Mid-Island Times (7/19/19)

SERVING PLAINVIEW, HICKSVILLE, AND LEVIT TOWN

Lifeguards honored for saving one of their own

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino (second from right) recognizes individuals involved in saving the life of one of their own, TOBAY Lieutenant Lifeguard Thomas Norland (third from right) when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest at the end of last summer. Following a successful recovery, the TOBAY family welcomed Lt. Norland back to beach duty this season.

Wall Street grants higher rating to Town

Wall Street's Moody's Investor Services has granted the Town of Oyster Bay a "positive outlook" rating for the first time in almost twenty years.

In assigning the new positive designation to the Town, Moody’s recognized that Oyster Bay is ‘on the road to healthier finances and there is now every indication that the Town’s efforts will culminate in a successful restoration of financial health.’ Moody’s further acknowledged

the Town’s finances as being ‘vastly improved’ and its confidence that Town ‘finances will continue to improve based on strong measures taken by management to reverse the past history of poor budgeting.’ The report further touted the administration’s ‘numerous steps to improve financial operations.’

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said, “Wall Street recognizes the positive steps being taken by my admin-

istration and the Town Board to restrict spending, pay down debt and balance the books without raising taxes.”

The positive outlook designation comes after Town’s recently-issued financial audit results, which indicated that the Town successfully eliminated the multi-year operational deficit which hit a high of $44 million, while also ending 2018 with a net $17.7 million budgetary surplus.

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino joined with parks officials and members of the TOBAY Lifeguarding Team in honoring extraordinary individuals who helped save the life of one of their own at the end of last summer.

Near the end of the 2018 season, Lieutenant Lifeguard Thomas Nordland collapsed in the shower after a tough training swim, and subsequently went into cardiac arrest.

After realizing their colleague had fallen and was in serious need of medical attention, Assistant Lifeguard Captain William Arnold, Senior Lieutenant Lifeguard Chuck Pulsinelli, EMT/Lieutenant Lifeguard Michael Greco and EMT Evan Schatzburgh, sprang into action, assessed the situation and began CPR and administered the AED.

“We take great pride in recognizing the outstanding and lifesaving actions of our Town

personnel, especially during the summer months when our lifeguards, EMTs and other First Responders are often called into action,” Supervisor Saladino said.

The Supervisor recognized all involved in saving Lieutenant Lifeguard Norland’s life, including Assistant Lifeguard Captain Billy Arnold, Lieutenant Lifeguard Chuck Pulsinelli, EMT/Lieutenant Lifeguard Michael Greco, EMT Evan Schatzburgh, Nassau County Police Officer Jackie Thompson, and Town of Oyster Bay Beach Manager Travis McCabe.

“On behalf of the entire Town of Oyster Bay family, I am proud to commend these individuals for having the keen awareness and ability to act quickly, decisively and courageously when a fellow individual is in need,” Supervisor Saladino said.

Arrest for leaving scene

A Levittown man was arrested on Friday, July 12, after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident with serious injuries.

According to Nassau County Police, a male pedestrian, 35, while attempting to cross north on Hempstead Turnpike, was struck by a black Dodge Ram pick-up truck traveling eastbound. Police say the operator of the vehicle, John Roberts, 39, of Levittown, stopped briefly to assist

the victim and then fled the scene. After a long period of time, Roberts returned to the scene where he was placed under arrest. The victim suffered serious injuries and was transported to a local hospital where he is in critical but stable condition. The investigation is ongoing.

The driver, John Roberts, is charged with Leaving the Scene of an Auto Accident with a Serious Physical Injury.

Fatal accident on Old Countr y Road

Nassau County Police have reported that an 80-year-old woman was struck and killed by a car while crossing Old Country Road at 5:04 p.m. on July 11.

According to police, the victim was crossing south bound on Old Country Road against traffic when she was struck by a 2017 Hyundai, which was

traveling westbound. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene by a Nassau County AMT.

The driver of the vehicle, a 66-yearold male, remained at the scene and was not injured. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check.

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Levittown Fire Department Wet Down Ceremony

Hempstead Town Councilman Dennis Dunne (center) and Receiver of Taxes

Don Clavin (third right) attended the Levittown Fire Department Wet Down Ceremony on June 23. The department dedicated new equipment during the ceremony. Also attending were Levittown Fire Commissioners Ken Rochon, Thomas Steinwall, George Anderson, Joel Bearman, Joseph Bentivegna, 1st Deputy Chief Al Williams, 2nd Deputy Chief Michael Herold, 3rd Deputy Chief James Behres, 2nd Lieutenant Chris Chiari; Deputy County Clerk Kate Murray and New York State Assemblyman John Mikulin.

Mercy League seeks bowlers

The Mercy League is looking for bowlers for its (non-money) Ladies League. The ladies bowl on Fridays at 9:45 a.m. at Syosset Bowl, Jericho

Tpk., Syosset.

Come out and join the fun. For more information, please call Dolores Sartor at 516-931-4106.

Lazy Days of Summer Picnic

The Levittown Community Council will be hosting its 22nd annual Lazy Days of Summer Picnic on Saturday, July 13 at the East Village Green Park, Jerusalem Avenue and Meriden Road. Free admission, free activities, free entertainment from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Bring a picnic lunch, blankets and chairs for a day of free fun and activities.

For information, please contact event chair Louise Cassano at 516-735-5901 or email levittowncouncil@yahoo.com

Town honors Bill Wa lden with Lifetime Achievement Award

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (second from right), Councilman Anthony Macagnone (left) and Councilman Tom Hand (right) recently honored Bill Walden of Hicksville with the Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award at the Town’s annual Salute to Veterans event.

The Town of Oyster Bay recently recently honored Bill Walden of Hicksville with the Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award at the Town’s annual Salute to Veterans event.

Bill Walden, a 1965 graduate of Hicksville High School, is a proud Vietnam Veteran who served in the United States Marine Corps, beginning in 1967 and was later assigned to the Marine Air Transport Squadron.  William amassed over 2,000 hours in Marine Corps aircraft.  He is the recipient of the Air Medal with two Bronze Stars, the USMC Good Conduct Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Unit RVN Gallantry Cross, the Presidential Unit Citation and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal.

After completing his service, William continued to serve his fellow veterans.  He has been a member of the Hicksville V.F.W. William M. Gouse Jr. Post 3211 since April of 1970, serving as post commander from 2001 to 2006 and from 2008 to the present.  He is a charter member and vice president of the 1st Marine Air Wing Association – Vietnam Service, a member of Nassau County Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 82, the American Legion and the Marine Corps Association.  Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino and his colleagues commended Bill Walden for his tremendous legacy of service to our nation and his fellow veterans, and presented him with a citation.

Road Dawgz Car Show

Bethpage High School junior Alexandra Midgette was recently awarded the Nassau County District Attorney’s SHIELD Award. Photo courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Bethpage High School junior Alexandra Midgette was recently announced as a recipient of the Nassau County District Attorney’s SHIELD Award.

SHIELD stands for service, honesty, integrity, excellence, leadership and duty. The award was created by District Attorney Madeline Singas, and is presented to a student who shows outstanding strength of character, commitment to self-growth and the spirit and initiative to bring about a positive change in their community.

Hempstead Town Councilman Dennis Dunne (right) attended the Road Dawgz Car Show on June 22 at the East Village Green in Levittown.

Hempstead Town Councilman Dennis Dunne (rear, second right) greeted Mrs. Sovino’s first-grade class during the Flag Day Celebration at Abbey Lane Elementary School. The event was held on June 14, 2019.

