GC students present art work in All County exhibition

On March 19, students from across Nassau County participated in the 2023 Art Supervisors Association’s AllCounty Art Exhibition held at Long Beach High School. Thirty Garden City students were selected to present their exemplary work at this annual event.

The ASA All-County Art Exhibition is a wonderful opportunity for families, teachers and students to come together to view the hard work and accomplish- ments of a diverse group of artistically passionate and motivated students throughout the county.

Garden City High School senior Lilah Koszalka was recognized in a pre-exhibition awards ceremony where she received the ASA All-County Senior Scholarship Award alongside other select high school seniors across Nassau County school districts.

From the primary schools, Adrian

Chan, Madison Ng and Gionni Voccia were given the opportunity to present their artwork.

From Stewart School and Stratford Avenue School, Jimmy Donelan, Kenny Ester, Zoe Griffo, Colin Hurley, Sofia Sparacello and Natalie Yu’s works were featured.

From Garden City Middle School, art from Beatrice Briganti, Ava Chen, Damien Cheng, Genevieve Mohan and

Juliet Stampfel were featured.

Lastly, from Garden City High School, Ava Barone, Meghan Crane, Andrew DeLaricheliere, Andrew Fuoco, Gracyn Henry, Samantha Kaczynski, Lilah Koszalka, Julia LoPiccolo, Sophia Ogazon, Valentina Pape, Kathlyn Pomeroy, Molly Pryor, Katie Schneider, Shelly Wang and Claire Wu’s presented their artwork.

Photos courtesy of Garden City Public Schools

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November 18, 1931 – March 17, 2023

Elizabeth Heyn DeTar, 91, of West Brandywine Pennsylvania, passed away quietly on Friday, March 17 2023.

Elizabeth was born in Mineola, on November 18, 1931. She was the daughter of the late Henry Amy and Marcelle McKinny Amy.

She is survived by her children: Susan McCullough (Dan), Karen Iuliano (Joe), Christopher Heyn (Kimberly) and her 11 grandchildren: Seth SklarHeyn, Sarah Sklar-Heyn, Elizabeth Ingram, David Ingram, Joseph Iuliano , Amy Iuliano Whalen, Laura Iuliano Long, Alexander Iuliano, Hillary Heyn

Budds, Stephanie Heyn Teixeira and Christopher Heyn Jr. She was blessed with 14 great grandchildren.

Elizabeth grew up in Garden City, and graduated from Garden City High School in 1949. In 1951 she married her high school sweetheart, George Richard Heyn Jr., and they raised their four children on Long Island until his sudden death in 1966. In 1969 Elizabeth married John David DeTar and they were longtime residents of Garden City, Lighthouse Point, Florida, and West Chester, Pennsylvania. Throughout her life Elizabeth loved to travel, play tennis, sail and was an avid reader. Elizabeth and her husband John greatly enjoyed traveling around the world. She worked for many years as a volunteer for the American Cancer Society Thrift Shop. One of her greatest joys was following the lives of her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Elizabeth was predeceased by her husbands: George Richard Heyn, Jr., John David DeTar; her son George Richard Heyn, III (Claudia); and her sisters Eleanor Amy Foxen and Marcelle Amy Faulkner.

Elizabeth will be deeply missed by her family and friends. Visitation took place Monday, March 27, and a Funeral Mass followed at St. Peter Catholic Church, West Brandywine, PA. Private burial followed.

In lieu of flowers the family has requested that donations be sent to the American Cancer Society in memory of Elizabeth DeTar. (Cancer.org) American Cancer Society, P.O Box 1640 Hagerstown. MD 21741.

Sam Vona

Sam Vona, born in Moschiano, Italy, passed away at the age of 79 years old on March 24, 2023. Sam is survived by his loving wife, Irma, his five children Maria, Augie, Robert, Joseph and Cindy, his amazing Son-in-law and Daughters-in-law whom he all loved, and his fourteen grandchildren whom he cherished and adored Nicole, Dennis, Lauren, Michael, Ava, Emma, Bella, Matthew, Kara, Andrew, Samantha, Robbie, Nikki and Joey.

