The Garden City News (7/3/20)

GRADUATION DAY Board approves additional funds for water, St. Paul’s

Garden City Community Church Nursery School held a curbside graduation ceremony recently. Above, the Fruzzetti family celebrates their young graduate. See page 20 for more photos.

BY RIKKI MASSAND

An unusual item appeared on the Village Board of Trustees June 18th agenda which, if it had been approved, could have led to the Board taking a role in all hiring decisions.

The agenda contained a resolution that said, “Several Trustees have expressed the view to the Village Administrator that the Board wishes to henceforth individually approve the appointment of any and all persons to positions in Village government

(whether or not the positions for such persons were previously approved in the adopted budget). This is intended to facilitate ongoing budgetary control, and this Resolution would so direct.”

Ultimately the motion was tabled and the trustees removed it from the consent calendar. But lines were drawn by several trustees on what they expect from reviewing departmental performance, the village’s budget and costs of labor.

Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi commented

during his update to the Board that any potential new hires for the village would need to be brought before the Board as an agenda item at meetings, “even if the positions were approved during the budget formulation process.”

“Promotions have been a longstanding thing for the last three years and new hires were questioned during the spring budget process so this resolution seeks to clarify and solidify the desires of the Board in this area,” Suozzi explained.

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BY RIKKI MASSAND

The village tightened its belt on project cost approvals, following requests by for increased charges by contractors working on the stabilization phase at the St. Paul’s building on Stewart Avenue. The contractors had requested additional money for the repair of broken windows earlier this year as the project got underway. A new change order of $18,000 for additional labor and materials -- costs of securing St. Paul’s broken windows (window protection) -- was approved by the Village Board of Trustees on June 18. Superintendent of Public Works Joseph DiFrancisco explained the resolution of this issue, with the Board hearing from Walter Beal of CNY Group at its previous meeting.  DiFrancisco noted the revision to the original change order submitted by Talty Construction Inc. The window protection change order first proposed at the Board’s April 15 meeting and tabled by the trustees would have shot the costs up from $39,400 to $75,176. But the approval of an $18,000 change order instead, roughly half the amount first sought, increases the amount of the St. Paul’s School Window Protection Bid to Talty Construction from $39,400 to $57,400. The project bid was awarded during the Board of Trustees’ January 9, 2020 meeting.

The Board unanimously voted to authorize the maintenance bond of $208,555 for the rehabilitation of Village Water Well No. 9 -- DiFrancisco noted the completion of the project in June, as the bid was awarded last summer, at at original price (budgeted) of $185,000 as a capital project for 2019-2020. On August 15, 2019 at its meeting the Board then voted to increase the approved project cost to $230,000 with allocating an additional $70,875 for added labor and materials. The contractor is Woodbury Heights, New Jersey-based A. C. Schultes, Inc. Last August, DiFrancisco explained the scope of work with an increased price:

“The bulk of this is due to a transfer pump that’s between Well No. 9 and the air stripping tower, and the pump failed during the well rehabilitation process. This monetary request is for the new pump and also the new program that goes along with it — it was not in the initial assessment of work for the tower. When we turned the water off from the tower we discovered that at Maria Lane, the road adjacent to the tower site, was built after the (86-yearold) tower was built so those

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Act responsibly

This week we received an anonymous letter to the editor that said that members of the Garden City High School Class of 2020 gathered together for a “secret prom” recently.

Unfortunately we have a policy against publishing anonymous letters so we were unable to print it. However the allegation that was made is very serious, and deserves discussion.

The writer claimed that many members of the class met at a private home to socialize, presumably not in compliance with the current social distancing guidelines.

Although New York is now in relatively good shape in regard to the infection rate for the novel coronavirus, that could easily change. Just look at the southern and western states that

are now facing a surge in infections that threatens to overwhelm their hospitals.

The virus isn’t going away any time soon. While our infection rate is very low right now, if we go back to our normal life we will start to see exponential growth, just as we did in March and April.

Yes, the class of 2020 everywhere got a raw deal this year, losing all the senior year perks. But our entire society also suffered losses. Economically businesses are uncertain as to their future and employees are without work. Parents are stressed. Healthcare workers are stressed. But you know who has had the worst burden? Those who lost a loved one to the virus.

Let’s not make more pain. There’s already enough to go around.

GCPD keeps us safe

To the Editor:

I’d like to thank the Chief of Police and his wonderful men who keep us safe here in Garden City. God Bless you. Angelo DiPippo

Non-residents in parks

To the Editor:

Where do the out of town kids and parents get this level of entitlement to trash Community Park? My friends and I have been going to Community Park two to three times a week since probably 2015. The more you go around the park, the more you realize how nice the complex really is. Littered by McDonalds French fries, empty water bottles, ice cream truck cups? This park is not being used fully by GC residents because it cannot be. Out of town dads bringing their out of town youth baseball teams to take over our fields and yelling and calling us names if we ask if they are residents to be nice when it’s very clear that they are not? Last week it was brought to my group’s attention that a recreation department attendant worker was cursed out by angry parents for just doing his job. I will go out on a limb and assume this was not GC parents’ doings as they are always responsible and polite. We know they are not as they are wearing Carey Seahawks shirts. They are told via email not to wear their baseball uniforms to make it look like they just happened to all be there at the same time. Convenient huh?

Per Governor Cuomo’s orders, there

are to be no organized practices for groups of >6 and the rules are that there are to be village residents only. The big turf football/soccer field is closed for maintenance, yet we have full squad soccer games going on the other baseball fields that are not occupied by out of town teams?

How come full squad soccer games are going on but the roller rink is closed due to non-residents destroying the fencing and taking locks? Only took three months for GC Recreation to act on the rink damage since it was first reported in March. A very similar crew littering these beautifully redone fields are the same ones who ruined the rink privilege. Hockey is one of the few sports that should be allowed at the complex. Why? Because any sane person would not interact in a game and would just shoot around from a distance from the crew they are with. Stop punishing residents because of out of towners doings and stop having residents do your jobs. We hate to be that group to bring this up in a town newspaper. But this is exactly what health officials are telling us to avoid. Large group settings are frowned upon and it really seems like it is coming from people who do not pay village taxes and are evidently not residents. The same thing has been happening at the playgrounds around the village to my knowledge. It is an inconvenience for those maintenance workers who work so hard to keep the town facilities in great shape.

Mike Cohen

College application class offered

For Garden City residents who are entering senior year in high school, the District’s Continuing Education Program is offering two courses: Writing Your College Essay & Jump Start the College Application Process. For more information, visit the Important News and Continuing

Education pages on the District website: www.gardencity.k12.ny.us. Registration will be in-person only on July 6th and July 7 from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. at Garden City High School Main Lobby on a first come – first served basis.

School Board updated on Special Ed strategic plan

BY RIKKI MASSAND

At its virtual/teleconference meeting held Thursday night June 18, the Garden City Board of Education was apprised of innovations that may shape the future of special education in the school district. Superintendent of Schools Dr. Kusum Sinha said a new Special Education Strategic Plan is designed to help Garden City Public Schools establish and evaluate its overall goals in Special Ed. and guide direction of the department over the next few school years.

Two new administrative hires in the district -- Director of Pupil Personnel Services Janine Villez, who takes over the role of Director of PPS Lynette Abruzzo starting in July 1 -- as well as new assistant director for Pupil Personnel Services Desirée Clemente, confirmed by a Board of Education vote in June, will be working with the finding and recommendations of the Committee alongside the parameters of their own PPS (Special Ed.) administration Entry Plan.

Included within the recently-approved $120.9 million school district budget for academic year 2020-’21, which officially began July 1, are the increases in GCUFSD special education staffing: due to enrollment increases in

Special Ed. the district allocates funding for + 3.0 (full-time equivalent, or FTE) positions in Special Education, also for two Special Education teacher aides.

The creation of the assistant director for Pupil Personnel Services position was new for 2020-’21. Upon conferral of her appointment to the administration in mid-June, Clemente offered the following comments:

“The Garden City Public School’s mission to inspire minds, empower achievement and build community is aligned to the core values that I embrace, and that I envision, as central components of all education, but even more so for the education of students with special needs. I look forward to working alongside the team to continue the great work of the district. I am eager to meet the students, staff, parents, and hope to have an opportunity to introduce myself to community members in the future.”

Also within the budget are provisions for expansion of Special Ed. Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) classes for the district’s first grade and fifth grade. The district is also implementing a self-contained Special Ed. kindergarten class for the first time.

Three subcommittees were formed to identify Pupil Personnel Services/ Special Education department needs

and development of goals. They covered (group 1) “Program Assessment, Development & Improvement and Data-Driven Decision Making” as well as (group 2) “Family Engagement & Strategic Partnerships” and (group 3) “Professional Development & Training.” Subcommittee members were Jean Ricotta

Chris Hartigan, Mandi Stefankiewicz, Lynnette Skrivanek, Melina Mendelson, Colleen McAlea, Sandy Schneider and Stacey Esmond for topics in Group 1; for Family Engagement & Strategic Partnerships subcommittee members were Eleni Chronas, Eric Nezowitz

Danielle Warnke, Joanne Pelletieri, Allison Vitucci and Mrs. Heaney. Subcommittee 3 covering Professional Development and Training included participants Eileen Vota, Keri Hand, Gina Tornincaso, Kim Babjak, Donna Cornelius, Katherine Squires, Mrs. Dickey and Robin Holman.

During the Board’s virtual meeting on June 18, Dr. Sinha outlined a process for the Strategic Plan for Special Education to evolve within the 2020’21 school year, and the Committee would likely regroup in December or early January and assess progress in the PPS/Special Ed. operations. Before breaking into three subcommittees they met early in the 2019-2020 school year.

“I have stated before, the Strategic Plan document is a fluid document that allows us to make changes to it if we need to. Its goals were designed and focused on five pillars -- the first being looking into Program Assessment, Development and Improvement, with a goal of identifying where we as a district can do better in those areas. The aim is to align the program to district goals and priorities.,” Dr. Sinha explained.

The second pillar in the Strategic Plan is district-family engagement, which follows data for decision-making. Dr. Sinha commented on furthering strategic partnerships with parent groups including SEPTA and outside groups.

Special Education Plan Committee members gathered data and programmatic information by investigating what other school districts are doing.

“For each pillar/category the Committee gathered information. For example with Programmatic Assessment, Development and Improvement the Committee members conducted reviews of all programs offered in our district, and they identified areas to ensure alignment with department and district goals. Based on this they made recommendations for specific areas. For family engagement

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E Pluribus Unum

When the British burned down my family’s thatch cottage in Waterford Ireland, in the second half of the 19th century, my half-starved great-great-grandfather stowed away on a ship headed anywhere. There was nothing left for him back home. The occupying British had taken our food, our culture, our language and all but our joy, leaving us to live on mushroom barley soup. When he got to the United States he was greeted with signs that read “Irish need not apply.”, and a hatred of his people that was unjust, unfair and limited his ability to even get a job. Fortunately, for me and my family the hand of fate took him into the arms of America just as the Industrial Revolution was about to emerge creating the greatest economic tailwind in the 200,000 year history of man.

America has its sins. The slavery of Africans and the genocide of Native Americans are acts that we all can agree were horrific and regrettable, but the fact is that America ended slavery in 1863 with the adoption of The Emancipation Proclamation. Many American charitable organizations like Freedom United are actively working to put an end to the estimated 45 million who are enslaved in third world countries to this day. Caravans of Central Americans try to get into America every day because the countries they come from are run by criminals or corrupt politicians that exploit and suppress hard work and ingenuity.

Our police are in a no win situation. Just as there are a few bad apples in every barrel, a few bad clergy in our churches, a few bad politicians in our government, a few bad news agencies in our media, and a few pollutants in our air and water, we still need police to, as it says in The Preamble of the United States Constitution, “establish Justice,

insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity”. As an Irish American living in a mostly white village, I can’t begin to relate to the Black Lives Matter group’s plight. But at the same time, I never expect the police to be nice to me when being pulled over at a traffic stop or gathering near Madison Square Garden when a rock concert crowd is unruly. Cops carry guns, and as we saw in Atlanta, when Rayshard Brooks resisted arrest and took the stun gun from the two police officers, Rolfe and Brosnan, who were trying to apprehend him, things can and do go terribly wrong.

George Floyd’s horrific death has corporations around the world looking at themselves to see if they have systemic racism. With all due respect to his family, George Floyd’s profile as per court records reads like that of a career criminal, involved in drug abuse, theft, criminal trespassing, aggravated robbery as well as entering a woman’s home and pointing a gun at her stomach while looking for drugs and money. That is not to say the unarmed black man deserved to be killed while in police custody. The word custody is a variation of the word custodian, which means, a person who has responsibility for or looks after someone or something. Clearly the arresting officers Chauvin, Kueng, Lane and Thao were not looking after George Floyd in a custodial manner to say the least.

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The Half Year

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

I usually do a year in review column in late December, going over the major news stories of the year and sometimes making a few predictions. I certainly never even thought about doing a piece like this at the end of a half year ending on June 30.

Until now. This has been quite a six months.

It's election year and things began on a rather predictable note. The Democratic House of Representatives had approved articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump in December on a party line vote for alleged misconduct involving Ukrainian officials. There was never even a scintilla of doubt that the charges, which required a two-thirds majority to remove Mr. Trump, would be rejected in the Republican controlled Senate. And so they were. After a delay by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in transmitting the articles, Mr. Trump was acquitted in the Senate after a brief trial without live witnesses. One Republican Senator, Mitt Romney, voted to convict.

Meanwhile, President Trump, in a triumphant State of the Union speech in early February, just before his acquittal, pointed with pride to strong economic growth and low unemployment, particularly for minorities.

Unfortunately, the events of 2020 were to veer off from the usual political theatre. A coronavirus starting in Wuhan, China, now called COVID19, had spread to the United States early in the year. Despite all sorts of hindsight justifications, the basic fact is that it wasn't taken particularly seriously in the United States by governmental officials at all levels or even by health officials until at least late February or early March.

It became clear, however, by early March that the virus, which had spread from locked down China and then Italy, was a major health threat to the United States. The early ravages of the disease affected the New York metropolitan area particularly badly and also hit the elderly very disproportionately. By mid to late March, most of the country was locked down amid stay at home orders. Tragically, the virus inflicted tremendous damage in

nursing homes. All told, over 125,000 Americans have perished on account of the virus.

The government ordered shutdowns generally accomplished the stated objective of “flattening the curve”, allowing the number of cases to remain low enough so that hospital resources would remain available to those who needed them. However, the lockdown also wreaked tremendous damage on the economy as economic growth became negative and unemployment soared. Huge federal relief packages helped ease the burden and also stabilized stock prices, but there still was tremendous damage.

States have recently started to reopen, with considerable success in restoring the economy, but the virus has now spread considerably in the South and West, in both states like Florida and Texas that reopened quickly and California, that did not.

Then the pandemic crisis was joined by racial unrest. The killing by police officer of George Floyd, all but universally condemned, gave rise to weeks of massive protests about racial inequality that were generally peaceful, but sometimes marked by looting and destruction. A major debate ensued about what historical figures should be honored by statues.

My guess is that, even with an election, the second half of 2020 will be a bit quieter. The resurgent COVID virus is largely hitting a younger cohort, which should lessen some of its impact, and, even without a vaccine, therapeutic treatments for COVID patients have improved. I also think that the country may have reached its point of exhaustion on racial confrontation.

Obviously there is a question of how this crazy year will affect the election. President Trump will not be able to run on a currently strong economy and many people, including independent voters, believe that there has been too much drama and division during his presidency. On the other hand, Democrat Joe Biden will have to prove, at a minimum, that he is up to the job. Whoever wins will have to lead the country out of a difficult and unpredictable year.

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Garden City Real Estate Market Information

RECENT REAL ESTATE SALES IN GARDEN CITY

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

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Sold Price: $908,000

Date: 04/28/2020

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Total taxes: $21,985

Lot Size: .46 acres

MLS number: 3201218

Sellers Broker: Coach Realtors Fennessy Associates

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Sold price: $840,000

Date: 06/18/2020

3 bedrooms, 2 full baths

Total taxes: $12,373

Lot Size: 1471 sq ft

MLS number: 3202434

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Sold Price: $874,000 Date: 05/04/2020

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Total taxes: $15,056

Lot Size: .18 acres

MLS number: 3198088

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THE OFFICE CAT

Porch piracy

On June 24th a Stewart Avenue resident reported the theft of two packages from his front porch.

Downed wires:

On June 24th Garden City Police and Firefighters responded to 7th Street for downed utility wires. The Fire Department secured the wires and notified the responsible util ity company.

Protest march:

On June 25th Garden City Police provided traffic and safety details for a protest march in the Central residential and business districts.

Trespassing:

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Pedestrian hit

On June 29th

Garden City Police responded to Franklin Avenue and 14th Street for a report of an accident between a vehicle and a female pedestrian. The pedestrian was transported to Winthrop Hospital for an arm injury.

Check theft

On June 26th the Garden City Country Club reports youths trespassed on the golf course turning over tables and littering.

Light malfunction

On June 27th Garden City Police responded to Nassau Boulevard and Somerset Avenue for a traffic light malfunction.

