Mid-Island Times (2/22/19)

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SNUGGLE UP FOR READING

Students and teachers came dressed in their pajamas for Dutch Lane School’s annual Snuggle Night. Snuggle Night is designed to reinforce the importance of reading at home. See page 12

Photos courtesy of the Hicksville Public Schools

“Freezin’ for a Reason” in Oyster Bay

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that residents will have the opportunity to be “Freezin’ for a Reason” and support Special Olympics New York by participating in the 6th Annual Special Olympic New YorkTown of Oyster Bay Polar Plunge on Saturday, March 16.  The event will take place at TOBAY Beach with registration starting at 9:30 am and the plunge to begin at 11:30 am.

“Many residents are used to seeing beautiful TOBAY Beach in the middle of the summer, but this event provides an enjoyable and charitable reason to begin the beach season early,” stated Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino.  “Participants will have an opportunity to prove their mettle and their compassion by diving into the chilly waters of TOBAY Beach to raise funds for the athletes of Special Olym-

pics New York.”

Each year, Special Olympics New York Polar Plunges are held throughout the state to attract thousands of chilled souls to engage in a commendable and thrilling fundraising event. All funds support Special Olympics New York’s programs and promote awareness of people living with intellectual disabilities in New York

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Default registry to combat zombie homes

The Town of Oyster Bay plans to establish a registry of properties in local communities whose mortgages have gone into default. The Town says that this will help it ensure that lending institutions and property owners remain responsible for the maintenance of the properties.

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino said, “This new quality of life initiative will help safeguard our neighborhoods from blighted properties.  Thanks to the diligence of the Town’s Quality of Life Task Force and the Town’s Department of Planning & Development, we are continuing to fulfill our promise to protect and preserve our neighborhoods.  Banks and lending institutions are now on the hook for upkeep of foreclosed homes and we’ll hold them financially accountable for neglect.”

The new code places additional obligations on banks and lending institutions in the event that a property is not being maintained.  Once a loan on a house goes into default, the financial lender must notify the Town within 10 days and pay an annual $500 fee as long as the mortgage continues to be in default. Additionally, the lender must supply a property manager to the Town, with whom the Town may communicate in the event that the property does not get appropriately maintained.

Councilman Lou Imbroto, co-chair of the Quality of Life Task Force, said, “This new initiative adds an additional layer of protection in ensuring that vacant properties do not become eyesores in our communities. Over the past year, we have strengthened the law to address quality of life concerns caused by dilapidated and vacant homes in our neighborhoods.  Furthermore, we are protecting our taxpayers by making sure those responsible for non-maintenance of properties are being held accountable.”

Personal enrichment classes for adults

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced the Department of Community and Youth Services, Cultural and Performing Arts Division (CAPA) is offering exciting enrichment programs for the spring 2019 season, and registration for all applications is open from now until Friday, February 22.

“Whether you are an emerging artist or writer looking to sharpen your skills or a resident looking for a new hobby, these classes offer a wonderful opportunity to broaden your horizons,” said Councilwoman Johnson.  “These enrichment programs offer residents

the opportunity to develop a new skill while having fun in the process.”

All of the classes will be held at the Syosset-Woodbury Community Center, 7800 Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury.  Workshops include:  Memories into Memoirs; Watercolor; Painting in Oils; Drawing Fundamentals; Sumi-E; Abstract Painting; Psychic Development; and Let’s Make Beautiful Jewelry.

To obtain an Enrichment Program Brochure or obtain additional information on classes and registration, please visit www.oysterbaytown.com or call (516) 797-7900.

13-year-old Bethpage girl missing

Lilly Smith, age 13

Nassau County Police are seeking a 13-year-old Bethpage girl who has been missing since Monday, February 18 at 2:18 am.

According to detectives, Lily Smith, 13, was last seen leaving her Parkview Circle residence.  She is described as a female white, 5’1” tall, 140 pounds with

brown hair and blue eyes.  She was wearing a white sweatshirt and black pants.  Lily’s destination is unknown. Detectives request anyone with information regarding the above missing juvenile to call the Missing Persons Squad at 516-573-7347 or call 911. All callers will remain anonymous.

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Assault arrest at P.C. Richard Celebrate Purim with the Town of Oyster Bay Chabad

Nassau County Police arrested a Queens man on Tuesday, February 12th at 4:15 pm in Levittown.

According to Second Squad detectives, Deshawn Webster, 24, entered P.C. Richard & Son, 2999 Hempstead Turnpike and allegedly presented a counterfeit New Jersey Driver’s License to a sales associate in an

attempt to make a purchase with an associated store account in the amount of $2249. The employee then discovered the account had allegedly been involved with fraudulent activity earlier in the day with the same individual at a P.C. Richard in Greenvale. The police were then contacted.

Police say that when the responding officer questioned Webster, he tried to flee the scene and a struggle ensued.  At this time, the store manager helped assist the officer and the Webster was subdued and placed under arrest.

During the struggle, the officer suffered from a dislocated thumb, bite to his right hand, and significant pain to his right shoulder and knee. The manager of P.C. Richard also suffered injuries to his left and right knees, rear of his neck, and lower back area. The police officer and store manager were transported to a local hospital for their injuries.

While Webster was in custody, detectives say they found he was in possession of a fraudulent bank card. Webster was charged with Assault 3rd Degree, Resisting Arrest, Unlawful Possession of Personal ID 3rd Degree, Attempted Grand Larceny 4th Degree, and Assault 2nd.

The Town of Oyster Bay Chabad will celebrate with reading the Megilla and recounting the miracle of Purim, followed by a community-wide celebration on Thursday, March 21 at 5:00 pm At 678 Woodbury Rd, Woodbury NY. The ceremony, organized by Town of Oyster Bay Chabad's Executive Director Rabbi Shmuel Lipszyc.

The entertainment will be featuring Yang Xiao Di. Born in Shanghai, China in 1945, Yang Xiao Di became an apprentice acrobat with the Pan Ying family at the age of 6, performing at the Shanghai Big World Entertainment Center. He rapidly excelled in a variety of Chinese acrobatic genres, including equilibristics (handstands, headstands, and balancing skills), juggling (devil stick, Diablo, spinning plate, boomerangs and flying tridents), trapeze, teeter board, the traditional Lion Dances, and clowning.

In 1988-89, Yang Xiao Di and the NanJing Troupe joined forces with America’s Big Apple Circus, touring the Northern United States, including a long run at Lincoln Center, in a program titled East Meets West: The Big Apple Circus Meets the Money King.

Yang Xiao Di was the centerpiece of the program, playing the Monkey King, a traditional clown-like character from Chinese opera.

During 1992, Yang Xiao Di was hired to give performances in Pakistan and Sri Lanka. In 1993, Yang Xiao Di joined the National Circus Project, becoming their first exchanging artist from the People’s Republic of China. With the arrival of his wife and son in the U.S later that year, Yang Xiao Di became a permanent senior artist/instructor on the NCP staff. Since joining the NCP, he has toured in hundreds of public schools and community centers throughout the U.S., performing and teaching circus skills in his unique style to more than 150,000 American children.

In July 1999, Mr. Yang and his wife were especially invited to perform at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Also featured will be music, drinks and Hamantashen , celebrating the joy of Purim will be an experience to be remembered.

For more information and to RSVP for free, visit Jewishtob.org/purim

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Local business receives state grant funding, award

BY GARY SIMEONE

Designatronics Inc. is one of many great businesses in the Hicksville community. On Wednesday, February 13, the manufacturing and distributing company was awarded a citation by the Town of Oyster Bay naming them Employer of the Month. They were also recognized for receiving over $200,000 in grant funding by the State of New York. Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Deputy Commissioner of Economic Development James McCaffrey were on hand for the ceremony.

“This is just one of a number of tremendously successful businesses that call the Town of Oyster Bay home,” said Supervisor Saladino, who presented the citation to Designatronics CEO Robert Kufner. “This citation goes to a well-deserved business that meets and exceeds public demand with unsurpassed quality, efficiency and service.”

Designatronics Inc, which started on Long Island in 1950, develops, manufactures and distributes mechanical components to over 15,000

firms across the world. Their brands include Sterling Instrument, QBC (Quality Bearings & Components,) and QTC Metric Gears, serving air travel and military services worldwide.

In 2018, the business was awarded funding from the state’s Regional Economic Development Council in two separate grants in excess of $200,000.

“The first grant they received was for $200,000 for new machinery in their 96,000 square foot facility to improve efficiency and productivity,” said Saladino. “The second grant was $98,000 for training their existing employees in areas such as product management and in their manufacturing department.”

He added that the grant also helped train employees in computer programs such as Microsoft Excel, Spreadsheet, and Office.

Designatronics Inc was originally based in Garden City Park and moved to the Hicksville location at 250 Duffy Avenue in 2016. The company was awarded a 2018 Top Workplaces honor by Newsday.

Left to right: Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, Designatronics CEO Robert Kufner, Jamie Moore, president of Ignite Long Island

Photos: Lobby, The Bristal at North Hills | Exterior, The Bristal at Garden City | Country Kitchen, The Bristal at Westbury

Domonique Nacovsky of Bethpage has been cited for academic achievement for the Fall 2018 semester by achieving the Dean’s List at SUNY Delhi.

Nacovsky is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. To qualify for the Dean’s List, students must have an academic average of 3.50 or higher within the semester.

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SUNY Oneonta music industry students got to rock out alongside the field’s finest last week at a global music products trade show in Anaheim, Calif.

From Jan. 24 to 27, the students attended The NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) Show where, each year, leaders of the music products, pro audio and event technology industries gather for product introductions, business opportunities, networking and inspiration.

Area students who went on the trip included: Rayna Cooper of Plainview and Caitlin Eccher of Hicksville.

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Kelly Cembrale of Bethpage has been named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List at Albright College. A graduate of Island Trees High School, Cembrale is majoring in psychobiology/molecular at Albright.

To be eligible for the Dean’s List, Albright College students must earn a GPA of 3.75 or better while taking a minimum of three graded courses during a semester.

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Eric Levin of Plainview achieved Dean’s List status at Daemen College for the Fall 2018 semester.

