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hen 58-year-old North Merokian resident Henry Hey, who graduated Calhoun High School in 1977, entered the hospital to correct a circulation problem in a toe in his left foot, he was told by his doctor it would be a three-hour procedure in which he could return home after no more than a week. But what happened to him next turned his world and those of his loved ones completely upside down and into a nightmare that will affect them rest of their lives. Walking into the hospital on two solid legs on June 13, after surgery he instead spent the entire summer engulfed in setback after setback until finally leaving the hospital on Labor Day in a wheelchair, missing both legs above the knees. Henry could never have envisioned undergoing seven surgeries and three amputations – and leave without his legs. “The doctor said I gave consent for these operations,

and I gave consent for only the last two, and that consent not to remove my legs," Henry told Your NewsMag in an interview. His long-time girlfriend Donna Becker, a 1982 Kennedy graduate and faux finisher, said she did not have the legal power to have the operations stopped. “He had five operations in three days,” Becker said with exasperation, and he must have still been under the effects of sedation, so “how could he have given consent?” Now back home, Henry sat uncomfortably in his wheelchair for this interview. Becker showed the rope dangling down from the ceiling above the bed Henry now needs to grab to lift up from being on his back just to sit upright. “I can still feel my legs, they are called phantom legs,” he said. “So, once I’m upright in bed, I have to think carefully about not just stepping down toward the floor.” “But,” he admits, “It has happened.”

As Henry grapples with the frightening new reality of living in a world without legs the rest of his life, a slow transformation is also occurring – he displays a remarkably positive disposition. “He is tremendous source of strength for me and others, and is very strong willed,” said Becker, who has been his main companion and life partner for eight years. “He is also an inspiration to many more,” she added. Through this harrowing ordeal, Henry appears to have lost none of his natural sense of humor. “I told the nurse one day that I had misplaced my legs, and didn’t know where I had put them,” he told Your NewMag of his time in hospital. Or, when Becker, who also spent the summer with him in the hospital, fell asleep in his bed one night, he said to a new nurse on the floor who didn’t know Becker: “I woke up and there was a girl in my bed, but I like her and I think I’ll keep her!”

“That’s a classic reaction formation,” remarked Dr. Philip Corsello, a clinical psychologist of cognitive behavior in private practice who explained that the development of humor (to laugh at) under such a circumstance is a defense mechanism working to dispel his anger and despair, which will help him keep depression away. Being a union carpenter who has, along with Becker, worked tirelessly to help others in times in need, friends have donated their time to help build a new deck in his North Merrick home that includes a platform elevator to reach to the ground for better access, have widened all the doorways so he can easily navigate through them in his wheelchair, and have raised the height of his recliner so he can more easily sit in and get out. His son Henry Jr. lowered the legs of the bed. Becker said the carpenters also gutted the bathroom to the studs and

Henry Hey and Donna Becker rebuilt it to make it handicap accessible – while he was still in the hospital. "We are extremely grateful for all of our friends’ help at this time,” Becker said. “Thank you.” Meanwhile, several other family, friends and neighbors have been equally helpful in doing various jobs around the house, such as cleaning up after construction and shopping to improve his circumstance. He has learned just as quickly what he believes he will need to return to a normal mobile life, one that offers the freedom to move about at will, free of the restrictions he feels cur[CONT. ON PAGE 7]

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North Bellmore Resident Named District Governor of County Lions Clubs

ina Lanci of North Bellmore, who has served in several capacities on the Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District and North Bellmore School District Boards of Education, as well as president of the Bellmore Lions Club, was named this past July as District Governor of Lions Clubs of Nassau County and Bermuda. Her many years of service to the county Lions Clubs, in addition to her own work in the Bellmore Lions Club, led to her election on July 1. “I feel very honored and privileged to be elected to serve as the District Governor,” she told Your NewsMag. Lions’ leaders throughout the county, in addition to public officials and others, had encouraged Lanci throughout the years to work toward the position of District Governor of District 20k-2. Preparing for such a role included special training, holding more responsible offices and working with several offices around the county on membership programs, for example.

