The Mid-Island Times (8/17/18) by Litmor Publishing

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BASEBALL TROPHY CEREMONY

Levittown North Baseball recently held its Trophy Ceremony and Carnival. Pictured: Levittown North Baseball team members; Fred Butts - Levittown North Baseball coach; Ed Mickalowski - Levittown North Baseball coach of Pirates; Maryann Brown – kickball director and Levittown North Baseball secretary; Dennis Dunne – Town of Hempstead councilman; John R. Ferretti, Jr. - Nassau County legislator; Walter Brown – deputy commissioner of Levittown North Baseball, and Shawn Klotz – t-ball director.

Levittown athletic facility to keep name

BY GARY SIMEONE

There was a resolution on the table at a Hempstead Town Board meeting earlier this month to rename MacLaren Memorial Stadium in Levittown in honor of former Town Supervisor Joseph Mondello. But that proposal has been rescinded after the former GOP leader asked the Board to reconsider their proposal.

In a statement to the Town Board, the 80-year-old Mondello said that while he appreciated the sentiment of the offer, he did not want to take the legacy away

from Ernest Hamilton MacLaren, a World War II veteran and purple heart recipient.

“As a veteran myself, I would never want to supplant a veteran of World War II and a Purple Heart recipient from the honor he so richly earned in the service of our country,” said Mondello, who currently serves as a United States ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.

He added that he was not even aware that the resolution was on the table, and that he did not seek to have the facility renamed in his honor.

Town Councilman Dennis Dunne was the one who originally proposed the idea of renaming the facility in honor of the former GOP leader.

“I am a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corps,” said Dunne. “I also would never wish to diminish the legacy of a brave veteran such as Ernest MacLaren, for whom a Levittown recreation facility has been named.”

He said that upon discovering that Ambassador Mondello did not want the name change, he immediately withdrew the proposal.

Legislator wants traffic study for road near school

BY GARY SIMEONE

Nassau County Legislator John Ferretti lives within a mile of one of the most dangerous intersections in his legislative district, Wantagh Avenue and North Jerusalem Road near MacArthur High School.

Just recently, he petitioned the county’s Department of Public Works, to do a traffic study at the intersection and consider changing the left turning lane into a green left turning arrow lane only.

“I’d say 90% of the traffic accidents I’ve witnessed have occurred at this intersection,” said Ferretti, whose legislative district represents Levittown, Salisbury and Westbury. “It is particularly bad for people making the left turn from Wantagh onto North Jerusalem with the oncoming flow of traffic.”

He said that as it currently stands, the green arrow at the light turns into a solid green fairly quickly.

“I would like them to put in a left turn arrow only, and do away with the solid green altogether,” said Ferretti.

According to an accident survey put together by the county, there were 34 car crashes at the intersection in 2015, 25 crashes in 2016, and a total of 39 accidents last year.

“I’ve seen a rash of accidents here in the last couple of weeks, and this is something that needs to be addressed with school starting soon,” said Ferretti.

He said that in his time as county legislator, he’s asked for a few traffic studies to be done, but wants this one to be expedited with people going back to school and work in a couple of weeks.

“I am just a legislator and an attorney, not a traffic study expert, but from my layman’s observation, there is clearly an issue there.” Ferretti said that since he petitioned the DPW for a traffic study at the intersection, he’s heard through the grapevine that Department of Public Works members have been performing examinations of the intersection.

“I am anticipating hearing something about this in this upcoming week.”

Arrest for criminal mischief

Nassau County Police arrested a Levittown man on Sunday, August 12th for allegedly damaging property at a 7-11 before getting into a serious motorcycle accident.

According to detectives, First Precinct Officers responded to the 7-11 located at 525 Newbridge Road, East Meadow, at 3:53am for a report of a man damaging property inside the store. While interviewing a possible witness, an officer on foot observed a male that fit the description of the subject driving a black 2005 Yamaha motorcycle without a helmet and travelling at a high rate of speed southbound on Newbridge Road. A short while later, police received a 911

call for an accident involving a motorcycle at Newbridge Road and Poppy Street. During the investigation at the scene of the accident, police say they determined that the driver of the motorcycle was the subject involved in the criminal mischief at the 7-11.

Christopher Blando, 23, of Levittown, was transported to an area hospital in a Nassau County Police Ambulance with serious head trauma. While at the hospital, he was placed under arrest. He has been charged with Criminal Mischief in the 4th Degree and multiple VTL infractions. He will be arraigned when medically fit.

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MacArthur raises more than 11K for autism awareness

Executive director Suzanne Reek from the Nassau/Suffolk Chapter of the Autism Society of America was presented with a $11,818 check from the MacArthur High School Autism Awareness Committee, committee chair Vin Causeman, Principal Joseph Sheehan (right) and students.

MacArthur High School’s Autism Awareness Committee, under the direction of Vin Causeman, presented the Nassau/Suffolk Chapter of the Autism Society of America with a check totaling $11,818 on May 18th to fund and support the organization’s family programming. The donations were raised throughout April during Autism Awareness Month, with the bulk of the funds resulting from MacArthur’s successful sale of autism awareness t-shirts for the school’s Day of Awareness.

NSASA Executive Director Suzanne Reek was on hand to accept the check, which will help bring Long Island events to fruition that afford families the chance to participate in activities that would otherwise be difficult without the support of the Autism Society of America.

Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Financial services business welcomed to Syosset

The Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber of Commerce was on hand at the recent grand opening of the new Edward Jones investing office located at 255 Executive Drive in Syosset. Above is Edward Jones financial advisor Robert Diaz with Plainvew-Old Bethpage Chamber members, including Board Members Alan Goldberg, Marianne Plummer, Andrea Goldman, Larry Weiss, and Jim Baker.

Local libraries to receive construction funding

The Hicksville and Bethpage Libraries are among 230 libraries statewide that will be receiving funding for construction projects from the New York State Library and the New York State Education Department in the state's 2017-18 budget, according to Assemblyman Michael Montesano (R,C,Ref-Glen Head).

Funding for these projects comes from a $24 million capital fund appropriation for the renovation and construction of New York’s libraries in the 2017-18 State Budget. The 15th Assembly District will see nearly $220,000 toward construction on the Bethpage Public Library, Hicksville Free Public Library, and the Locust Valley Library.

“Libraries provide so much more than books to our communities,” said Montesano. “They provide the oppor-

tunity to escape reality and dive headfirst into a world of wonder, fantasy, romance and thrilling adventures. Libraries also bring our communities together through classes, events and other programs offered for people of all ages. I am so excited to see three of our local libraries the fund for needed repairs in order to ensure they will continue to serve our communities for many years to come.”

The Bethpage Public Library will receive funding to replace its roof, while funds given to the Locust Valley Library will go towards renovating the children’s section. The Hicksville Free Public Library will use its funds to replace the flags on either side of the entrance to the library and replace a concrete apron.

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Central Island Healthcare sponsored The Heart and Sole 5K Run on July 22nd, 2018 in Plainview. Proceeds from this race benefit both Plainview and Syosset Hospitals. Pictured here are Central Island Healthcare staff and friends who participated in this event. Thank you to everyone who ran and to everyone else who helped make the Heart and Sole 5K Run a success!

On Friday, August 3rd, Nassau County Legislators Rose Marie Walker and Laura Schaefer attended the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for Kieran Lee and Thomas Raman. The legislators presented the young men with Citations and congratulated them on their hard work and dedication. Earning the rank of Eagle Scout is the highest award that Boy Scouts of America can bestow upon a young man. Pictured left to right: Nassau County Legislator Laura Schaefer, Kieran Lee of Plainview, Thomas Raman of Bethpage, and Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker

Buses Replace LIRR Trains Between Ronkonkoma &

Hicksville

August 18–19 and 25–26

As work on the Double Track Project nears completion, construction will affect Long Island Rail Road train service on the Ronkonkoma Branch over the weekends of August 18–19 and 25–26.

If you are planning to travel on either of these weekends, please make note of the following:

• Buses will replace trains between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma –please plan for additional travel time.

• Buses to and from Hicksville will connect with Greenport trains in Ronkonkoma. Train service between Ronkonkoma and Greenport will be unaffected.

• Additional bus service will be available throughout the day between Bethpage and Ronkonkoma, connecting with Greenport trains in Ronkonkoma.

• To avoid busing and delays, consider taking the Babylon, Montauk or Port Jefferson Branches on these weekends.

For details, pick up special weekend timetables at stations, visit mta.info/lirr, or check out the LIRR Train Time app.

Incidents that have occurred recently in the local area include:

At Buffalo Wild Wings, located on Merrick Avenue in Westbury, a 24-yearold man from West Babylon, an 18-yearold man from Port Washington and a 25-year-old man from West Babylon were arrested and were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at 9:50pm on July 30th.

A 29-year-old woman from Freeport was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at 9:55pm on July 30th at the parking lot of the Verizon store on Old Country Road in Westbury.

At Target on Corporate Drive in Westbury, a 31-year-old woman from Hempstead was arrested and was charged with Shoplifting at 10:30pm on July 30th.

A 40-year-old woman from Hicksville

was arrested at 4:10pm on July 29 and charged with Shoplifting from Century 21 in Westbury.

At Shop Rite in Old Bethpage, assorted merchandise was stolen between 9:30 and 10:30pm on July 29.

A 31-year-old woman from Glendale was arrested at 10:45am on July 30th and charged with Shoplifting from Target.

On Harvard Drive in Plainview, unknown subjects broke the rear driver’s side window of a vehicle that was parked from 3am until 2pm on July 30th.

At Costco in Westbury, a 26-year-old woman from Westbury was arrested and charged with Shoplifting at 4:53pm on July 30th.

At Buffalo Wild Wings, located on Merrick Avenue in Westbury, a 24-yearold man from West Babylon, an 18-yearold man from Port Washington and a

Hicksville parking garage to undergo repairs

The Oyster Bay Department of Public Works today announced that the Hicksville Parking Garage on Duffy Avenue will undergo significant repairs beginning September 12th. The facility will temporarily close, and will reopen before the year's end. To assist commuters, the Town has secured additional interim parking at the former Sears parking lot. A Town of Oyster Bay Parking Permit will be required to use the Sears lot.

Shuttle bus service between the former Sears lot and the Hicksville Train Station will be provided from 5am-9am and from 4pm-8pm, Monday through Friday. In addition to the Sears parking lot, 12 other lots in downtown Hicksville offer parking for residents with a Town of Oyster Bay Parking Permit at the following locations:

H-2: north side of LIRR, south side of West Barclay St., west of Newbridge Rd.

H-5: north side of LIRR, south side of West Barclay St., between Newbridge Rd.and Jerusalem Ave.

H-6: north side of LIRR between Broadway and Jerusalem Ave.

H-9: East Marie St. opposite Hicksville Fire Department

H-10: north side of West Marie St. east of Jerusalem Ave.

H-11: south side of East Barclay St. and north side of East Marie St. east of

25-year-old man from West Babylon were arrested and were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at 9:50pm on July 30th.

A 29-year-old woman from Freeport was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at 9:55pm on July 30th at the parking lot of the Verizon store on Old Country Road in Westbury.

