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Bosworth, East Hills mayor say service suffers in northern region B y M att G rech Town of North Hempstead officials are calling on Nassau County to reinstate the Sixth Precinct in Manhasset as a fully operational precinct, echoing a letter sent to Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano by the umbrella group representing Manhasset civic associations earlier in December. North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth called on county officials to undo the merger of the Third and Sixth precincts in 2012 in a letter to Mangano and other county officials on Dec. 24, citing increased threats to public safety and previous changes to county precinct plans. “Knowing that the First and Seventh precinct merger never went through in the wake of Superstorm Sandy and that the Fourth and Fifth Precincts were separated after their merger, it makes sense to undo this ill-conceived merger as well,” Bosworth said in the letter.
She said she was concerned about a reduced a police presence during an “era of increasing prescription drug use and related crimes, home invasions and robberies.” “In February 2012, I expressed my grave concern…about the County Executive’s plan calling for the elimination of four out of the Photo courtesy of Little Sprouts Preschool eight then-operating police precincts, including the Sixth Precinct The nursery and pre-kindergarten students at Little Sprouts Preschool in New Hyde Park perform for in Manhasset,” Bosworth said. “As their families around Christmas each year. Dressed as stars, angels, shepherds, sheep, the three wise I listen to my constituents now, men, the Innkeeper, the little drummer boy, Mary and Joseph, each student selects a part and gets a cosalmost four years later, I hear that tume. The children learn songs during the weeks leading up to the pageant, which re-creates the story of my concerns were well-founded.” the nativity. The pageant is held on a Saturday to accommodate working families and gives both morning Bosworth said “while the and afternoon session students the chance to get to know one another. Third Precinct does its best to protect and serve the residents, there are some facts that are disturbing.” She said that promises of returning a POP unit, or problemoriented police, were not met until recently, and special patrol officers have yet to return to the Third Precinct’s North Subdivision. Bosworth added that with recent world events, the need to in- B y N oah M ans k ar Police data shows the Third merger with the Sixth Precinct, Continued on Page 40 Precinct has seen a total of statistics show. The total numCrime in the area Nassau 7,965 crime reports as of Dec. ber of reported crimes dropped County’s Third Police Precinct 27, about 2.2 percent higher below pre-merger levels last now covers has increased this than 2014’s year-end total of year, and 2015’s total is still below that mark despite the year for the first time since 7,796. Crime rose more sharply in increase. 2012, the year of its merger the first two years following its Continued on Page 40 with the Sixth Precinct.
3rd Precinct sees first rise in crime since 2012 merger
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North Shore-LIJ closes office deal Health system will own L. Success complex after 30 years in $113.7M arrangement
B y N oah M ans k ar The North Shore-LIJ Health System has finalized a deal to eventually more than double its presence in a Lake Success office building. As reported in November, a 30-year, $113.7 million leaseto-own agreement with Massachusetts-based Waterstone Development will let the healthcare conglomerate expand into 700,000 square feet of a building the I-Park office complex at 1111 Marcus Ave. “This transaction reflects the health system’s ongoing commitment to serving this community, ensures steady stewardship of a large and important facility, and secures North Shore-LIJ’s future in this area,” said Phil Silverman, the health system’s senior vice president and chief physical assets officer, in a statement. In the deal finalized Dec. 17, Waterstone has bought the 940,000-square-foot condo unit in the complex and will lease it to North Shore-LIJ and other
The North Shore-LIJ Health System will eventually own the I-Park office complex at 1111 Marcus Ave. in Lake Success. tenants until the health system takes ownership of the building in 2045. North Shore-LIJ will then own all 1.4 million square feet of the complex in a “prime location” across the street from its Long Island Jewish Medical Center, spokesman Terry Lynam said. It already operates its Center
for Advanced Medicine, a major outpatient care facility, out of the other 440,000 square-foot-unit, which it bought in March. The deal to purchase the larger building had been in the works since it went into foreclosure early this year. The deal comes with plans for the health system to expand
its outpatient resources as that sector of the health-care industry grows, Lynam said in November. North Shore-LIJ will eventually open additional clinical, laboratory and conference space in the I-Park building as current tenants leave, he said Wednesday. But there’s not yet a timeline for those expansions because they
require significant funding and planning. “We’re a big organization, but when you’re investing that kind of money in building out that property, ... it has to be staggered over time,” Lynam said. “We do it as we can afford to do it.” The I-Park complex is home to notable North Shore companies Hain Celestial and Dealertrack Technologies, which is building a new headquarters in North Hills. North Shore-LIJ’s human resources office also occupies 20,000 square feet of space there. The health system closed a similar deal with Waterstone about a year ago, when the developer paid $59 million a 252,000-square-foot office building at 600 Community Drive in Manhasset, less than a quartermile from North Shore University Hospital, for $59 million. After a 32-year lease period, North Shore-LIJ will take over the building, where it rents administrative offices and plans to open clinical space in the building.
Another special Christmas gift for F.P. couple B y N oah M ans k ar to dinner with family in Manhas- Christmas Day with Karyn’s fam- great place for young families, Vic and Karyn Faster didn’t spend Christmas morning opening gifts, but they both got a special present just the same. The Floral Park couple’s newborn son Nicholas was born around 6:30 a.m. on Dec. 25, which happened to be their first son Anthony’s second birthday. “It’s a Christmas gift every year now, for both of us, and also now for both of the boys,” said Vic Faster, 37. “It’s our own Christmas story ... It really comes together in a special way.” The second Christmas birth was “pretty much a re-enactment” of the first, Vic said. The family of three went to Christmas Eve mass at Floral Park’s Our Lady of Victory Parish, then
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Around 1 a.m., while Vic was watching “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Karyn called him upstairs and said she felt like it was time to go. They arrived at Katz Women’s Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park around 2:30 a.m., and Nicholas was born hours later. He was due Dec. 20, and Vic and Karyn, 33, said they had expected he’d come earlier in the month, as is common with second pregnancies. “Sure enough Nicholas hung out for an extra five days and then he came out on Christmas,” said Vic, a Garden City Park native who works for ConEdison. Anthony spent much of
ily in Glen Cove. He said over the phone that he likes celebrating his Christmas birthday with his new baby brother. So far Anthony’s adapted well to being a big brother, said Karyn, a fifth-grade teacher at Alden Terrace Elementary School in Elmont. “We expected a little jealousy, but he’s been such a big brother, big helper, bringing diapers to mommy and helping mommy change the baby,” she said. Karyn and Vic moved to Floral Park from Douglaston, Queens, in November 2013, just before Anthony’s birth, settling on their home after viewing many others. The village has proven a
they said. The couple estimates there are about 20 children under age 10 on their block alone. “They do a lot of family-oriented activities in this town, and it really promotes a lot of love and, in general, family activities that brings everyone together,” Karyn said. Late December will be a busy time for the Fasters. In addition to the two Christmas birthdays, Vic’s birthday is Dec. 19. Karyn said she’ll be “the queen of the house” for her August birthday, but she had hoped Nicholas wouldn’t come too early so he could share December with his brother and father. “I was happy that I could Photo courtesy of Vic Faster celebrate all three of my special Nicholas Faster was born around boys in December,” she said. 6:30 a.m. on Christmas Day.
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Books brighten season in Sewanhaka Teachers’ union gives away 5,000 books to families as part of ‘Truckload Challenge’
B y N oah M ans k ar Five thousand books might seem like a heavy load, but volunteers in the Sewanhaka school district had little trouble handling it. It only took three hours for 20 Sewanhaka teachers and 60 students to hand out that many books to families who wouldn’t be able to afford them at a Dec. 12 event at Elmont Memorial High School. “As educators, we influence our students every day in the classroom and when we are able to reach out and affect the community in this way it’s very special indeed,” said Rosanne Mamo, president of the Sewanhaka Federation of Teachers, in a statement. The Sewanhaka teachers’ union partnered with New York State United Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers for the giveaway, known as a “First Book Truckload Challenge,” a program that aims to give schools and families in lowincome areas access to books. To become eligible for the
Mamo said the areas around Elmont and Sewanhaka High Schools have the highest percentage of families who need assistance. Leftover books were donated to Elmont non-profits Anna House, Gateway Youth Outreach and Martin de Porres School. “It was motivating and heartwarming to see children of all ages with their parents selecting books for themselves or as gifts for the holidays,” Mamo said in a statement. This was the first time Sewanhaka teachers participated in the First Book program. NYSUT started its partnership with the organization in 2014. Through the “Truckload Challenge,” school districts that sign up at least 2,000 parents, teachPhoto courtesy of the Sewanhaka Central High School District ers and other community members become eligible to receive a Sewanhaka school Superintendent Ralph Ferrie (second from right) is pictured with district students at full truckload of 40,000 books to the First Book Truckload Challenge distribution at Elmont Memorial High School. distribute. giveaway, about 300 Sewanhaka books ranging in reading levels them on tables, then guided more Mamo said the Sewanhaka teachers and staff registered with from kindergarten through 12th than 500 people from around the Federation of Teachers plans to district through the display. First Book, the non-profit group grade. partner with Sewanhaka’s comEach person who signed in ponent elementary school disThe teachers and student affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers that runs the volunteers, many of whom came for the giveaway could take up tricts to collect the 2,000 names from Elmont Memorial’s Key Club, to five books and other giveaway and distribute a truckload to “the program. The organization provided sorted the books and arranged items. entire Sewanhaka community.”
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Town OKs medical marijuana facility B y N oah M ans k ar
Nassau County’s first medical marijuana dispensary will be allowed to open in unincorporated Lake Success, despite North Hempstead officials’ initial thought that it wouldn’t fit zoning requirements. In a statement last week, North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said the town’s building department preliminarily approved Staten Island-based Bloomfield Industries’ application to open the facility as a medical office at 2001 Marcus Ave. In late September, Bosworth and town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin said they thought the dispensary would be classified as a pharmacy, which is not a permitted use for that site. But the building department deterBloomfield Industries’ medical marijuana dispensary will be the newest tenant at mined otherwise. “When Bloomfield submitted its ac2001 Marcus Ave. in Lake Success (pictured). Photo from Google Maps
tual plans to the building department, the department found that it fell within the description of a doctor’s office and not a retail store,” Bosworth said in the statement. “A medical office conforms with our zoning for that location.” A Bloomfield spokesman said the dispensary will be open in early January, but the company has not set a specific opening date. It will join other medical practices, including cardiology group Premier Cardiology Consultants and the Long Island IVF fertility clinic in the office complex, located just over a mile from Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Another medical office complex and a division of Cohen Children’s Medical Center are adjacent to the property. Bloomfield’s state health department application for the dispensary, to be Continued on Page 39
Masked robbers hit Floral Park 7-Eleven B y N oah M ans k ar
Police are searching for two armed, masked robbers who held up a Floral Park convenience store Tuesday. Two men entered the 7-Eleven at 287 Jericho Turnpike at 4:24 p.m. Dec. 22 and one demanded money while brandishing a silver automatic handgun, police said. The other robber handed a black bag to one of the
two employees present, a 47-year-old woman, and told her to put money in it. Police said the men then fled north on Irving Avenue onto Lowell Avenue. One customer was also in the store during the robbery, police said, but no one was hurt. Both culprits were wearing masks, dark hooded sweatshirts, dark pants and dark gloves, police said. They’re described as black men ranging from 5-foot-9 to 6 feet tall.
Police have also reported robberies by masked suspects armed with a silver handgun at three banks in New Hyde Park, Garden City Park and Greenvale in the past week. Officers are investigating possible links between the crimes, police said, but have not determined whether they’re connected. Anyone with information about the robberies can call 1-800-244-8477 to leave an anonymous tip.
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Winthrop kids get sleigh full of 2,000 toys B y N oah M ans k ar support Martins’ drive. State Sen. Jack Martins’ annual holiday toy drive is a gift that keeps on giving. For the second straight year, the Mineola Republican helped deliver a load of more than 2,000 toys to children staying at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola to “brighten their spirits during a tough time,” he said in a statement. “Thanks to the overwhelming generosity of the community, there will be many little faces with big smiles at Winthrop Hospital,” Martins said. Residents, schools and a library in Martins’ state Senate district collected and donate new, unwrapped toys for the annual effort. Center Street School, the Floral Park-Bellerose School, Parkville Elementary School, Great Neck North Middle School, the Hillside Grade School, Manhasset Secondary School, New Hyde Park Memorial High School, Weber Middle School in Port Washington, Dutch Broadway Elementary School in Elmont, Fork Lane Elementary School in Hicksville and the Rushmore Avenue School in Carle Place all gathered toys to
The Hillside Library in New Hyde Park also contributed to the drive. Sewanhaka school Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said his district’s schools have a “long standing tradition of execptional community service.” “Through participating in this year’s toy drive, they were able to put a smile on a child’s face through this wonderful community service effort,” Ferrie said in a statement. Martins’ 2014 toy drive also netted more than 2,000 toys for kids staying at Winthrop, with nine schools and two libraries participating. Herricks’ Center Street School also took part in last year’s drive. Superintendent Fino Celano said participating in the project teaches students “the importance of giving back to the community.” “We are very proud of our students who participated in the recent toy drive for needy children,” Celano said in a statement. “Our Herricks families are very generous, and our students continually embrace participation in community service.” Winthrop President and CEO John F. Collins said he was grate-
ful for Martins’ and others’ generosity, “which touches so many young children throughout the year,” he said in a statement. “Senator Martins and all of the students who participate in this annual toy drive really help to make a difference in our patients’ lives,” Collins said. Martins’ yearly toy drives have a history of bringing some brightness to kids in local hospitals and their families. In January 2014, a Martinssponsored drive delivered 350 toys to patients at the North Shore-LIJ Health System’s Cohen Children’s Medical Center in
New Hyde Park, with support from the Hillside Library and the Center Street School’s Student Service Club. Before that, in December 2011, Martins’ toy drive set a record for the largest single toy delivery to the Ronald McDonald House of State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) delivered Long Island in 2,000 toys to children at Winthrop-University New Hyde Park. Hospital in Mineola last week.
Fmr. chamber prez Powers dies In that time, the New Hyde Park Chamber joined the Nassau Angela Powers, a longtime Council of Chambers of ComNew Hyde Park community merce and fostered relationleader and the first female presi- ships with local businesses and dent of the Chamber of Com- charities. “Charity begins at home,” merce there, died Dec. 29. She she told the Herald Courier in was 76. Powers, a resident of New January 2015. Powers was also active in Hyde Park since 1966, joined the Greater New Hyde Park New Hyde Park’s Holy Spirit ParChamber of Commerce in 1973 ish and the Stewart Manor-New and served a four-year term as Hyde Park Republican Committee, a group she led for 18 years. president in the 1990s.
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SUNY head reviews Murray’s new job Ex Hempstead supervisor set to start as ‘acting’ general counsel in January B y J oe N i k ic State University of New York Chancellor Nancy Zimpher is examining Nassau Community College’s decision to offer outgoing Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray the school’s general counsel position while it is without a president, a SUNY official told Newsday. “Chancellor Zimpher’s focus is not on a staff appointment but rather on the presidential search at NCC and on supporting Dr. [Tom] Dolan in his role as interim president in every way possible while that search is ongoing,” SUNY spokeswoman Casey Vattimo said in a statement. “Best practices within higher education nationally indicate that college councils or boards name their president and then trust that president to appoint the senior leadership team,” Vattimo added. Nassau Community College trustees voted 6-2 on Dec. 8 to offer Murray the post currently held by Chuck Cutolo. The counsel’s position became available after Cutolo told
Ex Hempstead Town Supervisor Kate Murray college officials in September he planned to retire by January. Some trustees voiced opposition to a replacement for Cutolo in the past. At the November board meeting, Trustee Kathy Weiss said the
school should consider dispersing Cutolo’s responsibilities to other employees rather than make a new hire. Because of their reliance on county and state funding, board Chairman Jorge Gardyn said, it
was essential to find a replacement who could advocate for the college. NCC has a budget of just under $214 million. Murray, a Republican, opted to not run for re-election as Hempstead supervisor, choosing instead to run for District Attorney against then acting District Madeline Singas. Singas defeated Murrary by a wide margin In a race which Singas focused on her Republican rival’s lack of courtroom experience. Murray’s position is considered “acting” and can be stripped once the college selects a new president, who will have the authority to keep or select new senior staff. Gardyn told Newsday the college would begin interviewing presidential candidates by the end of January. “By March, April at the latest, I figure they should be presenting someone to the board,” Gardyn said. “We’re within a couple of months of having our next president.” NCC has been seeking a per-
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manent president since Donald Astrab left the position in July 2012. Dolan, the former superintendent of Great Neck Schools, was appointed interim president on Sept. 2. “I think that that person has an opportunity, perhaps, and is likely to increase the probability of us receiving more funding from the state and from the county,” Dolan said of Murray at December’s board meeting. Murray is expected to begin the job on Jan. 1, according to Newsday, the day after her last day as supervisor. Cutolo’s current salary is $151,000, which Gardyn said Murray would make should she accept the position. Efforts to reach Murray were unavailing. Reach reporter Joe Nikic by e-mail at jnikic@theislandnow. com, by phone at 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on Twitter @joenikic and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.
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OTB picks Belmont for video casino Despite local protest, agency to proceed with proposal for temporary parlor B y N oah M ans k ar
After recent protests from local officials and community leaders, Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting officially announced Dec. 29 its plans to put a video casino at Belmont Park. “The addition of VLTs (video lottery terminals) and other first class amenities to existing gaming operations will enhance the entertainment experience for visitors to Belmont Park as well as producing revenue that will support vital public services that the county provides to its neediest residents,” the agency said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. Nassau OTB plans to put 1,000 VLTs at a temporary parlor in the parking lot north of the grandstand at the Elmont racetrack. It will take about six months to build and could operate for 18 months, OTB spokesman David Chauvin said. The agency consulted “nationally recognized gaming consultants” in its “exhaustive” decision-making process, its statement said. Its next step is to seek approval for the temporary parlor from either the state Office of General Services or the New York Racing Authority, Chauvin said. Newsday reported the county will seek permission for a full casino with
100,000 VLTs in 2016; Chauvin said he could not confirm that. OTB has sought a location for the parlor since 2013, when Gov. Andrew Cuomo authorized temporary sites in Nassau and Suffolk Counties. Its plans to put the casino at a former Fortunoff jewelry store in Westbury, announced about a year ago, were abandoned following outcry from town and village officials and community leaders. Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who included $20 million in VLT revenue in his 2016 county budget, called Belmont Park a “logical” location. “The next step is to further discussions with local legislators and OTB to create a community benefits program that keeps property taxes down, invests in schools, addresses ingress and egress concerns while creating jobs and providing residents with a local entertainment option that keeps their dollars invested locally,” Mangano said in a statement. OTB projects the VLT parlor would generate $200 million over 20 years and create 200 permanent jobs, Chauvin said. The agency’s announcement comes about a week after dozens of Floral Park residents, including Mayor Thomas Tweedy, protested plans for a Belmont
Park casino at a county Legislature meeting. They and other opponents say the casino would increase crime and traffic in the area and put extra strain on resources in the village, which borders the racetrack. The Floral Park-Bellerose school board, along with civic groups and local lawmakers in Floral Park and Elmont, have made similar protests in recent weeks. State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages (D- and Nassau County Legislator Carrie Solages (D-Elmont), who represent Elmont and parts of Floral Park, have said they opposed the idea. Tweedy also sent a letter last week to OTB Chairman Joe Cairo, with whom Floral Park village officials had met over the summer. to make their opposition clear. In an interview Tuesday, he said it was a tough day for Floral Park, as OTB’s announcement coincides with Monday’s death of village Deputy Mayor James Rhatigan. “This is the product of a broken process,” Tweedy said, also calling OTB an “autonomous, clandestine organization.” “If this were a good idea, our elected representatives would not be running
from this idea. They’d be embracing it,” he said. Floral Park’s Republican county legislators, Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park) and Vincent Muscarella, have publicly supported the casino, saying it will capture much-needed revenue for the county. Nicolello could not be immediately reached for comment Tuesday. But at the Legislature’s Dec. 21 meeting, he said OTB projects the parlor would see an average of 5,000 visitors a day, significantly lower than Floral Park officials’ estimates. In its statement, OTB said it is working with Mangano to ensure the county and Belmont’s surrounding communities “receive increased benefits from this enhancement to a facility that has hosted horse race wagering for more than a century.” The casino still faces hurdles, Tweedy said in his letter to Cairo, including a state law prohibiting VLTs at Belmont and “thorough and complete review” under the State Environmental Quality Review Act. Floral Park has hired the Manhattan law firm Beveridge & Diamond to represent the village in case it decides to contest the casino project in court.