Sam came to the United States when he was nine years old by boat with his mother, father and sister and they settled in Brooklyn, New York. Sam met his beautiful wife, Irma, at the age of twenty three and they had five children who they raised in Queens, New York. After working for New York State for several years, Sam started his own accounting practice Vona & Company in 1974 in Ridgewood Queens, which eventually became Vona & Vona after his children joined the firm. Sam built a very successful accounting practice which his children still operate today. Sam retired at the age of seventy years old after running the firm for nearly forty years.

Sam enjoyed spending time at Wolf Lake where he and his family spent their summers for the past forty years. Sam loved being involved with the Wolf Lake community and served on the Lake’s Board of Directors for many years. Sam loved watching baseball and boxing with his kids and going to Florida every chance he could. While Sam loved to work and truly enjoyed running his accounting practice his true love was spending time with his wife, kids and grandkids.

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Garden City’s Department of Recreation and Parks is once again sponsoring the annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 8, on St. Paul’s fields. This year three hunts will be held beginning at 10:00 a.m. with three age divisions:

• Preschool to Kindergarten

• Grades 1 and 2

• Grades 3 to 5

Special eggs will be stuffed and hidden for all divisions. Each hunt will also feature a grand prize (an Easter basket filled with goodies) which will go to the youngster who finds the egg marked “#1 Lucky Egg”.

For further information about the Hunt, please call the Recreation Dept. at 465-4075.

Garden City Recreation and Parks will sponsor a performance of “The Cat in the Hat” on Sunday, April 2, at 1 p.m. at St. Paul’s Cluett Hall. Plaza Theatrical Productions will delight us with their rendition of this wonderful show. Admission is $5.00, and reservations are necessary by calling the Recreation and Parks Office at 516-465-4075.

Join us this spring for a 6-week Lacrosse Clinic sponsored by the New

York Riptide and Pioneer Sports in partnership with Garden City Recreation and Parks. This special program introduces girls and boys, kindergarten through 5th grade, to the game of lacrosse in a non-competitive, instructional clinic.

This clinic will be held on Wednesdays on St. Paul’s Fields from April 5 through May 17 according to the following schedule:

• Grades K-2: 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

• Grades 3-5: 6:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m.

The cost of this program will be $175, which includes the clinic, 2 tickets to the Riptide home opener at the Nassau Coliseum and a Riptide swag bag. Space is limited. Register online for this program at https://GFSports.formstack. com/forms/gcclinic.

No registrations will be taken at the Recreation Office.

Please Note: Players must bring their own stick.

Recreation and Parks has joined with Mad Science to offer the following after school program in art in the cottages at St. Paul’s. This program is open to Garden City residents in grades K to 5.

Crayola® Wild World! is a program where the wonder and beauty of the animal kingdom will inspire the participants creativity through the world of art. They will experiment with different techniques and use Crayola® art materials to express their ideas. They design a unique, artist inspired creation in each class.

This six-week class will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on Mondays beginning Monday, March 27. The fee for this six week program will be $170, checks only made payable to LI Steam Group. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Garden City’s Department of Recreation and Parks is pleased to announce the start of registration, beginning on Monday, March 20, for its spring children’s tennis program! Our Spring Tennis classes are offered to Garden City residents ages 4 through 15 years old at the Community Park Tennis Facility.

To register: You may walk in to the Recreation Office (108 Rockaway Ave), mail in your registration form or if you have a password you can register online on our website at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Registration for the Spring Adult tennis lessons is underway.

Lessons in all ability levels are offered, so in order to create sessions geared to the tennis levels of those participating, we are asking any adult interested in the adult lessons to fill out the interest form and return it to the Recreation Department office, by April 3. The office is located at 108 Rockaway