At Target on Corporate Drive in Westbury, a 31-year-old woman from Hempstead was arrested and was charged with Shoplifting at 10:30pm on July 30th.

At Extended Stay America, located on South Oyster Bay Road in Bethpage, unknown subjects slashed the tire of a car that had been parked from 9am to 6:45pm on July 31st.

Sometime between 9:30pm on July 31st and 9:30am the next morning, a victim has reported that an unknown subject shot a BB gun through her window on Farmedge Road in Levittown.

Assorted towels and bedding were stolen from Bed Bath & Beyond in Plainview at 7pm on August 1st.

Broadway

H-12: at intersection of East Marie St. and East Nicholai St.

H-13: at intersection of Bay Ave. and Heitz Pl.

H-14: between north side of East Marie St. and south side of Heitz Pl.

H-16: south side of West Barclay St., north side of LIRR, west of Newbridge Rd.

H-17: north side of West Barclay St. between Strong and Maple St.

H-18: south side of West Barclay St., north side of LIRR, west of Newbridge Rd.

Residents are reminded that all on-street parking restrictions in the downtown area will continue to be enforced by the Nassau County Police Department throughout the construction period. As plans to reopen the facility commence, further information will be posted on the Town of Oyster Bay website.

Since 2011, the Hicksville Parking Garage has been plagued with issues. Repairs will include replacement of concrete decking, crack repair, placement of carbon fiber reinforcement, drainage improvements, replacement of the lighting and security systems, replacement of the carbon monoxide detection system and fire detection infrastructure, modifications to the sprinkler and ventilation systems, and the addition of mechanical units in stairwells.

Marijuana on August 2nd at 6:59pm.

At Dave & Buster’s parking lot on Old Country Road in Old Westbury, two 32-year-old men, both from Far Rockaway, were arrested and were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at 9:55pm on August 2nd.

At 10:55pm on August 2nd, a 20-yearold woman from Rosedale was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at the parking lot of the Red Roof Inn, located on Dibblee Drive in East Garden City.

At the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike and Meadowbrook State Parkway in Uniondale, a 53-year-old woman from Baldwin was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated at 3:05am on August 4th.

At 4:21am on August 4th, a 24-year-old man from Brooklyn was arrested and was charged with Unlawful Possession of Marijuana on Old Country Road in Westbury.

At the First Presbyterian Church on 1st Street in Mineola, a victim has reported that unknown subjects spray-painted graffiti on the wall of the Church at 9am on August 5th.

A 19-year-old man from Elmont was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at 9:55pm on August 1st at the parking lot of Target on Corporate Drive in Westbury.

At the offices of Gerald J. Wilkoff, Inc., located on Main Street in Mineola, a victim has reported spray-painted graffiti was found on the building at 9am on August 2nd.

At the corner of Union Avenue and Church Street in New Cassel, a 25-yearold man from Westbury was arrested and was charged with Unlawful Possession of

Unknown subjects keyed a victim’s vehicle while it was parked on Nassau Boulevard in West Hempstead sometime between 12 noon and 11:59pm on August 5th.

An 18-year-old man from Levittown and a 22-year-old man from Westbury were arrested on Polaris Drive in Levittown at 12:40pm on August 6th. Both were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana.

Compiled by Kate and Meg Meyer

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Hicksville students get crafty

Making crafts with Mom is fun!

During the summer months, the Hicksville Public School District Parent Center has been hosting a variety of arts and crafts events for students and their families. Each hour-long session affords attendees the opportunity to use crayons, colored pencils, markers, scissors, glue, and their creativity to produce crafts such as bookmarks, paper plate bugs, hanging jellyfish, and sock puppets.

The arts and crafts events are held

on Tuesdays from 2:30–3:30pm and Thursdays from 10:30–11:30am. Other Parent Center events being hosted during the summer are Cosmic Kids Yoga, Read Alouds, Listen and Play Music, and Movie Nights. Interested students and families are encouraged to visit the district’s website at www. hicksvillepublicschools.org for additional information.

There were many participants in the crafts event.

Town plans National Overdose Awareness Ceremony

In recognition of National Overdose Awareness Day, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Councilman Louis Imbroto will partner with YES Community Counseling Center to host a Remembrance Ceremony at Phillip Healey Beach, located at 30 Florence Avenue in Massapequa, on August 30th at 7:30pm, honoring the loved ones who we have lost to addiction and overdose. Residents are encouraged to bring a framed pictured of their loved one lost to drug addiction. Pictures provided will be returned at the conclusion.

Supervisor Saladino stated, “I invite residents to join us on National Overdose Awareness Day to remember those who lost their battle to drug addiction, and together reignite our pledge to do all that we can to keep families whole and stop the scourge

of opiate-related deaths. I thank YES Community Counseling Center for partnering with us to host this important remembrance ceremony.”

Councilman Imbroto stated, “I can think of no better way to continue to raise awareness to the deadly opioid epidemic that has been impacting Long Island than by hosting this Remembrance Ceremony to honor those we have lost on National Overdose Awareness Day. Through ceremonies such as this, and through overdose prevention seminars, the Town and YES Community Counseling Center are strengthening our community in its battle against drug abuse.”

“This is an opportunity to pause and remember the strength of those whose lives have been lost to addiction. We must keep these lives in our hearts forever. And while we grieve

the loss of a precious life, we must join together to celebrate all that made each individual special and unique in our world. Being aware, learning more, and understanding the profound consequences of this epidemic will ultimately help us to help others. As a community, we must stand together, learn from the pain, support one another, and continue to be there for those who may need our help. That is what a community does to grow strong! YES Community Counseling Center is honored to stand alongside those families and friends in remembering their gift to the world,” said YES Community Counseling Center Executive Director Jamie Bogenshutz. For more information regarding overdose prevention and help in combating addiction, please contact YES Community Counseling Center at (516)-799-3203.

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entertained.

Girls enjoy an afternoon of crafts.

Photos courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools

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Registration open for Ocean to Sound Relay race

The view from the start of last year’s Bethpage Federal Credit Union Ocean to Sound Relay

Registration is now open for the Greater Long Island Running Club’s 33rd annual Bethpage Federal Credit Union Ocean to Sound 50 Mile Relay, and teams of eight runners each are cordially invited to join in as part of one of Long Island’s oldest and best running traditions.

The date is Sunday, September 23rd. The Relay will, as usual, start at Jones Beach State Park at 8:00am, with an optional 7:00am start time for those teams that expect some difficulty in finishing the 50-mile course in less than eight hours.

Each runner will cover a leg of between 5 and 7 miles. Computerized timing and scoring for every leg will once again be provided by JMS Racing Services, using the MyLaps Pro Chip elite timing system.

Starting at Jones Beach, the teams will wind their way north and east through Wantagh, Seaford, Massapequa, and Old Bethpage before crossing into Huntington, reaching Long Island Sound in Lloyd Harbor, and returning to Nassau County via Cold Spring Harbor and Syosset, and heading north again to a dramatic finish at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park.

The entry fee is only $440 per team ($55 per runner), through September 11th, 2017 and $480 per team after September 11th.

Your entry fee includes a very nice commemorative shirt for every runner,

Key Club students honored

Legislator Ferretti was very happy to join GC Tech and Division Key Club at Levittown Memorial Education Center on Wednesday, June 20th for their Induction/Retirement Ceremony. Congratulations!

Pictured (left to right): Kayla DeJesus, Jake Savitt, Lyna Benhammou, Legislator John Ferretti, Laiba Ahmed, and Mya Ferreiro.

Music Excellence awards presented to local students

Legislator Ferretti presented awards to local high school students at the JWV Bernard & Lilian Hein Memorial Brotherhood and Musical Excellence Award Ceremony on Mother’s Day, May 13th.

entry into what will be an even better than ever post-race party, lots of great food – hot dogs, hamburgers, chicken, salads, pasta, and the Great South Bay Brewery beer truck (or some nice choices of wines if you prefer).

You will be running for a great cause, with a donation being turned over to the Long Island Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

Awards will be presented to the top three teams in each of the following categories: Men’s, Women’s, and Coed Open, Masters and Senior Masters (age 50 plus), Corporate, Law Enforcement/ Firefighters, Physically Challenged, and Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

A special set of awards (a $50 gift certificate to The Runner’s Edge” for each member of the winning team) will be presented to the team that best captures “The Spirit of the Relay.”

But awards are secondary. Camaraderie, team spirit, and the excitement of running with and against so many of your running buddies are what it is all about! You will feel that you have escaped the real world and gone off to summer camp with your friends. September 23rd will be the best single day of the year of running on Long Island!

You can register your team online at www.glirc.org. For more information, or for hard copy entry forms, call Mike or Linda at the Greater Long Island Running Club at (516) 349-7646.

Standing: Rick Hein – Director of Bernard & Lillian Hein Memorial Awards; Richard Howard – East Meadow High School Principal; Joseph Sheehan – General Douglas MacArthur High School Principal; John Coscia – Division Avenue High School Principal; Timothy Voels – W.T. Clarke High School Principal; Legislator John R. Ferretti, Jr.; and Avidor Hercz – Judge Advocate, JWV Post #652

Sitting: Jasmine Kuman – Brotherhood Award – East Meadow High School; Ailish Goering – Brotherhood Award – MacArthur High School; Joseph Calvo – Musical Excellence Award – MacArthur High School, Caroline Doglio –Brotherhood Award – Division Avenue High School; Joy Kim – Musical Excellence Award – Division Avenue High School, Anaha Babu – Brotherhood Award – W.T. Clarke High School; and Alexia Huang – Musical Excellence Award – W.T. Clarke High School

(Not in photo but also recognized was Jolie Rebelo – Musical Excellence Award –East Meadow High School.)

Endlessly Fascinating, Newport RI, Playground for the Rich, Makes Its Attractions Accessible

BY KAREN RUBIN & MARTIN D. RUBIN

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Each time I visit Newport, Rhode Island, the guided tours of these Gilded Age mansions get better and better, more immersive into the lives upstairs and downstairs, more intriguing, and the relevance to society today more apparent. The gap between rich and poor hasn’t been this great since Cornelius Vanderbilt II built his palatial summer “cottage,” The Breakers.

Newport is still a playground for the rich – it is the reason it is the home to the International Tennis Hall of Fame and considered the sailing capital of the country, and why it is so associated with classic cars - but the interesting thing is you don’t have to be rich to play, too.

This most recent visit to Newport comes as a port of call on the second day of Blount Small Ship Adventures’ week-long voyage to New England islands. We have a full day to explore, and sailing in gives a very different perspective.

We also are able to experience Newport from the perspective of how well the destination accommodates visitors with mobility issues.

Our ship, Grand Caribe, docks at Fort Adams State Park, “America’s largest coastal fortification,” which is fun to explore and is also the

The Breakers’ Grand Staircase – the steps were made two inches shorter so the debutantes would not trip on their gowns © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

venue for such major events as the Newport Jazz Festival. It is a short stroll to a launch or a water taxi to the “downtown”.