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Nassau Off-Track Betting has officially announced plans to put a video casino at Belmont Park in Elmont, seen here on Dec. 22.
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Hain Celestial buys U.K.’s Orchard House B y J oe N i k ic Lake Success-based company Hain Celestial Inc. announced Dec. 22 the purchase of a United Kingdom-based prepared food supplier. Orchard House Foods Limited was acquired by Hain Celestial United Kingdom, a European branch of the company, for an undisclosed amount. “We are excited about the acquisition of Orchard House, which expands our presence in the on-trend fresh category with prepared fruit, drinks and desserts,” Hain Celestial founder, President and CEO Irwin D. Simon said in a statement. “Orchard House provides us with the opportunity to expand fruit product offerings into continental Europe, as well as new product development with cold pressed juice and branded fruit product offerings in the United Kingdom.” Orchard House supplies food service providers, on-the-go food outlets and re-
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tailers with prepared fruit, juices, fruit desserts and ingredients. “Along with the acquisition comes innovative new processing technology to expand the shelf life of fresh fruit and juices,” Simon said. “We also believe there may be opportunities to leverage Orchard House’s expertise into new branded product offerings in fruit, juice and bars under the Ella’s Kitchen, Hartley’s, Johnson’s Juice Co. and Sun-Ripe brands.” The acquisition needs clearance from the Competition Market Authority in the United Kingdom, Hain Celestial said, and Orchard House will operate independently until that clearance is received. Hain Celestial expects to make an extra $60 million to $65 million in sales for the 2016 fiscal year with the acquisition, the company also said. Headquartered at 1111 Marcus Ave., Hain Celestial is the provider of popular brands such as Almond Dream, Terra and Celestial Seasonings.
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from 1993-1994. He also is a recipient of the county Bar Association’s President’s Award, an award given each year to one member of the bar association chosen by the president. Esterces is a past chairman of the District Director’s Liaison Committee for the Brooklyn district of the Internal Revenue Service. He has been selected as a New York Super Lawyer every year since 2009. Esterces lives in Great Neck with his wife, Joan, a retired high school college advisor. They have two children, a son and a daughter, and two granddaughters.
Howard Esterces, a lawyer at a Mineola-based law firm, was named a fellow of the New York State Bar Assocation’s Bar Foundation Dec. 21. “I am honored and gratified to be named,” said Esterces, a resident of Great Neck. “It’s one of the capstones of my career of over 50 years practicing law.” The New York Bar Foundation is the charitable arm of the state Bar Association, he said. Fellows of the foundation are members of the bench and bar who are recognized for professional achievement, dedication to the legal profession and commitment to the organized bar, according to the foundation’s website. Esterces is a partner in the firm Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone, LLP. “Howard is one of the finest lawyers I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with,” Meltzer Lippe managing partner Lew Meltzer said. “His expertise has been invaluable to our clients, his colleagues at our firm and to the profession overall.” Fellows are typically nominated by a director on the board of the foundation or by another fellow, and are elected by the board, according to the foundation’s website. Esterces is a former member of the Nassau County Bar Association’s board of directors, and served as chair of the county Bar Association’s Tax Law Committee Howard Esterces
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N. Shore students take on Hour of Code In celebration of Computer Science Education Week during Dec. 7 to 13, North Shore students embarked on an adventure by participating in the National Hour of Code that is a movement sweeping the globe, reaching tens of millions of students around the world in over 180 countries. The goal of the Hour of Code was not to teach anybody to become an expert in computer science, but to demystify coding and in one hour help students of all ages and backgrounds learn that computer science is fun and creative. Like learning a foreign language, it is recommended to begin at a young age so that students will have a foundation for attaining success as they embark on their careers in the 21st century. At Glenwood Landing under the direction of Dr. Carol Smyth, elementary STEM director; Audra Marcantonio, Glenwood Landing schoolwide enrichment teacher;
and their teachers, students participated in the Hour of Code in the new STEAM Lab. In addition, library media specialist Stephanie Smith and teachers Jen Chaputian and PJ Ciampi helped work with the students. “This was an exciting opportunity to expose students to coding in a fun way,” Marcantonio said. “Every K-5 grade participated in coding lessons utilizing iPads where the “E” for engineering was emphasized. The hope was to simply expose students to coding and then offer resources to parents and their children to use at home.” The various grade level coding activities included students in K-2 coding a program called Lightbot, thirdand fourth-graders were coding Flappy Birds and fifthgraders were programming a “robot” friend by telling the kids the actual steps in code how to build stacks of cups. At Sea Cliff School under the direction of Principal
Zublionis and Smyth, students participated in the Hour of Code in the computer lab and school library. The children of various grades participated in coding lessons after school in the computer room and library. The various coding activities included learning coding programs called Lightbot and Flappy Birds. “Today, we are surrounded by technology; many students have their own tablets and phones,” Smyth said. “We are enthusiastic about asking students to begin to explore how these devices work. Simple computer science activities, like coding, not only stimulate interest in computer programming but also help nurture creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving skills.” She continued, “As we work to incorporate STEAM (e.g., Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) in our schools, we are excited to bring innovative opportunities like this to our students.”
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Town officials play Santa to Veterans North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the town’s Veterans Advisory Committee delivered more than 100 boxes of personal care items, clothing and more, to the Northport Veterans Affairs Medical Center on Dec. 19 as part of the town’s second annual Veterans Donation Drive. The drive was coordinated by the supervisor’s office and staff, who assisted in collecting the items starting in November. Town Clerk Wayne Wink and Town Council members Peter Zuckerman and Anna Kaplan joined the supervisor for the trip out to Northport to personally deliver the gifts to the veterans. In addition to the donations made to the collection boxes throughout the town, this year’s drive also received assistance from local Boy Scout troops, Great Neck/North Shore Public Access Television, St. Mary’s School in Manhasset, North Shore University hospital employees and many more anonymous donors.
The Veterans Advisory ComBosworth said donations mittee came up with the idea for nearly doubled this year from a donation drive last year, and what they were a year ago. this year’s was an even bigger Bosworth thanked to Deputy success. Chief of Staff Nick Guariglia, as-
sistant to the Supervisor Rob Cohen and community outreach liaison Arthur Peltz for their assistance in coordinating the drive and transporting the more than
100 packages to the Northport VA’s Hospital. For more information on the town’s Veterans Advisory Committee, please call 311.
County seeks students’ drug abuse PSAs Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano invites high school students to enter this year’s Drug Abuse Prevention Public Service Announcement Contest — a National Red Ribbon Awareness Campaign initiative — to promote awareness of the dangers of substance abuse and of risk taking behaviors. Students are asked to create a 30-second video regarding positive alternatives to dealing with some of the common problems facing teens today. “My administration is combatting drug abuse through education, awareness, enforcement and intervention,” Mangano said. “I ask high school principals, health teachers, film teachers, and social workers to encourage students to enter the contest and help us educate today’s young people on the dangers of drug abuse and addiction.” This year’s theme, “Respect Yourself, Be Drug Free!” was chosen to mobilize communities to educate youth
and encourage participation in drug prevention activities. PSA contest entries should demonstrate in video format, a message of hope, of available resources for help, and of positive alternatives to drug abuse and other risk taking behaviors often associated with these issues: 1. Bullying: Find ways to cope and deal with the stress and adversity of being bullied; step up and do the right thing if someone you know is being bullied. 2. Depression: Recognize the signs; encourage classmates to seek help if they feel sad, lonely and/or hopeless. 3. Stigma: Eliminate social stigma and discrimination; let friends know that there is no shame in experiencing a mental health issue or a substance use problem. It’s okay to talk about it. 4. Destructive Decisions: Risk-taking behaviors; what positive actions can we take instead? Prizes will be awarded to the winning entry, in each
of the four categories, at a Recognition Ceremony on Thursday, April 7, in the Ceremonial Chambers of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola. Students are invited to bring family members and guests to the ceremony. Multiple entries from the same school or district, either by an individual or group will be accepted. All PSA’s become the property of Nassau County upon submission and may be reproduced for publication. PSA entries can be submitted on a CD or sent electronically. he deadline for submission is Friday, March 11. Please visit www.nassaucountyny.gov/drugpsa to view the winning PSA’s from 2013 and 2014, download a contest registration form, and review the rules for this year’s contest. If you are interested in participating in the contest, please contact Paula Pontrelli at 516-227-7038 or Paula. Pontrelli@hhsnassaucountyny.us.
Schimel collecting gifts for Valentines for Vets State assemblywoman Michelle Schimel invites the 16th Assembly District to open their hearts to Long Island’s veterans by participating in her annual Valentines for Vets Program. This is a district-wide effort to show the veterans who have served our country that they are appreciated and have not been forgotten. “As a member of the Assembly’s veterans’ affairs committee, I look forward to your participation in continuing to make this program an overwhelming success,” Schimel said. For the past eight years public and parochial schools, as well as businesses,
libraries and private citizens in the community, have donated personal care items, outerwear and electronics for the Valentines for Vets Program. Each year, Schimel personally delivers the handmade valentines and donated items to the Long Island State Veterans Home in Stony Brook and the Northport VA Medical Center. Last year Schimel and her staff delivered two truckloads of donations. Please drop off items by Monday, Feb. 1, to Schimel’s district office, located at 45 North Station Plaza, Suite 203 in Great Neck. If you have a question please contact Schimel’s district office at 516-
482-6966. All items must be new. Suggested donations include handmade valentines, tooth brushes, tooth paste, denture adhesive, shampoo, deodorant, hair brushes, non-slip socks, winter hats, gloves, scarves, stamps, patriotic caps or T-shirts, compact discs, scratch-off lottery tickets, iTunes gift cards, wheel chair cup holders, note cards, phone cards, hand-held computer games, electric razors, clock radio/cassette players, walkmans, terry cloth robes, winter coats, universal remotes, DVDs, portable CD players, ear phones, electric toothbrushes, sweatAssemblywoman Michelle Schimel pants and sweatshirts.
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Forget it, Jake. Protecting the unborn It’s Nassau County is not a war on women
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he Nassau County Legislature voted unanimously last week to approve a bill requiring county vendors and their principals to disclose contributions to candidates for county elective office. You might think this is a step in the right direction, but this is the Nassau County Legislature. There are two problems with the legislation. The campaign contributions of vendors were already available to the Legislature in filings to the Nassau County Board of Elections. More important, the Legislature failed to require vendors to disclose contributions to political clubs, political committees or PACs. And legislators can’t say they were unaware of the problem with that. Just days before their vote, Newsday reported that Rob Walker, chief deputy to Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, sought donations from county vendors for a golf outing run by Walker’s Hicksville Republican Committee. According to Newsday, at least 87 percent of the money raised was contributed by companies had done business with Nassau County over the past six years. Some of the $58,350 raised by the event went to Walker’s mother, Rose Marie Walker, a Republican county legislator from Hicksville, who won re-election. The next day Newsday reported that VIP Splash Waterways Group won a $12 million storm cleanup contract from the county that was signed by Walker on the same day VIP Splash Waterways made its donation to the committee. The request for proposal for the project was formed two days after VIP Splash Waterways was formed, according to the paper. And the fundraiser took place
on Sept. 24 — just two months before Walked acknowledged during testimony at the corruption trial of former Sen. Dean Skelos that he is under investigation for allegedly awarding county contracts to campaign contributors. Skelos and his son, Adam, were convicted on Dec. 10 of eight counts of bribery, extortion and conspiracy that included Skelos’ efforts to help Adam him consulting payments at AbTech Industries by lobbying the county for a $12 million water treatment project. So how do political committees get exempted from the legislation? Of course, Legislature Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves might have been distracted. She was recently the subject of the first hearing of state’s new enforcement unit that investigates potential violations of state campaign laws. Newsday reported in February that Gonsalves violated state election laws at least 33 times over nine years by failing to disclose political donors and campaign expenses for Friends for Norma Gonsalves, a previously unregistered campaign committee that she controls. Newsday reported that a spokesman for Gonsalves said deficiencies have been corrected by the campaign committee. On Dec. 23, the enforcement attorney for the state Board of Elections accused Gonsalves of 10 counts of failing to file campaign-finance disclosure reports. But Gonsaves was focused enough to join the other 18 county legislators in voting to nearly double their pay from $39,500 to $75,000, effective January 2018. Supporters said the pay increase was needed to increase the number — and presumably — the quality of candidates. That doesn’t appear to be a very high bar to clear.
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ather than continue a war of words with the wordy Dr. Hal Sobel, let me confess that I didn’t declare as a Republican until after the war against innocent and defenseless babies resulted in Democrats pursuing the votes of the voting survivors. Let me also confess that I am more than an anti-abortionist; I’m a pro-lifer. We pro-lifers have no “fringe elements.” Indeed, Dr. Sobel could help us protect lives by distinguishing between pro-lifers and mere antiabortionists. Pro-lifers are against the taking of any human life even that of murderers, whether or not they are abortionists. “Fringe elements” learn to justify killing from abortionists... not from pro-lifers. Pro-lifers take seriously the Fifth commandment against taking human life. And we are concerned about the estimated 61 innocent and defenseless unborn babies that have been legally killed by abortion since 1973. So, while I want to credit Dr. Sobel with good intentions re the defense of women with unplanned pregnancies, I can’t. The wisdom manifested by the word “God” outweighs that manifested by the title “doctor”. I followed Dr. Sobel’s orders and reread his first paragraph’s Wikipedia definition of “War On Women.” However, the nightly TV newscasts show and tell about a different “War On Women.” The violence done to our women seems to come from
unequal paychecks or from the thugs who attack them in dark hallways or lonely parks and streets. Isn’t it strange that our society has become more violent for women at the same time as abortions became an accepted part of our society? Does abortion beget sexual violence? Dr. Sobel claims to live in a world where there is no logic and no scholarship. Who would believe that of Great Neck? But, in any event he shouldn’t blame me; I spent 36 years doing my bit teaching physics and chemistry in secondary schools. I was sorry to read Dr. Sobel’s confession to telling jokes about blacks, Native Americans, gay and ethnic minorities. I have close relative with Native American blood; and the largest percentage of my friends and relatives are Italian American who can’t be surpassed when it comes to telling jokes about Italians. As for jokes about blacks, I have only one story. It was 1958 and I was exploring New Orleans via a large public bus which had three persons aboard; the driver, a little old black lady and myself. Ignorant Yankee that I am, I sat in a section reserved for blacks until the black lady ordered the driver to make me sit in the white section. Dr. Sobel may be a nice old gentleman except for his passion to defend abortions. I suspect his word processor has been commandeered by an elderly alien. Who still uses phrases like “the dust bin of history”? and
who wastes accusations of “sexism, insensitivity and political incorrectness” over an image of a woman squeezing an aspirin between her knees to accomplish birth control? Dr. Sobel may be surprised to know that image has been used for at least 60 years to illustrate that women have some ability and responsibility for avoiding unwanted pregnancies. Let me offer questions for Dr. Sobel and his readers to consider as they give further thought to the abortion issue. My answers are offered for comparison purposes only. How can you tell a real war from mere active opposition? Look for blood and guts. Who is the aggressor? Check out who started the war and who’s wielding deadly weapons? Why are babies being killed? Check out genitals and skin color. How can you tell if abortion involves human carnage? Open your ears and eyes. There are videos available. There may be a friend who can describe her accidental abortion (miscarriage). If circumstances allow, checkout the sale of human organs or the waste products and ashes produced by abortion mills. Who is likely to win the war on babies? Since our Maker gave the order “Thou Shalt Not Kill,” my money is on the babies and the father who controls our daily bread. James P. Gough New Hyde Park
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Resolving to keep it light in 2016
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isiting Washington, D.C. for the holidays, I have become acutely aware that the year to come will consist almost completely of political fol-de-rol. That may be why, whenever I try to compile a list of what I’d like to take with me into 2016, it always boils down to one thing (aside from family, of course, mustn’t forget them): A sense of humor. Just think how different our history might have been, for example, if our 37th president, Richard Nixon had had a better sense of humor. CBS News Correspondent Bob Schieffer tells a story that points that up. The veteran correspondent and 23-year host of CBS’ “Face The Nation” says, “I’ve interviewed all the presidents from Nixon on. The Nixon interview is my favorite even though it wasn’t on camera.” Schieffer was in the White House for an event in the East Room when he found himself
in line to shake the President’s hand. There was gossip, at the time, that Nixon was about to shake up his staff by appointing new advisors, but nobody seemed to know if they would be from inside the government or outside. “When I got to the president, I blurted out, ‘Mr. President, these new advisors, will they be inhouse advisors?’ ‘Oh, no,’ he replied, ‘they will be out-house advisors.’ Then realizing what he had said he blanched, turned, and walked away. Of all the interviews I’ve ever done, that’s one answer I will never forget.” If only Nixon had been the kind of man who could say, “Oops! But don’t tell them I said that, we’ve promised them desks,” I believe the course of American history could have been substantially different. Then again, if British shipping magnate Frederick Richards Leyland had had a better sense of humor, then I might never have seen James McNeill’s Whistler’s
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A Look on the Lighter Side famous “Peacock Room.” The room is a central masterpiece in the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery, and possibly my favorite spot in the entire Smithsonian system. It happened after Leyland had authorized Whistler to make just a few small touch-ups to the almost-finished dining room of his London town house. Then Leyland split for Liverpool. Upon Leyland’s return, he discovered that Whistler had
painted over virtually every surface in the room, turning the entire thing into one huge peacockblue-and-gold-leaf box. The magnate was furious. This was not what he had wanted, ordered, or expected. The result was a bitter quarrel which lasted the rest of Leyland’s life. He refused to pay Whistler, who ended up filing for bankruptcy and writing about the experience in a book he titled, “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies.” Whistler supposedly said, to Leyland, “My work will live when you are forgotten.” As indeed it has. “Imagine being pissed off that your artist turned your entire dining room into a genius work of art,” I said to my family. “I would certainly be better than that, myself.” “Oh, really?” said my husband. “What would you have said?” “I would say, ‘This is clearly a work of staggering genius. Thank you so much.’ And let that be a
lesson to you,” I said, turning to our younger son in the backseat. “It doesn’t pay to be a humorless control freak – Hey, I said turn here!” I yelled at my husband. “What were you thinking?” “I just wanted to show our son the Bethesda Naval Hospital,” said my husband. “We aren’t here very often.” “Yes, but if you don’t turn when I say to, it’s another mile till we can turn again! And another thing – I heard you on the phone, telling our other boy to be at the airport an hour before his flight tomorrow.” “So?” “Well, it needs to be more than hour, if he’s checking a bag. You’d better call him back about that, as soon as we get to the hotel.” “Weren’t you telling us not to be control freaks, just a few seconds ago?” “So now you decide to start listening to me?” Yes, I wish us all good humor and generosity for 2016. We’re going to need it!
