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Friday, April 14, 2017

Vol. 93, No.31

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“Carousel of Life” PAGE 21 n Run for Tomorrow PAGE 38

Nonprofits to take facility fee objections to Board

WINNING STREAK

BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

Garden City High School’s boys varsity lacrosse team extended its winning streak to five games last weekend. The team plays again on Saturday, April 15 at home against Duxbury, MA. See pages 54-55.

Chef inspires autistic adults in cooking class BY RIKKI N. MASSAND

Sophia Brivio, a Garden City resident, mom of three and proprietor of The Well Seasoned Chef on New Hyde Park Road gives her time and charismatic teaching style to adults on the autism spectrum in a lasting effort to give back to those in need. Although April is Autism Awareness month across the nation, she’s been an active volunteer year-round showing students the ropes of cooking, food preparation,

hospitality and the special ingredients that comprise a stellar kitchen experience. Patience, individualized training and guidance through a weekday morning turns up the imagination and spirits of her high-energy 11 am class at the Garden City location. Brivio’s cooking seminar starts with a jovial atmosphere and ends with a second round of dancing, after participants have enjoyed homemade dishes, snacks and desserts. Last year she began

working with QSAC, Quality Services for the Autism Community, and its multiple branches in Western Nassau County and Eastern Queens. On Thursday March 23, she hosted almost a dozen young adults from QSAC locations in Baldwin, Bellerose and Queens Village, as they take part in her 10-class culinary learning certificate program finishing this June. Almost each Tuesday or Thursday morning Brivio makes time to host the QSAC See page 42

As the Board of Trustees starts its new municipal year, a primary concern for several residents is the projected and adopted fee increased for facility rentals. Volunteers who run some local nonprofit organizations which use village facilities say their groups will be adversely impacted. Within the next two months two key village fundraisers will feel the brunt of high rental fees. The Andy Foundation’s annual Yard Sale is set for Saturday, May 13, and the 20th annual Jay Gallagher Memorial Lacrosse Tournament will be held Saturday, June 17. That tournament is now set for a single day instead of the two days that it has been in recent years. While the Yard Sale will be indoors and the Gallagher Tournament will be played on lacrosse fields, both events have over a dozen years of experience brining big crowds to the grounds of St. Paul’s campus in the heart of the village. Both the Mollie Fund, started by Jack and Maggie Biggane after the tragic loss of their daughter Mollie to skin cancer in 2000, and the Andy Foundation, led by Jill Palmeri and Amy McGoldrick, have garnered support from their fellow Garden City residents, ballasted by public comments on the Recreation facility fee increases this spring. On Wednesday, April 12 Palmeri spoke with The Garden City News and said residents and supporters approached her and contacted her, planning to stand united in addressing the Board of Trustees at their Thursday, April 20 meeting at Village Hall. McGoldrick and Palmeri attended the village’s budget work session on Wednesday, March 15, and made their objection clear and for the record as Kevin Ocker, chairman of the Board See page 52

Easter weekend events Easter Egg Hunt

The Village of Garden City’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt will be held on Saturday, April 15 at St. Paul’s Field. The hunt starts at 10am sharp. There will be three separate areas for three different age groups. Kindergarten and pre-K, first and second graders and third, fourth and fifth graders will have their own areas for the hunt. Just follow the signs at St. Paul’s Field. Please note this is a very popular event so please arrive early.

Antique Car Parade

On Easter Sunday the Annual Easter Festival and Antique Car Parade, sponsored by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 1 p.m. The parade will exit Parking Field 9E west onto Tenth Street to Franklin Avenue, proceed south on Franklin Avenue to Seventh Street, west to Hilton Avenue, then north to Stewart Avenue. Easter bunnies will be on Seventh Street during the parade.

Girls LAX beats North Shore, extends streak PAGES 48-49 Historical Society to honor Vinny Muldoon PAGE 6

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Cut the rates for charities Again in this week's issue we are covering the impact of the Village's decision to vastly increase its rental fees for the St. Paul's complex, and how that will impact some home-grown charities. The organizers of the charities are upset that the rental fees will eat up much of the money they are raising for their respective charities. In the case of the Andy Fund, leader Amy McGoldrick reports a fee increase of 800% over last year. The Jay Gallagher Foundation says that it was charged $1500 for field rentals in 2015, $20,000 in 2016 and will pay $30,000 this year. Organizers of Mollie's Fund have similar complaints. These draconian fee increases will severely impact the good work that these and other local charities do. In addition to reducing the money they

can raise, if the charities cease to run the events it will also reduce the level of volunteerism in the Village, in particular among teenagers who help out. A simple solution would be for the Village to establish a different set of rates for 501(c)3 charities. As a newspaper we are often asked to provide advertising for charitable organizations. While news coverage is always free, we can't afford to run large ads for free. (The printer has to get paid each week, as does the staff.) At the same time, we recognize the good that these groups do. Our solution is that we offer them discounted rates that cover our costs, but help the organization raise funds. The Board of Trustees should consider a similar solution.

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Western Property Owners Assn. to meet April 18

The Western Property Owners Association will hold its Annual Meeting on April 18, 7:30 p.m. at Homestead School, at which time, residents will elect officers and directors. The Nominating Committee will put the following candidates in nomination: Gerry Kelly for President, RoseAnn Vernice for Vice President, and for positions as Directors: Joe Licari, Lauren Grima, TJ Michon, Joan O’Sullivan, Tom Rivera and Maureen Traxler. At the general meeting to follow, Village Department of Public Works Deputy Superintendent Domenick Stanco will serve as our guest speaker. Mr. Stanco has over 20 years of service with the Village, starting as a laborer when he was 26 years old. He worked his way up to motor equipment manager, engineering aide, construction inspector trainee and construction inspector before his appointment as Deputy Superintendent. During superstorm Sandy and the subsequent two years, Domenick coordinated opera-

CPOA to host Nick Episcopia

On April 18th at 7 p.m., all residents are invited to join the Central Garden City Property Owners’ Association (CPOA) open meeting to hear former Mayor Nick Episcopia reminisce about the two years that he served us as Mayor, from April 2015 through two weeks ago. He will relate his experiences, talk about his achievements during his tenure, and about the matters he

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had hoped to achieve. The meeting will be held in the Senior Center, and Mr. Episcopia will entertain a brief “Q and A” session after his talk. The CPOA residents’ and directors’ meeting will follow, where many issues and events will be discussed regarding matters of interest to all Village residents.

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tions between FEMA and the Village, and oversaw the reimbursement to the Village for Sandy damage. Domenick will give residents an overview of the Public Works department’s day-to-day operations and the specific areas of service it handles, as well as addressing new projects for the spring. In addition, WPOA directors will give residents the latest news on various happenings around the Village, and reports will be available from our Western Section Village and School Board Trustees. Residents’ comments are encouraged, and time will be set aside to hear from our neighbors. The Western Section of Garden City is bordered on the north by the main line of the LIRR, on the east by the west side of Tanners Pond and Edgemere Roads, on the south by Cambridge Avenue and on the west by Jefferson Street. Please visit the WPOA website, www.gcwpoa.com, for the latest POA and Western Section news, and to find out the dates and times for upcoming Village wide meetings.

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The St. Joseph Parish Adult Faith Formation Board will present the film Risen on Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m. in the St. Agnes Room. This will be the This is the fourth of the 2016-2017 series Movies for a Sunday Afternoon. Risen is the extra-scriptural story of Clavius, the Roman tribune charged with finding the body of Jesus and disproving the rumors of a risen Messiah, in order to prevent an uprising in Jerusalem. His interaction with the

Apostles (and glimpses of Jesus) is a transformative experience (not likely to advance his career as a Roman soldier). The film, starring Joseph Fiennes as Clavius, Tom Felton as his aide, and Chris Curtis as Jesus, provides a different perspective on the period following the Resurrection. Admission is free. All are welcome. A discussion will follow the showing and light refreshments will be served.

Rosary Altar Society Spring Luncheon

The Rosary Altar Society of St. Joseph’s Church has planned its annual Spring luncheon at the Westbury Manor on Thursday, May 11th from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The luncheon includes two complimentary mimosas. There will be many beautiful raffle prizes and the cost is only $55 per per-

son. Checks should be made payable to St. Joseph’s Rosary Altar Society. Please indicate the names of friends who will be at your table and send your reservations to Bernadette Lancevich, 172 Locust Street, Garden City, NY 11530 by May 6th.

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Community Club presents toe-tapping time On Wednesday, February 3, the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead presented Mr. Richard Knox, with his program titled “A Tribute to the Big Bands”. This resulted in an uplifting and lively afternoon. The film clips, and audio of the bands were memorable. They certainly reminded everyone of days gone by, when going to a dinner club and being able to listen and dance to wonderful live band music, was a special occasion. The audience was tapping their toes while listening to Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Harry James. Having such outstanding bands and musicians to entertain them, during the Depression Era and World War ll must have been a particularly welcomed break from the daily news of the day. Richard Knox gave a very good commentary throughout the program. Richard had a 40 year career as a school teacher and administrator. He has appeared at the Community Club previously presenting the Great Operatic Voices of the Mid-20th Century, as well as his program on The Golden Age of Radio and Television. We were thrilled to have him return.

Richard Knox Anyone who would like to learn more about the Community Club, and especially their fine art classes which are taught at the club. One can join these classes by first becoming a member of the Community Club. For more information contact the club office at (516) 746-0488, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 9:30am-12:30p.m.

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Historical Society to honor Vinny Muldoon In selecting honorees for its upcoming Gala Benefit, Thursday, May 11, at the Garden City Country Club, The Garden City Historical Society focused on three individuals who have contributed specific and commendable service to advance the Society and its physical property. Along with Former Mayor Nick Episcopia and Society Past President Brian Pinnola, the Historical Society will honor Vinny Muldoon, owner of Old World Quality Corporation — a friend to preservation throughout the Garden City community. Please join us in recognizing Vinny’s extraordinary accomplishments. There’s no doubt, Vinny has an eye for historic structures. In fact, in 1994, along with his wife Dina, Vinny established Old World Quality Corporation with the founding principle that the company’s specialty would be restoring old homes and, of course, building new ones with all the modern amenities. He is proud to say: “Our motto is very simple: integrity, the highest quality of products possible, and a lifetime of service to the customer.” Vinny and Dina are to be commended for having developed a great team of top quality people and craftsmen in every trade. Vinny hails from County Galway, Ireland, a detail not lost on the members of the Historical Society Board of Trustees, which notes that Garden City’s founder, Alexander T. Stewart also

hailed from Ireland, and had some of the same traits as Vinny—industriousness and vision. Vinny says he started out doing minor repairs and went on to complete renovations, including exteriors and interiors of hundreds of older homes in town, transforming them with character, class and elegance and in keeping with the village architecture. “I grew up around old architecture, spent time in Boston, and was interested in longer-lasting construction—a minimum of 100 years—not just a 20-year teardown,” he remarks. He has also had a hand in restoring, refurbishing and extending homes in Garden City that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, just like the Historical Society’s 1872 “Apostle” house. But, it’s the “little touches,” too, that count to Vinny and his team. They came by the Historical Society Museum with paint and brushes to touch up the Society’s sign in front of the museum on Eleventh Street. And, they repaired gutters and leaders that were dislodging with time, rain and snow. On another level, Vinny is known throughout Garden City for his pro bono work. After superstorm Sandy, Vinny and his team from Old World Quality repaired the clock tower at St. Paul’s School, restoring the clock face as near as possible to its original look. They completed the Village’s 9/11 Memorial, and

assisted the Chamber of Commerce in restoring its historic GC Toll Lodge office and the pavers surrounding the building. Vinny is also known for spearheading fundraisers for families in need. Featured on the home improvement show, “George to the Rescue,” he and his workers provided a “custom” home renovation to ease the everyday life for a Floral Park elementary school teacher with Multiple Sclerosis. The Historical Society partnered with Vinny to restore and preserve the exterior of the Society’s historic structure. Vinny says this project will take patience, love, passion, and the ability to stretch the available dollars. “The key is to leave this town and the Historical Society in even better shape,” adds Vinny. “The only way to handle this project is as a team. We need a lot of people to help a little. It will be fun and a great thing for this town.” He notes the magnificent historic homes in GC and the incredible grouping of historic structures on Long Island. “Our historic homes on the National Register are very special to have in this very special town.” The Gala Benefit on May 11 will provide financial support for this capital campaign project. Event sponsorships are available by contacting Albert Intreglia (516-750-3214 during business hours) or Francine Ryan at 917-796-7586. Reservations for the cocktail reception

Old World Quality Corporation owner Vinny Muldoon will be honored at The Garden City Historical Society’s Gala Benefit, May 11, at the GC Country Club. at the GC Country Club will be taken until May 4; tickets are $100 per person ($125 at the door, limited availability). 50/50 raffle tickets ($10 or three for $25) are now on sale at the Society’s A.T. Stewart Exchange on the lower level of the Historical Society Museum, or by contacting Mary Jane Caldwell at 516-248-5917 or 516-304-6682. Consignment shop hours are Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

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Additional parking is available at the commuter lot on the corner of First St. and Third Ave., which is free after 6 PM. Parking is also available across the street from the Center in the garage behind the 120 Mineola Blvd. building, which is also free after 6 PM. Entrance to the garage is on First Avenue. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required. To register, please call (516) 663-8300. For information on other free community education programs at the Hospital, please call 1-866-WINTHROP. The much anticipated affiliation between Winthrop-University Hospital and NYU Langone Health System (NYU Langone) became official on April 1, 2017. NYU Langone is now the corporate parent of Winthrop, creating a clinically integrated healthcare network between our two organizations. With this new affiliation also comes a new name for Winthrop, which will now be known as NYU Winthrop Hospital.

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Treasure Time for Twos is an exciting interactive program for two year olds who attend with an adult who is special to them (i.e. Mom, Dad, Grandparent, Caregiver). The goal of the program is to provide two year olds with a time they can call their own having fun while learning; a time where they can share their love for Jesus and for one another; and simply a time they can treasure with someone who is special to them and with other two year olds. Each week, the children and their special adult will spend time together participating in activities including playtime, arts and crafts, music, snack, and Jesus/circle time, all revolving around the theme for the week. The Treasure Time for Twos pro-

gram runs from late September to late May for approximately 28 weeks (dates to be announced once the new school year calendar has been determined). The program is open to children who will be two years old by December 1, 2017. The program meets on Tuesdays, from 9:15am to 10:45am and is led by a certified teacher and assistant. The program is limited to 12 children (sorry, no siblings). The program is $650. Registration forms are available in the school office. All completed registration forms must be returned with a nonrefundable $25 registration fee. If you have any questions, please call either St. Joseph’s School at 7472730 or the program director, Lorraine Reynolds, at 565-6217.

Halfway to Octoberfest

The Msgr. John’s Knights of Columbus will be holding a “Halfway to Octoberfest” celebration on Saturday, April 22nd from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Plattduetsche Park Biergarten. Enjoy four hours of unlimited

authentic German music, food, beer and wine. There will be many raffle baskets available as well. $60 per person. Reservations in advance by 516-670-5632 or email rtguida40@hotmail.com

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THE OFFICE CAT BY GABBY TABBY Theft arrest: On April 5th Garden City Police arrested a 64 year old Queens woman for allegedly taking $328 worth of merchandise from Lord and Taylor. Vehicle damaged: On April 6th GArden City Police investigated a property damage report in Parking Field 12 . The rear bumper to a parked unoccupied vehicle was found damaged. Identity theft: On April 6th Garden City Police investigated an identity theft report in which a false tax return was filed using a resident’s personal information. Another damaged vehicle: On April 7th Garden City Police Officers investigated a property damage report in Parking Field 12 where the passenger side of a parked unoccupied vehicle was found damaged. Multiple violations: On April 10th a Garden City police officer on patrol observed a vehicle allegedly traveling 50 mph in a 30 mph zone on East Drive, as well as committing other multiple traffic violations. The vehicle was stopped on Seabury

Road. Police say the driver attempted to run from the scene but was apprehended by police on Old Country Road, where he allegedly resisted arrest. The driver, a 19 year old Westbury man, was arrested for DWI (Drugs), DWI (Alcohol), resisting arrest, possession of marijuana, unlicensed operation, excessive speed, and multiple turn/lane usage violations. Credit card fraud: On April 11th a resident reported that multiple unauthorized charges were made against his credit card at a local store. Carbon monoxide alarm: On April 11th Garden City Police assisted the Garden City Fire Department who responded to a report of an activated carbon monoxide alarm in a 15th Street residence. The residence was checked and all appeared to be in order. Elevator stuck: On April 11th Garden City Police and Firefighters removed a person who had become stuck in an elevator at the Wyndham Condominiums.

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It’s a sister act for one Garden City family BY GARY SIMEONE

Thirteen year old, Ashley Gerasimovich and her eleven year old sister, Erin were both toddlers when they began their acting careers. The girls, who live in Garden City with their parents and older sister, Alexa, said they both felt that acting was their destiny. Ashley, who had roles in the movies ‘Fair Game’ and ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin,’ and played the daughter of Louis C.K. in the television series, ‘Louie,’ currently has an ongoing role in ‘The Detour’ a comedy show on TBS. She said she began her acting career in baby modeling t the suggestion of her older sister and mother. “My mom and older sister really opened the gate for me as far as my acting career,” said Ashley. “Alexa showed my mom Parent Magazine ads for modeling and from that point I got involved with some of the agencies.” She said that Alexa also had a stint in the acting world, working alongside famous Garden City native, Susan Lucci, in the daytime soap opera series, All My Children. On, ‘The Detour’ which is now in its second season, Ashley plays the role of Delilah Parker, daughter of Nate Parker (Jason Jones) and Robin Randall (Natalie Zea) and fraternal twin sister of brother, Jared. The first season of the show focused on a family trip to Florida and the second season follows the characters on a move to New York City for a fresh start. In the big city, Nate and Robin must adjust to their new jobs while Jared and Delilah have their own problems dealing with the awkwardness of adolescence. “I love playing the role of Delilah because I can relate to a lot of the stuff she is going through being about the same age,” said Ashley. Ashley, who attends Sacred Heart Academy, said that life is not always easy being an actress because she misses time away from school and all of her friends. She said that she missed the first few months of Seventh Grade taping episodes of the show and at times relies

on her on-set tutor to help provide her with her course material and homework. “When I’m home I try to live as normal a life as I can and my friends are pretty much cool with the fact that I’m an actress on TV.” She said that she loves doing Science and chemistry stuff and drawing in art class and is also an avid martial artist in Taekwondo. Her sister, Erin, who also caught the acting bug at a young age, did her share of baby modeling and commercial work. Currently the 6th grader at Garden City Middle School, is filming the third season of ‘Odd Mom Out’ on Bravo TV, where she plays the character of Hazel Weber. Erin also had roles in the movies, ‘Delivery Man,’ ‘Awakened’ and ‘Prisoners’, where she spent nine weeks in Atlanta, Georgia , filming for the part. She said that she loves acting and hopes to make it her career but at the same time misses her friends and her life at home. “There was actually a Middle School play, Singing In The Rain, that I wanted to audition for but I was not able to because I was auditioning for a role at the time.” Erin says that she also has a tutor on-set and that her teachers will even call her to give her homework as she travels back and forth to the city for filming. “My Social Studies teacher is always calling me making sure I’m up to date with all of my school work,” said Erin. In her free time, she is very active, participating in her schools Yearbook Club and taking classes in Taekwondo and tap dancing. If she ever decides to put the acting thing aside for awhile, Erin might have a future as a culinary chef, because she says Home & Careers is one of her favorite classes. “One of my favorite things to do, that I learned in Home & Careers, is to make all types of crepes for my family at home. They all say they are the best things they’ve ever tasted.”

