Jericho-Syosset News Journal (3/10/23)

ST. P ATRICK'S D AY P ARADE M ARSHAL Syosset Baseball donates new scoreboard

BY RIKKI MASSAND

Baseball season is approaching, but the Oyster Bay Town Board’s vote to approve the donation for a new lighted scoreboard at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park represents the first win of the season for the Syosset Baseball Association.

At its meeting on Tuesday, March 7, the Town Board approved a resolution accepting the donation of $14,549 from Syosset Baseball for the purchase and installation of a 15-foot by 6.5-foot, 7-inning scoreboard with 20-inch sponsor panels and side panels and a wireless remote, from vendor BSN Sports. The scoreboard will be shipped to the TOBAY Parks Department,

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Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker, who was named grand marshal of the 31st annual Bethpage St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino recently honored Nassau County Legislator Rose Marie Walker, who was selected to serve as grand marshal of the 31st Annual Bethpage St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

A lifelong resident of Hicksville and proud parent and

grandparent, Legislator Walker has dedicated her career to the service of others—especially children and families. She’s worked for the Diocese of Rockville Centre, St. Stephen’s Nursery School in Hicksville, the Hicksville Union Free School District, and the Family and

Children's Association. Legislator Walker also served as an Oyster Bay Town Councilwoman from January 2004 through December 2009, and currently serves as a County Legislator.

Pastor welcomed to town meeting

BY RIKKI MASSAND

On Tuesday, March 7 Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino welcomed Pastor Rebecca Sheridan of Syosset’s Faith Lutheran Church to lead

the board in its opening prayer. Sheridan is a Syosset resident for four years and a board member of the Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce, to Town Hall as she led the Town Board in its opening prayer.

Polar Plunge returns to TOBAY Beach

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to be “Freezin’ for a Reason” at the annual Polar Plunge benefitting Special Olympics New York on Saturday, March 25, at TOBAY Beach.

Pastor Sheridan is a native of Omaha, Nebraska and in practice there she was serving two small congregations about two hours’ west of Omaha. In summer 2019, Sheridan and her

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“Many of our residents head to TOBAY Beach for summer fun, but this event provides an enjoyable and charitable reason to spend a great day at the beach much sooner,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “Participants will have an opportunity to prove their mettle and their compassion by wading into the chilly waters of TOBAY Beach to raise funds for the athletes of Special Olympics New York.”

The event kicks off with winter festival fun and registration starting at 9:30 a.m., with the plunge beginning at 11 a.m. Requested donation is $25 per participant. Plungers who raise $150 receive a commemorative Polar Plunge sweatshirt.

All of the money raised through the Polar Plunge® helps provide year-round sports training and competition as well as leadership, health and inclusion programs for individuals with intellectual disabilities in your community.

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Bethpage senior named National Merit Finalist

Chaverim Heroes collect cereal boxes for Island Harvest

Bethpage High School senior Georgia Karaisarides (right) was named a finalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Pictured with Bethpage High School Principal Nicholas Jantz.

Georgia Karaisarides, a senior at Bethpage High School, was recently recognized as a finalist in the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Program. She is among 15,000 finalists who will continue in the competition with the hopes of receiving one of the 7,250 National Merit Scholarships.

Karaisarides was selected as a semifinalist in September based

on her excellent score on the 2021 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. To earn the finalist title, she had to submit a detailed scholarship application with a high school official. This included providing her academic record, information on her extracurricular activities, proof of leadership abilities and more. As a finalist, Karaisarides was presented with a Certificate of Merit.

Temple Chaverim in Plainview recently started a new group called Chaverim Heroes which provides an opportunity for families to come together and perform community services.

For its first event on Sunday, February 12, families brought cereal boxes to donate to Island Harvest, which helps families and individuals in need.

In addition, the families joined in some fun cereal activities (cereal bar, cereal tic tac toe, cereal necklace making, etc), learned about the importance of volunteering and then created a giant domino line of cereal boxes to knock down.

The group ’ s next activity will be a Children ’ s Book Drive, with a special guest reader and crafts on Sunday, March 26, at 11 a.m.

Family members did craft projects while learning about the importance of volunteering.

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The Chaverim Heroes collected cereal boxes to donate to Island Harvest.

Students share Valentines across country

Students at Summit Lane Elementary School in the Levittown Public School District spread the love of Valentine’s Day to other students across the country through a special letter exchange program.

First graders in Maureen McLaughlin’s class prepared a letter to send to fellow schools throughout the United States sharing their school mascot, colors and other fun facts about Summit Lane and Levittown. Students prepared Valentine’s cards to include with each letter. The 24 letters were sent to other classes from New York to California, and includes one sent to a former classmate that moved to South Carolina this year. Division Avenue High School students in the Big Dragons/Little Dragons program also visited to help assemble the valentines.

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Town sponsors free job fair

The Town of Oyster Bay, The Workforce Partnership and New York State Department of Labor are offering a Free Job Fair, which will take place on Thursday, March 30, at the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center, located at 1001 Stewart Avenue in Bethpage. There is no charge for admission and parking is free. Veterans’ admission begins at 10:00 a.m., while doors for General Admission open at 10:30 a.m. The event runs until 2:00 p.m.

Employers from across Long Island will be seeking candidates for various positions. Some of these include management, licensed professional, hospitality, banking, staffing and technical.

“We have helped thousands of residents find meaningful employment through our career center and private sector jobs fair,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “The Workforce Partnership and the Town of Oyster Bay are committed to helping residents find meaningful employment opportunities as well as assisting local businesses in recruiting qualified employees. This Free Job Fair will connect private and public sector employers with job seekers.”

The Town of Oyster Bay serves as administrator of The Workforce Partnership, a consortium of

local governments funded by the Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act that provides free valuable resources to both employers and job seekers at Career Centers in Hicksville and Massapequa. These centers help train employees to meet the needs of the private sector, connecting qualified job seekers with employers, and by assisting applicants in accessing job opportunities.

The Centers offer Resource Rooms, which are equipped with state-ofthe-art computer workstations, complete with Microsoft software and internet access. Additionally, these Centers offer residents access to job listings, resource materials, photocopiers, fax machines and telephones. The Centers provide employability and computer workshops, as well as career counselors who will guide residents through their job search. Computer workshops are taught on-site in modern computer labs. Residents can increase their marketability by updating or acquiring new computer skills at the Centers.

For more information about this program and the many other great services that the Town’s Workforce Partnership program offers, contact (516) 797-4560 or email business@oysterbay-ny.gov.

Town accepting applications for 9/11 Walls of Honor

The Town of Oyster Bay has announced that applications are now available for families to add the names of loved ones to the Town of Oyster Bay’s 9/11 Walls of Honor which recognize all those with a connection to the Town who gave their lives and succumbed in their battle against 9/11 related cancers and illness. Each September, the Town unveils newly inscribed names into the Walls of Honor which recognize the family members, friends and neighbors lost to this toxic legacy.

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino stated, “We remember and give thanks to those who ran into danger in order to help the victims of a cowardly act of terror. This includes first responders, downtown workers, residents, students and so many others with cancer certified to be 9/11-related. The events of 9/11 continue to take our heroes and survivors – and members of our community will continue to face darker days ahead. We watch each week as more of these heroes pass, in an ever-increasing and unending number. Just as many of these rescue and recovery heroes raced to the Towers the first minute the plane hit, and stayed

until the last brick was turned, their memorial stands with and lead us to those we lost that tragic Tuesday morning.”

Reports from the World Trade Center Health program indicate that we are approaching a terrible milestone, in which approximately 43,000 people are being treated for medical problems and 10,000 people have suffered cancers linked to the toxic exposure at Ground Zero. More than 2,500 responders and others affected have succumbed to their illness.

The 9/11 Walls of Honor were constructed under an initiative led by Supervisor Saladino, the Town Board and a volunteer committee that includes retired FDNY EMS Lieutenant Bill Gleason, Retired NYPD Detective Tom Luberto, Deacon Dave White, Jericho Fire Commissioner Frank Sammartano, North Massapequa Fire Commissioner Ralph Raymond, Massapequa Fire Commissioner Justin McCaffrey and Rescue & Recovery Worker Joseph Pinto. Applications may be downloaded at www.oysterbaytown.com/wallsofhonor.

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Division Ave. bowling team rolls to county championship win

The Division Avenue HS Boys Bowling team.

BY GARY SIMEONE

It was a dramatic turn of events at the Garden City Lanes bowling alley last month as the Division Avenue boys bowling team was down big at the break at the Nassau County League Championships. The team, which topped its conference this season, was down by multiple pins before staging a comeback for the ages.

“We were down a lot during the break after the initial three-game set,” said coach Brian Maloney. “We were down two hundred pins, but I knew our guys had the composure and confidence to make a comeback and save their season.”