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Why you can’t afford to be poor
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e’re in the middle of a veritable financial boom: the stock market is close to record highs; the unemployment rate on Long Island is under 5 percent; and housing prices have rebounded since 2008 to near all time highs. So why are so many Long Islanders and New Yorkers struggling? Simply put, the economic benefits of the recent recovery have gone to the upper middle class and wealthy. In a recent Wall Street Journal article, writer by Ben Leubsdorf observes, “Wealth inequality has deepened over time. The top 3 percent held 54.4 percent of all wealth in 2013, up from 44.8 percent in 1989. The bottom 90 percent held 24.7 percent of the wealth last year, down from 33.2 percent in 1989.” In other words, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. Since that article was published late in 2014, wealth disparity has grown even more. With three out of four American families living paycheck-to-paycheck, little things add up, keeping the poor from gaining any ground. For example; Many working poor who can-
not afford bank accounts (because of the restrictions of a minimum balance) are forced to use payday lenders to cash paychecks. These lenders charge a 3 percent fee, which amounts to $900 per year on a $30,000 salary. If they can’t make it to payday and need a loan, no problem. Payday lenders are happy to provide short-term loans at the equivalent rate of up to 400 percent per year. In his 2013 New York Times article, Thomas B. Edsall explains the typical payday borrower “conducted 10 transactions over the 12-month period and paid a total of $458 in fees.” Also, poor people can’t afford to purchase in bulk. Living paycheck to paycheck, they end up paying a higher unit price by purchasing items individually. Add on late payment fees for credit cards, rent and utility bills, with interest rates up to 18 percent or more annually, and you start to see how difficult (dare I say impossible) it is to get ahead. If you can’t afford a car on Long Island you are limited to using public transportation. In Nassau County the cuts to the NICE bus system are actually a
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All Things Political tax on the poor. It takes people longer to get to work because there are fewer routes, which cuts into the time low wage employees can actually be on the job earning money. Accessibility to cost-effective shopping is also diminished because of fewer bus routes. For example, the local deli charges much more for groceries than a large supermarket. If time is money, cutting bus routes is a financial sinkhole, and a drain on the economy at the expense of the working poor. Can’t afford a new TV or furniture? No problem. Rent-to-own out-
lets let you pay in low monthly installments with interest. That new flat screen or sofa ends up costing twice as much as it would have if you could pay up front. Need a car loan and have bad credit? No problem. You can get a $10,000 car loan at 20 percent interest with no money down. The only problem is this will cost you $900 more per year than a standard 5 percent loan over five years. Once you have that car you can get a high interest title loan if you need quick cash. However, if you miss a payment and your car is impounded, you’re left with nothing but a mountain of insurmountable debt. Need health insurance? No problem. The Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as ObamaCare, has created Health Exchanges in New York. However, the cheapest health plans have yearly deductibles as high as $10,000. Even with insurance one trip to the hospital can put you into bankruptcy. As a result, the poor are reluctant to go to the doctor, which ends up costing more when you become
acutely ill. If you are poor and something in your house breaks you can’t afford to fix it. Preventative maintenance is cost effective. As an example, a small leak in your roof can be cheap and easy to fix; unattended, it will lead to more water damage and greater expense. The Federal Reserve says 40 million American households survive on $30,000 a year or less. In reality, living without excess capital and with bad credit is a hidden tax on the poor. For the average low-income family this adds up to approximately 10 percent of yearly wages, or $2,500 a year. There’s a sad truth to writer James Baldwin’s famous quote, “It’s expensive being poor.” Answers to many of these problems can be found in higher wages, well funded public transportation and better employment opportunities. Substantially raising the minimum wage is a good place to start helping those most in need. Recognizing the truth of how the working poor are nickeled and dimed to death is essential to closing the income gap of the haves and have nots.
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The greatest American of all time? On Jan. 17, we can celebrate Benjamin Franklin’s 310th birthday. Perhaps you will join me in the view that Franklin is the greatest American who ever lived. I love ratings because they invite us to reflect on our values and on ways to gauge significance in society. Since 1970, I began all of my history classes by giving each student a blank sheet of paper and asking for a list of “the 10 greatest Americans of all time” by whatever criteria each person wished to use. It would have been much harder to ask for a rating from 1 to 10; instead I did a tally of how often names appeared on the individual sheets in each class. Then, I distributed the list with rankings of highest to lowest totals. We had good discussions about where and why past (or living) Americans were placed. My surveys involved more than 10,000 students over 45 years. I deliberately used the term “greatest American” to distinguish them from TIME “Person of the Year” which is characterized as “most influential.” As some of you will recall
when Time said it would select “Person of the 20th Century,” lots of folks were concerned that Hitler might be named because his “influence” was huge, even though he was a despicable person and a heinous leader. [Time creatively finessed that process by choosing three individuals who represented what the magazine concluded were the three major developments of the century]. My Hofstra survey was also more challenging than the annual Gallup “Most Admired Man and Woman of the World” poll that has been conducted since 1946 Gallup queries: “What [woman/man] that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most? And who is your second choice? All of these ratings generate questions about why and how respondents make choices, as well as what the surveys reveal about the people who respond, in terms of their knowledge, their values, and their sense of our nation and the world. Time chose Angela Merkel, German leader, as “Person of the Year,” and also included several very interesting selections in the
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“runner-up” categories. During this campaign season of negativity, some folks might be surprised to learn that “The Most Admired Man in the World for 2015” in the Gallup Poll released on Monday was Barack Obama. They might be even more surprised to hear that Obama has been No. 1 as “Most Admired” for eight straight years. Is it a sign for 2016, that Hillary Rodham Clinton has been No. 1 as “the most admired woman in the world” for the last 14 years in a row (again for 2015) and for 18 of the past 20 years? (She finished behind Laura Bush only in 2001, in a poll taken in the after-
math of 9/11.) Over the past 45 years at Hofstra, only three individuals have ever come in with the highest total in any single class (and there have been more than 300 classes). George Washington occasionally came in first, especially during years of the bicentennials of the Revolution and the Constitution. Yet, for those four plus decades, Washington sits in 4th position on the cumulative totals. To my surprise, the person who amassed most 3rd place votes over the years was John F. Kennedy. (Although he never came in first, he was often third, sometimes second.) As the years went by, growing numbers of my students had not even been born before 1963, yet there was something magical about JFK that resonated with young people. The top two names on the lists of Hofstra students were Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King, Jr. Lincoln is no surprise; historians and political scientists regularly rate him as America’s greatest president. What truly impressed me was that, over time, Dr. King most often came in first on the class lists and amassed the highest totals.
Even more striking for me was that in the first two decades of my surveys, there were very few African Americans, or minority students in those classes (in more recent years, Hofstra has achieved significant diversity, although folks of color were never a majority in any previous class). In our discussions, I learned from students that there was a song, “Abraham, Martin and John.” Subsequent classes of students knew the song, and, when we discussed the ratings in the order of King, Lincoln and Kennedy, many of them pointed to the significance of the top three all being assassinated. As discussions progressed, students were quick to note that all three were champions of racial equality and were stopped in their prime when their accomplishments might have been more farreaching. For predominantly white students to select Dr. King, a black man, as their greatest person, says a lot about him, and about them. I have enormous respect for the students’ considerations. In my next column, I will advance the case for Benjamin Franklin.
Trump no answer to abuses of special interests
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t is perfectly clear that there is much disillusionment in the land; the electorate is frustrated and angry at what has happened to the middle class. Wages have stagnated, banks have been bailed out despite unregulated activity, college is too expensive, good jobs are difficult to find, our infrastructure is dangerously deteriorated. The poor cannot support their families despite working full time, troubled citizens cannot depend on the police to act with discretion under suspicious circumstances.
It does not help that so much of the rest of our world is on fire; we are being threatened with terrorism we thought could not come here, and the effects of climate change are already so evident. Donald Trump, unfit to lead this country, has latched onto the dissatisfaction and fear, and has spent several months campaigning for the presidency in the most unseemly manner. Yes, the inability of our Congress to find solutions by reigning in abuses by large corporations, the banks, the very rich, the National Rifle Association, Big Pharma, private health in-
surers, etc., is undeniable. And the conservative Supreme Court has acted to increase the abuses to our institutions, enabling big money interests to literally legally bribe our Congress to vote in their interest. We are no longer a democracy. One man one vote no longer applies. And can you imagine Trump returning us to “greatness”? Has he made one concrete, practical promise? We need candidates who can marshal the frustration of voters to supporting constructive solutions and making it ob-
vious to our representatives that they must act in our interest. Instead, the leading charlatan and the abysmally unqualified hangers on have attacked each other and the Democrats. What kind of an example does Trump set for our children? I do not need to use all the words that describe his behavior, his narcissism, his abusive manner, his shocking vocabulary, his denigration of women, his mockery of the disabled, his blanket condemnation of minorities. Ironically, he does not even hesitate to call one group, white voters, for stupidity, if they dis-
agree with him. I hope those who admit that his behavior is questionable will realize that they cannot ignore it. He is unpredictable and uncontrollable. No matter how Trump trumpets how many love him, can we hope that they will have second thoughts when they vote? Can you imagine how leaders of many countries we have to deal with would interact with him? I leave you to your nightmares! Esther Confino New Hyde Park
Don’t limit helping the needy to one time a year
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he holidays are coming to a close and the New Year is upon us. In 2016 most of us are in the process of making our New Year’s resolutions, which many of us will probably fail to keep. But maybe there are resolutions that should be kept ? There are those in need of our
help even though the holidays are gone, for their needs remain. The soup kitchens and food pantries are in constant need-all year long. And let’s not forget our blood banks that are in desperate need of donations this time of the year when supplies are low. This I know only too well. I had just finish running a blood drive
in November at St. Anastasia Parish as Grand Knight of St. Anastasia Knights of Columbus Council #5911, in Douglaston. This coming year as we make our New Year’s resolutions let’s resolve to help the poor, needy and homeless by giving to those religious, community and government groups.
These organizations are also in need of volunteers and can be found in our local and regional newspapers and also can be found on the internet. And if you can’t volunteer please donate to these groups that help the many in need. Remember those in need of our help year round.
Now that would be a great New Year’s resolution and that is a beautiful thing to do. For it is in charity that is the greatest gift we can give to others this coming year. Let 2016 be a banner year in our efforts helping others. Frederick R. Bedell Jr. Glen Oaks Village
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Time to train our sights on the NRA The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. - Ezekiel 25:17 Those who are calm in the face of injustice and eschew emotionality, have just finished reading this article. But those, who, like the prophet Ezekiel, believe in a God who will “strike down with great vengeance…those who attempt to poison and destroy” will appreciate reading the truth about the N.R.A. For over 30 years I have denounced this pernicious organization and seen only minimal results. I suppose there may be some consolation in the fact that both the abolitionist and suffrage movements incubated for many decades before the Emancipation Proclamation and passage of the 19th Amendment. So let it be with the anti-gun movement. Actually, there were two events which occurred this month which are encouraging. On Dec. 3, the New York Daily News ran a cover story on the San Bernadino massacre. The bold-faced headline read: “GOD ISN’T FIXING THIS” and around it were statements by Rand Paul, Lindsey Graham, Ted Cruz and Paul Ryan saying that the victims were in their “prayers.” The implication of the headline is that neither prayer nor
divine intervention are the appropriate response, but these congressmen could mitigate the problem by passing gun control legislation. While expressions of bereavement are appropriate, they are a necessary but insufficient response. The editorial states that “the cowards who could truly end the scourge continue to hide behind meaningless platitudes.” Some credit for these courageous statements should go to Mort Zuckerman, Chairman and Publisher of the News. Kudos also to editorial cartoonist, Bill Bramhill, for saying it all in a drawing. It shows a tombstone labeled “Gun Victims” and a dog representing “Congress” urinating on the grave. Finally, there is a heavily armed hunter representing the NRA saying “Gooooood Dog!” These are the same actors who appear in every mass shooting — the innocent victims, the gun-crazed NRA supporters, and the gutless Congress. It is quite easy to be pessimistic when we consider that we live in a nation with more guns than people and one in which gun sales skyrocket after each shooting incident. On Dec. 5, the New York Times ran a page 1 editorial on gun violence. This is most remarkable since the last time the paper gave such prominence to an editorial was 95 years earlier. The current editorial read: “It
is a moral outrage and national disgrace that people can legally purchase weapons designed to kill with brutal speed and efficiency.” Here, high praise goes to publisher, Arthur Sulzberger Jr., who wrote that he wished “to deliver a strong and visible statement of frustration and anguish about our country’s inability to come to terms with the scourge of guns.” The right responded quickly to both editorials. Mike Huckabee, Republican presidential hopeful, asked why the government wants to take away guns from law-abiding citizens. Of course that is a delusion; the government has no such intention. Donald Trump made the case that we would be a much safer society if everyone had a gun. This is an old canard which has been disproven repeatedly. Given these facts, what can be done to end the carnage? Here are some ideas. We must not be afraid to make the connection between acts of violence and the National Rifle Association. I would like every American to be familiar with the NRA, its activities and its political clout. Pundits should share with their viewers that there are 5 million NRA members who are well organized and act as boots on the ground during political campaigns. Newscasters must connect the dots pointing out the relationship between the periodic massa-
cres and the gun lobby’s activities. We should all know about the seemingly unlimited resources available to the NRA. In 2012, the top six gun rights organizations had over $301 million at their disposal compared to a measly $16 million for the top six gun control groups. When the NRA makes false statements, Democrats must call them “lies.” We should not use words like “misrepresented, “fabricated” or “misstated.” A lie is a lie is a lie. Democratic presidential hopeful Martin O’Malley showed courage when he wrote “Enough is enough…it’ time to stand up to the NRA.” And Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut mocked the phony Republican reference to prayers” stating “Your ‘prayers’ should be for forgiveness if you do nothing — again.” There needs to be a coordinated effort among gun control advocacy groups. Here are four involved in the good fight: The Brady Campaign, Everytown for Gun Safety, The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence and Americans for Responsible Solutions. Isn’t it likely that there is some duplication of effort on their part? What if they joined forces and planned a March on Washington? My generation was there to oppose the war in Vietnam and to rally for civil rights. Is this cause any less worthy? If Congress doesn’t act, the march should be an annual event.
Anti-gun groups need to keep track of every contribution by the gun lobby to every member of Congress. This info should be widely disseminated and serve as a source of embarrassment. The effort to educate the public must be relentless. Finally, we must not shy away from the gut-wrenching aspects of these tragedies. One such poignant description comes from Joshua Dubois who headed the White House Office of Faith-based Partnerships. The setting is Newtown High School: “The president took a deep breath and steeled himself….Person after person received an engulfing hug from our commanderin-chief. He’d say ‘Tell me about your son…Tell me about your daughter.’ “Their parents described favorite foods…and the sound of their laughter…I saw his eyes water, but he did not break. “And then the entire scene would repeat…Over…and over again….well over a hundred relatives of the fallen, each one equally broken, wrecked by the loss… “We spent what felt like a lifetime in those classrooms, and every single person received the same tender treatment. The same hugs. The same looks…of course, even a president’s comfort was woefully inadequate for these families…But it became some small measure of love on a weekend when evil reigned.” Hal Sobel Great Neck
United States in need of a trade school system On Sunday evening Dec. 18 on the “60 Minutes” TV program Charlie Rose interviewed Tim Cook the CEO of Apple computer. Question: Apple has 1 million employees in China, why don’t you bring these jobs back to the U.S.A.? Answer: Charlie you could put all the U.S. tool and die makers in the USA in this room. China has more than 1 million tool and die makers. They are absolutely essential for crafting our products. Why is it that in America we have a severe shortage of many kinds of skilled labor? (But ample unskilled labor). First America never has had a robust trade school system such as existed in Europe, most pronounced in Germany. We
didn’t need trade schools. Trained technicians were available from a less prosperous Europe. However many decades ago this source began to dry up. Those technicians now have good jobs at home, why emigrate. In April 2012 at the height of the world wide recession I published an article that in part was concerned with this problem of exporting jobs overseas. I pointed out that In Germany they have 354 trade school options. Fully one half of all high school students enroll in them. These include dental technicians, tanners, mechanics, machinists, steam fitters, beauticians, computer technicians, you name it. The form it takes varies but
essentially a high school student spends half their time in school on academics and the other half at on the job training for which they get paid. The program length can be up to three years. Companies and unions share in promoting these programs. The eventual benefit for the company is a loyal competent fully trained person. (and the company is mot required to hire incompetents so there is an incentive for students to perform). Germany came through the recession in much better shape than any other country. America has a different trade school system. One enrolls usually after completing high school. Most schools are not affiliated with any company. They are typically “for profit” organizations that charge tuition.
