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Gov, villages talk 3rd track Cuomo touts project at meeting, hears concerns from Main Line village officials B y N oah M anskar Officials from villages along the Long Island Rail Road’s Main Line went to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Manhattan office Friday afternoon thinking they’d be discussing Cuomo’s plans for a third LIRR track with one of his aides and the heads of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Long Island Rail Road. The transit chiefs weren’t there when they arrived, but the governor was. Some village officials who were at the meeting said Cuomo’s visit was proof he’s serious about listening to their communities’ concerns about the project he announced Jan. 5, but the lack of specifics at the meeting still left them with questions. “He is not trying to shove it down our throats, or he appears not to be at this point,” Village of Mineola Deputy Mayor Paul Pereira said. “... At the very least he’s trying to show some good faith. I wish it had been done before he made the announcement, that we had this meeting, but

it is what it is.” The mayors of New Hyde Park, Floral Park and Westbury joined Pereira at the Feb. 19 meeting, along with Mineola Village Clerk Joseph Scalero and Village of Plandome Heights Mayor Barbara Donno, president of the Nassau County Village Officials’ Association and an aide to state Sen. Jack Martins. While Cuomo didn’t present a detailed plan, Pereira said, he ran the meeting and “assured” village officials the project to put a third track along 9.8 miles of the Main Line from Floral Park to Hicksville was not the same plan that met community opposition and was ultimately derailed in the mid-2000s. It would be a “design and build” project like the new Tappan Zee Bridge, Pereira said, meaning private builders would handle construction, not the MTA or the LIRR. The project would be less intrusive, Cuomo told them, built within the LIRR’s existing right of way with few or no property takings, Pereira Continued on Page 20

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who met with village officials last week, appears at a rally in Westbury on Feb. 23.

Party heads to make financial filings B y N oah M anskar sure statements from town po- collected the forms from town a town committee of a party” to of town policies and procedures

litical party leaders for the first party leaders — including Gerard Terry, the Roslyn Heights The Town of North Hemp- time this year. The town has never before resident who stepped down as stead will collect financial disclothe town Democratic chairman this month — Town Attorney Elizabeth Botwin said, despite a provision in the town code requiring the “town chairman or leader of

file them. “It’s our law, we must comply, and we will comply,” Botwin said in an interview. The decision to collect the forms came at the direction of Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Botwin said. Bosworth ordered a review

last month after a Newsday report revealed that Terry, who until recently was the attorney for the town’s Board of Zoning Appeals and special counsel for the town attorney, owes more than $1.4 million in federal and state back taxes, has been party to five Continued on Page 23

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No looming deadline No cuts in tight for 3rd track funding Sewanhaka budget

Project not in state budget, focus of opposition effort Levy increase capped at 0.3 percent B y N oah M anskar

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While it took about three years for plans for a third track the Long Island Rail Road to be derailed in the mid-2000s, local opponents now say they have about three weeks. Leaders of an effort against plans for the track along 9.8 miles of the LIRR’s Main Line between Floral Park and Hicksville said at a Feb. 18 meeting they must convince Gov. Andrew Cuomo to halt the project, estimated at $1.5 billion, before a 2016-17 state budget is finalized in April. But the opponents’ concerns about the April date may be unfounded since there is no funding for the project in Cuomo’s executive budget, according to state documents, and it’s not yet included in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s 20152019 Capital Program, LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski said at an MTA board meeting Monday. “It is not in that program at this point in time,” he said. The third track, announced Jan. 5, is part of a $100 billion infrastructure package Cuomo included in his 2016-17 budget presentation and hopes to undertake in the next five years. They would be funded by existing and proposed new state funds, as well as federal money, settlements, money from public authorities, private funds and other sources, according to the state Senate finance committee’s staff analysis of the executive budget. Neither that analysis nor the state budget division’s briefing book mentions the third track among the $10 billion in transportation expenditures proposed for the fiscal year starting April 1. The MTA has funding left over from its 2005-2009 Capital

The Sewanhaka Central High School District will not have to cut any programs despite a tight tax levy increase, Superintendent Ralph Ferrie said Tuesday. The district can only raise its levy 0.3 percent under state tax cap law this year, Ferrie said, which is “not a significant increase whatsoever” considering the size of its $183.1 million 2016-17 budget. But decreases in the district’s contributions to state pension funds, lower capital expenses, state aid and surplus money will help offset the restriction, he said. “We have said that this day was going to come, and we positioned ourselves to not be put in a situation where we’re going to have to chop programs,” Ferrie said at the Feb. 23 monthly school board meeting. Sewanhaka has seen recent drops in enrollment — it fell by about 100 students this year — Ferrie said they don’t translate into significant budget savings because they’re spread out over five schools and six grade levels. Significant savings came in the capital projects budget line,

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Village of Floral Park Trustee Archie Cheng, who leads the village’s third track task force, speaks at an informational meeting Feb. 18. Program, which funded a 2005 environmental study that was “stopped midstream,” to pay for a new environmental study, Nowakowski said Monday, the first step toward Cuomo’s new plan. “(W)ith the governor(‘s) support, it is important that (we) move very aggressively and expeditiously since we do have funding for this environmental study to advance this project as far as we can as quick as we can,” he said. The MTA has hired an environmental consultant to do the study, Nowakowski said, and expects “to have them aboard by next week.”

he said, because Sewanhaka’s bond initiative is covering much of the district’s building projects. District projects this year will require $262,395 in funding for some renovations. The decreases in pension fund contributions also created a large savings, Ferrie said. The budget would also apply $6 million in budget surplus funds, he said, because it replenished much of the $5 million in surplus money it budgeted last year. Ferrie credited Sewanhaka’s principals and officials with working to keep the budget tight. “There have been a lot of sacrifices in terms of things, so I think we’re going to be okay,” he said. “But we still have some major goals that we’d like to achieve.” While the district’s state aid increased $2.69 million this year, $1.67 million of that was for building reimbursements to which it was entitled, Ferrie said. Ferrie and other district representatives will travel to Albany next week to ask state officials to completely close the district’s gap elimination adjustment — money the state cut from school Continued on Page 50

“That will very much involve continued outreach to the affected communities because the environmental facts that we are talking about are things that affect the quality of life in those communities,” Nowakowski said at the meeting. An earlier plan for a third track met intense community opposition when the MTA proposed it in 2005 before it was shelved in 2008 for lack of funds. A local campaign to get the governor to remove the new project from his budget was the focus of last Thursday’s meeting, Photo by Noah Manskar hosted by a Floral Park village Sewanhaka school Superintendent Ralph Ferrie gives his budget task force. Continued on Page 50 presentation Feb. 23.

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Saying farewell to Father Hartman Williston Park’s Church of St. Aidan hosts funeral for famous priest, East Williston native

B y N oah M anskar interfaith understanding to mil- was at the time, but you knew he While people across Long Island and the U.S. came to know and love Msgr. Thomas Hartman in his life, his journey began and ended in the Willistons. A crowd of hundreds mourned Hartman’s death at a Feb. 20 funeral Mass for Hartman, a beloved priest who formed half of ”The God Squad,” at the Church of St. Aidan in Williston Park. The parish is attached to the school he attended as a boy, and across the Long Island Rail Road tracks from East Williston, where he grew up. “It was nice to have it in his home parish,” Village of Williston Park Mayor Paul Ehrbar said. “We were honored to have him here, have the service here.” Hartman reportedly died at age 69 Feb. 16 of complications from Parkinson’s disease, which he revealed he had in 2003. He was lauded by clergy and laypeople alike as a compassionate, dedicated priest, and his television show “The God Squad,” which he co-hosted with Rabbi Marc Gellman for two decades, brought a message of

lions of homes at its height. “Knowing Tommy was like watching a diamond turn in the light,” Gellman wrote in a euolgy for Hartman published in Newsday. “Each of us was privileged to see one or another facet of his holy life reflected into the world to bedazzle us with its love and kindness, its compassion and generosity, its sacrifice and its secrets.” Hartman, the oldest of six children, moved with his family to East Williston from Richmond Hill, Queens, when he was 9, according to his Newsday obituary. He attended the St. Aidan School, a Williston Park institution, before moving on to St. Pius X preparatory seminary in Uniondale, the obituary said. He graduated from Our Lady of Angels Seminary in 1970 before his ordination in 1971. The first congregation Hartman served as a priest was the St. James Parish in Seaford, where Ehrbar and his wife Doreen, a former Williston Park mayor, were parishoners at the time. “He was a young kid, like I

had something special when you listened to him, and when he listened to you,” Paul Ehrbar said. Hartman’s nephews later attended St. Aidan School with the Ehrbars’ children, Doreen Ehrbar said. They also had him and Gellman speak at an event for the Herricks Community Fund in the 1990s, where he was well received. Hartman was “a very effective individual” and responsive to everyone, Paul Ehrbar said. He and Gellman started “The God Squad” in 1987 on Cablevision before it moved to Telecare, the Catholic TV network Hartman eventually led to national prominence for religious programming, according to his Newsday obituary. The pair were known as “the Siskel and Ebert of religion” and spent their shows discussing faith and life while tossing in jokes, often at each other. Hartman was considered the “straight man” to Gellman’s comedic personality. They aired the final “God (C)2016 MARTHA GORFEIN PHOTOCONCEPTS/www.mgphotoconcepts.com Squad” episode in 2007, after Nassau County police officers carry Msgr. Thomas Hartman’s Continued on Page 50 casket out of the Church of St. Aidan after his Feb. 20 funeral.

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Covenant change paves way for convenience store B y J oe N ikic

The North Hempstead Town Board unanimously voted Tuesday to modify a restrictive covenant and allow the construction of a Cumberland Farms convenience store on the site of a gas station at the intersection Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road in New Hyde Park. Town Councilwoman Lee Seeman, who represents the district in which the proposed Photo: Nassau County Police Department convenience store is located, said the board Ding Shu Fang of North New Hyde Park was located after a would impose a deed restriction allowing Silver alert was issued Feb. 19. the convenience store to be built at the largest size possible. “This way the (Board of Zoning Appeals) conditions are not reopened and all the concessions that the community have asked for Police could not immediateB y N oah M anskar ly say Monday where Fang was are included in this new restriction,” Seeman said. The town BZA approved an application in 2015 A North New Hyde Park found or whether she was found for Cumberland Farms to build a 4,650-square-foot woman was found Sunday eve- alive. An alert sent at 10:11 p.m. convenience store and gas station on a site currentning, police said, about two days after a Silver alert was issued re- Feb. 19 saying Fang was last seen ly occupied by a Gulf service station. But the town later learned that a 1992 restricwalking to an unknown location porting her missing. Police issued an update to at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 19 wearing a tive covenant precludes the store from being bigthe Silver alert by email at 6:53 full-length orange nylon jacket ger than 750 square feet, planning Commissioner p.m. Feb. 21 saying Ding Shu with a fur collar, a blue ski hat, Michael Levine said last month. An attorney for Cumberland Farms said at the dark boots and a black cane. Fang was found.

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Jan. 26 town board meeting his client had no intention of modifying what was agreed upon prior to the discovery of a restrictive covenant with the Town of North Hempstead. “If the board lifts the restricted covenant we will abide by the BZA’s prior approval and build what we had all agreed would be appropriate for the property,” attorney Steven Schlesinger said. “We’re not looking to change that at all.” North New Hyde Park civic activist Marianna Wohlgemuth said at past meetings she was concerned the company would decide to alter their original plans and seek approval to subdivide the property if the board lifted the covenant. Schlesinger reiterated Tuesday his client still had no intention of modifying the BZA agreement. Levine said some of the original conditions of the covenant were removed and five new conditions were added. One of the conditions, he said, restricted the convenience store to nothing larger than one story and 4,650 square feet of area space. The other four conditions were all signage requirements for the convenience store, Levine added.

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Counties join forces in heroin fight Suffolk, Nassau county executives announce task force to slow flow of narcotics B y N oah M anskar

Nassau and Suffolk counties joined forces last week to further combat heroin overdoses on Long Island, as data indicates the problem isn’t slowing. At a Feb. 19 event, the counties’ executives and police commissioners officially created the Long Island Heroin Task Force, a joint unit tasked with investigating drug overdoses and “slow(ing) the flow of narcotics into our neighborhoods,” Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano said in a statement. “The dealers who flood our communities with heroin don’t care about county lines, or any lines for that matter,” Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone said in the statement. “That is why this historic partnership is critical to fight these criminal operations which cross jurisdictions.” The force of four detectives, a supervisor and an intel analyst will operate in Nassau County Police Department space at an undisclosed location, the statement said. Nassau police made 709 heroin arrests in 2015, up from 539 in 2014, according to police statistics. Opiate-related arrests rose to 417 in 2015 from 369 in 2014. The rise was less sharp in Suffolk County — police made 1,898 heroin arrests in 2015, up from 1,889 in 2014, the statement

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Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Nassau’s Acting Police Commissioner Thomas Krumpter and Suffolk Police Commissioner Timothy D. Sini sign the Memorandum of Agreement establishing the Long Island Heroin Task Force. said. Nassau County saw a record 58 fatal heroin overdoses in 2015, according to data from the county medical examiner’s office. Suffolk saw 103 fatal overdoses last year, down from 109 in 2014. The statement said Nassau police gave 416 doses last year of Narcan, an opioid overdose antidote that can be administered through an injection or a nasal spray.

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Suffolk police administered Narcan 543 times in 2015, with an additional 223 doses administered across the county. As part of an effort to prevent overdose deaths, Nassau’s department of human services has held sponsored Narcan administration training seminars to show residents how to treat someone having an overdose. More than 6,000 residents have received the training under the Mangano ad-

ministration, the statement said. “At the same time, we also know that law enforcement is just one part of the equation to tackle a public health crisis that is tearing apart communities one family at a time,” Bellone said in the statement. “That is why we must continue to invest in public outreach, treatment programs, as well as drugs like Narcan which can save lives and Vivitrol, which can help stem addiction.” The islandwide task force will join two others in Nassau County dedicated to tackling heroin abuse and drug crimes. The Nassau County Heroin Prevention Task Force, founded in 2011 and co-led under Mangano and District Attorney Madeline Singas, is a coalition of community groups and government agencies working to prevent heroin abuse and drug crime through education, legislation and law enforcement. The Nassau County police department also created its own task force in September, moving eight detectives into its narcotics unit in an effort to more aggressively target dealers. Nassau police will continue to actively participate with the Heroin Prevention Task Force, county spokeswoman Katie Grilli-Robles said in an email. “This is all part of the county’s comprehensive strategy of enforcement, education, awareness and treatment,” she said.

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North Shore schools dominated a recent ranking of the state’s top elementary schools, with 18 schools cracking the top 100. Niche.com released its “2016 Best Public Elementary Schools in New York” list this month after compiling state test score, student-teacher ratio, student diversity, teacher quality, and overall quality of school district data for over 53,000 schools in New York. The Great Neck school district performed best on the list, with all four of the district’s elementary schools ranking in the top 25. Lakeville Elementary School came in at No. 4, E.M. Baker School ranked 11th, John F. Kennedy School ranked 22nd and Saddle Rock School closed out the Great Neck schools at number 24 in the state. “The success of any school district requires the dedication of an exceptional staff, informed parents and involved community members in order to create the best possible environment for student learning,” Great Neck Public Schools Superintendent Teresa Prendergast said. “In Great Neck, we are committed to providing an educational program that supports the academic, social, emotional and physical growth of our students, and I am delighted that each of our elementary schools have been identified as being amongst the best public elementary schools in New York State.” The Herricks school district also performed well in the ranking. Searingtown School ranked 27th in the state, with Denton Avenue School and Center Street School ranking 29th and 32nd, respectively. “We are pleased that our schools continue to be recognized as being among the very best on Long Island and throughout New York State,” Herricks school district Superintendent Fino Celano said. “This recognition is a credit to the incredible Herricks students and their families, gifted teachers and administrators, and our dedicated Board of Education, who are committed to educational excellence.” Niche factors in four categories when

determining a school’s ranking: “Academics Grade,” “District Overall Experience Grade,” “Teachers Grade” and “Student Culture & Diversity Grade.” Both of the Manhasset school district’s elementary schools cracked the top 100 with Shelter Rock Elementary School ranked 30th and Munsey Park Elementary School ranked 35th. Efforts to reach Manhasset Public School officials were unavailing. The Harbor Hill School and East Hills School from the Roslyn school district were listed within the top 50, ranking 47th and 49th, respectively. Efforts to reach Roslyn school district officials were unavailing. The Port Washington school district also saw success in the ranking, with all five of its elementary schools making the top 100. South Salem Elementary School ranked 58th, John Philip Sousa Elementary School ranked 62nd, Manorhaven Elementary School ranked 67th, Guggenheim Elementary School ranked 72nd and John J. Daly Elementary School ranked 83rd. “I am proud that the Port Washington school district has been named among the best public school districts in the country in the recent Niche.com ranking,” said Kathleen Mooney, superintendent of the Port Washington school district. “Schreiber High School was recognized as a top school in a previous Niche. com survey exclusive to high schools. It is certainly gratifying to hear that, collectively, our district is maintaining a high standard of excellence across the board and the hard work being performed by students, staff and administrators at all of our schools is yielding positive results and receiving high praise.” The North Side School in the East Williston school district cracked the ranking at No. 66. Efforts to reach North Side School principal James Bloomgarden were unavailing. The Meadow Drive School in Albertson also ranked at 70th in the state. Niche said it uses data from the U.S. Department of Education to calculate school rankings.

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Teaching new moms to stay healthy Pregnant Island event gives nutrition, exercise advice to expecting mothers b y A dedamola A gboola

To Eleana Kaidanian, diet, nutrition and physical exercise are as important to pregnant women as it is to prospective mothers “Pregnant mothers often wait a little too late before taking precautions to take care of themselves,” said Kaidanian, a resident of Roslyn Heights. Kaidanian, a certified dietician specializing in maternity nutrition, prenatal, postpartum care and lactation support, will bring her message to Long Island residents as host Pregnant Island, an annual event for pregnant women that will be held this year on April 3 at the Temple Judea at 333 Searingtown Road in Manhasset. “It’s a personal interest of mine,” she said. “I work for a maternity clinic in the city and my interests are in nutrition and physical exercise in pregnant women.” Kaidanian graduated from New York University with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. She also runs Long Island Nutritionist LLC, her own personal health and nutrition business and works as a personal trainer at Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center. “I feel like every time I counsel someone to eat well, I bring in the physical

Kaidanian grew up in Albertson before attending college in the New York City. As a young mother herself, she believes prospective mothers should be supplementing their diet with vitamins years before pregnancy. “By the time they realize they’re pregnant when the nutrient is essential to the growth of the baby, the time is passed,” Kaidanian said. The Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), for example, is essential for the growth and functional development of the brain in infants. “Taking vitamins years before pregnancy will aid in the growth of the brain,” she said. Kaidanian said a woman’s body changes during and after pregnancy and there are certain nutrients that her body needs. “The nutrients which the vitamins will provide is important for fetal developExpecting mothers appear at a Pregnant Island event. ment,” she said. Kaidanian said pregnant mothers, exercise component,” she said. “I feel like in Great Neck in 2014 with about 30 peonewborns even spouses who intend to ple in attendance, Kaidanian said. they both go hand in hand.” It was moved to Plainview the follow- have children in the future can also atThe expo-like event will feature speakers with expertise in the field from ing year and is being brought to Manhas- tend. Attendees will pay about $25 ticket a chiropractor, pediatrician to a local pho- set this year. “I want to host it in different parts of fee to be purchase on the Pregnant Island tographer. “It’s kind of a mini expo of local busi- Nassau County,” Kaidanian said. “I grew web site. A $50 gift pack will be given to every nesses that provide the resources you need up here and I love the community. And I’m more familiar with the people and speak- attendees with chances to win different but in your neighborhood,” she said. gifts and prizes. The first Pregnant Island was hosted ers I bring.”

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Local seniors make National Merit finals By N O A H M A N S K A R Eighteen local high school seniors have made the finals in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Sahil Abbi, Jane Chen, Ranzhuonan Chen, June Chu, Udit Dave, Vikram Krishnamoorthy and Brian Zhao from Herricks High School; Grace Lee, Vinay Maddula and Emily Park of New Hyde Park Memorial High School; Ryan Bichoupan, Timothy Chen and Alexa Silver of Roslyn High School; and Seth Barshay, William Day, Tiger Gao, Maxwell Silverstein and Isabella Soldano from Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington are among 15,000 from across the country to be named finalists in the national contest. They advanced to the 61st annual competition’s third round after being named among 16,000 semifinalists in September for their high scores on the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Principal Scott Andrews called the Roslyn High students’ finalist status a “wonderfully prestigious honor,” as they represent about 1 percent of the 1.5 million students who took the test to get the distinction. “We know that they will continue to

excel both in and out of the classroom as they move on to college and university,” Andrews said in a statement. All of Herricks’, New Hyde Park Memorial’s and Schreiber’s semifinalists made the final round, as did three of four from Roslyn High School. From March through June, about 7,400 of the finalists will win college scholarships from the sponsoring National Merit Scholarship Corporation, colleges and universities or corporations. To be named finalists, semifinalists must submit an application that includes their academic record, school and community participation, employment, and honors and awards received. Scholarship winners are selected based on academic record, activities and leadership, test scores, information about their respective schools, letters of recommendation from a school official and personal essays. Sixteen students from Great Neck high schools and six from Manhasset Secondary School were also named semifinalists in the fall. A Great Neck school district spokeswoman said schools had not been notified whether their students had been named finalists.

