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E.W. discusses well, pact with W.P.

By N o a H M a N s k a r Village of East Williston officials remain committed to pursuing their landmark agreement with Williston Park as one of two “parallel paths” to resolving the village’s water supply issues, they said at a public hearing Tuesday night.

About 60 residents who appeared at Village Hall Jan. 12 were divided on whether East Williston should move to sign the agreement or move forward with updated plans for the second path — building an independent water supply system.

“We’re not forcing this on you,” Trustee Robert Vella said. “ We come to you as our residents because we trust in your collective intellect.”

The draft agreement Williston Park sent East Williston last week contained several provisions not discussed at the villages’ Dec. 17 negotiation meeting, East Williston Village Attorney Jeffrey Blinkoff said, raising concerns among residents and officials.

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Searingtown School fifth-grader Jeni Kim performed Mozart’s “Concerto in G for flute and Orchestra,” an advanced piece for a flutist her age, with The Queensboro Symphony last month. “I began working on it this past September, and I guess it just sort of grew on me,” said Kim, who also plays in the Searingtown Symphony at the school.

Mad scramble for Israel’s seat Martins to forego state Senate for possible bid; Kaplan joins race B y N o a H M a N s k a r working to fund campaigns to paign committee and will leave Just days after U.S. Rep. Steve Israel said the non-stop fundraising cycle of federal politics was the basis for his decision not to seek re-election, some Long Island politicians started

replace him.

Coupled with state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel’s separate decision not to pursue re-election, Israel’s surprise Jan. 5 announcement set off a flurry of political activity from which 17 potential candidates eyeing the Melville Democrat’s seat have emerged.

State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) was the first to create a congressional cam-

the state Senate at the end of his term, an aide said.

And North Hempstead town Councilwoman Anna Kaplan became the first Democrat to officially enter the race this week.

As the jockeying continues, questions remain as to who will represent the North Shore in both Albany and Washington, and how the three races might shift the balance of power in New York.

The candidates Few potential candidates have emerged for the state offices.

Adam Haber, a Democrat who opposed Republican Edward Mangano for county executive in 2011 and ran a selffunded state Senate campaign against Martins in the 2014, told Blank Slate Media he’s strongly considering running for Martins’ seat again.

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Pereira, Cusato will Housing law not run for re-election enforced: audit

Mineola trustees seek first four-year terms State cites Mineola and town

By N o a h M a n s k a r

By N o a h M a n s k a r

Mineola Trustee Paul Cusato and Deputy Mayor Paul Pereira have announced they will run for re-election to the Village Board this year to serve their first fouryear terms.

The New Line Party endorsed Pereira for a fifth term as trustee this week, and Cusato said he’ll run for his seventh term with the Home Party.

Both said they see each other not as opponents, but as partners on a Village Board of “five people trying to do what is best for the community that they grew up in, and that they raise their families in,” Pereira said.

“If it wasn’t for the March elections, the political names would never come about,” said Cusato, who’s sat on the board since 2004. “... We work so well together, it’s a shame that it’s got to be a political party involved with these things.”

There’s no talk of the pair running together under one party as there was in 2014, but the New Line Party has not endorsed any other candidates to take another seat on the board.

No other candidates have said they’d run for a trustee seat, but former Mineola Mayor John Colbert said people had approached him about entering the race.

Colbert, a trustee from 1989 to 1994 and mayor from 1994 to 2003, said he is still weighing whether to run, but is “talking to various people to see what they have to say.”

Candidates must file a petition with signatures from Mineola residents between Feb. 2 and Feb. 9.

Regardless of whether more candidates enter, Pereira said he will stand by his record and his message to voters.

“My vision for the next four years is still going to be the same,”

The Village of Mineola and the Town of North Hempstead were among six Long Island municipalities that didn’t properly enforce an affordable housing law, a state audit found.

The report, which was released by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s office on Jan. 8, says both the village and town approved plans for new housing developments without requiring at least 10 percent of the units within them to be sold at affordable rates, as the Long Island Workforce Housing Act provides.

The projects — one in Mineola and one in Port Washington under the town’s purview — were among 29 developments approved between 2009 and 2014 the audit reviewed for compliance with the 2008 state law.

If a new building exceeds the maximum population density allowed in zoning codes, the law requires developers to set at least 10 percent of the units at “workforce” rates for people with an income at or below 130 percent of the county’s median.

In written responses to the audit, town and village officials

Mineola trustees Paul Cusato (left) and Paul Pereira are seeking their seventh and fifth terms, respectively, on the Village Board. he said. “It’s not going to change, and I’m still going to communicate that to our residents whether or not it’s a contested election.”

Both Pereira and Cusato said that vision centers continuing redevelopment of Mineola’s downtown and the improvement village infrastructure and services.

In the time since they last ran, the Village Board has seen three “transit-oriented” apartment buildings near Mineola’s Long Island Rail Road station move forward, and is considering a fourth at the site of the former Corpus Christi Elementary School.

If all four are built, together they’ll contain more than 1,000 apartments in the downtown area, representing significant progress in the “Master Plan” Mineola adopted in 2004.

Both Cusato and Pereira said they aim to continue driving downtown development by growing the business presence there.

With more retail stores, Cusato said, “(m)aybe we can make Main Street (like) the Seventh Street in Garden City.”

Pereira said he sees a connection between downtown development and recent rises in property values, and the number of applications for new

downtown businesses the board has heard in the past two years shows further promise.

“That means people are coming here, they’re investing and they see the potential in the village,” he said.

The trustees also touted improvements to Memorial Park; a new handicap-accessible bathroom and concession stand at the village swimming pool; and the completion of a project to fix major flooding problems on Bruce Terrace.

Studies of parking and water infrastructure in Mineola are projects the trustees said they’d like to see to fruition in their first four-year terms.

Pereira and Cusato will be the first to serve the longer terms, as provided by a 2013 measure increasing the length of terms from two years.

As trustees noted then, Cusato said the change will allow future trustees to get better acclimated before having to run another race.

“You get elected, you can lock yourself in and you’ve got four years to learn,” he said.

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said they’ve amended local laws to align with the Workforce Housing Act, and have asked affected developers for plans to comply with the law.

In Mineola’s response, Village Attorney John Gibbons said the state could have provided better guidance for how to enforce the law.

When North Hempstead’s Town Board approved final plans in 2012 for a 32-unit condominium development at 433 Main St. in Port Washington, it didn’t require three of those units to be set at workforce rates.

Mineola similarly didn’t require the developers of a 28-unit project at 210 Old Country Road to set aside three units.

The Workforce Housing Act says developers can put the required number of units in a separate building, or pay the relevant municipality a fee instead.

But neither alternative was used in either case, the audit found.

Town spokeswoman Carole Trottere said the town “appreciate(s)” the audit and has “revised our procedures to ensure that we are in compliance with this important law.”

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Game plan for Herricks science success Herricks teacher guides three semifinalists, one finalist in national science competitions

By N o a h M a n s k a r In the past several months, the whiteboard in Renee Barcia’s Herricks High School classroom has served as an elaborate checklist.

With a large grid, Barcia, coordinator of the school’s Science Research Program, had her students track the many steps to submitting their research projects to prestigious Intel Science Talent Search, a national high school science contest she called “the junior Nobel Prize.”

While all students in the fouryear program are expected to enter the Intel contest in their senior year, it’s not the only national high school research prize they successfully pursue.

Herricks seniors Sabreen Bhuiya, Ayesha Chhugani and Vikram Krishnamoorthy were named Intel semifinalists this year; and Naseem Dabiran is one of 12 finalists for a national neuroscience award.

“The students really should be commended for their diligence, their effort, their ability to multitask through the fall college appli-

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Pictured, from left: Herricks High School seniors Sabreen Bhuiya, Vikram Krishnamoorthy and Ayesha Chhugani were selected as semifinalists for the national Intel Science Talent Search. cation process, as well as through the Intel filing process,” Barcia said. “It really shows a level of maturity that is at the college, undergraduate level.”

The Albertson residents, all age 17, were recognized for yearlong laboratory research projects they conducted under profession-

al researchers.

Dabiran’s study of how early the degradation of the brain’s dopamine receptors happens among schizophrenia patients is being considered for the American Academy of Neurologists’ high school Neuroscience Research Prize.

Dabiran said she became in-

terested in neuroscience after he grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.

SUNY Stony Brook professor Annette Biegone, her research adviser, eventually encouraged her to investigate schizophrenia.

“After I started studying more about schizophrenia, I kind of

grew to be as passionate as I am about Alzheimer’s,” she said.

Bhuiya’s project, one of about 300 picked for Intel’s semifinals, studied the relationship between magnesium deficiency and oxidative stress, a condition in which the body doesn’t produce enough antioxidants, among pregnant women.

She did her research under Dr. Christine Metz in a lab at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.

Working with Stony Brook physics professor Abhay Deshpande, Chhugani examined how “magnetic field traps” can be used to more easily transport ions used for MRIs to potentially increase access to medical imaging technology.

Krishnamoorthy studied how the fenugreek plant could be genetically altered to more effectively fight diabetes. He worked under scientists Frederico Casares and Kirk Mantione at SUNY Old Wesbury.

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Expanding tech uses in education Presentation highlights E.W. school district’s push across all grade levels, schools

B y J u l i a nn e C u b a Wednesday’s East Williston school board meeting was different than most: a small robot walked back and forth on a table and two students presented short, animated videos they had coded themselves.

Keeping with the district’s support of the implementation of technology into its classrooms, director of science and technology David Casamento led a presentation with teachers from multiple disciplines about various technological tools students are using and how they further their education.

“I’m always wondering, where are we with technology?”

Casamento said. “Because we are considered a pretty technologically advanced school and we do a lot of great things, so I’m always wondering, what’s the next thing?

Where are we going? What are we doing?”

Starting Sept. 1, Audra Beberman’s role in the district shifted from technology instructor to technology integration coach.

Previously a classroom teach-

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Students present on technology in East Williston schools at the school board’s Jan. 6 meeting. er, Beberman now oversees and assists with the use and integration of technology across all grade levels and disciplines, and in all three of the district’s schools.

To help teachers learn the technology so they can smoothly integrate it into their classrooms, Beberman said, she holds classes, meetings and one-on-one help for technological tools such as Twitter

and Google Chromebooks.

“A lot of really good things are happening in professional development right now,” she said. “I feel that taking on this assignment was really beneficial for both me and for the faculty and staff of all three schools.”

At North Side School, the elementary school, 37 percent of the staff had seen Beberman at least

once for assistance in technology implementation by Oct. 30, she said. That number rose to 56 percent by Dec. 23.

From early September to the end of November, there was an 118 percent increase in the number of people logging into Google Drive, one of the main tools used in classrooms by both teachers and students.

“Anecdotally, I can tell you that a lot of the department chairs, a lot of teachers, have been coming (to me) saying we’re using more of the resources, more of the technology than we’ve ever used before and they’re really happy about it,” Beberman said.

Beberman’s special assignment is to last until the end of this school year, she said; but she and others in the district are hoping it will be extended because of its success.

Students also presented how they’ve been using technology in the classroom.

Kim Kelleher, who teaches computer education, had two of her female students present their coded videos, to which everyone in

the audience applauded.

“Kids are absolutely loving coding,” Kelleher said.

Though the benefit of technology may not be as apparent in an English class, Wheatley School English teachers Daniel Burke and Jenna Stein said Chromebooks and Google Classroom have helped their students develop better organizational and writing skills.

With Google Classroom, students and teachers can access their work at home, allowing Burke and Stein to offer immediate feedback for their students.

Students can also work together to write a story even if they’re not together in the classroom.

“We love how writing can now be collaborative,” Stein said.

Across disciplines, students and teachers presented the benefits of technology in their classrooms.

“I really believe in what I’m trying to sell everyone,” Beberman said. “I love technology and I think that it really helps in the practice in the classroom. I don’t try to make it an extra thing that people have to do; I try to make it integral to their practice.”

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North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and four other town officials were sworn in to office at a Jan. 3 ceremony following their victories in November’s election.

During her speech, Bosworth, who was sworn in for her second two-year term, vowed a continued commitment to a transparent government, the strengthening of town finances and discussed future town objectives.

“Today we affirm once again that democracy works, government matters, public service is an honorable calling, and serving one’s community as an elected or appointed official is an honor, a privilege and a trust,” Bosworth said.

She was sworn into office by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who commended her career in public service, which includes serving as a Great Neck Board of Education trustee and a Nassau County legislator.

Bosworth, a Democrat, also spoke about resident safety and preserving the environment.

On Dec. 24, she sent a letter to Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano and other county officials to undo the 2012 merger of the Third and Sixth precincts, citing increased threats to public safety and previous changes to county precinct plans.

For the town’s future plans, Bosworth said she wanted to appoint a Parking Advisory Committee to assess parking in the town’s downtown areas as well as a “Friends of North Hempstead Parks” organization to support town park improvements.

She received nearly 68 percent of votes to win re-election against Republican candidate Anthony Bulzomi.

Town Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman and Town Council Members Dina De Giorgio, Anna Kaplan and Peter Zuckerman

were also sworn in at the ceremony.

Berman, who was sworn in by former Town Supervisor Jon Kaiman, will serve his second four-year term.

“It is my great honor to serve North Hempstead as Receiver of Taxes and I thank you all for the opportunity and for the trust you have placed in me,” Berman said during his address. “I have really focused on improving convenience and customer service for our residents and I will continue to do so.”

Berman received 65 percent of votes against Republican candidate Scott Diamond to win re-election.

De Giorgio, a Republican, began her second four-year term after her first election in 2011 to represent the town’s sixth district.

She was sworn in by state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola).

“I will continue to work my hardest to be the kind of public servant that every voter can rely upon and be proud of,” De Giorgio said.

In the closest town council race, De Giorgio won re-election by receiving 52 percent of the votes to Democratic candidate Emily Beys’ 48 percent of the votes.

Zuckerman, a former Village of East Hills trustee, officially began his first full term, after winning a special election in 2014 to represent the town’s second district.

He was sworn in by Village of East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz.

“I am so honored the voters reelected me to serve four more years,” Zuckerman said. “I will continue to use my experience as a Town Councilman, Village Trustee and community leader to be an effective advocate for maintaining our quality of life, holding down the cost of Town government, and helping to ensure the safety and security of our neighborhoods.”

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2,000 rally against Belmont casino Protest latest effort to stop OTB plans for video gambling parlor at Elmont racetrack

By N o a h M a n s k a r More than 2,000 people gathered in Floral Park Tuesday night to protest the planned placement of a video casino at Belmont Park, the latest step in a local effort to combat the proposal.

The village’s Belmont Park Task Force organized the rally at Floral Park Memorial High School with local community and civic leaders in the two weeks since Nassau Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. announced plans for a gambling hall there.

The crowd filled the school auditorium and library, spilling out into the hallways and lobby, Floral Park Mayor Thomas Tweedy said.

“The coalition has been building,” he said in a phone interview Wednesday morning.

Echoing concerns Floral Park residents and officials have raised in recent weeks, speakers at the rally said a casino would increase crime and traffic in the area, decrease property values and strain village services.

Village of Floral Park Police Chief Kevin McAllister said additional cars traveling Floral Park roads near the racetrack could inundate police with traffic calls and make it more difficult for officers to respond to other incidents.

Floral Park-Bellerose school board President Laura Perone raised concerns for students at Floral Park Memorial High School and Floral Park-Bellerose School, Tweedy said, which border the racetrack.

“You can put your hand through the fence and you’re in Belmont Park,” Tweedy said.

A few casino proponents, including Elmont civic leader Patrick Nicolosi, argued it was hypocritical for village residents to oppose additional gambling where betting on horse races is already routine.

But boos from the crowd drowned them out, Newsday reported.

A Nassau OTB spokesman declined to comment on the rally.

The agency announced plans

Dec. 29 to eventually build a 100,000-square-foot parlor for video lottery terminals, or VLTs, at Belmont’s western grandstand.

As OTB and Nassau County officials, including County Executive Edward Mangano, seek permission for the project from the state Legislature, the agency plans to build a temporary gambling hall with 1,000 VLTs in a lot north of Belmont’s grandstand.

Mangano included $20 million in revenue from the temporary facility in his 2016 budget.

It requires approval from the state Office of General Services and the New York Racing Authority. Tweedy said Floral Park is ready to sue to block the project pending those approvals.

OTB and Mangano have said communities bordering Belmont would reap benefits from a casino, but a specific benefit structure has yet to emerge.

Mangano spokesman Brian Nevin said Nassau OTB “advises they are at the ready to address community concerns.”

U.S. Reps. Kathleen Rice (D-

Garden City) and Gregory Meeks (D-Queens), who represents Elmont, have opposed the proposal.

Rice’s statement echoed residents’ concerns about quality of life, while Meeks told Newsday he thinks a Belmont casino would oversaturate the area with gambling, as VLTs are already present in Queens and Yonkers.

Michael Wilton, head of the New York Gaming Association lobbying group, and state Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-Mount Vernon), chair of the Assembly’s Racing and Wagering Committee, raised similar issues about how the Belmont project would affect nearby casinos.

Wilton told Newsday a casino so close to Resorts World Casino at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens “will just cannibalize gambling dollars and threaten existing jobs.”

State Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages (D-Elmont), who represents Floral Park, has opposed the idea since before OTB’s official announcement. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx)

cited her position in his decision to oppose the plan.

State Sen. Jack Martins (RMineola) told residents in an email last week that he had many questions about the project and said plans should mitigate any negative impact on the surrounding area.

Nassau County Legislator Carrie Solages (D-Elmont), Michaelle Solages’ brother, has been another consistent opponent and spoke at Tuesday’s rally.

Hempstead town Supervisor Anthony Santino backed the Belmont plan this week, saying a casino would increase county revenue and create jobs.

“I can think of no better location than one where horse race wagering has existed for more than a century,” he said in a statement.

Republican county legislators, including Richard Nicolello (R-New Hyde Park), also support putting the casino at Belmont.

A Nicolello aide did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the rally.

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By N o a h M a n s k a r One Mineola High School program is using some of the Mineola school district’s technology to help get students excited about community service, its mission for more than 30 years.

“Students do it not for a resume-builder, not for something that they have to do, but because they genuinely love it and because we provide them with the opportunities,” said Eileen Burke, co-director of the school’s Falk Sysak Student Service Center, told the Mineola School Board at its Jan. 7 meeting.

Founded in 1983 and named for a former Mineola teacher and school board member, the Student Service Center aims to get Mineola High School students involved with yearly, monthly and weekly local volunteer efforts.

Funded through partnerships with local and national non-profit groups, the center is one vehicle for encouraging students to “contribute positively through a global society,” part of the school district’s mission statement, Burke said.

It’s another way for students to get connected with community service in addition to the school’s traditional service clubs and service-learning programs, Burke said.

“We focus on providing a variety of opportunities for students to be active and engaged in helping others,” Mineola High School teacher Nancy Regan told the board.

Over the course of a given school year, students visit senior citizens and nursing home patients, serve dinners at Long Island’s Ronald McDonald House, tutor younger district students and participate in several other community service efforts.

Some of the volunteer programs are coordinated through the Student Service Center’s funders, such as Gingerbread University, an annual event sponsored by the Nassau County Bar Association’s We Care Fund.

Other partners include the Floral Parkbased Walter Kaner Children’s Foundation, Youth Service America and the charitable arm of Sodexo, a food-service company.

Mineola students complete thousands of service hours each year, Burke said; 2015’s graduating class netted 3,490 hours.

The Student Service Center is working to get eighth-graders involved with a program called Eight Ways to Serve, which offers eight monthly service projects throughout the school year,” Regan said.

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Panel recommendations need review: Celano By a d e da M o l a a G B o o l a Herricks school Superintendent Fino Celano expressed reservations Thursday about the findings of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Common Core Task Force, but said he was pleased with parts of a new federal education law.

The recommendations of the task force, created to perform comprehensive review of learning standards, curriculum and testing in New York State, must be “looked at, reviewed and revised,” Celano said at last Thursday’s school board meeting.

But Celano lauded the newly passed Elementary and Secondary School Act signed into law by President Barack Obama in December 2015.

The new law, which replaces 2001’s No Child Left Behind Act, will hand educational authority to states and includes Title I funding allocations for New York Schools.

“Although the new law isn’t perfect,” Celano said, “it will give back educational powers, decisions and control back to the state.”

A parent, though strongly opposed to the No Child Left Behind law the federal government imposed on the states, expressed concerns about how teachers will now be held accountable under the Elementary and Secondary School Act. “We have rigorous measures in place for teachers lagging behind on their curriculum even though that isn’t the case in this school district,” Assistant Superintendent for Instruction Christine Finn said.

Tales of woes of the No Child Left Behind Act, signed by former President George W. Bush, were revisited as board members described the unfairness of the program to teachers and students.

“Let’s not even count the monetary losses on the program,” school board Trustee Jim Gounaris said. “If we had to convert the amount of time we wasted on the program.” “$70,000?” the parent interjected.

“Way more than that,” Gounaris said.

The school board also welcomed a full house of parents with their children in tow as the board recognized the outstanding student achievements of 2015.

The board recognized Herricks High School juniors Grace Robinson, Nicole Jara, Holly Triebe and David Fisher who were among the winners of the New York Times Editorial Cartoon contest in 2015 for their political cartoons on the Times’ Learning Network blog.

Adam Cordero and Mikayla Chan, a woodwind and a violinist were also recognized for their musical achievements. They will both travel to Indianapolis in March to play in Honor Band and Honor Orchestra of America, respectively.

High schoolers Sabreen Bhuiya, Ayesha Chhugani and Vikram Krishnamoorthy were recognized for proceeding to the semifinals of the Intel Talent Search Science Competition.

Three high school and four middle school students were also accepted into the New York State Honor Band Festivals.

“We’re very proud of our students’ achievements in the sciences and arts,” said Christine Finn, assistant superintendent for instruction. “And it is a testament to the work that our teachers are doing.”

In other business: The board unanimously voted to approve Seneca Consulting Group to aid in the preparation, filing and mailing of forms 1095C and 1095B with the IRS before being mailed to employees. The consulting firm is being tasked with the process by the Board of Cooperative Educational Services on behalf of districts in Nassau County.

Employers of labor with more than 50 employees are expected to file both forms with the IRS to determine the health-care status of its employees. The approximated 1,200 forms is expected to cost about an estimate of $1,500.

The board unanimously voted to appoint Trustees Juleigh Chin and Brian Hassan as school board liaisons to the District-Wide Facilities Committee for the 20152016 school year.

Chin and Hassan were elected to the school board in 2013 and 2013, respectively.

The board also voted to approve the award of mini-grants from Herricks Community Fund to staff members totaling $7,450.

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New year, same bad leadership in Legislature

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ny hope that business as usual would change at the Nassau County Legislature in 2016 ended quickly.

On Jan. 4, in a party-line vote, legislators re-elected Norma Gonsalves the presiding officer of the Legislature.

In poker, this is known as a tell.

Because if anybody represents the sad state of the Nassau County Legislature it is Gonsalves.

On Dec. 23, — less than two weeks after Gonsalves was re-elected to lead county lawmakers — the enforcement agency for the state Board of Elections accused Gonsalves of 10 counts of failing to file campaign-finance disclosure reports from 2006 to 2015 and recommended fines of up to $28,000.

