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Port WashingtonTimes NASSAU HOUSING PRICES JUMP 8.1%

$280M MADOFF SETTLEMENT

OPIOID OVERDOSES DOWN IN NASSAU

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Manorhaven, S. Point officials win re-election

RACING THRU TIME

Despite uncontested races, voter turnout still strong in Manorhaven

BY LU K E TOR R A N C E Three officials in Manorhaven and two in Sands Point were all re-elected on Tuesday, which did not come as a surprise as all five candidates were running in uncontested races.

The biggest surprise was the turnout in Manorhaven, where each of the candidates received at least 180 votes despite lacking an opponent.

“It’s always high turnout, we have over 3,000 voters here,” said Mayor Jim Avena."“It’s a very involved community when it comes to elections, the residents here want their voices heard,” Avena secured the most votes of anyone running on Tuesday with 311.

Deputy Mayor" Priscilla von Roeschlaub received 250 votes and Trustee Ken Kraft had 186 votes. There were also 20 writeins, with"Brian Bordeau receiving seven of those votes.

In Sands Point, Trustee Peter Forman received 55 votes and Trustee Lynn R. Najman receiving 47.

Turnout in Manorhaven was by far the strongest of any Port Washington village this year.

Despite being only"0.6 square miles in size, Manorhaven has the highest population of any village on the peninsula with 6,556 at the 2010"census.

But the 311 votes cast for Avena was far higher than that of Flower Hill Mayor Robert McNamara, who received just 54 votes in a village with a population of 4,665.

Najman was the only candidate on Tuesday who failed to clear 54 votes.

McNamara’s total was the most received by any of the nine village officials in the March elections that took place in Flower Hill, Port Washington North, and Baxter Estates.

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PHOTO COURTESY OF THE COW NECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

An automobile race in North Hempstead during the early 20th century. Some of these same cars will be taking part in the hill climb in Port Washington this weekend. See story on page 3.

Defense Secretary Mattis speaks to USMMA grads

BY LU K E TORRANCE

Saturday. But perhaps the person most excited to be there for graduation was Secretary of The graduates were visibly Defense James Mattis.

“I’m out of Washington, excited as they made their"way into Brook Stadium at the U.S. D.C., and I’m so happy I could Merchant Marine Academy on cry,” he said.

Mattis was the keynote speaker at the 82nd commencement exercises for the academy, where 187 new officers graduated and were cheered on by a crowd of about Continued on Page 59

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Deal gives Madoff victims $280M 75% of total funds now recovered

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I

PHOTO COURTESY OF PORT WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT

Rebecca Muratore, Julia Kim and Julia Ruskin were honored as the top three students in the Schreiber High School Class of 2018.

Top Port students look back on high school Reflect on favorite classes, teachers at Schreiber

BY LU K E TORRANCE Seniors at Paul D. Schreiber High School in Port Washington were to receive their diplomas on Thursday before they head off to work or continue their education in college. With all the tests taken and classes completed, many students are looking forward to the next step in their lives. But three students took time to look back on their high school years.

The three were" Julia Ruskin, Julia Kim and Rebecca Muratore. Ruskin finished at the top of the class, while Kim and Muratore tied for second.

“It is truly an honor to be at the top of my class, especially considering how smart, motivated and ambitious all of my classmates are,” Ruskin said, a sentiment that was echoed by Kim.

Muratore said it was a great honor, but said she was just trying to be her best.

“My goal was never to be at the top of the class, but rather just to do the best that I could in school for myself,” she said.

Ruskin was the co-captain of Schreiber’s public forum debate team, co-captain of the Science Olympiad team, co-president of the Schreiber Mathletes, coconsul of the Latin club, and vice president of the Math Honors Society. She was a National Merit Scholarship winner and participated in the math research program for three years. So it did not come as much of a surprise that math was her favorite subject.

“Through [the math research program], I was able to combine my interests in computer science and epidemiology to complete multiple math research

projects, and this experience definitely has helped me prepare to conduct more research in the future,” she said. “I also made some of my best friends through this program.”

Ruskin said that her Latin instructor Elizabeth Griffin was a huge help in applying for colleges and securing tutoring jobs.

“She clearly cares about all of her students and is invested in their success,” Ruskin said.

Ruskin will attend Princeton University, where she will major in computer science.

Also interested in computers and science is Kim, who will be studying computational science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Kim also was a leader of the Science Olympiad and participated in the debate team, the Science Honors Society and the Tri-M Music Honors Society.

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A settlement announced last Wednesday with one of Bernard Madoff ’s earliest investors will give victims a chance to regain more than 75 percent of the funds lost in his Ponzi scheme.

Securities Investor Protection Corp. Trustee Irving Picard said in a statement that a $280 million settlement was reached with hedge fund manager J. Ezra Merkin and his companies Ascot Partners and Gabriel Capital Corp., representing 100 percent of the transfers Ascot Partners received from Madoff ’s Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities Customer Fund in the two years before Madoff was arrested.

With Merkin’s settlement, recovered funds for Madoff ’s former customers come to $12.98 billion, Picard said, of the $17.5 billion that was misused in Madoff ’s fraud, which was discovered in December 2008.

“This agreement embodies two goals of the SIPA Trustee: It first provides an immediate, substantial benefit to the BLMIS customer estate through the recovery of" $280 million,”" BakerHostetler partner" Lan Hoang said in a statement. “And second, it provides a significant distribution to Ascot Partners and the right to fully participate in future distributions, which benefits the indirect investors.”

The settlement allows Ascot Partners to file a claim in the Madoff liquidation but all pay-

Bernard Madoff outs must go to the investors that were defrauded and not to Merkin, who also lost money through Madoff ’s scheme.

Last" June, more than $23 million in assets was recovered from the estates of Madoff ’s late sons Mark and Andrew as well as Mark’s widow, Stephanie Mack, and another $600 million was distributed among" 2,625 approved claims from people who were defrauded by the Ponzi scheme run

by Madoff, now 79, through his investment firm.

Madoff, who was arrested Dec. 11, 2008, pleaded guilty to 11 federal felonies in March 2009, admitting he had turned his wealth management business into the world’s largest Ponzi scheme to benefit himself, his family and select friends.

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Vintage cars race to Port Washington Autos from early 20th Century will take part in time trial, will be displayed afterward

BY LU K E TORRANCE Earlier this year, the Cow Neck Historical Society approached John Ruvio about holding a classic car show in Port Washingon. Ruvio, the president of the Great Neckbased Vintage Flathead Timing Association, decided to add something a little more exciting.

“They approached me about doing a car show, but I told them that car shows are kind of boring on their own and we should do something a little different,” he said.

On Sunday, cars from 1908 through 1940 will take turns trying to set the fastest time on a course that will take them down West Shore Road and up a hill. The inaugural Wheels Through Time will begin at 9:30 a.m., with the starting line at North Hempstead Beach Park.

Admission is free for the general public.

“I think a lot of people … they don’t pay attention to the history of the island and what went on,” said Bill Gordon,

COURTESY OF THE COW NECK HISTORICAL SOCIETY

One of the vintage cars that will be taking part. who is on the board of the Cow Neck Historical Society and was a driving force for this event.

“This is such a visual way to al-

low people to go back in time.

When people see an old car,!it’s like,!that’s really cool.”

The cars will first take part

in a time trial. The course runs from the park to Beacon Drive and requires the cars to climb a hill, which Gordon said would

push the engines of these cars.

“It will be interesting to see how long it will take to get up that hill,” he said. “When they were developing these cars, these kinds of hills were not anticipated.”

There is a fair amount of leeway in what kind of cars can take part. All the bodies of the cars must be older than 1940, while transmissions and rear axles must be pre-1953. Fourcylinder engines are preferred, and drivers are encouraged to dress in period clothing to match their car.

Ruvio said the oldest car taking part is the “Black Beast,” a 1908 car manufactured by the American Locomotive Co. and owned by Town of North Hempstead historian Howard Kroplich. Ruvio said his favorite was a 1928 Ford that he worked on with students from Great Neck in an automotive class.

He said that his interest in vintage cars was passed down from his father and grandfather.

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West Shore bus route makes progress DeRiggi-Whitton, local residents to meet with Curran and NICE Bus CEO about expansion

BY LU K E TORRANCE For years, residents of the Amsterdam at Harborside and tenants of the nearby industrial park have pushed for a bus route on West Shore Road in Port Washington.

And now that effort is picking up steam with leaders of Nassau County.

With the backing of county Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton (D-Glen Cove), advocates at the Amsterdam have met with Nassau County Executive Laura Curran."

DeRiggi-Whitton said that she and the advocates would meet next week with Curran and Michael Setzer, the chief executive of the Nassau Inter-County Express Bus service.

Advocates were hopeful that Curran would come through on the route.

“This was one of her campaign platforms, that transportation and jobs are connected,” said" Dorothy Bheddah, a resident of the Amsterdam who has spent the last few years pushing

COURTESY OF DOROTHY BHEDDAH

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran and Legislature Delia DeRiggi-Whitton meet with members of Amsterdam’s Public Bus Committee in Mineola. for a bus connection. “I’m optimistic and I want to keep going until we get it done.”

During the first meeting with Curran, according to Bheddah,

several possible bus routes were discussed.

DeRiggi-Whitton said that the most likely scenario would be a rerouting of the bus line

that runs through the center of Port Washington.

As it does currently, the proposed route would come up through Port Washington Boule-

vard, but instead of coming back to Northern Boulevard the same way, it would come across to West Shore Road and then head south.

Advocates and DeRiggiWhitton previously met with Setzer in 2016, and they were informed that NICE Bus did not have the funding to expand the route.

But DeRiggi-Whitton said things have changed since then.

“We did just increase the budget for the buses … and there was a study done by NICE that said the route would support itself, so I’m cautiously optimistic,” she said.

Bheddah said other residents at the Amsterdam have signed a petition calling for a bus link on West Shore Road. The original petition was signed three years ago, in conjunction with several businesses at the nearby industrial park. But she said when the petition was submitted to the county government, it went nowhere.

“We submitted it to the county Legislature and [then County Continued on Page 58

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Pups, people celebrate animal league at luncheon

BY G R E TC H E N K E LL E R Even audience members were wagging their tails.

Shortly after rescuing her from a nearby shelter in 2015, North Shore Animal League veterinarians decided that something was “off ” about the coordination of Pretty Kitty, a gray and white kitten. She was found to have"a neurological condition.

Despite the many challenges, Chre Soto adopted Pretty Kitty due to her sweet nature and affection.

This year, Pretty Kitty was awarded the Scarlett Award for Animal Heroism at the North Shore Animal League America’s Lewyt Humane Awards Luncheon last Wednesday at Leonard’s Palazzo in Great Neck.

The “Hats Off to Rescue” luncheon aimed to award animals for their strength and resilience, and individuals for their continued support, faith and contributions to the Animal League.

Host Brian Balthazar explained the purpose of the animal league and discussed its future."

“It’s 2018,” he said. “No kill is the only way to approach animal welfare.”

J. John Stevenson, president of the Animal League for more than 30 years, explained planned renovations, including the

introduction of the Bianca’s Furry Friends Feline Adoption Center.

“The lives we save there are going to be remembered for years to come, and it’s going to be something that’s so wonderful … this is going to happen in the next year.

We expect to see big crowds and very, very happy cats,” said Stevenson.

The new feline adoption center will be cage-free and will offer a natural way of living. It" will be built as a second floor atop the existing animal shelter.

Jill Burkhardt, the senior vice president of development, presented the Sandra Atlas Bass Philanthropist Award to Elizabeth Freed for her generous support of the mobile units that rescue animals across the United States.

“In 2011, when Elizabeth donated a new mobile unit to our fleet, she expanded our life-saving reach dramatically. Since then, this unit has traveled to puppy mills and disaster sites. It supports humane relocation and off-site adoption. In 2011 alone, this unit facilitated the rescue and adoption of more than 1,000 animals,” said Burkhardt.

The mobile unit has been named “Ziggy’s Truck” after Freed’s beloved Jack Russell terrier that she adopted from the league Continued on Page 59

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Nassau County home prices rise 8.1% May year-to-year increase highest in past year; large hike also seen versus April figures

BY LU K E TORRANCE

Housing sale prices in Nassau had their largest month-tomonth improvement in May over the last calendar year, according to statistics from the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island.

The median price for sold properties in the county was $519,000, up from $492,500 in April. It was also an 8.1 percent increase from sold properties a year ago, which were $480,000.

The increase of $26,500 between April and May was the largest jump between months in almost two years. And the sold price of $519,000 was just $1,000 short of the highest median sold price of the last two years, which occurred! in July 2017.

Although the number of properties sold in Nassau was up from April, the 961 properties sold in May was down from 1,017 a year ago. In the past year, eight of the 12 months saw declines in the number of properties from a year ago, although

number of pending sales for any month in 2017.

While the median price for sold properties in Suffolk continued to lag behind Nassau, growth was better. The median price was $370,000 in Suffolk, up $10,000 from the month before but a 10 percent growth from May 2017. That number was the highest median price for the last two years.

The number of properties sold at 1,345 was also higher than Nassau. It was up by more than 250 units from April but down slightly from a year ago.

Growth was also robust in Suffolk for pending sales.

PHOTO BY JANELLE CLAUSEN The median price there! was $390,000, up from $370,000 in Housing sale prices in Nassau had their largest month-to-month improvement in May over April and from $360,000 a year before,! or 8.3 percent. May’s the last calendar year, according to statistics from the Multiple Listing Service of Long number was the highest since at Island. least May 2016.

May also marked the highest most of these decreases were $515,000 in April 2018 and ing sale in May, up from 1,264 in April but a drop from 1,497 number of pending sales for the $510,000 in May 2017. less than five percent.

Much like sold properties, a year ago. That 7.2 percent past two years in Suffolk, with The news was also good for pending home sales, as median the number of pending sales in- drop from May 2017 was the 1,875 on the market. That narprices hit $535,000, the high- creased from the month before biggest year-to-year drop of any rowly beat out May 2017’s total est mark in at least the last two but were down from a year ago. month in the past calendar year, of 1,800. years. That number was up from 1,389 properties were pend- although May had the highest

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County opioid overdoses down: Ryder County police commissioner reports 7% decline in fatalities, 30% decline in nonfatal events

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said last Thursday that heroin and opioid overdoses countywide are down this year compared with the same period last year.

At a news conference in Farmingdale, Ryder said fatal overdoses are down 7 percent and nonfatal overdoses are down about 30 percent.

At this pace, he said, overdoses in 2018 could be potentially 150 or 200 fewer than in 2017.

Though official numbers have yet to be released for Nassau or Suffolk counties in 2017, health officials estimate about 195 people in Nassau County and 400 people in Suffolk County died last year from an opioid overdose.

As of Sept. 9, 2017, 131 opioid deaths have been reported in Nassau County, and county medical examiners are still determining causes of death for many other potential cases through the end of the year.

PHOTO BY AMELIA CAMURATI

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder.

In 2016, 500 people in both counties combined died from opioid overdoses.

This year, Ryder said police have benefited from the use of the new ODMAP, which gives officers# real-time information about where the overdoses are occurring in Nassau County.

The map also showed locations for reported car burglar-

ies, which Ryder said shows a pattern of addicts breaking into cars for small amounts of cash or items to sell for cash because “heroin is cheap,” he said.

At a news conference in Massapequa in March, Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas said she was as focused on removing drug dealers from the streets as she was get-

ting help for those with a substance abuse problem.

“We have to give people treatment,” Singas said. “We have to give them options. They have to have the tools they need so they can beat this addiction.

Once we can curb the demand for the drugs, we can start to turn a corner.”

Singas said her office has been working with a number of drug offenders through diversion court, which gives an# addict the option of treatment before prosecution.

Ryder was clear, however, that dealers were not given the same consideration.

“It’s important that when we bring someone into the system that they get to the proper place,” Ryder said. “You’re a drug dealer, you go to jail. You’re a drug user, you can go to diversion court and get the resources and help that you need.”

Though the numbers are down for 2018, mental health and substance abuse counselors agree that the yearslong opioid crisis is far from finished.

Steven Chassman, execu-

tive director of the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, said a multidimensional approach, including law enforcement, treatment and education, has contributed to the small decrease.

Chassman said the use of naloxone, more commonly known as Narcan, has increased in recent years with approximately 1,200 Long Islanders saved during a heroin or opioid overdose by naloxone. The overdose combatant drug was first brought to Long Island by Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence eight years ago.

“Right now, we’ve been doing the Band-Aid thing, and this is encouraging information, but like all data, I think you have to drill down,” Chassman said.

“Yes, fatal and nonfatal overdoses are down, and that’s good news, but ultimately, is the number of people getting into substance use disorders decreasing?

Are we teaching about exercise as the greatest reducer of stress?

Are we talking about anxiety and Continued on Page 48

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Skelos, son return to court for trial Former Republican state Senate majority leader had 2015 corruption conviction overturned

BY LU K E TORRANCE

Former state Senate Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre)

Less than nine months after they had their conviction overturned, former state Senate Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) and his son Adam returned to court on Tuesday in Manhattan.

The two men are once again facing charges that Dean Skelos used his power in Albany to secure jobs and fees worth $300,000 for Adam Skelos from New Hyde Park real estate developer Glenwood Management, Roslyn malpractice insurance firm Physicians’ Reciprocal Insurers and Arizona-based environmental technology firm AbTech Industries.

The pair were convicted on corruption charges in 2015, but the conviction was overturned last September by a federal appeals court, citing a U.S. Supreme Court case involving former Virginia Gov. Bob Mc-

Donnell, which narrowed the definition of an “official act” and what constitutes corruption.

That same ruling from the Supreme Court was used to overturn the corruption conviction of" Democratic Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who was also accused of using his power to secure payments from Glenwood Management and others.

While attorneys for Skelos and Silver praised the decisions to overturn the convictions last autumn, federal prosecutors at the time vowed to press ahead despite having to prove corruption under a narrower definition.

“While we are disappointed in the decision … we look forward to a prompt retrial where we will have another opportunity to present the overwhelming evidence of Dean Skelos’ and Adam Skelos’ guilt,” then acting U.S. Attorney Joon H. Kim said in September.

The prosecutors’ confidence proved to be justified in the Sil-

ver retrial, as Silver was found guilty on all seven counts of bribery, extortion, money laundering and honest services fraud.

The trial lasted only two weeks before the jury reached a conclusion.

Silver remains free on bail and will be sentenced on July 13, according to The New York Times.

Recently, attorneys for the Skelos’ have sought a change of venue because they said questionnaires from potential jurors showed hostility to Republicans, Newsday reported. And last month, Skelos’ attorney Robert Gage" said prosecutors were turning a blind eye to the alleged corruption of one witness, Anthony Bonomo of Manhasset.

Bonomo was CEO of Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, a role from which he has since been ousted. Newsday reported that defense would likely focus on Bonomo’s shortcomings to discredit his testimony.

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$4.5M for pedestrian safety in Nassau County, Town of North Hempstead to receive funds for curb extensions, other projects

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Nassau County will get more than $4.5 million to fund a series of pedestrian safety projects, officials announced last week, including $330,000 for the South Middle Neck Road and Barstow Road area in Great Neck and an unclear amount for the Town of North Hempstead.

The $330,000 will go to the Nassau County Department of Public Works to create a curb extension, or a bulbout, at the intersection of South Middle Neck Road and Barstow Road in the Village of Great Neck Plaza, where Oren Bennaiem was fatally struck trying to cross in September 2016.

A bulb-out is used to extend a sidewalk, reducing road width and walking distance while increasing how visible a pedestrian is.

“Curb extensions are a proven, effective traffic calming technique with many benefits,” Great Neck Plaza Mayor Jean Celender said. “Bulb-outs increase pedestrian visibility at intersections through improved sight lines, decrease pedestrian exposure to vehicles by shortening the crossing distance, and raise a pedestrian from the street level to curb height in an area that will reduce potential conflicts with

vehicles.”

Commissioner Ken Arnold and Deputy Commisioner Sean Sallie of Nassau County’s Public Works Department wrote the grant proposal.

Overall, $62 million is going toward projects statewide as part of the state’s Pedestrian Safety Action Plan, while $12.78 million is going to Long Island projects.

Of that amount, $4.22 million will go to crosswalk projects in Nassau County and the rest projects in Suffolk County.

State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso, who represents Great Neck and most of the Town of North Hempstead, said he believes this project and others to be funded will help boost pedestrian safety.

“We would like to continue to maintain Great Neck as a walkable neighborhood, making it safer at crosswalks,” PHOTO COURTESY OF ASSEMBLYMAN ANTHONY D’URSO’S OFFICE D’Urso said. “This is something that will affect all communities, making it safer State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso, seen here in the legislative chamber, for people who are walking.”

According to the Pedestrian Safety expressed support for the funding of a Great Neck Plaza pedestrian safety Action Plan, commissioned by the De- project. partment of Transportation, Governor’s 2,139 crashes, Oyster Bay with 478, Traffic Safety Committee and the De- 2009 and 2013 with 4,420.

Of the 20 noncounty municipalities the Town of North Hempstead with 463 partment of Health, Nassau County had more pedestrian crashes than any other the plan focuses on, four are in Nassau and the Village of Freeport with 209. county outside New York City between County: the Town of Hempstead with

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Taxpayers foot bill for patronage

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om Van Riper performed a public service last week when he defended Nassau County Republican Chairman Joseph Cairo’s decision to collect multiple paychecks while leading the party.

“Other political leaders have done this, Democrats and Republicans,” said Van Riper, a Nassau County Republican spokesman.

In his comment, Van Riper helped explain – if unwittingly – why Nassau County nearly went broke in 2000 and why the county, one of the wealthiest counties in the state, still requires state supervision of its finances.

Van Riper is correct. This is a game played by both Democrats and Republicans.

Gerard Terry, the former Town of North Hempstead Democratic chairman, was sentenced late last month to three years in prison for federal and state tax evasion.

Terry lied to the state and the IRS about more than $1 million in income – at a time he held at least six government positions – including two in the Town of North Hempstead where his wife also had a job.

But two wrongs don’t make a right. And Nassau County has the red ink to prove it.

Van Riper was not done with his lesson on “the Long Island way.”

Cairo, he said, had spoken to county!GOP lawyers about serving as county GOP chairman while he was the $198,000-a-year head of the county Off-Track Betting Corp. and was running a Valley Streambased law firm.

