Jericho-Syosset News Journal (4/7/23)

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Town blood drive collects 48 units

Jericho hires investigator to probe “an issue”

BY GEORGE HABER

The Jericho School Administration has retained an independent Investigator to research and discuss “an issue” confronting the district, announced School Superintendent Hank Grishman at the monthly Board of Education meeting March 30th.

While specifics about the investigation were not publicly revealed, the issue being reviewed is believed to be a seminar for Nassau County teachers organized by a Jericho teacher to discuss the teaching of gay and transgender topics. The seminar was positioned as a professional development exercise for teachers.

Some parents have criticized the extra-curricular session as inappropriate and criticized the district for allowing the seminar to be hosted by Jericho.

The parent charged Superintendent Grishman with “sweeping the issues under the rug.”

As suggested by Board member Dr. Chris Foresto, Grishman said that because of the “volatility” surrounding the seminar and its content, the district will be “closely vetting any use of school property” in

To help hospitals meet the pressing need for blood, the Town of Oyster Bay  partnered with the New York Blood Center to collect 48 pints of blood at a Collection Drive at the Town’s Hicksville

Athletic Center.

“Blood donations are extremely important to help secure necessary blood transfusions for patients. As blood supplies remain critically low and the New York Blood Cen-

ter recently announced an Emergency Blood Shortage, it is so important to help those in need and host these Blood Drives as often as we can,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino.

World champion wrestler honored

BY GARY SIMEONE

Max Jacob Friedman, a famous wrestler from Plainview, was honored by the Town of Oyster Bay, this past Monday. Friedman, who goes by the moniker, ‘MJF’ in the AEW (All Elite Wrestling,) league, was given the Key

to the Town by Supervisor, Joseph Saladino, and honored for his numerous charitable endeavors in the community.

“It is with great pleasure that the Town of Oyster Bay recognizes a distinguished individual for an extraordinary achievement,” said Saladino. “Max is someone who

has grown up in our Town and has reached the pinnacle of success in his professional career.”

Friedman, graduated from Plainview-Old Bethpage High School in 2014, and started his wrestling career a year later at the Create A Pro Wrestling

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Harbor cleanup, marine education expo planned

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents to participate in an Oyster Bay Harbor Cleanup and Marine Education Expo, scheduled for Saturday, April 15 (rain date: April 16), at Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park in Oyster Bay. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Bay, the day offers volunteers – individuals, families, companies and organizations — an opportunity to give back to the environment by removing litter from the shoreline and below. The Marine Education Expo features environmentalists and marine educators offering information on local wildlife, including encounters with some animal ambassadors, interesting ecosystem restoration projects, solutions to help tackle marine pollution, a marine vessel restoration project and boat yard tour, and family fun activities. $20,000 grant applications will be available to homeowners and small businesses looking to upgrade their septic system to new clean water systems.

“This is a great opportunity to roll up your sleeves, giveback to

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Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino and Town Councilwoman Laura Maier (fourth and fifth from left) with blood donors at the Town of Oyster Bay's blood drive.

“Education and Sharing Day” proclaimed in the TOB

Blood drive at POB Library on April 15

Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D – Plainview) and New York Blood Center will be hosting a blood drive at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library, 999 Old Country Road, Plainview, from 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 15. Each donor will receive a voucher for two free New York Mets tickets as a thank-you for rolling up their sleeves and helping to save lives.

“Blood donors are among our society’s unsung everyday heroes, and they are instrumental in ensuring that anybody who faces a medical emergency can receive the care that they need to survive and thrive,” Legislator Drucker said. “Whether you are a routine donor, one who hasn’t given in a while or even a first-time donor, we welcome you to join us at the Plainview-Old Bethpage

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino (left) presents Rabbi Chanan Krivisky, of MiYaD, with a proclamation celebrating “Education and Sharing Day.”

Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino joined with Rabbi Chanan Krivisky, of MiYaD of Jericho, to proclaim April 2, 2023, “Education and Sharing Day” in the Town of Oyster Bay, in recognition of the 121st birthday of Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who was considered to be one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the 20th century.

“Rabbi Mendel Schneerson dedicated his life to education and advocated for a greater emphasis

of human rights, justice and morality in the education system,” said Supervisor Saladino. “I can’t think of a more fitting way to honor him than to proclaim April 2nd ‘Education and Sharing Day’ here in the Town, and encourage classroom instruction to include morality and ethics.”

Supervisor Saladino presented Rabbi Krivisky with this proclamation and thanked him for his efforts and for his spiritual and religious contributions.

Library on April 15 to roll up your sleeves and give the gift of life to your community!”

Eligible donors must have an ID with a signature or a photo, weigh at least 110 pounds, have had no tattoos in the last 12 months and be ages 16–75 years of age (16-year-old donors must have parental consent. Donors over age 76 must bring a doctor’s note.) O-negative and B-negative donors are especially needed in addition to all other blood types.

Visit https://donate.nybc.org/donor/ schedules/drive_schedule/295638 to schedule a time to donate or call 1-800933-BLOOD (25663). Appointments are preferred but not required; walk-ins will be taken as capacity permits. For more information, contact Legislator Drucker’s office at 516-571-6216 or adrucker@nassaucountyny.gov

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NCPD arrests three for grand larcenies

Nassau County Police arrested three men in Woodbury on Sunday, April 2, at 2:07 a.m. and charged them with the thefts of multiple vehicle tires and rims.

According to detectives, police observed a white Ford Econoline van traveling on Jericho Turnpike that matched a vehicle involved in multiple larcenies. Officers stopped the van near the intersection of Village Lane. After an investigation, the three occupants of the vehicle three Queens men, Chase Barret, 33; Eldorado Sterling, 29; and Jovanie Clarke, 29, were all placed under arrest.

According to police, the three men were also involved in the following two larcenies of multiple tires and rims at Honda and Toyota dealerships on March 28.

All three men are charged with Grand Larceny 3rd degree, Grand Larceny 4th degree and Criminal

Mischief 4th degree. Barret and Clarke were to be arraigned, while Sterling was released on an appearance ticket.

According to police, Jovanie Clarke was previously arrested on May 7, and charged with Criminal Mischief 2nd Degree, Grand Larceny

3rd Degree, Auto Stripping 2nd Degree, and Possession of Burglar’s Tools. He was released on May 8 with no bail.

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Tuesday, April 11

11:00 a.m.: Laugh-a-Lot Poetry with Darren Sardelli (Grades K–6)April is National Poetry Month and we’re celebrating with poet Darren Sardelli. He makes it fun and meaningful as he brings his poetry to life. His hilarious poems with their shocking twists and surprise endings keeps everyone entertained and laughing. You will be motivated to read and write poetry! Tickets are required and will are available in the Children’s Room.

Thursday, April 13

11:00 a.m.: Bubbledad’s Indoor Bubble Show (Ages 4 & Up) Changing the World One Bubble at a Time - He loves bubbles. He loves seeing the colors shift and change in the light. He loves seeing the smiles on the faces of the people who see his bubbles. So let’s make him happy when we come to see his bubble wizardry as he makes mesmerizing bubbles of all shapes & sizes infused with science in this interactive show! Tickets are required and are available in the Children’s Room.

12:00 p.m.: Child ID Program presented by New York Life - Having a child ID will give parents or guardians the peace of mind knowing that should anything ever happen, they will have vital information to distribute to local authorities. It only takes 3

to 5 minutes for a printed card with a child's photo, fingerprints and contact information. No registration needed for this free service.

Friday, April 14

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.

12:30 p.m.: In-Person ~ Learn to Play Mah Jongg - American Mah Jongg is an exciting four-player tile game with Chinese origins. Using 152 tiles with various characters and symbols, players pick and discard in turn to form combinations found on the National Mah Jongg League’s annual card of hands. Strategy, skill and luck are needed to be the first player to complete a hand and declare “Mah Jongg!” Join us for this fun challenging yet surprisingly easy game to learn and understand. Cost: $15 (6 sessions) No Refunds

4:00 p.m.: Tweens: Ocean Origami (Grades 4–6) - In April of 1845, the L.I. whaleship Manhattan became the first American ship to enter Japan’s waters in over 200 years. We will celebrate Japanese artistry by creating ocean inspired origami.

