HAPPY HOMECOMING
Syosset business brings international wear
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
On Tuesday, October 23 at 5 p.m. the Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce will continue its celebrations of 20 years connecting the business community with yet another ribbon-cutting ceremony and reception in 2018. Footwear brand and retailer Naot, located in Woodbury Village (in between Starbucks and Ben’s Kosher Deli) at 7965 Jericho Turn-
pike, opened in the fall of 2017.
The company brings the community an intriguing mix of world history from the border of Israel and Palestine coinciding with its chief executives, the Lax family, longtime Syosset and Woodbury residents who decided their home was the best place for an innovative U.S. flagship store.
Naot means Oasis in Hebrew.
The facility Naot footwear has long been produced in by gen-
erations of hardworking, skilled hands, Kibbutz Naot Mordechai in Israel’s Upper Galilee, began in the mid-20th century as a kibbutz -- in Israel, a collective community based on agriculture, similar to a communal farm.
“During World War II, in 1942 a group of Czech people came to Israel and started the kibbutz. These were the original people
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Legislator addresses residents’ fears about facility
BY GARY SIMEONE
Nassau County legislator Josh Lafazan helped to quell the fears of many people who live near the MercyFirst facility in Syosset.
There had been rumors circulating throughout the community that the state-run nonprofit organization, located on 525 Convent road, was planning to house juvenile offenders from Rikers Island.
“I just want to state for the record that youths from Rikers Island will not be coming to MercyFirst,” said Lafazan. “This is a dangerous rumor that has caused undue panic in our community.”
The legislator did say that the organization has an issue containing the kids who were housed there, and that there had been reports of kids running rampant across people’s lawns.
“Coming from my perspective, MercyFirst has an inability to contain its students. I understand the need to be compassionate, but we need to be pragmatic here, because no taxpayer wants an invasion of privacy or kids running across their lawns.”
He said that as a local legislator, he had no direct authority because the facility is a state-run organization, but he wanted to get involved being that MercyFirst is located in his district.
“We’re dealing with a systemic issue here, with the trespassing and the invasion of people’s privacy. In order to deal with this issue head-on, residents need to get in contact with their state representative.”
The legislator has been proactive in putting together meetings between the CEO of MercyFirst Gerard McCaffery, members of the Nassau County Police Department, and other community leaders.
“These meetings have yielded positive results in terms of renewed commitment from MercyFirst to enhance their security capabilities,” said Lafazan.
“Some of the improvements have included the hiring of a security guard, the building of a perimeter fence, and a newly established dialogue with law enforcement.”
The Jericho School District held its annual Homecoming on Saturday, September 29th. During the festivities, Middle School Principal Don Gately took a turn in the dunk tank. See page 10.
Homeowners cleanup, shredding day on October 21st
The Town of Oyster Bay will host the final 2018 Homeowners Cleanup Program at its Solid Waste Disposal Complex on Sunday, October 21st, located at 101 Bethpage-Sweet Hollow Road in Old Bethpage. The cleanup will take place from 8:30AM to 4:00PM and will also serve as the final paper shredding day held in conjunction with the Homeowners Cleanup Program.
“The final Homeowners Cleanup Program date for this year is the perfect time for residents within the Town’s Solid Waste Disposal District who are looking to dispose of unwanted, non-hazardous debris cluttering up their homes to the Town’s Solid Waste Disposal Complex,” Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino said. (The villages of Bayville, Brookville, Centre Island, Cove Neck, Lattingtown, Laurel Hollow, Matinecock, Mill Neck, Muttontown, Old Brookville, Oyster Bay Cove, Roslyn Harbor, Sea Cliff, Upper Brookville, GlenwoodGlen Head Garbage District, and Old Westbury are not in the Town’s Solid Waste District).
“The last Homeowners Cleanup date for 2018 is a great chance for residents to prepare for autumn by collecting non-hazardous clutter from your home, garage, or storage shed and bringing it to be properly disposed of before the trash piles up!”
The Supervisor noted that proof of district residency must be shown at all Homeowners Cleanup program dates. No hazardous waste will be accepted, and bushes, tree limbs, fence posts and similar items will be accepted as is and need not be broken into smaller pieces. Used tires, large metal items, clean fill, clean broken concrete, and boats
and boat trailers will also be accepted. The Homeowners and Shredding programs are for homeowners only. No businesses, no commercial vehicles, and NO vehicles with more than four wheels will be permitted to enter. Six wheel or larger vehicles are not permitted. Homeowners may also bring non-hazardous water based Latex paint and electronic waste to be recycled to the Homeowners Cleanup program.
In addition to the Homeowners Cleanup Program on Sunday, October 21st, paper shredding services will also be available at the Town’s Solid Waste Disposal Complex in Old Bethpage.
This gives residents the opportunity to bring any unwanted documents, such as old tax returns, bills, bank statements, and other such documents, to be shredded on site in a safe and secure manner free of charge.
Supervisor Saladino stated, “The Town’s paper shredding program is a great, environmentally-friendly program that not only helps rid residents of unwanted documents, but also helps prevent the destruction of numerous trees by recycling and re-using the paper from these shredded documents.”
The Paper-Shredding Program is limited to three banker-size boxes per resident, and is open only to Town of Oyster Bay residents, not commercial businesses. Only one visit per day is allowed for the paper shredding program.
For more information on this program, residents can visit the Town of Oyster Bay’s website at www.oysterbaytown.com or call the Department of Environmental Resources at (516) 677-5943.
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Syosset-Woodbury Rotary hosts guest speaker
Marie Smith, director of donor relations and communications for the Long Island Community Foundation, was a guest speaker at a recent SyossetWoodbury Rotary meeting. She explained that this foundation is a nonprofit, charitable organization that connects donors with the full spectrum of charitable organizations within our community. It provides Nassau and Suffolk County residents with an economical alternative to a private foundation or a commercial gift fund.
The organization identifies current
and future community needs, strengthens the Island's nonprofit sector, encourages philanthropy, and builds a permanent endowment to address these needs. Monies are distributed to the arts, education, health, human services, or the environment.
For further information, please contact Marie Smith at 631-991-8800 ext 223 or msmith@licf.org. The SyossetWoodbury Rotary Club meets at Lisbon Cafe, Jericho Turnpike, Jericho on Tuesday afternoons.
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Rotary Vice-President Bob Mittleman and Marie Smith, director of donor relations and communications for the Long Island Community Foundation
Jericho Public Library Book Sale
The Jericho Public Library Book Sale
Jericho Public Library will hold its Book Sale on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 26th–28th.
The Book Sale will be in the meeting room during regular library hours. Items must be paid for in cash. Technology assistance will be
available in the Lobby during the book sale. Bring your devices for help with downloading eBooks and the JPL mobile app. Learn how to access free music and movies with Hoopla, and how to stream the latest movies with Vudu and Roku.
Local venue closes abruptly, leaving customers scrambling
BY GARY SIMEONE
Customers were taken by surprise late last month when word got out that the Plainview catering hall Carlyle at the Palace had closed abruptly. The sudden closing left people scrambling to find another venue to host their event and also left many out thousands of dollars.
The building, which is located at 1600 Round Swamp Road, is owned by the Nassau OTB, and restaurateur Steve Carl had leased the facility for the past ten years.
Joe Cairo, who is head of the Nassau Regional OTB, said that it was a shock to him when he heard the news that the catering hall had shut its doors.
“Steve had leased the hall for about ten years before falling behind on his rent,” said Cairo. “He had indicated to us through his attorney that he was going to meet his obligations, but recently, we received an email that the facility was out of business for good.”
in the lurch after the abrupt closing of the catering facility.
One poster said that she had booked her daughter's bat mitzvah at the facility and now was scrambling to find another location.
“To say I was shocked and disgusted is an understatement,” remarked the poster. “Now I have to change a ton of things in two weeks and tell 150 people my venue has changed.”
Another poster, who also planned to have her daughter's bat mitzvah at the venue, said, “I’m angry, I’m upset, I’ve been crying all day over this.”
Just recently, the New York State Attorney General’s office made an announcement that they planned to launch an investigation into the sudden closure of the facility.
