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Alec’s Memory Still Alive Over 700 show up to raise awareness of blind spots, safety

Celebrating Milestones DIX HILLS/MELVILLE

Plans For LIRR Station Delayed

By Sara-Megan Walsh swalsh@longislandernews.com

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By Alessandra Malito amalito@longislandernews.com

On Saturday morning, as the sun was shining and the birds were chirping, hundreds turned out for Alec’s Run, an event created to raise awareness of the dangers of vehicular blind spots.

“It was a beautiful day,” Bill Nelson, co-planner of the event, said. “The crowd was awesome.” He and his wife, Adrianna, started the run six years ago

after their son, Alec, was run over by a car backing up.

There were 645 people registered for the 4-mile run and over 100 children in the fun run, which started at Half Hollow Hills High School West at 9 a.m. Last year, about 500 people finished the run and walk.

“The beautiful weather brought extra people,” Nelson said.

Over the past week, about 50 people registered per day, while 150 signed up

during the weekend.

“It’s growing into something that when we started, we never imagined,” Nelson said.

Event organizers estimate about $19,000 was raised. The money will go towards Alec’s Fund at Half Hollow Hills, which supports children in need of financial support to buy things like a book at a fair; Hospice Care Network, which helps terminally ill patients in (Continued on page A11)

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Smoke Empties Macy’s Electrical wiring of elevator pump in mall store goes on the fritz

By Sara-Megan Walsh

Photo by Steve Silverman

Efforts to relieve traffic congestion on Melville’s Route 110 corridor have hit a road block as plans to re-open Long Island Rail Road’s dormant Republic Station have been put on hold.

The Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) last Friday released a revised draft of its 2010-2014 Capital Program that trimmed $2 billion from the initial $28 billion program, in part by postponing the reopening of LIRR’s Republic Station. Local officials say the measure will impact future economic development as it throws into jeopardy existing Town of Huntington projects.

“It’s so short-sighted to eliminate or postpone it at this point. Postponement means postponement again, and again,” said Supervisor Frank Petrone, chairman of the Route 110 Partnership. “Here they have

Over 100 youngsters had signed up to race in the fun run portion of Alec’s Run to raise awareness of children and automobile safety.

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Shoppers at Macy’s had to curb their shopping sprees or risk smoke inhalation on Sunday.

Macy’s department store inside Walt Whitman Mall had an elevator pump whose electrical wiring malfunctioned, creating smoke and setting off fire alarms on April 25. While the alarms may have given shoppers a scare, firefighters said the situation was quickly brought under control.

Huntington Manor Fire Department received a call reporting smoke in the basement floor of Macy’s at approximately 1:45 p.m. Sunday. Captain (Continued on page A11)

Shoppers were evacuated from Macy’s inside Walt Whitman Mall after an elevator pump wiring malfunction caused the basement to fill with smoke on April 25.

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Students To Rock Out For A Reason

By Alessandra Malito amalito@longislandernews.com

Spare Change, a band consisting of young Dix Hills residents, will be performing for yet another cause this year.

This time, it will be to fight breast cancer.

The band members, who include Peter Rogu, his younger brother Teddy, Reese Alexander Ortenberg, Nico Marulli, Jordan Trichon and Marli Delaney, will be opening the “Rockin’ for a Reason” show Sunday, a fundraiser dedicated to raising money in the fight against breast cancer.

Some members, including Ortenberg, Marulli and Delaney, have been personally affected by breast cancer with family members who have suffered or passed away from it or survived it.

“I’m so proud to be in Rockin’ for a Reason,” said Marulli. “My grandma passed away because of breast cancer and I’m very happy to be helping the cause.”

“It’s a serious disease. There are a lot of people here that are my friends and they have parents who have cancer,” band member Peter Rogu added.

Spare Change draws it musical influences from rock and roll bands, includ-

ing Pink Floyd, Aerosmith, Van Halen, The Who and The Doors. They will be accompanied by Randy Jackson from hard rock band Zebra.

“It’s important to show the kids how a professional musician can help get the word out,” said George Rogu, who is working with Nathan Koenigstein to plan this event. “[Jackson is] bringing in his music and through that, people will come in and recognize his name and help support the cause.”

Three other bands from local areas will also play. The proceeds for the

fundraiser will go to LI2DAY, which sponsors an annual walk to raise money in the fight against breast cancer.

This year’s walk is June 5-6.

The sponsor of the concert is D’Addario, a manufacturer of musical instrumental strings.

The event is being held at Mulcahy’s Pub & Concert Hall in Wantagh on May 2; it starts at 4 p.m. For more information, visit LI2DAY at www.li2daywalk.org. To purchase tickets, e-mail li2daycharity@yahoo.com. Admission is $10 in advance for adults and students.

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Two Hurt In Crash Photos by Steve Silverman

Spare Change’s Peter Rogu, Teddy Rogu, Reese Alexander Ortenberg, Nico Marulli, Jordan Trichon and Marli Delaney will open the “Rockin’ for a Reason” show for breast cancer awareness on Sunday.

A Ford Taurus sustained significant rear-end damage during a three-car crash on Deer Park Avenue on Sunday. Two people in that car were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, fire officials said.

DIX HILLS

Fatal Crash’s Cause Unknown Police say older woman struck vehicle, drove off before hitting a telephone pole

By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com

The Honda Accord involved in the crash sits on Deer Park Avenue’s divider following the accident.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

A man and a woman suffered minor injuries as a result of a three-car crash in the southbound lanes of Deer Park Avenue on Sunday, fire officials said.

The Dix Hills Fire Department responded to the early-afternoon collision involving a Ford Taurus, a Honda Accord and a Mercury Mountaineer. The Taurus sustained significant rear-end damage, Third Assistant Chief Robert Fling said, and the Accord was badly damaged in the front and was resting on the divider. The Mountaineer, he said,

sustained less serious damage.

“The cars were pretty well banged-up,” he recalled.

Two people in the Taurus were transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip with non-life-threatening neck and back injuries, Fling said. The others refused medical treatment.

Under Fling’s direction, the Dix Hills department responded to the scene, near Straight Path, with two heavy rescue trucks, two ambulances, fire, police and paramedic units. The department was on scene for less than a half-hour, Fling said.

— SCHRAFEL

A Dix Hills woman was killed in a series of motor vehicle accidents that have left police wondering.

Stella Gladkowski, 79, was driving a 2000 Cadillac southbound on Deer Park Avenue on April 20, Suffolk County police said. Around 4:25 p.m., Gladkowski rear ended a 2006 Hyundai stopped at a traffic light at Deforest Road.

Det./Lt. Thomas O’Heir said the Hyundai driver was not injured and called 911 immediately after the collision.

“They advised her to pull off to the side. She conveyed that to the other woman. For whatever reason she took off,” O’Heir said.

Instead, Gladkowski supposedly drove away from the scene of the accident before having another.

“She drove a good half-mile, if not longer, and turned onto Vanderbilt and hit a telephone pole at a good rate of speed,” O’Heir said.

Gladkowski sustained severe injuries, according to police, including a compound fracture of her ankle. The Dix Hills Fire Department took her to Huntington Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

O’Heir said the cause of either crash was still unknown as of Monday. She may have had prior medical concerns, he suggested, or perhaps injuries from the first collision prompted the second.

“She hit the pole pretty hard,” O’Heir said.

The other woman provided them with information, police said, but anyone with additional details is asked to call the Second Squad at 8548252.

Gladkowski’s family could not be reached for comment on Monday.

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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Mike Koehler

So Much For That Friendship

Don’t forget the aunts… Mother’s Day is alStellar spin… Met some friends for a burger most here. Have you gotten your dear one somelast week – thin friends. It was ok for them to inthing special yet? I’m all about honoring the dulge in french fries bemothers – they truly are fancause they had just come tastic people. But as someone IN THE KNOW from a spin class at the who is not a mother, but Vanderbilt Planetarium.

WITH AUNT ROSIE sometimes feels like one, the Never mind why it’s ok for way I love my neices and nephews, I will put this me to indulge, how about out there: Don’t forget your dear old aunts who that spin class? Apparently changed your diapers and fed you mashed peas, if they occasionally fill the planetarium with a boatyou had such people in your life. load of stationery bikes and conduct the ultimate spin session. Now it’s been a few years since I was ‘Hay’ now… I was driving up to town through at the planetarium, but as I recall it had one Oyster Bay the other day and saw these peculiar wicked sound system. Add in a sky full of spinred-and-white political-looking signs. However ning galaxies, stars and nebulae and that’s one they weren’t political at all: They were hawking very cool exercise session. hay. Yes, the stuff horses chew on. Peculiar? Not Who’s watching…? A few weekends back, really – we have plenty of equestrian activity thugs with spray cans tagged some high-visibility around here, so there’s definitely a hay market spots in Huntington village. You couldn’t help but around these parts. But the peculiar part was how notice it as you drove into town, and to me the it was hawking “quality” hay. Now, I’ve never tastgraffiti was a slap in the face to everyone who did ed the stuff, so I wouldn’t know… but what makes just that. Can’t help but wonder why none of the “quality” hay different than less-quality hay? Does ubiquitous surveillance cameras that seem to be it have more hay-flavored goodness? Less chewy? popping up all over never catch this sort of thing.

More chewy? Twenty percent more hay per Where’s big brother when you need him? bushel? What about organic, fertilizer-free hay?

Someone help me out here – as always, feedback Don’t blink… it might be summer when you from you hay connoisseurs in the township are open your eyes again. I can’t speak for everyone more than welcome. Hit the snail mail or the eelse, but it feels like it was just January for goodmail with your thoughts, and send pictures with ness sake! I’m still half-expecting snow to blanket your hay-noshing critters, too. our fair town, and meanwhile we’re on the Tiptoe through the tulips… It’s that time of doorstep of the fifth month of 2010. Ferris year again – the Huntington Tulip Festival is May Bueller’s words of wisdom come to mind here.

2! Heckscher Park’s thousands of tulips are out in “Life moves pretty fast. You don’t stop and look their full glory for all degrees of admiration. It’s around once in a while, you could miss it.” also the one time of year where you can get Mark Cuthbertson and the tulips in the same sentence, (Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have which always does my heart a world of good. I’ve comments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in gotten in on the tulip fun early – well, I should your neck of the woods, write to me today and let me say my trusty camera and I. This girl never needs know the latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt a good excuse to take artsy shots of flowers, that’s Rosie, c/o The Long-Islander, 149 Main Street, Huntfor sure. Take a nice photo yourself and enter it in ington NY 11743. Or try the e-mail at aunt.rosieli@gmail.com) the photography contest.