Upcoming Events at the Jericho Public Library Memory Training for Aging Adults

On Wednesday, April 26, at 7 p.m., the Community Church of Syosset will be sponsoring a two-hour program called Memory Training: Fresh and Vital for Aging Adults. The program will be presented by Dr. Robert Deming, who has been working in this field at Columbia University and LIU Post College since 2012. The program embraces memory training as a traditional inner activity, as a newfound digital activity, and as a mixture of both.

All are welcome, but admission is limited to 50 people, so registration is necessary. Contact Robert Owen at the Community Church, 36 Church Street, Syosset NY 5516-921-2240, or ro.ucc.syosset@aol.com. First come, first served.

This program is being offered free of charge by the Community Church as part of its mission to serve the local community, which, as Syosset’s oldest church, it has been serving for over 160 years.

Attention students!

Bethpage students explore states of matter

Bethpage second graders at Charles Campagne Elementary School participated in the Primary Properties of Matter workshop on March 29 with naturalists from Nassau BOCES. Primary Properties of Matter is one of the outdoor and environmental education programs that Nassau BOCES offers Long Island students.

During the workshop, the naturalists discussed the differences between a solid, liquid and gas and students explored their five senses to determine what different objects were. They also investigated the physical properties of matter by creating Oobleck, a mixture of cornstarch and water. The natural-

ists helped the students create their own cup of the substance and added some food coloring for fun. Students were able to play with the Oobleck and observe its properties. They found that Oobleck can behave like a solid or a liquid depending on how much pressure is applied.

As they experimented with the Oobleck, naturalist Bette Bass read “Bartholomew and the Oobleck” by Dr. Seuss. The workshop was a great way for the second graders to have fun and enhance their knowledge of the properties of matter.

Charles Campagne second graders participated in the Primary Properties of Matter workshop with naturalists from Nassau BOCES.

Second grader Reagan Wheeler helped put blue food coloring into the Oobleck mixture.

Second graders from Charles Campagne School had fun playing with Oobleck.

Second graders Emilia Zito (left) and Gianna Sinacori (right) watched in amazement as their Oobleck turned to liquid.

Nassau BOCES naturalist Bette Bass (left) helped Charles Campagne students make Oobleck by mixing cornstarch, water and food coloring.

Photos courtesy of the Bethpage Union Free School District

Church to offer citizenship classes, English instruction

The Community Church of Syosset will be offering classes to prepare for the U.S. citizenship examination as well as instruction in English language skills.

The classes will be held on Mondays at 6 p.m. starting April 17 at the

Cantiague students receive Reflections Awards

Community Church, 36 Church Street, Syosset.

For more information, please call 516-921-2240 or email ucc.syosset@aol. com

Registration fee is $10.

Free Family Fun Spring Festival

The Town of Oyster Bay invites residents and their families to a Spring Festival on Saturday, April 22, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at SyossetWoodbury Community Park, located on Jericho Turnpike in Woodbury.

The Spring Festival will once again feature free activities such as inflatables, games, refreshments, a petting zoo, multiple photo opportunities and so much more! Additionally, food truck vendors will be on-site with specialties available for purchase.

“This free event is one of the most

popular in our Town, and a great opportunity for residents and their families to enjoy a beautiful spring day at our park while celebrating the arrival of spring with a full afternoon of activities, games and attractions,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino.

For more information on the Town of Oyster Bay Free Family Fun Spring Festival, please call the Department of Community and Youth Services at (516) 797-7925 or visit www.oysterbaytown.com/capa.

Essay contest honors late NC legislator

In honor of Women’s History Month and the legacy of the late Nassau County Legislator and former Presiding Officer Judy Jacobs, Nassau County Legislator Arnold W. Drucker (D - Plainview) is proud to announce the fourth annual Judy Jacobs Essay Contest for LD 16’s fifth- through eighth-grade students.

In accordance with this year’s theme, “A Celebration of Courageous Women,” students are being tasked with selecting courageous woman in their life and writing an original essay that honors their subject and describes the true meaning of courage. Potential subjects include a parent, teacher, elected official, a community leader, actress, friend, or the author themselves.

“Throughout a lifetime of service to the residents of Nassau County, Judy Jacobs was a fierce and fearless trailblazer who epitomized the definition of courage in all aspects of her life,” Legislator Drucker said. “Through this year’s essay contest, we hope to both Judy’s many contributions and encourage the next generation of lead-

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ers to draw inspiration from the ‘sheroes’ in their lives that make the world a better place.”

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, April 13. Contest winners will be announced during an event that is set for 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 20 at the Jericho Public Library.

Official Contest Rules:

• All students in grades 5 to 8 may participate

• Must reside within Legislative District 16

• Submissions should be a minimum of 250 words but not exceed 500 words

• All submissions MUST be accompanied by a completed Participation Agreement

Visit http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/LD16 for the full contest rules, instructions for submitting entries, and to complete the student participation agreement. Please contact Legislator Drucker’s office at 516-571-6216 or Adrucker@nassaucountyny.gov for additional questions.

Thursday, April 13, 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, April 13, at 2:00 p.m.

Millionaire’s Row (VIRTUAL)

Presenter: Carolyn Muraskin, D.C. Design Tours

Washington’s movers and shakers once strolled the streets of Dupont Circle, where Massachusetts Avenue was the city’s premier residential address. Heiresses, industrial magnates, newspaper tycoons and political elites built opulent mansions along the

avenue, all to impress Washington society. After the Great Depression, many of these magnificent mansions were converted into embassies, social clubs, and offices. Hear the stories of the Capital’s ruling class and learn about the history of Washington’s premier promenade. No registration needed. For Zoom link go to syossetlibrary.org.

Thursday, April 13, at 8:00 p.m.

How to Succeed in a Test-Optional World (VIRTUAL)

The college testing and application process continues to change. Institutions are looking more closely at curriculum strength, extracurricular activities, and the essay. Learn about up-to-date admissions trends and how to develop a strategy to meet them. Open to all high school students and parents. To register, go to syossetlibrary.org.

Cherie Chen, Cantiague fifth grade student, won the “Award of Merit” at the NYS PTA Reflection Visual Art Competition.

Cantiague fifth grader Ava Sacoulas was a NYS PTA Award of Merit Winner in this year’s PTA Reflections Contest.

Recent Real Estate Sales in Syosset and Jericho

The information about these homes and the photos were obtained through the Multiple Listing Services of Long Island. The homes presented were selected based solely on the fact that they were recently sold

14 Holiday Pond Road, Jericho

3 Lucille Drive, Syosset

43 Maytime Drive, Jericho

132 Ira Road, Syosset

Houses featured on this page were sold by various real estate agencies

April 7, 2023

Best Things to Do at Your Destination? These Travel Apps Help Organize Your Visit, Save Money on Attractions, Experiences

BY KAREN RUBIN TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM

There are many apps and websites to help you get to a destination (skyscanner, kayak, expedia, momondo, googleflights, flighthub, travelocity, cheapflights, flightfinder, hotwire, cheapoair) and apps and websites that help you find a place to stay (hotels. com, booking.com, trivago, agoda, airbnb, vrbo, glampinghub), but which can help you plan what to do when you get there?

GoCity

Go City sells passes that let you experience as many attractions as you want in a city at one set price. You can purchase the pass for an unlimited number of visits for the number of days you want to, and use the pass to choose which attractions (museums, etc.) you want to visit, seek out experiences based on whether you are a couple or family traveling, or find “hidden gems”. Or you can purchase an “Explorer Pass,” that lets you access four or five attractions (you don’t have to choose in advance and have 60 days to visit).

In New York City, the Go City pass offers 100 different options in all five boroughs. The two-day all inclusive pass, giving access to as much as you want/can do from among 105 attractions is $134 – regardless of how much the actual attractions charge.

Go City offers 1,500 attractions in over 30 destinations from major metropolises like London and New York to oceanfront oases like Sydney, Cancun and Oahu. Among the newest entrees: Madrid and re-launching Hong Kong. .

The app is helpful because you can

see the full list of attractions, heart/ star the ones you are interested in or want; it will notify you if the attraction requires advance booking or recommend purchasing the ticket in advance, and you can do that on the app – like a sunset view from an observation deck.