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Cuomo plan includes $6M L.I. water study By J OE N I K I C Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced a series of water quality initiatives Thursday, which includes a $6 million study for the management of groundwater across Long Island and the creation of a statewide water quality response team. “Every New Yorker has a fundamental right to clean and safe drinking water,” Cuomo said. “Water is a priceless resource that requires the highest levels of protection, and I am proud to continue this administration’s legacy of standing up for the environment. We are taking aggressive and proactive steps to ensure clean and healthy communities throughout the state — both for current residents and for generations to come.” The announcement follows a proposal last week by state Sen. Jack Martins (R-Old Westbury) and state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Port Washington) to include $3.2 million in the next state budget to fund a study to map the flow of groundwater and determine where saltwater may be infiltrating Nassau County’s freshwater aquifers. “Governor Cuomo’s announcement today calling for $6 million in funding for an island-wide study, conducted by the (U.S. Geological Survey), would build upon the fundamentals of our original request and also provide those same benefits to Suffolk County as well,” Martins and Schimel said in a joint statement Thursday. “We applaud the Governor’s actions and look forward to working with him on this issue. Drinking water is a necessity, not a luxury, and we will continue working to protect our water supply to ensure that it is safe and clean for generations to come.” The groundwater study

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo appears in Westbury on Feb. 23. will examine where and how saltwater and other contaminants are mixing with both Nassau and Suffolk’s freshwater, according to Cuomo’s office. The state will then use that information, his office said, to develop a “groundwater flow model” to better manage and understand groundwater impacts. The water supply for Long Island’s more than 2.8 million people comes from underground aquifers — the upper glacial, the Lloyd, the Magothy and the Jameco, according to the USGS project proposal. Research has shown the intrusion of salt water into the Lloyd and the Magothy aquifers poses a growing problem, the proposal says, and there is currently insufficient information about the flow of the groundwater and the freshwater-saltwater interface in the aquifers. “Clean water is a fundamental right and I applaud Governor Cuomo for taking such bold action to ensure New York continues to lead the nation in providing access to safe, clean, drinkable water on Long Island,” Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano said in a statement. “Together, these new measures will ensure that New York’s water quality is not only exemplary, but the best in the nation.”

As part of the water quality initiatives, Cuomo created a statewide Water Quality Rapid Response Team to more quickly address drinking water contamination concerns. The team, which will be co-chaired by state Department of Environmental Conservation Acting Commissioner Basil Seggos and state Department of Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, will work with the state’s municipalities and develop an action plan to get recommendations to strengthen the state’s drinking water, groundwater and surface water protection programs, Cuomo’s office said. “Providing high quality drinking water is part of the foundation of protecting the public’s health,” Zucker said in a statement. “Governor Cuomo’s plan to improve the quality of water throughout the state is going to help protect the health and well-being of all New Yorkers by bringing the agencies together, examining the latest science and developing the best policies to safeguard our water supply.” The water-quality team will also review standards for unregulated contaminants, public and private drinking water wells and drinking water treatment options.

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More than 300 to take ‘Polar Plunge’ in Port B y S arah M inkewic z More than 300 people are signed up to take the plunge into the frigid waters at North Hempstead Beach Park for the 12th Annual Town of North Hempstead Polar Plunge on March 5. Registration for the “Freezin’ for a reason” event will be between 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. at North Hempstead Beach Park in Port Washington. The plunge itself will take place at noon. Those who aren’t up to taking a dip in the chilly waters can still attend the event and show their support. More than 1,000 people are expected to attend this year’s event. Included are those taking the plunge, spectators, and the media. “It gets bigger and better every year,” said Rebecca Strickland, associate director of development at Special Olympics New York, which is sponsoring the event. “Last year mother nature was not too kind to us and the water was still frozen so we had to use ice buckets,” Strickland said. She said the temperature are expected to be a lot warmer this year. The event is to help raise money for the athletes of Special Olympics New York. The Special Olympics New York has 64,659 athletes training and competing year-round in 22 Olympics-style sports. The cost to support training and competition for one athlete for the sports season

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Rush to judgment on 3rd track a disservice

pponents of Gov. Cuomo’s 1.5 billion proposal to build a third track along 9.8 miles of the Long Island Rail Road between Floral Park and Hicksville continue to offer one option – kill the project. Never mind the economic loss of a project that transportation advocates, business leaders and union leaders have said would be a boon to commuters and economic development on Long Island. And never mind that the specifics of the plan have not been released. As we previously noted, the Rauch Foundation Long Island Index projects that the third track would add 14,000 jobs, $3 billion in personal income, $5.6 billion to Long Island’s gross regional product, 35,000 news residents, $40 million in additional sales tax revenue and $103 million in added property tax revenue in the first 10 years. Village of New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lafaro in a letter published in Blank Slate Media last week, also questioned the benefit to commuters while predicting a shift of freight and cargo from the Long Island Expressway to the Long Island Rail Road. “People want the convenience of their own cars no matter the consequence,” wrote LoFaro, while noting that he com-

mutes to work by train. “And why would the residents of the Main Line communities want the cargo and freight that travel along the Long Island Expressway transferred to a new Third Track through their neighborhood and past their bedroom windows.” Well, which is it Mr. LaFaro? Would the third track result in a reduction in traffic on the Long Expressway or not? LoFaro’s argument that commuters would be unwilling to forego the joys of commuting on the Long Island Expressway each morning and evening is also contradicted by the MTA reporting that the LIRR, which is the busiest railroad in the nation, had its highest ridership since 1949 in 2015. This also does not take into consideration the MTA’s Eastside Access project, which will allow commuters who work on Manhattan’s East Side to get off at Grand Central Terminal rather than go all the way to Penn Station, and then travel back to the East Side. This is expected to reduce commuting time by a half hour, an improvement that is expected to increase ridership on the Long Island Rail Road in the future. LoFaro and other critics of the proposed plan, which includes five other mayors along the Main Line as well as other elected officials and civic leaders, are not

without legitimate concerns. There is no question that large public transportation projects create problems to residents and businesses in its path. Just ask people living or owning businesses along the route of the Second Avenue subway project in Manhattan. Or those who lived in the path of Long Island Expressway for that matter. But do short-term, local problems mean we shouldn’t do large-scale projects important the region’s economy in the future? That is not to say that in some cases the negatives outweigh the positives. The MTA and the Cuomo administration have encouraged opposition to the third track by not releasing details of the plan and in its absence opponents are basing at least part of their criticism on a larger version of the third track 10 years ago. Cuomo transportation spokesperson Beth DeFalco said plans for the new proposal would be “radically different” from the plan that was withdrawn 10 year ago in the face of community opposition and will include “increased community benefits.” Seeing is believing, but we would hope that the village officials would withhold a final conclusion until the MTA and Cuomo come up with the specifics.

In the meantime, village officials should develop proposals on how to fairly compensate people and businesses harmed financially by the project, improvements that will serve their communities such as elimination of seven grade crossings along the Main Line that delays traffic 45 minutes each morning in New Hyde Park and make improvements to the stations along the corridor. Cuomo said Tuesday in a face-to-face meeting with village officials the project would allow for the elimination of the seven grade crossings. In his letter last week, LoFaro said a third track would increase trail traffic past residents’ bedrooms. This ignores the fact that all those residents knew what they were getting when they bought homes along the railroad More importantly, it ignores the possibility that village officials could seek sound barriers that would muffle the noise from all three tracks. The MTA agreed to such changes for the construction of a pocket track in the Village of Thomaston in Great Neck as part of the East Side Access Project. This is known as a win-win. Before they say no, local officials ought to hear what the governor and MTA are saying and try to get something they can say yes to.

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tate Sen. Jack Martins is correct in referring to the epidemic of heroin and opiate use in his article in the Feb. 12 issue of the Herald. However, there is something that can be done by any resident of Nassau County which may help to prevent a needless death of a user whether that person is addicted, or a new user of illicit drugs. Nassau County began a series of seminars a couple of years ago for those who might be in a position to aid an overdose victim when they offered training in the use of NARCAN (Naloxone), an opioid blocker. This training is offered now for first re-

sponders, school districts, and others who are interested in gaining the knowledge and ability to intercede in overdose cases. It is worthwhile training, and requires little, if any, medical training above one’s powers of observation and desire to be a potential lifesaver. Naloxone, also known by the trade name Narcan, can be administered through a simple nasal spray, and works by attaching itself to the Opioid receptors in the brain therefore protecting them from the opioids that were ingested. Through Narcan training seminars, residents can learn how and when to administer the lifesaving antidote that can reverse the fatal effects of

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K remer ’ s C orner

The Constitution cuts both ways

am not a legal philosopher but I love the expression that “the law is either a sword or a shield.” It really applies to the current presidential primary contests and how the candidates pick and choose which parts of the U.S. Constitution they think applies to their argument and which sections should be ignored. The hands-down winner of the most recited section of the Constitution is the Second Amendment which guarantees that every citizen shall have the” right to bear arms.” Any voter who suggests any form of gun control is met with a condemnation that they are infringing on the Second Amendment. Even though opinion polls show that eight-five percent of Americans favor restrictions on giving gun permits to people who have mental illnesses, the pro- gun candidates say not. When the pollsters ask members of the National Rifle

Association the same question they find that a majority favor such a restriction. To show how strongly the pro-gun lobby defends its constitutional rights, even after the numerous tragedies in Connecticut, Colorado, and California, the gun rights groups insist that no changes be made to existing gun laws. Even a tragedy like the recent San Bernadino experience, will not soften the hearts of the pro-gun group. A recent attempt to ban the issuance of gun permits to people who are the airline nofly list, was met with howls of indignation. After all, they claimed, there are mistakes made on the no-fly list. Another very popular section of the U.S. Constitution is the First Amendment. The First Amendment is the second most quoted amendment and is used by countless numbers of politicians throughout the year when defending their

JERRY KREMER Kremer’s Corner right to besmirch an opponent. It is especially tailor-made for the Donald Trumps of this world, who have thrown politically correct language into the dustbin and insist on saying whatever crosses their minds. For Mr. Trump especially, insults, taunts and uttering an occasional curse word are protected speech. One of the amendments that

rarely enter the public arena is the 11th amendment, which guarantees the right of the President of the United States to offer a candidate for a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court. That amendment has been used by presidents since the days of George Washington, to exercise their power to recommend a candidate for the High Court. Since the untimely passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Republican presidential candidates have chosen to ignore that part of the constitution and insist that as far as President Obama is concerned his term in office is officially over, even if by law he has almost 11 months left in office. Oddly enough, there was no member of the U.S. Supreme Court who embraced the Constitution and its plain language more than Justice Scalia. He was of the opinion that all the modern day judges and lawyers shouldn’t try to interpret what the document meant

and instead stick to its strict wording. The best example of being two faced is candidate Ted Cruz, who clerked in that court and argued many cases before the panel. Cruz insists that we follow every comma and period of the law except in the case of filling vacancies. At least once a year I get a piece of mail that includes a copy of the U.S. Constitution. It comes from a well-known, the conservative Federalist Society, that insists that the Constitution be read for what it says which I assume is the right of the President to nominate someone for the Supreme Court.. I guess I shouldn’t be too dismayed by all the hypocrisy of the presidential candidates and their followers. It’s a sign of the times that when it comes to modern-day politics there is no consistent position on anything. Just what the moment demands and what you can get away with.

Professor ’ s Pers p ective

Public will be iPhone privacy battle losers

moment of mass collective commentary ensued after Apple refused to help federal investigators break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters. Privacy advocates and media pundits lauded Apple for protecting Americans’ rights, with the New York Times dubbing its CEO Tim Cook a “bulwark for digital privacy.” Meanwhile, GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump dismissed privacy concerns as “ridiculous hysteria” and called for a boycott of Apple until they comply. Both sides are right. The government is setting a dangerous precedent with its overreach. But Apple should also be boycotted. Citing the All Writs Act of 1789, a federal judge ordered Apple to help the Federal Bureau of Investigation access information an iPhone used by the gunman in the mass shootings. In order to comply, Apple says it would need to create a backdoor into its popular smart phone’s operating system. The government, in turn, could use this new technology as a “master key” to invade the privacy of “tens of millions of American citizens” by intercepting their messages, accessing their health

records or financial data, tracking their location, or even accessing their phone’s microphone or camera without their knowledge, the California-based company’s CEO warns. Cook wrote in an open letter that “the U.S. government has asked us for something … we consider too dangerous to create … We are challenging the FBI’s demands with the deepest respect for American democracy and a love of our country.” The Obama Administration responded that the device was an “important national priority” and would only be able to be used on one phone. Sanctimony abound. Apple sure doesn’t seem to love America or respect its democratic principles. It’s a corporation with a history of allegedly evading taxes, shipping American jobs overseas, engaging in unsafe labor practices, using child labor and violating human rights — all while making record profits. At one point, it reportedly had three times as much cash on hand as did the U.S. government. Now Apple is defying a court order in a country renowned for its rule of law. Apple doesn’t seem concerned about consumers’ pri-

MARK GRABOWSKI

Professor’s Perspective vacy, either. It sought to patent a technology that would allow outsiders to remotely control cameras in an iPhone. It reportedly worked with the National Security Agency to help it mine users’ data. Apple also faces federal class-action lawsuits for allegedly transmitting iPhone and iPad users’ personal information to advertisers. These are just a few examples of its many intrusions. But, while Apple’s stated motives in this case may be disingenuous, it does have a point: The government’s demand poses an incredible threat to online security and privacy. It’s the latest attempt by our national-security

state to undermine Americans’ constitutional rights in some desperate attempt to combat terrorism. Given their track record, there’s little doubt federal authorities would use the new technology to conduct gratuitous surveillance on innocent citizens. Americans need to demand more from the establishment – namely, the world’s most profitable company and their own government. Apple may have great products, but the means they use to make them don’t justify the end. Consumers have too long been apathetic about this. A 2013 study by Cone Communications found, “Nine-in-10 global citizens say they would boycott if they learned of irresponsible behavior.” Yet, somehow 72 percent of adults view Apple favorably and only 15 percent unfavorably, according to a 2013 Washington Post-ABC News poll. Ordinary consumers can hold Apple accountable through a global boycott similar to the one against Nike in the 1990s that forced the best-selling brand to change its corporate ethics. “They can buy competitive products (Samsung Galaxy) … they can sign petitions, they can send emails (to Apple), or they

can protest at stores (like in Hong Kong),” corporate social responsibility expert Richard Brubaker said in a 2012 interview with Asia Society. He added, “That being said, for there to be a direct change in Apple, by Apple, there would need to be a real collective effort.” Americans also need to assert their privacy rights. According to a 2015 Pew Research Center poll, most Americans don’t seem to be all that concerned about government surveillance. Only 17 percent reported that they were “very concerned,” while 35 percent were somewhat concerned, 33 percent were not very concerned and 13 percent were not at all concerned. As Ben Franklin famously said, “Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither.” Voters must call on their lawmakers to pass legislation on this issue rather than leaving the FBI to invoke a law that predates the FBI’s, much less the iPhone’s, existence. It’s time to update our laws and upgrade our consumer ethics. Grabowski is an associate professor at Adelphi University, where he teaches internet law.

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A look on the li g hter si d e

It’s all about having the right ‘Mindset’

upon a time, there flight out Monday morning. “If all other hotel plans cataa columnist who scheduled to give a strophically fail,” he asked, can about The Lighter they stay overnight with us? And just like that, all my carefully-laid Side. The thing about dates like plans went out the window…or this, whether they’re a speaking off the track. I want credit for marshalling engagement, a comedy gig or a Bar Mitzvah, is that, once they’re my responses in the right order. inked on the calendar, every “Egads!” was how I felt, but what single minute between where I I texted back was, “Sure, honey, if am standing, and that particular it comes to that.” Only after that message was date, seems to sprout accidents and happenings, until I feel like sent, and acknowledged, did I I’m on some demented fun-house ask what I really needed to know: “How many are you, anyway?” ride. Look out, we’re headed for Because if a Greyhound bus was going to be pulling up in front of the Snow Storm of the Century! Ah, it came a week early and Casa Judy, I might need divine now we’re all shoveled. Oh, no, intervention. Not to mention a did the car battery die? No, that special permit. But if your college-age child was a false alarm. But I’m catchis sufficiently desperate to let his ing laryngitis! Oh, thank goodness the doc- peers meet his crazy, age-addled, tor helped me get rid of that. And pathologically uncool parents, you really can’t turn them away. so on. Finally, finally, everything is “It’s just three of us, total, mom.” “Okay, but I won’t have time under control, and all I need to do is polish my lines, and my nails, to shop for groceries,” I warned him. until the booking on Monday. “We just need beds.” But wait! What’s this? “Or cook anything.” A text from one of my chil“We’ll have pizza.” dren? His college debate team, “Or dust and vacuum!” en route back to school from a “Mom: Chill!” far-away tournament, might need Of course I dusted and vacua place to stay in the New York area, Sunday night, before their umed, anyway. Till my husband nce was was talk

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A Look on the Lighter Side caught me. “Judy, why so miserable? Look at it this way — we get an extra visit with our boy, and some of his friends! Plus, we don’t have to stir a step, they’re coming to us!” “I know. I know I should be happy — and I am, underneath it all. But I can’t help also feeling like I’m under siege.” And I began feverishly shoveling papers from the dining room table, into a plastic bag. “They’ll be here any minute!” “Now, honey, don’t get hysterical. What would it take for you to Look On The Lighter Side, here?” “Um…a miracle? Or maybe this!” And I picked up a book

from the table. “‘Mindset’? What’s that?” asked my husband. “‘It’s psychology. I was reading it for a school board meeting I covered. But actually… it might be worth a try.” In “Mindset,” Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck contrasts two ways of looking at the world — and oneself. One mindset regards the intelligence and abilities we are given as “fixed” quantities, which we are unable to change. The other believes in “growth” — that intelligence can be improved, like a muscle — especially in response to a challenge. These two mindsets are separate, but not equal. In her book, Dweck sets out example after example — from education, sports, and business — where individuals with a “growth” mindset are better able to weather life’s setbacks than those whose view is “fixed.” But what captured my attention was an early scene, where she explains how she discovered that she, herself, initially held the “fixed” view of intelligence. Working with 10-year-old children doing difficult puzzles, she was startled when some of

them said, “I love a challenge!” “What’s wrong with them?” Dweck wondered. “I always thought you coped with failure, or you didn’t cope with failure. I never thought anyone loved failure.” That story resonated with me, because that’s how I had always felt, myself. Reading further, I learned that if you tell people with the “fixed” mindset that they’re smart, they tend to avoid further challenges, lest they lose the flattering label. It’s like walking through life with a book balanced on your head; all that can happen, really, is that sooner or later it will fall off. Luckily, if you can adopt the “growth” mindset, then every new challenge that comes down the pike — or the fun-house track — becomes, not a trial, but a growth opportunity. I began to calm down. In fact, I began to smile. As it turned out, thanks to American Airlines, and its pathological fear of “weather,” the kids stayed with us till Tuesday. They were delightful; the speech was great fun; and everything went well. But if it hadn’t, that would have been okay too — now that I have the right “Mindset.”

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Obama’s legacy for lifetime judges

ontroversies about the selection of a Supreme Court justice to replace Antonin Scalia have high importance for our nation. A major newspaper reported on page one a few days ago: “Every time the party in the White House changes, there is a potential impact on the court as the new president tries to mold it when openings develop.” However, most discussions that refer to “the court” (the Supreme court “Nine”) have so far missed the major point that President Obama has already transformed “the lifetime judiciary” — the approximately 900 appointed federal judges. If John McCain had been elected in 2008 instead of Obama, the “Nine” and the impact of the other life federal judges would have been hugely different. Voters too seldom recognize that the man or woman who gets elected President can shape our society for decades to come be-

cause of the people chosen for judicial positions. McCain promised he would choose Supreme Court Justices like Scalia and Alito (two of the five most conservative Justices in nearly a century). Because Obama won, “the Court” only has a 5 to 4 edge of Republican appointees. If you are a conservative you might wistfully consider how your agendas could have been advanced with a 7 to 2 Republican dominance. For the Supreme Court, Obama appointed two women, including the first person of Latina heritage. Those initiatives also reflected what Obama has done regarding other federal judges; his appointments have reflected the most diversity of any presidency in our history. Worthy of attention— and one of Obama’s most significant legacies — are the ways he has transformed the federal courts.