How many out of work recent high school graduates not headed for college can afford tuition? In America we have a hang up that every child should obtain a college degree even it does not prepare them for a job with potential. Thus in their quest to obtain a degree they often chose a path of least resistance so to speak. In particular STEM courses (Science, Technol-
ogy, Engineering and Math) are avoided. Recently the need for more STEM educated persons has been heavily promoted. Our educational priorities must be seriously realigned. It won’t be easy. It will require a monumental effort quarterbacked by the government. Theodore Theodorsen Manhasset
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Delaying new bus terminal to cost us billions Three years ago in December 2012, New York City officials and developers broke ground for the new Hudson Yards project. This was to be built over the Long Island Rail Road Westside storage yard between 10th and 12th Avenues in Manhattan. However, transit riders and taxpayers are not happy. The existing 42nd Street Port Authority Bus Terminal is antiquated. It lacks sufficient capacity to deal with current and future needs. 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. Eliminating dead heading of buses would open up additional capacity for the already overcrowded Lincoln Tunnel. Relocating this facility to the Hudson Yards site would have provided the ideal so-
lution. There would be the ability to expand capacity for new bus services. Hundreds of buses could lay over in Manhattan, saving the costs of both fuel and deadheading to and from New Jersey. Intermodal connections would have become available for the Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit, Amtrak, #1,2,3,7,A,E & C subways, ferry services at Pier 79 on West 38th Street along with the 34th Street Bus Rapid Transit route and other local bus services. Long term, there is also the possibility of future connections with Metro North. These new Metro North services would use existing Amtrak connections via the Bronx and Manhattan Westside and or Bronx/Queens via the Hellgate Bridge at a later date to begin service. Relocation of the Port Authority Bus Terminal to this new location would also compliment the multi-
billion dollar ongoing Farley Buiding project. This project will convert the old Post Office to a new Amtrak Passenger Station as part of the Penn Station complex. Reopening the old Hilton passageway (which was abandoned in the early 1970’s), could provide a direct underground connection from the Long Island Rail Road at 7th Avenue to Herald Square at Broadway. This provides easy access to the B,D,F,M, R, N, Q and W subway lines along with PATH. Virtually all the connections would be underground and indoors, so easily walkable within minutes between services. With climate controlled facilities, passengers would be warm in the winter and cool in the summer. No one would be exposed to either rain, wind or snow. This would have been the greatest intermodal transportation
facility moving more riders utilizing public transportation than any in America. Are there enough potential tenants to fill all the new office space being created at Hudson Yards? Prospective businesses have many other options. These include numerous existing vacancies along with new office space under construction or planned for at the World Trade Center, rezoning of midtown East, other Manhattan locations, downtown Brooklyn, Hunters Point/Long Island City along with others scattered around Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County, other surrounding suburbs and across the river in New Jersey. The same holds true for new residential units. The current Hudson Yards project has been heavily subsidized by taxpayers, commonly known as corporate welfare. Between direct government
funding, low interest below market rate loans, long term tax exemptions, favorable eminent domain and free infrastructure improvements, the bill to taxpayers in the end could end up greater than the so-called public benefits. Have any of these “favors” been granted to the Hudson Yard developers in exchange for “Pay to Play” campaign contributions accepted by public officials who were in a position to “deliver” these “gifts? Fast forward to today. The PANYNJ now has to find $10 billion for a new 42nd Street Bus Terminal. The existing site is prime real estate worth $1 billion. They could have built a new facility at Hudson Yards for billions less. Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked in the transportation field for 31 years).
Let families, not gov, choose on playing football Mr. D’Innocenzo, I want to start by saying thank you for your response to my letter. The main take away from your response that I would like to address is the cost/benefit analysis proposition. In the case of the abolishment of tackle football, I think that this analysis should be conducted in a household and not by government legislature. I’ll be the first person to tell you that the game of football is not for everyone, and that is perfectly fine.
With that being said, I think that society should respect the choice of families and athletes on whether or not they want to participate in football. I believe that the government has larger issues to tackle than tackle football, and organizations such as the NFL, NFLPA, NCAA, various high school sports associations, and youth leagues should continue to examine ways to make the game safer and implement them accordingly. Additionally, families should continue to effectively research youth sports, as there are growing concerns for concussions in
youth soccer, the most globally popular sport that is often considered a safer alternative. Families need to understand that there are concussion and injury risks in all sports and make a conscious choice on whether or not their young athlete can participate. To further expand on your examples of politicians with strong beliefs against the NCAA, plenty of politicians and professionals have used football as a platform to enhance their academic and career aspirations, such as former president Gerald Ford, Sen. Corey Booker etc.
Without football, many of these men would have not been afforded these opportunities. If government regulation abolishes tackle football, then many young athletes will be deprived of these phenomenal opportunities. Give the choice to the families, not the government. There’s much more to say, but I’m on a word count. Matthew Testani Williston Park Cornell University ‘16 Varsity Football #52
Look to rugby penalties to make football safer Concerning football safety, a question arises but first a quick comparison between football and rugby. As background, the former was born in 1830 at Rugby Public School, (private and upper class) England. In essence, both are physically demanding with the objective of scoring a try/touchdown but forward passing is not allowed in rugby. Football gear is long on heavy body protection while rugby gear consists of a shirt, shorts, socks and cleats. We hear and see the size of American
footballers; yet rugby players are comparable, ranging from 6 foot, 200 pounds to 6 foot eight and 300 pounds. So why is the incidence of severe immediate injury extremely high in football while trivial in rugby? Football has 22 players on the field plus six referees while rugby has 30 plus a single referee. But he is all present with a whistle stuck in his mouth and this is the difference. In rugby, anyone fouling; such as head butting, holding or kicking a player; is penalized by having the referee march off some 15
meters toward that team’s goal posts and a free kick given (similar to a field goal). If the foul is severe, the player is sent to the “sin bin: (equivalent to the penalty box in hockey) for up to 10 minutes and no substitution is allowed. If the foul is egregious, the player is tossed from the match, with no substitution. It is common, for foul-addicted teams, to have two players in the bin at the same time. In contrast, fouling is tolerated if not actively encouraged in football and the results are plain. Without change, the parents of young
boys, both black and white, who want the best for their sons, will, in time, turn their backs on football. The Greeks of Antiquity required prudence in their leaders; the wisdom to discern the impact on the future of actions taken in the now. Does Roger the Dodger and the merry yes men who surround him grasp any of this or do they subconsciously wish football to morph in to cage fighting with a ball? Tom Coffey Herricks
Proposed commuter income tax is a ‘false alarm’ The sky is falling! The sky is falling! A Democratic state senator from New York City introduces a bill for consideration by the Republican-controlled state Senate, where approximately one quarter
of the Republican senators are from Long Island, that would impose a commuter income tax. Give us a break. Supposedly the U.S. government is drowning in debt? Throw out debt amounts in
the trillions — that should scare everyone —wow! The only number that counts is the percent U.S. sovereign is to U. S. Gross National Product. That number hovers in the 7080 percent range. Perhaps a blink-
ing yellow warning light should go 200 percent. Raise concerns, but not false on when we reach 120 percent. And yet Japan continues to alarms. function well when over 200 percent. Gerald Peretsman, M.B.A. Greece experienced fiscal Great Neck problems only after approaching
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bLANk SLATE MEdIA January 1, 2016
Landmark on Main Street’s Jeanne Rimsky Theater is kicking off the new year with a January slate featuring the iconic Robyn Hitchcock. The month kicks off with the Upright Citizens Brigade on Friday, Jan. 8, at 8 p.m. In this 90-minute, unscripted and totally improvised performance, four actors at the top of their game perform a high-energy, surprising and hilarious show that has never been seen before and will never be seen again. The 1936 RKO release “Swing Time” is the subject of Afternoon T.E.A. on Wednesday, Jan. 13, at 2 p.m. “Swing Time” is widely considered to be Astaire and Rogers’ best dance musical film. Astaire and Rogers not only advanced the genre of dance in the Hollywood Musical, but provided an escape from Depression woes, danced their way into the
nation’s hearts, and fulfilled dreams. This is the first in a four-part series featuring films, presentations, a dance demonstration and a group lesson. Admission to all Afternoon T.E.A. programs is free thanks to the Manhasset Community Fund Greentree Foundation and NY Community Bank. Tickets not required. On Your Radar with John Platt occupies the space on Saturday, Jan. 16 and features three artists selected by Platt. Caravan Of Thieves wins praise for their unique blend of gypsy swing and popular music, while Roosevelt Dime has a Mardi Gras sound with tastes of rock & roll, Americana, New Orleans and R&B. Singersongwriter Matt Nakoa has an eclectic folk/pop style that’s been on display from the White House to the Fal-
con Ridge Folk Festival. Afternoon T.E.A. on Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. features the film “The Barkleys of Broadway.” The Barkleys of Broadway reunited Astaire & Rogers after a 10year hiatus for their last film. This is the second in the four-part series. Hitchcock closes out the month on Friday, Jan. 29 at 8 p.m. One of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers, Hitchcock is a talented guitarist, cult artist and is among alternative rock’s father figures and the closest thing the genre has to a Bob Dylan. With special guest Emma Swift. Tickets for all shows are available online at www. landmarkonmainstreet.org and through the Box Office at 516.767.6444. Friends’ discounts apply to all ticketed shows.
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Rich Vos Saturday, Jan. 2 7:30 & 10 p.m.
Veteran comedian Rich Vos is one of the mainstays in the comedy clubs of New York City, consistently turning in sharp, insightful material while maintaining his title of master at working the crowd. His ability to perform in front of any audience has landed him television shows as varied as being the first white comic on Def Jam to performing on the View. He was the breakout star of NBC’s Last Comic Standing seasons 1 and 3, and hosts his own podcast with his wife Bonnie McFarlane called “My Wife Hates Me.” Where: Brokerage Comedy Club, 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore Info: (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com
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Peter Noone in Conversation with Micky Dolenz
Thursday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m. Peter Noone and Micky Dolenz have entertained audiences for decades as members of Herman’s Hermits and The Monkees. But for one night only fans will get the chance to see these musical icons in a completely different way. Join Noone and Dolenz for an evening of conversation as they together share stories about what really happened during their life in the Rock & Roll spotlight both on stage and off. Where: The Space At Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info: (516) 283.5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury.com
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Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot Celebrating the Music of Billy Joel
Saturday, Jan. 2, 8 p.m. Long Island multi-instrumentalist Mike DelGuidice is backed by one of the most dynamic and seasoned bands in the industry, which plays more than 130 dates a year performing corporate events, colleges, universities, private events, fairs, festivals, and sold out concert halls. The show is packed with numerous renditions of Billy Joel’s music,as well as songs by Paul McCartney, Elton John, The Beatles, Journey, Chicago, and many others. Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300, ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com
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Mike Burton
Saturday, Jan. 2, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Burton grew up in North Carolina and Delaware listening to George Carlin, Eddie Murphy and Steven Wright. Since relocating to New York, he has appeared in music videos, feature films, commercials, on the television variety show “The Fringe,” as well as Law and Order:SVU. Burton is currently “the warm-up guy” for The Revolution with Tim Gunn and Ty Pennington. Where: Governors’ Comedy Club 90 Division Ave. Levittown Info: (516) 731-3358 tickets.govs.com/index.cfm
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Wednesday, Jan. 6, 7 p.m. The event is hosted by the Church of Our Saviour, Lutheran, Bill Evans, a popular 15-time Emmy Award winning weather anchor for Eyewitness News This Morning and Eyewitness News at Noon, will be visiting Manhasset to offer an Epiphany Day reflection, “Star Gazing in Ancient Times.” Epiphany, also known as “Little Christmas” or “Three Kings Day” is a Christian commemoration of principally the magi visiting the Christ child. All are welcome to attend this free event. Where: Copley Road (opposite Americana Mall), Manhasset Info: (516) 627-2430 • info@lutheranmanhasset.org.
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In the Shadow of Women
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 7:30 p.m.
The new film by the great Philippe Garrel, is a close look at infidelity— not merely the fact of it, but the particular, divergent ways in which it’s experienced and understood by men and women. Stanislas Merhar and Clotilde Courau star as Pierre and Manon, a married couple working on Pierre’s documentary film projects, when Pierre takes a lover (Lena Paugam). Garrel is an artist of intimacies and emotional ecologies, and with In the Shadow of Women he has added narrative intricacy and intrigue to his toolbox. The showing is part of the Furman Film Series. Where: Bow Tie Squire Cinemas, Great Neck 115 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck Info: (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org
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Jim Morrison Celebration Featuring “Wild Child”
Thursday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m. Wild Child – Dave Brock’s Doors Experience is the Los Angeles based act with more than 20 solid years of world tour experience and has flourished in the competitive L.A. Music Scene. Faithfully re-creating a live Doors Concert on stage, the music is painstakingly reproduced and combined with the voice, look and essence of Jim Morrison live on stage. Wild Child tries to mirror the depth, energy and emotion of The Doors concerts as they were live back in the late 1960s. Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com
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he Arcade Age
now through april, 2016 four daily sessions available (9:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm and 3:30pm)
Come join us for an exciting interactive exhibit that remembers and reflects on the evolution of video games and the arcades they lived in. The Arcade Age explores the short history of video arcade games through exhibitry and game play, just as they were intended to be experienced - in an arcade! There are unforgettable favorites like Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Space Invaders, Centipede, Donkey Kong and more. Your 90 minute free play timed-ticket for the Arcade Age exhibit also includes full access to the Cradle of Aviation galleries Check website for pricing. Purchase tickets on-line or in person. Where: Cradle of Aviation Museum Charles Lindbergh boulevard, garden City Info: 516-572-4111 • www.cradleofaviation.org
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Converse, collaborate and create together! Family Sundays begin with exhibition-based gallery conversations. Families then go on to explore new art materials, vocabulary and ideas with a museum educator. Family Sundays provide children and the adults in their lives with the opportunity to reconnect while talking about and making art together. New projects are featured every week! Reservations not needed. Free with Museum admission. Where: Nassau County Museum of Art 1 Museum drive, Roslyn Harbor Info: 516-484-9337 • www.nassaumuseum.org
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hocolate Workshop Holiday Break Fun
now through Sunday, January 3, 10:00am – 4:00pm Stop by and enjoy a great time making snowy friends, flakes and other winter treats without freezing your fingers or toes! Then dip a snowball (aka marshmallow!) into our warm chocolate fountain. Finish off the fun with a sweet cup of our signature hot cocoa with marshmallows. Boys & girls ages 2+ welcome. Fee: $25/project. Bring 4+ friends and 1 project is FREE. Call ahead for availability and to register your time to create! Where: Chocolate Works garden City 916 Old Country Road, garden City Info: 516-833-9198 • www.gardencity.chocolateworks.com
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Take a drive and see New York City’s Favorite Train Show! Model trains zip through a display of 150 landmarks, each re-created with bark, leaves, and other natural materials, all under the twinkling glow of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. You’ll see familiar sights such as the Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty, and Rockefeller Center. This year’s exhibition features 3,000 square feet of additional exhibition space, making room for dozens of new trains, bridges, and tracks. There’s a captivating short film of the show’s behind-the-scenes magic and a stunning multisensory finale of light and sound. Advanced registration strongly recommended. Check website for ticket availability/pricing and hours. Where: The New york botanical garden 2900 Southern boulevard, bronx Info: 718-817-8700 • www.nybg.org
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“A work of considerable feeling and intensity.” The exquisite new film by the great Philippe Garrel is a close look at infidelity—not merely the fact of it, but the particular, divergent ways in which it’s experienced and understood by men and women. Visit goldcoastfilmfestival.org/furman or call 516-829-2570 for tickets. Tickets $15/$10 for students when purchased in advance, $20 at the door.
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Come join us for an exciting interactive exhibit that remembers and reflects on the evolution of video games and the arcades they lived in. The Arcade Age explores the short history of video arcade games through exhibitry and game play, just as they were intended to be experienced - in an arcade! There are unforgettable favorites like Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Space Invaders, Centipede, Donkey Kong and more. Your 90 minute free play timed-ticket for the Arcade Age exhibit also includes full access to the Cradle of Aviation galleries Check website for pricing. Purchase tickets on-line or in person. Where: bounce Syosset, 310 Michael drive, Syosset Info: 516-762-1300 • www.bouncesyosset.com
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A low calorie , but tasty dinner party Almost everyone I know makes the New Year’s resolution of losing weight, only to be tempted to break it at the first party they attend. Dieting and entertaining are not exclusive of each other. At the request of many of my weight and health-conscious friends, family and clients, I went to work creating low-calorie elegant recipes that can be served at the most informal dinner or the most elegant celebration. The following recipes allow you to treat yourself to delicious food, while at the same time denying your waistline of all those unwanted inches. The following recipes are nutritionally balanced, low in calories, easy to prepare and, most importantly, delicious. Set your table with your best silver, add candlelight and five dieting guests and you have the makings for a delectable evening. MENU Serves 6 Tomato & Zucchini Soup Garlic Veal Carrots Culinary Architect New Bliss Potatoes Orange Souffle
and sweet paprika Spray olive oil 3/4 cup chopped onion 1/4 cup chopped basil 1. Toss carrots with pepper and paprika. In a skillet, spray oil
Approximately 400 calories per person Tomato & Zucchini Soup 1 lb. ripe plum tomatoes, peeled and cored 3 shallots 4 zucchini (approximately 20 oz.), scrubbed and trimmed, not peeled 1/3 cup chopped Italian parsley 1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning 1 cup water Freshly ground pepper to taste 1. In a dutch oven, “saute” the shallot, in water, for 10 minutes. 2. Add tomatoes and zucchini and cook, covered, for 20 minutes. 3. Puree the mixture in a food processor or blender. Add seasonings. 4. To serve, place in soup plate and garnish with parsley. Garlic Veal 3 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped Freshly ground black pepper 3 tblsps. olive oil 6 veal steaks,trimmed (4 oz. each) 3 tblsps. chopped chives
and saute onion for 3 minutes or until soft. Add carrots and 2 tblsp. chopped basil. Saute for 2 more minutes. Add one cup of hot water, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Continued on Page 24
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Guide to Health, Wellness & Beauty A blank slate media / litmor publications special section | janu ary 1, 2016
Healthy Habits that can have a lasting impact A long and healthy life is the ultimate goal for many people. While a host of factors beyond a person’s control, such as genetics, impact how long that person lives and how susceptible to certain medical conditions he or she may be, there are many things men and women can do to improve their chances of living long, healthy lives.
Keep working. While many working men and women dream of the day when they can leave the daily grind behind once and for all, they might want to think more about a second career than a long, carefree retirement. A study from British researchers published in the International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry found that each extra year that men and women work was associated with a six-week delay in the onset of dementia. While men and women may want to retire from their professions, finding second careers or volunteering close to full-time hours may improve their long-term health and quality of life. Stay on your toes. A healthy diet is a key component of a healthy lifestyle, but diet alone is not enough to promote a long and healthy life. According to the Johns Hopkins Medicine Health Library, the risks associated with a physically inactive lifestyle are considerable. Such risks include a greater risk of developing high blood pressure and coronary heart disease and even a greater risk for certain cancers.
diabetes. Researchers who conducted a systematic review of studies examining the link between whole grains and type 2 diabetes prevention in 2007 found that eating an extra two servings of whole grains per day decreased a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 21 percent. That’s an important finding, as additional research has found that people with diabetes have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative condition that can dramatically reduce quality of life.
Working past retirement age may help some men and women stay more mentally sharp. In addition, physical inactivity can add to feelings of anxiety and depression. Inactivity tends to increase with age, so men and women aiming for long and healthy lives should make physical activity a vital part of their daily lives. Get your whole grains. Whole grains may be another key ingredient to a long and healthy life. Numerous studies have shown that increasing whole grain consumption can help prevent the onset of type 2
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Visit your physician annually if not more frequently. While many people, especially those who feel healthy, are hesitant to visit their physicians, doing so may just save your life. Several diseases, including cancer and heart disease, are more effectively treated when detected early. Annual physicals and discussions with your physician may uncover a disease in its early stages when it is most treatable. Waiting until symptoms appear may not be too late to treat a condition or disease, but taking a proactive approach increases the likelihood of early detection, which increases your chances of living a long and healthy life. Healthy habits improve peoples’ quality of life while also increasing the likelihood that men and women live long, healthy and productive lives.
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How to get enough protein on a vegetarian diet
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ne of the first questions vegetarians are asked when acknowledging their dietary preferences is, “Are you getting enough protein?” Many people assume it’s impossible to consume sufficient protein on a diet that consists largely of fruits and vegetables. But many vegetarians get the protein their bodies need. Many people are overly concerned with protein intake, eating more than they
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really need to meet health requirements. The Recommended Daily Allowance of protein in the United States is .36 grams of protein for every pound a person weighs. Many people need less protein than they think, which is likely one reason many nonvegetarians eat roughly one-third more protein than vegetarians. The Vegetarian Resource Group says there are no distinct health advantages to consuming a diet high in protein.