Vehicle damaged:

A rear window to a vehicle parked on Andover Court was found damaged on June 27th

Burglar alarm

On June 27th Garden City Police responded to a commercial building for a burglary alarm activation where they found an open door. Officers checked the interior of the building and all appeared to be in order.

Stolen car

On June 28th Garden City Police stopped a 23 year-old Brooklyn driver on Tanners Pond Road for allegedly passing a stop sign. Upon investigation, police say they found he was was driving a Lexus reported stolen from Roslyn Heights on June 6th. He was charged with criminal possession of a stolen vehicle, unauthorized use of an auto, and unlicensed operation.

Blown transformer

On June 28th police notified PSEG to respond to Keenan Place for a power outage due to a blown trans-

On June 29th a resident reports two checks, mailed from an East Garden City mailbox, were intercepted, altered to a higher monetary amount, and cashed by an unknown person.

Window broken

On June 29th a rear window to a vehicle parked on Brixton Road was found shattered by unknown means.

Excessive speed

As a result of a traffic investigation on Clinton Road, on June 29th Garden City Police charged a 23-yearold motorist with driving with a suspended license, excessive speed, and unlicensed operation.

Gas odor

On June 30th Garden City Police responded to Edgemere Park for a report of a strong odor of natural gas. Upon investigation, it was determined the odor was a result of National Grid cleaning gas lines in the area.

Power line fire

Garden City Police and Fire departments responded to a power line fire on Laurel Street on June 30th

Kitchen fire

On July 1st police and firefghters responded to a Franklin Avenue restaurant for a small fire and smoke condition in the kitchen. Firefighters extinguished the fire and safeguarded the building.

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A 19-year-old motorist was charged with excessive speed (80 MPH) on Stewart Avenue on July 1st.

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EPOA Annual Meeting

scheduled for Monday, July 13

The annual meeting of the Eastern Property Owners’ Association (EPOA) will be held on Monday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the St. Paul’s Field House (see COVID-19 guidelines note below).

Come join the EPOA to hear updates on a variety of village matters from the East Trustees as well as from EPOA Officers and Directors. This will be the final meeting of the 2019-2020 term. In the event the meeting needs to be cancelled due to New York State requirements regarding gatherings, the EPOA will provide updates on its website (www.gcepoa.org).

At the July meeting, election of EPOA Officers and Directors for the 2020-21 term will be held.

Officer Nominees

President: Steve Ilardi, 139 Meadow Street;

Vice President: Jonathan Debrich, 90 Huntington Road;

Corresponding Secretary: Paul Dircks, 62 Saint James Street South; Corporate Secretary: Colleen Ciullo, 109 Huntington Road; Treasurer: Joe Courtade, 15 Kingsbury Road.

Director Nominees

Director nominees serving new three-year terms: Andrew de Lannoy, 5 Maple Street.

Director nominees serving new two-year terms: Spiro Dorizas, 29 East Drive; Shane Pomeroy, 32 Boylston Street; June Reiter, 38 Spruce Street; Lauren Scarantino, 17 Chestnut Street.

New director nominees serving one-year terms: Eric Breusch, 5 Beech Street and Jose Iudica, 50 Prescott Street.

All nominations were conducted in accordance with EPOA by-laws by the 2020 Director & Officer Nominating Committee.

Note: Chairs will be set up 6 feet apart and there will be a sign in sheet for the purposes of contact tracing. Unfortunately, there is no air conditioning in the Field House, so dress appropriately. The EPOA will do its best to provide a cool, breezy evening.

To learn more about the EPOA, how to become a member, upcoming events, and matters concerning the East, please visit us at our website (www.gcepoa. org), on Facebook (@GardenCityEPOA), on Twitter (@GC_ EPOA), and on Venmo (@GCEPOA).

Allen - Fowler Engagement

Bill and Karen Allen, residents of Garden City, are thrilled to announce the engagement of their son Billy Allen to Ava Fowler. Ava is the daughter of William Fowler of Nashville, TN, where Billy and Ava reside.

Billy is a graduate of Garden City High School and earned his college degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Billy is currently a captain in the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Campbell, KY. Ava was born and raised in Nashville and is a graduate of Belmont University with a BFA in Interior Design. She is currently a practicing commercial Interior Designer in Nashville.

The couple plans to wed in September 2021 in Nashville, TN.

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Ava Fowler and Billy Allen

Village Hall and administrative offices reopened for in-person inquiries and business on Monday, June 22. All full-time staff returned to on-site workplaces Wednesday, June 24. Office hours are between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Visitors are required to wear a face covering, maintain social distancing of six feet and sign in to a Visitor’s Log outside of the office they are visiting. Furthermore, while multiple people can enter Village Hall, only one person will be admitted into each office space at a time and are asked to abide by employee instructions. All of our buildings have been sanitized since the onset of the COVID-19 health pandemic. Additionally, proper personal protective equipment in the form of masks and gloves are provided on an as needed basis. All reception desks have been modified to include Plexiglass panels to alleviate physical contact between visitors and employees to further the effort to stop the spread.

insurance benefits on their behalf (the Social Security Department does not charge a fee for filing a claim); or

• File a claim in a crowded setting where someone may “shoulder surf” and steal your data by looking over your shoulder.

According to Commissioner Jackson the indications that someone has used your information to claim benefits include: receiving information in the mail from the Department of Labor about a claim you did not file, or your employer receiving notice of an unemployment claim filed in your name. All unemployment fraud should be reported since unemployment benefits are taxable income. If this happens to you, it means someone is misusing your personal information, including your Social Security number and date of birth. All victims should act promptly by following these steps that can help you protect your finances and your credit:

• Contact your employer’s HR Department;

Village Court Reopens

Village Court reopened Tuesday, June 30, 2020 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. for defendants to make payments and file paperwork. All sessions were canceled in March due to the COVID19 pandemic. Contact Village Justice Clerk Greg Cutrone at 465-4080 or gcutrone@gardencityny.net for more information.

ID Theft: Unemployment Benefits

The Garden City Police Department reports frauds emerging in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Imposters are filing claims for unemployment benefits, using the names and personal information of people who have not filed claims. It has been determined that some scammers are using information from old data breaches of private or government agencies. As of June 30, the Department has investigated 12 cases of this fraudulent activity. Commissioner Kenneth Jackson states claimants should never:

• Post screenshots of their claim or their claim status on social media;

• Provide their Social Security number or unemployment benefit claim number to people on social media who offer to help resolve their issues;

• Agree to pay a private firm or individual to file for unemployment

• Contact the NYS Department of Labor by calling (888) 209-8124 or emailing https://www.labor.ny.gov/ agencyinfo/report-fraud.shtm;

• File a police report with the Police Department;

• File an identity theft complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at www.FTC.gov;

• Report the activity to the credit bureaus (Experian, Equifax, Transunion), and place a fraud alert or credit freeze;

• Keep notes for future reference. If you get benefits you never applied for, report it to your state unemployment agency and ask for instructions. Do not respond to any calls, emails or text messages telling you to wire money, send cash or put money on gift cards. Government agencies will never tell you to repay money that way. Anyone who tells you to do those things is a scammer.

The Garden City Police Department’s Detective Division is working with the United States Secret Service in the investigation of fraudulent unemployment applications.

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Police Dept. mourns loss of Sgt. Terry Vafeas

Garden City Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson regretfully announces the passing of Teresita (Terry) Vafeas on June 6, 2020. Terry

was a former longtime Garden City resident who was a volunteer member of the Special Police for 20 years, having joined the Department in 1999.

Terry attained the rank of Sergeant with the Garden City Special Police and also served as their Secretary. She was devoted to providing service to the residents of the Village of Garden City and spent many hours on traffic details for holidays and special events, and patrolling fairs.

“She was a fixture every year at the Garden City Fire Department’s Fire Prevention Day, as well as the Belmont Fair, Homecoming Fair and Memorial Day Fair,” Commissioner Jackson said.

SPO Captain David Carpentier added, “Terry was a beloved member of the Special Police. She enjoyed conducting traffic details, most especially at St. Anne’s Sunday Mass where she made many friends.”

“Terry was a cherished member of the Department and we are praying for her family and loved ones during these difficult times,” Commissioner Jackson said.

THI S WEEK AT ROTARY

Security Expert Reports

On June 22, Reynaldo Tariche, SVP and Security Officer for Flushing Bank who served for 27 years as an FBI Special Agent, opened up the world of security at a Zoom meeting for members of the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club. Mr. Tariche was the first guest speaker to present virtually at the Club’s regularly scheduled Monday meeting.

Fielding a series of questions on scams and various other security issues, Mr. Tariche’s comprehensive presentation included a series of tips relative to security, advising that we should all keep vigilant.

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“Be ever careful about the information you provide on the internet,” said Mr. Tariche.

He reported that ID theft is a huge problem. Criminals can steal your personal information, open new accounts, get payday loans – even file tax returns in your name. He said that he had researched many protection plans, but had settled on LifeLock as his preference. “Shred everything,” Mr. Tariche urged – Criminals can rummage through discarded documents and bills. “Be vigilant!”

In answer to the Club’s invitation return, Renaldo Tariche promised to re-visit the Club in person down the line – when the Club resumes lunch meetings at the Garden City Hotel.

Michael Genova, AVP and Garden City Flushing Bank Branch Mgr., also joined on Zoom to speak of security experiences within the bank.

Relative to tax payments, he advised that to avoid fraud, taxes should be paid early. “Don’t wait until the deadline!” (The Garden City Branch is a corporate member of the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club. Thomas Kane, Flushing’s Premier Banker, is our Club’s treasurer.)

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Inducts Diane Pacifico Marmann

In the year 1913, Rotary International designated the end of June as the end of the Rotary year at which time a new club president is elected and inducted to begin a new one-year term as of July 1 of the current year.

So, at the end of this Rotary year, outgoing president of the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club, Joseph Packard, Esq. was honored to pass the virtual gavel to incoming President Diane Pacifico Marmann, Esq, at our Zoom meeting on June 22.

Diane is a two-time past president of the Club and served as vice president, 2019-2020 term. She is an active member of Rotary District 7255 and serves as treasurer of the RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) Committee.   She also served as a former Assistant Governor.

An attorney in private practice in Mineola NY, Diane Pacifico Marmann graduated with a BA from the University of Richmond and a JD from St. John’s School of Law. Her primary fields of practice are Real Estate, Matrimonial Law and Estates and Wills.

Additionally, Diane is house counsel for the Cultural Arts Playhouse (CAP) and has been directing, stage managing and acting at CAP for over 18 years. She currently runs the Children’s Theater program at CAP providing many young children with their first theater experience.

Diane is married to Peter Marmann. They are the proud parents of Samantha and Michael. (Diane’s father, Charles Pacifico, had served a term as Club president in l977-1978. A highly active Rotarian, Charles (Chuck) Pacifico has been fondly known as “Mr. Rotary.”) Diane and Club members acknowledged Joseph Packard for his dedication to the Rotary mission and for his year of high accomplishment.

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John "Jack" Bingham

John "Jack" Bingham, of New York, NY, passed away in his 87th year. He was predeceased by his wife of 47 years, Eileen Mooney, in 2007. He is survived by his wife, Mary, his five children: William (Karen), Peggie (Thomas), Daniel (Jacqueline), Theresa (Christopher), and John (Christine) as

well as thirteen grandchildren and his sister Jean Zegger of Schenectady.

Jack, known for his engaging wit and warm spirit, served in the United States Navy and graduated from Fordham University before staring his distinguished career in the municipal bond business. He served as President of the Municipal Bond Club from 1989-1993 and retired from Oppenheimer in 1993 as teh Head of Municipal sales and trading.

A passionate supporter of Irish reunification, he was proud of his Irish and French heritage. Given the gift of gab, he could captivate all with his stories and quips. He enjoyed a life well lived and well loved and embodied the motto of "Je ne regrette rein." He was warm and funny and a wonderful man who will be missed by all who knew him.

A private wake was held on June 25th at Fairchild Sons Funeral Home with a memorial service to be held at a future date.

In lieu of flowers the family requests any gifts of condolences to be made in his memory at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation: www.JDRF.org

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Angela (Ann) D’Addario

D'Addario, Angela (Ann) of Garden City, NY, died June 9, 2020 at the age of 93.  Her final days were spent at home in hospice care surrounded by her family.

Ann, the sixth of eight children, was born September 20, 1926 in New York, NY, daughter of the late Rose and Frank DiGeorgio. She graduated as valedictorian of the Wadley High School class of 1943, a tremendous accomplishment as she had begun her education only speaking Italian. After graduation, while working for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, she pursued her lifelong interest in interior design by taking courses at Columbia University.

Ann married the love of her life, the late Daniel J. D'Addario on October 15, 1950. They shared 62 years of marriage, living in Franklin Square before making their home in Garden City since 1968.

Ann, always a loving and proud mother, is survived by her sons, Robert and his wife Rosalyn of Commack, NY, and Dr. Peter D'Addario and his wife Susan of Farmington, CT, and her daughter Susan D'Addario and her wife Janet Dolan of New York, NY. Ann also leaves her cherished grandchildren, Amy and husband Sam DePaola, Matthew, and Amanda D'Addario; Jane and husband Jonathon Lecznar, Daniel D'Addario and husband Jacob Schneider, and

Emily and wife Miranda D'Addario. In her final year she was blessed with great-grandchildren, Owen P. Lecznar and Cleo D'Addario, and anxiously awaited the arrival of baby DePaola, due this August. Grandma was a blessing to her grandchildren, always celebrating their accomplishments with great pride, never missing a birthday phone call, and always making sure family dinners ended with favorite desserts and a fun, competitive game of cards.

Ann was predeceased by sisters Filomena DiGeorgio, Mary Costello, Ida Luisi, and brothers Nicola and Joseph DiGeorgio. She also leaves her sister Elvira Todisco and brother Rudy DiGeorgio, along with many special nieces and nephews, close family members, and very dear friends.

Ann's life was devoted to her family, and she helped to establish many lasting traditions. Warm and festive holiday parties, annual summer vacations to Pine Lake Manor in the Catskill Mountains, and Sunday dinners with family were among her favorites. Beyond her family, she was a dedicated member of her local Roman Catholic parish and took great joy in helping others. Her love of community also extended to the card table: With her sharp wit and strategic mind, Ann was a lifelong lover of games, but became an especially passionate bridge player. She was awarded Life Master certification by the American Contract Bridge League, a rare accomplishment. Ann will be remembered for her class, kindness and endless generosity, and was loved by all who knew her.

The family would like to thank Ann's niece, Rosalie Rosa, for being a constant companion over the last several years, and aides Samantha and Tricia for their devoted care. Their efforts allowed our mom to stay at home, and we are most grateful.

Services were held on June 12th, at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Garden City, followed by interment at St. Raymond's Cemetery, Bronx, NY. Memorial donations may be sent to the Arthritis Foundation New York, 122 E. 42nd Street #2315, New York, NY 10168 or www.arthritis.org/donate.

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IN MEMORIAM

Kenneth Frank Mara

Kenneth Frank Mara passed peacefully after a four year battle with brain cancer on June 23, 2020 at the age of 62. He was the former owner of GC Alarm and World Wide Security.

He was the beloved husband to Patricia; dearest father and best friend to Jack and Kylie; devoted brother to Bruce.

He was predeceased by his parents Alice and Frank; survived by his aunt Rosalie Jahelka, cousins Gina Mormile and Bob Jahelka, mother-in-law Margaret Garvey, brother-in-law of John Garvey (Arlene), Ellen McGovern (Kevin), James Garvey, Maureen Peyrot (Anthony), William Garvey (Teresa), Stasia Pearson (Christopher) and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral arrangements entrusted to Fairchild Sons Funeral Home, Garden City.

A Funeral Mass was said on Wednesday, July 1st, 9:45am, at Saint Joseph's Church, Garden City.

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Maria Pesce

Maria Pesce was born in Monte di Procida, Naples, Italy on December 23, 1941 and died at home surrounded by her loved ones on June 28, 2020.

At the age of 16, she emigrated to the United States where she met her husband of 52 years, Vito.  Together, they had two loving children, Frankie and Stefanie.  Maria was also blessed with two adoring grandchildren, Cristian and Roman.

Maria had a passion for spending time with her family, cooking, and gardening.  She was always known for her beauty, grace, great taste, and impeccable sense of style.

She was a doting wife, and a mother with an endless amount of love for her children.  She adored her grandchildren, and reveled in being their 'Nonna'.

She will be deeply missed by all and will forever be in the hearts, thoughts, and prayers of her loved ones.

May she rest in peace, and may perpetual light shine upon her.

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Graduation at GC Community Church Nursery School

This year's graduation at Garden City Community Church Nursery School was unlike any other! The school was able to have a 'curbside' graduation. The children received their certificates, had

their pictures taken, and received some treats as they were cheered on by their teachers and families. It was a happy day for all!

The GCCCNS said goodbye to longtime teacher Janet Rosano, who retired this year.

The Fruzzetti family celebrating their graduate.

Another happy graduate under the beautiful balloon decorations.

