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BY RIKKI N. MASSAND Pending approval from the Civil Service Employees’ Association (CSEA) labor union, with which the Village of Garden City has been unable to reach a new labor contract for over three and a half years, eight municipal employees will be receiving significant “step increases” as approved last Thursday. The Village Board of Trustees took a most unusual step with its published meeting agenda for November 3, as items involving personnel are regularly discussed in an executive session given consideration of confidentiality. But with action to approve the raises as part of their civil service pay schedule “grades” at last Thursday night’s meeting, step adjustments plus longevity and bonus payments are now in play. Employees with raises approved last week include three in supervisory roles and five personnel under the rank and file designation. Supervisory positions approved for raises are Senior Groundskeeper Timothy Messner, Recreation Supervisor (Pool Director) Steve Espey and Sandra Young, recreation program development supervisor. The rank and file employees set for step increases are the tree pruner, Robert O’Kane, Sam Simone, a maintenance supervisor, and three recSee page 43

The Girls Varsity Swimming and Diving team took top honors this weekend defeating rivals Long Beach, Bellmore-Merrick, and Manhasset to claim their 18th consecutive County Championship. See page 64.

Village explains raises, Ring Road hotel hearing continues Nov. 17 CSEA has more questions BY RIKKI N. MASSAND Early November brought quiet and minor clarifications to one public hearing at Village Hall, after an October 20 meeting where Garden City residents and other Long Islanders raised challenges to the looming application for a Marriott Residence Inn hotel. Before that comes up to the municipal processes of approval, zoning changes at the local level are required to permit hotel use in the commercial-residential (CR) district of the village.

The next round of statements at the hearing’s continuation on November 17 figures to be more substantial, as the period for local input from municipalities closest to Garden City, including Hempstead and Uniondale, is set to expire. Next Thursday, residents are going to have another chance to listen to environmental and strategic planning for the Roosevelt Field area Superfund site, as well as a chance to tell the governing body (the Village Board of Trustees) what they think about the proposed 163-

room hotel and its potential impact, including quality of life issues. Management from OTO Development, which will operate the new Residence Inn, spoke at the October 20 trustees’ meeting and touched upon some preliminary concerns residents had brought up. Last Thursday, Margaret “Margie” Rydzewski of Linden Street questioned the timetable of the public hearings on the permit for hotel use in the CR district zone, seeking clarifications on what See page 42

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND How and why the village decided to put forth raises for eight employees at the Thursday, November 3 meeting continues to be a topic this week, as the CSEA did not see the move as positively as the village has presented it. Midway through Board of Trustees’ review of the consent calendar, Deputy Mayor Richard Silver, who has been involved in the CSEA bargaining discussions, took time to elaborate on the employee raises as proposed and “provide more explanation on what we are doing and why we are doing it.” He said over the last eight years the village employee population has been reduced by roughly 20 percent. Total numbers for village employees went from approximately 320 in 2008 to 250 employees now. “Most of those reductions have been achieved through attrition. In some cases we have handled the resulting work by outsourcing it, which for example we did with the cleaning services for Village Hall See page 43

Girls Varsity Soccer wins Long Island championship PAGE 55 Everett Vilander celebrates 100 years of life PAGE38

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Veterans Day Ceremony

The Garden City Chamber of Commerce is again holding the “Adopt a Lamppost for the Holidays” program. For a donation of $125 residents and businesses can “adopt” a pole and decorate it as desired. Proceeds of the program will be distributed a local charity of your choice. This is the kind of homegrown event that makes Garden City a charming village. It’s a very simple idea, but can really bring out the holiday spirit around town. We hope lots of people decide to get involved! Garden City is actually one of the most charitable-minded towns around,

and during the holiday season we are always impressed by the number of groups and individuals who provide help to those in need. Another good example of a homegrown charitable impulse can be found in our Letters to the Editor column this week. For many years Melinda and John Alford have organized preparing and delivering meals to those in need for Thanksgiving. Garden City residents have always been generous with donations of time, food and money, and we hope this year will be no different. For information, please call 746-8331.

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Help needed for Thanksgiving To the Editor: On Thursday, November 24th, Thanksgiving Day, we will be preparing and delivering hot meals to homebound senior citizens, coordinating this program from our home. Last year we provided over 450 meals and we expect to be doing the same this year. We are in need of donations of desserts, individual non-carbonated beverages, mini loaves of bread or dinner rolls, turkeys, and cash in order to complete the meals. These items can be dropped off at our home at 35 Maxwell Road, Garden City. Please call us as soon as possible to coordinate a convenient drop off time. All deliveries will begin at 12 noon on Thanksgiving Day. Each delivery is

accompanied by a visit, if so welcomed by the recipient. We deliver to between 35 and 40 different towns within Nassau County; please call us if you are able to help with the delivery of the meals. This year will be the 21st year we have coordinated this project! It is a special part of our family tradition, and we invite you to make it part of yours, as well. Your generous donations of food, money, and time have made the deliveries a tremendous success each year. With your help, we can continue to bring a meal and a smile to those who are alone on the holiday. Feel free to contact us at 746-8331 regarding any part of this program. We thank you all for your continued support each year! Melinda and John Alford

Veterans Day Ceremony

Everyone in Garden City is invited to celebrate Veterans on Friday November 11. A bell will strike at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month to once again honor our veterans, for that was the moment when the end of World War I occurred. A brief ceremony will be conducted, beginning at 10:45 AM Friday, November 11th. at the ceremony will take place at the Veterans Memorial on 7th Street between the library and the train station, across from the Garden City Hotel. American Legion Commander Chris Blume will lead members of the William Bradford Turner Post of the

American Legion, other community leaders, and members of the community in honoring our devoted veterans. “On Veterans Day we commemorate the service of veterans of all wars, living and dead,” says Commander Blume. “We remember how our men and women, many of them citizen soldiers, set aside their civilian pursuits to defend the freedom of mankind and to preserve our precious American Heritage.” Community leaders join in asking all of us to be in front of the Garden City Library at 10:45 AM on Friday, November 11th to honor our veterans – all of them our heroes.

The EPOA will host a public meeting on Tuesday, November 15th at 7:30PM at the Senor Center on Golf Club Lane. The meeting will also cover current topics affecting the community and will provide residents the opportunity to comment on these topics and to raise other issues of general interest. There will be reports on a variety of

issues from Mayor Nick Episcopia and Village Trustee John Delany. School Trustee Bob Martin and Library Trustee Charlie Murphy will provide updates, as will Cultural & Recreational Affairs representatives Ken Moody and Judy Courtney. Questions and comments from the public are welcomed, as always.

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Manhattan’s Financial District has come to Long Island with a replica of the renowned “Charging Bull” statue now standing in front of the Garden City Hotel. The sculpture is on loan from the private collection of Morris Moinian,who is the owner of the Hotel. The sculpture is one of five replicas fabricated by artist, Arturo Di Modica, who is responsible for producing the original Charging Bull. “It represents peace and prosperity for the city,” Di Modica said of his sculpture. “The sculpture’s placement provides a unique welcome and its distinguished legacy as a symbol of American strength, resiliency and perseverance is reminiscent of The Garden City Hotel’s own story over the past 142 years of its existence”. Modica is an Italian artist who installed the Charging Bull statue without permission in front of the New York Stock Exchange in December 1989. The work cost $360,000 of the artist’s own money. Di Modica installed a second sim-

ilar version of the Charging Bull in Shanghai in May 2010. J.Grady Colin, General Manager of the Garden City Hotel, said that the statue will be a welcome sight to a lot of people who come to the Hotel. “The many investment banks that host conferences and executive meetings at the hotel will surely enjoy the bull’s optimistic presence,” said Colin. Sara Anne Fingerman, Marketing and Public Relations Manager for the Hotel, said that she was overjoyed to have the beautiful sculpture stationed outside of the Hotel. “It’s so amazing to see the outpouring of love and admiration for this gorgeous piece of art from people across all of the social media platforms and watching our guests enjoy the statue and its story,” said Fingerman. “I think Morris Moinan’s vision when he so generously donated the sculpture from his personal collection has really resonated with people, namely bringing the power and prestige associated with Wall Street and as exemplified by the iconic charging bull sculpture.”

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Thirty-ninth annual Turkey Trot

The Garden City Turkey Trot Race Committee will conduct its 39th annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving morning, November 24. You can register online at www.gcturkeytrot.com. You can also register the day of the race from 8:00 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. At 8:30 a.m. the Challenge Run will begin for participants with physical disabilities. The run will start at the western most driveway of St Paul’s Field, then proceed eastbound Stewart Ave. to Rockaway Ave, then northbound Rockaway Ave. to the first driveway of St Paul’s Field. At 9:15 a.m. the children’s Fun Run race is scheduled to begin on the Stewart Ave. side of St. Paul’s School and proceed west on Stewart Ave. to Hampton Rd., north on Hampton Rd. to Merillon Ave., south on Merillon Ave. to Rockaway Ave., south on Rockaway Ave. to the driveway of St. Paul’s School. At 10:00 a.m. the Turkey Trot is scheduled to begin eastbound Stewart Ave., in front of St. Paul’s, to southbound Cherry Valley Ave. to southbound Rockaway Ave. to westbound First Street to westbound Cambridge

Ave. to northbound Whitehall Blvd., eastbound South Ave. to northbound Cherry Valley Ave. to westbound Stewart Ave. to northbound Hampton Rd. to eastbound Merillon Ave. to southbound Rockaway Ave. to the driveway entrance of St Paul’s School. The Garden City Turkey Trot Race Committee is conducting this race to once again benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Muscular Dystrophy Association and The INN.

West End Tree Lighting, Frida December 2nd

The West End tree lighting, sponsored by the Western Property Owners’ Association, will be held on Friday, December 2, from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in front of the Village park on Plattsdale Avenue, located at the south end of the New Hyde Park Road

business district. Holiday music will be provided by Sal Nastasi of “Ready in 10” and singing and dance entertainment will feature the talented performers from Broadway Bound. And as always, Santa will make an appearance! All are invited to come and kick-off the holiday season with neighbors and friends.

Friday Night Promenades. They will be performing special renditions of familiar holiday tunes. The Garden City Volunteer Fire Department will deliver Santa Claus and hot chocolate will be provided to everyone. Please bring your entire family to welcome Santa and the holiday season. I look forward to seeing you all there!

Tree Lighting Sunday, December 4th

Please mark your calendar for Friday, December 16th when Seventh Street becomes a winter wonderland between 6:00 and 10:00 p.m. for a Holiday Spectacular. Enjoy holiday music by the Fivestone band, hot chocolate, ice bounce castle and sledding, holiday face painting, hayrides and more. Stores will be open on Seventh Street for holiday shopping. I hope that you are your families will attend this wonderful event.

On Sunday, December 4th, the Garden City Chamber of Commerce will sponsor its Village Tree Lighting Ceremony, beginning promptly at 3:30 p.m. on the Village Green (corner of Stewart and Hilton Avenues). This year’s program once again is sponsored by Astoria Bank and will feature the Garden City High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble performing a medley of holiday music. Also featured will be the Fivestone Contemporary Rock Band well known for their performances at past spring Belmont Festivals and the summer

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BY GABBY TABBY Outstanding warrants: On November 3rd Garden City Police Officer Conti conducted an investigation on a report of suspicious persons on Prescott Street resulting in the arrest of a 20 year old Bronx man and a 20 year old Brooklyn man for outstanding NYPD arrest warrants. Unauthorized withdrawl: On November 4th Garden City Police investigated a report of an unauthorized theft of $1,200 from a resident’s bank account. Missing phone: On November 4th Garden City Police Officers investigated a report of a lost or stolen cell phone in the vicinity of Supreme Court Drive. DWI arrest: On November 5th Officer Wiggins stopped a vehicle for passing a red light on 9th Street at Cherry Valley Avenue, resulting in the arrest of the driver, a 41 year old Patchogue man, for Aggravated DWI (driving with a blood alcohol content

exceeding .18%). Identity theft: On November 5th Garden City Police investigated an identity theft report in which three unauthorized credit card accounts were opened using a resident’s personal information.

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Criminial mischief: On November 6th Garden City Police investigated a criminal mischief report where the main door to St Paul’s was found dam-

Fire alarm: On November 6th Garden City Police officers assisted the Fire Department for a residential smoke alarm activation. The Fire Department cleared the scene after it was determined that the alarm was malfunctioning. Go elsewhere: On November 6th Officer Russell charged a 23 year old Westbury man with Public Urination in Garden City Parking Field 8.

The Welcoming Club of Garden City is a well-established women’s organization that focuses on welcoming new members to our community, fostering relationships of long-time residents, supporting local businesses and raising money for charity. This year The Welcoming Club of Garden City is proud to support the Belmont Child Care Association, Inc.

November 12th: Roaring 20’s Casino Night 7 to 11pm The Cherry Valley Country Club Will Lady Luck smile down on you as you try your hand at poker, craps and roulette? Join us in your best Gatsby attire to find out! Roaring 20’s fashion welcome and encouraged! Tickets are $125 per person at the door and includes open bar, hors d’oeuvres and the opportunity to participate in a fabulous silent auction, raffle prizes and more! Special prizes for our high rollers!

November 17th : Welcoming Club Book Club, 7:30 PM

Join us at Mary Beth Deierein’s house, 38 Hamilton Place, as we discuss our latest read: “The Things We

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December 1st : Craft club, 8pm

We will be crafting, chatting and getting ready for the Holiday season as we make a Lighted garland. Cost will be $25. RSVP to whitney.c.sardelis@ me.com by Nov. 22. Only 20 people so register soon!

December 10th : Santa Brunch,

12pm - 2:30pm, Stewart Manor Country Club Sleigh bells will be ringing before you know it! Get ready for a jolly good time at the popular Santa Brunch. You’ll enjoy a formal seated hot brunch, a fabulous DJ with music and games, a fun craft, raffles, a toy drive, and a visit from Santa himself! This event sells out, so watch out for more information in coming weeks!

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Want to join the fun and make a difference? We invite you to join the club! For just $35 a year you will have access to lots of great events and many fun members-only clubs. Complete the easy online membership form today at www. thegardencitywelcomingclub.org, in the “Join” section of the website. While you are there, browse the site for lots of great information about the club.

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Stratford’s FLES students study El Dia de Los Muertos

Recently, the fourth and fifth grade students at Stratford Avenue began studying Mexico’s “Day of the Dead.” The holiday was presented by providing students with the Who, Where, When, Why, and How of the holiday. They learned that this is not Mexico’s version of Halloween, and developed their own ideas about why this misconception exists in the U.S. The fourth grade students embarked on a writing project with the goal of educating readers about the holiday. They took the role of the “experts,” writing to an audience with no previous knowledge and probable misunderstandings. The students wrote factual pieces describing the holiday in detail. The writings were done on “Calavera,” (skulls used to celebrate Day of the Dead) stationary so as to add a visual component to their writing. Fifth grade students worked on their project from a slightly different perspective. These students wrote postcards home from a Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico. They wrote as if they were experiencing the holiday first hand. The writings were fictional but included nonfiction information about the holiday. The students again wrote as if the person reading their postcard had no prior knowledge of Day of the Dead. The writing was accompanied by a picture of an altar (commonly used to celebrate the holiday), which students decorated to give a visual component to their writing. Students in both grades completed their writings using both Spanish and English. At the conclusion of the project and during the actual days of the

Stratford’s fifth grade students displayed the postcards they created about Mexico’s “Day of the Dead.” holiday, students viewed the film “The Book of Life,” a realistic, fictional account of Day of the Dead in Mexico, which very much served to help bring the holiday to life. The children did a wonderful job with their projects. “It’s great watching the kids learn so much about a holiday that is misunderstood by so many,” shared Mr. Kupferman, Stratford’s FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary School) teacher. “They really did a great job!”

Mrs. Lavelle’s fourth graders at Stratford shared the “Calavera” skulls they created for Mexico’s “Day of the Dead.”

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DAR visits Southampton exhibit on Revolution

Members of the Col. Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution made a trip on October 22nd to the Southampton Historical Society. Based in the historic Rogers Mansion on 17 Meeting House Lane, the historical society is currently featuring an exhibit “Southampton Under Siege,” a reference to the British occupation of Long Island for seven years during the American Revolution. The

exhibit will be on display until December 31st. Members of the NSDAR are all documented descendants of American Revolutionary War soldiers. The Garden City based DAR chapter members took a trip to observe the exhibit and also to present the Southampton Historical Society with a chapter donation of $250 to assist in their mission to preserve and protect the history of Southampton and Long Island. Historic pres-

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life in the 1920’s. In addition, the women stopped by the historic silver shop of Elias Pelletreau, a Southampton silversmith who was a contemporary of Paul Revere. The shop, located at 80 Main Street, features a small display case of original Pelletreau silver work, and is currently operated by Eric Messin, who fashions

custom jewelry. The tiny but interesting building was originally constructed in 1686 and features wide plank floors, exposed beams on the low ceiling, typical of the era. Like Revere, Pelletreau supported the rebel cause during the Revolution, but played a less clandestine role than Revere as the Captain of the Suffolk County Militia.

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Community Club presents Fine arts crafts fair November 19 “Legendary Women of LI”

On Tuesday, November 22nd, at 1:30 PM in the GC Casino, Monica Randall, Long Island historian and bestselling author will present a program on the “Legendary Women of Long Island”. “During the glory days of Long Island’s fabled Gold Coast, all of society was ruled by an elite group of glamorous women. They were the first American super-stars as their lives, loves, and scandals played out on the pages of newspapers all over the country. These celebrated hostesses were often photographed descending the stairs of their grand ball rooms in glittering jewels, court feathers, and fabulous gowns. “Women like Alva Vanderbilt, Mrs. Clarence Mackay, Barbara Hutton, and the Countess of Bismarck, took the lead at sought after social events, and everyone wanted to be and dress just like them. Others like, Zelda Fitzgerald, Winifred Bird, Ann Woodward, and Gertrude-Whitney, are remembered for

the sensational stories that surround them. “Join us for an entertaining program on these colorful social icons of their day.”* *Copy provided by Monica Randall. Ms. Randall has published the following books: Mansions of Long Island’s Gold Coast; Winfield: Living in the Shadow of the Woolworth’s; Phantoms of the Hudson Valley. The program is open to guests and nonmembers for a $5.00 fee. Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the program. The Community Club, established in 1919, offers a wide variety of cultural, educational, creative and philanthropic programs and activities. To learn more about the Community Club and how you may become a member, please call the office at (516) 746-0488 between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.

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Necklace by Alice Sprintzen of Syosset Artists from Queens to the East End will be showing and selling original works of art in clay, glass, fiber, metal and paper at the Long Island Craft Guild’s Fourth Annual Fine Craft Fair on Saturday, November 19 from 10 AM to 4 PM at the Ethical Humanist Society. With a wide range of prices, each piece is a unique work of fine craftsmanship. Admission and parking are free

and snacks are available. The Ethical Humanist Society building, at 38 Old Country Road in Garden City, is two miles west of Meadowbrook Parkway next to the blue water tower. Look for the mylar balloons on the south side of the road. For more information, please visit www.licg.org or call the Long Island Craft Guild at 516-350-8984.

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Members of the Cathedral Choir in Montreal Members of the Cathedral of the Incarnation Choirs traveled to Montreal for a weekend of singing and fun over Columbus Day Weekend. Joining with the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, the choir members sang for both morning Mass and afternoon Evensong. Garden City’s Cathedral has a long relationship with the Montreal Cathedral from many years of participating in the Montreal Boys Choir Course each summer. The final services took place at Christ Church Cathedral. In addition to sing-

ing, the choristers and fellow travelers had dinner together, saw some of the sights in this wonderful city, and, of course, spent time shopping. Thanks to the Cathedral Choir Development Fund for sponsoring this fun-filled weekend for these hardworking singers. There are currently some openings in the Cathedral Choirs, If you know of someone, particularly a child, that would like to join, please contact Mr. Larry Tremsky, Director of Music at the Cathedral of the Incarnation, at 746-2955.

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Refurbished chairs approved for Village Board meeting room BY RIKKI MASSAND

At the Village Board of Trustees’ Thursday, November 3 meeting, a resolution re-allocating $17,000 from the village’s Contingent fund to “Board of Trustees – equipment” for the refurbishing of meeting room’s audience member chairs was approved and praised by community members, the administration and the Village Clerk Karen Altman, who spent considering time on the project making calls and finding the right furniture-fixing company to work with. Gloria Weinrich, a longtime resident of the West and the vice chair of the Garden City Public Library Board of Trustees, thanked the Village Board, Administrator Ralph Suozzi and espe-

cially Altman for making it a priority to better accommodate the residents attending their meetings. Village Board meetings generally last for between 90 minutes and two hours, uninterrupted, and it is rare that a resident in attendance gets up from their seat unless they make a public comment. Hopes are high for the refurbished chairs to enhance the meeting experience. “I brought up the issue of these squeaky chairs to the WPOA, to (West Trustees) Robert Bolebruch and Stephen Makrinos, to Ralph Suozzi and now I am so happy to see this on the agenda and it appears that we will be going ahead with this. I also had brought up the meeting room’s sound system and Trustee Bolebruch is working on that too – I have to thank Bob for

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coming through every time I need him, and I want to thank Karen Altman for all her help with the chairs,” Weinrich said. Steve Illardi of Meadow Street asked if the $17,000 set for Village Board approval was the cost of refurbishing all the audience chairs in the meeting room, and he learned that it covered every chair except for almost one dozen in the very back row of the meeting room, which were done separately a month ago. Trustee Bolebruch mentioned it to residents seated in those chairs about the quality refurbishing work at the October 20 Board of Trustees’ meeting. As Weinrich mentioned, at its November 3 meeting the trustees approved an $11,732 sum from the administration’s Contingent fund to “Board of Trustees – equipment” for the upgrade to the sound system. In addition to the meeting room features last week Weinrich thanked Administrator Suozzi, the Village Board, the Library Director Lisa Paulo and her comrades on the Library Board for all the collaborative efforts in getting the new and improved elevator at GCPL “finally done.” Her thanks came two days after a small Grand Opening ceremony for the elevator held at GCPL.

