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This develops a story that can be interpreted differently for anyone and is what should drive people to become engrossed in other similar compositions. A fast paced society is creating a youth who undervalue music and cannot fully appreciate it.

We are neglecting many opportunities for expanding our knowledge of the world of music and are failing to forge lasting bonds with others within it. While this may be very disheartening, popular culture can embrace new ideas very rapidly, providing some hope for fully inviting music into our lives.

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Although not all friendships were rooted in their love for the same bands or genres (but many were), people could always find a way to relate to one another through this medium. When people my age find themselves without something to talk about, discussion about a new favorite tune is hardly ever even considered. It is easier to simply default to social media or other means of digital distraction to break the tension.

There is also an astounding lack of devotion to artists nowadays. With the advent of streaming services like Pandora and Spotify, individual songs are played on stations created by the user. Allowing unfavorable songs to be skipped and offering unlimited access to an endless list of tracks gives young people no reason to purchase a musician’s entire

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I have a deeply ingrained love for music, particularly listening to new things and looking further into the artists I find interesting.

Unfortunately, what I have noticed as a high school freshman is that I often struggle to find people to share discoveries with who are willing to explore new musical grounds. The general trend seems to be that young people don’t recognize music as a main focal point in their lives like past generations have. Instead, the idea of immersing oneself in this highly spiritual, universal experience is being practiced less, which is evidenced by many of my peers.

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Basic Graduate Air Force Airman 1st Class Alycia A. Howard graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San AntonioLackland, San Antonio, Texas.

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National Geo Bee Emma Riley, an eighth-grade student at Oldfield Middle School in the Harborfields Central School District, took first place in the school’s Geographic Bee Competition.

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head-to-head with Riley eventually claiming the first place title.

Riley will move on to take a written test to see if she is eligible to compete in the New York State National Geographic Bee on March 27th.

Applications must be submitted to the town assessor where your primary residence is located. BASIC STAR is available to all New York residents whose combined total adjusted gross income does not exceed $500,000 regardless of age. This exemption may only be applied to your primary residence.

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Broken Lines By: Jamie Lynn Ryan Used to be, if you wanted to get in touch with someone, you picked up the phone and called.

If you couldn’t reach them immediately, you left a message – either on an answering machine or with another person associated with them – and then waited patiently for a return call. Tedious, right?

So why is it that, these days, with every gadget and method of communicating imaginable, it seems more difficult than ever to actually, you know, communicate?

Between cell phones and texting and social media, there are more ways to reach friends and family – and even complete strangers – than ever before. Everyone has at least one gadget easily accessible at all times, and yet how often do you find yourself waiting hours (or days) for a response? That is, if one ever comes.

It seems odd to think that communication could almost be made too easy, but that is precisely what has occurred. With the constant influx of e-mails, texts, photo and video messages, Facebook and Instagram notifications

and, oh yeah, actual missed calls and voicemails, I suppose the easiest course of action for some is to simply “ignore all” and move on.

Too bad there are those of us on the receiving end of that dismissive approach – people who, for all our technology and gadgets, actually yearn for that human connection in the form of a personal acknowledgement that said communication was received, processed, appreciated for what it was worth and responded to appropriately.

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Kraham, along with PTA co-chairs Ellen Reiger and Kim Cagnazzi, noted more than 145 applicants auditioned to be part of the show. Applicants performed their talent in front of five judges, who narrowed the number down to the final 42 acts selected for the two performances.

With the help of community members, students, faculty and staff members, the production was brought to life with

spotlights, dance routines, musical performances and more. The money raised through the sold out performances will go toward 15 $1,000 scholarships for students in the graduating Class of 2015.

“It’s truly a community effort,” Kraham said. “It has morphed into a very popular activity in the school district and all the kids and parents look forward to it.”

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The Harborfields Central School District hosted its fourth annual Variety Show where students K-12, teachers and members of the community performed their unique talents in front of an audience of peers, friends, family and community members on Friday, January 30th and Saturday, January 31st.

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Caumsett State Historic Park will present the following events: Birding Basics For Beginners Sunday, February 22nd, from 2:30 to 4:15 p.m.

Bring binoculars. Learn where to go and what to get to learn more. *** History Of Caumsett Saturday, February 28th, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Study the park’s social, economic, architectural and political history. *** Just A Hike (Center Section) Sunday, March 8th, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Enjoy this moderatelypaced, five-mile hike. *** Winter Water Walk Sunday, March 15th, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

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Observe and discuss the fields and woods of Caumsett. *** Just A Hike (Eastern Section) Sunday, April 5th, from 9:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Enjoy this moderatelypaced, six-mile hike. No children under age 18 will be permitted. Bring lunch and drinking water. *** Caumsett State Historic Park is located at 25 Lloyd Harbor Road in Huntington.

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Students Shine On Stage Square to the dance clubs of Havana and even to the sewers of New York City, demonstrating the great lengths to which a guy will go when he truly falls in love with a “doll.”

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On Thursday, April 30th, the Huntington Town Board will recognize teen poets from the community selected for participation in the Town’s Poetry for the HART Public Art Initiative. The event will begin at 7 p.m. at the Walt Whitman Birthplace (246 Old Walt Whitman Rd., Huntington Station).