Cruise the Erie Canal by Self-Skippered Canalboat

BY KAREN RUBIN

If you want to see how America came to be, travel along the Erie Canal. A marvel of engineering when it was opened in 1825, the canal, which spans 353-miles from Albany to Buffalo, creating a water highway for commerce from the Midwest through New York City to the rest of the world, remains a dazzling achievement. But it was also the artery and an engine for invention, innovation, economic development, and ultimately social and political movements. It is marvelous to bike the Erie Canalway (Parks & Trails NY does an annual 8-day, 400-mile Cycle the Erie supported camping trip and several bike tour companies offer inn-to-inn bike trips), but to really get the sense of it, float along the canal, tying up at the small towns and major cities that the canal birthed.

A few years ago, I had that opportunity, and in this time when people are shunning cruising because of the coronavirus pandemic but embracing RVs, renting your own self-skippered, specially-designed Lockmaster canal boat offers the best of those worlds.

The company has made accommodations for COVID-19 – sanitizing the compartments so that there is a tape over them until the passengers arrive; cooking utensils and “hard goods” are taken off after each trip, sanitized and provided to guests in a sanitized tote on arrival.

The orientation is still done on the

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water – the guide wears mask and gloves – to take you through one of the canal locks (thrilling), but the orientation that would have been done in the cabin is now offered by video.

Bikes are still provided but they are taken off te boat after each cruise, sanitized and replaced for each trip.

This part of New York State is already in Phase 4 – meaning that there is indoor and outdoor dining (with social distancing), many of the museums and attractions have reopened like the George Eastman Museum and the Strong Museum (with limits on capacity). In the var-

ious canal towns, you won’t have any trouble finding groceries or restaurants. And New York State has been successful containing the spread of illness and turning from the worst infection rate to the lowest in the country.

I am at the helm of a 41-foot canal boat, a boat so enchanting and lovely, it turns heads and evokes waves, smiles and snapped photos as it chugs pleasantly along at a top speed of 6 mph.

From this vantage point, I can appreciate what a marvel of engineering, of grit and ingenuity the Erie

Canal was, the vital role it played in the United States’ emergence as an Industrial giant in the 19th century and a dominant economic power in the 20th century.

There is no place in the United States like the Erie Canal, and no experience like having your own self-skippered canal boat - our floating home for the week - and a bicycle with which to explore the towns that were literally birthed by the canal. And to a New York City kid, seeing this bucolic countryside is a revelation. (“This is New Yawk!”)

There are 16 lift bridges on the Erie Canal, all of them in the west, and we come upon the eastern-most one on our first day, at Fairport.

We have been instructed on the etiquette of using the radio to ask the lock tender to lift a bridge or open a lock. Some are covered by operators handling multiple bridges, so you might be told to standby and wait for the operator to get back to the bridge. (take note of the hours of operation – westward from Macedon toward Buffalo, the locks are open 7 am to 10 pm; eastward to Lake Oneida in Syracuse (the boats do not go all the way to Albany), the lifts operate 7 am to 7 pm).

Setting off on our first morning, I have rarely felt that exhilarating sense of being so fancy free - to not have a set itinerary or schedule or even know where I am going, but to have the power and ability just go where your curiosity leads.

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major character - in this travel epic is the Erie Canal, itself. The historic markers we come upon as we explore the canaltowns are like chapters in the story, and as our trip unfolds, our appreciation of what the canal was, what it represented, and the impact it had, grows.

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Redditors Asked Carrie These Financial Questions. Can You Relate?

BY CARRIE SCHWAB-POMERANTZ

Dear Readers: Recently, I did my first ever Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA). I was really excited about it, and not just because my kids are Redditors who constantly seek and give advice on the channel. I wanted to have a real-time discussion with people about something that’s weighing heavily on everyone’s minds: how to manage your personal finances during times of crisis.

I had a lively two-hour chat with the Redditors and answered about 40 questions on topics ranging from what to do with stimulus money to advice for new investors to suggestions for recent grads entering the job market during turbulent times to whether I prefer burgers or burritos. It was so much fun, and I hope I offered some actionable advice and helped calm a few fears.

I want to extend that conversation to my “Ask Carrie” readers, too, so here are some questions I didn’t get a chance to answer during the live event. Curious about what else people were asking. You can check out the full Reddit AMA conversation here.

Three New Questions About Managing Money Today

1) “What would be the best place to park my emergency money? I was thinking of splitting it between a money market fund and a high-yield savings account. I need high liquidity, although I won’t need the money for 2-3 years when I plan to purchase a second-hand car. What are your thoughts?”

You actually have two issues here: where to put your emergency fund and how to save for a short-term goal. While they may seem similar on the surface, you really should look at each pot of money differently.

An emergency fund needs to be

safe, available immediately and only used if you’re in a jam -- like a job loss or health issue. Ideally, it should be enough to cover three to six months’ essential expenses and kept in a separate account, preferably an interest-bearing checking account, a high-yield savings account or a money market fund. Once it’s there, don’t touch it until you absolutely need it.

When saving for a goal like a car, it depends on your time frame. Any money you’ll need in three to five years shouldn’t be in the stock market, so you’ll want to be conservative here, too. But you have a few more options. A high-yield savings account or money market account is one choice. You might also consider CDs or a short-term bond fund, which would give you increased liquidity and possibly a bit more of a return -- with a little more risk if rates increase, and interest rates are pretty low across the board right now.

But no matter where you put this money, the most important thing is to keep the two pots separate. Then you can relax knowing you’re likely covered in case of the unexpected -- and you can look forward to buying that car when the time is right.

2) “Where should a couple in their mid-30s with two young children and a higher than average mortgage put any extra income? We’re looking to invest any savings into something more lucrative for our future.”

Before we get into investing possibilities, let’s talk a bit about your mortgage. Since you say it’s higher than average, you might consider using some of your extra money to pay it down more quickly. Or you may do well by refinancing since interest rates are at historic lows. That could save you on interest and help free up more money every month, which you could then in-

vest for your future. Consider how long you plan to stay in the house and the refi costs.

As for investing opportunities, before you do anything else, both of you should make retirement a top priority by contributing to a 401(k) or IRA. (Be sure to contribute enough to a 401(k) to capture the maximum employer match.) If you have that covered, you might look into your eligibility for a health savings account (HSA), which is a tax-advantaged way to save and invest for health care costs today and tomorrow.

Then there’s the kids’ educations. You could set up a 529 account for each and make regular contributions to get a jump on college. All of these opportunities combine potential growth with tax advantages -- great for the present and the future.

3) “My job is considered essential so I’m still working and able to pay my bills. Because I have fewer expenses right now, I actually have some money saved for the first time. How should I go about investing it for the future? I’ve always been a paycheck-to-paycheck guy and don’t have anything saved for retirement (I’m 31). Not sure how to go about it after the stock markets have crashed.”

I’m glad you mentioned retirement because that’s exactly where you should begin. If your company offers a 401(k), start contributing at least enough to get any company match. A 401(k) is an easy way to start investing and makes saving and investing automatic. At your age, I’d target saving at least 15% (including employer match) and avoid being too conservative with your investments. You have time on your side.

With the money you’ve saved, I’d make sure you have an emergency fund to cover three to six months of neces-

sary expenses (see question No. 1) before focusing more on retirement saving above any match. If you don’t have a 401(k), I’d recommend opening an individual retirement account (IRA) and setting up regular monthly payments to it from your paycheck.

You can do this through a bank or brokerage company. You’ll have to choose your own investments, but fortunately, many broad-based mutual funds and exchange-traded funds give you a simple, low-cost way to begin investing in stocks, bonds and other asset classes. There are plenty of reliable websites that give details on funds, including performance and fees, and let you comparison shop.

And don’t be too focused on the current stock market. Successful investing is about staying in it for the long term. At your age, retirement is a long way off, so you likely have plenty of time to ride out market ups and downs. In fact, when you’re trying to “buy low, sell high,” it can be better to invest after a market decline. But the most important thing is to get started.

I hope to do more Q&As in the future. Let me know what’s on your mind!

Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, Certified Financial Planner, is president of the Charles Schwab Foundation and author of “The Charles Schwab Guide to Finances After Fifty.” Read more at http:// schwab.com/book. You can email Carrie at askcarrie@schwab.com.

The information provided here is for general informational purposes only and is not intended to be a substitute for specific individualized tax, legal or investment planning advice.

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Here’s to a summertime that’s uniquely different

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

Baking a Few Favorite Things

I’ve been indoors a lot more recently and one of the places I’ve discovered is my happy place in the kitchen doing some baking. I grew up baking with the women in my family - with my mother and grandmothers. Not all at the same time of course but for different occasions or even on days when we looked for something exciting to do. We liked rolling up our sleeves and creating something that later on everyone would enjoy. During this summertime season my family and I pulled out our favorite recipe for cinnamon rolls and went to work early in the morning when the birds were singing and before the day got too hot. We pre-heated the oven, mixed the ingredients in a bowl and rolled it into a rectangle on a floured cutting board. We poured on cinnamon, rolled it up like a jelly roll, sliced it into 12 pieces then baked on a cookie sheet for 10-12 minutes. The sleepyheads in my family enjoyed some cinnamon rolls for breakfast and later on we all had them for dessert.

The Advent of Air Conditioning

Willis Haviland Carrier invented the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. An engineer, in 1915 he founded Carrier Corp. which specialized in the manufacture and distribution of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.

Willis Carrier was born on November 26, 1876, in Angola, N.Y, the son of Duane Williams Carrier and Elizabeth Haviland. He studied at Cornell University, graduating in 1901 with a BSE degree.

In Buffalo, N.Y., on July 17, 1902, in response to an air quality problem experienced at the Sackett-Wilhelms Lithographing & Publishing Company of Brooklyn, Willis Carrier submitted drawings for what’s the world’s first modern air conditioning system. The 1902 installation marked the birth of air conditioning because of the addition of humidity control, which led to the recognition by authorities in the field that A/C must perform four basic functions: control temperature, control humidity, control air circulation and ventilation, and clean the air. (wikipedia.org)

After several more years of refinement and field testing, on January 2, 1906, Carrier, the “father of air conditioning,” was granted U.S. Patent 808,897 for an Apparatus for Treating Air, the world’s first spray-type air conditioning equipment. It was designed to humidify or dehumidify air, heating water for the first function and cooling it for the second.

Carrier died in New York City in 1950. At the time of his death he had received more than 80 patents over 50

years in the field of air conditioning and was given many awards. A widower, Willis Carrier and his wives who predeceased him are buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Buffalo, N.Y. Carrier had one child, Howard Carter Willis.

Making Some Hit Songs

It was June 1969 when Tommy James and the Shondells released “Crystal Blue Persuasion” as a single. The flip side of the record was titled, “I’m Alive.” A year prior the album called “Crimson & Clover” had it listed but it was a big hit as a single in 1969.

In a 1985 interview in “Hitch” magazine, Tommy James explained how he got the title of the song. “I took the title from the Book of Revelations in the Bible, reading about the New Jerusalem,” he said. “The words jumped out at me, and they’re not together; they’re spread out over three or four verses. But it seemed to go together, it’s my favorite of all my songs and one of our most requested.” The song became one of the biggest hits for the group, peaking at #2 on the Billboard Pop Singles chart for three weeks behind Zager and Evans’s single “In the Year 2525.” Some of the words from “Crystal Blue Persuasion” go:

“Look over yonder

What do you see?

The sun is a’rising

Most definitely

A new day is coming, ooh, ooh

People are changing

Ain’t it beautiful, ooh, ooh

Crystal blue persuasion …”

The group also released “Draggin’ the Line,” “I Think We’re Alone Now” and more.

Tommy James was born Thomas Jackson on April 20, 1947, in Dayton, Ohio. He was introduced to music at age three, when he was given a ukulele by his grandfather. An attractive child, he was working as a model at age four and he liked performing. By age nine he had moved to the next step in music, taking up the guitar, and by 1958, when he was 11, Tommy James began playing the electric guitar. In 1960, with his family now living in Niles, Michigan, 13-year-old James and four friends from junior high school - Larry Coverdale on guitar, Larry Wright on bass, Craig Villeneuve on piano and Jim Payne on drums - got together to play at dances and parties. This was the original lineup of the Shondells. They were good and eventually got noticed.

This singer, songwriter and collab-

orator also wrote an autobiography called “Me, The Mob and The Music.” (allmusic.com) Tommy James and his wife, Lynda, live in Wisconsin.

What a Sight - A Blonde Squirrel

It seems so unusual but a blonde-colored squirrel was seen in the summer in Enfield, Ct. My friend, Pat, was visiting friends and relatives in Enfield, which is just south of the Massachusetts state border, recently and as she pulled up to the boat launch at the Connecticut River she parked her car. Looking around at the pretty scenery, Pat noticed that there was no wind so the river water was calm. Looking around some more, she spotted a blonde squirrel. It was slowly walking along the grass at the base of a big, old tree. Surprised, Pat turned to reach for her camera but by the time she was ready to take its photo the blonde squirrel had scurried up the tree and disappeared.

A typical squirrel is gray all over. A blonde squirrel means that it has a less-than-normal amount of melanin, a pigment derivative of the amino acid tyrosine. Pat likes animals and wildlife so seeing that rare blonde squirrel was a real treat for her.

As I sit in front of my air conditioning listening to the Shondells and eating my cinnamon rolls, life is good.

BY TOM MARGENAU

Quick and Dirty Answers Lead to Confusion

As regular readers of this column know, every once in a while, I try to squeeze as many questions and answers as I can into one column. And several weeks ago, I did just that. But I knew ahead of time it would cause problems. Why? Because there can be so many “ifs ands or buts” associated with Social Security’s rules. And when I try to keep my answers short and sweet ... well, they may be short, but they are not always so sweet. I simply cannot cover all the variables that may pop up, and I can’t explain all the nuances to any given Social Security situation.

So, even though I broke a record by answering 16 questions in one column, the 16 answers I gave probably led to 160 more questions from confused readers. And here are some of them.

Q: In a recent column, you said that people could continue to get increases in their Social Security checks after age 70. But I thought the delayed retirement bonus you get for working beyond your full retirement age ends when you turn 70. So, what gives?

A: You are right about this “bonus” stuff. They are called delayed retirement credits, or DRCs. And you get a DRC equal to two-thirds of 1% for each month you delay filing for Social Security benefits after your full retirement age. That comes out to a 32% bonus if you wait until 70 to sign up for Social Security. And after 70, there are no more DRCs.

But I was talking about something else. There are more than a few seniors out there who continue working well beyond age 70. And depending on how much money they are making, those extra earnings added to their Social Security account could increase their monthly Social Security check. For example, I have a friend who is a doctor, and he is still practicing medicine even though he is 90 years old. And every year, he gets a little boost in his Social Security checks because of all the money he is still pumping into the system.

Q: A woman wrote to ask you if she could take benefits on her husband’s record first and then later switch to her own. You said she could not do that. But I beg to differ. Because I did just that when I signed up for Social Security several years ago.

A: I didn’t have the space in that prior column to explain there used to be a loophole in the law that allowed people to file for spousal benefits first and delay taking their own until a later date, usually at age 70, to get the delayed retirement credits referred to in the prior answer. That loophole closed on Jan. 2, 2020. You were lucky and turned 66 prior to that point so you jumped through the loophole. But everyone turning 66 after

Jan. 2, 2020, can’t do that. They must file for their own Social Security benefits first before they can consider filing for any extra benefits on a spouse’s record.

Q: In a recent column, you said the $255 Social Security death benefit is only paid to a surviving spouse. But that is wrong. When my mother died, she was already a widow, and I collected the $255 death benefit.

A: Your mom must have died a long time ago, because it was way back in the 1980s that they changed the law. Before then, the death benefit could be paid to any one of a whole list of approved family members or estate executors. But as a part of a package of cost-cutting Social Security reforms passed in 1983, they limited the payment of the measly little death benefit to a “spouse who was living with the deceased at the time of death.” It also could be paid to a minor child who is eligible for benefits on the deceased’s account.

Q: You recently said that someone who inherited a large amount of money would not lose their Supplemental Security Income. But I know that is wrong because my nephew, who has been disabled since birth and gets SSI, recently inherited $100,000 from his mother’s estate, and he lost his SSI check. Please retract your prior answer.

A: I don’t have to retract anything. But I do have to clarify that we are talking about two different programs. In that prior column, I told someone who was getting Social Security benefits that the inheritance he got would have no affect on his monthly Social Security checks. I went on to explain that Social Security is not welfare, so he could inherit a million dollars, and he’d still keep getting his benefits.

But your nephew is getting Supplemental Security Income. And unlike Social Security, SSI is a welfare program that pays a monthly stipend to poor people. But now that your nephew got that $100,000, he is no longer poor, so he no longer qualifies for any SSI (welfare) payments.

I’ve pointed out a thousand times in this column that many people confuse SSI with Social Security. They think they are the same thing. In fact, many people think SSI stands for “Social Security Income.” It does not. Supplemental Security Income and Social Security and two entirely separate programs with entirely different sets of rules and regulations.

Q: For a variety of reasons too complicated to explain here, I retired 10 years ago, when I was 52. I just turned 62 and filed for my Social Security. I have fibromyalgia and wanted to apply for disability, too, but I was told I couldn’t. Yet in a recent column, you told a guy with

heart problems who was about to turn 62 that he should file for both Social Security retirement and disability at the same time. So, did my Social Security office cheat me?

