Jericho-Syosset News Journal (6/14/19)

L EGO L OVE AT L IBRARY

Lego lovers gathered at the Syosset Library for the library’s second Bricks Rock event. See page 8.

Syosset native opens coffeehouse

BY GARY SIMEONE

If you’re looking for a caffeine fix, there are a lot of choices out there like Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts or even your local supermarket. But if you’re looking for a laid-back atmosphere in a 4,000 square foot former warehouse, then Mongo’s Coffee Roastery & Lounge is the place to go while you sip your caffeinated beverage.

Mongo’s was founded by Syosset native Mitchel Margulis, who is no stranger to

the specialty coffee industry.

The 56-year-old is a wholesale coffee roaster and co-founder of the Stone Street Coffee Company. He has also helped to open fifteen different financier patisseries throughout the city.

“I left Stone Street in 2014 because there was too much chasing sales positions and chasing salaries. It got to be too much,” said Margulis. “I wanted to get involved with something with a little more of a hometown feel.”

Mongo’s, which is a nick-

name that was given to Margulis, is located at 170 Michael Drive. It is the perfect setup, with a lot of office buildings in the area and new businesses opening the stretch of Inside the spacious and well lit coffeehouse, are plenty of tables with different sized chairs and stools and a fullsize lounge area. There is a case full of baked goods and desserts, and a 25 Probat kilo roaster stands as the centerpiece.

“The Probat is a monster,”

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Jericho High School student advocates for gun-control legislation

BY GARY SIMEONE

It was February 14th, 2018, in Parkland, Florida, when a crazed gunman killed 17 students and staff members in one of the worst school shootings in our nation’s history. One of the staff members who was killed in the massacre was Scott Beigel, a geography teacher who valiantly saved the lives of a group of students by ushering them into an unlocked classroom away from the gunfire.

It was that unfortunate tragedy, that prompted Jericho High School seniorLucy Peters to begin her campaign for stricter gun-control legislation in our country. Beigel was a beloved cousin of Peters, and his untimely demise spurred her to increase awareness of gun-control in our country.

A month after the school shooting, Peters organized a walkout at the High School to memorialize the seventeen people who were killed at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School.

“I wanted to represent Scott, and all the other people who were killed in tat terrible tragedy in Florida,” said Peters.

She said that seventeen of her fellow students participated in the walkout and that the walkout was fully supported by school administration.

“Each student represented one of the victims who was killed in

the school shooting, and we presented seventeen different biographies that day,” said Peters. “Each one of the victims was eulogized and the students and staff members held a moment of silence in their honor.”

On April 20th, 2018, Peters organized a second walkout at her school, that was not school sanctioned or supported by the district administration. It was however observed by Nassau County representatives.

On that day, a team of seven students, from both the high school and middle school, spoke about research into gun violence statistics and instituting tougher gun-control policies.

“Each kid picked a topic to speak about to increase awareness of gun-control legislation.

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Jericho HS senior Lucy Peters

Free summer concert series in the parks

The Town of Oyster Bay will be holding a series of free summer concerts at local parks and beaches. All concerts are free of charge and begin at 8:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted below.  Concert goers will experience a wide variety of genres that range from country to rock, providing free entertainment for all music lovers.  Residents are invited to bring lawn chairs, a cooler and the entire family.

JULY

Tuesday, July 2nd

The Allmost Brothers (Allman Brothers tribute band)

John J. Burns Town Park, Massapequa

Saturday, July 6th

The Turntables (Classic Rock from the 60s to the 90s)

Harry Tappen Beach, Glenwood Landing

Tuesday, July 9th

Salute to America Concert & Fireworks Show

John J. Burns Park, Massapequa

Wednesday, July 10th

Rock This Town (Brian Setzer Orchestra, Stay Cats).

Ellsworth Allen Park, Farmingdale

Saturday, July 13th

Disco Unlimited

Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, Woodbury

Tuesday, July 16th

Mamma Mia!

Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, Woodbury

Wednesday, July 17th

Barometer Soup (Jimmy Buffet Tribute)

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and Beach, Oyster Bay

Saturday, July 20th

Tribute to the King JFK Middle School, Bethpage

Tuesday, July 23rd

Wonderous Stories

(Tribute to The Beatles, The Who, & More)

Ellsworth Allen Park, Farmingdale

Wednesday, July 24th

Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot

John J. Burns Town Park, Massapequa

Saturday, July 27th

Woodstock 50th Anniversary

Ellsworth Allen Town Park, Farmingdale

Tuesday, July 30th

Dr. K’s Motown Revue

John J. Burns Park, Massapequa

Wednesday, July 31st

42nd Infantry Division Band

Plainview Old-Bethpage Park

AUGUST

Saturday, August 3rd

The New York Bee Gees Tribute Show

John J. Burns Park, Massapequa

Tuesday, August 6th

Streetfighter

(Rolling Stones Tribute Band)

John J. Burns Park, Massapequa

Wednesday, August 7th

Dean Karahalis & The Concert Pops

Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, Woodbury

Saturday, August 10th

Arena Rock Tribute

John J. Burns Park, Massapequa

Concertgoers are urged to bring folding chairs or blankets as no formal seating exists. Special accommodations are also available for disabled residents, including reserved parking and easily accessible restrooms.  If doubtful weather conditions arise, please call (516) 797-7900 for updated performance information.

For additional information, please call (516) 797-7900 or visit the Town’s website at: www.oysterbaytown.com.

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Syosset Woodbury Rotary welcomes guest speaker

Sheira Brayer, an empowerment speaker, award winning songwriter, life coach and an author, was a guest speaker at a recent Syosset-Woodbury Rotary meeting. Her book, "Motiv8: 8 Ways to Rock Your Own World," assists people to increase awareness, reduce stress and improve one's decision-making skills.

The 8 motivational ways to assist one in being comfortable with themselves are: meditation (to clear out one's mind), optimism (good thoughts), tolerance (be kind

to everyone), intuition (when I'm in a bind), vibe (is mine high or low), attitude (reap what one sows), thankfulness (let one's gratitude show) and expression (watch my passion grow). Sheira's biggedt passion is using her music, messages and humor to inspire people to "think differently".

For more information about Sheira, please visit her website at sheirabrayer. com. The Syosset-Woodbury Rotary Club meets on Tuesdays at Lisbon Cafe, Jericho Turnpike, Jericho.

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Debut novelist to visit Syosset Public Library

Join author Nicola Harrison at Syosset Library on Tuesday, June 18 at 2 pm for a discussion about the writing of her debut novel “ Montauk ” . Published this month, “ Montauk ” is a fictionalized account about the transformation of a small fishing village to the resort town destination you are sure to recognize. The story is told through the eyes of lonely wife Beatrice Bordeaux. Copies of “ Montauk ” will be sold by the Friends of the Library for Ms. Harrison to sign.

Author Nicola Harrison will appear at Syosset Library Tuesday, June 18 at 2 pm

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Artwork on display at Jericho Library

Artwork by Kirk Larsen will be on display at the Jericho Public Library’s meeting room through the month of June.

Photo Credit: Erwin List

Village restoration comes alive with sound

BY GARY SIMEONE

It was like a 60’s flashback at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration this past weekend, as the Woodstock Revival festival was held in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the event. Thousands of festival-goers flocked to the grounds in their colorful tie-dye shirts and earthy jewelry to listen and dance to over a dozen Woodstock tribute bands.

“This is our seventh year doing a Woodstock event and the third year we are holding it at the Old Bethpage Village Restoration,” said Richard Rivkin, director of LI Music Festivals. “This is our first year doing a two day event in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Woodstock.”

Rivkin said that prior to the event being held at the Village Restoration, it had taken place at the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport and the Sands Point Preserve .

The Woodstock Revival took place on the main stage area in front of the historic barn, which serves as a reception venue. It had an art-centric vibe going on, with multiple artists on site doing live paintings and sculptures .

There were nearly two dozen tribute bands rocking out on the main stage and a line of fifty vendors, selling everything from arts & crafts, jewelry, clothing and various types of crystals.

“The festival has a sense of camaraderie to it,” said Rivkin. “It’s very family-friendly in a safe space kind of

The crowd at the Woodstock Revival at Old Bethpage Restoration.

atmosphere with a uniquely fun vibe to it all.”

He added that he has developed a community of followers to the festival, after holding it in various venues throughout Long Island over the past seven years.

Some of the bands that performed on-stage included the Kerry Kearney Band, who does tributes to Jimi Hendrix, and Four Way Street, who performs many of the hits made popular by Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Other bands included the Janis

Town to offer free basketball clinics

The Town of Oyster Bay will host Free Long Island Nets Basketball Clinics at Town facilities throughout the summer, with the first taking place on Saturday, July 13 at John J. Burns Park in Massapequa. These clinics are open to boys and girls ages 6 through 13.

