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In Mineola Cheryl Lampasona re-runs for school board (see page 14) In Garden City: Residents will need to get new pool membership cards (see page 7) In New Hyde Park: Paint night at Hillside Library (see page 8) In Westbury: Ellison Avenue tree comes down after long battle (see page 10)

Life long Mineola resident co-writes and co-stars in new sit-com (see page 3)

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n walks life-long Mineola resident George Papadimatos on April 29 into the Anton Media Group office in Mineola with a big smile on his face and a Yankee cap on. He introduces himself as the “biggest Yankee fan in Mineola.” “Look me up,” he says. Papadimatos, an actor, had much to be excited about. He stopped by to share the news with the Nassau Illustrated that he had finished writing a television pilot with his friend, an actress, Maytal Angel. They are both going to co-star in a sitcom called Jimmy’s and Jenny’s. They’re currently in the process of crowd-funding and filming. The plot of the show is as follows: “Dealing with failure in both career and love life, irresponsible man-child George, buys and tries to run his late dad’s old diner while managing his eccentric cousins as his staff, getting inspiration from his late parents through flashbacks, and constantly getting yelled at by his best friend Maya... who is reluctantly running the diner for him.” The show will also star Vanessa (Lee) Bontea, Angelo Mercado, Jr., Carie Karavis and Kelly Karavites. It’s a show based on Papadimatos’ own life growing up in the 1980’s with late parents George and Jennie Papadimatos. “My dad is my hero, my dad and my mom,” Papadimatos said. “Especially my dad. ‘Jimmy the Greek’ used to be the Mineola Diner when I was a kid, then he went to the Sparta Diner.” Everyone knew Jimmy, Papadimatos said, as a nice and funny guy. “He took care of everybody,” Papadimatos said. “Whatever it was. He was just the guy to go see. Everybody loved him and he never got upset. He was my hero and everybody

George Papadimatos is writing and co-starring in a Mineola-centered series called Jimmy and Jenny’s. (Photos courtesy George Papadimatos)

loved him and he was always happy. If you met him for one minute, it was real, it was genuine, he made you laugh and he made you feel better about yourself. He just would. Even if he just met you.” He took care of his parents for five years before they passed away. Then, he went on to work different jobs like bartending until he decided to get back into making his dream come true. “I started acting getting gigs here and there,” said Papadimatos, who learned from actor Chazz Palminteri. “I was on Daredevil on Netflix. I was on The Deuce on HBO, which is James Franco’s show. Yankee commercial. A lot of little indie projects. I’ve always been trying to write my own sitcom with one of my actress friends, one of my best friends, Maytal Angel. And she’s a wonderful, talented, brilliant, funny girl.” The two worked together on writing the show during the pandemic, after the off-Broadway show Papadimatos was going to star in was canceled as everything else deemed “not essential” was. They worked well together because they have a similar sense of humor, he said. The pandemic was a time of no excuses, Papadimatos said, as practically everything was on pause. “We did it over the phone,” Papadimatos said. “We FaceTimed. She was living in

Stories will be told in the sitcom about Papadimatos’ growing up in Mineola with his popular father Jimmy, who ran the Mineola Diner and the Sparta Diner for some time. Astoria at the time and we were just back and forth and helping each other out.” The goal was to create a multi-cultural show, blending Papadimatos’ Greek roots and Angel’s Israeli roots, that would give people of all ages 30-minutes when they can just laugh and have fun, while also putting Mineola on the map. “I want to do a Mineola pool episode,” Papadimatos said. “I always call the Mineola Pool my summer office. You need me, catch me on the sun deck at the Mineola Pool. That’s my office in the summertime.” The show is being produced by Donna Drake, the host of the Donna Drake Show and there will be a fundraiser that will last through June. The goal is to raise $35,000 to fund cast, crew, post production, set design and props, equipment rentals, food, locations, insurance and marketing costs. Papadimatos said he’s received much support from members of his class from Mineola High School, with some even offering to be in the show. “I want to do a show that focuses on Mineola, shows how great Mineola is,” Papadimatos said. “Like I said, I’m going to do the Mineola Pool. It’s going to be based off the Mineola diner... There’s going to be flashback to when I was in little league. There’s going to be flashbacks to the Mineola

The sitcom is inspired by George Papadimatos’ parents Jenny and Jimmy.

George Papadimatos and his mother Jenny. Pool... There’s just so much Mineola history. Cross Street School I went to and I went to Willis Avenue before it closed down... We’ll get Mineola High School in there.” And most of all, Papadimatos sees this project as doing what his dad did: turning a negative event like the pandemic and using that time to create a show that will honor his hometown and family. To contribute to Jimmy’s and Jenny’s and learn more about the show, visit georgepapadimatos.com/jimmysandjennys.

Mineola Fire Department Memorial Day Parade

Remember the fallen soldiers on May 30 with the Mineola Fire Department. (Photo courtesy Noah Wulf via Wikimedia Commons)

The Mineola Fire Department will be hosting a Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 30 at 11 a.m. All are invited to join the Mineola Fire Department for the annaul parade, followed by a ceremony at Mineola Memorial Park.

The route of the parade is: -From Corner of Union Street, and Westbury Avenue -West on Westbury Avenue to Roslyn Road -North on Roslyn Road to Jericho Turnpike -West on Jericho Turnpike to Marcellus Road -South on Marcellus Road to Memorial Park —Submitted by the Mineola Fire Department

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orth Hempstead’s Clark Botanic Garden has announced its Seasons in the Garden offering for 2022. Participants are encouraged to sign up for one of many lectures and hands-on demonstrations that are open to the public each month. Upcoming workshops include: Sunday, May 15 - Planting a Bog Garden with Anthony Marinello, principal of Dropseed Native Landscapes and board member of Long Island Native Plant Initiative. This hands-on workshop will allow participants to create a container bog garden using suitable medium and appropriate plants such as Purple Pitcher Plant, Meadow Beauty and Cranberry. (A separate materials fee of $50, made payable to Dropseed Native Landscapes, should be included with registration fee) Sunday, June 12 - Planting for Nature with Nassau CCE Master Garden Volunteers, Cheryl Bennett and Nancy Youngfert. Two passionate native plant enthusiasts will explore the types of garden planting and practices that are beneficial to pollinators and other wildlife in your garden. Sunday, July 17 - Native Plants in Your Garden Planning with Meagan Fastuca, Town of North Hempstead Environmental Specialist and Rusty Schmidt, landscape ecologist at Waterdrop Design. Fastuca recently removed her lawn and replaced it with native plants, with the assistance of

Schmidt. For those who need convincing that a front yard can be both beautiful and beneficial, come to this workshop and consider the option of replacing grass with native plants. Sunday, August 14, 2022 - Planting a Cutting Garden with Nassau CCE Master Garden Volunteers Susan Dittman and Kathy DiDonato. Dittman and DiDonato manage the volunteer cutting garden at the CCE Farm in East Meadow and make the natural bouquets and arrangements that are used for events at the farm. They will show participants how to use all types of floral material, including grasses and branches to fashion gorgeous and easy bouquets. Sunday, October 16, 2022 - The Beauty of the Fall Garden with Vinnie Simeone, noted garden writer and lecturer, currently Director of Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park. Simeone will lead participants around the garden, highlighting the many wonders of the fall garden on Long Island. All workshops are $10 per person, with proceeds going toward the Fanny Dwight Clark Memorial Garden Inc., which works to help preserve the Clark legacy as a thriving botanic garden for the community. For more information about the Fanny Dwight Clark Memorial Garden Inc. or to learn more about the upcoming workshops, visit: www.clarkbotanic.org. —Submitted by the Town of North Hempstead

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The Nassau County Police Department Third Squad is investigating a grand larceny that occurred on April 25 in Garden City Park at 5 a.m. According to detectives, a male employee working at the WE Transport Bus Company located at 20 1st Avenue called Third Precinct police to report that an unknown person or people who entered a locked storage yard and removed 14 catalytic convertors from parked transport buses

between April 22 through April 25. The total loss was in excess of $14,000 dollars. The investigation is ongoing. Detectives request that if anyone has information regarding the above crime to contact the Nassau County Crime Stoppers at 1-800–244–8477 or dial 911. All callers will remain anonymous. —Submitted by Nassau County Police Department

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estbury Union Free School District has officially unveiled its top scholars for the class of 2022— Valedictorian Laiba Shahid and Salutatorian Debora Sorto. “While all of our graduating seniors deserve high praise for their accomplishments, it is important to recognize these two exceptionally talented scholars,” Superintendent of Schools Dr. Tahira DuPree Chase said. “Laiba and Debora are brilliant, diligent and ambitious individuals who have shown time and again their dedication to their personal, academic and professional growth. On behalf of the entire Westbury community, we extend our congratulations on this momentous achievement, and wish you each the best on your future endeavors.” Shahid knew from early on that one day she would want to work in the medical field. Starting in 2020, she began immersing herself in medical programs outside of school to get a clear picture of what she would want to pursue after high school. She participated in the Winthrop Explorers’ Program where she observed various areas of the medical field with Winthrop Hospital staff, attended the Harvard Pre-Med and Coding I Weekend Academy, was on the Cohen Children’s Medical Center Junior Leadership Council, volunteered at the Nassau University Medical Center, and shadowed a dermatologist at Comprehensive Dermatology.

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She also took the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Preface Engineering Program course, a data analysis course at SUNY Old Westbury, a creative writing program course at Nassau Community College, volunteered with Future Teachers of America, was an academic tutor, volunteered at CORE, and has participated in the Adelphi University STEM Research Program and the SUNY Old Westbury Summer STEM Academy College Research Program. In addition to Shahid’s numerous extracurricular activities, she was vice president of the orchestra; treasurer of the Key Club;

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National Art Honor Society; and was a member of Tri-M and the peer mediation club. She plans to study biomedical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sorto also had an understanding early on in life of what she wanted to do once she went to college. She joined the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and was in the Robotics Club. She was also the president of National Honor Society, secretary of TRI-M Music Honor Society, captain of the Mathletes team, an organizer for Women’s History Month activities, a peer tutor, and a founder of the food pantry at the high school. Additionally, Sorto was a member of TRI-M Music Honor Society, National Honor Society, French Honor Society, CORE, and Key Club. Sorto plans on studying mechanical engineering at Stony Brook University. —Submitted by the Westbury School District

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An Update From The Mayor Of Garden City Denton Avenue Bridge Replacement The anticipated “bridge push” at Denton Avenue and Tanners Pond Road took place April 30 and May 1. A concrete U-box substructure has been installed, which supports the new bridge superstructure. 3TC will use the box-jacking method (similar to the method used at the New Hyde Park Road underpass) to move the bridge into place during a single weekend. The bridge is scheduled to be removed and replaced with a three-track structure and is the last of seven bridges to be replaced or modified under the LIRR Expansion Project. Water Update Water Tower: The contractor was on site preparing for the final grade and began topsoil and seeding and asphalt paving. The contractor remobilized on April 25 to continue with interior water cavity painting touch-ups. Corrosion Control Study: The final draft is expected to go to the village next week. Lead Service Line Inventory: The lead service line investigation and analysis of village plumbing permits and house ages is complete. The draft map showing house/street side services will be presented to the village. Follow up steps to complete inventory are under discussion. Additional building permits will be provided by the village for review. Well 7 (Waterworks site): Crews are preparing for permanent bid. Revised final interim payment requests were mailed to the village, and the contractor mailed the revised maintenance bond directly to the village. AC Schultes will proceed with raising the well pier and casing extension this week. Wells 8 and 12 (Rockaway Avenue site): H2M re-ran performance testing for Well No. 12. Well No 9 (Wilson Street site): The engineering report has been sent to the New York State Department of Health. Facility design continues. Wells 10 and 11 (Clinton Road site): PSEG out on-site new transformer installed and power restored to site. Crews will continue remaining electrical work. Wells 13 and 14 (Garden City Country Club site): Crews tested and sampled concrete, stripped foundation forms, delivered insulation and damp proofing. H2M is approximately 75 percent complete with final design documents. Wells 15 and 16 (Hilton Park site): The contractor will drill a hole through the well foundation for well casings, sample wells and iron vessels, and continue controls work. New Pool Membership Cards The Garden City Pool is issuing new membership cards this year. Old cards will not be valid. Every pool member, regardless of age,