The winning teen poets will receive certificates in an award ceremony with members of the Huntington Town Board.

Immediately following conclusion of the award ceremony there will be a poetry reading led by husband and wife poets Terri Muuss and Matt Pasca at which each of the teen poets selected for the program will read their winning poems. A brief reception will follow. The award ceremony, reading, and reception are free and open to the public.

Terri Muuss is an author, director, performer, social worker and motivational speaker. She earned her BA in Theatre from Kean University; trained at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City; and studied for

several years at Michael Howard Studios. In 1998, Muuss wrote the onewoman show Anatomy of a Doll, named “Best Theatre: Critics’ Pick of the Week” by the New York Daily News, which she has performed throughout the US and Canada since. Terri has directed numerous Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, including Rich Ryan’s Lemon Meringue, Deborah Ortiz’s Changing Violet, Veronica Golos’s A Bell Buried Deep, Athena Reich’s rock opera Athena Under Attack and Lisa Ramirez’s Exit Cuckoo. Her first book, Over Exposed, was nominated for the 2014 Pushcart Prize in Poetry.

As a licensed social worker (MSW, Hunter College), Muuss specializes in the use of the arts as a healing mechanism for trauma survivors and teaches a course at Rutgers University to social workers entitled “Youth Development Through the Written Arts.” She also performs with fellow poets/social workers Susan Dingle and Maggie Bloomfield as the “Poets

of Well-Being.” The trio recently ran a workshop at the Expressive Therapies Conference in NYC and served on a panel about the therapeutic utilization of writing at the 2015 AWP Conference in Minneapolis. As a motivational speaker and life coach, Terri keynotes at conferences and works extensively with addiction/ abuse populations. She recently left her position as Communications Coordinator of the Bay Shore School District in order to return to a school Social Work position with the Farmingdale School District. This new job, along with her private life-coaching/therapy practice, enables Terri to more fully use her passion to help motivate and support students/ clients to move forward in exciting, new directions.

Matt Pasca is an author, teacher and editor. After earning a BA in English from Cornell University and MAT in English from Stony Brook University, Pasca signed on at Bay Shore High School, where he has taught since 1997.

A 2003 New York State

Teacher of Excellence, Pasca curates a Visiting Writers Series at his school and advises its literary-art magazine, The Writers’ Block, named Most Outstanding High School Literary-Art Magazine for both 2010 and 2011 by the American Scholastic Press Association. He has served as a keynote speaker for both the Nassau Reading Council and Long Island Language Arts Council and been a repeat presenter at the New York State English Council’s annual conference. Pasca serves as a reviewer and copy editor for the Long Island Authors Group and is frequently asked to facilitate creative writing workshops and classes at conferences, colleges and continuing education programs around the tri-state area. His first book, A Thousand Doors, was nominated for the 2012 Pushcart Prize in Poetry and his second collection, Raven Wire, is forthcoming.

Terri and Matt are the parents of two boys, Rainer and Atticus, who are former political correspondents for The

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Poetry Winners To Be Honored Bureau; Tri-Community Youth Agency; the award reception host – Walt Whitman Birthplace Association; and Youth Directions & Alternatives CYA, as well as numerous area teachers who actively encouraged their students’ participation. Subsequent to the ceremonies, colorful placards, each bearing a winning poem, will be placed in the interior advertising spaces on buses throughout the HART system.

Information on previous winners of the Poetry for the HART program and their winning poems can be found at www.

H u n t i n g t o n N Y. g o v / HARTpoetry.

The names of the winning teen poets and text of their winning poems will be available following the April 30th event. For further information on Poetry for the HART or other Town of Huntington Public Art Initiative projects, contact John Coraor, Director of Cultural Affairs, at 631.351.3099 or via e-mail: jcoraor@ HuntingtonNY.gov.

Huntington Beautification Fund to be used to assist in financing the Town’s revitalization, anti-blight and community renewal efforts. The funding will come from part of the registration fees assessed against properties placed on the Town’s Blight List.

- granted permission for Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists (CLIMB) to continue in the maintenance of mountain bicycling trails at Meadowlark Park, which is part of the Veterans Park complex in East Northport. The singletrack trail in Meadowlark Park is the only such trail in a Town park. CLIMB’s volunteers donate about 250 hours a year to the trail’s maintenance.

- approved transferring $500,000 from Highway Fund reserves for the Highway department to purchase additional snow

removal materials.

- extended for 90 days the time to consider an application for a zone change that would allow construction of a QuickChek convenience market and an LA Fitness center on the site of the former Tom Rice/ Hagstrom Buick property in Huntington.

- scheduled a March 10th public hearing on a proposed update to the Town’s Plumbing Code to make it conform to changes in state law, including revised licensing requirements for conducting plumbing system installations and revised permit requirements to facilitate installation, alteration or repairs to plumbing systems in the Town.

Code Revision Counsel As part of the ongoing effort to examine and revise the Town of Huntington’s ethics code, the Town Board voted at its February 10th meeting to hire a Roslyn law firm with expertise in municipal ethics as the new counsel to the Town’s Board of Ethics and Financial Disclosure.