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She noted that the dynamics of Lionism are changing. “Members used to be busi-

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nessmen,” she said, but no more. Now there are more women in Lions Clubs, in addition to more youth. In fact, a new group of Leos, youthful Lions, has developed recently at Mepham High School. Now as District Governor, her job will include being front-and-center in promoting international themes, promoting other district’s themes, and promoting the office of president. “I will now be able to oversee 38 Lions Clubs in the county, as well as those in Bermuda, which includes over 1250 Lions.” Current Bellmore Lions Club President Camulla Raia said of Lanci’s election, “She's the best. She’s very ambitious, and great at what she does.”

Roy Weinman, Bellmore Lion’s Club member for decades, called Lanci “A great leader who does the work of 100.” James Emrich, Bellmore Lions Clube leader for 35 years, called Lanci “A great asset to our club.” Bellmore Lions Club member Josephine Parlagreco added that Lanci is “a role model for everyone.” Calling Lionism a non-political humanitarian endeavor that helps people by encouraging them, she finds her membership and way of life in the Lions Club “to be very rewarding” in the way it can help people to do things for the benefit of their communities.

Lanci has also earned several awards, among then the Town of Hempstead’s Pathfinder Volunteer Award and the Bellmore-Merrick Unified Secondary Teachers Friend of Education Award. She has also been president of the Community Parent Center of the Bellmores and Merricks, and has earned awards within the Lions, such as the Presidential Medal, the Membership Advancement Award and the Year Round Growth Award. Away from the trappings of a successful career is civics, Lanci focuses on finance and accounting for a local union shop, and is treasurer of the Charitable Corporation, affliated with her professional career. While being raised in Mineola, she has called Bellmore her home for most of her life, having raised a daughter Gabriella. Gabriella came up through the Bellmore school system and is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, and is a charter member of the LI Unity Club. Lanci lives with her husband, Richard. Begun in 1917, Lions Club International is the world’s largest service club organization, with over 1.35 million members.

Local Schools to Implement Security against Active Shooters

onsidered an instantaneous pro-active method designed to thwart active shooters from injuring students, teachers and administrators during school hours, the Nassau County Police Department is implementing a technology system in conjunction with school districts that allows school administrators to simply press an icon on their smartphones that alerts police at the highest levels to respond immediately to neutralize the threat. By linking to a school’s security cameras within the building to see what is going on at any moment, the communications division of the police department will also be able to lock and unlock doors in order to enter a specific doorway of the building and challenge any threats. “It’s the most exciting piece of technology” yet because it’s in real time, Dr. Dominick Palma, superintendent of the Merrick School District, told Your NewsMag. He remarked that it takes the panic button FOP concept offered by the police department recently to a more specific level by not simply activating an alarm but by permitting police to see what is actually taking place with-

in the building in real time as the action occurs. Contractual obligations had bogged down implementation of the panic button, Dr. Palma explained. He said the Merrick School District was part of an early pilot program in 2015 that created the technological links. He said that as part of a safety committee at the county police level, Chief of Department Steve Skrynecki was critical to developing the outreach after it was determined by technology vendor IntraLogic that it had sufficient capability for real-time mobile communications be-

tween schools and police communications departments. “Chief of Department Skrynecki is to be commended for the work he has done,” Dr. Palma continued. Skrynecki intends to leave the Nassau County Police Department in January for a job with the Southampton Police Department. Dr. Palma said that, while an administrator would still call 911, the mobile app would automatically steer the call to the police communications command center, bringing up an alert that a crime was being committed. Because the county police department and several school districts already have “memorandums of understanding” that permit police access to school security cameras inside and outside the schools, school cameras would be activated on a control panel and could determine precisely where the shooter is in the school.

