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SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVIT TOWN

PI DAY CELEBRATION

Staff members at Jonas E. Salk Middle School helped to celebrate Pi Day (March 14th) with a pie eating contest. Staff members had to eat as many pies as possible in a three minute period. See page 8.

Town plans Salute to Seniors luncheon

The Town of Oyster Bay will host a luncheon to celebrate the seniors of the community at a Salute to Senior Luncheon at the Crest Hollow Country Club, located at 8325 Jericho Turnpike, in Woodbury. The event, which is sponsored by the Town’s Department of Community and Youth Services, Division of Senior Services, will take place on Tuesday, May 7, and will be open to both residents and non-residents of the Town.

“The Town’s Senior Division of our Department of Community and Youth Services offers our

residents many great activities, spread out at various Town facilities throughout the year. These activities can help seniors stay active, healthy, and engaged,”

Supervisor Saladino said. “I invite our senior residents to take full advantage of the full slate offered by our Senior Division, especially our Salute to Senior Luncheon, which has proven to be one of the most popular events we host in the Town each year.”

The Salute to Seniors Luncheon will be held at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury on Tuesday, May 7. The trip,

which will cost $45 per person for residents and $55 per person for non-residents, includes a luncheon and entertainment, valet parking, and Town bus transportation (if required). The registration deadline is April 2, and checks should be made payable to “TOB Senior Trips.”

For more information on the Senior Summer Program, residents should call the Division of Senior Citizens Services at 516797-7939, or visit www.oysterbaytown.com.

Rescue organization helps Long Islanders in need

BY GARY SIMEONE

The word is Hatzilu, and in the Hebrew language, it means to rescue someone. For hundreds of Nassau County residents in need, that is exactly what the Mid Island Y JCC-based Hatzilu Rescue Organization does.

Sara Shapiro, adult director at the Y and executive director of the Hatzilu Organization, said that the volunteer non-profit has been catering to struggling individuals and families since its inception in 1976.

“The organization was created as a response from Jewish groups, such as synagogues and youth clubs, who became aware of the number of Jewish people in Nassau County who were in need,” said Shapiro, a licensed clinical social worker. “Our goal is to provide financial and food assistance to people and maintain the dignity of Jews who have fallen on hard times due to a loss in the family, health situation or unemployment.”

She said that the organization caters to approximately 70 individuals and families who are in need of financial assistance, and 175 individuals and families who are dealing with food insecurity.

Referrals are made through multiple community organizations, social workers, rabbis, synagogues and other Jewish community centers in Nassau County.

“The community centers usually have a social worker involved and keeping track of these people, which helps on a more global platform between the JCC’s and their clients,” said Shapiro.

She added that each community center has established a social welfare committee, which meets on a monthly basis to discuss individual cases.

The organization’s sole purpose is to help people who are struggling for a short period of time to help them get back on their feet. This is not always the case though, as many of the clients have a tough time regaining employment or are too physically or emotionally ill to find work.

“Sometimes a person’s or a family’s situation is not always changeable, so we try to provide them with financial assistance for as long as we can.”

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Arrest in fatal overdose

Nassau County Police arrested a Levittown woman on Tuesday, March 21 as part of an investigation into a fatal overdose case.

According to Narcotics/ Vice Squad detectives, Johana Velasquez, 32, was charged with three counts of Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree and three counts of Criminal Sale of a Controlled Substance 3rd Degree.

MacArthur senior receives President’s Volunteer Service Award

General Douglas MacArthur High School senior Kimberly Mestizo from the Levittown Public Schools was recently recognized as a President’s Volunteer Service Award recipient for her exemplary volunteer service. The award was granted by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the National Association of Secondary School Principals. It honors middle and high school students across the nation who have taken pride in volunteering to make their communities and country a better place.

Mestizo plays a large role volunteering both inside and outside of school. At MacArthur High School, she is a member of the Math Honor Society, where she tutors her peers and is a member of the National Honor Society where she also tutors and participates in community service activities and fundraising events.

In addition, Mestizo serves as

the president of the school’s World Language Honor Society. With her leadership, members participate in a variety of community service events, including an upcoming visit to the elementary schools to educate younger students on the different languages.

Outside of school, Mestizo is heavily involved in her local church. She is a member of the church’s band ensemble, where she plays the guitar and sings. Mestizo practices during the week with the ensemble, and together, the group leads the music for the church services every Sunday. She is also a biblical instructor for the children at the church, where she educates them through fun activities.

As an award recipient, Mestizo received a certificate and a letter signed by the President of the United States for her outstanding volunteer service.

“It felt amazing to receive this award,” she said. “It’s such a great honor.”

Johana Velasquez

President’s Volunteer Service Award recipient Kimberly Mestizo (middle) with MacArthur High School guidance counselor Jeanne Bernard and Principal Joseph Sheehan.

Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Senior selected as finalist in scholarship program

Brandon Smith, a senior at Division Avenue High School in the Levittown Public Schools, was recognized as a finalist in the 2019-2020 Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholarship Program. As a finalist, Smith is one of 15,000 students selected from more than 72,000 applicants across the country.

To earn this distinction, a student must have an outstanding academic record and exceptional leadership qualities. Scholarship awards are based on merit and can range from $500 to $5,000. Smith will find out if he is a scholarship winner in May. HSF Scholars are among the best and brightest Latino students in the country.

Health Update for Seniors

A Free Community Education Seminar Diabetes:

Prevention & Staying Healthy

Diabetes is a serious issue in our community. Come learn about how you can know if you are at risk for diabetes and practical every day steps for preventing diabetes. J. Lynne Chimon, MS, RD, BC-ADM, CDE, Director, Diabetes Education Center at NYU Winthrop Hospital,will discuss diabetes prevention, as well as share tips on staying healthy for those who have diabetes.

A question and answer period will follow the lecture. 1:15PM

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Mineola Community Center 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola (One block south of Jericho Tpke., between Mineola Blvd. and Willis Ave.)

Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please call (516) 663-3916 for reservations.

Students and community take pride in reading

Lee Road Elementary School students in the Levittown

Schools invited guest readers into their classrooms on March 8 for Community Drop Everything And Read Time. Pictured is Town Clerk Sylvia Cabana

reading to fourth-graders in Pamela

class.

Division Avenue High School senior Brandon Smith Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Public

(left)

Smith’s

Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Levittown Fire Department Installation Dinner Supermarket Bingo

Hempstead Town Councilman Dennis Dunne (2nd left) attended the Levittown Fire Department 69th Annual Installation Dinner on February 23, 2019 at the Melville Marriot. Councilman Dunne was joined by Outgoing Commissioner John Rottkamp , Nassau County Legislator John Ferretti and New York State Assemblyman John Mikulin.

The Joseph Barry Columbiettes will be hosting a Supermarket/ Gift Card Bingo on Friday April 12.

Doors open at 6:30 pm and games begin at 7 pm. Admission is $8 (in advance) ($10 at door) per person and includes one set

of cards and coffee and cake and raffles. The event will take place at Knights of Columbus Hall, 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville, Call for reservations Louise 938-0963; Ronnie 428-3245.

Irish Family History Forum

On Saturday, April 20, at 10 am, the Irish Family History Forum will present "Joan Koster-Morales - Behind the Institutional Walls of 19th-Century New York City: What’s to Be Found?"

Joan Koster-Morales will discuss how to access institutional records, when available, online and in archives. She will also talk about the impact of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) on records access and current New York State Freedom of Information law.

The schedule for the day will be: 10:00 am: Kathleen McGee: Genealogy Tips and Tricks 10:45 am: Refreshment Break

Meet and socialize with other members.

Ask the Experts: This is an opportunity to meet one-on-one with an experienced genealogist to ask a basic genealogy question.

11:15 am: Featured Speaker: Joan Koster-Morales

Meetings are free and open to the public.

Light refreshments are served. The meeting will take place at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue, Bethpage.

For information: contact Pat at programs@ifhf.org or website: www.ifhf.org

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"Keep Your Skin in the Game"

NYU Winthrop Hospital’s “Inspiring Women” educational series will offer a free seminar open to the community, “Keep Your Skin in the Game – At Any Age,” at 7 pm on Thursday, April 11. It will be held at the NYU Winthrop Hospital Research & Academic Center, 101 Mineola Boulevard, at the corner of Second Street in Mineola, in the Treiber Family Conference Center. Laurie J. Levine, MD, dermatologist, will discuss which factors contribute to the aging of our skin, how to avoid skin aging and skin cancer, as well as how to recognize different types of skin cancer. Dr. Levine will also explain how to

use skincare products and procedures to look and feel younger at any age. A question and answer period will follow the program.

Admission is free, but pre-registration is required. To register for the program, please call (516) 663-8300 or e-mail inspiringwomen@nyulangone.org. For inclement weather or parking information, please call (516) 663-9761.

For information about Inspiring Women events or other programs at the Hospital, learn more at www.nyuwinthrop.org/community-programs or call 1-866-WINTHROP.

Rescue organization helps Long Islanders in need

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Shapiro said a lot of the clients the organization caters to are coming from difficult situations, including single parents who are recently divorced and left with little to no money to people who are unable to work and living in rent-stabilized apartments.

