Mid-Island Times (8/23/19)

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Overdose Awareness Day

The Town of Oyster Bay is partnering with Drug Free Long Island, Bikers Against Heroin and Nassau County for a Bike Ride from Syosset/ Woodbury Park to TOBAY Beach in recognition of National Overdose Awareness Day. The Bike Ride will take place on Friday, August 30 with motorcyclists invited to ride from Syosset/Woodbury Community Park down to TOBAY Beach, at which a special ceremony will be held in memory of those who have lost friends and family to overdose.

Town of Oyster Bay Super-

visor Joseph Saladino stated, “It is so important that we work to unite our community to educate, advocate, and empower to raise awareness against the deadly effects of heroin and remember our loved ones who lost their lives to the opioid epidemic. I am proud to partner with Drug Free Long Island, Bikers Against Heroin, and Nassau County for this event, which truly helps shine a light on this ongoing issue effecting our communities.”

Motorcyclists are invited to gather at 5:00 p.m. at

Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, from where they will depart at 5:30 p.m. for TOBAY Beach, which is located on Ocean Parkway, just east of Jones Beach.  A special ceremony of remembrance will then commence at 6:15 p.m. at the beach.

Drug Free Long Island will supply a large dreamcatcher in which residents can place a picture of a loved one lost and/or card in their memory.  For more information, please call Drug Free Long Island at (516) 203-7486 or email info@ drugfreeli.org.

Town plans memorial ceremony for Sept. 5th

The Town of Oyster Bay will hold a Remembrance Ceremony for the victims of the September 11, 2001 Attacks on America on Thursday, September 5th, beginning at 7 p.m. at TOBAY Beach. Additionally, at the ceremony, the Town will unveil the 9/11 Walls of Honor in memory of those with a connection to the Town who tragically lost their lives to 9/11-related cancer and illnesses. The Town Board invites all residents, families and friends to attend.

The Town’s 9/11 Memorial is inscribed with the names of residents lost on September 11, 2001.

The Memorial features a steel beam recovered from the World Trade Center. The September 5th ceremony includes a candlelight vigil, vocal performances, bagpipe music and religious readings. In addition, the names of those lost, who are inscribed on the wall, will be read and the new 9/11 Walls of Honor memorial will be unveiled along with a reading of the names of those featured on the Walls.

For more information, please contact the Town’s Department of Community & Youth Services at (516) 797-7900.

Man arrested for pulling over police van

Nassau County Police arrested a Hicksville man for impersonating a police officer after he tried to pull over a van - which happened to be occupied by Nassau County Police Department detectives.

According to police, on Friday, August 16 at 11 a.m.  Valiery Portlock, 25, of Hicksville, was traveling northbound on Hicksville Road in a black Nissan Sentra in the vicinity of Roosevelt Ave. when he activated his air horn and emergency lights in an attempt to pull over a van.

The van was occupied by Nassau County Electronics Squad detectives. The detectives, while stopped in traffic, identi-

fied themselves and approached Portlock's vehicle. The detectives say that Portlock then fled the scene, swerved into oncoming traffic and refused to stop. They say he continued to drive at a high rate of speed onto the Long Island Expressway. Nassau County Highway Patrol officers were notified and soon spotted the defendant and initiated a traffic stop. Valiery Portlock was placed under arrest without incident. Valiery Portlock is charged with Criminal Impersonation 1st Degree, Reckless Endangerment 2nd Degree and Unlawful Fleeing from a Police Officer as well as multiple VTL violations.

Students of

Hicksville School District enjoyed activities in the Summer Recreation program See page 10.

Photos courtesy of the Hiskville School District.

Last chance for late taxpayers

Town of Oyster Bay Receiver of Taxes James Stefanich advises property owners who missed paying their 2019 General Taxes by the August 12 deadline, that they can still avoid additional interest and fees beyond the standard 2% late payment penalty.

Late payers should immediately contact the Receiver’s office at (516) 6246400, if they did not receive a second notification with a delinquent tax bill.  Payments postmarked after September 3rd cannot be accepted since the collection warrant will have expired.  Those payments must be sent to the Nassau County Treasurer at 1 West Street, Mineola, New York 11501.

Receiver Stefanich stated, “Failure to pay taxes before the collection warrant expires will result in a delinquent tax lien proceeding with the possibility

of the lien being sold next February.  Continued failure to pay all taxes levied against the property will result in your loss of the property”.

In September, the Nassau County Treasurer will be mailing notices to all property owners with taxes in arrears.

Receiver Stefanich advises homeowners who fall under those circumstances to contact the Nassau County Treasurer at (516) 571-2090 to determine the amount in arrears.  They may also visit the Treasurer’s office at 1 West Street, Mineola.

Receiver Stefanich added, “I want to make sure that property taxpayers in Oyster Bay do not jeopardize their home ownership because they were unaware of the consequences of not responding to notices from the Town or County”.

Division Ave. grad takes entertainment industry by storm

Division Avenue High School alumna Elaina Braverman is quite the accomplished young woman with an impressive resume to prove it. Braverman started in the beauty pageant world which expanded into modeling and acting in the television and film industry. Her next big break will be in the fall, where she will once again

appear in New York Fashion Week to model for Janay Deann Designs. Braverman has had to overcome challenges to reach her success. She was born in Russia and was adopted at a young age by her parents who brought her to Long Island. Braverman suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome, which causes brain damage and growth complications. It can also consist of nervous system problems and social and behavioral issues due to alcohol consumed during pregnancy. Braverman’s disability has not stopped her from pursuing her passions though.

Among her many acting opportunities, she has appeared in a variety of television shows such as “Manifest,” “Law and Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Blue Bloods” and “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.” In 2017, Braverman also acted in the film, “The Greatest Showman” and was an extra in the Marvel film, “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Her most recent film opportunity was acting in the film, “Damaged Disciples.”

Braverman attended Northside Elementary School, Wisdom Lane Middle School and now Division Avenue High School, where her favorite subject is math, and has been involved in the school’s Challenger program. She looks forward to continuing to pursue modeling and acting more in the future.

Dog stolen from Levittown home

The Nassau County Police are investigating the theft of a dog from the sidewalk in front of a Levittown home on Thursday, August 12.

According to detectives, an unknown female removed a small black and white dog from the front

sidewalk of a Saucer Lane residence. Detectives request anyone with any information regarding the dog’s location or the identity of the female to contact Second Squad Detectives at (516) 573-6253. All callers will remain anonymous.

Division Avenue High School senior Elaina Braverman has made waves in the modeling and entertainment industry. Photo courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

County Legislator honors Purple Heart veterans

Nassau County Legislator John R. Ferretti, Purple Heart veteran John C. Gonzalez, and Frank Marcinek, Commander, Levittown American Legion Post 1711

Nassau County Legislator John Ferretti honored three local veterans on Wednesday, August 7, on the Anniversary of the Purple Heart Medal at a ceremony at the American Legion Post #1711 in Levittown.

The honorees are:

Peter C. Brock

Peter proudly served in the US Marine Corps as an Infantryman from 1966–1968 during the Vietnam War.

Nassau County Legislator John R. Ferretti, Purple Heart veteran Peter C. Brock, and Frank Marcinek, Commander, Levittown American Legion Post 1711

Peter suffered bullet wounds immediately upon arriving in Vietnam and on another occasion, and has received two Purple Hearts. He achieved the rank of SGT before he was Honorably Discharged. Peter has been a dedicated member of the American Legion Post 1711 for 31 years.

John C. Gonzalez

John proudly served in both the US Marine Corps and the US Air Force as

Nassau County Legislator John R. Ferretti, Purple Heart veteran Arthur Tripp, and Frank Marcinek, Commander, Levittown American Legion Post 1711

a helicopter mechanic from 1968–1973 during the Vietnam War. John arrived in Vietnam on the starting eve of the Tet Offensive and was wounded as the attack began. There was an abundance of helicopter mechanics when he arrived and he was then reassigned as a tunnel rat to flush out the enemy in their hiding holes. This resulted in a capture and difficult time as a POW. John has been a dedicated member of the Levittown

American Legion Post 1711 for 46 years and is a Past Post Commander and Past County Division Commander.

Arthur Tripp

Arty proudly began serving in the US Army as a Ranger Special Forces Medic in 1965. He achieved the rank of Staff SGT and is also the recipient of the Bronze Star.

New Eagle Scout

Hempstead Town Councilman Tom Muscarella congratulated John A. Frey of Bethpage on the occasion of him becoming an Eagle Scout. The ceremony was held on July 20, at the Knights of Columbus in Farmingdale.

Summer Reading Finale at Library

Assemblyman John Mikulin and father of Evelyn Christopher Colton Front: Madison & Morgan Stollow, Evelyn Colton and Joey & Emily Peralta

Local officials attended the Island Trees Library's Summer Reading Finale program on August 9th.

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Annual Bluefish Tournament registration

Registration is open for the 34th Annual Bluefish Tournament, scheduled for Sunday, September 15 and held at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park and Beach, in Oyster Bay.

“This all-day sporting event is open to anglers of all ages but space is limited, so sign up quickly,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. “This annual event that is beloved by residents all across the Town features hours of fun fishing followed by a tailgate party with refreshments, raffles and awards. Anyone who registers prior to September 10th will receive a tournament T-shirt and be automatically entered in a special raffle. Residents can pick up registration forms at all Town facilities.”

The tournament runs from 4:30am to 4 p.m. Registration is limited with entry fees discounted for Town residents. Costs to enter are $35 per fisherman for residents and $45 for non-

Town residents. Prizes are awarded for first through 15th place, with first place winner receiving a $2,000 gift card and plaque.

Raffle prizes include Solstice inflatable boats and Mercury outboards, rods, reels, ice chests, restaurant certificates and more. Raffle winners must be present to receive their prizes.

Co-sponsors of this year’s Bluefish Tournament include: Café Al Dente, Duffy’s Bait and Tackle, Tsunami, Coach Grill and Tavern, Mill-Max Corporation, Zorn’s of Bethpage, Sea Hawk Premium Yacht Finishes, North Shore Fire Equipment, Sagamore Collision, BMW of Oyster Bay, Bridge Marina, Oyster Bay Marine Center, Peppercorn’s Restaurant, Compass Rose, Tow Boat U.S., Wall’s Wharf, and SeaChoiceProducts.com. For more information, call the Town’s Parks Department at (516) 797-4125.