A matriculated undergraduate student who attains a grade point average of 3.30 or better in any one semester is eligible for Dean’s List status.

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Ithaca College congratulates students named to the Dean’s List for the

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Fall 2018 semester. The following local students were named to the Dean’s List:

• Television-radio major Isabella Oliverio of Levittown

• Communication management and design major Mor Ben Dror of Plainview

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Joshua Tehrani of Plainview graduated cum laude from Ithaca College with a BS in television-radio.

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Andrew J. Jetter of Plainview completed a bachelor of science degree in finance, cum laude, in fall 2018 at SUNY Oswego. Commencement, with faculty in full academic regalia, took place in December.

A student who graduates with honors is indicated by the traditional Latin phrases summa cum laude, with highest honor (grade averages of 3.8 to 4.0); magna cum laude, with great honor (grade averages of 3.6 to 3.79); and cum laude, with honor (grade averages of 3.30 to 3.59).

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Marisa Clark of Levittown has been named to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List at Buffalo State College. Clark is majoring in teachers exceptional education and elementary education.

To qualify, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher and complete a minimum of 12 credit hours.

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Danielle Pape, a resident of Levittown, was honored for academic achievement by being named to the Dean’s List at Delaware Valley University for the Fall 2018 semester.

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A total of 227 SUNY Oneonta students earned Provost’s List honors for the Fall 2018 semester. To qualify for the Provost’s List, a student must earn a perfect 4.0 grade-point average while carrying a course load of 12 hours or more. Kimberly Foley and Debra

Massucci of Bethpage and Kelly Carroll and Selena Phan of Hicksville were among those honored.

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Nicole Faraci of Plainview is receiving a 2019 Psi Chi Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) Regional Research Award for her work titled “Disordered Eating Behaviors, Social Closeness, and Greek Life Membership,” with Professor Katherine Lau from SUNY Oneonta’s Department of Psychology.

Faraci is studying psychology at SUNY Oneonta.

Nicole will be publicly recognized at the Psi Chi awards ceremony at EPA in Times Square in March, and she will deliver a presentation summarizing her research.

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Victoria DiMartino of Levittown was named to Susquehanna University’s Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester.

The Dean’s List recognizes students who achieve a grade point average of 3.4 or higher out of a possible 4.0 for the semester. To qualify, students must complete a minimum of 12 semester hours.

DiMartino, a creative writing major, is the daughter of Stephen Dides and Barbara Dides.

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Melanie Exler of Hicksville is among the 679 students who earned dean’s list honors for the Fall 2018 semester at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Melanie, the daughter of Annette Bombace is eligible for this honor by maintaining a 3.4 grade point average or higher.

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Vignesh Harish of Hicksville 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. Harish’s team,

known as “Purifiers”, took first place with a project to create an augmented reality iPhone game to educate children on the harmful effects human activity has on climate change.

Harish (Class of 2019) is pursuing an M.S. in information, network, and computer security at NYIT, where the Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovation Center organized the Sustainable Development Goals design challenge.

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Assumption College has announced that Jacqueline Harten of Hicksville, Class of 2019, is one 493 students named to the College’s Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester. Students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 for a five-class, 15-credit semester to be included on the prestigious list, which is announced at the completion of the fall and spring semesters.

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Kristie Najdek of Bethpage was named to the Dean’s List at Wilkes University for the Fall 2018 semester. Najdek obtained a minimum 3.5 grade point average and carried at least 12 credits to be named to the Dean’s List.

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Siena College has named the following area students to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester. 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.

• Amy Abraham of Plainview

• Kathryn Anderson of Hicksville

• Jennifer Renter of Hicksville

• William Stouges of Hicksville

• Thomas Lang of Bethpage

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Hannah Muller was named to the Siena College President’s List for the Fall 2018 semester. Muller is from Levittown,.

The President’s List requires a 3.9 grade point average or higher.

Town to offer boater safety classes

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to take advantage of free Boating Safety Courses offered in late March at local Town Community Centers.  The courses are being offered by the Department of Public Safety Bay Constable Unit, and will include topics related to safe operation, regulations, responsibilities of boat ownership and operation.  The courses are free for Town residents.

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated, “This Boating Safety Courses offers participants the fundamentals of safe boating operations.  The

course is recommended for all boaters and required by New York State for all personal watercraft operators.”

Too many people take their boats out onto the water without proper preparation,” said Supervisor Saladino. “The boating safety tips offered at this course can help save lives by ensuring boaters are properly prepared before they leave the dock.”

Participants can choose between one eight-hour session (two dates are available) or two four-hour sessions.

• Session 1 will be offered from 6 pm to 10 pm on Tuesday, March 19 and

Wednesday, March 20. Both classes must be attended in Session 1, which will be held at the Hicksville Community Center.

• Session 2 will be offered on Saturday, March 23, from 8 am to 4 pm, at the Marjorie Post Park Community Center.

• Session 3 will be offered on Saturday, March 30, from 8 am to 4 pm, at the Oyster Bay Community Center.

“History has shown us that too many people take their boats out onto the waters without proper preparation and training to,” said Town Councilwoman Michele Johnson.  “The tips offered at

these Boating Safety Courses can help save lives by ensuring boaters are properly prepared before they leave the dock.” Participants must be a minimum of 10 years old to participate in the courses.  Classes are free, but advanced registration is required.  Safe Boating Courses are required for motor boat operators born on or before May 1, 1996.  The course is also required for personal watercraft (Jet Ski) operators, who must be a minimum of 14 years of age.  For registration or additional information, visit www.oysterbaytown.com or call (516) 677-5350.

Innovators and Inventions explored at LICM

Visitors to Long Island Children’s Museum this week will have the chance to discover the impact women have made to science in a special Women’s History Month workshop. The week will also see LICM welcome back Treehouse Shakers with a production developed in the LICM Theater for the youngest theater-goers.

stART (Story + Art)

Tuesday, March 5 and Thursday, March 7 from 11:30 a.m. – noon

Join us each week as we read childhood classics and introduce new favorites; followed by a take-home, book-inspired craft. This week we’re reading “My Many Colored Days” by Dr. Seuss. After the story create a painting of your own colorful day to display at home!

Ages: 3-5. Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 LICM members).

Merry-Go-Round

Tuesday, March 5 through Friday, March 8 from 2:30 to 4 p.m.

Make your very own carousel as we get ready for spring and the first ride of the season. Take a seat and decorate your own paper horse and spin it around!

All ages. Free with Museum admission.

Music and Movement

Wednesday, March 6 from 11:30 a.m. – noon

Enjoy creative movement exercises and interactive sing-alongs that get little bodies moving to the rhythm.

Ages: 5 and under. Fee: $4 with museum admission ($3 LICM members).

Kids in the Kitchen

Friday, March 8 from 11:30 a.m. – noon

Little chefs use real cooking tools (with some help from adults) as we

“Freezin’

make easy, yummy, kid-friendly snacks from start to finish. As they make their treat, kids gain experience measuring ingredients, following directions and building their vocabulary.

This week we’re making Veggie Dip Poppers.

Ages: 3-5. Fee: $5 with museum admission ($4 LICM members).

Treehouse Shakers present “Hatched”

Saturday, March 9 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Welcome back “Hatched,” an early childhood drama developed and premiered on the LICM Theater stage. Created for the smallest of children, “Hatched” takes place audiences to a farmyard where the baby humans meet the babies of the farm… chicks, calves, kittens, lambs and much more. This interactive performance allows young audience members to to touch, dance and become a baby chick.

Tip: After the show visit our Feasts for Beasts exhibit to continue the animal fun.

Ages: Infants to age 6. Fee: $9 with Museum admission ($7 LICM members), $12 theater only.

Green Teens: Women Who Changed Science

Saturday, March 9 from 1 to 3 p.m.

From figuring out how to send astronauts into space to exploring radioactivity, women have made essential scientific discoveries. Come join us in celebrating Women’s History Month and learn about some important women who have changed the field of science. This program is made possible with the support of National Grid.

Ages: 3 and up. Free with Museum admission.

Messy Afternoons

for a Reason” in Oyster Bay

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To register, visit www.polarplungeNY.org/tobay.  From there, you will be able to form a team, invite your family and friends to join your team, create your own Personal Plunge Page and send it out to your contacts – all with a few clicks of the mouse!”

The Polar Plunge helps to provide year-round sports training and competition in over 22 Olympic-style sports for more than 66,835 children and adults with intellectual disabilities living in New York, giving them continuing opportunities at no cost to them or their families. Their philosophy is “Let me

Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10 from 3:30-5 p.m.

We’ll be up to our elbows in oobleck, clean mud and slime … and we hope you’ll join us for the type of artistic activities that everyone l, but not one likes to clean-up after. Except us!

Ages: 18 months to 4 years. Free with museum admission.

Buzzing Noise Maker

Sunday, March 10 from noon to 2 p.m.

Do you like to make a ton of noise? Explore the science of sound and learn about how sound changes through vibrations. These vibrations create waves in the air that we perceive as sound. Come join us and make your own buzzing noise maker to twirl around and make some fun commotion!

Ages: 3 and up. Free with Museum admission.

Traveling Exhibit - Sonic Sensation

Through Sunday, May 5, 2019

Listen up! The newest LICM traveling exhibit offers children the opportunity to see, feel and hear sound. Visitors will experience our sonic world while exploring 14 interactive learning stations. Children will discover key listening skills through the science of sound and hearing.

What You’ll Do:

• Test your lung power in the Scream Chamber!

• Create your own movie soundtrack

• Conduct an orchestra with your whole body

• Learn about the anatomy and physics of how we hear.

• Explore decibels, amplitude, pitch and sound waves.

• Find hidden “animals” in kitchen cupboards by listening (no peeking!)

• Discover ways you can protect your hearing.

Sciencenter of Ithaca, New York developed Sonic Sensation.

All ages. Free with museum admission

All activities are held at the Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Avenue, East Garden City, NY. For the safety of our visitors, Adults are not permitted in the Museum without children; Museum visitors under 18 years of age must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Museum Hours: Tuesday-Sunday from 10 am.-5 p.m. and most school holidays. Museum admission: $14 for adults and children over 1 year old, $13 seniors, FREE to museum members and children under 1 year old. Additional fees for theater and special programs may apply. For additional information, contact 516-224-5800.

