logical extension of the sixth grade Study Skills course which incorporates public speaking and debate. The club continues to grow, with a Debate League currently consisting of GCMS, Mineola MS, Amityville MS, Bay Shore MS, and the Waldorf School.

In September of 2017, Mr. Cronin issued a challenge to Mr. Aristo Originos, the coach of the WESS debate team.

“WESS has a well-deserved reputation as the best middle school for debate in NY State,” said Mr. Cronin. “They go on tournaments across the state every two weeks. They practice for hours on end.

The school incorporates these skills and calls the program ‘Debate Nation.’ The WESS debate team competes in a high profile league, consistently outperforming both private and public schools.”

“Mr. Originos liked my idea of a “City Cup” trophy—Garden City v. NYC—to be won in competition once a year in a friendly, yet intense, tournament. We decided to hold the tournament each February, with the winner keeping the City Cup until the following year.”

In February of 2018, WESS won the Championship and the right to keep the Cup in Manhattan. This year, GCMS won an upset victory, bringing the Cup

back from New York to the Island.

There were three debates: “Free trade is preferable to fair trade,” “The U.S. Constitution should be easier to amend,” and “Schools should punish cyber-bullying that takes place outside of school.”

GCMS won the first and third debates to win the tournament 2 to1. Mr. Cronin said, “I’m proud of how hard my debaters worked, and their amazing victory. I’m also thankful for the constant support of our wonderful principal, Dr. Osroff. We look forward to keeping the Cup in Garden City next year!”

Teen Project and Charlie’s Champions Foundation inspire community From page 46 inspiration in their respective sports as well as in the greater community.

Myself, along with Coach Hepworth, Coach Foxen and the Garden City High School community are proud of their efforts!” commented GCHS Wrestling Coach, Chris Beihoff. The wrestling team made a special early delivery of gift cards to Mrs. Almeida.

“Meeting the Garden City High School wrestling team gave me the opportunity to personally reach out and thank these young athletes for their dedication to making a difference to the teens who visit the hospital and CCFK throughout the year. It truly was a special opportunity for me to meet this wonderful group and explain just how much of an impact their donations will have on our patients throughout the year. The Teen Project continues to amaze me year after year with their continued expansion and support from

their community. We are so grateful for all that they continue to do for our patients!” remarked Mrs. Almeida.

Kerry Heslin, a senior at Sacred Heart Academy, was touched by the support she received from the SHA community. “It is so heartwarming to see how many people came together to spread holiday cheer for young patients. I’m so happy I was able to support the Child Life Program and Cancer Center for Kids.” Involvement and support from teens and their peers is crucial to the continued success of this program. Garden City High School student Delaney Zander has been a strong advocate for Teen Project’s Holiday Campaign. “I have been involved in Teen Project for the last four years and when I found out about the Miracle Club at Garden City High School, it grabbed my attention. The Miracle Club gave me another opportunity to volunteer for a cause that would benefit NYU Winthrop Hospital and its young patients.”

The Garden City High School Miracle Club joined forces with Charlie’s Champions Foundation four years ago and, with the help of club advisor Mrs. Fleming, they have expanded their support for the patients at the Cancer Center for Kids. T.J. Schmitt, president of the Miracle Club, and his brother Luke, a current member, have both worked with Charlie’s Champions since they were young and continue to rally their peers at the High School to bring more supporters for the teenage patients during the holidays. “It’s nice to see the joy that we bring to the patients, when we delivered the gift cards that were collected this year from Teen Project we witnessed a girl who had come for treatment pick off the tree and got to see how gift cards can bring one child so much happiness.”

“During this time of year, life can be challenging for patients and their families. Having a gift card to ‘go shopping’ is a welcome relief from the anx-

iety of a hospital stay. This remarkable project gives teenage patients a chance to select their own holiday gift card, and offers them an opportunity to treat themselves during birthday and other milestone celebrations throughout the year,” remarked Heather Dall’Aste, development manager at the Cancer Center for Kids (CCFK) at NYU Winthrop Hospital.

As the largest outpatient facility for children with cancer and blood disorders in Nassau County, NYU Winthrop’s Cancer Center for Kids (CCFK) is at the forefront of treatment and research.

NYU Winthrop’s Child Life Program is dedicated to helping children understand and cope with the hospital experience. For more information about the Cancer Center for Kids, and the Child Life Program at NYU Winthrop Hospital, visit www.nyuwinthrop.org

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Scouts shine at annual Pack 55 events

Pack 55 Pinewood Derby participants and Cub Scout Leaders

Pack 55 together with Troop 55 at Blue & Gold Banquet

Pack 55 Arrow of Light recipients

Pack 55 recently enjoyed two highlights of the Scouting year: the Pinewood Derby and the Blue & Gold Banquet. The annual Pack 55 Pinewood Derby took place on January 13th, with over 70 Scouts and siblings racing. The pinewood derby involves a gravity powered race where Cub Scouts design and build their own race cars, with help from their parents, from a block of wood. On race day, Scouts watch as their cars speed down the metal track, reaching speeds of 193 mph and thrilling the boys and their family members.

Awards are handed out by rank to those with the fastest times. Creativity and design are also awarded. Siblings also participate in the fun, with many brothers and sisters of Scouts entering the always exciting and competitive sibling race The top cars are invited to participate in the district derby, where they compete against cars from other Cub Scout Packs from Long Island. This year two Pack 55 Scouts, Andrew Bailey and Patrick Corrigan, placed in the District Derby. All participating Scouts and siblings received pinewood derby patches and many brought home trophies to display this year.

On February 9, Pack 55 hosted its annual Blue and Gold Banquet at the Garden City Casino. This great event celebrates the Pack’s accomplishments over the last

year and all Scouts are recognized for their Scouting achievements and awarded their rank badges.

It is also a distinctive time for the Webelos II Scouts, who through their hard work are awarded the highest honor in Cub Scouts, the Arrow of Light. Arrow of Light recipients also participate in a very special bridge crossing ceremony at Blue and Gold as they cross over into Scouts BSA, joining Troop 55.

This year’s Arrow of Light recipients are John Barone, Andrew Byrnes, Henry Carbonell, Joseph Carey, Ronan Comerford, Henry Conlon, Logan Daab, Ryan Donohue, Edward Fecht, Michael Karcher, Eton Lu, Chase Martone, Jack Murphy, Dylan Stampfel, Jack Von Werne, and Brendan Wilde. Pack 55 congratulates theses Scouts and all members of Pack 55 on their achievements.

There is still time to join Pack 55 and participate in our spring activities.

Upcoming Pack 55 events include the Cradle of Aviation Sleep-In, Spring Hike, and Scouts Day at Citi Field. Boys and girls in grades 1 through 4 welcome to join at all times. For more information, please visit Pack55GardenCityNY on Facebook.

Please contact Pack 55 leaders at gcpack55@gmail.com if you are interested in registering your child.

From page 6 sentation Garden City High School Principal Nanine McLaughlin said the school district’s Project Lead the Way programs and courses as “S.T.E.A.M curricula taking a leap” in the district.

In the C.I.M. course Garden City High School students are able to work with their teachers and use milling machines, 3D printers and other machinery to conduct in-class projects and experiments involving engineering concepts and processes.

Consistent enrollment in courses

GCHS administration has seen consistent enrollment with its four current PLTW courses, as McLaughlin says 150 students are in Civil Engineering and Architecture this academic year.

She added that year-to-year, less than a handful of students have discontinued in the PLTW series.

“Students are sticking with the Project Lead The Way courses at the high school and enrollment is very healthy. The courses have been phenomenally successful and this year implemented our fourth course, with 150 students this year and we’ll have even more in that next year. From the PLTW first course to the second course we usually lose between two and four students but rarely do we lose any students from the second to the third. Kids really understand the value of the program, even though for some when they start it they found it very hard. We have dedicated staff and there are always students in the room making stuff. In the C.I.M. course we’ve done some awesome partnerships with students in 812 program and our Art department with PLTW kids. It is a wonderful opportunity to collaborate and get more students involved than only those committed to PLTW courses,” McLaughlin told the Board of Education on Tuesday.

Another new course is planned for Garden City High School next fall, AP Computer Science Principles, which was launched by the College Board in 2016.

“It was the largest course launch in the College Board’s 60-year history. In 2017, 3,700 offered the course to over 70,000 students. I am thrilled to say we will offer it at GCHS next year, and already, as of the last time I checked between 43 and 48 students have signed up to take the course. This introduces students to the foundational concepts of the field of computer science and it challenges students to explore how computing and tech can impact the world,” McLaughlin said.

She told the school board and parents in the audience a big thank-you is due to Garden City Mathematics and Computer Science Coordinator Stuart Dods, who was successful in helping the district apply for and receive the Amazon Future Engineers Grant. The

grant will fund teacher training and support to the district for a full year, and McLaughlin said it also provides online resources and support for GCHS students. “The goal again is to create leaders in the computer science field and attract and engage students to computer science,” she noted.

Dr. Sinha added that the district is always examining efficiencies and course enrollment, “what are courses offered for our students and what are the things we want to make sure our students learn? These are questions we ask when reviewing our curriculum,” she said. Sinha said themes for kindergarten through 12th grade specifically addressed with the budget proposed for next year are reading, computer science, coding, computational thinking and maker spaces.

Garden City Board of Education Vice President Tom Pinou asked what the next set of Project Lead the Way courses at the middle school could cover in subsequent academic years, starting with 2020-’21. At the current pace the district would offer at least seven consecutive academic years of PLTW engineering courses ranging from grades 6 through 12. According to Dr. Cannone, the next Middle School PLTW to offer is titled “Computer Science for Innovators and Makers.”

Trustee Pinou commented that it’s good for engineering to have a permanent home in Garden City Middle School, and the trickle-down effect will continue with engineering and technology courses for elementary and primary grades, eventually.

He asked about the GCMS course planned for next year “App Creators” and

Learning to code apps

Dr. Rita Melikian, Garden City Public Schools’ director of technology, explained creation of apps and the standards involved. Dr. Cannone explained overarching concepts.

