The Garden City News (12/22/17) by Litmor Publishing

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BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

A snowfall Friday night may have cut attendance at the annual Holiday Spectacular on Seventh Street, but it couldn't keep Santa from making an appearance along with his helpers. The event is run by the Chamber of Commerce and the Village of Garden City. See pages 52-53.

Village selects new water tower design BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

As the year comes to an end, the wait over new waterworks for Garden City is officially over. The Tuesday, December 19 meeting of the Board of Trustees delivered a swift pick for one of the village’s most expensive infrastructure investments. The Board unanimously made its choice for approving a new one-million gallon water tank to replace the 84-year-old tank atop the tower on Old Country Road. A new, all-steel pedestal spheroid tank will cost the Village of Garden City $6.738 million in principal as it will feature

enhanced paint, so as to reduce some of the long-term maintenance (repainting and caulking) costs. The vendor is Caldwell Tanks, Inc., which was the low bidder for both of the two tank styles Garden City selected from, as the bid for a third - a glass-fused to steel design tank - did not meet the village’s bid specifications. The Board accepted the all-steel tank design at cost from Caldwell, while rejecting a bid from Statewide Aquastore for its $6.444 million glass-fused to steel composite tank, as was determined ahead of the December 7 trustees’ meeting.

The new tank is expected to last 100 years, and visual appeal – a ‘golf ball on a tee’ look – was part of the Board of Trustees’ decision on Tuesday evening. Longevity and durability were the driving factors, however. Mayor Brian Daughney said he was intent on avoiding two things: structural problems associated with a concrete base for a new tank and also the shadow cast by a bigger structure in place on the Old Country Road area. Picking up from his thoughts mentioned at the December 7 meeting, this week Trustee See page 44

At the Garden City School Board regular meeting held at Hemlock School on Wednesday, December 13, the board approved a contract for a comprehensive school safety audit that will look at security procedures throughout the district. The board agreed to a contract with Covert Investigations & Security Inc. of Suffolk County, at a total cost of $6,400. Dr. Alan Groveman, Interim Garden City Superintendent of Schools, spoke about his prior consulting work with Covert Investigations, which occurred once he retired from his previous position as a superintendent and administrator in the Connetquot Central School District (Islip). At the time of his hire last summer Groveman’s bio and resume were made public, including his work with Covert and overall, serving as an education and administrative consultant to other school districts plus government agencies. He told the audience last week that school security is his career background, however he did not make any recommendation to the board of education regarding the security audit. He says he left it to the board of education to make its independent judgment and the board members reviewed the candidates firms for the security audit. “This (audit) entails a review of district security procedures, programs, services, equipment and technology we have in the schools. The group doing the audit (Covert Inc.) is one of two groups that has won a BOCES RFP (request for proposals) in order to provide their services to school districts. There are no secrets across the Garden City school district and so everybody is aware, while I was happily retired for a couple of years I consulted with a couple of firms since security is my background. I consulted (worked) with this group, the other group that had the BOCES RFP and I’ve consulted with most architectural firms and energy conservation firms while I kept busy in retirement. The school board did made its judgment on the RFP for this issue without my recommendation since I had personal familiarity involved with both the firms,” he said last week. School Board President Angela Heineman announced that the audit agenda item had an additional sentence, a late addendum not printed in time for the December 13 meeting agendas, so she read it aloud: “be it resolved that the Board of Education accepts the proposal from Covert Investigations & Security Inc. to conduct a safety and security audit for the Garden City See page 44

Garden City Fencers medal at Brentwood tournament CSEA attorney says "stalemate" in labor talks PAGE 3

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Merry Christmas

We’d like to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas. Even though this time of year can be very stressful, what with all the tinsel and trimmings to hang, food to prepare, and gifts to wrap, we hope you can take time out of your schedules to remember to relax with your friends and family. While everyone wants to create the “perfect” Christmas, the thing that makes it perfect is spending time with your loved ones, not all the other stuff. n

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Setting a bad example

To the Editor: Looking ahead to 2018, several GC families are calling on the Board of Education for full disclosure and transparency on legal fees spent to represent school staff and administration in recent years, and sums for non-disclosure agreements? There’s also expensive, ongoing investigations by the Office of Civil Rights and U.S. Department of Education, of the Middle School. I have received much supportive feedback from many families in recent months. There’s ample evidence the school administration has intimidated and bullied, families, children, and staff who opposed them, or complained about them, and got away with it because the Board of Education did not “check” the power of the school admin and former Superintendent. From history, we all know unchecked power leads to corruption and abuse - and unfortunately GC taxpayers have had to foot the bill for these tactics. This behavior continues, based on accounts, because: 1- When a child is in school, the adults in charge control the narrative of “what actually happened”, and their word takes precedence over the kids, so they can just remove a camera, or say the child is lying, not being bullied, exaggerating etc. and they can portray a completely different version, and lie in their official documents. 2- School administration “create” any documents they want or need to cover up, with patently false or defamatory details, such as DASA reports always with “no finding”, to justify or whitewash any incident, or erase their own abuse. When an adult victim shames a kid, discredits them, or tells them they are lying, that is a form of child abuse, extremely unsettling for a child. School admin also get staff to to write, or “imply” false details in the official records, to support their false narratives, and some school staff sell out, and comply with this despicable

strategy. They basically “create” their own evidence to exonerate themselves, and cover up any incidents that may reflect poorly on them, or the school. 3- The Board of Education turns a blind eye to all this, allocates endless legal funds to support the administration, and financially “wear out” any family, or teacher, who justifiably complains. The solution is simple. Stop covering up incidents, protect ALL children in the District, set an example of fairness, and show all students that abuse of power is not OK, that kids can feel safe to tell their versions, and not suffer retribution. The children who are victims suffer, and, make no mistake, all the students absorb a terrible message about leadership and fairness, and it encourages them to grow into adults who keep their heads down, and ignore injustice. No GC sports coach would advise their players to win by cheating, but that is the very example being set by school administration. Winning blue ribbons, and accolades for GC schools by covering up ugly incidents in such a damaging way, is a shallow victory - let the kids in this village see GC win on terms of integrity next year. Colleen Wende

More funds will be needed

To the Editor: There is more to the recent approval of $1.8 billion contract awarded to the joint venture 3rd Track Constructors made up of Dragados USA Inc/. John P. Picone Inc., Halmar International LLC and CCA Civil Inc. for construction of the Long Island Rail Road Main Line Third Track. These funds were part of a $3 billion MTA 2015 - 2019 Five Year Capital Program Amendment, which increased the total budget from $29 to $32 billion. It is paid for by adding $1.6 billion in MTA long term debt. Over the past 30 years, estimates for construction of the Main Line Third Track have grown from $600 million to $1.5 See page 45

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BY RIKKI N. MASSAND Attorney Liam Russertt, the new labor relations specialist for the Civil Service Employees Association Local 882 union, told the Garden City Board of Trustees that a “stalemate” exists in ongoing contract negotiations with the Village of Garden City. During the December 19th meeting of the Board, Russertt said that he and new CSEA Rank & File Unit President Robert LoDolce feel that there have been ongoing problems in negotiations, but that he hopes that new leadership on part of the CSEA (himself and LoDolce), represent a fresh opportunity for progress, ahead of the upcoming New Year. “I wanted to talk on the record here about the ongoing problem we have with continuing our negotiations with the Village of Garden City for village employees. I have tried to re-open the negotiations. We understand there may have been issues on agreements in the past but we would love to come together and talk about a reasonable agreement that works for both parties instead of using taxpayers’ money towards litigation or charges or anything brought in front of P.E.R.M. (labor certification)… we are willing to set up dates and we’d be open to any discussion upon meeting,

with any dates. I am willing to accept, check my calendar and clear my schedule so we can move forward,” Russertt said on Tuesday night. Midway into his comments, Mayor Brian Daughney stopped and corrected Russertt’s description of the current situation as he said the village and CSEA union interaction “can be called discussions, but they are not negotiations between the village and the CSEA… we are not in any negotiations, let’s be clear on that,” he told Russertt. Russertt said to the mayor this standstill is part of the problem as he tries to get negotiations to move forward again. “I have had dialogue with your counsel through letter, and recently last week I received a letter. It says in part, ‘for what it is worth, I do not think the letter is going to help solve the issues between the parties or even to help towards a resolution. Since letters are not going to work I do want to bring this to your attention that we do want to come to the table,” Russertt told the Mayor and Board of Trustees. In an interview with The Garden City News back in late October, Russertt contemplated the Board of Trustees’ approval of a new labor relations attorney, Deputy Village Attorney Kerry Oristano, to the village’s executive staff.

Two months ago he said the village’s hire of Oristano represented an investment of taxpayer money into a prolonged legal process rather than an attempt to negotiate with the CSEA rank and file. “We have already began trying to negotiate several things with the Board and they’re refusing to negotiate. To hire an additional (labor) attorney, I am not sure why they’d put the money there into more legal fees instead of just investing in services they already have from CSEA union members. I can see why the village is called Garden City, as I understand the members do a fantastic job with the beautification of plants, trees, village property and in sanitation pickup. It’s really a well-maintained village. The fact the Board has not come back to the table, and from what I understand under the law they are supposed to try to, the village has hired another attorney to challenge the law instead. I do not think that is the best use of taxpayers’ money,” Russertt told the News in October. Russertt’s comment this week was followed immediately by an explanation from the village attorney, Kenneth A. Gray of the Garden City firm Bee, Ready, Fishbein, Hater & Donovan, as he was filling in for the firm’s principal

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CSEA attorney says “stalemate” in labor talks with Village

and former village mayor Peter Bee on December 19. Gray referenced the duties of the village’s labor relations firm, Bond, Schoeneck & King PLLC of 1010 Franklin Avenue, and specifically counsel Christopher Kurtz at the firm. “There is separate labor counsel from Bond Schoeneck and King who handles the labor relations aspects of various contracts. Mr. Kurtz is not here this evening so I am going to ask the Board of Trustees not to respond to you – not because we don’t want to respond to you. Just because their counsel is not here. I think the board wants to thank you for coming and for addressing the board to ‘open a dialogue.’ We appreciate that you also have a new unit president and I am confident you will be hearing from Mr. Kurtz in the next week or two. It was our intentions all along to have Mr. Kurtz reach out to you, prior to any scheduled later dates in January,” he told Russertt. In March 2015 Kurtz was named to the Long Island Business News’ Who’s Who list for his career in labor negotiations and municipal contracts law. Just after Tuesday night’s meeting ended, LoDolce caught up with the News inside Village Hall and said “the union looks forward to Mr. Kurtz reaching out to us soon.”

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This photograph was taken by me way back in the early 1990’s. I was photographing the stores on Seventh Street at Christmas time. I waited until there were no people in the area to get a clean shot at the stores. However, when I developed the photograph (it was film back then), there he was leaning against a lamppost. There was no explanation as I knew there was no one on the street at the time. No, I hadn’t just come from Leo’s when I took the photo - so that wasn’t it. I even had the negatives scientifically examined and it was all real! Then it occurred to me maybe (just maybe) he is always around but we can’t see him. That’s how he knows who has been naughty or nice. I even heard he can see you when you’re sleeping and he knows when you’re awake. How freaky is that?! So I kept this photo all these years and now I am sharing it with you hoping the magic of the season finds its way into your home. Merry Christmas to you all and I hope you have enjoyed the “Kordes Korner” this year and I’ll see you in the new year.

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Garden City Residents are reminded that there will be no garbage or recycling pickup on Monday, December 25, 2017. The holiday week collection schedule will be as follows: Western half of Village (West of Rockaway Avenue): Garbage - Tuesday and Friday; Rubbish - Thursday,

December 28th Eastern half of Village (East of Rockaway Avenue): Garbage Wednesday and Saturday; Rubbish Thursday, December 28th Residents scheduled for recycling on Monday, December 25th, are asked to put their recyclables out on Monday, January 8th.

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Abagael Fagan (right) and her sister Heather Zwislak, were among the many volunteers at the Wreaths Across America event at Long Island National cemetery. Approximately 800 volunteers gathered on Saturday, December 16th for Wreaths Across America Day. Their purpose was to remember America’s deceased veterans by placing a wreath on their graves. Abagael Fagan of Garden City and her sister, Heather Zwislak of Malverne, were among those who assisted in this event at Long Island National Cemetery. They were following the example of their aunt, Barbara Sheedy, who lives in Royal Palm Beach Florida, and has participated in this initiative for many years. All three women are recently admitted members of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, a women’s service organization which promotes patriotism. Abagael and Heather belong to the Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter in Garden City. Wreaths Across America is a donation based project which aims to place a wreath on the grave of any American Veteran from any war, in cemeteries across the country. The group gathered at Long Island

National Cemetery at approximately 10:30am and helped to unload at least 8 tractor trailers packed with wreaths. At noon, a memorial ceremony to remember the veterans was held, which was synchronized so that volunteers in all states were memorializing the veterans at the same time. The 800 volunteers represents the largest group of volunteers gathered here on Long Island since the organization began in 2006. Volunteers included Long Islanders from many walks of life, including families marking the graves of their own loved ones, and truckers helping to insure the arrival of the wreaths. By the time the group was finished several hours later, they had placed more than 45,000 wreaths. Donations to help pay for the wreaths are encouraged, and those who wish to volunteer to help next year may go to the organization’s web site for more information at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org Kudos to the volunteers who made sure our veterans are not forgotten!

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9 Gas leak: Garden City Police assisted the Fire Department who responded to a gas leak on Lee Road on December 13. The source of the leak was located and corrected by Firefighters. Downed lines: On December 13 Police assisted the Fire Department who responded to Princeton Street for downed wires in the roadway. The area was rendered safe by Firefighters. Fire alarms: On December 13 at approximately 10:40 PM, Garden City Police responded to a Franklin Avenue Building for a report of an alarm going off. Upon arrival they observed smoke in the building and numerous alarms sounding off. Firefighters responded and determined the cause to be construction work to the basement boiler system. Phone taken: An iPhone 8 was reported stolen from an Adelphi University dorm room on December 13. Multiple violations: On December 13th an Garden City police officer stopped a vehicle for passing a red traffic light at the intersection of Stewart Avenue and Tanners Pond Road. Police say that as the Officer walked up to the vehicle, it sped off northbound on Tullamore Road at 60 MPH. The vehicle passed a stop sign and turned west onto Stratford Avenue

and eventually struck a light pole on SE 12th Street in New Hyde Park. The driver, 20 year old Elmont man, was arrested and charged with Unlawful Fleeing from a Police Officer, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation (suspended license), and numerous traffic violations. Suspended license: On December 14th a joint investigation by the Garden City Police Department and the Nassau County Probation Department resulted in the arrest of a 30 year old Lynbrook woman for allegedly on County Seat Drive while her license was suspended. The woman was charged with Aggravated Unlicensed Operation. Art stolen: On December 14th a hand drawn picture was reported stolen from an Art Exhibit at the Garden City Library. Winter storm: On December 14th as a result of a winter storm, Officers responded to numerous reports of auto accidents and hazardous road conditions during the morning rush hour. Shoplifting: On December 15th police arrested a 35 year old Franklin Square woman at Lord and Taylor

for the alleged theft of merchandise valued at $514. Porch pirate: A package delivered to the front of a Garden Street residence was reported stolen on December 15th. Aggressive driving: On December 16th a vehicle was stopped by Garden City Police on Franklin Avenue for aggressive driving violations. Upon investigation, the driver, a 38 year old Medford man, was arrested for DWI and two Improper Lane Use violations. Nativity theft: On December 16th a Nativity set was reported stolen from the front lawn of a Hampton Road residence. Leaving the scene: Garden City Police are investigating a report of a vehicle leaving the scene after being involved in an accident with another vehicle on the Adelphi University campus. Unlicensed operation: As a result of a traffic stop investigation on Willow Street on December 16, Officers charged a 38 year old Hempstead man for allegedly driving with four license suspensions. He was charged with

Aggravated Unlicensed Operation and other traffic violations. Another Nativity theft: On December 17th several items of a Nativity scene were reported stolen from the lawn of a Meadow Street residence. Sparking power lines: On December 17th firefighters responded to the rear of a Westbury Road residence for a report of sparking power lines. PSEG also responded to the scene. Plate reader scores: Two vehicles were stopped on Washington Avenue on December 17 after a police vehicleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license plate reader indicated their registrations were suspended. The driver of the first vehicle, a 48 year old Port Washington woman, was charged with driving with a suspended registration, uninsured operation, and switched license plates. The driver of the second vehicle, a 32 year old Garden City man, was charged with aggravated unlicensed operation (suspended license), driving with a suspended registration, and uninsured operation. Commercial burglary: On December 18th at approximately 10:30 PM, the police were advised that surveillance cameras inside a Franklin See page 9

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New roofs and generator approved for municipal buildings BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

At the Village Board of Trustees’ final meeting of 2017, held on Tuesday, December 19, bids were approved for capital projects to replace two roofs and install an emergency generator, ballasting a few of the “critical” municipal infrastructure Garden City has. Superintendent of Public Works and Deputy Village Administrator Joseph DiFrancisco explained the needs the village has determined and some good news about pricing with the projects. The Board awarded a bid of $129,720 to Bayshore-based Tailored Roofing to remove and replace the roofing system at the Municipal Yard (Village Yard) for items 1, 2 and 3. The item was part of the capital budget and six vendors were invited to bid on the project, three bids were received however. “This roof had been leaking for a number of years, from what I was told. It needs to be addressed. The bid prices came back slightly under what we projected so this is a good thing. We are looking to accept that and move forward as soon as possible,” DiFrancisco said. Mayor Brian Daughney asked if the project can be done soon and DiFrancisco answered because the open flame (torch) can be used they can start and the project can be completed during the winter.