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Cutting for a cause in Levittown

Students and staff throughout the Levittown Public Schools gave back during the month of June for Hair We Share, a Long Island-based organization that creates wigs for those suffering from medical hair loss. Together, the district raised hundreds of dollars as schools held their own respective fundraisers to raise money toward Hair We Share’s wig creation process. Students, staff and some family members also volunteered to donate their hair for the cause. The monetary donations allowed the participants to track their hair while it is being made into a wig.

Each school held their own Cutting for a Cause event where the volunteers, dressed in blue Hair We Share T-shirts, had their ponytails clipped by a loved one, community member or staff member. Hairdressers from local salons volunteered their time to clean up the new short hairstyles. Choosing to donate hair was a per -

sonal decision for each of the volunteers.

“My grandpa used to have cancer,” said East Broadway fourth-grader Eliza Nurick. “Even though my hair is probably too long to donate to boys, I still want to help other people that have cancer because if I was them, I would be sad to lose my hair.”

During Jonas E. Salk Middle School’s Cutting for a Cause event, school social worker Noreen Williams, a cancer survivor, spoke about how special it was to see everyone volunteer to donate their hair. She also shared her own experience of wearing a wig during her cancer treatment and the positive impact it had on her.

“As a girl, when you lose your hair, it’s devastating,” she said. “That wig gave me the power back that cancer took away and I could go back to my normal life when I was wearing that wig.”

Those who donated their hair

prepared for the event a year or two in advance as they grew out their locks. The districtwide initiative allowed students to demonstrate

courage, commitment and compassion towards others.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Jonas E. Salk Middle School eighth-graders Chelsea Koelling (left) and Natalia Pszeniczny before getting their hair cut to be made into a wig.

Gardiners Avenue students showed off their new haircuts.

East Broadway fourth-grader Maya Stavrinos (right) had her hair cut by her father Nick Stavrinos.

Summit Lane Elementary School students proudly held up their hair which will be donated to create wigs for those in need.

East Broadway second-grader Aubree Clapp donated her hair to Hair We Share.

Division Avenue High School students and staff participated in their Hair We Share fundraiser.

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Camp Invention back for third year in Levittown

Getting ready for another fun project.

BY GARY SIMEONE

It is that time of year again for kids to use their imagination and creative thinking skills as Camp Invention recently got underway at the Wisdom Lane Middle School in Levittown. The two-week half-day camp is operating along with the Summer STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) program from July 15 to July 26. This is the third year for Camp Invention and the second year for the STEM Camp at

the school.

Camp Director Siobhan Schneider said that both camps’ general format is the same but that there are a brand new list of activities for the kids to participate in.

“Every year, we have new activities for them to help with their problem-solving and critical thinking skills in a creative fun way,” said Schneider. “By problem solving things and addressing challenges, these are skills they can take back to school with them in the fall.”

Camp Invention hosted 105 kids in grades 3-5, letting them take part in a variety of outdoor games and four different academic challenges.

The new academic challenges and hands-on activities included the Innovation Force, Deep Sea Mystery, Farm Tech and the DIY Orbit.

New challenges in the STEM Camp, which hosted kids in sixth through eighth grade, included Mystery Architecture, the Tech Design Challenge and Racers & Robots.

Throughout the camp day, which runs from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., there are ten classes taking place simultaneously. Camp Invention has six classes and the STEM Camp has four classes going on.

Brittany Cirrone, a teacher at Abbey Lane Elementary School, was in charge of the Innovation Force classes, where campers team up to battle an imaginary villain, the Plagiarizer, who is out to steal their new invention ideas.

“The kids create their own superhero disguises to battle the evil Plagiarizer, who steals all of their invention ideas,” said Cirrone. “This way, the Plagiarizer will not be able to identify who they are.”

On the first day of class, the kids create devices to help get their inventions back. On the second day, they learn

about the importance of making patents for their inventions. During the third day, they learn about the engraving process for patents and on the fourth day they learn about UV light.

“They do all of these things to take the necessary steps to keep their inventions safe and away from those who might want to steal their ideas,” said Cirrone.

Katie Osterman, an earth science teacher at Division Avenue High School, was in charge of the Mystery Architecture class for the STEM camp.

“We have new challenges everyday to help the kids with their problem-solving and critical thinking skills, which are life-long skills,” said Osterman.

Some of the challenges included building a tower made up of marshmallows, pieces of tape and spaghetti, and building a pasta car and chair made entirely from pieces of newspaper.

Between the two camps, there are 15 staff members and 40 high school volunteers.

“That’s one of the greatest things about these camps, which make them different from other camps, is that certified teachers from Levittown are teaching all of the activities,” said Schneider. To find out more more information on the camps, you can visit the website invent.org/camp.

Eye protection is a must when working with power tools at Camp Invention. Who were those masked figures at Camp Invention?

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Staycationing? New York City’s Museums

Transport in Time, Place and Space

BY KAREN RUBIN

Be transported in time, place and even space. Immerse yourself into the realm of ideas and imagination. Come in from the heat or whatever the weather is doing outside by taking in one of New York City’s museums. Here are just a few highlights of summer’s blockbuster attractions:

The Met Museum Welcomes ‘Saint Jerome’

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is about to welcome a very special visitor: Leonardo da Vinci’s Saint Jerome. To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), The Met is presenting the artist’s painting  Saint Jerome Praying in the Wilderness (begun around 1483), a special loan from the Vatican Museums. The exquisitely rendered work represents Jerome (A.D. 347–420), a major saint and theologian of the Christian Church. The scene is based on the story of his later life, which he spent as a hermit in the desert, according to the 13th–century Golden Legend. The unfinished painting provides viewers with an extraordinary glimpse into Leonardo’s creative process; a close examination of the paint surface even reveals the presence of his fingerprints. The display of this monumental masterpiece pays homage to one of the most renowned geniuses of all time. Opening July 15, the painting is

Metropolitan Museum of Art is like a time travel chamber that can bring you to any era, any place in the world in one quick visit. The museum is welcoming an important summer visitor of its own, Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Saint Jerome.” © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

on view through Oct. 6, 2019.

From the oldest works of art to the first forays of civilization into outer space, , the Met Museum is marking the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission with Apollo’s Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography, on view through September 22, 2019. Apollo’s Muse  traces the progress of astronomical photography and attempts to produce ever-sharper images of the moon, particularly during the 130-year period between the invention of photography in 1839

and the moon landing in 1969 as astronomers and artists capitalized on technological improvements to cameras and telescopes to create ever more accurate visual records of the lunar surface. Exhibition highlights include two newly discovered lunar daguerreotypes from the 1840s, believed to be the earliest existing photographs of the moon, and works by such pioneers of lunar photography as Warren De La Rue (1815–1889), Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816–1892), and John

Adams Whipple (1822–1891). A stunning photographic atlas of the moon, produced at the Paris Observatory between 1894 and 1908 by the astronomers Maurice Loewy (1833–1907) and Pierre Puiseux (1855–1928), will be displayed for the first time in its entirety.

Alongside these scientific achievements, the show explores the use of the camera to create fanciful depictions of space travel and life on the moon, including George Méliès’s (1861–1938) original drawings for his film  A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune, 1902) and a large selection of “paper moon” studio portraits from the early 20th century. Also featured will be artists’ evocations of the otherworldly effects of moonlight, including major works by German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) and American Pictorialist photographer Edward Steichen (1879-1973).

