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Town honors lifeguard for 50 years of service

New Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino recently honored TOBAY Beach Lifeguard John McGovern for an incredible 50 years of dedicated service to the residents of the Town of Oyster Bay. Since joining the Town of Oyster Bay as a Seasonal Lifeguard in 1967, John McGovern’s diligence and attention to detail, as well as his hard work and professionalism, earned him the enduring respect and admiration of his peers.

“John has dedicated the last five decades of his life to protecting the lives of swimmers and beach enthusiasts at TOBAY Beach and we are very proud to celebrate this incredible milestone,” Supervisor Saladino said. “His love for the job and his dedication to service are typical of the men and women who

so ably serve as Town of Oyster Bay Lifeguards.”

As a physical education teacher working in the Massapequa school district, McGovern felt lifeguarding was the perfect summer job. Initially John provided swim lessons at Florence Avenue Beach in the morning and then travelled to Tobay Beach to work as a lifeguard on the bayside in the afternoon. By 1975, John was a Senior Lieutenant at the ocean, joined by his wife Donna, who was a staff lifeguard. Through many years of hard work, and dedication to the beach, John became Assistant Captain in 1990 and was later joined by his son Kim, and his daughter Stacey, who were also ocean guards. As of the summer of 2013, McGovern became the

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Syosset beekeeper helps battle mite plague

BY GARY SIMEONE

Syosset resident, Clifford Struhl, has had an apiary at his home for eight years, so he knows the ins and outs of beekeeping. Struhl, has a special weapon to battle the recent plague of Varroa mites that have been infesting bee colonies worldwide

The Ultimate Robbing Screen, which Struhl helped to develop, has more features and costs less than traditional rob-

bing screens and helps to keep the mites from traveling hive to hive and spreading illness.

“I place the device on all the hives in the apiary and it helps to mitigate the transmission of mites between hives,” said Struhl. “This ensures healthy hives do not become sick hives.”

Struhl, a member of the Long Island Beekeepers Club, said that the Varroa mites have become a plague to honeybees beginning in the 1980’s when they were first introduced in this country.

“They suck the bees blood and act as a vector for viruses that attack the bees,” said Struhl. “What happens then is that the colonies tend to die because of an overabundance of these mites.”

He said it’s the job of the beekeeper to monitor and manage the mite population.

“I’ll do a mite count to see how many are in a hive and take measures to keep the mite population down.”

Multiple treatments can be used to control the mite population including the use of harsh chemicals and organic acids to kill off the mites.

Struhl said he prefers the use of organic mitocides, so the chemicals don’t build up in the hive and do damage to the resident honeybee population. He also likes to cycle through different types of mitocides so mites don’t have a chance to build up resistance.

Struhl first became interest-

ed in beekeeping after a friend of his asked him to watch his swarm of bees.

“At first I wasn’t to sure about the idea but I gradually came to enjoy the hobby.”

He ended up hooking up with an established beekeeper on the east end who taught him the fundamentals of beekeeping.

“Managing bees doesn’t require a lot of time, it’s all about the correct timing. I check the hives every week or two to

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Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino, right, congratulates TOBAY Beach lifeguard John McGovern, center, for 50 years of service.

Sy-Con comes to the Syosset Library

Educational program at American Armor Museum

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Sy-Con, Syosset Public Library’s first ever popular culture convention, starts on Friday, September 15 with the Harry Potter jazz rock band, Band in a Horcrux, at 7 PM. The festivities continue on Saturday, September 16 at 10 AM until 4:30 PM. Fans of all ages and genres will find guest authors, including speaker Wayne Gladstone, panels about fandoms, Manga, comics, gaming, trivia, costume characters, cosplay contests, and much more! All are welcome to this free event. To register for the cosplay contests and for more information, go to www.sycon. org or call 921-7161

St. Edward’s festival coming soon

It’s time once again to join in the fun and excitement of the annual St. Edward’s Festival located at the train station in Syosset. This festival marks the only one of its kind in our community - great rides, excellent food, raffle opportunities, and community camaraderie.

Throughout the fair, a plethora of local bands will entertain the crowds. On Thursday night, August 17, at 7 PM the “Midnight Society Band” will be on stage. Friday night, it’s “The Revelators Band” beginning at 7 PM. Saturday and Sunday bring about two bands each day. On Saturday, August 19, the “Aqua Cherry Band” will begin at 4:30 PM, followed by the “Kung Fu Betty Band” at

7:30 PM. During the Festival’s final day, Sunday, August 20, “Hollywood DriveBy Band” starts the afternoon off at 4:30 PM. “Mike Taylor Music” follows this at 7:30 PM. Come on down and enjoy the nightly entertainment.

Saturday evening is highlighted by a spectacular fireworks show. Thanks to fireworks sponsors, Ferrari’s Auto Body and Astoria Bank!

Without community sponsors and the cooperation and assistance of the Syosset Fire Department, the Second Precinct of the Nassau County Police Department, and the Town of Oyster Bay, this festival would not be as good and safe as it has proven to be in the past. Please support all of the sponsors!

Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano today announced that the Museum of American Armor, the Long Island Living History Group (LILHG) and Nassau County’s Old Bethpage Village Restoration will host a joint educational program for Long Island high school students to strengthen their understanding of World War II with a field trip this autumn. Entitled “Your Family’s World War II Legacy,” the program integrates classroom curriculum with operational armor, military field tactics and small arms in open woods reminiscent of World War II France.

“I want to thank the Museum of American Armor and the LI Living History Group for putting together such a vital and educational program for Long Island’s high school students,” said County Executive Mangano. “This program will provide students with a deeper understanding of World War II that will make real what they learn in the classroom. If the enormous legacy of that earlier American generation is to be upheld, it will be up to us to pass it on to the future generations.”

Lawrence Kadish, president and founder of the Museum of American Armor, stated, “There is not a family anywhere on Long Island that is not directly connected to the legacy of World War II. The challenge in sustaining that inheritance is that the hard lessons learned from that conflict are rarely explored in any depth in the classroom. This program changes the conversation.”

Participating Long Island school districts will have students arrive at Old Bethpage Village Restoration through-

out the day on October 16th, where living historians will introduce them to how, where and why World War II was fought, followed by armor and infantry field exercises that assault an enemy position. Park officials expect as many as 2,000 students to visit the military encampment throughout the day.

Gloria Sesso, chairperson of the Long Island Council for the Social Studies, observed, “This program builds on efforts of the armor museum, living historians and Nassau County to create a lasting educational environment that multitasks Old Bethpage Village Restoration. As educators, we welcome them as allies in helping tell the story of a war that forever changed the course of history and one that continues to direct the actions of nations around the world.”

Dr. Libby O’Connell, History Channel Chief Historian Emeritus and Chairperson of the NYC World War I Centennial Commission, said, “This day-long program has the means to become a statewide model for field trips that immerse students in a period of time that remains a pivotal moment in world history. Those school districts that participate should be commended for going above and beyond the curriculum that seeks merely to `teach to the test.’ Equally important, commendations should be offered to the Museum of American Armor, the living historians and Nassau County for placing these assets before educators and their students.”

Districts may contact Old Bethpage Village Restoration group reservations at 516-572-8408 to make reservations.

Town extends Friday Night Pool Hours for remainder of summer

With high temperatures and humidity expected throughout the month of August, Supervisor Joseph Saladino today announced that hours of operation at Town pools have been extended to 8:30pm on Friday nights for the remainder of the season.

“Enjoy Friday night family-time and beat the heat at one of our Town pools this August,” said Supervisor Saladino. “Pool hours of operations have been extended and I invite residents to come down to one of our five community pools and make it your backyard home-awayfrom-home.”