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Take the plunge and enjoy a funfilled morning while raising funds for a worthy cause at NYU Winthrop Hospital’s 16th Annual Swim-a-Thon on Sunday, April 23, from 7:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Hofstra University’s Swim Center. Open to swimmers of all ages, the Swim-A-Thon will once again raise vital funds for the Hospital’s Child Life Program, through which certified Child Life Specialists utilize play and education to improve children’s understanding of medical procedures; teach relaxation techniques to help young patients cope with illness or surgery; and provide emotional support for the entire family. To-date, the event has raised more than $400,000 to benefit the Child Life Program since it was first conceptualized by Ron Marino, DO, Associate Chairman of Pediatrics at NYU Winthrop Hospital, in 2002. Dr. Marino, an avid swimmer himself, wanted to come up with a fundraiser that would connect a healthy physical activity with giving back to the Hospital and young patients he adores. Thanks to his passion to help, and the growing support of community members, local businesses and staff, the event has flourished each year. Dr. Marino is particularly excited about all this community-driven and supported event has helped to achieve for the ben-

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Mr. Trump's Good Week BY BOB MORGAN, JR. It was finally a good week for President Donald J. Trump. One major success was the Senate confirmation of Neil Gorsuch as associate justice of the Supreme Court. Confirmation required application of the “nuclear option” by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (a change in the rules that ended the requirement of 60 votes for confirmation of a Supreme Court justice), but the well-respected Judge Gorsuch was confirmed on a 54-45 vote. In insisting on a filibuster of the Gorsuch nomination, Democrats also lost the right to filibuster a subsequent Trump Supreme Court nominee who might be more controversial. The nomination of a conservative justice was extremely important to base Republican voters and likely will insure the existence of at least a narrow conservative majority on the Court for years to come. Then President Trump also had a generally successful meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The temper of the gathering was cordial with Mr. Xi frequently pictured smiling. According to the Financial Times, Mr. Trump seems to have gained some concessions to gain better United States access to Chinese markets in both financial sector investment and beef exports, and there appears to be less prospect of a damaging trade war. But of course the most important event of the week was the order by Mr. Trump to send 59 Tomahawk missiles to destroy an airfield in Syria after that country’s dictator, Bashar Assad, apparently unleashed nerve gas that resulted in numerous fatalities, including deaths of children. In many ways the attack was mostly symbolic. The Syria conflict is a difficult one, and it is hard to identify good guys, and there is a need to confront ISIS as well as to rein in the Assad regime. A big complicating factor is that Assad is closely tied in with Russia, a country that the United State obviously does not desire to engage in military confrontation. But even if the attack had a considerable element of military theatre,

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Holy Week Worship Palm Sunday, April 9: 8:30 AM & 10:30 AM Wednesday, April 12: 8:00 PM

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HOLY WEEK LITURGIES PALM SUNDAY – April 9, 2017

Blessing of Palms at all Masses Masses: Saturday: 5:00 p.m. Sunday, in the church: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, 11:45 a.m., 1:00 & 5:30 p.m. In the auditorium: 10:00 a.m.

MONDAY – April 10, 2017

Masses: 8:00, 9:00 a.m., 12:10 p.m. Monday of Holy Week is a Special Day of Reconciliation All parishioners are invited to the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Priests will be available in the church for Confessions from 3-9:00 p.m. NOTE: There is NO 8:00 p.m. Mass in the Convent Chapel.

TUESDAY – April 11, 2017

Masses: 8:00, 9:00 a.m., 12:10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY – April 12, 2017 Masses: 8:00, 9:00 a.m., 12:10 p.m.

HOLY THURSDAY – April 13, 2017

Morning Prayer: 9:00 a.m. Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Procession: 8:00 p.m. Eucharistic Adoration until Midnight.

Dr. Robert Feirsen, Superintendent of Garden City Public Schools

Superintendent of Schools to speak

Following a tenure of 12 years as Superintendent of Garden City Public Schools, Dr. Robert Feirsen recently announced his retirement from a post he has held since 2005, effective July 31. Reporting that he has accepted a position on the faulty of New York Institute of Technology, Dr. Feirsen further reports he will also serve as Director of NYIT’s Program for School Leadership and Technology. At the April 24 Club meeting, at the Garden City Hotel, noon – 1:30, p.m., members look forward to welcoming Dr. Feirsen and hearing him provide Rotarians with an overview of the school district’s outstanding and remarkable accomplishments, well doc-

umented over the years. Touching on the broader educational picture, Dr. Feirsen will also report on some interesting research in which he is involved. Before his position at the helm of the Garden City School District, Dr. Feirsen served as Deputy Superintendent of Schools in Manhasset as well as an elementary and middle school principal. With degrees in history special education and educational administration, Dr. Feirsen taught at the elementary, middle school and high school levels before moving into supervisory roles. Dr. Feirsen has published articles in leading educational journals and magazines. He is the o-author of How to Get the Teaching Job You Want, a highly regarded guide to the job search process in education. Dr. Feirsen has also presented at numerous national, state and regional conferences and serves as a member of several non-profit advisory boards. Rotary looks forward to welcoming Dr. Feirsen and thanking him for his years of service to the children of Garden City. Rotary meets on alternate Mondays at the Garden City Hotel, 12-15-l:3p.m. For information about Rotary and Club membership, please call Susan MacDonald at (516) 642-5286.

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To be held on April 27, RotaCare will celebrate its 23rd anniversary – a quarter century of “free health care for people in need and uninsured. Deadline for reservations, sponsorships ad journal ads is next Monday, April 17. For information, please call Tracey Gittere or David Gross at Legendary Events (516) 222-0550.

GOOD FRIDAY – April 14, 2017

Morning Prayer: 9:00 a.m. Confessions following Morning Prayer until 11:00 a.m. Outdoor Stations of the Cross: 12 noon Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion with Adoration of the Cross and Holy Communion: 3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross: 8:00 p.m.

HOLY SATURDAY – April 15, 2017

Morning Prayer: 9:00 a.m. NOTE: There are NO Confessions on Holy Saturday There is NO 5:00 p.m. Mass Easter Vigil Mass: 8:00 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY – April 16, 2017

Masses: in the church: 7:30, 9:00, 10:30, & 12 noon. In the auditorium: 10:00 a.m. & 1:00 p.m. NOTE the change in time for the 12 noon Mass There is NO 5:30 p.m. Mass on Easter Sunday

This past Monday, April 10, Rotary welcomed Dr. W. Hubert Keen, President of Nassau Community College as guest speaker. Dr. Keen reported that the 225 acre community college is the largest community college in the United States. Dedicated to high quality education and career preparation, Nassau is known for ease of transferability to four-year institutions and also strives to prepare students directly for the job market here on Long Island. Pictured are Dr. Keen and Rotarian Althea Robinson, presenter.

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“Beatlemania” at the Garden City Community Club

The Beatles: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and John Lennon On Thursday, April 27th, the Community Club of Garden City will host John Ellis Kordes at the Garden City Casino at 1:30 p.m. In his talk this well known Garden City historian will present a different topic. For several years now, Mr. Kordes has been teaching a course called “Beatlemania” through Garden City Public Schools Continuing Education. The course is a four week course and will be offered again this Spring, beginning on May 2nd from 7-9 p.m. at the Garden City High School. For the Community Club Kordes will be using excerpts from his course for his presentation. The Beatles’ story is one that has been documented over and over and still today their music is as popular as

ever around the world. Kordes explores the origins of the group in Liverpool, England and how they struggled in the early years before exploding onto the world scene in 1964. This multi-media presentation is an opportunity to learn how four young men changed the culture, fashions and the entire music industry while becoming the most famous and successful musical group in the world before breaking up in 1970. The 98 year-old Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead offers a wide variety of cultural, educational, creative and philanthropic programs. To learn more about the Community Club please call 516-746-0488 Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday between 9:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.

Staged reading of local author’s play

Local resident Lana Mae Noone, co-author of the new, acclaimed play, “Children of the April Rain”, cordially invites all to a staged reading at the NYC Vietnam Veterans Memorial Plaza, 55 Water St., NYC, April 29, 2PM,

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Cathedral Nursery School students support GC Foundation

In its continuing effort to teach its children about the needs of others, and to focus the children’s attention directly on their neighbors, the Cathedral Nursery School in Garden City, has once again partnered with the Garden City Foundation to raise funds for the Foundation’s philanthropic work. A 501 (C) 3 charitable organization, the mission of the Garden City Foundation is to promote and support Garden City’s civic and charitable organizations … to assist Garden City residents in need … to promote the scholastic achievement of students who reside in Garden City … and to present an annual scholarship to a deserving high School senior who has excelled in high school business courses and plans to pursue a business major in college. To support the missions of the Garden City Foundation, the children had brought home banks which they decorated in their classrooms. The teachers had discussed this worthy cause with the children

Top row (from left): Diane Cina, Cathedral Nursery School Director; Susan MacDonald, GC Foundation President; Timothy McCue, Treasurer; Althea Robinson, Secretary; and Monica Schoelle, Director of both the Cathedral Nursery School and the Garden City Foundation. encouraging them to fill their banks with loose change. Each classroom had a giant

container marked “Coins for the Community” in which the children dumped the coins

they had collected. On Thursday afternoon, April 6, several members of the

Garden City Foundation Board of Directors came to pick up the coins which were then taken by Timothy McCue, Foundation Treasurer and VP/Manager of Valley National Bank, back to the bank to be sorted an counted. The Foundation was elated to find that the children had collected more than $1,300 in loose change. The Cathedral Nursery School Directors, Diane Cina and Monica Schoelle and the teachers feel it is important to teach the children about helping others and that early education to learn how to share is an example of how they can make our world a better place. “We had a wonderful time saying ‘hi’ to these adorable young students and touring this very special facility which places focus on philanthropic efforts at so early an age. We gratefully accept this generous donation toward the fulfillment of the Garden City Foundation’s mission.” Said Susan MacDonald, Foundation president who spoke for the members of the Board.

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A musical program, “The Carousel of Life,” will be performed on Sunday, April 30th at the Garden City Community Church at 3PM. The show moves through the decades with story, song and music. It is being presented by Valerie Ignatowitz with performances by the choir, church members and children. The presentation is two hours long with a seventh inning stretch. The community is invited to attend. All donations will go to the church Music Fund. The GC Community Church is located at the corner of Stewart Avenue and Whitehall Boulevard. It is an “Open & Affirming” congregation of the United Church of Christ (Protestant), so no matter who you are, or where you are on life’s journey all are welcome. On Sundays the GCCC has 8:30 am Communion in the Chapel and 10:30 am worship in the Sanctuary. (Summer Sundays—9:30 am.) The Forum is held at 9:15 am. Church Sunday School is held during the 10:30 service, with babysitting in the Crib Room, equipped with silent pagers for parents of children under 2 years old. Wednesday at 8PM there is a service in Gardner Hall. The GC Community Church is handicap accessible with ramps on the Whitehall Boulevard side of the church and a full elevator to the lower level. Please call 746-1700 or go to www.GardenCityCommunityChurch. org for more information.

Richard Schrafel, Karen Zalewski, Megan McQuaid,Valerie Ignatowitz, Lauryn Holzkamp, Jim Burdi, and Sue Bashian.

Garden City Teachers’ Association’s 8th Annual

“GC For A Cure”

Saturday, April 22, 2017 - Rain or Shine 5K (3.1 mile) Timed Run/Walk - 9:15 A.M. 1 Mile Untimed Fun Run/Walk - 8:45 A.M. Start/Finish - Garden City High School 170 Rockaway Avenue, Garden City, N.Y.

To benefit Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the Michele White Scholarship Fund

For more information and to register visit www.gcforacure.com

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GARDEN CITY UPDATE - NEWS AND INFORMATION Mayor@gardencityny.net The Board of Trustees and the Village Staff are embarking on new methods and procedures to communicate with members of our community, including our residents, commercial tenants, visitors, friends at Adelphi and local merchants. We will no longer publish the “Mayor’s Column.” We hope to make this our new weekly column to advise you of matters that the Village is working on, events and other important information. And of course, please visit our website for additional information: www.gardencityny.net.

LIRR Third Track

Deputy Mayor John A. DeMaro, a member of the Village’s LIRR Third Track Committee, read the following statement at the April 3, 2017 Board of Trustees meeting to address accusations made regarding the Board and how it’s addressing the LIRR Third Track expansion project: “There were some accusations made recently regarding the Board of Trustees and how the Board is addressing the LIRR Third Track expansion project. We thought it would be helpful to provide some commentary and an update. Basically, we are addressing the third track plan with a two-prong approach. The first prong relates to the formal review and analysis of the plan. As you know, the Board of Trustees agreed to hire the firm of Beveridge & Diamond to comment on and ask questions concerning the Draft Environmental Impact Statement. We joined with the Villages of New Hyde Park and Floral Park in this regard. We also approved of the hiring of an engineering expert (Vertex) to assist. Those two entities produced a well drafted submission and the members of the Committee assisted with the preparation. At this

As a free community service to help those fearful of losing their homes, Nassau County Bar Association hosts Mortgage Foreclosure/ Sandy Recovery Free Legal Consultation Clinics. Held twice a month to meet the demand, the next two clinics are scheduled for Monday, April 17, 3 - 6 p.m., at the Nassau County Bar Association, located on 15th Street at the corner of West Street, Mineola, two

point the MTA and LIRR must make a decision. According to our counsel, the MTA/LIRR can either (i) issue another Draft Environmental Impact Statement and address the issues and concerns that were raised, in whole or in part, and ask for more comments, or (ii) they can issue a final report and in the final report address, in whole or in part, the issues and concerns raised during the comment period. The Board will thoroughly review the statement that is issued. The second part of the approach is to keep an open dialogue with the MTA/LIRR. The Committee has been actively involved in this effort. Among other things, the Committee has met on several occasions with representatives from the MTA and Governor Cuomo’s office. We believe that this dialogue will be helpful if the project is eventually funded and moves forward. Our goal throughout this process has been to minimize the potential negative impacts of this project, should it occur, on the residents of Garden City. As always, the Board of Trustees will keep you fully informed.”

Repairing Potholes

Village Crews have been out repairing potholes and clearing storm drains as spring approaches. To report a pothole, residents can call the Department of Public Works at 465-4003/4004. The Village does not own all of the streets in the Village. For example, Nassau Boulevard and portions of Stewart Avenue are Nassau County-owned. We cannot fix those streets but as always the Village attempts to have the County make repairs in a timely fashion.

Changes to T-Zone

The Garden City Chamber of Commerce has suggested and request-

ed that the Board of Trustees remove certain commercial zoning restrictions within the T-Zone area, which primarily includes Seventh Street and Franklin Avenue, which are located in the C-2 District. The proposed changes would no longer require Zoning Board of Appeals approval when a request is made for a storefront to become a restaurant. The Legal Committee of the Board of Trustees is working with Counsel to draft appropriate changes to the Zoning Code. Any changes would not affect residential zoning. A public hearing will be held in regards to this matter on a date to be determined.

Parking Zoning Rules

During the last two years, the Planning Commission has been meeting with a parking consultant to review existing parking regulations within commercial districts in Garden City. The consultant has suggested eliminating certain parking space requirements within the downtown commercial districts due to an abundance of parking currently available within adjacent parking fields. This proposed change would also potentially eliminate the need for zoning variances for commercial properties. A public hearing will be held in regards to this matter on a date to be determined.

GCFD Earns Unit Citation

On April 5, members of the Garden City Volunteer Fire Department were acknowledged at the annual Nassau County Fire Commission Awards Ceremony. The Department received a Unit Citation for their actions at the October 2016 Long Island Rail Road derailment when a Huntington-bound passenger train derailed approximately half a mile east of the New Hyde Park station and collided with a Long

Island Rail Road work train. Fire Commissioner Trustee Robert A. Bolebruch said it was an honor to attend the ceremony. “It makes you realize that everyday these volunteers put their lives on the line for their family and their community,” he said. “They should always receive our respect and appreciation for what they do.”

Water Meter Replacements

As you are aware, last summer and fall we embarked on replacing water meters at private residences and commercial facilities. Most of the meters being replaced were decades old, and ceased accurately measuring water usage a long time ago. Certified letters have been sent to approximately 350 residents and businesses who did not make an appointment to have their meter upgraded, as is required by Village Code. As a result, the Water Department is very busy scheduling appointments to have all remaining water meters upgraded. As we are entering spring and summer, we advise residents that these new meters will more accurately capture water usage from sprinkler systems, thereby resulting in higher water bills. Please call 465-4020/4021 if you still need to schedule an appointment.

Vintage Car Parade

The Annual Easter Festival and Antique Car Parade, sponsored by the Garden City Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Easter Sunday, April 16, 2017. The parade will exit Parking Field 9E west onto Tenth Street to Franklin Avenue, proceed south on Franklin Avenue to Seventh Street, west to Hilton Avenue, then north to Stewart Avenue. Easter bunnies will be on Seventh Street during the parade.

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Free mortgage foreclosure clinics same room, such as American Debt Resources, LI Housing Partnership, La Fuerza Unida, and LI Housing Services. There are no income restrictions to attend the clinics. Since 2009, NCBA has held more than 150 clinics assisting more than 12,000 Nassau families in distress. Currently, each clinic averages 30 - 50 homeowners, signifying that foreclosure continues to be prevalent in Nassau.

blocks south of the bus and train stations. NCBA volunteer attorneys meet one-on-one with homeowners who are then referred for additional help for mortgage modifications, loan restructuring, bankruptcy, financial planning assistance, services for lower income households or emotional support. Many of these resources and agencies are available immediately in the

Volunteer attorneys also answer Sandy victims’ questions regarding homeowner, flood, property damage and automobile insurance claims; FEMA, debt deferral, and consumer protection issues. Bi-lingual attorneys fluent in Spanish are on site. Attorneys bi-lingual in other languages, including Russian, Haitian Creole, Korean, Chinese, Hindi and American Sign Language, may be

requested when making reservations. To make an appointment for the next clinic, call the Bar Association at 516-747-4070. Attendees are asked to bring their mortgage documents or other important papers and correspondence with them. This program is funded through the NYS Attorney General Homeownership Protection Program (known as HOPP).

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It’s What’s Happening For Young Adults

Tween Book Discussion and Author Chat with Author Jen Calonita

Read the book Flunked by Jen Calonita and then come to the book discussion to discuss the book with the author herself! This program will be held Thursday, April 20 from 6 -7:30PM. This joint program with the Children’s Department is for Grades 4-7. Snacks and beverages will be provided. Bring your own copy of the book if you would like to have it signed. Registration is required and is underway online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Registrants can pick up a copy of the book in the Young Adult Room or the Children’s Room after they register online. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Chick Incubation Project: Chicks Scheduled to Hatch

The Garden City Public Library Tweens and Teens Department is proud to be hosting a Chick Incubation project in the upcoming weeks. A dozen eggs arrived on March 28 at the Garden City Public Library and began the incubation process. The eggs are scheduled to hatch beginning on April 17, 21 days after incubation began. Patrons of all ages are welcome to stop by the Tweens and Teens room to learn more about the eggs and the incubation process and also visit the chicks once they hatch. In the Tweens and Teens room, patrons can also enter their favorite name for their chance to name one of the chicks once they hatch. For questions, please contact Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta via email at laurag@gardencitypl.org or via phone at 516-742-8405 x242.

Star Wars Day

The Children’s and Young Adult Departments will be celebrating the Star Wars with a day full of Star Wars themed programs! Registration is required for all programs and is underway online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org).

Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. A separate sign-up is required for each program you would like to attend. • Star Wars Science with Science Teacher Chris Buchman: Do science experiments with a Star Wars theme. 11:00AM-12:00PM for Grades 6-12 12:30PM-1:30PM for Grades 3-5 • Star Wars Cupcakes with the Baking Coach: Create delicious Star Wars Cupcakes. 11:00AM-12:00PM for Grades 3-5 12:30PM-1:30PM for Grades 6-12 • Lightsaber Show and Jedi Training with Saber Guild: Endor Temple: A family show followed by Jedi training featuring Lucasfilm-preferred costume and lightsaber choreography group, Saber Guild: Endor Temple 2:30 - 3:30PM for children, tweens, and teens up through Grade 12 and their families. Patrons can also stop by during the day on the first floor between 10:00AM and 4:00PM to get Star Wars giveaways, participate in our Star Wars Scavenger Hunt, do word games and activities, and more. Star Wars characters will be available in the library for meet-and-greet and photo-ops during the afternoon. Star Wars Day has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library.

