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Levittown Historical Society celebrates 30th anniversary
President Paul Manton and Vice President Bob Koenig receive recognition from Legislator Dennis Dunne.
On Monday, October 15th, the Levittown Historical Society & Museum celebrated its 30th anniversary with speeches by its board members, past board members, visiting dignitaries in public office, people in the local
Photos by Betty Johnson
educational community, and some exuberant guests.
Underscored in these addresses were the legacy of William Levitt, the “Levittown pioneers” of the Greatest Generation and the suburban American Dream they
found here after the hardships of the Great Depression and World War II, Levittown’s history as a microcosm of American history beginning with the Jerusalem settlement in the 17th century, and the larger national and international significance of Levittown as the prototype for modern suburbia.
An evening of memories, nostalgia, retrospection, and good cheer (as well as feasting), the anniversary gathering also focused on the future. President Paul Manton announced plans in the offing - in conjunction with the Levittown School District - to modernize, standardize, and enhance the Museum’s exhibits, educational programs, and public accessibility with an eye of Levittown’s 75th anniversary in 2022. He noted that institutions like museums, historical societies, local charities, churches, preservationist organizations, and civic groups are ever in dire need of more members, more volunteers, more donations, and more public support. His twelve yearold daughter, Elizabeth Regina Manton (the Society’s youngest member), addressed the crowd about how she grew up in museums, how social studies is her favorite subject, and how important knowing about the past is in order to understand the present. Indeed, perhaps the most important thing the Levittown Historical Society & Museum does is host more than 700 Levittown and Island Trees schoolchildren every year on field trips.
Most extraordinary were the words of Vice President Bob Koenig. A singer/songwriter, pop culture historian, and native of Mineola, Koenig noted that it was his work within the Levittown Historical Society & Museum that inspired his family to move into the community.
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Town collects for Toys for Tots
Oyster Bay Town Councilman
Anthony D. Macagnone joined with Town Councilman Thomas P. Hand to announce the annual kick-off of this year’s Toys for Tots Collection Drive, which will run through December 13th, in an effort to collect new, unwrapped toys to be used as gifts for children throughout the community.
“Under the direction of the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, the Toys for Tots Drive follows a mission to help ensure
that disadvantaged children within our community do not have to go the holiday season without something to bring them happiness,” Councilman Hand said.
“By helping those in need experience the wonderful embrace of the holiday season, contributors will get to play an active role in bringing happiness to one of our nation’s most valuable resources for the future, our children,” Councilman Macagnone said.
For those who wish to donate to Toys
for Tots, collection boxes can be found in the following Town facilities:
• Oyster Bay Town Hall North (54 Audrey Avenue, Oyster Bay);
• Town Hall South (977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa);
• Department of Public Works Facility (150 Miller Place, Syosset);
• The Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center (at Bethpage Community Park - 1001 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage);
and
• Syosset-Woodbury Community Park Community Center (Jericho Turnpike, Woodbury).
For more information, please contact the councilmembers, co-chairs of the Collection Drive, at (516) 624-6619 or (516) 624-6305; or visit www.oysterbaytown. com.
"Colon Cancer Awareness: 2018"
Northwell Health will host a community lecture by Dr. Shirley Shih on “Colon Cancer Awareness: 2018” at the Jericho Public Library on December 5 at 7:00 p.m. Admission is free.
March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, and colon cancer is the third most common cancer afflicting all Americans regarding of age, gender or race. In fact, the incidence and prevalence of colon cancer is increasing in younger and younger populations. Join us for an informative talk from Northwell Health Colorectal Surgeon, Dr. Shirley Shih, in anticipation of colon cancer awareness month on how to prevent, diagnose and treat this disease.
Dr. Shih grew up locally in Jericho where her parents still reside. She graduated from Jericho HS and went to Stanford University where she completed a Bachelor of Arts in human biology. This was followed by medical school back east at Albany Medical College. She completed surgical residency at George Washington University Hospital. Dr. Shih completed a year of colorectal research in Weston, FL at the Cleveland Clinic and then proceeded to finish a year of clinical colorectal fellowship at Indiana University. She practiced in the suburbs of Philadelphia for 7 years before returning home to Long Island to join Northwell Health as a board certified colorectal surgeon.
Dutch Lane students learn about government service
Third, fourth, and fifth graders at Dutch Lane Elementary School in Hicksville were recently treated to a visit by Nassau County Executive Laura Curran, who provided some valuable insight into government and public service.
Ms. Curran spoke about how government works and some of the important services that the county and other branches of government provide to their constituents. She answered some very good questions from her inquisitive audience members on topics cover-
ing campaigning, civic responsibilities and debates, as well as how she became involved in government and what she likes about her job.
Dutch Lane Principal Janine Rossi invited Ms. Curran to speak to the students to provide her firsthand knowledge on how government works and also inspire interest in student government. Dutch Lane School is preparing to launch its inaugural student council this fall.
Nassau County Executive Laura Curran (back row, left) is greeted by Dutch Lane Elementary School Principal Janine Rossi and student representatives during her recent visit to the school, where she discussed government and public service with students.
Photo courtesy of the Hicksville Public Schools
Hicksville Community Council celebrates anniversary
Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (second from right) recently attended the Hicksville Community Council’s 48th Anniversary Celebration held at the William M. Gouse Jr. VFW Hall, honoring this year’s Community Service Award honorees. Founded in 1970, the Hicksville Community Council’s mission is to present programs to the general public in an attempt to educate the community on all issues and opinions within the Hamlet of Hicksville. Supervisor Saladino proudly presented a citation to the night’s award recipients, including Bill Walden, and Ken Hamilton of the Broadway Mall, and thanked them for their involvement in numerous activities that have advanced the general welfare of the Hicksville community. Also on hand and pictured above was Nassau County Legislators Rose Marie Walker (center left) and Laura Schaefer (center right), along with members of the Hicksville Community Council.
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“Tips for Preventing Social Isolation for Older Adults”
The public is invited to attend NYU Winthrop Hospital’s free program, “Tips for Preventing Social Isolation for Older Adults,” on Thursday November 29, 2018 at 6:30 PM, with registration at 6 PM (refreshments will served). This program will be held at the Hospital’s Research and Academic Center, 101 Mineola Boulevard, Room G-018, Mineola and is designed for older adults and their adult family members and friends.
Speakers Alan Steinberg, MD, geriatric psychiatrist, and Fran Greene, LCSW, relationship coach, will discuss the effects that social isolation can have on an individual’s health, as well
as useful ways of communicating with others and fun tips on how to feel more comfortable in new social situations. A question and answer period will be included.
This program was developed by Winthrop Geriatric Medicine Associates and is supported by the Judith Haas Wellness Fund. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Preregistration is required. To register or for more information, please contact Linda Martinez, LCSW, Winthrop Geriatric Medicine Associates by emailing her at linda.martinez@nyulangone.org or calling (516) 663-8220.
Annual craft market
St. Bernard's Church will hold its annual Craft Market on Saturday, November 24th from 9AM to 4PM.
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The market will be held at St. Bernard's School Gymnasium, 3100 Hempstead Tpke., Levittown. Free admission.
Levittown Historical Society celebrates 30th anniversary
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As the quintessential volunteer himself (he’s involved in several civic groups), he reiterated that the Society is entirely volunteer-run and its past successes and future goals rest upon citizen’s willingness to participate and preserve their own history.