Risa Sugarman, the state’s newly appointed elections-law counsel, said Gansalves had failed to report in a timely fashion “on at least 34 occasions,” according to Newsday.

The election board charges are not to

be confused with the federal investigation requested by then Acting District Attorney Madeline Singas in October of Gonsalves and two other Republican legislators for taxpayer-funded mailers they sent during their last re-election campaigns that falsely claimed that county legislators did not raise property taxes during the past five years.

It was Singas who reported in July that “troubling problems” in the county contracting process, including no requirements for vendors to disclose subsidiary companies, criminal convictions, political contributions or whether a vendor is barred from government contracts in other places.

According to Singas, her office found an unspecified contractor with ties to organized crime, a contractor barred from doing government business in another jurisdiction and a convicted felon with a bankruptcy.

The report, which is part of an ongoing review Singas began in April after then-

state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was accused of illegally pressuring the awarding of a Nassau County contract to a company that employed his son, Adam, Both Skeloses were convicted of the charges in December.

The charges against the Skeloses had nothing to do with the $9.5 million in contracts the Legislature approved from June 2011 to January worth $24,000-$25,000 apiece which were not subject to oversight.

Until then, the Legislature only required oversight of contracts of $25,000 or more.

Except for a $200,000 no-bid consulting contract to former Republican state Sen. Michael Balboni, which was approved in August 2013 under a little-known provision of the county charter that allows personal service agreements for outside professional services to be “deemed approved” if the Legislature does not act on them within 45 days.

All this took place under Gonsalves’

watch.

As did the recent county budget negotiations that ended with the Nassau County Interim Finance Authority — which has overseen the finances of one of the wealthiest counties in New York State since 2000 — setting quarterly budget targets.

This followed NIFA finding the budget proposed by Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano to contain $170 million in risky revenue projections — only to have the Legislature reject fees and other measures that increased the risk of the county running a deficit in 2016.

In reward for this effort , the county Legislature then voted unanimously in December to virtually double legislators’ salary — from $39,500 a year to $78,000 a year — effective in two years We can only hope that the increase in salary attracts some better qualified candidates, who make a change in leadership sorely overdue.

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DA election, federal convictions a good sign

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ooking back on 2015, Nassau County had a great victory in electing our new DA. There are still many problems yet to be solved but now I don’t see it getting worse.

The two recent convictions by the feds sends a strong message: Transgressors beware.

Nationwide, much is chaotic.

The Republican presidential candidates, as I see it, disqualify themselves with most every word they speak.

On the Democratic side, I see it as unfortunate that Hilary Clinton is seen by many as, and possibly is beholden to factions that are not in her best interest or those of the people.

From what I have seen, Bernie Sanders is completely independent and free to act accordingly.

Back to local happenings: Mineola has initiated a hired traffic and

parking study. I already know the answers.

This village, like many others has numerous north-south and east-west thoroughfares.

To the great majority of drivers, Mineola is only something in between where they are and where they are going. Nothing is going to change that.

As for parking, especially downtown by the train station, I have mentioned a solution for much of it which seems to have gone unnoticed.

For Mineola residents and part of Garden City, those close by can walk to the train station.

Others including part of Carle Place have to drive and use commuter parking, call a cab or have someone drive them.

A good solution for most of them would be a system of shuttle bus routes. I heard about one up north.

One such route could leave the south train platform and head west on Old Country

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Road to Herricks Road, north up to Jericho, east to Mineola Boulevard, and south to the north station platform. That would be clockwise. Then take the same route counterclockwise.

Two buses working the same route would eliminate a passenger needing to ride more than half the route.

How long could it take? Twenty minutes maximum?

The entire area served should be from Herricks Road on the west, Jericho on the north, Glen Cove Road on the east and Old Country Road on the south. Possibly more.

Other routes within this area would serve it in the best possible manner.

This would greatly reduce traffic and the need for many commuter parking spaces.

As it is, those using these spaces still need to walk to the train instead of being left and picked up at the station platform.

This should not be a money-maker for the village but a public service. The fare should not be much at all and only to cover operating expenses.

Users would have ‘shuttle cards’ like NYC & NICE with rides registered on the riders credit cards. The ability to pay with coins would be available also.

I imagine the drivers would have at least a forty hour week.

Mineola has space to serve as a depot and for servicing the vehicles.

I would be very happy not to want to bring this subject up again. It is time to move into the modern age.

I assume that the Mineola officials read the local newspapers and know what is happening. Just listen to and heed the advice of the people. That is the purpose of public office.

Charles Samek Mineola

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K remer ’ s C or n er

Gov. Cuomo’s bold development plan

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his past week the ghost of Robert Moses was revived

by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an appearance before the Long Island Association.

If you are too young to remember who Robert Moses is then I suggest you read “The Power Broker” by Robert Caro. If you are too busy to read then I will mention a few of the projects completed by the late Mr. Moses.

Once upon a time, it was possible to build a road or a bridge and get it done over the objection of a small handful of people.

Robert Moses is responsible for the Long Island Expressway, the Northern and Southern State parkways; the Tri-Boro Bridge, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge and at least 10 other successes that I don’t remember.

Moses dared to be a master builder and had the backing of most of the important people in New York State, which helps a

lot when you are building something.

Moses was not Mr. Nice Guy. He is said to have been brusque and to the point and didn’t suffer fools easily. Get in his way and you were bound to be run over by a steamroller. The word NIMBY was not in his vocabulary.

Almost completely out of character Gov. Cuomo proposed a possible tunnel from Long Island’s North Shore to Connecticut, a new third track for the Long Island Railroad, a boat landing at Shoreham to take on commercial goods and save long truck rides and a bunch of other projects.

In the case of the Third Track, he proposed spending $1 billion on the effort, but didn’t define where the moneys would come from.

It is no secret that the state Legislature, which once spent barrels of money on mass transit, has retreated from that effort to

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the point where almost nothing is currently going on.

The latest five-year plan for mass transit has been cut and cut and there are few if any advocates to increase that funding.

The promise of new funds by the governor isn’t pie in the sky because of what he did to the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Four years ago, Mr. Cuomo

pledged to build a new bridge and quite a few people laughed and laughed.

Neighbors on both sides of the Hudson River cursed and cursed and swore that no such thing will ever happen. Environmental groups promised to sue and sue to stop the new bridge.

If you happen to be going upstate and use the current Tappan Zee Bridge, you will see the pillars and the completed foundations for the bridge that some swore would never happen.

How it was done will be a story in and of itself as all types of financing mechanisms were used. In the meantime, all the naysayers have been proven wrong.

You don’t have to be a road builder or a construction worker to know that very few public projects have been built in this region for many years.

Occasionally the state provides money for a local road improvement but the mega projects

of the past no longer happen.

Drivers who are stuck on the Long Island Expressway can attest to the fact that they are stuck in the daily gridlock that adds to our air pollution and costs businesses millions of dollars each day in lost time.The same goes for the Southern and Northern parkways badly in need of modernization.

It is very clear that New York State can’t do everything for everyone when it comes to roads, bridges and tunnels.

But the governor’s bold promise to get some major projects done in the near future is good news for all of us.

The governor’s parting statement at the LIA event says it all.

“NIMBY and the shortcomings of the bureaucracy have stolen our capacity for major projects. If we lived like this and worked like this we wouldn’t be here. Long Island wouldn’t be here. You would all be potato farmers.”

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Preparing county for future disaster

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t was late October 2012, when Superstorm Sandy hit Long Island, and wreaked havoc across our communities.

While some areas were hit by floods, others were hurt by downed power lines and loss of power.

Unlike this past autumn, the fall of 2012 was particularly cold. Most residents were subjected to darkness and frigid temperatures, and an island wide gas shortage we hadn’t seen the likes of since the 1970s.

For some, the clean up and impact lasted weeks, for others it was months or years.

In the three short years since Sandy we’ve been lucky. Things have been relatively quiet, and there have been no other disasters, natural or otherwise.

However, that doesn’t mean we’re in the clear. Disasters are happening nationwide on a frequent basis. Being prepared for a disaster is of paramount importance for the safety and welfare of a community, and it’s especially critical for us because we live on an island, and can easily be cut off from access to the supplies we need to live, like gasoline.

You would think on the heels of this tragedy, Nassau would

have systems and protections into place, yet what’s in place is limited at best.

Currently, the county has an emergency management link on its website, where you can receive alerts through emails or text messages by registering online at: http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/1620/EmergencyManagement There is also a video showing on the county website on how to prepare a seven-day Shelter-InPlace Kit, and an additional link for weather advisories.

However, much more can be done to protect and inform residents, especially since during an emergency, services like power, the Internet and phone are usually disabled or inoperable.

I’ve learned a great deal through my experience and work with All Hands Volunteers (a nonprofit disaster response organization where I am a board member).

Traveling with All Hands Volunteers to Biloxi, Miss., after Hurricane Katrina, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa after flooding in 2008, to Haiti after the big earthquake in 2010, and most recently to Long Beach after Superstorm Sandy, I’ve seen first-hand what it takes to get people back on their feet.

ADAM HABER

All Things Political If government and citizens take the following precautions, our odds of minimizing impact greatly increase: What Government Can Do · In the event of a declaration of an existing or imminent disaster by the county executive, the commissioner of emergency management should be granted cross-agency jurisdiction, with the authority to direct resources from all agencies until the crisis is over. · The commissioner of emergency management needs to develop and maintain an inventory of county assets that may be called into service during an emergency, including: shelter locations; warming, charging and

showering stations; emergency medical care options; generators; emergency transportation; and, any other assets that may be needed. The Commissioner shall also, to the degree possible, maintain similar inventories of assets in the governmental entities in and near Nassau County. · Create regional disaster response information based on Nassau’s 19 legislative districts so the public knows whom to contact and legislators can help coordinate distribution of information.

Legislators or their designees will coordinate with the Office of Emergency Management and emergency personnel to keep the public informed. The Office of Emergency Management will take the lead coordinating operations between the County, local governments and nonprofit entities (such as Red Cross and All Hands Volunteers) to minimize duplication and conflict among organizations, find areas of cooperation to make better use of taxpayer dollars, and improve outcomes for citizens and communities. · The Office of Emergency Management needs to create a multi-pronged system of disseminating information to the public with regularly scheduled inter-

vals above and beyond phone and text alerts including: TV, radio, and social media. · Create social media, mobile technology platforms and tools to allow citizens to report local issues and serve as first-line reporters and damage assessors.

Enter into a joint purchasing agreement with Suffolk County for an AM broadcast channel to disburse Long Island specific emergency information. · The Office of Emergency Management will pre-screen and competitively select contracting entities for disaster response services in advance of hurricane season that begins on June 1. · The Office of Emergency Management will develop new regulations to ensure that certain vital businesses, including gas stations, remain operational in the event of a prolonged power failure. Heavy fines and penalties for price gouging need to be put in place. · The county executive in conjunction with the Office of Emergency Management will hold yearly community forums to gather input on how to improve disaster response. · Nassau County will develop a special needs registry to help locate and evacuate residents

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A look o n the li g hter si d e

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A paperless world? Not so fast!

was on the train the other day, next to someone reading on some electronic device, when she looked up and caught me trying to read it over her shoulder.

“Yes, I think we’re reading the same book,” she said. I looked down at my copy of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” by Marie Kondo.

“You got me,” I said. “Of course, for all I know, yours could be ‘Fifty Shades of Grey.’ ” “It’s funny you say that,” she said, smiling. “That book is the reason I got this.” She waved her e-reader at me. “But now I use it for everything. I’ve got dozens of books on here, and it’s easy to take them all with me. Plus…”

“Yes?” I dog-eared the page in my book as I closed it.

“Now I’ve gone paperless, I’m saving trees!”

“Well, so am I,” I said. “I don’t need electricity to make this work.”

She went back to her Kindle, or her phone, or whatever it was. Until the battery died.

“Oh, drat,” she said. “Now I’ve got nothing for the rest of

this ride.”

“Here, borrow mine,” I said.

“What page were you on?”

“Well, that’s a problem,” she answered. “I never know where I am, till I’m finished. Sometimes I don’t even see it coming!”

“That’s one reason I like paper,” I told her. “Whenever I read something on a screen, I get claustrophobic; it feels like I’m scrutinizing the hull of the Queen Mary through a papertowel tube. When I read a real book, I just have a better feel for where I am. Plus I remember things better. Like in this book — there’s a place where Marie talks about paper…”

“I could find that for you — if mine was working. Unless it just found 300 references to ‘paper’ instead. ” “Never mind, I’ll find it — I know it’s on the bottom of a lefthand page … Ah here it is, on page 96:” “My basic principle for sorting papers is to throw them all away My clients are stunned when I say this, but there is nothing more annoying than papers.

After all, they will never inspire

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A Look on the Lighter Side joy, no matter how carefully you keep them.”

“But she’s wrong,” I insisted, closing my book once again. “I like paper. I like books. I feel much better, finishing a book, than I would just deleting one file and starting another. Some of the most important things in my home are on paper — my framed wedding certificate; family photos; hand-made Mother’s Day cards; and a bill my older boy gave us, when he was 6, for “Babby-siting” his brother.”

“I hear you,” said my seatmate. “But there must be some times when even you would agree we don’t need paper?”

“Well, yes. I will admit that, knowing the New York Times is on the internet, it is easier for me to recycle the newsprint copies. Maybe someday, I’ll even go completely digital. It was one of my New Year’s resolutions…before I chickened out.”

“And what about paper towels? Every time you dry your hands with those, in a public restroom, you’re just killing trees!

What about them?”

“You’ve got a point, but every hand dryer I’ve ever used is just so noisy! And at my age, I really don’t have a lot of hearing capacity to spare.”

We both sat quietly, enjoying the scenery out the window.

“You know, this is the first time I’ve looked out the window in almost a year,” said my new friend.

“It’s quite a beautiful view.”

Then I broke the silence.

“Here’s what bothers me the most, when people talk about going ‘paperless,’ I’m afraid it’s just going to be like every time

I try to lose weight, and end up gaining, instead.”

“I’m not following you.…”

“Well, take our school district.

They announced they were going paperless. So now, for school board meetings, there aren’t any handouts. You have to go on their website and look it all up, instead.”

“So?” “So one time I was reading everything, but I couldn’t understand it, so I just said, “Print.”

Eighty pages later, my printer was still going! I was knee-deep in attachments that I’m sure, in the old days, would have been three pages, each. But someone probably said, ‘Oh, no one’s going to print this anyway, what’s another 20 pages?’ ” “Sounds awful!”

“It was. The worst of it was, I fell asleep reading it all — and missed the meeting.”

“So — you’re saying paper makes for a good bedtime story?”

“I guess I am!” We both laughed, happy to agree on something, as the train arrived at our stop.

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Benjamin Franklin: American Genius

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y previous column invited selections for the “greatest American of all time.”

Responses came from women asking about females on such a list, from the “artistically-inclined” seeking culturally creative people beyond politics, and from Elders, (especially some with vivid memories of the 1930s Depression and World War II), boosting FDR for the top of the list (often with an accompanying nod to his cousin Theodore Roosevelt).

Several folks asked — some demanded ‚ that I reveal my personal top 10 list (at some point, I hope to do that).

For now, I continue to welcome your own lists and your reasons for making selections.

I participated in my first Great Americans rating in 1976, during my highly active academic role in the American Revolution Bicentennial Celebration. It is legitimate to inquire of everyone what short or long term factors may have influenced their choices.

Looming large for me was the time I had spent in England in 1975.

The “defeated” nation of

Great Britain did hold its own recognition of what most scholars consider one of the truly influential developments in world history.

Significantly, they called their program: “The American War for Independence.”

That might seem a small matter, but it wasn’t. Their focus was 1775 to 1975 because they believed the battles at Lexington and Concord in April 1775 were the key in defining the nature of separation.

The focus on a title of “War” deliberately diminished what the great scholar, Gordon Wood, calls: “The Radicalism of the American Revolution.”

Columbia historian Carl Becker had written that The American Revolution was more than “Redcoats Go Home,” much more than a battle for “Home Rule.”

Like R.R. Palmer and most others, he showed that it was also a “battle over who should rule at home,” and in that dimension, at the time, was the singular, most transformative democratic movement in the history of the world.

Indeed, as Harvard’s Bernard Bailyn has argued, the truly new

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American principles and practices of politics, government, liberty and human rights sparked a “contagion of liberty” that immediately stirred other peoples and nations, and, to this day, serves as a reference point for radical steps toward democracy.

Most of the Brits from the 1770s into the 1970s (and probably to this day) had little to no understanding of the magnitude of the American Revolution. [as illustrated from my Pub focus groups in England, from studying with Cambridge scholar, J.H. Plumb, and from my research at London’s “PRO” (Public Record

Office), where scores of manuscripts dismissed the American colonists as “disrespectful,” as “unappreciative,” and as “irresponsible rebels.”]

Not just Brits, but Americans preparing for the 2016 elections (see my coming column themes) would have a deeper sense of the precious U.S. democratic heritage if they had a better understanding, not of fighting “The War for Independence,” but of implementing “The Radicalism of the American Revolution.”

I especially celebrated Benjamin Franklin because he was among the three most radical leaders of the American Revolution.

It is no simple task to try to do a rating of a nation’s greatest leaders, and, as will be shown — at a future date— there are many men and women to admire and to celebrate as models for our society and for humanity.

Historians have argued that special accord should be given to the “Founders” of any nation because they have the most challenging, creative tasks.

Their legacy is all the greater if their institutions and values

continue, and if their views are flexible enough to foster progress.

Scholars identify Franklin, Jefferson and Thomas Paine as America’s most radical leaders ± men of vision who also championed continuing democratic reforms and revolutionary ideas.

Among the three, Paine has been most neglected, as Ron, a perspicacious reader of my previous column, emphasized.

Not only was “Common Sense” the best-selling book in America (to that point), but it was a clarion call for human rights that truly signaled the best of “American exceptionalism.”

Paine wrote: “We have it in our power to begin the world over again. A situation, similar to the present, hath not happened since the days of Noah until now.

The birthday of a new world is at hand.”

It is no accident that Paine’s closest booster was Franklin, who keenly shared Paine’s idealistic view: “The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind,” that universal principles for humanity were at stake that would affect “posterity.”

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Right to choose ignores the potential person

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do not know about you, but after reading and hearing about abortion in this newspaper and elsewhere, I am so happy that my parents decided to have me 78 years ago!

Then I thought that each of us is a miracle because there where an infinite amount of bumps in the road that could have derailed you ever having a chance of becoming you.

Consider my situation: My dad’s dad when he learned that the girl he wanted to marry was being taken from Sicily to America by her two brothers, he decided to follow them.

But, he had no lira.

He first went to France to work, then on to Algeria to make more money and he did make it to America. He did marry her, lived in Bay Shore and finally moved to Queens.

My mom’s mom had many children.

My mother had a twin, who died at birth. My mom was born in Philadel-

phia and her family moved to Queens.

My mom and dad met each other in Queens. Lucky for me.

Can you imagine what sequence of events that could have occurred that would have prevented me from ever existing?

What events that could have happened to individuals decades ago that could have broken the links that led to me being born? The mind boggles.

Another example of each of us being born: Although I played high school baseball and basketball, I was the worse swimmer on this planet.

In fact, since my school had a graduation requirement that one had to “swim 80 yards in good form,” I didn’t.

The penalty was that the headmaster would not sign my diploma and it is proudly framed and mounted on my office wall.

I learned [and one of you can confirm same] that when the millions of

sperm swim up the fallopian tube to fertilize the waiting egg, how did I, an untalented swimmer, beat all the other sperm?

They must have really been terrible.

But, wait. I learned that the egg was like a M&M candy that had a surface that was eroded by the sperm until an opening happened.

The next one who saw the opening, jumped in and became you and me.

Thus, the smartest of all the sperm became us.

Which leads me to abortion. Since Roe v. Wade, over 50,000,000 have been murdered.

Yes , murdered simply because two selfish people decided to have sex without protection and when it didn’t work a birth happened [Please don’t tell me about the protection that failed!].

And then you have an organization that sells the aborted parts for profit and only undercover videos show them

laughing when they discuss this hideous profit oriented organization.

A young couple I know can’t have children.

They now have two young children, a boy and a girl, when another man and woman had two children and put the brother and sister up for adoption as each one was born!

Thank God, they didn’t abort.

Another young couple adopted a young girl when unwed mother, on drugs who had another child and put the second child up for adoption.

The young child had to be treated for her mother’s drug problem.

The abortion lovers talk only about the woman’s rights to control her body They never have concern about the potential person that is a person at the instant of conception.

John Messina East Williston

Pro-lifers ignore complicated circumstances

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nce more unto the breach, my friends….

William Shakespeare — Henry V Once again, James Gough has engaged in a war of words with me over my letter on the “war on women,” and once again he demonstrates his penchant for misunderstanding and illogicality.

He writes that my prose is “wordy” yet my editor at Harper and Row doesn’t think so.

He writes that I am “a nice old gentleman” whose “word processor has been commandeered by an elderly alien.”

(Ageism, Mr. Gough, is no way to win an argument.)

And in his opening line, he states that he doesn’t wish to “continue a war on words” and then spends the next three columns doing precisely that.

Clearly, he agrees with Emerson that “consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds.”

Let us move on to more sub-

stantive matters.

Mr. Gough writes that “The wisdom manifested by the word ‘God’ outweighs that manifested by the title ‘doctor.’”

I think this is his awkward way of saying that God takes precedence over a mere mortal.

Total agreement here.

But this raises an interesting question.

Which “God” is Gough referencing? Is it Zeus, Brahma, Vishnu, Jesus, Jehovah or Allah?

(There are hundreds more, but space precludes their mention.)

If Mr. Gough has his God in mind and wishes to impose Him on the rest of us, there goes freedom of religion.

Gough is hoisted on his own petard. He has forgotten why our forefathers (and mothers) left Europe for the New World and tacked the First Amendment on to our Constitution.

Now, at the risk of being pedantic, let me introduce the philosophical distinction between

absolute and relative values.

When Pope Francis talks about abortion and the death penalty, he opposes both.

This is because he takes an “absolute” position on the sanctity of life.

For him killing is wrong under any and all circumstances.

It says so in the commandment: “Thou shalt not kill.”

A relativist takes the position that there are circumstances when killing can be condoned.

For example, you are drafted into the army during World War II. If you believe that Hitler is a menace to civilization, you are prepared to kill his troops.

Or, you may use a gun if an intruder enters your home and threatens the lives of your loved ones.

Mr. Gough takes the absolutist position on abortion. It is wrong even in cases of rape, incest, and life-endangering pregnancies.

The tragedy of the absolute

Vets owe town a thank you

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s members of the North Hempstead Veterans Advisory Committee, it was our personal special honor to participate in the Town of North Hempstead delivering more than 100 boxes of personal care items, clothing and more to the Northport Veterans Hospital in December, as reported in your January newspapers.

This holiday gift drive was coordinated through Supervisor Bosworth’s office and her dedicated staff.

It was wonderful to know that neighborhood groups and schools participated as well.

The Town of North Hempstead has stepped up and filled a void veterans felt existed.

We are able to easily contact a dedicated social worker, call 311, or make inquiries to our elected officials for any concerns we might have.

Thank you Supervisor Bosworth and the town for providing the assistance so sorely needed and providing the vehicle through which we veterans can communicate and share resources.