Steven G. Leventhal and the firm of Leventhal, Cursio, Mullaney & Spector will actively assist the Town in the revision effort, which has been ongoing for several months and will include public comments and suggestions. The effort began when Supervisor Frank P. Petrone asked Councilwoman Tracey Edwards to research ethics codes in other jurisdictions and to explore revisions.

Councilwoman Edwards has been working with Howard Glickstein, dean emeritus of Touro Law School and the Ethics

Board chair, on possible changes.

Mr. Leventhal and his firm were chosen based on their qualifications, in response to a request for proposals issued late last year. At the time, Supervisor Petrone noted that the RFP process was designed to ensure transparency in the selection process and to attract the most qualified firms.

“I am excited that the request for proposal process has attracted someone with Mr. Leventhal’s impressive credentials,” Supervisor Petrone said. “I expect his advice to be invaluable as Councilwoman Edwards, Dean Glickstein and I work on the revisions that will best serve the public.”

“The process is on track, and I look forward to tapping Mr. Leventhal’s expertise in

municipal ethics matters as we move forward,” Councilwoman Edwards said.

Councilwoman Edwards said the revisions would also incorporate comments from the Ethics Board’s annual public meeting, scheduled for March 5th. The meeting is held annually for the Board to take testimony from the general public on whether the Code is functioning effectively and to hear recommended improvements Mr. Leventhal is a former member and chair of the Nassau County Board of Ethics who has lectured and written extensively on the subjects of government, legal and corporate ethics. He has been engaged frequently to provide ethics advice, training and continuing professional education to municipal officers and employees throughout

New York State, municipal associations, bar associations, law firms and universities. He also serves as co-chair of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Municipal Law Section.

“Steven Leventhal is a well-known and highly respected authority on government ethics,” Dean Glickstein said. “I am sure that he will provide a valuable service as counsel to the Huntington Board of Ethics and Financial Disclosure.”

He will replace James Matthews, who was elected to the Suffolk County District Court. The Town Board resolution sets the firm’s compensation at the rate of $200 an hour, with a maximum annual amount of $15,000.

In other action, the Town Board: established a

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Ellen Show.They can be reached at www. terrimuuss.com, @ rainattmom, www. mattpasca.com and @ Matt_Pasca Poetry for the HART is a Public Art Initiative project developed by the Town’s Public Art Advisory Committee in conjunction with Teenspeak, Co-Lead Agency, who suggested the project to the Town. Teens in the community from ages 14-18 were invited last fall to submit poems for consideration in the program. This spring a selection panel comprised of the poets Terri Muuss and Matt Pasca, joined by Jim Metcalfe (Huntington Station), a member of the Town’s Public Art Advisory Committee, will review the 236 different submissions from 202 different teen poets and narrow the choices to the winning poems.

Additional partners in this project include Heckscher Museum of Art; Huntington Arts Council; The Long Islander, which has pledged to publish the winning poems; REACH CYA; Town of Huntington Youth

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LEGISLATION BREAKFAST - The Half Hollow Hills Parent Teacher Student Association’s (PTSA) annual Legislative Brunch was recently held. This event, sponsored by the PTSA Legislation Committee, provides an opportunity for elected officials to speak with students, faculty and administration officials about local concerns and to share important information about issues in our community.

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Lifesaving Efforts Lauding him for his heroic efforts in helping to save the life of a young boy, Suffolk County Legislators Lou D’Amaro and William Lindsay III presented New York State Trooper Christopher Nolan, a Melville resident and volunteer firefighter, with a Proclamation at the Legislature’s February General Meeting in Hauppauge. He was joined at the presentation by his wife Michelle and children Sarah and Christopher.

Trooper Nolan, who is also the Melville Fire Department’s Third Assistant Chief, was on duty as a New York State Trooper on January 3rd when he heard a call about an 8 year-old boy in

respiratory distress. The boy was in route to the hospital in his mother’s car on the Southern State Parkway when he suddenly suffered a seizure and stopped breathing. The boy’s mother pulled over and after Trooper Nolan arrived on the scene, he promptly determined that the child was suffering from a blocked airway.

Using his emergency medical training, Trooper Nolan was able to open the boy’s airway and get him breathing again. He continued to administer critical treatment until emergency vehicles arrived and took the boy to the hospital, where he spent ten days before making a full recovery.

“The New York State Troopers do a tremendous job to serve, protect and defend our residents,” said Legislator Lindsay III. “Christopher Nolan displayed true courage and heroism for resuscitating a young child and I thank him for his immediate, decisive action and for his exceptional dedication to ensuring the safety of those in our community.”

“There is no question that Trooper Nolan’s quick but calm response was instrumental to this boy’s survival,” said Legislator D’Amaro. “I commend him for his heroic actions and proudly recognize his service to both the local Melville community and the entire region.”

LIFESAVING EFFORTS - NYS Trooper and Melville FD Third Assistant Chief Christopher Nolan is honored with a Proclamation from Suffolk Legislator Lou D’Amaro and Suffolk Legislator William Lindsay III for his actions in saving the life of an 8 year-old boy. He was joined by his wife Michelle and children Christopher and Sarah at the Legislature’s General Meeting on February 3rd in Hauppauge.

On December 11th, 2014, at 7:08 p.m., the Dix Hills Fire Department was activated for a rescue call reporting an unconscious male at a residence.