“The Long Island Nets Basketball Clinic is a great opportunity for children to learn about the sport of basketball from some of the area’s finest coaches and players,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “The Town of Oyster Bay is proud to partner with the Long Island Nets to bring these outstanding basketball skills clinics to our residents, free of charge!”

The Long Island Nets Basketball Clinic is designed to teach kids the fundamentals of basketball in a structured clinic setting, as well as help improve individual skills. Instruction will be carried out by the Long Island

Nets, and each participant will receive a T-shirt. Necessary equipment will be provided.

Clinics will take place on the following dates at the following locations:

• Saturday, July 13 at John J. Burns Park, Massapequa – clinic will take place at 10am and will last for 90 minutes. Participants must register by July 5.

• Friday, August 23 at John J. Burns Park, Massapequa – clinic will take place at 6:30 pm and will last for 90 minutes. Participants must register by August 16.

• Friday, September 20 at the Hicksville Athletic Center – clinic will take place at 6:30 pm and will last for 90 minutes. Participants must register by September 13.

The clinic, which is limited in space, will be filled on a first-come, firstserved basis. For more information and to register, call (516) 797-4125 x. 2.

Syosset native opens coffeehouse

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said Margulis. “The beans are roasted inside this thing that can handle 55 pounds of coffee every twelve minutes.”

Highlights on the menu include a variety of blended coffees , nitro cold-brews, frozen coffee concoctions and teas on tap.

The food menu has a “homemade Brooklyn feel,” as Margulis likes to say, with items such as yogurt parfaits, avocado toast, bagels, beet and goat cheese salads and even tuna sandwiches.

“I kind of like to think of myself as a bit of an amateur chef who can put together some creative things,” said Margulis.

Joplin Experience and the Legendary Murphys, who play the songs of Creedence Clearwater Revival and Jefferson Airplane.

To find out more about the Woodstock Revival and upcoming festivals on Long Island this summer, you can visit the website, limusicfestivals.com

When Margulis is not roasting coffee and inventing inspired food items, he is banging on the drums in a bunch of different bands.

“I’ve been a drummer since the 3rd grade and I’m not going to stop now. I love doing stuff by the Grateful Dead, and even some heavy metal music.”

You can find more information on Mongo’s on their website, mongoscoffee.com

JHS student advocates for gun-control legislation

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We had seven speakers who represented different types of gun-control policies to end these types of mass shootings.”

She said that the April 20th date was significant because it was the 19th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre that took place in Colorado.

At the end of the walkout, a petition was signed to ban the use of semi-automatic military style weapons. The petition was signed by 250 students and was sent to the office of Congressman Tom Suozzi.

“It was a one day opportunity to sign this petition, even though we had pushback from school administration” said Peters. “I organized this through Snapchat and not on my personal Instagram for safety reasons and to protect the names of students.”

On May 18th, 2018, Peters met with Congressman Suozzi in a roundtable meeting, with thirty students from various high schools on Long Island.

“At the meeting we spoke about

gun-control legislation and he asked me to help organize the ‘Rally for a Change’ event, which took place last summer. The event was held at Breezy Park in Huntington, and a lot of people, mostly adults, showed up for it.”

In one of her most widely publicized events, Peters spoke at a ‘Rally to end Gun Violence’ which was attended by Congressman Suozzi and Congresswoman Kathleen Rice, on October 13th, 2018. At the rally, speakers talked about sensible gun-control laws and gun reform policies .

“This took place right around the midterm elections, when I was seventeen, and I couldn’t vote yet,” said Peters. “At the time, this was kind of a way to get my voice out to the public.”

Peters said that she plans to continue with her gun-control activism when she attends Duke University in the fall.

“I plan to work with some of my professors at Duke, researching gun-control policies and working on different types of reforms.”

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Sixty-seven Muhlenberg College student-athletes were recognized for their performance in the classroom and on the field, court, track and course with their selection to the Centennial Conference Academic Honor Roll for the spring 2019 season.

Katharine Chen of Syosset was one of the Muhlenberg students named to the spring Academic Honor Roll. Each student-athlete must be a sophomore or higher in class standing and carry at least a 3.40 cumulative grade-point average.

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Bucknell University presented degrees to nearly 900 graduates at Commencement on May 19.

Allegra Gold of Syosset, earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Scott Gulbransen of Syosset, earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Ryan Ott of Woodbury, earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

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Grace Magid, Class of 2022, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester at the University of Vermont. Magid, from Syosset, is majoring in undeclared in the College of Arts and Sciences.

To be named to the Dean’s List, students must have a grade-point average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 20 percent of their class in their respective college or school.

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Evan Lowitt of Syosset, New York, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Lowitt was initiated at University of Delaware.

Lowitt is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter.

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Ryan Michael Ott from Woodbury earned

The William C. Gretzinger Prize prior to Bucknell University’s 2019 Commencement ceremony held on Sunday, May 19.

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Rob Moontahinaz of Jericho was one of 43 Hofstra University students inducted into Phi Beta Kappa this spring.

Moontahinaz, a member of the class of 2020 is majoring in speech-lang hearing sci.

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Georgia Gardner of Woodbury was honored at Union College’s annual Prize Day celebration.

Students were honored for achievement in academics, research, service and governance. Gardner, a member of the Class of 2019, was honored with the John Lewis March Prize, to a senior who has shown increased interest and ability in psychology during the final two years of college.

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Edward Lebens of East Norwich has been named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List at Roger Williams University, in Bristol, R.I. Full-time students who complete 12 or more credits per semester and earn a grade point average of 3.4 or higher are placed on the Dean’s List that semester.

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SUNY Canton recognizes Corey Gold for earning Dean’s List honors during the spring 2019 semester. Gold is a SUNY Canton construction technology: management major from Jericho.

Dean’s List recognizes full-time students who have earned a GPA between 3.25 and 3.75. All honors are a mark of distinction and recognition of outstanding academic efforts and scholarship.

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Curry College is proud to announce that John Kim of Syosset has been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, stu-

dents must earn a 3.30 GPA, have no incompletes, and have no grade lower than a “C” for the semester.

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Curry College is pleased to announce that John Kim of Syosset received a BA degree at Commencement Excercises that took place at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts on Sunday May 19.

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Scott Ganz of Syosset graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental engineering during commencement ceremonies on May 19, 2019, at the University of Vermont.

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Robert Doxey of Syosset, a student at New York Institute of Technology, was a finalist in a competition to create technology that supports one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Doxey’s team, “UNPAC,” created an iPad/iPhone app UN workers can use during crises to communicate critical information to local residents and took second place in the challenge.

Doxey is pursuing a B.S. in computer science as part of NYIT’s Class of 2022.

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SUNY Canton recognizes Zoe Strong for earning President’s List Honors during the Spring 2019 semester. Strong is a SUNY Canton law enforcement leadership major from Syosset.

President’s List recognizes full-time students who achieve a GPA of between 3.75 and 4.0.

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Students at Lehigh University attained Dean’s List in Spring 2019. This status is granted to students who earned a scholastic average of 3.6 or better while carrying at least 12 hours of regularly graded courses.

Amanda Alejo of Woodbury

Kayla Rabin of Syosset

Jake Bernstein of Jericho

n Nancy Rasmussen has been named to the Siena College Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester. Rasmussen is from Jericho.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student’s grade point average for the semester must be between 3.5 and 3.89.

n Francesca Fealey has been named to the Siena College Dean’s List for the Spring 2019 semester. Fealey is from Garden City.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student’s grade point average for the semester must be between 3.5 and 3.89.

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Tierney Latham of Syosset has been named to the Dean’s List at Hamilton College for the 2019 spring semester.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have carried throughout the semester a course load of four or more graded credits with an average of 3.5 or above.

Latham, a rising junior majoring in geosciences, is a graduate of Syosset High School.

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Jericho resident Maria S. Grafas has been named to Husson University’s Honors List for the Spring 2019 semester.

Grafas is a sophomore who is currently enrolled in Husson’s Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science/Doctor of Physical Therapy program.

Students who make the Honors List must carry at least 12 graded credit hours during the semester and earn a grade point average of 3.4 to 3.59 during the period.

n Alexander Rosen of Syosset was among the graduates celebrated at the 161st Elmira College Commencement on Sunday, June 2 at the First Arena, Elmira. The exercises included the conferring of 204 undergraduate and 22 graduate degrees.

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LEGO fan event at Syosset Library draws enthusiasts

LEGO masterpieces at one of the many building stations at Bricks Rock.

Community Engagement Librarian Jessikah Chautin (left) and Head of Teen Services Sharon Long dressed as “LEGO Movie” characters Princess Unikitty and Wild Style, along with LEGO Captain America, ready to greet visitors to Bricks Rock.