Go City, which began as Smart Destination, then Leisurepass, has been around for 25 years.

In some cases, the pass provides experiences that are exclusive to Go City customers– such as behind the scenes experience to Yankee Stadium–and can give you ideas that you might not have considered – like the Top Observation decks, a Central Park bike rental; an East Village walking tour; a food tour in Williamsburg. The app also provides an interactive map, so that while you are walking around, it can highlight some interesting attraction – like the Whitney Museum – that you might decide to check out even for a short time (it’s included!).

“A lot of people say they did something that wouldn’t have otherwise.”

It’s very likely you will save money if you take full advantage of the pass (you can compare costs). The app also offers sample itineraries, and you can compare the price of going a la carte or purchasing the three-day all-inclusive.

Prices are based on adult or child (a family pass is under consideration). And the passes can be sent as a gift.

“A lot of cities have a family friendly option, so teenagers can split off and do their own thing.”

More information at GoCity.com, 800 887 9103.

TourRadar

TourRadar claims to be the world’s first Adventure Booking Platform, where you can effortlessly book private, group, and tailor-made multi-day organized adventures worldwide.

Founded in 2010, TourRadar was among the first to transition multi-day tours to an online marketplace. In 2021, TourRadar introduced the Adventure Booking Platform, connecting travelers, operators, and travel agents to

organized tours through one, easy-touse platform. Whether booking directly with TourRadar.com or through your trusted travel advisor, you can access large and small operators providing a broad spectrum of experiences. TourRadar works with 2,500+ operators to offer 50,000+ adventures in 160+ countries.

It offers a live inventory, so you can book on line at tourradar.com –whether river cruises, biking tours or bird watching, seeing llamas in Colorado, self-guided trips, or if you are planning to go solo.

“There is an artificial intelligence component – a robust search engine,” said Lisa Verbeck, head of marketing. Solo trips are now 40% of travelers. “People are traveling on their own independently. We have a department that will put together a curated trip – Italy for a week, wine tasting in Tuscany.:

Tourradar’s inventory includes everything from big-name operators like Trafalgar, Cosmos, Globus to the smaller specialty companies like Intrepid, river cruises in Europe, hiking, biking, sailing.

“We are an aggregator, an Expedia for multi-day tours.”

One of the best features is access to a whole category of self-guided trips – for example self-guided bike tours where a tour operator has laid out an itinerary, mapped out the route, booked accommodations (such as innto-inn), picks up the luggage each day and delivers to the next inn, but you go at your own pace rather than with a group, guides and support vehicle. It’s ideal for couples, families, or your own group of friends.

You can also use TourRadar to customize, tailor or craft a tour espe-

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cially for you; plan an independent tour; organize a self-drive tour where you take to the open road with car and trip notes, or organize a private tour where you get your own vehicle, your own guide and everything to yourself.

TourRadar also spotlights deals of the week, home page spotlight tours, discounts like 2-for-1, extra add-ons, and great deals. (www.tourradar.com).

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Drive an exotic car, learn to fly, rock climb, skydive, bungee jump. Virgin Experience lists some 3000 different experiences in 122 regions from 600 “best in class” partners that their gift card can be applied to (bioluminescent kayak adventure in Tomales Bay, CA; drive a stock car on Thompson Speedway, CT; learn to fly in Mesa, AZ. (https:// www.virginexperiencegifts.com/ action-and-adventure,

Whether retracing the Revolution in Paris, diving into the ecology of Venetian canals, or exploring Kyoto’s teahouses at twilight, Context Travel offers tours with experts. Context offers personal walking tours in 60 cities across 6 continents. Skip the line and get off-hours access to popular sites in the world’s cultural and historical capitals. Tours range from half-day to 7-days plus. Context Travel also offers the “gift of learning” – virtual and in-person sessions with top experts– you can explore the Colosseum with an archaeologist, uncover masterpieces of the Louvre with an art historian, or explore the palaces of Istanbul

BY TRACY BECKERMAN

I had to roast an egg. I wondered: How hard could it be? I’ve made hard- and softboiled eggs, scrambled eggs, poached eggs and omelets. They all came out perfectly every time. People loved my eggs. They devoured my eggs. If there were an egg kingdom, I would be the queen of eggs.

But I had never roasted an egg.

No one ever actually eats a roasted egg, which is probably why I’d never made one. But I had to roast an egg for Passover, and so it was up to me to take ownership of the egg roasting and get the job done.

I assumed, like anything else you’re roasting, you could just preheat the oven to 350 degrees, slap the egg on a pan and roast it.

So that’s what I did.

And then I forgot about it.

I was cooking about four other things at the same time, so I was somewhat distracted. But after 20 minutes, I remembered the egg, looked in the oven window and saw that my egg did not look roasty. It didn’t even look toasty. It just looked like a regular egg.

I decided that maybe I should try broil-

with an architect — from home, or in person. Gift cards available. (www.contexttravel.com)

TripAdvisor.com is excellent for doing research about what to do, and provides the links to the listings to book.

I typically Google “highlights of a visit to....” to get ideas and traveler reviews.

Want to hire your own local guide? ToursbyLocals.com can hook you up with 4,715 guides in 187 countries.

Spafinder offers a compendium of resorts, wellness centers and day spas, which you can book (or buy gift card).

Organizing your own tour and need to get place to place? I find Rome2Rio extremely helpful – you can find local transportation, and then click links to get to the site. Rome2rio searches any city, town, landmark, attraction or address across the globe with thousands of multi-modal routes to easily get you from A to B. It links up to 162,238 train lines via 4594 train operators; 854,876 bus routes via 79,480 bus operators; 12,998 ferries via 4,128 ferry operators; 53,532 flight paths via 1,142 airlines. It also includes schedules, routes and price/fare-ranges.

I used Rome2Rio to figure out a complicated link up from one tour that ended in Porec, Croatia to my next tour that began the same day in Llubjana Slovenia. That’s how I found Flixbus in Europe, which is now in North America and Brazil offering inexpensive fares on wonderfully comfortable buses (and now intermodal with trains) with 350,000 daily connections in 2500 destinations in 38 countries (Europe’s largest long-distance bus network), and since 2018, train con-

nections and intermodal travel options. Flixbus now even offers trip ideas. (https://www.flixbus.com/discover)

I also used Rome2Rio to find local train connections and book my ticket on raileurope.com from Berlin where I ended a CroisiEurope river cruise, to Bruges to start a BoatBike tour.

Life Rewards

Imagine you have booked a really expensive luxury hotel stay at a premium rate during a major event – think Oscars, World Series, Superbowl – and you find you can’t attend after all and the room can’t be cancelled for a refund. Well, a new online travel service, Life Rewards, for the first time ever will facilitate the sale to someone else, and you may even score a profit on the deal. The travel tech company plans soon to make it possible to resell airline tickets.

Life Rewards seeks to be the next big thing in travel, an alternative to other online hotel and airline booking services (OTAs) but with this twist: the ability to resell, much the way people sell NFTs (digital assets), shaking up things the same way as Priceline’s audacious travel auction program did (LIFE Rewards’ founder and CEO Eduardo Ibañez was Priceline’s Chief Scientist). Life Rewards’s fee is 2% from both the buyer and the seller.

Life Rewards claims it will be the first online booking platform to make large volumes of hotel bookings available for trading on secondary markets, just as baseball or Broadway tickets are today. By creating liquidity in

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ing it instead, so I changed the settings.

It was at this time that I thought, “Hmmm, maybe I should just check the internet to make sure I’m doing this right.” So, I went online and found something right away.

t said, “You have to hard-boil the egg before you roast it, or it will... EXPLODE!”

At that moment it seemed like time slowed down and everything that happened next was in slow motion. I turned toward the oven to pull out the egg, and took one step, when suddenly I heard a sonic boom. OK, it was more of a pop. But it definitely didn’t sound good.

“Noooo,” I yelled, also in slow motion, and then I grabbed an oven mitt and opened the oven door. Some of my egg was still on the pan. But the rest was scrambled all over the inside of the oven. There was yolk everywhere. There was egg on the bottom, egg on the door and egg on the racks. It was an eggsplosion of epic proportions. I stood there stunned and wondered how my eggcellent roasting plan had gone so awry.

