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PBA, Kopel at Odds over Precinct Closings

By Jonathan Walter

HEWLETT SAT SCORES IN TOP 10 OF COUNTY; LAWRENCE AT #35 SPOT

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By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

Seniors at George W. Hewlett High School have outscored many of their peers at other local schools around the nearby area, including Lawrence High School, on the SAT Reasoning Test for the last three school years, according to averages obtained from the New York State Education Department.

Hewlett High School seniors scored an average of 1696 on the SAT in 2011, nearly 200 points higher than the average across the United States and 236 points higher than the New York State average for 2011. Hewlett’s school-wide average was the tenth highest in the county. Schools across Nassau County averaged a 1515 on the 2011 test, higher than both the state and national averages.

Hewlett students’ scores showed math and writing portions as their highest scoring areas, bringing in an average of 579 and 566 respectfully. The critical reading section average was 551, over 50 points higher than state and national averages for the section.

Lawrence High School seniors scored an average of 1476 out of a possible 2400 points, still above the New York State average of 1460,

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The battle over Nassau County police precinct closings hit The Five Towns this week as the Nassau Police Benevolent Association and Legislator Howard Kopel traded accusations. While, the Fourth Precinct will remain open under the plan, Kopel finds himself dispelling rumors of the precincts demise while the PBA has begun placing advertisements warning of the dangers the county’s plan will create, both online and on sign trucks traversing The Five Towns, lawn signs, newspaper, television and internet ads.

“The Fourth Precinct is not closing, as some are suggesting it is,” Kopel said. “The Fifth Precinct is closing in Elmont.

The PBA is saying that the Fifth Precinct closing will bring criminals to Hewlett where they will be brought onto the streets and cause trouble,

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Fire Rips Through Hewlett Building on Broadway

By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

A two-story building on Broadway a block east of East Rockaway Road that houses the Hewlett Cafe and Hewlett Florist caught fire around 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, sending 14 fire departments rushing to the scene to put out the flames.

The fire originated in the kitchen of one of the second floor apartments of the building that also houses a number of businesses.

The fire quickly spread, according to Hewlett Fire Department Chief Ethan Lahey, and destroyed two of the upstairs apartments. The first floor businesses sustained no fire damage, but a good amount of water damage, said Lahey. All together, the damage exceeds $500,000.

Lahey reported that there were no reported injuries from either residents or firefighters during the three-alarm fire.

Fire and police activity temporarily shut down traffic along Broadway from East Rockaway Road to Yale Avenue. The fire in the building was under control by about 12:45 p.m.

The fire displaced over 30 residents of the building and their needs are being taken care of by the American Red Cross.

Hewlett, Lawrence-Cedarhurst, Woodmere, Inwood, Valley Stream, Elmont and Baldwin Fire Departments were all on the scene providing assistance.

To see more photos from the fire in Hewlett, check out our website at StandardLI.com.

Firefighters from the Valley Stream Fire Department (foreground) and LawrenceCedarhurst Fire Department (background) are raised in the ladder-buckets in the midst of heavy smoke to fight a big fire in Hewlett on Tuesday.

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Cedarhurst Letter Carrier Gets Mail Through Rain, Snow or Heat

By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

While many are still sound asleep in their beds at 5:30 a.m. dreaming their way towards the next day, the morning has just begun at the Cedarhurst Post Office on Grove Avenue. As soon as the lights flicker on in the sorting room, mail clerks being going through packages, letters, magazines and other assorted items that have been sent through the United States Postal Service.

Most of the post office employees enter at 7:30 a.m., including letter carriers such as Leisa Anwar, to begin processing the mail further, grouping it into the exact home or business it is intended to be delivered to and then either bagged for pick-up later or kept to the side for their delivery carts. Anwar, a four-and-

a-half year veteran of the post office, said the early morning work is tough, considering the volume of mail coming through the facility, but the hard work pays off later during each carrier’s route.

“Each carrier has between 350 and 450 deliveries a day,” said Cedarhurst Postmaster James Casella. “It’s easily about 3,500 deliveries total every day for us here.”

The tone in the facility during the sorting process is focused – it’s quiet since there’s little to no speaking as the carriers go as quickly as possible, but there’s the occasional singing from carriers, especially as the speakers in the room begin blaring James Brown’s “I Feel Good.”

“I feel nice,” Anwar softly sings along. “Like sugar and spice...”

Anwar continues putting together the mail, which includes every

Cedarhurst letter carrier Leisa Anwar has been working for the United States Postal Service for nearly five years.

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sort of item imaginable from political flyers from Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to packages from Amazon.com featuring their trademark “big smile” across the box and even the brightly colored Netflix DVD envelopes.

At 9:00 a.m., one of the employees takes the national flag and raises it above the post office, serving as a both a salute to the country and a sign the post office is officially open for business.

By 9:30 a.m., carriers are wrapping up their preparations – bags are packed and carts are just about ready to go. Carriers quickly head into the break room to prepare for the elements.

“We dress every day like its a blizzard during the winter,” joked Anwar as she donned a USPS sweater and winter jacket.

“When it is bad out there though, these are great.”

At about 9:45 a.m., all the letter carriers head out on foot to their routes. Anwar, who lives in North Valley Stream, has a route that spread outwards from the post office to a nearby apartment complex. Here, the job isn’t tedious at all – the complex has two large panels covering its residents’ mailboxes. Anwar simply slips in the mail to the right box and locks it up before leaving.

“Piece of cake,” she says and heads back out to walk to her next dropoff location. The route assigned to Anwar, like most others in Cedarhurst, can take up to six hours to complete, including their 30 minute break for lunch.

Six hours is the estimate, however, on a good day. When the

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Hewlett Neck Named One of America’s Wealthiest Neighborhoods

By Amanda Mayo

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he village of Hewlett Neck was named by Forbes as one of America’s Most Affluent Neighborhoods. The village was number eight on the list, which measures the 10 most affluent neighborhoods in the United States by looking at median household income. The data was taken from the December 2011 Census Bureau American Community Survey that measured median household incomes as of the end of 2010.

Hewlett Neck, a village of 449 residents, reported a median household income of $235,000 at the end of 2010.

The village is one of four neighborhoods in Nassau County that made the Forbes list. The other three villages are Plandome Village with a median household income of $248,036 a year; Munsey Park, an upscale section in the Town of Manhasset with a median income of $227,716 a year; and Oyster Bay Cove, with a median household income of $246,987.

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While Lawrence’s overall scores dipped from 2009 to 2010, the individual section scores all shot back up during the 2011 test.

Critical reading, a 485 average, and Math, a 510 average, were the highest scores the school has seen in the past three years and their average Writing score, 481, was only two points below their 2009 score of 483.

The highest scores in the county came from schools towards or on the North Shore, including the top-scoring Great Neck South, which averaged an 1828 last year, and Jericho High School, which topped out at an average of 1805. The lowest scores came from Roosevelt High School, which averaged a 1086 last year.

While Hewlett High School’s scores topped nearby schools, such as Lynbrook, Oceanside and East Rockaway and all three Valley Stream high schools, the school’s scores have been in a slight decline for the last three years. In 2009 Hewlett seniors scored 1744 on the SAT. The average dropped off slightly during the 2010 school year to 1730 before further dropping this past year to 1696.

Hewlett does not have a SAT preparation class during the school day, but offers a night class to prepare students

through the Community Education and Services Department, according to School Community Relations Officers Barbara Giese.

“We also offer a free online test preparation service for all high school students for the SAT and ACT,” she said in a statement to The Standard.

Lawrence High School, however, has fought an up-and-down battle with their average SAT results. In 2009, the school’s se-

niors averaged an 1459 before sagging to 1432 during the 2010 test. The school’s scores rebounded over 40 points to 1476 this past year.

“We’re always pleased with our results and were always looking to improve,” said Jon Diamond, Coordinator of Guidance at Lawrence High School.

“We’re never ready to just sit back and say, ‘Hey, that’s great.’

We always want to help students improve on the results of both the SAT and ACTs.”

electives,’” he said. A preferred elective, according to Pizzarelli, would essentially become a class the school would push for students to select the course.

“We are going to make to try and make these mandatory and required courses,” said Diamond. “I think it will help improve scores even more. We have a pretty healthy subscription to the courses as it is, but we want to make sure its not even an issue.”

Classes or tutors are suggested by many college admission officers

es throughout the country don’t even use it as a basis for admission, choosing to focus on a student’s academic record, essays and perhaps an interview.”

He added: “It truly just correlates with how well a student will perform their first year and is sometimes, not always, an indicator of their preparation for university level studies.”

The new round of SATs for 2012 are set to be administered on March 10th, May 5th and June 2nd.

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“It’s tedious, but the more practice tests a student takes, the better the score will be,” said Erick Nunez, the Assistant Director for International Recruitment at St. John’s University in Queens.

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Hewlett District Implementing “Policy 0001;�

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he Hewlett-Woodmere school district is actively working on the implementation of Policy 0001, Educating the Future for the Future, which was passed in March 2010. The policy steers away from a strictly conventional way of teaching and aims to teach kids how to think more critically and creatively, focusing on essential life skills that will help students grow and prepare them for a well-rounded future.

At the Special Education Parent Teacher Association (SEPTA) meeting on Monday, District Superintendent Joyce Bisso highlighted the importance of properly implementing Policy 0001 in all classrooms. She said a movement in the direction of this policy is “to broaden how we look at success and do it in the context of the 21st century.�

She said that a traditional standardized test-based way of assessing a child’s progress and skills is too one-dimensional, and said that, with correct implementation of the policy, memorable learning should be the result of multiple-type assessments and meaning-based assessments, where students can actually show what they have been learning, instead of simply getting tested on it.

The mission and vision of the policy are based on two core concepts: the “Four A’sâ€? and the “Four C’s.â€? The A’s are the broader categories of the arts, athletics, academics and activities, while the C’s include more speciďŹ c categories that will enable children to become better leaders in a society: Collaborator, Critical Thinker, Communicator and Creative Thinker. “In enabling kids to learn these ways, you’re going to see more engaged learning,â€? Dr. Bisso said. “This kind of assessment, if we develop it well, will make for less stressful learners and more meaningful learning.â€? Stress-related issues in school-

Tom Naglieri, Dean of Hewlett High School, has been appointed to the position of Assistant Principal at the high school, starting July 1st children and failing to get the most out of an education was the topic of the “Race to Nowhere� movie screening, which was shown twice recently in the Hewlett-Woodmere school district with two different follow-up meetings for parents and educators.

Nancy Greebel, SEPTA co-president, asked how this policy would affect special education kids and Dr. Bisso said she wants all students to have the opportunity to do this at the level they aspire to. “The idea is to walk away with a paper you were excited about, passionate about,� she said, adding that there should be a huge level of depth in every course from honors classes to special education classes instead of the narrow instruction that comes along with simply administering standardized tests.

Another recent change in the Hewlett-Woodmere school district is the co-teaching model in the district’s Special Education program where a special education teach-

er travels to classes and co-teaches with the regular period teacher. This model has already been implemented in elementary school and high school, but now it has also begun in the middle school. Special education students had originally travelled around with a TA to their regular education classes, but now the position of the TA is gone and a co-teaching model has been put in its place.

At the Hewlett-Woodmere Board of Education Regular Meeting on Wednesday, Tom Naglieri, Dean of Hewlett High School, was appointed to the position of Assistant Principal with a start date of July 1st, 2012. “As Assistant Principal of George W. Hewlett High School, I hope to join my colleagues in fostering a learning environment dedicated to providing opportunities for all students to succeed,� he said. “I look forward to continuing to serve the students, parents and community in this new role.�

LWA Tigers are League Champs Lawrence-Woodmere Academy defeated Evangel Christian of Manhattan on Thursday evening 71-56 for the championship of the Private School Athletic Association (PSAA). Pictured here is Trent Parrish who earned MVP honors because of the 28 points he scored during the game. The LWA Tigers ran away with the game early and never looked back. Jake Lundenberg helped key the win with his 19 points which included five three-pointers including three in a row in the third quarter. For complete and comprehensive game coverage along with a photo gallery visit our website at Standardli.com and click on Sports.

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Cedarhurst Letter Carrier Gets Mail Through Rain, Snow or Heat CONTINUED FROM P. A1 weather turns against the carriers. As noted in their slogan though, “neither rain nor sleet nor snow...” the mail must get through.

“It’s no joke,” says Anwar. “I can take

the rain with no problem. But the snow?” She lets out a small groan and smiles. “I’d rather the rain at that point.”

She mentioned that she really did not look forward to days when there was sleet on the ground, between slipping and the annoyance of cleats just makes

The Cedarhurst Post Office sits on Grove Avenue, just outside of the downtown strip of the shopping district.

Photo by Scott P. Moore.

Anwar puts a Cedarhurst resident’s mail in their mailbox along her route on Thursday morning.

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the day even harder to contend with.

Even when precipitation is not falling, it’s the temperatures that can turn the job into harder work. Since letter carriers are walking all day, they are exposed to the elements as varied as hot and muggy summer days and bitter cold winter mornings. Anwar said she preferred the spring and fall, simply because the temperatures seem to be just right around The Five Towns.

“The extreme heat hurts,” she said.

“But it’s nothing I can’t handle.”

Anwar continues on her route, taking her to an apartment complex near the Cedarhurst Village Hall. Her nearly

six hour route encompasses nearly four miles of walking a day, enough to keep just about anyone fit.

“My feet were killing me after the first few weeks when I started,” she recalled.

“It’s a great job though and you have to get used to it.” Anwar said after about three months of the daily routine, her body finally got used to the long walk.

As she drops off the mail at one of the apartment boxes, a resident greets her like a family friend.

“Leisa! How are you dear?” “I’m great.

How’s everything?” “Well, I lost my watch out there and I haven’t got a clue what happened to it.” Anwar smiles and

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And with a simple goodbye, Anwar collects her cart and continues on her way, while also looking around for a faint glimmer of the watch.

“I really love the people I get to meet along the route. They’re all really nice to us and, hey, we really appreciate it.”

Coming up on a house across West Broadway, Anwar smiles and appears excited.

“This is one of my favorite people along the route,” she said. “She’s such a sweetheart.”

Anwar rings the bell on the home to deliver the mail to its resident, Dolly Gordon.

“Oh! Hello Leisa!” she says with a big smile. Anwar and Gordon discuss children the latter was babysitting for the moment. “She’s the best,” said Gordon of Anwar. “She’s really a blessing to us – look at her smile!”

A minute later, Anwar departs in order to keep up on her route, but gives a heartfelt goodbye before continuing.

“She’s so nice to us,” she says. “She’ll sometimes have drinks out for us during the summer. What a sweetheart!”

By noon, Anwar is only through roughly 30 percent of her route. The rest of her day consists of dropping mail off and short conversations with the locals before she wraps up her day around 4:00 p.m. and returns to the post office.

After a short time there, it’s time to go home to rest up and ready herself for a new day.