More than 3,500 LEGO-lovers of all ages flocked to Syosset Library for two days in April during the library’s second Bricks Rock event, a Syosset Convention (Sy-Con) festival of all things LEGO. There were speed building competitions, free building periods, screenings of the LEGO and LEGO Batman movies, face painting and coloring, and a master builder workshop featuring a detailed cityscape. I LUG NY, an independent organization of LEGO hobbyists, displayed ingenious exhibits throughout the library, including scale models of the Statue of Liberty and the library building itself, as well as trains, cranes, and other objects with intricate moving parts.

“To paraphrase a favorite line from

the LEGO movie, everything was awesome," said Community Engagement Librarian Jessikah Chautin, who helped organize the event. Bricks Rock was presented in partnership with I LUG NY. It is one of many Sy-Con events, programs at the cutting edge of science and popular culture, at the library throughout the year. Sy-Con 2019, this year’s main science and pop culture event, is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 13 and 14. It will feature cosplay (costume) and trivia contests, retro video gaming, anime (Japanese cartoons), films, prizes and more. For more information, visit www.syossetlibrary.org, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Just a few of the many scale models and creations with moving parts displayed by I LUG NY at Bricks Rock.

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Long Island’s World-Class Cradle of Aviation Museum Hosts Special Events for 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing

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The countdown clock in the lobby of the Cradle of Aviation Museum showed 43 days to July 20, the 50th anniversary of the first man to walk on the moon, on the night of the museum’s grand gala at which seven former astronauts and flight directors were feted - Walt Cunningham (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 7), Rusty Schweickart (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 9), Fred Haise (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 13). Charlie Duke (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 16), Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 17) and Apollo Flight Directors, Gerry Griffin and Milt Windler - along with Grumman employees who built the lunar module and the equipment which put them there.

Throughout this year, the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale, Long Island, not far from where the lunar module was designed and built by Grumman engineers in Bethpage and a stone’s throw from Roosevelt Field where Charles Lindbergh took off for his historic transatlantic flight to Paris, has been hosting special events to mark the anniversary, use it for STEM education and inspire a new generation eager to reach for the stars.

The events climax on July 20, when at the exact same moment as Neil Armstrong made his “giant

Cradle of Aviation Museum provides the history of aviation in eight galleries© Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

leap for mankind”, a replica lunar module will descend from the ceiling. Museum goers also can see an actual lunar module, one of the six that Grumman built (three are still on the moon, and the other three are in the Smithsonian’s National Air & Space Museum in Washington DC, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and here at the Cradle of Aviation Museum).

One of the extraordinary exhibits on view at the museum now is “Space: A Journey to Our Future,” which is on view through August 18, 2019, an absolutely thrilling, immersive exhibit which takes you from the dawn of man’s earliest visions of space exploration to the heroic achievements of the past, the unfolding discoveries of today, and the frontiers of the universe that lie

ahead. You get to touch actual rocks from the lunar surface and the red planet, explore a futuristic Lunar Base Camp while walking through a full-size space habitat and work pod, get an up-close look at a wide range of artifacts from the space program and experience the past, present and future of space through these and dozens of other displays, interactive (try your hand at landing the space shuttle!) and experiences.

Also, as part of this special celebration, the museum is showing Todd Douglas Miller’s new documentary film, “Apollo 11: First Steps Edition,” a special giant-screen edition created exclusively for science centers and museum theaters, like Cradle’s Dome Theater. With a newly-discovered trove of never-before-seen 70mm footage and audio

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recordings, APOLLO 11: First Steps Edition joins Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, the Mission Control team and millions of spectators around the world, during those momentous days and hours in 1969 when humankind took a giant leap into the future.

The “Apollo at 50: Moon Fest,” on July 20 will be a family festival (9:30-5 pm, with activities 12-4pm) with visits from Long Island Space Shuttle Astronauts including Bill Shepherd (Babylon) and Charlie Carmada (Ozone Park). All day activities include virtual reality experiences, model rocket launches, and a countdown at 4:18 pm to collectively watch, re-experience,

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Long Island’s World-Class Cradle of Aviation Museum Hosts Special Events for 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing

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and honor as a community, the historic “The Eagle has Landed” Lunar Module landing on the moon. As a special bonus, all museum attendees will get a free showing of the new highly-acclaimed documentary, Apollo 11 First Steps Edition  in the immersive Dome Theater. (Tickets: $20)

Then, in the evening, there will be a Countdown Celebration, a lively dinner and champagne toast with 1960s music and dancing, as the community watches and re-experiences the unforgettable first steps on the moon at 10:56 pm with a special moon landing viewing and countdown. Photo opportunities in a re-created 1969 living room. (The dinner event ticket includes admission to Apollo Moon Fest events during the day; tickets: $125).

Long Island: The Nation’s Cradle of Aviation

The Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center is home to over 75 planes and spacecraft representing over 100 years of aviation history, from hot air balloons to the lunar module, in eight galleries, a planetarium and Long Island’s only Giant Screen Dome Theater.

The Cradle of Aviation Museum commemorates and celebrates Long Island’s part in the history of aviation and space exploration. It is set on land once part of Mitchel Air Force Base which, together with nearby Roosevelt Field and other airfields on the Hempstead Plains, was the site of many historic flights. In fact, so many seminal flights occurred in the area, that by the mid-1920s the cluster of airfields was already dubbed the “Cradle

of Aviation”, the origin of the museum’s name. The Museum was recently recognized and listed on New York State’s National Register of Historic Places as a significant part of American history.

The museum originally opened with just a handful of aircraft in the un-restored hangars in 1980. A major renovation and expansion program in the late 1990s allowed the museum to re-open in a state-of-the-art facility in 2002. The museum is undergoing a major fund-raising campaign for a future expansion.

It is remarkable to contemplate that within a century, aviation went from the Wright Brothers to the moon, from a dangerous sport to mass transportation and commercial enterprise, and Long Island played a significant part.

It starts with Long Island’s geography: a natural airfield, on the eastern edge of the United States, the western edge of the Atlantic Ocean, adjacent to a major population center, and Hempstead Plains, the only natural prairie east of the Allegheny Mountains, writes Joshua Stoff, Curator, Cradle of Aviation Museum.

We trace flying back to the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, NC in 1903, lasting 59 seconds over a distance of 852 feet but Stoff notes that the first recorded aircraft flight took place on Long Island, in 1896 when a Lilienthal-type glider was flown from the bluffs along Nassau County’s north shore. By 1902 gasoline-powered airships were flown over Brooklyn (why doesn’t Long Island get more credit?). By 1910, there were three airfields operating on the Hempstead Plains, Long Islanders were building their own planes, and there were sever-

al flying schools and aircraft factories that made Long Island “the center of the aviation world.” Exhibits show artifacts of these early pursuits.

Belmont Park hosted the 1910 International Aviation Meet of the greatest aviators from America and Europe.

“The period between 1918 and 1939 is considered the ‘Golden Age of Aviation’ when flying went from being a dangerous sport to a major commercial industry,” Stoff writes. Most famous of all was Charles Lindbergh’s historic solo transatlantic flight, from Roosevelt Field to Paris, in 1927. “This single event revolutionized aviation as nothing else before or since...

“By the early 1930s Roosevelt Field was the largest and busiest civilian airfield in America with over 150 aviation businesses and 450 planes based there. In 1937 the first regular commercial transatlantic airline service in America was begun at Port Washington as huge Pan American Martin and Boeing flying boats departed and arrived regularly at Manhasset Bay.”

World War II sparked aviation and demand for aircraft. The two biggest aircraft companies, Grumman, was founded in Long island in 1930; Republic in 1931. They produced most of the military aircraft; other companies, Sperry, Brewster, Ranger, and Columbia, also contributed to the war effort. By 1945, 100,000 Long Islanders were employed in the aircraft industry.

Though aircraft are no longer manufactured on Long Island (the Grumman plant in Bethpage is now a movie and television studio), it is surprising to realize that there are still 240 Long Island

producing parts for virtually every American aircraft that flies.

Long Island’s important contribution to aviation is brilliant displayed in exhibits throughout the halls.

Long Island in Space

Thomas J. Kelly, of Cutchogue, retired president of the Grumman Space Station Integration Division and formerly lunar module engineering director, writes that there is still some Long Island left on the moon – six spacecraft built on Long Island remain on the moon,

Designing and building those craft, as part of the greater challenge of beating the Russians to the moon by 1969, was a monumental endeavor. Writing on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the moon landing, Kelly reflected,

“For some 7,000 Grumman employees, however, it was far more intimate than an issue of national prestige. We felt personally empowered to put Americans at the edge of a frontier that even today seems incomprehensible. Yet not only did we succeed in meeting the mission; the efforts of our nation’s commitment to lunar exploration also inspired people around the world and showed the finest possibilities of human achievement and of creating technology that now helps to power our society...