A: No, they didn’t cheat you. To get disability benefits, the law says you must have worked and paid Social Security taxes in five out of the last 10 years. It sounds like you haven’t worked and

paid taxes in any of the last 10 years. So, you simply are not eligible for Social Security disability benefits. But you still can get your retirement checks because that program doesn’t have the “five out of the last 10” rule.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Answers on previous page

Which is easier: buying a home to fit furniture, or furniture to fit home?

By the time you read this column we Realtors will hopefully be legally allowed to be out in force once again showing homes, condos, co-ops, and commercial properties with proper guidance and social distancing, with their masks and hand sanitizers in use as the “new norm. I also see the onslaught of willing and able purchasers and sellers being aware of their positions in being properly prepared by using the same precautions, staying as safe as possible to avoid any uptick in Covid-19 infections.

During the shutdown of any onsite real estate showings and only virtual tours or live open houses being allowed, the majority of buyers have been actively going online to view what is available and to possibly determine which ones they will put offers on once they have a physical viewing.

Inventory is currently at a 30 year low and finding your first time or dream home has had its challenges, especially since most are not purchasing based on virtual tours or videos. Those that are ready to pull the trigger are lining up at the starting line.

I predict that inventory will potentially decrease further since I am not sure what the mindset of sellers will be to put their homes on the market and have buyers come in to take a look. Until they see neighbors selling, then that might trigger the motivation to begin the process of de-cluttering, painting, fix-ups, etc, unless they have prepared while being at home.

I have conversed with many buyers

BY MARY HUNT

Sometimes, it’s the most unusual thing that turns out to be the magical solution for a household problem. Things like a hairdryer, a bottle of essential oil or a tube of toothpaste.

Dear Mary: We had a very bad, dark-pink 7-foot stain in our white fiberglass whirlpool bathtub from previous antifreeze winterizing. I’d tried many things to remove the awful stain, including baking soda, soft scrub, bleach, scrubbing bubbles and mildew stain remover.

I was about to give up and live with the ugly pink stain when I tried nongel toothpaste. It came off 100%! The tub is beautiful and sparkles again. I don’t know if anyone else might have this issue or a similar one, but I wanted to share this one with you. -- Gail

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

and there are those that have a lot of furniture and are searching for that home that they can fit it into or those that had bought new furniture before the pandemic and also want to find a home for their possessions. The problem is finding an adequate home with good “bones” that has a great location, decent schools, (if you have children), within your price point (assuming your budget hasn’t been affected by the pandemic) as your pre-requisite is challenging enough and now, in addition locating one that will work with your furniture.

Many times it is a very difficult decision, so I would advise that if all those parameters are non-negotiable, then my advice is to measure all your furniture’s height, width, and depth as I have seen a few do every once in a while and be prepared well in advance of going out (just like having the all critical lender’s letter in your possession). However, children (if you have any) are always more important than furniture, but there are situations where people treat their furniture like it is their children and will never give them up. I totally understand and I get it, but in this low inventory market, with what I believe will be a rush to a grab home, condo and coop, especially by those who will be exiting New York City, Brooklyn, Queens and other areas where people live in close prox-

imity together, time will be of the essence in finding your home and getting into contract. Many companies have come to the conclusion that employees and business owners in the tech and social media field no longer need to travel and be in an office space to work from and have become somewhat comfortable working from home. My daughter, her husband (consulting for a hedge fund) and my daughter-inlaw are prime examples of individuals working within major companies who have been told to work from home through the balance of 2020. There will be much greater competition from the limited supply of property so those that have cherished furniture and possessions that are adamant about finding that somewhat spacious and perfect home, my suggestion is to think twice about what is really crucial. Sit down a make a list of what is most important to you and your family. if you could see selling your current furniture as a tradeoff then visualize shopping for either new dining room or living room furniture, then just do it! I have seen those that have passed up great homes that I felt met the majority of my buyers’ “must-have” requirements, but, yes, the furniture wouldn’t fit exactly where they wanted it! I sympathize with them, but what’s worse, some come back and ask if the home, condo or coop were still available and most of the time the sad answer, was no! So

EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE

Great Reader Questions

Dear Gail: Wow, that’s amazing! Thanks for letting us know. For readers running for the toothpaste to treat their own similarly stubborn stains, let me caution to always test in an inconspicuous place to make sure you will not be making an already difficult situation even worse. That’s just a good idea. And, as always, I’d love to hear from anyone for whom this tip saves the day.

Dear Mary: I am the lucky recipient of a beautiful wood pub table. It has wax stuck to it from people blowing out candles on it. How do I fix this without scraping it with a knife? Thank you. -- Kathy

Dear Kathy: Try hitting it with the heat from a hairdryer set to low, and hold it there until you can gently peel the candle wax away with your fingers. Once removed, use a soft cloth to buff the area. Wax is good for furniture fin-

that is why I want buyers and sometimes sellers, who might be downsizing to think twice about their furniture to see if that is something that would prevent them from passing up a home that they truly fell in love with! However, there is a small minority that has plenty of choices because their checkbooks and qualifications are such that they can pick and choose the home that fits everything they need and want. With interest rates at 50-year lows, inventory still being very low and probably going lower and competition just might be heating up, will you let your furniture get between you and the home that you spent months or luckily even a short period of time in finding? Will it be easier to find a home for your furniture or finding furniture for a home that you love? The bottom line, the choice is always yours.

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 in Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute (G.R.I.) and also as a Certified International Property Specialist (C.I.P.S). Just email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your ideas and suggestions on future columns with your name, email, and cell number and he will call or email you back. For a consultation, he can be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions or concerns

ishes, so that should help it look even more beautiful!

Dear Mary: We’ve been putting money in a 529 plan for our daughter’s college education for the past several years. She recently told us she wants to attend beauty school instead. Now that the surprise has worn off, we’re concerned about penalties when we withdraw the money. How much will we lose, and is there any way to avoid it? -- Rebecca

Dear Rebecca: I’ve got great news for you! That 529 plan money can be used at any accredited trade or vocational school -- not only colleges and universities -- to pay for tuition, room, board, fees, books and supplies. If you have more in the account than the total cost of the vocational training and related costs, you can withdraw the balance. Federal law imposes a 10% penalty

on earnings for nonqualified distributions. This means that you will get back 100% of your principal and 90% of your earnings.

Another option is to change the beneficiary to another child or qualifying family member to keep the account going and avoid (or at least delay) taking nonqualified withdrawals if your daughter’s education doesn’t require those funds. Your particular fund may have additional provisions, so be sure to check with the fund manager.

You can learn more about 529 college savings plans at https://www.savingforcollege.com.

Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate.com, a lifestyle blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.”

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months and creates a seasonal project. If you are interested in joining, please email GCCraftClub@gmail.com.

Supper Club

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

Bowling Club

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

Bunko

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

Toddler Activities

A great way for you and your little ones to make new friends. Activities

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

Golf

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

Tennis

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

Want to join the fun and make a difference? We invite you to join the club! For just $37 a year, you will have access to lots of great events and many fun members-only clubs and events.  Complete the easy online membership form today at www.thegardencitywelcomingclub.org in the “Join” section of the website.

NOTICE OF FORMATION

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

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NOTICE OF FORMATION

Notice of formation of NHP 2020 LLC, a domestic LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 6/10/2020. N.Y. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as an agent upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC at 1551 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501. Purpose of L.L.C.: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION

Notice of formation of SEAVIEW TOWERS 2020 LLC, a domestic LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 06/17/2020. N.Y. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY is 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 at 1551 Franklin Avenue, Mineola, NY 11501. Purpose of LLC: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF FORMATION

NOTICE of the formation of ECreatives Consulting LLC. Articles of Organization were filed with the Secretary of State of New York, (SSNY) on 05/08/20. NY Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent upon whom process may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of the process to 574 Keller Avenue, Elmont, NY 11003 Purpose: To engage in any lawful act or activity.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC

LEGAL NOTICES

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 Wednesday, JULY 8th, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. via ZOOM to take action on the following matter:

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

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

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

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

1. cause the existing front yard setback of (21.02’) to be reduced to no less than (20.3’) where (25.0’) is required.

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

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

3. APPEAL OF BDSR CORP/ KURLANDER for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-7 , 200-29 and 200-62 , of the Village Code, so as to permit and maintain 605 sq. ft. of first and 755 sq. ft. of second floor accessory office

space, and 315 sq. ft. of second floor mezzanine storage space, at the existing tenancy know as SITE ONE LANDSCAPE SUPPLY, in a portion of the warehouse building known as 3 COMMERCIAL AVENUE (Map of Descriptive, Block D, Lots 17A, C-S district), the granting of which would; A. exceeded the maximum allowable accessory area of (403 sq. ft. or 10%) for the use, to be exceeded by (1,237 sq. ft.) (1056 sq. ft. or 36.17%) B. not provided (3) additional off-street parking spacesC. allow for the use as a wholesale landscape supply.

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

Note: said use has been constructed.

4. APPEAL OF CHERY FORKLIFT (NEWYORK) INC. for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-7, 200-29 and 200-62, of the Village Code, so as to permit the use of the existing warehouse building as an equipment dealer and utilize (4) four off street parking spaces for display, at the premises known as 61 COMMERCIAL AVENUE (Map of Descriptive, Block D, Lot 19) which would: A. cause a use other than storage in an (S) District~ B. not provide (5) off-street parking spaces.

Building Department application # 2019-7354.

Note: Said uses, and display are existing.

5. APPEAL OF 25 YALE STREET LLC. For a variance of provisions of Sections 20052, and 99-2.A of the Village Code, allowing for the issue of a permit to maintain 84.6’ of previously installed 6.0’ high wood fence, at the premises known as 25 YALE STREET (Map of Shaw Gardens, Block T, Lot 16, R-8 District), the granting of which would cause;

A. a fence to exceed (6’) in height where (4’) is permitted. B. (34.6’) of (6.0’) high fence to be as close as (30.0’) to Yale Street where (50.0’) is required. *Adjourned at the February meeting.

Building Department application # 2019-7296.

6. APPEAL OF MICHAEL & SUSAN MIRANDO for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-52.H of the Village

Code, to allow for the installation of a freestanding 110 gallon oil tank at the side of the existing dwelling known as 223 CLINTON ROAD (Map of Descriptive Property, Block D-6 Lot 2115, R-6 district) the placement of which would;

A. cause the required plot line setback for freestanding cooling equipment of (10.0’) to be reduced to no less than (8.4’).

*Adjourned at the February meeting.

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

7. APPEAL OF MUHAMMAD A MUZAFFAR for a variance of the provisions Sections 20052 of the Village Code issue a permit for 27.0’ of previously installed 4’ high white vinyl fence and the installation of an additional black fence in the two front yards of the corner premises known as 91 MEADOW STREET (Map of Garden City Lawns, Block 45, Lot 7, R-6 district), the erection of which;

A. has caused the ( 50.0’ ) required setback for accessory structures from Clinton Road, to be reduced to no less than (30.0’ ), with respect to the existing fencing.

B. will cause the ( 50.0’ ) required setback for accessory structures from Clinton Road, to be reduced to no less than (.08’), with respect to (96.0’) the proposed additional fencing.

C. will cause the ( 30.0’ ) required setback for accessory structures from Meadow Street, to be reduced to no less than (.08’), with respect to (88.0’) of the proposed additional fencing.

*Adjourned at the February meeting.

Building Department application # 2020-7462.

8. APPEAL OF THOMAS & JOANNE GORDON for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-47.2 & 200-52.H of the Village Code, so as to permit the reconstruction of an existing landing and steps, and to maintain the placement of (2) two previously permitted A/C compressors at the side yards of the premises known as 152 POPLAR STREET (Map of Garden City Lawns, Block 15, Lots 18, R-6 district) the granting of which would;

A. maintain the encroachment into the minimum (5.0’) side yard by the reconstruction of existing porch steps, to be no less than (3.43’) from the side plot line~

B. cause the required (10.0’) setback for freestanding cooling equipment to no less than (8.0’).

Building Department application # 2019-7378, Barbara Maiello Ruggiero R.A.

9. APPEAL OF RAEGAN MORGAN & CHRISTOPHER FONTE for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-15, 200.46.C & 200.52.A of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of a 219 sq. ft. second floor Clinton Road front, and 30 sq. ft. first floor side additions, a 108 sq. ft. portico and, (2) two 15 sq. ft. walkin Bay windows at the Brook Street front and 53 sq. ft. rear portico, and the placement of two A/C compressors, at the existing dwelling known as 98 BROOK STREET (Map of Garden City East, Block 111, Lot 9, R-12 district) the granting of which would:

A. reduce the required 60.0’ ft. minimum front yard setback to Clinton Road to not less than (56.4’) ft. with respect to the (219) sq. ft. second floor addition (where (56.4’) currently exists of which (22.4) sq. ft. encroach into the required front yard),

B. reduce the required (60.0’) ft. minimum front yard setback to Brook Street to not less than (49.1’) ft. with respect to the proposed (108) sq. ft. portico (where 53.2’ currently exists),

C. maintain the existing (13.5’) side yard setback where (15.0’) is required with respect to the (30) sq. ft. first floor side addition,

D. reduce the (60.0’) required setback for accessory structures to no less than (55.0’) for one A/C compressor. Building Department application # 2020-7506, Barbara Maiello Ruggiero R.A. 10. APPEAL OF ANITA ELISE ALMA for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-52.H of the Village Code, to allow for the permitting to maintain a previously installed A/C compressor (installed 1980), at the side of the exist-

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ing dwelling known as, 160 WETHERILL ROAD (Map of Country Life Development, Block J, Lot 182, R-6 District) the granting of which will;

A. cause the required plot line setback for freestanding cooling equipment of (10.0’) to be reduced to no less than (2.09’). Application # 2020-7507 survey & photographs filed with the Building Department.

11. APPEAL OF RAYMOND & HELEN MCCLEARY for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-15 and 200-52 of the Village Code, allowing for the amendment of a building permit to allow for the maintenance of an for an 50 sq. ft. deck and a 74 sq. ft. shed, at the rear of the existing dwelling known as 74 JEFFERSON STREET (Map of Stewart Manor, Block 17, Lot 4, R-6 District) the granting of which would;

A. cause the required rear yard setback of (25.0’) to be reduced to no less than (21.1’) with respect to the deck,

B. cause the required accessory structure property line setback of (3.0’) to be reduced to no less than (2.5’) to the rear and (2.7’) to the side for the shed.

Building Department application # 2020-7525, Emilio Susa R.A

12. APPEAL OF STEVEN AFFRONTI for a variance of the provisions of Sections 20015 of the Village Code, to allow for the amendment of a building permit for construction of a 170 sq. ft. screen porch at the rear, while currently erecting an 800 sq. ft. second floor side addition with 48 sq. ft. front portico, at the existing dwelling known as known as 25 HOMESTEAD AVENUE (Map of Shaw Gardens, Block 1, Lot 31, R-6 district) the granting of which would;

A. cause the required rear yard setback of (25.0’) to be reduced to no less than (20.7’) with respect to the proposed screen porch.

Building Department application # 2020-7547, plans by Thomas P. Domanico R.A.

13. APPEAL OF GREGORY & SUZANNE GENTILE for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-46 of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of a 29 sq. ft. front first floor and 1,374 sq. ft. second

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floor additions with a 147 sq. porch (while demolishing existing 575 sq. ft. ½ story & dormer), at the plot known as 31 ADAMS STREET (Map of Stewart Manor, Lot 21, Block 62, R-6 district) the construction of which would;

A. extend vertically the existing ( 5.9’ ) minimum side yard setback where (8.0’) is required.

B. extend vertically the existing 18.2’ aggregate of side yard setbacks where 20.1’ is required.

Building Department application # 2020-7462, plans of John J. Viscardi, RA.

14. APPEAL OF BALAZS SZABO for a variance of the provisions of 200-52 of the Village Code, to allow for the amendment of a mechanical permit to maintain the location of (3) three additional A/C compressors placed alongside a previously installed compressor (1989) and the maintenance of 46.9’of 4’ fence, the locations of which were permitted as an R-12 district, recently placed during the construction of a 46 sq. ft. first floor addition with 72 sq. ft. portico at the front, a 1,731 sq. ft. second floor addition, an 88 sq. ft. portico and 84 sq. ft. deck at the rear (while demolishing a 680 sq. ft. 1/2 story and 300 sq. ft. rear deck), at the existing corner dwelling known as 15 ST. JAMES STREET NORTH (Map of Garden City East, Block 133, Lot 10, R-20 district) the granting of such will; A. cause two of the three (3) newly installed compressors to be as close as (72.9’) to the Butler Place property line, where (80.0’) is now required~

B. allow (46.9’) of (4’) fence to be as close as (44.7’) to the St. James Street North property line, where (60.0’) is now required.

Building Department application # 2020-7552, Joseph M. Bello, R.A.

15. APPEAL OF CAROL & ROBERT KERLER in accordance with the provisions of Section 200-52.A, of the Village Code, to allow for the issuance of a permit for the installation of a 42.0’ ft. of Green chain link fence and (2) two gates, at the corner premises known as 101 NEWMARKET ROAD (Map of Garden City Estates,

Block 20, Lot 33, R-8 District), the granting of which would cause;

A. allow the encroachment of a (40.0 ft.) section of fencing and gate to be as close as (32.0’) from Roxbury Road, where (50.0 ft.) is required.

