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Bellmore • Merrick VOLUME 2, NUMBER 8
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MAY 2015
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BELLMORE'S FRIDAY NIGHT CAR SHOW IS BACK
NEW ASIAN FUSION SUSHI BAR EXCITES THE PALATE
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aka Asian Fusion Sushi and Bar Restaurant continues its Grand Opening at 2126 Merrick Avenue, in the Merrick Mall. Located at the space of the former popular Jade Dynasty Restaurant, which featured Chinese and Japanese cuisine, Taka looks to improve on the tastes of not only Chinese and Japanese dishes, but on Thai and Malaysian flavors as well, and blend them together to create a new, satisfying gastronomical experience. Charlie Liu, assistant manager, told Your NewsMag during a stop into the restaurant on its first full day of operation that the restaurant and bar moved into the Merrick neighborhood expressly to cater to the “upwardly discerning tastes” of the community. With its first restaurant in Port Washington now a staple in the neighborhood for 18 years, he said research showed that residents of the Merricks also enjoy going out to dinner regularly to
experience new culinary offerings, and the fusion intent of the new offerings at Taka will soon find a place on the palates of many in search of new flavors. While traditional Chinese and Japanese dishes are available, such as pork wonton soup and miso soup, or up 20 special rolls to General Zao’s chicken and crispy shredded Lui said specific ingredients help distinguish dishes from one another. Ingredients in Thai dishes, Liu said, make it both spicy and sweet, while Malaysian dishes are in-
fused with curry. Japanese dishes are lighter, he said, to include soy sauces low in sodium. Chinese dishes include Cantonese and spicier Szechuan dishes – no Hunan-style here and provide a variety of ingredients, including peanuts. Appetizers are mostly of the Japanese variety, Liu remarked, and include sushi, sashimi and fish tartar, but do develop out to include vegetable spring rolls, fried calamari, chicken lettuce wrap, boneless ribs, fried soft shell crab, and more.
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Offered as an appetizer or a main dish, for example, spicy tuna wrapped in cucumber provides a fresh zest to the palate, and comes with both wasabi and fresh ginger condiments to enhance the dish. The Pink Lady special roll features shrimp tempura, mango, avocado and eel wrapped in pink soy paper, with a hint of eel sauce drizzle. Both dishes were presented as authentically fresh. Lunch offerings for those in the neighborhood looking for something different, or for groups wishing to hold an event Monday through Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., come in a variety of configurations. These include lunch boxes, lunch specials, roll combo specials and sushi specials in addition to their full menu. Kitchen entrees include Bento Box, featuring ribeye steak, several teriyaki or sushi dishes
complete with soup, salad, chicken roll, shrimp tempura appetizer and California roll; or seven simple teriyaki varieties with rice, soup or salad; or three tempura dishes come with rice, soup or salad. For dessert, there are 10 to choose from, including tiramisu, napoleon, fried banana, chocolate soufflé and strawberry caramel. Taka Asian Fusion is open Monday through Thursday, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; and Sunday, 12:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Online orders can be filled by visiting www.takaasianfusion.com. Or call 223-8212/8213/8214. Delivery is free.
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he Merricks Memorial Day parade will be held on Monday, May 25, beginning at 9:45 a.m. at the gazebo. Sponsored in part by the American Legion Post 1282, Commander Ken Braum said the parade will feature 30 of the Merricks’ finest organizations, from Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts, the Calhoun High School and the Merrick Middle School marching bands, to Little League teams, soccer teams, Merrick and North Merrick Fire Departments, and members of the Merrick Chamber of Commerce. The parade will assemble and start at the gazebo on Merrick Avenue at the Merrick Rail Road station, and march up Merrick
Avenue until it reaches the Merrick Monument Park, across from Camp Avenue School. Once the marchers have reached the monument park, there will be a service held beginning at 10:45 a.m., sponsored by the post.
THE BELLMORES The Bellmores Memorial Day Parade will begin at the Veterans Memorial Monument in front of Newbridge Road School beginning at 9 o’clock on Monday, May 25. The service will be hosted by Ameriecan Legion Post 1749. At 10 a.m. community organizations such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, Mepham and Kennedy marching bands, members of
the Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores, The Nassau County Corvette Club, members of the Vietnam War Veterans Association, and members of the North Bellmore and Bellmore Fire Departments will begin their march down Bellmore Avenue to Oak Street, where marchers will then turn right and march one block to Bedford Avenue. Once at Bedford Avenue, the procession will turn left onto Bedford Avenue and march the roughly five blocks to Veterans Memorial Park at Broadway and Bedford Avenue. At 11 a.m. American Legion Post 958 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Psot 2771 will begin a memorial service. All are welcome to attend these important Memorial Day events in your neighborhood.
OUTSTANDING STUDENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT: North Bellmore Civic Association officers present student certificates for Outstanding Civic Engagement to Principal Fran Bennett of Martin Avenue School; Assistant Principal Denise Fisher, and Principal Jeff Rosof of Saw Mill Road School; Principal Marilyn Hirschfield of Newbridge Road School; Eileen Speidel of Park Avenue School; and Principal Faith Skelos of Dinkelmeyer School, to bestow upon the student they deem most worthy of the award in their school.
Strawberry Festival Comes to Bellmore May 28-31
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he annual Strawberry Festival, a thrill-a-minute fun-filled carnival hosted by the Bellmore Kiwanis Club and the Bellmore Lions Club, will be held this year from Thursday, May 28 through Sunday, May 31, at the Bellmore BOCES school grounds, located at Newbridge Road and Jerusalem Avenue., exit 25 south off the Southern State Parkway. There will be plenty of exciting rides for kids on the midway, as provided by Blue Sky Amusements, a live band and several entertaining acts. Of course, there will also be all your favorite strawberry products for purchase, such as strawberry shortcake, strawberry cheesecake, chocolate covered strawberries and strawberry daiquiris.
FUN FOR SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN TheStrawberry Festival will open its doors on Thursday,
May 31, from 11:30 am to 3 p.m. especially for children with special needs. “Children with special needs may never have had the full opportunity to participate in a carnival and enjoy all its rides. For many years, we have made this possible
at the Nassau County Strawberry Festival through Blue Sky Amusements, the operator of the amusement rides,” remarked Joe Anderson, co-chairman of the Nassau County Strawberry Festival. “Blue Sky has been wonderful help in taking up the chal-
lenge by donating their staff and time on this specially reserved date and time,” he continued. Also special to the Strawberry Festival will be “Who Loves You,” a tribute band to Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, who will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday and again on Sunday, May 31, from noon to 6 p.m.. There will also be pie-eating contests on Saturday and Sunday, with several
prizes for winners. The Carnival rides and games, provided by Blue Sky Amusements, will be accessible using pay-one-price bracelet available at the ticket booths. An annual Craft and Gift Show will be held on Saturday, May 30 and Sunday, May 31, while managed by Nassau County Craft Shows. For information on reserving a spot for the craft and gift show, call 442-6000, or email to alan@ nassaucountycraftshows.com. Hours of the festival will be Thursday, May 28, from 6-10 p.m.; Friday, May 29, from 6-11 p.m.; Saturday, May 30, from noon-11 p.m.; and Sunday, May 31, from noon-6 p.m. Admission is $2, and parking is free. For information you can visit www.nassaucountystrawberryfestival.com.
