Half Hollow Hills Newspaper - June 21, 2012

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WHEATLEY HEIGHTS

Bright Spot For Kids With Cancer Sunrise camp collects nearly $2 million in donations each year Photo by Judy Fishkind

By Stephanie DeLuca sdeluca@longislandernews.com

Longtime mail carrier Noel Mohammed was stabbed to death over the weekend. His stepson is accused of second-degree murder.

HUNTINGTON

Shock After Mailman’s Murder

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Every Saturday morning, Huntington’s Noel Mohammed would visit Pulitzer & Panetta Creative Studio on Gibson Avenue on his mail delivery route, studio co-director Susan Panetta recalled.

Usually he would drop off the mail during a teenagers art group.

“Every Saturday, he’d come in, and they’d sing him the ‘Blue’s Clues’ mail song,” Panetta said.

In a video posted on Pulitzer & Panetta’s Facebook page, Mohammed responds in his usual fashion – a thumbs-up and a big, broad smile.

The Saturday morning ritual along his Huntington mail route came to a violent end early Saturday morning when Mohammed, 44, was stabbed to death. His step(Continued on page A19)

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Few would argue that residents in the Town of Huntington are not a charitable group, and with the many nonprofits in the area, the list of possible beneficiaries is endless.

But one nonprofit in particular seems to be pulling at the heartstrings of several lately – Sunrise Day Camp.

The Wheatley Heights camp, which is dedicated to sending children with cancer and their siblings to camp at no charge to the families, is the only one of its kind in the nation, camp officials said.

“It’s hard to put into words how we feel about the outpouring from the community,” said Judy Fishkind, marketing director of Sunrise Day Camp. “From a classmate of a Sunrise camper donating their pennies, to the enormous amounts raised at golf outings and parties, it’s the smiles we see on the faces of children that says it all.”

Sunrise Day Camp raises approximately $2 million annually, officials said.

Gene Connor, of Northport, is one of many residents who have donated their time for the camp. Connor will be hitting the road on June 24 to ride his bike cross-country with the goal of raising $50,000 for Sunrise.

If all goes as planned, Connor, a Syosset High School theater teacher and a dance and drama specialist at Sunrise, will be taking a 64-day journey from San Diego, Calif. to Wheatley Heights.

His wife, Amy, his children, Sarah, 13, and twins James and William, 9, will all be there with him on the journey.

Connor’s daughter, Sarah, followed in her father’s footsteps and also held a fundraiser for Sunrise. Instead of having a coming of age party traditional in the Jewish culture, she decided to host a benefit at the John W. Engeman Theater in Northport on June 2. The middle schooler raised nearly $6,000, which is enough to send one child to camp this summer.

The same weekend as Sarah’s fundraiser, Gene’s alumni from Syosset High School held a benefit to raise addi-

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Twins Madison and Jack Lewinger, of Garden City, enjoy their time at Sunrise Day Camp during the summer. tional funds for Sunrise. Gene’s former students created and performed a cabaret at a private home, bringing in $1,200.

The following week, Danny Silver, of Dix Hills, organized a soccer tournament in honor of his late friend Matthew

Scarpati, who was killed in July 2009 when a drunk motorcyclist crashed into him while he was replacing a flat tire on his bicycle on the Wantagh State Parkway. A portion of their funds raised were donated to the camp.

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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Mike Koehler

A Gift That Keeps On Giving A town with a heart of gold… From cover to

Here’s A Clue You Drank Too Much

porter, make sure you put your best smile on!

cover in this week’s papers, you’re going to see exSlide into some gello… and support the Long actly what makes Huntington such a special place Island chapter of the to live, work and raise a family Leukemia & Lymphoma So– its people! I can’t remember IN THE KNOW ciety in Melville. On June 29 the last time I’ve seen the kids WITH AUNT ROSIE from 3:30-7 p.m. at the in our office tell me about so Huntington Hilton on Route many good deeds and thoughtful people at work in 110/Broadhollow Road in one week. Whether it’s people raising money for Melville, the community can get a little slimy and charities, sending ailing kids to camp or making dive into a pool of 1,500 gallons of gelatin. I wonder sure athletes with special needs are included in how many boxes that’s equivalent to. Heaven knows sports, we’ve got it all. And they helped preserve a I couldn’t fit it into my fridge – that’s for sure. Call historic lighthouse, opened new centers to take care me a novice – because I am – but what exactly does of their seniors and are coming to the aid of a famione wear when hurtling into a tub of gelatin? ly in the face of unspeakable tragedy. Oh, and don’t Something air-tight, I’d imagine. forget the guys who lifted a car (!) off of a guy and pulled an elderly woman out of a fire. It’s moments So who else thinks… the Internet should have like these when I realize how truly lucky I am to an “off ” button? Or at least Facebook. Don’t get me have lived here for so long, and I hope you do, too. wrong – I can certainly see the merit in both a world-wide web and a massive social networking Here’s to the dads… I hope all you fathers out program like that, especially for the purpose of findthere had a happy Father’s Day and received all the ing old friends you haven’t seen in eons. But some gifts your hearts desired. I stopped over at a friend’s of the stuff I see on there curls my toenails. Let’s house Sunday to pay a visit. She told me her chiljust talk about something my nephew informs me is dren bought a barbeque for their father to celebrate called a “flame war,” where people, buoyed on by the day. To break in the new grill, her son fired up not sitting next to the person they’re yelling at, say some meats, while her husband watched from the really, really nasty things about each other, readily sidelines. Instead of helping, her husband ate the available for your 1,637 “friends” to read and comfood – while it was still on the barbeque – once it ment on. Then inevitably some weisenheimer joins was well done enough to eat, of course! Watching in the melee, adds more insensitive stuff, and bingo him take piece after piece, I’m surprised there was – flame war. Here’s a rule that I often hear about still enough food for the rest of us. Alas, it was a day but seldom see followed, but I think it’s time we try when father’s could do no wrong. it: If you don’t want your grandma (or your Aunt And I’d never forget the grads… Now, I’m well Rosie) to see it, don’t put it on your Facebook. Don’t tweet about it, don’t take pictures on your smart aware that several of the schools in Huntington phone and certainly don’t make a video of you dohave held their graduation ceremonies already, but ing it.

It might just save you an embarrassing quarthis weekend is the main event, so to speak, when ter-page in the Long-Islander, too. thousands of bright young minds will don their caps and gowns and celebrate the completion of high school. It always does my heart good to see so many (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have comtalented youngsters advancing to the next chapter ments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in your of their lives, and it frequently astonishes me at how neck of the woods, write to me today and let me know accomplished these kids are. We’ll be all over the the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, c/o town to record this once-in-a-lifetime event for the The Long-Islander, 149 Main Street, Huntington NY books, so if and when you see a Long-Islander re11743. Or try the e-mail at aunt.rosieli@gmail.com)

Police received a call June 16 at 4 a.m. of a report that the caller had been stabbed. The complainant, from Greenlawn, said he was stabbed at a Huntington bar on Jericho Turnpike, but did not realize he had been stabbed until her returned home.

Shoved To The Ground Police received an assault complaint from a Huntington Station man June 16 around 10:45 p.m. The complainant said an unknown man pushed him to the ground while he was walking. The complainant suffered minor abrasions.

Five-Finger Fashionista Nabbed Suffolk County police arrested a Greenlawn woman at 1:50 p.m. at a South Huntington department store June 16. She was accused of fourth-degree grand larceny after she allegedly stole clothing with a value of more than $1,000.

Can You Hear Me Now? Officers arrested a Huntington Station man at 12:50 a.m. June 14 and charged him with petty larceny. He allegedly stole a cell phone off of a table at a Huntington Station bar.

‘Bag Lady’ Busted A Nesconset woman was arrested June 14 at 2:35 p.m. and accused of fourth-degree grand larceny. According to police, she is accused of stealing three purses from a South Huntington department store.

What Do You Do With That Many Tank Tops?

Suffolk County Police responded to a June 13 report of grand larceny at a South Huntington clothing store at 5:12 p.m. The complainant said a man stole $1,600 of women’s tank tops by stuffing them into a shopping bag and left without paying for them.

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK JANIS HARRINGTON

Police responded at 1 a.m. June 10 to reports of a fight outside a Huntington village restaurant. During the course of the altercation, the alleged participants broke the restaurant’s front window.

An Inside Job? Police responded to a theft complaint at 1 p.m. on June 10. The complainant told police that two computers and a watch were stolen from their home. Police are investigating the incident as a grand larceny case.

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Suffolk County Police responded to a Dix Hills Church at 7 p.m. on June 10. A lock had been broken off of the church’s shed. However, there was no evidence that anything had been stolen or the perpetrators even entered the shed after breaking the lock.

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MELVILLE

Law Firm Opens Senior Resource Center GDGC helps provide information to the elderly through new office in Melville Half Hollow Hills photo/Stephanie DeLuca

By Stephanie DeLuca sdeluca@longislandernews.com

Eyes were filled with tears in Melville last week as Susan Snowe’s daughter spoke about her mother being a kind and caring woman.

Snowe spent 32 years of her career at AHRC (Association for the Help of Retarded Children) where she counseled numerous parents and families with disabled children. After she retired in 2002, she continued to help others from AHRC as an advocate for seniors and a proponent of aging at home.