The night of the Museum Mile Festival, I popped into the opening of this year’s P.S. Art exhibit, an annual celebration of achievement in the arts in New York City public schools. This juried exhibition of the work of talented young artists showcases the creativity of 122 prekindergarten through twelfth grade students from all five boroughs, including students from District 75, a citywide district serving students with disabilities. The exhibition consists of paintings, prints, sculptures, pho-

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tographs, mixed-media works, collages, drawings, and video. Each work of art demonstrates personal expression, imaginative use of media, the results of close observation, and an understanding of artistic processes. Some of the works on display are completely astonishing

The Met is three museums.

At the Cloisters, “The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy,” is on view July 22-January 12, 2020. A cache of jeweled rings, brooches, and coins—the precious possessions of a Jewish family of medieval Alsace— was hidden in the fourteenth century in the wall of a house in Colmar, France. Discovered in 1863 and on view in an upcoming exhibition at The Met Cloisters, the Colmar Treasure revives the memory of a once–thriving Jewish community that was scapegoated and put to death when the Plague struck the region with devastating ferocity in 1348–49. A generous loan of the Musée de Cluny, Paris, the Colmar Treasure will be displayed alongside select works from The Met Cloisters and little–known Judaica from collections in the United States and France. Although the objects on view are small in scale and relatively few in number, the ensemble overturns conventional notions of medieval Europe as a monolithic Christian society. The exhibition will point to both legacy and loss, underscoring the prominence of the Jewish minority community in the tumultuous fourteenth century and the perils it faced.

At the Met Breuer, “Home is a Foreign Place: Recent Aquisitions in Context,” through June 21, 2020.

(NYS residents still can pay what

they wish, by presenting proof of residence; out-of-towners need to pay the regular admission).

The iconic Metropolitan Museum of Art is at 1000 Fifth Avenue, on Central Park, (definitely take a Highlights tour when you visit), The Met Breuer (945 Madison Avenue) and The Met Cloisters (99 Margaret Corbin Drive, Fort Tryon Park). Visit metmuseum. org to plan your visit.

Jewish Museum Pays

Homage to Leonard Cohen With Multi-Media Exhibition

“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” from Leonard Cohen’s song “Anthem” from the album  The Future (1992), provides the title for the special exhibit at the Jewish Museum,

“Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything”. The contemporary multi-media exhibition devoted to the imagination and legacy of the influential singer/songwriter, man of letters, and global icon from Montreal, Canada can be experienced through September 8, 2019.

Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything  includes commissioned works by a range of international artists who have been inspired by Cohen’s life, work and legacy. A world-renowned novelist, poet and singer/songwriter who inspired generations of writers, musicians, and artists, Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) supplied the world with melancholy and urgent observations on the state of the human heart. In songs such as “Suzanne,” “Bird on the Wire,” and “Hallelujah,” he interwove

the sacred and the profane, mystery and accessibility. Collectively, it is the oddest, most creative biographical tribute. Featured works include:

I’m Your Man (A Portrait of Leonard Cohen) (2017),  a multi-channel video installation by Candice Breitz, brings together a community of ardent Cohen fans who pay tribute to the late legend. Each of the 18 participants was offered the opportunity to perform and record his own version of Cohen’s comeback album  I’m Your Man  (1988) in a professional recording studio. At Breitz’s invitation, the album’s backing vocals were reinterpreted by the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue Choir, an allmale choir representing the congregation in Montreal, Canada, that Cohen belonged to all his life.

Ari Folman’s  Depression Chamber  (2017) allows one visitor at a time into a darkened room, where they are confronted by the demons of depression, a theme that can be traced throughout Cohen’s body of work. After the visitor lies down, Cohen’s “Famous Blue Raincoat”  plays while the song’s lyrics are projected on the walls, slowly morphing into letters and icons that symbolize Cohen’s multifaceted thematic universe.

Heard There Was a Secret Chord (after the 2017 work of the same title, 2018)  is a participatory humming experience by the art and design studio Daily tous les jours that reveals an invisible vibration uniting people around the world currently listening to Cohen’s  Hallelujah. The work is an exploration of the metaphysical connection between people on a common wavelength. At the Museum, real-time online listener data is transformed

into a virtual choir of humming voices. The number of voices played back in the gallery corresponds to the current online listener count, which is visible on the hanging numerical display. Participants can sit or lie down on the octagonal structure, and by humming along with the choir into the microphones, low-frequency vibrations are generated, closing the circuit of collective resonance with their bodies.

Organized by the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (MAC), the exhibition is curated by John Zeppetelli, Director and Chief Curator at the MAC, and Victor Shiffman, Co-Curator. Following its New York showing, the exhibition will tour to Kunstforeningen GL STRAND and Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen, Denmark (October 23, 2019 – March 8, 2020) and the Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco (September 17, 2020 – January 3, 2021). During the run of  Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything, the Jewish Museum will open one hour earlier than usual on Saturdays and Sundays, from 10 am to 5:45pm. Advance tickets are available online at thejewishmuseum.org/buy/general-admission. For questions about ticket sales, email boxoffice@thejm.org or call 866.205.1322.

Founded in 1904, the Museum, on Fifth Avenue’s fabled Museum Mile, was the first institution of its kind in the United States and is one of the oldest Jewish museums in the world. Devoted to exploring art and Jewish culture from ancient to contemporary, the Museum offers diverse exhibitions and programs, and maintains a unique collection of nearly 30,000 works of art, ceremonial objects, and media reflecting the global Jewish experience over

more than 4,000 years.

Admission: $18 for adults, $12 for seniors, $8 students, free for visitors 18 and under and Jewish Museum members. Free on Saturdays and select Jewish holidays. 1109 Fifth Avenue at 92nd Street, New York City, 212.423,3200, info@thejm. org  TheJewishMuseum.org.

Museum of the City of New York: New York at Its Core

I make it a ritual to visit the Museum of the City of New York during each year’s Museum Mile Festival. I never cease to be fascinated and intrigued by the exhibits:

New York at Its Core is the first-ever museum show to comprehensively interpret and present the compelling story of New York’s rise from a striving Dutch village to today’s “Capital of the World,” a preeminent global city now facing the future in a changing world. There are different galleries that tell the story, but most fascinating is The Future City Lab, where you get to design the city of the future, tackling the most pressing problems like housing, public spaces, water supply. You even get to put yourself in the picture.

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Not to be missed: Timescapes , the museum’s popular and critically-acclaimed multimedia experience, brings the sweeping narrative of New York City from the early 1600s to the present day. The 28-minute, award-winning documentary explores how NYC grew from a settlement of a few hundred Europeans, Africans and Native Americans into the multinational metropolis of today, re-inventing itself multiple times along the way.

Activist New York , an ongoing exhibit, examines the ways in which ordinary New Yorkers have advocated, agitated, and exercised their power to shape the city’s—and the nation’s— future, from the 17th century to the present.

City of Workers, City of Struggle: How Labor Movements Changed New York, traces how New York became the most unionized large city in the United States.

Cycling in the City: A 200–Year History, on view through October 6, 2019, tracex how the bicycle transformed urban transportation and leisure in New York City and explores the extraordinary diversity of cycling

cultures, past and present.

In the Dugout with Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait of a Baseball Legend, which opened on January 31, Robinson’s 100th birthday, features 32 photographs (most of them never published); rare home movies of the Robinson family; and memorabilia related to Robinson’s career.

Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Ave., Manhattan, NY 10029,  (212) 534-1672

Guggenheim: Summer of Know

Housed in the Frank Lloyd Wright building, a major attraction in itself (just walking through the spiral is an experience),from June 18 through September 3, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum is open until 9 pm for Summer Tuesdays, offering music and refreshments in the museum rotunda in addition to exhibitions on view in the galleries. Films, conversations, and performances enhance opportunities for visitors to engage with the museum and the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed building that celebrates 60 years as an architectural

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icon in 2019. Also starting in June, Summer of Know, a conversation series addressing urgent issues through the generative lens of art, returns to the Guggenheim, featuring artists, activists, and other professionals discussing topics such as LGBTQIA+ rights in a global context, environmental activism, and housing rights. Details are available at guggenheim.org/calendar Summer exhibitions at the Guggenheim include the first artistcurated exhibition at the museum, Artistic License: Six Takes on the Guggenheim Collection, as well as  The Hugo Boss Prize 2018: Simone Leigh, Loophole of Retreat,  Basquiat’s “Defacement”: The Untold Story, and  Implicit Tensions: Mapplethorpe Now

Actually, you can travel and visit Guggenheim museums in Venice, Bilbao, and Abu Dhabi.

Solomon R., Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Avenue, New York (betw. 8i8-89th St), 212-423-3500, boxoffice@ guggenheim.org, Guggenheim.org.

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When a youngster asks you to take them driving …

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

I took my 16-year old niece, Sara, out driving recently which was an interesting way to spend a couple of hours. Sara wanted to practice driving and her parents were not available to take her out. Her dad works full-time and her mother was free to take her driving but was too nervous about the idea to be of any use. Danielle had seen Sara’s blunders and mistakes over the course of Sara’s young life. There was the time that Sara forgot to hand in her homework promptly. Another school year she missed a deadline for an important school report.

She went through a scatterbrain period but that had been a few years prior. Danielle was afraid that Sara might sideswipe a car or come home with the car’s bumper half off. That wouldn’t go over too well.

I tried to reassure Danielle that Sara would be fine behind the wheel if she just had some encouragement. Danielle agreed, she just didn’t think that she was the right person to calmly tell Sara when to stop, when to go and when to hit the brakes gently as she approached a corner.

Danielle is definitely a nervous Nellie, I can attest to that after knowing her for 30 years. Sara’s spirits rose when I told her that I would take her out driving. Looking at her mom, she asked if that would be okay. After Danielle nodded her assent I picked up my car keys, grabbed Sara and off we went.

Before getting in my car which fortunately wasn’t a brand new model, I explained a few things to Sara. She should concentrate, keep her eyes on the road and listen to me. If I say “stop,” she should hit the brakes. If I say “slow down,” she should do so. If I say “pull over,” she should do it. Don’t ask questions, just follow my commands.

Sara was so glad that I was taking her out driving that she agreed to do everything including the “no questions asked” part. “Ok,” she said, and we kept moving.

I didn’t mind taking Sara out because she was pretty level-headed and mature for a 16-year-old, had her wits about her and she really wanted to learn. I liked seeing that willingness in her. Besides, how else was an unexperienced driver going to get more experience unless an adult took them out driving and let them give it a whirl?

I hopped into the passenger seat which was a novelty for me since I am usually the driver. Sara jumped into the driver’s seat. She snapped her seat belt into place. So did I.

Inserting the key into the ignition and starting the engine, Sara then reached down for the automatic transmission shift. At that point I was glad to see her right foot on the brake.

Before doing anything else she smiled over at me confidently. She was excited and a little nervous but in a good way. She had seen me drive up to her house many times before but had never driven her aunt’s car.

Sitting back in her seat she took a deep breath and reached to adjust the mirrors. “Good move,” I said. “Always adjust your mirrors first. Make sure you’re comfortable in the driver’s seat.” Sara smiled, adjusted the mirrors and then, with her foot on the brake pedal, she shifted into “drive.”

Pulling my car out of its spot she slowly accelerated and headed down the street where we both knew there was a big parking lot. It was nearly but not totally empty so I told Sara this would give us plenty of room to maneuver and practice.

Sure enough we spent quite a while reversing and going forward, parallel parking and doing some three-point turns.

I had her go a little faster then hit the brakes hard so she could get the feel of the car including how the ABS brakes handled.

Then I asked her to swerve left and swerve right as she drove through the parking lot so she could also get how the car felt. “Imagine this lot is covered with snow,” I told Sara. “How would it handle if you had to swerve left and right?” She nodded, getting what I was saying about having to adapt to the various road conditions.

I had her look in her side-view mirrors to see if anything was behind then suggested that she get in the habit of looking carefully over her shoulder to check - just in case there was a blind spot.

Sara was picking up on what I was teaching her and I was glad to see her

taking it all in. She seemed relaxed behind the wheel and I was happy about that. It’s much easier to learn new things when people are relaxed not uptight.

After spending more than an hour in the parking lot I had Sara ease onto a local street. It wasn’t a busy street but it had a traffic light up ahead. She did fine as she approached the intersection. She looked around calmly and appeared to be anticipating things that might happen. I sat back, relieved. She was doing well.

After a while of driving on real roads - not just driving around in the parking lot - Sara drove home and parked my car easily on the street.

As Sara parked, she didn’t hit the curb, she didn’t end up on the sidewalk and she didn’t block the neighbor’s driveway. I was glad about those three things. We both got out of the car excited about her progress plus we’d had a few laughs.

Once she put the car into “reverse” instead of “drive” and started going but fortunately that was only a little blip. She stopped and corrected herself.

Another time I told Sara to put her directional on to signal for a turn and she forgot all about doing that. She laughed and said, “Oops!” She felt badly but I knew that eventually she would catch on and do fine. Like a sponge, she seemed to take in everything I was telling her.

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BY TOM MARGENAU

Two Views of Social Security From the 1970s

My sister lives in a home she inherited from my mother after my mom died in the early 1990s. She was recently cleaning out the basement, and in a far corner, she found a box my mom had labeled, “Tom’s writings.” It was full of essays and other reports I’d written while in grade school, high school and college. There were also clippings of Social Security-related artiicles I wrote occasionally for newspapers and magazines -- long before I started writing this weekly column.

My sister sent the box to me. And going through it brought back many memories from my early days working for the Social Security Administration. I’m going to share two of them with you today.

In my mom’s box was 1973 newspaper clipping that generated a letter to the editor from me. It was the story about some university economists who said that “people under 35 have absolutely no chance of collecting Social Security.” Their advice to young people was to “avoid the system if you can and save for your old age on your own.” The story included the picture of a 30-something mother burning her Social Security card while her three small children looked on with puzzled looks on their faces.

That faded newspaper clipping was yellowing around the edges. I thought that was entirely appropriate. (“Yellow journalism” -- get it?) What a pile of hooey that story was. I hope the economists cited in the article lost their tenure and have since been lucky to get bookkeeping gigs for bowling alleys and fireworks stands.

Well, actually, they might deserve a small amount of credit if their advice to “save for your old age on your own” encouraged some readers of that newspaper story to do just that. Everyone knows that you were never supposed to live on your Social Security check and that you need to supplement it with savings and other investments. So if some people listened to them and did what they suggested, then they are now probably living comfortably in retirement with savings AND their Social Security check.

If that mother who was burning her Social Security card is still alive, she must be in her 70s or 80s. And she has probably been getting a Social Security check for 10 or 20 years. I wonder if she burns those checks, too! (Well, OK, there is no check to burn because she would have direct deposit. But I think you get my point.)

As I’ve discussed many times in past columns, for the past 50 years, hundreds, if not thousands, of people have come up to me following a speech, or sent emails to my column, predicting the downfall of Social Security. I have always told them the same thing. Sure, Social Security faces some challenges. But it has faced many other challenges

before. And Congress always eventually does the right.

