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THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 TOWN OF HUNTIGNTON

The Paramount Spotlight

All Eyes On CO Standards Several proposals follow death of Legal Sea Foods manager Long Islander News photo/archives

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

ABBA Mania hits Huntington on March 19.

‘VoulezVous’ ABBAManiaAt Paramount?

By Danny Schrafel psloggatt@longislandernews.com

The renowned stage show celebrating the music of Swedish supergroup ABBA is coming from the West End of London to The Paramount in Huntington March 19.

ABBA Mania, the official West End tribute show dedicated to the magical seven-year recording run of Bjorn, Benny, Annifrid and Agneta, spans the entire ABBA catalog of smash hits from 1974-1981. From “Waterloo” to “Voulez Vous,” to “Super Trouper,” “Dancing Queen” and everything in between, ABBA Mania has it all on tap.

It all got started thanks to a chance conversation after a gig, ABBA Mania Tour Manager Todd Littlewood (Continued on page A17)

The push to increase the reach of carbon monoxide detectors after a fatal accident at a Huntington Station restaurant has now reached the federal level.

In a March 5 letter, Congressman Steve Israel (D-Huntington) called on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop safety guidelines for businesses in order to protect their workers and others from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning.

Israel’s proposal was made in the wake of the death of Huntington Station Legal Sea Foods manager Steven Nelson, 55, of Copiague, who died in the basement of the restaurant after a carbon monoxide leak filled the building and sickened dozens of diners, staff and first responders.

“OSHA’s mission is to protect people working in different businesses,” Israel said. “We learned from Legal Sea Foods (Continued on page A17)

The fatal carbon monoxide poisoning at Legal Sea Foods last month has prompted a string of proposed laws, and has even made an impact on the federal level.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Lawmakers Split On ‘Smoke-Out’ Law Health Committee to vote on 21-and-over tobacco law

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

A local legislator’s push to raise the tobacco-buying age in Suffolk County is approaching a key hurdle today, March 13.

The Suffolk County Legislature’s Health Committee is expected to vote on a proposal by its chair, Legislator William Spencer (D-Centerport), which would increase the minimum age to buy tobacco products in Suffolk County from 19 to 21, mirroring similar legislation passed recently in New York City.

While the legislation appears poised to clear the Health Committee, its ultimate fate in the full 18-member legislature is uncertain. With County Executive Steve Bellone on board, Spencer needs a simple 10-vote majority to pass as opposed to 12 to trump a veto. That’s a plus for Spencer, legislative insiders say, because the vote is expected to be decided by a slim margin.

Spencer has argued federal feedback and scientific data backs his push to raise the minimum age to buy tobacco to 21.

A controversial bill to raise the age at which buying tobacco products is legal could be voted on next week if it clears an important hurdle today.

Spencer said the bill is based on scientific data that indicates that as a young person’s brain develops, critical portions that trigger addiction become more mature and less prone to react to nicotine and other addictive substances.

However, retailers have pushed back against the proposal, arguing it would put a drain on small business owners while do-

ing little good to prevent teens from picking up the deadly habit.

Legislator Lou D’Amaro (D-N. Babylon), who was initially on the fence, said he is “leaning toward not supporting” the proposal, arguing 21 is an “arbitrary number.”

“The best way to fight underage smoking is through education, and education has been very effective,” he said. “This bill is regulating the legal conduct of adults and I think government has to be really careful when it starts intruding in adults’ lives.”

Spencer’s Health Committee colleagues are also divided. Legislator Kate Browning (WF-Shirley) said she agrees with D’Amaro’s assessment that the proposal is an undue interference on adults’ behaviors.

“I would like the people to choose not to smoke – but some do – but this is not prohibiting them from smoking, it’s prohibiting the sale,” she said.

Legislator Monica Martinez (D-Central (Continued on page A17)

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DIX HILLS

Rabbi Celebrates The Big 3-0 Howard Buechler, leader of Dix Hills Jewish Center since 1992, marks milestone year

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Rabbi Howard Buechler’s 30th anniversary as a rabbi could not have come at a more appropriate time.

Buechler, who came to the Dix Hills Jewish Center in 1992, marked the milestone as the Jewish center celebrated Purim with a masquerade ball Saturday, linking the supreme joy of Purim with a celebration of Buechler’s milestone in leadership in the local Jewish community.

Tying the masquerade concept to Purim comes from the scroll of Esther, Buechler said.

“There’s a theme of hiding one’s self and only when one reveals oneself does one’s true energy become apparent to realize one’s true being,” he said.

Buechler’s true calling came as a result of a “gradual rediscovery of my Jewish roots.”

“During the process of college and [earning my] undergraduate degree, I decided I wanted to give back, to hopefully inspire other people and enrich their Jewish journey in life,” Buechler said.

After college, Buechler attended rabbinical school for five years at the Jewish Theological Seminary and became a rabbi. He began his career in Temple Beth Chai in Hauppauge before coming to Dix Hills in 1992, where he now leads a congregation

of 550 families.

During his career, Buechler served as president of the Suffolk Board of Rabbis and the Rabbinic Assembly of NassauSuffolk-Queens, and currently serves on the board of directors of the Jewish Education Project. He has founded or cofounded many Jewish institutions in Suffolk County ranging from the SHMA Hebrew High School to the Suffolk Mikveh, and also launched J-Team, the Jewish teen leadership cohort at the Dix Hills Jewish Center. He has also traveled extensively on rabbinic missions and has visited Israel more than 50 times.

At the Dix Hills Jewish Center, Buechler said he has focused on education, outreach and humanitarian efforts abroad. A Jewish history class which began 22 years is still going strong every Wednesday night and has grown from the initial 10 members to about 50.

“We have a number from the original 10 who are with us every week,” Buechler said.

Most recently in January, a group of 20 congregants traveled to Cuba on a humanitarian mission to deliver medical supplies.

“It was fascinating and everyone who was a part of that, their eyes were opened to understanding our past, present and future,” he said.

His proudest accomplishment, though, may be his family. He and his wife have

Rabbi Howard Buechler, who came to the Dix Hills Jewish Center in 1992, is celebrating his 30th year as a rabbi in 2014. five children – Yael, Aviva, Hillel, Eliezer and Noam, and their oldest, Yael, who became a rabbi three years ago.

“My daughter found that to be a soulfully striving goal that she has achieved,”

the proud father said.

And that passing of the torch, he said, is emblematic of his role as a rabbi.

“I’m a lamp lighter. I kindle Jewish sparks in others,” he said.

MELVILLE DIX HILLS

Well Repair Bill Increases

Lawmakers: ‘Jam’ Fire Radio Intruders After attack on Melville FD, Israel, King push to increase punishment

By Danny Schrafel

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Repairs to a Dix Hills Water District cell got a little more expensive thanks to unexpected equipment and cleaning costs.

Huntington’s town board on March 4 approved a $22,590 increase to the $96,450 contract with Woodbury Heights, N.J.-based A.C. Schultes Inc., to rehab well 6-1 of the Dix Hills Water District.

The 23.4-percent cost increase, said town spokesman A.J. Carter, is a result of three factors: the need to raise the well base to meet Suffolk County Health Department mandates, the purchase of a backup electric motor and additional cleaning to one well “that was beyond what was expected.”

The town first signed off on the repairs in 2013 for the town-operated utility, which serves 8,500 homes and businesses in the Dix Hills area. The Dix Hills Water District is responsible for the operation and maintenance of 17 water supply wells at 11 sites, as well as over 160 miles of pipe and almost 1,300 fire hydrants.

The initial slate of repairs approved in March 2013 included: removal of the existing pumping unit and motor; a new column pipe, a new suction pipe, a new pumping unit and motor; a new well pre-lube and new well discharge head; and inspections to determine if cleaning was necessary.

Jam a fire department’s radios? Go to jail.

That’s what a bipartisan pair of congressmen are pushing for after the man who allegedly jammed the Melville Fire Department’s frequency for most of last year was charged with just a misdemeanor.

The push comes after Melville Fire Department radios were jammed intermittently during a 10-month window starting in March 2013. Police arrested Drew Buckley, of Bay Shore, in November.

Michael Carrieri, who was the Melville Fire Department chief at the time, said the suspect would jam the lines by chanting unintelligible gibberish.

“At any hour of the day or night, this individual would get on our radio frequencies and would chant – he would make a bunch of noise – which would prevent us from being able to communicate back and forth between the trucks and the officers,” Carrieri said. “The jamming was pretty much 24-7… He had his favorite times.”

Many times, Carrieri said, firefighters were forced to ditch their main line and switch to “less optimal” backup frequencies because the main channel became useless. Officials said it is unclear why Buckley targeted Melville; Carrieri said Buckley has “no apparent connection” to the department.

Whatever the reason, it got the attention of U.S. Congressmen Steve Israel (DHuntington) and Peter King (R-Seaford) after Carrieri and Melville dispatcher Dave Hobart reached out. Now both are backing legislation to make the act a federal crime

Former Melville Fire Department Chief Michael Carrieri, flanked by Congressmen Steve Israel, left, and Peter King, right, speaks in support of legislation that would make intentionally jamming a fire department frequency a federal crime. punishable by up to 10 years in jail and a $10,000 fine.

Israel said current laws offer only “a slap on the wrist”; Buckley was charged with obstruction of government administration, a misdemeanor.

“That’s when we really learned how weak the law was regarding this kind of attack on our infrastructure,” Carrieri said.

Israel argued the law should be changed so penalties match those imposed on people convicted of jamming military and civil defense frequencies.

“There is no federal crime or federal penalty if you intentionally jam the frequencies of men and women who are trying

to save lives and property as first responders, and that’s fundamentally wrong,” Israel said.

King argued protecting the frequencies of first responders is not only a matter of preserving life and property, but one of homeland security that needs to be addressed as soon as possible.

“If there should, God forbid, be another attack in New York or Long Island, the fire department is an integral part of our response to any terrorist attack,” he said.