Yak and Snack Book Discussion: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of The Outsiders by reading S.E. Hinton’s classic novel and then joining us for a discussion at the Library on Monday, April 24 from 7:00PM-8:00PM. This program is for Grades 6-12. Registration is required and is underway online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. Registrants can pick up a copy of the book in the Young Adult Room after they register online. Registrants should bring a brown-bag dinner to the event. Food and snacks will be provided. If you are interested in earning volunteer hours and would like to volunteer to be a Teen Book Club Leader for this book

Introduction to Tea Appreciation

Tuesday May 2nd at 7:00 PM Garden City Public Library Tea, like wine, is a diverse and complex beverage that is produced in many countries around the world. Unfortunately, many of us are unaware that there is a vast world of tea that lies beyond the supermarket shelf. Join us for an interactive program to learn about a brief history of tea, its health benefits, the different types of tea, and how to properly store and prepare them. Attendees will taste and discuss three teas specifically selected for this program. Kristine Henderson, Certified Tea Professional, Certified Tea

Sommelier and Certified Tea Health Expert, will conduct a tea tasting during which you will taste several handcrafted teas from around the world, learn what makes them unique, and discover specific traditions or cultural aspects related to them. In person registration begins on Sunday, April 23rd at 1:00 PM. There is a 25 person limit in this program and priority is given to adult Garden City Public Library cardholders. Nonresidents will be accommodated on a space availability basis after Sunday, April 30th.

discussion, please contact Young Adult Librarian Laura Giunta via email at laurag@gardencitypl.org or via phone at 516-742-58405 x242.

Movie Matinee: Guardians of the Galaxy

Are you excited for Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2 coming out in May? Then stop by the Library during spring break on Tuesday, April 11 for a matinee showing of the original Guardians of the Galaxy movie! The movie will begin at 2:00PM and is for tweens and teens in Grades 6-12. Snacks and beverages will be provided. Registration is required and is underway online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. This program has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. This movie is rated PG-13.

Tweens and Teens Anime Club: Cancelled

Because our baby chicks are scheduled to hatch beginning the afternoon and through the evening of April 17, we are cancelling this month’s anime club. Please stop by the Tweens and Teens Room on April 17 to check out our chicks as they hatch and please look for Tweens and Teens Anime Club programming in the summer.

Teens and Tots Training

Interested in volunteering this summer? Then join this year’s Teens and Tots Program! Volunteers must be tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in September 2017. Volunteers will read and make crafts with children at the

Garden City Pool this summer. All volunteers are required to attend one Training Session. Below are the following times in which Teens and Tots training will be offered for tweens and teens entering Grades 6-12 in Fall 2017: • Wednesday, April 12, 12 -3:00PM: Registration is required and began Monday, March 20 online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org). Space is limited, so check Eventkeeper for availability. • Saturday, May 6, 12:00PM-3:00PM: Registration is required and begins Monday, April 10 at 9:30AM online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ). Pizza will be served for lunch at both training sessions. Young adults are required to attend at least one training session in order to volunteer for Teens & Tots at the GC Pool during the summer. Volunteers who have done the training in previous years are not required to attend a training session again. Teens and Tots will be held at the Garden City Pool on the following Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 2:00PM-2:30PM: • Week #1: July 5 • Week #2: July 11, 12 • Week #3 – July 18, 19 • Week #4 – July 25, 26 • Week #5 – August 1, 2 • Week #6 - August 8, 9 Volunteers should arrive at the pool by 1:45PM and may sign-up for as many days as they’d like. For more information or to sign-up for days contact Laura Giunta in the Young Adult Department via phone (516-742-8405 x242) or email (laurag@gardencitypl.org).

Red, White, Blue, and You!

Memorial Day Entertaining Tuesday, May 23rd at 1PM Garden City Public Library Whether you are entertaining with friends, going to the parade, or having a picnic, it wouldn’t be summer without lots of red, white and blue. Join Chef Barbara Sheridan to start off your summer cooking. Fire up the grill & grab your tongs for the most delicious and fun cookout of the season. Learn the

art of grilling to make grilled chicken sandwiches, make potato salad skewers, grilled zucchini, corn cob salad, and finish off the meal with Peach Melba, and maybe even serve some lemonade. In person registration begins at the Reference Desk on Tuesday, May 9th at 9:30 AM and is limited to Garden City Public Library cardholders. Nonresidents will be accommodated on a space availability basis after May 19th.

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April is here! Passover continues until April 18. Easter is Sunday, April 16. There is also a colorful display of both fiction and non-fiction books on both holidays. Now that storytimes are over for the season, the Children’s Room is planning the Summer Reading Club for 2017. Our theme this year is “Build a Better World”. Look for announcements for our programs and registration in the near future.

Upcoming Programs

Tuesday, April 18 Spring Egg Hunt in the Library This program is for children ages 2 ½-5 (not in Kindergarten) and a caregiver at 10:00AM. Registration is required and is underway on Eventkeeper. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Children should bring their own baskets to collect eggs. Thursday, April 20 Tween Book Discussion and Author Chat with Author Jen Calonita For Grades 4, 5, and Tweens in Grades 6 and 7. This is a joint program with the Young Adult Department. Read the book Flunked, by author Jen Calonita, then come to discuss the book with the author herself. The program runs from 6:00PM-7:30PM. Registration is required and is underway online on Eventkeeper. You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Snacks and beverages will be provided. Bring your own copy of the book to have it signed. You will also be able to pick up a copy to check out in either the Children’s or Young Adult Departments after you have registered. Saturday, April 29 Star Wars Day The Children’s and Young Adult Departments will be celebrating Star Wars with a day of Star Wars themed programs. Registration is required for all programs and is underway online via Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.

org ). A separate sign-up is required for each program you would like to attend. • Star Wars Science with Science Teacher Chris Buchman: Do science experiments with a Star Wars theme. 11 AM-12:00PM for Grades 6-12 12:30PM-1:30PM for Grades 3-5 • Star Wars Cupcakes with the Baking Coach: Create delicious Star Wars Cupcakes. 11 AM-12:00 PM for Grades 3-5 12:30 -1:30 PM for Grades 6-12 • Lightsaber Show and Jedi Training with Saber Guild: Endor Temple: A family show followed by Jedi training featuring Lucasfilm-preferred costume and lightsaber choreography group, Saber Guild: Endor Temple 2:30 - 3:30PM for children, tweens, and teens up through Grade 12 and their families. Patrons can also stop by during the day on the first floor between 10:00AM and 4 PM to get Star Wars giveaways, participate in our Star Wars Scavenger Hunt, do word games and activities, and more. Star Wars characters will be available in the library for meet-andgreet and photo-ops during the afternoon. Star Wars Day has been funded by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. This is a joint program with the Young Adult Department. PLEASE NOTE: There are three events, each requiring separate registration. Two programs are for Grades 3-5 and tweens in grades 6-8, one program is a family program. Registration is underway online on Eventkeeper (www.gardencitypl.org ). You must do a separate registration for each child you wish to attend the program. Please arrive promptly. If you are late, your spot may be given to someone on the waitlist. Please check the Library website www.gardencitypl.org for upcoming events and registration dates. Funding for these programs has been provided by the Friends of the Garden City Public Library. Priority for registration and participation is given to children who are Garden City Public Library cardholders.

Garden City Public Library Board to Meet

There will be a Regular Meeting of the Board of Library Trustees on Monday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the

Garden City Public Library in the Library’s Board Room.

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National Library Week

The Garden City Public Library joins libraries in schools, colleges and communities across the country in celebrating National Library Week from April 9 - 15, a time to remind the public about the contributions that libraries, librarians and library workers make to their communities. This year the theme of National Library Week is Libraries Transform. “The Library has always been a place of transformation through the materials, programs and services that we offer,” said Library Director Lisa Paulo. “Whatever your interest, the Garden City Library and the library staff are here to provide you with the information resources you need to accomplish your goals.” While libraries have always served as trusted places where people can access information, the Garden City Public Library has grown and evolved

to meet the changing needs of the community. Today’s libraries are more than just book repositories. The Library offers opportunities for children and adults alike to learn and grow by providing access to books and periodicals, eBooks and audiobooks, music CDs and DVDs, workshops, computers, and other informational resources. You can access specialized electronic resources, borrow museum passes, and get recommendations on the best books to read. First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association and libraries across the country each April. For more information, visit the Garden City Public Library at 60 Seventh Street, call 516742-8405, or see the Library’s website at www.gardencitypl.org .

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IN MEMORIAM Nancy DiMeo September 26, 1944 - April 9, 2017 Nancy DiMeo passed away peacefully on Palm Sunday after a two and a half year battle with cancer. Nancy was born in Queens as the eldest child of Joseph and Matilde Ocuto and was followed by two sisters, Anna Marie and Linda. She grew up in Floral Park, where she attended Martin Van Buren High School. After graduation at 17, she went to work in lower Manhattan as the secretary for Alfonso DiMeo of the New York Housing Authority. Ten years later, they would marry and ever since she delighted in telling friends how now her formerly demanding boss now worked for her. The couple initially lived in the Bronx, then Englewood, New Jersey, and had two sons - Albert and Christopher. In 1979 at Nancy’s insistence, the family moved into her dream home in Garden City, where Nancy and Al have resided since. Famously to their friends, they performed absolutely all home and yard maintenance including the cultivation of a gorgeous garden and the trimming of two enormous yews in the front yard - up until just a few years ago. While Nancy loved to garden, culti-

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her! Noteworthy performances soon followed with firsts in her age group in the Turkey Trot and twice in the LI half-Marathon (ages 40-45). She also completed the NYC marathon on two occasions, most notably with a time of 3:38 at age 45. Even at her peak, she preferred slower runs with friends -up to twice a day - where companionship prevailed over competition. Over the last few years, even as she battled cancer, she became more and more of a caregiver to her husband, who despite working until age 88, finally began to suffer the frailties of age. The last four months of her life were filled with heroic sacrifice as she cared for beloved, who spent 100 days in a rehabilitation facility following an untimely fall. Nancy tended to her husband for 14 hours a day. Only after he was safely moved to her son’s house did she succumb to the ravages of her disease. Nancy is survived by her mother, Matilde Ocuto, her close and loving sisters, Anna and Linda, her husband Alfonso DiMeo and her sons Albert (wife Danielle) and Christopher (wife Jennifer), She will be sorely missed by her beloved grandchildren: Isabella, Julia, Alfonso Paul, Julian Kai, Alexandra and Avalnina.

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vating a strong healthy family was her greatest priority, and she was a “tiger mom” before the term was known. Both of her sons attended Chaminade High School, Duke University, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and trained at NYPH Weill Cornell. Albert is now a heart surgeon at St. Francis Hospital and Christopher is an anesthesiologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery. Nancy loved and cared for her extended family with the same passion - her parents, sistersin-law and many nieces and nephews can attest to this. She also had a very special relationship with the children of Charles and Elizabeth Frumberg, who were close neighbors and friends. Nancy was well known for her abounding energy and positivity. She had a big personality and her love of the spotlight was matched only by her generosity. She loved Garden City and her many cherished friends with whom she enjoyed countless parties and events. She was an avid and accomplished runner, forming the nucleus of a running club sustained for more than three decades. Nancy started jogging in her thirties as a social encounter, but soon noticed her talent - despite being the oldest member of the group, few of her friends could keep up with

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Special Events for the month of April

Wednesday, April 19 at 1 pm – Medicare/Medicaid Informational Workshop – Presenters Thomas Efthimiou and Richard Jack will give you the information you need to make an informed decision our health needs. Monday, April 24 at 1 pm – Mna na h’Eireann - Kevin Westley is back to entertain you with stories and songs about the Women of Ireland. This multimedia showcase will relate to Irish women in history and the popular songs about them. Thursday, April 27 at 10 am - Cool Apps for the iPad and iPhone With thousands of apps out there, how can I find ones that are useful? How do I use the App Store? How do I search for free apps? Come to this class - discover apps you can’t live without. Bring your iPad or just come and listen. Prerequisites: Introduction to the iPad and iPhone or equivalent or you must be comfortable using your device. Thursday, April 27at 1 pm – How to Pick a Financial Advisor – sponsored by Meadowbrook Wealth Management. Register for any of the above programs by calling The Senior Center at 385-8006.

FOR SENIORS

To attend the “Chow Down” please call the Office of Recreation and Parks at 465-4075.

Exercise for Seniors

Recreation and Parks is offering the following exercise classes for seniors at The Senior Center on Golf Club Lane. For the next few months the classes will be free in order to for you to try each class, after which they will be offered at a nominal charge. Classes are open to all seniors ages 60 and older who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City. Classes might be canceled due to a special event or trip so please check the bulletin board at The Senior Center for updates. MONDAYS Exercise with Felicia at 10 am Tai Chi with Connie at 1 pm Meditation with Connie at 2 pm TUESDAYS Yoga for all Levels with Allie at 11:15 am Chair Dancing with Felicia at 2:30 pm WEDNESDAY Exercise with Felicia at 9:45 am Chair Yoga with Connie at 11 am THURSDAY Exercise with Joy at 9 am (paid class, prior registration is needed) Yoga for all Levels with Allie at 11:15 am Yoga for all Levels with Allie at 12:15

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Registration for upcoming Senior trips - New trips added

The Recreation and Parks Department, with the advisement of the Senior Advisory Committee, is sponsoring the following trips for seniors who are residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City during the upcoming months. Please remember to register early because all trips are first come, first served. No registrations will be taken before they are announced in the paper and payment must accompany any registration. Thursday, April 20 - A Night at the Opera to see “Aida” at the Metropolitan Opera House. We will travel by coach bus and dinner will be on your own. Seating is limited. The cost of this trip will be $75, checks only, made payable to Jo Falabella. Please note – this trip is now filled. Wednesday, April 26 - Westbury Manor for Lunch and “My Fair Lady”. We will travel on the Recreation bus for this trip. The bus will leave the parking lot by St. Paul’s Center at 11:15 am. The cost of this trip will be $40, checks only made payable to Plaza Theatrical Productions. To register, please visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. Wednesday, May 3 – Tour of Grand Central Station, Lunch, and a Narrated Sight Seeing Cruise of lower Manhattan. We will travel by coach bus into the city and stop at the 100 year old Grand Central Station, where we will receive a guided tour. After our tour, we will have lunch at La Nonna in Little Italy and then head toward South Street Seaport where we will board the Zephyr to receive a narrated tour by boat of lower Manhattan. The cost of this trip will be $90, checks only made payable to

Rendezvous Travel. To register, please visit the Recreation at 108 Rockaway Avenue. Wednesday, June 14 – Metropolitan Opera House to see the ballet “Swan Lake”. This is a matinee show. We will travel by coach bus and lunch will be on your own. Seating is limited. The cost of this trip will be $85, checks only, made payable to Jo Falabella. Tuesday, June 20 – New York Botanical Garden featuring the Chihuly Garden Exhibit and lunch on Arthur Avenue. We will travel by coach bus to the Garden where you will have approximately three hours to see the artwork of world-renowned sculptor Dale Chihuly as well as the rose garden and more that venue has to offer. We will then visit Arthur Avenue and have lunch at Mario’s. The cost of this trip will be $85, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel. Tuesday, July 11 – “Summer on the Boardwalk”, Atlantic City. We will travel by coach bus to Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, where we will see a performance of the “Unexpected Surfer Boys” who will sing your favorite summer songs. We will also receive $25 in slot play. Gamble, enjoy the show and walk on the boardwalk to enjoy the day! The cost of this trip will be $50, checks only made payable to Rendezvous Travel and lunch will be on your own. To register for any of these trips, please visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. Please note, once the fees are sent to the venues, they are not refundable so make your selections carefully. All trips are open senior residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City only. To register for any of these trips, please visit the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Ave. Please note, once the fees are sent to the venues, they are not refundable so make your selections carefully. All trips are open senior residents of the Inc. Village of Garden City only.

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Eldercare issues to be discussed

At one p.m. on April 19th Meadowbrook Wealth Management, LLC will present a talk on critical Eldercare issues at the Garden City Senior Center, 6 Golf Club Lane, Garden City. The speaker will be Elaine Quigley, Principal, Metro Eldercare Agency, LLC. Possible topics included: preparing

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The students of the Department of Dance present a mixed program of dance including classical ballet as well as modern and contemporary dance.Work from guest choreographers Earl Mosley and Manuel Vignoulle will be featured along with choreography by faculty members Frank Augustyn, Orion Duckstein and Adelheid Strelick.

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SATURDAY, MAY 13 • 8:00 P.M. TICKETS: $50/$45 With a program that will include country, folk, pop, rock, Broadway and gospel, we close our season with Grammy winner Crystal Gayle’s first Long Island concert appearance in over 10 years.

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Palm Sunday arrived as a beautiful sunny day and the churches in town were filled with people celebrating the beginning of Easter. I must say that the majority of the ladies were wearing Easter Bonnets and they looked lovely. We may see them again on Easter Sunday, but who really cares. As long as the gals look great in their hats. Somehow I always thought it was a shame that hats became unpopular since so many of the ladies look so nice wearing them. As for me, I have a habit of waring hats nearly all of the time. I even wear a swimming cap in the summer when I go to the pool. The Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution held its annual Spiring Philanthropic Luncheon this past Friday at the Westbury Manor and the banquet room was filled. The event included a wonderful table full of beautiful prizes and the action of selling chances was excellent. The speaker was a former FBI agent and his talk was very informative. The banquet room was filled and the smiles on the faces of the winners of the raffle showed that they had picked very nice prizes. They always invite gentlemen from the Garden City veterans association to attend as their guests. These are all men who fought in the Second World War and they got a round of applause too. The ladies of the DAR have been inviting these gentlemen for a long time and it shows by the men’s attendance that they do appreciate the recognition very much. These gentlemen have always come as a group and marched in the Memorial Day Parade. We do owe them a lot. They are members of the William Bradford Turner Post of the Garden City American Legion. So give them a hand next Memorial Day as they pass by. The folks at the Garden City Historical Society are sponsoring a gala benefit on Thursday, May 11th at the Garden City Country Club starting at six p.m. with music, raffles and auctions. This will benefit our historical house. Do help them out with a donation to keep one

of the original houses alive and well so we can all enjoy it. Many other towns have let their historical houses deteriorate badly and thereby lost part of their history. Garden City can set a wonderful example. If you enjoy singing you might be interested in joining some summer sings with the Long Island Choral Society. The first one will be held on June 4th at the St. William the Abbot R.C. Church in Seaford, NY. It will be held at 7 p.m. and there is a $10 donation fee per person. There is a $5 fee to rent a score. Happy Birthday wishes go to Pauline Rudkin, who will be blowing out the candles on her cake on the 18th of this month and also Happy Anniversary wishes go to Melissa and Tom Bradley who will celebrate on the 17th of April. May they have many more. Did you know that the full moon in April is also known as the Pink Moon because it heralded the appearance of the moss pink or wild ground phlox. - one of the first flowers. Have you seen one? Spring has arrived in many of our gardens with a heavy population of daffodils that herald the arrival of better weather. The members of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead enjoyed a theater party trip into New York City recently and they all had a good time. A trip to Planting Fields Arboretum with lunch at a local restaurant planned for early May has been postponed to the early Fall. These things happen as Spring and Fall are the busy times for clubs to do tours. Why? Because the weather is better without fear of snow or storms. However, the date will be arranged for the coming Fall season. I hope that the holidays are good for all of you with those beautiful colored eggs and candy rabbits. See you next week.

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Members of the Garden City based Colonel Aaron Ogden Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, held a highly successful Luncheon for 75 people at Westbury Manor on Friday, April 7th. Chapter Regent Leslie Barnum Dimmling chaired the meeting. The chapter honored outgoing District X & XI Director Ann Otten during the event . She was presented with an honorarium and a book “The New Nation” by Long Island artist Mort Kunstler, which

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which is scheduled to officially open this month. One of the DAR’s primary interests is historic preservation. As always, many enjoyed the reading of the famous “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Longfellow, a regular event at the luncheon , which this year marked the 242nd anniversary of the ride. Revere rode at considerable personal risk to warn colonists of the approach of British Troops on April 18, 1775. Photos by June Fay.

From Left- NY State Librarian Isabelle Smith, prospective members Abagael Fagan and her mother, Deborah McCauley, Chapter Regent Leslie Dimmling, and prospective member Carla Hall D’Ambra, after the successful conclusion of the chapter luncheon.