Charles Wohlgemuth, USAF Veteran Larry Brady, US Army Veteran

position plays itself out on the world stage as follows.

In 1973, Congress passed the Helms Amendment. It was a reaction to the Roe v. Wade decision. It prohibited the use of U.S. foreign assistance funds for abortions.

A vindictive Congress, unable to prevent the U.S. Supreme Court from legalizing abortion, directed their animus against helpless, poverty stricken women in the Third World.

As a result thousands of women have needlessly died.

The question that pro-life and pro-choice advocates must ask themselves is — are there any circumstances which would justify an abortion?

For pro-lifers the answer is

a simple “no.” For pro-choice activists it is more complicated.

The full impact of our policy becomes clear with the following illustration.

A young girl in Syria or Iraq is raped by soldiers.

Even if she manages to flee her war-torn country for the relative safety of a refugee camp in neighboring Jordan or Lebanon, she may still have no choice but to risk her life giving birth to the rapist’s baby.

Thank you Jesse Helms.

Thank you U.S. Congress.

And thanks to all the pro-lifers whose compassion extends to the unborn as long as it remains in the uterus.

Hal Sobel Great Neck

Greatest joy comes from helping others

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n reference to Mr. Bedell’s letter (“Don’t limit helping the needy to one time a year)”, I hardily agree for two reasons.

As a volunteer for 13 years at The Interfaith Nutrition Network, I have come to realize that the greatest joy comes from helping others.

Second, each of us has a duty to make the world a little better than we found it, by acts of kindness and compassion, knowing full well that “There

but for the grace of God, go I.” If each of us pitches in, there is no limit to what we can accomplish.

The sages remind us that “Whoever saves a single life… is as if he or she saves an entire world.”

And Anne Frank said it better than I ever could: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

David Golbert Great Neck

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East Side access needs Main Line 3rd track

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here is still more to “LIRR third track plan revives criticism” (Noah Manskar — Jan. 8).

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent announcement in support of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Island Rail Road Main Line Third Track project missed significant details.

His claim that he will have the MTA/LIRR fast track this project for $1.5 billion is wishful thinking. The current cost estimate is based upon previous older planning feasibility studies, with little environmental, design and engineering efforts necessary to validate any actual construction costs.

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

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

Unfortunately, history has shown that estimated costs for construction usually trend upwards as projects mature toward 100 percent final design. Progression of final design refines the detailed scope of work necessary to support construction.

The anticipated final potential cost will never be known until completion. Costs will be further refined by award of construction contracts followed by any unforeseen site conditions and change orders to the base contracts during the course of construction.

Cuomo is only proposing seed money of $7 million to support planning, preliminary design and engineering along with environmental work within the proposed 2015- 2019 MTA Five Year Capital Program.

Don’t be surprised if the balance of $1.5 billion is higher to support property acquisition, final design and engineering.

Along with actual construction costs, it may be spread out between the 2020-2024 and 2025-2029 future Five Year Capital programs. (Remember that LIRR East Side Access started at $3.5 billion in 1999 and has grown to $10.8 billion today.

Funding to date has been spread out over three Five Year Capital programs and will end up being programmed over five Five Year Capital programs upon completion in December 2022 or later).

Will the MTA LIRR use local or federal funding or a combination of both to come up with

$1.5 billion?

Each year, the MTA receives over $1 billion in formula funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration.

These funds account for 35 percent of the MTA’s Capital Program.

In addition, over the past ten years they received several billion in U.S. DOT FTA New Starts funding for both East Side Access and Second Avenue subway. It also does not include several billion in U.S. DOT FTA Sandy relief and recovery funding. The MTA allocates 15 percent or $150 million of over $1 billion in annual formula transit funding from U.S. DOT FTA for the LIRR capital program.

These dollars are usually used for routine state of good repair and safety projects. Reprogramming these dollars to support Main Line Third Track would impact the FTA funded LIRR state of good repair and safety capital projects program.

Another option is for the MTA to enter LIRR’s Main Line Third Track Project into U.S. DOT’S FTA New Starts program.

This could result in LIRR Main Line Third Track competing against 2nd Avenue Subway Phase 2, Metro North Penn Station Access, Staten Island North Shore Bus Rapid Transit, Queens Woodhaven Blvd. Bus Rapid Transit, New Penn Station and other MTA operating agencies such as NYCT or Metro North major capital improvement projects for funding in future Capital Programs.

The MTA, Amtrak, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New Jersey Transit, Nassau County and New York City DOT are all attempting to qualify many other projects for the same federal New Starts program.

There are many projects from the Metropolitan New York Region that may be competing against each other.

Dozens of other potential New Starts projects are being championed by many other senators and Congress members.

The requests far exceed any available New Starts funding.

There will be few winners and many losers.

Should MTA LIRR elect to pursue federal funding, they will have to comply with the National Environmental Protect Act. Depending upon whether FTA determines that Main Line Third Track requires either an Environmental Assessment or more likely a full blown Environ-

mental Impact Statement, completion of this process can easily take from one to two years.

Remember that there is significant local community opposition whose concerns will have to be addressed during the environmental review process.

With increasing service on the Main Line, there will less opportunity for north and south bound traffic including police, fire, ambulance, automobile and commercial vehicles along with Nassau Inter County Express buses to proceed when the crossing gates are down.

Traffic could back up by blocks. What remedial actions will the MTA/LIRR provide to address this issue? Once FTA issues an environmental finding, the project will proceed from 30 percent to 100 percent final design and engineering. Final design and engineering could easily take two years.

Add another year for the procurement process to be completed from development of bid specifications, contract advertisement and award. Actual construction work might not start until 2019, 2020 or later.

Over the past 30 years, estimates for construction of Main Line Third Track have grown from $600 million to $1.5 billion today. Governor Cuomo admitted that by reducing the amount of private property acquisition, virtually all construction will take place along the existing right-of-way. He went on to say that this will result in increasing construction costs.

No one knows how many additional millions will be required above the $1.5 billion to cover costs of construction within the existing right of way, buy outs for home owners and business properties, noise abatement and sound barriers along with additional safety improvements at grade crossings. Don’t forget LIRR force account support to provide flagging protection. This is necessary to afford Third Party contractors safe access who will perform construction within an active right of way corridor. Imagine how many times per hour they will have to stop work when a train passes by?

How much construction work will have to take place evenings, overnight and on weekends when there is less activity on the Main Line? How will this be addressed in the environmental review process? What will the costs be for construction of additional commuter parking and Nassau Inter County Express

(NICE) bus services? Both will be needed to accommodate thousands of additional new riders who are either bound for Grand Central Terminal, NYC based reverse commuters to jobs and colleges or local residents traveling between stations within Main Line Nassau and Suffolk county stations? Ask anyone at the MTA or LIRR to share with you a detailed project budget, which would include the estimated costs for each project component. Ditto for any project implementation schedule from start to finish. The current proposed project budget is nothing more than a number written on the back of an envelope. There may not even be a detailed project implementation schedule.

Remember the Ronkokoma Double Tracking project? It will cost $450 million to complete double tracking on the LIRR Ronkonkama Line between Hicksville and Ronkonkoma.

Due to insufficient funding, completion of double tracking was dropped in the 1980s when this branch was electrified to save money.

Fast forward to today. Completion of double tracking which is in 100 percent of the existing right-of-way is estimated to cost $450 million today and take four years for completion. It would have cost far less to finish this work thirty years ago.

Construction of Main Line Third Track is much more complicated than Ronkonkoma Double Tracking. This will probably result in a longer duration period for completion of construction.

Main Line Third Track was first proposed almost 30 years ago and could have been funded and completed under previous Five Year Capital Programs.

Costs would have easily been several hundred million less than today’s estimates.

After completion of double tracking forecast by 2018, Ronkonkoma Branch riders will enjoy off peak 30 minute service.

However, there will be virtually no additional rush hour trains in the AM to Penn Station or PM from Penn Station to Ronkonkoma. This is because there is no capacity for running additional trains during rush hour between Hicksville and Floral Park on the existing Main Line two track system.

Several hundred million in additional funding is needed to support electrification on the Port Jefferson branch

from Huntington to Port Jefferson, Ronkonkoma line from Ronkonkoma to Yaphank and on the Montauk line from Babylon to Speonk.

Thousands of daily LIRR riders from diesel territory branches (including those commuting from stations east of Huntington to Port Jefferson, east of Mineola to Oyster Bay, east of Babylon to Speonk or Montauk and east of Ronkonkoma to Greenport) are subject to significant delays on a regular basis when problems occur on the Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville.

Construction of a third track could provide operational flexibility when there is a sick passenger, mechanical, signal, power, track or other problems.

With an extra track and interlocking’s at key intermediate points between Hicksville and Floral Park, express and local trains would be able to bypass stalled trains.

You will never see the full benefits of investing $10.8 billion in direct funding for construction of LIRR’s East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal without a Third Track. While Penn Station has the West Side storage yard to hold a significant amount of equipment, there will be no similar capacity at Grand Central Terminal.

Main Line third track is needed for the growing reverse commuter market. It is also needed so trains can return east to provide equipment for additional west bound service during AM Peak periods. Ditto for the evening PM service out of Grand Central Terminal.

Don’t be surprised if East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal is open to the public in 2023 or 2024 rather than the current forecasted date of December 2022.

Opening day service may not include running the full compliment of 24 trains per hour. Without Main Line Third Track, the LIRR may not have the flexibility to move equipment back and forth between Grand Central Terminal and all eight branches east of Jamaica.

As a result, you will not see a compete return on the billions invested in East Side Access over several decades.

Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked in the transportation field for 31 years).

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Schimel to not run for re-election Herricks school Trustee Jim Gounaris sez he is considering a bid for Assembly seat

By J oe N i k i c State Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Great Neck) announced Thursday she will not seek re-election this November to represent the 16th Assembly District.

“The Assembly is the best job I have ever had,” Schimel said in a statement.

“I am leaving in love with a great institution — ‘The People’s House’. It has been a privilege to serve my wonderful, enlightened, and engaged Assembly district. I look forward to the next chapter in my life.”

Schimel was first elected to the state Assembly in March 2007 after defeating Republican Ryan DeCicco in a special election, receiving 86 percent of the votes.

She replaced Thomas DiNapoli, who the state Legislature selected as state Comptroller that year.

Currently serving her fifth term in office, Schimel said she plans to serve out her term, which ends Dec. 31.

The 16th district includes Great Neck, New Hyde Park, Port Washington, Manhasset, Williston Park, North Hills, East Hills, Old Westbury and a portion of Roslyn Estates.

Prior to serving on the state Assembly, Schimel served as North Hempstead Town Clerk for seven years.

Originally born in Brooklyn, she has been a Great Neck resident since 1982.

Schimel served on the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence board for more than two decades and in 1995 co-founded the organization’s Long Island chapter with former U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Garden City).

Throughout her political career, she was heavily involved with various other gun safety organizations.

In 2012, Schimel was elected cochair of state Legislators Against Illegal Guns, a bipartisan group of more than 50 current and former members of the state Assembly and Senate.

She went on to become a member of the American State Legislators For Gun Violence Prevention in 2014, which is a 200-member group of state legislators from all 50 states focused on gun violence protection.

Jim Gounaris, a Herricks school board trustee and Manhasset Hills resident, commended Schimel’s role assisting school district needs.

“As APPR and Common Core and all this extra testing came down from the state, she became a real advocate for the school districts, the school boards, the students and their families with regards to the excess strain both financially, physically and educationally that it was putting on everyone,” Gounaris said.

While he has not made a decision yet, Gounaris said, he was considering running for Schimel’s seat.

“We’re seriously contemplating it

Nicole Duckham, chief of staff of Schimel’s office, said Schimel had no immediate plans after her term ends in December.

Schimel’s announcement comes two days after U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Melville) announced he would not seek reelection to Congress this November.

There has been speculation as to who would replace Israel, with Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) announcing her candidacy Monday.

Democrats have also named Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Dix Hills) and state Assemblyman Charles Levine (D-Glen Cove) as possible replacements, according to a Newsday report.

First-time Republican candidate Lt. Col. David “Bull” Gurfein, a Great Neck native, announced his candidacy to replace Israel in a news release Wednesday afternoon.

Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel State Sen. Jack Martins (R-Mineola) (D-Great Neck) said he was forming an exploratory comand what it would mean with our fam- mittee to determine if he could raise the ily,” he said. “It would be an honor to fill money necessary to run for Israel’s seat.

Duckham said Schimel had no interthat seat and continue to carry the torch est in running for Congress. that Michelle carved out for the Town of North Hempstead and the neighborhoods Reach reporter Joe Nikic by e-mail at and families that she represented so wonjnikic@theislandnow.com, by phone at derfully.”

“They are tremendous shoes for who- 516.307.1045 x203. Also follow us on ever runs for the seat to fill,” Gounaris Twitter @joenikic and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow. added.

Retired Marine to run for Israel’s seat

By N o a h M a n s k a r A retired Manhasset Marine last week became the first candidate to enter the race for U.S. Rep. Steve Israel’s congressional seat representing New York’s third district.

First-time Republican candidate Lt. Col. David “Bull” Gurfein, a Great Neck native, announced his candidacy to replace Israel in a news release Wednesday afternoon, a day after the Melville Democrat said he wouldn’t seek re-election in November.

“I am running because I am concerned about the world in which my daughter, Avery, will be growing up,” Gurfein said in a statement. “Seeing the turmoil that is occurring at home and abroad, I feel obligated and compelled to take action and have a positive impact.”

A Great Neck South High School graduate, Gurfein enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1982, serving tours of duty in Panama, the First Gulf War and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

He retired a lieutenant colonel, got an M.B.A. from Harvard University and started a business career, working with

Photo via gurfeinforamerica.com

Lt. Col. David “Bull” Gurfein, a Manhasset Republican, is the first to enter the race to replace U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Melville).

Goldman Sachs and Bay Shore-based MV Sport & WeatherProof.

Gurfein re-enlisted as a Marine after the 9/11 attacks, serving tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Before retiring, he was a congressional liaison for NATO’s Supreme Allied

Commander in Europe and the U.S. Special Operations Command.

Matthew Kirincic, Gurfein’s campaign manager, said his military and foreign policy experience is “a big part” of his candidacy.

His campaign’s website elucidates a vision for “one America remaining strong so as to maintain peace and stability throughout the world.”

“He sees a desperate need for problem solvers and global leadership in Congress, and I think he is very, very well qualified to provide both,” Kirincic said.

Gurfein has been exploring a run for Congress since September, and his team has raised $250,000 since then, Kirincic said.

Gurfein’s campaign has been working “very closely” with the National Republican Congressional Committee, Krincic said, the GOP’s House campaign group that named him one of its “Young Guns” last year.

Nassau County GOP spokesman said the party wouldn’t comment on individual candidates, but added there’s “a lot of interest” in the district, which stretches from Whitestone, Queens, to

Kings Park and extends as far east as Farmingdale in Suffolk County While at Great Neck South, Gurfein led the school’s football team to its only undefeated season and helped retire its Confederate flag.

Kirincic said Gurfein is dedicated to his home communities on the North Shore and feels representing them on the federal level is “his next calling.”

“The same parades that he marched in coming home as a Marine were the same parades growing up that he watched his father in,” Kirincic said.

North Hempstead Councilwoman Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) was the first Democrat to declaire her candidacy for Israel’s seat. Party figures have also named state Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove) and Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Dix Hills) as possible candidates.

Reach reporter Noah Manskar by email at nmanskar@theislandnow.com or by phone at 516.307.1045 x204. Also follow us on Twitter @noahmanskar and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

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Simple answers no response to hard questions

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t is ironic that two letters to the editor that appeared in the Jan. 8, 2016 Great Neck News were on one page.

Hal Sobel, whom I consider a thoughtful progressive, wrote on some of the terrible problems we are faced with because of the reactionary influence and gutlessness of our leaders, and the failure of those who wield power to improve our political and economic system.

Below that, on the same

page, was the letter from Dr. Emery Roth, who chose to repeat so many of the unfeeling arguments against those who care about their fellow men. It did not help his case that he used old distorted prejudices and insults in criticizing Karen Rubin.

I am also a progressive whose mantra is that an education that is deep and humane, and includes a study of history and sociology is basic.

It is very easy for Dr. Roth to

choose to follow a positive path? suggest the cure: more religion, dency to blame.

It does not help to be expebetter families, and more respect Esther Confino for private property, but unless riencing some of the most tragic New Hyde Park we understand more deeply the events all around us, but can we causes of disruptions to our society, we are stuck. letters p olic y We have to think harder about ways to cure the baseless Letters should be typed or neatly handwritten, and those longer than 300 words and oversimplified selfishness, may be edited for brevity and clarity. All letters must include the writer’s name and cruelty and nostrums that afflict phone number for verification. Anonymously sent letters will not be printed. Letters us. must be received by Monday noon to appear in the next week’s paper. All letters beIt might open certain tightly come the property of Blank Slate Media LLC and may be republished in any format. closed minds, and possibly ame- Letters can be e-mailed to news@theislandnow.com or mailed to Blank Slate Media, liorate the all too human ten- 105 Hillside Ave., Williston Park, NY 11596.

Benjamin Franklin: American Genius Part I Continued from Page 16 Democratic visionaries of the Revolution were not perfect, but as the great historian Edmund Morgan concludes, “In most questions relating to human dignity, and especially in ways to protect and nourish human dignity,” men like Jefferson, Franklin and Paine were not only ahead of their time, but also “ahead of ours.”

The historian Arnold Toynbee argued there is no greatness without great challenges – a significant perspective when evaluating leaders in “calm” times. The unique circumstances of the American Revolution summoned the best in many outstanding

people (men and women) whose lives were transformed by leadership experiences they never could have anticipated.

Morgan’s highest praise goes to two men: ‘Franklin, and perhaps Jefferson, would have attained a large stature in any century or any country” (my italics added).

These two men did not rise to greatness solely, or primarily, because of the circumstances and challenges of their times.

Franklin’s genius was evident from his teenage years when he began writing social criticism for his brother’s newspaper. As the 15th or 17 children, and the 10th of 10 sons, Franklin became the exemplar of “The

American Dream of Success.”

I put Franklin at the top of my list during the 1976 ratings because he was a genius who continually applied his mind and creativity toward extraordinary service to society and to humanity.

Well before the 1770s, he was justifiably the most famous American in the world, and was acclaimed as a genius at home and abroad. From his teens until the week he died at age 84 (in 1790), not even Jefferson matched his sustained and ever expanding creativity.

Franklin also dramatized centuries ago that “older could be bolder” — a particularly

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encouraging role model during our own era of the “Age Wave.”

Marvelous books have been written about Franklin’s genius and exceptionalism.

Two of the best are by Edmund Morgan and Walter Isaacson.

Part 2 of my Benjamin Franklin column will strive to highlight some of the aspects of his greatness — and why he is still highly relevant today (especially in an election year).

D’innocenzo was a founder of the Hofstra Center for Civic Engagement. His website is: michaeldinnocenzo.com

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By J oe N i k i C Twenty years of entertainment and community activity were celebrated Sunday at the Landmark on Main Street’s anniversary party in Port Washington.

“It turned to be everything we wanted it to be,” Landmark Executive Director Laura Mogul said. “It was all of the organizations of the community center working together and people were just exploring everything we had to offer.”

The historic building at 232 Main St. was originally built in 1908 and served as the Main Street School until 1985.

After the threat of demolition, the building was saved and in 1995 re-opened as a multipurpose community center.

The bottom floors now serve as a multipurpose community center featuring the Jeanne Rimsky Theatre, the Doctors’ Gym, the Children’s Center, the Parent Resource Center and the teen center known as the PiT. The rest of the building serves as a 59-unit affordable senior citizen residential building.

Sunday’s celebrations included various theatre, musical and dance performances, as well as fun and games for kids like arts and crafts, video game competitions and storytelling.

“Really what we wanted to have happen here was for people to explore everything that goes in the community center portion of our building,” Mogul said.

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“An important part of what we do is providing free and lowcost entertainment to the community,” Mogul said. “To do all of that means we’re constantly looking for ways to really relate to the community.”

She added that the organization tries to satisfy the needs of people from “ages two to 92.”

Mogul also said “a couple of hundred” people attended the celebration, which was a joint effort to put together by herself, Port Washington Children’s Center Director Donna Preminger, Parent Resource Center Director of Operations Carole McDonald Gilmour, and PiT youth council teen center Director Mike Donnelly.

While the first 20 years of Landmark on Main Street’s community involvement have been a success, Mogul said, the organization will continue to grow and attract more members of the community.

“I think if the first 20 years are any indication, we are just going to be able to continue to do what we’re doing for the community and do it better.

Be able to reach out more and have an audience expand for our ticketed programs and just continue to use every inch of this building to the max,” she said. “It’s a historic building and there’s no place to expand anything. We will continue to find more and more creative ways to integrate ourselves into the community and perform as leaders in the cultural arts.”

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Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.

Former co-host of Comedy Central’s “The Man Show,” - with partner Jimmy Kimmel, stand-up comedian Adam Carolla then turned to radio, becoming a prominent morning show host based out of Los Angeles. He now hosts The Adam Carolla Show, a ground-breaking podcast on his own podcast network.

Where: NYCB Theatre At Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info: (516) 247-5200 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com

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World-renowned concert pianist Philip Edward Fisher is back on the Westermann Stage of the Concert Hall Saturday, for an afternoon of music featuring all four of Chopin’s beloved Ballades, some of his most popular and enduring compositions. Fisher was last seen at AUPAC when he was the guest soloist with the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 1, 2013.

Where: Adelphi University Performing Arts Center Westermann Stage, 1 South Avenue, Garden City Info: (516) 877-4000 • http://aupac.adelphi.edu/

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The Blues Brothers: Starring Dan Akroyd & Jim Belushi

Thursday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

Twenty-two years after the passing of Jake, the long-lost Brother Zee carries on the family tradition: a high-energy, authentic, rhythm-and-blues showband. Elwood Blues returns as “the legacy” and joins Brother Zee as “the blood”, singing and dancing their way through all the greatest Blues Brothers hits. Featuring Dan Akroyd and Jim Belushi.

Where: The paramount, 370 new york Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 • www.paramountny.com

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Nick Griffin Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m. & Saturday, Jan. 16, 7 & 9:30 p.m.

Nick Griffin has been featured on Conan, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, in his own half-hour special-Comedy Central Presents: Nick Griffin and is a frequent guest on the nationally syndicated The Bob & Tom Show.

A comic for more than 20 years, Griffin’s smart, sarcastic and hilarious style makes him one of the most well-respected in the business.

Where: governors’ Comedy Club, 90 division Ave. Levittown Info: (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/index.cfm

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The Three Tenors (Who Can’t Sing) Wednesday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.

Vic DiBitetto, Richie Minervini and Freddie Rubino, three of the strongest headliners in comedy today collide in a show that features not only their vastly different styles of hilarious humor, but puts them together on stage in a “last act” of incredibly funny storytelling, spontaneous human combustion and questions from the audience.

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Wednesday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m.

As a long-haired, 23-year-old writer for the Stars and Stripes, Jim Smith chronicled what would become, 43 years later, a vivid affirmation of the soldiers who fought in Vietnam. A long career as a reporter at Newsday sidelined Jim Smith’s efforts at compiling the book until 2014. In his own words,“[The book] validates the year-long tour and pays homage to committed, heroic folks that I met.”