PersPectives in HealtH

A Free Community eduCAtion SeminAr

UROLOGICAL DISEASES & CONDITIONS

SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT OPTIONS

Please join us as Anthony T. Corcoran, MD, Attending Physician, Department of Urology, discusses urological diseases and conditions for men and women. The benefits ofrobotic surgery will be highlighted. Topics will include:

 Kidney obstruction

 Kidney, ureter and bladder reconstruction

 Kidney, bladder and prostate cancer

 Kidney stones and urinary incontinence

win, but if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt!”

“This event is sure to create lasting memories for all participants and support a very worthwhile cause,” added Supervisor Saladino. “Special Olympics New York changes lives through the joy of sports and the Town of Oyster Bay is proud to partner with this outstanding organization to help make this event a success. Please join with me in braving the chilly waters for a great reason.”

For more information, please contact Jennifer Cantone at (631) 458-4078 or e-mail jcantone@nyso.org.

 Prostate removal for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) A question and answer period will follow.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:00 PM Program

NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Mineola (corner of Second Street) Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are required.

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

All rise! Judge leads fun mock trial at Fork Lane School

Ruisi’s and Keri Competello’s fourth-grade classes with Supreme Court

Michelle Iadevaia’s class also met with the judge.

Fork Lane Elementary School in Hicksvlle recently welcomed the Honorable Fernando Camacho, New York State Supreme Court Justice, to speak about his career, life, and the judiciary system. While there, Judge Camacho organized a student-run mock trial in the school’s all-purpose room which focused on SpongeBob character Sheldon J. Plankton in a story the judge scripted himself.

Before court came into session, fourth graders learned about Judge Camacho’s journey as a youngster arriving to this county from Cuba to being accepted

by his fourth-grade classmates to his professional ascension as an attorney, prosecutor, and then judge. He emphasized the importance of kindness and fairness, and how the kind treatment he received as a child inspired him to help others.

Judge Comacho appointed students to the roles of judge, jury, prosecutor, defense attorney, defendant, witnesses, and court officers and reporter. He guided students through the different stages of the trial before they convened to deliberate. The trial was both fun and informative. After the verdict was ren-

dered and the court adjourned, students asked questions of Judge Comacho, which provided even further insight

into his life and careers in the legal profession.

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Justice Fernando Camacho (center) and Fork Lane Principal Dr. Chris Scardino (far left).

Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho held a Q&A with Fork Lane fourth graders.

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Supreme Court Justice Fernando Camacho places the judge’s robe on Julianna DiMartino, who served as the judge for Fork Lane School’s mock trial of Plankton.

HMS robotics teams take high honors in Lego robotics

Coaches Catherine Temps (far left) and Carol Anne Brucato (far right) with Hicksville Middle School’s two award-winning First Lego League robotics teams: the first-place Meteorites (in orange at left) and the fourthplace Meteorites Squared (in blue).

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School District

Congratulations to Hicksville Middle School’s robotics teams, the Meteorites and Meteorites Squared, who competed at the School Business Partnership of Long Island’s First Lego League Qualifying Tournament at Mineola High School in January. Both teams performed extremely well, as the Meteorites won the first place award while Meteorites Squared placed fourth overall. As a result, both have advanced to the Long Island championship that will be held on March 3 at Longwood High School.

As the top team in the competition, the Meteorites earned the top score in Robot Design and as a result received the Robot Performance Award. The award recognizes a team that scores the most points during the robot game. The team also received the Alliance Award for their collaboration with Longwood Middle School. This award is given to the two teams who score the most when working together as a team. The Meteorites also earned the Core Value Inspiration Award, which celebrates a team that displays extraordinary enthusiasm and spirit.

In addition to taking fourth place overall, the Meteorites Squared earned the Core Value Gracious Professionalism Award, which recognizes the team which best shows respect to each other and other teams at all times.

Twenty-eight teams competed at the qualifying tournament, with only seven advancing to the championship level. This year’s theme for the competition is “Into Orbit.” Carol Anne Brucato and Catherine Temps coach the Meteorites and the Meteorites Squared. Best of luck to both squads on March 3!

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Lee Road students spread love to local veterans

Lee Road Elementary School students in the Levittown Public Schools recently showed their appreciation by creating Valentine’s Day cards for local veterans. Coordinated by art teacher Saeeda Thompson, each class in the school worked on designing and writing cards during their art period for the Valentine’s for Veterans Card Drive program.

The school, along with many others in the Levittown Public Schools, participate in the program each year to spread smiles to those who have served. The cards are sent to veteran centers across Long Island for the holiday.

Before working on their cards, Thompson explained the meaning behind the project and spoke about what a veteran is. She also gave students some illustration ideas, provided examples of sentiments that they could include in their card, as well as some Valentine’s Day related jokes to put a smile on a veteran’s face.

Students enjoyed designing, coloring and writing their cards and placed their finished project in a box with others from throughout the school. Nassau County Legislator Tom McKevitt picked up the hand-made Valentine’s Day cards to be distributed to the local veterans.

Lee Road second grader Nicholas Coyle wrote a Valentine’s Day card to a veteran.

Second graders Adrianna Volin (left) and Matthew Sullivan worked on their cards.

Lee Road second grader Ava Malley showed her appreciation for veterans in her handmade card.

Lee Road second graders Jayden Keinath, Kiley Mateiko, Brooke Squicciarini, and Emma Hoffman with their completed Valentine’s Day cards for local veterans.

Sepsis is a Medical Emergency: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Each year, at least 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop sepsis, the body’s extreme response to an infection, and nearly 270,000 Americans die as a result of sepsis*.

Sepsis happens when an infection you already have — in your skin, lungs, urinary tract or somewhere else — triggers a chain reaction throughout your body. Without timely treatment, sepsis can rapidly lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death. And, in most cases, sepsis occurs even before the patient is admitted to the hospital.

Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, a member of Catholic Health Services, is the first hospital in New York State to receive The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Sepsis Care. The Gold Seal reflects Mercy’s commitment and dedication to providing the highest standard in sepsis care. Mercy has been working on implementing a robust sepsis care program for the last several years. The program integrated evidence-based clinical practices into the medical management of sepsis and reduced risk in the community by educating our clinical staff and the public about the illness.

Emily McMahon, RN, sepsis coordinator at Mercy and member of the Mercy Sepsis Program committee, underscores the importance of sepsis education and awareness. She offers the following tips on how to prevent, identify and treat sepsis.

Prevent:

• Scrub the germs off by washing your hands. Lather your hands with soap and running water, rub your palms, back of hands and between fingers for 20-30 seconds. Rinse and dry well;

• Exercise caution by staying up-to-date with vaccinations. For example, the seasonal flu (influenza) vaccine, pneumococcal, childhood vaccinations;

• Take antibiotics, if needed and as directed by your health care provider;

• Schedule and keep appointments for medical checkups;

• And seek treatment for possible Infections early. Therefore, keep cuts clean, dry and covered until healed as any infection can lead to sepsis.

Identify:

• Shivering, fever, or very cold

• Extreme pain or general discomfort (“worst ever”)

• Pale of discolored skin

• Sleepy, difficult to rouse, confused

• And Shortness of breath.

Treat:

• Seek treatment immediately from a medical professional

• Educate yourself of the symptoms so you are aware of signs

• And act fast! Without timely treatment, sepsis can be deadly

*According to the CDC

For more information, visit www.mercymedicalcenter.chsli.org or call 516-62-MERCY (63729)

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Snuggling up with a good book at Dutch Lane

Dutch Lane Elementary School in Hicksville hosted its annual Snuggle Night in December to reinforce the importance of reading at home.

Dutch Lane teachers and students in grades pre-k – 2 came to the early evening event all dressed up in cozy pajamas. Many of the youngsters brought their stuffed animals. While the event was not an official

sleepover, teachers read bedtime stories to the children as if they were winding down their day. Students also snacked on milk and cookies as an added treat.

“This is such a fun way to promote literacy to young children” Principal Janine Rossi said. “Children can’t wait to do this again next year.”

Photos courtesy of the Hicksville Public Schools

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Teacher Vanessa Reinhardt (left) and teaching assistant Marissa Doyle-Weih welcomed students and their stuffed animal friends for Snuggle Night at Dutch Lane.

Students and teachers came dressed in their pajamas for Dutch Lane School’s annual Snuggle Night.

Dutch Lane teacher Melissa Madsen reads as students enjoy cookies and milk during Snuggle Night.

NYT Travel Show: Pauline Frommer’s Picks for Best Places to Go in 2019 –

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

What places will be really exciting in 2019, unusually inexpensive, or offering special celebrations – in other words, that should be on the list to travel in 2019?

At the New York Times Travel Show, renowned travel expert Pauline Frommer offered her picks – notably they are alternatives to the most heavily trafficked places that are top-of-mind these days: Austral Islands, Tahiti : inexpensive to get there now – air fare is low thanks to the arrival of an upstart carrier, French Bee, going directly from California to Tahiti, driving down fares on  competitors.  But once you get to Tahiti, she advises, don’t go to the popular Moorea or Bora Bora, where you will spend $400-500/night for a hotel on the beach. Instead, go to Austral Islands –you fly into Papeete and most take a short hop, 45 minutes to Moorea or Bora Bora; instead, it takes 1 hr 15 for Austral Islands).

“You will see Tahiti as when [the artist Paul] Gauguin was there – totally undeveloped – there are not even hotels, you stay in a local guest house –a main house and a lot of bungalows on the beach where you pay $75-100/night, where there are incredible caves to explore, rich Tahitian culture – but you will pay

The Douro River Valley in Portugal, one of the oldest wine regions, should be on travelers’ lists, travel expert Pauline Frommer tells the New York Times Travel Show ©Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

30-40% less than just a year ago.”

Matera, Italy: A city in the region of Basilicata in southern Italy, Matera is one of longest continually inhabited places on earth. People have been living in the caves here since 7000 BC. It looks as if it is from the Biblical era – which is why Mel Gibson filmed

“Temptation of Christ” here, and other biblical tv and movies filmed here.