Residents are directed by the mayor to get new membership cards for the Garden City Pool. (Photo by Carisa Giardino) must get a new card. Cards will be issued in a different color to discourage use of the old cards. To receive a new membership card, stop by the Garden City Pool beginning May 13. Photo hours will be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday to Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The pool opens for the season on Saturday, June 11 at noon. Advisory Committees The Mayor’s Advisory Business Development Committee members will include the following: • Trustee Lawrence Marciano Jr., Chairman • Jack Hartog • Michelle Beach Harrington • Kate Schmidt • Stephen Ripp • Richard Williams The Mayor’s Advisory Village Governance Committee members for 2022 will include the following; • Chairman Donald Macleod • Richard Corrao Jr. • Jeff Rathgeber • John Cantwell • Jack Hartog • Effie Campbell • Sivan Chapman • Peter D’ Antonio The mayor will also be forming a Mayor’s Advisory Open Space Committee to identify all village open space and provide an inventory of all said properties to update the Village Property Master Plan. Residents experienced in real estate, real estate law, real estate accounting, planning, surveying and the like should submit resumes for consideration to

Village Clerk Karen Altman at kaltman@ gardencityny.net. Organic Turf Management Program An Organic Turf Management program provides many benefits to the village. With traditional fertilizers, the village is concerned about people “rolling in the turf” and picking up the material, some of which is not good for humans. The village is also concerned about all of the chemicals which will eventually leach down into the water source. Organics do not present such issues, and if allowed enough time to work, will result in stronger, better turf, according to Paul Blake, chairman of the Board of Commissioners of Cultural and Recreational Affairs. Organics require time to work. In most cases, it takes between three and five years to see any substantial improvement to the turf. This is due, in part, to the materials having to detoxify the soil from the previously used materials. At St. Paul’s, the village entering just its third year of the Organic Turf Management. The program is managed by a company

called Alternative Earthcare, which has been in the Organic Turf Management business since 1996. Here are the components of our program; these are applied at various times during the year, in different combinations: • Corn Gluten – This all natural product is an excellent source of nutrition, containing approximately 10 percent nitrogen. Additionally, it also helps with crabgrass and weed control. • 6-0-0 Liquid Organic Fertilizer – This product is used in conjunction with Compost Tea, and supports root enhancement. It also helps the soil to hold water longer, and increases the bacterial and fungal activity in the soil. • Compost Tea – Made from two simple ingredients, compost and water. This is a very powerful source of nutrients for the turf, as well as a food source for the microorganisms in the soil. • Liquid Humates – This is a premium, natural product which is derived from Leonardite, an oxidation product of lignite coal and mined from near surface pits. It stimulates beneficial soil microorganisms, and penetrates the soil quickly, going directly to the roots of the turf for rapid absorption. Asbestos Removal At Station No.2 Asbestos abatement at Fire Station No. 2 on Edgemere Road was completed on April 20. The general contractor has begun brick work. According to Building Superintendent Giuseppe Giovanniello, work is “progressing nicely.” In February, the board engaged PAR Environmental Corporation for asbestos abatement at a cost of $255,500 and Seaboard Weatherproofing & Restoration for temporary weatherproofing and masonry work at a cost of $370,768. This month, the board engaged the professional services of Environmental Planning and Management, Inc. to provide asbestos abatement air sampling/project monitoring services. —Submitted by the Village of Garden City Mayor Cosmo Veneziale

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Disney Trivia This fun program from the Garden City Public Library, 60 Seventh St., is for children in grades kindergarten through fifth grade. From 4 to 4:45 p.m., join the children’s librarians and test your knowledge of all things Disney. Online registration with a library card at gardencitypl. org is required. All children under 10-yearsold need to be accompanied by a parent or designated responsible person at the library. Weather permitting, this program will be held outside on library grounds. Otherwise, it will be held in the small meeting room. Space Travel With Mad Science Learn what it takes to be a true globetrotter. The Westbury Memorial Public Library, 445 Jefferson St., invites children from kindergarten to sixth grade to race a balloon rocket and design their own car engine. See the principles of propulsion at work while watching a real model rocket launch, and build a “Mad Science Space Copter” to fly to the skies. This event is happening in the Westbury Children’s Library in the meeting room at 6:30 p.m. Register in advance. Visit westburylibrary.org for more information and to register.

FRIDAY, MAY 13

Paint Night: Sketching and Acrylics with Alma From beginners to advanced sketchers and painters, enjoy a fun and relaxing evening

with Hillside Public Library, painting geese flying in the full moon, from the comfort of your home starting at 7 p.m. Supplies will include a canvas or paint/ watercolor paper of 12x16 inches (but any other size can work too); acrylic paints in red, blue yellow, white and black; three different sized brushes (a very fine one for details pointed round five, a medium flat or angle rush and a larger flash wash 3/4 one for the background) and tools (a cup with water, paper towel, mixing plastic pallet, which can also be a paper plate.) This program will be held over Zoom. Visit www. hillsidelibrary.info to sign up.

SATURDAY, MAY 14

East Williston Car Show Presented by the East Williston Recreation Committee, there will be a car show at the East Williston Village Hall, 2 Prospect St., with classics and exotics on display, with a DJ, food, beverages and fun-filled activities for the whole family. There will also be chance auctions where participants can win two round-trip tickets from Jet Blue and restaurant gift certificates. The cars will arrive between 9 and 11 a.m., the show will go on from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and the judging will begin at 2 p.m. Admission is $10 and it is $20 to participate in the competition. Visit www.eastwilliston.org for more info.

Come and see classic and exotic cars at the East Williston Car Show on May 14. (Photo coutesy Schwiki via Wikimedia Commons)

SATURDAY, MAY 14 THROUGH SUNDAY, MAY 15

Cradle Con Returning to the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Charles Lindbergh Boulevard in Garden City is Cradle Con. Cradle Con is a comic, collectible and pop culture convention where attendees can meet special guests, dress in cosplay, play games and shop from a variety of vendors and artists. Advance tickets are $20 for adults, $10 for children and $30 for a weekend pass if purchased online. On the day of the event, adults are $25 and children are $12. Visit www.cradleofaviation.org to learn more.

TUESDAY, MAY 17

Westbury Carle Place Chamber of Commerce Networking Event The Westbury Carle Place Chamber of Commcerce is hosting a networking event at

Cena 081 Italian, 103 Post Ave. in Westbury, from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is $30, and dinner will include chicken, salad, soda, pasta and coffee. There will also be a 50/50 raffle and a cash bar. Visit www.wcpchamber.org to register.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 18

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles The Mineola Memorial Library, 195 Marcellus Rd. in Mineola, invites residents to join a fun, in-person and indoor event taking place in the Community Room from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Enjoy a program full of songs, stories, and, of course, bubbles. Registration began for Mineola residents May 4 and other library cardholders on May 11. Sign up by visiting mineolalibrary.info or by emailing @ mmlkidsprograms@nassaulibrary.org with a library card number, child’s age and the name of the program (which is Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles).

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More than 1,000 athletes to compete at Mitchel Field Athletic Complex

assau County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman and student athletes from the Henry Viscardi Center recently announced plans for the 2022 Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged, which will be taking place June 2 through June 4 at the Mitchel Field Athletic Complex and Nassau Community College. Competitors will travel throughout New York State to Nassau County to participate in a weekend of fun athletic events alongside friends and family. There is great excitement surrounding the 36th Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged, especially since this is the first year back after two years because of COVID-19. New York State funding was eliminated for the Games several years ago and the office of the Nassau County Executive, with the help of private sector sponsors, has kept the Games alive. County Executive Blakeman stated, “The student athletes who participate in the Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged are truly inspirational to watch.” Blakeman continued, “I encourage all residents to come down to Mitchel Field June 2-4, to see the student athletes in action and join in on the fun. I would also like to extend thanks and gratitude to the generous sponsors that have allowed us to keep the Games alive here in Nassau County.” With the general support of corporations such as Elias Properties, PSEG Long Island, the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick, The Theresa Foundation, UBS, Bethpage Federal Credit Union, the New York Yankees and the Dee Foundation, athletes will compete in track, field, slalom, archery, swimming, wheelchair basketball and table tennis. Participants, ranging from ages 5 to 21, face disabilities including blindness, visually impaired, deaf, hearing impaired, spinal cord injured, amputees and those who have cerebral palsy, dwarfism and other physical

More than 1,000 athletes will be participating in the 2022 Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged,

Nassau County Executive Bruce A. Blakeman announced plans for the 2022 Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged, which will be taking place June 2 through June 4 at the Mitchel Field Athletic Complex and Nassau Community College. (Photos courtesy of the office of County Executive Bruce Blakeman)

challenges. In its 36th year, the Games will take place in part due to contributions from King Kullen—America’ First Supermarket—who has been a long-time sponsor helping to feed the athletes, while Hofstra University has committed to housing the athletes with only minimal costs for maintenance. Nassau Community College is the venue hosting swimming, wheelchair basketball and table

tennis events as well as the closing ceremonies. The Nassau County Department of Health and Medical Reserve Corps volunteers will once again work to provide on-site medical care and response during the games. In addition, NICE Bus will provide shuttle bus service for participants and has also generously donated $5,000 toward the Opening Ceremonies. The cost of participation is

Wheelchair basketball is one of the events that athletes will be participating in during the 2022 Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged free and the numbers of athletes increase each year, boasting more than 1,000. The dedication brought forth by the parents, families, teachers, coaches and volunteers is critical to the success of the Games. Operating with a small staff, the Games are facilitated by those who return year after year to a program they love. “We are so excited to be back after a two-year pause and thank County Executive Blakeman for

his support of this unique program,” Games for the Physically Challenged Director Susan Maxwell said. “The athletes are ready to return to the thrill of the competition, the excitement of winning a medal and the comradery of the Games.” Visit www.nassaucountypc games.com for more information about the Nassau County Games for the Physically Challenged. —Submitted by the office of County Executive Bruce Blakeman

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DEC Announces $750,000 In Second Round Of ‘Regenerate NY’ Forestry Grants Funding now available for eligible private forest landowners

ew York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently commemorated Arbor Day by announcing $750,000 in funding now available for the second round of the state’s “Regenerate NY” Forestry Cost Share Grant Program. The grant program is designed to assist private landowners in growing the next generation of forests, which are crucial for mitigating climate change, providing wildlife habitat, protecting air and water quality, and supplying an important renewable resource. A third of the total available funds ($250,000) is specifically earmarked for tree planting projects that will establish new forests or supplement the regeneration of existing ones. “Arbor Day is an inspiration for all New Yorkers to celebrate the importance of trees to our health, environment, and economy and to take actions collectively to preserve our forests for future generations,” Seggos said. “While climate change, invasive species and white-tailed deer are threatening the health of our trees and forests, I’m proud of the work our expert foresters are doing to advance programs, like Regenerate NY, that help forest landowners protect and sustainably manage our essential forest resources and the many benefits they provide. DEC encourages more New Yorkers to take advantage of these programs and help advance our forest conservation efforts across the state.” With nearly 75 percent of New York’s 18.7 million acres of forestland being privately owned, the grants help support landowners in growing healthy forests. Regenerate NY is funded by New York State’s Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) and managed by DEC’s Division of Lands and Forests. Private landowners who own between 10 and 1,000 acres of forest land in New York State may apply for grant awards ranging from a minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $50,000, with a required 25 percent match. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, planting trees, soil scarification, removing competing vegetation that would interfere with seedling establishment and growth, and installation of deer fence. Applicants must work with a private forester to develop their project. Up to two applications may be submitted per applicant, provided the applications are for separate properties. In the first year of the grant program in 2021, DEC awarded nearly $450,000 for 16 projects covering 503 practice acres. More

The Regenerate NY Forestry Cost Share Grant Program is making $750,000 available to assist private landowners in growing the next generation of forests. (Photo by Mark Daniel Lecciones/ ArborDayGrant_051322_MarkDanielLecciones)

than 12,000 tree seedlings are being planted across New York State thanks to the funding provided by that round of grants. Through these plantings, private landowners are ensuring the next generation of forests and all the benefits they provide by fostering existing forestland regeneration and establishing new forested areas. The sizes of projects varied, with the largest project covering 78 acres and the smallest involving half an acre. Contracts were executed to reforest a total of nearly 100 acres, restore 105 acres of forest stands, manage competing vegetation on 176 acres, and install deer fencing on 127 acres, among other projects. “Forests are one of our best tools in the fight against climate change,” New York