“The purpose for doing this PLTW middle school programming is to have students enter the pipeline to PLTW courses in high school and provide them with a predisposition towards computer science. We are giving them a stronger and stronger compu-sci curriculum here so we want Middle School Project Lead the Way courses to feed that, and the courses at GCMS will be compu-sci based.

Computer science and computational thinking become really important, and what is behind all that are the impacts of giving our students rigorous problem-solving opportunities, creativity, and the ability to transfer those skills to a variety of different places,” Cannone said.

He added that one more Project Lead the Way course features coding and robotics, and it is very expensive to implement. But Dr. Melikian says

Computer Science for Innovators and Makers would be an introduction into coding and computer program development. Dr. Sinha said planned PLTW Middle School courses, starting next year, build on technology and correlated instruction students ascertain at lower grade levels in the district.

“One big thing with computer science is the computational thinking behind it. When we see these courses we have a goal to develop from K through 12. For middle school this (PLTW) is a phenomenal course as it builds upon what students learn at younger grades,” Sinha said.

Budget increase of 1.9%

The district is currently proposing a budget-to-budget increase for the 20192020 academic year of 1.9% or $2.194 million, going up to almost $118 million. The school district’s total budget (actual expenses) for year 2017-2018 was $112.619 million. For this year, 20182019, the approved district budget was $115.805 million.

As part of its action agenda for Tuesday, March 12, the board of education approved four new courses in the district for academic year 20192020: the PLTW Middle School course “App Creators” as well as “Creative Historians” at GCMS and for Garden City High School, Media Arts I and AP Computer Science Principles.

On the Garden City High School website is a link to Michael Stano’s class, Civil Engineering and Architecture, and its full course outline. The docu-

ment reflects some feedback from GCHS students and recent graduates on their experience in Project Lead the Way courses: “Students have said that PLTW Engineering influenced their post-secondary decisions and helped shape their future. Even for students who do not plan to pursue engineering after high school, the PLTW Engineering program provides opportunities to develop highly transferable skills in collaboration, communication, and critical thinking, which are relevant for any coursework or career.....In PLTW Engineering, students engage in open-ended problem solving, learn and apply the engineering design process, and use the same industry-leading technology and software as are used in the world’s top companies. Students are immersed in design as they investigate topics such as sustainability, mechatronics, forces, structures, aerodynamics, digital electronics and circuit design, manufacturing, and the environment, which gives them an opportunity to learn about different engineering disciplines before beginning postsecondary education or careers.”

The school district’s next budget presentation and discussion for 2019-2020 will be held on Wednesday, April 10 at 8:15 p.m. in the Garden City High School library. Budget drivers from the “Instructional Components Part II” category that will be covered include interscholastic athletics, technology and special education.

Meditation and mindfulness for breast cancer patients Coping mechanisms to help reduce stress and anxiety can be an important part of treatment for breast cancer.

At a free educational forum, sponsored by the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Program, experts in meditation, mindfulness and gong meditation will demonstrate these practices and provide the opportunity for attendees to practice during the event.

Teachers are Jacob Cooper, a licensed master social worker, certified hypnotherapist and Reike master, and Marc Switko, a NYS licensed psychotherapist and counselor. Mr. Cooper is a renowned speaker who assists in empowering clients to make transformative changes in their lives. He is a psychotherapist in a mental health clinic and also provides private meditation, hypnosis classes and sessions. Mr. Switko uses gong playing as a therapeutic, meditative and performance method

in treatment for patients. In gong meditation sound waves from the gong help move the physical and energetic bodies into a relaxed state.

The seminar, which is free, will be held on Thursday, March 14, from 6 to 8 pm at Alumni House at Adelphi University in Garden City. Reservations are required; call 516-877-4325 to register. Or email breastcancerhotline@ adelphi.edu. It is suggested that attendees wear comfortable clothes. Mats will be provided but attendees may bring their own mats as well.

The forum can be watched live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ adelphibreastcancerhotline and will be posted the next day on YouTube: www. youtube.com/AUBreastCancer This forum is supported by grants from The Junior Coalition of the Manhasset Women’s Coalition and Sientra Full Circle.

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School district discusses demographic trends, housing market From page 3 special use permit for the development on this project. This development is geared primarily towards young professionals and empty nesters, and it is not expected to generate a significant number of school-aged children. However I know that there is concern that as older residents of Garden City look to downsize, that they would sell their homes to younger families moving into the school district and therefore increase enrollment. Quite honestly, this is very difficult to predict the impacts of what we’d call a trickle-down effect. There are really no statistics that would give us an indication of what the impact would be and it’s also hard to tell how many Garden City residents would buy into the new development (and rent units) versus residents from other areas occupying the units,” Graziano said.

On March 6, Graziano said while the project isn’t expected to yield a significant number of students but the district could consider these trickle-down effects relative to other recent housing changes in Garden City.

“In (fall) 2017 the district did see a bump in enrollment in younger grades, so we took migration ratios for that year and applied that to 2020-’21 as that is when the 555 Stewart project is expected to be complete. This is speculative as there is no historical data to provide us with the data for such a trickle-down effect. Our best estimate came out to an additional 35 students in 2020-’21, over and above the baseline projections,” Graziano said.

Garden City School Board President Angela Heineman asked about the migration ratio related to the 555 Stewart Avenue project. Dr. Appiarius said the Western Suffolk BOCES division examined grade to grade migration ratios recorded with the DoubleDay Court condos project “to come up with a ratio that was the best to use to speculate.” Graziano says that was combined with baseline enrollment “with the trends occurring now.”

School Board Trustee Stephanie Granville asked if there is a difference to calculate the ratio of students that could be generated from the 15 affordable housing units (10% of the 150) that will be part of the 555 Stewart Avenue project. Graziano confirmed that as a generalization, the affordable housing units tend to yield more students into a school district than market rate units do. “We looked at it with our migration ratios as we did not feel that in Garden City, the affordable housing (15 units) would be that much of a difference. In other communities there would be more of an impact,” Graziano said.

Granville says the affordable housing units for the 555 Stewart Avenue project are at a calculated percentage of community income “that is really affordable.”

“It could -- it will -- yield more students than the rest of the 135 other units,” Granville said. Graziano said she doesn’t disagree with that. Board President Heineman asked about the potential 35 additional students and what ages or distribution into grade levels that could impact. Graziano says her BOCES division uses the same “Rutgers Study” yield formula that the attorney for the developer of 555 Stewart Avenue, Kevin Walsh, referred to several times in his presentations before the Board of Education and the Village Board of Trustees in late 2017 and early 2018.

Increase in Elementary Classes?

Historical enrollment in the Garden City school district peaked in 2008 with approximately 4,200 student in the schools before dropping to the lowest enrollment total, recorded in 2016. In ten years there has been a drop of 313 students, about 7.5% of total student population. Western Suffolk BOCES predicts an increase of 63 students in K through 12, or 1.6% in the next three school years. Kindergarten enrollment in Garden City hit a low in 2013, with 236 students, and it peaked last year with 336 students. Going forward more children are expected to fill up Garden City’s kindergarten classes.

“In the next five years, kindergarten enrollment in the district will range from 279 to 323 students each year,” Graziano told the board.

As for other enrollment changes, while kindergarten to 1st grade numbers as well as Garden City High School enrollment have remained steady in the last 10 years there was a loss of 183 students in the range of grades 2 through 5, while middle school grades lost 156 students. “Looking towards the next five years we expect a loss of 65 students in grades K and 1 but an increase of 156 students in the intermediate grades (2nd through 5th) and 96 students in middle school, and a loss of 124 students in the high school grades,” Graziano said. She presented a chart on the middle school to high school transitions in classes and commented that the ninth grade at GCHS in particular is seeing a drop in enrollment “as several students transition from middle school to non-public high schools.”

“Although there’s losses each year if you take a look you can see that the losses are less significant (in number) than they were previously. Between 2009 and 2010 there was a loss of 70 students as that cohort moved from eighth to ninth grade, or approximately 80% of GCMS students then moved on to ninth grade at GCHS. Last year there was a much smaller loss of only 31 students as close to 91% of GCMS graduates moved on to the high school -- overall more students are staying for high school, which is a good thing,” Graziano said.

The projections for elementary grades enrollment for the next five

school years includes Stewart School and Stratford School with respective gains of 76 and 80 students by 2023.

The report included “sectional needs” indicating that Garden City Public Schools will require four less sections at Hemlock, Homestead and Locust primary schools. The projection for Stewart is an additional five sections and at Stratford, an additional four sections. Board President Heineman soon stated her concern for district infrastructure and/or capital needs.

“One of the things that this demographics analysis brought to the forefront for me was thinking of where we (the district) will be able to accommodate all the projected enrollment, in particular with the next 5 to 8 years. We have two elementary and three primary schools so the buildings are a consideration, where it would become more difficult to maintain the class sizes if we are talking about adding up to five new class sections. Have we done an analysis of the number of classrooms we have? Can we accommodate these new sections at Stewart and Stratford?” she asked. Heineman says the demographics report does not correlate to a prediction for the district needing new classrooms or instructional space at the primary or elementary schools.

Dr. Appiarius says there was a preliminary study of how classrooms and “maker spaces” are being used now, but the primary schools are something to be looked at more closely. Heineman also noted a change where Homestead used to have the highest enrollment among the three primary schools in Garden City, and now it is Hemlock School “nearing or at capacity much more so than Locust or Homestead.”

The numbers for Stewart and Stratford

are correlated to trends at the primary schools that lead into them.

“It is not a long way off (2021) and moving forward with the current enrollments, understanding for next year we have kindergarten registrations ongoing, it is pretty fluid. The rooms appear to be adequate but programming at lower grades may change; for instance Homestead may host some programs as it is the biggest of the three, but it appears we have room moving forward” Appiarius said. She added that at Homestead, kindergarten enrollment has been lower than expected in the time she has been in the district (summer 2015 to present).