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Proud parents Yolanda Adames and Phillip Tate welcomed Amani Tate, who was 19 inches at birth, into the world at 5:03 a.m. on Feb. 10. Her loving extended family includes her grandparents, Cirilo and Ann Adames and Maryann Jones, aunts, Jene Adames, Quin Jones and Moniqua Lewis, and first cousins, Kianha Jones and Gabrielle Lewis.

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A Melville hotel security guard called Suffolk County police about a drunken couple on April 24.

He told police the man refused to let his girlfriend leave in a taxi. She eventually left in a cab and he just walked away. The guard was unsure if either party was actually a guest of the hotel.

Sprinkler Waters Roadway Too Well An anonymous complainant reached out to Suffolk County police about flooding on a Melville road on April 24. Police found a faulty sprinkler along Colonial Springs and Pinelawn Road. The responding officer turned the sprinkler away from the road, which was expected to alleviate the flooding.

Elderly Woman Faints Suffolk police rushed to a Dix Hills home on the morning of April 24 when a resident fainted. The Dix Hills Fire Department took the 74-year-old woman to Huntington Hospital.

Doesn’t A Check Have To Be In Your Name?

A Northport woman went to the Second Precinct on April 24 to report that a check for medical care was stolen. The 51-year-old said she received a check for $524 from her health insurance company intended for her Huntington Station rehab facility.

She endorsed the check and either mailed or brought it to the facility. Facility staff later contacted her saying they had not received the check. The health insurance company provided a copy of the check, signed by an unauthorized person who does not work for the facility. Police believe it may have been taken to a check cashing facility in Nassau County.

A security guard for a Huntington Station high school called Suffolk County police on April 24 to report a pit bull chained to the fence. A Huntington Animal Control employee attempted to get the dog in his truck, but the animal broke free. The town employee was unable to round up the dog.

“I remember reading a quote in some school newspaper that said ‘I’d rather have a job that feeds my soul than my pocketbook.’

I thought it was funny, but I agreed with it.”

No Parking Near Her House A Cold Spring Harbor woman called Suffolk County police to report a suspicious vehicle near her house just before midnight on April 23. The 46year-old said a black Nissan parked at the edge of her driveway contained three white suspects, who fled as she approached. The woman said she was unable to get the vehicle’s registration number.

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A Dix Hills man called Suffolk County police about a missing vehicle on April 24. He told police that he and his wife gave their 2008 Cadillac to a friend for detail work and sale on their behalf at an unknown Hyundai dealership. The wife said she gave him the vehicle two weeks earlier and has not heard anything since. Police advised the couple to go to the Hyundai lot, look for the vehicle and call back if it is not there.

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TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

‘Dump Dormer’ Bill’s Legality Questioned

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

The push to fire Richard Dormer from his position as Suffolk County’s police commissioner would not be legal if enacted into law, the county’s top attorney argued.

County Attorney Christine Malafi testified before the Suffolk County Legislature’s public safety committee on April 22 to argue that section 13-2 in the county charter protects appointed department heads like Dormer from being fired by the legislature.

“Our county attorney believes this resolution is completely impermissible from a legal standpoint because the resolution in 2004 that appointed Commissioner Dormer cites a section of the county charter… that this appointment ‘serves at the pleasure of the county executive,’” Dan Aug, spokesman for County Executive Steve Levy, said. “We are challenging it and the county attorney believes we would prevail if it goes to a court of law. We are advising the legislature to scrap it.”

Although Public Safety Chair Jack Eddington (I-Patchogue) pushed for the bill to be sent to the legislature to be adopted as a de facto “no-confidence” vote against Dormer, the measure was tabled until May 6 in a 3-2 vote.

However, sponsor Jon Cooper (DHuntington) is proposing a new resolution that would precede the Dormer bill and give the legislature the power to remove appointed department heads.

“The way I read it, it is clear we do have this authority,” Cooper said. “What I suggested was that I file a separate resolution that will clarify this once and for all and give the power to the county legislature to remove any appointed department head for cause.”

Under Cooper’s new proposal, appointed department heads would be subject to removal by the county legislature

“The legislature has to approve any appointment, and if the county executive loses confidence, he’s free to try to remove him. If we lose confidence in that appointee, we should also have the power to remove that department head and work with the couty executive to find a replacement.”

— JON COOPER, Legislator

only following evidentiary hearings and charges being filed. The department head would then have the right to be heard and defend themselves before a decision is rendered.

“It makes complete sense,” Cooper said. “The legislature has to approve any appointment, and if the county executive loses confidence, he’s free to try to remove him. If we lose confidence in that appointee, we should also have the power to remove that department head and work with the county executive to find a replacement.”

Until that is hammered out, Cooper said the Dormer bill is on hold. The veteran lawmaker said he wants to avoid an in-house lawsuit he is “absolutely convinced” Levy would file if the bill survived his veto and became law.

“It’s a waste of taxpayer dollars, and it wouldn’t look good for one branch of government to sue another,” Cooper said.

“It’s like Congress suing the president.”

Would the county executive sue if the resolution passes?

“Let’s see what happens from here with the legislators,” his spokesman said.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Hybrid Buses En Route

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Twenty-five percent of the town’s HART buses will soon have a greener sheen to them, and the town, state and federal governments are pitching in to cover the more than $2.6 million sticker price.

Huntington’s town board voted to approve a contract with Gillig LLC, based in Hayward, Calif. to replace five existing diesel buses in the HART fleet with 30foot, low-floor, diesel-electric hybrid buses. These will be the first hybrid buses in the town’s fleet of 20.

“We’re doing everything we can to be economically and environmentally conscious,” Councilwoman Susan Berland, the measure’s sponsor, said.

All told, the buses cost $2,608,595.

The Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) will pay 80 percent, or $2,086,877, while the New York State Department of Transportation will put up 10 percent, or $260,859. Huntington will contribute $260,859. The town already has federal and state funding for

the first three buses, Berland said, and is waiting for funds for the final two.

The buses being replaced are over 10 years old and have “exceeded their useful life” in accordance with FTA guidelines.

Developed in the early 1990s, the Gillig hybrid bus is a variant of its Low Floor model powered by a GM hybrid drive system. Benefits of using hybrid buses include improved emissions, improved fuel efficiency and smoother, quieter operation than traditional commuter buses.

“We’re now trying to replace our entire fleet with those type of things,” Berland said. “They’re more ecologically friendly and more economical with the use of fuel, so it’s very good. The other buses we’re replacing are the old diesels, which are really inefficient.”

Ultimately, the town wants to make the entire fleet hybrid and alternative fuel vehicles, but at nearly $522,000 a pop, the town must make wise use of state and federal money to do the upgrades.

“You have to go with when the funding comes,” Berland said. “As we receive funding, we’ll replace them.”

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By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Four hundred “bag ladies” are about to take over the Hamlet Golf Club in Commack, but they’re not the type one may initially think of upon hearing the phrase.

These bag ladies are coming for the handbag deal of a lifetime, all while raising money for the Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition.

Prevention is the Cure Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition (HBCAC) is hosting its fifth annual Bag Ladies auction, boasting dozens of designer handbags up for bids, from 6-10 p.m. on May 6 at the Hamlet Golf & Country Club in Commack.

HBCAC founder and director Karen Miller said she’s expecting 400 people at the benefit, which also features scores of raffle prizes. Along with donations from dozens of businesses, Miller said the event wouldn’t happen without a year of work from scores of volunteers, including CoChairs Lisa Kratter and Rose Koven.

“There are at least 40 people, women that have been part of this committee for one year,” she said. “These 40 people get together and they’ve been working it.”

Mother and daughter team Joan and Lauren Kulchinsky, owners of Mayfair Jewelers in Woodbury, are the guests of honor at the auction in large part to their environmental activism, Miller said.

Studying the environment and its links to disease – cancer, in particular – is one of the major tenets of HBCAC’s mission. “[Joan is a] powerful voice about recycling,” Miller said. “When we founded

HCBAC, she called us up those many years ago and wanted to work with us… [Joan] came to a bag lady benefit last year and reintroduced me to her daughter, and she had such eloquent things to say about the environment. So, we decided, how about we honor mother and daughter?”

This year’s selection includes about 90 new and gently used handbags from designers like Yves St. Laurent and Valentino. Along with the bags, other auction items are on the block along with about 100 raffle prizes, including sports prize packages, jewelry, Broadway show tickets, golf packages from the Hamlet, sizable department store gift certificates, a long weekend vacation and a number of restaurant gift certificates. The evening includes a cocktail hour, hors’d’ourves and an elegant dinner.

The event benefits a number of HBCAC initiatives including the Students and Scientists Environmental Research Scholarship Program, which places students in cancer research institutes around the country.

“The program provides scholarships for highly motivated high school students offering them opportunities to work in a hands-on environment in cancer research facilities,” Kratter said. “Our students gain first-hand experience while working under the tutelage of world-renowned scientists.”

Bag Ladies also benefits Lend a Helping Hand, which assists women and families coping with a breast cancer diagnosis by providing services for the family.

Tickets are $85. For more information, call HBCAC’s offices at 631-547-1518.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

‘Dragon’ Film A Treat Politician arranges autisim-friendly movie

By Sara-Megan Walsh swalsh@longislandernews.com

A day at the movies should be a childhood treat, even for children diagnosed with autism, said one local official.

Assemblyman James Conte (RHuntington Station) will be hosting a special screening of Dreamworks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon” for autistic children at AMC Loews Shore Theater 8 in Huntington village at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

The movie theater’s atmosphere will be altered so the film is presented in a sensory-friendly manner, allowing children the experience of watching a film on the big screen.

“Have you ever sat too close to the screen, where it’s just booming and overwhelming? A lot of kids with autism have hypersensitivity to lights and sounds, this is just sensory overload,” said Kathleen Lanese, board member of the Nassau Suffolk Chapter of Autism Society for America and mother of two autistic sons.

Conte, a member of New York Assembly’s task force on autism, said he’s put together Long Island’s first stateendorsed movie screening for children diagnosed with autism after speaking extensively with families dealing with the disorder.