Michael D’Innocenzo Out of Left Field

When he took office in 2009, Democrats had a majority on only one of the 13 Appellate Courts. Now, in 2016, because of Obama’s reelection and his initiatives, Democrats have majorities on 9 of the 13 appellate courts. President Obama’s impact has been profound notwithstanding that Republicans winning of the Senate in 2014 has almost totally halted his extension of Democratic nominated lifetime

judges. There is good logic for Karl Rove to be emphasizing that Republicans need a presidential candidate “with coattails.” Rove’s concern is that a losing candidate, like Trump, could also cause Republicans to face defeat in the Senate. Just imagine what a Democrat who succeeds Obama can do in four more years (or eight more years) taking office in 2017 with a responsive Democratic Senate to confirm nominees. Democrats need a net gain of five seats to win the Senate. If McCain had won in 2008, and got 2012 reelection, more than 70 percent of the 900 life time judges would be Republican appointees. Because of Obama, nearly 55 percent of federal judges are now Democratic appointees. Prior to the big GOP Senate win in 2014, Obama’s appointments were the most diverse in American history: 42 percent

were female; 37 percent people of color; eight were “openly gay.” Seven of Obama’s selections were Asian-Americans (Bill Clinton and George W. Bush each chose a single Asian-American during their eight-year terms). In his first six years, Obama named 17 African-Americans; George W. Bush appointed seven during his eight years in office. Since January 2015, the GOP Senate majority has not had the same power as before the filibuster rules were revised. However, Republican Senate control of the judicial nomination process is almost as complete with “the blue slip process.” Under this Senate “club” activity, the Senate majority refuses to hold hearings on any presidential nominee unless both senators from that nominee’s state approve [Republicans have at least one senator in many states; in effect, each of them has a veto on Obama nominees since 2015].

The Herald Courier, Friday, February 26, 2016

READERS WRITE

Right to bear arms is right of the individual

s a practicing attorney and a professor of law (including constitutional law), I feel compelled to correct a gross misapprehension of the law as found in Ms. Schaeffer’s letter re the Second Amendment (see 19 February 2016 letter of Lois Schaffer of Great Neck). To be sure, like all Americans she is entitled to her opinion. Likewise, I join her in advocating for the legal and safe use of firearms. However, in good conscience, I cannot permit the readership of this newspaper to be so badly misinformed. The right to keep and bear arms is an individual right, not the right of the “militia,” (whatever that is) nor the government. Therefore, the writer’s contrary assertion is grossly wrong.

First, look to the plain text of the Constitution. We the people have the right to free speech, freedom of religion, to be free from unreasonable searches, the right to due process, and the right to confront our accusers, among many others. And let us not forgot the people’s right to a free press, which makes this very newspaper possible. Tucked neatly in between is the right of the people to keep and bear arm. Please recall the Founders thought these fundamental rights so basic, so pure, that they refused to take them for granted, and thus clearly articulated them in the founding document. Note well they articulated all of these rights, for all of the people , then and now.

Next, the Supreme Court foreclosed all debate on this matter via its recent decisions in Heller and McDonald. In Heller, the late — and great — Justice Scalia simply affirmed the clear text of the Second Amendment, declaring that it is the right of the people to keep and bear arms, not some amorphous “collective’’ right, susceptible to manipulation .McDonald confirmed this, with Justice Alito writing for the same reasons that the states may not deprive the people of the right to keep and bear arms. But I urge your readers to contemplate the hidden gem in McDonald, the concurring opinion of Justice Thomas, who, among other things, explained how in the Reconstruction South the former slave owners still en-

deavored to subjugate the rights of African-Americans by denying them the right to keep and bear arms, a right they enjoyed because these now-freed persons were amongst the people of the United States, and thus enjoyed this guaranteed liberty, among many others. Note well this is the sole African-American on the U.S. Supreme Court, an American who triumphed over abject poverty and bigotry, who played a crucial role in affirming the constitutional right to keep and bear arms for all the people of America. I, for one, will never understand how some persons can so readily misapprehend the plain words of the Second Amendment, and nowadays fight the wisdom of the Supreme Court in upholding the rights of the people

to keep and bear arms. Certainly, rational and civil debate is one of the great stones in the fortress of democracy, so we have much to discuss as we begin the next great journey in refining the Second Amendment. But please remember that journey commences with the right of the people , and truly all the people, who comprise this great nation. In closing, as I often tell my students, the Second Amendment should never receive second class treatment. To make that mistake condemns all of our precious freedoms to derogation and, eventually, destruction. Thank you. Anthony Michael Sabino Attorney at Law, Mineola Professor of Law

Regulation of guns a matter of common sense

am writing in response to a letter on gun legislation published on Feb. 12, 2016. In it, Mr. John O’Kelly states that advocates of sane gun measures “have a history of promoting … totalitarianism.” As one who has worked for gun control for over thirty years, let me assure him that his fears are unwarranted. Mr. O’Kelly writes about the Second Amendment. Mark Kelly (husband of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords) and co-founder of “Americans for Responsible Solutions” said: “… we believe in the Second Amendment and we take that right and the responsibilities that come with it very seriously.” Ms. Gifford, you will recall had a bullet go through her brain, in the front of her head and out the back. If anyone should want guns confiscated it would be her, but she writes: “America has proud traditions of gun ownership. I own one myself. I’m not about to give it up or ask others to give up theirs. I’m simply asking for some sanity.” Both Gifford and Kelly argue for background checks, and I cannot see how this equates with totalitarianism. Then there’s the wording of the Second Amendment. There are, obviously, two schools of thought here. Mr. O’Kelly believes that “it provides the last line of defense against a government run amok.” Others argue that it was only designed to allow citizens to join

“a well-regulated militia.” I don’t believe that any Constitutional interpretation will determine policy. What will bring about change is the continuing massacre of men, women, and especially children. Eventually, an aroused citizenry will force a reluctant Congress (indebted to the N.R.A. and the gun industry) to pass legislation which the majority of Americans already favor. There is a fear abroad in the land that “big government” is out to “get you.” We saw this in Waco, Texas when the Branch Davidians took on the federal government and we saw it recently in Oregon when cattle grazed upon federal lands, but the ranchers refused to pay any fees. And, of course, we see it in the many militias which exist across the country. These are nothing but right wing, pseudo fascist, oft-times racist, groups who hate all government. One cannot talk about these without checking a dictionary definition of the word paranoia — “a mental disorder characterized by delusions…ascribed to the supposed hostility of others.” I will fear “big government” when the Homeland Security Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms comes to the North Shore of Long Island and tries to prevent me from writing letters to the editor of [Blank Slate Media papers.] I was also disturbed by state-

ments like “Soviet Communism had its origins here in the USA. In fact it was financed and largely staffed from New York City. Specifically, the funding for the Russian Revolution was provided by Jacob Schiff of Wall Street’s Kuehn Loeb and Company. Moreover, of the 388 commissars of the original communist government of Russia, only fifteen were ethnic Russians, while two-thirds hailed from the Lower East Side of New York City.” Several points need to be made. New York City is often a euphemism for Jewish; the Lower East Side is where many Jewish immigrants settled; Jacob Schiff was a prominent Jew and the firm of Kuehn Loeb was Jewish. Hmmm! Based on my research, the statement that there were 388 commissars, two-thirds of whom were purportedly from the U.S. is inaccurate. I found that about 6 percent of the membership in the new Bolshevik government were Jews. I think that we are all entitled to know the sources used by Mr. O’Kelly. I attempted to retrace his steps and did come across the

fact that Schiff extended loans worth $200 million to the Japanese during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-05.) This sum provided approximately half the funds necessary for Japan to win the war. And it may be true that Schiff gave about $20 million to overthrow the czars. Does this mean that he was a Marxist? A revolutionary? Hardly. He supported both the Japanese and the Bolsheviks because he was a Jew who identified with the historic suffering of his people at the hands of the Russian czars. So where did all this misinformation come from? J.R. Nyquist, a renowned expert on geopolitics wrote a piece called “Who Was Behind the Bolshevik Revolution?” In it he states: “…the allegations against…the Schiffs are false. [they] originate in antiSemitic propaganda [and] have been repeated so often that many good people have come to accept them without question.” I want to believe that Mr. O’Kelly is one of these good people. If one looks up “Jewish Bolshevism” in Wikipedia, one finds

it described as “an anti-Semitic canard which alleges that the Jews were at the origin of the Russian Revolution and held the primary power among Bolsheviks.” This term is later used by Nazis in Germany and by Henry Ford in the U.S. There are valuable lessons to be learned from all this research. First, some alleged, historic truths are complete fabrications and when an author has an ideological axe to grind, he will not hesitate to distort reality. Dr. Hal Sobel Great Neck If all of the above is not disturbing enough, we get a gratuitous reference to President Obama who, according to Mr. O’Kelly, is “clearly both antiAmerican and anti-Christian.” You’ve got to be impressed by a man like Obama who can twice be elected president of these United States while being antiAmerican. And for the life of me, I can’t understand why Mr. O’Kelly omits the fact that the president’s middle name is Hussein and that he was born in Kenya.

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READERS WRITE

Key to future success is looking ahead

he letter is addressed primarily to high school and college students. The news you hear and read about daily is grim both domestically and internationally. However, the Great Depression in the 1930s and WWII would make today’s chaos look like a walk in the park. Talk to your parents, grandparents and great grandparents and see if they agree. I have just finished reading ‘’The Industries Of The Future” by Alec Ross. I recommend you read this book and keep it as a reference manual as your education continues. If you are prepared, a fantastic future awaits you. The jacket reads: “in The Industries of the Future,” Ross shows us what changes are coming in the next ten years, highlighting the best opportunities for progress and explaining why countries thrive or sputter. He examines the specific fields that will most shape our economic

future, including robotics, cybersecurity, the commercialization of genomics, the next step for big data, and the impact of digital technology on money and markets.” This robot example blew my mind! [Ross wrote] ± “While I was traveling in Ukraine, a group of engineering students in their twenties showed me a shiny blackand-blue robot glove called Enable Talk that uses flex sensors in the fingers to recognize sign language and translate it to text sensors on a smartphone via Bluetooth. This text is in turn converted to speech, allowing the deaf and mute person to now “speak” and be heard in real time.” Do you like jellyfish? Fishermen do not. “Jellyfish cost the world’s fishing and other maritime industries billions of dollars annually — $300 million in South Korea alone. Then the Urban Robotics Lab at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology created JEROS — the Jellyfish Elimination Robotic Swarm — a large, autono-

mous blender that hunts and kills jellyfish at a rate of up to one ton of jellyfish every hour.” Genomics : “The cost of mapping that first genome was $2.7 billion...the price of mapping the human genome will continue to drop at a shockingly fast rate, allowing for a process of commercialization to take place that unleashes private sector investment into the creation of new diagnostics, therapies, and drugs based around genetics.” “In the 1980s, Vogelstein and his colleagues effectively proved how DNA mutations turn into cancer...His latest effort is what he calls a “liquid biopsy.” A blood sample is taken and tested for the presence of even the tiniest amounts of tumor DNA. A tumor detected by Vogelstein’s liquid biopsy can be detected at just 1 percent the size of what is necessary by an MRI.” You may have heard about bitcoins and have some questions about how it actually works. Ross’ review of bitcoins is enlightening. Former CEO of eBay

stated: “Idon’t know what Bitcoin will look like 10 years from now, but I do think cryptocurrency and digital currency are growing technologies with tremendous potential.” No more cash needed in your wallet? Check this out. In America women hate the “glass ceiling” that has existed for years. We have a love-hate relationship with China. They buy our bonds and they steal our secrets. But, they have decided that 50% of their population [women] have to be included in the marketplace. “In 2013, China led the world in the percentage of women in senior management positions — 51 percent. Half of the world’s wealthiest female billionaires live in China.” That is billionaires. Can we learn from our adversaries? America needs a strong and growing economy in order for people to pay the necessary taxes for a strong military, our police and fire fighters, money for bridges, etc.

There is a new global economy developing and you students have to prepare yourselves to compete globally. I used to sell computer control systems to monitor and control power plants, refineries, ethylene plants, etc. We used basically two kinds of systems: feedback and feedforward — in feedback control the control systems took corrective action after an upset in the process took place. A more expensive system, feedforward, would use more extensive sensors and would predict that an upset was about to take place, and would take the necessary [anticipatory] action to prevent the upset from ever taking place. As you graduate sometime in the future, will you be a feedback or feed forward thinker when you select your career? John Messina East Williston

Disinvestment Clinton the most qualified threatens Israel candidate for president

tate Sen. Martins’ excellent article, published on Feb. 19, deserves our attention and praise for its strong condemnation of a growing misguided, insidious and dangerous movement known as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS), started by Palestinians in 2005. I urge everyone to read and absorb the implications. It is truly disheartening to learn that several Christian and academic groups have joined the movement. The growth of the boycott among groups that should know better reveals such naivete and ignorance at the least and downright cruelty at its worst. Haven’t Jews suffered enough from such hatred through the ages? Certainly we are witnessing suffering among Arabs in neigh-

boring settlements but to characterize Israel’s determination to survive as resembling apartheid is a distortion of some realities. Every attempt to forge a twostate solution that would also benefit Israel’s neighbors has repeatedly been sabotaged. Hostilities have been caused by never ending attempts to destroy Israel, and many Arab nations have done little to alleviate the suffering of their compatriots. Instead, they have refused Israel’s right to exist and to be recognized as a free nation. We can gain encouragement from learning that several academicians and leaders are speaking up, and states and other countries are passing laws prohibiting boycotts of Israeli institutions and businesses. Esther Confino New Hyde Park

Shutdown ‘unconscionable’

o read that without public notice or warning, the Water Authority of Southeast Nassau County was shut down makes my skin crawl. To shut down the quest for affordable water is outrageous.

But to do so without public notice is unconscionable. This is just another example of abuse of power. Susan Weisman Merrick

want Hillary Clinton to be our next president because I believe in what she stands for, because she’s evolved, because she is the most qualified candidate we have ever had, and, because she is a woman. Like Barack Obama, she is from a minority that has to be so much better than, in his case a white counterpart, in hers a male one, to be considered seriously. And she is. And let’s not kid ourselves; she has always had to defend herself against veiled and unvarnished anti-woman slander – even now. Her policy stances are almost identical to Bernie Sanders, but he will never be president; he is a one-issue candidate and America will never elect a socialist — even a democratic one. He is weak on foreign policy and would be as ill equipped to negotiate compromise on the international stage, as he would be in congress. But this has been sidelined in this campaign; when it comes to Hillary, Bernie’s supporters are spouting the Republican playbook. Hillary Clinton’s tarnished reputation is largely the result of a quarter century of visceral GOP smears and that is what has taken center stage. Hillary always got the worst of their manufactured scandals.

From the Whitewater deal to Vince Foster’s suicide to the “missing law firm records,” harangue to Travelgate’s cronyism to Filegate’s cover-up to the sale of secrets to China to adviser Huma Abedin’s Muslim Brotherhood/al-Qaeda connection to the Benghazi attack to Bills philandering; despite being exonerated over and over again, Hillary has always been to blame. That she is guilty only of being a politician with faults and enemies, but not seen that way even by liberals, is proof that the conservative campaign against her, one irrefutably powered by a vociferous sexism, has worked. Men rarely get labeled abrasive or aggressive, but Hillary Clinton, like so many other empowered women, has been subjected to these diatribes her entire political career. She has been tarred (by liberals) for playing the game. But a woman’s lot has been and continues to be, play, play big, or go home. Progressives who would never consider themselves chauvinists refuse to believe that the thing they don’t like about Clinton is her gender. It’s not that there aren’t reasons to prefer Bernie, but let’s not pretend that there would be this many of them if his opponent was not a woman, one who has been diminished and written off and hated her

whole existence as a public figure. Bernie has the luxury of being appealingly anti-establishment; Hillary doesn’t have that option. Clinton was one of the most liberal members of the Senate; on almost everything she and Bernie Sanders agree. How they differ is on execution; he talks of upending the political system while she says that she’ll continue to fight tirelessly within the system for a progressive agenda because in the end that is what gets results. She promises to build on the successes of President Obama, the most effective liberal president in recent history. Hillary is no more establishment than any other American politician; should Sanders, for all his left-wing bona fides, win office, he too will have to compromise to get things done. The success of the sustained, fabricated 25 year long attack on Clinton is bearing fruit; many liberals have turned against the only candidate who can prevent a GOP White House next year. So much is riding on their defeat, and her victory. They know it. They are doing whatever they can to prevail. So should we. Rita Hall Great Neck

The Herald Courier, Friday, February 26, 2016

READERS WRITE

East Side Access project is a glass half full

ecent news that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded the last construction contract for the Long Island Rail Road East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal project is a glass half full. Since 2001, the total direct cost for MTA LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal has grown from $3.5 billion to $4.3 billion in 2003, $6.3 billion in 2006, $8.4 billion in 2012 to $10.8 billion in 2014. Don’t be surprised when they announce that it has grown to $11 or $12 billion. The original Full Funding Grant Agreement between the United States Department of Transportation, Federal Transit Administration and Metropolitan Transportation Authority was approved in December 2006. The $2.63 billion of Federal Grant funding remains unchanged (virtually all of which has already been spent) with the MTA as local sponsor having to cover the $6 billion in cost overruns. $2.5 billion has been programmed in the proposed MTA 2015-2019 Five Year Capital Plan (which still needs approval by the State Capital Program Review Board) to cover a portion of these cost overruns. Additional funding from $1 billion or more will be needed in the next 2020-2024 Five Year Capital Plan to cover the balance of funding necessary to complete this project. The FFGA will have to be amended 10 years later in 2016 to reflect the current true cost and schedule. Based upon this past history,

who knows if the final cost will go up again over the next 8 years by a billion or more. The anticipated opening day for passenger revenue service date had slipped on a number of occasions from 2011 to December 2022. Don’t be surprised when it changes yet again, this time to December 2023. Who knows over the next 8 years if this date and budget will hold. No one would be surprised, if based upon past project history, it ends up in 2024 or later. The MTA has repeatedly missed every budget and schedule for this project. They have ended up being worthless paper. No one at the MTA will acknowledge that the real project cost may end up closer to $15 billion. This includes other items which are considered indirect and carried off line from the official project budget. These are financing charges ($600 million), additional capacity improvements at Jamaica LIRR station ($450 million), along with numerous capital improvements east of Jamaica. They include construction of additional parking spots (totaling in the thousands necessary to accommodate all the new riders) at numerous stations, new New York City Transit, MTA Bus, Nassau Inter County Express (NICE), Suffolk County Transit and Huntington Area Rapid Transit (HART) bus feeder services to stations, construction of new stations, completion of the Ronkonkoma branch double tracking between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma ($450 million),

Main Line Third Track between Floral Park and Hicksville ($1.5 billion plus possibly much more), new pocket tracks on other branches, new storage yards and other capital projects which will support implementation of East Side Access. Without all of the above, the LIRR will not be able to achieve 100 percent utilization of this investment including the promise of 24 trains per hour during peak service periods. One significant failure in the early 1990s was a future fatal flaw in the purchase of both duel mode locomotives and doubledecker passenger cars. Those responsible for design, engineering and bid specifications to support procurement of duel mode locomotives and double decker passenger cars failed to take into consideration height clearances for the 63rd Street tunnel between Manhattan and Queens. This tunnel was designed to be used at a future date to provide the LIRR with a direct connection to Grand Central Terminal. As a result, the LIRR fleet of 23 diesel-electric and 23 duelmode locomotives along with 134 doubledecker passenger cars will not be able to utilize East Side Access for future service to Grand Central Terminal. Thousands of daily LIRR riders whose trips originate from diesel territory branches (including those commuting 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) will still have to change at Jamaica for those trav-

eling to or from the future LIRR Grand Central Terminal or Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn. There will no longer be any direct thru service from Jamaica to Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn. This impacts customers on 51 peak and 84 off peak or 135 weekday trains operating between Jamaica and Brooklyn. They will have to either walk up the stairs, take an escalator or elevator from platform levels off of Jamaica Station tracks one, two or three to the mezzanine level. Next walk across the mezzanine and down the stairs, escalator or elevator to the new tracks 9 or 10. Then they will have to wait for the next scoot service train running between Jamaica and Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn on tracks 9 and 10. They will miss the good old days when it was a simple switch walking across the platform between tracks 1 and 2 or 2 and 3 to the desired Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn, Hunters Point or Long Island City bound train. Who knows how long the will wait will be for a connecting train. When the Oyster Bay branch is converted to a permanent scoot shuttle service, riders will also have to first switch at Mineola. Travel time for thousands of LIRR riders bound for downtown Brooklyn, Wall Street, World Financial Center or World Trade Center in downtown Manhattan via Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn will now actually have longer commutes. Depending upon how long the wait is for a connecting train from Jamaica to Brooklyn, this could add up between 5 to 15 minutes each way or a total of

30 minutes per day. It is doubtful that the LIRR scoot service between Jamaica and Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn will be running with head ways every few minutes like a subway. Don’t be surprised if the rush hour frequency is once every 10 minutes or more. Imagine how long one could be waiting to or from events at the Brooklyn Barclay Center or other off peak trains. Thousands of riders whose trains originated to or from Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn once had a one seat ride will lose this benefit. Everyone will now have to change at Jamaica. This will especially impact those on the Hempstead, Rockway and other branches whose trains originate from Brooklyn. All of this conflicts with the MTA corporate party line of over decades regarding how the East Side Access project will save many LIRR riders up to 40 minutes each day round trip in daily commutes. So much for truth in advertising! One riders gain in time savings (being able to access work in the eastside of midtown Manhattan via Grand Central Terminal versus Penn Station) is a corresponding loss for another rider trying to access work via Atlantic Terminal Brooklyn. Pity those poor riders on the Oyster Bay branch who will suffer the most. Larry Penner Great Neck (Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked in the transportation field for 31 years).