“This job is really great,” she said. “It’s tough work, especially when the weather is bad outside, but it really is fun, especially with the people I meet here.”

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PBA, Kopel at Odds over Precinct Closings CONTINUED FROM P. A1 but that is not the case. Those criminals will be transported to headquarters. People who are arrested are taken to police headquarters in Mineola. The current precincts don’t have the facilities. There won’t be fewer police on the streets. There will be more because people currently behind desks will be on more active duties. “ While four precincts will be closed, they will still be active as community policing centers, which Kopel says will still serve as a base for local police and will still provide many of the functions that they did as a precinct.

James Carver, President of the Nassau County PBA fired back at Kopels arguments.

“The bottom line is that he voted for the precinct closings and it is going to affect services in the Fourth Precinct area because there will be only one commanding officer covering two precincts. What’s going to happen is that the Elmont area is a higher crime area and more resources are going to be needed to help in Elmont and up north than in The Five Towns area.”

Kopel has stated that there will be more officers on the street because desk jobs are being eliminated, but Carver disputed those claims, saying there will actually be a reduction of 100 police jobs.

“Part of that 100 job reduction is they are still keeping two officers in the station house all the time, but reduces officers from the other precinct, however, they are planning on downsizing the jobs from the current positions from 2,389 to get down to 2,302,” Carver said. “It’s a further reduction of personnel. The misconception that’s being thrown around is that by taking the police officers out of desk jobs and onto the street, you’ll have more officers working the street, when in fact the plan calls for the consolidation of the precinct, consolidating desk jobs and consolidating the head count which will result in zero net gain on the street.

They are counting on guys retiring.”

Kopel has stated that the PBA has had their opportunity to ne-

gotiate in regards to their salary instead of closing precincts, but they have refused.

“You’ve got police officers making something like $200,000 packages, which is several times what the average Nassau resident takes, absolutely refusing to meet their share during the county’s financial crisis,” Kopel said. “They just want the taxes raised and have said so. It’s about politics and about greed. They have spent an absurd amount of money pushing their point. The PBA spent $175,000 against me in the last election campaign, trying to elect Democrats. They have too much money if they are doing that and all of that money is coming from taxpayers essentially. They are trying to mislead the public using a campaign of intimidation. Both my wife and I have encountered traffic stops and each time we were told that we are not their friends. I don’t believe in coincidences.”

Kopel also trumped the benefits of the plan, which he expects will save the county over $20 million a year.

“There will be the same amount of police cars on the street and no facilities will be closed and there will be an additional 48 officers, currently at desk duty that will be transferred to the streets,” Kopel said.

Carver disputed the claims that there will be more officers on the street, saying that while officers are being redeployed elsewhere, that the county is planning on hoping an equal amount redeployed on the street leave through attrition.

Regardless of how the County’s plan works out, Kopel explained that he tried to achieve the necessary savings through other means.

“I have met several times with the heads of the police unions on my initiative,” Kopel said. “I have offered to try to help negotiate a fair and meaningful way that the police union can contribute a fair share towards Nassau County during this time of difficulty and their response is to raise taxes and have a nasty public relations campaign full of lies and misinformation.

They are running a campaign of lies and intimidation and it is truly reprehensible.”

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LWA Defeats Bay Ridge to Take “Clash of the Tigers”

By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

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n a clash of Tigers, the Lawrence Woodmere Academy Tigers came out on top, defeating the Bay Ridge Prep Tigers 65-58 at home on Tuesday afternoon to earn a spot in the Private School Athletic League final against Evangel Christian from Manhattan, played Thursday afternoon at Long Island Lutheran. LWA faced a scare early on, as they fell behind 9-1, but an early time out changed the course of the game.

Bay Ridge Prep came out on a role, getting to the hoop and scoring some easy buckets against a weak interior defense

by LWA. LWA Head Coach Jeff Weiss called a time out and from there, the game reversed course.

“We started off by playing a little zone. The reason I did that is because I’m worried that the kids will be over anxious if they play man to man, but it was 9-1 and I knew we had to generate something. So we went to a man to man, full court press, and it really worked. That whole move gave us a lot of energy.”

That energy continued throughout the first half, and after falling behind 9-1, LWA outscored Bay Ridge Prep 38-16 to end the half up by 14 points.

“I think we played really hard and I think our kids want to win

Rokas Lapys throws up a layup with a defender in his face.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

a championship. We talked to them in the locker room about how we won, but we still have to look toward Thursday. Winning today, although wonderful, isn’t really our goal. I thought Trent and Rokas played really well, as well as Jake, and Alex made some big baskets as well.”

In the second half, Weiss tried to go back to a zone defense once again, but it only allowed Bay Ridge Prep to get back in the game, closing the lead to four points in the third quarter.

“For some reason, they match up well against us.

The thing is that, of all the teams we’ve played, they are the most well rounded. They have some kids who can play.”

Going back to a man defense, LWA regained their big lead and was able to answer back every time Bay Ridge Prep scored. They utilized Rokas Lapsys and Trent Parrish’s interior play and penchant for getting to the basket, combined with Jake Lundenberg’s outside shooting to put the game away.

“Coach has told us to get our acts together,” Lundenberg said. “We had to step up our defense and didn’t let them fase us and came up victorious. I

score for LWA, finishing with 11 points.

Weiss said after the game that he expects the final against Evangel Christian to be a tough game after defeating them by only five the last time the two teams met.

LWA did defeat them by 14 points in their first meeting this season however.

Visit our website at Standardli.com for complete results of Thursday’s league championship.

thought we got a little too comfortable with the 14 point lead we had at halftime, so we kind of let up. Our game plan is to get the get the ball outside, and if the shooter is open, kick it out and knock it down. So that’s our whole game plan right there.”

Lapsys lead the team with 22 points scored. Parrish was right behind with 19 points. Lunderberg finished with 15 points, including four three pointers. Alex Kay was the only other player to

LWA fans and players cheer after an LWA basket.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

HAFTR Hawks Win Final Game of Season 55-44

By Scott P. Moore

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ith their playoff berth in the bank, the HAFTR Hawks boys’ basketball team kept themselves alert and battled their way to a victory over the Yeshivat Shaare Torah Stars (STHS) of Brooklyn, 55-44. The Hawks improved to 8-6 overall on the season with their victory.

The Stars jumped out to an early 7-1 lead with three minutes away during the first quarter before the Hawks took flight.

HAFTR went on an impressive 12-0 run to take a 13-7 lead on the backs of senior Jason Schlessel’s five points and Ben Ozeri’s six points during the quarter. The Stars could not keep up the pace as HAFTR finished the quarter with a nine point, 18-9 lead. “[Defense] is the only way we’re going to compete at this level,” said HAFTR Head Coach and Athletic Director Joe Hoenig, crediting STHS for being a great team. “Our defense is what keeps us in there every game... and its what won us this game.”

The Hawks kept their solid play alive during the opening minutes of the second quar-

1st Quarter

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Final

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44

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HAFTR Scoring Schlessel – 17 pts Shamama – 12 pts Braunstein – 11 pts

on for the 55-44 victory.

“We needed a victory,” said Hoenig, especially with the team coming a few close losses.

“Against a great team, too. This gives us some momentum heading into the postseason.”

ter, busting the game open with a 25-13 lead halfway through, especially off of senior Eric Shamama’s five points and Schlessel’s four to help push the lead further. The Stars were not done, though, and clawed their way through a 7-4 run to end the quarter only down by seven, 2722.

“Shamama played great,” said Hoenig. “Got to the basket, went to the foul line... he just played a fabulous game out.”

Coming back after halftime, HAFTR teed off with six points to start the third quarter. Again, the Stars refused to stay down and rallied their way back with a 8-2 run to squeeze HAFTR’s 13 point lead down to only five before Coach Hoenig called a timeout. Coming back in off the T.O., HAFTR put together a 5-3 run with the help of Schlessel at the end of quarter to maintain their lead, 42-35. Schlessel added two more points during the fourth to lead HAFTR with 17 points on the evening.

“Schlessel had a great game,” said Hoenig of the tallest player on the court, whose size made him seem like the high school’s own version of Shaquille O’Neal.

“I’m so happy to see him play-

Standard Staff Reporter

Ozeri – 10 pts Lipshitz – 2 pts Zylberberg – 2 pts

HAFTR’s Jonathan Zylberberg (#3) mixes it up with defenders for possession of the ball.

Photo by Scott P. Moore. ing so well – we needed him out there. He was amazing.”

The Hawks came out hot for the fourth quarter, looking inspired to put STHS away for good. A 7-2 run put HAFTR up 5037 to return the Hawks to their

largest lead of the night. The offense slowed for HAFTR after, but the defense was able to keep the Stars from doing too much damage. STHS managed a 7-5 run to end the game, but it was not nearly enough as HAFTR hung

Lawrence Beats Sewanhaka, Perfect Conference Season

By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

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he Lawrence Golden Tornadoes completed a whirlwind regular season with an 88-41 victory over the Sewanhaka Indians of Floral Park at home on Friday evening. Lawrence ends the regular season with a perfect 10-0 record in conference and a 15-2 record overall this season, tops in Conference A-II. The game began with the normal rush and perfect mixture of

Lawrence offense and defense as the Golden Tornadoes jumped out to an 18-6 lead to start things off. Sewanhaka had the ball for a few minutes and tipped in another basket, but could not seem to make anymore fall through the hoops. Lawrence, off a few last minute free throws, kept a 20-8 advantage at the end of the quarter.

The Golden Tornadoes turned the second quarter in to a perfect example of their season. Beginning with a 15-0 run to start things, the Lawrence defense kept Sewanhaka off the boards

HAFTR will move on to the Yeshiva League Playoffs where the team will face off against HALB’s DRS High School this Tuesday.

DRS defeated HAFTR in their last regular season matchup last week, 54-40.

for the first four-and-a-half minutes while the power offense knocked down every opportunity they had. Eddie Robinson’s eight points and A.J. Gallo’s two three-pointers for six led things during the quarter for the Tornadoes. The Indians were able to muster up four points, but Lawrence added nine more before the buzzer sounded. At half time, Lawrence was in complete control of the game, leading 44-12.

“We’ve really been working defensively,” said Lawrence Head Coach Joseph Supple, who has

stressed defense to his squad all season long. “I think the guys are buying into it. Quarter-to-quarter, it could be up and down, but I think we put in a solid effort defensively.”

The Lawrence assault continued into the third quarter, with Coach Supple letting his bench guys in early and finding some success. Sewanhaka struck first in the third with four quick points, but Lawrence picked up the pace from the second

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HAFTR’s Eric Shamama provided 12 points off the bench for the Hawks, helping them gain the victory.

Photo by Scott P. Moore.

1st Quarter

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4 24

9 25

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Sewanhaka Lawrence

Lawrence Scoring Robinson – 17 pts Daniel – 13 pts Lyerly – 12 pts Wallace – 12 pts Gallo – 9 pts Helicher – 5 pts

Goldsby – 4 pts Jenkins – 4 pts Paez – 4 pts Agyapong – 3 pts Barbier – 3 pts Shamseldin – 3 pts Fragner – 1 pt

Final Conference A-II Standings (italicized teams made playoffs) Team

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2

Bethpage

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5

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Plainedge

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Bulldogs Mosey into Victory to End Regular Season Play

By JONATHAN WALTER

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he Hewlett Bulldogs ended their season on somewhat of a high note as they head into the playoffs, defeating the Levittown Division Blue Dragons 57-49. The Bulldogs played without much energy as they slogged toward a certain victory.

Hewlett played with a lack of offensive cohesion throughout the game, but was still able to establish a 13-7 lead after a quarter of play with their patented highpressure defense.

In the second quarter, the Bulldogs began to lose their momentum defensively, while picking it up on offense as it turned into more of a fast break game.

Levittown Division managed 14 points, while Hewlett came up with 18 to improve their lead.

“It’s another one of those games where they weren’t into

it,” Hewlett Head Coach Bill Dubin said. “They were going through the motions. We knew we were going to win and it was just a matter of whether it was going to be a good win or not. We missed a thousand layups. If we hit half of those, it’s a 30-point game. It’s just one of those games.”

In the third quarter, the Bulldogs were able to step it up again defensively, while once again struggling on offense. They held the Blue Dragons to only 8 points, but scored only eight of their own. Again thing turned around in the fourth when they scored 18 points to the Blue Dragons 20, one of the highest scoring quarters against the Bulldogs all season.

Asked if this is an indication of how the team will play in the playoffs, Dubin responded “I hope not. If it is, it will be a short playoff season. I think we’ll rise to

the occasion with the team we’re playing against. I think we’ll perform better against a better team.

This game was just like, “let’s get out of here and move on.”

Weldon Irvine led the Bulldogs with 17 points, while coming up with eight rebounds. Avery Feldman followed with 14 points and five rebounds. Point guard Harrison Brenner had eight points for the bulldogs while dishing five assists. Dylan Sasson had six points and four rebounds off the bench.

The Bulldogs secured the second best record in their conference with the win at 8-2, behind the undefeated Lawrence Golden Tornadoes. Both Hewlett losses were at the hand of their cross Five Towns rival Lawrence.

With the playoff seeding, the Bulldogs drew Bethpage, who they beat twice this season, in the first round of the playoffs on Friday at 6:30 p.m.

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Lawrence Beats Sewanhaka, Perfect Conference Season CONTINUED FROM P. A6 quarter, hitting a 16-0 run before Sewanhaka was able to hit two free throws, keeping Lawrence to only a 60-18 lead. Gallo came through again, nailing another three pointer from beyond the arc to get Lawrence going again. Sewanhaka managed only three more points to Law-

Junior Dwayne Daniel drives past Sewanhaka defenders during a game earlier in the season.

Photo by Scott P. Moore. rence’s six and the Golden Tornadoes stayed out in front 69-21 at the end of the third.

Clifton Lyerly paced the Tornadoes during the quarter with six points; he would end the game with a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds.

“Our team is becoming really unselfish,” said Supple. “No-

body is trying to do it for themselves. We’ve had a real team first mentality the last few weeks and it’s really starting to show.”

Lawrence, entering the fourth quarter with a 48-point lead, let up on the Indians a bit defensively as more bench players came in for the Tornadoes. Sewanhaka managed to keep pace with Lawrence as their offense picked

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up. The Golden Tornadoes led at points by 78-31 and 86-37 as the last few minutes drained away.

“I think down the stretch [having bench players get more time] is going to help us,” he said.

“We’re deeper now than we were at the beginning of the year.”

With only 30 seconds left on the clock, Gallo held onto the ball as time expired, giving Lawrence their 10th victory in a 88-41 win.

“Feels nice now that we’ve gotten through it,” said Supple after the game. “We had some tough competition and I’m proud of the guys… that was the first season though, and the next one [the playoffs] is the more important one.”

Lawrence will enter the Conference A-II playoffs as the number one seed next Friday at home at 6:30 p.m. against the number four seed Sewanhaka Indians.

