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Voters to decide budget, ed board and new $5 million capital fund on May 19 add a proposed 12 teaching positions and reinstate the elementary school class size caps that were Herricks School District’s bal- suspended four years ago.

Superintendent John Bierlot next week will include referendums on its $108.2 million budget wirth and Board of Education proposal, the creation of a capital President James Gounaris have reserve and two uncontested races both said that restoring the caps for the district’s Board of Educa- has been a top priority for the district. Kindergarten classes would tion.

The budget proposal looks to be capped at 22 students, first to third grades would continue to restore be capped at 25 stuprograms and poSee related dents, and grades sitions cuts during the economic election coverage four and five would be capped at 27 studownturn, when pAgES 24-26 dents. “It was really the state’s property nice to be able to tax cap and ballooning benefit costs forced the district restore at least some of the things we’ve had to cut over the last four to eliminate about 100 positions.

The proposed $108.2 million years,” Bierwirth said about the budget is 0.6 percent higher — proposed budget in a previous inabout $650,000 — than the cur- terview. “First and foremost [we wanted to] get class sizes back rent 2014-15 budget.

It is the savings from a sig- down.”

A capital reserve would alnificant drop in the employer pension contribution rate, however, low the district to transfer leftover that would allow the district to Continued on Page 24

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Center Street Brownie Troop 1106 and Junior Troop 1578 came together for a special overnight stay at the Long Island Children’s Museum in Garden City on April 25. see more photos on Page 41.

Martins support for Skelos thrust into media spotlight

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Martins, an outspoken Skelos supporter, and a Queens Democrat briefly stole the spotlight.

Martins (R-Mineola) was Former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos’ arrest presiding over the Senate last dominated state headlines last Wednesday when Democrats week, but a contentious show- staged a dramatic attempt to down between state Sen. Jack force a vote to oust Skelos (R-

Rockville Centre), who faces federal corruption charges along with his son, Adam.

Martins denied the vote on procedural grounds — over the shouts of state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Queens), whose Continued on Page 61

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Ex Floral Park Mayor White House OKs Tom Hayden dies at 83 mentor program ‘Mr. Floral Park’ known for wit, sense of humor Town to pilot ‘My Brother’s Keeper’

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Tom Hayden, the ex-Floral Park mayor with the Irish wit that never failed to put a smile on the community’s face, died on May 1 of complications from cancer. He was 83.

“It is tough to talk about him without smiling,” said Floral Park Mayor Tom Tweedy, who grew up with Hayden’s sons.

“You immediately get this sense of calm, this sense of enjoyment, in the immediate moment his name is engendered.”

Hayden served as Floral Park village trustee from 1980 to 1982 and then as mayor from 1983 to 1987.

Tweedy called Hayden a mentor and a “real good friend,” saying he had a “gregarious and generous spirit.”

“I’m young enough to be his kid, and yet he was generous in his advice, without it being advice,” Tweedy said. “He had that ability to share his wisdom without sounding pompous.”

Tweedy said that after Hayden’s two terms as mayor, he became “Mr. Floral Park,” befriending everybody while chairing the village’s centennial celebration and the Our Lady of Victory Church’s capital campaign.

“After being mayor, he stayed involved. He was a great contributor, and he made Floral Park a better place because he was in it,” Tweedy said. “Tom’s love for our village was only surpassed by three others: His love of his wife, love of his family and then the love of his church.”

Hayden’s son Doug Hayden is Floral Park’s village justice.

For over 20 years, Tom Hayden penned a column called “Looking Back,” in which he would write about the history of Floral Park, Tweedy said.

As mayor, Hayden left his

The Town of North Hempstead received approval last week from the White House to implement mentoring programs as part of the federal “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, which officials said would help at-risk youth prepare to enter college and the workforce.

During a sit-down interview with Blank Slate Media Thursday, North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said the town would partner with the Manhasset and Westbury school districts on a pilot program beginning this fall.

“The idea is to address the needs of the community on a small scale and then hopefully we’ll be able to expand it,” Bosworth said.

Though the scope of North Hempstead’s program is still in its infancy stages, Bosworth said the town was among the few municipalities in New York to apply to join the initiative.

She said about 10 ninth grade students would be selected from each school district for the program, which would involve mentoring and potential internship opportunities with the town to expose them to a

Tom Hayden served as Floral Park mayor from 1983 to 1987. mark by beginning the transformation of the Floral Park playground into the recreation center it is today, adding tennis and volleyball courts and new basketball courts, Tweedy said.

“Floral Park playground was a dustbowl this time of year,” Tweedy said. “He really changed the look, made it look like a center as opposed to a couple of fields.”

The change gave birth to Floral Park’s many recreation leagues and programs.

Tweedy said Hayden was known for his signature holiday

outfit: a bold St. Patrick’s Day jacket with “Frazier-like” plaid pants and a pair of sunglasses — “What else would I be wearing?”

Hayden would ask.

When Tweedy saw Hayden would be buried in the outfit, he said it was like the ex-mayor left Floral Park “with one last joke.”

“It was one last time to make you smile before we said our good byes — it was a classic Tom Hayden moment,” he said.

Hayden is survived by his four sons, Tom, Kevin, Doug and Jim and his grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

variety of possible career opportunities.

“We’ve been kind of nursing it along and it’s just developing into something we think is doable,” Bosworth said. “It’s small enough so we’ll be able to really have an imprint on this and make a difference.”

The “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative was introduced in February 2014 as a means of improving graduation rates and “expected life outcomes for boys and young men of color,” President Barack Obama wrote in a memorandum.

“By focusing on the critical challenges, risk factors and opportunities for boys and young men of color at key life stages, we can improve their long-term outcomes and ability to contribute to the nation’s competitiveness, economic mobility and growth and civil society,” Obama wrote. “Unlocking their full potential will benefit not only them, but all Americans.”

Last September, the town was among the approximately 100 municipalities in the United States to be named “early acceptors” of the initiative and hosted a summit of community leaders to discuss efforts to implement “My Brother’s Keeper” in North Hempstead.

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With lots of options, Ekeh picks yale Elmont salutatorian Harold Ekeh accepted to all eight Ivy Leagues and MIT Harold Ekeh, who faced the tantalizing decision of choosing between eight Ivy League schools and MIT, has now narrowed the field to one: Yale.

“I am both incredibly humbled and excited to say that I am officially a part of the Yale University Class of 2019,” the Elmont High School senior said.

In total, Ekeh went 13-for-13 in college admissions, including to all eight Ivy League Schools and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Ekeh said in a recent interview that he was initially leaning toward Yale after being inspired by a school trip there.

“I visited Yale with my school’s Model UN team and I loved how passionate the people were,” he said.

Born in Nigeria, Ekeh moved to Queens at age eight and then to Elmont

for the schools. In his admissions essay, he described his experience coming to America and his initial struggles to adapt.

“I spoke English, but with a really heavy accent.

But I watched my parents persevere — despite closed doors, they were very persistent,” Ekeh said. “U.S. history was very challenging for me because I never learned that. I decided to face my challenges, to never give up and to tackle the challenge head on.”

Though his family lived “a very comfortable life” in Nigeria, he said his parents decided to move to the United States to offer him and his siblings more opportunity.

He remembers the small one-bedroom apartment his family lived in when they first came to America, and the jobs his parents worked — at Walmart, Target and a soup shop — “just to provide for our food and housing.”

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He said his grandmother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease when he was 11, inspired his research.

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After Ekeh won the Intel distinction, Elmont High School principal John Capozzi said Ekeh “really hopes to become a neuro- represents Elmont Memorial High School.” surgeon.

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North Hills incumbents run unopposed B y J a m e s G a l l ow a y

Village of North Hills Mayor Marvin Natiss, trustees Dennis Sgambati and Gail Cohen and Village Justice Sigmund Semon will appear on the ballot this June unopposed, a village official said Wednesday.

Tuesday evening was the deadline to submit petitions for a spot on the ballot for the June 16 election.

The four incumbents plan to run a joint re-election campaign as members of the Homeowners party, Natiss said.

Natiss has served as mayor since 2003, and prior to that he was village justice.

He said he hopes to oversee the completion of the large construction projects in the village, including the Ritz-Carlton Residences and the proposed 46-home development on the former grounds of the St. Ignatius Retreat House off Searingtown Road.

“Those are major projects that we want to see to completion and it might take another two or three years,” Natiss said.

Natiss, an attorney, touted North Hills’ tax rate, which he called the lowest of 64 villages in Nassau County, and the establishment of a shuttle service from Village Hall to the Manhasset train station as among his largest accomplishments so far in office.

From left: Trustee Phyllis Lentini, Deputy Mayor Dennis Sgambati, Mayor Marvin Natiss, Trustee Gail Cohen & Trustee Elliott Arnold.

“We’ve kept the village taxes low.

We’ve stayed on budget; no elected officials have seen any increases, no appointed officials have seen any increases,” he

said. “We try to run a tight ship, and that’s how the village tax stays low.”

He said the village would look to maintain the shuttle service, which has

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Town to weigh letting Nassau Republicans dogs in N.H. parks pick murray in da race

By B I ll saN aNTONIO The North Hempstead Town Council set a June 2 public hearing on Tuesday to determine whether to begin allowing dogs at any of its 52 parks.

If approved, the town would initiate a pilot program allowing dogs on leashes in parts of North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington, the Mary Jane Davies Green in Manhasset and Michael J. Tully Park in New Hyde Park.

As part of the program, dogs would be allowed along the boardwalk at North Hempstead Beach Park, as well as sections of the Mary Jane Davies Green and Tully Park.

The town would also provide bags with which residents would clean up after their dogs.

In an interview with Blank Slate Media Thursday, North Hemsptead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said the program was “a start to becoming a lot more dog-friendly.”

When asked whether the town would consider implementing a full-run dog park, Bosworth said “it’s a construction issue” that would require community involvement and various building hearings.

“I’m a big believer in community input,” she said. “...We want to hear whether it’s a good idea, and if it’s not we’d want to hear that, too.”

In other developments: • The council set a June 2 hearing to establish a full stop for westbound traffic at the intersection of Roslyn Road and Locust Lane in Roslyn Heights.

That intersection is where two Mineola teens died in a car crash in March 2014 that resulted in several efforts from the town and Nassau County to fortify nearby residents who had said the site has been a frequent locale for accidents.

The town, which controls Locust Lane, set a guardrail along the edge of the street, increased signage to reflect a curve in the roadway and decreased the speed limit to 30 miles per hour.

Nassau County replaced speed limit signs, reinforced curbing along Roslyn Road, which it controls, and is investigating the feasibility of installing a traffic light at the intersection.

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The Nassau County Republican Committee pegged Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray as the party’s pick in the district attorney race during a nominating convention in Levittown last week and announced its slate of candidates for town and county positions also up for election in November.

If Murray wins the nomination, she would face the winner of a Democratic primary that pits Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas against longtime prosecutor and Port Washington resident Michael Scotto.

Though the county GOP is backing Town of Hempstead Councilman Anthony Santino to succeed Murray as Hempstead town supervisor, party leaders have not yet named a candidate to challenge North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, a Democrat.

Republican leaders also endorsed Nassau County legislators Vincent Muscarella (8th District-West Hempstead), Richard Nicolello (9th District-New Hyde Park), Laura Schaefer (14th District, Farmingdale), Dennis Dunne (15th District- Levittown), Rose Marie Walker Reach reporter Bill San Antonio by e- (17th District, Hicksville) and Donald MacKmail at bsanantonio@theislandnow.com, enzie (18th District-Glen Cove) in re-election by phone at 516.307.1045 x215 or on bids.

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The Republicans also endorsed C. William Gaylor to run for the 6th District seat as Republican legislator Francis Becker, of Lynbrook, has said that he plans to retire from the Legislature, according to reports. Gaylor has twice run unsuccessfully for Nassau County District Court 2nd District judgship.

Republicans also backed Henry Golis Jr. in a bid to unseat North Hempstead town 2nd District Councilman Peter Zuckerman (D-Roslyn) and MaryKatherine Barket to unseat Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) in the 4th District, according to published reports. They have also backed Dina DeGiorgio, of Port Washington, in a re-election bid for the 6th District.

The county GOP backed Margaret C. Reilly to run for Surrogate’s Court judge, James Darcy to run for 2nd District Court judge, Frank A. Doddato to run for 3rd District Court judge and Paul Meli and Joseph Girardi to run for 4th District Court judge.

They also backed Robert G. Bogle, Howard E. Sturim and Felice J. Muraca to run for County Court judges, according to reports.

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Teens deliver signatures to support Mann B y A d a m Li d g e tt Great Neck Library Levels Teen Center members and alumni submitted a petition with more than 1,000 signatures to library Interim Director Chris Johnson on Wednesday, calling for Ethan Mann to be reinstated as director of Levels.

“We were very surprised,” Michelle Geffner, a Levels teen, said of unconfirmed reports that Mann was fired by the library. “He had a pretty pristine reputation. He advanced the program and made it a much more popular arts program.”

The teens, parents and Levels alumni arrived at the library board’s Director Search Committee meeting Wednesday at the library’s Station Branch at 40B Great Neck Road to deliver the petition.

Although the meeting was closed to the public, Interim Library Director Chris Johnson accepted the petition outside the meeting room.

But Johnson declined to comment on the petition or Mann’s status.

Levels teens and their parents have been protesting since rumors began more than a week ago that Mann had been fired from the popular after-school program.

Neither Mann nor any library officials has confirmed that he has been fired.

Johnson said last week that the library had a confidential discussion with Mann, but would not elaborate on the nature of the discussion.

The signatures on the petition were gathered from a webpage called “Bring Ethan Back” created on change.org. Many of the petitioners were from Great Neck and other areas on the North Shore, but some had posted from as far as Wisconsin, Maryland and New Mexico.

Some who posted on the petition website said that Mann’s firing was best for Levels, but most were in support of him.

Many said that Mann was a mentor to them while they were struggling teens, that he was one of the most supportive people they have ever met and that he was trusted.

Unlike a protest on April 27, there were no picket signs present Wednesday, but emotions remained high among those present, which included a Level alumnus who travelled from Manhattan to show support for Mann.

Jordan Hoyda, who works in real estate in Manhattan, said she started at Levels around the time Mann was first named its director 17 years ago.

He said Mann taught him to be himself and be happy with himself.

“I didn’t have that many friends when I was younger, and it was just a place to hang out,” Hoyda said. “He was more like a father figure than just the Levels director.”

Geffner, a senior at Great Neck South High School, said she doubted that there was a legitimate reason for Mann’s firing.

“We want to get answers — we want to know if there were any terminable offenses,” Geffner said.

She said the board ignored those who asked about Mann.

“The board is supposed to represent

Teens from the Great Neck Library Levels Teen Center give Library Interim Director Chris Johnson a petition with more than 1,000 signatures to reinstate Ethan Mann as the director of the center, a position he is rumored to have been fired from. the community and they don’t respond to people’s questions,” Geffner said. “If a principal got fired, there would be an obligation of the school board to tell us why.”

In August, about 100 teens and adults expressed concerns at a special board meeting that the library’s Main Branch renovation would result in drastic cuts to the Levels program.

Trustees later said there would be no staff cuts to the program during the renovation.

Some resident who use the library have expressed their opposition to Mann in the past.

On the Great Neck Library Watchdog website, criticism was directed at Mann for allegedly supporting Trustee Robert Schaufeld in his recent election to the library board.

Schaufeld, who is president of Public Access Television, defeated former library Trustee Ralene Adler to replace retiring library Trustee Janet Nina Esagoff.

“Though Levels has not been an issue, the Levels director, Ethan Mann, contrived [the issues of the Levels cuts] as an issue in an attempt to assure his job security. The word spread by Ethan Mann and a Levels parent, Amy Levinson, and [Great Neck News columnist] Karen Rubin, an opinionated hack, was that the Levels budget, salaries and ‘programs’ (no, that’s not a typo) were being cut, and that Ralene Adler was, and would be responsible,” the webpage reads.

“The assertions were made, despite that there was no factual basis, and there are six other trustees who also get to vote,” the webpage continues.

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County Dems pick Singas for DA B Y B I LL SA N A N T O N I O

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The North Hempstead Democratic Committee on Monday announced its support for Acting Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, one of two Democratic candidates in November’s race to formally succeed Kathleen Rice as the county’s top prosecutor.

The announcement comes days after Singas, who prior to assuming the acting DA position in January was Rice’s top assistant, was endorsed by Teamsters Joint Council 16, a union representing about 120,000 workers in the downstate area.

In a statement, an unnamed North Hempstead spokesman said Singas is “uniquely qualified to safeguard our communities and ensure a fair and impartial justice system.”

Singas, of Manhasset, is running against Port Washington Democrat Michael A. Scotto. The Nassau County Republican party selected Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray as its choice for DA last week as well.

“I am honored to stand alongside the North Hempstead Democrats, whose passion and dedication will be invaluable to winning this election,” Singas said. “They believe, as I do, that the Nassau County

district attorney must have a proven record of prosecuting dangerous criminals.

I am grateful for their full support and I look forward to working with them in the months and years to come.”

In its endorsement message, Teamsters Joint Council 16 officials said they support Singas’ “reputation as a tough prosecutor who believes no one is above the law.”

“In her over-two decades-long career as a prosecutor, Madeline Singas has never been scared to take on the tough cases,” the union’s president, George Miranda, said. “I’m proud to endorse a candidate for district attorney who has extensive courtroom experience and a proven track record of prosecuting wage theft. We can count on Madeline to stop employment abuses and protect all Nassau County residents.”

Singas announced her candidacy shortly after taking office in January. She told Blank Slate Media in February she would be tough on drug-related crimes and prioritize prosecuting offenses against women and children.

Singas began her career as a prosecutor in Queens County in 1991 and was later promoted to a leadership position within its Domestic Violence bureau. She holds degrees from Columbia University and Fordham University Law School.

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LIRR service changes could delay 40k B y J a m e s G a l l ow a y The Metropolitan Transportation Authority estimates that a scheduled 48hour suspension of Long Island Rail Road service between Mineola and Hicksvile to demolish the Ellison Avenue Bridge this weekend could cause delays for 40,000 commuters.

From Saturday, May 16 through Sunday, May 17, the LIRR will make no stops between the two stations, and customers on the Ronkonkoma and Port Jefferson lines should prepare for an additional 40 to 60 minutes of travel time, the MTA announced Monday.

The demolition of the Ellison Avenue Bridge in Westbury is part of a $17.6 million LIRR plan to improve customer safety and replace the 74-year-old bridge, which the MTA press office called “obsolete,” and

of train service build a new roadbetween Hicksway, sidewalks, ville and Minecurbs and fencing. ola,” LIRR PresiThe MTA Capident Patrick A. tal Program-fundNowakowski said ed project would in a statement. also improve “We are working safety for motorhard to minimize ists and pedestrithe impact by proans who use the viding bus service bridge, the MTA and re-routing press office said in trains. Everyone a release. should consult The MTA anthe special May ticipates the new 16-17 weekend bridge to open in branch timetables June 2016. to pinpoint the “We regret the departure and arinconvenience, but for obvious safety reasons, demolition of rival times of their trains and allow for the bridge requires a complete suspension plenty of extra travel time.”

All LIRR branches will have adjusted schedules for the weekend, and Nowakowski encouraged Port Jefferson- and Ronkonkoma-line customers to use alternative LIRR lines if possible, including Babylon, Far Rockaway, Hempstead, Long Beach, Montauk, Port Washington, Oyster Bay or West Hempstead.

The MTA will offer bus service between Mineola and Hicksville for the weekend, and trains between Huntington and Penn Station will operate hourly rather than every 30 minutes.

The updated May 16 and 17 LIRR schedules are available at www.mta.info/ LIRR. Ronkonkoma trains will not stop at Woodside on May 16 or 17, and the MTA urged customers attending the Mets home games to avoid bussing delays by using South Shore train lines.

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Vote Tuesday for GN Schools, Library

The Great Neck Union Free Public School District is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year - a remarkable event that marks our district as one of the oldest public school systems in the United States.

Back in 1812, when New York State passed legislation enabling localities to establish public school districts, they were designed to be funded by local property taxes — and it is the source of local control. Whereas municipalities have other sources of revenue — a plethora of taxes, fees, fines - schools were designed to be funded through property taxes.

Over the years, recognizing the detrimental differences in opportunities for youngsters based on whether they grew up in “have” or “have not” communities, local funding was supplemented by state aid, funded through the state income tax, which should have compensated for the rich/poor differentials of different communities. And in fact, school districts like New York City and Hempstead get 4050 percent of their school budgets funded through state aid, while Great Neck gets less than 5 percent of its budget funded through state and federal aid.

That means that Great Neck schools depend for 95 percent of its operating revenue on property taxes.

Local control has been eroded — for good and for ill — by state mandates and, since 2001, by the Bush era No Child Left Behind (ironic that Bush opposed federal standards proposed by President Clinton when Bush was governor of Texas), which inserted federal control to an unprecedented degree.

The Obama Administration’s Race to the Top made compliance with new Common Core standards more “voluntary” but hitched federal aid to implementing the new standards, measured through tests, along with “accountability” measures for teachers.

The federal mandates, which basically impose a whole new orientation toward high-stakes testing, are only one source of control.

State mandates — everything from testing regimens, auditing, and requiring calculators in math classes, to how much public money needs to be redirected to for-profit charter schools, not to mention how much each district needs to set aside for retirement and health benefits — are now in concert with property tax caps that restrict how much money localities can raise - and spend - on

public schools.

One new mandate this year would pay much of the salary of a new teacher: it requires the school district to conduct its budget vote with the electronic voting machines, rather than the lever-machines, with each ballot costing $1, almost $30,000 expense.

The requirement for multiple layers of auditors adds about $150,000.

Another new mandate requires a different approach to English Language Learners (replacing “English as a Second Language”). And of course, there are now a battery of new requirements for teacher evaluations.

There is an impossible squeeze at both ends — in imposing higher costs on one end, but restricting the ability to raise revenue on the other — that has to compromise the quality of education that public schools can deliver There is no one in our community who disputes the quality of education we receive — and not just “school-age children”.

Our public school district provides education quite literally from the cradle to whatever age a person is and wants to continue learning — with early childhood education, home visits, and adult education. Anyone who wants to take advantage of our public schools can.

And we get tremendous “bang” for our education buck.

Indeed, critics of school taxes like to take the budget and simply divide the total expenditures by the number of enrolled, indistrict students, to get a “tuition” equivalent to an Ivy League college.

But that is not at all accurate, because the total expenditures do not take into account the 1,500 Great Neck students who attend private and parochial schools, for whom our district is responsible to provide public transportation, textbooks, nursing care and other expenses.

Out of $10.5 million spent on contract transportation, $4.5 million goes to transport Great Neck students to private and parochial schools.

“We are proud to say these are our children also, and taxpayers,” board President Barbara Berkowitz said at the budget review.

It doesn’t include the many programs and services offered by the Great Neck Public Schools that are fee-based and revenue neutral (some even net a gain for the district): including the summer recreation and enrichment programs, adult education (serv-

ing some 10,000 people) and GED programs, and tuition paid by other districts for their students to attend special programs offered in Great Neck.

Great Neck Public Schools are far more that K-12 education.

In our community, the mission is to engender a love of learning for a lifetime.

Even those of us whose children have graduated and gone on to make lives of their own (so many having had that gigantic step up because of the foundation built in our public schools) still benefit from our schools. I also

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Pulse of the Peninsula list as the “benefits” of our public schools the sensational cultural offerings provided by our schools (South High is the only public high school that presents a fully staged, orchestrated opera in its original language) that save you a trip to Broadway, Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall.

And then again, there is the most crass, fiscal calculation: how well our schools perform is how much our house rises in value. Public education is truly an investment.

But it is an investment, as well, in our society. The mission of our schools and libraries, borne out with how our tax dollars are spent, is to enable every individual child to fulfill their potential, whatever that might be.

According to the statemandated fiscal accountability summary, Great Neck spends $104,425,959 on general instruction for 5,826 pupils, or $17,924 per student; and $40,959,283 for 837 special needs students, or $48,936 per student.

Is this a lot? I think it is just right, and worth every penny.

Budget Process: An Open Book For anyone who questions the size of the budget or the amounts spent, the budget is quite literally an open book: the

budget — which percolates up, starting with the schools and departments — is published line by line, and this district (I would venture one of the few), hosts a public Budget Review when the board literally looks at every single item, from the largest to the smallest, with notes as to the reason for changes.

Anyone is welcome to question expenditures and receive an explanation.