In her honor, Genser Dubow Genser and Cona (GDGC), an elder law and estate planning firm in Melville, revealed the opening of the Susan C. Snowe Caregiver Resource Center at 225 Broad Hollow Road, Suite 200 on June 14.

“The resource center is all about providing information in a confidential setting and connecting families with community resources,” said Jennifer Cona, managing partner of GDGC. “This is exactly what Susan Snowe dedicated her career to.”

The Caregiver Resource Center offers a range of information and resources from various organizations. This is the first facility of its kind on Long Island, GDGC officials said, offering visitors an opportunity to browse for elder care information and speak with an elder law attorney at no charge.

Their hours of operation are Monday,

Managing Partner Jennifer Cona, center, flanked by Town Supervisor Frank Petrone and Councilwoman Susan Berland, cut the ribbon on GDGC’s new Susan C. Snowe Caregiver Resource Center in Melville.

Tuesday and Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

On Tuesdays from 3-5 p.m., one of the attorneys will be there to help answer any questions individuals may have.

Snowe died suddenly in 2010 at the age of 74. She was a compassionate, loving, caring individual who cared about herself second and everyone else first, her husband, Allan, said.

“It’s a terrific legacy in memory of

someone’s career to be recognized by so many people that she dealt with. No one ever said a bad word about her,” her husband said. “She retired from the AHRC and when she passed away her clients asked, ‘What are we going to do without her?’, like there was no one to replace her.”

Susan’s daughter, Karen Snowe Welger, added, “My mom, who I call Suzie, always wanted everyone to be happy and

healthy. She went out of her way to be there for her family and friends and for everyone who came into her life. She was a wonderful role model.”

Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone and Town of Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone issued proclamations to GDGC for their contributions assisting Long Island residents with elder care issues.

MELVILLE

Gello Event Slides Into 26th Year Event raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

By Alessandra Malito amalito@longislandernews.com

Supporters of the Long Island chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in Melville will be raising money for the organization by sliding into a pool of 1,500 gallons of gello next week.

Last year, the gello slide raised $60,000.

“One of the main things is the importance of making a change,” said Isai Fuentes, coordinator for the event. The research efforts made available by fundraising makes the organization “so close. Every single day, there’s something new. We’re making a change and we can’t do that without fundraising.”

There is a $25 participation fee, and every participant must raise a minimum

of $250.

“Everyone’s making a difference,” Fuentes said, adding that organization members help participants reach their goal, whether it’s posting a link on Facebook, Twitter or telling family and friends. “We help them every step of the way.”

Fuentes said the proceeds are broken into three separate entities: there’s finan-

Fundraisers will slide into 1,500 gallons of gello in Melville next week to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

DIX HILLS

Allergy Awareness In School

By Stephanie DeLuca sdeluca@longislandernews.com

Garret Cincis was about 3 years old when his mother, Laura Cincis, fed him a cashew. He had a reaction, and the family discovered he was allergic to tree nuts.

Garret, of Dix Hills, is one of the nearly 6 million – or 8 percent of children under the age of 18 – who have food allergies, according to a study from the U.S. Census Bureau. These allergies were found to be highest in children ages 3-5.

Forest Park Elementary School in Dix Hills provided students, parents and teachers with information on food allergies by letting Laura put up a bulletin during Allergy Awareness Week from May 13-19.

“As a part of Allergy Awareness Week, with the OK from the PTA and the principal, I put up a bulletin board to help raise allergy awareness by teaching other kids how allergies work and that there is no cure for allergies, there’s just avoidance,” said Laura, who is an Allergy Awareness Week representative.

The bulletin at Forest Park explained what allergies are and how to befriend someone who has allergies. Laura said it is important for kids to never share food and to wash their hands after eating. The school also sent out fliers to parents.

The most commonly reported allergies that affect approximately 2 percent of children are peanuts. Milk and shellfish allergies ranked second and third. Tree (Continued on page A19)

Garret Cincis gives the PAL award to PTA President Colleen Nasti and Principal Ross Diener.

cial aid assistance for patients; aid for the free support groups and learning programs provided to patients and the public and healthcare professionals; and research.

Local board members have made a challenge for themselves to raise $500 each. The treasurer and former president of the local chapter, Ken Schwartz, of Dix Hills, who is also the treasurer of the national Leukemia & Lymphoma Society organization, has committed to raising $1,000 and sliding into the gello pool with his business suit on.

“Personally, anything that raises awareness for blood cancer is my personal goal and the society’s goal,” Schwartz said. “This is one of a number of events the society puts on and it’s a fun one for families.”

The gello slide will be held on Friday, June 29 from 3:30-7 p.m. at the Huntington Hilton on Route 110/Broadhollow Road in Melville. For more information, call Fuentes at 631-370-7533 or email him at Isai.Fuentes@lls.org.

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HUNTINGTON

‘Gaggle’ Girls Sign Book Half Hollow Hills photo / Luann Dallojacono

Melville Chamber of Commerce President Mike DeLuise, right, stopped by Book Revue in Huntington on Friday to support his niece Jessica Massa, left, and her best friend and business partner, Rebecca Weigand, center, at the signing of their book, “The Gaggle: How the Guys You Know Will Help You Find the Love You Want.” The book helps women navigate the “ambiguity of the post-dating world.”

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Cycling To Support Fund Bike For Bobby hosting first fundraiser

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

A pair of local businesses have teamed up to host a memorial bike ride to raise money for a high school scholarship dedicated in memory of a local teen who made a big impact.

Di Raimo’s Pizza and Cycles Plus are hosting the first Bike For Bobby fundraiser, a 25-mile bike ride through the north shore of Huntington on July 1 to benefit the Roberto “Bobby” Callegati Have a Heart Scholarship. The annual award goes to a high school student who goes out of his way to reach out to a special-needs youngster by sharing his or her time and interests to enrich their life.

Callegati’s friend, Zachary Barrotta, who regularly reached out to Callegati, spent time with him and introduced him to new activities, was the inspiration for the scholarship.

During his 17-year life, Callegati battled DiGeorge’s Syndrome, a rare congenital disease that commonly includes a history of recurrent infection, heart defects, and characteristic facial features.

The disease confined Callegati to a wheelchair and left him in need of constant oxygen and numerous daily medications. Doctors expected him to live to be just 9 years old; however, due what his family described as his fighter’s spirit, he nearly doubled that initial forecast. He died on Oct. 10, 2010, at age 17.

“Throughout his short life Bobby had an indomitable spirit, a passion for computers and an enthusiasm for all things fun and exciting,” his family writes on the event’s website. “He loved all sports but had a unique love of hockey. He could cite professional hockey statistics that would make a professional sports writer blush. However, more than anything Bobby loved his family dearly and lived each day to please them.”

DiGeorge’s Syndrome is caused by a large deletion from chromosome 22. This deletion results in the absence of several

The first Bike for Bobby fundraiser on July 1 will raise money for the Roberto “Bobby” Callegati Have a Heart Scholarship. genes in DiGeorge patients. Researchers believe symptomatic variances are related to the amount of genetic material that is lost during the chromosomal deletion.

Bikers for the memorial ride should meet in the Cycles Plus parking lot at 8:30 a.m. on July 1; parking will be available in the Waldbaum’s lot opposite Union Place. The ride will kick off at 9 a.m. For more information, visit www.bikeforbobby.net; to donate, visit www.active.com/donate/bikeforbobby.

Checks should be made payable to the Roberto Callegati Memorial Fund.

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SOUTH HUNTINGTON

Community Mourns St. Anthony’s Grad, 18 ‘Kind and generous soul’ was a lacrosse star for Friars, Loyola

By Stephanie DeLuca sdeluca@longislandernews.com

Family and friends are mourning the loss of Adam Pomper, a 2011 St. Anthony’s High School graduate and lacrosse player at Loyola University Maryland, who died June 12.

Pomper, 18, died near his parents’ home in Huntington. Suffolk County Police’s Homicide Squad ruled Pomper’s death “non-criminal.” No further details have been released.

“Adam was a kind a generous soul who despite his short years had a wisdom that only adults can have,” said Brother Gary Cregan, principal of the Catholic

high school in South Huntington.

The Huntington native played lacrosse for the Friars and was an attackman on the Loyola men’s lacrosse team. The 5-foot 10-inch freshman, who weighed in at 175 pounds, played in just one game for the national champion Greyhounds, spending a few minutes on the field in the team’s 17-6 victory over Hobart College on April 21.

“As a coach and father, my heart goes out to Adam’s family and friends, as we are deeply saddened to learn of his passing,” said Charley Toomey, head coach of Loyola’s lacrosse team. “I don’t know that there are adequate words to describe the loss and grief we are feel-

HALF HOLLOW HILLS

Hills Ceremonies Online The Half Hollow Hills School District announced on Monday that again, family and friends of graduates who are not able to physically attend the actual ceremonies will be able to view the festivities from any computer with Internet access.

Candlewood’s eighth-grade Moving Up ceremony begins at 6 p.m. on

Wednesday, June 20. West Hollow’s eighth-grade Moving Up ceremony begins at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 21.

High School West’s graduation exercises begin at noon on Sunday, June 24, and East’s follow at 3:30 p.m.