Notes: Eddie Robinson ended the game leading all scorers with 17 points… four Lawrence players reached double-digit points during the game – Robinson, Dwayne Daniel (13), Lyerly (12) and Randy Wallace (12)… Lawrence’s 88 points was their third largest total in conference play…

13 players on Lawrence’s roster had at least one point during the game… Lawrence averaged 75.2 points per game during conference play this season while only allowing 39.8 points per game to opponents.

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rom 1968 to 1970 there was a popular science-fiction TV show called Land of the Giants, where a group of travelers from Earth were accidentally transported via a space warp or wormhole to a planet in a parallel universe where everyone and everything was at least 10 times bigger than it was back home. It was basically a Gulliver’s Travels for the space age which also incorporated elements of Lost in Space (also produced by Irwin Allen) and Gilligan’s Island (unintentionally).

At times it seems to Nassau County taxpayers that they’re also been transported to another dimension (perhaps The Twilight Zone?) where things seems outsized and perhaps a bit outlandish.

One case in point is the battle taking place right now between the Nassau PBA on one side and County Executive Ed Mangano and the Republican Majority in the County Legislature on the other.

The PBA has been mounting quite the multi-media campaign (their ads appear in this issue of The Standard in fact) to ask voters to pressure their Legislators to overturn Mr. Mangano’s plans to cut the number of Nassau police precincts by half. Mangano’s cuts would save the county an estimated $20 million annually at a time when the county needs to close a roughly nine figure budget gap.

One of the truly bright spots of living in Nassau is the relative lack of crime and our overall sense of personal safety. It needs to be stated that the NCPD does a great job of keeping this a peaceful place to live. In our area the police have to contend with patrolling a potentially and occasionally “hostile border” with some less than tranquil parts of Queens. Thieves and vandals know this is where the money is and more often than not it is our cars that bear the brunt of incursions from miscreants from outside our area (in the form of vandalism and petty larceny) along with a raft of shoplifting at local stores. Police response times to home burglar alarms and 911 calls is rapid and efficient. Policemen tend to be courteous and professional. One reason we endure oppressive taxes is so that our kids can play outside, ride their bicycles and stroll our main streets without the fear of becoming victims of some whacko or lunatic. Security is not achieved at no cost.

But here is where the disconnect with reality begins. Nassau is mandated by law to balance its budget. The County also has a state fiscal watchdog in the form of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) with full veto powers of county spending and over the budget. There are only two ways to close yawning budget gaps – either you cut spending or you increase taxes. Mr. Mangano and the Republicans in the Legislature have chosen the spending cut method. In 2011 Mr. Mangano slashed a lot of county jobs and consolidated agencies with much pain spread around. The Nassau PBA and the Nassau Democrats really are opposed to large spending cuts and would prefer that taxes be increased instead. The fantasy element here is the notion that in the midst of a horrible economic environment where folks are struggling to hang on to their homes, businesses and their standard of living, that local governments should now increase taxes to support more government, bigger salaries and increased benefits.

Homeowners here are so highly taxed already because we are figuratively living in “The Land of the Giants” – giant salaries, benefit packages and pensions for public sector workers – teachers earning an average of $111,000, administrators and supervisors receiving $150K to nearly $300K and police personnel who are among the most highly compensated in the nation.

The Wall Street Journal reported recently that the average salary for NCPD officers is $107,000 before benefits. The paper estimates that when averaged out with the total compensation packages for Detectives ($225,713) and Superior Officers ($255,976) and combined with regular officers’ fully paid fringe benefits along with overtime, that each police officer costs taxpayers $202,400 annually. (These are 2010 figures). Needless to say, pension liabilities are also quite high.

Mr. Mangano’s proposed cuts to the NCPD would retain every officer out on patrol right now and would in fact put more cops on the street and out from behind desks. Civilian jobs would be cut and facilities eliminated to achieve savings. Is the Mangano plan a perfect scenario? No. But what is the alternative, raise taxes? Everyone in these trying times needs to learn how to do more with less and budgetary sacrifices need to be shared across all sectors of government and all areas of the public sector, including the police. It is unreasonable to ask Nassau taxpayers to sanction spending at prerecession levels or to dig deeper into their already overburdened pockets to support ever-escalating public sector six-figure compensation entitlement plans. In these dire times for local governments there needs to be shared sacrifice and no sacred cows.

We call on the NCPD to roll up their sleeves, keep doing a great job and be thankful that in an atmosphere of high unemployment and high anxiety for private sector workers that they enjoy among the highest salaries in the nation along with job security, benefit packages and retirement plans that seem like the stuff of science fiction fantasy to those working in the private sector. The NCPD also needs to be appreciative that they’re not patrolling the mean streets of The Bronx or Harlem, their jobs are pretty good here in the suburbs. Let’s stop the bickering and have everyone work together to balance the budget so that public sector personnel retain their jobs and taxpayers are able to remain in their homes.

We applaud Mr. Mangano and the Legislature for having the courage of their convictions in not succumbing to the easy temptation of tax increases and working diligently to cut spending while maintaining vital services and Legislator Kopel for helping keep the 4th Precinct here in Hewlett.

VOX POPULI

DID YOU CALL THE MAYOR YET?

By George Sava

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ecently, many of you may have received a letter from Legislator Howard Kopel regarding traffic congestion on Rockaway Boulevard. In the letter Legislator Kopel identified “faulty traffic signal sensors belonging to and maintained by New York City” as the cause of miles-long back-ups resulting in “an extra 25 to 50 minutes, on average, behind the wheel.”

In an effort to alleviate this problem Legislator Kopel, Supervisor Kate Murray, Senior Councilman Anthony Santino and Councilman James Darcy together called on New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, “on behalf of our community’s residents, to intervene.” This was done via letter dated January 18, 2012, requesting Mayor Bloomberg’s swift intervention in that the New York City Department of Transportation has been unwilling to take action, “citing existing departmental policy.”

Based on New York City’s refusal or unwillingness to act, Legislator Kopel is now asking us, the members of the community, to call Mayor Bloomberg or contact him online to tell him that we have “had enough” and apparently demand a response from the Mayor. To that end, he provided both a telephone number and email address

George Sava was the 2010 Democratic Nominee for N.Y. State Senate, 9th Senate District. He is an attorney with Port & Sava, a local law firm, and a Veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. George resides inThe Five Towns with his wife and three children.

for Mayor Bloomberg in order to voice our concerns. According to Mr. Kopel, our calls or emails are necessary “in order to bolster our request for Mayor Bloomberg’s swift and effective intervention to remedy this intolerable traffic and safety situation.”

I certainly agree that the congestion on Rockaway Boulevard is a safety and traffic concern, but is a resident’s personal telephone call to the Mayor the only remaining answer to solve this problem?

Surely there must be a better plan in place from the people who stood up before us last November and asked us to vote for them because they are bold and visionary leaders. Is asking Town and County residents to handle the issue of traffic congestion bold and visionary leadership?

Nevertheless, in assessing the letter I did try to evaluate it from all sides. Maybe I was being too cynical. Maybe Legislator Kopel had information proving that our personal calls to Mayor Bloomberg would be effective. Therefore, I answered Legislator Kopel’s request and a placed a telephone call to Mayor Bloomberg via the telephone number provided by Mr. Kopel. Now it probably doesn’t come as a big surprise, but Mayor Bloomberg did not accept my call. In fact, the number provided was nothing more than New York City’s 311 service number. For those of you unfamiliar with 311, it is New York City’s main source of government information and non-emergency services dealing with a multitude of areas from programs for the elderly, garbage collection schedules, parking information, and more. Complaints and requests for various city agencies are also processed through 311. Fortunately, my wait time was only about 10 to 15 minutes before an opera-

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LEGISLATIVE VOICE

Why are Taxes So Damn High?

By Howard Kopel

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s readers of this paper know well, Nassau County has the highest real estate taxes of any jurisdiction in the country.

These taxes are the combined levies of the county, schools, towns, cities, villages, sanitation districts and libraries. The total anyone pays depends on where the property is, but is too high everywhere.

Why are our taxes so high? Do we have better schools, parks, sanitation, etc. than everywhere else in the country? Certainly not. We are, perhaps, not bad, on average, but there are better places for services, where taxes are just a fraction of ours. What accounts for the disparities?

While no one factor accounts for the entire problem, I believe that our problems are largely “Made in Albany.” The state imposes unjustifiable costs, and collects a huge amount of taxes from Nassau residents, most of whose revenues are spent elsewhere, in areas of the state more favored by the Governor and State Legislature.

It is helpful to focus on one aspect of Nassau government as a microcosm of the whole. On average, depending on the school district in which a property is located, school taxes make up the great majority, close to 70 percent, in fact, of all prop-

Howard Kopel is Nassau County Legislator for the 7th District, which covers all of the Five Towns and other areas. He is also a Principal in Sutton Alliance, a national Title Insurance Company located in Valley Stream.

erty taxes, so let’s look at that. I recently had an eye opening meeting with one of our local School Boards. Yes, there are probably too many separate districts (56 in Nassau!) and, yes, Superintendents’ salaries and benefits seem outlandish in some cases. However, that is not where the real money is wasted. The real money is wasted because of state rules, on the one hand, that impose huge costs on school districts, and state aid formulas, on the other hand, that funnel Nassau money away from our taxpayers, and gives it to the residents of areas that the Albany crew deem more worthy than us. I will leave the reason that happens to your individual fertile imaginations, and I suspect that you will not guess wrong!

Governor Cuomo and the state Legislature recently crowed about “mandate relief.” However, my discussions with school officials convinced me that this “relief” is often, unfortunately, illusory, at best, and sometimes harmful. For example, there is a mandate for the counties to provide preschool programs for certain young children with special needs. The counties turn to the schools to provide the necessary screening, but the state and counties each pay for a portion of the costs. Re-jiggering in the new state budget will now impose a portion of this cost on the schools, providing no overall relief to us, the taxpayers. Instead, it has taken costs from the state and counties, but has merely imposed them on the schools instead. It is a shell game and a political fraud to call this “mandate relief.” Nassau taxpayers deserve real mandate relief, and should not be reduced to playing “Whack a Mole.”

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hile she is an incredibly talented singer, I have declared my car to be an “Adele-Free Zone.” Completely overplayed and poorly remixed, it took very little time for my tolerance level to register as FULL from all of the air time she receives. That is not to say she isn’t talented – she certainly is. I, however, have just had enough. The same way I cannot listen to The Eagles’ Hotel California anymore, I can no longer listen to Adele.

I could not have predicted, however, that I would ever need to declare my automobile a “Whitney-Free Zone” as well. There was no way to have known I would have ever been listening to her again in the first place.

When I stopped teasing my hair and wearing headbands with huge bows, I figured my Whitney listening days were over. Clearly I was wrong.

Whitney Houston’s untimely passing is tragic simply because it is another life cut short due to drug abuse. A bright star in the music industry with a voice clearly gifted to her by the heavens, her death forces us to remember all of those who suffer from addiction and to where that sickness may lead. Her tumultuous marriage and her welldocumented struggles publicly chronicled her downfall.

We seemed to watch Whitney fall before our eyes. Many commented that her death was not a shock – they had been waiting to receive news such as this for many years.

And yet, it still hit like a ton of bricks, as we were still taken by surprised that at 48, Whitney was no longer.

That being said, I was supersaturated by her music even before she died. I was all done in the 80s. Now it seems cruel, however, that once I hear her voice or the first few notes of “How Will I Know,” I immediately change the station.

To the contrary, I have listened to more Michael Jackson since his death than I did while he was alive, raising the volume each time his songs come on. I’ve engaged in numerous “What is your favorite MJ song?” conversations with friends, determined to have many agree that “P.Y.T.” was his greatest hit, even topping “Billy Jean.” I enjoy singing his songs at the top of my lungs along with my daughter, whose MJ knowledge is more extensive than expected, thanks to GLEE. When Whitney’s songs come on the radio, however, I do not sing along. Very quickly, thanks to local radio stations, I am sick of her music.

Luckily, amidst all the gloom and gray, among the songs which remind us of tragedy, my children have become addicted – for lack of a better word – to ESPN’s song about Tim Tebow. The Denver Broncos quarterback famous for taking a knee and praying after every touchdown has become a national phenom-

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Miriam L. Wallach,

MS.ed., M.A., has been writing “That’s Life” for close to five years. She lives in Woodmere with her husband and six children and can be found all week long on her blog at www.dearthatslife.com.

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THE LEGENDARY DANNY O’DOUL

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ALL HAIL – HIS EXCELLENCY – The Kumbaya President THE “THANE OF WOODMERE” P

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his was a rough week for anyone currently 48 years old. Firstly, it was Valentine’s Day -- a day in which 48 year-old men and women tend to take stock upon themselves, and their spouses. Upon reflection such middle-aged folk sometimes discover that things seem out-of-whack and that the “two halves of the special puzzle aren’t exactly fitting like they used to. Secondly, and, certainly more universal – was the tragic passing of Whitney Houston, the Queen of R&B Pop, -- at the young age of 48 -- right before the Grammy Awards.

Definitely a bummer because I, for one, had witnessed her stellar ascendance from newcomer vocalist to Her Royal Highness of the Pop Divas! You can almost imagine the state-of-mind I was in after hearing the sadly shocking news.

Yes, immediately, I got to thinking: “So I am now 48 and there is no time like the present to take action. What have I accomplished and what many more things must I accomplish?”

I decided what I really was seeking is “guaranteed posterity,” and what is the best way to achieve that –finally finishing “Exotic Tales of the Green Shtreimel?

No, what I really need is a “Royal Title.” And, really, I am definitely entitled to one, as I am, “The Legendary Danny O’Doul – from the famous House of O’Doul clan from Dublin, Ireland,” We trace our roots all the way back to Scotland, where the House of O’Doul once owned nearly 10 percent of the entire country! (In fact, parenthetically, we sold most of our Scottish property holdings to Sir Ian Anderson, vocalist and master flutist of that classic rock juggernaut, Jethro Tull, who now owns almost half of Scotland).

So, what kind of title would get me the best bang for the buck?

And, I bet that most of my readers probably don’t know that it costs a lot to buy a genu-

ine bona fide “Royal Title!”

Now, since I had just caught the “If only I were King” bug, I was forced to look within myself and come up with a “Royal Title for me” -– pronto -- and the title has to be regal, yet, elegant … and yes, maybe even, a bit “retro” and “shabby chic!” So, what was I to go for? “Count,” “Duke,” “Viscount,” “Squire” and “Marquis” just didn’t have the right mix of pizzaz and commanding presence as say the titles: “King,” “Prince” and “Templar Knight.”

That’s when, all of a sudden, I hit on the “holy grail” of all “Royal Titles:” “Thane!”