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☞ TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES 2 -8: NEWS Asian Fusion restaurant aims for discerning customers; Memorial Day parades in your neighborhood; North Bellmore Civic Association bestows Outstanding Student Civic Engagement gifts to elementary students; Strawberry Festival comes to town May 28-31; Shavuot celebrated with daring dairy flair; Calhoun dedicates new baseball field to coach Joe Corea; Calhoun Colts develop Walk of Pride.
PAGE 10: COVER STORY The Floral Gardens of May Begin to Bloom Hundreds of residents in the neighborhoods have begun their annual ritual of preparing and planting seeds for their floral gardens, which is a labor of love that rewards them all year long.
PAGE 16: MILESTONES Paying Tribute to a Greatly Loved Teacher North Bellmore elementary school teacher Majorie Hohl is eulogized by an unexpected friend: her fifth-grade student
PAGE 18: PROFILE Bellmore-Merrick EMS The Bellmore-Merrick Emergency Medical Services ambulance company could save your life
PAGE 22: ENTERTAINMENT Live jazz complements Fine Italian Cuisine at North Bellmore’s Elisa Restaurant and Café
PLUS: What’s happening In & Around the communities, how long can you really keep a bottle of wine open, Nassau County declares May Melanoma Awareness Month
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inally, some great weather to make you want to get out of the house ... shop, dine and have some good times in the outdoors. The weekly Friday Nite Car Show at the Bellmore train station is now in full swing. Every Friday night between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. your family can enjoy a stroll through the parking lot at the Bellmore train station and look at some classic cars, indulge a bite to eat at one of the local restaurants and see friends and neighbors. Kick off Memorial Day plans with picnics, barbecues and family gatherings. Don’t forget that parades in town are Monday, May 25. See details on page 3. I always look forward to the parade, because it is such a great feeling to see the streets lined with people waving a flag showing their patriotism. The fun builds with the Strawberry Festival from Thursday, May 28, through Sunday, May 31. Strawberries are sure to be sweet and bountiful, along with fun, games, rides and live entertainment. The festival is hosted by the Bellmore Lions Club and the Bellmore Kiwanis Club, both volunteer clubs that work to raise funds that go towards strengthening our communities and helping children. Please support their efforts by spending at least one day at this fabulous festival. Gardening is a great way to enjoy the outdoors. Creating a beautiful garden space can be rewarding and enjoyable. If you have been thinking about gardening as a hobby or would like to get together with fellow gardeners, perhaps you would like to consider joining one of the local gardening clubs. Learn more about your neighbors who enjoy gardening, and the clubs available in the neighborhood. Perhaps you will find your way to a green thumb.
Meanwhile, our story about local artists in the February issue of Your NewsMag still garners calls to our office, from local artists interested in sharing their work with the community. Marcelle Artz of Bellmore showed us her primitive-eque, child-like watercolor style first developed from an early education at the prestigious Lycee Francois of Cairo, in Cairo, where she was born. Later, upon immigrating to the United States, she continued her studies at the Parsons School of Design, while raising three children. Her paintings are intensely personal, colorful and detailed, celebrating everyday life and living. Thank you, Marcelle, for being so gracious and inviting us into your home to see your collection of works. Your NewsMag is delivered to every home in the Merricks and Bellmores free of charge because you live here and are members of the community. Advertising support pays for Your NewsMag, so please support participating businesses by shopping locally. If you know of something that is newsworthy, please let us know. If your business is having an anniversary or someone in your family is celebrating a special occasion, we want to know. After all, your news is our news. Please join us on facebook and visit www.YourNewsMag.com for updates throughout the month. I hope you enjoy the May issue of Your NewsMag.
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t a unique crossroads between religion and cuisine, the Holiday of Shavuot, celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai some 3300 years ago, has become a celebration of fine dairy cuisine as well. Shavuot is celebrated for two days beginning at sundown on Saturday, May 23. As the Torah was given, and the laws of kosher dining were first received, the Jewish people were not yet capable of properly preparing beef and poultry and, as such, ate dairy. The rest is history. Exquisite cheesecakes, pesto pastas, lasagna, souffles and, of course, cheese blintzes all take center stage during this ancient celebration. Some suggest that this has contributed to the renewed popularity this holiday has seen. When thinking Jewish holidays, Passo ver, Chanukah and Yom Kippur come
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he Calhoun Alumni Association has begun raising funds for a Calhoun Colts Walk of Pride it hopes to begin construction on no later than summer’s end. Phyllis Guttilla, co-president of the Calhoun Alumni Association, told Your NewsMag it wished to thank members of the John F. Kennedy High School Alumni Association for providing details to assist in building a Calhoun Colts Walk of Pride. The Walk of Pride will act as a “permanent testimony and highly visible tribute to the community’s loyalty to Calhoun.” The walk, said Guttilla, would be placed in the vicinity of the Calhoun Colts shack – at the southeast corner of the athletic field - that sells Colts items such as t-shirts, sweaters, caps and more during the football season and other sporting events at the Calhoun athletic field. “The walk would start at the south end of the bleachers and make its way back toward the shack,” she said. The walk would eventually include benches and pillars at the entranceway. Similar to the Walk of Pride at Kennedy High School, the Calhoun Colts Walk of Pride will be constructed of brick engraved with the names of teachers, students, community leaders, alumni or family members and is designed to act as memorials to these persons.
(An illustration of how the Walk of Pride will look) The walk is not entirely about family and friends, however. Guttilla maintained that organizations or sponsors that have helped build, or donate to, the Calhoun Colts name can also be included in the engraved brick walkway. Guttilla says the Calhoun Colts Walk of Pride will be constructed in phases, with the first phase now underway toward publicizing that bricks are available for purchase. A 4-inch x 4-inch brick, with a maximum of three lines, will be $100 apiece, with a 4-inch x 8-inch brick set at $200 apiece. Additional phases of construction will begin after the completion of each previous phrase. For information about how to purchase a brick or bricks for the walkway, which will memorialize the person or persons’ names engraved, you can visit www.calhounalumni.com, or email to calhounalumni2@gmail.com.