For the other municipal building roof, the one adjacent to Village Hall at the Garden City Fire Department’s headquarters the Board awarded the bid of $57,800 from Long Island Roofing and Repairs Service Corp. of North Bellmore. Three vendors also bid on this project, which was another part of the 2017-2018 capital budget and specifically for optional items 4 and 5. “If you recall we did the roof above us in the board room here just recently and that Village Hall roof budget carried over from the last year’s budget, about $152,000. Approximately $60,000 was left over from last year in the village’s roofing budget. The bid for this (the fire dept. headquarters) came in significantly lower than planned. We knew we had to do the re-roofing of the fire department, but this came in at $57,800 and this fits into the $60,000 originally in the Village Hall roof budget from a year ago - $152,000. Basically we are getting two roofs out of the one budgeted project,” DiFrancisco said. He and Village Administrator Ralph Suozzi considered the only unaddressed portion of the roof of Village Hall, the northeast section of it, and DiFrancisco said if the village plans to have that project next budget year “the entire roof of this building will be fairly new.” Trustee Louis Minuto asked DiFrancisco if the products from differ-

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ent vendors (roofs) are uniform or they vary slightly. The Municipal Yard’s roof is an entire rebuild and DiFrancisco said it has leaked for so long, it must be torn down. “There was some asbestos that needed to be abated there,” he told the Board. DiFrancisco said the roof of Village Hall does not have the same deterioration as the Yard and Village Hall has membrane-type roofing. Administrator Suozzi noted that for the fire headquarters, there was a roof leak repaired by an emergency allocation approved by the Board of Trustees. Trustee Stephen Makrinos asked if there was a warranty for work to replace the roofs, and DiFrancisco confirms they are included with the bids. The next item the Board approved Tuesday night was a bid of $83,610 for an emergency standby generator for the Municipal Yard, from vendor Polaris Electrical Construction from Rockville Centre. The generator will be a diesel fuel (diesel engine with an electric generator). Ten vendors were invited to bid and the village received eight competitive bids, but DiFrancisco explained that the results were positive since the Department of Public Works and village administrator originally came up with a project price of $135,000 for the budget. The generator at the Municipal Yard is at the end of its useful life, as DiFrancisco explained, and the facility is integral to various Village of Garden City operations. “The Yard is critical village infrastructure and we need standby power there. We budgeted $135,000 and the bid came in significantly lower ($83,610). Again, using the same system I used for the roofing budget we were going to put a backup generator over in Fire Station No. 3 on Clinton Road as it doesn’t have one. I should have enough funds leftover in this capital project allocation to be able to put a generator in Fire Station 3,” he said. He announced that the fire station generator will run on natural gas, and along the same line item, DiFrancisco threw in another capital project the village has planned for –installing a natural gas generator at the new Golf Club Lane Senior Center. Mayor Daughney said that has always been planned for the new senior center; in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy five years ago the village wanted to ensure a place people can turn to, “where they can get to and hopefully go to where they have a gen-

erator there.” Trustee Makrinos asked DiFrancisco if the village would get a better price if both new gas generators, for the fire station and senior center, are bid on together. He says yes and the items will appear together on the bid specifications, with projects up for trustees’ approval in 2018. Mayor Daughney says in summary, the bids awarded and projects on target are examples of how the village is getting things done quickly. “We are getting things repaired that need to be repaired and getting them done for a good prices that lets us do other things. We are all trying to do that,” he said. Administrator Suozzi says the village staff has so much in the pipeline with projects that these handful were great to have voted on this December and underway in winter. “We could not get all the specs together at once and that’s why all new generators aren’t on the agenda yet. We have so much work to do for bids but I am glad to get this done for the village’s work going on at each facility. This is not only good for the village’s infrastructure but good for employees working underneath the roofs and inside facilities,” he said.

Budget Hearings Schedule Set

Garden City’s Board of Trustees approved their late winter and early spring calendar for annual presentations of the village budget components by the village’s department heads and staff in a series of work sessions, aside from biweekly Board meetings on Thursday nights. This week the trustees approved four dates, all in March 2018, for work sessions (hearings) from 7:30 to approximately 9:30 p.m. each, upstairs at Village Hall. They are Tuesday, March 6, Thursday March 15, Tuesday March 20 and if necessary, Thursday March 29. Departmental budgets to be addressed by administrators and staff include the Garden City Public Library, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Water Department, the Department of Public Works, the Administrative budget, Police and Fire. In addition to the budget hearings for the village’s 2018-2019 fiscal year, which begins May 31, the Board of Trustees has its regular meetings ahead on Thursdays, January 11 and February 8, Tuesday February 27, and Thursdays, March 8 and 22 to start the year.

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Westbury man, on the third floor. The subject was charged with burglary. Unauthorized charges: On December 18th police investigated a report of numerous unauthorized charges against a resident’s credit card totaling $1,400.

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We got to Nahunta, a very sleepy town of 952 people at the time (just looked it up) and were greeted with a large sign for the Knox Hotel, featuring rooms for $2 a night, very cheap even then. (Oddly, the Knox still exists.) Unfortunately, however, things did not go well for my poor mother once we got off the train. No car was there for us and, in the world years before cellphones, there was no good way to get in touch. My mother was having difficulty understanding the thick Southern accents of the Nahunta locals. I remember at one point she was told that a place with a phone was “over yonder behind the pecan tree”, but she had no idea what a pecan tree looked like. The only consolation for me was that we found a guy in a hardware store who was able to arrange the radio batteries correctly and my transistor radio actually played. We waited for a number of hours and munched on peanut butter and crackers from the general store. My mother was seriously wondering whether the $2 rooms at the Knox were in our future. But eventually, after maybe 4 or 5 hours, the car arrived, we crammed in and got to Jekyll Island. As it happened, there had been severe snowstorms in Virginia and huge traffic delays. The Jekyll Island vacation was fun, even if the weather was cloudy most of the time. I remember touring Ofekenokee swamp, which featured moonshine stills that were closed by the authorities. But in many ways my best Christmas memory of that year was the wait at Nahunta, and not just because we got the radio to work. My mother appreciated my helping with my younger brother and just being around to discuss the situation. I felt a little more confident about myself and closer to my family. And that was a Christmas gift in itself.

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Savvy Sightseer: Great Britain with a taste treat from Outlander Garden City Public Library Thursday, January 25th at 2PM Registration Begins Wednesday, January 10th Join Jean Schnupp on a Savvy Sightseer travelogue to enjoy scenes and stories from Great Britain on Thursday, January 25th at 2PM at the Garden City Public Library. You’ll explore the Scottish Highlands and sample a taste treat from the popular Outlander book and TV series. You’ll also peek inside the Royal Britannia, the very posh 410foot floating palace of British royals. You’ll visit northern Wales, from its highest peak in Snowdonia National Park to the rugged coastal regions. And

Teens and parents listened to a presentation on college admissions called Jump Start Your College Admissions with Your College Navigator Michael Binder. The program was held on Monday, December 4 at the Garden City Public Library.

News from the Garden City Library Children’s Room The staff of the Children’s Room of the Garden City Public Library would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy holiday season and to thank you for your patronage and support of the Library during this past year! We have put together an exciting new season of programs starting in February. Our schedule is finalized and a flyer is available in the Children’s Room. Don’t forget program registration will begin online on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) on Tuesday, January 16, 2018. Priority for registration and participation for programs is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders. Winter is here. Christmas is just a few days away. Hanukkah has come and gone. Boxing Day is the day after Christmas and Kwanzaa starts as well. With only a few days left to the end of the year, now is the time to reflect on so many things. Ask yourself, did I accomplish what I set out to do in

January 2017? Did I read as many books as I should have? How many children’s programs did I attend at the Garden City Library? The good news is that it’s time for a fresh start with the beginning of 2018. Don’t forget to stop by and read some classic Christmas books such as ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore, The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. Seuss, and A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Also, many of our favorite characters have books about the holidays including Thomas The Tank Engine, our friends from Sesame Street, and Clifford, Spot, Dora, and Barney! Celebrate Kwanzaa with books such as My First Kwanzaa by Karen Katz, Seven Spools of Thread: A Kwanzaa Story by Angela Shelf Medearis, and Li’l Rabbit’s Kwanzaa by Donna L. Washington. Don’t forget to check out one of our holiday DVDs as well!

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in England, you’ll go to Chester and take a walk on the largest remaining Roman wall. See why the poet Wordsworth was so inspired by the Lake District and what drew queens and emperors to elegant Bath. You’ll also stroll through London and learn the back stories of its famous, and not-so-famous, landmarks. This program is limited to 35 participants. Registration begins on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 for Garden City Library cardholders. Please call 516-742-8405 x 221. Nonresidents may register on January 19th. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Let’s Speak Italian! Basic Italian for travelers Garden City Public Library Thursday, January 11th at 2PM Registration Begins Wednesday, December 11th Italian native speaker and teacher Elena Florenzano, director of Thinking Italian, will guide adults through the basics of Conversational Italian for Travelers on Thursday, January 11th at 2PM at the Garden City Public Library. This adult class will be interactive and fun while participants learn the Italian

language related to real life travel situations in Italian society. Beginners welcome, no previous Italian language experience necessary. Please call the Reference Desk at 516-742-8405 x 221 beginning Monday, December 11th to register for this program. Nonresidents may call to register beginning January 4th. This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Coffee & Tea by the Book: The Library at the Edge of the World Garden City Public Library Tuesday, January 30th at 9:30AM In Person Registration Tuesday, January 9th at 9:30AM In person registration for Garden City Library cardholders begins on Tuesday, January 9th at the Reference Desk of the Library for the next Coffee & Tea by the Book discussion. The program will be held on Tuesday, January 30th on the Lower Level at 9:30AM sharp. Librarians Laura Flanagan and Ann Garnett will moderate a discussion of The Library at the Edge of the World by Felicity Hayes-McCoy. In the bestselling tradition of Fannie Flagg and Maeve Binchy comes Felicity Hayes-McCoy’s U.S. debut about a

local librarian who must find a way to rebuild her community and her own life in this touching, enchanting novel set on Ireland’s stunning West Coast. Told with heart and abundant charm, The Library at the Edge of the World is a joyous story about the meaning of home and the importance of finding a place where you truly belong. You can pick up a copy of the book when you register at the Reference Desk. You are welcome to bring your own coffee or tea. In person registration on January 9th is limited to Garden City Public Library cardholders. NonGarden City Library cardholders may register in person beginning January 23rd if space is available.

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GCMS team competes in chess tournament

On Saturday December 2nd, five sixth graders and one seventh grader from the GCMS Chess Club participated for the first time in the LI Chess Nuts Scholastic Tournament that took place at the Wisdom Lane Middle School, Levittown. The chess tournament consisted of three novice sections, two reg-

ular sections and one All Star section. Two of the five sixth graders obtained 7th and 8th place from a field of 32 players in the 5th & 6th graders section. As a team, GCMS obtained a 4th place win. This is an outstanding accomplishment since it was GCMS’ first time participating. Way to go!

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Beginner Mah Jongg

Garden City Recreation and Parks is pleased to offer beginner Mah Jongg lessons to our seniors. This eight week course (extended from 6 weeks) will cover the basics of the game and the rules so you can enjoy playing. The class will meet every Monday from 10 am to noon beginning Monday, January 8. The cost of this eight week class will be $64 and space is limited. Checks should be made payable to the Village of Garden City. To register for this class, please fill out the form below and return it to the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue. Applications will be accepted until all 16 spots are filled. PLEASE NOTE – an additional $10 supply fee will be payable to the instructor at the first class.

Winter and Spring Trips for GC Seniors

Here Garden City Recreation and Parks’ fall trip list for seniors who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. If you would like to register for any of our trips, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue. Payment must accompany registrations. Monday, February 5 - Join us for

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Garden City Retired Men’s Club Upcoming Events

Monday, December 25 and Jan.1 - No meetings Monday, January 8 - Sandwiches Monday, January 15 No meeting Monday, January 22 Sandwiches Monday, January 29 Regular Mtg. Bowling every Friday during season at Herrill Lanes. Contact Joe Leto at 248-9022. Poker players: check with John Marino at 248-1770. We welcome bridge, and especially non-bridge, players, in order to expand the variety of our activities. Some suggestions: poker, chess, backgammon, other card games, cribbage and bil-

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their tree lined streets and 19th century row houses while we learn about the “brownstone revolution” and the joys of living in Brooklyn. Lunch will be included at Juniors. The cost of this trip will be $85, checks only, made payable to Rendezvous Travel. Thursday, June 14 – Trip to New York Botanical Garden “Visions of Hawaii”. We will travel by coach bus to NY Botanical Garden. The NYBG will present Georgia O’Keeffe: Visions of Hawaii, a major exhibition exploring the artist’s immersion in the Hawaiian Islands. Highlights include a stunning display of more than 15 of O’Keefe’s paintings, not seen together since their debut in 1940. Discover a lush flower show evoking the gardens and landscapes that inspired O’Keeffe. We will then have lunch at the Seashore Restaurant on City Island. The cost of this trip will be $90, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel.

Exercise for Seniors

Recreation and Parks is offering the following exercise classes for seniors at The Senior Center on Golf Club Lane. For the next few months the classes will be free in order to for you to try each class, after which they will be offered

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The party will take place at the holiday decorated See House, at 36 Cathedral Avenue in Garden City On Sunday, January 7th at 5pm, the Cathedral of the Incarnation will host a “Twelfth Night” cocktail party, celebrating the end of the twelve days of Christmas. The party will take place at the beautifully decorated See House, a Victorian-era home on the cathedral grounds. Guests will be treated to cocktails, wine, sushi, and hors d’oeuvres generously donated by Taku Asian Bistro, Go Greek, and Culinary Heights, Inc. Tickets will be $60 a person, with 100% of the proceeds going to The INN. The cathedral’s “INNcarnation” initiative began with a brunch on the Feast of All Saints in November, sponsored by

Walk Street. Over 70 guests were treated to a brunch in the elegant undercroft of the cathedral, and the event raised over $7,000. The events aim to bring members of the community together, promote local businesses, and raise money for The INN. Tickets for the cocktail party can be purchased at www.TwelfthNightSoiree. Eventbrite.com or by mailing a check to the cathedral office. A free concert by the Cathedral Choirs will take place at 4pm, just before the cocktail party. The concert will feature carols and hymns celebrating Christmas and the Epiphany.