And it became clear to me, though as a distant memory of my second year of high school in which we had to read our Penguin Classic Edition of Shakespeare’s Macbeth -- that great work of playwriting. which insightfully displays Shakespeare’s “sheer introspective genius,” as well as his uncanny ability to make his audience enter a deep slumber, after they first get really annoyed that all the women characters are being played by men! I distinctly remembered reading about how Macbeth learned from the witches that Macbeth would, in the future, become a Thane” Yes, I like the sound of that and the way it pops: “The Thane of Woodmere!”

Now, as the New (…er -- maybe, also, The First) Thane of Woodmere, you may not yet be familiar with how to act around those of us who are (en) titled!

Firstly, I have an entourage, officially referred to as, “My Royal Court,” but, in these financially challenging times, I will be costcutting and trimming a good part of “My Royal Court,” firing about 30 percent of them this month alone.

Secondly, a “Thane,” has his personal “Brewer of Teas and Coffees,” as a “Thane” cannot be seen entering a bank for “free coffee.” Instead, a “Thane” will confer a “Royal Seal of Approval” on a master-level company in his domain: i.e.: “Woodmere,” and make that company his

This is The Legendary Danny O’Doul requests that you take a moment to remember the great vocal achievements Of the Late Queen of R&B Pop, Whitney Houston, pray for her family, and remember, “The Greatest Love of All,” is the love a “Loyal Subject” can show for his “Thane!”

“Royal Brewer of Teas and Coffees,” in exchange for free coffee and tea for his Palace and to the members of his “Royal Court.”

Basically, this is a more regal and classy way to achieve the same thing -- free coffee and tea! I will be soon officially announcing the name of my Royal Brewer, but, I will tell you that I seriously leaning toward Joel Baruch of “Got-A-Get a Bagel” fame!

Lastly, is the little issue of “taxes.” Now, I will not burden you, my “Loyal Subjects,” with the complex and difficult financial formula which comprises the “Levy for The Exclusive Benefit of The Thane of Woodmere and his Royal Court,” but I will tell you that it works out to about 39 cents a day for a family residing in Woodmere (and, quite reasonably, it is across the board whether you live in District 14 or District 15!). This mathematical model can only be properly understood and figured out utilizing a really good, hi-end scientific calculator – which most normal people still don’t have access to.

So, from now on my weekly columns shall bear the byline of: “His Excellency –The Legendary Danny O’Doul, Thane of Woodmere.” Regardless, mail can still be sent to me (utilizing the above “Royal Title” to my same “Audubon Estate” address in Wemphis, NY 11598. As you probably recall, “Wemphis” is a small exclusive enclave in Woodmere and “Audubon Estate” is my small, yet luxurious, Italianate split-level villa in this exclusive enclave. For now, the County of Nassau has still not signed on to the Governor’s proposal for the introduction of “Royal” license place designations – and thus “consulate plates,” still carry the most weight here. But, I will be asking our Legislator, Howard Kopel, for his help in this area. Certainly, as a back-up, my warm and close professional relationship with The Great Magneto (The County Executive, himself) should seal the deal, if need be!

Well, you can basically still feel free to continue to send me “fan mail,” inquiries and, even address me in public, but just remember you can call “Your Excellency,” “Your Excellenceness,” “Thaner,” or, even, if brevity is not an issue: “El Royal Thanerino!”

ete Seeger and Joan Baez both recorded versions of Kumbaya in 1958 and 1962 respectively which became a paradigmatic anthem for the civil rights movement and all the utopian causes that were prevalent in the 60s.

The song became standard fare at countless campfires at sleep away and scouting camps in the 60s and 70s among primarily affluent, white suburban youth – becoming so ubiquitous so as to have lasting meaning decades later when using the song’s name as a political reference point.

That the song’s provenance is derived from a black spiritual from the sea islands of South Carolina and Georgia only added to its appeal among liberals.

In the “Kumbaya” state of mind, everyone sits around together in a harmonious circle, clasping hands in multi-cultural brotherhood, ushering in an era of world peace and unending harmony (literally and figuratively). President Obama is in deep “Kumbaya” mode with the release of his proposed 2013 budget and the cuts he plans to make in defense spending while concurrently dramatically hiking taxes on anyone earning a few shekels.

The big attention-grabbing “world peace” cut in defense spending, preparedness and deterrence is the President’s initiative to unilaterally eliminate 80 percent of our nation’s nuclear arsenal. This is an offer he’s got on the table while asking absolutely, positively nothing whatsoever from the Russians or the Chinese or anyone else with nuclear weapons for that matter.

The President envisions a nuclear-free world, which, while it would be nice, doesn’t take into account the world’s realities.

Reality number one – Russia is

ruled by a neo-fascist strongman in the form of Vladimir Putin who yearns for the day when his country will again bestride the earth like the colossus it was during the Brezhnev years. Russia is a country ruled by a man with little to no accountability to his public and who harbors illusions of grandeur combined with policies supporting rogue terroristsupporting nations like Iran and Syria. Putin would like nothing better than to see an emasculated U.S., the easier to bully us and Europe around.

Reality number two – China is on a fast track to dramatically expand its navy, including the construction of aircraft carriers. They’ve got a space program going that’s not about collecting moon rocks. They’re also an authoritarian regime that backs repugnant nations like North Korea, not to mention the aforementioned Iran and Syria, among others. China holds way too much of our debt. If we become weaker militarily, we risk being reduced to vassal status.

Reality number three – the Islamic Bombs – Pakistan (a highly unstable country as it is) has nukes. Iran is moving at all deliberate speed to create them while developing missile delivery systems that threaten the entire Middle East and Europe. The Obama Administration, sanctions aide, is sitting on it’s hands while uranium gets enriched to a higher degree day by day. The Iranians don’t care about economic sanctions. Iran’s leaders have a martyr/kamikaze complex and wouldn’t care one whit if they sacrificed 20 million of their own people to kill a comparable number of “infidels” in Israel, Europe and elsewhere. At the very least they seek to dominate the Middle East and the essential oil supplies there – putting the West in a choke hold.

The President did nothing two years ago to support the “Green

Revolution” in the streets of Iran’s cities, ensuring the continued enslavement of its masses to the Mullahs. Iran is Syria’s main sponsor, along with the harbingers of hate in the form of Hezbollah and Hamas. The President is, despite rhetoric at the U.N. doing nothing to help the rebels in Syria. This only strengthens Iran.

The President’s proposed 2013 budget also slashes about 100,000 troops from the armed forces. It cuts bases. It cuts aircraft. It cuts ships. It cuts weapons systems and weapons development. The budget proposes $472 billion in cuts over 10 years.

More worrisome is the specter of another $600 billion in cuts in defense spending unless Congress can find a way to realize another $1.2 trillion in spending mandated by the Budget Control Act. While our military preparedness is being gutted the President proposes nearly a billion dollars in various and sundry pork barrel “stimulus” spending to “create jobs,” when none of the enormous prior stimulus expenditures did a thing to staunch the recession.

Further eroding our strategic position are the never-ending deficits – another $1.327 trillion for 2012 with a similar number projected yet again for 2013. The deficit is now over $15 trillion with $5 trillion added to that in just the past three years – a level of government deficit spending not seen since the end of World War II. The fiscally tottering and precarious nature of the social welfare state being envisioned and constructed by the Administration endangers the nation’s ability to defend its vital strategic interests around the world. And make no mistake, the world is a dangerous place with bad people and evil forces rampant. The

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GENESIS

SOAPBOX

Meet Nassau’s New Community Policing Plan

By Edward P. Mangano

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arlier this month, along with Police Commissioner Thomas Dale, I submitted to the County Legislature a Community Policing (COP) Plan that reassigns 48 police officers from desk jobs to community policing positions. This plan includes the transformation of four current precincts into new Community Policing Centers to be located throughout the County, with a police presence maintained at all current locations. These Centers will have police officers posted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and will have community rooms for residents to visit and for the police to host neighborhood meetings.

Keeping the families and senior citizens of Nassau County safe is my number one priority and this plan improves public safety, while increasing accountability and protecting our residents’ wallets.

That is why this plan affects the boundary lines of administrative paperwork and criminal processing, not the locations in which officers are located on the streets. All 177 patrol cars will continue to remain in their current neighborhoods. That

Edward Mangano will not change.

For too long, Nassau County accepted the status quo and ignored the benefits of the 21st Century. Nassau County police officers change shift at their post in local neighborhoods and not at the station houses like you see in the movies.

Residents should know that response time will not be impacted as police officers will remain in their current posts and additional officers will be assigned to our neighborhoods.

The current state of the economy, combined with Nassau County’s past budget practices, has resulted in my administration reining in record spending

and implementing numerous cost savings measures in every single County department.

This initiative has required us to think outside the box and seek efficiencies in areas that have been looked over for decades.

With the police department representing more than a third of Nassau’s budget, clearly, there is room to maximize taxpayer dollars. The COP Plan eliminates over 100 desk jobs and slashes costly built-in overtime benefits while modernizing Nassau’s 1972 precinct-building plan to account for the last 40 years of technology enhancements, reducing administrative workload throughout the department. The COP Plan corrects imbalances in current workload, as three police precincts presently perform twice the workload of the remaining five precincts. Furthermore, this plan protects residents from a tax hike by achieving $20 million in annual savings.

The residents of Nassau County have spoken loud and clear.

They want a leaner, more efficient government that maintains government services. This plan does just that!

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Lawrence, Hewlett Lead the Pack into Postseason #1 Lawrence Golden Tornadoes (10-0, 152) vs #16 Sewanhaka Indians (4-6, 4-13)

By Scott P. Moore and Jonathan Walter

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awrence had a regular season for the ages, especially for a high school that is well known for pumping out great football teams and not known for its prowess on the court. Led by junior Eddie Robinson and sophomore Dwayne Daniel, the Golden Tornadoes swept through the conference with ease, outmatching their opponents on defense and offense.

The Tornadoes will look to its starting lineup and experienced bench to carry them through the conference playoffs when they face off against the Sewanhaka Indians at home on Friday evening at 6:00 p.m.

Defense Head Coach Joseph Supple First Round Friday, Feb. 17 at higher seeds

(8) Great Neck North Gm 2: 2/17/12 6 PM (9) West Hempstead

(4) Glen Cove Gm 4: 2/17/12 5 PM (13) Floral Park

big guys have controlled the tempo and the pace. We’ll throw some different looks to them... maybe double team them.”

He added: “If we can control the guys in the middle, we can control the pace of the game.”

Opponents’ Averages – Conference: 39.8 ppg; Playoff Teams – 40.7 ppg

Offense Lawrence’s basketball team might remind them of their football team – with Eddie Robinson leading the pack, the resemblance is uncanny. The addition of Dwanye Daniel makes for a dynamic duo that usually ends up leading the game in points.

When its not Daniel or Robinson leading the Tornadoes, its the big men on the court – Clifton Lyerly and Randy Wallace. Both tower over 6’ 5” and help spur a big passing game that allows Supple to spread the offense out when needed.

The Golden Tornadoes have had no issue with points this sea-

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(1) Lawrence Gm 1: 2/1/12 7 PM (16) Sewanhaka

(5) Jericho Gm 3: 2/17/12 6 PM (12) Seaford

has stressed a defense-first method to his team since tryouts began. This mentality did not take long to take hold, as Lawrence has kept many opponents below 45 points eight out of the ten season games and allowed a maximum of 52 points to Hewlett on February 3rd. Against the other Conference A-II teams in the playoffs this season (Hewlett, Bethpage and Sewanhaka), Lawrence allowed an average of 40.7 points per game, easily allowing their offense to heavily outscore opponents.

Lawrence has had some first quarter troubles with Sewanhaka in their two meetings. The Indians have pushed the Golden Tornadoes around with an obvious size difference. In their first meeting, Sewanhaka jumped out an early lead 8-4 lead and held onto it for several minutes before Lawrence’s defense gave themselves a chance to rally back.

“We’re going to do our best to hold the big guys down,” said Supple. “Both first quarters, their

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son, eclipsing the 70-point mark 80 percent of the time during conference play. While much attention is given to their iron curtain defense, the quick-striking offense turns steals around fairly quickly and has been extremely accurate from the free-throw line, easily averaging 65 percent for the season.

“Hopefully we can get out and run and force turnovers which we’ve been successful on,” said Supple. “We like to transition – it’s our game plan going forward.”

Lawrence’s Averages – Conference: 75.2 ppg; Playoff Teams – 71.7 ppg

What to Expect Coach Supple has said all season the goal for this team was to make it to the playoffs and go as far as possible. With the Tornadoes tearing everything in sight lately, do not expect their great season to stop here. Lawrence has absolutely owned Sewanhaka this season, combining their two games for a 162-65 difference, which averages down to 81-33 for a single game.

Expect Lawrence’s offense to come out strong with a big home crowd supporting them. Robinson and Daniel will probably end up blocked by the big men on Sewanhaka’s starting lineup, so Lyerly and Wallace will get the opportunity to drive in the paint.

Lawrence’s defense will keep doing what it’s done all season and shut the Indians down through most of the game. At the end of the day, Lawrence’s great season will live to fight another day as they will probably move on to face the winner of #8 Great Neck North vs #9 West Hempstead.

Standard Guesstimated Score: Lawrence 74, Sewanhaka 38

#6 Hewlett Bulldogs (82, 11-6) vs #11 Bethpage Golden Eagles (5-5, 9-8) With an eight and two league record, it seems the only team able to stop the Hewlett Bulldogs is their cross-town rival Lawrence, who has handed them their only two league losses this season. In the first round of the playoffs they draw Bethpage, a team they have defeated twice this season already. After victories over Bethpage of seven and ten points, they’ll look to make it three in row in a more convincing fashion.

“We know it’s hard to beat a team a third time, but I certainly think that the game plan we’ve had the last couple times out has bee pretty good,” Hewlett Head Coach Bill Dubin said. “If we get the ball inside, they are going to have a hard time stopping us. As long as we don’t settle for jump shots, we’ll be fine.”

That includes working the ball inside to Avery Feldman, one of the team’s top scorers, whose inside move and ability to pivot in the paint and go for easy layups is key to Hewlett’s success.

“Defensively, we have to stop them from shooting jump shots,” Dubin said. “That’s their game.

We have to try to make them beat us inside. We’re definitely going to keep up that high-pressure defense from now until March. Hopefully we’ll do well.

We’ll see.”

Dubin says he won’t make any rotational changes come Friday.

“This is one of our best seasons in a long time at 8-2 in the league,” Dubin said. “It’s our best since we were 11-1 about six years ago. So, there’s no reason why this shouldn’t continue. Hopefully we’ll play as well as we should play. We’re the home team and we are favored, so hopefully we should win.”

Despite a playoff home game, Dubin isn’t sure if there will be a large crowd at the game with President’s Week vacation starting next week, but he knows his team will still have the edge.

“They’ll have a hard time stopping us inside,” Dubin said.

“We’re bigger and stronger than they are inside. In the first game we settled for jump shots and hit like none of them. We were up 18 at one point and the next thing you know we’re tied. So, if we can go inside right from the beginning, they shouldn’t be able to stop us. We had opportunities to put them away early in both games, but we didn’t do it. We allowed them to stay in the game.

