The Garden City News (1/5/18) by Litmor Publishing

Friday, January 5, 2018

Vol. 94, No.14

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School Board Trustee: Elections can bring danger into schools

SWIMMING TO VICTORY

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

The Garden City Boy’s Varsity Swimming and Diving 2017-18 season is off to a 1-1 record. On December 19th, the team lost to Plainview with a score of 48-52; however, on December 22nd, GC was able to handily defeat Herricks 99-77. See pages 46-47

Open casting call for Community Theatre

Actors — adults and children — mark your calendars for an open casting call for the pring 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. 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

The Garden City Board of Education heard a review of safety on school grounds by interim Superintendent Dr. Alan Groveman at the district’s December 13 meeting. At the meeting the Board approved a school safety audit contract with Covert Investigations & Security Inc. of Suffolk County, at a price of $6,400. But one particular type of activity that takes place in Garden City school buildings and in schools across the country – bringing in hundreds of visitors, at times during a school day – was discussed by School Trustee Robert Martin. In an update, Martin looked back to Election Day 2017 (Tuesday November 7) with the turnout of voters entering school district buildings. One jarring incident, in which a voter got into an altercation with a poll worker, required the Garden City Police Department to be on-scene. Attendees of the December 13 board meeting heard Trustee Martin’s account of conversations in-district and also an agenda for the “super” Legislative Affairs Committee, a group with representation from the boards of education in the Garden City, Manhasset and North Shore school districts. “In our district’s legislative affairs committee, we specifically discussed the incident at Homestead School on Election Day. The police were called to the scene and a police report was filed and this occurred in the school building. That brought our committee together to discuss why our local polling locations are inside schools. Also we considered ‘how many students are in our schools during the times elections occur?’ As you know this impacts a number of schools, not just Homestead. We drafted a letter to send to the new Nassau County Executive (Laura Curran) – we hope to have a little more traction with her as she was on the school board in Baldwin, and I know they have voting locations in the Baldwin district,” Martin explained last month. The November 2017 Election Day was also parent-teacher conferences inside Homestead School and classes weren’t in session. Martin told his fellow board members there are other examples in Garden City of an open-door policy for voters entering school buildings, including each year in mid-May when the community votes on the school district budget and board member elections. “That annual election is held in the high school and our high school is in operation (students in classes and activities) that day…We are all aware of very serious incidents that have See page 19

Senior Duplicate Bridge players celebrate Christmas GCHS Varsity Basketball improves record PAGES 48-49

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A WORD FROM THE PUBLISHER

News for the New Year

As we begin a new year in Garden City, there are a number of issues which we’ll be following. The village will be considering the application for a new housing development at 550 Stewart Avenue, which some fear will bring more traffic congestion to that area. A new water tower is to be built on Old Country Road to replace the aging structure that is there now. The MHANY fair housing lawsuit, which the Village lost, is finally winding down. The village will be paying the plaintiff’s legal fees, which will very

likely be several million dollars. And changes to federal tax law in regard to deductibility of state and local taxes may negatively impact homeowners in the village and across the region. How that will play out here in Garden City remains to be seen. So even though this is a relatively slow time of year, there are many interesting stories that are on the agenda for the coming new year, even for a small town such as Garden City (never mind the world events which power the 24 hour news cycle nationally).

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Over Budget

To the Editor: There is more to the second anniversary of the passing of former Metropolitan Transportation Authority Long Island Rail Road President Charles Hoppe. He inherited construction of the ongoing Jamaica Hillside Yard and Shop project from his predecessor Bruce C. McIver who served as LIRR President from 1985 to 1989. This maintenance facility was designed to support LIRR’s electric fleet of almost 1,000 cars. It was being built at the old Gimbels Department Store Jamaica warehouse site. Construction of the Hillside Maintenance facility was several years behind schedule. Work began in January 1985 with an estimated cost of $215 million. By May 1989, the project was already $140 million over budget with a significant number of change orders. The final project cost was anticipated to be $397 million with completion three years late. Due to ongoing problems with this project, the United States Department of Transportation Urban Mass Transportation Administration (today known as the Federal Transit Administration) made a determination that the LIRR lacked technical capacity for management of this and other major construction projects. In March 1989, UMTA suspended the LIRR’s eligibility to receive any new federal funding. Hoppe restored UMTA’s confidence in rebuilding the LIRR’s technical capacity by successfully completing the Hillside Maintenance facility and managing the $100 million Harold Interlocking project (using 100% local MTA funding). Under Hoppe’s watch, UMTA once again became confident in the LIRR and two years later restored its eligibility for receipt of federal funding. UMTA went on to provide $200 million for the original Penn Station Improvements project versus todays version sponsored by Governor Andrew Cuomo. Both the Harold Interlocking and Penn Station improvement projects were successfully completed on time, within budget and without significant numbers of change orders to the construction contracts.

One significant failure under Hoppe was a future fatal flaw in the purchase of both duel mode locomotives and double-decker passenger cars. Those responsible for design, engineering and bid specifications to support procurement of duel mode locomotives and double decker passenger cars failed to take into consideration height clearances for the 63rd Street tunnel between Manhattan and Queens. (Construction on this tunnel began in 1969 designed to be used at a future date to provide the LIRR with a direct connection to Grand Central Terminal). As a result, the LIRR fleet of 23 diesel-electric and 23 duel-mode locomotives along with 134 double- decker passenger cars will not be able to utilize East Side Access for future service to Grand Central Terminal. The anticipated revenue service date has slipped on numerous occasions from originally 2011. (Some elected officials with no background in what it actually takes to construct a major transportation project promised 2009). The MTA “corporate party line” claim (based upon the most recent project recovery schedule which has also changed numerous times during the life of the project) calls for a December 2023 opening day passenger service. Based upon previous history of delays, changes in procurement strategy, re advertising of contracts, change orders to contracts, re sequencing of work, recovery schedules, cost overruns, budget issues and coordination issues with Amtrak including providing construction contractors with insufficient track outage time necessary to perform work, don’t be surprised if first day of passenger service occurs in 2024 or later. Thousands of daily LIRR riders from diesel territory branches (including those commuting from stations east of Huntington to Port Jefferson, east of Mineola to Oyster Bay, east of Babylon to Speonk or Montauk and east of Ronkonkoma to Greenport) will still have to change at Jamaica for those traveling to or from the future LIRR Grand Central Terminal or Atlantic Continued on page 10

BY JOHN W CRONIN, PRESIDENT GARDEN CITY BIRD SANCTUARY, INC. On Saturday, January 13, the Board of Directors of the Garden City Bird Sanctuary (“GCBS”) invites everyone to join us for our annual Winterfest celebration. What is Winterfest? As I’ve stated in previous years, it is a holiday we on the GCBS Board of Directors began in 2009 to honor all our members and supporters. It is full of meaningful ceremonies and traditions which reflect the three virtues that any community needs to survive; volunteerism, environmental stewardship, and hope. Humanity has always flourished in communities. Sharing our lives is needed for survival and a way of life. We have a nuclear family, then an extended family, which then goes further into our surrounding neighborhood, state, and country. At Winterfest, we seek to celebrate and strengthen the bond of community that exists in Garden City between families. In so doing, we remember our common purpose, and come forth with a greater resolve to be part of the solution to the problems which afflict the world. When we thrive together as a community, it means enhancing our capacities for empathy, communication, and love. I like to think that the Board of Directors of the GCBS, and all our sup-

porters, lead the way. We come together in pure volunteerism to solve problems collaboratively, with hope for the future, and in the spirit of environmental stewardship. The result has been the turning of a former sump (think:”garbage dump”) into a beautiful green jewel of environmental preservation. With the advent of technology, expanding populations, and people concentrating on their own needs more and more, the sense of community is disappearing. People leave behind deeper connections to each other, to a shared story, and to our planet. “There’s too much going on in my life to interact with my next door neighbor (I forget his name), but I’ll post a note on his Facebook timeline.” Pollution, exploitation, and a sense of isolation plague our modern society like never before, because in being consumed in ourselves and only being connected to others technologically, we’ve lost the deeper sense of belonging and purpose we once had. At Winterfest, we seek to engender a sense of belonging, safety, and comfort, which will lead us to be more willing to act with hospitality and generosity in our personal lives; it is something that gets “paid forward” with good effects that spiral outward into the whole world. There are no strangers who come to help at the GCBS, only friends we haven’t met. Isn’t this reason enough to

join us on January 13, 2018? The GCBS began as a nine acre storm water basin and was transformed into a beautiful Bird Sanctuary and Nature Preserve that can be enjoyed by generations to come. It’s amazing what we can accomplish together. If you don’t think one person can make a change for the better, join the rest of us who banded together to contribute our talents and make a difference together as a unified “one.” Winterfest begins at 4 pm as twilight approaches. As our supporters file in, there is warm cocoa to drink as we fill the birdfeeders and put up some decorations for our fine feathered friends. About 4:30 pm, we have a poem recitation around our newly planted trees. Then we culminate the event with our Candle-lighting Ceremony in which we have the “Great Telling.” Just as some Native Americans have a ceremony that describes the history of their tribe, the Directors tell the story of the GCBS and Winterfest itself. Each Director tells a part of the story. During the ceremony we will publicly honor two of our outstanding helpers and then remember with gratitude both the persons who dedicated trees in 2015 for someone special (either in honor or in memoriam) and those people for whom they were planted. At Winterfest, we also remember

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Tenth Annual Winterfest: A time for community and shared purpose

the past year’s accomplishments and dream of the ones to come in 2017. Symbolism is an integral part of any tradition because it links tangible objects and ritual to the intangible ideals, emotions and ideas we wish to hold on to and pass along. We can’t see love, but we all realize it through the giving of the red roses and heart shaped boxes of chocolates on St. Valentine’s Day! During the Great Telling you will learn why: we start at dusk, we have our holiday in January, we use green candles, we express the three characteristics of Winterfest in the Latin language and much, much more! Finally, you will hear the ultimate message of hope that we pass on at Winterfest which is… ALL WINTERS MUST COME TO AN END. Not just seasonal winters, but the “winters” of social problems, economic problems, relationship problems, etc. The great religions of the world tell us even the winter of death itself will give way to a spring of new life. So come on down January 13, 2018 to the GCBS and discover Winterfest: a modern holiday celebrating timeless ideals which make communities work! Won’t you become part of our community? The GCBS is opposite 181 Tanners Pond Road. The gates open at 3:30 pm. The event is free and open to the general public. It ends at approximately 5 pm. Hope to see you there!

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Garden City’s Business Department students and their teachers at the November 29th Emerging Leaders Business Competition at St. Joseph’s College. Congratulations to Garden City High School’s Business Department students who competed in the 2017 Emerging Leaders Business Competition at St. Joseph’s College this past November. Nineteen Long Island schools and approximately 375 students participated. “The competition included student presentations in several areas

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9 Mayor@gardencityny.net We are continuing our efforts to communicate with members of our community, including our residents, commercial tenants and landlords, visitors, friends at Adelphi, and local merchants in different ways in order to enhance outreach. This weekly column is intended to advise our residents and community of matters that our Board of Trustees and Departments are working on, events and other important information. And of course, please visit our website for additional information: www.gardencityny.net. We are constantly updating and making changes to the website in order to keep it relevant and provide new information. We also encourage you to attend Village Board of Trustees meetings. See the schedule of meetings on our website.

STEWART MANOR LIRR STATION PLATFORM WORK

The MTA/LIRR will begin platform work at the Stewart Manor train station on Tuesday, January 16. All renovations are being done because of the influx of passengers expected when work commences at New Hyde Park Road as part of the third track project. The MTA already renovated the station house, the Village recently completed paving the parking lot, the cost of which will be reimbursed by the MTA, and crews will be starting work this month replacing all the platforms at the station with new concrete, which will be heated. New lighting will also be installed. This is the last phase of the station renovation project.

HOW WILL VILLAGE PAY FOR NEW WATER TANK?

After Trustees voted unanimously at the last Board meeting to accept a $6,738,000 bid from Caldwell Tanks for an all-steel water tank, with an enhanced paint option, the Board will now weigh different financing options, including bonding the entire project, paying cash for the entire project, or some combination of the two. Village Treasurer Irene Woo provided financial models for water tank funding options, noting the estimated total cost of the project - including additional contingency, H2M consulting services, financing costs and the cost of paving the Ethical Humanist Society parking lot - to be $8 million. To view the Water Fund Analysis presentation in its entirety on the Village website, click here.

SUNDRY ACCOUNT RECEIVABLE WRITE OFF

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completed a review of all the sundry accounts Village-wide. The Board of Trustees authorized Village Treasurer Irene Woo to write off nearly 100 items totaling a little over $75,000. According to Ms. Woo, the write off represents 98 items that span over 20+ years - $9,000 of those items are dated before the year 2000 and $43,000 of that total amount represents items between 2000-2010.   “These represent various invoices that the Village sent out for items such as damage to Village property, bounced check fees, bounced checks for services or programs or invoices for emergency cleanup fees,” Ms. Woo said. “We’ve reviewed the files and various levels of follow up were done at the time. After a year, these items were deemed uncollectible.”  All items were reviewed with Village Counsel Peter Bee. The review was tedious, as Staff went back many years to review paper files. Village Clerk Karen Altman has been successful, through follow ups, to collect on several property damage invoices. The Village’s current sundry account balance is $13,000. There is a current process in place to review any outstanding items.

POA RESIDENT ELECTORS MEETINGS

On Tuesday, January 16, 2018, each of the four property owners’ associations will conduct resident electors meetings. The purpose of this meeting is to select and place in nomination candidates for Village and School Board Trustees. The meeting is open to all qualified voters who reside in their respective section of the Village. The respective meetings will be at the following times and locations: EASTERN Garden City Senior Center 7:30 p.m. CENTRAL Garden City Senior Center 7:30 p.m. ESTATES Stratford School 8:00 p.m. WESTERN Homestead School 7:30 p.m.

2018/19 BUDGET CALENDAR

At their last meeting, Trustees adopted the following 2018/19 Budget Calendar in which all work sessions will take place between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 Operating and Capital Budget Presentation and Budget Work Session I

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COLLECTION OF CHRISTMAS TREES AND WREATHS FOR RECYCLING

A reminder to residents who have a natural Christmas tree or wreath to dispose of, please leave them at the curb on your regularly scheduled recycling collection day. They will be collected by the Department of Public Works and rendered at the Village Yard for use around trees and shrubs as mulch. Please assist the Village by removing tree stands, strands of electric lights and plastic bags from the discarded trees and cooperate with your neighbors by disposing of them only on the scheduled recycling collection days.

MEMORIAL GIFTS

From time to time, the Garden City Public Library responds to requests from patrons about memorials, gifts and endowments to the Library in honor or memory of someone. One manner of gift giving to the Library is to choose a book or media item as

a gift. The book may be purchased by a patron and given to the Library in someone’s memory, or money can be given to the Library to make a purchase in someone’s memory. The chosen item will have an acknowledgement of the gift giver and the name of the person being honored adhered to the item. Many public organizations are the beneficiary of endowments from the public. In the past, when the Library has received such endowments, the Library has worked with the family heirs to identify specific projects they believe would reflect the named individual’s interest or desire as a long-lasting testament. When large endowments have been made, plaques have been installed to commemorate the gift. To learn more about any of these giving opportunities, contact Library Director Lisa Paulo at 7428405 or by email.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING

The next regularly scheduled Board of Trustees meeting is Thursday, January 11, 2018 beginning at 8:00 p.m. in the Village Hall Board Room. Residents are encouraged to attend.