As I pondered the eggceptional mess in my oven, I heard a voice ring out from

the front hall.

“Hey, honey, I’m home,” yelled my husband. “Why does it smell like egg in here?”

“We had a small event,” I replied. “And it involved an egg.”

“What kind of event?” he said. “Was it a good event or a bad event?”

“It was most definitely a bad event,” I said, still frozen at the scene of the crime.

My husband walked in and stopped next to me. I pointed at the open oven door. He took one look and then jumped back as though somehow the egg was going to fling itself at him, just as it had at the oven door, oven floor and oven racks.

“Do I want to know what happened?” he asked, after he’d regained his composure.

“I don’t think you do.”

“Was that part of the Passover dinner?” he asked.

“It was.”

“Do you have any more eggs?” he said.

“I don’t.”

“So, what do we do?”

“Nothing,” I replied, throwing the

bookings, both hotels and travelers will get more flexibility and an improved booking experience, the company maintains. Users can pay via credit, debit card and (no surprise) crypto currency.

Based on AI (artificial intelligence) that services a large online travel agency, LIFE also offers discounted prices and negotiated rates for hotels globally.

But for those travelers who want personal help, they can pay an annual $500 membership fee can access a network of (human) concierges who can help plan, arrange and book what happens at the destination – opera tickets, a Michelinstarred restaurant, excursions.

Using NFTs to digitize your hotel reservations and events bookings will enable travelers who want access to hotels and events that are sold out on the primary market to find bookings on a secondary market. If travelers are unable to go-away, they can re-sell, much like a concert ticket. Or if a hotel is sold out and someone wants to stay there specifically, one can still work a deal out with someone else who owns a room night. A two-way marketplace for travel makes it all possible. Hotels and travelers get more flexibility and an improved booking experience by creating liquidity in bookings.

More information at https:// LifeRewards.ai/

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oven mitt on the counter and walking away. “Sometimes, you just have to say, ‘Cluck it.’”

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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All Kids Fair has many new attractions

The 12th annual All Kids Fair is excited to return to Westbury following last year’s enormously successful event. This is the second in-person All Kids Fair since Covid-19.

This year’s All Kids Fair will be held on Sunday, April 23, from 10-4:30, at Samanea New York Mall, formerly The Source Mall, at 1504 Old Country Road in Westbury. This is the same mall that houses Dave & Buster’s and where Fortunoff’s previously resided. Since 2011, the All Kids Fair has provided a fun day each April for kids and their families to spend time together and also learn about Long Island-based companies with services and products available to them.

There are many exciting reasons for families to attend each year. While this has always been an indoor event with an outdoor petting zoo, this year has even more outdoor attractions.

Here are some of the things to do and see at the All Kids Fair – indoors and out - all of which are free with admission:

Indoors:

•Over 80 kid-centered exhibitors

•Over a dozen activity areas

•Three large bounce houses

•DJ along with Mr. and Mrs. Mouse

•Princesses and superheroes

•Guinea pig and bearded dragons for touching

•Face painting

•Balloon animals

•Cotton candy

•Photo booth

•Child ID cards

•Lego table with sensory play

Outdoors:

•Petting zoo with a pig, goats, rab-

bits, and chickens

•A game truck

•A mobile STEAM lab bus

There will be opportunities to purchase food for lunch, indoors and at a food truck, along with pretzels, desserts, and Italian ices.

According to Barbara Kaplan, director of the expo, “Building on last year’s success, we decided to have the All Kids Fair at Samanea Mall again because of its spacious layout, high ceilings, and excellent parking. As a result, we will be able to have many exciting opportunities for Long Island families to enjoy together.”

The All Kids Fair will have over 80 vendors, including camps, places to play, after-school activities, birthday party providers, travel, non-profits, college planning, and many kid-centered products. She continued that she is “excited to have many new offerings, including the mobile STEAM lab bus and game truck in the parking lot near the petting zoo on Merchants Concourse, perpendicular to Old Country Road.”

This year’s list of “activity areas” has many new choices. There will be more than a dozen, including hip hop, two arts and crafts projects, sewing on a machine and fashion drawing, martial arts, musical chairs, and soccer. Most of these areas will operate all day.

This fun-filled event offers exciting educational and leisure activities to interest kids and their families each year. The Fair has opportunities for all ages, including kids who have special needs.

2022 attendee Larissa Wright shared

“It was hands down a beautiful event. Plenty for the kids to do...[a] fun-filled day. [We] would definitely come back next year and every year after!”

AA Entertainment & Events, an exhibitor who also acted as DJ at last year’s event, enthusiastically added “Mr. & Mrs. Mouse, Alex & Andrea, and the rest of our team, would like to thank Barbara Kaplan [All Kids Fair Director] for putting together such an amazing event! It truly was a fun time for everyone!” The All Kids Fair looks forward to seeing AA Entertainment & Events, including Mr. and Mrs. Mouse, again this year.

A charity drive to benefit Giving is Living, a local 501c3 that provides non-perishable food, including formula, to those in need, is a new addition this year. Those who donate boxed and canned food or money will receive raffle

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The Easter Egg

BY THOMAS BRENNAN

Every year on Easter Sunday morning, Herman’s Ice Cream Parlor raffled off a huge chocolate Easter egg. The ornately crafted egg was prominently displayed in the front window of the store for at least a month with chances costing a quarter. The enticing egg looked exotic in its brightly decorated, shimmery setting. There was a wide opening on its side from which silvery wrapped candies and smaller chocolate bunnies spewed out with bountiful lava like flow offering a candy land bonus of sorts. I never heard of anyone I knew actually winning the prized egg, but the raffle always caused quite a stir in the neighborhood.

There were a number of ice cream parlors in the area, each one having its own loyal teenager customer base, a clique of neighborhood affiliation that was territorial and fervid.

“I hang out in Karp’s,” another ice cream parlor over on Franklin Avenue,

or “Newman’s,” on the other side of Prospect Park, someone might say in a manner of introduction that we all understood.

Ice Cream Parlors were still a rite of passage, a haven of refuge, and a comforting place for mingling with friends. It is here where social skills were honed and friendships forged that could sometimes last a lifetime.

The sweet aromatic scent of chocolate and other exotic flavors was pervasive, greeting you as you entered. Everything was home-made.

Herman’s front entrance featured two curved front windows separated by an entry aisle that led to a wide swinging thick glass door in the middle. A worthy consolation prize consisting of a huge chocolate Easter bunny surrounded by brightly colored jelly beans was displayed in the other window.

When I pushed open the door, I stepped into an atmosphere evocative of an era when young teenagers would sit and listen to the juke box while sip-

ping on a deliciously cold Vanilla Malted or a tasty Cherry Coke. I may have been part of the last generation to spend their afternoons sitting in a booth with a straw in my hands talking with friends. In later years, I might be found checking out a group of girls in another booth pretending that I didn’t notice them.

A long black and white marble counter top and stools ending at a grill area provided accommodation for the lunch crowd, all of which, including any number of exotic ice cream concoctions similar to those described in a recent edition of Life magazine, lent a hint of mid-western Americana in the enticing array of choices. Even in the early nineteen fifties, Herman’s was referred to as an “old-fashioned” ice cream parlor.

I would go to Herman’s every Friday evening to count my take including tips from my Brooklyn Eagle paper route which invariably came to $13.75. I had developed a ritual of sorts that came immediately after I finished my collection route. I walked over and sat in one

tickets to win great donated prizes.

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Tickets purchased in advance at www.AllKidsFair.com/Tickets are $5 for children ages 2 and up and adults. Tickets purchased at the door are $10 for children ages 2 and up and $5 for adults. Children 1 and younger are admitted at no charge.

Information about the expo is available at www.AllKidsFair.com

of Herman’s red tufted booths in the back, rather than sitting on a stool at the counter for my own personal treat: a hot vanilla marshmallow sundae that then cost thirty-five cents. I liked the idea of giving myself a well-earned tasty dessert that took a long time to savor as my reward.

On this Easter Sunday morning I was ten years old, and I wore a light V-neck yellow sweater over a white shirt and tie to Mass that my mother recently bought for my younger brother Martin and me. The reason I remember what I was wearing was that my brother and I were to have our picture taken indoors by my cousin Joseph Kelly, who was coming by later that afternoon with his new camera. Joseph was easy to like with his amiable, soft manner and his warm smile, and so I had a dressed-up Easter Sunday feeling as I came down Sterling Place from the always crowded mass at St. Teresa’s.