State Forester and Division of Lands and Forests Director Robert Davies said. “Not only do trees absorb and store carbon as they grow, but products made from wood require significantly less energy to make than their carbon dioxide-intense counterparts like aluminum and plastic, and solid wood products continue to store carbon well beyond a tree’s lifetime. New York’s private forests remove enough carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in one year to negate the emissions of two million gasoline-powered automobiles over the same time period, underscoring the importance of investing in the regeneration of forests.” “The New York Forest Owner’s Association applauds the Regenerate NY

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Forestry Cost Share Grant Program,” organization president Stacey Kazacos said. “Funding stewardship and regeneration efforts will help ensure our forests continue to support New York’s rural economy, protect our water and air quality, and sequester carbon for generations to come. We look forward to the long-term improvements this initiative will contribute to our communities throughout the state.” “In order to foster successful regeneration, forest landowners must actively manage and implement costly measures to ensure the next generation of forests, which in turn provide carbon sequestration benefits, as well as habitat and other ecosystem benefits for biodiversity,” John Bartow of the Empire State Forest Products Association said. “Regenerate NY is a critical financial assistance package for New York forest owners to actively manage and steward forests for the future, and we applaud DEC, the State Legislature and Governor Hochul for the continued support for Regenerate NY in the Environmental Protection Fund.” Applications may be submitted through the New York State Grants Gateway and will be accepted until 3 p.m. on Oct. 7, or until funds are depleted, whichever comes first. Grants will be awarded on a rolling basis. Applicants need to establish an account in the Grants Gateway System. Once registered, applicants can search the Grants Gateway for “Regenerate NY.” Arbor Day is a nationally celebrated observance held on the last Friday of April each year. It was originally established in 1872 to encourage farmers and homesteaders to plant trees for shade, fuel and beauty in open areas. Today, it is an opportunity to promote tree planting and care while we celebrate everything trees do for us. From a several hundred-acre rural forest to the street trees of an urban forest, all trees are important for providing invaluable ecosystem services and societal benefits that affect our everyday lives. Visit DEC’s website to learn more about Arbor Day. —Submitted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

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Recycling Bikes And Sewing Machines Collection Drive Set May 14

t’s time to put those old bicycles and sewing machines to good use. Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Long Island, in partnership with the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, is collecting used bicycles and sewing machines on Saturday, May 14 (rain or shine) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m, at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island, 38 Old Country Rd. in Garden City (at the western end of Old Country Road). Items collected will be refurbished by the international projects Pedals for Progress and Sewing Peace and sent to Belize in Central America. Anyone with an adult or child’s bicycle in repairable condition or a working portable sewing machine is urged to donate the item. The program does not accept “bikes for parts,” disassembled bikes or tricycles. Since it costs $40 to collect, process, ship, rebuild and distribute each bicycle, a donation toward shipping costs is necessary (suggested minimum $20 per item). All cash and material donations are fully deductible and a receipt will be provided on site. This is the 18th bike/sewing machine collection organized by Returned Peace

Bike and sewing machine collection at the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island in 2020. (Photos courtesy of the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island)

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that have been distributed to Rwanda, Tanzania, Togo, Guatemala, Albania and Kosovo amongst others. Pedals for Progress collects bicycles and sewing machines annually and transfers this material wealth to those more needy. To date, more than 163,785 bikes and 5,523 sewing machines have been shipped to developing countries in Latin America, Africa, Eastern Europe and the Caribbean. In these countries the bikes are reconditioned by partner agencies and distributed at low cost to poor working adults and children. These bikes provide reliable transportation for commuting to school, work, transporting product to market and accessing health care and other services. Sewing machine shipments help initiate educational programs and generate income opportunities that may otherwise remain out of reach for many people. Steady employment for adults is vital to the development and success of struggling communities. Alan Schultz, the in-coming director of Pedals for Progress and Sewing Peace, says that the first container of bikes and sewing machines will be sent to their partners in Belize and a second shipment is expected to be sent in June to Tanzania. Bette Bass of Massapequa, who was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia from 1955-89, said, “Members of the RPCVs of Long Island see as their mission both to serve in the communities where we live and to support programs in developing countries as well as to support the Peace Corps and its goals.” For more information, contact Bette Bass at 516-606-1400 (email bettembass@ gmail.com or Kathy Williams-Ging at

Rachel in Tanzania is a seamstress and store owner in her local marketplace who received a sewing machine through Sewing Peace. She primarily makes dresses but also sells sewing equipment, thread and fabric. She has been running her business for five years and has been able to provide for herself and her daughter through her small business. 631-549-4873 (email ktsging@optonline. net). —Submitted by the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island

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Nassau County Legislature Announces Electric NICE Bus Initiative New electric fleet will be eco-friendly and cut back on county gas usage

ith gas prices surging nation-wide, and increased environmental concerns being raised by many, there has been a push to use more public transportation to both save money and ease our carbon footprint. The Nassau County Legislature recently held a press conference at the NICE bus yard on Commercial Avenue in East Garden City to announce the purchase of six new battery electric-powered NICE Buses. “Nassau County has a reputation for being one of the most environmentally responsible counties in the State,” Presiding Officer Richard Nicolello said. “By adding zero-emission buses to our fleet, we will immediately reduce emissions and improve air quality here in Nassau County, while saving hundreds of thousands of dollars in maintenance and fuel.” The six vehicles purchased are New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE NG 40-foot transit buses, model XE40. They come with 525KWh lithium-ion batteries and have a range of approximately 180 to 200 miles on a single charge. The cost is approximately $1.1 million per vehicle. The county’s funding has been supplemented by funding from New York State and the federal government for greener transportation. It is estimated that each electric bus will save up to $125,000 in maintenance and up to $400,000 in fuel savings over its 12-year lifespan. These six buses will initially service the Nassau County HUB area with service

originating from the Rosa Parks Bus Depot in the Village of Hempstead and serving the greater Hempstead, Nassau Community College, Hofstra University and Roosevelt Field areas. Usage will then expand throughout the county. “Nassau Inter-County Express has selected New Flyer as our new battery-electric bus vendor,” NICE Chief Executive Officer Jack Khzouz said. “We plan on deploying these energy-efficient vehicles for the launch of our new bus rapid transit (BRT) system, which will provide Nassau County with zero emissions travel between Rosa Parks Hempstead Transit Center to the Nassau Hub/NCC locations. They will help NICE improve accessibility and connectivity within Nassau County.” The charging equipment that will be purchased for the buses include ABB HVC Power cabinets and depot charge boxes. The primary charging station site will be the decommissioned water purification plant on the corner of Oak Street and Commercial Avenue in East Garden City. Legislation for the purchase of this new fleet as well as the construction of the charging stations passed through the full legislature. It had previously passed through Committees on March 7. The buses are expected in the Fall of 2022. They will be the first electric public transport buses in use on Long Island. —Submitted by the Nassau County Legislature

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‘New York City In 6’ Transportation Plan Lacks Substance Former New York City Comptroller and Mayoral candidate Scott Stringer and New York City Transit Riders Alliance’s “The NYC in 6” plan calls for investment in transportation to support around-the-clock transit service. Under this plan, trains and buses would arrive at least every six minutes all day, every day. It sounds great on paper. Riders would never have to wait more than six minutes for the next bus or subway train, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The plan also promises to reduce the cost for anyone boarding a Long Island or Metro North Rail Road train at any of the 41 stations within New York City for the same cost of a Metro card or OMNY (One Metro New York) card. Advocates failed to provide any details to explain the capital and operating costs, funding sources or implementation time table for this proposal. Farebox recovery rates vary based upon the trip, route and time of day. Any rush hour New York City Transit local or express bus, subway, Staten Island Railway, Long Island or Metro North Rail Road trip carries more riders than midday, evening, overnight or weekends. The same holds true for the New York City Economic Development Corporation Private Ferry Operator program. Rush hour trips have a better fare box recovery rate and require less subsidy than other times of day and night. There is always a fixed cost per hour for any mode of transportation. This includes equipment (bus, subway car, train or ferry purchase) straight line depreciation of equipment over time and mileage, driver,

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engineer or ferry boat captain’s salary, conductors, ticket takers, deck hands, fuel or power and maintenance of equipment. The costs for all of the above to any promised six minute service intervals could easily add up to the hundreds of millions, if not a billion or more annually. This is based upon the need to purchase more equipment, replace existing equipment sooner as it is used more frequently, expand maintenance and storage capacity at existing bus depots and rail yards, staffing, maintenance and cost for fueling buses along with powering commuter rail and subway trains while in transit service. If you follow the logic of this proposal, it would also be extended to those boarding New York City Transit and MTA Bus Express buses from two fare zones (known as “transit deserts”) in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island, as well. Thousands of those riders will want equivalent increased services. Ditto for the 66,000 daily pre-COVID-19 Staten Island Ferry and thousands more New York City Economic

Development Corporations private ferry operators riders. They also will want to see significant increased services even if not every six minutes. Express bus riders pay a premium $6.75 fare. They will want to see the same discounted equivalent $2.75 Metro Card or OMNY fare as LIRR or Metro North city based riders. How do proposal advocates propose to find funding, which could run into the tens of millions, to make up for this lost revenue? Thousands of current Long Island and Metro North New York City resident customers currently pay a premium single, weekly Former New York City Comptroller or monthly price for a ticket. If and Mayoral candidate Scott you also reduce their fares to Stringer (CC BY 2.0) equal the Metro Card or OMNY, the MTA will lose millions in Where is the financial plan revenue. How does the MTA fund outlining the detailed capital, opthis new deficit? erating, maintenance costs and The number 7 New York timetable for implementation City Transit subway rush hour express requires 25 minutes from of “NYC In 6” plan TANSTAFL? There ain’t no such thing as a free Main Street Flushing to Grand lunch or in this case cheap bus, Central Terminal or 30 minutes subway or commuter rail ride. to Hudson Yards. Current LIRR Someone will have to pick up the service from Flushing to Penn tab. It will end up as higher fares, Station requires 17 minutes. tolls, increased future congestion Initiation of LIRR service for East side access to Grand Central pricing and taxes. Terminal will require 20 minutes. Larry Penner is a transportaHow many of the pre COVID-19 tion advocate, historian and writFlushing number 7 subway er, who previously worked for the 66,000 riders offered the same Federal Transit Administration price on the LIRR, would switch Region 2 New York Office. This to save time? People will be standing in the aisles. With a free included the development, review, approval and oversight OMNY or Metro Card transfer from bus to subway, imagine how for billions in capital projects and programs for the MTA, NYC many thousands of new LIRR riders will attempt to board trains Transit, Long Island Rail Road, at Jamaica Station for trips to Metro North Rail Road, MTA Penn Station, Atlantic Terminal, Bus along with 30 other transit Hunters Point, Long Island City agencies in NY & NJ. or Grand Central Terminal.