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Continued from page 2 Avenue Brooklyn. When the Oyster Bay branch is converted to a permanent scoot shuttle service, riders on that line will also have to switch at Mineola including rush hours. Hoppe served as LIRR President from 1990 to 1994. In the eyes of many transportation experts including myself, he moved the LIRR capital improvements program from the dog house to the penthouse. Under his watch, it was expected that capital projects would be completed on time, within budget, without significant numbers of change orders to construction contracts and minimal inconveniences to riders during construction. When was the last time you heard that!. Current LIRR President Patrick Nowakowski with his own $2.6 billion mega Main Line Third Track and ongoing East River Tunnel problems continues to have a tough act to follow. Larry Penner (Larry Penner is a transportation historians and advocate who previously worked 31 years for the US Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration Region 2 NY Office) To the Editor:

Saving Babies from Abortion

ing to Washington, D.C. to participate in the 45th Annual March for Life on Friday, January 19. A complimentary motor coach, sponsored by the Church of St. Joseph and led by members of the Knights of Columbus St. Joseph-Bishop Baldwin Council #15809 and the parish’s Respect Life Ministry, will transport a 45-member contingent to attend the March for Life. The March for Life is a yearly gathering of close to a half-million prolife American citizens and foreign visitors who meet at a rally on the Capital’s National Mall and process up Constitution Avenue to the Supreme Court and Congress to speak out for the legal protection of the right to life of unborn children. Village residents have a 45-year tradition of attending the March for Life, dating back to January 22, 1974, the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abortion rulings, Roe v Wade and Doe v Bolton. Those two decisions struck down all the existing state laws that had protected unborn children, and resulted in an unfathomable death toll of more than 60 million babies. That’s 4,000 babies per day - every day - for nearly a half-century.

Garden City residents will be travel-

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THE OFFICE CAT Shoplifting arrests: Garden City Police arrested a 34 year old New Hyde Park man for the alleged theft of merchandise valued at $125 from Lord and Taylor on December 26th. A 40 year old Garden City Park woman was arrested the same day for allegedly taking $327 of merchandise Lord and Taylor. Credit card fraud: On December 27th a Garden City resident reported that $2,700 in unauthorized charges were made against her credit card account. Stalking arrest: On December 28th Garden City Detectives arrested a 46 year old Woodmere man for allegedly stalking a 45 year old Garden City man. He was charged with Stalking and Aggravated Harassment. Fallen tree: On December 28th a large tree limb fell blocking the railroad tracks in the vicinity of Clinton Road. Vehicle entered: On December 29th, a vehicle was rummaged through while parked at a Coventry Road residence. There is no reported loss at this time. Unauthorized charges: On December 29th, Officers investigated an unauthorized charge of $950 against a resident’s credit card account at a local store. Basement flood: Garden City police and firefighters assisted at a residence which had a flooded basement. Firefighters turned off the water and electric service until professional repairs could be made. Credit card fraud: Police investigated a report on December 30th in which a resident had an unauthorized charge of $900 against a credit card at a local store. DWI arrest: On December 30th,

upon the investigation of a property damage vehicle crash at the Garden City Hotel, police arrested 56 year old Scarsdale man for Aggravated DWI (more than .18% BAC), Aggravated Unlicensed Operation (suspended License), Unregistered Vehicle Operation. More vehicle entry: Another vehicle was rummaged through on December 30th, while parked at a Rockaway Avenue residence. There is no reported loss at this time. The following day, a vehicle was gone through at a Chelsea Road residence. Again, there was no reported loss. Storm calls: On December 30th, Officers responded to multiple calls due to wintery weather conditions throughout the Village including auto accidents, dangerous road conditions, residential alarm calls, minor fire calls, and a traffic light malfunction. Middle School flooded: As a result of a ruptured water pipe, Officers responded to the Garden City Middle School for flooding conditions in the basement and kitchen on December 30th. Unauthorized use of vehicle: On January 2nd, Garden City Police arrested a 44 year old Garden City man for theft of a vehicle belonging to another family member without permission or consent. He was charged with Unauthorized Use of an Auto. Lights out: Officers responded to a traffic light malfunction at the intersection of Clinton Road and Commercial Avenue on January 2nd. Water everywhere: On January 2nd police responded to a water main break on Harvard Street.

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Continued from page 10 Isn’t it time that we - as a compassionate and loving society - speak out in defense of innocent unborn children? Isn’t it time for us to come together and recognize that it is gravely wrong to destroy an innocent human life by an abortion? Isn’t it time for me to step forward and lend my voice to protect those innocent, voiceless babies? At this writing, we still have a few open seats on our motor coach to the March for Life. You can join us. It will be one day in your life to help a lifetime of days for an unborn child. Call 516-248-2186. For more information on the

January 19, 2018 March for Life, along with important updates, download the free March for Life 2018 App on your smartphone, or go to their website at http://marchforlife.org/ . Please pray daily for the conversion of hearts and the restoration of laws that protect the baby in the womb. Quoting Sir Edmund Burke (the prominent Irish statesman; 1730–1797), “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Please so something to end the destruction of innocent unborn babies. Please start today. Sincerely, The Knights of Columbus St. JosephBishop Baldwin Council and the St. Joseph Respect Life Ministry

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BY BOB MORGAN, JR. This is written on New Year’s Day. For me, and I assume many others, January 1 is a relatively quiet day that marks the effective end of the holiday party and social season and the day before a more routine life resumes. It is also a day that many of us take stock of our future. People make resolutions, some of which are actually kept. Of course, this is also my day to write this week’s column and I guess this reflective mood about the upcoming year will carry through to this piece as well. Last week, I attempted to review 2017, an eventful and tumultuous, but not necessarily bad, year dominated in the headlines by President Donald Trump. But what of 2018? There is always a chance of some major international blowup (most likely involving North Korea or Iran), and there may be some highly unexpected development comparable to the three major hurricanes of 2017. Nevertheless, I am guessing that the new year will overall be a little less crazy than 2017. There are a number of reasons for this belief. As usual lately, the analysis starts with President Trump and his opponents. As the 2018 midterm elections get closer, some of Mr. Trump’s harsh critics may start to conclude that the elevated level of rhetoric about every initiative of this administration (the tax bill is the worst legislation ever, etc.) is counterproductive and may be perceived as crying wolf. For most people, life is not demonstrably worse under President Trump than it was under President Obama (indeed, economically it may be a little better), nor do most people see their freedom in jeopardy. Thus, the idea of treating Mr. Trump’s tenure as illegitimate or a massive deviation from the mainstream may become increasingly hard to sell. This is especially true if, as I expect, the Russia collusion narrative is not sustained by credible evidence. Thus, opponents of Mr. Trump, especially outside of deep blue states, may instead decide to treat him like just another politician (although a

particularly quirky one) with views and priorities they disagree with, but not a complete pariah. In the 2018 elections, this would actually be a better strategy for Democrats in the swing areas they need to win. There are some signs that the rhetorical level on Mr. Trump’s side may likewise be reduced to some degree in 2018. Although Mr. Trump’s Twitter production is not likely to decrease (he obviously believes that this unfiltered medium is essential to getting his message through), he actually is becoming a somewhat more conventional president. For example, his foreign policy relating to Afghanistan and, yes, Russia, is not all that different from the one under President Barack Obama. But more fundamentally, Mr. Trump has learned to work better with Congressional leaders and rank and file members in actually advancing legislation to passage. He seems to have greatly improved his relationship with Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan. Although Mr. Trump will likely never have a good relationship with Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, there are also some areas of common ground where agreement might be reached. These would include resolution of the status of DACA immigrants coupled with changes in the immigration law (for example, restricting migration of distant family members) and a deal on an infrastructure program, as promised in the campaign. Accomplishing these legislative goals will require, at least for a while, the avoidance of rancor. Of course, another major reason that 2018 may be a little less strident than 2017 is the economy. Business confidence is high, the stock market is at record levels and wages are finally starting to rise. Belief in the direction of the country seems to be improving in polls. In this environment, it may be harder for strident protest, or even strident defense of Mr. Trump, to gain traction. So my best guess is that 2018 will be a (slightly) kinder, gentler year.

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The pre-k students at Little Sprouts Preschool in New Hyde Park performed their annual nativity pageant to a packed chapel prior to the school’s winter recess. The children (dressed as Mary, Joseph, the innkeeper, the drummer boy, the three kings, stars, angels, shepherds, and sheep) sang, danced, and learned about the true meaning of Christmas. Afterward, festive refreshments were enjoyed by all. The pageant is a long-standing school tradition. Little Sprouts Preschool is a ministry of the Christ Lutheran Church and has served the local community for nearly two decades. Registration has begun for the 2018-19 school year for the school’s toddler, nursery, and pre-k programs. To schedule a tour or to get more information, please call 516-746-4889.

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German-American School migrates to GC & Franklin Square The question is: “Is the glass half full or half empty?” That is what GermanAmerican School is asking itself these days. After 50 years at 70-01 Freshpond Road, Ridgewood, NY, the Ridgewood location is being merged with the other three schools of German-American School Association. The few families that still had children at the Ridgewood location have been successfully migrated to the Garden City (Cambridge Avenue), and to the Franklin Square (Holzheimer St) branches of the school. Both children and parents are excited to be in their new surroundings on Long Island. The migration to the other locations was mandated by the changing demographics of the neighborhood and the fact that attendance in Ridgewood had dwindled down to seven children by the Fall of 2017. The school was particularly disheartened by the fact that even signs in Polish and Spanish, as well as German and English did not result in an increase in enrollment, which would have ensured the continuance of the school at the Ridgewood location.

The school’s leaders chose instead to move the Ridgewood students to branches in Garden City, where it has afterschool classes at the Waldorf School (on Tuesdays), as well as St. Catherine of Siena, where it has school on Friday afternoons. Both locations have met with enthusiastic approval of parents and the school’s Board of Directors. German-American School Assn. is a not-for-profit, once-a-week after-school German language program where children of all backgrounds can learn German. The school is sad that it had to close its Ridgewood location. And yet, at the same time, administrators are excited to continue offering foreign language learning to students, many of whom are as young as six. Thus, for the school, the glass is half full – the school is optimistic that the students will enjoy their new surroundings, make new friends, and continue with their German-language education so that they can finish with the New York State Regents (FLAC) and, perhaps, even take Advanced Placement courses.

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School Trustee: Elections can bring danger into schools From page 1 occurred in schools. Our buildings are as safe as they can be during the school day. But on an Election Day, anyone who represents themselves as a voter can walk in through an open door. Then they go into the polling area, or not, and they can go down the halls and get themselves into mischief,” Martin said. He says a continuing concern is that Garden City has spent considerable schools’ budget funds and installed “hardware and software” including new door locks and phones, plus security training for district teachers as well as recent collaborations with the Garden City Police Department. The new school district ‘camera surveillance’ M.O.U. (memorandum of understanding) with the GCPD, also approved in December, was mentioned separately at the same meeting by Dr. Groveman and six days earlier, for the Village Board of Trustees’ approval at their December 7 meeting by Police Commissioner Kenneth Jackson. Groveman explained at the board meeting that “The (GCPD) is 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. Martin told his three fellow school trustees and the audience that the Election Day and “voters entering schools” issue is not an academic matter, and it doesn’t warrant an internal discussion on if the district should move election sites. Martin said the district legislative affairs committee feels that a danger exists, so two proactive measures are now in place. “We’ve put together a draft of a letter that hopefully the school board approves in January to send to County Executive Curran. We will also talk to the Board of Elections and see what we can do to move elections out of our schools,” he explained. Martin raised a second “point of pressure” for Legislative Affairs to target. Aside from Garden City’s initiative, the “super L.A.C.” of the three leading Nassau County districts will also submit a request to the New York State Legislature and Long Island representatives, going in session in Albany this month. “We are told a bill that would allow school districts to opt-out of being polling places will be presented. In order words when the Board of Elections noti-

fies the school district that there will be certain polling in certain buildings, if the legislation passes a school district would have the opportunity to opt-out – we do not have the power to do that now. We are pushing on both of those tracts and we’ll see what happens. The fact that a fight occurred in the polling place which was inside our school building was really a wake-up call for us, and I hope it is a wake- up call to those who make these decisions,” Martin said.

Insights into School Unions and 555 Stewart Property PILOT

On December 8 ,Trustee Robert Martin attended the School Law Conference in Mineola, hosted by the Nassau County Bar Association. He spoke about two morning sessions that day, among them “Slip Sliding Away? - The Potential Demise of the Agency Fee and Its Impact on Management and Unions,” in which attorney Gregory Guercio of the Garden City Public Schools’ legal firm, Guercio & Guercio LLP of Farmingdale, participated on a panel. Also on the same panel and topic, he heard from attorney John H. Gross of Ingerman Smith, LLP, a Hauppauge firm which has served has special counsel to the district. “The demise of the agency fee and its impact on school personnel unions is before the U.S. Supreme Court and it’s gone back and forth a few times. The lawyers who presented were cautious and they didn’t make a prediction, but they said if it is eliminated, there will not just be an impact on unions in school districts but unions in general,” he said. Another takeaway from his conference visit was on PILOTs, payment in lieu of taxes that Garden City has held LIPA accountable for and has discussed in recent years of annual budget presentations. Martin said the “2017 Pilot Update” was pertinent information on PILOT payments in general around Nassau County, delivered by attorneys the district knows well: Christopher Mestecky and Christopher Shishko, both of Guercio & Guercio, and Carrie Anne Tondo of Ingerman Smith. Trustee Martin said the two Chris’s have recently advised Garden City Public Schools in regards to the 150-unit apartment complex currently planned for 555 Stewart Avenue and a PILOT potential for the property’s contribution. Former Village Trustee Thomas Lamberti, also former counsel to the school district, spoke at the board of education’s December 13 meeting and challenged the idea of the 555 Stewart property’s owner and developer providing a PILOT instead of annual tax contributions. See page 28

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IN MEMORIAM

Celeste A. Cutrone

June 21, 1939 - December 28, 2017 She loved to travel, explore, dance and spread cheer. Vibrant, generous, full of life, and always looking beautiful until the end - Celeste Ambrosia Cutrone, age 78, of Garden City, NY and Naples, FL, was surrounded by her loving family as she passed away, losing the struggle to Leukemia, on Thursday morning, December 28th, 2017, at the Avow Hospice Center in Naples, FL. She was the cherished wife of Ralph F. Cutrone, to whom she had been married to for more than 55 years. Born in Queens, NY she was the daughter of the late Philip and Anna Moschitta. Celeste graduated from Hunter College,

and later earned her Masters Degree in Science. She was a revered teacher at Garden City High School, so loved, that the graduating class of 1985 dedicated their class gift in her honor. Celeste also had a love of cooking and co-founded a catering company, The Party Cart Ltd., NY. As a mother she made sure her children had fun and memorable parties that would mark celebrations and milestones. She loved to play tennis, and in her later years was an avid golfer at Garden City Country Club, where she served as president of the Women’s Club, and she was a member of the Wilderness Club in Naples, FL. Her passions were reading, art, entertaining, spending time with family —her children and grandchildren. In addition to her husband Ralph, she is survived by her four children, Philip Cutrone of Yardley, PA, Paula McDermott, and her husband Kevin Reilly, of Wilmington, DE, Ralph Cutrone, and his partner Scott McLeod, of Orlando, FL and Colette Bennett and her husband Daniel, of New York City; six grandchildren (Matthew, Davis, Ben, Stefan, Grant and Edward), step-grandchildren,many nieces and nephews, and loving friends. She was the sister of Gida Anastasi. Visitation will be held Friday, January 5th, 2pm-4pm & 7pm-9pm at Fairchild Sons Funeral Home, 1201 Franklin Avenue, Garden City, NY 11530. Celeste’s funeral will be held January 6, 2017, 9:30am at Church of St. Joseph, 130 5th Street, Garden City, NY 11530. Interment at St. John Cemetery 80-01 Metropolitan Ave, Middle Village, NY 11379. In her honor, donations can be made in Celeste’s name to Avow Hospice Center 1095 Whippoorwill Lane, Naples, FL 34105; www.avowcares.org.