In addition to the extended Friday evening hours at all Town pools, weekday hours of operation were extended for the season beyond 7:00pm at the following locations and all resident pass-holders are welcome to visit any pool during this extended timeframe:

· Mondays until 8:30pmPlainview-Old Bethpage Community Park;

· Tuesdays until 8:30pmSyosset-Woodbury Community Park;

· Wednesday until 8:30pmBethpage Community Park;

· Thursdays until 8:30pmMarjorie R. Post Community Park in Massapequa; and

· Fridays until 30 minutes prior to sunset - Tappen Beach.

All Town pools feature recent upgrades, including new 50x20 foot cantilever sunshades, umbrellas and picnic tables as well as new lounge and dining chairs. Earlier this week, Supervisor Saladino and Councilwoman Michele Johnson announced plans to remodel restroom and shower facilities at Town pools in time for next summer season.

Town pools are open through Labor Day, and hours of operation were recently extended by the Town Board to accommodate working families. For more information, please visit www.oysterbaytown.com or call (516) 797-4128.

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Steak stealer sought

Crime Stoppers and the Nassau County Police Department are seeking the public’s help in identifying the pictured subject. The man is wanted in connection with a Petit Larceny which occurred in Jericho on Friday, May 26, at approximately 5:46 P.M.

According to police, the man was , was observed inside of the Whole Foods store located at 429 North Broadway, Jericho. They say he stole assorted steaks valued at $800 and fled the scene in a dark blue sedan.

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Grand Opening

New Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (fifth from left) recently attended the grand opening of A&S Pork Store located at 623 Jericho Turnpike. A&S takes pride in providing fresh meats, mozzarella, breads, prepared foods and imported specialty foods. They strive to exceed the expectations of their customers. Supervisor Saladino presented a citation while commending the owners and management of A&S Pork Store for creating local jobs and wished them tremendous success in their business endeavor.

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The NY political scene

BY BOB MORGAN, JR.

As this is written, I am celebrating the infamous birthday discussed in last week's column in Saratoga Springs with a group of friends.

One highlight of the trip was obtaining a paddock pass at the racetrack. This was the first time in my 30 years of attending races here that I was able to get so close to the horses and jockeys as they prepare for the post. Very interesting.

This evening will commence the Saratoga yearling auction, where optimistic buyers from all over the world can be expected to bid the sales prices of a few promising horses well above the $1 million level. The sales are an excellent spectator event even for those of us not possessed of the resources to purchase an keep a thoroughbred.

in light of the strong desire of a number of interest groups in preserving at all costs a some existing provisions in the state constitution (for example relating to pension rights of state workers), approval of the constitutional convention seems doubtful.

Even more action will occur in 2018. Governor Andrew Cuomo, who may have his eye on the White House, will be seeking reelection. There are a number of potential Republican challengers, including his 2014 opponent, Rob Astorino, Harry Wilson and John DeFrancisco. The governor also may face a Democratic primary challenger, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner.

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My trip upstate seems like a good opportunity to take another look at politics in New York State. It is sometimes hard to remember on a trip upstate that the relatively bucolic counties that you encounter are just as much a part of New York State as the bustling downstate counties of New York City and its suburbs. But New York is a big and diverse state and the policies adopted in Albany makes a big difference to millions of people all the way from Niagara Falls to Montauk Point.

In the very immediate future, there are a number of important votes in New York State on the November 2017 ballot, including the county executive elections in Nassau and Westchester counties and the New York City mayoral race, where, despite a lackluster tenure, Mayor Bill de Blasio has the advantage of a huge Democratic registration advantage as he llseeks reelection.

While Governor Cuomo is the clear favorite in the race, and has a sizable campaign war chest, this race may be more difficult than his prior two runs. In 2014, Mr. Astorino ran pretty well outside of New York City, but was overwhelmed in the city. Right now, however, city residents are very unhappy about the subway system, and have directed some of their displeasure at Mr. Cuomo, who has effective control of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

There also will be significant races downballot next year. Democrats are hoping for a wave election nationwide next year, giving them control of the House of Representatives. Among their larger targets will be in New York State, where a number of the nine House seats currently held by the GOP are in marginal districts.

Perhaps the most important issue on the ballot in the fall, however, is whether to assemble a convention to propose, subject to later ratification by the voters, some changes in the state constitution. (A referendum on this subject is required every 20 years.) As discussed in a previous column, given the rather low repute of much of the state government, there is considerable merit to a constitutional convention. However,

And last, but definitely not least, regular Democrats will make one more attempt to gain numerical control of the state senate, the one bulwark of Republican power in state government, currently in GOP hands by a razor thin margin. A complicating factor here is the Independent Democratic Caucus, a renegade group of state senators that for now has allied itself with chamber Republicans.

In short, whether you live in Saratoga Springs, New York City or Nassau County, state political developments will be of considerable importance in the next two years.

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Incidents that have occurred recently in the local area include:

A cell phone and driver’s license were stolen from a purse at a location on Old Country Road in East Garden City at 5:20 p.m. on July 17.

Three men were arrested and were charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana at a parking lot on Merrick Avenue in Westbury at 8:55 p.m. on July 20. Arrested were two men from Uniondale and one man from Katy. All arrested were 19 years of age.

At the Pines Motor Lodge, located on Taylor Avenue in Westbury, a 27-yearold man from Conyers was arrested and was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana on July 20 at 10:55 p.m.

A 48-year-old woman from Glen Head was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on Dubois Avenue in Sea Cliff at 2:14 a.m. on July 21.

n Unknown subjects keyed a vehicle that had been parked on Old Country Road in Mineola between 5 p.m. on July 21 and 9 a.m. the next morning.

At the intersection of New Hyde Park Road and Hillside Avenue in New Hyde Park, a 30-year-old man from Brooklyn was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated at 3:05 a.m. on July 22.

At 1:30 p.m. on July 22, a 38-yearold man from New Cassel was arrested and charged with Shoplifting from Walgreens in Westbury.

At Macy’s in East Garden City, a 30-year-old woman from Roosevelt was arrested and charged with Shoplifting at 2:30 p.m. on July 22.

At 5:10 p.m. on July 22, a 41-year-old woman from Wantagh was arrested and charged with Shoplifting from Sephora in East Garden City.

A 36-year-old woman from Hempstead and a 40-year-old woman from South Floral Park were arrested at 5:45 p.m. on July 22 for shoplifting from Walgreen’s in Westbury.

On Elm Place in Sea Cliff, unknown subjects broke the rear passenger-side window of a parked vehicle at 6 p.m. on July 22.

At the Great Neck Long Island Railroad Station on Middle Neck Road and Station Plaza in Great Neck Plaza, unknown subjects removed a victim’s bicycle from the bike rack sometime between 6:30 and 11:45 p.m. on July 22.

A rear passenger window was broken and a pocketbook was stolen from

a vehicle on Post Avenue in Westbury between 7 and 8 p.m. on July 22.

n Sometime between 7 p.m. on July 22 and 9:30 a.m. the next morning, unknown subjects entered a victim’s vehicle by breaking the front passenger side front window. The damage occurred on Cherry Lane East in Syosset.

On July 22 at 11:55 p.m., a 34-year-old man from Manorhaven was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated at the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Old Country Road in Westbury.

At 3:13 a.m. on July 23, a 32-year-old man from West Babylon was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on Hempstead Turnpike in Uniondale.

n On Railroad Avenue in Roslyn, a 46-year-old man from Old Westbury was arrested and was charged with Driving While Intoxicated on July 23 at 3:45 a.m.

n Unknown subjects damaged the front windshield of a car that was parked in Echo Park, located on Nassau Boulevard in West Hempstead. The damage occurred between 8 and 8:45 p.m. on July 23.

Assorted personal property was stolen from a vehicle on Walsh Lane in Westbury between 11:30 p.m. on July 23 and 1 a.m. the next morning.