THE SPIRIT OF OUR TOWN

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that made their presence known over a month ago are still trumpeting springtime splendor and the flowering cherry trees are only beginning to drop their petals onto our cars. Cold is the trade-off for a prolonged festive springtime. For Christians, what is happening in nature fits in with the spiritual movement of this time of year. While most folks know about the 12 days of Christmas, not everyone still knows about the 50 days of Easter. Of course

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The Long Cold Spring As much as I long for warmer weather, I have been secretly enjoying hidden benefits of the long cold spring we’ve been having. You see, the cold nights and cool days have preserved the beauty of the spring flowering trees and plants for longer than usual. In past years we’d get a week or so of glory and then an especially hot day would cause the blooms to fade or drop and we’d then wait for summer green to fully leaf out. But not this year. Daffodils

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we acknowledge the birth of Jesus of Nazareth in December, but being born is something that happens to everyone. But rising from the dead? That’s something to get excited about. A dozen days won’t do to celebrate God’s promise of everlasting life. One of things that happens each year in the Catholic parishes during the Easter season is the celebration of bringing children to receive communion for the first time. If you look out

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The Popularity Of Fake According to the mighty Google, thief of personal information, the most popular vehicle is the US right now is the Ford F-150 truck. One of the most popular shows is Better Call Saul. When it comes to movies, The Batman’s popularity is off the charts. But what buries them all is the popularity of fake. Fake is the rage. Fake news, fake “breaking news,” fake statistics, fake polls, fake faces. The world of fake is escalating. Not surprisingly, history shows us this phenomenon is nothing new. Fake has been around since the Roman Empire. Nero wasn’t playing a violin while Rome burned. He wasn’t even there. The fake news was put out by his political enemies. This is true blue history. What’s not true is Trump declaring he coined the phrase. Because of the vast number of fake situations, I’ll highlight the most popular implemented by myself and the general public. Fake conversations, or phantom conversations, have been escalating, but once again originated years ago. The history of the phantom phone conversation goes back to the ‘40s, at least in the movies. Take the PI who shadows a suspect, careful not make any abrupt movements that may blow his cover. He stays back a safe distance as he follows the suspect through the crowded big city streets. Suddenly, the suspect

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darts into a hotel and sits down in the lobby. The PI nonchalantly walks to the other end of the lobby and ducks into a phone booth. While keeping an eye on his suspect, he starts to mouth the fake dialogue. Out of reverence for old movies, I recently put a modern spin on this ruse and tweaked the dramatics for use as a salesperson repellent. First, I have nothing against salespeople. That is their livelihood, and they need to be, let’s say aggressive, in order to meet quotas. Anyway, my strategy is designed so I can enjoy browsing the merchandise. And then take pictures so I can order the item later online. Now, even though I have keen sense of when a salesperson is ready to pounce, the maneuver does not take much skill. As the salesperson approaches, yank out that cell phone and raise it to your

CONTINUED FROM PREVIOUS PAGE understand the belief that the your window at the neighbors who are headed off for church, you see boys dressed in suits and girls in white dresses. Countless photos are taken in front of the flowering shrubs and parking spots on the block are in short supply as all sorts of relatives arrive for the day. So what is this all about? Each Sunday, when Catholics come to church they have the opportunity to receive communion, a tradition that goes back to the night before Jesus died when he took bread and said, “Take this and eat: this is my body.” When parents bring their very little children to church, the young ones look on as their parents receive communion. Sometimes the kids say out loud what they are thinking: “I want one!” But until they are old enough to

host is really the way Jesus is present in this food, they are not yet able to receive communion. When they are old enough to understand and after two years of participation in a religious formation program, they can join the rest of the community in receiving communion each week. “First” communion is just that—the first time they are fed with communion. This of course is followed by second communion, third communion, etc. as the children now join their parents in receiving communion each week. Years ago it was prescribed what children had to wear for their first communion. It often involved white suits for the boys and white dresses with veils for the girls. These days it is up to each family to decide what special outfit to wear and many

ear. Start the fake call employing everyday dialogue for realism and not to raise any suspicion. “Yeah, hey Dave what’s going on? You what? No kidding, you bowled three perfect games and got signed to do television commercials? That’s wild.” No salesperson will walk up to you and say, “when you get off that call, can I help you?” The fake call is wildly popular because once you learn the routine, it can be used to hide from others seeking to borrow your car, money and valuable time. I teach classes starting next week. The next situation is taken from personal experience and what I’ll call the forced fake. My girlfriend and I went on an incredible vacation to Barcelona a few years back. This past year we a booked a vacation in Tennessee during Christmas when everything is closed. Great idea. She then asked me one evening if I’m excited about the upcoming trip. My mind immediately positioned the Barcelona vacation as a reference for what I consider exciting. Tennessee is a music capital but isn’t exactly over-thetop excitement. But in the name of relationship respectability, I faked it beautifully. “Absolutely. Can’t wait to step into an actual honky-tonk and tour Dolly Parton’s dressing room.” Wish we could leave today.” Unfortunately, sarcasm parents and grandparents recall their own first communion day and want to recreate something of that experience as they dress their children for the day. Why dress up? It’s like any other first experience. For example, parents take care to dress their children for their first day of school in a new school outfit. Yet communion is ultimately not about what a child wears, but how a child grows in faith. The saying, “you are what you eat” holds true here. Parents are concerned about feeding their children a healthy diet each day. Spiritually, Catholics feed on a weekly diet of the Divine. I know for myself, each time I receive communion, I have to seriously consider how I care for others and how loving I am. Ultimately this is why parents receive communion each week and why they are so

suffocated the beauty of the fake. But you get the point. In my opinion, the most overused implementation of fake is fake news. The reason is obvious. It’s easy to lie. Not only that, look at the hundreds of outlets that fake uses to blanket the earth: news reporters faking they are at the front lines of a war, sexy weather ladies faking they know what they’re talking about, and television reality shows faking they are real. Then there is the Saturday night get together at a neighbors’ house for dinner and debate. If you’re looking for the best way to ruin a weekend, this is it. Friends suddenly become enemies by debating world issues based on what they heard on some talk show. Ironically, they would all agree that these days, you really don’t know what is real or fake. Turns out that the debate is a game of Twister. Whether you’re

are on the right or left with your politics, the other guy is always is the courier of the fake news. Sometimes, you can get faked out by clinging to your opinion that was based on fake facts you heard on your trusted news source. Happens to the best of us. The bottom line is that engaging in fake situations may seem unhealthy or underhanded. But as you can see, on most occasions, it avoids a more compelling and complicated scene. Finally, I applaud the lifting of mandates for many obvious reasons, but one in particular. The price for the fake vaccine card had skyrocketed out of my price range. What did you think of this story? Email tfiction@hotmail.com to share it with Tom Kuntzmann. He is an outdoorsman with main interests in hiking and golf. His column focuses on local outdoor events and suburban stories.

Communion is the service of Christian worship at which bread and wine are consecrated and shared. (Photo by John Snyder/CC BY-SA 3.0) thrilled to bring their children to the Eucharistic table. More care. More love. Just what the world needs these days. Just as this year’s springtime has preserved the flowering beauty all around us, may

the ongoing beauty of people praying together each week fill us with joy. Father Ralph Sommer is the pastor of St. Bernard’s Church in Levittown and is an Anton Media Group columnist.

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Felix Cavaliere’s Fave Masters Of The ‘88s Cavaliere as he relives a bucolic childhood learning classical music before getting bit by f Felix Cavaliere decided to the rock and roll bug. The retire tomorrow, the blueNashville resident is frank eyed soul singing organ player about his struggles to please and founding member of The his parents, who expected him Rascals could do that on the to become a doctor while he back of a boatload of accomharbored dreams of becoming plishments. Membership in a a professional musician, even number of halls of fame (Rock while he went off to Syracuse & Roll, Songwriter, Vocal Group, University, where he counted Grammy and Musicians), three Lou Reed among his classnumber one hits, seven Top mates. Cavaliere shares the 10 hits and 20 Top 40 hits. And pain of losing his mother at the that doesn’t even touch on the age of 13 and the eventual path enormous influence Cavaliere to spiritual enlightenment he had on a generation of musifound when he met his guru. cians that include Billy Joel, It’s a relationship he’s credited Bruce Springsteen and Little with steadying a life that found Steven Van Zandt. But instead, him navigating fatherhood, the 77-year-old Pelham native is divorce, the dissolution of not only on the road with fellow The Rascals and the ‘60s survivor and Monkee Micky passing of his exDolenz, but promoting his new wife and a child. autobiography, Felix Cavaliere: “In the book, Memoir Of a Rascal. It’s a projI mention how ect that took four years to take much a help my and proved to be a rewarding guru was in my experience despite the extended career and life,” he length of time it took to pen. said. “This man put “I have a new appreciation me on a path that for Stephen King because this I never left and I’m was a lot of work,” he said. “I so grateful for that. did this because I’m in my I’m still on that seventh decade and I was only path, still a Rascal for five or six years of my life. What about the other years? I thought people might find that interesting. In the end, I’m happy to have relived the memories of my family, kids, grandkids and guru Swami Paramahansa Yogananda.” The flow of Memoir of a Felix Cavaliere Rascal is one that sounds as (Photo courtesy of Felix Cavaliere) if you’re kicking back with

healthy, still able to work and sing because of a lot of the tenets he taught me. It’s pretty simple—you take care of your mind, soul and your body and you’re going to be alright.” With another album under his belt that’s he’s aiming to release later in 2022, Cavaliere is being driven by a clean life, love of family and an insatiable appetite for making music that’s keeping him youthful and on the road. “Having done this book, my biggest takeaway is ‘How lucky am I?,’” he said. “Not only have I had an unbelievable career,’ but an unbelievable life. It’s not perfect. I lost a daughter. I lost a band. I’ve been divorced. I lost a wife. But you know what? I’m very thankful because when you get to the end of the book, I’m still going.” Given how much music continues to feed Cavalieri, he was more than happy to share who some of his favorite keyboard/ organ players are.

with his right hand. The way he played bass—he obviously studied bass because he wasn’t just tapping the roots of the chord. He was playing lines (Public domain) and those lines now are like classical training for the Hammond organ. His sounds were brilliant. They weren’t kid sounds— they were funk sounds.”

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Ray Charles (September 23, 1930 to June 10, 2004)

“I was a little white kid growing up in Westchester County listening to classical music the first time I heard him, which was on a little transistor (Public domain) radio tuned to WINS playing ‘What’d I Say.’ It was really influential. You could hear the soul and depth of him through his music. I couldn’t figure out how he tapped into that depth and crying. Later on I realized it came through a lot of grief and pain.”

Jimmy Smith (December 8, 1925 to February 8, 2005)

“You haver to realize that like most organ players, he played the bass with his feet and hands. The melody was played

“He’s got amazing chops. The first time I met him was in the early days when he was this young Long Island prodigy who loved and (Photo by David admired The Rascals. Shankbone/CC Musically, he speaks BY 3.0) for himself. He’s got a gift for emulating other people’s music with class, like Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons. The other thing I admire about him is that he’s a fighter. He had a financial problem with a manager where he was financially bleeding. But he picked himself up, didn’t cry about it, didn’t disappear and slide into drugs. I never heard him bitch about it. He’s a survivor who’s back on his feet again who came back and kicked ass.” Felix Cavaliere will be appearing with Micky Dolenz on May 14 at the Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts, 71 East Main St., Patchogue. For more information, visit www.patchoguetheatre.com or call 631-207-1313.

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HOME & DESIGN Don’t Spring Into Garden Cleanup Too Soon

HOMES

Recently Sold

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This immaculate expanded ranch situated on quiet block in the heart of Hicksville at 128 Burns Ave. sold on April 29 for $625,000. This home has great curb appeal with newer vinyl siding, a brick walkway, bluestone stoop and steps. The living room is extended and has a brick fireplace, skylight and sliding doors to the backyard. The dining room is suitable for a banquet. The floors are hardwood. The kitchen has oak cabinets and a skylight. The first floor has three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The attic has pull-down stairs. The home has central air conditioning and all of the windows have been replaced. The garage fits one and a half cars and has an attached shed. The driveway has new blacktop and brick. The home has solar panels which help for a low electric bill. The backyard is fenced and there is a new brick patio. The property has in-ground sprinklers. The home is near shopping and transporation. This beautiful, totally renovated home at 67 Friendly Rd. in Hicksville sold on April 29 for $735,000. It has a large open floorplan with engineered hardwood floors throughout on both levels. The designer kitchen is fabulous and has white wood cabinetry including a gorgeous seven-foot center island, stainless appliances and quartz countertops. This home boasts four large bedrooms, a study/den with lovely glass doors and two full bathrooms. The home has central air conditioning, forced air heat and a utility room for the boiler and storage. There is a designated closet for a washer and dryer. The backyard is fully fenced with a large patio; lovely landscaping provides privacy. The home has upgraded 200amp electric service, in-ground sprinklers and low taxes.

socks and long underwear—it’s too early.

pring is here. A time Have I paid my taxes? when warmer weather In mid-late April should naturally turns a be the earliest you consider winter-weary homeowner’s cutting back perennials and thoughts towards tackling clearing garden debris. Keep in outdoor chores. The first warm mind that some bees don’t weather of the season emerge until late May, may coax us out so the longer you into the yard, but can tolerate your pollinators in “messy” garden your garden the better. aren’t ready to take a chance on Would I the first warm You may have plant day. Chrysalides seen a bumble bee tomatoes still cling to last already. now? season’s dried standing Any gardener will tell you plant material. While you may it’s not a good idea to plant your begin to see bumble bees and tomatoes outdoors until evening ground-nesting bees emerge as temperatures are in the 50s. flowering trees and shrubs burst into bloom, they still need cover Is it time to mow? during chilly nights and when If it’s time to regularly mow “April brings the sweet spring your lawn, it’s probably a safe showers, on and on for hours bet that most pollinators have and hours.” While carpenter emerged. bees and bumble bees may be It’s tough to turn a blind eye out and about by early April, to the “messy” garden, especialother species such as sweat ly when gardening magazines, bees are still hiding out, waiting catalogs and TV ads provide for the warmer days that arrive temptation daily. Each spring in May. Last year’s leaf litter is we beg gardeners and homestill providing protection for owners to press pause and both plants and invertebrates find other ways to occupy their against late-season frosts. weekends. While you may be eager to get outside and play in Have I put away the the garden—there will be time snow shovel? enough to toil in the soil before If you haven’t tempted fate you know it. yet by relegating the snow —Justin Wheeler writes for shovel to the back of the garage Xerces Society (xerces.org) and if you’re still wearing wool

Homes shown here represent closed sales, sold by a variety of agencies and are selected for their interest to readers by the Anton Media Group editor. Except where noted, data and photos are provided courtesy of Multiple Listing Service of Long Island, Inc. and Zillow.