“The number of clients that we are

providing to has grown over the last few years, and this is the reality of poverty on Long Island,” said Shapiro. “Jewish poverty in particular is more widespread than anybody thought, and is seen in places that most people would think are affluent areas.”

More information on the Hatzilu Rescue Organization can be found on their website, hatzilurescue.org.

Hicksville schools accept nominations for Hall of Fame

The Hicksville Public School District is now accepting nominations for the 2019 Hicksville High School Hall of Fame. Established in 1985, the Hall of Fame recognizes graduates who have achieved distinction in their chosen profession or community; individuals who will serve as role models for the Class of 2019, as well as for all Hicksville students to emulate.

The district is seeking individuals who have achieved not only professional success, but have made meaningful contributions to their community as a whole. Individuals wishing to nom-

inate a candidate should provide the candidate's name, address, telephone number, year the candidate graduated, the candidate's profession, community contributions, honors and/or achievements. Nominators should explain what characteristic or achievement makes their candidate special and include their own name, address and telephone number.

All nominations must be received by May 15, 2019 at the Office of Community Services, Hicksville Public Schools, 200 Division Avenue, Hicksville, NY 118014800.

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Bethpage second graders learn about Community Helpers

Second-grade classes at the Bethpage Union Free School District’s Central Boulevard Elementary School were treated to visits from various community leaders on March 15, during the annual Community Helper Day.

The annual event put community leaders in front of students with enriching presentations and activi -

ties. The guests included parents and community volunteers who serve as fire department members, detectives, restaurant managers, nurses, fishermen and more.

The event serves as an excellent opportunity for students to connect with the local community leaders and professionals.

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Bibi Singh spoke to a second-grade class on March 15 for Community

students

Wisdom Lane student honored in NYS P TA Ref lections program

Wisdom Lane Middle School seventh-grader Jaxon Sotomayor from the Levittown Public Schools was selected as one of 107 Award of Merit winners for his music composition entry in the 2018-2019 New York State PTA Reflections program, “Heroes Around Me.” He is among four Award of Merit recipients from New York State in the middle division of the

music composition category.

Using the computer program Finale NotePad, Sotomayor created a song titled “Heroes To Me,” to fit the theme. He selected the instruments and measures for the piece, which he played around with until it sounded just right.

Each year, K-12 students across the state are encouraged to participate

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Seventh-grader Jaxon Sotomayor from Wisdom Lane Middle School received the Award of Merit for his music composition entry in the 2018-2019 New York State PTA Reflections program, “Heroes Around Me.”

Second-grade

at Central Boulevard Elementary School participated in the annual Community Helper Day on March 15.

Students participated in an activity with restaurant manager and parent Kristen Rossol on the annual Community Helper Day on March 15.

Parent

Helper Day.

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A taste of Pi Day at Jonas E. Salk Middle School

Students and staff from Jonas E. Salk Middle School in the Levittown Public Schools celebrated Pi Day on March 14 with the school’s annual staff pie-eating contest. Organized by math teacher Kelly DeCunzo, staff members at Jonas E. Salk Middle School have participated in the tasty event for seven years to the delight of students. Pi Day is marked on March 14 due to the mathematical constant π, beginning with the numbers 3.14.

Jonas E. Salk Middle School students gathered in the school’s auditorium during their lunch periods to watch four to five staff members eat as many pies as they could in 3 minutes and 14 seconds. Nineteen staff members volunteered to participate in the event this year as students cheered them on. The winner of each lunch period round received a trophy for eating the most pies in the allotted time.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Leaping lesson in STEM lab

Central Boulevard Elementary School parent Dan Ciccotto presented on frogs in the school’s STEM lab on Jan. 24.

As part of the Brown Bag Series occurring at the Bethpage Union Free School District’s Kramer Lane Elementary School, first- and fourth-grade students enjoyed a demonstration on frogs from volunteer parent Dan Ciccotto on Jan. 24.

Mr. Ciccotto exhibited a personal collection of frogs and a lizard for students while educating the groups on amphibians and reptiles in the building’s STEM lab. He discussed the types of frogs, their liv-

ing environments, adaptations and many other facts. The students viewed the frogs and lizard up close at the end of the discussion.

The goal of the series is to introduce students to ideas and information that may inspire them. Seminars take place during recess time from December to March, with the program in its third year. The lessons are created through the interests, hobbies, and expertise of the school’s parents.

Terrific Kids at Wisdom Lane School

Jonas E. Salk Middle School staff members took on the school’s annual pie-eating contest on Pi Day.

Math teacher Debbie Ornstein was crowned the champion of the period 4 pie-eating contest.

Students cheered on their teachers during the pie-eating contest.

Hempstead Town Councilman Dennis Dunne (3rd left) congratulated Terrific Kids Kevin Amaya-Alvarez, Mia Gray, KeilaMaria Diaz, Kara Burwell and Scott Hetzel during a March 6, 2019 visit to Wisdom Lane Middle School in Levittown. Also attending were Levittown Kiwanis members Eleanor Walsh and Donna Ryan, Andy Booth of Levittown, Wisdom Lane Middle School Principal John Avena and Assistant Principal Craig Arvelo.

‘Hudson

Rising’ at New-York Historical Society Shows River Was Incubator for America’s Environmental Movement

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

This spring, the New-York Historical Society presents  Hudson Rising, an exhibition that explores 200 years of ecological change and environmental activism along “the most interesting river in America” through artifacts, media, and celebrated Hudson River School paintings. It basically traces the beginning of America’s environmental movement began with the effort to preserve and protect the Hudson River.

On view through August 4,  Hudson Rising reflects on how human activity has impacted the river and, in turn, how the river environment has shaped industrial development, commerce, tourism, and environmental awareness. The exhibition also explores how experts in various fields are currently creating ways to restore and re-engineer areas of the river in response to climate change.

We tend to think of the environmental move-

“Hudson Rising” features a combination of paintings, artifacts, maps, photos, videos to tell the story of the development of the river and its preservation © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Kaaterskill Falls, featured in Hudson River Art School paintings, is one of the most picturesque hiking trails © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

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ment as originating with Yellowstone and the national parks, but it is fascinating to realize that the beginning of environmental activism – and the techniques – began here. In the 1960s, Citizens rallied to oppose the construction of a Con Ed plant on Storm King Mountain; one of the new organizations, Scenic Hudson, sued; the case, in 1965 set a precedent beyond the Hudson, establishing that citizens have standing to sue on behalf of conservation, even when they do not have a direct economic interest, that beauty and history also merit protection – the forerunner of the Environmental Protection Act. Later, a “viewshed,” modeled on the concept of a watershed, in connection with landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church’s Olana, also warranted preservation.

But the origins of environmentalism began much, much earlier, in the early 1800s, the artist Thomas Cole, and what came to be known as the Hudson River School art movement. America’s first native-grown art movement. He saw the industrialists cutting down the forests to build the railroad and take the lumber to build houses and factories and worried even then about the encroachment of development. His paintings depict an idyllic landscape, but also the destruction of the forest to lumbering.

Much more than a body of water, the Hudson and its surroundings have been the home for humans and hundreds of species of fish, birds, and plants; offered an escape for city-dwellers

with immigration and industrialization transforming; and witnessed the cities. We may think of NIMBYism as a modern development, but from the beginning, there were battles over the uses of the river valley and its resources. For over 200 years, writers, artists, musicians have captured the river in paintings, drawings, literature, photographs, and music, and surveyors and scientists have mapped and measured its every parcel.

The Hudson has always encapsulated the tension between development and conservation. But it was more than about aesthetics, and the need for urbanites to be able to seek respite in the countryside: an early environmental scientist realized that logging in the Adirondacks, which had just been discovered as the source of the Hudson, was jeopardizing the watershed supplying New York City.

Scientists at the same time discovered the critical link between forests and the health of rivers. They realized the Adirondack forest supported the Hudson River and aquatic animals. That begins the movement to save the Adirondacks, including the forests. Ultimately, it leads to New York State’s “Forever Wild” amendment to the state constitution, in 1894.

“This path-breaking exhibition explores ideas about the environment that developed in the context of the Hudson, examining how we became aware, as New Yorkers and as Americans, of the role that humans played in the river’s ecological degradation,” said

Dr. Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of New-York Historical. “The exhibit also looks at the strategies we devised to address it. Spanning the entire industrial era,  Hudson Rising presents a compelling account of how the Hudson has been an incubator for our ideas about the environment and our relationships to the natural world for two centuries-plus.”

We learn that Theodore Roosevelt, before creating the first national park as president, innovated environmental protection as Governor of New York State, working with New Jersey, to protect the Palisades as a “park for the people.” The park was hugely popular with immigrants who crammed into cities, recording 2 million visitors in 1920, many who came by a free ferry. Similarly Franklin Roosevelt, when he was New York State governor, created a pilot for what would become the New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps when he was president.