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Bethpage schools offer summer training to teachers

During the week of Aug. 5, the Bethpage Union Free School District welcomed Tim Keefe to Central Boulevard Elementary School for a workshop in the Responsive Classroom approach to education.

According to its website, Responsive Classroom is an evidenced-based approach to teaching and discipline that focuses on engaging academics, positive community, effective management and developmental awareness. The practice has been associated with higher academic achievement in math and reading, improved school climate and higher quality instruction.

Approximately 30 elementary school teachers from the district gathered for four days with Mr. Keefe, a Responsive Classroom trainer, to gain knowledge on best practices and exercises. A teacher in Connecticut’s West Haven School District, Mr. Keefe is a Responsive Classroom

Certified consulting teacher and provides training for schools. He led the district’s teachers in discussions on the benefits of Responsive Classroom while also introducing them to exercises and activities they can use in their own classrooms. These techniques were first introduced to the district during the 2018-19 school year as Central Boulevard supported the “whole child” by implementing Responsive Classroom practices. Activities included morning meetings, energizers and closing circles. All of these activities enhanced the school community.

All three elementary schools within the district now look forward to the engagement of students through the Responsive Classroom approach, as well as the further development of skills, attitudes and knowledge to support emotional and academic learning.

Teachers in the Bethpage Union Free School District gathered at Central Boulevard Elementary School during the week of Aug. 5 for a Responsive Classroom-based workshop.

Responsive Classroom representative Tim Keefe held a training for teachers in the Bethpage Union Free School District during the week of Aug. 5.

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Back To School

Friday, August 23, 2019

Manage hectic school mornings

If a typical school morning sees your family rushing around and out the door with nary a moment to spare, only to be left feeling like you ran a marathon by 9 am, a new approach to your routine might be necessary.

Mornings, especially in households in which parents who work outside of the home and have one or two kids requiring drop-off at their respective schools, can often be hectic. Starting off the morning feeling harried and stressed can carry over into the mood of the day, affecting productivity as a result.

According to Dr. David Anderson, PhD, senior director of the ADHD and Disruptive Behavior Disorders Center at the Child Mind Institute, busy mornings can be the most stressful moments of the day. Homework hour and getting prepared for bed are other typically stressful times of the day for families. If less stressful mornings are a goal for your family, try these strategies. Start the night before Doing as much preparatory work

the evening before can make quite a difference in taming hectic mornings. Things that can be done in advance include checking and stocking backpacks, signing paperwork, making lunches, setting out clothing, showering, and having breakfast foods ready to go.

Establish a ‘launch pad’

Ann Dolin, a Virginia-based education specialist, suggests having a launch pad, or a place where all school-related items are prepped and stored. It can be a basket, box or another container big enough to contain school items. Children can drop and pick up the items as needed.

Make the routine the boss

Positive Parenting Solutions founder Amy McCready says families can implement a “when-then” routine that sets the tone for the morning. “When everyone is dressed, hair combed, breakfast eaten, and school supplies packed, then you can watch 10 minutes of an educational cartoon.” This puts the routine in control rather than making the parents

Garden City Jewish Center

Find Your Connection to Jewish Community Open House

Friday Sept. 6th: Dinner at 6:30 p.m. & Services at 7:15 p.m.

Garden City Jewish Center is an inclusive, warm, and welcoming Reform congregation. Membership is open to all Jews, those interested in becoming Jewish, dual-faith families, singles, and students.

• Three (3) hour Sundays-only Religious School begins Sept. 8th

• Rosh HaShanah services: September 29, 30, and October 1

• Yom Kippur services: October 8-9

• High Holiday children’s services

168 Nassau Boulevard, Garden City NY 11530 www.gardencityjewishcenter.org email: info@gardencityjewishcenter.org 516-248-9180

Rabbi Stephen Wise Goodman

Cantor Rachel Weston

Make kids responsible Too often parents add more stress to their plates by showing up at school with forgotten lunch boxes or band instruments. Instead, parents can stop rescuing their children and help train them to be more responsible — an essential trait.

Chart wake-up times

Did you know?

It may seem like micromanaging, but scheduling wake-up and bathroom times can help everyone know where they should be and when they should be there. It also helps avoid bottleneck situations in the bathroom or kitchen. Keep morning madness to a minimum with some simple strategies.

Many stores employ “loss leaders” during the back-to-school shopping rush. Essentially, loss leaders are products sold at a loss to attract customers into the store. Retailers hope shoppers will be tempted by a “penny deal” or another steep discount and then stick around, ultimately purchasing full-price items. Shoppers can use loss leaders to their advantage. Those looking to save on school supplies should watch the circulars and commercials for these barely break-even deals and stock up on loss leaders, according to the savvy shoppers at The Krazy Coupon Lady. This may require shopping for supplies over the course of a few days, as stores may feature different loss leaders during the week. By doing so, at the end of the week, shoppers may end up with much of their school supplies at quite the discount.

HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMY Weekend Workshops

The NYU School of Professional Studies High School Academy offers Weekend Workshops that provide high school students with programs of study that allow them to explore professional options and enhance their college portfolio.

These programs are designed especially for local high school students who are interested in learning more about a particular career path and who prefer to gain this experience during the weekends.

High School Academy Weekend Workshops provide a condensed format for “trying on” a career. Over the course of just a few weekends, students acquire an insider’s look at a professional path in which they may be interested. Taught by experts in their fields, these classes bring an area of speciality to life. Students gain exposure to college-level course content through case studies and interactive group assignments.

In addition to the knowledge they acquire, a student’s Weekend Workshop experience will serve as an impressive credential on his/her college application—another way they can differentiate themselves in the competitive admissions process!

Academic and College-Level Writing

NEW Allied Health Professions

Case Studies in Real Estate Development

Computer Information Systems: Cyber Defense

Creative Approaches to Writing the College Application Essay

Digital Filmmaking: Storytelling on Film

NEW Fundamentals of Financial Technology

Innovative Business Startups

Interactive Marketing Campaigns: The Power of Public Relations and Social Media

Introduction to Architecture

Introduction to Careers in Hospitality

Introduction to Event Planning: Operations and Production

Introduction to Fashion Design in New York

Introduction to Social Entrepreneurship

Investing Fundamentals: Shaping Your Financial Future

Journalism: Reporting, Researching, and Writing Features

Leadership and Management Development

Photography: New York City Through the Camera Lens

Pre-Law: An Introduction to Torts

NEW Public Relations and Crisis Management

Writing for Television: Creating and Writing a New Series

Begin October 19, 2019

To apply, visit: sps.nyu.edu/hsacademy/weekend06

For questions, please call 212-998-7006 or email sps.hsacademy@nyu.edu

Summer recreation fun at Hicksville Schools

Hicksville School District students once again enjoyed some fun, recreational activities this summer thanks to the district’s annual Summer Recreation program.

Offered to Hicksville School District students entering grades 1-5 this fall, the program offered arts and crafts, athletics and recreation, as well as board games, a math club and more. Each week, attendees enjoyed activities centered on a different theme. Weekly themes included a Hawaiian “aloha” week, a Crazy Hat week and an Olympics week, highlighted by an opening parade of torch holders, relays and other Olympicstyle, light-hearted competitions.

The program enrolled 120 full-day attendees (as well as part-timers) who were supervised by 17 “college leaders,” accord-

The Acchords Live in Concert

The Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus will host “ The Acchords Live in Concert ” on Saturday, August 24 from 7:30–11:30 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Enjoy hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Open bar, sandwiches, wraps, salads, desserts, coffee.

Raffles available.

Cost is $35 per person.

Please make checks payable to: Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus, 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville NY 11801. Proceeds from this event will be used for charities.

Reservations are required. No money will be accepted at the door. Please call Brian at 516-457-6190 for more information.

ing to program coordinator Lisa Halvorsen.

“The college leaders consisted of Hicksville High School alumni, many of whom are studying education in college and are gaining valuable experience working with children,” said Halvorsen, who also supervised 13 adult staffers, all of whom are teachers and most of whom teach in Hicksville.

This year’s summer recreation program was held at Lee Avenue Elementary School due to renovations taking place at Hicksville High School and Hicksville Middle School, sites that had previously hosted the program. The site offered an intimate setting, allowing students to more closely collaborate on projects and activities, and fostered some new friendships.

Photos courtesy of the Hicksville School District

Casino bus trip

St. Ignatius Loyola Parish of Hicksville will be hosting a bus trip to Wind Creek Bethlehem (formerly Sands) Casino in Bethlehem, PA, on Monday, September 16.

Cost: $43 per person, which includes the driver’s tip

Give back: $35 slot play.

Time: Please arrive at 8:30

a.m. Return approx. 8:30 p.m

Parking: # 999 So. Oyster Bay Road (dead end)

Reservations: call Barbara at (516) 935-5576

Please make checks payable to “St. Ignatius Loyola Church”. The first to pay is the first on the bus, etc.

We’re looking for writers in our community to compose articles on local topics, opinions, reviews, worthy places to visit on Long Island, and even pieces of fiction. We aim to feature at least one new article and writer each week in our Discovery magazine section.

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An Olympic-style parade of torches kicked off Olympic week at the Hicksville School District’s Summer Recreation program.

Students had fun riding on roller racers during Hicksville School District’s Summer Recreation program.

Students raced against the clock on their scooters during Hicksville School District’s Summer Recreation program.

This group is having fun during Hicksville School District’s Summer Recreation program.

Getting to the heart of history

Students explored the Cradle of Aviation Museum.

Incoming fifth through eighth grade students from the Levittown Public Schools uncovered Long Island history through the district’s first “Adventures in Local History” summer program from July 29–Aug.

2. Facilitated by teachers Melisa Baker and Dawn Feldman, along with Director of Social Studies and World Languages Steve Costello, the program encouraged students to

understand the importance of local history through different day trips.

Throughout the week-long program, the students explored historical sites and museums across Long Island such as the Vanderbilt Museum, Cradle of Aviation Museum, Old Bethpage Village Restoration, the Long Island Museum and the Garvies Point Museum and Preserve. Students participated in tours and

Students enjoyed a trip to the Garvies Point Museum and Preserve on the final day of the “Adventures in Local History” program.

hands-on activities as they visited the various sites and learned about important historical figures, the significance of the locations and facts about the past. They were also accompanied by Division Avenue High School student volunteer Andrew Kiphart.