After the county GOP chairman’s consultation with county GOP lawyers, Van Riper said, “he does not feel there’s any legal or

ethical conflict at all.”

Whew. That certainly clears things up. The GOP party chairman concerned about a conflict of interest consults with GOP lawyers and then clears himself of any conflict of interest.

It is worth keeping in mind that as Republican Party chairman Cairo has the power to help elect county judges. Who are lawyers.

Like he is, with his own law firm.

He may also help fill positions at the county Board of Elections, the Nassau County OTB and many other government agencies.

Are the people he hires and helps hire the best qualified? Or the most loyal party members?

Or the best qualified, loyal party members?

Also worth noting is that this party leader who helps elect county judges has had his own legal problems.

In 1995, he resigned his job as county Republican elections commissioner after his disbarment as a lawyer. Cairo admitted diverting $394,000 from two clients.

Cairo recently told the New York Post his misuse of client funds was “something that happened” 25 years ago, when he was 47. A youthful indiscretion, some would say.

“I think people who know me know the type of person I am,” he added.

One thing we all know is that Cairo is the type of person who would divert $394,000 of two! clients’ funds.

This is not even the first time that a county GOP chairman has served as president of the Nassau County Off-Track Betting Corp.

Cairo’s predecessor as Republican party chairman, Joe Mondello, also at one point served as

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Does anyone believe!that this is a mere coincidence?

Or that Nassau County OTB has been operating in the red and required a state bailout in 2016 and in April missed a deadline to pay $3 million to Nassau County under a revenue-sharing agreement for video lottery terminals at Aqueduct Racetrack.

The Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the county’s financial control board, says the delay in the $3 million payment has increased its concern about whether OTB can make another payment of $20 million due by next March 31.

And County Executive Laura Curran sought state approval for

NIFA to issue $400 million more in long-term bonds to pay commercial tax grievance settlements. Which would extend NIFA’s role in the county to 2041.

Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University, said patronage is a “political way of life” on Long Island.

“It is what greases the wheels of political organizations, provides their foot soldiers, provides their donations,” Levy said.

Not to mention annual deficits and millions of dollars in government waste.

Patronage is by no means limited to Long Island. In fact, it’s as American as apple pie.

But few other counties in

the country, let alone counties as wealthy as Nassau, have faced bankruptcy and require state supervision of their finances for 40 years.

When she was running for county executive, Curran said she believed the county was paying a 4 percent corruption tax.

We wonder what the county pays for patronage.

Perhaps there is nothing illegal about what Cairo is doing. But it is unethical.

And neither Cairo, nor any other political leader, ought to be in a position to use his standing for his own benefit.

Or use taxpayer money for political advantage.

That would be a much improved “Long Island way.”

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ON THE RIGHT

Who runs Nassau – Curran or Kessel?

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hen the New York State Office of Inspector General released in December 2013, a scathing critique of the New York Power Authority during Richie Kessel’s tenure as CEO, and found, among other things, “an apparent violation of the Public Officers Law and NYPA’s Code of Conduct regarding a financial loan made by a subordinate to [Kessel],” I thought New Yorkers were finally free of this political ne’er-do-well.

Well, I was wrong.

Like a bad penny, Kessel turned up again; this time as chairman of the scandal-ridden Nassau County Industrial Development Authority.

I suspect County Executive Laura Curran yielded to a barrage of calls from Kessel’s friends— lobbyists, consultants and fundraisers — who have profited from his past political gigs and hope to do so again.

Now that he’s hanging out in County Hall, I’m sure he wanders the corridors kibitzing with public employees and lecturing them on how to run the government, despite his own inability to be elected to the office of county

executive.

That’s why I was not surprised to hear he was the force behind Curran’s appointment of a task force “to address persistent deficits in the county’s $3 billion budget.”

This committee of so-called “wise men” is political theatre at its worst — something Kessel excels at.

The committee is not needed for several reasons.

First, there’s the 330-page Grant Thorton Report, commissioned by NIFA in 2011, which offers “a wide range of options and ideas that will help Nassau County prioritize services and programs, minimize or eliminate waste, inefficiencies and redundancies, and afford greater flexibility in the delivery of government services.”

To update the Grant Thorton Report, NIFA commissioned Capital Markets Advisors, LLC, in 2017. C.M. Advisors recommended reduction initiatives to the tune of $87.7 million.

“Based on the findings of our analysis,” C.M. Advisors concluded, “we believe the County could pursue the [reports] series of cost reduction initiatives to achieve structural balance on a GAAP ba-

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Then, there’s Nassau’s Deputy County Executive for Finance, Mark Page.

Page is the state’s most respected government fiscal expert.

He worked in New York City’s Office of Management and Budget for over 30 years (1978-2013).

During the Bloomberg Administration (2002-2013), he held the top post in the Budget Office.

Page, who was responsible for balancing the city’s budget under GAAP, was also a consultant to NIFA (2015-2017).

NIFA’s special cost reduction reports and Page’s expertise make the Kessel/Curran Task Force superfluous.

Let’s face it, with the exception of Mark Page, no one on the task force is going to get into the financial weeds. It’s chairman, Frank Zarb, for instance, lives in Florida and left the NIFA board 15 years ago.

No, this is a classic Kessel stunt — all sizzle and no steak.

One can always rely on Richie Kessel to be Richie Kessel.

For instance, Kessel recently made news when he announced the IDA’s offices were “hideous” digs. “Basically,” he said, “it was pretty run down, not painted, falling apart.”

Kessel probably badgered Curran’s people to approve more luxurious space on the fourth floor of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building on 1 West Street.

Unable to resist bloviating with the media, Kessel boasted he was back in the building where he spent lots of time, “dealing and dueling with prior county executives.”

The IDA chairmanship is a

part-time volunteer job that does not require a fancy office. In fact, a “dingy” office sends the right message to CEOs looking for tax breaks.

It tells them that Nassau’s tax dollars will not be wasted on fluff and the IDA will no longer be giving away the store to every politically-connected caller.

My guess is Kessel misses the preposterous perks he abused as CEO of NYPA before he was fired.

During his tenure, he squandered ratepayers’ money wandering around the state in a chauffeurdriven car or in the Agency’s plane.

Laura Curran should not have surrendered to Kessel’s whine for new office space. Instead, she should have demanded his resignation for wasting money to satiate his massive ego.

Richie Kessel can’t help himself. He will impose himself on the Curran administration, hassle and exasperate her staff.

Hopefully, Curran will quickly learn that there can only be one county executive, and that it should be a person who has been elected county executive, and shows Kessel the door.

A LOOK ON THE LIGHTER SIDE

Question: To change, or not to change?

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ebate was in full swing, at the Luddite Club’s annual match against the Futuro Club.

The topic was: “Change is Evil— True or Mostly True?” (The venue switches every year, and the host club proposes the wording.)

George, one of the Futuro Club’s stars, was mid-lecture when I was distracted by a tug on my sleeve.

“I’m so sorry, Mrs. Judy, but I need your help with the vacuum cleaner.”

It was our cleaning lady. Actually, she owns her own cleaning service, but insists on doing our club herself because her son is a member.

Still, she should know I’m the very last person to ask about anything to do with a vacuum cleaner. Or any machine, really.

Or cleaning!

“Yes, Mrs. Plumtree — is it urgent? Because I have to speak next, rebutting all the nonsense this man has spouted.”

“It’s just that you wanted the after-debate party in the gameroom downstairs? That’s where

the vacuum bag suddenly exploded, and dust went everywhere!”

“How bad could it be?”

“The pool table is gray instead of green.”

“Oh, dear. Give me a minute.” I asked my friend Iris to sub for me, and followed Mrs. Plumtree downstairs.

“It’s obvious you’ll need to change this bag,” I said. “Or what’s left of it. The filters, too.”

I found supplies in the closet and handed her two of everything.

When I got back upstairs, George was just concluding: “Yes, change can be hard.

When America switched from horses to cars, it put buggy-whip makers out of business. But the automotive industry created thousands, even millions of jobs in this country, for workers and their families. Not to mention the roads were cleaner and sweeter without all that manure.”

Everyone laughed.

‘I’ve got this,” I whispered, taking the mic back from a relieved-looking Iris, and rising to speak.

“Yes, indeed,” I said. “Maybe the air didn’t smell of manure,

JUDY EPSTEIN

A Look on the Lighter Side but it became actually dangerous to breathe, from all the pollution.”

“And when a new technology arises, it doesn’t just put people out of work. It robs them of dignity, too! Suddenly, nobody cares what wisdom you may have accumulated in your life. No one cares that you should “make hay while the sun shines,” or “not count your chickens before they’ve hatched.” Suddenly, all that matters is pushing some buttons on a cell-phone, and Amazon does the rest.”

“Soon,” I continued, “you’re left talking to yourself about all of life’s questions. Don’t ask Alexa if your life has meaning; Alexa cannot answer that question.

“But I can. Soon, every single one of us may become obsolete.

When that day comes, you will still be welcome at the Luddite Club…as long as you agree with our proposition!”

I sat down. But Mrs. Plumtree was back again. “I’m so sorry, but I still really need your help.”

This was beginning to scare me. Mrs. Plumtree is way smarter than me — she has a Ph.D. in Philosophy!

“I hope it’s something I can help with,” I mutter, hurrying after her.

“It’s about installing these filters. The box says ‘see Instruction Manual for directions’ — but I can’t find a manual anywhere.”

“Did you check the desk drawers?”

“Of course. I checked every file. I even looked in the safe!”

“How did you — never mind.

I’m afraid I probably threw it out.

Can you wing it?”

“I’d rather not. But” — and

her face suddenly lit up. “I’ve got an idea. May I borrow your cell phone?”

“Okay, but….” I then watched, amazed, as Mrs. Plumtree used the phone to go to Youtube, where she found videos of someone installing our exact same model of filter and bag.

I was dumbstruck. Where had this been all my life? It was infinitely better than reading those old manuals! “I know,” said Mrs. Plumtree, seeing my face.

“It’ll be our little secret.”

I went back upstairs. The Futuro’s president was finishing his team’s final speech: “If change is always bad, answer me this: If we were meeting 150 years ago, instead of today, would you really be arguing for keeping chamber pots and privies, instead of newfangled flush toilets? Just admit that sometimes, change is for the better. I rest our case.”

I couldn’t tell anyone why, but I was happy when the final vote came out a tie. I was even happier to see how the gameroom turned out — thanks to Mrs. Plumtree, and Youtube!

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VIEW POINT

County exec makes right call for Hub

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assau County Executive Laura Curran made the right call when she did not extend the Blumenfeld lease to redevelop the Nassau Hub, and instead, called for new proposals, despite the gobsmacking repercussions.

The plan as presented to the Nassau Legislature on May 2 was a far cry from the way it was initially pitched because of changing circumstances.

Far from the “transformative” project it was supposed to be (indeed, required to be), in the interim, it lost the Feinstein Bioelectrical Medicine Center (which decided to use its $30 million from the state to build in Manhasset), leaving only Memorial Sloan Kettering as the high-tech/lifesciences job incubator; meanwhile, the new state-funded development at Belmont Racetrack (a new arena for the New York Islanders as well as a hotel, retail and office space) made the Hub’s own plans to be a sports and entertainment complex redundant and extraneous.

The planners brought in a sports marketing maven who has

been involved in major redevelopment programs involving professional sports arenas to convince the county of the brilliance of the Blumenfeld scheme.

He also showed some projects (probably not his) that failed because they didn’t take into account the bigger picture.

And that’s exactly what was required here.

In essence, the project as envisioned wasn’t “transformative” enough to qualify for the $85 million which New York State promised to build a new parking structure, essential to free up the acreage for the new “transformative” redevelopment.

My own objections were that the plan depended too much on “experiential retail” – go-karts, a golf complex, even a minor-league baseball stadium that wouldn’t necessarily compete with nearby Roosevelt Field.

To my mind, this made the complex too dependent on a strong economy, but what happens when there is the inevitable recession? Moreover, the workers for these enterprises are almost

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entirely minimum wage earners who could barely afford housing anywhere near these jobs.

Furthermore, the complex, which was billed as an intact community where people could “live, work and play” without getting into their cars, did not provide enough housing (only 500 units were permitted under zoning), to sustain its own grocery store – residents would have to drive to pick up a carton of milk.

The question that was never raised is: how much volume, how

much traffic is necessary for the complex to be economically sustainable?

They do say that the number of bookings at Coliseum has to exceed 150. So what would traffic volume be like by time of day, especially if it is dependent on discretionary spending activities?

All the arenas that were cited as becoming successful lynchpins for downtown redevelopment in various cities (Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Detroit), had professional sports teams as their anchor. That isn’t the case at the Coliseum, which lost the Islanders.

Kevin Law, president of the Long Island Association as well as the Regional Economic Development Council that is the conduit for state funding, raised questions whether the project as it was envisioned was special or transformative enough to qualify for the crucial $85 million state funding, now that Feinstein has decided to take its $30 million state funding and build its BioElectric Medical Research facility in Manhasset, instead.

But, Law said, that still leaves

$20 million that the state has allocated that might be used to lure a top technology or life sciences company to the Hub. As was noted, the Nassau Hub presents ”the largest undeveloped parcel in the county creates a singular opportunity” to create a sustainable community, one that truly is “live, work and play.”

The Hub could be a superb place for innovative affordable housing strategies that are appropriate to a mature Suburbia.

Uniondale doesn’t want more children to crowd its schools?

How about San Francisco-style affordable housing aimed at the young professionals who will be graduating out of Hofstra and NYIT working at Memorial Sloan Kettering and hopefully, more tech/research-based innovation companies that will be recruited to base there (that means affordable compared to the incomes people earn) apartments that are studio-style bedroom, bathroom and kitchenette, but share living room/public spaces – enough units that can support a grocery Continued on Page 60

READERS WRITE

An alternative to standardized tests

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do not agree with the editorial position taken in the June15 Blank Slate Media newspapers.

My objections are based on a lifetime of teaching and teacher training, the latter for over four decades as a professor of Education at Queens College.

To put things in context, many believe that our schools are failing# and need systemic reform.

In my opinion, the problem is that most of the proposed solutions exacerbate the problem, but more about this later.

The editorial focuses on the opt-out movement in New York State.

What is the origin of this movement? It begins with the federal “Every Student Succeeds Act” which required that schools have a 95% participation rate in specified standardized tests. The state Education Department# mandated that students in grades 3-8 take tests in the areas of Mathematics, English and Science.

Parenthetically, the number of parents in the U.S. who have

decided to “opt- their children out is over half a million while in New York State it is one in five.

The editorial points out how standardized tests can be used to evaluate teacher performance.

I am opposed to this on grounds that standardized tests are not valid and, even if they were, they should not be the basis for letting otherwise qualified teachers go.

First, as to the validity of the tests, I cannot get into the weeds on this, but the tests are controversial. I would refer the interested reader to the writings of Deborah Meier, a MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient and the founder of four highly successful# schools in Spanish Harlem; Frank Smith, a renowned psycholinguist and prolific author and Alfie Kohn activist and author.

Several of them make the point that high scores on standardized tests# discriminate against minority populations and correlate with one’s zip code more than anything else –

in other words, if your zip is in an affluent area, you’ll do better than if you live in a zip in the ghetto.

Much has been made of the accountability movement.

If a businessman makes unwise decisions, he loses money, but if a teacher fails, she is protected by tenure. What this argument overlooks is that making money is what businesses are about, but this is not analogous to teaching the young.

Teachers are about creating an environment which is humanistic, creative, fosters critical thinking and problem solving and so much more.

Another problem which led to the “opt-out” movement was “teaching to the test.”

This means that teachers would spend an inordinate amount of time preparing their kids for the exam.

Why wouldn’t they when their job depended on it? It also led to short shrift being paid to subjects in the curriculum which were not tested, e.g. Social Studies. Music and Art. For many years, I worked

with a New York City teacher who was so incensed with the testing #mania that she falsified her students’ scores.

While I never condoned her dishonesty, her action exemplified the intensity of the antitesting sentiment of some classroom teachers.

The fact that suspect standardized tests could be the basis for school closures, dismissal of teachers or principal’s bonuses is ludicrous.

How then should we assess teacher qualifications?

Again, this is a topic about which books have been written, but since I’ve been so critical of the tests, here are a few better ways to judge teacher effectiveness: student participation, a variety of teaching techniques, intellectual challenges, creating a collaborative classroom and meeting the students’ needs.

At the start of this letter, I said that there are many successful educational approaches quite# different from ours.

Let me focus on some in Europe.

England has long had what

it calls “informal education” which has an impressive record. # In New Zealand, there are few homework assignments (much admired by U.S. parents) no spelling drills, no filling out workbooks, and no standardized reading tests until# the age of 15, yet they outscore the rest of the world in reading.

Finland, #too, is highly successful rising to the top by doing the exact opposite of what we Americans do.

No child in Finland ever takes a standardized test. They have also solved the problem of academic difference among #socio-economic groups while we in the U.S. continue to emulate a business model which doesn’t work.

My final thought – I’m not convinced that the those who espouse “opt-out” think of it as a desideratum.

They simply didn’t want to take on the# educational establishment with its arcane models and fraudulent assumptions.

Dr. Hal Sobel, Great Neck

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READERS WRITE

Dems not moderate or compromising

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r. Sobel wrote some things in your June 14 edition that surprised me.

Clearly, we view things from different perspectives and I try to appreciate and respect the point of view of all across the political spectrum.

If Dr. Sobel thinks we need to return to a time when there were moderate and compromising Republicans who respected the rule of law, what does he think of Elizabeth Warren, Cynthia Nixon and Bernie

Sanders?

Are they moderate and compromising?

I, of course, agree that everybody should have healthcare and food.

I actually thought that those who need food stamps find them quite accessible."

If Dr. Sobel knows this to be untrue, please cite specific source references. Any decent person would not want anybody in this country to starve or suffer from malnu-

trition or lack of healthcare.

The rule of law was certainly not followed by Obama.

He concluded the Iran deal by executive order, when in fact it should have been a treaty ratified by Congress. Was that the rule of law?"

Lastly, I was astounded to read that Dr. Sobel was actually pained to acknowledge that the stock market was up and unemployment was down.

Does hatred of Trump transcend what is clearly in the best interests of literally millions and millions of Americans?

With so many people who have 401K plans, invest in the stock market and need to work for a living, why on earth would these accomplishments bother any American who wants what is best for our country?

Barry Nathanson, Ph.D Sands Point

Israel doesn’t belong in Senate race

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espite the fact that we disagree on almost any issue – with the exception of our mutual support and love for the State of Israel – I have great respect for my good friend Jeff Wiesenfeld. " I was surprised to read his reference to me in his letter last week entitled “Kaplan backed Obama on Iran,” as we have not spoken recently about the issues he raises, To be clear: in my roles as president of the Great Neck Democratic Club and a vice chairman of the Nassau County Democratic Committee, I have not endorsed either candidate in the Democratic primary for state senate but will unquestionably be supporting the Demo-

cratic candidate in the general election in November. " Recognizing that state senators have little to do with the conduct of American foreign policy, I am confident that whichever candidate wins the general election will be a supporter of Israel. " However, their position on Israel is but one issue upon which we should judge and support candidates for any office.

Looking at other points that Jeff raises, while I welcome many of the president’s strong moves and statements in support of Israel, I do not believe any of them are as a result of personal commitment or deeply reasoned or thought out foreign policy strategies. "

The steps taken were for domestic partisan political objectives, primarily to reach his far right and evangelical base. " Jeff, and others in his camp, continue to castigate former president Obama for his less than perfect record concerning Israel, and the dreadful Iran deal, but the record does show that military and intelligence support for and cooperation with Israel reached new heights under President Obama.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is playing a very dangerous game by so closely allying himself and his government with one American political party and one man. "We cannot allow support for Israel to become a partisan issue.

Where I totally agree with Jeff Wi-

esenfeld is with respect to his reference to the growing power and influence of the extreme left wing of the Democratic Party and its hostility to Israel and support for BDS. " As he says, “Bipartisan support for Israel is essential …” and" Democrats like myself must counter those in our party who no longer are or never have been Israel supporters. " And Republicans like Jeff cannot surrender their party to the far right, the policies and goals of which most moderate Republicans around here disagree."

Steven Markowitz Great Neck

Gov needs to act on mental health care

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ear Gov. Cuomo, This week, in the aftermath of the deaths by suicide of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain you issued a press release about new funding to address the rising rate of suicide.

You stated: “Two high-profile suicides this week put mental illness front and center, but while those names were the ones in the press, every day there are thousands of New Yorkers who struggle with suicidal thoughts, and we must do everything we can to support them.

Depression does not discriminate. It affects every part of society and people from all walks of life.”

I applaud you for bringing light to this matter. You stated, “depression does not discriminate.”

May I remind you of those health insurers that do not comply with federal parity law; denying timely access to care, do discriminate?

When New York state government does not enforce this law, they aid and abet discrimination against the “thousands of New Yorkers,” who you referred to, “who struggle with suicidal thoughts”.

The difficulty people have accessing

mental health and addiction care is not simply a matter of stigma. It is a matter of discrimination. This is a civil rights issue that an announcement of new funding will not solve.

On Dec. 15, 2017, North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center held a press conference at its headquarters in Roslyn Heights and issued the results of a research study – Project Access that we conducted in collaboration with LIU Post Department of Social Work.

In this year-long study, hundreds of Long Islanders were surveyed about their experiences attempting to obtain help for mental health and addiction problems.

Of the 650 Long Islanders who took part in the survey, almost half said that it was more difficult finding help for mental health or substance abuse problems than finding help for physical illnesses, nearly 40 percent said that their insurance company did not have an adequate number of providers and two-thirds said that their insurance company was not helpful to them in finding a suitable provider for themselves or a loved one.

State Sen. Todd Kaminsky, who attended the Dec. 15 press conference, stated that the findings were “Damning.”

In a bipartisan effort, Kaminsky and state Sen. Elaine Phillips wrote to the Department of Financial Services on Jan. 9, 2018 citing the Project Access study and requesting “a thorough investigation to determine why insurance companies are not being held accountable for network adequacy.”

As you know, network adequacy is the part of the federal parity law that states that health insurers who cover mental health and addiction care must have an adequate number of providers in their network.

Many more people wrote directly to you Mr. Governor, requesting the same.

