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Vol. 77, No. 47

FROM TINY SEEDS TO MIGHTY TREES

School district hires new bus service for students BY GARY SIMEONE

Kindergarteners at Dutch Lane Elementary School in the Hicksville Public School District planted the “seeds of success” during the annual kinder-garden planting ceremony. As part of the tradition, the students performed a song for their parents and planted tulip bulbs in the garden alongside the school, signifying the planting of the tiny seeds of citizenship, respect, responsibility, curiosity, and knowledge. The ritual will continue in the spring, when fifth-graders will commemorate the garden by planting a stone prior to transitioning to the middle school.

Photos courtesy of Hicksville Public Schools

School play recalls tragedy BY GARY SIMEONE

It has been almost twenty years since the brutal murder of Laramie, Wyoming resident Matthew Shepard. Now a group of Hicksville students are honoring his name by performing in a play called The Laramie Project, which was featured this past weekend at Hicksville High School. The play was originally put together by director Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Project. Matthew Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who, in 1998, was beaten, tortured, and left to die in a barren field by two assailants who attacked him

because of his homosexuality. Five days later, he succumbed to his injuries in a nearby hospital. “This play has 75 characters who were involved at the time in this tragedy, played by twenty of our students,” said Caitlin Cassidy, Theater Director at the High School. “The students reenact the actual interviews from people in the Town and the testimony from the perpetrators during the trial.” She said that the two and a half hour play is emotional and tragic and that there is something to be learned in how we treat other people and accept each other’s difSee page 10

At last Wednesday’s Hicksville Board of Education meeting, it was decided that the district would hire a new busing company for students. The decision was made after a two week long strike by Baumann & Sons Buses Inc. which effected four school district’s in Nassau County including Hicksville. “Something needed to be done because we needed to get our students to School on time,” said School Superintendent, Dr. Carl Bonuso. “We have approved a transportation contract with EBT (Educational Bus Transportation) which will become effective on Monday, November 20th.” Dr. Bonuso said that the district had employed the services of EBT in the past and that there were never any issues of performance from the bus company. The Union strike from Baumann & Sons started in early November and has effected four major school districts in the County including Hicksville, Rockville Centre, Baldwin and Free-

port. Nearly 20,000 students were effected by the strike and students have had to find alternative means of transportation in order to get to and from school. “It has been a challenging time for our community and I’m sure for the other communities that have been effected by the strike “ said Marcy Tannenbaum, Assistant Superintendent for Business in the district. “The Board voted to sign this contract with EBT, who we have been involved with in the past and who have always proven reliable.” She said that during the duration of the strike, school administration did their best to accommodate both parents and students by extending school hours in the morning and evening. “We had staff, teachers and administrators in by 6:30 in the morning and the district also had parent dropoffs up to 6:30 in the evening,” said Tannenbaum. She added that the new pickup and dropoff schedule would still be in place this week as both students and parents adjust to the new bus schedule.

Hicksville bond passes

The Hicksville Public School District administration and Board of Education would like to thank the community for supporting the bond referendum on Nov. 14. Both propositions, which carry no additional tax impact to taxpayers, passed with overwhelming support. Proposition One, which passed 822 to 256, will bond approximately $26.8 million in order to perform necessary facilities and educational upgrades for the students and community. These

include roof replacements, library media centers, the addition of technology rooms, and heating, air conditioning, and electrical system upgrades districtwide. Proposition Two, which passed 700 to 375, authorizes the district to construct an Aquatic Center, featuring an indoor swimming pool and related additions, including a lobby, lavatory, locker facilities, paved parking lot, and machinery.

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Knights of Columbus New Years Eve

The Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus will hold its New Year’s Eve Party on Sunday, December 31st from 8:00 pm to 1:00 am. Doors open 7:30 pm Cost $35 per person - $70 per couple Music: New DJ Enjoy an open bar, hot dinner, dessert, and coffee. Bring your own snacks and noisemakers. Casual attire. Limit 180 people. The party has sold

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out the last 5 years. Reservations are required. Absolutely no money will be accepted at the door. Please make checks payable to: “Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus” by Dec 23rd. Call Brian 516-457-6190 The Knights of Columbus Hall is located at 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville, NY 11801.

Crafts Market at St. Bernard’s St. Bernard’s Church will be hosting a Craft Market on Saturday, November 25, from 9 AM to 4 PM The market will be held indoors at St. Bernard’s School, 3100 Hempstead Turnpike, Levittown. Admission is free and the market is

open to the public There will be over 70 crafts and gifts vendors. All new merchandise. Fresh wreaths available. For more information, please email craftmarket@verizon.net

What’s Happening November 27

The book The Dinner will be the topic of the “Book To Film” discussion at 12 noon at the Hicksville Public Library, followed by a screening of the film, starring Richard Gere. The movie runs 120 minutes and is rated R.

November 28

The TOB Home Improvement Assistance Program, for income-eligible senior homeowners over the age of 60, will be discussed at 2 p.m. at the Hicksville Public Library.

November 29

Jim Coll will lead a monthly program on “Current Events” at the Hicksville

Public Library at 1 p.m. A series of Zumba classes at the Hicksville Public Library will begin this evening at 6 p.m. and run through January 31. Advanced registration is required. Tina Geller will be at the Hicksville Public Library at 7:15 p.m. to teach children ages 9 to 12 “Studio Art”, involving sketching, color blending & how to create an amazing winter painting.

November 30

“Fighting the Opioid & Heroin Epidemic” is the topic of a lecture by Nassau County Police Department Detective Pam Stark, to be held at the Hicksville Public Library at 7 p.m. Compiled by Meg Meyer

Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Debbie Rifkin (middle) with Local Workforce Development and Business Relations Representatives Lorie Boyd (left) and Taniqua Hunter (right). Due to their collaboration with the Long Island Working Partnership to accommodate an employee with disabilities, the Levittown Public Schools was recently awarded by the Adult Career and Continuing Education ServicesVocational Rehabilitation, for October’s National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The ACCES-VR, which is under the New York State Education Department, traveled across the state to celebrate and recognize local businesses investing in their local human resources and providing the opportunity for skilled workers to contribute to their communities, earn a living wage and have meaningful careers.

The district was among those recognized for demonstrating their commitment and understanding that all individuals deserve to participate and be included in their communities, starting with the opportunity to earn a living wage and be employed. “This award was accepted with pride as the Levittown School District was the only school district recognized at the ceremony,” said Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Debbie Rifkin. “This is just one example of how we work as a community to meet the needs of all of our students and staff members.”

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John F. Kennedy Middle School students in the Bethpage School District recently participated in Soaring Eagles Day, an annual character education program at the school. Kicking off the day, students in grades 6-8 attended two assemblies, “Everyday Hero” by Chris Poulos and “Creating the Champion Within” by Molly Kennedy, where they learned about positive mindset thinking, perseverance, self-discipline, and responsibility. Following that, teachers adminis-

tered a variety of classroom lessons, during which students shared their reactions to the assemblies, played team building games, and wrote inspirational messages to athletes of the Special Olympics, which the district will host in May. The day concluded with a pep rally in the gymnasium, where the students cheered for and applauded the middle school athletic teams.