“Each location offered a different perspective on local history,” said Baker. “The Vanderbilt Museum

offered a glimpse of how wealthy Long Islanders once lived on the Gold Coast, while the Cradle of Aviation focused on the pivotal role that Long Island has played in the history of flight and space exploration. The campers enjoyed all of the hands-on experiences that sites like the Old Bethpage Restoration and Garvies Point offered.”

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

Levittown students went back in time while visiting the Old Bethpage Village Restoration.

Levittown students learned more about local history while visiting the Long Island Museum in Stony Brook.

Levittown Summer Tutorial Program marks 20th year

Second-grader Isis Ramnarain worked on math problems during the Levittown Summer Tutorial Program.

Second-grader Isis Ramnarain worked on math problems during the Levittown Summer Tutorial Program.

The Levittown Public Schools hosted its successful Summer Tutorial Program at the Levittown Memorial Education Center from July 8-Aug. 2. Now in its 20th year, the four-week program offers reading and math review/ remediation for second through sixthgrade students in the Levittown Public Schools. Eighty students enrolled in the program this summer and attended one of two morning sessions to build their skills in preparation for the 2019-2020 school year.

Supervisors/teachers Kristy Quinlan and Janet Jakubowski were instrumental in implementing and overseeing the program. Each week the students received instruction in small group settings from highly qualified tutors and were engaged in the Summer Success curriculum which included reading, writing and math activities. The stu-

dents also utilized the computer based I-Ready Program for additional practice and assessments in reading and math which helped the tutors and supervisors monitor their progress.

In addition, students were encouraged to independently read books during the program and select from a variety of writing activities to culminate their reading. An incentive program was put into action to help motivate students to read as many books as possible throughout the program. The student who read the most books at the end of the program was awarded a gift card to Friendly’s.

Each year the program has allowed students to make great strides in their academic abilities and confidence while working with their peers and tutors.

Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools

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Overdose Awareness Day Motorcycle Ride

The Town of Oyster Bay is partnering with Drug Free Long Island, Bikers Against Heroin and Nassau County for a Bike Ride from Syosset/Woodbury Park to TOBAY Beach in recognition of National Overdose Awareness Day. The Bike Ride will take place on Friday, August 30 with motorcyclists invited to ride from Syosset/Woodbury Community Park down to TOBAY Beach, at which a special ceremony will be held in memory of those who have lost friends and family to overdose.

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated, “It is so important that we work to unite our community to educate, advocate, and empower to raise awareness against the deadly effects of heroin and remember our loved ones who lost their lives to

the opioid epidemic. I am proud to partner with Drug Free Long Island, Bikers Against Heroin, and Nassau County for this event, which truly helps shine a light on this ongoing issue effecting our communities.”

Motorcyclists are invited to gather at 5:00 p.m. at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park, from where they will depart at 5:30 p.m. for TOBAY Beach, which is located on Ocean Parkway, just east of Jones Beach.  A special ceremony of remembrance will then commence at 6:15 p.m. at the beach.

Drug Free Long Island will supply a large dreamcatcher in which residents can place a picture of a loved one lost and/or card in their memory.  For more information, please call Drug Free Long Island at (516) 203-7486 or email info@drugfreeli.org.

Second-grader

Dela Pena (left) completed equations with teacher Gia Clemente (right).

Global Scavenger Hunt: Back in Yangon, Myanmar and on to Bangkok

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL

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Another perfect day in Myanmar – our fourth and final day on Leg 3 of the Global Scavenger Hunt, a 23-day around-the-world mystery tour, in which we set out from Yangon to travel about the country, making a triangle that takes me to Bagan and Inle Lake to fulfill the Par 5 challenge.

The 45-minute taxi ride from the delightful, five-star Sanctum Inle Resort on Inle Lake is wonderful – I catch people driving oxcarts and donkey carts and people riding the backs of trucks, villages and pagodas. But I have some trepidation about Heho Airport because of the snafu in booking my ticket, resolved long-distance by text to my son in New York to phone the online booking agent, as I bounced around on the overnight bus from Bagan to Inle Lake. But I arrive, am checked in to Golden Airlines without incident, and relax during the 45-minute flight back to Yangon.

The morning flight gives me time to explore Yangon which I didn’t have when we first arrived on Leg 3 of the Global Scavenger Hunt from Vietnam, and were given our challenges, to travel around Myanmar and return to the Sule Sangri-la Hotel by the 6 pm deadline.

Leaving the airport, I attempt to take the public bus back into downtown, but after two buses pass me by, I take a taxi instead.

ute walk from our hotel, the Sule Sangri-la, bringing me through various bustling market streets August 23, 2019

Riding back, I review a bro-

chure I picked up at the airport which mentions a synagogue in Yangon – in fact, the last synagogue in Myanmar. So I resolve to find it. It turns out it is only a 15-min-

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Global Scavenger Hunt: Back in Yangon, Myanmar and on to Bangkok

and shopping districts. The Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue itself is set on a busy market street where there are chickens and fish for sale – the chickens clucking, the fish squirming to get out of their container (I see one jump out of its container), the rich scent of spices, and every other manner of item you can imagine.

By the time I arrive at Musmeah Yeshua Synagogue, it is 1:40 pm – which proves extremely lucky because it closes to visits at 2 pm (open daily except Sunday). Inside, it is a lovely synagogue in the Sephardic style, built in 1896.

At one point, the Jewish community in Yangon numbered 2500 before the mass migration of WWII; today, there are only 5 families (about 30 people). The Samuels, one of the last remaining Jewish families, has maintained the synagogue for generations, a plaque notes.

Perhaps not surprising, a short distance from the synagogue is Bogyoke Aung San Market, which since 1926 has been the city’s major marketplace. I am surprised to see all the sellers of jade and jewelry (which is what the market is known for), as well as traditional longyi, and just about anything else

you can think of. I come upon a seller of interesting post cards, and find the post office on the third level (one of my traditions of travel is to send home postcards, which not only have stamps, but mark the date and give some visual and personal notes). Also, I have been impressed by the absolute lack of political messaging in the streets, but here in the market is one art seller who has images of Myanmar’s most famous leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. Wondering about the name, I later learn that Bogyoke Aung San market is named for her father, Bogyoke (General) Aung San.

Shwedagon Pagoda

I walk back to the hotel, just a few blocks away, to refresh (it is 104 degrees), in order to prepare for a visit to Shwedagon Pagoda, which I have been saving for the late afternoon (one of the mandatory scavenges of the Global Scavenger Hunt is to visit at dawn or dusk), so that I will be there at dusk (but back at the hotel by the 6 pm deadline for the scavenges), but nothing could have prepared me for the experience of seeing it.

Just as I am about to leave, my teammate, Margo, who had traveled to Mandalay when I went on to Inle Lake, walks in. She relates that after a snafu with her airline ticket, she had to hire a taxi to drive her back to Yangon (ironic because I couldn’t get the airline to cancel my ticket when I changed my plan to go to Inle Lake instead, but such mishaps turn into marvelous adventures). We go off together to Shwedagon Pagoda, which is located west of the Royal Lake, on the vast, 114

-acre Singuttara Hill.

Margo cleverly hires a guide to show us around this vast, vast complex and it is fascinating: this was the first pagoda in the world, he tells us.

Indeed, the Shwedagon Pagoda is Myanmar’s most sacred and impressive Buddhist site. Dating back almost 2500 years, the pagoda enshrines strands of Buddha’s hair and other holy relics. It is breathtaking.

The Shwedagon Pagoda stands 326 feet high, its dome covered in 60 tons of gold (we watch workmen on scaffolding replacing some of the gold plates). At the very top, too small to be appreciated from where we stand at the base, is an orb, 22 inches high and 11-inches wide, encrusted with 4531 diamonds, the largest of which is a 72 carat diamond. The base is surrounded by 64 small pagodas with four larger ones in the center of each side. There also are four sphinxes, one at each corner, with six leogryphs (a lion-like creature). Projecting beyond the base of the Pagoda. are Tazaungs (shrines) in which are images of the Buddha and where offerings are made. There are also figures of elephants crouching and men kneeling and pedestals for offerings all around the base. In front of the 72 shrines surrounding the base of the Pagoda, there are images of lions, serpents, ogres, yogis, spirits, or Wathundari. Among the most dazzling art is a Jade Buddha. There are also mystical and mysterious places, like the well where Buddha’s sacred hair was washed and Buddha’s foot print.

Representing the highest achievements of Myanmar’s sculpture, archi-

One of the young boys being inducted into the monastery

family ceremony

Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar © Karen

tecture and art, there are hundreds of colorful temples, stupas and statues spanning nearly 2500 years. It is known as Shwedagon, “the Sanctuary of the Four,” because it contains relics of four Buddhas who had attained Enlightenment.

We move among the bustling activity of devotees and monks washing the statues, offering flowers, worshiping, and meditating.

Most interesting is coming upon a procession of families celebrating the induction of two young boys into the monastery.

(The Sule Pagoda which I visited the evening we arrived in Yangon – was it just four days ago? – was also magnificent, but Shwedagon is on a different scale of magnificent.)

(See more information on visiting Schwedagon Pagoda, www.shwedagonpagoda.com).

You could easily spend hours here, but we must dash back in a taxi to get back to the Global Scavenger Hunt group, arriving a few minutes past the 6 pm deadline (we aren’t competing to win the challenge to be the “World’s Best Travelers,” so we did not have to turn in our scorecards documenting our scavenges, though, in fact, we have been doing as many as we can.

At a hosted dinner at a Japanese restaurant, all of us trade our stories of adventure and exploration from Yangon and some combination of Bagan, Mandalay and Inle Lake. One of the scavenges invited the teams to take part in a volunteering opportunity and Lawyers Without Borders, the team from Houston, volunteered at a Youth Development monastery in Yangon.  “The monks take in, house,

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Bogyoke Aung San Market, Yangon’s major marketplace since 1926, is named for Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi’s father, Bogyoke (General) Aung San © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

feed and educate orphans from farflung and remote villages around the country,” Zoe Littlepage writes on her blog (http://zoeandraineygreatescape. blogspot.com). “My favorite part was eating lunch with the kids. They sing their prayers before they can start eating.. magical.” (Zoe Littlepage and Rainey Booth, of Houston, are on their 12th Global Scavenger Hunt, and are five-time champions, and their law firm helps support the philanthropic works of the Global Scavenger Hunt Foundation.)