Curated by Marci Reaven, New-York Historical’s vice president of history exhibitions, and Jeanne Haffner, associate curator, Hudson Rising begins with a prelude featuring artist Thomas Cole’s panoramic five-part  Course of Empire series (1834-36), a treasure of New-York Historical’s collection that depicts the transformation of a pristine landscape into a thriving city, then its dramatic decline, and the fall of civilization. Cole railed against “human hubris” and the exploitation of nature. “The ranges of the ax are daily and increasing,” Cole declared. “Nature

has spread for us a rich and delightful banquet. Shall we turn from it?” he wrote in his “Essay on American Scenery” (1836). Cole’s poetic questioning of the social costs of what was seen in his time as progress, serves as a prelude to the exhibition narrative, which begins with the industrial age and continues into the present day. The Hudson River, we learn, was the incubator for the environmental movement.

The exhibition is organized chronologically and geographically into five sections that highlight significant places and events in the environmental history of the river:  Journeys Upriver: The 1800s, The Adirondacks: 1870s-1890s, The Palisades: 1890s-1950s, The Hudson Highlands: 1960s-1980s,  and A Rising Tide: Today

The exhibit is designed to meander, like the river, and uses actual artifacts – there is even the smell of freshly cut wood – that bring you, as much as possible to the Hudson: bricks from Haberstraw; rocks from the Palisades; iron from Cold Spring Foundry across from West Point; wood from Catskills; hemlock (used for tanning), even a fish tank with striped bath (blue eels will be added later). “The layout is a metaphor for the river,” said Ken Nintzel, the designer.

There are historical maps – one of the most impressive is a panorama tourist map from the 1840s that stretches the length of a wall, “one of the great maps of American history”- photos, paintings, news clips that trace the battle to reclaim the Hudson from industri-

Curated by Marci Reaven, New-York Historical’s vice president of history exhibitions, “Hudson Rising” begins where environmental consciousness of the Hudson River began, with the landscape artist Thomas Cole © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com A cherished tourist panorama of the Hudson River from 1847, that, so big, it was folded into a book © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear. com

al pollution. A map from 1890s shows how the Hudson was “redesigned” to make it more navigable for shipping, changing the way the river ran, but in the process, did away with the shallows that hosted aquatic life and mitigated flooding. Another map documents how plentiful oysters used to be – New York City used to be the primary exporter of oysters and clams, which had the ecological function of purifying water –until sewage in the Hudson killed off the oysters. (There are efforts to bring back oyster beds.)

The painting by Thomas Cole of the Catskill Mountain House reminds that American tourism began here in the Hudson – today, you can hike up to where the hotel used to be and gaze out over the Hudson just as the Hudson River Art School artists did.

The exhibits surround you, and there are various interactive elements to engage.

Journeys Upriver: The 1800s  starts with a steamboat journey up the Hudson River from the New York City harbor to Albany, inspired by one of the great tourist guides of Hudson River history, the  Panorama of the Hudson  (1847). The detailed rendering of the river landscape led steamboat and armchair travelers from New York City to the last navigable point of the river near Troy, pointing out natural wonders, Hudson Valley industries, notable individuals, and Revolutionary War sites along the way. Also on view are paintings, industrial objects, and an important Army Corps of Engineers map that shows how the Corps engineered the river to be a more navigable and predictable shipping channel. Hudson River School art on display include Robert Havell Jr.’s View of Hudson River from near Sing Sing, New York (ca. 1850) and George Henry Boughton’s  Hudson River Valley from Fort Putnam, West Point (1855), both depicting tourists enjoying the landscape.

The Adirondacks: 1870s-1890s examines the creation of

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Adirondack Park, established to save the source of the river and combat deforestation in order to protect the viability of the entire Hudson watershed. Advocates for the area included surveyor Verplanck Colvin, who mapped the area’s peaks and lakes as superintendent of the State Adirondack Survey and identified the source of the river at Lake Tear of the Clouds, and Seneca Ray Stoddard, a photographer whose images of deforestation made a case for forest conservation. On view in this section is one of Asher B. Durand’s majestic depictions of the Adirondack wilderness,  Adirondack Mountains, New York (ca. 1870).

The Palisades: 1890s-1950s traces the protection of the forests and cliffs of the Palisades to maintain the health of the river and preserve a place for beauty and nature. In the late 1800s, the Palisades cliffs were being blasted to bits by road builders who prized their rock. Citizen activists, such as the New Jersey chapter of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, fought back and helped create Palisades Park in 1909. Residents of New York and New Jersey thronged to the park, arriving by foot, ferry, train, and car, with over two million people visiting in 1920 alone, most of them from Manhattan. The exhibition features a selection of tourist brochures from that era, including one with a trio of women posed on the cliff edge, above the river.

The Hudson Highlands: 1960s-1980s  explores how activism along the river helped spark the modern American environmental movement. By the early 1960s, untreated sewage and industrial pollutants were poisoning the river. Increasing numbers of power plants were also rising along the Hudson, whose operations were killing millions of fish, and whose monumental structures were intruding upon the most treasured vistas. When Con Edison announced plans to build a plant on Storm King Mountain, citizen

Legendary folk singer Pete Seeger led a movement to reclaim the Hudson River from industrial destruction and overdevelopment © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

activists fought back and prevented its construction. By the 1980s, citizens could legally intervene to stop development that put treasured natural resources at risk. On view is an aquarium featuring striped bass and other fish native to the Hudson River, which now thrive due to activists’ efforts to save them.  Displays of artifacts, images, and media from the environmental campaigns of the era include a 1983 photograph featuring John Cronin, river patroller for the Hudson River Fisherman’s Association (now called Riverkeeper) on his first day on the job, confronting an Exxon tanker discharging polluted water into the river.

The final section,  A Rising Tide: Today , discusses the process of reimagining and reclaiming the Hudson River in the 21st century, as experts in many fields explore ways to restore and re-engineer areas of the river in response to climate change. The exhibition showcases innovative

projects addressing these concerns, such as a system of “living breakwaters,” reef-like structures designed to restore diverse aquatic habitats, lessen wave impacts, and restore the shoreline, implemented by the New York Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery and landscape architecture firm SCAPE.

“We hope Hudson Rising will inspire visitors to see the river differently, and how movements like environmental activism get born,” Dr. Mirrer said.

“It’s not a new story, but this is the first exhibit that presents such a comprehensive look at the Hudson River as an incubator of the environmental movement.”

Programming

As part of New-York Historical’s What the History programs, a suite of interactive talks, history classes, artmaking workshops, and social evenings for a young professional audience

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There are night owls & there are those morning people

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

When I was a kid there were two parents and six children in my house. All of us were up and out early because we had school to attend in Rockville Centre.

As far as I remember things, all six of us children were morning people back then because catching the yellow school bus and arriving on time at our school was very important. We all fell into this morning routine. We ate breakfast, we dressed, we grabbed our book bags and we started our days.

Some of us went to different high schools but I remember that we had to go to school even earlier each day than we did for grammar school. So we continued our early morning routines then, eventually, the oldest one of us went off to college.

Peter took a train and went to Fordham University in the city and then after that, a little at a time, very subtly at first, all of our routines changed.

One day I looked around at the six of us siblings - who had once all been morning people - and I saw how drastically things had changed. When exactly

it happened, I can’t tell you.

I do know that I have remained a morning person for all of these years. Two of my brothers have, also. But the other three siblings - one brother and my two sisters - have definitely become night people.

I don’t mean late, late night people, but I do mean that it is a rare day indeed when they happen to catch a sunrise. My, how things have changed. Now the six of us are all over the place.

I got a rude awakening one day a few years ago when I went to phone my younger sister, Susan, at 8 a.m.

Excited about whatever news I was about to impart, I started dialing her on my landline phone when I came to a screeching halt.

“Wait,” I told myself, “they sleep in and I don’t want to awaken them.” That would be Susan and her husband, Don. I have discovered that they have a penchant for staying up until midnight or 12:30 a.m., sometimes later, then sleeping until about 9 a.m.

By my standards, that’s late. By 9 a.m. I frequently have had my breakfast and

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BY TOM MARGENAU

I was answering emails from my readers today. And after a while, it dawned on me that three or four of them in a row began with some version of “My neighbor told me this” or “Some friends told me that.” Each email went on to describe an unsubstantiated rumor about Social Security. I began each answer with the same phrase: “That is absolutely not true.” So, it’s time, once again, to refute some of the Social Security hearsay that is being passed around from one uninformed senior to the next.

Q: I have heard that if two seniors each getting their own Social Security benefits get married, they will suffer a reduction in their benefits and the female member of that couple could lose her benefits entirely. Several of my friends have confirmed that this is a fact. Can you confirm this?

A: That is absolutely not true! Whether you are married or not, whether you might get married or not, has no affect on your own Social Security retirement checks. Period. End of discussion.

I think this rumor grows out of an old (and now extinct) law that said if a woman who was getting survivor benefits from a deceased husband’s account remarried, she would lose those widow’s checks. Even though that law was changed about 30 years ago, the rumor still persists that if a widow remarries, she will lose her prior husband’s Social Security. What the law has said for three decades now is that if a woman remarries after age 60, she can continue to get widow’s benefits from a prior husband.