IN MEMORIAM Bob Stolfi

Bob Stolfi, of Massapequa Park, formerly of Garden City (GCHS ‘75) passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on December 30, 2017 after a courageous and dignified battle with Multiple Myeloma. Throughout his three year fight, Bob never lost his sense of humor nor his ability to live his life on his terms. He was predeceased by his dad, Guy. Bob is survived by his mom Marjorie of Somers, NY, his wife of 35 years, Susan, his sister Joni (Alan) of Somers, NY and

the apple of his eye, his beautiful daughter Devon. Bob was a good son, a loving husband, a caring father and the best big brother. He will be missed dearly. A celebration of Bob’s life will take place on Sunday, January 7, 2018 at the James Funeral Home, 540 Broadway, Massapequa NY, 2-5 and 7-9 pm. In lieu of flowers donations in Bob’s name can be made to the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, 383 Main Street 5th Floor, Norwalk CT 06851.

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IN MEMORIAM William D. McGovern

William D. McGovern, age 99, passed away peacefully at home on December 23, 2017. Born in 1918 in Brooklyn NY, he raised his family in Garden City, NY before retiring to Scottsdale, AZ and eventually moving to Las Vegas, NV where he resided until his death. Mr. McGovern was preceded in death by his dearly beloved wife of over 60 years Frances Sarah, and is survived by his 5 loving children: Terrance, Las Vegas; William Jr. (Elizabeth), Garden City NY; Michael (Jennifer), Falmouth MA; John (Christine), Overland Park KS; and Kathleen Thornburg (Hal), Las Vegas. Mr. McGovern also leaves behind 12 cherished grandchildren: William III, Patrick, Brendan, and Aidan; Mary McGovern Mahaney (Brian), and Megan; Matthew, Connor,

and Jack; Andrea Tenzer and Vance Thornburg, and one great grandchild Connor Thornburg. Mr. McGovern served in World War II, and was awarded numerous metals including the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star for his heroic activity. In 1975, he retired from the New York City Fire Department after 25 years as a member of Engine Company No. 164. Visitation with his family will take place Tuesday, January 2, 2018, 3-5pm and 7-9:00pm at the Palm Mortuary Cheyenne, 7400 W Cheyenne Road, Las Vegas. A funeral Mass was held Wednesday, January 3, 2018, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 1811 Pueblo Vista Drive, Las Vegas. Burial was Thursday, January 4, 2018, at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, NV.

IN MEMORIAM

Eudrice F. Timmons

Eudrice “Edie” Lorraine Freitag Timmons of St. Lucie West, FL, former 30 year resident of Garden City and later Harrisonburg, VA, passed away on April 23, 2017. She was 94 years old. Mrs. Timmons was born on December 12, 1922 in Baltimore, MD to the late Belle Lalouette (nee Hacket) and William F. Freitag. She was happily married to Donald F. Timmons for 68-1/2 years She is survived by her daughters, Dr. Donna Timmons of St. Lucie West, FL and Carole Ott of Summerville, SC; granddaughters, Pamela Lorraine Ott of Fort Pierce, FL, Donna FionaOtt Rhoton and husband Darien, of Pickerington, OH; and great-granddaughters, Fiona Katherine Rhoton

and Abigail Lorraine Rhoton, both of Pickerington, OH. A graduate of Eastern High School in Baltimore, she was a secretary at the United States District Engineer Office in Baltimore, MD and later secretary to the Commanding Officer at the Richmond, VA Holding and Re-Consignment Depot during WW II. Eudrice was the 4th great-granddaughter of Dr. Benjamin De Lavergne, who was the Commanding Officer of the 4th Regiment, Duchess County (NY) Militia during the Revolutionary War. He was also a founding member of the Dutchess County Medical Association and served a term as its president. Mrs. Timmons was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). In addition, as an avid golfer, she and her late husband, Donald, had been members of the Hempstead Golf Club (NY), the Spotswood Golf & Country Club (Harrisonburg, VA), and the Gator Trace Country Club (Fort Pierce, FL). She also enjoyed playing bridge. A memorial service was held at the Muhlenberg Lutheran Church in Harrisonburg, VA. Eudrice was interred next to her late husband at the Moreland Memorial Park Cemetery in Baltimore, MD. Donations can always be sent to the Alzheimer’s Association, Attn: Eudrice F. Timmons Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 96001, Washington, D.C. 20090. Funeral arrangements were entrusted in the care of Martin Funeral Home in Port St. Lucie, FL. Any messages of condolences and/or sympathy can always be left at www.Martin-Funeral. com

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Amy L. Small

Amy L. Small, 96, passed away on September 6, 2017, with family around her at Hughes Home of Fredericksburg, VA. She was raised in (Jamaica) Queens, New York. She was born October 8, 1920, as the daughter of Albert and Amelia Lewis. During WWII, in a show of support for the troops, it was not uncommon to write letters to the soldiers to keep their morale high. Upon his return from the war, Amy’s pen pal, Patterson Small,

asked her to marry him. They were both graduates from Colby College in Waterville, Maine, and made their home for 50 years+ in Garden City, NY. After her three daughters were in school, Amy spent much of her time working as a secretary for the Girl Scouts of Nassau County on Long Island. She was also very active with the local chapter of AAUW, in addition to working tirelessly for both the Community Club and Winthrop Hospital in Nassau County, NY. In 2013 she moved to Fredericksburg, VA to be closer to one of her daughters. Amy was preceded in death by her husband, Patterson Small, and grandson Geoffrey Heigl. She is survived by three daughters; Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Zimmermann (Erwin), Pamela Steinkoenig (Ed), Katherine ‘Katie’ Heigl (Thomas), her sister Clare MacDonnell (Alex), and six grandchildren. She will be missed. The service and memorial will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to either Mary Washington Hospice, 2300 Fall Hill Ave, Suite 401 Fredericksburg VA 22401, or Hughes Home, 100 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg VA. 22401.

Tessa Frascogna, a fourth grader at Stewart School and Music Academy of Garden City student, recently completed her debut run as Molly in Annie at the Paper Mill Playhouse in New Jersey. Tessa auditioned against and beat out hundreds of girls to win this role at the Paper Mill, which was the recipient of the 2016 Regional Theater Tony Award. Throughout her run as Molly, which lasted from November 22 to December 31 of this year, Tessa received rave reviews from Broadway World, Theater Pizzaz, and other publications and was described as “adorably spunky” and “truly impressive” by The Broadway Blog, as well as the orphan who “steals the spotlight,” by Logo’s www.newnownext.com. Tessa also had the great privilege to work with Tony Award winner Beth Leavel, who played Miss Hannigan and Tony Award nominee Christer Sieber, who played Oliver Warbucks in the Paper Mill’s production. Tessa has studied voice and musical theatre at the Music Academy for more than six years, and participates in Music Academy recitals and theatre summer camps, where she learns vocal technique, acting skills, choreography, and much more. The staff of the Music Academy has also helped her

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Local student debuts in Annie

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Tessa Frascogna build her professional portfolio, including performer head shots and audition videos. Music Academy Founder, Dr. Peter Coco, describes Tessa as, “a rare student who embodies what talent and hard work combined can achieve.” The faculty and staff of the Music Academy is extremely proud of Tessa’s amazing accomplishments, and looking forward to see what her bright future as a performer will bring!

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CSEA plans for winter storm, warmer contract talk BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

The time of year when municipal operations including salt spreading and snow cleanup to landscaping come into focus is upon Garden City, amidst a labor negotiations standstill between the civil service employee union and the village that is now pushing five full years. At the last Board of Trustees’ meeting Deputy Mayor John DeMaro asked Department of Public Works Superintendent Joseph DiFrancisco if the village had overtime employee costs related to snow on December 15 and 16 and a week prior to that. DiFrancisco said there definitely was overtime for employees because of the timing, given that one was overnight Friday into a Saturday morning and the other was a Saturday only. The snowfall of six inches predicted for Thursday, January 4, left DPW weekday time to prepare. A press release was posted on January 3 on the village’s website: “the village is equipped with 38 combined large and small plow trucks; 13 of which have salters on them. Five payloaders and three backhoe loaders are also ready to be used during cleanup efforts,” it stated. However personnel makes all the operations go. Robert

LoDolce, president of the CSEA Rank & File Unit Local 882 (Garden City) unit spoke with the News a day before the snowfall. “Village employees that run day-today operations are versatile. We provide services from picking up debris and trees to emergency services and during storms, cleaning up the village’s roads. From our police department dispatchers our bargaining unit members dispatch 911 calls. We have supervisory staff that manage operations and send crews out to clear roads and inventory work on roadways. The people in the Garden City Public Library also help residents and they provide support as people get videos and books to hunker down with during a storm,” LoDolce explains. He stated that employees who may have decades of experience in the Village of Garden City have built up a vested interest and commitment to their jobs and municipal operations, while outside contractors are operating on their individual business needs and budgets. The CSEA Local 882 Rank & File has worked without a contract with the village since 2012 and LoDolce says the workforce diligently carries out all their responsibilities in Garden City. He looks

Garden City PTA News Happy New Year and Welcome Back!

GCPTA-Sponsored Speaker Event:

“Don’t Press Send: A mindful approach to social media, an education in cyber civics” by Katie Schumacher Tuesday, 1/30 - An exclusive presentation for GCMS students. Please visit the “Don’t Press Send Pledge” link on the GCPTA website www.gardencitypta. org.

Attention K-12 Parents: Parent University Registration is Now Open

The annual community event of Garden City Parent University will take place on February 1st. It is a cooperative with GC Public Schools, GC Community Coalition, GCPTA, GC SEPTA, GCTA, GC Friends of Music, GC Friends of STEM, and The Men’s Association of Garden City. Registration is online only. Visit bit.ly/GCPU2018 to register today. Visit www.gardencitypu.com for more information. This year’s engaging workshop choices include: Inquiring Students Want To Know What’s Happening in Our Neighborhood: Vaping and Other Trends LGBTQ+ and Everything Under the Rainbow Learn to Adopt a Growth Mindset Be an “Upstander” not a “Bystander” Music and Art Rocks in the Backpack Mindful Parenting Engineering for our HS Students Soaring in STEAM: Fun Experiments for Children and Parents Addicted to Electronics

Wednesday, 1/24 - Parent University Online Registration Closes bit.ly/ GCPU2018 Thursday, 2/1 - Parent University at GCHS at 7:00 pm

PTA at the BOE

1/9, Wednesday - Board of Education Work Session: Financial Planning Update at GCHS Library at 8:15 p.m.

Attention Middle School Parents

Please Note Schedule Change in District Calendar: From Thursday, 1/11 to Thursday, 4/26 - “GCHS Open House” for incoming Class of 2022 (current 8th graders) for Students and Parents in GCHS Auditorium at 6:30 pm Friday, 1/12 - Green Forms due to the Nurse for Winter II Sports

Attention High School Parents

Friday, 1/5 - Senior Assembly “Transition to College Program” (students only) Friday, 1/12 - February ACT Registration Deadline (not offered in NYS) Monday-Friday, 1/8-1/12 - Scoliosis Screening at GCHS

NMEA All-County Festival Concert Schedule

Sunday, 1/7 - Division I West at Tilles Center at 4:00 pm Tuesday-Friday, 1/9-1/13 - NMEA All County Mandatory Rehearsal from 4:008:00 pm Friday, 1/12 - Division III at Tilles Center at 8:00 pm Saturday, 1/13 - Division IV at Tilles

at comments by village counsel Kenneth Gray at the December 19 Village Board of Trustees’ meeting and says there has not been the stated follow-up or outreach as of January 3, from Garden City’s labor counsel, Christopher Kurtz of Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC “to set up dates for negotiations.” “We have continued to provide residents with a standard of service they have come to expect. The village has not been making an effort to negotiate with us at this point. We would like to negotiate a fair and equitable contract with the village,” LoDolce said. He believes CSEA union members are concerned but there isn’t a timeline anyone can work with, from their roles to the village administration to the CSEA Labor Relations Specialist Liam Russertt, who addressed Mayor Daughney and the Board of Trustees on December 19. This week he advised that due to allocation of the workforce related to subcontractors the village has brought in, the CSEA has filed an improper labor practice claim that will be heard in 2018 by P.E.R.B., the Public Employees Relations Board “regarding the outsourcing of bargaining units’ type of work to private contractor. He specifi-

cally refers to the contract for Con-Kel Landscaping that has been bid recently by the Village of Garden City after their initial year of work, and the scope of work is set to expand from 91 acres of passive greenspace areas (village parcels) to 114 municipal acres. The subject of maintenance of recreational grounds and passive greenspace has primarily been discussed by the Department of Recreation and Parks at monthly Rec. Commission meetings, The next one is scheduled for Wednesday, January 17, however LoDolce says the conversation ultimately should be brought up to the Board of Trustees if and when they look at and vote on outsourcing of the maintenance and landscaping. Furthermore with the annual budget process ahead and expenses for each department relating to personnel costs versus third-party services, LoDolce has a question in mind for both the Board of Trustees and the CBRAC, Citizens’ Budget Review Advisory Committee, to consider: “at what point does savings outweigh service or vice versa?” He hopes a thorough cost-benefit analysis of the outsourcing plan and other expense ideas is presented for the public to consider and comment on.

Center at 2:00 pm Saturday, 1/13 - Division V at Tilles Center at 7:30 pm Sunday, 1/14 - Division II at Tilles Center at 11:00 am Sunday, 1/14 - Jazz Concert Division III-V and Vocal Jazz at Hillwood Recital Hall at 3:30 pm

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Attention Class of 2018 Parents

“Senior Skit Night” is a memorable (and hilarious!) GCHS tradition. The schedule is as follows: Monday, 1/8 - Mandatory meeting in GCHS Auditorium at 7:00 pm Every Monday, 1/22 - 2/12 - Rehearsal in GCHS Auditorium at 7:30 pm Tuesday, 2/27 - Dress Rehearsal in GCHS Auditorium at 7:30 pm Friday, 3/2 - Class of 2018 Party and Skit Night from 7:00 to 10:00 pm

GC PTA Photo Use Policy

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. Full-class or group photographs and videotapes should not be included in your request.

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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 long-standing 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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THIS WEEK AT ROTARY New Restaurant Owner to Speak

Members of the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club are thrilled to welcome Peter Mistretta, owner of Garden City’s new Perennial Restaurant, who will kick off the new season of speakers at Rotary Lunch meetings, next Monday, January 8, 12:15, at the Garden City Hotel. The Club meets at the Hotel at 12:15 on the second and fourth Mondays of each month throughout the year at

the Garden City Hotel and hosts an array of notable speakers. Chef Peter Mistretta says he will speak about why he believes that Garden City is a perfect location to open his new “farm-totable restaurant – particularly at 990 Franklin Avenue, a block which joins Garden City’s “restaurant row!” Peter explains that “Perennial” means something that returns year after year - a commitment to the growing seasons and to the dedicated people

DICTIONARY PROJECT CONTINUES: On December 19, third grade students from St. Anne’s School each received dictionaries from Rotary volunteers. Stewart School third graders had received theirs earlier in the month. Going forward, Rotary will distribute dictionaries to students at both St. Josephs and Stratford Avenue schools. These young students learn that dictionaries are an important reference tool. Pictured from left, are Rotarian Leisa Crawford and Alba Spinelli, Club president.

who grow ad harvest great food. He says, “Perennial will offer food and drinks served by passionate people with a focus on high-quality and locally-grown ingredients.” Most importantly, Peter reports they will be transparent about their choice, and that guests can know that the food they are enjoying is sustainable and as locally sourced as possible. “I love the amazing produce, fish, dairy, wine, craft beers, and spirits being produced on Long Island, and I spent quite a while searching for a location throughout Nassau and Suffolk.” Opening shortly here in Garden City, Peter says the past year has been eye-opening, as he has worked through the complete renovation and the other struggles of being a first-time small business owner.