Where: The dolphin book Shop & Cafe, 299 Main St., port Washington Info: (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop.com

A vivid, compelling recreation of the times in Israel after the War of Independence, a period of uncertainty and suspicion that led to Israeli Captain Meir Tuviansky being unjustly accused of treason.

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 and watch an exciting game of basketball and cheer on the home team.

The Pride will be looking for a win against James Madison University. It’s sure to be a great game with lots of excitement!

Where: david S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex, 245 Hofstra University, Hempstead Info: (516) HOF-TIXX (463-8499)• www.gohofstra.com

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nce Upon a Time at a Gold Coast Mansion with Actor/Comedian Lauren Brickman

Sunday, January 17, 1-4pm Theater Workshops: 1:15pm , 2:15pm & 3:15pm Travel back in time to the early 20th century where families will go on a scavenger hunt throughout the Museum, participate in improv theater workshops with actor/comedian and teaching artist Lauren Brickman, and design miniature sets, costumes and characters. Museum admission plus $10 per family materials fee. Reservations not needed. Please Note: this event is in place of Family Sundays at the Museum.

Where: nassau County Museum of Art, One Museum drive, Roslyn Harbor Info: 516-484-9337 • www.nassaumuseum.com

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oliday Pottery/Painting/ Jewelry Workshops

Monday, January 18 Morning session: 10:30am-12:30pm: (instructional painting/ or Jewelry Workshop) afternoon session: 1:00pm -3:00pm (Clay Workshop) Haven Art Studio is the perfect place for artists to enjoy themselves in a creative environment. The Studio offers a variety of artistic classes including pottery, hand building, jewelry, sewing, drawing & painting, at all levels.

Call for pricing and to reserve your spot for this holiday event.

Where: Haven Art Studio, 29 Haven Avenue, port Washington Info: 516-883-8344 • www.havenartstudiony.com

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ittle Mermaid Stage Performance

now through January, 24 Based on the Hans Christian Andersen short story and the Disney film, it is a love story for the ages! Ariel, King Triton, Flounder, Scuttle and of course, Sebastian, all come to life live on stage! A special treat for the entire family. Visit the website for showtimes, ticket pricing and availability.

Where: Smithtown Center for the performing Arts 2 East Main Street, Smithtown Info: 631-724-3700 • www.smithtownpac.org

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reaming with Dr. King

Monday, January 18, 11am, 1;00pm, 3:00pm

Celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and explore his remarkable legacy. Be inspired by his vision of peace, love, and equality to paint a colorful portrait of Dr. King! Ages: 5 and up. Admission: $3 with museum admission ($2 LICM members) Where: Long Island Children’s Museum, 11 davis Avenue, garden City Info: 516-224-5899 • www.licm.org

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chool’s Out Skating Day

Monday, January 18, 9:30am-12:00pm; 1:00pm-3:00pm; 4:00pm6:00pm; 6:30pm-9:00pm It’s a great day for skating!

Skate with your friends or family during any of the sessions. Check website for pricing and information.

Where: United Skates of America, 1276 Hicksville Road, Seaford Info: 516-795-5474 • www. unitedskates.com/seaford

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What is Catholic Schools Week?

Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration of catholic education in the United States. It starts the last Sunday in January, which is January 31st in 2016, and runs through February 6th. The theme for Catholic Schools Week 2016 is ‘Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service’. Schools typically observe the annual celebration week with Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and community members.

Through these events, schools focus on the value Catholic education provides to young people and its contributions to our church, our communities, and our nation.

parish which serve to reinforce moral values and beliefs. You’ll meet our highly experienced teachers, see the creative classrooms, and learn how we leverage technology across the curriculum. You’ll be introduced to our innovative reading programs that accelerate academic achievement, and you’ll see how the safe, supportive, orderly and loving environment in a Catholic school makes it to perfect environOn Long Island, Catholic Elementary ment to support Schools celebrate the week with Masses and better learning. open houses to thank parishioners, to welFrecome visitors and to introduce new families quently asked to the benefits of a Catholic education. These questions: frequently kick off with a Mass and open As a school famihouse on the first Sunday (the 31st), and a series of events designed to recognize the ly, how do I participate? contributions of students, parents and faculty Each school publishes a comduring the course of the week. Many schools plete list of events and activities offer additional open houses and opportuni- taking place in their school during the week.

School families are encouraged to visit the ties to visit during the week as well. web site of their school.

Catholic Schools Week is your opportuAs a family considering a Catholic nity to experience first-hand the commitment to academic excellence and faith formation in education, how do I learn more? Cathoyour local school. You’ll find a unique com- lic Schools Week features Open Houses at munity environment where children are sur- the schools where parents and students can rounded by other children, families and a visit the school(s) they think they might be

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interested in and get a tour of the facility, be introduced to the teachers, meet some of the current families and children and generally learn about the academic, spiritual, social and physical development programs.

history. Regardless of how you make your decision, the schools are ‘open books’ during this week, providing whatever information prospective families desire to support their decision. There is also a series of video interviews on the licatholicelemenAs a prospective family, taryschools.org web site where current do I have an ‘assigned parents offer their advice on how to get the school’? One of the most out of your visit. first differences you When parents select Catholic elwill notice about Catholic school is ementary school, what are the most that you get to frequently cited reasons? The reasons select the school that are most frequently mentioned are; that you believe academic excellence, the reinforcement of your children the values lived at home, Catholic religious will be most suc- identity, a safe, nurturing environment for cessful in. There learning, more individualized attention to is no direct ‘as- each student’s learning needs, an outstandsignment’ based ing extracurricular program and the level of on where you live partnership established with parents. and most school disWill attending Catholic elementary tricts provide busing to schools help my child get into a prestithe school of your choice gious Catholic high school? Attending a within a 15 mile radius.

Catholic elementary school isn’t the only Is there a difference in tuition to at- way to get into a Catholic high school, but tend a different school? Long Island’s Cath- it is still the best way. The Catholic high olic Elementary schools set their own tuitions, schools are open to all students and typiso they vary slightly, but there is no penalty cally have a very significant number of for choosing a school outside of your Parish or students from a public school background. town if you are a Parishioner in the Diocese. Students qualify for Catholic high school through a test for 8th graders that is adThe system of schools is an asset here on Long ministered in October of each year. TypiIsland for all of the families of the Diocese cally the students from Catholic elementary and for all of the families of Long Island. schools are best prepared for the academic Are non-Catholics welcome in the rigor, the integrated program of faith and schools? The schools are welcoming places values, and the service orientation of the to everyone without regard to race, religion high schools. Virtually all of the students or national origin. A religion class is a re- from Catholic elementary school (99%) are quirement, students participate in Liturgies, admitted to a Catholic high school with the and faith is an integrated part of daily ac- vast majority getting into the school that is tivities, but many schools have a significant their first choice. population of students who attend because How can I learn more or choose the of the quality of the education alone. school(s) I would like to visit? There is What should parents look for during their visit? Many parents of current students tell us that their decision was emotional and based on a feeling of warmth and caring they got during their visit. Others are more analytical and make direct comparisons based on the results on standardized test scores and high school admittance

a resource for families on the Internet that provides a very complete picture of the Catholic elementary school experience.

It features an interactive map that is your guide to each of Long island’s distinctive Catholic schools, and that lets you view the geographic options for your children at LICatholicElementarySchools.org

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Diocese names new superintendent On September 17th of this past year Dr. Kathleen Walsh Ed.D. was selected as the new Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Dr. Walsh, who has served as the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Elementary Schools in the Diocese for the past two years steps in to the role following Sr. Joanne Callahan’s 23 years of service to the schools and students of the Diocese of Rockville Centre. Sr. Joanne Callahan will continue to share her expertise in a new position as Secretary of Education within the newly formed Education Corporation.

Dr. Kathleen Walsh comes to us from an educational background rooted in the richness of Catholic education. She attended both Catholic elementary and high school and each degree pursued and achieved was done so in a Catholic institution of higher learning. Her background in education has spanned both the public and private sectors and she has been selfless in her desire to make a difference in the lives of the students, families and professionals she serves. During her years in the field of education she has acted as a catalyst for change, initiating pro-

grams and projects that reach out to many and address the needs and interests of all students. She recognizes and respects parents’ role as the first teachers of their children.

Through working with others she has learned the value of collaboration and cooperation in order to accomplish the mission of the organization.

Dr. Walsh has a deep faith and puts that faith into action in serving and helping people experience the rewards of an education that is academically rigorous and spiritually grounded. Her own spiritual journey began at St. Michael Parish in the East New York where Dr. Walsh grew up and worshiped with her family. The importance of faith, education, and family were some of her first lessons, both at home and Dr Walsh visits with the children at St. Thomas the Apostle in school. Today, Dr. Walsh and her School in W. Hempstead husband Dennis are parishioners of the Parish of Saint Raphael, East on other roles in education. “In the give support to people who were Meadow. public schools I worked as a class- doing these many varied jobs in Dr. Walsh’s first job in educa- room teacher, I was a professional education.” tion was as an elementary class- developer, a librarian, an assistant Dr. Walsh is a highly experiroom teacher for the Diocese of principal, and a principal. For me, Brooklyn, in a parish school where it was very important to work each enced educator. She earned her she spent eight years. After mov- of those steps so that I would know doctorate in school administration ing to the New York City public what was expected. I would know and instructional leadership from schools Dr. Walsh began to take how to guide people and how to Saint John’s University in 2001 and

is a recipient of the Chancellor’s Fellowship. She also possesses a master’s degree in Library Science from Saint John’s and a master’s degree in Curriculum and Training from Fordham University. She earned her BA in Child Study and Speech from Saint Joseph’s College, Brooklyn and earned additional credits in special education from Brooklyn College. In addition to serving as assistant superintendent for curriculum and assistant superintendent for elementary schools for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, Dr. Walsh has extensive experience as teacher and administrator including recent service as assistant superintendent for K-12 curriculum and instruction for the Wappingers Central School District. Previously, she served as principal of the Valley Stream Memorial Junior High School, Valley Stream, New York.

For Dr. Walsh, the position with the Diocese of Rockville Centre and her return to Catholic education is the completion of a full circle. “For me it was like coming home.” Said Dr. Walsh. “I’m rooted in Catholic education, both as student and as teacher, and I look forward to leading this outstanding team and these beautiful schools into the future.”

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Catholic Tradition, Academic Excellence…

A Community Grounded In Faith • Individual attention in a caring community • Faith values integrated curriculum • Full day Kindergarten and Pre-kindergarten • New York State Core Curriculum • Test scores exceed the diocesan average on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, a nationally normed test • Service/stewardship experiences • Safe and disciplined environment • Extended after & before school care • Accelerated math • Spanish : Grades 4-8 • 100% acceptance to Catholic High School • Prep for Catholic High School Entrance Exam • Academic intervention/remediation • Commitment to technology use to enhance education • State-of-the-art computer lab • SMART Board Interactive White boards in each grade K-8 classroom • After school enrichment clubs • Band/instrument lessons • Active School Board and Parent Association • CYO Sports Come Visit Our Open House Sunday, January 31st, 2016 from 11:30-1:00PM Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 from 10:00AM-11:00AM Or, for a registration appointment, call: 516-352-4466 Financial aid may be available from Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation

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The Mary Louis Academy:

Preparing Young Women for College and Beyond

The Mary Louis Academy is recognized and highly regarded as one of the nation’s preeminent college preparatory high schools for young women.

Our reputation—for dedicated teachers, academic rigor, outstanding facilities, and committed students—has been maintained at a level of high esteem for more than 80 years. TMLA is a Catholic school sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brentwood, New York. The CSJ charism of unity, reconciliation and all-inclusive love is reflected in all aspects of The Mary Louis Academy experience.

COLLEGE PREP All of our graduates — yes, 100% — go on to college. Many are accepted into the most prestigious colleges and universities in the nation. Seventyeight percent of the Class of 2015 received at least one academic scholarship with a total of nearly $40 million dollars in academic scholarships being awarded to our graduates. A full-time college counselor helps students chart their paths up to and after graduation.

LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES TMLA’s VOICE Leadership Program is aimed at helping each young woman at the Mary Louis Academy to find her voice. It is based on Vision Optimism Inspiration Confidence and Empowerment. With the incredible challenges facing girls and young women today, having confident, educated and empowered voice is the greatest asset a young woman can possess.

TECHNOLOGY iPads are given to incoming classes. All students are encouraged to bring their own technology to campus. Two state-of-the-art Computer Labs are available and other computers are accessible to students throughout the campus. All classrooms and resource areas are equipped with SMARTBoard technology.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE TMLA offers Honors and Advanced Placement courses in every academic discipline. TMLA offers 17 Advanced Placement courses beginning in 9th grade. The TMLA Honors Program offers great flexibility and 65% of TMLA students are enrolled in at least one Honors level course.

FINE ARTS TMLA offers a program in Fine Arts with a focus on Art or Music. Under the guidance of our highly skilled Arts faculty, students gain technical proficiency while attaining a high level of artistic achievement. Our multi-awardwinning Art program includes Graphic Art & Design.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT Our students are consistently among those recognized by The National Merit Scholarship Program, National Achievement Scholarship Program for Black Americans and The National Hispanic Recognition Program. All students receive the New York State Regents Diploma with the majority receiving the New York State Regents Diploma with Advanced Designation, New York State’s highest standard.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES From clubs that focus on culture to social issues and community service to artistic expression there’s an extracurricular place for everyone. With 29 competitive teams, our athletic program is the largest high school athletic program for girls in the City of NY. Our teams have won numerous state, city and diocesan championships.

For information about The Mary Louis Academy, call 718-297-2120 or visit www.tmla.org.

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A Better Learning Environment Leads to Better Outcomes

Experts in the field of brain research are convinced that every child’s physical and emotional well-being is closely linked to their ability to think and to learn effectively.

In short; the learner's surroundings greatly impact his or her ability to learn. Many believe that it is this clear-cut difference in the surrounding environment that helps so many students from Catholic elementary schools achieve at the level they do.

Catholic schools, by their expanded charter, are able to address some of the major shortcomings in the public education system.

Perhaps most noticeable recently is that Catholic schools haven’t gotten sidetracked by ‘teaching to the test’ as many public schools have. Schools and teachers are not evaluated based on the scores of state tests, the results are simply used to improve instruction.

In Catholic school kids are accepted for who they are, uniforms remove many of the surface-level distractions of social status and peer pressure, and there is zero tolerance for the students and activities that would deprive others of their chance to learn.

In Catholic school, children learn that their value is not based on how others see them.

In a Catholic elementary school, each child learns that they are unique and important and created by God to fulfill a special purpose. Catholic Schools also address life questions -- where did we come from, where are we going, what’s it all about -not only with the help of the arts and sciences, but also with reference to God and the Catholic faith. Catholic schools are also places where each individual is known by name, and guided and nurtured through the process. This sends strong subconscious messages, such as ”I matter’, "this is a place where I can learn," and "I am welcome here."

Students also interact with other students who are ‘achievers’ creating a competitive, yet supportive environment. They’re backed by parents who are actively involved in their children’s education, and students are led by teachers who demand, rather than request, that they succeed. Being part of a community that supports and celebrates your goals, and helps you achieve them, is a powerful motivator.

But most importantly, a Catholic elementary school is a place that reminds children constantly that they are safe, they are loved, and that God loves them. This security prepares children for adulthood because they will have attained a sense of selfworth, preparing them for marriage and family, vocations of service to the Church and to be of service to one’s fellow human beings.

I don’t think that you can underestimate the simple strength of the warm and loving environment Catholic elementary schools provide for children during their formative years.

Come see where values are learned and lived.

Attend an Open House during Catholic Schools Week, January 31 - February 6.

Strong spiritual values are a living part of a child’s daily activities at every Long Island Catholic elementary school.

Your child is nurtured in a unique community environment where vital interaction with other children, families, and the parish reinforces enduring moral beliefs and a respect for others. Your child also gains the knowledge, skills, and selfesteem for future success in an innovative setting where academic rigor is enhanced by an array of cutting-edge learning resources.

Find out how Catholic Elementary Schools give children the academic and social skills they need to succeed. Visit www.LICatholicElementarySchools.org or call us at 516-678-5800 x 258.

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Schedule of school open houses

St. Christopher School - Baldwin 15 Pershing Blvd, Baldwin 11510 (516) 223-4404 • www.stchris-school.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 10:30 am - 2 pm (following the 9:30 Family Mass) and Tuesday, February 2nd from 9 – 11:30 am St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School - Bellmore 2341 Washington Ave, Bellmore 11710 (516) 785-5709 • www.steas.com Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 11 am – 1 pm St. Raymond’s School East Rockaway 263 Atlantic Ave, East Rockaway 11518 (516) 593-9010 • www.srsny.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 10 am – 12 noon (following the 9 am Family Mass) Our Lady of Victory School Floral Park 2 Bellmore St, Floral Park 11001 (516) 352-4466 • www.olvfp.org Open House: 11:30 – 1pm Sunday, January 31st (following the 10:30 Family Mass) and Tuesday, February 2nd from 10 – 11 am The De La Salle School* - Freeport 87 Pine St, Freeport 11520 (516) 379-8660 • www.delasalleschool.org Inquiries anytime – Learn@DeLaSalleSchool.org St. Anne’s School - Garden City 25 Dartmouth St, Garden City 11530 (516) 352-1205 • www.stannesgcschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 1 pm – 3 pm (following the 11:45 Family Mass) St. Joseph School - Garden City 450 Franklin Ave, Garden City 11530 (516) 747-2730 • www.st-josephschool.com Open House: Sunday, January 31st, 10:15 am – 12:30 pm (following the 9 am Family Mass)

All Saints Regional Catholic School Glen Cove 12 Pearsall Ave, Glen Cove 11542 (516) 676-0762 • www.asrcatholic.org Open House: Sunday, January 31, 10 am – 1 pm

St. Mary’s Elementary School Manhasset 1340 Northern Blvd, Manhasset 11030 (516) 627-0184 • www.stmary11030.org Open House: Sunday, January 24th at noon

Holy Family School - Hicksville 25 Fordham Ave, Hicksville 11801 (516) 938-3846 • www.hfsli.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 11:30 am – 2 pm

St. Rose of Lima School Massapequa 4704 Merrick Rd, Massapequa 11758 (516) 541-1546 • www.stroseschool.net Open House: Tuesday, February 2 from 9:30 am - 10:45 am and again from 7 - 8 pm

Our Lady of Mercy School - Hicksville 520 S Oyster Bay Rd, Hicksville 11801 (516) 433-7040 • www.olmshicks.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st, begins at 11:30 am following the 10:30 Family Mass Long Beach Catholic Regional School - Long Beach 735 W. Broadway, Long Beach 11561 (516) 432-8900 • www.lbcrs.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 11am – 12:30 pm and Monday, February 1st from 10 – 11 am Our Lady of Peace School - Lynbrook 21 Fowler Ave, Lynbrook 11563 (516) 593-4884 • www.olpschoollynbrook. org Open House: Sunday, January 31st, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm (following the 9:30 Family Mass) Our Lady of Lourdes School Malverne 76 Park Blvd, Malverne 11565 (516) 599-7328 • www.ollmalverne.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st, 10:30 – 12:30 pm (following the 9:30 Family Mass) Our Lady of Grace Montessori* Manhasset 29 Shelter Rock Rd, Manhasset 11030 (516) 365-9832 • www.olgmanhasset.com

Notre Dame School - New Hyde Park 25 Mayfair Rd, New Hyde Park 11040 (516) 354-5618 • www.ndsnet.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 10am – 1pm, Monday, February 1st from 9:30 - 10:30 & 1pm – 2pm, Tuesday, February 2nd from 9:30 – 10:30 Holy Child Academy* - Old Westbury 25 Store Hill Rd, Old Westbury 11568 (516) 626-9300 www.holychildacademy.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 11 am – 2 pm St. Dominic Elementary School Oyster Bay 35 School St., Oyster Bay 11771 (516) 922-4233 •www.stdomsob.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 11 am – 1 pm (following the 10 am Family Mass) and Tuesday, February 2nd from 9 – 11 am St. Peter of Alcantara School Port Washington 1321 Port Washington Blvd.

Pt Washington 11050 • (516) 944-3772 www.stpeterspw.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 9:30am – 11:00am & 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Tuesday, February 2nd from 9:30am – 11:30am

St. Agnes Cathedral School Rockville Centre 70 Clinton Ave, Rockville Centre 11570 (516) 678-5550 • www.stagnes-school.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 11 am – 12:30 pm (following the 9:30 Family Mass) Maria Regina School - Seaford 4045 Jerusalem Ave, Seaford 11783 (516) 541-1229 www.mariareginaschool.org Early Childhood Open House: Thursday, January 28th from 6 – 8 pm and Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm St. William the Abbot School Seaford 2001 Jackson Ave, Seaford 11783 (516) 785-6784 www.stwilliamtheabbot.net Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 12 noon – 2 pm St. Edward The Confessor School Syosset 2 Teibrook Ave, Syosset 11791 (516) 921-7767 www.stedwardconfessor.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 10:30 am – 1 pm (following the 9:30 Family Mass) St. Martin De Porres Marianist School* - Uniondale 530 Hempstead Blvd, Uniondale 11553 • (516) 481-3303 www.stmartinmarianist.org Open House: Saturday, January 23rd from 1 – 3 pm Holy Name of Mary School Valley Stream 90 South Grove St, Valley Stream 11580 (516) 825-4009 • www.hnomschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional School - Westbury 101 Maple Ave, Westbury 11590 (516) 333-0580 • www.stbolh.org Events/Tours: Sunday, January 31, 9:15 am - Opening Liturgy @ 10:30 am - Multicultural Celebration - Msgr. Code Auditorium. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs - School Tours beginning at 10:30 am St. Thomas the Apostle West Hempstead 12 Westminster Rd, West Hempstead 11552 (516) 481-9310 • www.stthomasschool.net Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 11:30 am – 2 pm (following the 10:30 Family Mass) and Monday, February 1st from 9 – 11 am St. Aidan School - Williston Park 510 Willis Ave, Williston Park 11596 (516) 746-6585 • www.staidanschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 31st from 10 am – 12:30 pm (following the 9 am Family Mass)

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Arts & Entertainment G.N. Plaza to exhibit Calendar Glen Cover artist Rivas GolD CoAst ARts CEntER 113 Middle Neck road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • http://goldcoastarts.org Jan. 24 through Mach 10 “Wonder Women” Exhibit to shine spotlight on nine Accomplished Female Artists lAnDMARK on MAin stREEt 232 Main street, suite 1 Port Washington (516) 767-1384 ext. 101 www.landmarkonmainstreet.org Friday, Jan. 15, 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 Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.

Adam Carolla Friday, Jan. 22, 8 p.m. shatner’s World: We Just live in it Sunday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m.

Genoa City live Saturday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m.

Ron White Sunday, Jan. 31, 8 p.m.

Cesar Millan Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

An Evening With todd Rundgren Saturday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.

Blue oyster Cult, Vanilla Fudge and the BluEs MAGoos Thursday, Feb. 11, 8 p.m.

Foreigner: the Hits unplugged Friday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m. the Beach Boys Saturday, Feb. 13, 8 p.m.

3rd Annual louder than love Valentine’s Concert Freestyle & Beyond!