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Nassau County D.A. Counterfeit Jacket Donation Project Winds Down Final 1,000 jackets distributed; 600 jackets donated to humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine

assau County District Attorney (NCDA) Anne T. Donnelly recently announced the completion of a six-year long effort to donate nearly 100,000 counterfeit jackets—seized during multiple investigations—to more than 160 charities across Long Island and the greater New York area. During three investigations between 2015 and 2017, the NCDA and its law enforcement partners in the Nassau County Police Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations, seized nearly 100,000 counterfeit jackets from warehouses in Hicksville, Westbury and Old Bethpage, intended for sale with a street value that— at the time—exceeded $3 million. The NCDA has distributed the jackets to more than 160 nonprofits, charities and volunteer groups for individuals in need. The final 1,000 jackets were recently distributed to charities, including 600 jackets that have been donated to St. Finbar Roman Catholic Church, which will be sent to Ukraine as part of humanitarian relief efforts in the region. “After three seizures netted us nearly 100,000 counterfeit jackets, we were faced with a tough choice: send them to the incinerator to be destroyed like most counterfeit goods, or get creative, and find a way to put these jackets into the hands of people who needed them most,” Donnelly said. “With the help of our extraordinary partners, the jackets were given new life and donated to charities across Long Island and New York. Now, at the end of this journey with one final donation, we are glad to be able to provide some small measure of relief to the people of Ukraine.” “After a lengthy multi-agency investigation was conducted, the most advantageous way for the counterfeit goods to be dispersed was to ensure that the deserving in our communities are taken care of,” Nassau County Police Department (NCDP) Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder said. “Not only will these jackets keep them warm, it will bring smiles to their faces knowing that their law enforcement agencies care. With many of the jackets also being shipped to the Ukraine, it’s a great way for Nassau County to show our support.” “In supporting neuro-diverse inclusion and employment opportunities through this donation, the Nassau County District Attorney’s Office has strengthened the fabric of the entire county,” AHRC (Association for the Help of Retarded Children) Nassau CEO Stanfort J. Perry said. “These machines

District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly (center), Nassau County Police Department Commissioner Patrick J. Ryder (third from right), AHRC Nassau CEO Stanfort J. Perry (third from left) and partners pose with donated counterfeit jackets.

District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly (at the podium) announces the completion of a six-year long effort to donate nearly 100,000 seized counterfeit jackets to upwards of 160 charities across Long Island and the greater New York area, along with an outgoing shipment to the Ukraine. (Photos courtesy of the office of the Nassau County District Attorney)

provide a pathway for men and women with developmental disabilities to become meaningfully employed while supplying needed resources in our local Long Island economy.” Seized counterfeit clothing was once destroyed by law, but in 2015, state forfeiture laws were amended to allow for counterfeit items, like clothing or jackets, to be donated to charity with proper safety testing and the permission of the victim. In 2015, NCDA, NCPD, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security Investigations seized more than 50,000 counterfeit jackets in a Hicksville warehouse, with a street value at the time in excess of $2 million. State law requires not-for-profit recipients of donated counterfeit clothing to

inspect or pay for inspection of the clothing to ensure it is safe for consumers. The defendant was ordered, as part of his plea, to pay for the expense of the independent testing and the storage of the jackets earmarked for donation. Two additional seizures, in Westbury and Old Bethpage in 2016 and 2017, respectively, brought the total number of seized counterfeit jackets to 98,000. With the permission of the victim manufacturer, a project was initiated to alter the jackets to remove the fraudulent labels using embroidery machines that were also seized during the investigations. NCDA donated four seized machines to AHRC Nassau and Spectrum Designs, who trained their clients with intellectual and developmental disabilities to operate

Seized embroidery machines at AHRC Nassau used to embroider over the counterfeit labels of more than 13,000 of the donated jackets. the embroidery machines and remove the counterfeit labels, ensuring the jackets were ready for charitable donation, while providing their clients with valuable, transferable, occupational skills. All jackets were safety tested and counterfeit trademarks were removed before donation to charitable organizations. The NCDA thanks the many organizations that have assisted in these efforts, including its law enforcement partners, AHRC Nassau, Spectrum Designs, the recipient charities, veterans’ associations, local business owners and manufacturers and NCDA staff who participated in the project. —Submitted by the Nassau County District Attorney’s office

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$1,000

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$2,700

Electric Hot Water Heater

$7,500

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$25,000

$36,200

Albany’s Energy Plan Could Cost You Big Time. State lawmakers are finalizing the details for an energy plan that most New Yorkers haven’t heard much about. It includes a ban on gas appliances in your home – including stoves, furnaces and water heaters – which could cost the average New Yorker about $30,000 to replace. Some lawmakers in Albany even want to completely eliminate natural gas use. Today, more than 60% of New Yorkers use gas in their homes, and without it, our utility bills could skyrocket.

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That Seventies Novel

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Review of: Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen

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he novelist Jonathan Franzen is a bird watcher, so much so that he published a book on his passion, The End of the End of The Earth. While celebrating bird life, he proclaimed that we humans should stop having children. Second thoughts? His latest novel, Crossroads, is about a postwar couple, Russ and Marion Hildebrandt who are right in step with that fecund era, raising now a family of three boys and girls. The novel is a story of liberal Protestantism, early 1970s-style. Russ Hildebrandt, a reverend at a suburban Chicago parish, holds the usual amount of nostalgia for the antiwar, pro-civil rights era of the 1960s. That decade is over. The war in Vietnam is winding down. In the Sixties, the country ran off track. What would the new decade bring? Would the country go back on track or continue to indulge in the liberation ideology of the previous decade? Set in suburbia, the novel takes the predicable journey into John Updike territory. Russ is bored with his “joyless” marriage. He takes up with a female parishioner. His wife, in turn, travels to California, ostensibly to meet relatives but with the real objective to countering Russ’s adultery with an affair with an old flame. Her former lover is now old and flabby and balding. In his life, Russ has only been with one woman. Marion has been with two. He wants to catch up. The couple’s middle-aged angst is predictably boorish. Do we need more novels on this worn-out subject? The drama comes from the couple’s children. Clem, the oldest, feels guilty about his college deferment that allows him to avoid Vietnam. His girlfriend has an older brother in southeast Asia, plus Clem’s father was one of those rare conscientious objectors during World War II. To his girlfriend’s dismay, he wants to enlist. Becky Hildebrandt is the All-American girl, a popular cheerleader all with an admiring folk musician boyfriend in tow. Judson is too young to be part of the family drama, but his older brother, Perry, upsets the entire apple cart. A bright high school student, he also deals in narcotics. On a church trip to an Indian reservation in Arizona, he discovers peyote and dreams of creating his own peyote empire selling the drug to ChicagoLand’s hippie population. Along the way, Perry gets in trouble with the law and then tries to hang himself in a jail cell. That shocker pulls his parents back together. The legal bills to bail

out of the young man also take a bite of the Becky’s college tuition savings. Her life, too, is off track. Crossroads is a solid portrait of early 1970s America. In a time of great restlessness, young people did not necessarily take the high school-to-college route. College dropouts were numerous. Middle class youth hit the road, joining the ranks of the working-class. Which way, America? Well, the country couldn’t make up its mind. The lure of Sixties-style liberation ideology, then and now, proved irresistible. Clem and Becky confront adulthood. The older brother leaves a heartbroken girlfriend. However, the draft board rejects his enlistment idea and so the young man travels south to work with peasants in Peru before finishing college and joining the middle class. Bereft of tuition money, Becky joins her musician boyfriend on a European tour, where she promptly gets pregnant and happily married. Clem achieves adulthood not through the service, but instead through hard labor in the fields. The children are more admirable than their parents. Becky’s private prayer sessions are both intense and believable. Being a Christian gentlelady is her goal in life. The reader roots for her and for Clem to redeem their parents’ behavior. Crossroads is being advertised as the first novel in a planned trilogy. It is also a happy-ending novel, full of hard-fought victories. Russ and Marion escape suburbia for a parish in rural Indiana. Becky’s Christianity is sincere. Clem’s breakup with his girlfriend, Sharon, makes him a less attractive figure. Perry’s health problems apparently will set up plots for coming volumes. Franzen’s project is off to a good start. The major characters confront their dilemmas and seek to overcome them, proving again that all good fiction is a highly moral enterprise.

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Guest Organist Peter Richard Conte In Recital

n organ concert featuring Peter Richard Conte will take place on Friday, May 13, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Agnes Cathedral located at 29 Quealy Pl. in Rockville Centre. He is a Nassau County native. Conte’s nearly-unparalleled technical facility, brilliant ear for lush tonal color and innovative programming style have made him one of the most sought-after orchestral organists of this era. In 1989, he was appointed Wanamaker Grand Court Organist at what is now the Macy’s Department Store in downtown Philadelphia, the fourth person to hold that title since the organ first played in 1911. He performs a majority of twice-daily recitals on the largest (29,000+ pipes) fully-functioning musical instrument in the world. Conte is also principal organist of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, organist choirmaster of St. Clement’s Church in Philadelphia and a frequent collaborator and soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Philly Pops. Conte is high regarded as a mind-bogglingly masterful performer and arranger of organ transcriptions. He has been regularly featured on National Public Radio and on ABC television’s Good Morning America and World News Tonight. For 13 years he was heard on The Wanamaker Organ Hour radio program

Peter Richard Conte (Photo courtesy of Charles Miller, Philip Truckenbrod Concert Artists)

on the Internet at WRTI.ORG. He has been a featured artist at several American Guild of Organists national and regional conventions and has performed as soloist with numerous orchestras across the U.S. Conte has served as Adjunct Assistant

Professor of Organ at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, NJ, where he taught organ improvisation. He is the 2008 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. In 2013, the Philadelphia

Music Alliance honored him with a bronze plaque on the Avenue of the Arts’ Walk of Fame. His numerous recordings appear on the Gothic, JAV, Pro Organo, Dorian, Raven and DTR labels. His most recent solo CD, Virgil Fox Remembered, was released in May 2016 on the Raven Label. All are welcome to attend this concert. It will be followed by a reception at which the Nassau Chapter of the American Guild of Organists will celebrate its 90th anniversary. Suggested donation to the concert is $20 for general admission and $15 for AGO members. The reception is free. —Submitted by the Nassau Chapter of the American Guild of Organists

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Eat See Do Check out these great places in New Hyde Park Eat at Original Umberto’s of New Hyde Park

The Original Umberto’s of New Hyde Park Family Restaurant opened in 1965 by Umberto Corteo, his brother Joe, and eventually his brother Carlo. The small pizzeria has grown into a two-story full-service cafe, four-star dining room and a world-class banquet facility, now including an outdoor, tented patio. The family-run business has also opened locations in Bellmore, Lake Grove, Massapequa and Manhasset. At the very least, if you cannot decide from the dozens of appetizingly delicious menu items, try either a Sicilian slice (rated best Sicilian pie in New York) or a Grandma slice (once featured on the Food Network). Located at 633 Jericho Tpke., west of Lakeville Road. Open weekdays and Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sundays from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Visit www.umbertosfamily.com or call 516-437-7698 to place an order or to make a reservation.