Many of our fellow passengers are taking the island tour that the

ship offers, which will include a stop at The Breakers, and the cruiseline had also arranged a 2-hour sail aboard an America’s Cup classic yacht (which had to be canceled because of weather). But I have

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some particular goals for our day in Newport.

We are met by Andrea McHugh from Discover Newport who has

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organized an itinerary to maximize our time. She gives us our own island tour (as well as the gossip of which tech billionaire has just bought which house, and how Jay Leno, who visited and has attended events at the new Audrain Automobile Museum (which we will visit), passed an oceanfront mansion he liked and bought it on the spot, and now is one of Newport’s many celebrities seen regularly tooling around.

We drive along the magnificent 10mile long Ocean Drive with its scenic views and rocky shore, and pass the

driveway into Hammersmith Farm, the Auchincloss estate where Jackie married John Kennedy. It used to be open to the public with a fantastic exhibit of the Kennedys but was acquired by Peter Kiernan (notable for the Robin Hood Foundation, funded by John Jr.), and is no longer open.

We pass Beechwood, a mansion once owned by the Astors and for many years, where actors played their parts in period dress. It is now owned by Larry Ellison (Oracle), who, we are told, is planning to open part of the mansion as an art museum.

We pass Belcourt, once owned by Oliver H. P. Belmont (who became the second husband of Alva Vanderbilt, as we will soon learn), which was purchased in 2012, by Carolyn Rafaelian, who has spent a considerable sum on a multi-year restoration and has reopened it for public tours.

The Breakers

We arrive at The Breakers, probably the most famous (and emblematic) of the Newport Gilded Age mansions that line Bellevue Avenue. It has a new visitor center which is really well done – barely visible from the street, it blends in wonderfully architecturally while affording a very comfortable (air conditioned) place to pick up tickets (take advantage of the multi-ticket options offered by The Preservation Society, which operates 10 of these glittering Newport Mansions, each with special exhibitions and presentations (see NewportMansions.org), refresh at a delightful café (sandwiches, $9.95), and utilize accessible restrooms (before, it was difficult for people with mobility issues to access a bathroom on property).

Each time I visit, I find new things to appreciate and understand– audioguides, for example, which replace the scheduled docent-led tours so let you tour at your own pace, are endlessly fascinating with opportunities to click on specialized topics. (A free app, Newport Mansions, let you download the commentary on a smart phone even when you aren’t touring the property.)

Built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II (the grandson of “The Commodore,” the founder of the fortune, who turned a ferry boat into a shipping empire into a railroad empire), this breathtakingly grand, eye-popping, 70-room Italian Renaissance “cottage,” designed by Richard Morris Hunt, replaced a wooden structure that burned down. This was 1895, and the United States was jockeying for a position as an industrial power on the global stage. Hunt, the commentary relates, had a vision for an architecture expressing an American Renaissance, one that was classic, grand in scale, but that which reflected the hope and optimism of America. It is mind-boggling to recall when you see the gilding, the carefully carved wood, the marble, the artwork, that this palace (they called it a “cottage”) was only used about eight weeks of the year, during “the season.” The Breakers would have had 40 staff in summer (Newport had 2,000 servants, mostly immigrants).

The Breakers is as much an architectural and artistic treasure as a touchstone to social, cultural and political currents of the Gilded Age.

(The audio-guide lets you know that people who can’t climb the stairs can ask a docent to escort them upstairs in an elevator.)

We learn about the family and the social structure of Newport: Mrs. Alice Claypoole Gwynne Vanderbilt’s bedroom, for example, also functioned as an office from which she ran the home.

Newport was actually run by

The Breakers, the 70-room summer “cottage” built by Cornelius Vanderbilt II in 1895 © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

women, we learn, who otherwise had no power in politics or business. These grand homes were designed to present their wealthy daughters (heiresses) to be snapped up for a favorable marriage.

Dressing was important. Women would have to change something like seven times a day (a riding habit, tea gown, bathing outfit, tennis, golf, sailing). Newport was the first place women played outdoor sports; whole new fashions were created.

The Breakers had 15 bedrooms and 20 bathrooms (we see one bathtub, carved from a single block of marble that was so cold, it had to be fully filled and drained several times before it would be warm enough to bathe in).

We see the servants corridors, hidden closets and back stairs. “Female servants were invisible.”

When we arrive in daughter Gertrude Vanderbilt’s bedroom, we learn that she was not happy to be an heiress. She preferred to be an artist, and became a sculptor, an art collector and patron and, in 1931, founded the Whitney Museum. (Here, I click the audio guide for more detail on specific things: Gertrude was on the forefront of the New Woman, an educated girl. The idea to become an artist came to her in a dream.)

We come to the mezzanine overlooking the grand staircase. “Gilded Age Newport was built, managed, and maintained by women. It was the backdrop for the presentation of women” at a time when a woman’s fortune depended upon making a favorable marriage.

We learn that the grand staircase stairs were built (and even rebuilt) to

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be two inches shorter, so the young debutantes could be presented in their gowns more gracefully.

At this portion of the tour, you can click on the audio guide to hear more detail about how the Vanderbilt’s attained such wealth and privilege (but it is really, really hard to keep the players straight without a scorecard – so many have the same name like British royalty).

The Commodore left the vast majority of his enormous fortune to his eldest son, William Henry Vanderbilt (“Any fool can make a fortune; it takes a man of brains to hold onto it,” Cornelius Vanderbilt said.) Though William outlived his father by just eight years, in that time he doubled the Vanderbilt fortune from $100 million to $200 million.

In the oddest quote on the audioguide, William Henry Vanderbilt explains why he sold controlling stock of the Vanderbilt empire to a syndicate headed by JP Morgan: “The care of $200 million is too great a load for any brain or back to bear. It is enough to kill a man. I have no son whom I am willing to afflict with the terrible burden.” The commentary adds, “Without a single visionary leader like the Commodore, there was no one to invest in the next new technology. Automobiles and airplanes replaced the railroads, the once vast fortune was split and shared among generations of descendants.”

When we visit the kitchen, we get to appreciate some of the modern innovations of the house. The first Breakers burned down so when Cornelius II rebuilt it, he had the kitchen separated from house and no

burners. Zinc, the stainless steel of its day, covered the worktable. There was a separate, smaller room which could be kept cool, for preparing pastry.

It is worthwhile to appreciate that as we see the trappings of obscene wealth, privilege and power, we also get to appreciate that the servants – who were mainly immigrants – saw their position in these mansions as improvements, and many were able to embrace the American Dream and move up in station and class. The Breakers’ chef, we learn, started as a kitchen boy and became known as the Omelette King.

The Butler’s pantry, a two-story affair, had a safe for the butler to lock the silver away. The butler, we are told, was like the captain of ship.

Leaving The Breakers, we walk

As I See It

BY LOU THEODORE

On Purely Chaste, Pristine Random Thoughts XXVII

I can’t believe there have already been 26 of these. Here is another set (20) of my thoughts on a host of topics. Hopefully, the reader will not find any of the comments below offensive.

• Any of the readers familiar with my books? A “fan” recently emailed me on my new book: I’ll waste no time reading it.”

• I’m working on two processes to get safe drinking water from the sea. Sounds simple. All you have to do is separate out the salt.

• Anyone ever think of starting a business that would provide a service of placing your pet(s) while one is away with others who have pets at a nominal fee (I would call it Vacation Exchange of Pets, VEP).

• Just finished reading O’Reilly’s

“Killing the Rising Sun”. The fanatical conduct of not only the Japanese leaders and military, but also those at home during the war was unforgiveable. I’m going to have trouble buying Japanese products from now on. I can also understand the logic behind the unfortunate interning of Japanese-Americans.

• Are the Democrats or the Republicans in Nassau County more corrupt? I think it’s a tie. They have all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

• Trump truly has many attributes. But, at times, he ought to give some thought to the gift of silence.

• I still can’t believe the number of walks given up by major league pitchers. The key to being a great pitcher is to not walk batters.

• I also still can’t believe that batters don’t run out ground balls and fly balls.

• The key to good health is walking and drinking water.

• Just published my 115th book. This one’s titled “Introduction

to Mathematical Methods for Environmental Engineers and Scientists.” It was coauthored by Chuck Prochaska, a graduate student at Manhattan College.

• Kelly Behan, a junior structural engineering student studied at Buffalo and a resident of Mineola, is the coauthor of our soon to be released book “Introduction to Optimization for Environmental and Chemical Engineers.” Kelly is presently interning with Turner Construction and previously served as the editorial manager on my “Basketball Coaching 101” book.

• I still maintain that environmentalists have become a liability to our society. Their fanatical conduct is simply not acceptable.

• The Queen and I received a standing ovation at the recent annual Air and Waste Management Association awards luncheon in Hartford, Connecticut.

• I can’t believe the widespread hatred for our spoiled egomaniac billionaire playboy president. It just

down to the Cliff Walk, the most visited attraction in Rhode Island, and for good reason. This is a delightful walkway along the cliffs (mostly paved and accessible for someone who uses a cane or, as I urge instead, hiking sticks), behind the grand mansions such as The Breakers, and free to enjoy. It extends 3.5 miles all the way to Doris Duke’s Rough Point (where the walkway becomes more scrappy). Today, we only get a taste of it, in order to conserve time and energy.

Marble House

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doesn’t make sense, given what he has accomplished in 18 months.

• Dining out has become ridiculously expensive. The tax and tip increases your bill by approximately 30%.

• Dining out? Be prepared to get ripped off if you “drink.” Two bloody Marys at Morton’s cost $33…and that doesn’t include the tax and tip.

• I keep hoping things will be “resolved” in Noko, Iran, Israel, Syria, China and Russia. Am I asking and hoping for too much?

• What happened to our Mets?

• The New York Giants are doomed with Manning.

• I’m planning to do another edition (IV) on Great Eats. The next one will key on casinos.

That’s it, folks. I’ll be back with another “random” in 6 months.

Visit the author at: www.theodorenewsletter.com or on his Facebook page at Basketball Coaching 101

The Gold Room at Alva Vanderbilt’s Marble House in Newport, Rhode Island, epitomizes the Gilded Age © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY

Senior Citizens Who Never Signed Up for Social Security

BY TOM MARGENAU

Q: I am 73 years old. I never signed up for Social Security, because I just never needed it. I am fortunate enough to be independently wealthy. I inherited a multimillion-dollar business from my father, who had inherited it from his father. We have way more than enough money to live comfortably for the rest of our lives, and to provide nest eggs for our children and grandchildren. So again, I just don’t need the money. However, my wife keeps encouraging me to file for my Social Security. But my thinking is that since we don’t need the money, I should let it stay in the Social Security funds and it can be of more use for other less fortunate Social Security recipients. I’d like your take on this.

A: That certainly is noble thinking on your part. But honestly, it’s just a little misguided. Your monthly Social Security benefit would be about $3,000 per month. That’s a lot of money. But it’s dwarfed by the magnitude of the trillion-dollar Social Security trust funds. Your benefits are such a teeny tiny drop in the Social Security bucket that letting your money remain in those funds really has no effect and does nothing “for other less fortunate Social Security recipients.”