Open casting call announced for GC Community Theatre Actors — adults and children — mark your calendars for an open casting call for the spring 2018 musical production of The Garden City Community Theatre. Auditions will take place on Friday, January 12th at 8:00pm and on Sunday, January 14th at 2:00pm at the Garden City Community Church, 245 Stewart Avenue, Garden City. Please use the Church entrance that can be accessed from the doors on Whitehall Boulevard. All interested in participating in the play should bring a ‘head-shot’ photo of themselves. The show will take place over the weekend of April 13th, 14th, and 15th, 2018. Any questions concerning auditions can be directed to Brad or Ruby Gustavson at 516-398-3431. The Garden City Community

Theatre is a part of the Garden City Community Church. The theatre group was formed in 1996 as a creative outlet for the many talented individuals living in the Church community and also as a means to fundraise for the Church. The Garden City Community Church is part of the United Church of Christ and is an Open and Affirming congregation. Worship services are Sundays at 8:30am in the chapel and 10:30 am in the sanctuary, with church school for children and a crib room for infants and toddlers, during the latter service. The Garden City Community Church is located at Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Blvd. For more information, call 746-1700 or visit our website at www.gardencitycommunitychurch.org

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Girl Scout Troop 1322 participates in Kindness Rocks Project

On October 4th, Garden City Junior Girl Scout Troop 1322 kicked off the new scouting year by participating in the Kindness Rocks Project. “The Kindness Rocks” Project was created to spread inspiration and a moment of kindness for unsuspecting recipient through inspirational rocks dropped along the way. One message at just the right moment can change someone’s entire outlook, day, life.” The troop discussed the value of kindness and decorated and designed rocks with inspirational pictures and phrases. After the meeting, each scout took five rocks to randomly place throughout the community with the hopes of inspiring others and recruiting others to pass along random acts of kindness. Troop 1322 will continue to explore the different facets of kindness, including being kind to yourself, others and the community. More information about the project can be found at www. thekindnessrocksproject.com. If you happen upon a rock, the girls hope it brightens your day and inspires you to pay the kindness forward.

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New Year’s Beginning You are the new year shining bright. You are the source of love and delight. No matter how many times I turn around, you are ever-present, there to be found.

Thoughts of you awaken me each morning as the new day is dawning; there can only be a smile for that little while. And when the day is over, I’m seemingly rolling in clover. For all the fun and games have been yours to name. In between, what I have seen is colored by your eyes. Everything new, so much to do, much of it a grand surprise. Thank you for being, for now I see the world in all its auras. With you as around, I have re-found the wonders of faunas and floras.

Hempstead Supervisor-elect Laura Gillen was welcomed by Garden City/Mineola Rotary leaders on December 11th at a Garden City Hotel holiday luncheon. Left to right: Jack & Chris Bransfield, Town of Hempstead Supervisor-elect Laura Gillen, Maureen Clancy, Maura Clancy, and Mark Fitzpatrick.

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The Garden City PTA will be photographing and/or filming students, staff, and PTA members as they go about the business of learning, succeeding and participating in PTA events and activities. This media may be published on the Garden City PTA website, monthly e-newsletters, social media sites (Facebook, Instagram,Twitter), and in the Garden City News. Student names will never be published. If you do not wish to have your child or yourself photographed and/or videotaped, submit your request to communications@gardencitypta.org in writing.

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Since 1945, the Garden City Parent Teacher Association has been dedicated to serving children and families in our community. Today’s Garden City PTA is a network of parents, teachers, administrators, and community members devoted to the educational, social, and emotional success of children. Our commitment to creating a collaborative environment where families and the school community can work together has and will continue to foster positive change in our schools and within our community. Together, we are a powerful voice for all our children, a relevant resource for our families, and a strong advocate for public education. Through our annual membership drive and fundraising efforts we are able to provide cultural programs, speaker engagements, health and safety programs, monetary awards to high school seniors, and so much more. Many of our events and programs have become longstanding traditions in our schools and for our students. Our grants have enhanced the educational experience for students in each of our seven schools. Our members can be found volunteering their time and talents in our schools and throughout our community. Thank you to all who support the Garden City PTA. Together we can achieve great things!

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Fire Lieutenants take oaths, another volunteer joins ranks

Mayor Brian Daughney, Trustee and Fire Commissioner Robert Bolebruch, First Lieutenant Jonathan Parrella and Second Lieutenant Thomas C. Fasano, both members of Engine Company, following their oaths of office at the Tuesday, December 19, 2017 Board meeting.

Garden City Fire Department Engine Company lieutenants took their oaths of office during a brief ceremony at Village Hall Tuesday, December 19, 2017. Trustee Robert Bolebruch, Fire Commissioner, did the honors. Jonathan Parrella joined the Department in November 2015. Before joining Garden City, Lieutenant Parrella was a member of the Hempstead Fire Department for parts of 15 years and completed multiple in-house training sessions while there. When he came to Garden City, he made certain to get certified on the county level as well. He currently works at JP Coins on Franklin Avenue in Garden City and is committed to making sure he is available to cover daytime shifts since he works so close by. Thomas Fasano joined the Department in June 2013. Prior to his membership in the Department, he was a member of the Junior Firefighter Program for four years while in high school. When he joined, he enjoyed hav-

ing an edge over other people that joined alongside him regarding skills and training learned while in the Juniors. He currently works as a local police aide alongside 3rd Assistant Chief Devyn Moody. Tom looks forward to joining the officers’ ranks through his experience as an Assistant Adviser with the Junior Firefighter Program, a position he still holds today. Also during the December 19, 2017 Board meeting, Trustees approved another volunteer firefighter. Bobby Papadopoulos decided to join the Department as a way to give back to his local community and to also set an example for his two young children. He had attended many events the Department put on in the past which triggered his interest in being a part of the brotherhood. He currently works as a Business Associate at Quik Fund Inc. located on Stewart Avenue. If interested in volunteering, visit www.gcfdny.com or call 465-4130.

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On November 29 Garden City High School honor students Aidan Pfaff, left, and Thomas Grlic, right, presented the results of their research on gas-powered leaf blower noise and pollution to the village’s Environmental Advisory Board. In addition to sound levels dangerous to the human ear, Grlic and Pfaff explained that leaf-blowers stir-up tiny particles of dust, dirt, animal waste, lawn fertilizer and other material. Some of this material is so tiny that it is not filtered by the small hairs in our respiratory tracts and, thereby, pollutes the air breathed by residents. The research was supervised by Dr. Steven Gordon of GCHS’s science department. Trustee John Delany, EAB chairperson, announced that on Wednesday, January 10 the EAB will host a forum for commercial landscapers and interested members of the public on the differences in pollution generated by gas vs electric leaf blowers.

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This is your opportunity to reach a large unit of families through our community subscription newspapers. For more information about advertising in our School & Camp Directory Brownie Troop 1609 had a fabulous time shopping for their “adopted children” this December. This is an informal Garden City Girl Scouts program that helps young mothers provide much needed clothing and small gifts for their children while they continue their education.

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SOCIALLY SPEAKING

Merry Christmas! With ATHENA It’s beginning to feel a lot like Christmas and the snow fall recently brought it home to everyone especially the children as they love the snow - that the Christmas holiday is fast approaching. You had better finish your gift purchasing soon as you will want to be ready for the holiday visiting back and forth among family and friends. School will be out and you will want to take the children out to the places they will love. For the younger ones there is the visit to Santa (check him out in various stores and then pick the one you feel is the best). I guess a number of stores still do have a Santa. Good luck! Did you know that the Class of 2021 at Adelphi is made up of 1,100 students and they come from 26 states and 27 countries and they make up the second most diverse class in the history of their school. How good is it that Adelphi chose Garden City for their home. The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead held their traditional “Christmas Hour of Music” at the Garden City Cathedral followed by refreshments at the Garden City Casino. It followed a trip to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and reports have it that the Christmas tree at the Museum was very beautiful. The gentlemen from the William Bradford Turner Post of the American Legion held their traditional Christmas Party recently and their Ladies Auxiliary held its own party for the holidays. This is the time for celebrating and they do so much for all of the Veterans. Folks will be gathering to celebrate so many things - their friendships both old and new with family and neighbors alike. It truly is a time to gather together in friendship. If you want to see some lovely homes at Christmas you can visit some of the historic houses here

Wishing you Joy & Peace this Holiday Season

on Long Island. There is Rock Hall on the South Shore, Planting Fields in the middle of the Island and several places even in Queens County - King’s Mansion in Jamaica. His property looks small now, but at the time of the American Revolution he owned most of Queens County. Have a good time looking up places that both you and the children would like. And even better - they and you will learn something new. When December had a full moon it was called the Cold Moon. It was also called the Long Night’s Moon because nights at this time of year were the longest. Think about it if your birthday falls in either time of that month. The community Club of Garden City and Hempstead will be sponsoring their Mid-Winter Bridge Game Luncheon on Monday, January 22 from 12 noon to 4 p.m. at the Orchid Restaurant. Reservations should be sent in the amount of $35 per person and made payable to: Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead to Mrs. Carolyn Kaiser at 176 Kensington Rd., Garden City NY 11530 by January 10th. If you cannot attend a donation in that amount would be appreciated. The money raised goes to the Club’s Scholarship Fund. Kathy McCormick and Ruth Labosco are co-chairing the Holiday Program which was presented at the Garden City Casino on Thursday, December 14th. It was by Angela and Thomas Stallone and it was “Holiday Music”. It included traditional Christmas music that the performed as well as familiar operatic arias. It was a good start to a wonderful holiday spirit and had you tapping your toes to the music. See you next week!

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Scholarship established in memory The Lockhorns are coming home of Garden City resident to Adelphi University

Alice C. Burke St. John’s University has established a scholarship in memory of Alice C. Burke, a 25 year resident of Garden City who succumbed to a rare form of cancer in October. The scholarship is named The Alice C. Burke Campus Ministry Expendable Scholarship, and provides a grant-in-aid to a rising senior student who has been actively involved in the university’s campus ministry program, especially those that serve the needs of the poor. “Alice was always motivated to make a difference for others, especially those in need,” noted husband Thomas Burke. “It’s wonderful to see this scholarship up and running at St. John’s, where it will both reward and encourage a young person every year to follow her example and make the world a better place.” Alice Burke earned a B.A. in

Psychology from St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the Graduate Division. In 1975, she began what would become a lifelong career in higher education as an Adjunct Instructor of Behavioral Science at the New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury. One year later, she became a member of the full-time faculty at that institution. She later moved from teaching into the area of counseling, initially as a member of the student services staff and later as Senior Executive Director of Counseling and Wellness of both NYIT and its affiliated medical school, the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. Alice was responsible for introducing and implementing many innovative programs to enhance student counseling, and was a featured speaker at professional conferences and meetings as well as newspaper and television interviews. Alice held both positions for the remainder of her life. Dedicated throughout her life to making a difference for those in need, she personified a commitment to making a difference for those in need through her involvement in and support of activities such as St. John’s Bread and Life and the University’s Midnight Runs for the homeless in New York City. Anyone who wishes to support the scholarship is asked to visit the secure university website at http://sju. quadweb.site/giving/the-alice-c-burke75c-77g-campus-ministry-expendablescholarship

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Adelphi University alumna, cartoonist and co-creator of The Lockhorns – a single-panel cartoon created in 1968 and featured in 500 newspapers in 23 countries – Bunny Hoest, ’53, has generously donated her entire syndicated Lockhorn, Howard Huge, Agatha Crumm and Parade original comic art collection to Adelphi’s Archives and Special Collections just in time for the holiday season. “We were attached to Adelphi and felt strongly about keeping the cartoons on Long Island, where they were originated,” said Hoest, who explained that other collectors and curators, such as Ohio State University and Columbia University, also approached her about housing the collection. “We decided that since Bill Hoest worked exclusively on Long Island, it was more appropriate to be here.” Now known as “The Cartoon Lady,” Hoest was born in Brooklyn in 1932 as the only child of a doctor and an opera singer. She studied literature at Adelphi and graduated in 1953. It wasn’t until the 1970s, while working as a teacher, that she entered the world of cartoons. She was hired by cartoonist Bill Hoest, creator of The Lockhorns, who needed help compiling his cartoons into books. The two later married and, after Bill’s passing in 1988, Bunny continued the cartoon and several others they co-created with the help of illustrator John Reiner. The donation is an expansive collection, detailing the tremendous volume of work created by the prolific couple. “Bill was an extremely hard worker and the paperwork that was involved in all the collections shows the amount of thought and work that goes into it,” said Hoest. “He has an enormous collection

of material that he did in his life and that I continue to do in tribute to him.” For Adelphi, the collection is an opportunity for students and the college community to study a medium enriched in multiple topics including art, history and social commentary. The most famous of the cartoons, The Lockhorns, features married couple Leroy and Loretta Lockhorn bickering and making sarcastic comments about each other’s failings as spouses. “At a university that offers students the opportunity to study the art and history of animation and cartooning, the Bunny Hoest Collection will bring a rich and unique research resource to Adelphi,” said David Ranzan, Associate Professor, Archives and Special Collections. “Of course, the longevity and success of The Lockhorns also attests to the wider cultural and sociological significance of the collection which is sure to attract the interest of students, researchers and scholars from across many disciplines.” For Hoest, she hopes that the collection will teach students a variety of skills. She described her own experience at Adelphi as “transforming, spirited, and everything a college should be.” She hopes that when her collection arrives at its new home at Adelphi it will have an impact on current students. “They’ll learn something about social commentary and social criticism, as well as a fine art form,” Hoest said. “They’ll also learn about the responsibilities of doing business, of having publishing deadlines and never missing one no matter what happens. I hope they learn all of the above and they learn it in a fun way, because the cartoons are really fun.”

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Treat holiday hosts to something special as a token of appreciation for opening up their homes to company. The season of entertaining is in full swing, with family, friends and coworkers gathering at various locales to enjoy some holiday spirit together. When celebrating the holidays, it is customary to offer hosts a token of appreciation. During the season of giving, it may be challenging to find a gift that stands out in the crowd. However, some of the best gifts for hosts focus on their love of entertaining family and friends. • Music speaker: Music often is an integral part of entertaining, but not every party host is equipped with a stellar sound system. Today’s Bluetooth-enabled music speakers run the gamut from handheld options to speakers that combine mood lighting with sound to large units. Shoppers can find speakers that suit the space hosts have to work with and ones that won’t bust shoppers’ budgets. • Bar tools: Toasting the season (or any occasion) is par for the course at a party or get-together. Avid entertainers can benefit from having new bar tools, such as mixers and serving glasses, to make sure guests’ cups are never empty. • Party games: Keeping guests con-

tent often involves having plenty of beverages and food available. However, for the hosts who want to go above and beyond, game night or other entertainment-based activities can add flair to special events. Board games, physical games (like horseshoes or bean bag tosses), games for video gaming systems, and even karaoke machines can fit the bill. • Cake stand or serviceware: Hosts may want to put foods on display, and a decadent cake stand or serving plate will make occasions more glamorous. • Spa gift certificate: Hosting can be hard work. After the guests have come and gone, hosts will no doubt need some time to rest and recuperate. This can be achieved more easily with a gift card to a nearby spa or massage therapist. • Cleaning service: The gift of a cleaning service saves hosts from having to do the post-party cleanup, and giving such a gift in advance of the party can be the helping hand hosts need as the chore list grows in the days before the party. Holiday hosts open their homes to a bevy of guests. Invitees can show their appreciation by gifting their gracious hosts with something special.

Gift ideas for last-minute shoppers Early bird shoppers may purchase and even wrap gifts before December, but eleventh-hour shoppers may need some help come the holiday season. For those last-minute folks, there still are plenty of ways to ensure your shopping list is checked off. The following gifts are quick to purchase and can still make for thoughtful presents. • Liquor or wine basket: Prepackaged spirits often come with decorative glasses and other accoutrements for entertaining. What’s more, they’re convenient to purchase if you’re on a time crunch. • Fueling station gift card: Drivers will appreciate a gift card to their favorite fueling station. Such cards suit anyone who has a car and frequently travels

or commutes. • Food basket: A visit to the supermarket or a convenience center can yield many tasty finds that can be packaged together into a gift basket. Pair foods with a gift card to that retailer. • Streaming service: Offer to treat a loved one to a month or two of their favorite streaming television or movie service. If they already have streaming subscriptions, offer to cover the cost of the subscription for a few months. • Premade gifts: Don’t overlook your local pharmacy as a place to find convenient gifts. Look for unique items in the seasonal aisle, where you might be able to find stocking-stuffer toiletries or cosmetic gifts that suit several people on your shopping list.