“It’s beautiful, it works well and I just want to thank everyone who was involved with that,” she said at the Trustees’ November 3 meeting. Then Mayor Episcopia joked that the GCPL elevator represented the village’s premier engineering achievement of the 21st Century, and Trustee Bolebruch replied “I have no doubt about it.” Village Trustee John Delany, former chair of the GCPL board and the current liaison between the library and the village board, said while Administrator Suozzi thanked every staff member and volunteer involved in the elevator project Suozzi himself deserves much praise. “We ran into a little bit of a problem last Thursday (October 27) and Ralph and his team worked very diligently to solve the problem. The elevator went back into service, unofficially, on Friday afternoon October 28 and I rode in it on that Saturday,” Delany said. He also held up a red sign saying “Elevator out of Service” which he, Mayor Nicholas Episcopia, Trustee Stephen Makrinos and Library Board Chairman J. Randolph Colahan ripped up at the GCPL elevator’s grand opening on November 1. With a smile, Delany says it will hopefully be another 35 or 40 years from now before library patrons have to see that sign up again.

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“Raymond Court” BY JOHN ELLIS KORDES Raymond Court is a dead end street located off Stewart Avenue, just east of the Little League baseball fields by Stewart School. Just a few yards beyond Raymond Court is Garden City’s border. This street has always appeared as a mystery to most who stumble across it. The irony about Raymond Court is that it probably predates everything that exists in that area today. From what I’ve been able to put together, Raymond Court originated during WWI. The military build up that began in 1917 east of Clinton Road was truly amazing. Seemingly overnight Camp Mills appeared south of Commercial Avenue and to the north Hazelhurst Airfield (soon to be renamed Roosevelt Airfield) became a military airfield. An aerial photograph shows dozens of identical barrack like buildings in the Raymond Court vicinity in 1920. These remnants from the war years soon disappeared. Another aerial photograph taken in 1927 shows eight houses along a street (four on each side). these homes were built in

the mid-1920’s and several still exist today as attached houses. They were the origins of Raymond Court and were built for people connected with Roosevelt Airfield by a man named “Raymond.” In time, other houses of varying architecture were built finishing off this relatively short street. Raymond Court was always a dead-end street as the old Long Island Motor Parkway (1908-1938) ran west to east at the northern end of Raymond Court. In fact, if you go to the end of Raymond Court and look west or east there are remnants of the Motor Parkway still there today. Walking west along the old Motor Parkway would lead you all the way to Clinton Road where there once was a bridge (taken down in 1938). As for Raymond Court, it was never part of a planned development. However, it was and still is part of the Incorporated Village of Garden City and its school district (which ends just beyond Raymond court before the entrance to Roosevelt Field).

From The Mayor’s Office

updated weekly to allow residents to track the collection process. The notice will be listed on the Home Page under “Notifications and Alerts.” We ask that residents observe the following guidelines: • Place only leaves in the street. Other items such as sticks and old plant material may damage machinery and slow down operation. • Do not place leaves on medians and malls as this will kill or damage the grass. For reasons of safety, our streets are cleaned of leaves on a more frequent schedule than are the medians. • Avoid parking cars over leaves as this slows our operation considerably and is also a fire hazard. Each year a number of cars are seriously damaged or destroyed by fire as a result of their being parked on dry leaves.

• Please do not obscure fire hydrants by piling leaves around them. • If you have a gardener, instruct him to place your leaves in the street, and not on the malls. Many gardeners find it convenient to bring leaves in from other communities to which they work for disposal by the Village. This practice is prohibited and the Police Department will be issuing summonses.

Board of Trustees Meeting Schedule

The next regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting for the month of November is Thursday, November 17, 2016. I encourage all residents to attend Board of Trustees meetings so as to be thoroughly informed of Village issues from a first-hand perspective. I hope to see you at one of our Board of Trustees meeting.

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Seated Mindful Meditation

Mondays, November 28th, December 5th, 12th, 19th at 7PM Garden City Public Library Enjoy an evening with George Kozik, meditation instructor from Garden City’s Yoga Nanda Studio, at the Garden City Public Library on four Monday evenings, November 28th, December 5th, 12th, and 19th at 7PM. This will be a meditation experience about healing and inspiration. This is an opportunity to connect with your true self and spiritual purpose. Take the journey beyond conscious thought into a greater state of relaxation. All are welcome. Please be prompt.

Library Board to meet There will be a Regular Meeting of the Board of Library Trustees on Monday, November 14, 7:30 p.m. at the Garden City Public Library in the Library’s Board Room.

AARP Driver Safety Program Tuesday, December 6 10AM – 4:30PM In person Registration Begins November 20th at 1PM Garden City Public Library In person registration begins Sunday, November 20th at 1:30 p.m. at the Reference Desk for the AARP 55 Alive Defensive Driving Course to be held at the Garden City Public Library. The course will be given Tuesday, December 6th from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Registration is limited to Garden City library cardholders aged 50 and older and must be done in person with photo identification, proof of age (preferably a driver’s license), along with your AARP membership card. Payment of $20.00 for AARP members and $25 for non-members for course materials and must be made at the time of registration. Non-Garden City Library cardholders may begin to register on Wednesday, November 30th if space is available. Cash will not be accepted. You must pay by check made payable to AARP.

It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults Game Day

Join us for an afternoon of gaming on Saturday, December 10 from 2 - 4p.m. This program is for Grades 6-12. We’ll be playing tabletop games, including Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Lords of Waterdeep, and more, plus playing Super Smash Brothers and Mario Kart 8 on the Wii U. Prior experience playing tabletop games is not necessary, as instruction will be provided. Registration is required and begins Monday, November 21 at 9:30 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).

Introduction to Coding with Sharper Training Solutions

Participate in Computer Science Education Week and the international Hour of Code challenge by taking this introduction to coding class. This class will be held Tuesday, December 6 from 6 - 8 p.m. and is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. Registration is required and begins Monday, November 14 at 9:30 a.m. online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Library.

Accepted: College Admissions with Your College Navigator

On Monday, November 14 beginning at 6:45 p.m., Your College Navigator Michael Binder returns to the Garden City Public Library to give tips on choosing the right college during the program “Accepted: College Admission with Your College Navigator.” Mr. Binder will discuss what to do to enhance your application, the steps to take throughout high school in the college admissions process, and how to identify those things the college you desire is looking for. This program is for college-bound students and parents. Registration is required and began October 31 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Turkey Pretzels with the Baking Coach

Make some chocolate covered pret-

zels with a turkey design on Tuesday, November 15 from 6 - 7 p.m. with the Baking Coach. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. Registration is required and began October 31 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Harry Potter Day

The Children’s and Young Adult Departments will be celebrating the release of the new Harry Potter movie at the Library with a day full of Harry Potter themed programs on Saturday, Nov. 19! • 11 a.m.-12 noon – Potions for Grades 6-12: Do science experiments with Harry Potter theme with science teacher Chris Buchman. Registration began October 31 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. • 11 a.m. - 12 noon – Golden Snitch Cake Pops for Grades 3-5: Create delicious Golden Snitch Cake Pops with the Baking Coach. Registration began October 31 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. • 12:30PM-1:30PM – Golden Snitch Cake Pops for Grades 6-12: Create delicious Golden Snitch Cake Pops with the Baking Coach. Registration began October 31 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. • 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. – Potions for Grades 3-5: Do science experiments with Harry Potter theme with science teacher Chris Buchman. Registration began October 31 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. • 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. – Harry Potter Games: Triwizard Tournament, Quidditch, and More! Play games and participate in our Triwizard Tournament to earn points for your house. Grades 3-12 may sign up. Registration began October 31 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Please note, Quidditch will be held outside and may be can-

celled if there is inclement weather. Patrons can also stop by during the day on the first floor between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. to get sorted into a Hogwarts House, participate in our Harry Potter Scavenger Hunt to earn points for their House, do word games and activities, and more! Interested in helping plan Harry Potter Day and earning volunteer hours? Then attend one of our Teen Advisory Board meetings or contact Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta at laurag@gardencitypl.org or at 516-7428405 x242. Harry Potter Day has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Tweens and Teens Anime Club

Join us for a meeting of the Anime Club on Monday, November 21 from 6 - 7 p.m. This program is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. We will be watching the anime Blue Exorcist, which is rated PG-13. Snacks and beverages will be provided. Registration is required and began Monday, November 7 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl. org).

ACT/SAT Practice Exam with Curvebreakers

The Library will be hosting an ACT/SAT Practice Exam on Saturday, November 12 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. with Nick LaPoma of Curvebreakers. Registrants may choose either the ACT or SAT to take. Registration is required and began October 24 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. The results session will be held on Thursday, November 17, 7 - 8 p.m.

Yak and Snack Book Discussion

Read the book Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs and join us for a discussion at the Library on Thursday, December 1 from 6 - 7 p.m. This program is for Grades 6-12. Registration is required and began October 24 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Registrants can pick up a copy of the book in the Young Adult Room after they register online. Registrants should bring a brown-bag dinner to the event. Food and snacks will be provided.

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Veteran’s Day

Veteran’s Day is on Friday, November 11th. Veteran’s Day pays tribute to the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces protecting our country and sacrificing their lives for our benefit. Books to read include Remembering our Heroes: Veteran’s Day by Kelly Rodgers, What is Veteran’s Day by Elaine Landau, and The Veteran’s Day Visitor by Peter Catalanotto and Pamela Schembri. Don’t forget to thank a veteran for his or her service to our country!

November Programs

Chapter Chat book discussion for Second Graders will be held on Monday, November 14 from 4 - 5 p.m. The Book is Tuff Fluff: The Case of Duckie’s Missing Brain by Scott Nash. Discuss the book, play a couple of games, do a craft, watch a movie and enjoy a snack and a drink. Play Hooray with Molly Mouse - Don’t forget to sign up for this special program to be held on Monday, November 21st at 7 p.m. for children ages 2 ½ - 5 (not yet in Kindergarten).

Registration began on November 7 on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Harry Potter Day - For those in grades 3-5, there will be a joint program with Young Adults on Saturday, November 19th. Celebrate the release of a new Harry Potter movie with a full day of events. You must do a separate registration for each child. Registration is on Eventkeeper and began on October 31st. Sign up for one, two or all three events. However, a separate registration for each event is required. 11 a.m. to noon: Golden Snitch Cake Pops with the Baking Coach. 12:30 -1:30 p.m. Potions with Science Teacher Chris Buchman 2:30-3:30 p.m. Harry Potter Games, Triwizard tournament, Quidditch (Weather Permitting) and More! Please check the Library website www.gardencitypl.org for upcoming events and registration dates. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority for registration and participation is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders.

Cozy Up with a Good Book Adult Winter Reading Club

Garden City Public Library In Person Registration Begins Sunday, November 27th at 1PM It’s that time again! It’s hard to believe that the Garden City Public Library is entering its second decade of the very popular Cozy Up with a Good Book Adult Winter Reading Club. You are invited to join the Eleventh Annual Adult Winter Reading Club which will be held from Sunday, November 27th to Sunday, April 9th, 2017. There are no meetings. You choose the books you want to read or listen to. You fill out a review card for each book read. Your

review cards will then be entered into a final drawing at the Cozy Up with a Good Book Celebration Brunch (by invitation only) to be held in the spring. The more review cards you fill out, the more chances you have to win! Registration begins on Sunday, November 27th at 1:00 PM and ends Sunday, January 22nd, 2017. Registration must be done in person and you must be an adult Garden City Library cardholder to join. So come in and register at the Reference Desk. And remember --- cozy up with a good book this winter!

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The Garden City Chamber of Commerce will hold its Fall Luncheon on Wednesday, November 30 at the Garden City Hotel. The keynote speaker will be Michael Balboni of RedLand Strategies Inc. Mr. Balboni, a security expert, will discuss, “Threats to the Homeland.” Michael A. L. Balboni, former New York State Senator and Deputy Secretary of Public Safety under two New York State Governors, is the President and Managing Director of RedLand Strategies, a consulting firm, based in New York City, that provides the expertise, experience and contacts necessary to help companies and government agencies position themselves to get through a crisis, improve business performance and maximize growth. Mr. Balboni specializes in providing extensive experience in a broad range of homeland security and government relation’s issues. From 2007 to 2009 Mr. Balboni was the Deputy Secretary for Public Safety. In this role, the Senator was the Senior Homeland Security and Law Enforcement official for the State of New York. The Public Safety Directorate is comprised of thirteen state agencies and had over sixty thousand employees and a budget of close to four billion dollars. As Secretary, Michael Balboni worked extensively with nuclear, radiological, and critical infrastructure protection. He was the Governor’s representative to the “Secure the City” program to create a ringed defense of nuclear and radiological detection systems around New York City. Senator Balboni was also

designated as the nuclear notification officer for the Governor’s office. In this role, the Secretary regularly received information regarding the operational status and alert notifications from the four nuclear power facilities in New York State, as well as met with officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Washington. From December 1997 to December 2006 Senator Balboni represented the seventh Senate District, located in Nassau County, and was named Chairman of the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs. It was in this role that Senator Balboni led the enactment of nearly every anti-terrorism law in New York State, including the first chemical plant security law in the nation, the criminalization of acts of biological and chemical terrorism, water plant security, pet sheltering laws for disasters, and created the Office of Homeland Security. The luncheon will run from 12:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. There will be a networking session between 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (just before the luncheon). The Garden City Hotel is located at 45 Seventh Street, Garden City. For more information, contact: Garden City Chamber of Commerce Email: info@gardencitychamber.org Fees/Admission: Individual Ticket - $65 Table of 10 - $650 Sponsorship - $1000 Showcase Table - $50 Showcase Table with Discounted Lunch $100

On November 30, the Art Department of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead will host a presentation featuring Louise Cella Caruso and her program titled “ Picturing America”, at 1:30pm at the Garden City Casino. In this era Americans have come to appreciate more and more our heritage of American art. In the past 100 years American art has been second only to France and has assumed the role of world leadership. This illustrated art lecture “Picturing America” will explore American art from the early Limners of the 18th century, followed by the Geniuses of the 19th century, to the Masters of the 20th century. Each art work has immea-

surable energies. Each art work characterizes the focus of American ideals in spotlighting: Democracy, Freedom, Creativity, Leadership, Courage and Landscapes. You will experience the works of artists such as: J.S.Copley, Gilbert Stuart, Emanuel Leutze, N.Rockwell, Childe Hassam, N.C. Wyeth and others. Please join us for this wonderful program, all are welcome and there is a $5 fee for guests. If anyone is interested in joining the Community Club, in order to enjoy our programs, trips or fine art classes please contact our club office on Tue, Wed., or Thurs. between 9:30am and 12:30pm, at 746-0488.

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A new GCPS record for All-County Musicians

Congratulations to 87 Garden City Public School students for being selected as 2017 All-County musicians – a new record for the school district! The students will be participating in the All-County concerts to take place from January 13-15, 2017 at the Tilles Center and Hillwood Recital Hall, C.W. Post, Long Island University. In an email announcement to the district’s music teachers, Dr. Nina Prasso, district coordinator of Music & the Arts, stated, “Thank you for being such a dedicated music teacher and for nominating so many students for the All County experience! Eighty-seven students were accepted to perform at the Tilles Center in January, 2017, which is a record high number for us. Congratulations, and thank you very much for all that you do.”

Garden City Senior High School

Kristen Andron - Band - Bb Clarinet 12 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Abigail Brita - Band - Trombone - 10 Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Jeanne Butler - Band - Bb Clarinet 10 - Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Margaret Chiang - Band - Flute - 11 Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Audra Fitzgerald - Band - Trombone - 9 - Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Marybeth Kane - Band - Tuba/ Sousaphone - 9 - Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Morgan Lafont - Band - Tenor Sax 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Jack McShane - Band - Trumpet/ Cornet - 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Marissa Mehling - Band - Flute - 9 Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Brad Naegele - Band - Tuba/ Sousaphone - 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Caroline Rieger - Band - Flute - 11 Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Cate Schick - Band - Baritone/Euph 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Lara Abruzzo - Chorus - Soprano - 9 Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Constantina Bassias - Chorus - Alto 9 - Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Julia Bedeian - Chorus - Alto - 9 Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Alexandra Davidson - Chorus - Alto -

9 - Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Erika Rooney - Chorus - Soprano - 10 - Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Paul Stein - Chorus - Tenor - 9 Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm John Bill - Mixed Chorus - Bass - 12 Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Stephen Iovino - Mixed Chorus Tenor - 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Andrea Choi - Orchestra - Violin - 12 Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Brandon Gong - Orchestra - Oboe - 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Alan Jian - Orchestra - Bb Clarinet 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Seunghyun Woo - Orchestra - Cello 12 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Seungmin Woo - Orchestra - Violin 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Sarah Wu - Orchestra - Violin - 9 Saturday, January 14th, at 2:00pm Rose Kelly - Vocal Jazz - Soprano - 11 - Sunday, January 15th, at 3:30pm Ann Ambach - Women’s Chorus Soprano - 12 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Hannah Ardito - Women’s Chorus Soprano - 12 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Amanda Nastasi - Women’s Chorus Soprano - 11 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm Alexis Grace Spera - Women’s Chorus - Alto - 12 - Saturday, January 14th, at 7:30pm

Garden City Middle School

Melissa Bass - Band - Flute - 6 Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Bryan Boccafola - Band - Trombone 6 - Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Andrew Burns - Band - Trombone - 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Andrew Cresciullo - Band - Baritone Sax - 6 - Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Sarah DeCicco - Band - Trumpet/ Cornet - 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Mary Grlic - Band - Bassoon - 7 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Eric Hartmann - Band - French Horn - 6 - Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Emma Heath - Band - Flute - 6 Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Corinne Lafont - Band - Bb Clarinet -

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Winthrop-University Hospital is offering a monthly support group for individuals affected by head and neck cancer. Sessions are scheduled for the third Monday of the month, from 12 to 1:30 PM at the Winthrop Welcome Center, 1300 Franklin Avenue, Suite ML5 IN Garden City. To clarify, upcoming sessions for 2016 are November 21 and December 19. The group will provide a safe and confidential space for patients to share resources, obtain support, and meet

others living with head and neck cancer. Sessions are free, open to the public, and facilitated by Oncology Social Worker Karen Sheinkopf, LCSW and Oncology Nurse Navigator, Irma Fenty, RN. Ample parking is available in the lot behind the building. Registration is required. For information or to register, please call (516) 663-1058. For information on other support groups at Winthrop, please visit www.winthrop. org/resources/supportgroups.

7 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Emma Nagler - Band - Bb Clarinet - 7 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Jenny Zheng - Band - Flute - 7 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Tyler Barbaro - Chorus - Alto - 7 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Francesca Ciccone - Chorus Soprano - 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Sarah Fetherston - Chorus - Alto - 8 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Kathryn Kopcak - Chorus - Soprano 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Molly Madigan - Chorus - Soprano - 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Logler MaryKate - Chorus - Soprano - 7 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Ethan Melgar - Chorus - Alto - 6 Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Jacob Melgar - Chorus - Alto - 8 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Rebecca Melkonian - Chorus Soprano - 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Aidan Metz - Chorus - Alto - 7 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Ryan Murphy - Chorus - Baritone - 8 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Lauren Persaud - Chorus - Soprano 6 - Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Lauren Polley - Chorus - Soprano - 8 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Olympia Van Blenis - Chorus Soprano - 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm James Burke - Orchestra - Tuba/ Sousaphone - 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8 pm Sonia Cherpelis - Orchestra - Viola - 6 - Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Spencer Fair - Orchestra - Bass Clarinet - 7 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Billy Golden - Orchestra - Tuba/ Sousaphone - 7 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Audrey Lau - Orchestra - Violin - 7 Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Victoria Williams - Orchestra Violin - 6 - Sunday, January 15th, at 11:00am Benjamin Woo - Orchestra Trombone - 8 - Friday, January 13th, at 8:00pm Aiden Wu - Orchestra - Violin - 7 -

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Brendan Bohn - Band - Trombone - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Caroline Crouchley - Band - Flute - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm James Egan - Band - Flute - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Sophia Erigo - Band - Bb Clarinet - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Emily Metz - Band - Alto Sax - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm James Nagler - Band - Alto Sax - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Joya Achkar - Chorus - Soprano - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Mia Brita - Chorus - Alto - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Jacqueline Caruthers - Chorus Soprano - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Anna Cooke - Chorus - Alto - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Evelyn Paige Feron - Chorus Soprano - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Maria Gaztanaga - Chorus - Soprano - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Ryan Mary Smith - Chorus - Alto - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Christina Vasilakis - Chorus - Alto 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Bianca Frascogna - Orchestra - Viola - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Ryan Lane - Orchestra - Violin - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm

Stratford Avenue School

Riley Donahue - Band - Bb Clarinet 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Julia DeMaro - Chorus - Soprano - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Celia Hearon - Chorus - Soprano - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Lauryn Holzkamp - Chorus - Soprano - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Sarah McLaughlin - Chorus Soprano - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm Kate Grace Pogozelski - Chorus Soprano - 5 - Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm David Digan - Orchestra - Cello - 5 Sunday, January 8th, at 12:00 pm

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IN MEMORIAM Phyllis Walsh Phyllis Walsh, of Sierra Winds, Peoria, AZ left her earthly life on Oct 27, 2016. A retired nurse, Phyllis was born in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada and grew up in a large family. Mom graduated from the General Hospital School of Nursing in St. John’s in 1939 where her first job paid $53.73 a month. In 1940, she moved to Argentia, Newfoundland where she became nurse- in-charge at the U.S. Naval Air Station. She married U.S. citizen Donald Walsh in 1943, moved to the U.S. in 1944 and lived in Garden City, for many years. They had two children, Douglass Roy Reitter (husband, Robert) and Jay Walsh (wife, Brigitte). Phyllis became the President of the Garden City League of Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, and was a volunteer for the Family Service Association of Nassau County, N.Y. She

loved bowling, bridge and other activities at the Garden City Country Club. An avid golfer, she was very active in the Sun City Country Club. She also enjoyed serving others in the Sun City area by volunteering at Boswell Hospital, Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, and Sierra Winds, where she was a true friend to her fellow residents and led an active social life. Also celebrating her life are granddaughter, Elaine Bonifacic, three grandsons, Timothy Roy, David and Matthew Walsh, and five great-grandchildren, D.J., Billy and Emily Bonifacic and Liam and Owen Roy --all of Allendale, New Jersey. Two surviving sisters, Douglass Frampton and Rita Simonds, live in St. John’s, Newfoundland. In lieu of flowers donations are gratefully accepted for the Sierra Winds Employee Appreciation Fund. 17300 N 88th Ave, Peoria, AZ 85382. Condolences for the family may be left at www.menkefuneralhome.com

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IN MEMORIAM Anna Regina Haf Anna Regina Haf, of Garden City, passed away on November 6, 2016. She was 104 years of age. She was the beloved wife of the late Oscar. Loving mother of the late Arthur Haf, D.V.M. Also predeceased by her brother Hans and sister Fanny. Survived by her loving family; daughter-in-law Eileen Haf, sisterin-law Elizabeth Guttenberger, niece Anne (Dr. Keith Sugg), nephew John Guttenberger (Eleanor), cherished nieces and nephews, Mr. & Mrs. Philip Sugg, Thomas Guttenberger, David Sugg, Alex Sugg, Amy Guttenberger, Elizabeth Sugg, and her sister Hildegard Guttenberger of Trostberg, Germany. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Wednesday November 9, 2016 at 10:00am at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church Garden City, NY. Interment followed at Holy Rood Cemetery Westbury, NY. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made in memory of Anna Haf to the Hospice Care Network,

Anna Regina Haf 999 Sunnyside Blvd. Woodbury, NY 11797. Funeral arrangements entrusted to Fairchild Sons Funeral Home, Inc. Garden City, NY.