Almost five months later Scott Fischer, executive deputy superintendent for Insurance, a division of DFS, responded in writing to the senators.

Fischer wrote: “DFS’s review of the various networks has confirmed that each of the insurance companies in Long Island exceeds the standards for mental health and substance use providers, for the purpose of the commercial products sold outside of NYSOH.” Translation: There is no problem.

There is nothing more to do. " This does not square with the re-

sults of Project Access.

Health insurers and government ignoring federal parity law is discrimination. When it comes to suicide prevention: access delayed, is access denied.

Governor, discrimination deserves a place alongside stigma when the conversation turns to access to care. This is a matter of civil rights.

Long after the tragic deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain fade from the front pages, the lack of compliance and enforcement of federal parity law will persist and the thousands of people you spoke of in your press release will still be unable to access care.

Andrew Malekoff Roslyn Executive director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center, which provides comprehensive mental health services for children from birth through 24 and their families. To find out more, visit www.northshorechildguidance.org.

To read more about Project Access go to: https://www.northshorechildguidance. org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/northshore-project-access.pdf

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Phillips pandering to Jewish voters

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n Sept. 13, Democratic voters in New York’s 7th Senatorial District will decide if they want Brad Schwartz or Anna Kaplan to face off against Republican Elaine Phillips in this fall’s general election. ! Phillips, keenly aware that her next general-election opponent will be a member of the Jewish community, is doing backflips to convince Jewish voters (particularly right-leaning Jewish voters) that she is their one true advocate. !One way she is doing this is by touting her supposed opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.!

Specifically, she introduced an anti-BDS bill that recently passed the Senate (S.2492).

In actuality, this is nothing but meaningless pandering, as antiBDS laws are unconstitutional on their face and, thus, unenforceable.!

Nassau County had a similar law in place when musician Roger Waters, an outspoken BDS supporter, performed at the Nassau

Coliseum last year. ! Although county officials initially threatened to take legal action if the company managing the venue allowed Waters to perform, they opted to do nothing in the end, convinced a legal fight to block Waters’ performance would be costly and futile.!

This would be no different on the state level.

Of course, merely blowing her own horn to celebrate a hollow victory wasn’t enough for Phillips.!

In an official Senate press release issued on May 16, she included a quote from Great Neck resident and right-wing bomb thrower Jeffrey Wiesenfeld, in which he called her “a genuine friend of the State of Israel and the Jewish people” and praised her “outright clarity on the antiSemites who support and sponsor BDS activities.”

Additionally, over the past few weeks, Wiesenfeld has written several letters to Blank Slate Media (both before and after the May 16 press release was issued)

encouraging readers to re-elect Phillips, accusing Kaplan of being insufficiently supportive of Israel and ranting generally about how “liberal Jews” and “leftists” were corrupting the Democratic Party.

Finally, a double-sided mailing, featuring a full-color image of Wiesenfeld alongside his May 16 quote, started hitting constituent mailboxes on or around June 18.!

(Phillips used taxpayer funds to pay for this, of course.) ! I find Phillips’ treatment of Wiesenfeld as some kind of impeccable character witness abhorrent.!

Specifically, Wiesenfeld has made a career of accusing leftleaning Jews of tolerating antiSemitism, while, at the same time, ignoring, excusing, defending or dismissing blatant acts of antiSemitism committed by anyone on the right.

A recent example of Wiesenfeld’s hypocrisy was when former Pat Buchanan campaign staffer John O’Kelly submitted a virulently anti-Semitic letter to Blank Slate Media in December 2016.

Wiesenfeld wrote a response the following month, excoriating a local rabbi who denounced O’Kelly’s letter and stating that, while he generally found the author’s focus on Jews disturbing, he agreed with the letter’s political sentiments and stood with its author.

(According to a Blank Slate Media article published in April 2017, O’Kelly attended a meeting of the Town of North Hempstead to object to the town’s anti-BDS law and condemn the United States’ relationship with Israel.!

Knowing that, I wonder if Wiesenfeld still “stand[s] with John O’Kelly.”) !It should be noted that Phillips, herself, benefited from and refused to take responsibility for an anonymous anti-Semitic Facebook meme, which featured her 2016 opponent, Adam Haber.!

Said meme pictured Haber dressed as a character from “Fiddler on the Roof.” ! Weeks after Election Day, Michael Fragin, a political con-

sultant who worked on Phillips’ campaign, co-wrote a blog post on Medium.com, comparing Haber to a petulant teenager throwing a tantrum for focusing on the meme controversy. ! Fragin accused Haber of seeing anti-Semitism where there was none, even going so far as to suggest that, since the meme’s creator didn’t make Haber’s head look like that of an Hasidic Jew and “Fiddler on the Roof” portrayed Jews positively, it may not have been motivated by anti-Semitism at all. !It is extraordinarily clear that Phillips has surrounded and will continue to surround herself with political allies who excuse antiSemitism whenever it is politically convenient to do so.

Hopefully, enough voters of conscience will hold Phillips accountable for her dishonesty on Nov. 6.

Matthew Zeidman New Hyde Park

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Now as I have read, suffer abusive comments from passengers who can only be described as!sleazebags creeps.

Our women bus drivers deserve respect and don’t deserve to be placed in uncomfortable and dangerous situations.

In my opinion, some may feel taking down these signs borders on the violation of free speech.

But when free speech violates a persons expectation to have life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, then something needs to be done to protect these rights.

Our women who drive these busses can expect no less.

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After being! laid off from what he thought would be his lifetime career in the! airline

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Brian didn’t see!his passengers as the pits in the bus drivers cherry bowl of life.

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He also made a habit of waiting to!watch one of his elderly passengers get to her front door before!leaving the stop at night.! ! Bus operators go to work each day to serve!people and despite some of!!Judy’s less than perfect experiences,! should be respected for the work they do.

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hile Donald Trump talks about cutting taxes he is actually raising them.

As Trump frequently says contradictory things, watch what he does, not what he says 1. He levied a 20 percent tax on washing machine imports.

Since then prices of washing machines have risen 17 percent.

2. He levied a 25 percent tax on steel imports. If you buy

anything made of steel, you are paying it.

3. He levied a 10 percent tax on aluminum. Not as high as the steel tax, but it is still a tax.

4. The tax cut bill cut the income tax rate from 39.6 percent to 37 percent and then raises it back in 2025. At least we get a few years of lower taxes.

5. The 2018 budget busted the existing budget caps by $300 billion.

All that spending will eventually be paid for either with taxes or inflation. Trump signed while complaining it didn’t spend enough (walls cost money).

Expect more tax increases to come. Trump is already talking about taxing automotive imports.

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Orangetheory Fitness opens in Port New studio part of fast-growing franchise that seeks to burn calories after the workout

BY LU K E TORRANCE

The fitness chain Orangetheory began with a first location Fort Lauderdale that opened in 2010.

In the eight years since, franchises have expanded rapidly, with gyms in 17 countries and more than 750 locations in the United States.

Earlier this month, Port Washington joined the list as an Orangetheory opened 1013 Port Washington Blvd.

“We are trying to reach as many people as possible,” said Sarah Kutzma, the studio manager for the Port location. “We have a few studios on Long Island but the closest one to Port is in Syosset, and that’s a 20-minute drive without traffic.”

Orangetheory’s focus is on getting the heart rates of members into the “orange zone.”

This target zone pushes par- An Orangetheory location. ticipants heart rate to a level that hour session, and then continue stimulates the metabolism.

Members can burn between to burn calories for 36 hours af500 to 1,000 calories in a one- ter a workout.

in here the entire class to make sure you aren’t over or under training, correcting form, and giving modifications for those with injuries.”

The coaches, she said, will push you harder if you’re in the “green zone” and have you slow down if you’re in the “red zone.”

Members will ultimately hit these three zones and two easier ones over the course of the workout, although it is the time in the orange zone that will lead to post-workout calorie burn, according to the science of excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, Kutzma said.

She said the classes can have as few as five or as many as 30 participants, although each of the coaches will spend time working with each member.

“The coaches are committed to you,” Kutzma said. “If you COURTESY OF ORANGETHEORY take a week off, they’re going make sure everything is going okay because we didn’t see you in the studio.”

Kutzma said the first class Members wear a heart rate “It’s" not just you coming monitor, which is tracked on a in and jumping on a machine,” was free and that the coaches screen.

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Daughter’s new face a Father’s Day gift Cohen Medical Center doctors repair cranial injuries to girl, 7, after hit by a truck

BY R E B ECC A K L A R The team at Cohen Children’s Medical Center gave Issac Patterson the best early Father’s Day gift he could have asked for – a fixed face for his daughter Savana.

“I can’t thank you enough for taking care of my daughter,” Patterson said at a news conference last Thursday. “When this first happened, I put my faith in the Lord and in medicine. I hope Dr. [Nicholas] Bastidas continues to be blessed with the wisdom to help every other child the way he helped my daughter.”

Nearly 11 days after her surgery, Patterson’s 7-year-old daughter, Savana, joined him and and Bastidas, the plastic surgeon who operated on Savana, to discuss the cranial surgery.

The surgery followed an accident on January 15, 2017, when Savana was hit by a truck while waiting for a school bus in Ghana, where she had been living with her paternal grandmother since birth.

It was a day that Patterson said he expected to be joyful.

It was his son’s birthday, he said.

Unfortunately, it was also the day Savana was left"in a medically induced coma for six weeks and with significant damage to her skull, left eye socket and underlying brain.

Another 12-year-old girl was hit in the accident; she did not survive, Patterson said.

In March, Patterson brought Savana "to the United States, to live with him in Floral Park permanently.

Patterson said he was thankful to the doctors in Ghana who helped keep Savana alive, but wanted the cranial reconstruction to be done in America where

PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR

Dr. Nicholas Bastidas used 3D printed models to aid in the reconstruction.

PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR

Savana Patterson, 7, had cranial reconstruction from the Cohen Children’s Medical Center after a 2017 accident in Ghana left her with severe damage. the medicine and technology are more advanced.

Savana’s injuries were so severe her brain could be seen pulsating from beneath her skin, Bastidas said.

The procedure was done using 3D printed models of Savana’s skull.

“This technology is precise to within one millimeter of the virtual plan; its use

allowed me to replace the eye socket and cover the deformity,” he said.

Rather than using titanium or other foreign material, Bastidas used portions of the back of Savana’s undamaged skull to reconstruct the front, he said.

This method is preferred with young patients, like Savana, as it allows their own tissue and bone to grow with them,

Bastidas said.

Going forward the only surgeries Savana will need would be optional for cosmetic reasons, Bastidas said.

She’s free to do any activity any other 7-year-old would, other than playing contact sports for six weeks, Bastidas said.

He called Savana’s speedy recovery a “miracle,” noting that Savana wanted to go home two days after her surgery.

“She really sort of expounds the idea of what a person who has the will to get better can do,” Bastidas said. “She’s just such a beautiful and passionate young girl with a great future.”

Savana, all smiles on Thursday, said she was happy and thankful for the doctors and nurses who helped her at Cohen.

A new face isn’t all Savana received from her Northwell team, though.

She was also given a dictionary, which she said is exactly what she wanted, so she can learn more and, one day, be a doctor herself.

G.N. doctor honored for Alzheimer’s work

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Dr. Alan Mazurek, a Great Neck resident and neurologist at Mount Sinai Hospital, was honored for his efforts to fight Alzheimer’s disease by the Long Island chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association at its annual A Night to Remember Gala at the Crest Hollow Country Club last month.

Mazurek has served as the chairman of the Alzheimer’s Association’s medical advisory committee, where he tries to get more doctors involved in proactively fighting the brain disease.

More than 5.7 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive and fatal disease characterized by cognitive decline and memory loss. In New York, around 400,000 people have the disease.

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Dr. Nikhil Palekar, Douglas Davidson, executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter, Dr. Maria Torroella Carney, Dr. Alan Mazurek, program director for the Alzheimer’s Association Long Island Chapter, and Kate Anastasia participated in a panel exploring the latest in Alzheimer’s research and care.

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False prophets, fake bomb in Mineola Couple dressed in Biblical attire arrested outside Roosevelt building after unknown liquid found

BY R E B ECC A K L A R

PHOTO BY REBECCA KLAR

Nassau County police guarded the entrance to the government building starting around 1:30 p.m. on Thursday.

Inset: Suzanne Myron, left, and Stephen Figurasmith, were arrested after allegedly leaving about 120 bottles of unknown liquid near the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building, police said. (Inset photo courtesy of Nassau County police)

Nassau County police arrested a man and woman dressed in biblical clothing last Thursday after approximately 120 bottles of an unknown liquid were placed by the entrance of the Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola, police said.

Suzanne Myron, 51, from Woodbury, and Stephen Figurasmith, 32, from Valley Stream, were arrested and charged with first-degree placing of a false bomb.

Police said another 125 bottles of the substance were found in a car parked nearby and were taken for testing, police said.

The liquid was determined to be nonhazardous, police said.

A police spokesman said he did not know if Myron and Figurasmith tried to enter the building.

As of about 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, police had closed the entrance of the building with tape and had officers outside the front and sides of the government building.

The officers would not disclose any information as to why the entrance was closed, but according to a source police had said earlier they were responding to a protest.

Myron and Figurasmith will be arraigned on Friday at First District Court in Hempstead.

Panel seeks to boost organ donations

BY JA N E LL E C L AUS E N Sean Eshaghoff, a 49-year-old Great Neck resident, recalled watching his kidneys fail.

He and his doctor steadily saw their productivity drop from 60 percent to 30 percent and eventually to 5 about a year ago — which threatened his body and heart, as potassium, excessive water and toxins built up in his system.

“Unfortunately when kidneys don’t work, your body carries around so much toxins,” Eshaghoff said in an interview, noting he carried around 20 to 25 pounds of water. “I had thrown up because my body was retaining all the water I drank — and I drank very little of it.”

Today, after six months of emergency procedures and dialysis, Eshaghoff has been going into a dialysis center three times a week for hours at a time. It is there that he is hooked to a machine that does what his kidneys should do but no longer can: pump out water and toxins.

“Right now because of the kidney issues, it’s almost like a part-time job going to dialysis, so I cut back a little bit on my work,” Eshaghoff, a product coordinator at the rug manufacturing company Nourison, said in the interview. “And it’s really hard to move on with your life.”

PHOTO BY GRANT NEWBURGER

Rabbis, doctors and organ donors spoke at an organ donation panel hosted

by SHAI last Monday.

Eshaghoff, who is seeking a kidney donor with an O negative blood type, also helped spark a Monday panel facilitated by Sephardic Heritage Alliance

Inc., Temple Israel and other groups on the topic of organ donation at Temple Israel in Great Neck.

“It was my idea of getting the word

out not just for me, but for the tens of thousands of people waiting for a kidney, and especially in the Jewish community [where] there are some taboos about it,” Eshaghoff said.

The panel featured Dr. Aaron Winnick, a kidney and liver transplant surgeon at Northwell Health, who spoke about how the practice of medicine has improved to boost life expectancy for donors and recipients, but also how the need for kidneys vastly outpaces supply.

Statistics from the Division of Transplantation, an agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, show that more than 114,000 people nationwide need a lifesaving organ transplant.

For comparison: there have been only 7,104 donors this year so far as of May, according to the Organ Procurement and Transportation Network.

The panel also featured Temple Israel Rabbi Howard Stecker, who argued that becoming an organ donor is an “obligation” that should take precedence, especially since Jews have historically seen it as “an imperative to go out of our way to help someone when it comes to a lifethreatening circumstance.”

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Suozzi goes wild for ex Rep. Wolff

Seeks to honor 99-year-old predecessor by renaming at Oyster Bay National Wildlife refuge

BY LU K E TORRANCE U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (DGlen Cove) announced last week that he had introduced a bill in Congress to rename the! Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge after his predecessor.

Lester Wolff, who represented New York’s 3rd Congressional District from 1965 until 1973, pushed to create the refuge in 1968. Now Suozzi wants it to bear Wolff ’s name.

“In recognition of former Congressman Lester Wolff ’s monumental contributions to the preservation and protection of our environment, especially on Long Island’s beautiful north shore, I am proposing the renaming of the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge to the Congressman Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge,” Suozzi said in a statement.

At age 99, Wolff is the oldest living former congressman.

He was first elected to Congress in 1965 and was redistricted to the 6th District in 1973. The Democrat served in that position

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Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) speaks before the House in Washington. for another eight years before retiring from Congress in 1981.

When former Alabama Congressman James Douglas Martin died last October, Wolff became the oldest former congressman.

In 1967, New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and urban

planner Robert Moses wanted to build an 8.5-mile bridge through the refuge to connect Long Island with Westchester. Wolff worked to fight the project and have the land put aside instead for a bird sanctuary and public use.

Wolff appeared alongside Suozzi at the announcement on Sunday, June 10, at the!Mill River Rod and Gun Club in Bayville.

He said that it would be a great honor to have this refuge named after him and that he was inspired to become a conservation-

ist by former President Theodore Roosevelt.

“The fact is, I was a conservationist for a long time,” Wolff said, according to Newsday. “I was just following the tradition of Teddy Roosevelt, one of our greatest presidents.”

The refuge, which covers 3,209 acres, includes subtidal habitats, a salt marsh and a freshwater pond. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the refuge is an important stopping spot for migratory waterfowl like the long-tailed duck.

It is located adjacent to the Sagamore Hill Historic Site, Roosevelt’s former home.

Wolff noted that another project, similar to the proposed bridge, could threaten wildlife in Oyster Bay. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a tunnel between Nassau County and Westchester that would relieve traffic on the Long Island Expressway. The proposal has been met with opposition from many North Shore residents, including Wolff, who told Newsday that the project would harm the environment.

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Mondello takes aim at ISIS in hearing Ex county GOP chair promises to target group if OK’d as Trinidad, Tobago ambassador

BY R E B ECC A K L A R Former Nassau County Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello said he would try to reduce rates of ISIS recruiting in Trinidad and Tobago if confirmed as U.S. ambassador during his hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations last Wednesday.

The hearing was led by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and Sen. Bob Mendendez (D-New Jersey).

Senators mainly asked Mondello about ISIS recruitment during the hearing.

There were two other nominees at the hearing, Kimberly Breier, of Virginia, to be assistant secretary of Western Hemisphere affairs, and Kenneth S. George, of Texas, to be U.S. ambassador to Uruguay.

Mondello, 80, was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump in March.

He had been the county’s GOP head since 1983.

“I am honored to appear before you today and I’d like to express my gratitude to President Donald Trump for the faith and confidence he has placed in me. If confirmed it would be an honor to represent the nation in the Republic

the record following the hearing, Newsday reported, and the panel will then vote on the nomination.

If approved by the panel, the Senate will vote on the nomination.

Trinidad and Tobago has the highest rate per capita of individuals that joined ISIS, Mondello said.

Mondello said he would work with the Trinidadian government and the agencies in his embassy to try and alleviate poverty and socioeconomic problems, to help people “succeed and become employed” and not be as susceptible to joining ISIS. Mondello said if confirmed he would also assist national security efforts to stem the “surge of violent crime” and fight human, drug and sex trafficking.

PHOTO BY LUKE TORRANCE Mondello said he will work to facilitate stronger economic ties with a Former Nassau County Republican Chairman Joseph Mondello said he’d country that is one of “our nation’s most important trading partners.” target ISIS recruitment if confirmed as U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and He added that if confirmed he will Tobago during a senate confirmation hearing. also work to support the Trinidadian of Trinidad and Tobago,” Mondello said. County Republican Chairman Joseph government in efforts to diversity the local economy beyond the energy sector.

At the hearing Mondello’s wife and Cairo, joined Mondello at the hearing.

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26 The Port Washington Times, Friday, June 22, 2018

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N.S. author pens old-fashioned love story

BY A M E L I A C A M U R AT I North Hills’ Pauli Libsohn never expected to write a book in less than a week.

After publishing three works — two collections of poetry and one collection of literary essays by her mother, Mitzi Libsohn — readers became entranced with the story of Mitzi and her husband, David Libsohn.

“It tells the entire story from beginning to end,” Pauli said.

“The reason why I wrote this story, which I wasn’t going to do because I didn’t think I was capable of doing it, is because no one could get over this story I was telling with the poems and the meaning behind the poems.

This tells why they were written.”

Pauli’s fourth book, “What is Love,”" was written in six days last year and helped Pauli learn about her parents, especially about their lives and relationship before Pauli was born.

Mitzi and David met on Far Rockaway Beach when Mitzi was 12 and David was 17 and a lifeguard. Instantly, Pauli said the two were connected and got

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Pictured left: David and Mitzi Libsohn met on Far Rockaway Beach as teenagers. Pictured right: The back of “What is Love” is a photo of David and Mitzi Libsohn with a poem Mitzi wrote on their honeymoon. married as soon as Mitzi’s family signed off on the relationship, as Mitzi was the youngest sister and her older sisters were not

yet married.

“It’s a love story, and it’s an old-fashioned love story,” Pauli said. “It’s not only about love;

it’s about commitment that nobody has anymore. It’s about promises. It’s about devotion.

It’s about romance.”

The book goes through different chapters of the couple’s lives both before and after they met, including a chapter on the family’s life in Great Neck before moving to what Pauli calls paradise in Old Brookville.

The novel also focuses on Mitzi’s life growing up in Queens, living in the back of the family’s store, The Grey Shop, where Mitzi dreamed it was actually a shop for high society people since the name used a British spelling.

As Mitzi grew, her teachers noticed her potential and her family allowed her to skip not one but two grades before attending Queens College at 16 years old.

“What is Love” is available on Amazon.

Reach reporter Amelia Camurati by email at acamurati@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516307-1045, ext. 215, or follow her on Twitter @acamurati.

For more hyper-local news visit us at www. theislandnow.com

LIRR reviewing Belmont performance

BY R E B ECC A K L A R Following train delays, the Long Island Rail Road is reviewing its performance and actions on the day of the Belmont Stakes.

An electronic component signal system failed, causing delays on multiple lines the day of the June 9 race.

LIRR President Phillip Eng, who was at Belmont all day leading the effort to restore train service, said customers deserve reliable train service and accurate communication.

“We are reviewing Belmont Stakes Day operations and pinpointing ways to further enhance our response, customer communications, and opportunities to add further redundancies,” Eng said in a statement. “I am committed to improving the way the LIRR operates not just for special events, but for all passengers who ride our railroad.”