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Baking shortcuts for time-pressed entertainers ‘Tis the season for baking cookies, cakes and other treats. However, during the holiday rush, it’s easy to get side-tracked or tired, and perhaps even a little bit overwhelmed by all the things to do in such a short period of time. Holiday baking doesn’t have to add to seasonal stress. With these tips and shortcuts, there will be plenty of sweet treats for the family.

the microwave when needed for recipes. Eggs can be brought to room temperature by allowing them to sit in a bowl of warm water. Ensure that brown sugar stays soft by putting a piece of sliced bread in the container. Don’t forget to stock up on other baking staples, such as vanilla and almond extracts, baking powder/soda, molasses, and confectioner’s sugar.

Stick with tested recipes Although holiday bakers may want to branch out a bit with their culinary creativity, recipes that have previously been prepared with great success can take some of the work out of holiday baking. Preparing recipes you recall preparing in the past is much easier than trying something new. If you’d like, add sparkle to old standards, such as decorating oatmeal or chocolate chip cookies with colored sprinkles.

Don’t bake from scratch Not all recipes need to be made from scratch. Boxed cake mixes can be embellished and turned into delicious desserts without much fuss. Substitute melted butter for oil, buttermilk for water, and add an extra egg for a rich cake. Mix in chocolate chips or nuts or experiment with garnishes for a festive look.

Cookies are fast-baking Did you know that cookies were originally made to test oven temperatures? Culinary historians say that cookies were first made to test if an oven was hot enough to bake other goods. Today, cookies can be whipped up in mere min-

utes. Make a batch of dough and then freeze or refrigerate it, thawing it when the time comes to bake. Also, think about baking one day and decorating the next if pressed for time. Embrace colored candy melts Icing can be tricky to master. Simply heating colored candy melts and pouring over cakes or painting onto cookies

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Satisfy with a simple, spicy app

Hosting often involves serving food, and the following recipe for “Spicy Cheese Balls” from A.J. Rathbun’s “Party Snacks!” (Harvard Common Press) is sure to please hosts who want to serve their guests an hors d’oeuvre that’s simple but spicy.

Spicy Cheese Balls

Makes 35 to 40 bite-size balls 1 8-ounce package cream cheese, at room temperature 1 cup grated sharp cheddar cheese 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1⁄2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup finely chopped walnuts 1. Put the cream cheese, cheddar, garlic, parsley, cayenne, black pepper, and salt in a food processor. Process for 5 to 10 seconds, until well blended. Scrape the mixture into a bowl, cover, and refrigerate for 1 hour. 2. Spread the chopped walnuts on a plate. Shape the cheese mixture into 35 to 40 small cheese balls, each about the size of a large marble. Roll each cheese ball in the walnuts, coating the outside (you may to press a little to ensure sticking).

3. Serve the cheese balls on a large platter. You can put a toothpick in each ball, but you could also surround them with crackers and let guests use their hands. It all depends on what kind of party you’re having.

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Visiting loved ones in assisted living facilities For many seniors, a day arrives in their lives when it is no longer safe or practical to live at home alone. Assisted living facilities can help seniors adjust to their new situations. Such facilities typically offer comfortable surroundings, caring staff and all the amenities of home. Although fellow residents can provide companionship and friendships can develop over the course of time, assisted living facility residents also enjoy regular visits from family and friends. Such visits keep seniors connected with their loved ones and break up routines that, over time, may become monotonous. Some people may feel anxious or awkward visiting assisted living facilities because it may shed light on the frailties or specialized needs of loved ones. This may be especially true if a loved one has a physical, neurological or mental illness. Rather than avoiding visits, individuals can follow these guidelines. Time visits right Many residents have the most energy in the morning or early afternoon right after meals. Call ahead to find out if there are any medical appointments or outings planned. Visiting during meals or activities can be fun because you’ll be engaged and will have something to keep both of you busy.

Limit distractions Find a quiet and comfortable place at the facility where you can spend time with your loved one. This way you can focus most of your attention on the person you are visiting, and he or she can do the same. A sitting room or an outdoor area can be a nice place to spend time away from television or other people’s conversations. Plan an excursion If you are able to take the resident off of the property, arrange to take them somewhere that would interest them. Do not plan too much, because you want the excursion to be fun, not taxing. Bring along items Gifts are not necessary, but photos, books, puzzles, or even keepsakes from home can serve as catalysts for wonderful conversations. Help the conversation along If a loved one has dementia, visits can be especially challenging. However, simply being present can be comforting for the person even if conversation is stilted. Be patient and positive. Find topics that stimulate responses, and fill in if things get quiet. Visiting someone in an assisted living facility can buoy residents’ spirits and make for an enjoyable afternoon.

Lavish meals are a large part of holiday celebrations, with many people indulging in dinners and desserts throughout the holiday season. This is a time when many families display their best recipes, and these may include certain desserts that can be labor-intensive to make or something more fitting for a special occasion.

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Cheesecake is an example of a dessert that, due to the time it takes to create and the richness of the dessert itself, is not something many people eat on a regular basis. However, with a time-saving recipe, cheesecake can become a dessert prepared in little time for holiday festivities. Try “Cinnamon Caramel Cheesecake Squares” from “Pampered Chef Season’s Best, Fast, Fun & Fabulous” by Pampered Chef® Test Kitchens.

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Makes 24 squares

ond package of crescent dough and roll it into a 13- by 12-inch rectangle.

2 8-ounce packages seamless crescent dough 2 8-ounce packages cream cheese 1 egg 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3⁄4 cup sugar, divided Flour for dusting 1 tablespoon cinnamon 1⁄2 cup caramel topping

5. Fold the dough in half from the short end; gently lift and place in the pan. Unfold and gently stretch the dough over the cream cheese layer; press the edges to seal. Cut off corners of dough hanging over and discard. 6. Bake 22 to 24 minutes, until golden brown.

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Unroll one package of crescent dough into a shallow baking pan. Roll out the dough to edges.

7. Combine the remaining 1⁄4 cup sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Place the caramel topping in a 1-cup measuring cup.

2. Heat the cream cheese in a microwave-safe bowl, uncovered, on high for 30 to 40 seconds, or until softened. Whisk until almost smooth.

8. Remove the pan from the oven. Immediately pour the caramel topping over the cheesecake and spread to the edges of the crust. Sprinkle with the cinnamon-sugar mixture; let stand for 10 minutes.

3. Add the egg, vanilla and 1⁄2 cup of the sugar to the bowl. Whisk until smooth. Spread over the crescent dough. 4. Lightly sprinkle the flat side of a cutting board with flour. Unroll the sec-

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How to succeed with your New Year’s resolution

While it’s difficult to gauge just how many people make New Year’s resolutions each year, various factors suggest millions of people resolve to improve their lives each January. Television segments devoted to healthy resolutions and discounted memberships are just two of many indicators suggesting resolutions are popular and potentially big business. As popular as making resolutions may be, reports indicate that they’re more popular to make than commit to. For example, a 2015 report from U.S. News & World Report indicated that 80 percent of resolutions fail. So how can men and women become part of the minority who see their resolutions through to fruition? The following strategies may help. • Plan on being patient. Men and women who expect immediate results may be in for some disappointment, and that can compromise their future efforts. Recognize that resolutions rarely produce overnight results, and that commitments to losing weight and saving more money take time. If necessary, set small goals that can serve as markers on your way to achieving the larger goal. • Be as specific as possible. In addition to being patient, being specific when deciding on a resolution can increase the likelihood that the successful pursuit of that resolution will have as positive an impact on your life as possible. For example, a nonspecific resolution to lose weight may be successful if you only

shed a single pound. But men and women who resolve to lose weight typically want to lose more than one pound. By resolving to lose a predetermined and specific number of pounds, you might be more likely to commit to your goal, and more encouraged the closer you get to achieving that goal. • Don’t be shy. Sharing your resolution with others is a great way to generate support for your pursuit. And that support can motivate you if you hit a rough patch and keep you on track as you progress toward your goal. By sharing your resolution with others, you’re also indirectly inviting others who might have set similar goals in the past to offer incite and/or advice, which can prove invaluable. • Expect setbacks. Just like it’s important to be patient, it’s equally important to recognize there will be setbacks. Men and women who resolve to save more money and have set specific monthly savings goals should not allow one monthly shortfall to derail all of their efforts. An unforeseen expense such as an automotive or home repair might compromise your ability to meet your monthly savings goal. Such setbacks are inevitable regardless of your resolution, so don’t be discouraged when they happen. Just commit to getting back on track in time to meet your next goal. Successful New Year’s resolutions might be hard to come by. But there are ways to stay the course and see resolutions through to realization.

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Pain in the lower extremities may be indicative of a condition called peripheral artery disease, or PAD. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute says PAD occurs when plaque builds up in the arteries that carry blood to the limbs, head and organs, contributing to atherosclerosis, or a hardening of the arteries. Blocked blood flow and eventual limited oxygen supply to these areas can cause pain and numbness. When severe enough, PAD may lead to tissue death. Discomfort due to PAD usually occurs when a person is walking or exercising, because the muscles are not getting enough blood during these activities to meet their needs, says the American Heart Association. Those with diabetes may confuse pain with neuropathy, and the elderly may think pain from PAD is a normal sign of aging and stiffness. When undiagnosed, PAD can lead to further complications, including increased risk for heart attack, stroke, and coronary artery disease. Even amputation of a limb may be necessary. However, PAD is preventable when taking a few steps to improve diet. According to new research published by the American Heart Association, eating more fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of developing PAD, which affects an estimated 8.5 million people

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Village selects new water tower design

From page 1 Louis Minuto explained the benefit of an all-steel structure, compared with the only other viable option on Tuesday’s agenda, a composite steel tank which would look more like a tower or a (hardware) bolt without a nut, but it would have a concrete/cement base. “We discussed the nature of concrete being a porous material and this part of the world being subject to harsh weather freeze/thaw cycles. Concrete allows water to penetrate and take root inside, when it does freeze it would encourage falling on concrete structures, over time left out in the elements. Inherently there’s a problem to me for something that is supposed to last 100 years to be made and constructed from concrete,” Trustee Minuto said. He added a point to cap the dis-

cussion, saying most bridges in the Northeast U.S. are made of steel for a reason. “Down south you can probably get away with this and I am sure they do put up some towers with concrete there, but it’s extremely rare in this part of the country and part of the word to be constructing things like this with a concrete base,” Minuto said. The Board easily came to a consensus that the material mattered in terms of a major financial investment to protect a key asset and infrastructure of the village. Deputy Mayor John DeMaro said he was initially in favor of going with the composite steel (bolt-shaped) tank but the comments from Trustee Minuto early in the month resonated. “After hearing about the risks and issues associated with the use of concrete in this part of the country, I am convinced in

the long term and long run the village will be better off with the better-looking, all-steel water tank,” DeMaro said. Minuto added another thought that protects Garden City’s $6.738 million investment: the tank selected should be outfitted with enhanced paint: “That punts downfield the need to repaint and keeping on top of that will definitely be something we have to do from a maintenance standpoint,” he said. Department of Public Works Superintendent Joseph DiFrancisco initiated the board’s discussion on tanks by explaining the design options as well as the $100,000 additional for enhanced paint on the single-pedestal, all steel design and a $66,000 additional sum to have enhanced paint on a composite steel water tank. “As we discussed (at the December 7 meeting) the enhanced paint will add approximate-

ly five more years which would take away one paint cycle over the life of the tower (repainting it every 25 years instead of every 20 years). Instead of five paint cycles you would reduce that to four, and I do recommend we accept the enhanced paint,” DiFrancisco said. The village selected the more expensive of the two, as the composite steel with enhanced paint was at a high estimate of $6.007 million, while the selection for single-pedestal all steel is $6.738 million. Before the trustees voted on the new tank at their December 19 meeting, Village Treasurer Irene Woo presented a “Water Fund Analysis” Powerpoint and highlighted costs and factors involved in the heavy-duty purchase. She said the actual costs inclusive of See page 46

School district to survey safety, work with GC Police

From page 1 Union Free School District at a total cost of $6,400…be it further resolved that the Board of Education authorizes the board president to execute any required agreement between the parties subject to review and approval by the school district’s legal counsel.” Present at last week’s school board meeting and seated a few feet from Heineman was the school board’s attorney Bonnie Gorham of Guercio & Guercio, LLP of Farmingdale.

MOU for Camera Surveillance

In addition to the security audit, the school district is also working closely with the Garden City Police Department to improve safety in district buildings. A Memorandum of Understanding between the GCPD and the district was approved at the December 13 meeting at Hemlock School having to do with allowing the Police Department emergency access to district security cameras. Dr. Groveman explained the initiative with his comments on December 13: “It is a great cooperative effort, I have to really thank Garden City Police Commissioner Ken Jackson as he reached out and we put a recommendation before the school board and Village Board to have Garden City Police access our schools’ security cameras whenever an alarm is initiated. They are not controlling cameras and we will not have a police state for officers of the GCPD to watch whenever they want. But if a 911 call comes into them from any one of our schools or buildings, or the district calls the police directly, and/or if a parent reports something they suspect like a person breaking into a school, the GCPD can watch a live feed from our camera and they can then advise their officers responding to the scene as to what is taking place,” he said, explaining how the M.O.U. and collaborative

thinking with the local police force is a great foundation for maintaining partnership. On Thursday, December 7, in front of the Village Board of Trustees and two dozen residents inside Village Hall, Commissioner Jackson called the Memorandum of Understanding “a historic opportunity” for collaboration and service for the GCPD and school district. The trustees quickly approved its agenda containing the M.O.U. with the district, and Commissioner Jackson publicly thanked Dr. Groveman for his efforts and also praised the village’s legal committee and Village Attorney Peter Bee, who drafted the new M.O.U. Dr. Groveman added a thought invoking incidents that have occurred nationwide, such as five years ago with the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut. “If God forbid we ever have a hostage or other situation inside a school building” the police will be able to monitor schools live as well “to help determine what is going on and know specifically where it’s happening.”

Awards, Honors at Year’s End

At the school board’s December meeting, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Dr. Edward Cannone recognized high school senior Abby Paisley for her contribution in Litmor Publishing’s 2017 Guide to Garden City, circulated in mid-October inside The Garden City News. Her hand-tinted photograph, also printed in the News on November 30, earned first place honors with a $100 gift certificate in the 2017 Garden City News Photo and Essay Contest. It was published in the annual guide this year, and at the meeting Dr. Cannone relayed that the “wonderful photo” was taken under the tutelage of Jason Karp, high school arts teacher and photography specialist. Audience members applauded for