Having said all that, I can think of one time when a woman would lose benefits if she got married. And that would be a woman who was getting benefits as a divorced spouse from a living ex-husband’s Social Security account. If she remarried, those divorced spousal benefits would stop. And it makes sense to stop them. She was getting those benefits because she was considered to be financially dependent on her prior husband. Obviously, if she marries husband No. 2, she can no longer be classified as a dependent of husband No. 1. And I should make it crystal clear that if this divorced woman were getting her own Social Security checks, those benefits would not stop if she got married.

Q: I am 62. My husband is 60. I am already retired and want to start my Social Security now. My husband plans to work until he is 66 and start his Social Security then. My husband makes three times the money I do, so his Social Security check will be much higher than mine. My cof-

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fee club friends have told me that if I take my Social Security now, I will never be able to get any spousal benefits from my husband. Is this true?

A: That is absolutely not true! Assuming his benefit is so much greater than yours that the spousal percentage you are due on his account exceeds what you are getting on your own, then you will be paid a wife’s benefit to supplement your own.

Here is roughly how they will determine what you are due: Once your husband files for his own Social Security and you file a spousal claim, they will take your full retirement rate and subtract that from one-half of his full retirement rate. Any difference will be added to your reduced retirement benefit.

Q: I am 64. My husband is 70 and already getting Social Security. Several of my friends have told me that if I take my own Social Security early, I will never be able to get full widow’s benefits on my husband’s record. Is that true?

A: That is absolutely not true! What you do on your own Social Security record has no affect on any widow’s benefits you might be due in the future. For all intents and purposes, your widow’s rate depends on one thing only: your age when your husband dies and you start taking widow’s benefits. Assuming you are over age 66 when that happens, you are going to get your retirement benefit supplemented up to 100 percent of your husband’s Social Security check.

Here is a quick example: Let’s say you are getting $1,400 per month in reduced retirement benefits and your husband’s monthly check is $2,200. He dies when you are 68 years old. You will keep getting your own $1,400, and then you will start getting $800 per month in widow’s benefits to take you up to his $2,200 level.

Q: My wife and I are both 80. Her Social Security is $2,449. Mine is $2,178. A friend told me that if my wife dies first, I won’t get any of her Social Security because men don’t qualify for widower’s benefits. True?

A: That is absolutely not true! Social Security laws and eligibility requirements are gender-neutral. If your wife dies first, you will keep getting your $2,178, and then you will get $271 in widower’s benefits to take you up to her $2,449 level.

Q: I will be 66 next month. My husband is 73 and has been getting Social Security for years now. Based on what I’ve read in your column, I was going to “file and restrict,” claiming spousal benefits on my husband’s record and saving my own until age 70. But the clerk at my local Social Security office told me I can’t do that. She said the law

that allowed that was eliminated a couple of years ago. Is that a fact?

A: That is absolutely not true! I am always saddened to learn that the false information seniors get doesn’t just come from friends and neighbors; it sometimes comes from Social Security Administration representatives. And I’ve learned over the years that many of them are grievously undertrained when it comes to these so-called maximizing strategies.

I think the case manager you were talking to was mixing an apple with an orange. There was one strategy called

“file and suspend” that was eliminated a few years ago. (I’m not going to bother explaining what that was because it’s gone.) But the strategy you want to employ, “file and restrict,” is still available to anyone who turns 66 before Jan. 2, 2020. So march back into your local Social Security office and demand to speak to someone who is familiar with these rules.

If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

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a cup of coffee, maybe two cups, have fed the cat, started a load of wash, cleaned the kitchen and maybe, if the weather was good that day, taken a walk around the block for exercise. I can accomplish a lot in three hours’ time.

I’ve probably watched the sun rise from my living room even if it meant pulling back the curtains and peering off to the east.

Around 9 a.m. if I am on my porch I hear the birds singing outside and see an occasional squirrel trotting by. I like hearing the sounds of nature and seeing the creatures all around us. If I slept late I would miss all of that.

As far as my sister and brother-inlaw go, when an early-morning alarm goes off Susan and Don respond appropriately. They don’t hit the snooze button, roll over and go back to sleep. They don’t lament the early morning hour.

So I am well aware that they can do it, it’s just that on typical days, given their choice, they would much rather be later people. They say that there is something more laid back and relaxing about being late people. They don’t have to rush out the door.

I know this is true about my sister and brother-in-law because a) they have told me so and b) once in a while they write me emails that are time stamped 12:30 a.m. Ah-hah!

I don’t begrudge Susan and Don their later, umm much later, routines because they have things to do and being later people works for their routines and schedules.

It wouldn’t work for me, however. What I have discovered, after many decades of living, is that when that sun rises, some biological clock inside of me likes to rise, too. It seems to be an automatic thing.

Even though there are blinds and curtains covering my windows, even though I can spend some extra time lounging in bed, my eyelids fly open

and my fascination with what might be going on “out there in the world” starts.

Once that curiosity awakens, it never ends. I can stay and bed and try to relax but it’s actually not very relaxing because I keep thinking about everything I have to do.

Sure I try to distract myself and think of things to do such as counting sheep, but no. My body says that having breakfast would be nice and when I see my computer over there, looking all lost and lonesome, I think that maybe I should turn it on and give the Internet a whirl. Maybe check my email, see who has written to me.

Let me set the record straight about Susan and Don. It’s not that they can’t get up early, they can. I’ve known them to do it. Many times. They have gotten up early to catch planes for faraway trips and to meet cruise liners to go on cruises, no problem. They just prefer to operate on a later schedule.

And my brother, Phil, is also a night owl. He and his wife, Kathy, often invite friends and relatives over to their place for dinner. Usually hors d’oeuvre and drinks are served at 6 p.m., people chat for a while and dinner starts at 8 p.m. By the time we’ve had dessert it is around 10 p.m. and as far as I am concerned, that is late, late, late.

My sister, Michelle, who is retired now and living in North Carolina, also can get up early when a situation warrants it. But given her choice, she will stay up watching late night TV then sleep in the next morning.

Michelle likes to golf and that’s a fine sport but let me just explain that there are the early morning duffers and then there are those people who like to make their tee times after lunch. Michelle is definitely in the “after lunch” crowd.

Her idea of a perfect afternoon is playing 18 holes of golf with three other people, having dinner out at a restaurant then either going to a movie or watching those evening TV shows on cable TV. To each her own. As long as

she isn’t making lots of divots in the grass that sounds fine to me.

An occasional divot is fine. Everyone has them but the maintenance crew doesn’t like seeing those little chunks of grass that the golfer digs out of the ground when his or her golf club happens to hit the dirt the wrong way.

She has been known to switch her plans if the weather is bad. If a thunder and lightning storm is forecast for the area Michelle usually listens and makes other plans. I credit her with the fact that she doesn’t hit the greens when bad weather is heading her way.

Then Michelle plays a round or two of bridge with three other, seven other or 11 other people depending on if there are one, two or three tables of people playing bridge that day.

But if things are good to go, if the skies and sunny and clear, if the temperature is mild - not too hot and not too cold - Michelle and her friends head out in their little golf carts for the gentle hills and the green, green grass of the links.

And sometimes Michelle has tea time after having her golf tee time. That would be actually going to a tea shop or a local restaurant for some cups of tea and plates of crumpets - or scones, pastries or whatever is being served that day.

My brother, Greg, is an exception to all of these late people. He is a morning person and he likes to travel frequently. Many times Greg, a Manhattanite, will get up at 5:30 a.m., get ready, grab his suitcase on wheels then take the train to the plane for LaGuardia Airport or J.F. Kennedy Airport.

Even at that early morning hour Greg is as bright as can be. I salute him for being so alert and so efficient early in the morning.

One distinct advantage of being a morning person is that I was usually bright eyed and bushy tailed as the old saying goes on the days when my classmates and I had to take any standardized tests.

Whether they were pre-planned tests or last-minute tests that our teachers liked to spring on us, I was usually ready to go. Taking those tests never fazed me.

They always seemed to hit me at a good time. I mean, I didn’t delight in taking the tests, I would have preferred to be doing something else such as having recess outside in the fresh air.

The night people in my class, however, were usually still struggling to wake up when our teachers handed out the booklets, made sure that we had some #2 pencils, noted the starting time and told us to begin the test.

I know where my early morning schedule came from but, for better or worse, that doesn’t help me change my ways. Going to Catholic school in the

1960s and 1970s was pretty regimented. There is no way that my brothers, sisters and I would be late for school.

My mother always insisted that we have our school uniforms pressed and ready to be worn.

Our school clothes were laid out the night before and that included having our knees socks and blazers all set and looking sharp. She would come around checking on things and we knew that we - and our things - better be ready.

Having six children get up and ready at a certain time must have been challenging but my mom did it and we all got into a groove. She didn’t want to have to explain to the principal and the teachers, including the nuns, why we were late for school - that would have been embarrassing - so we were always prompt.

As mentioned before, that routine or groove lasted for many years, long enough for me to become a lifelong morning person. This isn’t unusual. Over the years I have spoken with many veterans who also got into the early morning routine by serving in the military.

Reveille was always bright and early, when some announcement or another was played over a giant loudspeaker system on the base. So they got used to it whether they liked it or not and that was that.