The world, America, and Levittown has experienced an astonishing sea change since the Levittown Historical Society & Museum began in 1988. Back then, there was still a Soviet Union and Berlin Wall but no Google or Facebook;
few people owned cellular telephones; the New York City skyline was dominated by the seemingly indestructible Twin Towers. In that time, the Society has accomplished more than anyone would have imagined in those early days. It is these thirty years that grant the Society the utmost confidence for the years to come for, as Sir Winston Churchill once observed, “the future is unknowable but the past should give us hope”. For more information on meetings and membership, call (516) 434-7140 and see the society on Facebook!
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Elizabeth Regina Manton gives a speech.
Assemblyman John Mikulin with VP Bob Koenig
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Technology Free Lunch at JFK Middle School Holiday Gift Wrapping
Students at JFK Middle School participated in a game of UNO during a “Tech Free Lunch” period on Nov. 7.
The Glen Cove - Hicksville - Syosset League of Mercy Medical Center will provide Christmas Holiday Gift Wrapping services at the Broadway Mall in Hicksville on December 13 through December 24th, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. (Christmas Eve until 4 p.m.) Prices will range from $2 to $5 according to size of package and options. Oversized items priced accordingly. The volunteer organization raises money for enrichment activities and equipment at Mercy Medical Center. Let the League do all of your gift wrapping and have more time to shop. A large selection of gift paper, decorative gift bags, ribbons and bows are available.
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Flu shots for veterans, seniors
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OCR Hispanic heritage lesson is music to the ears
A young OCR student plays the zampoña she made as part of the school’s Hispanic heritage lesson.
OCR students practice their English writing skills by documenting their plans for making a zampoña.
All first-grade classes at Old Country Road Elementary School in Hicksville, including Mrs. Bove, Mrs. Koehler, and Mrs. Mauro’s students, enjoyed an informative and fun lesson in Hispanic heritage that ended with a music-making craft.
In recognition of National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15) students learned about famous Hispanic newsmakers and influencers in history and present-day society, including migrant worker activist Cesar Chavez, artist Frida Kahlo, Supreme Court
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina astronaut. The lesson ended with students writing about, then creating their own zampoñas (panpipes) using paper, crayons, straws and tape. Zampoñas can be found in many different countries around the world but are often associated with the Andes mountains of South America. Students enjoyed not only making these instruments, but playing them as well! English as a New Language teacher Lucy Vieco coordinated the lesson.
Photos courtesy of the Hicksville Public Schools
Hicksville students honor Board of Education
This year, the New York State School Boards Association designated Oct. 22-26 as School Board Recognition Week to thank school board members for their commitment to New York public school children. As part of an annual Hicksville Public School District tradition, student representatives from each school expressed their gratitude for the members of the Hicksville Board of Education and all of their hard work and dedication during a ceremony
held in conjunction with the October Board meeting.
With their principals in attendance, students from each elementary school personally presented each board member with a small gift, and students from the middle and high schools expressed their appreciation in speeches.
Fifth grader Thomas Pramberger of Lee Avenue, fifth grader Nicholas Renna of Fork Lane, fifth grader Joseph Pusinelli of
Fifth grader Thomas Pramberger of Lee Avenue ES honors BOE President Phil Heckler with Principal Stephanie Stam and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
Brendan Weih of Dutch Lane ES honors BOE Trustee
Kevin Carroll with Principal Janine Rossi and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
Burns Avenue, fifth grader Brendan Weih of Dutch Lane, fifth grader Gwendolyn Kohart of Old Country Road, first grader Alexander Amato of East Street, fifth grader Sara Bakhteri of Woodland, eighth grader Michael Varghese of the middle school, and high school junior Jack Immanuel thanked the Board of Education on behalf of their schools. One of the more touching moments came when Alexander Amato presented to his father, board trustee
Fifth grader Nicholas Renna of Fork Lane ES honors BOE Vice President Brenda Judson with Principal Chris Scardino and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
Fifth grader Gwendolyn Kohart of Old Country Road ES honors BOE Trustee Lynda Parmely with Principal Laura McConnell and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
Fifth grader Sara Bakhteri of Woodland ES honors BOE Trustee Sunita Manjrekar with Principal Beth Swanson and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
Christopher Amato.
Every year, the association designates one week in October to highlight the volunteerism of school board members and raise community awareness and understanding about the crucial role board members have within a school district, which they carry out without compensation.
Photos courtesy of the Hicksville School District
Fifth grader Joseph Pusinelli of Burns Avenue ES honors BOE Secretary Carla Hoene with Principal Dr. John Comer and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
First-grader Alexander Amato of East Street ES had the opportunity to honor his father, BOE Trustee Chris Amato, with Principal Jean-Marie Serra and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
HHS junior Jack Immanuel thanks the BOE.
HMS eighth-grader Michael Varghese thanks the BOE.
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All about apples at Old Country Road School
In Mrs. Baker’s class at OCR School, students applied their mathematical and science skills by weighing and measuring the mass of their apples.
Students at Old Country Road Elementary School in Hicksville recognized national Johnny Appleseed Day (September 26) with various activities that applied their work in the classroom in a fun, interdisciplinary and quite tasty manner.
OCR students tasted different types of apples and rated them via graphs while also applying their mathematical and science skills by weighing and measuring the mass of their apples. They also identified and mixed ingredients to make their own applesauce, and even took a virtual trip around the world to determine the best locations to find ingredients that make up the All-American classic apple pie!
Also applying their knowledge of science, students observed and recorded the physical changes an apple undergoes when exposed to the elements. As part of their social studies work, they learned about the history of Johnny Appleseed, whose real name was Johnny Chapman.
Johnny (Chapman) Appleseed was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced apple trees to several states and Ontario, Canada. He became a legend due to his kind, generous ways, his leadership and the symbolic importance he attributed to apples. He was born on September 26th, 1774.
Photos courtesy of the Hicksville Public Schools
Mrs. Degen’s class at OCR School took a virtual trip around the world to identify the different locations to find the appropriate ingredients that make up apple pie.
Mrs. Moir’s class at OCR School tasted different types of apples and graphed their results.
Colorado Ski Country USA Welcomes Skiers, Riders With Improvements On and Off Mountains
BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM
Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) member ski areas will welcome guests this season with a slew of l improvements and programs to delight guests of all ages, abilities and interests levels.
“Guests to Colorado Ski Country member ski areas will experience new chairlifts, new terrain, new lodging, new dining options and multiple offerings that are directed at those newer or returning to the sport and those that may just be looking to enjoy the mountain environment,” said Melanie Mills, President and CEO of Colorado Ski Country USA.
Here are highlights: Winter Park Resort
Winter Park Resort is opening a new $16 million 10-person gondola in its base area, replacing the well known 4-person Zephyr chairlift. This new gondola will increase uphill capacity by over 1,000 guests per hour, reducing wait times by 15 minutes during peak season. It is part of a $28 million investment at the resort this year. The resort’s first new on-mountain lift installation since 2007, the gondola will serve a new daily Mountaintop Sunset Après at the Lodge at Sunspot from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., with live music on Fridays and Saturdays. Foot passengers can ride for free without a lift ticket beginning at 2:30 p.m. each day. Check out Winter Park’s five-course gondola-served dinners at The Lodge at Sunspot.
Skiers will also benefit from upgrades to its snowmaking system with the addition of new energy efficient compressors, pipe replacement, and new high-tech snow guns.
Winter Park Resort , which is owned by the city of Denver but beginning this year operated by Alterra Mountain Co., is opening a new $16 million 10-person gondola in its base area. It’s the only major Colorado ski resort that can be reached by train from Denver. © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
An upgrade to the Zephyr Plaza in Winter Park Village will create a freeflowing plaza with stage area, fire pits, and sundeck for general gathering and small events and concerts.