The team, including seniors Ryan Klass (All County) and Mitchell Tear (All League), made a strong push in the final three frames, bowling over a-thousand pins to earn the victory.

Klass said keeping a strong belief in himself and the team as a whole helped them will out a win over eleven of the other top teams in the county.

“We had such a strong season that even after three games of not our best bowling, we still believed in ourselves,” said Klass. “We just told each other to bowl our best during the next three games, and we were able to earn the victory.”

Klass had a stellar season, averaging a score of 203. He put his best foot forward at the tournament, bowling an

1148 series after six games.

Tear, who earned All-League honors and averaged a score of 175 for the season, said that the team had high expectations coming into the tournament.

“We were the number one seed coming in, so that definitely helped our confidence, even after we were down the first three games,” said Tear. “Ryan and I have been on the team since 7th grade, so we knew if we kept our composure and brought extra energy into those final three games, we’d emerge victorious.”

Tear definitely brought the energy scoring a high-game of 237 and 1137 in the six game series.

Maloney said the team was disappointed last season after not living up to expectations and was determined to walk away with the county championship this year.

“It’s something the boys had been talking about in the off-season, not fulfilling their expectations, and their passion to win was strong all season long,” said Maloney. “They rose to the occasion and won the conference, and made the necessary adjustments at the championship after being down two-hundred pins to come out with a victory.”

By winning the county championship, the team qualified for the state championship, which will take place in Syracuse on March 9–10.

Golf outing to support Boys & Girls Club

The Boys & Girls Club of Oyster Bay-East Norwich has announced the date for its Annual President’s Cup Golf Outing to be held on May 22, at the beautiful Pine Hollow Club, in East Norwich. An exciting day of competition, games and amazing prizes is being planned, including a car sponsored by Helms Bros., Inc., Mercedes-Benz, Bayside Volkswagen and Volvo Cars of Queens for the Hole-in-One winner. In addition to the Low Gross and Low Net formats, foursomes can compete in men’s, women’s and mixed scrambles.

Since its inception 30 years ago, this tournament has raised much-needed funds in support of scholarships for youngsters to attend 8 weeks of Summer Camp, and benefits the youngsters of the community in ensuring the continuation and expansion of the Club’s programs and activities throughout the

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year. Due to its success last year, the Club will again be selling raffle tickets for the “Ultimate Golf Raffle Prize,” which includes spectacular golf course foursomes. You need not be present to win. Only 200 raffle tickets will be sold at a cost of $100 each!

Golf Co-Chairs, Claude Bahnik and Tom Golon, and their dedicated committee members, Lori Bahnik, Michèle Bahnik Mercier, Mike Borgia, Tere Borgia, Madeline Callahan, Brian Gamble, Tom Haefele, John Litke, Kevin Mercier, and Matt Romanelli, are busy planning for an exciting day.

Please mark your calendars. For more information on packages and sponsorship opportunities, as well as registration details, please contact the Boys & Girls Club of Oyster Bay-East Norwich, at 516-922-9285.

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The Town of Oyster Bay invites local artists and artisans to display and sell their hand-crafted goods at a special day of “Art in the Park.” Applications are now available for the event which will be held on Saturday, May 20, at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park & Beach in Oyster Bay.

“Art in the Park offers local artists and artisans an amazing opportunity to showcase their best work for the public and gain local notoriety,” said Town Councilman Steve Labriola. “Art in the Park is certain to attract hundreds of families and seniors as the event also features live music, food trucks and activities for kids.”

Participants must be 18 or older, and

display and sell only their original pieces. No commercial or mass-produced items are permitted. Artists must supply their own 10 x 10 canopy and additional items required for their space. Additional details and associated costs are provided on the application, available on the Town’s website.

Art in the Park is run by the Town’s Department of Community & Youth Services, Cultural and Performing Arts Division. The event focuses on hand-crafted goods, including ceramics, watercolors, glass, jewelry, wood, leather, sculpture and more. Artist applications available on the Town’s website at www.oysterbaytown.com/capa or by calling (516) 797-7932.

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Pastor welcomed to town meeting

family moved to Long Island because her husband Rich, who is also a pastor and originally from Parsippany, New Jersey, gained admission to a Ph.D program in clinical psychology at Adelphi University. Since then they have lived and thrived in Syosset, raising their two young daughters, Grace and Erin, through early childhood education years in the community and now with them in the Syosset Central school district, at Village Elementary.

Sheridan was also instrumental in rebooting the Faith Nursery School run by the Church after it paused due to the pandemic.

Supervisor Saladino commented on Pastor Sheridan’s leadership in the local area, as she is active on the board of the Long Island Council of Churches as well as in the Syosset-Woodbury Interfaith Clergy Council.

“With March being Women’s History Month it is always a pleasure to point out the accomplishments of exceptional women in our town, and you Pastor Sheridan are certainly one of them! Pastor Sheridan has a BA in English and Secondary Education from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota – where I imagine the winters are very different than ours – and she earned a Master of Divinity degree from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, where she met her husband,” he noted.

Saladino also shared with the audience since the new administration began presiding over Town business in early 2017, the board instituted an opening prayer immediately preceding the Pledge of Allegiance.

“For the young people in the room, you might learn in school about the

separation of church and state. But that has a different connotation, and in terms of starting our meetings with prayer where I served as a New York State Assembly member and Councilman Steve Labriola served in the State Senate and Assembly – all of the public meetings started with prayer. We felt that is appropriate, and it’s not a prayer to any one religion but it represents prayer for everyone to be inclusive for everyone. That is what we’re going to do today as we always do, and I wanted to provide education to what and why we do this. We ask a religious leader from the community, ecumenically (from every different religion, to have turn coming to the Town Board meetings so we get to know about the different churches, temples, synagogues and religious groups and we learn more about one another’s cultures,” he said.

Women of Distinction program

After the opening prayer and Pledge, Supervisor Saladino made the announcement that the nomination period has opened for this year’s Town of Oyster Bay Women of Distinction program. Honorees must live or work in the Town of Oyster Bay.

The Town Supervisor noted the beginning of March which is Women’s History Month, and the board meeting this week took place March 7th – one day prior to International Women’s Day on Wednesday, March 8th. “We are proud to continue recognizing the great work of women, and many times we have recognized the great work of the women here on our Town Board and all the incredible women who work in the Town of Oyster Bay government and administration – we appreciate all of you!” he said.

Nominations may be submitted for

any achievement or honorable cause performed by the nominee. The Town seeks to recognize individuals for their contributions to the arts, education, environment, athletics, community or civic service, volunteerism or business.

Councilwoman Michele Johnson serves as the chairperson of the Women of Distinction Committee. She explained, “Each year, the Town has the honor of recognizing women who go above and beyond to improve the lives of those around them through our Women of Distinction Program. If you know a special woman who helps make your community a better place to live, we invite you to nominate her to be a 2023 Town of Oyster Bay Woman of Distinction.”

The 2023 Women of Distinction honorees will be recognized at a special awards ceremony hosted by the Town Board in May.

“We look forward to sharing the honorees’ stories and recognizing their efforts to make our community, families and Town a better place to live, work and raise a family. Anyone who knows a special woman who helps make their neighborhoods and communities a better place, feel free to nominate her online, at oysterbaytown.com/women or call (516) 624-6380 for an application,” Saladino said.

Reflecting on her appearance at the March 7 Town Board meeting, Pastor Rebecca Sheridan commented that it was an honor to be invited to represent women faith leaders by opening the Town Board meeting with prayer.

“I am proud to serve on the Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce Board as one of several female Board members, and to support female nonprofit business owners and leaders of religious organizations in our commu-

nity in particular. From the local to the international level, our church is active in empowering women in leadership through participation in the Long Island Council of Churches, the Syosset Woodbury Interfaith Clergy Council, and as a member of the Lutheran World Federation,” she said.

Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce President Russell P. Green, who like Sheridan has two daughters, both Syosset High School graduates, also commented on the amazing women in leadership he works with in the community, as several from Syosset have been recognized as Town of Oyster Bay Women of Distinction, including Green’s predecessor as Chamber president – Woodbury resident Maureen Nickel, owner of BrightStar Home Health Care.

Green noted, “The Syosset Woodbury Chamber of Commerce has been active in recognizing and supporting women in their efforts as business leaders in our community. The Chamber’s Women in Business group has grown substantially over the past few years, providing women a forum to discuss issues unique to them and an additional opportunity to network and promote their businesses.”

“Local business women have a substantial voice in the direction of the Chamber as they represent a majority of the board members including Vice President Kerri Winans-Kaley (Encore Luxury Living) and Board Secretary Amanda Johnson, a Syosset resident and business owner/manager. As president of the Chamber, I very much appreciate their perspective on how to help promote and support local businesses during these challenging times,” Green said.