Paisley’s achievement even though she could not attend the meeting since she was ill. The Long Island Scholar Artists program was another highlight for Garden City students to be involved in, with two GCHS students recognized and congratulated by Dr. Cannone and the full board last week at the meeting. Alan Jian, Scholar Artist for music, and Kaylah Bozkurtian, Award of Merit winner for art, stood up and posed with the board of education for pictures. Dr. Cannone said students must excel in either music, visual arts, dance, theater or media arts in order to receive awards from the program, the Long Island Arts Alliance and the educators’ committee. Dr. Groveman commented on the Garden City High School Trojans football team recognition for the Rutgers (University) Cup, honoring them as “Nassau County’s Most Outstanding Football Team” for the second straight postseason, as they won all 12 of their games again in 2017 and ultimately triumphed, 24-6, in the Long Island High School Championship Game on November 24 against North Babylon. In 1937 the Rutgers Cup was founded by area alumni of Rutgers, New Jersey’s state university, specifically the Rutgers Club of Long Island. The honor is decided by a vote at the annual Nassau County football awards dinner in Woodbury. This year marks the prestige of “back-to-back” while a year ago, the 2016 Trojans’ team became Garden City’s fifth overall Rutgers’ Cup honorees and the first GCHS team to win it since the 2009 season. In 2017, the Trojans continued a trend of repeat Rutgers Cup winners as the Carey High School Seahawks team won the honor in both 2013 and 2014. The current Garden City team also matches that previous honoree’s 24-game winning streak over two years, just a few seasons

after the Trojans had fallen to Carey’s mini-dynasty in the 2014 Nassau County Championship game. “Our head football coach Dave Ettinger earned the Nassau County Coach of the Year honors. That is really impressive, great job. Also Paul Cutter, our boys’ varsity soccer coach, was selected as Newsday’s Nassau County Coach of the Year after leading the team to the Long Island Championship – it’s a well-deserved honor,” Dr. Groveman exclaimed. Cutter is a GCHS Health & Physical Education teacher. Also during last week’s school board meeting Dr. Groveman said at the Nassau Region PTA Presidents and Principals’ dinner featured an honor for Locust School kindergarten teacher Erin Conlon, who was awarded a New York State PTA fellowship, $3,000 for her graduate study in the memory of Richard Gazzola. Conlon is one of four teachers statewide to receive the award. Jean Ricotta, principal of Locust School and Donna Kraus, PTA school director for Stewart School, helped Garden City win the 2017 Nassau County Region PTA’s top P.A.R.P. (pick a reading partner) Program award. Ricotta and Kraus are this year’s district co-chairs of the PTA PARP Committee. The PTA’s website details PARP’s function as “a PTA-sponsored program designed to foster the love of reading through activities that encourage family members and others who play an important role in a child’s life to read with them daily, stressing the fact that reading can be fun as well as informative. PARP initiatives help to reinforce what children have learned at school, instill strong reading habits, and help to create life-long readers.” Dr. Groveman said at a future school board meeting these members of district staff and volunteers will be officially recognized and congratulated.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Email: Editor@GCNews.com From page 2 billion two years ago, $2 billion last year and now $2.6 billion today. There is only $1.95 billion available under the MTA $32 billion 2015 - 2019 Five Year Capital Plan. What is the justification for this most recent $600 million project cost increase in less than one year? Will these additional funds come from the next MTA 2020 - 2024 Five Year Capital Plan? The final cost could be even higher when completed by the end of 2022 or later. Who will pay for any potential construction contract change orders and other additional unforeseen expenses? What are the components which make up the $2.6 billion budget? When will we see a real detailed project budget that would include the estimated costs for each project component? This would include but not be limited to design and engineering, overall construction, private property easements, utility relocation, commuter parking, platform and station improvements, track, signal and power work, sound barriers, construction for each of seven grade crossing eliminations, construction management firms to supplement LIRR Engineers in oversight of Third Track Contractors schedule, budget, staff and work, LIRR force account (LIRR track employees

who provide protection for construction contractors employees working on active track right of ways), LIRR budget and financial staff, LIRR quality assurance and quality control staff (to insure that Third Track Contractors adheres to the contract specifications and requirements), substitute bus service during frequent track outages, funding reserve to pay for change orders due to unforeseen site conditions or changes in scope requested by various LIRR user groups, local villages, community groups or other issues during construction) and contingency for unforeseen costs. This just highlights a few of the major project cost components. When will the MTA/LIRR share this information with commuters, residents, taxpayers, transit advocates, elected officials and the media to build credibility for this project? Governor Cuomo previously admitted that by reducing the amount of private property acquisition, virtually all construction will take place along the existing right-of-way. He went on to say that this will result in increasing construction costs. This has now proven to be true as the project cost continues to grow. Cuomo has committed that 100% of work would be performed on the existing right-of-way. When you

combine this with elimination of seven grade crossing, clearly overall project costs are only going to increase even more. This is an incredibly complex project to perform 100% of the work within two active tracks. There are 194 weekday and 152 weekend trains serving riders on the Huntington/Port Jefferson, Oyster Bay, Ronkonkoma and Babylon to Speonk branches. This does not include additional LIRR work trains, freight trains and movements of non-revenue passenger trains not in service. All of the work will be performed within the existing LIRR right of way. Besides relocating two existing tracks on portions of the Main Line to make room for construction a new third track, you have to deal with noise abatement and sound barriers, new platforms, stations and commuter parking, along with additional safety improvements at grade crossings including elevating or sinking tracks at seven grade crossings. Don’t forget LIRR force account support to provide flagging protection. This is necessary to afford Third Track Contractors employees who perform construction, safe access within an active right of way corridor. Imagine how many times per hour they will have to stop work when a train pass-

es by? Don’t be surprised when you learn that a significant portion of construction work ends up taking place evenings, overnight and on weekends when there is less activity on the Main Line. Each grade crossing elimination may require numerous weekend track outages resulting in full suspension of Main Line service. There may be a need for 24/7 shuttle bus service between Jamaica and Mineola or Hicksville. Costs for substitute bus service could easily run into the millions over the project construction duration. Based on past experiences and history with other major projects such as LIRR East Side Access to Grand Central Terminal, don’t count on Main Line Third Track being completed by December 2022 as promised by the MTA LIRR. At the end of the day, it may take several months to a year or two more before riders can board and find out the final cost for Main Line Third Track. Larry Penner Larry Penner is a transportation historian and advocate who previously worked in 31 years for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office.

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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT: NASSAU COUNTY. THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH TRUST 2007-11 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-11, Pltf. vs. HENRIETTA CALANDRINO, et al, Defts. Index #12-004498. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale dated Dec. 13, 2016, I will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom of the Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Dr., Mineola, NY on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. prem. k/a 4 Main Ave., Garden City, NY 11530 a/k/a Section 33, Block 240, Lot 66 a/k/a being in the Incorporated Village of Garden City, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of NY, known and designated as and by the part of Lots Numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 35 and 36 in Block 1 on a certain map entitled “Map of Garden City Gables”, and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the County of Nassau on July 29, 1926 as Map No. 610, Case No. 669. Approx. amt. of judgment is $765,147.04 plus costs and interest. Sold subject to terms and conditions of filed judgment and terms of sale. STEVEN KEATS, Referee. DRUCKMAN LAW GROUP, PLLC, 242 Drexel Ave., Westbury, NY 11590. File No. 37406. #93437 GC 0711 4X 12/08,15,22,29 PUBLIC AUCTION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE OF COOPERATIVE APARTMENT BY VIRTUE OF DEFAULT of a PROPRIETARY LEASE AND SHARES OF STOCK caused by accrued unpaid maintenance fees between AMANDA NOBLE debtors/tenants

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and HAMILTON GARDENS OWNERS, Inc. (Cooperative Corporation and Secured Party), in accordance with its rights under the bylaws of the Cooperative Corporation present Hamilton Gardens Owners, Inc., by Richard B. Maltz, DCA#1240836 or David A. Constantino DCA#1424944, Auctioneer, will conduct a public foreclosure sale of the security consisting of 951 shares of capital stock of Hamilton Gardens Owners, Inc. allocated to apartment unit K in the Cooperative Apartment Building known as and located at 115 Second Street, Garden City, New York 11530 and any amendments, extensions, or replacements thereof, at the offices of Walsh, Markus, McDougal and DeBellis located at 229 Seventh Street, Suite 200, Garden City, New York 11530, on January 16, 2018, at 9:00 A.M.. Said security will be sold subject to unpaid maintenance charges and facts as to possession, occupancy, and the physical condition of the apartment as of the date of sale. The approximate amount due to Hamilton Gardens Owners, Inc., is $39,429.67 plus interest, together with the expenses of the sale, auctioneer’s fee, advertising fees and attorneys’ fees. Dated, December 19, 2017, John Yetman, Esq. of Walsh, Markus, McDougal & Debellis, LLP, Attorneys for Hamilton Gardens Owners, Inc., 229 Seventh Street, Garden City, New York 11530 – Phone 516408-9000 GC 0714 4X 12/22,29,01/05,12 LEGAL NOTICE Yotto.org, LLC; Arts. Of Org. filed with SSNY on 5/25/17. Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent whom process against may be served. SSNY shall mail process to 538 Old Country Road, Plainview, NY 11804. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. GC 0715

6X 12/22,29,01/05,12,19,26 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NASSAU, GLOBE TRADE CAPITAL LLC, Plaintiff v. THOMAS J. HOEY, JR., ET AL., Defendants. Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated August 10, 2017 and duly entered on September 5, 2017, I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the First Floor, CCP Courtroom of the Nassau County Courthouse located at 100 SUPREME COURT DRIVE, MINEOLA, NEW YORK 11501, in the County of Nassau, on Tuesday, January 23, 2018 at 11:30 a.m., premises known as 176 Brixton Road, Garden City, New York 11530. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Garden City, Town of Hempstead, County of Nassau and State of New York known as and by Lot 54 to 57 both inclusive in Block 24, will be sold subject to the provisions of the Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale dated August 10, 2017 and entered September 5, 2017, in action titled Globe Trade Capital, LLC v. Thomas J. Hoey, Jr., et al., Supreme Court, County of Nassau Index No. 008495/2014, with approximate amount of judgment being $1,413,372.70 plus interest and costs. Joseph Capobianco, Esq., Referee We are debt collector attempting to collect a debt. Any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., 990 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York 11530. Tel.: (516) 741-6565. Attorneys for Plaintiff. GC 0716 5X 12/22,29,01/05,12,19

Village selects new water tower design

From page 44 contingencies and related services in the project approached $8 million for the village’s pick. Still undetermined are the specifics of how Garden City intends to pay for the costs of the tank and ancillary expenses, such as the related services of consulting firm H2M Engineering, the paving for the Ethical Humanist Society of Long Island’s parking over the grass area, and a $400,000 contingency amount. Mayor Daughney announced that the Board would not need to decide how the village pays for the tank it picks at this time, but he complimented the financial data and research presented by Woo on Tuesday and the efforts of Trustee Robert Bolebruch, who has served on the Board of Trustee’s finance committee for over three years. The mayor introduced Woo to give an overview of three financing options for the new tank the Board will weigh in early 2018. “We started off by looking at the highest bid (which the trustees selected) of about $6.8 million. In conjunction with Mr. DiFrancisco and Administrator Ralph Suozzi we added in $400,000 for contingency, $300,000 for H2M Engineering for their construction oversight and management, paving of the EHS parking lot once the water tower project is completed, and funds for financing costs. In total if the highest cost project, the total is expected to be around $8 million,” Woo said. She spoke about choices for the Board ahead in bonding the total project cost 100%, bonding 75% of it ($6 million) or a third option of financing 50% of the tank’s cost ($4 million) over the next 20 years with the balance to be paid in cash. “The terms most likely are 20, 25 or 30 year financing. Although it is a longterm asset it isn’t realistic to bond over even 40 years – there will probably not be a market out there for such long-term bonds,” she said. Woo says the potential inter-

est rates she was quoted by the village’s financial advisors come from formula for a Triple A rated municipality, plus 25 basis points of the timing of when Garden City would be in the bond market for the project. “The longer the term of the bonds the higher the interest costs, as well as the longer the term of the bonds the total interest paid would be higher even though the average annual principal and interest payments would be lower,” she said. Next, Woo detailed the potential impacts to the village’s cash balance depending on what sum is bonded and how interest is paid over time. For example, if the full project cost was bonded the village starts calculating from its cash balance of $14 million. “We projected what the fullyear village revenues would be based on the first six months of actuals (beginning June 1) and the estimated expenses, payments to vendors as well as salary-related expenses. The purchases of capital assets – capital projects in process or expected to be completed by the end of this fiscal year – is $3.9 million. Interest paid on capital debt is the existing debt service, and for the Water Fund we have $9 million outstanding principal and interest on old projects that have been bonded. We are anticipating ending the 2017-2018 fiscal year with $11 million (May 31, 2018) and with the 100% financing option there is no cash outlay, so we would carry the amount forward,” Woo explained. Trustee Delany was first to speak about his choice on Tuesday, while Mayor Daughney, DeMaro and Minuto all vouched for the benefits all-steel with enhanced paint. After the financial projections, the Board reached its decision on the water tower style within minutes as the trustees remained in favor of the single pedestal, all steel tank, as Trustee Bolebruch adamantly endorsed at the close of the last meeting on December 7.

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December 22, 2017

Holidays in the City

BY KAREN RUBIN

The holidays are a special time to be in the heart of New York City. Take the walk to see the animated windows and the holiday lights at Rockefeller Center (it’s best after 5 pm in the dark): My route typically starts at Macy’s on 34th Street, then up to Fifth Avenue to visit Lord & Taylor’s (both of these have nostalgic New York City themes this year), then up to Saks Fifth Avenue (celebrating the 80th anniversary of Snow White, with a light show that covers the entire building with Disney music) and Rockefeller Center, then up to Bergdorf Goodman (stunning displays that pay homage to New York City’s iconic institutions including the New-York Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History. Indeed, these places are ideal

to visit during the holidays, with special displays.

American Museum of Natural History: Our Senses: An Immersive Experience

The smell of chestnuts roasting, the twinkling lights on a holiday tree, the taste of hot chocolate, the feel of snow flakes falling on your face, and was that Santa in his sleigh flying across the moon? Our senses are particularly acute in this season. And how that happens is the subject of the new exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, which also has its traditional holiday displays. You are in a room. There’s a mural on the wall with drawings of animals. There is red light and you see a set of animals; then the light turns blue and you see a different set of animals. In another room, you try to build

blocks looking through glasses that turn them upside down. It’s disorienting, and that’s the point. In another room, you are tricked into thinking two squares on a checkerboard are different shades of grey, when in fact, they are the same. In another room, you feel off balance by the swiggles of black lines on the walls that don’t equate with the flat floor you are standing on. In another, you push a button to see the vivid, fluorescent colors of a flower as a bee would see them. The new, highly experiential exhibition Our Senses: An Immersive Experience is a series of 11 funhouse-like galleries that dare visitors to rely on their senses—and then reveal how and why what we perceive is not all, or exactly, what’s actually occurring around us. Inspired by

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extraordinary diversity of sensory “super powers” in various species including humans, Our Senses takes experiential exhibition to a new level. “Our senses are essential to how we live and make sense of the world around us. They provide pleasure, warn us of danger, and allow us to interact with one another,” said Ellen V. Futter, President of the American Museum of Natural History. “But how exactly do they work, why did they evolve the way they did, and what things are we not able to sense or perceive accurately? In a kind of ‘sequel’ to our 2010 exhibition about the brain, Our Senses: An Immersive Experience will explore the intriguing power of our sensory perceptions, offering our visitors not only highly enjoyable learning experiences, but an enriched See page D2

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perspective on what makes us human.” She adds, “Spoiler alert: we have way more than five senses.” “In a way, this exhibit is a sequel and extension of the 2010 exhibit about The Brain and cognition [both curated by Rob Desalle]. While senses gather information and are highly evolved capacities, we can’t make sense of our world without the brain.” That is the role of prior learning, prior experience, culture, which prime our senses, focus our attention, and trigger the brain to interpret and perceive and combine the different stimuli into a message, idea, concept, action. Human senses and human brains, adapted over millennia to help our ancestors survive by shaping and enhancing their perceptions of everyday encounters. Our Senses reveals how until recently in our evolutionary history, humans have been oblivious to some of nature’s ubiquitous signals, including UV and infrared light, very high- and very low-frequency sounds, and electric fields. With the advent of new technologies, scientists now know those signals are all around us—whether or not perceptible to us through our senses alone. But detecting things is not enough, because our ears and eyes alone cannot create a conscious perception— that requires a human brain. Human sensory perceptions may seem like windows into the outside world, but actual perceptions are created in the brain. You walk through 11 interactive galleries designed to test perceptions and illuminate the complex relationships between sensing and perceiving. A

musical soundtrack customized for each space enhances the immersive experience. The exhibit is laid out in a way that will particularly appeal to younger people – they will particularly love the puzzles and illusions – providing an understanding of how they perceive the world that will be foundational to learning. But adults, giving more intense look, will find some up-to-theminute research: for example, that birds can regenerate the cilia in the ear that if humans lose it, lose their hearing, so scientists are studying if cilia can also be regenerated in humans; that male peacocks don’t just use their stunning plumage to visually attract a mate, they move it so it produces a sound, imperceptible to humans, but that is attractive to females. There is a 20-minute live presentation that really brings home the message: we have more than five senses, the ones that we use to navigate the outer world and let us know where we are in space. We also have inner senses that monitor when we are hungry, thirsty, tired, oxygen-deprived and need to breathe. Every animal – even single-cell animals – have some senses and many animals have senses that are superior to humans, humans are the only animal (that we know of) that can imagine and communicate. “No other animal can conjure up whole scene using complex signals. Only humans can create imaginary sensory perception and share through language. For example, only humans can make up a story and share it,” the presenter tells us. “Humans don’t just take information into the brain, we can send information

A child’s delight at seeing the animated holiday windows at Saks 5th Avenue © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

out. We can imagine a sensory experience and make it real: create food, fashion, art, architecture, machines, melody and manuscripts. Most sensory experiences we have are products of our imagination. We don’t just experience what is – we create what we imagine, then share it with others.” “Nothing makes sense in the absence of evolution,” DeSalle says. He points to the fact that single-cell animals have a primordial sense of touch, they can determine where they are in space. “Our senses go back 3.5 billion years, to the origin of life.” “Our brain and senses have evolved so that the brain can process what the senses take in with rapid response,” he says. “Because of the way brain evolved, we have some wild ways of dealing with information… Sometimes there is conflict between the brain and signals the senses receive (there are examples in the exhibit) – where we are primed to see something else, but interpret based on what we already sense. That is Evolution: to deal with rapid response.” For example, the exhibit shows how we are primed to focus – based on internal needs, experience or habit or prompts– in order to break through the clutter of sights and sounds. Senses are our source of information about the world, without which, we wouldn’t be able to survive. Take the sense of smell, for example, which helps us determine which food is edible, and which is rotten and could cause disease. There is an incredible spectrum of the capabilities of senses – many animals’ senses exceed our own; humans have a particular space on the spectrum. For example, humans see only a narrow

range of light compared to other animals and do not have very sensitive touch. But humans build machines that allow us to sense beyond our range – think of microscopes, telescopes, night-vision glasses, hearing aids, cochlea implants. You need at least 1 ½ hours to go through – even more if you want to do the immersive activities. And it is helpful to go through once, but then go back and spend more time reading the explanations. Entrance is by a timed ticket (free with admission), which you can obtain online before you come, or when you arrive at the museum. Our Senses is on view through January 6, 2019. There’s still time to take in the extraordinary “Mummies” exhibit, on view until Jan. 7, 2018 (admission by timed ticket; need the General Admission Plus 1). American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, is open daily (except Thanksgiving and Christmas), 10 am–5:45 pm. For additional information, call 212-769-5100 or visit the Museum’s website at amnh. org. Become a fan of the American Museum of Natural History on Facebook at facebook.com/naturalhistory, follow on Instagram at @AMNH, Tumblr at amnhnyc, or Twitter at twitter.com/ AMNH.