All components were working normally until the" component signal system at the Queens interlocking in Queens Village failed, according to LIRR spokeswoman Sarah Armaghan.

The LIRR had run practice drills and tested switches leading up to the race, Armaghan said. The systems are inspected daily, and no failures of this signal system

were reported recently.

The piece that malfunctioned has been sent back to the manufacturer to get a better sense of what may have caused the failure, Armaghan said.

Despite the malfunctioning piece, the LIRR had an on-time performance of about 83 percent the day of the race, according to Armaghan.

The system, which Newsday reported broke down shortly after 1 p.m., was repaired by 5:20 p.m, Armaghan said.

Crews were positioned at key locations throughout the railroad system and were able, with manual operations, to keep trains running to Belmont while fixes were made, she said.

The issue was not a result of service to Belmont the day of the race, said said, adding that the interlocking carries high volumes of train each day in rush hour."

There will likely be more large crowds passing through the Belmont station with the plans for the new New York Islanders arena to be built on site.

The Islanders,"partnered with Sterling Development and Oak View Group, plan to create a 18,000-seat arena, a multipurpose event center, a retail center and a hotel.

When Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the plan in December, he said

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LIRR President Phillip Eng, seen here greeting commuters at the Mineola train station, said the LIRR is reviewing performance during the Belmont Stakes. that the Belmont station will be revamped.

State Sen. Elaine Phillips (R-Flower Hill) told Newsday the issues the station experienced at Belmont shows it is not yet ready for the large crowds.

Phillips did note the LIRR’s fast response to the issues, according to Newsday, but said “it’s absolutely clear what exists has to be corrected.”

“Because what exists cannot handle

the types of crowds that we are going to be bringing in to Belmont,” Phillips said. “What’s going to make this project or break this project is going to be transportation.”

Reach reporter Rebecca Klar by email at rklar@theislandnow.com, by phone at 516-307-1045, ext. 204, or follow her on Twitter @rebeccaklar_.

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Birnbaum pushes gun storage bill

BY JA N E LL E CL AUSEN

Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum, gun safety advocates and members of the Democratic minority renewed a push for a safe gun storage ordinance in Nassau County on Monday morning, calling the proposal “common sense.”

Supporters said the legislation, initially proposed in May 2016 but never taken up by the county Legislature, would clarify what constitutes safe storage of a firearm and aims to make it more difficult for children to gain access to weapons to avert accidents and suicides.

“These tragic incidences can possibly be avoided by proper storage of guns in the home,” Birnbaum, who authored the legislation, said. “A critical component of responsible gun ownership is ensuring that firearms are stored in a manner that keeps them out of the hands of children and individuals who should not have access to them.”

Birnbaum was flanked by co-sponsors of the legislation, including Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams and Legislators Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, Arnold Drucker, Joshua Lafazan, Debra Mule and Siela Bynoe. The law also earned

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Nassau County Legislator Ellen Birnbaum (D-Great Neck), who first filed a safe storage proposal for guns in 2016, is renewing a push to get it passed. support from County Executive Laura Curran, a Baldwin Democrat, and local gun safety advocates like Lois Schaffer of Great Neck.

Dr. Jeffrey Oestreicher, a pediatric emergency medicine physician at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, said safe storage is “the missing piece” in addressing an “epidemic.”

“We are facing an epidemic –

pediatric firearm suicide is increasing at an alarming rate and four in five children use a gun found in their home,” Oestreicher said. “A safe storage bill would dramatically decrease the likelihood that kids will get their hands on a gun in this crisis moment and is a critical step to saving children’s lives.”

There are currently no Republican co-sponsors on the bill, which was filed on March 26.

Frank Moroney, a legislative spokesman for the Republican majority, did not respond to a# request for comment.

A draft of the law requires that anyone who “owns, controls or is custodian of a firearm” securely lock the firearm in “an appropriate safe storage depository” or use a special safety locking device whenever it is not in their immediate possession.

Anyone found in violation could be subject to imprisonment for no more than 15 days or a $250 fine for the first offense, provided no injury is caused.

On second offense or on a first offense where there is an injury, there would be a misdemeanor charge punishable by a fine up to $1,000 or imprisonment not exceeding one year.

The law would also mandate anyone involved in selling firearms or ammunition to post notice of the law and distribute it to customers, and have the Nassau County Police Department distribute a copy of the law to pistol license applicants.

Additionally, the law requires the reporting of any lost ammunition or firearms to the Nassau County Police Department, which will maintain records of the thefts.

Anyone failing to comply with these two portions of the law

would be subject to a fine up to $250 or 15 days in jail.

Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said that the department would work with firearm businesses and federal firearm licensees in Nassau County to ensure compliance with the law, which he said he supported.

“This is not a Second Amendment issue. This is a common sense issue,” Ryder said. “We have 27,500 pistol license holders in this county. We want to make sure all 27,500 keep those weapons safe so they don’t end up in the hands of a kid that should not have it.”

Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas described the law as a tested means of reducing suicides, stopping children from mistaking guns as toys, and preventing someone who is mentally ill from gaining access to a weapon without affecting Second Amendment rights.

“It’s important to know that safe storage legislation is nothing revolutionary and nothing new,” Singas said, adding that “it’s common sense” to keep guns secure.

The renewed push for the law follows a mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, which killed 17 people, sparking a larger debate on gun safety.

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Paul Hunchak, director of public programs, said the gymkhana, an equestrian event, will be held in the gardens with reenactments, equestrian exhibits, a British tea tent and a patriotic concert by The Band of Long Island on Saturday night with a collection of John Philip Sousa music.

Hunchak said in June 1918, Phipps held a gymkhana as a fundraiser for the Canadian and British military as the war was ending.

Though part of the exhibit opened in March with a special exhibition on loan from the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, a second portion focused

on the contributions of Long Islanders to the war efforts opens on Saturday and will run through Oct. 7.

“The unique aspect of that is the U.S. wasn’t really ready to go to war,” Old Westbury Gardens CEO Nancy Costopulos said. “They had fought hard to stay out of the war for a while, and people like the Astors and the Vanderbilts and the Phippses used their own personal resources and commitment in order to help the U.S. get ready to go to war.”

Though the United States officially entered World War I by declaring war against Germany in April 1917, many Long Islanders made contributions to other countries’ efforts including those by Phipps’ wife, Margarita, to the Belgium soldiers’ tobacco fund, Hunchak said.

Hunchak said the exhibit begins in the Westbury House’s West Porch with a series of panels featuring photos, maps and artifacts to introduce attendees to

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The top seven events

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Happy Together Tour Friday, June 22 at 8 p.m.

Happy Together 2018 will feature The Turtles (“Happy Together”), Chuck Negron, formerly of Three Dog Night (“Joy To The World”), Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (“Woman, Woman”), The Association (“Windy”), Mark Lindsay, former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders (“Kicks”), and The Cowsills (“Hair”).

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury, 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247-5211 • thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Lynyrd Skynyrd at Jones Beach Saturday, June 23 at 6 p.m.

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The beats of “Sweet Home Alabama,” “Gimme Three Steps,” “Free Bird” and other Southern rock hits will be heard at Jones Beach Theater as Lynyrd Skynyrd takes the stage along with an array of special guests including Kid Rock, Hank Williams, Jr. and Bad Company.

Where: Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater, Ocean Parkway, Wantaugh Info & Tickets: (866) 558-8468 • jonesbeach.com

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Peter Cetera

Saturday, June 23 at 8 p.m.

An original member of the band Chicago before launching a successful solo career, Cetera will perform his greatest hits, from “If You Leave Me Now” to “Glory of Love.”

Where: NYCB Theatre at Westbury 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury Info & Tickets: (516) 247-5211 thetheatreatwestbury.com

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Go aboard the newly acquired DE/DM locomotive and M7 cab simulators.

At the Visitor Center enjoy viewing an exhibit of 20 posters featuring Advertising Art from the Golden Age of Railroading.

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Monday, June 25 at 7 p.m.

Emily Giffin, author of the bestselling novels “Something Borrowed,” “Something Blue,” and “Love the One You’re With,” returns with her latest, “All We Ever Wanted,” a story in which three very different people must choose between their families and their most deeply-held values.

Where: Book Revue 313 New York Ave., Huntington Info: (631) 271-1442 bookrevue.com

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Boz Scaggs Tuesday, June 26 at 8 p.m.

Singer, songwriter and guitarist Boz Scaggs, who performed with the Steve Miller Band in the 1960s and gained fame with solo hits such as “Lido Shuffle” and “Lowdown” in the ‘70s, will be the headline performer on this night.

Where: The Paramount, 370 New York Ave., Huntington Info & Tickets: (631) 673-7300 • paramountny.com

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Rosé & Roses Cocktail Party Thursday, June 28, 6 to 8 p.m.

The Palm Court of Hempstead House is the place to be on this special evening that begins with a brief tour of this iconic, 50,000 square foot Gold Coast mansion, followed by sunset in the rose gardens overlooking the Long Island Sound where guests will sample rosés, reds, whites and craft beer.

Where: Sands Point Preserve Conservancy Hempstead House, 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point Info & Tickets: (516) 571-7901 • sandspointpreserveconservancy.org

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Friday, June 22, 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturday, June 23 and Sunday, June 24 from 12 p.m. to 11 p.m.

If you haven’t yet made it to the largest fair on Long Island, then head on out to this annual, family fun event that includes old-time slide show acts, fireworks, favorite food, midway games, rides for all ages and more.

Where: Suffolk Community College, 1001 Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood Info & Tickets: 866-666-3247 or longislandfunfest.com

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DaVinci Group

Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Children ages 6 to 9 can join this painting and drawing class that takes place every Saturday through Nov. 24. $75 per month.

Where: Science Museum of Long Island, 1526 North Plandome Road, Manhasset | Info: 516-627-9400 or smli.org

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Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday, June 24, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The whole family will enjoy the debut of Cradle-Con, Long Island’s newest comic and pop culture convention where you can meet favorite comic book artists and actors from “X-Men,” “GI Joe” and “Star Wars,” visit the Retro Arcade Game Lounge, and enjoy special treats like Jedi training and visits from Legion Star Wars cosplayers.

Where: Cradle of Aviation Museum, Charles Lindbergh Blvd., Garden City Info & Tickets: 516-572-4111 or cradleofaviation.org

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Saturday, June 23, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Kick off summertime at Manorhaven’s annual street festival where there will be free entertainment for children, vendors, food, clowns, face painters, music and more.

Where: Manorhaven Village Hall Manorhaven Blvd., Port Washington Info: 516-883-7000 or manorhaven.org

Q104.3 Dad Fest Saturday, June 23 at 12 p.m.

This celebration of dads is one the whole family can enjoy with live music by The Bourbon Stills Band, a beer garden, food vendors, and activities including a T-Ball challenge, bounce house, football toss, miniature golf, and the ultimate obstacle course that will test “dadurance.”

Where: NYCB Live, Home of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale Info & Tickets: 516-231-4848 or 800-745-3000 or nycblive.com

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Hey, hey Monkees duo to perform for 1st time Michael Nesmith and Micky Dolenz of The Monkees have hit the road this month for their first-ever national tour as a duo.

Billed as The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show, these 16 special performances will feature songs that span the group’s entire career — from its 1966 eponymous debut to 2016’s Good Times.

The shows will highlight many of Nesmith’s compositions, including some that have never been performed live, and will take place on Long Island at The Paramount on Saturday, June 23 at 8 p.m.

“I love being on stage with Micky,”

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I’VE GOTTA BE ME BOW TIE SQUIRE CINEMAS 115 MIDDLE NECK ROAD, GREAT NECK

Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me is the first major film documentary to examine Samy Davis Jr.’s vast talent and his journey for identity through the shifting tides of civil rights and racial progress during 20th-century America. Emmy- and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Sam Pollard captures the nimble talent and high-wire-act tension that typified the performer’s life, utilizing electrifying performance excerpts, never-before-seen photographs, and star-studded interviews including Billy Crystal, Norman Lear, Jerry Lewis, Whoopi Goldberg, Quincy Jones and Kim Novak. A thrilling, enlightening and redemptive look at the lesser known aspects of his extraordinary life, I’ve Gotta Be Me, finally restores the deserved respect that had eluded the entertainment legend for so long.

Visit goldcoastfilmfestival.org or call 516-829-2570 for tickets.

Tickets $15/$10 for members when purchased in advance, $20 at the door.

said Nesmith. “We’ve been collaborating for over 50 years, so it’s hard to believe it’s never been just the two of us. I’m excited to dust off some tunes that I haven’t played for a long time, too.”

“Right from the get-go, I admired Mike’s songs. When we used to get together around the campfire to sing in the early days, we were always doing his songs,” said Dolenz. “We always had such a great a vocal blend; he was the one who encouraged me to write songs of my own. I’ve always been a big fan and now we finally get to do the Mike & Micky show that we riffed on back when we were shooting ‘The Monkees.'”

The Monkees Present: The Mike & Micky Show is the latest chapter in Monkee-mania, a saga that began in 1965 when four young men were cast in a television show about a struggling rock band that was inspired by the Beatles “A Hard Day’s Night.”

Ironically, The Monkees went on to become one of the most successful bands of the 1960s with hits including “Daydream Believer,” “Last Train to Clarksville,” and “I’m a Believer,” actually outselling the Beatles in 1967.

Few could have predicted the impact the Monkees would have on music and pop culture at large, one that still reverberates more than 50 years later.

For tickets to the concert, go to www. paramountny.com.

The Paramount is located at 370 New York Ave. in Huntington.

A motorcycle exhibit for kids and adults Kids ages 3 and up can roar into a kid-sized motorcycle dealership and engineering lab in a one-of-a-kind experience that lets children — and adults — Dream It! Build It!… and Ride It! The traveling exhibit, Hands-On Harley-Davidson, opens at the Long Island Children’s Museum on Saturday, June 23 and runs through Sunday, Sept. 2.

At the show, visitors can explore a pretend motorcycle dealership while learning about the people, places and process that make a community work and using activities that promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) themes.

This interactive exhibit provides hands-on opportunities where kids can hit the road and explore U.S. and international touring routes; become design engineers, learning how acceleration, speed, friction, gravity and other laws of physics that affect a motorcycle in motion; work with friends and family

to create a custom motorcycle using interchangeable parts; and experiment to see what happens when a rider throttles, leans into a curve, or descends a mountain road.

Hands-On Harley-Davidson was created by Milwaukee’s Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in collaboration with the Harley-Davidson Motor Company.

The exhibit is free with museum admission.

The Long Island Children’s Museum is located at 11 Davis Ave. in Garden City.

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Brunch and French film in Huntington The Cinema Arts Centre will host Sunday Schmooze, a brunch, screening and discussion of the new French film, “Back to Burgundy,” a perfect summer getaway.

The event will take place on Sunday, June 24, with bagels served at 10 a.m. and the film showing at 11 a.m.

Originally titled “Ce qui nous lie” (what binds us), “Back to Burgundy” is the latest film from director!Cédric Klapisch (“L’Auberge Espagnole,”

“Chinese Puzzle”) that captures the transfixing beauty of seasonal change across one of France’s most famous winemaking regions. !

With the death of his father looming, Jean (Pio Marmaï) returns from his Australian winery to his childhood home in Burgundy after a ten-year absence.

He takes over the family vineyard with siblings Juliette (Ana Girardot) and!Jérémie (François Civil).

Over a year, Jean, Juliette and Jérémie must fight to put aside their lingering resentments! about the past as they seek to maintain their father’s legacy and defy expectations.

A heartfelt love letter to what could be argued! are France’s greatest passions — ‘cinéma et vin’ — “Back to Burgundy” is a nuanced parable of sibling camaraderie and imploding familial! tension that arrives at the inevitable conclusion that love is like wine… it needs time.

The film is 117 min., with English subtitles.

Tickets to Sunday Schmooze are $11 for members, $16 for the general public.

The Cinema Arts Centre is located at 423 Park Ave. in Huntington.

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BeachFest rocks Sea Cliff this month

BY G R AC E MCQUADE BeachFest is back — a bit earlier this year — and promises more fun in the sun at the Sea Cliff Beach Pavilion, where female musicians, artists, students, and the whole community gather each year for a good cause.

Started by the all-female, alt-country and rock band, Antigone Rising, the fifth annual BeachFest will take place on Saturday, June 30, from noon to 10 p.m., with a full day of music, children’s activities, and a panel discussion all to support the band’s non-profit, Girls Rising, an organization that inspires and empowers young girls.

Kristen Ellis-Henderson, one of the founding members of Antigone Rising, took time for an interview to discuss the charity and what people can expect at this year’s BeachFest, which is being held for the first time in June.

“A big part of the event is getting kids to participate and to perform,” Ellis-Henderson said about moving the festival from its usual month in September when there is a short window of time to plan since children are just returning from summer vacations and heading back to school. “So we decided let’s kick off summer instead of kicking off fall.”

Something else that’s new this year are Girls Rising grants that will be awarded to three Long Island students who have benefited from Girls Rising outreach programs over the past year.

“The idea behind these grants is that women need to help each other,” Ellis-Henderson said. “The only way to get more women to the top of the ladder is to keep pulling each other up the ladder. For us, it’s important to reach out a hand and pull these girls up.”

“So we asked local teachers and administrators to submit names of students they believed presented leadership qualities, contributed to their school community, and have been impacted by the outreach,” she added.

At the same time, Ellis-Henderson ran into Melissa Etheridge at an awards ceremony, and her fellow bandmates spoke to Joan Jett at a wedding, and both music legends agreed to support the grants.

So at this year’s BeachFest fundraiser, which is being held the night before the festival, on

Antigone Rising Friday, June 29, from 7 to 10 p.m., at the Glenwood Landing Firehouse," Allaina and Alina James,"two 8th grade twin girls from the Finley Middle School in Glen Cove, will each receive a $500 grant.

“One girl will receive the Melissa Etheridge Girls Rising Grant and the other the Joan Jett & The Blackhearts Girls Rising Grant,” Ellis-Henderson said.

“Melissa has her own set of twins so she just loved the idea of the grants going to these two girls,” Ellis-Henderson said, adding that Long Beach, Long Island native Joan Jett is happy to be supporting a local student.

Lia Serravalle, a 4th"grade student from the Sea Cliff Elementary School will receive the Sue Wicks Girls Rising Grant, named after the WNBA All Star who participates in many Girls Rising outreach programs.

“These three grants will continue to be given out annually to deserving students who benefit from Girls Rising,” EllisHenderson said.

Also at the Friday evening fundraiser, a Girls Rising Game Changer Award will be presented to Grammy-nominated artist and talk show host Carnie Wilson, best known as a member of the pop group Wilson Phillips.

“We’ve known Carnie for a few years,” said Ellis-Henderson, who first met Wilson at the Borgata Hotel in Las Vegas where both of their bands were playing. “Carnie knew all about our work through a mutual friend so she was like, ‘Where do you need me and when? I’m coming to BeachFest.'”

Once she became involved, Wilson’s participation went from sitting in on Saturday’s AllStar Girls Rising Outreach Panel that takes place every year, to moderating the panel, to receiving a Girls Rising Game Changer Award on Friday night for work she has done to empower and

inspire women.

Presenting this award will be Grammy Award-winning songwriter Julie Gold, who remembers Wilson from the night she won her Grammy for the Bette Midler hit, “From a Distance,” in 1991. Wilson Phillips was also up for Best Song that year for “Hold On.” As their names were announced at the awards ceremony, Wilson and Gold made eye contact and Wilson lipped the words “good luck” while giving Gold a big smile and two thumbs up.

“Gold always wanted to find Carnie and thank her for that moment,” Ellis-Henderson said, because she said it settled and calmed her right before she accepted her Grammy. “‘She’s the most gracious person and it would be my honor to present her with the award,'” Ellis-Henderson quoted Gold saying.

In addition to Wilson, this year’s All Star Girls Rising Outreach Panel that will take place on the Main Stage at the Beach Pavilion at 3 p.m. on Saturday includes Gold and Wicks, as well as U.S. Hockey Gold Medalist Angela Ruggiero and comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer, who will MC the entire BeachFest weekend.

“All these women from different careers, they come up and talk about their experiences as women and how they rose to the top of their careers in various ways,” Ellis-Henderson said.

In recent years, Girls Rising panel discussions have taken place at schools, universities, community centers, refugee camps, embassies and corporations across the globe and aim to demonstrate to girls that strong women exist and have much to contribute to art, culture, sports, finance, business and the world around them.

It was a trip to the Middle East sponsored by the U.S. State Department to coincide

with Women’s History Month in March of 2012 that Antigone Rising came up with the idea for Girls Rising.

“They asked us to do outreach workshops, talking about what it’s like to be an all-female rock band in the U.S. and the experiences we’ve had as women in a non-traditional career,” Ellis-Henderson said.

So the band went to Israel and Palestine and spoke to children who were in disbelief seeing the all-female band, especially in the West Bank.

“It was like Beatlemania,” Ellis-Henderson recalled, describing the experience as lifealtering and the epiphany to start their own charity back home to elevate American girls to reach their full potential.

So the band started doing similar outreach workshops here in the U.S. and Girls Rising and BeachFest, modeled after Florida’s annual 30A Songwriter’s Festival, were born.

The 30A Songwriter’s Festival hosts musicians and artists who perform at coffeehouses, theaters, clothing stores and other local businesses along the Gulf Coast on highway 30A. The idea of multiple artists performing while scattered all around the area led Antigone Rising to want to do the same thing in their own little beach town of Sea Cliff.

“We wanted to get people to come to see our hometown that we love so much,” she said.

“It’s off the beaten path, so if we threw our own festival and invited our artist friends they could see where we lived. They could see how cool our town is.”

BeachFest now draws roughly 4,000 people to the Sea Cliff beachfront over the course of the day and offers something for everyone.

“There will be a ton of kids’

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activities on the beach this time,” Ellis-Henderson said, including kids’ yoga, RADD CrossFit, scavenger hunts, face painting, tie-dying, and the popular “kindie” rock band for children, Joanie Leeds of Brooklyn, all starting at 12 p.m.

There will also be plenty of music throughout the day on the KIDZ BOP Youth Stage and into the evening on the Main Stage, with scheduled performances by Sinclair, the Sweet Lizzy Project, and founders Antigone Rising closing out the night.