We return to the hotel to get our four-hour notice and learn where our 23-day “Blind Date with the World” mystery tour continues next: an eight-

hour layover challenge in Bangkok and then on to Abu Dhabi – essentially having breakfast in Myanmar, lunch in Thailand and dinner (or nightcap?) in the United Arab Emirates.

We are out the door at 5:15 am (the hotel sends us off with breakfast boxes), to get to the airport.

It is worth noting that in addition to having a unique alphabet and language, Myanmar (formerly Burma) asserts its identity by keeping its clocks half-hour different from its timezone.

I realize that time is really fluid – not really stable or fixed ordering our day, a concept rather than an invention. We lost a full day crossing the timezone during that first flight of more than

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14 hours, and have been picking up an hour or so here as we go.

At the end of this Par 5, Leg 3 dash through Myanmar, SLO Folks, a team from central California who are the returning champions from last year’s Global Scavenger Hunt, earned the second most points with 37 scavenges in Yangon, Bagan and the point rich area of Inle Lake for 2,055 points; and Lawyers Without Border, a team from Houston on their 12th Hunt (they have won it five times) had the most, completing 52 scavenges in Yangon, Bagan & Inle Lake earning 2,745 points.

More Myanmar travel information is at http://myanmartravelinformation. com/top-destinations/yangon.html

8-Hour Layover Challenge in Bangkok, Thailand

Bill Chalmers, the organizer for the past 15 years and inventor of the Global Scavenger Hunt, notes the rare backtracking to Bangkok from Myanmar. “Oddly, we had to fly slightly east to further our westward global trajectory…Myanmar is still hard to get into and out of with limited connections to mostly its regional neighbors… especially Bangkok and Singapore. Today we chose Bangkok as a more interesting layover in our exit strategy. Thus we a have fun 8-Hour Layover Challenge…but I am getting ahead of myself.”

We scurry about the Bangkok airport, finding a place to check our luggage for the precious few hours, finding an information counter with a map and information about how to get downtown (we discover a rail link into the city).

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Taking chances on some exciting new careers

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

Starting out in one’s career and getting a break is so important in life. It’s hard to have experience if you are a recent college graduate and are just beginning in a profession. It’s hard to have a whole list of experiences when you’re new - but everyone has got to start somewhere.

I was thinking about this recently when talking with friends and in thinking about the paths of various celebrities. Sonny & Cher came to mind because when they first started out in California they were a young couple hoping to get a break as singers. Their dream was to make it big as pop stars.

When Ed Sullivan invited Sonny & Cher to perform on his famous Sunday night show on CBS TV in 1965, they sang their hearts out with “I Got You Babe.” Most of us who were youngsters in 1965 remember them - Cher

had straight long black hair with long bangs. She wore an eclectic outfit with bell bottoms.

She started out singing just a bit tentatively then built up and with that distinctive contralto voice of hers she belted out the song and hit all the right notes. Sonny had long hair, a big, dark moustache and he wore a funky outfit. They were two of the “new hippies” in America and they were making the most of their opportunity on Ed Sullivan’s stage.

Everyone I knew and their families watched “The Ed Sullivan Show” on Sundays from 8 to 9 p.m. during the 1960s. If you could make it on “The Ed Sullivan” platform you pretty much had a ticket to fame.

Sonny Bono

Salvatore Philip Bono was born on February 16, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, to Santo Bono and Zena Jean who were

immigrants from Sicily. It was his mother who gave him the nickname “Sonny” which most people knew him by. He was the youngest of three children. He had two older sisters, Fran and Betty.

When he was seven years old, Sonny’s family moved to Inglewood, Calif., where he went to high school but dropped out to start working. He tried his hand at song writing. In the meantime, he took up a number of odd jobs as a waiter, a truck driver and a construction worker, according to wikipedia.org.

Sonny Bono first started with the entertainment industry as a songwriter at Specialty Records in the early 1960s. Sam Cooke, who was already a famous singer at the time, recorded “Things You Do to Me,” which was written by Bono. This put him in the music industry and Phil Spector picked him up to do promotion for his company.

He also worked with Jack Nitzsche. Sonny Bono and Nitzsche both wrote “Needles and Pins” that was sung by The Searchers.

The major breakthrough in Sonny’s career and his life came when he met his future wife, Cherilyn Sarkisian, around the same time. Cher, as everyone knows her, was a young singer and performer. Initially she wanted to be an actress.

Cher met Sonny at a coffee shop in Los Angeles in 1962 when she was 16 and he was 27. He was separated from his first wife. They fell in love immediately and were married in 1964. Chastity Bono, now Chaz Bono, was born in 1969. Together Sonny & Cher went on to record a number of songs that became extremely popular.

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Don’t Listen to Friends and Neighbors About Social Security

BY TOM MARGENAU

I’ve said this before and written columns about this before. Do NOT listen to your friends and neighbors when it comes to Social Security advice. Whatever they are telling you is probably wrong. Here is another batch of questions saved up from this week’s mailbag that proves my point.

Q: My sister’s husband died on July 24. He was 76 and started getting his benefits at 65. He was getting $1,920. She is 70 and is getting her own $1,250, which she started at age 62. One of our best friends told her that because she took her own benefits at 62, she isn’t due any widow’s benefits. Is this true?

A: It’s absolutely not true. What she is due in Social Security widow’s benefits usually depends on one thing only: her age when she became a widow. And at her age, her own benefit will be supplemented up to 100% of what he was getting at the time of death. In other words, she will keep getting her $1,250 per month, and then she will get an extra $670 in widow’s benefits to take her up to his $1,920 benefit rate.

Q: My best friend’s husband died in June. He was 85. She is 81. Her neighbor told her that she would be automatically switched to widow’s benefits because that is what happened when her husband died. But it’s been more than two months now and nothing has happened. How long does it take?

A: If it was a simple conversion from wife’s benefits to widow’s benefits, the changeover would happen very quickly. Probably in less than a week. But I’m guessing that it’s not that simple in your friend’s case. I will explain.

I will bet that your friend’s neighbor was getting straight spousal benefits. In other words, she wasn’t getting her own Social Security, just a dependent wife’s benefit on her husband’s account. In that situation, when the husband dies, the wife is automatically switched to widow’s benefits with just a push of a few buttons at the Social Security Administration.

On the other hand, I’m guessing your friend was getting her own Social Security benefits. In cases like that, there is no automatic conversion to survivor benefits. Your friend has to contact SSA and file a claim for widow’s benefits. She can do that by calling them at 800-772-1213.

Q: I am 64 years old. Recently, I applied for my Social Security and told them I wanted six months worth of retroactive benefits. The SSA clerk told me no such benefits were due. But a neighbor told me that he got retroactive benefits and that all Social Security claimants have the

option of selecting this back pay. So did I get a misinformed Social Security agent?

A: No, you’ve got a misinformed neighbor. Retroactive benefits can only be paid for claims filed after full retirement age, and then only for a maximum of six months. Or to be more precise, the law says retroactive checks cannot be claimed if they involve the payment of reduced retirement benefits.

Here are three quick examples. Huey files for Social Security at age 68. He can claim up to six months of retroactive benefits if he wants. Duey files for Social Security at age 66 and 3 months. He can claim three months worth of retroactive benefits but nothing before age 66. Luey files for Social Security at age 65. He can’t claim any retroactive benefits.

Q: I have been getting my Social Security since I was 66. I’m now 68, and I’m still working. My neighbor tells me that he is in the same boat as me but that he gets a small increase every year in his Social Security check because of his extra earnings. But I haven’t seen any increases. What’s going on?

A: Your neighbor is probably in a different kind of boat than you are in. Any earnings you have after you start getting Social Security, and the Social Security taxes you pay on those earnings, might increase your monthly Social Security check.

Notice I said “might” -- and here’s why. Your original Social Security benefit rate was based on your average monthly wage using your highest 35 years of inflation-adjusted earnings. If the money you are making now is high enough to replace the lowest of those 35 years used in your original computation, then that will raise your average monthly wage, which in turn will increase your Social Security check. On the other hand, if your current earnings are not high enough to replace a low year, then there will be no increase in your Social Security benefit. I’m guessing your neighbor is in the first boat, and you are in the second one.

Q: I will be 62 in December. A friend told me that I should file for Social Security before January 2020. He said if I do that, then I could take spousal benefits on my wife’s record and save my own until I am 70 to get a 32% bonus for doing so. Is this true?

A: It’s not true. Your friend is mixing an apple with an orange. The apple is a rule that says you must always file for your own Social Security benefits first, before you can try claiming anything off of a spouse’s Social Security record. The orange is a loophole to that law that says if you turn 66 before January 2020, then you can file for spousal benefits first and save your own until 70 -- and get that

bonus you mentioned. But you will not be 66 before January 2020. So you can’t have the orange. You’re stuck with the apple. Your only choice will be to file for your own Social Security benefits at whatever age you decide to do that.

Q: I turn 66 on Feb. 19, 2020, and that’s when I want my Social Security to begin. Someone I trust told me to file for it now because it takes the government about six months to line up my benefits correctly.

A: You can trust for friend on other mtters if you want, but not when it comes to Social Security. The Social Security Administration processes most retirement claims in less than two weeks. I’d suggest filing in early January 2020.

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

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Sonny & Cher’s biggest hit was “I Got You Babe” which Sonny wrote. The song topped the billboard charts in both the U.S. and the U.K. and made the singing duo of “Sonny & Cher” a household name. Some of the lyrics go: “They say we’re young and we don’t know

We won’t find out until we grow Well I don’t know if all that’s true ‘Cause you got me, and baby I got you …”

Together they produced many songs and other performances for the better part of a decade. Other hits of the duo include ”Bang Bang,” “The Beat Goes On,” “You Better Sit Down” and “Baby Don’t Go.”

Sonny and Cher were offered a TV show in 1971, “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour,” and they reached a whole new level of fame. Their variety show was popular and sometimes they sang and sometimes they bantered back and forth with some light comedy.

Sonny Bono wrote songs for other artists as well, such as “She Said Yeah,” which he wrote for the Rolling Stones’ 1965 album “December’s Children.” He also enjoyed quite a bit of popularity as a solo artist. His first single, “Laugh at Me,” reached the 10th spot on the U.S. billboards in 1965. Two years later, he released his only solo album called “Inner Views.”

Sonny liked being involved in several different projects. Apart from writing, singing, producing and arranging songs, he also appeared in films and TV shows on multiple occasions.