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The Floral Gardens of May Come Into Bloom By Sharon G. Jonas
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ith another dreadful winter behind us, YourNewsMag set out to discover local gardeners and the amazing gardening clubs and groups that teem in our area. For many, gardening is a passion, creative outlet, source of pride, a meditative hobby and even an exciting opportunity to compete with others. Lois Cohen of Merrick said her garden began when she tore down her backyard garage and rebuilt it on the side of her house, leaving her South Merrick Tudor-style home with an empty 60 x 100-foot lot. Drawing inspiration from her travels, including a visit to Monet’s lush and unforgettable gardens in Giverny, France, years earlier, Cohen decided to create her own personal paradise. “We have a lot of shade which made growing a lawn difficult, and I didn’t want it anyway,” said Cohen, who started her garden about 30 years ago. Along with the help of her husband, Jack - both retired school teachers - she set about turning their small plot into a wonderland of low-maintenance plants and potted annuals. “I’m the artist in the family, and my husband, Jack, is the worker bee,” she said. Together the team has crafted a charming garden filled with unexpected delights. “When we first started, the garden wasn’t anything special. We hired and then fired a garden designer years ago, and I took over putting it together myself,” Cohen said. Avid travelers, she and Jack visited Vietnam 10 years ago and shipped back three giant planters for $15. “Back then, they weren’t importing things like that, and the price was right.”
KEEPING THE BUDGET TRIMMED Keeping an eye on the budget is a part of the challenge. Cohen uses a wide variety of hydrangeas because “they give a lot of bang for the buck.” To respect the environment, she avoids using sprays, or even fertilizers. “We hardly have to
Meeting regularly to see how best to grow and prune florals weed because everything is packed so tight. We use a little bit of mulch, but it mostly reseeds and all works on its own at this point.” Preferring a shabby “chic” look, Cohen purchased an array of old shutters from a store in upstate New York to create a whimsical border. These work on a practical level as a fence to separate and block their neighbor’s backyard, while giving the garden a distinctive artistic flair. The in-ground sprinkling system, routed into blue, decorative balls, which typically get attached to a garden hose, provides the water. Each week in early spring a new wave of color blossoms from her floral garden. First to appear are the irises, accompanied by a wild, flowering form of ginger given to her by a friend. In bloom, they turn the whole garden yellow, and then turn to mush and disappear. Next, the forget-me-nots rise, bringing in a wave of light blues. Come June, a rainbow of colors delight as Cohen fills her pots with annuals and the hydrangeas start their blooms. Shade-loving hostas and a long-lasting helleborus add to the variety of plants in the heart of summertime. Emily Manley, a past-president of the Merrick Garden Club who grew up in Bellmore and now resides in Wantagh, noted that gardening has trends. “Hydrangas are in vogue
now, along with new hybrid roses.” Of her 60 x 100-foot backyard plot, she says that “everything that can be planted is planted.” A more traditionally-arranged garden, she does well with roses, peonies, irises, salvia, sage and ornamental grasses, which she said are useful for privacy as they grow tall, thick and wide. “Gardening is almost meditative for me. It’s creative and gives a lot of peace of mind. If I have a bad day, I go out to my garden and it heals me.” With no sprinkling system in place, Manley uses drip hoses and waters by hand. She uses a soil-testing kit before planting something new, to ensure the best environment for its survival. Her garden includes cement Japanese-themed pieces such as a Buddah and a two-foot high temple. Known as “the flower lady”, Carol Schmidt, a member of the Merrick Garden Club, has followed the footsteps of her father, who spent many hours planting around her childhood home in Queens. Now, along with her husband David, their corner property in East Meadow is often used as a descriptive marker when giving directions. “People tell us they’ll say go past, or turn right, at the flower house. We have a corner property so it’s like a public garden.”
David, who volunteers at Old Westbury Gardens, has access to the “junk pile” of plants. This gives them the opportunity to rescue and grow an unusual assortment of flowers. Using a backyard greenhouse, he grows plants from seed. “We shut the greenhouse down over the winters now. The last time we left it running, the door froze shut and we couldn’t get to the plants to tend to them.” Enjoying the competitive part of gardening, the Schmidts enter annuals and perennials in the Long Island Fair each year. “It gets into your blood,” says Carol, who regularly enters the two different types of competition--horticulture and design—sponsored by the Merrick Garden Club each month. For horticulture, a specimen personally grown and cut is placed in a clear glass bottle proportioned to the flower. The design competition requires flower arrangements, not necessarily home grown, to follow the set of rules and themes set by the board members in the beginning of the year. Winners get blue ribbons and the opportunity to rise up a level of standing in the group. Beginners start as a “C” and after a certain amount of wins, move to a “B.” Those in the “A” level are usually experienced gardeners with many years of wins under their belt. According to Wendy Murbach, the President of the Merrick Garden Club, now in its 82nd year, “Our group has two qualified judges. They have to go through a whole rigorous program to be able to do that.”