“The thought that someone could be jamming the frequencies in any case, in any emergency… it puts the firefighters at risk and it puts the citizens at risk.”

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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Danny Schrafel

What A Wonderful Day

You’re Full Of Gas

Zipadeedooda… My, oh my, what a wonderful

waiting for Sunday to come so I could wear it. Sunday comes, I put it on, and as I sit down to have day it was on Sunday. The 80th Annual Huntington breakfast, I check my watch and blink several times.

St. Patrick’s Parade was just what the doctor ordered “9 a.m.?,” I say. “I could have to cure these winter blues. The sun was shining, the sworn it was later.” I took anHibernians were marching, the IN THE KNOW other sip of coffee, glanced at green was abundant, and best WITH AUNT ROSIE the microwave, which read 10 of all, there was not a plow in a.m., and it all made sense. One sight! Here’s hoping the sungood thing about being a part shine sticks around and spring is upon us. Is there an of the silver-haired crowd…

Irish blessing I can say to make that happen?

Some things you can blame on old age and get away with it.

Charming fellow… Granted, the parade was filled with charming fellows, from our beloved fireAnd the winner is… So, how many Academy fighters to the dashing men in their top hats. But one Award-winning movies did you see? I am ashamed to charming young man in particular who was watching admit, I barely saw any! I caught “Philomena” at the the parade is the only one that gave me a gift. Well, Cinema Arts Centre (loved it), but outside of that, I he didn’t give it to me, exactly, but he gave it to one was pretty clueless when it came to all those nomiof our reporters, which is like giving it to the entire Long Islander News team, of which I consider myself nees. Oh well. I was never meant to be a film critic, I suppose. But food critic, now that’s something I think a part. The charming young man I am talking about I could get into. Eating for a living? Don’t we all eat is our own Matt Mortensen, the Huntington Station to live anyway? native who competed in the Olympics last month, racing in the doubles luge. I wrote in my column that A quick thank you… to our law enforcement ofI hoped he might give me his autograph, and wouldficers and rescue workers, who were out in full n’t ya know it, some friends of mine at the YMCA force these past two weeks protecting Huntington. (thank you, Eileen!) tried to make it happen. And Doc Spencer wrote a lovely letter to the editor on they succeeded! When our reporter met up with Mr. this very subject, and I simply must jump on board.

Mortensen after the parade (I went home right after Between the carbon monoxide poisoning at Legal the procession ended – I was exhausted!), he had Sea Foods, and then that terrible fire that gutted ready for her two autographed photos of himself. Our those poor businesses in Huntington village, and reporter who wrote an article on him competing in then the tragic attempted assassination of Gary Sochi got to take one, and she graciously told me I Melius at Oheka Castle, our protectors were out in could keep the other. I am amassing quite the little full force trying to keep everyone safe. They were at collection! it again in Huntington on Sunday for parade day, well into the night, I am told. I for one feel better Almost late… for my date with the Irish on Sunknowing these lifesavers are out there watching out day, thanks to old daylight saving time. Would you for us. Thank you! believe me if I told you I changed every clock in my house (stove, microwave, you name it!), my watches, (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have comand even my car clock, Saturday evening in preparaments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in your tion for the big change. But I forgot to change ONE neck of the woods, write to me today and let me know thing: my green wristwatch. My niece bought it for the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, me last month, saying it would be the perfect accesc/o The Long-Islander, 14 Wall Street, Huntington NY sory to wear on St. Patrick’s Day (she knows how I 11743. Or try the e-mail at aunt.rosieli@gmail.com) like to match), and I tucked it away in my drawer,

An argument over gasoline – and how much to pump into a 2001 Nissan – turned violent in Dix Hills March 7.

Police said a disgruntled customer got into an argument with the complainant, an attendant at the Sunoco station on Deer Park Avenue, at 2:55 p.m. that day. At some point during the dust-up over how much fuel ought to go in his car, the suspect got out of the car and socked the attendant in the face.

Not-So-Sweet Dreams A Dix Hills home was burglarized at 7:32 p.m. March 8. Police said someone broke in through an unlocked bedroom window and stole jewelry from the Thorngrove Lane residence.

You’re Not The Fed! A phone scam went bust when a Dix Hills resident got wise to the racket on March 4. Police said the resident got a call at 9:17 a.m. from a man claiming to be a federal officer. The man demanded payment of back taxes from the complainant and told him to fork over his credit card number to pay. However, the resident did not give the information to the would-be identity thief.

Getting ‘Ripped’ Off A Melville gym patron called the cops after his car was broken into March 3. Police said the man was working out at Planet Fitness on Ruland Road at 8:40 p.m. when someone broke the window of his 1996 Honda Accord and stole his wallet.

Tact!

A thief robbed the contents of a car parked at the Hospice Inn in Melville March 6. At 6:30 p.m. that day, police said a suspect got into an unlocked Chevy Express van and stole a purse containing an iPod, gift certificates, a driver’s license and a credit card.

Purse Goes Zoom-Zoom A purse was stolen after a car was broken into at the Huntington Hills Health Center in Melville on March 6.

Someone smashed the driver’s side rear window of a 2003 Mazda6 at 2:30 p.m. and stole a purse, which contained a driver’s license, personal papers and credit and debit cards.

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Shed Out Of Luck Suffolk County police are probing a March 6 property damage complaint in Dix Hills. Police said that at 5:03 a.m., someone pried open the window of an outdoor shed in the backyard of an Essington Lane home. However, the suspect did not appear to take anything.

Before all the ice and snow melted away, a Huntington family managed to make a purr-fect snowkitty.

“There is no federal crime or federal penalty if you intentionally jam the frequencies of men and women who are trying to save lives and property as first responders, and that’s fundamentally wrong.”

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A 42-year-old Dix Hills man was arrested at the First Precinct in West Babylon after turning himself in on assault charges March 6. He is accused of punching a woman in the face, causing a large cut, swelling and bruising around her eye.

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ELWOOD

Town Wants More Time To Review ‘Seasons’ Plan

Barbara Donovan speaks out against Engel Burman’s proposal to build a 360-unit senior housing development at the Oak Tree Dairy property in Elwood Tuesday. A vote to schedule a public hearing on the plan was pulled from the March 4 Town Board agenda.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

When it comes to a change in The Seasons, the Huntington Town Board said, “not so fast”.

The town board pulled from its agenda the morning of a March 4 vote scheduled for later that day to schedule a hearing on a scaled-back, 360-unit version of The Seasons at Elwood, a 55-and-over senior community proposed by Engel Burman Group for the Oak Tree Dairy on Elwood Road.

“The plans from the developer just came in and they need more extensive review,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said before the March 4 board meeting.

The vote would have come eight days after revised plans were filed at Town Hall on Feb. 25.

Initial plans for The Seasons called for 482 units, which was then reduced to 444.

In the face of community opposition, the 444-unit version was withdrawn from consideration last fall.

Petrone added that the soonest a hearing will now be scheduled is June, and the developer will be leading community outreach efforts until then.

The new plans, however, did not appear to satisfy civic activists opposed to The Seasons. Instead, it angered some residents.

Elwood resident Barbara Donovan, wearing a “Stop Downzoning – Keep Huntington Green” sticker on her shirt, called the revised plans “insulting” and the reduced unit count meaningless.

“They must think we’re a bunch of idiots,” she said. “Reducing the number of units from 444 to 360 – it’s like spitting into a hurricane.”

While Preserving Elwood Now (PEN) co-founder Tom Van de Merlen and Greater Huntington Civic Group President Steven Spucces thanked the town board for delaying the vote on the hearing, both argued that a 360-unit Seasons

is still too dense.

Both disputed the developer’s claim that the plan was amended based on resident feedback.

“This new proposal does not reflect the community’s input,” Van de Merlen said. “[The proposal] doesn’t take into account any of the concerns we expressed. It’s still overly dense, too big, inappropriate and out of character with the community.”

Spucces added that the new plans are a “slap in the face” to community activists.

“Either our case was not articulated well enough, or we were just ignored,” he said. “For them to submit 360, I think, is an insult.”

In an interview following Tuesday’s meeting, Engel Burman Group Partner Steven Krieger said that the developer “did our best to reduce the number of units” and followed the community’s lead when they made the buildings, especially around the perimeter of the property, smaller. A community benefits package, including about $1 million in traffic signal and road improvements along Elwood Road, remains intact, Krieger said.

“We think we’ve made a cooperative effort to reduce the number of units,” he said.

Spucces added that a coalition, consisting of the Greater Huntington Civic Group, Preserving Elwood Now, the Porter-Trejo Action Network, Elwood Taxpayers Association, Community Planning Center, Long Island Matters and the Citizens Integrity Bureau, as well as a committee of attorneys and accredited land-use specialists, would be reaching out to Huntington Town Hall “shortly” to discuss the Seasons proposal.

But for Elwood resident Heather Mammolito, the verdict on The Seasons is already in throughout Elwood.

“I’ve never heard a positive thought about this proposal – all negative feedback,” she said.

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HUNTINGTON VILLAGE/ EAST NORTHPORT

Meters Mean More Money Town board increases parking fees, extends metered hours Long Islander News photos/Jacqueline Birzon

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

They say time is money, and that rule will apply now more than ever when it comes to parking on Huntington village’s busiest streets.

The Huntington Town Board on March 4 approved a bill that will double and even quadruple current meter prices, charging 50 cents per hour on “secondary” streets and $1 per hour for parking on “prime” streets, including Main Street and New York Avenue.

But business owners in the area say higher meter fees only address the tip of the iceberg that is a parking issue in a busy downtown, and they urged the board to consider alternative solutions.

The new fee structure will not go into effect for another four to six weeks when new “munimeters” are installed, town spokesman A.J. Carter said. Once the new meters arrive they will be installed along the “prime” parking areas on Main Street and New York Avenue, where it will cost $1 an hour to park. The 50-cent fees will affect all other streets that are currently metered, Carter said. Existing meters will remain in place but will charge 50-cents instead the current price of 25-cents per hour.