“One of the things that came up repeatedly was the lack of recreational and entertainment opportunities…” he said. “One of the things they realized is it was hard for them to go to the movies for a variety of reasons.”

At Saturday’s screening, AMC Entertainment will turn up the theater’s lights and turn off the surround sound system. The 3-D feature film will be shown as a regular movie with no previews, advertisements or credits, to accommodate for many autistic children’s shortened attention span.

In addition, families will be permitted to bring their own gluten-free, casein-free snacks.

“There are many families who have found a gluten-free and casein-free diet can be a very beneficial diet in helping control certain behaviors,” Lanese said. “What do you do when your child can’t have a snack, and doesn’t understand? Nothing they sell at concession may be appropriate for someone one a restricted diet.”

AMC’s usual movie policy of “Silence is Golden” will not be enforced during the special screening, so that autistic children can get up and dance, walk, shout or sing as wanted.

“It’s my hope that by hosting this film, we can give children with autism and their families an opportunity to enjoy a day at the movies. Little things like hosting an autism-friendly film can go a long way toward helping to enhance the quality of life for children and families living with this disorder and other developmental disabilities,” Conte said.

Tickets for the special screening of “How to Tame Your Dragon” will be available at the door, at discounted rate of $6 per person. For more information, call 631-2718025.

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Huntington Home For ‘Hot’ Musical Act Five-man band works day jobs in village, creates songs, records new album at night

By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com

It may just be a pit stop between a Pittsburgh suburb and New York City, but a “creative” band is calling Huntington home for now.

Calling themselves Ball of Flame Shoot Fire, five young men from Pennsylvania started renting a house off Oakwood Road six months ago while they play in Manhattan and Brooklyn, and a band member studies at Stony Brook University.

“We came out to Huntington because we found a house we could live in, play in, was close to Stony Brook and close to New York City, relatively,” Jess Ronald Tambellini said.

By day, Winston Cook-Wilson makes the commute east, while fellow band members Tim Good, Peter Henry, Patrick Kelly and Tambellini work regular jobs. Kelly works at Book Revue, Good waits at Toast & Co., Henry waits at both Toast & Co. and La Bottega, and Tambellini is a delivery driver for La Bottega.

“I remember reading a quote in some school newspaper that said ‘I’d rather have a job that feeds my soul than my pocketbook.’ I thought it was funny, but I agreed with it,” Tambellini said, adding that he has no problem working if the dream doesn’t pan out. “I love delivery driving. I get to drive and listen to music.

It’s not like I hate my job or anything.”

After work, the band gets back together and eventually starts jamming.

“Occasionally we’ll plan out a practice or recording session, but it’s pretty loose at this point. It’s not stressful. It’s not something we have to force ourselves to do,” Tambellini said.

The delivery driver couldn’t identify their style of music in words other than “creative” and that each song sounds different from the next. Good, however, said most of their music has a classic rock base with elements of jazz and other genres blended in.

“Our big influences are still The Beatles and [Bob] Dylan, Leonard Collins, Rolling Stones,” he said.

And true to the day Ball of Flame Shoot Fire formed four years ago, their music still incorporates a variety of instruments. Good plays guitar, keyboard, banjo, accordion, lap steel guitar and harmonica, while Henry stars on both alto and tenor saxophones, as well as the

Originally hailing from Pennsylvania, Ball of Flame Shoot Fire calls Huntington home while they’re creating new music. sampler. Tambellini plays guitar and trumpet, and Cook-Wilson is the main keyboardist, but also mans the sampler.

Kelly is the band’s percussionist.

“From the beginning we didn’t want everyone to stay on the same instrument.

That’s become even more the case. We’ve collected more stuff and we’re using a lot more stuff,” Tambellini said.

The other thing, he added, is “everyone sings.”

“Me, Tim and Winston, one of us will have the lead part for any given song. But live, we all sing,” Tambellini said. “We all just love to sing. It would make sense, there’s no reason for anyone not to.”

The five musicians first met in high school outside Pittsburgh, learning they had similar tastes. They played in different combinations under different names, before deciding to band together. Everyone was finished with their first year of college, except Good, who just graduated from high school. The five-some united during summers and other breaks throughout the school year, revealing songs they had written independently.

“We were all writing songs at that point. We still are. That’s why it was a change of pace when we joined together,” Tambellini said, adding that their current contributions are less finished pieces and more musical concepts. “We’re all still writing our own songs, but we’re bring-

ing a looser idea of the song to the table for everyone to hear. That enables us to make it our own more.”

Ball of Flame Shoot Fire has released a few albums, none of which were commercial hits. The first, “Grumpy Little Bird,” contained just seven songs when it debuted in 2007. “Jokeland,” their first full album, was released in 2008. A short side project “Danny and Rob” came out

the following year, and the band is still recording their second full-length album.

Currently absent a title, it is expected to be released later this year.

“You can buy them on iTunes or from a site called CDBaby. We haven’t sold a ton of anything. ‘Danny and Rob’ we just gave away,” Tambellini said. “We’ve gotten a lot of positive feedback from the people who have listened to them, which makes us really happy. If the people like it, that’s good enough for me. I think at this point we’re all just happy to be working together and doing something we love.”

Despite calling Huntington home for half a year, the band has not played a single set on Long Island. Instead, they play in a constantly changing list of venues in New York City like Union Hall.

Crowds were somewhat better in Pittsburgh, band members said, and the turnout for their New York shows was dwindling. That began to turn around after “The L Magazine” recently named them as one of their “Eight New York City Bands You Need To Hear.”

“Things are now as good as they’ve ever been. We’re getting more press than we’ve ever had. Our shows are doing a little better. Our record is coming along. Everything has been good,” Good said. “The reason I moved here is because I wanted to live with my four best friends and make music. My idea of the band being successful has already been achieved.”

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There is always something to celebrate in Huntington. Rich in history and culture, the town is full of years-old institutions celebrating milestone anniversaries every year. In this issue, we highlight a handful bringing their past to the present day this year.

Huntington is home to glorious mansions of yesteryear that are now preserved as museums, parks and gardens. Scattered throughout the town, they serve as reminders of what once was and bring a slice of the past to life today. Oheka Castle, the Vanderbult Museum, Coindre Hall and others open their doors to

curious history buffs and nature lovers, and host weddings and parties. They are our Gold Coast Mansions, and we celebrate their many years of life.

The Heckscher Museum of art has brought a rich culture to the town since German-American industrialist August Heckscher built it in 1920. Though he envisioned it to house his private collection, it has grown to be an irreplaceable cultural hub in Huntington. Happy 90th Birthday, Heckscher.

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many changes since its inception in 1925. Facing trying times and changing leadership, it has always evolved to cater to the needs of its members and continues to do so today with innovative initiatives to spark the local economy. Happy 85th anniversary, Huntington Chamber.

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Mansions Offer Peek Into Past Gold Coast estates give glimpse into lives of LI’s movers and shakers

An undated photo of Vanderbilt Estate shows the sprawling mansion and property that served as William Vanderbilt’s summer residence “Eagle’s Nest.”

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It has been 100 years since William Vanderbilt bought the land on which the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium, built in the 1920s, now stands. tate and grounds. ot all of ong Island s Gold Coast mansions have been so fortunate to survive intact or be fully restored. Coindre Hall, part of Suffolk County Parks, remains only part of the 1920s estate built by George Mc esson Brown, but has its own storied past.

The story of the building itself is what is very interesting, said Richard iebowit , a member of Huntington-based nonprofit Splashes of Hope, which give free summer tours. There is absolutely no original furni-

ture left here anymore but by taking the tour you can see how the building has been modified over time, for what purposes. iebowit said Coindre Hall was originally known as West eck Farm, Brown s summer home, that became his full-time residence during World War II. He lost the property during the Great epression, after it briefly became a parochial school in the 19 0s before being transferred to Suffolk County and falling into disrepair. Parts of the original estate are now the location of Hunt-

ington landmarks, Southdown Elementary School on the estate s former cow pastures, and the combined chauffeurs gardeners uarters now belonging to the nitarian niversalist Church.

The Vanderbilt, Oheka and Coindre Hall will be a few of the estates celebrated as the Gold Coast Mansions of Historic ong Island mark May as Suffolk County s History Month with a launch party on May 20. For a full listing, visit the organi ation s website at www.historiclongisland.com.

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Huntington s history has a standing legacy in its Gold Coast mansions that open a door to step into its past.

The Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium of Centerport is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the land s purchase by the Vanderbilt family. Built in the 1920s, the estate is considered one of ong Island s few surviving Gold Coast mansions elaborate residences where the rich and famous, the movers and shakers, mingled and shared ideas that shaped ong Island s history. In Huntington, it stands alongside Oheka Castle and Coindre Hall to offer a doorway for visitors to step inside and learn more of a bygone era.

The Gold Coast mansions have a lot of important and valuable information. It wasn t ust that these people were wealthy they created a lot of what ortheast America is today, said ancy Melius-Murton, of Oheka Castle. They were creating the roads, streets, parks, the railroads It s important to learn about families that created the place we live in today and take for granted.

Melius-Murton is spearheading a collaborative effort to draw more attention and visitors back to these national treasures. She said many are struggling to survive on local tourism and through the website Gold Coast Mansions of Historic ong Island, www.historiclongisland.com, she is hoping to entice others with their mysteries.

Huntington s Oheka Castle has stayed close to its roots, not as a glamorous catering facility

for weddings, but a center of over-the-top parties that aim to impress. Built by investment banker Otto Herman ahn, Melius-Murton said Oheka s -acre estate was once nicknamed Otto s oo by his family due to the large parties he hosted there. It s that very spirit of the 1920s, she said, that Oheka represents and attempts to keep alive.

We give them a party ust like they had in the 20s in the current day style, but in similar effect. The building has lots of stories to tell and they are creating new stories with everyone who gets married here, or who stays at the hotel, Melius-Murton said.

Carole Ghiorsi Hart, e ecutive director of the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium, said the former Eagle s est estate represents the Gold Mansion era of ong Island s glamour and riches in a slightly different fashion. William Vanderbilt, whose family once owned ew ork s Grand Central Station and was highly involved in the railroads, purchased the land on May 2 , 1910, and started by building an intimate sevenroom cottage to serve as his summer home, which was gradually e panded to the estate visitors to the Suffolk County museum see today.

He was reacting against some of the big lavish buildings and parties that his family and uncles built in ewport, R.I. Hart said. What he created was as grand and e travagant as the mansions of the era, but on a much more personal level.