McDonald’s at the Joseph Denton House

The Joseph Denton House is a historic building in New Hyde Park within the Town of North Hempstead. It was built in 1795 as a farmhouse, then it was converted in the

Bobb Howard’s General Store candy (Christy Hinko)

Bobb Howard’s General Store

McDonald’s of New Hyde Park at Denton House

Umberto’s of New Hyde Park 1860s to a Georgian-style mansion. After WWII, the home was sold before becoming a funeral home and then a series of restaurants. McDonald’s acquired the dilapidated property in 1985, intending to demolish it and build a standard structure. North Hempstead and residents of the New Hyde

Park community successfully sought historic designation after a three-year battle. An agreement was reached with McDonald’s to allow a single-story addition to the back for a drive-thru if the front exterior was restored to its 1926 appearance. After an extensive renovation which included installing a series of windows for the veranda, and restoration of the ornamentation, window shutters and brick chimneys, McDonald’s opened in the historic building in 1991. The inside of the building was gutted in the process, including exposed rafters. A grand staircase leads to a dining area on the second floor. Located at 2045 Jericho Tpke., east from New Hyde Park Road.

This year marks a milestone year for Eileen Caplin Wysel and her husband, Ronnie, owners of Bobb Howard’s General Store in New Hyde Park, its 75th anniversary to be exact. With oldtime candy, some of the favorites that we still love today date back to the early 1900s, like Bit-O-Honey, Dum Dums, Good and Plenty, gumdrops, jelly beans, PEZ, Raisinets, rock candy, Sixlets, Slo Pokes, Tootsie Rolls and Twizzlers. And all of these can still be found at Bobb Howard’s General Store. Located at 581 Lakeville Rd., just north of Jericho Turnpike. The store is open Monday through Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit www.bobbhowardsgeneralstore. com to learn more about old-time candies, the history of the general store or to place a special order. —Compiled by Christy Hinko

Northwell Opens Sandra Atlas Bass Otolaryngology Center New center offers state-of-the-art exam, testing and procedure space thanks to generous donation Northwell Health recently announced the opening of the Sandra Atlas Bass Otolaryngology Center, an 18,000-squarefoot, state-of-the-art, comprehensive care facility featuring top otolaryngologists and head and neck tumor experts, on the campus of Long Island Jewish Medical Center. The Otolaryngology Center, located at 444 Lakeville Rd. in New Hyde Park, was funded through a generous $12.15 million donation from longtime Northwell Health benefactor Sandra Atlas Bass. The center will offer head and neck ambulatory procedures; adult laryngology, rhinology and skull base surgery; facial plastic surgery; general otolaryngology; adult speech language pathology; and audiology testing. “Northwell Health is eternally grateful for the friendship and support of Sandra Atlas Bass,” Northwell president and CEO Michael Dowling said. “It’s been a threedecade-long philanthropic partnership that’s had a truly profound impact on the communities that we serve. Northwell is

able to deliver world-class care because of selfless supporters like Ms. Bass. And we thank her very, very much.” Bass is a leading philanthropist and her commitment to Northwell has changed the lives of thousands of patients through her extraordinary generosity. Her giving for this project supports Northwell’s “Outpacing the Impossible” campaign, which Northwell Health announced in 2018 with the ambitious goal of raising $1 billion to advance care throughout the Metro New York region. “This new center is so important to the health and wellbeing of our communities because it will play a critical role in our ability to communicate and connect with others,” Bass said. “I’m thankful that I can help advance the science of head and

neck conditions and make a difference in people’s lives.” Her latest gift expands and modernizes Northwell’s flagship otolaryngology practice. The new clinical space features 22 exam and four procedure rooms, testing facilities and conference rooms. “This incredible gift from Ms. Bass allows us to care for patients with many forms of communication disabilities,” said Andrea Vambutas, MD, senior vice president and executive director of Northwell’s Head and Neck Services. “Our goal is to provide advanced, state-of-the-art treatment for many complicated otolaryngologic diseases that affect our ability to hear, smell, swallow or talk.” The center is staffed by recognized specialists in head and neck surgery,

laryngology, sinus surgery, sleep medicine, plastic surgery and reconstructive surgery and general otolaryngology. “The Sandra Atlas Bass Otolaryngology Center broadens our ambulatory abilities to treat adult otolaryngology patients with routine and complex disease,” said Allan Abramson, MD, chair emeritus of the Department of Otolaryngology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. “In addition, this beautiful facility will help enable us to recruit and train outstanding otolaryngology residents and fellows.” Bass also supports a long-running program that provides hearing aids for children and adolescents from underserved communities. Life-changing hearing aids have been shown to improve communication skills, academic performance, and the ability to socialize. Call 888-321-3627 or go to www.north well.edu/otolaryngology for more information or to book an appointment, —Submitted by Northwell Health

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Give A Man A Salmon And He’ll Poach It

here are many different methods to cooking. Each one impacts the flavor and texture of the food. Examples include roasting, grilling, sautéing, boiling, frying, braising, poaching, sous vide, steaming and even microwaving, which I must admit is not a technique I recommend. The degree to which we choose to use these methods also follows habitual ways of cooking. We most frequently roast our turkeys, grill our steaks, sauté our vegetables and boil our eggs. Or we fry our bacon and sometimes poach our fish and steam our vegetables. Sous vide is my newest favorite, and it is only 40 years old and it cooks by temperature alone. Poaching is similar to sous vide, however, poaching imparts flavor through the liquid itself. For many people, Asian takeout is the only experience they have with poaching. In the Far East, this technique is as common as burgers on the grill. In contrast, Western-style eaters choose to fry, grill, roast or braise. But we sell ourselves short not to give other methods a try. Poaching is one of the easiest, quickest and most satisfying cooking methods available. However, poaching is among the most nutritious and healthiest methods ever devised in that it does not use any fat in the cooking process to carry heat to the food and it is as flexible as the flavoring you add to the liquid.

How Long Do We Poach?

Poaching is ideally done on top of your oven on a burner with liquid reaching temperatures between 160 and 180 Fahrenheit. This will take about 8 minutes in the bath at desired temperature confirmed by a food thermometer. If the liquid is bubbling at the top, turn it down until you only see the liquid moving or simmering slightly at the bottom. If your vegetables are smaller than a couple of inches square, poach less time—3 to 4 minutes.

ZOX’s KITCHEN Chef Alan Zox

What Liquid Is Used And How Much Do We Use?

The liquid you poach in will significantly determine the taste of the food. Try water, milk, wine, broth, lemon juice, vinegar or puréed vegetables in a liquid of your choice, an approach made popular by author and Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Not very much liquid is needed—2 to 4 inches high—or approximately 2 quarts of liquid in a large pan dependent upon the thickness of items to be poached. We place the items half in and half out of the liquid.

What Holds The Food To Be Poached? As you can see from the above

procedure, no special equipment is needed for poaching other than a medium to large-size sauté pan as long as it will hold the proper amount of liquid and the items to be poached. If a larger pan is needed, use a large hotel pan to hold whatever you are poaching with another pan that sits inside with holes. This second pan must be low enough so that the poaching items are partly in the liquid and partly out. Cover the entire poaching container with a metal top or a piece of aluminum foil. This works perfectly fine and is less expensive than poachers sold at William Sonoma or an online company you can Google. Here’s a simple recipe for poached salmon. This is a dish that is divine with a freshly tossed salad and a lemon, fennel vinaigrette and some brown rice and bulgur wheat on the side.

Fennel Dipping Sauce

Combine ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil with 1 tbsp sweet tamari sauce, 1 tbsp mirin, juice of ½ lemon and 1 teaspoon toasted and crushed fennel seeds. Whisk all together. This sauce can also be used on the salad. Buon Appetito. Chef Alan Zox is the Cape Cod Culinary Incubator executive director. Visit www. zoxkitchen.com or www.facebook.com/zox kitchen for more information about Chef Zox.

Poached Salmon Recipe With Fennel Dipping Sauce Serves 4 to 6

2 lbs salmon cut into 4 to 6 pieces. (Also try any white fish like halibut, flounder or fluke. Squid or shrimp poached for 3 to 4 minutes each are wonderful.) 1 ½ cups pinot grigio 1 ½ cups water 1 large poblano chile pepper, diced 1 large Italian red pepper, diced ½ cup chopped cilantro 1 quartered yellow onion 1 chopped celery stalk 1 large chopped carrot 1 quartered lemon 1. Pour poaching liquid that includes pinot grigio and water into a medium-size skillet with sides. Add one rough chopped poblano chile and one rough chopped Italian pepper, loosely packed cilantro, quartered yellow onion, 1 chopped celery stalk and one large chopped carrot. 2. Place the salmon in simmering liquid using medium heat and poach for 7 to 8 minutes. Remove and carefully place on a sheet tray. Cover with aluminum foil and hold on top of the stove until ready to eat within 10 minutes. If longer, put in oven at 225F still covered until ready to eat, within 10 minutes.

How Do You Know If The Food Is Done?

Place the item to be poached into a poaching bath at least half-covered until the internal temperature of chicken or fish has reached about 160F, which takes about 8 to 10 minutes—confirmed by a food thermometer. Vegetables take less time—3 to 4 minutes—and tend to retain their color. Fish develops a slightly white color or pink with salmon; chicken or other birds will also become slightly pale in color as will pork. Don’t expect your food to be brown or crispy but rather moist and plump. You will also have the knowledge of eating virtually no fat nor dairy.

Poached salmon (Photo by Caff Williams/public domain)

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Top Court Tosses Out Latest Congressional Map Pennsylvania resident to draw New York maps

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ill New York have congressional districts approved before the now-August primary? Will they have it done before the November elections? Does it take a resident of Pittsburgh to draw a legislative map for all of New York State? Or as Casey Stengel once put it, “Can’t anybody here play this game?” Once again, the process of drawing up congressional districts for the decade of the 2020’s has been stalled. Last week, the New York State Court of Appeals struck down maps the Democratic Party-dominated State Assembly and State Senate had approved. The court is comprised of eight members, all appointed by the governor of New York. Voting to reject the latest map were Judges Janet DiFiore, Michael Garcia, Madeline Singas and Anthony Cannataro. Judges Rowan D. Wilson and Shirley Troutman partially agreed with the majority opinion. One judge, Jenny Rivera dissented. “Upon careful review of the plain language of the Constitution and the history pertaining to the adoption of the 2014 reforms, it is evident that the legislature and the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) deviated from the constitutionally-mandated procedure,” wrote Chief Judge Janet DiFiore. The majority decision also claimed that the maps were “...drawn with an unconstitutional partisan intent.” The failed process throws the primary season into turmoil. The June primaries for congressional seats and State Senate seats have been canceled. Instead, those primaries will have to wait until Aug. 23. The June 28 primary for the governor’s race and State Assembly races remains intact. As expected, reaction was swift. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican congresswoman from Staten Island, was pleased by the ruling. “The will of the people prevailed over the corrupt Albany Machine in a tremendous victory for democracy, fair elections and the Constitution!,” she tweeted. The rejected map would have put Malliotakis’ seat in play.

Former Nassau County District Attorney Madeleine Singas Meanwhile, Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, who represents a district in the lower Hudson Valley, now has his seat in some jeopardy. Maloney, however, was defiant. His response: “Two words: Bring it.” The ruling demonstrates the chaos that the restricting process has become. The IRC came into being in 2014 through a voter-approved constitutional amendment. In recent months, the IRC drew up a map that was rejected by state legislators. The IRC refused to draw up a new map and so the State Assembly and State Senate submitted their own maps, one that has been rejected by the state’s highest court. Democrats hold significant majorities on both chambers. Its map, consisting of 26 districts, gave an advantage to the Republicans in only four districts. Political experts predicted that such a map could result in a net gain of three seats for the Democrats, a crucial number since their nationwide majority has a 223-212 margin. It also matters greatly for Long Island. Of the island’s four incumbents, only Andrew Garbarino (R–Massapequa) is running for re-election. The other three— Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) and Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) have either retired (Rice) or are running for their respective parties’ gubernatorial nomination (Suozzi and Zeldin). Where does the ruling leave New York? Meet one Jonathan Cervas, a Carnegie Mellon University post-doctorate fellow. Carnegie Mellon is located in western

Pennsylvania. However, this resident of Pittsburgh is now charged with drawing a new map for both congressional districts and State Senate districts in New York. As part of the ongoing dysfunction, Patrick McAllister, the acting Chief Justice in Steuben County, appointed Cervas to his new role. McAllister did so after also striking down the most recent map. McAllister set Aug. 23 as the new primary date. According to published reports, Cervas has assisted in drawing up maps in Georgia, Virginia and Utah. Cervas is scheduled to release a draft of the two maps by May 16, with a final map set for May 24. On May 6, a public meeting was held in the little town of Bath. That’s one public meeting.