He was primarily a guest star who would appear for a brief time on TV shows such as “Fantasy Land,” “The Love Boat,” “Top of the Hill,” “P.S I Luv U” and “Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman.” He also played some small roles in movies such as “Airplane II: The Sequel” in 1982 and “First Kid” in 1996.

Sonny Bono switched careers and became mayor of Palm Springs, California in 1988. In 1994, he was elected to Congress as a representative from California’s 44th Congressional District. He unexpectedly died in a skiing accident while on vacation with his family in South Lake Tahoe, Calif., in 1998.

Cher

Cher was born in El Centro, Calif., in 1946. Cher released a single, “Ringo I Love You,” under the name of Bonnie Jo Mason. She is of Armenian background. For most of her life, Cher was raised by her mother Georgia Holt who was also an actress and a singer. Georgia was married and divorced a couple of times and always had trouble finding a good job in California.

Cher dropped out of school at age 16, left her mother’s house and moved

to Los Angeles with a friend. While she attended Fresno High School, however, some classmates said that she stood out from the other students “in both her striking appearance and outgoing personality.”

A former classmate commented, “I’ll never forget seeing Cher for the first time. She was so special ... She was like a movie star, right then and there ... She said she was going to be a movie star and we knew she would make it.” (per biographer Connie Berman)

Cher became a session singer for Phil Spector. Sonny was a record promoter for Spector and got Cher the gig after meeting her in a coffee shop in 1962. Spector used her voice as a backup singer on many recordings including the Ronettes’ “Be My Baby” and the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin.”

“The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour” ended in May 1974 due to their divorce. Cher went on to have her own career as a solo singer. She’s well known for “If I Could Turn Back Time,” “Just Like Jesse James,” “Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves” and a whole lot of other hit songs.

She’s got a voice and a style that’s all her own. During her six-decade-long career, Cher has worked in numerous areas of entertainment, as well as adopting a variety of styles and appearances.

Cher has won a Grammy Award, an Emmy Award, an Academy Award in 1988 for Best Actress in “Moonstruck,” three Golden Globe Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an award from the Kennedy Center Honors and the Council of Fashion Designers of America, among several other honors.

Jay Leno

Another person who had a huge career then switched careers is Jay Leno.

Leno was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., on April 28, 1950. His birth name was James Douglas Leno but it was quickly shortened to Jay. The Leno family moved to Andover, Mass., where he spent the rest of his childhood and young-adult life.

As a student in grade school, Leno was a prankster and a bit of a comedian. He liked to play practical jokes on his classmates.

His fifth-grade teacher’s report card comment was, “If Jay spent as much time studying as he does trying to be a comedian, he’d be a big star” which is pretty funny considering what he turned out to be. Leno is best known for being one of the busiest performers in comedy. For years he booked more than 300 appearances annually.

Jay Leno attended Emerson College in Boston, Mass., and graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in speech therapy. While in school, Leno per-

formed stand-up comedy in local night clubs and emceed talent shows for extra money. He moved to Los Angeles after graduation and wrote for the TV show “Good Times.”

In 1992, when Johnny Carson left “The Tonight Show,” Jay Leno replaced him as the host. He stayed until 2009 when Conan O’Brien took over but then he returned in 2010.

In April 2013, Leno announced his plans to leave “The Tonight Show” when his contract ended in 2014. He hosted his last “Tonight Show” on February 6, 2014.

After leaving “The Tonight Show,” Leno was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2014. Leno won an Emmy Award for his performance as the host of “The Tonight Show.” He continued to tour as a stand-up comedian and perform at various charity events. He has also been the host of “Jay Leno’s Garage,” on cable TV since 2015. On that show Leno shows off his love of classic cars and motorcycles.

This was a big career change for Jay Leno but he has always been passionate about cars and motorcycles.

Leno has been married to wife Mavis Nicholson since 1980. They have lived in Los Angeles for decades.

Marcia Muller

Another big career change: My favorite writer these days is Marcia Muller who writes fictional mysteries and thrillers. Her books are real page turners.

Born in 1944 in Detroit, Mich., she received her bachelor’s degree in English and master’s degree in journalism from the University of Michigan. Upon graduation she moved to the San Francisco Bay area to work as merchandising supervisor for “Sunset” magazine in California. Then Marcia Muller was a field interviewer in the San Francisco Bay area for the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research in Ann Arbor.

It was in 1973 that she made a career change – she branched out on her own and started writing novels.

In the years since then Marcia Muller has written many novels and short stories. Her main fictional character is Sharon McCone, a private detective of today’s modern era.

McCone is a refreshingly down to earth detective who is also very savvy and hardnosed just like any other serious detective should be. She’s tough but Sharon McCone also has a sense of humor. This private eye finds herself in some dangerous cases but in the end there is always a resolution.

Marcia Muller has won six Anthony Awards, a Shamus Award, and is also the recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America’s Lifetime Achievement Award as well as the Mystery Writers of

America Grand Master Award which is their highest honor. She lives in northern California with her husband, mystery writer Bill Pronzini.

Seeing a celebrity make a change in their career is different but I think it’s good for them do what really interests them. I may prefer Jay Leno the comedian over the Jay Leno who talks about unique cars and motorcycles but that interests him.

And Marcia Muller? I can wait for this author’s latest book to come out. It promises to be another page turner that will keep me up late at night and on the edge of my seat.

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Bangkok without any prior preparation (because that is the essence of the Global Scavenger Hunt, an aroundthe-world mystery tour to determine “World’s Best Travelers”), our visit is complicated by preparations for the coronation of the new King.

Also, my teammate Margo has her own scavenger hunt going: she is trying to find chips from Harley Davidson Motorcycle dealers in every place we go. Her hunt brings us to one of Bangkok’s major urban shopping malls – every luxury and brand name in the world is represented. Harley is on a floor with Jaguar and other luxury cars. It is an amazing opportunity to view local life of Bangkok on a Sunday. (The movie, “Crazy Rich Asians,” immediately flashes in my mind.)

Margo goes off to do sightseeing by the Hop On/Off Bus; I am determined

to take a water taxi. But I learn that the city has already closed off river access to the major attractions and sites that are along the river, including the Palace, and there is, in fact, a giant security cordon from the Grand Palace (later I learn that the Palace was open to visitors earlier and we just missed it). But the water taxi along the canal is still operating.

I go walking (in the intense heat) toward where I can pick up the water taxi. The time is ticking away and I have to calculate the amount of time to get back to the airport in time for our flight to Abu Dhabi. I pass interesting places, like the “Anti-Money Laundering Office”.

It is fun to ride the water taxi and I take it to a place close to the Grand Palace where there is an important temple, the Golden Mount (Wat Saket).

A very nice fellow coming off the water taxi points me in a direction

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to the Democracy Monument. I learn that it was commissioned in 1939 to commemorate the 1932 Siamese coup d’etat which led to the establishment of a constitutional monarchy in the Kingdom of Siam. Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram saw the monument as the center of a new Westernized Bangkok, akin to the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs d’Elysees in Paris.

I see literally thousands of police, military, and what appear to be volunteers in colored shirts, the streets decorated for a parade (the administration building is nearby)– but no people on the streets waiting for a parade. The coronation is taking place in just a couple of weeks time. I assume that they are doing a rehearsal.

I contemplate hiring a little jitney taxi to take me close to the Grand Palace, but looking at the time and calculating how long it would take to backtrack to the airport, I just head back to the water taxi, walk through a broad shopping boulevard (big portraits of the King and Queen), to the train to the airport.

This moment in history, in fact, becomes the theme for my Bangkok visit.

At the end of it, though I did not get to see the Top Attractions of Bangkok, I fulfilled the essence of the Global Scavenger Hunt: I immersed myself in the everyday rhythm of this place and these people, exotic no longer.

(For more travel information, visit https://na.tourismthailand.org/AboutThailand/Destination/Bangkok.)

We are off to Abu Dhabi!

The Global Scavenger Hunt is an annual travel program that has been operated for the past 15 years by Bill and Pamela Chalmers, GreatEscape Adventures, 310-281-7809, GlobalScavengerHunt.com.

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Yeshua Synagogue, Yangon, the last synagogue remaining in Myanmar © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon is Myanmar’s most sacred

holy relics; its dome is gilded with 60 tons of gold, and the top has an orb with 4531 diamonds. It is breathtaking.

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REAL ESTATE WATCH

Is downsizing or moving up the best path now?

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

Is downsizing or moving up the most logical and pragmatic path to take now?

You’ve thought about it, but aren’t really sure. You’re comfortable where you are, but the responsibilities and the daily routine of keeping your home in order are starting to wear on you. Plus the financial responsibility of whatever goes wrong, repairs and updating, oh boy, so much to deal with.

Now if you have already updated and your home is in spectacular mint or excellent condition, now might be the time to sell, while prices are still where they are. But as I mentioned in a previous column, the market has been softening, as more families and millennials are leaving New York State and other high priced and taxed states, because,

I believe that the saturation point has been approached, where prices will go up maybe by the rate of inflation or not all and probably will softened further on the higher priced and taxed homes. The tariffs that have been imposed by both the U.S. and China have also put a damper on both economies, which are intrinsically connected from head to toe! If you do your own research and look back over a hundred years, they never accomplished anything but to make the consumer and the industries supplying them, pay more for goods and some services. It’s similar to a lawsuit between two large companies to see who will survive the longest, without coming to the table and negotiating a fair and equitable settlement. Nothing will be accomplished

unless one party realizes that the outcome will be more costly in continuing the battle, no matter who may be right or wrong.

Of course, we know China has consistently taxed our goods unfairly, as well as absconded with some of our intellectual and industrial secrets. But coming to an equitable and fair compromise has eluded us and so all we are doing is a “tit for tat” battle, with most likely no winner and only losers, just us the American consumer!

These types of events will only make the real estate market more volatile and put pressure on prices, since I mentioned this in a column a few weeks ago, that we are in the longest expansion of our economy since 1854. As they say, what goes up, will eventually come down and I see the evidence already. So if you don’t want to lose equity, although you may be happy where you are, considering downsizing as a viable choice.