How protein works
The body digests protein into amino acids to fuel its activity and aid in tissue repair. There are 20 different amino acids in food, but the human body can only make 11 of them. Your body cannot synthesize essential amino acids, which must come from your diet. The nine essential amino acids, which cannot be produced by the body, must be obtained strictly from food. Foods that contain all of the amino acids necessary are called “complete protein sources.” Many animal products are great sources of complete protein, but complete protein also can be found in plant-based foods. One food that is a complete protein source is the soybean.
Other plant-based foods may not be complete proteins by themselves, but when eaten together, can complement one another to provide all the necessary amino acids. For example, combining beans and legumes with certain grains, seeds and nuts is a way to get the protein one needs. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine says that intentionally combining foods at strict ratios is not necessary. As long as your diet contains a variety of foods, many protein needs are easily met.
less protein healthier?
Many fad diets point to high protein sources for weight loss and improved athletic performance. But reports published in journals like Nutrition and Cancer and the American Journal of Epidemiology indicate high intake of protein, particularly animal protein, may be linked to osteoporosis, cancer and impaired kidney function. Eating a healthy, moderate amount of protein, such as that in vegetarian or vegan diets, can be beneficial. Many vegetarians need not worry about their protein intake. As long as diets include plenty of grains, legumes, nuts, fruits, and vegetables, vegetarians can meet their bodies’ protein needs.
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Anxiety: Symptoms, causes and cures B y D r . T om F erraro Anxiety disorders are the most common form of mental illness today with one in seven suffering with it. One in three patients complains to their family doctor about severe anxiety and both Ativan and Xanax are prescribed on a regular basis. I recall the first time I appeared on TV to be interviewed about Olympic pressure. I was so anxious that I observed in abject terror and a pool of sweat formed under of hands which were resting on the table. I was so terrified and I could not pay attention to what Chet Coppack was asking me on air and was actually so afraid I dread that I may start answering in French. I bluffed through the interview and the panic attack was unforgettable. Symptoms of anxiety; Let us take some time to explain the symptoms of anxiety, the causes and the cures in the hope that if you are suffering this knowledge will perhaps alleviate some of your pain and anguish. One of my favorite books on this subject is “The Age of Anxiety” by Scott Stossel. Scott is the brilliant essayist and editor of The Atlantic and this is his memoir of what it’s like to live with anxiety. His description of his full bore panic attack during his marriage ceremony was one of the funniest stories I have ever read. He described his profuse sweating, his nausea, his trembling, his shaking and his dizziness, all the classic signs of panic attack. The typical symptoms of anxiety include various phobias such as claustrophobia, agoraphobia, hypochondria, fear of flying, fear of bridges and fear of public speaking. The anxious person often will worry too much and suffer with concomitant somatic problems such as back pain, headaches and gastrointestinal complaints. Often the anxiety will produce avoidance behaviors which can inhibit social life and career growth as well. Athletes will suffer with anxiety which is called choking and my practice is filled with anxious young athletes who are not nearing their potential due to anxiety. Actors as famous as Lawrence Olivier suffer with anxiety which is called stage or disintegration anxiety. Causes of anxiety: The three most popular theories of anxiety are Freudian, genetic and traumatic. Freudian theory of anxiety states that poor, inconsistent or smothering mothering will produce a life time of anxiety. There is now massive amount of research using Harlow and Bowlby’s attachment theory which supports Freud’s suggestion. It appears that if the mother was herself inattentive, anxious, depressed or overprotective that this will imprint into the child’s personality for life. The child will grow into an anxious worrier who will be avoidant and/or over reactive to stress. Genetic theory: There is also good support for the genetic cause of anxiety. If there is anxiety seen in your parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles chances are far greater that you will have anxiety yourself. Conversely if there is no history of anxi-
ety in your family there is little chance you will suffer it. Golf is a very good diagnostic test of anxiety. Virtually all of the tour players including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are exceptionally calm genetically and would never be able to win on tour if they were jittery. I would like some day to do research on the ability of the Korean female pro golfers to control anxiety. They now dominate the LPGA and I guarantee that it has something to do with a calm demeanor. Trauma theory and anxiety: It is also true that a history of trauma and abuse will usually lead to hypervigilance, jitteriness, and avoidance. This has been documenting by studying the Vietnam vets and also by looking at victims of childhood abuse. It is easy enough to understand that when you are abused as a child you will project that same fear of further abuse for years to come. It is also a little known fact that many gifted children become anxious and worried. The theory is that they are acutely aware of things at an early age where they do not yet have the defenses to manage this awareness and this results in traumatic anxiety. Cure for anxiety: Since anxiety has such a debilitating affect it is crucial to have methods to manage it. Left untreated anxiety prevents a person form fulfilling potential, produces withdrawal and avoidance, often results is lost work days , can lead to drug addiction and general misery. Here are some obvious guidelines: 1. Seek reassurance from trusted friends or spouse in order to get some reality testing. When one expresses irrational fears and gets support this often helps. 2. If anxiety or phobias persist seek professional help. The process of psychotherapy provides people with the valuable chance to ventilate anxiety, obtain more astute reassurance from doctors and to gain insight into the reasons for their fears. 3. Bibliotherapy: You would do well to start reading from the list of the top 100 novels in English. You will discover that many of them are about facing anxiety head on. “Moby Dick” by Melville, “Robinson Crusoe” by Daniel Defoe, “Wind in the Willows” by Kenneth Grahame and “Treasure Island” by Robert Lewis Stevenson are all masterpieces about the courage to face adventure and finding the bravery within to carry on despite all odds. 4. If you are a parent here are good general guidelines. Firstly make sure you provide love and affection to your children. It is now said that it is impossible to give too much love. And a lack of love produces low esteem and anxiety. I recall the great writer Henry Miller once saying that the most important thing to say to your children is that you love them. Secondly do not overprotect your child either. Overprotection instills boredom, laziness, anger and anxiety in them. Children need both freedom to try and to fail. The parents job is to let that happen, be comforting when the child fails and then more encouragement to try again.
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Arts & Entertainment Temple Sinai to host Calendar talk on Marc Chargall LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main Street, Suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Friday, Jan. 8, 8 p.m. Upright Citizens Brigade Friday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. On Your Radar with wFUV’s John Platt: Roosevelt Dime Friday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m. Robyn Hitchcock Monday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m. Reel Big Fish Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m. The Second City – Hooking Up with the Second City Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. An Evening with Peter Yarrow with Special Guest John Gorka Sunday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m. Dan zanes Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m. Leo Kottke Sunday, March 6, 8 p.m. Regina Carter’s Southern Comfort Thursday, March 10, 8 p.m. Jorma Kaukonen Friday, March 11, 8 p.m. Paula Poundstone Sunday, March 13, 8 p.m. Pink Martini Friday, March 18, 8 p.m. Martin Sexton Sunday, March 20, 11 a.m., 2 p.m. The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favorites Saturday, March 26, 8 p.m. Carly Rae Jepsen Friday, April 1, 7 p.m. Karen Mason Sunday, April 3, 7 p.m. Tom Rush & John Sebastian Saturday, April 9, 2 p.m. Are You My Mother? Saturday, April 9, 2 p.m. Graham Parker w/ Brinsley Schwarz Friday, April 15, 8 p.m. Tommy Tune: Taps, Tunes & Tall Tales Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m. Dennis Elsas: Rock’n’Roll Never Forgets Thursday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. The Subdudes Friday, April 29, 7:30 p.m. Afro Cuban All Stars Saturday, May 7, 3 p.m. Pushcart Players in Peter & the wolf Saturday, May 14, 2016, 8 p.m. Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs NYCB THEATRE AT wESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury. (516) 247-5200 www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Thursday, Dec. 31, 8 p.m. Back to the Eighties Show with Jessie’s Girl Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m. Adam Carolla Friday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. Shatner’s world: we Just Live In It Saturday, April 30, 8 p.m. Kool & The Gang
THE SPACE AT wESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com Thursday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m. Peter Noone in Conversation with Micky Dolenz Saturday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m. The Lords of 52nd Street Saturday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. The Lords of 52nd Street Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m. The B-52s Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m. Pink Floyd Experience Friday, Apr. 1, 8 p.m. Keb’ Mo’ Band w/Gerald Albright Friday, Apr. 2, 8 p.m. Rock Legends Live Saturday, Apr. 28, 8 p.m. Nils Lofgren Friday, May 6, 8 p.m. David Bromberg Quintet Saturday, May 7, 8 p.m. The Fab Faux Friday, June 3, 8 p.m. America ADELPHI UNIVERSITY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City (516) 877-4000 http://aupac.adelphi.edu/ Saturday, Jan. 16, 4 p.m. Philip Edward Fisher Saturday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m. Adelphi’s Distinguished Faculty in Concert THE MADISON THEATRE AT MOLLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 • http://madisontheatreny.org. Friday, Jan. 22 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, 2 & 8 p.m. Sunday. Jan. 24, 3 p.m. Alice in wonderland – The Musical THE KAISER ART GALLERY AT MOLLOY COLLEGE 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre. (516) 323-4444 • http://www.molloy.edu December 3 – February 12, 2016 Poor Art Student... 12 TILLES CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville (516) 299-3100 • http://tillescenter.org Thursday, Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. Long Island Philharmonic Annual New Year’s Eve Spectacular THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 www.paramountny.com Saturday, Jan. 2, 8 p.m. Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot - Celebrating the Music of Billy Joel Continued on Page 29
The Sinai Social Club of Temple Sinai of Roslyn will host Nancy Traeger, a docent at the Nassau Museum of Art, for an afternoon exploring the works of renowned painter Marc Chagall on Sunday, Jan.10 from 2 to 4 p.m. Chagall, a quintessential 20th Century Jewish artist, derived his themes from a Russian Shtetl, his Hasidic upbringing and from Russian folklore. Chagall’s wild and whimsical repertory of images, including massive bouquets, blue clowns, flying lovers, fantastic animals, biblical prophets, and fiddlers on roofs, helped to make him one of the most popular major innovators of the 20th-century. The Russian-born painter presented dreamlike subject matter in rich colors and in a fluent, painterly style that — while reflecting an awareness of artistic movements such as Expressionism, Cub-
ism, and even Abstraction — remained invariably personal. Chagall’s work reached a level of visual metaphor seldom attempted in modern art. His works will be presented by Traeger, who has studied art history, studio art and performance art at the University of Madrid and Lincoln Center Institute. The event is free for Social Club members with a suggested contribution of $5 for Temple Members and $10 fee for Non-members. Refreshments will be served RSVP Appreciated. Please call the Temple office at 516-621-6800 Temple Sinai of Roslyn is located at 425 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights, NY. For more information about the above program, Temple Sinai, or its many offerings, please contact Ethel Liebeskind at 516-621-6800 or visit www.mysinai.org.
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Thursday, Jan. 7, 8 p.m. Jim Morrison Celebration - Featuring “Wild Child” Friday, Jan. 8, 8 p.m. Friday Night Fever Thursday, Jan. 14, 8 p.m. The Supernaturalists starring Criss Angel Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m. The Paramount Comedy Series Presents: Bob Nelson Saturday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m. Jon Pardi “All Time High Tour” with Brothers Osborne Sunday,Jan. 17, 8 p.m. Holy Holy: The Man Who Sold The World Wednesday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. Donny Osmond Thursday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m. The Blues Brothers: Starring Dan Aykroyd & Jim Belushi Saturday,Jan. 23, 8 p.m. Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx Friday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m. Marianas Trench Friday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m. Eric Burdon & The Animals Friday Feb. 12, 9 p.m. Chippendales Saturday Feb. 13, 7:30 & 10 p.m. The Paramount Comedy Series Presents – Jim Breuer Wednesday, March 2, 8 p.m. Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime Friday, March 4, 8 p.m. The Paramount Comedy Series Presents
– Jim Norton Friday, March 11, 8 p.m. The Paramount Comedy Series Presents – Piff the Magic Dragon Saturday, March 12, 8 & 10:30 p.m. Tracy Morgan Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m. Imagination Movers Tuesday, March 15, 8 p.m. Meat Loaf Friday, March 18, 8 p.m. Mayday Parade & The Maine Saturday, March 19, 8 p.m. The Marshall Tucker Band Tuesday, April 12, 8 p.m. Belinda Carlisle Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m. Robin Trower Sunday, April 24, 8 p.m. Brit Floyd Saturday, May 8, 8 p.m. The Weight GOVERNORS’ COMEDY CLUB 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/ index.cfm Saturday, Jan. 2, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Mike Burton BROKERAGE COMEDY CLUB 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com Saturday, Jan. 2 7:30 & 10 p.m. Rich Vos
Nassau county museum of art 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn (516) 484-9338 • http://nassaumuseum. org MAIN GALLERIES Nov. 21, 2015-Feb.28, 2016 Maxfield Parrish Paintings and Prints From The National Museum of American Illustration Works by the American imagist Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966), one of the greats of the Golden Age of Illustration, are drawn from the National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, Rhode Island, and curated by Judy and Laurence S. Cutler. Maxfield Parrish: The works embody the artist’s long career and extraordinary accomplishments, displaying Parrish’s lush coloristic effect with amazing detail. The exhibition includes original artworks as well as a large collection of vintage prints. Parrish’s universally popular and instantly recognizable images were produced between the late 1890s through the mid 1960s; they were seen on magazine covers, greeting cards, art prints, calendars, novels, advertisements and packaging. Clear and bold, with uncomplicated subjects, Maxfield Parrish’s art prints papered the walls of American homes for decades. CONTEMPORARY GALLERY November 21, 2015-February 28, 2016 Christopher Hart Chambers Painted sculptural works by award-winning New York artist Christopher Hart Chambers will be on view in a solo exhibition. These sculptures, incorporating urethanebased automotive paints, are rooted in what Chambers calls post-war “consumerist wants and dreams,” inspired by sports cars, hot rods, speed boats and even interstellar spacecraft. His design format remarks on graphic marketing systems, logos and emblems of corporate America. Works by Chambers have been seen in numerous group and solo exhibitions and are included in many public and private collections. EVENTS FILM Nov. 21, 2015-Feb. 28, 2016 Screenings: Tuesday-Saturday:* 11 a.m., 12 p.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.; Sunday:* 11 a.m. & 12 p.m. *with exceptions for special programs Parrish Blue: American Art History In this rare 1967 film, which includes many of Maxfield Parrish’s original canvases, the artist’s son, Maxfield Parrish, Jr., and friend and fellow artist Norman Rockwell share their understanding of Parrish who dominated the popular arts in early 20th-century America. We glimpse much of the artist’s work from magazine covers to advertisements, from huge murals to decorative prints, from book illustrations to note cards. Photo attached-Maxfield Parrish FOR THE FAMILY Sundays, January 3, 10, 24, 31, 1 to 4 p.m.; Family Tour at 1 p.m. Family Sundays at the Museum Converse, collaborate and create together during Family Sundays from 1 to 4 pm. Family Sundays begin with exhibitionbased gallery conversations. Families then go on to explore new art materials, vocabulary and ideas with our museum educator. Family Sundays provide children and the adults in their lives with the opportunity to reconnect while talking about and making
art together. New projects are featured every week! For children of all ages and their families to enjoy together. Reservations not needed. Free with Museum admission. Not offered on January 17. Plan to attend the special family program that day. Sunday, Jan. 17, 1 to 4 p.m.; Theater Workshops: 1:15, 2:15 & 3:15 p.m. Once Upon a Time in a Gold Coast Mansion Once Upon a Time, before computers and TV, the museum mansion was the home of the Frick family and their four children. They read stories, made art, and performed plays for entertainment. Travel back in time to the early 20th century where families will go on a scavenger hunt throughout the mansion, participate in improv theater workshops with actor Lauren Brickman, and design miniature sets, costumes and characters. Three theater workshops are scheduled: 1:15- 1:45, 2:15 – 2:45, 3:15 – 3:45. For children of all ages and their families to enjoy together. Reservations not needed. Museum admission plus $10 per family materials fee. Please note: this event is in place of Family Sundays at the Museum. EXHIBITION LECTURE Thursdays, Jan. 7, Feb. 4, 1-2 p.m. Brown Bag Lectures: Riva Ettus Bring a sandwich and enjoy lunch with friends as Museum Docent Riva Ettus presents an informative talk on the current exhibition, Maxfield Parrish: Paintings and Prints. Afterward, join the 2 p.m. public exhibition tour. Free with museum admission. Reservations not needed; first come, first seated. AUTISM PROGRAMS Tuesdays, March 29, May 3, 17, June 7, 4-5:15 p.m. Creative Expeditions Children aged 5-10 who are on the autism spectrum, along with their families or caregivers, engage in gallery experiences that encourage talking about and making art. For further information, call (516) 4849338, ext. 12. Tuesdays, Dec. 22, April 5 & 19, May 10 & 24, June 14, 4-5:15 p.m. Autism & the Arts Children aged 11-16 who are on the autism spectrum, along with their families or caregivers, engage in making and exploring art through experiences that promote independence and communication. For further information, call (516) 484-9338, ext. 12. ONGOING Sculpture Park Approximately 40 works, many of them monumental in size, by renowned artists including Fernando Botero, Tom Otterness, George Rickey and Mark DiSuvero among others, are situated to interact with nature on the museum’s magnificent 145-acre property. Walking Trails The museum’s 145 acres include many marked nature trails through the woods, perfect for family hikes or independent exploration. Gardens From restored formal gardens of historic importance to quiet little nooks for dreaming away an afternoon, the museum’s 145 acre property features many lush examples of horticultural arts. Come view our expanded gardens and beautiful new path to the museum.