Hoping Donald Trump is another Ronald Reagan

onald Trump wins in South Carolina, taking 32.5 percent of the vote. South Carolina Republicans for the most part have successfully selected the party nominee since 1980. The question one might ask is why is Donald Trump winning who has never

held political office ? Well maybe it is because he speaks of making American great again and standing up to our enemies and putting Americans who are out of work, back to work again. I don’t agree with all he says about immigration but he has a right to say what

He was Ronald Wilson Reagan. he believes. I do believe he loves America and the American people. I only hope he I only hope Donald Trump can be like can walk the talk. Ronald Reagan was and make America There was an American president great again if he becomes our next presimany years ago who believe he could dent. make America all that we could be and did Frederick R. Bedell Jr. stand up to nations that questioned our Glen Oaks Village mettle.

positions with large salaries. There are payoffs, kickbacks, trips, cars etc. to people who in many cases are not even qualified for the positions. Nassau County has some of the highest taxes in the country, and still has financial problems. It seems these thieves think

that Nassau and Suffolk are their personal heard. piggy banks. Unless of course you are content to let When are the taxpayers and voters go- your hard earned money line the pockets ing to wise up and vote these bandits out of a select few. of office. John Nahas It really is time that the people say Great Neck enough is enough and let their voices be

L.I. pols serving themselves, not the public

ay after day I read in Newsday another story of corruption in Nassau and Suffolk county. I read about officials holding multiple positions in government and political organizations collecting six figure salaries and family members also placed in

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Cuomo talks 3rd track with village officials Continued from Page 1 said. The old plan called for about 250 property acquisitions, while the MTA has said the new plan would require about 50. Cuomo also said the project would eliminate all seven street-level crossings along the stretch, including two in Mineola and three in New Hyde Park, according to Pereira and Floral Park Mayor Thomas Tweedy. “His real initial push was that these grade crossings have to be eliminated because they are dangerous and there’s been too many fatalities, and they only hinder traffic and, of course, public safety,” Pereira said. New Hyde Park Mayor Robert Lofaro has said his village would remain opposed to a third track unless the plan eliminated the village’s grade crossings, which back up traffic on New Hyde Park Road, Covert Avenue and South 12th Street during peak train travel hours. Efforts to reach Lofaro were unavailing. Cuomo agreed the crossings are problematic, Pereira said, but told the mayors the $500 million price tag of eliminating them separate from a third track would be prohibitive. “I think he’s dangling a carrot a little bit, and we get that, and I think at the end of the day we’ll have to judge whether the carrot is worth the stick,” Pereira said. Both Pereira and Tweedy said they don’t think eliminating the grade crossings and the third track are mutually exclusive. Cuomo told the officials the project’s primary purpose is not to facilitate a reverse commute from New York City or increase freight traffic, but to make the LIRR run more efficiently. A third track would create a passing lane to let railroad operators route running trains around disabled ones, Pereira and Tweedy said.

Tweedy said he told Cuomo the LIRR has an aging infrastructure and operational issues a third track wouldn’t fix, but other, smaller-scale fixes would, such as the construction of a passenger train yard in Huntington. “Those solutions aren’t megaprojects. Those solutions aren’t legacies,” Tweedy said. “Those solutions are operations, and operations are what we have to deal with.” Cuomo maintained the importance of a third track, Tweedy said, but he was receptive to and took note of communityspecific issues the village officials raised, such as the impact on Floral Park’s pool complex and the residential developments in Mineola. Cuomo transportation spokeswoman Beth DeFalco has said the third track project will involve an extensive community outreach effort that will include door-todoor meetings and a website with direct access to planners. Pereira said Cuomo wants to have another meeting with the mayors that includes representatives from the MTA and LIRR, as well as the engineers hired to evaluate the project. Officials from several affected villages have met with LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski since the project was announced, and have also held conference calls with each other and Martins, who opposes the third track. It was good to hear information about the project “from the horse’s mouth,” Pereira said, but he’s interested to hear from planners on the transit side to confirm what Cuomo told them. “I think at this point there are a lot more questions than answers,” Tweedy said. “However, I must commend the governor for sitting down with the Main Line villages head-to-head to go over what our concerns are.”

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‘Beyond Measure’ at Landmark on Main St. Conversations from Main Street will present “Beyond Measure” on Wednesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m. at Port Washington’s Landmark on Main Street theater. “Beyond Measure” is the critically acclaimed follow-up to 2010’s award-winning “Race to Nowhere.” It follows public schools across the country as they take matters into their own hands, innovating from the inside. Subverting the high-stakes education culture, even when it means putting their jobs at risk, the film’s featured educators

are the advance guard in a burgeoning national movement to reinvent school. By spotlighting success stories, “Beyond Measure” shows that it is possible to rise above America’s toxic achievement fixation and build a richer, deeper, more empowering, and student-centered education culture from the ground up. The film will be followed by an open discussion. Registration is required. Please call 516-767-6444 or visit www.landmarkonmainstreet.org for more information

North Shore enrolls first patient for trial North Shore University Hospital announced that it has enrolled the first patient in the highly anticipated COBRA REDUCE trial that recently received conditional approval from the US Food & Drug Administration to study the COBRA PzFTM nanocoated coronary stent (NCS) system in patients at high risk of bleeding. The first stent in the trial, led by CeloNova BioSciences, Inc. (CeloNova), was implanted at Northwell Health’s North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset by Dr. Loukas Boutis. Eventually, 844 patients will be enrolled in the clinical trial both in the U.S. and Europe. “We are excited to be part of this second, very important, trial with the COBRA PzF stent. We were the highest enrolling center in the initial PzF SHIELD trial with the COBRA PzF stent and hope to repeat our achievement,” said Rajiv Jauhar, MD, chief of cardiology and director of cardiac catheterization at North Shore University Hospital. About one in five patients are at high risk of bleeding after stenting. Complications from bleeding after percutaneous coronary intervention, or angioplasty, occur more frequently than myocardial infarctions and have a greater impact on mortality. The trial will evaluate if the COBRA PzF stent, with its novel Polyzene-F nano-

coating and advanced thin-strut design, can help reduce bleeding as compared to drug eluting stents (DES), by shortening the duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) to 14 days in patients treated with oral anticoagulation and undergoing PCI. “For patients with high risk of bleeding such as those on triple therapy, the optimal duration of DAPT and type of stent are important questions,” said Adnan Kastrati, MD, professor of medicine at Deutsches Herzzentrum, München, Germany and the principal investigator of the trial. ”If the COBRA PzF stent, with its novel nanocoating, is able to reduce the duration of DAPT to only two weeks and to reduce bleeding, while maintaining parity with DES in thrombosis and restenosis, it could be a very compelling new treatment option.” The COBRA REDUCE trial is the second major interventional cardiology trial for CeloNova and follows a successful early enrollment completion of the PzF SHIELD IDE study last year. Positive results from the PzF SHIELD study will allow the company to complete its PMA application to the FDA for the COBRA PzF stent. For more information about the study at North Shore University Hospital, call the Department of Cardiology at 516562-3317; or email: rjauhar@northwell. edu or pmeraj@northwell.edu.

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Town approves $81M, Court orders LIPA to five-year capital plan make full tax payments B y J oe N ikic The Town of North Hempstead Town Board on Tuesday approved Tuesday a 2016 capital plan and 2016-20 five-year capital plan, which requires $30.1 million in new bonding for infrastructure, public safety and preservation projects. The town estimates spending $81.14 million over five years for the projects. “One of our most important governmental functions is developing a capital plan,” Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth said. “The five-year capital plan serves as a blueprint for the town to invest in the future and also provides a plan to fund the projects that are in the plan.” Officials said federal and state grants would provide $48.16 million in funding and they will continue to seek more grant funding for the projects. The most expensive project in the plan is a $10 million to $20 million project to remove sediment from Manhasset Bay and repair the Town Dock in Port Washington. The proposed plan calls for creating a deep bay to attract more waterway business and reconfigure the dock to create an “economic hub” for the lower Main Street area in Port Washington. Rehabilitation of the dock would also include “new ADA compliant walkways,

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new dock bulkhead, new parking lot lighting, new drainage system and parking lot, new landscaping, electric pump out station, and other various improvements to make the Town Dock more resilient to future storms.” Officials said the town expects Federal Emergency Management Agency reimbursement for the project since the sediment build up was caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The town will also spend $2 million on a new sanitary system at North Hempstead Beach Park. According to the proposal, the park’s sanitary system will be reconfigured to connect to the Port Washington Sewer District in an effort to give the park a “more environmentally friendly utility system.” The town received a $450,000 grant from the state Water Infrastructure Improvement Act to use towards the project. Also, the town will spend $700,000 to construct a 4,200-square-foot greenhouse at the Clark Botanic Garden in Albertson. The greenhouse, the proposal says, would have two separate sections for cold and warm climates. The town received a $250,000 grant from the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York with the assistance of state Assemblywoman Michelle Schimel (D-Port Washington) to be used for the project. The town will also spend $50,000 per year over the next five years to maintain the Stepping Stones Lighthouse. The town acquired ownership of the lighthouse, which sits about 1,600 yards off the shore of Kings Point, from the U.S. Coast Guard in 2008 as part of the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. Bosworth said over the next five years, the town would keep borrowing less money than the amount of debt paid off each year. “Balancing this aggressive debt reduction strategy with ensuring the town’s infrastructure is addressed properly, and, of course, keeping our parks beautiful and our facilities functioning at high levels for our residents will be a challenge we will all continue to meet,” she said.

B y N oah M anskar A state Supreme Court judge ordered the Long Island Power Authority on Tuesday to make tax payments it owes Nassau County school districts. Justice Anthony Marano’s temporary restraining order in a lawsuit brought by more than 40 Nassau school districts says LIPA must pay the $3.72 million the county billed the utility for first-half payments in lieu of school taxes but the utility previously withheld. The order will let districts recoup revenue the county told them it would get from LIPA but did not actually receive when $45.8 million of the power authority’s school payments for the 2015-16 fiscal year were disbursed last month. It also directed LIPA to pay its full second-half tax bill when it comes due, said Carrie Anne Tondo, an attorney with the Ingerman Smith law firm representing 15 school districts, including Mineola and Roslyn. “I think he (Marano) recognized that any dimunition in funds, any money received that’s less than what the board fixed their levies could significantly impact the districts, and that shortfall is an irreparable harm that would harm the children, ultimately,” Tondo said. The districts filed the lawsuit in January arguing LIPA should make the full payments in lieu of taxes, or the county should otherwise make them whole under the County Guarantee, which puts Nassau on the hook for any tax shortfalls resulting from incorrect assessments. LIPA has maintained its payments can’t increase more than 2 percent over the previous year under the 2013 LIPA Reform Act, a state law. But the county has reportedly said LIPA incorrectly calculated what it owes based on the calendar year and not the school year. Marano said in court he agreed

LIPA was correctly following the state law and limited his ruling to payments for the 2015-16 fiscal year, the lack of which posed “irreparable harm” to the school districts. LIPA spokesman Sid Nathan said the additional payments will lead to rate hikes for its 1.1 million customers, which contradicts the state Legislature’s intent in passing the LIPA Reform Act. “We are disappointed the court ordered LIPA to make an additional $3.7 million payment in lieu of taxes in the interim while the case continues,” Nathan said in a statement, adding that the power authority “is reviewing all options available to best protect the interests of its customers.” County Executive Edward Mangano praised the court order in a statement. “This is good news for local schools as the court prevented LIPA from it’s attempt to shift taxes onto the backs of residents,” he said. Before the law instituted the 2-percent cap, LIPA was to make payments in lieu of taxes, or PILOTs, equivalent to regular taxes, Nassau County Attorney Carnell Foskey has said. The county removed LIPA properties from regular property tax rolls for the first time last year to comply with that law, he said this month. In September, Nassau County reduced school district tax levies by the amount LIPA would pay in PILOTs after the district fixed and filed the levies with the county in August. Tondo said she thinks the impact on LIPA ratepayers would be minimal, adding LIPA’s short payments would have shifted a burden onto school district residents. “These ratepayers and taxpayers are one in the same,” she 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.

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Town to get disclosures from party heads Continued from Page 1 lawsuits and let his attorney registration lapse for three years. The town never collected financial disclosure statements from Terry, the head of the North Hempstead Democratic Committee from 2007 until he resigned Feb. 1 except for a brief period, or any other party leader, Botwin said. “Last month the supervisor directed me to have all the party leaders in the town file financial disclosure forms, so we’re starting to implement that in this year for the 2015 calendar year filing,” she said. Pursuant to state law, North Photo: Kitty Dadi, northhempsteadny.gov Hempstead adopted a code of Gerard Terry, right, at a North Hempstead’s Buildings Department conference in 2012. ethics in December 1990, the Monday to review Concetta Tertax debt since 2000. online version of the town code and children. State records show his first ry’s omission from her financial The North Hempstead ethics says. Section 16A-7 outlines who board is investigating Concetta state tax warrant for $60,166.21 disclosure forms. The town code calls for a is required to submit the town’s Terry, Gerard Terry’s wife and a was issued in early 2007. The town financial disclo- civil penalty of up to $10,000 if financial disclosure statement deputy town clerk, for allegedly each year, including elected offi- omitting her husband’s tax debts sure form requires filers to report a filer “knowingly and willfully with intent to deceive makes a cials, candidates for town office, from her financial disclosure re- all debts in excess of $5,000. Asked if the requirement of false statement or gives inforpurchasing and contract officers, cords. None of her disclosure re- party officials to file the forms mation which such individual department heads and their deputies, in addition to party lead- ports from the 2006 calendar will create any new safeguards, knows to be false” on a discloyear list Gerard Terry’s tax war- Botwin said, “Financial disclosure statement. ers. Firing employees is not listed The form requires filing offi- rants or liens, though she did sure increases transparency and cials to report financial interests, report her and her husband’s brings important information to within the ethics board’s powers light, so it will necessarily have in the town code. outside employment, debts, in- outstanding auto loans. Trottere declined to comNewsday’s Jan. 30 report that effect.” vestments and other information GCN_Waldorf-HALF-EC-May2015_2015 6/18/2015 2:25 PM Page 1 The town ethics board met ment on what implications the for themselves and their spouse said Gerard Terry amassed the

omission has for Concetta Terry’s employment with the town and whether the town would fire her if the ethics board finds she violated town code. Gerard Terry’s town contract expired at the end of 2015 and was not renewed, town officials have said. He is no longer employed as the zoning board attorney or as special counsel to the town. Terry, a longtime Democratic political operative, also ended his legal jobs with the Democratic commissioner of the Nassau County Board of Elections and the Roosevelt library board after stepping down as the town party chair. He has blamed his tax issues on “Type-A workaholic compulsion with self-denial and truly catastrophic health issues,” and said in a statement last month he is working with the Internal Revenue Service to repay the $1.2 million he owes in federal taxes. Terry declined to comment through his spokesman, Gary Lewi. Efforts to get comment from Concetta Terry for this story were unavailing. Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas has said she is investigating Terry’s tax issues and public jobs.

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Psychology of injury cause, prevention b y D r . T om F erraro , S port P s y chologist As a sport psychologist I have seen many athletes who’ve been injured. I have seen lacrosse players, swimmers and squash players with broken backs, wrestlers with concussions, golfers with broken wrists and soccer players with torn ACLs. There are over 17 million sports related injuries per year in America and the consequence of a serious injury on an athlete can be devastating. Serious injuries will typically end a season and sometimes end a promising career. And when a pro team invests in an athlete who gets injured, the dollar cost to the franchise can be in the millions. Causes: One of the most important questions to ask is why injuries occur. The primary causes of sports injuries include: 1. Overuse injury: I recently attended a seminar run by Winthrop’s Dr.Grossman who talked at length about the dangers of overuse injuries in the young athlete. Highly competitive athletes tend to be obsessive compulsive and driven and when you add to this the highly competitive nature of elite or professional sports it is predictable that the body will eventually give in based upon overuse. 2. Accidents: Of course some injuries are simply accidents that were unavoidable. You may step in a hole on the field, or a competitor may bump you the wrong way. 3. Secondary Gain: This is the realm of the more deeply unconscious and I believe this is one of the prime reasons that sports injuries take place. As an example I recall one of the first interviews I did for a sports magazine. He was a young talented golfer still in his teens but was already winning national events. When I walked into his home I immediately could see that he had broken his arm and he was in a full arm cast. When his parents left the room I asked him about his arm and he whispering to me “isn’t it great…I finally get to stay home and rest for a while. I’m so tired of flying around to play tournaments.” Here was a 16 year old kid already burnt out. His incurred the accident through horse play with his girlfriend. These kind of odd accidents are very common. Recall Tiger Woods when he crashed his car and broke his front teeth all of which triggered one of sport’s greatest scandals. I had long felt that Woods was under far too much pressure and public exposure but was trapped inside his own fame and success. Who can walk away from a career which was bringing in well over $100 million per year? And it is my guess that he unconsciously and desperately wanted out of the whole

game. Here was a guy dying to get hurt. These accidents happen in sports all the time. Last year at the moment when Rory McIlroy became the world’s No. 1 golfer he promptly injured his ankle playing soccer which sidelined him for months. These accidents are at times unconsciously driven and are not limited to sports. Recall the rise of Bob Dylan to world fame back in 1969 and how he promptly had a motorcycle accident which nearly killed him and put his touring on hold for two years. The injury forced him to take a break I think these types of escapes from the pressure of fame are largely unconscious because it is impossible to walk away from all the money and adulation willingly so the unconscious takes over to do the job for them. Prevention How to prevent overuse injuries: Coaches, trainers, parents, spouses or doctors need to intervene. The player headed for an overuse injury will go through a three phase process leading up to the injury. The overworked athlete will first show signs of exhaustion with flat or lackluster performances. They will begin to show irritability and depressed affect. This will go on for a while and if they are not forced to rest they will then became illness prone with increases in colds, headaches and chronic back or muscle pain. And if this is ignored then then the final stage occurs with an injury and everything will come to a halt. So there are always warning signs that the smart coach, parent or trainer can see. How to understand the secondary gain: Accidents induced by secondary gain are usually the worst injuries because they are often experienced by extremely successful, talented and hardworking players who are surrounded by people that care about them. The conflict of trying to please everyone versus being in extreme anxiety or exhaustion will produce accidents as the only way out. This is why the understanding of the unconscious is crucial because it takes an understanding of the power of conflicts. Success is always very difficult to manage because there is so much pressure and so much responsibility and why the dynamic fear of success is widely acknowledged. Fame is a tough thing to turn away from, tough to endure and this is why accidents are so common. The athlete is either working too hard and his body gives in or he is achieving so much success that he feels unbearable pressure and decides to opt out. It is far better to help the athlete understand these all too common issues and thereby learn to slow things down before it’s too late.

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Above: third place winner “Chrysanthemum Petals” by brian Grandfield and “Girl with Flower - Mafalala,” the second place winner by Patricia Paladines.