Being morning people became a habit that followed them for the rest of their lives. Many of those who have been retired for years still get up at 6 or 6:30 a.m., have a cup of coffee or tea on their porch or deck and watch the sun rise. Or read the newspaper or a magazine while they are watching the sun rise.

That’s what they tell me. Most of them say that breaking their early morning rising habit is a tough challenge. They know because they have tried. They lounge in bed but something compels them to get up even when they don’t have any appointments or any place in particular to go at that early hour.

There are lots of perks about getting up early. The only drawbacks are we’re not much fun at New Year’s Eve parties that run into the early morning hours. And those midnight buffets on cruises? We’re not usually around for them!

But just think - as a morning person I’m usually quite chipper. I’m usually alert, energized and greeting everyone around me with a cheerful, “Good morning!”

‘Hudson

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illuminates the environmental history of New York, the lasting impact of the Hudson River School painters on the American imagination, and how contemporary design and ideas are engaging with the threats climate change pose to the city.

Visiting families can enjoy a special guide featuring suggested exhibition highlights to view as a family, discussion questions, and gallery-based activities. During the April School Vacation Week (April 19-28), Museum’s family programs explore environmental activism, including art making using recycled materials in Museum galleries. On the weekends (April 20-21 and April 27-28) visiting families can interact with Living Historians portraying famous and unsung activists of American history.

On April 16, architectural historian Barry Lewis discusses how the Victorians “greened” their homes and cities, bringing nature into city greenbelts and private home design. On May 22, Douglas Brinkley, New-York Historical’s presidential historian, explores how presidents like Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Delano Roosevelt championed the protection of the nation’s natural treasures and established a sprawling network of state parks and scenic roadways, respectively. On June 9, author Leslie Day leads a tour along the Hudson River exploring its rich geological and human history and its diverse ecosystems.

The New-York Historical Society, one of America’s preeminent cultural institutions, is dedicated to fostering research and presenting history and art exhibitions and public programs that reveal the dynamism of history and its influence on the world of today. Founded in 1804, New-York Historical has a mission to explore the richly layered history of New York City and State and the country, and to serve as a national forum for the discussion of issues surrounding the making and meaning of history. New-York Historical is also home to the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library, one of the oldest, most distinguished libraries in the nation—and one of only 20 in the United States qualified to be a member

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of the Independent Research Libraries Association—which contains more than three million books, pamphlets, maps, newspapers, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings.

New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (at 77th Street), www. nyhistory.org

See for Yourself: Hike the Hudson River School Art Trail

Walk in the footsteps of the Hudson River School artists Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, Asher B. Durand, Jasper Cropsey, Sanford Gifford and other pioneering American landscape artists, literally walking into their paintings, and appreciating their work in an entirely new way.

See what inspired Thomas Cole, his art and his passion to save the Hudson Valley environment, when you visit his home and art studio in Catskill. (Thomas Cole National Historic Site, in Catskill (Thomas Cole National Historic Site, 218 Spring Street, Catskill, NY 12414, 518-943-7465, thomascole.org)

Visit Frederic Edwin Church’s magnificent Olana, walk the gorgeous trails and see the very first protected “viewshed” (Olana State Historic Site, 5720 State Route 9G, Hudson, NY 12534,

518-828-0135, olana.org.) Hike the trails that take you up to where the Catskill Mountain House would have stood, to Sunset Rock, to Kaaterskill Falls, North-South Lake, just as the Hudson River School painters did, often with markers that show the paintings that

were created from that very same vantage point.

“The Hudson River School painters believed art to be an agent of moral and spiritual transformation. In largescale canvases of dramatic vistas with atmospheric lighting, they sought to capture a sense of the divine, envisioning the pristine American landscape as a new Garden of Eden. Their work created not only an American art genre but also a deeper appreciation for the nation’s natural wonders, laying the groundwork for the environmental conservation movement and National Park System.”

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The view from Sunset Rock in the Catskill Preserve, one of the hikes on the Hudson River School Art Trail, the same view as Thomas Cole painted © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

Friday, March 29, 2019

INHALE, EXHALE

Simple breathing exercises to breathe easier

BY TAWNY MCCRAY, CREATORS.COM

When it’s hard to breathe, it’s hard to imagine doing any sort of exercise, but working out could be the best thing to clear your lungs and breathe easier. Those with chronic lung diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, deal with restricted airflow and shortness of breath as an unwelcome part of daily life. Simple breathing exercises like three-part breath, pursed-lip breathing and belly breathing can strengthen your lungs and ultimately improve your quality of life.

Breathing is natural and easy with healthy lungs. But with asthma, the airways narrow and swell and produce extra mucus. The symptoms are similar with COPD, an umbrella of bronchitis and emphysema. Bronchitis is caused by increased inflammation and mucus, while emphysema is caused by the destruction and enlargement of air spaces. Lung HelpLine respiratory therapist Mark Courtney says that over time, these diseases cause air to get trapped in our lungs, resulting in lower oxygen levels and less energy for exercise and activity.

One of the best forms of exercise to improve your breath is yoga. Yesica Rodriguez is a yoga instructor from San Diego; she explains that because yoga is a practice of mindfulness, by doing it you become more aware of subtle sensations in your body, in particular how you are feeling physically and emotionally.

“Your breath is like a guide to what is going on inside,” Rodriguez says. “When your breath is slow, steady, deep and calm, your body is likely relaxed and you feel safe and comfortable. When your breath is labored, shallow and unsteady, you are likely feeling panicked, uncomfortable or unsafe. Your breath helps communicate that something is wrong and that you need to make a change, or that everything is just right.”

Rodriguez has been teaching yoga at several locations for more than seven

years, and she says that heart opener poses, such as Cobra and Supported Fish, are particularly helpful because they open and stretch the chest and stimulate the lungs. Another exercise is mindful breathing, simply bringing awareness to your breath as you do the poses. She likes to teach her students Three-Part Breath, which is done with one hand on your belly and one hand on your chest.

“Start by taking deep breaths in and out through the nose, and count the length of the inhale with the length of the exhale, trying to find an even rhythm,” she says. “Once you are comfortable with that, start your inhale through the belly, feel your breath move up through the ribcage and then the chest. As you exhale, go backwards; chest, ribcage then belly.” Repeat this pattern at least five times. This breath teaches you to breathe fully and deeply, increasing your oxygen supply and decreasing your stress and anxiety levels.

Just as aerobic exercise strengthens your muscles and improves your heart function, breathing exercises can make your lungs more efficient, says the American Lung Association. Pulmonary rehabilitation specialists teach pursed-lip breathing and belly breathing to people with chronic lung diseases. Pursed-lip breathing keeps your airways open longer and reduces the number of breaths you take. “More air is able to flow in and out of your lungs so you can be more physically active,” the association says. To practice it, simply breathe in through your nose and, with pursed lips, breathe out at least twice as long through your mouth.

Belly breathing, aka diaphragmic breathing, allows you to retrain your diaphragm to take on the work of filling and emptying your lungs. It also starts with breathing in through your nose. Put your hands lightly on your stomach or place a tissue box on it so you can be aware of your belly rising and falling as it fills with air, the association says. Ex-

hale through your mouth for at least two times as long as your inhale. And make sure you relax your neck and shoulders. Ideally, you should practice both exercises for five to 10 minutes each day. No matter what exercises you choose to help with labored breathing, it’s imperative to take it easy. “We breathe better when we are in a safe, relaxed envi-

ronment, so putting too much pressure on yourself to improve your breathing will have the opposite effect,” Rodriguez says. “Instead, go at your own pace, allow yourself to feel comfortable and be supported and whatever exercise you choose, bring mindfulness into it.” Soon it will be out with the old, stale air and in with fresh air.

Without bones, we’d join the ranks of squishy octopuses, squids and jellyfish. Or we'd have armor-like exoskeletons like insects, arachnids and other crusty inver tebrates. So let’s not take our skeletons for granted. Read and learn!

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Life-saving Breast Imaging Technology, Exclusively Offered at NY Hospital, Gives Women Advantage in Early Detection

Did you know that Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre, NY offers life-saving breast imaging technology that can’t be accessed anywhere else in New York?

In 2017, Mercy was the first hospital in New York State to add LumaGem® Molecular Breast Imaging (MBI) technology to its vast array of women’s services. Since then, the team has completed hundreds of patient scans, uncovering many undetected cancers. Additionally, Mercy is now the only Long Island hospital offering VolparaDensity™, a breast imaging software designed to provide clinical insight that can immediately identify patients who will benefit most from MBI.

MBI is a secondary screening option to mammography for women with dense breast tissue, as well as for problem-solving. Breast density is not only linked to an increased risk of breast cancer but also decreases the sensitivity of mammograms and may impact early detection. Relying on nuclear imaging technology, MBI’s ability to find small breast cancers early has significantly improved outcomes for women.

A recent MBI patient said, “I had an MBI exam after they found a nodule in my left breast. I was so relieved to find out that there was nothing in the other breast before I had my surgery. This test gave me peace of mind!”