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

16. APPEAL OF BARRY TROTZ & KIMBERLY PROKOPCHUK-TROTZ for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-46 of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of a 70 sq. ft. rear first floor addition, at the premises known as 61 TRANSVERSE ROAD (Map of Mineola Gardens, Lot 28, Block 45, R-6 district) the construction of which would;

A. extend horizontally the existing (5.0’) minimum side yard setback where (8.0’) is required.

B. maintain the existing (15.2’) aggregate of side yard setbacks where (18.0’) is required.

Building Department application # 2020-7493, plans of Daniel Fabrizi, RA.

17. APPEAL OF BRUNO & SUSAN BAUER for a variance of the provisions of Section 200-15, 200-46.C & 200-52.H of the Village Code, so as to permit the erection of an 81 sq. ft. one story rear addition, and the relocation of an existing A/C compressor, at the premises known as 81 GARFIELD STREET (Map of Shaw Gardens, Block N, Lots 15, R-8 district) the granting of which would;

A. reduce the required (25.0’) rear yard setback to not less than (23.6’)~

B. extend the existing aggregate (16.25’) of side yard setbacks by (6.0’ ) to the rear where (18.0’) is now required~ C. cause a freestanding A/C compressor to be no less than (8.5’) to a plot line where (10.0’) is required.

Building Department application # 2020-7584, Daniel Fabrizi, R.A.

18. APPEAL OF 71 ROXBURY ROAD LLC. for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-15 and 200-46.C of the Village Code, so as to permit in a R-8 district, the minor sub-division of the existing 12,000 sq. ft. premises known

as 71 ROXBURY ROAD (Map of Garden City Estates, Block X, Lot X, R-8 District) into two (2) equal plots of 6,000 sq. ft. respectively, and maintain an existing 1 family dwelling (while demolishing a 220 sq. ft. one story side portion and 200 sq. ft. rear deck) whichA. on each plot would;

1. cause the ( 75.0’ ) required plot width to be reduced to no less than (60.0’) -

2. cause the required plot area to be reduced from (7,500 sq. ft.) to (6,000 sq. ft.).

B. would create a non-conforming dwelling that will;

1. exceed the allowable building area of (1,500 sq. ft. or 25.0% by 129 sq. ft.) (1,629 sq. ft. or 27.1%),

2. maintain the (20.5’) front setback of the existing portico from Roxbury Road, where (25.0’) is required,

3. maintain the existing (4.6’) minimum side yard where (8.0’) is required.

Building Department application # 2020-7548, presented by Craig G. Biscone, Esquire.

19. APPEAL OF JOHN & BRITTA GARCIA for a variance of the provisions of Sections 200-3 and 200-15, of the Village Code, so as to permit a minor sub-division of the existing 56,172 sq. ft. plot into two (2), a 30,013 sq. ft. improved and a 26,159 sq. ft. unimproved plot, at the premises known as 107 ROCKAWAY AVENUE (Map of Garden City Central, Block 49, Lots 1-2, R-20 district) the granting of which would;

A. reduce the required (125’) minimum plot width to not less than (12.5’) at the required (50.0’) setback.

Building Department application # 2019-6688, presented by Craig G. Biscone, Esquire.

END OF CASES

The Board may transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting.

DATED: June 24, 2020 Garden City, New York 11530

Karen Altman Village Clerk

The Incorporated Village of Garden City does not discriminate on the basis of disability for admission to, access to, or participation in its pro-

grams, 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:

WEDNESDAY,

JULY 21ST 2020

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Medical Services for Volunteer Fire Department and Employees of Incorporated Village of Garden City

The Incorporated Village of Garden City is soliciting proposals from medical service providers for the Volunteer Fire Department and employees of Incorporated Village of Garden City. A copy of the proposal questionnaire may be obtained via download from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

This proposal questionnaire will be listed under the Agency Name of:

Inc. Village of Garden City or via request from: Incorporated Village of Garden City, Attn: Courtney Rosenblatt, Village Auditor, 351 Stewart Avenue, (516) 465-4006, crosenblatt@gardencityny.net. Receipt of responses are due NO LATER THAN 4 PM EST ON AUGUST 5, 2020.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO:

THE PURCHASING DIVISION Incorporated Village of Garden City

351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00 A.M. EDT, WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2020 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following:

BOARD ROOM DIGITAL DISPLAY SYSTEM

Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of:

Inc. Village of Garden City

Rosemary Monahan Purchasing Agent

Dated: July 3, 2020

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO:

THE PURCHASING DIVISION

Incorporated Village of Garden City

351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530

between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00

A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following:

COMMINGLED AND PAPER RECYCLING

Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of:

Inc. Village of Garden City

Rosemary Monahan Purchasing Agent

Dated: July 3, 2020

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO:

THE PURCHASING DIVISION

Incorporated Village of Garden City

351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530

between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00

A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following:

CURB, SIDEWALK & ROAD IMPROVEMENTS CONTRACT 2020/21

Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of:

Inc. Village of Garden City

Rosemary Monahan Purchasing Agent

Dated: July 3, 2020

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO:

THE PURCHASING DIVISION Incorporated Village of Garden City

351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530

between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00

A.M. EDT, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2020 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following:

VILLAGE BUILDING AND VEHICLE CLEANING SERVICES

Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address or you may download the bid specifications from the New York State Contract Reporter website at the following web address: https://www.nyscr.ny.gov/ contracts.cfm

This bid specification will be listed under the Agency Name of:

Inc. Village of Garden City

Rosemary Monahan

Purchasing Agent

Dated: July 3, 2020

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The Kordes K orner

John Ellis Kordes

PhotograPhy history

On September 11, 2003 this monument was dedicated on the Village Green near the Gazebo by Village Hall. I photographed that ceremony attended by many who lost loved ones on that horrific day in 2001. The names of Garden City residents lost that day are remembered here. Tomorrow is July 4th - America’s Independence Day. It should serve as a reminder of our founding fathers who risked everything to create a new nation the likes of which the world had never seen before or since. Within the Declaration of Independence signed on that day in 1776 are these words, “We hold these truths to be self evident that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

The freedoms and opportunities the United States has provided to its citizens since July 4, 1776 have been taken for granted too often by way too many. Also, these freedoms are often attacked by those who hate. We saw that on September 11, 2001 and we must never forget that throughout our country’s history there have always been those who want to destroy us. Eternal vigilance is the price of being free.

It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults at the Library

Imagine Your Story! Tweens and Teens

Summer Reading Club 2020

Registration is underway for the Tweens and Teens “Universe of Stories” Summer Reading Club! Once you signup, you can submit raffle entries for each book you read online (www.gardencitypl.org). Tweens and teens who submit one raffle entry will have a chance to win one of this year’s raffle prizes. Each raffle you submit is an entry toward this year’s Grand Prize: Airpods! The more books you read and the more reviews you enter, the more chances you have to win!

This year’s raffle prizes include: $50 Gift Card to Amazon; $50 Gift Card to Starbucks; $50 Gift Card to GameStop; $50 Gift Card to TCBY; $50 Gift Card to Dunkin Donuts; $50 Gift Card to Target; plus a $50 Barnes and Noble gift card will be awarded to the tween or teen who reads the most books!

Registration is ongoing until Monday, August 3 and is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. Reviews must be submitted no later than Tuesday, August 4.

You can also submit a completed Tweens and Teens Summer Reading Club Bingo Card online on our website (www.gardencitypl.org) for your chance to win one of our Mystery Prizes! You can find more information by visiting our website (www. gardencitypl.org) or visiting our social media pages: Facebook: www. facebook.com/GCPLTweensTeens and Instagram: www.instagram.com/ GCPLTweensTeens.

Imagine Your Story! Tweens and Teens

Creative Arts Contest

The theme for this year's Summer Reading Club is Imagine Your Story, so be the creator of your own story by entering our Tweens and Teens Creative Arts Contest! There will be two categories for the Contest: Writing and Art. Tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 can submit up to 3 entries per category. There will be a winner for each category. Each winner will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

Submissions are accepted online at www.gardencitypl.org. The deadline to submit is Friday, July 24. Winners will be announced on Thursday, August 6. Artwork or writing may be used on our Facebook or Instagram pages.

Tweens and Teens

Dungeons and Dragons

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tweens and Teens Dungeons and Dragons. During the month of July, shape your character and your story and learn how to play the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons by participating in our weekly Dungeons and Dragons Meet-Up. Beginners are welcome!

The program will be held on the following Thursdays in July at 3 p.m.: July 9, 16, 23, and 30. Each session will be approximately an hour and a half long. The first session was held on July 2. This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registrants will be signed-up for all sessions in July. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen Kahoot Trivia:

Books and Movies on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Kahoot Trivia: Books and Movies on Monday, July 6, 4–4:40 p.m. Test your knowledge of books and movies as we play Kahoot trivia! To participate, you will need a computer or laptop that allows a split screen option or two devices, one to run the Zoom app and one to run the Kahoot app. This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

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

Adoption Boards for Shelter Pets with Theresa Maritato

Join us for a virtual program, Adoption Boards for Shelter Pets with Theresa Maritato on Monday, July 6, premiering at 7 p.m.! Gather up your craft supplies and learn from Theresa Maritato how to make adoption boards for shelter pets in this prerecorded video! This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video will premiere on our website beginning July 6 at 7 p.m. on our website here: https://www.gardencitypl.org  and will be available from the premiere date until August 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Teen Mad Libs on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Mad Libs on Tuesday, July 7, 4–4:40 p.m. Grab a paper and pen and then join us as we play Mad Libs! This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen Crafternoon on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up Teen

Crafternoon on Wednesday, July 8, 4–4:40 p.m. Gather up whatever art supplies you have at home and then join us as we work on art together while chatting! These programs are for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in these virtual programs. Registration began on Tuesday, June 30 for the July 8 program. Registration will begin Tuesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. for the July 29 program. Registration ends two hours before the start of each program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of each program.

One Bowl Italian Bread with the Baking Coach

Join us for a virtual meet-up, One Bowl Italian Bread with the Baking Coach on Wednesday, July 8, premiering at 7 p.m. Gather up your cooking supplies and learn from the Baking Coach how to make Italian bread in this prerecorded video! This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video and recipe will premiere on our website beginning July 8 at 7 p.m. on our website here: https:// www.gardencitypl.org and will be available from the premiere date until July 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Vegetable Garden for Teens with Chris Buchman

Join us for a virtual program, Vegetable Garden for Teens with Chris Buchman on Thursday, July 9, premiering at 7 p.m. Gather up your supplies and learn from the science teacher Chris Buchman how to make your own vegetable garden from vegetables you have at home in this prerecorded video! This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video will premiere on our website beginning July 9 at 7 p.m. on our website here: https://www.gardencitypl.org and will be available from the premiere date until August 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Yoga for Teens with Cindy Valentine

Join us for a virtual program Yoga for Teens with Cindy Valentine on Friday, July 10, premiering at 3 p.m. Grab your yoga mat and get a workout with Cindy Valentine during a yoga class in this prerecorded video!

This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video will premiere on our website https:// www.gardencitypl.org beginning July 9 at 7 p.m. and will be available from the premiere date until August 30. This pro-

gram has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Teen Pictionary on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Pictionary, on Monday, July 13, 4–4:40 p.m. Grab a paper and pen and then join us as we play Pictionary! This program is for tweens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. We will be using Zoom video conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Unicorn and Mermaid Scrubs with Theresa Maritato

Join us for a virtual program, Unicorn and Mermaid Scrubs with Theresa Maritato, on Monday, July 13, premiering at 7 p.m.! Gather up your craft supplies and learn from Theresa Maritato how to make unicorn and mermaid scrubs in this prerecorded video! This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video will premiere on our website beginning July 13 at 7 p.m. on our website here: https://www.gardencitypl.org  and will be available from the premiere date until August 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tween Kahoot Trivia on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tween Kahoot Trivia on Tuesday, July 14, 4–4:40 p.m. Test your trivia knowledge as we play a few rounds of Kahoot! To participate, you will need a computer or laptop that allows a split screen option or two devices, one to run the Zoom app and one to run the Kahoot app. This program is for tweens entering Grades 4-7 in Fall 2020 only and is a joint program with the Tweens and Teens Department and Children’s Department. We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl. org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen Title Swap on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Title Swap on Wednesday, July 15, 4–4:40 p.m. Grab Talk about the books you’ve been reading, get recommendations for books to read during the rest of the summer, and talk about what other media you’ve been enjoying this summer, including movies, TV series,

It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults at the Library

videos games, and more! This program is for tweens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 7 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen Kahoot Trivia: Disney on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up Teen Kahoot Trivia: Disney on Monday, July 20, 4–4:40 p.m. Test your knowledge of all things Disney, including Disney Animation, Disney Channel Original Movies, Pixar, Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as we play Kahoot trivia! Did you participate in our Disney Kahoot Trivia in May? No worries - this program will feature all new questions! To participate, you will need a computer or laptop that allows a split screen option or two devices, one to run the Zoom app and one to run the Kahoot app. This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only.

Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 14 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

One Bowl Pizza with the Baking Coach

Join us for a virtual meet-up, One Bowl Pizza with the Baking Coach on

Wednesday, July 15, premiering at 7 p.m. Gather up your cooking supplies and learn from the Baking Coach how to make pizza in this prerecorded video!

This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video and recipe will premiere on our website beginning July 15 at 7 p.m. on our website here: https://www.gardencitypl. org and will be available from the premiere date until July 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Kitchen Chemistry for Teens with Chris Buchman

Join us for a virtual program, Kitchen Chemistry for Teens, with Chris Buchman on Thursday, July 16, premiering at 7 p.m. Gather up your supplies and learn from science teacher Chris Buchman how to do experiments and activities with what you have at home in this prerecorded video!

This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020, but can be viewed by all ages. The video will premiere on our website beginning July 16 at 7 p.m. on our website here: https://www.gardencitypl.org and will be available from the premiere date until August 30. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Teen Advisory Board Meeting

The next meeting of the Teen Advisory Board is Tuesday, July 21, 4–4:40 p.m. The meeting is for Tweens and Teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020. We will be using Zoom Video Conferencing for this virtual program. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www. gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 14 at 10 a.m. Registration

DWI Initiative: Fourth of July

In a joint effort to stop impaired driving, prevent injuries and save lives, the Garden City Police Department has announced that along with various other police departments throughout Nassau County, it will be participating in the “DWI Crackdown” Enforcement Initiative targeting Intoxicated and Drugged Drivers. The Nassau County Traffic Safety STOP DWI Program, the Governor's Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC), and the New York State STOP DWI Coordinators Association is funding the Fourth of July initiative.

This American holiday is also one of the deadliest holidays of the year due to drunk-driving crashes. Over the 4th of July holiday period in 2018 (6:00 p.m. July 3 to 5:59 a.m. July 5): 193 people died in motor vehicle

ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

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

Teen Creative Writing Workshop on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Creative Writing Workshop on Wednesday, July 22, 4–4:40 p.m. Bring your favorite snacks and your creativity as we bounce off ideas, work on writing prompts, and share our writing! This program is for tweens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. Please register via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 14 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Teen Scattergories on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Teen Scattergories on Monday, July 27, 4–4:40 p.m. Bring your favorite snacks and play a few rounds of Scattergories! Registrants should have paper and a pen/pencil with them. This program is for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2020 only. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl.org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before

the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Tween Title Swap on Zoom

Join us for a virtual meet-up, Tween Title Swap on Tuesday, July 28, 4–4:40 p.m. Talk about the books you’ve been reading and get recommendations for books to read during the rest of the summer! This program is for tweens entering Grades 4-7 in Fall 2020 only and is a joint program with the Children’s Department. Please register via Eventkeeper  (www.gardencitypl. org) to participate in this virtual program. Registration begins on Tuesday, July 21 at 10 a.m. Registration ends two hours before the start of the program. Registrants will receive an email with the login information to Zoom 1 hour before the start of the program.

Tweens and Teens Weekly Social Media Challenges

Each day on our Facebook and Instagram pages, the Tweens and Teens Department will post a new challenge or activity for you to complete during the week! If you participate in the challenges, earn community service credit by submitting it (or taking a photo of whatever you make to submit) here https://www. gardencitypl.org/social-media-submission/. Not all submissions will be used on our social media and no submissions including photos of people are allowed.

Email Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at https://www. gardencitypl.org/young-adult-department/contact-the-young-adulttweens-teens-department/ to be put on the Tweens and Teens Garden City Public Library email list and receive announcements about upcoming virtual library programming for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12.

crashes. Forty percent (78) of those fatalities occurred in alcohol-impaired crashes.

Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson said, “During this initiative, July 3, through July 5, 2020, Police Officers will be assigned to monitor the Village’s roadways, strictly enforcing all DWI laws.”

The GTSC and the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation remind motorists that their "Have a Plan" mobile app, is available for Apple, Android and Windows smartphones. The app enables New Yorkers to locate and call a taxi or rideshare service and program a designated driver list. It also provides information on DWI laws and penalties and a way to report a suspected impaired driver.