GARDENERS GATHER On the third or fourth Monday of each month from September through June, a gathering of approximately 25 members meets at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bellmore at 12:30 p.m. and to compete in horticulture or design competitions, listen to guest speakers, and enjoy like-minded garden talk while having coffee
and cake. Members, mostly women, currently range from their late 30s to a 90-year-old. Due are $40 a year. “The members are so wonderful, it makes you want to join it just for the people,” said Murbach, who enjoys both the social and aesthetic aspects of the club. Encouraging education, she said that the club’s next guest speaker in June will focus on growing little herb gardens. “The latest trend is growing your own veggies. I used to have a wonderful vegetable garden, but I actually don’t do much gardening anymore,” says the 75-year-old Murbach. Concerned about the aging-out of members, she said that recruitment is a very important issue. “We lost three members just this year,” she said. The Merrick Garden Club is a part of a larger national organization, the Federated Garden Club of New York (www. district2fgcnys.com). Included in District II, it is one of 43 garden clubs in Nassau, Suffolk, Queens and Brooklyn. Total membership of the district is about 1300. Lynn Pezold, director of District II, said the group is involved in three areas: community beautification, design and flower competitions, and public education. Members learn growing, pruning and design techniques from each other, and from impressive guest speakers. Field trips and luncheons are also a part of their program. “We are one of the most environmentally responsible organizations,” says Pezold. District II, which collects pocket change donations at meetings from members, recently contributed a fund to build water wells in South Sudan. New York State just won the prize for donating the most in the country towards this cause, which supports the club’s motto: The future will either be green or not at all. Also supporting the Blue Star Memorial program, which
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Planting flowers to bloom in waves of color throughout the season honors service men and women, District II created the local memorial in Merrick on Sunrise Highway. Most clubs also support local gardens, usually a piece of a public park or area, as part of their beautification mission. Marion Romeo, a past director of the Federated Garden Club, and a member of Wantagh’s Paumanacke Garden Club (Indian for ‘Island of Show’), has worked on many beautification projects around the area for years, including Triangle Park at the Wantagh train station and St. William the Abbot Church in Seaford. The Paumanacke group also recognizes Wantagh homes with beau-
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tifully landscaped front yards, and presents them with a certificate and a letter of appreciation. The Paumanacke Club meets at the Wantagh Library the last Thursday of each month at 6:30 pm. New members are welcomed to attend and join. With a bounty of local gardeners, clubs and organizations available to Merrick and Bellmore residents, opportunities to learn about growing and showing flora, meeting like-minded gardeners and getting involved is as easy as reaching out to any one of the following groups: Merrick Garden Club – www.merrickgc.tripod.com 546-6303 Paumanacke Garden Club – 783-7154 Mary Ellen Kennavane-President email:mareln@optonline.net Federated Garden Club – District II/ South Nassau – www.district2fgcnys.com Long Island Horticulture Society – www.lihort.org - Laura Weill-President Cornell Cooperative – 433-7970 or www.ccenassau.org
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'ĞƌƌĂƚŽ ŐĞŶĐLJ͕ /ŶĐ͘ .......................ϴϮϲͲϯϲϲϲ
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ĞůůŵŽƌĞ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů >ŝďƌĂƌLJ.... ϳϴϱͲϮϵϵϬ džϭϭϳ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ DŽǀŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ dŚĞ ^ŚŽǁ WůĂĐĞ ..............................ϳϴϯͲϯϭϵϵ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ ZĞƉƵďůŝĐĂŶ ůƵď ..............ϳϴϯͲϬϯϯϬ
ůŽƚŚĞƐůŝŶĞ ůŽƚŚŝŶŐ ŽŵƉĂŶLJ .......ϱϱϳͲϮϭϲϮ
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ĐĂĚĞŵLJ DŽƌƚŐĂŐĞ ŽƌƉ................ϱϬϰͲϯϯϬϬ ĐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ZĞƚƌŝĞǀĂďůĞ ^LJƐƚĞŵ͕ /ŶĐ͘ ..ϳϴϯͲϲϱϲϲ ĚǀĂŶƚĂŐĞ ĐƵƉƵŶĐƚƵƌĞ dŚĞƌĂƉLJ Θ DĂƐƐĂŐĞ .....................................ϯϭϯͲϱϬϱϮ īŽƌĚĂďůĞ &ƵĞůƐ .............................ϴϮϲͲϬϬϵϵ ' ůĞĐƚƌŝĐĂů ^ƵƉƉůLJ Ž͕͘ /ŶĐ͘ ..........ϮϮϭͲϮϮϬϵ ůů ďŽƵƚ ^ƉĂŶŝƐŚ ...........................ϰϲϮͲϳϳϳϳ ůů /ƐůĂŶĚ zĞůůŽǁ Ăď .......................ϳϴϱͲϬϰϭϮ ůůŝĞĚ ĐĐŽƵŶƚ ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞƐ͕ /ŶĐ͘ ...........ϳϴϯͲϵϱϬϬ ůůƐƚĂƚĞ Ͳ ŽŶŶĞĞůLJ ŐĞŶĐLJ ............ϳϴϭͲϳϳϮϮ ůƉŚĂďĞƚůĂŶĚ ĂLJ ^ĐŚŽŽů Θ ĂŵƉ ..ϴϮϲͲϵϯϯϵ ŵŵĞů ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽƌƉ͘ .............ϮϮϭͲϰϬϴϭ ŶŐĞůŽ >͘ ƵŽŶŽŵŽ͕ W ...............ϵϵϯͲϯϬϴϱ ƌďLJ͛Ɛ ŽĨ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ ..........................ϯϬϴͲϰϱϯϱ Ɛ zŽƵ tŝƐŚ WĂƌƟĞƐ ........................ϱϵϬͲϳϴϳϴ ĂŶŶĞƌ dƌĂŶƐŵŝƐƐŝŽŶ Θ ŶŐŝŶĞ͕ ŽƌƉ͘ ..................................ϮϮϭͲϵϰϱϵ ĞĚĨŽƌĚ ĂŶĚ DĂŶĞ..........................ϮϮϭͲϱϮϱϯ ĞĚĨŽƌĚ Ğůŝ....................................ϳϴϯͲϬϭϱϱ ĞĚĨŽƌĚ tŝŶĞΘ >ŝƋƵŽƌ....................ϳϴϱͲϬϮϲϴ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ ƵƚŽŵŽƟǀĞ /ŶĐ͘...............ϳϴϯͲϭϭϴϴ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ ,ĞƌĂůĚ >ŝĨĞ ...........ϱϲϵͲϰϬϬϬ y͘ϮϭϮ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ :ĞǁŝƐŚ ĞŶƚĞƌ ..................ϳϴϭͲϯϬϳϮ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ <ŶŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ŽůƵŵďƵƐ ηϯϲϴϵ ............................ϳϴϱͲϵϰϬϳ