James Saitta, director of school facilities at the North Merrick School District, told Your NewsMag the system complements several new security measures the school has put in place over the last several years, including placing cameras at select spots. In the process of uploading still photos of classrooms into the system, he cautioned that not all schools have cameras in their classrooms, and that the bulk of security cameras are located in areas where large crowds gather, such as doorways and gymnasiums, and hallways. “By loading photos of school classrooms,” he continued, “police on the ground going toward the threat are informed of what is in the classroom, what its layout looks like and where a perpetrator could hide.” Depending upon the type of doors a school has – such as heavy-laden doors with remote wireless capabilities, they could be remotely opened to allow police stealth access to surprise the shooter. “Remote access doors could be unlocked in the area where the shooter is,” without having to ram and break [CONT. ON PAGE 6]

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☞ TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGES 2-8: NEWS

Community rallies to help North Merokian, North Bellmore resident named director of county Lions Clubs, local schools to implement active shooter security, guarding against IRS phone scams, welcoming new member to Merrick chamber

PAGE 10: FEATURE

New District Curriculums Engage Students in Challenging Career Paths

The Bellmore-Merrick Central High School District’s new CHAMP and Broadcasting Communications programs could help students find a career.

PAGES 12 AND 16: SCENES FROM THE BELLMORE AND MERRICK STREET FAIRS PAGE 14: PREPARING FOR THE JEWISH NEW YEAR

PAGES 18 AND 19: 9/11 MEMORIALS

“They whom we love and lost are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever we are.”

PAGE 20: HEALTH MATTERS

Keeping kids healthy throughout the school year

PAGE 22: LETTER

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A Wonderful Way To Begin The Fall Were you at the Fair? Merrick and Bellmore family festivals were jam-packed with great entertainment, games, rides, crafts … just good old-fashioned family fun. It's nice to see so many neighbors out enjoying the day walking through the town. Many of our local businesses had booths and were available to share information about what they do and offer the community. Your NewsMag was there taking photos for you to enjoy. Never to be forgotten are the Bellmore/Merrick community members that lost their lives in the terrorist attack on 9-11. Fifteen years later, we ask you to read the list of those that perished simply trying to earn an honest day’s work, and expecting to come home to their families at the end of the day. The lives of the families that lost loved ones are forever changed. Throughout the towns there are several dedications to the brave men and woman who paid the ultimate sacrifice to help their fellow neighbors. My heart goes out to the families that experience such great loss, and to the many who are still suffering from illnesses related to the attack. The Merrick Kiwanis Club will once again be establishing their annual Field of Honor, to bring the Community’s attention to our Armed Forces current and past and truly celebrate Veterans Day. They are selling flags for $5 each, which will be displayed at Monument Park (intersection of Merrick Avenue and Little Whaleneck Road) across from Camp Ave school. There will be a sign displaying the names of all enrolled. The flags and sign will be on display from November 1 to November 15. All profits will be donated to a local Veterans group. Flags are available to purchase through to October 20. After many years of community service, North Bellmore resident Nina Lanci became District Governor of Nassau County Lions Clubs. Longtime Bellmore Lions’ members look forward to Nina's leadership. The Lions Club International is the world’s largest service club organization, with over 1.35 million members. Security is at the top of our minds these days and our school districts are on the cutting edge of technology to keep our kids safe. Learn about the new in-

stantaneous real-time security system using an app on a smartphone. The police will also be able to remotely lock and unlock doors to contain a threat. School security camera systems will be linked to the police so they can see directly into the classrooms if needed. The school year is off to a great start as the Central High School District offers new culinary and broadcast communications career path options. The culinary program is at Kennedy High School, and Mepham is home to the broadcasting communications program. If you are not zoned for these schools, there is still opportunity within the district to change your "home school" so you can participate in the program. Rabbi Shimon Kramer from the Chabad Center for a Jewish Life shares an interesting story about the Shofar, the horn blown on the festival of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The Jewish high holidays are just around the corner. If you are not affiliated with a synagogue but would like to attend a holiday service, look for the schedule of services open to the community. Your NewsMag is delivered to every home in the Merricks and Bellmores free of charge because you live here and are part 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. Join us on Facebook to see more photos of community events and visit www.yournewsmag.com for updates throught the month. I hope you enjoy the September issue of Your NewsMag. To all, a wish for a wonderful year filled with good health, peace and happiness. L'Shana Tovah Jill Bromberg PUBLISHER 516-633-8590 Jill@YourNewsMag.com