“My wife Ashley and I believe that Garden City is truly a perfect location.” Stressing the great parking and feeling a “sense of community,” Peter also speaks of the fact that the community has embraced him with open arms from day one. “We hope to exceed expectations of food, beverage and service and, above all else, we hope to become a gathering place for the community. We plan to open at the beginning of this month,” Peter reported. The January meeting, on January 22,will feature as guest speaker, Carol Taylor, who will represent the Safe Halls Project, a 50l (C) 3 organization whose mission is to foster open dialogue in school communities to promote school safety.

View of Perennial Restaurant’s dining room

St. Joseph Adult Faith Formation Board to present film The St. Joseph Parish Adult Faith Formation Board will present Hacksaw Ridge on Sunday, January 14th at 2 p.m. The film is the real-life story of Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who nevertheless joined the Army at the outset of WWII, believing that the war was a just one. However, because he also believed that killing was wrong, he requested assignment as a medic, and refused to carry a weapon. That

exercise of conscience subjected him to ridicule and taunts of cowardice from officers and his fellow soldiers alike. Fast forward to the bloodiest battle of the war, on the Japanese island of Okinawa. There, Desmond remained at the top of a ridge – alone except for his wounded comrades, and armed with only his courage and conviction – with Japanese soldiers advancing toward him. Despite seemingly impos-

Garden City GOP Club meeting The Garden City Republican Club will hold a meeting on Tuesday, January 9th at 8 p.m. at the Garden City Senior Center (located at 6 Golf Club Lane, behind Lord and Taylor). All are invited to attend this first meeting of the year.

At this meeting, the club will install its 2018 officers. As always, there will be delicious refreshments. Looking forward to seeing you as we plan our new year!

sible odds, he single-handedly saved 75 of his comrades, dragging or carrying them to the edge of the ridge and lowering them down to safety. Not only did his bravery earn him the respect and admiration of his superiors and fellow soldiers, but he was also awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the first conscientious objector to earn the highest honor that can be conferred on a soldier. (Note: While this is a different

kind of war movie, the battle scenes are nevertheless graphic.) The film will be shown on Sunday, January 14, at 2 p.m. in the St. Agnes Room This is the second of our 2017-2018 series “Movies for a Sunday Afternoon” Admission is free; all are welcome. A discussion will follow the showing and light refreshments will be served.

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SOCIALLY SPEAKING

The Wolf Moon

Mary Reed Dewar to speak on “Angola Then and Now”

With ATHENA Here we go again! It’s either early or late to wish you a very Happy New Year. No matter how it goes, the wish is there for one and all who read it. I hope that all of you have changed your calendars and if not just when will you do it? My wish for all of you readers is: May you have a Happy New Year and may it last all the way through the next twelve months to a happy end of December and a great start of January 2019. I seem to collect calendars and usually have at least four of them in places I can always spot what the date is. My favorites are from Hawaii and our National Parks. That is probably because I have been lucky enough to have visited all of them. I highly recommend you try it. The Garden City Library does a wonderful job with their lecture series and from what I hear, the one about antiques will soon be coming. Look over what you have and pick out the one you want to know the most about including how much it is worth and let the folks there know beforehand what you will bring. This is a very popular program and even if you don’t bring something, you will learn quite a bit about antiques. Do think about coming a bit early as this is one very popular program. The Garden Department of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead has been awarded the Second District’s Club Recognition Award. They were organized in 1919 and it was a union with the National League for Women’s Service. It was created by wartime activities and is still going strong under the title of

The Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead, Inc. They provide a wide range of programs for their members. They meet at the Garden City Casino. For more information you can call the office from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Their departments are: Americanism / Current Events, Art, Community Service, Drama / Literature, Garden, Music, and the Studio Department. For more information call the office at 746-0488 for the office manager. You will be happy you did. Happy Birthday wishes go to Catherine Kelly who will be blowing out the candles on her cake on January 5th. Did you know that the full moon has a different name each month? The month of January’s full moon was called the Wolf Moon because it appeared when the wolves howled in hunger outside of villages during the full moon. How about that! And there is a name for the full moon for every month of the year, so watch for it each month. Here is wishing all of you teh very best of luck and happiness for this New Year. Hope to see you reading the Garden City News every week and we will all try to keep you posted about all the new things we think you will enjoy. See you next week!

Garden City Retired Men’s Club Upcoming Events

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 billiards. Also, you may come for just

conversation, camaraderie, and to make new friends. Lunch is served roughly twice a month.

About the GC Retired Men’s Club

All Garden City men, 55 years and older, are eligible for membership. Annual dues are a very “expensive” $10. Meetings are on Mondays, and a less busy meeting is on Thursdays. Both begin at noon and end at 4 pm. Check with the GCNews RMC schedule re upcoming meetings. In good weather we offer BBQ, bocce, shuffleboard, and horseshoes.

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Mary Reed Dewar BY MELVA VICTORINO On Sunday, January 7th, 2018 at 9:15 – 10:15 AM, Mary Reed Dewar will lead the Sunday Forum Series at Garden City Community Church (GCCC) on “Angola Then and Now”. Mary Reed Dewar participated recently on the Angola Memorial Scholarship Fund in Toronto, as she does every year. Mary is excited see how the churches in Angola are growing and leading itself well. These churches have partnership with churches here in the United States. The work and growth that United Church of Christ missionaries, along with the United Church of Canada started back in 1884. Mary was born and grew up in East Orange New Jersey. She graduated in 1943 from Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio with a Bachelors Degree. She received an MN (Master of Nursing) in 1946 from Western Reserve University (now Case WRU) Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing in Cleveland, Ohio, receiving her RN in 1946. She was a Cadet Nurse while there. Later in 1972 she received an MA in Public Health Nursing from NYU and did all but dissertation work on a doctorate. She worked in nursing for more than 50 years. Her first career was as a missionary nurse for the United Church of Christ starting in North China 19471951, where she taught student nurses and helped run a 120 bed hospital in Taiku (now Taigu) Shanxi, working with Chinese colleagues and students when there was no doctor during liberation and the change from Nationalist to Communist governments in 1948-49. She was reassigned to Angola, Africa in 1951 and worked in mission hospitals in Dondi and Galangue teaching student nurses and running or helping run the hospitals without electricity or running water. Mary was reassigned to Mt. Silinda hospital in Southern Rhodesia (now

Zimbabwe) where she did the same work from 1960-1965. It is located in the southwest corner of Zimbabwe close to the border with Mozambique. In 1966, she went to WoraWora Hospital in Ghana for a year to substitute for another nurse. She was assigned in 1968 to Geneva, Switzerland to the World Council of Churches to serve on a new Christian Medical Commission, established to survey all church medical work in the third world, both Catholic and Protestant, because the expense of running these hospitals was more than mission boards could handle. The survey was to help missions make decisions about their medical work. She participated in surveys in Ghana the Cameroon, and India. In 1970, she returned to the USA and after her studies at NYU accepted a university teaching post at Adelphi University in the School of Nursing teaching Community Health Nursing and Family Dynamics and Epidemiology (after a course at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) for 20 years until she retired in 1992. Her third career as a retired nurse led her to health policy, specifically working for universal health care (Medicare for All or single payer). She was on the executive board of the Long Island Coalition for a National Health Program (1990-2012), health policy point person on the Long Island Council of Churches (LICC) Public Issues Committee (1994 and chair since 2000 to the present) As chair, she represents the LICC on the board of LI Jobs with Justice, one of two faith-based persons on the board. In church work she has been active since 1984 in the Garden City Community Church, United Church of Christ and has served until the present on their Committee on Christian Social Responsibilities the latter of which is responsible for getting speakers for weekly forums on social issues. She has been their delegate for many years to the state conferences of the United Church of Christ and the local association meetings. She has served (2000-2005) on the board of the Parish Resource Center West. The Community is invited to attend the forum in the church parlor. 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 8:30 AM 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. Wednesday Service is at 8:00 PM at Gardner Hall. The Garden City Community Church is located at 245 Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Blvd. For more information, call 516-746-1700 or visit our website at www.gardencitycommunitychurch.org.

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School Trustee: Elections can bring danger into schools From page 19 “They’d pay a fraction of annual tax amounts for a 20-year period… this district should not be subsidizing a development which obviously on its face value would be profitable to the developer. The only purpose of a PILOT is to increase his profits,” Lamberti said at the school board meeting. In an email on December 19, Lamberti advised The Garden City News that he plans to raise this issue at the January 11 Board of Trustees meeting.

School Board’s Future

As the Tuesday, January 16 resident electors’ meetings for each of the four Garden City POAs approaches, Martin’s future as a school board trustee remains uncertain. According to EPOA President Tom Hogan, while the East’s nominating committee selected Michael Cassaro of Willow Street for the next three-year school trustee appointment starting in July. Martin has continued to express interest in serving on the board of education, and he also interviewed with the EPOA to return

for another term. Cassaro also attended the December 13 meeting at Homestead School. He is a graduate of the district and has a career background as a teacher in the metro area as well as abroad, and according to the EPOA, Cassaro works as a mathematics and leadership consultant with Metamorphosis Teaching-Learning Communities. The East’s Resident Electors meeting will be held on January 16 at the Garden City Senior Center on Golf Club Lane, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Another school board candidate to fill the vacant fifth seat on the board of education has also been nominated, and will be confirmed on the same night but at a different POA meeting. The Estates’ POA Nominating Committee has selected Stephanie Granville of Stewart Avenue to fill the one-year vacant position, and re-nominated School Board Vice President Tom Pinou as the at-large board of education trustee for another three-year term. The Estates’ Resident Electors’ meeting is set for January 16 at 8 p.m. inside Stratford School’s cafeteria.

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At the Western POA’s December 6 meeting at the Garden City Senior Center Trustee Stephen Makrinos announced that construction on the Stewart Manor LIRR station would enter its Phase II in January with the platform being renovated. “The next phase of the station’s construction starts next month as the MTA will meet with village administration and the Department of Public Works to figure out staging and so forth,” Makrinos said. The gradings on the platform and installations may take up to the next six months, depending on winter weather hitting the village. In the December 1 edition of The Garden City News a village press release detailed the Stewart Manor train station’s parking lot refurbishment project, completed during November. The lot reopened on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 22. Some residents brought up the landscaping and bushes adjacent to and underneath the Stewart Manor LIRR platform as another focus for the village with the improvements, and Makrinos said tree trimming was not part of contracted services with Con-Kel Landscaping for 2017. Trustee Robert Bolebruch said once renovations are complete at the Stewart Manor Station the village will take a look at the overall ‘beautification.’ “With the one company that we hired, Con-Kel Landscaping, we are going to look to expand their contract because they have done just an amazing job in the village. That will include them

and we will entrust the maintenance or oversight to Mike Didyk (village arborist) more than anything else. It should not be an issue,” Bolebruch said. As for the biggest train-related village subject, a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) for the LIRR Third Track was expected to be signed by December 20. Trustee Makrinos reiterated the height of the barrier wall between residential properties and the track as a priority for the village and MTA to come to terms on: “The way we have stated it now is a minimum of 10 feet” by the homes (Greenridge Avenue) and elsewhere a minimum of six feet high along Main Avenue – leading east to the Merillon Avenue station between Tanners Pond Road and Nassau Boulevard,” Makrinos said. WPOA Treasurer Arnold Finamore asked if six feet high meant just off the ground, but the trustee says the height measurement for LIRR engineers starts from the rails and measuring up. Finamore confirmed that means the wall would be over six feet high. Immediate past WPOA President Maureen Dellacona asked Trustee Makrinos if the M.O.U. would be put up on the village’s website once it is signed by both parties. He said that is the plan and he is advocating for that to happen. “I am comfortable once it is signed to have it posted on the website,” he said. As of Wednesday, January 3 nothing new regarding the LIRR Third Track or an M.O.U. had been posted on the village’s site.

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Last month the village decided to write off past due, uncollectible accounts totaling $75,325.40 for “sundry accounts.” At the December 19 Board of Trustees’ meeting Village Treasurer Irene Woo said her finance department completed a review of all village sundry accounts receivable (past due account items for various municipal operations). The village had sent out invoices for all of the items, either to residents, customers, or businesses, but it never received the funds due. “The write-off on the agenda represents 98 items that span over the last 20 years. Of them $9,000 are from prior to 2000, the 1990’s, and $43,000 of the total represent items from the decade of 2000 through 2010. These invoices represent items from various accounts for damage to village property, bounced check fees; bounced checks for services or programs, or invoices for cleanups or emergency response fees. We reviewed the files and various levels of follow ups occurred at the time,” Woo said. She detailed a collection process from invoices mailed to customers, letters of follow up (first, second and third) and finally contact from the village attorney’s office for them to do a follow-up letter. “Typically when the attorney sends the letter people submitted payment. But after one year these items were deemed uncollectible. An issue arose that the subsequent accounting entry was not done for removing these items from our books. For over 20 years we’ve been carrying forward these items. This represents a one-time entry, basically a ‘cleanup’ to remove these items from our books,” Woo explained to the Board of Trustees. She said the finance team has reviewed all the 98 items with village counsel, Peter Bee. “Because of the date of these items they are deemed uncollectible as they exceeded the statute of limitations to collect,” she added. Woo says the village now has a follow-up process in place for review of outstanding items. The Village Clerk (Karen Altman) performs follow-up on damages to village property and payments due for that. Finance works with the clerk to review these overdue accounts receivable. Mayor Brian Daughney said the $75,000 figure raises an eyebrow but when the amount of years passed is considered and the procedures now in place should improve the situation. Trustee Mark Hyer asked Woo about the procedures existing in writing. “Who is responsible to look at this and who is going to make sure this is reviewed?” he asked. Woo said the current accounts receivable balance is roughly $13,000 and both the finance and village clerk’s office are set to follow the new protocol and collaborate. Mrs. Altman works

with the damages to village properties, or car accidents, and makes calls to insurance carriers to process claims. Bounced check fees and things that come in paid are also recorded immediately. Some of the past due amounts are for Garden City pool memberships paid by check, and the check subsequently bounced. Woo assures the Board the new process is a concentrated effort at collecting on past due accounts and improving revenue streams. Trustee Robert Bolebruch told Woo it isn’t the first occasion she and her staff have had to focus on cleaning up “things that went on for an extended period of time.” He thanked them at the December 19 meeting for the hard work. “I know that this takes up a tremendous amount of time as you have to go back and do the legwork, sometimes going through archives that may be impossible to find. I appreciate it and also having a system in place now to try and correct things going forward – it’s a lot of work and a lot of time,” he said. Woo also thanked Altman as well as the finance staff for going back through many paper files at Village Hall for reviews “a lot of work in getting this completed.” Mayor Daughney brought up an insurance consideration with damages incurred on a Nassau County emergency vehicle, and said the follow through with the Village of Garden City insurance carrier is a critical part of the claims. Daughney also said he views most of the $20 or less bounced checks which may be from residents as “Recreationrelated.” He asked if the Board of Trustees should institute a policy where people cannot register for any Recreation and Parks’ programs if they have past due accounts or balances from prior costs and fees. Kevin Ocker, department head for Recreation and Parks, agreed with the idea. Trustee John Delany called for the Board to create a new policy, “if you bounce a check on us, you are not allowed to go and use any of our facilities until you pay,” he suggested. Trustee Stephen Makrinos said another step is to eliminate the acceptance of checks as payment and move to only cash or credit cards. Mayor Daughney told him credit cards are the best option. Later during her treasurer’s report, Woo stated that almost all village accounts are favorable to 2017-2018 budget projections for expenses and revenues with the exception of the water enterprise fund. “The revenues are 9% unfavorable to budget. This is due to the decrease in water consumption, falling lower than expected due to the rainy season and the weather. However we are projecting to still be profitable by the year’s end (May 31),” she explained.