In celebrating its centennial, the Vanderbilt will be offering a new self-guided audio tour for visitors to e plore the full range of the originally furnished es-

Coindre Hall, now one of Suffolk County’s parks, is considered a Gold Coast mansion as it was built in the 1920s by George McKesson Braun as a summer home.

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Heckscher Museum Anchors Art Scene Storied gallery celebrates 90 years

Assistant Director Ruth Solomon leads a tour of schoolchildren in the Heckscher Museum in 1977. Background, left, is George Grosz’s Eclipse of the Sun, a piece purchased in the 1960s by Director Eva Gatling for $15,000.

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For the last 90 years, the Heckscher Museum of Art, located in the heart of Huntington village, has been the beating heart of what gives the hamlet the reputation of being the ittle Apple on ong Island.

In 1920, German-American industrialist August Heckscher built the park and museum and put 185 ob ects from his personal art collection on display. Initially, the museum was designed as a static e hibit for his si able collection, a la the Barnes Foundation museum in Pennsylvania that opened in 192 .

The initial rendition of the Heckscher, managed by a private foundation, presented the old masters, like ucas Cranach, Gustave Courbet, Fran ois Girardon and Henry Raeburn alongside American painters like Edward and Thomas Moran, Asher urand and George Inness.

For the first decade in its e istence, the Heckscher en oyed early success, but soon became one of many victims of the Great epression. After the 1929 stock market crash, financial responsibility for the museum passed over to the Town of Huntington, which maintained it through 195 and five town supervisors administrations Richard Hawkins, William Watt, Arthur reut er, Walter Fasbender and most of oseph Cermak s term.

At that time, the museum closed and was open by appointment only, curator enneth Wayne said.

Control of the museum returned to a board of trustees led by George Wilheim in 195 , thus beginning a second life for the storied property. For the first time, the static collection e panded and changed, and plans for e hibition cycles and educational activities blossomed. Five years into the new administration, ale-trained Eva Gatling became the museum director, one of the first women in the country to hold a position of such caliber.

With her keen sense, Wayne said, Gatling e panded the museum s collection boldly and pulled off a coup by securing onetime Huntington resident George Gros s Eclipse of the Sun painting, a

towering piece from his 1920s ada heyday in Berlin, for 15,000. Part of the ac uisition was to celebrate Gros s connection to the Heckscher, as he taught art classes at the museum while he lived in Huntington.

She heard it was available in a local art gallery, and basically after World War II until very recently, anything German was avoided, Wayne said. Even the ma or museums - they ust stayed away from it.

This painting was offered to the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art, and they turned it down they weren t interested, even though it was a masterpiece.

A plan to e pand the museum was commissioned in 19 2 from architect Marcel Breuer their renovation plans were e ecuted in 200 , eputy E ecutive irector Skip Show said.

We ve had e pansion plans in place for years and years, and for various reasons mostly financial it s never moved forward, he said. We carved renovation plans out of the grand scheme we had some funding that was going to e pire, and that kind of pushed us along. irected by Centerbrook Architects, the 1. million renovation in 200 closed the museum for nine months. A drop ceiling on the inside was removed.

We gained about feet, Show said.

We replaced the old drop ceiling, which in the end, gave the effect of a more open space. inen panels used for e hibition space were also replaced with white walls, and the skylight over the fountain in the center of the museum was restored. ighting, windows, doors and more were refurbished or remanufactured.

What used to be a drab, 0s-ish interior became a bright, airy and inviting environment, Show said.

Although the collection is far more dynamic than it was at inception, Mr. Heckscher s taste for classic and timelier art lives on.

He collected contemporary art and some of the old masters, Wayne said.

We collect art of the time, like he did. He set that idea in place, and we want to continue with it.

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Chamber Wiser After 85 Years Officials remember storied history, planning birthday gala for fall Ife photo archives

By Mike Koehler mkoehler@longislandernews.com

Happy Birthday Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce how you have changed in the past 85 years.

Founded in 1925, the chamber has grown along with the Town of Huntington, faced impending bankruptcy and evolved into a capable venture, all in the name of supporting business.

I think the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce will be around for another 85 years, former chairman ames elly said.

The chamber was a very different creature back in the beginning, member en Christensen said. He should know Christensen, 2, came on board more than 5 years ago. His father moved the family plumbing business from ueens in the 19 0s when he was in his 20s.

Along the way, Christensen began contributing to some of the chamber s committees. Contributing advanced into leading, and he served as an officer, chairman of the board and president.

I ve seen a lot of things happen over the years, he said.

Former E ecutive irectors eull asher and Richard Bornstein were the first two paid leaders, Christensen said.

Bornstein, still an East orthport resident, led the chamber for 0 years. uring his term, the chamber was primarily focused on monitoring government and lobbying for business owners, according to Christensen. Only occasionally did the chamber hold information seminars for its members. ow the chamber has concentrated on providing value and services to the membership itself, providing everything from educational opportunities and networking opportunities, Christensen said.

Monthly dinner meetings used to be a regular occur-

Former Chairman James Kelly and his successor Bob Bontempi helped keep the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce alive to celebrate 85 years in 2010. rence. Those dinner meetings still happen semiannually for board members, current Chairman Bob Bontempi said, as well as regular monthly meetings.

The year 198 introduced a shift in chamber mentality.

The top paid employee, formerly known as the e ecutive director, became the president, while the top-elected volunteer lost the president title and became the chairman of the board.

In order to get better access, they thought it would be better if the person was called president, Christensen

said, alluding to contacting business officials. ark clouds began to gather over Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce in the 1990s. ennis Sneden became president in 199 , later serving as the assistant supervisor of the Town of Huntington. But after si or seven years, Sneden une pectedly resigned, with county and state officials investigating.

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local roots and forgetting the important role it played. It abandoned Huntington and became the Suffolk- assau Chamber of Commerce.

It began to focus more on the event and networking and the fun side. They started to move towards a personalitydriven organi ation. It began to lose its roots in providing uality services to its members and the community. It began to lose its identity as a Huntington organi ation, elly said.

The former chairman actually gave up his membership in 2005, but was talked into becoming a board member. He led the successful challenge against Forbes firing, but volunteered as chairman when the entire e ecutive board resigned later that year.

They were on track to bankruptcy, overe panding and employing uestionable bookkeeping when elly came into office. He uickly renamed the chamber back to its original title, refocused on the basics and significantly trimmed the paid staff.

About 15 had been employed by the chamber, E ecutive irector Ellen O Brien said. ow the office is managed by ust three staff members O Brien, irector of Member Services inda Mitchell and Member Relations Associate Courtney Bynoe. ow we work closely with the board and learn to do more with less, like most businesses, O Brien said. ue to more board participation, we re able to do more.

Both Bontempi and Christensen praised the paid staff for their hard work.

They re the best staff an organi ation could have, Bontempi said. elly stepped aside in 2009, letting Bontempi assume the role in the middle of a global recession many have compared to the Great epression.

Bob took the opportunity to create the Buy ocal program. That helped on the whole initiative through the Christmas season to stay focused on what s important to us, elly said.

Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce now boasts 2 board members and 00 companies as members, which can each include hundreds of employees.

More than a do en new members oin every month, Bontempi said, and the number leaving in the past year has declined.

The chamber offers educational programs for business owners, supports local business through the Passport and But ocal programs, and is re-engaging other organi ations within the town. They re even taking a more active role in advocacy, Bontempi said, taking a stand on issues like the AvalonBay housing development in Huntington Station and the MTA payroll ta .

A celebratory gala is in the works, possibly scheduled for ovember. Bontempi said archives from Town Clerk o-Ann Raia and Huntington Historical Society will be on display.

We re going to showcase the history of the organi ation, he said. Eighty-five years in the community, that s e tremely significant.

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Life&Style Tulips Take Over Heckscher

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Huntington s Heckscher Park will be showcasing its brightly-colored and freshly-flowered terrain on Sunday as the town presents its 10th annual Tulip Festival.

The Tulip Festival is a free, family-oriented event which allows patrons to e perience the oys of nature, music and other various activities. The day promises a wide array of entertainment including art and photo contests, dance activities, a puppet show, cheese sampling and an original children s musical, Here Comes Mr. Bunny, which celebrates spring, at noon. There will also be a children s parade at 2 15 p.m., a re-enactment of the parade that followed the dedication of Heckscher Park.

The concept of the festival was to present a fairly small and intimate one-day festival that would be very family friendly for families with young children, said ohn Coraor, town director of cultural affairs.

Heckscher Park will be adorned with thousands of different colored tulips, planted by community groups and personnel from the town s department of general services.

More than 20,000 tulips liven up the environment uite a bit, Coraor said. nfortunately they don t last all year long so people need to come down to the park for the few weeks they are in bloom

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The 10th annual Tulip Festival will take place on Sunday in Heckscher Park, featuring flowers, music and other family-friendly activities. to really get the effect. It s uite impressive to see during that time.

On days when the weather is agreeable, the celebration attracts around ,500 attendees. However, the event has e panded throughout its 10 years of operation. With different activities, performers and booths, it is always changing.

We always get new activity booths from different groups all the time each year it s a little bit different, said Coraor.

It s a great family-oriented e perience people ought to come down and en oy the tulips all that we have to offer.

The founder of the event, Councilman Mark Cuthbertson, was inspired to bring this floral spectacular to ong Island after observing a similar festival while at law school in Albany.

Huntington has a feature similar to what they have there, which was a very nice park as the centerpiece of the city .

The festival also offers an opportunity for photographers to flex their artistic muscles. Above, a photograph by the 2009 Tulip Festival photography contest winner, Mike DiRenzo of Coram.

Huntington has the same things in Heckscher Park and the Tulip Festival has really showcased the park and beautified it, which was the idea behind it, he said.

For more information, call 1- 51099.

Back In Time At Sheep To Shawl

By Alessandra Malito amalito@longislandernews.com

Children can learn crafts of olden days at this weekend’s Sheep to Shawl Festival.

Community members will be able to travel in time back to the colonial, federal and Victorian ages at the Huntington Historical Society s 2 th annual Sheep to Shawl Festival on May 2.

I think it s important to understand where our people have been to fully appreciate where we are now, said Cathi Horowit , the educational outreach coordinator at Huntington Historical Society.

It s a big crowd-pleaser, she said.