On the plus side, each metered parking space will allow a car to park for a maximum of three hours, up from the current two-hour limit.

There are currently no plans to meter or charge for parking spaces in municipal lots “at this point,” the spokesman added.

A handful of village merchants at the town meeting urged the board to consider building a parking structure. Some businesses owners went as far as to prepare a rendering of a potential two-story structure, which industrial designer James Tiemann said could be completed quickly.

Tiemann said that while researching the subject, he found pre-fabricated parking

A car is ticketed on Wall Street in Huntington village for an expired meter. structures that can be constructed in a matter of weeks.

Others applauded a perceived increased enforcement of parking codes, while some argued the enforcement measures go too far and have become a burden on village employees who have been snared in recent crackdowns.

“If you don’t like it, then follow the law,” Supervisor Frank Petrone said to one resident who complained about $50 violation fines.

Antiques and Jewels on Main owner George Reisner, noting that parking has been a persistent problem in the village since at least the 1970s, said a parking structure is the only solution.

The concept is under review. After the results from the Huntington Village Parking Study were released last summer, Petrone appointed two residents and chamber board members, David Walsdorf and Bob Scheiner, to head a subcommittee charged with studying the feasibility of

building a parking structure. The pair is still researching what it would take to build a structure. At Tuesday’s meeting, Petrone said a structure is “on the drawing board right now.”

“This is the closest I’ve seen us come to a parking deck,” Huntington Business Improvement District President Jack Palladino said. “We’re not taking our eye off the ball; this is something we really need to do. We need to put a parking structure in the village; it’s hurting the village merchants.”

The Huntington Village Parking Study, funded by the town, Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, the BID, the Town Economic Development Corp. and The Paramount, provided the board with recommendations from the Nelson/Nygaard consulting firm as to how to resolve parking congestion and a lack of access to parking in the downtown village.

Looking to the future, some business owners voiced concern over the impact

that future developments, both residential and commercial, will have on the area.

“We have a popular village and we’re living in an area where people want to be, they want to come, so obviously we have to plan for those, including commercial and especially residential [spaces] above stores… It all goes hand-in-hand with why we have the subgroup seriously studying the need for a parking structure, which will play into our planning needs and those that are appropriate in the village,” Petrone said.

The changes adopted at the March 4 board meeting will also change the times parking meter fees are enforced, switching metered hours from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. instead of 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Meter fees at the East Northport train station will also increase once the changes adopted at Tuesday’s board meeting are enforced. A munimeter will also be installed at the Huntington Long Island Rail Road station.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Town Approves Higher Golf, Pool, Ice Rink Costs dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Town parks and beaches will soon become more expensive to use in certain instances.

Huntington’s town board voted March 4 to implement a new fee schedule for town park facilities, which includes increases in golf, ice skating and swimming fees and establishes new facility rental costs, especially for day camps.

Town spokesman A.J. Carter said this was the first time since 2010 that the town increased park fees.

“The fees remain lower than most other towns and are substantially lower than New York State’s,” he said.

While town golf course fees increased by $1 across the board at the Dix Hills and Crab Meadow golf courses, most of the individual fee increases affect non-residents.

Daily use of the Dix Hills pool by a nonresident went up $1, to $10, while resident fees remain unchanged. Two-week swim instruction for non-residents at the pool went up $5, to $100; while the town’s sixweek swim program increased by $4 for non-residents signing up for the adult lap swim program and $5 for the disabled

swim class, to $85 and $95, respectively.

Meanwhile, the hourly fee for league rentals at the Dix Hills Ice Rink went up by $25 to $375 per hour in prime time and $325 an hour off-prime. A new category governing hourly ice rentals, for birthday parties and similar special events, was created at $425 an hour. Public and free-style skate fees remain unchanged.

Fees were also added for camps that use town facilities, both at town parks and town beaches. Camps that use town parks will be charged $50 per day if they use the park for one to five days for 1-100 campers and $75 per day for 100 or more.

For more than five weekdays, the fee increases to $75 and $100, respectively.

Beach fees are $75 per day for 1-100 campers for one to five days and $100 for more than 100; and $100 and $150 per day, respectively, for over 100 campers.

Synthetic turf field rental costs also went up; however, tournament rental fees stayed flat. A new category was created for camps, clinics and sports trainers to rent turf and grass fields at $200 per hour for prime weekday hours from 5-11 p.m., $200 per hour for weekend rentals and $150 per hour for non-prime weekday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Fees have gone up at town parks, including the Dix Hills Ice Rink, where ice time for leagues is now more to rent.

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HUNTINGTON

Extension Granted For Oheka Condos Deadline

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The town board has granted an extension on the Residences at Oheka plan, a 192-unit condominium community planned for land around the castle estate.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

As Oheka Castle owner Gary Melius was released from the hospital after surviving an assassination attempt, Huntington’s town board voted March 4 to extend a deadline related to a condominium project on the Oheka estate for one year.

“At the time the resolution was written, with the uncertainty over the prognosis for Gary Melius’ recovery, one year seemed like a reasonable extension,” town spokesman A.J. Carter said. “The hope is that the matter can be resolved before then.”

The looming March 2014 deadline to file certain covenants and restrictions, which would open the door to a needed zone change for his 192-unit Residences at Oheka community, was extended to March 12, 2015. The original deadline was set for two years after rezoning for the development was approved, Carter said.

Town documents cite the Feb. 24 shooting, in which a masked gunman shot Melius in the head at the castle, as the reason for extending the deadline.

“Because of what happened there recently, there were some issues and they

couldn’t get it done [meet the deadline],” Councilman Gene Cook, who sponsored the extension with Supervisor Frank Petrone, said Tuesday. “We need to make sure everybody’s healthy and ready to go.”

The Residences at Oheka plan calls for two four-story buildings, connected internally by a bridge, with a total of 192 units, on an 18.3-acre subdivision between Oheka Castle and Cold Spring Hills Country Club, as well as a 372-spot parking garage.

The town is requiring Melius to file certain covenants and restrictions with the Suffolk County Clerk before changing the zoning of the 18.3-acre subdivision to the residential cluster district. Those covenants are designed to prevent the 158-acre Cold Spring Hills Country Club, surrounding the castle, from being developed.

All development rights to the country club and a small portion of the Oheka Castle property would also be transferred to the 18.3-acre parcel. That, paired with a recreational use easement, would essentially lock in the country club’s current use as a golf course and prevent the golf course from being developed, Melius’ attorney said in an Oct. 31, 2013 Long Islander News report.

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A Slippery Slope When do children become adults? what’s the point?

It depends on what we’re asking them to We all know of the dangers of smoking. do. At 18 we consider them old enough for Unfortunately, for too many that light bulb military service. When it comes to drinking doesn’t switch on until it’s too late. If we alcohol, however, the age of rational deci- make it more difficult for teens to get tobacsion-making is put at 21. When it comes to co, perhaps we can buy them some time to arsmoking, the age in this county is 19. rive at a decision more intelligently.

Under a proposal currently Toward that goal, the best way to moving through the Suffolk Leg- EDITORIAL deter teens from smoking is islature, the minimum age to buy through early and effective educatobacco products would be raised to 21, mir- tion. The county’s resources would be better roring a law recently passed in New York spent educating youngsters on the dangers of City. smoking, and making a non-smoking The bill, which is currently before the leg- lifestyle an attractive and easy choice. islature’s health committee, has sparked deRaising the minimum age for sale of tobate over the bounds of government where bacco to minors makes a statement, and it’s a the civil liberties of adults are concerned. statement we agree with. But it leads to a There’s no good age to start smoking. It’s slippery slope. We’re pretty clear on the quesnot 18, 19, or 21. And since most smokers tion of whether government should encroach pick up the habit in their teens, raising the on individuals’ freedoms – it shouldn’t. The minimum age may have little or no effect. So question is, where’s the line?

Letters to the editor are welcomed by Long Islander News. We reserve the right to edit in the interest of space and clarity. All letters must be handsigned and they must include an address and daytime telephone number for verification.

Personal attacks and letters considered in poor taste will not be printed. We cannot publish every letter we receive due to space limitations.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

No Leniency In Animal Abuse Cases DEAR EDITOR: The article “Sick Twist in Animal Abuse Case” in last week’s edition was disturbing and heartbreaking to read. The torture and killing of a precious dog, Beauty, [allegedly] by Steven Errante, motivated me to write this letter.

I appreciate that Long Islander News reported on this topic because the public – especially those members who own animals – need to know what irreparable harm can be done to them by another person.

The fact that Beauty was stolen from a fenced-in area outside is a cautionary tale for anyone who owns a dog(s) or other pet. No dog or any animal should ever go through the sheer hell that Beauty did at the hands of a predator.

Further, the fact that [defendant] Mr. Errante also [allegedly] beat his father with a baton shows again the much discussed link between animal abuse and human abuse.

The highest punishment under

the law should be given for these crimes. Beauty deserves this justice and [the guilty party] should not get away with murder... a second time.

ALEXANDRA WALSH Huntington

Thank A First Responder DEAR EDITOR: It has been a busy couple of weeks for our police department and emergency responders. They have certainly been put to the test with the carbon monoxide tragedy, the shooting at Oheka Castle and the devastating fire which ravaged numerous local businesses in Huntington village.

I would like to thank and commend our first responders, police officers and fire fighters for the outstanding job that they have done and continue to do. If it had not been for the quick response and brave actions by the large number of volunteer firemen and women to the village fire call, the outcome could have been far more tragic. The entire time they

were fighting the fire, flames continued to rage precariously close to the gas station located only yards away. With a large amount of fuel stored under their feet, the firefighters and police bravely fought back the flames for what seemed like hours. We are very fortunate that these heroic individuals work hard to protect us and respond quickly with strength and expertise to save the lives and property of others in our community.

The events of the past few weeks have made me more determined than ever to see to it that our firefighters, EMTs and police have the equipment that they need as they continue to selflessly keep us from harm. I have sponsored legislation to provide police officers and frontline county employees with personal carbon monoxide detectors. I am working with the county executive and department of health to expand the lifesaving Narcan training to the village police departments and I will continue to support our fire departments by providing them with adequate

and timely training. As other needs arise, I will do whatever I can to fulfill them.