A victim has reported that his PVC fencing on Birchwood Park Drive in Syosset was damaged between 9 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on July 24.

n At the Westbury Floral Design Shop on Post Avenue in Westbury, a complainant reports that the glass front of the shop was broken sometime between 7 p.m. on July 24 and 7:30 a.m. the next morning.

n At 7:15 p.m. on July 24, a 19-yearold man from Levittown was arrested on Hardy Lane in Westbury. He was charged with Criminal Possession of Marijuana.

n At XSport Fitness in East Garden City, a gym bag was stolen from a locked locker at 1:45 p.m. on July 25.

A barbeque grill was stolen from a locked outdoor display at Hampton Appliances in Eat Garden City. The item was taken between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. on July 26.

At 9 p.m. on July 26, a pocketbook containing a passport, identification card, cell phone, and US currency were stolen from Sara in East Garden City.

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Jericho Jewish Center enjoys hiking and halacha

On Sunday July 30, fifteen Jericho Jewish Center hikers gathered at Caumsett State Park for a fun morning. The group did the entire loop to the house on the water and paused for a teaching about the prayer for travel as well as the prayer for safety when one experienced danger.

The final hike for the season will be on Sunday September 10 at 10:30 am at Stillwell Woods Park in Syosset. All are welcome! Please contact Rabbi Ben Herman at 516-938-2540 x114 or at rabbi@jerichojc.org if you are interested in attending.

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Three of our younger hikers take a break

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Independent Press award given to Plainview author

BY GARY SIMEONE

Tracy Stopler’s debut novel, The Ropes That Bind, earned her the 2017 Independent Press Award in the Women’s Fiction and Women’s Issue’s categories. The story is a tale of overcoming a traumatic childhood experience and is based on a true story of the author’s life.

“It’s an inspirational story about overcoming adversity and also how an adverse experience can have a direct effect on a child’s life,” said Stopler.

The story takes place in the Bronx, where the main protagonist, Tali Stark, is a nine year old girl who innocently gives directions to a man in a white limousine.

A day of walking to school in the Co-op City neighborhood she lives in takes a downward spiral after Tali is abducted by the man and is sexually molested over the course of three hours.

“This happens to her when she is nine and she doesn’t tell anyone what happened until she is twenty two,” said Stopler. “The story takes the reader through her High School and college years, through a failed marriage and divorce.”

Stopler said that she wanted to show in the book how a childhood trauma is long lasting and has real tangible effects on the brain of a developing human being.

She said that even the main characters name, Tali Stark, is significant in meaning.

“The name Tali means morning dew which is considered a blessing and Stark equals strength of character. I

wanted the protagonist to have a strong name.”

Stopler, an Adelphi University professor and a registered dietician at Nutrition Etc. In Bethpage said she doesn’t consider herself a writer but just wanted to tell a story about something she feels strongly about.

“The statistics show that one in four women and one in six men are sexually abused by someone before their eighteenth birthday and 90% of the time it’s not reported,” said Stopler. “Usually that someone is a person that the child either knows, lives and trusts suchvas a family member, teacher, coach or clergyman.”

In the book Tali tries to overcome her demons by becoming obsessed with tracking missing and exploited children’s cases and trying to figure out the best ways to help them.

As the years go by she takes part in multiple therapy sessions through the art of meditation and becomes interested in the ancient Jewish tradition of Kabbalah.

“She does empowering things in her life such as climbing Mt Kilimanjaro and there’s also kind of a beautiful love story that takes place.”

Shortly before The Ropes That Bind debuted in August of last year, Stopler began working as an abuse coordinator at the Safe Center LI in Bethpage. At the part-time position she gives free seminars on how to protect children from sexual abuse and educates adults on how to look for signs of child abuse.

More information on Stopler’s novel can be found on the website, theropesthatbind.com

Town honors lifeguard

Captain of the TOBAY Lifeguards. With his leadership, the TOBAY lifeguard corps is second to none and remains the best trained, most loyal, and most dedicated corps on the east coast.

“John established a legacy of excellence that makes him a role model for every lifeguard to follow in his foot-

steps thereafter,” Supervisor Saladino added. “Every day he watches over the sands and beaches of TOBAY, he exemplifies and upholds the finest traditions associated with ocean lifeguarding. He represents the best of the best and we thank him for his dedicated service to residents of the Town of Oyster Bay.”

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News Currents with Elinor Haber

Monday, August 14th at 2:00 PM

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.

Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, August 14th at 7:30 PM

The monthly meeting of the Board of Trustees will be held in the 2nd floor Community Room. The public is

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Great Performers with Marc Courtade The Voice of Gordon MacRae Friday, August 18th at 2:00 PM

Gordon MacRae’s career spanned forty years and included radio, television, movies and Broadway. As a leading man he starred with Doris Day in Tea for Two and On Moonlight Bay and with Shirley Jones in Oklahoma and Carousel. Join Marc for a look at this talented star.

Syosset Library presents autism friendly production of Rapunzel

On Sunday, October 15, at 12 noon, Syosset Public Library will present the play Rapunzel for children with autism and autism-spectrum disorders and their families. The play will run approximately one hour and the entire family is invited for a fun, lively, musical performance. The production will be specially designed and adapted by Plaza Productions, Inc., and will be held in the library theater. A calming corner and

coping tools will be available during the performance to assist families, if necessary. Seats will be available to reserve by phone or email beginning Monday, September 18th.

For any questions or concerns, contact splchildrens@syossetlibrary.org or call 516-921-7161 ext 222. For more information visit the Library’s website at www.syossetlibrary.org.

COLLEGE NOTES

The following local students have been named to the Marist College Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 semester:

• Barbara Aprilakis of Syosset is a member of the Class of 2018 and is majoring is Business Administration.

• Gabrielle Galante of Woodbury is a member of the Class of 2018 and is majoring is Applied Mathematics.

n Kiera Scognamiglio, a East Norwich, native, traveled to Hawaii this summer as part of Belmont University’s largest group of student travelers in university history. With more than 650 students participating in 34 programs, including Maymester trips, students will spend time in Greece, Brazil, England, France, Switzerland and Haiti, among many other locations.

Syosset beekeeper helps battle mite plague

do an inspection to check for mites and make sure the hives are healthy.”

He said that he has received over 400 pounds of honey from the bee’s nectar that he puts into jars to give away.

Last year he took 24 pounds of honey, putting them into one pound bottles, which he gave away to the North Syos-

set Civic Association annual barbecue.

“This is a growing hobby for people in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s that does not require a lot of time and can be a very rewarding experience. People can watch the honeybees and learn about their overall biology.”

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Mansions on Fifth Historic Hotel is Steps Away from Pittsburgh’s Top Cultural Attractions

BY KAREN RUBIN

I must admit to relishing my stay in Pittsburgh’s Shadyside neighborhood, where I am staying at Mansions on Fifth, two mansion homes originally built in the early 1900s by Willis F. McCook, a prosperous attorney and legal counsel to steel and coke magnate Henry Clay Frick for himself, his wife Mary and their 10 children, that have been turned into a boutique hotel (see story, 8/4). The neighborhood was also home to most of the city’s (and therefore, the nation’s) leading industrialists, innovators and bankers, including George Westinghouse, Henry Clay Frick, Andrew Mellon, Andrew Carnegie and the rest of Pittsburgh’s exceptionally wealthy and powerful families of the era, and boasts stunning mansions, churches as well as some of the city’s most important cultural attractions.

Staying at the mansion, you really feel part of that whole privileged Gilded Age society. The guilty pleasure of feeling like an industrial titan for a day.

A young woman from the hotel spends a lot of time with me suggesting how to best spend my afternoon exploring. It turns out, the hotel (a true mansion) is only a short walk to the Carnegie Museum of Art. She also tells me about the Cathedral of Learning a

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few blocks beyond, in what is technically the Oakland neighborhood.

I set off for the short walk to Carnegie Museum of Art (it is attached to the Carnegie Museum of National History, two of four Carnegie museums; the others are the Carnegie Museum of Science and the Warhol Museum, downtown), dazzled when I pass the neighboring mansions along Fifth Avenue. It reminds me of Newport or Palm Beach.