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11 Neurological Surgery, P.C., Physicians Named to 2018 Castle Connolly List

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TRE, NY(March 4, 2019) Eleven of the 23 physicians associated with Neurological Surgery, P.C. (NSPC) have been named to the latest edition of Top Doctors: New York Metro Area, an annual reference guide published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd., a New York City research and information company.

The NSPC Castle Connolly “Top Doctors” are: Jeffrey A. Brown, M.D. (Neuropathic Facial Pain), Jonathan L. Brisman, M.D. (Neurovascular Neurosurgery), Benjamin R. Cohen, M.D. (Spine Surgery), Vladimir Y. Dadashev, M.D. (Spine Surgery), John A. Grant, M.D. (Pediatric Neurosurgery), Roger W. Kula, M.D. (Chiari Neurology), Sundeep Mangla, M.D. (Endovascular Neuroradiology), Stephen T. Onesti, M.D. (Spine Surgery), John Pile-Spellman, M.D. (Endovascular Neuroradiology), Brian J. Snyder, M.D. (Pain & Parkinson’s Surgery), and Lee Tessler, M.D. (Brain Surgery).

“It’s a pleasure to congratulate our colleagues and partners for receiving this honor,” said Michael H. Brisman, M.D., the chief executive officer of Rockville Centre,

NY-based NSPC. “Our practice has provided patients from Long Island, and elsewhere, with the most compassionate and comprehensive brain, back, and neck care available for over 60 years. The selection of these eleven physicians to the 2018 Top Doctors: New York Metro Area confirms a tradition of clinical, and patientcentered excellence, at NSPC.”

For decades, Castle Connolly has been conducting a peer-

review survey to select the region’s top doctors based on the theory that medical professionals are best qualified to assess the qualifications of other practitioners. Licensed physicians vote online for those doctors they consider outstanding. ACastle Connolly doctor-led research team then counts the nominations and vets the nominee pool with the aid of a number of screens, including confirming board certifications and investigating disciplinary histories.

The firm’s Top Doctors: New York Metro Area guide lists those whom Castle Connolly has determined to be in the top ten percent of the region’s physicians –approximately 6,000 in all.

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The difference between food intolerances and food allergies

BY SIMONE SLYKHOUS, CREATORS.COM

Does this sandwich have gluten in the bread? Is this ice cream soy-based? Can I switch out the peanut dressing for that salad? Are these eggs from free-range chickens? These days, it seems like more and more people are particular about what goes in their food. However, there’s a big difference between those who are choosing to modify their meals based on tastes or fad diets and those people who are restricted in their food choices because of intolerances or allergies.

In fact, according to research published in Deutsches Arzteblatt, a German medical magazine, “More than 20 percent of the population in industrialized countries suffer from food intolerance or food allergy.” That’s 1 of every 5 people who experience food-related physical reactions. And based on those physical reactions, it can be difficult to determine if the response is from an allergy or an intolerance.

So, what’s the difference? Though allergies and intolerances can share many symptoms, they have different causes.

According to Dr. James Li, a board-certified asthma and allergy specialist and chair of the division of allergic diseases in the department of internal medicine at Mayo Clinic, “A true food allergy causes an immune system reaction that affects numerous organs in the body.” The reaction is triggered when the body thinks the food, usually a protein within the product, is harmful. The automatic response is to then release chemicals such as histamine and immunoglobulin E.

About 5 percent of adults and 8 percent of children have food allergies, and the numbers are rising, according to re-

search from the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. Eight foods cause most allergic reactions: milk, eggs, tree nuts, peanuts, shellfish, wheat, soy and fish. Symptoms of food allergies can range from minor inconveniences such as hives or rashes, nausea, stomach pain, cramping and diarrhea to severe reactions such as swelling, shortness of breath or anaphylactic shock.

Unlike allergies, “food intolerance symptoms are generally less serious and often limited to digestive problems,” says Li. While people with allergies should avoid that offender altogether, people with intolerances can usually handle small amounts of the troublesome food.

The most common food intolerances by a mile are dairy and gluten. If you have an issue with dairy, lactose intolerance might be to blame. Your body does not create enough of the intestinal enzyme lactase to properly break down the sugar lactose in cheese, milk, yogurt and other dairy products. People who have issues with gluten have trouble digesting the protein found in foods made from wheat, barley, triticale or rye. This intolerance is often confused with Celiac disease, an autoimmune disorder where the presence of wheat encourages the body to attack the small intestine, harming the digestive system. The symptoms -bloating, nausea, headaches, abdominal pain, fatigue -- can be very similar, and the treatment -- a gluten-free diet -- is the same as well.

Other common intolerances are caffeine, salicylates, amines, sulfites, fructose, eggs and FODMAPs -- short for fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. Despite the big name, FODMAPs are tiny

carbohydrates that aren’t always properly digested in the gut and can cause uncomfortable side effects for people with irritable bowel syndrome, a chronic condition that can cause cramping, diarrhea and constipation, according to Li.

If you think you might have an allergy or an intolerance, keeping a record of your diet, including eating times and symptom occurrences, can be the best

way to pinpoint what is causing the irritation or more severe reaction. Keep this record for a number of weeks in order to find connections between symptoms and food choices.

So before you judge someone when you hear them wondering about ingredients or adjusting an order, remember to check your gut reaction and think kind thoughts.

Women redefining opinions on body image and self-esteem

At the end of January 2018,

“plus-sized” model in history to land a major beauty contract, joining Gal Gadot, Imaan Hammam and Raquel Zimmer-

man in the new “Live Boldly” campaign. Graham also broke down barriers by being one of a handful of non sample-sized models to appear in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.

Body diversity has become the topic du jour in the entertainment and modeling worlds. According to the data polling source Supplied and beauty manufacturing company Dove, nine in 10 women opt out of important life activities because of body image issues. A similar percentage of women put their health at risk to stop themselves from eating to lose weight. Cross-cultural research by Dove has indicated that body image recently reached critical impact levels. But thanks to more outspoken models and high-profile individuals, body image and self-esteem as these issues relate to women is improving.

A 2016 study by Bryan Karazsia, an associate professor of psychology at The College of Wooster, examined data

from more than 100,000 men and women over 31 years, finding women’s body image dissatisfaction dropped by 3.3 (PERCENT?) — a “substantial” finding. Some of the reasons behind the change include a shift in media depictions, a new body ideal of lean and toned rather than “skinny,” and because a greater number of people in North America are simply larger.

Women can boost their self-esteem and reverse negative feelings about their bodies by introducing new thinking patterns.

• Don’t always believe what you see. Some companies use very small models for their marketing efforts and through digital photo manipulation whittle down bodies even further. Some models dubbed “plus-sized” do not actually meet that classification. Models are considered plus sized if they wear between a size eight and 12, with some as small as size six. The average American woman

wears a size 16, according to the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, and that’s at the lower end of “plus sized.”

• Shop fit not size. What’s appearing on racks may be subjected to “vanity sizing,” where everything from jeans to swimwear is cut small. Rather than focusing on sizes on the tags, women should choose items that fit well and feel comfortable.

• Make a list of positive attributes. The National Eating Disorders Association recommends women focus on the things they like about themselves and attributes that pertain to more than their appearance.

• Choose positive friends. Women can surround themselves with positive-minded people who do not compare their bodies to others’.

Female self-esteem and positive body images are improving as more women and industries promote body positivity.

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Back-To-Sleep, Plagiocephaly and Cranial Helmets

Since 1992, when the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a change to infant sleeping position, the incidence of Plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) has increased exponentially. The reason for the change in sleep position was based on research in preventing SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) related deaths. While the research showed a 40% decrease in SIDS deaths when infants were placed on their back to sleep, the incidence of Deformational Plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) increased just as dramatically

While cranial molding dates back as far as Hippocrates, using such materials as birch bark to bind the skull, today we utilize sophisti-

cated equipment such as 3-dimensional surface scanning devices to capture the infant skull shape, CAD-CAM (computer aided design-computer aided manufacturing) foam carvers to produce a symmetrical foam model which is used to fabricate the corrective helmet. Plaster of Paris casting of infants is a thing of the past. The use of a 3-dimensional surface scanner allows the Orthotist to produce digital model of your baby’s head in about 3 minutes. The surface scanner basically takes pictures of the baby’s head and assembles them into a digital image which can be manipulated, modified in shape and emailed. In addition, this scanning technology per-

mits before and after comparisons, thus tracking your baby’s progress is fast and accurate.

Cranial molding is best initiated between the ages of 3 and 6 months. To be effective, the CRO must be used during the period of rapid brain growth, normally between birth and 8 months of age. Daily wearing time is between 22 and 23 hours, with time off for cleaning and hygiene.

The total treatment time is dependent on several factors. Starting age probably plays the greatest role due to the need for rapid brain growth. The older the child starts the longer the treatment time and the greater the chance full correction will not be achieved.

Severity of the asymmetry and compliance with wearing are other important factors when calculating treatment time length. The best thing to do is discuss your concerns with your physician and call us for an appointment.