Art Guild dishes out awards for photo exhibition

uper Bowl Sunday didn’t deter the more than 200 artists, friends and families who came to view The Art Guild’s “I’m Ready For My Closeup,” Juried Photography Exhibition on Sunday, Feb. 7, at Elderfields Preserve in Manhasset. The exhibit, which will be on view through Sunday, Feb. 28, was judged by Harold Naideau, a photographer, artist, author and educator based on Long Island. First Place was awarded to Scott Elberger for “Snug,” Second Place was awarded to Patricia Paladines for “Girl with Flower - Mafalala,” and Third Place was awarded to Brian Grandfield for “Chrysanthemum Petals.” Honorable Mentions were awarded to Michael Lax for “Portrait of Gerald Eskin,” Joanna Gaz-

zola for “Sadness,” and William MacMillan for “Protecting Kitty.” A student award went to Robert Morris of Oyster Bay High School for “Through the Woods.” “The response to this show, from the time the call-to-artists

went out, was tremendous,” said Associate Executive Director Susan Herbst. “We had over 135 entries that the Photography Committee Chairs, Dave Wollin and Barbara Spivak, narrowed down to what you see here: 56 photo-

graphs by 50 artists, including 13 high school students. The jurorof-awards, Harold Naideau, was impressed with the quality of the work and said that it made choosing the winners very difficult.” A full list of participants is on The

Art Guild’s Facebook page. “We would like to thank everyone who attended, our Photography Committee, Mr. Naideau, and all the volunteers who help put a show like this together.” said Herbst. The next exhibit “Travels and Destinations: Near and Far,” will take place March 5 - April 3, and a call-for-artists has gone out for “Line: Through Thick and Thin” (deadline March 18). Please check The Art Guild’s website and Facebook page throughout the year for information about our exciting programs and events. The Art Guild of Port Washington is located at 200 Port Washington Blvd. For more information please call 516.304.5797 or visit www. TheArtGuild.org.

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“A Musical Journey From Doo Wop to Jazz” Ian Kay and the OKs

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Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, 7:30 & 10 p.m. In addition to his brutally honest comedy, Nick Di Paolo was twice nominated for an Emmy for his writing on ‘The Chris Rock Show’ and was one of the stars on ‘Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn.’ He has had guest starring roles on “Lucky Louie,’ ‘The Sopranos’ and many sitcoms. His strong political opinions and razor wit make him a perfect fit for talk radio as well. He is a favorite on both Howard Stern and Opie and Anthony. Where: Brokerage Comedy Club 2797 Merrick Road, Bellmore Info: (516) 785-8655 • http://tickets.brokeragecomedy.com

An Evening with Peter Yarrow with Special Guest John Gorka

Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Legendary musician Peter Yarrow weaves a narrative of his life in music and politics, punctuating the major events with renditions of the iconic songs we all know and love. Rising from a milieu of lovelorn singer-songwriters, John Gorka illuminates instead with his trademark wordplay, twisting, turning and tying words and phrases in the way a balloon artist creates complex creatures from simple balloons. Where: Landmark On Main Street 232 Main Street, Suite 1, Port Washington Info: (516) 767-1384, ext. 101 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.org

Jack Hanna’s Into The Wild Live

Sunday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m. America’s most beloved animal expert, Jack Hanna, brings his two-time Emmy Award winning television series to the live stage with Jack Hanna’s Into the Wild Live! In this aweinspiring event, Jungle Jack will introduce you to some of the world’s most spectacular animals. Jack will also share humorous stories and amazing exclusive footage from his worldwide adventures, from the jungles of Rwanda to the savannas of Australia. Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info: (516) 247-5200 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com

The B-52s Friday, Feb. 26, 8 p.m.

After 36 years and more than 20 million albums into their career, there can be no doubt as to why the B-52s remain one of rock music’s most beloved and enduring bands. From groundbreaking songs like “Rock Lobster,” “Dance This Mess Around” and “Private Idaho“ to chart-topping hits like “Love Shack” and “Roam” and “Deadbeat Club,” the B-52s’ unforgettable dance-rock tunes start a party every time their music begins. Where: The Space at Westbury, 250 Post Ave., Westbury Info: (516) 283.5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury.com

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Adelphi’s Best of Broadway: Spring Fever

Saturday, Feb. 27, 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, 4 p.m. With songs from Hair, The Wedding Singer, The Boy from Oz and many others, Adelphi’s talented students celebrate the traditional meaning of spring, as well as interpretations on the themes of rebirth, awakening and life choices. Directors Erin Quill (original Broadway company, Avenue Q) and Jad Bernardo (awardwinning music director) return to guide the students on their journey to discover Spring in the heart of Winter. 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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r. Seuss’s Birthday Celebration Storytime

Saturday, February 27, 11:00 a.m. Join us in celebrating the birthday of the beloved Dr. Seuss’s (March 2). At this fun celebration you can pin the tail on Horton, decorate your own Cat in the Hat hat and much, much more. Don’t miss out on this fun-filled storytime! Where: barnes and Noble, 1542 Northern boulevard, Manhasset Info: 516-365-6723 www.stores.barnesandnoble.com

inter Animal Tracking Sunday, February 28, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Animals can be shy, but they can also leave behind clues of their comings and goings. A winter walk is a great way to learn something about their mysteries. $10 suggested donation per family. No rain dates. Please meet at the information kiosk, adjacent to the parking lot. Where: bailey Arboretum, 194 bayville Road, Lattingtown Info: (516) 801-1458 • www.baileyarboretum.org

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Sunday, February 28, 2:00 p.m.

Join this Grammy award winner folk rocker for a sing-along, that’s perfect for kids and adults! This legendary house party will have everyone singing and dancing. Dan will perform kid favorites in English and Spanish along with Mexican artist Sonia de los Santos. His widely acclaimed music has been featured on Sesame Street, Playhouse Disney, Nickelodeon, HBO Family and Sprout. Tickets are $18 kids/$25 adults (Friends take $3 off). Where: Landmark on Main Street, Jeanne Rimsky Theatre, 232 Main Street, port Washington Info: (516) 767-6444 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.org

s for the coming week

ung Fu Panda 3 Sensory Showing

Saturday, February 27, 10:00 a.m. AMC Sensory Friendly Films helps families affected by autism. They offer monthly films so that kids can enjoy their favorite films in a safe and accepting environment. Each program has their lights up, the sound turned down, and audience members are invited to get up and dance, walk, shout, or sing! When Po’s long-lost panda father suddenly reappears, the reunited duo travels to a secret panda paradise to meet scores of hilarious new panda characters. But when the supernatural villain Kai begins to sweep across China defeating all the kung fu masters, Po must do the impossible--learn to train a village full of his fun-loving, clumsy brethren to become the ultimate band of Kung Fu Pandas! Where: AMC Loews Nassau Metroplex 3585 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown Info: 516-731-5422 • www.amctheatres.com

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LUNCH | DINNER | CATERING

un at Laser Tag and Arcade Center

Open daily When you need somewhere fun to go for an afternoon, check out Q-Zar, a cool laser tag arena and arcade. No matter the ages of your kids they’re sure to have a blast at this arcade which is fun for both kids and adults. Whether you like shoot-em-up games, racing games, classic arcade games or dancing games there’s something at Q-Zar for you! Check website for hours and pricing. Where: Q-Zar, 151 Voice Road, Carle Place Info: (516) 877-7200 • www.qzarny.com

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A deconstructed cassoulet, fit for a doctor You cannot pick up a magazine or newspaper without seeing a recipe for cassoulet this time of year. Cassoulet, a dish indigenous to the Languedoc region of France is hardly considered healthy. The dish consists of duck, beans, sausages and lots and lots of duck fat. A hearty meal, but hardly heart healthy! A few days ago we invited our doctor and her husband over for a Sunday dinner. What is a busy caterer to serve? I wanted the meal to be delicious, winter warming, healthy and allow me to enjoy our guests. Well, after reading several recipes, I came up with the following recipes, which divides the cassoulet into two dishes, instead of one and replaces the duck and duck fat with organic, free range, bone-in chicken. Add crudites to the hors d’oeuvre hour and berries for dessert and you certainly have a meal fit for your doctor. Sante! Menu Serves 4 with lots of left-overs Crudites with Low Fat Dip* Chicken Confit and Cannellini Beans Sauerkraut & Chicken Sausage

Salad Berries* *Recipe Not Given Chicken Confit and Cannellini Beans Beans: 1 1/2 cups cannellini beans 1/2 tsp. salt 2 cloves garlic 2 Bay leaves 1. Four days before you plan on serving the cassoulet, start to make the beans by soaking them in water, to cover, plus 2” in a cool spot overnight. 2. The next day, drain beans in a colander and rinse. This helps remove a lot of the gas producing enzymes) 3. Place beans in a slow cooker and cover with water, plus 2”. Add remaining ingredients. Cook on high for 3 1/2 hours. 4. Check every 1/2 hour to see if beans are cooked. When cooked, drain and set aside, for later use. Chicken Confit: 5 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs and drumsticks Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper

tender, 2 hours. Flip chicken and cook 2 hours longer. Let cool in oil, preferably overnight. (I put my pot outside in Mother Nature’s refrigerator) NOTE: Chicken can be cooked 3 days ahead. Cover and chill. 3. Approximately 3 hours before serving the cassoulet:

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1 head of garlic, halved crosswise 2 large shallots, halved 4 springs thyme 1/4 cup olive oil 1. Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Season chicken with salt and pepper and place in a small Dutch oven or other heavy pot. Arrange garlic, shallots and thyme around chicken, drizzle oil all over. Bring to a very low simmer over medium-low heat, cover and transfer to oven. 2. Cook until meat is very

Cassoulet: 1 large onion, chopped 4 garlic cloves, chopped 1 28 oz. can whole peeled tomatoes

and pour juices (about 1/2 cup) into skillet (reheat fat in pot just enough to loosen juices underneath, if needed). Bring to a simmer, season with salt and pepper. 4. Transfer bean mixture to a 2 - 2 1/2 quart baking dish. Nestle chicken into beans, leaving as much skin exposed as possible then tuck shallots around. Cook until chicken skin is very crisp and cassoulet is nicely browned, about 2 hours. Continued on Page 32

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heat 1/4 cup oil from chicken confit in a large skillet over medium flame. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, until very soft, 10-12 minutes. Squeeze garlic cloves from chicken confit from their skins into skillet and add tomatoes, crushing with your hands. 2. Bring to a boil and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid is evaporated, about 5 minutes. Add beans.. 3. Skim off remaining fat from chicken confit, discard the fat,

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We will be “Freezin’ for a Reason” at the 12th Annual Town of North Hempstead Polar Plunge Saturday, March 5, 2016 North Hempstead Beach Park - Pt. Washington Check-in between 10:00 - 11:30 am PLUNGE at Noon Last year over 600 Plungers braved the chilly waters while hundreds of spectators watched on. Help raise money for the athletes of Special Olympics New York by asking your friends, family, co-workers, etc. to support you in taking the PLUNGE! Every Plunger that raises $125 receives an official Plunge sweatshirt….. raise more money and receive more great prizes! Whether you plunge or support a Plunger, come join us on March 5th! How do I get started? Log onto www.polarplungeNY.org/northhempstead and click the Register Here button. You can start a team, join a team or join as an individual. Set up your Personal Plunge Page and you are on your way to “Freezin’ for a Reason”! Check out the site or Facebook page for more great information about team building and fundraising ideas! Did you know? Special Olympics New York has 64,659 athletes training and competing year-round in 22 Olympics-style sports. Our athletes and their families or caregivers are NEVER CHARGED to participate! It costs $400 to support training and competition for one athlete for one sports season.

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Camellia Weekend at Planting Fields Planting Fields welcomes visitors to its 7th Annual Camellia Weekend on Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, 2016 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. This year, the fabulous camellia blooms of more than 200 camellia shrubs and trees will be accompanied by wonderful live music by doo-wop group The Clusters and Quatrain Barbershop Quartet. Entrance to the Park and Camellia House is free. There will also be live steel drum music in the Main Greenhouse all day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

In Coe Hall ($10 per person, Members and children under 12 are free) children, make your own greenhouse craft (for children only) watercolor painting workshop, the Magic of Robert Austin in the Great Hall. (1, 2 and 3 p.m.) and, of course, visit the Mad Hatter at the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with storytellers Jonathan Kruk and Andrew Sadler as the Queen of Hearts. Coe Hall will be open for self-guided visits. There are short walking tours in the Camellia House and there will be

shop Quartet throughout the day. Don’t forget to stop by the Camellia Plant Sale provided by Martin Viette Nurseries and you can purchase your own camellias! 11 a.m. - Live Music begins 12 p.m. - Vincent Simeone discusses the camellias 1 p.m. - Henry B. Joyce talks about the Camellia House 2 p.m. - Vincent Simeone discusses the camellias 3 p.m. - Henry B. Joyce talks about the Camelia House 4 p.m. - Camellia House closes

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Hillside Public Library You may register for programs at hillsidelibrary. info/events. You need to have your library barcode number for registration. For programs which require a fee, you have 7 days, from the time you register, to bring in your check. Online registration for Out-of-district patrons begins 2 weeks after the initial registration date. Please note that payments are nonrefundable and must be paid by check or money order. The library subscribes to several museum passes for the enjoyment and entertainment of our patrons, holders of Hillside Library cards in good standing. There are specific loan periods for these passes and they can be reserved up to one month in advance. A family is allowed one museum pass per month and all reservations must be done online. For a complete list of the passes to which the library subscribes, go to the library’s website http:// hillsidelibrary.info The library collects used cell phones (with their chargers) for charity. Also, the library collects reading glasses. The Donation Boxes are on the First Floor. We thank you.

programs AARP Tax Aide AARP-trained volunteers will prepare tax returns for lowto-moderate income seniors on: Fridays, Feb. 26, March 4. Call the library at 516 3557850, ext. 301 or 304,for an appointment at 10, 11 a.m.; 12, 1 p.m. Bring a copy of last year’s tax return, as well as any additional information and forms necessary to complete this year’s return. Movies at the Library: Sicario, Rated “R”, 121 Minutes Friday, Feb. 26 at 1:30 p.m. Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro. An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico. Free VITA Tax Assistance for All Ages Free VITA Tax Assistance for All Ages (Low to Moderate Income) provided by VITAtrained volunteers. Call the library (516-355-7850, ext. 301, 304) to schedule an appointment. Appointments are available on Saturdays from Feb. 27 thru April 9, at 1 , 2, or 3 p.m.

AARP Tax Aide AARP-trained volunteers will prepare tax returns for low-to-moderate income seniors on: Mondays, Feb. 29. March 7, 14, 21, 28. April 4, 11. Call the library at 516 355-7850, ext. 301 or 304,for an appointment at 10, 11 a.m.; 12, 1 p.m. Bring a copy of last year’s tax return, as well as any additional information and forms necessary to complete this year’s return. Book Discussion: Arm Chair Historians Saturday, Feb. 27 at 10:30 a.m. The book being discussed is: Custer’s Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America by T.J. Stiles. In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait of Custer both deeply personal and sweeping in scope, proving how much of Custer’s legacy has been ignored. Career Connections Reboot Camp Tuesday, March 1 and Thursday, March 3. Appointment times are: 10:30 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 1:15 p.m., 2 p.m. Call or email to schedule an appointment. This free service is open to all, but is directed to those actively engaged in a job search, not those entering the workforce. Bring current resume(s) to

appointment. Fresh Fiction Book Club Tuesday, March 1 at 1 p.m. & Wednesday, March 2, at 7 p.m. The book being discussed is: Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal. When Ibby Bell’s father dies unexpectedly in the summer of 1964, her mother unceremoniously deposits Ibby with her eccentric grandmother. Fortunately, her grandmother’s cook and daughter take it upon themselves to initiate Ibby into the ways of the South – both its grand traditions and darkest secrets. Great Irish Famine 18451849. Presented by Saul Silas Fathi Tuesday, March 1 at 6:45 p.m. From 1845 to 1949, a blight that struck the potato, a mainstay of the Irish diet, caused four successive crops to fail – and the population of Ireland to fall by millions. It was the worst famine in Europe in the 19th century and led to death or mass migration by Irish citizens. The story behind the famine is one of rich vs. poor, government vs. citizens, landowners vs. tenants – and it will be explored in detail by lecturer Saul Silas Fathi. Must be preregistered. Willing Hearts, Helpful

Hands Thursday, March 3 at 1:30 p.m. Are you a caregiver who needs respite or an individual looking to volunteer your time? If so, this program might be for you! This free service links volunteers with caregivers of elderly individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia. Learn more about this worthwhile program from representatives of Willing Hearts, Helpful Hands, which is based at Parker Jewish Institute for Health Care & Rehabilitation and is now is extending its services to Nassau County residents.

CHILDrEN We Love Clifford Sunday ,Feb. 28th, at 1:30 p.m. Ages: 18months-5years old (with parent or caregiver). Enjoy your favorite Big Red Dog with stories, songs, games and a craft. Must be pre-registered. Snuggle Tales Story Time Monday, Feb. 29 at 1:15 p.m. and Wednesday, March 2 at 7 p.m. Ages: 12 months36months (with parent or caretaker). Stories, songs, movement fun and a craft. Must be pre-registered. Take a Leap

Monday Feb. 29, at 4:30 p.m. Grades: K-2. Leap Year stories, crafts and surprise. Registration begins on February 22nd for Hillside patrons. Registration opens Feb. 25 for Out of District Residents. Play Along Adventures Wednesday, March 2 or Thursday, March 3 at 11 a.m. Ages: 18months-36months. Stories, games, and a craft will be shared with child and caretaker or parent. Children must be registered +for either day. Must be preregistered. Story and Craft Explorers Wednesday, March 2 at 4 p.m. Stories, games, and craft fun for all our 4-6 year old friends. Must be preregistered. Tales for Tykes Thursday, March 3 at 1:15 p.m. Story Time Fun for Children ages (3-4 years old). Must be pre-registered. Pre Teen Yoga Friday, March 4 at 6:30 p.m. Grades 5 & Up. Join certified Yoga Instructor Jenn Gonzalez in a night of relaxing poses. A small snack will be served. Registration for Hillside patrons has begun. Registration for out-of-district patrons will begin Monday Feb. 29 at 12 p.m.

New Hyde Park Community Calendar LIKE TO SING? The New Hyde Park Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The chorus meets Mondays 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at The Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road. To join us, call 516-775-8118. Starts February 8. MARCH MEMBER MEETING Please Join The Floral Park Chamber Of Commerce at our March Member Meeting at Park Place, 41 Covert Avenue, Floral Park, on Thursday, March 3 from 6 to 8 p.m.. If you missed our February networking meeting, come and hear what has been happening within the community the past month. We will update you on the actions taken regarding the 3rd Track and the VLT’s at Belmont. Our guest speaker is an Employment Law Special-

ist. If you own a business, you cannot afford to miss this opportunity: Protecting Yourself and Your Employees “A How To on Employment Law” by Jeffery A. Meyer, partner Kaufman, Dolowich, Voluck Attorneys at Law. Call 516-775-9004 for information. WHAT MATTERS TO YOU MEN’S COMMUNITY GROUP The group is open to all men 60 and over living in the Town of North Hempstead. Come and discuss topics that are of mutual interest to men living in the community. The group meets at the Parkville Branch of Great Neck Library, 10 Campbell St., New Hyde Park on Friday, Feb. 26 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Please call 311 or 8696311 to register or for more information. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS

FOR EDUCATION We are currently looking for community volunteers/retirees for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde Park-Garden City Park School District. You will be assisting students under the supervision of a classroom teacher. There is no prior experience necessary to participate in the program. Volunteers do a variety of activities with children such as reading to students or helping with classroom projects. If you would like more information on this program, please call Eileen Bileski at 516-434-2306. EXERCISE CLASSES Ongoing Program - FREE Silver Sneakers Exercise Classes For All Levels: Balance, agility, strengthening, endurance and osteoporosis for eligible seniors. Monday through

Saturday. Garden City, Roslyn and Great Neck. Call 516-745-8050. COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS FOR EDUCATION We are currently looking for community volunteers, with a music background, to assist our music teachers with students for one or two hours a week in the New Hyde ParkGarden City Park School District. If you would like more information on this program, please call Eileen Bileski at 516-4342306. AMERICAN THEATER DANCE WORKSHOP Adult beginner ballet classes on Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. and Adult Ballet classes Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. are at the American Theater Dance Workshop, 999 Herricks Road, NHP.

516-248-6420. TUESDAY NIGHT BINGO Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #5253 will host bingo on Tuesday nights from 7 to 11 p.m. The top prize is $1,500 with additional cash prizes totaling $1,700. Admission is $4 at the post, which is located at 155 Searingtown Road in Albertson. SENIOR CHORUS New Hyde Park: Entertainers Senior Chorus welcomes new members. The group meets 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Mondays at Clinton G. Martin Park, Marcus Avenue and New Hyde Park Road. Contact 516-775-8118 for more information. ADVICE FOR BREAST CANCER PATIENTS “SATURDAYS with Sabaa”: Breast cancer and lymphedema education and tips from the Adelphi NY

Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program. Physical therapist Sabaa Mundia, a blogger for the Facebook site of the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline & Support Program, is offering useful tips on the site every Saturday. To access the information, visit #saturdayswithsabaa and https://www.facebook.com/ adelphibreastcancerhotline. To reach the hotline call 800-877-8077. You are not alone. GOLDEN GLOVES QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT On Friday Feb. 26, at 730 p.m., Knights of Columbus Hall,186 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, will be hosting a qualifying round for the 2016 Golden Gloves Tournament. Tickets are $25. Call Peter 516-458-6610 or email iplaychess@ optonline.net for more information.