The Carnegie Museum of Art is arguably

the first museum of contemporary art in the United States, collecting the “Old Masters of tomorrow” since the inception of the Carnegie International in 1896 – held at various times, from which much of the present museum’s collection came (there are notes that say if the painting was in an exposition).

“While most art museums founded at the turn of the century focused on collections of well-known masters, Andrew Carnegie envisioned a museum collection consisting of the ‘Old Masters of tomorrow.’ In 1896, he initiated a series of exhibitions of contemporary

art and proposed that the museum’s paintings collection be formed through purchases from this series. Carnegie, thereby, founded what is arguably the first museum of modern art in the United States.

Early acquisitions of works by such artists as Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, and Camille Pissarro laid the foundation for a collection that today is distinguished in American art from the mid-19th century to the present, in French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and in significant late-20th-century works. Today the International remains an important source for the museum’s acquisitions of contemporary art. Presented every three to five years, it features works by contemporary artists from around the globe.”

It is a stunning collection – much of it coming out of annual Carnegie International Art Expositions, or from other important benefactors including Mellon and Scaife. Some of the galleries are arranged much like those historic expositions, with multi-levels of paintings; some of the rooms are more intimate, like private collections, and some are more institutional. The notes and themes that accompany the rooms and individual pieces are wonderful and insightful.

Just about every artist of note is represented with at least one piece – including an exemplary collection of Impressionists and PostImpressionists.

I take particular note of Childe Hassam’s snow scene, “Fifth Avenue in Winter,” of New York City, painted circa 1892, when here I am on Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh.

The entire museum, though, is a reminder of how an economy that is designed to bestow

such riches on a small segment, at the expense of the vast majority produces a society in which “the public” depends on the kindness and charity of the ultra-wealthy.

This juxtaposition was absolutely clear in one room where the massive (18 feet high and 26 feet long) gilded and lacquered relief, The Chariot of Aurora, takes up an entire wall. The stunning example of Art Deco was a gift of the renowned collector Frederick K. Koch in 1994 (brother of billionaires Charles and David Koch, who have their names on the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, PBS, and scores others, as well as significant donors to political candidates and entities).

Just next door is a room devoted to Pittsburgh artists, including Raymond Simboli, whose “Pinkerton Riot” depicting the Homestead Strike at the Carnegie & Frick steel mills so brutally put down in 1892, uses the dress is of the 1940s. Another artist, Sam Rosenberg, similarly paints from the perspective of working class Pittsburghers in such stark contrast.

I set out for the Cathedral of Learning and find myself in the Carnegie Library, another cathedral of Learning, just across the street from the academic tower.

Truly an inspiring place, Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning looms large over the city – in fact, I am told, the largest academic structure in North America.

It is part of the University of Pittsburgh which “was well on the way to becoming an acropolis of neoclassical buildings on an Oakland hillside when John G. Bowman became the University’s 10th chancellor in 1921. In those years following World War I, student enrollment had dramatically increased,

A parting shot of the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh. The Carnegie Museum of Art was America’s first “contemporary art museum,” with much of its collection drawn from the Carnegie International exhibits designed to showcase “Old Masters of tomorrow.” © 2017 Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

causing a critical shortage of space. A 14-acre plot known as Frick Acres, which housed residences, gardens, and tennis courts, became the focus of Dr. Bowman’s plans to erect a monumental building. A structure expanding upward, though unorthodox, would solve the growing University’s problems of space and distance. More important, a tower would be a visible inspiration to all who approached the city. It would carry the message that education was the result of aspiring to great heights. The parallel lines of the truncated Gothic form, never meeting, would imply that learning is unending. The sweeping proportions would symbolize the spirit and achievement of Pittsburgh. Architect Charles Z. Klauder translated these concepts into drawings that guided the placement of steel and stone.”

Chancellor John Gabbert Bowman, himself, offered the reasoning behind designing such a dramatic tower: “The building was to be more than a schoolhouse; it was to be a symbol of the life that Pittsburgh through the years had wanted to live. It was to make visible something of the spirit that was in the hearts of pioneers as, long ago, they sat in their log cabins and thought by candlelight of the great city that would sometime spread out beyond their three rivers and that even they were starting to build.”

The Cathedral of Learning is as much a monument to the immigrants who flooded its halls in their quest for education as a ticket to the American Dream.

Following World War I, Chancellor Bowman was charged with developing a great university in a city richly populated with firstgeneration immigrant families. He wanted to provide students with unique classrooms which would reflect a highly-creative period in the motherlands of Pittsburgh’s new citizens. He conceived the idea of inviting community representatives of diverse nations to plan and

build classrooms depicting an era or aspect of the heritage they had brought to America – known today as the Nationality Rooms –appointing Ruth Crawford Mitchell as his special assistant. It took 30 years.

At the Cathedral of Learning, I seek out the “Nationality Rooms” – each one for a different nationality, such as Irish, Hungarian, Polish, Armenian, of ethnic groups who settled in Allegheny County. Rooms were subsequently added – like the Israel Room, in 1987 after a 30-year hiatus, which is modeled after a 1st-century stone dwelling in Galilee.

Unfortunately, when I get to there, the rooms are locked for the weekend, but I get to peek through peep-holes to the Irish room (the other rooms have peep holes much too high).

Members of Quo Vadis, a student organization, conduct guided tours for nearly 30,000 visitors each year. Special interpretations are adapted for children, senior citizens, the handicapped, and groups with special interests such as architecture, interior design, art, mythology, or religion. (see http://www. nationalityrooms.pitt.edu/content/touringoptions-requesting-group-tours )

Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

Shadyside has been Pittsburgh’s premier upscale address for more than a century. It is fairly obvious that this was once home to Pittsburgh’s robber barons – who could enjoy the clean, cool air well away from the choking smoke belching from their steel mills that shrouded the rest of the city - and now features a legacy of stunning housing on leafy green streets, awe-inspiring churches, and two active and growing business districts (Walnut Street and Ellsworth Avenue) with retail stores and eating and drinking establishments, including several that are considered among the best in See page D6

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Fortieth wedding anniversary

BY JIM CONNORS

Sunday, July 9th, marked the fortieth anniversary of my wedding. Time to celebrate and do what? After some thought, my wife and I decided to revisit our original home and environs where it all took place.

Our first home was an apartment rental in fashionable Riverdale, an upper class residential area in the northwest section of the Bronx. We lived there for a period of a little less than three years.

My wife is a Bronx native and at the time of our wedding was a probation worker for Westchester County. Her office was in Yonkers, a short distance from Riverdale. I was a teacher at Baldwin High School on Long Island. We talked of future plans of some day getting a residence convenient to both of us.

Our daughter was born in Riverdale and so it holds many fond memories of

the origin of our marriage and family.

On a typical Sunday in Riverdale after Mass at the Visitation Roman Catholic Church, where we were married, we would visit a local eatery known as the Riverdale Diner for some breakfast or lunch.

The Riverdale Diner is still at the same location. It has been expanded and has remained very popular. A check of the Internet indicated it was rated four and a half stars. It was crowded with a good cross section of patrons.

We found the menu to our liking and the service to be excellent. My wife is inclined by nature to be gregarious and let it be known that we were celebrating our wedding anniversary . Once that became known, the diner workers couldn’t do enough for us including giving us a free wedding cake.

After a very satisfying meal, we set out to visit other familiar places of interest. The first was our old apartment rental. It is now known as the

Dorchester with an attractive green awning crowning its extensive granite and brick well designed structure. It has become an expensive co-op building offering a variety of apartments for sale.

We visited the Visitation Church where we were married on July 9, 1977. It is right outside of the extensive Van Cortland fields and has not changed a great deal.

We toured the old neighborhood and found that the Bronx and Riverdale had aged well and looked clean and well maintained.