Winter Park is still owned by the City of Denver but now under management of Alterra Mountain Company. Alterra, which also owns the Aspen Skiing Company, is paying the city $3 million a year plus a percentage (money that is going toward
the city’s parks). That means that Winter Park is also included in Alterra’s Ikon Pass (nearby Copper Mountain is also part of Ikon pass, plus Steamboat, Aspen Snowmass in Colorado, among 14 resorts included for unlimited visits on the pass).
Winter Park Resort is linked to Denver by train and the popular service is expanding to once a day on Saturday and Sunday and the first two Fridays of the month (January through March, $29 one/way, half-price for
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children under 12; book in advance so you don’t get shut out); it leaves the resort at 4:30 pm so it can be a day trip (great idea for people coming to Denver for business or conferences). Destination visitors can even take rail from the airport to downtown/ Union Station, stay overnight in the city and acclimate to the altitude before taking the train in the morning. Winter Park works with
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Denver’s Convention & Visitor Bureau, and you can book lodging online. It’s great for corporate visitors to Denver, but Winter Park, a major destination resort, is definitely worth longer-stays.
Winter Park starts at a base of 9,000 ft., rising to a summit at 12,060 ft, for a 3,060 ft. vertical; it offers snowmaking on 313 of its 3,081 skiable acres, serviced by 25 lifts; its 166 trails offer 8% green, 37% intermediate, 52% black and 3% double-black including bowl skiing and cat-skiing. For more information, visit www.winterparkresort. com
Copper Mountain Resort
Copper Mountain is debuting the American Flyer and American Eagle chairlifts out of
Copper’s Center Village. The American Flyer is a high speed six-person chair with bubble enclosures to protect from wind and cold, the only active bubble chair in Colorado. The American Eagle is a high-speed combination lift that features both six-person chairs and eight-person gondola cabins. Both will significantly increase uphill access from the base area and reduce wait times.
Copper Mountain has a new base area restaurant, Downhill Duke’s. Named after a beloved dog, Downhill Duke’s welcomes guests and their four-legged friends to enjoy lunch or après cocktails on the south-facing patio.
One of the many pleasures of Copper, which is one of the easiest major resorts to reach from Denver International Airport, are programs like
Purgatory Resort has year-round access to the Inferno Mountain Coaster, a nearly mile-long ride that zips through aspen groves at up to 25 mph, down 300 feet of vertical, and around nine switchbacks, revealing incredible views of the San Juan Mountains (photo from Purgatory Resort).
free guided snowshoeing (even the equipment is free) and a mountain coaster.
Copper Mountain is owned by Powdr resort company which is now partnering with the Ikon ski pass so you get unlimited skiing/riding, along with Woodward, Winter Park, Eldora, Steamboat, Aspen Snowmass and Killington, Vt.)
“The theme for us this year is the ease of access,” with free transportation throughout Summit county, upgraded parking and bus fleet.
Copper offers naturally separated abilities across its mountain peaks, and plenty of stunning skiing/riding for beginners and intermediates in the 2490 skiable acres (36 green runs, 36 blue, 52 black and 27 double-black) with snowmaking on 364 acres to supplement the 306 inches of average snowfall. From the base at 9,703 ft, the peak rises to 12,313 ft. For more information, visit www. coppercolorado.com
Steamboat Resort
Steamboat Resort is featuring two new dining experiences. Timber & Torch, a new base area restaurant and bar experience, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, has a new outdoor heated patio, two indoor/outdoor bars, an exterior fireplace and a new outdoor BBQ. The Taco Beast, a new on-mountain, roaming snowcat, serves carne asada and al pastor trail tacos with trailside service in both winter and summer seasons.
Steamboat starts at a base of 6,900 ft., rising to a summit at 10,568 ft, for a 3,668 ft. vertical; it offers snowmaking on 375 of its 2,965 skiable acres, serviced by 18 lifts; its 165 trails are graded as 14% green, 42% intermediate, 44% black including bowl skiing and cat-skiing.
Steamboat, famous for its Western ambiance, also offers night skiing and a mountain coaster. Steamboat Springs also boasts having produced more winter Olympians than any other town in North America. Steamboat is one of 14 resorts included on the Alterra Mountain’s Ikon Pass. For more information, visit www.steamboat.com
Aspen Snowmass
Aspen Snowmass is actually four distinct
mountain destinations: the legendary Aspen Mountain, which rises up from one of Colorado’s most charming towns; Snowmass Mountain Resort, a self-contained resort; Aspen Highlands, a challenging mountain and Buttermilk Mountain, especially popular for beginners and families.
Aspen Skiing Company, part of Alterra Mountain Co., is making progress on the $600 million Snowmass Base Village Development is adding lodging, residences and amenities over 10 years. The first phase of development is opening this season: the new Limelight Hotel Snowmass, a ski-in/ski-out hotel adjacent to Snowmass Mountain’s Elk Camp Gondola features 99 hotel rooms and 11 for-sale condominiums, plus a new restaurant, a children’s game area and a five-story climbing wall.
The Snowmass Base Village hosts a central public events plaza, serving as the community’s gathering space with an ice-skating rink, fire pits, children’s pop-up fountains and other community amenities this winter. At Buttermilk families and children can enjoy Fort Frog, a new wooden, frontier style fort with lookout towers, a jail, snowball launcher and swinging bridge.
Aspen Mountain: The ski trails at Aspen Mountain were originally cut by the US Army’s 10th Mountain Division and the ski destination emerged from a sleepy post-war town beginning in 1946. Its Silver Queen Gondola rises up from downtown Aspen 3,000 vertical feet to the summit of Aspen Mountain at 11,212 ft. (making it easy to access from downtown hotels, like the historic Jerome Hotel). Its comparatively small size — a mere 675 acres (still larger than most New England ski resorts) offers 76 trails of which 48% are rated intermediate, 26% advanced and 26% doubleblack including bowl skiing and cat skiing.
Snowmass with more than 3,300 skiable acres, has the highest vertical rise, 4,400 feet, in the country. Snowmass is notable for really catering to all ages and abilities and for being familyfriendly - its 20 lifts serve 96 trails, rated as 5% green, 48% intermediate, 17% black and 30%
Hiking up to Arapahoe Basin’s Steep Gullies expert-only terrain (photo by Dave Camara).
Monarch Mountain has opened new gladed tree skiing (photo from Monarch Mountain)
double-black including bowl skiing. There are steeps and powder fields at Hanging Valley; long cruisers; tree trails and three terrain parks. A new Snowmass Mountain Club provides members private garage parking directly below the Club, ski-in access and access to the hotel’s fitness facilities and hot tubs.
Also new is the Breathtaker Alpine Coaster, that winds through a mile of forest on an elevated track at speeds up to 28 mph. Located adjacent to the Elk Camp Restaurant, the coaster operates during the day and special Ullr Nights and select Après extended hours. You can purchase tickets for a 2 1/2-hour coaster session or a 2 1/2-hour session combining the coaster and Tubing
Snowmass is celebrating its 50th anniversary with festivities all season long.
Buttermilk is known for two seemingly contradictory things: being a beginners’ mountain and hosting the Winter X Games. Its kidoriented Panda Peak is popular for families and Buttermilk’s West Buttermilk park is well suited to learners while a second X Games park offers 100 features and a pipe.
Buttermilk rises from a base at 7,870 to a summit at 9,900’ for a vertical of 2,030 ft.; it offers snowmaking on 108 of its 470 skiable acres, which are serviced by 8 lifts. Its 44 trails are rated as 35% green, 39% intermediate, 21% black and 5% double-black.
Aspen Highlands is a challenging area (no beginner trail) that has a reputation as being where locals go. Highland Bowl is a legendary basin of double-black diamond terrain which is reached by hiking to 12,392 foot Highland Peak, and is prized by expert skiers and riders.