The broadcast page will be active 10 minutes before each ceremony. Visit www.halfhollowhills.k12.ny.us.

ing in the Loyola lacrosse family. We will continue to look to each other for strength as we keep Adam’s family in our prayers.”

Loyola’s Assistant Vice President and Director of Athletics Jim Paquette added, “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Adam. On behalf of our administration, coaches and student-athletes, I would like to extend my condolences to Adam’s parents, brothers, friends and relatives. We realize this is a difficult time for all who knew Adam, and Loyola is committed to providing compassionate spiritual and emotional support for members of our community.”

Visitation for the St. Anthony’s grad was held on June 15 at M.A. Connell Funeral Home in Huntington Station.

A funeral service was held on June 16 at Church of St. Patrick in Huntington.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to a scholarship fund in memory of Pomper can be sent to St. Anthony's High School, 275 Wolf Hill Road, South Huntington, NY 11747.

Adam Pomper, pictured in his 2011 St. Anthony’s High School yearbook photo, died at the age of 18.

SOUTH HUNTINGTON

Seniors Are ‘Pop Culture’ Sensations

By Dara Liling info@longislandernews.com

What started as an extracurricular video project has turned Walt Whitman High School seniors into YouTube sensations, racking up over 166,000 views.

Senior Hassam Kaif, chief editor of the school’s Video Yearbook Club, directed and edited the four-minute “Pop Culture” video as a tribute to a YouTube video that caught his eye by comedian, dancer and filmmaker Nathan Barnatt. The original, which has 3.5 million views, features a man, later joined by a woman, dancing in various public places to the song “Pop Culture” by Madeon.

Kaif ’s video follows the same principle, but stars Whitman seniors Jackson Hoffman and Alyssa Scudieri dancing at points of interest around the high school.

The Video Yearbook Club annually produces a digital alternative to the traditional yearbook. This year’s “Pop Culture” theme was selected because it captures the generation’s affinity for the videosharing website YouTube and afforded opportunities to showcase the high school.

“I just went around school and picked places kids would remember – everywhere a kid would spend time,” Kaif said.

These locations include the tennis courts, the gym, hallways, and the guidance office.

While club members have shown previews of their projects in the past, this was first year they released a portion of the three-hour video yearbook on YouTube.

Little did they know, it would soon go viral.

“I knew it would go over well with my school but I never thought it would get this far. It's exciting to see how our hard work was appreciated from not only our fellow classmates but everyone who saw the video,” Scudieri said.

The faces of Whitman seniors Alyssa Scudieri and Jackson Hoffman, pictured in a clip from the school’s “Pop Culture” video, are showing on computers across the world Whitman’s “Pop Culture” has reached a vast audience ranging from students’ parents to Australian YouTube watchers. It even received the approval of Barnatt, who tweeted that it is “awesome.”

“I didn’t know we would get this much publicity,” Hoffman said. “It was overwhelming at first. I got so much traffic on my Facebook that I deleted it for three days.”

The video yearbook creation was a sixmonth long production, lasting from Nov 4 through May 2. According to club supervisor Roger Paquette, Kaif and the rest of the crew “worked every day after school and Saturdays” and “put in close to 1,500 hours.”

The proud adviser feels the students’ hard work has successfully depicted the positive values promoted by the Whitman community.

“Our school allows kids to be kids. They are having fun at school,” Paquette said.

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Vision LI Awards For Two Huntington Projects

By Peter Sloggatt psloggatt@longislandernews.com

The Town of Huntington was well represented at Vision Long Island’s Smart Growth Awards presented last week during a luncheon at the Huntington Hilton in Melville.

Before a crowd of more than 600, The Paramount Theater picked up Vision’s “Creating Great Places” award, and Huntington Station’s Dolores “Dee” Thompson received its “Community Participation” award.

The awards were among a dozen presented to recognize projects that exemplify Vision’s smart growth principles that promote more livable, economically sustainable and environmentally responsible development.

This year’s honorees were ordinary Long Islanders doing extraordinary things, specifically improving their communities and the health of our local economy. The Paramount brings national acts and 6,000 people into downtown Huntington each week. In Huntington Station, Thompson has made it her life’s work to bring back the downtown she had growing up and was honored for the extensive groundwork she had laid to achieve that goal.

The Paramount receives Vision LI’s Creating Great Places award. From left are Vision president Ron Stein, Paramount partner Brian Doyle, Huntington Councilwoman Susan Berland, Supervisor Frank Petrone, Paramount partners Dominic Catoggio, Jim Condron and Stephen Ubertini, architects Neal Hoffman and Karen Jahn, Huntington Councilman Mark Cuthbertson, and Vision LI executive director Eric Alexander.

Huntington Station Enrichment Center, for her ongoing advocacy for revitalization in her community.

Thompson noted that Huntington Station mirrored Huntington village’s still thriving downtown but it was bulldozed for a never-completed urban renewal project.

“All of the stores were here. We had a movie theater, banks and doctor’s offices. We had everything that provided employment opportunities,” she said. “I’m still advocating to bring back what was lost.”

Thompson founded the Enrichment Center first as a welfare-to-work retraining center, later expanding its services. She advocated for establishment of a Huntington Station branch of the library, and was influential in the revitalization of the Big H shopping center, a once-thriving retail center that had become run-down, crime ridden.

One result of the Big H redevelopment was a first-of-itskind community room at the shopping center, donated by the landlord for use by the community.

“Revitalization of Huntington Station is not just a dream, it’s a reality, and it’s a work in progress.” said Bob Fonti, a board member of the Enrichment Center. “Dee Thompson has shepherded that process since day one.”

Creating Great Places: The Paramount The Paramount was cited as an exemplary re-development project that contributes to one of Vision Long Island’s goals of creating walkable downtowns with attractions for residents and visitors. The Paramount’s partners, Stephen Ubertini, Brian Doyle, Dominic Cotaggio and Jim Condron, were joined by Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone, Councilwoman Susan Berland and architect Neal Hoffman in accepting the award.

The Paramount opened in September 2011 in a former vaudeville show house and movie theater that most recently housed the IMAC Theater. With cutting-edge, state of the art design and an occupancy of 1500-plus, The Paramount attracts national acts but is a venue for local performers and fundraising events as well. Performers to date include B.B. King, Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, The Script, Goo Goo Dolls and the B52s.

When IMAC closed in 2009, “we saw an opportunity that was pretty unique opportunity,” said Doyle, a talent

manager with years in the music industry. “To be able to go ahead and discuss the possibilities of bringing live music to Huntington was a dream.”

Ubertini added, “We live in town. We love this town, so when this became available we wanted to make Long Island a destination to hear great artists.”

The Vision award also recognized he theater’s role in the local economy. “Everybody sees the value of bringing fourto six-thousand people to town that otherwise wouldn’t normally be here – every week,” said Catoggio.

The recognition is not the first for The Paramount. Earlier this year, the theater was named by Billboard magazine one of the top ten new or renovated theaters nationwide.

Dolores Thompson: Community Participation Vision’s Community Participation award this year recognized Dolores “Dee” Thompson, a lifetime resident of Huntington Station and executive director of the

Huntington Station’s Dolores “Dee” Thompson received Vision Long Island’s Community Participation award in recognition of her advocacy for revitalization in Hunington Station. From left are Vision LI president Ron Stein, Huntington Councilwoman Susan Berland, Supervisor Frank Petrone, Thompson, and Vision LI executive director Eric Alexander.

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A Milestone And A Goal Huntington Lighthouse celebrated a mile- enough of an outcry that the Coast Guard stone this past weekend. The lighthouse abandoned its plan and turned its care over marked 100 years with a party that celebrat- to a newly formed group committed to preed not only the building’s history but the serving the lighthouse and its heritage. people today who help to preserve it.

Years of neglect were reversed in a yearsAs lighthouses go, Huntington’s light is long restoration project, and the Huntingdiminutive, standing just 40 feet above the ton Lighthouse Preservation Society and its high tide mark. To those who frequent volunteers continue to raise funds to pay for Huntington Harbor, however, the light- basic upkeep and educational programs. house is a landmark, a part of daily comings However, they are facing an extraordinary and goings by baymen and comchallenge critical to the lightmercial fishers as well as recre- EDITORIAL house’s future. The “rip rap,” granational boaters. ite boulders that protect its founThe lighthouse stands at the entrance to dation, is in need of repair. A $250,000 Huntington Harbor and was built as a nav- grant from New York State will pay part of igational aid in a time when such things re- the estimated $400,000 bill if the preservaquired they be manned. With automation, tion society can raise matching funds. manned lighthouses are no longer necesThe people who have worked to save the sary, and many have been replaced by utili- lighthouse and preserve its heritage for futarian steel towers. That was nearly the fate ture generations have done a remarkable of the Huntington Lighthouse when in job. We owe them a debt of gratitude, to be 1985 the Coast Guard proposed tearing sure, and more tangible means of support down the structure. would help the society to reach its goal.

Fortunately, a group of citizens made Learn more at huntingtonlighthouse.org.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thank You For Everything Editor’s note: The following message was published in the June 2012 South Huntington Union Free School District “Spotlight” newsletter.