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Shelter Rock Library MUSEUM PASSES @ SRPL Shelter Rock Public Library cardholders can reserve a Museum Pass online for free admission to a variety of museums and gardens on Long Island and in New York City. Go to www.srpl.org and pull down the Library Services Menu then go to Museum Passes. Click the Reserve Now link and look for the red Request Pass button to see if the Museum Pass is available. Your library card must be in good standing. Advance reservations will be accepted for the next 60 days (one Reservation per family every 30 days). SHELTER ROCK PATRONS MAY RESERVE PASSES FOR: American Airpower Museum • Children’s Museum of Manhattan • Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery • Cradle of Aviation • Gar-

vies 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

ADULT ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION Led by SRPL Librarians Susan Healy and Cathy Loechner MUDBOUND by Hillary Jordan Wednesday, March 9 at 2:30 p.m. First novelist Hillary Jordan has crafted an unforgettable tale of family loyalties, the spiraling after-effects of war and the unfathomable hu-

man behavior generated by racism. Other themes such as the emergence of the Civil Rights Movement, romantic attractions and city vs. country life also appear in this brilliant multi-layered debut. This novel is based on family stories of Jordan’s own grandmother’s struggle to raise two daughters on the mud slogged Mississippi Delta after World War II. It is a novel of place as much as people. Registration begins February 10 at the Reference Desk. HOPEFUL SINGLES for ages 55 plus Wednesday, March 2 at 3 p.m. Life is unpredictable, there are no guarantees and change is always happening. With new friends and inspirational

guidance, compassion and support, your journey can be easier!! Be part of this group of single adults 55 plus to find hope for your future. CREATIVE NEEDLES: A Needlework Group Fridays at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 26 and March 4 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 SUNDAY CONCERT The Smooth Sound of Tony diBetta on Sunday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m. Vocalist,

Tony DiBetta performs popular standards, love songs and more, featuring memorable music from the 1940s to the 1980s. Hear popular tunes made famous by Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Elvis Presley, America, Blood, Sweat and Tears. Neil Diamond, Engelbert Humperdinck and Rod Stewart, to name a few. 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. Monday, March 7, from 11 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. This discussion group is led by volunteer facilitator, David Marx.

YOUNG ADULT SEEKING TEEN TECH TUTORS TO TEACH COMPUTER & INTERNET BASICS TO ADULTS & SENIORS For YAs Entering Grades 7– 12 Topics may include using an e-mail account, searching for websites by subject & saving documents. You may also help the adult use their tablet, iPad or Smartphone. Teens should attend a training session on Monday, March 7 from 7 to 8 p.m. We will meet in the Conference Room on Tuesdays, March 15, 22, and 29 from 4:15 to 5 p.m. or 5 to 5:45 p.m. and Saturdays, March 19, April 2 and April 16 from 11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m. or 12 to 12:45 p.m. Registration begins February 24 at the Reference Desk.

Great Neck Library West Egg Book Group at Station Branch Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann Join Branch Librarian Kathleen Cotter when she leads a discussion of internationally bestselling novelist Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin on Tuesday, March 1 at 7 p.m. at the Station Branch, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market and Planet Fitness. Ten lives coalesce around Phillipe Petit’s 1974 tightrope walk between the Twin Towers. Register for the program in person, online, or by calling 516-466-8055 ext. 233. Registration is limited. Parkville Library Club You’re invited to come and spend Tuesday afternoons at the Parkville Branch for our new Parkville Library Club. Join us Tuesday, March 1, between 2 and 4 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park, 11040. Bring your knitting or Canasta set… or your Mahjong tiles… Scrabble board… Chess set… Backgammon board - whatever games or hobby you enjoy. There will be someone here to enjoy the time with. We’ll bring the coffee and cake. The Parkville Library

Club will continue each Tuesday, between 2 and 4 p.m. Film at Station Branch All film matinees are now held at the Station Branch while the Main Library building is being renovated. The next film will be shown on Thursday, March 3 at 2 p.m. at the Station Branch, Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, 26 Great Neck Road, (2nd level), above Best Market and Planet Fitness. Refer to the Library Newsletter, film brochure or website for information on the films scheduled. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. Arrive early as seating is limited. Priority seating is given to Great Neck School District residents. Please bring your Library card, driver’s license or other ID showing your Great Neck School District address. AARP Tax Help at the Parkville Branch AARP Tax Assistance volunteers will be available to help with preparation and filing of simple Federal and State tax forms (online only) on Wednesdays, through April 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), in New Hyde Park, 11040. Registration for AARP Tax

Assistance appointments is ongoing. Contact the Parkville Branch at (516) 466-8055, ext. 273.

No registration needed. Contact Levels for more info at (516) 466-8055 ext. 216. levels@greatnecklibrary.org

Building Advisory Committee Meeting The Building Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park, 11040. All are welcome. Please check with the Library at (516) 4668055, ext. 201 to confirm that there has been no change in meeting date, time or location.

Levels Coding for Beginners at Parkville Branch Keep Calm and Code Python This 5-week Coding for Beginners program will introduce you to Python and the beginning elements of coding. Classes will be held on Tuesdays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 7 p.m. at the Parkville Branch, 10 Campbell Street (off Lakeville Road), New Hyde Park, 11040. Please only sign up for this course if you are able to attend all five sessions. You will then receive a Certificate of Completion. It is highly recommended that you bring your own laptop. Classes will be taught by Russell L. Magidson. Russell has 30 years in the software field in a number of industries including public health, banking and trucking/logistics. His experience includes database management, web/client design, data warehousing, business intelligence, analytics and data visualization. Russell also serves on the Board of Governors of Shriners Hospitals for Children in Boston, a world leader in severe burn

Levels Comic Con at Station Teens in 7th grade and up are invited to the first-ever Levels Comic Con (Comic Convention) on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 7:30 to 11:55 p.m. at the Station Branch Library, 26 Great Neck Road (2nd Level), Gardens at Great Neck Plaza, above Best Market and Planet Fitness. Dress in costume and enter a costume contest (winners will receive gift cards). Meet graphic artists and learn about comic book artistry. Design your own comic book. Bring your own comics and trade with friends and other teens. Learn about makeup and DIY cosplay, plus much more. Free of charge.

care. This is one of 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children across North America that help children with orthopedic conditions, burns, spinal cord injuries, and cleft lip and palate receive care despite their parents’ ability to pay. Contact Adam Hinz at (516) 466-8055, ext. 216. levels@ greatnecklibrary.org. Wanted: Prospective Candidates for the Great Neck Library Board of Trustees and Nominating Committee At the end of January 2017, terms will expire for two four-year seats on the Board of Trustees (currently held by Josie Pizer and Varda Solomon) and one threeyear seat on the Nominating Committee (currently held by Michael Katz.) The Nominating Committee invites members of the community who wish to be considered as candidates for the above seats, to send a resume and letter so stating by June 15, 2016 to: The Chair of the Nominating Committee, c/o The Director’s Office, Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, NY 11023. If hand delivering, please bring to the Station Branch Library at 26 Great Neck Road (2nd level),

Great Neck, NY 11021 in the Gardens at Great Neck Plaza shopping center. Any nominee for a position on the Board of Trustees or the Nominating Committee must be a member of the Great Neck Library Association or a registered voter with the Nassau County Board of Elections by the Record Date of October 3, 2016. Great Neck Library Closing/ Cancellation Information Online Library patrons connected to the Internet are asked to check the website: www. cancellations.com for Library weather related closings/ program cancellations. In order to access this service, Library District residents can log on to cancellations.com, type in their zip code or Great Neck Library and obtain information on program cancellations or Library closings. In addition, at no charge, residents can request automatic e-mails from cancellations.com when the Library has posted any information. This is a great way for Library District residents who are connected online to be advised of weather related changes in Library hours or programs.

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S C H O O L news

Herricks’ Thomas earns art award Herricks High School senior Annalissa Thomas has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Nassau County Art Supervisors Association Senior Art Scholarship Award. This honor is presented to a deserving senior who has consistently demonstrated exemplary talent and passion in two-dimensional visual art forms. “One of the goals of the Art Supervisors Association is to encourage our young artists,” said Mary Passero, the Herricks school district’s Related Arts & Business chairperson and past president of the Art Supervisors Association. “Our mission is to honor and recognize one outstanding senior from each member district in Nassau County who will likely pursue further studies in the fine and visual arts.” Annalissa will receive her award at a special ceremony at Farmingdale State College on March 20. The 12th annual All-County Student Art Exhibition will then commence in Roosevelt Hall. The following Herricks students have been selected by their art teachers to participate in this prestigious event: Herricks High School Aaron Aguiar, Julie Chiang, Nyasia Hayes, Simone Khalifa, Jason Lee, Hannah Mariani, Ashley Wu, Simran Sahi Herricks Middle School Stephanie Chan, Ryan Gaudio, Benjamin Kim, Kathryn Ritchie, Dina Saketos, Sarah Winkler Center Street School Katlyn Li, Diya Patel, Tatiana Spiratos Denton Avenue School Sophia Apostolatos, Lia Bono,Philip Joseph, Jacklyn Polanski, Sean Ryu,Tanush Soni Searingtown School Ellie Kim, Jaylin Man, Sabrina Zhang Herricks High School senior Annalissa Thomas

Herricks sends 170 to All-County Music Festival An impressive group of 170 talented musicians from the annual event from Jan. 10 to 17. throughout the Herricks school district recently particiAfter many hours of rehearsal with prominent conpated in the 2016 All-County Music Festival at the Tilles ductors, students performed before an audience of more Center for Performing Arts. than 2,400. The Nassau Music Educators Association sponsored School music teachers recommended over 8,600 stu-

dents from school districts throughout Nassau County, and only 1,800 were accepted to the all-county ensembles. The selected Herricks musicians represented band, orchestra, chorus and jazz.

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S C H O O L news

11 attend FBLA competition Eleven of Sewanhaka High School’s Future Business Leaders of America members recently attended what proved to be a very rewarding and successful spring district competition at LIU Post. Sewanhaka’s students spent the day competing against other Nassau County chapters in a variety of speaking, written and

team business events. Congratulations to the following students: Olufisayo Atanda-Ogunleye: Basic Decision Making (first place) and Business Communications (fourth place) John Iacona: Job Interview (fourth place) Reena Mathew: Public

Speaking I (fourth place) Kaitlyn Milinic: Client Services (first place) Aleena Thomas: Word Processing (third place) These students, along with many other FBLA members, will now move on to compete at the State Leadership Conference in Rochester, New York in April.

Winter Wonderland The New Hyde Park Memorial High School Best Buddies chapter hosted its Winter Wonderland on Feb. 4. More than 50 students attended the event, which was a huge success. The students enjoyed arts and crafts, games, snacks and music.

Gomes leads the way During the school’s recent Jump Rope for Heart Program, Leah Gomes, a first-grader at Hampton Street School in the Mineola school district, Gomes was the top fundraiser, collecting $655 for the American Heart Association’s research and education initiatives.

Mineola nominating petitions available

All about Nutella New Hyde Park Memorial High School’s Italian Club received a donation of Nutella snacks from the Ferrero-Rocher Company to help promote National Nutella Day on Feb. 5. The students of the Italian Club were very excited to have received the donation. Thanks to teacher Gina Deo for contacting the company and making this donation possible.

Nominating petitions for the Board of Education may be picked up during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the District Clerk’s Office or the Superintendent’s Office at the Willis Avenue School. These petitions are required in order for a candidate’s name to appear on the voting machine ballot. A petition must be signed by at least 32 qualified voters (a qualified voter is a resident of the district qualified to vote, not necessarily registered). In addition, each petition must include the full name and residence of the candidate on each

page before a qualified voter signs the petition. Candidates for office of the Board of Education run at large (the candidate receiving the most votes wins). The terms of office begin July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2019. Patricia Navarra’s term of office will expire June 30, 2016. Please file your petition in the District Clerk’s office, located at 121 Jackson Ave. in Mineola, no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, April 18, 2016. If you need further information, please contact Andrea Paggi at 237-2032.

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C O M M U N I T Y news

I do, again Stop & Shop joined the Town of Hempstead as couples got married and renewed their vows at the Old Town Hall in honor of Valentine’s Day. West Hempstead Stop & Shop Store Manager Dean Ghosio (Islip), Hempstead Town Supervisor Anthony J. Santino and Town Clerk Nasrin G. Ahmad toast Erik and Elizabeth Powers of Levittown as they renew their wedding vows as part of a special ceremony in honor of Valentine’s Day at Hempstead’s Old Town Hall. The annual town tradition included marriages and renewal of wedding vows that was celebrated with a toast and special wedding cake made by the West Hempstead Stop & Shop.

S C H O O L news

Floral Park Leos Club holds installation ceremony Floral Park Memorial High School held an installation ceremony for its newly established Leos Club on Feb. 9. Under the direction of adviser Kurt Brechtlein, club members have been busy since September working on various community service projects. In November, the Leos Club had a blood drive, with many students and community members participating. During the holiday season, members worked on raising money to help adopt families, providing those in need with holiday gifts and gift cards. Currently, the club is conducting an eyeglass drive.

Floral Park students medal at Science Olympiad Floral Park Memorial High School’s Science Olympiad team competed at the Nassau West Regional competition Feb. 6. The school’s top 15 competitors applied their science knowledge and skills in more than 20 unique events ranging from chemistry, physics, electronics, biology, climate change and others. The students had been preparing for the regional competition since November, building various devices for constructionbased events and studying for paper-based tests.

Despite the storm on Feb. 5, the competition took place at Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale. Floral Park students medaled in three of the events. Chris Couluris and Elizabeth Talero came in fourth for anatomy and physiology; Chris Couluris and Thomas Quinlan came in sixth for cell biology; and Kate Espinal and Thomas Quinlan came in second for “Green Generation.” Overall, Floral Park came in 18th place out of 36 teams. The team is led by William Rockensies.

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T H E C U L I N A R Y A R C H I T E C T

A tasty cassoulet also fit for a doctor Continued from Page 43 Sauerkraut and Chicken Sausage 1 package chicken sausage Spray Oil 1 large can sauerkraut, rinsed and drained (this makes it less salty) 1 cup beer 1/8 cup brown sugar 3 tblsps. caraway seeds 1. In a large pot, spray oil and saute chicken sausage until golden. 2. Place sausage in a baker. Cover with sauerkraut, beer, sprinkle on

sugar and caraway seeds. Cover dish with aluminum foil. 3. Bake alongside the “cassoulet”. Salad 1 head Romaine Lettuce, cut into 1” pieces 1 head Radicchio, separated 1 head endive, cut into 1” pieces 4 mushrooms, thinly sliced vinaigrette of choice 1. Place lettuce in a bowl, cover with water and a handful of ice cubes. Let

sit in refrigerate to crisp. 2. Just before serving, drain lettuce. Place in bowl and top with mushrooms. Serve with vinaigrette on the side. Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 32-year old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties. For more photos and presentation ideas, follow Culinary Architect Catering on Facebook. Also visit Culinary Architect on the web at culinaryarchitect.com

Community Meetings Village of East Hills Board of Zoning and Appeals Meeting Tuesday, March 1 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 209 Harbor Hill Road East Hills (516) 621-5600

Herricks Board of Education Budget Meeting/Regular Meeting Thursday, March 3 @ 7:30 p.m. & 8:00 p.m. Herricks Community Center 999 Herricks Road New Hyde Park (516) 305-8900

Village of East Williston Board of Trustees Agenda Meeting and Budget Workshop Monday, February 29 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 2 Prospect Street East Williston (516) 746-0782

Village of Lake Success Planning Meeting Thursday, March 3 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 318 Lakeville Road, Lake Success (516) 482-4411

East Williston Board of Education Budget Workshop #2 Wednesday, March 2 @ 7:30 p.m. Wheatley School 11 Bacon Road Old Westbury (516) 333-7804 Village of Floral Park Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, March 1 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 1 Floral Boulevard Floral Park (516) 326-6300 Village of Great Neck Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, March 1 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road Great Neck (516) 482-0019 Village of Great Neck Board of Zoning and Appeals Thursday, March 3 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 61 Baker Hill Road Great Neck (516) 482-0019 Village of Great Neck Plaza Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, March 3 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 2 Gussack Plaza Great Neck (516) 482-4500 Great Neck Water Pollution Control District Board of Commissioners Meeting Thursday, March 3 @ 8:30 a.m. District Office 236 E Shore Rd Great Neck (516) 482-0238 Great Neck School District Board of Education Meeting February 29 @ 8:30 p.m. Phipps Administration Building 345 Lakeville Road Great Neck (516) 441-4001 Village of Kensington Architectural Review Board Meeting Wednesday, March 2 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 2 Nassau Drive Great Neck (516) 482-4409

Mineola Board of Education Workshop Meeting Thursday, March 3 @ 7:00 p.m. Willis Avenue School 121 Jackson Avenue, Mineola (516) 237-2900 Village of Mineola Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, March 2 @ 6:30 p.m. Village Hall 155 Washington Avenue, Mineola (516) 746-0750 Village of New Hyde Park Board of Trustees Meeting Tuesday, March 1 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 1420 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park (516) 354-0022 Village of North Hills Architectural Review Board Meeting Tuesday, March 1 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 1 Shelter Rock Road, North Hills (516) 627-3451 Village of Old Westbury Board of Trustees Meeting Monday, February 29 @ 7:00 p.m. Village Hall 1 Stone Hill Road, Old Westbury (516) 626-0800 Village of Old Westbury Planning Meeting Thursday, March 3 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 1 Stone Hill Road, Old Westbury (516) 626-0800 Village of Roslyn Estates Planning Meeting Wednesday, March 2 @ 7:30 p.m. Village Hall 25 The Tulips, Roslyn Estates (516) 621-3541 Village of Russell Gardens Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, March 3 @ 8:00 p.m. Village Hall 6 Tain Drive, Russell Gardens (516) 482-8246 Village of Saddle Rock Board of Trustees Meeting Wednesday, March 2 @ 8:30 p.m. Village Hall 18 Masefield Way, Saddle Rock (516) 482-9400 Meetings are held at the respective Village Halls except where noted. All meetings, dates and times are subject to change.

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C O M M U N I T Y news

Teen author donates to children’s hospital On Tuesday, Feb. 2, children’s book author and illustrator Taylor Sinett, 16, of Sands Point, read her latest book “Jack on a Plaque” (East End Press, 2016) to patients and presented a check for $2,500 from the early proceeds of book sales to Cohen Children’s Medical Center. “Jack on a Plaque” is the story of a young yak named Jack, who learns to overcome the limitations of his physical disability with a positive attitude. During athletic competitions at school, Jack’s small hoof always slows him down and prevents him from winning. But Jack remains determined, and even though he is never able to be the fastest or the strongest, he is consistently the hardest working. He earns the Leader of the Yak Pack title for his perseverance. Sinett wrote this book after visiting children in hospitals

and dedicates it to all children fighting illness and disease and wants the book to bring a smile to and encourage kids who face physical challenges. Sinett also donated all proceeds from her first book “Weasel on an Easel” to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America. “Weasel on an Easel” is dedicated to and inspired by Sinett’s cousin Casey, who suffers from ulcerative colitis, a chronic disease of the colon. Sinett is currently working on her third book, which will also benefit charity. For more on Sinett and her books, visit Taylorsinett.com.

Taylor Sinett, author and illustrator of “Jack on a Plaque” presented a check of $2,500 to Cohen Children’s Medical Center earlier this month.

Town shelter offering free microchips for pets The Town of North Hempstead Animal Shelter will be offering free microchips to dogs and cats of Town residents through the Town’s second “Pet Microchip Clinic.” The event will be held on Saturday, Feb. 27 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the town’s Animal Shelter, and will be cosponsored by the Animal Shelter’s notfor-profit partner The Shelter Connection.

Microchipping allows dogs and cats to be electronically identified through a unique, permanent, tamper-proof identification number, increasing the odds of reuniting them with their owners if they are ever lost or stolen. A chip is as small as a grain of rice and is easily implanted under the skin of the pet. This is a service performed for all dogs that are adopted from the town’s

Animal Shelter. All participants of the clinic will leave with information from PetLink, a tag, and a microchip identification card with the chip number. In order to be microchipped, all dog owners are required to have a valid license at the time of registration and cat owners must show proof of a current rabies vaccination certificate (tags alone

will not be accepted as proof). All microchips will be administered by a licensed veterinarian and/or licensed veterinary Technician. The North Hempstead Animal Shelter is located at 75 Marino Ave. in Port Washington. Microchips are limited so pre-registration is required. Please call 311 or 516-869-6311 to reserve your spot.