Free digital streaming service Hoopla now offered by Library

The popular on-demand film streaming service Hoopla digital is now available for free through the Garden City Public Library. With Hoopla digital, Library cardholders can access over 750,000 titles, including audiobooks, eBooks, comics, music, movies and TV. Content can be streamed from any computer, television, mobile device or platform by downloading the hoopla digital app for iOS, Android, AppleTV, Chromecast or Roku. To get started, download the Hoopla app or go online to hoopladigital.com.

Hoopla allows patrons to instantly

borrow audiobooks, ebooks, comics, music, movies and TV for free with the power of their Library card. The Hoopla digital collection includes popular movies, newly released albums, New York Times bestselling titles, and exclusive STEAM educational content. Visit the Garden City Public Library’s website www.gardencitypl.org to learn more about this exciting new, on demand free service. A valid library card is required to use this new digital service.  If you don’t have one, apply for digital access today at http://nassaulibrary.org/digital-card-application.

How to Request Books

The Garden City Public Library is taking steps to resume lending materials at the Library in the next few weeks.  The Administration is overseeing cleaning and maintenance, while the staff is ordering supplies and learning new safety procedures. Contactless delivery procedures are being established and will begin as soon as possible.

Patrons may begin to request print books housed in the Library and requests will be fulfilled when contactless delivery begins. Requests for print books may be submitted by calling the Reference Desk at 516-7428405. Requests can also be emailed to https://www.gardencitypl.org/speaking-of-books/. Reserves can be placed online by patrons at http://encore. alisweb.org/. There is no interloan service available at this time. Patrons are encouraged to use the Nassau Digital Doorway at https://nassau.overdrive. com/ to download ebooks and digital audiobooks on the Libby app.

Library cards that previously needed to be renewed before December 31 have been renewed until December 31, 2020. Digital library cards are available to Garden City residents who do not have valid library cards to allow them to utilize the Library’s digital collection, the Nassau Digital Doorway, and online services. Apply for digital access today at http://nassaulibrary.org/digital-card-application . Digital cards can be converted to a valid Garden City Library card upon the Library’s reopening.  Please see the Library website www.gardencitypl.org  for information about how to apply for a card and for updates on reopening.

Coffee Chat via Zoom: Best of Summer

Enjoy your morning coffee with Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett on Zoom on Wednesday, July 15 at 9:30 a.m. to find out the hottest summer reads of 2020. The Librarians will present the Best of Summer with recommended reads in every genre for you to escape with on this summer’s staycation. Online registration on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) is underway and closes on July 14 at 1 p.m. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link and login on the afternoon of July 14.

Staff Picks

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

Speaking of Books

more book recommendations by following the Library’s Facebook page.

As the Page Turns with Librarian Laura Flanagan

Two New June Titles

“The Lost Diary of Venice” by Margaux DeRoux (Released on June 9, 2020) Two impossible love stories are fatefully connected by one artistic legacy in a stunning debut that leaps between the mysteries of late-Renaissance Venice and the dramas of present-day a.m.erica. DeRoux’s scintillating debut draws inspiration from a 16th-century work of art criticism by the Milanese painter Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo. A richly detailed page-turner shadowed by one of history’s darkest times, “The Lost Diary of Venice” weaves a heartbreakingly vivid portrait of two vastly different worlds— and two tales of entrancing, unrelenting love .

“The Hardest Job in the World: The American Presidency” by John Dickerson (Released on June 16, 2020) Imagine you have just been elected president. You are now commander-in-chief, chief executive, chief diplomat, chief legislator, chief of party, chief voice of the people, first responder, chief priest, and world leader. You’re expected to fulfill your campaign promises, but you’re also expected to solve the urgent crises of the day. What’s on your to-do list? Where would you even start? What shocks aren’t you thinking about? From the veteran political journalist and“ 60 Minutes” correspondent, a deep dive into the history, evolution, and current state of the a.m.erican presidency—and how we can make the job less impossible and more productive.

Up for Grabs by Librarian Martin

Bowe

Two Recent Releases.

“Tombstone: The Earp Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride From Hell”  by Tom Clavin (Released on April 21, 2020)   Tom Clavin has authored “Dodge City” and “Wild Bill” and now completes  his  trilogy of  the Old West with “Tombstone”. This mining town  became a source of money and of misdeeds. Over 100 cowboys -- a derogatory term at that time -- terrorized the Arizona Mexico border with murderous drunken brawls, cattle rustling, and stagecoach robberies. Clavin gives us an expository collation of the life and times of politicians,newspaper men , ranchers, and gunmen, and, of course, those gamblers and lawmen, the Earp Brothers. These factors led to the confabulation at the O.K. Corral and further vengeance. After Virgil Earp was maimed and Morgan Earp was murdered, Wyatt Earp led a quasi-legal posse to avenge his brothers.

Clavin ends with an impressive epilogue.

“Broken” by Don Winslow (Released on April 7, 2020) Don Winslow has authored 21 crime novels and has had many of them optioned by such filmmakers as Ridley Scott, Michael Mann, Oliver Stone, and Martin Scorsese. Since many of these linger in development hell, Winslow has cleverly written this collection of six  crime novellas which read like screen treatments. Winslow does a mashup of his previous fictional  characters now put into new situations. “Broken” serves then as a nostalgic joy for his growing fans and as  an impetus for newcomers to search out Don Winslow’s backlist.

Bookmarked by Librarian Ann Garnett Two June Fiction Titles.

“Her Last Flight: A Novel”  by Beatriz Williams (Released on June 30, 2020) The beloved author Beatriz Williams returns with a remarkable story of a lost pilot and a wartime photographer.  In 1947, photographer and war correspondent Janey Everett arrives at a remote surfing village on the Hawaiian island of Kauai to research a planned biography of forgotten aviation pioneer Sam Mallory, who joined the loyalist forces in the Spanish Civil War and never returned. Obsessed with Sam’s fate, Janey has tracked down Irene Lindquist, the owner of a local island-hopping airline, whom she believes might actually be the legendary Irene Foster, Mallory’s one time student and flying partner. Foster’s disappearance during a round-theworld flight in 1937 remains one of the world’s greatest unsolved mysteries. At first, Mrs. Lindquist denies any connection to Foster. But Janey informs her that the wreck of Sam Mallory’s airplane has recently been discovered in a Spanish desert, and piece by piece, the details of Foster’s extraordinary life emerge: from the beginnings of her flying career in Southern California, to her complicated, passionate relation-

ship with Mallory, to the collapse of her marriage to publishing scion George Morrow. The duel between the two women takes a heartstopping turn. To whom does Mallory rightfully belong? Can we ever come to terms with the loss of those we love, and the lives we might have lived?

“The Black Swans of Paris” by Karen Robards (Released on June 30, 2020) Paris, 1944. Celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse’s position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance.When her estranged mother, Lillian de Rocheford, is captured by Nazis, Genevieve knows it won’t be long before the Gestapo succeeds in torturing information out of Lillian that will derail the upcoming allied invasion. The resistance movement is tasked with silencing her by any means necessary—including assassination. But Genevieve refuses to let her mother become yet one more victim of the war. Reuniting with her long-lost sister, she must find a way to navigate the perilous cross-currents of Occupied France undetected—and in time to save Lillian’s life. For fans of “The Nightingale”, “The Women in the Castle” and “The Lost Girls of Paris”, this exquisite novel illuminates three women’s strength, courage and capacity for unconditional love.

Readers Advisory Services

While the Library is closed,  Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett continue to provide readers advisory services to patrons through their email Speaking of Books at http://www.gardencitypl.org/speaking-of-books/ . You can  “talk” about books with the Librarians or ask for recommendations in your email. If you want to go “beyond the book'', the Librarians can also provide readalikes, author background and interviews, book reviews, or details about upcoming virtual author events through  their email.

News From the Children’s Room

Fourth of July

It’s the Fourth of July ---  a time to celebrate our independence, and the birth of America.   We have a lot to celebrate this year, as always, but this year is just that much more special.  Don’t forget to  use your library card, and go to nassau.overdrive.com  or use the Libby app  to read an ebook. About the holiday. Recommended titles include:

“Capital Mysteries: Fireworks at the FBI!” by Ron Roy  https://nassau.overdrive.com/nassau-gardencity/content/media/255429

“Independence Day: Holidays and Celebrations” by Ann Heinrichs  https://nassau.overdrive.com/ nassau-gardencity/content/ media/1307222

“Independence Day:  Celebrating Holidays” by Rachel Grack  https:// nassau.overdrive.com/nassau-gardencity/content/media/3368531

Summer Has Begun

The Summer Reading Club is underway. Registration has begun for both the preschoolers (ages 2½–5, not yet in kindergarten), known as the Unicorns, and the Dragons - Grades K-5!  Register online on Eventkeeper. Don’t forget to check the Library’s website  www.gardencitypl.org  for upcoming zoom programs and recorded programs.

Virtual Summer Reading Club  “Imagine Your Story”

Summer Reading Club registration is online on Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org) and began   June 15 and continues through August 3.   You will need to print out the Activity Sheet.  Every time you read a book, or have a book read to you, a review form should be submitted to the Children’s Room at (https://www.gardencitypl.org/ contact-the-childrens-librarians/).  Review forms will be available online.  We will be having a live drawing for the three grand prizes on August 6.   One grand prize will be awarded for Preschool, Grades K-2 and 3-5.  Check the Garden City Public Library website www.gardencitypl.org and the Garden City Library Childrens Room Facebook page  for updates and additional programs.

Virtual

Programs for  Preschool-Grade 5)

Most taped virtual programs will offer multiple viewing opportunities after the premiere date.

TEENS & TOTS STORYTIMES

(Ages PreK – 6) (Live on Zoom)

All at 1:30 p.m.   Join us as our Teens from the Young Adults Department, read to the Tots!  (Registration is required on Eventkeeper).

Mondays (7/6, 7/13, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3)  &

Registration open for “Best of Summer” reads with Librarians

Summer’s here! The idea of a "beach read" might feel a bit different in summer 2020, whether you are planning on  relaxing at a beach, social distancing in a park, or enjoying the comfort of your living room couch. Summer is the peak season for entertaining fiction, swoon-worthy romance, hair-raising psychological thrillers, and the kind of escapism stories that can carry you away from wherever you are.

Enjoy your morning coffee with Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett on Zoom on Wednesday, July 15 at 9:30 a.m. to find out the hottest summer reads of 2020. The Librarians will present the Best of

Wednesdays (7/8, 7/15, 7/22, 7/29, 8/5)

LIVE ANIMAL SHOW WITH JASON (Virtual)

Tuesday, July 7 at 7 p.m.

SCIENCE WITH CHRIS BUCHMAN (Virtual)

All at 11 a.m/, Thursdays (7/9, 7/16, 7/23, 7/30)

STORYTIME YOGA FOR PRESSCHOOLERS (Virtual)

Friday, July 10 at 11 a.m.

Page Turner Adventures

Page Turner Adventures presents a new program everyday from  Monday-Friday until August 21. No registration is  required. See Library website and Eventkeeper for additional details. Each day focuses on different events - Monday is Show Day, Tuesday is Project Day, Wednesday is Author Illustrator Day, Thursday is Tween Day and Friday is Special Guest Day!  Each program starts at 12 p.m.

Grades K - 5

Registration for the Virtual  Summer Reading Club The Dragons on Eventkeeper at www.gardencitypl.org , started on Monday,  June 15 at 10 a.m.  Print out the activity sheet and do some fun activities.  Fill out a Reader Review Card online every time you read a book.  At the end of the Summer Reading Club, a Grand Prize will be awarded in a lottery-style drawing,  Remember the more you read, the better chance of winning!

PAGE TURNER ADVENTURES

Monday – Friday at 12 p.m.

Summer with recommended reads in every genre for you to escape with on this summer’s staycation. Online registration on Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org)  closes on July 14 at 1 p.m. Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link and login on the afternoon of July 14. Questions? Email the Librarians at https://www.gardencitypl.org/speaking-of-books /.

This virtual program will be held via Zoom, a virtual conference platform.  Please download the free Zoom app in advance. You can participate on your phone, iPad, or computer. For more information on Zoom, visit their website at zoom.us.

IMAGINE YOUR STORY

CREATIVE ARTS CONTEST

Monday, June 15–Friday, July 24. Write your own story using your creativity and imagination and enter to win a prize!(Grades 4 & 5 only).

LIVE ANIMAL SHOW WITH JASON Tuesday, July 7 at 7 p.m.

LET’S TALK ABOUT BOOKS! What have you been reading?  What’s your favorite book? What do you recommend?  Registration required on Eventkeeper for both  starting Tuesday, June 23 at 10 a.m.

Entering 2nd Grade - Tuesday, July 7 at 2 p.m.

Entering Grades 3-5 - Tuesday, July 14 at  2 p.m.

TRAVELING LANTERNS –MYSTERY SHOW

Tuesday, July 21 at 7 p.m. Solve a mystery with the world’s most famous detective -Sherlock Holmes!

SCIENCE WITH CHRIS BUCHMAN

All at 11 a.m.,  Thursdays (7/9, 7/16,7/23, 7/30)

PAINTED ROCK TUTORIAL WITH SHIRLEY RUBY

Thursday, July 9 at 1 p.m.

YOGA

Friday, July 10  at 1 p.m. – Grades K-2; 2 p.m. – Grades 3-5

Tweens

Join us Live on Zoom, Tuesdays -  (July 14 & July 28)  at 4:00 p.m. for the following fun programs:

TWEEN KAHOOT TRIVIA - July 14

TWEEN TITLE SWAP  – July 28

Registration is required, on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Additional information is available there as well.

Mindful Eating Workshop via Zoom Through the Library

Join Nicole Borukhov, MS, RDN, CDN from Cornell Cooperative Extension Nassau  for a virtual presentation and discussion via Zoom video conferencing on Mindful Eating on Thursday, July 9 at 7 p.m. Fostering a healthy relationship with food begins by looking inward and answering the question, “Why do I eat?” We want to understand our eating patterns without placing judgment and be able to balance eating for nourishment and eating for enjoyment. This class focuses on mindful eating and will offer strategies to be more thoughtful about when, what, and how much we eat. This workshop will also allow an opportunity to ask questions of the presenter.

All are welcome to attend this informative health workshop through the Garden City Public Library. Register online with your email address on Eventkeeper beginning Friday, June 26 at 10 a.m. Registration closes on Thursday, July 9 at 1 p.m. Registrants will receive an email with the Zoom link and log in during the afternoon before the program. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Library.

This virtual program will be held via Zoom, a virtual conference platform.  Please download the free Zoom app in advance. You can participate on your phone, iPad, or computer. For more information on Zoom, visit their website at zoom.us.

Library begins contactless express pickup service

The Garden City Public Library began contactless EXPRESS Pickup service for patrons to request and schedule pickup of materials housed in the building this week.  This service will be offered initially Monday through Friday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Please note the Library will be closed on July 3 for Independence Day holiday.

Patrons with a valid library card may reserve materials by phone, in the online catalog or through a form on the website. Only materials in the Garden City Library building will be available at this time. There is no interloan loan service. There may be limits on the number of  some types of items to be borrowed. All regular loan rules will apply to items borrowed through EXPRESS service. When the materials are ready, patrons will be offered a two hour window for contactless pickup outside the Library.

The Library Board and Director are continuing to implement reopening schedule plans and will reintroduce services based on public health conditions, building safety, staffing, and support service.  During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Library’s most important priority is to prevent the spread of the virus and to protect the health and safety of Library users and Library employees.  At the present time, the Library has taken the following steps to reintroduce services:

• Intense cleaning and preparation of the building and systems for employee and public safety;

• Coordinating workforce return and health screening guidelines with

the Village staff efforts; and

• Implementing  contactless pick-up of library materials.

During the pandemic, due dates on borrowed materials prior to the Library's closing had been extended until September 1, 2020.  Both Library book drops remain closed. Library cards that need to be renewed before December 31 have been renewed until December 31, 2020. Digital library cards are available to Garden City residents who do not have valid library cards to allow them to utilize the Library’s digital collection, the Nassau Digital Doorway, and online and virtual services. Apply for digital access today at http://nassaulibrary.org/digital-card-application. The Library’s digital resources are available 24/7 with a valid library card.

All programs in the library building are cancelled until further notice. Though the building is closed, the Garden City Public Library is providing the community with information, education, and entertainment through its website, its Facebook pages, and virtual programs for adults, teens and tweens and children.

The Library will continue to work with the Village to ensure the safety for Library employees and visitors and to provide excellent library service. Check the Library's Facebook pages or the Library's Calendar of Events on the website www.gardencitypl.org frequently for updates on reopening services and for information on the Library’s online resources, services and virtual programs.

Yoga for Adults of All Levels

Start your morning with yoga! Join Dorothy Mandrakos via Zoom on Tuesday mornings July 14, 21 and 28 at 9:30 a.m. Come enjoy Forrest Yoga which focuses on strength, breath, integrity and spirit.   This one hour yoga class is for adults of all levels. Please have a mat, water and access to a wall or chair available.

Register online on Eventkeeper at www.gardencitypl.org  using your email address for all three sessions beginning Monday, June 29 at 10 a.m. Registration closes at 5 p.m. on Monday July 13.

Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link and login on the evening before the program. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. All are welcome!

Please download the free Zoom app in advance. You can participate on your phone, iPad, or computer. For more information on Zoom, visit their website at zoom.us.  Registrants will receive an email with Login information to the Zoom meeting on the evening before the event.