Graziano says the birth rate data from 2016 was the last set received to create the current demographics study, and birth rate data from 2017 is highly anticipated by both her office and the school districts she’s working with.

Western Suffolk BOCES information sources included local departments and Planning Board records; the New York State Department of Education, the New York State Department of Health, New York State Office of Real Property Services; the National Center for Health Statistics, the Pew Research Center, and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Since 1985, Graziano’s BOCES department has completed demographics studies for school districts across Long Island and in the Lower Hudson Valley, including Westchester, Putnam and Orange Counties of New York.

Long Island Districts currently working with her BOCES office include North Shore, Herricks, Bethpage, PlainviewOld Bethpage, Jericho, East Meadow, Lynbrook, Farmingdale, Seaford and Baldwin.

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Alta, Utah: If You Can See It You Can Ski It!

BY DAVE E LEIBERMAN, LAINI MIRANDA, ERIC LEIBERMAN, ANDREW KESSEL, MAYA FAYFMA TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM Everywhere on Alta’s 2,600 skiable acres feels like we’re in a snow globe. What used to be a treeless mining town is now home to what we found to be one of the country’s most fairytale-esque, European-feeling, lovable ski mountains in the US. This weekend, our annual adventure takes our bicoastal group of millennials to the glacier-carved Colli known as “Little Cottonwood”, roughly an hour from Salt Lake City and home to Alta and Snowbird, two adjacent and amazingly complementary ski mountains. We are excited to experience Alta, a mountain that we expect will be both challenging and accessible to our group of varied skier levels.

We are lucky to be taken around the slopes our first morning by Alta’s Andria Huskinson and Sarah McMath. Andria, who is also a veteran racer, has been skiing Alta for over 20 years and is still discovering new lines down the mountain. She and Sarah are the perfect duo to show us the ropes and give us a taste of that #AltaMagic that we heard about -- a combination of Goldilocks snow (not too hard, not too soft, just the right density and feel!), sun-beamed vistas of encircling mountain

Skiing into the trees at Alta © Dave E Leiberman/goingplacesfarandnear.com faces, enchanting runs with tons of skiable chutes and side areas, and general good energy vibes from Alta’s loyal skier community (and Alta is one of the few mountains left that are skiers-only). One of the most enjoyable parts of the morning is meandering through

the trees and around the occasional mountain home (grandfathered on the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest land) as we wrap down Cabin Hill, a run that we will attempt to revisit several times today and tomorrow, though we occasionally miss the entrance points. This run

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Alta, Utah: If You Can See It You Can Ski It! is similarly picturesque.) There is a real backcountry feel to the mountain, though you don’t have to spend an entire morning trekking (just a bit here and there, if you want to). “If you see it, you can ski it!” Andria says.

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the most “rusty intermediate” in our group, Maya, breaks away and has the chance to take a two-hour private lesson.

They start off on some easy greens so the instructor has the opportunity to see what she’s working with, while offering some simple pointers as they ski. They continue to harder and more challenging trails. While some lessons can be bagged down with frequent stops and wordy instruction, Maya really appreciates that they spend the bulk of their time skiing with occasional pointers as she goes. It isn’t until they ride the chairlift that more detailed instruction is offered, as well as some other pleasant and enjoyable “get-toknow-you” conversation. As the halfday lesson comes to a close, Maya rejoins the rest of the gang with a renewed confidence and comfort for tackling all that Alta has to offer.

True to the congenial Alta way, there is also a new “Lady Shred,” a supportive lady-based ski group begun by Sarah and Andria in an effort to bring more woman power to the mountain in a sport that’s typically 11:1 male to female. The group is open to anyone who wants to join Saturdays at 1 pm and is promoted on their instagram @altahighgirls and #altaladyshred.

Skiing Alta, Utah © Dave E Leiberman/goingplacesfarandnear.com From there, we generally stay together while a few of us veer off into the various “choose-your-ownadventure” virgin-snow-covered side paths through the trees here and there.

It’s a perfect Bluebird Day with about a foot of fresh new snow just this week, taking the mountain to a cumulative 397.5 inches already this season. As Ski Utah’s Adam Fehr points out, “high

Gourmet sit-down lunch at Rustler Lodge affords sensational view of Alta

elevation, dry air, the primarily northfacing aspect, and lake-effect snowfall makes for the perfect combination”.

We venture to Catherine’s Area along the perimeter of Supreme, the part of the mountain with views that Sarah mentioned earlier in the day made her fall in love with Alta. The hike up to Catherine’s is flanked by panoramic vistas. (Riding the Alta lifts

Our gourmet sit-down lunch at Rustler Lodge introduces us to such mouth-watering dishes as the Rustler Game Burger (half-pound blend of elk, bison and waygu), the Halibut Fish Tacos, the Thai Chicken Salad, and an incredible cup of white bean chili (making us wish we ordered a bowl).

Our gloves and hats are warming by the wood fire in the middle of the restaurant, and the ambiance is somewhere between that of a rustic ski lodge, a modern New American restaurant, and an Ivy League dining hall (particularly if you get the large table that commands its own little alcove along the windows, for a more private party feel). We can see Eagle’s Nest from our window-side table, which gives us mixed feelings about indulging in such a relaxed lunch.

We of course skip dessert, briefly take in the beautiful lodge, and head back out to the slopes.

More snow begins to fall in the afternoon and we lose some of the blue skies, but the strategy of gradually moving across the mountain, starting the day at Supreme and making our way East to Collins by the end of the day, seems to give us the best conditions at every point in the day. A three-minute cut across the High Traverse, with a few sidesteps “up and over” to the other side, takes us to the sheltered and snowswamped Gunsight. This turns out to be the perfect last run of the day, the sun gleaming through and the afternoon light glittering on the very steep entrance slot. There is an intense initial drop, and then the run eases slightly and empties into “the gulley” toward the bottom. Finally, we can either take a green run home to the Transfer Tow, or cut through the trees to the left for a final bout of mogul-ey glades. The latter enables us to truly earn the après at The “Sitz” (the iconic Sitzmark Club).

The vibe at Alta just feels different.

People come to Alta, fall in love with it, and then don’t go anywhere else. There is a staggeringly high rate of return among guests. One place you’ll most certainly feel the warm community is at Alta’s après-ski bars, especially the cozy Sitzmark Club at Alta Lodge, where we walk in and, consumed by the aroma, instantly crave a hot whiskey cider, along with their complementary homemade hummus with chips. The place is filled with skier friends who seem like they’ve known each other

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since childhood, and some of them do.

As we sit talking to Andria and the team, she points out some of the Alta all-stars.

“That’s the guy who was basically the grandfather of ski photography.”

reputation as a challenging mountain, we meet many families with kids just trying on skis for their first time. The ski school at Alta is world-renowned for training all levels of skiers.

We hang for the après ski and then the après après ski, enjoying the atmosphere, good conversation, and additional mountain trivia (e.g. Alta is one of the oldest ski mountains in the country!). Nearby, the Alta Peruvian Lodge is slightly bigger, and similarly packed to the brim with warm people.

If The Peruvian’s free-reign tapas run out by the time you arrive, be sure to ask for a basket of popcorn or nuts with your cold beer. Both bars are intimate rooms with that old lodge feel and Alta memorabilia adorning the walls. There are no C-list garage bands or brand sponsorships—the sound and energy comes from old and new friends enjoying each other after their awesome day of skiing.

Like the mountain, which can be

Despite being a world-renowned ski destination (sorry, no snowboarders or “other snow-sliding equipment” allowed), Alta feels very accessible. The lines really only pick up on weekends, but even then, move surprisingly fast.

We spend much of our second day going down moderate to intense trails. Alta marks all expert terrain with a single black diamond, despite the varying levels of steepness and intensity of their diamond runs. Although Alta has a

varied.

Our second day, we enjoy a cozy lunch at the Collins Grill, a Europeanstyle bistro grill right by the Collins and Wildcat lifts and nestled within Watson Shelter. We feast on decadent

fare tastes all the more satisfying for two reasons. First, we’re wearing the restaurant-supplied slippers instead of our ski boots. And second, we learn that all of the ingredients in the beautifully prepared food we’re eating is sourced locally and sustainably whenever possible.

We learn from Maura Olivos, Alta’s Sustainability Coordinator, Ecologist and founder of the mountain’s Environmental Center, that locally sourced food isn’t the only environmentally conscious action Alta takes. Whether it’s planting trees, conducting research, educating the community or reporting their environmental impact, Alta has been at the forefront of conservation and sustainability for over 80 years (though the Environmental Center was officially formed in 2008). It’s the antithesis of a man-made ski resort with premeditated and manicured trails. Instead, Alta celebrates and even improves the national forest that it leases and calls home. “You ski it as the mountain was meant to be skied,” says instructor Bob who’s been teaching there for 13 years.

We come from east and west coasts to meet up at Alta, Utah, for world-class skiing © Dave E Leiberman/goingplacesfarandnear.com graded with varying levels of challenge and adventure, the cuisine and lodging options on the mountain are similarly

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delights like bacon-wrapped jalapeno poppers, crab cakes, rabbit stew and lamb skewers. This hearty mountain-

While the fire, espresso shots and discussion of all the ways we can be better stewards of our planet is delightfully pleasant, the clouds clear and the mountain calls.

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But here’s the deal. People who

retired and started taking their Social Security benefits at age 62 definitely did NOT delay their retirement. So why in the world should they be allowed to make use of a provision called “delayed retirement credits?” I can’t explain it.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. To find out more about Tom Margenau and to read past columns and see features from other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www. creators.com.

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Others have suggested the waiting period is built into the law to allow for time to make sure Fred really is disabled. I don’t like either of those rationales.

Something else I’ve never been able to satisfactorily explain is the reasoning behind the Social Security earnings penalty. I could (and frequently do) spend a whole column telling readers what those rules are. They are quite complex. Today, I will briefly summarize them.