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HELP WITH GERD (ACID REFLUX) MEDICAL & SURGICAL OPTIONS
Please join us as the following physicians discuss treatment options for GERD (Gastroesophageal reflux disease).
Bhawna Halwan, MD, Director of Motility Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, will discuss diagnostic testing, complications and medical management for GERD.
Collin EM Brathwaite, MD, Chairman of the Department of Surgery, will discuss treatment options, including the innovative, minimally invasive LINX procedure.
A question and answer period will follow.
Thursday, November 1, 2018
7:00 PM Program
NYU Winthrop Research & Academic Center 101 Mineola Blvd., Mineola (corner of Second Street)
Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are required.
Please call (516) 663-3916 to reserve your space.
Cairo said that an effort has been made to reach out to all the customers who had booked an event at the location.
“It is almost like a moral thing to try and help these people who are now out money.”
On the Facebook page of the Carlyle, people vented their frustration of being left
Rachel Shippee, deputy press secretary for the attorney general’s office, said the NYS AG was encouraging those who were impacted to file a complaint with their local office.
“We have opened an investigation into the closure of the Carlyle at the Palace and are committed to protecting consumers,” said Shippee. “We encourage all affected New Yorker’s to file a complaint with our Nassau regional office.”
Syosset resident named Student of the Month
Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School is proud to announce that Felicia (Xinyu) Wen, a Syosset resident and LuHi 10th grader, was named September Student of the Month. She exemplifies kindness and is a role model for her peers. Congratulations Felicia!
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Event planner adds bridal shows to help brides and grooms-to-be
BY GARY SIMEONE
A former Plainview resident has a unique way of helping out brides and grooms-to-be before their big day. Lindsay Covello, owner of L+M Party Productions, holds two major bridal shows throughout the year to showcase an assortment of vendors
“I’ve created these bridal shows so the prospective bride and groom can have a realistic experience of what the ceremony is going to be like and also have a fun time in the process,” said Covello, who has offices in Massapequa and Sayville. “It allows them to interact with vendors and have makeup trials, hair trials and try on different dresses.”
Covello, who is a board member on the Plainview-Old Bethpage Chamber of Commerce, said that she added these shows to her business model after her daughter was born a year and a half ago.
“I’ve been an event planner for five years, doing everything from sweet 16’s, bar and bat mitzvahs, and corporate events. Most of my clients are brides-tobe, so I realized by incorporating these shows, that I’d be helping out a huge segment of my clientele.”
She said one of the main themes behind these shows is to have the prospective brides build trust with the vendors.
“They want to make sure they’ve got the right makeup, the right hair, and of
course, make sure the dress fits. Every vendor who attends brings something unique to showcase, and throughout the day, women can get a sense of what they like and don’t like.”
What makes the shows unique is the activities that are provided for the grooms, who are often overlooked when it comes to the wedding planning.
There is a tuxedo runway show that is put on, a bar area set up for grooms to intermingle and share stories, a cigar truck, and a blackjack table with prizes awarded like a free honeymoon.
To start their day, the prospective brides and grooms come in and write down on paper what they’d like to plan out for the day. An itinerary is setup along with a timeframe of activities for both parties to partake in.
The bridal shows take place twice a year at the Holiday Inn in Plainview. People can pre-register for the event and receive a free tote bag of products and services or pay $5 fee at the door.
The next bridal showcase is scheduled for November 4th from 11AM to 4PM.
“There are a lot of different wedding planners on Long Island and a lot of misconceptions out there,” said Covello. “These shows will help people know what’s involved from the average cost of the wedding, finding the right vendor, and customizing and tailoring the ceremony to fit each persons needs.”
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Pop culture featured in Syosset Library's podcast
The Turn the Page podcast fan-fiction discussion group: Host and Syosset Public Library Community Engagement Librarian Jessikah Chautin (center) with guests (left to right) Matthew Klapper, Matthew Cox, Alisa Stern, and Clive Young.
For stimulating conversation about the people, places, and attractions that make Syosset, the North Shore, and Long Island a great place to live, work, and play, tune in to Turn the Page, the Syosset Library’s new podcast featuring local history, culture, and great reads.
Launched this past summer, the podcast is currently featuring topics inspired by pop culture and by New York City’s Comic-Con conference, held annually in October. New and archived episodes can be accessed through major podcast apps, at http://turnthepage.blubrry.net, or on SPL’s home page (www.syossetlibrary.org), and followed on Twitter (@SPLTurnThePage).
Tune in soon to catch the following pop culture topics:
Episode 9:
In the Name of the Moon
Unbox the Sailor Moon Dice Challenge Combat game and wax nostalgic about Sailor Moon, the famous anime series adored by so many, with librarian and board game enthusiast Mike Buono, whose Suffolk County anime-related events draw large, enthusiastic crowds.
Episode 10:
The Droids You Are Looking For
Have you ever wanted to build your own R2 unit? John Endres and Scott Kraft of the Long Island R2 Builders talk about their maker group, which builds screen-quality droids.
Episode 11:
The Future Is Fan Fiction
A stimulating discussion about the history and cultural impact of fan fic-
tion with some of its most creative practitioners. Alisa Stern loved Doctor Who so much that she created her own original Doctor Who stop-motion animation, which was aired by the BBC. Matthew Cox’ play about a certain school of magic and wizardry and a boy wizard sorted into the less-than-brave Puffs House still pleases off-Broadway audiences years after its predicted short run. Pop-culture enthusiast Clive Young and emerging author Matthew
Klapper round out the panel.
Episode 12: Lights! Camera! Hitchcock! Just in time for Halloween, Max Alvarez shares his knowledge of Alfred Hitchcock, the legendary master of suspense.
New Turn the Page episodes are scheduled for release on alternate Thursdays throughout the fall.
Doctor Who aficionado and animator Alisa Stern with the Doctor Who character dolls she used to create a fan-fiction animation aired by the BBC.
South Grove car wash
Many parents and children came to South Grove Elementary School’s parking lot on Saturday, September 21st to wash cars to raise money for all the
great fifth grade events . Not only did everyone have
of fun but the cars actually did get washed!! The kids did a great job!
Picture Day at Robert Seaman School
Wednesday September 26th was all Smiles at Robert Seaman’s annual picture day. Here are Mrs Zeises’s 2nd graders getting ready for their close ups.
by Sara Green
"GERD: Acid Reflux" topic of free lecture
NYU Winthrop Hospital will offer a free program to the community, “Help with GERD (Acid Reflux): Medical & Surgical Options,” on Thursday, November 1st, 2018, at 7PM. The program will be held at the Hospital’s Research & Academic Center, located at 101 Mineola Boulevard, at the corner of Second Street in Mineola.
Individuals suffering with GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease) often experience frequent heartburn, regurgitation and/or nausea in the mid-chest region. The discomfort may be severe and can negatively impact the quality of daily life.
Bhawna Halwan, MD, director of the Motility Center, Division of
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Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, will discuss the diagnostic testing, complications of the condition, and medical management of GERD. Collin EM Brathwaite, MD, chairman of the Department of Surgery, will discuss treatment options, including the innovative, minimally invasive LINX procedure. A question and answer period will follow.
Attendees are asked to arrive at 6:45PM to register. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve your space, please call (516) 663-3916. For information about other programs at the Hospital, learn more at www.nyuwinthrop.org/community-programs or call 1-866-WINTHROP.
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Jericho's Homecoming features color run
The Jericho School District held its annual Homecoming on Saturday, September 29th, and along with it, a color run! A color run is a special kind of race where participants have colored powder thrown at them as they run so
that by the time they cross the finish, they're all colorful messes head to toe. Runners and color throwers alike all had a great time, as did everyone else who attended Homecoming 2018!
Photos by Denise Nash
Look at those colors!
Running the course.
All participants had fun throwing the
On your mark, get set, GO!
It was a messy and fun run!
Don Gately, Middle School Principal taunts the students from the dunk tank!
color!
The hardworking parent volunteers did a great job!
DJ Snackwell provides the music!
Middle School 101 prepares students for success
Sixth-grade students throughout the Levittown Public Schools are embracing their new role as middle schoolers with the help of Jonas E. Salk Middle School and Wisdom Lane Middle School’s seven-week classroom push-in program, Middle School 101. Facilitated each year by school counselors, the program helps sixth graders adjust to the new building, while giving them the proper resources and information about how to succeed in middle school.