“Nobody at Grumman who worked on the LM will ever forget it. Even the 12-and 14-hour weekdays, the frustrating paperwork and the sheer complexity of designing, building and testing the module could not dim our dedication. From the sweeper to the chief engineer, we all knew that we were part of a majestic endeavor, that we were making history happen.”

“I helped build that:” Richard A. Hoffman, in front of the Cradle of Aviation’s actual lunar module, was a metallurgical engineer at Grumman who helped design the lunar module. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

At the gala, I meet Richard A. Hoffman sitting in front of the museum’s own actual lunar module, built by Grumman in Bethpage. He was a metallurgist who determined what the different parts should be made of aluminum for the struts, titanium for the propellant tanks, stainless steel for the propellent, high output silver and silver oxide batteries. He had to figure the pyrotechnics that would cause the four bolts that secured the module on the descent, to burst at just the right time with guillotine cutters for lift off from the moon. Hoffman told me he came to Grumman in the summer of 1963, and got a job there right after graduating Brooklyn Polytech in 1964. He was in just the right place at the right time, when Grumman started working on the Apollo program and he was transferred to engineering.

Apollo Astronauts Look Back

On this gala night at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Uniondale, Long Island, five of the Apollo astronauts, including three of only 12 men who have ever walked on the moon, and two flight directors who controlled the Apollo missions, reflected on their experiences. It was an epic event in a year of events marking the occasion and inspiring interest in space science.

The Cradle of Aviation Museum has special meaning to the astronauts, many

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of whom have come to the museum to give talks and participate in events over the years. Not only is it home to one of the world’s most extensive collections of Lunar Modules,(LM-13, LTA-1)  Lunar Module parts and Lunar Module photos and documentation, but it’s also home to the engineers of Grumman Aerospace Corporation that designed, built and

tested the Lunar Modules between 19611972 that successfully landed 12 men on the moon between 1969-1972.

Rusty Schweickart was the first to pilot the Lunar Module, testing the craft on the Apollo 9 mission in 1969 before it was used on the moon in Apollo 11. He was one of the first astronauts to spacewalk without a tether, and one of the

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first to transmit live TV pictures from space. He is also credited with development of the hardware and procedures which prolonged the life of the Skylab space station.

Schweickart reflected on a moment when he was essentially stranded in space. “I turned around and looked at earth, brilliant blue horizon. There was no sound – I was floating inside my suit which was floating. Just hanging out looking at earth, completely silent. My responsibility at that moment was to absorb: I’m a human being. Questions floated in: how did I get here, why was I here. I realized the answer was not simple. What does ‘I’ mean? ‘Me’ or ‘us’. Humanity – our partnership with machines allowed humankind to move out to this environment. 10,000 years from now, it will still be the moment when humanity stepped out to space. While we celebrate something we were part of, it’s one of the events in human history, that if we don’t wipe ourselves out, we will still have this unique moment in time when life moved out to outer space.”

Fred Haise, the Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 13 mission, would have been the 6th man to walk on the moon. After the Apollo program ended in 1977, he worked on the Shuttle program, and after retiring from NASA, worked for

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Wishing a Happy Father’s Day to dads everywhere!

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

We are going to celebrate Father’s Day which is on June 16 and I for one would like to thank all of those dads out there who have made huge sacrifices for the sake of their families.

Being a dad and a leader takes focus and commitment. It’s a tough job but very rewarding, too. One of those dads out there who also happens to be famous is Harrison Ford. He has five children, four grandchildren and is married to actress Calista Flockhart.

Harrison Ford was born at the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, to Christopher Ford, an advertising executive and former actor, and Dorothy, a former radio actress. His younger brother, Terence, was born in 1945.

Ford was active in the Boy Scouts of America and he achieved its second-highest rank of Life Scout. He worked at Napowan Adventure Base Scout camp as a counselor for the Reptile Study merit badge. Because of this, he and director Steven Spielberg later decided to depict the young Indiana Jones as a Life Scout in the film “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”

In 1960, Ford graduated from Maine

East High School in Park Ridge, Illinois. His was the first student voice broadcast on his high school’s new radio station, WMTH, and he was its first sportscaster during his senior year which was 195960.

He attended Ripon College in Wisconsin, where he was a philosophy major and a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. In the final quarter of his senior year he took a drama class as a way to get over his shyness. Ford, who calls himself a late bloomer, focused on his drama class because his eye was on acting.

Harrison Ford later said about his future, “All of my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.”

After a season of summer stock in 1964 with the Belfry Players in Wisconsin, Ford went to Los Angeles to apply for a job in radio voice-overs. The job went to someone else but Ford stayed in California and eventually signed a contract for $150 a week with Columbia Pictures’ new talent program.

He played bit roles in films and his first known role was an uncredited one as a bellhop in “Dead Heat on a MerryGo-Round” in 1966, according to wikipedia.org.

Ford’s speaking roles continued next with “Luv” in 1967 although he was still uncredited. It was in the 1967 Western film “A Time for Killing” that he was finally credited as “Harrison J. Ford” but the “J” didn’t stand for anything since he has no middle name.

The middle letter was added to avoid confusion with a silent film actor named Harrison Ford, who had appeared in more than 80 films between 1915 and 1932. That particular Harrison Ford passed away in 1957.

Ford became a self-taught professional carpenter to support his then-wife and two young sons because he wasn’t happy with the roles that were coming his way. He also worked as a stagehand for The Doors.

Fred Roos, who was a casting director and a young producer, talked up the young Harrison Ford, getting him an audition with George Lucas for the role of Bob Falfa, which Ford went on to play in “American Graffiti” in 1973. It was a small role but an important one. The fact that Harrison Ford knew George Lucas would have a big impact on his career in the years to come.

Director Francis Ford Coppola’s film “The Godfather” became a success and he hired Ford to expand his

office and gave him small roles in his next two films, “The Conversation” in 1974 and “Apocalypse Now” in 1979. In “Apocalypse Now” Ford played an army officer named “G. Lucas.”

Who can forget Harrison Ford as Han Solo in the “Star Wars” films? And wearing that brim hat as the star of the Indiana Jones movies?

In 1985 Harrison Ford starred in “Witness” which is one of my favorite movies. It is a crime thriller and the plot revolves around a small Amish boy who is the sole witness to a murder in Philadelphia.

Without telling the whole story, Harrison Ford’s character, John Book, who is a Philadelphia detective, hides the boy and his mother back at their Amish farm.

The police part of the story seems incidental to the real story which is the clash of two cultures, Philadelphia and the Amish people of Lancaster County. It’s almost a documentary about the Amish people in Lancaster County, Pa.

“Witness” is much more than a thriller, according to James Berardinelli on reelviews.net. He says, “It’s a love story, a fish-out-of-water tale, and an exam-

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Charlie Duke, Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot, recalls his Rover ride on the moon © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

BY TOM MARGENAU

My wife and I recently celebrated our 45th wedding anniversary. We were married on June 1, 1974. I was a relatively new employee of the Social Security Administration, having been hired a year earlier. How that came to be makes for an interesting story.

After graduating from college, I floundered around for a year or two looking for work. Finally, I decided to take a federal civil service exam. Within a month or two, letters arrived from various federal government agencies inviting me for interviews.

The first letter came from the Federal Aviation Administration for a job as a “sky marshal.” Older readers may recall that in the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a spate of airline hijackings. So the government was beefing up the air marshal service that had started in the 1960s. The interview did not go well. They were looking for tough young men, preferably with military training, who were familiar with guns, not a bookish nerd who barely knew the difference between a six-shooter and a peashooter.

Next, came a letter from the Internal Revenue Service. Once again, I didn’t impress them. They wanted someone who was good with numbers. I was never into math, and could barely balance my checkbook.

After three or four more failed interviews with different agencies, I had pretty much concluded that a career with the federal government was just not in the cards. And so, when a letter arrived from the Social Security Administration about a job in Springfield, Illinois, I just threw it in the trash

About two weeks later, I got a call from the manager of the Springfield Social Security office. I was living in my hometown, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and he said the reason he called was that he was born and raised in the Lake Michigan seaport city and he thought he’d try to help a fellow Sheboyganite. He asked if I had received their letter. Thinking quickly on my feet, I lied and said, “What letter?” I then cursed the post office (apologies to all my postal service friends out there). He promised to send a follow-up invite.

About a month later, I found myself reporting for duty at the Social Security office in Springfield, Illinois. And following a long training class, I was assigned to Springfield’s new branch office in the small farming community about 50 miles south called Litchfield.

One of my duties there was to take calls from the insurance billing clerk at the local hospital. She would call almost every day to verify Medicare numbers so she could complete the billing process for various elderly patients. Her name was Becky Bachstein. We had been exchanging these calls for months when her boss decided to play matchmaker by

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inviting me to the hospital for lunch to meet Becky.