Please take a moment today to thank a police officer, first responder or emergency services volunteer. Their hard work and dedication help keep our community safe and sound.

WILLIAM R. SPENCER County Legislator 18th Legislative District

Not Buying It DEAR EDITOR: I, and many other homeowners, reject Mr. Koubek's altruistic call for 10,000 additional units of non-market based low income housing in Huntington.

We're not falling for the ruse that our young people are fleeing because there are not enough rentals. If anyone leaves, it's usually because of the outrageous property taxes Long Islanders are forced to pay by their local governments. That, more than anything, is why housing is so expensive for those just starting out.

Peter Sloggatt

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So, if the town board is going to consider easing the burden on one preferred group of citizens it must, by law, ease the economic burden on all groups or face a lawsuit.

In my opinion, it seems that the only “brain drain” that occurs is when politicians consider these ridiculous and discriminatory housing policies.

It's time homeowners fight back against this call for sacrifice.

This is why SaveHuntington is proposing a Homeowner's Bill of Rights, which, if adopted by the town board, will stop the urbanization of Huntington and restore market based policies and pricing to all housing in Huntington.

The government's role should be to protect our basic individual right to the pursuit of happiness.

Not to protect some bogus group's right to cheap housing and free parks.

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Life&Style THEATER

Play Delves Into First Female Pres. Candidate

By Miya Jones

socialist ideas, and having several relationships with men, which, at the time, was very taboo.

After offending and going against Suffragists, as the story goes, these women

decided to exclude Woodhull from history.

After watching a television documentary on Woodhull, Solnik became fascinated with her story. Solnik researched the woman he had never heard of, and saw that there was a musical written about her.

“I saw all the elements of an interesting play, strong characters, conflict, a difficult and even impossible goal and danger,” Solnik said.

He also liked Woodhull’s Long Island link in her alliance with Cornelius Vanderbilt, whose forbears built mansions here.

He began writing the play, and after a reading at the Northport Reader's Theater, he received a good mix of reaction including curiosity and amazement, he said.

Director Robert Previto wanted to work on the project after reading Solnik's play, saying, “It was deep dramatic, remarkable, and dynamic and through it I fell in love with Victoria Woodhull… Woodhull was a precursor for the modern woman” in that Woodhull believed in sexual freedom and contemporary feminism.

Solnik believes that this play is perfect for Women's History Month because, for this month, “we should focus on the women we don't know as well as the women we know nothing about.”

The play will be showing Friday and Saturday, March 14 and 15, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 16 at 2 p.m.; Saturday, March 22 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, March 23 at 2 p.m. at the Playhouse at St. Paul's United Methodist Church, located at 270 Main St. in Northport. Tickets are $15 for the general public and $12 for students.

the popular tone poem of Claude Debussy, “La Mer (The Sea),” performed all over the world.

In the popular and folksong literature are the work songs of seamen and river boatmen, the tradition of which is familiar through songs like the Russian “Song of the Volga Boatmen,” and the sea chants of British sailors that became a part of the popular musical tradition of the American colonists. These sea chanties were especially popular in the 18th and 19th centuries when many of these melodies were sung in taverns and at other social events. One of the more popular of these songs brought from Britain is believed to have inspired the melody of our National Anthem. Indeed, the words and melody of “The Star Spangled Banner” were inspired on the water, on a ship, during the most decisive battle of the War of 1812; 100 years later, it became our National Anthem.

Nowadays, the sound of music is heard on our local waters in many ways. Over 60 years ago, boaters could sail to Centerport and listen to the composerpianist Sergei Rachmaninoff play his piano, the music coming from an open window overlooking Centerport Bay. Today, we have the opportunity each Labor Day to listen to live popular music performed at the Huntington Lighthouse while enjoying a day at sea.

Far from being limited to the lives of

military or working mariners, music about the sea express our lives in modern times as a continuing tradition of nautical history.

Henrietta Schavran, a native New Yorker and Huntington resident, has a Ph.D. from NYU and has been a businesswoman, historian, writer and lecturer. She is Flotilla Commander, Coxwain and Instructor in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and enjoys sailing her sailboat with family and friends.

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Do you remember reading about Victoria Woodhull? Many may not, even though she, not Shirley Chisholm, was the first woman to run for president, in 1872.

In honor of Women’s History Month, the premiere of the play “Victoria Woodhull: The rise and fall of America's first feminist” will be showing right here in Huntington.

An independent theatrical production, celebrating Women's History Month, the play is written by Claude Solnik, a journalist whose play “Theater Games” debuted in Northport with Bare Bones Theater Company.

Woodhull is played by Huntington resident Vivian Wyrick, and Woodhull’s sister Tennessee, who is referred to as Tennie in the play, is played by Lisa Rozz Haft of Dix Hills. Woodhull and Tennie are activists who travel around the country speaking to audiences in support of the spiritual movement. When the two of them moved to New York, they meet a man named Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt, played by Alex Edwards-Bourdrez of Northport. The two sisters convince Vanderbilt through a séance and an insider trading scheme to fund their brokerage and newspaper business. Woodhull then becomes involved in the women’s movement and decides that, since she already owns two businesses, she will run for president.

During the campaign, Woodhull faces backlash and conflict from her enemies as well as allies who question her motives. She

Lisa Rozza Haft, Alex Edwards-Bourdrez, and Vivian Wyrick will perform in the premiere of a “Victoria Woodhull,” about the first women to run for U.S. president. is then painted in a negative light, and fellow women’s activists believe that she is only running to benefit her own career.

Woodhull is also criticized by many people for being too open about sexuality, having

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Nautical Notes: Music O’Er The Waves

By Henrietta Schavran The tradition of music and poetry to express the spirit of the sea, whether recounting naval victories, religious prayer, or peacetime nautical pursuits, goes back thousands of years.

Among our early written records are the ancient Greek myths and the epics of Homer in which the sea is a central theme. In “The Iliad,” Homer tells of the Trojan Horse, a mysterious gift from the sea. In “The Odyssey,” Homer writes of the intoxicating Songs of the Sirens that lured sailors to their doom. In the epic of Aeneas, the hero’s adventures on the high seas, from Troy to North Africa to Italy, create an enduring maritime saga.

In the Old Testament, the story of Noah and the Ark and the story of the

parting of the Sea are two central nautical subjects. A thousand years later, in the Middle Ages, one of most popular hymns to the Virgin Mary was the “Ave Maris Stella (Hail to the Star of the Seas),” symbolizing the prayer for safe haven and protection to seamen and all people.

The great Nordic sagas sing of the Vikings and pay tribute to their sea and river gods. Centuries later, in Richard Wagner’s opera “Das Rheingold,” we meet the Rhine Maidens who guard the gold of the gods deep in the Rhine River.

In his opera “The Flying Dutchman,” Wagner musically tells the story of the mythological sea captain who is doomed to sail the seas to eternity.

William Shakespeare, in some of his plays, invokes the power of the seas, as in “The Tempest,” in which he portrays the might of the sea god Neptune. One of the most beautiful tributes to the sea is

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CAMP& EDUCATION

New Course Offerings At Usdan

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts offers summer camp courses, most of which are performance-based, to allow students the opportunity to act, play music and make art. Its 47th season begins June 30 and runs through Aug. 15.

By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandernews.com

In its 47th season, Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts – an arts summer camp whose history boasts such celebrity alumni as Natalie Portman and Mariah Carey – will offer three new courses.

This summer, campers will have the opportunity to take “Sewing and Fashion Design,” “Theater Dance” and “The Audition Workshop.”

Until now, the Wheatley Heights camp has offered only a fashion design class, through which students learned to draw the human figure and then to create garments on a small model by simply draping fabric or adjoining household items like coffee filters and lunch bags, explained Associate Director Andrew Copper. Now, students will be able to construct designs using fabric and thread.

“We’ve learned to expand this growing interest in fashion,” Copper said, noting that this class will have doubled the size of the fashion program. “They’ll [students] come out of the season with actual garments that they have made themselves.”

The Theater Dance class, meanwhile, will allow students the opportunity to learn Broadway Jazz.

“When you go to a Broadway audition, the first thing you do in the audition is not sing and not read a monologue and act; the first thing you do is dance,” Copper said.

And the Broadway style of dance, he explained, is a unique mix of jazz and tap traditions that also incorporates contemporary forms of dance.

“There is an area of dance that straddles both the world of dance and the world of theater,” he said. “The style of dancing that is done on Broadway is definitely its own style of dancing.”

The camp will offer a three-week session and a four-week session, allowing instructors the opportunity to teach different choreography to different groups depending on skill level and interest of students. A performance-based class, each session will likely culminate in an in-studio concert.

Meanwhile, The Audition Workshop is one of the few Usdan course offerings that is theoretical rather than performancebased.

“The art of taking an audition is exactly that, it’s an art… What you choose to sing for an audition, you know, what monologues you choose, are very personal, very specific choices that an actor or actress makes to try and put something across to the people you’re auditioning for,” Copper said.

Students taking the class will spend 34 hours total working on song selection, monologue selection and execution.

Other course offerings include orchestra, concert band, jazz ensemble, chorus, classical piano, cartooning, illustration and book design, painting & drawing, animation, ceramics, jewelry and fine metalsmithing, photography, video game art and design, life drawing, musical theater, and ballet, among others.

The camp’s summer season begins June 30 and ends Aug. 15. For information about registering for classes, contact info@usdan.com, call 212-772-6060 or 631-643-7900, or visit www.usdan.com.

There is also an open house on Sunday, March 16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

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CAMP& EDUCATION Usdan Campers In NYC Photo Exhibit

Aidan Dunlap, of New York City, stands in front of his photograph displayed in Usdan’s “In Focus” exhibit.