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L E G A L LEGAL NOTICE Notice of Formation of 75 Cohoes Realty Associates, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Dept. of State on 2/28/17. Office location: Nassau County. NY Sec. of State designated agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served, and shall mail process to 586 Commercial Ave, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: any lawful activity. GC 0592 6X 03/24,31,04/07,14,21,28 NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT COUNTY OF NASSAU JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. f/k/a Chase Home Finance, LLC, Plaintiff AGAINST Julie Soussis a/k/a Julie F. Soussis; et al., Defendant(s) Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale duly dated November 13, 2008 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Calendar Control Part (CCP) Courtroom, 100 Supreme Court Drive, Mineola, NY 11501 on May 9, 2017 at 11:30AM, premises known as 90 Amherst Street, Garden City, NY 11530. All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements erected, situate, lying and being in the Village of Garden City, County of Nassau and State of NY, Section 33 Block 301 Lot 459. Approximate amount of judgment $346,871.59, plus interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index# 07-007961. Gina Raio Bitsimis, Referee Shapiro, DiCaro & Barak, LLC Attorney(s) for the Plaintiff 175 Mile Crossing Boulevard Rochester, New York 14624 (877) 759-1835 Dated: March 10, 2017 GC 0603 4X 04/07,14,21,28 LEGAL NOTICE Title: NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a license # PENDING has been applied for by the undersigned to rent real estate, at 149 Whitehall Blvd., Garden City, NY 11530. Baced, LLC. Category Real Estate Leasing NY : New York GC 0605 6X 04/07,14,21,28,05/05,12 NOTICE TO BIDDERS The Board of Education of the Garden City UFSD, Herricks UFSD, Mineola UFSD, Great

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JAMES E. DAVIS Acting Assessor, Nassau County GC 0610 1x 4/14 LEGAL NOTICE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO: THE PURCHASING DIVISION Incorporated Village of Garden City 351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00 A.M., D.S.T., Friday, April 21, 2017 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following: ASSORTED CLOTHING Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address. Rosemary Monahan Buyer Dated: April 14, 2017 GC 0611 1X 04/14 LEGAL NOTICE FOR ADVERTISEMENT: GARDEN CITY NEWS INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids MUST be RECEIVED BY AND DELIVERED TO: THE PURCHASING DIVISION Incorporated Village of Garden City 351 Stewart Avenue Garden City, New York 11530 between the hours of 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., UNTIL 11:00 A.M., D.S.T., FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017 at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud, for furnishing the following: RUBBISH REMOVAL 2017 Specifications, Form of Bid, and other information may be obtained from the office of the Purchasing Division at the above address. Rosemary Monahan Buyer Dated: April 14, 2017 GC 0612 1X 04/14

Bladder cancer awareness at Winthrop Hospital

Did you know that bladder cancer is the sixth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the United States? Smoking increases your chance of developing bladder cancer and although men are diagnosed more frequently, women are generally diagnosed at a later stage. To learn more, the public is invited to attend a free Bladder Cancer Awareness Day educational program at NYU Winthrop Hospital on Saturday, May 6, 2017, from 8:30 AM to 11:00 AM. The event will be held in the Research and Academic Center at NYU Winthrop, located at 101 Mineola Boulevard, at the corner of Second Street in Mineola. Speakers Anthony Corcoran, MD, Attending UroOncologist, Department of Urology; Galina Levin, MD, Attending Radiologist, Division of Radiation Oncology; and Mary O’Keefe, MD, Attending Oncologist, Department of

Oncology/Hematology, will discuss risk factors, causes and treatment options. A question and answer period will be included. Literature and educational materials will be provided; a light breakfast will be included during registration at 8:30 AM. The program begins at 9:00 AM. To register and for information about parking or the program, please call Kate Owens (516) 663-2316 or e-mail kowens@winthrop.org The much anticipated affiliation between WinthropUniversity Hospital and NYU Langone Health System (NYU Langone) became official on April 1, 2017. NYU Langone is now the corporate parent of Winthrop, creating a clinically integrated healthcare network between our two organizations. With this new affiliation also comes a new name for Winthrop, which will now be known as NYU Winthrop Hospital.

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“Leaders don’t create followers, the create more leaders” Tom Peters Thank you, Dr. Feirsen for your dedication to our children’s education for the past twelve years. We wish you great success in your new position at NYIT - helping to shape tomorrow’s education leaders. Remember GCPS are in session on Monday, April 17th and Friday, May 26th. Contact us with your questions, suggestions, concerns, and to get more involved. Since 1945, the Garden City Parent Teacher Association has dedicated itself to serving children and families in our community. Our membership consists of parents, ALL teachers administrators – board trustees, and community residents devoted to the educational, social and emotional success of children. Our volunteers advocate for the participation of parents in our children’s education. We are committed to maintaining a collaborative environment where families and the school district (teachers, administrators, board trustees) can work together to foster positive change in our schools and within our community. Visit our website homepage at www.gardencitypta.org for contact information click the About Us on the homepage toolbar. To get real time information, follow us and turn on notifications for Facebook.com/ GardenCityPTA and Twitter.com/ GardenCityPTA.

bers are invited to attend and vote on the use of PTA Grant funds for a seven-part speaker event to be held on October 24 and 25, 2017 with Jessica Lahey. Ms. Lahey is a contributing writer for The Atlantic and an English teacher. She writes “The Parent-Teacher Conference” column at The New York Times, is a commentator for Vermont Public Radio, and is the author of The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed. If approved, Ms. Lahey will give seven presentations, five to Middle School and High School students, one to GCPS faculty, and one to the Garden City community (evening event). The community event will also include a book signing.

Special Meeting Notice

Garden City Teachers’ Association’s (GCTA) 8th Annual “GC For A Cure”

There will be a special meeting of Garden City PTA on Friday, April 21st at 9 am at the St. Paul’s Senior Center on 108 Rockaway Avenue. PTA mem-

Deadline to order your school supplies is next Friday!

Attention K-7 grade and all incoming September 2017 kindergarten families. Save time & money with quality products with teacher approved and custom packed for your child’s classroom. Avoid summer shopping hassles: No crowds, traffic, or guesswork and order your September school supplies online. • 4/21, F – Deadline to order School Supplies online at http://bit.ly/ GCPTASchoolSupplies • Enter School ID: GAR054. • Follow the instructions to order online. • Order the grade pack your child will be starting in September 2017.

Saturday, April 22, 2017 visit http:// www.gcforacure.com/ to sign up today.

Join the community and our teachers in a wonderful event to benefit Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, and the Michele White Scholarship Fund. Rain or shine you can participate, rain or shine, in a 5K or 1-mile fun/walk run. Start and finish will be at the Garden City High School. • 4/22, Sat – “GC For a Cure” at GCHS Fun Run/Walk for 1 mile (untimed) at 8:45 am 5K (timed) at 9:15 am

What to make positive change? Get involved!

Consider serving as a parent representative on a school committee, become a member of a GCPS Site-Based Team. The purpose of school-based planning and shared decision-making (Site-Base Committee) is to improve the educational performance of all students in our schools. The PTA is charged with the responsibility of selecting the PTA parent members to serve on the district’s Site-Based committees. If selected for this Committee, you will work directly with administrators, teachers, students, and parents addressing issues that may arise at the school level. The following open Site-Based parent positions for the 2017-2019 school years include Middle School (1 position), Stewart School (2 positions), Locust School (1 position), and Homestead School (1 position) If you are interested in learning more about Site-Base committee visit our website www.gardencitypta.org and click Apply for Site-Base under Quick Links on the homepage. Applications for open positions are being accepted during the month of April.

Upcoming GC PTA Events:

• 4/21, F, General Membership Meeting (date added), 9 am St. Paul’s Senior Center, to approve the use of PTA Grant funds. • Until 4/21, F - K-7 grade and all incoming September 2017 kindergarten families order your child’s September 2017 school supplies, http://bit.ly/ GCPTASchoolSupplies CODE: GAR054. • 4/28, F – Stratford School Family Fun Bingo Night 7:00 pm, PTA co-sponsored event. • 4/28, F – High School Staff Appreciation Luncheon

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Join the budget discussion at a Board of Education meeting. • 4/20, Th – Board of Education Meeting, Budget Adoption - GCHS at 8:15 pm

Upcoming GCPS Events

: Attention Incoming Kindergarten Parents • 4/18-21, T-F - Kindergarten Screening, based on your scheduled appointment from Pupil Placement Services

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• 4/18, T – Third Grade Science Fair Day 1 at 7:00 pm • 4/19, W – Third Grade Science Fair Day 2 at 7:00 pm • 4/28, F – Stratford School Family Fun Bingo Night 7:00 pm

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• 4/19, W - High School Breakfast for Champions in High School Library at 9:20 am Thank you to all who support the Garden City PTA. Together we can achieve great things!

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5K start

2017 Run for Tomorrow’s Hope

Over 800 runners participated in the ‘Run for Tomorrow’s Hope’ a 5K charity race/fun run hosted by St. Joseph School in Garden City. The event, now in its second year, drew runners from as far east as Greenport, and as far west as Brooklyn. This year’s 812 participants, along with sponsoring businesses and families raised over $18,000 for the Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation, the Long Island based charity that supports Catholic elementary students and schools. In addition to a 7:30am Mass prior to the event, Bishop John Barres was on hand to meet and greet the organizations and individuals supporting the event. Bishop Barres offered a blessing to both the fun run participants and to the race participants prior to the two starts. Race Director Dr. Michael Spinelli said “We are very pleased with the support this race has gained within the community, and grateful for the support of the businesses, families and participants that make this possible.” Said Dr. Spinelli. “The Tomorrow’s

Hope Foundation is an outstanding local charity and the St. Joseph’s School parent and business community comes together in a powerful way to support the children and families of Long Island’s Catholic Elementary Schools.” Said Spinelli. Vice Chairman of the Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation and run supporters Frank Liantonio and Chris Tully were on hand to thank supporters personally. Said Liantonio “The Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation has provided financial assistance to over 17,000 students who might not otherwise have been able to attend Catholic elementary school since its inception eleven years ago. Support from Long Island businesses and individuals is at the heart of what we do and there is no greater demonstration of that support than what we see at this great event.” A list of sponsoring organizations can be found here: sponsors page. Noteworthy supporting organizations included Sacred Heart High School, Chaminade High School and Kellenberg High School, each with a significant

presence at the event and large numbers of students and faculty participating. The St. Joe’s Cup, a trophy acknowledging the elementary school other than the host school with the largest number of participants went to Long Beach Catholic Regional School with St. Martin of Tours School in Amityville right on their heels. Private running clubs were well represented by the TSC Track Club from Floral Park sending a large, and fast, group of runners. As a USATAF Certified/Sanctioned 5K Course, all participants in the race were chipped for exact timing, and the course for precise distance. There were gold, silver and bronze medals awarded in a variety of age brackets as well as a few categories that were purely fun. Some of the noteworthy performances included a second win in a row for women’s overall winner Lauryn Heskin. Lauryn, representing the TSC Track Club set a record with her 2016 run, and was the first women’s finisher again in 2017 with a time of 18:30.7. Lauryn was slightly off her 2016 pace because Lauryn,

Women’s overall winner Lauryn Heskin finishing A brother and sister run in Fun Run

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Overall winner Francis O’Brien finishing

Girls from TSC Track Club having fun

an eighth grader, had a busier than normal personal schedule with preparation for the Catholic High School entrance exam and more pressing scholastic responsibilities this year. TSC Track Club members Sophia Muccini and Siena Muccini were second and third respectively for a 1,2,3 sweep of the podium positions. The three of them are 13, 14 and 12 years-old. The overall winner, and first in the men’s group, was Francis O’Brien with a time of 16:47.9. He was followed closely by Patrick Conklin at 16:51.6 and Christopher Strzelinski with a time of 16:57.7. The event was covered by Telecare TV, the National Catholic television network that operates from here on Long Island and covered by Telecare’s own host Karen Smith. In addition to covering the event for Telecare, Smith competed in the event and won first place as the fastest women’s Catholic educator with a time of

27:27.3. While the podium was dominated by young runners the event drew runners from every age group and acknowledged their accomplishments. Even former St. Joseph’s Principal Eileen Kilbriide came out and ran in the event, winning in her age group. Said Kilbride “This is a wonderful cause and they deserve our support.” Here is a partial list of the winners by category. A complete list of finishers and times can be found at http://justfinish.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/ Overall-16.htm Men’s overall: Francis O’Brien from Kellenberg High School with a time of 16:47.9 Women’s overall: Lauryn Heskin from TSC Track Club with a time of 18:30.7 Fastest Clergy: Brother Tom Cleary, President, Chaminade High School with a time if 22:38.7

Telecare TV’s Karen Smith interviewing Frank Liantonio, Vice Chair of the Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation.

Race director Dr. Michael Spinelli

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Bishop Barres talking with Sacred Heart High School President Kristin Graham.

Fun run participant

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Garden City Kiwanis holds 62nd Annual St. Patrick’s Luncheon

The Garden City Kiwanis recently held its 62nd Annual “World Famous” St. Patrick’s Luncheon. Nearly 400 guests and public figures were in attendance at one of Long Island’s largest charitable luncheons, benefiting the GC Kiwanis Foundation. The first $1,500 raised was donated to New York Kiwanis Pediatric Lyme Disease Foundation

Hon Kemp Hannon and Bill Salmon and Hon Ed Ra and Peter Bee, Esq.

Comedian Jeffrey Norris

Hannah and Arielle Curry helping with decorations.

Althea Robinson and Alba Spinnelli

Suki Curry and Bart Kerner (LanStar Title) & James Murphy, Esq. and Maya Bensen

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Hon. Laura Schaefer and Co-Chair, John Collins

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Burt Donley and Dr. David Abraham

Roger Eltringham and Greg Hesterberg, Esq. and Robert Harper, Esq.

Louis Cappella and Gloria Sena and Roger Eltringham

The Marine Color Guard 2nd Battalion 25 Marine Corp. Garden City

GC Kiwanis President Angela Romano and Lt Governor Hon. Kemp Hannon and Chris McGrath and Hon. Don Ted Heim Clavin

Susan McDonald and Nancy Kalberer and Gloria Sena & SDP Lt G. Mickey Leamie

Jennifer Tarr and John Wilton and Laura Tarr and Howard Tarr and Kristin Laird

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Well Seasoned Chef inspires autistic adults in cooking class

Chef Sophia Brivio, right, instructs students from QSAC at her Garden City culinary studio. From page 1 group. A couple of dishes the students learn about build on Brivio’s Cuban heritage and her world-class training; others like mini-pizzas can serve as a go-to meal at home. The class includes personalized, hands-on instruction to each student and their “culinary creation” of the day plus dance music (from R&B to Michael Jackson hits) and celebratory snacks like cupcakes and ice cream. To top it off Brivio starts to encourage students to plan ahead for the next week’s recipe, and the suggestions are very creative. Some students thought of exploring Chinese cuisine, others thought of ways to add to different dishes they already make at home for themselves. Brivio sees the inherent value in teaching by doing and creating a happy, collaborative atmosphere during the 90-minute classes. “I hope that with this program I’m developing our students. Eventually some of them will learn enough kitchen basics to cook their own meals at home or get a job at a place like Dunkin Donuts or McDonald’s. I feel very blessed to spend a few hours with them every week. They are funny, witty and smart!!” Brivio told the News just after her March 23 class. Ronald Persaud of QSAC’s Queens Village staff attended with the group on March 23. Persaud explained a day’s

routine of 8:30 am to 2:30 pm for the participating adults. They are often brought into workforce readiness training sessions at big retailers and supermarkets; Lowe’s, Home Depot and Stop N’ Shop for example. “They all have goals. When we speak about the future a number of the students here have said they want to work, have their own apartment, travel, and eventually have a relationship,” Persaud says. Brivio gave a student in the class a great boost of confidence by saying she was destined to move to Hollywood, star in dance performances and gain the attention of her favorite R&B singer. The conversation continued with the way to do her hairstyle, wear her favorite colors, and of course the types of desserts the new celebrity would enjoy. Terrence Pearce works with the Baldwin QSAC students. He lives in Rosedale, Queens and hopes to better the lives of those he attends to each day through experiences such as their time at The Well Seasoned Chef. Pearce studied psychology in college and plans to approach QSAC’s board about an idea to open a group home in the area. He says the limited resources available day to day despite QSACs efforts present the young adults as many challenges as opportunities. A day in Brivio’s class in Garden City is “like heaven” for the participants, Pearce says. They leave with

a sense of accomplishment, ambition to make more progress; they are fed, happy and looking forward to the next session. The current class opened up to Brivio about their dentist’s appointments, work they were exploring, and what they would do once they earn their certificates in June. Up next for The Well Seasoned Chef is catering numerous events for Easter, the Mother’s Day season, and graduations. This summer The Well Seasoned Chef brings Garden City its Culinary Camps, learning experiences for children ages 8 through 16, held three days a week beginning July 18. In the camp children will learn culinary skills, knife skills, kitchen safety and etiquette as

well as mastering new food recipes. The energy and enthusiasm Chef Sophia exhibits with the current class of adults goes into all the preparations and structuring of her in-studio summer camps. “We buy everything fresh for each individual class and never use frozen meats or vegetables! We are proud to be a nut-free facility and accommodate many dietary restrictions and allergies,” Brivio says. The Well Seasoned Chef is located at 45 New Hyde Park Road in Garden City. Contact Chef Sophia at 516-488-1008 or sophiabrivio@thewellseasonedchef. com to learn more about classes and programs.

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Friday, April 14, 2017

Deer Valley, Utah is Skiers’ Only Paradise with Retro, Refined Vibe

Park City is a veritable skiing metropolis so close to Salt Lake City (35-45 minutes drive), it may well be considered the suburbs rather than this vast Nature’s playground. Not only do you have Park City and Canyons (now combined under the Vail Resorts OneParkCity banner, making it the largest ski resort in

the United States), but literally next door is Deer Valley Resort. Deer Valley Resort is one of the only ski areas in the country that is skiers’-only (Alta, Utah is another). This makes for an old-school, European, retro atmosphere – dare we say dignified? sedate? quaint? As a skier, you don’t have that constant frantic feeling when you hear the looming scrapping sound building

in intensity as snowboarders, tearing up the mountain, come upon you, like Jaws. You don’t have that hip, counter-culture vibe that tends to surround snowboarders. It is frankly more peaceful, calm, quiet. Deer Valley has a deserved reputation of being ultra-luxurious - there are uniformed ski valets to help you with your equipment, parking lot shuttles, free overnight

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ski storage, groomed-to-perfection slopes, fine dining experiences in three day lodges, complimentary tours led by Mountain hosts and limited lift ticket sales so that the slopes are never crowded. It feels less like a resort and more like a country club. It also offers luxurious on-mountain accommodations – See page D2

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Deer Valley, Utah is Skiers’ Only Paradise with Retro, Refined Vibe Continued from page D1

indeed, Deer Valley is the home of the world-famous, five-star Stein Ericksen Lodge (www.steinlodge.com) which has held the title of “World’s Best and United States’ Best Ski Hotel” as well as the St. Regis Hotel, a Starwoods hotel, which is accessed by its own funicular from the parking lot. Yet, to our eye when we visited during the last couple of weeks of the season, it seemed unpretentious. Or perhaps that is just because of the relaxed feeling that pervades. Deer Valley affords 2,026 skiable acres over six mountains (about the size of Killington and Pico, Vermont, combined), six bowls, two chute areas. It offers a vertical rise of 3,000 feet to the

highest summit, Empire, at 9570 ft. The longest run is 2.8 miles. There are 21 lifts including a high-speed gondola, 12 high speed quads, one fixed grip quad, five triples and two doubles. Of Deer Valley’s 101 trails, 27% rated “easier”, 41% more difficult and 32% most difficult, making it ideal for families, new skiers and skiers of all abilities. It is a snowy, foggy, generally wet day when we visit, but that doesn’t interfere with the enjoyment. Here too, the mountain is so vast, first-timers to the resort need directions to get to the peak you want to ski if you are particular (I am still working out my confidence issues, especially when visibility is a factor). A mountain Ambassador helpfully maps out for us where we will find the peak with the

best selection of intermediate trails to get me started. That’s Flagstaff Peak, where we head. Eric has exchanged his snowboard for skis – skiing for the first time in years – and immediately leaves Sarah and me in the proverbial “dust.” After a few runs, Eric and Sarah go off to the more challenging Empire Peak (summit at 9570 ft., highest among Deer Valley’s six peaks), with only blue and black trails from the summit. The Empire lift offers some wonderful intermediate tree skiing (not very steep, trees are nicely spaced), so Sarah, who had never skied through glades before, gives it a try. She absolutely loves the experience -- it’s so quiet and peaceful in the trees, and the snow tends to be the softest on the mountain. It really feels like it’s just you and the mountain.