Sunday, Feb. 14, 8 p.m.

Masters of illusion Thursday, Feb. 25, 8 p.m.

Dave Mason’s traffic Jam with leon Rusell Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. i love the 90s Sunday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.

Jack Hanna’s into the Wild live Thursday, March 3, 8 p.m.

Pink Floyd laser spectacular Sunday, March 6, 8 p.m.

Rain: A tribute to the Beatles Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.

Howie Mandel Saturday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.

70s soul Jam Saturday, April 2, 8 p.m. sinbad Sunday, April 10, 7 p.m. take 6 & the Manhattan transfer Thursday, April 28, 8 p.m.

Martin short Saturday, April 30, 3 p.m.

Kool & the Gang Saturday, May 1, 7 p.m. under the streetlamp Friday, June 10, 8 p.m.

Johnny Mathis Thursday, June 16, 8 p.m.

Don Rickles & Regis Philbin: Conversation & Clips Saturday, June 18, 8 p.m.

Happy together feat. Flo & Eddie, Chuck negron tHE sPACE At WEstBuRY 250 Post ave., Westbury (516) 283.5566 www.thespaceatwestbury.com 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.

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Renowned Glen Gove artist Hugo Alex Rivas will have his artwork displayed in the Village of Great Neck Plaza courtroom gallery as part of the Plaza’s monthly art exhibit.

An Artist Reception will be held in the Village Hall court room on Wednesday, Jan. 20, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Members of the public are invited to come and meet the artist and view his work. The show is free and open to the public.

Rivas’ work will be on display through the end of January during Village office hours, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

Rivas, a Salvadorian artist, has had his work displayed in many high profile locations, including in the General Consulate of El Salvador in New York City for the last several years.

His work has also been seen at The Town of Hempstead’s Town Hall, the Town of Babylon’s Town Hall, the Village of Hempstead’s Village Hall, the Immigration Legal Services of Long Island, and the United National and International Spanish Alliance League.

Additionally, Rivas had his artwork on display at the village’s courtroom gallery last year, earning rave reviews from visitors. Great Neckers might also recognize his work from the murals decorating the walls of La Rotunda Restaurant and in the building lobby at 8 Bond St., in the Plaza.

County museum seeks volunteers Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor announces new opportunities for volunteers. The Museum is particularly interested in hearing from applicants who can work on weekends and those who could take assignments in the Museum Store, assisting customers with their purchases.

The museum’s volunteers are an invaluable component of the Museum Family, whether they are in positions that have them working with the public or assignments where they assist museum staff members. What is required for all volunteer positions is enthusiasm for mu-

seum work, willingness to learn, and the wish to become a meaningful part of the museum’s mission of service to the community.

To find out more about these volunteer opportunities at Nassau County Museum of Art, call Director of Volunteers Nancy Barone at 516-484-9338, ext. 31 or write to nbarone@nassaumuseum.org.

Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive (just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A) in Roslyn Harbor. Call 516-484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times, and directions.

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World-famous pianist to perform at Adelphi World-renowned concert pianist Philip Edward Fisher returns to the Westermann Stage of the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center’s Concert Hall on Saturday, Jan. 16, at 4 p.m.

The centerpiece of this afternoon of music will be all four of Chopin’s beloved Ballades, some of his most popular and enduring compositions.

Fisher last performed at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center when he was the guest soloist with the Adelphi Symphony Orchestra on Feb. 1, 2013.

Fisher is widely recognized as a unique performer of refined style and exceptional versatility Fisher has toured extensively across his native United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Norway, Kenya, Zimbabwe, the Ukraine, and the

United States.

He studied at the Royal Academy of Music and the Juilliard School and his recent release on the Chandos label, “Piano Works by the Mighty Handful,” was featured on Classic FM as John Suchet’s “Album of the Week,” as “Classical Album of the Week” in The Telegraph, and has been nominated in the “Best Solo Instrumental Album” category of the International Classical Music Awards 2012.

Fisher has also performed with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Copenhagen Philharmonic, the Tampere Philharmonic, the Toledo Symphony and the Juilliard Symphony, working with Conductors Hannu Lintu, John Axelrod, James Lowe, Larry Rachleff and Giordono Bellincampi.

As a chamber musician, he has worked with renowned performers and ensembles such as The Brodsky Quartet, tenor Robert White, pianist Sara Buechner, and violinists Elmar Oliviera, Philippe Graffin and Augustin Hadelich.

This concert is made possible through the support of Drs. Louis and Julie Pannullo.

For more information about all events at AUPAC and to purchase tickets, visit aupac.adelphi.edu. Information is available at the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516-877-4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu.

Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 6 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

Young and Restless event in Westbury Genoa City Live, a series of live fan events dedicated to CBS’ long running daytime drama, “The Young and the Restless,” will be at The NYCB Theatre at Westbury on Sunday, Jan. 24 at 1 p.m.

Confirmed cast members from “The Young and the Restless” include Eric Braeden (Victor Newman), Christian Jules Leblanc (Michael Baldwin), Sean Carrigan (Ben “Stitch” Rayburn) and Melissa Ordway (Abby Newman).

Fans will get up close and personal with their favorite stars in an event that features audience interaction, question and answers, behind-the-scene stories and secrets, trivia and photos.

Two hundred pre-registered fans will get the chance to have the actors sign autograph and take photos. The event takes a walk down memory lane as fans relive moments of their favorite daytime soap opera with their favorite actors from the past 42 years.

“The fans of “The Young and the Restless” have such a special place in their hearts for these actors who in

turn have a deep appreciation for the fans,” said Bill Lee, executive producer at Faze 3 Presents.

Created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell, “The Young and the Restless” premiered on March 26, 1973 and revolutionized daytime television, setting the standard as the No. 1 daytime drama for more than 20 consecutive years.

The fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City, is home to the rivalries, romances and socially conscious storylines around the lives and loves of a wide variety of strong characters (dominated by the Newman, Abbott, Chancellor, Baldwin and Winters families).

Tickets are $149.50, $124.50, $79.50, $59.50 and $49.50 and are available online at Ticketmaster.com, charge by phone at 800-745-3000 or at the Westbury Box Office.

For tickets and additional information visit www.genoacitylive.com. Follow Genoa City Live on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GenoaCityLive or Twitter: @GenoaCityLive.

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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

Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m. globalFest On the Road: Creole Carnival Sunday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 29, 10:30 a.m.

Dance Theatre of Harlem Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m.

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story Sunday, March 6, 7 p.m.

Los Lobos with Ballet Folklórico Mexicano in Fiesta Mexico-Americana Saturday, March 12, 8 p.m.

Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m.

Monday, March 14, 10:30 a.m.

Childsplay presents Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat Tuesday, March 15, 7 p.m.

Rebel Thursday, March 17, 2 p.m.

Friday, March 18, 10:30 a.m.

Shakespeare & Company presents Macbeth Saturday, March 19, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.

Christine Ebersole in The Big Noise from Winnetka Sunday, March 20, 3 p.m.

Brahms, Mendelssohn and Schumann

The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 ext. 303 Nassau community college www.paramountny.com One Education Drive, Garden City Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.

(516) 572-7676 • https://www.ncc.edu The Paramount Comedy Series PresJan. 22 - Jan. 24 8 p.m., except Sundays ents: Bob Nelson at 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16, 8 p.m.

Jan. 27 - Jan. 31, 8 p.m., except Sundays Jon Pardi “All Time High Tour” with at 3 p.m.

Brothers Osborne Zooman and The Sign March 3 - March 6, 8 p.m., except Sundays Sunday,Jan. 17, 8 p.m.

Holy Holy: The Man Who Sold The at 3 p.m.

March 9 - March 13, 8 p.m., except Sundays World Wednesday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m. at 3 p.m.

Donny Osmond Circle Mirror Transformation Thursday, Jan. 21, 8 p.m.

April 29 - May 1, 8 p.m., The Blues Brothers: Starring Dan Aykexcept Sundays at 3 p.m. royd & Jim Belushi May 4 - May 8, 8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 23, 8 p.m. except Sundays at 3 p.m.

Dennis DeYoung: The Music of Styx Hair Friday, Jan. 29, 8 p.m.

Marianas Trench TILLES CENTER FOR THE Friday, Feb. 6, 8 p.m.

PERFORMING ARTS | LIU POST Eric Burdon & The Animals 720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville Friday Feb. 12, 9 p.m.

(516) 299-3100 • http://tillescenter.org Chippendales Sunday, Jan. 24, 3 and 7 p.m.

Saturday Feb. 13, 5, 7:30 & 10 p.m.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor The Paramount Comedy Series PresDreamcoat ents – Jim Breuer Friday, Jan. 29, 10:30 a.m., 8 p.m.

Friday Feb. 19, 9 p.m.

TAO: Seventeen Samurai Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes Saturday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m.

Friday Feb. 26, 8 p.m.

Orchestre National de France Grateful Overkill - A Tribute to the Tuesday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m.

50th Anniversary of the Grateful Dead The Winding Stream Saturday Feb. 27, 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 5, 10:30 a.m.

Mike DelGuidice & Big Shot Garry Krinsky’s Toying with Science Wednesday, March 2, 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 5, 8 p.m.

Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime The Bacon Brothers Friday, March 4, 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 12, 8 p.m.

The Paramount Comedy Series PresBettye LaVette ents – Jim Norton Sunday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m.

Maucha Adnet & Helio Alves with Spe- Saturday, March 5, 8 p.m.

“Rockin’ Fights 22” featuring Cletus cial Guest Anat Cohen Seldin Wednesday, Feb. 17, 8 p.m.

Friday, March 11, 8 p.m.

Rosanne Cash The Paramount Comedy Series PresSunday, Feb. 21, 2 p.m. ents – Piff the Magic Dragon Disney Fantasia: Live in Concert Saturday, March 12, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m.

Tracy Morgan JACK Quartet Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Imagination Movers Tuesday, March 15, 8 p.m.

Thursday, March 17, 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 Sunday, March 20, 8 p.m.

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Saturday, April 9, 8 p.m.

Puscifer Tuesday, April 12, 8 p.m.

Belinda Carlisle Saturday, April 16, 8 p.m.

Robin Trower Sunday, April 24, 8 p.m.

Brit Floyd Friday, April 29, 8 p.m.

Robby Krieger with special guest Mountain’s Leslie West

Saturday, May 8, 8 p.m.

The Weight

FREE LEGAL CONSULTATION FOR SENIORS The Nassau County Bar Association (NCBA) provides free monthly legal consultation clinics for Nassau County residents 65 or older.

Seniors have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a volunteer attorney for a half-hour private consultation on any topic of concern.

The next Senior Citizen Free Legal Consultation Clinic will be held Jan. 19, 9:30 -11 a.m. at NCBA, 15th and West Streets, Mineola. This popular free program regularly fills up quickly. Registration is required by calling 516-747-4070.

HOW TO APPEAL YOUR REAL ESTATE TAX ASSESSMENT If you believe the Nassau County real estate tax assessment on your home is excessive, you can appeal to have it lowered. Learn from the experts how the grievance process works on Thursday, January 21, 6:30-8 p.m., at a free public education seminar, “How To Appeal Your Real Estate Tax Assessment” held at the Nassau County Bar Association, 15th Street on the corner of West Street, Mineola, just two blocks from the LIRR station and bus depot. At this seminar Robin Laveman, Esq., Commissioner of the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission, and John Terrana, Esq., of Forchelli, Curto, Deegan, Schwartz, Mineo & Terrana, LLP, Chair of the NCBA Tax Certiorari and Condemnation Committee, will explain the appeal process and what

Holocaust Center holding arts contest

GOVERNORS’ COMEDY CLUB 90 Division Ave. Levittown (516) 731-3358 • http://tickets.govs.com/ This deadline for submission of entries tography, multi-media, video and music. index.cfm Winners will be notified by the end of for this year’s Holocaust Memorial & TolFriday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m. erance Center of Nassau County creative March. An awards ceremony recognizing Saturday, Jan. 16, 7 & 9:30 p.m. the winners will take place on Sunday, arts competition is March 4.

Nick Griffin BROKERAGE COMEDY CLUB 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com Friday, Jan. 15, 8 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 16 7:30 & 10 p.m.

Tim Krompier Wednesday, Jan. 20, 8 p.m.

The Three Tenors (Who Can’t Sing)

Community Calendar PROJECT INDEPENDENCE SUPPORT & SOCIAL GROUP The Town of North Hempstead’s Project Independence would like to remind residents that they offer free support and social groups. Call 311 or (516) 869-6311 for more information.

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The competition is open to fifth through 12th grade students in Nassau or Suffolk County.

The theme of this year’s competition is “Reflecting Back, Looking Forward.”

Students who are interested in submitting an entry are asked to think about how the past continues to influence themselves, their community, their nation and the world.

Entries should make a clear connection to the past, present and future. Categories for which entries can be submitted are prose, poetry, painting, sculpture, pho-

April 10, at the Holocaust Memorial & Tolerance Center.

All students who submit an entry will receive a certificate of participation. Prize cash awards are granted by category and school level. Group entries will be considered as one entry and the award will go to the submitting school.

For questions or more information contact Tracy Garrison-Feinberg at 516571-8040 or tracygarrisonfeinberg@hmtcli.org. Guidelines for submissions can be found at hmtcl.org/creative-arts-competition.

to expect. Leading tax attorneys will also address the group, including Laureen Harris, Esq., of Cronin, Cronin, Harris & O’Brien, P.C.; Michael Schroder, Esq. of Schroder & Strom, LLP, and Shalom Maidenbaum, Esq., Maidenbaum & Sternberg, LLP. Reservations are requested for this free program. To register, call the Nassau County Bar Association at 516-747-4070 or email ckatz@nassaubar.org.

KARAKOE NIGHT CLUB STYLE Sunday Jan. 17, at The Living Room 432 No Wantagh Avenue, Bethpage.

Complimentary Admission. Show Time: 7:30 to 11:30 p.m.. With some of the Top Long Island singers. If you can sing entertain the crowd if not entertain yourselves by listening who will get the mic this evening.

You will enjoy six giant screen TVs. So you can see the words while on the dance floor. A state of the art lighting system will make you enjoy karakoe in the night club style. Contact Maria at 516-840-2388.

FOR TRIVIA LOVERS At 7 p.m. Two Wednesday nights each month at Page One Restaurant, 90 School St. Glen Cove. Call (516) 625-8804 for information.

Singles Association of L.I. For information on events, please call (516) 825-0633 or (516) 3332851 or e-mail singlesassociationofli@yahoo.com.

YOUR WIDOWED SOCIAL GROUP The group meets on the third Wednesday of the each month (except July and August) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s R.C. Church on Franklin Ave. and Fifth Street, Garden City. There is a $5 fee for members and a $8 fee for non-members. For additional information, please call (516) 481-9280.

Hofstra to host French comic opera Jacques Offenbach’s La Vie Parisienne will be presented by Hofstra Opera Theater and the Department of Music, Jan. 29 through 31 at the John Cranford Adams Playhouse, located on the Hofstra University campus in Hempstead.

Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday.

Tickets are $10, $8 for senior citizens and matriculated non-Hofstra students.

Members of the Hofstra community may receive up to two free tickets upon presentation of a current HofstraCard.

For tickets and more information call the Hofstra Box Office at 516-

463-6644, 11 a.m.-3:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are also available at HofstraTickets.com or for purchase at the door (by cash or check only), starting 90 minutes prior to the start of each performance.

La Vie Parisienne (Parisian Life) is a comic operetta famous for its exuberance, effervescent tunes and hilarious social satire. Composed by one of France’s most celebrated geniuses of comedy, Jacques Offenbach, with a libretto by writers of the masterpiece Carmen, this parody of high-society life in Paris pokes fun at the rich and revels in the wit of their servants.

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Arts council to present new exhibit

The Huntington Arts Council will feature the work of artists Ginger Balizer- Hendler, Andrea Davide, Kasmira Mohanty and Alan Richards in an exhibition that opens with an artist reception on Friday, Jan. 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., and runs through Jan. 30 at the Main Street Gallery, 213 Main Street Huntington. All are welcome to attend.

Balizer-Hendler studied at the State University of New York at New Paltz as an English major with a minor in Theater Arts and focused on interior design at C.W. Post and The New York Institute of Technology.

Additionally, she studied “[My] work often explores surface narratives which obscure the underlying depths of what lies beneath the outer story,” BalizerHendler said. “Embellishments in the form of found objects and collage invite us to look beyond

the veil that protects our more fragile underpinnings. The layering is symbolic of the many faces we wear: our emotions, public and private personas, and deeper primal subconscious.”

Recipient of the Award of Merit from the Long Island Biennial, Balizer-Hendler’s work was included as part of The East End Arts Council’s JumpstART program installation. She is also is a former contributing writer for Art Times.

Davide attended Syracuse University, School of Visual and Performing Arts and received a BA in Art and Biology, from Arcadia University.

“A timepiece is a time keeping device though we can neither keep time nor, hold on to it; it passes away from us,” Davide stated. “The possessions of our lives rest in our hands seemingly for an instant and fall away, most

lost forever, like the passing moment.

“My sculptures, “TimePieces” respond to these eternal truths: each cog, gear, spring, each unnamed element, retrieved from memory and service, can no longer participate in noting time’s passage but binds within itself the lives and intentions of its designers, makers and original possessors,” she elaborated. “I, in turn, position these mechanical artifacts, and found objects, some anonymous, some with specific embedded histories, in a new, framed and secured relationship, with sympathetic formed supports and ties, bestowing linkage and context”.

Davide’s work has been exhibited publicly as well as collected both publicly and privately. Her resume extends into her work as a commercial artist, lecturer as well as notoriety through her artistic Military Achievements.

Mohanty, with degrees from Dowling College, Purchase College and Fashion Institute of Technology, is currently an arts

Clockwise from top left: Artwork by Ginger BalizerHendler; “Promise” by Andrea Davide; “Jillian web” by Kasmira Mohanty; “Reflection” by Alan Richards

educator and digital/commercial artist. Her work is featured regularly in both solo and group exhibitions.

“I began my artistic career in the photographic industry as a studio photographer and master darkroom printer,” she said.

“I was driven to expand my artistic vocabulary in 1992 when a friend of mine exposed me to Photoshop. This was before most people knew what a jpeg was.

“Photoshop was a revelation to me, as important as the introduction of the metal paint tube was to the Impressionists,” she added. “It would completely change the direction of my artistic goals and aspirations. My experimentations over the past 22 years has lead me to my current creations involving vector based illustrated portraits that I’ve layered with pattern, line work and hand rendered paint samples.”

Richards uses multiple photographs or segments of photographs and/or drawings that are fused to create a single composite image. The images may be playful, satirical, or of a more serious nature.

“I try to tell a story with each image,” Richards said. “My earlier works were done in ink and watercolors and are shown on my website. My interest in computers and design evolved into composite images from multiple photographs. Sometimes people think that these images are simple photographs. Not so.

They consist of multiple images in which segments of one photo are melded into the framework of the entire image.

“These image composites often take on a surrealistic feeling,” he added. “Although not formally trained in art, I have produced artworks of various sorts for many years.” Mr. Richards work is exhibited extensively across the country from Long Island to California to Florida.

The Invitational Gallery Shows are a Huntington Arts Council opportunity for small groups of artists to participate in a shared exhibit in our Main Street Gallery. For more information on the Invitational Gallery Shows and the Huntington Arts Council go to www.huntingtonarts.org or call 631-271-8423.

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

Stress-free entertaining at home January is my favorite month to entertain.

My friends are no longer inundated with holiday invitations and I am happy to reciprocate all of their kind December hospitality, when everyone is not as busy and harried.

However, some hosts and hostesses do not approach the notion of entertaining with enthusiasm and energy, but rather with trepidation and fear.

The thought of planning, shopping, cooking, serving, and cleaning up seems to be an arduous task, instead of a joyful expression of hospitality.

Through careful planning and the preparation of easy to make entrees and dessert anyone can give an elegant buffet party to entertain six guests and, if you are the ambitious type, these buffet party menus can be multiplied to accommodate 12, 24 or even 36 guests.

The most important part of entertaining is thoughtful planning.

Read through the recipes and follow The Game Plan and you are sure to have a memorable stress free party.

MENU Serves 6 Store bought Crudites, Cheese, Crackers, Olives,etc* Stuffed Chicken Breasts Culinary Architect

Marinated Chateaubriand Buttered Winter Vegetables* Saffron Rice* Seasonal Mixed Greens Vinaigrette* Fresh Bread and Butter* Fresh Fruit Platter with Chocolate Dipping Sauce The Best Store-bought Cookies* *Recipe Not Given Stuffed Chicken Breasts Culinary Architect 4 chicken breasts, boned, halved, but skin left on 1 onion, finely chopped 1 tbsp. sweet butter 1 lb. spinach, washed, stemmed and coarsely chopped or substitute one 10-oz. package frozen spinach 1/2 cup Ricotta cheese 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 2 tbsps fresh basil, Italian parsley chopped finely Salt & pepper to taste 1 red pepper, chopped finely

breast. Place both ends of the breast under the breast to form a neat roll.

Place the stuffed breasts in a buttered glass baking dish.

1. Saute the onions in melted butter until translucent. Add the spinach and cook until wilted. Remove from heat and add remaining ingredients.

2. To stuff the breasts, place approximately 1/3 cup of stuffing between the skin and meat of each

Marinated Chateaubriand 3 lbs. trimmed chateaubriand (your butcher can accommo date this order) 1/2 cup Worcestershire Sauce and A-1 Steak Sauce Salt and pepper

ALEXANDRA TROY The Culinary Architect

3. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes (or until the brass turn golden brown).

Serve on a heated platter and garnish with fresh basil and parsley.

1. The night before your party, mix Worcestershire and steak sauce together in a glass bowl large enough to fit the chateaubriand comfortably. Salt and pepper the beef and place in the bowl with the marinade.

2. Preheat oven to 550 degrees.

On a broiling pan (I cover mine with aluminum foil to avoid lengthy clean-up), place the chateaubriand.

Broil the meat for 7 minutes. Turn over to bake, set the thermostat to 375 degrees and bake the meat for approximately 10 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers 110 degrees for rare. Remove the meat from the oven. Let stand, loosely wrapped under aluminum foil for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with meat juices.

Fresh Fruit Platter with Chocolate Dipping Sauce 16 oz. milk chocolate or dark chocolate fudge sauce Your favorite fruit, cleaned and sliced 1. Slowly heat the chocolate on the stove or on medium heat in the microwave. Stir frequently.

2. Serve sauce hot, in a bowl, as a “fondue”. Set out skewers so guests can help themselves.

The Game Plan 2-4 weeks before: Invite your

guests, hire a waitperson (if you plan to use one) or better yet, hire a caterer and carefully read over the menus and recipes. If you are planning to entertain 6 people, make one entree, 12 people make two entrees.

1 week before: Order wine and alcohol, meat (have it delivered one day before the party) and write out your shopping lists.

2 days before: Shop for all your ingredients. If desired, make vinaigrette and fruit sauce.

1 day before: Prepare chicken, chateaubriand. Set table.

Morning: Prepare fruit platter, salad, vegetables, rice. Platter your store bought hors d’oeuvres.

1 hour before: Preheat ovens, set up platters.

During cocktail hour: Bake chicken, chateaubriand.