Seminar seeks to protect property owners from fraud A seminar, titled “Know Your Contractor: Know Your Home Improvement Rights,” will be held Wednesday, March 16 at 7 p.m. in the North Hempstead Town Board Room, located at Town Hall, 220 Plandome Road in Manhasset. The program is designed to

equip residents with knowledge necessary to help protect themselves from home improvement scams. It will inform residents about their rights under New York State’s Home Improvement Laws, and give them critical tips to assist them in selecting a reputable contractor.

A representative from the New York State Attorney General’s Office will deliver the presentation. The program was recently created due to the large number of complaints the AG received from homeowners over the past two years about unscrupulous

contractors who, among other things, accepted money but failed to complete the job or performed work that was shoddy or negligent. The Attorney General’s Office has investigated many of these complaints, successfully recovering thousands of dollars

in restitution for defrauded New Yorkers, obtained court orders banning unscrupulous contractors from doing business in the state, and in some instances criminally prosecuted fraudulent contractors. For more information, please call 516-869-6311.

Free colon cancer programs at Winthrop awareness day Winthrop-University Hospital will offer a free Colon Cancer Awareness Day educational program for the community on Saturday, March 12, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event will be held in the Dr. Martin Spatz Conference Center, located in the lower level of the main Hospital at 259 First St. in Mineola. It will include several discussions by Winthrop’s medical experts, as well as the opportunity to view the “Rollin’ Colon” – an educational exhibit

duction of the human colon. Colon cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United Sates. However, early detection and an awareness of risk factors and prevention can help in the fight against this disease. Speakers include Dr. James Grendell, chief in the Division of The “Rollin’ Colon” exhibit Gastroenterology, Hepatology & that is a state-of-the-art 20-foot, Nutrition; Dr. Dean Pappas, atpink inflatable, 12-foot high, 10- tending physician in the Departfoot long walk-through repro- ment of Surgery; and Dr. Alice

Zervoudakis, attending physician in the Division of Oncology/ Hematology. They will discuss risk factors and prevention, genetics, treatment options, and current and future therapies. Registered Nurse Gina DeLuca, of the Division of Cancer Services, will discuss the role of nutrition in colon cancer. A question and answer period will be included in the program. The “Rollin’ Colon” exhibit provides the opportunity for

people to view abnormalities seen during a colonoscopy, such as giant polyps and different stages of colon cancer, as well as other diseases of the colon, such as Crohn’s. The exhibit emphasizes the importance of prevention, screening and early detection. Literature and educational materials will be provided; refreshments will be served. For more information or to register, please call 516-663-2601 or email cguarnieri@winthrop.org.

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Hartman returns home to the Willistons

Msgr. Thomas Hartman, the East Williston native who went on to become one half of the widely televised “God Squad, was honored with two masses last week at the Church of St. Aidan in Williston Park. Hartman attended the St. Aidan’s School as a boy.

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NORTH SHORE CHILD & FAMILY GUIDANCE CENTER & Cohen Children’s Medical Center at Northwell Health (formerly North Shore LIJ-Health System)

Present a FREE workshop:

Feeding Diﬃculties

When to get picky about picky eating

GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Toni Webster

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Cohen Children’s Medical Center at Northwell Health

Tuesday, March 8 from 7 p.m. — 8:30 p.m. The Guidance Center’s Marks Family Right From the Start Center

80 N. Service Road L.I.E., Manhasset (NW corner of Searingtown Road and L.I.E. – exit 36) For information and registration, call: (516) 626-1971, ext. 337

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recent real Estate sales in New hyde Park The information about the homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes presented above were selected based solely on the fact that they were recently sold.

81 Evans Street, New Hyde Park 617 Hillside Avenue, New Hyde Park Sold Price: $730,000 date: 11/13/2015 Style: Colonial, 3 beds, 2 Full baths

Sold Price: $520,000 date: 10/26/2015 Style: Colonial, 3 beds, 2 Full baths

1031 Maple lane, New Hyde Park

23 Bretton Road, New Hyde Park

Sold Price: $650,000 date: 11/13/2015 Style: ranch, 2 beds, 1 Full baths

Sold Price: $$589,000 date: 11/17/2015 Style: Cape, 4 beds, 2 Full baths

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Business&RealEstate

Should I stay or should I go You are in our late 50s or older and your last child is about to go to their own pad to live by themselves or with a significant other, maybe about to be married or you have been an empty nester for years or just becoming one. This is the next stage of your life and you have to determine is this where you want to be or are you ready to downsize to something more manageable? For some, eliminating the upkeep and ongoing expenses of one’s home; repairs, outside maintenance of gardeners, shoveling snow, burden some real estate taxes etc. Will a condo, coop, HOA (Home Owner Association) basic or luxury rental be the solution? But maybe you’re just very comfortable and happy where you have been growing roots in the community for the last 20-50 years! Maybe not today, but at some point in time you may need to sit down and analyze what your current and future real needs and wants are and will be, going forward in time. However, do you need to stay close to where you are currently

living, maybe because the kids and grandchildren are nearby and you are needed regularly to babysit or just the sheer enjoyment in watching them grow? Or possibly, you are contemplating moving elsewhere out of state to be nearer your children, extended family or even all your friends who have said, “come live near us in our gated community or over 55 development.” However, the thought has been in your minds eye that you now are in a financially secure position to move completely out of the country to some exotic location, Costa Rica, The Caribbean, Europe or even some Asian retreat. Maybe you might want to purchase a second home or apartment, eventually moving there permanently. Many choices and options, but you have to take into consideration many variables based upon your specific family situations. I am sure it can be a bit scary and confusing as to the possible choices, but as I mentioned in a previous article, you will want to visit the potential “new digs, before committing. If you will have or soon to

philip a. raices Real Estate Watch

have grandchildren, how far away will you be comfortable living from them and how often will you want to visit in the future? From my experience, there is nothing like hearing those words “grandpa and grandma, when the door opens to your children’s home! If you are planning to stay in place, what will you need to do in your current home to retrofit certain things in your home, so that in the future you will be comfortable and safe? If you are in a home with staircases, will you need an attachment

to your stairs to move you to your second floor bedroom? Age-friendly modifications may be a necessity and you will need to know what and how to proceed in accomplishing these tasks. There are so many things that might have to be changed that you should read the information from the National Institute on aging. The following link will provide you with phenomenal insight and information: https://www.nia.nih. gov/health/publication/theres-noplace-home-growing-old U.S. News and World Report had published a great article on preparing your environment and growing older in your home: http://money.usnews. com/money/blogs/the-bestlife/2012/10/31/preparing-yourhome-for-an-older-you Also, Gilbert Guide has a very specific points in staying in your home: https://www.gilbertguide. com/7-keys-to-growing-old-inyour-own-home It is a possibility that in the near term you might want to consider selling your home and going to an independent or assisted living or even a nursing home when you

find it is impossible to handle day to day living on your own. However, another possibility is a healthcare aide daily or several times a week. This will all depend on your personal finances and state of mind. In many instances, selling your home will be the easiest path to take and other times it may not be what you want to do for now. Whatever your decisions or reasons for staying or going, take your time, have some kind of a plan and check out all your options. Your next phase in life will fast approach, sooner than you think and you will want to be prepared as much as possible. Having some idea as to what direction you will heading or want to go and how your life will look or how you want it to be will be crucial as you age. Philip A. Raices is the owner of Turn Key Real Estate in Great Neck. He can be reached by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com or by Cell, (516) 647-4289 to answer any of your questions. To search for property, see what your home is worth or homes that have sold in your area, go to: WWW.Li-RealEstate.Com

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From left: Town Council member Anna Kaplan, Larry and Mary Centola, Town Clerk Wayne Wink, Marie and Frank Lappin, Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Larry and Ruth Shifman, Council Member Peter Zuckerman, Council Member Viviana Russell and Council Member Lee Seeman at the Marriage Recommitment Ceremony.

Couples recommit at Town ceremony The Town of North Hempstead’ held it’s seventh annual Marriage Recommitment Ceremony at Harbor Links Clubhouse in Port Washington earlier this month. The ceremony, which was officiated by Town Clerk Wayne Wink, offered married couples the opportunity to reaffirm their vows to each other during the Valen-

tine’s Day season. Around 60 couples renewed their vows at this year’s ceremony. “Many of these couples have been married for over 50 years and it’s truly heartwarming that they are still so committed to each other that they want to reaffirm their love after all those years,” said Supervisor Judi Bosworth.

This year’s longest married couple was Larry and Ruth Shifman from New Hyde Park, who have been married for 74 years. “It is an honor to be able to officiate this ceremony and celebrate the longstanding commitment that these couples have for each other,” Wink said. Also on hand at the ceremony were

Council Members Viviana Russell, Peter Zuckerman, Anna Kaplan and Lee Seeman. To view a North Hempstead TV program on this event featuring interviews with numerous couples from the Town, log on to www.myNHTV.com or watch NHTV on Channel 18/63 on Cablevision and Channel 46 on Verizon FIOS.

Dinner Dance The Herricks Community Fund held it’s 20th Annual DInner Dance on Feb. 11 at The Inn at New Hyde Park. The Herricks Community Fund is committed to enriching the Herricks community and its school district by providing financial support for programs, projects, and education. The proceeds from the event benefited the Alzheimer’s Day Program, Senior Citizens programs, the Herricks Youth Council, Herricks Teacher Mini-Grants, the Herricks School District, the Herricks Scholarship Fund, Herricks Community Players and Herricks Community Fund Scholarships. From left: Williston Park Mayor and Herricks Community Fund Co-President Paul Ehrbar, Doreen Ehrbar, Herricks Community Fund Co-President Iona Davis, Reema Nirola, Gari Davis, North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth, Council Member Anna Kaplan, Herricks School Board Trustee James Gounaris, Council Member Peter Zuckerman and Town Clerk Wayne Wink.

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Saying farewell to Father Hartman

Continued from Page 3 Parkinson’s disease caused his health to deteriorate, the Newsday obituary said. Hartman raised millions of dollars for Parkinson’s research and gave some to the The Thomas Hartman Center for Parkinson’s Research at Stony Brook University, according to the obituary. He later started Christa House, the first AIDS hospice ever built on church property in the U.S., after his brother Jerry died of the disease; and helped build up Island Harvest, the food bank headquartered in Mineola, Gellman’s eulogy said. Hartman also served as the chaplain for the Nassau County Police Department for more than 18 years. Police officers turned out in droves for his funeral mass, Paul Ehrbar said, and some carried his casket out of the church. The Church of St. Aidan was packed for both Saturday’s funeral mass led by Diocese of Rockville Centre Bishop William Murphy and a Mass of Transferral the night before, he said. “I think people that were at the church and people, even, who were not at the church felt that they knew him even if they didn’t know him,” Doreen Ehrbar said. (C)2016 MARTHA GORFEIN PHOTOCONCEPTS/www.mgphotoconcepts.com Hartman was buried Feb. 20 at Holy Rood CemNassau County police officers stand outside the Church of St. Aidan in Williston Park for Msgr. Thomas Hartman’s funeral. etery in Westbury.

Sewanhaka avoids cuts in tight budget year Continued from Page 2 aid to close budget gaps in the wake of an economic downturn — which could net Sewanhaka an additional $1.6 million in aid. If that money comes in, the district could potentially add some programs and staff, Ferrie said. But as the budget stands, he said, Sewanhaka is a “business-as-usual district.” “It all depends upon state aid,” Ferrie said. “If we get that additional state aid, there are some things that I think, that the administration thinks, are important.” They include a daytime alternative school program, hiring part-time athletic

trainers for all five high schools and an evening facilities supervisor, and decreasing the amount of reserves allocated for the current budget, he said. Sewanhaka school board President David Fowler said the fact that districts have to lobby the state for additional aid is “educational cannibalism,” but praised administrators for maintaining business as usual. “We’re pleased that unlike past years, and many districts that I’ve heard of, we’re not looking at cuts to strike the 0.3-percent tax levy cap,” Fowler said. The school board will hold another budget discussion March 8 before voting

on the budget April 12. The board also unanimously adopted Tuesday a final plan to give every Sewanhaka student a laptop or tablet over the course of three years using $3.2 million in state money from the 2014 Smart Schools Bond Act. The plan, presented in January, calls for a five-year rollout of a “one-toone” device initiative, with the district spending $800,000 of state money and $300,000 of its own expected savings in the first four years. The district would front the cost of purchasing the devices with state reimbursement expected within 90 days, said

Christopher Nelson, director of Instructional Technology & Student Achievement, last month. Administrators will now submit the plan for state approval. The process of selecting devices to buy has begun, Nelson said Tuesday, with Apple so far leading the way to meet 42 weighted device criteria a district committee created. One parent recommended holding off on purchasing the devices and rather spending the money on quality software and teacher training. But the Smart Schools Bond Act stipulates districts can only buy hardware with the money, Fowler said.

3rd track funding not in state budget, docs say Continued from Page 2 The task force and opposition coalition Citizens Against Rail Expansion have started a Twitter campaign to convince Cuomo to stop the plan, and are encouraging residents in Floral Park, New Hyde Park, Mineola and other Main Line villages to call and write to Cuomo. A CARE leaflet distributed at the meeting says the opposition needs “urgent action” and lists the potential negative impacts a third track would have “if this line item in the governor’s budget is not withdrawn.” “The hard part about this one is you almost feel you’re in this diminished capacity of not being able to have that kind of opportunity to negotiate,” Floral Park

Chamber of Commerce President Michael Jakob told the crowd of about 70 at the village’s recreation building. “All we’ve got is a short-term opportunity to fight.” Cuomo transportation spokeswoman Beth DeFalco has said the new third track plan is “radically different” from the one the MTA previously proposed and bears “increased community benefits.” It will be built entirely within the LIRR’s right of way where possible and will require about a fifth of the property acquisitions, minimizing impacts on surrounding communities, MTA and state officials have said. Proponents also say there’s a large economic impetus for a third track, which they argue

would ease east- and westbound commutes and complement the LIRR’s East Side Access project to put an LIRR station at Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. A 2014 study by the Rauch Foundation Long Island Index found over 10 years, it would add 14,000 jobs, 35,000 new residents, $3 billion in personal income, $5.6 billion to Long Island’s gross regional product, $40 million in sales tax revenue and $103 million in property tax revenue. DeFalco has said the project will include an extensive outreach effort involving door-todoor conversations and a website with updates and direct access to planners. CARE spokesman Bill Cor-

bett said it’s unlikely any changes to the earlier plan would convince him the third track would benefit Floral Park. “We’re not Hollis, we’re not Bel Air, we’re not Jamaica,” he said. “We’re something different, and we work hard to keep it that way.” Based on the old plan, village and school district officials and business leaders said Feb. 18 construction would still hurt quality of life and potentially threaten health in the affected area. Construction would cause major disturbances for schools in the Floral Park-Bellerose district, which all abut the railroad tracks, said Lynn Pombonyo, a Floral Park village trustee and former school district superinten-

dent. It would also make it more difficult for businesses to function, Jakob said. The Floral Park Chamber of Commerce and the Floral ParkBellerose school board have passed resolutions opposing the project, Corbett said, as have village civic and political groups. CARE has received about $1,500 in donations and is working to get more organizations and elected officials to publicly oppose it, he said. Village Trustee Archie Cheng, who leads the task force, said there would be more informational meetings like Thursday’s. The Village of New Hyde Park is holding a similar meeting March 3 at 8 p.m.

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buyer’s guide ▼ landscaping

PAINTING/POWERWASHING

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Employment

Help Wanted ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/ DATA ENTRY: FT 9am to 5pm. Garden City financial office. $16/ h r. BA required; experience in Accounts Payable. Email resume: TRAKTEAMGC@ gmail.com ASSISTANT TO COO: FT 9am to 6pm. Garden City financial office. $60k annual. BA required. 10+ yrs experience. Email resume: TRAKTEAMGC@gmail.com BENEFITS CONSULTANT: AFLAC Fortune 500 Company. With an AFLAC career, there are no limits to what you can achieve. It’s a unique opportunity to take control of your career and set your own unlimited goals. Looking for individuals to grow with the largest provider of voluntary employee benefits in the country. Sales experience welcome but not necessary. Lifetime vesting renewals. Office located in Garden City. Please call Director of District Sales, Bill Whicher 516-574-1064 CERTIFIED HEALTH AIDE / COLLEGE NURSING STUDENT: Seeking a Nursing Student/ Certified Health Aide to care for mobile senior patient in Garden City for Saturday evenings. Call Daria 917-626-3646 DISPLAY ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE: Blank Slate Media, a fast growing chain of 6 award winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for an energetic, service oriented professional with good communication skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Earn up to $60,000 in the first year representing 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well as 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate Media’s partner, Litmor Publications. Minimum 2 years outside sales experience required. Must have own car. Protected sales territory, salary plus commission, health insurance, paid holidays and sick days. To apply, please email resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow. com or call Steve Blank at 516-307-1045 x201 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR CAN YOU DIG IT? We offer training and certifications operating bulldozers, backhoes, excavators. Lifetime job placement VA benefits eligible! 1-866-362-6497 HOME CARE SERVICES Caring and compassionate people needed to enhance the lives of the elderly. We are a caring and compassionate company to work for providing home care services for the elderly. Please call 516-710-7995 or email resume to: info@gardencityhomecare.com

Help Wanted FARM LABOR: Temporary farm labor 4/10/16 thru 10/30/16. Plant, cultivate and harvest peppers and squash. Clean, grade, sort and pack produce. 3 months experience required. $11.66/ hr, 50 hr/ week. Free housing, tools provided at no cost to worker, transport and subsistence expenses paid upon completion of 50% of contract; Employment guaranteed for three fourths of work period. Velasquez Farms, 105 Marshalltown Rd, Salem, NJ. Apply at nearest NJ Dept of Labor office and show this ad. Contact Workforce NJ One Stop Career Center, 174 E Broadway, Salem, NJ. Reference Job Order #NJ1075300 RECEPTIONIST/ ASSISTANT: Garden City AFLAC Long Island is hiring for a part time receptionist/ assistant to assist at the largest field office in the U.S. Duties include answering phones, greeting visitors, customer service of small accounts. Computer skills required and compensation commensurate with experience. Please email resume: fran_bardio@us.aflac. com NANNY WANTED: Roslyn area. Sleep in Monday-Friday to run household for working parents with 2 girls ages 9 and 11. Must drive and be willing to drive carpools, cook, homework with kids and general household chores. Immediate. References required. Please call 516-639-9596 NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION PART TIME: Blank Slate Media, a fast growing chain of 6 award winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for a person experienced in Adobe In-Design to lay out classified and legal pages on Tuesday evening. Office conveniently located in Williston Park. To apply please email resume and cover letter to sblank@theislandnow.com or call Steve Blank 516-307-1045 x201

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Novenas/Prayers

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PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Holy Spirit thou who made me see everything and showed me the way to reach my ideals. Thou who gave me the divine gift to forgive and forget the wrong that is done to me, and thou who art in all instances of my life with me. I thank thee for everything and confirm once more that I never want to be separated from you no matter how great material desire may be, I want to be with thee and my loved ones in Your perpetual glory. Thank You for your love towards me and my loved ones. Pray this prayer for 3 consecutive days. After 3rd day your wish will be granted no matter how difficult it may be. Promise to publish this dialogue as soon as your favor has been granted. (L.B.)

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EXPERIENCED POLISH HOUSE CLEANER Good references. Very honest, reliable, responsible and hard working. Own transportation. English speaking. Flexible days/hours. I will do a good job. Please call 516-589-5640 HOME HEALTH AIDE CARE Polish woman available for live in care. Compassionate, will cook, clean, take care of loved ones. Please call Halina 347-666-9070

CARE GIVER: NEED A COMPANION or nursing assistant for your loved ones at home or in a health care facility? Call 516-410-9943 for a NY State certified nursing assistant with excellent references !

HOME HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL Over 30 years experience caring for elderly including patients with Alzheimer’s and Dementia. All long term assignments. Just completed 2 year assignment. Available immediately days, nights or weekends. Excellent references. Call Monica 516-325-5774

CAREGIVER/ COMPANION Loving, caring, reliable and attentive aide available to care of your loved ones. 7 yrs experience. Excellent references. Call 309-750-8802

HOUSECLEANING Cleans homes, offices, apartments. I will get your home or office sparkling clean! Hardworking with good references. Free estimates. Call Fatima 646-671-4468

CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE: over 15 years experience seeks position with elderly. Prepare nutritious and appetizing meals. Light housekeeping, live in or out. Excellent references. 347-898-5804

NANNY: EXCELLENT NANNY AVAILABLE Our situation has changed and we are trying to help our former Nanny find a job. She’s had experience caring for multiple children at various ages (we had 4yr old twins). Hard worker, great with the kids and she is able to drive. References available. Call Olivia 516-884-8111

ELDER CARE Irish woman available part time or full time to care for the sick or elderly. Experience and references available. Licensed driver with own transportation. Call Cathleen 516-352-5858 ELDER CARE/ COMPANION Experienced, long time Garden City resident seeking part time position to take care of your elderly loved one. Will do food shopping, laundry, light housekeeping, drive to doctor appointments, etc. Contact Barbara concerning your situation: 516-508-1946 (leave msg)

NURSING ASSISTANT I’m a certified nursing assistant seeking private home care position. Over 15 years experience. Licensed driver. Available Monday to Friday daytime hours and some weekends. Contact Cynthia 917-805-7782

Announcements

HUNTERS Our hunters will pay top $$$ to hunt your land. Call for a free base camp leasing info packet & quote 866-309-1507 www.basecampleasing.com

Novenas/Prayers PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail). Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine of Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea help me and show herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth I beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succor me this necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to Thee (three times). Oh Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (three times). Thank you for your mercy to me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three days and after three days your request will be granted. The prayer must be published. Grateful thanks. (L.B.)

