Friday, April 14, 2017
Vol. 93, No.31
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“Carousel of Life” PAGE 21 n Run for Tomorrow PAGE 38
Nonprofits to take facility fee objections to Board
WINNING STREAK
BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Garden City High School’s boys varsity lacrosse team extended its winning streak to five games last weekend. The team plays again on Saturday, April 15 at home against Duxbury, MA. See pages 54-55.
Chef inspires autistic adults in cooking class BY RIKKI N. MASSAND
Sophia Brivio, a Garden City resident, mom of three and proprietor of The Well Seasoned Chef on New Hyde Park Road gives her time and charismatic teaching style to adults on the autism spectrum in a lasting effort to give back to those in need. Although April is Autism Awareness month across the nation, she’s been an active volunteer year-round showing students the ropes of cooking, food preparation,
hospitality and the special ingredients that comprise a stellar kitchen experience. Patience, individualized training and guidance through a weekday morning turns up the imagination and spirits of her high-energy 11 am class at the Garden City location. Brivio’s cooking seminar starts with a jovial atmosphere and ends with a second round of dancing, after participants have enjoyed homemade dishes, snacks and desserts. Last year she began
working with QSAC, Quality Services for the Autism Community, and its multiple branches in Western Nassau County and Eastern Queens. On Thursday March 23, she hosted almost a dozen young adults from QSAC locations in Baldwin, Bellerose and Queens Village, as they take part in her 10-class culinary learning certificate program finishing this June. Almost each Tuesday or Thursday morning Brivio makes time to host the QSAC See page 42
As the Board of Trustees starts its new municipal year, a primary concern for several residents is the projected and adopted fee increased for facility rentals. Volunteers who run some local nonprofit organizations which use village facilities say their groups will be adversely impacted. Within the next two months two key village fundraisers will feel the brunt of high rental fees. The Andy Foundation’s annual Yard Sale is set for Saturday, May 13, and the 20th annual Jay Gallagher Memorial Lacrosse Tournament will be held Saturday, June 17. That tournament is now set for a single day instead of the two days that it has been in recent years. While the Yard Sale will be indoors and the Gallagher Tournament will be played on lacrosse fields, both events have over a dozen years of experience brining big crowds to the grounds of St. Paul’s campus in the heart of the village. Both the Mollie Fund, started by Jack and Maggie Biggane after the tragic loss of their daughter Mollie to skin cancer in 2000, and the Andy Foundation, led by Jill Palmeri and Amy McGoldrick, have garnered support from their fellow Garden City residents, ballasted by public comments on the Recreation facility fee increases this spring. On Wednesday, April 12 Palmeri spoke with The Garden City News and said residents and supporters approached her and contacted her, planning to stand united in addressing the Board of Trustees at their Thursday, April 20 meeting at Village Hall. McGoldrick and Palmeri attended the village’s budget work session on Wednesday, March 15, and made their objection clear and for the record as Kevin Ocker, chairman of the Board See page 52
Easter weekend events Easter Egg Hunt
The Village of Garden City’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 15 at St. Paul’s Field. The hunt starts at 10am sharp. There will be three separate areas for three different age groups. Kindergarten and pre-K, first and second graders and third, fourth and fifth graders will have their own areas for the hunt. Just follow the signs at St. Paul’s Field. Please note this is a very popular event so please arrive early.
Antique Car Parade
On Easter Sunday the Annual Easter Festival and Antique Car Parade, sponsored by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 1 p.m. The parade will exit Parking Field 9E west onto Tenth Street to Franklin Avenue, proceed south on Franklin Avenue to Seventh Street, west to Hilton Avenue, then north to Stewart Avenue. Easter bunnies will be on Seventh Street during the parade.
Girls LAX beats North Shore, extends streak PAGES 48-49 Historical Society to honor Vinny Muldoon PAGE 6