Garden City Men’s Baseball EPOA seeks Junior Ambassadors

The Garden City Eastern Property Owners’ Association (EPOA) is seeking applications for candidates to be considered for Junior Ambassador positions for the years 2023–2025. This program is designed to introduce high school sophomores entering their junior year to Village government through participation in EPOA meetings, attendance at government meetings, and promoting civic participation in our community. This is an exciting opportunity for students to become involved in local affairs and to learn about our unique form of local government.

The Junior Ambassador program is designed as a two year commitment encompassing junior and senior years. Preference will be given to students who reside in the Eastern section of

The Garden City Men’s Baseball team is recruiting new players for the 2023 season. Games are played on Field 4 at Garden City Community Park on Sunday nights. If you are 35 years of age or older as of December 31, 2023 and love America’s national pastime, please contact gcbaseball@optonline.net for more details.

Garden City and whose families are dues paying members of the EPOA.

Students who attend Garden City High School may obtain an application from the Social Studies Department office or on the EPOA website at www. gcepoa.org. High school sophomores who attend schools other than Garden City High School may download an application from the EPOA website. Completed applications can be mailed to EPOA, P.O. Box 7525, Garden City, N.Y. or submitted electronically to contactus@gcepoa.org

All interested sophomores are encouraged to apply. The deadline is April 28, 2023. A brief interview will be conducted as part of the application process.

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Family Movie in Cluett Hall

Garden City Recreation and Parks invites you to a showing of “DC League of Super-Pets” at St. Paul’s Cluett Hall on Wednesday, Feburary 22. Showtime will be 1 p.m. The movie runs approximately 105 minutes and is rated PG.

Admission is free. Our Recreation staff will supervise.

“Chess Wizards” Afterschool Program Spring Session

Garden City Recreation and Parks has again partnered with the very popular “Chess Wizards” to offer a spring session after school program for Garden City children in grades 1 to 5 who want to learn the game of chess! Chess Wizards is a fun way to have kids experience the excitement of chess.

Kids will play in mini tournaments, have interactive lessons with chess pros and play cool chess variants like bug house. It is proven that chess enhances cognitive development in children, improves both verbal and mathematical skills, and increases all levels of academic performance! Playing chess stimulates the mind and helps children strengthen skills such as focusing, visualizing goals, abstract thinking, and forming concrete opinions.

This eight-week class will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning Tuesday, April 4, and will cost $193. Instructors (who are called “Wizards”) provide all the materials necessary for your child to participate in the class. Come join the fun!!!

To register for this class, please visit Chess Wizards’ website at www.chesswizards.com.

GC Pool Now Hiring Lifeguards for the Summer

Lifeguards are needed for the upcoming Garden City Recreation and Parks Pool season. If you are interested in becoming a lifeguard at the Garden City Pool, please contact Steve Espey, Recreation supervisor, at 516-483-2525 between the hours of 10:30 and 6:30 pm, Monday through Friday to set up an interview.

Family Fun Time on Sundays

On Sunday afternoons beginning January 22, St. Paul’s Field House will be open for “Family Fun” for Village families. This open time provides the opportunity for families to enjoy various gym activities in an indoor environment. The gym will be available for use from 2:45 to 5:30 p.m. each Sunday until March 12.

This time is designated for family time only. No organized practices or workouts will be allowed. Although there will be staff to monitor activity, this is not a drop off program. We ask the elementary aged children be accompanied by an adult. For the safety of our users, no lacrosse or baseball equipment, or any other sport involving stick equipment will be allowed.

Winter Pastel Art Class for Adults

Registration has opened for our Winter session of adult Pastel Art Class is Cluett Hall. This program is open to adults who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City and will be run by local artist Arleen Urban. The class will meet for ten weeks from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. beginning Friday, February 10 in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall. The cost of this program is $140.

To register for this program, please visit the Garden City Recreation and Parks’ Administrative Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. or if you have a password, you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

For further information, call the Recreation and Parks Office at 465-4075.

Recreation Pickleball News

Beginning the week of January 22, Recreation and Parks will add a Sunday morning and a Thursday afternoon session of pickleball. The schedule will be as follows:

• Sundays – 9:30 to 11:30 a.m . beginning January 22

• Thursdays – 3:15 to 5:45 p.m. beginning January 26

The above sessions will run through the end of March and then be evaluated for participation.

We will continue to run pickleball from 9:30 to noon, Tuesdays through Fridays.

All sessions will be open to residents only and will allow continuous round robin use during that session. No group may reserve a court and play on their own. The cost per session will be $6 daily or with a pass, $5.

Did you know that Hemlock and Edgemere Parks both have pickleball courts? Residents are invited to use the courts and nets, paddles and balls must be brought by the players.