ĞůůŵŽƌĞ hŶŝƚĞĚ DĞƚŚŽĚŝƐƚ EƵƌƐĞƌLJ ^ĐŚŽŽů ...............................ϮϮϭͲϭϰϴϯ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ sŝůůĂŐĞ ŚŝƌŽƉƌĂĐƟĐ Θ tĞůůŶĞƐƐ......................................ϴϬϵͲϵϭϵϭ ĞůůŵŽƌĞͲDĞƌƌŝĐŬ hŶŝƚĞĚ ^ĞĐŽŶĚĂƌLJ dĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ .........................................ϵϵϮͲϭϬϲϴ ĞƌŬĞŶĨĞůĚ͕ ƌ͘ DŝĐŚĂĞů ^...........ϮϮϭͲϲϮϲϮ
ŝůůLJ ĞĂŶ͛Ɛ ^ŚŽǁƟŵĞ ĂĨĞ ............ϳϴϯͲϬϬϬϯ ŽŵďƐŚĞůů ƌŽǁƐ ............................ϯϬϴͲϳϬϳϯ ƌƵĐŝĂ͕ dŽŵ͕ &W .............................ϱϮϭͲϳϯϲϮ Ƶŝůƚ tĞůů ^ŽůĂƌ ŽƌƉ͘......................ϲϵϱͲϭϬϬϬ ĂƉŝƚĂů KŶĞ ĂŶŬ ............................ϳϴϱͲϮϮϮϭ ĂƌǀĂůŚŽƐ ZĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ......................ϲϳϵͲϯϯϬϬ ĂƌLJ ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ͕ /ŶĐ͘ ...................ϲϳϵͲϱϭϬϳ ĞŶƟŐƌĂĚĞ ,ĞĂƟŶŐ Θ ŽŽůŝŶŐ ŽƌƉ͘ ϴϮϲͲϵϮϳϯ ĞŶƚŽƌĞ ŚŝƌŽƉƌĂĐƟĐ͕ W͘ ͘ ...............ϲϳϵͲϬϵϬϬ ŚĞƌƌLJǁŽŽĚ &ŽŽƚ ĂƌĞ 'ƌŽƵƉ .....................................ϴϮϲͲϵϬϬϬ ŚŝƌŽDŽŵ͕ dŚĞ KĸĐĞ ŽĨ ƌ͘ ĂŶĂ tĂůƚĞƌƐ .............................ϮϮϭͲϭϮϭϮ ŚŽĐŽůĂƚĞ tŽƌŬƐ ŽĨ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ DĞƌƌŝĐŬ............................ϵϬϬͲϭϭϭϵ
ŽůĚǁĞůů ĂŶŬĞƌ ZĞƐŝĚĞŶƟĂů ƌŽŬĞƌĂŐĞ .......................................ϴϬϵͲϭϬϬϬ ŽŵƉƵƚĞƌ tŽƌŬƐ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ /E ......ϴϴϵͲϯϲϬϬ ŽnjLJ ŽĐŽŽŶ ........................... ϮϮϭͲϲϲϬͲϵϵϯϱ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ ƌƚƐ ĞƐŝŐŶ ^ƚƵĚŝŽ /ŶĐ͘ .....ϲϬϲͲϲϮϭϳ ƌĞĂƟǀĞ WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐ ............................ϵϲϳͲϬϱϵϮ ƵƌďƐŝĚĞ ƌĂǀŝŶŐƐ ...........................ϱϮϯͲϰϭϬϮ
,ĞĂƌƚ ,ĞĂůƚŚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚ ^ŚŽƌĞ͕ W ........................................ϮϭϴͲϮϱϭϬ ,ŝŐŚͲdĞĐŚ ĞƐŝŐŶ WůƵŵďŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ,ĞĂƟŶŐ͕ /ŶĐ͘ ...................................ϴϬϱͲϲϬϰϬ
ĂŶŶLJ͛Ɛ ŚŝŶĞƐĞ <ŝƚĐŚĞŶ ................ϳϴϯͲϵϬϬϬ ĞĂƌ >ŝƩůĞ ŽůůŝĞƐ >d ͘ ....................ϲϳϵͲϬϭϲϰ
,ŝůůƐŝĚĞͲ>ĂŶĞ ůĞĐƚƌŝĐ .....................ϮϮϭͲϳϬϳϰ ,ŽůnjŚĂƵĞƌ WůƵŵďŝŶŐ Θ ,ĞĂƟŶŐ .....ϴϱϴͲϬϮϲϴ ,ŽƞŝdžƋƵĞĞŶ ....................................ϯϬϴͲϳϱϳϱ
ŝŵĞ ^ĂǀŝŶŐƐ ĂŶŬ .........................ϮϮϭͲϲϬϬϬ ŝƌƚLJ ĂǁŐ ......................................ϳϴϱͲϮϰϰϮ ƌ͘ WĂƵů DĞĚŝĐŝ................................ϳϴϭͲϱϰϬϱ
/ŶĐŽŵĞ dĂdž WůƵƐ ..............................ϳϴϱͲϯϬϰϲ /ŶĐƌĞĚŝďůĞ &ĞĞƚƐ ŽĨ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ͕ /ŶĐ͘ ..ϴϮϲͲϯϯϯϴ /ŶŶĞƌͲ ŝƌĐůĞ Ğďƚ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ.............ϴϬϰͲϱϴϲϳ
ĚǁĂƌĚ :ŽŶĞƐ /ŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚƐ .............ϳϴϯͲϯϬϰϲ ŶĞƌŐLJ &ƵĞů .....................................ϮϮϭͲϯϴϯϱ ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ WůƵƐ DŽƌĞ .............ϳϴϯͲϰϮϬϬ
ŝWƌŽĚŝŐLJ ŽĨ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ .......................ϱϱϳͲϮϴϴϮ /ƐůĂŶĚ &ĞĚĞƌĂů ƌĞĚŝƚ Union .......................ϲϯϭͲϴϱϭͲϭϭϬϬ Ğdžƚ͘ ϭϲϬϮ
džĞĐƵƟǀĞ ^ĞĐƵƌŝƚLJ ^LJƐƚĞŵƐ.............ϳϴϱͲϵϲϬϬ &ĂŵŝůLJ &ĞŶĐĞ ..................................ϳϴϯͲϰϵϬϰ &ŝŶŬĞƌ tĞůůŶĞƐƐ͕ /ŶĐ ........................ϳϲϱͲϯϮϳϮ
/ƐůĂŶĚ 'ƌĞĞŶĞƌLJ .............................ϳϴϱͲϬϯϰϵ
&ŝƌƐƚ EĂƟŽŶĂů ĂŶŬ ŽĨ >ŽŶŐ /ƐůĂŶĚ .....................................ϲϳϵͲϲϮϬϬ &ŽƵƌ ^ĞĂƐŽŶƐ ĞƐŝŐŶ 'ƌŽƵƉ͕ ĨŽƌŵĂůůLJEĂƚƵƌĞ͛Ɛ DƵƐĞƵŵ ^ƚŽƌĞ ϳϴϭͲϯϭϱϱ yd ϭϭϵ &ƌĂŶŬ͛Ɛ 'ŽƵƌŵĞƚ ŽĨ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ .........ϲϳϵͲϯϲϲϭ 'ĞůůĞƌ ĞŶƚĂů 'ƌŽƵƉ͕ W͘ ͘ ................ϳϴϱͲϰϳϰϰ 'ĞŶĞƐŝƐ ƌĞĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŶƚƌĂĐƟŶŐ >ƚĚ͘.ϳϴϯͲϱϰϱϰ 'ĞŶŶĂƌŽ :ĞǁĞůĞƌƐ ...........................ϳϴϱͲϬϭϯϰ
/ƐůĂŶĚ tŝĚĞ ^ƉĞĞĐŚ ........................ϰϭϱͲϮϳϱϭ ŝ^ƉŝŶ /ŶĚŽŽƌ LJĐůŝŶŐ ^ƚƵĚŝŽ .............ϳϴϭͲϲϬϬϬ :Ăŵ ĂŶĐĞ Θ &ŝƚŶĞƐƐ ĞŶƚĞƌ ...........ϳϴϭͲϱϬϵϬ :ĞƌƌLJ͛Ɛ ƵƚŽ ĞŶƚĞƌ .........................ϳϴϱͲϴϰϬϬ :ŝŵ ƵĐĐŝĂƐ Θ ^ŽŶƐ 'ĞŶĞƌĂů ŽŶƚƌĂĐƚŽƌƐ .....................................ϮϮϭͲϲϰϬϬ :ŽŚŶƐŽŶ͕ ^ĂŶĚƌĂ '͘ W ͕ W͘ ͘ ..........ϰϬϵͲϭϭϮϬ <͘ ͘ ŝĐLJĐůĞ ZĞƉĂŝƌ ..........................ϴϮϲͲϬϰϱϳ <ĂƌĚĞƐŚ :ĞǁĞůĞƌƐ /ŶĐ͘ ....................ϮϬϴͲϯϬϬϮ <ŝǁĂŶŝƐ ůƵď ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĞůůŵŽƌĞƐ͕ /ŶĐ͘ ϲϴϬͲϰϯϬϳ
Do you have a business in the Bellmores? EŽǁ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ũŽŝŶ͊ zŽƵƌ ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚƐ ůŽĐĂů ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ͗
ͻ ZŝďďŽŶ ƵƫŶŐ ĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ ͻ ^ŚŽƉ >ŽĐĂů ĚǀĞƌƟƐŝŶŐ ĂŵƉĂŝŐŶ ͻ ŶŶƵĂů ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ůŵĂŶĂĐ ͻ ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŝƌĞĐƚŽƌLJ ŽĂƌĚ
ͻ ŚĂŵďĞƌ tĞďƐŝƚĞ ͻ DĞŵďĞƌͲƚŽͲDĞŵďĞƌ ŝƐĐŽƵŶƚƐ ͻ dŚĞ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ Ăƌ ^ŚŽǁ ͻ ^ƉŽŶƐŽƌ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ǀĞŶƚƐ