IN MEMORIAM Paul Buck Former Garden City resident Paul Buck, 62, passed away in a tragic bicycling accident on the morning of July 9th. He was a father, a husband, an uncle, a colleague, and a friend of the community, who died doing what he loved, without suffering. A consummate family man, he will be remembered for the lessons he taught, his good-natured laughter, and the love he offered to all. Paul was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 1953. He was the third and youngest child of Robert Jepherson Buck and Catherine Ruth Buck. Descended from Revolutionary War hero Colonel Jonathan Buck of Bucksport, Maine, Paul grew up in Garden City, New York, and spent his young adulthood in various locales near New York City. He has been a resident of Duluth, Georgia since 1990. He is survived by his mother, Catherine; his wife, Mary; his two

Paul Buck children, Jonathan and Brittany; his siblings, Andrew and Catherine; his niece, Diana; and his nephews, Christoper and Ian.

IN MEMORIAM Isabel Stocco Isabel Stocco, age 96, of Garden City, and Venice, Italy, passed away on November 3, 2016. She was the beloved wife of the late Emilio; loving mother of Frederick (Kathleen) and Gianna Paterson (James); cherished grandmother of Brian, Elise, and Kerri;

adoring great grandmother of Justin, Jamie, Ryan, Aidan, Jeremy, Ethan, Olivia, and Gabriella. Visitation was held on Sunday November 6th at Fairchild Sons Funeral Home, Inc. Garden City, NY. Interment will be in her beloved city of Venice, Italy. If desired, donations may be made to: Save Venice Inc. www.savevenice.org.

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Candlelight House Tour and Holiday Shopping Boutique

Stewart School Halloween concert

Recently, the second graders at Stewart School treated their family and friends to a Halloween concert. Students were decked out in their costumes as they performed a festive array of poems and songs. The children did a wonderful job entertaining the audience. Laughter and smiles filled the auditorium. Special thanks to the Teachers, Staff, Mrs. Norton and Mrs. Kenny on a fantastic job!

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Twigs, a Winthrop-University Hospital Auxiliary, invites you to its Candlelight House Tour of gracious Garden City homes festively decorated for the holidays from 4 – 7:30 pm on Friday, November 18th rain or shine. Tickets purchased in advance are $40 pp. Please mail check payable to Winthrop-University Hospital to Denise Bonomi at 164 Willow Street, Garden City, NY 11530. Tickets may be picked up at the Garden City Casino, 51 Cathedral Avenue, Garden City on Friday, November 18th from 10 am. Tickets purchased on the day of the event at the Casino are $50 pp. Twigs’ popular Holiday Shopping Boutique returns to the Garden City Casino on Friday, November 18th from 10 am – 7 pm and Saturday, November 19th from 9 am – 2 pm. Merchandise, perfect for holiday gifting, will be offered by favorite returning vendors as well as exciting newcomers. Browse the room and be dazzled by selections of holiday décor and decorations, Christmas ornaments, delicious baked goods, jewelry and accessories, ladies’ apparel, skin

care products, hair bows, toys, handmade notecards and more to please discriminating shoppers. All proceeds from the events benefit Winthrop-University Hospital’s STAR program wherein Winthrop Child Life Specialists provide enhanced, coordinated care for hospitalized children on the autism spectrum or diagnosed with Down syndrome. Through play, education and support, Child Life Specialists build a trusting relationship with pediatric patients while helping them adjust to hospitalization through age-appropriate explanations. Funds also are dedicated to two nurse practitioner suites in the Hospital’s state-of-the-science Research and Academic Center where staff gently guide pediatric patients and their families dealing with diabetes, including testing and education, into the endocrinology practice within the new Center. The 42nd Annual Golden Goose Gala is co-chaired by Mari Shea and Marcia Matzelle. Christine Hanson may be reached at 747-7145 to answer any questions.

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The Holidays are approaching With ATHENA Did most of you remember to fall back with the time on your clocks? I hope so or else you were late for church and any other social activities you were planning to attend. Remember - I told you to change them! Don’t forget that Veteran’s Day is this Friday and I hope to see many of you at the services at the Memorial on Seventh Street by the Library. We owe that to those veterans who came back and also to those who did not. Make it a good crowd as they really deserve it. Do you know why Garden Clubs are so important? They know how important growing plants and having gardens helps keep our towns clean and beautiful as well as keeping our air cleaner. Garden Clubs were the first organized group to tackle the use and misuse of plastic. There are nearly five trillion pieces of plastic floating in the world’s oceans. Consider a reusable tote bag or bags instead of taking the plastic ones. You can ask if the store has a recycling receptacle in the store and that you will use it if provided. Our own Village has several bins at the Village yards where you can take your own sorted items - plastic, paper etc. If you don’t wish to take your items there, you can sort them in your Village container and when they are collected at your curb this will take care of itself. Do not think that what you can do is a drop in the ocean. All those drops together will make for a better environment. Happy Birthday wishes go to Joan Jordan, who will blow out the candles on her cake on November 16th and to Mary Polak who will do the same on November 17th. Many happy wishes go to all of the celebrants. Lynn and LeRoy Boisen will be celebrating their wedding anniversary on the 14th of this month and Stephanie and Mike Balboni will do the same just about the middle of this month,

so good wishes to both couples. The Friends of Adelphi University held their Fall program this past Sunday and the audience was delighted with the speaker and his topic. Joshua Ruff, the Director of Collections and Interpretation of the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook was the speaker and his program was “Long Island in the 1960’s”. It brought back memories to many in the audience and Mr. Ruff was delighted to answer all their questions. The Museum is located at 1200 Route 25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790. It must be celebration time and the Board of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead will soon be attending their Christmas Luncheon so you know you have to get a plan for your holiday celebrations. In fact, I do know of folks who have not only started their Christmas shopping, but some have finished it. One never knows what the weather will be leading up to the holidays, so why not start now. Not me and not many - but some of the accomplished shoppers. It may be November, but many organizations have planned for their Holiday parties and the volunteers at Planting Fields Arboretum are among them. They will be having their Christmas holiday receptions for their volunteers on Wednesday, December 7th at Coe Hall. This is to honor those volunteers who are celebrating a special anniversary. The event will take place at the Coe Mansion when docents will be honored and spouses are invited. It is always a lovely event and the mansion will be all decked out for the event. With the holidays coming up there will be many more interesting events to take pare in and enjoy. See you next week.

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Trio Solisti returns for its 11th year as ensemble-in-residence at Adelphi University. Featuring violinist Maria Bachmann, cellist Alexis Pia Gerlach and pianist Fabio Bidini, this program offers works by Beethoven, Dvorak and Mendelssohn.

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GCPS students get into character on Halloween

A cool, brightly sunny day dawned as the perfectly nonspooky backdrop for students throughout the district who anxiously awaited and enthusiastically participated in the schools’ Halloween Day festivities Oct. 31st. Storybook characters were a favorite with the youngest students, while the middle school staff and students followed a food theme. High school stu-

dents got into the spirit with all manner of costumes and outfits, including the teachers (many were unrecognizable!). An album of Storybook Parade & Halloween photos from all seven schools is now posted to the district’s website: www.gardencity.k12.ny.us under the “Photo Gallery” dropdown at the top of the page. Here are just a few:

Inflatable dinosaur costumes were a hysterical choice for these high school students. It was especially funny watching as they waddled down the hallways!! Mrs. Santucci waves to the parents as she leads her class during Hemlock’s Storybook Parade.

At the middle school, many staff and students dressed with a “food” theme in mind.

These boys were very excited as they lined up for the Storybook Parade at Homestead School.

Locust students smiled & waved as they saw their family as they marched outside the school.

Parents were treated to a fifth grade band concert and a recitation of Halloween poems and singing of songs of the season by the second grade classes.

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Everett Vilander celebrates 100 years of life Garden City resident witnessed D-Day as a war correspondent

Everett Vilander, a former journalist and public relations executive and a resident of Garden City for 56 years, observed his 100th birthday on November 9th. In World War II Vilander was a correspondent for United Press in the European Theater of Operations (ETO). After the war he was on the staff of the New York Herald Tribune. Then for 27 years he was a public relations writer and executive for Shell Oil Company. Vilander’s birthday was celebrated on Saturday, November 5th at his residence, and was attended by more than 100 people. On Sunday the congregation of his church, the Presbyterian Church in Garden City had a celebratory luncheon after the church service. “I am an adopted New Yorker,” Vilander says. “I was born in Kansas in the tiny village of Peabody, and grew up in Wyoming and California. I became interested in journalism in high school and enrolled in the University of Southern California School of Journalism in 1934 and graduated in 1938. In the fall semester of my senior year I was named editor of the Humor magazine, The Wampus. Then in the spring semester, at the request of the editor of the Daily Trojan, I resigned as editor of the Wampus to become managing editor of the Daily Trojan. “With the depression still severe in 1938, I was lucky to get a job right away but unlucky to come down quite soon with the most serious illness of my life, an almost deadly case of pneumonia. I was bedridden for more than 6 weeks and my weight fell below 100 pounds. “Doctors advised me not to seek work for a while. I decided I would at least study, and returned to USC to obtain a master’s degree. After only

a couple of months, the position of Supervisor of Student Publications became vacant and I accepted the appointment. “In 1942, I joined several hundred employees of a Lockheed Aircraft subsidiary which had a contract to build and operate a US Air Force base in Northern Ireland. I was a member of a team of 6 men working out of an office on a British Air Force supply installation in the English midlands. “Once it was in operation, the base made major modifications to hundreds of bombers and light planes. The team received the requisitions from the base for the huge volume of supplies needed for the modification program and then scrounged around to get them filled.

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“In the summer of 1943, the Air Force took on the operation of the base. Lockheed employees had the choice of joining American military forces in Great Britain or returning to the United States. This situation seemed to me to provide an unexpected opportunity to get back into journalism. It would have been very difficult to travel from Northern Ireland to London but it was easy for me to take the train to London and contact the American publications with offices there. I did this and ended up being hired by the American wire service, the United Press. “In the spring of 1944, the European manager of United Press offered me the opportunity to report on the upcoming invasion of France from the British sector, code named Sword. Of course I jumped at the chance to report on one of the greatest one-day events in history. “To keep the coming D-Day secret, there were sever-

Everett Vilander al false calls. When the real one came on June 4. I was taken to Southampton and put aboard the destroyer HMS Scorpion. I thought this was a good omen because my Zodiac sign is Scorpio. It proved to be true!! But more about that later. Around 9pm word came that the invasion had been delayed because the stormy weather had produced such rough seas.

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“To the best of my recollection it was around noon on June 5 when word came that D-Day had been reset for the next day, June 6. Because of the slow speed of many vessels and width of the channel at that point the invasion fleet set out as soon as it got dark. Our destination, was a point a few miles off the coast of France near the town of Oistreham, a few miles farther inland was the large city and major military objective, Caen. “Just after dawn a couple of small planes laid down a smoke screen a short distance to our left to block the vision of German artillery east of the invasion zone. It proved to be of greater benefit to the Germans than to Allies. There were 3 other destroyers in our fleet, the Norwegian Svenner and 2 Polish, The Slezak and the Krakhowiak. Svenner was the lead ship and Scorpion was a close second. Shortly after dawn, several torpedo boats from the German naval base at Le Havre dashed through the smoke screen, fired their torpedoes at close range and dashed back through the smoke screen. The torpedoes hit the Svenner’s ammunition compartment.

The continuing ammunition explosions caused the Svenner to break in two and start to sink by the bow and stern. It all took less than 5 minutes. The Svenner was the only vessel to be sunk on D-Day by German naval action. As I watched all this happen I remembered how I thought the Scorpion was a good omen. So then and ever since I have given thanks to God for his blessing in saving me. “The Allied bombardment of the beach was becoming more intense. All the destroyers were now quite close. Just to the right side of the Scorpion were several barges filled with about 40-50 rocket launchers which were deafening. Nearby was a cruiser and just a little farther, the battleship, HMS Rodney. Rodney carried 16-inch guns, the largest (and loudest) in the world. When they were fired, the wave of air pressure could actually send a person off balance. In the hedgerows in the fields beyond the beach German artillery was firing at us almost point blank. It took a long time to silence them. “The din of the bombardment became so deafening you could hardly be heard even if you shouted right into the other person’s ear. Shells were dropping in the sea, sending up great geysers of water, and shrapnel were exploding in the air all around. A Canadian newsreel cameraman tapped me on the shoulder and pointed to my feet. On one shoe lay an ugly piece of shrapnel burning the leather. I reactively kicked it away. “When the British infantry

began the assault, the beach soon became hidden behind a cloud of smoke and debris. The warships kept firing into the hedge-row farmland beyond the beach until it became too dangerous for the advancing troops. Each major unit had a liaison soldier with message equipment to provide targets for the warships. The Scorpion never heard from its man. The captain of the Scorpion then signaled the other destroyers for targets. “Late that afternoon Scorpion received orders to go to the entrance to the English Channel off the Cherbourg peninsula. A squadron of German submarines was reported to be advancing from the South of France. June 7 was a perfect spring day. What a contrast to June 6. Crew members lay on the deck sunning themselves. Scorpion was the closest to France and had been cruising for hours in a north-south manner. Then there was a loud explosion and a geyser of water shot up only about 20 feet off the stern. At once we sped north out of range as other shots followed. “But then the captain turned the ship around and back into range several times to get the exact position of the German artillery. I still believe it was foolish to put the ship and crew in such danger. I am certain the artillery was mobile and its location changed often. Allied planes had been bombing the area for years. The city closest to the channel was Brest, and bomber crews called it “the milk run.” Coninued on page 61...

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Sisters Sydney (left) and Kassie Vetrano form the contemporary duo “Westbury Road.”

Café Ablaze kicks off holiday season

Café Ablaze Christian Coffeehouse opens the door to the holiday season on Sat., November 19. All are welcome to help celebrate eight years of our Café’s special blend of music, refreshment, and fellowship. Onstage, enjoy the contemporary style of the very popular Long Island Christian Worship Band The Gathering. Their energy will capture your spirit! Preceding them is our local favorite acoustic duo Westbury Road. You will be inspired by these talented young women, who compose much of their music. Enjoy great coffee and desserts at candlelit tables in a friendly, casual atmosphere. Singles, couples, families with children (12 and under free), and groups of friends are welcome. Tickets are $10 each, and are sold at the door. A separate freewill offering is collected for the talent. Reservations are suggested, and can be e-mailed to cafeablaze@resgc.

org . Cafe opens at 6:30 p.m. Pizza is available for purchase before the show, which starts at 7 p.m. Door prizes to follow the entertainment. Enter Resurrection Lutheran Church, 420 Stewart Ave., near Clinton Rd. on the Emmet Place side by the lighted Café Ablaze sign. Parking is available on the streets around church or in the semi-circular parking lot by the Fire House at the end of Emmet Pl. To learn more about Café Ablaze, please visit the coffeehouse webpage, www. resgc.org/cafe-ablaze . Resurrection Lutheran Church is a Christian community of faith, with our main campus located at 420 Stewart Ave., near Clinton Rd. in Garden City. All are invited to worship at 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays, and at 8:30, 9:45, and 11 a.m. Sunday mornings, with Christian Education at 9:45 a.m. For more information, call 516.746.4426, or visit www. resgc.org.

Sat • Dec 10 • 2:00 pm Tickets $15-$18 Jeanne Rimsky Theater Landmark on Main Street Port Washington Nutcracker Long Island is a great introduction to this classic holiday favorite.

Go to FadeyevBallet.org to buy tickets and for more information.

The Gathering, worship band from St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Dix Hills.

FOR SENIORS

“Zumba Gold” Fitness Classes for the Active Senior

The fall session of our “Zumba Gold” fitness class will be held in on Thursday afternoons at 2:15 pm in St. Paul’s Senior Center. Each 45 minute class, teaching the basics of Zumba exercise, is led by Felicia Lovaglio, our certified Zumba exercise instructor. This class is geared for seniors or the beginner adult. The ten week session will begin Thursday, December 1. The price for the session is $60. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

Trip to Resorts World Casino on Tuesday, November 22

We leave from St. Paul’s at 10:15 am and will take the Recreation bus to Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct. The promotion for the month is: earn 10 points to receive $20 in slot play and a $10 lunch coupon. We will return to St. Paul’s around 4:30 pm. The cost of this trip is $5. To register, please visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Ave

Special Events for November

Tuesday, November 15 at noon – “Chow Down with the Chamber” Senior Luncheon, space is limited and reservations are necessary by calling 465-4075. PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS NOW FILLED. Wednesday, November 16 at 1 pm – Senior Workshop on Consumer Protection. Older adults are often targeted by consumer fraud scams. Esther Hughes from the NYS Division of Consumer Protection will familiarize you with common scams and how to protect yourself against becoming a victim. Additional information will be provided on how to protect your personal information online, how to protect against identity theft and how minimize unsolicited phone calls. • Tuesday, November 22 at 10 am – ComputerClass,“HowtousetheInternet”.Space is limited and reservations are necessary by calling the Senior Center at 385-8006. • Tuesday, November 29 at 10 am – “Get the Best out of your IPAD and IPhone”. Please bring your IPAD or IPhone with you to this class. Space is limited and reservations are necessary by calling the Senior Center at 385-8006 • Wednesday, November 30 at 1 pm – Audiologist Roy Sullivan, PhD. on “How to Reduce your “What”tage”. This workshop will discuss hearing and communication for the senior population. Registration is necessary. To register for any of the above programs EXCEPT the “Chow down”, call The Senior Center at 385-8006. To attend “Chow Down with the Chamber”, please visit the Office of Recreation and Parks at 108 Rockaway Ave or call 465-4075.

Exercise for Seniors

Recreation and Parks is offering the following exercise classes for seniors at

The Senior Center on Golf Club Lane. For the next few months the classes will be free in order to for you to try each class, after which they will be offered at a nominal charge. Classes are open to all seniors ages 60 and older who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. Classes might be canceled due to a special event or trip so please check the bulletin board at The Senior Center for updates. • MONDAYS Exercise with Felicia at 10 am Tai Chi with Connie at 1 pm Meditation with Connie at 2 pm • TUESDAYS Yoga for all Levels with Allie at 11:15 am Chair Dancing with Felicia at 2:30 pm • WEDNESDAY Exercise with Felicia at 9:45 am Chair Yoga with Connie at 11 am • THURSDAY Exercise with Joy at 9 am (paid class, prior registration is needed) Yoga for all Levels with Allie at 11:15 am Yoga for all Levels with Allie at 12:15 pm • FRIDAY Exercise with Felicia at 9:45 am Resistance Bands with Felicia at 10:45 am Meditation with Connie at noon Tai Chi with Connie at 1 pm

Registration for upcoming senior trips - New trips added

The Recreation and Parks Department, with the advisement of the Senior Advisory Committee, is sponsoring the following trips for seniors who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City during the upcoming months. Please remember to register early because all trips are first come, first served. No registrations will be taken before they are announced in the paper & payment must accompany any registration. Monday, November 14 - A Night at the Opera to see Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at the Metropolitan Opera House. We will travel by coach bus and dinner will be on your own. The cost of this trip will be $85, made payable to Jo Falabella. PLEASE NOTE, THIS TRIP IS NOW FILLED. Monday, December 5 – Dyker Lights Tour –Back by popular demand, we will again ride to Brooklyn to see the famous Holiday light displays in Dyker Heights. We will have dinner at the Colandrea New Corner Restaurant first, then visit the neighborhood to see the display. After reboarding the bus, we will then drive to Rockefeller Center to see the tree! The cost of this trip will be $85, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel. PLEASE NOTE, THIS TRIP IS NOW FILLED. To register for any of these trips, please visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. Please note, once the fees are sent to the venues, they are not refundable so make your selections carefully. All trips are open senior residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City only.