The 2018-2019 program began towards the end of September as school
counselors visited sixth-grade classes to discuss their role in the building, the guidance services offered and what Middle School 101 is all about. Students were encouraged to get involved and learned about different clubs and volunteer organizations offered at the middle school level. School counselors also stressed the importance of taking on new experiences.
“You don’t have to be the best,” said Wisdom Lane school counselor Christine Elder. “But it’s fun to be involved and if you enjoy doing it, you
should 100 percent go out there and try it.”
In addition, students learned the importance of breaking out of their comfort zone through an ice-breaker activity. School counselors challenged students to walk around the room and interact with their peers while filling out a sheet about their different interests and lives.
After the activity, the students labeled who they would go to in the school building for a variety of situations. The school counselor went over
the list with the class and also provided a list of the people in the building that students could always reach out to during the year.
The students will continue with the Middle School 101 program during the year to make the new students feel comfortable with the middle school transition. Each week, the students will tackle new important topics such as study skills and stress management, that will help them grow into better middle school students.
Sixth graders at Wisdom Lane Middle School filled out a worksheet about who they would go in the building for specific situations.
Sixth graders Nick Bodkin (left) and Charith Maddipatla (right) from Wisdom Lane Middle School asked each other questions during Middle School 101.
Wisdom Lane school counselor Christine Elder spoke to Wisdom Lane sixth graders about reaching outside your comfort zone during Middle School 101.
Wisdom Lane sixth graders Jessica Ruiz (left), Victoria Esposito (middle), and Ria Singh (right) got to know each other with an ice-breaker game.
Photos courtesy of the Levittown Public Schools
BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM
Fall is a superb time to bike some of the phenomenal multi-purpose trails repurposed from rail lines and canal tow paths.
This year, I became acquainted with one of the best in our area – the Delaware-Lehigh Trail just across from New Jersey in Pennsylvania, a 165-mile long trail that follows the Delaware Canal State Park and the Delaware Lehigh National Heritage Corridor. The trail was featured in this year’s Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s Sojourn, an annual multi-day supported biking/camping trip. The itinerary included riding a portion of one of my favorite trails on the planet, the Delaware-Raritan on the New Jersey side of the river.
Rails-to-Trails has offered these supported Sojourn biketours annually since 2002 to showcase repurposed rail trails and highlight the need to advocate for future projects. These trips are incredibly popular and the 300 of us on this year’s trip were saddened to learn that this Sojourn would be the last, because RTC will be focusing on advocacy and leave such organized bike tours to local organizations. Appropriately, the focus of the last Sojourn was also the trail for its first. Still, it is there for all of us to
enjoy, any time.
The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor (D&L) follows the Delaware and Lehigh Canals and the old Lehigh Valley Railroad as it stretches through five counties, from the city of Wilkes-Barre in the mountainous coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania, to historic Bristol borough, along the Delaware River near Philadelphia.
Congress established the Heritage Corridor in 1988 at a time when the region was economically depressed with the collapse of coal and steel industry that had birthed these communities – the mining towns, factory and milltowns - to begin with.
With 86 of the D&L Trail’s 165 miles located within two state parks (Lehigh Gorge and Delaware Canal), the advocates to create the trail out of disused towpath had a jumpstart to connect people to the region’s story— one of innovation, conservation and industrialization.
About 92 percent of the D&L Trail is built and the goal is to connect all 165 miles by 2022. Three gaps will have been closed in 2018, including the opening of the $4.1 million Mansion House Bridge across the Lehigh River at Jim Thorpe (we get to participate in the opening ceremony and are among the first to cross), a October 19, 2018
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Biking the Delaware & Lehigh Trail, Showcased on Rails-to-Trails’ Last Sojourn
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road/railroad crossing at Middleburg Road in Luzerne County and a connector in Delaware Canal State Park at Tyburn Road in Bucks County.
These trail projects inspire local groups, breathing new life into the small downtowns along the corridor. Three regional revitalization efforts in particular: a 2004 move to greener programming; a 2005 Superfund reclamation project at Lehigh Gap Nature Center (which we visit); and Tales of the Towpath, an educational curriculum that now has 80 schools participating, which we get to sample at the National Canal Museum at Hugh Moore Park in Easton. And all along the way, we get to see participants in the Get Your Tail on the Trail wellness program
who so far have logged more than 3 million miles.
As we, the beneficiaries of all this effort, appreciate over the course of our Sojourn, the trail showcases and immerses us into two significant revolutions in American history: the American Revolution (particularly when we get down to our most southerly point, Washington Crossing) and the Industrial Revolution. All along our route, which follows the canals built to transport anthracite coal from the mines to the markets, we see the markers and remnants amidst a beautiful setting.
Indeed, for me, the big surprise was seeing remains of the historic canal, the locks and gates, dams and lockmaster houses all along the ride.
Here we see the underpinnings,
the infrastructure of the Industrial Revolution, which enabled the United States to ascend as a world power. Yet, from where we are on the trail alongside the canal with trees on one side, in a more natural state, except when we come upon long-shuttered steel mills that now seem like oversized sculpture.
A Soggy Day One
We meet up at Hugh Moore Park in Easton, Pennsylvania, (which we learn is land donated by the man made rich through the manufacture of Dixie Cups) where we park our cars and register. Interestingly, we will be returning here to camp the next night.
Rain starts just as we board the buses that take us an hour and a half to the start of the D&L trail near the quaint mountainside community of Glen Summit. But instead of stopping as forecast, the drenching rain continues on, and on, and on, throughout the day and into the night – almost 24 hours before it stops. I’ve never been outside in the rain for a full 24 hours before.
We set out on the ride - 160 miles over the course of five days - at the highest, steepest part of the trail, literally in the mountains where anthracite coal was mined. The trail becomes muddy and slick in the steady rain. I make myself feel comfortable with the feeling of slipping, but soon enough, the trail flattens out. The trail is surprisingly still solid enough to keep the tires from sinking or catching.
But we miss the gorgeous views for which this part of the trail is renowned.
I am loving the new poncho that I bought at the Bike Expo before the NYC 5 Boro Bike Tour, but thinking
about having to set up my new REI tent in the rain which I have never done before, kicking myself that I didn’t use the Comfy Camper service (closest thing to glamping) so that my tent would be up, with an air mattress, when I arrived.
Instead of just enjoying the scenery and the thrill of biking downhill, this becomes an interesting physical and mental challenge that tests character, an adventure in overcoming obstacles, that when it is accomplished, changes you because you know you have done it and can do it– a value of a biking/ camping trip in itself.
We ride along the river and see people out there in canoes and kayaks having a rollicking good time – clearly a great day for a waterborne activity.
This first day, we bike 35 miles southeast along the rushing Lehigh River, passing the most rugged and natural landscape of the ride – 800foot hillsides of the Lehigh Gorge. At Moosehead Lake there are the remnants of highlift locks that were part of the Lehigh Canal’s Upper Grand Navigation. Even this grey day cannot mar the beauty of the waterfalls we come upon, particularly Buttermilk, which cascades down in tiers.
We bike to the quaint town of Jim Thorpe, which (we discover), because of its steep hillsides, narrow streets, and terraced gardens is known as the “Switzerland of America.” I think of it as the San Francisco of Pennsylvania.
Our campsite is on a baseball field literally a 1.5 mile hike up a steep winding narrow road from the center of this charming town, pushing our bikes up (it’s only about half-mile walk back
down along a steeper route). The rain is unfortunate because unlike most campgrounds on these trips, the only cover are a couple of dugouts that we have commandeered to stow our stuff (one woman has set up her tent inside one), but no pavilions.
I overcome one of my anxieties, setting up my brand new tent in the rain, fortunately, which has abated to more of a drizzle.
We stand outside in the rain waiting out turn for the shower truck to clean off the mud before walking back down into the town for dinner (tonight’s dinner is on our own).
The town of Jim Thorpe is absolutely charming even in this weather that has many of us buying up sweatshirts and sweatpants and even taking lodging in one of the many charming inns and guesthouses instead of camping out.