And anyone who wants a clear view of the values and priorities that propel this district, listen to the discussion of spending: for example, there was discussion about $1,000 spent on translation services - and how that has to be improved because every notice (such as emergency school closings) has to go out in some 15 languages so that parents and guardians will understand them Danish, Farsi, Hindi, Italian, Russian, etc.

“At 4:30 a.m., we may have to send out 16,000 phone calls and 12,000 emails,” Superintendent of Schools Tom Dolan said at the Saturday budget meeting.

“Each time we close the school, the message is a bit different.

Now we rely on Google Translate-which is not great. This year, for the first time, we had this year had early dismissal, something never done before — never done that before — message was quickly translated — funny translations back Here you will see how much is spent on testing, scoring, on mandated academic intervention services, on legal services.

The proposed school budget in the amount of $216,697,754 for the 2015–16 school year. The increase over this year’s budget is 1.23 percent. The increase in the amount to be raised by real property tax is 1.56 percent.

Nearly all of the $2.63 million increase can be attributed to hiring additional instructional staff to support the Common Core, contractual salary increases for existing staff, Consumer Price Index increases in transportation contracts, and higher health-insurance costs.

“Once again we are faced with maintaining a challenging fiscal balance. We are continuing the programs we cherish, ranging from school preparedness in Pre-K all the way up through our diverse offerings in Adult Education,” Berkowitz said. “We are also able to maintain small class sizes in our elementary schools, while closely monitoring our slowly increasing enrollment.”

“One of the things we’ve always done in Great Neck is provide a vast variety of programs at

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both the academic and extracurricular levels,” Board Vice President Lawrence Gross said.

“These diverse offerings can be adjusted to meet the needs of our students, and that’s what makes this a special community.

We want our students to leave our schools well-prepared for college and for life.”

This year, the school district got a bit of a reprieve because of significant reductions in mandated allocations for the Teachers Retirement System and health benefits - a $2.4 million reduction, but, this is after rising $4.6 million from the 2013-4 budget, which in the past basically sucked up so much of the allowed “increase” under the property tax cap.

“When we are facing state mandated maximum expenditure of 1.1 percent and the pension and health benefits in a two-year period goes up 2.3%, $4.6 million, it is really an issue that worries me and confronts the district administration and community,” board Trustee Don Ashkenase commented. “Continuing to present the program we do — one thing Great Neck always done is provide a vast, vast diversity of programs both academic and extracurricular. In the end, we want our kids to leave school well prepared for college but well prepared for life – that diversity, ability for a child’s school program to be adjusted to their needs is what makes this a special community.

This may be a reprieve, but this is after rising $4.6 million over period of 2 years.”

“More difficult cuts that threaten the quality of education,” said Ashkenase. “This year, we funded 23.5 additional teaching positions to allow us to preserve quality of education. We don’t know what will happen going forward.”

“This is the first year we’re not in as much pain as in the past, but still have to look, scrutinize and see what we most value, and certainly when talk about staff, that’s our #1 priority – helps us maintain small class size of which we are most proud,” Gross said.

There are some changes to the budget as a result of Gov. Andrew Cuomo extorting the Legislature to give into his so-called “education reforms” - really permission to attack teachers and shift resources to privatized facilities. (Merryl Tisch, the Regents Chancellor, has family ties to the privatized education industry: her brother-in-law, Andrew Tisch, heads the board of K12 Inc., a leading on-line education company and it is not a coincidence Continued on Page 49

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Famed lacrosse coach returns to roots B Y B I LL SA N A N T O N I O A few hours before the newest members of the Manhasset Lacrosse Hall of Fame were inducted Thursday, Richie Moran sipped brews with a group of his former players at Edison’s Ale House on Plandome Road.

It had been years — for some, even decades — since the legendary lacrosse coach had last seen the men he’d once guided as boys, and all had returned to the hometown connecting them to the game they love.

There was history there at the bar: Moran went 67-5 as head coach of the Indians from 1961-66, winning three consecutive Long Island championships from 1962-64 before a two-year stint at Elmont High School in which his teams went 29-3 and won back-to-back league titles.

That was before Moran went on to become one of the most decorated college lacrosse coaches of all time, coaching Cornell to three national championships in the 1970s and 15 Ivy League titles, including 10 straight from 1974-83.

“Our teams weren’t always the most talented on the field, but there was never any question they were the most prepared,” said Moran, who now resides in the Ithaca area and is president of the Irish national lacrosse program.

“Our guys expected to win, not because of arrogance, but because they knew they were so well prepared there was no

way they could lose,” he said. “When they did lose, they took it hard. I didn’t tolerate it. There was no excuse for losing.”

On Thursday, Moran was back where it all began, there to watch as Meghan Clarke, Jason Buttles, Roger Buttles, Michael Ferrari, Gavin Petracca and Patty Anne Kenny Reilly join a Manhasset Hall of Fame that he and several of his players call home.

“One of the biggest mistakes we make in athletics is we don’t let a young person run a drill or speak in a huddle, and that’s where they become leaders,” he said. “All of these players, they’re leaders, whether it’s in lacrosse or in their careers, in their communities. That’s what it means to be a hero and a hall of famer.”

Moran, who played football and lacrosse at Sewanhaka High School from 1951-55, said he credits his coaching philosophy — a combination of hardened disciplinarian and inviting warmth — to his military experience in the United States Marine Corps and the guidance of his parents to always treat others with respect.

For it, he has been inducted into the Manhasset, Long Island and Upstate New York lacrosse halls of fame, as well as the Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame, the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame and National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

“You are going to win and you’re going to lose and that’s the reality of it and you can’t make excuses about losing,” said Bob Rule, a retired Manhasset High

Richie Moran School history teacher who played for Moran at Cornell in the 1970s. “Coach Moran was there to say, life isn’t always about you winning, so you have to pick yourself up and move on.”

Moran last year was one of five men profiled in Manhasset native Eric Rieseberg’s memoir, “Heroes Alongside Us: One Man’s Tale of Unlikely Success and the Men Who Made It Possible,” for which Moran wrote the forward.

In it, Moran lists nine principles he sought to instill in his players to teach them the values of hard work, respect and personal responsibility.

“I didn’t want a young person to back away from an activity because they make

a mistake, or kick a guy off a team because he made a mistake, because a lot of the time those are the guys who need the team most, the ones who maybe fall through the cracks,” Moran said. “I always say, you show me a guy who hasn’t made a mistake, and I’ll show you a guy who isn’t trying hard enough.”

The book, Rieseberg said, has circulated throughout lacrosse circles across the country, and was donated in bulk to the U.S. men’s national team and the Manhasset Lacrosse Hall of Fame.

Rieseberg, who played for Moran and was a member of Renzie Lamb’s undefeated 1967 Manhasset team, said the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame is planning to auction off copies of the book to fund various renovations.

Plans are in the works to recognize Moran for their efforts, Rieseberg said.

“This book is not about me and it’s not about Richie, but five guys like him who influenced me and thousands of other people in becoming who they were going to be,” said Rieseberg, of Naples, Fla., who struggled with academic and family issues growing up but went on to a 40-year career in health care administration.

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“You look around and you see people who are good at what they do, and it looks easy, but it’s not. It’s hard. What I tried to do is look at people like Richie Moran and take what I learned from him and apply it to life, and identify good when I see it.”

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On Monday Dean Skelos stepped down from his position as the state Senate Majority Leader.

Following his arrest last week on federal corruption charges that accused him of using his powerful position to steer $200,000 to his son Adam, Skelos saw the writing on the wall. His action saved his party from the painful decision to force him out.

To say the least his supporters, including eight senators from Long Island, are not profiles in courage.

In a letter release last week half of the 32 Republicans in the Senate said they continued to support him. These senators put loyalty to Skelos above the demands of integrity. They should be ashamed.

Sen. Andrew Lanza of Staten Island was the only downstate Republican whose name did not appear on the letter.

In their letter the spineless senators said, “(Skelos) has the leadership we need to move the Senate forward so that we can continue to do the people’s work and finish out this year’s session in a productive manner,” the letter said.

In other words, even if he is corrupt, he has the “leadership” that the GOP needs to advance its political agenda.

Incredibly state Sen. Martins reportedly said it should be up to Skelos to step down. He argued that the conference should not be expected to decide when it was time for Skelos to go. “I don’t think we should make that decision at this point because I don’t think he’s let anyone down,” The charges brought by the federal prosecutor involve multiple felonies and are well documented. What would a colleague need to be charged with for Martins to feel let down?

In Albany moral ambivalence can be found in abundance in both parties. Gov. Cuomo called the charges against Skelos “deeply disturbing” but he added it was not his place to say who the party leaders in either house should be. Why not?

But Cuomo has more at stake here.

Skelos is accused of using his position, to pressure New Hyde Park-based real estate developer Glenwood Management into giving a lucrative job to his son.

Cuomo said he will continue to accept campaign donations from Glenwood, which is also involved in the cases brought against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Glen wood is run by Leonard Litwin, “a major political donor who through his companies has given Cuomo more than $1 million.”

This is just one example of how companies are buying influence in state government, working both sides of the aisle.

We have no reason to hope that either party will get serious about cleaning up corruption in state government.

For that reason, we welcome U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara who has aggressively gone after corrupt elected officials in the highest places.

We wish him continued success.

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quotation attributed to William Gladstone is that justice delayed is justice denied, but what happens when there is no justice at all?

An answer was provided in Baltimore when protestors carried signs which read “No justice, no peace!”

A democratic society relies upon justice being meted out fairly and swiftly. The 6th Amendment to the Constitution speaks of “the right to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury…”

When this right is denied, our people are disillusioned and our democracy is diminished. It is important to note the word “impartial” because if the judge or jury has an interest in the case, it is unlikely that justice will be served.

A classic example is the battle over the New York City, Civilian Complaint Review Board.

A thumbnail sketch of that group’s history is instructive.

Established in 1953, the board was composed of three Deputy Police Commissioners. In 1965, Mayor John Lindsay called for all civilian representation on the board. The president of the Patrolman’s Benevolent Association had a measure placed on the ballot restoring control to the police.

It won overwhelmingly. In 1987, the Board was restructured with twelve members — six appointed by the mayor and six by the Police Commissioner. And in 1993, Mayor David Dinkins, the first black mayor of New York City, acting in conjunction with the City Council, restored it as an all civilian board.

This back and forth wrangling reveals an important truth. No organization gives up power without a fight. The police resisted change

for years because they wanted to control the process. And, looking back, what has the result been?

Tens of thousands of complaints have been successfully heard by the board with disciplinary action taken against thousands of police officers adjudicated guilty.

While apologists for police malfeasance have not disappeared, the take-away lesson is that you can’t expect any group to police itself.

An outside agency must be created which is objective when judging cases brought before it.

Congress, hasn’t learned this lesson yet. If police brutality is a disgrace, what can be said about sexual misconduct in the U.S. armed forces?

Last year, 20,000 instances of rape, sexual assault and unwanted sexual contact occurred in our military.

According to a Department of Defense report, 76 percent of women say that sexual harassment is common or very common. There have been horrific tales of rape and even murder of victims.

In many cases the military have ignored the facts and given the perpetrators a slap on the wrist. Why hasn’t the military acted on behalf of victims? Because they don’t have to.

Military commanders are judge and jury and they protect their own.

Again, we see the need for an outside arbiter who is not in the chain of command.

A bill sponsored by Sen. Kristin Gillibrand of New York called the Military Justice Improvement Act would have taken the decision to prosecute out of the hands of company commanders.

On March 6, 2014, the Senate voted 55 to 45 in favor, but

democracy was thwarted because a “supermajority” of 60 votes was needed for passage.

This was a sad day for military women serving our country as well as for justice and democracy in our nation.

George Santanyana wrote: “Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.”

As citizens, it is incumbent upon us not only to know our history, but to learn its lessons. In the case of the Baltimore police and the Gillibrand bill, the lesson is simple.

Do not expect justice when those meting it out have a vested interest in the outcome. Institutions are reluctant to change, especially when that change involves a loss of power.

Decision-makers must be truly neutral and independent. Then, and only then, will justice be served.

One other caveat. Ben Franklin correctly stated: “Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”

The Baltimore youth who set buildings on fire may not have read Franklin, but they were proving his point. Their actions turned Baltimore residents who were diffident into stakeholders, and forced the rest of us to have a conversation about the relationship between police and the persons they are sworn to protect.

As to sexual assaults in the military, history is on the side of those calling for “zero tolerance.”

Women’s rights suffered a serious setback when the Gillibrand bill was defeated, but while dormant, they are certainly not dead.

Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck

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ear Mr. Wren, Your letter in last week’s paper deserves responses in several respects.

First, you exercised every citizen’s right to enter the market place of ideas, especially in our nation which is so distinguished by the First Amendment Second, you raised important questions about our current immigration system, and particularly about “illegal” immigrants.

Those are matters of serious concern to you, and for other people in our country.

Third, you describe me as demonizing fellow citizens when you write that D’Innocenzo “talks to us like we are Klan members who hate people of different races.”

Those characterizations deeply sadden me because my goal during 55 years of teaching and community work is striving to build bridges to connect people, not barricades to separate us.

I never give up on the process of seeking ways to connect with fellow humans regardless of our differences on politics, religion or any other matter.

Decent and caring people can disagree about values and fundamental issues, but that does not justify unfair and unsubstantiated labeling. I challenge you (or anyone else) to give one specific example to back up the statement you have applied to me.

I will try to elaborate on the first two matters regarding your letter that I raise above, but in a spirit of civility and community, I am glad to meet with you personally to consider this important immigration issue, to explore whether we might find common ground, reasonable compromises, and/or discover that we are not so removed from each other as your letter might suggest.

We could meet for brunch (my treat) at one of our local spots (“Biscuits and Barbecue” in Mineola, or IHOP in Williston Park).

If you are so inclined, please call me (516) 463-5606, or email at michael.dinnocenzo@hofstra.edu to offer a few options for days/times.

On the first point regarding your letter, I deeply believe that our democracy is best served when citizens are willing to engage in public discussion. No one of us has a monopoly of truth and wisdom (including me), and it is only through careful, factbased, deliberative discourse (sort of like our celebrated jury system) that we have a chance to reach informed public judgment (as Daniel Yankelovich, so eloquently argues in “Coming to Public Judgment” (among his other books, including “Wicked Problems” released this month in his 90th year).

The immigration issue, as you and I both acknowledge, has been broken for a long time. All of our elected representatives also recognize that, but as you point out in your letter they have done nothing to fix it.

It is important for us as citizens to try to understand why the system is broken and why it has not been fixed.

Efforts to adopt effective legislation have come close on a few occasions (during President Bush’s 2nd term, and in 2013 when the Senate passed a “comprehensive” immigration bill); the House to this day has refused to address that bill or the issue itself.

It is also important to emphasize that leaders in both parties have acknowledged the seriousness of the immigration problems, and they have expressed significant areas of agreement.

All of this does not signify that you or I or national leaders or other citizens will have an easy time reaching common ground or compromise on what our policies should be; that is where the marketplace of ideas comes into play — listening to, and responding to, each other’s questions and concerns.

You have not been my only critic concerning the writing I have done since the Hofstra/Long Island Wins Immigration Summit held on Feb. 26. Others, including some of my friends, have urged me to focus more quickly and sharply on today’s issues and on the particular challenges for Long Island.

However, my goal is to try to address this issue for the long haul — as we seek effective new immigration policies, and also

as we seek to understand the centrality of immigration throughout our nation’s history.

The facts that I grew up in an immigrant community and that I have studied (written about and taught) immigration for more than half a century do not convey automatic authority on me. But because I have made sincere quests for larger understandings, I hope that I can offer relevant perspectives on how we got to where we are, so we might use that knowledge to develop a better sense of where we want to go.

I surmise that you might have judged that I was critical of you and others because I illustrated that there have been “haters” of immigrants. But my intent — and I believe my reality – was to show how that happened in the past, to illustrate that there were real “Klan members,” and that our nation sometimes fell woefully short of living up to its noble principles.

That is the reason in last week’s column that I complimented the Ellis Island Foundation for its new exhibits that include contemporary immigrants and that show the 3 Rs of xenophobia.

As the brilliant Jacob Bronowski wrote in “The Ascent of Man:” “Knowledge is our destiny.”

We have a better chance to avoid becoming “prisoners of the present” if we have reliable data on the basis of which we can move from private opinions to informed public judgments.

As I interpret your letter, two of your major points are: 1) that many leaders and others did not address the immigration issues because “they felt they all could profit from those illegals who broke the law.”

That judgment certainly applies to some people who did indeed exploit immigrant labor, but the issue of immigration is vast and complex and cannot be reduced only to that conclusion.

Your other major point is that “Around 15 million people did not want to wait in line; they broke the law and came here illegally.”

Numbers of our fellow citizens share your view on this point.

Obviously, as Jeb Bush said last week, it is not good for a nation or for individuals when so many people “live in the shadows” (beyond the framework of the law).

Here are some of my brief responses on the matter of “Illegals” — more extensive discussions will be coming because there are so many layers to this topic that it cannot be concluded simply.

First, everyone (including those who arrived here “undocumented”) would value being part of our society of law. Second, as mentioned earlier, we need a better understanding of why and how we reached our current circumstances so that the immigrants themselves are not unfairly demonized.

Third, as leaders of both parties acknowledge, many of the recent immigrants are part of a “humanitarian crisis” — they were people in flight from desperate situations, not merely seeking a better life in the U.S., but wanting to survive.

My 4th point, and final one for now (continuations at brunch, and in later writings) goes beyond the opening sentence in your letter when you state, “We have a generous immigration system for people of all races who wait in line.”

The U.S. generosity is even greater than you indicate: we often allow people to gain fast access to our nation as “refugees” and “asylees.”

These special categories are for people in “flight” (aslyees are reviewed to receive status after they already arrived in the U.S., without prior legal approval). In my coming writings I will discuss how those special categories apply to our recent migrants.

I will also consider views by Jefferson, Franklin, Paine and others that no human being should be labeled “illegal.”

Michael D’Innocenzo Professor of History and The Harry H. Wachtel Distinguished Teaching Professor for the Study of Nonviolent Social Change Founding Member of the Hofstra Center for Civic Engagement Hofstra University, Hempstead

Traffic enforcement lacking in Plandome Manor

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andates, rules and traffic signs are useless without enforcement.

On Circle Drive at the intersection of Colonial Drive there is the village park which provides walking access for nearby residents to the LIRR platform and there are multiple village signs clearly and legally posted that state that our rules of no parking, no stopping and no standing in the area and the exact times that said rules are to apply to all.

These signs were placed there to reduce the traffic flow of those [mostly from other villages] using the access as an alternative to the station but the other reason is that

in the morning there are school kids that are walking to the school bus pick up area.

For the Shelter Rock bus pickup there are several kids, for the middle school there are more kids and there is a child is bussed to a private school.

An additional benefit of the traffic rules is that those homeowners between Stoneytown Road and the village park are not subjected to cars racing up Circle Drive to catch a train or parked idling, radio blaring for a LIRR commuter pickup in the afternoon.

There is an oddity here too, for some reason some commuters

seem to ascribe to the mistaken belief that by blowing their car horns aggressively the crew of the LIRR will keep the doors open for the late arrivals.

The Village of Plandome Manor has an ‘enforcer’ whose job from time to time is to remind people that we expect compliance for our codes; however, this fellow has been scarce of late on Circle Drive. I am certain it is more lucrative for the village to issue citations to workers, craftsmen, contractors, and new home owners for building violations related to the myriad of newly minted building codes.

The issue of the growing code

springs from building inspectors and code enforcement employees.

This duo seeks to justify their jobs and to assure being well paid because only a building inspector or architect could navigate the grab bag of new codes they request each month at our village meetings.

Their lifetime goal seems to be the end of common sense and a code for every possible event but that is another letter.

The ‘village enforcer’ is not needed daily to address the traffic issues on Circle Drive but from time to time his appearance for several consecutive days has a real impact on excess traffic for weeks

afterward.

It also has an impact on the village treasury as he can and should dispense tickets although not as pricey as building code violations.

It is also helpful that the ‘enforcer’ can explain to one neighbor that there is not an exemption because they live on Circle Drive and seemed to believe they can drop off each morning or waiting idling each afternoon because they pay taxes.

Taxes are also another letter!

James A. Brodie Plandome Manor

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Don’t stress the dress for the prom

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t’s prom-dress season, which means a panic-stricken parade of mothers and daughters pouring through local stores. Not only must they spend weeks finding the dress, but then there are the shoes, evening bag, belt, and jewelry to go with it… not to mention the perfect under-garments — which means magical constructions that will support without themselves being seen (much like the perfect spouse).

Then follows a round of negotiations that would put the Iranian Nuclear talks to shame, all to ensure that no two girls show up in the same design — which would cause them both to go up in smoke, I assume.

As the mother of boys, I’ve had it absurdly easy. All a guy has to do is decide to attend — say, the week before! — pay for the ticket, sign the contract, and drop by the tux rental place.

Presto, he’s good to go. Honestly, if guys’ outfits were as much trouble as ours, I think the dress code for everything would be Tshirts and shorts.

My own prom was pretty

simple, back in the day. My biggest problem was getting my father back down off the ceiling he’d exploded to, after learning my outfit would cost a massive FIFTY DOLLARS! I know that seems like a typo — that’s why I wrote it out — but then again, that was the Stone Age. It was a pink polyester pantsuit that got ruined in the first 30 minutes of the date, when the steamed lobster I was attempting to eat launched a pre-emptive strike, sliding off my plate and into my lap, splattering melted butter everywhere.

But I’ve had no qualms eating lobster, since — as long as I’m wearing overalls and have a Sawzall handy.

Actually, the closest I ever came to today’s prom-dress-fever was when I needed something for my oldest’s Bar Mitzvah. After outfitting two boys and their father in one short afternoon, I was still haunting Long Island’s dress shops for weeks, for myself.

Finally, a friend of mine said, “You have no time to waste! This is a case for — “

Judy epstein

A Look on the Lighter Side “Superman?”

“No, a Personal Shopper!

You go to a big department store, ask for one and do whatever she says. It’s like having Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother.”

The next day I set out. “I need something for a bar mitzvah,” I confessed.

“No problem,” said the Shopper. What ‘look’ are you going for?”

My answer was ready. “I want to look matronly,” I said.

She actually recoiled. “You want what?” she managed to gasp.

“You know; I don’t want to look like I think I’m 13. I want to look like a grown-up.”

“Oh. So… maybe a suit?” she said, regaining her breath.

“Sounds perfect.”

She collected various outfits to a special rack and wheeled it to a fitting room I’d never noticed before. As I started trying things on, she asked, “So when is the bar mitzvah?”

“I’m afraid it’s in just a few weeks. I’ve been so busy getting my son and family ready, making arrangements, I’ve had no time to shop for myself.”

This time the lady stopped dead in her tracks. “Wait a minute,” she said. “You mean, this is YOUR son’s Bar Mitzvah?”

“Well, of course,” I said.

“Why else would I care how I look? There will be pictures!”

“Wait right here.” She whisked away the whole rack, soon to return with another.

Before I knew what had happened, I was buying The Perfect Outfit…plus the perfect bra, the perfect earrings, the perfect shoes, and the perfect bag.

The price tag was only one perfect order of magnitude more than my very top limit. It is indeed just like Cinderella’s Fairy Godmother — except the wand is composed of cash.

But maybe it’s worth it. I keep remembering the night I went to a “mixer” at college.

My school had, until recently, been an all-boys’ school, and even though it was now coed, they still bussed girls in from other schools for the dances.

For the first time that year, I put on a long dress, put my hair up, and put on some makeup. The boy who asked me to dance asked my name and what school was I from?

“I’m from the same school as you,” I retorted. “We’ve both been assigned to the same dining hall all year!”

“Oh, you’re THAT Judy!,” he said. “You look so good, I didn’t recognize you!”

I never kissed him, so I’ll never know if he was a frog or a prince. But for sure he was no diplomat!

The wrong way to evaluate teachers

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he furor over the Common Core has again reopened a discussion about the nation’s educational system.

I was the recipient of what I consider was a superior secondary education at a public institution at a time when large numbers of immigrants were afforded the great privilege of a free college education.

We were in the midst of the Great Depression of the 1930’s and yet our government must have considered this to be a priority.

They must have done something right. Many Nobel Prize winners were the products and a whole generation saw a great value in it.

Today, however, we are in the throes of concern about the ability of the richest nation in the world to educate our children to meet the challenges of the future. And they are many.

We are not preparing our children for jobs that are going unfilled because our schools are not providing candidates.