District Paramedic on-duty Ralph Oswald arrived on scene soon thereafter and notified incoming units that he had a 60-year-old unconscious male that was in Cardiac Arrest. The patient was at the dinner table waiting to eat when he passed out and his wife called 911.

Paramedic Oswald, with the assistance of the ambulance crew from 2-825 consisting of Jessica Mattes, Tyler Mielko, and John Marshall, moved the male patient to the

floor and began CPR, while Paramedic Oswald assembled the Lucas CPR device.

Shortly thereafter the crew of ambulance 2-825, consisting of EMT Matthew Stio, EMT Richard Sorrentino, Captain/Paramedic Scott DiPino, Michael Englander, Assistant Chief Tom Napolitano and EMT Megan Pereira arrived to assist. Captain/Paramedic DiPino intubated the patient, Paramedic Oswald stared an IV, and with the assistance of the crew administered numerous cardiac medications and shocked the patient once.

After a few minutes the patient did regain

a good pulse and blood pressure. The patient then received the new return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) protocol which is basically a very cold saline/ hypothermia treatment.

The patient’s condition improved while being transported to Huntington Hospital, and he was discharged after several days and is doing well.

The Dix Hills Fire Department Rescue Squad crew was recently recognized for their lifesaving actions and received a Pre-Hospital Save Award from the Suffolk Regional Emergency Medical Services Council.

LIFESAVING AWARD - Chief Bill Stio, Matt Stio, Assistant Chief Tom Napolitano, Ex-Chief Richard Sorrentino, Megan Pereira, Jessica Mattes, John Marshall and Scott DiPino. Absent from photo were Mike Englander, Travis Mielko and Ralph Oswald.

Photo by: Steve Silverman

Technology Dream Team Five Suffolk County Community College students were selected from more than 30 from the east coast to be part of The National Basketball Association’s NBA-Cisco Dream Team at the 2015 NBA All-Star Game in New York City.

The students: • Justin Owens of Shirley • David Hachikian, East Northport • Jamie Silverman, Shoreham • Bryan Seidenspinner, Sayville • Raymond Thompson, Bayport will be setting up and maintaining all internet and wireless

communications at the AllStar Basketball event this week and weekend.

The students will spend this week learning the technology configuration and deploying it at the Barclay Center and Madison Square Garden.

The NBA All Star weekend and games, February 13th-15th are a world class sporting event that will rely on the students to implement the computer network that will carry the event.

The Cisco classes at Suffolk County Community College are the courses developed by Cisco about teaching and preparing students for the CCNA (Cisco Certified

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Suffolk County Community College’s certificate program is designed to produce a Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA). The CCNA is recognized in the industry as a technical professional working with traditional Ciscobased networks that predominantly include local area network (LAN) and wide area network routers and LAN switches.

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Profiles In Presidential Leadership Thursday, February 19th, at 7 p.m. - Northport Author Rip Walsh will explore the presidencies of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. *** Novel Ideas Monday, February 23rd, at 7 p.m. - Northport Featuring The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway. Pick up your copy at the Circulation Desk. *** Extreme Design Makeover Tuesday, February 24th, at 7 p.m. - Northport Interior designer Jacqui Palatnik will show you how to make easy but dramatic

changes in your home. *** The New Face Of Heroin & Opiate Addiction: What Every Family Needs To Know Wednesday, February 25th, at 7 p.m. - Northport Lisa Finn will help you understand and address this public health crisis. *** Current Events In Perspective Thursday, February 26th, at 7 p.m. - Northport Michael D’Innocenzo will explore significant national and international developments. *** For information, contact 631.261.6930 (Northport) or 631.261.2313 (East Northport).

At the inaugural Suffolk County Dual Championship Tournament on January 30th and 31st, the ElwoodJohn H. Glenn High School Knights varsity wrestling team had to overcome a number of obstacles to claim the first Suffolk County Dual Championship title.

For Elwood, this championship run wasn’t just about wins and losses, but about honoring Sean Urda, a fellow classmate who recently passed away.

Held at Bay Shore High School, the top sixteen teams across Suffolk

County engaged in several rounds of competitive wrestling matches. With a victory over Copiague and Brentwood, the Knights were one step closer to the championship round.

After a 37-30 win against Hauppauge in the semifinals, the Knights were off to the finals were they would go head-to-head against the Rocky Point Eagles.

Elwood started off strong with an early 30-3 lead.

Rocky Point attempted to make a late comeback but Elwood’s resilience and perseverance was

unbreakable. With a final score of 39-32, the Knights came out on top and were named Suffolk County Dual Champions.

“We’ve been talking about this as our number one goal since the tournament was announced as official,” said varsity wrestling Coach TJ Brocking. “It’s a great sign of how good your team is and for a school of our size, the smallest school in Division I in Suffolk, it says a lot about our community and our kids. I couldn’t be more proud of how great the guys performed.”

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The Half Hollow Hills Dix Hills Library will present the Learn the complex following events: relationship of these two.

Feature Films At Half *** Hollow Community Luncheon Book Library Discussion Wednesday, February Friday, February 20th, 18th at 2 p.m. - Dix Hills at 12 noon - Melville Featuring The Hundred Featuring Defending Foot Journey (2014).