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Drawing a smile on Thoughtful Thursday

As part of Thoughtful Thursday, a schoolwide community service initiative, students of Central Boulevard Elementary School in the Bethpage School District drew colorful pictures for Color A Smile. According to its website, every month the nonprofit organization dis-

tributes thousands of cheerful crayon drawings created by volunteers of all ages and abilities to senior citizens, troops overseas and anyone in need of a smile. The day kicked off with faculty and administrators distributing Thoughtful Thursday T-shirts to students and staff.

Central Boulevard Elementary School students created inspiring messages for the nonprofit Color A Smile.

The new shirts reflect the school’s motto of choosing kindness, believing in oneself and standing up to bullying. The district thanks the Central Boulevard PTA for providing every student with a shirt.

Wearing their new gear, students in grades K-3 colored in pictures for the nonprofit group, while older students wrote positive messages and drew colorful illustrations.

Sporting his new “Thoughtful Thursday” T-shirt, a Central Boulevard Elementary School student drew a happy face to put a smile on someone’s face.

As part of Thoughtful Thursday at Central Boulevard Elementary School, students created colorful pictures for the nonprofit Color A Smile.

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Kindness conquers all at Levittown middle schools

Wisdom Lane and Jonas E. Salk middle school students in Levittown Public Schools recently heard from motivational speaker and cofounder of the ReesSpecht Life Foundation, Richard Specht. The assemblies, titled “Cultivate Kindness” coincided with both the middle schools’ curriculums on kindness and the students’ summer reading book Pay it Forward by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Specht, a former eighth-grade science teacher, created the ReesSpecht Life Foundation after the accidental death of his two-year-old son Richard Edwin-Ehmer Specht, also known as “Rees,” days before Hurricane Sandy hit Long Island. Specht spoke to the students about how his whole world changed that day. Students learned about the power of a simple act of kindness through the eyes of Specht who told them about his personal experience after the death of his son. Strangers reached out to help him, without expecting anything in return. Due to the generosity that others were showing the Specht family, they wanted to pay it forward. The family vowed to do 500 acts of kindness and created pay it forward cards in memory of Rees. That is when the foundation was formed, urging others to participate in their own acts of kindness. Specht also spoke about bullying and the importance of being respectful to

others. Showing his passion for science, Specht used colorful liquids in beakers to represent how quickly one person can impact another. “You have the power to raise others up or bring them down,” said Specht. “I think you know which one you want to use. That is the definition of respect. When you do that, you respect yourselves first, you respect others second, and of course most of all, you respect life.” In addition, the students heard from author Catherine Ryan Hyde through a video message about why she decided on the age of 12 for her main character in her book Pay it Forward and stressed to students that they can make a difference in the world. Both Hyde and Specht reinforced the power of a chain of kindness. At the conclusion of the assemblies, Specht handed out pay it forward cards and encouraged the students to find ways to show kindness to others, adding to the already 470,000 acts of kindness that has been documented through the foundation. In March, the students will participate in a multimedia awards show called “Lights, Camera, Kindness,” where they will share their pay it forward stories through 60-second videos.

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Richard Specht spoke to middle school students in Levittown about “cultivating kindness.”

ReesSpecht Life Foundation cofounder Richard Specht with Wisdom Lane seventh-graders Annina Saccomanno (left) and Nabiha Khan (right).

Jonas E. Salk Middle School eighth graders with ReesSpecht Life Foundation cofounder Richard Specht, Principal John Zampaglione and English Language Arts Director Kerin Slattery.

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School play recalls tragedy

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ferences. Last Thursday, Matthew’s parents, Dennis and Judy Shepard, came to speak to a select group of students during an early morning assembly at the school. They spoke about Matthew’s life and death and what messages could be taken from the senseless killing of their son. “In October of 1998, our 21 year old son, Matthew was in his last year at the University of Wyoming,” said Judy Shepard. “He was a bright, smart kid who was openly gay and part of the rainbow LBGT movement at the school.” She said that one night, he was out at a local tavern when two other students, pretending to be gay, decided to lure him into their truck to rob and beat him. “He was an easy target because of his diminutive size, and he was trusting in other people, always seeing the good in them,” said Shepard. Matthew ended up being tied to a fencepost in a nearby field where he

was severely beaten and left for dead. He was taken to a local hospital where he had eighteen wounds and four skull fractures. Five days later he died from his injuries. Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson, students at the University of Wyoming, were convicted in the killing of Matthew Shepard and both received two consecutive life sentences as a result of his murder. Judy said that the two men decided that Matthew had no right to live because he was different from other people. “What happened to Matt is something that happens when hate goes unchecked. In the 1990’s, it was very hard to be gay and out. It was not as accepted as it is now.” As a result of Matthew’s death, his family formed the Matthew Shepard Foundation, which serves to erase hate by replacing it with understanding, compassion and acceptance. Dennis Shepard said the Foundation

Dennis and Judy Shepard, parents of Matthew Shepard with students from Hicksville High School

helps kids talk to their parents about feelings they may have and also serves to help parents accept their gay children. “Our main message is really about safety, security, equity, and equality

for all.” The Laramie Project was performed in the High School’s auditorium, Friday, Saturday and Sunday night at 7 p.m.

Focus on fire safety at Charles Campage School

In recognition of October as National Fire Prevention Month, members of the Bethpage Fire Department visited students at Charles Campagne Elementary School in the Bethpage School District to educate them about general fire safety. The local firefighters discussed their uniforms, the proper way to stop, drop and roll, and how they search homes during a fire. They explained the importance of formulating a safe escape route and designating meeting places should a fire occur in their home, and concluded the assembly by answering students’ questions.

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Members of the Bethpage Fire Department recently visited students at Charles Campagne Elementary School to teach them about general fire safety.

Charles Campagne Elementary School students learned about firefighting equipment during an assembly led by members of the Bethpage Fire Department.

During a fire prevention assembly at Charles Campagne Elementary School, members of the Bethpage Fire Department demonstrated how firefighters search homes during a fire.