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There will be over a dozen activity areas for children at the All Kids Fair on April 23rd. Photo by All Kids Fair

Social Security Rumors Don’t Pass the “Look, Sound and Quack Test!”

BY TOM MARGENAU

I’m sure you’ve heard that old saying that goes something like this: “If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck -- it’s a duck!”

Well, I offer you another version of that old chestnut. And it goes like this: “If it looks like a crazy Social Security rumor, sounds like a crazy Social Security rumor and quacks like a crazy Social Security rumor -- it’s a crazy Social Security rumor!”

Almost every day, people send me emails in which they regurgitate some wacky rumor or myth they’ve heard or read about Social Security. For example, today I got an email from a woman who was complaining about the fact that she was turned down for Social Security disability benefits -- not because she wasn’t disabled, but rather because she didn’t meet the requirement that says she must have worked and paid Social Security taxes in five out of the last 10 years. (That “five out of 10” rule applies only to disability benefits, not retirement benefits.)

After I explained this rule to her, she wrote back and said, “If that’s the case, then how come people who sneak into the country illegally and never work are getting Social Security disability benefits?”

And in another email I got, also about the disability program, a guy complained that his claim was denied. But he said he expected that because he heard that “all disability claims are automatically denied the first time around.”

Both of those rumors don’t pass my “look, sound and quack” test. In other words, they look like crazy rumors, sound like crazy rumors and quack like crazy rumors. So, guess what? They are crazy rumors!

In the first case, no one who hasn’t worked and paid Social Security taxes is getting Social Security disability benefits or any Social Security benefit for that matter -- on their own account. I had to add that caveat because there are people getting Social Security who may not have worked and paid into the system. A good example of that is a woman who never worked outside the home and now collects spousal benefits on her husband’s record. But of course, her husband did work and pay Social Security taxes.

And another caveat. There are certainly some people getting Supplemental Security Income disability benefits who may not have ever worked and paid Social Security taxes. But SSI is a federal welfare program managed by the Social Security Administration, and SSI is not a Social Security benefit and is not paid for out of Social Security taxes. Still, many people confuse the SSI program with Social Security.

Having added those caveats, I can certainly say that no one who entered this country without proper documentation is getting disability or any other benefits from Social Security.

In the second case, it’s just a flat-out lie that “all disability claims are automatically denied the first time around.” In

fact, about 35% of first-time claims are approved. (That number is lower than might be expected because lots of people file for Social Security disability benefits out of desperation -- usually meaning they are just unemployed but not disabled -- and figure it can’t hurt to file for Social Security disability because they are out of work.)

These are just two of maybe thousands of Social Security rumors that are out there floating around -- mostly on the internet -- that don’t pass the “look, sound and quack” test. I’ve always joked that I could write a book called something like “The Top 1,000 Social Security Myths.” But that huge missive would be unwieldy and as thick as the Encyclopedia Britannica!

So instead, I have written a book called “Social Security: 100 Myths and 100 Facts.” You can get a hard copy of the book for less than 10 bucks at Amazon.com. You can get an electronic version of the book at Barnes and Noble and other online booksellers. The book is divided into two broad sections: political and policy myths, and program and practical myths.

Here is just a sampling of the politically oriented myths that I take on in the first part of the book.

--Social Security is going broke (Hint: the program has fiscal problems that are fixable, and those reforms will keep the system from going belly-up)

--Social Security is a Ponzi scheme

--The government has stolen Social Security money and used it for other purposes

--Illegal immigrants get Social Security benefits

The second half of the book deals with program myths and is further subdivided into sections clearing up myths about retirement benefits, spousal and widow’s benefits, benefits for children, disability benefits and Supplemental Security Income payments. There is also a small section on Medicare myths -- although, as I always point out to my readers, I am a Social Security expert but not much of a Medicare expert.

Here is a sampling of the myths covered in the program and policy part of the book.

--My retirement benefit is based on my highest three years of earnings (or last five, or highest 10 -- just pick your number)

--If I stop working, or work part-time, before I start my Social Security, I will be messing up my future Social Security check

--There are secret or hidden rules about Social Security

--I can take reduced benefits from my spouse and later switch to full benefits on my own record

--All disability claims are denied the first time around

--Children can only get benefits from a deceased parent’s Social Security record

My faithful readers will know that I have written another book about Social Security. It’s called “Social Security --

Simple and Smart: 10 Easy-to-Understand Fact Sheets That Will Answer All Your Questions About Social Security.” While there is bound to be some overlap in topics covered in any two books about Social Security, there are important differences between my two books.

I recommend you read the “Simple and Smart” book if you are looking for a practical guide to how Social Security works, with important information about how and when to file for various kinds of Social Security benefits. And it has tips for dealing with issues that crop up once your benefits start.

And you should read the “Myths/ Facts” book if you are sick and tired of hearing and seeing all the Social Security mumbo-jumbo rumors that just don’t pass the “look, sound and quack” test.

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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Dealing with credit card debt

BY PHILIP A. RAICES

Credit card debt as of the fourth quarter of 2022 was a record $986 billion after it jumped by $61 billion from the third quarter. Residents of Connecticut, New York and New Jersey had the top three spots for the largest amounts owed.

It is obvious that members of Gen X have the highest, followed by Baby Boomers and then millennials; and the smallest credit card debt holders are GenZs. However, many are in some type of financial stress and difficulty and between their student loans ($1.6 trillion owed) and credit card debt things do not look very promising.

It is so easy to get into debt today as the insatiable appetite for what some may call “free and easy money” has truly ruined many young people who have a real problem paying their bills and dealing with credit card companies. The companies seem to provide their cards to almost anyone, especially on college campuses where they have a captive audience to get everyone qualified and provide that alluring plastic to almost 99.9% of the students who apply.

Do they think that their parents will pay the bill every month if the children don’t? Maybe in some cases that may be true. However, the vast majority of students are in somewhat of a quandary and do not have the funds to make at least their monthly minimum payment (and there are those parents who might be closer to retirement, and don’t have the funds to help their kids either!). This becomes a vicious cycle where interest compounds monthly. When you add their student loans to the mix, this becomes a catastrophic and deadly situation that will potentially stay with them for the rest or their lives if it isn’t dealt with in a logical, pragmatic and well thought-out plan.

When paying on time becomes a problem, the best way to handle these tenuous and stressful situations is to

BY DENNIS MAMMANA

Week of April 9-15, 2023

One of my least favorite household chores is dusting.

Here in the desert, if I let it go more than a week, I can trace my name on the coffee table. After a month, geologists can easily do sediment dating there!

If this sounds familiar, you’ve probably also noticed that airborne dust is mostly invisible, but when the light is just right -- usually moments before

deal with them head-on by communicating with your credit card issuers on a regular basis. This will have an adverse effect on your credit scores and history if you are late on your monthly payments or if you don’t consistently pay the minimum monthly payment.

Most important will be to always ask the credit card representative for their name and I.D. number to keep accurate records of whom you speak with as the majority of banks are required to have their employees provide their identification. However, there are times when they do not have an ID number, but will provide their last names if asked. Some refuse and I have had that happen to me and when I ask for a supervisor, then all of a sudden they provide me their information.

It is extremely important to take notes, as some reps may say that they will, but don’t as you find this out when you call back the next time and the next representative says “there are no notes.” Unfortunately, when you are consistently late, those notes give you more credibility. Do this each and every time that you are on the phone with your credit card companies.

Most companies do offer hardship programs, whereby they will provide a smaller payment over a 3-5 year period. But you will most likely not be able to use your card going forward as it will be canceled. Also there are times when you can negotiate for no further interest to be accrued as long as your payments are made on time. The worst case scenario is declaring Chapter 7, 11 or 13 personal/business bankruptcies to either wipe out your debts or settle for pennies on the dollar.

There will be an expense to hire an

attorney to handle this task (we can assist with professional and knowledgeable attorneys to help). I personally do not recommend this action unless there is no other way out of your situation and your back is against the wall. By taking this path, you will have this on your record for at least seven years. However, after two years or less you can apply for a secured credit card, whereby you would send whatever dollar amount that you want as a credit line directly to the bank as security. This can be the quickest way to re-establish your credit and credit history.