With so much effort put into Girls Rising and BeachFest, Ellis-Henderson laughed when asked about Antigone Rising.

“That’s right, we have a band, right?”

She admits that the charity now drives the group’s music career. “It’s like, well we’re doing outreach in North Carolina, so we might as well do some concert dates while we’re there,” she said.

So the band that formed at Bucknell University and went on to tour alongside the Rolling Stones, Aerosmith, the Allman Brothers Band, and many other headline performers over the years is still making music, but their priority is the global work of Girls Rising and the festival that supports its mission and programs.

“That what it’s turned into,” Ellis-Henderson said. “And that’s fine, we’re happy about it.

That’s what we want.”

The Sea Cliff Beach Pavilion is located at 36 The Blvd. in Sea Cliff. The event is free and open to the general public, with a suggested donation at the entrance.

For more information about the BeachFest and Antigone Rising, go to www.antigonerising. com.

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THE CULINARY ARCHITECT

Gourmet summer party for 12 in a flash During recent years endless hours of party planning and spending time in the kitchen have given way to dining out as a means of entertaining and enjoying all summer has to offer. Somehow during the summer months even the most reluctant gourmet begins to think of entertaining.

If you love to entertain, but do not wish to “man” the job yourself, meet P*A*R*T*Y D*E*S*G*N, a concept developed at Culinary Architect Catering to let you enjoy all of your Summer entertaining.

The following recipes and presentation secrets will help you plan a spectacular summer party even if you are not a seasoned professional caterer.

MENU (Serves 12) Hors d’oeuvres: Caviared Cream Cheese First Course: Summery Gazpacho Entree: Beef Tenderloin Salad Dessert: Ice Cream Cake* *Recipe Not Given Caviared Cream Cheese 4 8-oz. packages of cream cheese 1 3-oz jar of red lumpfish caviar

1 large green pepper, cut in half 1 1/2 cups tomato juice 15 oz. beef consomme 1/2 cup red wine vinegar 1/2 cup olive oil 1 tsp. Tabasco Fresh tarragon Pinch of salt and pepper 1 bunch fresh parsley, chopped

and black lumpfish caviar 1 3-oz jar of golden caviar 5 scallions sliced into thin circles Flatt Breads-available at all supermarkets 1. With your hands, pound each block of cream cheese into a 4X4-inch square and set aside on plastic wrap.

2. Wash the red caviar in a fine sieve to eliminate excess salt, gently press down the caviar to remove water. Set caviar aside.

3. Rinse out the sieve and follow the same procedure for the black caviar.

4. Cover 3 of the four blocks of cream cheese with scallions. Press to imbed them in the cream cheese.

Cover one layer with black caviar and cover one-third of another layer with the black caviar.

5. On the remaining block of cream cheese and one-third of the other block of cream cheese place the golden caviar.

6. To assemble: Place the red caviar layer on top of the black, then place the golden layer on top of the red, always keeping the caviar side up and finally place the third caviar layer on top. Imbed the remaining scallions around the sides

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of the block.

Presentation Suggestions: Place the flatts in a starburst fashion on a flat platter. Place the block of caviar cream cheese in the center. Place two contrasting flowers on the top. Be sure to include a spreader so your guests can help themselves.

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Summery Gazpacho (Now that tomatoes are coming into season, try this recipe) 3 cloves garlic 3 large tomatoes, cut into quarters 2 large Japanese cucumbers, cut into quarters 1 large onion, cut in half

1. In a food processor, fitted with a steel blade, place garlic, tomatoes, cucumber, onion, green pepper,. With on-off movements, pulse and coarsely chop.

2. Mix remaining ingredients and blend with coarsely chopped vegetables. Serve or chill.

Presentation Suggestion: Sprinkle freshly chopped parsley on top of soup.

Beef Tenderloin Salad 2 1/2 lbs. beef tenderloin, seared at 500 degrees for 7 minutes and then bake for 10 minutes or until desired doneness, rare is 115 degrees. Let the beef cool in wrapped aluminum foil while in the refrigerator. When cooled, cut into thin strips. (London Broil may also be used.

1 red onion, sliced 1/4 cup lemon juice

1/2 cup tarragon vinegar 2 cups best quality olive oil 1/2 cup fresh tarragon, chopped coarsely Salt and Fresh Ground Pepper to taste 1 head radicchio (optional) 1. Place the onions and beef in a bowl, combine. Add lemon juice and vinegar. Toss. Slowly add olive oil while tossing beef and onions.

Add tarragon and refrigerate overnight.

2. Before serving, add salt and pepper to taste.

Presentation Suggestion: Line a platter with radicchio and mound the beef salad in the center of the platter. Garnish with extra tarragon.

Alexandra Troy is owner of Culinary Architect Catering, a 35 year-old Greenvale-based company, specializing in private, corporate and promotional parties.

Need help making your parties delicious and stress-free, CALL 516-484-7431 and you will be a guest at your own party! If you make any of these recipes, send me a photo at party@culinaryarchitect.com

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Arts & Entertainment Calendar NYCB LIVE, HOME OF NASSAU VETERANS MEMORIAL COLISEUM 1255 Hempstead Turnpike, Uniondale (516) 794-9300 • www.nycblive.com Friday, June 22, 5 p.m.

New York Islanders Draft Party Saturday, June 23, 12 p.m.

Q104.3 Dad Fest Through Sunday, July 1 (check venue website for daily showtimes) Cirque du Soleil: VOLTA Through Sunday, Dec. 23, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Empire State Fair Market: Every Sunday through Dec. 23.

NORTHWELL HEALTH AT JONES BEACH THEATER Ocean Parkway, Wantaugh (866) 558-8468 • www.jonesbeach.com Friday, June 22, 7 p.m.

Foreigner / Whitesnake / Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience Saturday, June 23, 6 p.m.

Lynyrd Skynrd + Special Guests Friday, June 29, 7 p.m.

Styx, Tesla, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts EISENHOWER PARK 2018 FREE CONCERT SERIES Harry Chapin Lakeside Theatre, Merrick and Stewart Aves., East Meadow, Parking Field 6/6A (516) 572-0347 • www.nassaucountyny. gov Saturday, June 23, 7 p.m.

International Music Night: South AsianAmerican Night Sunday, June 24, 8 p.m.

Band of Long Island Monday, June 25, 7 p.m.

International Music Night: Italian-American Night Friday, June 29, 8 p.m.

The Real Diamond: A Neil Diamond Tribute Saturday, June 30, 6 p.m.

TD Bank “Celebrate America” Fireworks and Show FOREST HILLS STADIUM 1 Tennis Place, Forest Hills (888) 929-7849 • www.foresthillsstadium. com Friday, June 22, 6 p.m.

Dropkick Murphys & Flogging Molly NYCB THEATRE AT WESTBURY 960 Brush Hollow Road, Westbury (516) 247-5205 • www.thetheatreatwestbury.com Friday, June 22, 8 p.m.

Happy Together Tour with The Turtles and More!

Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m.

Peter Cetera Saturday, June 30, 8 p.m.

Linda Eder THE PARAMOUNT 370 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 673-7300 • www.paramountny.com Friday, June 22, 8 p.m.

The Purple Xperience: Prince Tribute Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m.

The Monkees Present: The Mike Nesmith & Micky Dolenz Show

Tuesday, June 26, 8 p.m.

Boz Scaggs Thursday, June 28, 8 p.m.

Chase Rice THE SPACE AT WESTBURY 250 Post Ave., Westbury (516) 283-5566 • www.thespaceatwestbury.com Friday, July 13, 7 p.m.

Tritan Fights Live MMA LANDMARK ON MAIN STREET 232 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-1384 • www.landmarkonmainstreet.com Friday, June 29, 7:30 p.m.

Raunchy Little Musical — Belle Barth is Back!

GOLD COAST ARTS CENTER 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck (516) 829-2570 • www.goldcoastarts.org Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 p.m.

Film Screening: “Sammy Davis Jr.: I’ve Gotta Be Me” At Bow Tie Squire Cinemas, 115 Middle Neck Road in Great Neck.

NASSAU COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART 1 Museum Drive, Roslyn Harbor (516) 484-9338 • www.nassaumuseum.org Friday, June 22, 9:30 a.m.

Fri-Yay Art Days! at The Manes Center Saturday, June 23, 11 a.m.

Studio Saturdays at The Manes Center Saturday, June 23, 3 p.m.

An Historian in the Gallery: Dr. Jay Tartell Sunday, June 24, 1 p.m.

Family Sundays at the Museum SANDS POINT PRESERVE CONSERVANCY/HEMPSTEAD HOUSE 127 Middle Neck Road, Sands Point (516) 571-7901 • www.sandspointpreserve. org Thursday, June 28, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Rosé & Roses Cocktail Party LONG ISLAND CHILDREN’S MUSEUM 11 Davis Ave., Garden City (516) 224-5800 • www.licm.org Friday, June 22, 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Kids in the Kitchen: Tuna Melt For children ages 3-5. Fee: $5 with museum admission ($4 LICM members) Friday, June 22, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Summer Garden Stones Children ages 3 and up can create their own colorful garden stone to celebrate the arrival of summer. Ongoing event through June 22. Free with museum admission.

Sunday, June 24, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Messy Afternoons Children 18 months to 4 years will be up to their elbows in oobleck, clean mud and slime with artistic activities. Free with museum admission.

BARNES AND NOBLE 1542 Northern Blvd., Manhasset and 91 Old Country Road, Carle Place (516) 365-6723 (Manhasset) (516) 7419850 (Carle Place) • www.barnesandnoble.com Saturday, June 23, 11 a.m.

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A&E Calendar cont’d Story Time and Activities: “Jurassic Park Little Golden Book” BOOK REVUE 313 New York Ave., Huntington (631) 271-1442 • www.bookrevue.com Monday, June 25, 7 p.m.

Emily Giffin: “All We Ever Wanted” Thursday, June 28, 11 a.m.

President Bill Clinton & James Patterson: “The President is Missing” CINEMA ARTS CENTRE 423 Park Ave., Huntington (631) 423-7611 • www.cinemaartscentre. org Sunday, June 24, 10 a.m.

Sunday Schmooze Brunch, Film & Discussion: “Back to Burgundy” THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP & CAFE 299 Main St., Port Washington (516) 767-2650 • www.thedolphinbookshop.com Friday, June 22, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Cafe Music at the Dolphin Sunday, June 24, 11:30 a.m.

Children’s Story Time & Craft Through Saturday, June 30 John P. Cardone Photography Exhibit THE ART GUILD 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset (516) 304-5797 • www.theartguild.org Monday, July 16 through 20, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Week-long Morning Art Workshops For children ages 5 to 7. $225 members/$2600 non-members per child/per week Monday, July 23, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Week-long Morning Art Workshops For children ages 8 to 12. $225 members/$2600 non-members per child/per week OLD WESTBURY GARDENS 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury 311 or (516) 869-6311 • www.clarkbotanic. org Saturday, June 23 through Oct. 7 The Great War Exhibit PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM 1395 Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay (516) 922-8678 • www.plantingfields.org Friday, June 22, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Family Fun Night — Strummin’ and Drummin’

Saturday, June 23, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Free Concert in the Park: The Como Brothers Through Sept. 30 Exhibit — Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney: Sculpture TURN OF THE CORKSCREW BOOKS AND WINE 110 N. Park Ave., Rockville Centre (516) 764-6000 • www.turnofthecorkscrew.com Friday, June 22, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Author Christine Gallo: “The Littlest Guru” THE WHALING MUSEUM & EDUCATION CENTER 279 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor (631) 367-3418 • www.cshwhalingmuseum.org Tuesday, June 22 and Thursday, June 28, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Create Stations An array of help-yourself crafts available to visitors. Free with paid admission.

Monday, June 25 through Friday, June 29, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

World Adventures Camp Children K-3 will sail the world to different continents and discover cultures, habitats and unusual animals. Register online.

Community Calendar UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION AT SHELTER ROCK 48 Shelter Rock Road, Manhasset (516) 627-6560 • www.uucsr.org Friday, June 22, 1 p.m.

Bridge Lessons and Game Play Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m.

Caring Hearts Quilters Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 p.m.

Inisfada Zen Sitting Meditation OLDE TRADING POST 1218 Jericho Turnpike, New Hyde Park (516) 492-3195 • www.oldetradingpost. com

Friday, June 22, 7 p.m.

Live Music: The Stages Friday, June 29, 7 p.m.

Live Music: Dexter Haven Saturday, June 30, 7 p.m.

Live Music: Marco Coneli & Friends KINGS PARK 2018 FARMER’S MARKET Sunday, June 24, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Head over to the Kings Park Farmers Market (Municipal Lot 25A and Main St.), which will be open every Sunday through Oct. 7.

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COLD SPRING HARBOR FISH HATCHERY & AQUARIUM 1660 Rte. 25A, Cold Spring Harbor (516) 692-6768 • www.cshfishhatchery.org Wednesday, July 11, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Wacky Water Wednesdays Sprinklers, bubbles, lawn games and activities every Wednesday through Aug. 29. $6 adults; $4 kids ages 3 to 12 and seniors 65 and up; under age 3 and members are free.

WALT WHITMAN BIRTHPLACE 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station (631) 427-5240 • www.waltwhitman.org Sunday, June 24, 2 p.m.

Talk: Why Women Needed Women with Professor Carol Singley Singley will discuss Walt Whitman’s relationships with feminists of his time and how Edith Wharton and other women of the era needed each other for gender advancement and recognition.

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Community Calendar cont’d Continued from Page 41 ST. AIDAN’S PARISH 505 Willis Ave, Williston Park (516) 746-6585 • www.staidanparish.org Sunday, June 24, 1 p.m.

St. Aidan Parish 90th Anniversary BBQ The barbecue will take place right after the 12 p.m. mass.

The Art Academy of Garden City is now offering a summer art session.

Camp will be held on July 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th for grades 2-12. An additional week may be added as needed. Call (516) 902-3613 or email melissapashayan@gmail.com for inquiries and registration.

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NORTHWELL HEALTH (855) 544-1250 • www.northwell.edu Monday, June 25, 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Free School Workgroup Leadership, physicians, and psychological experts from Cohen Children’s Medical Center will discuss ways in which schools are dealing with the many difficulties confronting our youth today — from substance use to bullying. The workshop will be held at Cohen Children’s Medical Center, 269-01 76th Ave. in New Hyde Park. To register for the event or for more information, call 888-321-3627 or go to northwell.edu.

WALK ‘N TALK SINGLES Monday, June 25, 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Every Monday night through Sept. 3 at Jones Beach Boardwalk, Ocean Parkway, Field 6, Wantagh. For more information, call 516-6810540.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL LEAGUE Tuesday, June 26, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Every Tuesday through Aug. 28 at North Hempstead Beach Park, 175 West Shore Road, Port Washington. All levels welcome.

For more information, call 631-355-1293.

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Sugar & Spice: “Motown Gets Down” In the event of inclement weather, the concert will take place at the Great Neck Social Center, 80 Grace Ave. in Great Neck.

NORTH HEMPSTEAD PROJECT INDEPENDENCE MEETINGS (FOR THOSE 60+) (516) 869-6311 • 311 Wednesday, June 27, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Caregiver to a Spouse Support Group Learn new ways of coping with demands of care giving and your relationship with your loved one (over age 60) at the Port Washington Senior Center, 80 Manorhaven Blvd. in Port Washington). Call 311 or 516-869-6311 to register or for more information.

TRIVIA CHALLENGE Abeetza Restaurant, 82 Glen Cove Road, Greenvale Wednesday, June 27, 6 p.m.

Trivia Challenge Come see how much you know. For more information, call 516-676-1976.

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Port Washington Library Port Washington Library is located at One Library Drive in Port Washington. For more information about these and other events, go to www.pwpl.org.

SANDWICHED IN Friday, June 22, 12:15 p.m. to 2 p.m. “Crank It Up: The History of Rock Concerts.” Clive Young traces their evolution-from Elvis performing in hayfields to stadium-filled spectacles-and screens short documentaries about life on tour with Fleetwood Mac and The Who. SCRABBLE Friday, June 22, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

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AROUND THE GLOBE Friday, June 22, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Ronald Brown looks back on his seven years in Switzerland. Made possible by the Friends of the Library.

A musical tribute to Charlie Fertitta.

BOOKS FOR DESSERT Monday, June 25, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A book club for adults with intellectual disabilities.

HOOTENANNY Monday, June 25, 7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

Tony Traguardo hosts a summertime ‘hoot,’ featuring a selection of tunes to got you into the spirit of the upcoming season.

CHESS Tuesday, June 26, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

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BOOKS FOR DESSERT Thursday, June 28, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

A book club for adults with intellectual

SCRABBLE Friday, June 15, 2 p.m.

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BOOKS FOR DESSERT: Thursday, June 28, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

BOOKS FOR DESSERT Monday, June 18, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. A book club for adults with intellectual disabilities.

FILM WITH JOHN BOSCO Thursday, June 28, 7:15 p.m. to 9:15 p.m.

A screening and discussion of “Downsizing” (2017-135 min.). Matt Damon shrinks himself to five inches tall.

Manhasset/Port Washington Community Calendar PROJECT INDEPENDENCE BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP Are you grieving the loss of a spouse?

Are you feeling overwhelmed with sadness and not knowing how to cope with your feelings? Learn more about the grief process and coping skills with other supportive people who are sharing the same experience. Meetings take place the first and third Friday of each month from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Port Washington Senior Center located at 80 Manorhaven Blvd. in Port Washington.

(For those 60 and over). Registration required. Please call 311 or 516-869-6311 to register or for more information.

ST. PETER OF ALCANTARA BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP WITH OUR LADY OF FATIMA PARISH

St. Peter of Alcantara (516-883-4817 or 516-883-2607), located at 1321 Port Washington Blvd. in Port Washington, also hosts a Bereavement Support Group on Friday evenings at 8 p.m. that are open to the general public. For more information, contact Yvonne at 516-8834817 or Rose at 516-883-2607.

THE DOLPHIN BOOKSHOP & CAFE The Dolphin Bookshop & Cafe, located at 299 Main St. in Port Washington (516-767-2650), hosts a Music & More Story Time every Friday at 11 a.m. for children ages 2 to 4 (advanced registration is required. $10 per child), as well as Cafe Music at the Dolphin, a free, weekly music series every Friday night from 7 to 9 p.m.

PORT WASHINGTON & MANHASSET TOASTMASTERS Learn public speaking! A Toastmasters group makes learning to speak in public a fun and empowering experience. From beginners to professional public speakers, the supportive learn-by-doing format encourages all participants to take their communication and listening skills to the next level. Ongoing. Meets first and third Mondays of every month, 7:30 p.m. sharp until 9 p.m. Call 516-474–1402 for more info. Toastmasters is a nonprofit organization.

PORT WASHINGTON PAL Port Washington PAL turns 70 in 2018 and they are celebrating by offering an all-inclusive $49 softball program for 6U, 8U and 10U players. They have

an outstanding program to share with the community. They are also offering professionally run programs in T-ball, soccer, tennis, Monday night flag football, basketball skills clinics and 12 U and 14U softball. Registration is now open, space is limited in all teams so register early.

Call 516-965-9883, email pwpalinfo@ gmail.com or go to www.pwpal.org.

TEMPLE JUDEA OF MANHASSET Located at 333 Searingtown Rd. in Manhasset, the Temple hosts Shabbat services on Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Bridge on Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. and Mondays and Tuesdays at 12 p.m. For more information, call 516621-8049 or go to www.emple-judea. com.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

Temple Beth Sholom concert on June 24 Temple Beth Sholom’s magnificent Cantor Ofer Barnoy and worldacclaimed Cantor Netanel Hershtik will be the featured performers in the Temple’s Annual Cantors Concert on June 24, at 7 p.m.

Hershtik was recently featured in a PBS special concert recorded in Europe in honor of Israel’s 70th!Anniversary.

Rounding out the cast will be members of The Hampton Synagogue Choir and the Atid Boys Choir, directed by Izchak Haimov and accompanied by pianist Ron Yedidya and the Meitar String Quartet, in a vibrant program of beautiful songs in many languages.

The concert celebrates Israel’s 70th! anniversary and is open to the commu-

PHOTOS COURTESY OF TEMPLE BETH SHOLOM

From left, Cantor Ofer Barnoy of Temple Beth Sholom and Cantor Netanel Hershtik of The Hampton Synagogue will share the stage at Temple Beth Sholom’s annual Cantor Concert. nity.

General admission tickets are $36 $50 and reserved section seating is $50.

Tickets may be purchased online at tbsroslyn.org or at Temple Beth

Sholom, 401 Roslyn Rd., Roslyn Heights, NY 11577.

Sponsorships, which include tickets and a catered reception prior to the concert, are also available.

For more information, call 516-621-2288.

Gold Coast Family Dental scholarship Since 2008, Dr. Doron Keren of Gold Coast Family Dental in Port Washington has been awarding $500 scholarships to seniors at Schreiber High School. This year’s award went to Kaitlyn Rafferty, who will be attending Loyola University in Maryland where she will study to be a physical therapist.

Ms. Rafferty academic highlights include being in the National Honor Society, the Science Honor Society and frequently on the principal’s honor roll.

Her after-school activi-

ties included being varsity dance club called the Portettes.

Dr. Doron, Schreiber class of ’79, awards a the Gold Coast Family Den-

tal scholarship based on outstanding academic achievement, playing on a varsity team as well as having a desire to go into a medical related field.

D’Urso celebrates LWV State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso recently celebrated with the League of Women Voters of Port WashingtonManhasset at their Spring Party and Benefit held at the private residence of JeanMarie & Steve Posner in Port Washington.

The League honored Judy TemkinJacobson, who has been on the board of the league since 2009 and Voter Service Chair for the past nine years. They cel-

ebrated the dedicated work of Life Members Town of North Hempstead Councilwoman Lee Seeman who was recognized for more than 50 years of service to the League of Women Voters, Barbara Hausman Sonnenfeldt for her long-time volunteer service with the League and Mina Rieur Weiner for her work as a member of the Executive Board of Directors at the League.

Synagogue seniors, teens explore justice At its annual congregational meeting! last week, the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore members recognized teens and seniors for participating in “Better Together,” a year-long, intergenerational learning experience generously supported by a national foundation.

The synagogue’s 10th and 11th graders met with senior citizens from the RSNS community each month to share a meal, engage in lively conversation, and explore social justice topics through an intergenerational lens with Cantor Eric Schulmiller and educator Solomon Hoffman.