Throughout my 40-plus years of working on Social Security issues, I’ve run into about a half-dozen other folks in your situation. And I’ll recommend to you the same thing I recommended to them. Sign up for your Social Security benefits, and once the checks start rolling in, do something creative with the money.

Maybe send a monthly check to your favorite charity. Or perhaps you could put a large chunk of money in your church’s collection plate once a month. I know of one guy who takes his Social Security check each month and buys a saving bond and gives it to one of his many grandkids. Or do what another fortunate soul like you is doing. He wrote to me about 10 years ago with a similar story, and I suggested the same advice. Ever since, he’s used the money to fund a scholarship that he hands out to lucky high school seniors in his town.

Or of course you could just keep the money yourself and do whatever millionaires do with a $3,000 per month bit of throwaway money!

Q: My dad is 85 years old. He never signed up for Social Security. He worked for the VA and gets a government pension and he also gets free medical care from the VA. So he doesn’t need Medicare. Before and after his VA career, he worked at jobs covered by Social Security, so he has his 40 quarters. He says he doesn’t need Social Security. But I think he should sign up. Is it too late for him to apply? If it isn’t, can he get retroactive benefits? And what about Medicare?

A: It’s never too late to apply for Social Security. So your dad can, and he definitely should, sign up for benefits as soon as possible. Based on what you said about his working career, he won’t be due much from Social Security. My guess is maybe about $200 per month. But still, $200 is way better than nothing. Sadly, he’s already thrown away thousands of dollars. And every month he waits, he’s throwing more money away. The most he can get in retroactive benefits is six month’s worth.

As far as Medicare, your dad has been taking a chance all these years by never applying for the program. I understand he gets his free medical care from the VA. But if he is ever in a place or a situation where he needs medical care and a VA hospital or clinic isn’t available, he’s out of luck. Still, it would be prohibitively expensive for him to apply for Part B Medicare now. (That’s the part that pays for doctor’s visits, lab work, and all other non-hospital expenses.) He’d have to pay a 10 percent per year compounded monthly premium penalty for each of the last 20 years. That would make Part B just way to expensive for him. But Part A coverage is free. (That’s the part that pays inpatient hospital bills.) He should sign up for Part A at the same time he applies for his Social Security benefits. That way, if he ever needs hospitalization and can’t get to a VA hospital, he will be covered by Medicare.

Q: There is an 88-year-old lady at our church whom I just met. She is living on a rather small Social Security check because she never worked very much outside the home. Her husband died about 15 years ago. She said after he died, she got the burial benefit from Social Security and nothing else. She claims she thought she was also filing for widow’s benefits, but nothing ever came of it. She never followed up on this and has been content living on her meager Social Security check. Is it too late to file for widow’s benefits? Can she get any back pay?

A: As I said in the answer to the last question, it’s really never too late to file for any kind of Social Security benefit. So even though she should have filed for widow’s benefits 15 years ago, she certainly can still do so now.

Assuming she is eligible for those benefits, she will be able to claim six months’ worth of retroactive benefits. Any Social Security claim filed after age 66 comes with that back pay guarantee.

And normally, that six-month check would be all she gets. But if she can show that the Social Security Administration made a mistake by not paying her widow’s benefits that she was due, she could possibly collect 15 years worth of retroactive benefits.

Showing that SSA made a mistake is normally hard to do. Lots of times it’s a “he said, she said” situation that’s almost impossible to prove. In other words, had she merely inquired about widow’s ben-

efits and claims she was told she was not eligible for such benefits, it would be hard for her to prove she actually got misinformation.

But her situation is different. In sounds like she filed a formal claim for the little $255 death benefit. By doing so, it would have been SSA’s job to explore her eligi-

bility for widow’s benefits. If they dropped the ball on that claim, that proves the agency made a mistake and she should be able to get 15 years of back pay.

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by Cornelius II’s

sister-in-law, Alva Erskine Smith Vanderbilt, tells the story of burgeoning feminism and what happens when a smart, ambitious

and a portrait of Harold, born when her oldest, Consuelo was 7, who came back one day to find she had a baby brother and was told “God had sent him to us.”

The room is Alva’s feminist declaration, decorated with images of

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woman has few outlets for her vast talents beyond making an advantageous marriage.

Marble House (which we reach by hopping Newport’s delightful trolleystyle bus) was designed by the architect Richard Morris Hunt (who also designed The Breakers). Inspired by the Petit Trianon at Versailles, Marble House was built between 1888-1892 at a cost of $11 million of which $7 million was spent on 500,000 cubic feet of marble. When it was finished, William Kissam Vanderbilt, the Commodore’s grandson, gave the house to his wife as a 39th birthday present.

Alva built Marble House to be “a cottage like nothing Newport had ever seen.” As it turns out, Alva Vanderbilt was also like nothing Newport had never seen.

The Gothic Room featured an important Gothic collection from Europe, which Alva purchased “en bloc” – the whole caboodle. “She considered herself equal to European collectors but didn’t want to collect over generations.” The room was designed and executed in Paris, then reassembled here piece by piece. At a time before there were public museums, this room became a private museum.

The most revealing room into Alva’s soul is the library (the “morning room”), where you see photos of Alva’s children

goddesses representing beauty, wealth and power. She wove into the frame and the fabric of the room images of women’s accomplishment – women holding a quill pen, Cleo, the Greek muse of history, female images of learning and the arts – the four corners showing (mythical) women in chemistry, botany, astronomy.

“In education, women have made tremendous strides,” she said. “It is not so long since women freed themselves from their man-made belief that it was

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unwomanly for a woman to have an idea of her own.”

She also said, “A man’s brain is not half a brain and we are the other half. Blending of the two will make a better whole.”

Her bedroom also was a display of the power she coveted - a bed on a thronelike platform, below images of Athena, goddess of wisdom and war. In this period, though, she saw social standing - that is, marriage - as a woman’s only means to power and independence. She applied this to her daughter, Consuelo.

Consuelo seems to have been Alva’s obsessive focus. You hear how she was groomed to be married off to European royalty –from childhood she was forced to wear a steel rod from her neck to waist with a strap around her shoulders, to make her to sit up straight and have elegant bearing.

From her quotes, Consuelo seems to be fully aware of how she was being dominated by her mother, yet was a dutiful daughter, very close to her mother and understanding. We visit her austere room decorated by her mother which, she says, “reflected in my mother’s love of me.”

We see the guest room – the only one in this fabulous mansion – decorated in rose silk, with an 18th century bed. The most famous guest was, of course, the 9th Duke of Marlborough, Consuelo’s intended. We learn there is only one guest room in the house because people who would visit the house either had their own “cottage,” rented someone

else’s for the season or stayed in a hotel. “Marble House is built for the family.”

Consuelo “reluctantly accepted a proposal from the Duke of Marlborough.” She was one of the “Dollar Princesses,” American heiresses who married foreign royalty.”Consuelo Vanderbilt not the first or the last, but she was the best known.”

These marriages, “were a melding of the old world and the new world. They enabled royalty to maintain property and palaces for another generation.”

Indeed, the Gilded Salon – literally painted in 22 carat gold, the very epitome of Gilded Age – had a featured role in Duke’s marriage proposal.

But after Consuelo was married off to British royalty, Alva acted for herself, divorcing William K in 1895.

My favorite quote from the audio guide, “I was the first of my set to marry a Vanderbilt and the first to get divorced – but not the last.” Alva Erskine Smith of Alabama felt herself a pioneer for her class, a female knight reassuring others. “Mine was the first, but the first of many.”

She ditched William K. Vanderbilt to marry her husband’s best friend, Oliver H.P. Belmont, moving down the street to Belcourt.

After Belmont’s death, Alva reopened Marble House and had a Chinese Tea House built on the seaside cliffs. She became active and a major donor to the Women’s Suffrage Movement, holding rallies in 1909 at Marble House.

She raised money for the cause by opening Marble House to the public: “Shop girls could mingle with socialites”

for the price of a $5 ticket (which would have been equivalent to $500 in today’s money).

Alva insisted, “Women shouldn’t marry until we get vote,” a pronouncement considered hypocritical for a twice-married woman.

Following her mother’s example, after 26 years as Duchess of Marlborough living in Blenheim Palace, Consuelo ended her loveless marriage in 1921, giving him $2.5 million a year, and married “for love” a French aviator, Jacques Balsan. (More about these personal relationships in a fantastic photo gallery in the basement.)

In stark contrast to the grand (albeit austere) bedroom that Consuelo occupied, her brothers’ rooms were tiny and spartan; Willy K Jr.’s room was occupied by Marble House superintendent, William Gilmour, who joined the household when he was 16 to be Willy K’s companion.

We visit a trophy room (that had been converted from two dressing rooms that were between Alva’s bedroom and Consuelo’s), that recognizes sons William K., Jr.’s role in pioneering the sport of auto racing in America (he created the Vanderbilt Cup auto races and built the Vanderbilt Parkway which starts across from where he had a home in Lake Success); and Harold Stirling, one of the finest yachtsmen of his era who successfully defended the America’s Cup three times and invented the game of contract bridge. Notably, as chairman of the board of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Harold supported integration.”He wanted to be associated

with positive, progressive thinking.”

In the basement kitchen (capable of feeding 100), we see yet another side of Alva in a quoted segment complaining “how the rich are exploited. When a shopkeeper learned my address, he said he made mistake of the price and added 50%.” This at a time when she paid a French chef (after all, you had to have a French chef), the massive sum of $10,000 (equivalent to $250,000 today).

We see in the cupboard silver trays etched with the children’s names and china made with “Vote for Women.”

In Marble House, too, people who have difficulty climbing stairs can ask to use an elevator, and the docents will find a place to sit and rest, as necessary.

In summer, the Preservation Society has 10 properties open, all with distinctive presentations and exhibits.

Rosecliff, the 1902 “fantasy in terra-cotta”, is presenting “Bohemian Beauty” celebrating the ideals of the Aesthetic Movement, personified by Oscar Wilde who visited Newport twice, with furniture, ceramics, wallpaper, glass, silver, paintings and clothing (thru Nov 4).

(Plan your visit in advance at The Preservation Society of Newport County, 424 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI 02840, 401-847-1000, info@newportmansions.org , www. newportmansions.org.)

In addition, there are the homes and heritage sites operated by Newport Restoration Foundation including Rough Point and Whitehorne Museum (51 Touro St., Newport, RI 02840, 401–849–7300, newportrestoration.org).

Back To School

Friday August 17, 2018

APlace forEvery Student

The Winston Preparatory School (WPS) has announced the launch of Winston Prep Long Island, its fifth campus,opening in Dix Hills this September.WPS is excited to bring the same essence,expertise and methods to the Long Island community that have been successfullyapplied to each of its campuses in Manhattanand the tristate area.

Winston Prep is ahighlyindividualiz ed and responsive setting forstudents in grades 3through 12 with specificlearning differences,such as dyslexia, nonverballearning disorders,and executive functioning difficulties (i.e ADHD).