ͻ WƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ,ŽůŝĚĂLJ ĞĐŽƌĂƟŽŶƐ ƚŚŽƵŐŚ ŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĞůůŵŽƌĞƐ ͻ ǁĂƌĚƐ ĂŶĚ ^ĐŚŽůĂƌƐŚŝƉƐ ͻ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ &ĂŵŝůLJ ^ƚƌĞĞƚ &ĞƐƟǀĂů
ͻ hƉĚĂƚĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ EĂƐƐĂƵ ŽƵŶĐŝů ŽĨ ŚĂŵďĞƌ ŽĨ ŽŵŵĞƌĐĞ ͻ DŽŶƚŚůLJ EĞǁƐůĞƩĞƌ Θ DĞĞƟŶŐƐ ͻ EĞƚǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ KƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƟĞƐ
Strength and Stability • Serving the business community for over 50 years. The Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores • (516)679-1875 ǁǁǁ͘ďĞůůůŵŽƌĞĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͘ĐŽŵ ͻ ŝŶĨŽΛďĞůůŵŽƌĞĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͘ĐŽŵ ͻ ϮϳϬϬ WĞƫƚ ǀĞŶƵĞ͕ ĞůůŵŽƌĞ Ez ϭϭϳϭϬ
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The Chamber of Commerce of the Bellmores Krinsky, Dr. David H. D.M.D. ............785-2171
Old Mill Nurseries LLC ....................679-6228
.....826-1100
Olga’s Hair Design, Inc. ...................826-0139
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Organize Me! of NY, LLC..................783-9084
Health Coach .......................... 917-834-2000 ........................867-7714 Livingston Foot Care Specialists......826-0103
Healing Arts ....................................221-2503 Overview Computer Services, LLC ..210-2000
Marge Elias- Genworth Long Term Care Insurance Specialist” ..............996-8879 .......................781-2629
Pampered Chef - S. Newman..........221-8241 ..........................221-4100 ..................................221-3749
Maui Wowi Smoothies ...................521-4008 Metro Hair Modes, Inc. .................221-2868
Phoenix Medical Billing & Conbsultant Services, Inc ...............783-6692
Public Accounts ..............................379-2770
Piccolo Ristorante ...........................679-8787 .....679-4731 Polara Jewelers ...............................785-4141
..................................884-8419 ....................557-2206
Pride for Youth/Long Island Crisis Center ...................................679-9000
Metropolitan Physical Therapy.......586-5533
Morning Rose Café .........................221-5010 Nancy, “The Cupcake Lady” formerly: Got Cupcakes? LLC).........679-6700 Associates .......................................781-2053 Nassau Treasures Unlimited ...........785-1618 Newbridge Coverage Corp..............781-9000 Newsday Media Group ........... 631-843-2935 North Bellmore Dental Associates, P.C. ...............................221-2271 North Bellmore Public Library ........785-6260 Oak Chalet ......................................826-1700
Red Door Spa Salon & Spa ..............409-2800 ReMax Hearthstone........................771-8300 Ridgewood Savings Bank ................785-0385 665-9313 Roslyn Savings Bank .......................826-9100 S & M Concrete ..............................546-4976 Saf-T-Swim of Bellmore ..................557-2114 Sal’s Lunch Box ...............................263-0344 Schade, Robert F. C.P.A., P.C............679-2495 Silverman & Associates ..................781-9700
Kantor LLP.......................................826-4300 South Shore Art Center ..................679-7716 South Shore Country Day School & Camp, Inc. .......................785-3311 .....................826-4444
..............993-5482 Your NewsMag ...............................633-8590 Zagarino Realty and Insurance ......785-0013 Zorn’s ..............................................826-8000
Spiga Bakery ...................................557-2688 ...............308-3833 Stop & Shop ....................................826-0880 T Products .........................................826-5067 Til Galvani Associates .....................409-6950 ...................826-6002 Train for the Game LI ......................809-9700 Tung, George, M.D..........................783-0300
The Friday Nite Car Show 6pm - 10pm
Taekwondo Bellmore ......................785-5425 Umberto’s Bellmore .......................409-1400 Village Auto ....................................785-7763 Vintage Agency, Inc. .......................781-1407 Vital Signs Plus, Inc. ........................223-3080 .........679-8393 W.C. Mepham H.S. Alumni .....................................785-8230 Weiss, David Paul Esq. ....................783-0330 Wollman, Dr. George OD/Teresa Halliwell. OD ...................................785-4483 .........679-7880
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n April 6 a light was extinguished with the passing of Bellmore resident Marjorie Hohl, at age 80. A relatively unknown giant in the teaching profession, Miss Hohl spent over 30 years teaching fifth grade at the Saw Mill Road School in North Bellmore, within the same classroom. She made a huge impression on virtually every student that ever set foot in her classroom, and also on her colleagues, over the many years that she spent at the school. North Merrick resident Gene Maron, a cousin to Marjorie Hohl, told Your NewsMag she retired from full time teaching in 1994, “but even today, over 20 years later, there is no student whose life she touched, that doesn’t remember her with enormous love, affection and respect.”