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ew York Senator Michael Venditto, chairman of the Senate Consumer Protection Committee, is addressing constituents’ concerns regarding consumer fraud scams by holding free Scam Prevention Forums throughout his district. The program, in partnership with the New York State Department of State Division of Consumer Protection, informs residents about the dangers of scams and ways to avoid becoming a victim. Participants also learn how to recognize and protect themselves against consumer fraud.

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down doors to get in. “That gives a shooter an advantage because he now knows where the police are.” He said doors featuring remote access will be on several school budgets in the future. He said that the beauty of the new mobile app is its real-time application which will save lives because police get the information instantaneously and respond in real time. “Time saved means lives saved,” he concluded. Dr. Joe Famularo, superintendent of schools for the Bellmore School District, and president of the Nassau County Council of School Superintendents, told Your NewsMag "Any way we can improve communications with the police will be of greater benefit to everyone." He said the new

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mobile app would help police get access to the school's cameras quickly, and even provide for access to its doors. School districts such as Bellmore, North Bellmore, Merrick and North Merrick were said to be working to have the app up-andrunning by the end of September.

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Residents have recently been voicing their concerns about IRS scam phone calls. In response, the IRS issued a consumer alert and has provided tips to help protect against these con artists pretending to be IRS employees. Five things the IRS will never do: • Call to demand immediate payment, nor will they call about taxes owed without first having mailed you a bill • Demand that you pay taxes without giving you the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they say you owe • Require you to use a specific payment method for your taxes, such as a prepaid debit card • Ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone

• Threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for not paying If you get a phone call from someone claiming to be from the IRS and asking for money, here’s what you should do: • If you know you owe taxes or think you might owe, call the IRS at 1.800.829.1040. The IRS workers can help you with a payment issue • If you know you don’t owe taxes or have no reason to believe that you do, report the incident to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 1.800.366.4484 or at www.tigta.gov • You can file a complaint using the FTC Complaint Assistant; choose “Other” and then “Imposter Scams.” If the complaint involves someone impersonating the IRS, include the words “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes Remember, too, the IRS does not use unsolicited email, text messages or any social media to discuss your personal tax issue. For more information on reporting tax scams, go to www.irs.gov and type “scam” in the search box. Additional information about tax scams are available on IRS social media sites, including YouTube and Tumblr where people can search “scam” to find all the scam-related posts. For additional information, you can contact the senator’s office at 882-0630.

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job on the Nautical Mile and walks to work every day with the determination to help his father financially. Businesses in the communities have begun speaking of offering services, space or providing donations as giveaways at fundraising events. For example, The Long island Trading Post in Bellmore, Santorini Greek Restaurant, Garfield Pharmacy, Bellmore-Kennedy Alumni, Dr. Gary Morgenstern, RS Jones, Dr. of Pediatrics Erica Schwartz Cohen, and a growing list of other Bellmore and Merrick businesses appear ready to help Henry in some way achieve his goal of being mobile once more. Laura McKinnon, a manager at the Long Island Trading Post, said the post would help Henry with development of handicap accessible ramps and other equipment within his home, and help him get to doctor’s appointments, as examples. Ron Steiger, publicity chairperson for the Kennedy Alumni Association, told Your NewsMag he has already publicized Becker’s need for equipment and contributions toward Henry’s goal of independence, in which he has already taken possession of an electric wheelchair from a former Bellmore alumni as a result. Steiger also helped Becker to set up the Go Fund Me page at www.gofundme. com/2jry4euc/. Comments to Becker and Henry can be made on the GoFundMe page.