Its unique model of education forthe individual provides

intense skill remediationwhile encouraging students to build independence,resilience,responsibility,self-awareness,and self-advocacy.Key to the development of each student is the

focus on assessment-based remediation, the dailyone-to-one FocusProgram, askill-based curriculum, small homogenous class groupings,anexpert faculty,an emphasis on social-emotional

development, and asupportive community

The opening of Winston Prep Long Island marks the logical next step foranorganization thathas experienced consistent growth over the years.WPS now reaches eight times the number of livesitdid just twodecades agoand continues to replicate its model in order to meaningfully impact the field.

Winston Prep Long Island is currentlyaccepting applications. Formoreinfor mation, or to sign up foranopen house,contact KarenPreston, WPSLI Admissions Director at liadmissions@ winstonprep.edu, or visit www. winstonprep.edu.

How art benefits young brains

Art enriches lives and can be used to connect people from all walks of life. Among the many additional benefits of art is its effects on young people and the development of their brains. The American Association of School Administrators notes that neuroscience research has shown that the effects of the arts on a young brain’s cognitive, social and emotional development can be profound.

• Art helps to wire the brain. The AASA notes that especially young children spend much of their time playing, and that play often includes forms of art such as singing, drawing and dancing. These artistic activities engage various senses and help to wire the brain so it can learn. As children age, these seemingly basic activities remain essential for young brains.

• Art helps children develop their motor skills. Dancing and other movements that might be prompted by exposure to art help children develop motor skills. Motor skills are necessary for kids to perform important and necessary daily tasks while also promoting independence.

• Art helps kids learn to think. The AASA notes that art can be a valuable tool in instilling essential thinking tools in children, including the ability to rec-

ognize and develop patterns, the ability to form mental representations of what is observed or imagined, and the ability to observe the world around them.

• Art can improve memory and focus. The AASA cites studies that listening to music can stimulate parts of the brain responsible for memory recall and visual imagery. In addition, background music played in a classroom has been shown to help students remain focused while completing certain learning tasks.

• Art can positively affect how students approach other courses. Studies have shown that incorporating arts into core curriculums can have a number of positive effects on students’ overall academic performance and benefit students socially. Studies indicate that students involved in such integrative programs are more emotionally invested in their classes and work more diligently than those not studying in such conditions. In addition, students may learn more from one another when the arts are integrated into core curriculums than when they are not.

Art is often mistakenly seen as a strictly fun component of children’s education. But the effects of art on young brains is considerable, helping young people develop in ways that may surprise many men and women.

How to find the right school fundraiser for you

The school year is in full swing, and parents of school-aged kids have no doubt been involved in at least one fundraiser already. Fundraisers help schools raise money for supplies or special activities that may not have been included in the budgets established by the local school district.

Parent participation is essential for school fundraisers to be successful. Though requests to join in a school’s fundraising efforts can be overwhelming at times, rather than avoiding fundraisers completely, parents should research the fundraisers to determine which fundraising efforts best suit their schedules and interests.

Parent-teacher organizations or the fundraising committees are great sources of information for inquisitive parents. Such groups may already have a schedule of fundraisers that you can peruse to find a match. If a fundraiser seems particularly attractive, you can mark your calendar to participate.

Attend PTA meetings to learn how fundraising dollars are being spent. This can make it easier to find a fundraising activity to support, as you are more likely to participate in activities when you know just where the fruits of your labors will be going once the event has come and gone.

It’s also important for parents to understand the rate of return on fundraisers. Schools and other organizations

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receive a percentage of return on a fundraiser. It may be 50 percent, less or more. Aim to participate in fundraisers that provide schools with the best return on their investments. Purchasing a T-shirt for $15, $10 of which will go directly to the school, is more effective than participating in several fundraisers that only offer marginal returns.

Another way to ensure your participation will yield results is to choose fundraisers that are being operated in conjunction with companies that have a long-standing record of success. When choosing a school fundraiser to pitch in with, ask the school if its efforts are being made in conjunction with a local business. If so, ask about the school’s track record with this particular business. If the results are good, you might feel better about offering your help.

Don’t be afraid to offer your opinions if you feel a fundraiser is not being run as efficiently or smoothly as you think it could be. Speak up at a PTA meeting or volunteer your services to a committee. Other volunteers may just need a push in a new direction or some fresh ideas to make fundraising efforts more effective.

Schools often offset miscellaneous costs by soliciting communities and parents of their students for assistance through fundraisers. People can select the fundraisers that interest them and offer the best return on investment to the school.

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The dawn of a new school year requires restocking school supplies. But for some kids, the most important part of returning to school is making sure they look good walking through the door on the first day of school — and each day thereafter.

The National Retail Federation says the average family with school-aged kids expects to spend $630 this year on school supplies. A large percentage of that money will be spent on clothing. Naturally, parents want their children to have clothing they’ll love and feel comfortable wearing, but do not want to break the bank buying wardrobes for their youngsters. But parents can employ various strategies to ensure kids look good without Mom and Dad going broke.

• Invest in few essential clothing items. Ask children what they are most interested in buying. One or two trendy shirts or an expensive pair of sneakers can be paired with seasonal pieces. The result is a trendy, affordable look.

• Shop discount retailers. Stores like TJ Maxx and Marshalls offer many brand-name items at a discount over department store prices. While these stores customarily stock items that may be a season or two out of date, they can help budget-conscious families nab some key clothing items at affordable prices.

• See if replicas will fit the bill. Girls

may be enamored with an oversized hair accessory dubbed the JoJo Bow, an accessory popularized by celebrity Joelle Joni “JoJo” Siwa. They’re big and colorful, but the name-brand, authentic hair bows may be beyond some parents’ budgets. However, there are plenty of bows that can achieve the same look at a fraction of the cost of the JoJo Bow. Parents also may find more affordable alternatives to other trendy items.

• Choose a size larger. Children grow very fast, so it may be well worth the investment to purchase trendy items one size larger so kids can get more use out of the item. However, this likely won’t be possible with footwear.

• Share clothes. Savvy bargain-hunters can swap gently worn shoes or clothing with other families when kids outgrow items.

• Spread out purchases. To make purchasing easier on the wallet, grab items here and there throughout the year and put them toward school wardrobe essentials, rather than cramming in shopping right before the school year begins. This approach also helps families shop sales and maintain a variety of pieces that make it easier to transitions kids’ wardrobes throughout the year.

School clothes can make up a large chunk of back-to-school shopping budgets. Smart choices help families save money.

How to help and support schools

Good schools help to harbor a strong sense of community. Children often make their first friends at school, and parents often meet their neighbors through school-sponsored activities.

Students and school districts face a new set of challenges each year. Many of them can be remedied or made less daunting with the help of volunteers. Here are some of the many ways men and women can support the schools in their communities.

• Practice open communication. Parents of children in the school should become familiar with teachers and the staff in the school. Find a balance between being involved and being intrusive. Joining the PTA is one way to be active in the goings-on of the school. When the opportunity arises, exercise your right vote on proposed policy changes and programs. Show an interest in your children’s assignments and ask to meet with teachers if the need arises. Doing so illustrates to the teacher that there is a connection at home and they’re not alone in the journey.

• Participate in school fundraisers. Schools may not have enough money to cover all of their needs, and fundraisers are vital to the success of many schools. Fundraisers may provide money for the entire school or be collected for particular efforts, such as new technology or athletic uniforms. While you don’t have to get behind every fundraiser, participating in just a few can help the school raise needed funds.

• Keep a clean campus. Students and parents can work together to keep the school and surrounding areas clean. Organize trash pickup days when participants gather and dispose of litter. Parents also can pitch in to make school grounds more aesthetically appealing. Donate and plant flowers or trees, and encourage groups that meet at the school, such as Boy and Girl Scout troops, to donate their time and effort as well.

• Donate books to the library. Members of the community can ensure students have plenty of reading materials available to them by donating used books in good condition to the school library. If you can afford it, purchase new books on summer reading lists and donate them to the school library. Schools also may appreciate donated subscriptions to magazines, newspapers and other periodicals.

• Send in complete supplies. Teachers often ask parents to supplement supplies for their classrooms. Remember to send in what is requested when school supply lists are given to students. This helps classrooms run more efficiently and may reduce out-of-pocket expenditures for teachers.

Schools are an integral part of many communities. Explore the many ways to support schools with donations, volunteerism and more.

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• One of the most advanced Hebrew school classrooms on Long Island featuring SMART Board technology, updated individual workstations and innovative software making learning interactive and fun

• Strong emphasis on Jewish ethics and values to instill a strong sense of pride and identity

• Weekly classes with Rabbi Katz; Jewish music and individualized Bar and Bat Mitzvah lessons with Cantor Chesler

• Specialist led individual tutorials in Hebrew reading

How to ease kids’ transition to a new school

Being the new kid in school can be a tall order for youngsters. Children who change schools may face a host of challenges that studies suggest can affect both their social and academic development.

In a 2010 study that followed students who entered kindergarten in 1998 through 2007, the Government Accountability Office found that 13 percent of students changed schools four or more times by the end of eighth grade. Such mobility can adversely affect students, as a study of 13,000 students in the city of Chicago found that children who had changed schools four or more times by the sixth grade were roughly a year behind their classmates.

In addition to the toll transferring schools can take on their academic performance, students also may experience difficulty assimilating into their new schools. Though there’s no formula to make such transitions easier, parents can try various strategies to help their kids successfully adjust to new schools.

• Speak with children about the transition. Pathways.org, a not-for-profit organization devoted to providing free child development information to parents and health professionals, recommends parents speak with their children about transitioning to a new school. En-

courage children to share what excites and worries them about the transition. The way parents discuss transitions can go a long way toward shaping how kids view the change.

• Stay true to your routine. Pathways also recommends parents of students who are transitioning to a new school do their best to replicate first day of school routines from years past. Some famil-

iar traditions might help calm kids’ concerns about their first day in a new school.

• Assimilate into a new community before the school year begins. The education resource Edweek.org notes that the most common causes of students changing schools are residential moves related to parents’ jobs or financial instability. Parents on the lookout for a

new job or those who may need to relocate for financial reasons may want to delay moving until the current school year has ended. Moving between school years gives families time to acclimate to their new communities. That means kids will get time to make new friends. Some familiar faces on the first day at a new school can go a long way toward alleviating the fears children may have.

• Volunteer at your child’s new school. Parental involvement at school can have a profound impact on children. The National Education Association notes that children whose parents are involved at school are more likely to perform academically than students whose parents are uninvolved. In addition, such students are more likely to have good attendance and exhibit stronger social skills than children whose parents do not involve themselves in their children’s school. It stands to reason that students transferring to a new school may benefit from parental involvement even more than other students, as seeing their parents approach a new school with excitement and energy may inspire children to follow suit.

Transitioning to a new school is not easy for many students. But parents can help smooth that transition in various ways.

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Questions to ask before taking a gap year

High school seniors are on the cusp of significant change as they begin their final year of secondary school. As students try to decide what to do after high school, many will be preoccupied with applying to college and exploring their interests in the hopes of finding the right subject to study upon enrolling in college or university. Students consider those weighty decisions while simultaneously preparing to leave home for the first time and focusing on their schoolwork.