“She was teacher, mentor and second mother to virtually every one,” he continued. After retiring in 1994 from teaching, Maron said she eventually went back to school to earn a Master’s Degree in Library Science, and worked part time as a substitute librarian in the North Bellmore School District. A funeral mass for Miss Hohl was held recently at the St. Francis De Chantal Roman Catholic Church in Wantagh, where former elementary student Matthew West eulogized Miss Hohl, his fifth-grade teacher. What follows is the eulogy, which provides perhaps a clarity and depth of vision into the nature of the student-teacher relationship not now easily understood in today’s grownup world of teacher evaluations, and expected student results:
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EULOGY FOR MARJORIE HOHL My name is Matthew West and I am proud and honored to eulogize my fifth-grade teacher, Miss Marjorie Hohl. I have known Miss Hohl for 30 years, having been her student at North Bellmore’s Saw Mill Road School in the mid1980s. She was my teacher, my mentor, a “grandparent” and a friend to me. And, I am the person I am today in a large part due to her presence in my life. Before Miss Hohl’s class, I had been a very shy child, a child who was highly creative but never given opportunities to channel and communicate my creativity outwards. For the first time ever, this lady believed in me and my talents beyond merely what a parent thought of his/her child. It’s one thing for a parent to say, “Oh, my child is great and has amazing potential.” Parents are biased, of course. However, hearing this type of encouragement from an outsider
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Miss Hohl's first class in 1957. was the first time I ever heard “You can do anything. You are highly creative. And, ultimately, you will be successful.” These words would come to make the biggest impact on my adult life. As a 10-year-old, hearing this is powerful stuff … and Miss Hohl was the one who was able to dissect my personality, skillsets and strengths, and channel them in ways that no other adult had ever done before. Dissecting parts of life was something that Miss Hohl excelled at. In fact, it was a major
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Her classroom was completely covered in art, which visually stimulated children’s senses. She said many times, “We don’t live our lives in black and white. We live them in color.” She went on to say, in a guest lecture to my Harvard graduate school class, “My teaching intention was always to try to reach the permanent memory storage area of the brain. One’s hand drives the mind. By having my children hand-copy at their tables what I was drawing and explaining at the chalkboard, whether it was a state map, skeletal system or planet, the process incorporated the visual by seeing, the tactile by the drawing and the audio by explaining as I drew each coast line and visual on the board, I was harnessing three of their five senses. I kept the pictures on the board and up on the walls in the classroom so they further imprinted in the children’s memory.” Saw Mill Road School was impacted by Miss Hohl’s creative leadership. Just a few examples of her creative presence would be seen in the following ways: She re-created six 10-foot Revolutionary War reproduction murals for our country’s Bi-centennial in 1976. They hung in the school’s cafeteria and auditorium for decades — and are probably still hanging there today. There would be many times Miss Hohl would get on huge ladders to repair the murals in the cafeteria after children had thrown meatballs at the paintings. She re-created Haley’s Comet and painted it (it must have been at least 100-feet long) on large mural paper and then hung it in the cafeteria for the whole school to see. For Walt Disney’s birthday, every year, she had children paint their favorite Disney character and then hang them on the school’s windows and hallway walls. She created a wonderland of visual creativity in the school. Miss Hohl brought Disney World to that school. For Grandparents Day every year, she created hundreds of corsages made out of tissue paper and doilies and had her students hand them out to all of the grandparents who entered the school. Miss Hohl loved history. She had boxes of historical newspapers dedicated to several events in history such as John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the first man landing on the moon and the assassination of Martin Luther King among others, and commemorated historical events by creating displays with these actual newspaper clippings and hanging them in Saw Mill’s main lobby. For the U.S. Constitution’s bi-centennial in 1987, Miss Hohl and I recopied the entire US constitution word-for-word and hung it on large white sheets of construction paper in the school’s auditorium. We were two
crazy, eccentric, creative minds working together for a common goal. It’s often been said that people who don’t have children of their own live a very lonely life. And, given this philosophy, it may be easy to assume that because Miss Marjorie Hohl never got married or had biological children of her own, she led a very lonely life. However, if people make that assumption, they would be very wrong. You see, Miss Hohl did have children and led a very rich life. She had over 1000 children and treated each one of them as her own. She was able to use her own creative gifts and inspire hundreds of childrens’ minds to become doctors and lawyers, teachers, artists and musicians, and business leaders and innovators of today. When word got out about Miss Hohl passing away, there was a huge outpouring of sympathy and emotion on Facebook by her students, with each student telling how this woman affected his or her life in positive ways. I am and will forever be indebted to her for how she brought out all of my talents. And, as a result of her being in my life, the lives of my own children will be forever changed because I carry on her teaching and learning philosophy to them. So many times, I would be on the phone with her and say, “Thank you so much for being there for me. Thank you so much for inspiring me. Thank you so much for believing in me and she would always respond the same way. “You had all the gifts inside you, always. All I did was just bring them out.”
OTHER COMMENTS Meanwhile, among more student comments made about Majorie Hohl’s passing were these on a facebook page: “I remember her teaching us how to dissect sentences and I won the school and district spelling bees while I was in her class!!” “I went to her service this morning, and was happy to be able to tell her family how much she meant to her students. She was really quite wonderful, and left a lifelong impression on me. I credit her with my love of reading to this day.” “I heard you speak this today Matthew and you made me cry, bringing back memories. A great lady for sure.” “A perfect eulogy for a wonderful human being.” “How she dissected sentences stays with me.” Majorie Hohl was interred at a small cemetery in Southampton, near her second home.