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Polar Plunge returns

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“This polar plunge is sure to create lasting memories for all participants while supporting a very worthwhile cause,” added Councilman Imbroto. “Special Olympics New York changes lives through the joy of sports and the Town of Oyster Bay is proud to partner with this outstanding organization to help make this event a success. Please join with me in braving the chilly waters for a great reason.”

Pre-register yourself, family and team today at www.PolarPlungeNY.org. For more information, call Rebecca Hoffmann at (631) 458-1579 or e-mail rhoffmann@nyso.org.

Syosset Baseball donates new scoreboard

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and is destined for the 60-foot baseball field at Syosset-Woodbury Community Park.

As the SBA donation covers the cost of the purchase, the Town is responsible the scoreboard’s installation “including but not limited to the removal and disposal of the existing scoreboard, new cement footings and steel beams for the scoreboard as necessary, and all electrical required in connection with the project.” The details were outlined by Syosset Baseball Association President Bradley D. Schnur, in his February 14 letter to TOBAY Commissioner of Parks Joseph Pinto.

Ahead of the Board’s vote on Tuesday, Pinto stated in his memorandum with the SBA donation proposal, “this donation will greatly improve the integrity of the baseball field, while creating an aesthetically appealing enhancement to the park.” He recommended approval by the Town Board.

Schnur noted, “We appreciate the opportunity to partner with the Town Parks Department on this project and improve our permitted field for families of our community to enjoy and experience.”

Town announces charitable events

As winter’s end nears, Town of Oyster Bay Supervisor Joseph Saladino enthusiastically shared news of an event where he will be “freezin’ for a reason” at TOBAY Beach.

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two different places at once, because on the same Saturday (March 25) she will be at Marjorie Post Park in Massapequa, hosting the 2nd Annual Mighty Mason’s Warriors charitable walk/run starting at 10 a.m. The community event, in honor of her young son Mason Maier, supports the fight against Leukemia & Lymphoma as at age 3, Mason was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

“We will have the walk/run with raffles, prizes and games, and 100% of proceeds go to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS)/ Come out and join us -- we’ll be at the park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.” Maier said at this week’s board meeting.

Supervisor Saladino said the Board and public has several opportunities to be involved for good causes on March 25, as the Dune Day beach cleanup will be taking place the same morning at 10 a.m. at TOBAY Beach. The Town’s Dune Stabilization Project helps preserve beaches and barrier islands for future generations.

Saladino explained, “Those focused on our beach and environment can join us as we protect our shoreline by planting dunegrass….The Dune Stabilization Project brings together residents of all ages in an effort to protect and preserve our beautiful shoreline and environment by planting stalks of dune grass. Dunes along our south shore continue to face environmentally-damaging storms that have a significant impact on the beach.”

asked if all Town of Oyster Bay residents are permitted to utilize the S.T.O.P. program, which is the abbreviation for “Stop Throwing Out Pollutants.”

The S.T.O.P. program provides Oyster Bay residents a convenient way to drop off unused chemicals, cleaning products, electronic waste recycling, outdoor gas grill propane tanks, brake and transmission fluids, waster motor oils and antifreeze, car tires, large metal pieces and many other items.

Town Supervisor Saladino explained, “ALL residents of the Town may utilize the S.T.O.P. program and we encourage them to do so. It’s so important and it’s a program that has been around for quite some time. We recognize the importance of protecting our aquifer systems from pollution and S.T.O.P. is one of many very important steps we take to protect our groundwater and the environment as a whole.”

Adelman referenced the many intermunicipal agreements with surrounding towns and communities and asked if TOBAY can enter into an intermunicipal agreement with the Town of North Hempstead, to accommodate residents in the northernmost portion of the Town to utilize the North Hempstead S.T.O.P. program run at the Port Washington facility.

Supervisor Saladino said he

would like to get more information about that potential by speaking with Public Works Commissioner Richard Lenz and taking a serious look at the request.

Nearing the end of the meeting, Town Receiver of Taxes Jeff Pravato announced that because Nassau County has extended the deadline for residents to file tax grievances, the Town of Oyster Bay will be holding two additional Tax Grievance seminars later in the month.

The Tax Grievance seminar dates are Monday, March 20 at the Hicksville Community Center, 28 West Carl Street, beginning at 10 a.m. On Wednesday March 22 the seminar will be at Oyster Bay Town Hall, 54 Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay - with a night meeting, beginning at 7 p.m.

“If you have any questions about taxes or the upcoming grievance seminars please call my office, 516-624-6400 or email, receiveroftaxes@oysterbay-ny.gov. The seminars have been well-attended. If there is anybody attending who has special needs please let us know in advance, and we will have a translator there,” Pravato said.

Supervisor Saladino said the Town government appreciates Pravato’s office and his efforts to better educate the residents about how to go through the tax grievance process.

On Saturday, March 25 the Town will host the annual Polar Bear Plunge, and Saladino will be joining the festivities as proceeds benefit the Special Olympics of New York. Town Councilman Tom Hand said he will join the supervisor in the water.

“I am really looking forward to joining my colleagues as we’ll jump into freezing cold water for the Polar Bear Plunge. People can register as a team, and help out volunteering with this fundraising event. Invite family and friends and everyone can visit – please see the website, PolarPlungeNY. org/TOBAY !” Saladino said, before polling the other Board members if they will join him and Hand jumping.

Councilwoman Laura Maier said she might attempt to be at

He noted that statistics indicate that the planting of dune grass provides a natural shield that is perfect for withstanding storm surges and high winds. Volunteers for Dune Day will work alongside Town officials and crews, as well as residents from across the Town who share an interest in helping preserve TOBAY Beach. To register as a volunteer, residents can visit www.oysterbaytown.com/volunteerform. For additional information, contact the Department of Environmental Resources at (516) 677-5943 or email environmental@oysterbay-ny.gov

“We have constantly been working to fortify and protect one of the Town of Oyster Bay’s best jewels in TOBAY Beach. I encourage you to join us and it’s a lot of fun,” Saladino said.

At the March 7 meeting, Sea Cliff resident Arthur Adelman

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Utah Adventure Day 6-7: Sacred Sites, Spirits of Bears Ears National Monument

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Bears Ears National MonumentCedar Mesa is the highlight (out of so many) of our Utah Adventure –hitting on all cylinders of stunning landscape, fascinating cultural heritage, and the opportunity to really explore, adventure and discover for ourselves on some of the most wonderful hikes (Kane Gulch!) anywhere.

Finally! I get to do wild camping that I have been so intrigued about ever since Dave and Laini spent much of a summer exploring the West in their Subaru Forester which they converted into a campervan.

Dave drives our rental Jeep down a dirt road into Arch Canyon until we find a spot we can claim for our own (it happens to be immediately adjacent to an Indian reservation, with a warning sign posted on a fence, “No trespassing.”). There are many other wild campers in this area in the spring and we get one of the last suitable spots. (But this is still so much more interesting than going further down the road to an actual campground where you need advance reservations for official campgrounds,  recreation.gov, information at 435-587-1500 M-F, 8 am-noon. No reservation is required for any BLM land that does not clearly prohibit camping and the custom is to find a site that already has a stone circle for a fire pit.)

Where we set up is just a walk down a path that leads to the Arch

Canyon trailhead and the Arch Canyon Ruins, where we get to explore cliff dwellings.

Indeed, Cedar Mesa is a network of canyons that are home to ancient archaeological ruins and rock art panels – the ultimate combination of spectacular scenery and fascinating cultural sites.

Streams carve into the banded yellow-gray and reddish-orange sandstone, creating fabulous formations and arches – Mother Nature’s sculpture. Cliffs are streaked with “desert varnish” – thin deposits of minerals including iron, manganese, magnetite and clay particles, combined with bacteria – which add to the painterly ambiance. And some of these have provided the overhang for dwellings.

What is truly special about Bears Ears National Monument-Cedar Mesa – and what draws Laini back time and again, are the remnants, artifacts and structures left by

Ancestral Puebloans – ancestors of the Hopi and Zuni - who inhabited these canyons and cliffs between 700 and 2500 years ago. Arrowheads and other artifacts dating back 10,000 years have also been found in this region. Some of these sites are at once accessible yet also feel remote – so you feel you are the first archaeologist to discover, though obviously that can’t be since the BLM Rangers have left laminated info packets in metal cases in some of the dwellings. Still, we can pretend.

Our hikes bring us to these places that seem as if the occupants only recently vacated, leaving behind painted pottery shards, tiny corn husks, stone and bone tools, even their hand-prints, pictographs and petroglyphs that speak to us through time, as if to say, “We were here. We still are.”