November 24, 2017

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Holidays in New York, Most Enchanting Time of the Year

The Radio City Rockettes perform the famous Wooden Soldiers routine © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

By Karen Rubin New York City’s most magical time of the year, the winter holiday season, is already underway with the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, continues with the iconic Christmas Tree lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center, and constantly delights with festivals, special events and attractions, and all the dazzle of holiday decorations right through New Year’s Day. Throughout the season, each of the city’s five boroughs welcome multicultural guests to participate in local observances of diverse holidays. Secular activities include unforgettable department store windows, artisanal markets to explore, plus attractions and cultural draws. The season concludes by welcoming in the New Year with lesser-known fireworks at Prospect Park in Brooklyn and, of course, the unforgettable New Year’s Eve ball drop in Times Square. “New York City is a sight to behold during the festive annual holiday season—it’s a time of year when world-class hotels, attractions and shops sparkle and shine brighter, offering six million global visitors a truly memorable travel experience,” said Fred See page D2

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It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas: Holidays in New York, Most Enchanting Time of the Year Continued from page D1 Dixon, President and CEO of NYC & Company, the official destination marketing organization for the City of New York. Here’s an overview of what to see and do by borough: MANHATTAN

A horse-drawn carriage ride down Fifth Avenue © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

Saks Fifth Avenue turns its entire building into a light-and-sound show for the holidays © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

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Holiday favorite ELF The Musical is in performance at the Theater at Madison Square Garden for a limited engagement. Back by popular demand, the production runs December 13–29 (theateratmsg.com). The Metropolitan Opera presents a family-friendly holiday extravaganza, The Magic Flute. Directed by Julie Taymor (The Lion King), the abridged English language presentation is a great introduction to opera for children. Additionally, those attending the December 29 and 30 performances will be invited to participate in activities, including opera-themed “dress-up” and “showand-tell” (metopera.org). The Metropolitan Museum of Art once again lights a 20-foot blue spruce above an 18th-century Neapolitan nativity scene, in the museum’s Medieval Sculpture Hall. The Exhibit of the Crèche is a longstanding holiday highlight for New Yorkers and global visitors and is available to view November 21–January 7 (metmuseum.org). Visitors can enjoy one of the City’s many outdoor skating rinks that open

in October through the holiday season, such as the Rink at Rockefeller Center (therinkatrockcenter. com), Wollman Rink in Central Park (wollmanskatingrink.com) and Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park (wintervillage.org). The Rink at Brookfield Place opens November 1 (gpice.com). The New York City Ballet presents George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, one of the most beloved and anticipated holiday classics, November 24–December 31 at Lincoln Center (nycballet.com). Other favorite venues to get into the Christmas Spirit: Bryant Park, with its massive Christmas tree, ice skating rink, festive holiday markets, cafes, and carousel (wintervillage.org) has become one of the city’s iconic holiday places. Besides Bryant Park, there are holiday markets at Union Square, Columbus Circle, and Grand Central Terminal. Central Park is magical in any season, but particularly for the holidays. In addition to the Wollman Rink (wollmanskatingrink.com), there is The Swedish Cottage, an enchanting place that is home to one of the last public marionette companies in the country. The cottage was originally constructed as a model pre-fabricated schoolhouse, and became Sweden’s entry in the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. After the exhibit, Central Park’s co-designer Frederick Law Olmsted had it placed in Central Park, where it has been headquarters

Bryant Park has become one of New York’s most festive holiday venues with ice skating, holiday markets, cafes, the carousel and the lighted tree © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

for the Marionette Theater since 1939 (West Side at 79th Street). Currently playing is The Three Bears Holiday Bash, through Dec. 30 (purchase tickets, www.cityparksfoundation. org/arts/swedish-cottage-marionettetheatre). Ticket packages are available that include holiday workshops (geared to 3-8 year olds accompanied by adult): Monday, December 11 – Decorate a Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel; Friday, December 15 – Christmas Elf Stick Puppets; Friday, December 29 – Kwanzaa Stick Puppets. Visiting St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Fifth Avenue is a highlight of the holidays and it is remarkable that you can just walk in and enjoy an inspirational service, but a particularly favorite place is St. Thomas Church (5th Avenue and 53rd Street, www.saintthomaschurch. org), which is famous for the Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys, and its annual performances of Handel’s Messiah (Dec. 5, 7). Also this year, “A Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten (Dec. 14). (Purchase tickets, www.saintthomaschurch.org/music/ concerts); also take a tour of this magnificent edifice, built in 1913 in the French High Gothic style. QUEENS The Gingerbread Lane at New York Hall of Science is open from November 11 to January 14. Hopeful for the fifth straight title of Largest Gingerbread Village from Guinness World Records, over 1,000 handmade gingerbread houses and structures are on display (nysci.org). Astoria Market Bohemian Hall offers holiday shopping December 3, 10 and 17. Featuring vintage finds, plus local artisanal wares and crafts, it’s the perfect destination for sourcing eclectic presents. The venue also offers delicious desserts and pastries from local bakers (astoriamarket.com). The tradition continues with A Christmas Carol at Queen’s Theatre. Scrooge and the Spirits of Christmas past, present and future are in residence in the borough December 8–22, thanks to Charles Dickens and Titan Theatre Company (queenstheatre.org). STATEN ISLAND The first ever Winter Wonderland SI at Richmond County Bank Ballparkwill feature ice-skating, rides, games, a 34-vendor holiday market and more. Conveniently located steps from the Staten Island Ferry. At dusk each evening, there is a holiday light and sound show, and the Igloo Bar is a draw for adult attendees, featuring holiday cocktails and live entertainment (winterwonderlandsi.com). A classic holiday tradition continues with the 14th Annual St. George Theatre Christmas Show December 8–10. Just steps from the Staten Island Ferry, this historic theater’s two-hour production features over 100 actors, a

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Rockefeller Center decked out for the holidays © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com live orchestra and numerous holiday standards set in locales from the North Pole to Staten Island (stgeorgetheatre. com). Midtown NYC Showcases ‘New’ NYC Midtown NYC showcases the “new” NYC and this holiday season is an ideal time to experience new attractions: Gulliver’s Gate, housed in the former New York Times building on West 44th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues, features over 300 miniature buildings and models of iconic global landmarks. A full city block wide, the attraction is a technologically advanced, interactive and immersive world that ignites the imagination of visitors young and old (gulliversgate.com). National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey , which opened in October, is an immersive experience in Times Square (West 44th Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues) that uses ground-breaking technology to transport guests on an incredible underwater journey across the Pacific Ocean (natgeoencounter. com). Beginning in November, NFL Experience Times Square, a new attraction on the corner of 47th Street and Seventh Avenue, immerses visitors in the physical challenges of professional NFL athletes. Visitors enter as a fan, become a player and leave a champion on this hero’s journey (nflexperience.com). New Broadway musicals will entertain guests over the holiday season. Visitors can see all current and upcoming shows at nycgo.com/broadway. Highlights include SpongeBob, sure to be a hit with families and

nostalgic millennials alike, and The Band’s Visit, an artistic new work starring Tony Shalhoub, among others (spongebobbroadway.com, thebands visitmusical.com). In celebration of the holiday season, this short video produced by NYC & Company captures the City’s festive essence. For a full holiday guide to NYC and more information about booking a trip to NYC this holiday season, visit nycgo.com/holidays. Broadway Theater Presents Holiday Performance Schedule The holidays are a perfect time to see a show. Broadway performs every day of the week at multiple curtain times to accommodate every schedule, including holidays. During Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks, some shows are changing their performance schedules. “During the most wonderful time of the year, theatergoers can rely on Broadway to help them celebrate by fitting a show into their holiday plans,” says Charlotte St. Martin, President of The Broadway League. “With special matinees and evening performances, Broadway provides many additional opportunities to see a production.