“There’s one thing I’ve always wanted to do before I quit: RETIRE.” – Groucho Marx “Life’s a journey, not a destination,” Steven Tyler sang in his hit with Aerosmith, “Amazing,” and that is exactly how I feel. This leg of my journey, the one spent with all of you, in addition to being amazing, has been a memorable and extremely rewarding one. For example, I can remember at one point in my career when I was Assistant Superintendent for Personnel. I was asked to be superintendent. I felt I wasn’t ready, and I said so honestly.

Several years later, when asked a second time, I felt far more confident, even though I knew the journey would be unlike anything I had ever imagined.

Taking over as superinten-

dent in 2003, I was energized to fix what needed fixing and set a course of academic leadership that would begin to spotlight the amazingly talented staff and students that comprise the South Huntington community.

As with most journeys, my life as superintendent was filled with many goals, many of which I have met, and a few of which I’m still working on.

Much like our children (I have two,) a school district is in constant change, growing with new victories, creating even more challenges. The challenges are what make me get up every morning, energized, and looking forward to my day.

The victories become a floor for me on which to stand while tackling the next challenge.

And, there is always that next challenge.

There have been many who have inspired me, but knowing that I would no doubt inadvertently omit somebody, I’m not going to even attempt to list them. But past and current employees, students, parents,

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Board members, and residents who have touched my life all remind me in their own way why being an educator can be one of the most rewarding careers there is.

In each and every one of my Whitman Commencement addresses, I make it a point to stress what I feel is the most important advice I can offer to students leaving Whitman to take their place in the real world. It is that living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident. It’s not a matter of circumstance but a matter of choice. So says Michael Josephson in his famous speech about what’s really important. He says that what will matter is not your success but your significance. What will matter is not what you learned but what you taught. What will matter is how long you will be remembered by whom and for what.

For me there are so many whom I will remember, especially for what they have taught me.

In one of my very first communications as superintendent,

I focused on what I felt was the critical mission of our school district, and that message is as current today as it was then.

“We want to give the children of the South Huntington School District every opportunity to succeed, to become good citizens of the world. We want them to choose to live a life that matters. To choose to live a life that cares enough to take a moment to touch others’ lives in some way.”

Thank you, South Huntington School District family, for all of the friendship and support you have offered me over the last 14 years. I can only hope that I have touched your lives and made a difference in the same meaningful way that you have touched mine.

It has been an honor and a privilege to know and work with each and every one of you.

THOMAS SHEA

Superintendent of School South Huntington School District

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What we’re seeing in New York, and throughout the country, is the point of sale product display marketing that is cleverly designed to appeal to children. On World No Tobacco Day, we wanted to draw attention to the fact that when these tobacco displays are placed prominently at checkout counters next to candy and gum and outside of stores at kids’ eye level, it encourages them to smoke.

In New York alone, Big Tobacco spends over $1 million on marketing their deadly products each day. Meanwhile, states are failing to adequately invest in proven policies and programs to counteract this rampant tobacco marketing. About 3,000 American teenagers start smoking every day, roughly one million new teenage smokers annually; a third of whom will ultimately die from their addiction. More than 25,000 New Yorkers die each year as a result of smoking.

In the Lung Association’s State of Tobacco Control report, released this year, New York State failed for Tobacco Prevention funding, spending only 20 percent of the CDC’s recommended level. Visit www.stateoftobaccocontrol.org for more on New York’s grades, and to see what you can do.

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Need an air-conditioned break from all the summer sun? The Dix Hills Performing Arts Center at Five Towns College may be the perfect solution, as it begins its summer series of diverse performances next week.

“We have people who are into rock, jazz, vocals, theater. We try to consider all of them,” the center’s executive director, Sandy Hinden, said.

Kicking off the season on June 29 at 7:30 p.m. is “Once Upon A Time,” a musical revue of Charles Strouse, directed by faculty members Marie Danvers and Arnie Gruber. Strouse is the composer of many Broadway hits, including “Bye Bye Birdie” and “Annie.” The summer show is a preview of the full dramatic production to be shown next spring, directed and choreographed by Broadway’s Barbara Siman.

Want to get in touch with your inner diva? The center is hosting a series of female performers called “Divas in Dix Hills.” On July 14, Julie Budd will take the stage in “Gershwin and More,” singing the music of artists such as Barry Manilow,

As part of the Dix Hills Performing Arts Center’s “Divas in Dix Hills” series, Julie Budd takes the stage July 14, followed by Marilyn Michaels, “the woman of 1,000 faces and voices,” on July 28.

Carol King and Elton John. Two weeks later, Budd will be followed by another diva, Marilyn Michaels. Known as “the woman of 1,000 faces and voices,” Michael’s “A Funny Girl Revisited” will be presented on July 28. The string of divas continues the following afternoon as pianist Judith Alstadter performs the works of 19th and 20th century composers.

For those craving the groovy music of the 1960s and ’70s, the center offers several tributes to rock and roll artists of the era. The July 7 performance by the Jet Setters will feature songs made famous

by The Temptations, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, and other greats.

The Clapton Chronicles and Milagro will play the music of two “Guitar

Greats,” Eric Clapton and Santana, respectively, on July 20.

At the tail end of the ’60s and ’70s tributes is the Aug 4 salute to Bobby Darin, a Bronx-born singer. Vocalist Lou Villano will perform the music of the late sensation in “My Music – My Life.” The group Tramps Like Us will take on the rock music of a slightly later generation in the July 27 tribute to Bruce Springsteen.

But rock music isn’t the only genre coming to Dix Hills.

“We have a unique show about Latin entertainment,” Hinden said.

The Aug 4 Latin night will focus on the styles of the tropics, such as salsa and mambo. The musical fiesta is said to be “wonderful for the Latin community or people who like Latin music.”

Finally, the center is bringing in some “good humor” for the hot summer months, such as singing impressionist Tom LaGravinese on July 21 and comedian Uncle Floyd on Aug 11.

Tickets range from $10-$25. All shows are eligible for early bird pricing if tickets are purchased a month in advance. For purchasing information call 631-656-2148 or visit www.dhpac.org.

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Northport Chorale Celebrates 30 Years

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For 30 years, the Northport Chorale has entertained its audience with classic tunes, spiritual songs and Broadway hits. Now they’re ready to celebrate their anniversary, and they’re kicking it off with a summer concert.

On Friday, the Northport Chorale will open the Summer Concert Series under the stars under the direction of Nicholas Hart, who has been director for three years. Songs will range from Broadway to solos.

“We’ve been working really hard,” Hart said. “As you get older, it gets harder because the voice changes. They get better and better each week, even each rehearsal.”

The 60 members who make up the Northport Chorale are all volunteers; ages range from 16 to the 80s. Hart, who is also a music teacher at Northport High School, sometimes has his students participate in the Northport Chorale shows.

“He is terrific,” said Judy Pesner, who was an alto with the group for 12 years before becoming the accompanist. “It’s nice to have that connection.”

The Northport Chorale began as an adult education program in Northport High School under the leadership of Carleton Benjamin. There was a minimal fee to join. Since its inception in 1982, however, it has grown to become a group one must audition for, and members receive voice lessons from directors

for a minimal fee.

Since then, the group has become even more close-knit.

“I think we have finally broken down barriers between sections,” said Deb Susinno, president of the Northport Chorale for the past two years. “Now they know each other by name. There’s a sense of friendship that has grown among the years…

Over the last two years, I’ve seen a warmth come over the group.”

She is very excited to be involved with the Northport Chorale for their 30th anniversary. She will be distributing awards to the members who have been with the Northport Chorale for the 30 years.

“I’m just delighted,” Susinno said. “It’s just an honor to be the one handing out the awards for them.”

The members who will be receiving the awards are Carol Nichol, Christine Peterson and Don Woods. All of the members meet on Wednesdays for two and a half hours to practice.

Even with 60 members, the group is always looking to welcome more people, and are in need of tenors and basses. Auditions are Sept. 5 and 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Northport High School.

“They’re dedicated,” Hart said of the members. “That’s the word I would use.

Very dedicated.”

The Summer Concert Series will kick off on June 22 at 8:30 p.m. at Northport Village Park.

“We are one voice with the chorale; it’s not just individual people,” Susinno said.

The Northport Chorale has been bringing music to the community for 30 years.

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Whether it’s during the week or on a weekend, Munday’s on Main Street in Huntington village is the place to go for a delicious meal and a homey feel. It’s the Foodies’ stop when we’re looking for that tummy-warming comfort food, right down the block, and Munday’s has delivered on that promise for as long as we can remember. Chances are good if you live in the Huntington area, you’ve been there.

More than just a diner, the restaurant emulates a truly old-fashioned atmosphere, as oldies play in the background and the waitresses give you a smile with every order. One of the best parts about Munday’s is that old pictures of Huntington village line the walls. Digital photos of patrons rotate on the slideshow displayed on the wall, and every holiday, the place goes all out with decorations of every kind.

With patriotic decorations currently the theme and the Fourth of July quickly approaching, we went with an AllAmerican meal on our recent visit.

We started with a 100-percent lean ground beef burger, with lettuce and tomato ($6.50); we added cheese. This is the kind of burger that brings a smile with every bite. We substituted French fries for onion rings, which were crispy,

At Munday’s, it doesn’t get more American than this: from left, grilled cheese, a burger, and apple pie. but not overly cooked; the breading slid right off the onion.