Virtual Art Lecture: Jasper Johns

Art Professor Germano to Give

Retrospective on Jasper Johns

Join Professor Thomas Germano at a virtual art lecture on Jasper Johns via Zoom on Thursday evening, July 23 at 7 p.m. with the Garden City Public Library. Jasper Johns is an important and influential American artist, who at 90, is showing no signs of slowing down. Johns’ work employs painting, sculpture, drawing, and prints, spanning a 65-year period. This fall 2020, The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art, in NYC will stage a simultaneous retrospective of Johns’ career in the two museums. Inspired by the artist’s long-standing fascination with mirroring and doubles, the two halves of the exhibition will act

as reflections of one another. Professor Thomas Germano will present a visual lecture about the art and the life of this famous contemporary artist. All are welcome to register online using an email address on Eventkeeper beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, July 6. The online registration closes on July 23  at 1 p.m.  Registrants will receive an email with Login information to the Zoom meeting on the afternoon of the program. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Library.  This virtual program will be held via Zoom, a virtual conference platform.  Please download the free Zoom app in advance. You can participate on your phone, iPad, or computer. For more information on Zoom, visit their website at zoom.us.

Do local sightseeing

with the Savvy Sightseer

Letterboxing: Looking for Long Island's Hidden Secrets

Join the Savvy Sightseer for some local virtual sightseeing on Tuesday, July 7 at 7 p.m. on the Garden City Library’s Facebook page or website www.gardencitypl.org. During this time of social distancing, letterboxing is an excellent activity for people who enjoy being outdoors or like a puzzle to solve. All around Long Island, people have hidden beautifully carved stamps for you to find and solve with crafty clues and then add the images to a logbook. Along the way, you will discover some of the many wonderful parks, preserves, beaches, and places you may have already passed by unaware of  in the days of racing from one town to another. These offer you true stop-and-smell-the-roses opportunities to learn more about your

local surroundings. Since many boxes are hidden a little off the beaten path, social distancing is easy to maintain.

Spend a half hour with the Savvy Sightseer learning about letterboxing, a fun and basically free hobby, and then go  to see some of the great sights on Long Island. During the program, you will visit Wantagh, Plainview, Farmingville, Shirley, Huntington, Stony Brook and Smithtown.

This recorded program is open to all and will debut on July 7 at 7 p.m. on the Library’s Facebook page and website but you may view the presentation at your leisure at any time on the website. It will remain available to view in The Virtual Library. This virtual event  is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

GCHS student shares music with seniors

During the coronavirus shutdown, Molly Madigan thought about how lonely residents of nursing homes must be. They weren’t able to spend time with their families or have visitors.  She decided to do a bit of research on the effects of music on senior citizens.

She found that there are many health benefits associated with music, from improved memory to stress relief, motivation, and even decreased pain from chronic illness.

Listening to music can prevent

increases in heart rate and blood pressure, and decrease levels of cortisol–all biological markers of stress.

Something as simple as listening to music can so dramatically improve your quality-of-life.

With music being her passion and knowing how comforting it can be, she decided to make a virtual concert to share with others.

Prior to putting this video together, Molly contacted several nursing homes and Alzheimer centers to see if this

would be something they might be interested in sharing with their residents. They were beyond excited to have this and couldn’t wait to share it.

Molly then got busy contacting many of her Garden City classmates asking them to submit a video if they were interested. Since this is a worldwide pandemic, she also reached out to her overseas friends from the music program that she attended last summer in London to include them in this virtual concert.

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doing more than just voicing their concerns. A bad situation to be sure, but the costly lesson is you’re better off being ostracized by the group than going to jail for murder while watching a man being strangled to death on your watch.

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation in public places and banned employment-discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. It is one of the crowning legislative achievements of the civil rights movement. Monuments of Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Grant and Roosevelt are being vandalized and torn down for questions of their character. History does not go away because statues are torn down or books are burned. Ignorance of history and holding people from 500 – 100 years ago to today’s societal norms is a disservice to the March of Freedom in 1963 and the overall achievements of imperfect men. By faith, I believe there was only one perfect man and he was crucified. You cannot change history but you can learn from it and strive to build a more perfect Union.

Riots, looting and confrontations with police do not reflect the spirit and the power of MLK whose adherence to peaceful protests moved public opinion for the betterment of ALL. The pervasive presence of opportunistic groups like the Socialists and hippies whose goal is not civil rights but chaos, discord, and weakening the social ties that bind us together as a free society. Karl Marx characterized these forces as fellow travelers but also useful idiots… a cautionary tale.

Pray for our police. They are here to serve and protect us. They are a necessary part of our stable society and deserve respect and protection themselves.

As for Black Lives Matter, let us cast a vision of hope. Let us find where hope exists and highlight it. Hopelessness makes people go silent. Despots sow

seeds of hopelessness to divide us and take power. In a vacuum of leadership people try to lead themselves. The word divide comes from the word devil, and so does despots. Our media is dividing us. Black America does not hate the police. Police don’t look to engage in brutality, in fact police brutality is down something like 70% over the past fifteen years.

Protests are a sea of humanity where people come together to unify the divided. If you ever go to a protest you will see, after the first half hour of speeches, people hang out and chat. Don’t take the rhetoric personally, don’t be defensive. Take a charitable view.

“Man’s worst enemies, the state of want (for food and shelter etc.) that many suffer and live through every day, but most especially, the self-imposed ignorance of this state of affairs, the ignorance in which man chooses to live his life. Man must wake up and see what is needed by others and the part each individual can play to ease the pain and suffering of his fellows.” wrote Charles Dickens in his “A Christmas Carol” December 19, 1843.

The fact that I can quote an Englishman, whose people starved, killed and tortured my ancestors forcing them to seek refuge anywhere they could, and truly find hope and empowerment in his words, coupled with the fact that America is now allies with our WWII enemies Germany and Japan, and the fact that the separate but equal provision in the United States Constitution was overturned by the Supreme Court in 1954 in Brown vs Board of Education all point to what is best about America.

E Pluribus Unum, From Many One. Diversity, it is what makes America the greatest country in the history of the world. Let’s forgive each other, come together to beat Corona Virus and work together to protect the planet for our children.

Contact Dan McCarthy at gctowncrier@ gmail.com

Molly is proud to say this was a successful endeavor and has shared this with nursing homes on Long Island and upstate NY.

This virtual concert of the arts is a true example that music is the “Universal Language”.

You can enjoy this virtual concert of the arts at:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-oAnPVvi7g

A.T. Stewart Consignment Shop

BY MELISSA JAEGER

Independence for All

We’re getting OUR independence back! Stores are re-opening and restaurants are now open for outdoor AND indoor dining. Just in time for July 4th! That means lots of barbecues and socially-distanced get-togethers! In need of a hostess gift? We have a wonderful selection of fun placemats – paper and laminated. Designs include the American flag, flip flops, watermelons, beach scenes, and more. What a different and useful gift! And very reasonably priced. We still have a supply of round glass ornaments – some with flags, others with local lighthouses. If you’re going to the beach, get your beach hat or canvas tote bag.

Thank you to our loyal customers who came to the Shop last week to shop, to consign and to drop off food donations for The Inn. We are so happy to be back in the Shop! And thank you for your patience and continued patronage! Be patient with us, as we attempt to keep you – and us – safe with sanitizing protocols and social distancing rules. Remember: wear your mask. We’re wearing ours. If we ask you to use the hand-sanitizer or gloves, please realize it’s done to keep all of us safe. Not sure if we’re open? Check for the “OPEN” flag on the front porch of the Museum.

For those unfamiliar with the Exchange Consignment Shop, we are housed in The Garden City Historical

Society Museum on 109 Eleventh Street (in the basement of the building). We sell all kinds of consigned items, including but not limited to jewelry, china and crystal, lamps, furniture, silver, paintings and collectibles.

Right now, we could use a few small pieces of traditional furniture, particularly small tables, and, small desks and bookcases. If you have such items, email photos (include sizing info) to store@atstewartexchange.org.  We are now accepting consignments Wednesday through Friday 11:00am –2:00pm (15-minute intervals) by appointment ONLY. We take these measures to safeguard our customers and our volunteers. Please be sure your items are cleaned and polished items, ready for sale.

Continue to shop, at the click of a button, via • the tgchs.org website (where we have a link to our online store)

• our online store at: stores. myresaleweb.com/at-stewart-exchange.

Remember: all proceeds from the Consignment Shop support the maintenance and upkeep of our TGCHS Museum. Work on the outside of the Museum has resumed, so don’t be deterred by the crane on the property. Your determination will be rewarded! The A.T. Stewart Consignment Shop is located at 109 Eleventh Street.

Shop Hours: Tues–Fri: 10:00–4:00; ] Sat: Noon–4:00

For more information. please call (516) 746-8900.

Molly Madigan

Board approves additional funds for water, St. Paul’s

valves actually shut off water to Maria Lane in addition to the water tower. We had to relocate those valves to inside Maria Lane to just isolate the valves for the tower,” DiFrancisco said nearly 11 months ago.

Acceptance of the Well No. 9 maintenance bond on June 18 guarantees for one year the completed work from the date of acceptance (through June 18, 2021).

A change order was approved for the new signage residents can see up at Village Hall, with the project part of this fiscal year’s capital budget. Vendor Berkshire Sign Studio of Bennington,

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Vermont submitted a change order of $1,359.75 to recarve a revised exterior directory sign listing village department/office locations. With the changer order approved by the Board, the project amount increased from $31,503.65 to $32,863.40.

Bids awarded by the Board in June included a sum of $36,000 Street Sweeper parts to two vendors: Farmingdalebased Long Island Sanitation Equipment Co. and Old Dominion Brush Company based in Richmond, Virginia.

Low bidder for village directional drilling work Island Directional Drilling of Shamong, New Jersey was awarded a $59,400 bid contract, for services on an as-needed basis.

Anker’s Electric Service of Locust Valley continues its work on municipal streetlight maintenance and supplies in Garden City, as on June 18 the vendor was approved by the trustees, as a low bidder, for 2020 routine monthly maintenance at an annual cost of $73,200 and for various street lighting parts to be ordered on an as needed basis, at an estimated cost of $81,800.

Also at its Thursday June 18 meeting held via Zoom, the Village Board of Trustees also approved bond resolutions for a number of budgeted 2020-’21 village capital projects, as bond resolutions were provided by counsel. The bonds include the following: bonding for the replacement of village water mains

for $1,990,000; improvements to the Village Hall HVAC system for $907,500; improvements to Village Hall exterior walls for $1.515 million; improvements to village sewer lines for $870,000; improvements to sewer buildings for $235,000; replacement of the roof at the municipal vehicle storage garage, for $198,000; improvements to the Garden City Public Library HVAC System at $1.159 million, replacement of a truck lift at the Village mechanic shop, for $385,000; improvements to curbs and sidewalks for $204,000, replacement of the GCPL roof for $111,000, Village parking field improvements totaling $126,500 and the repaving of various village roads, for $1,030,500.

Village Board debates role in hiring

Bolebruch referenced how the Village budget for the year is calculated prior to adoption with the reviews at several trustees’ work sessions and meetings. He was not in favor of this move, saying the idea would be “micromanaging.” The exception he sees is for departmental issues that would require an addition in the number of employees that the year’s approved budget prescribed.

“Unless there is something that happens fiscally to where the Board of Trustees would need to address this, and if it was to address hires above and beyond what was planned for within our annual approved budget, then I could see the Board approving this. But if we are in this position where for example, Public Works loses two sweepers or we have an officer retiring and we will maintain the same count and staffing to the police force, we are adhering to the budget and then establishing the personnel departments would be using and compensating,” Bolebruch said.

Trustee John Delany agreed with him and said he would not vote for this resolution without it being changed to reflect the nature of budget allocations for the departmental staff. “If we are replacing somebody and that has to come before us too, that would be micromanaging. This Board does not have the time to do that,” he said.

Garden City Mayor Theresa Trouvé and Trustee Mark Hyer both agreed with those comments and thought to not approve the resolution as drafted. Trustee Stephen Makrinos gave consideration to the aspect of village operations and noted how the largest expense -- the biggest component of the annual Village budget, now $66.2 million, is the cost of labor.

“Labor represents 60% of the village budget and we all talk about the need to be mindful of expenses, especially during COVID-19, and the potential for

impacts on the budget. I do view this hiring oversight as an extension of that. We would be talking about a handful of employees in any given year for Board review, not such substantial turnover. We do not have that many people leave positions with the village in a given year. I see the merits of this with the basis of COVID-19,” Makrinos said.

Bolebruch said the needs to replace the workforce in a timely, efficient manner do not equate to the reduction of staffing if the village departments would need to enact that and adjust the organizational roles.

“If the village needs to reduce personnel that is different than what this resolution as drafted will deal with,” Bolebruch said.

Trustee Brian Daughney said it is true that in a given year not many village employees leave their positions, and he says prior to now there was consensus the move to Board reviews would be wise for Garden City.

“This is not new -- I don’t know why we needed to formalize it, but it became apparent from conversations that we did. This is in a Board transcript from our April discussion which I sent to everyone. This became very clear -you all agreed. Trustee Makrinos and Deputy Mayor Bolebruch agreed, eventually Trustee Delany agreed, and the rest were silent. Read the transcript I sent to you!” Daughney told his fellow trustees.

Deputy Mayor Bolebruch said for the fiscal year ahead in the village, to have every department head coming to the Board meetings with agenda items for replacements of employees who retire or to fill a minor role would be less than efficient -- “they have to be able to work within the budget that the departments have,” he stated.

Trustee Makrinos asked Village Auditor Courtney Rosenblatt how many village employees were replaced in 2019, or as of the end of the 2018-19 fiscal year

exactly 14 months ago, compared with the period since then. She told the Board off the top of her head at most 10 village positions had to see turnover (replacements) due to the employee leaving or retiring. Makrinos asked her to confirm that this represents less than 5% of the overall village workforce, and she noted that as a ‘Yes.’

“There were several open village positions that remained open through the last fiscal year and into the current (2020-’21) fiscal year and those were included in the budget again,” Rosenblatt said.

Trustee Mark Hyer said it should be simple -- in order for a village department to increase its headcount, they (the department head) should come before the Board to approve that. But if it’s a matter of just maintaining the headcount where it was for the budget allocation then the Board should not be micromanaging.

“To me it doesn’t make sense to come to us again to maintain a level of service with budgeted-for employees,” Hyer noted.

Bolebruch added that it has become clear for the trustees to not have to approve every single expense if the department is taken care of, for its fiscal levels, with the budget.

“If in the event we approved it, we should not have to reapprove the expense four, five or six times. Every single time with employee replacement, would we debate ‘dow we need a second sweeper? Or if an officer retires we’d have to consider if we really need to replace them, and if we want to replace them with a cadet or a veteran officer? To me this would just apply for hiring above and beyond budget levels,” he commented.

Trustee Colleen Foley wanted to propel the further Board reviews of any hires forward, citing the unprecedented pandemic and its economic consequences on the village. She commented

that this conversation is an offshoot of the “egregious” amount of overtime some departments have had, including the Garden City Police overtime costs she and Trustee Daughney scrutinized during a meeting two and a half months earlier.

“We need to evaluate if we want that overtime to maintain a standard in the village or if we want to tighten our belts. That is the more relevant conversation since we’ve been shut down for three months. We’re checking monthly on what our expenditures and revenues are because of the COVID-19 situation and this will go on for another six to eight months, possibly longer. I am not opposed to revisiting the idea of approvals for hiring after another six months from now,” Foley said.

Deputy Mayor Bolebruch explained that he sees the need to adhere to budget outlines as a “weaponized vehicle against a particular department” and with the levels of overtime checked on monthly, the additional hires above a budgeted number would be the only items for review as the rest is micromanaging.

Trustee Daughney said three months ago Bolebruch was in agreement with that so he was unhappy to see him change his mind.

“I would have forced the issue more during our budget process if this compromise was not the compromise,” he said during the June 18 meeting.

Before the item was tabled, Trustee Foley noted the financial zeroing-in the village will need to plan for.

“Just because it was budgeted does not mean you are going to continue with it -- if somebody retires, the department may not fill the position based on what our economic status is. And that becomes a reasonable thought given the conversations we’re having about lower village revenues,” she said.

Identity Theft: Unemployment benefits

The Garden City Police Department has reported that it is investigating a dozen fraud cases emerging in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic. Imposters are filing claims for unemployment benefits, using the names and personal information of people who have not filed claims. It has been determined that some scammers are using information from old data breaches of private or government agencies. As of June 30th, the Department has investigated 12 cases of this fraudulent activity.

Commissioner Jackson states claimants should never:

• Post screenshots of their claim or their claim status on social media;

• Provide their Social Security number or unemployment benefit claim number to people on social media who offer to help resolve their issues;

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lending materials at the Library in the next few weeks. The Library Board and Administration have developed a plan following New York State and Village of Garden City guidelines to reintroduce services gradually, taking proper safety precautions and establishing procedures to mitigate the risks to staff and the public, and training staff accordingly.