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RIBBON CUTTING WELCOMES ART ACADEMY OF LONG ISLAND: The Merrick Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated a ribbon cutting to welcome the Art Academy of Long Island to its growing list of members. From left are state Senator Michael Venditto; Ira Reiter; county Legislator Steve Rhoads; Art Academy of Long Island's owners Gary, James and Joyce Anzalone; Ashley Pappas; Hempstead Town Clerk Nasrin Ahmad; Merrick Chamber of Commerce President Margaret Biegelman; Femy Aziz and Andy Nachamie

LAUGHTER SAVES LIVES: Bellmore resident John Larocchia’s Laughter Saves Lives Foundation will hold a comedy fundraiser at the Freeport Yacht Club on Thursday, September 29, with dinner provided by Rachel's Waterside Grill on the Nautical Mile. The fundraiser raises funds for the families of firefighters who died on 9-11 (see pages 18, 19). Larocchia was a firefighter for Squad 288 Haz Mat Company 1 in Maspeth that lost 19 firefighters that day, including Bellmore resident Adam Rand and Merrick resident Ronnie Gies. For information you can visit www.laughtersaveslives.org … STUFF A TRUCK: New York State Senator Michael Venditto is inviting the local community to participate in the “Stuff-ATruck” Food Drive he is sponsoring at King Kullen in Bellmore, on Saturday, October 15, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Senator Venditto is asking residents and community organizations to help those in need by donating non-perishable food items and supplies. All items collected through the program will be donated to Long Island Cares, which delivers food

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he Central High School District has developed two new popular curriculums modeled after its successful On-Tour program developed in the ‘70s at Calhoun High School that now offer students a career pathway into a vocation without the need to go outside the district to such schools as Barry Tech. The new programs would enable students to also determine during the fouryear curriculum if the programs are worthy to become careers suitable to continue in college, rather than spending tens of thousands of dollars to discover they don’t like the career path. The programs are the Broadcasting Communications program and the Culinary and Hospitality Applied Management Program (CHAMP), with the CHAMP program falling under the broader aegis of Career and Technical Education (CTE) provided by New York State. Ellen Palazzo, Long Island field associate of the CTE Center of New York, told Your NewsMag that the state Board of Regents passed a program designed to provide a platform in which students could blend academics with technical understanding to achieve a more critical real-world education. “Relevance makes the rigor possible,” she said of the focus of the program. By combining academics with technical knowledge, “students are pushed to higher levels of relevance of the subject,” and will ultimately have a deeper understanding of how many things work. Such practical knowledge can help them in determining their career goals in the future. Jon LaRochester, assistant principal at Kennedy High School, remarked that the programs were implemented to take advantage of the $50 million bond issue passed by district residents in late 2013. He said that “Superintendent John DeTommaso wanted to increase technical education” that would act as a career pathway for students into the future – while basing the education right within the school district. The prevailing thought became that the district could save thousands of budgetary dollars each year implementing four-year pathway programs that are otherwise spent sending students to such technical schools as

From left, students Joe Logozzo and Sarah Enella, chef-instructor Michael DiGiovanni, and students Jonathan Schantz, Renata Dabi and Jocelyn Cohn Barry Tech, a Board of Co-operative Educational Services technical school in Westbury, to learn the same vocations.

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The programs permit students enrolled in them to make that school their ‘home school,” even if they don’t live in the same town. A student living in North Merrick enrolling in the CHAMP program who would normally go to Calhoun High School could now make Kennedy their “home turf” for the duration of the program. Or a student living in south Bellmore who would normally go to Kennedy could make Mepham their home school when enrolling in the four-year broadcasting program at Mepham. LaRochester noted that when going to Barry Tech, for example, “students were away from their friends and classmates for a half-day every day.” He said such travel away from their home school could affect their abilities to play in after school sports or to become involved in other school activities. However, the “ideal” scenario of a four-year career pathway will take time to unfold, in which ninth-graders from middle school would start immediately in the program and carry it through for four years. While there are ninth-graders enrolling, most in the classes are now juniors or sophomores, with a smattering of seniors, some taking the course as an elective. The challenge to begin students as early as possible to experience the full benefits of the full four-year curriculum was confronted front-and-center when both the new culinary kitchen at Kennedy and the new broadcasting studio at Mepham could not be fully