Jacob, by William Landay. *** *** Mid-Morning Art House Films At Half Book Break Hollow Hills Community Thursday, February 19th Library at 11 a.m.

Wednesday, February Featuring The Human 25th, at 6:30 p.m. Stain, by Philip Roth.

Melville *** Featuring The Maid.

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And The FBI *** Thursday, February Keep Calm & Plan Your 19th, at 2:30 p.m. Wedding

Thursday, February 26th, at 7 p.m. - Dix Hills Designed for brides, grooms and those involved in the wedding planning process. *** Feature Films At Half Hollow Hills Community Library Friday, February 27th, at 2 p.m. - Melville Featuring The Hundred Foot Journey. 2014; Rated PG. *** For information, contact 631.421.4530 (Dix Hills) or 631.421.4535 (Melville).

Finalists To Be Interviewed The Northport-East Northport UFSD Board of Education has identified four finalists for the position of Superintendent of Schools and will begin conducting the first round of interviews on February 10th at the district’s central administrative offices.

The pool of 28 candidates for the position ranged from building administrators to sitting superintendents.

Nearly all of the candidates were from New York.

The district’s search consultants (all of whom are district residents and are donating their time and expertise to the district) have communicated to the Board that the recruitment effort returned a pool

of candidates that demonstrated good depth and the capability to firmly lead the district in line with Board, staff and community expectations.

“We are moving forward exactly in line with the process that was first established by our consultant group, and we are delighted with the progress to date,” said Board of Education President Julia Binger. “In recent days, the Board has spent a great deal of time preparing for the interviews by learning more about each finalist candidate, synthesizing the data from the community input processes, and creating questions that will spark

informative dialogues with each of these worthy professionals.”

Three of the candidates are central office administrators and one is a building level administrator.

There are expected to be several rounds of interviews with the candidates over the next several weeks.

While these interviews will be advertised as ‘meetings,’ since a quorum of the Board of Education will be gathered, the interviews are not open to the public.

The process is expected to result in the announcement of the new district leader in April.

Date Change For the last five years, the Elwood community has rallied together to support and participate in the Elwood St. Baldrick’s Foundation event, raising money for children battling childhood cancer.

In past efforts, the Elwood community has shaved over 500 heads and contributed more than KNIGHTS VICTORIOUS - Elwood-John H. Glenn High School Knights varsity $180,000 to the foundation. wrestling team won the first Suffolk County Dual Champions Tournament. Photo To continue the tradition, the Elwood Booster Club courtesy of: Elwood UFSD invites participants of all

ages to attend the Elwood 2015 St. Baldrick’s Day Fundraising Event.

Please note that the location and date of the event has been changed and will now take place on Sunday, March 15, at Miller’s Ale House, located 88 Veterans Highway in Commack, from noon to 6 p.m.

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The Northport-East Northport Public Library will present the following events: Imagination,

by David Jackier A beloved and respected Art teacher in the Northport school district for almost 20 years, David Jackier was the first Director of Arts and Media for the district and helped create a program that is still widely acclaimed. Since retiring, he continues to bring his imagination to life in his sculpture and painting. *** Seals Of Long Island Wednesday, February 18th, at 7 p.m. - Northport Learn about the seals and other marine mammals that inhabit local waters. ***

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For further information, contact: 631.226.2636, extension 275.

Wednesday, February 18 A Passport Fair will be held at the Lindenhurst Post Office, 65 East Hoffman Avenue, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also Friday. For information, visit www.usps. com/passport.

An Open House will be held at the Usdan Center, 185 Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information, contact 631.643.7900.

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Harriet Tubman & The Underground Railroad will be held at Suffolk Community College’s Michael J. Grant Campus, in the Sagtikos Arts and Sciences Center, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. For information, contact 631.851.6589.

A Book Reading will be held at Stony Brook University’s Humanities Building, Room 1003, from 1 to 2:20 p.m.

Featuring Roger Roseblatt, reading “The Book Of Love: Improvisations On That Crazy Little Thing.”

Magical Music & More will be presented at the Bethpage Public Library, 47 Powell Avenue in Bethpage, at 2 p.m.

Featuring Barry Marshall and Jeri Burns. For information, contact 516.797.7900.

Make A Cornhusk Figure will be presented at the Walt Whitman Birthplace NYS Historic Site, 246 Old Walt Whitman Road in Huntington Station, at 2 p.m.

For information, contact 631.427.5240.

The Moral Foundation Of Worker Rights will be presented at the Student Activities Center auditorium, on the campus of SUNY Stony Brook, at 4 p.m.

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A Lenten Soup/Salad Supper will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 683 Main Street in Rocky Point, at 6:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.744.2433.

Average White Band will perform at the YMCA Boulton Center, 37 West Main Street in Bay Shore, at 8 p.m.

For information, contact 631.969.1101.

Thursday, February 19 A Lunar New Year Celebration will be held at 329 Great East Neck Road in West Babylon, at 10:30 a.m. For information, contact 631.792.5188.

A Dahlias 101 Class will be held at the East Islip Public Library, 381 East Main Street, at 6:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.581.9200.

A Runway Fashion Show will be held at Little Shelter, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.

For information, contact 516.671.7575.