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G.C. Retired Men’s Club Christmas Luncheon

On December 19, the Garden City Retired Men’s Club held its annual Christmas Luncheon at the Cherry Valley Club. About 50 members and guests attended. Felicia Lovaglio, the Director of the Garden City Senior

Center, was the special invited guest. Co-presidents, George Salem and Rudy Kaiser, honored longtime member and former Treasurer Frank DeAngelo for his years of service to the club.

Members enjoying the party

Co-presidents George Salem and Rudy Kaiser welcoming guests

Poker players and their wives.

Two centenarians, Joe Leto and Ed Palkot, with other members

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Co-presidents’ table with honorary guest Felicia Lovaglio (director of the Senior Center)

FOR SENIORS

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.

Special Events for January

Thursday, January 11 – Computer Class, All about Facebook at 10 am – In this class you will learn everything about Facebook the popular social networking site. Bring your questions to this informative class! Wednesday, January 17 at 1 pm – The Four Garden City Hotels – Historian John Ellis Kordes will visit to tell us the stories behind each of the four Garden City Hotels dating back to

1874. Tuesday, January 23 – Pizza Social at noon – The cost of this luncheon will be $6.00 and will include pizza, soft drinks, and dessert. Registration is necessary by visiting the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue. Payment must accompany registration.

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 Chinese New Year! We will travel by coach bus into NYC where we will enjoy authentic Chinese cuisine and entertainment to celebrate the Year of the Dog! New Year is the grandest traditional festival with many legends, traditions and taboos. Learn the customs and traditions of the world’s oldest culture. Space is very limited. The cost of this trip will be $85, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. Tuesday, March 6 – Trip to the Philadelphia Flower Show. We will travel by coach bus to Philadelphia

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 at a nominal charge. Classes are open to all seniors ages 60 and older who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. Classes might be canceled due to a special event or trip so please check the bulletin board at The Senior Center for updates. MONDAYS Exercise with Felicia at 10 am Tai Chi with Connie at 1 pm Meditation with Connie at 2 pm TUESDAYS Exercise with Joy at 9 am (paid class, prior registration is needed) Yoga for all Levels with Allie at 1:30 pm Chair Dancing with Felicia at 2:30 pm WEDNESDAY Exercise with Felicia at 9:45 am Chair Yoga with Connie at 11 am THURSDAY Exercise with Joy at 9 am (paid class, prior registration is needed) Yoga for all Levels with Allie at 11:15 am Meditation with Allie at 12:15 pm FRIDAY Exercise with Felicia at 9:45 am Resistance Bands with Felicia at 10:45 am Meditation with Connie at noon Tai Chi with Connie at 1 pm

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for the famous Flower Show! This year’s exhibits will feature “Wonders of Water”, with exotic flowers, a beautiful rain forest, fanciful fountains, and more. The cost of this trip will be $70, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel. Lunch will be on your own. Space is limited. To register, please visit the Recreation and Parks Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. Tuesday, April 17 – Brooklyn Brownstones - We will travel by coach bus to Brooklyn where we will explore historic Brooklyn neighborhoods with 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.

Friday, January 5, 2018

GC Senior Duplicate Bridge Club Christmas Party

On December 12, the Garden City Senior Duplicate Bridge Club held its annual Christmas Party at the Nassau

Bar Association. After dinner and dessert were served, members and friends enjoyed playing bridge.

Duplicate players and guests.

Evelyn Iagrossi, Club president, with Nancy Plant, director. Guests of the club.

Long-time club members. Club members enjoying the party.

Members and guests enjoying the party.

Looking forward to playing duplicate bridge.

January 5, 2018

Killington, ‘Beast of the East,’ is Roaring into 2018 With Powder Snow

The Snowshed area is where you will find ski bikes, The Beast Mountain Coaster, the terra maze and other novel ways to enjoy Killington © 2017 Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com BY KAREN RUBIN, DAVE E. LEIBERMAN & LAINI MIRANDA Whoa, what a Christmas present! December has been very kind to Killington which already had a decent base when we arrived just before Christmas, then had nearly two feet more powder by the end of Christmas Day, much to the delight of skiers and snowboarders who

clearly raced away from opening gifts to enjoy the acres and acres of fresh powder snow. With Killington’s elevation and a 3,000 ft. vertical drop, the powder made you feel you were skiing the Rockies. Killington, known as the “Beast of the East,” is the largest ski area in New England - sprawling across six-mountain peaks, the highest at 4,241’

elevation, affording 1,509 skiable acres, 155 trails totaling 73 miles. Of the 21 lifts, three are gondolas, and of the nine quads, five are highspeed express. (Pico Mountain, Killington’s sister resort (Killington’s ticket is valid there), is its 7th peak; it is not connected by lift but

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Continued from page D1 there is shuttle service between the resorts.) The resort offers multiple terrain features for snowboarders and freeskiers in six terrain parks including The Stash, an all-natural inspired terrain park with more than 65 features, and NeffLand, an outer-space themed terrain park with rocket and planet style jibs, as well as two pipes. Killington is absolutely phenomenal for black-diamond skiers and skiers who are comfortable regardless of terrain – you can just go and explore and not really care what you wind up on. Bear Mountain is great for doubleblack diamond skiers, and is where you will find Outer Limits and Centerpiece (glades). A fun narrow trail in the trees for daring intermediate (don’t have to be advanced tree skier, but should be comfortable intermediate, slightly more adventurous): Roundabout (rated a black diamond, really fun, narrow, tree experience, don’t have to be a glade skier), shoots out to a long green, Bear Cub, long easy, on the perimeter. Intermediate skiers will need to plot out their route. One combination that I particularly enjoyed was riding K-1 to the summit and taking Blue Heaven to Bear Trax to Launch Pad (which has a particularly scenic stretch flanked on both sides by trees to Bitter Sweet where you will find a few, short steeps. I also enjoyed taking the Skyship Gondola up to Great Eastern, a green, (I chickened out of taking the blue trail, Skylark, normally a long fun blue run,

because it had a caution, “Advanced skiers only” and I wasn’t in the mood to be challenged), to connect to Cruise Control, a very pleasant blue. From there, you can ride up the Northbrook Quad back up to the Snowshed slope. Skyship tends not to be as crowded and is particularly a good place in the afternoon when it is less likely for the trails to be skied off. There are great blues at Rams Head but this is also the area that is used for ski school and clinics, so tends to be crowded. Green trail skiers are more restricted – the Great Eastern is a long trail but you have to watch carefully when it crosses over black and blue trails. Snowshed offers great opportunities on gentle terrain to fine-tune your form, so I didn’t mind riding the chair five minutes for the five-minute run because I enjoyed my skiing there so much. At Rams Head there is another long green trail, Easy Street. Killington’s Discovery programs utilize Terrain Based Learning, the latest innovation in snow sports education, coupled with the promise of free equipment for skiers and snowboarders at the end of a four-lesson series. Novel Ways to Enjoy the Mountain Snowshed, indeed, is the place for novel mountain activities: This year, you can rent a ski bike (also known as snow-bike); lessons are available as well. Killington ski bikes operates Friday through Sunday 9 am to 4 pm and daily during holidays, and rentals are offered at the Snowshed

base area. Ski biking is permitted on the Snowshed and Ramshead mountain areas which provide optimal beginner to intermediate conditions. Pricing starts at $88 for a half-day rental and includes an access ticket. It’s also where you will find The Beast Mountain Coaster, a 4,800-footlong alpine coaster that twists and turns through the woods with 360-degree corkscrews. It hadn’t yet started operation for the season (Dec. 26, 2017-April 1, 2018), but operates 1-4 pm weekend and peak days (operations are weather dependent; check Resort Services Report for updates in realtime. Book with a Ski & Stay Package prior to arrival and save; call 800-6216867 for reservations. New attractions include the fourstory Skye Ropes Course, Skyeride (seated zip line ride), 5,000 square foot Terra Maze, Roaring Brook Mining for the youngest adventurers, plus motorized mountain tours by Segway and All Terrain Vehicle. Killington and Pico are catering to increasing popularity of “uphill travel” with guests choosing to reach the peaks of Bear Mountain, Snowdon, Ramshead and Pico via human vs. machine power with designated routes for each mountain area and 24/7 access (when designed routes are open). Experiential Dining Killington also has Vermont’s highest elevation structure: the Peak Lodge from where, on a clear day, you can actually catch views of five states plus Canada. The Peak Lodge is the most sustainable building at Killington, with forward thinking approaches

to electricity (Cow Power), lighting, recycling, grey water, and refrigeration (Freeaire). All food at the Peak Lodge is made to order, and ingredients are sourced from local farms to ensure the freshness of all dishes. Fresh local craft beer is also available from the full-service bar with views of gondola cabins cresting the head wall and arriving at the terminal. At the Bear Mountain lodge, the chef very kindly prepared a gluten-free sandwich to accommodate our dietary needs. Also fun: the Waffle Haus at the bottom of Snowshed. The Long Trail Pub at Snowshed is a great place to finish the day or wind down. The windows open up to see the skiers as they come down. Experiential dining at Killington ranges from fresh-made fare at the Peak Lodge to snowcat-drawn sleigh rides to the Ledgewood Yurt, a ski-in-skiout hidden gem during the day that transforms to a cozy, candlelit slice of paradise after hours. The Motor Room Bar, located in a retired lift tower at the top of Bear Mountain overlooking two of Killington’s most feared double-black diamond runs, is reserved by single parties for an unforgettable apres - complete with private cabin-cat transportation, libations and small bites. While Killington doesn’t have an actual village, the Killington Access road is as famous for dining institutions like the 50 year old Wobbly Barn steakhouse as it is for high energy nightlife, and the Liquid Art Café.

Casey’s Caboose is Back! The little toy train runs again! And you can still sit up in the caboose cab, or in a snowplow. All the fun and whimsy has returned, but with seriously improved food for an altogether outstanding dining experience on Killington Road: Casey’s Caboose is back. It is back with the color, the lights, the spirit, the toy train that runs around the room (it launches when someone hits Goofy with a quarter), and with an outstanding menu all guided by new owners who loved the Killington tradition too much to let it die. The

restaurant reopened this past July after being closed for three years. Built around an 1876 railroad caboose and a 1910 railroad snowplow, fans (like us) will be delighted to see the fun, whimsical interior, with its toy train that still runs around the room and colorful neon lights, its tiny sitting area in the caboose cab (you have to climb up a ladder and step across a space), are even better than we remembered. But the food! That is entirely new. Everything is homemade. The menu has a few nods to one of the new owners, a British gentleman who couldn’t bear to see the restaurant

close, with fish and chips that are outstanding (the cod is really flavorful and fresh). The burger selections are out of this world. Who could imagine a New York Deli version, with fresh, homemade pastrami combined with the beef? Or a burger with lobster! Even so, Marco had them make his own version: a burger with egg and jalapenos. My Meat & Mushroom burger (prepared with Portobello mushroom and gruyere cheese) was perfectly prepared and one of the best ever (and served on a warm, not cold bun!). They were extremely accommodating to our requests: gluten free for Daniella; spicy

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for Marco. Everything is freshly made and beautifully presented. And the prices are still modest. The dessert that had everyone’s eyes popping was like a combination of every edible fantasy: chocolate, pumpkin pie and cheesecake. They also offer 21 draft beers and cider (including Long Trail), a gin kitchen with a surreal selection of gins, tonics and botanicals. Fun fact: Casey’s Caboose was named after Jonathan Luther “John” “Casey” Jones the great American railroad engineer who died in April 30 See page D6

(above left) Skiing Killington, Vermont, the “Beast of the East.” A major snowfall in December created incredible powder conditions © 2017 Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com (above right) The cozy sitting area in the cab of Casey’s Caboose © 2017 Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com (left) The Long Trail Pub at Snowshed is a great place to finish the day or wind down. The windows open up to see the skiers as they come down. © 2017 Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

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Social Security Update for 2018 BY TOM MARGENAU

It has been my custom for most of the past 20 years to write a year-end column that summarizes the Social Security changes and updates scheduled to take place the following year. Almost all Social Security beneficiaries are familiar with the most popular and publicized upcoming change: the increase in monthly benefit checks for 2018 due to the automated cost-ofliving adjustment, or COLA. In fact, Social Security recipients have probably already received a letter from the Social Security Administration telling them of the expected increase. All Social Security checks are going up 2 percent in 2018. The COLA is based on something called the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers. This is the official measuring stick SSA has used to determine COLAs for the past 45 years. If you want to learn more about this measure, check out the website of the folks who maintain it: the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I always dread mentioning COLAs in this column because every time I do, I am flooded with emails from readers complaining that the increase is not enough. Yet here’s the rub: Many economists and social planners believe Social Security COLAs are too generous. (I’ve explained why in past columns, but don’t have the space to get into that argument today.) That’s why most discussions of long-range reform for Social Security include proposals to reduce cost-of-living increases. Due to these increases, the average monthly retirement check will be $1,404 in 2018, a $27 increase from the 2017 level. The maximum Social Security check for a worker retiring at age 66 next year will be $2,788, compared to $2,687 in 2017. And please note that $2,788 is the maximum for someone turning 66 next year. That does not mean it is the maximum Social Security payment anyone can receive. There are millions of Social Security beneficiaries who get much more than that, primarily because they work well past age 66. And I must mention here that I am not even going to get into the muddled mess involving Medicare Part B premiums (that are usually deducted from Social Security checks). It’s simply too complicated to discuss in today’s column. Suffice it to say, for some people, their premiums will go up, possibly negating the 2 percent Social Security COLA increase. For others, they will stay the same. I will take the time to make this quick point. Even though they are linked in the minds of most senior citizens, Social Security and Medicare are entirely separate programs, administered by entirely separate federal agencies, and they have entirely separate rules and regu-

lations regarding their benefit and payment structures. For example, I already explained how Social Security COLAs are figured. Part B Medicare premium increases have nothing to do with the CPI. Instead, they must be set at a level that covers 25 percent of the cost of running the program. Another measuring stick called the national wage index is used to set increases to other provisions of the law that affect Social Security beneficiaries and taxpayers. Specifically, this includes increases in the amount of wages or self-employment income subject to Social Security tax; the amount of income needed to earn a quarter of coverage; and the Social Security earnings penalty limits. The Social Security taxable earnings base will go up from $127,200 this year to $128,700 in 2018. In other words, people who earn more than $128,700 next year will no longer have Social Security payroll taxes deducted from their paychecks once they hit that threshold. This has always been a very controversial provision of the law. (Bill Gates pays the same amount of Social Security tax as his plumber!) Normally, I would bet my next pension check that any eventual Social Security reform package will include an increase in that wage base. But now with the anti-tax Republicans controlling both houses of Congress and the White House, I’m not so sure. Most people need 40 Social Security work credits (sometimes called quarters of coverage) to be eligible for monthly benefit checks from the system. In 2017, people who were working earned one credit for each $1,300 in Social Security taxable income. But no one earns more than four credits per year. In other words, once you made $5,200, your Social Security record has been credited with the maximum four credits or quarters of coverage. Next year, the one credit limit goes up to $1,320, meaning you will have to earn $5,280 in 2018 before you get the maximum four credits assigned to your Social Security account. People under age 66 who get Social Security retirement or survivor’s benefits but who are still working are subject to limits in the amount of money they can earn and still receive all their Social Security checks. That limit was $16,920 this year and will be $17,040 in 2018. For every two dollars a person earns over those limits, one dollar is withheld from his or her monthly benefits. There is a higher earnings threshold in the year a person turns 66 that applies from the beginning of the year until the month the person turns 66. (The income penalty goes away once a person reaches that full retirement age.) That threshold goes up from $44,880 in 2017 to $45,360 next year. A couple other Social Security provi-

sions are also impacted by inflationary increases. For example, people getting disability benefits who try to work can generally continue getting those benefits as long as they are not working at a “substantial” level. In 2017, the law defined substantial work as any job paying $1,170 or more per month. Next year, that substantial earnings level increases to $1,180 monthly. Finally, the Supplemental Security