The NiC BAND Program provides a no fee consultation assessment. We will perform a complete evaluation of your child, calculate all the variables to determine severity and offer an estimate of treatment time. We have offices located in Mineola and Queens. Please call toll free 833-NiCBAND to schedule your consultation

Anthony J. Cappa, BS, CPO has over 25 years of experience in cranial remolding. He has worked closely with the leading neurosurgeons, craniofacial surgeons and plastic surgeons in New York City, the five boroughs, Nassau and Suffolk. He has lectured physicians, allied health professionals, case workers and insurance companies on the treatment of Plagiocephaly and post-operative craniosynostosis. Founded in 1996, the FDAapproved (Non-invasive Cranioplasty Band) N i.C. BAND™Program established 11 standards of care for the treatment of infants with cranial asymmetry. The Program utilizes the latest 3-dimensional Class 1(safe for the eyes) structured light scanner to capture the outer contour of an infant’s head. This device is portable so it may be used in hospitals for post-operative cranial care. Please call for a free brochure outlining all 11 standards and more detailed information on Plagiocephaly and cranial remolding.

Understanding the jargon of health insurance

The world of healthcare can be confusing to navigate. Before the prevalence of health maintenance organizations and various other health and wellness insurance groups, obtaining medical assistance involved going to the doctor and then paying the bill. But today people must navigate copayments, coinsurance, deductibles, and savings plans, which can make it difficult to understand what’s going on with your insurance company.

Healthcare is standardized in some areas of the world and publicly financed with little to no out-of-pocket costs for participating citizens. Elsewhere, access to health insurance is provided through employers or government assistance programs or individually purchased.

Understanding some health insurance-related jargon is a great way to better educate oneself about the industry.

• Benefit period: The benefit period refers to the duration of time services are covered under your plan. It is usually a calendar year from the point of start to end. It may begin each year on an anniversary date when you first received coverage.

ible is met. For example, a plan may cover 85 percent of costs, with patients responsible for the remaining 15.

• Coinsurance: This is a percentage of the cost of services rendered in specific areas outlined by the health plan that you are responsible for after a deduct-

• Copayment (copay): A copayment refers to the flat rate you pay to a provider at the time you receive services. Some plans do not have copays.

• Deductible: The amount you pay for

health services before the insurance company pays. You must meet a set limit, which varies by plan and provider, before insurance will kick in and cover the remaining costs during the benefit period. Many plans have a $2,000 per person deductible. This deductible renews with each calendar year.

Tips to help men look their best

Though television commercials might give the impression that beauty and grooming concerns are exclusive to women, men like to look good, too. In fact, according to the market research firm Euromonitor International, retail sales of male grooming products at Procter & Gamble exceeded $11 billion in 2016.

While men many never spend as much money on beauty grooming products as women (a survey of 3,000 women conducted by online beauty retailer SkinStore found that women in the United States spend roughly $300,000 on their faces alone during their lifetimes), that does not mean they aren’t equally as concerned about their appearances as women. Men who want to look their youthful best can consider the following tips.

• Cover gray hairs. Men who aren’t ready to go gray but are anyway can find products designed specifically for men who want to conceal their gray hairs. Avoid dyes that might bleach all hair, including those that are not gray, opting instead for a product that tints gray hairs without affecting hairs that still boast their natural colors.

• Maintain your beard. The beard boom continues, but men who want to look sharp and wellgroomed should make an effort to trim any wild facial hair they may have. Beard combs are designed to minimize damage to facial hair when used and can help to smooth facial hair that can appear unkempt. Some barbers even specialize in grooming beards, which can be helpful for men who are short

on time or those with especially long beards that could use a little love and attention.

• Protect your face. Skin dries with age, but men can take steps to protect their skin and keep it glowing as they grow older. When spending time outdoors, always wear sunscreen with a minimum SPF of 30 and, ideally, one that includes moisturizer as well. Exposure to the sun without adequate protection can lead to the formation of lines and wrinkles while increasing a man’s risk for skin cancer. Night creams that contain retinol can help smooth wrinkles and give skin a more even-toned look. Prescription night creams tend to be considerably more potent than over-the-counter alternatives.

• Make an effort to reduce stress. Stress produces a host of negative side effects, some of which can indirectly affect appearance. Some people dealing with stress end up suffering from insomnia, which can contribute to bags under the eyes. Stress also can adversely affect hydration of the skin, contributing to dry skin. Stress also can contribute to hormonal imbalances that lead to skin conditions such as acne, psoriasis and eczema. If stress is a problem, make a concerted effort to reduce it, even working with a physician to reduce stress when necessary.

Men are concerned about their appearances just like women are. There are many simple ways for men to address their appearance so they look and feel better.

• HMO: A health maintenance organization offers services only with specific HMO providers. Referrals from a primary care doctor often are needed to see specialists.

• HSA: A health savings account enables you to set aside pre-tax income up to a certain limit for certain medical expenses.

• Long-term care insurance: A specific healthcare plan that can be used for in-home nursing care or to pay for the medical services and room and board for assisted living/nursing home facilities.

• Network provider: This is a healthcare provider who is part of a plan’s network. Many insurance companies negotiate set rates with providers to keep costs low. They will only pay out a greater percentage to network providers.

• Non-network provider: A healthcare provider who is not part of a plan’s network. Costs may be higher if you visit a non-network provider or if you are not covered at all.

• PPO: A preferred provider organization is a type of insurance plan that offers more extensive coverage for in-network services, but offer additional coverage for out-of-network services. Navigating health insurance is easier when policy holders understand some common industry jargon.

Real Estate Watch

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

Why being a “For Sale By Owner” is a losing proposition

BY PHILIP RAICES

One must be very aware & cognizant when selling property on your own, as some are currently doing, in and around Nassau, Suffolk and Queens. I provide valuable information for those who are trying to accomplish this arduous and many times stressful and complicated task. However, as you will read my column, generally, you probably won’t save the commission, which I understand is your main reason for trying to sell on your own. However read the following to be much more informed:

1. Homeowners that try to sell on their own have no way of qualifying their purchasers by asking them the three most important questions. a.) What is your verifiable income b.) What are your credit scores c.) Do you have a commitment letter from a lending institution. There is a 45-60 day period that you as a homeowner will have to wait and keep your fingers cross in hoping that your potential buyer, receives an accurate appraisal, and then a written mortgage commitment without any conditions. Sometimes the appraisal might be less than the selling price, and then negotiations might begin, once again; since the bank works for the buyer and not you!

2. When doing an open house, you have no way of pre-qualifying your buyers (for income, credit, debt/ income ratio, etc.) when they walk through and whether they are even qualified for a mortgage. Are they tire kickers, shopping or casing your home to take something from your home while they are there or another day, when you are out shopping? Lastly, if you were to call back those

buyers for feedback, what position do you think they would feel you were in, strong or weak (motivated to sell)?

3. Buyers who know you are selling on your own have already subtracted “our earned commission.” At the end of the transaction, for sale by owners historically receive a price that is generally 8% below what the top realtors are able, as per the National Association of Realtors surveys in past years. So you don’t save money, when you are selling on your own. We don’t charge a commission, we earn our commission!

4. What would you rather be doing on your weekend, playing tennis, golf, swimming or be with your grandchildren on a Saturday or Sunday or sitting at your house waiting for “supposed qualified buyers?”

5.) Most critical and crucial is how you are going to market and merchandise your home. Are you going to take or hire a professional photographer to take photos and videos? Do you know which local and culturally diverse publications to place ads, which will have the potential capture different and varied audience. Believe or not there are those that don’t go on the internet as often or have access to it and who still pick up and read their hometown newspapers. There will always be a place for a local paper, providing local news about the towns as well as what real estate is for sale. Besides advertising in local publications to create a local buzz, your property also needs to be on the internet locally & globally, so you will maximize your exposure. Moreover, having a presence on social media is also critical eg. on Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Yelp, ActiveRain, Zillow, Trulia and many other sites; this

will also enhance the ability for more people to view your property. If you don’t have the proper exposure on the internet you will not grab enough eyeballs for the greatest exposure and marketing presence. It’s a numbers game and hiring the right Broker is critical to providing the best marketing and their associated platforms to get it done in the quickest and most efficient time with the least amount of stress and hassles for the homeowners!

6.) Your work really begins again, after there is an agreed and accepted as follows:

a.) Home inspection by the buyer and hoping that everything is ok with your home and if not, the buyer will come back and renegotiate the sale price.

b.) Going to contract and waiting for a written Mortgage commitment and hoping they your purchasers will receive a written commitment.

c.) Dealing with yours and the purchaser’s attorney and the countless phone calls that will occur, fine tuning your contract; while being the “go between” and preventing issues that might blow up your sale, that is what a qualified and credible Broker does, among many others items on his or her checklist to get to the closing table.

c.) Final Walk thru by the purchaser

There are so many things and issues that can and do pop up and then have to be solved. Our position is to relieve you of all the hassles and complications to handle all of those obstacles that homeowners face and experience while selling on their own.

A knowledgeable Broker, should provide you “free of charge” with,

“no strings attached” “without any obligation or commitment” a comparative market analysis. They should research and spend all the necessary time and effort to provide you with an accurate picture as to the value of your home and at what price to list it for, when placing it on the market for sale.