After the 2020 census, New York lost a single congressional seat, continuing a pattern that has been in motion since 1950. That year marked the zenith of the Empire State. It had 45 congressional seats as New York was by far the most populous state in the union. Today, New York has dropped to fourth in population size and has 26 seats. In 1950, Florida had only six congressional districts, less than, say, Alabama or Mississippi. Today it has 29 seats. Where have all the New Yorkers gone? In 1970, New York had 41 congressional seats. By 1990, that was down to 31. Since 1950, New York has lost 19 congressional seats. It’s not as if anyone has noticed, but that’s a pretty large number.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It would be easy to assume that everyone around you sees the same thing, but even those closest have a drastically different view. This week, it is most notable in your appreciation of beauty that is not so obvious to others. The influence of unusual loveliness seeps into your work, lending an irresistible quality. CANCER (June 22-July 22). There’s no wrong outlook on life, but there are ways of seeing things that make it easier or harder to get to your goals. The influence of lighthearted people will help you maintain a spirit of optimism. Emotional and intellectual flexibility keeps you moving forward past obstacles and limits.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You may not be able to control when you feel afraid, but you can work on bringing more awareness to the emotion, and you can talk to yourself in a way that helps you get through it or even rise above it. You’ll make progress this week because you decide that no matter how you feel, you’re not going to stop. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Bottom line, winners fail more times. Those who decide to succeed are agreeing to fail. Success is essentially a commitment to the recovery process. This week, you’ll fall, get up, try it a different way and probably fall again. You’ll be willing to keep adjusting until you figure out how to fly. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). If you could peak inside the mind of another, you might be surprised by what they take away from their charming interactions with you. Suffice it to say, you’ll spark imaginations in ways you may never know, though you’re likely to at least have a general sense that something magical is occurring. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). As a rule, you’re kinder than is necessary. Occasionally, it has happened that someone takes advantage of your kindness, and it won’t be the last time. And while you may be temporarily disappointed by this evidence of misplaced energy, you’ll never regret your choice to be a generous person. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Doing what’s right isn’t always obvious. Sometimes it takes research. It would be most efficient if you didn’t have to concern yourself with moral judgments because every option before you was vetted and deemed wholesome. This week, it will be the case, as you participate in groups of kindred thinkers. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The stable aspects of your world depend on steadfast mechanics to produce predictable outcomes at an efficient rate. And while that part operates well, you can’t help but notice other parts of your life in which you ache for change. You’ll be willing to gamble a little stability for a chance at exciting transformation.

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It pays to be pessimistic South dealer. Both sides vulnerable. NORTH ♠ 10 8 5 3 ♥A J 7 6 5 ♦K2 ♣6 4 WEST EAST ♠K74 ♠QJ962 ♥Q 9 4 2 ♥ K 10 8 3 ♦7 ♦854 ♣ Q J 10 9 3 ♣7 SOUTH ♠A ♥— ♦ A Q J 10 9 6 3 ♣A K 8 5 2 The bidding: South West North East 2 ♣* Pass 2♥ Pass 3♦ Pass 4♦ Pass 6♦ *strong, artificial Opening lead — queen of clubs. When declarer is confronted with what appears to be a laydown contract, he must first ask himself, “What can defeat me?” The failure to ask this one simple question has been responsible for the demise of many a makable hand. Consider today’s deal where South was in six diamonds and West led the queen of clubs. Declarer won with the ace and promptly played the king, ruffed by East. East returned a trump, and South found himself fighting a los-

ing battle. He won the trump in his hand, ruffed a club with the diamond king and discarded another club on the heart ace. But South had no place to put his remaining small club, and he ended down one. Declarer was very unlucky to run into a 5-1 club division, but if he had taken this possibility into account and sought a means to deal with it, he might have found the way to assure the contract. South can see that the slam is sure to make if the adverse clubs are divided 3-3 or 4-2. He can ruff a club with the diamond king in either case, guaranteeing at least 12 tricks. However, he should also think about the possibility of a 5-1 club split. Should that exist, the contract is in danger. If South tries to cash a second high club prior to ruffing a club in dummy, an opponent might ruff, as in the actual deal. To cater to this possibility, as well as the normal 3-3 and 4-2 breaks, declarer should invoke a safety play. Rather than try to cash his second high club, he should lead a low one instead! West wins the trick but cannot do anything to stop the contract. South has only two small clubs left, one of which can be trumped with dummy’s king while the other can be discarded on the ace of hearts.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Things have been so up in the air for you lately, you would appreciate if at least one area of life felt settled. Alas, all seems designed to keep you on your toes. At least you make the dance look good! And this week, those watching will agree. You’ll even get a round of applause.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). A series of natural and spontaneous changes will prompt your gentle response. Why are you so chill now? Perhaps you sense the futility in creating friction or offering resistance. Or maybe you simply feel that after this initial adjustment period, your life will get better. And you’re so right about that.

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Westbury Represented On Financial Planning Association Of Long Island’s Board of Directors P eter Craig, an investment advisor representative with A&M Financial Services, LLC in Westbury, which is a wealth advisory practice of Royal Alliance Associates, has joined Matthew Kweller in being new elected members to the board of directors for the Financial Planning Association of Long Island (FPA of Long Island). Both Craig and Kweller serve as co-directors of FPA of Long Island’s NexGen Committee, which provides resources on topics and issues specifically designed to help young and new financial planning professionals develop as well as work their way toward their most important career goals. “Peter and Matthew are a great addition to the FPA of Long Island’s Board of Directors,” FPA of Long Island Board President Mark A. Badami said. “They share in our vision the advancement of our mission and our goals where their contributions are sure to bring greater success for our organization in the future.” As an Investment Advisor Representative with A&M Financial Services, LLC since 2013, Craig advises clients on a day-to-day basis with their financial needs. He holds Series 7 and 66, Life Accident and Health

Insurance as well as Property and Casualty Insurance licenses. He graduated from Coastal Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science in Finance, with a concentration in Wealth Management. Kweller, a resident of Melville, is a senior private client advisor at People’s United Advisors, formerly Gerstein Fisher, in Midtown Manhattan where he advises high-net-worth clients with all aspects of their wealth and investment needs. A certified financial planner professional and a registered Social Security analyst who holds Series 7 and Series 63 licenses, Kweller graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Penn State University. He spent the first four years of his career in Philadelphia as a financial advisor at Vanguard, working in its hybrid digital Personal Advisor Services Department. Kweller is an active volunteer with Family Reach, providing pro-bono financial planning services to cancer patients, and recently relocated from the Financial Planning Association Metro New York chapter. FPA of Long Island was established to help elevate and educate practitioners in the financial services industry. Through

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enise Casares of Westbury chained herself to an 80-year-old pin-oak tree planted in the medium on Ellison Avenue in front of her house for almost a week to keep it standing. On May 2, as early as 6:45 a.m., crews sent by the Village of Westbury took it down. A pin oak tree, according to the Arbor Day Foundation, maintains a pyramidal through early maturity and turns more oval in older age. The glossy dark green leaves turn russet, bronze or red in the fall. It offers great shade. Casares’ family built the home in question in 1953, and since then, that tree has stood tall in front of that home where Casares has been raising her own family. It’s a tree Casares enjoyed looking at while sitting on her front porch. But on April 20, the fate of this tree would spark a conflict that would be covered by numerous news outlets and cause debate over preservation verses rights over village property. Casares was home with her children who were on spring break when she saw two tree-service trucks pull up in front of her house. Casares approached the trucks to see what the contractors were up to. According to a letter posted on the Village of Westbury Facebook page, three or four trees are coming down out of the dozens on Ellison Avenue because of a road repaving project. And while it is possible to cut roots in order to save a tree, the village stated that it often compromises the tree to the extent that it could be dangerous. The village has identified these trees because of its ongoing road paving project and the fact that those tree’s roots were protruding a few inches over the curb. The village is finishing 43 miles of roads this year. Once she was told that the village has ordered the tree to come down, Casares said she immediately opposed. “I said ‘no you’re not,” and I stood in front of the tree,” Casares said. “I told my daughter to bring me my keys and I parked my truck in front of it and that’s when chaos ensued.” Casares said her household never received a letter or a phone call about the village’s plans to cut down the 80-year-old tree in front of her home. “They literally pulled up, started putting cones out,” Casares said. “It was very fast. My neighbor down the street, they took down her tree while she was at work and she said she went to work, came home and it was down. None of us were ever notified that this was happening.”

a waiver that would be documented in the Nassau County land records, assuming all liability for replacement or repair of the driveway, apron, curb or sidewalk. The Casares’ would also have to assume all liability for damage due to bodily harm, death or property damage that could result from the tree. The letter stated that the Casares’ must submit a response no later than the following April 29 at 5 p.m. “I said ‘I need to consult a lawyer,’” Casares said. “I asked for an extension. I wrote the village attorney and I asked for a week extension so I could secure an attorney and to even see what my insurance options are because if you’re asking me to take liability for this tree, I have to be able to insure it. And I don’t even know if an insurance would let me insure something on public land. They might laugh at me.” She was told she wasn’t allowed to have an extension. “The attorney that I found wanted a $10,000 retainer,” Casares said. “I live on Long Island, between my taxes and gas prices and my kids going to Catholic school... I put a GoFundMe page up to try and secure the funds. I wasn’t able to and what ended up happening was the 5 p.m. deadline came and went. So finally at the zero hour, at 10:30 p.m. that night an attorney came forward pro-bono. So he put everything together and made me send a cease and desist that Friday night to the village Nassau County Police and crews were on Ellison Avenue as early as 6:45 a.m. for attorney.” the removal of the Pin Oak tree. (Photo by Alex Nuñez) The Casares’ said they would hire an arborist to work with the road engineer to correctly Because Casares put herself and her road design and drainage.” have the job done around the tree, and if there vehicle around the tree, there was nothing the However, Casares’ arborist James is still an issue with puddling, they would contractors could do and she was told to call Caracciolo, an International Society of pay to have the basin installed. Allegedly, the the village. Arboriculture Certified Arborist, claims that village never got back to them. “The first deputy mayor came and told me the tree possesses no threat to life and comOn the morning of May 2, Nassau County there is nothing I can do, it’s village property,” munity, and he recommended the village look Police and tree-service crews were sent to take Casares said. “That’s when I completely into moving the curb line inward away from freaked out and I said, ‘no. You’re not taking the tree to accomplish the road improvement down the tree and cut Casares’ chain. Only a stump was left. it down.’ Then I have the cars in the way that project. “Today I can’t even open the door,” Casares they’re not able to take it down... The road “As a professional I find the tree in excellent said. “I haven’t gone in the front yard. When engineer came, the head of the Westbury health, no dead or damaged or unnatural I took the kids out to the bus, I couldn’t. They Public Works came and the first deputy mayor growth,” Caracciolo wrote. “A tree growing in had to go by themselves because I couldn’t were here. They were all looking at it and my its natural form. The tree is a benefit to the husband got here because he, at that point, health of the homeowner and to the commu- handle it because it doesn’t look like my house anymore.” was the rational one. I was a complete lunatic nity in whole.” Casares believes the tree was cut down and I couldn’t just function at that point.” It was after the fate of the tree had been before 9 a.m. so that she couldn’t serve papers While her husband, Marcelo Casares, was set in stone that Casares decided to chain handling the tree debacle, Denise Casares herself to the tree. She spent 10 hour intervals that would prompt a lawsuit and a temporary restraining order. was at an orthodontist appointment with her chained to the tree for five days. Cavallaro told News 12 Long Island that the child. To the Casares’ family understanding, “They’re just taking them down and haste to cut that tree down was not only to there was a brief moment that they were replacing them with hybrid, sterile and what prevent anymore delay on the Ellison Avenue assured the tree would be safe. Then Casares they’re not understanding with the increase project, as well as the village’s other road received a text message from her husband of traffic on Long Island is that these are air repair project. telling her that the Westbury Mayor Peter I. filters,” Casares said. “I’m not going to subject the village to Cavallaro reversed the decision. On April 27, the Casares’ received a letter a frivolous lawsuit that might have been “We’ve spent millions of taxpayer dollars from Village Attorney Anna K. Vikse presentbrought,” the mayor said. paving roads and fixing drainage issues, ing two choices: the village will remove the At the May 5 Village of Westbury Board and we have to make sure that it is done tree to complete the road project and the correctly,” a statement posted on the village’s village will address all existing issues with the of Trustee meeting, Kevin McKenna served the mayor papers on behalf of the Casares’ Facebook page read. “Removing trees is not tree, road, sidewalk curbing and apron or the done arbitrarily. It is subjective or cavalierly tree will be left in place but the Casares’ would family after Denise Casares spoke during decided. We do so on the advice of experts in have to pay almost $5,000 for a basin and sign the public comment session.