While the vast majority of high school seniors will enroll in a college or university in the fall after they earn their high school diplomas, a small but growing number of teenagers are taking gap years. A gap year is a year away from the classroom between high school and college that students use to gain more life experience as they try to decide what they want to do with the rest of their lives.

The Gap Year Association notes that gap year planning should be conducted with purpose and intent. While the gap year need not be as structured as a typical school year, a year entirely free of structure might not provide the insight students are hoping for. In fact, the Gap Year Association recommends students answer the following questions before taking a gap year so they can be sure they’re making the best decision possible.

How can I make college possible after my gap year?

The Gap Year Association recommends students confirm whether they

need to defer, take a leave of absence or arrange for a Consortium Agreement in order to enroll in college after their gap years. Make a note of all deadlines, including when tuition deposits are due, before taking a gap year so your enrollment is not jeopardized.

How long do I have for my gap year?

Fitting a gap year into existing academic structures should allow students ample time to get what they want out of their gap years and still afford them the chances to earn money via summer jobs. So students who plan to travel or volunteer overseas should aim to do so during the months they would normally be in school.

Should I go with a group or go it alone?

Students should assess how they have fared in collaborative situations in the past as they try to decide if a group setting or something more independent is best for them. Students may fare better in teams or working alone, and that can be used to inform their decisions. However, students who want to challenge themselves to grow may benefit by making a decision that takes them out of their comfort zones.

How much structure do I need?

Some students may take gap years to get a break from the structure of student life. But students should be honest with themselves when assessing just how little structure they can handle. A year completely free from structure can be disorganized and therefore not as en-

want. Going it alone with very little structure may put students in compromising, unsafe situations, a potentially dangerous course for students who have spent their lives within the often protective confines of school and family.

Where do I want to be, and what do I want to do?

A lack of purpose or direction during a gap year will not provide students with much insight into themselves and the world. Students should determine where they want to be and what they want to do (i.e., volunteer, teach, etc.) before deciding to take a gap year.

What is my budget?

Gap years can be enlightening, but they also can be expensive. Students should figure out how they’re going to finance their gap years in advance. Students who will need to work during their gap years should make sure work does not take up so much time that the goal of their gap year, namely learning about oneself, is compromised.

Gap years can help students learn about themselves. But like many of the other decisions facing teenagers as they prepare to graduate high school, the decision to take a gap year requires careful consideration of a host of factors.

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How to make applying to college less stressful

Applying to colleges is exciting for many high school students. But that excitement is sometimes tempered by anxiety. The college application process can affect students’ lives for years to come, so it’s understandable why some teenagers might feel stressed as they apply to college.

The National Center for Educational Statistics says 69 percent of high school graduates in the United States enroll in college the fall after graduating from high school. Many students begin applying to college before entering their senior year of high school. Students can employ various strategies to make applying to college less stressful.

Create an inventory of student experiences and awards

When completing their college applications, students submit a variety of materials. In addition to students’ track records in the classroom, schools will be interested in kids’ extracurricular activities, hobbies, volunteer work, and even things they do during their free time.

Parents and students can work together to develop a master list that

includes information about what students have accomplished during high school. These may include involvement in certain clubs, participation in sports teams, advanced ranking in scouting programs, or even a list of books read. Having this document handy will make it that much simpler to fill out college applications.

Investigate the Common Application

The Common Application began as a niche program for select private liberal arts colleges, but now has grown into an organization that services more than 750 schools. The organization enables students to create an account and complete one basic form that will be accepted by all institutions who are members. The CA helps students streamline the college application process and reduce redundancy. An alert system also helps applicants manage application deadlines.

Avoid applying everywhere

Some students think that applying to dozens of schools will improve their chances of being admitted. However, applicants may be wasting their time applying to

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Use the resources at your disposal

Students who have access to guidance counselors, mentors, college centers, or even teachers who are willing to help with the application process should use these resources wisely. In addition, iPhone and Android apps can help streamline the college application process.

Consider scholarships concurrently

Some schools automatically consider applicants for scholarships, grants and work-study programs. But that’s not so with every school, so students may have to apply on their own or rely on third parties for scholarships. Fastweb is a leading online resource to find scholarships to pay for school.

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Between The Breakers and Marble House, we take in some of Newport’s other distinctive attractions:

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(you can even rent time to play on its grass courts). Here, too, we are able to request the use of an elevator to get up to the exhibits on the second floor. (194 Bellevue Avenue, www.tennisfame. com).

Audrain Automobile Museum offers regularly changing exhibits based on its private collection of 250 cars (every one in working condition), from 1899 to modern day, as well as special events. Ever changing exhibits display 15 to 20 cars at a time around a theme. We had just missed the “Muscle Car Madness” exhibit featuring cars of the 1950s and 1970s, accompanied with surf boards and original art.) On view now are some intriguing cars I had never seen before: Messerschmidt, which after World War II when Germans were no longer allowed to build airplanes, used airplane parts

condition. (Audrain Automobile Museum, 222 Bellevue Avenue, 401-8564420, audrainautomuseum.org)

We enjoy a marvelous lunch at Annie’s bistro café (176 Bellevue Ave., anniesnewport.com) – elegant dining in a casual atmosphere and the best New England clam chowder anywhere –before hopping a trolley-style bus for a short ride to Marble House (you can see the schedule on googlemaps.com on your smartphone).

Andrea returns us to the Grande Caribe, where it is too late to explore inside the fort, but I walk along the Bay Walk (a 2.5 mile loop with gorgeous views of Narrangansett Bay and Newport Harbor) before returning to the ship for the cocktail hour and dinner. (Blount Small Ship Adventures, 800-556-7450, www.blountsmallshipadventures.com).

This was what you could do with one full day in Newport. There is so much more to do, and so deserving of a return multi-day visit. Top on my list: Doris Duke’s Rough Point (newportrestoration.org); Touro Synagogue and Loeb Visitors Center (tourosynagogue.org), Redwood Library and Athenaeum (opened in 1750 and has a collection of more than 200,000 titles, www.redwoodlibrary.org), and The National Museum of American Illustration (americanillustration.org), to list but a few.

See more and plan your visit:

Discover Newport, 23 America’s Cup Avenue, Newport, RI 02840, 800-326-6030, 401-849-8048, www.discovernewport. org

The Grande Caribe will next sail to New Bedford (see A Spectacle in Motion: Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World is Once-in-a-Lifetime Must-See at New Bedford Whaling Museum) and on to Martha’s Vineyard. Blount Small Ship Adventures, 461 Water Street, Warren, Rhode Island 02885, 800-556-7450 or 401-2470955, info@blountsmallshipadventures. com, www.blountsmallshipadventures. com).

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1:00pm 3:00pm 87 Foxglove Row

The Highlands. Stunning One of a Kind 2 story nestled amidst the golf courses & vineyards. 4 BRs, 3.5 Baths, gourmet Kitchen, FDR, LR, Study, Great Room/Gas Fireplace set in stone wall, Sunroom, Loft, Sitting Room, Garage & Basement. Master Suite on 1st floor. Must see! $729,000 Colony Realty, Dolores Peterson 631-413-7572

JAMESPORT

Saturday 8/18

11:00am 1:00pm 873 Sound Shore Rd. COUNTRY RANCH with Deeded Private Beach. Very short distance to the Sound. Great year round or vacation home. 3+BRs, 1.5 Baths, LR/Fireplace, Kitchen, Dining Area, Porch, Deck, Outside Shower & Shed. Reduced! $499,000 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

OPEN HOUSE

JAMESPORT

Sunday 8/19

1:00pm 3:00pm 10 Morningside Ave

375’ of Waterfront. Location! Location! Spectacular Views. 140’ of Sandy Bay Beach. Boat Dock on Property. Cape with 3 BRs. Living Room with Stone Fireplace. $1,995,000. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-6582623

OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE

JAMESPORT

Elegant Custom Contemporary in Sea Cove Estates. Bay Beach Community. 3 BRs, 4 Baths, Spacious Open Floor Plan. Vaulted Ceilings, HW Floors, Fireplace, Screened in Porch & ING Pool. Celebrate the beauty of the North Fork here with Friends & Family. Reduced! $779,000. Colony Realty, Valerie Goode, 516-319-0106

OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE

VERMONT

75’ Lakefront year round home on Lake Bomoseen, Vt (3/4 acre plot). Two story, 2 bedrooms, kitchen dinette, full bath, wrap around porch. Lower level-family room, king size sofa bed, work room, heater room. Large dock with boat and motor. $210,000. Call Bill Gilbert 802-265-8838

SERVICES

CHILD CARE by Experienced, Certified Teachers with excellent, extensive references in Mineola, walking distance to train station. No TV, enriching activities, outdoor play, healthful meals, small group. Call or Text 516-729-2896

EARTHLINK HIGH SPEED

INTERNET as low as $14.95/ month (for the first 3 months). Reliable High Speed Fiber Optic Technology. Stream Videos, Music and More! Call Earthlink today 1-855-970-1623.

Expert Bathroom & Kitchens:

Repairs and new installations, mold removal, shower pan leak experts, tile repair, sheetrock, plastering, painting, floors repairs and refinished, grouting, install tankless hot water heaters. Office: 516-933-6508 or cell: 516-263-6774

SPECTRUM TRIPLE PLAY!

TV, Internet & Voice for $29.99 ea. 60 MB per second speed. No contract or commitment. More Channels. Faster Internet. Unlimited Voice. Call 1-855-977-7198

DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICES

MULTI MEDIA DIGITAL

TRANSFERS: videos, pictures, negatives, 35mm, slides, Films: 8mm, Super8, 16mm. Audio: Reel to reel tapes, cassette tapes, LP records: 33, 45 and 78, 15% discount with ad. 718-835-2595. savethememoriesnewyork. com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

AMBIANCE

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

*Handyman & Remodeling

SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

CJM CONTRACTING, INC.

Chris Mullins. Specializing in general contracting including churches and cathedrals. All renovations, expert leak repairs, dormers / extensions, bathrooms, kitchens, basements, carpentry, roofing, flat shingle, attics, masonry, stoops, brickwork, waterproofing, pointing, windows, power washing, plumbing, electric. Small jobs welcome. Free estimates. Licensed / insured #H18C6020000. 516-428-5777

LAMPS FIXED $65

In home service. Handy Howard. 646-996-7628

MASONRY

All types of stonework Pavers, Retaining Walls, Belgium Block Patios, Foundations, Seal coating, Concrete and Asphalt driveways, Sidewalks, Steps. Free Estimates

Fully Licensed & Insured #H2219010000

Boceski Masonry Louie 516-850-4886

ROOF LEAKS REPAIRED

All types Roofing & flashing repairs, aluminum trim work and Gutter Clean Outs. Nassau Lic# H1859520000.

B.C. Roofing & Siding, Inc. Text or call: 516-983-0860

SERVICES

HEALTH & FITNESS

Z ACUPUNCTURE & HERBAL HEALING ARTS

Xiao Jun Zhou, L.Ac. NYS Licensed Acupuncturist/M.D.China.