Indeed, there are a mind-boggling 100,000 known archaeological sites protected within the Bears Ears

National Monument, which spans 1.35 million acres. The buttes and surroundings have long been held as sacred or significant by a number of the region’s Native American tribes.

But it has not been without controversy.

Bears Ears National Monument was established in 2016 by President Barack Obama to preserve thousands of these indigenous cultural and archaeological sites. The Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, an alliance of five sovereign Tribal nations with ties to Bears Ears (the Hopi, Navajo, Uintah and Ouray Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Mountain Ute and Zuni Tribe), was the driving force behind its designation and are partners in managing the monument along with the federal Bureau of Land Management and US Forest Service.

In their proposal to have Bears Ears designated as a national monument, the Coalition described these canyonlands as ancestral land and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) described the Bears Ears as “the most significant unprotected cultural landscape in the U.S.”

But in 2017, catering to mining, fossil fuel and other extraction industry interests, Donald Trump drastically reduced the size of Bears Ears (by 85 percent) and Grand Staircase-Escalante (by half) - the single largest rollback of public lands protection in history. These changes exposed archaeological and paleontological sites to vandalism, looting and opened the door to drilling and mining. Moreover, Trump’s Interior Department, under

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Exploring the Arch Canyon ruins, Bears Ears National Monument-Cedar Mesa © Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com

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Secretary Ryan Zinke (who left in 2019 in disgrace) offered meager plans for managing what remained of the monuments, leaving important cultural sites and wildlife habitat vulnerable.

Various groups brought lawsuits and President Joe Biden (who appointed Deb Haaland Interior Secretary, the first native American to hold the cabinet position and the first to lead the department which historically oversees the Bureau of Indian Affairs) restored the territory under protection in October 2021. The Bears Ears InterTribal Coalition and the federal government officially signed a cooperative agreement, unveiling the first monument boundary sign on June 18, 2022.

The monument is named Bears Ears for a pair of buttes that rise to elevations of 8,900 feet and 9,000 feet - more than 2,000 feet above Utah state routes 95 and 261.

Because these lands are sacred, all of us must be respectful of the dwellings and the archaeological artifacts that we come upon. And these sites truly feel sacred – precisely because of the artifacts, the pictographs and petroglyphs, you feel the presence of those who lived here. And because those of us who visit do show proper respect, these mud-andstick (jacal) constructions delicate pictographs and petroglyphs etched into sandstone and artifacts, though incredibly fragile, are here for us to discover, as if we are among the first.

It’s fairly miraculous these sites have survived Mother Nature, let alone humans.

Indeed, we are able to see artifacts and sites that date back 1000 years, but it is mind-boggling to contemplate that this area has been inhabited since 12,000 BC to 6000 BC by the PaleoIndians; the Archaic (6000-2000 BC); Early Agriculture (2000-500 BC); Basketmaker II (500 BC to 500 AD); Basketmaker III (500-750 AD); Pueblo I (750-900 AD), Pueblo II (900-1150 AD-we see evidence of their kivas, plain gray pottery, blackon-white pottery); Pueblo III (1150-1290 AD, when the Four Corners Area was abandoned).

Arch

Canyon Ruins

Each day of our Utah Adventure, which so far has taken us through Capitol Reef National Park, Grand Staircase-Escalante, and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, has been so different in highlights, experience and even theme. Today’s theme is cultural, as we go in search of cliff dwellings through these canyons.

We wake up in our “wild” campsite and after breakfast, stroll down Arch Canyon Road and soon come to the Arch Canyon Ruin.

Seeing these structures, how they were built high up in the rock overhangs, camouflaged in rock, you wonder whether they were designed for defense: Who or what were they defending against? The fact that the Navajo named the Ancestral Pueblo people who were there before them, Anasazi – “enemy ancestors” (as we learned at the Anasazi State Park Museum in Boulder) suggests that there were conflicts among tribes or clans. Were these groups afraid of being attacked for their

food or water? Or were they built so far above the river because of flash floods?

A panel provides background about the Puebloan People and these cliff dwellings: Few people lived in Cedar Mesa from 700-1050 AD, but by 1050, there were many Pueblo communities throughout the mesa and its canyons. During this time, Cedar Mesa’s cultural landscapes were interconnected with those of Chaco Canyon to the southeast, Mesa Verde to the east and the kayenta region to the south. Later, smaller groups moved into Cedar Mesa’s canyons to occupy nearly inaccessible but defensible places such as cliff face alcoves and ledges. But by 1280 AD, a combination of social and environmental factors prompted the Puebloan people to migrate again from Cedar Mesa to lands to the south and east. Cedar Mesa’s descendant populations now reside among the Hopi of Arizona, the Zuni and Keres-speaking pueblos of New Mexico and the Tanoan peoples along the Rio Grande.

I note the word “defensible” and wonder about who and what they were defending against.

In one of the structures, we see an innovation: shelves! We climb under boulders and see a pictograph of four hands.

We spend about two hours in this section, and then get the Jeep to go to the next destination. (You can hike between Arch Canyon and House on Fire, via Arch Canyon Road and Mule Canyon trail, 5.7 miles, or two hours, one way.)

We stop for a picnic lunch at Mule Canyon Ruin site along the road

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(almost a rest stop, complete with two bathrooms).

Laini leads us to a trail to one of the outstanding highlights of the Bears Ears National Monument: the House on Fire, one of the most photographed (spectacular) sites in the region.

If You Go....

Day hiking in Bears Ears National Monument requires a day hiking pass. Day hiking passes are unlimited.

Bears Ears National Monument does not charge an entry fee where your America the Beautiful Pass would typically apply. However, activity fees called “Individual Special Recreation Permits” are charged for day hiking and backpacking (typically $2 at the trailhead). Visit the permits page for more information ( https://www. blm.gov/programs/recreation/permits-and-passes/lotteries-and-permit-systems/utah/cedarmesa).

Visitor Centers: Kane Gulch BLM Ranger Station, UT-261 36 miles west of Blanding; Monticello Visitor Center, 216 S Main St., phone: 435-587-3401; Blanding Visitor Center, 12 North Grayson Parkway.

https://www.blm.gov/visit/ bears-ears-national-monument

Next: House on Fire, Kane Gulch Trail

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Why You Need an Emergency Fund and How to Get One

BY MARY HUNT

Four weeks before Christmas, Mitch and Jenn had a string of bad luck. Mitch broke his leg in a skiing accident. Jenn’s car broke down, requiring major repairs. And the aged roof of their home decided to fail right in the midst of a major storm.

The financial and emotional toll these events took on them was huge but nothing like it might have been if they hadn’t been diligently building a contingency fund, more commonly known as an emergency fund.

Mitch’s health insurance is covering most of the costs of his surgery and follow-up therapy. Still, they had to come up with more than $2,400 to cover his deductible, copays and prescriptions. The car repairs were just shy of $2,700.

It was the roof that really threw them for a loop. The estimate to repair it -- with no assurance that said repairs would last for longer than a few months

-- was $750. A new roof estimate came in at $12,000.

Suddenly, their healthy $18,000 contingency fund didn’t look quite as massive.

Mitch and Jenn are crash saving so that when they replace the roof this summer, the cost will not deplete their fund. And they’re committed to continue saving like that to restore it back to $18,000 by year’s end.

I know what many readers are thinking: Sure, Mitch and Jenn are wealthy, so of course they have money to save. They’re lucky because they have two incomes, and we have only one. Must be nice, but what about those of us who are unemployed, unhealthy, deeply in debt or (insert excuse of choice here)?

As long as you see building your contingency fund as optional, there will always be something more pressing that takes priority.

Need specific reasons to grow your

CF? Here they are. Learn them well, and then believe with all your heart that something on this list is coming your way.

Chronic illness. When you or someone in your family is really sick or involved in an accident or contracts a horrible disease, you need to be prepared. Insurance only goes so far these days.

The dreaded pink slip. Getting a pink slip is never fun, and when it comes out of the blue with no notice, it will be shocking. You need a way to pay your bills until you get another job.

A distant job. Your next job may be four states away. Moving will not be cheap.

Serious breakdown. If you think car maintenance is expensive, wait until you see the cost of repairs.

Disaster. A broken furnace, leaking roof, natural disaster -- who knows what form this type of emergency will take?

Final call. Who wants to plan ahead

for mourning? Not me. But knowing I have money stashed in my CF for when bereavement requires travel means that I don’t have to think about it now. I’m

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BY CLAIRE LYNCH

My cousin, Elaina, and I were talking about kids today and we had a few compliments for them. They pick up new technology so easily and many times we’re envious. They attach photos on their smart phones and send them as quickly as can be and they google this and that. It all seems to make them look so smart.