We also went for a common special, the Ultimate Grilled Cheese. It changes every day, but always has a salty sweet taste to it. At the time of our visit, the sandwich was on pumpernickel bread with asparagus and turkey on it, and came with cole slaw and French fries ($9.95). We substituted the French fries for sweet potato fries, some of the best we’ve ever had.

Other classic sandwiches include The Reuben ($9.75), thinly sliced lean Boar’s Head corned beef, melted Swiss cheese, fresh sauerkraut and Thousand Island dressing on grilled rye. On the lighter

side, there’s the Salad Deluxe ($9.95) which has a scoop of tuna or chicken or egg salad on a tossed salad with cole slaw and homemade potato salad.

Munday’s does breakfast exceptionally well; the dishes are not only delicious, but affordable, too. The Munday’s Western Omelette ($6.95) has a wonderful blend of sautéed onions, peppers and grilled ham. There’s also the Munday’s Farm Fresh Egg Platter ($4.50), which has two eggs any style.

And Munday’s Silver Dollar Buttermilk Pancakes ($5.25) are topped with confectionary sugar and butter.

For dinner, Munday’s has a different special each night of the week. Monday

is Meat Loaf Night, which has sides of mashed potatoes and vegetables for $10.95. Wednesday is Beer Batter Fish and Chip Night, which is the fish catch of the day fried in homemade beer batter and served with French fries and cole slaw for $12.95.

Top off the meal with a slice of apple, cherry or blueberry pie for $3. Or, make it ala mode, for an extra $1.95. And maybe get a shake with your meal for $4.50.

Whether you’re going for breakfast, lunch or dinner, any day of the week, or just to be in the quaint environment, you’re sure to have a good time at Munday’s.

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with blueberry ale, blueberry vodka, simple syrup and a splash of soda. Catering the centennial celebration for the lighthouse was no easy feat… They made it look easy.

David Tunney of Old Fields Inn and Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society President Pam Setchell greeted guests arriving to the lighthouse birthday party on Saturday.

SEA ROBIN RECIPES? Most of us think of sea robins as annoying junk fish that you catch when what you really want to catch something else. That’s why when we hook one, we generally throw ’em back into the sea. Huntington native Brian Loiacono, sous chef at the celebrated NYC restaurant Daniel, expects to change that. The chef and several colleagues will give cooking demonstrations and tastings prepared with the day’s catch at the first-ever Long Island Sea Robin Roundup fishing tournament and festival set for Saturday, June 30, at Mill Dam Park in Huntington. The tournament begins at dawn and the festival will be from 3-10 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project whose mission is to honor and empower injured service members. To register for the tournament contact Hi Hook Bait & Tackle (631-683-4741) or visit www.SeaRobinRoundup.com.

CATERING FEAT: Hats off to David Tunney and his crew from Old Fields Inn (81 Broadway, Greenlawn 631-754-9868) who managed to cater the 100th birthday party at the Huntington Lighthouse from on board a tugboat docked alongside the lighthouse. Tunney and crew grilled chicken and beef at an old-fashioned charcoal grill topside on the boat’s deck while below, chefs prepared prosciuttowrapped endive and grapefruit; salmon and caviar and other hors d’oeuvres; a lavish clam and oyster bar; a cheese station; and lobster roll sandwiches for dinner. Arriving guests were greeted with champagne, and once inside, were served Old Field’s version of the Rip Rap cocktail, a blueberry and mint concoction

HUNTINGTON HAS TASTE: Summer hotspot Prime – An American Kitchen and Bar (117 New York Ave., Huntington 631385-1515 www.restaurantprime.com) hosts Huntington Has Taste, an event to benefit Long Island Cares, on Tuesday, June 26, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Advance tickets are $55 each or $65 at the door. For this night of fashion, food and fun, Prime’s boardwalk doubles as a red carpet fashion show runway. Guests will enjoy Prime hors d’oeuvres while models show fashions from Rexer-Parkes, Francine’s Fashion and Veronica Rayne Boutique.

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It was a Gold Coast Affair on June 14 at Prime – An American Kitchen and Bar, as the Huntington restaurant and Hamptons Magazine hosted an outdoor cocktail party, featuring musician LL Cool J and his wife, Simone I. Smith, who presented items from her jewelry line. Visitors also got a chance to view luxury cars from Aston Martin of Long Island and Sunseeker Yachts docked in Huntington Harbor. The event benefited the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society. Left: Laura Rabinowitz of Dix Hills grabs a quick photo with LL Cool J. Above: Patrons enjoy cocktails and hors d’ouerves courtesy of Prime Executive Chef Gregg Lauletta on the waterfront while looking at Smith’s jewelry, learning about the event’s beneficiaries, and touring yachts.

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A One-On-One Affair Club Z Tutoring brings tutoring home

Club Z Tutoring franchise owner Tom Masone and his staff of educators bring one-on-one instruction home to students throughout the Town of Huntington.

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Although East Northport’s Tom Masone is preparing to retire from teaching at Huntington High School this week after 10 years in the classroom, his career as an educator is far from over.

Masone opened a Club Z Tutoring franchise a little more than a year ago, directing about 30 tutors in providing one-on-one, in-home educational services to clients throughout the Town of Huntington.

Launched in 1995, Club Z Tutoring has grown to become the largest in-home tutoring company in the world with more than 500 franchises, mostly in the United States and Canada. Many of the tutors have been teachers or have a teaching certificate. All tutors without teaching certifications must be a professional with a bachelor’s degree and past experience tutoring.

When a family seeks a tutor, Masone performs an initial evaluation and meets with parents and the student. Based on the evaluation, the student is paired with an appropriate tutor. From there, Club Z’s mission is to help students identify their strengths, improve their weaknesses and develop methods of continually improving how they learn and help them reach their full potential. One-on-one instruction is the cornerstone of that effort.

“They build a long-term relationship,” he said. “I’ve had a parent tell me that their children say, ‘I don’t want to disappoint the tutor,’ so they do the work – they really build a nice relationship.

That’s what we want to do – we want to make them personalized.”

Programming ranges from their Let the Learning Begin Pre-K program to college-level studies and adult test prep. But the majority of the business is in assisting high school students. Standardized test prep, whether for the Regents, SAT or ACT, is in high demand, Masone said, and the major subject areas students seek tutoring in are math

and science.

“With the Regents, we’ve been pretty busy this past few weeks,” he said.

With test season winding up, Club Z is shifting gears for summer recess. Their Learning Built To Last program, available at middle and high school tracks, focuses on organizational skills, time management and test-taking strategies to give students a solid foundation for their upcoming studies.

Some students also begin SAT prep in the summer, since the first test is in early October, Masone noted. Others will use the summer to prepare for the grade they are rising into, while other clients will sign up for programming in order to maintain the progress they made in the previous school year.

“That’s usually a thing we like to try to do in the summer – get our kids ready,” he said.

In his new endeavor, Masone, a teacher of 16 years, is calling on his classroom experience. He first taught from 1975-1981, before taking a job with the New York Life Insurance Company. After that, he spent 18 years with Avis Rent-A-Car in information technology, starting in programming and working his way up to management. He returned to the classroom in 2001 after the company moved its operations to New Jersey.

Now approaching retirement from Huntington High School at the end of this week, Masone said he began seeking something to supplement his assignment as an adjunct professor at Nassau Community College that best accommodated raising an 11-year-old daughter. After searching Franchise.com, Club Z caught his eye, and he met with the company’s founder and owner in Tampa, Fla. and liked what he saw.

“It seemed like really good people who were interested in helping people, and that’s what I wanted to do,” Masone said.

The tutoring business, he said, allows him to continue to pursue his passions after he leaves the classroom.

“I want to focus more on this, I want to focus more on the adjunct job,” he said.

“It’s a bit of a transition, but it’s still in education… the most important thing you can possibly do with your child is educate them.”

Club Z Tutoring 631-266-CLUB (2582) www.clubztutoring.com

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A14 • THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • JUNE 21, 2012 THURSDAY Chamber’s Furriest Members Join the Huntington Chamber of Commerce for a Business After Hours event at Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center on June 21, 6-8 p.m., at 33 Warner Road, Huntington. Visit the dogs, cats, puppies and kittens while enjoying wine, jazz and desserts. 631-423-6100. info@huntingtonchamber.com.

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Man Behind Real Housewives The man behind the Real Housewives, Andy Cohen, shares his book, “Most Talkative,” about his lifelong love affair with pop culture that brought him from the suburbs of St. Louis to his own television show on June 28, 7 p.m. at Book Revue, 313 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-271-1442.

21, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Come knit and crochet with Yarn Forward, a group whose handmade creations are for charity and just for fun. All experience levels are welcome for this event on Monday, June 25, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

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

• Dancercise incorporates aerobic dance moves along with weight training and floor exercise, thereby utilizing all major muscle groups. Join in the fun on Friday, June 22, 910 a.m.

• Instructor Tildet Varon Schoenbrot will teach you how to develop your own meditation program and experience meditating on Monday, June 25, 7-8 p.m.