Helpful hints and ideas: Although it is not necessary, it always makes a party more enjoyable if you have someone to serve and clean-up.

Remember, the more you plan, the less you leave to chance and worry.

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.

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Williston Park Williston ParkLibrary Library From the Director: Parents/Caregivers-PLEASE clean up the toy area when the children are finished playing. It is unsightly and a safety hazard. We have asked for your cooperation many times! It would be a shame to remove the toys from the area due to the lack of respect and cooperation of a few.

Please be aware of the new parking regulations in front of the library. Do not park in the red fire zone.

Offenders will be ticketed.

This is a temporary situation while the firehouse is undergoing renovation.

The library will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Regular hours will resume on

Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Here are some new arrivals to the library: Dictionary of Mutual Understanding — Jackie Copleton Witches: Salem, 1692 — Stacy Schiff End of the Cold War: 1985-1991 — Robert Service His Right Hand — Mette Ivie Harrison In the Hamptons 4Ever — Dan Rattiner Harbour Street — Ann Cleeves

ADULt Computer Basics Thursday, Jan. 14, at 6 p.m. ion the Library. Presented

by James Pagano. Limited to 6 participants. Free.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Home Energy Efficiency Program Thursday, Jan. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Sponsored by the LI Progressive Coalition, the PowerUp Communities Program allows homeowners to take advantage of low cost energy assessments.

Free. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

All About Nassau Library Apps Lecture Tuesday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m. in the Library. Presented by James Pagano, who will discuss the library app, Overdrive, OPAC and other patron-friendly applications.

Free. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

2016 Property Assessment Grievance Workshop Tuesday on Jan. 19, at 7 p.m.

in the Assembly Room of Village Hall. Join Charles Berman, town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes for this workshop.

Free. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Microsoft Office Class Thursday, Jan. 21, at 6 p.m. in the Library. Presented by James Pagano. Free. Limited to 6 participants. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Apple Devices Class Tuesday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. in the Library. Presented by James Pagano. Learn about Apple devices including the iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch. Free. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

ChiLDren Winter Reading Club

Jan.9 through Feb. 20.

Open to children of all ages.

This year’s theme is “Scurry Up and Read”. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

After School Story Hour Thursdays, Jan. 14, 21, 28; Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, at 4 p.m. in the Library for children K-2.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Winter Story Time Tuesdays, Jan. 12, 19, 26; Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23; March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, at 11 a.m. in the Children’s Room for children 3 ½-5 years old.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Pajama Story Time Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m. in the Children’s Room.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Tiny Tykes Wednesdays, Jan. 13, 20, 27; Feb. 3, 24, at 10:15 a.m. or 11:30 a.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall for children ages 1 ½-5 years old. There is a $45 non-refundable fee due at time of registration. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Story Hour for Tots Thursdays, Jan. 14, 21, 28; Feb. 4, 11, 18, 25; March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, at 11 a.m. in the Children’s Room for children ages 1-3 years old.

Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

Happy Valentine’s Day (Presented by A Time for Kids) on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 10:15 a.m. in the Assembly Room of Village Hall for children ages 2 ½-5 years old. Free. Sign up at the Circulation Desk.

EastWilliston Williston Library East Library EVENING BOOK GROUP: “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. The group will meet on Thursday, Feb. 11, at 7 p.m. Please register at the library. The discussion is limited to 15 readers.

AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP: “The Little Paris Bookshop” by Nina George.

The group will meet Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 1:30 p.m..

OLD WESTBURY GARDENS and NY

HISTORICAL SOCIETY PASSES: The passes are available to East Williston Library card holders. Each family pass (2 adults and children under 18 years of age) may be borrowed for a three-day period. Passes may be reserved in advance.

the information you need to achieve the results you want at school, at work, or in life. Are you looking for a new job?

You’ll find an entire Learning Center dedicated to helping you get the one that’s right for you. Visit us at www. ewlibrary.org

LEARNING EXPRESS LIBRARY: Whatever your goal, LearningExpressLibrary’s resources will help you succeed.

The various “Learning Centers” offer

TUMBLEBOOK LIBRARY: TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated picture books which teach young children the joys of reading in

a format they’ll love. Visit us at www. ewlibrary.org N0TARY PUBLIC: Hours are Monday & Thursday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m. Photo identification is required. Documents to be notarized must be signed at the time of notarization, not before. You must bring your own witness if needed.

Please telephone the Library to confirm a notary is available.

COLLECTION ON DISPLAY: The East Williston Library Friends invite you to come in and enjoy their January display. Local resident John Messina has shared his collection of caps from various trips and events. Please visit this display in the lobby of the East Williston Village Hall.

Register for all programs by calling 516-741-1213 or email us at ewpl@ ewlibrary.org

Mineola Public Library Mineola Library Museum Passes: The library has added the Children’s Museum of Manhattan to the list of great museums that you can visit. CHOM is located at The Tisch Building, 212 West 83rd Street, NY, NY 10024. Reserve it at the Reference Desk, (516) 746-8488, ext. 2 or www.mineolalibrary.

We Care Blankets Please give to “We Care Blankets.” The charity members’ goal is to knit blankets for children undergoing chemotherapy. Colorful blankets are supplied to 23 oncology units on Long Island. You may

donate yarn at the box located in the Children’s Room.

Registration is available now at the Reference Desk.

programs

Dance Classes: Foxtrot, Swing, & Salsa!

Saturdays, Jan. 16, 23, 30 at 2 p.m. Join us for an introduction to three different dances that will be given by teacher, coach and choreographer Elena Iannucci. Registration at the Reference Desk.

Zumba Fitness Classes Saturdays, Jan. 16, 23, 30 at 10:30 a.m. These fitness based dance classes are not only an amazing cardio workout, but it makes working out fun!

At the core of each class is music from all over the world, resulting in a class that has international rhythms and moves, making the class time fly by. All fitness levels, body types and ages may attend.

Film Discussion Series Great Director/Star Combos: Alfred Hitchcock And Cary Grant. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, director Alfred Hitchcock worked with

the finest actors and actresses in Hollywood. Some of his greatest work came in films that featured Cary Grant as his leading man. This winter, we will feature all four of the Hitchcock/Grant films, followed by engaging discussion. All films begin at 6:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 1 — To Catch a Thief (1955) Wednesday, Feb. 17 — North by Northwest (1959 Brain Health Lecture: Nutrition for Your Mind* Friday, Ja. 15 at 1 p.m. It has been proven that there is a link between nutrition and brain health. This lecture will focus on the foods that can

help brain function, as well as which ones to avoid. Join Alice Kaufman, Nutrition and Wellness Specialist and a member of the Speakers Bureau for the American Heart Association for an important perspective on your health.

AARP Free Tax Help AARP Free Tax Help* will be offered at the library on Wednesdays, February, March, through April 13th, at 10:15AM to 2:00PM for middle and low income taxpayers, with special attention to taxpayers age 60 and older. Register at the Reference Desk or by calling

516-746-8488 Ext. 2 beginning Monday, January 11, 2016.

Walk-ins will not be admitted.

Chinese New Year Lecture: Chinese Culture for the Chinese New Year* Saturday, Feb. 6 at 2 p.m.

Celebrate the 2016 Chinese New Year with George Wei’s presentation—The Essence of Traditional Chinese Culture: Year of the Horse/Sheep/ Monkey; China’s 5,000 years of history, Tang Dynasty, Ming Dynasty; Chinese Martial Arts, Tai Chi; Chinese medicine (herbs, acupuncture); and, Classical Chinese Dance, Music, etc.

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Shelter Rock Rock Library Shelter 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. 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 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, 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. 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!

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 wartorn 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 Jan. 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

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.

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 Jan. 19.

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 Jan. 4.

CHILDREN YOGA FOR BABIES & TOTS Saturdays, Jan. 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 – 3 ½ with a parent or caregiver as a program of stories, simple songs, fingerplays and rhymes

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.

TOTS NIGHT OUT Families with children ages 2 – 5 years are invited to participate in a program of songs, stories and a craft.

Monday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m.

Registration begins Tuesday, Jan. 19.

VALENTINE’S DAY PROGRAM Children in grades K to 5 will make chocolate Valentine goodies on Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 4:30 p.m. Registration begins Tuesday, Jan. 26.

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Wheatley students send the gift of music Tri-M is an internationally recognized music honor society with over 1,700 chapters in high schools across the globe. At Wheatley, the group’s mission is to connect with peers and community members using the students’ musical talents. Each year the group hosts several schoolwide events that serve to inspire and encourage students to pursue music in some way. We are very proud that the Wheatley TriM chapter was recognized as the 2014-15 National Tri-M Chapter of the Year. As part of this honor the group was awarded $1,000 to be used for an endeavor of the students’ choosing. Matching the award through fundraising, the students of Wheatley Tri-M unanimously chose to use the money to show appreciation to our service men and women overseas by sharing their love of music with these soldiers serving so far away from home.

The students loaded iPod shuffles with a library of music, from a variety of genres, and sent them off to the soldiers. Wanting to make the donation more personal to the East Williston Community, the students reached out to identify soldiers that have a connection to Wheatley. A wonderful gift for all, I extended a special thank you to the group.

They sent the gift of music to the battalion that my son Colin, an Army Officer currently serving at Fort Meade, after three tours of duty overseas, is attached to.

Congratulations and thank you to our Tri-M officers and members: President: Robert Chang, Vice Presidents: Cindy Zhou and Krista Chen, Corresponding Secretary: Jessica Chu, Recording Secretary: Samantha Leong, Historians: Andrew Schloss and Carol Wu and Web Master: Justin Vega and Club Members: Karan Amin, Adeel Anwar, Hallie ArbitalJacoby, Adena Bernot, Sienna Brancato, Jessie Cao, Robert Chang, Krista Chen, Aileen Chowdhury, Jessica Chu, Luke Cuomo, Josh Dinetz, Rachel Fuzaylov, Roxane Ghadami, Lianna Golden, Tiffany Jiao, Alexa Kamberg, Amanda Kim, Diana Lee, Samantha Leong, Lauren Levine, Michelle Lin, Mitchell Lin, Lucas Miller, Morgan Misk, Mahesh Pitchayan, Sumu Pitchayan, Anusha Ramnarayan, Andrew Schloss, Ryan Schnur, Chris Shen, Manan Shukla, Saman Suleman, Vani Kumar, Justin Vega, Ally Wang, Emily Wang, Aiden Wong, Carol Wu, Anne Yan, Alice Ye, Camellia Ye, Kevin Yi, Cindy Zhou and Brandon Zhu and Tri-M faculty advisor and Wheatley music

Wheatley Tri-M students downloading music on iPods for our service men and women before the holiday break. teacher Angela Luftig.

Wheatley Senior Recognized as an Intel Semifinalist On January 6th, Wheatley senior Krista Chen was recognized as a semifinalist in the INTEL Science Talent Search. This rigorous competition, a program of the Society for Science & the Public, recognizes the most promising young scientists and rewards them for their innovative science research. Of the more than 1800 applicants, Krista was among 300 semifinalists nationwide and among the 44 Long Island semifinalists.

Krista’s study utilized a biotin-linked taxoid or tumor-targeting drug designed to specifically attack cancer stem cells through the detection of certain biomarkers, effectively decreasing systemic toxicity usually associated with conventional chemotherapy. In addition, she provided an approach using combination chemotherapy with natural remedies EGCG and curcumin that could potentiate the drug while minimizing required dosages and adverse effects.

Krista conducted her research through the Simons Summer Research Program at Stony Brook University under the guidance of Dr. Iwao Ojima.

Congratulations to Krista and Wheatley Science Research teacher Alexis Blondrage.

Multicultural Celebration Now and in the Future By now you should have received the Multicultural Dinner invitation, via email, from the Multicultural Planning Committee which will be held on Febru-

ary 11 at The Wheatley School, Room 450 at 7:00 PM. The dinner, which will highlight Chinese culture, will be for parents and educators from all three of our schools. The Multicultural Committee is comprised of volunteer community members, faculty and students and grew out of discussions at last year’s Educational Advisory Committee meetings. The committee recognized that the District provides many opportunities for our students to learn about each other’s traditions and customs but that par-

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ents are often not a part of these rich experiences.

The committee is organizing a series of dinners to highlight the many different ethnic groups that make up our district. Instead of having one night focused on the many cuisines, dances, music, etc. of multiple groups, they felt that it would be more meaningful to learn about individual cultures, one at a time, giving participants the opportunity to connect with each other. The first two dinners are scheduled to take place this year in Febru-

ary and April. This year, parents on the committee volunteered to coordinate the events to highlight the Chinese and Indian cultures and festivals. Other cultures will be celebrated in future dinners and events. In addition, it is true that several groups may celebrate the same or similar holidays and the Committee’s intention is to raise this awareness.

This is an ongoing initiative that I am sure will continue to evolve and progress through community participation and suggestions. I look forward to seeing you on February 11th! You can RSVP at https://goo.gl/N1mehu.

Intercultural Unity Club Speaking of diversity, the ICU assembly and luncheon that took place on December 23rd at Wheatley was a tremendous success and a great example of a school environment that values the diverse linguistic, cultural, racial and ethnic backgrounds within its school community. In light of recent world events, the U.S. Department of Education recently sent school districts a letter stressing the importance of developing programs such as those that we are fortunate to already have here.

Special thanks to the ICU Club advisors Wheatley Social Studies teacher Steve Fitzko and Wheatley English as a New Language teacher Gail Leibert and the many students who participated in this annual event.

Wednesday’s BOE Work Session Presentation on Instructional Technology - a Great Evening!

There were so many wonderful and innovative examples of how teachers and students are

using technology in our classrooms everyday presented at the January Board of Education Work Session. Many thanks to the students and staff who shared their excitement and technology expertise during the evening. The broad extent of technology being used in our school program, directly tied to student learning, really impresses when seen all together in one comprehensive presentation. I look forward to writing about the various projects and curriculums highlighted in an upcoming newsletter. Special thanks to Dave Casamento, Director of Science and Technology, for organizing the presentation.

Speech-Off On Friday, December 18 it was exciting to visit a “speech-off” by our Regents level social studies and English students.

Students worked on an interdisciplinary project in these two subject areas for some weeks. For this assignment, students studied the U.S. Constitution, analyzed the Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers and developed speeches in support of or in opposition to the Federalist position. The “top” 6 student speeches, were chosen from the three sections of English 11R by class peers.

At the December speech-off, the top 6 finalists presented their speeches for students and staff who used a prepared rubric to evaluate the excellent speeches and cast a vote for the top one.

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Jackson Ave. school recognized for digital work Jackson Avenue School in a Common Sense Digital Citizen- is a national nonprofit organizathe Mineola Union Free School ship Certified School. tion dedicated to helping kids District has been recognized as Common Sense Education and families thrive in a world of digital media and technology.

In order to be considered, Jackson Avenue had to demonstrate its commitment to taking a whole-community approach to preparing its students to use the immense power of digital media to explore, create, connect and learn, while limiting the perils Raffle winners were third that exist in the online realm, Prior to the holiday recess, the Jackson Avenue School Key grader Christian Reyes and such as plagiarism, loss of priClub in the Mineola Union Free fourth-grader Isabella De’Filippo. vacy and cyberbullying.

“We applaud the faculty and Bicycles were donated by the School District held a raffle fundraiser where students could win family of teacher Mrs. Goodwin staff of Jackson Avenue for emand a helmet and accessories bracing digital citizenship as an one of two donated bicycles.

The Key Club helps local were courtesy of Mineola Bicy- important part of their students’ education,” said Rebecca RanJackson families and raised more cle, Fitness and Mower. dall, vice president of education than $900 from this fundraiser.

Key Club raffle raises $900 plus

programs for Common Sense Education. “Mineola School District deserves high praise for giving its students the foundational skills they need to compete and succeed in the 21st-century workplace and participate ethically in society at large.”

Jackson Avenue has been using Common Sense Education’s innovative and research-based digital citizenship resources, which were created in collaboration with Dr. Howard Gardner of the GoodPlay Project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

The resources teach students, educators and parents tangible skills related to Internet safety, protecting online reputa-

tions and personal privacy, managing online relationships and respecting creative copyright.

“Just because our students are digital natives does not mean they instinctively know how to navigate the digital world responsibly. It is an important part of our job to offer students opportunities to learn and develop these real world skills and guide our students in making good decisions as digital citizens,” principal Janet Gonzalez said. “By preparing our students to use technology safely and responsibly, we are providing them with unlimited opportunities to maximize and personalize their learning.”

Wheatley students send the gift of music Continued from Page 48 project. Listening to the speeches, it was apparent that the students’ use of historical evidence in crafting their arguments was extensive and impressive as was their delivery, as they posed their arguments.

Congratulations to the students, Lucas Marlowe, Ryan Goldberg. Lily Stempel, Max Mosca, Antonio Liparoto, and Dylan Silber, who presented speeches.

Further congratulations to Antonio Liparoto who came in first place, Dylan Silber, the runner-up and Lucas Marlowe who placed third. All six finalists did a fantastic job! Thank you to the students’ teachers, Natalia McMillan, Jen Fatone, Matt Haig and Mike Haig for this intellectually rich and engaging interdisciplinary project.

Upcoming Guidance Events Planning for Parent University – March 1, 2016 The Guidance Department is currently looking for parent volunteers to help in the organization and planning of Parent University 2016. Since the workshops are geared towards the parent community of the East Williston and Roslyn School Districts, your insight and perspective will be invaluable. If you can help, we will be holding no more than 3-4 planning meetings, during the school day, leading up to the program. In addition, on March 1st, we would need some help at Parent University on Tuesday, March 1, 2016. Volunteers at the registration desk and other areas around Wheatley are needed since we will be hosting this year. Our first committee meeting

will be at Wheatley on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 11:00 AM. If you are interested in helping, please contact the Director of Guidance Greg Wasserman at wassermang@ewsdonline.org.

Upcoming Event: Family Math Day Family Math Day will be held on March 5, 2016 at Stratford Road School in Plainview. Mark your calendars for a fun activity that you can do with your children that is educational to boot.

Students in kindergarten through sixth grade and their parents are invited to this day of excitement and adventure all centering on mathematics. I have had the chance to attend this once a year event a couple of times and it is well worth the short ride to Plainview to attend. Each year, every room I walked by, students were always smiling, excited and doing the most amazing projects and activities all centering around math concepts and skills in real life application. Teachers from all around Nassau County participate as presenters, including many of our very own East Williston teachers. To make sure you reserve a place early, you can email North Side teacher Lisa Minerva at minveral@ewsdonline. org, or look for a registration site on our website, (District, North Side and Willets Road), to be coming soon.

• East Williston Little League Registration for Spring 2016

Congratulations & Commendations Vintage Awarded First Place Vintage, Wheatley’s student literacy magazine, was awarded Kindergarten Registration First Place with Special Merit by – Just Around the Corner the American Scholastic Press AsIf you have a child to regissociation. The congratulatory letter, or if you know someone who ter stated, “Your magazine shows has a child to register, for kinthe superior efforts of talented dergarten, please note/tell them and creative editors, writers, that registration for the incoming artists, photographers, layout/ 2016-17 North Side Kindergarten graphic designers, staff members class will take place next month and advisor. [American Scholasat The Wheatley School in the Litic Press Association] congratubrary/IMC on February 2, 3 and lates all on your First Place with 4, 2016.

Special Merit award!”

A child is eligible for kinderIndividual recognitions were garten next year if (s)he is five also awarded. Congratulations to years of age on or before DecemNancy Zhang, a member of the ber 1, 2016 (a child born during Class of 2015, who received an the period of December 2, 2010 award for Outstanding Story for through December 1, 2011). To “Bleached” and to senior Jordan start the kindergarten registraShaked who received an award tion process and receive a Kinderfor Outstanding Photographer for garten Registration Packet from “Watch” and “Discovery.” the North Side School, please call Congratulations to the staff North Side’s main office at 333of Vintage: Editor-in-Chief: Si6860. Additional information enna Brancato; Senior Editor of can be obtained on the website Literature: Jordan Pollack and at www.ewsdonline.org > go to Editors: Maya Alfia, Adeel AnSchools on the horizontal navigawar, Jillian Baker, Emma Belson, tion bar and click on North Side Kelsey Beresheim, Ellie Chen, > go down the vertical naviga- Virtual Backpack Flyer Update Just a reminder: Please check Aileen Chowdhury, Madison tion bar to Kindergarten Registrathe VB periodically for the latest D’Ambrosio, Chintan Datt, Daniel tion Information.

• Children with last names postings. (On the district homep- Fourzailoff, Erica Kim, Jane Kim, beginning with A-F – register on age, www.ewsdonline.org > Christina Mille, Farrah Siegler Tuesday, February 2 at 3:30 PM – scroll down left side vertical navi- and Sara Zulfiqar; Cover Art: Jorgation bar to Virtual Backpack > dan Shaked and Vintage Advisor: 4:30 PM Rick Leidenfrost-Wilson.

• Children with last names click on VB.) As faculty advisor Mr. LeidenThe following is a listing of beginning with G-L – register on Wednesday, February 3 at 3:30 the new flyers posted on the VB frost-Wilson pointed out, “Many Vintage submissions are the rethis week: PM – 4:30 PM • Girl Scout Daisy Registra- sult of the extraordinary work • Children with last names our Art and English faculty do as beginning with M-Z – register on tion for 2016 Information • Girl Scout Frozen program a part of their own daily instrucThursday, February 4 at 3:30 PM tion and curricula. Our excepon January 29, 2016 – 4:30 PM

tional Vintage artists have been well groomed by Julia Donovan and Nicole Girgenti and our English faculty should always be commended for artfully developing the writing talents of our students: [Secondary Chair of English Language Arts] Steve Collier, Lauren Walbroehl, Lauren Blum, Natalia McMillan, Dr. Mary Beth Cook, Jen Fatone, Mike Dunn, Colin McKenna and Dan Burke.”

Look for this year’s edition of Vintage to be out in print in June and celebrated at the Wheatley Vintage Coffeehouse on June 6, 2016. Mark your calendars.

Teachers Share their Expertise On January 7, 2016, Elementary Math Content Leader and North Side Math AIS teacher Lisa Minerva and Willets Road Math AIS teacher Diane L. Viola presented a workshop titled “Literacy in the Math Classroom” at the How to Make Math Count Conference. Their workshop focused on activities to enhance vocabulary, integrate literature and other texts, and incorporate writing into math lessons. North Side enrichment teacher Henry Kupstas presented a workshop titled “Out of this World Numbers”. The purpose was to use examples of size and distance of the cosmos to help students get a grasp of “really BIG numbers”. We discussed light speed, the size and distance of other stars compared to the sun, and they even went outside to make a scale model of the solar system. This annual conference, sponsored by the Nassau County Mathematics Teachers Association, was held at Molloy College.

Congratulations!

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By N o a h M a n s k a r Eight Herricks High School students are helping the district refresh its branding.

The district picked students in the ninth through 12th grades as finalists in a contest to redesign the district’s logo, an update Superintendent Fino Celano said is a long time coming.

“No one is in a better position to cre-

ate a logo that reflects our district than our students who live and learn in our school community,” Celano said in an email.

The district launched the contest in the fall to revamp the current logo, an outdated stock image a web designer chose that doesn’t reflect the district’s mission, Celano said.

It solicited designs from students in Herricks High School’s various graphic

design programs, overseen by teacher Allyson Zebrowski.