Marketplace APPLE iMAC FOR SALE 24 inch Core 2 Duo 2.66Ghz. 4GB older model, 2009 purchase. Works fine, was used just for home. $350 or best reasonable offer. Call 516-319-3559 HP 2840 ALL IN ONE LASER JET PRINTER FOR SALE Network printing, faxing and scanning, plus walk up copying and direct digital photo printing. Used, excellent condition. Located in Garden City. Pick up only. Cash. $400. Needs color toner. Call 516-489-2891 MOUNTAIN BIKES FOR SALE GARDEN CITY: Used Women’s DIAMONDBACK Outlook DX 26”$125 Used Men’s 26” SCHWINN Sidewinder$125 CASH ONLY. Call 516-489-2891(leave msg) or email: pasgmineola2015@gmail.com OFFICE EQUIPMENT FOR SALE GARDEN CITY: HON (600 Series) Lateral File Cabinet 42”W x 19 1/4” D x 53 1/4”H $300 BROTHER IntelliFax 4100E High Speed Business Class Laser Fax $175 Pickup only. CASH only. Call 516-489-2891 (leave msg) or: email: pasgmineola2015@gmail.com PRIVACY HEDGE SPRING BLOW OUT SALE. 6’ Arborvitae (cedar) reg. $129 NOW $59. Beautiful, nursery grown. FREE installation/ FREE delivery. Limited supply! ORDER NOW! 518-536-1367 www.lowcosttrees.com SAXOPHONE FOR SALE YAMAHA YAS-23 ALTO Brass, like new perfect condition, hard case included, $800 Contact 516-302-8126 SNOW THROWER: CRAFTSMAN snow thrower 9.00 HP 38’ Electric start, self propelled. 6-7 yrs old, well maintained and works great. $300 or best reasonable offer. Garden City location. Fairly big but will fit into most SUVs. Contact 516-319-3559

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DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256

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

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LOOKING TO BUY! Records, oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-386-1104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

Tag Sale *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society email: store@atstewartexchange. org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org AUCTIONS, ESTATE & TAG SALES, MOVING & TRUCK SERVICES, STAGING & CONSIGNMENTS * INVITED SALES * Invited Sales can help you once you have decided to sell a property. We can do as much or as little as you need. Many of our customers have worked with us to sell the contents of a home at auction, by hosting a sale at their home or online. Once we have emptied the contents we can help you to stage the property to sell it if you need. Our tucks are available for moving items to another location or for cleanouts. We provide our own garbage removal for those items that cannot be sold or donated. Our 5,000 square foot Consignment Shoppe & Auction Room also has an art gallery. Our LIVE AUCTIONS are held monthly and are broadcast ONLINE to buyers who do not attend the auction in person. We allow our bidders to bid from a week prior to the auction all the way up to and during the Live Auction. Online bidders are able to bid against the live bidders in the room. You can place items in the auction by scheduling an appointment to bring your items

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PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINING Doggie Day Care Boarding Dog Walking Mobile Socialization Program Backyard Clean-up GC Resident 516-382-5553 PUPPY/ DOG SITTER: Boarding and day care provided in my home for small dogs up to 25 lbs. Love and attention all day. Reliable. Call Rose 516-735-1911

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GARDEN CITY DUPLEX CONDO 2 Bedroom, 2.5 Bath, CAC, 1 Car Garage, 24hr Concierge & Valet, Health Club, Exercise Classes, Heated Pool, Entertainment Room, BBQ area. $725,000 STEWART AVENUE CO OP Elevator Building. Living Room, Dining Area, Den, Efficiency Kitchen, Master Bedroom Suite, 2nd Bedroom w/ Bath. $539,000 CARMEL QUILL, BROKER 516-732-6049 or 516-741-6135

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GARDEN CITY Stunning Mott Colonial. 3 spacious Bedrooms, Master Suite w/ private bath, Living Room w/ fireplace, formal DR, 2.5 Baths, large eat in Kitchen, decorated, quiet area, mid block. CAC, finished basement, patio, private backyard, many extras. Long/ short term, no fee. 516-739-3907

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GARDEN CITY SOUTH Newly renovated office space in ideal location. Just blocks to LIRR and stores. Quiet spacious location on 2nd floor. $1500 plus utilities. Call owner: 516-564-1138

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Homes for Sale GARDEN CITY Mint Prime Estates Colonial 148 Euston Road 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath center hall on great block. 100% new construction completed in 2014. 9ft ceilings on 1st floor and basement. EIK, Viking appliances, LED lighting throughout, SONOS music system, state of the art security system, Andersen windows, 2nd floor laundry, Master suite with huge marble bath, custom closets, walk up unfinished 3rd floor. 1 car attached garage. Walk to trains Nassau Blvd & Merrillon. To schedule a private showing or for more information: Call 516-699-2129. Principals Only.

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Services 123 IT’S FIXED YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD HANDYMAN Just ask for Brendan For all your home repair needs! References available Insured Lic# HO105740000 Call: 516-509-0341 123itsfixed@gmail.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 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 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 /D EMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/ C ommercial. Bonded/ I nsured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated sine 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed/ insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220 OVERWHELMED? Whether you’re overloaded with paperwork or it’s just time to declutter, I can help. Please call Joanne 516-829-6680. For a complete list of services go to: www.clericalorganizing.com WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN TO manage your own money? Would you like to avoid large brokerage houses with their high fees? Learn how to set up and manage your portfolio. Learn the reasons for asset allocation and diversification. Learn how to apply it to your specific situation. Protect yourself in case of a financial crisis. I have no incentive and no control over your money. I strictly give advice; I do not sell any financial products. 917-453-0703. Email helpwithwealthnow.com

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Party Help LADIES & GENTLEMEN RELAX & ENJOY Your Next Party! Catering and Experienced Professional Services for Assisting with Preparation, Serving and Clean Up Before, During and After Your Party Bartenders Available. Call Kate at 516-248-1545

Tutoring BAR/ BAT MITZVAH LESSONS Take the struggle and hassle out of Hebrew and Bar/ B at Mitzvah lessons. Michael Marcus Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tutoring and Services. Call 516-524-0191 email michael@barbatmitzvahlessons.com 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. MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

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▼ LEGALS LEGAL NOTICE Hanover Community Bank Notice of Application For A Branch Office Notice is hereby given that Hanover Community Bank, 2131 Jericho Turnpike, Garden City Park, NY 11040 intends to file an application for FDIC consent to establish a branch at 71-15 and 71-17 Austin Street, Forest Hills, NY 11375. Any person wishing to comment on this application may file his or her comments in writing with the Regional Director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its Regional Office, 350 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10118, not later than 15 days from the date of this publication, or March 14, 2016. The non-confidential portions of the application are on file in the Regional Office and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Photocopies of the non-confidential portion of the application file will be made available upon request. A schedule of charges for such copies can be obtained from the Regional Office. NHP 143020 1x 2/26/2 016 #143020 Notice of Formation of PIANO BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC, Articles of Organization filed with the Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/08/2015 and Amended Articles filed on 1/21/2016. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated for service of process. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process served against the LLC to 263 Robby Lane, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Purpose: any lawful purpose. NHP 142950 6x 2/05, 12, 19, 26, 3/04, 11,

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Notice of Formation (LLC). Name: L& J 12, LLC Articles of Organization filed with NY Dept. of State on 11-20-15. Office location: Nassau COUNTY. NY DOS shall mail copy of process to: 5 FIELDSTONE LANE, GREAT NECK, NY, 11020 Purpose: Any lawful activity NHP 142861 6x 1/29, 2/05, 12, 19, 26, 3/04, 2016 # 142976 Notice of Formation of 900 Third LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 1/12/16. Office location: Nassau County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to 900 3rd Ave, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. Purpose: any lawful activity. NHP 143016 6x 2/26, 3/04, 11, 18, 25, 4/01, 2016 # 143016 REFEREE’S NOTICE OF SALE IN FORECLOSURE SUPREME COURT- COUNTY OF NASSAU BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff -againstKANWAL N. AGARWAL, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on November 21, 2014. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York 11501 on the 22ND Day of March, 2016 at 11:30 a.m. All that certain plot, place or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements

thereon erected, situate, lying and being in Herricks, Town of North Hempstead, County o f Nassau and State of New York. Premises known as 101 Schumacher Drive, New Hyde Park, NY 11040. (Section: 9, Block: 514, Lot: 18) Approximate amount of lien $604,457.73 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 007966/10. Luigi Devito, Esq., Referee. Davidson Fink LLP Attorney(s) for Plaintiff 28 East Main Street, Suite 1700 Rochester, NY 14614-1990 Tel. 585/760-8218 Dated: January 21, 2016 NHP 143002 4x 2/19, 26, 3/04, 11, 2016 #143002

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INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF NEW HYDE PARK NOTICE OF TAX LIENS FOR UNPAID VILLAGE TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2015-2016 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the tax lien for the real properties listed below will be assumed by the Village of New Hyde Park on the 10th day of March 2016.

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Newly-designed 5K to kickoff race week A brand new “Race Week Kick-Off Run” has been added to the schedule of events leading up to the 2016 RXR Long Island Marathon. For this special event, the Nassau County Department of Parks, Recreation and Museums have worked closely with RXR Long Island Marathon Weekend production staff to come up with an all new 5K Course that finishes at the official RXR Long Island Marathon Weekend finish line in Eisenhower Park. The all new 5K race will take place on Sunday, April 24. Registrants of the 2016 RXR Long Island Marathon Weekend Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K Race are invited to take part in this all new event for free. Runners must be registered for the 2016 Marathon, Half Marathon or 10K Race before registering for the Race-week Kick-Off Run. Pre-registration for Kick-Off Run is required for complimentary race entry. Advanced registration is required and is available until April 18. A finish line festival awaits Kick-Off Run finishers and offers a mini-preview of what RXR Long Island Marathon Weekend will

have to offer. The 2016 RXR Long Island Marathon Weekend begins with the Sports & Fitness Expo on Friday, April 29. All of the Long Island Marathon Weekend events take place in the area of Eisenhower Park in East Meadow and the Mitchel Athletic Complex, located next door in Uniondale. On Saturday, April 30, 1 Milers and 5K runners will start on Charles Lindbergh Blvd and finish on the 1998 Goodwill Games world-record-setting track inside the Mitchel Athletic Complex. On Sunday, May 1, Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K participants start together on Charles Lindbergh Blvd. behind the famed Nassau Coliseum and finish together inside Eisenhower Park before spending the afternoon partying at the Finish Line Festival featuring live music and refreshments. For more information and to register for the Race-Week Kick-Off Run, please visit the website at: http://www.run-li.com/ kickoff/. For more information and to register for the 2016 RXR Long Island Marathon, please visit the website at: http://www.thelimarathon.com.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that if payment is not received by that date, by the property owner or his/her agent, the tax lien shall be deemed to have been purchased by the Village of New Hyde Park Section 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 32 32 32 32 32 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33

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Address Name CHERRY LANE SABA HOLDING CORP. CHERRY LANE 516 CHERRY LANE REALTY CHERRY LANE SDAC INC CHERRY LANE 570 CHERRY LANE LLC HILLSIDE BLVD GHORTA, S N 11TH STREET GULATI, G & D LINCOLN AVENUE RAIZMAN JASMINE AVE KREISBERG, S GILFORD AVENUE RESDIENT WASHINGTON AVE MATHEW, J BROADWAY RUIZ, M NEW HYDEPARK RD RESIDENT LEWIS AVE HAGAN LEWIS AVE MEROLA, J LEWIS AVE RESIDENT 6TH AVENUE CORDOVA 8TH AVENUE PATEL 1ST AVE RESIDENT S 17TH STREET HICKEY MEDICAL CHILDRENS FUND HOFFMAN RD 3RD AVENUE HO S 9TH STREET SALMA CONSTRUCTION S 10TH STREET GUINAN COVERT AVENUE LENDINO HERKOMER STREET PELLETIERE

Amount $5,093.10 $1,690.15 $1,591.63 $4,851.62 $1,857.26 $1,504.70 $1,277.41 $1,229.41 $987.92 $1,760.66 $1,410.51 $1,338.08 $987.92 $1,060.37 $1,181.11 $1,398.44 $1,824.66 $1,350.15 $987.92 $38.90 $1,760.66 $1,698.84 $1,446.74 $1,239.07 $1,345.31

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that these properties have not been researched to notify any persons with a publicly recorded interest in the property. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES INC. VILLAGE OF NEW HYDE PARK Cathryn Hillmann, Village Clerk-Treasurer New Hyde Park, NY

NHP 142994 3x 2/19, 2/26, 3/04, 2016

GNPD tennis team takes first place After lots of practice at the Parkwood Tennis Center, the Great Neck Park District women’s Masters Tennis Team competed their hardest and it paid off. The team came in first place for the 2015 season. Here they are at Harbor Links in October, when they received an award and celebrated their victory. From left: Ellie Brook, Shelley Van Blerkom, Kathy Vigilis, Captain Cooky Blaha, Phyllis Meltzer, Bonnie Rechler, Maizie Franzoni, Joyce Goodman, Arlene Levine, Elaine Sonenberg and Neela Weber (not pictured: Brenda Koplowitz, Sherry Wallack, Joan Wheeler and Mili Hseh.

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Post women drop back-to-back games By M I C H A E L OT E R O Coming off a tough loss to NYIT, the LIU Post women’s basketball team looked to rebound against Daemen College on Friday, Feb. 19, in Amherst. The tightly contested game came down to the final minute of play and Daemen scratched out a 57-53 win over the Pioneers. The Pioneers kept themselves within striking distance early and trailed 32-26 at the break. Eight players contributed on the offensive side in the first half, led by junior forward Janaysia James, who had six points. After a third quarter which saw the Pioneers climb back into the game, they opened the fourth quarter on a 5-0 run, which put them ahead 46-44. Khea Gibbs

made a big basket down the stretch to tie the game at 51, but Daemen outscored the Pioneers by four in the game’s last minute. James finished with a team-high 15 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, while junior forward Melsha Messam added 13 points and brought down 12 boards. Freshman guard Shannon Doyle also chipped in with five points, four rebounds, three assists and four steals. In their next matchup against Roberts Wesleyan College on Sunday, Feb. 21, the Pioneers were handed another loss; this one by a score of 67-60 in Rochester.

The Pioneers got off to a strong start and took a 32-29 lead into the break. The Pioneers were led by Messam, who had a 10 points at intermission, followed by Doyle, who had nine and senior guard Jalyn Brown, who had two shots from behind the arc. In the second half, Roberts Wesleyan began to break down the Pioneer defense and chip into the deficit. Behind 15 second half points from sophomore guard Brooke Fields, Roberts Wesleyan outscored the Pioneers by 10 and upended LIU Post. Fields finished with 21 points while two other players recorded double-digit

scoring outings including senior forward Samantha Courtney, who also grabbed 11 boards for a double-double. For the Pioneers, Brown was the high scorer with 16, while Messam notched 11 points and 11 rebounds. Head LIU Post women’s basketball coach Deirdre Moore and her squad wrap up their regular season on Saturday, Feb. 27, when they welcome the University of the District of Columbia to Pioneer Country. Tip-off is set for 1:30 p.m. at the Pratt Recreation Center in Brookville, N.Y. 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 permission of the Pioneer.

Manhasset, Wheatley eliminated from playoffs By G R E G ORy G I AC ON E LL I Two local North Shore high school varsity basketball teams reached the end of their postseason runs this past week. The Manhasset varsity girls lost a tough contest to Garden City, 37-30, in the Class A Quarterfinals on Wednesday Feb. 17 and the Wheatley varsity boys dropped fell in the Nassau B title game to Oyster Bay 56-42 on Thursday Feb. 18. For Manhasset, their game was a low scoring, tight defensive battle that went back and forth from start to finish. Manhasset had the edge in play in the first and third quarter while Garden City dominated the second and fourth. “It was very low scoring because both teams played very tough defense and took responsibility to shut down the person they were guarding” said Manhasset Head Coach Lauren Sadeh. “It was also a very physical game from the tip off.”

Sadeh felt offensively they could have played better Oyster Bay in the Nassau Class B Finals at LIU Post. Down by 15 at halftime, Wheatley fought their way and not rush the attack. This contributed to the low ofback in the second half as they cut the lead down to six fensive performance. Despite being on the losing end, Chloe Murphy with 2:46 left to play. However, Oyster Bay would their shots down the played a great game and finished with a game high 18 stretch to secure the win. points and seven blocks. Hunter Pomerantz, who received All-Conference Erin Barry played well in the game as well and finpostseason recognition, led the team with 13 ished with nine points. points. Anthony Cutinella, who was named AllFor Manhasset, this was a tough County, finished with eight points. pill to swallow due to the hype going Head Coach Jim Curcio described this into the game. season as a roller coaster, filled with exciting Despite playing hard against an wins and a few heartbreaking losses. In a seaevenly matched Garden City, this was son with several highs and lows, it was a grind not how Sadeh and her squad wantto get to where they finished. For Curcio, he ed the season to end. “We were disappointed losing to Garden City be- couldn’t be any more proud with the run his team had cause we beat them previously during the regular sea- this year. “The team accomplished one of their team goals son” said Sadeh. “We knew this was a great matchup for us and it gave us the greatest chance of getting to the which was to play for a County Championship” said Cursemifinals.” cio. “This was the third in four years Wheatley CHERRY - 1-8 Page GENERAL 08-28-15_Layout 1 time 8/25/15 12:04 PMthat Page 1 For the Wheatley Boys, they would be outplayed by has played in this game winning the previous two.”

Merillon Little League Baseball & Softball

Merillon Baseball & Softball is now entering our 65th season in providing baseball and softball to youth of our community. We are now accepting registrations for all player’s Pre-K through 8th grade. The season begins on April 2nd and runs through June 11th. Teams are divided based off your grade so come play with your classmates. For additional information or to register visit us at: www.merillonaa.org Or emaill us at: playeragent@merillonaa.org Phone Contact:

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Bumble Bee Pink Salmon

Lb.

LIMIT 4 offers per family

Premium Angus Beef, Boneless

MFR

All Natural Cod Fillets OR

Lb.

Farm Raised, Boneless & Skinless

Fresh Tilapia Fillets

LIMIT 4 offers per family

Tender

Yellow Bananas

Green Asparagus

Lb.

Lbs. For

LIMIT 4 offers per family

(Plus Dep.) 405.6-473.2 fl. oz. Pkg., 16.9 fl. oz. Btls.

Lb.

Breakfast Savings!

Poland Spring Water 24 Pack

46-59 fl. oz. Btl., Assorted Varieties, Including Farmstand

Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice

MFR

(Plus Dep.) 144 fl. oz. Pkg., 12 fl. oz. Cans, Mountain Dew, Lipton Iced Tea or Schweppes Ginger Ale, Regular or Diet, Select Varieties

MUST BUY 3

3 10 MON. FEBRUARY

TUE. MARCH

WED. MARCH

THU. MARCH

Egg•land’s Best Large Eggs Dozen Carton

97 MFR

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Entenmann’s Baked Goods Sale

For

PRICES EFFECTIVE: 26 27 28 29 1 SUN. FEBRUARY

Grade A

5.32-26.5 oz. Pkg., Select Varieties, Excludes Fruit or Log Cakes & Cookie Tins

MFR SAT. FEBRUARY

MFR

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Pepsi-Cola 12 Pack

FRI. FEBRUARY

499

Wild Caught

Market Fresh Produce

Rancher’s Legend Eye Round Roast

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*See Store For Details

Holiday

FREE HAM

FRIDAY, Feb. 26th ACCEPTING PHONE ORDERS

2046 Lakeville Rd., New Hyde Park Phone: 516-519-8995

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Sale Starts

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Gallon

Tuscan Milk

25 $

For

LIMIT 4 offers per family

Fresh

Strawberries 1 Lb. Cont.

2$5 For

LIMIT 2 offer per family