The law says that if you are under your full retirement age (currently age 66) and getting Social Security benefits, but you are still working, you will lose one dollar in benefits for each two dollars you exceed a certain limit. In 2019, that limit is $17,640. For example, if 63-year-old Tom is on Social Security and has a part-time job that will pay him $20,000 this year, the Social Security Administration will be required to deduct $1,180 from one of his monthly retirement checks. ($20,000 minus $17,640 equals $2,360; dividing that by two equals $1,180.)

That was a very simple example of a very confusing set of rules. There are special rules that apply to your first year of retirement. Also, there is a different earnings penalty (it’s $46,920) for the year you reach age 66. And effective with the month you turn 66, that penalty goes away.

My purpose today is not to give you an in-depth lesson in the earnings penalty rules. Instead, my goal is to explainwhythose penalties exist. And guess what? I really can’t.

I can tell you that when the Social Security Act was enacted in the 1930s, Congress felt a person should be completely retired in order to collect “retirement” benefits. Maybe that made sense back then. But over the years, Congress gradually relaxed those rules. And about 20 years ago, they completely eliminated the earnings penalty for people who reach their full retirement age.

But why didn’t they just eliminate the penalty for all retirees? Why should people who are trying to make ends meet by getting a job to supplement their Social Security check lose some of those benefits? I can’t explain it!

Looks like I have space for one more. Let’s talk about what is commonly known as the “start, stop, start” strategy. And unlike the other rules I’ve been discussing that usually negatively impact Social Security beneficiaries, this one is intended to help them get more money. Obviously, no one complains about this rule. Still, I can’t explain the reasoning behind the law.

What the law says is that you can take reduced retirement benefits at age 62.

Then at age 66, you can suspend those benefits until age 70, when you would start them up again and get a 32 percent “delayed retirement credit” tacked on to your reduced retirement check.

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I pride myself on being able to give my readers the rationale behind various Social Security rules and regulations. Many times, readers will send me emails in which they express utter befuddlement at a law or regulation that affects their eligibility for Social Security. It’s usually a situation that results in them getting reduced benefits.

And, of course, this irks them to no end.

They figure the government is out to shortchange them. But once I explain why the rule exists, they almost always accept the fact that the law makes sense.

My interest in these issues came about early in my career. I would overhear clients complaining to a fellow Social Security Administration agent about some regulation that they didn’t like. And the agent frequently would respond with, “Well, it’s the law!” That unhelpful comeback did nothing to assuage the anger of the customer. So, I made it my mission to understand some of the more confusing laws and why they were enacted. I never wanted to give the unsatisfactory “it’s the law” response.

In fact, during my SSA career, I developed a training session called “Rationale.” And my class did just that.

It provided the rationale behind a myriad of Social Security rules and regulations that many people found hard to understand. Sadly, the powers that be at SSA never agreed with me. They didn’t think it was necessary for agents to be able to explain the laws. They felt it was simply their job to make sure the rules were enforced.

But even though I considered myself pretty much of an expert on the reasoning behind most of Social Security’s rules and regulations, there were some laws that even I couldn’t, and still can’t, explain. I thought I’d share a few of them with you today.

One has to do with what is known as the “waiting period” to collect Social Security disability benefits. The law says that if your claim for disability benefits is approved, you can’t be paid those benefits for the first five months of your disability. And because the law says it must be five full calendar months, it almost always means that a person has to wait six months before his or her disability checks start rolling in.

For example, let’s say Fred has a severe heart attack on March 10. Some time afterward, he files for Social Security disability and his claim is approved. Because he was disabled for only part of March, the five-month waiting period would run from April to August. His first disability check will be for September. And because all Social Security checks are paid one month behind, that check will arrive in October.

So why does Fred, who had a severe heart attack in March, have to wait until October to get his first disability check? Some have told me that waiting period is there because Fred should have other sources of income (maybe from an employer or an insurance com-

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Alta, Utah: If You Can See It You Can Ski It! C ontinued from page D3 We make our way to Sunnyside to say hello to the resident porcupine, and then head up the Sugarloaf lift to hit one of the longest blue runs at Alta - The Devil’s Elbow. From there, we follow the sun and head east to Ballroom and Mambo. Ballroom is a huge highlight, offering expansive and high-up intermediate powder bowl skiing, while Mambo is a fun and fast groomer at the top of Collins that funnels into the Wildcat base area.

We enjoy every second at Alta and pack in every last run until the lifts close.

As an instructor who’s been teaching at Alta for over 13 years explains to us as we head up the lift for our last run, “At Alta, you ski as the mountain was meant to be skied”.

Indeed, we felt a certain sort-of spiritual connection to Alta. We will most certainly be back soon.

Located just 40 minutes from the Salt Lake International Airport, Alta is one of the most accessible ski areas in North America.

Alta has a partner pass offering with the new IKON Pass and is a Mountain Collective Pass resort.

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Are Ignorant People Bad People?

BY PAUL MANTON

Are ignorant people bad people?

No. How could I even ask that kind of question? I’ve known ignorant people, people who did not enjoy the same life experiences or had the same educational opportunities as I, who were nevertheless caring, kind, friendly, and thoughtful persons. Wonderful people.

Finest kind.

I’ve also known some highly-educated, well-paid, professional people festooned with knowledge in one particular field or another who were amongst the most unethical people I have ever met. Utterly lacking in integrity. That’s the “life experiences” speaking.

So, to answer my own question which in a sort I already have - no. But, and this is the reason for this essay, I don’t think society’s moral and intellectual capacities can ever be completely divorced. I think an ignorant nation is necessarily a morally failing nation.

We are an ignorant nation. I’m fifty-seven years old. I’ve met people in their thirties with college degrees who don’t known when World War Two was fought, think Orthodox Christians are Moslems, think solar eclipses cause

hurricanes, think the Bible proves fossils are fake, think fossils prove the Bible is fake, think Quakers held KKK meetings, think Harry Truman dropped the atomic bomb on Japan because of anti-Asian racism (at least they’ve heard of Harry Truman), think dinosaurs and people lived at the same time,don’t know the religious affiliation of the British royal family, think the heleocentric model of the solar system is “an unproven theory”, think ancient Egyptians could never have erected the pyramids without the help of a technologically advanced civilization that had mastered flight.

In 1974, at the age of twelve, I was no boy genius, wunderkind, or child prodigy. But I knew from reading encyclopedias, dictionaries, and other books on science and history about these things in sufficient detail. Why was a twelve year-old in 1974 better educated than thirty-five year-old college graduates in 2019?

In 1974, whilst I was a twelve year-old reading the World Book and Webster’s Dictionary instead of playing video games, there was less violent crime, poverty, addiction, divorce, abortion, sexually-transmitted diseas-

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es, and homelessness in America than there is today. Popular entertainment was demonstrably less dumbed-down, hyped-up, and mean-spirited than today. So,as America became more intellectually enfeebled in my lifetime, it also became more morally degenerate. Is there a link? I suspect there is.

Pray consider that, in the realm of ethics and morality, there are two choices: Relativistic and Absolute. In the Relativistic view, morality and ethics,right and wrong, are merely cultural contrivances, social constructs, personal tastes, societal preferences, and the feelings about something at one particular juncture or point in time or another.

Thus any kind of “judgmentalism” is deemed bigoted, intolerant, and narrow-minded. Thus too, any criterion for evaluating right and wrong evaporates.There becomes no basis for saying murder, rape,genocide, and slavery are wrong in any fundamental way in 2019 other than that society in 2019 has decided that it does not like those things.

And if society in 2078 decides that those things are perfectly acceptable - even modern and progressive - than there would be no criterion for saying otherwise. This perspective requires very little thought, consideration, reasoning, rumination, or knowledge on the part of the individual. Merely acceptance peppered with watch words, cliches, and aphorisms: “It’s all relative”, “do your own thing”,and “who’s to judge?”.

On the other hand, there is the Absolute view. It posits that morality and ethics, right and wrong,are complex things subordinate to some fixed standard - however difficult to define at times- that exists irrespective of societal tastes or personal preferences. The Absolute view requires much thought, consideration, reasoning,rumination, and knowledge . It considers whence derives morality and how it is to be applied. It requires teasing out what is actually wrong from what is merely a reflection of long-standing societal prejudices. (Homosexuality comes to mind).

It requires appreciating that what has become widely accepted over time is not necessarily just, virtuous, or right.

(The growing public acceptance “recreational” use of addictive substances, for example). It requires intellect.

When the intellectual level of society declines, when people come to know - or care to know - less and less about science, history, literature, mathematics, the arts, philosophy, and religion, they lose the intellectual vigor,vitality, and prowess needed to engage in the level of reasoning the Absolute requires. And

this is not simply a matter of knowing facts as, indeed, there are even doctorates who subscribe to the Relativistic view. One has no problem finding it staunchly defended by tenured professors in Ivy League schools; professors who amassed data, information, and facts but not wisdom and reason.

Just as I would not want the reader to think ignorant people are bad people, I wouldn’t want the reader to think I gaze upon contemporary America and see only ignorance and wickedness.

And even if I did, that did not stop St. Patrick from returning to the land where heathen savages enslaved him in youth to bring words of faith,hope, charity, and redemption. We can be that “city on a hill” of which John Winthrop described.We can appeal to the “angels of our better natures” as Abraham Lincoln called it.

But it requires honing and disciplining our intellects in order to accommodate moral reasoning. Not far from where I live, Elias Hicks was born in 1748 in a society whose most prominent members owned slaves, where slavery was upheld by law,and where few people thought there was anything wrong with one person owning another person as property.

Although not born a Quaker, he converted, moved to Jericho, N.Y.,and became one of the nation’s most outspoken abolitionist leaders. By 1827, New York State had outlawed slavery due in very large part to Hicks’ efforts.

Nearly a century later, Alexander Solzhenitsyn was born in Russia.

Although his entire youth and young adulthood was spent living in the Soviet Union under Stalin in which the gospel of Marxist-Leninism was the only permitted creed and the Communist Party alone decided what was right and wrong - and that, of course,was deemed a social construct - he came to see that morality was an Absolute and that the Soviet state, its Marxist-Leninist ideology, and Communist Party that maintained it, could not be justified.