“It’s a real success story. In the 1950s, Matera represented everything that was going wrong with Italy. Carlo Levi wrote a famous memoir, “Christ Stopped at Eboli,” about the area, the deep

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poverty that the south of Italy was living in. In Matera, people lived in caves with no electricity, plumbing, their livestock in the caves. As a result, the Italian government intervened, pulled people out of caves, and created a new city for

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them. Then in the 1980s, entrepreneurs came in and repurposed the caves to boutique hotels. This year there will be even more visitors because Matera will be one of two European cities of culture – 1000 artists will descend on Matera to create site-specific operas, dance, music. It will be so exciting to get there.”

there you will find warm people, great food, and an art scene this year.”

“The government was supposed to create high speed rail from Rome to Matera, but, this being Italy, they didn’t, so it is a little difficult to get there. But

The Nest, one of the new attractions (under construction and due to open in 2019), located near the popular Highline and Javits Convention Center, along with special celebrations in New York City and around the state make New York one of the top destinations for 2019 © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Pousada do Porto, Freixo Palace Hotel, in Porto © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

Olympic National Park –there is overtourism elsewhere in America’s national treasures, our national parks, but Olympic National Park is undertouristed. “It’s the size of state of Rhode Island but 95% of it has no roads. You get to the edges of park. To go deeper, there will be in pristine wilderness, two hours from Seattle. You will find glacial covered peaks, 70 miles of undeveloped coastline (the most in lower US), primordial rainforests with thick sweaters of moss, trees 300 feet tall –you feel as if there should be a dinosaur clomping through – so under-touristed. Rain – they get 16 feet of rain per year – that’s how moss gets so thick – but you can stay close by, in Sequim, one of driest places in the US (its lavender farms make it the Provence of US, the air scented with lavender). If you go to Washington State, visit Olympic National Park.”

Estrada Nacional 2 Portugal:  “This is Portugal’s Route 66. Portugal is on the rise, everyone wants to go there. It has the cheapest prices in Western Europe, restaurants and hotels, gorgeous things to see and do. Estrada Nacional 2 goes north to south through Portugal’s interior – you see less visited places like medieval villages in the mountains, where you can visit farmers – cheese, wool – and wolves howl at night; the Douro River Valley, one of oldest wine regions in Europe. Spend a night in a 15th century quinta (manor house); visit ancient gothic houses, university cities. In many places you will see places

slathered with gold. This is because in the 17th century, Portugal was the most important on earth in wealth, bringing galleons of gold from the New World, so you see gold slathered all over churches. Then, in 1755, Portugal had bad luck – a major earthquake stopped development, then, in the 20th century, Portugal was under the control of the dictator António de Oliveira Salazar. It had the deepest poverty in Europe, the worst rate of infant death rate in 1950s60s. Then, after 1968, Portugal emerged from cloud – but is still not as developed as other parts of Europe, so feels more preserved. Do this wonderful road trip.”

New York State: “New York State is one of best places to go in 2019. There are all the glorious nature sites – Finger Lakes; Lake George (free music festivals in September, fireworks Thursday, dino themepark opening); the state has the most ski resorts of any state in the nation. But the reason we picked it as a top place in 2019 is that there are so many new developments.”

In New York City, Hudson Yards, just across from the Javits Center in Manhattan, is a little controversial but will be catnip to tourists – in middle ‘The Nest’ – opening in April –you climb over it (which will likely be as popular as the fabulously popular Highline). There’s an arts center, The Shed, on wheels so artists can decide whether artwork should be seen inside or outside. Soon it will have going to have tallest observation deck in the hemisphere where you look down.

Jackie Robinson Museum, an 18,500 sq. ft museum at 75 Varick Street, in

Iceland’s famous Blue Lagoon. Travel experts like Pauline Frommer fear such places are being “over loved” – there were more Americans visiting Iceland than Icelanders – and suggest some alternatives to “overtourism. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

lower Manhattan, scheduled to open in spring2019.

2019 World Pride, commemorating the 50th anniversary of Stonewall uprising, taking place in June, is expected to draw millions of visitors to the city, and throughout the state. “There is a rumor Madonna will be performing; Niagara Falls will be decorated with rainbow colored lights. It will be amazing time.”

This year also marks the 50th anniversary of Woodstock, with two concerts, one by the original producers (not in the original place) and another in the original place with a mix of old/new artists.

Walt Whitman is turning 200, with exhibitions and commemorations, centered on “where it all began,” in Huntington, NY, with events throughout the year, but special birthday celebration on May 31: Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday! (246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station, NY 11746, www.waltwhitman. org).

Singapore is a huge movie star with “Crazy Rich Asians.” Singapore also has extraordinary cutting age architecture: “Super Trees” which are vertical gardens, with live plants growing along side and solar panels for energy. “People forget this is a culturally rich small nation, settled by people from Malaysia, China, India – a mix of cultures – little Indias, mosques, temples, museums to all the cultures, fabulous food (the only Michelin 4-star

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Chinese New Year in Chinatown, New York City – the rise of 100 million travelers from China are changing the economics of travel around the Chinese New Year, no longer a “low season” for pricing, availability. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

restaurant where you can get a meal for $1.50 – it’s actually a food stand in one of hawker centers). If you ever wanted to go to Singapore this is the year:

commemorating milestones: Raffles, man who came and claimed Singapore, 200 years ago, exhibitions, in context of longer Singaporean history, culture.

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Some trends that will shape travel in 2019:

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When appliances talk & beep & do all sorts of things

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

I purchased some new appliances for my home recently and wow it has been a real experience to hear them speak to me.

When I least expect it – when I am engrossed in a good TV show or movie or a good book that I have been meaning to read for a while – I hear a beep-beeping noise that keeps going off and I have to wonder if it’s the oven, the microwave or perhaps my car alarm that is going off. It could be one of any number of things.

For most of my life I managed to get along just fine with some basic appliances that didn’t speak to me and somehow I managed to function well.

If I needed to check on something, for example, a washing machine, I would simply set a timer and wait for the bell to go off.

Getting up, I would transfer my wet clothes from the washing machine to the dryer and then let the machine do what it does so well.

My, how things have changed! Now I have an oven that must be preheated

and when it’s all ready for me to place inside a roasting pan of chicken legs or lamb chops, it beeps to tell me so.

When my microwave finishes cooking or heating something, a bell goes off – then goes off again sporadically until I get up and cancel it. The item has finished cooking and that bell that keeps telling me that it’s done certainly is insistent.

I’m curious to see how many times it will continue to go off – whether it’s endlessly or if there happens to be a certain limit on how much it can annoy me or what the story is.

So far I’ve jumped up and pressed the “cancel” button on my microwave so that I am not reminded anymore but someday, when I feel like I have a whole lot of patience, I think I will just let it rip and see how many times it beeps to remind me to remove my food.

Either that or I will check my owner’s manual and read up on it. Actually, reading up on it might be a good idea.

I am one of those people who feels funny about my appliances talking to me. I am perfectly content to handle these things on my own, to walk over

and check on things, but I realize that these appliances are only trying to be helpful.

My question happens to be: How much help do we need? I‘ve read about a refrigerator and a software program that have gotten together and presto, if I am walking through my local supermarket and I am not sure what items I have in my refrigerator – or better yet, what items I don’t have – I’ll be able to see them remotely.

With certain strategically set up cameras, I can use my smartphone to look inside my refrigerator as I am walking up and down the aisles of my supermarket and determine if I think I need to pick up more ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, bread, milk or eggs.

This feature is simply amazing and I can see its useful purposes for people who are busy, busy, busy and who either left their homes without their grocery lists or have decided to stop by the supermarket spontaneously, “on the fly” as they say.

Either way I guess this feature is handy and I never cease to be amazed

at what technology can do for us. I just have to stop and ask myself sometimes, at what point is enough enough?

I happen to be pretty good at remembering things like when the washing machine has stopped or when I should put dinner into the oven or remove it so these constant reminders are a little unnerving.

It’s a reminder that we live in the Age of Technology and a) I don’t need to be reminded about that and b) sometimes I wish that I could go back to living in the Pre-Technology Age.

When I think about this I always think about my next door neighbor in Rockville Centre who I knew for 50 years. Mrs. Murphy didn’t use a clothes dryer.

In fact, Mr. & Mrs. Murphy didn’t own an electric or gas dryer. They did have a washing machine that was in a closet on the first floor of their house right off the kitchen.

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BY TOM MARGENAU

Why do some people feel the need to voice opinions about subjects they know little to nothing about? Almost daily, for the past 22 years that I’ve been writing this column, I get emails from people voicing opinions about Social Security that are ill-informed -- and often, downright wacky. It surprises and even saddens me that people who hold these strange beliefs feel obligated to spread their ignorance to friends and strangers alike. I’ve saved a couple examples of this phenomenon and present them here today. They go from the merely uninformed to the downright ridiculous.

Q: Why don’t you make people aware of the sneaky and systematic reduction in Social Security benefits that has been carried out for years now? We all know a Social Security benefit is based on your highest 35 years of earnings -- but only up to the maximum tax for each particular year. For example, in 1956, the Social Security tax applied to only the first $4,200 of earnings. But in 2019, it was $132,900. Most workers in 1956 met the $4,200 limit. But how many people do you know who are making $132,900 or more? The net result is a secret reduction in benefits for those millions of retirees who don’t make the $132,900 threshold. How come you, and politicians, don’t talk about this hidden fact?

A: Well, I can’t answer for politicians. But I can tell you why I don’t talk about it. And that’s because what you are saying doesn’t make sense!

You are right that a Social Security retirement benefit is based on your highest 35 years of earnings. So whatever your earnings are, you get a benefit based on your average income over those years, period. There is nothing sneaky about that.

Your premise seems to be based on a theory that there is some kind of bonus paid to people who reach the maximum taxable earnings limit each year. There is no such bonus. It is true that if you do have maximum earnings for all 35 years, you will get a higher benefit (because you had a higher income and paid more taxes) than someone who has lower earnings.