Сommercial ovens, fryers, stoves and soup makers are part of the culinary kitchen

functional until this school year. State Education Department permits to build the classes during the summer of 2015 were not given until the mid-summer of 2015, holding up construction of the classes and making them ineligible to open to begin the 2015 school year. Schools instead started new program students in the Family and Consumer Sciences (Home Economics) program at Kennedy or the Film Studies program at Mepham – neither including the newest technologies.

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“People love to eat,” remarked junior Jonathan Schantz in Kennedy’s culinary kitchen, “and I’ve always loved cooking.” He boasts of preparing Thanksgiving Day feasts for his family. “I want to open a bakery,” said sophomore student Sarah Enella, a transfer student from Calhoun living in North Merrick now fully immersed in the new four-year CHAMP program at Kennedy. “I hope to be able to open my own restaurant,” continued sophomore Jocelyn Cohn, who added that by learning the secrets of what it takes to be a chef and learning how to bake, it could finally be a dream within her reach. Speaking to chef-instructor Michael DiGiovanni within the new culinary kitchen on the first floor - complete with three 6-burner commercial ranges, a commercial mixer for baking purposes, a multi-gallon square soup maker and other multi-purpose ovens for heating and cooking, he noted the kitchen was to have been completed last year but construction was held up in summer 2015 as the state Education Department signed off in

mid-summer, too late to begin construction. “This was the Family and Consumer Science classroom last year,” and it worked well enough in accommodating freshmen and sophomores who signed up for the fouryear CHAMP program, continued DiGiovanni. The new culinary kitchen, however, also contains a smaller kitchen toward the back with an electric range and sinks for seniors looking to cook as an elective, and for ADA students. Freshmen signing up last year will go through the complete four-year program, and sophomores and juniors from last year will receive fewer - but equally intensive - years of chef training. This includes a primary focus on baking, bread making, pastry arts and garde manger (salads, terrines and charcuterie) that will provide them with an in-depth understanding of food chemistry. Because of the scientific aspect of the course, students will explore and critically taste ingredients to learn how flavors and textures influence taste. Freshmen starting from “scratch” will receive a basic beginning regimen, such as basic knife skills to training in every kitchen station. They will learn about kitchen safety and equipment, culinary terminology, chef’s math and recipe reading. Students will work with fruits, vegetables, grains, poultry, red meat, seafood and baked goods. Sophomore Renata Dabi, who recited a family history of baking going back to her grandfather, said her father is a baker and she, too wishes to open her own bakery. “I’m excited

to be able to use the commercial grade mixers,” she said. The program will also teach her essential techniques of cakes and chocolate, highlighting key ratios and methods. Students’ abilities will progress through development of all the dough-based products, from delicate strudel to tarts and puff pastries. They will learn to prepare such yeast-raised classics as baguettes, brioche, pizza and bagels. Indeed, during Kennedy’s Homecoming game on Friday, September 30, at 7 p.m., Cohn, Dabi and Enella were expected to be in the culinary kitchen baking “goodies” for sale to everyone in attendance at not only the game, but at the pep rally and festival before the game. Meanwhile, junior Joe Logozzo, claiming he was taught by his family, including ‘Nonie,” says he regularly cooks up breakfasts and dinners for family. Like Schantz, he hopes to take his skillset to the next levels in taking the class, levels that includes knife skills. Particular to the four-year program is that students can take several other classes that complement or co-ordinate with their discipline. Cohn and Enella speak of taking an art class, in which their project(s) can include creating promotional campaigns for restaurants they might develop as part of projects they create in business classes. As CHAMP students, they can take other curriculum classes that will help develop their overall skills toward a career pathway, said LaRochester.