Riverdale is the home of two outstanding independent schools of learning. Horace Mann is an elite college preparatory school founded in 1887. It is reputed to be the second most expensive private school in New York City. One of its better known alumni is former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, 54th Governor of New York in 2007.

Manhattan College is a private inde-

and said to be among the best colleges in New York.

My wife and I are both graduates of Manhattan College. I graduated in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and my wife in 1970 with a Master’s degree. I attended Manhattan College on a sports scholarship for which I am forever grateful. No trip to Riverdale would be complete without a tour of Manhattan College.

We were able to tour the college and to stay a while as a courtesy offered by a security guard. The campus was in excellent shape and indicated a number of upgrades. The library has been expanded and displayed the latest innovations in technology.

The day was a very enjoyable one for my wife and me, full of nostalgia and pleasant memories. It was very nice to be able to spend some time and be able to speak well of our original home.

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BY TOM MARGENAU

I discussed this issue about six months ago. But for some reason, my email inbox continues to be crammed with questions from older folks who say they are planning to move overseas and want to know what happens with their Social Security benefits once they pack their bags and head to some exotic foreign locale.

Maybe some people are starting to make good on their pledges to leave the country if Donald Trump was elected president. Or perhaps others see some of the same websites I do that entice you with headlines similar to this one I recently read: “Live like royalty on your Social Security check in Thailand!”

Anyone planning to do that needs to read a booklet that the Social Security Administration produces called Social Security -- Your payments while you are outside the United States. You can find it online at SSA’s website. Just click the “Publications” link near the bottom of the homepage. Once there, pull down the “Topics” menu and you’ll find the booklet under the “General Information” section.

By reading that publication, you will learn that if you are a U.S. citizen, the rules are pretty simple. You can get your Social Security benefits almost anywhere in the world. The Treasury Department doesn’t allow any federal government checks to be sent to North Korea or Cuba. And there are Social Security restrictions that prevent benefits from being sent to Vietnam and most of the republics that formerly made up the Soviet Union (places like Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, etc.). There are some exceptions to those Social Security restrictions, if any of those remote places are beckoning you in retirement.

If you are not a U.S. citizen, but you have lived in this country legally and worked and earned Social Security benefits, then the rules get a little more complicated. I will briefly explain some of them.

If you are citizen of one of the 23 countries that have Social Security treaty agreements with the U.S. (they are listed in the aforementioned booklet), then you also can get your benefits anywhere in the world -- with the same restrictions that apply to U.S. citizens outlined above. You’ll find the list of countries on page five of the booklet. The list includes most European countries as well as places like Israel, Australia, Japan and South Korea. Page six of the booklet has another list of countries. If you are a citizen of one of those countries, you can get your Social Security benefits while living outside the U.S., but only if you are receiving Social Security retirement or disability benefits. If you get Social Security dependent or survivors benefits, then the rules really get messy

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-- way too complicated to explain in the short space of this column. Please refer to the booklet.

If you are not a citizen of one of the countries listed on pages five and six of the booklet but you are receiving U.S. Social Security benefits, then those benefits will most likely stop once you have been outside the country for more than six months.

If you are getting Social Security benefits while living overseas, then you are generally subject to the same rules and regulations that apply to Social Security beneficiaries in the United States. And some of the rules are even more restrictive. For example, there is an earnings penalty that applies to any Social Security beneficiary in this country who is under age 66 and making more than about $17,000 per year. But if you are under age 66 and living overseas, you won’t get your Social Security check for any month you work more than 45 hours, no matter how much money you make. There are exceptions to this rule. The most common is this: If you work for a U.S. corporation overseas, then you are subject to the more lenient earnings penalty rules that apply to U.S. residents.

If you are getting Social Security disability benefits while living overseas, the same rules apply to you as apply to people living in this country. That means, for example, that your claim will be periodically reviewed to make sure you are still disabled.

If you are a U.S. citizen living overseas, the benefits you receive are subject to the same income tax payments that apply to U.S. residents. If you are not a U.S. citizen, then SSA will automatically withhold a portion of your benefits to cover possible tax obligations -- although there are some exceptions to that rule.

Most people living overseas have their benefits sent by direct deposit to a bank in the country where they are living. On page 27 of the booklet mentioned earlier, there is a long list of countries that have an international direct deposit treaty agreement with the United States. Assuming you have moved to one of those countries, you will have no problem getting your benefits electronically.

If you need to conduct some kind of Social Security business once you are living overseas, obviously you can’t drive across town and visit your local Social Security office. But every U.S. embassy and consulate has a person on staff who is trained to handle Social Security business. Or, assuming you have internet access, you can use SSA’s website.

One final point. Your Medicare coverage only works while you are living in the United States. So if you move to a foreign country, and think you will be there for good, you might as well cancel

the parts of Medicare for which you pay a monthly premium. These are usually Part B (medical insurance) and Part D (drug insurance).

Other than that: Bon voyage! And send me a postcard from one of those

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

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the city. Shadyside is also home to Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham University, Shadyside Hospital of UPMC, and the Hillman Cancer Center.

I take my bike for a spin around the neighborhood and am dazzled by the architecture.

The large residential area includes beautifully restored Victorian mansions alongside modern homes and condos (I notice that many of the houses have lawn signs stating in three languages, “No matter where you are from, we are glad you’re our neighbor.”)

Shadyside is also walking (or an easy bikeride) distance from two other distinctive Pittsburgh neighborhoods:

Home to prestigious museums, world-class hospitals and universities and international cuisine, Oakland is considered the cultural, academic and medical center of Pittsburgh, where you will find the Carnegie Museums of Art and Natural History, the Carnegie Library and Cathedral of Learning, among other cultural venues. It is also one of Pittsburgh’s liveliest neighborhoods, with cool coffee shops, multi-cultural eateries and interesting specialty shops alongside grand architecture. Oakland offers all of the attractions of a major university in terms of concerts, lectures, theater and other entertainment, along with a wide variety of retail offerings, bookstores, restaurants and bars (ethnic and otherwise). (onlyinoakland. org)

I am particularly intrigued as I drive to Mansions on Fifth from the highway, to pass a synagogue. This is Squirrel Hill, one of the

fastest growing sections of Pittsburgh, which I learn has also been a home to Pittsburgh’s Jewish community for many years. That history is reflected in the storefronts of the neighborhood’s two main business streets, Forbes Avenue and Forward Avenue, which feature a variety of grocery stores, retailers and restaurants honoring the Jewish heritage.

Squirrel Hill is also one of Pittsburgh’s most delightfully diverse neighborhoods as well, with residents (many connected to nearby universities and hospitals) from all over the world, reflected in the diversity of the cuisine of the various restaurants and eateries. Five minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, Squirrel Hill combines tree lined residential streets, a bustling business district, internationally recognized educational institutions, and two large public parks spanning 1100 acres. Mansions on Fifth, 5105 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, 412-381-5105, 800-4659550, http://mansionsonfifth.com/

For more information, contact Visit Pittsburgh, 412-281-7711, 800-359-0758, 877LOVE PGH (568-3744), info@visitpittsburgh. com, www.visitpittsburgh.com

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Keep that Garden Growing in the Fridge Plus More Great Reader Tips

BY MARY HUNT

If you suffer the heartbreak of flabby celery, asparagus and herbs despite your best efforts to keep them fresh and lovely -at least for as long as it takes to use them up -- one simple change in the way you store them could make all the difference. You’ll read that and so much more in today’s post, all courtesy of your fellow EC readers!