Garden City Retired Men’s Club Schedule of Activities

Monday November 14th 12:30 Hot Turkey Lunch Monday November 21 Meeting Monday November 28 Sandwiches Monday December 5 Meeting Save the Date: Thursday, December 15th at Noon - RMC Christmas Lunch. (Details to Come) Bowling every Friday during season at Herrill Lanes. Contact Ron Zwicke at 747-6842 details. Poker players: check with John Marino at 248-1770. We encourage senior men to come and join in as we enjoy our gorgeous, meeting place. And bring a friend to play with. We welcome bridge, and especially non-bridge, players, in order to expand the variety of our activities. Some suggestions: poker, chess, backgammon, other card games, cribbage

and billiards Also you may come for just conversation, camaraderie, and to make new friends. Lunch is served roughly twice a month.

About the GC Retired Men’s Club

All Garden City men, 55 years and older, are eligible for membership. Annual dues are a very “expensive” $10. The Club is non-sectarian and non-political. Meetings are on Mondays, and a less formal meeting is on Thursdays. Both begin at noon and end at 4:00pm. The Club offers a large screen TV, card games (bridge, poker, cribbage), chess, backgammon, and billiards. In good weather we offer bocce, shuffleboard and horseshoe pitching. Also, the RMC will sponsor periodic speakers which are in addition to those speakers sponsored by the GC Dept. of Recreation and Parks.

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GC Senior Bridge

On November 7th there were five tables playing. The results:

North/South

2--Pat Dolan & Gloria Mentzel

East/West

1--Grace Kelly & Carol Anderson

1--Mickey Norton & Arline Greco 2--Pat Fontaine & Ellen Moynahan

“Active Living,” a four-part wellness series geared toward seniors or anyone affected by a chronic condition, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol or a lung condition, will be offered by Winthrop-University Hospital on four Fridays beginning November 11, 2016. Classes will be held at 1:00 PM at the Winthrop Wellness Pavilion, 1300 Franklin Avenue, Suite ML-5 in Garden City. The program is designed to give individuals the tools they need to improve their health and their quality of life. The first two sessions address healthy eating and exercise, and then the series progresses to highlight the general management of health conditions in the third session. This particular class will provide Individuals with guidance about developing an “action

plan” to improve their well-being. The final session will focus on the mindbody connection, and provide attendees with the opportunity to explore the benefits of stress management techniques. Attendees are encouraged to register for all four classes in order to gain the most benefit from the program. Specific dates and topics are as follows: November 11 – “Healthy Lifestyle – Eat Right” November 18 – “Move for Your Health” December 2 – “Empower Yourself” December 9 – “Mind Over Body” Admission is free, but seating is limited and pre-registration is required. For more information or to register, please call 1-866-WINTHROP (1-866-946-8476).

“Active Living” program at Winthrop Hospital

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LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF FORMATION of Pipeline Communications, LLC. Arts of Org filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 9/22/2016. Office location: NASSAU County. SSNY designated agent upon whom process may be served and shall mail copy of process against LLC to: 284 State Street, Albany, NY 12210. Purpose: any lawful act G.C. 0536 6X 10/14,21,28,11/4,11,18 LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on November 3, 2016, the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden City, ipon the County of Nassau, New York, adopted a bond resolution amending the bond resolution adopted by said Board of Trustees on May 7, 2015, which bond resolution, as amended, is entitled: “Bond Resolution of the Village of Garden City, New York, adopted May 7, 2015 and amended November 3, 2016, authorizing the construction and installation of improvements to electrical and control systems at the Country Club well site, stating the estimated maximum cost thereof is $1,541,000, appropriating said amount for such purpose, and authorizing the issuance of bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed $1,541,000 to finance said appropriation,”an abstract of such bond resolution, concisely stating the purpose and effect thereof, being as follows: FIRST: AUTHORIZING said Village to construct and install improvements to electrical and control systems at the Country Club well site, including removal and replacement of motor control centers and starters for Well No. 14 and Well No. 13 and booster pumps, and installation of a new diesel generator set, new transmitters and controls, electrical wiring and appurtenances and surveillance cameras and alarms, and ancillary work in connection therewith; STATING the estimated maximum cost thereof, including preliminary costs

and costs incidental thereto and the financing thereof, is $1,541,000; APPROPRIATING said amount for such purpose; STATING the plan of financing includes the issuance of not to exceed $1,541,000 bonds of the Village to finance said appropriation, and the levy of a tax upon all the taxable real property within the Village to pay the principal of said bonds and interest thereon; and STATING that all or a portion of the increased cost may be paid from available Village funds other than bond or note proceeds; SECOND: AUTHORIZING the issuance of $1,541,000 bonds of the Village pursuant to the Local Finance Law of the State of New York (the “Law”) to finance said appropriation; THIRD: DETERMINING and STATING the period of probable usefulness applicable to the purpose for which said bonds are authorized to be issued is fifteen (15) years; the proceeds of said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation thereof may be applied to reimburse the Village for expenditures made after the effective date of this bond resolution for the purpose for which said bonds are authorized; and the proposed maturity of said bonds will exceed five (5) years; FOURTH: DETERMINING that said bonds and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds and the renewals of said bond anticipation notes shall be general obligations of the Village; and PLEDGING to their payment the faith and credit of the Village; FIFTH: DELEGATING to the Village Treasurer the powers and duties as to the issuance of said bonds, and any bond anticipation notes issued in anticipation of said bonds, or the renewals thereof; and SIXTH: DETERMINING that the bond resolution is subject to a permissive referendum. DATED: November 3, 2016 Karen M. Altman Village Clerk GC . 0545 1X 11/11

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Ring Road hotel hearing continues Nov. 17 From page 1 would clear the preliminary hurdles for the Marriott Residence Inn project and if a proper environmental review was in order. Rydzewski quickly informed the trustees that she knows a Garden City family eager to address the board, but they were not able to attend last Thursday. Rydzewski says they have a unique perspective to share as they reside on Clinton Road between Stewart Avenue and Old Country Road. She was assured that there would be ample opportunity at the next meeting. Rydzewski turned her questions to a technicality the SEQRA process with the Marriott site application, still incomplete as of the start of November. At the October 20 Village Board meeting, a resident of Uniondale and an environmental sustainability graduate student from Hofstra contested the process moving ahead with pieces missing. While she stood at the podium, Mayor Nicholas Episcopia and Village Attorney Peter Bee provided details on what can happen between November 3 and the hearing’s continuation at the Board of Trustees’ November 17 meeting. Episcopia confirmed with Bee that in the event the village does not hear from neighboring municipalities following the Notice of Intent, “it will be assumed that this will pass” meaning SEQRA determinations can be made. “Regarding the local zoning law and the hotel, what we are waiting for on that is approval from adjacent municipalities. The adjacent municipalities have until November 13 to give us their approval and if they do not, we assume they

have approved it,” the mayor said. Last week Bee gave more insight after acknowledging back at the October 20 meeting that the village had received environmental recommendation from its consulting firm as part of a more comprehensive project scoping. “If the 30-day period elapses on the Notice of Intent (between October 13 and November 13) that will free the Village of Garden City, the Board of Trustees, to declare itself a lead agency, at which time it can make its SEQRA determinations. The SEQRA material is already contained within the village’s Zoning Change Review Committee report, which includes the recommendations of consulting firm H2M on environmental matters. The board may, if it chooses to do so, by adoption of the contents of that report, make its SEQRA determinations once it has declared itself the lead agency. Unless some other entity wishes to be the lead agency, which I consider unlikely, it can be presumed after the 30 day period we can go forward with lead agency status,” Peter Bee, current village counsel as well as former Garden City mayor, explained. Bee announced that the 30-day period to respond meant that the hearing needs to be continued until the November 17 session for further questions or statements. But on November 3, Bee did officially enter into the record a local determination resolution passed on Thursday, October 20 by the Nassau County Planning Commission for the proposed hotel site in Garden City. He provided Village Clerk Karen Altman, sitting across from him, with a copy of the resolution.

Creative Cups Art Calendar supports help for breast cancer patients

A colorful 2017 monthly wall calendar is available from the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline, featuring selected works from their popular Creative Cups event. Each page shows a Creative Cup—an ordinary bra that has been transformed into a work of art by people throughout the US. In March, for example, gorgeous green, blue and purple feathers create “Proud as a Peacock,” by Gail Massaro of Bayville; golfers will enjoy May’s “Protect the Tee Tees,” created by Christina Capetola of Garden City which is embellished with pink and white tees, turf and golf balls; and, marking Independence Day in July there is Cathy Hill of Douglaston’s red, white and blue “Miss Liberty.”

“It was difficult to select just these 12 out of the 136 that will be auctioned on March 16th,” says Dale Flashner, the Adelphi graphic design professor who is the co-founder of Creative Cups. “Each time we do this, I continue to be amazed at the variety of what we receive and the skill with which they are made.” The calendar sells for $20 and all profits support the work of the Adelphi breast cancer program, which provides information and emotional support to breast cancer patients throughout New York State and their families. To purchase the calendar visit, http://creativecups.adelphi.edu/purchase-a-calendar/ or call 516-877-4320.

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From page 1 reation attendants – Tom McGerty, heavily involved at the Garden City Pool, Andrew Karen, a contributor with responsibilities including the roller hockey program, and Felicia Lovaglio, who teaches exercise classes at the new senior center. Resident Steve Illardi of Meadow Street questioned the raises outlined in the agenda at the start of the Village Board’s November 3 meeting. “The contract between the CSEA and the village has been unsettled for several years. I understand there is no contract and everybody’s wages are what they are, they get steps (increases) if steps are due. What exactly are the changes being made for these particular people?” he asked. After Mayor Nicholas Episcopia asked for executive staff to explain, Kevin Ocker, the village’s department head for Parks and Recreation, commented briefly on the raises being warranted by greater duties and exceptional performance. “As the agenda indicates we have identified increases for three titles that we currently use within the department and we feel at the present time, they should be considered for a grade to be increased. The maintenance supervisor (Sam Simone) as listed within our chart as part of the bargaining unit is currently a Grade 23 – we believe that with his duties and responsibilities at this point in time, that it should be a Grade 25. Our recreation attendants are our employees doing

various things in the department but are very important to the village. They happen to be the lowest grade possible in our grid – they are Grade 16 and we are recommending them to be elevated to Grade 19. Our tree pruner (Robert O’Kane) is currently a Grade 19 and we’ve had a few retirements in that area, and fortunately we still have a very dedicated and hard-working employee. He is really holding together our in-house work for all of the tree work in the village and we’d like to elevate that to Grade 21,” Ocker told Illardi, the room full of residents and the Village Board. Wendi Bowie, communications specialist for the CSEA Long Island Region, spoke with The Garden City News just prior to the Board of Trustees’ November 3 meeting. She said these step raises were hopefully “steps” in the right direction but a conundrum still exists. “We are pleased that the Village Trustees are recognizing and appreciative of the value of several employees enough to give them raises, which is fantastic – we are very happy for them. But the issue is that there are about 150 other CSEA Rank and File members that still haven’t gotten raises since 2012. It really does not satisfy this situation. It is a wonderful thing for these few employees (in the Recreation and Parks Department) but there is a larger group of people whose wages still have not been adjusted accordingly, and we are still trying to fight for them so that they

can get the money that they deserve as well so that everyone can be happy,” Bowie said. There isn’t any timetable expected from the CSEA’s leaders, but Bowie says her organization is still trying to negotiate and “figure things out with Garden City management.” At the November 3 Trustees’ meeting, Deputy Mayor Richard Silver noted that the union “has not yet provided that approval, and we are hopeful that they will do so, so that these employees can benefit from the STEP increases.” Mayor Episcopia said Silver’s comments fully reflect the opinion of the Village Board. “With Mr. Ocker we have discussed this thoroughly. We really believe that these folks deserve this. This was not something that we decided to just put on the table – this was thought of and talked about extensively, so you all know that,” he said. Ocker commented that the Department of Recreation and Parks is fortunate to have the administrative team in place as it is constituted today. “They are working every day towards the betterment of operations in the village and our positive impact on the residents that choose to use our facilities. The administrative team is aware of their goals and objectives. They will be undergoing performance reviews in the future as we proceed. Thank you,” Ocker said.

Village explains raises, CSEA has more questions

From page 1 and for the library, as well as for the maintenance of about 90 acres of open spaces to contractor Con-Kel Landscaping (formerly handled by Recreation and Parks or Public Works),” the deputy mayor said. The deputy mayor continued to explain cost cuts and planning. “In other cases we re-allocated necessary tasks or employed technology in a way that allowed us to bank all or a substantial portion of the attrition-based savings. As much as we achieved, there is still more opportunity. I would expect that we would continue to look for ways to re-engineer work flow and eliminate low-value work, better employ technology, and continue to look for outsourcing opportunities that would allow us to continue to reduce our labor costs that today, still comprise more than 60 percent of our annual budget. Those operational savings which become current savings create ways for the Board to help fund our infrastructure needs at a time when we like every New York municipality face challenges on the revenues’ side, a stringent tax cap and our commitment to hold tax increases to the level of inflation, generally,” Silver said. Not mentioned specifically by name but understood as a key contributor to the step adjustments was the void left with one managerial position, created this summer due to the retirement of Assistant Superintendent of Recreation Ed Fronckwicz, first reported in The Garden City News following comments from Ocker at the September 21 meeting of the Recreation Commission. Last Thursday, Silver alluded to Fronckwicz’s retirement as “a situation that occurred in the Recreation Department, where a senior-level retirement occurred, which provided an opportunity for Mr. Ocker to re-engineer his workflow in a way that avoided a need to replace the senior-level position.” Using an example akin to Fronckwicz’s retirement, Silver states that the Village Board has asked the

administration to treat every employee position that becomes vacant as an opportunity for savings. The expectation now is not to refill each position but only those that could be deemed essential to the village’s operations. “In the process, Mr. Ocker was able to re-allocate tasks among a number of senior staff in a way that provided recognition opportunities at the same time as saving most of the retiring employee’s salary and benefits’ costs. The salary adjustments on our meeting agenda tonight reflect the recognition for those individuals,” Silver said last week. He noted that as required by the union contract, the village has “sought and obtained concurrence from the union for these changes.” The deputy mayor called the STEP increases a “win-win” and the village looks forward to finding more opportunities like the raises going forward. “At the same time as we’re looking to reduce the size of our staff we note the importance of recognizing other employees whose responsibilities have increased due to organic factors. For example the opening of our new senior center earlier this year created the opportunity for talent and employees in Recreation to take on a more visible role on-site, and other talented staff members have taken on more responsibility in management of our pool and other facilities as part of the very substantial capital investments that we are making – we’d like to recognize them and a couple of others like them through grade changes and modest promotional increases, utilizing a small portion of savings from the retirements in the department,” Silver said.

Union Leader, Present for the November 3 Meeting, Responds Kevin Kirby is president of the CSEA Rank and File unit Local 882, simply referred to as the ‘Blue Collar Unit’. He was in the audience at the November 3 Board of Trustees’ meeting and after seeing the meeting agenda, which puzzled him, he listened carefully

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Raises for eight employees approved by Village Board

before speaking with a few municipal employees in the hallway. Joining him at the trustees’ meeting was Karen Carpenter, head of the CSEA’s contract action team, abbreviated C.A.T. Kirby was recently active with a message to the community expressing thanks on behalf of CSEA members in a Letter to the Editor published in the News on October 7, 2016. In that letter he states the timeline “unfortunately the Village of Garden City employees are without a contract since June 1, 2013 and have not received a contract raise since June 2012.” The most recent sequence of events involving the village administration and CSEA officials just last week was not relayed at the meeting, however. Instead Trustee Silver’s statement with these raises pending approval of the CSEA Rank and File unit was put forth to the public at the November 3 meeting without ties to the negotiation status. In a phone interview on Monday, November 7, Kirby said he and other CSEA officials were taken aback by the November 3 board action. “If I had not had a copy of the meeting agenda and/ or attended that meeting, I would never have known this was happening last Thursday night. On Friday morning (November 4) Village Clerk Karen Altman called me to ask if myself and our (CSEA) labor relations specialist, Jim DellaRocca, were going to come to Village Hall to sign the papers – I asked her, Karen what papers are you talking about? I had to ask Jim when he was available but also, I am not ready to sign anything right now. Three people above me in the CSEA, the specialist Jim DellaRocca, Karen Carpenter and John Shepard told me not to sign anything until we meet with Ralph Suozzi. It was suggested that considering there isn’t labor peace right now, unless we (the Rank and File) are getting something substantial for everyone, right now we have to meet and find out what could happen. From what I understand origiSee page 44

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From page 43 nally Ralph Suozzi was against the step increases, about two months ago, but this move last week represents a complete 180-degree change,” Kirby tells the News. A meeting was arranged with DellaRocca, Kirby and Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi for Wednesday, November 9 at noon (after press time for The Garden City News’ November 11 edition). Kirby says his intent was to find out “where we are at currently, at this point in time and going forward.” He says the CSEA team and the village’s representatives in negotiations were hoping to come back to the bargaining table soon as each side has worked on updated proposals. Still, the labor negotiation’s years of unrest looms large over what the village. Through Silver’s words, described as a “win-win.” Kirby for one does not believe that was the intent and instead there has been a domino effect among employees in the past several days. He says around the village, news of raises for some of the most visible Garden City employees have resulted in feedback to the CSEA from other concerned Rank and File employees. “They’ve told us, ‘hey not for nothing but how could the village give raises helping four or five employees but we

are getting nothing, and why not?’ That is the reaction we are getting because other people out there are working hard out here too, and the explanation Deputy Mayor Silver gave did not seem that they were doing this out of the goodness of their hearts – the savings from Ed Fronckwicz’s retirement was the only way the village was able to do it. There is an agenda and the village has fired the first salvo,” Kirby says. He believes this characterizes many CSEA members’ opinions. The Village Board’s action on November 3 to approve the changes in titles from one grade to another has, by default, skipped over other employees in other grades, changing the entire structure of a contract with the CSEA, according to Kirby. He says the step increases are something that should generally be done during labor contract negotiations. “I was stunned last week when this came out. Considering that we do not have labor peace at this time, to adjust the structure of the contract itself is something unheard of to be honest with you – it’s never been done before. Generally something like that, if you are looking to move title grades within the labor contract, then changing the structure of the contract before getting back to the table after quite some time

without a contract, to do it prior to negotiations, is highly unusual. We do not want to hold anybody back, but we are getting to hear concerns from the other Rank and File members,” Kirby says. He feels the CSEA has now been put in a very compromising position. Kirby confirms that since the legislative hearing held in early May at a Village Board meeting, where the CSEA was represented by Cynthia Small but the union did not participate with comments, there has been no action on the negotiations front whatsoever. Even with the step increases on the table, Kirby says there has been very little communication he is aware of and there isn’t a timetable set forth for the CSEA to sign those papers. Kirby says Deputy Mayor Silver’s elaboration of the village staffing picture overall on November 3 did little to put into context the labor union’s standing with the village. “The 250 (employee total) is also counting the entire village employee payroll and not the blue collar Rank and File, which has seen a reduction of the force, going from approximately 189 employees to 150 in about the last seven to eight years, whether due to attrition, layoffs, buyouts and more. He (Deputy Mayor Silver) mentioned 320 to 250 but that is not really something that factors

into our equation,” Kirby said. The totals for village employees spoken about includes white-collar jobs, police and paid firefighters, which are all on separate contracts. Three of the village staff slated for pay grade increases are represented by what Kirby says are the CSEA Supervisory unit’s ‘white collar position’ contract and not the Rank and File.

Landscaping Contract Extended

Outsourcing of village greenery maintenance appears to be permanent. Earlier in the day on November 3 Con-Kel Landscaping, which is based in Floral Park, was observed performing maintenance along Seventh Street, next to the library and across from the Garden City Hotel. Unrelated to the village employees’ step increases, at its meeting that night the Board approved a one-year extension in the amount of $178,999 for Con-Kel’s turf maintenance contract with the village. The old contract was to expire on November 15, and under mutual agreement the terms could be extended for the next one year. The maintenance specified in the contract includes cutting, trimming, removal of litter and spring and fall cleanup of designated village areas.

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The Garden City Recreation and Parks Department held its first annual “Halloween Mini Golf Glow Night” at Community Park on October 28 & 29. Each player received a glow in the dark necklace, free hot chocolate and

fresh popped popcorn. Glow in the dark golf balls and Halloween themed music added to the fun. Over 50 residents attended and a howling good time was had by all.

GCHS presents Arsenic & Old Lace BY LEXI SPERA, STUDENT The Garden City High School thespians will be performing Arsenic and Old Lace on Thursday, November 17th at 4 p.m., Friday, November 18th, and Saturday, November 19th at 7 p.m. at the Inez Spiers Auditorium. Tickets are $8 for students and senior citizens and $10 for general admission. Ticket purchases can be purchased at the door or through the website: our.show/gardencity/arsenic. A special preshow buffet dinner, free to registered Garden City senior citizens, is again being sponsored and served by members of Garden City Teachers Association. The dinner will take place in the high school library starting at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 17th. Kindly RSVP for the senior citizen dinner and show by calling (516) 478-2222. Arsenic and Old Lace, a black comedy, takes place in Brooklyn in the 1930s at the house of the Brewster family. Abby and Martha Brewster are the heads of the family, a family comprised

of some very peculiar personalities, who have taken up the hobby of murdering lonely men by spiking elderberry wine with poison and burying them in the cellar. Teddy, who believes he is Teddy Roosevelt and the cellar is the Panama Canal, digs the locks to bury the men and performs a funeral with his aunts. Mortimer, the aunts’ other nephew who was raised by his aunts in the house where the nefarious activities are taking place, is a drama critic who has fallen in love with his former next door neighbor. He soon finds out about his aunt’s strange, and highly illegal, pastime. He does his best to hide their “gentlemen” from the police, until his homicidal brother, Johnathan, returns home with Dr. Einstein, his alcoholic sidekick who performs plastic surgery on his face to hide Johnathan from the police. The play is a plethora of twists, turns, and hilarious obstacles that is sure to keep the audience guessing.

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Glow in the dark golf balls and Halloween themed music made mini golf a spooky good time.

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Halloween Fun with the Recreation Department

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Happy Veterans’ Day! Thank you to all who sacrificed for our freedom.