Administration is overseeing cleaning and maintenance, while staff is ordering supplies and learning new safety procedures. Express pickup procedures began June 30 and are being offered Monday through Friday (please note the Library is closed Friday, July 3 in observance of the Fourth of July). The Library Board and Director will oversee the reopening schedule, plans and implementation, and will reintroduce services based on public-health conditions, building safety, staffing, and support services. At the present time the Library is taking the following steps:

• Intense cleaning and preparation of the building and systems for employee and public safety;

• Coordinating workforce return and health-screening guidelines with the Village staff efforts; and

• Planning implementation of contactless pick-up and return of library materials.

During the pandemic, due dates on borrowed materials have been extended until September 1, 2020. Please do not return materials or worry about fines at this time. Both Library book drops remain closed. Library cards that previously needed to be renewed before December 31 have been renewed until December 31, 2020. Digital library cards are available to Garden City residents who do not have valid library cards to allow them to utilize the Library’s

• Agree to pay a private firm or individual to file for unemployment insurance benefits on their behalf (the social security department does not charge a fee for filing a claim); or

• File a claim in a crowded setting where someone may “shoulder surf” and steal your data by looking over your shoulder.

According to Commissioner Jackson the indications that someone has used your information to claim benefits include: receiving information in the mail from the Department of Labor about a claim you did not file, or your employer receiving notice of an unemployment claim filed in your name. All unemployment fraud should be reported since unemployment benefits are taxable income.

If this happens to you, it means someone is misusing your personal information, including your Social Security number and date of birth. All victims should act promptly by following these steps that can help you protect your finances and your credit:

• Contact your employer's HR Department;

• Contact the NYS Department of Labor by calling (888) 209-8124 or emailing https://www.labor.ny.gov/agencyinfo/report-fraud.shtm;

• File a police report with the Police department;

• File an identity theft complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at www.FTC.gov;

• Report the activity to the credit bureaus (Experian, Equifax, Transunion), and place a fraud alert or

credit freeze;

• Keep notes for future reference.

• If you get benefits you never applied for, report it to your state unemployment agency and ask for instructions. Do not respond to any calls, emails, or text messages telling you to wire money, send cash, or put money on gift cards. Government agencies will never tell you to repay money that way. Anyone who tells you to do those things is a scammer.

Commissioner Jackson states the Garden City Police Department’s Detective Division is working with the United States Secret Service in the investigation of fraudulent unemployment applications.

digital collection, the Nassau Digital Doorway, and online and virtual services. Apply for digital access today at http://nassaulibrary.org/digitalcard-application. The Library’s digital resources are available 24/7 with a valid library card. Digital cards can be converted to a valid Garden City Library card upon reopening. Please see the Library website for information about how to apply for a card.

All programs and meetings in the Library building remain cancelled until further notice. Though the building is closed, the Library is providing the community with information, education, and entertainment through its website, its Facebook pages, and virtual programs for adults, teens and tweens and children. Check out the Library’s Facebook pages or the Library’s Calendar of Events on the website www. gardencitypl.org for updates on reopening services and for information on the Library’s online resources, services and virtual programs.

Summer in the Streets

The Village of Garden City and the Garden City Chamber of Commerce presents “Summer in the Streets” every Thursday through Sunday between 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. through September 6, 2020. The initiative kicked off Thursday, June 25. Seventh Street will be closed to pedestrians only for outdoor dining and shopping. Feel safe patronizing your favorite restaurants and stores in the outdoors.

Fourth of July DWI Crackdown

In a joint effort to stop impaired driving, prevent injuries and save lives, the Garden City Police Department along with various other Police Departments throughout Nassau County will be participating in the “DWI Crackdown” Enforcement Initiative targeting Intoxicated and Drugged Drivers. The

Nassau County Traffic Safety STOP DWI Program, the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC), and the New York State STOP DWI Coordinators Association are funding the Fourth of July initiative.

This American holiday is also one of the deadliest holidays of the year due to drunk-driving crashes. Over the 4th of July holiday period in 2018 (6:00 p.m. July 3 to 5:59 a.m. July 5): 193 people died in motor vehicle crashes. Forty percent (78) of those fatalities occurred in alcohol-impaired crashes.

Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson states, “During this initiative, July 3, through July 5, 2020, Police Officers will be assigned to monitor the Village’s roadways, strictly enforcing all DWI laws.”

The GTSC and the New York State STOP-DWI Foundation remind motorists that their “Have a Plan” mobile app, is available for Apple, Droid and Windows smartphones. The app enables New Yorkers to locate and call a taxi or rideshare service and program a designated driver list. It also provides information on DWI laws and penalties and a way to report a suspected impaired driver.

A message from the GCFD regarding fireworks

Each July 4th, thousands of people, most often children and teens, are injured while using consumer fireworks. If not handled properly, fireworks can cause burns and eye injuries in kids and adults. The best way to protect your family is to not use any fireworks at home - period.

Fireworks are often used to mark special events and holidays. The only safe way to view fireworks is to attend a professional show. With many professional fireworks shows being canceled this year, it is important to know that

fireworks are not safe in the hands of consumers. Fireworks cause thousands of injuries each year.

• Fireworks start more than 19,500 reported fires annually.

• Burns account for 44 percent of the 9,100 injuries treated in emergency rooms seen in the month around July 4.

• Half of all fireworks injuries seen at emergency rooms were extremities: hand, finger, or leg. One-third of injuries were to the eye or other parts of the head.

• Children ages 10-14 had the highest rate of fireworks injury, with more than one-third (36 percent) of the victims of fireworks injuries under age 15.

• Kids should never play with fireworks. Things like firecrackers, rockets, and sparklers are just too dangerous. Sparklers can reach 1,800°F (982°C) — hot enough to melt gold. Sparklers account for roughly one-quarter of emergency room fireworks injuries.

A few ideas to get into the patriotic spirit, without fireworks:

• Use glow sticks: They glow in the dark and are a safe alternative to a sparkler.

• Noisemakers are sure to make a statement. They can be found at local party supply stores or make your own.

• Outdoor movie night: Set up a screen and projector. Don’t forget the bug spray!

• Red, white and blue silly string is fun for all ages.

• Make a patriotic craft with the family.

• Throw a birthday party for the USA, and don’t forget the cake.

For more fire safety tips, or information on how you can join the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department please visit www.gcfdny.com.

GC Trojans “Boys of Summer” 2020

As we enter the summer, we would like to pay tribute to the GC Varsity Baseball seniors who had their final Varsity season cancelled due to COVID-19.

Starting July 6, the Varsity Seniors will be competing in the Boys of Summer Baseball League which will include other Long Island High Schools of Nassau County. This league was made possible by Coach Izzo and Coach Chaputian after they were in contact with other schools and the top officials from the Boys of Summer organization.

The team will be coached by former Garden City alumni Rich Marooney and Anthony Riggi. After realizing the senior players were crushed without a season, Marooney and Riggi both volunteered to help the team salvage a senior season. The team will consist of 12 seniors competing in 10 regular season

games plus playoffs. The Trojans’ home field will be Community Park Field 4.

The 2020 seniors are:

Chris Alfaya 2nd Base

Chris is the 2nd baseman and OF for the Trojans. He is a great team player who is expected to step into a big role this year. Chris will be attending Fordham University in the fall.

Giuseppe "Gip" Atria Outfield

Gip will be patrolling the OF for the Trojans and will be solid in the middle of the lineup. He is expected to drive in a lot of runs. Gip brings a lot of speed to the team. He will be attending St. John’s University.

Jay Brown

Co-Captain / 3rd Base

Jay, a captain and returning starter, will be at the “hot corner” (3B) and in the pitching rotation. Jay had a nice junior year with the bat and will be relied upon to stabilize the middle of the lineup. Jay will be attending the University of Tampa.

Michael Cerenzia 1st Base

Mike will be the 1st baseman and a power hitter in the lineup. Some tape measure shots will be in store for Mike this summer. He will be a Nittany Lion at Penn State University in the Fall.

Kyle Flynn

Co-Captain / Pitcher / Infield

Kyle is a top of the rotation pitcher for the Trojans. A great all-around baseball player who will be playing infield when not pitching. He is a steady con-

tact hitter who has a high on base percentage. Kyle will be playing baseball for Vassar College in the fall.

Nick Giudice Shortstop

Nick will be the starting shortstop for the Trojans. He has excellent glove skills and solidifies the defense up the middle for GC. A line drive hitter who hits to all sides of the field and an intelligent base runner. Nick will be attending Springfield College in the fall.

Joe Griffin

Outfield

Joe returns to the diamond after a short hiatus to concentrate on soccer. Joe brings athleticism to the team, plays all OF positions, and will be a live bat in the lineup. Joe will be playing soccer at Bentley University.

Michael Cerenzia

Nick Giudice

Jack Karcher

Joe Griffin

Jay Brown

Giuseppe Atria

Kyle Flynn

Chris Alfaya

GC Trojans “Boys of Summer” 2020

John "Jack" Karcher

Outfield

Jack returns for his senior year and will be playing the outfield. Jack is extremely dedicated to the game and brings a solid glove and bat to the team. Jack will be playing baseball at Juniata College.

Will Karcher

Outfield

Will is another talented OF on the Trojans team. A heady baseball player who will be relied upon to play multiple

defensive positions. His solid bat and glove will be an asset to the team. Will is playing baseball at Juniata College in the fall.

Joe "Sticks" McNiff

Centerfield

Joe will captain the outfield from center field. Joe is a great athlete who brings speed and toughness to the game. Joe can go get it with the best of them gap to gap. Joe’s speed on base will be key to the Trojans’ running game. Joe will be attending Fairfield University.

James McQuaid Pitcher

A top of the rotation South Paw for the Trojans. James will be relied upon to take the mound often. He also brings a good left-handed bat to the lineup and sprays to all sides of the field. James will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall.

Chris Schwatner

Co-Captain / Centerfield

Chris is the team’s catcher and leader on the field. A phenomenal defensive catcher and baseball smarts. He

has come into his own as a senior and will be called to set the table offensively. Congratulations to all who made the 2020 Varsity Baseball Team: Chris Alfaya, Giuseppe Atria, Chris Blum, Jay Brown, Michael Cerenzia, Simon Ferris, Kyle Flynn, Joseph Frandina, Nick Giudice, Joe Griffin, Patrick Heber, Joe Infante, Francesco Ingrassia, Charles Iovino, Jack Karcher, Will Karcher, Aidan Magnotta, Joseph McNiff, James McQuaid, Matthew Moen, Anthony Remick, Frank Anteramo, Chris Schwatner, Joey Wood.

Garden City Fire Dept.: Fireworks Safety

SUBMITTED BY THE GARDEN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Each July 4th, thousands of people, most often children and teens, are injured while using consumer fireworks. If not handled properly, fireworks can cause burns and eye injuries in kids and adults. The best way to protect your family is not to use any fireworks at home — period.

Fireworks are often used to mark special events and holidays. The only safe way to view fireworks is to attend a professional show. With many professional firework shows being canceled this year, it is import -

ant to know that fireworks are not safe in the hands of consumers.

Fireworks cause thousands of injuries each year.

• More than 19,500 reported fires are started by fireworks annually.

• Burns account for 44% of the 9,100 injuries treated in emergency rooms seen in the month around July 4.

• Half of the fireworks injuries seen at emergency rooms were extremities: hand, finger, or leg. One third were to the eye or other parts of the head.

• Children ages 10–14 had the highest rate of fireworks injury, with

more than one third (36%) of the victims of fireworks injuries under age 15.

• Kids should never play with fireworks. Things like firecrackers, rockets, and sparklers are just too dangerous. Sparklers can reach 1,800°F (982°C) — hot enough to melt gold. Sparklers account for roughly one quarter of emergency room fireworks injuries.

A few ideas to get into the patriotic spirit, without fireworks:

• Use glow sticks; they glow in the dark and are a safe alternative to a sparkler. Fun for all ages.

• Loud and proud. Noisemakers

Attention students!

are sure to make a statement. They can be found at local party supply stores or make your own.

• Outdoor movie night. Set up a screen and projector. Don’t forget the bugspray!

• Red, white and blue silly string… fun for all ages.

• Make a patriotic craft with the family.

• Throw a birthday party for the USA, and don’t forget the cake. For more fire safety tips, or information on how you can join the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department please visit www.gcfdny.com

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Chris Schwatner

Will Karcher

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James McQuaid

GC teens create online Lego building class

Garden City teens have created an online Lego class via Zoom.

Due to quarantine, many children are stuck inside with limited interaction and activities. A new program, Build Big, was created by Garden City teens to provide some relief for parents, social interaction for the children and fun!

Build Big will be hosting 30 minute virtual classes (via Zoom) for children ages 6-10. Children will use their Lego® bricks to build various themes.

Classes will be limited to 10 children. The first few classes will be free, but the goal is to charge $5 dollars per child per class, a portion of which will be donated to healthcare workers and local food banks.

To register and for further details, please email: buildbig123@gmail.com

Bring bricks, creativity and a smile!

Former resident publishes new children’s book

“Sarah and

the Dragons”

was written by former Garden City resident Michael R. Stern.

BY GARY SIMEONE

“Sarah and the Dragons” is the latest book to be published by former Garden City resident and author Michael R. Stern. What makes this novel special is that a former classmate of his, Mary Ryan Reeves, developed the illustrations for the front cover and the pictures inside of the book.

“I’ve known Mary since we graduated Garden City High School in 1966,” said Stern, who currently resides in Riverton New Jersey. “We touched base at our 50th reunion and have been corresponding through Facebook posts. I found out that she was an illustrator and asked her to help with the illustrations throughout the book.”

The front cover features a small red-headed girl with pigtails being led side by side by two giant dragons. There is an assortment of colorful pictures throughout the novel that help the reader better relate to the story.

Stern said that his new book is about a little girl who is playing with her friends and ends up getting lost in a ferocious storm. Her friends run away, and she ends up hearing the sound of voices, which turn out to be two young dragons named Sebastian and Trevor. They come to rescue her and end up taking her back to her hometown to a group of people who are waiting to slay the monsters.

“It is a different genre for me a kid story for adults,” said Stern. “The main themes of the book are about overcoming obstacles, friendships that are formed, family bonds, the joy of the little things in life and how people treat each other.”

He said that reading Harper Lee’s famous novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” in his sophomore year of high school inspired him to write the novel.

“It made me want to write a book where I could pass a message along,” said Stern. “That all kind of comes into play when these people are waiting for the dragons and they up end protecting her from the crowd.”

Stern said that he loves to see kids read because reading opens up whole new worlds for them.

“I’ve been reading since I was a kid and I appreciate how reading can catch you up on current events take you into a new fantasy world and anything and everything in between. Especially now with this virus a lot of kids are home and have the time to catch up on reading and let a good book take them somewhere else.”

This is Stern’s eighth release after publishing his first book entitled ‘Reflections on a Generous Generation’ in 2012. He also has a sixbook series entitled ‘Quantum Touch,’ which revolves around the concept of time travel through an open portal in a high school classroom.

“Some of the characters in that series are based on an English teacher and a social studies teacher that I had when attended junior high and high school,” said Stern.

Michael R. Stern’s books are available online through Amazon and Barnes & Noble.com.

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School Board updated on Special Ed strategic plan

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the Committee gathered information through SEPTA looking at the SEPTA membership and participation, including SEPTA events focusing on collaborations between families and district staff, with a goal of making sure our families are engaged with the schools,” Superintendent Sinha said.

Another programmatic initiative is Professional Development targeted for Garden City’s special education staff, This falls in line with many initiatives around “PD” Dr. Sinha has driven and identified for personnel in her two years as the district’s superintendent, including partnerships with Teachers College, Columbia University.

“Committee members reviewed our current Professional Development and training opportunities for not just our teachers but for our administrators and parents as well. They researched gaps and some redundancies in our current offerings. They’ve made recommendations in this area

as well,” she said.

Data on special education in Garden City’s public schools was taken from the district’s New York State Education Department Report Card and local data that compares GCUFSD to neighboring districts. For community partnerships the Committee considered district partnerships with educational programs in the village, “to make recommendations that support collaborative relationships with community organizations,” Dr. Sinha noted.

She added that the Special Education Strategic Plan will be posted on the Garden City school district website, www. gardencity.k12.ny.us, for the community to review by late June.

“Especially at the high school, a wide variety of our Special Education students go out into the community and they have job coaches. The district wants to continue fostering those relationships,” Superintendent Sinha explains.

“Some of the goals in each of the five-pillar areas are very

good goals, and we will start implementing short-term deliverable goals this upcoming school year.”

Reflecting on the community vote approving the school district budget for 2020-’21, Dr.

Dearest Nick, So proud of you, your success at Chaminade, many great friends and memories! Your future is bright! Love you lots, Mom, Dad, Matt

Sinha added the following:

“We truly are fortunate to be part of a community where there’s such a strong partnership between our schools and the community. Even during a time of schools’ closures and at a time that continues to be so challenging for many in our community, the community’s unwavering faith in our district to do what’s best for our children is humbling. I just want to thank our residents.”

We’re beyond proud of your accomplishments and the young man you have become – kind, compassionate, resilient, humble and true to yourself. Wishing you continued success at Johns Hopkins, both academically and as a member of the NCAA fencing team. Love, Mom, Dad & Sophia.

Nick Wende Chaminade

Garden City High School

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