U.S. National Board Certified Herbalist. 103 South Middle Neck Road, Great Neck, NY 11021

516-809-8999

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Insurance Accepted

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING

Plastering, Taping, Sheetrock

Skim Cutting, Old Wood Refinish, Staining, Wallpaper Removal & Hanging, Paint Removal, Power Washing, Wood Replacement

JOHN MIGLIACCIO

Licensed & Insured #80422100000

Call John anytime: 516-901-9398 (Cell) 516-483-3669 (Office)

JV PAINT

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

SEEKING LARGE ACREAGE

Serious cash buyer seeks large acreage 200 acres and up in the Central / Finger Lakes / So. Tier & Catskills Regions of NY State. Brokers welcome. For prompt, courteous, confidential response, call 607-353-8068 or email Info@newyorklandandlakes.com

*Kitchen Installations

*Furniture Assembly

*Finish Carpentry

*Minor Electrical & Plumbing

25year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154

BATHROOM RENOVATIONS

EASY, ONE DAY updates! We specialize in safe bathing. Grab bars, no slip flooring & seated showers. Call for a free in home consultation: 888-657-9488

SERVICES

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING

MICHELANGELO

PAINTING & WALLPAPER

Interior, Exterior, Plaster / Spackle, Light Carpentry, Decorative Moldings & Power Washing. Call: 516-328-7499

PARTY HELP

LADIES & GENTLEMEN

RELAX & ENJOY

Your Next Party!

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

TUTORING

KINDERGARTEN TUTOR

Get your child ready for the rigors of Kindergarten Reading, Writing and Math. NYC certified teacher and Garden City resident offering 1:1 tutoring for your child. Call 516-729-5753

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR:

Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

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

INSTRUCTION

PIANO LESSONS

By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons. com

CLEANING

CLEANING AVAILABLE

EXPERIENCE POLISH HOUSE CLEANER

Good references, ability. Very honest, reliable, responsible and hard working. Own transportation. English speaking. Flexible days and hours. Reasonable rates. I will do a good job. Call or text 516-589-5640

HOUSE CLEANING:

Excellent service, with great references, reliable, own transportation, English speaking. Call Selma 516-690-3550

SERVICES

CLEANING

SERVICES

1-866-We Junk It: All phases of rubbish removal & demolition. Residential, commercial, construction sites, kitchens, bathrooms, clean-ups, attics, basements, floods, fires. All size dumpsters. Same day service. Fully insured. Bob Cat Service. www.1866wejunkit.com 516-5411557

A & J MOVING & STORAGE:

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

SERVICES

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125

NEAT FREAKS: Your organizing Gurus! Voted 2018 North Shore’s #1 Organizer. Home or office. Free Consultation. Lisa Marx and Randi Yerman. 917751-0395 www.neatfreaks1976.com Instagram:organizethisnthat

SHOPPING FOR SUPPORT

Clipping pet item coupons for Last Hope is a great and easy way to give your support. Every coupon we receive helps to defray our costs, particularly for dog and cat food. They can either be dropped off at our adoption center at 3300 Beltagh Avenue in Wantagh, or mailed to Last Hope, PO Box 7025, Wantagh 11793. Please share our need with your friends and family. Thank you!

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Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-220-1851 516-764-5686

STRONG ARM CLEANING:

Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516-5381125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

College Advisory Services, Inc. College Counseling. College selection, application and resume preparation, essay development, application submission, financial aid consultation. 30+ years experience. Art Mandel, former Director of Guidance, Roslyn Schools. 516-643-4345 collegeadvisor1@gmail.com

COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions. com

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed / insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220

Visit http://lasthopeanimalrescue.org to read about Last Hope’s programs and to see the fabulous array of fantastic felines eagerly awaiting adoption into their forever homes!

If you haven’t tried Chewy.com yet for your pet food and supply purchases, this is a great time to check them out. Last Hope is now part of their rescue program. For each new customer that makes a purchase, Last Hope will receive a $20 donation. Click on the ad below or go directly to the Last Hope page at https://www.chewy.com/rp/5941

Kids learn programming skills at Levittown camp

BY GARY SIMEONE

Some kids go to soccer camp and others go to lacrosse and baseball camp. At Wisdom Lane Middle School in Levittown, 45 campers in grades 6-8 engaged in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities meant to increase their science, technology, engineering, and mathematics skills.

The newly formed Levittown Robotics Camp took place from July 16th to the 27th. The camp is led by Siobhan Schneider, an elementary school teacher in the district. Schneider also runs Camp Invention, which coincided the robotics camp.

“Camp Invention was so popular last summer that we wanted to offer something for the students who were going into 6th grade,” said Siobhan. “The kids are having a great time, as well as learning important life skills like teamwork, thinking outside the box, perseverance, and listening to one another.”

During the two-week period at Camp Robotics, the campers engaged in three different sessions throughout the day.

The sessions included an activity

called ‘Catch the Bug,’ which helped kids learn about circuitry and motors. There was also ‘Electric Race Cars,’ which focused on pulleys and gear systems, and ‘Vex Robotics,’ which put an emphasis on STEM learning.

“During their time in Vex, the kids had an opportunity to design, build, and code their own unique robot,” said Schneider.

Two campers who really seemed to be enjoying their experience at Camp Robotics were Emma and David, who will attend Salk Middle School in the fall.

Emma, who will be going into the 6th grade, said that programming the robot was her favorite part of camp.

“It was awesome seeing all the parts come together to form the robot. I’ll definitely be coming back next year.”

David, who will be going into 7th grade, said that building the electric race car was his favorite part.

“I loved seeing all the circuits actually move,” said David. “Everything was so much fun here. There was never a dull moment.”

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EXIT Kingdom Realty is pleased to announce that Donna Lewis, Lesbia Woo, and Sophia Bonny have joined its growing team of dedicated real estate sales professionals.

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Hicksville Middle School raises $5K for ACDS

As part of its commitment to altruism, the Hicksville Middle School Chapter of the National Junior Honor Society contributed $5,000 to the Association for Children with Down’s Syndrome.

Megan Lombardo, a representative from ACDS in Plainview, visited the school to accept the donation from NJHS

President Kayla Mathew, officers Fiona Smith, Julia DeTurris, Teresa Lam, and Jason Jiang; adviser Sara Smith, and teacher June DiBello. The contribution was the culmination of fundraising efforts throughout the school year.

Photo Calendar winner

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2018

Students in the robotics lab at Wisdom Lane Middle School.

Megan Lombardo (left) accepted a $5,000 check from Hicksville Middle School’s National Junior Honor Society members.

Photo courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools

Hempstead Town Supervisor Laura Gillen (left) presents an official Town of Hempstead Shutterbug Award to Katherine Gould of Levittown for being chosen as a Town of Hempstead

Photo Calendar winner. This photo was taken at Town Hall in Hempstead.

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

County Of Nassau

Ditech Financial LLC, f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Mukraj Singh a/k/a Mukhraj Singh, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on May 30, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on August 28, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 15 Cornwall Lane, Hicksville, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 11, Block 337 and Lot 8. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 16677/08.

Richard Kerins, Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff MIT 5692

4X 07/27,08/03,10,17

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

County Of Nassau L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. DOUGLAS VALLEY, et al, Defts. Index #605838/2017. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated June 26, 2018, 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 Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. prem. k/a School District 17, Section 11, Block 331, Lot 36. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law.

DALIA ZAZA, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #95227

MIT 5693

4x 07/27,08/03,10,17

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 28th day of August, 2018 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, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900

MIT 5694 4X 07/27,08/03,10,17

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court

County Of Nassau NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff against MICHAEL J. SCHMATZ III, et al

Defendants

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale Entered May 30, 2017 I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on August 28, 2018 at 11:30 AM. Premises known as 13 Violet Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801. Sec 12 Block 288 Lot 21. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, State of New York. Approximate Amount of Judgment is $467,457.04 plus interest and costs. Premises will

LEGAL NOTICES

be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 010155/14.

Luigi De Vito, Esq., Referee YNFNY010

Attorney for Plaintiff(s): Fein Such & Crane, LLP 1400 Old Country Road, Suite C103, Westbury, NY, 11590 MIT 5695

4X 07/27,08/03,10,17

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau U.S. BANK TRUST, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST, Plaintiff, Against SANGEETA KUMAR, ET AL., Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly recorded in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on 10/4/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY 11501 on 9/4/2018 at 11:30 am, premises known as 1 Edgewood Drive, Hicksville, NY 11801, and described as:

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, and designated in the tax maps of the Nassau County Treasurer as Section 45, Block 510 and Lot 1.

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $777,893.87 plus interest and costs. The Premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 6597/13.

SUBSTITUTE REFEREE AT SALE

STIENE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. (Attorneys for Plaintiff), 167 Main Street, Northport, NY, 11768

Dated: 7/27/2018

File Number: 201000956

TKS MIT 5697

4X 08/03,10,17,24

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau

L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. vs. RONALD L. KRISTALL, et al, Defts..

Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Feb. 28, 2018, 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 Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. prem. k/a School District 19, Section 12, Block 412, Lot 23. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. Index #608055/2017

JANIS NOTO, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY, #95214 MIT 5698

4X 08/10,17,24,31

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau FAREVERSE LLC I/L/T/N FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST JONAS MOUBER, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 27, 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 September 11, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 17 EDISON DRIVE, PLAINVIEW, NY 11803. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 47., BLOCK 24, LOT 32. Approximate amount of judgment $273,351.39 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 610099/2017.

CRAIG A. SIRLIN, ESQ., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 MIT 5699 4X 08/10,17,24,31

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County Of Nassau 21st Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff

against Shari Stalter, Brian Stalter, et al, Defendant(s).

In pursuance and by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale in the amount of $520,835.60 plus interest and costs duly granted by this Court and entered in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on the 25th day of June, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee, duly appointed in this action for such purpose, will expose for sale and sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder therefor at The Supreme Court of Nassau County, Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501, the 11th day of SEPTEMBER, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed in and by said judgment to be sold and in said judgment described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Levittown, Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York and designated as Section 45 Block 373 Lot 27. Said premises known as 11 Beacon Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. Premises sold subject to provisions of the filed judgment and terms of sale. SUBJECT TO restrictions, covenants, etc. of record, prior lien(s), if any, and an easement, if any, contained in Deed recorded April 13, 2004 in Liber 11766 Page 298. Index No. 8830/13.

CHARLES CASOLARO, ESQ., Referee, Helfand & Helfand, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff, 350 Fifth Avenue Suite 5330, New York, NY, 10118 MIT 5700 4X 08/10,17,24,31

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated March 28, 2018, and entered in the

See page 16

Friday, August 17, 2018

From page 15

Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR PRETIUM MORTGAGE ACQUISITION TRUST, is the Plaintiff and LAWRENCE B. PROSONO; ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Calendar Control Part, Mineola, NY 11501, on September 18, at 11:30AM, premises known as 93 STIRRUP LANE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756: Section 51, Block 381, Lot 42: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND, WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT LEVITTOWN, IN THE TOWN OF HEMPSTEAD, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 012390/2009. Matthew J. Zangwill, Esq. - Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

For sale information, please visit www.auction.com or call (800) 280-2832. MIT 5701 4X 08/17,24,31,09/07

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF POPULAR ABS, INC. MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 20054, Plaintiff(s), AGAINST

CARLOS ORTIZ, OLGA ORTIZ, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on 10/6/2016, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola,

NY 11501 on 9/18/2018 at 11:30 am, premises known as 21 Thorman Ave, Hicksville, NY 11801, and described as follows: ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, and designated on the tax maps of the Nassau County Treasurer as Section 12 Block 197 Lots 15, 16 & 17

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $535,055.06 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 21849/2009.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. Index No.: 21849/2009

SUBSTITUTE REFEREE AT SALE.

Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, Armonk, NY,10504

Dated: 7/16/2018

GNS/JJL MIT 5702 4X 08/17,24,31,09/07

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau

FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff against ERWIN HERRERA A/K/A ERWIN W. HERRERA, Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on January 26, 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 4th day of September, 2018 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 at Bethpage, formerly Central Park, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of

LEGAL

New York.

Said premises known as 96 South Windhorst Avenue, Bethpage, N.Y., 11714.

(Section: 49, Block: 23, Lot: 152). Approximate amount of lien $ 655,257.29 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 19381-10. Judith Powell, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C.

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

BN 7319

4X 08/03,10,17,24

NOTICE OF FORMATION, OUTSOURCED HR SOLUTIONS LLC.

Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 06/13/2018. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated for service of process, SSNY shall mail copies of any process served against the LLC to c/o Outsourced HR Solutions LLC 339 Hicksville RD Po Box 853 Bethpage, NY 11714. Purpose: any lawful Purpose or activity.

BN 7320

6X 08/03,10,17,24,31,09/07

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau

U.S. BANK N.A., AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2013 SC4 TITLE TRUST, Plaintiff AGAINST JAMES J. MCGLYNN, et al.,

Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 29, 2017 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 11501, on September 11, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 11 CRESTLINE AVENUE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 46, BLOCK 481, LOT 27. Approximate amount of judgment $466,653.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 14-011493.

E. DAVID WOYCIK, JR., ESQ., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 BN 7322 4X 08/10,17,24,31

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company, Plaintiff, vs. Jeffrey Deluca, Nassau County Public Administrator, as Admnistrator for the Estate of Sally Wallis, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on June 14, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on September 11, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 124 Haypath Road, Bethpage, NY 11714. 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 47, Block 125 and Lot 17. Approximate amount of judgment is $518,443.13 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 9205/2014. Michael Annibale, Esq., Referee Pincus Law Group, PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff, 425 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York, 11556, BN 7323

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF KING COOPER, LLC. Art. of Org. filed w/ SSNY on 04/23/18. Office: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 43 Coronet Crescent, Bethpage NY 11714. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. BN 7325

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Lee Ave. School students learn the ‘bear’ essentials of medical care

Kindergartners at Lee Avenue Elementary School in the Hicksville Public School District learned about injury prevention and treatment during a Teddy Bear Clinic led by nurses from NYU Winthrop with assistance by nursing students from Adelphi University.

As part of the program, students

brought in a teddy bear or stuffed animal and played the roles of doctors and nurses as they treated them for their injuries. They learned about the importance of safety, medical care, and taking precautionary measures to prevent injury.

Photos courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools

Learning about health is fun!

Levittown musicians earn top honors at music festival

Levittown Public Schools’ Division Avenue High School and MacArthur High School musicians participated in the New York State School Music Association’s Majors Festival last month at Hofstra University, earning top designations. The Division Avenue symphonic band received Level 5 Gold, while the Division

Avenue orchestra received Level 5 Silver. In addition, MacArthur High School’s a capella group, MacApella, earned Level 4 Gold with Distinction in the vocal jazz category, and the MacArthur chamber orchestra received Level 5 Gold.

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Lee Avenue Elementary students learned how to care for stuffed animals.

Teddy is getting good care.

Division Avenue High School’s symphonic band earned Level 5 Gold during the New York State School Music Association’s Majors Festival.

Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

A sizzlin’ summer of study for English Language Learners

Learning continues during the summer months as approximately 60 English Language Learners throughout the Levittown Public Schools engaged in the district’s annual English as a New Language Jumpstart Program for three weeks. Opened to kindergarten through sixth-grade students at the Levittown Memorial Education Center, the program aims to strengthen STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), English Language Arts, and health and wellness skills into a three-hour day.

District teachers guide the students through engaging lessons and activities from reading and writing to outdoor STEAM activities which focus on teamwork and problem solving. The summer program was established 19 years ago in the district, and has served as a positive experience for students, growing each year with the expansion of the program’s curriculum. Just this summer, older English Language Learners honed their reading skills by partnering with the district’s Summer Reading

Extravaganza. All incoming sixth-graders are required to read Because of Mr. Terupt by Rob Buyea. During the program, students receive support while reading and create a meaningful dialogue with their peers about the story to prepare them for corresponding reading assignments in the fall.

With the help of coordinator and ENL teacher Carol Rimler, all groups rotate sessions throughout the day to encourage movement and to experience all that the summer program has to offer. She has received positive feedback, with students returning to the program each year. The program also plays a beneficial role for incoming kindergartners, entering a school setting for the first time.

“Along with academics, these students work on school skills such as walking in the hallway,” said Rimler. “It also allows the students to meet their peers so they will see a familiar face once they enter their school building in the fall.”

Incoming first-graders Vaness Wu (left) and Javier Gonzalez (right) worked together on perfecting their writing skills.

Incoming first-grader Yara Martino practiced her reading comprehension during Levittown’s ENL Jumpstart Program.

Incoming second-graders Kevin Duong (left) and Edwin Kang (right) worked with incoming third-grader Yousef Zahran (middle) on a parachute STEAM project.

Incoming kindergarten students practiced their reading skills by using a SMART Board to spell their names.

Photos courtesy of Levittown Public Schools

College Notes

Kaeley Johnston of Levittown was one of 163 Citadel cadet-athletes named to the 2017-18 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll.

Johnston was a member of the 201718 Citadel women’s soccer team.

The Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll consists of student-athletes at member institutions who achieve at least a 3.0 grade-point average for the academic year while being a member of the final squad list during their sport’s traditional season. Recipients must have been eligible to compete throughout the entire academic year.

More than 600 students received degrees from New York Institute of Technology as fall graduates of the Class of 2018. The following local students earned degrees:

• Luodan Jiang of Hicksville graduated with a BS degree in business administration.

• Yumin Qiu of Hicksville graduated with a BS degree in business administration.

• Nicholas Bertuglia of Levittown graduated with a BFA degree in communication arts.

• John Lomonaco of Hicksville graduated with a BFA degree in communications and media production.

• Bhavan Kumar Bagur Ramakrishnappa of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Santoshraj Gourishetty of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Jitendra Naga Sai Gudigunta of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Bhanu Prakash Kandregula of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Sneha Sree Molugu of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Ashik Ahamed Mushtak Ahemed of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Nihallipal Sripathi of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Chris Thomas of Levittown graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Sandeep Vallam of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Aashish Valvekar of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in computer science.

• Alexander Seltzer of Plainview graduated with a BS degree in criminal justice.

• Kazi Ahmed of Hicksville graduated with a BS degree in electrical and computer engineering.

• Varun Kumar Enjapuri of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in electrical and computer engineering.

• Sandipan Saha of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in electrical and computer engineering.

• Jiexuan Wang of Levittown graduated with a MS degree in electrical and computer engineering.

• Raja Shekar Reddy Gali of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in energy management.

• Gabriela Rivera of Levittown graduated with a BS degree in health sciences.

• Kristen Schaefer of Levittown graduated with a MS degree in Human resources management and labor relations.

• Christine Paul Chitilapilly of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in information, network, and computer security.

• Pranita Hulsurkar of Hicksville graduated with a MS degree in information, network, and computer security.

• Nabeel Rashid of Hicksville graduated with a BS degree in life sciences.

• Karun Chand Parvataneni of Hicksville graduated with an MBA degree in management.

• Sowjanya Tiruveedhula of Hicksville graduated with an MBA degree in management.

• Tyler Mack of Levittown graduated with a BS degree in mechanical engineering.

• Rashell Clarke of Hicksville graduated with a ADIP degree in school leadership and technology.

• Alexander Seltzer of Plainview graduated with a BS degree in criminal justice.

• Bhargav Chowdary Dirisala of Bethpage graduated with a MS degree in electrical and computer engineering.

• Tirumala Reddy Mandala of Bethpage graduated with a MS degree in electrical and computer engineering.

• Louis Mele of Bethpage graduated with a BS degree in interdisciplinary studies. n

The following students graduated with honors from Adelphi University during its May 2018 commencement exercise:

• Melinda Cinar of Plainview graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

• Kanchan Keswani of Hicksville graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in studio art.

• Jenniffer Maldonado of Levittown graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

• Brittany McBride of Levittown graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

• Thomas Murphy of Levittown graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in computer science.

• Theresa O’Neill of Levittown graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

• Divya Patel of Plainview graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of

Science in biology.

• Shelby Rickard of Levittown graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

• Victoria Seropian of Levittown graduated cum laude earning a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

• Rebecca Bencosme of Levittown graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in mathematics.

• Kelly Cannon of Levittown graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

• Bridget Carey of Levittown graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

• Gerard Cunningham of Levittown graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in physical education.

• Meghan Kingsley of Plainview graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Arts in English.

• Sonia Levin of Plainview graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

• Doreen McDevitt of Hicksville graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in art education.

• Daniel Sheehan of Hicksville graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in sport management.

• Hong Seok Yang of Hicksville

graduated magna cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in biology.

• Faiz Ahmed of Hicksville graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in biology.

• Ashley Danseglio of Hicksville graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing.

• Loma Dave of Hicksville graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in biology.

• Jack Demm of Levittown graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in computer science.

• Melissa Farsang of Hicksville graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

• Michael Fucci of Plainview graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in biology.

• Francesca Giammanco of Hicksville graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Social Work in social work.

• Tae Joon Lee of Plainview graduated summa cum laude earning a Bachelor of Science in biology.

Seton Hall University is pleased to announce the following students who qualified for Spring 2018 Dean’s list and to congratulate them for their outstanding academic achievements.

• Thomas Healy of Plainview

• Danielle Marinis of Hicksville

For John Elliott, sailing is living. He’s been on the water for most of his 90-plus years. In all three theaters during World War 2, as a merchant seaman, and for the last 70 years sailing out of the Rockaway Point Yacht Club.

But recently John was so fatigued and short of breath, he could only walk a few steps. His aortic valve was failing. His daughter, a nurse, told John about a minimally invasive valve replacement procedure called TAVR. She took him to NYU Winthrop Hospital, one of the busiest TAVR centers in the country, with the best TAVR outcomes on Long Island. They replaced John’s valve through an artery in his leg. In no time at all, he was back to sailing off Breezy Point. If you suffer from aortic stenosis, you may be a candidate for TAVR. To learn more, call 1-866-WINTHROP or visit nyuwinthrop.org.