Sportswear Pickup Day

Sportswear Pickup Day is Saturday, November 19th, 9 am – 12 noon at the Garden City High School cafeteria. If you are not going to be in town that day – ask a friend to pickup for you. All unclaimed orders will be donated. Thank you to all who supported this fundraiser!

Another successful PTA event!

Thank you to the teachers and administrators who were part of the panel discussion How Do We Create Classes That Foster Students Learning & Social and Emotional WellBeing on November 1st at the Garden City High School. This event was the combined efforts of the Garden City Public Schools, Garden City PTA and Garden City SEPTA. During the 90-minute presentation and Q&A, educators explained the district’s approach to educating the whole child including the benefits derived from inclusion and demonstrating acceptance for our children and school community. The panel discussion also provided parents of children in kindergarten through fifth grade a look into the different classroom environments and programs that exist to meet the needs of all students. We would like to thank Garden City SEPTA for co-sponsoring this event with the PTA; Dr. Edward Cannone, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum/Instruction; Ms. Lynette Abruzzo, Director of Pupil Personnel Service; Mr. Louis Bonadonna, Assistant Director of Pupil Personnel Services; Ms. Michele Vincent, elementary schools’ social worker and the dedicated teachers who volunteered their time for this event: Mr. Kevin Dolan, Ms. Jennifer Marmorale, Ms. Amanda Leggett, Ms. Lori Palladino, Ms. Michelle Murphy, Ms. Ashley Long, and Ms. Virginia McCavera.

Attention Members - The PTA Nominating Committee needs you What does this commit-

tee do? The Nominating Committee reviews and selects the best-qualified individuals to serve as PTA officers for the 2017-18 school year. More information can be found on gardencitypta.org website or directly contact Pat Aprigliano, Executive Vice President executivevp@gardencitypta.org for more information. We need representatives for Homestead, Stewart, Stratford, Middle School, and the High School. • 11/21, M - Deadline to submit your name to serve on the Nominating Committee to Pat Aprigliano at executivevp@ gardencitypta.org

National PTA Webinar

What is bullying? What is cyber-bullying? Who is at risk? How do you respond? Bullying and cyber-bullying can negatively impact the learning environment of all students. Parents, school staff, and other caring adults can have a vital role in preventing these situations. Join this virtual event to learn about bullying and cyber-bullying, hear statistics, and learn how parents, students and school community can respond and address them appropriately. First register with National PTA with your Garden City PTA card sent to your inbox last week - then register for the webinar here: http://bit. ly/2dYubrg • 11/17, Sat – “National PTA Webinar: Bullying and Cyberbullying” (http://bit. ly/2dYubrg) from 7:00 - 8:00 pm. Upcoming GCPTA Events: • 11/17, Sat – Pick up Sportswear at GCHS Cafeteria from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm

Upcoming GCPS Events:

Attention Stewart Parents • 11/15, T – Stewart School Blood Drive from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm

Attention Stratford Parents

• 11/16, W – Stratford School Blood Drive from 7:00 am to 2:00 pm • 11/18, F – Stratford 2nd Grade Thanksgiving Show at Stratford Auditorium at 9:00 am

Parent Teacher Conference Dates

Check your calendars! • 11/16, W – Primary Schools, 6:30 – 8:30 pm • 11/17, Th – Middle School,

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Attention Residents: Board of Education Meeting

• 11/15, T – Regular Meeting at Stratford School at 8:15 pm

GCHS’s Fall Production “Arsenic and Old Lace”

Tickets are $10 for students and $8 for students/senior citizens. The easiest way to purchase tickets is at: our.show/ gardencity/arsenic. Tickets will also be available at the door. Performance dates and times: • 11/17, Th, - For GC Senior Citizens: HS Fall Theater Production Dress Rehearsal/ GCTA Buffet Dinner at GCHS at 3:30 pm • 11/18, F – GCHS Fall Production at GCHS auditorium at 7:00 pm • 11/19, Sat – GCHS Fall Production at GCHS auditorium at 7:00 pm

Photo Use Policy

The Garden City PTA will be photographing and/or filming students, staff, and PTA members as they go about the business of learning, succeeding and participating in PTA events and activities. This media may be published on the Garden City PTA website, monthly e-newsletters, social media sites (Facebook and Twitter), and in the Garden City News. Student names will never be published. If you do not wish to have your child or yourself photographed and/ or videotaped, submit your request to technologyvp@gardencitypta.org in writing. Fullclass or group photographs and videotapes should not be included in your request.

National PTA Supports “The Great American Smokeout

Research shows that almost all smokers start when they are young. The good news is that the number of younger Americans who smoke cigarettes has been going down since the 1990s. The bad news is that nearly 4.7 million US middle and high school students are currently using some type of tobacco products, and the use of “trendy” products, such as hookah and e-cigarettes are on the rise in American youth. As of 2016, nearly 23% of all high school students (grades 9-12) and 7.4% of all middle school

Hemlock students enjoyed a PTA-sponsored visit by Valerie Pfundstein, author of Heroes in Our Neighborhood. She read her poignant story intended to “foster mindfulness of and appreciation for the brave service men and women who are also our family, friends, and neighbors.” What a wonderful event – just in time for Veterans’ Day. students had used some kind of tobacco product in the past month. That’s why getting students to avoid the first cigarette is key to stopping the tobacco epidemic and to helping save more lives. (Source: American Cancer Society)

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Who Are We

Since 1945, the Garden City Parent Teacher Association has been dedicated to serving children and families in our community. Today’s Garden City PTA is a network of parents, teachers, administrators and community members devoted to the educational, social and emotional success of children. Our commitment to creating a collaborative

environment where families and the school community can work together has and will continue to foster positive change in our schools and within our community. Together we are a powerful voice for all our children, a relevant resource for our families and a strong advocate for public education. Through our annual membership drive and fundraising efforts we are able to provide cultural programs, speaker engagements, health and safety programs, monetary awards to high school seniors and so much more. Many of our events and programs have become longstanding traditions in our schools and for our students. Our grants have enhanced the educational experience for students in each of our seven schools. Our members can be found volunteering their time and talents in our schools and throughout our community. Thank you to all who support the Garden City PTA. Together we can achieve great things!

Soprano supreme Jessica Stolte Bender and her fellow musicians, tenor Christopher Reames, and pianist Anna Betka, enchanted an appreciative audience with their performance of “Autumn Melodies for a Sunday Afternoon” on October 23 in the beautiful Victorian setting of The Garden City Historical Society Museum on Eleventh Street. The concert featured fall-inspired melodies, including, “Autumn Leaves” by J. Kosma, “Air Romantique” by F. Poulenc, and “September” by R. Strauss. Light refreshments followed the performance. Jessica Stolte Bender has been an admired performer for the last 15 years on Long Island, as well as in Carnegie Hall. She has performed in musical theatre, including such plays as The Sound of Music, Pippin, A Chorus Line, and Fiddler on the Roof. Christopher Reames is powerful as a tenor in opera performances, such as Oberon, Lucia di Lammermoor, The

Turn of the Screw, and Die Zauberflote. He has a Doctorate in Musical Arts. Anna Betka, a strong pianist, has performed all over North America and Europe. The music teacher works with the Stony Brook Pre-College Program. The event was chaired by former Society Trustee and current A. T. Stewart Exchange Consignment Shop volunteer Penny Hinderstein. Hinderstein was ably assisted by Trustee Pat Savella. The Garden City Historical Society thanks the event’s generous sponsors: Ardito and Ardito, LLP in Franklin Square (www.arditolaw.com); O’Shea Trucking of New Hyde Park (www.movingbyoshea.com), Paul Sapienza of New York Life Insurance located in Lake Success (www.newyorklife.com), and Sweet D’Cor Cakes of Garden City South (www.sweetdecor. com). The Society also thanks John Lawn of ADT Security Services in Long Island City (www.adt.com), who provided refreshments.

Diane Rick, left, enjoys the music with Historical Society President Mary Mahoney and Vice President Beth Watras.

Tenor Christopher Reames, poses with concert-goer John Douglas, center, and Historical Society Corresponding Secretary and Membership chair, Mary Jane Caldwell.

A.T. Stewart Exchange volunteer Penny Hinderstein presents Christopher Reames with his prize—50 scratch-off lottery tickets.

From left, pianist Anna Betka, tenor Christopher Reames and soprano Jessica Stolte Bender are thanked by The Garden City Historical Society President Mary Mahoney, Trustee Pat Savella and A. T. Stewart Exchange Consignment Shop volunteer Penny Hinderstein. (Photos provided by Suzie Alvey)

As part of the event, The Garden City Historical Society offered a raffle. Above, Trustee Joanne Doherty picks tenor Christopher Reames’ winning ticket.

Hors d’oeuvres and desserts were provided by John Lawn, ADT, and members of The Garden City Historical Society.

Friends enjoy a wonderful performance.

Christopher Reames and Jessica Stolte Bender have a resounding finish.

Historical Society Trustee Ed Alzner and Treasurer Maureen Traxler Dellacona serve refreshments with Penny Hinderstein.

From left, Sponsors Joseph Ardito of Ardito and Ardito LLP, Paul Sapienza of New York Life Insurance, and John Lawn of ADT Security Services are greeted by Historical Society Trustee Pat Savella.

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Community Club holds

On September 15, the members of The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead, attended their annual Friendship Luncheon held at the Westbury Manor. This event celebrates the new season for the Club, and gave both current and new members a chance to renew old friendships and make new ones. The afternoon was delightful with great food and great friends. There were opening remarks by the President, Kathy

McCormick, followed by an inspirational invocation delivered by Dr. Emilie Sair, followed by a delicious lunch after which a few door prizes were awarded. The arrangements for this wonderful event, were organized by Mrs. Judith Dolan, along with her committee, who all did an outstanding job. The great photos were taken by Dr. Emilie Sair and the event was a great success.

Standing: Genevive Furman, Marie Natoli Lavinio, Kathy McCormick, Diana Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connell, Noreen Joyce Sitting: Prem Chauhan, Gerry McHugh, Marion Nemetsky, Ruth LaBosco, Phyllis Dima

Standing: Veronica Witt, Rose Ng, Gerry Gillen, Alice Sarkis, Joan Tawadros Sitting: Dr. Emilie Sair, Margaret Webster, Ann Barker, Willa Ward

Standing: Adele Lynch, Rita Varriale, Bernice Profitlich Sitting: Marilyn Kerr, Maureen Delany, Eileen Castellano, Judith Dolan

Standing: Harriet Spielfogel, Theresa Casale, Marie Dorto, Maureen Fryer Sitting: Grace Chrislino, Louise Abitabile, Jean Resceoghi, Anne Daly

Standing: Stephanie Garizio, Pat Keinath, Marion Kleinkramer, Eileen Murtagh Sitting: Anneliese Spiekermann, Ilona Panker, Josephine Chiarelli, Ann Giumenta

Standing: Ann Heinzelman, Annette Gilmartin, Susan Jordan, Barbara Burke Sitting: Elaine Doyle. Barbara Thompson, Janet Blohm, Carole Culkin

Standing: Ruth Lacy, Mary Ann Calabro, June Kwee, Doris Cassidy Sitting: Marge Moran, Lillian LaPlac, Shiela Birkenstock, Kathleen Kelsh

Standing: Lee Amrhein, Greta Healy, Pamela Niosi, Celia Niosi, Barbara Helmus Sitting: Loretta Bice, Fran Favreau, Janet Bennento, Pat Sheehan, Janet Castles

Standing: RoseMarie Guzzo,Marie Dibenedittis, Nadia Hazarian Sitting: Ann Paulaon, Lucile Kramer, Marion Salomon, Michele Weisburg

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annual Friendship Luncheon

Standing: Mary Cassidy, Arlene Urban, Josephine Krawezyk, Pat Molen, Liz Miller Sitting: Rocky Russo, Joan Alford, Larissa Cowin, Julie Fehler

Standing: Diana Campbell, Doris Buck,Loretta, Sohn, Dolores Sullivan, Agnes Melahn, Joan Bbahna Sitting: Grace Lucca, Marily LePeti, Marjorie Brown, Camille Artz

Standing: Ives Prieto, Eileen Bishop, Theresa Browne. Alice Dillon, Edna Bittner Sitting: Pat Goeller, Barbara Filazzola, Mary Alice Burchell, Marianne Rybak

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Community Church Nursery School celebrates Halloween

Halloween celebrations at the Garden City Community Church Nursery School (CCNS) were very colorful with the beautiful changing leaves and the brightly-colored costumes. The young students wore their costumes in a dazzling parade as they marched around the playground and building. The children sang Halloween songs on the church steps for an enthusiastic audience of relatives. Back inside the children enjoyed Halloween crafts and treats. The 2017-2018 nursery school program for two, three and four-year-olds open registration has started. Choices include morning or afternoon classes with Wednesdays featuring “Extension

Classes” consisting of “Community Enrichment,” “Community Cooking” and “Great American Artists.” The Garden City Community Church Nursery School has been committed to quality early childhood education since 1953. It is located in the Garden City Community Church at 245 Stewart Avenue, corner of Whitehall Boulevard. Call the Cathie McCullough, Director at 516.746.1756, visit www. GCCCNurserySchool.com or e-mail GCCCNursery@yahoo.com for more information or to schedule a tour. Photos by Suzie Alvey

Stories with Mrs. Rosano and Mrs. Muscarella.

Princesses.

Mom and sis join in fun.

Mrs. Emmert & little classmates.

Happy singing.

Pirate.

Halloween Parade.

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Vermont Ski Resorts Optimistic About 2016-17 Season zs BY KAREN RUBIN Even as Vermont’s major ski resorts add imaginative new experiences on and off the mountain to their mix and promote high speed six-packs and bubble chairs, other resorts are promoting their “pure Vermont” roots and authentic ski experience. Vermont, which will take center stage with the first World Cup events to be held here in 25 years, is distinguished not only for the sheer number of mountain resorts, but the differences in their character, personality and features. This year, the resorts throughout the state have really focused on enhancing snowmaking and even rounding out off-mountain experiences, in light of the mischief Mother Nature can play. But good news! Accuweather is predicting a normal year for snow in the Northeast. So what’s new for the 201617 winter season? Quite a lot. Vermont’s resorts have been busy making renovations to lodging and restaurants, upgrading lifts and snowmaking and adding off-slope amenities. And some are making historic event announcements. Killington Resort Killington Resort is bringing Alpine World Cup skiing back to the eastern US for the first time in 25 years when the Audi FIS Ski World Cup takes place over Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-27. Giant Slalom and Slalom races will pit

Skiing down Rumrunner trail at Smugglers’ Notch, a trailblazer in family skiing programs © 2016 Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com the best female technical alpine skiers from 26 countries against one another on Superstar trail, the infamous New England steep that is regularly the Eastern US’s last remaining open ski trail through late May or June. The general public is invited to view the women’s giant slalom and slalom races in a free general admission area at the base

of the trail with a jumbo screen for watching the full race course, plus a weekend loaded with festivities including free live music, multiple movie premieres and additional surprises to be announced. Killington, together with Pico, offer six mountains and is the largest ski rsort in the Northeast as well as open the longest, from

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mid-October (you can ski in costume on Halloween) to as late as into June. Killington also offers 15 km of groomed Nordic skiing as well as ziplines and a mountain coaster year round. (killington.com) Magic Mountain Magic opens the season under new See page D2

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ownership with the acquisition by SKI MAGIC LLC. With a robust operating budget and new snow guns, Magic will have more snow in 2016-17, made earlier than ever before, which will improve the consistency and reliability of skiing on both the easier East Side and more challenging West Side trails. For the first time in years, both bottom-to-top summit lifts (1,600’ vertical) will be in full operation. There will also be new daycare facility and some refurbishing to the lodge and Black Line Tavern. It also offers ski school, rentals, tubing park (night), and a base lodge with restaurant and bar. There’s no lodging at the mountain, but plenty of quaint places nearby. Located in Londonderry - south of Okemo, east of Bromley, north of Stratton- Magic Mountain, with 43 trails, all running from top to bottom (the green trail is 1.2 miles from the top; the longest, Wizard, is 1.6 miles), is much like Mad River Glen, with terrain is its most distinguishing feature. “Magic Mountain is for people whose #1 priority is skiing,” says Geoff Hatheway, one of the new owners..

“Like Mad River Glen, Magic Mountain is a throwback – nothing fancy. We are ‘tree-mendous’ – lots of glades.” With the capital improvements, Magic Mountain will “provide a better ski experience – more lifts, snow making, more consistent product – but we’re not changing its character. In an industry which always changes – follow the leader – we’re counter-culture, a throwback, with a pace and style more like 1960s and 1970s. We’re old school fixed grip chairs top and bottom – not high speed (no six-packs or detachable quads). It spreads people out. We have snowmaking on 50%. “We want to sustain, preserve and enhance the ski experience. What differentiates us is the people, the friendly vibe, friendly. And value? We make skiing affordable – lift prices are lower even at ticket window.” Magic Mountain has joined the Freedom Pass program. Magic Mountain is 2 hrs from Boston, 3 ½ hours from NYC, 90 minutes from Albany. (magicmtn.com). Stowe Mountain Resort Stowe Mountain Resort is opening an $80 million Adventure Center,

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Skiing Pico, which together with Killington, affords six mountains to explore, the largest ski resort in the Northeast. Killington is hosting the Alpine World Cup © 2016 Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com a state-of-the art facility that sets a new standard in the industry for kids and family amenities, says Jeff Wise, Marketing & Communications Director. Located at Spruce Peak and adjacent to Stowe’s new outdoor Ice Skating Rink, Stowe’s Adventure Center is home to all Stowe’s children’s programs (3-12), with ski in/out convenience. From beautiful daycare facilities (largest in Vermont, accommodating 60) to ski and ride programs for kids 3 and up (accommodating 500 children a day), the new Adventure Center has significantly advanced and expanded family amenities and services at the resort. “It sets a new standard – visionary – we can have 500-600 kids checking in within 30 minutes. It offers a seamless experience for the family,” Wise says. After skiing (4 pm), the Adventure Center turns into a family recreation center, offering an Indoor Climbing Center (called Stowe Rocks), a movie theater, activity center, kids-specific restaurant ,The Canteen (after 4 pm is family friendly), and right outside the door, a new ice skating rink (free skating, but rentals available), lit until 9 pm. Also, an outdoor pool, heated year round (swim in/out of building, (there is also an indoor pool in lodge next door). The new Adventure Center is the final piece of a 15-year, $500 million building program. “The big news is

that the building program is finally finished.” Part of that plan was the 312-room Stowe Mountain Lodge, built at a cost of $100 million, which opened 2008, offering ski in/out convenience and now recognized as one of the Top 10 in the world. Stowe is open longer than most, Nov 19-April 21 because of $30 million snowmaking system. “New technology can make more snow at higher temps than before (we start making snow on November 1), and in fewer than 20 days, we can get 20% of top to bottom done.” Stowe has trails on Mt. Mansfield, part of Appalachian Trail and the highest point in Vermont, second highest in New England (after Mount Washington, where people ski Tuckerman’s Ravine). Stowe (stowe.com) also offers 75 km of cross-country skiing that connects to the Trapp Family Lodge. (Trapp just opened a beer hall). Always innovative in its programming (it still offers the Mountain Main adventure package that was introduced last season), Stowe Mountain Lodge, which is managed by Destination Hotels, is celebrating the opening of the Adventure Center with a “digital detox for the family” package, incentivizing people to give up their phone for a period of time in exchange for learning a new experience. There are 22 to choose from including “learn to” ski, snowboard, rock climb, fat-tire

ski/snowboard lessons where the parent tags along and learns the techniques to continue the child’s training. Now, Smuggs has introduced Riglet Park, a special snowboard area for the smallest kids. “It’s hard to learn snowboarding so we build features out of snow and drag them around – they don’t just take them up the hill,” says Mike Chait, who prior to becoming Public Relations Manager headed the Ski & Ride school. The program was developed by Chait with Burton, and means that youngsters as young as 2 ½ can start learning snowboarding (indoors), and 3 years old (outside). The day-care facility also has its own 20-foot magic carpet which gives a fun introduction to non-skiing kids. Smuggs also pioneered packages that included programming, and this year, is catering to the shift in how guests vacation – shorter trips, more visits (Link: smuggs.com/winterbrochure). A relatively new Winter Experience is designed for guests who don’t ski, but want to be on the mountain, so they get to pick from a menu of programs, such as snowshoeing, massage. Smugglers Notch is a true, fullservice resort, albeit overwhelmingly with families in mind, so it is like camp for everybody (the information guide is huge booklet, so it is worth your while to plan ahead).