I am invited to join some new friends from the Sojourn I meet on the walk down for dinner at the Molly McGuire pub-style restaurant, which I learn is named for the Molly McGuires, labor agitators who were executed here (you can visit the Old Jail).
I stroll around awhile – struck by the many American flags and other patriotic displays, and in one of the charming historic inns, I find a poster of Jim Thorpe.
Established in 1818 as Mauch Chunk, which means “Mountain of the Sleeping Bear,” the name the Lenni
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Lenape Indians gave to the nearby mountain, it was later renamed for an Oklahoma-born Native American, Olympic hero, Jim Thorpe, who is buried there. Thorpe was born in Oklahoma in 1888 and raised on the Sac and Fox Reservation and had never set foot in the borough. But Patsy Thorpe, Jim’s third wife, cut a deal with two struggling towns in Pennsylvania, that if they would merge and rename themselves Jim Thorpe and build a memorial to honor him, she would present them his remains for burial.
Here, entrepreneurs led by Josiah White formed the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company in the 1820s (we can still see the brick building), which shipped tons and tons of anthracite coal and other goods to market via the Lehigh and Delaware Canals which they constructed. The town grew in importance when it was named Carbon County’s seat in 1843.
I explore this charming town before taking one of the shuttles the organizers have arranged for us to take us back up to the campground.
I am comfortable in my tent despite the rain which continues to fall, At 1:45 am, I hear the rain abating, so I race to the bathroom and get back to tent just in time for the rain to start up again. It stops in the early morning, so I rush to take down the tent before it rains again.
This morning’s breakfast as been arranged in a restaurant a short walk
from the campsite.
I remember that they have arranged for us to have a guided tour of the Asa Packer Mansion (before the bridge dedication) and I race over there.
Asa Packer Mansion
Two things stand out as I regard the exquisite decoration and furnishings in the Asa Packer Mansion in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, a charming town on the Delaware-Lehigh trail: the house, which dates from 1861, was vacant from 1912 to 1954, but never disturbed, never vandalized, never burgled despite the fantastic riches it contained; and Asa Packer, who I had never heard of
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before, was a rags to riches American Dream come true story, who became one of the richest people in the world (Queen Victoria even gave him a table which we see in the house), but was always beneficent to his workers (he built housing for them and paid in cash from a strongbox), founded Lehigh University (was originally for boys who attended tuition-free), hospitals. In fact, everything that he built is still in existence and used for good purpose. Cornelius Vanderbilt hated him because Packer, an intensely religious man, See page D5
Spending some quality time with family
BY CLAIRE LYNCH
I spent some time visiting my niece and her family recently outside of Charlotte, N.C., and we had a great time.
She and her husband have three children who are nine, eight and five. The kids keep busy going to school plus playing soccer and taking various lessons like karate, dance and art.
On the days when the weather was bad I played several rounds of Go Fish the card game with five-year-old Elle. She had so much fun playing it that I had fun playing it.
Then she was excited about playing Uno so we played several rounds of that. The competitive nature in me didn’t want to let Elle win but I did let her a few times. I figured she’s only five and I am an adult so I should be able to let her win some games and feel good about herself. For that reason alone it was worth losing a game or two.
My eight-year-old nephew, Nick, is in the third grade and he is learning lots of new things in school. He told me that they were learning why magnets attract
things the way they do and they also were learning about static electricity.
He saw some pretty wild stunts in school (his words!) where because of static electricity someone’s hair would stand straight up – and how balloons would stick to walls if they were first rubbed against someone’s clothes. Nick’s favorite subject is science so I knew that he could go on and on about that.
Nick liked running around outside with their one-year-old Irish setter so on nice autumn days, under some true Carolina blue skies, we romped around in their back yard and watched whenever Springer ran to catch whatever we tossed. He chases balls and Frisbees and he runs like the wind to catch them whenever we threw them as far as we possibly could.
When we were indoors, I showed nine-year-old Mary a few songs on the piano. I’ve been teaching myself to play the piano since I never took any piano lessons as either a child or as an adult. In high school I learned to play the trombone and the baritone horn not any percussion instruments.
I am enjoying playing around with the piano and I guess that enjoyment was contagious because Mary picked up pretty quickly on what I was showing her. We started with “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” then moved on to “Ode to Joy” by Beethoven, then “Heart and Soul” and then “Jingle Bells.”
I showed Mary where C is on the piano then D, E, F, etc. We played the songs using numbers not notes which I realize isn’t the right way but nevertheless she was doing a great job playing those recognizable songs.
I played the four songs simply the first time around for her then I jazzed them up a bit. I slowed them down and speeded them up. I showed her how doing these things sounds different each time.
I showed Mary how to use the right foot pedal on the piano also known as the “damper pedal” and right away she heard how the pedal added some tone to all of the notes. It added some pizzazz or “depth” to what we were playing.
Outside, the three kids found a great, big old oak tree that was perfectly designed to be a treehouse. The branch-
es were just right for climbing.
Mary was the Captain of the treehouse. She climbed as high as she could which seemed to me was about eight feet high. Nick was the lookout and the keeper of the tree. He climbed about five feet high and settled comfortably on a sturdy branch.
Elle was the keeper of the supplies and her job was rolling up the bucket with whatever goodies they had that day such as muffins, candy, gum, etc. She showed us how she did it every day and then the kids performed a short skit they had put together.
During dinner the 10 of us gathered together and inevitably we told some old family stories. Somehow the really good family stories just seem to spill out.
I mentioned that when my niece, Christy, was a toddler she couldn’t pronounce her real name which is Christina so she ended up saying, “My name is Christy-Tina.”
All of us relatives ended up calling her Christy-Tina even though eventual-
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Gambling and Losing the Social Security Game
BY TOM MARGENAU
I have written many columns cautioning people to not play around too much with their Social Security benefits by trying to squeeze every last nickel out of their nest egg.
And I know where the compulsion to do this comes from. Senior citizens are barraged with messages in the mail, in media and online, telling them that they are missing out on thousands of dollars in benefits if they don’t employ some kind of “maximizing” strategy. And then they are encouraged to attend seminars or buy books that supposedly will tell them the secrets to this hidden treasure trove of benefits.
Essentially, the “secret” message comes down to this: Wait as long as possible to file for your benefits. If you know you are going to live into your late 80s and beyond, that might be good advice. But of course, no one really knows how long he or she is going to live. Today’s questions come from people, or from spouses of people, who gambled on their longevity and, sadly, lost that bet.
Q: My husband waited until age 70 to file for his Social Security. He died two months ago. He was 71. Since he turned 66, I had been encouraging him to file for Social Security. He never listened. He said our financial planner told him to delay filing for benefits as long as possible. That’s what he did. And look what happened! Please tell your readers that it isn’t always worth it to try to get the highest benefit possible.
A: I’m so sorry to hear about your husband’s death. But thank you for sharing your message. In defense of financial planners, I will pass along this bit of advice from a good friend of mine who is one. He said his job is to help people plan for, and be financially prepared for, what possibly might happen -- not for what probably will happen. And I guess it’s possible your husband might have lived a much longer life.
There is an upside to your husband delaying starting his Social Security benefits. Because he did that, you will get higher widow’s benefits. Assuming you are 66 or older and are not getting higher benefits on your own record, you will get his full benefit, including the 32 percent in delayed retirement credits he got for waiting until age 70.
Q: I just turned 68 years old. I was planning to wait until 70 to apply for my Social Security. However, I was recently diagnosed with stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma. I probably have less than six months to live. I realize now I made a bad decision by not filing for my Social Security earlier. But what I want to know now is what can I do to make sure my wife gets the highest widow’s benefit possible? Just so you know, my full retirement age benefit would have been $2,480.
A: I am so sorry to hear about your health prognosis. And it certainly is noble of you to be thinking about your wife at a time like this. If you really want her to get the highest widow’s benefit possible, then you should simply not file for any Social Security benefits. Upon your death, your wife’s widow’s rate will be based on what you would have been due at the time of death.
Let me explain. You get an extra credit of two-thirds of 1 percent added to your benefit rate for each month you delay taking Social Security after age 66. Let’s say you pass away at the age of 68 years and 6 months. That would be a total of 30 months after age 66, meaning an extra 20 percent would be added to your retirement benefit, which would become your wife’s widow’s benefit. So she would get $2,976 per month in widow’s benefits.