People love it, said Horowit . They absolutely adore it. They love that it s a charming old-fashioned event. The community really comes out in full force.

The annual event will have demonstrators performing all types of crafts including spinning, weaving, tatting, embroidering, lace-making, Victorian felt crafting, rug hooking, uilting, crocheting, knitting and more.

These are the kinds of demonstrations that people don t get a chance to see often. It s a wonderful opportunity for the children to see these types of te tiles, Horowit said. emonstrators will also let people try

their craft, Horowit said. Games and crafts for children are also available.

The event has fundamentally grown, according to Horowit . There are more demonstrators and types of demonstrations than in the early years.

We try to broaden the base of education for people to understand what it was like to live life long ago in Huntington, she said. We also now include wonderful costume e hibits inside the issam House during the event.

There will also be animals such as llamas, angoras and heritage sheep.

We really think people will en oy that, she said.

Music will be performed by the ong Island Traditional Music Association.

Bread-baking will also be done in the beehive oven, which is relatively new, Horowit said. Another new addition is dying wool organically.

We haven t done that before, she said.

Sheep shearing will take place at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and p.m. The overall event will be from noon- p.m. at the r. aniel issam House located at Park Ave., Huntington. Admission is free. Call 12 - 0 5 e t. 0 for more information.

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Evergreen Turns 100 Evergreen Baptist Church celebrated its 100th anniversary with a banquet at Larkfield Manor. Among those at the celebration were, standing from left: President of Central Long Island NAACP Gwendolyn Brown, Rep. Steve Israel, Roslyn Mohamed and Evergreen Baptist Rev. Larry Jennings. Seated, Huntington NAACP President Dee Thompson, left, and Irene Moore, right, flank two other ladies at the banquet.

By Sara-Megan Walsh swalsh@longislandernews.com

A Huntington church is singing praises to God, thankful for each of the 100 years he s kept them together.

Evergreen Baptist Church is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, making it the oldest African-American Baptist church in Huntington. Since the beginning, Evergreen has found its strength in its community.

The most important part of the anniversary is bringing the community together said member Irene Moore.

The yearlong celebration came to a clima at an April ban uet at the arkfield Manor in East orthport. This was followed by a keynote address of Rev. Al Sharpton at the April 11 service.

Senior member Paul ohnson said Evergreen was formed by AfricanAmerican laborers who moved to Huntington for work and yearned for a church of their own. They formed a mission under Rev. William Roper in 1910 and held

their first meetings at the Montagues Spring Street home.

Evergreen Baptist s first chapel was incorporated into the Huntington township on April 10, 191 . The ministry flourished causing Rev. A.B. Harris to re-organi e the church and institute a building program that broke ground on their current chapel in 19 0. On une 10, 19 , the congregation marched from the Spring Road church to the new Woodhull Road building a ourney they re-enacted April 10 as part of their celebration.

It was a oyous tone, we were moving on up. God had blessed us and we had grown out of Spring Street Church, ohnson said, recalling the first march.

Evergreen s building was substantially modified in 198 , ust as its membership has continued to grow and change over the years.

It s something built by our hands and God has blessed us to have. We have to add onto it, to leave it to our children, ohnson said.

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Hometown Chef Delivers At Venúe 56 Foodie photos uann allo acono

By Luann, Lou & Gerry foodie@longislandernews.com

A Hauppauge restaurant with Huntington ties is putting a new spin on fine casual in every sense of the phrase.

At Ven e 5 , named for its e it off the ong Island E pressway, upscale and casual characteristics create something that is not e actly a fusion of the two, but rather a simultaneous occurrence. The waiters look classy in all black, but wear sneakers. White linen tablecloths are covered with a brown paper sheet you can color on using the crayons on the table.

The e uisite 28 pork chop comes with potato salad and corn on the cob. On the night of our visit, there were both suits and sweatpants among the patrons. All around, it was upscale and casual at the same time and it works.

Formerly Sweetwaters, the bustling Ven e 5 opened in ecember 2009.

There are pri -fi e dinners during the week until 0 p.m. and after work parties on Thursday nights, where fashionable attire is a must. On the weekends,

Front, the Back Yard BBQ, a juicy and perfectly cooked double-cut pork chop with a house-made peach barbecue sauce, potato salad and corn on the cob. Back, Crispy Wild Atlantic Salmon with wilted spinach, grape tomatoes, pearl onions, English peas and citrus butter. the tables are cleared away after dinner and the lively bar scene gets pumping. We hear weekend brunches are to come. And on May 2, a Sunday barbecue on the outdoor patio will attempt to give you the feel of Hamptons in the middle of the island, said Russ Fragala, who owns the restaurant with partners Christian Arcello,

Executive Chef Marc Anthony Bynum serves up a creative and savory menu at Venúe 56. ick Boccio, Michael Murphy and a few silent partners.

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CHRISTOPHER’S HAS EXPANDED THEIR BURGER MENU TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: Jack’s Wild West Buffalo Burger $12

The Ostrich Burger $13

Ground sirloin topped with bleu cheese and hot sauce

Ostrich Meat Is Very Lean, with 33% Less Fat Than Chicken & 87% Less Than Beef

The Irish Burger $9 Corned beef hash topped with fried egg and swiss

The Pear and Walnut Salad is refreshing with frisse, radicchio, Belgian endive, chunks of bleu cheese, sweet candied walnuts and walnut vinaigrette.

Fiesta Burger $11 Ground sirloin with salsa, guacomole and Jack cheddar cheese

Tony T’s Wall Street Special Burger $14 TWO 8 oz Patties with American cheese, Christopher’s special sauce, lettuce, pickles and onions

Bruno’s BBQ Steak Burger $12 Grilled skirt steak smothered with Franks’s BBQ Sauce topped with sauteed mushrooms and onions

The Buffalo Chicken Tower brings a consistent heat with tender white-meat chicken.

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Tellers Chophouse in Islip, he was formerly sous chef at Prime and chef at Rookies Sports Club in Huntington. At Ven e 5 , his presentation and creativity are tops.

His secret God-given inspiration, he said.

Seeing it in my head, seeing the dream, and putting it on a plate.

The team seems strong with Bynum, pastry chef orraine icursi, formerly of Prime in Huntington, and mi ologist eremy Strawn. Our knowledgeable waiter, Ale , was Culinary Institute of the Arts educated.

We started by testing the bar, and Strawn did not disappoint. The Volstead 1 is a perfect flirty, fruity and sweet drink for the ladies vodka and elderflower li ueur with shavings of fresh strawberries topped with champagne. For the men, the Molasses Highball 12 is thick, rich and masculine, made with molasses rum, house-made ginger li ueur and vodka.

Our appeti ers were tops, both fun and delicious. In the ung Pao Shrimp 12 , rock shrimp are breaded and crisp, served with peanuts, scallions and a kung pao sauce tempered by sweet grilled pineapple a wonderful combination of flavors.

Bynum s buffalo sauce in the Buffalo Chicken Tower 10 leaves a constant but pleasant fire on the tongue. The sauce coats tender white-meat chicken dri led lightly with bleu cheese dressing and topped with crispy thin matchstick fries.

In the Pan-Seared Scallops 1 , the Israeli cous cous with golden raisins and toasted pine nuts is creative and tasty.

A Pear and Walnut Salad 9 was the perfect dish to cleanse the palate of the spicy buffalo and kung pao sauces. With frisse, radicchio, Belgian endive, chunks of bleu cheese, sweet candied walnuts and walnut vinaigrette, it comes with the most beautifully cut pear.

The Halibut 2 and Back ard BB 28 are standout, mouthwatering

Pan-Seared Scallops are served atop Israeli cous cous with golden raisins and toasted pine nuts.

The Turkey Burger $10 Fresh Ground Turkey Patty On A Bakery Roll

The Portobella Burger $9 Grilled Marinated Portabella Mushroom On An Onion Roll

The Sausage & Pepper Burger $11 Fresh Ground Sweet Sausage, Grilled & Topped With Sauteed Peppers & Onions

The Chicken Burger $10 Freshly Ground Chicken Patty On A Seeded Bun

The Christopher Burger $11

The Tuna Burger $9

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The Veggie Burger $9

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8 Wall Street • Huntington Village entrees. The halibut is fresh and flaky, served in blood orange vinaigrette with a brilliant combination of braised fennel and a five-onion salad. In the Back ard dish, a uicy and perfectly cooked double-cut pork chop is served with a creative housemade barbecue sauce with subtle hints of peach flavoring, potato salad made with egg and a whole grain mustard-mayonnaise dressing, and corn on the cob. Crispy Wild Atlantic Salmon 2 is also a savory dish, served with wilted garlicinfused spinach, grape tomatoes, pearl onions, English peas and citrus butter, while e Bonne Femme Red Snapper 2 sits in a mi ture of fava beans, lardoons, grape tomato confit, spinach and fish stock.

The steaks at the tables of our fellow diners looked enticing. Short Bone Rib Eye is a grilled 22-2 ounce, 21-day dry aged, all-natural rib eye. Bynum also serves up a Filet Mignon and ew ork Strip Au Poivre 2 in a peppercorn sauce.

For dessert, the chocolate souffl was sinfully delicious.

With all the makings to become a destination hotspot, Ven e 5 has tremendous potential and even greater fle ibility.

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TO CHOKE A PRIEST: On the specials menu

at onathan s Ristorante 15 Wall St., Huntington 1-5 9-0055 onathansristorante.com this week is Stro epreti al Ragu Anatra, a thick, homemade pasta with a rich duck ragu. Run, do not walk, to onathan s for this authentic dish from central Italy whose name translates literally to priest choker. Any number of legends e plain the name, none treating the clergy kindly. One story is that the pasta is so delicious it would cause anyone to eat gluttonously even a priest and choke themselves. A different e planation says that any woman who labors to mi the dough, roll it into sheets, and cut it into the strips that make the stro apreti would e perience such a rage perhaps triggered by the misery and difficulties of her life to be able to strangle a priest Perhaps the most plausible e planation comes from cookbook author ason Gibb who says the name goes back to the time when the church was a big landowner and farmers would pay their rent to members of the clergy. In his book The olce Vita iaries Tales From The Olive Grove paperback edition April 2010, The Friday Pro ect imited , he e plains the farmers wives would make this pasta to grease the palms, or rather fill the bellies, of the local clergymen. But the farmers would

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closed. o sign went up on the now-locked door and the only notice was to the restaurant s 1 Facebook fans that Thursday s Trivia nights will now be held at ag s Head on ew ork Avenue.