Among the special activities you should pre-arrange: a Nighttime Cat Trax Tour, where you ride a snowcat up steep vertical pitch to the mountain top at night –it feels like riding a space rover – to a heated cabin from which on a clear night, you can see Montreal. Also a Parents Night Out activity takes you up to the top of the Notch for a Snowshoe Adventure Dinner. (This is offered in conjunction with Kids Nite Out, when the kids get pizza, make your own sundae, movies and dance party). Parents ride the chair up to a catered candle-lit dinner catered by Hearth n Candle (Smuggs’ signature restaurant) in a heated building (BYOB). Then, you take a guided snowshoe hike to Sterling Pond, the highest elevation trout pond. (Offered once/week ($69) (4323 Vermont Rte 108 South, Smugglers’ Notch VT 05464, www.smuggs.com). Okemo Mountain Resort After several years of major snowmaking improvements totaling more than $1 million, Okemo is expanding its snowmaking system again: 18,000 feet of new pipe will introduce snowmaking capabilities on Catnap and Suncatcher in the South Face area. A Prinoth Bison X park cat, equipped with a Caterpillar 400 horsepower, tier 4 engine that meets all federal emission standards, is the newest addition to Okemo’s fleet

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bike, try the spa (there is a kids spa, too). “We want ‘screenteens’ to turn back into regular teens,” says Leslie Kilgore, Director of Public Relations & Social Media. (www.stowemountainlodge.com) Smugglers’ Notch Resort After investing $5 million in snowmaking enhancements over the last four winters, Smugglers’ Notch Resort is turning its attention to the resort village’s most popular amenity for families, the FunZone. The new 26,000 sq. ft. FunZone replaces a bubble with a multi-story, indoor steel structure opening in March (Smuggs is very much a 4-season resort). One section of the new FunZone will feature inflatables, games and areas for imaginative play with primary appeal to families with kids ages 2 to 10. A second area will offer features with appeal to older children and adults such as a ninja warrior-type obstacle course, laser tag, a climbing wall, column walk, slot car racing, and arcade and redemption center. The new FunZone, a $4 million investment, is expected to open mid-winter 2016-17. Smugglers Notch, now in its 60th season, has always been the trailblazer in family programs (Ski Magazine for 16th time voted Smuggs the #1 family friendly resort in eastern US), including innovative Mommy & Me, Daddy & Me

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of grooming machines as Okemo enters its third year of partnership with Snowpark Technologies. Rental equipment upgrades include 515 Volkl skis, 153 Burton snowboards and more than 1,000 pairs of boots. Also, Okemo has joined the M.A.X Pass (www.themaxpass.com) program this year: Okemo season passholders can take their pass on the road – with five ski days at 30 mountains (including Okemo’s sister mountain, Crested Butte in Colorado) with an Add-On upgrade to the Okemo pass. Among the many attractions at Okemo (including indoor and outdoor pools at Jackson Gore, the ski in/ out lodge), is a year-round mountain coaster. Okemo is now offering scenic train rides –a shuttle takes you to the Green Mountain Railroad station in Chester, 20 miles south, for its slow ride back to Okemo. It offers a dining car so you can do dinner on the train. It takes one hour each way. Okemo offers the ride twice, four days a week ($25, booked through Okemo). Stratton Mountain Resort Stratton Mountain Resort announces an addition to the vibrant slope-side Village dining fleet– Karma: an Asian fusion experience. A menu inspired by See page D5

W R I T E R’S C O R N E R BY CLAIRE LYNCH Sometimes good ideas spring up out of nowhere – like lightning bolts – and sometimes people hear about a good idea and decide to apply that good idea locally. Mary Lemist Titcomb had heard about a good idea in England – about a bookmobile that was being used in the northwestern part of the country – and that piqued her interest. After careful thought she decided to try it locally in Maryland and her trial was such a success that it spread throughout the country. “Psychologically, the wagon is the thing,” said librarian Mary Titcomb of the project she is most remembered for. “One can no easier resist the pack of a peddler from the Orient as a shelf full of books when the doors of the wagon are opened at one’s gateway.” Mary Titcomb was referring to the bookmobile which was the nation’s first, that she had custom outfitted in 1904 to deliver books to the residents of Washington County, MD. The horse-drawn Concord wagon could display 200 volumes and store another 2,360 behind its shelves. (appalachianhistory.net, Dave Tabler, 2013) Mary Titcomb, who was born in 1857

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in Farmington, NH, and died in 1932, was an avid reader and she first became interested in library work after reading about it in a church bulletin. Schools for future professional librarians had not been formed yet, so her professional training began as an apprentice in the Concord, Mass., Public Library. She later became the librarian of the public library in Rutland, Vt., and secretary of the first Vermont Library Commission. (Maryland.gov) She arrived in Hagerstown, MD, in 1901 after working as a library organizer in Vermont for 12 years. She enthusiastically set to work organizing the Washington County Free Library, which had been chartered in 1898, as the second county-wide library in the country. (Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, NH, was the first tax-supported free public library not only in the U.S. but the world.) Mary Titcomb had heard about the first bookmobile in the world which was horse-drawn and operated in 1857 in Cumbria County in northwest England. It was aimed to increase the lending of its books to local patrons who were enthusiastic about books. This particular bookmobile was a perambulating one and it went around to the people loaning them books. She

wondered if she could implement a similar project in the U.S. Mary Titcomb held firmly to the belief that giving out books was just a small part of a library’s purpose. She wanted to reach out to people and offer them all types of books and printed materials. Of her patrons she said, “There is a great army of men and women who use our public libraries to read because it gives them pleasure, because through books they are lifted out of all routine of every-day life, their imaginations are quickened and for the brief space that the book holds them in thrall the colors of life assume a brighter tint.” In those days school attendance wasn’t mandatory. It was still a decade away and Mary Titcomb believed that one of the public library’s functions was outreach to people. She realized that books were not accessible to citizens of rural communities because public libraries weren’t nearby. The idea for a book wagon - or what we now call a “bookmobile” - was an outgrowth of “deposit stations” which Titcomb set up in 1901 in remote area stores and Sunday Schools, each with 30-40 volumes. These deposit stations could be general stores, post offices, barns and even front porches.

After four years she had 66 stations. She liked the thought that the wagon idea would further “cement friendships” and by 1903 had convinced the library Board of Trustees to approve and obtain a Carnegie gift of $2,500 in five annual installments. In April 1905 the first book wagon made its first trip throughout the countryside of Washington County. Joshua Thomas, the library janitor, was the first wagon driver and not only did he hold the reins but he dispensed the books to people, as well. A Washington County native and Civil War veteran, after the war he had driven regularly through the area buying eggs, butter and produce for market, so he knew the roads inside and out. During the new bookmobile’s first six months he made 31 trips, averaging 30 miles each trip, three times a week. Thomas routinely covered 500 square miles of backroad territory and distributed 1,008 volumes during that time. As to the books selected, the demand for best sellers was unknown among rural residents of that era, with the result that they chose a higher quality of literature. Mary Titcomb instructed Thomas to See page D7

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Social Security COLAs and Medicare Premiums BY TOM MARGENAU

If I am reading national polls correctly, the majority of Americans claim they want smaller government and decreased federal spending. But if the emails I get are any indication of what people actually think, then what they are really saying is this: “I want less government spending for all those other people, but more for myself!” My email inbox has been deluged with gripes and rants about the recently announced 0.3 percent cost-of-living increase in Social Security benefits scheduled for next year. Here is a typical reaction: “How can our government be so #&!? cheap? All my bills go way up, and they are only going to give me a lousy extra five bucks a month! I worked all my life, and I deserve more from the feds now that I am retired!” Over the many years I have been writing this column, I have probably explained the politics and policies associated with Social Security’s annual cost-of-living adjustment a hundred times. So I am not going to go for 101. But I will make two points quickly. By law, the annual COLA is based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index as measured by the Department of Labor. That index shows that the rate of inflation has been at some of its lowest levels in decades. That, of course, is normally good news. I clearly remember the late 1970s and early 1980s when inflation was running in the double digits. Nobody thought those were good times, although Social Security beneficiaries were getting COLA increases in the 14 percent range back then. By the way, I also clearly remember senior citizens at the time complaining that the double-digit increases they were getting were not high enough! And here is an interesting sidelight to the COLA history story. Back in 1972, when automatic annual cost of living increases were first introduced, the law said that a COLA would only be granted in any given year if inflation, again as measured by the CPI, was three percent or more for the prior year. Back then, inflation was always running at way more than 3 percent per year, so no one gave that provision much thought. But then in the mid-1980s, the government finally got a handle on inflation, and the numbers started going down. In 1986, the CPI measured inflation at 1.3 percent. Because that was under the 3 percent cut off point, no Social Security increase was scheduled. Well, you can maybe guess what happened. Social Security beneficiaries went into an uproar. They demanded some form of compensation from their government leaders. Politicians panicked. And sure enough, the requirement that the CPI go up by at least 3 percent was immediately rescinded and seniors got their 1.3 percent COLA increase. The second point I will make is that

despite the fact that so many seniors never seem to be happy with whatever cost of living adjustment they get, many economists agree that the CPI measurement actually overstates inflation for senior citizens. That is why one of the commonly suggested long-range reform proposals for Social Security is a reduction in the annual COLA amount. Seniors ire over this issue is compounded by a totally separate issue. And that is the Medicare Part B premium, which is usually deducted from a Social Security recipient’s monthly benefit check. And that leads to a whole other story about our expectations from the government when it comes to spending for senior citizens. Part B of Medicare provides coverage for doctor visits, lab tests, and most other health care costs not associated with a hospital stay (which is covered under the free Part A program). Ever since the Medicare program was enacted in the 1960s, the law has said that Part B monthly premiums be set at a rate that would cover 25 percent of the costs of running that program. The bulk of Medicare Part B costs (75 percent) come out of the general funds of the Treasury. So right up front, senior citizens must realize they are getting a heavily subsidized deal from Uncle Sam when it comes to Medicare. Still, as health care costs rise, the Medicare Part B premium also has to go up to keep pace with the 25 percent cost requirement. Normally, the increase in the Part B premium is essentially masked by the corresponding, if not greater, increase in a Social Security COLA. But because we’ve had a string of years with low or no Social Security COLAs, we began to run into scenarios, beginning several years ago, where Social Security checks would actually have gone down for millions of people. So once again, senior citizens went ballistic and demanded action from their government. And once again, politicians panicked. And several years ago, they passed the complicated “hold harmless” provision of the Social Security Act. In a nutshell, that law essentially says that, at least for most seniors (about 70 percent), their Social Security checks cannot decrease. In other words, they will be “held harmless” from one year to the next -- meaning for those seniors already getting Social Security benefits, their Medicare premium cannot go up. That premium is currently $104.90 per month for many older Social Security beneficiaries who met the “hold harmless” provisions in previous years. Some newer Medicare beneficiaries are paying $121.80 per month because they were not “held harmless” last year. So for most of those folks, their Part B premiums will stay at those levels because they can be “held harmless” again this year. (That is why millions of seniors are scrambling to file for benefits before

the end of 2016, so that they can be “held harmless” and not get hit with higher Medicare premiums in 2017.) What about the people not “held harmless?” Who are that other 30 percent? They are mostly wealthy senior citizens, who already pay higher Part B costs. They would normally have to absorb even higher premiums to meet the 25 percent rule. But last year, Congress buckled under to pressure from even these mostly wealthier seniors and essentially floated a loan to Medicare to keep Part B costs from rising. So even the

rich didn’t pay the higher premiums. Expect the same this year. And that takes me back to the point I made at the beginning of this column. People claim to want smaller government and less federal spending. So why is it that every time the government tries to do that, people scream and cry and demand more spending from their elected officials? If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. COPYRIGHT 2016 CREATORS.COM

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Vermont Ski Resorts Optimistic About 2016-17 Season C ontinued from page D3 the Asian travels of Karma’s chef will debut with traditional ramen bowls and dumplings fresh-made with local ingredients, imaginative entrees and craft cocktails with a twist like vodka filtered through Herkimer diamonds for a side of positive energy. Stratton’s snowmaking fleet gets a new computerized control system, allowing snowmakers to record real time energy use for increased snowmaking efficiency.

With the success of the Grommet Jam Series, Mount Snow is increasing the uphill capacity in its beginner terrain park by 50 percent, by replacing our Ski Baba Lift with a 400’ SunKid conveyor called Grommet (Lift One). Mount Snow’s terrain park has been voted #1 in the East and #6 in North America. “It’s not often an East Coast resort is in the top 10,” says Jamie Storrs, Communications Manager. “We are where the X Games started. Our lead pro, Devan Logan, is the most decorated Olympian, winning gold in

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Vermont Ski Resorts Optimistic About 2016-17 Season C ontinued from page D3 Guests can watch. Mount Snow is the most southerly of the major Vermont ski resorts. (West Dover, VT 05356, mountsnow.com). Sugarbush Resort Sugarbush has invested $750,000 into capital improvements for the 201617 winter season which including lift improvements and improvements to the snowmaking pond, continuing to progress upon the on-slope experience. Skiers and riders don’t have to worry about crowded trails thanks to the Valley House Quad Sugarbush installed last season. With the new quad, Sugarbush’s uphill capacity is one of the largest in the northeast, while still managing to spread traffic across 16 lifts and two mountains. The resort has also completed Gadd Brook Residences, 16 ski-in/ski-out condominiums at the base of Lincoln Peak available as two-, three-, and four-bedroom units. Sugarbush, located in central Vermont, offers 139 trails on two mountains connected by the world’s longest detachable quad lift, and 2,000 acres of back-country skiing (there is a shuttle to take you back). (www. sugarbush.com) Bolton Valley One of the special features of Bolton Valley, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this season, is that it offers night skiing, and this year, night skiing hours are being expanded. Night skiing will be offered Tuesday through Saturday until 10 pm - that means you can ski Tuesday through Friday from 10 am to 10 pm, and Saturdays from 9

Stratton Mountain Resort is offering jitney transportation from Manhattan to its slopes © 2016 Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com am to 10 pm (the daily ticket is good for night skiing). “There are amazing sunsets from the mountain, overlooking Lake Champlain in the west,” says Josh Arneson, VP of Sales and Marketing. Bolton Valley is also renowned for their extensive 1,200-acre backcountry area, where they have two backcountry cabins– one from 1928 and the other from 1935 – which are available for winter stays (the cabins hadn’t been available for two years while they were being renovated by the Green Mountain Club). Rugged and rustic, you get up there with your own supplies (sleeping back, food) – firewoord is provided –

and can stay over. There are also 15 km of groomed x-country trails, but above that is backcountry skiing Skiers will enjoy the benefits of more snowmaking, so Bolton Valley can make snow earlier and get to more trails faster. Bolton Valley’s hallmark is its rustic, unpretentious quality – a step up from Magic Mountain and Mad River Glen because it has ski in/out lodging and indoor pool (the cafe and bar have been renovated). But it also has some unique programs that create its own ambiance: artist Natasha Bogar, who did the art that is in the hotel rooms, offers Paint Nights, where you come to paint and have a beer. Over the past year most suites and 25 hotel rooms at Bolton Valley have received major upgrades. The units have seen improvements such as new carpet, drapes, furniture, painting, renovated bathrooms, new mattresses and new artwork. The improvements greatly enhance guest comfort in the rooms that had become a bit dated. Indeed, the hotel was one of the first ski in/ski out lodgings in the east when it was built. Bolton Valley, the popular playground for Burlington, is celebrating its 50th anniversary year. “We’re planning to paint the 50th chair on the three original lifts gold – and if you get the golden chair, you might win something,” Josh Arneson says. This year, Bolton Valley has eliminated the $50 upgrade for the Freedom Pass add-on to its seasonal pass, giving unlimited skiing at the home mountain plus three free days

at each of the 12 other areas in the program, from Eagle Crest in Alaska to Lost Valley in Maine (http://www. boltonvalley.com/tickets-passesrentals/seasons-passes/FreedomPass). Mad River Glen Mad River Glen’s goal is to maintain and preserve the experience rather than overhaul or upgrade it. “We’re the food truck of ski areas – authenticity – only cooperatively owned, nonprofit. 2000 skier-owners are dedicated to keeping Mad River Glen the way it is – a time warp.” “The ability of Mad River Glen to consistently reinvest in the mountain’s infrastructure is a testament to the success of the Cooperative. Both the skier-owners and the management understand that skiers come to Mad River for the unique combination of legendary terrain, sense of community, low skier density and intimate atmosphere. In 20 years of co-op ownership, Mad River Glen has invested over $5 million in capital improvements. Mad River Glen is located five miles from Sugarbush. (www.madriverglen. com) Suicide Six Ski Area Suicide Six Ski Area, which is owned by the grand, historic Woodstock Inn & Resort, is replacing Chair #1 with a new $1.5 million Leitner-Poma of America quad chairlift that will double capacity, offering a more comfortable and rapid ascent to the summit. Recognized as one of the oldest ski areas in the country, Suicide Six has a rich history. Today, Suicide Six is one of Vermont’s leading family-friendly ski resorts featuring more than 100 acres of skiing on 24 trails and slopes with terrain suitable for all abilities. (www.woodstockinn. com/ski-area) Tl......oohe Hermitage Club The Hermitage Club, in Wilmington, has taken over Haystack Mountain as a private club, investing $125 million in the redevelopment, with $285 million more to go. At its busiest, there would only be about 1100 people on the mountain at any one time. It offers fine restaurants and inns. “The Hermitage Club is looking forward to providing one of the fastest and most efficient ski experiences in the northeast. Not only do our members enjoy the absence of lift lines, our highspeed summit lift is the only one of its kind in the U.S. – a six-person heated bubble lift by Doppelmayr, zipping our skiers to the top of the mountain in less than six minutes. And take a break and enjoy the beverages and views at

our Mid-Mountain Cabin, which has become a veritable slope side oasis for our members.” The Quechee Club ushers in a new experience for its members, visitors and area guests this winter season with the completion of a newly constructed Aquatic Complex and expanded fitness club. The 10,000 sq. ft. complex includes a new indoor pool area with an aerobics room,. (www.quecheeclub.com) Burke Mountain Resort is opening The Lodge at Burke Mountain, a 116room hotel situated mid-mountain and provides a true ski-in ski-out experience. Suites range from a standard studio to three bedroom with onsite amenities

including a pub, restaurant, heated pool & hot tub, fitness center, arcade, retail and repair shop for guests to enjoy. Striking views of the Willoughby Gap and Burke Mountain can be seen from nearly every window in the Hotel. (skiburke.com, 866-966-4820). Mountaintop Inn & Resort, a fourseason resort that in winter, affords top-notch cross-country skiing on 60 km of trails, offers a 32-room lodge plus 4 cabins and 23 guest houses, literally set on the top of a mountain, with a 748-acre lake and spa (known for weddings and particularly winter weddings). The inn is 15 miles from Killington, and it offers packages that include lift tickets, as

well as shuttle service to the mountain. (195 Mountain top Road, Chittenden, VT 05737, www.mountaintopinn.com). Bromley Mountain Resort is implementing a “Go Green” initiative this season. And in addition to helping keep the planet beautiful, Bromley has also renovated the base area buildings. Jay Peak Resort is increasing the snowmaking capacity to its LZ and Jug Handle parks by 60%, running a new waterline up the Interstate trail and installing 20 new guns along the Interstate. The expansion will not only allow Jay Peak terrain parks to open sooner, but will also allow the resort to open learning terrain at

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The Bookmobile of Long Ago! C ontinued from page D3 Mary Titcomb instructed Thomas to go from house to house loaning books and this was different from the centralized stations where the patrons came to the bookmobile. She also told Joshua Thomas that when offering the people the books there should be “no hurrying from house to house, but each family must be allowed ample time for selections.” When Mary Titcomb went about setting up the first wagon, its initial design presented an unforeseen problem: it was painted black and did not have glass doors, so it wasn’t considered very attractive. They set out sprucing it up and after a paint job and a set of new set doors was installed, the wagon was ready to go. Two horses named Dandy and Black Beauty were used to pull the bookmobile wagon which served the county for more than five years. It’s been said that people waited eagerly for Joshua Thomas and his “caravan” to arrive. Joshua Thomas dispensed the books at each stop and the book wagon made stops at farmers’ houses all over the county. This was different from the bookmobiles of the future in that it made personal house calls, rather than the more common method of making stops that people came to. The system was a success, but there was an accident in August 1910, however, so the bookmobile service was halted for a year. The first round of Carnegie financing ran out and by the time another $2,500 materialized, the horse-drawn vehicle was considered to be old-fashioned. When the service resumed, it was with a motorized vehicle called an International Harvester truck instead of a wagon. The International Harvester truck was much more modernized than the book wagon. It helped bring the book-

mobile and its deliveries into the 20th century. The truck was outfitted with plenty of books – it had shelves for 300 books, with enough room inside for four deposit station cases. (bookmobiles.wordpress.com) As she wrote in “The Story of the Washington County Free Library,” “Any account of this first Book Wagon work ... would be incomplete without the statement that this method of rural library extension has been adopted in many states in the Union, and that new book wagons are being put in operation each year.” Titcomb summed up her bookmobile vision by saying: “No better method has ever been devised for reaching the dweller in the country. The book goes to the man, not waiting for the man to come to the book.” Titcomb was also famous for saying, “The functions of a library are manifold, but still may all be summed up in one word – service.” A librarian for 31 years, Mary Titcomb was inducted into the Maryland Women’s Hall of Fame in 1990. Mary Titcomb, who died at the age of 80, and her sister, Lydia Folsom Titcomb Howell, her brothers and parents are all buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Mass., but until May 2015 there were no grave markers for Mary Titcomb and her sister. The Friends of Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, in conjunction with the author Sharlee Glenn, fixed the lack of markers with new stones. On May 16, 2015, The Friends of Sleepy Hollow dedicated monuments to Mary Lemist Titcomb, the founder of the bookmobile, and her sister, Lydia, in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. (friendsofsleepyhollow.org) Her headstone reads: Mary Lemist Titcomb Born May 16, 1852 Died June 5, 1932 “Founder of the First Bookmobile in the United States” Several friends of mine have good

memories of having a bookmobile visit their neighborhoods in the 1970s when they were kids. They would listen and watch for the bookmobile to arrive, then step inside a converted school bus with their moms and dads to browse and choose a good book to read at their leisure. They also went to the public

library with their families but visiting the bookmobile is a novelty that stands out in their minds – and memories. For all of her work, Mary Titcomb’s legacy lives on not just in Washington County, MD, but throughout our country.