Getting Beyond A Blind Date With Science will be presented at Stony Brook University’s Student Activities Center Auditorium, at 7 p.m.

The Great South Bay Audubon Society will meet at the Connetquot River State Park & Preserve, Sunrise Highway in Oakdale, at 7 p.m. For information, contact 631.563.7716.

Israeli Movie Night will be held at the Mid-Island Y JCC, 45 Manetto Hill Road in Plainview, at 7 p.m. For information, contact 516.822.3535.

Windmills Of Eastern Long Island will be presented at the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Library, 1 South Country Road in Brightwaters, at 7:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.665.1707.

A Night At The Races will be held at the Marconi Lodge, 333 Moffitt Boulevard in Islip, from 7:30 to 10 p.m.

The first race will start at 8

Cathy Kreger and Steve Robinson will perform at the Hard Luck Café, held at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Avenue in Huntington, at 8:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.425.2925.

Tortoise And The Hare will be presented at the BayWay Arts Center, 265 East Main Street in East Islip. For information, contact 631.581.2700.

Friday, February 20 Our Lady of Grace Widows & Widowers will meet at Our Lady of Grace Church in West Babylon, in Room 109, at 12 noon. For information, contact 631.661.5375.

AARP Oceanside Chapter will meet at St. Anthony’s Church, 80 Anchor Avenue in Oceanside, at 12:45 p.m.

For information, contact 516.771.0986.

A Chinese Auction will be held at the North Amityville Fire Company, 601 North Broadway in North Amityville, at 7 p.m.

For information, contact 631.532.7695.

New Beginnings will host a Bereavement Meeting at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 320 Great River Road in Great River, at 7 p.m. For information, contact 631.277.2063.

WinterFolk will be presented at Our Times Coffeehouse, in the Ethical Humanist Society building on Old Country Road, at 7:15 p.m. For information, contact 516.741.7304.

Time Machine will perform at

the YMCA Boulton Center, 37 West Main Street in Bay Shore, at 8 p.m. For information, contact 631.969.1101.

The Long Island NAIM Dance will be held at the Massapequa Elks, 2162 Veterans Boulevard in Massapequa, from 8 p.m. to midnight. For information, contact 516.781.4763.

Saturday, February 21 A Defensive Driving Course will be held at the Holy Family Ukrainian Catholic Church, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

For information, contact 631.360.9720.

Willy Wonka Junior will be presented by Ovations Dance Repertory Company at the Patchogue Theatre, at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. For information, contact 631.218.0315.

Friends of the Sachem Public Library will host a Book Sale at 150 Holbrook Road in Holbrook, in Community Room C, from 12 noon to 4 p.m. For information, contact 631.588.5024.

The Long Island Photo Gallery will host a “Red” Charity Photography Art Exhibit at 467 Main Street in Islip, from 2 to 4 p.m.

A Valentine’s Day Concert will be held at Grace United Methodist Church, 515 South Wellwood Avenue in Lindenhurst, at 7 p.m.

For information, contact 631.226.8690.

Trio Solisti will perform at Adelphi University, at the Performing Arts Center’s Concert Hall, at 8 p.m.

For information, contact 516.877.4000.

Leo Kottke will perform at the YMCA Boulton Center, 37 West Main Street in Bay Shore, at 8 p.m. For information, contact 631.969.1101.

The Sweet Spot at Cucina “D” will be presented at Campari Ristorante, 225 Main Street in Northport, at 9 p.m. For information, contact 631.757.6700.

Sunday, February 22 A Sunday Morning Breakfast will be held at WadeBurns VFW 7279, 560 North Delaware Avenue in Lindenhurst, from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. For information, contact 631.888.9854.

Granny’s Attic Sale will be held at Temple Avodah Annex, 3050 Oceanside Road in Oceanside, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. For information, contact 516.766.6809.

A Bird Walk will be held at the Hempstead Lake State Park, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon. Bring binoculars.

For information, contact 516.467.9498.

The Jewish Scouting Religious Emblems & Awards presentation will be held at Temple Beth Chai, 870 Town Line Road in Hauppauge, at 10 a.m. For information, contact 631.981.0453.

A Winter Antiques Fair will be held at the Marriott Islandia Hotel, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For information, contact 516.868.2751.

Andrea Chénier will be presented at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Avenue in Huntington, at 12 noon.

For information, contact 631.423.7611.

A Brotherhood Week Service will be held at the United Methodist Church of Bay Shore, 107 East Main Street in Bay Shore, at 12 noon.

For information, contact 631.666.7194.

Music Socials will meet at the Bethpage Library, 47 Powell Avenue, at 1 p.m.

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Murder Over New York will be held at the West Hempstead Library, 500 Hempstead Avenue, at 1 p.m. For information, contact 516.481.6591.

Zumba Kids will be presented at the Chai Center, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway in Dix Hills, from 1 to 2 p.m.

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Military Bridge will be presented at Msgr. Tarrant Hall, in the St. Ignatius Old School on East Nicholai Street, at 1:30 p.m. For information, contact 516.433.7857.

The Long Island Beekeepers Club will meet at the Frank Brush Barn, 211 East Main Street in Smithtown, from 2 to 4 p.m. For information, contact 631.265.8249.