Hicks and Solzhenitsyn came to understand that right and wrong are not simply commonly-held conventions of their particular time and place or merely instruments of the particular social class than enjoyed power. Without this understanding, Hicks would have possessed no argument against slavery and Solzhenitsyn would have possessed no argument against the corruption and brutality of the Soviet state. The writings of both men indicate that they were not only men of great intellectual stature but of great moral stature as well.

The two are not unrelated.

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Real Estate Watch

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

BY PHILIP RAICES

How will you be financing your purchase?

I have received a number of calls over the last month from my subscribers about the process of financing their purchase of their home, HOA (home owner association) condo or a co-op, leading to a successful and happy ending. Financing a home is a fairly cut and dry process. Your lender is going to request certain documents to be able to approve your mortgage. You will also have to contemplate what type of mortgage that you want, an A.R.M. (adjustable rate mortgage or variation of, or a fixed rate. This will totally depend your specific situation, finances and most important, how long you will be residing in your home, hoa, condo or co-op.

This is something you should talk to your mortgage person, as well as your C.P.A. and/or your C.F.P. (certified financial planner.

What is needed?

The following are those items that they will require, if you are a W-2 wage or salary earner: 1.) Your most recent tax returns 2.) Any assets, coins, stamps or any valuable assets, stocks, bonds, etc.

3.) 2-4 of your most recent pay stubs 4.) A list of all your debts, eg. a.) Other mortgages and/or lines of credit b.) Credit card debts c.) Any type of installment loans d.) Car or equipment Lease obligations e.) Personal loans f.) Any other documents that the lender may request If you are a 1099, self-employed, you will have to provide the following documents: 1.) Two 2 years of your personal and company tax returns (also generally must have been self-employed for at least two years to be eligible to be approved for a mortgage, with a few exceptions).

2.) All of the above that a W-2 has to provide 3.) All receivables (services rendered and monies owed from those services) 4.) Payables for all purchases short and long term 5.) Any other documents that the lender may request The approval process The lender will, right up and through the closing, verify that you are still employed at your particular job or business, as well as possibly check other information and primary sources, relating to your mortgage approval. They also may ask and require that you pay down some or all of the credit cards, or other types of installment loans, in order to lower your debt/income ratio, and come in line with those regulatory guidelines, for them to commit to your mortgage.

You will also have to decide on the type and length of your mortgage, how much you are borrowing and how much of a down payment (called out of pocket) you can realistically and comfortably afford and any additional amount to be brought to your closing, as well as anticipating your total closing costs. Many put down as little as 3%, but in our surrounding towns, 20% total out of pocket and a first purchase money mortgage of 80% is usually standard for a home purchase; similar with a HOA and condo purchases. However, with a co-op purchase it is usually standard to put down at least total minimum of 10% out of pocket, where allowed, with a 90% mortgage (must have very strong financials which the co-op board will scrutinize with a “fine tooth comb” because of your minimal out of pocket amount of money, due to not enough “skin in the game.” They want to make sure and be very certain of your financial position is very strong and stable.

If they feel and have concerns about your financial strength as a buyer and have any doubts of your capability in paying, not only your mortgage obligation and your monthly maintenance charges, they have the right to turn down your board

application, without any legal obligation or ramifications to have to explain or tell you why; especially in Nassau County (but the majority of the time, it’s about financials).

However, in Suffolk County, if turned down, the law states that they have 45 days to provide the buyer, the specific reasons why. I believe there are more people passing the board reviews today, than before the law was passed, possibly due to less discrimination that might have been occurring in the past. However, since there is generally no board approval on an HOA and condo, the process is much more streamline and simplified. If for some reason they block your sale on an hoa or condo, they may be obligated to purchase that specific unit (your attorney must check the offering plan).

The home inspection You also have the right to hire a house inspector in all three types of purchases, especially a home, since you are totally responsible for the entire property; whereby in a co-op purchase, you as the unit owner is responsible for everything inside your unit and the co-op corporation is responsible for everything inside the wall out to the exterior of the building; thereby your liability is much less, than a residential property.

Sometimes an inspection is ordered for a co-op, to double check that certain mechanicals, heating, plumbing and electrical are in excellent working order, resulting in much less of a chances of an assessment or increase in monthly maintenance charges. As a purchaser, your attorney or CPA is obligated to review the offering plan, all amendments and 2 years financials, to see the stability of the cooperative (or hoa or condo) and to see if there are any capital (permanent) improvements to be ordered, thereby the potential of an assessment or possible increase in monthly maintenance fees and for how long?

The sale process The next step is the buyer signs first and brings with them a standard (no need to certify) check for their initial down payment and then the

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contract is sent back to the seller’s lawyer and then the seller comes in and signs with the down payment placed in the seller’s escrow account.

Then the mortgage appraisal is done; board application should be completely filled out in however many packets that is requested in the instructions, with a copy of the executed contract.

I had one sale that I had assisted the purchaser with and we had a total of 1557 pages in all the board packets! Then it is handed in to receive a board appointment (1-4 weeks or more sometimes), then meeting the board for approval. The last step is the final walk thru and the closing is setup. The whole process can take as little as 35 days, for a cash transaction (no financing), if the timing works out, to an average of 60-90 days plus!

An hoa and condo purchase is much quicker and streamlined transaction (since the application is generally very simple and has no board approval) and can be completed in as little as 30-60 days, depending on the method of purchasing and how fast the seller and buyer can move.

Hopefully all will go well, but one must consider and interview and hire a competent real estate broker, mortgage person and attorney as well as an inspector, as needed. We all want to finalize our purchases with the least amount of stress and hassles; and by hiring the most experienced and competent professionals, your sale from start to finish, should be seamless and hopefully everyone will be happy and satisfied at your closing.

Philip A. Raices is the owner of Turn Key Real Estate in Great Neck.

He is a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S.) He can be reached by email: Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate.Com or by Cell, (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions. To search for property, see what your home is worth or homes that have sold in your area, go to: WWW.Li-RealEstate.Com or we can provide you a free CMA (Comparative Market Analysis) absolutely “free” without obligation and no strings attached!

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Nassau County resident. Fill out an application at the library or email resume to: Pam Martin, Assistant Library Director: pmartin@syossetlibrary.org

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PART TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE Port Washington Federal Credit Union Individual with strong communication and customer service skills. www.pwfcu.org Call Debbie or Ana 516-883-3537

FT CAREGIVER and MOTHER ASSISTANT NEEDED: Looking for someone who is honest, caring, responsible and willing to learn about diabetes in order to care for a Type 1 diabetic 6 year boy. Primary responsibilities are cooking meals, running errands, homework and light house keeping.

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Monday 3:15 to 7pm. Tue​/​Thur 1:45 to 7pm Call 516-564-1138 PART TIME FRONT DESK RECEPTION and light Administrative work. 9:15am-2:15pm M-F is ideal but VERY flexible. $18​/​hour. Perfect for a professional desiring maximum flexibility in their schedule. Opportunity for growth and advancement. Join a very successful and growing financial services firm in a beautiful, brand new office location in Garden City.

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ELDER CARE: Trained to care for patients with various illnesses. Over 12 years experience.

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DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away.

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Make all your wishes come true with The Music Box Players and GCMS as they present “Aladdin Jr.” The Music Box Players, under the direction of Mrs. Kristen Aguilo and the vocal direction of Mrs. Nancy Menges, invite you to join Aladdin and Jasmine on a magic carpet ride to the magical, mystical city of Agrabah in Disney’s “Aladdin Jr.” Performances will be held in Garden City Middle School’s auditorium on Friday, March 15, at 7:00 pm, Saturday, March 16 at 1:00 pm, and Saturday, March 16 at 7:00 pm Ring bells! Bang the drums! Are you gonna love this exciting stage adaptation of the legendary tale of the lovable thief with the heart of gold! Join

Aladdin, Jasmine and the fast-talking, wisecracking Genie as they discover mystical caves, take magic carpet rides, and outwit the evil sorcerer, Jafar. This spectacular musical is based on the 1992 Disney film and the 2014 Broadway adaptation, and includes favorite Alan Menken songs such as “Friend Like Me,” “A Whole New World,” and “Prince Ali” as well as wonderful new songs added for the Broadway production. With new, colorful characters and nonstop adventure, “Aladdin Jr.” is sure to be a crowd-pleaser for all ages!

Box office tickets will be on sale for $10 each during the week of March 4.

Please email Mrs. Aguilo at aguilok@ gcufsd.net with all ticket requests.

Town honors Garden City brothers

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen recently awarded a Town of Hempstead citation to local Garden City brothers Aidan and Ryan Padala at Town Hall.

Aidan and Ryan are founders of Linen Lift - a volunteer organization that collects warm bedding and supplies for needy families and local shelters.

Recently, Aidan and Ryan, both students at Garden City High School, completed their 6th annual Linen Lift Drive, delivering 3,330 bedding and bath items, 300 pounds of toiletries and 30 bags of table cloths to the Donald Axinn Inn and Edna Moran Inn in Hempstead.

In photo (left to right) are Ryan Padala, Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen, and Aidan Padala

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Kathryn Lindholm of Garden City High School has been named a “Distinguished Teacher of 2019” by the Harvard Club of Long Island.

“This award honors teachers who transform lives,” explained Dr. Judith Esterquest, chair of the Distinguished Teacher Selection Committee. “Devoted teachers like Mrs. Lindholm offer Long Island students deep expertise, extraordinary talents, and countless hours of attention. By capturing the minds and imaginations of our children and preparing them for challenges that were unknown even a few decades ago, these teachers shape the future of our country.”

Mrs. Lindholm will be honored at the Harvard Club of Long Island’s annual University Relations Luncheon on March 30, along with eleven other teachers from across Long Island. Harvard professor Matthew Baum will speak on “The Fourth Estate and the Current Political Climate,” exploring how the media performed in their role as watchdog of democracy, with a focus on the period leading up to and since the 2016 presidential election.