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Internationally, mobile libraries with similar aims have also been developed: • S. R. Ranganathan, a mathematician and librarian from India, launched South Asia’s first bookmobile in 1931. The two-wheeled cart library in India became instrumental in educating the rural poor. • In 1996, the Kenyan government launched the Camel Library Service with books in English, Somali and Swahili. By 2006, the service had expanded its collection to 7,000 books. The “beastly” bookmobile was started by a librarian in 1996 and consists of 12 camels that travel to four settlements per day, four days a week, offering children’s books and books for adults. • Zimbabwe followed Biblioburro’s lead by adopting a donkey-drawn bookmobile that also provides technology services. • Elephant-drawn libraries exist in Thailand, while traveling ships serve smaller maritime communities in western Norway. *pbs.org

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Office Space GREAT NECK DENTAL OFFICE: located 1 block south of LIRR. Large, modern dental office 2-3 days per week. Use of digital x-ray equipment, sterilization area, laboratory and equipment. Does not include instruments, handpieces or dental office supplies. Storage area provided. Details, please email: greatneckdds@yahoo.com MINEOLA: Office, Meeting or Rehearsal spaces (3), varied sizes, computer and file storage. Hourly, weekly or monthly. All plus WI-FI included. Fax contact info to Sheila 516-747-2689

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Back by popular demand is our Learn and Play Platform Tennis lessons at the Community Park Platform Tennis Courts. This year we will be offering beginner and advance beginner level adult classes on Monday nights. This five week course will offer the basic and intermediate instruction from our certified platform instructor Sue Tarzian. The beginner class will be 7 - 8pm for the cost of $120. The advance beginner class will be conducted from 8 – 9:30pm for a cost of $185. Both programs will begin Monday October 26th. For further information on this program please call the Community Park Clubhouse at (516) 483-2525. To register for this program please visit the Recreation Office (108 Rockaway Avenue) or visit www.gardencityrecreation.org to download an application.

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There is still time to register for Department of Recreation and Parks’ two new men’s tennis programs, both to be held at our Garden City Community Park Tennis Center. Our Men’s Learn and Play Tennis Program is for players leveled 2.5 – 3.0. You are invited to partake in this hour long program on Sunday nights from 7:30 – 8:30pm. The cost of this program is $157. Our new Men’s Ladder Tennis Program is for more advanced players with a skill level of 3.5 – 4.5. In this program, we invite you to take advantage of our high intensity workout on Thursday nights from 9:00 - 10:30 pm. This tennis program will carry a $210 registration fee. Both programs will begin the week of November 6th and continue for a six week period. Why play tennis anywhere else but in your hometown!?! To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. or download an application at www.gardencityrecreaton.org. If you have a password, register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net. If you do not have a password, please visit our office to register for one! Please make checks payable to the “Inc. Village of Garden City”. For further information please call the Tennis Center at 516-483-2525.

Junior Team Tennis Tryouts

Join your friends on the Garden City Recreation Junior Team Tennis (JTT) team! JTT is a USTA sponsored program that fosters interclub play, competition and sportsmanship among 10 – 18 year old resident players. Tryouts for ages 14 and under will be held -November 12 at 2:30 to 4:00pm. Tryouts for ages 18 and under will be held -November 13 at 12 – 1:30pm The tryout will focus on ground strokes, serves and game playing. Tryouts will be held at the Community Park Tennis Center. Please note potential players must attend only one of the tryouts and expect to stay for about an hour. If you have any questions please contact Tom at 483-2525.

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Prime tennis contract court times are still available for this indoor season at the Community Park Tennis Center! For more information and pricing or if you are interested in joining a contract group please call Steve Espey at (516) 465-4075.

Platform Tennis Membership Applications Now Available

We are happy to announce that platform tennis memberships will be offered again this year. The Resident Anytime Pass covers unlimited play for the membership holder only under the rules and regulations set forth by the Recreation Department. The membership does not cover guests, opponents or any programs or special events that the Department itself chooses to run. The fee for this membership will be $225. We are also happy to announce our new Resident Evenings Only Pass for platform tennis. The pass entitles unlimited play for member residents any day after 5pm. The membership does not cover guests, opponents or any programs or special events that the Department itself chooses to run. The fee for this membership is $150. To register for either membership, please pick an application up at Tennis Clubhouse or visit the Recreation Administrative Office at 108 Rock-away Avenue.

Tennis and Platform Tennis Rates

During the seasonal play our tennis and platform tennis facility will be open from 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. daily. For the court availability, please call the Community Park Clubhouse at (516) 483-2525. Platform Tennis Rates $28 per hour for each court Tennis Rates (Monday through Thursday) 7am to 9am - $30 per hour 9am to 6pm - $40 per hour 6pm to 11pm - $60 per hour (Friday) 7am to 9am - $30 per hour 9am to 11pm - $40 per hour (Saturday and Sunday) 7am to 1pm - $60 per hour 1pm to 11pm - $40 per hour (Seniors) Mon – Fri / 7am- 6pm $20 per hour

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The Department of Recreation and Parks is happy to announce that “Senior Citizen Time” is returning at the Garden City Tennis Center. Senior residents can now take advantage of the $20 per hour per court rate on the newly expanded time period of Monday through Friday 7:00am -6:00pm. To make a court reservation, please call the Tennis Clubhouse at 483-2525.

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Kaitlyn Larsson saves a penalty kick

Captains Megan Seel, Kate Farrell, Kelly Donovan, Katherine Galzerano

Garden City Girls Varsity Soccer Wins Long Island Championship

It was an exciting and grueling week for the GC Girls Varsity Soccer team. Last Saturday evening at Cold Spring Harbor High School, they defeated Wantagh to advance to the Nassau County final. With 110 minutes of play, dominating possession, the girls were left to settle it in penalty kicks. Katherine Galzerano, Danielle Larsson, Kelly George and Emma Wieland put their shots in the net giving Garden City the win 4-3. The thrilling week of soccer continued on Tuesday with the Nassau County Class A Final against Southside at Cold Spring Harbor High School. After two conference game losses to this team, GC girls were determined to make

this game theirs and repeat as county Goalkeeper Kaitlyn Larsson made an outstanding save and Kelly George shot the final penalty kick for the win 4-3. They would advance to the Long Island Championship against Mount Sinai. After 220 minutes of scoreless soccer and being co- champions last year; but not advancing due to penalty kicks, the team, coaches and parents were headed to St. Joseph’s College with one thing in mind-let’s get the job done without going to penalty kicks. Sophomore Gracie McManus stepped up to make sure that happened. Gracie capitalized on a loose ball and put it in the net. With outstanding defense from Kate Farrell,

Jackie Morris, Gabriella Rogers, and Megan Seel, one goal was all that was necessary to crown the GC Girls Varsity Soccer Team Class A Long Island Champions. The girls couldn’t be more excited and proud to bring home the trophy for GCHS. With the Long Island Championship under their belt, the girls will travel up to Cortland, New York on Friday to battle for the Class A State Championship. They will face number 3 ranked JamesvilleDeWitt on Saturday at 3 pm in the state semi-finals. The winner of this game will play for the state title on Sunday at 12:15 pm. Good luck to the team as they travel upstate! Go GC!

Champions with Coaches Heedles, McAuley, and Trainer Chris.

Danielle Larsson carries the ball.

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Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation 19th Annual Jay Gallagher Memorial Tournament The Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation hosted The Nineteenth Annual Jay Gallagher Memorial Tournament on June 18th and 19th, 2016. One hundred and ten teams participated from the northeast region. Once again Jay held out his big umbrella and all who attended enjoyed beautiful weather. Over two thousand participants played in the non-competitive jamboree event. The tournament raises funds and public awareness for the Andy Foundation, Mollie Biggane Melanoma Foundation, and Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital. The foundation has raised over $1,185,000 for local charities. This year’s tournament once again welcomed the GC Challenger Lacrosse Team. The program in its sixth year, founded by Brian Collins and Challenger president Al Vanasco continues to be an overwhelming success. The Challenger program is geared to providing athletic opportunities to children with mental and physical handicaps (ages 6-21). The program also includes baseball, soccer, basketball and golf. Thirty participants practice every Sunday afternoon with the help from over a dozen local junior and senior high school students. Garden City hosted the Levittown Tomahawks and Dix Hills Challenger programs. Parents and spectators witnessed the smile and pride from the players from all three teams. The Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation looks forward to a continued relationship with the Challenger program and wants to personally thank Brian and Al for all their efforts to make this happen. The tournament memorializes Jay Gallagher, Andrew Palmeri, Mollie Biggane, Ryan Kohart and Dave Leistman. Ryan and Dave were lost in the September 11th tragedy. Ryan was a graduate of Garden City High School and a four-year letterman at North Carolina University. Ryan was the recipient of The Jay Gallagher Award, which recognizes “The Outstanding Freshman in the Carolina Lacrosse Program.” Dave was a graduate of Sewanaka High School and a four-year Letterman at Adelphi University. A long time village resident, Dave was active in the Garden City Youth Lacrosse program coaching both boy’s and girl’s teams. It was with great sadness that the lacrosse world and local community heard of this tragic loss of such fine individuals. Jay Gallagher graduated from Garden City High School in 1970 where he co-captained the varsity lacrosse team. Jay was a four year defenseman at Cornell and tri-captained the big red his senior year, helping them to the NCAA semi-fi-

nals. After graduation, he acted as an assistant coach for North Carolina, Syracuse, Rutgers and Cornell from 1981-1985. His legacy is still present with the John W. “Jay” Gallagher Memorial Scholarship Fund, which goes to a needy Cornell underclassman. Jay had a memorable association with Garden City, Cornell and the lacrosse world, and it was with much sadness that members of these groups heard of his death on January 9, 1992, at age 39 from melanoma. Proceeds from the Foundation go the two local charities, The Mollie’s Fund and Cancer Center For Kids at Winthrop University Hospital. The Mollie Biggane Melanoma Foundation provides information and services on skin cancer detection, and supports melanoma patients through education of the latest treatments. The Foundation was created in Mollie’s memory after her tragic death at the age of twenty from melanoma. Thank you for all the sunscreen and hats handed out at the tournament. Charities are chosen to receive funds in Andrew Palmeri’s remembrance. Eighty elementary, middle school and high school students donated their entire weekend to support The Andy Foundation’s mission statement “BY KIDS FOR KIDS.” These young adults made this event possible and their devotion to the community and charitable service is greatly appreciated. For the fifth year the Andy Foundation, and Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation have teamed up to support the Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital. The Cancer Center for Kid’s goal is to provide the best possible chance for recovery through superior medical care in a nurturing outpatient setting. The Mollie’s Fund and The Cancer Center for Kids thank the Andy Foundation for their support of the Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation. This year the Jay Gallagher Foundation teamed up with RE-LAXIN. RE-LAXIN, started by Cambell Munn hopes to grow the game of lacrosse by repurposing clean, gently worn lacrosse shorts and pinnies to developing lacrosse communities. You can contact Campbell at cambellmunn@yahoo.com. A special thank you to all the Garden City students, alumni and parents who donated their Father’s Day weekend to help run this event.

3168- Bill, Jack and Beth Spencer donating their week- 3169- Trevor Stanco, Will Randi, and Anthony Pastore Angel D’Antonio and Penny Denby serve up Ralph end for the 20th year. were players in the first four tournaments and volunand Debbie Pastores famous meatball heros. teered in the last sixteen.

1833- The Challenger Lacrosse game is the highlight of the tournamemt. Thank you Brian Collins and all the Challenger parents for your continued support.

Four of the 70 youth volunteers sporting their Jay Gallagher t-shirts. Thank you for your support over the weekend.

Vicki Stanco, Karen Mack, and Mary Minnaugh are all smiles at the food court.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS Amy and Neil McGoldrick and Family Ruth and Anthony Randi and Family Westermann Sheehy Keenan Samaan and Aydelott, LLP Mary and Ed Finneran and Family Joan and Robert Cox and Family Angel and Peter D’Antonio

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19th Annual Jay Gallagher Memorial Tournament

GOLD SPONSORS Seaford Bagels Key Foods Morgan and Kendal Miller Maura and Billy Roberti Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. D’Esposito Tara and Robert Griffith and Family Meg and Ed Mockler Pat Gibbons Ignatius Quartararo Jessica and Doug Crofton Penny and Walter Denby Tara and Bill Nick Kit and Ray Aberman Brian Downes State Farm Agency Mary Ann and Robert Horvath Kelly and Tim Worstell and Family

Drs. Anthony Salierno and Matt Tangredi Robert and Jane Parrinelli Galaher Settlements Debbie and Ralph Pastore Garden City Remodeling, Inc. Keith and Kristine Kaval and Family

SILVER SPONSORS

Liz and Rich Denby The Wilton Family Lynn and Bill Marshall Ann M Kelly M.D. Donna and Richard Fortney Pat and Bill Dworsak Paul and Grace Schultz James L. Dunne CPA Mary Detrick Linda and Matt Randi

Stern and Kilcullen LLC Charlie’s Champions Charna and Tony DiSanto Jeanne and Bill Bice Pam and Joe Griffith and Family Danielle Gallagher Liberty Lacrosse

Paul F. Callahan D.M.D. Kevin and Tami Cook Deborah and Robert Hussey Mary Lou and John Cerrato Kathy and William Blum John Appelt Kathy Gallagher Jane and Sean McCooey Susanne and John Kilcullen Stephanie H. Cullum Coach Realtors

Drs Weiss and Lucarelli Janice and Michael Pecorino The Nelson Family The Hanisch Family Dr. Joseph A. Randi Deborah and Thomas Long and Family Eileen and James Sullivan and Family Karen and Steve Guednjian K & E Fabrications The Koster Family Kathleen and Chris Hogan

Anyone interested in joining the Jay Gallagher Foundation team or being a sponsor contact: Ruth and Tony Randi rjrandi@hotmail.com • 516-724-3169 Sponsorship Information Available at: WWW.JAYGALLAGHERLAXTOURNAMENT.COM

SPECIAL THANKS TO Garden City Police, Garden City Auxillary Police, Garden City Recreation Staff, Garden City Union Free School District, All The Chefs, All The Parents, Alumni and Students Who Donated Their Time. This Event Couldn’t Happen Without You.

The Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation The Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital provided information

Thanks You

Jack and John Biggane and the entire Biggane family dispensed hats and sun screen on behalf of Mollie’s Fund. The Mollie Foundation provided free cancer screening for the duration of the tournament.Thank you.

Garden City HS Varsity Football beats Calhoun HS 42-7

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Garden City Varsity football defeated Calhoun HS 42-7 behind a well balanced attack. The defense once again,forced turnover after turnover and the offense capitalized . Quarterback Colin Hart had three rushing touchdowns along with a 28 yard screen pass for a touchdown to Chris Mixon. Mixon also ran for an 18 yard touchdown. Trevor Yeboah-Kodie had a 55 yard touchdown run which made the score

42-0 to end the scoring. Matt Granville had two interceptions and Matt Flanagan also had a pick. Though one of the leading offense on Long Island, it has been a truly balanced attack. The defense continues to play relentless hungry football. The special teams also performed well. This weekend, the next opponent is Long Beach HS. Please come out to Hofstra on Saturday and support the team. Time TBA

2016 Captains; Mixon, Keenan , Atkinson , Wortmann , Cuircina

Billy Rousakis kickin, Tyler Wuchte holding.

Desanti and Hart mulling over the next play.

The Dee Line!!! #65 Holloway , #56 Sal Ingrassia and #52 Colin Paskowitx

Punter Mark Ventre booming another one

The Man in the middle, Matt Desimplicis

Wide receiver Kiernan Gunn

Here comes the Big Boys! Oline Cuircina, Eigl, Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Angelo, Liberopoulos and Wortmann

Matt Granville playing safety

The fifth grade classes at both Stewart and Stratford schools are joining together with the American Red Cross to host blood drives on Tuesday, November 15 at Stewart School gym and Wednesday, November 16 at Stratford School cafeteria. Both drives will take place from 7:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Your choice to donate blood at the Fifth Grade F.O.C.U.S. Blood Drive will not only help save lives, but will give our fifth grade classes the invaluable experience to help others and contribute to the community. Each presenting donor will receive a $10 VISA gift card, and will be entered into a raffle towards a $50 VISA gift card, generously donated by the American Red Cross.

The easiest way to schedule an appointment is to visit: www. redcrossblood.org and use sponsor keyword: STEWARTSCHOOL for the Stewart Blood Drive and keyword: STRATFORDSCHOOL for the Stratford Blood Drive. Be sure to check out RAPID PASS to save time on health history. You may also contact the school coordinators at: Stewart School: Alicia Marciano at 877-1502 or ahm456@aol.com. Stratford School: Tricia Schettino at 739-1486 or stratfordblooddrive2016@ gmail.com Please help our Fifth Graders become “Pint Sized Heros” and support our blood drives.

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Garden City AHRC Christmas Luncheon Mon. Dec. 5

You are cordially invited to attend the gala Garden City AHRC annual Christmas Luncheon on Monday, December 5th in the grand ballroom of the Garden City Hotel beginning at 10 a.m. with boutique holiday shopping and cocktails, followed by luncheon with a choice of two delicious entrees. This year, we are happy to announce the appearance of a special musical guest, Tom Humbert, who will lend his gifted musical style to the luncheon for your enjoyment. Tom is a Garden City resident and well known singer, composer, musician, musical director, and actor. He has had starring roles in over 50 musical theatre productions, been in TV commercials, film and radio jingles. He has also performed for former presidents and first ladies George Bush and Barbara Bush and Bill and Hillary Clinton at the White House and has sung for Paul Anka, Jack Palance, Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop, Bill Parcells and Boomer Esiason, to name a few. Tom has produced two CD recordings featuring original songs of faith and two CDs featuring the Great American Song Book with the Rainbow Room Jazz group. He has also completed a TV pilot and movie for television called, “Wholly Broken.” A top cash raffle prize of $500 will be

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Stewart, Stratford plan blood drive for November 15 & 16

awarded during the luncheon. The new “Pick Your Prize” raffle offers exciting and valuable prizes. Here is a preview of what you may win: Sunday Brunch for Four at the Garden City Hotel; a Mahogany Mink Knitted Wrap by Tsontos Furs; a $300 Bloomingdale’s Gift Certificate & Tiffany Sterling Silver Heart Necklace; $200 in GC Wines & Schwartz Chocolate Gift Certifs. & Culinary Heights Gift Basket; $300 in Gift Certificates for Fitness with CrossFit Garden City and Fine Dining at Local Restaurants; $300 Chico’s Gift Certificate & Tiffany Beaded Bracelet. For your added convenience, vendors will be available throughout the luncheon in the Main Ballroom offering their high quality boutique gift and holiday items, including lovely handbags, accessories and high fashion costume jewelry. Tickets are $90 (tax deductible) with all proceeds going directly to benefit the individuals and families served by AHRC Nassau. The event is expected to be a sellout so make your reservations early. Gentlemen are most welcome. For more information or to receive an invitation to this gala Garden City luncheon, call Pauline at 516-742-5302.

Garden City Youth Lacrosse Spring 2017 Boys’ Lacrosse Registration Grades K-6

To register or for more information please visit The GCYL website at: www.gcyouthlax.com No Prior Experience Necessary Open to the children of residents of Garden City or students attending school in Garden City.

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VILLAGE SPORTS Registration for Sports Sampler for ages 4 and 5 begins

The Garden City Recreation Department will offer our poplar PeeWee Sports Sampler program this winter for children ages 4 & 5 who are Residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. This six week program has been designed to provide an opportunity to try a wide variety of sports with basic instruction. Classes will begin the week of November 27. This program will take place in St. Paul’s Fieldhouse. Our Sampler will incorporate new skills and free play in a non-competitive atmosphere. A different sport will be offered each week. Classes will be held according to the following schedule: Tuesdays 1:00 to 1:55 pm Thursdays 1:30 to 2:25 pm Fridays 1:30 to 2:25 pm The cost of this program is $100. To register for this program, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. or, if you have a password, register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Floor Hockey Registration Begins The Garden City Department of Recreation and Parks will again offer a Floor Hockey Program in St. Paul’s Field House. The program will be open to Village residents in grades K through 6 on Fridays beginning December 2 according to the following schedule: Grades K - 1 6:15 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Grades 2 - 3 7:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Grades 4 - 6 8:15 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Meeting dates: December 2, 9, 16, January 6, 13, 20, February 3 The cost of this program will be $55.00 All Participants are required to wear the following equipment at all times: Hockey helmet with cage, hockey gloves, shin pads, sneakers, hockey stick To register for this program, please

visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. or, if you have a password, register online at www. gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

“Bricks 4 Kidz” Space Adventures

Garden City Recreation and Parks is offering a “Bricks 4 Kidz” Legos program for children in grades 2 – 4 who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. Inspired by NASA, the Space Adventures program is packed full of models that will make your child’s imagination blast off! Each week, children will learn about real life space exploration and build models related to the NASA space program. This program will spark the imagination and creativity to take on an adventure that is out of this world! The classes will be held on Wednesdays from 4 – 5 pm in the St. Paul’s Center and will begin on Wednesday, November 9. Space is very limited. The cost of this six week program will be $135, checks only, made payable to “Bricks 4 Kidz”. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave.

US Sports Institute Multi Sport One Day Camp for Nov. 8

Garden City Recreation and Parks has joined with US Sports Institute to offer a one day mini camp for boys and girls who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City ages 5 – 11. The Multi-Sport Camp will cover several different sports in a fun setting and will be held on St. Paul’s Fields. The camps offered are as follows:

9 am to 4 pm $75 9 am to 12:30 pm $45 1 pm to 4 pm $35

$90 $55 $40

(*Bring lunch for the 9 am to 4 pm session.)

• To register for any of the camps above, please visit US Sports Institute’s website at www.ussportsinstitute.com.

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The Men’s Association News Next Meeting

Attention all Directors! The third meeting of the year will be held Thursday, Nov. 20, at 8 p.m. Location will be Doc O’Grady’s. Watch for an e-mail to be sent by the President for the agenda.. Please make every effort to participate. Your voice needs to be heard!

New President

Congratulations and all the best to incoming President Jim Connolly! Many thanks and much appreciation to outgoing President John Blair for all his efforts during his two years of service to the TMA!

President’s Bio

Jim Connolly is the newest president of the TMA, now at the start of his two year term. He is a 1987 graduate of Garden City High School, having played on the soccer and basketball teams. He then attended St. John’s University, where he was a member of the soccer program, finishing his studies in 1991. Jim, and his wife Kathy have four children, Luke who is a junior and James a freshman, both at GCHS. Finn is in 7th grade and attends the Middle School. The youngest is their daughter, Kate, a fourth grader. In addition to his responsibilities with the TMA, Jim has been very involved with the Boards of the GCYL and Centennials. He has been an active coach for his children in GCAA and CYO Basketball, Centennial Soccer, Thunder Football and GCYL Lacrosse. Best of luck Jim!