But the flip side of that argument is also bogus. In other words, you are just flat-out wrong when you say that people with lower earnings suffers some kind of secret Social Security reduction. They do not. They will get a lower benefit than those who had maximum earnings, but they will get the benefit they deserve based on their lower earnings. I can’t emphasize this point enough. There is no secret reduction in benefits for someone with lower earnings.

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In fact, just the opposite is true. The Social Security retirement benefit formula has always been skewed to give lower-income people a better rate of return than their higher paid counterparts. That formula is way too complex to explain in today’s column. Simply put, very low wage earners will get a benefit that represents up to 90 percent of their preretirement income. Very high wage earners might get 30 percent or so. Of course, 30 percent of a rich person’s income will result in a higher Social Security benefit than 90 percent of a poor person’s income. But as a percentage of what they kicked into the system, lower wage earners get a much better deal.

Q: I don’t see why people think Democrats are the big champions of Social Security. After all, it was President Johnson, a Democrat, who stole Social Security’s trust funds. It was President Clinton, a Democrat, who first taxed Social Security benefits. And it was President Obama, a Democrat, who allowed illegal immigrants to get Social Security checks!

A: Well, you’re wrong on all three counts. In the past, I’ve spent entire columns explaining the history of the financing of Social Security. I don’t have space to rehash that. But I will point out that what Johnson did was just an accounting trick. At the time, the country was running huge deficits because of spending for the Vietnam War. However, the Social Security trust funds, which were running huge surpluses, were kept on a completely separate set of books. Johnson merely combined the two ledgers in the official government bookkeeping logs. Adding Social Security surpluses to the government’s books made the overall budget deficit disappear. But Johnson did NOT take a dime out of the trust funds. Again, he merely combined the books. (By the way, this accounting gimmick has been used ever since.)

The taxation of Social Security benefits began in 1983, during the Reagan administration. And it is just an outright lie that President Obama allowed illegal immigrants to get Social Security checks. If you are living here illegally, you will never collect a nickel in Social Security benefits, even if you have paid money into the system. Actually, Social Security actuaries point out that illegal immigrants who work “above the table” with ill-gotten Social Security numbers pump about $2 billion per year in taxes into the Social Security trust funds and never get anything in return.

Q: I heard that Social Security clerks get bonuses for every dollar that they save the trust funds. They are paid to cheat retirees out of Social Security benefits they are due. We all know that the 10 scariest

words in the English language are: “I’m with the government, and I’m here to help you.”

A: That is absolutely ridiculous. Government employees get bashed all the time. I know. I was one for 32 years. It just goes with the territory and you learn to accept it. But I took great pride in the work I did. Over the years, I helped tens of thousands of people get the Social Security benefits they deserve.

Having said that, I know that sometimes the service my readers get from the Social Security Administration is not up to par. But any poor service or

misinformation is just the product of an increasingly complicated program, an exploding workload of 10,000 new retirement claims every single day -not counting disability and survivor claims, and a reduction in staff imposed by the current administration. It has absolutely nothing to do with your silly notion that SSA employees “are paid to cheat retirees.”

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

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line that she had outside in her back yard. It ran a large distance between two huge oak trees and had a pulley.

I know this because from the side of my house or my back yard I could see Mrs. Murphy hanging up the wash and fastening the various items with clothespins. She was very methodical about this.

The back yard of the Murphys’ house faced south so they got the late morning sun which did a good job of drying the family’s clothes.

She always did the wash on a certain day of the week and Mrs. Murphy was like clockwork. At the end of the day I would see her taking her wash down.

One by one she would unclasp the clothespins, remove the item, fold it and put it in a big laundry basket. Then she would move on to the next item.

One time while having some iced tea and conversing about various things my mother asked Mrs. Murphy why she didn’t have a clothes dryer. She said that she likes the wash to dry outside in the fresh air.

She added that she likes seeing the wind whipping through her wash whenever she peers out her back window – through the sheets, the pillowcases, the shirts and the blue jeans – and she likes that fresh smell of clothes that have dried outside on the line. Besides, I have noticed that Mrs. Murphy is kind of a fresh air fiend.

Another time I asked Mrs. Murphy’s daughter, Nicole, one of my best friends on the block, why her family didn’t have a clothes dryer and she pretty much said the same thing that Mrs. Murphy had told my mom previously. She said that her mom likes drying the clothes the natural way.

She added that her mother never had a dryer and she was used to doing it that way. It was a habit she always had.

I dropped the subject but thought that it must be a lot harder to hang the wash outside on the clothesline than to simply pop it into the clothes dryer.

I’ve gotten spoiled over the years by running down to the basement of my home and tossing some wet towels or whatever wash I’ve just done into my electric tumble dryer.

My parents never hung a huge clothesline in our back yard between two big, old trees so I’ve always used what I had in the house.

I’ve got to hand it to Mrs. Murphy for saving on the carbon footprint for all of the years that I knew her. In many ways she was before her time.

One day I was going to run some errands in my car and I wanted to go at a certain time so I set my analog alarm clock to awaken me. Sure enough at 7 a.m. the beep-beep-beeping of the alarm clock went off.

I hit the snooze button and rolled over. A few minutes later that beepbeep-beeping went off again and was very insistent. It basically was telling me that it wouldn’t stop until I got up and turned it off.

Feeling a bit lazy, I lay in bed trying to calculate how long it might take for the battery to wear down in my alarm clock. But then I figured it might be quite a while so I finally got out of bed, turned it off and started my day.

Getting dressed, I decided to check my email before leaving the house. There were plenty of emails to read, which I browsed through, then when I went to sign out of my email a prompt asked me two or three times if I really did want to sign out. Yes, I really was sure. No doubt about that.

It was a beautiful day so I got into my car and went off on some errands. Before backing out of the parking lot a ding-ding-dinging went off in my car because I had – for just a second – forgotten to buckle my seat belt. Oh, tech-

nology!

I snapped it into place with a click and off I went, enjoying the weather that was picture perfect as I drove. One errand was at a retail store in the neighborhood.

Walking around the store, I browsed for a few minutes then found what I wanted. I paid and headed out the door.

Stepping over the threshold, I heard a loud, urgent, beep-beeping noise. I stopped in my tracks, unsure why the bells were going off.

I went back in the store and the clerk determined that nothing was amiss. No one could explain that spontaneous beep-beeping noise. False alarm.

Driving home I stopped at traffic lights and I stopped at some stop signs but basically my car kept moving. I hummed along to one of my favorite songs on the radio then I arrived home.

Before going inside I turned my car off but left my car radio on for a couple of minutes because another one of my all-time favorite songs was playing.

When it was finished, I started to get out of my car without my car keys so naturally a ding-ding-dinging noise started going off reminding me that my

keys were still in the ignition. Oh, technology was at it once again!

I know that I should be glad, glad, glad about all of these technological advances. I know why they are so very important for so many people.

Most of all, I am glad about the strides that we are making around the globe technologically because they will benefit our younger generation.

They are the ones who will springboard off of today’s advances and create breakthroughs in health, science, etc., that we can only imagine. I am very excited about that because so much still needs to be done to help people.

But in the meantime, in terms of doing everyday chores around my house and driving around in my car, I have to say that I would like to have some magical technology clean my house and prepare the meals for my family and me but somehow we are able to manage.

Unless it’s the ding or the dong of the doorbell I really don’t want to hear many beeps in my home or alarms going off. I would rather listen to the TV or to the favorite song that I am playing on my stereo.

After all, I do still have a stereo.

Lure of Geiger Counter Ticks Up Visits to Chernobyl Nuclear Site in Ukraine

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

The world’s largest radiation catastrophe at a nuclear power plant took place at the now infamous Chernobyl, in the Ukraine. An area the size of a small state was abandoned. Today, it is a tourist attraction, visited on daytrips and multi-day trips.

I meet Katoryna Aslamova, the chief guide for Chernobyl Tours, who has been leading tours there for years, at the New York Times Travel Show. She asserts that visiting is absolutely safe, even for a pregnant woman.

Though people love to post selfies of a Geiger counter beeping when it hits 0.3, she notes that the level of radiation during the course of a full day tour is equivalent to what you experience on an hour-long airplane flight (she says that the flight from Ukraine to London showed 2.82; to NY 3.91); 160 times less than a chest x-ray; 3600 times less than a whole body CT scan. It is even safe for pregnant women. The only ones not allowed are people under the age of 18, mainly because they cannot be legally prosecuted if they break rules, take out any of the rocks or disturb the soil (that could unleash damaging material).

(You can order a personal dosimeter “it will make your experience more enjoyable and memorable by making the radiation level visible and show your exact radiation dose at the end of the trip.)

“It is so easy to set up the mood, the perception that visiting Chernobyl is risky. There are some hot spots on the ground– the size of a coin or tennis ball and the closer you come to it, the higher the radiation. But it can’t influence health because it would need long term exposure. Even if you measure a hot spot in the radiation zone, no place is high enough to risk health. The only place that would be dangerous would be inside unit, which is covered (double-sealed).

What could be risky hypothetically is the radioactive dust (that give off alpha rays) that is still in ground have particles –“ if you would dig it up or ingest it, that would cause dangerous exposure – so it is prohibited to dig or plant there.”

There is no restriction for pregnant woman if not prohibited to fly.

To take the tour, you are picked up in Kiev, capital of Ukraine, at 8 am for the 1 ½ hour bus ride. Over the course of a full day (the bus returns about 8-9 pm), you visit several sites.

The first stop is the village of Zalissya, which was the biggest in the area. “We are trying to tell not only about the accident but how people lived.”

Next the town of Chernobyl, which is 18 km from the powerplant (and not the ghost city that is so frequently pictured). People still occupy Chernobyl – scientists and foresters – who live there for 15 days a month in dormitory. “It is a unique place for research.” Visitors who do the overnight tours stay in hotels in Chernobyl.

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There also are “self-resettlers” here and in other villages in the contamination zone – people who were evacuated after the accident “but sneaked back into the houses in the zone. They were homesick or had no place else to go.”

The accident took place in 1986, and many believe it contributed to the collapse of Soviet Union. “People

stopped trusting government and the economy collapsed.”

She notes, “Nobody knows how many affected by Chernobyl explosion – the Soviet government tried to hide.”