Income basic federal payment level for one person goes up from $735 this year to $750 in 2018. SSI is a federal welfare program administered by SSA, but it is not a Social Security benefit. It is paid for out of general revenues, not Social Security taxes. 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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1900 saving the passengers on his train. His mother, Mrs Jones is said to have lived near Killington in her youth. (Opens daily at 3 pm, 1930 Killington Road, 802-422-3795, caseyscaboose.com.) Ski Rentals The skis we rented from Peak Performance, just about a half-mile below Snowshed (2808 Killington Road) were fantastic. The Everyone is specifically measured and fitted for boots (Salomon brand). The skis (Fisher) were brand new and after each use are run through the shop’s tuning machine, one of three on the mountain (you have to see it; like a car wash for skis and snowboards) and performed amazingly. Even the poles, Scott brand, were top quality. Reserve online in advance and you get a 15% discount on the already really reasonable rates

if you reserve on line – basically just filling out the rental form, you don’t even give a credit card. The website is extremely easy to use. When you arrive, they are ready for you. It is no wonder the shop has been rated the best in New England. It is surprising to learn that they are also the biggest race ski center in the country, selling more racing skis than anyone, even more than Colorado. Returning was equally easy and stressfree. Peak Performance has been in business for 27 years, and the shop, owned by Fred & Denise Coriell, clearly reflects pure love of the sport. (Peak Performance, 2808 Killington Road, 802422-9447, info@peakskishop.com, www. peakskishop.com.) Lodging There are loads of lodging choices, including several that are managed by Killington such as the Killington Grand Hotel, right at the base. We absolutely

loved our stay at the Mountaintop Inn & Resort, a 30 minutes scenic drive away in Chittenden (the hotel offers a daily shuttle to Killington), as well as its own major cross-country ski center. (Mountain Top Inn & Resort, Chittenden, VT802.483.2311, www. mountaintopinn.com). Killington Resort is a four-season destination set on 3,000 acres in the heart of Central Vermont’s Green Mountains. After the snow melts, Killington features an 18-hole championship golf course, the family-friendly Snowshed Adventure Center, 30 miles of mountain biking trails with expansion underway with Gravity Logic, plus 15 miles of hiking trails. The range of après (snowmobiling, snowshoe tours, sleigh rides, tubing), dining, and lodging options have made Killington a worldclass destination for skiers and riders for over 55 years. Killington is part of

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What happens when things end up going full circle …

BY CLAIRE LYNCH

I’ve noticed that things tend to go full circle in life. Sometimes that “full circle” happens quickly and other times it takes many years to occur. As a child I attended St. Agnes Cathedral Elementary School in Rockville Centre. My family assumed that I would go to St. Agnes Cathedral High School which was just down the block from the grammar school. But when the time came to apply to high schools, when I took the Catholic High Schools of Long Island Entrance Exam in the eighth grade, a test that measures ability and achievement in reading, mathematics and language, and received my grade in the mail a few weeks later, I decided to expand my horizons a bit. I felt like spreading my wings somewhat so I applied for admission to three different high schools: St. Agnes in Rockville Centre, Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead which happens to be an all-girls high school and Maria Regina Diocesan High School in Uniondale (now called Kellenberg Memorial High School). A few months later the letters arrived in the mail at home and voila, I was accepted at all three high schools. I soon realized that I had to put daydreaming aside and make a decision. When my parents moved our family from Brooklyn to Rockville Centre in the 1960s, they chose the village for its excellent schools, many churches and various recreational opportunities. My brothers, sisters and I could walk to St. Agnes from home since it was exactly one mile away. Sometimes the buses took us there and sometimes we walked. My mom and dad were surprised that I wanted to apply to some out-ofRockville Centre high schools but I told them that I wanted to see what was out there. And to tell you the truth, it boosted my ego when I saw that I’d been accepted at all three schools. For months my first choice was Sacred Heart Academy. I dreamed of going there, of meeting new teachers, making new friends and playing basketball in the gym after school had ended for the day. I wanted to play soccer outside on the big field, to feel the sun on my face and the breeze in my hair. I wanted to join new clubs, learn new things and have new experiences. I spent weeks debating the pros and cons of each high school. I had ruled out going to Maria Regina because of the distance from my home and the difficulty of going to and from high school each day. That left me with the choices of St. Agnes High School and Sacred Heart Academy. For what I was looking for in a high

school experience, each one had slightly different strengths. It made making my decision a tough one. When the deadline to decide arrived, I was practical and chose St. Agnes High School. It worked out well. I learned lots of new things and had plenty of new experiences (read that “escapades”) but deep, down inside I always wondered what it would have been like at Sacred Heart Academy, known affectionately as “SHA” to the students, faculty, alumnae and visitors, alike. I’ll never know the answer to that question but I did have the chance recently to go to Sacred Heart Academy for an after-school class that was to start at 3 p.m. and end at 6 p.m. Knowing that the final bell of the day goes off at 2:45 p.m., I arrived there early. I watched as the phalanx of yellow school buses lined up on Cathedral Avenue waiting for the go ahead, waiting to bring the students home to their respective towns – to Long Beach, to Hempstead, to parts of Queens and who knows, maybe to Rockville Centre. Pulling behind the high school and finding a parking space, I glanced over at the convent, which is set back peacefully on the land. Sacred Heart Academy, which was founded in 1949, is a private school run by the Sisters of St. Joseph in Brentwood. At Sacred Heart Academy, I had the chance to sit in a classroom and sit in the same metal and wooden desks the students sit in. The desks were all lined up vertically, just like when I went to high school. I considered myself to be “an insider” at Sacred Heart Academy for a few hours. I attended a three-hour religious education class there in November and had the chance to see the school from within. I just retired from one job on Long Island and was looking into taking another job. As part of my “career transition,” taking this seminar was required. I just went from working fulltime for 40 years to working part-time and I am enjoying it. I scanned Sacred Heart Academy eagerly, thinking back to that time so long ago when I wanted to be a “SHA student.” When I arrived, I checked in at the main office like everyone else. I watched dismissal happen which was a little bit hectic just like at many other schools. Footsteps hurriedly came downstairs and I heard the chatter of girls talking to each other and occasionally over each other. I saw the SHA students’ Catholic school uniforms – solid-colored blazer, white blouse, plaid skirt, tights, shined shoes, etc. which was similar to my own uniform while attending both St. Agnes Elementary and High Schools.

The SHA students looked smart – and sharp. I watched the students go off in different directions at dismissal time. Some students headed home and others stayed for after-school activities. I had been waiting in the main office area with fellow classmates for my facilitator to arrive and escort us to our temporary classroom. She said, “Hi,” asked if we had all signed in at the main office and off we went. Once seated and settled in the classroom, I started filling out my worksheet. When I was finished with my paperwork, I looked all around the classroom – at the teacher’s desk, at the stack of books in the corner. I saw ceiling-mounted projectors, white boards and some holiday decorations. Looking down, I saw the wooden floors that gleamed even after a full day of school. A SHA student escorted one straggler (latecomer) to our class and our facilitator thanked her. My classmates and I discussed the topic at hand and on a break I had a chance to walk down the main halls. I saw the principal’s office, the nurse’s office, the large Gymnasium. I noticed that the classrooms were on three floors and instinctively I wondered which ones the freshmen went to, which ones the seniors went to, etc. I saw the chapel, the place where individuals or groups of people of all faiths can sit quietly and pray and meditate for a while and I was reminded of many other chapels I’ve seen over the years – the beautiful and serene chapels at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, at Mercy Medical Center in Rockville Centre and at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow. Most of them invite people to stop in and pray. Families, friends and visitors can get away from the hecticness of life for a few minutes to reflect and unwind. The chapels I’ve seen are set in the midst of busy, bustling towns (villages) with lots of traffic whizzing by outside their walls. But for a while, people can pray. Essentially the chapels reminded me of some of the great cathedrals I’ve seen – St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine on the upper west side of Manhattan and the Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré in Quebec, Canada, situated along the St. Lawrence River. All are magnificent architectural structures, breathtakingly beautiful – and peaceful. But I digress a bit. After my class at Sacred Heart Academy was over, I walked out to the parking lot, headed for my car, looked up at the clear sky and smelled a fireplace burning in the distance. It definitely was fall on Long Island.

I continued walking and, glancing back at the high school, I saw a dietary employee setting up things in the large cafeteria so things would be ready for the SHA students early the next morning. I imagined myself having lunch on a school day in the big cafeteria with several classmates but then I shook it off because I had, after all, chosen to attend St. Agnes Cathedral High School in Rockville Centre. And I have my high school’s senior year ring to prove it. The St. Agnes High School colors were blue and gold. At Sacred Heart Academy they are red and gold. The St. Agnes High School mascot was the Stag and at Sacred Heart Academy they are the Lady Spartans. They have their school newspaper, the “Cordette,” their school literary magazine, the “Concordia” and their school yearbook, the “Ex-Corde.” We had similar ones with different names at St. Agnes High School. I say “was” and “had” about St. Agnes High School because in 1984 the school closed due to declining enrollment. So did Maria Regina High School. It was reopened as Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale which is where my high school records are kept. For high school, I took a different path in the road. I chose a different fork along the way. It made me think about Robert Frost’s poem, “The Road Not Taken” where he describes the fork in the road. The poem starts, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood … And sorry I could not travel both …” It continues but essentially it’s a metaphor for a choice. The speaker (narrator) has come to a point in his life where he can go no further without making a decision that takes him down one path and does not allow him to take the other. This is an extended metaphor since the whole poem deals with these choices. I didn’t doubt my high school decision or second-guess it. I just wondered out loud what it would have been like to be a Sacred Heart Academy girl. I had a choice of seminar locations – of various dates and times of the day and evening – and coincidentally taking that class in November at Sacred Heart Academy worked out best for my schedule. As an eighth grader I gave up my dream of attending Sacred Heart Academy but decades later I sat in a classroom on the first floor on an autumn afternoon and I was engaged in a discussion with peers on various topics. So finally, after all of these years, I can say that I went to Sacred Heart Academy!

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CERTIFIED NURSES AIDE Experienced 20 years. Honest and reliable seeking home care position. Available Full Time, Part Time, Evening, Weekends And Overnight. Licensed driver w/car. Please contact Barbara 516-303-4501 CLEANING AVAILABLE Houses and Apartments. Flexible days and hours. Experienced, reasonable prices. Very good references. Own transportation. Please call 516-272-5154 or 516-385-5547

Substitute Elementary Teachers K - 6 College Graduates Wanted Starting Immediately

New Hyde ParkGarden City Park School District $105 per day

Send letter of interest and resume to: Dr. Jennifer Morrison, Superintendent 1950 Hillside Ave. New Hyde Park NY 11040 EOE

TEACHERS

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SITUATION WANTED COMPANION AVAILABLE Available full time. Looking for someone to take care of your elderly parents in the comfort of your own home for peace and tranquility? 18 yrs. experience, references, driver w/ reliable vehicle. Please call 516-410-1892 or 516-967-1130 Glass always HALF FULL! Companion/Caregiver. 718-9864215 JGSENSUAL@AOL.COM HOME HEALTH AIDE will take care of your loved one in their home. Experienced & honest. Licensed driver with own transportation. Call Flo 352-262-6970 HOME HEALTH AIDE / ELDER CARE Home health aide with over 15 years experience !! Excellent references. Cooking, cleaning, showers, all aspects of daily care. Live in. Available Immediately !! Call Sharon 347-739-7717 NANNY/ BABYSITTER Experienced Babysitter available FT / PT. Trustworthy, responsible, active, creative and fun! Child development background. Excellent references. Licensed driver. Call Doris 516-330-0230 or email: dorischris910@gmail.com

MARKETPLACE

FOR SALE GARDEN CITY Multiple Household / O ffice Items: Pottery Barn Twin Bed with underneath storage drawers both sides of bed. Excellent Condition. HON Lateral Filing Cabinet, 5 drawers. Excellent condition. Misc Items: Printer, fax, scanner. Please call for details/pricing: 516-779-8788 INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Estate & Tag Sales Online & Live Auctions Cleanout & Moving Services Home Staging Services Appraisals 516-279-6378 www.invitedsales.com Email: tracyjordan@invitedsales.com STEEL BUILDINGS END OF YEAR SALE Discontinued Colors Save 30% off panel price Limited Inventory Available www.sunwardsteel.com 845-206-4297

WANTED TO BUY

ANNOUNCEMENTS

ALWAYS BUYING

NOVENAS/PRAYERS

Old Mirrors, Lamps, Clocks, Watches, Furniture, Glass-Ware, Military Items, China, Anything Old or Unusal.

PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (Never known to fail). Oh Most Beautiful Flower of Mount Carmel, fruitful vine of Splendor of Heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin assist me in this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea help me and show herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth I beseech thee from the bottom of my heart to succor me this necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh show me herein you are my Mother. Oh Mary conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to Thee (three times). Oh Holy Mary I place this cause in your hands (three times). Thank you for your mercy to me and mine. Amen. This prayer must be said for three days and after three days your request will be granted. The prayer must be published. Grateful thanks. (L.S.)

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LOOKING TO BUY! Oriental items, clothing, art, old & modern furniture, estates, jewelry, silver, glassware, dishes, old photos, coins & stamps, flatware. Call George 718-3861104 or 917-775-3048 TOP CASH PAID: JEWELRY, Furniture, Art, etc. Please call 718-598-3045 or 516-270-2128. www.iBuyAntiquesNYC.com

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PETS

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*BROWSE *SHOP *CONSIGN A.T. STEWART EXCHANGE CONSIGNMENT SHOP China, Silver, Crystal, Jewelry, Artwork, Furniture, Antiques, Collectibles Tues-Fri 10-4 Sat 12-4 Every Tuesday: 10% Senior Citizen Discount. All proceeds benefit The Garden City Historical Society 109 Eleventh Street Garden City 11530 516-746-8900 email: store@atstewartexchange.org www.gardencityhistoricalsociety. org

A GARDEN CITY ANIMAL LOVER doesn’t want to leave your precious pooch or fantastic feline alone all day. I’m reliable, dependable and will walk and feed your pet while you work or travel. Please call Cheryl at 516-971-3242

AVITAL GALLERY 336: Paintings, Royal Copenhagen, Rosenthal and more. Hours Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday 12-5, Friday 10-1 or by appointment. 770 Middle Neck road, Great Neck, NY 11024. 516-3045640 or call 516-528-9765. Free parking in back

INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Monday, January 8 9:30 a.m. 8 Candle Lane Levittown, NY 11756 Clothing, costume jewelry, furniture, books, artwork, tools, shed, outdoor furniture, hot tub, fire pit, grill, outdoor bar.....Visit www.invitedsales. com for pictures and details ! INVITED ESTATE SALES BY TRACY JORDAN Thursday, January 11 9:30 a.m. 157 Oxford Blvd. Garden City, NY 11530 Several boys bedroom pieces, cherry dining room, china cabinet, Ralph Lauren furniture, desks, sport equipment, theater chairs, garage items, games, artwork, decorative prints and hunt scenes, farm tables, white ladderback chairs, rugs, leather chairs and couches, upholstered couch, kitchen and household items..... Visit www.invitedsales.com for pictures and details !