The students used professional design programs, including Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop, to create their logos.

From the field of 19 entries, Zebrowski and others selected the eight finalists: George Araujo, Jillian Clark, Samantha Hackenjos, Emily Nagle, Maeve O’Brien, Angelica Pizza, Jessica Tichauer and Des-

Photo courtesy of Herricks Public Schools

Eight students in Allyson Zebrowski’s advertising design class created designs for a new Herricks school district logo. Finalists presented their work Dec. 16, and judges are still determining the winner.

mond Wong.

“It was really hard to pick finalists,” Zebrowski said. “Everyone did an amazing job.”

All the designs featured blue, Herricks High School’s signature color, and the district’s name.

Some of the designers said they also tried to reflect the district’s mission and character in their logos.

For example, Pizza said she enclosed her design in a circle to represent unity, and O’Brien included a tree to represent growth.

“The branches represent branching out,” O’Brien told a panel of designcontest judges at a Dec. 19 presentation.

“It’s about being together, but also being yourself.”

Wong designed his logo to represent look like a house, which is “what Herricks has built,” he said.

The panel, which includes Celano, is still in the process of choosing a winner and will likely announce one sometime this spring.

Rather than outsource the logo design to a private company, Celano said, getting designs from students “reflects (the district’s) philosophy of empowering our students, and recognizing their outstanding work.”

“I believe that our students will do a much better job in creating a new logo than a commercial company could ever do,” Celano said.

Reach reporter Noah Manskar by email at nmanskar@theislandnow.com or by phone at 516.307.1045 x204. Also follow us on Twitter @noahmanskar and Facebook at facebook.com/theislandnow.

Herricks science students advance Mineola in national research competitions trustees Continued from Page 3

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Herricks senior Naseem Dabiran is a finalist for the national Neuroscience Research Prize.

sionate about science. That’s something that also carries weight for Intel when it selects semifinalists, Barcia said, and a goal of Herricks’ Science Research Program.

“It’s about how you take this sort of academic, almost, research, and you can use it to have an actual impact,” Krishnamoorthy said.

The three received a $1,000 award from the Intel Foundation and are eligible to advance to the contest’s finals later this month.

The four Neruoscience Research Prize winners will be announced at the American Academy of Neurologists’ April conference in Vancouver.

Herricks’ program is one of several on Long Island that aims to give students advanced scientific experience before entering college.

The 150 students in the program all work in laboratories at some point, either conducting summer research projects or longer studies lasting one of two years, Barcia said.

All four students said science research is one of several extracurricular activities at Herricks that’s prepared them well for their next steps in life.

Science research students grow close by spending many hours together, Dabiran said, and getting so much experience in a lab is an invaluable foundation for the future.

“I thought research was something old people ... were doing at college,” she said. “It was reserved for really smart people — like a special group of people. And then I became a part of that group.”

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Continued from Page 2 partment and a former Little League president and head of the Mineola Athletic Association.

He has four adult children and four grandchildren.

Pereira has lived in Mineola since 1977 and has taught at Mineola schools, which he attended himself, since 1993.

A husband and father of three, Pereira also coaches varsity soccer at Mineola High School and is a member of the Lions Club and the Mineola Portuguese Center.

Both are graduates of Mineola High School and are active in its Alumni Foundation, which Cusato co-founded and co-leads.

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Celebrating Valentine’s Day at county ice rinks In celebration of Valentine’s Day, Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano announces “Love on Ice” Celebrations will take place at Cantiague Park, Christopher Morley Park and Grant Park ice rinks on Sunday, Feb. 14 from 1 to 3:30 p.m.

The first 150 ladies wearing red will receive a free rose as we honor American Heart Month (with paid admission only).

Free hot chocolate and cookies will be available for attendees. Additionally, a DJ will be mixing tunes and games and prizes will be offered for children.

Ice rink admission will include free skate rental (first come first served). Ad-

mission prices are $8 for adults, $6 for children ages 4 to 17, and free for children age 3 and under.

Cantiague Park is located on West John Street, east of Cantiague Rock Road in Hicksville. Grant Park is located at Broadway and Sheridan Avenue in Hewlett. Christopher Morley Park is located in at 500 Searingtown Road in Roslyn-North Hills.

For more information about the Nassau County Parks, Recreation and Museums Department, please call 516572-0200 or visit the website at www. nassaucountyny.gov/parks.

The popular Town of North Hempstead Valentine’s Day marriage vow renewal ceremony will be held this year on Feb. 11 at 11 a.m. at the Harbor Links Golf Course in Port Washington.

Now in its seventh year, the annual event will allow couples who have been married for many years to reaffirm their commitment and celebrate their marriages.

“Every year I look at the happy couples who attend our marriage vow renewal ceremony and I see that love truly endures here in North Hempstead,” Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “It is always

a pleasure to recognize these couples and the longevity of their relationships. The renewal ceremony is one of my favorite events of the year – it is a warm spot in the chilly month of February.”

“This joyous occasion allows us to celebrate and honor the love shared between these individuals,” Town Clerk Wayne Wink said. “Their relationships have withstood the test of time and their commitment to each other is unwavering.”

A lunch and champagne toast will be served after following the ceremony. For more information, please call 311.

Town to renew vows on Valentine’s Day

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N.S. Child Guidance County to pay tribute to exec honored by mag Martin Luther King Jr.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, in conjunction with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration Committee of Nassau County Inc. and the Nassau County Commission of Human Rights, has planned two events that pay tribute to the slain civil rights leader, who was assassinated on April 4, 1968.

An ecumenical interfaith service is planned for Sunday, Jan. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Zion Cathedral Church of God in Christ, located at 312 Grand Ave. in Freeport. There will be a free will offering. Additional information is available by contacting Rev. Phillip Elliott at 516-572-1933.

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 31st Annual Scholarship Awards Luncheon will be held on Monday, Jan. 18, at 11:30 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel, 101 James Doolittle Blvd. in Uniondale.

Mangano will serve as honorary chairperson for the event.

Honorees include: Retha Fernandez, Bishop Lionel Harvey, Acting Police Commissioner Thomas C. Krumpter, Dr. Chuck

Madu, Melvin Harris, Jr. (posthumously) and Donald Monti.

“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an incredible man and leader whose insight helped to create a new understanding of universal peace and humanity in our society,” Mangano said. “On Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Day we commemorate the spirit of freedom, equality and dignity of all races. Together, we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and remember the difference we can make in our local communities by exemplifying the qualities of compassion and brotherhood, thereby developing more harmonious relations among all people.”

Proceeds from all weekend events will benefit the MLK Committee Scholarship Fund assisting local high school seniors seeking higher education. The purchase price of a ticket is $75. Register early for best seating. For additional information contact Rodney Mcrae of the Nassau County Commission on Human Rights at 516-571-5977.

Andrew Malekoff, the executive director and CEO of the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center has been named as a winner of this year’s David Award, given out by Networking Magazine.

The award honors eight Long Island “Renaissance men” who have excelled in business or academics and also accomplished outstanding heroic and humanitarian acts.

“In a world where people often move from job to job to climb the socalled ladder of success, in his nearly four decades at the Guidance Center Andy has never wavered in his dedication to the mission: to provide hope and healing to children and families in need of mental health services,” said Rita Castagna, a longtime

member of the Guidance Center’s Board of Directors.

In addition to offering individual and family therapy, the North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center operates Good Beginnings for Babies, a program which helps pregnant and parenting teens receive prenatal care and education on being good parents; the Wilderness Program, which offers at-risk adolescents an opportunity to participate in nature activities that foster individual growth, self-esteem and improved group communication while also promoting environmental stewardship; and the Latina Girls Project, which is designed to end the epidemic of suicide and depression among Hispanic teen girls and foster ef-

fective, open and healing communication among these young women and their parents.

“Andy is not only an innovator when it comes to the Guidance Center’s therapeutic programs,” Guidance Center Board President Nancy Lane said.

“He’s at the front and center of advocating on behalf of the children and families in our community and beyond, testifying before New York State authorities, writing a monthly column on mental-health and parenting issues, and working in every way possible to end stigma against those in need of mental health services.”

The David Award will be presented to Malekoff at a breakfast at Crest Hollow Country club on Jan. 21.

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Town to host ‘Vacation Recreation Day’ Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the North Hempstead Town Board, in conjunction with the Department of Parks and Recreation, will be hosting “Vacation Recreation Day,” a program for children on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. during the February school break.

“There’s no need to venture far for an enjoyable time,” Bosworth said. “Va-

cation Recreation Day is a great way for children to have fun right here in the Town of North Hempstead. Enjoy a ‘staycation’ at Tully Park with a magic show, movie, bingo and swimming, all within a short drive from home.”

Participants will be able to enjoy a magic show with Scott Interrante, bingo, a showing of the movie “Inside Out”

and swimming at the indoor pool.

The program is $5 per child for members of Tully Park’s Aquatic Activity Center and $12 for non-members.

For the pool time portion of the program, children under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

The Vacation Recreation program is for school children ages 6 and older.

Pre-registration is required and can be completed at Michael J. Tully Park, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. or Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information, please call 311 or visit www.northhempsteadny. gov.

Red Cross sees need for blood donations The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood and platelet donations to prevent a shortage this winter.

Busy holiday schedules in November and December contributed to about 1,700 fewer blood drives held across the country compared to the two previous months, which has resulted in about 50,000 fewer donations and reduced the blood supply.

Donation appointments can be quickly and easily scheduled by using the Red Cross Blood Donor app, visiting redcrossblood.org or calling 1-800-733-2767.

“A decline in the blood supply after the winter holidays is not uncommon,

but it can be replenished when generous volunteers roll up their sleeves to help save lives,” said Guy Triano, donor recruitment director for the Red Cross New York-Penn Blood Services Region. “We encourage our generous donors who are eligible, as well as new donors, to make an appointment to give blood or platelets and help ensure blood products continue to be available for patients. Every two seconds a patient in the U.S. needs blood.”

For the ninth year, the Red Cross and Dunkin’ Donuts are partnering in January to help increase donations and reward generous donors during National Blood

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Through the “Dunkin’ Donors Make a Difference” campaign, all those who come to give blood or platelets in January at Red Cross blood drives in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and parts of New York will receive a $5 Dunkin’ Donuts gift card.

National Blood Donor Month has been observed in January since 1970 with the goal of increasing blood donations during the winter – one of the most difficult times of year to collect enough blood and platelet donations to meet patient needs.

In addition to winter bringing busy

holiday schedules for many regular donors, severe winter weather can cancel blood drives, and seasonal illnesses, like the flu, may cause donors to be temporarily unable to give.

Blood and platelet donors of all blood types are urged to make an appointment to donate for patients like Pyper Young, now 7 years old.

The chemotherapy that treated Pyper’s brain cancer also caused her to need emergency transfusions to increase her blood levels.

The Red Cross must collect about 14,000 donations every day to meet the needs of patients like Young.

Berman offers talks on grieving taxes Town of North Hempstead Receiver of Taxes Charles Berman invites residents to property assessment grievance workshops.

Anyone who pays taxes on property in Nassau County has the right to appeal their property’s annual assessment set by the Nassau County Department of Assessment on Jan. 4.

There is no need to use an attorney to file a grievance. It takes only a few minutes to complete the Application for Correction of Property Tax Assessment.

The filing period is Jan. 4 through March 1 with the Nassau County Assessment Review Commission.

Berman will review the property assessment grievance process at these workshops, and staff members will be on hand with applications.

Residents should bring their Notice of Tentative Assessment for 2017-2018 (issued by the Nassau County Department of Assessment on Jan. 4, 2016).

Dates, times and locations for the property assessment grievance workshops are: • Friday, Jan. 8, 2-4 p.m. at Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Ave., Great Neck •Tuesday, Jan. 19, 7-8:45 p.m., presented by the Williston Park Public

Library in the Assembly Room of Village Hall, 494 Willis Ave., third floor, Williston Park • Wednesday, Jan. 20, 7-8:45 p.m. at Shelter Rock Public Library, 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson • Thursday, Jan. 28, 1-3 p.m. at Bryant Library, 2 Paper Mill Road, Roslyn • Wednesday, Feb. 3, 7:30-9:30 p.m., co-sponsored by the Ahavat Shalom Synagogue’s Men’s Committee, Ahavat Shalom Synagogue, 130 Cutter Mill Road, Great Neck • Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7-8:45 p.m., cosponsored by the Great Neck Chinese Association, at Great Neck House, 14 Arrandale Ave., Great Neck • Thursday, Feb. 11, 7-8:45 p.m. at Hillside Public Library, 155 Lakeville Road, New Hyde Park • Tuesday, Feb. 16, 7-8:30 p.m. at Manhasset Public Library, 30 Onderdonk Ave., Manhasset • Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7-8:30 p.m. at Westbury Memorial Public Library, 445 Jefferson St., Westbury • Wednesday, Feb. 24, 3-4:45 p.m. at Shelter Rock Public Library, 165 Searingtown Road, Albertson • Thursday, Feb. 25, 7-8:30 p.m. at East Williston Public Library, 2 Prospect St., East Williston

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Keep safe when selling your home In October 2014, Beverly Carter, a well known female real estate agent in Arkansas, went to meet her customer at a home (out of her normal area).

Without even asking about identification of her male customer or possibly, not even qualifying him on the phone or even taking someone with her; was brutally killed by him.

Since 2003, this has occurred on average 73 times a year though out the U.S. and has increased since the collapse of the real estate market in 2007.

If you are not aware of what goes on in our industry, check out these links to enlighten yourselves as to the potential dangers of being a real estate agent and even a customer, and what safety precautions one must take whether female or male: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/dangers-real-estate-criminals-witnesses-safety-expert-keeping/story?id=13375723 http://www.housingwire. com/articles/30984-fatal-tragedy-

after-open-house-reminds-realtorsof-dangers h t t p : / / w w w. c n n . com/2014/10/01/us/real-estaterisks/ Unfortunately, in today’s environment, terrorism here and abroad, the whack jobs and mental cases that are out there stalking us to do harm, in any type of business.

One must be vigilant and be aware of our surroundings and who we are meeting and dealing with.

Many are desperate for money and/or fame or just want to bring down our way of life and freedoms. I just read in our local Long Island paper that a person posing as an agent, placed an ad on Craigslist, concerning a rental cottage in Kings Point.

The customer met the agent, although, thank God, no harm was done to the customer, she did give $2,000 worth of money orders to him, later trying to move in and couldn’t.

However, he did get caught and arrested. So it isn’t always about bodily harm, but financial

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harm too!

So for customers, you also need to qualify your agent or anyone that will be helping you in your search, finance and legal aspects of purchasing your home or a business, and make sure you check them out; ask for a business card and for those borrowing the largest sum of money in ones life, get a referral.

You can ask for your agents pocket card and the new plastic

(looks like a driver’s license) license that every licensed agent is supposed to carry with them. Verify the photo on that license that it is who he or she says they are.

You can also go on Google.com and check out any testimonials and reviews, whether negative or positive, to see what others experiences have been with a particular , will be on the net.

Never provide cash or money orders to anyone (even your social security number or credit card numbers, expiration dates or threedigit codes, unless you know who you are dealing with and have vetted them out.

You should first meet with the landlord at the time of signing of the lease; go over the lease with an attorney, if you are not experienced in doing this or at least with someone that does have experience reading one.

Signing the lease should be at the listing agent’s office or possibly at your attorney’s office. As long as there are people in business there will be scams and fraud perpetrat-

ing the consumer, especially those that are not knowledgeable or naïve in business dealings.

When doing an open house, one will never know who will be coming until they arrive.

You will not know their income, credit scores, debt/income rations, only that they might be a potential purchaser or someone casing your property for something more sinister.

How are you going to qualify those visitors, especially if you are the owner, doing your own open house.

Buyers normally will not provide personal information at an open house, especially to an owner, let alone a real estate agent. However, one should always sign each customer in on a login sheet, with their name and cell number and try to qualify them as to what they are looking for, bedrooms, bathrooms, budget, towns and whether or not they are paying for the property without financing or do they have a prequalification or better, Continued on Page 62

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The man who makes magic from words One of the perks of being a journalist is the chance to meet and to write about interesting people.

This week I sat across the table from Michael Jan Friedman at Hildebrandt’s Luncheonette and chatted with him about his career as a bestselling author who is also a local personality.

The first thing I asked was what it feels like to have a writer’s life. He said “It is alternatively euphoric and torturous. I am doing exactly what I dreamed of doing in life but of course all the mundane aspects of life intrude as well. I am the one always expected to pick up folks at the airport since I supposedly have all this free time.”

I asked him the question that every young and aspiring writer wants to know which is exactly how he survived as a freelance writer. He said “well it was mostly luck.” This of course could not be further from the truth and after much analytic prying what I discovered was that the way you wind up with a total of 11 books that made it to the New York Times bestseller list requires a combination of prolific writing, high I.Q., and tenacity or having the ability to ignore rejection and to keep trying.

Since he is well known in the sci-fi comic book industry I asked him about the history of comics in America.

He remarked that the comic book is an American invention

and is based upon the super hero story. The super hero is always a double image with one self being mild mannered like Clark Kent or Peter Parker but they can transform into someone with great powers and able to overcome all adversity. This is the true American story.”

I asked him why so many comic books are made into movies and he answered “first of all Hollywood likes to see a story in concrete form and all comic books are like film story boards so half the work is already done.

But oddly enough when these films are made it rarely boosts comic book sales.”

I wondered aloud why Popeye needed to eat spinach and why Jeff Koons, the world’s most well-known artist makes sculptures of Popeye one of which bil-

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lionaire Steve Wynn purchased for $28 million.

Michael replied “I guess you could say that Popeye was the ultimate American consumer, able to make something of himself by the power of consumption.”

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Here is bestselling author Michael Jan Friedman weaving some magic at Hildebrandt’s.

When I asked Mr. Friedman what his favorite book was he said “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

This reminded me of the skit Andy Kaufman once did of reading “The Great Gatsby” cover to cover to a college audience.

Ouch.

Kaufman was the comic genius who starred in the TV series “Taxi” and who first became famous with his skit about Might Mouse, “Here I come to save the day.”

And thus we returned to the subject of comics and super heros.

At this point I asked Michael if he might suggest a fun sciencefiction story about Williston Park.

I was deathly afraid he would say no because so often in the past I have asked famous artists to make up a little song or poem or story to add to the interview and uniformly I have been told “Oh, no I couldn’t do that…

I can’t be expected to give away my talent!” Ugh. But alas I finally found a talented and confident and generous artist!

And with that Michael leaned back in his chair, looked up at Henry Hildebrandt, the antique doll on the high wire above the tables and mused for a moment. And then he looked back at me and began.” Why don’t we call this story ‘The Tired Magician’ and it goes like this.

Our story unfolds in Willis-

ton Park. Unbeknownst to all the towns folk, Williston Park is in fact a special hamlet remaining in a 1950s time warp. It is protected by a powerful magician who lives in town. His magical power has kept Williston Park as a charming and safe town and has resisted the encroaching insidious forces of big business which desperately want to build a big mall on Hillside Avenue and drain the town of all its charm and all its money. But a great toll has been taken on the old magician for it’s exhausting to maintain this magic over the entire town. As the old magician became weaker he knew that he must transfer his magical power somewhere safe and alive. He decided he would put his magic inside the little antique doll Henry Hildebrandt knowing that no one would think to look there.

In time the old magician died but not before he transformed all his magic to the doll and to this very day Henry Hildebrandt looks after the town and protects it from evil. And that’s why people feel so good when they eat lunch or have an ice cream Sunday at Hildebrandt’s.”

Thank you Michael Jan Friedman for all your magic and your stories.

You can read more about Mr. Friedman by going to michaeljanfriedman.net.

Nice to have a resident genius so close by.

Mineola failed to enforce housing law: audit Continued from Page 2 The Town Board passed an amendment to its rules of procedure Nov. 17 to explicitly require all applications for developments with five or more units show compliance with the Workforce Housing Act. Mineola’s Village Board has

also added a subsection to its code governing its development incentive bonus to explicitly mention compliance with the Workforce Housing Act. In the village’s written response to the audit, Gibbons said most municipalities don’t have a specific department or staff to monitor compliance with state

laws “imposing administrative and enforcement obligations upon a local government.” “(I)t would be very helpful if guidelines for implementation and ongoing compliance are provided,” Gibbons wrote.

Two of Mineola’s commuter apartment buildings at 250 Old Country Road and 199 Second St.,

managed by New Hyde Park-based Lalezarian Developers, were included in the audit.

Lalezarian has set aside the required number of workforce-rate units in each building — 32 for the former and 27 for the latter.

In his response, Gibbons noted the Village Board in 2008 required Mill Creek Residential Trust to

create 36 affordable units for its Modera Mineola building at 140 Old Country Road. The national developer put them in Hudson House, the senior-living apartment building at 104 Front St. Mineola has set aside as affordable 95 of the 917 housing units it’s approved in recent years, Gibbons’ response says.

High tech approach to community service Continued from Page 12 The school is also using Kid OYO, an online platform the district implemented this year, to rewarding service milestones with digital badges, assistant principal Amy Trojanowski said, adding that she’s already had to create a badge for a student who’s done

50 service hours.

Mineola senior Pratibha Anand said volunteering with the Student Service Center has helped her become more confident, she said, and strengthened her connection with the community where she lives.

“Student Service Center

helped me make friends, create social skills that I didn’t have before, and just overall, realize what my community is like and what needs my community has, and how I can help to give back to my community as much as it’s given back to me,” Anand said.

Mineola school Superinten-

dent Michael Nagler said he sees the Student Service Center’s effects in Mineola alumni who go into service programs such as the Peace Corps and Teach for America.

The testimony the board heard from Anand and other students indicates the center is

fulfilling its part of the mission, school board President Christine Napolitano said.

“It makes me very proud to know that we’re not only educating you in books and music and art but in humanity, and knowing that we’re all part of this great big world,” she said.

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With Israel leaving, jockeying begins for seats Continued from Page 1 And Democrat Jim Gounaris, a trustee and former president of the Herricks school board, said he is considering a campaign to replace Schimel.

Nassau Democratic Party Chair Jay Jacobs said North Hempstead Public Safety Commissioner Andrew DeMartin, a former Manhasset-Lakeville fire commissioner, had also expressed interest in the Assembly seat.

Jacobs said he’s also been in touch with Haber and thinks he’s a strong potential candidate because he “comes to the table with some level of his own resources, ... an understanding of the issues, which is definitely an asset, and campaign experience.”

While he declined to mention specific names, Nassau GOP spokesman Michael Watt said the party has “a stable of people” interested in state offices.

The field is not so thin in the forming race for Israel’s congressional seat representing New York’s Third District, which stretches from Whitestone, Queens to Kings Park and extends as far south as Farmingdale.

Eleven potential Democratic candidates have emerged, but only Kaplan has filed Federal Election Commission documents declaring her candidacy.

Kaplan, whom Israel swore into her second term on the Town Board earlier this month, said she would be “proud to follow in (Israel’s) footsteps.”

Both their districts cover Great Neck, where Kaplan lives and Israel keeps an office.

“I am running for Congress because that is the position where I believe I can be the most effective advocate for the issues that matter to Long Island and Queens families,” said Kaplan, who also represents Manhasset, Roslyn and North Hills, in an email.