It happened in the early 1980s, not too long after the economists gave their ill-considered advice. Back then, Congress raised the retirement age and added a very small increase in the Social Security payroll tax. And that has kept the system chugging along. And in the not-too-distant future, it will happen again. Some relatively modest reforms will be implemented that will keep Social Security solvent and relevant for generations to come.

The other clipping from the “Tom’s writings” box that caught my eye was a piece I wrote for a magazine in the mid1970s about an elderly woman I will call Nancy who lived in a remote cabin in the mountains of central Idaho. I was working in the Boise, Idaho Social Security office at the time, and had asked to meet Nancy after reading a story she wrote about Social Security in a Boise newspaper. I ventured out to her place that sat on a small rise overlooking a stream called Grimes Creek to interview her. The article I wrote was titled, “Wisdom of the Grimes Creek Sage.”

I learned that the Social Security article was an excerpt from a journal she had kept since moving to Grimes Creek many decades earlier. The chapter on Social Security should be required reading for skeptics and critics who question the need for a Social Security system. Here is an entry in which she recorded her thoughts just before her first Social Security check arrived.

“April is the month my Social Security payments begin. Such a lovely little brown paper envelope, meaning, indeed, security. I remember other days. In the raw new land of South Idaho it was shove and scrape, and if you had bad luck or lost your strength, you were done for. I was raised in mortal fear of disability or some natural disaster. We walked a thin tightrope with no net. Two years of crop failures could wipe out ten years of savings. That of course, was part of the reason for large families -- more hands to work the land. Children were sometimes your only security against dying in a ditch. There was no cushion. But Social Security became my cushion.”

I mentioned to Nancy a discussion I had a week or so before with some folks who told me that it should be the responsibility of families, not the government, to care for the elderly. She pointed out that even when a family cared for its elders and kept them safe, they still lacked their independence. She referred me to another entry in her journal.

“For as much as your people care for you, and you for them, absolute financial dependence is a terrible, crippling thing. Social Security helped change that. It gave the elderly a measure of dignity. Not to have to ask for the little things, the silly little things that made

you remember you were still a woman. To be able to buy a lipstick. To ease your drying skin with a pot of cream.”

Gosh, how I wished those economists who encouraged young people to drop out of the Social Security system had talked to Nancy. Maybe they wouldn’t have been so flippant with their advice. I recall that Nancy had a plaque hanging on her living room wall. It read: “Old

age and treachery will overcome youth and skill.” I’d add to that something like this: “The wisdom of an old woman will overcome the education and skills of young economists.”

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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one of America’s foremost showcases of emerging artists. Every two years, the exhibition serves as a bellwether for the culture, both reflecting on and mirroring the country’s political and social moods. No surprise, then, to see that this year’s work—on view now at the Whitney Museum of American Art—offers plenty of tension, with pieces that focus on gender identity and race, among other issues. Curators chose the works because they represent “a snapshot of contemporary art making”; read on for more about a few of our favorites. (See: https://www. nycgo.com/articles/whitney-biennial-2019) (99 Gansvoort St., Meatpacking district).

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of Natural History Presents T.rex, The Ultimate Predator

At the American Museum of Natural History’s blockbuster exhibit, T. rex: The Ultimate Predator, you encounter a massive life-sized model of a  T. rex with patches of feathers—the definitive representation of this prehistoric predator,   T. rex hatchlings and a four-year-old juvenile  T.rex; a “roar mixer” where you can imagine what  T. rex may have sounded like; a shadow theater where a floor projection of an

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adult  T. rex skeleton seems to come to life. At a tabletop “Investigation Station,” you can explore a variety of fossil casts with virtual tools including a CT scanner, measuring tape, and a microscope to learn more about what such specimens reveal about the biology and behavior of  T.rex. Finally, you encounter a massive animated projection of a  T. rex and its offspring in a Cretaceous-age setting. which reacts to visitors, leaving you to wonder, “Did that  T. rex really see me?”

T. rex: The Ultimate Predator is the first major exhibition of the American

I’m Your Man (A Portrait of Leonard Cohen) (2017), a multi-channel video installation by Candice Breitz, brings together a community of ardent Cohen fans who pay tribute to the late legend, is part of the multi-media homage to Leonard Cohen at the Jewish Museum this summer. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Museum of Natural History’s 150th anniversary celebration. Plan your visit (you could spend weeks in the museum), check out the special programming and events, and pre-purchase timed tickets at amnh.org.

At Hayden Planetarium Space Theater, see “Dark Universe” (through December 31, 2019)

Open daily from 10 am - 5:45 pm. American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024-5192, 212-769-5100, amnh.org.

Revolutionary Summer at New-York Historical Society

The New-York Historical Society, the oldest museum in New York (and directly across the street from the American Museum of Natural History on Central Park West), is presenting a Revolutionary Summer. A Museum-wide exploration of Revolutionary War times,  Revolutionary Summer presents outdoor events every weekend featuring characters from the era; 18th-century art and artifacts; a diorama of the Continental Army and a host of programs for all ages, including trivia nights, DJ evening, and Revo-

lutionary Drag Tea Party. On select weekends, visitors can explore a replica of George Washington’s Headquarters Tent at an outdoor Continental Army encampment, meet Living Historians portraying soldiers and spies, and learn about the many facets of camp life during the War for Independence. (Through September 15, 2019)

Also on view: LIFE: Six Women Pho-

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When a youngster asks you to take them driving …

“Now is the time to make mistakes,” I told her truthfully. “Now’s the time to learn. We all learned the hard way - by trial and error - so don’t feel bad.”

I added that I was glad that there had been no major snafus. Things were going smoothly with Sara’s little driving lesson - I didn’t need any added excitement in my life. I didn’t want to deal with fender benders or police reports or car insurance reports. Things were just fine as they were.

I told Sara I was relieved that she hadn’t hit a street light or driven up onto a neighbor’s lawn in Rockville Centre - which my brother, Greg, did when he was first learning how to drive.

Picturing her Uncle Greg driving up onto someone’s lawn and leaving tire tracks made Sara laugh and I couldn’t help but laugh, too, at the memory.

When it happened Greg got the car back on the street, got out and rang the neighbor’s doorbell. He offered to fix the mess he had created but the neighbor was nice about the whole thing and didn’t have him get to work smoothing out the ruts and patching up the grass. Greg got off Scot free. I wonder how long it would have taken Greg to fix that misstep!

Now that Sara & I were back inside safely I mentioned a few things that could have gone wrong when she drove as “a learning driver, as a permit holder” such as driving on the wrong side of the road or accelerating way, too fast. And when I asked her to swerve left and right to get the feel of the car she didn’t take it too far and drive on just two wheels! Sara didn’t do any stunts and that was a good thing.

She smiled a slight smile of relief. Sara hadn’t done anything bad at all! The two of us got back home in one piece and just as importantly, she was proud of her accomplishment. It struck me in a nice way that she seemed to be walking on air.

Sara excitedly told Danielle about our escapades and I could see the relief on Danielle’s face. The two of us had gone out driving, had bonded and Sara got some more experience under her belt.

I could see Sara looking confidently at her mother and knew that I had helped build her confidence that afternoon. It had seemed like a little thing to do but it was a real confidence boost for 16-year-old Sara.

For any teenager, getting their learner’s permit and then getting their driver’s license is a big thing. It’s part of

the rite of passage from childhood years into their adult years. I remember back when I was learning how to drive the whole process was a big deal. Society looks at people differently when they are all grown up and part of growing up includes having that precious driver’s license.

I was glad that I could help out Sara by taking her driving not only on that day but on a few subsequent occasions, also. I have no doubt that she will keep practicing, keep learning and do just fine when her time comes to take her driver’s test.