It wasn’t them keeping themselves in the game. It’s really up to us how we’re going to finish with them.”

If Hewlett (11-6 overall) wins, they will take on the winner of Roosevelt versus Roslyn. They defeated Roosevelt (13-4 overall) 50-48 in a non-league game in early December, but have not faced Roslyn (9-8 overall) this season.

“This team is capable of winning anything they want to win,” Dubin said. “This is the most basketball talent we’ve had on a team since I’d been here. “ Their game versus Bethpage is at 7:15 p.m. at Hewlett High School.

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Neons, Floral, and Peplum - Oh, My! Jump Into Spring with the Season’s Hottest Trends

BY SUSAN VARGHESE

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ew York’s spring runway shows boasted ongoing styles like color blocking in stunning hues, and introduced fresher trends, like dainty pastels and feminine detailing.

BCBG Max Arzria Runway’s spring collection touted chiffon jackets with color blocking in peach and blue, and their prespring had flowing Bohemianinspired dresses coated in colors like bright poppy and sea green.

Jason Wu, a designer known for making bold statements through simple and chic designs, used pops of neon color, petal prints, and peplum tops to create his statement for the season. On Paris runways, Louis Vuitton painted dreamy pictures of floral appliqués and pastels in his spring couture collection, as did Valentino with traditional lace.

Although the above-mentioned are some of the hottest looks, these aren’t the only runway-inspired trends flooding national and Five Town retailers. Mixology, Max and Gino’s, Macy’s, and Forever 21 noted some of the best options for contemporary and junior wear. The Children’s Place and Denny’s Childrenswear also offered suggestions to guarantee fashion forward looks for kids.

Spring looks from the Children’s Place

Floral for girls from the Children’s Place

are abundant at Mixology.

Mixology is located at 1199 Broadway in Hewlett. (516) 5692800. Mixology.com.

stores aand on Target.com.

Target is located at 500 West Sunrise HighTarge wayy in Valley Stream. (516) 568-9264. Target.com w wa

Mixology ”Neon color blocking is a particular trend and runway favorite, with shocking pink, for example, paired with neon yellow, orange and bright blue,” Lindsey Simon, Stylist and Assistant Buyer for Mixology said.

Simon noted that mixing patterns alPoplin Dress by Jason Wu for Target. $39.99.

Macy’s Electro Pop and Bloomtown are two distinct trends emerging at Macys. Electro-pop, as Macy’s dubbed it, is a “neo-modern movement” that’s arrived for the young contemporary at Macy’s, fusing bold graphic stripe, colored denim, color blocking, eyelet designs, and shine fabrics.

ninity. This encom-passes lace, florall and lace appliqués,, high-low asymmetric hemlines and scalloped and flounced hemlines.

Macy’s is locat-ed in Green Acres

Forever FFo ore reve v 21 If th there’s ever a place to get styles that look they’ve been picked straight from the like th runways for a sinfully low retail price, it’s at ForPeplum tops, tinges of brights like tanever 21. P gerine and yellow, lace, and daring prints are just the styles available. some of th fashion blog shares high praise for pepTheir fa reading, “The silhouette of the moment is lum, readi overskirt called the peplum. We’ve been the little o everywhere! And long story short: Absoseeing it ev love.” It also paid some special attention lutely in lo to the chevron print, “the flying v,” which they dubbed as “the standout print of the season.”

Allie Kuznia, a Forever 21 representative added, “There will definitely be a lot of prints this summer - whether it’s tribal, stripes, or polka dots, you can’t go wrong with a fresh patterned print.

Lace and seventy style items will also be huge…

I can’t forget to mention the platform shoes and high-low skirts (a must).”

Forever 21 is located in the Green Acres Mall in South Valley Stream. (516) 256-0700. Forever21.com

Casual button down and shorts from Mixology

Max and Gino’s Aside from neons, colored denim is still a staple, Masone added. The colored denim is a super stretch skinny with colors from hot pink and coral to turquoise and green for $68.00.

Far from a new look, woven button down shirts and tops with open shoulders are popular for their versatility at Max and Gino’s, as well as color-blocking tops. High-low skirts skimming just above the knee in the front and flowing to the ankles in the back are must-haves, Manager Gabrielle Masone, explained.

Max and Gino’s is located at 1330 Broadway in Hewlett. Buttersupersoft.com

Children’s Place

Jason Wu’s Spring 2012 show.

Jason Wu’s Spring 2012 show.

Photo by Marcio Madeira/firstVIEW.

Photo by Marcio Madeira/firstVIEW.

All these looks are from the designers’ spring runway shows. Although these aren’t the exact pieces available for purchase locally, local retailers have items following the designers’ trends.

Forever 21, Target, and Mixology are just some of the stores that have looks similar to the flowing dresses and color blocking from BCBG, and the petal prints and peplum tops from Jason Wu. A selected amount of apparel from Jason Wu is now available at Target. lows people to play with prints within their own comfort level and personal style.

“Everyone should definitely make room in their closets for a pair of floral pants to be worn with a neon, sleeveless shoulder button down or a peplum shirt,” Simon added. Another must-have is bright trousers and a few colored blouses, which

Bloomtown is about floral everywhere, reminiscent of wild blooms of an English rose garden, with a new sense of femi-

Mall in Valley Stream. (516) 561-6100. Macys.com

Target

BCBG Max Azria Runway Spring 2012 Collection.

Photo courtesy of BCBG Max Azria Runway

Target has partnered with designer Jason Wu to bring chic to the suburbs, specifically, providing an affordable and limited-edition collection in apparel and handbags.

According to Target, “For his collection for Target, Wu took inspiration from the idea of an American girl in Paris, while staying true to his signature juxtaposition of modern sensibility and timeless style.

Ranging in price from $19.99 to $59.99 for apparel and $19.99 to $49.99 for handbags and scarves.”

Jason Wu for Target will be available through March 6th or until supplies last at most Target

The Children’s Place is in full bloom this spring with fresh florals for girls, and crisp classics and new nautical styles with bursts of green for boys.

“It’s a garden party full of fantastic finds that make it easy for kids to dress up and look fabulous for any occasion,” Dana Turek, a Children’s Place representative said. “The new spring collection bursts with color and fun patterns and features exciting accessories to play up every look, all at the affordable prices you expect from The Children’s Place.”

The Children’s Place is located in The Five Towns Shopping Plaza at 253-01 Rockaway Turnpike in North Woodmere. (516) 569-9275.

Denny’s Children’s Wear At Denny’s, fringe hasn’t quite left the scene yet, and they’re seeing color in a big way this season.

“For girls, we’re doing a lot of fringes, with still some Aztec prints,” Manager Shari Feldheim said.

“There are definitely a lot of bright colors and neons in colored shorts and pants. Pastels are also big. Colors are bigger than it ever was.”

Colored denim and pants are the biggest sellers in girls’ wear. Boys’ clothing hasn’t changed for them since last season, with t-shirts and shorts being about the same, Feldheim noted.

Denny’s is located at 680 Central Avenue. (516) 295-0946. www.dennyschildrenswear.com

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CH Colonial. 7 BR, 2.55 bth. Atrium W/Spa. Sep. Entrance To Guest Suite/Or Prof.

Office. Cul-De-Sac $1.149M.

Split. 3 BR, 2.5 bth. Cul-De-Sac. Sd #14. Granit Kitchen With Nice Sitting Room .Owner motivated! $520K

Recently Renovated Tiffany Split.

4BR,2.5 bth. New Gourmet Kitchen.

Park Like Property.$689K

Cedarhurst Split. New To Market.

4/5 BR, 3 Full Bbth. SD#14. Waiting To Welcome Its New Owners. $569K

N.Woodmere

N.Woodmere

Oceanside

N.Woodmere

Splanch. 4 BR, 2.5 bth. Totally Rebuilt In 2002-2003. IGP, Hot Tub Cabana W/Sauna $849K

SH Colonial. 4 BR 2.5 Bth, New Master Bedroom Suite, Renovated Kitchen. SD#14.$625K

Newly Redone Split In Ocean Lea Area.

3 BR, 2 bth. New Kitchen, Bath, Windows, Driveway And HW Floors.$579K

Raised Ranch. 4 BR, 3 bth.

Sun Room. Marble Master bath, Skylights Price Right. $565K

VI Properties, INC, 1208 Broadway, Hewlett NY 11557, Office: 516-791-1313 www.VIPropertiesNY.com vipi@optonline.net

rooms, $599,000, South Shore Estates, (516) 569-4980 589 West Broadway, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 8 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $749,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651

HEWLETT 291 Channon Rd, 2/19, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $699,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 400 Felter Ave, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499K, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1460 Kew Ave, 2/19, 1:30 p.m.3:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $644,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1 Fiesta Ct, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.2:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $649,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 1637 Fenimore Rd, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $555,000, Morton Haves Real Estate, (516) 3740100 1588 Hewlett Ave, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $329,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 1462 Moffitt Ave, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $639,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 5695651 38 Prospect Ave, 2/19, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $695,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 5695651

HEWLETT BAY PARK 1340 Paine Rd, 2/19, 1:00 p.m.3:00 p.m., 7 bedrooms, 2.55 bathrooms, $1,149,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313

HEWLETT HARBOR 1349 W. Boxwood Dr, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $899,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1100 Seawane Dr, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 5.55 bathrooms, $2,500,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 1176 Harbor Rd, 2/19, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $949,000 Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, (516) 238-4299

HEWLETT NECK 184 Woodmere Blvd, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, $1,100,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 171 Ocean Ave, 2/19, 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $879,000, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, (516) 238-4299 949 East Broadway, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $1,499,000, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Es-

SOUTH SHORE ESTATES

tate, (516) 238-4299

LAWRENCE 30 Bayberry Rd, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $839,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 43 Ventana Ct, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.1:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $950,000, Milky Forst Properties, (516) 375-4767

NORTH WOODMERE 814 Talbot Ave, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.2:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $394,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 38 Dolores Dr, 2/19, 1:30 p.m.2:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $427,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 5695651 872 Park Ln, 2/19, 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $459,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 950 Park Ln, 2/19, 10:30 a.m.11:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $439,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 5695651

WOODMERE 562 Norman Way, 2/19, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $549,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 563 Sunset Dr, 2/19, 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $439,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 835 Jefferson St, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $399,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 840 Jefferson St, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $369,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 839 Lowell St, 2/19, 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $595,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 900 Mayfield Rd, 2/19, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, $1,195,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 986 Peninsula Blvd, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $469,000, Morton Haves Real Estate, (516) 374-0100 33 Clubside Dr, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2.55 bathrooms, $529,000, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, (516) 238-4299 966 Northfield Rd, 2/19, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $699,000, South Shore Estates, (516) 569-4980 571 Barnard Ave, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $535,000, South Shore Estates, (516) 569-4980 968 East Broadway, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $599,000, South Shore Estates, (516) 569-4980 388 Northfield Rd, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $649,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110

WOODSBURGH 110 Wood Ln, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, $1,161,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 847 Ivy Hill Rd, 2/19, 12:00 p.m.1:00 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $879,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651

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"New Construction" Two minute walk to shul. Classic 6 Bdrm/4.5 Bath. Center hall colonial. Fabulous entry foyer.

Nine foot ceilings. LR with fireplace. Large formal DR. Huge kosher EIK. Top of the line. Must see. Call Susan for details.

Walk to Young Israel and Aish. Come view the plans and specifications. $1M+

OPEN HOUSE SUN FEB 19 1-2:30pm

"New Construction" Walk to new Irving Place Shul. Classic custom built new constructions. Grand two story entry foyer.

Nine foot ceilings. Huge open flow. Full Bsmt. Built on half acre property. Too much to mention. See the plans & specifications.

Call for appt to see the finished product. $1M+

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Properties Sold in the Five ive Towns since Feb. 9th 275 Pearl Street, Lawrence

26 Harris Avenue, Inwood

A split-style home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a detached twocar garage. A lot size of 8,000 square feet. Year built: 1957. The home sold on February 12th for $450,000.

A Hi Ranch-style home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, one-and-a-half bathrooms and an attached one-car garage. A lot size of 6,324 square feet. Year built: 1965. The home sold on February 15th for $275,000.

931 Midway, Woodmere

545 Arbuckle Avenue, Cedarhurst

A split-style home with 10 rooms, six bedrooms, two full bathrooms, an attached one-car garage and a rear deck. A lot size of 6,200 square feet. Year built: 1957. The home sold on February 15th for $427,000.

A colonial-style home with nine rooms, five bedrooms, two full bathrooms and a detached one-car garage. A lot size of 7,500 square feet. Year built: 1927. The home sold on February 9th for $265,000.

Say You Saw It In The Standard

FEB.1723, 2012 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

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ON THE MARKET

526 Waterview Drive, Cedarhurst Stats: A lot size of 6,000 square feet. The home has eight rooms, four bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is selling for $619,000 with annual taxes of $10,714.

Details: A splanch-style home, built in 1970, with a formal dining room, den with a fireplace and luxurious master bedroom suite. The house features a deck off of the den, wood floors, a Jacuzzi in the master bathroom and a finished basement.

Contact: Pugatch Realty Corp., Mark Lipner at (516) 295-3000

43 Ventana Court, Lawrence Stats: A lot size of 11,704 square feet. The home has 11 rooms, five bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms.

The property is selling for $950,000 with annual taxes of $15,288.67.

Details: A colonial-style home, built in 1964, with a master bathroom with a Jacuzzi, steam room and gym skylights. The house features a finished basement with a playroom, a den, an eat-in-kitchen, a breakfast room and a laundry room.

Contact: Milky Forst Properties, Rivki Bortz at (516) 375-4767

44 Bergman Drive, Hewlett Stats: A lot size of 6,800 square feet. The home has eight rooms, three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms.

The property is selling for $559,000 with annual taxes of $13,183.28.

Details: A split-style home, built in 1956, which has been completely renovated with hard wood floors and a brand-new kitchen. The house features a large dining room, spacious bedrooms, a back deck and a full finished basement.

Contact: VIProperties, INC. at (516) 791-1313

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421 Broadway, Lawrence Stats: A lot size of 2,472 square feet. The home has eight rooms, three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms.

The property is selling for $719,000 with annual taxes of $9,550.

Details: A colonial-style home, built in 1936, with a spiral staircase, high ceilings and wood floors. The house features large living areas, a kosher kitchen, cedar den with cathedral ceilings, sky lights, a finished basement and a spacious backyard.