By Arielle Dollinger adollinger@longislandernews.com

Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts opened a month-long student photography exhibit on March 4 in the lobby gallery of 430 Park Ave. in New York City.

Curated by Rochelle Morgan, chair of the Wheatley Heights camp’s visual arts department, the exhibit is called “In Focus” and displays photographs taken by 16 of last summer’s photography students, grades four through 12.

The students whose photos were chosen for the show, from Long Island and New York City, are: Rebecca Agurto,

from Douglaston; Diya Chadha, from Woodbury; Aidan Dunlap, New York City; Allison Elkowitz, Roslyn Heights; Nicole Fegan, Merrick; Emma Gaedie, Stony Brook; Emily Halper, Dix Hills; Sydni Harris, New York City; Rebecca Karpen, New York City; Elizabeth Kunkov, Woodbury; Lillian Molesky, Glenwood Landing; Haley Mortell, Huntington; Natan Oster, New York City; Gabrielle Picard, Plainview; Alexa Pisano, Commack; and Caroline Vance, Stony Brook.

According to a Usdan spokeswoman, the students from Long Island have not yet seen the exhibit and plan to visit within the next month.

Five Towns Offers New Saturday Seminars Have you ever been curious about how sound is recorded in the movies?

Have you always wanted to mix your own music using state-of-the-art digital recording equipment?

Do you want to learn more about the business side of music and how an actual contract is created between producers, musicians and songwriters?

Do you want to advance your music skills with private lessons offered by experienced professionals?

Are you looking to pursue acting?

Do you want to know how to act for the camera, or basic techniques for action or combat sequences for the stage and film?

If you answered yes to any of these

things, you can join an upcoming workshop at Five Towns College. These are just a few of the classes that Five Towns College is offering this spring for high school, college students and adults starting March 22. Classes will be offered in audio recording, music, music business and theatre.

All seminars and workshops are nonaccredited so no prerequisite classes are required. Classes will be offered at the Five Towns College campus in Dix Hills, located off Exit 50 of the LIE. To learn more or to request a brochure, contact Admissions at 631-656-2110 or go online at ftc.edu. Space is limited, so call today to confirm your classes.

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For Hibernians, Finley’s Is Home Pub becomes parade central every year

By Danny Schrafel foodies@longislandernews.com

Irish eyes smiled far and wide at Finley’s of Green Street Sunday, the creation of a Merchant Marine sailor and dentist who championed craft beer before it became the rage.

The restaurant, which proudly dubs itself an eating and drinking club – more about the drinking in a moment – has been Ancient Order of Hibernians central on St. Patrick’s Parade day in Huntington for 10 years now, owner TC McCarthy, himself a two-year member of the Huntington Hibernians, said Sunday. So, too, is business partner and head chef Brian Finn.

“A couple of grand marshals found that Finley’s was a centrally located, local place, and everybody liked to come down and get along and celebrate the parade before the parade started,” McCarthy said.

And celebrate on Sunday they did – there were top hats, tails and ties as far as the eye could see in the oaken bar room, and members congregated out front on Green Street to complete their parade prep. Thankfully, there’s plenty of room for revelers.

“We offer the outside and there’s enough room for crowds such as this.

There have to be 150 Hibernians here,” TC said.

After a pre-parade toast, the gang loaded into an adjacent bus and made their way to the Big H Shopping Center,

the starting point of the massive parade in Huntington Station. Many also grabbed a nosh next door at NoLa-inspired Storyville American Table, where traditional brunch omelets and pastries, corned beef and beef stew were paired with a few New Orleans-inspired dishes like fresh crab legs, peel-and-eat jumbo shrimp and oysters on the half shell.

Finley’s opened its doors in 1993, the brainchild of former dentist and retired Merchant Marine John Finley, who was so well known for his love of bowties and boaters that most of the men who attended his funeral at St. John’s Episcopal Church in December 2010 wore bowties.

Shortly after the space was snatched up on a foreclosure sale, the restaurant became a craft beer hub years before craft beer became fashionable. For beer aficionados, Finley’s was way ahead of the curve.

“We had 36 taps inside and another 12 outside, and seasonal taps,” Finley’s widow Sandra said in a December 2010 Long Islander News report following his death. “When we first opened, we had a variety of 250 beers – the rest of them all in bottles – and we became special and noted for our selection.”

And when you’re ringing in St. Patrick’s Day, one would be hard-pressed to pass up a top-notch pint.

“It’s not really all about the beer, but that doesn’t hurt,” McCarthy joked. “It’s really more about the festivities, the celebration, spring and St. Patrick’s Day.” We’ll drink to that!

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Finley’s of Green Street has been the Hibernians’ home away from home on parade day for a decade. From left: Hibernian Jim Lavery; 80th Grand Marshal Dominick Feeney Jr.; Finley’s owner TC McCarthy and Huntington Councilman Gene Cook, the parade’s emcee, join the festivities Sunday afternoon.

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LICAN co-founder Frances Whittelsey is one of the presenters at an organic gardening workshop later this month in Huntington Station.

A ‘PRIME’ 50-50: It’s the 50-50 where

everybody wins. Prime – An American Kitchen & Bar (117 New York Ave., Huntington, 631-385-1515, www.restaurantprime.com) is offering half-price specials as part of a Winter Wine Tour on select bottles through March 16. Savings start at $38 (regularly $75) for a Cabernet/Syrah/Monastrell, Alma de Luzon, Jumilla, Spain, 2005; $138 (regularly $275) for Barolo, Conterno Giacomo, "Cascina Francia", Piedmont, Italy, 2006; $865 (regularly $1730) for Chateau Haut-Brion, Bordeaux, France, 2005; and top out at $1050 (regularly $2100) for Chateau Cheval Blanc, Grand Cru, St. Emilion, Bordeaux, France, 2005. A good portion are Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa and the Pacific Northwest presenting a savings of $63 (regularly $125) for D.R. Stephens, Moose Valley Vineyard, Napa, 2007; $98 (regularly $195) for Doubleback, Bledsoe & Figgins, Walla Walla, 2010; $158 for a Quilceda Creek, Columbia Valley, 2006; and up to $577 (regularly $1154) for Harlan Estate, Napa, 2000.

And just in time for the 50-percent special is the other “50” - a $50 three-course menu for the occasion that opens with a choice of crispy octopus with baby arugula, piquillo peppers, olive croutons, lemon crème fraiche and toasted almonds (+$4); Caesar salad of romaine lettuce with croutons, Parmesan and classic dressing; or red roof sushi roll of

shrimp, avocado, topped with spicy tuna, spicy mayo and eel sauce. Among the entrees are a 12 oz. filet mignon with baked potato (+$12); Scottish salmon with creamy quinoa, oven-dried tomatoes, sautéed spinach in a sherry reduction; pan-roasted chicken with fingerling potatoes, baby artichokes, grilled lemons and olive oil; or pan-seared Long Island duck breast with stone ground grits, duck confit and pomegranate glaze. Dessert choices are graham cracker-crusted cheesecake with macadamia nut caramel sauce or warm Valrhona chocolate cake with burnt marshmallow and crunch-crusted Kona coffee ice cream.

SPREAD YOUR ROOTS: If you’re a do-it-

yourself Foodie, pencil in March 19 and 29. That’s when, at St. Hugh of Lincoln R.C. Church, the Long Island Community Agriculture Network will present a two-hour workshop on how to produce a hearty bounty of organic vegetables at your home. Presenters include Lawrence Foglia and Heather Forest, co-founders with Frances Whittelsey of LICAN, which manages the Gateway Park Community Garden.

Larry and his wife, Heather, are also proprietors of Fox Hollow Farm in South Huntington, and raise organic vegetables for the 90 families in their Community Supported Agriculture Program (CSA).

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CAMP& EDUCATION ASK THE COLLEGE COUNSELOR What can I do during my junior year?

By Daniel Kalina info@longislandernews.com

As high school students become juniors, college is becoming a lot more real. There are many experts who believe that a student’s junior year is the most important one during the countdown to college. This year’s academic record will go a long way toward either helping or hurting your chances of gaining admission to your school of choice. You can make up ground if you you've been slacking and you can keep up the hard work you’ve already exhibited.

There is no formula for a perfect high school profile or the perfect applicant.

However there are a number of things you can do to significantly increase your chances of getting accepted. Although it is universally true that an applicant’s essays, interviews, extracurricular activities, and recommendations clearly have a profound effect on a positive admissions decision, one still must be in the “admissions bubble” for a particular school to accept someone.

One of the first things that college

admissions college admissions officers look at is the GPA (grade-point average) and SAT and or ACT scores. (An applicant can consider looking at schools that are test optional. About a third of the nation’s 100 top liberal arts colleges are SAT and ACT optional. You can learn more about these schools at FairTest.org.)

Earn top grades this year and try to take the most challenging courses you can.

This is the year to earn excellent grades before applying to college next fall. The most important factors that colleges weigh heavily when evaluating an applicant are typically an applicant’s grade point average and the caliber of the courses that he or she takes. In many cases, a strong GPA is a greater predictor of college success than standardized test scores. In some cases, grades earned in junior year will carry more weight than earlier ones.

Students, however, should not take classes just to get a weighted grade or be too difficult for them. An applicant isn't going to impress admissions by getting a C in AP Literature.

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Thousands Fill Streets For St. Pat’s Parade They were worried about the weather.

They were worried about the snow. But Sunday was not a day for worries, as the 80th annual St. Patrick’s Parade, organized by the Ancient Order of Hibernians Huntington Division, kicked off without a hitch under a bright sun.

Thousands gathered from Huntington village, down New York Avenue to the Big H Shopping Center to watch as hun-

dreds of people – members of pipe and drum bands, scouting organizations, nonprofits, government officials and rescue workers – marched in the parade, led by Grand Marshal Dominick Feeney, Jr. After the parade ended, the party continued well into the night, as Huntington’s restaurants and bars kept revelers well fed and spirited.

Photos by Ross McTyre

Grand Marshal Dominick Feeney Jr., left, prepares to march in Sunday’s St. Patrick’s Parade.