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Aspen Highlands rises from 8,040 to 12,392 feet, for a 3,635 ft. vertical and offers 1,040 skiable acres, served by 5 lifts. Of the 144 trails, 23% are rated intermediate, 12% black and 65% doubleblack; it offers bowl skiing and cat skiing.
Also new for the 2018-19 season, The Aspen Snowmass App is being upgraded to provide rewards and enhanced functioning of year-overyear stats and tracking, allowing families, skiers and nonskiers to track on-mountain movements.
Aspen Snowmass is part of the Alterra collection and the Ikon Pass as well as The Mountain Collective. For more information, visit www.aspensnowmass.com
Telluride Ski Resort has upgraded The Meadows, its popular beginner area, into a worldclass learning facility. The Meadows features a newly installed 320-foot covered surface lift and a significant investment in a terrain-based learning program. Telluride skiers and riders will also find an expanded grooming fleet to enhance the groomed terrain across the resort, as Telluride continues its multi-year, multimilliondollar venture in snowmaking upgrades and technology to improve efficiency and reduce its carbon footprint. A new consumer app is being introduced that provides up-to-the-minute lift status information, snow reporting, trail status, an interactive trail map, push notifications and more.
Telluride, a quintessential Colorado experience, offers the highest eaterie, Alpino Vino, at 11,996 ft altitude (they sell oxygen).
Telluride, which is now included as a partner on Vail Resorts’ Epic Pass, also offers heli-skiing in the San Juans, literally departing from outside the door of the hotel (suitable for strong intermediates,
but aimed for excellent skiers). Telluridxe is also home to the resort rated #1 in North America by Conde Nast Traveler for five of the last six years.
Telluride rises from a base at 8,725 ft to a summit at 13,150 ft, for a whopping 4,425 ft vertical; it offers 2,000 skiable acres accessed by 19 lifts; of the 148 trails, 23% are rated green, 36% are blue, 41% are black. For more information, visit www.tellurideskiresort.com
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I’m So Full (of Thanks)
BY MARJORIE GOTTLIEB WOLFE
Stephen Colbert said, “Thanksgiving is a magical time of year when families across the country join together to raise America’s obesity statistics.”
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Phyllis Diller said, “It took me three weeks to stuff the turkey. I stuffed it through the beak.”
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And when a Butterball Talk-Line staffer asked a caller what STATE her turkey was in (meaning how thawed was it), the caller responded with, “Florida.”
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Now let’s talk turkey. My late husband and I shared a “chupeh,” 3 beautiful sons, 7 grandchildren, a gas explosion, a queen-size bed, 1/2 gallon of Heavenly Hash ice cream, the Popcorn diet (and gained weight), a Bernard Meltzer T-shirt, a Leo Buscaglia hug… and 53 Thanksgiving dinners.
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We’ve disagreed with Calvin Trillin, who said that “Thanksgiving would be a happier holiday if fettuccini filled in for the turkey”…and agreed with the home economists at the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line that stuffing should NOT be placed inside the turkey’s cavi-
ty until just before roasting.
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I’ve never made a tofu turkey like Marie Barone did in “Everybody Loves Raymond.” If you recall, Ray, behind Marie’s back, orders a complete turkey dinner. When Marie brings out the tofu turkey, Frank asks for a carving knife… and says, “I wanna slit my throat.”
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Preparing for Thanksgiving dinner isn’t easy. One grandson is concerned with tough-turkey syndrome. This illness occurs when a bite of turkey gets stuck in the esophagus. The food goes down the right pipe, but gets stuck before it reaches the stomach.
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I’ve repeatedly explained to him that those most at risk are denture wearers, senior citizens, alcoholics or anyone who doesn’t chew food thoroughly.
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Grandson #1 has requested that I prepare “POTATO SOUFFLE OY VAY!”
from The French-Kosher Cookbook by Ruth & Bob Grossman 1964 edition):
Here’s the recipe:
2 cups mashed potatoes
a pinch pepper
3/4 cup light cream
2 egg yolks
A couple pinches salt
4 egg whites
First of all your mashed potatoes should be warm. (You can use instant potatoes if you’re lazy, or the other kind… you choose.) Now the cream you’ll mix in together very good with the salt, pepper and egg yolks With a beater you’ll beat the egg whites until they’re so stiff they’re practically saluting. Then you’ll fold the whites into the potato mixture. Put the whole thing into a casserole pot you greased first, and bake it in an oven that says 375 degrees, for a half hour. The souffle you’ll find will get nice and brown on top and it’ll rise. Serve it right away when it’s done and keep talking so your guest shouldn’t notice that it settles down a little as it cools. Serves 4 or 5 talking guests.
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Another grandson stressed that Thanksgiving foods that are the same color have the same number of calories. Ex. spinach and pistachio ice cream, mushrooms and white chocolate, oyster stuffing and “Healthcare Crunch”— a flavor suggested by friends of Obama.
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My eldest son, Matthew, who has a great sense of humor, will walk in and say, “Why is this night different from
the Inferno Mountain Coaster, a new gravity-fed ride that zips through aspen groves revealing incredible views of the San Juan Mountains. The Inferno Mountain Coaster is almost a mile long, with 300 feet of vertical drop, nine switchbacks and speeds of up to 25 miles per hour.
New for the 2018-19 season, Purgatory Resort is offering a free season pass for all children in Fourth Grade or younger, with no blackout dates
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all other nights?” I’ll tell him, again, “You’ve got the wrong holiday!”
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This year I have one request for the grandchildren: I know that the 3 Thanksgiving T’s are turkeys, “tsegeyt zikh in moyl (Yiddish for “it melts in the mouth”), and TEXTING. But this year, kids, “plz” no texting “2nite” at the Thanksgiving table. Save it for “2moro.” (I can see your thumbs working even when they are in your lap!)
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Preston, my 8-year-old grandson, will be sure to remind me that it’s only 11 days until Hanukkah.
Marjorie Wolfe wishes all of her readers a “Happy Thanksgiving.” She will be spending the holiday with her family in Greenwich, CT. What is she bringing? The famous staple enjoyed by millions: the green bean casserole. Dorcas Reilly was a Campbell Soup Kitchen supervisor in 1955 when she combined the green bean casserole, the ingredients of the now-legendary dish. Reilly passed away this year but the original recipe was donated to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2002.
Steamboat Resort’s mountain coaster (photo from Steamboat Resort).
BY TOM MARGENAU
It may surprise some of my readers to learn that about 10 percent of Americans work at jobs that are not covered by Social Security. Usually these are state and local government jobs. Why is that? Because back when Social Security laws were enacted in the 1930s, Congress felt that they could not force a federal pension plan (Social Security) on state and local governments. So they gave them the option of joining Social Security or not. Most did. But some did not. And still today, there are some large groups of employees, such as teachers in some states and police officers and firefighters in other states, who don’t pay into Social Security.
Also, federal government employees were initially not covered by Social Security because they had their own civil service pension system in place. But all federal employees hired since 1984 pay into Social Security. However, there are still some old feds out there (hired before 1984) who are not in Social Security.
Folks who spend the bulk of their careers in jobs not covered by Social Security are potentially subject to a couple of offsets that impact either their own Social Security benefit (based on Social Security-covered work they did outside of their regular job) or any benefits they potentially might be due from their spouse’s Social Security record. There always has been a great deal of confusion and misinformation around those offsets. If you are potentially impacted by these offsets, today’s column will help.
One offset is called the “windfall elimination provision,” or WEP. This is the one that impacts your own Social Security benefit. The other is called the “government pension offset,” or GPO, and it reduces any spousal benefits you might be due.