That is perhaps a first priority.

But beyond that, we do not care enough about the needs of everyone alive in this country to understand how to run our country, to attain the dignity of knowledge, to learn enough to manage their working and family lives.

How can we call this the greatest nation if millions are in need of a good education?

We have ample evidence of our failure. We regard as essential huge unnecessary expenditures on enough armor to blow the entire planet to oblivion.

We enter wars that are proven to be for the benefit of huge corporations. We are under the delusion that we know how to turn the whole world around by destroying them, thus creating bitter enemies.

It may be an oversimplification to blame many of our problems on the need to educate everyone properly. Can we accept the fact that an education that includes strong emphasis on critical thinking, a knowledge of history, serious

study in the sciences, an understanding that myth as an explanation for a lack of real information is to be rejected?

Our only hope of salvation is to educate the future leaders of our country and to inspire the best motivated to choose politics as their professions.

Our founding fathers, men of great classical education, joined together to write a constitution that they hoped would prepare us for a future that they could not foresee.

The regrettable tendency of too many leaders is to regard narrow interpretation of that document, and the more regrettable tendency to study holy documents, written at a time when little was known of science, as the source of all knowledge, now retard progress.

There are no easy answers to the dilemma we are faced with. The most recent example trying to evaluate our teachers has revealed that oversimplification is the wrong approach.

Complete dedicated over-

haul, with a realization that many attitudes must change, is the real answer.

Let us start by changing attitudes. Those who will have the responsibility of teaching our children should access to the best foundation, a strong, old-fashioned liberal education.

Those who wish to enter the profession should be helped to afford to be educated at the finest teachers’ colleges we can fund.

Let’s work on a system of mentoring by the most experienced master teachers we can discover, and human ways to evaluate them.

Above, a free public education for all is paramount.

Private alternatives and profit making enterprises must not dilute the power of the universal good.

Considering the great responsibility we place on the shoulders of those who will spend much time with our children, let us try to understand their challenges. Perhaps

we have to spend some effort on educating parents. We can make them aware of goals, problems, something about approaches. As a former PTA president I understood that our mission was to educate parents.

Of course we want parents to know what is going on, but we also need to encourage respect for teachers and their profession, and learn ways to work together to accomplish goals. Parents must realize that they put many kinds of children and the challenges in the hands of their teachers.

It horrifies me to hear our leaders show extreme disrespect for teachers. Teachers, historically, in many communities, have been extremely vulnerable to criticism and expulsion. Perhaps the growth of their militancy is the result of their historical insecurity. Mutual respect and understanding is difficult.

Esther Confino New Hyde Park, NY

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Freedom brings responsibilies

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aving just reread “Our Views” in this 5-8-15 Williston Times, I agree with what is written.

I would like to add that our freedoms do come with responsibilities. Yes! We do have the right to say what we wish but also the responsibility of knowing when not to.

This is especially true here in the USA where we live as neighbors with the people of the world-each with equal rights.

Again, I want to say that President Obama did what was correct considering his position in not attending the ‘forum’ in Paris after the massacre there.

While I think of it, what did an ostrich say to another ostrich?

Oops! I already said something like that.

Anyway, our president represents all of the residents of our country equally. He really had no choice but to do as he did. I do feel a need to apologize for that we have Texas and some other places in our household.

I lived my first 18 years in a part of our country where the

following multiple choice questionnaire would fit.

Two choices: 1. Are you Protestant? 2. None of the above?

While I am at it, we still need ‘none of the above’ on the presidential ballot until there is a candidate the public accepts and he or she is sure is not a chameleon who might betray the electorate or possibly damage the USA. I have lived my last 55 or so years either in New York City or on Long Island and have rubbed elbows with the peoples of this planet on a daily basis. I always look for the human being in each one. As a result, my years have gone smoothly and my life has been enriched.

Years ago I read that there are 160 languages spoken in Queens County. Not long ago I read it to be 120. I consider that those who answer the 311 hotline have an idea how many.

There are a very few nationalities in our country who willingly do not integrate well, who speak only one or two languages: Those who stick together to influence everything for their

behalf and also who call on the foreign country of their name to further aid their interests.

As for we who speak the other 158 or 118 other languages or just English, we all know who they are.

In other instances, there are and have been some who one would expect would have the highest ethics and integrity, etc. who have succeeded in pushing others around.

An example of this by willful interests are the Cherokees who had lived where they were since who knows when and the aforementioned in effect said “We want that land and we are going to take it away from you.” They did and The Cherokees were decimated during their forced exodus.

Our country has some black marks on it. Everyone seems to conveniently forget so quickly.

Recently was the situation about Syria and chemical weapons. It can’t be forgotten how much Agent Orange was used in Vietnam, a conflict which should never have happened. Then

chemical weapons in Iraq.

The UN inspectors combed every nook and cranny in the entire country and didn’t find any. Yet the Bush-Chaney team overode all reason and bombed Iraq to rubble. That should never have happened.

Saddam was in effect under house arrest (contained) and there was then the no fly zone.

Again, that should never have happened as it did.

Look at the situation now. It came at a high price.

We have to be very careful who gets into the White House.

Change of subject. I found some interest in that the highest IQ levels are in Asia. One would think that Western Europe would have been at least equal.

Perhaps centuries of stupid chivalry games had a damaging effect on the mind. Of course, the majority of the people (minds) then were relegated as worthless peons.

I recently entered a T-Mobile store to learn something about my smart phone. The only attendant who was not busy was

a lady wearing her traditional head scarf (need I say more)?

She knew her job well and I learned what I needed to know.

She was a nice lady in the highest sense of the word. As I said, look for the human being in everyone. It was a good experience.

Later I was thinking that she could have her driver’s license, own her car, buy her own insurance and drive it alone or with others any time day or night.

That wouldn’t be possible in at least one other country from what I have heard. It would have been wrong to ask where she was from as if that was important.

It was in the news that the Klu Klux Klan is coming back to life. There were some shown even in New York State wearing their dunce hats.

It seems that insanity is breaking out all over the place.

Charles Samek Mineola

Do you experience pain or discomfort during sex?

It’s more common – and treatable – than you think.

Sexual pain, or dyspareunia, affects nearly three out of four women at some point in their lives. For some, the pain is temporary, while for others it is a long-term problem. Unfortunately, many people with sexual pain suffer silently. Sonia Bahlani, MD, a gynecologist at the Arthur Smith Institute for Urology, part of North Shore-LIJ Health System, discusses what you need to know about this condition.

What causes pain during sex?

There are many causes of sexual pain in women.

Many causes may be gynecologic in nature, while others may be secondary to systemic changes within the body. Infections, post-menopausal changes, neuropathic (nerve fiber) or muscular pain disorders, and dermatologic (hair/nails/skin) changes may all play into sexual pain. Pain during sex also may be caused by problems with sexual response, such as a lack of desire or a lack of arousal. It is important to seek help from a healthcare professional because many causes of sexual pain can be treated.

Who experiences pain with sex?

Anyone in any age group can have sexual pain.

Hormonal changes can often cause changes in sexual function, but because many factors may come into play, an extensive workup — a physical, medical tests, a medical history review — is usually required.

Dyspareunia can get in the way of your relationships and overall quality of life — don’t wait to get help. If you have symptoms of sexual pain, call (516) 734-8500 today to make an appointment with one of our specialists. For more information, visit NorthShoreLIJ.com/Smith.

How is sexual pain treated?

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Long Island is competing for MTA projects Long Island faces competition within the Metropolitan New York area for potentially $80 billion plus needed to fund major capital transportation improvements.

Millions to billions more could be necessary by the time any project is completed and the true final costs are accounted for.

Everyone has their own priority wish list which in many cases conflicts with others who have different agendas.

One potential funding source for many of these projects would be the proposed MTA $32 billion 2015-2019 Five Year Capital Plan.

The MTA faces a $15 billion dollar shortfall in the proposed MTA 2015-2019 Capital Plan.

The respected independent New York City Citizens Budget Commission released a well documented report on March 24th “M.T.A. budget problems may be bigger then expected.”

They reported even greater shortfalls of between $16.5 to $19 billion in the proposed MTA 2015-2019 Capital Plan.

Current major capital construction projects under way include the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access project. This will provide riders a direct connection to Grand Central Terminal at a cost of $10 billion.

Next, is the first of four segments for the new Second Avenue Subway consisting of three stations between 96th Street and 63rd Street at a cost of $4.5 billion.

It will take several decades and easily up to $20 billion or more could be required if you include an express track for completion of the next three segments of the 2nd Avenue Subway north to 125th Street and south to Hanover Square downtown in the Financial District.

Add another $20 billion for those who dream of extending the 2nd Avenue subway north into the Bronx and south into Brooklyn..

The current No. 7 New York City Transit subway extension from Times Square to the Javits Convention Center is under construction.

The original cost of the overall project was $2.1 billion and is now $2.4 billion not counting the subway station that had to be dropped from the original scope of work along with additional subway cars necessary to provide revenue service on opening day.

No one could find $500 million dollars to cover the proposed new subway station to be built at

42nd Street and 10th Avenue.

This station was part of the original project scope. One trick used by transit managers to complete any project within budget, is to drop a portion of the original scope of work. This saves the necessary dollars which were not available to deliver 100 percent of what was originally promised.

Start of revenue service has slipped from December 2013 to July 2015.

The first phase of the Patrick Moynihan Penn Amtrak Station Farley Building project is under way.

This will extend the existing Penn Station Eighth Avenue west concourse from track 13 to track 1. In addition, two entrances for Amtrak commuters will be created at 31st and 33rd Streets along with train platform expansions, stairs and escalators at a cost under $300 million.

In the early 1990’s, total project cost was estimated to be $350 million. Politicians promised a beneficial use date around 2000. Fast forward to 2015 and the new overall project cost exceeds $1.5 billion.

The existing 42nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal is antiquated lacking sufficient capacity to deal with current and future needs.

Thousands of buses use this facility on a daily basis. Upon completion of their morning rush hour trips, hundreds of buses have to dead head back to New Jersey for midday storage.

They have to make another return trip in the afternoon back to New York City for outbound evening service. Costs could easily start at several hundred million for renovation and upgrading of the existing facility. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey just announced that up to $9 billion or more may be needed if you build a new facility at the same or new location on the west side in midtown Manhattan.

Locally, there is the proposed $1.5 billion LIRR Main Line Third Track. This would provide additional rush hour and reverse service capacity in the mornings and evenings for those who live in New York City and either work or attend college on Long Island for several key LIRR branches including Port Jefferson, Huntington, Oyster Bay and Ronkonkama running between Floral Park and Hicksville stations.

There is also a connection from Montauk, Speonk and Babylon via a spur between Babylon and Hicksville for access to this

corridor.

Next, there is $450 million to complete double tracking on the LIRR Ronkonkama Line between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma.

This was dropped in the 1980’s during electrification of this branch as a way to save money. It would have cost a lot less to complete this work decades ago rather than today.

Earlier this year, some called for extending electrification of LIRR service on the Port Jefferson branch from Huntington to Port Jefferson, on the Ronkonkoma line from Ronkonkoma to Yaphank and on the Montauk line from Babylon to Speonk. All three combined could easily cost several hundred million dollars.

Since 2005, there have been ongoing planning and environmental efforts to support a number of potential transportation improvements such as Bus Rapid Transit or Light Rail for the Nassau Hub. This might connect Roosevelt Field Mall, Hofstra University, Nassau Community College, Museum Row, Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, the County seat in Mineola, Garden City, Hempstead and Westbury. The cost could easily be several hundred million dollars depending upon the transportation mode and route selected.

Then there is the $16 billion to fund Amtrak’s proposed “Gateway” project for construction of a new tunnel providing additional access to Penn Station from New Jersey for Amtrak and perhaps New Jersey Transit.

How do we find $8 billion to $10 billion more for the No. 7 subway extension from the Javits Convention Center on the west side of Manhattan to New Jersey Transit’s Secaucus Junction station by Exit 15X on the New Jersey Turnpike? Ditto for $5 billion to build a alternative extension of the No. 7 subway to the PATH/New Jersey Transit Station in Hoboken, New Jersey.

The proposed new Triboro X subway route starting from Yankee Stadium connecting the Bronx with Queens and terminating in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn would traverse dozens of neighborhoods impacting several hundred thousand people living nearby.

No one knows how they will react to potential noise and visual impacts of a new elevated subway?

There are serious legal and operational issues to be resolved with the Federal Rail Road Administration. They have regulatory jurisdiction over significant

portions of the proposed route which would run adjacent to existing active freight tracks.

You have to deal with subway and freight trains coexisting on the same narrow corridor.

Project costs will include a series of new stations with elevators and escalators. Add to that – new track, signals, power, power substations and several hundred new subway cars. This additional rolling stock may require construction of a new maintenance, operations and storage yard.

There is also a potential serious conflict at the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn terminus.

This is also a potential site for a connection to the proposed Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel. No one knows either the timetable for implementation or how many billions this project could cost.

There is a new estimate of $3.9 billion for replacing the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Gov. Cuomo has yet to identify how he will pay back a $3 billion federal loan used to finance this project.

This could rise who knows how many billions at a later date based on previous estimates if you add either Bus Rapid Transit, Light Rail or Heavy Commuter Rail capacity.

Then there is $8 billion to $10 billion for construction of a new Cross Harbor Freight Tunnel, which would put trucks on trains between New Jersey to either Brooklyn or Queens through to Long Island.

The proposed Metro North Rail Road access to Penn Station via the Amtrak Hell Gate Bridge which would include construction of several new stations in the East Bronx could easily cost over $1 billion.

Several hundred million more would be needed to provide new service from Riverdale and the West Bronx using Amtrak’s Empire Hudson line corridor which already provides service into Penn Station.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey recently announced a project to extend PATH from its current terminus in Newark, New Jersey 2 1/2 miles to Newark Airport. Who knows if the estimated cost of $1.7 billion and 2024 revenue service date will hold.

Others are revisiting an old idea periodically discussed for decades of direct access to LaGuardia Airport.

One concept is to extend the N & Q subway lines from their current Queens terminus at Astoria/Ditmars Blvd to LaGuardia

Airport. Another option is via Sunnyside Yards.

Gov. Cuomo’s proposal to build an Air Train with connections to Mets Willets Point subway and Long Island Rail Road Station could easily cost a $1 billion or more rather than the $500 million he suggested. $600 million to restore service along the LIRR Rockaway Beach branch, also known as the White Pot Junction Line that was abandoned in the 1950s.

This route started off as a spur from the LIRR mainline east of Woodside at Rego Park running to Ozone Park connecting to the “A” line subway near Aqueduct Racetrack and on to the actual Rockaways. $500 million for restoration of the old Staten Island North Shore Rail line abandoned in the 1950’s which provided direct service to the St. George, Staten Island Ferry Terminal. Another alternative is to extend the existing New Jersey Transit Hudson/Bergen Light Rail line from the current 8th Street Station terminus to continue southward across the Bayonne Bridge to Staten Island. $200 million to construct the Woodhaven Blvd. Queens Bus Rapid Transit system.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio under his recently released “One NYC” Master Plan called for construction of the Utica Avenue subway.

He has asked the MTA to initiate a feasibility study for this proposal. The concept originally proposed in 1910 would construct extensions for both the #3 & #4 original IRT subway lines in East Flatbush, Brooklyn.

It would be built along Utica Avenue from Eastern Parkway to Avenue U. Costs for both the first phase of Second Avenue & No. 7 subway line extension averaged $2 billion plus per mile.

One can only imagine how many billions would be required to do the same along Utica Avenue.

Many of the estimated costs for these proposed projects are based upon planning feasibility studies and or environmental documents with little design and engineering efforts necessary to validate any actual construction costs.

They will be refined as projects progress beyond the planning and environmental phases into real and final design efforts.

Value engineering which is a process used to reduce costs will be used during the final design phase.

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Geller flushed out enemy in our midst

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hen Adolf Hitler published “Mein Kampf” in 1926, he spelled out his vision for Germany’s domination of the world and annihilation of the Jews.

Germany would not have lost WWI, he wrote, “if 12,000 or 15,000 of these Hebrew corrupters of the people had been held under poison gas.”

In 1933, Hitler’s Nazis took power. The few people who had read Hitler’s manifesto and took him seriously fled in time to save their lives. But most — including most Jews — didn’t.

Comfortable, often prominent, and fully accepted, they believed in German society and could not fathom that a madman actually meant what he said and intended to fully carry out his malevolent vision.

Even as things grew increasingly menacing — through Kristallnacht, book burnings, the stultifying restriction of civil liberties, the expulsion of Jewish children from schools, the construction of Dachau, Auschwitz, Treblinka, and other death camps — there were Jews and others who downplayed Hitler’s ominous threat.

Worse, they derided and vilified those who took him seriously, calling them fear-mongers and haters and liars. Sound familiar?

Today, the entire world faces the threat of galloping Islamic terrorism. We see this every day in every newscast — grisly individual and mass beheadings, people chained in cages and set on fire, hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped, raped, and worse; Christian churches burned to the

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ground with their desperate congregants locked inside; innocent cartoonists shot dead and their colleagues gravely injured in France, Jewish babies murdered in their cribs and strollers.

Increasingly, we see “honor killings” in the United States, as well as other freedom-smothering manifestations of Sharia law.

What happened in Germany in the 1930s and 1940s is happening in America today, except the assault on our system is not coming from Nazism, but rather from radical Islam.

The mullahs in Iran and their surrogates around the world stand at podiums and declare boldly: Death to America, Death to Israel! They tell us outright that their goal is to create a caliphate in which Sharia law is the law of the land, in which all infidels — anyone who does not practice or has not converted to Islam — are relegated to secondclass citizenship, draconian taxes, and groveling servitude, if not outright enslavement.

Some of our own elected officials echo their words. All of them, like Hitler, rely on apologists who flagrantly lie about this escalating threat. Shame on them!

During WWII, Winston Churchill was the proverbial canary in the coal mine, repeatedly issuing the earliest warnings to the Western world of Hitler’s psychotic megalomania and evil intentions.

Again, few listened, while prominent, educated, and sanctimonious types derided and vilified Churchill and called him a fear-monger and a hater and a

liar. Sound familiar?

Since 2004, when she founded the Atlas Shrugs website (now PamelaGeller.com), Pamela Geller has been our Winston Churchill, warning of the increasingly aggressive actions of radical Islamists, the terrifying acts they commit, and their fervent goal to eviscerate our Constitution and Bill of Rights — you know, those little documents that afford us spoiled Americans the right to say what we want, be it in speech, drawings, art, movies, and music, without fear of being murdered!

That is why, as journalist Jonah Goldberg points, out, the First Amendment applies to things that people find offensive, for instance Andreas Serrano’s “Piss Christ,” in which the “artist” urinated in a glass and then placed a plastic icon of Jesus on the cross into it, or the Brooklyn Museum of Art’s exhibition of a portrait of the Virgin Mary, which was partly comprised of pornographic pictures and elephant dung. (I don’t remember an editorial in this newspaper decrying those things or attacking the sponsors).

That is also why people who cherish the First Amendment agreed that it was okay to have a loathsome Nazi contingent walk the streets of Skokie, Illinois (with its formidable Jewish population) in the mid 1970s, and why other protest movements have been so powerful and important: for instance Patrick Henry’s bold declaration, “Give me liberty or give me death;” the Yo No rebellion in Cuba against its repressive government; the Boston Tea Party’s “no taxation

without representation” protest; Susan B. Anthony’s “illegal” vote for women’s suffrage; Henry Thoreau’s demonstrations against slavery; the history-changing actions of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Rosa Parks against racial discrimination...the list of heroic people sounding the alarms is endless.

Throughout history, all of these crusaders for freedom have been insulted by the cowardly accommodators among us, the appeasers, the apologists, and the deluded masses who thought, as Churchill said, that “the crocodile [of tyranny, fascism, murder, even genocide] would eat them last.”

Pamela Geller succeeded in literally flushing out the enemy within, two of the many jihadists in our midst.

Only days after their failed assassination attempt, ISIS claimed credit for the attack and embarrassed our Homeland Security Department into increasing security conditions at U.S. military bases and elevating the threat level in the U.S. to BRAVO — not the highest level, but pretty damn high!

But instead of praising Geller for her foresight and courage, cowards and apologists on both the left and right used the tactics of radical Saul Alinsky (described in his own manifesto, “Rules for Radicals”), which are to: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”

Hurling gratuitous epithets and insults and lying are also in their repertoire.

Exhibit No. 1: The editorial in “The Great Neck News” — “Geller takes her hate to Texas” — which

was riddled with leftist bias and factual inaccuracies.

In the very first paragraph, we read that, “Gellers’s obsession with mocking the Islamic faith ended in two extremists being killed...” Extremists? How about describing the men who advertised their desire to commit mass murder by their rightful names: terrorists? ” In the second paragraph, Geller is said to have sponsored an event “...in which people were invited to send in cartoons mocking the prophet Mohammad.”

Completely untrue...fabricated out of whole cloth, and intended, malevolently, to influence readers to loathe America’s Churchill (i.e., Ms. Geller).

In fact, Geller sponsored a simple “Draw Mohammed” contest, and that is what got her death threats from “the religion of peace.”

But in spite of it all, Geller is not intimidated, because like Churchill she has truth on her side! She awarded first place to a graphic artist who left Islam for the freedom that the First Amendment offers.

Will this newspaper’s next editorial state that it would have been better for him to remain under Sharia law than to be free?

As journalist and author Mark Steyn reminds us, “…all the nice respectable people – including, it appears, the editorial writer(s) at The Great Neck News — are now telling us” what Mohammed Atta told the passengers on 9/11: “Stay quiet and you’ll be okay.”

Joan Swirsky Great Neck

Re-elect three Roslyn incumbents

eing a school board trustee is, at its core, a fiduciary responsibility. The Roslyn School District’s proposed budget is $103 million.

Financial oversight for a budget of this size needs to be taken seriously.

I’m thrilled to see that Adam Haber, David Seinfeld, and David Dubner, all currently on the board of trustees in Roslyn, are willing to run again.

This board has done an excellent job overseeing the spending of our community’s tax dollars.

Since Gov. Cuomo imposed a 2 percent tax cap, many districts have struggled to make ends meet.

Some have been unable to come in under the tax cap, forcing them to go over. Others were forced to cut teachers and increase class sizes to come in under the tax cap.

In Roslyn, we’ve seen none of that. We haven’t lost one program.

We haven’t lost one teacher. Instead, we’ve come in under the tax cap each year, added programs, and our housing market is stronger than ever.

Whether you have students in the district, or you’re an empty nester, Roslyn has held strong in every measure. You can’t dispute that kind of success.

On May 19<x-apple-datadetectors://8>th<x-apple-datadetectors://8>, I’m voting to re-elect incumbents Adam Haber, David Seinfeld and David Dubner to the Roslyn Board of Education.

I strongly encourage you to do the same.

Allen Rothpearl, MD Roslyn

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I can’t understand Obama supporters

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just don’t understand what makes all you Obama-lovers tick. Is there anything Barack Obama could possibly do or say, that would change your opinion of him?

And I mean anything? What spell does he have over you? Is any failure ever his own fault?

What is it about this guy that makes you accept mediocre results? I used to think it was because any criticism would label you a racist.

But, it’s been seven long years now. Enough already!

Does your extreme dislike for Republicans excuse any Democratic shenanigans?

Why can’t you apply the same set of standards to everyone, and not always give your own people a pass? I just don’t understand why lying is accepted?

Here are some examples: 1 - “Food stamps create jobs.” Nancy Pelosi.

The truth is that under Obama, there are 46 million people on food stamps, yet there are still 8.6 million Americans unemployed.

2 - “We must pass the bill (Obamacare) before we will find out what’s in it” How could you vote for any congressman who voted for a 3,000 page bill, turning the greatest health-care system in the world into governmentrun, socialized medicine, without reading it first?

3 - “If we like our doctor, we could keep our doctor,”.

(Barack Obama, mentioned this in 23 speeches.)

The truth is that we would keep our doctor only if we continued with the same insurance plan and our doctor is still a listed provider.

From the beginning, the whole point of Obamacare was that you would change to

a cheaper plan and thus you would lose your doctor.

Aren’t you angry with this Democratic “bait and switch” maneuver?

4 - “Your insurance premiums will be reduced by $1,500 per family”.

The truth is based on a simple concept. Premiums skyrocketed because in socialized medicine, everyone pays for all benefits, even those you never use. Under Obamacare, a 64 year old male is paying for a policy with Ob-Gyn coverage.

5 - “Obamacare will not raise your taxes”.