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A&E Calendar cont’d LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Ave, Garden City (516) 224-5800 http://www.licm.org/ Museum Hours: Daily from 10 a.m.5 p.m. (unless otherwise indicated). Museum admission: $12 for adults and children over 1 year old, $11 seniors, free to museum members and children under 1 year old. Additional fees for theater and special programs may apply. for additional information, contact (516) 224-5800. = Pirates sail into LICM to share swashbuckling science lessons LICM starts the New Year in swashbuckling style when it welcomes Captain Billy Bones to share exciting science lessons that have been used by seafarers to navigate the high seas. Visitors will learn how sailors became inventors and used clever machines and instruments to ensure they survived being out on the oceans for long periods of time. Sunday, Jan. 3, 2 to 4 p.m. Shiver Me Timbers! Shiver me timbers, the seadogs are here! Join us as we start the New Year with PIRATES! Come make an Arr!inspiring pirate activity and find out about the exciting pirate performances happening throughout the month. All ages. Free with museum admission. Tuesday, Jan. 5 - Friday, Jan. 8 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.12 - Friday, Jan. 15 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 from 2 to 4 p.m. Penguin Pals Create your own cute Penguin Pal to “waddle” home with you this winter! Ages: 3 and up. Free for museum admission. Sunday, Jan. 10 at 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Pirate Show with Captain Billy Bones Billy Bones is generally a Good Pirate! Youngsters of all ages have a little bit of pirate in them. Like pirates, kids naturally yearn for adventure, independence and self-actualization. They love discovery, carousing and challenging authority. It captivates children’s imaginations and, when presented in a nurturing, non-violent environment; it’s embraced by parents. This production
was created by David Engel, a veteran family entertainer based in New York who has toured throughout the U.S, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. Ages: 3 and up. Fee: $9 with museum admission ($7 LICM members), $12 theater only Tuesday, Jan. 12, 10:15 a.m. and12 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 10:15 a.m. and 12 p.m. The SCIENCE of Pirates! Historically, seafarers have pushed science and technology forward. Who better to captivate and expand children’s horizons than the swaggering staff of Pirate School? Combining important educational themes with the universal dream of swashbuckling adventure, this performance galvanizes children’s’ attention and stirs their spirits with a mischievous blend of interactive clown theater, eccentric props, adept magic, a rich musical score and cartoon-like sound effects. Pirate School subjects include simple machines, optics, navigation/astronomy, aero/ hydrodynamics, and of course things that go BOOM! Free family activity packet available online at www.licm.org. This production was created by David Engel, a veteran family entertainer based in New York who has toured throughout the U.S, Europe, the Caribbean, and Asia. Ages: 7 and up. Fee: $9 with museum admission ($7 LICM members), $12 theater only. All activities will be held at the Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 Davis Avenue, Garden City, NY. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Museum Hours: Tuesday-Sunday from 10 am.-5 p.m. and most school holidays. Museum admission: $13 for adults and children over 1 year old, $12 seniors, FREE to museum members and children under 1 year old. Additional fees for theater and special programs may apply. For additional information, contact 516-224-5800.
Israeli journalist to speak at Temple Sinai Eldad Beck, an Israeli journalist based in Berlin, will visit Temple Sinai on Tuesday, Jan. 12 at 7:30 p.m. He will discuss his book, “Germany, At Odds,” a personal journey — as a Jew, Israeli and journalist - throughout the country at the start of the 21st century. The book was recently translated into English. A longtime correspondent for Israel’s leading daily newspaper, Yediot Aharanot, Beck arrived in Berlin in 2002, and became the “eyes and ears” for many Israelis, following Germany as it entered a new period in its modern history. Torn between two very different visions of Germany, Beck will share his personal and professional experiences about his time there. The book raises questions about German anti-Semitism, and how German authorities, local media and the Jewish community have dealt with it. He also will discuss how the current
atmosphere in Germany affects the issue of that country’s Muslim refugees. Beck has had many interesting experiences during his years in Germany, including a visit to Auschwitz-Birkenau with the grandson of Nazi commandant Rudolf Hess. He also visited a contemporary Nazi village in eastern Germany. A native of Haifa, Eldad Beck was born one week before the historical establishment of diplomatic relations between West Germany and the State of Israel. Suggested Contribution: Congregants: $5 per adult, non-congregants: $10 per adult. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. Temple Sinai of Roslyn is located at 425 Roslyn Road in Roslyn Heights. For more information about the above program, Temple Sinai, or its many offerings, please contact Ethel Liebeskind at 516-621-6800 or visit our website at www.mysinai.org.
THE DOLPHIN BOOK SHOP & CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop.com Wednesday, Jan. 20. 20, 7 p.m. Author Book Discusssion: “Hereos to the End” by Jum Smith
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Port bookshop to Community Calendar host exhibition
PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence would like to In the last seven or eight years of remind residents that they offer free The Dolphin Bookshop & Café in Port Washington is hosting Artistic Salvation: her life, while she fought breast cancer, support and social groups. Call 311 or A Retrospective of the Life of BeA Haver- painting became both physical and men- (516) 869-6311 for more information.
busch, on display from Jan. 3 to 30. An opening reception is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 9 from 1 to 3 p.m. Born in 1919, like many women of her era, Haverbusch was encouraged to devote herself entirely to husband and family. Uneducated, but filled with a love of art, she willingly took up the mantle of housewife, though she remained childless. A self taught, naif artist, she painted throughout her life, but after her husband’s death, while she was still a young woman, she channeled her frustrations into her art. For more than 40 years she produced works of exceptional impact and quality.
tal therapy for her. When she finally succumbed to the disease in 1944, her artistic legacy included more than 200 oil paintings, 100 watercolors and numerous pieces of hand decorated furniture. Her brother Ed Rubin, presents Artistic Salvation: A Retrospective of the Life of BeA Haverbusch. Additional works on display at Town Court Gallery, 188 Tarrytown Road. The Dolphin Bookshop & Café is located at 299 Main St., Port Washington. Call (516) 767-2650 or visit www.thedolphinbookshop.com for further information.
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.
A low in calories but tasty dinner party 1. Boil potatoes in water until you can pierce them with a fork. Drain and sprinkle with pink pepper. To Serve: Place the veal on the plate and sprinkle with chopped chives. Place 1/6 of the carrots on each plate and sprinkle with fresh basil. Place 1/6 of the potatoes on each plate. Orange Souffle 6 large thick-skinned oranges (I use navels.) With the tops cut off and a sliver from the bottom removed, carefully remove all of the pulp. 3 egg yolks 1/4 cup Stevia 3 tblsps. corn starch 1 tblsp. Grand Marnier
1/2 tsp. cream of tartar 3 egg whites at room temperature 1. Squeeze the pulp, set the juice aside. 2. In the top of a double boiler, beat the egg yolks, Stevia and cornstarch together over a medium heat until the mixture thickens. Add orange juice and cook until thick. 3. 30 minutes before serving, whip the eggs and the cream of tartar until stiff. Add 1/4 of the whites into the egg mixture, then gently fold in remaining whites. Fill each orange. Then bake in a preheated 425 degree oven for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the tops are lightly browned. 4. To serve: Place one souffle on each plate and garnish with a fresh flower. Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 32 year-old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties. She lives in Manhasset with her husband and son.
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.
Art council to hold juried photo show The entry deadline for the Huntington Arts Council’s juried photography show “Earth, Air and Water: A Celebration of Tri-State Wildlife and Nature” is Wednesday, Jan. 6. Juror Andrew Darlow is a Nuew Jersey-based photographer and digital imaging consultant. His photography has been exhibited internationally and has been featured in numerous magazines and websites. Darlow has lectured and conducted seminars and workshops around the world including The Arles Photo Festival (France), School of Visual Arts, Columbia University and the International Center of Photography. The show is pen to all artists includ-
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Singles Association of L.I. For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 333-2851 or email singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.
Autumn Flight by Andrew Darlow
ing full time students and the selected medium is photographs, that are digital, darkroom-produced or a combination of the two. All work must have been taken in the states of New York, New Jersey or Connecticut after Jan. 1, 2014. Photos must be original to entrant. No retouching apart from cropping, minor color balancing, dodging/burning, minor saturation/contrast adjustment and selective or black and white toning for black and white photos. There will be a reception on Friday, Feb. 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. The show will run from Feb. 5 - 29. For further information please call or email Florence Dallari at fdallari@huntingtonarts.org or 631-271-8423, ext. 12
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Hillside Public Library You may register for programs at 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. Please note that payments are nonrefundable and must be paid by check or money order. 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. A family is allowed one museum pass per month and all reservations must be done online. We’ve reworked the reservation process to make it easier for our patrons. For a complete list of the passes to which the library subscribes, go to the library’s website http:// hillsidelibrary.info We wish to thank our patrons for their generosity with the Donation Drives the library sponsored over the past months: The Food Drive for Veterans in November; Toys for Tots in December, and our ongo-
ing Food Drive for Island Harvest. A heartfelt Thank You. 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. Hillside Public Library, in union with Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel’s office, is supporting a Valentine for Vets Program. There will be a box at the library (until January 30, 2016) where any items you donate can be placed. By donating generously, we show our appreciation to those who have served our country. Among the recommended items are: tooth brushes, toothpaste, denture adhesive, shampoo, deodorant, hair brushes, non-slip socks, winter hats, gloves, scarves, stamps, patriotic caps or t-shirts, compact discs, wheel chair cup holders, note cards, phone cards, hand-held computer games, electric razors, portable CD players, ear phones, electric toothbrushes, sweatpants and sweatshirts. Hillside Public Library will be closed on Thursday, December 31 at 3 p.m. and Friday, January 1, 2016. We wish you all a Very Happy and Healthy New Year.
programs Senior Connections On Monday, Jan. 4, from 1 – 3 p.m., Volunteer Ruth Kazdan provides information and referral services for seniors at the library. Book Discussion: Fresh Fiction Book Club Tuesday, Jan. 5 at 1 p.m., and Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. The book being discussed is: We Never Asked for Wings by Vanessa Diffenbaugh. After fourteen years of working multiple jobs to make ends meet, Letty Espinosa must learn to be a mother when her parents, who have been raising Letty’s teenage son and six-year old daughter, decide to return to Mexico. Movies at Hillside 12 Rounds 3: Lockdown; R, 90 minutes. Friday, January 8 at 1:30 p.m. Starring Dean Ambrose,Roger R. Cross,Daniel Cudmore Lockdown Follows, a police officer who returns to duty after recovering from a gun shot wound to discover incriminating evidence of illegal activities against those closest to him, quickly finds himself trapped inside his own precinct, hunted and in search of the truth, as the crooked cops stop at nothing to recover the evidence.
New Hyde Park Community Calendar SINGLES ASSOCIATION OF LONG ISLAND Dinner, social and dancing on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 6 p.m. at Eleanor Rigby’s Restaurant and Bar, 133 Mineola Boulevard. Admission is $3 and $33 for the cost of the meal. All drinks are cash and carry. Social hour gathering at 6 p.m. at the bar. Dinner at 7 p.m., followed by dancing with a live band. For further information, call Vinny at 516-465-3953 or Maria-Elena at 718-570-4141. RSVP by Jan. 21. For ages 25 and older, including seniors. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION We are currently looking for community volunteers/retirees for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District. You will be assisting students under the supervision of a classroom teacher. There is no prior experience necessary to participate in the program. Volunteers do a variety of
activities with children such as reading to students or helping with classroom projects. If you would like more information on this program, please call Eileen Bileski at 516-434-2306. HERRICKS COMMUNITY PLAYERS AUDITIONS The Herricks Community Players will be having auditions for their spring production “A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum” on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan 4, 5 and 6 at the Herricks Community Center, 999 Herricks Road, New Hyde Park, NY at 7 p.m.. For further information, please call 516 741-7509. Show dates May 13. 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 2016. 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 516-745-
8050. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION We are currently looking for community volunteers, with a music background, to assist our music teachers with students for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District. If you would like more information on this program, please call Eileen Bileski at 516-434-2306. TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5253 will host bingo on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 with additional cash prizes totaling $1,700. Admission is $4 at the post, which is located at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson. SENIOR CHORUS New Hyde Park: Entertainers Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The group meets 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Mondays at Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and
New Hyde Park Road. Contact 516-7758118 for more information. 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 800-8778077. You are not alone. 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. 516-248-6420.
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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 THURSDAY MOVIES at 2 and 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 - MARIE’S STORY Directed by Jean-Pierre Ameris 2015 Not Rated 94 minutes Cast: Isabelle Carre, Ariana Rivoire In French with English Subtitles. Based on true events, the film recounts the inspiring life of a young girl, Marie, born deaf and blind. Her artisan parents send her to the Varnay Institute in central France where the idealistic nun, Sister Marguerite, sees unique potential in the 14year old and vows to bring the wild child out of darkness so that she can learn to communicate with the world around her. Jan. 21 - THE WALK Directed by Robert Zemeckis 2015 Rated PG 123 minutes Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley In 1974, highwire artist, Philippe Petit, recruited a team of people to help him realize his dream to walk the immense void between the two World Trade Center towers in lower Manhattan. Guided by his mentor, Papa Rudy, and by his unlikely international gang of helpers, Petit overcomes long
odds, betrayals, dissension and close calls to conceive and execute the “mad” plan.
ADULT Rockin’ in the New Year with the G String Band Classic Rock from the 60s, 70s & 80s on Sunday, Jan. 10 at 3 p.m. Come have a rockin’ good time when the G String Band plays classic rock from the Beatles to Bon Jovi. Join band members Lou Costa, lead guitar and vocals, Ralph Bernard and Henry Raven, guitar and vocals, Ben Ortiz, keyboard and vocals, Dan C., drums and Les Wahrenburg, vocals. LIVING TRUSTS, POWER OF ATTORNEY, HEALTH CARE & RELATED ELDERCARE ISSUES Thursday, Jan. 14 at 1:30 p.m. Rita Eredics, an attorney practicing in Manhasset for many years, will speak about the needs and concerns of seniors relating to estate planning. Planning for retirement is important. This program will explain choices about: prolonging life, a typical living will, the powers and restrictions of financial matters and the passing of property through revocable trusts, probate, or beneficiary designations. Questions and answers will follow the presentation. PROPERTY ASSESSMENT GRIEVANCE WORKSHOP with Charles Berman, Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes on Wednesday, Jan. 20 from 7:to 8:45 p.m. Join Charles Berman when he presents a Property Assessment Grievance Workshop. He will briefly review the assessment process, provide tips and explain how to fill out the grievance application. Please bring your 2017/2018 Notice of Tentative Assessed Value from the Nassau County Department of Assessment that you receive in early January 2016. Staff members will be on hand with applications for your convenience. SENIOR RAP GROUP ... for the 55+ set who have a lifetime of experiences to share! Anyone
interested in joining the group is welcome. Topics vary and the conversation is lively and provocative. Mondays, Jan. 4 and Feb. 1 at 11 a.m. Come and join the Shelter Rock Public Library Senior Rap Group. This discussion group is led by volunteer facilitator, David Marx. PLAY MAH JONGG Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m., Jan. 5, 19 and Feb. 9 Join others in playing the game that has fascinated people for so many years with its strategies, sequences and combinations. Bring a team, a friend or come by yourself and enjoy the game. Limited materials will be available, so if you own a set, please feel free to bring it with you. Registration is not required. SINGLES PROGRAMS with Marla Matthews, TV Host STARTING OVER SINGLES for ages 40 plus Saturday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m. Join this lively, stimulating, compassionate and supportive discussion for divorced, widowed — or any single adult age 40 plus!! Make new friends, learn new skills, find hope and inspiration. It’s never too late to start over! HOPEFUL SINGLES for ages 55 plus Wednesday, Jan. 13 at 3 p.m. Life is unpredictable, there are no guarantees and change is always happening. With new friends and inspirational guidance, compassion and support, your journey can be easier!! Be part of this group of single adults 55 plus to find hope for your future. CREATIVE NEEDLES A Needlework Group Fridays at 1:30 p.m. Jan. 15 and Feb. 5. Registration is not required. Bring your projects and supplies to knit, crochet, needlepoint, embroider or cross stitch in the company of other needle craft lovers. A time for conversation, crafting and simply sharing tips and techniques while “the needles fly” with other craft enthusiasts. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP
with Marguerite Dilimetin, Group Facilitator, Nassau County Office for the Aging and Mental Health Wednesday, Jan. 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. This support group is designed for all caregivers. It provides an opportunity for participants to share experiences and help one another. No one should be alone! First time attendees or for additional information, please call 516-227-7055. ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION Led by SRPL Librarians Susan Healy and Cathy Loechner WINTER GARDEN by Kristin Hannah Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 2:30 p.m. Registration begins Wednesday, Jan. 13. Meredith and Nina Whitson are as different as sisters can be. When their beloved father falls ill, they find themselves standing alongside their cold, disapproving mother, Anya. As children, the only connection between them was the Russian fairy tales Anya sometimes told the girls. On his deathbed, their father extracts a promise that the fairy tales will be told one last time all the way to the end. Thus begins a journey into the truth of Anya’s life in war-torn Leningrad, more than five decades ago. Meredith and Nina finally hear the singular, harrowing story of their mother’s life and learn a terrible secret. Hannah creates a convincing historical novel and contemporary family drama with elements of romance.
YOUNG ADULT Fused Bead Craft with Elyse Pollack Tuesday, January 19 from 7 to 8 p.m. You will create an item you design using fuse beads. Create a character or animal with the colors you choose; then we’ll melt them into a form you choose. You’ll be amazed at the special item that you create. Registration begins on January 5. Valentine’s Day Cake Decorating with Julie Reilly Tuesday, Feb. 9 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.. Teens, find your cake decorating style with
master chef Julie. She will show you how to make hearts, flowers and write a special message on your own personal cake you will design and take home for Valentine’s Day. Registration begins on January 26. WRITING CONTEST A WOMAN on the NEW TEN DOLLAR BILL For Teens in Ages 12 15 Co-sponsored by Shelter Rock Public Library Young Adult Department & The American Association of University Women (AAUW) North Shore Branch American women have made outst anding contributions to the growth, development and the success of our country. Which American woman (must be a historical person) is your choice to feature on the $10 bill? Entries must be essays or poems, no longer than 400 words, typed and submitted with an entry form signed by both parent and student. Entries can be picked up starting December 1 and are due by January 19, 2016. They will be judged by the AAUW on originality, clarity and mechanics. The three top winners will be awarded cash prizes. First Place: $100; Second Place: $75; Third Place $50 at an award ceremony at the library. Details will follow. Pick up an application and flyer in the Teen Room for further details. Community Service Program Sponsored by Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel For YAs in Grades 5 – 12 LENTINES FOR VETS Thursday, Jan. 14 from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Make handmade Valentines for Veterans who have served our country and are currently hospitalized. You can also donate a small, new item a veteran can use. Enjoy refreshments and earn communtiy service. See flyer for details. Registration begins on January 4.
CHILDREN YOGA FOR BABIES & TOTS Saturdays, Jan. 9, 16 and 23 from 10:15 to 11:00 a.m., licensed instructor,
Nanette Lavin, will lead children, ages 1 – 3 and their caregivers through a series of one-on-one simple yoga poses. Come relax and bond with your child. Registration began Monday, Dec. 28. WINTER TODDLER STORYTIMES Designed for toddlers 2–3½ with a parent or caregiver as a program of stories, simple songs, fingerplays and rhymes with other toddlers and their parents. Choose one of the following sessions: Session Three Thursdays, 10:15 a.m. January 7 – February 11 Session One Tuesdays, 10:15 AM January 5 – February 9 Registration began Tuesday, December 22 PLAY HOORAY BABIES & TODDLERS Families with children ages 6 – 24 months with a parent or caregiver are invited to participate in a fun-filled program of music and movement. PlayHooray is designed to provide a chance for you and your child to sing, dance and play together with other families. Monday, Jan. 11 at 10:30 a.m. Registration began Monday, Dec. 28. WINTER PRESCHOOL STORYTIMES Designed for children ages 3 – 5 as a program of stories, simple songs, fingerplays and rhymes with other preschoolers. Please note Tuesday Preschool Storytime is for children only. Parents/caregivers must remain in the library. Choose one of the following sessions: Registration began Tuesday, December 22. Session One: Tuesdays, 1:30 p.m. Jan. 5 – Feb. 9 Session Two: Fridays, 10:15 a.m. Jan. 8 - Feb. 12 JUMP FOR JOY Dance, sing and play with costumes, musical instruments, puppets and more. For children ages 18 months to 4 years with a caregiver. Friday, Jan.22 at 1:30 p.m. Registration begins Friday, Jan. 8.