This maybe your best financial decision today, even though you were considering moving maybe within five years. While purchasers are still active and able to buy, you might want to “strike while the coals are still warm” by putting your home up for sale. Of course, there is a lot of planning, so start doing it. Now, if you are in a rental, but really want to buy and have the necessary down payment and can

afford the monthly “nut” then now is a good time to also begin thinking about it, while rates are very low. If you either have young children or plan to have some, then your long term plan will be to pretty much stay put in whatever home you may buy, let’s say 20 years. I believe at that point, all things being equal, the market will have come back from what we may experience in the near future, as markets go up and then recede, looking back at past history. So you weather the storm and sit tight and all should be ok. Also, if you are in a coop, depending on what you paid for it, getting into a home, with the interest rates being less than four percent now (lower now than they were last December), would be a great opportunity, even if you lose some money.

Because some home prices have softened enough to make the difference worth looking at and what you may potentially gain, maybe a wash or possibly a benefit if the home price has been adjusted down enough to gain more than what one might lose in selling now. Renting, as has generally been shown, is a dead-end street and the lower-priced rentals have been escalating, especially in the excellent school districts, due to those deciding not to take the plunge and purchase. Renting, due to affordability and other reasons, may have been your only choice now or for the foreseeable future, but building

equity and future wealth has generally worked through ownership.

No one can guarantee the future, but based on the past it’s a stronger and more secure bet than staying in a rental. Even if your present home is too small and you cannot expand it properly or want to bother dealing with the construction, moving up in the market, as long as you will be staying in place five to ten years or longer, is an excellent time to consider moving on, especially when financing your next place.

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

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New Eagle Scouts honored

NYS Assemblyman John Mikulin, Deputy County Clerk Kate Murray, Ethan's mother Ivy Rockitter, Eagle Scout Ethan Rockitter, Ethan's father Dave Rockitter, Ethan's brother Justin Rockitter, Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads and Nassau County Legislator Ferretti at Levittown Hall.

Deputy County Clerk Kate Murray, Ryan's sister Danielle Talbot, Ryan's mother Christine Talbot, Eagle Scout Ryan Talbot, Ryan's father Mark Talbot, Nassau County Legislator John Ferretti and Nassau County Legislator Steve Rhoads at Levittown Hall.

Local officials were on hand at Levittown Hall recently to honor two local scouts, Ethan Rockitter and Ryan Talbot, on becoming Eagle Scouts.

Levittown students hit the right notes this summer

Approximately 60 Levittown students from grades 2-10 were introduced to a new instrument or continued honing their craft during the Levittown Public Schools Summer Music Program from July 8–Aug. 15.

The annual summer program, which is housed at Abbey Lane Elementary School, offers two half-hour group lessons each week for students.

Facilitated by summer music coordinator Iris Bastone and music teachers Megan Bastos, Jill Castillo and Matthew Nobile, students receive personalized instruction with small class

sizes in either band or orchestra. For those that are new to a specific instrument, the summer program provides a head-start for students to familiarize themselves, while the program allows continuing student-musicians to practice and strengthen their skills. The program is a great opportunity for students to not only enhance their musical abilities but also meet students from across the district and make new friends along the way.

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Incoming Wisdom Lane sixth grader Isabella Montes practiced her bass skills.

Orchestra teacher Jill Castillo (middle) helped string students with their technique.

Band teacher Matthew Nobile (right) helped incoming third-grader Harrison Ginsberg (back left) and incoming fifth-grader Michael Andrews (front left) with scales on the saxophone.

Golden Eagles earn placement on wall

Donna Weikman was inducted into the Bethpage Athletic Wall of Fame during a ceremony on July 21.

The Bethpage Union Free School District and community gathered on July 21 for a ceremony to welcome the sixth group of inductees into the Bethpage Athletic Wall of Fame.

This year’s class included 1978 graduate Fran Brown along with former coaches Samuel Prioleau, Harry Settino Jr. and Donna Weikman.

Fran Brown was a four-sport athlete and represented the Golden Eagles in field hockey, volleyball, basketball and softball. She was part of many league and divisional championships in volleyball, basketball and softball in addition to being captain and the most valuable player of

the county champion field hockey team. She went on to play volleyball at Slippery Rock University.

Samuel Prioleau was a beloved teacher, mentor and coach in Bethpage for 35 years. He holds one of the highest winning percentages on Long Island as a baseball coach and led the Golden Eagles to a county championship. Under his guidance, the junior varsity football team achieved many undefeated seasons. As a mentor, he encouraged students to fight for what they believed in and made them believe they could accomplish anything.

Harry Settino Jr., had a positive

Fran Brown, Class of 1978, was enshrined into the Bethpage Athletic Wall of Fame during a ceremony on July 21.

impact on many student athletes during his 23 years in Bethpage. He was a “jack of all trades” by coaching varsity football, varsity baseball, girls varsity track and field and boys varsity bowling. He also went on to officiate basketball and baseball in addition to being a Nassau County lifeguard supervisor.

Donna Weikman was a symbol of excellence for the Bethpage girls bowling program for 43 years with 400 compiled wins, 21 conference championships and two county championships. She began her career in Bethpage in 1969 as a physical education and health teacher in addition

to her role as a coach. Donna coached the field hockey team for 17 yearsS that included five division championships, six conference championships and three county championships. She also led the badminton team for 28 years with a total of 312 wins and 11 conference championships.

“We are very proud to welcome these four inductees into the Bethpage Athletic Wall of Fame,” said Superintendent of Schools David Schneider. “They are proud Golden Eagles.”

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“Car Show Long Island” planned for September 22nd

Long Island’s premier car show will take place on Sunday, September 22nd from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at TOBAY Beach (rain date October 13).  Car Show Long Island’s 2019 TOBAY BEACH Fall Classic will feature hundreds of automobiles, trucks, military vehicles, and emergency service vehicles. A live concert performed by The Mystic will take place during the day, followed by trophy presentations. The event is free for spectators.

Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated, “Whether you’re a proud classic car owner or you want to see the best cars in the region, the Car Show Long Island

is the place to be!  This free family-fun event is a perfect way to spend the day, all with the beautiful backdrop of TOBAY Beach. Spectators can check out cool cars, vendors, exhibits and enjoy live music while surrounded by Long Island’s best classic, muscle, antique and exotic cars.”

Trophies will be awarded in 10 categories including best-of-thebest, and children will have a say when deeming which rides are their favorites in the Kids’ Choice Award. Car Show Long Island’s 2019 TOBAY BEACH Fall Classic is made possible through our presenting sponsors: Ambassador Home

Improvement, Bethpage Federal Credit Union, MSG Networks, and Trinity Solar.

Additional sponsors include:  Signarama of Huntington Station, Modell’s Sporting Goods, Hagerty Insurance, Zorn’s of Bethpage, Zabbia Insurance Agency, Tint World, Turf Tek USA, The Law Offices of Siben & Siben, Parts Authority, Nassau Financial Federal Credit Union, MotorMouth Radio, PSEGLI, AutoMat, Movin’ On Sounds, Paul’s Rods and Restos, 7-Eleven, Long Island Car Club Council, The Boat Yard, Surf Shack, Apple Air Conditioning and Heating, WBAB 102.3 WBLI 106.1.

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Enthusiasts and spectators can also grab a bite to eat from one of the many food trucks participating in Car Show Long Island’s 2019 TOBAY Beach Fall Classic.  Car owners can pre-register their vehicles at www. carshowli.com for $15 per car or register the day-of for $25 per car. The event is free to spectators who are asked to bring two cans of food to donate to Island Harvest, the largest hunger relief organization on Long Island.  For more information or to become a sponsor or vendor at the event, call (516) 797-4121 or e-mail carshowli@oysterbay-ny.gov.

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New York Institute of Technology congratulates more than 580 students who were named to the Spring 2019 Dean’s List, including the following local students:

Abraheem Ahmad of Old Bethpage, majoring in biology.

Bandar Alharbi of Hicksville, majoring in mechanical engineering.

Michael Cerna-Arevalo of Plainview, majoring in architectural technology.

Gianna Davillas of Bethpage, majoring in life sciences.

Michael Flandrau of Hicksville, majoring in nursing.

Christopher Harran of Hicksville, majoring in mechanical engineering.

Angad Jassal of Old Bethpage, majoring in life sciences.

Calvin Khdiear of Levittown, majoring in information technology.

Chandrika Kumari of Hicksville, majoring in biology.

Stephan Martinez of Levittown, majoring in architecture.

Joseph Marvel of Plainview, majoring in architecture.

Olga Muka of Hicksville, majoring in psychology.

Kenneth Ng of Plainview, majoring in information technology.

Mansi Parikh of Levittown, majoring in computer science.

Sabrina Popal of Hicksville, majoring in psychology.

Prachi Shah of Bethpage, majoring in biology.

Sati Yucel of Old Bethpage, majoring in nursing.

They were among 580 students who achieved this honor. To qualify, a student must earn a GPA of at least 3.5 and complete 12 or more credit hours without any incomplete grades.

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More than 100 students completed New York Institute of Technology’s rigorous Internship Certificate Program during Spring 2019, earning valuable hands-on experience and developing skills in a wide range of work environments.

Joseph Marvel of Plainview worked as an intern at H2M Architects + Engineers in Melville.

Evelyn Vargas of Levittown worked as an intern at LPS Office Interiors in Farmingdale.

Brian Johnson of Levittown worked as an intern at P.E. Smith Development, Inc. in Huntington.

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About 1,900 Hofstra University students earned their undergraduate, graduate, or law degrees during commencement ceremonies on May 19-20.

Local students who graduated include:

Hiba Abbas of Hicksville, who earned a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH).

Cindy Abdelsalam of Levittown, who earned a Master’s degree in Public

Health (MPH).

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Emily Aldorasi of Hicksville, who earned a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH).

Daniel Altmann of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting.

Alec Beckerman of Plainview, who earned a Master of Arts in industrial/ organizational psychology.

Hadassah Bennett of Plainview, NY, who earned a Master of Science in nursing (FNP).

Kenneth Brown of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics.

Brian Cameron of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Science in athletic training.

William Caniano of Hicksville, who earned a Master of Science in Education in higher education leadership & policy studies.

Michael Cardello of Old Bethpage, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics.

Roshni Chandihok of Hicksville, who earned a Master’s degree in Health Administration (MHA).

Timothy Cheng of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Engineering in engineering science.

Jeremy Cohen of Levittown, who earned a Master of Science in physical education.

Adam Coren of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in film studies & production.

William Deming of Levittown, who earned a Master of Science in computer science.

Elizabeth Fields of Hicksville, who earned a Master of Science in sports science.