The Irish colors are held high.

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A pipe and drum band make their way along Main Street.

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These South Huntington Girl Scouts got into the Irish spirit.

The Colleens drive by the festive crowd.

Olympian Matt Mortensen, a Huntington Station native, came home just in time for the parade after competing in the doubles luge in Sochi last month.

The Nassau County Firefighters pipe and drum band pause to play for a bit at Main and Wall streets.

The Melville FD color guard walks the parade route, followed by the St. Anthony’s High School pipe band.

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Sunquam Showcases Culture Students in Half Hollow Hills got to take a trip around the world last month without even leaving home.

It was a sea of color and culture on Feb. 25 as Sunquam Elementary School in Half Hollow Hills celebrated its annual Multicultural Day. Costumes, customs and artifacts from several countries were on display for the students as Sunquam families joined together to celebrate diversity.

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On the side of the road during the Town of Huntington’s 80th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade, three young girls in colorful sweaters and scarves stood next to a 3-foottall dollhouse with a pink roof and a table dressed in a pink tablecloth covered by plates of cookies and two cupcake stands.

But the girls of Huntington’s Ooh La La Boutique are not perpetuating the girlygirl stereotype; they are breaking it. As they stood outside in the cold on Sunday, they sold baked goods and collected change in an effort to raise enough money to bring back the Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk County’s Women Build Program – a cause the store has chosen to support for its hands-on approach.

“We kind of could get hands on and show that we’re not just about cute clothes and girly… We could really build a house,” said Huntington store manager Chelsea Walters.

The Women Build slogan reads, “Girls play house. Women build them.”

This will be the third year that Ooh La La is participating in the Women Build,

The ladies of Huntington’s Ooh La La Boutique are doing more than just selling the latest fashions. At the St. Patrick’s Parade on Sunday, they sold baked goods and collected change to raise enough money to bring back the Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk County’s Women Build Program. according to Walters. The first year, the women built a house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; the second in Bellport, Long Island. This year, they will build a house in Central Islip.

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Islip), however, supports Spencer.

“I feel strongly that it will deter [young people from starting smoking],” Martinez said. “It can’t deter everybody, but if you deter some, you’ve saved somebody’s life.”

While Legislator Rob Trotta (R-Ft. Salonga), who serves on the Health Committee, said he would “like to ban cigarettes altogether,” Spencer’s proposal has him in a quandary.

Trotta said he is fearful that increasing the age will only lead to an increase in cigarette bootlegging and ultimately prove ineffective in deterring young

smokers from picking up the habit.

However, if Nassau County was poised to adopt similar legislation, Trotta said he’d “be more apt” to vote yes.

“I wish nobody smoked and we didn’t have cigarettes at all. But they’re there, and I’ve got to tell you, I’m still up in the air because I don’t know it’s going to actually have an effect,” he said. “I don’t want to pass a law for the sake of passing a law.”

Should the legislation clear the Health Committee Thursday, the 21and-over tobacco bill could go to the full legislature for approval as early as Tuesday, March 18.

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that this employee did not have the level of protection that we would want for ourselves and our families, and we’ve asked OSHA to look at whether detectors should be required.”

Israel’s proposal follows a series of local proposals aimed at directly expanding the number of carbon monoxide detectors or determining where they should be mandated.

Newest is the Steve Nelson Act, legislation co-sponsored by Legislators John Kennedy (R-Smithtown) and William Spencer (D-Centerport) which would mandate carbon monoxide detectors in all Suffolk County facilities. Spencer is also backing legislation that would require all first responders to be equipped with portable carbon monoxide detectors, and Kennedy is

pushing to create a task force that would make recommendations on changes to state law governing carbon monoxide detectors.

Meanwhile, State Senator Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset) and Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci (R-Huntington Station) are sponsoring legislation in Albany that would require all commercial facilities statewide to be equipped with carbon monoxide detectors.

And at Huntington Town Hall, Councilman Mark Cuthbertson is backing a new town law that would require carbon monoxide detectors in all places of public assembly.

However, Israel is hoping to take it one step further and hopes OSHA will establish national guidelines.

“Safety shouldn’t depend on what county you happen to be eating in at the time,” Israel said.

“We wanted to do something more local,” Walters said. “We got stronger feedback from the Bellport one because it was kind of, on the island, people knew about it.”

The store has been collecting loose

change, selling tiny paper hammers to hang around the store’s cash register and running a contest to guess the amount of nails in a jar. The goal is to raise $20,000, which will be combined with a large donation from Duralee Fabrics and smaller donations from additional donors to produce the necessary $100,000 to run the program.

Ooh La La will also hold a fashion show on May 16, but its employees are already starting the Central Islip build. The Central Islip project, which began with its wall raise on Feb. 1, will go on until April, and the store is trying to sign onto another build for September.

Walters, who participated in the past two builds as well, said that the girls who build like the idea that they go from selling clothes and girly things to literally getting their hands dirty. And the professionals helping them build don’t baby them.

“We felt like we were superwomen,” she said. “They’re just like, ‘You want to do the roof? Okay, go right up.’”

Walters told her husband that she could redo the countertops and cabinets in their house on her own.

“I built a house,” she reminded him.

Danny Schrafel contributed to this report.

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said. He and a bandmate were flying home from Belgium to the UK, and a colleague mentioned a recent wedding performance.

Things were kind of slow until they played “Dancing Queen,” and everybody got out of their chairs to dance. Minutes later, the ABBA standard came on the plane radio.

“I was awaiting my next musical project and there was all the inspiration I needed.

I started almost immediately planning the show on my drive home to Wales,” he said.

From the germ of an idea came two years of hard work and intricate studying of the ABBA catalog to recreate their signature sound on stage.

“While the songs appear to be easy listening pop music, they are in fact very technical and intricate pieces,” Littlewood said. “Consequently the show took two years in preparation dissecting all vocal harmony lines and all instrumental performances in order to fully understand and reconstruct the songs from the ground up.”

ABBA Mania opened in 1999 and in 2002, played 18 weeks in the Strand Theatre on London’s West End, just a half mile from where the ABBA-powered musical, “Mamma Mia,” had its first stage production. That musical went on to launch an ABBA renaissance in the early 2000s that continues to this day.

Feedback from ABBA management was positive, Littlewood said, but nothing topped the feeling of having one of the original four, Bjorn Ulvaeus, give his blessing in 2004 after performing on a 30th anniversary television special in Germany – high praise indeed from the man whom Madonna would have to beg to secure the rights to sample “Gimme!

Gimme! Gimme! A Man After Midnight.”

The groveling paid off, as the song underpinned one of her biggest smashes, 2005’s “Hung Up.”

“There were many members of the original ABBA band present that day, and at the end of the show Bjorn was extremely positive in his praise. This was great to hear and was an evening I will always remember,” Littlewood said.

The show contains hits from all of ABBA’s periods – excluding anything would be unfair, Littlewood said. There are four costume changes, and capturing the look of an iconic band isn’t any easier than harnessing their sound.

“Trying to capture the look, choreography and their individual personalities in terms of performance was a challenge, but very rewarding when it all comes together,” Littlewood said. All of those phases – from the bouncy Euro-pop of the early days to the disco interlude of the late ’70s and more mature touch of the final years – are reflected in the set list.

So the question remains: How do you explain the timeless appeal of ABBA? It’s a blend of sound and vision, Littlewood explained, and some of the best songs of all time.

“The basic visual attraction of seeing two good-looking couples is something that we can all relate to. Musically, due to the extreme attention to detail, in the writing, construction, production and performance these songs still sound new today and are perfect in every way,” he said. “I was once asked a similar question to this during a radio interview in London, and my thoughts then and now are that this band and their songs will represent a defining period in pop music and will be remembered in 200 to 300 years time as the works of Beethoven and Bach are remembered today.”

Tickets for the 8 p.m. show March 19 are $42, $52.50 and 80.25. For more information visit www.paramountny.com or call the box office at 631- 673-7300.

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LICAN, which manages the Gateway Park Community Garden. They’ll share what they’ve learned about producing high-quality vegetables in quantity on Wednesday, March 19, 7-9 p.m. and Saturday, March 29, 10 a.m.-noon at St. Hugh of Lincoln Learning Center, 1450 New York Ave., Huntington Station. $10 donation requested. RSVP: For March 19: tinyurl.com/m5jk4rb; for March 19: tinyurl.com/n4wugfk.

Open Mic Night Play your heart out at an acoustic open mic night every Wednesday at Caffe Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, 7-10 p.m. www.facebook.com/cafportopenmic.

We Care Health & Wellness Fair Join family, friends, and the rest of the South Huntington community as many leading health and wellness experts, all assembled under one roof, present new and informative ways to maximize healthy living, on Thursday, March 20, 4-7 p.m. at Walt Whitman High School, 301 West Hills Road, Huntington Station. Presented by the South Huntington Union Free School District.

Power Breakfast Join business professionals at BNI Executive Referral Exchange’s breakfast networking meeting every Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at the Dix Hills Diner, 1800 Jericho Turnpike, Dix Hills. 631-462-7446.

Military Bridge

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Enjoy a game of Military Bridge March 20, 7-10 p.m. $10. Refreshments will be served and there are prizes to be won. Christ Lutheran Church, 189 Burr Road (corner of Burr and Larkfield Roads), East Northport. For further info, call the office at 631-499-4655.

Women’s Health & Information Fair Representatives from more than 20 agencies will provide vital information to women of all ages about issues relating to health, safety, self-esteem, legal matters, business, success, housing and much more at a Women’s Health & Information Fair for adolescents to seniors and all those in between. Sponsored by Suffolk County Legislator William R. Spencer, March 20, 3-7 p.m. at the Dolan Family Health Center, 284 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn. Several personal growth and self-defense workshops will be offered. For more information, call 631-8544500. Admission is free.

FRIDAY

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Tito And The Black Rose Big Band Return Tito & His Orchestra, The Black Rose Big Band, take over the Engeman Theater at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 14, Saturday, March 15, Tuesday, April 1, and Tuesday, April 29. This Las Vegas-style Big Band swings with vocals, a blend of pop hits, elegant standards and smooth Latin favorites. $45. 350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900.