We’ve seen kids say the darnest things as the TV show says and they do the darnest things and I’m always amazed at what advances have been made in technology.

What still lingers is the generation gap, this cultural divide between those under 40 and those of us who are 50+. While conversing it’s not unusual for us to get blank stares when we blurt out something about people we grew up with on TV.

My niece, Shannon looks at me blankly when I mention Fred Astaire or Ginger Rogers. “Who?” she will ask quizzically unless she happened to catch some old reruns on the movie channel.

She’s heard of Presidents John Kennedy and Dwight Eisenhower but that’s from reading about them in history books. She wasn’t alive when they were and the skills they had and the magic they possessed is clear when a teacher describes their accomplishments or shows media clips.

At first Shannon and I denied there was a generation gap because we want to be congenial - we don’t want anything to come between us since we get along great. But there’s no denying the fact that what she grew up with and what my friends, siblings and I grew up with, were exposed to and experienced are two very different things.

As I was talking with Shannon, I

Oh, that beguiling generation gap

remembered the story Elaina told me - that she and her husband went out to lunch with their 12-year-old granddaughter, Alexa, who was present at the table but who was concentrating very hard on her smart phone. Alexa automatically clicked a selfie then set about editing it in some photo editing app. She added smiley faces and some abbreviated caption for her friends.

She put it on Instagram after some minor editing and adding filters. Alexa then screenshot the Instagram picture, cropped it and put it on WhatsApp status, FB Messenger story, Snapchat story and another app Elaina had never heard of. All of this was done so quickly Elaina didn’t even catch what she was doing. After finishing her whole story I told Elaina I had to agree with her - that is a clear picture of the generation gap. Not to be outdone, as I was talking with Elaina I mentioned the story my nephew, Richie, who is 11, told me about the “Grin Fish.” In art class at school Richie and his classmates learned how to make some pottery pieces. One day the task was to make something that could be mounted on the wall. It should be fun, the teacher said, and could be offbeat or quirky if the “artist”/kid wanted it to be.

An amateur fisherman when school is out for the summer, Richie decided to make a fish out of pottery. Getting to work, Richie fashioned the clay so his fish would be a good-sized piece and would have a great smile and large, buggy eyes. Happy with how it was shaping up, a classmate of Richie’s walked by, saw it and yelled, “Hey, I like your Grin Fish.” Even the art teacher had to admit it was funny. Smiling, Richie sat back and admired his Grin Fish. The piece was put in the kiln and it turned out great.

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prepared.

I understand these are tough times and it’s challenging to find money to save. But do you really have any options? If your current lifestyle is sucking up every last dollar of your income, thereby putting you and your family at risk, it’s time to make changes.

Start small. While you need a big, healthy contingency fund (equal to at least six months’ living expenses), do not focus on that big number. Start by saving $500. Then reset your goal to $1,000. Now you’re on your way. You’re catching the savings bug. Soon you will reach $2,500.

Richie was so proud of his Grin Fish that he wanted to display it in his kitchen. He showed his parents and they liked his Grin Fish. His dad got a hammer and nail and found the perfect place for it.

Elaina got a kick out of the story about Richie’s Grin Fish but she added that it really wasn’t a story about the generation gap. Pausing, I laughed then asked Elaina if she had ever thought of making a Grin Fish in art class when she was a kid. Thinking for a minute, Elaina laughed long and hard and had to agree that she had not.

People talk about the millennials and Generation X and I say it gets so confusing, who can keep up? The experts explain that Generation X is anyone born from 1965 to 1980. Baby boomers are born from 1946 to 1964. Millennials are born from 1981 to 1996. Generation Z is anyone born from 1997 to 2012. Now we’ve got Generation Alpha. With all of the talk about the alphabet letters X, Y and Z, it’s difficult to keep up with. What’s next?

With my own relatives, I’ve asked my nieces and nephews for iPhone tips

and they show me but sometimes I suspect they’re running out of patience. It’s not what they say but the fact that for them, it’s simple to attach photos to emails and send them to individuals or group lists 1-2-3. Easy peasy. What’s so hard about that? Their young faces look at me quizzically and I look back intently wanting to tell them how different things were in the “olden days” but I hold back, not wanting to bore them with my trips down memory lane.

Even though they don’t ask, I tell them that when my friends and I were their ages, 10-19, we had patience. If an elder asked us to show them something, we’d do it over and over until they got it all while being as patient as could be.

They laughed at that and I said, “Ok, maybe we weren’t always patient,” but I remember showing my grandfather how to play on my Atari, a home video game console. He was perplexed at first but then he got going and managed to beat me at “Pong.” It was new to him and today I say, “It’s a whole new world.”

Then $5,000 will be in view.

That’s the way to do it. But you’ll never reach your goal until you get that first $500 out of reach and safely tucked away in a savings account.

Mary invites you to visit her at EverydayCheapskate.com, where this column is archived complete with links and resources for all recommended products and services. Mary invites questions and comments at https://www.everydaycheapskate.com/contact/, “Ask Mary.” This column will answer questions of general interest, but letters cannot be answered individually. Mary Hunt is the founder of EverydayCheapskate. com, a frugal living blog, and the author of the book “Debt-Proof Living.”

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More Questionable Advice From the SSA

BY TOM MARGENAU

I hate writing columns that are critical of some of my former colleagues who are still working for the Social Security Administration. But doggone it, if they are going to keep handing out bad advice, someone’s got to take them to task -- and give the right answers to people who are seeking help about their Social Security situation. Here are some recent emails I’ve received from my readers.

Q: I waited until I was 70 to start my benefits. My Social Security check is $3,600 per month. My wife is about to turn 62. She is due much less from Social Security -- $2,200 if she waits until her full retirement age or about $1,600 if she files now. We called the SSA national number to talk about this. The phone rep told us that if my wife filed for reduced retirement benefits now, her future widow’s benefits will also be reduced, so we decided not to have my wife file now. But I read something in one of your columns that seemed to contradict what we were told. Can you help us out?

A: You got some bum advice from that SSA rep. If your wife takes reduced retirement benefits now, that will not reduce any widow’s benefits she would be due on your record later on. In your case, there is only one factor that will determine what she would get in widow’s benefits, and that is her age at the time she becomes a widow and files for those benefits. If she is over her full retirement age (age 67 in her case) when you die, she is going to get a 100% widow’s rate. If she is under 67 when you die, that widow’s rate would be reduced by about one-half of 1% for each month she is under age 67. But if you do die before she reaches FRA, she could choose to continue to receive her reduced retirement benefits until age 67, when she could switch to full widow’s benefits.

Q: I was planning to wait until age 70 -- in July 2023 -- to file for my Social Security. I was doing this in part to guarantee that my wife will get the highest widow’s benefit possible after I die. (Her Social Security benefit will be much smaller than mine.) I was talking to an SSA representative about this and imagine my surprise when he told me my wife’s widow’s benefit will be based on my full retirement age benefit rate. This threw a big monkey wrench into my planning. Can you verify that what he told me is correct?

A: Actually, I can verify that what he told you is dead wrong! Assuming you die before your wife, her eventual widow’s benefit will be based on your age 70 benefit rate. The SSA rep was probably mixed up because the spousal benefit paid to a wife (with a living husband) is indeed based on the husband’s

full retirement age benefit rate. But the rate paid to a widow is based on the husband’s total amount, including any augmented benefits he got for delaying his retirement beyond full retirement age. Or to put that another way, a wife doesn’t share in the so-called “delayed retirement credits,” but a widow does. This next question involves a situation where a guy didn’t get wrong answers from an SSA representative, but he didn’t get right answers either.

Q: I called the Social Security Administration twice, talking to two different representatives, and I got two different answers. Here is the story. I am 69 years old, and I filed for my Social Security benefits in January. But after doing so, it dawned on me that I won’t be filing my tax return for 2022 until early April 2023. I wanted those 2022 earnings to be added into my Social Security benefit, so I called the SSA back. The first agent I talked to told me that I should withdraw my claim, and then wait until I file my 2022 tax return and then file a new claim, bringing in my 2022 tax return so that they can add my 2022 earnings into my benefit rate. She said the benefits would be paid retroactively until January. I wasn’t sure about that answer, so I called again and talked to another rep. This lady told me that I didn’t have to withdraw my claim and that my earnings would eventually be factored into my benefit rate and that this would occur sometime in 2024. So, who is right?

A: Well, neither one is totally wrong, but neither one is totally right, either. Here is how it will work. As you surmised, your initial benefit rate will not include your 2022 income (because that income hasn’t been reported to the government yet). But sometime later in 2023, once you file your tax return and the IRS turns over its data to the SSA, then the SSA will refigure your benefit and you’ll get an increase (if you’re due one -- more about that in a minute). This usually happens by about October, and it will be retroactive until January 2023. This is a normal, routine procedure that happens all the time.