Melanie Fiume of Plainview, who earned a Master of Business Administration in health services management.

Marc Gallegos of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in criminology.

Armando Gonzalez of Plainview, NY, who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting.

Danielle Hafner of Levittown, NY, who earned a Master of Science in Education in counseling.

Matthew Handel of Levittown, who earned a Master of Business Administration in quality management.

Grace Hare of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in biology.

Kerri Hauff of Hicksville, who earned a Master of Arts in music education.

Matthew Hirsch of Old Bethpage, who earned a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering.

Sabeen Humayun of Hicksville, who earned a Master’s degree in Public Health (MPH).

Leipeng Jin of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in management.

Anthony Johnson of Hicksville,

who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance.

Megha Kapoor of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy.

Dionisios Katehis of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Engineering in engineering science.

Seeratpal Kaur of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in biology.

Paraskevi Kavouras of Hicksville, who earned a Advanced Certificate in secondary education.

Anthony Krummel of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in biology.

Shivangi Kumar of Hicksville, who earned a Master of Science in taxation.

Richard Lawless of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science.

Alexis Leonard of Hicksville, who earned a Master of Arts in creative arts therapy counseling.

Felicia Leto of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Science in community health.

Victoria Leto of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in speech-language-hearing sciences.

Jason Levy of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in marketing.

Traci Lichtenstein of Plainview, who earned a Master of Arts in technology for learning.

Yiwen Liu of Levittown, who earned a Master of Business Administration in management.

Taylor Malings of Levittown, who earned a Master of Arts in elementary education: science, technology, engineering, & mathematics.

Julia Mateo of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance.

Guanyi Meng of Hicksville, who earned a Master of Science in business analytics.

Zachary Milack of Levittown, who earned a Master of Science in Education in science education - physics.

Anthony Minerva of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science.

Brianna Mulqueen of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Science in physician assistant studies.

Casey Naftol of Plainview, who earned a Master of Science in Education in literacy studies.

Paige Oberman of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Brian Peterson of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Science in health science.

Thomas Piscopio of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Engineering in engineering science.

Gary Plotkin of Plainview, who earned a Advanced Certificate in Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA).

Marisa Pollack-Kurtz of Plainview, who earned a Master of Arts in speech-language pathology.

Jennifer Popescu of Hicksville, who

earned a Bachelor of Science in exercise science.

Brandon Radtke of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Christopher Rispoli of Levittown, who earned a Master of Science in Education in music education.

Joann Romano of Old Bethpage, who earned a Master of Science in Education in rehabilitation counseling in mental health.

Rebecca Rosenheck of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting (licensure track).

Gabriel Salzman of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in radio production and studies.

Marcela Sanchez of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Michelle Savarino of Plainview, who earned a Master of Science in Education in elementary special education.

Jason Scheid of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in criminology.

Amanda Schoen of Hicksville, who earned a Master of Science in Education in early childhood & childhood education.

Stefanie Schusheim of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Science in community health.

Haley Smithwick of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Daniel Sporn of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Science in economics (business).

Jonathan Szkup of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in information systems.

Danielle Tesoriero of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in psychology.

Vincent Torba of Levittown, who earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science.

Alyssa Urban of Old Bethpage, NY, who earned a Master of Science in taxation.

Mark Vasco of Plainview, who earned a Master of Arts in social studies education.

Jessica Weintraub of Old Bethpage, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in English.

Matthew Weiss of Hicksville, who earned a Master’s degree in Health Administration (MHA).

Linsong Weng of Levittown, who earned a Master of Science in accounting.

Stephanie Wolff of Plainview, who earned a Master of Science in Education in teaching English as a second language.

Emily Wolkenbrod of Plainview, who earned a Bachelor of Arts in linguistics.

Zhilong Yao of Hicksville, who earned a Master of Science in finance.

Hantong Zhao of Levittown, who earned a Master of Science in accounting.

Victoria Zhou of Hicksville, who earned a Bachelor of Science in physician assistant studies

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-16, Plaintiff AGAINST LISANN BOMBARDIERE, MICHAEL BOMBARDIERE, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 10, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on September 03, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 43 MOELLER STREET, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 12, BLOCK 157, LOT 23-24. Approximate amount of judgment $101,430.43 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 614064/2018.

CHRISTINE M. GRILLO, ESQ., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 MIT 5828 4X 08/02,09,16,23 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST

BEATRIZ E. ACOSTA AKA

BEATRIZ ACOSTA, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated February 05, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on September 10, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 14 LILY LANE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying

and being in the Levittown, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 45, BLOCK 201, LOT 6. Approximate amount of judgment $441,323.72 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 17-002691.

ANTHONY FRANCIS

ALTIMARI, ESQ, Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

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

MIT 5829

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NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau

U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Lehman XS Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-2, Plaintiff AGAINST

Ana D. Salmeron, et al, Defendant

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 5/31/2019 and entered on 6/3/2019, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on September 10, 2019 at 11:30 AM premises known as 72 East Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 45, BLOCK: 64, LOT: 244. Approximate amount of judgment is $552,770.84 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 004593/2016.

Kathleen Wright, Referee

FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS

WEISMAN & GORDON LLP

53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706

LEGAL NOTICES

Against LUZ D. MENSING A/K/A LUZ MENSING, ET AL, Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale, duly entered 9/21/2018, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction, CCP Calendar Control Part Courtroom in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY 11501, on 9/10/2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 187 Princess Street Hicksville, NY 11801 described as follows; ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, not an Incorporated Village, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York and designated on the tax maps of the Nassau County Treasurer as Section 11 Block 250 Lot 37.

The approximate amount of the current Judgment lien is $435,499.99 plus interest and costs. The premises will be sold subject to provisions of the aforesaid Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale; Index # 12637/13.

Jennifer B. Ettenger, Esq., Referee.

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

Dated: 7/3/19

File Number: 201101293-03

YW

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REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE Supreme Court County of Nassau

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

Day of September, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Plainview, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Premises known as 543 Woodbury Road, Plainview, (Town of Oyster Bay) NY 11803.

(Section: 12., Block: 537, Lot: 27) Approximate amount of lien $696,895.43 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 15-002339. Joseph N. Armao, Esq., Referee.

Davidson Fink LLP

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

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

Dated: June 28, 2019 MIT 5833 4X 08/09,16,23,30

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau

WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, DOING BUSINESS AS CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR BCAT 2015-13BTT, Plaintiff, vs. BRUCE TOPOL; CELINA TOPOL, ET AL., Defendant(s).

subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 8827/13. Anthony Iovino, Esq., Referee Knuckles, Komosinski & Manfro, LLP, 565 Taxter Road, Suite 590, Elmsford, NY 10523, Attorneys for Plaintiff Cash will not be accepted. MIT 5834

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee, for New Century Home Equity Loan Trust 20051, Plaintiff AGAINST

MIT 5831

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NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court Nassau County

USROF IV LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-1, BY U.S. BANK

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE, Plaintiff,

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on December 5, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction, at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501, Nassau County, New York on the 10th

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on October 25, 2016, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on September 17, 2019 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 63 Carriage Lane, Plainview, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 13, Block 119 and Lot 140 CA 2 Unit 226 together with an undivided 0.75 percent interest in the Common Elements. Approximate amount of judgment is $392,627.83 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold

Jasbir Singh; Balvinderjit Bains a/k/a Balvinderjit Kaur Bains a/k/a Balvinderjit K. Bains; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated May 31, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on September 17, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 48 Robin Lane, Plainview, NY 11803. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of NY, Section 13 Block 56 Lot 4. Approximate amount of judgment $626,898.71 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 17-001045.

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

Dated: August 1, 2019 MIT 5835 4X 08/16,23,30,09/06

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST X, V. ROSEMARIE CASEY AKA ROSEMARIE RUGGIERO, ET AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated June 03, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE NRZ PASSTHROUGH TRUST X is the Plaintiff and ROSEMARIE CASEY AKA ROSEMARIE RUGGIERO, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART (CCP) COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on September 24, 2019 at 11:30 AM, premises known as 11 GARDEN BOULEVARD, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801: Section 0046, Block 00365-00, Lot 00035:

ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE OR PARCEL OF LAND SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT HICKSVILLE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU, AND STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 005842/2016.

Janine T. Lynam, Esq.Referee. RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. MIT 5836 4X 08/23,30,09/06,13

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. MATTHEW ZIMMER, ALL THE HEIRS AT LAW, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEE, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID DEFENDANTS, NEXT OF KIN, DISTRIBUTEES DEVISEES, GRANTEES, TRUSTEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, ASSIGNEES AND SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID CLASSES OF PERSON, IF THEY OR ANY OF THEM BE DEAD AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HUSBANDS, WIVES, WIDOWS, IF ANY AND ALL OF WHOM AND WHOSE NAMES AND PLACES OF

RESIDENCE ARE UNKNOWN TO PLAINTIFF, EXCEPT AS HEREIN STATED, ET AL., Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on July 2, 2019, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on September 24, 2019 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 11 Maple Place, Hicksville, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 11, Block D and Lots 1127 & 1128. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 6804/2013.

Dominic Villoni, Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff MIT 5837

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ACCOUNTING CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Ellen Viarengo Jasper Surety, Attorneyin-Fact, Suretec Insurance Company

Grassi & Co.

Attorney General of the State of New York and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-law and next-of-kin of the said Harmon Rubin, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and/or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained

A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domi-

LEGAL NOTICES

ciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, United States.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on September 25, 2019, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of Harmon Rubin, should not be judicially settled.

[X] Further relief sought (if any):

1. Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings;

2. Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 95,480.58 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 35,604.65 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4);

3. Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees of Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $ 134,100.00 of which $ 8,200.00 has been paid and $125,900.00 is unpaid, and disbursements in the amount of $ 109.27 which has been paid;

4. Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s, PC in the amount of $ 4,600.00, of which $ 1,600.00 has been paid and $ 3,000.00 is unpaid;

5. Releasing and discharging the surety;

6. And why each of you claiming to be a distributee of the decedent should not establish proof of your kinship; and why the balance of said funds should not be paid to said alleged distributees upon proof of kinship, or deposited with the New York State Comptroller on account for the unknown next of kin of Harmon Rubin, decedent should said alleged distributees default herein, or fail to establish proof of kinship;

7. Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, July 22, 2019

Seal

HON. Margaret C. Reilly, Surrogate

Debra Keller Leimbach,

Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC (516) 538-1111

254 Nassau Blvd., Garden City South, New York 11530

NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law. You are not required to appear. If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

BN 7410

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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court Nassau County U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION 2009-FT1 TRUST, MORTGAGE PASSSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2009-FT1, V.