FRESHER LONGER. You are right about treating asparagus, celery and fresh herbs like cut flowers to preserve them, but you left out the step I learned during a brief spell in the floral trade: Trim the bottoms of the stalks first. Even when the bundles have been sitting in water at the grocer’s, they were left dry in transit and will have dried up enough at the cut ends to close off a lot of the capillary passages. Trimming to fresh green lets more water be pulled in to keep the stalks alive. I usually do that as soon as I get home; this helps to revive any stalks that have gotten a little flabby. -- Will (The exception to this is green onions, aka scallions, which should be stored in a plastic bag in a refrigerator crisper drawer. -- Mary)

ROUGH IT UP. Instead of spending time and money to replace and install new wiper blades, renew them: Pinch a piece of sand-

paper between your thumb and forefinger. Run the sandpaper along the edge of the rubber blade, first on one side and then the other. This will renew the surface so it efficiently wipes the windshield. You can do this two or three times before a blade is completely spent and requires replacement. -- Walter

CONDITIONER FOR SHAVING. I always have too much hair conditioner because I use very little compared to my shampoo. That means we always seem to accumulate half-full or mostly empty conditioner bottles in our bathroom. Add to that, I don’t like using soap (too drying) or shaving foam (too expensive) to shave my legs and underarms. I discovered that using conditioner works great as a shaving lotion! It makes for very smooth shaving, and my legs are soft and silky afterward.

-- Mary B.

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WHERE ODORS HIDE. I remove the rubber gasket above the garbage disposal on a regular basis so I can clean its under-

side. That’s where particles of food accumulate and contribute to garbage disposal odor. Keeping it clean helps eliminate those odors. -- Fran HAIRSPRAY OVERSPRAY. If your bathroom mirror, countertop, wall, woodwork or floor get covered with hairspray like mine do, spray the surface with ordinary rubbing alcohol, and then follow with a damp cloth to wipe it away. That will remove the hairspray overspray -- even a stubborn accumulation -- and leave the areas sparkling clean. -- Justine

FLIP ‘EM OVER. Store sour cream, cottage cheese, jelly and sauces upside down in the fridge to retain freshness and prevent mold. It’s a simple principle: The content of the jar creates its own seal against oxygen. -- Morgan

Mary invites questions, comments and tips at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or c/o Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Suite B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of www.DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of “Debt-Proof Living,” released in 2014.

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TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

TAG SALE

*BROWSE

*SHOP

*CONSIGN

A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE

CONSIGNMENT SHOP

China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles

Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4

Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount.

All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900

email: store@atstewartexchange.org

www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

AVITA GALLERY: Paintings, Royal Copenhagen, Rosenthal and more. Hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday 12-5 or by appointment. 770 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck NY 11024. 516-304-5640. Free parking in back.

PETS PET SERVICES

A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL

LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242

PETS

PET SERVICES

DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE?

HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away.

Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early!

Annmarie 516-775-4256

MYA’S K9 CAMP Full Service Pet Care

Professional Dog Grooming Training Boarding

Walking

EFT Pet Therapy

Therapeutic Healing GC Resident 516-382-5553

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTO FOR SALE

2012 MAZDA CX 9 Grand Touring Model, 66K miles. Fully loaded, white/beige. $16,900. Michael 516-510-9666

AUTOS WANTED

DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-a-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

APARTMENT FOR RENT

GARDEN CITY BORDER

APARTMENT: Huge bright 2 bedroom, 2 bath with large dining area, gated parking, laundry, A/C, hardwood floors, NO BROKER FEE, near LIRR.

$1,970+ electric www.gcbapts.com or 516-5246965 (text or voice)

GARDEN CITY RENTALS

One & Two Bedroom Apts $2200 $3200 Pet friendly, elevator, updated Kitchens & Baths Immediate Garden City Properties 516-746-1563/516-313-8504

REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

OFFICE SPACE

GARDEN CITY

1565 FRANKLIN AVE

Large Windowed Offices in newly built professional suite. Conference room, reception, copier, pantry included. Call 516-248-3048

WILLISTON PARK

1300sf. office space avail on Hillside Ave. Prof building, parking lot, close to RR & parkways. Full commission paid. Call Tony 516248-4080.

VACATION RENTAL

OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

LOTS FOR SALE

LAND BARGAINS Schenectady County Town of Duanesburg. 14.7 acres, views $41,000. 7.1 acres, views $29,000. Owner financing www.helderbergrealty.com (518)861-6541 or (518)2566344

SERVICES

COMPUTERS

COMPUTER REPAIR AND INSTRUCTION

Chaminade Graduate

Eliminate viruses, malware, bloatware, adware, spyware

Computer Instruction

Home & Business Networking

Reasonable Rates

Call Phil at Aspect Networking 516-830-3366 OR email: support@aspectnetworking. com

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

*Handyman & Remodeling

*Kitchen Installations

*Furniture Assembly

*Finish Carpentry

*Minor Electrical & Plumbing 23year GC Resident

Lic & Ins H18E2170000

Call BOB 516-741-2154

GEM BASEMENT DOCTOR:

SERVICES

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MASONRY

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

Fully Licensed & Insured #H2219010000

Boceski Masonry

Louie 516-850-4886

SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING

INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING

Plastering, Taping, Sheetrock

Skim Cutting, Old Wood Refinish

Staining, Wallpaper Removal & Hanging, Paint Removal Power Washing, Wood Replacement

JOHN MIGLIACCIO

Licensed & Insured #80422100000

BELLEROSE For Rent By Owner

1st floor 3 rooms. Large EIK, new carpeting, painted in neutral colors. Off street parking also included. Asking $1550 + utilities. For more information: Call Rose 516-655-7501

Best selection of affordable rentals. Full / partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Resort Services. 1-800-638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com 5% base rent discount use code NYPS17-2. Ends Oct-01-2017

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

LOTS FOR SALE

GREENE COUNTY LAND

SALE! Aug 12th! 7 acres $39,900. 10 acres $49,900. 34 acres $79,900. 8 wooded homesites, 20 min so of Albany. Stonewalls, private setting. Town rd, utils! Terms avail. Call 888-905-8847 to register.

One stop for all your home improvement needs! Basement, bathroom & kitchen remodeling, carpentry, crown, wainscoting molding, closets, doors, windows, sheetrock, painting, siding, decks power washed, stained and built. 516-623-9822

LAMPS FIXED $65

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

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

JV PAINT

HANDYMAN SERVICES

Interior-Exterior Specialist

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

PAINTING PAINTING

PAINTING: Interior/Exterior. Summer Specials! Call Steve cell 972-998-8573

Grandparents:

Send in your grandchildren’s photos and enter our “World’s Most Beautiful Grandchildren” contest. Just send a photo and a brief description of the child (or children) along with your name and address to: editor@gcnews.com

SERVICES

PARTY HELP

LADIES & GENTLEMEN

RELAX & ENJOY

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

TUTORING

AP BIOLOGY tutor using the Campbell or Sadava books. I use the test banks to show you what you are weak in. Will test you on each chapter or topic and review results with you. If you read the chapters and review with me, this is a pathway to a 5! Ephraim Himelstein. 515384-9865. ephraimhimelstein@ gmail.com

COLLEGE ESSAYS: Make your application stand above the rest. Call Jonathan, 516-6690587or ifixessays@gmail.com, an Ivy League PhD with proven Ivy League results.

SERVICES

ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT/ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

MATH, PHYSICS, SAT/ACT TUTOR, adjunct professor Calculus I,II, Algebra, trig, AP & Pre-Calc, IB, NYS Certified, highly experienced. Raj 516-7871026

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

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

SERVICES

INSTRUCTION

PIANO LESSONS

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

CLEANING

EILEEN’S CLEANING SERVICE

NEED A HOUSE CLEANER?

I’M READY WHEN YOU ARE! Professional, affordable. Bathroom, Kitchen cleaning. Dusting, vacuuming, floor cleaning, empty trash cans, Bedroom make up.