According to Obama’s legal team, Obamacare is constitutional, because it is a tax.

6 - “Obamacare was going to cost us only $875 billion dollars for the first 10 years”.

The truth is that they knew from the very beginning that it would cost $2 trillion! They lied to pass the bill.

7 - “Obamacare will never force anyone to violate their own religious beliefs” Tell that to Chick-Fil-A .

8 - “The IRS will never target conservatives or tea party members”.

Does the name Lois Lerner ring a bell?

9 - “The Benghazi massacre was a response to an anti-Muslim video.”

It took one week to retract this lie, but Obama still can’t call them Muslim terrorists.

10 - “ISIS is on the run and is a minor league player”.

Obama has never retracted this ridiculous assertion but he used it to justify pulling our troops from the region and watching as terrorists groups reclaim thousands of miles of mid-east territory.

11 - “Israeli PM Netenyahu should not speak before congress because he is running for

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office”.

Obama lied because he didn’t want anyone to speak against his absurd nuclear treaty. Will many liberal Jewish voters ever wake up? I’m beginning to doubt it.

12 - “We never call anyone who disagrees with our policies racists!”. “Opposition to Obama’s policy (Obamacare) is like opposing civil rights”. Attorney General Eric Holder If that’s not racist, I don’t know what is.

13 - “Out of the 30,000 emails on her personal computer, Secretary of State Clinton decided for herself, which personal emails she would delete.”

Does it bother anyone that Clinton’s ex-boss on the Watergate Investigation Committee fired the then 27-year-old Hillary Clinton for being a “liar and unethical”? ( that was his words, not mine.)Some things never change.

14 - “We must immediately pass Obamacare because patients are dying in our emergency rooms because they have no medical coverage.”

I was on staff at LIJ-North Shore Hospital for 20 years.

I must have missed all those dead bodies.

15 - “When the Senate refuses to approve my policies, I am constitutionally allowed to circumvent their powers through executive orders.”

Barack Obama, constitutional expert.

16 - “’The Keystone pipeline must be vetoed because it has not been studied long enough.”

I guess three years of study by federal, state and local authorities does not count. Come on all you employed liberal’s.

How about those estimated 30,000 high salaried, full time

jobs it would have produced?

17 -”I only have one iPhone,” Hillary Clinton Photos of her revealed her using a Blackberry and an iPad as well.

18 - “Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has not paid his taxes in the last few years.”

(D) Harry Reed, Senate Majority Leader, could only make this blatantly false accusation from the floor of the senate, where he is exempt from any prosecution for liable.

19 - “There are 35 million people without health insurance.”

According to the government’s own statistics, there were only 12 million ! Maybe we should not have turned our health-care system upside down for this much smaller number of uninsured people.

20 - “We must re-train New York’s racist police departments.”

Over one half of New York City’s entire police force are minorities. It’s the highest percent of minorities in the country.

21 - “I was to busy and had other more important commitments, so I couldn’t march in the Charlie Hebdo anti-terrorist parade in Paris.”

Golf and fundraising were on his agenda that week.

22 - “Aborting an eight month old fetus who could live outside the womb, is not infanticide, but a woman’s right.”

Is there anyone on the planet who agrees with Barack Obama and his Planned Parenthood supporters on this one?

23 - “The Republicans are the Party of no.”

You do know that it was Harry Reid who prevented 275 Republican bills from being brought to the floor for a vote.

24 - “Obamacare is not

government-run medicine.”

Really? If that were true, how come Obama put the IRS in charge of implementing the entire program.

Everyone must indicate the name of your insurance carrier on your federal income tax return. The IRS collects the penalty if you do not have any insurance and can subtract it from any tax refund you are due or even garnish your wages. That’s “as government-run” as you can get.

25 - “Sarah Palin is a right wing fanatic. There is no such thing as death panels”.

Barack Obama The truth is that Obamacare does includes a committee, composed of government bureaucrats, who determines what treatment elderly patients will receive and at what age they will stop receiving them.

Call it what you want.

Some elderly patients will not receive some life saving treatment because they are to old or because the treatment is to expensive.

26- “ I have a Cherokee heritage.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democratic presidential hopeful.

Only many years of criticism for this claim, did she finally “amend it”.

The list is endless. Don’t any of you Democrats feel a bit uncomfortable with all these lies?

Please don’t answer that “The Republicans do it also “. In some cases you may be right. But, that still doesn’t excuse this behavior. Does it?

Dr Stephen Morris DDS North Hills

Senators’ support of Skelos unforgivable Why is [state Sen.] Jack Martins defending Dean Skelos time and again?

It’s offensive enough that Skelos has been using his office for his family’s financial benefit, but that he was going to “punish”

his own struggling county if it didn’t pay up is beyond the pale.

I guess we don’t know jack about Senator Martins after all.

The unwavering support Jack Martins and the rest of Long Island’s senate delegation have

given him is unforgivable.

Skelos needs to go, and anyone that won’t hold the door wide open for him should be pushed out with him.

Tammie Williams Elmont

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Manhasset budget merits support

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he Citizens’ Advisory Committee for Finance (CACF) is comprised of the undersigned residents of Manhasset selected by the Manhasset Board of Education to be broadly representative of the community, and it serves as an independent liaison between the community and the board regarding the annual operating budget for the school district.

We have appreciated the extensive and open process that the Board has engaged in again this year to educate and to solicit and be responsive to input from our committee and from the community at large as the proposed budget was being formulated.

Despite an increase in student enrollment by 7.5 percent over the last seven years and numerous fixed expenses that the board and the district cannot affect, the proposed budget falls within the allowable tax levy cap — with an increase of 2.52 percent over the prior year.

The average tax levy increase is only 1.9 percent over the last seven years and budgeted expenses increased 1.7 percent over that same period.

Most importantly, this proposed budget maintains the school system’s highlyregarded offerings for our children and restores and rebuilds some of the effects of prior years’ cuts.

For example, the proposed budget an-

ticipates that, unlike 13-14 and 14-15, all elementary class sections will be within the stated class size guidelines, and provides the high school the ability to add sections to existing courses as well as new course offerings, which will allow the district to maintain its competitive standing with neighboring school districts.

Further, extracurricular activities ranging from music, art, intramural and varsity level athletic programs and current club activities were either added or maintained for our children to enjoy.

Having been part of the process, we feel that the district is now well-positioned financially for the coming years.

We commend the board for all of its

efforts on behalf of our children and the community.

The members of the CACF unanimously support the proposed budget for the next school year.

Vlassi Baktidy Eileen Bauer David Cielusniak Michael Hastava Pedro Jimeniz Brian Loughlin Spiros Maliagros John McCusker Peter Nikakis Members of the CACF

Manhasset budget restores losses

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he Manhasset school board’s proposed 2015-16 budget — which is within the allowable tax cap — presents an important opportunity to rebuild and restore many educational opportunities lost during the 2013-14 budget votes.

Among other things, the new budget would achieve similar or lower class sizes, K-12, despite growth at the high school; add an additional math specialist at the elementary schools, offer a wide variety of new courses at the high school level including Advanced Creative Writ-

ing, Journalism, Mandarin, Multivariable Calculus, Accounting and AP Computer Science; create additional sections for support classes while maintaining the high school inclusion model; restructure the middle school inclusion model to better meet Common Core standards; add English as a New Language teachers, K-12, as mandated by the state; purchase Chromebooks in conjunction with the Tower Foundation’s “Digitizing the English Classroom Experience”; create a new middle school intramural athletic program; and support the Manhasset Co-

alition Against Substance Abuse and the Parent Child Home Program.

These are extraordinarily important opportunities for our students and the district.

Please vote yes on Tuesday, May 19 between 6:30 a.m. and 10 p.m. at the high school gym.

Evan and Valli Rajah-Mandery Christine Monterosso and Marc DeLeeuw Peggy and Mark Attanasio Beth and Mike Miller

Gary and Rosa Stein Rich and Lucy Puma Jeanne and Will Sylvia Stephen Cash Sam and Paula Gaccione Marirose Merola Mimi Donohue Anthony and Jen Johnston Jack and Laura Zaffiro Joy and Liam Sargent Mike and Kristen Ryan Patrick and Ann Hance Terri and John Larre Bruce and Christine Arella

Village tries to sway school election A Board of Education election is one of the truly down to earth, down home events in our country.

A fully volunteer position, yet requiring the approval of the voters. Few people are willing and able to take on the monumental task of educating our youth, protecting our taxpayers and doing it without compensation.

It is truly the epitome of a thankless job.

As I have been watching this year’s campaign for Mineola School Board Trustee, it has become evident that the stakes have become much more than the education of our youth.

Two candidates have suddenly appeared, with no prior attention to or participation with the Board of Education.

They have openly admitted they were convinced to run by a Mineola Village official, (which has been denied by no one since I first revealed this).

They stand for tax-exempt apartments and opting out of testing, that the vast majority of our communities oppose, yet they attempt to be victorious via a wall-

papering of our villages with more signs than a congressional candidate would be comfortable planting.

Our small community is used to Board of Education campaigns. Most involve a modest amount of signs, 30-50 ending up on supporters front lawns.

This year we see signs everywhere.

Major street corners, the public strips of land between the street and sidewalk (a violation of village code) on church fences, public fences, roadways.

All of these signs that violate code would normally be removed by our village as they are seen, but this year it seems a blind eye is being turned.

The support is obvious but what is the goal?

The goal is 856 apartments, no taxes paid for 20 years, an entire generation of new students. $24 million+ in “incentives” paid to the village and $30 million lost by the school district taxpayers. The impact on a Mineola Village taxpayer will be severe.

The impact on a Williston Park, Albertson, Roslyn Heights and Garden City

Park district taxpayer will be even worse.

These signs represent everything that is wrong with a small town school board election.

It all became about big money and big buildings. It became about retribution and punishment of a school board who dared to question the financial impact the Mineola village board, which was unilaterally deciding while openly admitting they had no responsibility to their neighbors to the north.

This same village board demanded civility yet showed none to its neighbors or the Mineola school board. These signs that litter our public grounds, in clear violation of Mineola village code, yet allowed to conveniently remain, are what is wrong with this year’s election.

Two dedicated candidates, Christine Napolitano and Brian Widman, are up against the deep-pocket financing for two uninterested, uninformed and unengaged individuals who are running against them.

I have little doubt the IRS filings of campaign spending and contributors will bear this out. Certainly they cannot file a

sub $500 affidavit.

Our children deserve much, much better and I would be derelict in my duty to this community to not say so.

Who can buy the most signs should never be considered a best choice. This year has made that abundantly clear.

Our communities have become littered with signs which have no value or message. Only two names in the hopes people won’t pay attention to the issues and will only remember a name.

We’re better than that. Please show up to the polls on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 and pull the levers of Napolitano and Widman.

They have spent their years improving our schools, educating our children and protecting our taxpayers...... not a few days covering our villages with signs.

Artie Barnett, President Mineola Board of Education The above is my opinion and should not be construed as that of any other entity’s.

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Widman insensitive at Candidates forum

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n Monday, May 4, I attended the Meet the Candidates Night at Mineola High School.

I was expecting a professional forum where the potential candidates would state their views on specific topics.

In my opinion, I witnessed the ugliest and most unethical display of character by Brian Widman and Christine Napolitano.

I was shocked and dismayed by the nasty look on Ms. Napolitano’s face several times when Joy Renner and Mark Swensen spoke, but her partner, Widman, went even lower.

He spoke about a young child, who had the courage to speak at a board meeting in March. He spoke about my 11-year-old daughter, Haley.

She spoke of her disapproval with the Common Core Curriculum and standardized testing. She spoke of how the testing, caused her anxiety and why she would not participate. It took a lot of courage for her to do this.

Widman stated that Haley wasn’t worried about anxiety when she spoke at the meeting, insinuating that the state assessments shouldn’t have caused her such

stress.

Obviously, Mr. Widman is not aware of the “Save Public Education” movement. There have been numerous children who have spoken up against the testing. Look on YouTube.

My daughter was proud to take a stand for what she believes in. How can Mr. Widman compare a two-minute, child-created speech to 18 hours of developmentally inappropriate, no value testing?

Do you feel proud of yourself? Do you really feel that a parent and a child speaking at meet-

ing, should be ridiculed at Meet the Candidate Night?

Is that the respect you have for myself, a taxpayer?

Is this the message you want to send to Mineola parents? Maybe I am mistaken, but I thought that parents voices were important in Mineola.

I was under the impression, that if we spoke, and if our children spoke, we would at least be shown respect. I was not shown that at the meeting, and Monday, you went too far Mr. Widman.

You crossed the line to make it personal. You spoke about my

daughter. How dare you. How dare you say that people who opt their children out of testing are using them as pawns?

All she did was speak from her heart. All I heard from Napalitano and Widman was how wonderful they are for attending the board meetings, and how we should vote for them because they’ve been there so long. I’m sorry, that is not enough for me to vote for anyone.

I vote for someone with integrity and values.

Mary Goodfellow Mineola

Mineola schools in need of new direction

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hristineNapolitano closed the meet the candidate night by speaking about the direction of the school board.

She said “that’s exactly what I’m afraid of a new direction” .

I would point out to Mrs. Napolitano that a new direction is exactly what this school district needs.

It needs to move in a direction that advances technology at

a pace that shows well thought out implementation. Such that the teachers are taught new initiatives at times that do not impact instruction to our children.

The Board of Education needs to be operated in a manner that is beyond reproach. The way to do this is be sure what is put before the board is looked at with due diligence. That important questions are asked, and those that are implementing these new initiatives

have answers for tough questions.

Is this initiative financially sound?

Has it been tested in other districts and if so, to what results?

Is this technology going to move toward our goal of college ready children?

When capital project bids come in more than a million dollars over our engineers estimates, someone needs to account to the district and the taxpayers for this failure.

A million dollars seems like a little more than a mistake. It indicates poor planning at best and incompetence at worst and needs to be examined further publicly.

If PILOTs are so detrimental to this district then the board needs to work with the proper legislators to amend these laws.

They also need to publicly answer to why they failed to hold anyone accountable for missing these meetings.

If due diligence, accountability and fiscal responsibility is the direction that Mrs. Napolitano fears than the voters have no other logical choice than to remove her from office on May 19th by voting for Joy Renner and Mark Swensen.

Dr. Nancy Giordano, Ed.D., WNP Mineola

Napolitano helped make schools better

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ver the past six years, Christine Napolitano has proven to be an invaluable member of the Board of Education.

Christine has been an integral part of many positive changes in the Mineola School District, including improved educational programming, cutting-edge technology for our students, lo-

cal and national awards for the district, and continued fiscal responsibility.

Christine shows great enthusiasm and consideration for all of Mineola’s students, parents, and teachers. She is generous with her time, exhibits strong leadership, and is a true asset to our community.

We will be lucky to have her

on the Board of Education for three more years.

I met Brian Widman in the audience of the Board of Education meetings where he is one of very few consistent attendees.

Brian has observed firsthand how the Board of Education functions and has acquired comprehensive knowledge of district happenings and issues.

He asks important questions and gives thoughtful and constructive suggestions.

Brian is a devoted father and PTA volunteer who enjoys assisting at various school events.

He is approachable, committed, and trustworthy. Brian will be a strong addition to the Mineola Board of Education.

Christine Napolitano and

Brian Widman are people of integrity who embody the true spirit of volunteerism and dedication to the entire Mineola School District community.

Please join me in voting for Napolitano and Widman on May 19, 2015.

Debbie Tobar Mineola

Renner, Swenson offer needed skills

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ny successful program is run by a team of experts, Joy Renner is the education expert and Mark Swenson is the financial expert. They are new voices to the board of education that will ask questions, are approachable, and fiscally responsible.

With two new board members, the Mineola School District will benefit from a much needed breath of fresh air and new vision that will work to improve upon the many positive things that the current board has put in place, while making sure the decision-makers are held accountable.

Public education is at a crossroads and Joy lives it everyday as a teacher.

She is knowledgeable of the

pros and cons in education and will be able to advocate for the students of Mineola. There are many educational decisions that need to be made by a board of education and I can’t think of a better person than someone who is in the trenches and understands children.

Maureen and I help run the MAA and know sacrificing your personal time will help lead to any organization’s success. We appreciate the work that all volunteers give for the better of the community and our children.

We have been lucky enough to be friends with Joy Renner for the past six years, and have seen first hand the commitment she has to her three amazing boys, her children’s schools through fundraisers she has

organized, to the MAA, to the Mineola Chiefs, and the list goes on.

Commitment, dedication and making sure the job gets done is exactly what Joy Renner has shown she can do and will be ready to do, with-

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out hesitation, once she is elected. done so with the likes of Mark SwJoy knows that surrounding yourself ensen, which is why we are endorswith people that are hard-working, ing Joy Renner and Mark. passionate, and who put their perMike and Maureen Duda sonal agendas aside will make for Mineola a great team, and she has certainly

Widman offer character, vision, interest in children’s education

t is with much enthusiasm that I write to endorse Brian Widman for the Mineola Schools Board of Education.

I have known Brian Widman for the past eight years and throughout these times I have seen his eagerness and interest in chil-

dren’s education and well being in the schools in our vast district.

He is a man of vision with a great character coupled with leadership and ability to fulfill his duties. His honesty is unquestionable.

For him every student matters.

If elected, it would be in the best in-

terest of each and every student in our district.

For that, I hope you join me in giving him your vote on Election Day. David Danialian Mineola Travel Soccer Coach

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ELECTION 2015

NHP-GCP voters to decide budget, board

By Ja m es G a l l ow a y The New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District ballot next week will include measures on the district’s $36.8 million budget proposal, the Hillside Public Library budget proposal and three Board of Education seats — including a contested race between incumbent Frank Miranda and challenger Jennifer DeRocchis.

The ballot will also include a referendum on Sewanhaka’s $179 million budget proposal.

If passed, New Hyde ParkGarden City Park’s $36.8 million budget would be 1.99 percent, or about $719,000, higher than the current 2014-15 budget. The tax levy would increase by 0.9 percent, about $265,000, to $29.8 million.

On the school board, trustees David Del Santo and James Reddan are both running unopposed, while DeRocchis, a former Parent Teacher Association vice president, will appear opposite incumbent Frank Miranda for the third seat.

The Hillside Public Library budget proposal would increase spending by 0.87 percent, or less than $27,000, to $3.1 million.

The tax levy would increase by $21,350, or 0.72 percent, to $3 million.

Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19 at the Manor Oaks School library.

The budget would maintain all current programming at the district and avoid staff layoffs

David Del Santo

Frank Miranda

Jennifer DeRocchis

James Reddan

once again. New Hyde ParkGarden City Park was one of few districts to survive the economic downturn without any teacher layoffs.

If passed, the budget would allow the district to replace outdated technology, including printers, projectors and 350 computers. It would also allow the district to buy new SMART boards.

According to the district’s budget presentation, the average tax bill in the district would be $3,166.18 if the budget proposal were to pass. If it were to fail to achieve a 50 percent majority, the contingency budget would drop the average tax bill to $3,138.05 — a difference of $28 for the average taxpayer, but a significant difference to the district.

In the race for the contested Board of Education seat, Miranda, a 23-year resident of the Village of New Hyde Park, said his job as an information technology specialist at Nassau BOCES keeps him informed of what other districts are doing and informs his

own work on the board.

“Working at BOCES gives me an advantage,” he said. “Being a tech for Nassau BOCES for the last 17 years before we had remote access to all the schools, I had to visit almost every school in Nassau County for tech support. I have seen many different situations and met many people from superintendents to cleaners and all in between.”

DeRocchis, a graduate of Hillside Grade School and New Hyde Park Memorial High School, said she her son attends New Hyde Park Memorial and her daughter is at Manor Oaks and that having children in the district would be an advantage.

“If I were to pick a time to serve on the board, I think it would be a good time to be while my daughter is in grammar school,” she said. “I feel like now, especially with everything that’s going on with Common Core, it’s important to have parents on the board that have children in the school district.”

Miranda’s children have

graduated from New Hyde ParkGarden City Park, which only includes elementary schools. New Hyde Park Memorial, the middle and high school, is part of the Sewanhaka school district.

DeRocchis said that, if elected, her priorities would be small class sizes and the health and safety of the students. Like many parents, she also has concerns about the Common Core testing, though she recognizes that is controlled by the state.

“I just feel this is a very difficult time for parents, students and teachers,” she said.

Miranda said his experience — he served on the board from 2004 to 2007 and rejoined it in 2012 after winning an uncontested election — would be an advantage for him on the board.

Miranda said his experience would give him an advantage over DeRocchis and that “I really feel we have a good board, a diverse board…I know the people on the board, and I see them often. I know how they think, they know how I think,

and we all know our strengths,” he said. “I would have the upper hand over someone that is just coming in.”

Del Santo, who is seeking a fourth three-year term, is one of two board members from New Hyde Park-Garden City Park to sit on the Sewanhaka Board of Education. The Sewanhaka board comprises two representatives from each of its four feeder elementary school districts.

Del Santo, an ex-policeman and auditor for the Department of Homeland Security, serves as vice president on both boards.

The New Hyde Park-Garden City Park board appointed Reddan to his seat in 2014 following the resignation of then-Vice President Patricia Rudd, who relocated to Michigan.

Reddan, a civil engineer who grew up in Garden City Park, had initially lost an election to Trustee Jennifer Kerrane in 2013.

However, he remained active with the district and joined the audit committee before being appointed.

serve,” he said in a memo.

The Board of Education unanimously adopted the budget proposal and the capital reserve referendum and generally expressed their support at board meetings.

“I feel good about this,” Board of Education Trustee Nancy Feinstein said at one meeting.

Feinstein and Brian Hassan are both running unopposed for re-election to the Board of Education.

Feinstein, the mother of two children at Herricks High School, was first elected three years ago, also in an uncontested election. Feinstein, the board vice president, coaches Center Street School team for Girls on the Run, a non-competitive running program that trains girls for a 5k

run and focuses on social and life lessons.

“It’s really one of the best programs that I’ve seen,” she said.

Going into next term, she said she would like to help oversee the transition of the district’s incoming superintendent and find a “great” high school principal. Bierwirth and principal Jane Modoono both retire this summer.

Hassan, who has daughters in the middle and high schools, also won an uncontested seat three years ago. Several years before he joined the board, Hassan, a PSEG employee, helped the district transition to dual-fuel technology, allowing it to operate on the cheaper of oil or natural gas.

$5 million capital reserve on Herricks ballot Continued from Page 1 money at the end of the fiscal year into a fund that could be used for infrastructure projects and improvements and would help the district avoid borrowing or bonding. The proposed reserve would have a 10-year life span and a maximum of $5 million.

In his budget recommendations, Bierwirth said establishing a capital reserve would allow Herricks to “address at least some major capital projects in a more flexible and timely manner.”

“Instead of waiting for something to become irreparable and, thereby, become eligible to be replaced on an emergency basis or…put out a bond, the district would be able to tap the re-

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Herricks Director of Facilities James Brown said the change saves the district between $100,000 and $125,000 per year and reduces emissions.

“When oil was skyrocketing, it was saving us quite a lot of money,” Brown said. “It really helped the school district tremen-

dously, at it was through [Hassan’s] intercession on our behalf that that really happened.”

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19 at the Herricks Community Center gymnasium, located at 999 Herricks Road in New Hyde Park.

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ELECTIOn 2015

$216M G.N. budget to go before voters By a da m l I d G e T T Residents of the Great Neck School District will vote on the $216,697,754 2015-16 school budget Tuesday as well as two Board of Education trustee positions.

Board of Education President Barbara Berkowitz and Trustee Donald Ashkenase are seeking re-election unopposed.

Voting will take place in the multipurpose room of E.M. Baker School, at 69 Baker Hill Road, for voters north of the Long Island Rail Road station and the west gym of Great Neck South High School, at 341 Lakeville Road, for voters south of the LIRR. The budget, which the board approved on April 21, calls for a 1.23 percent increase in spending from the $214,067,850 2014-15 budget.

The $199,496,645 tax levy for the 2015-16 budget is a 1.56 percent increase from the $196,435,489 levy of the 20142015 budget.

About 73.9 percent of the budget will be spent on instruction, which includes teacher salaries, materials and textbooks.

Some 10.72 percent will go toward maintenance of buildings and grounds, and 6.31 percent will go toward transportation.

Berkowitz, who has been board president since 2006, was appointed to the board in 1992 after the death of former board Trustee Connie McNicol left a vacant seat, and then won an election in 1993. She served as

Donald Ashkenase board vice president from 2000 to 2003, and from 1993 to 2006, on the board’s Policy Committee, which writes and reviews policy recommendations.