Dancing Away Brain Cancer The Dance Theatre Company presents An Evening of Dance to benefit voices against brain cancer in memory of Michael Bloomberg, featuring performances by The Dance Theatre Company, The Red Hot Mamas, Step Sistas, the NY Dancers Studio Ballet Companies and the Dance Theatre Company II, on Saturday, March 15. Doors open at 7 p.m. at the Moose Lodge, 631 Pulaski Road, Greenlawn. $25.

Sock Hop Parenting 101 In a workshop, Parenting 101, Dr. Neil S. Grossman will review key approaches to successful parenting, with an emphasis on children 6-12 years old, on Friday, March 14, 78:30 p.m. at the Half Hollow Hills Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Registration is required on line using code DXA662 or by telephone at 631-421- 4530.

Take out your poodle skirts and leather jackets!

It’ll be a blast from the past on March 29 when the Sons of Italy Perry Como Lodge host a sock hop at the St. Philip Neri Parish Center, 15 Prospect Ave., Northport, at 7 p.m. $35 includes burgers, knishes, beer, soda, Brooklyn egg creams, music trivia and sounds from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. For reservations, call Bob at 631-262-9848.

Live Music One-Act Play Fest The Fifth Annual One-Act Play Festival opens at The Playhouse at St. Paul’s, 270 Main St., Northport for four performances over the weekend of March 28-30. Thirteen new plays, selected in a competition, will be performed twice each. "Program 1," featuring seven plays, will be presented on Friday evening, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. and also on Saturday afternoon, March 29 at 2 p.m. "Program 2," comprised of six plays, will be performed on Saturday evening, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. and also on Sunday afternoon, March 30 at 3 p.m. There will be an audience Talk Back with playwrights and cast after every performance. Admission is $20 to each of the four Festival performances.

Reservations for prime seating (recommended) are available at www.NorthportPlays.com.

SATURDAY Celebrate J.S. Bach’s Birthday The Northport Symphony Orchestra, the Community Music Program of Stony Brook University and NYASTA, the New York chapter of the American String Teachers Association, invite all interested string players to a free sight-reading session of music by J.S. Bach.

What better way to celebrate the great master’s 329th birthday, on March 22, 2-4 p.m. Half Hollow Hills Public Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Go to northportorchestra.org/bach.asp for details on registration and to download the music.

Register by March 19.

Live local bands take over Finley's of Greene Street, 43 Greene St., Huntington, every Saturday night at 11 p.m. Join in the fun and food!

SATURDAY Find Your Center Find inner peace in an ongoing weekly class for beginners and newcomers every Sunday, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Dipamkara Meditation Center, 282 New York Ave., Huntington. 631549-1000. www.MeditationOnLongisland.org.

Usdan Open House Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), the nationally acclaimed Long Island summer arts day camp whose alumni include Natalie Portman and Mariah Carey, announces several new programs for its 2014 season, including sewing and fashion production, for grades 4-12, and musical theater audition workshops for grades 7-12. Learn more at an open house on Sunday, March 16, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 185 Colonial Springs Road, Wheatley Heights.

rides, arts and crafts, and popcorn. 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack.

MONDAY

Commack Public Library 18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4990888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us.

• On Tuesday, March 18, 4:30 p.m., children in grades 3-5 can make zipline creations.

Whose will race the fastest?

• Renato Stafford teaches a class to show you how to grow your own healthy, organic food in your own backyard on Thursday, March 20, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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Deer Park Public Library

Love the color red and enjoy living it up? The Red Hat women are looking for new members who enjoy going places and making new friends. Their motto: Fun, Frolic and Friendship. 631-271-6470 or flarpp@yahoo.com.

44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.org.

• Through a grant from New York State, the library is happy to offer Google Nexus 7 tablets for borrowing. Browse the web, download a book, play games and more with just a touch of your finger. Tablets can be checked out for two weeks on an adult Deer Park library card.

• Children in grades K-2 can make animal crafts out of pinecones and clay. The sessions are Wednesdays, March 19 and 26.

Child must be able to attend both sessions; registration required.

TUESDAY Visits From County Senior Advocates The Suffolk County Office for the Aging has released its Winter 2014 Senior Advocate Schedule for Huntington. County representatives will provide seniors assistance with food stamps, Medicare savings programs, Medicaid applications, Heating Emergency Assistance Program (HEAP) applications, and more at the following times: Huntington Library, Wednesday, March 26, 9 a.m.-noon; Paumanack Village I & II (Greenlawn), Tuesday, March 25, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; and South Huntington Library, Thursday, March 27, 1011:30 a.m. 631-853-8200.

Free Mommy And Me Class Sing! Stretch! Dance! Play! Enjoy a fun-filled class that includes parachute play and bubble play and meet other Jewish moms at The Chai Center in Dix Hills. The free class takes place Tuesdays at 10 a.m. For children ages 6-36 months. Pre-registration required by phone or online: 631-351-8672. www.thechaicenter.com.

Free Help For Vets Every Tuesday from 12-4 p.m. is “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” when Long Island Cares specifically assists veterans, military personnel and their families at the Hauppauge and Freeport emergency pantries. Appointments can be made by contacting jrosati@licares.org.

WEDNESDAY

Purim Carnival The community is invited to join members of the Suffolk Y JCC to celebrate the holiday of Purim on March 16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. This special family event features a DJ Dance party, fun carnival booths with prizes, cotton candy, popcorn, arts and crafts and air bounce rides.

Admission is free; $1 charge for each of the

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• Learn how to make scones and Irish soda bread at a baking event on Thursday, March 13, 12:30-2 p.m.

Elwood Public Library 3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org.

• Homework Help for grades 1-5 is now available at the library on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Call 631-499-3722 to make an appointment.

• Children in grades K-5 can build with LEGOS and see other children’s creations on Wednesday, March 19, 4:15-5 p.m.

Half Hollow Hills Community Library Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org.

• Children ages 3-5 can come with a parent or caregiver for stories and a craft to chase rainy day blues away on Friday, March 14, 11:30 a.m-12:30 p.m. in Melville.

• Have fun and enjoy speaking the English language with people from around the world on Tuesday, March 11, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Dix Hills.

Harborfields Public Library 31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org.

• Harborfields High School students will be at the library on Monday and Thursday afternoons, 4-6 p.m., when school is in session to assist with homework for kids in grades 3-8.

• Learn how to pay “wholesale” for college in a 90-minute workshop by Andrew Lockwood, an author and college finance consultant, on Thursday March 14, 7-8:30 p.m.

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The Long Island Community Agriculture Network (LICAN) presents a two-hour workshop featuring Lawrence Foglia and Heather Forest, co-founders with Frances Whittelsey of

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631-421-5053. www.thehuntingtonlibrary.org.

• Beginning on Thursday, March 13, there is an adult yoga class designed for beginners, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at the main branch. $55.

• “All About the iPad” is a class to learn all about this Apple electronic, held Saturday, March 15, 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Huntington Station.

The Northport Symphony Orchestra, the Community Music Program of Stony Brook University and NYASTA, the New York chapter of the American String Teachers Association, invite all interested string players to a free sight-reading session of music by J.S. Bach. What better way to celebrate the great master’s 329th birthday, on March 22, 2-4 p.m.

Half Hollow Hills Public Library, 55 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. Go to northportorchestra.org/bach.asp for details on registration and to download the music. Register by March 19.

Northport-East Northport Public Library Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930.

East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-2612313. www.nenpl.org.

• Join four acclaimed Long Island authors as they read from their original essays Wednesday, March 19, 7 p.m. in Northport.

With decades of experience in publishing, this diverse group of writers shares their passion for the personal essay format with literary audiences throughout the New York area.

South Huntington Public Library 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station.

631-549-4411. www.shpl.info.

• Help yourself from falling and getting hurt at a workshop on Thursday, March 13 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Suffolk County Department of Health Services will hold a Staying Independent for Life workshop as well to help senior citizens have a little more freedom.

• The Folk Goddesses bring a wisecracking wisdom to every song they play, moving audiences to tears and laughter, on Saturday, March 15, 7 p.m.

THEATER and FILM Cinema Arts Centre 423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611.

• The Puppet Slam Café, a cabaret of hip, contemporary puppetry for adults, returns Thursday, March 13, 8 p.m., featuring some of America’s finest puppeteers who will present material created for an adult audience.

• Special films will be shown March 10-April 6 in honor of “Women’s Herstory Month,” celebrating films by and about women. Next up: Tuesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.: “Women Who Rock”, Rock Legends host Bill Shelley pays tribute to some of the female musicians who have rocked the American music scene; Wednesday, March 19 at 7 p.m.: “Grace Paley: Collected Shorts.” $10 members/$15 public.

John W. Engeman Theater At Northport 350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900.

• Tito & His Orchestra, The Black Rose Big Band, take over the Engeman Theater at 8 p.m. on Friday, March 14, Saturday, March 15, Tuesday, April 1, and Tuesday, April 29.

This Las Vegas-style Big Band swings with vocals, a blend of pop hits, elegant standards and smooth Latin favorites. $45.

“Victoria Woodhull” Premiere Lisa Rozza Haft, Alex Edwards-Bourdrez, and Vivian Wyrick will perform in the premiere of a “Victoria Woodhull,” about the first women to run for U.S. president. Performances on March 14, 15, 16, 22 and 23 at The Playhouse at St. Paul’s UMC in Northport. Tickets are $15/$12 at www.brownpapertickets.com. 1-800-83830061-800-838-30061-800-838-30061-800838-3006.

AUDITIONS/SUBMISSIONS Northport Symphony Orchestra The Northport Symphony Orchestra seeks new members in all sections. Repertoire ranges from Baroque through classical and romantic to early 20th century. Music Director Richard Hyman is an award-winning music educator and composer. Rehearsals are on Wednesdays from 7:30-9 p.m. usually at East Northport Middle School. Email info@northportorchestra.org to arrange an audition. Website: northportorchestra.org.