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Mineola Chamber hosts holiday festivities Photos by Joel Harris
The Mineola Chamber of Commerce threw its annual holiday party on Dec. 13 at Chamber President Tony Lubrano’s restaurant Piccola Bussola at 159 Jericho Turnpike. The party featured a performance by the Mineola Choral Society.
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Santa pays visit to GCP Garden City Park School welcomed a special visitor before the holiday break. Santa Claus walked through the building handing out candy canes putting a smile on the children’s faces. He was accompanied by the school band under the direction of Ms. Arciere.
Recycling for a cause Sewanhaka High School’s Green Club used the money collected weekly from the schools can and bottle-recycling program to purchase toys for Toys for Tots. In all, 30 toys, dolls and games were purchased thanks to the club’s efforts. Pictured from left are Green Club Members Amrita Shah, Samantha Herrera, Martha Williams, Zachary Zabatta, Jason Menjivar, Diego Garcia, Aleco Pavlou and Yvonne Sherwood.
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Town honors Siemens semifinalists Their project created microbial fuel cells designed North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth welcomed the semifinalists of this year’s Siemens Com- to clean up oil spills or to provide power to developing petition in Math, Science and Technology to Town Hall countries by speeding up the breakdown of sediment on Tuesday, Dec. 15. and other matter. The Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology was established by The Siemens Foundation in This year’s semifinalists were: 1999, and is one of the nation’s premiere science re(Those with an asterisk did not attend) search competitions for high school students. August Chen, Great Neck North High School “We are so proud that 25 of the 460 semifinalists call Graelin Mandel, Great Neck North High School the Town of North Hempstead home,” Bosworth said. Annabelle Ng, Great Neck South High School “What an amazing accomplishment! This once again Robin Shum, Great Neck South High School reminds us of the quality of our schools in North HempJaysen Zhang, Great Neck South High School stead, and the amazing administrators, educators and Michael Shen, Great Neck South High School students that we have.” Sunny Shi, Great Neck South High School There were 25 recipients from North Hempstead Yujia Su, Great Neck South High School schools who were honored, including two finalists, KimGianna Chan, Herricks High School berly Te and Christine Yoo from Manhasset High School Naeha Pathak, Herricks High School who won the $100,000 grand prize.
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2015 shows need for global change How do we talk about 2015? It was a fantastic year for real estate coming back in an extremely strong fashion. So that was the good part. But the other important events that occurred this year, Boko Haram massacred thousands in Baga, Nigeria, ISIS, for those who do not know what that terminology means,(Islamic State of Iraq and alSham), having taken over where Al Qaeda left off, terrorism on the rise and even our own Americans going rogue and being indoctrinated and brainwashed and turning against their own country in a killing spree. Is the world going mad again? Can’t people just respect each other’s needs and wants and own beliefs and leave each other alone or are we just doing what every civilization has done in the past; trying to just create the demise of our democracy and blow us into oblivion? Or is it a bigger issue related to a combination of our addiction to oil, money and religious beliefs? Even our massive debts are
in line with the other countries, of bailed out Greece and the potential future failures of Portugal, Ireland, and the not too far behind economy of Spain and maybe the U.S.; are in a precarious situation and we must figure out our own issues to survive our future and our children’s future. But my thoughts are that more talking and considerations in diplomacy with certain groups will work if we can accomplish a common goal, to make our world a better place to live, exist and thrive in. Gun laws must be changed, especially if you are on the “Do Not Fly List”, or if you have been convicted of any type of major crime. Let’s eliminate or minimize the threats to our society, as they say, “it’s a “no brainer.” Even those that leave the U.S. to travel abroad to those countries that are terrorist based. Just give them a one way ticket and don’t let them back in, but there are exceptions. Let them go through a vetting process and make sure of the rea-
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sons they are leaving and then also put tabs on them to make sure they are not pulling the wool over our eyes! But can our Washington politicians and bureaucrats just do something right for once and pass a simple bill to make this all happen? With all the killings in our country, as well as Paris, England and all the other countries, I believe we need to sit back and call some
kind of truce and figure out what we can do as a human race to put the guns and bombs down and reeducate ourselves as to what is really important. We must somehow learn to live together in some kind of harmony and peace; and the U.S. needs to stop going into other countries, setting up governments to our benefit and not to the general population of the area and stop trying to push Democracy, when the real reason It’s all about the oil and money (and the next Huge thing on the agenda will be the diminishing amount of potable water, where most do not even have it today!) and what’s in it for us, instead of what’s in it for the population in that specific country. Money, when it comes down to it, is the root of all evil. Education and knowledge is the antidote in helping solve the World’s problems and we need to strive for a more positive climate of peace and understanding through education. There are some, Bill Gates, (who’s goal
is to eradicate some of the following diseases within 15 years: Polio, Guinea Worm, Elephantiasis, River Blindness and Blinding Trachoma, and Warren Buffet (who is giving $37.4 billion of his stocks of his $62 billion fortune into Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)(whose 200 Million donation for the Newark school system unfortunately mishandled, but the intentions were real. They are just a few who are privately doing a huge philanthropic mitzvah to the world, from buying computers for local schools and Third World Countries to finding a cure for major diseases. With the current circus of Presidential candidates exposing their ideas of what they think or can do to make our country a better and more prosperous country; it is all about getting elected and many will say whatever it takes to get our votes. The real problem, no matter who gets elected, is that most of U.S. citizens never vote, whether it Continued on Page 38
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Library tightens financial practices
B y N oah M ans k ar The Shelter Rock Public Library has stepped up oversight of its finances in recent months after a state comptroller’s audit found its practices could be tighter. The audit released last week found the library wasn’t employing an independent official to reconcile pending deposits and expenses for its 13 bank accounts, and the administrators doing the reconciliations were not subject to any review in many cases. Since officials saw the audit in the fall, the library and its Board of Trustees have implemented the comptroller’s recommendations, including hiring Mineola accounting firm Rynkar, Vail & Barrett to handle bank reconciliations starting in January. “The board views this process as an opportunity to further the library’s commitment to its taxpayers to be fiscally responsible,” Library Director Andrea Meluskey wrote in the library’s response to the audit. According to the audit, three different administrators
Shelter Rock Library reconcile the library’s accounts to determine its actual balance by adding pending deposits and subtracting checks that have yet to be cashed.
A senior account clerk reconciles eight accounts, a part-time clerk handles three and Meluskey reconciles one. Only the part-time clerk’s reconciliations
report said. But the audit says someone without access to the accounts should reconcile them to prevent mistakes and fraud, and it recommends a separate board member review them. “(W)ithout supervisory or board review of bank statements and reconciliations, the library has an increased risk that errors or unauthorized banking activities may go undetected,” Deputy Comptroller Gabriel F. Deyo wrote in the audit report. In addition to hiring the independent accounting firm, the library board has received all the library’s bank reconciliations as part of the monthly financial report since October, and has tasked Treasurer Marisa Ferraro with reviewing the reconciliations each month. In her audit response, Meluskey said the comptroller’s representatives were “extremely helpful” when it came to reviewing the library’s practices. While the library does its are reviewed by the senior clerk. own audit every year, Meluskey The 73 bank statements that said in an interview, this was the auditors reviewed for January first state audit she’s seen since 2014 through June 2015 were starting as library director in error-free and done on time, the 2002.
Police hunting masked robbers of 7 banks B y M att G rech Police are searching for two suspects in a robbery at a Chase Bank in Greenvale on Wednesday that is being investigated for links to recent bank robberies in Garden City Park and New Hyde Park. Police said the suspect, described a black or hispanic man 5’6’’ tall with a thin build, and wearing a dark hooded shirt, dark pants, gloves and a mask, entered the bank at 9:15 a.m. armed with a silver automatic handgun and demanded money from a teller. The teller complied and gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of cash, Nassau County Robbery Squad detectives said. The suspect then fled on foot through the north side doors in an unknown direction.
Police said there were two customers and six employees in the bank at the time of the incident, and no injuries were reported. The robbery is the third incident in the last week in which a bank was robbed by a suspect sharing the same description. Detectives are investigating the incident in relation to similar robberies in the area, and the Nassau County Police Department sent out a wanted poster on Dec. 28 searching for similar suspects involved in seven robberies since Nov 29. Two banks were robbed in a three-day period with a suspect in both cases described as a black male wearing a dark grey hooded nylon sweatshirt, a ski mask and black gloves.
The first incident happened around 9:12 a.m. Dec. 17, police said, when a man in his 20s showed a silver handgun at the TD Bank at 110 Hillside Ave. in New Hyde Park and demanded money. The second came at 9:05 a.m. Dec. 19 in Garden City Park, when police say a similar suspect brandished a silver handgun at the Wells Fargo Bank at 2499 Jericho Turnpike. A 7-11 at 635 Powells Ln, Old Westbury, Wells Fargo Bank at 137 Jackson Ave, Syosset, a seperate Wells Fargo Bank at 464 Central Ave, Cedarhurst, and a TD Bank at 4126 Merrick Rd, Massapequa were also included in the investigation, according to the police’s wanted release. Police ask anyone with information about the crimes to leave anonymous tips by calling 1-800-244-8477.
Town approves medical marijuana dispensary Continued from Page 4 called the Lake Success Patient Resource Center, says it will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday and 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. As it will be Nassau County’s first, Bosworth maintained last week that a dispensary closer to the county’s center would better serve residents. But “this was not my call,” she said in the statement. Marianna Wohlgemuth, former president of North New Hyde Park’s Lakeville Estates Civic Association, said she thinks the location is “inconvenient for people who really need this medicine.” “If it was me and I was in Freeport
and the only location was for me to come up here, I would really be very upset,” Wohlgemuth said. Bloomfield, one of five companies approved to open dispensaries under the 2014 Compassionate Care Act, a state law legalizing medical marijuana as of Jan. 5, chose Lake Success because it’s accessible to patients eligible to receive medical marijuana, the spokesman said. Under the law, New York residents with diseases such as HIV/AIDS, cancer and multiple sclerosis can register with the state health department for a medical marijuana prescription that would not have to be covered by Medicare, Medicaid or private insurers.
The Bloomfield spokesman noted the Lake Success facility’s proximity to “major medical facilities” that treat those diseases. The company also plans to open dispensaries in Manhattan, Syracuse, and Williamsville in Erie County. Its manufacturing center in Long Island City is now open and operational. The proposal was met with some opposition in October from New Hyde Park residents who thought its close proximity to a school and Clinton G. Martin Park could make marijuana inadvertently accessible to children. Michael O’Donald, another former North Lakeville Civic president, noted at
a September town meeting that the closest school was about a mile away and the building is on a hill, somewhat isolated from the park. The dispensary will have security guards and surveillance cameras, the Bloomfield spokesman said, and patients will have to show proof that they’re eligible to receive a marijuana prescription to get inside. “New York has very strict guidelines in place for providing cannabis-based medicine to patients in need,” the spokesman said in an email. “... There will be no plant matter on site and there will be nothing like what we see on TV in places like Colorado or California.”
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Continued from Page 1 On the other hand, major crimes such as murder, felony assault and burglary have seen a slower decline. The Third and Sixth Precincts had a total of 8,972 crimes reported in 2010, according to the police department’s annual Strat-Com statistics reports. That number — which reflects major crimes as well as all other lesser crimes — dropped by about 5.3 percent to 8,493 in 2011. In those two years, the Sixth Precinct’s total crimes accounted for just less than 20 percent of the two precincts’ combined totals. The Third Precinct absorbed the Sixth in May 2012, and in that year the total number of reported crimes rose to 9,163, an increase of about 7.9 percent. It dropped the next year to 8,681, still about 2 percent above 2011’s number. But the total dipped below that low point in 2014, when the Third Precinct saw 7,796 reported crimes. The number of major crimes is below 2010’s number of 2,039 for both precincts, but remains above the low point of 2,004 in 2011. The number rose for the combined
Major Crimes (e.g. murder, assault, burglary) 2011 2012 2013 2014 1,610 2,156 2,205 2,097 394 2,004 2,156 2,205 2,097
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Numbers for 2015 are current as of Dec. 27. Third Precinct in 2012 to 2,156 and again in 2013 to 2,205 before dropping to 2,097 in 2014. It’s fallen another 3 percent to 2,032 as of Dec. 27, near the pre-merger level. The fact that the former Sixth Precinct, now known as Third Precinct North, only accounts for about a fifth of the area’s total crime suggests the Third Precinct’s leadership may focus more on its southern portion, said Richard Bentley,
president of the Greater Manhasset Council of Civic Associations. The civic group recently authored a letter to county officials asking for the Sixth Precinct’s reinstatement, a call Town of North Hempstead officials echoed in their own letter this week. The merger, Bentley said, has therefore left the northern portion, which includes Manhasset and Great Neck, with fewer police resources to tackle “quality
of life issues.” “From the many conversations that I have had with police are varying levels, I get a strong impression that police in our neighborhoods simpl(y) don’t have the manpower they once had to adequately handle the diverse needs of these two very different precincts,” Bentley said in an email. In a statement, Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter said crime has dropped 25 percent countywide over the past five years. Repurposing the Sixth Precinct as a “community policing center” and staffing Highway Patrol there has created “a larger police presence at this building than ever before,” he said. “The realignment of back office operations has had no impact on public safety and anyone suggesting otherwise is simply playing political games as buildings don’t protect the public, cops do,” Krumpter said in the statement. Bentley said the crime statistics should be analyzed to determine whether “improved precinct management” or other outside factors, such as improvements in the economy, have led to the drop in crime numbers.
Town officials echo calls for 6th Pct.’s return Continued from Page 1 crease the police presence is growing. “In the aftermath of the recent terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, it is imminently clear that the police must have their finger on the pulse of the community to prevent such atrocities,” she continued. “With the diminished resources in the Third precinct, that becomes less and less likely.” Town of North Hempstead Clerk Wayne Wink said he shared the supervisor’s stance in 2012 when both he and Bosworth were county legislators and he continues to oppose the merger. “I think a lot of what we were concerned about held true,” Wink said. “We’ve seen increases in violent crimes in the area, particularly things like bank robberies.” “They need to reopen the Sixth as a true police precinct, with POP officers and full contingent of detectives,” Wink said. “You know there’s a reason why we were the safest large county in America before they conducted this merger, and I just believe we need to go back to that formula.” Wink said that while the Third Precinct is doing its best, officials need to rethink the decision just as they did with the other precincts. “Whatever the real motivation behind it, it’s pretty clear that their mission to save money did not come to fruition with the First and the Seventh, and didn’t come to fruition with the Fourth and the Fifth,” Wink said. “It seems as though everything we’re concerned about has come to bear on the county and on our constituents.” Nassau County Police Commissioner Tom Krumpter said in an email to Blank
The Nassau County Police Department’s Third Precinct (pictured) is headquartered in Williston Park. Slate Media that there has been no change in police service since the merger. “Crime is down 25 percent over the past five years and down 6 percent year-to-date. The Sixth Precinct serves residents as a Community Policing Center and there has been no change in the officers who patrol our communities,” Krumpter said. “The realignment of back office operations has had no impact on public safety and anyone suggesting otherwise is simply playing political games as buildings don’t protect the public, cops do.” “Additionally, realignment made the Sixth Precinct home to Highway Patrol. As a result, there is a larger police presence at this building than ever before,” he
said. The Sixth Precinct, which was located on Community Drive in Manhasset, was consolidated with the Third Precinct, located in Williston Park, with the Williston Park location serving as its headquarters under a countywide plan proposed by Mangano and passed in a party-line vote by Republican county legislators in March 2012, as a cost saving effort. The Third Precinct was then split into two divisions — the Third South Subdivision and Third North Subdivision, which is currently responsible for Manhasset and Great Neck. Bosworth, Wink and the Manhasset civic associations were joined by Village of East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz in
calling for the return of a fully operational Sixth Precinct. Koblenz said he originally opposed the merger in 2012, and thinks the Sixth Precinct would be better utilized if it was reinstated and fully staffed. “Fully staffed, those are the key words,” he said. “You can say we’re going to move guys back to the building, but if you don’t give them the resources, what’s the difference.” Council of Greater Manhasset Civic Associations President Richard Bentley expressed similar concerns in his letter to county officials from Dec. 3. “We feel that our community is getting less police services, particularly in vehicle traffic enforcement and what we once had as a POP unit,” Bentley said in the letter. “(They) make up the fabric of the community, they reach out to civic association, and merchant association, they have a physical presence in neighborhood and can address a lot of issues we have directly with precinct’s staff.” In response to the Manhasset Civic Association’s letter, County Legislator Richard Nicolello said the two police precincts to their original configuration would not improve police service in the North zone. “When they changed the precinct into community policing centers what they didn’t change is the same number of police cruisers patrolling the same exact area,” he said. “If we reopen the precinct then you have to put police officers and supervisors behind the desks who are required by contract to work in a precinct, they are not allowed to leave the building.”
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Village of Floral Park Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, January 5 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 1 Floral Boulevard Floral Park (516) 326-6300 Village of Flower Hill Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, January 4 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 1 Bonnie Heights Road Manhasset (516) 627-5000 Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, January 5 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck (516) 482-0019 Village of Great Neck Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Thursday, January 7 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road, Great Neck (516) 482-0019 Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, January 6 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 2 Gussack Plaza, Great Neck (516) 482-4500 Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting Thursday, January 7 @ 8:30 a.m. District Office 236 E Shore Rd., Great Neck (516) 482-0238 Herricks School District Board of Education Meeting Thursday, January 7 @ 7:30 p.m. Herricks Community Center 999 Herricks Road New Hyde Park (516) 305-8900 Village of Kensington Architectural Review Board Meeting Wednesday, January 6 @ 8:30 p.m. Village Hall 2 Nassau Drive, Great Neck (516) 482-4409
Village of Lake Success Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Monday, January 4 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 318 Lakeville Road Lake Success (516) 482-4411 Manhasset School District Board of Education Meeting Thursday, January 7 @ 8:00 p.m. Manhasset Secondary School 200 Memorial Place, Manhasset (516) 267-7700 Mineola School District Board of Education Work Session Meeting Thursday, January 7 @ 7:00 p.m. Willis Avenue School 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola (516) 237-2000 Village of Mineola Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, January 6 @ 6:30 p.m. Village Hall 155 Washington Avenue Mineola (516) 746-0750 Village of New Hyde Park Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, January 5 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 1420 Jericho Turnpike New Hyde Park (516) 354-0022 North Hempstead Town Board/Solid Waste Management Authority Meeting Tuesday, January 5 @ 7:30 p.m. North Hempstead Town Hall 220 Plandome Road Manhasset (516) 869-6311 Village of North Hills Architectural Review Board Meeting Tuesday, January 5 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 1 Shelter Rock Road North Hills (516) 627-3451 Village of Old Westbury Planning Meeting Monday, January 4 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 1 Stone Hill Road Old Westbury (516) 626-0800 Village of Plandome Board of Trustees Work Session Meeting Monday, January 4 @ 7:00 p.m. Village Hall, 65 South Drive, Plandome (516) 627-1748
Village of Plandome Heights Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, January 4 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 37 Orchard Street Plandome Heights (516) 627-1136 Port Washington School District Board of Education Meeting Tuesday, January 5 @ 8:00 p.m. Schreiber High School 101 Campus Drive Port Washington (516) 767-5805 Village of Roslyn Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Monday, January 4 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 1200 Old Northern Boulevard Roslyn (516) 621-1961 Village of Roslyn Estates Planning Meeting Wednesday, January 6 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 25 The Tulips Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541 Village of Russell Gardens Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, January 7 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 6 Tain Drive Russell Gardens (516) 482-8246 Village of Saddle Rock Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, January 6 @ 8:30 p.m. Village Hall 18 Masefield Way Saddle Rock (516) 482-9400 Village of Williston Park Board of Trustees Workshop Meeting w/Hearing Monday, January 4 @ 7:00 p.m. Village Hall 494 Willis Avenue Williston Park (516) 746-2193 Meetings are held at the respective Village Halls except where noted. All meetings, dates and times are subject to change.