I continue to get my rhythm on Flagstaff (summit at 9100 ft.) with a delectable selection of blue and green trails. We meet for lunch at the Royal Street Café in the Silver Lake Lodge – a full-service restaurant with a lovely firepit in the middle, serving breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and après ski from 11:30 am to 8 pm. The menu is delightful – creative American and international casual cuisine. Our waiter, Alex, makes some marvelous suggestions and we start off with Fresh Dungeness crab tower, made with fresh crab from Washington, avocado tomato crispy spiced wontons, and sauces is wasabi, soy and sweet chili. Sarah and Eric share a Maple Bacon BBQ Bison Burger, made from scratch and served with smoked habañero cheddar,

Deer Valley Resort, one of the few skiers-only mountain resorts, is part of the Park The five-star Stein Eriksen Lodge on the mountain at Deer Valley Resort has held City, Utah skiing metropolis, just 40 minutes from Salt Lake City © 2017 Karen the title of “World’s Best and United States’ Best Ski Hotel” © 2017 Karen Rubin/ Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com goingplacesfarandnear.com

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views of Jordanelle Reservoir on the resort’s east face. Then, take the scenic gondola ride back up the mountain. You can follow in the tracks of the 2002 Olympians. Know You Don’t and Champion were sites for alpine slalom and freestyle mogul events. There’s no need to pick one or the other — just ride back up on the Carpenter Express. Champion is where local skier Shannon Barhke won silver in 2002, and it’s a favorite run for another local, 2010 mogul bronze medalist Byron Wilson. Deer Valley, like the other Park City-area resorts, also features the Nastar Ski Racing slalom experience. Summer at Deer Valley We are at Deer Valley in the closing days, but in mid-June, the mountain resort transforms for summer: pristine mountain biking trails, hiking, chairlift rides, al fresco dining, a children’s adventure program, and outdoor concerts at the Snow Park Outdoor

Amphitheater featuring headlining musicians, world-renowned artists and local bands. Deer Valley Resort, 2250 Deer Valley Drive South, Park City, UT 84060, 800424-3337, 435-649-1000. Where to stay, what to do, packages and deals and other visitor planning tools are at www. deervalley.com. Park City, Utah is arguably North America’s most accessible mountain recreation destination, just 35 minutes from Salt Lake City International Airport with convenient service. Park City offers over 100 lodging properties including bed and breakfast inns, condominiums and full-service hotels. Home to Deer Valley Resort and Park City Mountain Resort, Park City affords more than 400 miles of public trails offering year-round outdoor recreation. The area boasts 150 restaurants, stunning boutiques and galleries, plus attractions such as the Utah Olympic Park where you can

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sautéed onions, guacamole, barbeque sauce, habañero aioli, Tuscan bun and garlic-herb-parmesan shoestring fries; and grilled fresh ahi served with mango-avocado salsa, southwest slaw, smoked habañero mayonnaise, crisp corn tortilla shells or grilled fresh white corn tortillas (www.deervalley.com/ Dining/wheretoeat/RoyalStreetCafe). Eric and Sarah go off for even more challenging runs while I happily keep putting on the miles on the blue trails on Flagstaff Mountain. Another option would be to take the Silver Lake Express to the Sterling Express quad up to the 9,400-foot summit of Bald Mountain. There, you have your choice of runs down the mountain or take the Wasatch and Sultan Express quads at the base back up to this beautiful peak. Intermediate and advanced skiers will enjoy Little Baldy Peak and the long run down Jordanelle, named for its sweeping

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experience what it is like on an Olympic bobsled, year-round. For travel planning assistance, contact Park City Chamber of Commerce, Convention & Visitors Bureau, 1850 Sidewinder Drive #320, Park City, Utah, 800-453-1360, www.visitparkcity.com.

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Hop On Down to a Happy Easter! BY CLAIRE LYNCH This year Easter Sunday is on April 16, about a month after the start of spring and when most Long Island schools are closed for the Passover and Easter spring break. I really enjoy it when Easter falls on a nice, warm spring day. Sometimes we have an early Easter dinner outside, surrounded by flowers that have bloomed and decorate the area. We cook the traditional leg of lamb and have some roast potatoes and grilled asparagus with it. We also have a tossed green salad and tall glasses of iced tea complete with slices of lemon and sprigs of mint. The cold drinks look delicious and so does our entrée. We complete the meal with a dessert of various homemade pies and some coffee. Later, when we go back inside the house, my family checks out the big Easter baskets that have been placed on the dining room table. There’s one for each of us and even though they look so pretty wrapped in cellophane and tied with bows, some of us hastily open the wrappings and enjoy the candy chicks, the chocolate rabbits, the dyed eggs and more. We save some for the next day since we are pretty stuffed from our delicious dinner and besides, we want to have a treat the next day and maybe the following day, too. Feeling the spring breezes that are welcome after a couple of blizzards this past winter, we enjoy some good conversation and each other’s company. Where I grew up in Rockville Centre, we had a dogwood tree that stood on the lawn of our house and every Easter morning, when we were all dressed up and ready to go off to church at St. Agnes Cathedral, my family and I would pose

for a picture in front of that tree. It had usually blossomed by then (unless Easter was really early in March) and looked beautiful. That dogwood tree was the only one we had. We had plenty of oak trees and maples and cedar trees in our back yard but in the front yard the dogwood stood proudly and majestically alone. Now that I am adult I realize how precious that dogwood tree was not only on Easter Sunday, but all the time. After we took our family photo my dad would inevitably tell the story of the dogwood tree and its symbolism on Easter. This story of the dogwood tree (which is a legend that may or may not be true) has been told for years and passed down from generation to generation. This beautiful little tree explodes in white blossoms each spring and is one of many people’s favorite blooming trees. The legend holds that the tree was once very large and because its wood was strong and sturdy, it provided building material for a variety of purposes. According to the story, it was the dogwood tree that provided the wood used to build the cross that Christ was crucified on. (southernhistory.blogspot.com) Because of its role in the crucifixion, it is said that God both cursed and blessed the tree. It was cursed to forever be small, so that it would never grow large enough again for its wood to be used as a cross for a crucifixion. At the same time, however, the tree was blessed so that it would produce beautiful flowers each spring, just in time for Easter. The most unique part of the legend is that the petals of the dogwood actually form the shape of a cross. If you look closely, it can be seen that the blooms of the tree always have four petals. In the center is a part of the flower that

symbolizes the crown of thorns that was placed upon Jesus Christ’s head. The tips of each of the petals are indented, as if they bear a nail print. Finally, the flowers of the dogwood tree by Good Friday of each year bear unusual red spots that appear on the beautiful white petals. These are said to represent the crucified Christ. The Easter Egg Roll in D.C.: April 17 is the 139th annual Easter Egg Roll at the White House which is the first Easter Egg Roll for the President Donald J. Trump administration. It has long been the custom to have it on a Monday, the day after Easter. This year President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have invited about 35,000 guests to join them on the South Lawn. Participants are represented from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Admission is by ticket only. The Easter Egg Roll runs from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. (whitehouseeastereggroll.com) Each child who participates in the Easter Egg Roll is given a commemorative wooden Easter egg signed by President Trump and the First Lady, according to reports. For a family to attend, they must have at least one child 12 or under. Kids use large serving spoons to roll

hard-boiled colored eggs on the lawn during the Easter Egg Roll. There are lots of additional activities for the kids including sports courts, the story-time stage, the cooking stage, egg dyeing, a yoga garden, crafts, musical groups and more. According to the White House Historical Association, First Lady Dolley Madison, the wife of President James Madison, is the person who originally proposed the idea of a public egg roll around 1810. There are also accounts of informal egg rolls staged by the children of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. The 1878 event hosted by Rutherford B. Hayes on the South Lawn, however, stands as the first official White House Easter Egg Roll. (history.com) The tradition quickly grew in popularity. Presidents regularly watched from the South Portico as families ate picnic lunches on blankets and children played games such as “toss and catch” and “egg picking,” in which they knocked eggs together to see which would crack first. In 1887 President Grover Cleveland personally shook hands with each of the children in the East Room, which afterwards was left littered with crushed See page D12

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Divorced Couple Hits the Social Security Jackpot BY TOM MARGENAU

Today’s column illustrates yet another example of a situation I had never encountered in my 45-year career of working on Social Security issues. And this time it’s the story of two very different Social Security rules intersecting and leading to a bizarre circumstance that allows some lucky people to milk the Social Security system out of unintended benefits. It all started with this email I got from a reader. Q: My ex-wife and I are both about to turn 66. We were married for about 35 years before getting divorced. Neither of us has remarried. We each have worked most of our lives and are due similar Social Security retirement benefits. We have remained friends and would like to maximize our benefits. I am planning to continue working indefinitely. Can my ex-wife “file and restrict” on my account even though I am not yet receiving benefits? A: At first, I was going to simply respond, “Yes, she can,” and be done with my answer. But then I got to thinking through your situation and realized that you guys have hit the Social Security jackpot. Each of you will be able to claim spousal benefits off of the other’s record and save your own Social Security benefits until 70 and get the 32 percent bonus that comes from that delayed retirement maneuver. And in order to show you how this all works out, I’ve got to explain the mechanics behind two different Social Security rules and how they come together in a weird way to help each of you. First, I will discuss the “file and restrict” rule. The law normally says that if you file for any kind of Social Security, you must take your own benefits first. Only after your own retirement is paid, can you look to a spouse’s record to see if you are due any additional benefits on his or her account. But if you wait until age 66 to claim benefits, you can ignore that law. You could file for dependent benefits on your spouse’s record and claim 50 percent of his or her full retirement age rate for the next four years and then, at age 70, switch to your own full benefit plus the 32 percent bonus that goes along with delaying your retirement benefits until 70. (I also must remind my readers that the file and restrict strategy is going away. It only applies to people turning 66 before 2020.) The only stipulation to employing the file and restrict tactic is that your spouse must be collecting Social Security before you can claim dependent benefits on his or her record. And this is where a second unrelated law comes into play in your case. The second rule I need to explain is what is called the independently entitled divorced spouse law. As alluded to in the prior paragraph, a husband or wife

can’t get any benefits off of his or her spouse’s record until that spouse is collecting benefits. But the law has always been different for divorced spouses. For example, a wife can get benefits on her ex-husband’s record even if he hasn’t filed for benefits himself yet. He must be old enough for Social Security (meaning he has to be over age 62), but again, he doesn’t have to be collecting benefits. Here is the reason that law was passed. The law assumes that a married dependent wife can rely on the husband’s income for support until he actually retires and files for Social Security himself. But the law can’t make that same assumption for a divorced wife. She is no longer “dependent” on her ex-husband’s income. She is “independent.” So the law allows an independently entitled divorced wife to get her husband’s Social Security even though he might not yet be getting benefits. (The same rules would apply to a divorced husband.) Now here is how these two laws come together to help you. The “restricted application rule” allows one of you to file for benefits as a spouse and save your own benefits until age 70. And again, normally the other spouse must apply for benefits first. But the independently entitled divorced spouse law says the first spouse does not have to be getting Social Security in order for the other spouse to file. That means you can both file for divorced spouse benefits on the other’s account and then you both can save your own retirement benefits until age 70. To further explain this, let’s use some actual numbers. You said you had similar retirement benefits. Let’s say your age 66 retirement rate is $2,200 and that your wife’s age 66 retirement rate is $2,500. Here is what you could do. At age 66, you could file for one half of your ex-wife’s benefit and get $1,250 per month. Also at age 66, your ex-wife could file for one half of your age 66 benefit and get $1,100 per month. You each would continue to get those divorced spouse benefits until you each reach age 70. At that point, your divorced husband’s benefits would stop, but you would file for your own retirement benefits, with the 32 percent bonus, and receive $2,904 each month from then on. And when she is 70, your ex would stop getting divorced wife’s benefits and she would file for her retirement and start getting $3,300 monthly, again, with the 32 percent bonus. I hope you realize how bizarre it is that you are able to do this. A whole lot of stars had to line up just right. In addition to those two aforementioned laws being in place, you each had to be pushing 66 at the same time (and before the 2020 cutoff date), you each had to have not remarried, and you each had to have your own fairly substantial retire-

ment benefit rate. Just like anyone else employing the file and restrict strategy, you would have to compare the above option with your normal course of action -- which would be for each of you to simply file for your own full benefits at age 66. In other words, instead of getting just $1,250 per month between age 66 and 70, you could be getting your own $2,200 full retirement rate. So you would be giving up $950 per month for 48 months, or $45,600 in order to reap that 32 percent bonus at 70. And your ex could be

getting $2,500 per month between 66 and 70 instead of the $1,100 divorced wife’s rate, meaning she is giving up $1,400 per month for 48 months or $67,200 to get the age 70 bonus. You need to run the numbers for yourselves, make some educated guesses about how long you think you will live, and then decide what to do. If you have a Social Security question, Tom Margenau has the answer. Contact him at thomas.margenau@comcast.net. COPYRIGHT 2017 CREATORS.COM

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Park City’s Grand Summit Hotel to Undergo $15 Million Renovation and Join RockResorts

Grand Summit Hotel at Canyons Village in Vail Resorts’ Park City mountain resort in Utah, is slated to undergo a $15 million renovation this spring and be flagged as a RockResorts property. The renovations will bring the hotel up to par with both its location at the base of the largest ski resort in the United States and the modern luxury guests expect in a travel experience. The property will temporarily close from April 17, 2017 – in conjunction with the close of Park City Mountain’s ski and snowboard season – through mid-summer. The Grand Summit Hotel sits majestically in the heart of Canyons Village at Park City. Its 212 lockoff suites provide guests with more

and general store, and refresh of the conference and meeting spaces. The interior design work will be conducted by Boulder, Colo.-based TRH Interior Design, which has also designed and transformed other Vail Resorts properties such as Crystal Peak Lodge in Breckenridge, Colo., as well as other luxury mountain properties such as the Westin Snowmass Resort and the Lumiere Hotel in Telluride. Following the extensive renovation, the Grand Summit Hotel will be flagged as a RockResort. RockResorts, a division of Vail Resorts, owns and operates a collection of premium properties, lavish RockResorts Spas and distinctive dining options in iconic mountain locations.

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A view from the gondola of Park City’s Canyons Village in spring. Vail Resorts, which owns Park CityMountain, now the largest ski resort in the US, plans a $15 million renovation of the Grand Summit Hotel at Canyons Village and to flag it as a RockResorts property © 2017 Karen Rubin/goingplacesfarandnear.com than 290 lodging options, including hotel rooms, studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom suites and expansive luxury penthouses. Many rooms have balconies, fireplaces, double showers and full kitchens with service for eight guests. It offers a heated outdoor swimming pool year round. “We couldn’t be more excited to bring the interior of the Grand Summit Hotel up to the same caliber as the world-class resort that’s just steps away from the property,” said Jim Dullanty, president of the Grand Summit Homeowner’s Association. “This transformation will undoubtedly elevate the experience for all of Grand Summit Hotel’s guests as well as the unit owners themselves.” The renovation will include a complete overhaul of all 212 suites, including new interior finishes, furnishings, soft goods, appliances, artwork and technology. The property’s communal spaces will also be incorporated into the renovation, including the lobby and front desk, full remodel of the on-site spa, café

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with exceptional service in our mountain resort locations. We’re looking forward to continuing to deliver extraordinary service and experiences to our guests at the Grand Summit.” RockResorts (www.rockresorts. com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Vail Resorts, owns and operates luxury resorts that offer casually elegant accommodations, lavish RockResorts

Spas, renowned golf courses, awardwinning dining and a variety of exciting outdoor adventures. The RockResorts collection includes The Arrabelle at Vail Square and The Lodge at Vail in Vail, Colo.; The Osprey at Beaver Creek and The Pines Lodge in Beaver Creek, Colo.; and One Ski Hill Place in Breckenridge, Colo. More information about Grand Summit Hotel can be found here (www.

parkcitymountain.com/plan-your-trip/ lodging/grand-summit-2017). Vail Resorts, Inc subsidiaries operate 10 world-class mountain resorts and three urban ski areas, including Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone in Colorado; Park City in Utah; Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada; Perisher in Australia; Whistler Blackcomb in Canada; Afton Alps in

Minnesota, Mt. Brighton in Michigan and Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin, and is in the process of acquiring Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont. The Company owns and/or manages a collection of “casually elegant” hotels under the RockResorts brand, as well as the Grand Teton Lodge Company in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Visit www. snow.com for more information.