That was in January 1974. Five months later, we were married! Of course, I’ve often thought about the serendipity of our meeting. I mean, if the Springfield Social Security office manger hadn’t been from Sheboygan, and if he hadn’t felt inclined to call me, that Social Security job invite would have remained in my trash basket -- and who knows where I’d be today? And who knows who Becky Bachstein’s boss would have invited out to lunch with her instead?

I promise I will tie something to do with Social Security into these reminisces. But first I must share another cute story involving my courtship with Becky. Please indulge me. After all, how many 45th wedding anniversaries do you get in a lifetime?

The story involves asking Becky out on our first date. (That lunchtime get-together arranged by her boss didn’t count.) On an upcoming Saturday night, I was going to invite her to the most popular movie at the time, “American Graffiti.” Starring Ron Howard and Richard Dreyfuss, and directed by George Lucas, it is the story of recent high school grads cruising their summer nights away in 1962 before going off to college.

Anyway, the tagline to the movie was this: “Where were you in ‘62?” And I had cleverly (or so I thought) planned to use that as an opening line in my date invite. Now, in 1962, I was in 7th grade. And I fully expected Becky’s response to be something similar. So imagine my shock when she answered, “Oh, that’s the year I graduated from high school.” And then she turned the question on me. “Where were you in ‘62, Tom?” Not wanting to admit that I was just a youngster and that she was about to “rob the cradle,” I merely replied, “Oh about the same.”

I suddenly realized I was talking to an older woman! I’d had no idea. My mind raced. What should I do? I thought of coming up with excuses: “Oh, I forgot. I’m washing my car Saturday night and I can’t go.” Or, “I’m sorry, but Saturday night is when I polish my shoes.” But I wisely decided I’d forgo the excuses and take a chance by asking this older woman out on a date. And thank goodness I did. It’s been a fantastic 45 years. And believe it or not, all these years later, she’s still five years older than me. But she looks and acts 10 years younger.

OK, so what is my Social Security tie in to all of this? Well, I thought I would look back to see what Social Security was like in 1974.

In 1974, there were about 30 million people getting Social Security benefits. Today, there are just shy of 62 million Social Security beneficiaries. Think about that. There are about 325 million people in this country. So that means that about 1 out of every 5 people you meet on the street is getting a Social Security check!

In 1974, Social Security paid out about $61 billion dollars in total benefits. In 2019, the program pays more than that in a single month! In fact, Social Security recipients collect $85 billion every single month. Social Security spending makes up about one-fourth of the entire federal budget.

My love for Becky Bachstein has continued to grow for 45 years. And so has Social Security!

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

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Long Island’s World-Class Cradle of Aviation Museum Hosts Special Events for 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing

16 years as an executive for Northrop Grumman Corporation.

Haise reflected that when JFK made his challenge to go to the moon before the end of the decade, he thought this was mission impossible based on where the technology was. “I saw nothing at hand that would have accomplished that. By then, there was just Alan Shepherd who went up and down, the rockets we had were invented by Germans in World War II.”

When disaster struck the Apollo 13 –an oxygen tank exploded, crippling the Service Module which supplied power and life support to the Command Module - he reflected, “We weren’t afraid. All of us in the program did the best we could. We were aware of the problems. Everyone was willing to pay the price to make the mission successful.”

The situation was not immediately life-threatening. ”Clearly we had lost one tank. I was sick to my stomach with disappointment that we had lost the moon. It took us almost an hour to stop the leak in the second tank. “

The Lunar Module was pressed into service as a literally lifeboat and tugboat – a role never anticipated for it.

“The LM bought time, I was never worried. We were not sure how it would operate past the two days. Nothing had been damaged in the LM, so I knew we had a homestead we could operate from, and people on the ground were losing a lot of sleep working through the challenges. We never really got to the cliff we were about the fall off.”

Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, shortage of cooling water and the critical need to make repairs to the carbon dioxide removal system, the crew returned safely to Earth. It was hailed as the most successful failure.

Charlie Duke (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 16, the 10th person to walk on the moon and the youngest, at 36 years

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old), reflected “Driving over the surface of the moon, we didn’t have TV. I was the travel guide for mission control, 250,000 miles away. So I narrated, ‘Now we’re passing on the right...’ – giving a travelogue – as we drove from point A to point B, and I was taking pictures....Rover did tremendously well, it revolutionized lunar exploration, to see so much. I say to all the Grumman folks here who worked on that, you guys built a great machine. Three rovers are up there, if you want an $8 million car with a dead battery.”

Harrison Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot, Apollo 17) was also a former geologist, professor, US Senator from New Mexico. He was the lunar module pilot on Apollo 17, the final manned lunar landing mission. He was the first scientist and one of the last astronauts to walk on the moon – the 12th man and second youngest person to set foot on the moon.

“The thing about our valley [where the mission explored], Apollo worked in a brilliant sun, as brilliant as any New Mexico sun, but the sky was absolute black. That was hard to get used to. We grow up with blue skies. I never felt comfortable with black sky. But in that black sky was of course that seemingly small planet Earth, always hanging over the same part of the valley. Whenever I was homesick, I would just look up – home was only 250,000 miles away.”

Milt Windler was one of the four flight directors of Apollo 13 Mission Operations Team, all of whom were awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Richard M. Nixon for their work in guiding the crippled spacecraft safely back to Earth.

About the Apollo 13 mission, he said, “Missions were divided into distinct phases – launch, lunar descent, EVA, rendezvous – and there were teams for each. Each team simulated, practiced problems. One of the things that worked well on Apollo was anticipating what would happen. After a flight, we would discuss lessons learned, to come up with improvements. By the time of Apollo 13 developed a real serious problem, we were a finely honed machine.”

Gerry Griffin joined NASA in 1964 as flight controller in Mission Control during Project Gemini. In 1968, he was named a Mission Control flight director for all the Apollo manned mission.

Griffin reflected on the “perfect storm” of forces and factors that resulted in the incomparable space program that put a man on the moon within a decade. Neil Armstrong had said you needed four things: threat, bold leadership, public support and resources. “He said that most of the time, those are out of sequence with each other – you may have the threat but not the resources. It was a perfect storm when Apollo

happened”: the threat from the Soviet Union taking mastery of space frontier; a balanced budget not yet weighted down by national debt; bold political leadership and public support. “You had the resources and human resources, primarily from World War II from the aviation industry, with Grumman part of that.

“If it hadn’t been Apollo, it would have been something else. When the Soviets launched Sputnik and then Gagarin [became the first man in space], the threat was clear, and everything else fell into line. I think he’s right. Nowadays, we have a threat now – China – those guys are good. There is a technological threat now, and could be more later. Leadership? Draw your own conclusion. Resources? We haven’t had them. Public support? ... But I’m an optimistic. If we are going to make 2024 – that’s awful tight, but I was like Fred, I didn’t think we could land on moon in the 1960s, but we did. Maybe if things line up better, we could do it by 2024, if not 2028.”

Asked why we haven’t been back to the moon, Schweickart said, “You need to be young, innovative, not an aging bureaucracy....

“You need technological, political courage. The moon was in exactly the right place. The next steps are not quite that easy . There is a debate between going back to the moon or on to Mars that has raged for years and still does. There’s not the same opportunity that we had at that time. In many ways, the most important thing in terms of a sense of challenge, moving out, moving forward is one of age. Bureaucracy –corporation or government – where the average age increases every year, you’re cooked.”

The astronauts seemed encouraged by private enterprise taking over space exploration, along with the youth and idealistic exuberance. “You don’t see much about Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos, but we will. When you see [Elon Musks’s] SpaceX launch Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy and bring back two stages that land in formation, and the cameras show all these kids, 20 years old, hooping and hollering, they did it! That’s what it takes. NASA used to be that way. Part of the real juice in space exploration is encouraging private activities in space. That today is where most of the juice is, getting young people involved is the key, giving them the opportunity. Jeff Bezos says it well. His fundamental motivating, commitment to space is to reduce the cost so more and more can take part and therefore dramatically increase the quality and opportunity for innovation. As the cost of getting to space drops, the creativity will dramatically increase. That’s where it’s at in the future.”

Walt Cunningham a fighter pilot before he became an astronaut, in 1968, he was a Lunar Module Pilot on the Apollo 7 mission. He’s also been a physicist, entrepreneur, venture capitalist and author of “The All American Boys.”

“Our society is changing,” he reflected the next evening when he gave a lecture at the museum. “Back when Apollo was a story of exploration and adventure - my generation - we had the opportunity and courage to reach around the moon and to the stars. We were willing to take risks, didn’t shy from unknown. In those days, it seemed normal to do what we were doing – exploring the next frontier.

Apollo astronauts and flight directors reflect on their experiences at a Gala at the Cradle of Aviation Museum, June 6: Duke, Griffin, Windler, Harrison, Schmitt, Schweickart, Haise © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

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ination of clashing cultures in a modern world. For Harrison Ford, freed from the shackles of Han Solo (although still bound to Indiana Jones), this was an opportunity to try something different.