The tour visits Radar Duga-1, a secret Soviet base known as Chernobyl 2 –which would have launched nuclear weapons. It is the only remaining antenna.

This reminds me of a documentary, “The Man who Saved the World,” about a Russian Lt. Colonel, Stanislav E. Petrov, who, despite radar showing the US had launched nuclear missiles against Russia, refused to give the order to launch Russia’s missiles, literally saving the world (for which he was disgraced and lost everything). No one knew of him for 25 years, but she knows of him. “He was a hero but not appreciated.”

The tour continues on to Kopachi Village which was buried under ground because there was too much radiation, but there are still some buildings (that’s where the famous photo of a kindergarten is from). You come up to the side of the power plant – 300 meters from the accident (but still, she says, 4x lower radiation than on an airplane.”

Then the Red Forest, famous because it was consumed by the cloud. “We don’t go inside, but measure radiation.”

Then on to the famous ghost city of Prypat. This is not just where people lived – it had a population of 50,000 – but was a model city of the Soviet Union. The average age was 26 – every third person was a child. They were employees of plant. It was supposed to be model of the great Soviet life, if Communism would have worked.”

All of this in one day, but there are multi-day tours, as well

Katoryna Aslamova, the chief guide for Chernobyl Tours, who has been leading tours to the Chernobyl nuclear site for years, at the New York Times Travel Show. Last year, 70,000 people toured Chernobyl, and the numbers have been increasing 30 percent a year © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

Chernobyl was biggest nuclear accident ever, but what does the whole world know? That there was an explosion, people died, it can’t be inhabited. But it is also a story of victory – of the mitigated areas.

Every year 30% more people come on the tour (which is offered year round). Last year 70,000 people came (there are at least five tour companies, of which Chernobyl Tour is the largest.) Most take the oneday tour $89 – includes insurance, transfer, guard, permissions (can book day before, but it costs more). There are also tours inside the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and other limited access facilities; airplane and helicopter tours over the Chernobyl Zone and Ukraine; military tours to the shooting ranges, rides on armored vehicles and visits to a nuclear missile base; underground tours in the drainage systems, subway, tunnels and caves, and sightseeing tours in Ukraine.

Chernobyl-Tour.UA, 11 Andriivskyi descent, Kyiv, Ukraine, tel. 888-752-0336 (US), www.Chernobyl-tour.com

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NYT Travel Show: Pauline Frommer’s Picks for Best Places to Go in 2019 – and They’re Not the Most Famous

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Chinese tourism: Last year, 137 million Chinese travelers left China to venture to other parts of world. The World Tourism Organization (WTO) estimates their average spending double the international average, so the travel industry is bending over backwards to make Chinese tourists happy –hotels are replacing alcohol bars with tea bars, using feng shui design. This trend will affect Americans negatively by changing the seasons of travel: For example, January-February had been low season everywhere in the world (where you could expect low rates and few crowds), but that’s Chinese New Year, the time when Chinese go out to travel. That means  you will see spikes

instead of dips in January-February around New Year, and around Golden Week, in September.

Overtourism  is a significant problem. “There are places that are over-loved,” she says, offering suggestions for alternatives:

Instead of Barcelona, travel to Girona, Figueres, Roses

Faroe Islands instead of Iceland (last year, there were more Americans in Iceland than Icelanders)

Komodo instead of Bali

Similan Islands of Thailand instead of Maya Bay (made popular by Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie, ‘The Beach,’ the government closed it to protect it from overtourism)

Choquequirao instead of Machu

Picchu

Rovijn instead of Dubrovnik

Basilicat et Puglia instead of Cinque Terre et Amalfi Coast

“A lot of tour operators are working with this. They understand the problem”  that if a destination is overrun, the very thing that people are coming to experience will be destroyed, so are pushing clients to travel different times of year. “There are many more tours to Japan in the dead of winter –much of what there is to do is indoors, anyway, and it is wonderful to go to the baths in winter. (fyi: You won’t be able to use the baths if you have a tattoo, the mark of Mafia).”

The Frommers host a regular radio show, publish their famous guides

and produce an outstanding travel site, Frommers.com

See also:  New York Times Travel Show: Pauline Frommer Offers Sage Advice to Satisfy Wanderlust

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The importance of a smile

Students at Kramer Lane Elementary School dressed as teeth while Dr. Charlie used extra-long floss to clean around the “teeth” during a dental health assembly on Feb. 13

The Bethpage Union Free School District’s Kramer Lane Elementary School promoted February as Dental Health Month by welcoming associates from Pillar Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics on Feb. 13.

Dentist Dr. Charlie Pillar and orthodontist Dr. Ari Pillar, along with dental hygienist Lynn, supplied an interactive and informative lesson to students in kindergarten and first- and second-grades to stress the importance of a beautiful smile. Dr. Charlie used magic tricks to excite the students and Lynn, with the help of a smiling cow puppet, demonstrated the proper way to brush one’s teeth. Dr. Ari explained the purpose of an orthodontist and how he can

straighten teeth with the use of braces that come with fun colors.

The trio also emphasized eating healthy foods to help with dental care in preparation for a dentist visit. Following the playing of the insightful cartoon Dudley Visits the Dentist, Dr. Charlie utilized the help a few students to demonstrate how to floss. With students dressed as teeth, Dr. Charlie and Lynn used extra-long floss to clear out in between each “tooth.”

“Thank you to Dr. Charlie, Dr. Ari and Lynn for once again visiting Kramer Lane to make dental health exciting, fun and educational for our students,” said Principal Kerri McCarthy.

Dr. Charlie Pillar spoke to students at Kramer Lane Elementary School on Feb. 13 about dental health care.

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau DITECH FINANCIAL LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST

Janine Conte and Michael Conte, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 10, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on March 05, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 124 BUCKET LANE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 45, BLOCK 216, LOT 17. Approximate amount of judgment $310,670.08 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-004801.

George P. Esernio, Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 MIT 5770 4X 02/01,08,15,22

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS INC., V.

BEVERLY SCHILLACI; if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, et. al.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 01, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS INC. is the Plaintiff and BEVERLY

SCHILLACI; if living, and if dead, the respective heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignors, lienors, creditors and successors in interest, and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise of any right, title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, et. al. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on March 5, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 47 CHESTNUT ST, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801: Section 12, Block 253, Lots 8, 9, & 10: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT HICKSVILLE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 14-000697.

Gregory M. LaSpina, Esq.Referee.

RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. MIT 5771 4X 02/01,08,15,22

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau

U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff Against JENNY YUN A/K/A JENNY KANG, et al Defendants

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered December 17, 2016, I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on March 5, 2019 at 11:30

AM. Premises known as 10 California Street, Hicksville, New York 11801. Sec 11 Block 292 Lot 53 and 54. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of

LEGAL NOTICES

land, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, not an Incorporated Village, in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $377,675.82 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 08-005529. Mark McKew, Esq., Referee VERJN115

Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY 11590 MIT 5772 4X 02/01,08,15,22

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-EMX9, Plaintiff, vs. MONICA KHANNA A/K/A MONICA GUMASTE, DNYANESH GUMASTE A/K/A DNYANESH R. GUMASTE A/K/A DANNY GUMASTE, RAJNISH RAMETRA, ANALI GUMASTE, DANNY GUMASTE, Defendants

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT

In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on September 26, 2018, I, David Peirez, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 5, 2019 at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows: 87 East End Avenue Hicksville, NY 11801

SBL No.: 12-295-34

ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 16-006640 in the amount of $640,735.17 plus interest and costs.

Kathryn E. Assini, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP

Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072

MIT 5773 4X 02/01,08,15,22

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau HUDSON CITY SAVINGS

BANK, Plaintiff, vs. THEODOROS DOUMAZIOS A/K/A TED DOUMAZIOS, KERRI DOUMAZIOS, et al.

Defendants

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on November 5, 2018, I, Jane Shrenkel the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 5, 2019 at Nassau County Supreme Court, CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows 20 Milford Drive Plainview, NY 11803

SBL No.: 13-44-76 and 85

ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and the State of New York

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 13-1936 in the amount of $1,118,151.59 plus interest and costs.

Richard S. Mullen, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072

MIT 5774 4X 02/01,08,15,22

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

County Of Nassau

USROF IV LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-1, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE, Plaintiff, Against LUZ D. MENSING A/K/A LUZ MENSING, ET AL, Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 9/21/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in the CCP (Calendar

Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY 11501, on 3/5/2019 at 11:30 AM premises known as 187 Princess Street Hicksville, NY 11801 described as follows; ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York and designated on the tax maps of the Nassau County Treasurer as Section 11, Block 250 and, Lot 37 The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $435,499.99 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 12637/13

Jennifer B. Ettenger, Esq., Referee.

STIENE & ASSOCIATES PC (Attorney’s for Plaintiff), 167 Main Street Northport, NY 11768

Dated: 12/7/2018

File Number: 201101293-03 EFF MIT 5775 4X 02/01,08,15,22

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff(s) vs. ALEXANDER AGUERA; KAREN AGUERA; et al; Defendant(s)

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered herein on or about April 13, 2018, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Central Jury, first floor of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501.

On March 12, 2019 at 11:30 am. Premises known as 15 MAIN PARKWAY, PLAINVIEW, NY 11803-2127

Section: 12 Block: 379 Lot: 15 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Plainview, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, known and designated as and by Lot 15 in Block No. 379 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Morton Village, Section No. 1, situated at Plainview, Town of Oyster

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Bay, Nassau County, New York, surveyed by Teas and Steinbrenner, Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Malverne, New York, July 31st 1952”, and filed in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on October 3rd 1952, under Map No. 5576. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale.

Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale.

Approximate amount of judgment $208,118.13 plus interest and costs.

INDEX NO. 8442-2015

Richard D. Lorge, Esq., Referee

Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 51 E Bethpage Road, Plainview, New York, 11803, 516-741-2585

MIT 5777

4X 02/08,15,22,03/01

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 200714 Plaintiff, vs.