New York-Historical Society Has Score of Exhibits for Holidays into New Year

The New York-Historical Society is presenting its traditional holiday display of toys and trains. But the holidays also offer a last-chance to view an exhibit about John F. Kennedy, and Arthur Szyk, Soldier in Art. The museum has a

What happens when visual cues conflict with other senses? Swiggly lines on the walls conflicting with a flat floor, put you off-balance © Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

huge range of exhibits as well as special programming and events, including: Holiday Express: Toys and Trains from the Jerni Collection, now on view through February 25, 2018 A magical wonderland awaits visitors with the return of this holiday tradition. Featuring hundreds of toy trains, figurines, and miniature models from the renowned Jerni Collection, the exhibition’s immersive scenes and displays transport young and old alike to a bygone era. Holiday Express begins at the West 77th Street entrance, where trains appear to roar through the Museum with the help of four largescale multimedia screens, and extends through large swaths of the first floor. Arthur Szyk: Soldier in Art, on view through January 21, 2018. Arthur Szyk, the great 20th-century activist in art, confronted the threats that filled the years around World War II—Nazism, the escalating plight of European Jews, Fascism, Japanese militarism, and racism—with forceful artistic depictions caricaturing Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito as the evil architects of their regimes’ destructive and inhumane policies. More than 40 politically incisive works on view

underscore the Polish-born artist’s role as a “one man army” fighting odious policies and protagonists and advocating for civil and human rights. American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times, on view through January 7, 2018. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, American Visionary: John F. Kennedy’s Life and Times brings together more than 75 images that capture the dramatic scope of Kennedy’s life culled from the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Getty Images, private collections, and the Kennedy family archives. No single politician was photographed more than Kennedy—from his first congressional bid as a decorated war hero in 1946 and his fairy-tale wedding to Jacqueline Bouvier in 1953 to his run for the White House in 1960, his subsequent role as commander-in-chief, and his tragic death in Dallas in 1963. Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence, now on view through March 11, 2018, showcases hand-drawn and engraved maps from See page D5

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Bergdorf Goodman pays homage to the New-York Historical Society in this dazzling holiday window display © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

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Christmas lights to a beat: If I build it, they will come

BY BILL SCHLATTER

It was 2007. We had just moved to Garden City. We came from a few blocks away in New Hyde Park, looking to get a larger house and a highly-ranked school district for our three children. We landed on Lincoln street, in a lovely house with great neighbors. In New Hyde Park I developed what I called a “smart home.” I had lights that came on when you walked into a room, outside lights that came on at sunset, and all sorts of other fun lighting equipment. The problem was that it didn’t always work properly, and as a result my wife often called it a “dumb home.” It took several months to get my smart home toys up and running in Garden City. As the holidays approached in 2007, I wondered if it would be possible to control my Christmas lights in the same way I could control my house lights. I designed something so that 16 different Christmas light strings could go on and off to the beat of music. It wasn’t easy, but it worked! I created a small transmitter and broadcast the music on FM radio so people could hear the music in their cars. I loved it! Sadly, I was the only person who would sit in a car in front of the house and watch the show. Then came Christmas 2008. I doubled my output to 32 light strings, and programmed some really cool music. My wife would roll her eyes at the amount of time I spent designing this

light show. I told her, “If I build it, they will come.” I kept telling myself that as I noticed a few cars stop each night to see the unusual Christmas display that I had fashioned. This was enough to keep me going. The next year 32 light strings became 64, and my creative juices kicked into high gear. I added various props and makeshift trees for our animated display. More people came to see the show that year. It seemed as though we were cultivating a base of followers. It made me somewhat neurotic about building something better the following year. Each year I built more and more interesting props and we soon changed our theme from “Christmas music to lights” to “Christmas lights to music.” Some people were appalled that we played pop music synchronized to Christmas lights. But the younger generation loved it, so we stayed the course. Our light show grew more and more complex each year, and the crowds continued to build. Then two transformative things happened: LED lights and social media. I started playing with LED lights - not the lights you buy at the store - LED lights that I could make any color I wanted. These are called RGB (red green blue) LEDs, meaning I could adjust the intensity of each bulb’s red, green and blue components to make any color of the rainbow. The possibilities were endless, and these lights

became the foundation of the show. Social media kicked in around 2010, and word started to spread fast. We created a website (www.lightstoabeat. com), and Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages. People started to follow us, and share our videos and pictures. As the cars lined up on our street, we decided to start accepting donations. We tried various charities and eventually focused solely on the Make-A-Wish foundation, a wonderful organization that helps terminally ill children. I was amazed as hundreds of dollars flowed into our donation box. By 2012 we had been featured in Newsday and had various appearances on News12. Traffic was heavy. At this point we did what we could to keep the media away, for we knew it was only a matter of time before the show would be shut down. Each year thereafter, I became better and better at controlling our fancy lights, and in 2016 had built what appeared to be an 8 foot by 4 foot TV screen. It was simply 1,012 individually controllable RGB LED lights in a matrix pattern that I brought to life. Our 15 foot tall “mega tree” could also display whimsical images and words, also similar to a TV. I would walk home from the train at night and love seeing the smiling children behind the car windows, all lined up to see the show. We’d often see kids sitting on top of their cars’ sunroofs, or dancing on our grass. Parents would

stop and tell me that they weren’t stalking us, but their kids made them come each night before they went to bed. It was at this moment I realized, just as Kevin Costner did after building his baseball field in The Field of Dreams, that they had come. All this warmed my heart beyond belief. And the thousands of dollars that flowed into our donation box for Make-A-Wish made it even better. As the 2016 holiday season came to a close, we realized the toll our show was taking on our community. Our neighbors had trouble getting into and out of their driveways, and cigarette butts and beer bottles often littered their lawns. The time had come. It was over. The show could not go on. In early 2017 we started looking for other venues, and had several great offers. We decided to light up a house in Hicksville (85 Cedar Street), and the show is as bright as ever! We’re gaining a new base of followers, the feedback has been great, and the donations to Make-A-Wish continue. We hope you’ll go see the show! Thank you, Garden City, for supporting our “smart home” throughout the years. As one of our neighbors said, “It was a great run!” Contact Bill Schlatter at bill@lightstoabeat.com

Friday, December 22 2017

Y O U R S O C I A L S E C U R I T Y

C R O S S W O R D P U Z Z L E

An Open Letter to President Trump With a Christmas Gift Idea BY TOM MARGENAU

Dear Mr. President, I hear that your presidency is off to a rocky start. That swamp you said you’d drain seems to be getting muddier and murkier. On the other hand, you have appeased your base of government-bashing supporters by ordering federal agencies to slash their funding by 15 percent, including the Social Security Administration. I wrote a column a couple months ago questioning whether that is a good idea for SSA. After all, there are 10,000 people retiring every day and signing up for Social Security. And there are thousands more filing for Social Security disability benefits, and even thousands more filing for survivor benefits. So with such a growing customer base, do you really think it’s a good idea to cut SSA’s staff? Let me put this in relatable terms. Let’s say your steak business was growing by 15,000 new customers every day. Would you cut funding and staff to all your producers and suppliers? I doubt it. I am pretty sure you would increase the resources. So maybe you should think about doing the same for SSA. That’s why I’m writing you today. I’ve got an idea that I think will score big points with senior citizens in this country. Think of it as a Christmas present for them. I suggest you recommend that Congress raise the Social Security death benefit from the current $255 limit to something more reasonable -- let’s say $2,500. To understand where I am coming from with this proposal, here’s a little history lesson. The miserly $255 one-time payment didn’t start out as a death benefit -- at least not in the context it is thought of today. And it was never meant to be a “burial benefit,” as many people call it. As part of the original Social Security Act passed in 1935, Congress realized that many of the new Social Security taxpayers would die before they ever had a chance to collect benefits. Or they would die without having earned enough “quarters of coverage” to insure survivor benefits for their dependents. So Congress decided to compensate the families of the deceased with some form of reimbursement for the Social Security taxes that they had paid into the system. They set up a one-time benefit they called the “lump-sum death payment” and it was originally intended to reimburse the family with an amount equal to a small percentage of the tax money the deceased had paid into the system. It was supposed to be a temporary benefit, because Congress knew that as time passed, most workers would be paying a sufficient amount of money into Social Security that they would be insured for retirement or survivor benefits. In other words, when a taxpayer

retired, he or she would get checks. Or upon death, the widow or widower (and any minor children) would get monthly survivor benefits. So this lump-sum payout would no longer be needed. But as often happens with government programs, once you start paying a benefit, it’s hard to take it away. (I guess you are learning that the hard way by trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act!) Anyway, back to the Social Security death benefit. Over the years, there have been many proposals to eliminate it. But as miserly as the benefit is, it’s a popular feature of the Social Security program. When it’s been on the chopping block, AARP and other senior citizen advocacy groups have fought to save it. And politicians soon learned that to tamper with it meant an automatic loss in the next election. So the “temporary benefit” never went away. But there have been some relatively minor adjustments to the original law. In 1954, they capped the benefit at $255 -- and it’s remained at that level since. And in 1983, when President Reagan and Congress were looking for ways to save money in the Social Security system, they restricted the payment of the one-time death benefit to a spouse, and only if she was living with the deceased at the time of death. And that’s where we are today. We have an essentially meaningless “death benefit” paid only to a widow or widower. Perhaps 50 years ago, $255 paid the cost of a funeral. Today, it barely covers the price of the flowers. On the one hand, if you were looking for a federal benefit to get rid of, then I think you should simply eliminate it. On the other hand, if you wanted to do something that the vast majority of Americans would like, then propose raising the death benefit to something meaningful and useful -- like $2,500. And let’s pay it to any surviving family member who is the executor of the estate (not just to widows or widowers). Obviously, increasing the death benefit will cost the government more money. But here is an idea to help pay for it. Just lop an inch or two off the top of that border wall you want to build. I think that should more than cover the costs of helping millions of Americans in a time of need. And your wall will still be high enough to keep “those people” out of the country. Oh, and I went to the trouble of writing a tweet you can send out when you do this: “Government bad. But Soc Sec good. I luv old people. Except Hillary. So sad when grandma dies. But good news! I’ll give you $2500. MAGA!” 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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Continued from page D3 the 18th and early 19th centuries that illuminate the tremendous changes— geographic, political, and economic— that occurred before, during, and just after the Revolutionary War. The exhibition features rarely displayed manuscripts and printed maps from New-York Historical’s own premier collection, including the original manuscript surveys of Robert Erskine, Geographer and Surveyor General of the Continental Army, and his successor Simeon De Witt. Also on display is John Jay’s personal copy of John Mitchell’s Map of the British and French Dominions in North America (1755) to which red lines representing proposed boundaries were

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added during the negotiations of the Treaty of Paris, 1782–83. This exhibition was organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library as We Are One: Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence . Hotbed, on view through March 25, 2018. In the early 20th century, Greenwich Village was a hotbed of political activism and social change— where men and women joined forces across the boundaries of class and race to fight for a better world. At the heart of the downtown radicals’ crusade lay women’s rights: to control their own bodies, to do meaningful work, and above all, to vote. Celebrating the centennial of women’s right to vote in New York and on view in the

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Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Gallery, Hotbed features immersive installations and more than 100 artifacts and images—drawn from New-York Historical’s archives and several private collections—that bring to life the neighborhood’s bohemian scene and energetic activist spirit. The Vietnam War: 1945 – 1975, on view through April 22, 2018. A groundbreaking look at one of the most controversial events of the 20th century. Featuring interpretive displays, digital media, artwork, artifacts, photographs, and documents, The Vietnam War: 1945 – 1975 provides an enlightening account of the causes, progression, and impact of the war. Spanning the duration of U.S. involvement in Indochina, the narrative incorporates perspectives covering both the home and the war fronts. Displays touch upon the Cold War, the draft, military campaigns initiated by both sides, the growth of the antiwar movement, the role of the president, and the loss of political consensus. Throughout the exhibition, visitors explore themes of patriotism, duty, and citizenship. Key objects include a troopship berthing unit, interactive murals, vibrant antiwar posters, artwork by Vietnam vets, a Viet Cong bicycle, the Pentagon Papers, and news and film clips. Audubon’s Birds of America Focus Gallery. In this intimate gallery, visitors see first-hand John James Audubon’s spectacular watercolor models for the 435 plates of The Birds of America (1827–38) with their corresponding plates from the double-elephant-folio series, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. Each month, the exhibition rotates to highlight new species—featured in the order they appear in Audubon’s publication—

which showcase the artist’s creative process and his contributions to ornithological illustration. Other works from New-York Historical’s collection, the world’s largest repository of Auduboniana, illuminate Audubon’s process, and bird calls, courtesy of The Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, echoing through the gallery animate the environment. In December, we welcome the Yellow-billed Cuckoo, and in January, Prothonotary Warbler will be on display (ongoing). New Fourth Floor: Objects Tell Stories, the Gallery of Tiffany Lamps, and More. Explore American history through stunning exhibitions and captivating interactive media on our transformed fourth floor. Themed displays in the North Gallery present a variety of topics—such as slavery, war, infrastructure, childhood, recreation, and 9/11—offering unexpected and surprising perspectives on collection highlights. Touchscreens and interactive kiosks allow visitors to explore American history and engage with objects like never before. As the centerpiece of the fourth floor, the Gallery of Tiffany Lamps features 100 illuminated Tiffany lampshades from our spectacular collection displayed within a dramatically lit jewel-like space. Within our new Center for Women’s History, visitors discover the hidden connections among exceptional and unknown women who left their mark on New York and the nation with the multimedia digital installation, Women’s Voices, and through rotating exhibitions in the Joyce B. Cowin Women’s History Gallery. Objects from the Billie Jean King Archive are also on view (ongoing).

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Collector’s Choice: Highlights from the Permanent Collection. Since 1804, the New-York Historical Society has been welcoming to its collection some of the most esteemed artworks of the modern world. Collector’s Choice: Highlights from the Permanent Collection showcases a selection of paintings that reflect the individual tastes of several New York City collectors who donated their holdings to New-York Historical. Joining Picasso’s Le Tricorne ballet curtain are featured American and European masterpieces spanning the 14th through the 21st centuries from Luman Reed, Thomas Jefferson Bryan, and Robert L. Stuart, including colonial portraits of children, marine and maritime subjects, and an installation showcasing recently collected contemporary works (ongoing). The Museum will be closed on Monday, December 25 and will close at 3 pm on December 24 and 31. The Museum will be open on Monday,

January 1 and on Monday, January 15, 2018. The Museum will open at 3 pm on Saturday, January 20. Admission: Adults: $21; Teachers and Seniors: $16; Students: $13; Children (5–13): $6; Children (4 and under): Free; Pay-as-you-wish Fridays from 6 pm – 8 pm. New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West (at 77th Street), New York, NY 10024, www.nyhistory.org, (212) 873-3400 _______________________ © 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

Candlelight Evenings at Old Bethpage Village Restoration For an all-too brief, magical moment, you are transported back in time. You leave the visitor center, walk down a path. The electric lights disappear. There is only firelight along the path into the village of 19th century homes, school house, church, general store. This is the Candlelight Evening at Old Bethpage Village Restoration, where for only five special evenings (Dec. 26-30, 18, 5-9 pm), you get to experience traditional music performances, crafts (like making Christmas ornaments as they did in 1841).