PATRICIA MORRONE, ET AL.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated December 14, 2018, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BANC OF AMERICA FUNDING CORPORATION 2009-FT1 TRUST, MORTGAGE PASSSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2009-FT1 is the Plaintiff and PATRICIA MORRONE, ET AL. are the Defendant(s). I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL PART COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on September 10, 2019 at 11:30 AM, premises known as 29 MEADE AVENUE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714: Section 46, Block 25, Lot 49: ALL THAT CERTAIN PLOT, PIECE, OR PARCEL OF LAND WITH THE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREON ERECTED, SITUATE, LYING AND BEING AT BETHPAGE, TOWN OF OYSTER BAY, COUNTY OF NASSAU AND

STATE OF NEW YORK

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 010598/2014.

Gerard M. Bambrick, Esq.Referee.

RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. BN 7411 4X 08/09,16,23,30

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court Nassau County JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, Plaintiff AGAINST

Danielle Barone a/k/a Danielle BaroneAquilano a/k/a Danielle Barone Aquilano a/k/a Danielle AquilanoBarone a/k/a Danielle Aquilano Barone a/k/a Danielle Aquilano a/k/a Danielle Barone-Aquilano a/k/a Danielle AquilanoBarone; et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 17, 2019 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on September 10, 2019 at 11:30AM, premises known as 31 Moore Drive, 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, State of NY, Section: 46 Block: 208 Lots: 14-18. Approximate amount of judgment $144,914.12 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 615628/2018.

Ralph J. Madalena, Esq., Referee

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

Dated: July 18, 2019 BN 7412 4X 08/09,16,23,30

NOTICE OF SALE

Supreme Court County of Nassau U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL FUNDING MORTGAGE SECURITIES I, INC., MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-S7, Plaintiff

against

NAZANINA FARHADI; KHAN FARHADI A/K/A KHAN M. FARHADI; JAWEED FARHADI; NAWID FARHADI; MOHID FARHADI , et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on May 8, 2019.

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 17th day of September, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows:

Said premises known as 187 North Hermann Avenue, Bethpage, N.Y. 11714 a/k/a (Section: 49, Block: 117, Lot: 445, 447 and 449).

All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Central Park (Bethpage) not an Incorporated Village, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Approximate amount of lien $ 1,089,185.98 plus interest and costs.

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

Index No. 002530-16.

Matthew Rozea, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, LLC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 145 Huguenot Street – Suite 210 New Rochelle, New York 10801 (914) 636-8900

BN 7413 REV 4X 08/16,23,30,09/06

NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County of Nassau THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC. ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-9, V. SHAWN MCCAFFREY, ET AL. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to a Final Judgment of Foreclosure dated May 31, 2019, and entered in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau, wherein THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS INC. ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-9 is the Plaintiff and SHAWN MCCAFFREY, ET AL. are the Defendant(s).

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, CALENDAR CONTROL

PART (CCP) COURTROOM, MINEOLA, NY 11501, on September 24, 2019 at 11:30 AM, premises known as 2 DURHAM PLACE, BETHPAGE, NY 11714: Section 46, Block 526, Lot 1: 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, CITY AND STATE OF NEW YORK Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 001446/2017.

Arnold M. Bottalico, Esq.Referee.

RAS Boriskin, LLC 900 Merchants Concourse, Suite 310, Westbury, New York 11590, Attorneys for Plaintiff. BN 7415 4X 08/23,30,09/06,13

SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS

Supreme Court County of Nassau SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU –REVERSE MORTGAGE FUNDING LLC, Plaintiff, against ANY AND ALL KNOWN OR UNKNOWN SPOUSE, HEIRS, DEVISEES, GRANTEES, ASSIGNEES, LIENORS, CREDITORS, TRUSTEES, AND ALL OTHER PARTIES CLAIMING AN INTEREST BY, THROUGH, UNDER OR AGAINST THE ESTATE OF ANN CACCAMO, DECEASED; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING ON BEHALF OF THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and LOUIS J. CACCAMO AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF ANN CACCAMO if he be living and if he be dead, the respective heirs-atlaw, next-of-kin, distributes, executors, administrators, trustees, devisees, legatees, assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in interest and generally all persons having or claiming under, by or through said defendant who may be deceased, by purchase, inheritance, lien or inheritance, lien or otherwise any right, title or interest in or to the real property described in the complaint, Defendants-

Bethpage Schools today announced a free and reduced price meal policy for the Bethpage UFSD area school children.

Local school officials have adopted the following family eligibility criteria to assist them in determining eligibility:

SNAP/TANF/FDPIR

Households: Households that currently include children who receive the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) but who are not found during the Direct Certification Matching Process (DCMP), or households that currently receive Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), or the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) must complete an application listing the child’s name, a valid SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR case number and the signature of an adult household member. Eligibility for free meal benefits based on participation in SNAP, TANF or FDPIR is extended to all children in the household. When known to the School Food Authority, households will be notified of their children’s eligibility for free meals based on their participation in the SNAP, TANF or the FDPIR programs. No application is necessary if the household was notified by the SFA their children have been directly certified. If the household is not sure if their children have been directly certified, the household should contact the school.

Other Source Categorical Eligibility: When known to

the School Food Authority, households will be notified of any child’s eligibility for free meals based on the individual child’s designation as Other Source Categorically Eligible, as defined by law. Children are determined Other Source Categorically Eligible if they are Homeless, Migrant, Runaway, A foster child, or Enrolled in Head Start or an eligible pre-kindergarten program.

If children or households receive benefits under Assistance Programs or Other Source Categorically Eligible Programs and are not listed on the notice of eligibility and are not notified by the School Food Authority of their free meal benefits, the parent or guardian should contact the school or should submit an income application.

Other Households:

Households with income the same or below the amounts listed above for family size may be eligible for and are urged to apply for free and/or reduced price meals (or free milk). They may do so by completing the application sent home with the letter to parents. One application for all children in the household should be submitted. Additional copies are available

at the principal’s office in each school. Applications may be submitted any time during the school year to the Assistant Superintendent for Business. Please contact Mr. Scott Harrington at 516-644-4030 with any questions regarding the application process.

Households notified of their children’s eligibility must contact the School Food Authority if they choose to decline the free meal benefits. Households may apply for benefits at any time throughout the school year. Children of parents or guardians who become unemployed or experience a financial hardship mid-year may become eligible for free and reduced price meals or free milk at any point during the school year. For up to 30 operating days into the new school year (or until a new eligibility determination is made, whichever comes first) an individual child’s free or reduced price eligibility status from the previous year will continue within the same SFA. When the carryover period ends, unless the household is notified that their children are directly certified or the household submits an application that is approved, the children’s meals must be claimed at the paid rate. Though encouraged to do so, the SFA is not required

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

To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the Complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this Summons, to serve a notice of appearance, on the Plaintiff’s Attorney(s) within 20 days after the service of this Summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this Summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); the United States of America may appear or answer within 60 days of service hereof; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. That this Supplemental Summons is being filed pursuant to an order of the court dated July 29, 2019.

NOTICEYOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME

If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. HELP FOR HOMEOWNERS IN FORECLOSURE; New York State law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully.

SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT

You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the Summons and Complaint in this Foreclosure Action, you may lose your home. Please read the Summons and Complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an

attorney of your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself.

SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE

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

FORECLOSURE RESCUE SCAMS

Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Julianne T. Capetola dated July 29, 2019. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 4198 Harriet Road, Bethpage, NY 11714 located at Section 52 Block 317 and Lot 5

Dated: May 30, 2019 Greenspoon Marder LLP, Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Holly Hamilton, Esq., 590 Madison Avenue, Suite 1800, New York, NY 10022 (212)-524-5000. Please respond to Cypress Creek office: Trade Centre South, 100 W. Cypress Creek Road, Suite 700, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 (954) 3436255.

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to send a reminder or a notice of expired eligibility. The information provided on the application will be confidential and will be used for determining eligibility. The names and eligibility status of participants may also be used for the allocation of funds to federal education programs such as Title I and National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), State health or State education programs, provided the State agency or local education agency administers the programs, and for federal, State or local means-tested nutrition programs with eligibility standards comparable to the NSLP. Eligibility information may also be released to programs authorized under the National School Lunch Act (NSLA) or the Child Nutrition Act (CNA). The release of information to any program or entity not specifically authorized by the NSLA will require a written consent statement from the parent or guardian. The School Food Authority does, however, have the right to verify at any time during the school year the information on the application. If a parent does not give the school this information, the child/children will no longer be able to receive free or reduced price meals (free milk).

Foster children are eligible for free meal benefits. A separate application for a foster child is no longer necessary. Foster children may be listed on the application as a member of the family where they reside. Applications must include the foster child’s name and personal use income.

Under the provisions of the policy, the designated official will review applications and determine eligibility. If a parent is dissatisfied with the ruling of the designated official, he/she may make a request either oral-

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ly or in writing for a hearing to appeal the decision. Mr. David Schneider, Superintendent of Schools, whose address is Bethpage UFSD, 10 Cherry Avenue, Bethpage, NY 11714, has been designated as the Hearing Official. Hearing procedures are outlined in the policy. However, prior to initiating the hearing procedure, the parent or School Food Authority may request a conference to provide an opportunity for the parent and official to discuss the situation, present information, and obtain an explanation of the data submitted in the application or the decisions rendered. The request for a conference shall not in any way prejudice or diminish the right to a fair hearing.

Only complete applications can be approved. This includes complete and accurate information regarding: the SNAP, TANF, or FDPIR case number; the names of all household members; on an income application, the last four digits of the social security number of the person who signs the form or an indication that the adult does not have one, and the amount and source of income received by each household member. In addition, the parent or guardian must sign the application form, certifying the information is true and correct.

Beginning July 1, 2019 in New York State, children approved eligible for reduced price meals will receive complete reimbursable breakfast and lunch meals at no charge.

Nondiscrimination Statement: This explains what to do if you believe you have been treated unfairly.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies,

the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: http://www. ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: (1) mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; (2) fax: (202) 690-7442; or (3) email: program.intake@ usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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