MEPHAM’S BROADCASTING COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM

Assistant Principal Marie Netto, former English chairperson at Mepham High School, told Your NewsMag she was watching television news one day “and saw a field largely underrepresented in secondary education.” She recognized how far the field had indeed evolved, and began almost immediately researching schools around the country to determine if any schools actually had implemented broadcasting communications programs as part of their curriculums.

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She found many, and visited several of them before concluding it could be a good fit for its already established college media course and its film studies program. She approached the administration with the idea, and with it began the district’s Broadcasting Communications Program. Located on the second floor, the broadcast studio features 30 iMac screens, with 24 workstations for students to learn film editing, special effects, lighting and cropping using the Adobe Suite. There are three broadcast cameras, including one teleprompter to read from. Six workstations fill the control room. Mary Donnelly, chairperson of the school’s English Department, said that freshmen will begin the four-year curriculum in Broadcast Communications 1, which will thoroughly familiarize them with editing and lighting techniques, sound recordings and editing, as examples. During their sophomore year, students will then take Broadcast Communications II. Many sophomores, juniors and even seniors who signed up for the broadcast program last year, are now taking the course this year.

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From left, student Ronnie Gibney, Assistant Principal Marie Netto, assistant Matt Russell, broadcast teacher Filiz Cooney, English Department Chair Mary Donnelly and student MIke O'Brien. “In this class,” continued Donnelly, “students will learn interview techniques, journalistic etiquette, more advanced journalism” and will even be able to create their own news packages for possible dissemination over school communications devices. Netto then remarked that Broadcast Communications III, the fourth year of the curriculum - which will include instruction in advanced production techniques, interview techniques, and graphics design, and in which students will produce a short film and documentary - was still in the developmental stages, and would be ready soon.

The teaching studio, with broadcast cameras and a teleprompter ...

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Juniors Ronnie Gibney and Mike O’Brien, who were chums during elementary years, told Your NewsMag that they both enrolled in the broadcast program in some measure because of their early experiences in grade school in working together to videotape their own lives and things around them, and edit their “work” for others to see. Now, O’Brien looks to a career in sports broadcasting, in which he will be able to report on football and baseball, among his favorite sports. He remains eager and receptive to learn what he can of broadcasting and interviewing techniques, and

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even hopes to be able to intern at some production houses during the summers. Gibney wants to “expand all that I know” to provide himself with tools to help toward more successful career opportunities. Because his father Tim Gibney was a former Bellmore Fire District Fire Chief, son Ronnie knows the ins and outs of firefighting, giving him an “insider’s” look at the world of firefighting – and perhaps an opportunity to develop a documentary revealing the definitive story of the fire department. Freshman Spenser Matthis, while living in south Bellmore, has now

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made Mepham his home school in enrolling in the four-year curriculum, rather than Kennedy. “It’s a brand new class, I’d like to see where it goes,” he remarked. Saying it could help him with a career path, he added, “I might like to be a sportscaster, or make videos.” He noted that in going to Grand Avenue Middle School, he made friends that went to both Kennedy and Mepham upon leaving GAMS, so he feels at home at Mepham. Juieann Erhard, also a freshman, already calls it one of her favorite classes. “It seems very interesting, and all this new technology will be a good learning experience for the future,” she concluded. Among teachers teaching the class this year are Stu Stein, who has worked at WNYC-TV in New York, and Comedy Central, where he wrote comedy. Matt Russell is an assistant who has worked in computer art and design, and worked in Hollywood, in behind-the-scenes productions. Teacher Filiz Cooney is in her 16th year at Mepham, and helped write the curriculum in broadcasting communications.