Paris Ray is winner of Gold Coast’s 5th Annual Your Big Break Talent Competition BY KAREN RUBIN, TRAVEL FEATURES SYNDICATE, GOINGPLACESFARANDNEAR.COM Judges at the 5th annual final of the Gold Coast Acoustic Café’s Your Big Break talent competition had an unusually hard time picking the winners out of a talented field of six, but in the end, Paris Ray was the grand-prize winner and Julia Lambert the runner-up, at the Gold Coast Arts Center, Great Neck, Long Island, Saturday, April 1. Paris Ray, a 21-year old from St. James who majored in songwriting in college, dazzled the judges with her original song, “The Astronaut” and a second, highly personal original song that gets to the heart of domestic violence, as well as the required George Michael song (each of the contestants only a week ago was assigned a George Michael song to perform). Julia Lambert impressed with her song-stylings on the acoustical guitar, and her original song that soon will be released on an EP (“Take a chance, it will be okay, I promise.”). All of the performers were audience favorites: Julia Hayden, from Port Washington, backed up with a sensational band, performed two original songs plus a tribute to George Michael, which offered a MiddleEastern meets MidWest country feeling, and an really interesting song that featured the drum roll of a marching band (“Carry on”). Lydia von Hof, just 15 years old but conveying a skill and sophistication way beyond her years (she is a classically trained pianist who will be performing Chopin at Carnegie Hall), brings a full, rich voice to her performance. Sydney Perruzza, from Carle Place, brought her bluesy style to her performance. Jaclyn Manfredi, 17, brings a sultry style reflecting jazz, blues and R&B influences, and has performed at the Apollo Theater. She performed an original song, “Warehouse.” The “Big Break” is not just a clever title. The young performers are

competing for prizes that could well launch their career. As the grand-prize winner of the 5th Annual Your Big Break talent competition, Ray will have an opening spot for national acts at major venues like The Paramount, recording time at DCITY Studios and Online TV streaming opportunities, a feature on Reverbnation.com, a $250 gift certificate from All Music Inc. and ZOOM North America, a PR and social media campaign including management, booking and label services consultation with Rick Eberle Agency. Lambert, as the runner up, won a video camera. In addition, Rick Eberle has also invited all the contestants to appear on his radio and TV shows. The judges are major players in the music industry including: ReverbNation.com’s Lou Plaia, All Music Inc.’s Guy Brogna, Songwriter Tara Eberle Drouin and Label Executives Stephen Marcuccio, Jerry Lembo, Linda Ingrisano, Mark Ambrosino. The contestants for Your Big Break were selected out of 1000 submissions

Finals of the fifth annual Gold Coast Acoustic Café Your Big Break talent competition participants, organizers and judges at the Gold Coast Arts Center, Great Neck, Long Island © 2017 Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

through Gold Coast Arts Center (www. goldcoastarts.com) and Reverbnation. com sites in response to an open call for musicians age 15 to 25 who do not currently have a recording or publishing contract. The artists have to perform with a band or solo with an acoustic guitar or sing to a backing music track. There is no fee to submit. The six finalists came out of two semi-final competitions of performers and were paired with mentors to guide them in performing a song by George Michael, assigned to them, in tribute to the music icon who died last December: American Idol’s Robbie Rosen, Dream Recording Studio’s Jason Melker, Sojourn Record’s Mark Ambosino, arranger/producer/songwriter/ remixer and former VP of A&R at Atlantic Records Jimmy Bralower, singer/songwriter John Hampson of Nine Days, and songwriter/producer Donnie Klang of MTV’s “Making the Band”. Your Big Break is hosted by the Gold Coast Arts Center’s Acoustic Café and Love Revolution Org. The Arts Center is transformed into the Gold Coast Acoustic Café once a month, a music venue that showcases local up-and-coming talent as well as established music acts. With its black box theater performance space and a lounge in the art gallery, the Gold Coast Acoustic Café is one of the few small music venues around which makes for a special and intimate atmosphere for artists and audience alike, especially during Your Big Break. Gold Coast Arts Center, 113 Middle Neck Road, Great Neck NY. Call 516-8292570, www.goldcoastarts.org. _________________________________ © 2017 Travel Features Syndicate,

a division of Workstyles, Inc. All rights reserved. Visit goingplacesfarandnear. com, www.huffingtonpost. com/author/karen-rubin , and travelwritersmagazine.com/ TravelFeaturesSyndicate/. Blogging at goingplacesnearandfar.wordpress. com and moralcompasstravel.info. Send comments or questions to FamTravLtr@ aol.com. Tweet @TravelFeatures. ‘Like’ us at facebook.com/NewsPhotoFeatures

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PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM STATE HISTORIC PARK

Arbor Day Family Festival SATURDAY, APRIL 29 & SUNDAY, APRIL 30 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Rain or Shine)

ADMISSION: $20 PER VEHICLE ONCE YOU ENTER THE PARK, ALL ACTIVITIES, TREE CLIMB FOR KIDS, EXHIBITS, AND PERFORMANCES ARE FREE! For more information call 516-922-8678 or email jlavella@plantingfields.org

Kid’s Tree Climb • Petting Zoo • Caricaturist • Craft Tent Sporting Life on Long Island Exhibit at Coe Hall • Circus Show • Live Music by Peat Moss and the Fertilizers and by Hoodoo Loungers • Circus Workshop f Stilt Walkers • Playdate Children’s Band • Tree Planting with Smokey Bear • Brass Band • Johnny Peers and the Muttville Comix...& more! PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM STATE HISTORIC PARK 1395 PLANTING FIELDS RD., OYSTER BAY, NY 11771

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The exhibition explores the way in which sports such as fox hunting, game shooting, fishing and horse racing developed as major recreational pursuits for wealthy gentlemen, including W.R. Coe, owner of Planting Fields. $20 Non-Members / Members free / includes wine and cheese PURCHASE TICKETS at eventbrite.com. Search Planting Fields, Oyster Bay, NY. Exhibition on view April 22nd through September 30th, 2017 Open daily 11:30am – 3:30pm / $5 Admission fee for Coe Hall

BROADWAY NIGHT AT COE HALL Saturday, April 22, 2017 / 7:00pm

Reserve seats early! / Tickets are required / Members $40 / Non-members $50 PURCHASE TICKETS at eventbrite.com. Search Planting Fields, Oyster Bay, NY

The 6 finalists of the 5th annual Gold Coast Your Big Break talent competition: grand prize winner, Paris Ray (second from left) and runner up Julia Lambert (fourth from left)with Julia Hayden, Lydia von Hof, Sydney Perruzza and Jaclyn Manfredi © 2017 Karen Rubin/ goingplacesfarandnear.com

Coe Hall will come alive with the sounds of Broadway, as sung by some of the greatest stars from Broadway’s biggest shows. Join us after the show for a chance to meet the performers at a wine and cheese reception in the Dining Room of Coe Hall. For more information about events contact Jennifer Lavella f (516) 922-8678 or email jlavella@plantingfields.org. PLANTING FIELDS ARBORETUM STATE HISTORIC PARK 1395 PLANTING FIELDS RD., OYSTER BAY, NY 11771

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VACATION RENTAL HAMPTON BAYS SUMMER RENTAL 4 Bedroom, 2 1/2 Bath, large lot in private community with private bay beach. South of Montauk Highway, close to train, restaurants, beaches and shopping. July and /o r August available. Single family only, no group rentals. July $10,000. August $11,000. July & August $20,000.00 Call 516-426-2247 and leave a message. References/Security required.

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HAMPTONS: ON SHINNECOCK BAY Minutes to ocean, train, stores. 2/3 Bedroom, 2 Bath house, open Kitchen. Moor your boat free. Memorial Day to Labor Day $25,000 July to Labor Day $22,000 References/Security required. Call 516-554-2008

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NORTH FORK PECONIC Spring, Summer, Fall Rental. Spacious 4-bedroom, 1-level home with in-ground pool. Short walk to private, Peconic Bay beach. Great for families. Call Deborah703-969-1111 or see VRBO listing #236766 OCEAN CITY, MARYLAND Best selection of affordable rentals. Full/partial weeks. Call for FREE brochure. Open daily. Holiday Resort Services. 1-800638-2102. Online reservations: www.holidayoc.com SAG HARBOR SUMMER RENTAL Upscale Community. 100’ Noyac Bay Beachfront. 3 BR, 2 Bath, LR, DR, Kitchen, Porch, Bayfront Patio, CAC, Sunsets. Available Aug-LD Call or Text 201-919-6574

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OPEN HOUSE AQUEBOGUE Sunday 4/9 1:00pm-3:00pm 39 Leafy Way Baywoods! Big Bayviews! Beach & Boating right here! Dock slip & pool on Bayside. 3 BR, 2 Bath Colonial. LR/fireplace, Large EIK, FDR, MBR/balcony, CAC, full basement & 1 car garage. $729,000. Colony Realty, Valerie Goode 516-319-0106

OUT OF TOWN REAL ESTATE JAMESPORT 375’ of Bayfront. Location! Location! Spectacular Views. 140’ of sandy bay beach. Boat dock on property. Cape with 3 BRs. Living Room with stone fireplace. Bring your architect. $2,495,000. Colony Realty, Carll Austin 516658-2623

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LAKEFRONT LAND LIQUIDATION! 6 acres $99,900 Cortland Co in the Finger Lakes! Unspoiled lake, wooded privacy, great fishing! Ideal country homesite! Call 888-701-7509 NewYorkLandandLakes.com LENDER ORDERED SALE! 39 acres $89,900 NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED! Delaware County. Catskill Mtn setting! Views, woods, meadow! EZ term avail! Call 888-479-3394 today! NewYorkLandandlakes.com SEBASTIAN, FLORIDA (EAST COAST) Beach Cove is an Age Restricted Community where friends are easily made. Sebastian is an “Old Florida” fishing village with a quaint atmosphere yet excellent medical facilities, shopping and restaurants. Direct flights from Newark to Vero Beach. New manufactured homes from 89,900. 772581-0080; www.beach-cove.com

REAL ESTATE WANTED HOUSE WANTED TO RENT GARDEN CITY FAMILY seeking 3 Bedroom House to rent. Email: localgcmom@gmail.com

LAND WANTED LAND WANTED: Cash buyer seeks large acreage 200+ acres in the Central/Finger Lakes and Catskills Regions of NYS. Brokers welcome. For immediate confidential response, call 607353-8068 or email info@NewYorkLandandLakes.com

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RAFTER ONE CARPENTRY: Kitchens & Baths, Windows & Doors, Wainscoting & Molding, all general home repairs. References. License #H010478/Insured. Bill Ryan 516-491-6222

ENGLISH TUTOR: Diane Gottlieb M.Ed., M.S.W. SAT / ACT, College Essays, AP, Regents, ELA Test Prep, Reading comprehension and writing proficiency. 917-599-8007 or email: dianegot@gmail.com LongIslandEnglishTutor.com Providing one-on-one professional support to build confidence, knowledge and skills in every student.

TAX PREPARATION ATTENTION LATE FILERS! Michael Seltenreich, CPA has been preparing individual and corporate tax returns for over 30 years. I will meet with you in person or discuss over the telephone to uncover ways to minimize your taxes! Reasonable fees. Call 516-647-6702 THE CUTTING EDGE LANDSCAPE DESIGN & MAINTENANCE Spring clean ups Weekly service Planting & mulch more! Alex, the owner, has degrees in Horticulture, Landscape Design & Plant & Soil Science! Please visit our website: tceland.com for more details 516-437-5303 Email alex@tceland.com GCHS ‘91 local resident. Licensed & Insured Free Estimates! Happy Spring!

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AMBIANCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES *Handyman & Remodeling *Kitchen Installations *Furniture Assembly *Finish Carpentry SERVICES *Minor Electrical & Plumbing FIX’N FLIPS, HARD MONEY 23year GC Resident /BRIDGE LOANS, No Docu- Lic & Ins H18E2170000 ments—Stated Income Loans, Call BOB 516-741-2154 up to 90% PP, 100% Rehab, Pur- LAMPS FIXED $65 chase—Refinance, One-Four In home service. Handy HowUnits, Mixed Use, Commercial ard. 646-996-7628 Building, 888-565-9477 MASONRY NEW YORK MARRIAGE All types of stonework AND FAMILY THERAPISTS: Pavers, Retaining Walls, BelJoan Atwood, Ph.D. An experi- gium Block Patios, Foundations, enced therapist makes all the Seal coating, Concrete and Asdifference. Individual, couple, phalt driveways, Sidewalks, family therapy and anger man- Steps. agement. 516-764-2526. Free Estimates jatwood@optonline.net Fully Licensed & Insured www.NYMFT.com Boceski Masonry Louie 516-850-4886

SKY CLEAR WINDOW and Restorations Inc. Window Restorations, Outdated Hardware, skylights, Andersen Sashes, new storm windows, wood windows, chain / rope repairs, falling windows, fogged panes, mechanical repairs, wood repairs, restorations, all brands. Call Mr. Fagan, 32 years experience. 631-385-7975 www.skyclearwindow.com

PAINTING & PAPERHANGING INTERIOR & EXTERIOR PAINTING Plastering, Taping, Sheetrock Skim Cutting, Old Wood Refinish Staining, Wallpaper Removal & Hanging, Paint Removal Power Washing, Wood Replacement JOHN MIGLIACCIO Licensed & Insured #80422100000 Call John anytime: 516-901-9398 (Cell) 516-483-3669 (Office) JV PAINT HANDYMAN SERVICES Interior-Exterior Specialist Painting, Wallpapering, Plastering, Spackling, Staining, Power Washing. Nassau Lic#H3814310000 fully Insured Call John 516-741-5378

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

TUTORING CHEMISTRY TUTOR: Call Jonathan, Ivy League Ph.D. AP, SAT II, Regents. I also tutor Biology, Physics, Earth & Environmental Science. itutorchem@gmail.com or 516669-0587

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IVY LEAGUE GRAD TUTOR: 8+ years experience. Specialities include Physics, Chemistry, Math (all levels), SAT, SAT II. Rate $100 / hr. Sessions held in Library. Skype tutoring available. Call 718-415-8118 MATH, SAT, ACT TUTOR: Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 plus Trig, Pre-Calc, AP Calculus. Norm 625-3314 ENGLISH, ACT, SAT TUTOR: 25+ year experience Critical Reading, Writing, Grammar, Essays. Lynne 625-3314

SCHOLARSHIP STUDENTS WANTED! Leona Handelman, Half Hollow Hills Math Teacher. Empowering students K-12. Common Core and enrichment, PSAT, SAT, ACT, Regents / test prep, professional licensing exams. Free evaluation and personalized tutoring programs. 516-652-9851 or 516-627-0024 SPANISH TUTOR: Spanish Grammar-Literature, FLACS A -FLACS B, Exam Preparation / Comps. William Cullen, M.A., Spanish, S.D.A. Chaminade HS, Fairfield University Alumnus. 516-509-8174. wdctutor06@aol. com. References furnished upon request.

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Beautifully Restored Historical Home with Equine/Recreational Property on West Canada Creek Lot 1: 8040 State Route 28, Newport, NY — Bring your horses and settle into this beautifully remodeled Greek Revival home. 54’ x 52’ 4 Season Pool Room w/ bedroom suite, wet bar, sauna. Gunite Pool Mineral Spring Salt Water. 17-Stall barn with tack room, round pen and lighted riding arena Lot 2: 8061 State Route 28, Newport, NY — Build your dream home on approx. 10 acres along the West Canada Creek. The Boat House is ready and waiting for your boat. Lot 3: Entirety Bid – Combination of Lots 1 and 2 Bidding Begins Online Only: On or about Friday, April 7, 2017 Inspections: Sunday, April 23, 2017, 1 pm - 4 pm Bids Close: Thursday, April 27, 2017, 11 am See Website for Terms & Details www.unclesamauctions.com

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INSTRUCTION BASEBALL INSTRUCTION Top rated on Long Island New York State Certified Go to: coachup.com/coaches/johns-22 for reviews and info. PIANO LESSONS By Ira Baslow. Experience the joy of playing the piano. Private lessons in your home, free no-obligation piano lesson, all levels, all styles, all ages. Beginners a specialty. 516-312-1054 www.iwantmypianolessons. com

CLEANING MARIA’S CLEANING SERVICE Our excellent cleaning team will get your home or office spotless! Available Monday thru Friday 7am to 6pm Supplies provided if needed Own transportation Excellent references provided CALL 516-849-2026

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SPRING INTO ACTION LET US CLEAN YOUR HOUSE WINDOWS GARDEN CITY WINDOW CLEANING Home Window Cleaning Service by Owner Free Estimates Inside & Out Fully Insured 25 Years Experience 631-220-1851 516-764-5686 STRONG ARM CLEANING: Residential and commercial cleaning specialist, post construction clean ups, shipping and waxing floors, move ins and move outs. Free estimates. Bonded and insured. 516-5381125 www.strongarmcleaningny.com

SERVICES 1-866-We Junk It: All phases of rubbish removal & demolition. Residential, commercial, construction sites, kitchens, bathrooms, clean-ups, attics, basements, floods, fires. All size dumpsters. Same day service. Fully insured. Bob Cat Service. www.1866wejunkit.com 516-5411557

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A & J MOVING & STORAGE: Established 1971. Long Island and New York State specialists. Residential, Commercial, Piano & Organ experts. Boxes available. Free estimates. www. ajmoving.com 516-741-2657 114 Jericho Tpk, Mineola NYDOT# 10405

OLD VILLAGE TREE SERVICE: Owner operated since 1989. 24 hour emergency service. Licensed/insured. Free estimates, member LI Arborist Assoc. Please call 516-466-9220

COLLEGE ARTS ADMISSIONS: College Counseling in the Visual and Performing Arts. Dance, Musical Theatre & Drama. Film, Instrumental & Vocal Music. Audio Recording & Production. Theatre Technology & Production. Visual & Graphic Arts. Resume, Essays, Repertoire Lists. Michele Zimmerman. 516-353-6255 CollegeArtsAdmissions@gmail.com www.CollegeArtsAdmissions. com COMPLETE JUNK REMOVAL/DEMOLITION SERVICE: Strong Arm Contracting Inc. We haul anything and everything. Entire contents of home or office. We clean it up and take it away. Residential/Commercial. Bonded/Insured. Free estimates. 516-538-1125

OVERWHELMED by inefficient use of living space? Drowning in an ocean of paperwork? We create order out of Chaos. Free Consultation. Neat Freaks Lisa Marx and Randi Yerman. 917-751-0395 www.neatfreaks1976.com Instagram:organizethisnthat PSYCHOTHERAPY: Efrat Fridman, LCSW. Individual, couple and family therapy. effiefrid@gmail.com 2 Pinetree Lane, Old Westbury, NY 11568. 516-224-7670 or 225 West 35th Street, NY 10001 718-887-4400

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Last Hope Animal Rescue’s Cat/Kitten Foster Get Together Please join Last Hope Animal Rescue on Sunday, April 23rd, from 1-3 PM for a kitten/cat foster get together. Last Hope would like to thank current foster volunteers for the tremendous work they do and answer questions for those considering becoming a foster. Learn what this rewarding experience is all about. Without fosters providing a temporary loving home, Last Hope would be unable to save many of the lives that it does. The gathering will be held at the Bide-A-Wee conference room (directly across the parking lot from the Last Hope adoption center at 3300 Beltagh Avenue in Wantagh) and lunch will be served. Please RSVP by April 21st via email to foster@lasthopeanimalrescue. org or call Doreen with any questions at 631-445-2326.

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Children romped on the South Lawn while the lively tunes played. People enjoyed the fresh air and the camaraderie of the Easter egg roll. The crowds grew each year until more than 50,000 people poured across the South Lawn in 1937. Wartime interfered with the Easter tradition. After being canceled during World War I, the egg roll was again postponed after the U.S. entered World War II. The renovation of the White House under President Harry Truman resulted in further cancellations. In 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower revived the tradition after a 12-year hiatus. The Easter Bunny made his first appearance at the egg roll in 1969 when a member of First Lady Pat Nixon’s staff put on a fleecy white costume, and amused the guests. He proved to be a bigger star than

the president in the eyes of some of the children. Five years later, organizers raided the White House kitchen for silverware to stage the first egg-rolling races in which children used spoons to push their eggs in marked lanes. All over the world, the dyeing of Easter eggs in different colors is commonplace. People boil the eggs and some people got brown by using onion peels, black by using oak or alder bark or the nutshell of walnut, or pink by using beet juice, or by using artificial colorings. (wikipedia.org) A greater variety of color was often provided by tying on the onion skin with different-colored wool yarn. In the North of England these are called paceeggs or paste-eggs, from a dialectal form of Middle English “pasche.” They were usually eaten after an egg-tapping competition.

In the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, Easter eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Christ, with further symbolism being found in the hard shell of the egg symbolizing the sealed Tomb of Christ. The cracking of which symbolized his resurrection from the dead. Why is chocolate so connected with Easter? “The tradition of chocolate eggs began in 19th-century France and Germany and soon spread to the rest of Europe and eventually the U.S.,” said Katherine Tegen, the author of “The Story of the Easter Bunny.” (realsimple.com) Some Christians are also happy to eat chocolate on Easter because many people give up chocolate for the 40 days of Lent. Anne Kathryn Killinger, the author of “An Inner Journey to Easter,” has said, “To receive the special Easter eggs, children were told to make nests from hats or baskets so the Easter Bunny could leave them there.” Another typical Easter food is lamb. “Lamb is traditional because Jesus’ last supper was the Passover meal,” said Karen Jean Matsko Hood, the author of “Easter Delights Cookbook.” “If he ate meat during that meal, it would have been lamb.” Many families like to eat ham on Easter Sunday. “Salted pork would last through the winter and be ready to eat in spring before other fresh meat was available,” Hood said. This year’s Easter dinner, surrounded by family and friends, is sure to be a memorable one. Claire Lynch says Happy Easter and Happy Spring to all!

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The most popular flower for decorating church altars at Easter is the white trumpet lily. It symbolizes grace, purity and virtue. Lilies also account for more than half of all Easter gift plants purchased for the holiday followed by azaleas and African violets. Each year, candy manufacturers produce more than 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies for Easter. Meanwhile, research shows that solid chocolate bunnies are the most popular - followed by hollow chocolate bunnies and marshmallow chocolate bunnies. Studies also indicate that about 76% of Americans will eat the ears on chocolate bunnies first. The number of jelly beans produced in the U.S. each year is 16 billion. And the most popular jelly bean flavor among kids? It’s cherry. The Easter egg toss dates back to the medieval church where a hard-boiled egg was thrown from one choir boy to the next. When the priest called “time up,” whoever held it got to keep the egg. Coloring eggs was brought to a high art when medieval English kings dispersed hundreds of decorated, gold-leafed eggs throughout the royal household at Easter. In 1883, Russian Czar Alexander was responsible for commissioning the famous Faberge eggs - from goldsmith Peter Carl Faberge - as an Easter gift for his wife, the Empress Marie.