SUANNY JOO, GUI JOO

A/K/A GRACE GUINAM

PYUN A/K/A GRACE G. PYUN, et al., Defendants

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on September 21, 2018, I, Eun C. Thorsen, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 12, 2019 at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows: 9 Virginia Ave Plainview, NY 11803

SBL No.: 12-30-39, 40 and 41 ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York

The premises are sold subject

to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 15-001793 in the amount of $478,435.47 plus interest and costs.

Todd Z. Marks, Esq.

Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072

MIT 5778 4X 02/08,15,22,03/01

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS, CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-6, Plaintiff – against –MARY DONOVAN, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on September 10, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501, Nassau County, New York on the 12th Day of March, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, and State of New York.

Premises known as 14 Lee Place, Hicksville, (Town of Oyster Bay) NY 11801.

(Section: 11, Block: 352, Lot: 0003)

Approximate amount of lien $594,791.27 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 15-6569.

Michael Wolkow, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff

28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990

Tel. 585/760-8218

Dated: December 17, 2018

MIT 5779

4X 02/08,15,22,03/01

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau

LEGAL NOTICES

J.P. MORGAN ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-S3, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, Plaintiff – against –EUN SOOK CHOI KIM, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 5, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501, Nassau County, New York on the 12th Day of March, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Plainview, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 543 Woodbury Road, Plainview, (Town of Oyster Bay) NY 11803. (Section: 12., Block: 537, Lot: 27) Approximate amount of lien $696,895.43 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 15-002339.

Joseph N. Armao, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 2802832

Dated: January 18, 2019

MIT 5780 4X 02/08,15,22,03/01

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau

OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC, V.

JUAN MEDRANO; ET AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 12, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC is the Plaintiff and JUAN MEDRANO; ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will

sell at public auction at the CALENDAR CONTROL PART (CCP) COURTROOM OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIRST FLOOR, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on March 19, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 9 SALEM RD, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801: Section 45, Block 480, Lot 8: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT HICKSVILLE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 2077/2016.

MARK S RICCIARDI, Esq.Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. MIT 5781 4X 02/15,22,03/01,08

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY, V.

DOLORES B. PIETZAK, ET AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 17, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY is the Plaintiff and DOLORES B. PIETZAK, ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the NASAU SUPREME COURT, CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on March 19, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 5 PINE STREET, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801: Section 12, Block 256, Lot 72:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT HICKSVILLE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND

STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 008059/2015.

Alexander Sklavos, Esq.Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. MIT 5782 4X 02/15,22,03/01,08

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau US Bank Trust, N.A., as trustee of the Igloo Series III Trust, Plaintiff AGAINST

Vijay Dadlani, Praveena Dadlani, Lancaster Mortgage Bankers, Kavita Dadlani, et al, Defendant

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 10/18/07 and entered on 10/22/07, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 19, 2019 at 11:30 AM premises known as 3165 Dorset Lane, Levittown a/k/a Hempstead, NY 11756. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 51, BLOCK: 261, LOT: 8. Approximate amount of judgment is $416,333.25 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 011816/2006.

Lisa Siano, Referee

FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 MIT 5783 4X 02/15,22,03/01,08

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, V. LAWRENCE B. PROSONO; ET AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 28, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, is the Plaintiff and LAWRENCE B. PROSONO; ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on March 26, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 93 STIRRUP LANE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756: Section 51, Block 381, Lot 42: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT LEVITTOWN, TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 012390/2009 . Matthew J. Zangwill, Esq.Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. For sale information, please visit www.auction.com or call (800) 280-2832.

MIT 5784 4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau Federal National Mortgage Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Gina M. Florio, German W. Woodie, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 10/23/17 and entered on 10/24/17, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on March 26, 2019 at 11:30 AM premises known as 11 Belfry Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. All

that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 45, BLOCK: 380, LOT: 12. Approximate amount of judgment is $204,905.81 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 6143/2016.

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 2802832.

Mark Ricciardi, Referee

FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

MIT 5785 4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau FGMC IN LIEU OF TRUE

CORPORATE NAME FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff against BRYAN HIGGINS; JESSICA HIGGINS; ALEXA HIGGINS; LAUREN HIGGINS, Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on August 3, 2018.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 26th day of March, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, Lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 35 Libby Avenue, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801.

(Section: 12, Block: 291, Lot: 22). Approximate amount of lien $ 331,676.57 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 601530-18. Kathleen Wright, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830

(732) 582-6344

MIT 5786

4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 1, 2005 PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC. ASSETBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005WHQ4, Plaintiff against PHYLLIS BARRAVECHIA; DENISE BARRAVECHIA, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 9, 2016.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 26th day of March, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 215 Marie Street, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801.

(Section: 11, Block: 323, Lot: 484 & 485).

Approximate amount of lien $ 399,990.68 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 11651-14.

Luigi Devito, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900

MIT 5787

4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau

HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 20071, Plaintiff, vs. EKATERINI FOKAS, et al., Defendants

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on January 11, 2017, I, Mark Ricciardi, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on March 26, 2019 at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows: 15 Jerome Ave Hicksville, NY 11801

SBL No.: 12-309-56

ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situate in Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York

The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 008314/2013 in the amount of $525,641.36 plus interest and costs.

Todd Z. Marks, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St. Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072

MIT 5788 4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-7, Plaintiff AGAINST Lisa Erkus a/k/a Lisa J. Erkus; Craig Erkus a/k/a Craig M. Erkus; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 6, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on March 26, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 30 Ruby Lane, Plainview, NY 11803. 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, State of NY, Section 12. Block 413 Lot 8. Approximate amount of judgment $798,005.63 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provi-

sions of filed Judgment Index# 11-017902.

Leo McGinity, Esq., Referee

Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC

Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: January 18, 2019 MIT 5789 4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, on behalf of the holders of CSMC Mortgage-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-5, Plaintiff AGAINST

Victor E. Paz a/k/a Victor E Paz Sr.; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 8, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on March 26, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 75 Meadow Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. 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, State of NY, Section 46 Block 125 Lots 3 & 156. Approximate amount of judgment $953,155.51 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 4175-14.

Harold Damm, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792

Dated: January 31, 2019

MIT 5790 4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, -againstJeffrey DeLuca, Nassau County Public Administrator, as Administrator for the estate of Dorothy Elisabeth LaChance a/k/a Dorothy LaChance a/k/a

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Dorothy Lachance, her respective heirs-at-law, next-of-kin, distributees, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors, and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, any right, title or interest in the real property described in the complaint herein, Eileen Young, as Heir to the Estate of Dorothy LaChance a/k/a Dorothy La Chance a/k/a Dorothy Elizabeth LaChance, Gerald La Chance, as Heir to the Estate of Dorothy LaChance a/k/a Dorothy La Chance a/k/a Dorothy Elizabeth LaChance, Suzanne McCrosson a/k/a Suzanne Kollinsky, as Heir to the Estate of Dorothy LaChance a/k/a Dorothy La Chance a/k/a Dorothy Elizabeth LaChance, Glen LaChance, as Heir to the Estate of Dorothy LaChance a/k/a Dorothy La Chance a/k/a Dorothy Elizabeth LaChance, Elizabeth LaChance, as Heir to the Estate of Dorothy LaChance a/k/a Dorothy La Chance a/k/a Dorothy Elizabeth LaChance, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, United States of America, New York State Department of Taxation and Finance, Defendants.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S):

YOU ARE ,HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your Answer or, if the Complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a Notice of Appearance on the attorneys for the plaintiff within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service; or within thirty (30) days after service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York; or within sixty (60) days if it is the United States of America. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint.

NOTICE YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this

summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home.

Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property.

Sending a payment to your mortgage company will not stop this foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT.

Index #: 9580/2014

By: Cynthia L. Malone, Esq. 900 Merchants Concourse Westbury, NY 11590 (516) 280-7675

MIT 5791

4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS, INC. ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-5, Plaintiff – Against –MARK JOHNEAS, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on September 25, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501, Nassau County, New York on the 5th Day of March, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Bethpage, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of New York.

Premises known as 244 N. 5th Street, Bethpage, (Town of Oyster Bay) NY 11714.

(Section: 46, Block: 78, Lot: 47) Approximate amount of lien $818,888.89 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment

LEGAL NOTICES

and terms of sale. Index No. 13-9787.

Gennaro Pasquale, Esq., Referee.

Davidson Fink LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218

For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www. Auction.com or call (800) 2802832

Dated: January 4, 2019

BN 7360

4X 02/01,08,15,22

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff AGAINST

Peter Sutherland, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated January 20, 2015 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on March 19, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 3724 STOKES AVENUE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 46, BLOCK 412, LOT 70. Approximate amount of judgment $634,446.68 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 14041/2013.

Ralph J. Madalena, Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

BN 7363

4X 02/15,22,03/01,08

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-WFHE2, ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-WFHE2, Plaintiff AGAINST

DOUGLAS PATRICK PFEIFER, DEBORAH CLAIRE PFEIFER, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated December 18, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on March 19, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 22 EMMA STREET, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. 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 49, BLOCK 64, LOT 92 & 93. Approximate amount of judgment $726,611.33 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-007648.

DAVID N. ALTMAN, ESQ., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 BN 7364

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS

II INC. MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-AR8, V.

JEFFREY RAMAN, ET AL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated November 14, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS

II INC. MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES

SERIES 2005-AR8 is the Plaintiff and JEFFREY

RAMAN, ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on March 19, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 4041 JEAN AVENUE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714: Section 46, Block 483, Lot 21: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDING AND IMPROVEMENTS ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT BETHPAGE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 008546/2015.