ALL LOBSTER: Mirabelle Restaurant at

Three Village Inn 150 Main St., Stony Brook 1- 51-0555 threevillageinn.com has introduced a Friday night lobster tasting dinner for 9. A tasting of three wines with unlimited pours is also available for an additional 1 . The four-course menu includes obster Beignet, obster Mayonnaise, Chunky obster Salad, Truffled obster Pie or Fricassee of ButterPoached Tail, plus choice of dessert.

HALL OF FAMER: Tom Schaudel,

Strozzapreti – a pasta whose name literally means ‘priest choker’ – at Jonathan’s. go wild with ealousy eating your wife s pasta is tantamount to bedding her and so wish for the pasta to choke the gluttonous priests to death. Whatever the story behind the name, onathan s stro epreti is a soul-warming, tongue-pleasing treat.

Try it, and try not to choke any priests.

ong Island celebrity chef, restauranteur and book author, is the inaugural inductee to the ong Island ining Alliance I A Hall of Fame. Schaudel, 5 , has owned and sold 1 restaurants and cooked at nearly 0. He founded Panama Hattie s in 198 and today owns A Mano in Mattituck and CoolFish in Syosset. The CIA graduate has been described as an

Tom Schaudel, center, at the LI Dining Alliance Hall of Fame induction with LIDA president Donna Trapani and CEO Christopher Ferrara. innovative, irreverent, eclectic, frenetic and fearless chef. He is known for a cooking style that blends Asian and Italian influences. He is the author of Playing With Fire Whining and ining on the Gold Coast egwork Team, 19.99 , a personal behind-the-scenes look at the restaurant business.

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THURSDAY Ladies’ Lunch Join Huntington’s New York Christian Women’s Club for a sit-down “Happy Birthday” luncheon on May 6, 11:30 a.m. Bring a $4 gift for a birthday gift exchange and presentation “The Greatest Gift” in which Samuel Sutter shares how to unwrap the gift of life at Orlando’s Restaurant, 285 Commack Road, Commack. $20 all inclusive, reservations required. 631549-1523 or 631-673-7656.

Calendar O M M U N I T Y

Deer Park Public Library 44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000.

• Get tips from expert quilter Gloria Bleidiner on techniques to improve your quilting skills on Saturday, May 1, 10 a.m.

• Beginning May 1, all adult cardholders in good standing are invited to borrow free passports to the American Museum of Natural History, the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, the Children’s Museum of New York City, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Aquarium. Visit the Children’s Department for details.

Safety On The Roads Improve your driving skills at the National Safety Council’s Defensive Driving Course on May 6 and 13, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church of Dix Hills, 35 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Participants are eligible for an insurance premium reduction and violation point total will be reduced. $45. 631360-9720 to register.

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

• Check out the library’s website for the latest on new arrivals.

Half Hollow Hills Library

Love In Every Stitch Love to quilt? Join the quilting group at Old First Church to make quilts for cancer patients, every Thursday at 9:30 a.m. 631-427-2101.

FRIDAY Jazz It Up Listen to live jazz music every Friday night at The Elks, 195 Main St., Huntington, featuring Halley’s Comets, 7:30-11:30 p.m. $5.

SATURDAY Dance Freely Party the night away to music in a drug and alcohol-free environment at “Step-N-Out” Sober Dance presented by Jeff Sherman of Bet U Can Dance studio in partnership with the Phoenix Houses of Long Island on May 1, 8 p.m.-midnight at 3032 Jericho Turnpike, East Northport. $5 suggested donation. Those interested in attending or volunteering should call 516-747-2606.

Troves Of Trinkets Browse for unique jewelry, knick-knacks and more at the Community Presbyterian Church’s indoor/outdoor craft far on May 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at 1843 Deer Park Ave., Deer Park.

Learning The Basics Of Life On Film Three-time Emmy Award-winning Greenlawn filmmaker Ron Rudaitis will host a three-week documentary production workshop on Saturdays, May 1, 8 and 15, 11 a.m.1 p.m. to teach the basics of producing documentary films for televisions. Workshops will take place at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave., Huntington. On May 1: “Getting Started.” $80 members/$95 public. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611.

Nuzzo-Morgan, will join together for a dinner performance on May 2 at Three Village Inn in Stony Brook in honor of the anthology “PAUMANOK, Poems and Pictures of Long Island” which features several Town of Huntington poets. 516-607-9111 or e-mail kfd1977@hotmail.com.

Go Green

See classic cars and rides form the past at Big Al’s First Annual Classic Car Event to benefit the Alzheimer’s Association on May 8, 11 a.m.3 p.m. at Tick Tock shopping center on Larkfield Road, East Northport. Rain date is May 16. Show cars arrive by 10 a.m.

Better understand your connection with the environment and how to develop environmentally friendly designs at Starflower Experience’s Eco-Design Seminar Series on May 9 and 16, and June 6 and 13, 2:30-4:30 p.m. at Manor Farm, 210 Manor Road, Huntington. First class on May 9 covers “Defining the Subject of Sustainable Living and ‘Eco-Design.’” $25 per session, $80 for all four classes. 516-938-6152 or www.starflowerexperiences.org.

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Tiptoe Through The Tulips Bring the family to the Town of Huntington’s annual Tulip Festival featuring the favorite springtime blooms, exhibits and activities on May 2, 11 a.m.-4p.m., in Heckscher Park, Main Street, Huntington. Free.

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. If interested, contact 631-271-6470 or flarpp@yahoo.com.

Celebrate Together Join the Chai Center Hebrew School on Lag B’Omer Family Fun Day for team-building activities, music, sports, water fun, scavenger hunts at more on May 2, 9:30-11:30 a.m., at Caledonia Park, 800 Caledonia Road, Dix Hills.

Reservations mandatory, 631-351-8672. Free.

Celebrate Good Times The Huntington High School class of 1952 will be holding a reunion the weekend of July 9-11, 2010 at the Melville Marriot. 631-499-7163 or 301-462-9850.

Sweet Tweet Join the Huntington-Oyster Bay Audubon Society on their Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Trip, a spot internationally known as a premiere bird watching in the United States, on May 2, 9 a.m. Group will meet in visitor parking lot. 516-802-5356 or visit www.huntingtonaudubon.org to register.

Walk For Fido Get up and stretch your legs for Huntingtonbased Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center’s “Walk For Their Lives 2010” on May 2. Walk the Broadway Mall on Route 106/107 in Hicksville with giveaways, behavior demonstrations, refreshments, music, prizes and adoptable dogs/cats. Registration begins 8:30 a.m., walk at 9 a.m. Sponsorship forms are available at www.litttleshelter.com or by calling 631-368-8770 x. 205 or 206. All proceeds to benefit the shelter.

Poetic Minds Five of Long Island’s foremost poets including three of Suffolk County’s four laureates, George Wallace, David Axelrod and Tammy

TUESDAY Telling Herstory Every Tuesday, join Herstory writers group “Black, Brown & White” for a bridge-building women’s guided memoir writing workshop taught by Lonnie Mathis at Huntington Station Enrichment Center, 1264 New York Ave., 7-9 p.m. $35 per class with monthly discounts.

Newcomers welcome. 631-676-7395.

WEDNESDAY Tone Up Learn “Walking For Fitness... Lose Weight and Get Healthy!" as personal trainer by Deanna Amodie teaches how to get the most out of your walking routine on May 5, 6:30 p.m. at Larkfield Family Chiropractic, 534 Larkfield Road, East Northport. RSVP to 631-262-0015.

Get A Degree Find out how you can earn a high school degree at Western Suffolk BOCES informational session on their External Diploma Program, which offers adults 21 and over credit for their life experiences, on May 5, 6 p.m., at the Wilson Technological Center, 17 Westminister Ave., Dix Hills. Free. 631-667-6000 x. 327 to register.

Business Breakfast Pull on your power suit and join other 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. 800853-9356.

Help For Kids Of Divorcees Children in grades 3-5 can find support at a new separation/divorce group hosted by Family Service League on Wednesday nights, 5:306:30 p.m. at 790 Park Ave., Huntington. 631427-3700.

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

• Meet Julie Lewin, president of the NIFAA and author of “Get Political For Animals,” as she speaks on how to help animals by forming voting blocs and political organizations for stronger laws in a half-day workshop on Saturday, May 1, 1-4 p.m.

Calling All Shutterbugs The Huntington Camera Club meets every Tuesday, September through June, at the Huntington Public Library, 338 Main St., Huntington, in the Main Meeting Room on the lower level, 7:30-9:30 p.m. Free. www.huntingtoncameraclub.org.

Children's Story Time Children of all ages can enjoy stories read by a member of Barnes & Noble’s staff every Tuesday and Thursday from 10:30-11 a.m.

Barnes & Noble, 4000 E. Jericho Turnpike, East Northport. Free. 631-462-0208.

Commack Public Library 18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-499-0888.

• Spring is a spectacular time in the garden and fall can be too as “The Garden Lady” Lynn Thomson gives a presentation on “The Three Season Garden” focusing on plants that can add interest beyond the spring on Tuesday, May 4, 7-8 p.m.

• Join Commack author Suzanne Litrel as she speaks about her books, “Jackie Tempo and the Emperor’s Seal” and “Jackie Tempo and the Ghost of Zumbi,” on Thursday, April 29, 6 p.m.

Dix Hills Branch: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631421-4530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road.

631-421-4535. hhhl.suffolk.lib.ny.us • Join Gina Parker, president and CEO of Black Women Owned Enterprises, and Sandra Caine, owner of Bytes for Business, to learn how you can go about putting your business on the web with effective techniques for developing a powerful Internet presence on Tuesday, May 4, 7 p.m. at the Dix Hills branch. Registration begins May 1.

• Find out more about opportunities for veteran small business owners and entrepreneurs in “Calling All New York Veterans” presented by John Narciso, regional outreach coordinator of the Veterans Outreach Program at the New York State Small Business Development Center, on Wednesday, May 5, 7 p.m. at the Dix Hills branch. Registration begins May 1.

Harborfields Public Library 31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harb.suffolk.lib.ny.us • Hands on Huntington will host a panel to discuss caregiving and aging on Wednesday, May 5, 1-3 p.m.

• Friends of the Harborfields Library will hold a meeting on Monday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.