There is music by local schools and organizations, an 1866 decorated Christmas tree, a holiday brass quartet and old-time fiddle music, Civil War era Christmas songs, contra-dancing (join in(), stories of Christmases past, a traditional bonfire and hot apple cider. A candle light procession into the village opens the festivities each night at 5:15 pm. Old Bethpage Village Restoration, 1303 Round Swamp Road (Exit 48 of the Long Island Expressway), 516572-8401; Adults/$10, children 5-12/$7 (under 5 are free); and $7 for seniors and volunteer firefighters.

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Mistakes Teach Us What Doesn’t Work BY MARY HUNT

Have you made any mistakes lately? Want to talk about it? Most people don’t. Can’t say that I blame them. It’s embarrassing. And when it’s a really dumb mistake, well, that’s something you hope to never have to think about again. But doing that’s a mistake. Mistakes are useful because they teach us what doesn’t work. But making the same mistake over and over again while expecting different results, well, that’s the definition of insanity! I’ve accumulated a list of mistakes over many years. It’s like a trophy now -- a specific compilation of things that I do not have to do again because I’ve proved they do not work. It doesn’t work to be in a supermarket without a plan. Walking into the grocery store without a plan (written list, coupons and cash) is a terrible mistake. I know me. Without my crutches, I am a $200 mistake just waiting to happen. And if I’m hungry? Make that $300. It doesn’t work to buy extended warranties on appliances. Statistically, if an appliance is going to fail, it will do so in the first 90 days (the product comes with a warranty to cover this time frame) or after five years (extended warranties aren’t that extended). For the record, a laptop computer is an exception to this mistake. Laptops fail routinely. Trust me. It doesn’t work to lease a car. And it really doesn’t work to roll the shortfall and extra charges at the end of one auto lease into a new auto lease. To have repeated this mistake over and again for no less than 22 years straight (yes, me in my dark financial past) was to come dangerously close to insanity. It doesn’t work to buy a 7,000-gallon

blow-up swimming pool. Actually, I didn’t know such a thing existed, so I can’t even argue it was something we needed. Standing there in the middle of the Home Show I managed to pull off the impulse purchase of the century (thankfully, this was in the last century). That was a mistake that just kept on giving lessons to be learned until the day several years later we begged Goodwill to just take it away. Please. It doesn’t work to carry more than $100 cash. Carrying a single $100 bill, which I keep tucked into a secret place in my wallet, is for me a great deterrent for overspending. I don’t feel broke, but it’s a bill I hate to break. It is also the tipping point. Carrying more than $100 creates a feeling of excess that burns a hole in my wallet. The overage simply disappears. It doesn’t work to pay for Christmas with credit. When it comes to mistakes, depending on credit to bridge the gap between what you earn and what you spend is a big one. Debt is a terrible liar, insisting that while you don’t have the money today, you’ll have it next month. Or the next. Debt keeps you stuck in the past, always stealing from the future. Thankfully, debt is reversible -- provided you don’t do it over and over expecting that eventually you will somehow get different results. That would be insane. Mary invites questions, comments and tips at mary@everydaycheapskate.com, or c/o Everyday Cheapskate, 12340 Seal Beach Blvd., Suite B-416, Seal Beach, CA 90740. This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of www. DebtProofLiving.com, a personal finance member website and the author of “DebtProof Living,” released in 2014. COPYRIGHT 2018 CREATORS.COM

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GCHS Fencers compete and medal at Brentwood Tournament

The annual Brentwood Holiday Tournament was held on Saturday, December 16, 2017 at Brentwood High School with 357 fencers from schools in Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester competing in Men’s and Women’s Foil, Épée, and Saber. This year, coaches selected the top three fencers in each

weapon to compete. The format is one round of pools (5 point bouts), with 100% of the competitors promoted into a direct elimination (DE) table (like March Madness basketball brackets and involving 15 point bouts). Medals are awarded through eighth place. For the men, this year’s competi-

tors were: Saber - Quentin Bucknor, Logan O’Grady, and Christos Yannios; Foil - Philip Acinapuro, Zachary Ortiz, and Sebastian Vazquez; Epée - Calum Gribbin, Colin McVicar, and Sean Maas. For the women: Saber - Brianne Etienne, Alexandra Michael, and Kayla Quinn; Foil - Zoe Heath, Rosie Lynch, and Tia Petrides; Epée- Gianna Buckley, Mary Foxen, and Mariyam Shami.

In Men’s Foil, GC had a fantastic showing with sophomore Zach Ortiz winning the silver medal by coming in 2nd out of 63 fencers and senior Philip Acinapuro (the reigning 2017 Nassau County Men’s Foil Champion) winning bronze by tying for third. Both Philip and Zach went undefeated in their seven pool bouts, with Philip earning the top seed into DE (and the only bye into the

Foil medalists Zach Ortiz (silver), Philip Acinapuro (bronze), Tia Petrides (bronze), and épée bronze medalist Colin McVicar

Saber - Captain Brianne Etienne, Alexandra Michael, and Kayla Quinn

Foil - Sebastian Vazquez, Zach Ortiz, and Captain Philip Acinapuro

Foil - Captain Tia Petrides, Rosie Lynch, and Zoe Heath

Épée - Mariyam Shami, Captain Mary Foxen, and Gianna Buckley

Épée - Calum Gribbin, Captain Colin McVicar, and Sean Maas

rest of the Garden City fencers looked on and cheered with each point scored. Coach Oliver observed, leaving these good teammates to their own devices as they tried to best one another. Ultimately, Zach prevailed with a close 15-13 win to earn a spot in the final. That final bout, against Jake Hempe from Newfield High School, turned out to be a nail biter, with the fencers trad-

ing points and tying at 14 before Hempe scored the final touch. In Women’s Foil, senior Tia Petrides (two-time and reigning 2017 Nassau County Women’s Foil Champion) went 6-1 in pools and was seeded 8th into DEs. Tia then won 15-2, 15-1, 15-6, 10-7 and lost in the semi-finals 10-15, thus tying for 3rd out of 63 fencers and earning a bronze medal. In Men’s Saber, senior Quentin Bucknor had a strong showing by finishing 10th out of 58 fencers. In Women’s Saber, teammates Brianne Etienne and Kayla Quinn also had to face off in DE with Brianne winning a tight 15 to 14 bout as the rest of the team

Quentin Bucknor celebrates leveling a bout

Philip Acinapuro and Zach Ortiz hug it out after the semi-final

Zach Ortiz about to close out a pool bout 5-0

Christos Yannios fencing saber

Calum Gribbin scores a winning touch in épée

Tia Petrides scores a touch in foil during pools

cheered them on. Brianne finished 14th of 57 fencers. In Men’s Épée, senior Colin McVicar earned an 8th place medal and freshman Sean Maas came in 10th out of 57 fencers. In Women’s Épée, sophomores Gianna Buckley and Mary Foxen finished 12th and 19th respectively out of 59 fencers. All of these fencers were supported by coaches Kevin Oliver and Denise Holtz, their teammates and many parents. The day-long event provided great experience for all who participated. Congratulations to all our GC fencers on their tremendous efforts and results!

Brianne Etienne’s winning touch over teammate Kayla Quinn in DE

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round of 32) due to a +30 indicator (the difference between touches scored and received). Zach earned a tie for the fourth seed out of pools with a +24 indicator. Philip’s route to the semi-finals had wins of 15-2, 15-10, and 15-7. Zach’s route had wins of 15-5, 15-14, 15-12, and 15-11. When Philip, who is the captain of the Men’s Foil, squad met Zach, the team’s number 2, in the semi-finals, the

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Snow Falls for 3rd Annual Holiday Spectacular

This past Friday December 15 the Village of Garden City and the Garden City Chamber of Commerce presented its 3rd annual Holiday Spectacular and unexpected snowfall transformed Seventh Street into a real live winter wonderland. The snowfall and slick roads may have kept the crowds down those who attended enjoyed the magic of the holidays as Christmas music from the favorite FiveStone Band and carolers filled the streets and revelers enjoyed hot chocolate, bonfires, face painting, balloon figures, snowball fights, visits from Santa Claus and rides on the Christmas Trolley! Those who needed a break from the cold and food and drink in their belly were able to take shelter in the many wonderful and festively outfitted restaurants along 7th Street. The Village of Garden City and the Chamber

of Commerce would like to thank all of those who participated and as always our sponsors; 550 Stewart Acquisition, Adelphi University, Ameriprise Financial - Andriola, Goldberg & Assoc., Armao LLP, Assemblyman Ed Ra, The Burger Spot, The Cathedral of the Incarnation, Coquette, Envie, Food For Thought, Go Greek, Key Food Marketplace, Knot of this World, Laub Realty, Lee, Nolan & Koroghlian, LLC, Leo’s, Madison’s Niche, Pure Barre, Seventh Street Stationery, Signature Premier Properties, Soul Cycle, State Farm - Adam Karol Agency, Tarr’s Home Improvements, Inc., TCBY, The French Workshop, The Guoc Shop, The Pear Tree Shoppe, Walk Street, Walsh Markus McDougal & DeBellis, LLP and Windsor Commercial Real Estate for making this event possible.

Enjoying all the festivities the Holiday Spectacular has to offer

The Garden City fire engine was decked out for the holidays

Snow falling and Santa dancing through the streets certainly made it feel a lot like Christmas in Garden City

Santa greets the crowds on 7th Street

Who doesn’t enjoy a good snowball fight?

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A snowy ride down 7th Street

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GCHS alumni basketball game

How about getting geared up for the Garden City High School Men’s and Women’s alumni hoops game open to all former varsity and junior varsity players! The TMA will present this game which will be played at Garden City High School on Thursday Dec 28th at 3:00PM immediately following the Garden City HS Boys Varsity Basketball Game vs Valley Stream North which will start at 1PM on Thursdayw Dec 28th. Cost is $40 which includes game

shirt, postgame food and drink specials at Doc O’Grady’s and more. Most of the proceeds will be donated to the Garden City Boys and Girls Varsity Teams thru TMA. Please go to www.gctma.org to register for the game. Although we will welcome walkups it’s important for all those planning on being a part of day to register in order to assure your names being included in the game day program.

GC Community Park News Holiday Hours and Rates at Community Park Tennis Center

Please note the holiday hours below for the Tennis Center. There will be no contract time from Sunday, December 24th to Monday, January 1st. Contract time will continue on Tuesday, January 2nd. In addition, during the time of December 24th – January 1st, residents can enjoy special holiday rates. To book a court or learn more about our holiday rates please call the Community Park Clubhouse at 483-2525. December 24th: 7am – 2pm (Christmas Eve) December 25th: Closed (Christmas Day) December 26th: Tennis Center and Platform Courts open regular hours, 7am-11pm December 31st 7am – 4pm (New Year’s Eve) January 1st 7am – 11pm (New Year’s Day)

Children’s Tennis Lessons

Registration for our Youth Tennis Lessons is underway! If you haven’t signed up yet please visit www.gardencityrecreation.org to learn more or to download an application. Classes will begin the week of January 8th. Remember, tennis is truly a sport for a lifetime!

Tennis Center Etiquette Reminder

We kindly remind all of our tennis players to please reframe from entering the tennis courts until your scheduled time begins. If you are early, please wait in the Tennis Clubhouse until one minute before your court time and then proceed to your court. In order to create a courteous environment we ask players to please end at the specified time. Do not finish a set or play one more point so that the next scheduled group has the opportunity to start on time.

Senior Citizen Tennis Time

The Department of Recreation and Parks is happy to announce that “Senior Citizen Time” returns once again to the Garden City Tennis Center. Senior residents can take advantage of the $24 per hour per court rate on the newly expanded time period of Monday through Friday 7:00am - 6:00pm. To make a court reservation, please call the Tennis Clubhouse at 483-2525.

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GCAA Basketball Results Week 3 Girls 2nd and 3rd Grade Standings

Team Cavs Celtics Heat Knicks Nets Nuggets Spurs Suns

Won 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Lost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Girls 4th thru 6th Grade Results

Date 12/16/2017 12/16/2017 12/16/2017 12/16/2017

Score Nuggets 24 Heat 12 Nets 20 Cavs 17 Suns 20 Knicks 10 Spurs 24 Celtics 13

Girls 4th thru 6th Grade Standings

Team Nets Spurs Nuggets Suns Cavs Knicks Heat Celtics

Won 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 0

Lost 0 0 0 1 2 3 3 3

Boys 2nd Grade Standings

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Won 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

Lost 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Boys 3rd Grade Results

Date 12/16/2017 12/16/2017 12/16/2017

Score Knicks 15 Nuggets 9 Spurs 28 Suns 14 Celtics 31 Cavs 16

Boys 3rd Grade Standings

Team Celtics Knicks Cavs Spurs Suns Nuggets

Won 3 2 2 1 1 0

Lost 0 1 1 2 2 3

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Next Meeting

Attention all Directors! The next meeting will be held on Monday, January 8th at 7:00 p.m. Location will be Doc O’Grady’s. This will be followed by the BCS Championship Football game gathering. See below for more on this event. Watch for the e-mail to be sent by the President for exact details of the meeting. Please make every effort to attend. Your voice needs to be heard!

BCS Championship Football Game

All Directors and their guests are invited to Doc O’Grady’s on Monday, January 8th to view the final college football game of this season. Admission at the door is $30 for Directors, $35 for guests. Open bar and pass around appetizers. Box pool. More to follow on this event. Great night to bring prospective TMA members!

GCHS Home Athletic Schedule

Friday, Dec. 22 - Boys Varsity Basketball, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23 - JV and Varsity Cheerleading, 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 27 - Girls JV

Basketball, 10:30 a.m.; Girls Varsity Basketball, noon. Thursday, Dec. 28 - Boys JV Basketball, 11:00 a.m.; Boys Varsity Basketball, 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 30 - Boys JV Basketball, 11:30 a.m..

TMA Website

Our site can now be accessed through www.gctma.org. Note: this is the new web site we have been working towards which is much more friendlier domain name. Check it out! Sign up to be a Director, ability to pay dues, make a donation to one of our many causes, etc. Take a look. We welcome all feedback!

Facebook Page

Yes, we have reached the modern times! Another venue to find out about the TMA and all we do!

Who We Are

For over 80 years, The Men’s Association, or simply the TMA, has supported the athletic and social activities of students in the Garden City schools and promoted good sportsman-

ship as well as ideal citizenship. The TMA is composed of more than 100 active Directors, 50 Life Directors, and 500 Family members. With the generous support of our fellow residents, the Men’s Association has been involved in a great number of projects covering a wide range of interests. While we are still primarily committed to the athletic programs at the Middle School and High School, in recent years the TMA has expanded their support and sponsorship to other programs benefiting a wider range of students in the Garden City Schools. Some of these programs are SEPTA, the Jamie and Paige Malone Foundation, Best Buddies, the GC High School Marching Band, BAA/GAA Awards Night, Middle School Bagel Bash, Reeves Scholarship, Bethany LeSueur Jersey Retirement Ceremony, GCHS Stem Program, CPR training for all coaches, HUDL, Robotics, 9th grade BBQ, Kickline, GCTA Hurricane Relief Fundraiser, and the Father-Daughter and Mother-Son dances. All of this would not be possible without your continued assistance on aiding all we do.

Thanks to all who contribute !!!

How You Can Join

The TMA is always looking for potential new members. If you’re a father who has a child or children in the GC School District and are willing to be involved please contact one of the Officers or Directors for an application. Thanks for all your support! Special thanks to all those who have joined as family members! Go Trojans!

Important

Any directors who want to pay their annual dues please mail your $100 check to the Treasurer.