Deer Park Public Library

Torah Living Join The Chai Center for a weekly dose of thought-provoking practical applications for today’s living based on the weekly Torah portion on Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. 501 Vanderbilt Pkwy, Dix Hills. $7 suggested donation. RSVP required. 631-351-8672. mail@thechaicenter.com.

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

• Join in the star lab planetarium for ages 4 and up with an adult on Monday, June 25, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

• Show your library card to design a celestial creation for the Starry Surprise Craft on Wednesday, June 27, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Blood Drive

Elwood Public Library

Donate blood on June 21, 2-8 p.m. at Island Christian Church (South Lobby), 400 Elwood Road, East Northport, 631-822-3000 or www.ichristianc.org. Eligibility criteria include: minimum weight of 110 pounds, age 16-75 (16 year olds must have written parental permission), I.D. with signature or photo, no tattoos in past 12 months. For further questions concerning medical eligibility, call Long Island Blood Services at 800-688-0900.

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

• Having trouble with email? Want to learn how to use the Internet? Need personalized help? Call and make an appointment with an expert. Appointments available Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. and Tuesdays at 3 p.m.

• Mezzo soprano Frances Devine and bass baritone Richard Cassell will perform staged duets and arias from “The Barber of Seville,” “Kiss Me Kate” and more on Saturday, June 23, 7-9 p.m.

FRIDAY 30 Years Of Song The Northport Chorale celebrates 30 years of music for the Northport community on June 22 under the stars as they open the free Summer Concert Series, with songs from Broadway, some spirituals, and favorites from talented soloists. Bring your blanket, your lawn chair, your dinner for a fun time in Village Park. 8:30 p.m. 631-239-6736. www.northportchorale.org

SATURDAY Sea Robin Roundup Huntington native Brian Loiacono, sous chef at the celebrated NYC restaurant Daniel, and several colleagues will give cooking demonstrations and tastings prepared with the day’s catch at the first-ever Long Island Sea Robin Roundup fishing tournament and festival on June 30 at Mill Dam Park in Huntington. The tournament begins at dawn and the festival will be from 3-10 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warrior Project whose mission is to honor and empower injured service members.

To register contact Hi Hook Bait & Tackle (631683-4741) or visit www.SeaRobinRoundup.com.

Live Music 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!

The Musical Voice Behind Hepburn Enjoy an evening with Marni Nixon, the voice behind great musicals and actresses such as Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn. Film clips, an interview with Q&A and a book and CD signing will be included on Wednesday, June 27, 7:30 p.m., at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. $15 members/$20 public. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611.

A Coalition of Voices Porter-Trejo Action Network celebrates accomplishments and plans for the future on June 25, 6:30 p.m. at Iglesia Luz de Salvacion (Light of Salvation Church), 1599 New York Ave., Huntington Station. Speakers include Inspector Edward Brady, commanding officer of the 2nd Precinct; Shelly Harris, community activist; Darryl Dodson, president of the local NAACP; and Alex Slaughter, deacon at Faith Missionary.

Golf Classic The Cold Spring Harbor Fire Department hosts its Annual Golf Classic Fundraiser on June 25, sponsored by the Huntington Country Club, on West Main Street in Cold Spring Harbor. BBQ lunch will be served on the course, followed by a buffet dinner at the Cold Spring Harbor Firehouse. The Golf Classic helps benefit the numerous charitable organizations and scholarships. $175 per golfer. 631-692-6772.

Aging And Saging Deal with changes in your life with a splash of empathy and humor at the Aging and Saging support group. Meets Mondays, except holidays, from 10 a.m.-noon at the Women’s Center, 125 Main St., Huntington. 631-5490485. $10 members, $15 non-members, per session.

SUNDAY Red Is For Passion 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.

MONDAY Take Me Out to the Ball Game The first performance of this season’s Movies on The Lawn Program is “Field of Dreams” (PG) showing June 25 at Huntington’s Heckscher Park. This all-time classic is about an Iowa corn farmer who hears voices coming from his cornfield and interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields—which he does, and the Chicago Black Sox come. Movie starts at darkness (approx. 8:30 p.m.). In inclement weather, the movie will be shown indoors at James H. Boyd Intermediate School, 286 Cuba Hill Road, Elwood and begin at 7:30 p.m. Check the website for up-to-date information www.HuntingtonNY.gov. 631-351-3112.

TUESDAY

pantries. Appointments can be made by contacting jrosati@licares.org.

WEDNESDAY Business After Hours Melville Chamber of Commerce hosts a “Kickoff to the Summer Gathering” on June 27, 5:30-8 p.m. at Jewel Restaurant, Rubie Corporate Plaza, 400 Broadhollow Road (Route 110), Melville. RSVP at info@melvillechamber.org or call 631-777-6260. Cash bar.

Members free/Non-members $30.

Golf Outing The annual East Northport Chamber of Commerce Golf Outing will be held on June 27 at the Wind Watch Golf & County Club, 8 a.m. shotgun start. $165 per golfer. Proceeds go to the Hero Hungry Help Project. For additional information or to reserve a spot, call 631-2613573 or visit www.eastnorthport.com.

Tips For Business Owners Serious about growing your business? LeTip members are respected professionals who understand how to give and get tips to increase everyone's bottom line. Join them every Wednesday, 7-8:30 a.m. at their weekly morning networking meeting. For more information, contact Dave Muller, 631-831-1921.

RSVP a must.

Power Breakfast 50-Cent Sale All clothing will be sold for 50 cents per item on Tuesday, June 26 and Friday, June 29, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Commack Methodist Church’s Thrift Shoppe, 486 Townline Road, Commack, before the shop closes for the summer. Also on Saturday, June 23, for $5, get all clothing you can put in a brown paper bag, furnished by the shop, from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All clothing will be half-price if a bag is not used. 631-499-7310.

Follow Your Genes A panel discussion on June 26 will discuss the use of a person’s genome sequence to guide medical decisions at Grace Auditorium, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, One Bungtown Road. 7 p.m. This event is free to the public but please call 516-367-8455 to reserve seats.

Free Help For Vets Long Island Cares dedicates every Tuesday afternoon from 12-4 p.m. to “Military Appreciation Tuesdays,” specifically assisting veterans, military personnel and their families at the Hauppauge and Freeport emergency

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.

Zumba For A Cause Join instructor Annette Weiss for a great Zumba workout, and help children with autism and special needs at the same time. Classes are held Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at the Chai Center, 501 Vanderbilt Pkwy, Dix Hills. $5 a class, $25 for six. RSVP to 631-351-8672.

Proceeds goes to the Chai Center Friendship Circle program.

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

• Channel “The Hunger Games” and make District 11 Crescent Bread and Capital Grade Dark Chocolate Cake with mocha frosting on Friday, June 22, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Dix Hills branch.

• Participate in a mid-morning book break at the Dix Hills branch on Thursday, June 21, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

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

• Join nutritionist Fay Eikenes as she introduces you to the world of essential oils on Thursday, June 21 at 7 p.m.

• Kick off the young adult summer reading club with “Phe*nom*enon” on Monday, June 25 at 7 p.m.

Huntington Public Library Main Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station. 631-421-5053. www.thehuntingtonlibrary.org.

• Listen to Irene Kokhlova’s piano recital on Saturday, June 23, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the main branch.

• Little Night Owls summer reading program is designed for the youngest readers. Plenty of books are available to get started on reading and winning prizes. Come to the main branch anytime on Friday, June 22, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Northport-East Northport Public Library Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org.

• Kids in grades K-2 can touch, smell, see and taste different products of a beehive while watching live bees make honey with beekeeper Moira Alexander on Monday, June 25, 2-3 p.m. at the East Northport branch. Must register.

• Make an appointment to have your fingernails and toenails polished by teen volunteers for a Summer Salon Day on Wednesday, June 27, 3:30-4:15 p.m. at the Northport branch. Must register. Be sure to wear opentoed sandals.

South Huntington Public Library

AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library 95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org.

• Learn to meditate and forget your problems with a sunset ceremony on Thursday, June

145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station.

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

• Make an astronaut sculpture you can personalize with a small photo of yourself on Monday, June 25, 4-5 p.m. For children 3-5 years old or grades K-4.

• Celebrate one of the nighttime’s singing ani-

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mals – the crickets. Read “The Very Quiet Cricket,” and meet tiny crickets up close on Tuesday, June 26, 1:30-2:30 p.m. Few spots remaining.

The first performance of this season’s Movies on The Lawn Program is “Field of Dreams” (PG) showing June 25 at Huntington’s Heckscher Park. This all-time classic is about an Iowa corn farmer who hears voices coming from his cornfield and interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields—which he does, and the Chicago Black Sox come.

Movie starts at darkness (approx. 8:30 p.m.). In inclement weather, the movie will be shown indoors at James H. Boyd Intermediate School, 286 Cuba Hill Road, Elwood and begin at 7:30 p.m. Check the website for up-to-date information www.HuntingtonNY.gov. 631-351-3112.

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

• Join Sunday Schmooze host Fred Craden for an exploration of “I Wish,” a lyrical and impressionistic portrait of childhood. Bagel brunch at 10 a.m. with the film at 11 a.m on Sunday, June 24. $10 members/$15 public.

• Have an evening with Marni Nixon, the voice behind great musicals and actresses such as Natalie Wood and Audrey Hepburn.