Huntington Public Library Main Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station. 631-421-5053. hpl.suffolk.lib.ny.us • Children ages 10-18 can learn the rules and laws of boating safely on the Long Island Sound at “Teen Safe Boating” sponsored by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary on Saturday, May 1, 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the main branch. Part of a five-week workshop series, open to all.

• Check your health at the American Red Cross’s free blood pressure screening on Monday, May 3, 10:30-11:30 a.m. at the main branch.

• “Landscapes of Long Island,” an exhibition of works by Donna Gabusi featuring abstract acrylic paintings, is on display at the Huntington Public Library through May 3.

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

• Hear the unforgettable songs from the classic “West Side Story” with other hits from the Great American Songbook performed by singer Yvette Malavet-Blum, accompanied by Bob Boutcher on piano and guitar, and percussionist Brian Wishin in “Time Together with Time to Spare” on Sunday, May 2, 2 p.m. at the Northport branch.

• Learn “The Five P’s of Home Improvement” from columnist Gary Dymski as he advises on the most innovative products to the most updated technology on Wednesday, May 5, 7:30 p.m.

South Huntington Public Library 145 Pigeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631549-4411. www.shpl.info.

Watch “More Than a Game” abut NBA superstar LeBron James and four of his teammates through the trials and tribulations of going from high school basketball to fame on Friday, April 30, 7 p.m. as part of the Friday Flicks series.

THEATER and FILM

Arena Players Children's Theatre 294 Route 109, East Farmingdale. 516-2930674.

• “Rumpelstiltskin,” a play based on the fairytale, takes the stage April 10-May 16 with performances: Saturdays and Sundays, 1

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p.m. in Farmingdale; and Saturdays, 3 p.m. at the Centerport Carriage House, 180 Little Neck Road, Centerport. $10.

Tiptoe Through The Tulips

Arena Players Repertory Theatre 296 Route 109, East Farmingdale. 516-2930674. All Main Stage Productions performed as scheduled. Friday, 8 p.m. $18; Saturday, 8 p.m. $22; and Sunday, 3 p.m. $18.

• “I Ought To Be In Pictures” by Neil Simon, a comedy-drama focused on a screenwriter with writer’s block whose daughter inspires him to start a Hollywood acting career, will be performed on the Main Stage April 23-May 16.

• “Any Friend of Percy D’Angelino …is a friend of mine” by Jason Milligan, a mafia comedy about a mysterious stranger arriving at a Long Island estate owned by a renowned mob boss and the questions of his businesses there, takes the Second Stage April 30May 23. Performances are scheduled Fridays at 8:30p.m., $20; Saturdays at 8:30 p.m., $25; and Sunday matinees at 3p.m.; $20.

Students and seniors receive $2 off on Fridays and Sundays.

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

• Whole Foods’ Let’s Retake our Plates Film Festival presents “The End of the Line” about the impact of overfishinng on our oceans on Thursday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker Carl Safina, an expert on ocean conservation, will host a discussion followed by reception by Whole Foods. $9 members/$13 public. Partial proceeds to benefit New York Coalition for Healthy School Food.

• Three-time Emmy Award-winning Greenlawn filmmaker Ron Rudaitis will host a threeweek documentary production workshop on Saturdays, May 1, 8 and 15, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. to teach the basics of producing documentary films for televisions. On May 1: “Getting Started.” $80 members/$95 public.

Bring the family to the Town of Huntington’s annual Tulip Festival featuring the favorite springtime blooms, exhibits and activities on May 2, 11 a.m.-4p.m., in Heckscher Park, Main Street, Huntington. Free.

p.m.$13.50-$21.50.

CASTING CALLS Seeking Strings The Northport Symphony Orchestra (formerly the Northport Community Orchestra) is seeking new members in all sections. Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings. 631-462-6617. northportorchestra.org.

Cloggers Wanted The Bruce Spruce Cloggers Dance Company is seeking dancers for future shows on Long Island. Dance background wanted; preferably experience in tap, clog or Irish-step dancing.

631-476-1228.

MUSEUMS & EXHIBITS

The Minstrel Players Of Northport Performing at Houghton Hall theatre at Trinity Episcopal Church 130 Main St., Northport Village. 631-732-2926, www.minstrelplayers.org.

• Auditions will be held for the role of Sgt. Standish for Anthony Shaffer's “Whodunnit” on May 3, 7:30 p.m. A male actor between ages 20-40 with British accent is preferred.

Performances will be on Saturdays, July 24 and 31 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, July 25 and Aug. 1 at 3 p.m. Please bring a resume and headshot.

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

• “Fiddler on the Roof” featuring Eddie Mekkie, who played Carmine “The Big Ragoo” Ragusa on “Laverne & Shirley,” will steal the spotlight April 29-June 20. $60.

Star Playhouse At the Suffolk Y JCC, 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-462-9800 ext. 136.

• Go back and celebrate the roaring ’20s with “Thoroughly Modern Millie” on Saturdays, May 15 and 22 at 8 p.m.; Sundays, May 16, 23 and 30 at 2 p.m. $21 public/$16 seniors and students. $18 members/$14 member seniors and students.

Heckscher Museum Of Art 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., first Fridays from 4 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. 631-351-3250.

Admission $6-8/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $45/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-351-3250.

• During the Town of Huntington’s Tulip Festival, the museum invites children to create a springtime “Bugallon” on the terrace steps.

• “Long Island’s Best: Young Artists at The Heckscher Museum” featuring work from art students grades 9-12 from more than 50 private and public schools throughout Nassau and Suffolk County is on display April 17-May 2.

Alfred Van Leon Gallery

Huntington Historical Society

145 Pidgeon Hill Road. Huntington Station.

631-549-4411 Mon., Tues., Thurs., Fri. 9 .am.-9 p.m. Wed. 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 1-6 p.m.

• South Huntington PTA will present the exhibit “Beauty is…” starting April 12.

2 West Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 631423-4433. www.alpangallery.com.

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

Museums: Conklin House, 2 High St. Kissam House/Museum Shop, 434 Park Ave. 631-4277045, ext. 401. http://www.huntingtonhistoricalsociety.org/ • Step back in history with the society’s annual “Sheep to Shawl” festival featuring sheep shearing, traditional textile demonstrations, old-fashioned games and children’s activities on May 2, noon-4 p.m., at the Dr. Daniel Kissam House Museum.

Art League of Long Island

Joseph Lloyd Manor House

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.org.

• “Circle of Friends II” featuring a collegiality of artistic endeavors among friends in its second year on display April 9-May 2.

Lloyd Lane and Lloyd Harbor Rd., Lloyd Neck Saturday-Sunday 1-5 p.m. (last tour at 4:30).

Adults $3, Children 7-14, $2, groups by appointment only. 631-692-4664. www.splia.org.

Dix Hills Center For The Performing Arts Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org • “The Full Monty” by Adam Karsten, a musical based on the Americanization of the popular 1997 British film about six Buffalo steelworkers who decided to stage their own strip show after seeing how enthusiastic their wives were about a Chippendales tour, will be performed April 29, 30 and May 1 at 7:30 p.m., May 1 and 2 at 2 p.m. $15 public/$12 seniors and students.

• Pay tribute to singer and songwriter Eric Clapton with the Chronicles on Friday, April 30, 7:30 p.m. $25.

or come upon, is on display in the Art-rium Gallery through June 28.

Alpan Gallery

b.j. spoke gallery 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.

• “Ex Tempore” ink by Lis Dreizen will be shown alongside John Macfie’s high-gloss acrylics in “SeaScapes” and “Great Escapes” April 6-May 2.

• “Rocks `N` Roses” featuring collage work by Barbara Grey with Liz Ehrlichman's Series for Ulalume in monotypes and other prints shows May 4-30. Opening reception is Saturday, May 8, 6-9 p.m.

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

716 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-421-0258.

Www.martinlermangallery.com Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

• “Rome,” a mixed-media art exhibition by Robert Mielenhausen, is on display through May 27.

Northport Historical Society Museum

1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 children 3-12 and seniors over 65; members and children under 3 are free. 516-6926768. http://www.cshfha.org/

fotofoto Gallery

Ripe Art Gallery

372 New York Ave., Huntington. Gallery hours: Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 12-8 p.m., Sunday 12-4 p.m. 631-549-0448. www.fotofotogallery.com.

• “Antarctica: Journey To the Extreme” featuring photographs by Kodak professional partner Holly Gordan on display April 9-May 16.

67 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-807-5296.

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

• “Graffiti Under Glass,” the newest series by visual artist Kate Kelly, is on display through May 8.

Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association

Suffolk Y JCC

P.O. Box 354, Greenlawn. 631-754-1180.

Tilles Center For Performing Arts

Huntington Arts Council

720 Northern Boulevard, Brookville. www.tillescenter.org. 516-299-3100.

• The Long Island First Annual Zep Festival, featuring The Led Zeppelin Experience performed by Hammer of The Gods with opening guests Who’s Next, a The Who tribute band, will rock the stage on Friday, April 30, 8:30 p.m. $26.50-$46.50.

• The New York Theatre Ballet company will perform “Carnival Of The Animals” and “Sleeping Beauty” on Sunday, May 2, 2

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.

• A “Juried Portrait Exhibit” will be on display in the Main Street Petite Gallery March 18-May 3.

• “Streetwise,” an exhibition showing a different perspective of the streets we cross every day

gardeners will be selling perennials, annuals, shrubs and trees in a pre-Mother’s Day sale on May 7, 1-8 p.m. and May 8 in the parking lot. Free admission to the sale.

Walt Whitman Birthplace 246 Old Walt Whitman Rd, 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 children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240. www.waltwhitman.org • See “More or Less I Am” a musical performance and interpretation of a selection of Walt Whitman's poetry by Company Colombari under Director Karin Coonrod on Saturday, May 8, 7-10 p.m.

The Whaling Museum 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.

• Celebrate May as America’s Wetland month on Ocean Science Sundays “Swampy Slime” featuring swamp-loving creatures and making homemade slime on Sunday, May 2 at 2 p.m.

Members free/$5 public, for children age 5 and over. RSVP requested.

• “Tales & Treasure: From the Attic & Archive,” an exhibition exploring the 1800s through artifacts and stories, is on display through Labor Day 2010.

MUSIC & DANCE Ridotto, Concerts with a Touch of Class At Old First Church, Route 25A in Huntington.

631-385-0373. www.Ridotto.org.