From comedies to dramas, old favorites and new, there are so many choices that there’s something for everyone throughout the Thanksgiving and holiday weeks.” During Thanksgiving week, some shows will play on Thanksgiving Day, and many will play Friday matinees. Fourteen shows will be playing on Christmas Day! During Christmas week, alternate curtain times will also include Friday matinees and evening performances. Check Broadway.org to see the holiday performance schedules and easily find out where and when shows are playing. _______________________ © 2017 Travel Features Syndicate, a division of Workstyles, Inc. All rights reserved. Visit goingplacesfarandnear. com, www.huffingtonpost. com/author/karen-rubin , and travelwritersmagazine.com/ TravelFeaturesSyndicate/. Blogging at goingplacesnearandfar.wordpress. com and moralcompasstravel.info. Send comments or questions to FamTravLtr@ aol.com. Tweet @TravelFeatures. ‘Like’ us at facebook.com/NewsPhotoFeatures

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Just two weeks ago, I wrote a column answering questions from divorced women. Obviously, I left a lot of questions unanswered because my email inbox has been flooded with inquiries about Social Security benefits for divorcees. Q: I am about to turn 70. When I was 66, I filed for wife’s benefits on my ex-husband’s Social Security record. Someone told me that I must sign up for my own Social Security when I reach 70. This can’t be right. I am getting $1,270 on my husband’s account. I worked just barely over 10 years early in my life and the last time I checked, my own Social Security check was about $110. Why should I sign up for my own Social Security when it is so much less? A: My hunch is you are already getting your own retirement benefits and don’t know it. When you were 66 and thought you were applying for just divorced wife’s benefits, I will bet they actually had you file for both your own and your husband’s Social Security benefits. The rules generally say that you must apply for your own benefits first and then at the same time, file for any spousal benefits you are due. In other words, I think you are getting $110 from your own Social Security account and then another $1,160 off your husband’s record to take you up to the $1,270 rate you are getting. You can check this out by looking at your Medicare card. If it has your Social Security number on it followed by the letter “A,” that means you are getting Social Security retirement benefits. If your Medicare card has your husband’s number with the code “B6” behind it, that means you are getting just divorced wife’s benefits. And if for some strange reason you are getting just spousal benefits, there is no need for you to file for your own Social Security at age 70. Q: My ex-wife wants me to give her my Social Security number so that she can file for spousal benefits on my record. Do I have to do this? A: There is no law that requires you to tell your ex what your Social Security number is. But why not be a nice guy and give it to her? I suggest that for two reasons. First, even if you don’t give it to her, the Social Security people are going to be able to find it in their records. And second, if she does qualify for benefits, it doesn’t take a nickel away from your Social Security checks. And if you remarried, it doesn’t take any money away from what your current wife might be due. Or to put that another way, benefits paid to ex-spouses are just add-on benefits. Q: I am about to turn 66 and I did something stupid 29 years ago that may really have messed me up

now that I’m older. That’s when I got a divorce from my ex-husband. He was a rich man and hired the best lawyer money could buy. They added a clause to the divorce decree that essentially said I could never claim any benefits off my husband’s Social Security account. I was 37 at the time, and Social Security was the farthest thing from my mind. And I don’t want to go into too many of the messy details, but my husband was a philandering and abusive fool and I just wanted to get rid of him. So I signed the papers. Now that I’m 66, I want to apply for Social Security while I keep working. My own benefit is about $1,450. I don’t know what he is getting, but he always had a six-figure income, so I’m sure he is getting a very high Social Security check. He is 72 years old. He is married to his fourth wife. Is there anything I can do? A: I’ve got several bits of good news for you. The first is that the clause in the divorce decree barring you from collecting your husband’s Social Security is about as worthless as the paper it’s printed on. Federal law says that you are due divorced wife’s benefits, and nothing a lawyer (even “the best lawyer money could buy”) scribbles into your divorce decree can override that. The second bit of good news is that you are going to be able to pull off a benefit maximizing trick I’ve discussed many times in this column. At age 66, you should file for divorced wife’s benefits. Let’s say he is getting something near the maximum Social Security rate -- about $2,700. So your share of that would be $1,350. Tell the Social Security clerk you want to “restrict the scope of your application” to wife’s benefits only. You’ll start getting the $1,350 per month. And then at age 70, you can switch to 132 percent of your own retirement benefits. Sounds like that will be a little over $1,900 monthly. And then there is a third bit of potential good news. I suppose we don’t really want to wish that “philandering and abusive fool” any ill will, but if he were to get hit by a bus, you hit the jackpot. Or to put that a bit more delicately, when he dies, you will start getting $2,700 per month in divorced widow’s benefits. Q: You said a woman must be married 10 years to qualify for benefits as a divorced wife off her ex-husband’s account. I got married June 28, 1989 and got divorced June 22, 1999. Does that count as 10 years? Or am I six days short? A: Darn! The law says your marriage must reach its 10th anniversary to meet the eligibility requirement for divorced wife’s benefits. So you do come up six days short of that mark. Over the years, I’ve heard from hundreds of women just like you. I totally

understand that when you are going through the trials and tribulations of a divorce, especially when you are younger, Social Security is the farthest thing from your mind. But let this be a warning to those of you whose marriage is on the rocks. If you are anywhere near the 10-year mark when you start talking to

lawyers, just stretch things out as long as you can to make sure you pass that 10th anniversary. If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS.COM

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‘Fool The Eye’ at Nassau County Museum of Art Explores Artists’ Techniques of Illusion BY KAREN RUBIN

You walk into the Nassau County Museum of Art, housed in the stunning mansion built for Childs Frick in 1919, the scion of Henry Clay Frick, and are confronted by a guard, hands crossed in front of his chest. You do a doubletake – it takes a bit of questioning in your own mind what you are seeing to realize the guy isn’t moving, isn’t even breathing. In fact, it is a sculpture, so

artists’ palette. You see a re-creation of a portion of the famous Van Gogh self-portrait with all the vibrant color and exciting brushstrokes, only to realize that David Mach created “Blue Weave” (2013) as a postcard collage out of individual strips. Similarly, a vibrant, richly textured portrait, “Blue Hair” by Federico Uribe (2014) is a collage made entirely of small colored pencils, and Chuck Close’s “Self

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is a painting (“Gold Marilyn” by Otto Duecker); similarly, Dueker has made such a painting of a Frank Sinatra “photo.” “Drowning Girl Secret Hearts Vol. 1, No. 83,” is Sharon Moody’s oil painting that you are convinced is an actual comic book appended to a board. Then there are the hypnotic geometric abstractions, like Victor Vasarelly’s “TITOK-L” (1972). Fool the Eye, on view at Nassau County Museum of Art’s Saltzman Fine Arts Building through March 4, 2018, challenges you to experience the wonder of masterful artistic techniques. This exhibition includes examples of traditional trompe l’oeil (meticulously painted, hyper-real images) and a wide range of other approaches to illusion. See largerthan-life oversized objects, hypnotic