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group of children hollowed, drilled and sanded horns of rams to form primitive-looking trumpets that usher in the Jewish New Year. No, this is not a tale of ancient Hebrews. This was a group of Long Island kids in 2016. The finished product, a horn called a “Shofar,” is sounded on the festival of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This is no sophisticated instrument. Millennia ago, the Jewish nation did indeed have musical trumpets, blown at various designated times, which did produce beautiful tones. On Rosh Hashanah, one the holiest days of the year for Jews, it is specifically this simple horn they are commanded to blow. If you have ever heard a shofar, its sound will probably not seem the type to be heard in a philharmonic orchestra. It’s flat and relatively monotone; inflexible and not particularly beautiful. It is interesting and thought-provoking that this instrument is chosen, rather than a more musical, enjoyable and perhaps inspirational instrument. The sound of the shofar is simple. It signifies the cry from the depths of the soul, a modest, unassuming call out to G-d, from His

children, as an infant calls out to his mother. The Jewish New Year is not just a mark on the calendar. It is the anniversary of the world’s completion 5777 years ago. On this day, the Jewish people re-dedicate themselves to G-d, their Father, and commit to bettering themselves, their relationships with their friends and neighbors, as well as the world around us. The shofar encapsulates the spirit of selflessness and unity that this entails. It is the cry of a baby, not dependent on talent, smarts or popularity. The cry of a baby is not particularly pleasing to listen to. When the shofar is blown, Jews are expressing their unity as a community; they are all one, all equal, crying out to our Father in heaven. They hope that, as a merciful parent hears the hysterical cries of a child, He will respond in kind. The children had the opportunity to appreciate this timeless tradition firsthand. At the Shofar Factory, it was more than an arts and crafts project. They experienced making a shofar in 2016 – the very same horn that Jews have been making for thousands of years. They also enjoyed a presentation where various animal horns were displayed and the meaning behind the shofar was explained.

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ach year, the date of September 11 brings a stirring sadness to the communities, a sobering reminder of our generation’s “day of infamy” in which we lost hundreds of our mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles … and our friends. Many whom we lost rushed into harm’s way to save countless others, only to pay the supreme sacrifice themselves. And they went to save those whose sacrifice was only to provide a better way of life for their families. And everyone sacrificed something …

September 2016 | Vol.3 №11 These pages are dedicated to those who we lost on that day – 15 years past, though they live on in the permanent memorials we see all around us, wherever we go. As St. John Chrysostom (347-407), Archbishop of Constantinople, once inscribed: “They whom we love and lost are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever we are.” Their memories – and their memorials – are there wherever we are in the communities. Here is a listing of those in the community we loved and lost – and where some of their memorials can be seen.

BELLMORE: • Lawrence Ira Beck, 38 years old, worked for Cantor Fitzgerald, Tower I • Gary R. Box, 37 years old, FDNY • Michael Joseph Cawley, 32 years old, FDNY • Joni Cesta, 37 years old, A.L. Sarroff Lic, Tower II • William Esposito, 51 years old, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tower I • Bruce Henry Gary, 51 years old, FDNY • Manuel D. Mojica Jr., 37 years old, FDNY • Kevin M. Prior, 28 years old, FDNY • Adam David Rand, 30 years old, FDNY • Karen Helene Schmidt 42 years old, IQ Financial Systems, Tower II • Andrew J. Stern, 41 years old, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tower II • Lonny Jay Stone, 42 years old, Carr Futures, Tower I • Michael Andrew Tamuccio, 37 years old, Fred Alger Management, Tower I • Steven Weinberg, 41 years old, Baseline Financial Services, Tower II MERRICK: • Herman Charles Broghammer, 58 years old, Aon Corp., Tower II • Ronnie E. Gies, 43 years old, FDNY • David Joseph Grimner, 51 years old, Marsh & McLennan, Tower II • Aram Iskenderian, 41 years old, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tower I • Sean Patrick Lynch, 36 years old, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tower I • Katherine Marie McGarry-Noack, 30 years old, Telekurs USA, Tower I • Brian Edward Sweeney, 29 years old, FDNY • John Damien Vaccacio, 30 years old, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tower I • Frank J. Vignola Jr., 44 years old, Cantor Fitzgerald, Tower I

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