We have helped some re-establish their credit, enabling them to purchase a home and condo in a very reasonable time period. However, co-ops will look more intensely and be more intrusive with respect to your credit, unless it is fairly pristine. There are credit-fixing companies (we have what I believe to be one of the best in the industry) that can raise your credit scores by removing derogatory remarks from your credit history.

They usually charge per item removed or a flat rate, depending on how poor your credit history and length of time. If you want to purchase, we have some creative methods that we use to enable you to become a homeowner. However, the simplest way is not to abuse your credit and to use no more than 10-25% of your credit line, so as to keep your credit scores as high as possible, so you will qualify for a mortgage.

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Our Dusty Solar System

guests arrive for dinner -- the room appears aglow with the stuff.

Well, the same is true in our part of the solar system. Whoever’s in charge is apparently no neater than I, because the entire inner solar system is littered with a thick, dusty disk. And, while this interplanetary cloud is composed of different material than that blanketing the coffee table, the principles for seeing it are rather similar.

Since this dusty disk lies mostly in the plane of our solar system along the band of constellations we know as the zodiac,

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that’s where it appears if the lighting is just right. And springtime is one of those times; during March and early April this softly glowing pyramid of interplanetary dust ascends almost vertically from the western horizon at dusk. We call it the “zodiacal light.”

Stargazers who have never seen this phenomenon tend to expect a much smaller or brighter glow. It appears to ascend to one-third or even halfway up in the western sky. Its base typically appears to be some 15 degrees wide, and the cone tapers to only about five

degrees wide at the top.

To see it you’ll need to head outdoors after sunset to a place where you’ll have a clear view to the west and no moonlight or glow of city lights in that direction. During twilight, let your eyes adjust to the darkness and then, about 90 minutes or so after sunset, begin looking for a tall, softly glowing pyramid rising out of the western horizon and reaching its top near the tiny Pleiades star cluster high in the west. Remember, any light pollution, haze or moonlight anywhere

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As I neared the corner of Underhill Avenue ready to cross the street, I heard what can only be described as a hue and cry: “Tommy, Tommy, you won, you won!”

Younger children, all of whom I recognized, came bounding up Sterling Place trying to outshout each other, full of excitement about a prize that I had won. As they surrounded me with their beaming smiles, I had no idea what they were talking about.

When I got to the corner and looked up Underhill Avenue, I noticed a small group of people, adults, teenagers, and younger kids, all clustered around Mr. and Mrs. Luchow, Herman’s pleasant owners, who, upon becoming notified that I was on my way home from Easter Sunday Mass, had both come outside with Mrs. Luchow carrying the coveted chocolate egg while smiling in her pleasant manner. Some of the customers apparently had followed her outside, still holding their sodas as they then gave the appearance of being a festive group of revelers.

Herman’s was midway up the small commercial block, and all the other stores were closed. I recall making a real effort not to run, but I did walk quickly as everyone began to cheer in a good natured manner like it was a big deal, which in many respects it was. I realized right away that the kids must have been told not to tell me what I had won, but in their excitement they couldn’t contain themselves; they had compromised with the arrangement by saying that I had won something.

Almost until the very last moment when the transfer of the egg was officially made with Mrs. Luchow in her friendly outgoing manner saying, “Congratulations, Tommy,” I still was not sure that all of this ceremony was for me.

I had remained cautious, maybe even wary, not daring to believe that I had actually won something so coveted by the entire neighborhood as the Herman’s Chocolate Easter Egg.

I could become self-conscious with the best of ten year olds but the euphoria of the moment quenched that feeling, and I think I put on my best “golly, gosh” attitude of acceptance even as I had no recollection whatsoever of taking a chance. Spending a quarter on a chance is something I would never do; quarters did not come easy. If I went into a store with a quarter in my hand, I had to eat something, drink something, or hold onto something that I could walk out with and later use.

I immediately suspected my mother of taking a chance for me, or better yet I hoped, perhaps some hidden benefactor, who I imagined, may have even more such pleasant surprises for me in the near future, an Orphan Annie’s Daddy

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Warbucks kind of generous donor. In any event, I wasn’t putting up any objections.

I gave a slight theatrical bow to the cheering crowd now that I was fully into the euphoria of the occasion. They were enthusiastic in their sharing of this moment with me, clapping their hands and smiling in a fulsome manner. Then, with a little wave of my fingers that I could barely manage, afraid that in a moment of clumsiness I would drop the egg, and with a loud demonstrative thank you while nodding my head in affirmation of their full-hearted applause and pleasant demeanor that coursed through me, I began to walk back down Underhill Avenue, heading to the corner and eventually to our apartment on Butler Place.

As I reached the corner I momentarily entertained the thought that maybe I should have gone into Herman’s to garner a few extra accolades.

I was filled with a warm glow of inner joy that can only come to a ten year old boy on a lovely bright spring Easter morning who has suddenly been presented with a coveted prize. I kept looking down at my bounty almost incredulously, still stunned by the fortuitous nature of the event as I slowly made the turn onto Sterling Place. There is a warm after-glow that comes from being with other people who are happy for you. I recognized that such a circumstance is rare and its impact totally consumed me. The moment becomes lasting as it finds a place of permanence, a remembered event that will never be forgotten.

At first, a number of kids actually followed me in Pied Piper fashion – “What are you gonna eat first, Tommy?” no doubt expecting a little booty. No one could eat all of that by themselves I imagined them thinking and rightfully so. I was glad that the whole display was enclosed in a sheer yellow plastic glaze that was securely tucked in the side and knotted at the top that crinkled as I walked. It was obvious that it wouldn’t be opened until I came home.

I deliberately slowed my pace after the kids finally shied away wanting my trophy moment to linger. I enjoyed the pleasant inquisitive looks I was getting from the few neighbors who were out, everyone with happy knowing smiles and good-natured greetings. I was quick to shout out a “Yeah, I won it at a raffle in Herman’s” to a teenage couple who had called over from across the street … “Hey, kid, what ya got there?”

I was trying at the same time to keep my enthusiasm low-key but my wide grin gave me away.

When I walked in triumph into my first-floor apartment door the excitement continued. I was pleased to see that my father was at home and not working. I noticed that my mother didn’t mention that she was the one who had bought the ticket as she joined me in the kitchen. I gave her credit for showing that kind

of class, not wanting to infringe upon my glory, treating the situation like it was something that just happened out of thin air.

With no small sense of triumphant acclaim, I plopped the egg on the kitchen table, and as I stepped back to gaze upon the elaborate art work that embellished the egg, I suddenly realized for the first time that morning that I really didn’t like hard chocolate.

Nevertheless, the chocolate egg maintained for me the sturdy resilience of a fruit cake that nobody wants to eat and so managed to greet you in the kitchen each morning in its defiant manner.

After a few days, the egg began to lose its allure. But even as the egg gradually lost its form, it still kept on delivering thick pieces of dark chocolate to the rest of my family and grateful friends until finally I awoke one morning to find it all gone.

Within a few days, my brief flash of notoriety had ended. But I did have that moment in the sun, a kind of heyday if you will, and I basked in its glory for the short while it lasted, and even now when I look at the photo that was taken later that afternoon, I can revisit that brief moment of glory yet again.

STARGAZERS

Our Dusty Solar System

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in the western sky and you’ll have quite a challenge spotting it.

This phenomenon was described nearly a millennium ago by the Persian poet Omar Khayyam in his famous book “The Rubaiyat.” Today we know that it is produced when sunlight is scattered from dust particles, most of which are continually generated by passing comets or by collisions among asteroids. Each is microscopic -- only about four-hundredths of an inch across -- and these are separated by an average distance of five miles.

Because it appears brightest in the direction of the sun, we see the

zodiacal light best when there’s no moonlight, and when the plane of our solar system (the ecliptic) forms a steep angle with the horizon. In the Northern Hemisphere, the best conditions occur after dusk in the springtime, and before dawn during autumn.

Most folks don’t even know that this phenomenon exists, let alone that they can see it in a dark nighttime sky. Later this week, take a drive to the country or mountains, far from the lights of any cities, and search the western sky for this elusive glow.