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Spring is upon us but the students at Garden City Nursery School have really enjoyed the winter season. Cold weather doesn’t dampen the experience for these preschoolers because outdoor

play is a part of every day. Snow play, birthday celebrations and learning how to make Irish Soda bread are some of the special events that happened these past few months.

The building table is always a favorite!

GCNS students learn how to make Irish Soda Bread for St. Patrick’s Day.

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reographer based in New York, studied at The Conservatoire National Supérieur de Danse de Paris and went on to work with different French contemporary companies including Claude Brumachon, Corinne Lanselle, and Bernardo Montet. He was a dance artist with both Ballet de Grand Théâtre de Genève (Switzerland) and Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet (New York). Manuel appeared as a guest for La La La Human Steps (Canada), Het Nationale Ballet (Netherland), State Theatre (South Africa), and The Forsythe Company (Germany). He has also been an assistant to modern-jazz choreographer, Redha working on concert dance, television, film, fashion, musical theater and opera performances. Manuel’s work has been performed around the world. Tickets are currently on sale and are priced at $25, with discounts available to seniors, students and alumni. Information is available at the Lucia and Steven N. Fischer Box Office at 516.877.4000 or boxoffice@adelphi.edu. Regular box office hours are Tuesday through Friday from 1:00-6:00 p.m. The box office is also open two hours before most scheduled performances.

Spring Dance Adelphi, choreography by Lar Lubovitch

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The Adelphi University Department of Dance returns with its biannual showcase of its students’ talent. Spring Dance Adelphi will take place from April 19 – 23 in the Olmsted Theatre at the Adelphi University Performing Arts Center (AUPAC), 1 South Ave, Garden City. This Spring Dance Adelphi highlights a mixed program of dance including classical ballet as well as modern and contemporary dance. Featured works include pieces from guest choreographers Earl Mosley and Manuel Vignoulle as well as choreography by faculty members Frank Augustyn, Orion Duckstein and Adelheid Strelick. Earl Mosley is both founder and director of Diversity of Dance, a 501(c)(3) non-profit full of passion and spirit in its commitment to appreciating the differences that truly make each artist unique and respected. Diversity of Dance welcomes diversity not only in art but the life experiences that each dancer brings to the process of creating dance that entertains, educates and heals the human spirit. For more information, please check emiadance.org. Manuel Vignoulle, a French cho-

Spring Dance at Adelphi

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Garden City celebrates a big win over St. Anthony’s.

GC Girls Varsity Lacrosse beats North Shore, extends winning streak

Garden City Girls Varsity Lacrosse extended its winning streak and is now 7-0 on the season following a decisive win in a conference game against North Shore High School and a tremendous win against rival St. Anthony’s High School. The girls traveled to North Shore High School last Wednesday and, once again, opened the game strong taking a quick 3-0 lead. The two teams traded a goal each, but Garden City put 4 more goals in the back of the cage taking a 7-3 halftime lead. A strong effort in goal by Kaitlyn Larsson and outstanding defensive efforts by Catherine Conway, Deanna Weisenburger, Katherine Galzerano, Devon Heaney, Erin Healy and Kara Metzler, whose solid defense resulted in a key foul called against North Shore for an offensive charge, contributed to Garden City’s first half success. Midfielders Liana McDonnell, Caitlin Cook, Sarah Mackey and Celia Concannon controlled the middle of the field winning multiple draws and scooping up ground balls. GC’s attack line of Ella Heaney, Jen Medjid, Sarah Kaval, Jackie Brattan and Kelly George were impressive on the offensive end for Garden City both in scoring and re-defending making it tough for North Shore in their efforts to get the ball out of their own

end of the field. The team came out in the second half determined to close out the game and in short order increased their lead with 5 additional goals. In addition to GC’s starting defense, credit goes to second half defenders Keeley Scott, Julia Kaval, Amanda Cerrato and Kara Metzler for assisting goalkeeper Kaitlyn Larsson earn a second half shutout. Taylor Glad, Julia Kavan, Miller Overbeck, MaryKate Dolan and Julia Fornasar kept up Garden City’s attack on the offensive side of the field, and Garden City ended the game with a final score of 12-3. Jackie Brattan led offensively with 4 goals, Kelly George added 2 goals and 2 assists, Jenn Medjid chipped in 1 goal and 3 assists, Caitlin Cook tallied 2 goals and 1 assist, Celia Concannon recorded 1 goal and 1 assist and Sarah Kaval and Liana McDonnell each added 1 goal. Last Friday, the girls traveled to St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington to take on their arch rival from the Catholic Schools league and came away with a thrilling victory. As of early April, GCHS Girls Lacrosse was ranked #2 in the country and #1 in the Northeast, and St. Anthony’s Girls Lacrosse ranked #6 in the nation and #3 in the Northeast. Garden City’s offense turned it on early and continued to do so

throughout the game. Deanna Weisenburger dominated on the draw circle winning draw after draw. Celia Concannon’s play between the thirties was instrumental in the win along with GC’s defense which shut down a potent St. Anthony’s offense limiting them to only 4 goals. The game ended in GC’s favor with a decisive 13-4 win. GC took the lead just 48 seconds into the game when Kelly George connected with Concannon to open the scoring. St. Anthony’s responded with a goal of their own, but just a minute later, Liana McDonnell scored her first of 3 goals to put GC in the lead, a lead which they never relinquished. Sarah Kaval added her first of 3 goals, and Jackie Brattan added her first of 2 goals to complete the first half with Garden City up 4-2. Ella Heaney’s offensive play contributed to GC’s first half success. St. Anthony’s added an early second half goal, but GC responded quickly with Jenn Medjid adding two goals on assists from Kelly George, & Sarah Kaval adding her 2nd goal of the game on a feed from Caitlin Cook. George added her 4th and 5th assists of the game feeding McDonnell and Brattan for back-to-back goals which extended Garden City’s lead to 9-3. Before the

Jenn Medjid scores 1 of her 3 goals against St. Anthony’s Taylor Gladd is ready on attack

Ella Heaney passes the ball into GC’s offensive end

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Keeley Scott wins the ball on defense and moves upfield

Devon Heaney & Catherine Conway knock the ball way from an opponent Liana McDonnell, Celia Concanon and Deanna Weisenburger triple team a St. Anthony’s player game was over, McDonnell, Medjid and Kaval each tallied their 3rd goals of the game, and George added a goal as well. In the second half, Sarah Mackey added speed and depth to GC’s midfield line. Kelly George led offensively with 6 points (1 goal, 5 assists), Sarah Kaval added 4 points (3 goals, 1 assist), Jenn Medjid and Liana McDonnell each tallied 3 goals, Jackie Brattan finished with 2 goals, Celia Concannon added 1 goal and Caitlin Cook 1 assist. Weisenburger’s success on the draw, particularly in the second half, played a huge part in GC’s big win. Tough play from defenders Devon Heaney, Katherine Galzerano, Catherine Conway, Weisenburger and Kara Metzler seriously limited St. Anthony’s opportunities, and goalie Kaitlyn Larsson came up big when St. Anthony’s did get off a shot recording 10 saves, 5 in each half. The team takes their game on the road over spring break with mid-week games against Needham High School and Longmeadow High School (Massachusetts) and Darien High School (Connecticut) on Saturday, April 15th at 11 am. West Genesee High School (upstate New York) visits Garden City on Tuesday, April 18th at 4:30 pm for the teams next home game.

Kelly George feeds Celia Concannon to open the scoring against St. Anthony’s.

Sarah Kaval moves the ball

Deanna Weinsenburger wins one of many key draws during the Garden City - St Anthony’s game

Kelly George feeds a teammates on one of her five assists

Jackie Brattan’s first half goal

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A Clancy Milestone

STORY AND PHOTOS BY JOHN ELLIS KORDES On Saturday evening, April 1st, a celebration was held at the Clancy home on Stewart Avenue. Maureen Clancy, a prominent fixture in this community for decades, turned 85. Long time friends and associates as well as family from around the country and even Ireland came together for this very special lady. Actually born on April 5, 1932, as Maureen O’Grady, she graduated from Rosemont College which is adjacent to Villanova University where she met her husband Cummin. They married on June 19, 1954, and had five children

and later seven grandchildren. Maureen and Cummin established Clancy and Clancy Brokerage in 1956 which is at its current location on Seventh Street since 1980. Maureen is a licensed insurance broker since 1959 (when it was rare for a woman). They moved to Garden City in 1960 and in 1967 moved into the Clancy home on Stewart Avenue. Although raising five children, Maureen was always involved in the community and remains so today. She was president of the EPOA and was the first woman to serve as a Village Trustee (and Deputy Mayor). She was a director and president of both the Garden City Chamber

Maureen with her children Brian, Sheila, Sean, Maura and Brendan.

Gerry and Liz Kelly with Maureen

of Commerce and the GC Historical Society. Maureen was also the first woman member and president of the Mineola - Garden City Rotary Club. She is currently a board member of RotaCare which provides free health care for Long Islanders in need. She also serves as a director on the board of New York Community Bank and Winthrop University Hospital. Maureen has always been an active parishioner of St. Joseph’s Church, serving on the Parish Council. The list of awards she has received over the years is way too numerous to list here. However, she would tell you her greatest honor and blessing is her

family. Her beloved husband, Cummin, passed away in February 2013 after 58 years of marriage. On a personal note, I’ve known Maureen for most of my life and can honestly say she is a unique soul. She has the ability to handle so much and do it well while maintaining a certain down to earth dignity. There is an unspoken class about her and a charming smile that seems ever present. She is the kind of person you are glad you know and if you didn’t you wish you did. I am quite certain the world could use a few more “Maureens” in it.

Helping Maureen to celebrate were long time friends, former GC Mayor Brian Deveney, former G.C. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Althea Robinson, former G.C. Mayor Peter Gall and former G.C. Village Administrator Robert Schoelle.

Brenda Wydler (wife of the late U.S. Congressman Jack Wydler), Maureen and Joan Whiting.

Dinner was held in a large, elegant heated tent in the Clancy back yard on Stewart Avenue. Each of Maureen’s children got up and spoke glowingly of their mother, as did others.

Pre K Girls

Pink Panthers Willa Brown Holly Bremer Layla Ellis

Blue Smurfs Grace Allen Clarabel Connelly Danica Drewes Bumblebees Alexis Barnett Corinne Macchio Shelby Howald Blue Belles Emily Swanson Alex Pontone Zoey Baebler Pink Bellas Hazel Hajart Megan Johnson Elizabeth Nick Dolphins Hanna Stier Katie Bashford Ciara Lynch Butterflies Kellyn Blum Shay Falvey Alexis Gibbons Shamrocks Winnie Castro Arianna Chan Katelyn Parker

Pre K Boys

Team Galli Liam Pellicone Dermot Crimmins Justin Fiducioso Team Groarke

Eamon O’Hara Andrew Bailey Eamon Miller

Whole Team

Team Hagopian Kieran Moon Danny Hagopian Donald Clavin Team Jendras Zachary Argenziano Jake Boysen Andrew Bruno Team Kolenik Lucas Doggendorf Nicholas Osorio Logan Ng Team Mormile James Livingston Reggie Wenk William Prager Team Smith Luca Bonafede Thomas Deierlein Team Laufer Dylan Ferrucci Charles Barkman Team Mohsenian Hayden Allen Finn Doherty Team Stimmler Gabriel Agnetti Liam Moylan Thomas Ryan

Kindergarten Boys

Team Crowell: Owen Novack Finn Crimmins

Team Donohue:

Team Glace: Thomas Boysen Caden Fowler

Irwin Mason Gottsegen Peter Irwin Kyle Swanson

Team Herrera: Charlie Callahan Sean Campbell

Mohsenian Andrew Bier Chris Breglio

Team Kenna: Whole Team

Gawlick Entire Team

Team Leake: Ryan McKeon Jack McKeon

Messi Brady Ahern Mark Escher

Team Mancuso: Nicholas Canner JP Caputo

Olcott Ronan Coyle Graham Hefelfinger

Team Reasoner: Whole Team

Roddini Entire Team

The Islanders (Team Regazzi): Doran Hanrahan Finn Pizzi

Archer Entire Team

Green Machine (Team Smith): Dane Elliott Thomas Wrieden

Team 1 - The Blue Dolphins Sophia Cabarubbia Ava Considine Maeve Durkan

First Grade Boys

Team 2 - The Pink Lemonade Maggie Clavin Audrey Ellis Madeline Healey

Doherty AJ Haffner Philip Harding

Bremer William Argenziano Cormick Bice Buccellato Colin Walsh Daniel Santopietro Liam Rogers

First Grade Girls

Team 3 - Dolphins Amanda Backer Sarah Ullrich Brooke Williams Team 4 - Maroon Antonella Falzone

Sofia Kedrin Sofia LoVerde

Spain Casey Psaki Caroline Brodie

Team 5 Entire Team

Germany Sienna Brunetti Isabelle DeNoto Leah De Rosa

Team 6 Taylor Antico Charlotte Bilello Bridie Burke Team 7 - The Cheetahs Emma Brennan Paige Donohue Ania Galanek Team 8 Entire Team Team 9 - Pinkalicious Ella Barlow Caroline Carey Grace Corrigan

Second Grade Girls

Ireland Juliet Stampfel Lila Borrelli Liv Candan

Canada Clare Griffin Nicole Geiger

Third Grade Girls

Team Italy: Sarah Phinney Caroline Preston Abigail Tedesco

Team Ireland: Madison Casares Courtney Crimmins Isabella Jaghab Team USA: Michaela Molgano Ava Haskell Team Canada: Jennifer Roller Giuliana Pamatat

France Emma Larson Maggie Kane Italy Courtney Bremer Emily Racich Samantha Racich USA ElleJaye Cerrato Stella Goettlemann May Paisley England Alexandra Holland Faith Greenwood

Team Germany: Kyra Lekanides Ellie Brantuk Team Mexico: Lucy Ryan Team England: Sophie Alloca Aileen Henning Team France: Olivia Allsbrook Ella Leonardo

COLLEGE NOTES Meghan Logan of Garden City was among 45 University of Scranton students who participated in six domestic service trips organized by Campus Ministries’ Center for Service and Social Justice. Students volunteered at the McKenna Center in Washington, D.C., a daytime drop-in center for homeless men, at which students volunteered at food pantries and soup kitchens. Students also volunteered at Francis Corps, Syracuse, New York, a Roman Catholic faith-based program, which provides after school programs, refugee resettlement programs and a food pantry, among other services. Students volunteered in Santa Clara, California, at programs organized through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, including homeless outreach programs and afterschool activities with children. Students volunteered with the Christian Appalachian Project Workfest to repair substandard housing and build new homes for low-income families in Eastern Kentucky. Students also traveled to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to serve at St. Bernard Project, a New Orleans-based nonprofit that serves low to moderate income families, to repair and rebuild homes

recently devastated by flooding there. Students who went to Baton Rouge also volunteered with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps at the West End House Boys and Girls Club, which serves at-risk youth through after-school programs, among other populations. Students volunteered at St. Michaels Association for Special Education in St. Michaels, Arizona, to assist children and adults with development disabilities in the classroom setting. Logan, a senior in the University’s College of Professional Studies, volunteered at St. Michaels Association for Special Education in St. Michaels, Arizona. n

Morgayne Rix, of Garden City, was named to the Dean’s list for academic excellence for the fall 2016 semester at Johns Hopkins University. To be selected for this honor, a student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale in a program of at least 14 credits with at least 12 graded credits. Morgayne Rix is the daughter of Michael and JoEllen Rix and attended Garden City High School. Morgayne Rix, who is majoring in international studies, will graduate in May 2019.

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Nonprofits to take facility fee objections to Board

From page 1 of Commissioners of Recreation and Cultural Affairs, presented the 20172018 Recreation and Parks Department budget, with a few comments and questions from trustees. According to Palmeri, the May 13 event will cost The Andy Foundation $2805 in facility rental as specified in the 2016-2017 village budget. However, if the event is scheduled the same way in May 2018, it will fall into the new 2017-2018 budget and would cost the Foundation over $5,000. McGoldrick said these costs represent increases of 800% for this May and 1600% for the 2018 event. She said she and Palmeri took the initiative to be present and be heard, but received minimal feedback, as the budget was delivered, approved and set forth for the next one year. “I am just so disappointed with how they’re handling this. They (the Board of Trustees) said ‘thank you’ March 15 and that was the end of it. No one from the village has reached out to us or anything, and it’s very, very frustrating. I have had so many residents and people call me and say we should talk with Newsday or get News 12 Long Island involved. I was trying to hold off on that, I don’t want to make the village look worse. Many people contacted us (The Andy Foundation) to say they want to attend the Board of Trustees meeting when we’d bring this up,” Palmeri said. Given the one month timeline to the annual Yard Sale, that opportunity will be the April 20 meeting, she added. Biggane and Palmeri were in touch regularly and planning ahead for a conversation with the village leadership. The Andy Foundation will be holding a fundraiser between now and their Yard Sale. On Thursday night, May 4, starting at 5:30 pm they will host an evening ‘takeover’ at B.K. Sweeney’s Uptown Grille at 636 Franklin Avenue in traditional Garden City spirit. They have done have a dozen similar events and as with the Yard Sale, all proceeds will go to the charity. The Board of Trustees will also meet on May 4 at Village Hall, and the following week is the annual Yard Sale. The goal now is to impact cost structure planning for 2018 while making 2017’s event a success. For Palmeri, none of the village’s targeted infrastructure investments set forth in the 2016-2020 Recreation Strategic Plan would have a benefit for The Andy Foundation’s event. “It’s perfect as it is, but they are making it harder and harder for us. They have changed all the rules and it’s a joke,” she said.

From $1500 to $20,000

In 2015 the Jay Gallagher Tournament was charged $1500 for field rental. In 2016 that went up to $20,000 and in 2017, it was planned for $30,000. Maggie Biggane said the Mollie Fund is totally in the same camp as The Andy

Foundation as the Bigganes talked with Palmeri about the recent fee issue. “This is a very similar situation as Jill does not know if 2017 would be her last year with the fee situation. It’s an across the board issue for the Garden City nonprofits,” Maggie Biggane says. Her husband’s March 31 letter was apparently not enough of a prompt to action, and making their voice heard at a public meeting would be a better option. The Bigganes were in attendance last September at the Recreation Commission’s meeting where Dr. Tony Randi, founder and organizer of the Jay Gallagher Tournament, spoke about the probability of ceasing the Jay Gallagher Tournament in the village in future years given the burden of expected high facility fees. The Bigganes feel that another approach at the Recreation Commission meeting, which comes up on Wednesday, April 19 at the senior center, would only be a dead end again. “I don’t understand the pricing structure of coming up with $15,000 per day for for-profits and not-for-profits? Are the fields being used that often and the village collects $30,000 per weekend? They aren’t – it’s fees for this (Jay Gallagher Tournament) and a few others that are for-profit. If the fields were being used every weekend and Recreation had trouble fitting us in that’s one thing, but are the fields being used per day at that rate consistently? Does the Village Board of Trustees really understand the details of the Recreation Departments’ budget or are there other ways to raise money other than jacking up fees from $1,500 to $30,000 in two years? They ought to make a provision for nonprofits,” Jack Biggane said. Biggane, a 1964 alumnus of Garden City High School, says $30,000 would be more than 30% of proceeds the Jay Gallagher event raises primarily through sponsors and teams’ participation in a given year. The Recreation Commission “acting as a landlord for St. Paul’s fields” asked for over 30% “in a good year.” Meanwhile the Mollie Fund’s campaigns and programs throughout the year rely on funding and great volunteer efforts from Garden City residents. The Andy Foundation has to pay rent to operate its Yard Sale Shop, located at 195 Herricks Road in Garden City Park. The Mollie Fund is all volunteer-run with no overhead, but there’s supply and event coordination goals to meet. “We have always been very gracious with supplying sunscreen at the Garden City Pool. We do programs at Garden City Middle School to teach kids with a dermatologist and another doctor. We get the kids hats, we try to make our services reach far and wide. We will do another skin cancer screening at this year’s Jay Gallagher. But realistically, because we are going to lose funding and see a dramatic decrease, I am not

sure about how some of these programs can go forward,” she said. Another conundrum is that with the Jay Gallagher Tournament cut in half from two days to one, there’s less opportunity to raise funds for charity and raise awareness of melanoma and the dangers of indoor tanning. “With all the competition for charities in a not-so-good year that may come closer to 50% of funds raised. It’s crazy. We have no problem in paying for maintenance, lining fields and custodial services – that’s fair to pay what it costs our town to put the event on. But above and beyond that, for 501(c)3 nonprofits this is not business as usual. All the companies from advertising, lawyers and banks, everyone carries a distinction for 501(c)3 nonprofits. In all seriousness Tony indicated that this year’s (June 17) is a trial balloon and it may have to be the final year. It is headed in the wrong direction, and the reason it is heading in the wrong direction is the exorbitant cost of renting the fields,” Biggane said on April 12. He says the village (Recreation) looked at the coming June event as a “one-time only” occurrence for Jay Gallagher, with the next year out of the conversation, and negotiated with Dr. Randi for the one-day’s fee closer to $10,000 instead of nearly $15,000. The potential for the event to leave Garden City and eventually operate elsewhere, perhaps in 2018, would be akin to ripping out a deep-rooted village foundation and displacing the charity, according to Biggane. “It’s not only that we are a 501(c)3, we are not a 501(c)3 coming from out of town and using our funds generated to support something out of town. It’s a 501(c)3 within the Garden City community doing things for the community. That’s exceptional,” he said.