You could do what the first phone rep suggested, but it sure isn’t worth the hassle. I mean, why bother going through the mess of withdrawing your current claim and refiling a new claim later just to end up where the procedure I outlined above will take you automatically?

The second rep was right to tell you that you don’t have to withdraw your current claim. But she was wrong to tell you that you would have to wait until 2024 to get your benefit refigured.

And speaking of your benefit being refigured, earlier I mentioned that your 2022 income may or may not increase

your benefit rate. But explaining this is way too complicated to squeeze into this column. I suggest you spend ten bucks and go to Amazon.com and get my little Social Security guidebook called “Social Security: Simple and Smart.” One of the chapters in the book explains how benefits are figured. It will tell you why any earnings you have after age 60 may or may not increase your benefit check.

If you have a Social Security question,

Tom Margenau has two books with all the answers. One is called “Social Security -- Simple and Smart: 10 Easy-to-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your Questions About Social Security.” The other is “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can find the books at Amazon.com or other book outlets.

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Being proactive with your home will save you money later

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

I am not sure which is more neglected these days, the upkeep of your home or one’s yearly physical. I am fairly sure that it would be a tie as many homes’ interior and exterior need anywhere from some basic fixes to major repairs and upgrades. I also know from conversing with many people, that there are those that also neglect their yearly checkups, colonoscopies (after age 50), or even going to the dentist on a regularly scheduled basis. It doesn’t always matter what the income may be, people procrastinate and put off personal things and agendas because they may not have the budget, don’t care or just plain don’t worry about anything, until an issue or emergency arises.

If and when you are ready to sell, it is important to have your home prepared before your buyer’s inspection. You need to look at your home as if you were the purchaser. Observe and ascertain what repairs and upgrades that may be required. Be smart and proactive to deal with them as much in advance as possible before you decide to put your home up for sale. Do you have the money or budget to do those basic simple repairs, like fixing leaks, caulking around your bathtub, and grouting where needed. Do your wood floors need a facelift, light sanding 2 coats of polyurethane to create a fresh appearance? How about an interior paint job? If it is a major repair, that you may not have the money to do, like your roof or upgrade your boiler, you might want to get an accurate esti-

mate, before your purchaser does their inspection. You will then have a basis for negotiations. A thorough de-cluttering, organizing, and cleaning will go a long way when your buyers arrive. You don’t get a second chance at a first impression.

My professional opinion is to do a home pre-inspection if your home is 20 years or older to determine what issues may be lurking that you aren’t aware of. Listen, you don’t do your own dental work or physical, right? So there is a need to hire a licensed and insured home inspector who will go through a very thorough checklist from your roof to your basement checking all your utilities, plumbing, cac, heat, and electric. In addition, they will also check the exterior too for hazards, broken steps, cracked sidewalks, poor drainage, etc.

If you are considering downsizing or purchasing a larger home, you must have a plan. As I sometimes say, “if you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” It would be prudent to create a list beforehand, so you will know what you are taking with you, selling, giving away, and lastly discarding. So you must begin determining what you will take with you; and those things that you will either have a tag or garage sale for. Donations to your local charity may allow you deductions to your

taxable income. However, always speak to your CPA or whoever does your taxes to provide you with the necessary advice. The rest will be thrown away. Being consistent and doing a little bit every day will minimize your stress and simplify your move.

Unfortunately for most purchasers, it is still a seller’s market for homes, assuming they are priced correctly using comparables from 2-3 months ago. Inventory is still historically low and even with the higher mortgage rates, demand is still very much apparent There is increased competition for Condos and co-ops by those who could no longer afford a single-family home, but still want to own. However, pricing is critical and what prices were 6-12 months ago have very little relevance in the current market. So again, preparing your condo and co-op will be crucial in the showing process so maximize your sale price with fewer chances of adjustments by your purchasers.

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Whole Grains for Your Health

BY CHARLYN FARGO

Want a healthier diet? Add some whole grains. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend making half your grains whole grains versus refined grains. A grain product is any food made from wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, barley, farro, quinoa or other cereal grains. Bread, pasta, oatmeal, breakfast cereals, tortillas and grits are among the many foods in the grain group made with whole grains, refined or a combination of the two.

A whole grain is made from the entire grain kernel with the bran, germ and endosperm intact. In a refined grain, the bran and germ have been removed to give the product a longer shelf life and finer texture. Most refined grain products are then enriched, meaning that nutrients like thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and iron that are lost in processing are added back, but the fiber isn’t.

Most of us eat enough total grains, but most are refined rather than whole

grains.

Greater whole grain consumption is known to be associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease. A recent study by Tufts researchers looked at the impact of refined and whole grain intake on specific risk factors: fasting blood glucose levels, waist circumference, systolic blood pressure and blood triglyceride concentration.

The study analyzed information on dietary intake, health and lifestyle of over

3,000 participants in the Framingham Offspring cohort study. When the 18-year data collection period began, these individuals were 55 years old on average and had an average BMI of 27 (on the low end of overweight).

The highest whole grain intake was associated with smaller increases in fasting glucose, waist circumference and systolic blood pressure compared to the lowest intake. Conversely, greater intake of refined grains was associated with greater increases in waist circumference and less

decline in triglyceride concentration.

Replacing refined grains (like white rice) and refined grain products (like white bread, white pasta and refined-grain crackers) with whole grains (like barley, quinoa, bulgur and brown rice) and whole-grain products (like whole-wheat breads and pastas and whole-grain crackers) may help middle-aged and older adults keep abdominal fat, triglyceride and blood glucose control more stable over time, thereby reducing the risk of cardiometabolic diseases like Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

The bottom line? If you’re wanting to make a healthy change to your diet, add some whole grains. Switch to brown rice, whole wheat bread, tortillas and pasta, and add quinoa or farro to your salads or as a side dish.

Q and A

Q: I’ve heard omega-3s are good for me. What are they?

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You can email or snail mail (regular mail) him with your request or ideas, suggestions or interview you for a specific topic and a Q & A for a future column with your name, email and cell number. He will email or call you back and respond to your request ASAP as long as he has your complete name, cell, email and/or full home or business address. Again, for a “FREE” 15 minute consultation, he can also be reached by cell: (516) 647-4289 or by email: Phil@ TurnKeyRealEstate.Com to answer any of your questions and concerns in selling, investing, purchasing, or leasing residential or commercial property.

A: Omega-3 fatty acids are components of fats. They are considered healthy fats because they support heart health, provide the body with energy and help cells function as they should. There are three main types of omega-3 fatty acids -- ALA (alpha linolenic acids), found in plantbased foods and vegetable oils, EPA (eicosapentaenoic acids) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acids). Both EPA and DHA have more potent health benefits, including reducing inflammation and aiding in fetal visual and neurological development. EPAs and DHAs are found primarily in fish such as salmon, mackerel, herring and anchovies. They are also in avocados, flaxseed, walnuts and edamame.

Charlyn Fargo is a registered dietitian with SIU Med School in Springfield, Illinois. For comments or questions, contact her at charfarg@aol.com or follow her on Twitter @NutritionRD..

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BY DENNIS MAMMANA

Week of March 12-18, 2023

Have you ever been disappointed to search for a constellation figure in the heavens only to discover that it was utterly impossible? Trust me, you’re not alone!

Take, for example, the flying steed known as Pegasus. I defy anyone to look skyward and outline its stars in such a way that they can see a flying horse. And, if you can, well, I’m afraid you’ll need more help than I can give you!

No, constellations just aren’t real but are simply groups of randomly distributed stars that ancient storytellers created to represent objects, animals and people. Their combined stars appear nothing like their namesakes, at least not without plenty of imagination (or chemicals), so don’t feel bad that you can’t recognize them.

One particularly unrecognizable star grouping lies in our evening sky right now. It’s known as Monoceros, the unicorn. Monoceros is composed of faint and obscure stars, and we often overlook it because it happens to lie among some of the most brilliant stars in all the heavens. With the moon out of the evening sky this week, you can search for it just to the east of dazzling Orion and between the bright stars Sirius and Procyon.

Spotting the Celestial Unicorn

It’s tough to know where constellation stories and names originate. Often their roots are lost in antiquity, but we think that Monoceros may have a more modern origin. Some believe that it might have been the 16th-century Dutch theologian, cartographer and astronomer Petrus Plancius who invented this constellation, though some think it might have been named “Unicornu” by German astronomer Jacob Bartsch who published Plancius’ star maps in 1624.

If you can identify Monoceros in a dark moonless sky (which is pretty much the only way it’s possible), you should also be able to see the faint wintertime Milky Way flowing gently southward through it.