Film clips, an interview with Q&A and a book and CD signing will be included on Wednesday, June 27 at 7:30 p.m. $15 members/$20 public.

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

• “Once Upon a Time” – the Music of Charles Strouse from Broadway to Hollywood – takes the stage on Friday, June 29, 7:30 p.m. The musical revue includes some the most memorable and notable hits from the Charles Strouse Songbook which includes material from “Bye Bye Birdie,” “Annie,” “Rags,” “Golden Boy” and “Applause.” $10.

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

• The ongoing Broadway Concert Series continues on Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m., featuring Dee Hoty (Bye Bye Birdie; Mamma Mia!; Footloose), Mark Jacoby (Elf, Ragtime, Show Boat, The Phantom of the Opera), Daniel Jenkins (Billy Elliot: The Musical; Mary Poppins; Big River), Tony Award winner Adrian Lenox (Doubt; Chicago; Dreamgirls) and Alton Fitzgerald White (The Lion King; The Color Purple; Ragtime).

• One night only, on Friday, June 22, 8 p.m., Patrick Ryan Sullivan (Julian March from “42nd Street”) will perform his one-man show, “Broadway, Baseball and Beer,” featuring an evening of songs and stories featuring Patrick’s experiences as a college football player and AAA baseball player through his time on Broadway. $35.

on Friday and Saturday. 631-549-5106. www.bjspokegallery.com.

• Eileen Shaloum exhibits “Walking on Eggshells” through June 30, with a reception June 2 from 6-9 p.m. Richard Anello also shows his “A Turn at the Wheel.”

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 • Features New York State's largest collection of freshwater fish, reptiles and amphibians housed in two aquarium buildings and eight outdoor ponds.

• Pollywog Adventures, for kids ages 3-5, offers participants an opportunity to learn about the watery natural world that surrounds us. Every first and third Thursday through June, 11 a.m.-noon.

Emergency Casting Call The Minstrel Players of Northport are looking to the part of Jim in the One Act “Last Meal”.

Need: A 20 – 60 year-old male, preferably “ethnic.” Performances will be on Saturday, July 21, 8 p.m., and Sunday, July 22, 3 p.m. at Houghton Hall theatre at Trinity Episcopal Church located at 130 Main St. in Northport Village. Auditions by appointment only. For more information, please call 631-732-2926 or visit www.minstrelplayers.org.

LIU Post Chamber Musicians Auditions for the 31st Summer Season of the LIU Post Chamber Music Festival continue by special appointment. The LIU Post Chamber Music Festival offers gifted music students (ages 10-18), college/conservatory students and young professionals the opportunity to study and perform in a rich musical environment. To schedule an audition, call 516-2992103 or visit www.liu.edu/post/chambermusic.

MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS 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.

• What happens when you gather a group of local artists who share insights, critique one another and support each other in their craft?

You find yourself with a talented group of dynamic contemporary artists called the “Critique Group of Long Island.” A compilation of their work will be featured in a new exhibit, “Critical Thinking: 12 in ‘12” in the Jeanue Tengelsen Gallery, beginning Friday, June 22.

b.j. spoke gallery 299 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., until 9 p.m.

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

• The gallery welcomes back Edward Gordon and introduces Daniel Del Orfano.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum

9 East Contemporary Art

Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. Museum hours: Tuesday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $4 adults, $3 seniors, $3 students 5 -18, family $12; military and children under 5 are free.

631-367-3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.

• “Right Whales: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” is on display until Labor Day 2012. Thought to be on the brink of extinction, right whales are among the rarest animals on earth.

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

• “Nature Interpreted” is a solo exhibition by Sandra Benny, on display from June 13 to July 21.

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427-7045, ext. 401. www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org.

• Learn about the Town of Huntington’s role in the Civil War in an exhibit at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Building.

• The society is sponsoring a trip to the Italian lakes and Greek islands, featuring a sevennight eastern Mediterranean cruise Oct. 3-14.

• Tours of the Van Wyck-Lefferts Tide Mill, the only surviving mill in Huntington, offer patrons an unusual way to enjoy Huntington’s rich heritage. Private tours, accessible by a short boat ride, will be held: June 24, July 9, July 31, Aug. 15, Sept. 14, Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 19, Oct. 30 and Nov. 5. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403. $10 members/$15 non-members.

14 W. Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m., Sunday 12-4 p.m. 631-549-0448. www.fotofotogallery.com.

• Dis-Integration by Lois Youmans and Femme

by Lauren Weissler now on display.

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. 631-351-3250.

• The Heckscher Museum and Cinema Arts Centre are pleased to present the Long Island Biennial, a juried exhibition featuring work by artists and filmmakers who live in Nassau or Suffolk County. Show at Heckscher features 52 artists, 13 of whom call the Town of Huntington home. Film presentation at Cinema Arts Centre in July.

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.

• On display through June 30 is the work of Auschwitz survivor Ludovit Feld.

MUSIC & DANCE Gracias Music at Mahanaim 300 Nassau Road, Huntington. 631-944-4403. http://graciasmusic.com.

• International star Christine Walevska shares her talent on the cello in a free concert Monday, June 25, 7:30 p.m. in the Mahanaim Auditorium.

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

• The Paramount Jazz Series presents Stanley Clarke and George Duke 4’s “Bring It!” tour on Saturday, June 23, 8 p.m.

VOLUNTEERING Be A Host Family Huntington Sanctuary is seeking families or individual adults to become Host Homes, which provide temporary shelter to youth between ages 12-17 who are experiencing a crisis with their family. Contact Jennifer Petti at 631-2712183 for more information.

Helping Furry Friends Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center is looking for volunteers who want to make a difference in the lives of animals. Free training provided. Visit www.littleshelter.com or call 631-368-8770 ext. 204.

Walt Whitman Birthplace If you are interested in literature or history, the Walt Whitman Birthplace has fascinating and rewarding part-time volunteer positions available. Free training provided. 631-427-5420 ext.114.

Friends At Home

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

• “50 years of Preserving and Celebrating Northport's History” honors the society's founders and their concerns and activities.

Looking to earn some community service hours while changing a life? As part of the Friends@Home program, a project of The Ariella's Friendship Circle at the Chai Center in Dix Hills, visit a child with special needs in an environment they are most comfortable: their own homes. Together, bake cookies, play games, create arts and crafts, read books and more. Contact Nati or Sara at 631-351-8672 or fcchaicenter@gmail.com

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Gallery hours: Tuesday - Thursday 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday 2-9 p.m., Saturday 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.ripeartgal.com.

• Long Island’s “Zen Cubist” Gary Ivan’s work will be displayed this month.

Share your ideas and opinions on how Huntington Sanctuary, a program of the Huntington Youth Bureau, can help youth ages 12-21 who run away or who are at risk of running away. The group’s advisory board meets one Thursday a month at 6 p.m. Call 631-2712183.

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Suffolk Y JCC 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4629800, ext. 140. Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Admission: $5 per person, $18 per family. Special group programs available. www.suffolkyjcc.org.

• The Alan & Helene Rosenberg Jewish Discovery Museum provides hands-on exhibits and programs for children 3-13 years old and their families, classes and camps.

Now on exhibit: The Alef Bet of Being a Mensch. “Zye a mensch” is a Yiddish saying that means “be a decent, responsible, caring person,” infusing both the best blessing and the best that an educator can wish for his students.

Eyes For The Blind

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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 insure they receive quality care and their rights are protected. 631-427-3700 ext.

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Main Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St., 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.

• The juried photography show “The Self” is on display through June 25.

180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. Museum hours: Tuesday-Friday, 12-4 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 12-5 p.m.; closed Mondays except for holiday weeks. Grounds admission: $7 adults, $6 seniors, students, and $3 children under 12. Museum tour, add $5 per person. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.

• The Arena Players Repertory Theater presents “Entertaining Mr. Sloane” June 1-24 at the Carriage House Theatre Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m.

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Walt Whitman Birthplace

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. 631-

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

Admission: $5 adults, $4 seniors/students, and

Huntington Arts Council

children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240. www.waltwhitman.org.

• Youngsters ages 7-12 can immerse themselves in a fun learning experience as they make history come alive July 30-Aug. 3, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Children’s Summer Program Week. $125 per child/$110 per additional sibling.

Suffolk County’s Helen Keller Services is looking for volunteers to visit blind who are homebound to socialize and aid in reading mail, possibly provide transportation. 631-424-0022.

Help American Red Cross The American Red Cross’ Suffolk County Chapter is looking for volunteers to assist in emergency shelters, at fires and natural disasters, with veterans, at community events or at the office. Free trainings provided. 631-9246700 ext 212.

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Lighthouse Celebrates 100th Anniversary

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Huntington Lighthouse has a way of getting into a person’s head. Just ask Centerport’s Darcy Petry.

She said she been boating in Huntington Harbor as long as she can remember.

Her parents became power boaters when she was two years old, and she continued the tradition with her husband and children through sailing. On the sailboat, her children paid close attention to Huntington Lighthouse – her daughter, in particular.

“When I would go past the lighthouse, my daughter, who was 4 at the time, would say, ‘That’s my lighthouse! That’s my lighthouse!’” she recalled. “So in my whole family, it became Taylor’s lighthouse.”