TMA Officers

Jim Connolly---President Bob Leggett---Treasurer John Blair Pete Haeffner Rob McLoughlin Rob Capello Pat McElroy Luke Lynch Bob Basel

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VILLAGE SPORTS Holiday Gym Program

During the Holiday Break, Garden City Recreation and Parks will offer a gym program for children in the St. Paul’s Fieldhouse on December 26, 27, 28, and 29. This program is open to youngsters of the Inc. Village of Garden City only. The schedule for these programs will be as follows: Kindergarten and 1st grade – 9:00 to 10:30 a.m. 2nd and 3rd grades - 10:30 a.m. to Noon 4th, 5th, and 6th grades – Noon to 2 p.m. For grades 7 to 12 – the fieldhouse will be open for supervised open play from 2 to 6 p.m. For college aged - the fieldhouse will be open for supervised open play from 6 to 7:30 p.m. For further information, please call the Recreation Office at 465-4075.

Family Movie in Cluett Hall

The Recreation Department will be showing Disney’s Moana at St. Paul’s Cluett Hall on Wednesday, December 27 at 1 p.m. The movie runs approximately 113 minutes and is rated PG. Admission is free. Snacks will be available for a nominal charge. Our Recreation staff will supervise.

Garden City Recreation’s Gym Program for Grades K and 1

The Garden City Recreation Department is pleased to announce that this winter, the Recreation Staff will conduct a gym program for children in kindergarten and 1st grade. This program will consist of organized games and activities in a supervised setting. This program will run on Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5 pm in St. Paul’s Field House beginning January 10 and ending March 7th. There is a $40 registration fee for this program and a permission slip is necessary. No fees will be taken at the door. For further information contact the Recreation Office at 465-4075. Meeting Dates – January 10, 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, 28 and March 7 Sneakers must be worn for any activity in the field house and only water is allowed. Please Note-Once the children are in our facility, they will not be allowed to leave unless accompanied by an adult. Please come into the building to pick up your child. Space is limited! To register for this

program, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave., or if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

Mad Science for Grades K to 4

Garden City Recreation and Parks is offering an afterschool program geared to children who are interested in science! Mad Science of Long Island is a company who provides a wonderful and fun learning experience while exploring different aspects of science. Each week of this 6 week session will cover a different topic such as “Lab Works”, “Slime Time”, and “Glow Show”. Residents of the Village of Garden City entering grades K - 4 are invited to attend. Classes will be held on Mondays from 4 to 5 pm beginning January 22. Each class is one hour long and will be held in the St. Paul’s Center at 108 Rockaway Ave. The cost for this program will be $130, checks only, made payable to “Mad Science of Long Island”. Space is limited! To register for this program, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave.

Recreation and Parks Presents “Imagine Arts Academy”

We have added a brand new program for Garden City resident children in grades 2 to 5! Imagine Arts Academy will experiment with Crayola products and many art techniques while using each child’s imagination in exploring the topic of the day. This program will be held in St. Paul’s Center at 108 Rockaway Avenue on Fridays beginning January 12. Each class will be one hour long and the program will run for 6 weeks at a cost of $130, checks only made payable to ZoDa, LLC. Space is limited! To register for this program, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave.

Garden City Recreation and Parks’ Gym Program for Grades 2 to 6

The Garden City Recreation Department is pleased to announce that this winter the Recreation Staff will conduct a gym program for children in grades 2 - 6. The registration fee for this program is $40. The program will consist of organized games and activities in a supervised setting. It will run from 3:30 to 5:45 pm in St. Paul’s Field House according to the following schedule: Grades 4-6 Mondays from 3:30 –

5:45 pm beginning January 8 Grades 2-3 Fridays from 3:30 – 5:45 pm beginning January 12 Please Note-Once the children are in our facility, they will not be allowed to leave unless accompanied by an adult. Please come into the building to pick up your child and please be prompt . Space is limited! To register for this program, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave., or if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net. Sneakers must be worn for any activity in the field house and only water is allowed in the facility. This program will end the week of March 5th.

Youth Tennis for Winter 2018 Registration Begins

We are pleased to announce the start of registration for our winter Tennis Program for children at the Community Park Tennis Center. Our class levels are listed below and a schedule of classes is available on our website at www.gardencityrecreation.org or at the Recreation and Parks office at 108 Rockaway Avenue. You may visit our office to register or register online if you have a password at www.gcreconline. gardencityny.net. Classes will begin on Monday, January 8. All classes will run for 10 weeks. Tots Ages 4-5 (not in kindergarten) and PeeWee - Ages 5(in kindergarten) to 7 Introduction to Tennis, emphasizing basic movement and striking skills in a fun game playing environment. Novice - Ages 6 to 7 Continued development of basic movement and striking skills on a full size court. Serving and scorekeeping will be introduced. Past tennis experience required. Junior - Ages 8 to 11 Extension of Novice Level program. Continued emphasis on striking concepts, movement, and skills related to tennis play. Junior Advanced - Ages 8 to 11 For the more serious, more advanced students. These lessons are offered in 1 1/2 hr time slots. Experience required. Senior - Ages 12 and older Extension of Junior Program, continued emphasis on fundamentals and skills related to tennis play. Senior Advanced - Ages 12 and older - For the more serious, more advanced student. These lessons are offered in 1 1/2 hour time slots.

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Lego Motor Mania At St. Paul’s Cluett Hall!

“Bricks4Kidz” Legos classes build on the popular “LEGO” bricks to deliver high-quality educational play. Each hour-long class is an engaging experience for your child with a new project each week. Our unique models aren’t the kits you find on the shelves of a toy store. They’re designed by Bricks4Kidz to teach concepts across a variety of subject areas. We kick things off with a discussion about key concepts related to the model, then get right into the building. Working with a partner, or on their own, your child will experience the hands-on fun of seeing a model come together piece-by-piece, from concept to completion – and it’s motorized! In this session children will make motorized models of tools of the trade from a hand-held power saw and jackhammer to some tough, all-terrain vehicles such as a bulldozer and a dump truck. When: Wednesdays January: 10, 17, 24, 31, February: 7, and 14 Who: Grades 1-4 Time: 4:00-5:00pm Location: St.Paul’s Cluett Hall $135 per child; 1 hour session per week for 6 weeks Registration is limited to 12 children To register please visit the Recreation and Parks Department at 108 Rockaway Ave. Please make checks payable to Bricks 4 Kidz.

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Youth Yoga Classes Offered

Connie McKnight, our certified yoga instructor, has designed youth yoga classes for ages 6 - 18. Each class in our ten week session is 55 minutes long. All classes will begin on January 11 and will be held in St. Paul’s Center. Any resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City in this age group is invited to join these relaxing classes. The cost of this 10 week session will be $ 105. The course schedule is as follows: Ages 6 – 8 Thursdays at 4:15 pm Ages 9 – 12 Thursdays at 5:15 pm Ages 13 – 18 Thursdays at 6:15 pm To register for any of these classes, please visit the Recreation and Parks Department at 108 Rockaway Ave., or if you have a password you can register online at www.gcreconline.gardencityny.net.

BY JOHN SORENSEN Greg Rooney, Roger Tusiani-Eng, Babe Ruth, Tom Seaver, Yogi Berra, Mike Piazza, Willie Mays. What do these people all have in common? If you guessed that they have all played base-

ball in New York and that they are all in the Hall of Fame, you would be right. Well, five of them are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And the first two names…? …Welcome to the Garden City Men’s

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Baseball Hall of Fame, Greg Rooney and Roger Tusiani-Eng. Since the inception of men’s baseball played in Garden City in 1995 (the team originated in 1989), there have been many ballplayers who have exemplified hard work, teamwork, and good sportsmanship along with a long-term dedication to the Garden City Men’s Baseball program. Two of those players exemplify those qualities and have also been outstanding performers on the field. That is why both Greg and Roger have earned their rightful place in the hall, joining former GC resident and Texas native son, Dan Bautch. Roger Tusiani-Eng has been with the men’s team over the past 16 years, and has proven to be the most versatile player in the long history of the team. Having played all nine positions, he has also excelled as the team’s ultimate leadoff hitter. In fact, it would be hard to imagine Roger batting in any other spot, as his speed has truly defied the passage of time. It is no small coincidence that his musical hero Bruce Springsteen’s most recognizable song is “Born to Run.” It is rumored that the first pressing of that album has a note on the back cover, where Bruce thanks Roger for the inspiration for the song. Of course, that version is out-of-print and, unfortunately, hard to find (well, impossible to find anywhere). And the beat continues for Roger. In 2017, he batted a league leading .548,

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Garden City Men’s Baseball Hall Of Fame

with 52 hits and 21 stolen bases in his past 33 games. His 2017 OPS was 1.213. He has led the team in batting multiple times and has been a top pitcher, having won over 40 games. His 2012 opening day four hit complete game was the springboard for the team’s championship run. As Roger is to the top of the lineup, Greg Rooney is a mainstay as a power hitting, middle-of-the-order catcher. He has been with the team since 2009 and has caught every pitcher who has taken the hill over the course of that time. A great example of his resiliency is when he caught nine innings in the championship game and then competed in a triathlon the following day. That season, he led the team in several offensive categories, including 32 hits and 12 playoff runs scored. If stats were kept for blocking runners from scoring, Greg would have that locked up on an annual basis. Greg has been the team’s number one run producer during his time with the club, and has continued that trend with 18 rib eye steak’s in 11 games in 2017. This past season saw Greg average two hits per game, compile an OPS of 1.397, bat .537 and finish second in the league in batting. His catching duties have also expanded to stellar infield and outfield play. Congratulations to Roger and Greg on a job well done!

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Garden City High School Boys Varsity Basketball starts season 3-0

Andrew DeSantis finishes strong at hoop

The Garden City High School Boys Varsity Boys Basketball improved their record to 3-0 with wins against Floral Park and Carey. In the Floral Park game, James Cashwell tipped in a missed shot at the buzzer to give Garden City an exciting 48-47 victory shocking the boisterous DJ led Floral Park home crowd. The Trojans relied upon a well balanced scoring attack led by Kevin McNiff (12 pts), Matthew Granville (10 pts), sophomore Brian Wood (9pts), Andrew DeSantis (7 pts), James Cashwell (4 pts), Joe Scattareggia (3 pts) and Tyler Soutar (2 pts.) After co-captain Andrew DeSantis was injured early in the 3rd quarter, missing most of the 2nd half, the GC squad regrouped and ramped up the defensive pressure. The swarming GC defense coupled with a potent fast break attack sparked the GC team to a W. In the first A1 Nassau County Conference match-up of the season, the Trojans squared off against rival Carey. Returning from injury, Andrew DeSantis led all scorers with 26 points while Kevin McNiff poured in 13 points to help the Trojans to a 62-53 victory over Carey. The balance of the scoring was done by James Cashwell with 8 pts, Matthew Granville and Brian Wood with 5 points each while Tyler Soutar, William Duff and James Basile also contributed to the offensive production. The Trojans have a home game Friday Dec 22nd at 5:30PM and another home game Thurs Dec 28th at 1PM. Additional upcoming games are as follows: Tues Dec 12th Garden City

Matthew Granville converts lay up

Trojans team warm up for 2nd half

William Duff pulls up for a jump shot

68-Manhasset 45 (W) Fri Dec 15th Garden City 48-Floral Park 47 (W) Mon Dec 18th Garden City 62-Carey 53 (W) (Conference Game) Thurs Dec 21st at Garden City vs New Hyde Park at 6:30PM (Conference Game) Fri Dec 22nd at Garden City vs Valley Stream South at 6:30PM Thurs Dec 28th at Garden City vs Valley Stream North at 1:00PM/TMA Alumni Game immediately afterwards. Fri Dec 29th at Calhoun vs Calhoun at 1:00PM Tues Jan 3rd at Southside at 6:30PM (Conference Game) Wed Jan 10th at Garden City vs Elmont at 6:30PM (Conference Game) The 2017-2018 Trojans roster is as follows: James Basile , James Cashwell , Luke Connolly, Co-Captain Andrew DeSantis , Billy Duff , Co-Captain Matthew Granville , Chris Jordan, Cyrus Lalehzar, Pat Leggett , Co-Captain Kevin McNiff , Gavin Pappas , Thomas Powderly, Joe Scattareggia, Tyler Soutar, Brian Wood. Head Coach Jim Hegmann, Asst Coach Greg Gonzalez, Student Manager Pat Reilly. Come out and support the Trojan Hoopsters! Please note: The TMA will be hosting an Alumni Game on Thursday, December 28 at 3 p.m. at Garden City High School immediately following the Boys Varsity Game. Look for details on the TMA website and in the TMA section of the Garden City News. You can register by going to www.gctma.org. The event is open to all former varsity and junior varsity players.

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Coach Hegmann addresses team during a time out William Duff and Matthew Granville pull down a rebound

James Cashwell knocks down jumper

GC bench cheers on a rally

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GCHS Wrestling starts season with consecutive first place wins

The Garden City High School wrestling teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first tournament of the season started for JV on Friday, December 1st and for Varsity on Saturday, December 2nd at Manhasset High School. Garden City competed against 8 high schools at the Manhasset Invitational. Although several members of the team were not eligible to compete due to the extended football season, they managed to have several finalists. Congratulations to freshman John Greene (99) and sophomore Zack Debler (170) for 6th place, freshman Kyle Carney (99) and junior Michael Fontanetta (152) for 4th place, senior Brendan Maggio (120) for 3rd place, sophomores Alexander Menoudakos (106) and Tyler DeSena (138) in 2nd place, and impressive wins by sophomore Joe Foxen (113) and senior Captain

Tom Grlic (220) for placing 1st. Garden City continued their winning streak during competitions the following week on the mats in the Frank Giampaolo Cyclone Tournament at South Side High School in Rockville Centre. Varsity teams from South East RVC, Long Beach, Chaminade, Oceanside, Glen Cove, Roosevelt, Mepham, Massapequa, Plainview, Sewanhaka East, Calhoun, and Farmingdale joined Garden City for this weekend tournament on December 16th. The Trojans had a strong showing in multiple matches throughout the day and the quickest pin of the tournament was hailed by sophomore Juliano Izzo (285) with a time of 12 seconds. Sophomores Joe Foxen (113) and Alexander Menoudakos (106) took fourth place with a great showing by

Tyler DeSena (138) who took 2nd place. First place champion wins were hailed from senior Captains Thomas Grlic (220) and Steven Spirakis (195). Although present and supporting the team, teammates eagerly await the return

Junior Michael Fontanetta on his way to win! Second place win by Tyler DeSena

Championship wins by Captains Grlic and Spirakis with Coach Czachor and Coach Beihoff

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of senior Captains Kieran Paskewitz and Matt Flanagan from their injuries. Congratulations to all the men and their coaches on a great opening to the season!

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UNDER CONTRACT

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 1-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2983977. $649,000.

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Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2978208. $719,000.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2968523. $699,000.

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Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2979335. $819,000.

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Garden City 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2942978. $849,000.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 1.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2977615. $825,000.

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Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2982477. $865,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2958751. $949,000.

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Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2955689. $955,000.

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Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2968119. $1,128,800.

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Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2971746. $1,048,000.

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Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2977371. $1,299,000.

Garden City, NY 5-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2981112. $1,275,000.

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Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2975322. $1,348,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 2.55-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2991348. $1,428,000.

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Garden City, NY 6-bedroom, 3.55-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2921219. $1,499,000.

Garden City, NY 4-bedroom, 3.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2938713. $1,599,000.

Garden City, NY 8-bedroom. 3.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2938302. $1,799,000.

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Out of Town Listings Baldwin, NY 2-bedroom, 1-bath. SD #11. MLS# 2982219. $389,000.

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New Hyde Park, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath SD #5. MLS# 2969142. $848,000.

100 Hilton Ave, Unit M27 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2968890. $5,000/month.

111 Cherry Valley Ave, Unit M25 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath SD #18. MLS# 2986138. $928,000.

Wyndham Listings Roslyn Heights, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #2. MLS# 2967444. $999,000.

Point Lookout, NY 3-bedroom. 2-bath. SD #28. MLS# 2943446. $1,799,000.

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Condos/ Co-Ops 100 Hilton Ave, Unit M22 Garden City, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2988799. $999,000.

Hempstead, NY 2-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #1. MLS# 2979071. $425,000.

Garden City, NY 3-bedroom, 2.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# 2987095. $608,000.

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