On that particular day Danielle, Sara and I sat around their kitchen having some cold drinks and snacks and talking for a while about our various experiences in learning how to drive a car. We got onto other topics of conversation, of course, but the subject eventually came back to driving.

Then it was time to get going. Danielle had to start preparing dinner and Sara had organizing to do in her bedroom.

I was just about ready to grab my car keys and purse and get going when Sara’s brother, Mark, walked in. He eyed our snacks appreciatively. He looked hungry.

He is 14 so in two years I figure that

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he will be getting his learner’s permit. “How do you feel about that, Danielle?” I asked mischievously. “We’ll have someone else who will need an adult to take them out driving.”

Rolling her eyes she looked over at Mark and tried to picture that.

“I can’t even imagine him behind the wheel of a car,” she said. “He’d rather spend his time playing endless video games.” Danielle laughed uproariously and in spite of ourselves, Sara and I cracked up.

Poor Mark wondered what was so funny about that - about the idea of him actually d-r-i-v-i-n-g - and he looked at the three of us quizzically. Then he started laughing, too, at the thought of it. At the thought of all that responsibility.

“So Aunt Claire, do you think maybe you’ll be able to take me out to practice when I’m 16?” he asked innocently. “My mom always seems nervous about taking us.”

“Yes, probably, Mark,” I said absentmindedly because all I could think was that I was planning on buying a new car but if this kid was going to be practice driving in my car - well then I’d better wait to buy that new car. Driving with Mark? This was definitely going to be an adventure!

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the gay liberation movement; Hudson Rising explores 200 years of ecological change and environmental activism along “the most interesting river in America” (through August 4).

Panoramas: The Big Picture, opening August 23 through December 8, 2019, explores wide-angle, bird’s-eye imagery from the 17th to the 20th century, revealing the influence that panoramas had on everything from mass entertainment to nationalism to imperial expansion. Through more than 20 panoramas, the exhibition presents the history of the all-encompassing medium in New York City, San Francisco and beyond.

New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (77th Street), New York, NY 10024, 212-873-3400, nyhistory.org. Spy v. Spy

Want a real escape? Visit Spyscape, which offers a different twist on spy museums, and is more of an experiential attraction, immersing you into the psychology and ubiquity of surveillance and espionage, and literally, with the ending “profile” (developed with the a former head of training at British

Intelligence) showing you where you might fit into this world (I’m an analyst). SPYSCAPE, which opened in 2018, illuminates secret intelligence, from espionage to hacking, and investigative journalism. It offers a balanced perspective on big issues - privacy, security, surveillance. You get to engage in real spy challenges, including lie-detection in interrogation booths, surveillance in a 360 degree environment and test strategy and agility in special ops laser tunnels. The museum also features quite a good Spy Shop, a Book Shop, Café and multiple Event Spaces. (928 8th Avenue, entrance on SE corner of 55th Street, spyscape.com).

And in a very real Spy v. Spy scenario, a very different experience awaits at another new entry to New York City’s museum scene: the KGB Museum. This place presents the artifacts and history of the KGB in a kind of antiqueshop setting but the items are chilling. You realize that the spy movies, even the satirical “Get Smart,” didn’t so much fabricate as reveal the tools and techniques and paranoia of Cold War spying. (KGB Spy Museum tickets are available online or in the museum. (245 West 14th Street, New York, NY 10011, 10 am -8 Mon-Sun).

Museum of Illusions

The Museum of Illusions, which opened September 2018 in New York City’s West Village, contains three-dimensional illusions on the walls and floors which will mesmerize visitors of all ages. You might assume by its name that it is a children’s museum or about magic which depends so much on illusion. Nor can it be considered an “attraction” although many of the exhibits are interactive and you get to help create the illusions. It is really about educating about the physical and psychological science behind illusion – placards posted near each exhibit provide the explanations for what you sense. And while the museum does not explicitly delve into magic, when you leave, you will have a better understanding of how some magic tricks work. (77th 8th Ave, New York, NY; newyork.museumofillusions.us)

Cradle of Aviation

Museum: Countdown to Apollo at 50 Travel out of this world, beyond the city limits, to Long Island: The Cradle of Aviation Museum and Education Center is one of the great space and aviation museums, home to over 75

planes and spacecraft representing over 100 years of aviation history and Long Island’s only Giant Screen Dome Theater.

Currently, the museum is celebrating   “Countdown to Apollo at 50” sponsored by the Robert D.L. Gardiner Foundation, showcasing Long Island and Grumman’s significant role in the Apollo program. The Museum was recently recognized and listed on New York State’s National Register of Historic Places as a significant part of American history. The museum is located on Museum Row, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., in East Garden City.  For more information call (516) 572-4111 or visit www.cradleofaviation.org.

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Congratulations to the US

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

We have now surpassed the longest economic expansion in U.S. history (since 1854!) this month and it’s officially, breaking the record of 120 months of economic growth from March 1991 to March 2001, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Starting in June of 2009, our record-setting run saw GDP growing cumulatively by 25%, far slower than previous expansions. While the unemployment rate has dropped to 3.6% in May, the lowest since 1969, job growth has been relatively slower than during other postwar recoveries.

Our recovery obviously started way before our current President; however, he may take all the credit, (and provide no credit to anyone else. However, the consuming public and small independent businesses have been the true crusaders and have really brought our country back from the catastrophe of our economic collapse in 2008 to its’ current stellar state and have made it shine and have set an example for its accomplishments to the rest of the world, whereby, quitters never win and winners never quit!

But the truth be told is in the real facts and figures so, go to snopes.com if you want to check everyone’s statements for their accuracy and truthfulness to find out. So it’s an amazing time in the U.S. for a certain percentage of the population and those that are entrepreneurs and independent business people and most importantly the real estate industry as a whole, for without us my belief is that the economy would not have reached its astonishing level of record-setting success.

However, I do realize that the economy hasn’t been good or great for everyone and I’m quite sure it’s different in every country; but those countries with smaller populations, the challenge of earning a living wage is connected to a multitude of reasons, which I will not elaborate in this column, but a future one. Most important, those that aren’t earning enough should either think of changing their vocation, job or business, (get your real estate license)

if possible, go back to school and learn a different trade that pays more, assuming you have six to twelve months or whatever is needed to pay your current and future bills, and, if possible, to start a side business to add a second stream of income to your current one.

For in order to purchase a home in the U.S. today, the average price is approximately $252,000, which may sound like bupkis (for those who understand Yiddish) and a ridiculously small amount of money for my readers, whose average value is seven hundred fifty thousand to a multiple of millions of dollars, but for many, is a struggle and thereby forces them to rent and make their landlords richer and more wealthier by handing over all the benefits.

Many of us live in a “bubble world” of lavishness, opulence and wealth way above a typical U.S. citizen or immigrant. More important, I believe is that it’s a new world out here and lazy and lackadaisical individuals, and there are plenty of you out there, need not apply and will have to accept their consequences later on! But here are some scary but candid and upfront facts to dwell upon and deal with now and not procrastinate for another day:

A great many people looking to retire one day, don’t have four hundred dollars extra saved to their name for emergencies, as per the GAO (Government Accountability Office) I quote from the Street.com, “According to a 2018 study by Northwestern Mutual, 21% of Americans have no retirement savings and an additional 10% (1in3) have less than $5,000 in savings. A third of Baby Boomers currently in, or approaching, retirement age have between nothing and $25,000 set aside. Those between 55-64 have a median savings of one hundred seven thousand dollars, which is pretty shocking, considering we are supposedly considered the wealthiest

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country in the world, really? Today, one needs at least one million dollars to retire comfortably. The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) paints an even bleaker picture. Their data from 2013 reports that “nearly half of families have no retirement account savings at all.” For most age groups, the group found, “median account balances in 2013 were less than half their pre-recession peak and lower than at the start of the new millennium.” The EPI further found these numbers even worse for millennials. Nearly six in 10 have no retirement savings whatsoever. But financial experts advise that the average 65-yearold have between $1 million and $1.5 million set aside for retirement.