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Art League of Long Island 107 East Deer Park Road, Dix Hills. Gallery hours: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. weekends. 631-462-5400. www.ArtLeagueLI.net.

• “Hot Off the Press,” an exhibition of 40 prints by 20 contemporary artists from Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE), the esteemed fine art print publisher in Bay Shore, is on display through March 30.

Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 Melville Park Road, Melville. Gallery Hours: Monday Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m. 631-271-8423. www.huntingtonarts.org.

• From March 7-April 7, more than 40 high school artists will have their work on exhibit at the Main Street Petite Gallery as part of the Huntington Arts Council’s “High Arts Showcase X.”

b.j. spoke gallery

Huntington Historical Society

299 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. 631-549-5106. www.bjspokegallery.com.

• Bert Winsberg’s visual soundscape paintings in his solo exhibit “Nature and Nurture” and member art fill the galleries with work inspired by Terra Firma. Open from March 429.

Main office/library: 209 Main St., Huntington.

Museums: Conklin Barn, 2 High St.; Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave.; Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building, 228 Main St. 631427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

• Exhibit “The Times They Were A-Changing – 1960s & Huntington’s Response” on display at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building.

• Natalie Naylor, professor emerita from Hofstra University, will speak on “Women in Long Island's Past” at the Conklin Barn, 2 High St., Huntington, at 12:30 p.m. $3 members/$6 non-members.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sundays until 6 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 children 3-12 and seniors over 65; members and children under 3 are free. 516-692-6768. www.cshfha.org.

• Learn about fishing on Long Island Saturday, March 22, when presentations will be given by author and fly fishing instructor, Frederic Thorner and by a biologist from the NYSDEC Fisheries from 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.

• Monday Minnows program for children ages 2 ½-5 continues March 3, 10 and 24, 1:30 p.m. $10 adult/tot pair; free for family level members. RSVP online.

LaMantia Gallery 127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414. www.lamantiagallery.com.

• Following the success of their display of exclusive featuring never-before-seen Dr. Seuss artwork, the gallery displays a permanent collation of estate-authorized art.

9 East Contemporary Art 9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631662-9459.

• A unique winter invitational exhibition, “CLAY / PAPER 2014” presents works in clay or on paper by 30 professional artists. On display through March 16.

Gallery Thirty Seven 12b School Street, Northport. www.gallerythirtyseven.com.

• Visit Northport’s newest gallery and check out the resident artists.

Heckscher Museum Of Art 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., first Fridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $68/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-3513250.

•“Rabble-Rousers: Art, Dissent, and Social Commentary”, on display until March 16, features works from the Permanent Collection by artists who challenged traditional aesthetics, politics, and social norms. Highlights include prints by Whistler, Rauschenberg, John Sloan, Larry Rivers, and May Stevens; photographs by Larry Fink and Garry Winogrand; and paintings by William Beard and George Grosz, among others.

Holocaust Memorial And Tolerance Center Welwyn Preserve. 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Sat.-Sun.: noon-4 p.m. 516-571-8040 ext. 100. www.holocaust-nassau.org.

•The permanent exhibit explains the 1930s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others: people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intelligentsia.

MUSEUMS/EXHIBITS Huntington Arts Council Main Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St.,

Northport Historical Society Museum 215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-757-9859. www.northporthistorical.org.

• “Window Shopping Through Time” is a recreation of 10 stores that were located on Main Street and Woodbine Avenue spanning about 100 years, from the 1880s’ Morris City Grocery with their fresh produce and dry goods to the 1980s 5&10 with their ribbon and toys.

Ripe Art Gallery 1028 Park Ave., Huntington. TuesdayThursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.ripeartgal.com.

631-239-1805.

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museum hours through April 15: Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Grounds admission: $7 adults, $6 students with ID and seniors 62 and older, and $3 children 12 and under. Mansion tour, add $5 per person. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.

• The planetarium’s new show, “Black Holes: Journey into the Unknown,” has regular showings on Tuesdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Walt Whitman Birthplace 246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Admission: $6 adults, $5 seniors, $4 students, and children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240, ext. 114. www.waltwhitman.org.

• Schedule at a time convenient for your group

for high tea and transport yourself back in time as your group experiences High Tea in a private gathering house at the Birthplace. $25/person. 631-427-5240, ext. 113. educator@waltwhitman.org.

MUSIC AND DANCE Dix Hills Performing Arts Center Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org.

• Dr. K’s Motown Revue doesn’t qualify as a “tribute” because individual band members have performed, recorded or composed songs for or with many of the artists they honor. The musicians not only have the skills, but the Motown album credits to back up their authenticity. Catch them Saturday, March 15, 7:30 p.m. $25-$35.

The Paramount 370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300. www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

• The Celtic Tenors perform Irish classics on Sunday, March 16. $24.50-$54.50.

DONATIONS WELCOME Help The Troops Call Home Assemblyman Chad Lupinacci’s Huntington Station district office is an official drop-off site for Cell Phones for Soldiers. To help the troops call home by donating your old cell phone, stop by or mail your phone to 1783 New York Ave., Huntington Station, 11746. 631-271-8025.

Supplies For Little Shelter Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern is collecting supplies for The Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center in Huntington. The shelter is in need of pet treats, cat and dog toys, kitty litter, cleaning supplies, such as laundry detergent, glass cleaner, paper towels and garbage cans, dog food and wet cat food, AA batteries and bedding. Donations can be dropped off at: 1842 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington, NY, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. until March 1. 631-854-5100.

VOLUNTEERING Cosmetologists Wanted Hospice Care Network is seeking New York State-licensed cosmetologists to provide 2-4 haircuts per month for community members facing life-limiting illnesses. Download an application at www.hospicecarenetwork.org or call 516-224-6423.

Be A Museum Docent The Huntington Historical Society is currently seeking volunteers to train to become Museum Docents at the historic David Conklin Farmhouse Museum. The museum is located at 2 High St. in Huntington village and is a fascinating interpretation of the Colonial, Federal and Victorian time periods. No experience required – an interest in local history is a plus. Training is provided. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403.

Seeking Volunteer Advocates The Family Service League’s Ombudservice Program of Suffolk County is seeking volunteers to train as advocates for nursing home, adult home and assisted living facility residents to help ensure they receive quality care and their rights are protected. 631-427-3700 ext. 240.

Artistically Gifted Needed The Gurwin Jewish Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Commack is seeking artistically gifted volunteers to partner with residents in a new program, “heART to heART” aimed at helping people with varying levels of cognitive ability express themselves through art. Contact Judie at 516-931-5036 or jatlas1@optonline.net.

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Making junior year count in high school (Continued from page A1)

The junior year is critical and your grades are crucial to admissions because they are often the last representation of academic performance when your admissions packet is reviewed. However, remember that senior grades will be on your “final” transcript and can be critical in the admission process.

Early decision candidates usually find that their first-quarter/semester senior grades may be required to submit and come under examination.

This does not mean that a few Bs or a C will necessarily hurt your chances of getting into your dream college, but you should be able to make up for a mediocre academic record by excelling in other areas. If you do not have a stellar GPA,

focus on other parts of your application that you can control: get internships or summer jobs that are relevant and meaningful, volunteer for a good cause, take leadership positions in school or athletic clubs, commit to an activity that you love, and be awesome at it!

It also can’t hurt to network with the right people. Many times you can get into a school if you can prove that you deserve to be there. Admissions officers know that not all students are the same. While they consider their university’s reputation and protocols, they also take into account a candidate’s personal situation. Admissions officers understand that standardized test results and one class grade alone cannot accurately predict success in college.

Demonstrate your drive, imagination, creativity persistence and goals through other parts of your application.

Meet with your guidance counselor and seek his/her advice to complete a “good college preparatory program” that is appropriate for you. Are the courses you are taking or are scheduled to take in senior year meeting college admission requirements?

Talk to your counselor about taking more challenging courses such as honors, college prep, or Advanced Placement courses. Ask about any courses that you can take that may help you decide if a particular career direction is right for you. Discuss whether or not you should take the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) tests.

(CLEP, developed by the College Board,

offers 33 exams in five subject areas, covering material taught in courses that you might generally take in your first two years of college. By passing a CLEP exam, you can earn 3-12 college credits.)

Plan your senior year classes. Make sure next year’s classes include required courses for both high school graduation and admission to colleges and universities. Your senior year curriculum should be challenging to show college admission officers you are ready for the rigors of college-level coursework. Sorry guys, study halls and early dismissal does not work here. Continue to take a full schedule in senior year!

Daniel Kalina is an education consultant based in Commack.

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HillSPORTS RUNNING

Running In The Name Of St. Patrick The Townwide Fund of Huntington, for the first time, hosted its St. Patrick’s Run on the same date as the St. Patrick’s Parade, and Mother Nature seemed to think it was a good idea.

The sun shined brightly Sunday as hundreds gathered before the parade to participate in the 5K run. The participants, who started at Main and Prospect streets in Huntington village, were able to run along the same route

as the 80th annual parade, presented by the Ancient Order of Hibernians later that day.

Dustin Emrani, of Kings Point, was the overall male finisher, with Tara Farrell of East Quogue finishing first for the women. The first Master (age 40-plus) finisher and fourth overall finisher was Todd Rowley of Huntington.

The Townwide Fund of Huntington was founded in

1961 by a group of private citizens who wanted to help local charities raise funds. The organization’s essential mission was to keep money raised in Huntington within the community. Now more than 50 years and $10 million later, the Townwide Fund continues to infuse local organizations with the support they need to provide vital health and human services to the people of Huntington.

For more info on the fund, visit www.townwidefund.org.

Photos by Ross McTyre

Runners wait for the signal at the start of the Townwide Fund of Huntington’s St. Patrick’s Run on Sunday.

Dustin Emrani of Kings Point was the first male over the finish line.

And they’re off!

Victoria and Emma from Huntington were running for their fifth grade teacher, who died recently.