This carefully prepared report of 10-30+ pages of current available homes, also under contract, sold, as well as expired (overpriced) and withdrawn and released homes and past market activity comparing your home with other similar homes. The analysis enables you to easily compare the features of your property with others and to determine the best pricing strategy for today’s current market. They can discuss the results and determine the best pricing for your specific home.

Lastly, some of us truly earn our fees by providing and performing our valuable, expert and professional services, “Before, During & After the Sale” to dig and search for that one elusive, qualified purchaser, who ““falls in love” with your home, as you once did too.

Philp A. Raices is the owner/Broker of Turn Key Real Estate at 3 Grace Ave Suite 180 Great Neck. He has earned designations as a Graduate of the Realtor Institute and a Certified International Property Specialist. Receive regular “free” updates of sold homes in your area and a “free” Comparative Market Analysis” of what your home would sell for in today’s market or search on: WWW. Li-RealEstate.Com He can be reached by email, Phil@TurnKeyRealEstate. Com or by cell: (516) 647-4289.

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Supermarket Bingo – Fri., April 12th

It’s time for our next Supermarket Bingo on Friday, April 12th. Doors open at 6 PM. Bingo played from 7 PM – 9 PM at Levittown Hall, 201 Levittown Parkway in Hicksville All proceeds benefit Last Hope Animal Rescue and Rehabilitation programs. Admission is $15 in advance with limited seating. Prizes will include a variety of supermarket gift cards that may include BJs, Costco, Stew Leonard and more. Admission includes one Bingo card (set of 4 games), dessert and coffee/tea at intermission. There will be Chinese Auctions and 50/50 raffles. Additional cards, daubers, snacks and hot dogs can be purchased separately at the event. Purchase your tickets on our website now by clicking on the PayPal image or download the flyer to mail your registration.

Checks MUST be received by April 7th. Make your check payable to Last Hope and mail to Last Hope Inc. Attn; Bingo; PO Box 7025, Wantagh, NY 11793. For more information call Linda DiPaola – 516-455-5370

Join a winning team! inbound / outbound sales

The Blank Slate Media-Litmor Publications Advertising Group, a fast-growing group of 11 award-winning weekly newspapers and two websites, is seeking a self-starter to sell classified, display, web and email advertising as well as event and contest sponsorship.

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• Contact existing and potential customers about advertising in our 11 newspapers and on our website as well as sponsoring company events

• Document and update customer records based on interactions

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To apply, email a resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com. Or call Steven Blank from Mon. to Fri. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 516.307.1045 ext. 201

Students in a tizzy for author visit

Kindergarten and first-grade classes at Kramer Lane Elementary School engaged with author Sarah Weeks on March 15.

The three elementary schools in the Bethpage Union Free District were treated with a special visit from author Sarah Weeks from March 13-15.

Ms. Weeks visited one school per day and spoke to students about the writing process, the fun of writing and her collection of books. She also previewed her upcoming book, “Lizzy McTizzy and the Busy Dizzy Day,” to be released on April 2. Additionally, she discussed the differences between

an author and an illustrator, her inspirations for writing and her growth into a writer.

Ms. Week has written 59 books to this point in her career and is currently developing the next one. Her book “So B. It” won the 2006 Dolly Gray Children’s Literature Award, as well as the 2007 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award and the William Allen White Children’s Book Award.

Author Sarah Weeks visited Kramer Lane Elementary School on March 15.

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

State of New York

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015-13BTT, Plaintiff, vs.

BRUCE TOPOL; CELINA TOPOL, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on October 25, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on April 16, 2019 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 63 Carriage Lane, Plainview, NY. 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, Section 13, Block 119 and Lot 140, Building No. 202, Unit 226 together with an undivided 0.75 percent interest in the Common Elements. Approximate amount of judgment is $392,627.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 8827/13. Anthony Iovino, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted. MIT 5793

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court State of New York

WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, Plaintiff, vs.

COLLEEN P. TUZZOLO, MICHAEL P. TUZZOLO A/K/A

MIKE P. TUZZOLO, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Final Judgment for Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on August 26, 2014, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on April 16, 2019 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 16 Prose Street, Hicksville, NY.

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the build-

ings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 11, Block 310 and Lots 21-23. Approximate amount of judgment is $237,546.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 12/011033.

Ann Marie Diaz, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted. MIT 5794 4X 03/15,22,29,04/05

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF ROGERS ASSOCIATES, LLC

Articles of Organization filed with the Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 09/27/2018. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 299 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801. Purpose or character: To engage in any lawful act or activity. #96633

MIT 5795 4X 03/15,22,29,04/05,12,19

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court State of New York MTGLQ INVESTORS LP, Plaintiff AGAINST Patrick Schmith, 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 April 16, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 10 PINE STREET, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Hicksville, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 12, BLOCK 254, LOT 59-61. Approximate amount of judgment $423,390.49 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-002425.

Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee

LEGAL NOTICES

Gross Polowy, LLC

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

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE UNDER THE INDENTURE RELATING TO IMPAC CMB TRUST SERIES 2004-6, Plaintiff against DANIELE DILEO, MARIA DILEO, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 16, 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 23rd day of April, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Said premises known as 50 Heitz Place, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801. (Section: 0012, Block: 00234-00, Lot: 00023 & 00024). Approximate amount of lien $ 310,193.47 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 1241-16.

Lawrence M. Schaeffer, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC

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

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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

April 30, 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 Village of Hicksville, 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: March 11, 2019 MIT 5798 4X 03/29,04/05,12,19

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court State of New York

Ditech Financial LLC f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Michael B. Mendonez, Jr. a/k/a Michael B. Mendonez, Gracia T. Mendonez a/k/a Grace T. Mendonez, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 3/1/17 and entered on 3/17/17, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on April 16, 2019 at 11:30 AM premises known as 11 Berry Hill Lane, Bethpage, NY 11714. 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: 49, BLOCK: 267, LOT: 7. Approximate amount of judgment is $410,614.09 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 005296/2014.

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

Nicole Forchelli, Referee

FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP 53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 BN 7369 4X 03/15,22,29,04/05

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court State of New York

FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST Richard Greig, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 21, 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 April 23, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 54 SOUTH 1ST STREET, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being at Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 46, BLOCK 5, LOTS 46-48. Approximate amount of judgment $407,811.10 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-003518.

Robert G. Litt, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 BN 7370

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BETHPAGE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT BREAKFAST PROGRAM SURVEY

The Bethpage Union Free School District is in the process of conducting a survey of parents of registered incoming kindergarten students for September 2019, and current students in kindergarten through fourth grade who attend the Bethpage elementary schools. This survey is to determine if there is any interest in a school breakfast program. If lack of interest is determined, an exemption to participate in this program will be requested by the Bethpage Union Free School District to the New York State Education Department.

Those parents who have concerns regarding the survey or the breakfast program, please contact Mr. Scott M. Harrington, Assistant Superintendent for Business at 644-4030.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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Spreading kindness this St. Patrick’s Day

Summit Lane fourth-graders in Jennifer O’Brien’s class created more than 25 St. Patrick’s Day cards for senior citizens at the Sunrise of East Meadow, an assisted living facility.

Summit Lane Elementary School fourth-graders in Jennifer O’Brien’s class in the Levittown Public Schools recently spread smiles to senior citizens at the Sunrise of East Meadow, an assisted living facility. The class created more than 25 cards in honor of St. Patrick’s Day which were delivered to the facility on March 15.

The students wrote meaningful cards and drew detailed illustrations for the

residents. The class creates cards during different holidays to spread kindness to others in the community. O’Brien started the card initiative with her class in 2017, and since then, it has grown as students wanted to keep the activity alive.

“It teaches kindness and empathy, and I really feel that my students grow each year as they experience the joy of making others happy through a small act of kindness,” said O’Brien.

Fourth-grader Tristan Postance with his St. Patrick’s Day card about trying to catch sneaky leprechauns.

To thank the students for their kindness, the Sunrise of East Meadow sent over a bag full of goodies for students which included drawstring backpacks, folders, cups and tote bags. The class

also received two soft teddy bears, which will have a permanent home in O’Brien’s classroom.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Four Levittown spellers head to regional competition

on March 20.

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Four students from the Levittown Public Schools are among 52 select spellers from Nassau and Suffolk counties who have qualified for the Long Island Regional Spelling Bee at St. Joseph’s College on March 20.

Abbey Lane Elementary School fifth-grader Nish Keer, East Broadway Elementary School fourth-grader Logan Rodriguez, Jonas E. Salk Middle School sixth-grader Meghan Lazzarini and Wisdom Lane Middle School seventh-grader Alex Gao will showcase their spelling abilities at the next level.

To qualify for the regional competition, these exceptional spellers attained a score of at least a 27 on the Scripps Spelling Bee online test. The winning student from the regional competition will represent their school and Long Island in the Scripps National Spelling Bee with students from across the country in May.

The Levittown Public Schools congratulates all four students on this outstanding achievement and wishes them the best of luck as they move forward in the competition.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

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Jonas E. Salk Middle School sixth-grader Meghan Lazzarini will compete at the Long Island Regional Spelling Bee

Wisdom Lane Middle School seventh-grader Alex Gao will compete at the Long Island Regional Spelling Bee on March

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