As part of the program, each student!wrote an essay for the Better2Write contest about! their experience in the program!and their interactions with the senior citizens. The!essays were judged anonymously!and Schreiber 10th grader Sally Hirschwerk was! selected as the winner of the RSNS school prize. In addition to winning the school!prize, Sally Hirschwerk received!second prize in the National 2018 Better2Write contest.!

As a result, RSNS is being awarded

a scholarship fund by the prominent national foundation to be used for RSNS teens’ educational experiences in the larger Jewish world.

“We are so proud of Sally, and of all the teens and seniors who participated in this!wonderful new program,” said Cantor!Schulmiller. “It’s another great example of the!many opportunities our teens have!to deepen their Jewish identity and connect with! each other here at RSNS. From working!with Holocaust survivors, to trips and social!action with our Youth Group, to!teen girls and boys groups and educational!programming, our teens are an essential part of our community.”

“Meeting and getting to know our teens gave me the sense that we are leaving our! society in good hands. I hope they! enjoyed spending time with us as much as I enjoyed! spending time with them,” said Harriet Feiner, a founding member of RSNS and an active! senior who participated in the Better Together program.

To learn more about the! program, view the final project video at this link: https://youtu.be/kZsBottzoYo

Schnirman presents innovation award Nassau County Comptroller Jack Schnirman presented the Comptroller’s High School Innovation Award to Carley Schor at Paul D. Schreiber High School.

Born out of the annual Achievement Award, the office updated the award’s criteria,!inspired by student innovation.

Innovative students confront a problem or challenge facing them or their community and make a positive impact through their efforts.

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Chassman said the organization offers a 24-hour hotline for those in need in Nassau County at 516-747-2606.

Andrew Malekoff, executive director of the North Shore Child and Family Guidance Center, said the center’s Project Access research study, published in January, showed 50 percent of the approximately 650 Long Islanders surveyed said it was easier to find treatment for physical ailments than mental health or substance use disorders, 40 percent said their insurance companies did not authorize enough providers for care and twothirds said their insurer was not helpful with requests.

“Money can be poured into it, and more services can be available, but if someone who makes that first phone call is dealing with the stigma of substance abuse has that phone slammed down on them because the clinic doesn’t accept their insurance, what are the odds of them continuing to call?” Malekoff said.

Malekoff said the center offers treatment options for Nassau County children and their families and has seen an increase in tetrahydrocannabinol concentrates, or THC, among its patients, which he said can often lead to opioid use over time.

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Local students making good at college Cristina Pinto has been named to the Siena College Dean’s List for the Spring 2018 semester. Pinto is from Mineola.

Siena College names students to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2018 semester.

John Harvey of New Hyde Park.

Jason Padilla of New Hyde Park.

SUNY Canton congratulates Iglika Vatchinska for earning Dean’s List Honors during the Spring 2018 Semester. Vatchinska is a SUNY Canton Legal Studies major from Williston Park.

SUNY Canton congratulates William Trapp for earning Dean’s List Honors during the Spring 2018 Semester. Trapp is a SUNY Canton Sports Management major from Port Washington.

Matthew Lawrence Broncato of Roslyn Heights, a senior majoring in civil engineering, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2018 semester at Clarkson University.

Hofstra University congratulates the students named to the Spring 2018 Dean’s List for their outstanding academic achievement. Students must earn a grade point average of at least 3.5 during the semester to make the Dean’s List.

Local students named to the Dean’s List include: Adam Castar of Port Washington Julian Faccibene of Port Washington Jacob Malcom of Port Washington Olivia Maus of Port Washington Nicholas Belitsis of Great Neck Michelle Carmili of Great Neck Ariana Farajollah of Kings Point Jennie Golub of Great Neck Zhuohua He of Great Neck Deana Hsu of Great Neck Sungmin Ko of Great Neck Ella Rastegar of Kings Point Isac Sedaka of Great Neck Sally Shamouilian of Great Neck Jason Shekib of Great Neck Emma Silverstein of Great Neck Edan Soleimanian of Great Neck Joseph Yang of Great Neck Ruyu Zheng of Great Neck Samantha Aloysius of New Hyde Park Tyler Baron of New Hyde Park Leah Bodh of New Hyde Park David Capodanno of New Hyde Park Nicolas Castelli of New Hyde Park Eden Cherian of New Hyde Park Alessia Cooney of New Hyde Park Lauren Cullen of New Hyde Park Christian Einnatz of New Hyde Park Kevin Garcia of New Hyde Park Alena George of New Hyde Park Shalet Jayan of New Hyde Park Crystal Khemraj of New Hyde Park Anand Kotha of New Hyde Park Olivia Macedo of New Hyde Park Sarah Manas of New Hyde Park Jack Nuttall of New Hyde Park Aleena Pasha of New Hyde Park Akaashdeep Ranu of New Hyde Park Michael Ringel of New Hyde Park Christina Saji of New Hyde Park Eric Samuel of New Hyde Park Lauren Samuel of New Hyde Park

Harjot Singh of New Hyde Park Reenu Thomas of New Hyde Park Shanon Thomas of New Hyde Park Michael Varrone of New Hyde Park Beverly Varughese of New Hyde Park Hailey Weihs of New Hyde Park Andrew Adamo of East Williston Sabreen Bhuiya of Albertson Christina Cardinal of Mineola Jennifer Carmody of Albertson Xiang Pu Chen of Mineola Valerie Cobos of Mineola Natalia Cotto of Mineola Parth Dave of Albertson Catherine Elefonte of Williston Park Mia Fabiani of East Williston Lauren Jenkins of Mineola Ryan Kelly of Williston Park Afeerah Malik of Albertson Emily Martins of Mineola Andrew Mendes of Mineola Paulina Morandi of Williston Park Hugo Renzzo Olcese of Mineola Bhakti Patel of Albertson Isha Patel of Williston Park Danny Pires of Mineola Mersim Redzematovic of Mineola John Ryan of Mineola Jonathan Sanelli of Albertson Derek Schozer of Williston Park Emily Silhan of Williston Park Eka Singh of Albertson Michael Solinas of Albertson Nikeeta Ahluwalia of Roslyn Benjamin Berman of Roslyn Heights Naomi Brill of Roslyn Heights Sukhjit Dhaliwal of Old Westbury Kristina Dicarlo of Roslyn Heights Jordan Hertz of Roslyn Bruce Kardach of Roslyn Heights Ron Kort of Roslyn Hannah Mariani of Roslyn Ashley Nussbaum of Old Westbury Samuel Tesch of Roslyn Mojtaba Tokhie of Roslyn Heights Olena Cardali of Manhasset Martine Olivier of Manhasset During Commencement ceremonies on May 21, 2018, Lehigh University conferred 1,103 Bachelor’s degrees, 402 Master’s degrees and 59 Doctoral degrees. Of the more than 1,500 graduates, degree recipients came from 42 states and 53 countries, majoring in 91 different disciplines.

Congratulations to these graduates: Astrid Phillipson of Port Washington with a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in Psychology and Health, Medicine, & Society with Highest Honors Anastasios Thermos of Port Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in Finance Matthew Rothberg of Port Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science & Business degree Samuel Littman of Port Washington with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial & Systems Engineering degree Marissa Diamond of Great Neck with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in Accounting with High Honors Jared Horowitz of Great Neck with

a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in Accounting Jordan Shokrian of Great Neck with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in Finance and Accounting John Chou of New Hyde Park graduates from Lehigh University as a member of the Class of 2018 Courtney Capobianco of Williston Park graduates from Lehigh University as a member of the Class of 2018 Jason Pollack of Roslyn with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English with Honors Gabrielle Pomerantz of Roslyn Heights with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in Finance with Honors Kathryn Wexler of Old Westbury with a Bachelor of Science in Biology degree and Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Health, Medicine, & Society with Honors Max Rosenbaum of Old Westbury with a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Journalism Reid Karp of Roslyn with a Bachelor of Science in Business and Economics degree with a major in Finance.

SUNY Canton President Zvi Szafran recognizes Dominique Baez for earning President’s List Honors during the Spring 2018 Semester. Baez is a SUNY Canton Individual Studies major from Great Neck.

Hofstra University is proud to announce the Spring 2018 Provost’s List, which recognizes students who have earned a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

The local students named to the Provost’s List include: Serena Berger of Albertson Tanzim Bhuiya of Albertson Carol Izzo of Albertson Corinne Joyce of Mineola Bongseok Jung of Albertson Byeongho Jung of Albertson Erick Pacher of Williston Park Jillian Pallone of Mineola Nicholas Poppe of Mineola Aleena Pasha of New Hyde Park was among 23 Hofstra University students inducted into the Mu Kappa Chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon during a ceremony this spring. GTU is the international honor society for students studying geography.

The State University of New York at Geneseo has announced its Dean’s List for the spring semester 2018. To be on the list, a student must have achieved at least a 3.5 grade point average while taking a minimum of 12 credit hours.

Bridget Rynne from Williston Park Jonathan Chao from Albertson Quinn Ginsberg from Mineola Alishah Bhimani from Roslyn, NY has been named to SUNY Geneseo’s Dean’s List for the spring semester 2018.

To be on the list, a student must have achieved at least a 3.5 grade point average while taking a minimum of 12 credit

hours.

The State University of New York at Geneseo has announced its Dean’s List for the spring semester 2018. To be on the list, a student must have achieved at least a 3.5 grade point average while taking a minimum of 12 credit hours.

Jade Chang from Port Washington Kristina McCann from Port Washington Matthew Rybecky from Port Washington Danielle Angel from Great Neck Stephanie Pearl from Great Neck Tyler Carrick from New Hyde Park Jaime DeVita from New Hyde Park Joseph Elkashash from New Hyde Park The State University of New York at Geneseo has announced its President’s List for the spring semester 2018. To be on the list, a student must have achieved an A in all coursework (4.0 grade point average) while taking at least 12 credit hours.

Students on the President’s List from this area include: Olivia Sais from Williston Park Allison Yarri from Williston Park Catherine Cunningham from Mineola Sydney Klainberg from Manhasset was named to the President’s List at The State University of New York at Geneseo for the spring semester 2018. To be on the list, a student must have achieved an A in all coursework (4.0 grade point average) while taking at least 12 credit hours.

SUNY Geneseo is a premiere public liberal arts college dedicated to developing socially responsible citizens with skills and values for a productive life.

Maria Canellos from New Hyde Park, NY was named to the President’s List at The State University of New York at Geneseo for the spring semester 2018."

Lauren Behan of Mineola, NY was recently named to the President’s List at The State University of New York at Potsdam.

KelliAnn Forero of Mineola has been named to the Spring 2018 Dean’s List at Kutztown University.

East Stroudsburg University’s Sport Management Club was the winner of Pocono Raceway’s third annual Pocono College Tour.

Four regional universities competed in the sports marketing contest to help promote the first NASCAR race of the season at Pocono Raceway. Michael Harrington, a Sport Management major from Mineola was on the winning team.

Port Washington resident Daniela Antonia Medaglia, has been named to the dean’s list at James Madison University for the spring 2018 semester.

Dean College is pleased to announce that Alexandra Lee of New Hyde Park has earned a place on the Dean’s List for the Spring 2018 semester.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

New system for complex brain tumors Northwell Health’s Departments of Radiation Medicine and Neurosurgery have installed the latest stereotactic radiosurgery system available, which precisely targets brain tumors and other brain conditions while sparing healthy tissue.!!

The Gamma Knife! Icon is located at Northwell Health Cancer Institute’s Center for Advanced Medicine, the first and only facility on Long Island to offer this advanced treatment method. Gamma Knife Icon offers enhanced flexibility and makes cranial stereotactic radiosurgery available for a broader range of conditions such as meningiomas, acoustic neuromas, metastatic tumors, arteriovenous malformations,

pituitary tumors, trigeminal neuralgia and other conditions.

The Icon system integrates 3D imaging and software, allowing for continuous monitoring during treatment. This provides doctors with real-time information and control. In addition, the advanced motion management and imaging enables frameless, mask-based treatments for many patients, which not only improves precision but provides more comfort during the procedure. This technology also allows for the precision of the Gamma Knife to be brought to bear on patients with large and complex tumors, which has not been possible with older versions of the Gamma Knife.

“The GK Icon system focus-

es powerful doses of concentrated radiation that attack tumors and other abnormalities, shrinking them over time or stopping their growth altogether,” said Dr. Michael Schulder, vice chairman of neurosurgery at Northwell Health and director of the Brain Tumor Center of the Neuroscience Institute, and codirector of the Northwell Center for Stereotactic Radiosurgery.

“This technology offers the precision of surgery without a scalpel and without the usual risks of surgery or an incision.”

For the first time, it is now possible to perform! Gamma Knife! treatment in one day without placing a stereotactic headframe on a patient, Schulder added.!!

The Gamma Knife Icon was purchased with a donation from Irwin Davis, a Bayside, Queens, resident who died in 2007 and donated his estate to North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset for brain tumor research.!!

The! Gamma Knife! Perfexion, the previous version!Gamma Knife! technology, was installed in the Department of Radiation Medicine at the CFAM in 2014, adding to a longstanding program in stereotactic radiosurgery at Northwell Health.

The!Gamma Knife!Icon replaces the Perfexion and is a major technological upgrade.

“With the new gamma knife technology, the shape and dose of the radiation is optimized to

focus on the exact point desired with little to virtually no damage to healthy brain tissue,” said Dr. Anuj Goenka, co-director of Northwell’s brain tumor program, co-director of the Northwell Center for Stereotactic Radiosurgery and director of the affiliated proton therapy program in Somerset, New Jersey.

Schulder and Goenka lead a team of highly specialized neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, nurse practitioners and radiation physicists who work collaboratively to provide leading edge care and the best possible outcomes for patients.

For more information about the Gamma Knife Icon or other radiation medicine services, please contact 855-927-6622.

Town announces summer concert lineup On July 16 from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Family Night with North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth and the Town Board announce dates for this year’s Darlene Graham and The Shades of Green Band: kids, series of FREE summer concerts held at Mary Jane parents, grandparents and neighbors find themselves Davies Green in Manhasset. Rain location to be an- singing and dancing to the music of this award winning group. nounced.

On July 23 from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Folk and Rock “Don’t miss these great concerts happening at Mary Jane Davies Green this summer,” Supervisor Judi Night: Featuring two performances: Raffi Froundjain, Bosworth said. “There is a great variety of music. All Armenian-American folk guitarist, solo fingerstyle you need to do is bring a lawn chair and your dancing acoustic guitarist and folk singer. Followed by Just Sixties Band, this rock band is scheduled throughout shoes!”!

On July 3 from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Country music Long Island and famous for their tribute to the music night: featuring Mary Lamont, kick up your heels and of the 1960s.! join in the country fun.! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! On ! ! August ! ! ! !!7!from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Classic rock and On July 9 from 7:30 to 9 p.m., King Kai: a tribute R&B with the band Nitework, featuring the best rock to Elvis Presley with this award winning Elvis tribute and R&B sounds from the ’60s to today. band.

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Darlene Graham and The Shades of Green Band will perform at Mary Jane Davies Green on July 16.

Phillips calls for passage of school bus bill State Sen. Elaine Phillips joined fellow legislators and officials from the educational, law enforcement and advocacy communities at a press conference to call for passage of the School Bus Camera Safety Act, which authorizes the installation and use of stop-arm cameras on school buses to detect and record vehicles illegally passing stopped school buses.

“Ensuring the safety of our children must be our top priority – and with the alarming number of cars that pass school buses daily, something must be done,” Phillips said. “The School Bus Camera Safety Act will not only deter motorists from passing stopped school buses, but will ultimately save lives. I call on my colleagues in the Legislature and Governor Cuomo

PHOTO COURTESY OF ELAINE PHILLIPS’ OFFICE

to take up this common-sense measure.”

The bill, S.518B, would authorize the use of stop-arm cameras on school buses and would permit evidence taken from the

cameras to be used in issuing tickets to violators.

The bill would retain the current financial penalties for stop-arm violations with fines of $250. Unlike situations with

police officers involved, the bill would not impose points or imprisonment for convictions.

Fines would cover enforcement and operational costs of the program, with localities receiving the fines directly, and school districts each receiving a portion as needed to absorb direct costs. Participating school districts would also be required to submit reports on the results of the program.

Studies estimate over 50,000 drivers in New York illegally pass stopped school buses daily. Stop-arm violations are a growing concern throughout the nation, which has prompted many states to enact similar legislation, including Maryland, Connecticut, Georgia, North Carolina, Iowa, Virginia and Washington.

Under current law, only a police officer who witnesses the violation can issue a ticket. This bill permits the evidence taken from school bus safety cameras to be used in prosecuting violators.

“Our association members and all those engaged in school transportation safety are eager for enactment of this important legislation,” Peter Mannella, executive director of the Association for Pupil Transportation, said. “Illegal passing is a clear and present and daily danger for the 2.3 million children who ride on yellow school buses.

They trust adult motorists to obey the law and we need this legislation to help us keep the children safe when motorists don’t Stop on Red.”

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Laura Curran squanders her moment

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n politics, momentum counts for a lot, especially in those rare opportunities when a fresh voice comes in, filled with promise.

With her predecessor on trial for his freedom, the County creaking under a financial system structured for no other outcome but failure, it seems Ms. Curran has let that momentum slide right through her fingers.

While I didn’t really expect any other result, there was, at least hope. Two articles in The Island Now pointed this up.

The first was Ms. Curran’s signing of the “Tobacco 21” law, with a picture of the Nassau County Legislature behind her, in a scene resembling The Last Supper, one of them ador-

ingly holding a picture of Judy Jacobs, who squandered eleven terms in office pursuing junk legislation like this.

Judging from the looks of those attending in the provided picture, you would think they were signing the 1965 Voting Rights Act, but this is what passes for a deliberative body in Nassau.

The next article featured Ms. Jacobs’ successor, Arnold Drucker, along with a picture of him in full song, with a headline stating “‘I’m asking for justice.’”

This is an old Jacobs rubric: loudly advocate for legal protections already guaranteed by state and federal law, including the umbrella of the Constitution, and pretend you’re fighting

for justice and equality simply because the precise language is missing from county statute.

All Mr. Drucker needs to do after this is make sure Nassau County finally gets a poet laureate, another one of Ms. Jacobs’ solemn and committed efforts to urgently address one of Nassau’s greatest deficiencies.

If it seems Ms. Jacobs legislative record has accomplished more after her death than it did in life, that is a fitting epitaph for this rump delegation of hacks. Who could even tell the difference? They’re all dead already.

Ms. Curran featured in both efforts. And engaging in this endless stream of infantilized rituals the Legislature cooks up,

instead of taking on the top to bottom restructuring the county desperately needs, will apparently be her legacy.

And that was a great opportunity missed.

We’re still living in a county where one successful lawsuit against it throws the entire budget into chaos.

With a property tax system more regressive than the Nuremburg laws, and more costly to maintain than an aircraft carrier, among other structural issues, we see no initiatives from West Street to rectify this in any way, shape or form. NIFA, which laughably is an “Interim” authority now in its 18th year, is still calling the shots, lecturing County officials on fiscal respon-

sibility, even as it is staffed by well-connected people who personally profit handsomely from the county’s tax structure, and some who larded county payrolls with their own relatives.

I feel sorry for these people.

Getting elected is surely one of the hardest tasks in America, so consuming in time and treasure, so draining of energy.

Once elected, Ms. Curran had the chance to be a transformative leader. Instead, she will content herself with being merely a transitional one, while the county runs in the mud.

That’s kind of poetic. I imagine Judy Jacobs would be pleased.

Donald Davret Searingtown

Weeklies filling void left by dailies

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n June 26 the New York Daily News will be celebrating# 98# years of publishing.### As a teenager in the 1960s, I can still remember being able to buy four newspapers for less than a dollar and getting change back.

At the end of the day, increasing the newsstand price, shrinking content, reduction in actual newsprint size or favorable government subsidies will not be the determining factor for the survival of the New York# Daily News, New York Post, New York Times, Newsday or other daily newspapers.

We live in one of the few remaining free societies, with a wealth of information sources available for any citizen to access.

However,#sadly, most American cities and suburbs are down to one local daily or weekly newspaper.

Most papers have to deal with continued increasing costs for newsprint, delivery and dis-

tribution along with reduced advertising revenues and declining readership.

They may face competitors in the surrounding suburbs, along with national editions of USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Epoch Times. # In our Metropolitan New York Region, there are also all news radio stations such as WCBS, 1010 WINS, Bloomberg News and 101.9FM News along with other radio stations. ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS have national network news, as do local affiliates along with local independent news broadcasts such as FOX 5, MY 9 and PIX 11, cable news stations such as News One (in NYC), CNBC, CNN, FOX, BBC along with#News Twelve and 10/55 (in Nassau/Suffolk counties).

Many get late-breaking news from the Internet. This is stale when reaching print the next day.

The growing population of new immigrants supports their own newspapers, radio and television

stations. # These financial challenges on maintaining the bottom line have also resulted in less resources being devoted to investigative reporting and a greater reliance on wire service stories.

As a result, original newspaper content continues to shrink.

This puts even more pressure on the remaining reporters assigned to various departments.

There is intense competition between international, state, business, sports, entertainment and other sections of newspapers.

It is becoming more difficult to provide real detailed coverage of local news.

Prior to the New York City 1962 newspaper strike, there were actually 12 daily newspapers published in the Big Apple.

The strike resulted in the closing or consolidation of several newspapers including the New York Journal American, New York World Telegram & Sun, New York Mirror and New York Herald Tri-

bune.

Later both the Long Island Star Journal, Long Island Press and Suffolk Sun ended publication. #Today, residents can select from the Times, Daily News, Post, Newsday, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Staten Island Advance along with freebies such as AM New York and Metro New York.

There has also been major growth in weekly papers such as Dan’s Papers and dozens of others based in neighborhoods all around the five boroughs of New York City and Long Island.