She also founded the Family Math and Outreach Programs at E.M. Baker School and Good Ideas For Teens, a committee that explored teen activities in Great Neck, she said.

Ashkenase was first elected to the board in 1982 and served as board president from 1985 to 1987 and vice president from 1984 to 1985.

A public health professional, he currently serves as an adjunct assistant professor at the Columbia University School of Public Health. He got his bachelor of science degree in accounting from Brooklyn College and his MBA in hospital administration from Wagner College.

He has served as chief financial officer at both the Long Is-

land Jewish Medical Center and the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.

The school district is set to receive $8,472,067 in state aid for the next school year, a 11.94 percent increase from the $7,568,390 it received for 201415. Of the $903,677 increase in state aid, the district only plans to use about $700,000, with the extra $200,000 going into a fund for future use.

Of that $700,000 to be spent, about $200,000 will go toward increases to the budget trustees requested at a March budget hearing. Included in that $200,000 is an additional $50,000 for legal costs, $1,000 more for translating school district messages, $107,000 for iPad leases, $25,000 for non-instructional personnel and $17,000 for student events, which could include funding students to go to national competitions, district Assistant Superintendent for Business John Powell has said.

The other $500,000 in increased state aid will be used to reduce the amount of money the district initially planned to withdraw from a reserve fund to pay for retirement contributions, workers compensation and unemployment insurance, Powell has said.

Board Vice President Larry Gross has said the budget was developed with the assumption that the district would not receive all the funding it was originally promised. He said in the past the district has gotten less money from the state than they

Barbara Berkowitz were promised.

The increase in state aid to the district was part of a $1.6 billion increase in education aid statewide that was negotiated as part of the $150 billion state budget approved earlier this month.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo had initially proposed a $1.1 billion increase in education aid in exchange for the Legislature agreeing to pass a series of reforms, including tying teacher evaluations more closely to students’ state test scores, making it more difficult for teachers to receive tenure and allowing the state to take over low-performing schools.

After intense political opposition, Cuomo later agreed to a $1.6 billion increase in education in exchange for establishing parameters for teacher evaluations that would result in a more rigorous evaluation system. The

changes are to be left to the State Education Department to work out.

Residents will also vote to establish a capital reserve fund, which will have a maximum value of $19 million, to finance future infrastructure improvements.

Residents will vote this year to establish the fund, the length of the fund — July 2016 to June 2025 — where the money in the fund will come from and what types of projects will be financed by the reserve, Powell said.

On May 17, 2016, school district residents will vote on the list and cost of the projects the fund will finance, if the fund passes this May, Powell said.

Powell said the money in the capital reserve fund would come from accumulated funds in other reserves the school district has, including a retirement contribution reserve, workers compensation reserve and unemployment reserve.

During the 2014-2015 school year, there were 6,399 registered students among the 10 schools in the district. The district projects that 6,398 students will register for the 201516 school year.

The schools in the district include Great Neck North High School, Great Neck South High School, the Village School, Great Neck North Middle School, Great Neck South Middle School, the E.M. Baker School, the John F. Kennedy School, Lakeville School, Saddle Rock School and Parkville School.

Proposed $9.6m budget on G.N. library ballot By a da m l I d G e T T Residents in the Great Neck Library system will vote Tuesday to approve the library’s $9,647,200 budget for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

Voting will take place in the multipurpose room of E.M. Baker School, at 69 Baker Hill Road the west gym of Great Neck South High School, at 341 Lakeville Road.

The budget, which calls for a $36,700 increase in spending over last year, calls for no increase in the tax levy. The total levy is budgeted at $9,375,000.

The budget calls for $5,640,700 to be spent on employee salaries and benefits, $891,800 to be spent on library materials and programs and $350,900 on operations, which includes legal fees, postage and computer supplies.

Also included in the budget plan is a $315,000 reserve for construction, which will be used to handle payments for the Main Branch renovation project. The library will use the reserve to front construction costs, for which they will be reimbursed the following month

from bond proceeds, Neil Zitofsky, Great Neck Library business manager, has said.

The Main Branch, located at 159 Bayview Ave., will be closed for a year during an extensive renovation of the building. The improvements will be funded by a $10.4 million bond approved by voters in 2013.

The $315,000 reserve for construction will come from a $1,115,000 operating surplus the library has as a result of the Main Branch being closed for renovations.

“That’s coming from the fact that Main is closed for a year so we have savings as a result of reduced utilities,” Zitofksy said. “We also have reduced staff for a year.”

An additional $110,000 from the surplus is set to pay for possible repairs at the library’s other branches — Lakeville, Parkville and Station — which have received increased traffic as a result of Main Branch being closed.

The budget also calls for $250,000 to be taken from the surplus to buy new computers at all four library branches, Zitofsky said.

Some $440,000 of the surplus will be spent on a new The Main Branch of he Great Neck Library system sprinkler system at Main Branch, he said.

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Sewanhaka $179M budget on ballot B y J a m e s G a l l ow a y Sewanhaka Central High School District’s $179 million budget proposal, which would use state aid to restore teaching positions cut during the economic downturn, will go before voters on Tuesday beside the budgets of its feeder elementary school districts.

The $179 million proposal is about $3.5 million, or just under 2 percent, higher than the current 2014-15 budget.

The tax levy would be about $138.5 million, roughly 2 percent, higher than the current fiscal year, though Sewanhaka does not levy its own taxes.

Capitalizing on a $2 million increase in state aid, the budget proposal would restore four teaching positions to “address class size issues in mathematics and foreign language,” Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said.

In 2013-14, the district cut 17 teaching and four teaching assistant positions.

Beyond the teacher additions, the budget includes a number of program enhancements including a talented and gifted program for seventh graders; rewritten seventh-grade curriculum in science, social studies and English; and expanded technology for staff. The adult education program would be maintained.

The budget also includes several capital projects, among them asbestos abatement, new athletic fields and new roofs at all five high schools.

Just outside the district’s most recent Board of Education meeting at Sewanhaka High School Thursday, a trash bin in the hall collected drips of water from a leak in the ceiling.

“No more buckets in the hallways because the roofs will all be replaced this summer,” Ferrie said at the dis-

trict’s first budget meeting.

The Sewanhaka Central High School District comprises five high schools: Elmont, Floral Park, H. Frank Carey, Sewanhaka and New Hyde Park.

Students come from several feeder elementary school districts, including New Hyde Park-Garden City Park and Floral Park-Bellerose. Two Board of Education members chosen from each respective feeder district make up Sewanhaka’s board.

David Del Santo, Sewanhaka’s vice president, is running unopposed for re-election in New Hyde Park-Garden City Park.

The Sewanhaka budget will be attached to the ballots on the feeder districts’ proposed budgets. For residents in New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District, polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Manor Oaks School library.

Town of North Hempstead Historian Howard Kroplick his 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 LeBaron Town Car (far right), once owned by Walter Chrysler himself, to the first ever Regimental Activities NAFI Auto Show at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy this weekend

Classic Chrysler to come back to Kings Point B y A d a m Li d g e tt The personal town car of Chrysler Corporation founder Walter Chrysler, a 1937 Chrysler Imperial C-15 LeBaron Town Car, will return to what was once its home this weekend — the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.

The town car, along with many other classic cars, will be on display this Sunday at the first Regimental Activities NAFI Auto Show at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

The midshipmen of the Kings Point Auto Club organized the show to bring the car back to where it was once owned

by Chrysler, whose Kings Point home is now the academy’s Wiley Hall.

“This has been a long process,” said Paul Styx, a midshipman at the academy and the Kings Point auto club president.

“We’ve had a lot of hurdles with trying to

have this at a federal institution, so the fact that it’s actually happening is exciting for us.”

The first auto show — which is sponsored by the non-appropriated fund instrumentalities, the association that financially supports midshipmen clubs at the academy — will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 17 at the academy, which is located at 300 Steamboat Road.

The show is free to the public, but those who wish to enter their car as part of the show had to pay $20 and pre-register by Wednesday.

A barbecue concession stand will also open at 11 a.m.

While the show organizers wanted to get up the 150 classic cars to the academy, Styx said “Chrysler’s Chrysler,” is the jewel of the show.

The car is owned by Town of North Hempstead Historian Howard Kroplick,

who bought it in 2012 from the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, where the car had been sitting in storage since 1959.

Kroplick had reached out to the academy’s public relations department in recent years, trying unsuccessfully to get them to allow the Chrysler to be displayed at the academy.

Once Styx and other club members discovered Kroplick’s Chrysler online, they reached out to him, eventually going to his house to see the car. “[The midshipmen] saw my car online and they knew my car,” Kroplick said. “They thought it’d be nice to have a reunion — to have the car coming home.”

Kroplick hopes to get about 1,000 spectators out to see the cars.

He said he also plans to bring three other high-profile cars to the show — a 1909 Alco Black Beast Racer, a 1964 ½

Mustang III Prototype and a 1966 Shelby Mustang GT350H. This is the first time, he said, he will bring all four cars to the same show.

Kroplich said his decision to bring all four cars was based on the midshipmen’s excitement.

“The midshipmen came over to visit my garage and I was so impressed with their enthusiasm,” Kroplick said.

On top of Kroplick’s collection, Styx said about 50 cars had been registered by Tuesday, including vintage Cadillacs and Ford Thunderbirds.

Styx said the midshipmen have trouble connecting the academy to the community, and hopes this event will help promote the academy’s presence in Great Neck.

“So many times people say ‘We didn’t even know you were here,’” Styx said.

“It’s frustrating.”

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bLAnk SLATE MEdIA May 15, 2015

The Art Guild invites the public to view the 2015 Members Showcase Exhibit and enjoy the beautiful grounds of Elderfields Historic Preserve at a Garden Party Reception and Awards Ceremony on Sunday May 17, from 3 to 5 p.m.

Awards of merit and the annual Terry Shkuda Award for Broadening Creative Pursuits will be presented and there will be an acoustic music performance by Chris Kinnear.

This annual exhibit will showcase 50 artworks – with a wide range of varied styles – by members of the Art Guild.

Watercolor, oils, acrylic, pastel, drawing, mixed media, collage, photography, encaustic, and prints (i.e., etching, silkscreen, lithographs, monotypes) are all represented.

The juror-of-awards for this exhibit is Gregg Kreutz, an award-winning painter and author of the classic artist’s guide,

“Problem Solving for Oil Painters.” After graduating from NYU, Kreutz pursued his training as a painter at the Art Students League of New York, winning a merit scholarship. He studied with Frank Mason, Robert Beverly Hale and, most significantly, David Leffel.

Kreutz teaches drawing and painting at the Art Students League as well as workshops throughout the country and around the world, including The Art of the Still Life at The Art Guild in September.

The show will be on view at 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, from Saturday, May 16 through Sunday, June 28, 2015. Gallery hours are Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment.

For more information please call (516) 304-5797 or visit www.TheArtGuild.org.

The Art Guild is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization.

Clockwise from top: Two Cups, oil; Aleta Crawford Liv, oil, Shelley Holtzman; Red Tulips, oil, Piper Lyman.

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The Who Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 http://www.nassaucoliseum.com Legendary British rockers The Who invade Hempstead Wednesday for the Long Island stop of their 50th anniversary tour. With original members Roger Daltry and Pete Townsend at the helm, the Who’s massive back catalogue will be harvested for a night of classic rock, including such timeless classics as “My Generation,” “Pinball Wizard,” “Baba O’Reilly” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” The band also swings through Queens and Brooklyn later this month.

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

Recipes for cooking Morel Mushrooms From mid-April to the beginning of June, Morel Mushrooms grow throughout the United States.

These nutty steak-like flavored spores are prized by mushroom hunters every where. Their delectable flavor and easy to recognize shape make them choice prey for beginner and expert foragers.

Trying to find these fresh flavorful mushrooms for sale is no easy task.

After calling more than ten local “gourmet stores”, and searching on line, I found SOS Chefs, located at 104 Avenue B in New York Cit, 212-505-5813 on the web at www. sos-chefs.com.

Right now they are selling fresh morels from Oregon by the pound at 60.00 per pound plus shipping and they are worth every cent!

If you have time and patience, a google search yielded several fresh morel purveyors in the United States that sell by mail order.

Morels, or as they are called in France, Morilles, are so flavorful that preparation is very simple.

The most important part of preparing morels, is removing the dirt and grit. Because morels are so delicious, I recommend eating them on

their own, or on a white bread toast point, or as a topping to a sauteed chicken breast.

If you are feeling very decadent, pair the morels with steamed asparagus and hollandaise sauce If you have never eaten morels, make this simple dish and I guarantee you will be looking to eat them every Spring.

Menu Sauteed Morels Toast Points Pasta* Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce* Sauteed Chicken Breast *Recipe Not Given How To Clean Morels This is the most important part of morel preparation. Because morel mushrooms are wild and grown in dirt, they are very gritty. Immediately before preparation, clean them. This cannot be done ahead of time because mushrooms are sponges and they will soak up much too much water.

1. Place morels in a colander and “wack them about”. This will dislodge some, but not all of the

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2 tbsp. sweet butter 1 shallot, finely chopped 1/2 cup beef stock 1/4 cup Madeira 1 cup heavy cream Black Pepper to taste Chopped Chives (optional garnish)

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dirt. Do this a few times.

2. Place a large bowl in your sink. Fill with cold water.

3. Place morels in bowl and swish, dislodging as much dirt as possible. (If necessary, trim the dirty stems from the mushrooms.)

4. If dirt persists, run each mushroom under cold water, until all dirt is removed.

5. Once clean, dry mushrooms. You are now ready to proceed with morel preparation.

Sauteed Morels 1 lb. Morels, cleaned (See above. Remember

1. In a large skillet, melt butter over medium heat and sweat shallots. When soft, and translucent, add morels and saute until soft, approximately 10 minutes.

2. Add Madeira and beef stock and bring to a boil for 5 minutes. Add cream, and continue boiling for 8 minutes, stirring frequently.

3. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes.

4. Serve over toast points, pasta of your choice, sauteed chicken breasts or just by itself.

Garnish, if you wish.

Toast Points 4 slices of high quality white bread, crusts removed, cut in half on the diagonal 1. Lightly toast bread.

Serve as a base to soak up morels and cream sauce.

Foolproof Sauteed Chicken Breasts 2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 4 6-oz. Boneless chicken breast halves, cleaned and dried well!!!

Sea Salt Ground Pepper 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

2. In a large oven proof skillet (I use cast iron), heat oil over medium high heat.

3. Sprinkle both sides of chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Place chicken in pan skin side down and cook for 3 minutes. Flip and cook for 3 minutes more.

4. Place chicken in the oven and cook until chicken is 155 degrees (approximately 6 minutes).

5. Serve with Morel Sauce on top.

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar FRIDAY, MAY 15TH • 9:30PM

LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet. org Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.

Megan Hilty Sunday, May 31, 8 p.m.

Suzanne Vega Saturday, June 13, 8 p.m.

Jessie Mueller and Jarrod Spector

The Space at Westbury 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury. com Friday, May 15, 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.

Dark Star Ochestra Tuesday, May 19, 8 p.m.

Jason Isbell and Special Guest Craig Finn Friday, May 29, 8 p.m.

Get The Led Out Friday, June 12, 8 p.m.

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue Saturday, June 13, 8 p.m.

Music Made On Long Island

Tuesday, June 16, 8 p.m.

Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and Jonny Lang Friday, June 26, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m.

Jim Jefferies

NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • http:// www.nassaucoliseum.com Friday, May 15, 7:30 p.m.

Nitro Circus Live Wednesday, May 20, 7:30 p.m.

The Who Hits 50!

Monday, May 25, 7:30 p.m.

WWE Monday Night RAW Saturday, May 30, 10 a.m.

New York Pet Spectacular & Expo Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m.

New Kids On The Block with special guests TLC and Nelly Wednesday, July 1, 7:30 p.m.

Shania Twain NYCB THeatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury.

(516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury. com Saturday, May 16, 8 p.m.

Don Rickles Saturday, May 30, 8 p.m.

70’s Soul Jam Friday, June 5, 8 p.m.

Glays Knight Saturday, June 13, 8 p.m.

Peter Cetera Friday, June 19, 8 p.m.

The Midtown Men Friday, June 27, 8 p.m.

Happy Together Tour Saturday, July 11, 8 p.m.

Dion Sunday, July 12, 7:30 p.m.

The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Evening With Cary Elwes Friday, July 17, 8 p.m.

Rock The Yacht Tour Friday, July 24, 8 p.m.

Josh Turner Monday, July 27, 8 p.m Whitesnake Friday, Aug. 7, 8 p.m.

Joel McHale Saturday, Aug. 8, 8 p.m.

Air Supply Saturday, Aug. 15, 8 p.m.

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The Science Museum of Long Island, located on the Leeds Pond Preserve in Plandome Manor, will be the site of a new program, “Introduction to Bird Watching,” beginning on Saturday, May 30, and concluding on Saturday, June 20.

Led by a noted ornithologist and cosponsored by CERCOM and Molloy College, the series will begin at 9 a.m. in the Visitor Center, where coffee and light refreshments will be served.

Following a short talk and orientation, participants will venture outside for the “field work” portion of the session. The first morning will conclude with a recap of the morning’s discoveries and lunch.

The following three Saturdays will be-

gin at 7:30 a.m. Coffee and a continental breakfast will be served at the start of those subsequent Saturday sessions, but participants will be on their own for lunch.

This series of walk ‘n’ talks is limited to 25 participants of all ages and levels of experience. Participants are encouraged to bring binoculars, a small notebook and pen, and to apply plenty of sunscreen prior to arrival. A field guide is helpful, especially for novice birders, but is not required.

Registration, however, is required!

The fee for the series (payable by check or in cash at the first session) is $65 for adults, $35 for students, ages 10-17. Register no later than Friday, May 22, by calling (516) 627-9400, ext. 10.

Fine art and craft fair on may 30, 31 The Art League of Long Island’s Art in the Park Fine Art & Craft Fair returns to the scenic Heckscher Park in Huntington on Saturday May 30 and Sunday May 31. Now in its 48th year, this juried fair attracts thousands of discerning art lovers from the metropolitan area.

More than 70 artists and craftspeople will show and sell original works of art and handmade crafts such as paintings, photographs, ceramics, jewelry, sculpture, woodwork, glasswork, wearable art, and more. Prizes will be awarded to artists and craftspeople for superior artistry and craftsmanship.

The event will also feature live art dem-

onstrations by Art League instructors, familyfriendly hands-on activities, live music by guitarist Kenny Pascual, and magic performance

by Corey Martin. A raffle will run throughout the weekend, winner to be announced Sunday afternoon. Proceeds will benefit the Art League of Long Island, a not-for-profit organization serving the community since 1955.

This rain or shine event will be open to the public 10 a.m. and close at 5 p.m. both days. Admission is free for the entire family.

For more information call (631) 462-5400 x222 or visit www.artleagueli.org.

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Community Calendar PROJECT INdEPENdENCE sUPPORT & sOCIAL GROUP The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence would like to remind residents that they offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

FREE LEGAL CONsULTATION CLINIC FOR sENIOR CITIZENs The Nassau County Bar association provides free monthly legal consultation clinics for Nassau County residents 65 or older. seniors have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with an attorney who volunteers to provide a

half-hour private consultation on any topic of concern.

The next senior Citizen Free legal Consultation Clinic will be held Tuesday, may 19, 9:30 to 11 a.m. at NCBa, 15th and West streets, mineola. This popular free program regularly fills up quickly. Registration is required by calling (516) 747-4070.

FOR TRIVIA LOVERs at 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 school st. Glen Cove. Call (516) 6258804 for information. sINGLEs AssOCIATION OF

LONG IsLANd For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo. com. yOUR WIdOWEd sOCIAL GROUP The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and august) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at st. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin ave. and Fifth street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

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Chamber Orchestra of N.Y. to play Adelphi The acclaimed Chamber Orchestra of New York will make its debut performance at Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center (AUPAC) Concert Hall on Saturday, May 16, at 7:30 p.m. with an all Ralph Vaughan Williams program.

Under the baton of its music director, Salvatore Di Vittorio, the orchestra’s program features two U.S. premieres of firstedition publications of Vaughan Williams’ early works by publisher Oxford University Press, in collaboration with the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust.

The Solent will serve as an introduction to the Fantasia for Piano and Orchestra, showcasing German pianist Sina Klole. The evening will conclude with the masterwork The Lark Ascending, featuring British violinist Jennifer Pike.

The music throughout the program is filled with Vaughan Williams ever-present sensibilities for folk song and evocative pas-

toral landscapes.

The Chamber Orchestra of New York, established in 2006 in honor of the preeminent early 20th century Italian composer Ottorino Respighi, is dedicated to presenting the great orchestral repertoire alongside undiscovered

or rarely performed gems that complement and extend the classical tradition.

Modelled after European-style young professional orchestras, it is one of the first auditioned orchestras in the history of New York to feature leading young musicians.

The orchestra provides performance opportunities for young musicians exiting music conservatories, as well as those in the early phases of their careers.

Its musicians are students and graduates of The Julliard School, Manhattan School of Music and Mannes College of Music, as well as other music schools in the tri-state area.

Adelphi University’s Performing Arts Center (AUPAC) is located at One South Avenue, Garden City. Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $30, with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni.

For more information about all events at AUPAC and to purchase tickets, visit aupac. adelphi.edu. Information is available at The Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at (516) 877-4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu.

Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

Muttontown Preserve to host nature walk May 17 The Muttontown Preserve will host a guided Nature Walk entitled, “Woodland Wildflowers,” on Sunday, May 17 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The “Woodland Wildflowers” nature walk is a three-mile walk through the wooded trails and meadows of the preserve.

Participants will be able to enjoy flow-

ers and trees in bloom, including Snowdrops and many more.

Kettle Pond will also be on the walk and hikers will get a chance to see the pond’s inhabitants.

The walk will begin at the Bill Paterson Nature Center.

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The preserve includes miles of marked nature trails with local wildflowers, trees, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.

Muttontown also has several structures, including the renovated Chelsea estate, which is listed on the National Reg-

ister of Historic Places.

The walk is $5 and begins at the Bill Paterson Nature Center on the preserve.

Enrollment is limited and pre-registration is required.

Muttontown Preserve is located on Muttontown Lane, south of 25A, in East Norwich. For more information please call (516) 571-8500.

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Hillside Public Library There are more ways to access library event information than ever: For online access and program registration, go to the Library’s website @ http://hillsidelibrary. info/events. You need to have your library barcode number for registration.

For programs which require a fee, you have 7 days, from the time you register, to bring in your check. Online registration for Out-of-district patrons begins 2 weeks after the initial registration date.

Registration opens on specified dates for each program and remains open until the class fills.

The library subscribes to several museum passes for the enjoyment and entertainment of our patrons, holders of Hillside Library cards in good standing. There are specific loan periods for these passes and they can be reserved up to one month in advance.

For a complete list of the passes to which the library subscribes, go

to the library’s website http://hillsidelibrary.info The library collects used cell phones (with their chargers) for charity.

Also, the library collects reading glasses. The Donation Boxes are on the First Floor. We thank you.

programs Free Blood Pressure Screenings Saturday, May 16 from 10 – 2. A Registered Nurse will conduct screenings.

No appointments necessary.

AARP Defensive Driving Saturday, May 16th 10 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Out of District residents will be put on a Wait List. The new fee is: $20.00 for AARP members; $25.00 for non-members. All participants must be preregistered.

Movies at the Library Charlotte Gray. Rated PG-13, 121 minutes.

Monday, May 18th at 1:30 p.m. Its World War II and Charlotte has been trained

to be an undercover courier for England. She straps on a parachute and falls from the sky into Vichy France. There she will assist the French Resistance in its defiance of Nazi occupation. Once behind enemy lines, she keeps secret her personal mission to find her lover, an RAF pilot downed over France.

One-to-One Career Counseling Tuesday, May 19th, and Thursday, May 21st.

Appointment times are: 10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m. Call or email to schedule an appointment.

This free service is open to all, but is directed to those actively engaged in a job search, not those entering the workforce.

Bring current resume(s) to appointment.

Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation Tuesday, May 19 at 2 p.m.

This program is designed to assist not only those living with Alzheimer’s Disease and related

dementias, but their friends and families who love and care for them.

Staff from the Long Island Alzheimer’s Foundation will be speaking about their services available to the local community and all of Nassau County.

Page Turners Book Discussion Wednesday, May 20 at 1 and 7 p.m. The book being discussed is: The Museum of Extraordinary Things by Alice Hoffman.

Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father’s ‘museum,’ alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man photographing moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River. The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen.

When Eddie captures with his camera the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the mystery behind a young woman’s

disappearance.

Needle Arts Circle Wednesday, May 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. Bring your favorite projects and stitch away.

children & YOUNG ADULTS Flower Power Sunday, May 17 at 1:30 p.m. Family Fun will include Garden stories, songs, games and a craft.

Ages: 18months-4years old (with parent or caretaker). Registration begins May 8th for Hillside Patrons. Registration opens May 12 at 5:30pm for Out of District Residents.

Tales for Tykes Tuesday, May 19 at 1:15 p.m. Story Time Fun for Children ages (3-5 years old). Must be pre-registered.

Dinosaurs Galore Tuesday, May 19 at 1:30 p.m. Ages: 2 - 4 years old (with parent or caretaker).

Dinosaur stories and a craft. Registration begins May 12th for Hillside Pa-

trons. Registration opens May 15 at 5:30 p.m. for Out of District Residents.

Materials Fee: $2.

Crafts on the Go Tuesday, May 19 at 5 p.m.

All Ages (with an Adult).

Children will create a Spring Craft. No registration required. Materials available while supplies last.

Play Hooray Wednesday May 20 at 11 a.m. Ages: 18 months - 4 years old (with parent or caregiver).Stories, music, and movement activities with Mollie the Mouse.

Ages: 18months-4 years old (with parent or caretaker). Registration begins May 13th for Hillside Patrons. Registration opens May 16th at 5:30 p.m. for Out of District Residents.

Zumba Thursday, May 21st at 5:15 p.m. Grades: 1-4.

A dance based exercise workout. Registration begins on May 14th for Hillside Patrons. Registration opens May 18 at 5:30 p.m. for Out of District Residents.

New Hyde Park Community Calendar AMERICAN THEATER DANCE WORKSHOP Adult beginner ballet classes on Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Adult Ballet classes Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. are at the American Theater Dance Workshop, 999 Herricks Road, NHP. (516) 2486420.

FLEA MARKET Saturday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., inside and outside, at the Hillside United Methodist Church, 2801 Hillisde Avenue (corner of Heywood Street or 2 lights west of Herricks Rd), New Hyde Park. Vendors: Jewelry, assortment of boutique vendors, white elephants, bric-a-brac, glassware and much more.

Treasures abound! For more information call (516) 637-8907.

SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE WITH ORAL AND HEAD AND NECK CANCER The North Shore-LIJ

Health System is presenting a support group for People with Oral and Head and Neck Cancer (SPOHNC) program on Thursday, May 21, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the LIJ Medical Center Hearing and Speech Center located at 430 Lakeville Road. This support group session is an opportunity for people with these forms of cancer to learn from each other and share their experiences. For more information, contact Sharon Lerman, LCSW, at (516) 734-8203.

NATIONAL COUNCIL JEWISH WOMEN/ LAKEVILLE SECTION National Council Jewish Women/Lakeville Section will hold a meeting on Monday, May 18 at 12 p.m. at Clinton Martin Park, Marcus Avenue east of New Hyde Park Road.

Marsha Leon, columnist for Jewish Forward, will be the guest speaker.

Call (718) 343-6222 for information.

LITTLE SPROUTS OPEN HOUSE Little Sprouts Preschool is hosting an Open House for registration for the 2015-16 school year on Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 300 Hillside Drive South, New Hyde Park.

The school offers morning and afternoon programs for toddlers, nursery school and pre-kindergarten students in a nurturing, Christian atmosphere.

Meet the teaching staff and tour classrooms or call (516) 746-4889. Learn more at www.christchurchnhp.org.

9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Please call 311 or (516) 869-6311 to register or for more information.

FREE EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors.

Monday through Saturday.

Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call for more details, call (516) 7458050.

Tuesday NIGHT BINGO Veterans of Foreign Wars AARP DEFENSIVE Post #5253 will host bingo DRIVING COURSES on Tuesday nights from 7 to The Town of North Hemp- 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 stead will be sponsoring 10 with additional cash prizes toupcoming AARP defentaling $1,700. Admission is $4 sive driving courses at at the post, which is located Clinton G. Martin Park. The at 155 Searingtown Road in classes, open to drivers Albertson. age 50 and older, will be held on May 16, June 6, NEW HYDE PARK June 27, September 12, ENTERTAINERS October 17, November 14 SENIOR CHORUS and December 12 from Like to sing? The chorus

group is welcoming new members. Meetings are Mondays from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Clinton G. Martin Park. Call (516) 775-8118 for info.

FREE FORUMS FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS The Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program in Garden City is offering two free educational forums this May for people who have had breast cancer.

Exercise as complementary wellness Tuesday, May 26 from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Alumni House on the Adelphi University Campus. Health and nutrition coach Emmanuelle Galland will focus on basic nutrition, understanding food cravings and the emotional benefits of healthy eating.

Ms. Galland is the author of Feeding Success: A Nutrition Blueprint to Fuel Busy Professionals and Business Travelers.

Participants are invited to bring their own lunch to enjoy. Small snacks will be provided.

All forums are free and are sponsored by a grant from the Manhasset Women’s Coalition Against Breast Cancer. To register call (516) 877-4325 or go to http://breast-cancer. adelphi.edu/we-can-help/ forums/ ADVICE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS “Saturdays with Sabaa”: Breast cancer and lymphedema education and tips from the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program. Physical therapist Sabaa Mundia, a blogger for the Facebook site of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is offering useful tips on the site every Saturday. To access the information, visit #saturdayswithsabaa and https://www. facebook.com/adelphibreastcancerhotline. To reach the hotline call (800) 877-8077.

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Shelter Rock Library MUSEUM PASSES @ SRPL Shelter Rock Public Library cardholders can reserve a Museum Pass online for free admission to a variety of museums and gardens on Long Island and in New York City.

Go to www.srpl.org and pull down the Library Services Menu then go to Museum Passes. Click the Reserve Now link and look for the red Request Pass button to see if the Museum Pass is available.

Your library card must be in good standing. Advance reservations will be accepted for the next 60 days (one Reservation per family every 30 days).

SHELTER ROCK PATRONS MAY RESERVE PASSES FOR: American Airpower Museum • Children’s Museum of Manhattan • Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery • Cradle of Aviation • Garvies Point • Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum • Long Island Children’s Museum • Museum of Modern Art

(MOMA) • Nassau County Firefighter’s Museum • Nassau County Museum of Art • New York Botanical Garden • New York Historical Society and Library & Dimenna Children’s History Museum Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano announced today that in cooperation with the Shelter Rock Public Library, the Nassau County Offices for the Aging and Mental Health are coordinating a support group that is specifically targeted to respond to the needs of caregivers of older persons. The group is led by Dora Lupo, LMHC, MAC, CASAC, Support Group Facilitator.

Meetings will be held on the third Tuesday of each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Shelter Rock Public Library, located at 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson. The meetings are open to residents of Nassau County.

This support group will provide an opportunity for participants to share experiences and to help one another. Persons interested in attending for the first time, or in need of additional information, please call (516) 2278725.

programs ADULT BOOK DISCUSSIONS The Wives of Henry Oades

by Johanna Moran on Wednesday, May 27 at 2:30 p.m. Led by SRPL Librarians Susan Healy and Cathy Loechner. This is the riveting account of what happens when spouses Henry, Margaret, and Nancy face prosecution for bigamy. Narrated primarily by the two wives, and inspired by a widely publicized newspaper account, the novel explores the intricacies of mar-

riage, the construction of family, the changing world of the late 1880s. Limited registration begins Wednesday, April 29.

COMPUTER FIRST GRADE FOR GROWNUPS Friday, May 15, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. In this class, you will learn how to work with text including inputting, inserting, moving, and erasing, learn basic word processing skills, and understand files and commands. Prerequisites: Computer Kindergarten.

Registration for Shelter Rock Patrons begins April 17 at the Reference Desk. Space is limited on a first-come, first-served basis. Non-residents may register April 30 if space allows.

YOUNG ADULT THE ROAD TO COLLEGE For High School Students

and their Parents with Jan & Tony Esposito College Consultants, Inc. COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS: How to Make Them Work for You on Monday, May 18 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Find out about scholarships and grants and how to use them to offset high college costs. Learn about the latest trends in scholarships. Hear about the most unusual and generous scholarships even for students who don’t have an “A”. Leave with a practical knowledge of how scholarships work, and a personal action plan. Registration begins on Friday, May 1 in the Teen Room.

CHILDREN TODDLER STORYTIMES Designed for toddlers 2 – 3 1⁄2 with a parent or caregiver as a program of stories, simple songs,

fingerplays and rhymes with other toddlers and their parents.

Children must be two by April 1, 2015. Registration begins Monday, March 16.

Choose one of the following sessions: Tuesdays, April 14 – May 19, 10:15 a.m.

Wednesdays, April 15 – May 20, 11:15 a.m.

Thursdays, April 16 – May 22, 10:15 a.m.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIMES Designed for children ages 3 – 5, this is a program of stories, simple songs, fingerplays and rhymes with other preschoolers. Children must be three by April 1, 2015. Registration begins Monday, March 16.

Choose one of the following sessions: Tuesdays, April 14 – May 19, 1:30 p.m.

Fridays, April 17 – May 22, 10:15 a.m.

Great Neck Library Budget Vote for Great Neck Library 2015/16 Budget The Budget Vote for the Great Neck Library 2015/16 Budget will be held on Tuesday, May 19, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Where to Vote: Residents living SOUTH of the L.I.R.R. vote at the South High School, 341 Lakeville Road (south of the L.I.E.).

Residents living NORTH of the L.I.R.R. vote at the E.M. Baker School, 69 Baker Hill Road. The proposed 2015/16 Library Budget was adopted on April 14, 2015 by the Board of Trustees.

Author Talk/Book Signing with Andrew Sparberg at Station Branch From a Nickel to a Token Meet Andrew Sparberg when he presents a fascinating micro-history of New York’s transit system on Saturday, May 16 at 11 a.m. at the Station Branch Library, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck shopping center.

Andrew Sparberg examines 20 specific events

between 1940 and 1968, book-ended by subway unification and the MTA’s creation. From a Nickel to a Token depicts a potpourri of well-remembered, partially forgotten, and totally obscure happenings drawn from the historical tapestry of New York mass transit.

Sparberg captures five boroughs of grit, chaos, and emotion grappling with a massive and unwieldy transit system.

Andrew J. Sparberg has spent forty years in the transportation field, starting at Tri-State Regional Planning Commission, and then for twenty-five years at the Long Island

Railroad. Since retiring from the LIRR he has worked on transportation’s academic side, most recently at St. John’s University and the City University of New York.

He was technical editor of Long Island Rail Road, a 2007 history by author Stan Fischler. For more than twenty years, Mr. Sparberg has conducted tours as a volunteer for the New York Transit Museum.

Books will be available for purchase at the event.

The New York World’s Fairs: 1939 and 1964 presented by Ronald Marzlock Great Neck Library presentation hosted by Temple Beth-El of Great Neck Join noted historian Ronald Marzlock when he presents The New York World’s Fairs: 1939 and 1964, a slide presentation/talk and book signing on Sunday, May 17 at 2:00 p.m. at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, 5 Old Mill Road, Great Neck, 11023.

More people attended each of the two New York World’s Fairs than attended Woodstock, and the Fairs created lasting memories for generations of New Yorkers. Ronald Marzlock, author of The New York World’s Fairs: 1939 and 1964, along with commentary and personal anecdotes, presents an exciting PowerPoint presentation of 200 images of the Fairs, many taken behind the scenes and never before seen. Take a trip down memory lane and learn things about the Fairs that you never knew.

Ronald Marzlock has a weekly local history column, “I Have Often Walked” in the Queens Chronicle for over 17 years. He launched Icon Archives in 1996, his library of local New York history images which have appeared in television documentaries, magazines, and books.

Books will be available for purchase at the event.

Temple parking is on Old Mill Road adjacent to the side entrance.

Film at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library prepares for renovations.

The next film will be shown on Thursday, May 21 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, The Gardens at Great Neck, 26 Great Neck Road, 2nd level (above Waldbaum’s).

Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for information on the films scheduled.

Doors open at 1:30 p.m.

Arrive early as seating is limited. Priority seating is given to Great Neck School District residents.

Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address.

Seeking Prospective Candidates Library Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee of the Great Neck Library will begin its search for prospective candidates for openings that will

occur in January 2016 on the Board of Trustees and the Nominating Committee. At the end of January 2016, terms will expire for one four-year seat on the Board of Trustees currently held by Francine Ferrante Krupski, and two three-year seats on the Nominating Committee currently held by Stacee Bernstein and Andrew Dorf.

Interested persons must be at least eighteen years of age or older and a resident of the Great Neck School District, and either have a valid Great Neck Library card or be a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections by the Record Date of Monday, Oct. 5, 2015.

If you wish to be considered as a candidate for any of the above seats, please send a letter and resume so stating by Friday, June 19, 2015 to: The Chair of the Nominating Committee, c/o The Great Neck Library, Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Great Neck, NY 11021.

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Floral Park hosts 2nd annual PALS dance Students in Sewanhaka Central High School District’s PALS (Promoting Academics Through Life Skills) program put on their dancing shoes when Floral Park Memorial High School hosted the district’s second annual PALS dance on April 29.

According to Floral Park Memorial school psychologist Jennifer Rosenberg, the district runs PALS programs at Elmont Memorial High School, Floral Park Memorial High School and H. Frank Carey High School.

She said the dance, which celebrated Autism Awareness Month, was organized as one of three districtwide activities to allow the students an opportunity to get together.

“All of the students attend the summer program together in the same school building, so it’s great for them to be able to reconnect with each other throughout the year,” Rosenberg said.

In addition to staff and PALS students, mainstream students who serve as buddies at each of the school’s programs attended the event, dancing and having fun with those in attendance.

DuPont Challenge honorable mention

Above left: Floral Park PALS student Dylan Knight (left) is pictured with buddy Eddie Geraghty.

Above: PALS students, buddies and staff enjoyed dancing at the second annual PALS dance.

Left: H. Frank Carey PALS student Patrick Torquato and others wore sunglasses handed out by the deejay at the dance.

Photos courtesy of Sewanhaka Central High School District

E A R T H D AY AT D E N T O N Denton Avenue students participated in a variety of activities to celebrate Earth Day 2015. The students in Mrs. Judge’s 4th grade class planted seeds and helped clear the beds for spring planting. Mrs. Walkup’s kindergarteners created their own Bingo game with images related to the themes of recycling and reducing waste. Denton third graders wrote Earth Day poems. Mrs. Moody’s first graders wrote about steps they can take to care for the earth.

New Hyde Park Memorial High School junior Alicia Manjila received an Honorable Mention award in the nationally recognized DuPont Challenge.

The DuPont Challenge, North America’s premier science essay competition, encourages students to delve deep into their interests in science, technology, engineering and math and express themselves with creativity and purpose.

Students par- Alicia Manjila ticipating in the Principal Dr. Richard Facchallenge were asked to write an essay between cio congratulated Manjila on 700 and 1,000 words on one of her essay, “Bugs for Thought,” four topics, which included a list and teacher Angela Stone, who Denton third graders wrote sponsored and assisted Manjila. Earth Day poems. of research sources.

Mrs. Judge’s Class planted seeds to celebrate Earth

Mrs. Moody’s Earth Day Bulletin Board

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Poetry Night at NHP Memorial

I T ’ S T H E I R D AY

The students and faculty at Denton Avenue School recognized school secretaries Terri Kiernan and Maryanne Mazzone for their year-round efforts in support of the school on Administrative Assistants Day.

South High to host first spring concert The South High School Spring Concert I, featuring the Jazz Band, String Orchestra and Concert Band will take place at 7:30 p.m. on May 20 in the school auditorium, 341 Lakeville Road. The entire community is invited to this evening of outstanding music.

The Concert will be dedicated to the memory of Adana Taranis, Class of 2014, who died in a recent car accident.

The evening will open with Jazz Band performing “Return Of the Cheetah,” “It Had To be You,” and “Jumpin’ at The Woodside.” Jazz Band will be conducted

by Michael Schwartz, performing arts department head/ instrumental music director.

The String Orchestra will perform “Radetzky March, Opus 228”; “And So It Goes”; “Plink, Plank, Plunk!”; “The Red Pony (1. Morning on the Ranch, 2. Dream March, 3.

Walk To The Bunkhouse, 4. Happy Ending)”; “America,” from West Side Story; and “Finale,” from Symphony No. 41 (“Jupiter”). String Orchestra will be conducted by Mr. Schwartz.

The Concert Band will close out the evening with “Among The Clouds,” “Spirit Of The Pioneers,” “March Diabolique,” and Disney At The Movies (“Zip-A Dee DooDah,” “A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes,” “Never Smile At A Crocodile,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” “The Bare Necessities,” “Under the Sea,” “Beauty And The Beast,” “Be Our Guest,” “Friend Like Me,” “A Whole New World,” “This Land,” “Circle of Life,” “Can You Feel The Love Tonight,” “Colors Of The Wind”). Concert Band will be conducted by Mark Boschen, concert band/instrumental music director.

For more information about the May 20 Concert or other South High School music activities, please contact Mr. Schwartz at (516) 441-4851, or at mschwartz@ greatneck.k12.ny.us.

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The New Hyde Park Memorial High School English department held Poetry Night 2015 on April 24.

This inaugural event was organized by English teacher Katie Kaspar and allowed students an opportunity to present their original works to an audience of their peers, family members and teachers.

The student writing presented was based on various themes suggested by teachers throughout the year.

Poet and writer Valerie G. Keane served as a guest speaker at the event. Keane is currently involved in the Queens literary scene and is the founder of Coffee and Poetry, a discussion group for writers and readers.

She is also a member of the editorial review board for poetry for the Newtown Library.

Keane provided students with writing strategies and techniques, inspiring them to continue to explore the art of poetry.

Poet and writer Valerie Keane gave students tips on writing and provided guidance in the art of poetry.

She also offered a realistic view of what it means to be a writer and applauded students for the risks they took in their writing, encouraging them to

look for inspiration in their own environments.

The evening concluded with students working with Keane in a writing workshop setting.

B E AU T I F Y I N G S E WA N H A K A After a one week weather-related delay, students at Sewanhaka High School spent April 29, beautifying their campus in honor of Earth Day. Members of the Green Club, Key Club, Sewing Club, Women in Science and Future Business Leaders of America joined to help with raking the front lawn, weeding and mulching around the school’s flagpole.

Sewanhaka students helped beautify their school’s campus in honor of Earth Day.

From left: Fatima Rahman, Geraldine Osorio, Rahul Punj and Diego Garcia worked together during the clean up.

Sophia Villavicencio and Rachel Rodriguez helped with the raking.

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E A R T H D AY C E L E B R AT I O N S Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan, Councilwoman Lee Seeman, Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman attended the Earth Day celebration at the Parkville School in New Hyde Park on April 30.

Students had their environmentally friendly art projects on display,, enjoyed a musical Earth Day performance from Paul Helou, and were presented with books for the school library from the Town. Bosworth, Berman were joined by Councilman Peter Zuckerman at the Denton Avenue School in New Hyde Park on April 29 for festivities, including an Earth Day poetry reading, a musical performance from Paul Helou and a presentation from the Town of environmental books for the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library.

10 from NHP receive Regents scholarships Ten students from New Hyde Park Memorial High School were recipients of the 2015 Scholarship for Academic Excellence Award from the New York State Board of Regents.

Congratulations to Kaajal Ahuja, Abraham Alex, Justin Jose, Gautam Nayyar, Morgan Roth, Sharon Santhosh, Armaan Shah, Jay Shah, Abeer Tahir and Teena Thomas.

New Hyde Park Principal Dr. Richard Faccio is pictured with the New York State Board of Regents 2015 Scholarship for Academic Excellence Award recipients.

Photo courtesy of Sewanhaka Central High School District

Guerra claims silver medal at SkillsUSA New Hyde Park Memorial High School senior Miguel Guerra was awarded a silver medal for a pin design he submitted in the SkillsUSA, New York State pin design contest.

Several hundred-pin designs were entered in the competition, which also tasked contestants with writing a brief description as to why they chose certain colors and images to represent the State of NY and SkillsUSA. SkillsUSA is district club in the Career and Technical Education department, which is housed at Se- Miguel Guerra with a mock up of his winning design. wanhaka High School.

Nine from Herricks win awards at science fair On Sunday, April 26, nine Herricks High School Science Research students received awards at the 2015 WAC Lighting Research Association Invitational Science Fair held at Schreiber High School in Port Washington.

More than 300 student research projects were presented to more than 125 judges in the day-long

competition.

In its 20th year, the fair is organized by the Research Association, a non-profit organization of research educators from thirteen local high schools.

The fair is sponsored by the WAC Lighting Foundation, a responsible lighting company based in Port Washington.

The following students

were recognized for their work: 1st Place- Molecular Biology- Bongseok Jung 2nd Place- Molecular Biology- Vikram Kristamoorthy 2nd Place- Prototype Engineering- Jim Tse Honorable Mentions: Ben Jung, Deepti Mahajan, Sabreen Bhuiya, Shweta Lodha, Michelle Vancura, Raphael Kim

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3-on-3 tounrament for Wounded Warriors Floral Park Memorial High School’s Student Council hosted a 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament to raise money for Wounded Warriors on April 30. Under the guidance of adviser Carolyn Faggioni, the group raised more than $600 for the organization.

At right. from left: Junior high winners Armani O’Brady, Jayson Delgado and Tavin Pierre-Philippe.

At far right, from left: Senior high winners Joshua Corbett, Jalon Robertson and Fabrice Plaisimond.

Photos courtesy of Sewanhaka Central High School

I L O V E M Y PA R K D AY Members of Sewanhaka’s Green Club spent a few hours at Hempstead State Lake Park on May 2, removing all types of trash along one of the lakes’ shorelines. The students ended up with more than 10 bags of garbage to properly dispose.

From left: Samara Hughes, Aiden Hughes, adviser Yvonne Sherwood, Niveditha Mariam, Yardley Bonnet, Rebekah Joseph, Martha Williams, Alvin Wang, Geraldine Osorio, Diego Garcia, Amrita Shah and Jon Kaplan-DiNola.

GOLD MEDAL SKILLS

From left: Rebekah Joseph, Yardley Bonnet and Amrita Shah worked together during the clean up.

VETERAN VISIT

Floral Park Memorial High School senior Joseph Leone attended the SkillsUSA New York State Conference in Syracuse from April 22-24.

Leone won the gold medal in Architectural Drafting and was named state champion.

Local Vietnam War veterans visited Floral Park Memorial on April 29 to share their military experiences with students in Deborah Francis’ and Wendy White’s U.S. history classes.

The veterans have been visiting both teachers’ classes for the past 16 years.

Photo courtesy of Sewanhaka Central High School District

Photo courtesy of the Sewanhaka Central High School District

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Epilepsy Center awarded Level 4 status North Shore-LIJ’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center has been recognized as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) – the organization’s highest rating.

Level 4 epilepsy centers have the professional expertise and facilities to provide the highest level of medical and surgical evaluation and treatment for patients with complex epilepsy.

According to the NAEC guidelines, a Level 4 epilepsy centers should provide the most complex forms of intensive neurodiagnostics monitoring, as well as more extensive medical, neuropsychological, and psychosocial treatment. Level 4 centers also offer complete facilities for the evaluation of epilepsy, surgery, including intracranial electrodes, and provide a broad range of surgical procedures for epilepsy.

“We are honored that our epilepsy program has received this prestigious NAEC recognition,” said Dr. Cynthia Harden, North Shore-LIJ’s chief, division of epilepsy and electroencephalography and director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center. “It is a testament to our dedicated, multidisciplinary team of specialized epilepsy doctors, nurses, monitoring technologists, pharmacists, and social workers. The ultimate mission of our Center is to provide seizure freedom for all of our patients, as well as to control and alleviate those seizures we

Dr. Cynthia Harden (center), along with staff from North Shore-LIJ’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center cannot completely eradicate and help our patients achieve an active and productive lifestyle.”

North Shore-LIJ’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center provides comprehen-

sive care for adults diagnosed with epilepsy. The Center’s integration of clinical staff and the availability of cutting-edge technology provide patients with an accurate diagnosis, effective treatment and

improved quality of life.

For more information about North Shore-LIJ’s Comprehensive Epilepsy Care Center call (516) 325-7060 or go to neurocni.com.