DO YOU HATE KENNELS? OR STRANGERS IN YOUR HOUSE? HOME AWAY FROM HOME will care for your dog in my Garden City home while you are away. Dog walking also available. Pet CPR & first Aid Certified. Numerous referrals and references. Limited availability. Book early! Annmarie 516-775-4256 K9 Monk, LLC Full Service Pet Care Professional Dog Grooming Boarding, Training, Healing Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Meridian Tapping Integrated Energy Therapy (IET) Angelic Healing Acutonics Tuning Forks Sound Therapy GC Resident 516-382-5553 thek9monk@gmail.com www.k9monk.com PUPPY/ DOG SITTER: Boarding and day care provided in my home for small dogs up to 20 lbs. Love and attention all day. Reliable. Call Rose 516-735-1911 WALKS FOR LIFE PET SERVICES, LLC. I live in Garden City and specialize in walking high-energy dogs. Visit my website: www.walksforlife.com or call Eddie 347-248-1445

AUTOMOTIVE AUTOS WANTED DONATE YOUR CAR to Wheels For Wishes, benefitting Make-a-Wish. We offer free towing and your donation is 100% tax deductible. Call 631-317-2014 Today!

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REAL ESTATE FOR RENT APARTMENT FOR RENT

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ROSLYN-GREENVALE: 1 bedroom apartment, living room, new EIK, high ceiling, near Wheatley Plaza shops, LIRR, asking $1,775 includes heat, hot water. Contact owner 516-285-2100

CONDO/CO-OP FOR RENT FLORIDA BEACH RENTAL Ocean Condo for warmer winter, North Hutchinson Island near Vero Beach. 2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths, Balcony, Heated Pool, Tennis, Beach. Two month minimum. Contact 516-741-3870 or sales@lawdisks.com

HOMES FOR RENT FRANKLIN SQUARE HOUSES FOR RENT: $2,000 and up; 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms; use of yard, driveway & garage; Credit check required. LISA DP REAL ESTATE INC Text or call: 516-319-3647

OFFICE SPACE GARDEN CITY 1565 FRANKLIN AVE Large Windowed Offices in newly built professional suite. Conference room, reception, copier, pantry included. Ample parking available. Call 516-248-3048

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE CONDO/CO-OP FOR SALE GARDEN CITY Large One Bedroom Condo in the heart of downtown Garden City. This 875 sq ft Condo boasts newly finished Hardwood Floors, Dining Room, brand new Bathroom & Kitchen with d/w. Low maintenance & taxes. By owner—no broker. $579,000 Call: 646-499-1684 For additional info visit: HYPERLINK “https://newyork.craigslist.org / l gi / r eo / d / one-bedroom-condo-by-owner/6429439243.html” https:// newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/reo/ d/one-bedroom-condo-by-owner /6429439243.html

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INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING Plastering, Taping, Sheetrock Skim Cutting, Old Wood Refinish, Staining, Wallpaper Removal & Hanging, Paint Removal, Power Washing, Wood Replacement JOHN MIGLIACCIO Licensed & Insured #80422100000 Call John anytime: 516-901-9398 (Cell) 516-483-3669 (Office) PAINTING PAINTING PAINTING: Interior/Exterior. Fall Specials! Call Steve cell 972998-8573

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

TUTORING MATH, PHYSICS, SAT/ACT TUTOR, adjunct professor Calculus I,II, Algebra, trig, AP & Pre-Calc, IB, NYS Certified, highly experienced. Raj 516-7871026

MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314

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

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SERVICES COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125 OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed/insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220

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I WILL CLEAN YOUR HOUSE OR OFFICE I have 18 Years Experience. I am Reliable & Dependable. Own Transportation. I will Make Your House/Office Shine. References Available Call 516-776-0021 STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516-5381125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

SERVICES A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www. ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405 COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions. com

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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Join the Last Hope cat rescue and adoption team!

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

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

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SERVICE DIRECTORY PAINTING/POWER WASHING

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It’s What’s Happening for Young Adults at the Library Tween Book Discussion

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle Celebrate the upcoming movie release by reading the classic A Wrinkle in Time and joining us at the Library for a book discussion on Thursday, March 8, 6PM-7PM. Participants can read the original book by Madeleine L’Engle, or the graphic novel, adapted by Hope Larson. Registration is required and begins Tuesday, Jan. 16 at 9:30AM in the Children’s Room. Registrants must be in Grades 4-7.

Student IT Volunteers Program (For Grades 9-12)

If you’re in high school and are good with computers, consider joining the Library’s Student IT Volunteers Program. Assist Library patrons with email, scanning, word processing, and other computer applications. Interview is required, training will be provided. Volunteers must be in Grades 9-12. If interested, contact Library IT Supervisor Mr. Joe Agolia at jragolia@ gardencitypl.org.

How to Beat the High Cost of College with Barry Fox

College Financial Aid Consultant Barry Fox will present a program about financial aid for Garden City high school students and their parents during the program How to Beat the High Cost of College. The program will be held Monday, February 5 at 7:00PM. Registration is required and begins Monday, January 22 at 9:30AM. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

*NEW* Teen Advisory Board

Applications due Friday, Jan. 26 The Tweens and Teens Department is restructuring its volunteer program for 2018. Volunteer hours will still be avail-

able monthly through the VolunTeens program while the Library’s Teen Advisory Board will require an application process to join. The Library is looking for tweens and teens who would like to take on an active leadership role to help advise Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta on what they want to see at the Library. Applications to serve as an advisor or junior advisor on the Library’s Teen Advisory Board (February-June 2018) are available in the Young Adult Room. Applications are due by Friday, January 26. This program is for grades 6-12 only.

VolunTeens: January Volunteer Hours

Volunteers Grades 6-12 can stop by to work on various Library projects on the following days/times in January: • Mondays, January 8 and 22, 6-8 PM • Wednesdays, January 3, 17, and 31, 4 -6 PM • Saturday, January 13, 2 -4 PM • Sunday, January 14, 2-4PM Registration is required and begins Sunday, December 31 at 9:30AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl. org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability.

*NEW* Tweens and Teens Creative Arts Book

Submissions due Friday, March 2 Submit your writing or artwork to the Garden City Public Library for your chance to be published! The Garden City Public Library will be creating its own creative arts book written by tweens and teens in the Garden City community. The book will be published and included in the Library’s Young Adult collection. This program is for Grades 6-12 only. Submissions should be submitted via email at laurag@ gardencitypl.org and are due by

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

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.

Friday, March 2. Artwork should be scanned to be submitted. Please visit the Library for more submission rules and guidelines. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

*NEW* Teen Reviewers Needed

Would you like to be a reviewer for the Library? Review all types of Library material, including books, movies, TV shows, video games, anime, and manga. Reviews will be used to help launch a Tweens and Teens Library blog. This program is for Grades 6-12 only. Please contact YA Librarian Laura Giunta via email at laurag@gardencitypl.org or via phone at 516-742-8405 x242 on how you can become a teen reviewer for the Library.

Children-’s LEGO Club – Tween and Teen Volunteers Needed

Earn volunteer hours by helping out with the Children’s Department’s LEGO Club. The LEGO Club is an hour program for children in Grades K-5 and meets monthly. Registration to volunteer begins Monday, January 29 at 9:30AM online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org ). Volunteers must be in Grades 6-12 and will be asked to help with set-up and clean-up before and after the program. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Volunteers can sign-up for the following Thursdays, 3:30PM-5:30PM: • February 22 • March 15 • April 19 • May 10

Teen Book Club Leaders for Yak and Snack Book Club

Earn volunteer hours by being a teen book discussion leader during one of our Yak and Snack Book Club meetings on either Thursday, February

1 or Thursday, April 19, 6:00PM-7:00PM. There is a maximum of two volunteers per meeting. Volunteers may only volunteer for one book club meeting per season. If you are interested in volunteering to be a Teen Book Club Leader for one of our book club meetings, please contact Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta via email at laurag@gardencitypl.org or via phone at 516-742-8405 x242.

Yak and Snack Book Club – Maze Runner by James Dashner

Join us at the Yak and Snack Book Club meeting on Thursday, February 1, 6:00PM-7:00PM as we discuss the book The Maze Runner by James Dashner. This program is for Grades 6-12. Registration begins Monday, January 8 online via Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org). Registrants can pick up a copy of the book in the Tweens and Teens Room.

ACT/SAT/PSAT Practice Exam

C2 Education will be conducting a practice exam on Saturday, January 13th from 10 AM – 2PM. Registrants may choose the ACT, PSAT, or SAT. Registration begins Tuesday, January 2 at 9:30AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).

Blind Date with a Book Library Display for Community Service

Earn community service by helping to make the Tweens and Teens Blind Date with a Book Valentine’s Day Display. This program will be held on Saturday, January 27, 2 - 3 PM and is for Grades 6-12 only. Registration is required and begins Monday, January 8 at 9:30AM online via Eventkeeper. When registering, tweens and teens must choose 3-5 of their favorite books that the Library currently owns in the Young Adult Department in order to be included in the display.

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.

The Children’s Librarians have put together an exciting season of programs starting in February! Our schedule is now finalized and listed below. There are also flyers available in the Children’s Room. Don’t forget program registration will begin online on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 at 9:30AM. Priority for registration and participation for programs is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders.

Storytime and Book Discussion Registration

Registration for winter storytimes and book discussions will begin Tuesday, January 16, at 9:30AM. Registration for storytimes can be done online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Registration for book discussions must be done in person in the Children’s Room. For more information about Children’s storytimes, book discussions, and special programs, check online on Eventkeeper or in the Children’s Room for our winter flyers. Rhyme Time Storytime, for children ages 6 months – 29 months (born September 2015 - August 2017) with a parent or caregiver. Program is thirty minutes. Thurdays at 10AM February 8 – March 29 (No February 22) You and Your Toddler Storytime, ages 2 ½ – 3 ½ (born August 2014 – August 2015) with a parent or caregiver. Sign up for one session. Program is thirty minutes. Monday at 11:30AM February 5March 26 (no February 19 and March 5) Tuesday at 11:30AM February 6March 26 (No February 20 and March 13) Little Listeners Storytime, ages 3 – 5 (born February 2013 – February 2015, not yet in Kindergarten), without an adult. Sign up for one session. Program is thirty minutes. Tuesday at 1:30PM February 6 – March 27 (no February 20 and March 13) Wednesday* at 1:30PM February 7 – March 28 (no February 21 and March 7) (*Please note that the day has changed from Thursday to WEDNESDAY.) Kindergarten and First Grade

Combined Storytime, for children presently enrolled in Kindergarten and First Grade. Program is forty-five minutes. Tuesday at 3:45PM February 6 – March 27 (no February 20 and March 13)

Book Discussions

Registration is in the Children’s Room only, beginning on Tuesday, January 16, at 9:30 AM. Non-residents can register beginning Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at 9:30 AM. Please arrive promptly for programs. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist for that day. Chapter Chat, for children presently enrolled in second grade. An introductory book discussion featuring a game, a craft, and more! Program is two hours. Monday, March 19, 4-6 PM. Stink: The Incredible Shrinking Kid by Megan McDonald. Book discussion will be followed by a one-hour fun science program with science teacher Chris Buchman. A beverage and snack will be provided. The Book Ends, for children presently enrolled in grades 3, 4 and 5. Join us for games and activities! Program is two hours. Monday, March 26, 4 - 6PM. Crenshaw by Katherine Applegate will be discussed. A fun science program will follow the book discussion. A beverage and snack will be provided. Tween Book Discussion, for children in Grades 4-7 Monday, March 8, from 6-7PM. Join us to discuss the original A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle or the graphic novel format adapted and illustrated by Hope Larson. Pick up a copy to check out either in the Children’s or Young Adult Department. A beverage and snack will be provided.

Winter Spring 2018 Programs

Wednesday, February 18th *Play Hooray Babies and Kids These fun interactive programs are for children 6-17 months and an adult caregiver, from 10:00 AM-10:45 AM, and for children ages 18-29 months and an adult caregiver from 11:00 AM-11:45 AM. Registration is required. Registration begins Monday, February 5, 2018 at

9:30AM online on Eventkeeper (www. gardencitypl.org). You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly for the programs. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Thursdays, February 22, March 15, April 19 and May 10 *Drop-In Lego Club Come with your old friends and make new friends at our LEGO Club. This monthly club meets on four Thursday afternoons from 4:00PM to 5:00PM and is for children in grades K-5. No registration is required. Space is limited. Children will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. The Library will provide LEGO bricks for children to build with during the program. The Drop-In LEGO Club was made possible through the generosity of the Friends of the Garden City Public Library as well as through LEGO donations from Library patrons. Saturday, March 3rd *Fun Science with Science Teacher Chris Buchman This program is for children in grades K-2 at 1:00PM and grades 3-5 at 2:30PM. Registration is required online on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) with a library card. Registration begins Monday, February 12, 2018 9:30AM. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly for the program. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Wednesday, April 18th *A Time for Kids These fun, interactive programs are for children ages 6-17 months and an adult caregiver from 10:00AM-10:30AM and for children ages 18-29 months and an adult caregiver from 10:45 AM-11:45 AM. Registration is required and begins on Monday, April 9, 2018 at 9:30 AM online at Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly for the programs. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Saturday, April 28th *Frog Fun with Miss Donna and

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News from the Children’s Room

Science Teacher Chris Buchman This fun, interactive STEM program is for children ages 2 ½ through 5 (not yet in kindergarten) and an adult caregiver, and runs from 11:00AM-11:45 AM. Registration is required. Registration begins Monday, April 16, 2018 at 9:30 AM on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) with a library card. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly for the program. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Tuesdays, May 1, 8, 15 and 22 *Introduction to Robotics for 4th and 5th grade only From 3:45 – 4:45 PM. Registration is required and begins Monday, April 23 at 9:30 AM on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org) with a library card. Sign up once for all four sessions. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly for the programs. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. For Tweens in Grades 4 -7 Saturday, May 5th Tween Quidditch Tournament Sign up for your team and compete in our Quidditch Tournament! Weather permitting, this program will be held outside. In the event of inclement weather, this program will be cancelled. This program is open to tweens and teens in grades 4-7. Registration is required. Registrants must sign up for a team or to be the Snitch in advance online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl. org) with a library card beginning Monday, April 23 at 9:30AM. There are limited spots on each team and to play as the Snitch. Registrants are asked to wear the color of the team they are signed up for (Green – Slytherin, Blue – Ravenclaw, Red – Gryffindor, Yellow – Hufflepuff) and Snitches are asked to wear black. ***All programs are subject to change*** *Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority for registration and participation is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders.

Eddie & Jean Costello’s Trash or Treasure Antiques Roadshow Garden City Public Library Sunday, January 28th, 2018 at 2PM Registration Begins Monday, January 15th @ 9:30AM Do you have something that is old, unusual, and perhaps even bizarre? How many times have you thought that maybe your object has some value, or might even be very valuable? Come find out on Sunday, January 28th, at 2PM at the Garden City Public Library.