Neighborhood weekly newspapers like our very own Great Neck News and other Blank Media Publications along with competitors such as the Great Neck Record provide real coverage of local community news stories usually overlooked by other media. # The Sunday New York Times consolidation of their former “City Section” into a “Metropolitan Section” combining the City

with Long Island resulted in even less coverage of news from Long Island. # Newsday, The Times, Daily News and Post with limited space can only provide a minimal amount of news stories based in various Nassau County neighborhoods including Great Neck, New Hyde Park, Herricks, Albertson, Searingtown, Garden City, Mineola, Manhasset, Port Washington and Roslyn. # #There are still many like myself and others#who have a continued thirst for news provided by either daily or weekly newspapers covering Washington, Albany, New York City, Nassau County and Town of North Hempstead.# #In the marketplace of ideas, let us hope there continues to be room for everyone including the New York Daily News# and our own Great Neck News regardless of the price.

Larry Penner Great Neck

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I pledge to use reusable bags: Will you?

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aper or plastic? Neither.

For the past few years, I’ve been using reusable bags to package my groceries at the supermarket.

Not only do I feel good about not using plastic, which has been filling our landfills and oceans, but the size and durability of reusable bags seem to make the groceries somewhat easier to carry and lift.

Yet, for some reason, I haven’t been as mindful about bringing my reusable bags to other retail stores. ! People that know me well, know that I don’t often make trips to a crowded shopping mall. Nevertheless, last week, I found myself headed to one of our large, crowded, Long Island malls for a return.!

I hadn’t been there in some time.

This time, I decided to bring one reusable bag with me. Although I have some favorite reusable bags, the one I had on hand wasn’t too pretty.

This particular one was an older bag, perhaps now with a small hole somewhere, that I had bought when reusable bags had first started becoming available at various supermarkets on our island.

It didn’t matter. Still having a few grains of sand in my shoes from an earlier walk at the beach, I remembered why I was carrying this reusable bag.

So, I walked into the crowded mall for the very first time with a reusable bag.! !The first thing I noticed, as I walked into the midst of the crowd, was a sea of plastic bags that almost every shopper was carrying.

They were big, shiny, and colorful bags from various stores from within the mall. I had never before thought to look at how much plastic consumers carry around on any given day at a shopping mall on Long Island. !I walked into the store where I was

making the return and told the cashier that I would not need a bag since I could put the exchanged item into the reusable bag I already had with me.

The cashier was very happy about this statement and said she hopes that more people start bringing reusable bags with them. What caught my attention about her reaction, most of all, was her seeming surprise, as if nobody else had ever used a reusable bag in that store while she was there. I then thought to myself, it’s possible.

After all, it was my first time bringing a reusable bag to this mall. !From that moment on, I decided to carry the bag into any other store I would need to go that weekend.

Later in the day, I walked into another store, only to purchase my favorite mints. I waited on line, and heard the cashier say to the customer in front of me that “we have an endless supply of plastic bags here.”

When it was my turn, I told him I

won’t be needing the bag since I’m trying not to use plastic bags, when possible.

I had a similar experience that weekend when picking up food at a local pizzeria. “You don’t want any plastic bags?

How will you carry the items?”

These recent experiences have made me become more mindful of my daily habits. !According to the Center for Biological Diversity, Americans use 100 billion plastic bags per year, which require 12 million barrels of oil to manufacture.

These bags are ending up in our landfills and oceans. According to the Center, 80 percent of ocean plastic comes from trash left on the shores.

Nevermind our landfills, our oceans are drowning in plastic, our fish are eating plastic, and, thus, humans are also harmed by the effects of the unfathomable amount of plastic piling up in our landfills and oceans.

So, while some retail stores feel they have an endless supply of plastic bags,

the potential health of our earth, our resources, our oceans, and ourselves is certainly not endless. ! The more often that people bring reusable bags to our stores, the less retailers will need to provide endless supplies of plastic.!

As I’ve spent more time outdoors in the last few years, walking our beautiful beaches in every season as my “gym time,” photographing nature, and writing about our connection to nature, I have come to realize that protecting the environment is not the protection of something outside of ourselves.

To protect our environment is also to protect ourselves and the health of our own mind and body. Perhaps, all of us can take a collective moment to pledge greater effort in using reusable bags whenever it is possible. ! Using reusable bags in our daily lives can provide a moment of mindfulness throughout our hurried day, a reminder that our connection to our earth has a direct impact on what is inside us; it is a reminder to not only take care of our earth, but also to take care of ourselves, our well-being, and the health and quality of life of future generations.

If the vast majority of us within the Town of North Hempstead take a pledge to bring bags to the grocery store, to malls, to pharmacies, and to other retail stores, think of how much less plastic use we would have on our Island.!

Do we need a five-cent fee for plastic bag usage in stores to promote reusable bag use? Before that is decided, why not simply take a pledge, regardless, to keep some of those reusable bags in our cars and/or homes at all times for easy access.

Who is with me? !!!

Diana Poulos-Lutz!

Mineola

The case for armed guards in EWSD

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or the record, I believe in enhanced proactive security appropriate for the risks faced. I also believe security is a spectrum.

As it relates to protecting our students, on one side of the spectrum is “do nothing” and on the other is a “personal armed body-guard for every student.”

The reality of what is appropriate and/or practical likely lies between those two points.

Further, I support public debate, information prepared by experts and transparency as they help guide the discussion to develop security appropriate and targeted to the risks faced.

I believe what continues to be missing in the debate about additional security measures at the North Side school is an agreement on the risks we are trying to mitigate and how the role of armed secu-

rity guards can play a role.

Specifically, are we attempting to prevent: -Access to our grounds -Our student from leaving the grounds -Vehicles from entering the grounds -Students from being victims of distracted drivers -An active shooter -Students from being watched by parties outside of the school grounds -Timely notification to the authorities of a security threat I accept that we may be attempting to prevent multiple risks, but the solutions available to address each of these in most cases are very different.

From the public debate, the “fence” at the North Side school is intended to address most, if not all of the risks we face. I simply find that a false argument as armed

security guards at the school can address each of these risks better than a passive fence.

That does not mean, I could not support a fence of some kind, in some application. But the reality is, armed security guards address each of the risks above better.

Per the police involved in this discussion, “Putting a fence around a school won’t keep a potentially dangerous invader out – but it can delay and deter them” and “In just 44 seconds, 60 lives could be taken”. Further, the Department of Homeland Security research reveals that the average duration of an active shooter incident at a school is 12.5 minutes. In contrast, the average response time for law enforcement is 18 minutes.

If we accept those statements and statistics above, any incident is likely over

before law enforcement arrives. I submit, if you really want to protect the students, arm our security guards with both lethal and non-lethal measures. The reality is, without armed personnel to stop an intruder the “size” of a fence is simply irrelevant.

That is my challenge to the EWSD Board.

Arm security guards to respond to threats and treat each of schools with the same security protocols as North Side.

Otherwise, it would appear this current exercise of improving security would fall short of what it takes to truly protect our children.

Stephan Leccese East Williston As published in the All Things East Williston Facebook Group

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Sara Rothery and the life of a farrier Fourth in a series on thoroughbred racing There are a variety of careers in the backstretch of a racetrack, some being more profitable than others.

Hot walking doesn’t pay much but a horse trainer once told me “there are two groups that make all the money in thoroughbred racing, the jockey agents and the farriers.”

So in this final segment on thoroughbred racing let’s explore the ancient craft of farriery. By the way, my name is Ferraro which means farrier in Italian so apparently I come from a long line of blacksmiths.

Farrier’s specialize in equine hoof care including trimming hooves and placing shoes on. And they’ve been employed since the Roman Empire and connected to the military.

They would be employed to shoe horses, to make armor, to build new tools and to craft silver.

Their tools included anvils, hammers, forges, tongs, clinchers, hoof knives, nippers and rasps.

I have observed them at their craft since I was a kid and was always amazed how they got behind the horse, picked up a leg and went to work.

They first have to remove the old shoe, trim the hoof, use a knife to dig out the sole and frog, rasp the hoof and nail in a new shoe all without a whimper from the horse.

The farrier must have the ability to diagnose problems like lameness or disease, a working knowledge of anatomy and biomechanics, the ability to work metal and a soft and gentle manner in order to relax the horse.

To find out more about this craft I went to a friend of the family who I think is destined to become one to the nation’s top farriers.

Meet Sara Rothery.

Yes, you heard me right, her name is Sara. Sara was born and raised in Bellmore, graduating from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Animal Science and she’s about to enter the finest farrier school in the country at Cornell.

Sara Rothery is one of the unique human beings who manage to do everything well.

She was a runner-up All American in Rugby at U Conn, owns and rides a world class horse and is virtually fearless when it comes to riding. She could have just as easily become

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a professional rugby player but liked the world of horses better.

We sat down together the other day so I could find out why she wanted to become a farrier.

Sara is a fresh-faced, blueeyed, freckle-faced attractive young woman with obvious intelligence and energy. I began by asking her why she chose the career of farriery.

She told me “it’s the one part of the industry where you can help horses every day. You can put in two hours of work and it can make a big difference in the way the horse feels and performs.”

It reminded me of why I am so attached to my podiatrist Dr. Brook.

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Here is Sara Rothery hard at work tending to an essential body part of a horse.

When you begin to get ingrown toenails you quickly become appreciative of the men and women who know something about feet. And if horses were all like Mr. Ed and could talk they would be saying the same thing.

I asked Sara to explain why farriers are needed and she said “Horses are like humans in that they are connected to the ground by feet. A horse’s hoof must be protected from the ground so they do not get bruised. And proper shoeing helps with confirmation, gait, running, jumping and posture. At this point there are literally hundreds of types of shoes for horses.”

And it got me to thinking of how the sneaker industry is the same.

Long gone are the days of the blacktopped converse sneakers.

Now you walk into Dick’s Sporting Goods and you are faced with a 100-yard long wall displaying sneakers for tennis, basketball, golf, fitness, track, running, etc.

Sara told me a horse must be shoed every four to six weeks because the hoof is like a fingernail and it keeps on growing.

She said that horseshoes are usually metal or aluminum but may also be rubber, plastic, magnesium or titanium.

Sara Rothery reminded me to one of America’s first feminists Miss Annie Oakley whose real name was Phoebe Ann Mosey born back in 1860.

You may know her from the famous Broadway smash hit “Annie Get Your Gun.” Annie Oakley was also a multi-talented, fearless spitfire of a human who was a pioneer and who knew no limits. Annie Oakley traveled the world with her husband Fred Butler and Buffalo Bill Cody and became America’s first female star.

My guess is the young Sara Rothery will someday be a star in her own right.

I wouldn’t be surprised if she invented a new type of horseshoe that will probably be named “Air Sara’s.”

So the next time you look at a horse take a peek at their hooves and realize that there is a farrier somewhere who, much like a podiatrist, has been trimming and snipping and rasping away in order to let that horse perform at its very best.

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Are you a senior stuck in your home?

I received a handwritten letter from a local couple last Tuesday, who reside in one of the towns, which will remain nameless, where my columns are read!

Unfortunately, they didn’t leave their name, address or any contact information by which I could have possibly responded to them and maybe provided them some advice or alternative plans to consider.

If they read this week’s column, please call me to further discuss your specific, “Needs and Wants.”

Their particular plight was how can they move, when rents and purchase prices for co-ops, condos and HOA’s(Home Owner Associations) are unfordable not only to seniors but to millennials and most everyone else? (that is one of the reasons why more people are leaving New York than are entering).

Unfortunately, their situation is not unlike other seniors and even baby boomers as well as thousands of young singles, couples living together, and young married couples with or without children, who want to live on Long Island or within the Metropolitan area.

However, the last seven years, as prices have escalated, finding a place is just about impossible within a reasonable price range whether purchasing or renting.

The supply of available and reasonably priced housing is becoming non-existent in the New York area; and on top of this situation, there is less than four months avail-

able inventory. Most critical is that the graying of Long Island began many years ago and now the current population has their own concerns about their plight about the thought of selling their home or staying in it.

The writer of the letter has a part-time job to help them pay their real estate taxes and be able to live but they are a lower income couple. This is a very difficult situation for many aging couples, young married couples and singles on Long Island.

Twenty-nine percent of Nassau and Suffolk residents were over 55 in 2013, up from 25 percent in 2007.

This trend is happening across the region and across the U.S., but Long Island has a slightly higher share of adults over 55 than other suburban parts of the NY region (27 percent) and a much higher share than New York City (24 percent).

The number of 25-34 yearolds is an important indicator, because this age group includes new entrants to the labor force and many first time home buyers.

After declining as a share of the population through 2007, it has held relatively steady at 11 percent of the population since then. This remains slightly less than other suburban parts of the region (12 percent) and much less than New York City (18 percent).

The question is, why aren’t they moving? There are many reasons and from my research

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and questioning of couples over the last five to10 years, my findings have ascertained the following responses: 1. My children are in the area and as we age, it will be easier for them to help us, as well as us helping them with babysitting and it’s very enjoyable and satisfying watching our grandchildren grow up 2. We feel very comfortable where we are and we have grown very deep roots within our communities and there are enough things to do to keep us occupied.

3. Florida for a majority is a stopover, either you are a snowbird with an extra place to go for the winter or you are a snowflake and spend several weeks to a month or so out of the winter months.

4. I have also have had couples and singles tell me that they feel more comfortable around the younger generation as opposed to the “older people” in Florida; which I laugh a bit, when they say this, since they are of similar ages.

But there is something to

be said about being around the spirit and energy of the Millennials, Generation Xers and even us Baby Boomers. I believe we live longer when we are happier, satisfied with our surroundings and our grandchildren.

I personally have lived in my town for over 62 years and my grandchildren are less than 12 minutes from my home and my wife and I can’t wait to babysit for them, when needed! Energy and the human spirit is a powerful thing and we thrive on this, day in and day out!

5. There have been studies that Conversation and being around friends and neighbors in general, and being active has an effect on our health.

So, from my experience, being around healthy and happy couples and individuals helps you potentially stay healthier and happier.

Do you agree? What keeps you on Long Island? Send me a note or an email and let me know your thoughts, ideas and opinions on this subject.

A growing number of Americans are living to age 100.

Nationwide, the centenarian population has grown 65.8 percent over the past three decades, from 32,194 people who were age 100 or older in 1980 to 53,364 centenarians in 2010, according to new Census Bureau data. In contrast, the total population has increased 36.3 percent over the same time period.

Just over a third of both female and male centenarians

lived alone in their own home in 2010, but the majority of the oldest citizens live with others.

“As people get older, things in life happen—like you might become a widow or you might have a disability, and because of those circumstances, living arrangements often change,” says Amy Symens Smith, chief of the age and special populations branch at the Census Bureau.

Centenarian females (35.2 percent) were more likely to live in a nursing home than males the same age (18.2 percent).

Centenarian males are the most likely to be living with others in a household (43.5 percent), compared to just 28.5 percent of centenarian females.

The big question today, how are you retrofitting your home to be more handicap or “age-friendly” accessible, as you grow older while still wanting to reside in your home? Come back for Part 2 Next Week.

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Recent Real Estate Sales

in Port Washington

Port Washington Real Estate Market Conditions MEDIAN SALES PRICE $886,900 Demographics near Port Washington, NY Population Population Density Median Age People per Household Median Household Income Average Income per Capita

City 15,847 3,787 43.6 2.7 108,767 58,668

County 1,361,350 4,744 41.3 3 98,401 42,949

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22 Lighthouse Road, Sands Point Sold Price: $1,999,000 Date: 05/01/2018 5 beds, 5 Full baths Style: Contemporary # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 1.06 Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $17,794 MLS# 2998335

6 Sousa Drive, Sands Point Sold Price: $1,807,000 Date: 03/06/2018 5 beds, 4 Full/2 Half baths Style: Exp Ranch # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 2 acres Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $37,206 MLS# 2931025

29 Leeds Drive, Port Washington 19 Morewood Oaks, Port Washington Sold Price: $1,050,000 Date: 06/11/2018 5 beds, 3 Full/1 Half baths Style: Split # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 70x100 Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $16,210 MLS# 3002561

Sold Price: $1,260,000 Date: 05/23/2018 4 beds, 2 Full/1 Half baths Style: Colonial # of Families: 1 Lot Size: 60x100 Schools: Port Washington Total Taxes: $15,649 MLS# 2997498

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ELECTION RESULTS VILLAGE OF MANORHAVEN Votes

From left to right: Manorhaven Deputy Mayor Priscilla von Roeschlaub, Mayor Jim Avena, Trustee Ken Kraft, Sands Point Trustees Peter Forman and Lynn Najman.

All five incumbents re-elected Continued from Page 1 Elections in Manorhaven have been contentious in the past, and the uncontested races this year were something of an anomaly for the village.

Avena said the fact he was running uncontested — and his high vote total — were signs that residents were happy with the Board of Trustees’ performance.

“For me to run unopposed is unheard

of and the number of voters who came out is overwhelming,” he said. “I!believe that the vote is a testament to the work we’ve done.”

With the support of the village, Avena said, he and the board will push ahead with issuing a bond to make improvements to Manorhaven’s roads and sewers.

He wants to see work done on Manorhaven Boulevard, the completion

of Morgan’s Dock, and to continue the cleaning of the Manorhaven Preserve.

Najman, who also serves as Sands Point’s building commissioner, said that she would like to see! further! development of!building department.

Forman, who is also the! village’s finance and treasury commissioner, said that his goal is to bring more consistent cell service to Sands Point.

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Trustee Ken Kraft

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Progress on A panel to boost organ donations West Shore bus route Continued from Page 4 Executive] Ed Mangano, but he had no interest in meeting with us,” she said.

Bheddah said expanded service! would be a vast improvement.

“The closest bus stop is on Old Northern Boulevard, which is more than two miles away,” she said.

Both DeRiggi-Whitton and Bheddah stressed that the addition of bus service would be an economic boost. Bheddah said that the Amsterdam has struggled to recruit workers and has endured high turnover because of the lack of transportation.

According to a letter from Bheddah, two attorneys representing the businesses of the industrial park said that the companies there, too, struggled to find and keep workers.

“The workers have to spend $9 to come here from the LIRR station, that is $18 every day,” Bheddah said.

DeRiggi-Whitton had additional safety concerns about the workers.

“A lot of people that work in these places walk on West Shore Road at night, and I think it’s a real safety issue,” she said.!

Continued from Page 21 recognition that in fact it is, that it overrides concern with the body once the person has passed on,” Stecker said. “Is it required? Actually, a growing number of rabbinic authorities are saying that it should be considered not just mutar – not just permitted – but also mitzvah, also one of the highest commandments a person can perform.”

There were two organ donors in attendance: Rabbi Steven Moskowitz, who answered a newspaper ad to help a woman he didn’t know, and Rebecca Klar, a Blank Slate Media reporter who wrote about what went into giving her father a kidney.

“After seeing what my dad went through, and waiting, just seeing the toll that being on dialysis takes on someone, nobody should have to go through that,” Klar said in an interview. “And I think if people are out there that can step forward as a donor, I think it’s a really great thing to do because you’re changing somebody’s life and it’s really not impacting your life at all.”

Eshaghoff said that for him, family hasn’t been an option. He is single and has no children. His father is 87 years old.

His two brothers, like him, are diabetic.

And while he has “a lot of cousins,” none of them have come forward, and they aren’t even guaranteed matches.

He is on the waiting lists in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York and has

been going through “an evaluation process” in Miami and Atlanta, Eshaghoff said.

“There are people that die waiting for a kidney,” Eshaghoff said. “Luckily with dialysis I am able to maintain decent health, but there are people who can’t wait and their health deteriorates really fast and they end up dying waiting for it.”

Rebecca Sassouni, the president of SHAI, recalled when Eshaghoff, a board member, approached her about the idea of hosting a forum that could be a “controversial subject” for some people.

SHAI’s board ultimately decided to host the panel and promote it with the Great Neck Chinese Association, Great Neck-based Sephardic American Medical Society and other groups because organ donation was something important to educate the community about, she said.

“As Rabbis Stecker and Moskowitz, and Dr. Winnick framed it, perhaps we are reaching a time in medical ethics when organ donation will be more common, and may even be considered a mitzvah, an obligation,” Sassouni, herself registered as a posthumous organ donor, said. “In the meantime, if SHAI can educate more people, and more become living and posthumous donors, we will have served our purpose.”

Lesther Sierra, a 40-year-old maintenance supervisor at Temple Israel, is another of the more than 114,000 people waiting for a transplant.

Sierra said he has had to be on dialysis for over two years — including during the Monday night panel — and has been on a waiting list for a kidney from an O negative donor for six months.

Sierra said he had his first kidney failure more than a decade ago and waited two and a half years before his younger sister turned out to be a match. Her kidney went on to last 10 years, he said.

“It was a happy time and it worked,” Sierra said.

Now, he said, family members who have come forward have been taken off the potential donor list due to high blood pressure.

Sierra, however, described himself as “more optimistic” this time because he knows what to expect, dialysis is helpful, and the creation of bionic kidneys may someday eliminate the need to wait for donors.

“When the time comes, it comes,” Sierra said of a donor match.

Ultimately, both Sierra and Eshaghoff expressed hope and encouraged anyone thinking of donating a kidney to go for it.

“If somebody’s waiting for a transplant and they want to, definitely, go for it,” Sierra said, adding that the prospective donor needs to be careful with medications during the process.

“We all have two [kidneys], we usually only need one,”!Eshaghoff said. “And so it would just be a great gift that they would give to anybody.”

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Mattis speaks at USMMA graduation Continued from Page 1 4,500 family members and friends.

“I want to congratulate … the families who introduced you to a way of life that would put others first, that would make you think this country is like a bank where you have to put something in if you’re going to take something out,” Mattis said.

In his speech, Mattis went over the history of the merchant marine and extolled the work of past graduates in war and peace. Mattis said Kings Point was “near and dear to my heart” because his father, John West Mattis, served as a merchant marine in the 1930s.

He told the graduates that the road ahead would be difficult and to remember what they had learned at the academy to guide them through challenges.

“We need leaders who have a strong sense of ethics today,” Mattis said before recounting the story of Leonard LaRue, a merchant mariner who led his ship through mine-filled waters to rescue refugees during the Korean War. “You need to be a lifelong learner, so you are as strong when destiny does tap you on the shoulder to lead your crew or team through the rocks and shoals of life as you are today.”

After the speech, the academy presented Mattis with his father’s service decorations.

A majority of the graduates will serve

in as active duty officers in the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force or Coast Guard. During the ceremony, both graduates and members of each service in the crowd stood to be recognized as the band played that service’s theme.