Mrs. Lindholm, who is in her 14th year of teaching social studies at Garden City High School, currently teaches Global History & Geography 9 Honors and AP World History. She previously taught for seven years in Yonkers Public Schools. According to Mrs. Lindholm, her father originally suggested that she take some teaching courses in college and she subsequently fell in love with the profession. Her interest in world history and other cultures developed during her junior year of high school as an exchange student in Germany.

Mrs. Lindholm holds a B.A. in social

Kathryn Lindholm science from Fordham University, certification in social studies secondary education from Fordham’s Graduate School of Education, and a M.S. in School Administration & Supervision from Mercy College. She continues to develop her craft through reading for the College Board, taking educational technology courses, and traveling.

Mrs. Lindholm is also the advisor for Garden City High School’s German Club and American Sign Language (ASL) Club. She learned sign language to communicate more fully with her daughter, who has a disability that inhibits functional speech.

“Mrs. Lindholm is the one teacher

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I know I will never forget,” said Julia Beckmann, a former Garden City High School student who is expected to graduate from Harvard College in 2022. “In all aspects she is a phenomenal teacher and person. While her class was one of my toughest, I truly learned how to compete academically at the collegiate level, and without a doubt this contributed to my acceptance at Harvard.”

“Those who had the privilege of being in her class overwhelmingly feel changed by her presence in their lives. I cannot say enough about Mrs. Lindholm’s transformative teaching,” said Ms. Beckmann.

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Nanine McLaughlin described Mrs. Lindholm as “dedicated and motivated with a kind heart.” “She has high expectations for her students and she works tirelessly to support them,” said Mrs. McLaughlin.

“Kathryn is an extremely dedicated, hardworking teacher,” added Jeannette Balantic, 6-12 social studies curriculum coordinator for Garden City Public Schools. She noted how Mrs. Lindholm “is always available for her students” and “stays abreast of all of the changes – and there are many – to the AP World curriculum.”

At the ceremony on March 30, the Harvard Club of Long Island will announce the Distinguished Teacher of 2019 who will also receive a scholarship for a “Harvard experience” at the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA. Past winners of the scholarships have enhanced their teaching by sampling the resources available to Harvard students: meeting with faculty; visiting research laboratories, rare book archives, and specialty museums; and enjoying visual and performance art. The scholarships are funded by contributions from Harvard alumni living on Long Island.

This year’s dozen Distinguished Teacher Award winners were nominated by current Harvard undergraduates and then selected by Harvard Club of Long Island board members.

They teach biology, chemistry, earth science, English, history, government, Italian, music, 7th-grade science, and coach cross country. The winners teach in Baldwin, Brentwood, Commack, East Hampton, Garden City, Huntington, Jericho, Manhasset, Port Washington, and Syosset in grades seven to twelve.

Apartment developer files for tax relief with Nassau IDA From page 1 going to file an IDA application and they said that when they went before the Village Board of Trustees. It was my understanding that all along they were seeking to file an application with either the Town of Hempstead or Nassau County IDA. They have filed with Nassau County IDA and we are in the process of analyzing the application.

As soon as we have something more substantive to report on that end, we will do so,” Heineman said.

She explained that at the next Nassau County IDA meeting on March 21, “counsel for the developer anticipates that the project application will be on the agenda for ‘preliminary inducement.’ Heineman says the IDA will

consider this application, which would specify parameters of a tax abatement for the Garden City Public Schools portion of the property taxes, for a period of up to 25 years.

“They (the county IDA) could vote to move forward with the application process at that time (Thursday March 21). However, there is no public comment permitted during the preliminary inducement hearing, but if the Nassau County IDA board moves forward with this application, there will be a time and place set for public comments on it. The district would be advised of that.

Through our attorneys,S we continue to monitor that IDA process and we are currently engaged in negotiations with the developer,” the school board president said.

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Stratford presents Disney’s “The Jungle Book Kids” On February 6 and 7, two casts of fifth-graders from Stratford Avenue presented Disney’s “The Jungle Book Kids” – a toe-tapping, singalong hit –

to delighted audiences of parents, siblings, grandparents, and schoolmates.

Under the direction of music teachers Matthew Gomm and Riana Kane,

Bagheera warned Mowgli about “Shere Khan,” the fierce ruler of the jungle. (Sun cast)

Shanti listened for a familiar “Hissss,” as Kaa the snake approached. (Sun cast)

Mowgli tried to show Baloo how tough he was! (Moon cast).

Stratford’s auditorium was filled with the voices of Bagheera, Baloo, Mowgli, Kaa, Shere Khan and Shanti, as they sang, I Wan’na Be Like You,” “That’s What Friends Are For,” and “The Bare Necessities.”

Congratulations to our talented stu-

dents in the cast and crew, our supportive parents, the fifth grade teachers, choreographer Debbie Tavernese, art teacher Torie Zimmerman, and the technical support provided by Rich Madden and Mike Davola. Well done!!

Bagheera pulled Mowgli away as Shanti urged him to visit the Man Village.

(Moon cast)

Mowgli was surrounded by Kaa. (Sun cast)

Mowgli and Baloo horse around during “The Bare Necessities.” (Sun Cast)

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Baloo and Louie got the whole jungle singing! (Sun cast)

But Shere Khan is tamed when the jungle characters net him. (Sun cast).

The jungle characters rejoiced when Shere Khan was no longer a threat. (Moon cast)

Mowgli didn’t know what to do when Shanti invited him to visit the Man Village and leave his jungle friends. (Moon cast)

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GCAA completes Intramural Basketball season

Boys 6th Grade Championship Game

7th-8th Boys Championship Game

Boys 5th Grade Championship Game Boys 4th Grade Championship Game

Boys 3rd Grade Championship Game The 2018-2019 GCAA intramural basketball season is officially over. The season concluded with six championship games that included buzzer beaters, long distance three pointers, unbelievable late game comebacks, cheerleader/kickline halftime shows and everything else you could want from March Madness. The boys and girls displayed outstanding skills and team-

work. Everyone played hard, showed great sportsmanship, and most of all, enjoyed the moment with friends and families. We would like to thank all of the participants and their families for continuing to support GCAA intramural basketball.

We would also like to thank our grade coordinators, volunteer coaches, and clinic directors... without your

Girls 4th, 5th and 6th Grade Championship enthusiasm and commitment to teaching the children how to play the game (while keeping it fun), we would have no program. We also thank the Recreation

Department for all their support at St. Paul’s all year long. We hope to see everyone back next season.

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Boys 3rd Grade

Boys 3rd Grade

Boys 5th Grade

Boys 4th Grade

Court 4 St. Paul’s

1. Heat

1. Spurs

Sat. Mar 2nd 10:30

Sat. Mar 2nd 12:00

8. Celtics

4. Knicks

St. Paul’s Court 4

1. Heat

4. Celtics

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Sat Feb 9th 1:30

Sat Feb 9th 11:00

St. Paul’s Court 4

Court 4 St. Paul’s

Court 4 St. Paul’s

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Court 1 St. Paul’s

6. Suns

St. Paul's Court 2

6. Suns

Sat. Mar 2nd 10:30

St. Paul’s Court 2

Saturday Mar 9th 12:00pm

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2. Knicks

3. Celtics

Champion

Sat Feb 9th 1:30

St. Paul’s Court 2

2. Nuggets

Court 1 St. Paul’s

3. Celtics

Sat. Mar 2nd 1:30

2. Knicks

2. Cavs

Sat Feb 9th 12:00

7. Cavs

7. Knicks Champion

6. Spurs

Sat. Mar 2nd 12:00 3. Suns

St. Paul's Court 2

Court 2 St. Paul’s

2. Knicks

Sat Feb 9th 11:00 Court 3 St. Paul’s

St. Paul's Court 2

Champion

6. Suns

2. Nuggets

5. Nuggets

Saturday Mar 9th 1:30pm

Sat Feb 9th 11:00

5. Nuggets

5. Nuggets

5. Nuggets

Court 2 St. Paul’s

St. Paul’s Court 4

Sat Feb 9th 1:30

4. Celtics

Saturday Mar 9th 10:30am 3. Spurs

1. Heat

8. Nets

Sat Feb 9th 12:00 4. Knicks

Boys 5th Grade

1. Heat

Boys 4th Grade 1. Heat

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St. Paul’s Court 2

7. Knicks

Sat Feb 9th 1:30

3. Suns

Court 3 St. Paul’s

6. Cavs

7. Knicks

7. Knicks

Girls Grades 4th through 6th

Girls Grades 4th thru 6th

Boys 6th Grade

Boys 6th Grade

1. Cavs

1. Nets

Court 4 St. Paul’s

St. Paul’s Court 4

4. Cavs

Sat Feb 9th 3:00 Court 1 St. Paul’s

4. Heat

St. Paul’s Court 4

Court 1 St. Paul’s

St. Paul's Court 2

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4. Cavs

3. Suns

Champion

Sat Feb 9th 4:30 Court 2 St. Paul’s

5. Nuggets

Saturday Mar 9th 9:00am

St. Paul's Court 2

3. Suns

3. Pacers

Champion

Fri Feb 8th 7:00

3. Suns

Stewart School

2. Knicks 2. Suns

St. Paul’s Court 2

2. Wolves

Court 3 St. Paul’s

Stewart School

7. Spurs

2. Suns

3. Pacers

St. Paul’s Court 2

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7. Knicks / 10. Suns

1. Cavs Champion

Sat. Mar 2nd 9:00 3. Suns

Sat Feb 9th 4:30

Sat Feb 9th 3:00

St. Paul's Court 2

6. Spurs Sat. Mar 2nd 4:30

Sat. Mar 2nd 3:00

1. Cavs

5. Nuggets

6. Nuggets

6. Nets

7. Spurs

GC Middle School

Saturday Mar 9th 4:30pm

3. Knicks

St. Paul’s Court 2

St. Paul’s Court 4

Fri Feb 8th 8:30

5. Cavs

3. Knicks

Court 3 St. Paul’s

1. Nets

4. Heat

Saturday Mar 9th 3:00pm

2. Suns

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Sat Feb 9th 4:30

4. Cavs

1. Cavs

8. Nets / 9. Celtics

Sat. Mar 2nd 4:30

5. Nuggets

Court 2 St. Paul’s

GC Middle School

1. Nets

8. Celtics

Sat. Mar 2nd 3:00 4. Cavs

Fri Feb 8th 7:30

Sat Feb 9th 4:30

1. Celtics

Boys 7th and 8th Grades

Boys 7th and 8th Grades

2. Wolves

2. Wolves

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VILLAGE SPORTS After School Art Class for Grades K-5

Are you ready for an art expedition?

