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Police shut down EM, Salisbury massage parlors services the parlors allegedly offered are connected. Helen Meittinis, president of Two foot spas and massage the Community Association of parlors in East Meadow and Stewart Avenue and a resident Salisbury have been shut down of Salisbury, had a feeling that for allegedly promoting prosti- the Dongyun Sakura Spa was tution and illegal massages. doing something shady. According to the “The hair went Town of Hempstead up on my neck,” and the Nassau Meittinis said. “I County Police had a feeling someDepartment, several thing was off.” businesses nearby Meittinis said have been closed or that when she took a are under investigacourse at the Civiltion for the same ian Police Academy, reason, and some a detective taught arrests have beenher what to look for made. when it came to The town closed places like this. She Jade Reflexology, on HElEN added that the workMerrick Avenue in ers looked like prisEast Meadow, in late MEITTINIS oners and never S e p t e m b e r, a n d Salisbury resident looked happy. Dong yun Sakura and president of “It makes your Spa, on Car man skin crawl when CASA Avenue in Salisbury, you see the workhad locks placed on ers,” she said. the doors in March. A spokes- “They have such a sad look.” man for the town said that the Town Supervisor Don Clavin businesses were found to be con- praised Nassau police for their ducting alleged illegal activities efforts in attempting to stop the as a result of anonymous com- alleged practices. plaints made to the town’s build“I am happy that we have ing department or to the NCPD. managed to close these illicit County police and elected offi- businesses down so they no loncials said they suspect the illegal Continued on page 9
By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com
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Go, Rams! The W.T. Clarke Rams Homecoming royal court — Queen Sophia Aprea, King Josh DeLuccia, Prince Andre Giannakopoulous and Princess Gabriela Ramirez — was recognized during halftime festivities at the school’s Homecoming game last Saturday. More photos, Page 3.
Showcasing his art at the library Artist Alix Pierre shares his fantasy realist paintings By MAlloRY WIlSoN mwilson@liherald.com
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lix Pierre won his first art competition in 1977 — the Children of The World’s Art Competition in Jerusalem — as a student when he was growing up in PortAu-Prince, Haiti. He repeated this win a year later when he entered the same competition, that year held in China, and received a winning
certificate and a gold medal. “I didn’t give it much thought and value because I was a child,” Pierre, 62, said. “They gave me the paper and I was happy to have a celebration at my school.” Now, Pierre continues to make his art and is showing 37 of his pieces in the East Meadow Library through the end of October. Pierre describes his work as fantasy realism, meaning that the art displays ingenious
designs, thoughts, or inventions that are conceptualized realistically. “Everything that I see I include some kind of fantastic aspect of it,” he said. “I add something imaginary, something that does not exist, or something that no one has created.” All of Pierre’s art is made using oil, acrylic, pencil, and charcoal, and come on different Continued on page 4
he hair went up on my neck. I had a feeling something was off.