Contact: Anessa V. Cohen Realty, Anessa Cohen at (516) 569-5007

Say You Saw It In The Standard

WOODMERE

WOODMERE

Great 4BR, 2 Bath Colonial "Academy Area", Lr W/Fpl, Den, Fin Bsmt...$540K

Beautiful 5BR, 2.5 Bath Colonial, Gourmet Granite Eik, Lg Fdr, Den, Cul-De-Sac...$995K

E.ROCKAWAY

WOODMERE

Beautiful Renovated 2BR "Starter", Walk- Up Attic, Full Bsmt, SD# 20...$350K

Pristine 3/4 Bedroom Colonial, Oak Floors, Den, Bsmt, Walk-Up Attic, Low Taxes...$379K

WOODMERE

HEWLETT

Great Income Producer! All Updated 2 Family, 6BR, 4 Full Bath, "Old Woodmere"...$599K

Spacious Updated 5BR, 3 Bath Contemp Colonial, Lux MBR Ste, Den...$640K

N. WOODMERE

HEWLETT

Wonderful 5BR, 4.5 Bath Colonial, Updated Eik, Den W/Fpl & Deck, Overlook IG Pool, Fin Bsmt, SD# 15...$699K

Owner Motivated!!! Large 4 Bedrooom, 3 Full Bath Split, Lr W/Vaulted Ceiling, Den, Bsmt, O/S Ppty...$499K

(516) 295-3000

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• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • FEB. 1723, 2012

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY FABULOUS HOMES FOR SALE CEDARHURST

HEWLETT BAY PARK

606 Oceanpoint Ave, 2/19, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $475,000, VIProperties, (516) 7911313 549 Central Ave. Apt. 25-B, 2/19, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $299,000, or rent $2,200/month, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 367 Summit Ave, 2/19, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $469,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000

207 Woodside Dr, 2/19, 6 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, $1,695,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 116 Cedar Ave, 2/19, 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $1,499,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313

HEWLETT 1185 E. Broadway, 2/19, 1-2 bedrooms, 1-2 bathrooms, $159,000$289,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 44 Bergman Dr, 2/19, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $559,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 1175 E. Broadway #4J, 2/19, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, $175,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1175 E. Broadway #1K, 2/19, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $269,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1185 E. Broadway #5E, 2/19, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, $207,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1185 E. Broadway #1A, 2/19, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, $159,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1185 E. Broadway #1E, 2/19, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, $189,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 71 Crystal Ct, 2/19, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $839,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 41 Erick Ave, 2/19, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $520,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110

HEWLETT HARBOR 1335 Club Dr, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $1,399,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 1334 Club Dr, 2/19, 8 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, $1,875,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 417 Pepperidge Rd, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $950,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 1057 Channel Rd, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $1,050,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 1340 Boxwood Dr, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, $815,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 1348 W. Boxwood Dr, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $895,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 231 Everit Ave, 2/19, 5 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, $1,625,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110

HEWLETT NECK 951 Smith Ln, 2/19, 7 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, $1,425,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 849 Smith Ln, 2/19, 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $1,225,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313

951 Smith Ln, 2/19, 7 bedrooms, 5.5 bathrooms, $1,425,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000

LAWRENCE Ocean Ave Est., 2/19, 6 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $2,250,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 360 Central Ave. Apt. 125, 2/19, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, $189,999, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 376 Central Ave #4K, 2/19, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, Rent $3,400/month, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 50 Auerbach Lane, 2/19, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $900,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 284 Central Ave #A5, 2/19, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $315,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 285 Central Ave #C4, 2/19, 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, $221,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 285 Central Ave, 2/19, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, $95,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 211 Polo Lane, 2/19, 7 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, $1,700,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 5695110

NORTH WOODMERE 26 E. Valley Ln, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $625,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 643 June Pl, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $725,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 842 Newburg Ave, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $679,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 924 Woodmere Dr, 2/19, 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $625,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 648 June Pl, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $565,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313

903 Oak Ln, 2/19, 4/5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $569,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 645 Flanders Dr, 2/19, 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $599,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110

WOODMERE 46 Clubside Dr, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $619,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1021 Loft Rd, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $669,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 141 Woodmere Blvd #3A, 2/19, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, $159,000, VIProperties, (516) 791-1313 29 Woodmere Blvd. Apt. 4C, 2/19, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, $149,000, or rent $1,600/month, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 141 Woodmere Blvd. Apt. 5H, 2/19, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, $145,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 900 Mayfield Rd, 2/19, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, $1,195,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 29 Woodmere Blvd #2G, 2/12, 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, $138,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 37 Neptune Ave, 2/19, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, $849,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 29 Neptune Ave, 2/19, 7 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $950,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 112 Ocean Ave, 2/19, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $689,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110 750 Lark Ct, 2/19, 6 bedrooms, 2.55 bathrooms, $759,000, Marjorie Hausman Realty, (516) 569-5110

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Jan Kalman Realty, Ltd.

516-569-5651

www.jankalman.com OPEN HOUSES, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH Ced.589 W.Broadway(12-2)8BR,3Bth Col on over ½ acre. $749K Hew 1588 Hewlett Av(12-1:30) 3BR,1.5Bth Col. Reduced. $329K Hew 1462 Moffitt Av(12-1:30)Ren Col. 4BR,3Bth,Fin bsmt. $639K Hew 38 Prospect Av(11-1)Lg 5BR,3Bth Exp Ranch. Fin bsmt.$695K Hew. Lg 2BR,2Bth Condo. Terr.Many closets.Doorman.Elev. $439K Lawr 285 Central Ave(By Appt) Lovely 1BR, 1st floor garden apt.$95K N.Wd 38 Dolores Dr.(1:30-2:30) Beaut Renov Ranch. 3BR,2Bth$427K N.Wd 872 Park Ln(2-3:30)Custom Split.Lg main flr Den.4BRs.$459K N.Wd 950 Park Ln(10:30-11:30)Updtd Split 4BRs, 2.5Bths. SD.14 $439K Wdsb 847 Ivy Hill Rd(12-1)Lg country setting. 6BR, 3Bths, Bsmt. $879K Call for FREE Verbal Market Analysis!

MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY CO. 516-569-5110 • www.hausmanrealty.com

OPEN HOUSES FEB 19 HEWLETT

571 Leheigh Lane Split $499K

71 Crystal Ct Col $839K

557 Church Ave Split $499K

41 Erick Ave $520K

568 Norman Way $473,500

Ettie Avezov Licensed Real Estate Agent

Anessa V Cohen Realty 516-569-5007

Anessa Cohen Licensed Real Estate Broker

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Balcony Split 4 br’s $535K

1340 Boxwood Dr Col, $815K 1348 Boxwood Dr W. Col $895K

EAST ROCKAWAY

231 Everit Ave Col $1.625M

69 Emmet Ave split $629K 12 Leonard Dr Col $799K

LAWRENCE

295 Waverly Ave $699K

211 Polo Lane Col$1.7M

18 Rose Lane ranch, $599K

WOODMERE

WOODSBURGH

388 Northfield Rd 12 - 2 $649K 891 Keene Lane Col $899K 37 Neptune Ave Col $849K

98 Willow Rd Tudor $925K

29 Neptune Ave Col $950K

145 Willow Rd Split $985K

112 Ocean Ave Col $689K 750 Lark Ct Col $759K

HEWLETT

369 Eastwood Rd Col $615K

1390 Broadway 2 Co- Op’s

Sprawling Split 100x100 prop.

Features cac, Ig rms Lg den w/fplce,igs, lg dry bsmt. 1st fl office sep entr $500’s

JUST IN! 3 bd col. handyman btwn WBwy & Peninsula.Great layout!

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FEB.1723, 2012 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

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Sapore – New Italian Taste Sensation in Woodmere In Italian, “Sapore” means “the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue are stimulated by flavor,” and that’s exactly what Woodmere’s newest restaurant has to offer: flavor. Located on Broadway in the old location of The Bistro Grill, Sapore is kosher Italian, and has some of the finest seafood and pasta you’ll find in The Five Towns.

After bringing The Five Towns some of

the finest meats at Bistro Grill and now at Prime Bistro in Lawrece, owner Raphy Bitton brings you his latest creation in Sapore. The chef, Ciro Priego, comes from Va Bene in Manhattan, one of, if not the top kosher dairy restaurant in the city.

The fish is delivered fresh every day, and the pasta is handmade, all adding up to delicious results.

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Sapore thus far is their Carciofi Alla Giuda ($14), an artichoke appetizer. They are fried and served with extra virgin olive oil.

Another popular item is a seafood dish called Branzino Sapore ($36). It is served with pink sauce, which is made with shallots, tomato sauce and heavy cream. It is served with mixed vegetables.

Another popular fish is their salmon with mustard sauce ($29).

If you aren’t into seafood, try their Tortoloni ($18). Made from homemade pasta, it is filled with mushrooms and comes with fresh tomato sauce.

If you are feeling like pizza, try one of their pizzas ($15), either Margarita with fresh mozzarella and fresh tomatoes, Giarbinera with mixed vegetables, or All Funghi with mushrooms.

They also have a staple Italian dish in their Fettuccine Alfredo ($18), made with their homemade pasta.

Above all else, Bitton and the rest of his staff try to emphasize the freshness of their food, promising fish, pasta and sauce either made or delivered that day.

Sapore is located at 1034 Broadway in Woodmere. They are open Sunday through Thursday for lunch from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and for dinner Sunday through Wednesday from 4:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., close at 11:00 p.m. on Thursday and also open at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, remaining open until 12:00 a.m. To place a reservation, call them at (516) 374-7772. Sapore is kosher dairy.

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TOP PICKS OF THE WEEK Our recommendations on where to go and what to do

Sunday, February 19th World’s Tallest Basketball Player and the Harlem Globetrotters at Nassau Coliseum This weekend, the world’s tallest basketball player,

Paul “Tiny” Sturgess, will lead the Harlem Globetrotters into Long Island for two performances at Nassau Coliseum on Feb. 19th. Sturgess, who stands 7 feet 8 inches, will be

Late Night Humor

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“President Obama has compromised with the Catholic Church on this whole birthcontrol issue. The White House’s new position? Just have sex and pray for the best.”

–Jay Leno “Mitt Romney loves Valentine’s Day. Today he sent a dozen long-stemmed red roses to his money.”

–David Letterman “Four of us are married to Newt” –from the Top Ten Reasons This Year’s “Sports Illustrated” Swimsuit Issue Is The Best One Ever, as presented by the models on the Late Show With David Letterman “Some election news. This weekend was the Maine caucuses. And here’s the crazy part — Adele actually won that, too.”

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Jay Leno

“Contraception is back in the news, Planned Parenthood -- issues that have been real losers for Republicans in the past, especially with women. Makes Republicans lose their votes, makes them seem out of touch, but they say, ‘We’ll worry about that when women get the vote.’”

–Bill Maher “On Tuesday President Barack Obama called New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin to congratulate him on his Super Bowl victory. He tried to call the Patriots too, but the call was dropped.”

–Seth Meyers “Donald Trump is criticizing the Scottish government for trying to build a wind farm near his golf resort. That makes sense — I mean, if you look at Trump’s hair, wind is clearly his worst enemy.”

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making his New York debut with the Globetrotters. Throughout their history, the Globetrotters have showcased their iconic talents worldwide, often breaking down cultural and societal barriers. The events will take place at the Coliseum at 1:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Tickets may be ordered through Ticketmaster or buy calling the Coliseum Box Office at (516) 794-9300. Another Globetrotters event in New York is sched-

uled at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Feb. 18th.

YOUNG ISRAEL OF WOODMERE BLOOD DRIVE A blood drive will be held this Sunday in the Saul Kaufmann Social Hall at the Young Israel of Woodmere. The event runs from 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Come down to donate blood and help make this drive a success. If you wish to donate during this time, please respond to yiwoodmere@aol.com with your

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Monday, February 20th

BEACH The weekly Salsa Dance Party kicks off this Monday at the Allegria Hotel in Long Beach. Meet in the L’onda Lounge and Atrium Room for dancing, food and cocktails. Salsa lessons will be taught

by Rhythmology, there will be a gourmet tapas buffet, drink specials and music by a DJ. At 7:30 p.m. is the Intro Salasa “on2” les-

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name and phone number. Don’t forget to eat and drink plenty of fluids and bring your ID with you. Type O donors are especially needed during this time. If you wish to volunteer and assist with the drive, please e-mail the above address or call Danny Frankel at (516) 295-0950, extension 2.

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CLASSIFIED Help Wanted Advertising Telemarketing: Cutting-edge full-color weekly newspaper in Nassau County has opening for an effective, experienced and ambitious phone sales professional. Position entails telemarketing sales of display and directory advertising to area businesses. Prior experience required. Good prospecting and closing skills essential. Friendly, pleasant work environment, great group of people. Great product to sell. Base plus commissions. Part-time/flex-time OK. Contact Maury at 516341-0445 or maury.warshauer@standardli.com.

Ad Sales: Sitting around waiting for that next big opportunity? Getting bored of daytime TV, Facebook and job sites? Looking for a challenge, want to make a few dollars and work with some nice people? If you can sell and know something about the media, we’ve got a really spiffy weekly newspaper and website in an affluent part of Nassau County that is looking for a couple of can-do, know-how-to-close ad salespeople. You’ll earn a base salary and commissions right from dollar one and you’ll have no end of support and encouragement. Zap us with your resume and cover letter. We can start you right away and get you off your couch with a reason to get up and get dressed in the morning. Please send resume and cover letter to Ads@standardli.com.

General Studies Teacher: 5 Towns Area Boys’ Yeshiva seeking middle school teacher for ‘11-’12 school year.

M-TH from 2:00-4:30. Please send your resume to teachersearch11@gmail.com HAFTR: Middle School Teaching Positions for 2012-2013 Academic year: F/T Language Arts Teacher, F/T Technology Instructor, P/T Math Instructor, F/T and P/T Judaic Studies. Email resumes to robrand@haftr.org Physical Therapy Assistant: (PT/FT) for a Physical therapy office in Five Towns. If interested please call 516650-5756 Secretary/Bookkeeper: Everyday P/T. Must know Quickbooks & Quickbooks Payroll. You should be friendly and organized. Salary neg. Office in Hewlett. Fax resume to 516-812-7607

Real Estate for Sale Atlantic Beach: Spacious 3BR, 3 Bath Splanch, Large Den, Lovely Property...$599K PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Bayswater/Far Rockaway: One of a kind Colonial on huge park like property (64 x 187), 6 Bedrooms, 3 Fireplaces, Lr, Fdr, Eik, 9.5’ ceilings thruout plus a Full Basement. Asking $534,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 Cedarhurst: Mint 5BR, 2 Bath Hi-Ranch, Den, Enclosed Porch, Possible Mtr/Dtr W/Permit...$539K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Cedarhurst: Cedar Bay Park-totally renovated mint condition 4 BR split level. Main floor bedroom and bath.