The key to understanding the WEP provision is to realize that the word “social” in Social Security means something. Unlike private and other public sector pension plans, there are social goals built into the Social Security program. One of those goals is to raise the standard of living of lower-income workers in retirement. This is accomplished through a benefit formula that is designed to give lower-paid workers a better deal than their higher-paid counterparts. Very low-paid workers could get a Social Security benefit that represents up to 90 percent of their earnings. This percentage is known as a “replacement rate.” People with average incomes (the middle class) generally get a 40 percent replacement rate. Higherincome people get a rate around 30 percent.
The problem is that people who spend the bulk of their working lives not paying into Social Security are treated as low-income people by the Social Security
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Public Employee Offsets
Administration’s computers. That’s because there are “zeros” on their Social Security earnings record for every year they spent in their non-Social Security job. SSA’s records won’t show that they were working another job and earning another pension. Instead, their Social Security earnings record shows gaps in their work history. So when figuring their Social Security retirement benefit, SSA’s computers automatically use the formula intended to compensate a lower-income person.
But teachers, police officers, firefighters and other government employees generally can be classified as people with average incomes, so they should get the same Social Security replacement rate paid to all middle-class workers. That’s why a modified formula is used to refigure their benefits and give them the proper -- and fair -- replacement rate. If you’re an employee impacted by this law, that modified formula takes you from the 90 percent (poor person’s) replacement rate to the 40 percent (middle-class person’s) replacement rate, thus reducing estimated benefits by about half.
Most career teachers and government employees have just barely over the qualifying 40 quarters (10 years) of Social Security covered work. But if you have 30 or more years of “substantial” Social Security earnings, the windfall provision won’t apply and your benefit will not be reduced. If you have between 20 and 29 years of substantial earnings, your Social Security benefit will be only partially reduced. A chart giving a yearby-year breakdown of what the government considers substantial earnings is available at www.socialsecurity.gov/ pubs/10045.html.
The other rule that so many people misunderstand is the government pension offset. In a nutshell, that law says that an amount equal to two-thirds of a non-Social Security-covered pension must be deducted from any Social Security dependent’s benefits a person might be due. In effect, the law prevents most folks who work at jobs not covered by Social Security from collecting benefits as a wife, widow, husband, or widower from a spouse’s Social Security record.
What these people don’t realize is that the government pension offset law simply treats them in the same way that all other working people have always been treated. For example, if a woman who worked at a job that was covered by Social Security gets a Social Security retirement pension, that pension has always offset any spousal benefits she might have been due. Before the GPO law went into effect, people getting a non-Social Security pension were the only working people in this country who could get their own retirement pension AND a full dependent’s benefit from Social Security.
And the GPO law actually gives these people a bit of a break. Social Security retirement pensions offset spousal benefits dollar for dollar. But a non-Social Security retirement pension causes only a three-for-two offset. In other words, for each $3 you get in a teacher’s or other non-covered pension, you lose only $2 from Social Security spousal benefits.
Over the years, many public employees have been led to believe that these
offsets single them out for reductions in Social Security benefits. I hope today’s column helps them realize that is not the case. The offsets simply ensure that everyone eligible for Social Security benefits is treated fairly and in the same way.
If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.
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Purgatory offers a 2,029 vertical, rising from a base at 8,793 ft to a summit 15 10,822. Its 1,605 skiable acres are served by 13 lifts; the 94 trails are graded 20% green, 45% blue, 35% black. For more information, visit www.skipurg.com
Colorado Gems
Apart from these major, world-class resorts, Colorado is studded with smaller “Gems” - 11 ski areas which offer two for one or 30% off (the pass costs $25 and pays for itself after the first visit): Arapahoe Basin, Cooper, Echo Mountain,
Skiers with a lift ticket for nearby Keystone (a Vail Resorts destination resort) or the Vail Epic Pass have access to A-Basin.
Arapahoe Basin rises from a base at 10,520 ft to 13,050 ft..for a 2,530 ft vertical rise; has snowmaking on 125 of its 1,428 skiable acres, serviced by 9 lifts; its 145 trails are classified as 7% green, 20% blue, 49% black and 24% doubleblack, including bowl skiing.
A-Basin affords activities year-round: dining at the base in summer, disk golf, and is opening an adventure park for summer 2020. For more information, visit www.arapahoebasin.com
Among the activities at Copper Mountain is free guided snowshoeing, equipment included © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
Eldora, Granby Ranch, Hesperus, Kendall Mountain, Loveland, Monarch, Powderhorn and Sunlight.
Here’s what’s new:
Arapahoe Basin is completing a two-year project that adds 468 acres of new intermediate and expert terrain in the Beavers and Steep Gullies. This includes 34 new runs served by the new Beavers lift in 2018-19, while the Steep Gullies terrain remains hike-back, expert only terrain.
A-Basin has added 97 more acres of tree skiing and continued improving the rest of the terrain with grading, glading and installation of the chairlift and picnic areas. Terrain in The Beavers includes two new intermediate groomed runs, allowing more skiers and riders to enjoy this scenic, north- and west-facing terrain. The Steep Gullies are 91 acres of extreme (double-black diamond), steep, couloir skiing which remain hikeback for the true advanced skier or snowboarder looking for some of the most challenging terrain in Colorado.
In conjunction with the terrain expansion, A-Basin is opening a restaurant at the summit, a European Style delicatessen, Il Refugio “The Shelter”.
Its midway lodge is famous for moonlight dinners offered six times a season, where you take the lift up for a themed dinner (Africa, New Years Eve, Italy, France, India); only 180 diners are accommodated (so make your reservation). A-Basin has four chefs. “We want people to come for the culinary experience.”
Cooper’s new Moonlight Mountaintop Yurt dinner series at the Ridgeview Café features a ride to the mountaintop after hours in a warm, cozy snowcat in the light of the full moon (four dates during the 2018-19 season). Cooper offers 41 trails on 400 skiable acres served by 4 lifts (www. skicooper.com).
Eldora: A year after installing the Alpenglow high-speed six-person chairlift, Eldora’s first-ever high-speed lift, the ski area is introducing RFID
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pass technology. There are also new glading projects and more frequent early-season and midweek events and activities. Eldora offers 53 trails on 680 skiable acres, 20% beginning, 50% intermediate, 15% advanced and 15% expert (www.eldora.com).
Granby Ranch offers groups the opportunity to rent Granby Ranch’s East Mountain for the evening. Guests will have full access to the East Mountain night skiing terrain from 5pm-9pm. Granby Ranch has 38 trails on 406 skiable acres (245 with snowmaking), of which 36% are beginner, 40% intermediate and 24% advanced (www.granbyranch.com).
Loveland Ski Area, in Georgetown, is unveiling its largest single capital improvement projectwith the installation of its first high-speed quad lift, Chet’s Dream, named after its longtime owner, Chet Upham Jr. Loveland is a major ski area, very popular for day trips from Denver, offering 1,800 skiable acres. From the base at 10,800, it rises to 13,010 ft for a 2,210 ft. Ten lifts serve 94 trails, rated as 13% green, 41% blue, 22% black and 24% double black including bowl skiing and cat-skiing (www.skiloveland.com).
Monarch Mountain, near Salida, is opening a new tubing park this season, expanding offerings for families with both skiers and nonskiers in the group. Monarch is improving the guest experience with new gladed tree skiing, upgraded WiFi, chip readers at all sales terminals, self-order kiosks in the Gunbarrel Cafeteria and handheld order-taking technology. The mountain rises from a base at 10,790 ft to 11,952 ft, for a 1,162 vertical; its 800 skiable acres are served by six lifts; 64 trails offer a variety of terrain: 22% green, 27% blue, 37% black and 11% double black including bowl skiing and cat skiing (www.skimonarch.com).