Once you find Monoceros, you’ll discover it takes quite an imagination to fashion a unicorn from its stars. But it’s not so much the constellation that’s interesting as what’s lurking within. Though they’re rather faint, quite a few celestial wonders are visible if you have a small telescope to aim in this direction.

Monoceros is home to a beautiful triple star system -- three stars that orbit a common center of gravity -known as Beta Monocerotis. It was the famous astronomer William Herschel who discovered it in 1781, the same year he found the planet Uranus. Herschel found the three stars of Beta Mon to form a triangle that, from our distance

of about 700 light years, appears not to change over time, and he described it as one of the best triple star systems he’d ever seen.

Also lying within the boundaries of Monoceros is the famous interstellar cloud named the Rosette Nebula that engulfs a star cluster known as NGC 2244. With a backyard telescope, one can sometimes make out some diffuse neb-

SUBURBIA I Ski, Therefore I Fall

BY TRACY BECKERMAN

I am not a terrible skier, but I am not a particularly good skier either. On the Official Learned-as-an-Adult Ski Scale, I fall somewhere between a 3-year-old on the bunny slopes and those beginner adults you see on the intermediate slopes with their arms flailing wildly and their faces frozen in an expression of sheer panic. Having skied for about 10 years now, I can usually manage to get down one of the lesser slopes without careening into either another skier or a tree. Therefore, I am at my best when there are neither other skiers nor trees in my path. And naturally, things can get a little dicey when I encounter both.

Such was the case when I hit the slopes this past weekend. I hadn’t been skiing in a while and for some reason, I was under the delusion that my limited

ski skills had improved tenfold during my hiatus. Without a second thought, I hopped on the chairlift and skied over to one of the more advanced slopes.

This was probably my first mistake. When I got to the top of the trail, I realized the slope was not only steeper than I was used to, but it was also narrower. It was also much busier than the easier slopes I usually skied. As expert skiers whizzed by me, I wondered if I might be better off feigning an injury so I could get a ride down in a stretcher before I got an actual injury skiing off a cliff.

Unfortunately, as I stood there wondering if my will was up to date, I got caught up in a tide of teenage snowboarders who carried me over the edge of the slope. I managed to get about halfway down doing a combination of skiing and sliding and was actually beginning to believe I would make it down alive when all of a sudden, I came upon a

wall of skiers. Apparently, this group thought it would be fun to ski down the mountain with arms linked, side by side, like some kind of special skiing Rockettes. This may, in fact, have been fun for them, but it created a bit of problem for me since I was going much faster than they were and there was no place for me to pass them. Since I couldn’t go through them and I couldn’t go over them, I did the only thing I could do: I tried to go around them. The good news was that I managed not to hit any of the people in the ski wall. The bad news was that I hit a tree instead. Did I mention I’m not very good at stopping, either?

I guess I should thank that tree for jumping out in front of me like that and helping me stop. However, I think it might have been a softer impact had I slammed into a person rather than a tree.

ulosity here, but it takes a pretty hefty scope to distinguish its ringed shape.

Even if you don’t own a large enough telescope to show these celestial wonders, I hope you’ll at least seek out the unicorn. I suspect it’ll be the only one you ever see!

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Somehow though, somewhat miraculously, I escaped from my tree altercation completely unscathed. As I plucked pine needles from my helmet and confirmed that I had no broken bones, I got back on the slope, which was now less steep and completely uncrowded, and skied down to the bottom.

When I arrived at the base, I ran into a friend who was headed for the chairlifts.

“Hey, is it a good ski day?” she asked me.

“I don’t know,” I said, “But it’s a great day for careening into a tree.”

Tracy Beckerman is the author of the Amazon Bestseller, “Barking at the Moon: A Story of Life, Love, and Kibble,” available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble online! You can visit her at www. tracybeckerman.com.

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Nominations accepted for HHS Hall of Fame

The Hicksville Public School District is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Hicksville High School Hall of Fame. Established in 1985, the Hall of Fame recognizes graduates who have achieved distinction in their chosen profession or community. These individuals will serve as role models for the Class of 2023, as well as for all district

students to emulate.

The district is seeking individuals who have achieved not only professional success but have made meaningful contributions to their community. Individuals wishing to nominate a candidate should provide the candidate's name, address, telephone number, year the candidate graduated, the can-

didate's profession, community contributions, honors and/or achievements. Nominators should explain what characteristic or achievement makes their candidate special and include their own name, address, and telephone number. Individuals being nominated must be available to attend Hicksville High School’s graduation on Saturday, June

24, 2023, at 9 a.m.

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Upcoming Events at the Jericho Public Library

Saturday, March 11

11:00 a.m.: (IN-PERSON) Cooking

Demonstration: Gluten Free Cooking For Passover or Anytime! with Mary Maguire - The dietary restrictions on the eight days of Passover presents a challenge for many cooks. New twists on traditional dishes such as tzimmes and kugel will be explored. Your Passover tray will also be demonstrated and sampled. So delicious -- you might even be tempted to convert!

Registration is open to all. Recipes and tasting for all! Cost: $3.00 per person (Non-Refundable)

3:00 p.m.: Chess (Grades 1–6)Come to this program to learn the beginning skills of how to play Chess. With practice and interest you can strengthen your abilities to excel at this game.

Sunday, March 12

1:00 p.m.: Come and Celebrate... We Have Been Given the Honor of 5-Star Library! - What does it mean?

It means the community supports the library!

It’s based on:

• Electronic Circulation

• Website Visits

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• Physical Circulation

• Program Attendance

• Library Visits

• Public Computer Use

• Budget Per Capita

• General Service to the Public

10:30 a.m.: Sensory Storytime (Ages 2 to 5 Years) - This introductory Sensory Storytime is designed for children who may need extra sensory support. Sensory Storytimes combine traditional storytime components with sensory elements to enhance the experience.

Monday, March 13

7:00 p.m.: Meet the Planets with the Vanderbilt Museum (Grades 1–5)Our Sun is a star that harbors a solar system full of planets, dwarf planets and more. On this trip through the Solar System learn how the Sun influences the planets and affects the water cycle on Earth and how the Earth’s rota-

Spring programs at the Levittown Historical Museum

Monday, March 20 at 7:30 p.m.

Classic Television Trivia Contest

Think you know the old shows, the characters, the tag-lines, and the advertisements? Try your hand at our trivia contest featuring golden oldies from the 1950s to the 1990s.

Monday, April 17, 2023 at 7:30 p.m.

Historical Cover Art President Paul Manton examines historical cover art from the Long Island Forum Magazine (1938–2004) where he served as a contributing editor for seven years and the associated historical anecdotes.

Monday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. What Do You Collect?

Got an antique, heirloom, artifact, specimen, or rare collectable? Bring it down and share it with the gathering.

The Levittown Historical Society’s Museum at Levittown Memorial Education Center is located at 150 Abbey Ln., Levittown. For more information please call (516) 434-7140.

E-mail: levhistoricalsoc@aol.com. Visit us on Facebook.

MUSEUM HOURS:

Wednesdays: 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Fridays: 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.

tion causes the changes between night and day. Visit each planet, observe the phases of the moon and more!

7:00 p.m.: (IN-PERSON) Make Your Own Natural Cleaners Workshop with Janice Imbrogno - Spring cleaning is right around the corner. This year you can eliminate toxic chemicals from your home by replacing them with effective non-toxic cleaning products. You will learn how to use basic household items such as baking soda, peroxide and essential oils to create safer cleaners. Go home with a bottle of all purpose natural cleaner you made yourself and recipes to make some others.

Materials fee: $8.00 per person (Non-refundable)

Tuesday, March 14

9:00 a.m.: Teens: Take & Make Spring Carrot Cake Loaf with Cinnamon Frosting - Chef Rob Scott has put together a fantastic recipe and dry ingredients for making your own spring carrot cake loaf with cinnamon frosting! Register now, then pick up your kit on Tuesday, March 14th. We will provide a link to video instruction as well.

2:00 p.m.: (VIRTUAL) The Career of Judy Garland with Brian RoseJudy Garland may be the most talented person to ever set foot in Hollywood. There wasn’t anything she couldn’t do, from breaking an audience’s heart with a song, to dancing up a storm. She delivered comic and dramatic performances that still enthrall today. It’s her appearances in front of the camera that remain her lasting legacy. This talk will examine her remarkable career, which began in her young teens at MGM and continued with such timeless classics as “The Wizard of Oz,” “Meet Me in St. Louis,” “Easter Parade” and her stirring comeback in “A Star is Born.”

7:00 p.m.: Board of Trustees Meeting - The public is invited to attend the monthly Jericho Public Library Board of Trustees Meeting.