50/50 Raffles

Congratulations to all the winners!!! Many thanks to all those who supported the efforts of the TMA thru this fundraiser.

Girls and Boys Basketball Tip-Off Fundraiser

Hold the date for the third annual event. To be held Monday, Dec. 5, at Doc O’Grady’s from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. $75 per person which includes dinner and open bar. More details to follow. Hope all can attend.

Upcoming GCHS Home Athletic Schedule

NOTE: Most of our Varsity teams are now involved in their respective playoffs. Please see the school’s web site for the complete up-to-date schedule.

TMA Website

Now can be accessed thru www. gctma.org. Note: this is the new web site we have been working towards which is much more friendlier “domain” name.

Check it out! Signup to be a Director, ability to pay dues, make a donation to one of our many causes, etc. Take a look. We welcome all feedback!

Facebook Page

Yes, we have reached the modern times! Another venue to find out about the TMA and all we do!

Who We Are

For over 80 years, The Men’s Association or simply the TMA has supported the athletic and social activities of students in the Garden City schools and promoted good sportsmanship as well as ideal citizenship. The TMA is composed of more than 100 active Directors, 50 Life Directors and 500 Family members. With the generous support of our fellow residents, the Men’s Association has been involved in a great number of projects covering a wide range of interests. While we are still primarily committed to the athletic programs at the Middle School and High School, in recent years the TMA has expanded their support and sponsorship to other programs benefiting a wider range of students in the Garden City Schools. Some of these programs are SEPTA, the Jamie and Paige Malone Foundation, Best Buddies, the GC High School Marching Band, BAA/ GAA Awards Night, Middle School Bagel Bash, Reeves Scholarship, Bethany LeSueur Jersey Retirement Ceremony, GCHS Stem Program, CPR training for all coaches, HUDL, 9th grade BBQ, Kickline, GCTA Hurricane Relief Fundraiser and the Father-Daughter and MotherSon dances. All of this would not be possible without your continued assistance on aiding all we do. Thanks to all who contribute !!!

How Can You Join

The TMA is always looking for potential new members. If you’re a father who has a child or children in the GC School District and are willing to be involved please contact one of the Officers or Directors for an application. Thanks for all your support! Special thanks to all those who have joined as family members! Go Trojans! *Important: Any Directors who have not paid their annual dues please mail your $100 check to the treasurer.

TMA Officers

Jim Connolly---President John Blair Bob Leggett---Treasurer Pete Haeffner Rob McLoughlin Bob Basel

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Everett Vilander celebrates 100 years of life

“putting the paper to bed.” One night in 1952 a friend who was working in “When the Scorpion returned to the public relations department of Shell England that night, I learned that my Oil Company told me Shell was hiring English wife’s mother had been killed an additional writer. He wondered if I by one of the first V-Ones, also called would be interested in the job. By coinflying bombs. I had married Kathleen cidence I had become concerned about Adkins in April, 1944. It was a major the declining financial condition of the mistake by both of us. We tried as hard paper, so I applied and was hired. as we could for years but we just couldn’t “In my daily prayers I thank God make it work, even though it almost for taking me down this unusual career certainly saved her life. She was liv- path. If I had not joined Shell I would ing with her mother before we married not have met and married Dorothy Brey and would certainly have been there Cooper. Our marriage was the greatest when the V-One hit the apartment build- blessing God has bestowed on me—a gloing. But one wonderful thing came out rious joy for 46 years. In all that time we of the marriage—a loving and lovable never exchanged a harsh word. daughter, Hilary Haver, who has given “The blessing has even continued me 2 outstanding grandchildren, James since her passing in 2001. I am the only Haver and Kathleen Haver-Santos, and grandpa that Dorothy’s two granddaugh2 terrific great grandchildren, Samantha ters, Marie and Carrie, knew as children. Fitzwater and Connor Santos. After Marie married Kent Penney they moved to Garden City. They remodeled “After the war ended, I asked for a a really big house and included quarters vacation to visit my parents. When UP for me. So Marie has opened her home, refused I resigned. Kay and I arrived her family and her life to me. While God at my parent’s home in Long Beach, is certainly bestowing a blessing on me California, shortly before Christmas directly through Marie, her love is clear1945. With Kay pregnant and insisting ly an indirect blessing through Dorothy. on having her baby in England and I still It has been a joy to live with Marie and hoping for a career as a foreign corre- Kent since 2006 and watch their children, Jack and Samantha, grow. spondent, we returned to New York. “In 1955 I asked my superiors for pub“Kay immediately flew to London where she was able to live with a rela- lic relations field office experience and tive. She gave birth to Hilary on July was almost immediately transferred to 1, 1946. I bought a house in Manhasset New Orleans, which was a public relaand Kay and I tried our best to make our tions hot spot for Shell. The New Orleans office handled ongoing PR matters for marriage work. “Quite surprisingly I had been hired a refinery, a chemical plant, a marketby UP’s bitter rival, the Associated Press. ing division and the headquarters of While living a a bachelor I had become the company’s pipeline subsidiary. But a frequent customer at a restaurant fre- most importantly, what was called the quented by, Joe Barnes, foreign editor of Exploration and Production Area. It was the New York Herald Tribune. One night involved in exciting new technology-adin 1948 he asked me, “Ev, how would vancing drilling into deep water in the you like to come to work for the Trib?” Gulf of Mexico. Shell was a leader in the I eagerly accepted and became assistant field, having the first drilling platform in 100 feet of water. cable and wire editor. “When I arrived in New Orleans in January, 1955, a colleague and I were As the paper’s building was next door involved at once in a big PR project: to the restaurant, I was now having din- to take a large number of petroleum ner at the restaurant every work night reporters and editors from publications all around country to this platform. and occasionally having a drink after GC-CHERRY 1-8 Page - 09-21-16_Layout 1 9/26/16 2:42 PMthe Page 1

After the war

Shell Oil

It was situated many miles beyond the Mississippi River Delta. The event went off without a hitch and resulted in many beneficial articles for the company. “Dorothy and I were married on July 2, 1955, so New Orleans is where we began our life together. Our family included her son Glenn, then 12 years old. I describe New Orleans as a city which is a great place to visit but a terrible place to live. When Shell unexpectedly transferred me to Tulsa, Oklahoma in the Fall of 1956 we were happy to go. “My assignment was cut short in 1959 when Shell closed the Tulsa Exploration and Production Area. I could go to Denver or return to New York. I chose New York but had to serve temporarily in Denver for nearly a year. New York was a happy reunion for Dorothy with her parents and brother on Long Island. At work I was now responsible for preparing the annual report and the quarterly reports, plus writing speeches for top executives. “Then in 1970 Shell began moving company headquarters to Houston, TX. I didn’t make the move until 1971. In 1973 Shell returned me to New York as manager of state government relations for 13 northeastern states from Maine to Virginia and West Virginia. I held this position until I retired in 1980.

Life in Garden City

“Dorothy and I joined the Presbyterian Church in Garden City when we first returned in 1960. I was a ruling elder for several terms of office and Dorothy was a deacon. I also sang in the choir. I am still a member but my voice is pretty well shot. We belonged to a dance club called the Garden City Assembly. Members wore formal dress—floor length gowns and tuxedoes. I was treasurer and then president and Dorothy was secretary. We had a Volkswagon camper in which we travelled extensively, including a major trip to Nova Scotia. “From 1960 to 1971 our main recreation was sailing on the Great South Bay. We did day sailing on weekends with Dorothy’s brother. We were

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also members of the Great South Bay Cruising Club and occasionally rafted up overnight with them. Dorothy often said this was the happiest time of her life. “When the Hempstead Golf and Country Club lowered the initiation fee to extremely low level we figured we could join. It turned out to be a wonderful family oriented club. We loved the golf course and enjoyed all the amenities. And best of all, made some wonderful friends. Dorothy even renewed friendship with several members whom she had originally known in grade school in West Hempstead. Unfortunately, Dorothy was not able to enjoy it for very long before she became ill. Her illness gradually worsened until she had to enter a nursing home in 1998, and eventually resulted in her passing on March 7, 2001. “I have already recounted the blessing of being a member of Dorothy’s granddaughter, Marie’s family. I have also been blessed by Dorothy’s brother and his children. God’s blessings have also included many wonderful friends. Really outstanding has been the friendship of Hope Smith and her children, Bob, Chris, Warren and Susan. Regrettably, for several years, Hope has had to be in an assisted living facility near her children in New Jersey. I do miss her. “I have had many other very good friends who have filled much of the emptiness of my life without Dorothy. They include Les Cuneo, his sister Tina Ellerby, Bill and Paulette Sink, Stu and Wendy Boysen, and Bob and Clova Fenty. Many members of the Presbyterian Church in Garden City and the Hempstead Golf Club have enriched my life. “What else is there for me to say? I am amazed that I have reached this advanced age. For way too many years I did not take good care of myself. I know God has bestowed a multitude of blessings on me. I am searching for the answer as to why—to what purpose. All I can do now is to pray, and to say “Keep the Faith” Amen and Hallelujah!

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Girls Varsity Swimming & Diving wins 18th consecutive county championship

The Girls Varsity Swimming and Diving team took top honors this weekend defeating rivals Long Beach, BellmoreMerrick, and Manhasset to claim their 18th consecutive County Championship. Garden City finished first with 515 points, Long Beach took second (440), and Bellmore-Merrick (362) was third. Strong swims and personal best times dominated the entire weekend with 30 girls qualifying for finals. Sophomore diver Kara Acinapuro placed fourth in the County Diving Championship contributing critical early team points. All three relay teams finished top 4 and qualified for the New York State Championship Meet including the 200-freestyle relay (Rose Kelly, Gabriella Meringolo, Mia Bonvissuto, Melody Pompay,) which placed first overall with

a time of 1:38.78. Olivia Ragusa and Lauren Kuzma are also state bound relay swimmers. The girls controlled the individual events as well showing enormous depth and versatility. Garden City had top finishes in the 50, 100, 200, and 500-freestyle events. State qualifying times were achieved by Mia Bonvissuto, 4th in 100 freestyle (53.37), and 3rd in the 200 freestyle (1:54.78), Alana Brown, 6th in the 200 freestyle (1:56.65) and 2nd in the 500 freestyle (5:05.47), Elizabeth Fetherston, 5th in the 500 freestyle (5:13.50), and Rose Kelly, 6th in the 100 freestyle (54.31) Additional victories were achieved in the 200 individual medley, 100 backstroke, and 100 butterfly. Gabriella Meringolo made states and placed 4th and 2rd respectively in the 200 IM (2:08.61) and 100 Butterfly (56:08).

Rose Kelly placed 7th in 200 IM with a state qualifying time of (2:12.25), and Katie Lew took 4th in the 100 backstroke (58.94) and 8th in the 100 butterfly (58.84), qualifying her for states. Swimmers Julia Giordano, Cara Heaney, Caity Bianchi, Ashley Boccio, Emily Burns, Allyson Kraff, Kalie Yuen, Abigail Brita, Bridget Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, Laura Clarkson, and Victoria Carroll also had personal best times and scored important additional points for the team. Coach Anne Sullivan commented that the team being able to hold their lead throughout the meet was a major contributing factor in securing the win. Congratulations to coach Anne Sullivan, captains Julia Giordano and Morgan Degearo, and the entire team on a great season and a well earned victory!

Melody Pompay, Mia Bonvissuto, Gabriella Meringolo, Rose Kelly winning 200 freestyle relay

Mia Bonvissuto, Alana Brown and Elizabeth Fetherston swimming 200 freestyle

Victoria Carroll and Laura Clarkson swimming 100 backstroke

GCVSD Celebrating the Win!

Team Warm Ups

Garden City Basketball and the NY Knicks

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Emily Menges training with U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team

Garden City Basketball has obtained group discounts for NY Knicks tickets. You DO NOT have to be a member or participant in our program to use this discount. This opportunity open to everyone. If you view the online version of the Garden City News and click on this link: https://oss.ticketmaster.com/aps/

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Attention all Garden City High School basketball players past and present! Mark your calendars for these two upcoming fund raisers: • Monday, December 5 The third annual Girls and Boys Basketball Tip-off Event. To be held at Doc O’Grady’s. 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. $75 per person donation at the door which includes dinner and open bar. Pre-registration can be done at the TMA website, www.GCTMA.org, as can any donations. Silent auction

and 50/50. All proceeds will go to the GCHS basketball programs.

View seats and check prices. Enjoy some basketball at Madison Square Garden. Please visit www.gardencitybasketball.org to signup for our K-1-2 Clinic held on Sundays starting in December at St Paul’s.

Hoops Hysteria

Emily Menges Portland Thorns FC defender Emily Menges has been added to the U.S. Women’s National Team’s 24-player training camp roster in preparation for the final two matches of the 2016 schedule against Romania on Nov. 10 and Nov. 13, it was announced today. The Nov. 10 match against Romania will be played at Avaya Stadium in San Jose, Calif., with a live broadcast on ESPN2; kickoff is set for 7 p.m. (Pacific). The Nov. 13 contest will be played at the StubHub Center in Carson, Calif., with a live broadcast on FS1; kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. (Pacific). Head coach Jill

Ellis will name 18 players to suit up for each match. Menges, 24, plays in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) for the Portland (OR) Thorns and was named to the 2016 NWSL Best XI after becoming the only Thorns FC player to start all 20 games this season and play every minute of every match. Menges was also awarded the 2016 Thorns MVP and Defensive Player of the Year, as well as a finalist for the 2016 NWSL Defensive Player of the Year. Emily Menges is a native of GC, and a 2010 GC High School graduate.

• Saturday, January 7 The return of the Alumni Games! This will feature both a women’s (4 p.m. tipoff) and men’s (6 p.m. start). Details to come concerning online registration. $40 per person which will include your game shirt. Raffles and 50/50. All proceeds will be donated to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Hope all can be involved!

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GC Alumni Soccer Game Annual Thanksgiving Soccer Tradition Continues

All Centennial and G.C. High School Men and Women Alumni Welcome

Garden City Centennial

Soccer Club

Friday, November 25, 2016 Garden City High School Kickoff at 1pm (Old people should get there early to stretch)

Commemorative alumni shirts will be provided courtesy of the Centennials

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Thunder Defense - The Legion of Boom Thunder 10s advance to Playoffs

Thunder 10s storm over Oyster Bay to advance to playoffs Joe Bonomi makes a flying tackle with help from Andrew Schlipf, Josh Cohen, Andrew Ottomanelli & Teddy Quinn

Matthew Reilly (#44) holds back the Generals

Carson Kraus (#31) leads Cooper Kraus (#16) to a first down

It was a beautiful day on the water, but The Thunder 10s stormed into Bayville on Sunday to face the Oyster Bay Generals. The winner of that game would earn a trip to the playoffs. Game captains, Brady Paskewitz, Andrew Schlifp, Andrew Ottomanelli, Matthew Reilly and Michael O’Hanlon won the coin toss and choose to

receive the ball. The Thunder Offence - lead by Quarterback Xander Palmer, The boys have become so much more confident in their ability as a team than just a few weeks ago. The coaches are so proud of and happy for the boys as all of their hard work has paid off with a trip to the playoffs. We will play at Long Beach on Sunday.

Thunder O Heads to the Line

Game Captains - Andrew Schlipf, Matthew Reilly, Michael O’Hanlon, Andrew Ottomanelli and Brady Paskewitz

Jordon McDonald stops the Generals on 4th down

Ryan Winter (#85) High-fives John Uhoda after he causes the General’s fumble

The Garden City Basketball K-1-2 Clinic will be held on Sundays from 12:30pm - 2:15pm at the St Paul’s Fieldhouse. Our season will begin Sunday, December 4th and run through Sunday March 5, 2017. We have off dates for Christmas, New Years and the Martin Luther King holidays. Registration is $125 with online signup at www.gardencitybasketball.org This season will see our program further increase the number of professional instructors utilized from the Island Garden and the Adelphi University Women’s Basketball team. A usage fee that is now being collected for all sports by the Village and is included in our registration fee. Our nationally recognized clinic for Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade boys & girls uses 8ft baskets and stations of

different foundational skills & drills. Professionals recommend staying at a lower basket as not to create poor shooting mechanics in younger players. Basket height at a young age needs to be set for all players not for the limited few who can use the higher basket. Please use the “clinic link” on our website for background on the skills/ format/structure of the clinic. Please note that this is a clinic and teams are not formed and participants are not called. Our greater mission is to provide a wonderful experience for all of our participants so that a lifelong love of the game of basketball will be nurtured and grow. Sign-up ONLINE TODAY at www. gardencitybasketball.org If there are any questions about our program, please contact John Skramko at jskramko@live.com or 516-746-9659

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Garden City Basketball K-1-2 clinic registration

First grade Centennials The First Grade Soccer Players of Team Roddini celebrate a successful season with medals

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OPEN HOUSE

Sat., 11/12 & Sun., 11/13, 2:00 – 4:00pm 48 Main Avenue, Garden City, NY

Price reduction. Completely reconstructed Cape Cod home boasts a new custom kitchen inclusive of marble countertops, a center island and stainless steel appliances. The 1st floor includes a formal dining room, living room enhanced by a beautifully handcrafted mantle gas fireplace, 2 bedrooms and full bath. The 2nd floor includes 2 bedrooms and a new Jack & Jill marble bath. The lower level is fully finished and perfect for entertaining. New Andersen windows, new roof, vinyl siding, CAC, in-ground sprinklers, gas burner, new plumbing and electricity. SD #18. MLS# 2888807. $929,000.

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Real Estate Salesperson Garden City Office 102 Seventh Street, Garden City 516.248.6655, c.516.610.8853 dianepiscopo@danielgale.com Each office is independently owned and operated. We are pledged to provide equal opportunity for housing to any prospective customer or client, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

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Dougall Fraser Division OPEN HOUSE

OPEN HOUSE

Sat., 11/12 & Sun. 11/13, 2:00 – 4:00pm 48 Main Avenue, Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2888807. $929,000.

Sunday, November 13th, 1:00 – 3:00pm 398 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2855948. $1,174,000.

Sunday, November 13th, 1:00 – 3:00pm 191 Wickham Road, Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2893895. $875,000.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath SD #18. MLS# 2887889. $699,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 4.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2886631. $825,000.

UNDER CONTRACT

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2893180. $899,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2885328. $899,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# P1266915. $929,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.55-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2881082. $1,050,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2856708. $1,050,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2841131. $1,495,000.

Garden City, NY 6-bedroom, 4.55-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2889363. $1,750,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 4.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2842592. $1,995,000.

Garden City, NY 6-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2851595. $2,100,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.555-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2771202. $2,199,000.

UNDER CONTRACT

For more information and to view additional listings, please visit our website at danielgale.com. Garden City, NY 6-bedroom, 4.55-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2881458. $2,400,000.

Garden City, NY 7-bedroom, 7.555-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2801260. $4,999,999.

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Each office is independently owned and operated. We are pledged to provide equal opportunity for housing to any prospective customer or client, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin.

OPEN HOUSE

Out of Town Listings Sunday, November 13th, 1:00 – 3:00pm 639 Propp Avenue, Franklin Square, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #17. MLS# 2891849. $469,000.

Levittown, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #5. MLS# 2845990. $429,000.

Hempstead, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #1. MLS# 2892502. $485,000.

Malverne, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #12. MLS# 2890632. $479,000.

UNDER CONTRACT

Malverne, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #12. MLS# 2885997. $489,000.

Cathedral Gardens, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #27. MLS# 2884581. $599,000.

Floral Park, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #22. MLS# 2893199. $630,000.

Stewart Manor, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #16. MLS# 2891688. $639,000.

Rockville Centre, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #21. MLS# 2847096. $738,000.

Rockville Centre, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #21. MLS# 2833551. $839,000.

Stewart Manor, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2884033. $885,000.

Holliswood, NY 4-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #26. MLS# P1267914. $899,000.

Rockville Centre, NY 7-bedroom, 4.5-bath. SD #21. MLS# 2856205. $1,190,000.

Old Westbury, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #2. MLS# 2877360. $1,288,000.

Centre Island, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #6. MLS# 2875726. $1,495,000.

Rockville Centre, NY 5-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #21. MLS# 2883352. $1,498,000.

Point Lookout, NY 4-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #28. MLS# 2841447. $2,992,000.

2110 Grandview Drive, Orient, NY 4-bedroom, 4.5-bath. SD #1. MLS# 2831834. $3,295,000.

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Dougall Fraser Division

Friday, November 11, 2016 The Garden City News

Dougall Fraser Division

Fall In Love With The Wyndham

100 Hilton Avenue, Garden City, NY 1-bedroom, 1.5-bath. Rental. SD #18. MLS# 2878862. $4,100/mo.

100 Hilton Ave., Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. Rental. SD #18. MLS# 2877133. $5,150/mo.

111 Cherry Valley Ave., Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. Rental. SD #18. MLS# 2883624. $6,795/mo.

111 Cherry Valley Avenue, Garden City, NY 1-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2888547. $675,000.

100 Hilton Avenue, Garden City, NY 1-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2893104. $679,000.

100 Hilton Avenue, Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2885239. $775,000.

100 Hilton Avenue, Garden City, NY 1-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2867989. $685,000.

111 Cherry Valley Avenue, Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2866987. $775,000.

Wyndham Resale Specialists: Patricia Costello • Alfred Kohart • Mary Krener • Linda Mulrooney

100 Hilton Avenue, Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2893128. $819,000.

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Rentals • Garden City, NY

4-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2891716. $5,500/mo.

Consult a Wyndham Resale specialist when looking to buy or sell. Our on-site office staff is unsurpassed in providing thorough knowledge of the Wyndham Complex. Their years of professional experience and excellent service at this Five-Star Luxury Facility ensure a seamless transaction for both seller and buyer.

Condos & Co-Ops • Plainview, NY

3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #4. MLS# 2761892. $549,000.

• Southampton, NY

6-bedroom, 4.5-bath. SD #6. MLS# 2892643. $50,000/Aug-Labor Day.