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Adelphi Names New Dean Of The Willumstad School Of Business Following an extensive search process, MaryAnne Hyland, PhD, has been selected as dean of Adelphi University’s Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, effective immediately. Hyland has been part of the Adelphi community for more than 22 years, serving as a professor, faculty adviser, associate dean and leader of many committees and task forces that have successfully advanced the business school’s goals and stature. In March 2021, she was appointed interim dean of the business school. “I am confident that Dr. Hyland’s experience and commitment to the next era of business education, combined with her vision, highly effective management style, and strong relationship with the faculty will serve Adelphi University well,” said Christopher K. Storm Jr., PhD, provost and executive vice president. “Her long experience at Adelphi, along with her connections in the business community and higher education nationally, position her well to lead the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business,” Storm added. “Her collaborative style has had a tremendously positive impact by bringing more voices to the table and engaging the full business school community in setting a standard of excellence.” As interim dean, Hyland established a

MaryAnne Hyland, PhD, has been selected as dean of Adelphi University’s Robert B. Willumstad School of Business, effective immediately. (Photo courtesy Adelphi University) summer faculty development initiative focused on enhancing the curriculum with technology, and created the James F. Bender Endowed Clinical Professorship using an existing endowment. Additionally, she developed the student exchange component of Adelphi’s Trans-Atlantic Virtual Exchange and Collaboration project with Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Cologne, Germany. Her previous accomplishments at Adelphi include oversight of the Willumstad Winning Edge co-curricular initiative and the Willumstad Leadership Scholars Program.

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Both programs provide career readiness opportunities throughout the undergraduate business experience. Hyland oversaw the creation of a Manhattan-based global immersion business course and led a curriculum review task force that resulted in a new undergraduate specialization in business analytics. Additionally, inspired by the business faculty, she led the development and implementation of three-year tracks for each undergraduate business degree program to ultimately reduce the cost and time for students to begin their careers or graduate studies. Hyland earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola University Maryland. She completed her Master of Human Resource Management and PhD in Industrial Relations and Human Resources at Rutgers University. She is also a Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP). Before joining Adelphi faculty in 1999, Hyland was a training associate and benefits

analyst for Hewitt Associates (now Aon) and has been a consultant for various organizations in her specialty, human resources and performance management. Along with regularly publishing in academic and professional journals, she has contributed book chapters, and invited presentations and papers at academic and professional conferences. The Willumstad School of Business belongs to a select group of higher education institutions that meet the highest standards for business education, having been continuously accredited by AACSB-International since 2007. The School offers undergraduate degree programs in business, business administration and economics, as well as master’s programs in supply chain management, accounting, business analytics as well as business administration (MBA - along with a Global MBA and Accelerated MBA). Visit www.adelphi.edu/business to see more about Adelphi’s business school. —Submitted by Adelphi University

East Williston Nationally Ranked For Music Education The East Williston School District has been selected as one of the Best Communities for Music Education in the nation by the National Association of Music Merchants Foundation, in recognition of the district’s outstanding commitment to providing quality music education and inspiring a love of music among students in all grade levels. To qualify for the Best Communities designation, East Williston answered detailed questions about funding, graduation requirements, music class participation, instruction time, facilities, support for the music program and community music-making programs.

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that made the Career Closet possible at the ribbon cutting in March. The opening was timed so that students can take advantage of the resource in advance of the Spring Career Fair on April 13. More than 50 employers are attending the event in the Student Union. Psychology major Klaudia Niksa, who also helped with the preparation of the Career Closet understands firsthand the benefit of the Career Closet: “I am wearing an outfit that was donated to the Career Closet right now. Otherwise, I would not have had business attire for this event or others.” The Career Closet is located in the Student Union, and can be accessed via appointment. Students and alumni may take one professional outfit per semester at no cost. If members of the campus community would like to donate professional attire, please contact the Office of Career Planning & Development. —Submitted by SUNY Old Westbury

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Read-a-thon Raises Funds For ‘Little Free Library’ Rushmore Avenue School held their first Read-A-Thon with much success. The Read-A-Thon was held for two weeks to promote literacy and the love of reading. The students at Rushmore read for a total of 79,363 minutes. Awards included top reader Jacqueline Mazaroski, a sixth-grader; top reading class, teachers Julie Santoro and Elizabeth Vena from the fourth-grade class; top donation collector Audrey Healy, a fourth-grader and top donation collecting class teacher Hannah Choi of the fourth grade. Prizes included Islanders tickets, gift cards, free

homework passes, extra recess and making teachers Marni Nelson, Jennifer Dintino and Kacy Maher dress-up any way the winners wanted. The school was able to raise enough money to install a “Little Free Library” in front of the building, where students and community members can take a book or leave a book at any time. The students of Rushmore, their families and friends, raised the amount needed due to their hard work and generosity. —Submitted by the Carle Place School District

Carle Place Board Of Education Passes Lowest Proposed Tax Levy In Five Years The Carle Place School District Board of Education hopes that residents have been enjoying the nicer weather and smiling faces that they can now visibly see throughout the schools and community. The board of education is proud and thankful for the work of our students, staff, parents, administrators and community at large in working together to get through the last two years. The board of education is also proud to present this budget, which is within our New York State tax cap and the lowest we have presented in more than five years. This budget continues to support athletic teams, clubs and all extracurricular activities, as well as adding a musical production

at Rushmore Avenue, purchasing new uniforms for some of the district’s athletic teams and renovating 12 classrooms between Cherry and Rushmore. Join the district in voting on Tuesday, May 17. The board of education hopes to see all community members at the polls that day. The proposed tax levy of 0.62 percent will support the proposed 2022 through 2023 budget of approximately $53 million. Of those monies, approximately $4.8 million will fund administrative costs; approximately $43 million will fund program costs and approximately $5.3 million will fund capital projects. —Submitted by Carle Place Schools

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Fourth grader Audrey Healy won the top donation collector during the Rushmore Avenue School’s Read-A-Thon competition.(Photo courtesy of the Carle Place School District)

Sixth grader Jacqueline Mazaroski won the top reader during the Rushmore Avenue School’s Read-A-Thon competition.

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A Q&A With Mineola Board Of Education Incumbent JENNIFER CORR jcorr@antonmediagroup.com

ineola Board of Education Trustee Cheryl Lampasona is re-running for her seat. The Nassau Illustrated reached out to her to talk about her candidacy, goals and what makes her a good fit for the board. Nassau Illustrated: What inspired you to run and re-run? Lampasona: When my son oldest son, now eighth grade, entered pre-k, which at the time was only three half-days a week, I knew I wanted to be involved in his school journey. I joined the Hampton Street PTA and became an active volunteer. After two years, I became co-PTA president at Hampton Street. It was the first time I saw all the wonderful things the whole district was doing for the

students, beyond my little corner of Mineola, and I was enamored. I knew I wanted to be a part of this special district, even more than I already was. During my PTA years, I was able to see the vision of the district and I trusted the process, but I also wanted to be a part of the process. So, six years ago, I started my journey as a board trustee, and fast forward, 6 amazing, jam-packed years later, I am seeking re-election for the same reason, to continue to serve my community and continue to be part of the process that makes Mineola an innovative and educationally strong school community. Nassau Illustrated: What have been your greatest accomplishments during your tenure?

Lampasona: There are so many accomplishments during my six years. I am proud, year after year to stay well under the tax cap here in Mineola and for the last three years to have a strong budget with a 0 percent tax levy, all while upgrading buildings and curriculum. Free full day pre-k for every student in the district, the dual language program pre-k through ninth grade, the addition of the Synergy High School program where students will learn through internships and real-world experiences all while satisfying their high school requirements, the badge book, having student choice and student autonomy vivid throughout the district, but most importantly smiling, happy kids. Thats my major accomplishment.

Nassau Illustrated: What qualifications do you bring to the board? Lampasona: I hold a BBA in accounting and a master’s degree in special and general education. In addition, I recently finished my education administrative certification, so my knowledge of education, leadership and finance are extensive. I am a parent of children in the district, so I always see firsthand of what happens in the schools. Nassau Illustrated: What would you like to see change in the district and what are your biggest goals? Lampasona: My biggest goals are to continue the robust curriculum programs offered to our students. Mineola is a unique school district, as we are always on the forefront of new and innovative ideas and programs. I look forward to continuing to roll out programs and initiatives to the students of Mineola, all while remaining fiscally responsible to the members of the Mineola School Community.

Twelve Long Island School Districts To Close On Diwali In 2022

Hindus call for Diwali holiday in all Long Island schools Welcoming 12 Long Island public school districts closing schools on Diwali this year, Hindus are urging all public school districts and private-charter-parochial-independent schools in Nassau and Suffolk counties to close on their most popular festival Diwali. Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that it was simply not fair with Hindu pupils of most of the Long Island schools, as they had to be at school on their most popular festival while there were holidays to commemorate festivals of other religions. Diwali falls on Oct. 24 this year; and 2022-2023 calendars of Deer Park, East Meadow, East Williston, Elwood Union Free, Half Hollow Hills Central, Herricks Public, Hicksville Public, Jericho Union Free, Levittown Public, New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free, North Babylon, Syosset Central School-Districts and schools show their schools closed for students on Oct. 24. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stated that holiday on Diwali in Long Island schools would be a step in the positive direction in view of the reported presence of a substantial number of Hindu students at schools, as it was vital to meet the religious and spiritual needs of Hindu pupils. Zed indicated that since it was important for Hindu families to celebrate Diwali day together at home with their children; closing schools on Diwali would ensure that and

Zed noted that awareness about ‘other’ religions thus created by such holidays like Diwali would make Long Island students well-nurtured, well-balanced, and enlightened citizens of tomorrow. Zed thanked Boards of Education of school districts, which closed schools for students on Diwali, for understanding the concerns of Hindu community.

Rajan Zed is President of Universal Society of Hinduism. (Submitted by Rajan Zed)

would also display how respectful and accommodating Long Island schools were to their faith. If schools had declared other religious holidays, why not Diwali, Zed asked. Holidays of all major religions should be honored, and no one should be penalized for practicing their religion, Zed added. Zed suggested that all Long Island schools, public-private-charter-parochial-independent, to seriously look into declaring Diwali as an official holiday, thus recognizing the intersection of spirituality and education.

Zed further says that Hinduism is rich in festivals and religious festivals are very dear and sacred to Hindus. Diwali, the festival of lights, aims at dispelling the darkness and lighting up the lives and symbolizes the victory of good over evil. —Submitted by Rajan Zed

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Mineola Public Schools: Cheryl Lampasona (incumbent)

School districts are holding their elections on May 17 where residents will vote on school budgets and their board of education candidates. Here are the candidates who will appear on the ballot around Western Nassau.

Westbury Union Free School District: Floyd Ewing III (incumbent) Pedro Quintanilla (incumbent) Robert Troiano Jr-reached out (incumbent)

Garden City Public Schools: William Holub (incumbent) Arthur Gnecco Colleen Foley William O’Donohue Joeseph Sileo

New Hyde Park-Garden City Park Union Free School District: Patricia Rudd (incumbent) Kathryn Canese (incumbent) Jennifer Kerrane (incumbent) Katherine Bannon Gjergji Shuku

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