Let the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom inspire your empathy, curiosity, and creativity. Learn about lions, elephants, sharks and more, and find out how wildlife conservationists are working to protect species around the globe. Experiment with a variety ofart techniques, and use Crayola® products to create animal-inspired art projects, from frog paintings to polar bear sculptures! Let your creativity run wild, and bring your handiwork home to build a menagerie of animal-themed masterpieces.

This class is open to Garden City residents in grades K – 5 and will be held in the St. Paul’s Center at 108 Rockaway Avenue on Mondays from 4 to 5 pm beginning Monday, April 8th. The cost of this 6 week session is $140, checks only made payable to Zoda, LLC. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

“Mad Science" After School Program for Grades K-3

Garden City Recreation and Parks is offering “Mad Science” for grades K – 3. This fun after school program is hands-on and interactive and is sure to spark the imagination of the children involved.

Classes will be held on Tuesdays from 4 to 5 pm beginning April 9. Each class in this six week session is one hour long. Classes will be held in the St. Paul’s Center at 108 Rockaway Ave. The cost for this program will be $140, checks only, made payable to “Mad Science of Long Island”. Space is limited! To register for this program, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaw

Pee-Wee Sports Sampler for Children ages 4 & 5 Years

The Garden City Recreation Department will offer our poplar PeeWee Sports Sampler program this winter for children ages 4 & 5 who are

Residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. This six week session is for the children to get a taste of the program with longer sessions planned after the holidays. This program has been designed to provide an opportunity to try a wide variety of sports with basic instruction.

This program will take place in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse beginning the week of March 25 and will run for 55 minutes.

Our Sampler will incorporate new skills and free play in a non-competitive atmosphere. A different sport will be offered each week. Classes will be held according to the following schedule: Mondays 1:30 to 2:25 pm Tuesdays 12:30 to 1:25 pm Tuesdays 1:30 to 2:25 pm The cost of this program is $105 each session.

To register for this program, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue, or if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Youth Spring Roller Hockey Programs

The Garden City Recreation & Parks Department will once again offer a spring roller hockey programs for residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City in grades Kindergarten thru 12.

Whether you played in the past or looking to get involved, there is no better time to sign up and experience all the fun. All programs take place at the roller rink located at Community Park.

Please pay attention as our offerings are slightly different with new days, division names and times offered than in the past.

Each participant is required to wear full equipment at all times. This includes hockey helmet with a cage, hockey gloves, shin pads, elbow pads, roller blades, hockey stick, long pants, and a protective cup.

A description of each program we will offer is as follows: PEE WEE BEGINNER CLINIC: (Open to Kindergarten & 1st Grade) No experience is required in hockey

Centennials referee program The Garden City Centennials Soccer Club will be offering a chance for all boys and girls that attend Garden City Schools and are in 7th grade or above to join us in becoming a referees for the Intramural Divisions. You must attend at least one of these dates below to be eligible for the program. The program runs this spring season from March 30 to June 1. The games are on Saturdays and are from 9 am till 3 pm, and the fields are Grove Park, Stratford School, St. Paul’s. They are usually an hour long, and you will not get a game every weekend due to the abundance of referees.

It is a great chance to get some com-

munity service hours or some bucks in your pocket. If interested, please email me the following information to gcreferees@gmail.com: Name of referee, grade, email addresses (including parents you want), mobile number and street address.

If you took this class in the past you will not have to attend unless you want a refresher course. The course will take place at 65A First St. Backyard (Brick House between Cathedral and Rockaway Aves) • Thursday, March 21, 4 – 5:15 pm or 6 – 7:15 pm • Friday, March 22, 7 – 8:15 pm • Saturday, March 23, 7 – 8:15 pm

or roller skating. This hour long clinic will introduce the sport of roller hockey and all the basic fundamentals in a fun & safe environment. The program will take place Mondays at 3:45 P.M. beginning March 25th at a cost of $105.00.

SQUIRTS BEGINNER + CLINIC: (Open to Kindergarten & 1st Clinic) This beginner program will continue to develop our young players through drills and scrimmages. This hour-long program will take place Monday at 5:00PM beginning March 25th at a cost of $105.

2nd and 3rd GRADE (MITES DIVISION): Games will take place on Friday afternoons with either a 4:00PM or 5:30PM game time depending on your child’s team schedule. Season begins on March 22nd at a cost of $105.

4th, & 5th, & 6th GRADE (JUNIOR DIVISION): Games will take place on Monday evenings with either a 6:15 PM or 7:30PM game time depending on your child’s team schedule. Season begins on March 25th at a cost of $105.

7th, 8th, & 9th GRADE (BANTAM DIVISION): Games will take place on Friday evenings at 6:45 p.m. Season begins on March 22nd at a cost of $90.

10th, 11th, & 12th GRADE (SENIOR DIVISION) (NEW): Games will take place on Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m. Season begins on March 22nd at a cost of $90.

To register, please visit our office at 108 Rockaway Avenue, or, if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net. For questions, please contact Andrew Karen by email at akaren@gardencityny.net.

Adult Spring Roller Hockey

The Garden City Recreation & Parks Department will offer its Adult Roller Hockey program at Community Park this spring. This program will be open to residents of the Village of Garden City ages 30 & over according to the following schedule: Fridays beginning March 22 @ 9:15 pm.

Games are in “pick up” format. The price for this program will be $90.

All participants are required to wear the following equipment at all times: Hockey Helmet with cage, hockey gloves, shin pads, elbow pads, roller blades, protective cup, & hockey stick.

To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks office at 108 Rockaway Avenue, or, if you have password you may register online at www.gcreconline. gardencityny.net.

Spectacular Sports with Legos

Garden City Recreation and Parks will offer a spring session of our popular Lego program on Wednesdays at 4 pm for grades 1-4.

This six-week session, which will begin on March 13, will be held St.Paul’s Center at 108 Rockaway Avenue. The cost of this session is $135 per child and each class is 1 hour. Registration is limited to 12 children.

In this session, children will make motorized models of a wide variety of sports, including basketball, soccer, gymnastics and mini-golf using LEGO®Technic bricks and our own Bricks 4 Kidz design instructions. Learn how to use gears and axles, pulleys and levers to create amazing and fun motorized moving parts as we "get into gear" for spring training.

Please make checks payable to Bricks 4 Kidz. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Exercise with Joy

Start your day with low impact exercise! Joy Cody has set a program with our senior and beginner population in mind!

Classes will take place on your choice of Tuesdays or Thursdays at 9 am at the Senior Center. The one hour class will run for 10 weeks at a cost of $60.

This program is open to any resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City. Classes begin the week of March 12. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue or, if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

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Girls Rule at the Underage in the Cage The Charlie’s Champions Foundation will be holding “Underage in the Cage” Paddle Clinic and Pizza Party at Cherry Valley Club on March 29 to benefit the NYU Winthrop Hospital Cancer Center for Kids.

Boys Rage at the Underage in the Cage

Clinic Schedule

4:00 pm-5:00 pm (2nd and 3rd Grade) 5:00 pm-6:00 pm (4th and 5th Grade) 6:00 pm-7:00 pm (6th and 7th Grade) Cost is $25 per player and includes paddle, pizza and t-shirt.

Raffles will be sold at the event and

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Garden City Taco Bros robotics team wins Champions Award On March 3, the Taco Bros robotics team competed in the FIRST® LEGO® League Regional Championship at Longwood High School.

FIRST® LEGO® League is a technology-focused program for children around the world that combines a hands-on, interactive robotics program with a sports-like atmosphere. This year’s theme was Into Orbit.

Teams are judged on robot design and performance as well as an intensive project where the team had to identify a physical or social problem faced by humans during long duration space exploration within our Sun’s solar system and propose a solution, all while demonstrating FLL’s Core Values: Discovery, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, Teamwork and Fun.

Taco Bros - Joe Bonomi, Carson Kraus, Costa Zografos and Cooper Kraus

Taco Bros with Taco Cheerleader Marina Zografos

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Walking the Champions “High Five” Line

The Taco Bros won the Champion’s Award that recognizes a team that embodies the FIRST LEGO League experience, by fully embracing Core Values while achieving excellence and innovation in both the Robot Game and Project. In addition, their performance earned them a spot in a national championship tournament, marking the first time any FLL robotics team from Garden City had advanced to a national championship.

The Taco Bros are headed to the FLL League Razorback Invitational, a 72-team, invitational, championship tournament on the University of Arkansas campus. The Taco Bros will compete against teams from all over the world May 16th – 19th. Good luck, Taco Bros!

TMA Booster Club News Upcoming Events

Participants of all ages enjoy NYU Winthrop's annual Swim-a-Thon, to be held this year on April 7 at Hofstra University Young children, teens and adults of all ages are invited to make a splash for a worthy cause at NYU Winthrop Hospital’s 18th Annual Swim-a-Thon.

This fun-filled, family-friendly event raises vital funds for the hospital’s Child Life Program and will take place on Sunday, April 7 from 7:00 am 11:30 am at Hofstra University’s Swim Center.

The Child Life Program is an essential component to the overall care of pediatric patients and their families at NYU Winthrop Hospital. Through the program, highly trained Certified Child Life Specialists utilize play and education to improve a patient’s understanding of medical procedures; teach relaxation techniques to help young patients cope with illness or surgery; and provide emotional support for the patient’s entire family. The program is supported in its entirety by philanthropic contributions. It relies on support derived from annual events such as the Swim-a-Thon, which has raised more than $450,000 to date for the Child Life Program.