“The result was one of the most nuanced and competent performances of his career. Playing John Book allowed viewers the opportunity to see Ford the actor instead of Ford the action/adventure icon. It is one of the few times he has been given the opportunity to play in a straight drama.” I second James Berardinelli’s comment - the real Harrison Ford can be seen in “Witness.”

Berardinelli adds, “Although the police story is what draws us into ‘Witness,’ it’s the love story that holds us there. In the great tradition of tragic romances, these two would-be lovers (the Amish woman played by Kelly McGillis and Harrison Ford’s John Book) are doomed from the start. His world and her world are separated by a cultural and religious divide that nothing can bridge.”

The movie unfolds at its own pacesometimes quickly and sometimes slowly. “Witness” is one of those movies I could watch over and over again and still see something differently.

Harrison Ford was nominated for Best Actor in 1986 for “Witness” but that went to William Hurt for “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” The movie won two Oscars in 1986 for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing.

Ford’s oldest child, Ben Ford, is a renowned chef and restaurateur. Ben owns Ford’s Filling Station in Culver City, Calif. and he says that his dad, Calista and son Liam go to his restaurant often.

He adds that his father inspired him to become a chef. When Ben was young his dad still worked as a carpenter. He would take Ben to some job sites and show him around. “I saw how meticulous he was about his craft,” Ben says, “and I wanted to be the same way.”

Ben Ford published a cookbook, “Taming the Feast,” in 2014 which is his complete guide to outdoor grilling, smoking and roasting. Ben notes that his famous dad likes eating a lot of meat and potatoes and he likes to grill if the cooking takes 20 or 25 minutes. “Longer than that doesn’t work for his schedule.”

Outside of acting Harrison Ford enjoys driving cars and motorcycles and flying airplanes. Ford has said, “Flying is like good music: it elevates the spirit and it’s an exhilarating freedom. It’s not a thrill thing or an adrenaline rush; it’s

engaging in a process that takes focus and commitment. I love the machines, I love the aviation community. I used to own airplanes and have pilots flying them for me, but I finally realized they were having more fun than I was. They were getting to play with my toys. I was 52 when I started flying - I’d been an actor for 25 years and I wanted to

the first known to honor fathers, it didn’t turn into an annual event. Several other people across the nation had similar ideas throughout the years, and Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd is credited for being the one to make the idea popular, starting events that led to Father’s Day becoming a U.S. national holiday.

As she listened to a Mother’s Day

How Harrison Ford Sees the World – And Success

The following quotations sum up what the young adult Harrison Ford wanted out of life - and what continues to motivate him today.

• “I think of myself as an assistant storyteller.”

• “My goal was to work regularly. I didn’t ever expect to be rich or famous. I wanted to be a working character actor.”

• “I wanted to live the life, a different life. I didn’t want to go to the same place every day and see the same people and do the same job. I wanted interesting challenges.”

• “I don’t like baseball movies. I like movies about moral courage and people who are indomitable and courageous and right.”

• “To me, success is choice and opportunity.”

• “I love the comic opportunities that come up in the context of a fatherson relationship.”

• “I don’t do nostalgia. It just doesn’t occur to me. I’m living in the moment, and I don’t have that gene.”

• “My older kids are fantastic people. It can’t be the result of my influence on them.”

learn something new. Acting was my only identity. Learning to fly was a lot of work, but the net result was a sense of freedom and a pleasure in seeing to the safety of myself and the people who fly with me.” (hotcars.com)

Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart split their time between their homes in Los Angeles, Calif., and Jackson, Wyoming.

When Father’s Day began: The first known Father’s Day service occurred at the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South in Fairmont, West Virginia, on July 5, 1908, thanks to the efforts of Grace Golden Clayton. Mrs. Clayton had asked her pastor, Dr. R. Thomas Webb, if a Sunday service could be held to honor fathers. (almanac.com)

While missing her own dad, who had died in 1896, Mrs. Clayton especially wanted to have a service in remembrance of the over 200 fathers who had died in the Monongah mining explosion that had occurred a few miles south of Fairmont on December 6 of the previous year.

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sermon in 1909, Mrs. Dodd thought that it might be nice to honor fathers, too. Her father, William Smart, had raised his six children alone on his farm in Washington State after his wife died giving birth to their sixth child.

William Smart was left to raise the newborn and his other five children by himself on a rural farm in eastern Washington. It was after Mrs. Dodd became an adult that she realized the strength and selflessness her father had shown in raising his children as a single parent.

The first Father’s Day was observed on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington. At about the same time in various towns and cities across American other people were beginning to celebrate a “father’s day.”

In 1924 President Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day, according to holidays.net. It was finally in 1966 that President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a presidential proclamation declaring the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day.

A very Happy Father’s Day to all!

Home, HOA, condo or co-op, assisted, independent living, or nursing home, which one will suit your lifestyle?

Are you thinking of purchasing and contemplating whether to move to a home, condo or co-op or possibly a short or long-term rental, or possibly an independent, assisted living or nursing home facility?

It really all depends on your financial constraints, lifestyle, health and specific, “needs and wants.” You may have the money for the down payment; for in some areas three percent will work and the sellers will be agreeable, whereas in other situations, it couldn’t possibly be considered; and only ten to twenty percent would be doable, depending on your financial picture.

Applying for a mortgage is easy, but the approval process requires a considerable amount of paperwork to show and prove to the lending institution that you are capable of paying the money back based on your income, credit scores, debt to income ratio, length of employment.

If self employed you will need to have been in business for at least two years to qualify for a mortgage, unless another person (husband, wife or significant other) is capable of borrowing the money, or a guarantor is involved, but every situation is different.

Just to explain when someone says, “out of pocket,” it means all the money that you, as the purchaser, will be putting into your purchase and the bulk of the purchase price will be financed. So based on the latter variables, this will provide the type of choices you will have or only the specific one or maybe two possibilities of ownership, as to what you will be able to afford and what type of lifestyle you may have as a first-time buyer.

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A move up buyer has a different profile and usually has built enough equity and has earned more and saved enough money over a certain time period to create a different lifestyle for his or her family. It truly is “all about the money.” A single person or a couple may find a co-op more amenable and affordable, with less risk than a condo or a home. However, depending on whether the market is going up, softening or declining and as well as your income, debt to income ratio and credit scores and what you qualify for a mortgage, this will have an impact on your decision as to what to consider purchasing.

which was one of their options, they would have lost a substantial sum of their wealth to their landlord, paying his or her mortgage, increasing his or her equity and having little say about the increase in rent or lastly the security of staying five years in the event a child or relative of the landlord was moving back into the space.

Also, the length of time you anticipate residing in whatever and where you purchase will also add to your decision making to assist you in your final determination of what and where to call home. I had a couple, both doctors with one child, who had a long term plan, whereby they would be moving to Texas in five years. I searched around for homes in various towns, at a certain price point and couldn’t find anything they were enamored with.

But then I found them a perfect home in a town completely off the map, which worked for them, but where I would have never thought they would move but did! Since I have stayed in touch with them over the years and usually have lunch or dinner with them and have an excellent relationship with them, I know in two more years they will be moving to Texas and will be able to buy a real mansion with the equity that they have built over the last three years.

Had they rented in the beginning,

Maybe the end result as a short term plan will be a rental for a year or two (but no more) to see if you like the town you have chosen or maybe at your stage of the game, your accountant advises you to stay liquid. Again, it all depends on where the market is heading; since selling your home when the market is at a high point as it is currently and is obviously to your advantage, (but it has softened a bit and in some areas has really declined due to the S.A.L.T tax and the decrease in your interest deduction on your taxes mostly affecting the larger jumbo mortgages).

But timing is everything and no one can ever really time the market. So if considering downsizing, one must look at the current market, lifestyle, affordability, as well as your age and health; then decide whether you want to be liquid or still be in an ownership position. It may end up that renting, whether a luxury doorman building or a basic apartment will satisfy what, how and where you should live. Even your health will also be a factor, as to why and where you live, possibly in an independent or assisted living environment or unfortunately, a nursing home may be the answer of last resort. Some of these crucial decisions may have to be made by your significant other or children.

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Many times your children want you to move closer to them so if situations arise, you will have the proper support, as well as being near your grandchildren. On the other hand, you may prefer to own and not rent. I have read that this is the longest running bull market in history, but I beg to differ; that as FINRA (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has noted, the longest run belongs to the 12 1/2-year periods running from October 1987 through March 2000. The current bull market, which started in 2009, will need to run through 2021 to break that record.

So, with interest rates still historically low (lower than December 2018) and if you are in it for the long run, then this is an excellent time to purchase your starter home, trade up or build, or sell and downsize; but, there are plenty of choices for those who qualify!