New windows, new roof, marble baths, finished basement. Great yard. Must see. Walk to all. Ask $599k. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Cedarhurst: Beautiful Newly Renovated Spacious 1 B/R Condo In The Center Of Cedarhurst. Free Storage, Parking. Laundry Room Is On The Floor. Must See. Walk To Train And Park. $229,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Cedarhurst: Tremendous Potential For Large Family And/Or Someone Who Wants To Swim Year-Round. $499,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Cedarhurst: Beautiful Newly Renovated Spacious 1 B/R Condo In The Center Of Cedarhurst. Free Storage, Parking. Laundry Room Is On The Floor. Must See. Walk To Train And Park. $229,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Cedarhurst: Charming 3 bdrm col ,attic ,basement, lg rooms $410K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Cedarhurst: Expanded cape with main level den 3 bdrms $349K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Cedarhurst: 6BR,2.5Bth Colonial. Huge prop.Needs updating. $749K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 East Rockaway: Warm & Welcoming 3 BR, 1.5 Bth Home with LR/Fpl,FDR,Den/Fpl, Kitchen & Bsmt. Charming Front Porch, Lovely Prop in SD#20,CAC,HW Flrs..$399K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 East Rockaway: Lg updtd 2BR,2Bth Apt. Corner unit.

Beaut elevator bldg. Near all. $195K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 East Rockaway: Two Floor Rental. Both Floors Have 2 Bedroom, Kitchen, Bath, Full Size Laundry Machines.

Zoned For Business/Office Or Residential. Very Motivated. $299,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: Enjoy The Natural Beauty Of This Contemporary Waterfront Home. Open Layout Brand New Oil Burner And Water Heater, New Roof And Air Systems, Koi Pool. Owner Very Motivated $645,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: Diamond Condition Colonial With Extended First And Second Floor. This Home Was Completely Renovated Within The Last 10 Years. $835,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Far Rockaway: Spacious 3 bdrm home + den attic, basement $400’s MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Garden City/Hempstead: PRICED TO SELL! Great Location. Center Hall Colonial Situated On 1/2 Acre Park Like Prop. Features Family Rm W/Fpl Overlooking Bluestone Patio And Ig Pool,Banquet Size Dr, Granite Eik W/ Pantry And Brkfst Area, All New Bths, King Size Master Bedroom, Entertainer’s Fin Bsmt W/Wet Bar....More!!!! $479,990 Call Katrina Kamer, PRUDENTIAL 917-548-7106 Hewlett: NEW EXCLUSIVE! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Balcony Split in SD#14....$455K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: Drastically Reduced!! Spac 5BR, 3Bth Split on Beautifully Landscaped Property, Great Flow for Entertaining,SD#14 $649K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516238-4299 Hewlett: REDUCED!! Immaculate 4BR, 3.5Bth CH Col on Lovely Property, Fin Bsmt,.Great Opportunity in SD#14 $499K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: 2 BR, 2 Bth Co-op in Hewlett Townhouse. 24 Hr Drman, Valet Pkg, Near All $390K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett: 2 BR,1 Updtd Bth Co-op Apt, Ind Pkg, Stor,Terrace, Near All $139K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516238-4299 Hewlett: Move right in! All updated 4BR,3Bth.Fin bsmt. $475K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Hewlett: Attn Professionals! Updtd 4BR,3.555Bth Col w/5 rm prof’l ste. $599K JANKALMAN.COM 516-5695651 Hewlett: Jonathan Hall. Extra large 2BR,2Bth Condo.

Doorman, Elevator. Terrace.Great closets $439K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Hewlett: Large Traditional Charming Colonial In Old Woodmere Erea.4 Large B/R,Over Size Kitchen,3 Full Bath.Near Transportation,Shops,Library And Houses Of Worship $439,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Move In Condition. Quiet Location. Walk To Train. $499,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Great two family home In SD #14 Totally renovated In 1988. $555,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Mint 2 Bedroom 1 Bathroom Unit. Shows Light & Bright. Updated Open Kitchen, High Hats, New Neutral Carpet, Wired For Cable, Skylight. Washer & Dryer In Building. Garage Parking & Storage Included. Near All, School Distict#14, Motivated Seller!!! $119,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Large 2 Bedroom. 2 Bath apartment with E.I.K, Attic and private terrace. $127,500 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett: New magnificent kit w/Stainless app & granite.

Updated baths in this extremely large apartment. Separate room w/ washer, dryer Must see $289,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Townhouse, Beautiful, Bright 1 Bed 1.5 Bath with Enclosed Terrace, Newly renovated Granite Kitchen, New Bath, Closets Galore, Washer/Dryer, High Hat Lighting, All Amenities. $219,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett: Townhouse, 3 Floors, 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Lr, Dr, Eik w/granite countertops, Den, Laundry room, private backyard, 1 car garage $399,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Hewlett Bay Park: Prime Location. Spacious Multilevel Home. 5BR, 4.5 bth. Two Master Suites. Beautiful Property.$1.1M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Bay Park: Updated Raised Ranch.6 BR, 5.5 bth.

1 1/4 Acre Park-Like Setting. IGP. Enclosed Patio & BBQArea. $1.695M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Spac 5BR, 2.5Bth CH Col, Huge EIK/Great Rm/Fpl, Fin Bsmt, CAC, SD#20.......$689K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: 4 BR,3.5 Bth Colonial on Oversized Property in SD#20(Waverly Pk)..$649K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Immaculate 4BR, 2.5Bth Col, Cul de Sac. Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar, SD#20 $649K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: NEW EXCLUSIVE!! Mint 6 BR, 5.5 Bth Waterfront Exp Ranch Overlooking Golf Course. IG Saltwater Pool, New Dock,Chef’s Kit.SD#14 $1,599,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Private Hideaway on Over 2 Acres! 5 Br,6.5 Bth Colonial, 200’ of Bulkhead & Dock,IG Pool, Tennis Ct...$3,450M PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: What A Steal! 5 BR, 3.5 Bth Split w/ Golf Course View, Full Bsmt,SD#14..$849K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous location in Heart of Hewlett Harbor, 6BR, 3.5Bth Exp Ranch,Listening to All Offers All Offers $949K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: PRICE REDUCED!! Grand 5 BR, 4.5 Bth Split ,Over 1/2 Acre Prop, 4500 Sq Ft with Full Bsmt, Poss M/D/Permits, Endless Possibilities......$950K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299

Real Estate for Sale

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Hewlett Harbor: Balin Expanded Ranch On Beautiful Corner Property. Plenty Of Room For A Pool. 6 Bed, 3 Full Baths, Great Open Layout, Cac, Wood Flrs, In Desirable Waverly/Lynbrook School District. Owner Motivated $773,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Spacious 5br home w/a Brand New Granite Kitchen Incl. New Appliances And Gorgeous Bar In Den. Includes A Heated Pool W Lovely Patio. New Roof, CAC, Alarm And Updated Windows $925,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous Center Hall Cape In Prestigious Hewlett Harbor. Pristine Condition With Beautiful Harwood Floors. For The Discriminiting Buyer $995,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous 6 bedroom, 3.5 bath. *Outside of the home will be freshly painted. A Must See. This is a sprawling home; great for gatherings, family and fun. $1,150,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: This dream house is surrounded by Water! Beautiful 4br, 3.5ba w/ wonderful entertaining flow. Prime location $2.5M MORTON HAVES 516-3740100 Hewlett Neck: FIRST TIME ON Market! Great Opportunity! 5 BR,3 Bth Exp Ranch w/ Full Bsmt on 3/4 Acres. Needs TLC..$799K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Move Right Into This Mint 6BR, 4.5Bth Country Style Dutch Colonial, Full Fin Bsmt, Near All, SD#14 $1,499,000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Lovely 4 bedroom expanded ranch on gorgeous property. Approximately 3/4 acre. regulation size tennis court surrounded by 10’Fence. New roof, plus room for a large pool! $949,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Spectacular Young Brick 7Br English Manor Home, Custom Built. Boasting Magnificent Architectural Details. Formal Living Room, Formal dining room, Library, Den, Office, 10.55 Baths, Indoor Basketball Court, Movie Theatre Room, Luxurious Master Suite With Changing Room And Balcony Overlooking The 1.59 Acres Of Beautiful Property Including Tennis Court, In ground pool and full size basketball court. Separate Guest Quarters. $4,400,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Near Harold Rd. Half acre lot for sale.

Build your dream home. Walk to Irving Pl Minyan. Ask $700’s. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-5694980 Hewlett Neck: Quality new construction. Walk to Irving Pl Minyan. Over 5K sq ft quality new construction on 1 acre lot- Call for plans and specifications. Ask $2.4m. Call Susan at SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Hewlett Neck: Expanded Ranch. O/s Property. 5 BR, 4 bth. Marble Baths. Spacious Property With Beautiful 20X40 IGP. $1.1M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Neck: All New Under Constr. CH Colonial.

Planned 4 BR 3.5 Bth. Owner Will Customize To Suit. $1.699M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Park: Spac Apt w/lg entry & fabulous bonus rm. private terrace. $225,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Inwood: THE PLAZA: 2br 2ba in Prestigious building w/24hr doorman, security, indoor parking & pool. Elevator, laundry room & storage on the same floor, Many closets $449,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Inwood: Unique Mint 2BR, 1 Bath Cape, Lr + Den, Bsmt...$265K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Inwood: Legal Four Family House. 2-2 Br, 2-1Br Apts.

Large Property With 60 X 98 Vacant Lot. Good For An Investor. $650K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Inwood: Free standing mixed use bldg, 2 stores 2 apts, parking lot $599K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-2390306 Lawrence: 4 BR, 3 Bth Split in Estates Area on Over 1/2 Acre w/ IG Pool,.. $1,100,000, Rent $5000 PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Lawrence: Co-op; 2BR, 2 Fbth, Lg Lr/Dr Combo, Enlsd Terrace, Elevator Bldg, Unit On 1st Flr...$160K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Co-op; Ovsz 3/2BR, 2 Fbth, Open Flr Plan, Lg Terrace, Undrgrd Pkg...$249K PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Lawrence: Lovely Sunny 1 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath Condo, Handicap Accessible Shower, Washer/Dryer, 24hr Doorman, Elevator Building…$349K PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Lawrence: (back) True Center Hall on 1/2 Acre property w/inground Pool. 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, Lr,Fdr, Den/fireplace. Asking $1,250,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 Lawrence: Lovely 1BR, 1st floor garden apt. H/W flrs.

Mint.Lo maint. $95K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Lawrence: Co-op, Elevator building, 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr/ Dr, New Kit, Hardwood floors. $149,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Long Beach: 2 BR, 2 Bth Renovated Oceanfront Coop w/ Terrace Overlooking Pool, New Gym, 24 Hr Security..$399K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 Lynbrook: Top Floor Unit In A Very Desireable Building.

Hardwood Flrs Under The New Carpet, Large Closets.

New Igp And Gym.Air Coold Building.Heat/Water Inc In Monthly Maintenance. Laundry Facilities On Each Floor.

New EIK. New Bathroom. Large Closets. $229,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 North Woodmere: 4 Br,3 Bth Hi Ranch w/ Waterview, Sunny EIK, Spac Rms, CAC, Low Taxes..$499K PRUDENTIAL ELLIMAN 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: Split, Water View, 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Central Air, S.D.14, Brick walled, Den/fplce, Park like backyard setting on water, 2 car garage, IG sprinklers, full bsmnt, taxes approx.11,800/yr. Oversized 60’x120’ lot. By appt., Bank/mtge prequal ltr req’d. $569K NO BRKRS. 516-857-4733 North Woodmere: Completely Renovated Split . 4 BR, 3 bth. Granite Floors, Top Of The Line Custom Cabinetry And Applncs.$725K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 North Woodmere: Warm & inviting 4+BR Raised Ranch.

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Real Estate for Rent Bayswater: Reno 3BR, 2 Bath Home W/Garage, Bsmt...$1800/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Cedarhurst: Across from the Cedarhurst park, Garden apartments, w/live in Super and indoor garage spot included in rent. Huge units. 1Bedrooms $1700/month, and 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath w/ separate Dinning room, and Eik $2200/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: Townhouses with C/A and Heat, washer/ dryer in all units. (ALL NEW) 2 Bedroom/2 bath $2075/ month, and 3 Bedroom/ 2 Bath (ALL NEW) $2295/ month. NO FEE. Landlord is paying the commission. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: Unbelievably clean 3br house for rent. FFB, fresh paint, new EIK, New Deck, Wood Floors just Polyurethaned. $2,980/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Cedarhurst: Beautiful, clean and freshly painted. Much new construction. 3br, 2ba, FFB, Gardner included.

Great location! Great deal $3000/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: Diamond Condition Colonial With Extended First And Second Floor. This Home Was Completely Renovated Within The Last 10 Years. $4,950/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Far Rockaway: 2 family (1st floor apartment) 3 Bedroom, 1.5 Baths, Lr,Dr, Kosher Kit, playroom $1850/ month LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Far Rockaway: Doorman/Elevator building, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Lr/Dr, Eik, Laundry facility, parking available $1495/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Hewlett: Mint 2nd Flr Apt W/Large Eik, 1BR, 1 Fbth, Finished Attic, Close To All $1600/m PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Hewlett: Lg 1BR, 1 Bath, CAC, Prime Location...$1495/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Hewlett: Desirable Hewlett Bay Manor. Very nice 1BR Apt. Elevator. Close to all. $1,150 JANKALMAN.COM 516569-5651 Inwood: Lovely 3BR, 2 Bath Colonial, New Eik, New Bath, Bsmt, Fin Attic...$2300/m PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Inwood: Fabulous 2 bedroom apt in walk up building. $1500/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Inwood: Amazing 3 br, new construction for rent. $2050/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: Sponser owner unit in Garden apartment complex. 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, New Kosher Kitchen, Terrace $1800/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 Lawrence: Spacious 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Carriage House, “Back Lawrence”, Living Room With Vaulted Ceiling, EatIn-Kitchen...$2900/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Fabulous 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath Duplex Townhouse, All Updated, Indoor 2 Car Garage $2400/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: NO FEE! Luxury Building, 24HR Doorman, Pool, Indoor Parking, 1 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath…$1795/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: NO FEE! Totally Renovated Apartments, 1-2 Bedrooms, Close To All…Starting At $1500/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lynbrook: Top Floor Unit In A Very Desireable Building. Hardwood Flrs Under The New Carpet, Large Closets. New Igp And Gym. Air Coold Building.Heat/Water Inc In Monthly Maintenance. Laundry Facilities On Each Floor.New EIK. New Bathroom. Large Closets. $1,500/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 North Woodmere: 1st fl of a 2 family home. Front private entrance to a Lg 2 Bedroom, 1Bath, New Kitchen, Lr, Dr, Full size washer/Dryer, 2 AC units. ALL UTILITIES INC. $1450/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 North Woodmere: House Rental 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Lr, Dr, Eik, Den, Large Backyard $2695/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Valley Stream: New Bathroom,New Kitchen,New Wood Floor ,New Ceramic Floor, New Carpet In The B/R.Close To Gibson Train Station. $2,700/mo MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Valley Stream: Charming 3BR Colonial, Lr W/Fpl, Oak Floors, Fin Bsmt, SD# 14...$2550/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: In a house. 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr, Electric cooktop ( No real Kit) $1075/ month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: Beautiful 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath Split In The Heart Of Woodmere, Move Right In...$3200/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: Jr4 Granite Kit, Closets, Elevator, Pkg Available...$1575/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000

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VOX POPULI

Did You Call The Mayor Yet? CONTINUED FROM P. A8 tor answered and listened to my complaint about the traffic congestion. The operator was extremely kind and attentive and after I was through informed me that I would have to make a written complaint to New York City’s Department of Transportation, which I could do on their website, and that I should receive a response in only 12 short weeks. I don’t know about you but I don’t think my call was too effective.