Powderhorn Resort is featuring Mission: Affordable, a new steeply discounted season pass program with discounts and special programs for first-timers and beginners. Powderhorn offers
Skiing at Copper Mountain © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com
1,600 skiable acres; its 42 trails are rated 20% green, 50% intermediate and 30% advanced. (www.powderhorn.com).
Silverton Mountain is introducing a new heliskiing terrain, “Zone 8,” which features diverse high-alpine terrain and great early-season snow.
Silverton will also expand its Unguided Season Pass offer to include a 150 percent increase in available ski days to the unguided season, 45 free days at partner ski resorts, and a $39 heli drop.
Silverton is a substantial ski area, affording 1,819
skiable acres of which 100% is rated as expert; it offers a 3,087-ft vertical, from the base at 10,400 to summit at 13,487 (www.silvertonmountain. com).
Sunlight Mountain Resort is opening the Compass Mountain Grill, an on mountain food stand for walk-up skiers and riders to refuel at the top of Sunlight. The Glenwood Springsbased ski area is known for an award-winning Ski, Swim, Stay! package that combines skiing or snowboarding with lodging and a visit to all-
natural hot springs. From a base at 7,885 ft to the summit at 9,895 ft, the area offers a 2,010 ft vertical; it has 66 trails on 680 skiable areas, with a fairly even mix of difficulty: 20% green, 30% blue, 20% black and 30% double black (www. sunlightmtn.com).
Wolf Creek Ski Area in the southern part of Colorado, known for receiving the most snow annually in Colorado, is debuting a new high-speed, detachable quad Charity Chairlift, accessing previously underutilized 55 acres of
Holidays at Telluride (photo from Telluride Resort).
Aspen Snowmass’ new Breathtaker Alpine Coaster winds through a mile of forest on an elevated track at speeds up to 28 mph (photo from Aspen Skiing Co.)
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beginner and intermediate terrain. The Charity Lift, the tenth lift in Wolf Creek, is the third chairlift in the spacious 900-acre, Alberta area where guests can also enjoy a new on-mountain Alberta Grill, offering a south of the border themed menu and more traditional grilled items. Wolf Creek will also implement and launch a new point-of-sale system in rentals, retail and all restaurants mountain wide for the 2018-19 season (www.wolfcreekski.com).
Information about Colorado Ski Country USA (CSCUSA) and its members can be found at www.ColoradoSki.com, on Twitter @ ColoradoSkiUSA and on Facebook at www. Facebook.com/ColoradoSkiCountryUSA
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The Midterm Elections
BY BOB MORGAN, JR.
A few thoughts on the 2018 midterm elections, now that I’ve had a few day to think about them.
Nationally, the Democrats did well, winning a majority of the House of Representatives. The Democratic pickup at this writing is 32 seats, with around eight undecided races. This should put the Democratic likely gain at around 36 seats, which will give them about a 231-204 majority. The gains by the opposition party were slightly above average for a midterm election; whether it was a “wave” is in the eye of the beholder. Democrats showed significant strength in suburban areas. As discussed last week, Democrats were extremely well funded in this cycle, and this no doubt helped them run up the score.
While it was a good Democratic night, it was not a sweep. Republicans did pretty well in the Senate, taking advantage of a very favorable map to gain (most likely, given the continuing recounts) two net seats for a 53-47 majority. The Kavanaugh confirmation fight was likely helpful in some states like North Dakota and Missouri, as voters ousted two senators who opposed the nomination; moreover, the enhanced GOP numbers in the Senate will be very useful in future confirmation battles. Democrats generally did well in governor’s races, but Republicans won or apparently won some high profile races in key states like Florida, Georgia and Ohio.
Going forward, some Democrats have promised virtually nonstop investigations of President Trump once the party gains control of the House on January 3. The new majority is supposedly aiming a “subpoena cannon” at 85 administration targets, planning to look into virtually every aspect of Mr. Trump’s prior life and presidency. There is even renewed talk of impeaching Mr. Trump, something the Democrats put on the back burner during the campaign.
While it is common for out of power parties to launch Congressional investigations (for example, House Republicans did much looking into the Obama Administration after
the GOP victory in the 2010 midterms), there is a definite danger to Democrats if they overdo their opposition to President Trump. Democrats would do well to remember that they won numerous new seats in pretty conservative areas of the country (among other places in Oklahoma, South Carolina, Kansas, even Staten Island), probably enough to insure their majority, with candidates who ran as pragmatic centrists seeking to effect change in Washington on issues such as health care. I’m not sure that voters in these areas will be anxious to see their recently elected representatives simply focusing on all-out opposition to Mr. Trump.
I would suggest that Republicans take another look at the state and local tax deduction which was eliminated as part of the recently enacted tax bill. While some of the GOP problem in the suburbs was based on general dislike of President Trump, the loss of this deduction in high tax blue states gave Democrats a solid talking point in many upper income areas around the country. One would think that some kind of bipartisan (and revenue neutral) compromise could be worked out that restores much or all of this deduction. While there were at least some things to like for Republicans on the national level, the same cannot be said for the party in New York State. No member of the badly underfunded GOP team of statewide candidates was able to break 40 percent, despite what seemed like pretty good issues like corruption, high taxes and a stagnant upstate economy. Two, and probably three, Congressional seats were lost. Even worse for the GOP, however, the party lost control of the state senate, its last real lever of power, apparently losing eight seats. Going forward, the Republicans will lose a seat at the table on legislation in Albany, and, unless they can win the senate back in 2020, will not have a voice when voting districts are drawn after the next census. The party will have to take rapid action to avoid permanent minority status.
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Lee Avenue students know their rights
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Students at Lee Avenue Elementary School in Hicksville celebrated Constitution Day with a series of educational activities designed to teach them their rights as students and citizens.
Constitution Day, celebrated every
September 17th, is designed to educate students on the U.S. Constitution and commemorate its formation and signing on September 17th, 1787. Students at Lee Avenue participated in various activities designed to teach them to appreci-
Mrs. Todd reviewed the rules of Lee Avenue School with her third-grade class on Constitution Day.
ate the U.S. Constitution, as well as to appreciate the school’s rules.
One example included Mrs. Kelle’s first-grade class' reading of the book We the Kids, which teaches them about the preamble to the Constitution, and Dr. Seuss’ Yertle the Turtle, which teaches about democracy over dicta-
torship. Additional examples were Mrs. D’Antonio’s second-graders’ signing of the Lee Avenue School Constitution and Mrs. Todd’s third-grade class review of the rules of Lee Avenue School.
Mrs. D’Antonio’s second-graders signed the Lee Avenue School Constitution to commemorate Constitution Day, a celebration of the U.S. Constitution.
Mrs. Kelle with her first-grade class at Lee Avenue School
the books We the Kids and Yertle the Turtle which they read on Constitution Day.
Photos courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools
Friday, November 16,
NOTICE OF FORMATION: ROGERS ASSOCIATES LLC
Articles of Organization filed with the Sec. of State of NY (“SSNY”) on 09/27/2018. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY may mail a copy of any process to the LLC, 299 Duffy Avenue, Hicksville, NY 11801. Purpose or character: To engage in any lawful act or activity. #95824
MIT 5729
6X 10/19,26,11/02,09,16,23
NOTICE OF FORMATION: PERFECT SITUATION LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on 8/14/18. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY is designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC 18 Pal St., Plainview NY 11803. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
MIT 5731
6X 10/19,26,11/02,09,16,23
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court County Of Nassau
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST
Stephen G. Moeller and Christina J. Moeller, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 24, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on November 27, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 470 WHITTIER AVENUE, LEVITTOWN, NY 11756. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 51, BLOCK 437, LOT 19. Approximate amount of judgment $431,581.57 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 16-007983.