Retirement in focus at next business seminar The Town of North Hempstead, in partnership with the Town’s Business and Tourism Development Corporation (BTDC) will be hosting the latest in an ongoing series of seminars helping North Hempstead’s business community on May 28, at the Harbor Links Club House at 8 a.m.

This seminar, “The Myths & Truths of Employer Retirement Plans: What Every Business & Non-Profit Should Know” offers local businesses the opportunity to interact with experts in the retirement planning industry who will offer suggestions about pensions, senior retirement funds, investment strategies, the law and how to navigate the often tricky ins-and-outs of 401(K)s, 403(B)s, SEPs, SIMPLE IRAs and Cash Balance plans.

“North Hempstead offers an exceptional business environment and we continue to work to ensure that local businesses not only survive here in North Hempstead, but thrive,” said town Supervisor Judi Bosworth.

“Our local businesses are so important to keeping our economy healthy, and we are proud to

help them however we can.”

Bosworth also serves as the Chair of the BTDC. Speakers include Gary Thayer, counsel at Archer, Byington, Glennon & Levine; Paul Carmichael, strategist at United Pension Benefits; William Schories, vice president of Senior Retirement Consultant at Oppenheimer Funds; Jeffery Isaac, managing director of MassMutual Retirement Services; Peter Janowsky and John Ryan of the Ryan-Janowsky Wealth Management Group.

The seminar is free and all business owners are welcome to attend. A free continental breakfast is included with registration.

Pre-registration is required. To register, call 311 or (516) 8696311, or visit www.btdc.biz/onlineregistration.asp.

Please note, for those seeking CPE Credits or Human Resource HRCI Credits, the seminar will offer two CPE credits and two HRCI credits.

“The retirement landscape for small business owners continually changes. It is tricky and often not clear which retirement options are best,” said BTDC

Above: Attendees look on at a BTDC seminar last year. At Right: Supervisor Bosworth addresses the crowd at a BTDC seminar last year.

Executive Director Kim Kaiman.

“This seminar will help business owners decide which type of retirement plan will build significant equity for their and their employees’ future.”

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Luncheon raises $50K for Center The North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center hosted a new event – a luncheon featuring games, vendor boutiques and a powerful engaging keynote speaker, on April 23.

With more than 175 guests in attendance, the event raised more than $50,000 to support the programs and services of the Guidance Center.

The keynote speaker was award-winning journalist Edie Magnus. Magnus is the executive producer of the PBS documentary, “Cry for Help,” and is currently the executive director of Media & Innovation at Mercy College.

Janice Ashley of Signature Bank, Amy Cantor and Alexis Siegel, all members of the Guid-

Town brings back Caps Back Contest The Town of North Hempstead will once again hold its popular Caps Back Contest, the first initiative of its kind in the United States.

In partnership with Estee Lauder, the town is encouraging participating schools in North Hempstead to collect as many bottle caps as they can.

These caps are difficult to recycle and usually end up in landfills, on beaches or as litter.

In 2013, the schools saved more than 800 pounds of caps from being thrown away, in just one month.

Schools that want to participate, or those looking for more information, should contact 311 or (516) 8696311.

ance Center’s Board of Directors, co-chaired the luncheon.

Sponsors included Nancy Lane, Baker Tilly, RFC Fine, Alexis Siegel, Nanci Roth, Jill Berman, Amy Cantor, Fara Copell, Ruth Ann Drucker, Joan Grant, Andrea Leeds, Nawrocki Smith LLP, North Shore LIJ Health Systems and Raich Ende Malter Co. LLP. North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center is the preeminent not-for-profit children’s mental health agency on Long Island, leading the way in diagnosis, treatment, prevention, training, parent education, research and advocacy.

To learn more, visit: www. northshorechildguidance.org/ events.html or call (516) 626 1971 ext. 310.

North Hempstead Town officials recently stopped by to see the newly installed drop wall that will protect the dogs from harsh weather conditions and visit with some of the shelter’s animals. From left: Director of the Town of North Hempstead’s Animal Shelter Jenna Givargidze, Councilwoman Dina De Giorgio, Commissioner of Public Safety Andrew DeMartin, Councilman Peter Zuckerman, Supervisor Judi Bosworth, President of The Shelter Connection Dr. Robert Slifkin, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Councilwoman Anna Kaplan and Councilwoman Lee Seeman.

Town touts shelter improvements North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board recently announced that the Town’s Animal Shelter has undergone its latest stage of improvements.

This latest project, which was approved by the Town Board on February 24, includes new electric heaters for outdoor kennels and zippered drop walls, and is being accomplished with a $45,000

grant from the Shelter Connection.

The goal of the project is to protect the shelter’s dogs from the harsh winter conditions. The drop walls were put up in April, and the electric heaters are slated to be installed later this year.

The Shelter Connection is a non-for-profit organization, which works in partnership with the Town of North Hempstead to run the shelter.

Grow your garden at Clark Botanic The Town of North Hempstead announced that starting this summer, the North Hempstead community can rent their very own plot of land at Clark Botanic Gardens to grow their own vegetables and plants.

The individualized plant beds will allow North Hempstead residents who may not have enough space to grow their gardens at home to share the experience of gardening with their children.

The beds, which are offered for $100, are available from May 22 through October 2.

Those who tend to a bed not only receive their venerable piece of vegetable real-estate, but they also have access to instructors

who will share eco-friendly garden techniques and the assistance of a trained horticulturist.

All of the produce harvested can be consumed for personal use, or it can be donated to a local food kitchen.

The 12-acre Clark Botanic Garden, an accredited arboretum, is the jewel of the North Hempstead Parks system and features a staff of highly trained horticulturists and other landscape professionals who provide a unique park experience for residents.

For more information on this program please call 311 or (516) 869-6311 or visit www.northhempsteadny.gov

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Vote Tuesday to support G.N. schools, library Continued from Page 12 that the direction the state is pushing public education is toward computer-based models (rather than actual teachers).

Another major operator is News Corp’s education division, Amplify, headed by former New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein).

On the surface, it would appear the district is getting an extra $903,000 increase, but the state rarely comes through with the amount it says.

Last year, state aid was supposed to be $7,118,000, but in the end, the district got $6,914,000 - or $200,000 less.

What is more, the “increase” only gives back one-third of the GEA — the amount of state aid pulled back from school districts eight years ago to plug its own budget hole, and has never replaced.

The school district is being conservative in where they are allocating the $703,000 (they aren’t even expecting the full $903,000 because of the vagaries in the way it is being calculated): $256,000 will go to putting in items that “we needed to add in,” and the difference, with the exception of $200,000, is being applied to reduce the amount of reserves that was applied to reduce the impact of expenditure budget on the taxpayer (that is, to keep the budget within the property tax increase so not to be penalized by the state which has attached all sorts of incentives to taxpayers to defeat a budget that goes over the cap.)

As a result, total spending will increase 1.23 percent (versus 1.11 percent in original), and the increase in the tax rate will be 1.56 percent — falling within the state’s property tax cap.

It warrants noting that even before the property tax cap was fully implemented, this school district kept the increases in

the amount of the budget funded through property taxes below the 2 percent level, being incredibly sensitive to the economic hardship that Great Neck, like the rest of America, was undergoing.

But as Board member Lawrence Gross said, that is an unsustainable rate.

“If this type of funding is continued,. it looks like ‘California, here we come’ - a reference to the dramatic decline in the quality of California public schools after the state enacted Proposition 13 in 2005, a property tax cap measure.

“We can’t continue to fund your schools forever on those type of increases.”

So far, Great Neck public schools - because of our board (particularly Ashkenase and Gross on the Finance Committee), our administration, the faculty and engaged parents - have been ingenious in figuring ways to maintain the quality of programming (and most specifically, low-class size levels) while staying within the cap. Other districts on Long Island and throughout the state have not managed to avoid cannibalizing their programs in order to pay for mandated increases while keeping within the cap.

That has produced a steady erosion of programs and services other school districts have had to cut out music, art, theater, clubs, sports, Model UN and Model Congress until there is nothing left but what is absolutely mandated. And then the only place to go is cut staff so that classes become larger and larger.

This school district has managed to preserve its programming and keep to its mission of providing the best education for each child.

Essential to that mission has been lowclass size ­— which is why during this year, the district had to add 13 teachers and will

add 11.5 more for next year.

“It was a large expenditure, but administration could find funds and insure we could add the teachers we needed to meet our promised commitments — needed for any number of reason — including low class size, which is very important commitment by this board.

Impact of High-Stakes Testing Gov. Cuomo agreed to the increases in education funding by forcing his so-called reforms — chief of which is the controversial use of high-stakes test to represent 50 percent of a teacher’s evaluation, putting even more pressure and stress into the process.

But in response, many parents across the street have joined an “opt-out” movement - raising questions about how valid the test results would be, and therefore, how could they possibly be used to evaluate teachers, let alone children.

In response to a parent concerned that students who opt out will not receive the academic intervention services they need, Kelly Newman, assistant superintendent for elementary education, said, “We don’t use the test as a factor. We use so many other assessments, so many other factors, we know who those children are, they are receiving services well before they take the test. We don’t rely on the test, a measure we don’t trust — it doesn’t give valid information to make the decisions. We have plenty of things in place – particularly our own teachers, who male very careful day to day observations that allow us to make decisions about providing services,” she said, receiving applause.

“That’s why we want small class size, so teachers can work with students.”

This is the system that has served our community so well now, for 200 years.

Voting for the school budget - and to return Berkowitz and Ashkenase, both champions of the pre-eminent values of the school district, is to affirm our community’s commitment to the mission: enable each child to fulfill their own potential There is a second proposition on the ballot, which would establish a capital reserve fund to finance future building improvements, construction projects, and possible replacement of existing facilities and property, to be funded from the district’s reserves, rather than through a bond.

This basically returns the district to its practice of each year setting aside money for its capital fund, which was upset after the property-tax cap was implemented.

“We’re proposing to take $19 million out of our reserves and put it into a fund so that we’ll have the ability in future years to improve our facilities,” Ashkenase said.

“We are fortunate that we don’t have to go out for a bond issue, so we won’t have to pay interest on a continual basis. We are in an extraordinarily strong position.”

The school budget and our public schools deserve our support.

Voting on the Proposed 2015–16 Budget, as well as the election of Berkowitz and Ashkenase to the board, and the library budget, will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 7 a.m.–10 p.m., Registered voters who live north of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) vote at E. M. Baker Elementary School; those who live south of the LIRR vote at William A. ShineSouth High School.

For details about the budget, capital reserve fund, voter registration, absentee ballots, and voting, call 441-4020; the preliminary budget is also online at www. greatneck.k12.ny.us.

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Sewanhaka salon services for a good cause Sewanhaka Central High School District cosmetology students volunteered their time and expertise to beautify community residents as part of a fundraiser to benefit Operation Wounded Warrior.

The students offered haircuts, blowouts, facials, manicures and hair color to friends, family and members of the community for a small donation to the organization, which supports local wounded warriors through the Nassau County Firefighters Association.

According to Cosmetology Instructor Maryanne Contarino, the students in the program were happy to help and often hold fundraisers to support local organizations.

“They are very motivated and very willing to give of themselves,” Contarino said. “We teach them that line of work is about being of service to others.”

In addition to helping others, the event also gave students an opportunity to experience a salon type atmosphere.

Cosmetology student Tiffany Chaverra highlighted sophomore Junior Gabriela Gonzalez received a blow out from cosmetolAllison Costanzo’s hair at the fundraiser. ogy student Daniella DiFiore.

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Unfortunately, history has shown that estimated costs for construction usually trend upwards as projects mature toward 100 percent final design.

Progression of final design refines the detailed scope of work necessary to support construction.

The anticipated final potential cost for many of these projects will never be known until completion.

Costs will be further refined by award of construction contracts followed by any unforeseen site conditions and change orders to the base contracts during the course of construction.

History has told us that construction of most major new transportation system expansion projects has taken decades until completion of feasibility studies, environmental reviews, planning, design, engineering, real estate acquisition, permits, procurements, construction, budgeting, identifying and securing funding to pay for all of the above.

Construction for the 2nd Avenue subway began in the 1960s.

(Bond money intended for this project in the 1950s was spent elsewhere).

The latest completion date for the first segment of three stations between 63rd and 96th Streets on the upper east side of Manhattan has slipped to 2016. Construction for the original tunnel to support bringing the Long Island Rail Road from Queens into Grand Central Terminal began in the 1960’s. In 1999, the estimated cost was $3.5 billion for completion followed by beneficial use forecast by 2011.

The previous revised opening day revenue service date of 2019 was recently changed once again this time to 2023.

It is difficult for anyone at this point to really predict when we will see a shovel in the ground for many of these other new proposals, followed years later by beneficial use of projects supporting opening day service or the final price tag to taxpayers.

Clearly our region needs to prioritize the order for implementation of these projects based upon realistic assumptions for available funding.

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Manorhaven Red Devils Swim Team Coach We are looking for someone with swimming and/or swim coach experience to be the head coach for a team that swims in the Nassau Municipal Swim Conference, Division II. Candidates must have current Nassau County Lifeguard Certification and CPR Certification (copies of certifications must be included with cover letter and resume). Anyone interested in applying for this position should send a cover letter and resume to: careers@northhempsteadny.gov.

Lifeguards The Town of North Hempstead is gearing up for SUMMER! How would you like to help us make this our safest season yet? The Town of North Hempstead is looking to hire Lifeguards for our Pools and Beaches. Full-time, Part-Time, Weekdays and Weekends are available! So if you have your lifeguard certification it’s time to get your feet wet! Get paid while giving back to your community!

Remember interested applicants must be Nassau County certified and have current CPR for the Professional Rescuer (CPR Pro).

To fill out an application stop by: Michael J Tully Park, 2nd Floor 1801 Evergreen Ave., New Hyde Park, N.Y. 11040 Applicants may call Jennifer Costantino at (516) 739-3129 or (516) 300-0260 or email at costantinoj@northhempsteadny.gov

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ONLINE AUCTION W/ BID CENTER, Historic Stewart-HawleyMalloy House and 5.17+/Acres & all personal prop, Laurinburg, NC in Scotland Co., Real Estate sale ends May 27th at 2pm, Bid Center: Hampton Inn, Laurinburg, NC, personal sale ends June 4th at 3pm. Online only, 800-997-2248, NCAL3936, ironhorseauction.com

AUCTIONS, TAG SALES & CONSIGNMENTS INVITED SALES by TRACY JORDAN Live and Online Auction House, Estate Sales, Appraisals and Consignment Shoppe. 839 Stewart Avenue Garden City 11530 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales.com Mon-Fri 10-6pm Sat 10-5pm, Sun 12-5pm Located next to the La Quinta and behind the Garden Gourmet Deli. Live Auctions Monthly! Free walk-in evaluations for items to be considered for Live Auction every Tuesday and Thursday 10am-2pm. No appointment necessary. Auctions are live every Wednesday from 8am-8pm and pre-bids are accepted at anytime. Visit www.invitedsales. com and click on the online auctions tab. Visit www.invitedsales. com to see pictures and information regarding our upcoming tag sales and estate sales. Our 50% off room is open everyday and includes items that have been in our shoppe for more than 60 days. To receive discount coupons and promotional information, join our email list. Text “invited” to 22828 and enter your email address when prompted. Consignments are taken by appointment to provide you with the best service. Please call the shoppe at 516-279-6378 to schedule an appointment or email pictures of your items to info@invitedsales. com. We can provide fair market values on any item that you may want to sell, consign or enter into auction. If you need advice on hosting a sale, selling an item or liquidating an estate, please call Tracy Jordan at the shoppe or directly at 516-567-2960

PLEASE JOIN US 222 Third Street (off Franklin Ave) Saturday May 16 9am-4pm YOU’RE INVITED! Thursday, May 21 9:30am 34 Woolsey Avenue Glen Cove, NY 11542 House filled with collectibles, vintage items, tools and furniture......Visit www.invitedsales. com for pictures and details!

SULLIVAN COUNTY REAL PROPERTY TAX FORECLOSURE AUCTION 350+ properties June 10 & 11 @ 10am. Held at The Sullivan, Route 17, Exit 109. 800-243-061 AAR www.nysauctions.com

wanted to buy CASH BUYER! Buying ALL Gold & Silver coins, Stamps, Paper Money, Comic Books, entire collections, Estates. Travel to your home. Call Marc in NY 1-800-959-3419 LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 PORTABLE BASKETBALL SYSTEM WANTED for reasonable price for son. Must be fully functional and working, not broken.

What is make & model? Backboard width? I will dis-assemble. John 516-567-5309 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

tag sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

EAST WILLISTON VILLAGE WIDE TAG SALE: Saturday May 16 9am-3pm. Rain date Sunday May17. Over 70 homes participating. Something for everyone! Map available 9am sharp at 460 Sagamore Ave, 11596 GARDEN CITY Contents of eclectic home fascinating items throughout! antiques & modern furniture, rugs (caucasian, oriental, tribal & country) loads of unique bric a brac, tons of interesting old books, antique portrait, wall decor, linens, unusual tables, 2 trumpets, cradle, large basement filled to brim, loads of records (some Caruso) sailboat, bikes, tools, ladders, much more!!

yard sale WILLISTON PARK: Multi family, Saturday May 16th from 9am-4pm.

72 Broad St. Treadmill, furniture, clothes, crafts, many new items....

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auto for sale CHEVY MONTE CARLO 1985: 102K miles, 2 doors, 4 cylinder. Original owner $3,000. Call 516-352-6433

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

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pet services A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-505-9717 DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away.

Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references.

Limited availability. Book early!

Annmarie 516-775-4256 PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING Doggie Day Care & Walks Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553

apartment for rent GARDEN CITY BORDER: Studio, 1, 2 or 3 bedroom apartments starting a $1,150+ electric. Gated parking, laundry room, air conditioning, hardwood floors, LIRR, NO BROKER FEE. www.gcbapts.com / 516-742-1101 GARDEN CITY S.E. SECTION Unfurnished second floor 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, large living area. Cable, wi-fi, utilities, parking. No smoking. No pets. $1600. Please call 516-650-5144 GARDEN CITY SOUTH 5 large rooms: Living room, dining room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, closets galore. Includes heat & hot water. No Smoking / No Pets. $1,875/mth. Call Owner 516-987-3585

apartment for rent WILLISTON PARK Completely renovated, 1 bedroom, 1 bath, second floor 2 family private home. Bonus finished attic space, updated kitchen, new appliances, new wood floors, new carpets, off street parking. Few blocks to LIRR, village area, nice neighborhood! $1650 includes water and heat. Reference check required. Penny 917-848-9366

homes for rent GREAT NECK / KINGS POINT Glamford Rd, totally renovated, 4 bedroom, 4 bath, finished basement, 2 car garage, Great Neck North / Baker School District. $4600 month.

Owner 516-482-3210

office space GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate. Available now. $1,750 / mth.

2nd floor, 4 large room suite $2,000. Call Owner 516-5387474 or 538-7476 GLEN HEAD / SEA CLIFF Full building, prime location. Busy street, approx 1200 sf. $2800/ month OR office cubicles $495 /month each. Fully furnished.

Perfect for professionals. Eileen 516-674-3777 NEW HYDE PARK: Corner office, 200 square feet, Western Nassau County, semi furnished. $550 per month includes all. Ask for Adele. 516-354-4340

vacation rental CUTCHOGUE NASSAU POINT Newly renovated. Minutes to vineyards & beaches. 3 bedroom, sleeps 8, 2 full bath, large EIK, den, LR, DR. Outside patio / dining table, CAC, bicycles, beach chairs & lots more. Available August $9000.

Call 516-317-3440 EAST QUOGUE Large 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with CAC, heated IG pool, private patio, access to bay and ocean beaches, boat slip available. 1 hour from Garden City. Please call 516248-0079 or 516-732-9435 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals.

Full/partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Real Estate. 1-800-638-2102.

Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com PECONIC ON THE SOUND: Beautiful, large modern house, private beach, gorgeous sunset views. May-October or monthly.

516-660-2869 or 516-484-0256

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condo/co-op for sale CATHEDRAL GARDENS Top floor renovated 2 bedroom. It’s the Better of All Worlds! Hidden little community across from Sacred Heart Academy on Cathedral Ave. Asking $160,000. Open door showings by appt. Listed exclusively with Hagens Homes of Garden City. 516-741-7373 or cell 516-508-0043

homes for sale GARDEN CITY VILLAGE 119 Willow St. Classic side hall expanded Colonial. Fantastic features are highlighted by the ever popular EIK /Family Room w/ Fireplace design but it also boasts a news lovely first floor full Bath and a sunny Garden Room off the Kitchen. Traditional spaces include entry foyer, Living Room, formal Dining Room.

Master Bedroom w/ bath, 3-4 additional bedrooms w/ hall bath, fully furnished basement. Near village supervised park and Locust School. New Price $799,000.

Easy showings. Please call listing agent: Barbara Debold 516-6555728. Offered exclusively through Hagens Homes/Garden City 516741-7373. For more info or pics go to: msli.com enter lising #2751172

lots for sale SPECTACULAR 3 to 22 ACRE LOTS with deepwater access: located in an exclusive development on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Amenities include community pier, boat ramp, paved roads and private sandy beach. May remind you of the Jersey Shore from days long past. Great climate, boating, fishing, clamming and National Seashore beaches nearby.

Absolute buy of a lifetime, recent FDIC bank failure makes these 25 lots available at a fraction of their original price. Priced at only $55,000 to $124,000. For info call 757-4422171, email: oceanlandtrust@yahoo.com. Pictures on website: http:/ /Wibiti.com/5KQN UPSTATE NY ABSOLUTE LAND LIQUIDATION! May 16th! 19 tracts rom 3 to 35 acres starting at $12,900. Examples: 9 acres $19,900. 20 acres$29,900. 35 acres farmhouse$169,900. Foreclosures, estates, abandoned farms! Waterfront, trout streams, farmhouses, views! Clear title, 100% g’teed! Terms available! Call 888-905-8847 to register or go to: NewYorklandandlakes.com

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apartment wanted APARTMENT WANTED: Single, mature, quiet, non-smoker school teacher seeks 1 bedroom apartment (non-basement) in this area.

Call Tom 516-437-2927

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computers MICROSOFT TRAINING & MORE for individuals or groups.

Local college teacher will help you build skills in WINDOWS, WORD, EXCEL, POWERPOINT. Please call Jim Kaplan 347-673-1785 or email: help@ jim-kaplan.com

home improvements AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Repairs & Maintenance *Handyman & Remodeling *Vanity & Kitchen Cabinet Installations *Furniture Assembly & set up *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 22 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Owner Operated Call BOB 516-741-2154

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classifieds ▼ Home Improvements DEVLIN BUILDERS Since 1979. We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS. No job too small. Bob Devlin 516365-6685. Insured License H18C730000 GARY MARC DESIGNS: Interior design, fabric​/ ​f urniture selections, paint color consultation, wall coverings, flooring, kitchen​/ ​b ath designs, custom window treatments, accessories and more. Free Consultation. Gary M. Schoenbach gary@garymarcdesigns.com / 516-680-0144 / www.garymarcdesigns.com

HANDYMAN Meticulous & Reliable Serving GARDEN CITY & Surrounding Area since 2003 Repairs & Installations of all Types Built-in Bookcases, Woodworking, Carpentry, Crown Moldings, Lighting, Painting, Wallpaper and More. 30-year Nassau County Resident. Many References Lic #H01062800 Insured Call Friendly Frank 516-238-2112 anytime E-mail Frankcav@optonline.net HAS YOUR BUILDING SHIFTED OR SETTLED? Contact Woodford Brothers, Inc. for straightening, leveling, foundation and wood frame repairs at 1-800-OLD BARN. www. woodfordbros.com. Suffolk Cty- License #41959-H Nassau Cty- License #H18G7180000

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LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628

CHEMISTRY Tutoring, Support & Test Preparation for Regents & AP NY State Certified Chemistry Teacher. Watch your child have success and confidence as test scores improve. Text​/​Call Diane Halka 516-469-6864

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

COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL​/​ DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential​ /​Commercial.

Bonded​/​Insured.