geometric abstractions, sculptures made of unexpected materials, images with mind-bending impossibilities and fine art so seemingly realistic, they are (nearly) indistinguishable from real things. The magic will provoke debates in every gallery about reality and deception. There is the shocking sense that a work of art is “following you” – changing as you move slightly and change your angle of view. Disorienting. Jarring. Creepy even. That’s the case with Patrick Hughes’ “Living Library” (2017), and two stacked Brillo boxes, Patrick Hughes’ oil on board construction homage to Andy Warhol, “Warholly,” 2008). Most of the time, though, you come away with a sense of amusement, realizing you’ve been played. Artists throughout the ages have been intrigued by perceptual illusions,

devising visual tricks to manipulate the perception of space, incorporating spatial illusion as an aspect of their art. Featured in this exhibition are 20th- and 21st-century artists whose work has explored illusion, including Salvador Dali, Janet Fish, Audrey Flack, Jasper Johns, Judith Leiber, Roy Lichtenstein, Vik Muniz, Ben Schoenzeit, and Victor Vasarely. “Fool the Eye” is guest-curated by Franklin Hill Perrell with Debbie Wells whose previous collaborations for the Museum have included Feast for the Eyes (July 2016), The Moderns: Long Island Collects (July 2015) and Garden Party (March 2014). “This show is the work of a superstar curator,” Charles A. Riley II, NCMA’s Director, said. “One thing that brings it all together: when an artist guides you in how to see... How artists create the illusion of life. Is it real or isn’t it? Is it or isn’t it? That question prevails through the whole show...There is a vitality.” “All the art has to come from some place, someone has to arrange,” Perrell tells the gathering at the opening reception on November 17. “No other museum scurries around country convincing people to give up things they don’t want to give up- then have to get it here.” Perrell rattles off a long list of nearly 60 galleries and private collections where the works have come, including NCMA trustee Dr. Harvey Manes who loaned five works including two Salvador Dalis and a Roy Lichtenstein. One of the works – Ben Schoenzeit’s “The Fantasticks” – was painted specifically for the show, as I learn (one of the best things about an opening

reception is that some of the artists show up). “I was just finishing a piece when Franklin came to my studio in Soho and wanted a painting not yet finished,” says Schoenzeit, who has been featured often at NCMA. “I didn’t know how to finish it. I knew [the show’s theme] was tromp d’oeil, so I painted this with this show in mind.” He says it took a month to make “The Fantasticks” (in between other projects), which is based on a collage. “It’s funny – it came out funny,” he says, using the word “they” to describe his paintings. “They surprise me...I don’t have a finished concept when I start. They tell me. These things come to me.” How do you know when it’s done? “When it walks away. When I have nothing more to say. When adding more makes it worse, or the idea you add doesn’t fit,” Schoenzeit says. He steps back from the over-sized canvas. “I like to see it out of the studio, how it feels in real world, rather than in the chaos of my loft.” Why “The Fantasticks?” “This was a long-running show in Greenwich Village [which he saw more than 30 years ago]. At the end, they threw colored tissue paper squares into the audience. I picked [some] up and put them in a collage. The paper is the envelope that I wrote ‘The Fantasticks’ on: There are other references in the painting (acrylic on linen): a stage, curtain. Programs that NCMA is offering the public in conjunction with Fool the Eye include: Paper Medium Rare: All See page D12

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MASONRY All types of stonework Pavers, Retaining Walls, BelHOMES WANTED gium Block Patios, Foundations, Seal coating, Concrete GARDEN CITY CONDO / and Asphalt driveways, SideAPARTMENT/HOUSE WANT- walks, Steps. ED FOR SUMMER OF 2018 Free Estimates Fully Licensed & Insured RENTAL #H2219010000 Central air needed. Boceski Masonry Call 516-510-6781 Louie 516-850-4886

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CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY DECORATIONS professionally installed on your home or office. Let us help you design your display. Will purchase and deliver decorations if needed. Gutters and windows cleaned. Full handyman services. Free estimate. Senior discount. Call 516-534-9518

ROOF LEAKS REPAIRED Slate Roof Specialist. Copper Flashings. Snow Guards. Aluminum Trim & Siding. No Sub-Contractors. Nassau Lic# H1859520000. B.C. Roofing 631-496-9711. Text or call owner direct: 516-983-0860

Grandparents: Send in your grandchildren’s photos

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Place an ad in our Classifieds for reasonable rates and prompt results. Call the G.C. office at 294-8900 for more information.

and enter our “World’s Most Beautiful Grandchildren” contest. Just send a photo and a brief description of the child (or children) along with your name and address to: editor@ gcnews.com

Call 294.8900 SERVICES SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain / rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com Ted Emmerich Construction - 516-466-1111. Renovations, bathrooms, kitchens, roofing. All types of repairs large or small. www.tedemmerich.com

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING PAINTING PAINTING PAINTING: Interior/Exterior. Fall Specials! Call Steve cell 972998-8573

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

TUTORING AP BIOLOGY tutor using the Campbell or Sadava books. I use the test banks to show you what you are weak in and will review each topic and chapter with you. This is a pathway to a 5! Ephraim Himelstein 516384-9865. ephraimhimelstein@ gmail.com

MATH TUTOR: TEACHING CONTENT, CONCEPTS & UNDERSTANDING Experienced tutor available for SAT (I and II), ACT, Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calc, AP Calc and Statistics. Call Richard (MS,MBA) 516-567-1512 or email: rschiller@molloy.edu MATH, PHYSICS, SAT/ACT TUTOR, adjunct professor Calculus I,II, Algebra, trig, AP & Pre-Calc, IB, NYS Certified, highly experienced. Raj 516-7871026

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314

SERVICES TUTORING ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314 SCIENCE/HUMANITIES TUTOR: Robert Pena, M.Eng. Ivy educated biomedical engineer and medical student. Tutoring in science, math, humanities and writing for high school and college. Rate: $40 /hr. Contact: rcp73@cornell.edu or 516-282-4912

INSTRUCTION PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons.com

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SERVICES A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www. ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

SERVICES COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions. com COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125

DEFEND YOURSELF! Tactics for self defense: In home, empowerment, flexible hours, any age or gender, discourage bullies. Free consultation. Please call 631-7070029 GENERATORS Sales and service. Maintenance contracts. Generac, Kohler. Mohrmann Electric Co., Inc. 516-826-3311 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed/insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220

SIDEWALK VIOLATIONS REPAIRED: Sidewalk repairs, concrete, masonry. Ted Emmerich Construction. 516-4661111 www.tedemmerich.com

Love to write? We are looking for articles on local topics, opinions, ideas, nice places to visit on Long Island, and even fiction. In our Discover magazine section, we will try to feature one new article and writer each week. Each writer will be reimbursed a stipend of $25.00, and articles should be between 1,500 and 3,000 words. If you want to be published and be part of an issue of Discovery, you may submit your article to: editor@gcnews.com

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CLASSIFIEDS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Join the Last Hope cat rescue and adoption team!

Volunteer orientations are held at our Wantagh adoption center the second Sunday of each month at 3:00 PM.

Reservations not needed, but please fill out and fax a volunteer application in advance to 516-765-9181. You can download the application from our website: http:// lasthopeanimalrescue.org. Click on “How to Help”, then “Become a Volunteer!”. Our adoption center is located at 3300 Beltagh Avenue in Wantagh. We look forward to having you on our team.