But let’s just look at another option. You might want to file for benefits right now. And you could claim up to six months in retroactive benefits. In other words, your benefit start date would be age 67 and 6 months. That would be 18 months after age 66, which translates into an extra 12 percent in delayed retirement credits. So your benefit rate would be $2,777 per month. And that would be your wife’s eventual widow’s rate. That is $199 less per month than the first option I gave you. However, you would get a back paycheck of $16,662. (And that does not include any possible back pay spousal benefits your wife might be due on your account.) Perhaps your wife would rather have that $16,662 (or more) rather than the extra $199 per month? It’s something to think about.
Q: I was getting Social Security disability benefits until I turned 66, at which point they automatically switched me to retirement benefits. In order to try to maximize my Social Security payout, I immediately withdrew my retirement with plans to restart my benefits at age 70 and get the 32 percent bonus for doing so. I turned 70 a few months ago and filed for my retirement. But I was shocked to learn I won’t get the extra bonus. Am I just out of luck?
A: You sure are. You tried a little too hard to beat the system, and instead, it beat you. You never should have withdrawn your retirement claim hoping to get the extra 32 percent at age 70. After all, you were getting disability benefits, so presumably, you are not in the best of health. So I wonder what led you to gamble on living a long life and playing these so-called “maximizing” games with your Social Security checks?
Also, in order to claim the delayed retirement credits, the law says you must have never filed a Social Security claim. When you applied for disability benefits, you filed a claim for benefits. And that negated your eligibility for delayed retirement credits. So now you’ve spent
four years getting nothing and throwing away many tens of thousands of dollars in retirement checks.
Having scolded you for playing games with your Social Security, I should point out that the Social Security people you dealt with must share some of the blame. When you withdrew your retirement
claim, someone should have told you that you would never be able to earn delayed retirement credits. Shame on them!
If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net.
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made the miser look bad.
The mansion, built in 1861 by Philadelphia architect, Samuel Sloan, and containing the original furnishings and exquisite architectural details, is spectacular in its own right.
The mansion was constructed over a span of two years and cost a total of $14,000 dollars. Topped by a redribbed tin roof and a central cupola, or belvedere, the home was built over a cast iron frame and consists of 3 stories, 18 rooms and approximately 11,000
The mansion – in contrast to Cornelius Vanderbilt II’s Breakers mansion in Newport – is a testament to Asa Packer’s humanism: he kept a safe from which he would pay workers’ wages and from the mansion you can look out on row houses on Ray Street that he built for workers; he built an entire new wing on the mansion and hung gold wallpaper (literally gold) for his 50th wedding anniversary gala at a time when few people lived long enough to celebrate a golden anniversary. He took in two orphan girls who became
Jim Thorpe Bike Club is on hand for the ribbon-cutting for the new Mansion House Bridge at Jim Thorpe bridge across the Lehigh River © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com
square feet of living space.
The furnishings are exquisite – a “Mermaid” chandelier, an important grandfather clock by Bailey Bay Banks & Biddle of Philadelphia, a table that was a gift of Queen Victoria. The mansion had gasoliers (capable of both electric lights, which was new, and gas) and a self-cleaning stove. But out of all this splendor, there is a “settler bench,” dating from the 1700s, that seems out of place: Asa kept it as a reminder of where he came from.
The mansion is spectacular enough, but what fascinated me is the story of Asa Packer, one of the early Industrial Revolution millionaires (he became one of the richest people in the world), but who never forgot his humble beginnings, acted honorably to his workers, antagonized the likes of the cheapskate Cornelius Vanderbilt, and whose beneficence created many important institutions that are still operating today, including Lehigh University (which was tuition free when it opened) and St. Lukes Hospital, because there weren’t any hospitals in the area. He made considerable donations to the gothic Revival St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in downtown Jim Thorpe. “Everything he built is still operating,” the docent
cooks – their rooms were actually quite splendid (especially compared to the servants’ quarters at The Breakers); the butler’s room had a copy of Lincoln’s bed and was where the son, Harry, would stay when the Bishop visited. (Just next door to the Asa Packer Mansion is the Harry Packer Mansion which was a wedding present; the Victorian mansion is also a jewel, indeed it was the model for Disney’s Haunted Mansion; today,
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Born in Mystic, Connecticut, Asa Packer (1805-1879) left home when he was 17, setting out on foot to Brooklyn, Pennsylvania where he apprenticed as a carpenter to his cousin, Edward Packer. In 1828, he married Sarah Minerva Blakslee (1807-1882) and the couple tilled a farm they rented from Sarah’s father. But after four years, they were just as poor as when they started. So hearing that men were needed to captain coal barges on the Lehigh Canal, Asa traveled to Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, in the winter of 1832. He used his skill as a carpenter to build and repair canal boats. He resettled his family in Mauch Chunk and became the owner of a canal boat that carried coal to Philadelphia, then opened his own firm,
A. & R. W. Packer, which built canal boats and locks for the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company.
He tried to get the company to build a railroad, but was refused. So, in October 1851, risking financial ruin, Asa purchased nearly all the controlling stock and interest for the unfinished Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad (later known as the Lehigh Valley Railroad). By November, 1852, he expanded the railroad from Mauch Chunk to Easton, Pennsylvania, in exchange for the company’s stocks and bonds, and later into New York State.
He became the third richest person in the world and parlayed his business success into political success, serving asja Judge, a state representative, a two-term Congressman (1853-7), and challenged Ulysses S. Grant for the Democratic presidential nomination in
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1868. He narrowly lost election to become Pennsylvania’s Governor in 1869.
The Packers settled in their Italianate Villa in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania in 1861 and on January 23, 1878, Asa and Sarah celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a fantastic gala (a newspaper printed in gold described it, and the man who performed their wedding attended). Asa died just 18 months later. For all his success, their life together was marked by tragedy. Daughters, Catharine, Malvina and Gertrude all passed away before the age of three. Lucy Eveline (1832-1873), Robert Asa (1842-1883) succumbed to pneumonia. Harry Eldred (1850-1884) passed away from cirrhosis of the liver (the mansion next door was built for him and is operated as an inn today). Mary Hannah (1839-1912), was the last of their children to pass away; she was supposed to sail on the Titanic, but got sick in 1912; she was legally blind when she died.
“Asa never fully forgot his humble beginnings, his generous deeds spoke for him. A philanthropist throughout his lifetime, Asa gave $33 million to the town of Mauch Chunk and the Lehigh Valley. At the time of his passing, Asa retained an estate valued at $55 million.”
Asa’s daughter, Mary Packer Cummings, who moved into her mother’s bedroom when she got sick, inherited the mansion and estate as the last surviving child of seven (becoming the second richest person in the world after the Queen of England). She was supposed to sail on the Titanic, but got sick and was legally blind when she died in 1912 (the calendar on the desk is from 1912).
Mary bequeathed the home and all its contents to the Borough of Mauch Chunk as a memorial to her father and his accomplishments. But the house remained shuttered from 1912 to 1954, until the Bear Mountain Lions became trustees and reopened the mansion to the public in 1956. Remarkably, the true testament to Asa Packer and his family is that in all that time the mansion was vacant, with all these priceless antiques inside, it was never vandalized or burgled.
“Robert, the only grandchild who survived, didn’t want the house after Mary died,” the docent relates. “Robert’s great granddaughter and her daughter came on tour once,” she recalled.“
(The Asa Packer Mansion Museum, Jim Thorpe PA 18229, 570.325.3229, www.asapackermansion.com).
This quaint village of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania is actually a hub for
many marvelous natural and historic attractions including the Harry Packer Mansion; the Old Jail Museum (where the Molly McGuires were jailed; Cell 17 with its mysterious handprint on the wall, under the gallows on which seven of the accused Molly Maguires were put to death, and down into the eerie dungeon); the Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway, the St. Mark’s Church, Historic Stone Row, the Mauch Chunk Opera House, Anita Shapolsky Art Center, Mauch Chunk Museum and Old Jail Museum, plus wineries, distilleries (Big Creek Vineyard and Stonekeep Meadery), biking, hiking and rafting (PoconoBiking.com, PoconoWhitewater. com, Adventurerafting.com
There are a score of historic bed-andbreakfasts, inns and guesthouses.