Wednesday, March 15

6:30 p.m.: Back to Basics... Life Skills (Grades 4–6) - There’s nothing like the smell of fresh bread baking. Learn to make homemade bread which you will take home to bake and share with your family.

Thursday, March 16

7:00 p.m.:Lucky Charms (Ages 7 & Up) - Create an object using Sculpey clay that may increase your chances of good luck!

7:00 p.m.: (IN-PERSON) Thomas A. Edison: A Life of Invention with Edward Sierra - Join Edward Sierra for an engaging and informative presentation into the amazing life and work of Thomas A. Edison. Edison was a husband, a father, and arguably the most prolific inventor in American history. He held 1,093 U.S. patents, which incluede the light bulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera and a battery for an electric car. “My mother was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint.”

Friday, March 17

10:30 a.m.: Jump for Joy (Ages 18 Months to 5 Years) - Join us for a lively program of music and group activities for you and your child.

2:00 p.m.: ( VIRTUAL) Great Performers with Marc Courtade: Rex Harrison - Rex Harrison was a British actor who played a wide variety of roles on stage and screen throughout his sixty year career. He was best known for his portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady,” a role he created on stage in 1956, which he recreated for the 1964 film version, winning both the Tony and Academy Awards. Harrison was known as an actor who loved his craft, and brought his wit and charm to each performance. This talk will pay tribute to the suave actor and spotlight his notorious life.

“Get in the Game”

senior softball players

How would you like to feel like a “kid” again? Want to re-live the thrill of hitting a double or catching a long fly ball? If you will be 60 years old on or before December 31, you are eligible to play senior softball this summer.

We are looking for men to try out for our team. We are the Generals who play in the Long Island Senior Softball Association, a league consisting of eighteen senior teams across Nassau and Suffolk counties. Our home field is

conveniently located at Cantiague Park in Hicksville.

Enjoy the camaraderie of men who want to turn back the “hands of time,” enjoy friendly competition and maintain a healthful lifestyle. Remember, “You don’t stop playing because you old! You get old because you stop playing!”

For further information, call Lou at 631-923-1555 or Cell at 516-241-7073 before April 1.

Readers’ Services events at Syosset Library

Tuesday, March 14, at 2 p.m.

Reintroducing Libby

Join the Readers’ Services librarians for a demonstration of Libby, followed by one-on-one instruction on how to use Libby on your smart devices, laptop, or Kindle. No longer just an app, Libby is now available through your web browser. Libby is easy to use for library eBooks and audiobooks and includes exciting features, such as Qello for online concerts, access to magazines, Kanopy for movies, and The Great Courses. Free to use with a valid Syosset Public Library card. No registration.

Tuesday, March 28, at 2 p.m.

SPL’s 2023 LI Reads

This Week at the Syosset Public Library

Book Discussion

Join Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers’ Services for an in-person discussion of the 2023 Long Island Reads Selection, “A Speck in the Sea: A Story of Survival and Rescue” by John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski. Copies of the book will be available at the Circulation Desk one month before the program. No registration.

The Syosset Public Library is located at 225 South Oyster Bay Road, Syosset. For more information please call 516921-7161 ext 239 or email readersservices@syossetlibrary.org

*All events are wheelchair accessible

**Books will be available at the Circulation Desk one month before each program.

One-stop passport weekend at Town Hall

To help residents looking to obtain new passports, Oyster Bay Town Clerk Richard LaMarca announced that his office will offer a special one-stop Passport Weekend on Saturday, March 18, and Sunday, March 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at both Town Hall North in Oyster Bay and Town Hall South in Massapequa.

“Residents looking to apply for a new passport are invited to visit Town Hall during Passport Weekend to receive assistance,” said Town Clerk LaMarca. “We can help you with organizing your documents, obtaining a photo and submitting the documents for approval.”

Requirements for applying for a passport include:

• One 2x2 color photograph with a clear view of the applicant’s face against a plain white or light colored background. Photos will also be available for $10 at both Town Halls North and South during Passport Weekend.

• Proof of U.S. Citizenship –Previously issued undamaged U.S. passport, certified birth certificate, Consular Report of Birth Abroad or Certification

of Birth, Naturalization Certificate, or Certificate of Citizenship.

• Proof of Identity –Naturalization certificate, valid driver’s license (cannot have been issued or renewed in the last six months), current government ID (city, state or federal), current military ID (military and dependents).

• This service does NOT apply to adult renewals unless your passport is expired for 5+ years.

Town Clerk LaMarca has offices located at Town Hall North, 54 Audrey Avenue in Oyster Bay and Town Hall South, 977 Hicksville Road in Massapequa. Passport appointments are available Monday through Friday, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and during this special Passport Weekend. For appointments in Oyster Bay, please call (516) 624-6324. For appointments in Massapequa, please call (516) 797-7962.

For information on passport requirements and processing times, as well as instructions for passport renewals, visit www.travel.state.gov.

ATTENTION STUDENTS!

We invite you to send details of your academic achievements, along with your name and contact info, to editor@gcnews.com for a chance to be featured in our paper!

Friday, March 10, at 2:00 p.m.

Pinstripes & Tales (IN PERSON)

Presenter: Bill Schulman, writer for Yankee Magazine

April 2023 marks the 100th anniversary of the opening of the original Yankee Stadium. Listen to the lecturer, who has interviewed more than 120 former Yankee stars for the team’s magazine, relate many of the tales and anecdotes as told to him by the likes of Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, Roger Maris and others. Stories about the stadium will also be shared. This program is a must see for baseball fans in general as well as Yankee fans in particular. No registration needed.

Monday, March 13, at 1:00 p.m.

Simply Fit (IN PERSON)

Instructor: Marilyn Bunger

A class especially suited for the older adult that combines the basics of strength training and stretching. You will need light hand weights. Ten sessions. Fee: $40. Registration needed. Register at syossetlibrary.org.

Monday, March 13, at 1:00 p.m.

Micro-Mosaic Pendant (IN-PERSON)

Instructor: Kelly Schulte-Smith

Explore the mosaic art form to create a beautiful wearable piece of art. You will be using beads, glass, tiles and art wire to create your own mosaic pendant. All materials are included and you will go home with either a square, rectangular or heart shape pendant on either a chain or leather necklace.

Fee: $5. Registration needed. Register at syossetlibrary.org.

Tuesday, March 14, at 2:00 p.m.

Reintroducing Libby (IN PERSON)

Join the Readers’ Services staff for a demonstration of Libby, followed by oneon-one instruction with a librarian on how to use Libby on your smart devices, laptop, or Kindle. No longer just an app, Libby is now available through your web browser. Libby is easy to use for library eBooks and audiobooks and includes exciting features, such as Qello for online concerts, access to magazines, Kanopy for movies, and The Great Courses. Free to use with a valid Syosset Public Library card. No registration needed.

Tuesday, March 14, at 7:00 p.m.

Pottering Around

the World (VIRTUAl)

Presenter: Clare Evans, Anglophile and former UK resident

Travel vicariously as the lecturer takes you on a historic, scenic, architectural and occasionally culinary tour of Harry Potter’s magical world. From London to Scotland and points in between, admire the amazing real-life locations film scouts picked throughout the best of the British Isles, and get tips if you’d like to visit the sights yourself one day. No registration needed. For Zoom link, go to syossetlibrary.org.

Wednesday, March 15, at 11:15 a.m.

Beginner Tai Chi (IN-PERSON)

Instructor: Jenny Lu

Mindful, gentle, flowing movements to improve balance, strength, and stability. Wear sneakers or soft sole shoes. A chair can be used if needed. Ten sessions. Fee: $40. Registration needed. Register at syossetlibrary.org.

Thursday, March 16, at 12:00 p.m.

#AskALibrarian (ON TWITTER)

Join librarians from Syosset Library and around the world on Twitter for #AskALibrarian to receive reading suggestions based on your requests. Must have a Twitter account to participate. Read a great book? Need a read-alike? Looking for your next book club choice? Use #AskALibrarian in your tweet.

Thursday, March 16, at 2:00 p.m.

The Golden Age of Aviation (IN PERSON)

During the period between World War I and World War II, Long Island was known as the Cradle of Aviation. It was a time when aircraft manufacturing boomed and pioneering pilots took off from the region's many airfields, located mostly on the Hempstead Plains of Nassau County. Learn about Long Island's aviation firsts and the island's many contributions to aviation over decades. No registration needed.

Friday, March 17, at 12:00 p.m.

Author Lunch with Deanna Raybourn (VIRTUAL)

Grab your lunch and zoom in from anywhere to “meet” Deanna Raybourn, author of the Veronica Speedwell books and “Killers of a Certain Age!” No registration needed. For Zoom link, go to syossetlibrary.org.––

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