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Because it appears brightest in the direction of the sun, we see the zodiacal light best when there’s no moonlight, and when the plane of our solar system (the ecliptic) forms a steep angle with the horizon.

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3 to 4 windowed offices and 2 to 3 Admin Asst. workstations available.

Shared reception area and kitchenette, use of conference rooms and copier included. Walk to LIRR Mineola station, courts, government buildings and GC downtown. Ideal for attorneys, accountants, insurance agents.

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STEPHANIE A. D’ANGELO, ESQ.

Elder Law, Wills & Trusts

Asset Preservation, Estate Planning, Probate & Estate Administration/Litigation

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Unleavened bread is the foundation of Passover cooking Perfect Matzah Balls (Kneidlach)

Passover is a Jewish celebration and one of the religion’s most sacred and widely observed holidays. Passover commemorates the Biblical story of the Israelites’ escape from 400 years of slavery in Egypt. In 2023, Passover takes place April 5-15.

Pesach, as Passover is known in Hebrew, includes all kinds of ceremonial foods. The Passover seder plate showcases specific items that relate to both the suffering and emancipation of the Jewish people. Throughout Passover, the faithful abstain from any leavened bread products. According to Exodus 12:8: “They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat.” Jews also are to remove all leaven (hametz) from their homes and eat unleavened bread for an

additional seven days. Apart from being commanded by God, it is believed unleavened bread became traditional Passover food because the Jewish people departed Egypt in haste without time to let bread rise. Furthermore, some say God also associated leavened bread with sin.

If there is one ingredient Passover celebrants may find challenging to work with during the holiday, it could be unleavened bread. Typically matzoh/ matzah is substituted for other yeasted breads this time of year. One place matzoh really shines, though, is in matzoh balls for use in soups or side dishes. A dumpling of sorts, matzoh balls are tasty and filling, and ideal for meals throughout Passover. Try this recipe for “Perfect Matzah Balls (Kneidlach)” courtesy of Chabad.org’s Kosher Cooking.

Yields 4 balls per each 1⁄4 cup of matzah meal (Meat, Pareve)

2 eggs, slightly beaten

2 tablespoons oil or chicken fat

2 tablespoons soup stock or water

1⁄2 cup matzah meal

1 teaspoon salt

1 quart of salted water or chicken soup, for cooking

1. Beat eggs slightly with fork. Add other ingredients, except matzah meal, and mix.

2. Add matzah meal gradually until thick. Stir.

3. Refrigerate for 20 minutes in covered bowl.

4. Wet hands and form into balls.

5. Drop into bubbling chicken soup or into a large wide pot into which 1 quart of water seasoned with 1 tablespoon salt has been added and has come to a boil. Cook for 30 minutes.

Wrestler honored

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Academy in Hicksville.

He has received numerous accolades in his international pro wrestling career, including a MLW (Major League Wrestling) world tag-team championship and a two-time CZW (Combat Zone Wrestling) world champion.

In 2019 he signed a five-year deal with AEW, and has wrestled in numerous matches and venues throughout the world.

“The level of warmth I feel in this place is why I always say that Long Island is the most magical place in the world,” said Friedman. “Now I have the key to this great place where I grew up and spent my childhood in.”

Friedman was a standout athlete at Plainview-Old Bethpage, as a star on both the foot-

ball and wrestling teams.

“When I come back here I just legitimately feel at ease. This place doesn’t just feel like home, it is home,” said Friedman.

In his charitable contributions to the community, Friedman is a big supporter of AEW Together, an outreach program which focuses on youth programs and services.

He has also led efforts in conjunction with the AHA to provide CPR training for the talent and staff members at AEW.

“We are proud of him, and his dedication to fostering a better future for our communities,” said Saladino. “His achievements are remarkable and exceedingly worthy of the Town of Oyster Bay’s highest commendation.”

Harbor cleanup, marine education expo planned

Mother Earth, and have fun while learning more about our local marine life and environment,” said Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino. “This year’s cleanup also features an underwater dive to the harbor’s bottom! A group of local divers will enhance our debris collection efforts by removing trash that has already traveled into the water.”

Volunteers are invited to participate in the cleanup, which will run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The central meeting place will be Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Park launching ramps and waterfront gazebo off of Larrabee Avenue in Oyster Bay. Additional locations for the clean-up include Steh-

Jericho hires investigator

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the future.

In an unusual move, Board President Jill Citron said comments from the public on issues discussed would be restricted to Jericho residents or individuals who reside in the school district.

Board member Sam Perlman said, “If someone from another district has faced this issue and dealt with it, might it not be useful to know about this?”

The “private Investigator” is expected to conclude his work before the next Board meeting and share findings with the Administration and Board.

LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY CORPORATION

Notice of Formation of Up Close Brands LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 2023-02-28. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to Ross Kamhi: 27 Evans Drive Glen Head NY 11545. Purpose: Any lawful purpose

li Beach in Bayville and Centre Island Beach in Bayville. Certificates are available upon request for students seeking to fulfill volunteer requirements.

Typically, in year’s past, harbor and beach clean-up events have resulted in 40,000 lbs of debris being collected by volun-

teers and town workers. Individuals and groups who are interested in registering for this environmental cleanup should visit www.oysterbaytown.com/volunteerform or call the Department of Environmental Resources at (516) 677-5943.

LEGAL NOTICES

NASSAU COUNTY

FORECLOSURE NOTICE

NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT NASSAU COUNTY MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY, A/K/A M&T BANK, S/B/M HUDSON CITY SAVINGS

BANK, Plaintiff against MELISSA WILLIAMS, et al

Defendant(s) Attorney for Plaintiff(s) Fein Such & Crane, LLP, 28 East Main Street, Suite 1800, Rochester, NY 14614.

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered February 8, 2019, and Amended on August 8, 2022 I will sell at public auction to the highest bidder at CCP (Calendar Control Part Courtroom), in the Nassau Supreme Court, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, N.Y. 11501 on May 2, 2023 at 2:00 PM. Premises known as 2 Joan Court, Woodbury, NY 11797. Sec 15 Block 175 Lot 82. All that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being at Woodbury, Town of Oyster Bay, County of Nassau and State of New York.

Approximate Amount of Judgment is $849,624.64 plus interest, fees, and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index No 005816/2014. The foreclosure sale will be conducted in accordance with 10th Judicial District's Covid-19 Policies and foreclosure auction rules. The Referee shall enforce any rules in place regarding facial coverings and social distancing. If proper social distancing cannot be maintained or there are other health or safety concerns, then the Court Appointed Referee shall cancel the foreclosure auction. Foreclosure Auctions will be held "Rain or Shine." Sale was originally scheduled for April 18, 2023. Alan Gerson, Esq., Referee CHJNY469

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Notice of formation of SILVER FORESTS LLC. Articles of organization filed with the Secretary of State of N.Y. (SSNY) on 3/22/2023. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to the LLC, 14 DEER PATH LN, SYOSSET, NY, 11791. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

NOTICE OF FORMATION OF A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Notice of Formation of JGSLifestyles LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of NY (SSNY) on 2023-03-15. Office location: Nassau County. SSNY designated as agent of Limited Liability Company (LLC) upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY should mail process to LEGALINC

CORPORATE SERVICES INC: 1967 WEHRLE DR., STE. 1 #086, STE. 1 #086 BUFFALO NY 14221. Purpose: Any lawful purpose

Bryant University has announced that the following local students were been named to the Fall 2022 Deans’ List:

Andrew Becker of Old Bethpage

Christina Hydo of Bethpage

Brianna Rogers of Plainview

Jessica Colalillo of Syosset

To earn a place on the Deans’ List students must have a GPA of 3.4 or better for at least 12 semester hours of work. n

Jennifer Chen of Jericho has been named to the 2022 fall semester Dean’s List at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities:

Chen is a senior in the College of Liberal Arts.

To qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must complete 12 or more letter-graded credits while attaining a 3.66 grade point average.

Logan D. Farrell of Syosset was named to first honors on the Clark University Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester.

Students must have a GPA of 3.8 or above for first honors or a GPA between 3.50 and 3.79 for second honors.

Billy J. Sullivan of Hicksville was named to second honors on the Clark University Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester.