Jim Thorpe Visitors Center, 2 Lehigh Ave., Jim Thorpe PA 18229, 570-325-3673, jimthorpe.org.
The Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, 2750 Hugh Moore Park Road, Easton, PA 18042, http:// delawareandlehigh.org/ (It also has a description of the bike trail.)
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines and connecting corridors; it advocates for its 160,000 members and supporters, 31,000 miles of rail-trails and multi-use trails, and more than 8,000 miles of potential trails waiting to be built, with a goal of creating more walkable, bikeable communities in America. RTC offers TrailLink, a free service that lets you access RTC’s 30,000 miles of trail maps and itineraries and downloadable mobile app.
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, 2121 Ward Court, NW, Washington, DC 20037, 866.202.9788, railstotrails.org,TrailLink.com. Next: Rails-to-Trails Sojourn on Delaware-Lehigh Trail Showcases Repurposed Canal Towpath & History of Industrial Revolution
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ly she learned how to say her name correctly. It became one of those nicknames that tends to stick.
Sometimes to this day we call her Christy and sometimes we call her Tina. She responds to both even though her name is Christy not Tina. Family secrets come out in time and when at dinner I said that is one of her nicknames, her five-year-old daughter was quite surprised, took all of this new information in, then quizzically asked, “They call you Christy-Tina?”
Oops. My only hope is that kindergartner doesn’t end up calling her mother by that nickname because we all know that little ones want to be cute, cute, cute.
Despite my little family secrets slip, life went on. We ended up playing some marathon games of Monopoly – and I was lucky enough to snag Park Place and Boardwalk – and some challenging games of Clue. Who did it with which weapon in which room?
It seems that they have modified some of the Clue characters since I was a child. Dr. Orchid never existed when I played that game as a kid and there are other modifications that make the game interesting.
My nieces and nephew had gotten the game last Christmas but it was unopened. They had never played the game before so we showed them the idea and Nick got it after playing a game or two.
Elle ended up sitting with an adult during the games but she liked moving the weapons from room to room – and she was interested in the whodunit even though she wasn’t playing by herself.
One night we watched “Clue” the movie, which came out in 1985 starring Tim Curry, Eileen Brennan, Madeline Kahn (that celebrity graduate of Hofstra University), Christopher Lloyd, Martin Mull, Michael McKean, Lesley Ann Warren and others.
“Clue” is about seven guests, a butler and a maid who are all involved in a series of murders. The guests all meet at Hill House, where you learn that Professor Plum works in D.C., where everyone else lives.
Colonel Mustard is a client of Miss Scarlet, who is the ex-employer of Yvette, the maid. All of the characters seem to have some connection to someone else.
The blackmailer Mr. Boddy gives each guest a weapon and tells them to kill butler Wadsworth in order to avoid being exposed. (imdb.com)
The 88-minute mystery-comedy, based on the board game, has secret passageways, some corny jokes, dry humor, alternate endings, various double-entendres and lots of possibilities.
It is set in a big, old mansion on the
top of a hill in New England on a dark and rainy night, with guests arriving during the 1950s at various times. The setting alone had my young nieces and nephew sitting on the edge of their seats.
The movie asks us viewers to use our imaginations and at the end it says, “That’s how it could have happened. But here’s what really happened.” My relatives seemed to enjoy the fact that there could have been a variety of endings to the film.
Seeing the movie helped make playing the board game more interesting. We had a face to put to each character and we had a setting that we could visualize.
Some evenings right after dinner the family and I went out to the back yard and gathered around a fireplace. Sitting back and relaxing, I noticed a full moon up above. It brightened up the night sky nicely and also helped to create a certain ambiance on those evenings in September.
We continued telling some old family stories and recounting some old family pranks but only for a while.
Inevitably the kids started talking about what they had done that day or recently. It was fun hearing them talk about their different adventures and different escapades. They also mentioned what their friends and neighbors were up to.
One boy next door, Jeremy, and his family had just set up a large hammock in their back yard so all of the kids, including my nieces and nephew, were trying it out. His parents were planning on setting up some swings and the kids couldn’t wait to give them a whirl. They were running around and whooping and hollering just at the thought of all the fun they would have.
The night before I left my relatives my nine-year-old niece started singing Harry Nilsson’s “Coconut” song whose words she added to and switched up a bit. Mary sang, “You put the lime in the coconut and you shake it all around, you put the lime in the coconut and you shake it all around …” That’s pretty much how it went. Over and over.
The rest of us joined in the singing and danced all around. It’s a good dancing song, naturally, so we all bopped around for a while. “Coconut” is a fun, happy song so the merriment was contagious and we had a good time.
I can’t imagine what the neighbors thought of us dancing under the moonlight on an autumn evening when most people were inside of their houses watching TV or doing something on the computer. That’s okay. We were outside getting some fresh air.
We finally stopped dancing around and resumed chatting for a while. Eventually, however, we quieted down. My niece’s husband, Paul, pulled out a book he had been carrying around and said that he would read some of it out
loud. I thought that was a great idea because everyone likes to hear a good story.
He set up a small lantern so he could read the words on the pages. It turned out that Paul had a copy of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” written by Mark Twain.
First he told everyone that Mark Twain was a pseudonym, explaining that the writer’s real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, and he was born in Missouri. The kids weren’t too impressed by that, they just wanted Paul to get to the story.
He read two interesting parts – first, the part where Tom, Huck and Tom’s friend, Joe Harper, run away to an island to become pirates. While frolicking around and enjoying their newfound freedom, the boys become aware that the community is searching the river for them. They find that news pretty sobering.
Tom sneaks back home one night to observe everything that’s going on. He feels badly because, looking around the church, Tom sees how sad his friends, relatives and neighbors are because they think the boys are dead. Then he gets the idea to appear at his funeral and surprise everyone.
He tells Joe and Huck that they should do the same. They walk in and everyone is so happy to see them. They are so relieved and so happy that they are alive.
I saw everyone listening intently as Paul read. They seemed engrossed and I liked that. Paul went on to another interesting part, and he read how in the summer Tom and Huck go hunting for buried treasure in a haunted house.
After venturing upstairs Tom and Huck hear a noise below. Peering through holes in the floor, they see Injun Joe enter the house disguised as a Spaniard. He and his companion plan to bury some stolen treasure of their own. From their hiding spot, Tom and Huck are delighted at the thought of digging up the stolen treasure.
Paul read a bit more of the book but he didn’t finish it. “That’s for another day,” he said. Watching Paul put the book back where he got it, I sat back in my lounge chair, relaxed and breathed in the cool air of autumn.
I remember hearing the occasional squawks of a bird or two flying overhead. It was so peaceful and I remember thinking that this was the perfect ending to a perfect family visit.
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Impeccably maintained Expanded Split in the Estates. Center of block. Close to Stratford School & LIRR. LR, DR, EIK, large Den. Oversized MBR w/ Walk in Closets & updated Bath. Two additional BRs & Fam Bath. Lower level FR/ Office w/Bath. CAC, Gas Heat, new HW heater, new 200 amp service. 2 car garage, private back yard. Room to expand. Low taxes. $989,900. Principals Only. Call 516-747-1024
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Jericho celebrates being named number one district in nation
students celebrating Jericho day!
The middle school held a Throwback Friday Bottle Flipping Contest to celebrate the day. The most flips in one minute was awarded the “Golden Water Bottle Trophy!”
The Jericho School District was named the best school district in the United States by Niche.com, taking almost 12,000 school districts into consideration. To commemorate the news, students celebrated with pep rallies and fun activities throughout the district.
“Having Jericho ranked as the best school district in America is an incredible honor and accomplishment. It is a testament to the supportive Jericho school community, the highly dedicated teachers and staff, and a collaborative
and involved board of education,” said Superintendent Hank Grishman. “The fact that our school district is open enrollment and accessible to all students who are residents further emphasizes the significance of this accomplishment. What also makes this list so noteworthy is that the criteria goes well beyond test scores – several other meaningful factors are considered, including student and parent reviews, diversity, and student/teacher ratio.”
Photos by Denise Nash
students show off their banner.
Mrs. Conger dances and celebrates at Jackson!