So when Darcy heard that her daughter’s favorite lighthouse was in peril a few years ago, she got involved and started volunteering with the Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society.

“I figured, I have to save this. This, or a tower?” she said. “I don’t want the Huntington Lighthouse to become a tower.”

Twenty-seven years after the U.S. Coast Guard slated the lighthouse for demolition, Darcy Petry was one of 50 guests who helped mark the occasion of Huntington Lighthouse’s 100th birthday at a gala celebration Saturday evening, and there were plenty more celebrants on the water, blowing their horns as 8:42 p.m. arrived.

Outside of the Lighthouse Music Fest, Huntington Lighthouse Preservation Society President Pam Setchell said the 100th birthday bash was the most overwhelming lighthouse event she’s thrown. But with David Tunney and the staff of Greenlawn’s Old Fields restaurant at the helm of the party, it went off without a hitch.

“You know, we’ve had a lot of parties out here, but I’ve got to tell you something – nothing has rocked like this,” Setchell said. “This is the greatest party that we’ve ever, ever, ever had.”

The path to the triumphant celebration began 27 years ago on a beach, Setchell recalled, at the hands of Huntington resident Janis Harrington.

“She was the crazy woman sitting on that beach right over there that got this hare-brained idea after a long trip to Maine,” Setchell told guests.

“My mother-in-law said, ‘It might be a fun summer project,’” Harrington

replied, to laughs from all three levels of the lighthouse.

As Setchell feted the woman with the dream to save the lighthouse, Harrington returned the praise in kind. She said Setchell has “taken it to places where I never dreamed we could get.”

“When we started, it was just a crumbling pile of cement out here,” Harrington said. “But Pam has taken it to this place that’s just so overwhelming where everybody is out here enjoying it. It’s become the treasure of our community, which we always knew it could be.”

Both Assemblyman Andrew Raia (RE. Northport) and Huntington Councilwoman Susan Berland presented Setchell and the Preservation Society with proclamations marking the centennial.

“A round of applause for this lady right here – a fantastic, wonderful lady,” Berland said, pointing at Setchell.

“Where else would you want to be on a Saturday, watching the sun go down? It’s all because of a group of merry men and women that have a cause… it’s all for the right reasons,” Raia said, noting he would introduce the proclamation to the New York Assembly Monday morning.

Donna Blanchard and her husband, Colin, came from Pittstown, N.J. – about a 140-mile drive to Gold Star Battalion Beach – to celebrate the momentous occasion with their longtime friend Setchell.

“We’ve watched the progression as it’s been renovated,” Donna said.

“She does such a good job, so you have to back her up and help people out that are that dedicated to this sort of thing,” Colin added.

But Raia reminded everybody that the work isn’t over. To get the $250,000 matching state grant they were awarded about a month ago, the Preservation Society must match them dollar-for-dollar.

That money is essential because repairs to the lighthouse’s rip rap – 3- to 5-ton pure granite boulders which protect the lighthouse’s foundation from the elements – is expected to cost about $400,000.

“We’re going to do it,” Setchell and others in the crowd.

It doesn’t hurt to have good company in the effort, Setchell said.

“I have a fantastic crew. I can’t even to begin to describe the great people I have on board. I’m blessed – I really am,” she added. “The greatest thing in the world is to be on this lighthouse with all of you.”

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create Sunrise after he attended a benefit concert for Paul Newman’s “Hole in the Wall Gang” camp, a sleep-away camp for children with cancer.

“I did a computer search and saw that there were virtually no camps in the U.S. for kids with cancer,” Preminger said.

The first year the camp opened, they started with 96 children. The camp is expected to have over 450 registered this

For more than three decades, Sunrise Day Camp, which is operated by not-forprofit Friedberg JCC, has been successfully running summer camps, daycare, preschool, after-school activities and services for seniors and the disabled.

The camp first opened its doors in 2006. Arnie Preminger, president & CEO of Friedberg JCC, was inspired to

year, Fishkind said.

Michele Vernon, Sunrise Day Camp executive director, said she makes it her goal to bring childhood back to children who are often denied fun, friendship and activities because of their medical condition.

Children who will be heading to Sunrise this summer will see some new additions to the camp due to the generosity of their donors. There is a new 8,800-

square foot Louis and Gertrude Feil Sunrise Pavilion, which includes an indoor multi-purpose area with a state-of-theart audio visual system and a kitchen; a 300 square-foot arts and crafts center; a football-field size shade structure, which lowers the temperature by filtering the sun’s rays; a state-of-the-art Nikon Photography Center; and a misting tent to keep the kids cool while outside.

Mail carrier stabbed to death in Huntington home call that a man had been stabbed in the chest. Mohammed was rushed to Huntington Hospital, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

According to court records, Hubrins allegedly stabbed his step father with a large kitchen knife. The arrest was made in part, according to records, because Hubrins, in sum and substance, said “I stabbed my mother’s husband Noel once in the chest.”

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son, Matthew Hubrins, is the accused murderer.

“Everybody’s in disbelief,” Panetta said.

“He is definitely going to be missed. It’s so tragic – we can’t imagine.”

Hubrins, 28, was arraigned on one count of second-degree murder Sunday and held without bail.

Police rushed to the Spring Road home at 1:20 a.m. Saturday after receiving a

On Monday, there was a memorial to Noel Mohammed – a sign and flowers below it – outside Pulitzer & Panetta’s door.

Panetta said the staff was still in shock.

“He had a bright a smile and an energy that was infectious every time he walked through the door each and every day,” a message on their Facebook page said. “There was always time to ask how you were, about your family. He was a very special person.”

Huntington Postmaster Patricia Bifulco remembered Mohammed, who worked as a mail carrier for 18 years, as a great guy who always went the extra mile, was always smiling and always had a kind word for whomever he encountered.

“I had probably 50 calls between today and Saturday from his customers. Everybody just keeps calling about donations, where his wake is going to be,” she said.

“He was a special person.”

Increasing allergy awareness “I think it’s important for people to take allergies seriously because each reaction is different, and you don’t know which one is going to be the one to cause anaphylaxis, which is the shut-down of the organs,” Laura said.

According to a study released in 2008 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an approximate 18-percent

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nuts, egg, fin fish, strawberry, wheat and soy rounded out the top nine food allergies.

A few of the allergic reactions an individual can have are hives, difficulty breathing, itchy mouth, swelling, diarrhea, vomiting, cramps and stomach pain. If the food allergy is severe, it can cause anaphylaxis.

increase in food allergies was seen between 1997 and 2007. Peanut allergy among children tripled between 1997 and 2008.

Garret presented the PAL (Protect A Life) award to Principal Ross Diener and Parent-Teacher Association President Colleen Nasti for helping to raise allergy awareness in their community.

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During the last seven years, Hills Lacrosse’s annual King of the Hill tournament and fundraiser has become a major attraction that draws thousands to the field each June. But this year’s event is entering new territory by featuring a bracket including teams comprised of young athletes with special needs.

The eighth annual youth lacrosse tournament, scheduled for June 23 at Half Hollow Hills High School East, will feature Half Hollow Hills’ Challengers lacrosse squad facing off in a three-team pool along with Garden City’s Challengers squad and a squad from Maryland that similarly provides an opportunity for athletes with special needs to play lacrosse.

They will join hundreds of young athletes ranging from grades 2-8 on 72 teams in the competition.

“Last year we had a bit of an exhibition with Garden City playing the Half Hollow Hills team, but this year, we’re going to have both of those groups and the group from Maryland coming up,” said Hills Lacrosse Director Eric Geringswald.

The Maryland team’s transportation is being covered by Hills vs. Autism, a foundation launched in April by West Hollow Middle School eighth-grader Drew Quinto and his family. The foundation’s mission is to promote acceptance for children on the autism spectrum by fostering opportunities to participate in

Competitors in last year’s King of the Hill youth lacrosse tournament at Hills East show their stuff on the field. This year, the competition features a new division boasting three teams of special-needs athletes: two from Long Island and one from Maryland. social activities and enhance their lives with support and public awareness.

“Hills vs. Autism donated a chunk of the proceeds so the transportation the Marlyand team needed to come

up was paid for by them,” Geringswald said. “It’s just a beautiful thing.”

“In reaching out and looking for other towns and states that have similar programs, we came across this one in Maryland,” tournament director Doug Schanars added. “We decided to invite them up and show them how they do tournaments up here.”

Schanars said the Challengers squads will have the same play in the same format as the other teams. Each team will play three running time games with no timeouts. Brackets will be set up by age and ability. A win is worth two points and a tie is good for a point each; the top two teams will play for their bracket championship.

Geringswald said the tournament began out of a desire to give young lacrosse players more opportunities to play.

“Initially, a couple of dads felt like the season ended too soon. They wanted to have a tournament,” he said.

“It started out with four teams. They just played a round robin, and that’s how it started. The next year, we had 20-something teams and after that, it just took off.”

Since then, the King of the Hill challenge has blossomed into an all-day lacrosse festival that draws thousands of spectators and athletes; top lacrosse vendors, attractions, raffles coordinated by team moms and food vendors. All of the proceeds will benefit the nonprofit Hills Lacrosse program.

The event is free for spectators. The tournament is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m., rain or shine. For more information, visit hillslacrosse.com/king-of-the-hill.html.