Philip A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. Receive regular “free” updates of sold homes in your area and a “free” Comparative Market Analysis” of what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: WWW.Li-RealEstate.Com If you would like to receive a digital copy or a printed copy of “Unlocking the Secrets of Real Estate’s New Market Reality Or “Our Seller’s Guide for “Things to Consider When Selling Your Home” just email or snail me (regular mail) with your name, email and cell number.

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“That attitude enabled us to overcome obstacles. Any project as complex as Apollo required resources, technology, but most importantly, the will. Driven by the Cold War, all 3 came together in the 1960s and we went to moon. Think of it: only three generations separated man’s first flight off the earth and man’s first orbit around the earth. Only 3 generations.”

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EMPLOYMENT

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BABYSITTER

After 17 years of outstanding service from our babysitter in Garden City for our three children, she is looking for a new family to care for. If you have a young family and are looking for someone trustworthy, reliable and kind to take care of your children, we have the right person for you. Please call 516318-3497.

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NURSES AIDE / COMPANION

Experienced. Available to take care of your elderly loved ones. Excellent references, honest and reliable. Call 347-882-4753

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN

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GARAGE SALE

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Multi-family Garage Sale Saturday, June 15 9am-3pm 1081 & 1093 Delmar Avenue

Furniture, home goods, clothes, baby, crafts and more. Something for everyone! No Rain Date

GARDEN CITY Fri. 6/14 & Sat. 6/15 9am 4pm 8 Wellington Rd

Moving! Collectibles, Furniture, A/C, decorator items, designer accessories, art, records, baby, costume jewelry, clothing, kitchenware, suitcases & much more!!

GARDEN CITY June 14 & 15 9am to 4 pm 312 Cambridge Ave Books, toys, furniture, clothing, housewares, decor. Something for Everyone! Rain Date 6/28 & 6/29

A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

APARTMENTFOR RENT

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ROOM FOR RENT

MINEOLA: Large furnished room, private entrance, share bath, own TV, microwave and fridge, A/C, radio w/tapes, no pets/smoking. $735 month all utilities included plus 1 month security. References required. 516-747-5799

OFFICE SPACE

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1565 FRANKLIN AVE

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OFFICE SPACE

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Prime 7th Street Garden City location. Small second floor office space available.

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VACATION RENTAL

CAPE COD

Cottage on river, two kayaks, available weekly Saturday to Saturday June 22 through July 27, August 17 thru September 28. Rent $1350. Security $200. Picture on request. Please email wwhal@aol.com

SOUTH JAMESPORT

Newly renovated, on Peconic Bay, sandy beach. 3 BR, 2 Bath, all amenities, sleeps 6. Single family, no pets, no smoking $14,000/month + security. Call/Text 516-456-8808

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

LOTS FOR SALE

New York / Vermont Border

$39,900. 12 acre Mini Farm with views, southern exposure, stream, beaver pond. Easy access Bennington VT, Albany & Saratoga, NY, Williamstown MA. Bank financing 802-447-0779

REAL ESTATE WANTED

HOMES WANTED

GARDEN CITY

Retired GC couple sold home and seek to purchase Ranch or Cape Cod in Village. Can close immediately. Move at your convenience. Principals only. 516-747-1024

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ARIS HOME IMPROVEMENT

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RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

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TUTORING

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314

PRIVATE TUTORING FOR GRADES K-6

Give your child a helping hand! Licensed NYC / NYS Dept of Education teacher available to tutor students grades K-6

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CLEANING

CLEANING AVAILABLE

Houses and Apartments. Flexible days and hours. Experienced, reasonable prices. Very good references. Own transportation. Please call 516-272-5154

CLEANING LADY AVAILABLE

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SERVICES

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WINDOW CLEANING HOME WINDOW CLEANING INTERIOR/EXTERIOR SERVICE BY OWNER Fully Insured/ 25 yrs experience

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SERVICES

A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www. ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

COMPLETE DEMOLITION/ JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We Remove and Demo Anything. We Take it Down, Take it Apart & Take it Away and Leave Your Home or Business Swept Clean. Residential/Commercial Bonded/Insured Free Estimates. 516-538-1125

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Conversational, opinionated, wordsmith?

We are looking for writers in our community to compose news articles on local topics, opinions, reviews, worthy places to visit on Long Island, and even fiction.

We aim to feature at least one new article and writer each week in our Discovery magazine section.

E-mail submissions: editor@gcnews.com

• Attach article and any photos (1MB), along with your name and contact info.

• Articles must be between 1,500 - 3,000 words.

• Each writer will be reimbursed a stipend of $25.⁰⁰

EVERYDAY CHEAPSKATE

How to Build a Great Credit Score

If you are a legal adult U.S. resident, somewhere there is a three-digit number between 300 and 850 with your name on it. Your credit score measures your creditworthiness, which is the likelihood that you will pay your bills.

Establishing good credit has never been as important to your life as it is today.

You need a good score to get decent mortgages rates, finance a car, get a good job, rent an apartment and find affordable insurance. The way you handle your money has been found to be a very good indicator for how you handle other areas of your life.

A low score doesn’t necessarily mean you are a total deadbeat when it comes to handling your money. It could mean you are young and your credit file has your name on it, and that’s about it. Here are reasonable ways that you can build a killer credit score quickly.

1. Review your credit report. You need to make sure that all of the information in your credit file is correct. This information is available free at the only government-sanctioned credit-reporting-agency-operated website, Annualcreditreport.

Last Hope Part of the Chewy.com Rescue Program

If you haven’t tried Chewy.com yet for your pet food and supply purchases, this is a great time to check them out.

Last Hope is now part of their rescue program. For each new customer that makes a purchase, Last Hope will receive a $20 donation. Click on the ad below or go directly to the Last Hope page at https://www.chewy. com/rp/5941

BY MARY HUNT

com, or by calling 1-877-322-8228. Dispute anything on your report that is not correct. If you want to get a copy of your FICO credit score, you’ll have to pay a few bucks to get it at www.MyFico.com.

2. Open both a checking and savings account. You receive credit points for financial stability, and having open and working bank accounts contributes to that, even though banks do not report account activity to the credit reporting agencies.

3. Apply for credit while you’re in college. Card companies mostly waive their typical qualifications for college students, which makes it easy to qualify for a credit card. Make sure you use it responsibly or you could hurt your credit. Pay on time and stay under your credit limit.

4. Get a secured credit card. If you can’t qualify for a traditional credit card, apply for a secured account. You will have to deposit money with the lender, which will be held in a savings account. Find a list of available secured cards at indexcreditcards.com.

5. Piggyback on another’s good credit. If a family member, like a parent, is willing, have that

person add you as an authorized user on his or her credit card. Doing this will have that person’s credit activity on that one card placed on your credit report.

6. Pay your bills on time -- all of them, even those that do not report to credit bureaus.

7. Respect the 30% threshold. Don’t charge up your card close to the limit at any time during the billing cycle, even if you pay the balance in full each month. Keep your use below 30% of your available credit at all times. Crossing that will cause your credit score to drop like a stone!

Mary invites questions, comments and tips at EverydayCheapskate.com, “Ask Mary a Question.” This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of Debt-Proof Living, a personal finance member website and the author of the book Debt-Proof Living, Revell 2014. To find out more about Mary visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.

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Syosset teen named Student of the Quarter

This Week at Jericho Public Library

Robert Dowd (center) of Syosset is congratulated on being named Student of the Quarter by (from left) Barry Tech Assistant Principal Patrick Dunphy and Principal Peter Dalton.

Robert Dowd from the Syosset CSD was named Student of the Quarter at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech career and technical education high school, where he is studying aviation operations. Robert was honored for his grades,

attendance, work ethic and preparedness. Students of the Quarter have taken the initiative on class projects and are role models for their fellow students, in both the classroom and the workplace.

Syosset student takes second place at competition

Syosset CSD student Abigail Cushing, a construction electricity student at Nassau BOCES Barry Tech, took second place at the New York State SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Championships, held in Syracuse earlier this spring. She earned the spot for her outstanding performance in the Electrical Construction Wiring category.

Abigail participated in a series of timed events related to her course of study at Barry Tech, as well as in contests in leadership and professional development. The state competition is one in a national series of events SkillsUSA sponsors as part of its mission to provide our coun -

try with a competitive, skilled workforce.

The competition is part of SkillsUSA’s mission to provide our country with a competitive, skilled workforce. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry leaders working together to prepare high school and college students to become leaders in the business world. The program helps establish industry standards for job-skill training and instills a respect for community service in its participants. The U.S. Department of Labor recognizes SkillsUSA as a “successful model of an employer-driven youth development program.”

Let your voice be heard!

Is there an issue in your community you want to discuss? Want to respond to something you saw in our paper? Then write a letter to our editor and bring it to everyone’s attention! Send your letter to editor@gcnews.com and we’ll publish it for you!