In addition to Mattis, the graduates were addressed by" Rear Adm. James A. Helis, the academy superintendent, and distinguished"alumni speaker Capt. Nancy Wagner, who was part of the" first class at any federal service academy to admit women.

“Leading is both a challenge and a privilege,” Hellis said. “Rise to the challenge. Embrace the privilege.”

The graduates were also addressed by a couple of their classmates before they received their diplomas and tossed their hats into the clear, cloudless sky. Valedictorian Matthew T. Pari called on his fellow graduPHOTO BY KAREN RUBIN ates to have clear goals, to not be controlled by ego and to be consistent.

Class President Christian R. Wittendorf Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis then gave several shoutouts to his classwith Samantha Drake at the US mates before congratulating them all on Merchant Marine Academy 2018 their accomplishment.

“All the studying and striving has paid Graduation in Kings Point. off,” he said. “We have come to what evas Navy reservists in the Strategic Sealift ery Kings Pointer dreams of and strives toOfficers Program while working on a va- wards: the day we walk across this stage riety of ships, ranging from tugboats to into the next chapter of our lives.” deep sea vessels. Sixty-four members of the graduating class were or will be sworn

‘Hats Off to Rescue’ luncheon Continued from Page 5 years ago. Ziggy’s Truck even traveled to Florida after Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017.

Over the years, Freed has also helped fund another new unit, named the Freed Special Recovery Center. The center gives financial support to qualifying families for emergency veterinary care.

Beth Stern, a feline foster parent and wife of radio personality Howard Stern, also attended the luncheon.

Stern currently has 27 foster cats, and

has hosted over 600 cats in recent years, helping them find the right homes.

“I’ve just always been an animal person.

Always. It really bugs me when people just might move into a different apartment and just leave the cat there. It’s like leaving a family member, you know? I just try to take care of every cat I can find,” said Stern.

Philanthropist Sandra Atlas Bass, who also attended the luncheon, said she believes the future of the Animal League looks very bright.

“I think the North Shore Animal League

does a fantastic job,” she said. “Everyone who works there works beautifully. There are many shelters out there that work beautifully, but this one I see personally.”

When asked about the future, Bass said she is most excited about the feline adoption center.

“I can’t wait because then the cats will be free,” she said. “They will not be caged.

Hopefully it will be finished this year. That will be just wonderful.”

Vintage cars to race uphill in Port Continued from Page 3 said. “My grandfather and his brother, they used to race cars at Freeport stadium in the 1960s… my father was interested too. My passion came from them.”

There will be a chance for visitors to view the cars – there will be about 35 – up close, according to Gordon. Following the completion of the time trials around noon, the cars will make their way to the Sands-Willets House on the

Sands Point Preserve for the car show.

Visitors will have a chance to talk with the owners and there will be tours, live music, hot dogs and popcorn.

Gordon said that car races were popular throughout Long Island in the early 20th century, although they were much more dangerous then.

“Going back to the evolution of the car, they would have these big races, and [William] Vanderbilt would spon-

sor them,” he said. “The problem was people would wander onto the road and would get killed since they didn’t have a handle on the whole car thing back then.”

The inaugural Wheels Through Time should be much safer.

In the event of rain, the time trial and car show will be rescheduled to Sunday, July 8.

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Port’s top 3 reflect Continued from Page 2 In her free time, she volunteered at North Shore University Hospital.

Kim received the" National Merit John M. Stalnaker Memorial Scholarship, which is presented to one student in the nation"who intends to pursue a major or career in science or mathematics.

She said she enjoyed her AP Physics," Literature & Composition, and Economics classes the most because of the teachers.

“They kept class educational yet entertaining,” she said.

The teacher that helped her the most was Marla Ezratty.

Kim said the science teacher has helped her for the past three years and inspired her to pursue a career in STEM. “I’m grateful for all her help,” she said.

Muratore also said that Ezratty was the teacher who helped her the most during her time at Schreiber.

“She truly cared about making sure my fellow researchers and I were always challenging ourselves, and she went above and beyond to help us achieve our goals,” she said.

Muratore said her most rewarding time at Schreiber was spent working within the science research program.

“I’ve learned so much by having been given the opportunity to develop my own research projects over the years, as well as having worked with and bonded with my fellow researchers in the program,” she said."

In addition to the research program, Muratore was a member of the Mock Trial team throughout high school and served as president during her junior and senior years. She was a contributor to the school’s newspaper, the Schreiber Times, and was a copy editor this past year.

Muratore has taken dance lessons since elementary school in styles such as ballet, jazz and lyrical.

She will attend John Hopkins University in the fall. While she does not yet know what her major will be, she is leaning toward neuroscience or computer science.

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Curran makes right call for Nassau Hub Continued from Page 16 store (that should be the criteria for how many units), so that people don’t have to drive to get a loaf of bread, but rather, can hop on the rapid bus or railroad to get into the city or wherever they want to go (Brooklyn?).

It could also require the property owner to offer a number of zip-cars in order, and thereby reduce the number of parking spaces required.

It would accommodate transit-oriented development strategies – shuttle service provided by the property owners/developers and/or commercial tenants to the nearby railroad station.

It would require the developer to incorporate sustainable building design, rather than depend on the builder’s good intentions. It could be both a laboratory and a consumer of renewable energy systems and waste treatment systems (that generate electricity, heat and clean water).

Nassau County was the first Suburbia. It is now matured, with an unsustainable tax-base formula. This is an opportunity to innovate a New 21st Cen-

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County Executive Laura Curran, speaking at the Vision Long Island Smart Growth Awards, noted that the county put out a new request for proposal “expressions of interest”.

“That doesn’t put as much pressure on submitter, you don’t have to put as much blood sweat and tears into it, there’s no fee, and not more than 10 pages. We are looking for interest, innovative ideas” to develop the 72 acres (after the five taken up by MSK).

“We are especially interested for this site in a high wage corporate employer, something that compliments Sloan Kettering, Hofstra University’s medical school, law school, – whether bio, engineering, tech. The reason we are so dead set on attracting a corporate employer, is because that will help get the $85 million semi-promised from the state for a parking garage, that frees up the rest of acreage that is parking lots now for development. That is the key – a corporate employer. We have smart, well-connected people in the room. Any ideas are welcome.”

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Serving the community for over 40 yrs

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TREE SERVICE

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WE NEW STARTING SALARIES • BIG BUS: $20.28 hr. Benefit rate • BIG BUS: $22.28 hr. *Non-Benefit rate • VAN: $17.51 hr. Benefit rate Positions • VAN: $19.51 hr. *Non-Benefit rate available for *available after 90 days

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• Salary and benefits negotiated based on experience

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mechanics and bus attendants

Positions available for Nassau & Suffolk

TEACHERS

Judaic Studies, Special Education and Early Childhood.

2018-2019 School Year

MAGEN DAVID YESHIVAH Email

HRresumes@mdyschool.org

SITUATION WANTED

If you currently care for your relatives or friends who have Medicaid or Medicare, you may be eligible to start working for them as a personal assistant. No Certificates needed.

A NURSES AIDE/COMPANION SEEKING position to take care of your elderly loved one. Experience and very good references. Live in or out. Driver. Light housekeeping, shopping, doctor appointments, etc.

Please call 516-353-9686

CLEANER/PART TIME: Shelter Rock Public Library. $13.50 per hour. Monday through Thursday 7-10pm, Friday 4-7pm. Fill in as required weekdays and weekends.

Some lifting and shoveling required.

Call Mr. Ninesling 516-248-7363 ext. 229

AIDE/CARE GIVER: CARING, EFFICIENT, RELIABLE Available Mon-Fri live in or Mon-Fri (nights) 10pm-7am to care for your sick or elderly loved one. Cooking, light housework, personal grooming, administer medications. 14 years experience. Just ended 7 years with previous patient. References available. Please Call 516-448-0502

347-462-2610 347-565-6200

Apply today at:

We Have Openings for School Bus Drivers

Garden City Park F/T

Exp. Tool Repair Mechanic

COLLEGE OR GRAD STUDENTS: Summer employment, Great Neck, NY. Full-Time July 6, 2018-August 10, 2018. 9AM-5PM PLUS 2 days at end of June. Experience in children’s summer camps a plus.

MUST COMMIT TO 5 WEEKS. Resumes to zacosta.copay@gmail. com or fax 516-482-3146 FRONT LINE CONSULTING LLC is a State Certified SDVOSB. Our firm provides Disaster Recovery, Project Management, Construction Management and Professional services. We are looking for qualified veterans in these fields to join our team. Please visit www.frontlineconsultingllc.com or call: 917-525-3075 P/T ASSISTANT IN PHYSICAL REHAB office in Garden City. Perfect for college student or returnee.

Will train in office procedures.

Knowledge of Microsoft Word a must. M-F morning and afternoon hours available, no weekends.

Call 516-564-1138 PART TIME SELF STORAGE ASSOCIATE wanted. Customer Service/Sales Experience a plus.

Must interact effectively with clients and perform other various responsibilities to ensure day to day operations. Self starter, detail oriented a plus. Computer savvy. Friendly, comfortable work environment. Will train. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send resume to Q0007@aol.com

CARE GIVER with experience, references and car looking for work.

24/7, live in or out. Please call 631838-9875 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 !

CERTIFIED HOME HEALTH AIDE with 8 yrs experience seeking live out position to care for sick/elderly.

Call Pauline 347-925-4079 ELDER CARE: Young woman seeks position to take care of the elderly. Excellent references. 30 years experience. Call 516-6884322 HOME HEALTH AIDE Professional with over twenty years experience seeks employment. Experience includes: monitoring patient’s physical and mental condition, bathing, doctor visits and other daily tasks. Live in or live out job options are acceptable. Contact 516-937-8737 HOME HEALTH AIDE will take care of your loved one in their home. Experienced & honest. Licensed driver with own transportation. Call Flo 352-262-6970

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WANTED TO BUY TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www. iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

TAG SALE *BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP 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 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org BARGAINS & BLESSINGS THRIFT SHOP Summer Sale. ALL items 50% off. June 14th, 16th, 21st and 23rd. Housewares, Clothing, Collectibles, Decorative, Jewelry, Handbags. Open Thursdays & Saturdays 10am-4pm. Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, 147 Campbell Avenue, Williston Park, NY 11596

GARAGE SALE GARDEN CITY YARD SALE Saturday June 23 9am3pm Clinton Road (South of Stewart Ave) It’s Back. The Yard Sale of the Season.

New and used items, Artwork, Crystal, Housewares, Tools, Costume Jewelry, Sports Memorabilia, Other Collectibles.

or Car Today!

THE ANDY FOUNDATION YARD SALE SHOP An eclectic selection of furniture, home decor, jewelry, china, artwork, antiques, housewares. New donations daily 195 Herricks Rd Garden City Park, NY 11040 TuesSat 10am-4pm 516-739-1717 info@theandyfoundation.org Proceeds benefit The Andy Foundation

“2-Night Free Vacation!”

WILLISTON PARK Sunday June 24th from 9am-3pm. 161 Canterbury Road. Kayak, furniture, housewares, wedding items, clothes and more!

Donate A Boat

800 - 700 - BOAT

PETS

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sponsored by boat angel outreach centers

SITUATION WANTED HOME HEALTH CARE AIDE Irish trained woman with 10 years experience and excellent checkable references available. Honest and reliable. Licensed driver with own transportation. Please call 516-383-7150

CAREER TRAINING AIRLINE CAREERS Start here.

Get trained as FAA certified Aviation Technician. Financial aid for qualified students. Job placement assistance. Call AIM for free information 866-296-7094

ANNOUNCEMENTS A PLACE FOR MOM has helped over a million families find senior living. Our trusted, local advisors help find solutions to your unique needs at no cost to you. Call: 1-800-404-8852

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PET SERVICES

STOP CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN

ANNOUNCEMENTS LUNG CANCER? And Age 60+?

You and your family may be entitled to significant cash award. Call 866951-9073 for information. No risk.

No money out of pocket.

OXYGEN Anytime. Anywhere. No tanks to refill. No deliveries. The All New Inogen One G4 is only 2.8 pounds! FAA approved! FREE info kit: Call 866-971-2603 Lost & Found COCKATIEL FOUND IN GARDEN CITY Found on the corner of Locust & Prospect.

Call 516-713-8867

MARKETPLACE GARAGE CONTENTS FOR SALE GARDEN CITY: HON Lateral Filing Cabinet, 5 drawers. Excellent condition. Misc Items: Printer, fax, scanner, A/V installation parts, connectors, cabling, etec. Please call

LIST YOUR ITEMS FOR SALE HERE, CALL

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MARKETPLACE

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. $250. Needs color toner. Email nlzcas@yahoo.com INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Estate & Tag Sales Online & Live Auctions Cleanout & Moving Services Home Staging Services Appraisals 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales. com Email: tracyjordan@invitedsales.com

WANTED TO BUY LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-3861104 or 917-775-3048

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A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242 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 K9 Monk, LLC Located in Garden City, NY, K9 Monk, LLC is a full service pet care company who is committed to providing the very best care to your dog’s well-being by using cutting edge professional dog grooming, day care, overnight boarding, private training and energy healing techniques. 516-382-5553 thek9monk@gmail.com www.facebook.com / k9monk www.k9monk.com

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTO SERVICES CAR DETAILING done at your home, includes cleaning of interior, vacuuming. Very reasonable. Please call 516-373-5928

AUTOS WANTED $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

JUNK C ARS TOP DOLLAR

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DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-aWish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible.

Call 631-317-2014 Today!

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

CONDO/CO-OP FOR SALE GARDEN CITY Large One Bedroom Condo in the heart of downtown Garden City.

This 800 sq ft Condo boasts newly finished Hardwood Floors, Dining Room, brand new Bathroom & Kitchen with d/w. Low maintenance & taxes. By ownerno broker. $569,000 Call: 646-499-1684

LOTS FOR SALE ABUTS STATE LAND75 acres $159,900. Woods, views, pond, great hunting area. 100% buildable. Terms avail with a min of 20% down. Call 888-905-8847 ATTN: HUNTERS85 acres $129,900. Prime whitetail area.

Hardwoods & evergreens. Walk to State land. G’teed buildable. Owner fin avail with min of 20% down. Call 888-479-3394

OPEN HOUSE CATHEDRAL GARDENS TUDOR Saturday, June 23 1:00pm to 3:00pm 61 Stevens Ave Hempstead West Hempstead School District Well maintained 3 BR, 1.5 Bath updated, LR/fireplace, FDR, EIK, Screened in Porch, Attic w/4th BR/Office plus storage, newly landscaped w/IGS. $599,000 For Sale By Owner 516-538-1423 JAMESPORT Sunday June 24 11:00 am1:00 pm 703 Herricks Lane Stunning 3500sf Victorian. Private landscaped setting on 1 acre.

4 BRs & 3.5 Baths. 2 Master Bedroom Suites. Large EIK, Formal LR, Formal DR, Family Room/fireplace.

Geothermal Heat, Central Air and Solar panels. Finished Basement.

3 Car Garage. Must See! $949,000.

Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623 JAMESPORT Sunday June 24 1:00 pm3:00 pm 92 Vista Ct 2 Story Expanded Cape on 1/2 acre. 4 BRs, 2.5 Baths, LR/Fireplace, EIK, Dining Area, Unfinished Bonus Room, Full Basement w/Outside Entrance, 2 Car Garage, New Roof. All This & Close to the Beach! $525,000 Colony Realty, Dolores Peterson 631-413-7572 LAUREL Sunday 6/24 1:00pm to 3:00pm 2780 Peconic Bay Blvd 2 STORY W/ BAY VIEWS 200’ to Deeded Sandy Bay Beach. 4 BRs, 3.5 Baths. LR/Fireplace, Family Room/Fireplace, FDR & Kitchen.

Full Basement, 2 Car Garage, HW Floors & CAC. New Roof, Heat, Hot Water Heater & Newly Painted Exterior. $899,000 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

OPEN HOUSE ORIENT VILLAGE Saturday, June 23 10am2pm 385 Oyster Ponds Lane 4 BR, 1.5 Bath, LR w/Fireplace, DR, Large Kitchen, Oversized 2 Car Garage w/Bonus Space and 2nd Story. For Sale By Owner $995,000. Contact: 401-932-0668

OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE JAMESPORT: COUNTRY RANCH with Deeded Private Beach. Very short distance to the Sound. Great year round or vacation home.

3+BRs, 1.5 Baths, LR/Fireplace, Kitchen, Dining Area, Porch, Deck, Outside Shower & Shed. Reduced! $499,000 Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516-658-2623

SERVICE DIRECTORY

SERVICES DISH TV $59.99 for 190 Channels + $14.95 high speed internet. Free installation, smart hd dvr included, free voice remote. Some restrictions apply. Call 1-800-943-0838 Expert Bathroom & Kitchens: Repairs and new installations, mold removal, shower pan leak experts, tile repair, sheetrock, plastering, painting, floors repairs and refinished, grouting, install tankless hot water heaters. Office: 516-933-6508 or cell: 516-263-6774 Guaranteed Life Insurance! (Ages 50 to 80). No medical exam. Affordable premiums never increase.

Benefits never decrease. Policy will only be cancelled for non payment.

855-686-5879

HOME IMPROVEMENTS AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry *Minor Electrical & Plumbing 25 year GC Resident Lic & Ins H18E2170000 Call BOB 516-741-2154 BATHROOM RENOVATIONS EASY, ONE DAY updates! We specialize in safe bathing. Grab bars, no slip flooring & seated showers.

Call for a free in home consultation: 888-657-9488 LAMPS FIXED $65 In home service. Handy Howard. 646-996-7628 MASONRY All types of stonework Pavers, Retaining Walls, Belgium Block Patios, Foundations, Seal coating, Concrete and Asphalt driveways, Sidewalks, Steps. Free Estimates Fully Licensed & Insured #H2219010000 Boceski Masonry Louie 516-850-4886 ROOF LEAKS REPAIRED All types Roofing & flashing repairs, aluminum trim work and Gutter Clean Outs. Nassau Lic# H1859520000.

B.C. Roofing & Siding, Inc. Text or call: 516-983-0860 SKY CLEAR WINDOW INC. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain/rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 45 years experience. 631-3857975 www.skyclearwindow.com rob@skyclearwindow.com

LIST YOUR CAR FOR

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Doctor honored for Alzheimer’s work New gym Continued from Page 20 level,” Mazurek, an assistant clinical professor of neurology at Mt. Sinai Medical Center, said in a previous interview.

He has participated in many of the association’s outreach programs, published research in a number of medical journals and hosted the Med/Sci Symposium on June 5 to try to bring scientists together to move toward a cure for Alzheimer’s.

Among its guests were Dr. Maria Torroella Carney, the chief of Northwell Health’s division of geriatrics and palliative medicine in Great Neck, and Dr. Nikhail Palekar, the director of geriatric

psychiatry at Stony Brook University Medical Center and the medical director of the Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s Disease.

“These annual Med/Sci events are designed to bring together local community physicians and researchers, to share new information on Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and treatment and ultimately help find the elusive cure to this dreaded disease,” Mazurek said.

Douglas Davidson, the executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association Long Island chapter, described the annual gala, which raises funds for care, support and

research pertaining to Alzheimer’s disease, as “always a special night” and said he was pleased to highlight Dr. Mazurek.

“The gala, in its fourth year, brings Long Islanders together to celebrate the lives of those impacted by Alzheimer’s disease and dementia,” Davidson said. “Dr. Mazurek is a tremendous asset to the association and we are grateful to get the chance to honor him this way.”

Other honorees included board member Robert Mayer, the chief revenue officer at Prager Metis CPAs, and John Romano, the senior vice president of Dime Community Bank.

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She said payments are month to month.

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Kutzma, who grew up in Levittown and lives in Babylon, was chosen as the studio manager in January. She said she was thrilled to open the location on June 8, which was followed by a ribbon cutting with the Port Chamber of Commerce on June 13.

“It’s amazing, I’m so happy to finally have members come into the studio and going through the workout,” she said.

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Holocaust center chair re-elected Great Neck’s Steven Markowitz to serve fourth term at Glen Cove not-for-profit

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Steven Markowitz was re-elected on Wednesday, June 13, to a fourth term as chairman of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County.

the dangers of hate and intolerance,” Markowitz said on Wednesday. “We often say how critical it is to learn from history and we are determined that people will not forget the most terrible times in the history of mankind and what it means in our lives today.”

In the 2017-2018 school year, more than 14,700 students – both from Long Island and around the world – visited the center for educational purposes or to speak with a Holocaust survivor.

Markowitz said he hopes to bring on new board members, particularly younger members, to bring a fresh perspective.

He also said he hopes to raise the funds necessary to get a full-time professional executive director, construct an outdoor amphitheater for their children’s memorial garden that’s under renovation, and “completely update our museum” with new technology.

The mission of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, located in Glen Cove, “is to teach the history of the Holocaust and its les-

Steve Markowitz of Great Neck was re-elected to a fourth term as chairman of the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County last Wednesday.

Markowitz, who has worked with the HMTC for at least 15 years, was first elected as the group’s third chairman in 2012 after serving as a vice chairman for a number of years.

Since Markowitz began serving as chair, the memorial and tolerance center opened the Friedlander Education Institute, began restoring a children’s memorial garden and expanded programming with the Nassau County and Suffolk County police department and other institutions.

“In these very challenging times, when issues of intolerance and tensions among people in our community and the issues of immigration are in front of us every day, I am honored to lead an organization that is taking such an important role in teaching young people and adults

sons through education and community outreach,” according to its website.

“We teach about the dangers of antisemitism, racism, bullying and all other manifestations of intolerance,” the center’s mission reads. “We promote resistance to prejudice and advocate respect for every human being.”

The center offers a permanent museum detailing the scope and tragedy of the Holocaust, rotating special exhibits, and a number of programs, classes and documents in its library.

In addition to serving with the HTMC, Markowitz also serves as the president of the Great Neck Democratic Club and a vice chairman of the Nassau County Democratic Committee.

A resident of Great Neck since 1975, Markowitz has also served with the Great Neck Student Aid Fund, the executive committee of the Gold Coast Arts Center’s board, the Board of Zoning Appeals in the Village of Great Neck, and the Board of Trustees of Temple Israel, where he is a past president.

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D’Urso meets with AARP representatives State Assemblyman Anthony D’Urso recently met with Betty Leong and Ken Larson, representatives from a local Town of North Hempstead AARP chapter.

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