According to a Nassau County Democratic source who asked not to be named, Israel encouraged Kaplan to run as he prepared to announce he’d leave Congress.

The two had been in Washington together for a White House Hannukah party last month, the source said, where Israel introduced Kaplan to other party figures, including Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Rep. Ben Ray Lujan (D-New Mexico).

A source affiliated with Kaplan’s campaign said it expects

a strong initial financial showing and will be organizing Kaplan’s “grassroots” support network.

Other Nassau Democrats in the mix are Nassau County Interim Finance Authority Chair Jon Kaiman, former County Executive Thomas Suozzi, state Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove), Great Neck public relations executive and Democratic National Committee member Robert Zimmerman, lawyer Brad Gerstman and businessman Todd Richman.

Suffolk County Democrats have named Nassau county legislators Steve Stern and William Spencer, former Legislator Jon Cooper and Huntingtown Town Supervisor Frank Petrone as potential candidates.

None have filed FEC documents forming a campaign committee.

About half as many Republican congressional candidates have surfaced.

Jack Martins was the first to create a campaign committee, filing FEC papers creating a committee two days after Israel’s announcement.

The Old Westbury resident and former Mineola mayor had been considering a congressional run for several months and began discussing it more seriously after Israel’s announcement, campaign strategist E. O’Brien Murray said.

“When you look at the field as it comes together, the voters that know Jack Martins have supported him in the past overwhelmingly,” he said.

Martins and his team have begun fundraising and so far, “the outpouring of support has been tremendous,” said Murray, who ran Martins’ 2014 state Senate campaign.

Huntington state Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci also set up a campaign committee last week and launched a campaign website Tuesday.

Northport state Assemblyman Andrew Raia, Suffolk Legislator Robert Trotta and Huntington town Councilman Eugene Cook are also in the mix, but none have made FEC filings.

Amidst the “horse trading,” as his campaign announcement called it, is Republican David “Bull” Gurfein, a retired Marine who lives in Manhasset.

One of the Republican National Campaign Committee’s promising “Young Gun” candidates, he launched a congressional exploratory committee in September and has raised about $250,000 in campaign funds,

U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-Melville) swears in Councilwoman Anna Kaplan (D-Great Neck) for her second term on North Hempstead’s Town Board. Kaplan is running to replace Israel in Congress. he said.

Gurfein has never run for public office before, but is the only candidate on either side with federal policy experience as a congressional liaison for NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and the U.S. Special Operations Command.

He said he’s a political outsider aiming to “make a difference in the world” from Capitol Hill, as opposed to the many “opportunists” eyeing Israel’s seat.

“Our constituents will have to decide — do you want a leader who’s passionate or somebody else who’s just looking at a way to get a new job or a pay raise or to try and enhance their political career?” Gurfein said.

Democrats are trying to determine how many of the congressional candidates are serious and whether the party will back one or let a June 28 primary run its course, Jacobs said.

Jacobs met Saturday with Suffolk and Queens party heads Richard Schaeffer and Joe Crowley to lay out an “inclusive” process, and the leaders will hold talks with interested candidates Jan. 20 to likely winnow the field, he said.

“My first objective in finding a candidate is finding somebody who’s gonna win the general,” Jacobs said. “Secondarily, I want to navigate to a process where there might not be a primary.”

A serious candidate would have to raise between $3 million and $5 million in the first part of this year to sustain a campaign, Jacobs said, in addition to having a strong grasp on the issues.

He said the party is also communicating with Israel, has relationships with several potential candidates, to make sure he’s comfortable with the candidate it backs.

Nassau Republicans are “exploring all our options” and are communicating with neighboring county parties, Watt said, adding that Chairman Joe Mondello has a strong relationship with Suffolk GOP head John LaVelle.

“It’s important that everybody knows what everybody else is doing, and that’s the best way to hold onto the seat,” Watt said.

Political implications Democrats are confident Schimel’s seat will stay Democratic, but Watt said the fact that a Republican candidate wouldn’t have to face an incumbent creates a chance the GOP could take it.

That wouldn’t much affect the Assembly’s balance of power, as Democrats hold a wide majority there. But it would make Long Island’s Assembly delegation redder.

Republicans currently hold 13 of the Island’s 22 seats, and could also pick up Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky’s (D-Long Beach) if he wins the upcoming special election to replace Dean Skelos, the former Rockville Centre senator convicted on federal corruption charges in November.

“We are obviously firm believers that enough voters are concerned about ... the issues that hit home to the average Long Island household that the candidate we put forward is going to put forth the best solutions to the challenges the elec-

torate has,” Watt said.

The same principle holds for the Democrats looking to take Martins’ Senate seat, a race both parties say will be tight but winnable.

Haber said he thinks a Democrat could replace Martins in a presidential election year, which prove fruitful in terms of Democratic turnout.

A Democrat taking Martins’ seat would be the sole Democratic member of Long Island’s nine-senator cohort, if the other eight don’t change hands.

But a GOP loss in the race to replace Skelos could lead to a shift in the Senate majority, Jacobs said, which could increase pressure on senators Carl Marcellino (R-Oyster Bay) and Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) to leave after their current terms.

“It makes Nassau County all the more important, because so much is in play and at stake here in Nassau County,” he said.

Any talk of Marcellino and Hannon leaving is just speculation, Watt said; neither has discussed it with the GOP. The Republican party “approaches every race to win” and is confident it will keep Martins’ seat and maintain the Senate majority, Watt said.

“We understand it’s not gonna be an easy campaign, but to think anything beyond that would be self-defeating,” he said.

Reach reporter Noah Manskar by e-mail at nmanskar@ theislandnow.com or by phone at 516.307.1045 x204. Also follow us on Twitter @noahmanskar and Facebook at facebook.com/ theislandnow.

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Town pols sworn in, make November wins official Continued from Page 6 Zuckerman, a Democrat, defeated Republican candidate Henry Golis with 66 percent of the votes to win re-election.

Kaplan was first elected to the Town Council in 2011, becoming the first Iranian-American to be elected to a municipal office in the state, according to the Town’s press office.

She was sworn in by U.S. Rep.

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A Democratic Party source said Kaplan has been “mentioned in a number of circles” as a candidate to succeed Israel, who announced he would not seek reelection to Congress last Tuesday.

“As a former political refugee and an immigrant myself, I will continue to speak for and listen to all the groups in District 4. Every resident matters and everybody’s

voice needs to be heard,” Kaplan said during her speech. “The Town of North Hempstead is a town for all and I pledge to all of you that I will do all I can to serve as one who unites and builds a bridge between all of the town’s residents.”

She defeated Republican Mary Kay Barket, receiving 66 percent of the votes to win re-election to the town council’s fourth district seat.

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a commitment letter from their lending institution.

Maybe in certain areas, there is less of a chance for challenging situations to occur, especially if there are two agents managing the open house, one staying on the main floor watching who is coming in and the other doing the tour.

I would also suggest that the seller, remove all jewelry, cash or any other type of valuables, that anyone could pick up and put in their pockets. Lastly, look for hazards that might cause physical damage, walkways and steps that could cause someone to trip, fall and break something. Remove all toys, articles or anything else that might create a potential problem leading to a customer falling and a lawsuit.

As I have said in previous articles, “if you fail to plan, then you are planning to fail” Be careful when doing your own open houses as an owner as well if you are an agent and be well prepared for the “what ifs” and by all means always do your open house during daylight hours and not after dark.

Whether you are an agent, female or male, a purchaser or potential tenant, be safe and know who you are dealing with; be safe not sorry. If you get a bad feeling about a potential situation, use your intuition and, as they say, “If you See something, say something” to someone or check things out before you proceed.

P.S. On a different note: Now that banks are providing 3 percent down payment loans, once again, I feel this is wrong and we are slowly heading in the wrong direction once again.

Unless you have a very high income, but are going in on a shoe string, you are at greater risk of foreclosure in today’s environment; with the potential of layoffs and downsizing. Alan Greenspan, The Fed Chair, from 1986-2006 prior to the collapse of the market in 2007-08, thought that everyone should own a home, great for the markets, super for profits on Wall Street; but super bad for our country, because we all got left holding the bag and the bill!

The rest got away scot free!

Historically, approximately 5864 percent of the population, owned a home; but down south and out west percentages went almost as high as 72 percent in 2007. See these links: https://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Home-ownership_in_the_ United_States http://dqydj.net/historicalhomeownership-rate-in-the-united-states-1890-present/ https://research.stlouisfed. org/fred2/series/USHOWN Only when variable rates and creative financing hit the market again in the early 1980s and banks allowed higher debt/ income ratios, did the percentage of homeowners increase beyond the typical 64 percent.

This percentage in the pe-

riod before the 2007-08 bust was over 70 percent, especially down south and southwest.

Now that we are back to a normal ownership rate, banks should watch who they are providing loans to and not provide borderline purchasers with 97 percent loans, especially if their F.I.C.O scores are less than 650.

Subprime loans and variable rates should be outlawed for those who cannot show enough income or poorer credit scores, so we don’t get left holding the bag years from now, once again.

Too Big Too Fail, should never be an option ever again!

Lastly, educating the public about their true borrowing capabilities, should be a necessity (really part of some type of law or process) for banks and lending institutions, so those who are not knowledgeable, will have a greater understanding of the right path to pursue.

Enjoy a healthier, happier and hopefully more prosperous 2016!

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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

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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!

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT

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.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

GARDEN CITY SOUTH: Beautiful newly renovated four room apartment. Very safe neighborhood. Light filled and airy.

Granite countertop in kitchen.

Built in dresser and double closet with mirrors. Air conditioned. Hamptons bleached oak floors. Blocks from Adelphi University, Nassau Blvd, LIRR. Near all: food, dry cleaning, tailor, laundry, shoemaker, barber, dentist, nail salons. No pets, no smoking, no party animals! $1575 plus utilities. Call 516-564-1138

GARDEN CITY Rarely available 4 bedroom, 3 bath Farm Ranch, large lot 100 x 120.

Located mid block in most desirable St. Paul’s location.

Call 516-655-1210 for appointment.

Homes for Rent GARDEN CITY Stunning Mott Colonial. 3 spacious Bedrooms, Master Suite w/ private bath, formal Living Room w/ fireplace, 2.5 Baths, large eat in Kitchen, decorated, quiet area, mid block.

Den, finished basement, patio, private backyard, many extras. No pets. Long​/ short term, no fee. 516-739-3907

Room For Rent 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​/ ​m onth.

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Out Of Town Real Estate AQUEBOGUE Surrounded by open space & farm vistas. Gentleman’s Horse Farm on 11 secluded acres. Ranch with 2 Master BR suites. 11 stall barn, paddocks plus riding ring. A must see! $1,095,000 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623 NORTHVILLE PANORAMIC WATERVIEW! Custom Arts & Crafts style home. Grand Master Bedroom Suite.

Screened porch, large deck, separate guest quarters. 75’ to Sandy Beach. $1,295,000 Colony Realty Carll Austin 516-658-2623 RIVERHEAD CONTEMPORARY STYLE energy efficient home. LR w/ 2 story ceiling and open floor plan. Enclosed porch, 2 Bedrooms, 3 Baths.

Landscaped for privacy. $329,990. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

Real Estate WANTED

Office Space GARDEN CITY SOUTH Ideal location, mint, large office space, 1st floor. Must see to appreciate. Near LIRR, stores. Available now. $1,475​/ ​m th.

Call Owner 516-538-7474 or 538-7476

Homes Wanted HOUSE WANTED TO BUY: Good or bad condition to build or fix. Fast closing. Call George 516-972-8787

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Garage Space Wanted GARAGE SPACE NEEDED: For 1 car. Preferably the Willistons, Albertson and Mineola area. Please call 516-238-0528

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 NEW YORK MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Joan Atwood, Ph.D. An experienced therapist makes all the difference. Individual, couple, family therapy and anger management.

516-764-2526. jatwood@optonline.net www.NYMFT.com COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.

CollegeArtsAdmissions.com COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL​/​ DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential​ /​Commercial.

Bonded​/​Insured.

Free estimates. 516-538-1125

Services A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists.

Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www.ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 LIBERTY ONE HOME CARE LLC Safety and your well being are our number one priority. Personal Care Homemaker Services. Companion. Helping provide that extra hand! Email: libertyonehomecare@gmail. com or 516-243-9400 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated sine 1989. 24 hour emergency service.

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Home Improvements LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard 646-996-7628

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Please call Sales: 646-641-9797 or Office 917-825-6461

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Transportation DRIVER​/ LIGHT MOVING SERVICES: Part time driver and light moving services. Long and short distances. 21 years in the community. Reliable and trustworthy.

Call or Text Mr. G: 516-669-4086

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ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT / ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

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MATHEMATICS TUTOR: NYS Certified Math teacher and Common Core knowledgeable. Grades 5-8, Algebra 1, Geometry and Algebra 2/Trig. Contact: Kathleen 516-426-8638 or kjomalley91@gmail.com MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314

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LEGAL NOTICE File No. 335596​/​D CITATION SURROGATE’S COURT, NASSAU COUNTY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, By the Grace of God Free and Independent TO: Travelers Casualty & Surety Nassau County Department of Social Services Gwendolyn Holmes Howard Edith Arthuretta Holmes Jacob Arthur Holmes, Jr. Frederick D. Holmes Geraldine Mayes Carter Sandra Mayes Isaac Sharon Mayes Shuler Gail Ingrid Holmes Beryl Lawson Thalia Electa Holmes Rice Murray Yolanda Denise Jackson Long Gail Patricia Jackson Branch Robin Jackson Leslie Karen Jackson Sanders Jocelyn Jackson Sanders Stacey Jeannine Jackson and any and all unknown persons whose names or parts of whose names and whose place or places of residence are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained, distributees, heirs-at-lawand next-ofof the said JOHN JAMES HOLMES, deceased, and if any of the said distributees named specifically or as a class be dead, their legal representatives, their husbands or wives, if any, distributees and successors in interest whose names and​/​or places of residence and post office addresses are unknown and cannot after diligent inquiry be ascertained.

A petition having been duly filed by Public Administrator of Nassau County, who is domiciled at 240 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York 11501, United States.

YOU ARE HEREBY CITED TO SHOW CAUSE before the Surrogate’s Court, Nassau County, at 262 Old Country Road, Mineola, New York, on February 24, 2016, at 9:30 o’clock in the fore noon of that day, why the account of Public Administrator of Nassau County, a summary of which has been served herewith, as Administrator of the estate of John James Holmes, should not be judicially settled.

(X) Further relief sought (if any): 1. Releasing and discharging the Petitioner from all liability, responsibility and accountability as to all matters set forth in the account of proceedings; 2. Allowing the commissions of the Petitioner in the amount of $ 3,740.48 pursuant to SCPA 2307(1) and the reasonable and necessary expenses of the office in the amount of $ 748.10 pursuant to SCPA 1207(4); 3. Fixing and determining the attorney’s fees of Mahon, Mahon,Kerins & O’Brien, LlC attorney for petitioner in the amount of $ 12,500.00 of which $2,500.00 has been paid and $10,000.00 is unpaid; 4. Fixing and determining the accounting fees of Grassi & Co, CPA’s PC in the amount of $1,250.00 none of which has been paid and $1,250.00 is unpaid; 5. Releasing and discharging the surety; 6. Directing the net estate be paid to the Nassau County Department of Social Services on account of its lien totaling $177,957.83; 7. Granting such other and further relief as to the Court is just and proper.

Dated, Attested, and Sealed, December 21, 2015 Seal HON. EDWARD W. McCARTY, III

SURROGATE s​/​Michael J. Murphy Michael J. Murphy Chief Clerk Richard T. Kerins, Esq. Mahon, Mahon, Kerins & O’Brien, LLC (516) 538-1111 254 Nassau Blvd., Garden City South, New York 11530 NOTE: This citation is served upon you as required by law.

You are not required to appear.

If you fail to appear it will be assumed that you do not object to the relief requested. You have a right to have an attorney appear for you, and you or your attorney may request a copy of the full account from the petitioner or petitioner’s attorney.

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Notice of Formation of PATEL & ASSOCIATES, LLC. Articles of Org. filed with SSNY on 11/25/2015. Office Location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whice process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: PATEL & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 151 Nassau Drive, Alberston, NY 11507. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Diversified Valuation, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/03/2015. Office location: Nassau County.

SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served.

SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, Diversified Valuation, LLC 5 Atlanta Avenue East Williston, NY 11596. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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Notice of Formation of Bonventre and Serra Certified Public Accountants LLP. Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 12/17/2015.

Office loc.: Nassau County.

SSNY desig. as agent of LLP upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: C/O Business Filings Incorporated, 187 Wolf Road, Suite 101, Albany, NY 12205. Purpose: any lawful purpose.

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‘Parallel paths’ for water still open in East Williston Continued from Page 1 Some said an independent well system built with $7.5 million of bonded money could create more stability and lower East Williston’s water costs in the long run.

But others argued there was too much uncertainty in relying on infrastructure that doesn’t exist and would take 30 months to build.

“If we had the well and could provide you with water right now, then I would say that would be better than buying our water from Williston Park,” Deputy Mayor Bonnie Parente said.

“But I believe there are two many unknowns and too many variables.”

The new clause in Williston Park’s draft causing the most worry would let the village to opt out of the agreement with 12 months notice to East Williston if it can’t meet its own water supply demands.

Other new pieces would indemnify Williston Park for damages or injuries resulting from East Williston’s water use; let Williston Park’s village code determine penalty payments; and set a minimum usage of 99 million gallons for East Williston.

Many residents said they were worried the new provisions could result in less stability.

James Daw, a former East Williston trustee, said he thinks the opt-out clause indicated Williston Park may be worried about its

own aging water infrastructure and wondered why no one from Williston Park’s Village Board came to Tuesday’s meeting to explain the new provisions.

“If there’s a problem with their infrastructure, maybe if they’re going to have a problem supplying us, I think they owed it to you after all these months and hours and years of negotiating, they owed it to you to tell you, ‘This is a possibility here,’” Daw said.

East Williston Trustee James Iannone said he personally invited two Williston Park trustees to the meeting.

Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar said he wouldn’t respond to specific statements made Tuesday, but said his board didn’t receive an official invitation.

Tanner said the board is “serious about negotiating” and will send Williston Park proposed revisions soon.

Ehrbar is “very optimistic” that the two villages will be able to work through East Williston’s worries about the first draft, he said.

“If there’s questions or concerns about aspects of the agreement, then we would expect to sit down and work those issues out and resolve them and move on,” he said.

Tanner said he’s not sure whether a final agreement would be ready for both boards to sign in early February, as they had previously discussed.

East Williston officials are also considering a bond resolution to move forward with updated plans for an independent water system, first proposed in 2014.

The project would put two supply wells and a 100,000-gallon storage tank at Devlin Park.

Accounting for bond payments and maintenance costs, residents would pay an average of $4.76 per thousand gallons on average after some water costs are deducted from residents’ income taxes.

The average rate before taxes would be $5.66 per thousand gallons.

East Williston residents currently pay $5.47 per thousand gallons to cover the village’s maintenance and billing costs.

The well system would make more of East Williston’s water costs fixed and therefor create more stability for the village, Vella said.

“I really would rather have control in my own hands than worry about a rate increase by somebody else,” said Evelyn Ritz, a former East Williston school board president.

But resident Rich Carrato said the system would expose East Williston to greater legal and financial liabilities.

“We’re better off limiting our exposure, or at least having it spread out, if we’re still tied in with Williston Park rather than us taking it on completely.

East Williston trustees

approved resolutions Tuesday declaring itself the lead agency on the well project under state environmental review law, and declaring it would not have a significant negative impact on the surrounding area.

Williston Park’s draft agreement, which its Village Board approved Jan. 4, also contains the major terms both village boards agreed to last month.

East Williston would buy water exclusively from Williston Park for 25 years starting at the current rate of $4.33 per thousand gallons, which would be locked until June 2018.

Any future rate hikes would have to maintain the current ratio of East Williston’s rate to Williston Park’s residential rate, and East Williston officials would get to give input with Williston Park’s board before a public hearing on an increase.

Williston Park would continue to chlorinate the water, and both villages would continue maintaining their own water infrastructure.

Several East Williston residents applauded the term maintaining the rate ratio, saying the necessary impact of a rate hike on Williston Park residents could keep increases in check.

“They can only hammer us so hard, because if they hammer us hard, they’re hammering their residents equally as hard,” resident Mike Guglielmo said.

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East Williston and Williston Park trustees negotiate a landmark water agreement at a Dec. 17 negotiation meeting.

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LIU Post brings back wrestling Fond memories of a former wrestler B y M i ch a e l O t e r o technique and disciplined athDuring the 2014-2015 school year, LIU Post reinstated wrestling, a sport that had a long history at the university. Before last season, the last wrestling match at LIU was held in 1988.

The comeback has sparked great feedback from alumni and former wrestlers alike.

Warren Hannas was a wrestler for the then C.W. Post Pioneers when their wrestling program was in its hay-day in the 1960s. Like other former LIU Post wrestlers, Hannas has embraced the revived program in Brookville. Hannas, now 70 years young, exclaimed proudly, “Long Island wrestlers have dominated New York state high school programs for many decades!”

Hannas, who wrestled for Post as a senior, had wrestled at Franklin and Marshall College for a couple of seasons before transferring to finish his degree at Post. When he joined Post’s wrestling team, the coach was Jim Davey. Davey was the man responsible for catapulting Hannas’ wrestling career. “He encouraged me to join the team in my senior year having demonstrated my abilities in the wrestling room in my junior year,” Hannas recalled fondly.

The importance of a coach to his wrestlers cannot be overstated. Hannas stressed how important Davey was to him. “He drew talent and cultivated both

letic fitness. He was a man that you wanted to push yourself to your optimum and deliver for.”

After he graduated from Post, Hannas still had a desire to be a part of the sport he loved.

He had been very successful on the mat, but wanted to instill values in the younger generation of wrestlers. So, when he became an English teacher at Village School District in the Stony Brook region, he mentored seventh, eighth, and ninth graders and taught them how to wrestle.

Even to this day, Hannas still has the itch to coach wrestling. He assists a wrestling program in Madison, Conn., where his two grandsons are beginning to hone their skills.

Hannas, who has seen his fair share of wrestling matches, gives young wrestlers a piece of advice: “Never underestimate your opponent and find out your biggest weakness and work on it.” How can you expect to get better when you’re never willing to improve? Hannas was and still is open to constructive criticism of the sport he loves.

The LIU Post wrestling team, with a roster of 21 members this season, is currently coached

by Joe Patrovich. Patrovich, who was inducted to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2012, has coached 21 county champions, 13 state finalists, 10 All-America selections and eight state champions and been named coach of the year in Nas-

Hannas said. Each move has a sau and Suffolk.

The newly reinstated LIU bunch of possible counters and Post team is currently ranked in there are then counters to those the top 10 in the latest D2wres- counters. “If skills and traintle.com Super Region I rankings, ing are equal, the victory can and they still have plenty of depend on a slight nuance or matches left. “Wrestling is like a stronger desire [to win],” he CHERRY - 1-8 Page GENERAL 08-28-15_Layout 1 a chess match with your body,” added.

This article was originally published in the Pioneer, the award-winning student newspaper of LIU Post, www.liupostpioneer.com, and is republished here

by Blank Slate Media with the 8/25/15 12:04 PM Page 1 permission of the Pioneer.

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