Saturday, June 15th at 11:00 AM

Table Top Adventures: Travelling Through America with Lucy Van Horn

Join Lucy as we eat our way across our United States. We will have Jambalaya with chorizo, shrimp and rice, Zucchini Slippers, corn bread and a delicious dessert. There will be recipes and tasting for all.

Cost is $3.00 per person (Nonrefundable) Space is limited. Register online or at the Circulation Desk.

Tuesday, June 18th at 2:00 PM

News Currents with Elinor Haber

This is an opportunity to participate in an informal exchange about topics of the day — the international, national

and local scene. We’ll focus on trends that affect us now and in the future. Bring your thoughts, issues and a friend to join in the discussion.

Wednesday, June 19th at 7:00 PM

Movie: “Shoplifters” (Crime/Drama)

A family of small-time crooks take in a child they find outside in the cold. Starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, Kirin Kiki.

Japanese with English subtitles. Rated R. 2 hours, 1 minute.

Programs will take place at the Jericho Public Library: 1 Merry Lane, Jericho. For more information, go to www. syossetlibrary.org

This Week at the Syosset P ublic Library

Friday, June 14

from 10:15 AM to 12:15 PM

Legal and Financial Planning for Caregivers of People with Dementia

Presenter: Donna Stefans, Esq. Lecture given by the Alzheimer's Association. Topics covered: legal planning that fits your needs, legal documents you will need, how to find legal and financial assistance, strategies for a long term plan of care, and government programs that help pay for care. Registration is required. Call 1-800-272-3900 or visit www.alz. org/crf .

Free. No registration required.

Friday, June 21 at 2:00 PM

Hollywood Battles TV: Wide Screens and Adult Themes in 1950's Movies

Presenter: Max Alvarez, film historian

Before IMAX, Virtual Reality, and Real 3D there was Cinerama, NaturalVision, CinemaScope and Todd-AO. It was during the 1950s Eisenhower era when millions stayed home to watch Milton Berle and Lucille Ball on TV and Hollywood studios lost fortunes. In a desperate effort to survive, the movie factories fought the TV menace with widescreen technology and a new generation of stars (Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor and more) who were ideally suited to bolder and more adult subject matter. Free. No registration required.

Programs will take place at the Syosset Public Library.   225 South Oyster Bay Rd. Syosset. For more information, go to www. syossetlibrary.org

Friday, June 14 ,

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court

County of Nassau MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP, Pltf. vs.

HAE JIN CHOI, et al, Defts.

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered June 29, 2018, I will sell at public auction on Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY prem. k/a 33 Willets Dr., Syosset, NY a/k/a Section 15, Block 58, Lot 28. Said property beginning at a point on the Northwesterly side of Willets Drive, distant 105 ft. Northeasterly from the extreme Northerly end of the arc of a curve connecting the Northwesterly side of Willets Drive, with the Northeasterly side of Raynham Dr., being a plot 100 ft. x 60 ft. Approx. amt. of judgment is $509,964.16 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index #716/2014.

SCOTT BRAZILLER, Referee. DRUCKMAN LAW GROUP, PLLC, Attys. for Pltf., 242 Drexel Ave., Westbury, NY. File No. 36500 - #97018

SYO 4279

4X 05/24,31,06/07,14

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court Nassau County U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST V, Plaintiff AGAINST FLOR ANGELA NEIRA SCHWARZ AKA FLOR ANGELA SCHWARZ IF LIVING, AND IF HE/SHE BE DEAD, ANY AND ALL PERSONS UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, CLAIMING, OR WHO MAY CLAIM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN, OR

GENERAL OR SPECIFIC LIEN UPON THE REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THIS ACTION; SUCH UNKNOWN PERSONS BEING HEREIN GENERALLY DESCRIBED AND INTENDED TO BE INCLUDED IN WIFE, WIDOW, HUSBAND, WIDOWER, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DESCENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNEES OF SUCH DECEASED , ANY AND ALL PERSONS DERIVING INTEREST IN OR LIEN UPON, OR TITLE TO SAID REAL PROPERTY BY, THROUGH OR UNDER THEM, OR EITHER OF THEM, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE WIVES, WIDOWS, HUSBANDS, WIDOWERS, HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DESCENDANTS, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, DEVISEES, LEGATEES, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, COMMITTEES, LIENORS, AND ASSIGNS, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES, EXCEPT AS STATED, ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated March 06, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on July 09, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 55 JUNEAU BOULEVARD, WOODBURY, NY 11797. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 13, BLOCK 73, LOT 47. Approximate amount of judgment $980,861.10 plus inter-

est and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 15-000877.

DOROTHY R. LOCASCIO, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

SYO 4282

4X 06/07,14,21,28

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Article III, Section 246-18-E of the Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public meeting, which will take place in the Town Hall Meeting Room, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, on JUNE 20, 2019, at 7:00 P. M., to consider the following appeals:

BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NO. 19-323

SYOSSET

JOHN ACCARDO: (A)

Variance to allow the expansion of a non-conforming two-family dwelling. (B) Variance to allow existing pool heater having less rear yard setback than permitted by Ordinance.

N/s/o Roosevelt Ave., 100.1 ft. W/o Richmond St., a/k/a 68 Roosevelt Avenue, Syosset, NY

JUNE 10, 2019 BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK

SYO 4286

1X 06/14

NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that an Order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the

9th day of May 2019 bearing the index number 000501/19, a copy of which may be examined at the Office of the Nassau County Clerk located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, grants me the right to assume the name of Hariton Katcheek Marachilian, III

My present address is 70 Humphrey Drive, Syosset, NY 11791. The date of my birth is August 25, 2009; the place of my birth is North Shore Long Island Jewish Hospital, Queens County; the present name is Hariton Mason Marachilian, III.

SYO 4287 1X 06/14

NOTICE OF LIQUOR LICENSE

Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1317736 for beer & wine has been applied for by the undersigned to sell beer & wine at retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at 170 Jericho Turnpike, Syosset, NY 11791 for on-premises consumption. Applicant: T W Enterprises USA Inc DBA: Beijing House

SYO 4288 2X 06/14,21

NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING BY THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 246, Article III, Section 246-18-E of the Code of the Town of Oyster Bay, notice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public meeting, which will take place in the Town Hall Meeting Room, Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, New York, on JUNE 20, 2019, at 7:00 P. M., to consider the following appeals:

BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

APPEAL NO. 19-321

JERICHO

MICHAEL & DERAS

MARKSOHN: (A) Variance to construct second story deck with steps to grade exceeding maximum building coverage than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to construct second story deck with steps to grade and patio below exceeding maximum gross floor area than permitted by Ordinance. S/s/o Annette Way, 541.29 ft. W/o Annette Way, a/k/a 27 Annette Way, Jericho, NY

APPEAL NO. 19-322

JERICHO

RICHARD LASKO: (A) Variance to allow existing semi-inground swimming pool, deck around pool, wood platform with steps to grade and hot tub having less front yard setback than permitted by Ordinance. (B) Variance to allow existing front roof over porch and sunroom atop rear deck exceeding maximum building coverage than permitted by Ordinance.

SE/ cor. of Coleridge Rd. & Carlisle Rd., a/k/a 327 Coleridge Road, Jericho, NY

JUNE 10, 2019 BY ORDER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, OYSTER BAY, NEW YORK

JER 7918

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF HENG XING 3719 LLC Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 03/06/2019 Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 33 Kettlepond Rd., Jericho, NY 11753 which is also the principal business location. Purpose: any lawful activity.

JNJ 7919

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16 David Drive, Syosset

Sold Price: $1,250,000

Date: 04/26/2019

5 beds, 4 Full/1 Half baths

Style: Colonial # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 69x159

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $33,361

MLS# 3096530

Sold Price: $2,075,000

Date: 05/23/2019

5 beds, 4 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1

Lot Size: 1.02

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $29,824

MLS# 3084245

359 Cold Spring Road, Syosset 41 Cherry Lane, Syosset 30 The Mews, Syosset

Sold Price: $1,250,000

Date: 02/28/2019

4 beds, 5 Full baths

Style: Exp Ranch

# of Families: 1

Lot Size: 1 acre

Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $28,163

MLS# 3022247

Sold Price: $735,000 Date: 05/29/2019

3 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths

Style: Condo Schools: Syosset

Total Taxes: $16,132 MLS# 3099279

Jericho | $1,349,000 | 4-BR, 4.5-BA | Web# 3115712

A little something extra is offered in this beautiful Hunt Club home offering a perfect location backing golf course.

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The Hamlet totally renovated Newport model located in secluded wooded location offering gourmet kitchen. Jericho | $775,000 | 3-BR, 2.5-BA | Web# 3118749

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A two-story entry invites you into this Doral model offering an open floor plan. Beautiful oversized country-club yard.

Jericho | $769,000 | 3-BR, 2.5-BA | Web# 3094320

model facing woodland area offering a renovated kitchen and hardwood floors throughout.