Please be assured that I am not making light of the traffic congestion problem, but I

am making light of our elected leaders’ bold strategy for dealing with the traffic congestion. A resident’s telephone call to Mayor Bloomberg on behalf of our elected leaders is not a solution. It is a failed concept that raises the question of whether our elected leaders are truly trying to solve the problem. If they were truly trying to solve the problem why have they not demanded a face to face meeting with the Mayor?

Why have they not sought assistance from Senator Skelos or Assemblyman Weisenberg?

If they are unable to obtain a result doesn’t it make sense to

turn to a higher elected official for assistance before turning to individual citizens? If the Supervisor, Councilmen and Legislator can’t get it done how is my phone call going to tip the scale and convince a New York City official to act on behalf of a community they don’t represent?

Lastly, how much did this community mailing by Mr. Kopel cost? I imagine hundreds if not thousands of tax dollars were spent imploring you to contact Mayor Bloomberg.

Then again, maybe I‘m wrong.

How did your call to the Mayor go?

LEGISLATIVE VOICE

Why are Taxes So Damn High?

CONTINUED FROM P. A8 The largest portion of a school’s costs are people – teachers, etc. We all want to have the best teachers, and the optimal allocation of these teachers to their duties. But the state has taken many of the cost factors out of the hands of local school boards.

Pensions are a state controlled benefit, based on defined benefits at retirement. Benefits do not depend on how well money invested for this purpose performs.

If there is a shortfall, taxpayers must make up the difference. In private industry, this has become almost unheard of. Instead, there are 401K’s and other defined contribution schemes. Costs are known immediately, and are not

open ended.

Perhaps the most egregious example of state interference in local affairs is a law called the “Triborough Amendment” to the Taylor Law. The Taylor Law, passed in response to many strikes by public sector unions in the 60’s, made strikes by these unions illegal. In 1982, unions, perceiving an imbalance in bargaining power (since they couldn’t legally strike under the Taylor Law,) prevailed on the state Legislature to pass a law stating that if a public union contract expires without agreement on a new one, all salaries and benefits including increases for inflation, promotions, longevity, etc. continue even without a new contract. The effect is

that governments now have virtually no bargaining power at all. A bad, or unaffordable contract cannot be rolled back if times are hard, or voters or their elected representatives consider the previous contract too generous. The only thing left on the table is increases in salary and benefits beyond the previous contract. In other words, a union facing demands to ease taxpayer pain has absolutely no reason to bargain in good faith.

If you agree with me, contact your state Assemblyman and Senator. Ask them what they are doing to get us mandate relief and better school aid formulas.

Most of all, ask them to work to repeal the Triborough Amendment.

DEAR THAT'S LIFE

Unleash Tim Tebow CONTINUED FROM P. A8 enon with his religious passion and steadfast beliefs. “Tebowing” is a verb. Students on Long Island were even suspended for tebowing in a busy hallway because it caused some injuries.

He is a hero.

Entitled Unleash Tim Tebow, the song takes sound bites about and by Tebow, strings them together, forming an anthem of sorts to this iconic figure. In the past, our family has obsessed over various songs made popular on the radio, memorizing the lyrics, singing them like we were the Von Trapps. (example –Red Solo Cup) More like a rap, the Tebow song may be popular with our children for its melodic appeal or because it is a song about a football player and they think that’s funny. For me, however, it is all about what Tebow

represents and the message he teaches his adoring fans of all ages: everything you have is a gift from G-d. We sing it with all of our hearts.

An article in Saturday’s New York Times (the same day Houston died) highlighted the work of one man, who happens to be a rabbi, which centers on helping addicts and those with dependency problems. His theory is that alcohol and drug addiction are caused by a detachment from G-d. The addict uses those vices to fill a void which was created because the individual does not have a spiritual connection. Turning to drugs and alcohol is a last ditch effort by the person to replace that which is missing. Regardless of the religion of choice, he teaches that the cure or remedy for addiction is a deeper connection to faith, no matter how

disconnected it might be at that moment.

So what if Tebow and I are both devoutly religious but believe in different G-ds? It does not matter. In a world where people are constantly looking for the upgraded model of phones, cars and sometimes spouses, or when the values we once stood for seem to now be irrelevant, it is refreshing and inspiring for a superstar like Tebow to take a moment after each achievement and give thanks. Considering other names and faces who have captured our attention and magazine covers with their 72 hour marriages or 72 karat rings, he is a breath of fresh air. We are going to hear about the details of Whitney’s death for months to come so as far as I am concerned, my kids can “Unleash Tim Tebow” as often as they want.

THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL

The Kumbaya President CONTINUED FROM P. A9 bad guys have no interest in sitting around the campfire toasting marshmallows while singing folk songs. They mean real harm to the U.S. and our allies. The

U.S. needs to be dominant economically and militarily to ensure world peace. Notwithstanding France and Britain’s foray into Libya last year, no other nation can be counted on to maintain stability, prosperity and civi-

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The show begins at 7:00 p.m. and tickets cost $10 per person. For individual and group reservations, please call (516) 599-6870 or visit www.plazatheatrical.com.

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DINING IN

We’ve Got your Cinnamon Buns in the Oven!

BY EILEEN GOLTZ

Special to The Standard

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’m always impressed with young cooks (or chefs and chefettes if you prefer) who show initiative and perseverance when it comes to creating what they want to have happen in the kitchen. Take the example of 10 year old Sam Tollison of Colorado who loved cinnamon rolls so much that he got 100 signatures on a petition to the governor of the state to create a day devoted just to the Cinnamon Roll. Well, you guessed it folks, Gov. John Hickenloolper, so impressed by this kid’s determination and dare I say it, sweet tooth, had January 8th declared Cinnamon Rolls Day (it was actually written into law).

Now before you start writing and complaining about how “frivolous” this action might seem just consider how much time, effort and study must have gone into Sam’s quest to champion his favorite pastry. This is one pretty special 10 year old and I say BRAVO to him, his parents and all the people that signed the petition (not to mention the governor that recognized a future constituents vote getting motivational abilities) All of this hoopla is leading up to; you guessed it, Cinnamon Roll recipes. Now before I get to the recipes you should know that there are two distinct groups (hmmmm just like politics) of cinnamon rolls. Those with yeast and those without. I guess you could say I’m an independent voter as I vote for (and eat) both, depending on which has the better platform -- oops I mean frosting or filling. Adding nuts to the equation (recipe) is solely dependent on your personal taste. They then can become pecan rolls or schnecken but that’s an entirely different election oops again, I mean column.

This column is my gift to Sam and the people of Colorado for recognizing just how special this pastry (and a 10 year old who loves them) really is.

Filling 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 tablespoons cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 tablespoons butter or margarine or margarine, room temperature Preheat oven to 200 then turn it off. Line a 13X9 pan with foil (make sure the foil hangs over the edges when you push it into place). Grease the foil and set the pan aside.

In a bowl combine the milk and yeast. Whisk to combine and then whisk in the eggs. In the bowl of an electric mixer (with a dough hook) combine the flour, cornstarch, sugar, and salt. Mix to combine and then slowly add the milk mixture and mix just until dough comes together, about 1 minute. Increase speed slightly and add the butter or margarine or margarine. Mix just until the butter or margarine or margarine is completely mixed in. Continue mixing until the dough is smooth and doesn’t stick to the sides of the mixing bowl, 7 to 10 minutes. Place the dough on the counter and roll it into a ball. Grease a large bowl and place the dough in it. Cover the bowl with a towel or plastic wrap and place the dough in the preheated warm oven (if you have a proof setting on your oven you can use that as well).

Let rise for about 2 hours or until it’s double its original size.

While the dough is rising make the filling. In a bowl combine the brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt.

When the dough has doubled in size place it on a floured surface. Roll the dough into a rectangle and then spread the top with the softened butter or margarine or margarine. Sprinkle the cinnamon filling over the butter or margarine or margarine making sure to leave 1/2 inch border.

Press the filling into the dough.

At this point the dough may be sticking to the counter and you may need to lift the dough slightly with a spatula. Roll up

ie sheet about 2” apart. Let rise for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 400.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until golden.

FROSTING: • 4oz Cream Cheese or pareve cream cheese • 1/2 cup margarine or butter or margarine • 1 3/4 to 2 cups powdered sugar • 1 teaspoon vanilla • Combine all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and combine.

• • • • •

Modified from a Todd Wilber recipe

DEBORAH RANCIOT’S GOTHAM BAR AND GRILL CINNAMON ROLLS (dairy) Cinnabon Roll the dough, starting on the long edge, jelly rolls style, pressing consistently to form a roll. Make sure that that you keep the rolling pretty tight. This dough will rise and expand so you want to make sure the filling will stay in place. Seal the seam by pinching it together. Cut the roll into 8 pieces. Place the slices in the prepared pan. Let the rolls rise until they doubled in size (1 1/2 to 2 hours) and them bake them.

When the rolls have risen preheat the oven to 350. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes until they are golden. Remove them from the oven when they are done and cool for 30 minutes (in the pan).

When the rolls are cool remove them (using the foil overhang).

Frost before serving. Makes 8

CREAM CHEESE FROSTING (dairy or pareve) • 8 oz cream cheese or pareve cream cheese • 1/2 cup butter or margarine or margarine • 2 teaspoons vanilla • 3 to 4 cups powdered sugar • 1 to 2 tablespoons milk or almond milk Combine all the ingredients in the bowl of a food processor electric mixing bowl and mix to combine. Start with 3 cups

YEAST CINNAMON ROLLS (dairy or pareve) • 3/4 cup milk or almond milk, warmed (approx 110 degrees) • 1 envelope (2 1/4 teaspoon) yeast, regular, instant or rapid-rise yeast • 3 large eggs, room temperature • 4 1/4 cups flour • 1/2 cup cornstarch • 1/2 cup sugar • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt • 12 tablespoons butter or margarine or margarine, cut into 12 pieces at room temperature

Yeast Cinnamon Rolls

of powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon of milk add more depending on how thick you like your frosting. This frosting can be made 2 to 3 days in advance.

COPY CAT CINNABON ROLLS (dairy or pareve) • Dough • 1 (1/4 ounce) package dry yeast • 1 cup warm milk or 1/2 and 1/2 or almond milk • 1/2 cup sugar • 1/3 cup margarine or butter or margarine • 1 teaspoon salt • 2 large eggs • 3 1/4 cups flour • 3/4 cup bread flour • Filling • 1 cup light brown sugar • 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon • 1/3 cup margarine or butter or margarine In a large bowl dissolve the yeast in the warm milk. Add the sugar, margarine or butter or margarine, salt, eggs, and flour, mix well. Mix and knead the dough until its smooth.

Make sure you flour your hands so the dough doesn’t stick to them. Grease a large bowl with butter or margarine or margarine and place the dough in the bowl. Cover with a towel or plastic wrap and let the dough rise to double its original size (about 1 to 1 1/2 hours). Make the filling by combining the brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl then set it aside.

When the dough has doubled in size place it on a floured surface. Roll the dough into a rectangle about 1/3 inches thick and then spread the top with the softened margarine or butter or margarine. Leaving about 1/2 inch around the edges without butter or margarine or margarine. Sprinkle the cinnamon mixture on the top. Roll, up, jelly roll style, fairly tightly. Cut the roll into 12 pieces and place them on parchment lined cook-

• 1 cup whole milk • 2 envelopes active dry yeast • 1/2 cup plus 1 pinch granulated sugar • 2 sticks (8 ounces) butter, softened • 1 teaspoon salt, plus more for seasoning • 2 large eggs • 4 1/4 cups sifted flour • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar • 1 tablespoon plus 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Gotham Bar and Grill Cinnamon Rolls • 1 cup confectioners’ sugar • 2 tablespoons half-and-half 1. In a small microwave-safe bowl, microwave the whole milk at high power in 30-second bursts until it’s warm but not hot. Stir in the yeast and a pinch of granulated sugar and let the milk stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.

2. In the bowl of a standing electric mixer fitted with the paddle, beat 1 stick of the butter or margarine with the 1/2 cup of granulated sugar and the teaspoon of salt at medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, until blended.

Add 2 cups of the flour and beat at low speed until incorporated. Beat in the warm milk mixture, scraping in any yeast that has settled in the bottom of the bowl.

3. Switch to a dough hook.

Gradually add the remaining 2

1/4 cups of flour and beat at medium speed until a soft, sticky dough forms, about 5 minutes.

Scrape the dough into a large, lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Let the dough stand in a warm place until it is doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.

4. Cut four 15-inch-long sheets of wax paper. Turn the dough out onto a well-floured work surface and divide it into quarters. Working with 1 piece at a time, roll the dough to a 14-by7-inch rectangle, about 1/4 inch thick. Roll the dough around the rolling pin and unroll it onto a sheet of wax paper. Repeat with the remaining 3 pieces of dough.

Transfer 2 sheets of dough to each of 2 baking sheets and freeze for about 15 minutes, until well chilled but still pliable.

5. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, blend the remaining stick of butter or margarine with the brown sugar, 1 tablespoon of the cinnamon and a pinch of salt.

6. Evenly spread 1 sheet of dough with one-fourth of the cinnamon butter or margarine.

Trim the edges to form a neat 12-by-6-inch rectangle. Working from a long side, tightly roll up the dough. Return the dough to the freezer and chill until very cold, about 20 minutes. Repeat with the remaining sheets of dough and cinnamon butter or margarine.

7. Butter or margarine a 10inch spring form pan. Cut the rolls 1 inch thick (you should have about 48). Arrange the cinnamon rolls, cut side up, in concentric circles in the pan, starting from the edge and working into the center. Cover the rolls with plastic wrap and let them rise in a warm place for about 1 hour, until puffy.

8. Preheat the oven to 350°.

In a small bowl, mix the confectioners’ sugar with the half-andhalf and the remaining 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon.

9. Remove the plastic from the rolls and bake them for about 40 minutes, until golden and risen and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center registers 180°. Let stand for 5 minutes, and then run a knife around the inside of the pan to loosen the ring from the rolls. Remove the ring. Slide the rolls onto a plate, drizzle with the glaze and serve.

Make ahead The unbaked rolls can be covered in plastic wrap and allowed to rise overnight in the refrigerator; let warm to room temperature before baking. You can add 1/4 cup of chopped pecans or walnuts and 1/4 cup of chopped raisins to the butter or margarine filling if you like.

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