Free estimates. 516-538-1125

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

Health & Fitness ADVANCED AT HOME PHYSICAL THERAPY HOUSE CALLS: Unable to travel to physical therapy? We’ll come to you! Services covered by Medicare. Scheduled with a geriatric specialist near you! Call today: 516-399-0051 www.Advanceathomept.com

Painting & Paperhanging JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

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

ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT​/​ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-5998007 or email: dianegot@gmail. com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

MATH​/​LATIN TUTOR College Math major, Secondary Education minor, Dean’s List, Div 1 athlete available for H.S.​/​College students. Reasonable price. Call 516-236-4926

Tutoring MATH​/​PHYSICS​/​LATIN TUTOR College Math major, Chaminade honor roll alum, available for high school and​/​or college students. Reasonable rates. Call 516-776-5022 TUTOR BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, LATIN Cornell college student available to tutor your student for finals, regents or AP exams. Reasonable rate. Email emozdzer@ optimum.net or call 516-616-6056

Instruction LACROSSE LESSONS BY GCHS VARSITY PLAYER Boys call: 516448-7616 Girls call: 516-232-6063

To place a legal notice in one of Blank Slate Media’s 5 weekly newspapers, please call 516-307-1045x201 or e-mail us at legals@theislandnow.com.

Prompt service, low prices, convenient deadlines, easy-to-understand instructions and free online distribution and affadavits guaranteed.

Great Neck News New Hyde Park Herald Courier Williston Times Manhasset Times Roslyn Times 105 Hillside Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596 516-307-1045 • email: legals@theislandnow.com

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

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

Cleaning SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-2201851 516-764-5686 STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates.

Bonded and insured. 516-538-1125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

Services A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available.

Free estimates. www.ajmoving. com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated sine 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed​/​insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220 HOME CARE INSURANCE: Single women have the biggest risk...

Who will take care of you? Protect assets, care in your own home, free guide Master Choices LTC, Long Term Care Specialists. 516877-2704. Please see ad in Professional Guide for more details.

To Place Your Ad Call:

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NEED A CLEANOUT OR A MOVE? We can move it, sell it or haul it away! 2 Guys and a Truck Just $150​/​hr Call 516-279-6378 Invited Sales by Tracy Jordan 839 Stewart Ave Garden City, NY 11530 Bonded​/​Insured www.invitedsales.com NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, Ph.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference.

Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management. 516764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www.NYMFT.com

Sport Psychology Dr. Tom Ferraro

has specialized in sport psychology for 20 years and works in the fields of golf, tennis, soccer, baseball, football, wrestling, lacrosse, figure skating, gymnastics, softball, fencing and more. He has helped professional teams, Olympians and elite young athletes learn how to manage the intense pressure of competitive sports. He appears on both TV and radio and has sport psychology columns in 5 different newspapers and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall street Journal and the London Times. Golf Digest includes him in their list of top mental game gurus in America. For a consultation see below: Williston Park Professional Center 2 Hillside Ave, Suite E. Williston Park NY 11596 (building parallel to E. Williston railroad station)

drtomferraro.com drtferraro@aol.com

(516) 248-7189

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▼ LEGALS Legal Notice Index No.: 001324/12 SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NASSAU ​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​X TD BANK, N.A. f/k/a COMMERCE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, -against- DEBENEDITTIS LANDSCAPING, INC., et al., Defendants.

—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​—​​X NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale signed by the Honorable Denise L. Sher dated December 19, 2014 as modified by the Order appointing a Substitute Referee dated February 11, 2015, I the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (“Courtroom, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501 on June 2, 2015 at 11:30 A.M., the premises known as 1 Tulip Place a/k/a 260 Broadway, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, also known as all that certain plot piece or parcel of land with the buildings thereon erected, situate lying and being in the State of New York, County of Nassau, known as Section 33, Block: 177, Lot 37.

Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment in Index# 1324/2012, Jane P. Shrenkel, Referee. Attorney for Plaintiff: Michael G. Zapson, Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP, 200 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530.

NHP 141528 4x 5/08, 15, 22, 29, 2015 #141528

Legal Notice Notice of Annual Meeting and Election New Hyde Park​—​Garden City Park Union Free School District Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead County of Nassau, State of New York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing of the qualified voters of the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District, Towns of Hempstead and North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, will be held at the Manor Oaks​—​William R. Bowie School, 1950 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, New York, on Monday, May 11, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. for the presentation of the budget, although the budget will not be voted upon at that time.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the Annual Meeting and Election will be held at the Manor Oaks-William R. Bowie School in the District on May 19, 2014 between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.

(D.S.T.), at which all persons who are qualified to vote and shall have registered, as provided for in this notice, may vote on the budget expenditures set forth herein and for the election of members of the Board of Education of the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District and the Hillside Public Library Board of Trustees.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that a copy of the statement of the amount of money which will be required for the ensuing year for school and library purposes, exclusive of public monies, may be obtained on the District’s website and by any resident in the District during the fourteen (14) days immediately preceding the Annual Meeting and Election, except Saturday, Sunday or holidays, at each of the following school houses and library, during regular school and library hours:

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Manor Oaks-William R. Bowie School 1950 Hillside Avenue Hillside Grade School West Maple Drive Hillside Public Library 155 Lakeville Road New Hyde Park Road School New Hyde Park Road Garden City Park School Central Avenue and Third Street NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that Section 495 of the Real Property Tax Law requires the District to attach to its proposed budget an exemption report. Said exemption report, which will also become part of the final budget, will show how the total assessed value of the final assessment roll used in the budgetary process is exempt from taxation, list every type of exemption granted by statutory authority, and show the cumulative impact of each type of exemption, the cumulative amount expected to be received as payments in lieu of taxes (PILOT) and the cumulative impact of all exemptions granted. In addition, said exemption report shall be posted on any bulletin board maintained by the District for public notices and on the District’s website.

AND NOTICE IS ALSO GIVEN that the petitions nominating candidates for the office of member of the Board of Education and Hillside Public Library of Trustees must be filed with the Clerk of the District in the Superintendent’s Office at the Manor Oaks- William R. Bowie School, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days, and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 20, 2015.

The following vacancies are to be filled on the Board of Education: For a term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2018 David Del Santo (last incumbent) For a term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2018 Frank Miranda (last incumbent) For a term of two (2) years, commencing May 19, 2015 and ending June 30, 2017 James Reddan (last incumbent) The following vacancies are to be filled on the Hillside Public Library Board of Trustees: For a term of three (3) years, commencing July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2018 Sloane Vahldieck (last incumbent) For a term of five (5) years, commencing July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2020 Kathy Seyfried (last incumbent) Each vacancy is a separate specific office and a separate petition is required to nominate a candidate to each separate office. Each petition must be directed to the Clerk of the District, must be signed by at least 39 qualified voters of the District, must state the name and residence of each signer, the name and residence of the candidate and describe the specific vacancy for which the candidate is nominated, including at least the length of the term of office and the name of the last incumbent.

For the convenience of the inhabitants of the District, the Board of Education and Hillside Public Library are providing forms of nominating petition for candidates, which are available in the Superintendent’s Office at the Manor Oaks-William R. Bowie School, 1950 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park, on school days between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The nominating forms are also available on the District website. These forms are for convenience only

and need not be used and any forms which comply with the Education Law will be acceptable.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the following propositions will be presented and voted upon at the Annual Meeting and Election to be held as provided above on Tuesday, May 19, 2015.

PROPOSITION NO. 1 NEW HYDE PARK​—​GARDEN CITY PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET that the annual budget as proposed by the Board of Education of the New Hyde ParkGarden City Park Union Free School District, in the sum set forth in the budget estimate heretofore filed pursuant to law, for the maintenance and upkeep of the schools and personnel of the District for the year July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 be accepted, and that the necessary tax be levied therefor. Adoption of the budget requires a tax levy increase which does not exceed the statutory tax increase limit for this school fiscal year and therefore does not exceed the state tax cap.”

PROPOSITION NO. 2 HILLSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY BUDGET “RESOLVED, that the annual budget as proposed by the Board of Trustees of the Hillside Public Library in the sum set forth in the budget estimate heretofore filed pursuant to law, for the maintenance and upkeep of the library and personnel of said library for the year July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016 be accepted, and that the necessary tax be levied therefor.”

PROPOSITION NO. 3 SEWANHAKA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET that the proposed budget of expenditures of Sewanhaka Central High School District of Elmont, Floral Park, Franklin Square and New Hyde Park for the year 2015-2016 for the purpose shown in the statement of estimated expenditures adopted by the Board of Education, be and the same hereby is approved and the amount thereof shall be raised by a levy of a tax upon the taxable property within said Sewanhaka Central High School District, after first deducting the monies available from state aid and other sources as provided by law.”

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that no person shall be allowed to vote on May 19, 2015 unless they have registered for school district voting purposes or for general voting purposes. Personal registration is required.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Board of Registry shall meet at the Manor Oaks-William R. Bowie School on Wednesday, May 6, 2015 from 3:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., to prepare the Register, and any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed upon such Register, provided that at such meeting of the Board of Registry, he or she is known or is proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registry, to be then or thereafter entitled to vote at the school election for which the Register is prepared.

The Register so prepared will be filed with the Clerk of the District and such Register will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. on Monday through Friday in the Superintendent’s Office at the Manor Oaks-William R. Bowie School, on each of the five (5) days prior to and on the day of election, except Saturday and Sunday.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that applications for absentee ballots may be ob-

tained in the office of the Superintendent of Schools at the Manor Oaks-William R. Bowie School, 1950 Hillside Avenue, on school days, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The applications are also available on the District website. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven (7) days before the election if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or the day before the election if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. No absentee ballot shall be canvassed unless it is received no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election.

A list of all persons who are issued absentee ballots will be on file with the District Clerk and open for inspection by any qualified voter of the District between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday in the Superintendent’s Office at the Manor Oaks-William R. Bowie School, on each of the five (5) days prior to the day of election, except Saturday and Sunday.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that voting on May 19, 2015 will be by voting machine.

DATED: March 25, 2015 ORDER OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION NEW HYDE PARK-GARDEN CITY PARK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT TOWNS OF HEMPSTEAD AND NORTH HEMPSTEAD COUNTY OF NASSAU, NEW YORK PATRICIA OLIVE DISTRICT CLERK NHP 141304 4x 4/03, 17, 5/01, 15, 2015 #141304

LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Uma Hospitality LLC filed with the Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 4/22/15. Office loc.: Nassau County. SSNY is designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The address SSNY shall mail copy of process to is c/o Dharmendra Patel, 27 Morris Dr., New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NHP 141556 6x 6/ 15, 22, 29, 6/05, 12, 19, 2015 #141556

NOTICE OF ANNUAL SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION AND PUBLIC HEARING on the 2015-2016 School Budget in the HERRICKS UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual election of qualified voters of the Herricks Union Free School District, Town of North Hempstead, County of Nassau, New York will be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 in the Gymnasium of the Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, New York between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. for the purpose of voting, on voting machines, on the following matters: A.to vote on the annual school budget as set forth in Proposition No.1 below: PROPOSITION 1 RESOLVED that the 2015-2016 annual school budget for the Herricks Union Free School District and the appropriation of the necessary funds therefore and the levy of taxes necessary to meet the expenditures in said budget be authorized.

B.to vote on a Proposition to authorize the establishment of a capital reserve fund of the District PROPOSITION 2 Yes ( ) No ( )

RESOLVED: that a new Capital Reserve Fund is hereby authorized to be established in accordance with the provisions of Education Law section 3651, to be designated “Capital Reserve Fund -​—​2015”(the “Fund”), for the purpose of providing moneys for future capital improvements, including: window and door replacements; heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing and electrical system upgrades; roof reconstruction and masonry, pavement, asphalt, curb and sidewalk improvements; the probable term of said Fund will not exceed ten (10) years from the date of its establishment; the ultimate principal amount therein to total $5,000,000, plus interest earnings thereon; such amount to be provided from transfers and surplus funds of the District in the current and future fiscal years, sufficient to fund said $5,000,000 ultimate principal amount.

Said Proposition shall appear on the ballot labels to be inserted in the voting machines in substantially the foregoing form.

C.to elect two Board members for three-year terms commencing July 1, 2015 to fill the vacancies occasioned by the expiration of the term of Brian Hassan and Nancy Feinstein.

D.to vote on such other propositions as may properly come before the voters at this annual school election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of Education will hold a public hearing at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, 2015 in the Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, New York for the purpose of discussing the expenditure of funds for school district purposes and the budgeting thereof for the school year beginning July 1, 2015 and ending June 30, 2016 (the 2015-2016 annual school budget). At said hearing all persons in interest will be given an opportunity to be heard. Copies of said 2015-2016 annual school budget are available upon request by the district residents commencing April 30, 2015 at the school houses listed below.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a copy of said 2015-2016 Annual School Budget for the Herricks Union Free School District containing a statement of the amount of money needed to meet the estimated expenses for school purposes for the 2015-2016 school year, exclusive of public monies, together with the text of any propositions, questions and resolutions which will be presented to the voters, will be made available upon request and may be obtained by any district resident at the following offices of the school houses, at the Herricks Community Center, on the District’s internet website (www.

Herricks.org) and at the Shelter Rock Public Library during the fourteen days immediately preceding the day of the budget vote and election, except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.

Center Street School, Center Street, Williston Park, NY Denton Avenue School, Denton Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY Searingtown School, west end of Beverly Drive, Albertson, NY Herricks Middle School, Hilldale Drive, Albertson, NY Herricks High School, Shelter Rock Road, New Hyde Park, NY Herricks Community Center, Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, NY Shelter Rock Academy, Shelter Rock Road, New Hyde Park, NY Williston Park Library, Willis

Avenue, Williston Park, NY NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Real Property Tax Law Section 495, an exemption report detailing exemptions from real property taxation shall be available and appended to any tentative, preliminary or final budget.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that each candidate for the office of a member of the Board of Education shall be nominated by petition and a separate petition for each such candidate shall be directed to and filed in the Office of the Clerk of said School District located in the Herricks Community Center between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., and no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, April 20, 2015. Each such nominating petition shall be signed by at least forty one (41) qualified voters of said school district, and shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate, and shall describe the specific vacancy on said Board of Education for which the candidate is nominated, which description shall include at least the length of the term of office and name of the last incumbent. No person shall be nominated by petition for more than one specific office.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Herricks School District has personal registration of voters and that the Board of Registration for the School District shall meet in the Herricks Community Center, Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, New York, on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of preparing a register of the qualified voters of the School District who are entitled to vote.

In addition, registration can be accomplished on any school day from 8 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the District Clerk’s Office through May 14, 2015.

The register so prepared will be filed in the Office of the Clerk of said School District in said Herricks Community Center and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of said School District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to and the day set for such vote, including Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. except Sunday.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a person shall be entitled to vote at the annual election who is: 1) a citizen of the United States, 2) eighteen years of age or older, 3) a resident of the School District for a period of thirty days next preceding the election he or she offers to vote at and 4) registered to vote for said election. A person shall be registered to vote if he or she shall have permanently registered with the Nassau County Board of Elections or with the School District’s Board of Registration. Only persons, who are so registered, may vote.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said Board of Registration will meet during the hours of voting and at said annual election on May 19, 2015, at the Herricks Community Center for the purpose of preparing a register for school meetings and elections held subsequent to said annual election. Any person shall be entitled to have his or her name placed on register provided at such meeting of the Board of Registration he or she is known or proven to the satisfaction of such Board of Registration to be entitled to vote at school meetings and elections for which the register is being prepared.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all propositions and questions, which qualified voters of the school district desire placed

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▼ LEGALS upon the voting machines at said election, shall be made by petitions subscribed by not less than one hundred and three (103) qualified voters of the district and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the School District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 20, 2015 thirty (30) days prior to said election, except as to propositions and questions required by law to be stated in the published or posted notice of the annual election which shall be filed not later than sixty (60) days prior to said election.

When the last day for filing a petition falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the petition may be filed on the Monday following the last day for filing. Upon the filing of such a petition the Board of Education shall determine by resolution whether or not to place such questions or propositions on the voting machines. In the event that the Board of Education shall determine that it is not proper, feasible or practicable to place such proposition or propositions, question or questions, upon a voting machine, then such proposition or propositions, question or questions, as the Board of Education may resolve to place before the voters at said election shall be voted upon by the use of paper ballots.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the applications for absentee ballots for election of members of the Board of Education, the adoption of the annual budget and vote on any other propositions and questions as may be legally placed before the voters at the annual district election may be applied for at the Office of the Clerk of the District. Such application must be received by the District Clerk at least seven days before the

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day of the vote, if the ballot is to be mailed to the voter, or by the day before the day of the vote, if the ballot is to be delivered personally to the voter. No absentee voters ballots shall be canvassed, unless it shall have been received in the Office of the District Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day of the vote.

A list of all persons to whom absentee ballots have been given shall be available for inspection in the Office of the Clerk of said School District and will be open for inspection by any qualified voter of said School District between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. on each of the five days prior to and the day set for such vote, including Saturday from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. except Sunday. A list will also be available at the polling place on May 19, 2015.

DATED: March 27, 2015 New Hyde Park, New York

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Constituents rallied outside Sen. Jack Martins district office Monday to denounce the senator’s support for Dean Skelos.

Martins in media spotlight

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During the heated exchange, Gianaris told Martins he “cannot single-handedly make up the rules of this Senate.”

Martins said the Democrats’ motion was incorrectly filed and called Gianaris “out of line.”

Then, in the midst of a resolution to honor a high-school basketball team, the Democrats walked out, in what the New York Times called “an oddity that might occur only in Albany.”

The remaining senators proceeded without them — and news outlets statewide ate it up.

Until Monday, when Republicans appointed Skelos’ reportedly handpicked successor, state Sen. John Flanagan (R-Suffolk), as the new majority leader, Martins had remained one of Skelos’ most vocal supporters.

Martins told the Daily News last week that Republicans should not move to replace Skelos because “I don’t think he’s let anybody down.”

And Martins put his name to statement signed by 16 state senators saying Skelos should remain in the top spot.

“We strongly believe that Senator Dean Skelos should remain on as majority leader of the New York State Senate,” the statement said.

“He has the leadership we need to move the Senate forward so that we can continue to do the people’s work and finish out this year’s session in a productive manner.”

But just hours before the Flanagan vote, a group of sign-bearing constituents rallied outside Martins’ district office to denounce his continued support for Skelos, who they called corrupt.

“Jack Martins should be ashamed of his outspoken support of Dean Skelos. Both on the Senate floor and in the press, he has been the number

one defender of Skelos and his corrupt practices,” said Adam Haber, an organizer of the rally and Martins’ 2014 Democratic challenger.

Later Monday, however, Martins lined up behind Flanagan along with the rest of the Republicans following an hours-long closed-door conference meeting. After the vote, Martins issued his first public comment in support of a Skelos alternative.

“Earlier today, I joined with members of the Senate Republican Conference in electing Senator John Flanagan as the new Senate Majority Leader,” Martins said in the statement. “Having worked closely with Senator Flanagan since entering the Senate, I am certain he will do a great job for Long Island and New York, and I offer him my congratulations.”

Martins, along with all of Long Island’s senators, was subpoenaed in relation to the Skelos investigation.

Martins spokesman Chris Schneider said the senator complied with the subpoena and that Martins is not the subject of an investigation.

But at the core of the investigations into Skelos and former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) is a New Hyde Parkbased real-estate giant whose reach extends into the coffers of dozens of elected officials across the state, including — but not limited to — Martins.

Prosecutors say Dean Skelos leveraged his position to lead a company identified in news reports as Glenwood Management Corporation to pay $20,000 to Adam Skelos for title insurance work he never performed and to secure Adam Skelos a $10,000-per month job at an environmental company in which Glenwood executives owned stakes.

Leonard Litwin, Glenwood’s 100-year-old founder, is one of the state’s largest and most influential political donors to politicians on

both sides of the isle. In 2013 alone, he donated more than $1 million, second highest in the state, according to the New York Pubic Interest Research Group.

Using dozens of Limited Liability Companies to legally flout campaign contribution limits, Litwin directly or indirectly made at least 1,834 contributions worth $13.2 million between 2000 and 2014, according to figures compiled by the Gotham Gazette.

Martins received $45,000 in Litwin-affiliated contributions, but that was not unusual either on Long Island or in New York. Litwin contributed $110,000 to Skelos’ campaign and $59,000 to now-Rep. Kathleen Rice, along with dozens of other elected officials.

Between 2000 and 2014, Litwin donated $1.1 million to the New York State Senate Republican Campaign Committee and $1 million to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s 2014 re-election bid.

Litwin was by far the largest contributor to the campaigns of Cuomo, state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli. And Litwin was the driving force behind New York’s real estate PACs, including one that attacked Senate Democrats. (He also donated over $200,000 to the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee.)

“They are equal opportunity givers,” Susan Lerner, executive director of the good-government group Common Cause, told Capital New York about Litwin, adding “They have used the L.L.C. loophole for the benefit of the governor, and various committees and other legislators. I don’t believe there is anybody they don’t contribute to in some way.”

Schneider said Glenwood has “supported both Republicans and Democrats at all levels of government here on Long Island and throughout the state.”

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Stormcats move into tie for first place The New Hyde Park Boys U11 Stormcats defeated the competition, 3-2, in two closely matched games this weekend.

On Friday night, the Stormcats played the Auburndale Warriors at Ft. Totten field in Bayside. Colin Coope, James Gensch and Luke Notine each scored a goal, bringing the score to 3-0.

With only one substitute, the exhausted players gave up two quick goals towards the end of the game, but the defensive team of Wafiq Rakib, Brendan Cooper, Daniel Garcia, Michael Windischmann and Joseph Vieni, along with the superb reflexes of Ryan Kunak in goal, helped the Stormcats hold on for the win.

On Saturday afternoon, the Stormcats faced off against Rockville Centre Galaxy.

Once again, the Stormcats won by a score of 3-2 with only one substitute.

James Asmus was able to capitalize on a series of breakaway plays to score two goals, and Colin scored the third on a

beautiful assist by Wafiq.

Also showing their skills was Dino Vidaich and James G. up front with the help of Michael at midfield and Ryan Oommen, Brendan, Joe and Daniel on defense. Brendan and Joe did a great job of defending the goal in the absence of the team’s primary goalie.

The two wins place the Stormcats, coached by Alan Cooper, Mark Wasserman and Ken Gensch, in a tie for first place in their division.

New Hyde Park Red Bulls split at North Hempstead Soccer Festival Game 1 Red Bulls vs. Albertson The New Hyde Park Red Bulls matched up well against a strong Albertston squad, but fell by the score of 2-0. Vasilios Dallas led the team with his usual stellar play in goal, allowing the team to remain close, while Kaleb Dyasi and Joseph Teetz led the attack and generated many scoring

chances for the Red Bulls.

In midfield, Yusuf Hassan, Arnav Kohli and Austin Lee worked hard and displayed their playmaking skills throughout. Thomas Honovic and Matthew Ribaric also played well with timely runs and spirited play.

On defense, Devon Shah and Om Thakur marked up well and stopped strong offensive attacks by Albertson.

Although the Red Bulls took the loss, the entire team played very well and continuously showed improvement and hoped for a better outcome in the second match.

Game 2 Red Bulls vs. Port Washington The New Hyde Park Red Bulls played one of their best games of the season by defeating a good Port Washington Team by the score of 4-0.

Vasilios Dallas earned the shutout by playing a smart and steady game. Vasi-

lios controlled the pace each time he had the ball. Joseph Teetz led the attack by scoring two goals and by displaying great speed throughout. Both Devon Shah and Kaleb Dyasi each scored a goal of their own and regulated the game with great ball control.

Matthew Ribaric and Thomas Honovic played a great game, providing support and generating many scoring opportunities for the team. Yusuf Hassan and Arnav Kohli also played one of their best games yet. Yusuf showed hustle and dedication and Arnav created several scoring chances and nearly put in a goal of his own if the opposing goalie did not make the save of the tournament.

Om Thakur and Austin Lee played a strong defense by limiting the opposition’s chances.

The entire team once again showed much improvement and is looking forward to their next game.

Floral Park players honored by NCIAA Players from the Floral Park Memorial Varsity Basketball Team were recognized by the Nassau County Interscholastic Athletic Association for their exceptional performance in athletics, scholarship and leadership qualities for the winter 20142015 season.

The team reached the semifinals before eventually losing to Long Island champion North Shore. The varsity basketball team shared the conference championship for the second year in a row.

Even though senior Lorraine Hickman didn’t play, she will be headed to St. Fran-

cis of Brooklyn next year on a full basketball scholarship.

Junior Kaela Hillaire was named player of the year and acknowledged for her 1,000-point record for her high school career as well as Academic All State, as well as Second Team Long Island.

Erica Bowe was named All County for her exceptional performance this year, while Faith Balletta and Natalie Hickman, both Sophomores were awarded All Class.

The Floral Park Memorial Varsity Basketball Team Jeanna Orefanos was named All Conference and presented the Scholar Athlete Award.

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Jeanna Orfanos

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