General house cleaning. Call 516-430-8243

SERVICES

CLEANING

MARIA’S CLEANING SERVICE

Our excellent cleaning team will get your home or office spotless! Available Monday thru Friday 7am to 6pm

Supplies provided if needed

Own transportation

Excellent references provided CALL 516-849-2026

SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING

Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner

Free Estimates

Inside & Out

Fully Insured

25 Years Experience

631-220-1851

516-764-5686

SERVICES

CLEANING

STRONG ARM CLEANING:

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

SERVICES

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

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

CONSTRUCTION

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Join the Last Hope cat rescue and adoption team! Volunteer orientations are held at our Wantagh adoption center the second Sunday of each month at 3:00 PM. Reservations not needed, but please fill out and fax a volunteer application in advance to 516-765-9181. You can download the application from our website: http:// lasthopeanimalrescue.org. Click on “How to Help”, then “Become a Volunteer!”. Our adoption center is located at 3300 Beltagh Avenue in Wantagh. We look forward to having you on our team.

CLASSIFIEDS Call 294.8900

SERVICES

COLLEGE ARTS ADMIS-

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

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE:

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

DECLUTTER & ORGANIZE your home/office. We do it all. Create a life you love to look at. Free Consultation. Neat Freaks Lisa Marx and Randi Yerman 917-751-0395 www.neatfreaks1976.com instagram: organizethisnthat

GENERATORS Sales and service. Maintenance contracts. Generac, Kohler. Mohrmann Electric Co., Inc. 516-826-3311

Wine Tasting helps animal shelter

SERVICES

OLD VILLAGE TREE SER-

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

PRIVATE SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION for upcoming school year. We cover Elementary through High School. Herricks School District. DOT inspected school buses driven by NYS DMV certified 19a professionals. Monthly payment plan available after initial down payment. Call Sandra Transportation at: 516-469-7684 and leave a message. We will return your call within 1 business day.

PROFESSIONAL LETTER

WRITER: Will write your letters of: Complaint, Regret, Applications, Correspondence, Thank You’s, Speeches, Reports, Cover Letters, Newsletters, Editing and more. Your letters will get results! Ron Goldberg 516567-8434 ron.e.goldberg@gmail. com

PSYCHOTHERAPY: Efrat Fridman, LCSW. Individual, couple and family therapy. effiefrid@gmail.com 2 Pinetree Lane, Old Westbury, NY 11568. 516-224-7670 or 225 West 35th Street, NY 10001 718-887-4400

Please join Last Hope Animal Shelter on Friday night, September 15th, from 7-10 PM for its night of wine tasting at the Walt Whitman Birthplace, 246 Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station. Admission of $55 includes wine, a light supper and dessert. All proceeds benefit the rescue efforts of Last Hope. This is always fun night and will include a live auction, Chinese auction and 50/50. Please purchase your tickets in advance using the PayPal link on the website by September 12th. For more information, visit http://lasthopeanimalrescue.org/wine-tastingfriday-september-15th/ If paying by check, please mail it by September 2nd to be sure it’s received in time.

Learning continues at the Syosset School District Summer Program

Approximately 750 students are enrolled in the 2017 Syosset Central School District Summer School program, which offers a wide variety of enrichment and remedial courses for students to remain active and mentally sharp while demonstrating their creativity, learning some new skills and reinforcing their knowledge in core subject areas.

About 45 staff members have been involved in administering courses to Syosset students from grades K-12. Housed at Syosset High School, summer enrichment courses cover areas such as

advanced computing, art, dance, math, music, physical education, science and science research, social studies, Spanish and writing. There’s even a “Kids in the Kitchen” cooking/baking class and the unique Summer Stock program, which offers students in grades 6-12 an opportunity to hone their theatrical talents and learn all phases of play production.

Summer Stock culminates with a performance in August that is open to the community. This year, the group will present “Willy Wonka Jr.” on Aug. 10 and 11 at the high school, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Band and orchestral classes, as

well as the dance class will also culminate with concerts for parents.

Remedial offerings cover basic skills and multisensory reading for elementary students; language and math for middle school students; and English, math, physical education, science and social studies courses for high school students. Driver’s education is

also available.

“Syosset Summer School provides students an experience for enrichment and remediation in a setting that all children can grow from,” said Summer School Principal Chris Meyers. “The courses require students to engage in many aspects of learning while experiencing an enjoyable summer.”

Art is one of the enrichment opportunities offered by Syosset CSD this summer.

Music is offered through Syosset CSD’s Summer School enrichment.

Photos courtesy of the Syosset School District Syosset CSD’s Summer School enrichment offers studies in science and STEM.

Friday, August 11,

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

OCFF, LLC AND CARTER STREET HOLDING CORP.,

Plaintiff AGAINST

John E. Durst and Stephanie Durst, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated June 05, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on August 29, 2017 at 11:30AM, premises known as 51 SABINE ROAD, OYSTER BAY COVE, NY 11791. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Oyster Bay Cove, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 25, BLOCK C-1, LOT 1059.

Approximate amount of judgment $1,832,581.13 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 6568/07. Stephen D. Kutner, Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 SYO 4071

4X 07/28,08/04,11,18

SUPREME COURT –COUNTY OF NASSAU

ONEWEST BANK, N.A. F/K/A ONEWEST BANK, FSB, Plaintiff against PATRICIA LAM, HAO LAM, MELISSA LAM, et al Defendant(s).

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on April 14, 2017.

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 5th day of September, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Syosset, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York. Said premises known as 32 Loretta Drive, Syosset, N.Y. 11791.

(Section: 15, Block: 130, Lot: 10). Approximate amount of lien $ 164,867.71 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject

LEGAL NOTICES

to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale.

Index No. 004501-14. Mark S. Ricciardi, Esq., Referee. McCabe, Weisberg & Conway, P.C.

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

SYO 4072

4X 08/04,11,18,25

NOTICE OF SALE

SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU

LNV CORPORATION, Plaintiff AGAINST

ALLISON ALBERT, et al., Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 03, 2016 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on September 05, 2017 at 11:30AM, premises known as 106 IRA ROAD, SYOSSET, NY 11791. 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 15, BLOCK 105, LOT 0008. Approximate amount of judgment $523,429.26 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 851/2012. Francis X. Mcquade, Esq., Referee

Gross Polowy, LLC

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

SYO 4074

4X 08/04,11,18,25

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice of formation of J&J Jericho Capital LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 05/12/2017. Location: Nassau County. SSNY designated for service of process and shall mail copy of process served against the LLC to Registered Agent: Legalinc Corporate Services Inc 1967 Wehrle Drive, Suite 1#086, Buffalo, NY 14221. Purpose: to manage property.

JNJ 7851

6X 07/28,08/04,11,18,25,09/01

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURTCOUNTY OF NASSAU

Santander Bank, N.A. f/k/a Sovereign Bank, N.A. f/k/a Sovereign Bank, Plaintiff -against-

Howard A. Rauch, Commerce Bank North Defendant(s)

Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly dated June 30, 2017

I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at IN THE CALENDAR CONTROL PART (CCP) COURTROOM OF THE SUPREME COURT, 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NEW YORK 11501 on September 12, 2017 at 11:30 AM premises known as 141 Forest Drive, Jericho, NY 11753.

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Jericho, Town of Oyster Bay, County of NASSAU, New York.

Section: 12 Block: 571 Lot: 6 Approximate amount of lien $ 840,660.68 plus interest and costs.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment Index # 15-002603

Victor Levin, Esq., REFEREE STEIN, WIENER AND ROTH, L.L.P., ATTORNEYS FOR THE PLAINTIFF

ONE OLD COUNTRY ROAD, SUITE 113 CARLE PLACE, NY 11514

DATED: August 04, 2017 FILE #: SANTANDER 67303

JER 7853

4X 8/11, 18, 25; 9/1

LEGAL NOTICE

West City Capital LLC

Arts. Of Org. filed with Secy. Of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 07/18/2017. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 136 Seaman Road, Jericho, NY 11753 which is also the principal business location. Purpose: any lawful activity.