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$$ Top Cash Paid $$ HIGH END ANTIQUES HIGH CASH PAiD Oil Paintings, Mid-Century Accessories 1950s/60s, Porcelain, Costume Jewelry, Sterling Silver, Gold, Furniture, Objects of Art, etc. • 1 Pc.or entire estates • Premium prices paid for Tiffany, Damaged Meissen Porcelain, Bronzes, Quality Pieces Marble, etc. also
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home improvement
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All Types of Home Improvements Free Estimates • Free design service extensions • Kitchens dormers • bathrooms decks • siding
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Buying and Selling over 40 Years / Member New England Appraisers Association
general contractor
Large or Small We Do It All Full Service General Contractor, Builder, Remodeler — For All Residential and Commercial Projects • Interior / Exterior • Custom Renovations • General Carpentry & Repairs
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No Fee For Visa/MC/Discovery or Debit Cards
Lic. Nas. H3803000000
Since 1979
We do all types of improvements including HANDYMAN REPAIRS No job too small
Bob Devlin @
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junk removal
COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION
In Home Service Handy Howard 646-996-7628
Licensed & Bonded
Quality Oil at a Great Price Since 1960
DEVLIN BUILDERS
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islandcontractinginc.com
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GEM - BASEMENT DOCTOR www.Gem-Home.com
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Sage Oil
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We take Pride in Neatness, Reliability, Courtesy & Quality!
Homeheating Heating oil Oil home
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lawn sprinklers LAWN SPRINKLERS
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Fall Drain Outs Backflow Device Tests Free Estimates Installation Service/Repairs
Joe Barbato (516) 775-1199
• We haul anything & everything • Entire contents of home and/or office • We clean it up and take it away Residential - Commercial Bonded Insured / Free Estimates
STRONG ARM CONTRACTING, INC.
516-538-1125
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ADVERTISE HERE 516.307.1045 RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL MOVING INTERIOR DESIGN INSTALLATION WORLDWIDE SHIPPING FINE ART LOGISTICS
• We are a fine art moving company with 15 years of experience in the industry • Our staff is trained in the fine handling of artwork and antiques • We provide trucking services all throughout the five boroughs on a daily basis and out of state if needed • We facilitate weekly shuttles to the south, east, mid-west and west coast • Zima specializes in the handling, packaging and moving of your fine objects • Our commitment to deliver the finest moving experience, it’s what drives us to do our best job every day
Sales: 646-641-9797
Office: 917-825-6461
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Serving the community for over 40 yrs
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Residential and Commercial Cleaning Specialist • Post construction clean ups • Stripping, waxing floors • Move ins and move outs
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Est. 1977
• Slate, Tile, Flat Roofs • Asphalt and Wood Shingle Roofs • Gutters & Leaders Cleaned/Replaced • Professional New Roof Installation Free Estimates Expert Leak Repairs
PAINTING and CARPENTRY Renovations New Mouldings Doors Windows
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Continued from Page 46 be a local election or the most crucial and important one, the presidential election, when it occurs every four years. Many think, what difference does it make; well those are the real losers in the game; for it truly does make a huge difference, for in many countries, voting can be very challenging.
But in many places around the Globe, a great majority of citizens come out and vote, more so than our citizens do. Kind of embarrassing, that the most powerful country in the world and its own people do not come out to vote for the most important and powerful position on the Globe! It’s a real shame, but then again, those that don’t vote, should never,
ever complain about their or anyone else’s condition, because they are contributing to the conditions, by being apathetic and not doing their duty as a U.S. citizen and to vote. With all that is going on in the world, I do want to wish all my friends, clients, customers and their families and friends, a Heathy, relaxing and happy, 2015 holiday season and a healthier, happier and more prosperous 2016!
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Outdated Hardware • Skylights •Andersen Sashes • New Storm Windows • Wood Windows • Chain/Rope Repairs • Falling Windows • Fogged Panes • Mechanical Repairs • Wood Repairs
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Financial Strength and Exceptional Claim Service Property | Liability | Executive Protection | Workers Compensation | Marine | Surety Homeowners | Auto | Yacht | Jewelry | Antiques | Accident & Health Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (“Chubb”) is the marketing name used to refer to the insurance subsidiaries of The Chubb Corporation. For a list of these subsidiaries, please visit our website at www.chubb.com. Actual coverage is subject to the language of the policies as issued. Chubb, Box 1615, Warren, NJ 07061-1615. ©2013 Chubb & Son, a division of Federal Insurance Company.
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Employment
Help Wanted AFLAC BENEFITS CONSULTANT: Fortune 500 Company. With an Aflac career, there are no limits to what you can achieve. It’s a unique opportunity to take control of your career and set your own unlimited goals. Looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Sales experience welcome but not necessary. Lifetime vesting renewals. Office located in Garden City. Please call Director of District Sales, Bill Whicher 516-574-1064 BABYSITTER NEEDED Looking for babysitter for 9 year old; various days 6:30am until drop of at school. More hours if wanted. Must drive. Must provide recent references. Please call 516-7471385 Billion dollar manufacturer expanding in the Long Island area seeking person with sales and /or marketing background. Call 1-516-759-5926. Leave message for call back. FILE CLERK: LAW FIRM NYC law firm seeks Part-Time File Clerk for it’s Garden City office. No experience required, will train. Please submit all resumes to staffapp@ kbrlaw.com LEGAL: Process serving company seeking full time detail oriented individual for office assistant in Williston Park. Computer knowledge a must. Will train. Email resume to: LRadler@courtsupportinc.com OFFICE MANAGER DENTAL PRACTICE in Garden City is seeking full time office manager. Must have computer skills & good phone etiquette. Some experience required. Please email resume to: gccfde.marketing@ gmail.com
Help Wanted
Situation Wanted
REPORTER: Blank Slate Media, an award winning chain of 5 weekly newspapers and website on the North Shore of Nassau County is seeking a self starter with good writing and reporting skills to cover Great Neck. Newspaper experience and car required. Experience with social media platforms and content managements systems preferred. Excellent opportunity to work with editors with many years of weekly and daily newspaper experience. Health insurance, paid holidays and sick days. Office conveniently located in Williston Park not far from NYC. To apply email your resume, cover letter and clips to sblank@theislandnow.com
HOUSE CLEANING: Experienced cleaning service available. Pleasant, responsible. Provides own quality clean products. Own transportation. Local references. Spanish/ E nglish speaking. Free estimates. Approximate cost: Small home $79, Mid size $99, Large $118. Please call Diana 516-859-7084
TAX PREPARER PART TIME: Franklin Square. Experience required. Retirees welcome. Call 516-358-9455 Fax resume 516-358-9483
Situation Wanted BABYSITTER AVAILABLE BOSTON COLLEGE NURSING STUDENT Experienced babysitter with car available until January 15th daytime/ nighttime/ weekends. Call or text 516-307-7701 BABYSITTER: OUR WONDERFUL BABYSITTER OF 17 YEARS IS AVAILABLE! Our full time babysitter needs a new home! She is reliable, responsible, energetic and loving! She is also a driver. Please call 516-238-9894 to inquire. CERTIFIED HOME ATTENDANT Nurse’s assistant available to care for the elderly. Live in or live out. Offering compassionate home care full time or part time. Please call 347-5435960
You’re invited to attend a series of workshops that will provide you with a practical, common sense understanding of how the Constitution was intended to limit the government, not the citizens.
The Constitution is the Solution
MEETS ON THURSDAYS, 7:00 PM
• January 7th • February 11th • February 25th • March 10th • March 24th WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE!
Park City Diner 101 Herricks Road, Garden City Park, NY 11040 Admission: Menu Purchase For more information contact:
Chris Wales - 917-693-0819
Wales462@Verizon.net Visit us at: www.meetup.com/greaternewyorkcityjbsfreedomcampaign
A JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY VIDEO PRESENTATION classes will include DVD presentation and group discussion
NANCY’S CLEANING SERVICE Let me do the work for you! Homes, apartments and offices! Vacuuming, mopping, sweeping, organizing, etc. Professional appearance Excellent references English speaking Own transportation Free estimates! Call or text Nancy 516-4695517. Email: miranda-nancy@ hotmail.com NEW YORK PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT: Care giver/ c ompanion available. Over 20 years experience available 24/7. Specializing in patients with CHF, Alzheimer’s, Dimentia, surgical procedures, hospice and more. Call Jackie 516-306-0257 or Joel 516-965-1940
Career Training AIRLINE CAREERS Start here. Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866-296-7093 NEW YEAR, NEW AIRLINE CAREERS Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Overnight classes available. Call AIM for free information 866-296-7093
ANNOUNCMENTS MAH JONGG PLAYERS WANTED: Tuesday and Thursday evenings my Lake Success home. fun game, no snowbirds please. Call Toby 516-353-0172
Marketplace
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 CASH FOR DIABETIC TEST STRIPS Up to $35 /Box! Sealed and Unexpired. Payment made SAME DAY. Highest prices paid! Call Juley today! 800-413-3479 www.cashforyourteststrips.com 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 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 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
Tag Sale 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 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! Mon, Wed, Fri 10- 6 Tuesday 10-4 Thursday 10-4 & 7-9pm Saturday 10-5 Sunday 12-5 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 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
HELP WANTED: Porter Biener Audi Seeks detail-oriented individual to maintain overall cleanliness of the shop, showroom and dealership grounds. For immediate consideration call (516) 829-2834 (Ext # 109) or email resume in confidence to: sgarrett@biener.com
HELP WANTED: Driver/Valet Biener Audi seeks responsible Valet to check in, wash and park customer cars for service, etc. Must be at least 21 years of age with clean NYS drivers license. For immediate consideration call (516) 829-2834 (Ext # 109) or email resume in confidence to: sgarrett@biener.com
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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 PLACE YOUR AD HERE
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DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-a-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!
GARDEN CITY HOUSE SHARE: Beautifully furnished bedroom. Use of all common areas of house. Includes heat, w/d, a/c. Near public transportation. No smoking, pets or overnight guests. $850 / month. Call 516-747-4293
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PUPPY/ DOG SITTER: Boarding and day care provided in my home for small dogs up to 25 lbs. Love and attention all day. Reliable. Call Rose 516-735-1911
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auTo for Sale 2006 HUMMER HU3 White exterior, beige interior 5cyl, 117,000 miles. Excellent condition. New starter, new battery. $11,000. Call 516-4335268
aparTMenT for renT GARDEN CITY SOUTH: Newly renovated apartment in safe neighborhood. Light filled, airy. Granite, built in dresser, double closet. Air Conditioning. Walk to Adelphi, LIRR. Near food, laundry, all. No pets, no smoking, no party animals! $1,700. Call 516-564-1138
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offiCe SpaCe GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate. Near LIRR, stores. Available now. $1,475 / mth. Call Owner 516-538-7474 or 538-7476
vaCaTion renTal JAMESPORT BAYFRONT BEACH HOUSE for rent: pristine condition, unsurpassed views, on a private, manicured, one acre lot; only a 70 minute drive from Garden City. See photos on HomeAway site #4058365. Available weekends, weekly or seasonal. Call 516-320-0566 for rates and availability. SKI MT. SNOW ON FEBRUARY BREAK! “Timber Creek” Ski house for rent by owner. 3 BR, 2 Bath, Den, LR w/fireplace, Sauna & Large Deck. Access to fitness facility with pool / hot tub, weight room and basketball courts. Shuttle from front door to the lifts. Please call 516-404-8483
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Condo/Co-op for Sale GARDEN CITY DUPLEX CONDO 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath, CAC, 1 Car Garage, 24hr Concierge & Valet, Health Club, Exercise Classes, Heated Pool, Entertainment Room, BBQ area. $759,000.
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STEWART AVENUE CO OP Elevator Building. Living Room, Dining Area, Den, Efficiency Kitchen, Master Bedroom Suite, 2nd Bedroom w/ Bath. $549,000 CARMEL QUILL, BROKER 516-7326049 or 516-741-6135
AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Repairs & Maintenance *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 23year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516741-2154
HoMeS for Sale GARDEN CITY Charming Brick Colonial. Formal Living Room, Formal Dining Room, EIK, 3 Bedrooms, Finished Basement, 1.5 Baths, 1 Car Garage. 60 x 100. $825,000 Carmel Quill, Broker 516-732-6049 or 516741-6135 ROSLYN HEIGHTS: 5 bedroom, 3 bath, beautiful neighborhood in Roslyn Country Club, pool, generator. $1,225,000. Serious inquiries only. 917-553-7074
HoMeS WanTed HOUSE WANTED TO BUY: Good or bad condition to build or fix. Fast closing. Call George 516-972-8787
SErVIcE DIrEctory
ServiCeS 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
HoMe iMproveMenTS LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646996-7628 ]
ISLAND CONTRACTING Full service general contractor, builder, remodeler for all residential and commercial projects. Interior / exterior. Custom renovations, general carpentry and repairs. Licensed and bonded. 516-747-5263 islandcontractinginc.com 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
Moving & STorage ZIMA SOLUTIONS CORP Residential and commercial moving, interior design installation, worldwide shipping, fine art relocation logistics. Fine art moving company with 15 years experience in the industry. Please call Sales: 646-641-9797 or Office 917825-6461
painTing & paperHanging JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516741-5378
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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
EVON’S SERVICES We offer the following services: Companions, Home Health Aides/ E lder Care Child Care and Housekeeping Laborers Days / Nights Live In or Live Out NO FEE TO EMPLOYERS Call: 516-505-5510
COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL /D EMOLITION 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/ C ommercial. Bonded/ Insured. Free estimates. 516538-1125
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F.P. Model UN excels at Rutgers conference NHP students named zone award winners
Floral Park Memorial High School’s Model United Nations Club attended the Rutgers Model UN 2015 Conference on Dec. 3-6. Under the leadership of adviser Deborah Francis, the Floral Park team of 22 students represented Italy and placed third in the following categories: Elizabeth Calandra – Social, Humanitarian & Cultural Committee Jaclyn deArmas – Social, Humanitar-
ian & Cultural Committee Thomas Kenna – Historic Emergency Session of the General Assembly Brandon Rojas – Special Political and Decolonization Harry Schlechter – Commission on Science and Technology Pictured (left to right) are Brandon Rojas, Jaclyn deArmas, Elizabeth Calandra, Thomas Kenna and Harry Schlechter.
New Hyde Park Memorial High School students James Massina and Victoria Mooney received the Nassau Zone Award from the New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance at the Crest Hollow Country
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GCP water commish Engel rejoins NSWCA Long Island voters have elected or re-elected water commissioners in 21 commissionerrun water districts within Nassau and Suffolk Counties. The Nassau Suffolk Water Commissioners’ Association (NSWCA), which consists of water commissioners representing 21 Long Island water districts, congratulates and welcomes back to its Association re-elected Garden City Park Water District Commissioner Chris Engel, who will serve a three-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2016, which runs through Dec. 31, 2018. Water district elections are held annually and residents vote for one of three district commissioners in each district. “We are pleased to welcome our new and returning colleagues to the NSWCA,” stated NSWCA President Thomas P. Hand, Commissioner with the Massapequa Water District. “Commissioner-run water dis-
Chris Engel tricts enable residents and consumers to express their opinions and preferences through the voting process. One commissioner from each district is elected to represent the people. This puts emphasis on a hyper-local basis in each community. In such hyper-local elections, every resident’s vote truly counts.”
Herricks Leisure Club Holiday party North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth attended the Herricks Leisure Club’s Annual Holiday Luncheon at the Swan Club on Dec. 17. Bosworth wished club members a happy holiday season and happy and healthy new year. The Herricks Leisure Club meets every Thursday at 11:30 a.m. at the Herricks Community Center in New Hyde Park.
Club on Dec. 14. Massina and Mooney were selected by members of New Hyde Park’s physical education department based on their character, sportsmanship and overall understanding of physical fitness.
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Herricks’ Anthony Polo dubbed ‘Unsung Hero’ Herricks High School senior Anthony Polo was awarded the Long Island Association of Football Officials (LIAFO) Conference 1 Unsung Hero Award. The LIAFO recognizes students considered to be the most dedicated and over-achieving varsity athletes who typically receive little playing time. These are the players whose participation requires personal sacrifice with little recognition, but without whom there would be no team. Polo received this award based on his terrific work ethic and his willingness to help the team in any way he can. “Anthony is an absolute dream to coach,” Assistant Coach Daniel Doherty said. “He is 140 pounds soaking wet and is the toughest player on the field. He gives 100 percent every minute of every practice and game. He is the most conditioned athlete on the team and has been that way for two years. “Anthony is also a quiet leader,” Doherty said. “He is not one to yell or bark orders at his teammates, but when it is time to clean up the field or put out the equipment he is the first one there to take on the task.” Off the field, Polo is a dedicated Boy Scout that has taken on a leadership role within that organization. He has maintained a 4.0 grade point average in mostly honors and Advanced
Athletes helping athletes roslyn High School Athletes Helping Athletes members visited the 5th grade lunch periods to spend time with elementary students at east Hills and Harbor Hill Schools. Athletes Helping Athletes is a peer leadership program that emphasizes positive behaviors in sports and abstinence from the use of controlled substances. The program also stresses the importance of education and participation in sports as well as other positive activities. Anthony Polo Placement courses. Anthony is hoping to pursue a career in Engineering and is applying to the US Naval Academy and Air Force in addition to other prestigious colleges. This award came with a $1,500 scholarship.
Merillon Sharks Travel Baseball Tryouts
Looking for serious players for the 2016 season! You must register for the tryout in advance at www.merillonaa.org. Workouts/tryouts will be run by professional and college players. Full or partial teams will also be considered. Anyone interested in playing (or continuing to play) Sharks travel baseball must attend Workouts/Tryouts will take place on the following Dates and Times: 8 & 9 Year Olds (as of 4/30/2016) – Saturdays 4 pm – 6 pm
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(Beginning January 2nd and running for 6 consecutive Saturdays) 10 & 11 Year Olds (as of 4/30/2016) – Sundays 8:30 am – 10 am rd (Beginning January 3 and running for 6 consecutive Sundays)
12 & 13 Year Olds (as of 4/30/2016) – Sundays 10:00 am – 11:30 am (Beginning January 3rd and running for 6 consecutive Sundays)
Registration is limited and will be closed out when full. Register online at www.merillonaa.org. If you have any questions, please email us at sharks@merillonaa.org
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