Workers with Savings

Following are the mean and median retirement accounts for people who have one. That is to say, this data only shows what a representative account looks like without factoring in figures for accounts that don’t exist. This data comes per the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances. (Numbers rounded to the nearest hundred.)

• Under age 35:

Average retirement account: $32,500

Median retirement account: $12,300

• Age 35 - 44:

Average retirement account: $100,000

Median retirement account: $37,000

• Age 45 - 55:

Average retirement account: $215,800

Median retirement account: $82,600

• Age 55 - 64:

Average retirement account: $374,000

Median retirement account: $120,000

• Age 65 - 74:

Average retirement account: $358,000

Median retirement account: $126,000

For households older than 65 years, retirement accounts begin to decline as these individuals leave the workforce and begin spending their savings. Including Workers Without Savings

When accounting for people who have no retirement savings the picture

looks considerably worse. Following are the median retirement accounts when including the figures for people with no retirement savings. The following do not include mean retirement accounts, as this would be statistically less informative than median data.

• Age 32 - 37: $480

• Age 38 - 43: $4,200

• Age 44 - 49: $6,200

• Age 50 - 55: $8,000

• Age 56 - 61: $17,000

If you want to read further an extremely futile and sad futures, that many families and individual will experience and face, then go to this link https://www.thestreet.com/ retirement/average-retirement-savings-14881067 and if any of my readers or anyone you know are in this position, tell them to “wake up and smell the coffee” and make a change in their lifestyle and/or savings, because if you or they keep doing the same thing, expecting different results, it’s called “business insanity” or on an individual basis, “personal financial insanity.”

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Q: I’ve got two trees in my yard that were pruned years ago -- before I bought -- by someone who had no idea what they were doing. The result is large branches that look like “clubs.” All new growth comes from the end of the clubs. Imagine your forearm as the branch and your fist as the end, with a branch or two growing in every direction. What is the remedy?

A: There are two types of pruning that can produce what you have described. Neither is particularly good for the tree’s health, and both are expensive to maintain. Let’s take the worst case first.

Your tree was likely “topped,” though regionally it may be called “headed,” “tipped,” “hat-racked” or “rounded over.” It is the most harmful pruning method used on trees. It is common for people to want to reduce the size of a tree, thinking it is growing too large or that it will become a hazard. Ironically, chopping all the branches off creates a much more hazardous tree for the future.

Cutting off so much of the tree causes it to go into a defensive mode, as it tries to replace its leaves. The tree forces the rapid growth of many new branches from what is left of the old branch. These new branches are only attached just under the bark -- not fully attached into the old wood, as the cutoff branches were formerly attached. The tree is under a lot of stress, as it uses its resources to grow new branches. At the same time, large wounds must begin to heal, for the exposed sapwood attracts insects and decaying disease organisms. The exposed stubs are the worst pos-

Problematic Pollarding A GREENER VIEW

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sible pruning cut, as the branch cannot heal over the exposed ends, allowing decay organisms a direct path to the center of the tree. Hollow trees of any size are much less safe than large, healthy trees.

The fast growth and weak attachment of the new branches makes them very prone to breaking off. The longer and larger they grow, the more hazardous they become. A tree that has been topped will not regain its natural, pretty shape. Topped trees lower property values because this method of pruning is considered unsafe and unacceptable. Topped trees must be pruned so that the small branches don’t grow too large. Never hire the person who tops trees to do more pruning.

If necessary, trees can be reduced in height through proper pruning methods that cut lateral branches back to the parent limb, with a small cut that will easily heal over. This type of pruning is healthy for the tree and can be easily maintained in the future. A licensed arborist will know how to do this.

Unfortunately, not every tree gets to be pruned by people at all. Hurricanes and tornadoes can damage trees so that they look like they were topped. If such trees are to be kept in the landscape, a licensed arborist should begin managing the care of the tree. Many times, right after a storm, people aren’t too concerned about a tree’s longterm health: They just want someone to cut off the broken pieces. Now that you own the tree and are caring for it, check out the International Society of Arboriculture website for better information on care and how to find a local licensed arborist.

The other high maintenance method of pruning similar to

what you have described is called pollarding. It can be seen at some tourist attractions in the states and many European cities. I have seen it done near Niagara Falls and on Lombard Street -- the crookedest street in San Francisco.

In this case, the trees are pruned yearly. Eventually, a large ball of wound tissue and old, pruned-off stubs is created at the end of the old, large branches. In the summertime, when fully leafed out, these trees kind of look like the lollipop trees kids draw (a large circle of leaves at the top of a big, old stick).

It is best to start pollarding on young trees so that a smaller branch is cut originally and may heal over. Continuous pollard pruning is necessary or else the tree will end up becoming a hazard, just like the topped tree. Pollarded trees that have been neglected require careful pruning in the future to rebuild a proper, safe shape.

Some trees have strong wood that is resistant to decay and breakage. The long, strong stems that come off the pollarded tree can be used to make canes and other wooden sticks. In the states, some oaks, ash, crape myrtles, maples and lindens can be pollarded. Others, such as willows and poplars, make hazardous pollards.

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Bringing the robots to water

Engineering and AP Physics 2 students at Bethpage High School participated in a robotic underwater submersion challenge on June 11. Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Students at Bethpage High School surrounded the building’s pool to participate in a robotics underwater submersion challenge on June 11.

The engineering class and the AP Physics 2 class came together with several groups competing for the top robot. Prior to testing the robots, students wore 1940s era Navy diving helmets as they explored the shallow and deep ends of the building’s pool to experience neutral buoyancy – an important concept in underwater ROV design.

To execute the successful design and build of a successful robot, the teams

had to employ a high level of collaboration and communication in addition to implementing physics and math concepts. Robots were built through materials such as polyvinyl chloride piping, tape and Velcro that could pick up and retrieve objects from the pool floor. Drivers were only allowed to view their robots on a monitor to mimic real conditions researchers face when working deep below the ocean’s surface.

Teachers Christopher Hayes and Joseph Inghilterra congratulated the students on their hard work and innovation in bringing the robots to water.

Second half taxes due

Town residents are reminded that the Second Half of the 2019 General Tax Levy was due on July 1, but can be paid without penalty through August 12. Please be certain to sign your check, payable to James J. Stefanich, Receiver of Taxes. Indicate your property’s S.D. Code, Section, Block, Lot and Phone number on the check.

“By law, a taxpayer has a 40-day penalty free period from the date the tax is due during which payment may be submitted,” Mr. Stefanich explained. “After the 40 days, a one percent penalty is added for each month the tax remains unpaid, retroactive to July 1st.”

Residents can pay in person, by either cash, check, or credit card (for a service fee), at the Tax Office, Oyster Bay Town Hall West, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, or by check only at Town Hall South (rear entrance), 977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa. When paying the tax bill in person, taxpayers are reminded to bring the entire tax bill with their payments.

Residents who prefer to mail in their payments should send them to the Office of the Receiver of Taxes, 74 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay, N.Y. 117711539. Payments being made by mail should include the second half stub. Residents should NOT write on, fold, staple or otherwise deface the tax stub as it can cause the computer system to reject payment.