Ann Marie Diaz, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. BN 7365 4X 02/15,22,03/01,08

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Supreme Court County Of Nassau CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, against ANNE MANNING AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS; HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS; BRIDGET DOE AS HEIR AT LAW ANO NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS, HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS; KERRI GIGENTI AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS, HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS; ERIN HOPKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS, HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS; JAMIE HOPKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS, HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS; JESSICA HOPKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS, HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS; KELLY HOPKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS, HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS HER SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST IF SHE BE DECEASED, HER RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW AND THEIR SUCCESSORS IN

INTEREST IF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS BE DECEASED, THEIR RESPECTIVE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES OR WIDOWS, IF ANY, ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO THE PLAINTIFF; NICHOLAS J. HOPKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS, HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS; STEPHANIE HOPKINS AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF JAMES HOPKINS, HEIR AT LAW TO HOWARD J. HOPKINS; PATRICIA MORRONE AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF HOWARD J. HOPKINS; IRENE SAWYER AS HEIR AT LAW AND NEXT OF KIN OF HOWARD J. HOPKINS; BETHPAGE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; CACH, LLC; FREEMAN HOWARD, PC; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC APO CITIBANK SOUTH DAKOTA NA; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; “JOHN DOES’’ and “JANE DOES”, SAID NAMES being fictitious, parties intended being possible tenants or occupants of premises, and corporations, other entities or persons who claim, or may claim, a lien against the premises, DefendantsIndex No. 323/2015.

Plaintiff Designates Nassau County as the Place of Trial. The Basis of Venue is that the subject action is situated in Nassau County.

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if

this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 days of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court filed November 27, 2018.

NOTICE:

YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, executed by HOWARD J. HOPKINS to ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. bearing date April 2, 2002 and recorded in Liber Book: M 22399 of Mortgages at Page 884 in the County of Nassau on May 29, 2002. A second mortgage from HOWARD J. HOPKINS to ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. was made on May 30, 2003 and recorded in Liber Book: M 25927 of Mortgages at Page 204 in the County of Nassau on February 4, 2004. Said mortgages were thereafter consolidated by agreement dated May 30, 2003, and recorded in the County of Nassau on February 4, 2004 in Liber Book: M 25927 at Page 216, creating a single lien of$205,000.00. CITIMORTGAGE, INC. is the successor by merger to ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP, INC. and therefore Plaintiff is the real party in interest.

LEGAL NOTICES

HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE;

New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. SUMMONS

AND COMPLAINT

You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this Foreclosure Action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney of your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE

The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services’ at 1-800-2690990 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs. ny.gov.

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS

Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Thomas A. Adams filed November 27,

2018. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 89 Sherman Avenue, Bethpage, NY located at Section 46 Block 19 and Lot 1 Dated: February 8, 2019

By: Alex Zamenhof, Esq. Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523 (914) 345-3020.

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Rajeshwari Singh, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 02, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on March 26, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 4336 HICKSVILLE ROAD, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. 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 52, BLOCK 310, LOT 43. Approximate amount of judgment $459,790.32 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 9094-15.

Richard H. Rubin, Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221

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NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY

The Board of Trustees of the Bethpage Public Library hereby gives notice that a Special District Meeting of the qualified voters of the Bethpage Union Free School District will be held at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue,

Bethpage, New York, on the 15th day of April, 2019 from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. prevailing time, for the purpose of voting by paper ballots upon the following propositions:

1. To consider and vote upon the Annual Library Budget and tax levy for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, by the following proposition: BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY

PROPOSITION #1

RESOLVED, that the proposed budget of expenditures of the Bethpage Public Library and the tax appropriation therefor for the fiscal year 2019-2020 in the amount and for the purposes shown in the statement of estimated expenditures adopted by the Board of Trustees, be and the same hereby is approved and the amount thereof shall be raised by a tax levy upon the taxable property of the School District in the amount of $2,546,350.

2. To elect one Library Trustee, for a term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2019, previously incumbered by: Mary Macaluso

A petition shall be required to nominate such candidate to the office of Library Trustee. Each vacancy is a separate specific office and a separate petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Each petition shall be directed to the District Clerk at the School District Administrative Offices, Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York, shall be signed by at least twenty-five (25) qualified voters of the District, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. Petitions shall be available at the Office of the District Clerk at the School District Administrative Offices, Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York. In the event that any such nominee shall withdraw his or her candidacy prior to the election, such person shall not be considered a candidate unless a new petition nominating such person in the same manner and with the same limitations applicable to other candidates is filed with the District Clerk. Each petition shall be filed in the office of the District Clerk between the hours of

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9:30 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (excluding Saturdays and Sundays), through March 15, 2019, and not later than March 15, 2019 at 5:00 P.M. No person shall be nominated by petition for more than one separate office.

REGISTRATION

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that pursuant to Section 2014 of the Education Law, personal registration of voters is necessary and no person shall be entitled to vote at said Special District Meeting of April 15, 2019 unless such person has personally registered.

Each person may register for the said Special Meeting by appearing personally before the Board of Registration of the School District on April 2, 2019, as hereinafter stated. The Board of Registration will meet for the purpose of personal voter registration and the preparation of a register of the qualified voters of said School District, on April 2, 2019 between the hours of 4:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. at the School District Administrative Offices during which time and at which place members of the Board of Registration shall place upon the School District Register the names of all qualified voters personally appearing before them, provided they are known to be or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration that they are entitled to vote at the above specified Library Special District Meeting.

Such register, upon its completion, will be filed in the Office of the District Clerk at the School District Administrative

Offices, Cherry Avenue and Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, New York, and will remain on file at such office and will be open for inspection between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on each of the five (5) days prior to the meeting or election for which it was prepared, except Saturday and Sunday.

Voters may register for voting at subsequent Library special district meetings on the day of the April 15, 2019 Special District Meeting. All persons who have voted at any Special or Annual Meeting or Election or at any general election within four (4) years prior to the preparation of the register, or who are registered to vote at any general election, pursuant to Section 5-210 of the Election Law of the State of New York need not re-register to vote at the Special District Meeting of April 15, 2019.

In addition, any person who can demonstrate that he is qualified to vote in general elections and who otherwise meets the qualifications of a School District voter, will be permitted to vote at the Special District Meeting on April 15, 2019.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN, that in accordance with Education Law Section 2018a, applications for absentee ballots for the Special District Meeting may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the Bethpage Union Free School District. Such application must be received by the Board of Registration at least seven (7) days prior to the Special District Meeting if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the Special

District Meeting, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. The Board of Registration shall make a list of all persons to whom absentee voters’ ballots have been issued, and have it available during regular office hours until the day of the Special District Meeting. Such list will be posted at the polling place during the Special District Meeting. No absentee voter ballot shall be canvassed unless it is received not later than 5:00 P.M. on the day of the Special District Meeting.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that a public budget hearing will be held on April 8, 2019 at 5:00 P.M., at the Bethpage Public Library for the purpose of discussion of the said expenditure of funds and the budget thereof.

FURTHER NOTICE IS GIVEN that copies of the Annual Statement of Estimated Expenses for 2019/2020 and tax levy will be made available upon request to taxpayers within the District commencing fourteen (14) days prior to the Special District Meeting, at the Bethpage Public Library between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on each day other than Sunday (Sundays between 12 Noon and 4:00 P.M.), and at the polling place on April 15, 2019.

Dated: Bethpage, New York February 22, 2019 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES BETHPAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Mary Macaluso, President BN 7368 4X 02/22,03/01,08,15

Summer employment at town beaches, parks, pools

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino today announced that the Town is seeking individuals who would like to work as lifeguards or summer recreation counselors at the Town’s pools, parks, and beaches on the North Shore.  The Town is currently accepting applications from qualified, certified individuals interested in lifeguarding positions at Tappen Beach and Pool in Glenwood Landing, as well as beach facilities in Bayville and Oyster Bay (Centre Island, Ransom, Stehli, and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park) for the upcoming summer season. Additionally, summer recreation counselor positions are currently available at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and Tappen Beach.

“These summer jobs are ideal for our younger residents who are looking to build their resume, as summer recreation counselors get real-world experience while making a difference in the lives of others, and Town lifeguards provide an invaluable service and have helped save countless lives,” said Supervisor Saladino. Town lifeguards are hired for the summer season, which runs from Memorial Day

through Labor Day.  Positions are available at all Town pools and beaches. Applicants must be a minimum of 16 years old, possess a current Lifeguard Certification, and a current CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer.  Qualified applicants may apply in person at the Town of Oyster Bay Parks Department Human Resources Office, located in Town Hall South, 977 Hicksville Road in Massapequa.

The Town’s summer recreation program spans six weeks and provides a rewarding employment experience for counselors as they work with children and make a difference.  Applicants must be available for the duration of the program, which runs Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm from July 1 through August 9.  Summer Recreation Program participants take part in trips, tournaments, shows and athletic events, including the TOBAY Games, making being a counselor a great first job for many residents.

For more information for either position, please contact the Town of Oyster Bay Department of Parks at (516) 797-7958.

Prostate cancer support group

NYU Winthrop Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care is offering a free prostate cancer support group open to the community, every second and fourth Friday of each month, from 5 to 6:15 pm.  Scheduled dates are as follows: February 22, March 8 & 22, April 12 & 26, May 10 & 24, and June 14 & 28.  Sessions will be held at the Winthrop Wellness Pavilion, 1300 Franklin Avenue, Suite ML-5 in Garden

City. Free parking is available. Pre- registration is required.  For information about this support group or to register, please call Derek Adil, LMSW, oncology social worker, at (516) 6631204.

For information about other support groups offered by NYU Winthrop Hospital, please call 1-866-WINTHROP or visit https://www.nyuwinthrop.org/ support-groups

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Students put their minds to matter

Wisdom Lane Middle School sixth graders in the Levittown Public Schools recently reviewed their unit on the states of matter by watching sublimation, or a solid turning to gas, take place in their classroom. With the guidance

of teachers Joanne Byrne and Dorothea Grubb, the students watched in awe as a piece of dry ice was dropped into a glass cylinder of hot water.

The students received an up-close look at the process of carbon dioxide

Wisdom Lane sixth graders enjoyed watching their teacher Dorothea Grubb try to create bubbles.

pouring out of the cylinder and onto the table. They also watched as the teachers tried creating bubbles with the gas, dish soap, and water.

In addition to sublimation, the students reviewed evaporation and condensation, just in time for their upcoming exam. Students provided visual examples of what each state of matter looks like while drawing on the SmartBoard.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Sixth grader Matthew Banfich drew an example of evaporation on the SmartBoard.

Wisdom Lane sixth graders reviewed sublimation with a dry ice experiment. Science teacher Dorothea Grubb (left) showed sixth graders what sublimation looks like.

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