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NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau M&T BANK, Plaintiff, VS.
YEONG SIK CHOI, ET AL., Defendant(s).
Pursuant to an Order
Confirming Referee Report and Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly filed on August 15, 2018, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom) in the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY on October 30, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 63 Garden Circle, Syosset, NY 11791. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being at Syosset, in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, Section 15, Block 118 and Lot 23. Approximate amount of judgment is $550,497.68 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index # 16-006906.
Craig B. Marshall, Esq., Referee Schiller, Knapp, Lefkowitz & Hertzel, LLP, 200 John James Audubon Parkway, Suite 202, Amherst, New York 14228, Attorneys for Plaintiff
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NOTICE OF NAME CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that an order granted by the Supreme Court, Nassau County, on the 23 day of August, 2018, bearing Index Number 18/000925, a copy of which may be examined at the office of the clerk, located at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York grants me the right to assume the name of Samira Khan. The city and state of my present address are Woodbury, NY; the month and year of my birth are May, 1992; the place of my birth is Jamaica, New York; my present name is Samina Khan, aka Samira Khan.
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STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION
Title of Publication:
Syosset Advance Publication Number: 531500
Filing Date: 10/01/18
Frequency of issue: Weekly
Number of issues published annually: 52
Annual subscription price $20
Known office of publication: 821 Franklin Ave., Ste 208, Garden City NY 11530
Contact person: Meg Norris
Tel. number: 931-0012
Complete mailing address of headquarters of publisher: 821 Franklin Ave., Ste 208, Garden City NY 11530
Publisher: Margaret
M. Norris, 821 Franklin Ave., Ste 208, Garden City NY 11530
Editor: same as above
Managing Editor: Same as above
Owner: Litmor Publications, Inc., 821 Franklin Ave., Ste 208, Garden City NY 11530
Margaret Norris, 821 Franklin Ave., Ste 208, Garden City NY 11530
Known bondholders: none
Tax status: the purpose, function and non-profit status of this organization and the exempt status for federal income tax purposes has not changed during the preceding 12 months.
Extent and nature of circulation: Average number of circulation: Average number of copies each issue during the preceding 12 months:
Total number of copies: 3600
Paid or requested circulation:
1. Paid/Requested Outside County Mail Subscriptions
Stated on Form 3541: 22
2. Paid In-County
Subscriptions: 523
3. Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales and other non
USPS Paid Distribution: 3010
4. Other Classes Mailed Through the USPS: 0
Total paid and/or requested circulation: 3555
Free distribution by Mail
1. Outside County: 1
2 In County: 3
3 Other Classes Mailed
Through USPS: 0
Free distribution outside the mail: 0
Total Free distribution: 4
Total distribution: 3559
Copies not distributed: 41
Total: 3600
Percent paid and/or requested circulation: 98%
16 Electronic Copy Circulation
a. Paid Electronic copies 0
b. Total paid print copies + paid electronic copies 3555
c. Total print distribution + paid electronic copies 3559
d. Percent paid (both print and electronic copies) 99%
Extent and nature of circulation: Actual no. of copies of single issue published nearest to actual filing date:
Total number of copies: 3600
Paid or requested circulation:
1. Paid/Requested Outside County Mail Subscriptions
Stated on Form 3541: 20
2. Paid In-County
Subscriptions: 492
3. Sales Through Dealers and Carriers, Street Vendors, Counter Sales and other non
USPS Paid Distribution: 3007
4. Other Classes Mailed
Through the USPS: 0
Total paid and/or requested circulation: 3519
Free distribution by mail:
1. Outside County as Stated on Form 3541: 1
2. In County as Stated on Form 3541: 8
3. Other Classes Mailed
Through USPS: 0
Free distribution outside the mail: 0
Total free distributions: 9
Total distributions: 3528
Copies not distributed: 72
Total: 3600
Percent paid and/or requested circulation: 97%
16 Electronic Copy Circulation
a. Paid Electronic copies 0
b. Total paid print copies + paid electronic copies 3519
c. Total print distribution + paid electronic copies 3528
d. Percent paid (both print and electronic copies) 99%
NOTICE OF SALE
Supreme Court County Of Nassau
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON TRUST COMPANY
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY
N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION
HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE
ASSET-BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2003-KS7, Plaintiff, vs. SALLY CHARNO, if living, and if she/he be deceased, the heirs at law, next of kin, distributees, 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 otherwise, any right title or interest in and to the premises described in the complaint herein, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to the plaintiff and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained; MANDICOR, LLC; BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PICKET FARM HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; BOARD MANAGERS OF THE HAMLET CONDOMINUM II; HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE; CAPITAL ONE BANK USA NA; KMT ENTERPRISES INC.; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. FKA HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, F.A.; JUNE NOOR; ALI NOOR; THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, “JOHN DOE #3” through “JOHN DOE #12, “the last ten names being fictitious and unknown to plaintiff the persons or parties intended being the tenants, occupants, persons or corporations, if any, having or claiming an interest in or lien upon the premises described in the complaint, Defendants.
INDEX NO. 007818/2015
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 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) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; 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.
NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT
THE OBJECT of the above caption action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure the sum of $390,000.00 and interest, recorded on June 30, 2003, at Liber M24383 Page 345, of the Public Records of NASSAU County, New York, covering premises known as 196 ALTA TERRACE JERICHO, NY 11753.
The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the premises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the
Mortgage described above. NASSAU County is designated as the place of trial because the real property affected by this action is located in said county.
NOTICE:
YOU 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.
Plaintiff designates NASSAU as the place of trial situs of the real property.
SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS Mortgaged Premises: 196 ALTA TERRACE JERICHO, NY, 11753
Section: 17
Block: 15 Lot: 22
RAS BORISKIN, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff BY: JAMES P. MURPHY, ESQ. 900 Merchants Concourse Westbury, NY 11590 516-280-7675
JNJ 7894
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Bike Rodeo at South Grove Elementary School
The
riding course
On September 22nd, the South Grove PTA worked with AAA to host a Bike Safety Rodeo for students.
Students from kindergarten through fifth grade came down with their families to the South Grove Annex parking lot to learn different bicycle riding skills, laws, and safety guidelines. Students then proceeded to have their tires checked and filled with air, helmets safely adjusted and seats moved up or down based on the riders’ heights.
South Grove Bike riders rode swiftly around AAA’s obstacle course, dodging parent volunteers posing as cars and other riding hazards. Students learned the correct way to signal for turns and how to safely navigate down a bumpy road with turns and opposing traffic, and were able to end their time with a student run tattoo station and a cold treat from Syosset’s favorite ice cream truck.
A bike safety check.
Syosset business brings international wear
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who started making shoes -- skilled trade shoemakers. They decided to continue that on the kibbutz, in their socialist way of living there. People lived, ate together and worked together and their children slept in baby houses. They saw the shoemaking was working so the operation turned into a factory so they started to sell the shoes throughout Israel,” Susan Lax said.
Stunning photos of the kibbutz farms and the modern Naot factories adorn the rear walls of the Woodbury flagship store, and the location is on the northern Israeli border near Lebanon and Syria, northwest of the Golan Heights. Over 1,000 Israelis work for Naot either directly or indirectly, and 1,000 Palestinians work for the brand in their own factories The two sides have been involved in manufacturing of Naot for over 50 years. The factory at the original kibbutz has workers with “every head covering” from Muslims and Jews to Christians, Ethiopians, Russians and Druze (a small Middle Eastern religious sect).
Steve Lax, chairman of the company, explains that part of the intrigue of the brand is that people don’t know how to pronounce Naot. “We are made in Israel so what is more beautiful in the desert than an oasis? Naot means beautiful too, as it’s also the root word for beauty in Hebrew. The name and the shoe has many different meanings. Every shoe is a joint venture and the shoes create jobs for Palestinians and Israelis,” he said.
Steve and Susan Lax call three places their home; Woodbury, New York City and Israel. The choice was there for them to open the Naot flagship store in Manhattan, but Syosset/Woodbury has been their main home for 22 years. Two of their three children attended the Syosset Central School District, first at Baylis Elementary and later graduating from Syosset High School. The Lax’s youngest daughter attended a Jewish day school, Solomon Schechter. They also have a company office 10 minutes away from Woodbury in Melville.