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* Car Donation Foundation d/b/a Wheels For Wishes. To learn more about our programs or financial information, visit www.wheelsforwishes.org.

Love to write?

We are looking for writers in our community to compose news articles on local topics, opinions, reviews, worthy places to visit on Long Island, and even fiction. We aim to feature at least one new article and writer each week in our Discovery magazine section. •

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Advertising Sales Executive Blank Slate Media Blank Slate Media, a fast-growing chain of 6 award-winning weekly newspapers and website, is looking for an energetic, service-oriented professional with good communications skills to sell display, web and email advertising. Earn up to $60,000 in the first-year representing the 6 Blank Slate Media publications and website as well the 5 publications and 1 website owned by Blank Slate’s sales partner, Litmor Publications. We are looking for an enthusiastic and service-oriented sales professional with good communication skills. Requirements: Minimum of 2 years outside sales experience. Newspaper sales experience a plus. Must have your own car. • Opportunity to sell both print and online programs • A collegial, supportive sales team • Award-winning editorial coverage • A separate newspaper for each community allowing advertisers to target their markets, and you to provide the most cost-effective way to advertise • Represent media that produce superior response for clients Compensation • Salary plus commission • Health insurance • Paid vacation, sick days & holiday

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‘Fool The Eye’ at Nassau County Museum of Art Explores Artists’ Techniques of Illusion C ontinued from page D6 Things Paper, a film that is screening daily; Fool the Eye Meets Fool the Palate, a December 10 talk by guest curator Franklin Hill Perrell; Brown Bag Lectures presented by Museum Docent Riva Ettus on December 14, January 4 and February 1; Sketching in the Galleries with Glenna Kubit on December 19, January 9 and February 6; and artist Dale Zinkowski in the galleries on March 4 to meet with visitors and answer questions about his work. Docent-led tours of the exhibition are offered every day at 2 p.m. Call 516-484-9338 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log to nassaumuseum.org/events for details and registration. “Fool the Eye” exhibit also marks the first in the museum under the helm of its new director Charles A. Riley II. Dr. Riley’s long association with Nassau County Museum of Art includes having served as curator-at-large and popular presenter of many lectures offered for many exhibitions. He helped curate the Museum’s Picasso, Surrealism and Abstract Expressionist exhibitions and recently curated the permanent installation of Western art at a major new private museum in Taiwan as well as several exhibitions in Berlin,

Amsterdam, Lausanne, Manhattan and Long Island’s East End. Dr. Riley is a prolific arts journalist, reviewer and essayist and a celebrated public speaker. His 32 books on art, business and public policy include the recently published Free as Gods: How the Jazz Age Reinvented Modernism, The Jazz Age in France, The Art of Peter Max, Art at Lincoln Center, The Arts and the World Economy, Color Codes, and The Saints of Modern Art. Dr. Riley’s next book, a study of Rodin in Chinese and English, will be published by the Chimei Museum in fall 2017. The next exhibit to open is “The Jazz Age: Picasso, Matisse, Chanel, Gerwin, Joyce, Fitzgerald and Hemingway” (March 17-July 8, 2018), based on Riley’s book, “Free as Gods.” _______________________ © 2017 Travel Features Syndicate, a division of Workstyles, Inc. All rights reserved. Visit goingplacesfarandnear. com, www.huffingtonpost. com/author/karen-rubin , and travelwritersmagazine.com/ TravelFeaturesSyndicate/. Blogging at goingplacesnearandfar.wordpress. com and moralcompasstravel.info. Send comments or questions to FamTravLtr@ aol.com. Tweet @TravelFeatures. ‘Like’ us at facebook.com/NewsPhotoFeatures

Last Hope Flea Market & Jewelry Sale Saturday, December 2nd MARK YOUR CALENDAR GET READY FOR THE BIGGEST SALE OF THE YEAR!

The Next Last Hope Flea Market and Jewelry Sale will be on Saturday, December 2nd from 10am-2pm at The Church of the Advent (Winthrop Hall) in Westbury, 555 Advent Street. just off Jericho Turnpike.

Lots of new items, including Ross Simon jewelry, that are sure to include that great find. New items and lots of holiday merchandise available. Please start putting items aside for donation. They will be accepted on Friday, December 1st from 2:30pm to 7pm at the church. Things we don’t accept since they don’t sell: books, VCR/cassette tapes, toys, gym equipment, furniture, picture frames and clothing. Our customers are interested in knick-knacks and household items. Jewelry is a big seller for us–all kinds. All proceeds go to the Special Needs Animal Fund at Last Hope. Finish up that last minute holiday shopping and benefit this great cause at the same time. For more information contact Maureen at toestetra@hotmail. com. To read more about us and to see photos and bios of our adoptable cats and dogs, please visit http://lasthopeanimalrescue.org.

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The health benefits of grandparent-grandchild relationships

In the not-so-distant past, extended families were the norm, with multiple generations residing on the same street if not in the same house. Today the family unit is largely an amalgam of different situations. The rise of two-income families has pressured parents into finding childcare situations. Quite often grandparents once again step in to offer guidance and support for youngsters. This can be a good thing for both the grandparents and the grandchildren. Although a bevy of psychological research focuses on parent-child relationships, new evidence points to the benefits of the grandchild-grandparent relationship as well. Close relationships between these different demographics is often a sign of strong familial ties. A study from researchers at Boston College discovered that emotionally close ties between grandparents and adult grandchildren reduced depressive symptoms in both groups. Research at the University of Oxford among English children between the ages 11 and 16 found that close grandparent-grandchild relationships were associated with benefits including fewer emotional and behavioral problems and fewer difficulties with peers. Adult and grandchildren alike benefit from relationships with their elders. Grandparents can provide a connection and exposure to different ideas while providing a link to family history and knowledge re-

garding traditions and customs not readily available elsewhere. Nurturing grandparent-grandchild experiences may be easy for families where grandparents live in the same house or close by. For others, it may take some effort. The following are some ways to facilitate

time spent together. • Schedule regular family reunions or get-togethers. Host or plan multi-generation events that bring the family together and expose children to various members of their family. • Promote one-on-one time. Have grandchildren spend time with grandparents in intimate settings. Alone time can be good for both and offers each undivided attention. A meal at a restaurant or time spent doing a puzzle or craft can be interesting to both generations involved. • Video chat when possible. If distance makes frequent visits challenging, use technology to bridge that gap. Send photos, letters and electronic communications. Tech-savvy grandparents can use Skype or Facetime to stay in touch and speak one-on-one with their grandchildren. • Share skills with each other. Either generation can play teacher to the other. Grandparents may have certain skills, such as baking, sewing or wood crafts, they can impart that may not be readily taught today. Children can help grandparents navigate computers, video games or sports activities. Grandchildren can help grandparents feel younger, and grandchildren can learn new experiences from their grandparents.