Residents now have free access to tax bills online with the ability to pay taxes through ACH check payment or credit card. These services are available through a link on our Town website, www.oysterbaytown.com. Residents should be aware there is a service fee if they chose to pay taxes online (Town of Oyster Bay receives no portion of fee).

“When calling the Tax Office for information on property taxes, residents are requested to have the school district, section, block and lot numbers of the property in question available. This information is listed on the tax bill and on the property deed.”

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Nassau County FGMC IN LIEU OF TRUE CORPORATE NAME FIRST GUARANTY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff against BRYAN HIGGINS; JESSICA HIGGINS; ALEXA HIGGINS; LAUREN HIGGINS, Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on August 3, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 30th day of July, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, Lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 35 Libby Avenue, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801.

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

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

Index No. 601530-18.

Kathleen Wright, Esq., Referee.

Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 MIT 5820 4X 06/28,07/05,12,19

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST 2006-CW2, Plaintiff AGAINST

William C. Gorman and Lionella Laboni AKA Lionella Iaboni, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated March 20, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on August 06, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 79 WINTER LANE, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801. All

that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 45, BLOCK 305, LOT 2. Approximate amount of judgment $560,045.27 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 611569/2018.

George P. Esernio, Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

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

MIT 5821

4X 07/05,12,19,26

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF UPLAND MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A, Plaintiff against HONG FU, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on October 25, 2017.

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 6th day of August, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in or near Hicksville, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Said premises known as 92 14th Street, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801. (Section: 11, Block: 399, Lot: 67). Approximate amount of lien $ 544,881.26 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 236-09.

Arthur I. Shaw, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, LLC

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

MIT 5822

4X 07/05,12,19,26

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE Supreme Court County of Nassau

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

EKATERINI FOKAS, et al., Defendants

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on January 11, 2017, I, Mark Ricciardi, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on August 6, 2019 at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows:

15 Jerome Ave Hicksville, NY 11801

SBL No.: 12-309-56

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

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

Todd Z. Marks, Esq. Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP Plaintiff’s Attorney 500 Bausch & Lomb Place Rochester, NY 14604 Tel.: 855-227-5072 MIT 5823

4X 07/05,12,19,26

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR DELTA FUNDING HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 20012, V.

ELLEN VOORHIES; ET AL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated April 04, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY

MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE F/K/A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR DELTA FUNDING HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2001-2 is the Plaintiff and ELLEN VOORHIES; ET AL. are the Defendants. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CALENDAR CONTROL PART (CCP) COURTROOM OF THE SUPREME COURT, FIRST FLOOR, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on August 13, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 4 RHODES LANE, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801: District 17, Section 45, Block 363, Lot 35: 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

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 4942/2015. Francis P. Alleva, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

MIT 5824 4X 07/12,19,26,08/02

NOTICE OF SALE

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

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on September 10, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501, Nassau County, New York on the 13th Day of August, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, and State of New York.

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

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

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

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 15-6569.

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

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

Dated: May 31, 2019 MIT 5825 4X 07/12,19,26,08/02

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau VALLEY NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff -againstRONDA LEWIS, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated October 23, 2018 and entered on October 24, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at (CCP) Calendar Control Part Court Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on August 20 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the southerly side of Blue Grass Lane, distant 248.32 feet westerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the southerly side of Blue Grass Lane with the westerly side of Center Lane; being a plot 100.00 feet by 60.00 feet by 100 feet by 60 feet. Section: 51 Block: 105 Lot: 15 Said premises known as 56 BLUEGRASS LANE, LEVITTOWN, NY

Approximate amount of lien $335,444.80 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

Index Number 004184/2016.

GEORGE ESERNIO, ESQ., Referee

KRISS & FEUERSTEIN LLP

Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 360 Lexington Avenue,

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MIT 5826

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that SEALED PROPOSALS for: Replacement of Meter Pit Lids

PROJECT NO. HKWD1950 will be received by the BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS of the HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT, at the office of the Board, 4 Dean Street, Hicksville, New York, until 3:00 p.m. Prevailing Time, on Wednesday, July 24, 2019, at which time and place they will be publicly opened and read.

Information for Bidders, Proposal, Specifications and Contract Forms may be obtained in electronic format at the office of the District Engineer, H2M architects + engineers, 538 Broad Hollow Road, New York 11747, upon deposit of Twenty Five Dollars ($25.00). Make deposit check payable to HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT. Bidder’s deposit will be refunded when the original disc is returned in good condition within ten (10) days after the bids have been opened. Other deposits will be partially or not refunded. Only plan holders who have registered and paid their deposit are eligible to submit bids. Each proposal submitted must be accompanied by a certified

check or bid bond, payable to the Hicksville Water District, in a sum equivalent to five percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, as a commitment by the bidder that, if his bid is accepted, he will enter into a contract to perform the work and will execute such further security as may be required for the faithful performance of the contract.

The Board of Commissioners of the Hicksville Water District reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive any informalities therein and to accept the bid which, in its opinion, is in the best interests of the Water District.

BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

HICKSVILLE WATER DISTRICT

DATED: JULY 19, 2019 MIT 5827 1X 07/19

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau ARTHUR BOULUKOS, Pltf. vs. DAWN WOLFGANG, et al, Defts.

Pursuant to order confirming referee report and for judgment of foreclosure and sale dated May 31, 2019, I will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on Aug. 6, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. prem. k/a

LEGAL NOTICES

32 Lexington Ave., Bethpage, NY 11714 a/k/a being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of NY, known and designated as Lot 397 and part of Lots 396 and 398 on a certain map entitled, “Correction Map of Property at Central Park, Nassau County, NY dated 8/15/33” filed in the Office of the Clerk of Nassau County under filed No. 891 on 1/5/34. Approx. amt. of judgment is $539,749.09 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index #18-000253.

LEELAND LEWIS GREENE, Referee.

THE MARGOLIN & WEINREB LAW GROUP LLP, Attys. for Pltf.,

165 Eileen Way Suite 101, Syosset, NY 97176

BN 7404

4X 07/05,12,19,26

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau

USBANK CUST/EMP V, Plaintiff -againstFRANCIS CAMERLENGO, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated October 1, 2018 and entered on October 9, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at (CCP) Calendar Control Part Court Room of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola,

NY on August 13, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises situate, lying and being in Bethpage, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point formed by the intersection of the Southerly side of Grant Avenue with the Westerly side of Stewart Avenue; being a plot 70 feet by 100 feet by 70 feet by 100 feet.

Said premises known as 6 STEWART AVENUE, OYSTER BAY, NY

Approximate amount of lien $11,946.38 plus interest & costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment and Terms of Sale.

Index Number 4022/2016.

LISA SEGAL POCZIK, ESQ., Referee Bronster, LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 156 West 56th Street, Suite 1801, New York, NY 10019

BN 7407 4x 07/12,19,26,08/02

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau U.S. BANK N.A., IN ITS CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MASTR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2005WMC1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, V.

FRANK J. DIGIORGIO, ET AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment

of Foreclosure dated October 16, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK N.A., IN IT’S CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MASTR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST 2005WMC1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES is the Plaintiff and FRANK J. DIGIORGIO, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART (CCP) COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on August 20, 2019 at 11:30 AM, premises known as 35 BARBARA STREET, BETHPAGE, NY 11714: Section 46, Block 135, Lot 83, 84, and 85: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT CENTRAL PARK, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 607026/2017.

Maria Sideris, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. BN 7408 4X 07/19,26,08/02,09

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