Ismar Gomes & Wan-Chi Su will perform at Le Petit Salon de Musique, 380 Nicolls Road in East Setauket. For information, visit www.uufsb. org.

Monday, February 23 The Music Lovers Club will host its 65th Annual Scholarship Competition at the United Methodist Church of Islip, 350 Main Street, at 1 p.m. For information, contact 631.581.9297.

A NYS Mandated Reporter Class will be held at the YES Community Center, 75 Grand Avenue in Massapequa, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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A Jerome Huyler Book Signing event will be held at VFW Post 9592, 55 Hickory Lane in Levittown, at 7 p.m.

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The Wantagh Preservation Society will meet at the Wantagh Public Library, 3285 Park Avenue in Wantagh, at 7:30 p.m. For information, contact 516.221.1200.

Wednesday, February 25 King Lear will be presented at the Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Avenue in Huntington, at 7 p.m. For information, contact 631.423.7611.

The Deer Park Public Library Board of Trustees will host a Board Meeting at 44 Lake Avenue in Deer Park, at 7:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.586.3000.

Thursday, February 26 Fit Zone’s 5th Annual Go Red for Women’s Heart Disease Zumbathon will be held at 715 North Wellwod Avenue, from 7 to 9 p.m. For information, contact 631.592.8480.

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Focused Imagination will be presented through February 20th at Suffolk Community

Beyond Painting will be presented through February 21st at the Patchogue Arts Gallery, 20 Terry Street in Patchogue.

Breaking Legs will be presented through February 21st at the South Shore Theatre Experience, 315 West Montauk Highway in Lindenhurst. For performance dates and times, and ticket information, contact 631.669.0506.

Shain Bard’s “Landscapes You Can Walk Into” will be presented through February 24th at the Huntington Public Library’s Main Gallery, 338 Main Street in Huntington.

For Gallery hours, contact 631.427.5165.

The Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery will present “Perform” through February 27th at Nassau Community College, in Room 140, of the College Center Building.

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The Wizard Of Oz will be presented through February 28th at the BayWay Arts Center, 265 East Main Street in East Islip. For performance dates and times, and ticket information, contact 631.581.2700.

Embracing Our Differences Art will be on display through February 28th at Long Island MacArthur Airport, 100 Arrival Avenue in Ronkonkoma.

The High Arts Showcase XI will be presented through March 2nd at the Huntington Arts Council, 213 Main Street in Huntington. For Gallery hours, contact 631.271.8423.

Skin Deep - Revealing New Bodies Of Work will be presented through March 2nd at Studio 5404.

For information, contact 631.748.4196.

County Boulevard, Suite 114, in Farmingdale, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.828.7631.

April 16th in the Bingo Room of 22 Grove Place in Babylon.

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A Farmer’s Market will be held through March 21st at Main Street Nursery, 475 West Main Street in Huntington, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For information, contact 631.271.0160.

The Man Who Came To Dinner will be presented from April 25th through May 3rd at Houghton Hall Theatre at Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main Street in Northport Village. For performance dates and times, and ticket information, contact 631.732.2926.

A Class On Kabala will be held through March 25th at the Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge Road in Commack, from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.922.0138.

Smithtown Artist Ruth Johnson’s work will be on display through March 6th at Apple Bank, 91 Route 111 in Smithtown. For information, contact 631.862.6575.

Wind, Water, Rain - Noyac Bay will be presented from February 25th through March 27th at the College’s Lyceum Gallery on the Eastern Campus in Riverhead. For information, contact 631.548.2536.

Li Kang, Master Chinese Woodcuts, will be on exhibit through March 8th at the Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery of the Art League of Long Island, 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills. For Gallery hours, contact 631.462.5400.

The Other Side - Charles, Caesar, Harry, Sam, Pompey, Lon and Isaac will be on display through March 29th at the Oyster Bay Historical Society, 20 Summit Street in Oyster Bay. For Gallery hours, contact 516.922.5032.

91 Years & Still Going Strong! will be presented from February 21st through March 8th at the Art League’s Jeanie Tengelsen Gallery, 107 East Deer Park Road in Dix Hills.

For Gallery hours, contact 631.462.5400.

Lenten Series: Blessing And Letting Go - The Inspiration of Francis of Assisi will be presented on Sunday mornings from February 22nd through March 29th at the Sayville Congregational United Church of Christ, 131 Middle Road in Sayville, from 10 to 10:45 a.m. For information, contact 631.589.1519.

A Spousal/Partner Loss Support Group will meet through March 11th at the Good Shepherd Hospice Administrative Office, 110 Bi-

American Legion Unit 94 will host a Clothing Drive through

Discovering Black Artists will be presented on Sundays at the Huntington Public Library, 338 Main Street in Huntington, at 2 p.m. For information, contact 631.427.5165.

Road in Great Neck, at 8 p.m. For information, contact 516.829.2570.

Vendors are wanted for the 10th Annual Spring Fling Boutique on March 22nd at Temple Avodah of Oceanside, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For information, contact 516.763.0263.

Vendors are wanted for a Mother’s Day Fair, sponsored by the Friends of the Farmingdale Public Library, on May 2nd, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For information, contact 516.454.6813.

Compassionate Friends will meet the second Friday of each month at St. Sylvester’s Church, at 7:30 p.m. For information, contact 631.738.0809.