Learn how to identify today’s hottest antiques and collectibles. Eddie Costello will be guest appraiser and host. The first 40 people who register will have the opportunity to bring an item they would like to have appraised (no coins, currency, or stamps) and Eddie will provide an appraisal and rationale for the valuation. In addition, Eddie will hold the crowd spellbound with his knowledge of antiques and collectibles. Eddie is a

veteran appraiser with over 40 years of experience. His crowd-pleasing appraisal events and entertaining demeanor always make for an informative and entertaining show. Registration begins January 15th at 9:30AM for Garden City Library cardholders. You may register in person or register by calling the Reference Department at 516-742-8405 ext 222. To be guaranteed an appraisal, you must

sign-up for this program ahead of time. On the day of the program walk-ins are welcome; however, walk-ins will receive an appraisal after those who have signed up, if time permits. NonGarden City Library cardholders may call to register on Wednesday, January 24th if space is available.

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Girls Fencing Team wins meet against Cold Spring Harbor On December 18 at the Garden City High School, the Girls Fencing team beat Cold Spring Harbor High School. The épées and sabres helped their team amass points as the foils were up against some tough opponents. Épée Emma Van Dyke set the tone with a 5-0 score in her first bout against her opponent. Épée captain Mary Foxen and épée Gianna Buckley both won their bouts to cheers from their team. Sabres Kayla Quinn and Alex Michael as well as sabre captain Brianne Etienne all won their first bouts. Foils Zoe Heath and Rosie Lynch faced tough first bouts, but won their second, and foil captain Tia Petrides won both bouts. With the win secured, the final bouts were given to the rookies

Girls Fencing Team with Coach Holz

Épée Emma Van Dyke

Épée Gianna Buckley

Coach Holz advising foil Julia Cowie

Épée Linnie Kiely

to get some fencing bout time in. Foils Julia Cowie and Christina Marciano and épées Mariyam Shami and Linnie Kiely fenced admirably while they were cheered by their teammates. The teammates are very supportive of each other and see the importance of training new members. They also value the lessons learned on and off the strip. Brianne Etienne, sabre captain and senior, said “fencing has been a great new opportunity for me, by making new friends, experiencing something new, unique and out of my comfort zone, shaping me to be the young woman I am today”. The next two home meets are Jan. 2nd and Jan. 11th - Come cheer on the Girls Fencing team!

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Foil captain Tia Petrides Sabre captain Brianne Etienne

Foil Christina Marciano

Sabre Alex Michaels

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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

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

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

Boys 4th Grade Results

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

Score Heat 40 Nuggets 27 Cavs 31 Nets 21 Suns 33 Knicks 31 Celtics 23 Spurs 21

Boys 4th Grade Standings

Team Heat

Won Lost 3 0

Cavs Knicks Nets Celtics Suns Nuggets Spurs

3 2 1 1 1 1 0

0 1 2 2 2 2 3

FLES happenings at Stratford Avenue School

Boys 5th Grade Results

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

Score Nuggets 28 Heat 24 Cavs 22 Nets 14 Knicks 26 Suns 23 Celtics 30 Spurs 20

Boys 5th Grade Standings

Team Heat Cavs Nuggets Celtics Knicks Spurs Nets Suns

Won 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0

Lost 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3

Boys 6th Grade Results

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

Score Nuggets 40 Heat 29 Nets 34 Cavs 24 Suns 40 Knicks 39 Spurs 39 Celtics 35

Boys 6th Grade Standings

Team Suns Spurs Cavs Celtics Nets Nuggets Knicks Heat

Won 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0

Lost 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3

Boys 7th and 8th Grade Results

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

Score Nuggets 36 Heat 35 Nets 53 Cavs 45 Wolves 54 Celtics 52 Knicks 89 Spurs 48 Suns 46 Pacers 26

Boys 7th and 8th Grade Standings

Team Wolves Nuggets Nets Heat Suns Cavs Knicks Pacers Celtics Spurs

Won 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

Lost 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 2 2

Stratford Avenue FLES students with their projects BY WILLIAM KUPFERMAN, FLES TEACHER In December, fifth grade FLES (Foreign Language in Elementary School) students at Stratford Avenue were hard at work on a project normally associated with older students who are further along in their foreign language studies. The project involved two crucial parts. First, students answered questions (in complete, written sentences) about themselves and their favorite things (food, sport, class, day, month, season, etc). The students then swapped answers. Secondly, the fifth graders took the answers and converted them into a comprehensive writing, done completely in Spanish, about the person they had interviewed. Students completed a final draft of their writings and added an illustration relevant to what they had written about, shared their

work with the class, and then brought their work back to their classrooms to be displayed. This project gave great insight into how far the students have come since beginning their study of Spanish in the fourth grade. Not only were they able to ask and answer questions in Spanish, they were able to use full sentences, write the answers down, and then transfer the information given in the first person to information given in the third person. “I am so impressed by what our students were able to do,” said Mr. Kupferman. “This was an assignment that would typically be taken on by older students. There were a lot of moving pieces - and the kids did great. I love seeing how excited they get about using Spanish. The kids are well on their way to an impressive level of foreign language proficiency!”

Garden City Men’s Baseball The GC Men’s 35+ Baseball team will begin winter workouts in the next few weeks and welcome new players who would like to get into throwing

and hitting shape for 2018. For more information, please contact gcbaseball@ optonline.net

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VILLAGE SPORTS Adult Dance Performance Group

Recreation and Parks’ Dance Company’s Adult Performance Group will begin on Thursday, January 11. Classes are held each Thursday in St. Paul’s Cluett Hall from 8 to 9 pm. Anyone who is interested in learning ballet, jazz, and hip hop can join this group. The group practices each week and learns choreographed routines that will be performed in our annual showcase. This class will be taught by Felicia Lovaglio. The cost of this program will be $260. To register, 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.

Family Fun Time on Sundays

On Sunday afternoons beginning January 7, St. Paul’s Field House will be open for “Family Fun” for Village families. This open time provides the opportunity for families to enjoy various gym activities in an indoor environment. The gym will be available for use from 2:45 to 5:45 p.m. each Sunday until March 4. This time is designated for family time only. No organized practices or workouts will be allowed. Although there will be staff to monitor activity, this is not a drop off program. We ask the elementary aged children be accompanied by an adult. For the safety of our users, no lacrosse or baseball equipment, or any other sport involving stick equipment will be allowed

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.

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.

Adult Tennis Lesson Interest Form Now Available

Registration for the winter session of our Adult Tennis Lessons has now started. Classes are played at the Community Park Tennis Center. Our ten week, one hour class will cost $260. Classes will begin the week of January 22. Our Recreation Department offers lessons for adults in all ability levels. In order to create sessions geared to the needs of our residents, we are asking any adult who is a resident in the Inc. Village of Garden City and is interested in our tennis lessons to fill out the form below. Please follow the directions listed. -Choose the days and times you are available to play -Self rate your tennis ability -Either drop off or mail your application with a check for $260 made payable to the Inc. Village of Garden City to the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. by January 5. Classes will then be made by grouping people of similar abilities according to the dates they are available. Your check will not be cashed until you are entered in a class.

Adult Ultimate Tennis Workout for Experienced Players

Recreation and Parks offers a nine week tennis workout program that drills experienced tennis players. This 1 ½ hour class is available on Saturday mornings at 10 am at a cost of $260. Class will begin on January 20. To register for this program, please visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Avenue.

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. Experience required.

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

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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.

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.

After School Open Gym for Grades 7-12

Beginning January 9, St. Paul’s Field House will be open for grade 7 – 12 for supervised open play. The gym will be available for use by this grade group from 3:30 to 5:45 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday until Thursday, March 8. This time is designated for 7 – 12 grades only. No organized practices or workouts will be allowed. The gym will be monitored by Recreation staff. For the safety of our users, no lacrosse or baseball equipment, or any other sport involving stick equipment will be allowed.

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L E G A L

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 and HAMILTON GARDENS

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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

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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

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The Men’s Association News 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. 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, Jan. 5---JV and Varsity Wrestling, 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6---Boys JV Basketball, 11:30 a.m. Monday, Jan. 8---Girls Gymnastics, 4:30 p.m. (at Stratford School). Wednesday, Jan. 10--Girls and Boys Bowling, 4:15 p.m. (at Herrill Lanes); Boys JV Basketball, 4:30 p.m.; Boys Varsity Basketball, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 11--Co-ed Rifle, 4:15 p.m. (at NC Rifle Range); Girls and Boys Fencing, 5:00 p.m. Friday, Jan. 12---Girls and Boys Fencing, 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 13---Girls JV Hoops, 11:30 a.m.; Girls Varsity Hoops, 1:30 p.m.

TMA Website

Now can be accessed thru 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! Signup 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 sportsmanship 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 MotherSon 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

The alumni of the Garden City High School took the floor after a nice win by the GCHS boys team over a strong Valley Stream North team. The alumni game was brought to you by The Men’s Association of Garden City. A bunch of players had a great time playing on

the old hardwood of the GCHS, which always brings back many memories and laughs. With the alumni ranging from 1973 to 2015, the guys still strutted their basketball skills but not always their bodies of yesteryear. The Gray team beat the Maroon team although a des-

perate compact try from Maroon fell short. The Men’s Association wants to continue with the GCHS Alumni Basketball Game next year so keep an eye out in December next year for the BIG Alumni game.

Mark DeSantis has the whole court smiling

Jonathan Granville with the block or foul of DeSantis (depends on what team you were on).

Gerry Kelly “75” always in attendance and a HUGE help each year!

This is how Billy Horstmann “73” warms up

Alumni of the TMA GCHS Alumni Basketball Game participants

All-time leading scorer James Mastaglio warming up with the next generation

Shirts weren’t that bad either. Thanks TMA!

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GCHS Basketball Alumni Game 2017

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Garden City Boys Varsity Swimming and Diving

The Garden City Boyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Varsity Swimming and Diving 2017-18 season is off to a 1-1 record. On December 19th, the team lost to Plainview with a score of 48-52; however, on December 22nd, GC was able to handily defeat Herricks 99-77.

Plainview:

GC was up most of the meet against Plainview, and a valiant effort was made by all the team members. Liam Gaffney won the 200 Free with a time of 1:54.62. Cameron Yuen won the diving portion of the contest with a score of 233.47. Kieran Brown won the 500 Free with a time of 5:11.89, and Christopher Reilly was able to finish third with a personal record of 5:36.71. Additionally, GC won two of the three Relay events: the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Freestyle Relay.

Herricks:

As for the meet against Herricks, GC placed first in 9 of the 12 swim events. Kieran Brown won the 50 Free with a time of 23.23. Cameron Yuen won diving with a score of 231.45. Liam Gaffney won the 100 Free and the 100 Back with a times of 50.83 and 1:00.98, respectively. GC was able to win two of

the three Relay events--the 200 Medley Relay and the 400 Freestyle Relay--but had to settle for a very close second in the 200 Free Relay finishing 0.26 seconds behind Herricks.

NY State Qualifiers:

Two team members already qualified for the NY State meet which will be held March 2-3 at Eisenhower Park. During the first meet against Plainview, John Protano qualified for the 200 IM with a time of 1:59.93 (qualifying standard is 2:00.63). In the second meet, both John Protano and Jake Newmark qualified for NY States in three different events. John Protano qualified in the 100 Breast with a time of 1:00.84 (qualifying time is 1:01.20), and Jake Newmark qualified in both the 100 Fly with a time of 53.39 and the 500 Free with a time of 4:48.67 (qualifying times are 53.95 and 4:52.52, respectively).

Upcoming Meets:

Garden City has a busy schedule this week. First, this Friday, Garden City will compete against Long Beach at 5pm at Long Beach High School. Then, on Saturday, GC will compete against Levittown-East Meadow at Great Neck North Middle School.

Cameron Yuen implementing his customary twist against Plainview.

Junior John Protano off the block against Plainview.

Senior Kieran Brown swimming the 200 Free against Plainview.

Senior team members (left to right): Evan Jozkowski, Logan Aquino, Daniel Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor, Kieran Brown, and George Germano.

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The winning 400 Freestyle Relay team members (left to right): Liam Gaffney, Jake Newmark, Kieran Brown, and John Protano.

Sophomore Jake Newmark on his way to making States in the 100 Butterfly against Herricks.

8th grader Christopher Reilly competing in the 100 Butterfly versus Herricks.

Junior John Kenny celebrating after his leg of the 400 Freestyle Relay versus Herricks.

Freshman Anthony Suau getting ready to swim the 500 Free against Herricks.

The team after a well-deserved win against Herricks.

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GCHS Boys Varsity Basketball improves to 7-0

Due to the success of the Garden City football team (there are 5 football players on the GC varsity hoops team) and practice requirements, the Trojan hoopsters got a late start forcing the squad to play 7 games from December 12th thru Dec 29th. On Dec 28th, Garden City beat Valley Stream North 68-59 and then followed up that with a 63-45 win over Calhoun the next day improving their record to 7-0. In the Valley Stream North contest, Andrew DeSantis led all scorers with 34 points while Matthew Granville contributed a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. The balance of the scoring in the Valley Stream North game was done by Kevin McNiff (8 pts), Tyler Soutar (6 pts), James Cashwell (6 pts), Billy Duff (2pts) and Brian Wood (2 pts.) Many of the GC alumni in attendance for the TMA alumni commented on how well the Trojans pass the ball. In the victory over Calhoun, Andrew DeSantis, the third leading scorer in Nassau County, averaging 25.9 points, scored his 1000th career point on his way to

Connolly for two. Old man got higher in his day...

DeSantis 1000 points achieved… Congrats!

19 for the game. Congrats to Andrew and his Trojan teammates on this accomplishment! In the Calhoun game, Tyler Soutar stepped up by scoring 10 points and shutting down the opponent’s 6’7” big man. The balance of the scoring was done by Matthew Granville (8 pts), Brian Wood (7 pts), Kevin McNiff (6 pts), James Cashwell (4 pts), Chris Jordan (4 pts), Tom Powderly (3 pts), and Luke Connolly (2 pts.) For the season, the Trojans are shooting a blistering 55.9% (166-297) from 2 point range and 26.2% (27103) from three point range. One of the areas the GC squad needs to improve is their free throw shooting percentage which now stands at 53.5% (46-86.) Thank you to the TMA for hosting the alumni game Dec 28th in which 20 plus alums played against each other following the Valley Stream North game. Thank you also to the varsity players who volunteered to help run the TMA Alumni Game. The Trojans’ results and upcoming games are as follows:

Scattareggia with the tip in

Tues Dec 12th Garden City 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 Garden City 73- New Hyde Park 55 (W) (Conference Game) Fri Dec 22nd Garden City 77-Valley Stream South 62 (W) Thurs Dec 28th Garden City 68-Valley Stream North 59 (W) Fri Dec 29th Garden City 63-Calhoun 45 (W) Tues Jan 3rd at Southside at 6:30PM (Conference Game) Wed Jan 10th at Garden City vs Elmont at 6:30PM (Conference Game)-HOME GAME Fri Jan 12th at Jericho at 7:00PM (Conference Game) Tues Jan 16th at Great Neck North 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, and Brian Wood. Head Coach Jim Hegmann, Asst Coach Greg Gonzalez, Student Manager Pat Reilly. Come out and support the Trojan Hoopsters!

Powderly for three…You can’t defend me

Sharing the love with his teammates

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Cashwell with the put back

The Glide DeSantis getting the bench up with his lay in

McNiff running the show Granville for two

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