The Swim-a-Thon was conceptualized by Ron Marino, DO, associate chairman of pediatrics at NYU Winthrop Hospital. Nearly two decades ago, Dr. Marino, an avid swimmer himself, came up with a unique idea–connect a physical activity with giving back to the young patients he adores. Thanks to his passion, along with the growing support of community members, local businesses, and staff, the event continues to grow in both size and impact.

“Over the years, the Swim-a-Thon has brought together scores of comunity members for a healthy activity that is not only fun, but garners vital support for a program that minimizes fears and enhances the hospital experience for so many young patients,” said Dr. Marino.

Schools are invited to participate in groups, and community members are welcome to swim, support a swimmer through a sponsorship pledge–or attend just to splash around or view the fun.

There is no age requirement for participation–all ages are welcome. What’s more, individuals who do not wish to participate but wish to make a donation in support of a swimmer can do so.

Each year, the Swim-a-Thon is enhanced by an outpouring of support from community members who donate their time and services to make this a fun, family-centered event.

Participants will enjoy swim coaching

by Bryan Kurt from Open Water Swim LLC; live music by the Mineola High School Jazz Ensemble and Central Beat rock band; crafts provided by Cathy Grossfeld of All About Kids; yoga by Donna Dragani; photography by Anne Lucas of Moments Captured, and more.

The registration fee for adults is $20 and $10 for children ages four to 17 or students with a valid school ID. Each swimmer receives a towel and swim cap with registration.

For more information, to sponsor a swimmer, or to register, visit www. nyuwinthrop.org/events or call (516) 663-8275.

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NCAA Basketball Championship: Monday April 8th, 8 pm at B.K. Uptown Grille See website for details.

Father/Daughter Dance: June 21st, 2019 Mother/Son Dance: June 22nd, 2019 Will have more info on dances soon on website. www.gctma.org.

If you have a junior at the GCHS and can help with the dances, please email us at tmagcny@gmail.com. You will be invited next year when your child is a senior and can help us as it takes volunteers to make this a special event.

Really need your help. Please contact us if you are interested in joining us to help the GC Schools teams and organizations in fundraising. We have the GAA/BAA awards coming up which we sponsor and also need help in organizing the Annual Mother/Son and Father/Daughter Dances for all seniors, as well as getting the word out to all about sponsoring ads for the Annual TMA Yearbook which we give to all seniors at graduation and all TMA memberships.

Thanks to the GC News for helping us promote the fundraising events each week.

New Members

We are always looking for new members to get involved. We need as many volunteers as we can get. So if you are an interested dad or mom, please contact us at tmagcny@gmail.com.

Family/Senior Membership

What we need to support the Garden City school athletics and organizations is Family and Senior memberships, so please get them in. You can also purchase them online and pay for your membership at www.gctma.org.

Who We Are:

For over 80 years, TMA has been the main booster club to support the athletic and social activities of the students of the Garden City School system. We have help fundraise for those groups that ask for our support and we have also promoted good sportsmanship as well as ideal citizenship.

The TMA is composed of around 60 directors and 50 Life directors. We have over 300 Family and Senior Members. The generous support from the residents of GC have helped the TMA provide raffle prizes for the TMA/Friends of Music “Rock for the Kids” and also a robotic prize for the STEM program. We have also helped with transportation for sports teams to their camps and tournaments. SEPTA Wine tasting fundraiser is one of our events that is sold out annually. We have helped Best Buddies, CPR Training for coaches, HUDL for the athletic teams and many more. TMA also runs the Father/ Daughter Dance and Mother/Son Dance annually with the use of volunteers to bring this special night together. We also run the BAA/GAA award dinner annually for all student-athletes of GCHS. Without your support, these special events would NOT BE possible. So we THANK YOU ahead of time.

Thanks for all your support! It takes all the organizations behind the scene to keep the GC schools at the top of the list…

GO Trojans!

TMA Officers:

Rob Cappello-President Jimmy Connolly- Co-President Bob Leggett-Treasurer Pat McElroy- Co-Treasurer Luke Lynch Bob Basel Rob McLoughlin Pete Haeffner John Blair

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Open House

Saturday, March 16th and Sunday, March 17th | 2:00 – 4:00pm 31 Russell Rd, Garden City, NY Beautifully updated Colonial in the Mott section. The 1st floor features a spacious living room with stunning wood-burning fireplace, and a dining room with timeless charm. It has a gorgeous eat-in-kitchen with mudroom closet, granite counter tops and stainless-steel appliances. The large picture windows throughout makes it bright but earthy. Also on this level is a new powder room, and a large family room with French doors that lead out to a lovely patio and oversized backyard. The 2nd floor features a spectacular Master Suite with impressive en suite and walk-in closet, as well as 3 additional bedrooms and a beautiful, new full hallway bath. Situated on 62 x 162 lot, other features include, all new CAC, boiler, hot water heater, washer and dryer and cedar closet. SD# 18. MLS# 3108842. $1,148,000.

Maureen Lagarde, CBR Real Estate Salesperson Sterling Silver Circle of Accomplishment Garden City Office 102 Seventh St, Garden City, NY 516.248.6655 ext.2224, c.516.850.7812 maureenlagarde@danielgale.com maureenllagarde.danielgale.com

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Open House: Saturday, March 16th & Sunday, March 17th | 12:00 – 2:00pm 43 Brompton Rd., Garden City, NY Welcome to this spacious Colonial in desirable Adelphi Estates section offering 4 large bedrooms and 2.5 baths, including the master suite, all on the 2nd floor. The main level boasts a large living room, formal dining room, kitchen, den with wood-burning fireplace, and powder room. Other features include a huge 2-car attached garage, amazing closet space, and hardwood floors throughout. Great space and unlimited potential. SD #18. MLS# 3108216. $849,000.

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Saturday, March 16th 12:00 – 2:00pm Sunday, March 17th 12:00 – 2:00pm 43 Brompton Road, Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3108216. $849,000.

Saturday, March 16th 12:00 – 2:00pm Sunday, March 17th 1:00 – 3:00pm 157 Garden Street, Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3104606. $799,000.

Saturday, March 16th 12:00 – 2:00pm Sunday, March 17th 12:00 – 2:00pm 11 Pell Terr., Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3104386. $810,000.

Saturday, March 16th 2:00 – 4:00pm Sunday, March 17th 2:00 – 4:00pm 31 Russell Road, Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3108842. $1,148,000.

Sunday, March 17th 1:00 – 3:00pm 107 Huntington Road, Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3034065. $899,999.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3101508. $789,000.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3094783. $949,500.

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Sunday, March 17th 1:00 – 3:00pm 41 Prospect Avenue, Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3101214. $1,698,000.

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Garden City, NY 1-bedroom, 1-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3105580. $399,000.

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Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3094096. $995,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath SD #18. MLS# 3050208. $669,000.

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Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.55-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3105115. $1,099,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3097410. $1,299,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom. 3.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3075823. $1,475,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3100807. $1,539,000.

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Out of Town Listings Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3084268. $1,799,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 4.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3084181. $1,849,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3.555-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3097122. $2,950,000.

Garden City, NY 6-bedroom, 4.55-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3099670. $3,500,000.

East Meadow, NY 3-bedroom, 1-bath SD #3. MLS# 3106436. $429,000.

N. Merrick, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath.

SD #29. MLS# 3100784. $529,000.

East Meadow, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath.

SD #3. MLS# 3091761. $538,000.

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Sunday, March 17th 12:00 – 2:00pm 805 Oak St, Bellemore, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath.

SD #4. MLS# 3105876. $450,000.

Claudia Galvin Manager

Mary Lo Galbo

Christine Cudahy Assistant Manager

Kathy Lucchesi

Arthur Anderson

Susan MacDonald

Rene Blair

Annmarie Bommarito

Brigid Marmorowski

Laura Carroll

Athena Menoudakos

Ann Collins

Matthew Minardi

Chelsea Costello

Linda Mulrooney

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W. Hempstead, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath SD #27. MLS# 3103638. $699,000.

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Alexandra Parisi

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Garden City S., NY 4-bedroom, 3-bath.

SD #17. MLS# 3103332. $699,000.

Hempstead, NY 4-bedroom, 2.55-bath.

SD# 1. MLS# 3092940. $719,000.

Williston Park, NY 4-bedroom, 1-bath.

SD #9. MLS# 3101703. $699,900.

Franklin Square, NY 5-bedroom, 4-bath.

SD #17. MLS# 3108466. $723,000.

Southampton, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath.

SD #6. MLS# 3068772. $1,750,000.

New Hyde Park, NY 2-bedroom, 1-bath.

SD #5. MLS# 3101719. $2,300.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3084120. $5,500.

Rental - 111 Cherry Valley Ave, Unit M3 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3108280. $4,900.

Rental – 111 Cherry Valley Ave, Unit 321 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3105734. $5,800.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, Unit 402 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3096567. $1,200,000.

100 Hilton Ave, Unit 410 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3034870. $2,700,000.

Rentals Roslyn, NY 5-bedroom, 4.5-bath.

SD #3. MLS# 3089371. $1,849,000.

Wyndham Resale Office Patricia Costello, Patricia Dickson, Alfred Kohart, Mary Krener and Linda Mulrooney

111 Cherry Valley Ave, Unit M-21, Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath SD #18. MLS# 3067051. $950,000.

E. Williston, NY 5-bedroom, 3.55-bath SD #2. MLS# 3108383. $2,349,000.

Consult a Wyndham Resale specialist when looking to buy or sell.

Our on-site office staff is unsurpassed in providing thorough knowledge of the Wyndham Complex. Their years of professional experience and excellent service at this Five-Star Luxury Facility ensure a seamless transaction for both seller and buyer.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, Unit 205W Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3064538. $1,099,000.

100 Hilton Avenue, Unit 206 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath.

SD #18. MLS# 3102059. $1,099,000.

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