Jon A. Ward, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 MIT 5732
4X 10/26,11/02,09,16
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court
County Of Nassau
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-7, Plaintiff AGAINST
Lisa Erkus a/k/a Lisa J. Erkus; Craig Erkus a/k/a Craig M. Erkus; et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 6, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on November 27, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 30 Ruby Lane, Plainview, NY 11803. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau, State of NY, Section 12. Block 413 Lot 8. Approximate amount of judgment $798,005.63 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 11-017902.
Leo McGinity, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 430-4792
Dated: October 11, 2018
MIT 5733
4X 10/26,11/02,09,16
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court County Of Nassau
L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. VS. DOUGLAS VALLEY, et al, Defts.
Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated June 26, 2018, I will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. prem. k/a School District 17, Section 11, Block 331, Lot 36. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale and the right of the United States of America to redeem within 120 days from the date of sale as provided by law. Index #605838/2017.
LEGAL NOTICES
DALIA ZAZA, Referee. LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #95560
MIT 5734
4X 11/02,09,16,23
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR HASCO MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE2, Plaintiff, AGAINST MIRTHA LLERENA, et al. Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on August 15, 2018. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on December 4, 2018 at 11:30 AM premises known as 29 Kingston Ave, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, now an incorporated Village in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 45, Block 65, and Lot 177. Approximate amount of judgment $651,667.19 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #0002795/2016.
RALPH MADALENA, ESQ., Referee, Aldridge Pite, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747
MIT 5737
4X 11/02,09,16,23
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau Ditech Financial LLC, f/k/a Green Tree Servicing LLC, Plaintiff, VS. Mukraj Singh a/k/a Mukhraj Singh, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on May 30, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on December 11, 2018 at
11:30 a.m., premises known as 15 Cornwall Lane, Hicksville, NY. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 11, Block 337 and Lot 8. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 16677/08.
Richard Kerins, Esq., Referee Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy & Fenchel, P.C., 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530, Attorneys for Plaintiff MIT 5738 4X 11/09,16,23,30
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court County Of Nassau HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-14, Plaintiff, VS. SUANNY JOO, GUI JOO A/K/A GRACE GUINAM PYUN A/K/A GRACE G. PYUN, et al., Defendants
NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT In pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the office of the County Clerk of Nassau County on September 21, 2018, I, Eun C. Thornsen, Esq., the Referee named in said Judgment, will sell in one parcel at public auction on December 11, 2018 at Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, County of Nassau, State of New York, at 11:30 A.M., the premises described as follows: 9 Virginia Ave Plainview, NY 11803 SBL No.: 12-30-39, 40 and 41
ALL THAT TRACT OF PARCEL OF LAND situated in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York
The premises are sold subject to the provisions of the filed judgment, Index No. 15-001793 in the amount of $478,435.47 plus interest and costs.
Todd Z. Marks, Esq., Referee Woods Oviatt Gilman LLP
Plaintiff’s Attorney 700 Crossroads Building, 2 State St.
Rochester, New York 14614 Tel.: 855-227-5072
MIT 5739 4X 11/09,16,23,30
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2005-WMC2, MORGAN PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WMC2, Plaintiff, AGAINST
ANN MARIE NEARY AKA ANN M. NEARY AKA ANN NEARY, PATRICK NEARY, et al. Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly entered on November 17, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part) Courtroom IN THE NASSAU SUPREME COURT, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on December 11, 2018 at 11:30 AM premises known as 18 Belfry Ln, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Levittown, Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Section 45, Block 381 and Lot 6. Approximate amount of judgment $530,143.52 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment. Index #14005567.
Paul Guttenberg, Esq., Referee Aldridge Pite, LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 40 Marcus Drive, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 MIT 5742 4X 11/09,16,23,30
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau Federal National Mortgage Association, Plaintiff AGAINST Gina M. Florio, German W. Woodie, et al, Defendant
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 10/23/17 and entered on 10/24/17, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, The Calendar Control Part (CCP), Mineola, NY on December 18,
2018 at 11:30 AM premises known as 11 Belfry Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the County of Nassau, State of New York, SECTION: 45, BLOCK: 380, LOT: 12. Approximate amount of judgment is $204,905.81 plus interests and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 6143/2016. For sale information, please visit Auction.com at www.Auction. com or call (800) 280-2832.
Mark Ricciardi, Referee
FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS WEISMAN & GORDON LLP
53 Gibson Street Bay Shore, NY 11706 MIT 5743
4X 11/16,23,30,12/07
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court County Of Nassau 21st Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff AGAINST
Shari Stalter, Brian Stalter, et al, Defendant(s).
In pursuance and by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure and sale in the amount of $520,835.60 plus interest and costs duly granted by this Court and entered in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on the 25th day of June, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee, duly appointed in this action for such purpose, will expose for sale and sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder therefor at The Supreme Court of Nassau County, Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501, the 18th day of DECEMBER, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., the real estate and mortgaged premises directed in and by said judgment to be sold and in said judgment described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Levittown, Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York and designated as Section 45 Block 373 Lot 27. Said premises known as 11 Beacon Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801. Premises sold subject to provisions of the filed judgment and terms of sale. SUBJECT TO restrictions, covenants, etc. of record, prior lien(s), if any, and an easement, if any, contained in Deed
recorded April 13, 2004 in Liber 11766 Page 298.
Index No. 8830/13.
CHARLES CASOLARO, ESQ., Referee, Helfand & Helfand, Attorney(s) for Plaintiff, 350 Fifth Avenue - Suite 5330, New York, NY 10118
MIT 5744
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NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court
County Of Nassau
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST
YOUNG HYUN KWON, SUN AE KWON, et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 24, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on December 04, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 156 RADCLIFFE ROAD, PLAINVIEW, NY 11803. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 12, BLOCK 601, LOT 24. Approximate amount of judgment $332,792.73 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 608007/2017.
RALPH J. MADALENA, ESQ., Referee
Gross Polowy, LLC
Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221
BN 7337
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NOTICE OF FORMATION: MASPETH 1A, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 01, 2018. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC located at 58 Barnyard Lane, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
BN 7340
6X 11/09,16,23,30,12/07,14
NOTICE OF FORMATION: MASPETH 1B, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 01, 2018. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC located at 58 Barnyard Lane, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
BN 7341
6X 11/09,16,23,30,12/07,14
NOTICE OF FORMATION: MASPETH 2A, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 01, 2018. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC located at 58 Barnyard Lane, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
BN 7342
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NOTICE OF FORMATION: MASPETH 3, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 01, 2018. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC located at 58 Barnyard Lane, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577.
Purpose: any lawful purpose.
BN 7343
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NOTICE OF FORMATION: MASPETH 4B, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 01, 2018. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC located at 58 Barnyard Lane, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577.
Purpose: any lawful purpose.
BN 7344
6X 11/09,16,23,30,12/07,14
NOTICE OF FORMATION: MASPETH 5A, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 01, 2018. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC located at 58 Barnyard Lane,
Roslyn Heights, NY 11577. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
BN 7345
6X 11/09,16,23,30,12/07,14
NOTICE OF FORMATION: MASPETH 5B, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 01, 2018. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC located at 58 Barnyard Lane, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
BN 7346
6X 11/09,16,23,30,12/07,14
NOTICE OF FORMATION: MOUNT ARLINGTON VILLAS, LLC.
Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York SSNY on October 01, 2018. Office located in Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail copy of any process served against the LLC located at 58 Barnyard Lane, Roslyn Heights, NY 11577. Purpose: any lawful purpose.
BN 7347
6X 11/09,16,23,30,12/07,14
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau
L&L ASSOCIATES HOLDING CORP., Pltf. VS.
ROSALBA M. SESSA, et al, Defts.
Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Oct. 1, 2018, I will sell at public auction on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. in the Calendar Control Park (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY prem. k/a District 21, Section 46, Block 597, Lot 4. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale.
Index #608968/2017.
ROGER HAUSCH, Referee.
LEVY & LEVY, Attys. for Pltf., 12 Tulip Dr., Great Neck, NY. #95838
Sonny Crumb, Jr., et al., Defendant(s)
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 27, 2018 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on December 18, 2018 at 11:30AM, premises known as 26 SEITZ 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 and State of New York, SECTION 49, BLOCK 189, LOT 10. Approximate amount of judgment $159,205.38 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 609951/2017. Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 BN 7349 4X 11/16,23,30,12/07
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau USBank Cust / EMP V, Plaintiff, VS. Francis Camerlengo, ET AL., Defendant(s).
BN 7348
4X 11/16,23,30,12/07
NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Plaintiff AGAINST Robert S. Crumb AKA Robert
Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on October 09, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on December 18, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 6 Stewart Avenue, Bethpage, 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 46, Block 5 and Lot 75. Approximate amount of judgment is $11,223.74 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 4021/16. Francis Moroney, Esq., Referee Bronster, LLP, 156 West 56th Street, Suite 1801, New York, New York 10019, Attorneys for Plaintiff BN 7350 4X 11/16,23,30,12/07
Northside students focus on character
left: Fifth-graders Isabella Montes, Makailah Alix, Michael Sica. and Tyler Kleinfeldt worked together on finding character traits.
left: Northside fifth graders Nevaeh Motes, Jada Errico, and Matthew Silvestro worked on a character trait lesson based on their summer reading book Escape from
Fifth graders throughout Northside Elementary School in the Levittown Public Schools reflected on their summer reading book Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein on September 26. Guided by teacher Josephine Richiusa, the students explored the different characters in the book and linked them with specific character traits.
Working in small groups around the classroom, the students collaborated to describe each character on their worksheet and find the right character trait.
Students were provided with a list of character traits to help them narrow down their choices. After picking a trait for each character in the book, the class went over their answers one by one as Richiusa helped students with properly defining the words. This lesson is one of many that students throughout the Levittown Public Schools are incorporating into their English curriculum as a way to highlight the students’ summer reading books. Teachers are using the books to review important concepts and reading comprehension skills.
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Northside fifth graders Zuzanna Bodys (left), Jennifer Baez (middle), and Amira Dixon (right) wrote down character traits for characters in their summer reading book.
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Teacher Josephine Richiusa worked with fifth graders on a lesson about character traits.
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Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Grabenstein.
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Two from Hicksville honored as scholar artists
Hicksville school officials congratulate Hicksville High School Long Island ScholarArtist Ariel Yeh. Pictured from left are Supervisor of Fine Arts Phil Grusenmeyer, Hicksville High School Principal Ray Williams, art teacher Craig Mateyunis, Long Island Scholar-Artist Ariel Yeh, Board of Education Vice President Brenda Judson, and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
Congratulations to students Katherine Jergensen and Ariel Yeh of Hicksville High School for being chosen as Long Island Scholar-Artist winners for the 2018-19 school year. They are two of only 20 recipients of the award this year, and Hicksville High School is the only school on Long Island to boast two Scholar-Artist winners this year.
Each year, the Long Island ScholarArtist program honors exceptionally accomplished high school seniors in the areas of dance, media arts, music, theater, or visual arts. The Long Island Arts Alliance sponsors the program in conjunction with the Arts Reach Fund, New York Community Bank, and Newsday Ariel, Katherine and the 18 other scholar-artist winners will be honored at the Scholar-Artist Gala at the Tilles Center for the Performing Arts in spring 2019.
Applicants must submit a portfolio that demonstrates the highest level of artistic excellence in their specific area of interest, as well as an essay that describes their involvement in the arts and how it has enriched their lives. Each applicant must also demonstrate superior academic achievement, with an unweighted grade point average of 90 or above.
Katherine is being honored in the theater category. She is a member of the International Thespian Honor Society, National Honor Society and Tri-M Honor Society, among other academic honor societies and student clubs. Her artistic work within the community includes singing the national anthem at Town of Oyster Bay events, as well as a special performance with Billy Joel at graduation with the Hicksville High School chamber choir. Katherine also received a second place
Hicksville school officials congratulate Hicksville High School Long Island ScholarArtist Katherine Jergensen. Pictured from left are Hicksville High School Principal Ray Williams, Supervisor of Fine Arts Phil Grusenmeyer, theater teacher Caitlyn Cassidy, Long Island Scholar-Artist Katherine Jergensen, Board of Education Vice President Brenda Judson and Superintendent of Schools Marianne Litzman.
award for a monologue from The Miracle Worker at the Nassau Community College Honors Program theater competition. She plans to enter college as a B.F.A. musical theater major and has plans of working as a stage actor on Broadway.
“When I’m acting, my whole world is transformed,” Katherine said. “I jump into the body and mind of the character I am playing, do my best to live truthfully under imaginary circumstances and do the playwright justice.”
Ariel is being honored in the visual arts category. She is a member of the National Art and Mandarin honor societies and has received awards in the Art in Heart and Congressional Art exhibitions, the New York State Art Teachers Association Olympics of the Visual Arts and the Long Island Coalition Against Bullying. She also advanced to the state level of the PTA Reflections contest, has created art-
work that has been prominently displayed throughout the community, designed empty bowls which raised money for local food pantries and served as a face painting artist at community fundraisers. Ariel plans to pursue a postsecondary education as either an art teacher or a children’s book author and illustrator.
“My art is my vision, my way of communication and my expression,” Ariel said. “It is a friend I lean on. When I’m confident in my art, I am confident in myself. My art is something I rely on when I need to explain or express myself.”
One Long Island Scholar-Artist from Nassau and Suffolk will be featured every month in Newsday and on the Newsday website at www.newsday.com/scholarartists. During the Tilles Center Gala, each will receive a $250 honorarium and a framed copy of the profile that will be featured in Newsday
Summit students get hooked on fish
Furthering their unit on the anatomy of a fish, fifth-grade classes at Summit Lane Elementary School received a visit from biologist Walter Burak and environmental education assistant Francis McParland of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on October 16th as part of the I FISH NY education program.
Prior to the visit, students learned about the different parts of a fish and completed projects where they labeled anatomy. They listened closely as Burak and McParland presented different models of fish found across Long Island, describing their diet, means of protection, and behaviors. Classes were thoroughly engaged during the presentations as they asked questions and showcased their knowledge of the fish. Burak and McParland also taught students how to properly hold a fish and spoke about the difference between predator and prey.
At the conclusion of the presentations, Burak and McParland showed the students a Nat Geo Wild video about how flounder camouflage for survival. Students also received a worksheet where they put their imaginations to the test, designing their own fish that could survive in different environments. The fifth graders will continue their fish anatomy unit with a field trip to Captree State Park on October 23rd.
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Fifth graders in Deborah Breen’s class learned about different Long Island fish from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation biologist Walter Burak (back left) and environmental education assistant Francis McParland (back right).
Biologist Walter Burak answered student questions about fish.
Environmental education assistant Francis McParland spoke to students at Summit Lane Elementary School on the survival skills of different species of fish.
Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools
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