“This location in Woodbury Village was very convenient for us to keep an eye on the store for our flagship store for the United States, with 75 total stores worldwide. We were originally a sandal company and today we offer 1,200 different styles and colors of shoes. In our Woodbury store we rotate the displays although the catalog for the U.S. contains 700 varieties of shoes. Worldwide we offer 1,200 kinds of shoes and that’s too many to possibly display in a store the right way,” Lax said.
Susan Lax calls Naot “shoes of Peace” made in a part of the world often under scrutiny for political and religious conflicts.
Naot recently was announced as the “best design and comfort” winner for shoes in the United States and as “the
best company in the shoe industry” by the Independent Retailers Organization. Naot shoes feature removable insoles. The brand has high value among professionals involved in physical therapy as Steve Lax said Naot is the number one shoe brand referred for people suffering from plantar fasciitis.
“The brand and company “imprint” on the shoes evolved in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s with the move towards comfort and the inclusion of quark latex, a basic element of the European brands of shoes at the time. Those companies were making quark sandals and the kibbutz people bagan making it in the early 1970’s. That became the huge hit in Israel and now 90% of people there know Naot,” he said. The biggest seller from Naot in Israel is its birkenstock look-alike sandal. Steve Lax said the challenge there is now informing the Israeli buying public about the many different styles and colors Naot is currently producing.
Some of the Naot customers come to Woodbury with a familiarity and their own history with the brand from Israel, and they’re pleased to learn of a store now open on Long Island. But the word-of-mouth and referral business is also a key for Naot. On an average October Tuesday afternoon, a customer drove down from her central Connecticut home straight to Woodbury to visit Naot’s flagship location. As an employee of the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester in northeast Westchester County, she’s an active, on-her feet individual throughout the evening hours. After a flare-up of her back, her physical therapist recommended her to try on Naot shoes.
The first time for a customer trying on a shoe from Naot is “the worst the shoe will ever feel” Steve Lax says. After that, the sole of the shoe takes on the shape and form of an individual’s foot because the heat and pressure work on its insides.
“Every day the heat and pressure will make the shoes into an orthotic for your feet. The inside adjusts for place you need more support for your body. If you walk around all day or night long, the correct shoe is more important than getting a foot massage or going to see a chiropractor. People come to us and get their needs met with so many different styles of footwear,” he said.
Susan Lax said bringing a Naot flagship into Woodbury will help the community understand the value of being comfortable and looking good while doing so, and adding happiness to a simple part of life such as putting on your shoes each day. The Lax’s (and their Syosset/Woodbury locale) first became involved with Naot when Steve Lax took the opportunity as the U.S. distributor, working from his condo in Woodbury. Naot is currently sold in over 4,000 retail locations in the U.S., but its start was in Syosset and Woodbury.
“We started selling Naot out of the condo, then we did that out of a home with a one-car garage in Syosset. Then we moved back to a Woodbury home and housed the brand in one of the expandable warehouses on Robbins Lane in Syosset (at Aerial Way). Then we moved into a facility in Farmingdale and eventually to Melville,” he said.
Five years ago the couple bought the worldwide Naot company and decided to preserve the operations at the original kibbutz during a time of political turmoil in Israel.
“We were only distributing wholesale in the U.S. at larger footwear stores -- one of our beliefs before was that we never wanted to compete, as a sales location, with the independent retailers we have carrying the brand in their stores. But when we got 60 stores in Israel and 10 stores in Canada we looked
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into them and we wanted to reimagine the store locations. Here in Woodbury we have spent a great deal of time creating the store’s layout and images with our Naot brand telling its story. The story is told on our walls and the shoes are displayed. The concept was when you enter the Naot store, you should feel at home. And here we have found a gem of a store and location -- it’s modern and classic put together,” Steve Lax explains.
As part of its one-year celebration in Woodbury, the Naot flagship store will be hosting a weeklong #NaotGivesBack Event. The company recently posted on Facebook, “for every pair of Naots tried on October 23-28 a pair will be donated to TheMid-Island Y Jewish Community Center’s Rudman Family Food Pantry. For every pair purchased two pairs will be donated.”
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This Week at the Jericho Public Library
Friday, October 19th at 2:00PM
Great Performers with Marc CourtadeBurt Lancaster: Rugged Screen God
Burt Lancaster was a former circus acrobat who achieved Hollywood stardom in his first film. Lancaster alternated athletic roles with more sensitive portrayals including The Crimson Pirate , middle-aged alcoholic Doc Delaney in Come Back, Little Sheba, and the namesake lecherous charlatan in Elmer Gantry. His tryst with Deborah Kerr in From Here to Eternity is one of the most iconic moments in screen history. Join us in a tribute to this Academy Award winning actor.
Saturday, October 20th
from 10:00AM to 4:30PM
AARP Smart Driving
Completion of this program entitles you to a NYS insurance discount and point reduction. Bring your NY State Driver License and a pen to class. Coffee and tea will be available. Bring your lunch. This course is geared towards the mature driver.
You MUST bring your valid AARP membership card when registering AND to class to receive the member price. Cost: $20/AARP Members • $25/ Non-members • No Refunds
One person per check payable to “AARP” must be submitted when signing up. In-person registration ONLY.
Sunday, October 21st at 2:00PM Selections from the Classic American Songbook presented by The Hambones
This presentation draws upon influences both urban and rural, from the 50s to today. The Hambones have crafted a performance of songs covering classic rock, traditional, country and folk genres. Hits by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Kenny Chesney, Fats Domino, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Glen Campbell,
Model
Elvis Presley, and many more will have you tapping your feet and singing along!!!! This program is co-sponsored by the Jericho Library and The Town of Oyster Bay Distinguished Artists Concert Series. Tickets are required and available to ALL immediately. Non ticket holders will be seated as space allows.
Monday, October 22nd at 2:00PM
Art Lecture – Becoming Picasso: 1881 to 1918 with Professor Thomas Germano
This visual lecture looks at the early years of the life of Pablo Picasso. At nineteen, he had his debut exhibition with the influential dealer Ambroise Vollard. The early, lesser known works show the young painter transforming the styles and subjects of major modern artists such as Van Gogh, Gauguin, Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, and Cezanne. Within the first decade of the 20th century, Picasso not only created his Blue Period, but introduced a Rose Period, Iberian and African influenced paintings, and Cubism.
Tuesday, October 23rd at 2:00PM
News Currents with Elinor Haber
This is an opportunity to participate in an informal exchange about topics of the day - the international, national and local scene. We’ll focus on trends that affect us now and in the future. Bring your thoughts, issues and a friend to join in the discussion.
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 26th, 27th, and 28th Book Sale
It’s not just books! Come to the Jericho Library Book Sale in the Meeting Room during regular library hours. Items must be paid for in cash. Technology assistance is available in the Lobby during the Book Sale.
Train Center to benefit The Safe Center
The Trainville Hobby Depot will host a Model Train Show on Saturday, November 17th and Sunday, November 18th from 11:00AM to 4:00PM at the Hicksville Community Center, located at 28 West Carl Street in Hicksville. The Model Train Show includes operating model layouts coordinated by Trainville Hobby Depot. Donations are being accepted at the exhibit to support The Safe Center LI.
Admission to the exhibit is $5.00, children ages 4-11 years are $3.00 and entry for children under the age of 4 is free. For further information, please visit www.trainville.com or call (516) 433-4444.
The Safe Center LI provides a fast
South Grove Elementary School celebrates Back to School
The South Grove PTA threw their annual Back to School Social with parents, students, teachers and alumni. DJ Terry from Rhythm Artz returned to provide dance tunes while attendants
enjoyed playing on the field and playground and the ever popular bake sale. Here’s to a fun and successful school year.
The girls had a great time.
The teachers were on hand to help out.
and easy path to resources that assist in saving and changing the lives of the victims of domestic or dating abuse, child abuse, and rape and sexual assault. Counselors who are trained in the dynamics of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, and crisis intervention respond 24 hours a day to the needs of victims. The number is (516) 542-0404. The Safe Center’s services are available for all persons regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, marital status, disability or age. For more information, please visit The Safe Center LI at www.tscli.org.
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