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and discarded medications that may otherwise be flushed down the toilet. All medications will be disposed of by the Nassau County Police Department … ANCHOR DOWN OPENS PATIO: Anchor Down Restaurant at 1960 Bayberry Avenue has opened its patio for the season, which will seat up to 39 guests among eight tables and several stools. Come and dine in the summer cool of the night air … CIVIC ASSOCIATION DONATION: The North Bellmore Civic Association has received a generous gift of $500 from North Shore Farms, to help with promotional activities … NEW BOARD TERM: Claudia Borecky of Merrick was recently appointed to a new term as a Board of Director for the Coalition of Nassau Civic Associations (“CONCA”). Borecky represents the Merrick, North Merrick, Bellmore, North Bellmore, Wantagh and Levittown districts, or the 14th Assembly District. Meanwhile, CONCA founding members Phil and Paul have retired from the board. There are currently four vacant seats. Any civic association in a vacant region that has a member interested in holding a seat on the CONCA board can email to contactconca@gmail.
com … TAX PROPERTY EXEMPTION WORKSHOPS: Nassau County will bring its Department of Assessment office operations to libraries and community meeting halls within the neighborhoods to assist homeowners with filing for their property tax exemptions. The schedule includes Wednesday, August 5, at the Bellmore Memorial Public Library, 2288 Bedford Avenue, Bellmore; Monday, August 17, at the Merrick Public Library, 2279 Merrick Avenue, Merrick; Wednesday, August 26, at the North Bellmore Public Library, 1551 Newbridge Road, North Bellmore; and Friday, September 18, at the North Merrick Public Library, 1691 Meadowbrook Road, North Merrick. GOHEALTH URGENT CARE COMING: The former Friendly’s store on Merrick Road across from New York Community Bank is being redeveloped to house the latest urgent care facility, this one from GoHealth. Susan Fennelly, operations manager for GoHealth, told Your NewsMag the property is being leased from the owner of Precision Pharmacy, also in Bellmore, and will be staffed by primary care physicians, emergency medical work-
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Live Jazz Complements Italian Cuisine at Elisa’s in North Bellmore
lisa’s Ristorante Cafe in North Bellmore now presents live jazz music on the first Tuesday of every month to complement its fine traditional Italian offerings to the neighborhood, as it prepares for an all-inclusive summer-into-fall schedule that salute teachers, police officers, firemen, correctional officers and other civil service employees with sumptuous dinner events. Additionally, a new Father’s Day extravaganza is being planned. Paolo Telese of North Merrick, co-owner of Elisa’s restaurant-catering facility - named after his mother, told Your NewsMag at the restaurant recently that he has liked jazz music for some time, and has wanted a band to come and play at the roughly 1800 square-foot facility that seats 89 guests. He believes the jazz styling of The Jack Morelli Trio will blend well with several of the dinner events he plans annually. The trio tastefully plays the American songbook created by
American musical icons such as Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, Johnny Mercer, Jerome Kerns and a host of other American songwriters. Tom Smith, organist, remarked that the setting of a dining room creates an intimate atmosphere in which to play to requests from diners. “It’s terrific to be able to connect to diners and play music in background as they dine,” he remarked. Vincent D’Arrigo, guitarist who deftly plays a vintage 1952 L7 Gibson guitar, added that jazz is broadening its musical palate to include new standards from the songs of Sting and Stevie Wonder, to name two. A diner from Levittown remarked to Your NewsMag that jazz “adds to the atmosphere, and gives a special feeling because music has a powerful influence.” Another couple from Woodbury said “The American song book is the reason we come here,” adding they are equally thrilled to hear new standards the band includes.
A 20 YEAR-OLD INSTITUTION Firmly established within the North Bellmore community at 2754 North Jerusalem Road for almost 20 years, Elisa’s Restaurant Café is open seven nights a week and hosts several important parties and dinner events throughout the year. This year’s week-long dinners include salutes to police officers (May 23-29), firefighters (July 3-9), teachers (September 5-11), Grandmothers’ Day (September 11- free dessert), correctional officers (September 21-27), Columbus Day (October 12) and veterans (November 9-15). These dinner events include 20% off the bill. In between specialty dinner events, Elisa’s will throw its annual Halloween Party, with the fun
starting after 10 p.m. on October 31, and its Exotic Week, October 26 through November 1. Chef Telese, who began cooking with his father at the age of 9 - when he owned Villa Carmela in Levittown - and studied at the famed Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, indicated he pulls out “all the stops” for Exotic Week, cooking up alligator, crocodile, ostrich, black bear, venison and other exotic wild game - just for a change of pace – in addition to the restaurant’s famous Italian offerings. Every Easter, Elisa’s puts together goat’s head, tripe, italian easter pie, easter cake, grain cake and a host of other traditional foods loved by Italians for centuries. New to the yearly dinner offerings will be a St. Patrick’s Day dinner, as Chef Telese researches to prepare Irish classics.
BLOCK PARTIES AND BARBECUES Chef Telese speaks with enthusiasm when discussing the catering facility’s newest offering: barbecue parties and block parties.
“I love to party,” he told Your NewsMag, and his new offerings for block parties and barbecues include seven different varieties of gourmet hot dogs, steaks, burgers, ribs, meats, sausage, kebobs, specialty meats, rotisserie, fish, vegetables, clam bakes and whatever else customers can add to the party. And that’s just the foods! For block parties — and other events — Elisa’s provides tents, lighting, tables and chair, balloons, live band music or DJs, and carnival items such as air/water slides, cotton candy, face painting, snow cones, sand art obstacle courses, a chocolate fountain, and several more items. Voted 2013 Restaurant of the Year by Long Island Food Critics, Elisa’s weekly specials include Shrimp Night (Monday), Pasta Night (Tuesday), Chicken Night (Wednesday) and Wine Night (Thursday), in which a special wine is paired with a favorite dish. For a menu, or complete information visit www.elisasrestaurant.com, or call 679-4805.
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Something to wine about…
How long can I keep drinking that bottle of wine after I’ve opened it? By Linda Delmonico Prussen
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question I’m often asked about wine is: “How long can I keep drinking that bottle of wine after I’ve opened it?” It will probably not be as long as you think. Or rather, you shouldn’t … really. Wine once opened should be drunk within three days. Four is pushing it. A week is not good. Interestingly, a wine open for a day may taste better the second day, as oxygen helps to open the wine’s flavors and bouquet. But after three days, the changes tend to be unpleasant. Are there ways to keep wines fresher for longer? Yes and no. There are inventions in the marketplace claiming to work. I once had a device that pumps the air out of open bottles. There are other, newer devices being marketed for a variety of prices. But the general consensus thus far is most of these methods don’t extend the shelf life of open wine by much. Putting wine, even red wine, in the fridge can give you an extra day or so. If the wine is red, just take it out of the refrigerator a few hours before you want to enjoy it.
But what should someone who wants only a glass of wine at a time do? First, don’t buy magnums to get a good price. It’s not good a price if the wine isn’t drinkable, and it’s not saving money if you have to dump out the remaining wine in the bottle. Consider boxed wines. No longer unanimously frowned upon, many boxed wines actually have good reputations. Ask at your local wine stores which ones customers like best. Boxed wines boast freshness lasting at least four weeks after opening, because of their seal. You could buy single-serving wines. I was recently served Copa Di Vino chardonnay when I was out and didn’t expect much. I was pleasantly surprised. These single-serving wines come in a plastic glass and are easy to transport, and are perfect for summer picnics and times near a pool or on a boat where glass can be a hazard. There are also single-serve boxes, and single-serve bottles. The quality can vary widely. Ask a knowledgeable wine store employee for his or her suggestions on which are best.
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