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16 LEGAL NOTICE SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE–SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU –BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, against MATTHEW ZIMMER, All The Heirs At Law, Next Of Kin, Distributee, Devisees, Grantees, Trustees, Lienors, Creditors, Assignees And Successors In Interest Of Any Of The Aforesaid Defendants, Next Of Kin, Distributees Devisees, Grantees, Trustees, Lienors, Creditors, Assignees And Successors In Interest Of Any Of The Aforesaid Classes Of Person, If They Or Any Of Them Be Dead And Their Respective Husbands, Wives, Widows, If Any And All Of Whom And Whose Names And Places Of Residence Are Unknown To Plaintiff, Except As Herein Stated, MEREDITH MUNSON A/K/A MERRIE MUNSON, as heir to the Estate of MATTHEW ZIMMER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ALL AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE CORP., COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB, STATE FARM BANK, Defendants-Index no. 6804/2013. Plaintiff designates Nassau County as the place of trial situs of the real property. To the above named Defendants–YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appearance on the Plaintiff’s Attorney within 20 days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day of service (or within 30 days after the service is complete if this summons is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York) in the event the United States of America is made a party defendant, the time to answer for the said United States of America shall not expire until (60) days after service of the Summons; and in case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. NOTICE-YOU ARE IN DANGER OF LOSING YOUR HOME – If you do not respond to this summons and complaint by serving a copy of the answer on the attorney for the mortgage company who filed this foreclosure proceeding against you and filing the answer with

LEGAL NOTICES the court, a default judgment may be entered and you can lose your home. Speak to an attorney or go to the court where your case is pending for further information on how to answer the summons and protect your property. Sending a payment to the mortgage company will not stop the foreclosure action. YOU MUST RESPOND BY SERVING A COPY OF THE ANSWER ON THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF (MORTGAGE COMPANY) AND FILING THE ANSWER WITH THE COURT. Help for Homeowners in Foreclosure New York State Law requires that we send you this notice about the foreclosure process. Please read it carefully. Summons and Complaint You are in danger of losing your home. If you fail to respond to the summons and complaint in this foreclosure action, you may lose your home. Please read the summons and complaint carefully. You should immediately contact an attorney or your local legal aid office to obtain advice on how to protect yourself. Sources of Information and Assistance The State encourages you to become informed about your options in foreclosure. In addition to seeking assistance from an attorney or legal aid office, there are government agencies and non-profit organizations that you may contact for information about possible options, including trying to work with your lender during this process. To locate an entity near you, you may call the toll-free helpline maintained by the New York State Department of Financial Services at (800) 3423736 or visit the Department’s website at http://www.dfs. ny.gov. Rights and Obligations YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO LEAVE YOUR HOME AT THIS TIME. You have the right to stay in your home during the foreclosure process. You are not required to leave your home unless and until your property is sold at auction pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale. Regardless of whether you choose to remain in your home, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR PROPERTY and pay property taxes in accordance with state and local law.

Foreclosure Rescue Scams Be careful of people who approach you with offers to “save” your home. There are individuals who watch for notices of foreclosure actions in order to unfairly profit from a homeowner’s distress. You should be extremely careful about any such promises and any suggestions that you pay them a fee or sign over your deed. State law requires anyone offering such services for profit to enter into a contract which fully describes the services they will perform and fees they will charge, and which prohibits them from taking any money from you until they have completed all such promised services. We are attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. The foregoing summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an order of the Honorable Thomas A. Adams dated September 6, 2017 and entered September 13, 2017. The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage and covering the premises known as 11 Maple Place, Hicksville, New York located at Section 11 Block D and Lots 1127 & 1128 Dated: September 29, 2017 Berkman, Henoch, Peterson, Peddy and Fenchel, P.C., Attorney for Plaintiff, By: Hillary Prada, Esq. 100 Garden City Plaza, Garden City, NY 11530 (516) 222-6200. MIT 5583 4X 10/27,11/3,10,17 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE TRUST AGREEMENT FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST SERIES 2004-BNC1, Plaintiff AGAINST DANIEL M. BILE, et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated August 09, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501, on December 05, 2017 at 11:30AM, premises

known as 123 BRITTLE LANE, HICKSVILLE, NY 11801-6167. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being Levittown, Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay and County of Nassau and State of New York, SECTION 45, BLOCK 237, LOT 6. Approximate amount of judgment $378,837.86 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment for Index# 14-002904. Ann Marie Diaz, Esq., Referee Gross Polowy, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1775 Wehrle Drive, Suite 100 Williamsville, NY 14221 MIT 5584 4X 11/03,10,17,24 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY MATRIX FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION; Plaintiff(s) vs. BRIAN JENNINGS; TRACY JENNINGS AKA TRACY L. JENNINGS; et al; Defendant(s) Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 2 Summit Court, Suite 301, Fishkill, New York, 12524, 845.897.1600 Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale granted herein on or about January 19, 2017, I will sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501. On December 5, 2017 at 11:30 am. Premises known as 7 & 9 DAVID AVENUE, Hicksville, NY 11801 Section: 12 Block: 171 Lot: 17, 18, 19, 20 & 51 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Hicksville in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, known and designated as Lot Nos. 17 to 20 inclusive and also being part of Lot No. 16 in Block 26 on a certain map entitled, “Map of Willfred Manor” filed in the Office of the Nassau County Clerk on 5/2/47 under File No. 631, Case No. 726. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Approximate amount of judgment $573,085.59 plus interest and costs.

INDEX NO. 3509-2014 Jeffrey L. Stadler, Esq., Referee MIT 5585 4X 11/03,10,17,24 LEGAL NOTICE SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF NASSAU THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF CWALT, INC. ALTERNATOVE LOAN TRUST 2004-JI3, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004JI3, Plaintiff against RAYMOND VIOLA, et al Defendant(s). Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on October 5, 2017. I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction in the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. on the 12th day of December, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. premises described as follows: All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York, known as Lots 27, 28 and part of Lots 14 and 26 as shown on a certain map entitled, “Map of the property belonging to Philippine Gross at Hicksville, Nassau County, L.I., December 1910, H.E. Hawxhurst, Civil Engineer, Westbury, LI” and filed in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on January 11, 1911 under File No. 86 Case No. 1004 bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the corner formed by the intersection of the Easterly side of West Avenue with the Northerly side of Elmira Street; RUNNING THENCE North 3 degrees 23 minutes east along the Easterly side of West Avenue 125 feet; RUNNING THENCE South 86 degrees 37 minutes east 68 feet; RUNNING THNECE South 23 minutes West 125 feet to the northerly side of Elmira Street; RUNNING THENCE North 86 degrees 37 minutes west along the northerly side of Elmira Street 68 feet to the point or place of BEGINNING. Said premises known as 150 West Avenue, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801. (Section: 45, Block: 49, Lot: 34). Approximate amount of lien $ 616,664.98 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject

17 to provisions of filed judgment and terms of sale. Index No. 002138-15. Michael Montesano, Esq., Referee. Stern & Eisenberg, PC Attorney(s) for Plaintiff Woodbridge Corporate Plaza 485 B Route 1 South – Suite 330 Iselin, NJ 08830 (732) 582-6344 MIT 5588 4X 11/10,17,24,12/01 LEGAL NOTICE Notice of formation of Pamela Jill LLC. Articles of organization filed with Secretary of state on 10/31/17 Office location Nassau County: SSNY has been designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY mail process of LLC 17 Andover Lane Hicksville NY 11801. Purpose any lawful activity. MIT 5589 6X 11/10,17,24,12/01,08,15 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for GSAA Home Equity Trust 2006-7, Plaintiff AGAINST Lisa Erkus a/k/a Lisa J. Erkus; Craig Erkus a/k/a Craig M. Erkus; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated September 6, 2017 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Nassau County Supreme Court, Calendar Control Part (CCP) 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, New York, 11501 on December 12, 2017 at 11:30AM,

premises known as 30 Ruby Lane, Plainview, NY 11803. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of NY, Section 12. Block 413 Lot 8. Approximate amount of judgment $798,005.63 plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 11-017902. Leo McGinity, Esq., Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: October 13, 2017 MIT 5590 4X 11/10,17,24,12/01 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. RIDGEWOOD SAVINGS BANK, Pltf. vs. PATRICIA J. CARBERY, et al, Defts. Index #6462/2014. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered August 16, 2017, I will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Nassau County Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on Dec. 19, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. prem. k/a 49 Sleepy Lane, Hicksville, NY 11801 a/k/a being at Levittown, Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of NY, known and designated on a certain map entitled, “Section 4 and 5, subdivision Map of Property known as Levittown, owned by County Community Corp. located at Hicksville,

Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, New York, November 1949 survey and maps by C.A. Monroe P.E. & L.S. #9357” and filed in the Nassau County Clerk’s Office on Jan. 4th, 1950 as Map #4849 and by lot no. 10 in Block 300. Approx. amt. of judgment is $205,494.79 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. CHARLES LAPP III, Referee. CULLEN AND DYKMAN, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 44 Wall St. 17th Floor, New York, NY 10005. #93200 MIT 5592 4X 11/17,24,12/01,08 NOTICE OF SALE Supreme Court County Of Nassau Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, on behalf of the holders of the J.P. Morgan Mortgage Acquisition Trust 2007-CH4 Asset Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-CH4, Plaintiff AGAINST Mirno Berrios, et al, Defendant Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated 8/30/2017 and entered on 9/8/2017, I, the undersigned Referee, will sell at public auction at the Courtroom of the Supreme Court Mineola, 100 Supreme Court Drive, The Calendar Control Part (CCP), Mineola, NY on December 19, 2017 at 11:30 AM premises known as 69 West Marie Street, Hicksville, NY 11801. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in

the Borough and County of Thorman Ave, Hicksville, NY Nassau, State of New York, 11801, and described as follows: SECTION: 11, BLOCK: 175, ALL that certain plot, piece or LOT: 160. Approximate amount parcel of land, with the buildof judgment is $587,248.46 plus ings and improvements thereinterests and costs. Premises on erected, situate, lying and will be sold subject to provi- being at Hicksville, Town of sions of filed Judgment Index # Oyster Bay, County of Nassau 5481/2014. and State of New York, and Richard Langone, Referee designated on the tax maps of FRENKEL LAMBERT WEISS the Nassau County Treasurer WEISMAN & GORDON LLP as Section 12 Block 197 Lots 15, 53 Gibson Street 16 & 17 Bay Shore, NY 11706 The approximate amount of MIT 5593 the current Judgment lien is 4X 11/17,24,12/01,08 $535,055.06 plus interest and NOTICE OF SALE costs. The premises will be SUPREME COURT sold subject to provisions of COUNTY OF NASSAU the aforesaid Judgment of THE BANK OF NEW YORK Foreclosure and Sale; Index # MELLON F/K/A THE BANK 21849/2009. OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR If the sale is set aside for any TO JPMORGAN CHASE reason, the Purchaser at the BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE sale shall be entitled only to FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE a return of the deposit paid. C E R T I F I C A T E H O L D E R S The Purchaser shall have no OF POPULAR ABS, INC. further recourse against the MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005- the Mortgagee’s attorney. 4, SUBSTITUTE REFEREE AT Plaintiff(s), SALE. Against Leopold & Associates, PLLC, 80 Index No.: 21849/2009 Business Park Drive, Suite 110, CARLOS ORTIZ, OLGA ORTIZ, Armonk, NY 10504 ET AL., Dated: 11/1/2017 GNS Defendant(s). MIT 5594 Pursuant to a Judgment of 4X 11/17,24,12/01,08 Foreclosure and Sale, duly LEGAL NOTICE entered in the Nassau County Notice of Formation: Positive Clerk’s Office on 10/11/2016, Plates Nutrition LLC. Art. Of I, the undersigned Referee, Org. filed w/SSNY 10/23/2017, will sell at public auction in Nassau County. SSNY desigthe Calendar Control Part nated for service of process Courtroom (CCP) in the SSNY shall mail copies of proNassau Supreme Court, 100 cess served against LLC to : 11 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, Serpentine Lane Old Bethpage NY 11501 on 12/19/2017 at 11:30 NY 11804. Purpose: any lawful. am, premises known as 21 purpose or activity.

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Friday, November 24, 2017

LEGAL NOTICES

Friday, November 24, 2017

Golden Eagles pride on display at Bethpage HS homecoming

The Bethpage School District athletic complex was a sea of gold and blue as the Golden Eagles varsity football team defeated the Plainedge High School Red Devils at homecoming on Oct. 21. Prior to the annual game, the marching band, cheerleaders and homecoming king and queen, James Fitzpatrick and Alyson Mooney, paraded down Stewart Avenue. They marched alongside numerous local organizations and student representatives displaying banners and floats from each high school class. This year’s floats included “Spooky Seniors,” “Jailbreak Juniors,” “Space Jam Sophomores” and “Funky Freshmen.”

After the parade, attendees were invited to view class skits and a dance routine by the kickline in front of the high school. They could also visit the high school’s robotics team and varsity baseball team booths in the athletic complex. Under the direction of head coach Erwin Dill, the Golden Eagles were victorious, defeating the Red Devils 28-21. The winning game’s halftime was marked by spectacular performances from the marching band, kickline team and cheerleaders.

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Bethpage High School varsity cheerleaders pumped up the crowd as the Golden Eagles took on Plainedge.

Members of the Bethpage High School marching band performed during the homecoming halftime show on Oct. 21.

Bethpage High School seniors Alyson Mooney (left) and James Fitzpatrick were all smiles as they were named this year’s homecoming queen and king.

At their homecoming on Oct. 21, the Bethpage High School Golden Eagles varsity football team defeated the Plainedge High School Red Devils, 28-21.

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Bethpage High School students showed their Golden Eagle pride during homecoming on Oct. 21.

The Bethpage High School varsity cheerleaders gave a spectacular performance during the halftime show.

The Bethpage High School kickline dazzled the audience with a show-stopping performance.

The Bethpage High School Golden Eagles had a homecoming win against the Plainedge Red Devils on Oct. 21.

Members of the Bethpage High School marching band paraded down Stewart Avenue during the annual homecoming parade.

Friday, November 24, 2017

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