Vendors are wanted for a Fiesta de Mayo Spring Craft Fair on May 2nd at Westminster United Presbyterian Church, 109 Udall Road in West Islip, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rain Date: May 9th. For information, contact 631.661.6740.

Spirit Tango will be presented on Saturdays at Spirit of Huntington Art Center, 2 Melville Road North in Huntington Station, from 2 to 4 p.m. For information, contact 631.972.8387.

Vendors are wanted for a Craft Fair & Flea Market on May 30th on the grounds of Emmanuel Epscopal Church, 320 Great River Road in Great River. For information, contact 631.581.8298.

Save The Date Vendors are wanted for the St. John’s Fair on March 7th at 36 East John Street in Lindenhurst. For information, contact 631.884.3057.

The 3rd Annual “Big Break” Showcase Series will be held on March 21st and April 18th at the Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck

Craft Show Vendors are wanted on June 13th and June 14th for the Huntington Historical Society’s Heritage Fine Arts & Crafts Fair. For information, contact wandersen@ HuntingtonHistoricalSociety. org.

Basketball Tournament Set Students - more than 50 in all - from Suffolk County Community College’s Radio and Television Production program are gearing up and practicing for what amounts to their Super Bowl Sunday of broadcast production, the 2015 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XV Basketball Tournament that will be hosted for the second consecutive year at the college’s Ammerman

Campus in Selden and livestreamed via SharksTV on the College’s website to hoops-hungry fans.

Student camera operators, stage managers, switchers, audio and video technicians are preparing and practicing for the Friday, February 27th to Sunday, March 1st tournament when they will present eight live games over the three days from five camera positions throughout the Brookhaven Gymnasium;

including four instant replay angles.

Alan Bernstein, Assistant Academic Chair, Department of Communications said the experience garnered by the students is invaluable.

“This is an all hands on deck production and tremendous opportunity for our students to acquire real life production experience,” Bernstein said.

Bernstein said that alumni of his program will

also be involved. Among those alumni will be Eric Abram and Rich Ballato, who regularly work on professional sports telecasts in the New York area. Prior to tournament weekend, the students will lay cable, check lighting, conduct sound checks and create graphics and introductions for each of the tournament’s 16 participating teams.

Suffolk County Community College has equipped student-based

teams with the skills and systems needed to produce professional, top-quality webcasts, streamed over its website.

The college’s remote production van is equipped with state-of the-art Newtek Tricaster 860 production systems and a Newtek 3Play 425 video record and playback system.

The student tournament webcast was watched last year by an international audience and by viewers

state-wide. This year’s broadcast will be available from the Suffolk County Community College homepage at www. sunysuffolk.edu during the tournament weekend.

Book Rentals College students can visit www.CengageBrain. com to rent more than 1,200 textbooks at 40 to 70 percent of the retail price.

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Take Back Day Held The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) collected over 52 boxes of pharmaceutical medications during the first DEC Long Island Pharmaceutical Take Back Day at healthcare facilities, DEC Commissioner Joe Martens announced today.

Twenty-five long-term healthcare facilities throughout Nassau and Suffolk counties participated in the program, which collects and responsibly destroys unused or expired pharmaceuticals.

“Health care facilities can produce large amounts of expired or unused medications and many have

few options for disposal,” said Commissioner Martens. “The success of this collection by DEC is a positive step that will help to protect the environment by preventing medications from entering waterways. We are grateful to all the facilities that enthusiastically agreed to participate in this event.”

DEC received funding through the Environmental Fund for $150,000 to expand the program, which already exists in the New York City Watershed. The program is designed to reduce the amount of pharmaceuticals that are “flushed” by facilities and can end up in Long Island’s groundwater, bays and estuaries.

Pharmaceuticals have been detected at low levels in New York State waterways and Long Island’s shallow groundwater.

Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment said, “We are thrilled that DEC was able to provide this critical service, which benefits all Long Islanders and goes a long way toward protecting Long Island’s drinking and surface waters from pharmaceutical contaminants.

Giving health care facilities a safe and convenient pharmaceutical disposal option has already reduced the number of institutions flushing unused medications,

and now participation in this program needs to be expanded and strengthened in the future.”

Participating facilities, made up primarily of nursing, extended care and rehabilitation centers, began storing unused and expired medications in October when they were first contacted by DEC. Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) then visited each of the 25 facilities this week to collect the stored medications and brought them to the Covanta Waste-to-Energy Plant in Westbury, which volunteered its services to incinerate the products.

Prescription drug take back efforts began in

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Some drugs pass largely unaltered through wastewater treatment plants and enter rivers and other waterways.

Drugs from heath care facilities, pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and farms can also find their way into the water.

Flushed medications have been found in New York lakes, rivers and streams which can negatively affect the

waterways. A nationwide study done in 1999 and 2000 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) found low levels of drugs such as antibiotics, hormones, contraceptives and steroids in 80 percent of rivers and streams tested.

Medications adversely affect fish and other aquatic wildlife and increase the development of drug-resistant bacteria.

For more information on where you can dispose of unused or expired medications, visit DEC’s website at http://www.dec. ny.gov/chemical/63826. html#Long_Island.

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