Students must have a GPA of 3.8 or above for first honors or a GPA between 3.50 and 3.79 for second honors.

The following students earned Dean’s List honors for Emerson College’s Fall 2022 semester. The requirement to make Dean’s List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher for that semester.

Julia Sprung of Plainview is majoring in interdisciplinary and is a member of the Class of 2023.

Sierra Miles of Plainview is majoring in media arts production and is a member of the Class of 2024.

Isabel Gallego of Levittown, is majoring in business creative enterprises and is a member of the Class of 2026.

The following local residents were named to the Dean’s List at Hamilton College for the 2022 fall semester:

Nicole Greenberg of Syosset. Greenberg, a sophomore, is a graduate of Syosset High School.

Zachary Yasinov of Syosset. Yasinov, a first-year student, is a graduate of Syosset High School.

Sambat Bhandari of Levittown. Bhandari, a senior majoring in biology, is a graduate of Division Avenue High School.

Joshua Feller of Plainview. Feller, a sophomore, is a graduate of Plainview-

College Notes

Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School.

Andrea Hayman of Plainview. Hayman, a senior majoring in computer science and mathematics, is a graduate of Plainview-Old Bethpage John F. Kennedy High School.

Vesa Miftari of Jericho. Miftari, a junior majoring in government and philosophy, is a graduate of Jericho Middle School.

Ryan Rahman of Jericho. Rahman, a sophomore, is a graduate of Jericho High School.

To be named to the Dean’s List, a student must have carried a course load of four or more graded credits throughout the semester and earned an average of 3.5 or above on a 4.0 scale.

Mike Pitonza of Hicksville, a student in the athletic training program in the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University, was inducted into Alpha Eta, the national honor society for the allied health professions, during a recent on-campus ceremony.

To be eligible for induction, undergraduate students must have a gradepoint average of 3.5 or higher and graduate students must have a GPA of 3.8 or higher and be in the top 20 percent of the graduating class. All inductees must show a capacity for leadership and achievement, show promise for their profession and be recommended by a faculty member or dean.

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The University of Hartford is pleased to announce Grace Mittleman of Syosset has been named to its President’s Honors List for fall 2022.

The President’s Honors List is made up of an extremely select group of students who earned a grade point average of 3.75 or higher in the semester. This is the GPA that must be sustained over a full undergraduate career to qualify for a degree summa cum laude.

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Widener University congratulates Salvatore Velotti of Jericho for achieving Dean’s List status during the fall 2022 semester.

The dean’s list recognizes fulltime students who earned a grade point average of 3.50 and above for the semester.

Kevin Pinzon of Levittown is one of 25 New York Tech Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) students who received their white coats on February 9, as members of the Class of 2025. The awarding of a white coat is a symbolic gesture, welcoming students into the profession as they begin their clinical rotations. n

Katherine Passick of Hicksville has made Emmanuel College’s Dean’s List for the Fall 2022 semester. To earn a

spot on the Dean’s List, Emmanuel students must achieve a grade point average of 3.5 or higher for a 16-credit semester.

Nearly 300 SUNY Oneonta students completed the requirements for a bachelor’s degree following the Fall 2022 semester.

Local graduates included:

Carly Bondar, of Syosset

Samantha Cadwallader of Bethpage

Christine Corsaro of Plainview

Alexa Costiera of Jericho

Sean Dalton of Bethpage

Jessica Libertelli of Old Bethpage

Joseph Liszovics of Plainview

Lauren Van Aken of Hicksville

Grace Mongelli of Bethpage

Dylan Teuschler of Bethpage

SUNY Delhi has announced that the following local students were named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester, a recognition of academic achievement for students who enrolled in six or more credits and earned a 3.5 or higher grade-point average for the semester.

Thomas Bellizzi of Bethpage

Maya Cusicanqui of Bethpage

Toni Parikas of Levittown

Tufts University recently announced the dean’s list for the Fall 2022 semester.

Among students earning dean’s list honors are:

Hicksville

Dhanush Sivasankaran, Class of 2023

Jericho

Sasha Bukary, Class of 2025

Jessica Chen, Class of 2025

Keertti Sinnan, Class of 2024

Levittown

Joey Marmo, Class of 2026

Olivia Landau, Class of 2024

Old Bethpage

Zachary Ferretti, Class of 2023

Plainview

Amanda Ganz, Class of 2023

Syosset

Rebecca Geiger, Class of 2023

Julia Klimberg, Class of 2024

Stanley Ko, Class of 2025

Annie Li, Class of 2024

Cameron Mayer, Class of 2023

Andrew Zhang, Class of 2026

Woodbury

Cole Menchel, Class of 2024

Josh Rokito, Class of 2025

Dean’s List honors at Tufts University require a semester grade point average of 3.4 or greater. n

Michael Klein of Syosset was named to the College of Our Lady of the Elms fall 2022 Dean’s List.

To qualify, a full-time student must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher, without

incompletes.

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The following students earned the distinction of Faculty Honors for Fall 2022 at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 4.0 academic average for the semester.

Jyotleen DeWal of Jericho

Lance Lampert of Syosset

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The following students have earned the distinction of Dean’s List placement at the Georgia Institute of Technology for fall 2022. This designation is awarded to undergraduate students who have earned a 3.0 or higher academic average for the semester.

Steve George of Jericho

Kevin Xu of Syosset

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The Georgia Institute of Technology presented degrees to approximately 5,620 undergraduate and graduate students during the Institute’s 263rd Commencement exercises Dec. 16–17, 2022, at Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Among the graduates were:

Joseph Caracciolo of Hicksville

Samantha Virgil of Plainview

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Megan Zabrouski of Bethpage was among the University of Scranton students inducted into Sigma Tau Delta, the national honor society in English. For induction into the honor society, students must be majors or minors in English, theatre or secondary education/English, have maintained a grade point average of 3.5 or higher in English, theatre and writing courses and have an overall grade point average of 3.4 or higher. Zabrouski is a junior English major at the Jesuit University.

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Luke Gensinger of Bethpage, is one of 19 SUNY Oneonta students who have been thoroughly trained through the IRS’s Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program during the spring 2023 semester. The VITA program is part of a three-credit course offered for a second year at SUNY Oneonta, where students spend a large portion of the semester getting certified and preparing tax returns for students, university employees and area residents with a salary of $60k or less.

n Matthew Duffy of Plainview was among the 25 University of Scranton students who participated in spring break service trips offered by the University’s Center for Service and Social Justice. Along with six chaperones, the students helped to build and renovate homes, assist at food pantries, and helped with programs at Homeboy Industries at service projects in the Appalachian region of Kentucky, St. Louis, Missouri, and Los Angeles, California.

Collection drive to support vets at VA hospital

The Town of Oyster Bay will host a “Spring into Action” Collection Drive in support of the Northport VA. During the month of April, residents are invited to donate toiletries and clothing.

“From hosting veteran appreciation events to recognizing their service with Hometown Heroes Banners in our parks, the Town of Oyster Bay is committed to honoring veterans for their service to our nation,” Supervisor Saladino said. “Please

join this mission to help bring the comforts of home to veterans living at the Northport VA Hospital by making a donation to our collection drive during the month of April.”

Most needed items include toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrushes, combs, unscented deodorant, body wash, unscented lotion, nail clippers, and shampoo), clothing (men’s underwear size 2XL & 3XL, men’s sweat suits size 2XL & 3XL, socks, flip flops, pajamas, and scarves), and entertainment

(magazines, movies, and CDs, especially greatest hits of the ‘50s & ‘60s).

“When I learned that the Northport VA has a ‘Wish List’ of items their veterans need, I knew Supervisor Saladino and the Town Board would spring into action with me to help ensure these needs are met,” Clerk LaMarca said. “I thank them for partnering with me to organize this critical initiative, and I thank the residents of our wonderful Town in advance for their gener-

osity and support of our Veterans.”

The Town’s Collection Drive will run through the month of April. Collection Bins will be available on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. at Town Hall North (54 Audrey Ave, Oyster Bay), Town Hall South (977 Hicksville Road, Massapequa), and the Town of Oyster Bay Ice Skating Center (1001 Stewart Ave, Bethpage).

For more information, please call (516) 624-6380 or email ealter@oysterbay-ny.gov.

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