Volunteer opportunities for teens

His wife Maggie adds that unlike many other sports events, the Jay Gallagher Tournament provides a chance to witness and participate in great sportsmanship and goodwill as the Challenger (handicapped and special needs) children get to play. In all prior years and again for 2017, Dr. Randi has volunteer opportunities for Garden City students and pre-teens to learn about community service and that instills “a value they will carry for the rest of their lives,” Maggie Biggane said. The charities’ plan for action comes up the new 2017-2018 village budget, which goes into effect on June 1, was approved without much comment by members of the Board of Trustees at the April 3 meeting. It included the increases to the Recreation Department’s facility fee schedule. A press release from the village published in The Garden City News on April 7 and updated to the village’s website on April 5 mentioned recreational fees: “Overall, rev-

enues are increasing slightly year over year. Major sources of revenue again come from New York State aid, Building Department fees and Recreation programs, fees and rentals” Recreation Department Head Kevin Ocker replied to the News’ inquiry via email on April 12, however he could not respond to Biggane’s comments before publication for April 14. Biggane contested the fees with a Letter to the Editor published on March 31. His was the latest in a series of letters to the editor published on March 23; one from Joe Castronovo, president of The Miracle Foundation, and one from Janice Cenzoprano, an officer of The Long Island Chapter of the Cooley’s Anemia Foundation, based in Garden City for over 62 years. The new mayor of Garden City, Brian Daughney, is one of the Biggane’s two POA representatives from the Estates’ section, along with Trustee John DeMaro. They will request his official involvement and also better collaboration with Ocker, as Biggane said he emailed Ocker about sponsorship opportunities at the Garden City Pool he hadn’t heard back. In an interview on April 12, Biggane wondered if Mayor Daughney could sign an executive order or write an “override letter” to not force the full elevated costs for facility rentals on 501(c)3 nonprofit groups. At the Board of Trustees’ annual re-organization meeting last Monday, April 3, it was announced by Mayor Daughney that Garden City’s Finance and Audit Committee will be chaired by Trustee Stephen Makrinos, serving with Trustees Mark Hyer and John Delany. Biggane calls upon these three trustees, Mayor Daughney and others in village administration to provide oversight of the budget for Recreation and Parks and configure a new way for raising funds rather than by local charities paying the full price for facility use. “We are working with Jill Palmeri and Joe Castronovo, and we are going to contact the Winthrop Hospital group. We are going to get together and present this at a Board of Trustees meeting (April 20) or in writing to the Village of Garden City. It’s a collaborative effort with the other Garden City charities and also groups that benefit from the Jay Gallagher Lacrosse Tournament, they see this the same way we do,” Biggane said. Maggie Biggane said besides the current field/facility fee concerns, the existence of nonprofits in Garden City could be challenged. “Dr. Randi is able to get generous, big contributions and sponsorship from some major companies and residents. When people realize they’re not giving directly to the nonprofits that they thought they were, let’s face it, they are going to be more hesitant to write that check,” she said.

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TWENTIETH ANNUAL JAY GALLAGHER MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT JAY GALLAGHER MEMORIAL FOUNDATION EVENT SPONSORSHIP The Garden City Youth Lacrosse Program and Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation are hosting The Twentieth Annual Jay Gallagher Memorial Tournament on June 17th, 2017. The tournament raises funds and public awareness for the Andy Foundation, Mollie Biggane Melanoma Foundation, and Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital. Ninety teams will participate from the northeast region. This year’s tournament welcomes the GC Challenger Lacrosse Team. The program, started by Brian Collins and Challenger president Al Vanasco is in its seventh year and continues to be an overwhelming success. The challenger program is geared to providing athletic opportunities to children with mental and physical handicaps (ages 6-21). The program also includes baseball, basketball and golf. Thirty participants practice every Sunday afternoon with the help from over a dozen local junior and senior high school students. This year we are hoping to expand the challenger schedule and host teams from Eastern Long Island. The Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation looks forward to a continued relationship with the Challenger program and wants to personally thank Brian and Al for all their efforts to make this happen. The tournament memorializes Jay Gallagher, Andrew Palmeri, Mollie Biggane, Ryan Kohart and Dave Leistman. Ryan and David were lost in the September 11th tragedy. Ryan was a graduate of Garden City High School and a four-year letterman at North Carolina University. Ryan was the recipient of The Jay Gallagher Award, which recognizes “The Outstanding Freshman in the Carolina Lacrosse Program.” Dave was a graduate of Sewanaka High School and a four-year Letterman at Adelphi University. A long time village resident, Dave was active in the Garden City Youth Lacrosse program coaching both boy’s and girl’s teams. It was with great sadness that the lacrosse world and local community heard of this tragic loss of such fine individuals. Jay Gallagher graduated from Garden City High School in 1970 where he co-captained the varsity lacrosse team. Jay was a four year defenseman at Cornell and tri-captained the Big Red his senior year, helping them to the NCAA semi-finals. After graduation, he acted as an assistant coach for North Carolina, Syracuse, Rutgers and Cornell from 1981-1985. His legacy is still present with the John W.

“Jay” Gallagher Memorial Scholarship Fund, which goes to a needy Cornell underclassman. Jay had a memorable association with Garden City, Cornell and the lacrosse world, and it was with much sadness that members of these groups heard of his death on January 9, 1992, at age 39 from melanoma. Proceeds from the foundation fund two local charities, The Mollie’s Fund and The Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital. The foundation has raised over $1,200,000 for these charities. The Mollie Biggane Melanoma Foundation provides information and services on skin cancer detection, supporting melanoma patients through education of the latest treatments. The Foundation was created in Mollie’s memory after her tragic death at the age of 20 from melanoma. Thank you for all the sunscreen and hats handed out at prior tournaments. Various charities are chosen once a year to receive funds in Andrew Palmeri’s remembrance. Last year 80 elementary, middle school and high school students donated their entire weekend to support The Andy Foundation’s mission statement “BY KIDS FOR KIDS.” These young adults make this event possible and their devotion to the community and charitable service is greatly appreciated. For the fourth year the Andy Foundation, and the Jay Gallagher Memorial Foundation will team up to support the Cancer Center for Kids at Winthrop University Hospital. The Cancer Center for Kid’s goal is to provide the best possible chance for recovery through superior medical care in a nurturing outpatient setting. A special thank you to all the Garden City students, alumni and parents who donate their fathers day weekend to help run this event. The Jay Gallagher Foundation has teamed up with RE-LAXIN. RE-LAXIN was started by Cambell Munn hoping to grow the game of lacrosse by repurposing clean, gently worn lacrosse shorts and pennies to developing lacrosse communities. You can contact Campbell at relaxxin29@gmail.com or drop off the 68 Garden Street.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2016 SPONSORS PLATINUM SPONSORS

Amy and Neil McGoldrick and Family Ruth and Anthony Randi and Family Mary and Ed Finneran and Family Joan and Robert Cox and Family David Westermann Jr. Westermann Sheehy Keenan Samaan and Aydelott, LLP Angel and Peter D’Antonio

GOLD SPONSORS

Seaford Bagels Key Foods Morgan and Kendal Miller Maura and Billy Roberti Dr. and Mrs. Robert F. D’Esposito Tara and Robert Griffith and Family

Meg and Ed Mockler Pat Gibbons Ignatius Quartararo Jessica and Doug Crofton Penny and Walter Denby Tara and Bill Nick Kit and Ray Aberman Brian Downes State Farm Agency Mary Ann and Robert Horvath Kelly and Tim Worstell and Family Liz and Rich Denby The Wilton Family Lynn and Bill Marshall

Drs. Anthony Salierno and Matt Tangredi Robert and Jane Parrinelli Galaher Settlements Debbie and Ralph Pastore Garden City Remodeling, Inc. Keith and Kristine Kaval and Family Stern and Kilcullen LLC

SILVER SPONSORS

Anne M. Kelly M.D. Donna and Richard Fortney Pat and Bill Dworsak Paul and Grace Schultz James L. Dunne CPA Mary Detrick Linda and Matt Randi Paul F. Callahan D.M.D Kevin and Tami Cook Deborah and Robert Hussey Mary Lou and John Cerrrato Kathy and William Blum John Appelt

Charlie’s Champions Charna and Tony DiSanto Jeanne and Bill Bice Pam and Joe Griffith and Family Danielle Gallagher Liberty Lacrosse

Kathy Gallagher Jane and Sean McCooey Susanne and John Kilcullen Stephanie H. Cullum Coach Realtors Drs. Weiss and Lucarelli Janice and Michael Pecorino The Nelson Family The Hanisch Family Dr. Joseph A. Randi Deborah and Thomas Long and Family Eileen and James Sullivan and Family Karen and Steve Guednjoian

K & E Fabrications The Koster Family Kathleen and Chris Hogan Andrew Detrick Blatant Lacrosse Vicki and Joe Stanco Baubles, Bangles & Bags Peter and Nancy Sinram Kathy and Frank Walters Robert’s Bicycles Amped UP Apparel The Hollis Family PAL Women’s Referees PAL Boy’s Referees

ANYONE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE JAY GALLAGHER FOUNDATION TEAM OR BEING A SPONSOR CONTACT: RUTH OR TONY RANDI • RJRANDI@HOTMAIL.COM • 516-724-3169 SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT: WWW.JAYGALLAGHERLAXTOURNAMENT.COM

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54 Five game winning streak

Varsity Lacrosse extends winning streak to five games

Coach Finnell is in his 11th year as head coach of the Garden City Varsity Lacrosse team. He inherited a program with a rich history and he has kept the program successful with 8 county titles, 4 Long Island Championships and 2 State titles. A constant theme for all of these teams has been a strong team defense and the 2017 Trojans look like they fit that mold. The Trojans have won 5 games in a row and are currently 5-1 overall while allowing only 23 goals in 6 games. In addition to allowing less than 4 goals a game, the offense is well balanced averaging 10 goals a game. Over the last 2 weeks GC won 3 league games by a combined score of 41-11. GC beat Mepham 13-1 with 12 different players scoring or assisting. JP Basile led all scorers with 6 points with Jack McManus, Trevor Yeboah-Kodie, Jack Bill, Liam Curtin and Joe

McDonagh all netting their first goals of the year. The same trend continued vs Carey with 8 different people scoring in a 12-4 win led by Jaime Atkinsons’s 3 goals and Kyle Steinbach’s 3 points. With senior Kiernan Gunn sidelined for injury in these 2 games the faceoffs were dominated by Kyle Steinbach and Justin Coppola. GC’s 3rd league game in this stretch was vs Calhoun. GC once again jumped out quickly and rolled to a 16-6 victory. Sean Coughin (6 points), Luke Keating (6 points) and Finn Gibbons (5 points) led the scoring, with Matt Desimpliciis (long pole) and Charlie Comiskey netting their first goals of the year. The biggest win during this streak was the 8-2 victory over the Salesianum School (DE) at the “Checking for Cancer” tournament. This event was held at the Haverford School on the Mainline out-

Kyle Steinbach #10 Colin Hart #39

Eric Mueller in goal

side Philadelphia, PA on Saturday April 8th. This an annual tournament for a great cause where the Trojans are always matched up with an out of state quality opponent. Salesianum has a great lax tradition and has several outstanding players on their roster including an outstanding attackman, Mike Drake (Committed to Notre Dame). The Salesianum offense and their leading attackman were shut down by GC. Led by Senior Phil Puccio, their leading scorer was held to one assist. “Our coaches always have us well prepared and today we executed on our game plan with strong team defense”, Puccio said. Eric Mueller played another strong game with 5 saves and received the help from Colin Hart, Timmy Gormley, Danny Boccafola and Matt Desimpliciis. GC got off to an explosive start and never looked back with Kiernan

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JP Basile #1 with pick from Gibbons #7

Varsity Lacrosse extends winning streak to five games

Gunn winning the opening face-off sprinting down and feeding JP Basile for the first goal. GC dominated the first half, but Sals goalie was very strong holding the Trojans to only 3 goals in the first half. The 3rd goal was scored by Tyler Wuchte with 6 seconds left in the half as he finished right on the door step which propelled GC into the 2nd half. Wuchte played on an outstanding game at middie on both ends of the field and had a great assist to Finn Gibbons in transition off a face off. In the second half, GC scored 5 more and once again the offensive depth was highlighted with JP Basile (2 Goals & 1 Assist), Sean Coughlin (2 Goals & 1 Assist), Finn Gibbons (1 Goals & 2 Assists), Luke Keating, Trevor Yeboah-Kodie and Tyler Wuchte each with 1 Goals & 1 Assist. “In the second half, Coach Finnell wanted a big little match up and that’s what we did. I think it’s very difficult for teams to match up with us”, JP Basile said. “We’re hopefully going to continue to get better. Ultimately, it’s just listening to Coach Finnell. He knows everything and he drops a lot of wisdom on us, so it’s a credit to him.” Next up for the Trojans are four difficult games. A home game at 1pm on Saturday 4/15 vs Duxbury (MA), a 6pm Game at Hofstra on 4/19 vs nationally ranked St Ignatius Prep (San Fran, CA), road game under lights at 7pm on 4/21 at South Side and the Woodstick classic on 4/29 at 7pm at Manhasset. Come out and see the GC ‘17 Trojans in action.!

Finn Gibbons #7

Man Down - Wuchte #33, Puccio #23, Boccafola #29

Puccio on defense

Trevor Yeboah-Kodie #15 dodging

Jamie Atkinson #5 leads man-up

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The Men’s Association News Next Meeting

Attention all Directors! The next meeting will be in early May. Watch for an e-mail to be sent by the President concerning the exact details and agenda. Please make every effort to participate. Your voice needs to be heard!

GCHS Home Athletic Schedule

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Annual cheerleading clinic

Children in grades K through 5 are invited to attend the Garden City High School Cheerleader’s annual cheerleading clinic on Saturday, April 29th in the Garden City High School gymnasium. Today’s cheerleaders are athletes with a wide range of skills. Precision movements, tumbling, stunts, and dancing are all part of our routines. This clinic will be taught with all age groups in mind and children will be grouped

according to grade level. • Saturday, April 29th from 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM at GCHS • $40 fee includes a t-shirt, snack, and 2.5 hours of instruction •The participants will learn cheers, dances, jumps, and entry-level stunting. • Hurry, register by April 14th to guarantee a t-shirt for your child! To register, contact the coaches at mfritzgccheer@gmail.com.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Saturday, April 15 Attention: All Village Residents. Kindergarten and Pre K, First and Gather up the kids and hop on down Second Graders and Third, Fourth and to St. Paul’s Field this Saturday for Fifth Graders will have their own area the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt for the hunt; just follow the signs at St. starts at 10am sharp so please arrive Paul’s Field. early. There will be three separate Please note this is a very popular vilGC-CHERRY 1-8 Page - 09-21-16_Layout 1 9/26/16 2:42 PM Page 1 areas for three different age groups. lage event so please arrive early.

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Father / Daughter and Mother / Son Dances

Another great GCHS tradition! The father/daughter dance is scheduled for Friday, June 16 and the mother/son follows on Saturday, June 17. Mark your calendars and watch for the formal invitations to be sent to your homes very shortly.

TMA Website

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

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Saturday, April 15 - Boys Varsity Lacrosse, 4:15 p.m.; Monday, April 17 - Boys JV Golf, 3:30 p.m.; Boys JV Baseball, 4:45 p.m.; Tuesday, April 18 - Girls Varsity Softball, 4:30 p.m.; Girls Varsity Lacrosse, 4:30 p.m.; Boys Varsity Baseball, 4:30 p.m.; Wednesday, April 19 - Boys JV Tennis, 4:30 p.m.; Girls Varsity Lacrosse, 4:45 p.m.; Boys Varsity Lacrosse, 6:00 p.m. Thursday, April 20 - Girls JV Lacrosse, 4:30 p.m.; Girls Varsity Softball, 4:30 p.m.; Boys JV Baseball, 4:30 p.m.; Badminton, 4:45 p.m. Friday, April 21 - Boys Varsity Tennis, 4:15 p.m.; Boys JV Lacrosse, 4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 22 - Girls Varsity Softball, 1:00 p.m.

For over 80 years, The Men’s

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

How You Can Join

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

Important

Any directors who have not paid their annual dues please mail your $100 check to the treasurer!

TMA Officers

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VILLAGE SPORTS Annual Easter Egg Hunt this Saturday, April 15

Attention: All Village Residents. Gather up the kids and hop on down to St. Paul’s Field this Saturday for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. The hunt starts at 10am sharp so please arrive early. There will be three separate areas for three different age groups. Kindergarten and Pre K, First and Second Graders and Third, Fourth and Fifth Graders will have their own area for the hunt; just follow the signs at St. Paul’s Field. Please note this is a very popular village event so please arrive early.

Garden City Pool News

Summer is just around the corner and Pool membership registration is underway. Pool membership material was mailed to every household but if you have misplaced yours you can download an application and brochure at www.gardencityrecreation.org. You can also stop by the Recreation Office to pick up the pool membership forms. Online registration is also available (you must have a password to sign up online, to receive a password you must go to the Recreation Office at 108 Rockaway Ave to verify your residency) Please look through the brochure to see all of the new and exciting things that will be happening at the GC Pool this season. The pool opens on Saturday, June 10 at 12 noon. Hope to see you there!

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Our Summer Camp Brochure has

arrived and is filled with plenty of activities to entertain your children. Sports, science, engineering, and computer coding, and cultural sessions such as language or film making, we have it all in each four day camp! Please visit our office at 108 Rockaway Ave. to pick up a copy or download the brochure from our website at www. gardencityrecreation.org.

Connie McKnight, our certified yoga instructor, has designed youth yoga classes for ages 6 - 18. Each class in our sessions is 55 minutes long. All classes will begin on April 6 and will run for eight weeks. Any resident of the Inc. Village of Garden City in this age group is invited to join these relaxing classes. The cost of this 8 week session will be $ 80. The course schedule is as follows: Ages 6 – 8 - Thursdays at 4:15 pm Ages 9 – 12 - Thursdays at 5:15 pm Ages 13 – 18 - Thursdays at 6:30 pm

US Sports Institute Spring & Summer Programs US Sports Institute has launched their new website and now has all Garden City Recreation and Parks sponsored Spring and Summer Camps and Classes open for registration. Offerings include a Spring Break Multi Sport Camp, Soccer Clinics for ages 2 – 5, TeeBall Squirts for ages 3 – 5, and Total Sports Squirts, a combination of all sports, for ages 3 – 5. Classes start soon so visit US Sports Institute’s website at www.ussportsinstitute.com for further information or to register.

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Garden City High School Girls Varsity Basketball Awards Dinner

GCHS Girls Varsity Basketball team recently held its Awards Dinner. Congratulations to Kelly George - All County, Yasmine Worrell - All County Honorable Mention and Grace Kelly - All Conference.

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Garden City, NY 6-bedroom, 4.5-bath. SD #18. MLS# P1279129. $1,975,000.

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