JNJ 7854

6X 8/11, 18, 25; 9/1, 8, 15

Free mortgage foreclosure clinics

As a free community service to help those fearful of losing their homes, Nassau County Bar Association hosts Mortgage Foreclosure/ Sandy Recovery Free Legal Consultation Clinics. Held twice a month to meet the demand, the next two clinics are scheduled for Monday, August 7 and Monday, August 21, 3 - 6 p.m., at the Nassau County Bar Association, located on 15th Street at the corner of West Street, Mineola, two blocks south of the bus and train stations.

NCBA volunteer attorneys meet one-on-one with homeowners who are then referred for additional help for mortgage modifications, loan restructuring, bankruptcy, financial planning assistance, services for lower income households or emotional support. Many of these resources and agencies are available immediately in the same room, such as American Debt Resources, LI Housing Partnership, La Fuerza Unida, and LI Housing Services.

There are no income restrictions to attend the clinics. Since

2009, NCBA has held more than 160 clinics assisting more than 12,000 Nassau families in distress. Currently, each clinic averages 30 - 50 homeowners, signifying that foreclosure continues to be prevalent in Nassau.

Volunteer attorneys also answer Sandy victims’ questions regarding homeowner, flood, property damage and automobile insurance claims; FEMA, debt deferral, and consumer protection issues.

Bi-lingual attorneys fluent in Spanish are on site. Attorneys bi-lingual in other languages, including Russian, Haitian Creole, Korean, Chinese, Hindi and American Sign Language, may be requested when making reservations.

To make an appointment for the next clinic, call the Bar Association at 516-747-4070. Attendees are asked to bring their mortgage documents or other important papers and correspondence with them. This program is funded through the NYS Attorney General Homeownership Protection Program (known as HOPP).

Our primary business is to provide professional senior companion care service and the necessary home care and housekeeping services necessary to keep our loved ones, healthy, safe and happy at home. In addition to the non medical services, we also provide consulting and referral for all medical and hands on care giver services and durable medical equipment through our network affiliates utilizing a best in breed of services approach.

In this way we can ensure the highest quality of care from the best service

SENIOR LIVING

ALZHEIMER’S: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW?

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What’s Happening

August 11

At 10:30 a.m. at the Jericho Public Library, “Family Day With PlayHooray” will be held for children ages birth to 5 years old with their caregiver.

The film “Elle” will be shown at the Syosset Public Library at 2 p.m. Rated R, it runs 130 minutes.

The Young Adult Corner of the Jericho Public Library continues its Robotics Camp sessions with # 4, “Cloud Computing & Circuitry”, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Advanced registration is required.

August 12

A program for children ages birth to 30 months old, with a caregiver, will be held at the Jericho Public Library at 10:30 a.m. The program focuses on “Mother Goose” rhymes, songs & stories.

August 14

“News Currents” with Elinor Haber will be held at the Jericho Public Library at 2 p.m. for a lively discussion of news topics.

From 7 to 8 p.m., children in grades 1 & 2 can join “Candy Bingo” at the Syosset Library.

The Jericho Library Board of Trustees Meeting will be held today at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

August 15

“Circus Yoga”, for kids in grades 1 through 5 can learn circus skills at the Syosset Public Library from 4 to 5 p.m.

August 16

At 7 p.m. at the Syosset Public Library, Camille Perri, author, will discuss her debut novel The Assistants and the writer’s life.

August 17

A bus trip will be sponsored by the Jericho Public Library to see “Chihuly at the New York Botanical Garden, and More”, leaving the Library at 8:45 a.m. The trip will include multiple stops in the area.

Michael D’Innocenzo, Hofstra University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History will be at the Syosset Public Library at 2 p.m. to discuss “Current Events in Perspective”.

August 18

“Stay & Play”, for children from birth to preschool with their caregiver, will be held at the Jericho Public Library from 10:30 a.m. to 12 noon.

At 11 a.m., Dr. Penny

Stern, Director of Preventative Medicine and Assistant Professor with Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, will present “Stress Management Health Program at the Syosset Public Library.

The “Great Performers” series, with Marc Courtade, will continue at the Jericho Public Library with “The Voice of Gordon MacRae” at 2 p.m.

At the Syosset Public Library at 2 p.m., Richard Knox will present a program of “Sight and Sound: Integration of Film Montage and Music”.

August 19

A “Library Learning Lab” for children in grades 3 through 5 will be held at the Jericho Public Library a 11 a.m., using the Library as a science lab.

The Syosset Public Library will offer a performance by Sheri Miller, “From the Beatles to Patsy Cline” at 7:30 p.m.

August 21

“Yoga With a Twist”, for children ages 2 to 5 years of age, with their caregiver, will be held at the Jericho Public Library at 10:30 a.m.

Starring Emma Watson, the film “Beauty and the Beast” will be shown at the Jericho Public Library at 2 p.m. Rated, 129 minutes.

August 22

The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith will be the subject of the “Afternoon Book Discussion” group at 1:30 p.m. at the Syosset Library.

Children in grades 1 through 6 can join the “Chess – Just For Fun” program at the Jericho Pubic Library at 7:30 p.m.

August 23

“Hydroponics”, a method of growing plants without soil, will be the subject of a program for children in grades 2 through 5th at 7 p.m. at the Jericho Public Library.

August 24

At 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m., the film “A Quiet Passion”, a story of the American poet Emily Dickinson, will be shown at the Jericho Public Library. Starring Cynthia Nixon and Emma Bell, the movie runs 125 minutes long and is rated PG-13.

“Can Albany Be Fixed” is the question discussed at the Syosset Public Library’s session with Professor James

Coil, and Adjunct Professor of American and Constitutional History with Nassau Community College and an NYPD Detective. The program begins at 2 p.m.

August 25

“Fun With Movement” will be held at the Jericho Public Library at 10:30 a.m. for pre-K children from steady walking babies to 5 years old.

At 2 p.m. at the Syosset Public Library, the film “Jackie” will be shown. Rated R, 100 minutes long.

August 26

“PreK Saturday” will be held at the Syosset Public Library from 10 to 10:30 a.m. for children ages 3 ½ through 5 years of age.

A “Meet the Artist Reception” will be held at the Jericho Public Library from 2 to 4 p.m., featuring Carolyn Clarke and some of her work that has been displayed at the Library’s Gallery throughout August.

August 28

Marilyn Carminio will be at the Jericho Public Library at 2 p.m. to present a lecture on “Romeo & Juliet – Their Many Lives” and the many versions of the legend.

August 29

“Dale Chihuly at YNBG”, with Professor Thomas Germano, will be discussed at the Jericho Public Library at 2 p.m., featuring the artist’s exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden through October 29. A bus trip to the Garden to see the exhibit will be held through the Library on August 17.

“Rigamajig Jr.” is a building kit for hands-on play and learning for children ages 7 through 12 at the Jericho Public Library at 7 p.m.

August 30

At 2 p.m. at the Jericho Public Library, Mitchell Robert will be performing a one-man show of musical comedy, accompanied by musical arranger and pianist John Bowen.

August 31

A 1943 film with Joan Fontaine, “Jane Eyre”, will be shown at the Syosset Public Library as part of the Joan Fontaine Film Series. Not rated, the movie will be shown at 2 p.m. and is 97 minutes.

• Compiled by Meg Meyer

Syossett-Woodbury Rotary

Club and the Lisbon Cafe

With the beginning of a new club year, the SyossetWoodbury Rotary Club now meets at the Lisbon Cafe in Jericho on Tuesdays for lunch at noon. The restaurant specializes in Portuguese Continental cuisine, and is owned by Jack Pinto, and his brother, Avelino Pinto, the restaurant’s chef.

The Rotarians are not only greeted with warm smiles but with a luncheon menu that

consists of Paelha Valencia, Salmon with Shrimp, and Sauteed Breast of Chicken.

For more information about the Lisbon Cafe, call: 364-4641 or visit their website: www.lisboncaferestaurant .com.

Any community members who may be interested in becoming a Rotarian, please join us for lunch and join in the conversation.

Co-owner Jack Pinto; Rotary President Moira Patterson.

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