• “Desire and the Emperor” about the emperors of 19th century Europe – Napoleon, Wilhelm II and Franz Josef – with musical tastes that contrast their political ambitions are explored as Soprano Elizabeth Hillebrand sings Mozart's grand aria from Don Giovanni, "Mi tradi quell'alma ingrate" on Sunday, May 2, 4 p.m. $20/$18 seniors/$15 members/$10 students.

VOLUNTEERING Voice For The Children Parents for Megan’s Law and the Crime Victims Center are seeking volunteers to assist with general office duties during daytime hours. Candidates should be positive, energetic and professional with good communication skills. Resume and three references required. 631-689-2672 or fax resume to 631751-1695.

Helping Furry Friends Martin Lerman Gallery

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

• "Recording Memories, a Historic Overview: Over 150 Years of Scrapbooking, Journaling, Photo Albums and more" is an exhibition sponsored by Not Just a Scrap of Centerport, on display in the main gallery.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery

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74 Hauppauge Rd., Commack. 631-462-9800, ext. 140. Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Admission: $5 per person, $18 per family. Special group programs available

Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium 180 Little Neck Rd., 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 $3 per person. 631-854-5555. www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.

• Ring in spring as the museum’s volunteer

Little Shelter Animal Rescue and Adoption Center is looking for volunteers who want to make a difference in the lives of companion animals. In addition to volunteering to be hands on with our cats and dogs, there are other opportunities available in the offices, at events, satellite adoption locations and fundraisers. Visit www.littleshelter.com or contact Anne Ryan, anne@littleshelter.com, 631368-8770 ext. 204.

A Loving Touch The Hospice Care Network is seeking licensed massage therapists who are passionate and committed to making a difference for their new complementary therapy program, which will provide services at Franklin Medical Center in Valley Stream, Peninsula Hospital Center in Far Rockaway and the Hospice Inn in Melville.

Two-day training course provided by the organization. ependleton@hospicecarenetwork.org or 516-832-7100.

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

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Former Giants punter Sean Landeta signs autographs for ninth-graders in Commack and lets them try on his four Super Bowl Champion rings after his lecture.

Michael Fagan, right, picks up his $10,000 check for his fourth-place finish in the DyDo Japan Cup during the tournament’s closing ceremonies. From left, tournament champion Tommy Jones, runner-up Dino Castillo and PBA hall-of-famer Norm Duke.

‘Giant’ Advice ew ork Giants legend Sean Landeta visited Commack High School to meet with the ninth-grade students during their physical education classes. Students participate in the Owning p violence prevention program, and andeta came to reinforce the messages that they learned. He spoke about character, attitude, and about the support systems that are available to them.

In a perfectly-blended message to the students of accountability and empowerment that had elements of hope threaded throughout, andeta emphasi ed the power of the individual in doing the right thing along with the importance of being reflective and courageous in the process.

He also emphasi ed the aspect of control, and that most choices and life s events are within one s own control.

He then, of course, signed autographs.

Who’s Got Talent?

Who is that, performing on stage, doing what again Contestants in the Huntington Art Council s Got Talent ong Island competition on May 12 better be paying careful attention, or they might miss their cue.

Guinness Book of World Record holding Fastest Talking Female Fran Capo has ust been announced as this year s Master of Ceremonies.

If she announces the acts at top speed, clocked at nearly 0 words a minute, can you imagine

the confusion that would cause backstage Better yet, those trying to understand it in the audience who might think they are attending a high-end auction.

Hopefully it will not ruin the night s entertainment.

Fagan approaches the foul line during the One-A-Day Dick Weber Open in California, where he won his first singles title earlier this year.

Huntington has produced one of the best bowlers in the world in Greenlawn native Michael Fagan, and he proved it once again with his performance in the 25th annual y o apan Cup April 22-25. ow living in Patchogue, Fagan knocked down 2, 2 pins to ualify 18th for a -man, best-of-seven game match play final. In the brackets, Fagan defeated apanese pro en i Ito in the round of before bumping fellow American pro Ronnie Russell in the ne t match. He made the fina, by defeating last year s Professional Bowlers

Mariah Carey’s concert day demands have grown simpler in recent years.

An Indiana native is the first black valedictorian at the niversity of otre ame, only after she spent time researching in the Town of Huntington.

Biological Sciences ma or

fruit and cheese platters, low-fat pret els, two vases of white roses, o Malone candles, and simple, tasteful furniture in soothing colors. For the band Fresh fruit, nuts and tortilla chips.

Sure beats rumors from years ago where the five-octave blessed singer was reputed to have asked for a menagerie of white kittens and doves when she opened a shopping mall in ondon. o word, e actly, what the demands for the litter bo arrangements for Ms. Carey s 20-odd flouncing fu balls would be.

Rosie Returns?

Commack native Rosie O’Donnell may be bla ing a path back to daytime television, according to several published reports.

According to Showbi 11, O onnell, who has e perience anchoring The View on ABC and her eponymous ueen of ice -era gabfest, may be coming back to the tube after Oprah Winfrey hangs em up in 2011. She was overheard, bloggers said, telling friends the deal was ust about inked.

However, everything Rosie touches in TV does not turn to gold her BC variety show special bombed during Thanksgiving 08, and her tenure at The View ended with a split-screen political flameout with more conservative co-host Eli abeth Hasselbeck.

Association s PBA player of round appearances, one victory the year, Wes Malott, in the in California and a second-place round of 1 , winning games finish. to Malott s 2.

The apan Cup is one of the In the final, Fagan got off to a PBA s most uni ue and prestifast start, winning his first game gious stops only the top 20 against South American pros orea s Choi Michael Fagan are invited to Won ong, 25 - Age: 2 c o m p e t e 20 , in the round Hometo n: reenla n against the top of 8 match. apanese proHowever, he fell to eventual fessionals. Only the current champion Tommy ones, 22 - PBA player of the year, Walter 21 , in the semifinal.

Ray Williams r. whom FaWith the 10,000 for his per- gan beat for his first title in Calformance, Fagan capped off his ifornia earlier this year has strong 2009-2010 season with bowled in all 25 apan Cups 8 ,100, four championship dating back to 1985.

Top Student Studied Here

Mariah’s Rider Downgrade Greenlawn native Mariah Care has long been mocked for her elaborate backstage demands last trip to the rider rodeo included Cristal champagne, bendy straws and tea made with a specific brand of mineral water. um.

However, with tough economic times, maturity, changing tastes whatever it is, concert promoters can breathe a small sigh of relief. Mimi s rider is getting down to human si e again.

Here s what the diva s asking for these days three bottles of a good- uality, Chardonnay chilled,a soft drink selection,

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Rosie O’Donnell may be returning to daytime talk in 2011.

Katie Washington investigated lung cancer at Cold Spring Harbor aboratory. Her .0 GPA was revealed to be the highest in the 2010 class.

The school has no official records on the sub ect, but

Washington is believed to be the first black valedictorian for the Fighting Irish.

She has publicly revealed plans to pursue a oint M. . Ph. . program at ohns Hopkins niversity.

Grad Proves It’s A Small World ot ust content to lend a hand in the world s poorest countries for four years, orthport High School grad Eddie Bergman is now rubbing elbows with the likes of Col. akaya Mrisho ikwete.

The president of Tan ania attended an annual gala at ew ork niversity for Bergman s nonprofit, Miracle Corners of the World.

Bergman spent four years in icaragua with the Students for 0,000.

He created his group si years ago, and has since raised millions to develop African villages and rural areas. More than 0,000 was collected at the dinner earlier this month.

Confidentially, ong sland . . .

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Decoding Wizards’ Inner Mysteries Shop owner hopes unique store will help visitors along their spiritual path Half Hollow Hills photos/Sara-Megan Walsh

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Huntington Businesses

By Sara-Megan Walsh swalsh@longislandernews.com

“Unfortunately, people form opinions by judging a book by its cover; sometimes they won’t bother to come in and meet us.

When they do that, most people are pleasantly surprised. We’re nothing like they imagined.”

One may not know what to expect stepping into Wizards along Larkfield Road in East Northport, but will find a bright yellow, open room divided into halves. The front half of the store contains display cases of jewelry, curios of books and assorted items; the back beckons with couches and music inviting curious visitors to “sit for a spell.”

Owner Qumran Taj said the first conversation he often has with customers is about what Wizards is, its mantra being a “strangely unique place.” Originally opened in Greenport, Wizards is spiritually themed storefront serving dual purposes as a community learning center that relocated to East Northport – where Taj resides – approximately a year and a half ago.

East Northport’s Wizards is “a strangely unique place” selling books, jewelry, incense, and more while serving as a community learning center for people to find their path to understanding the greater world around them.

“I have always been a seeker after spiritual truth,” Taj said. “I want to give people a place to express their views, find their own path.”

The concept for Wizards was inspired by the former The Magickal Childe in Manhattan, Taj said, but he felt the shop’s atmosphere was too dark and negative.

Wizards was opened with the mission of building self-confidence and inner strength, promoting respect and tolerance between diverse viewpoints through communication.

The store’s name, the owner explained, comes from his own personal spiritual quest to understand the greater world

around him, which has taken him from studying Judeo-Christianity to Wicca, eventually transcending religious boundaries.

“A wizard, when we understand the meaning of the word, is a wise man or wise woman. A wizard is someone who strives to understand and to help others understand the world around us,” Taj said.

As such, Wizards is a non-judgmental zone that sells books offering advice on seeking one’s own spirituality, tarot cards in mystical traditions, and even exploring Egyptian hieroglyphics. Handcrafted artisan jewelry with a myriad of spiritual symbols from crosses to five-pointed stars line

Owner Qumran Taj invites customers to discuss differing views as part of Wizards’ mission to promote respect and understanding of different spiritual viewpoints. the shelves.

“I see spirit as something vast and encompassing all religions. We don’t try to change the way people think,” Taj said.

Teachers offer classes on astrology, tarot card reading, journaling and stress management with take-home skills. The backroom space is used to host events including a weekly Saturday open mic talent night in which amateurs to professionals are invited to share music, comedy and poetry.

For more information regarding classes, events and services offered at Wizards, visit www.Wizardsonline store.com.

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School Notebook

Compiled by Luann Dallojacono

Cinderella holds a glass slipper – even though it may be a bit too small Otsego students dress up as some of their favorite literary char- for her – for Otsego’s Literacy Festival. acters to celebrate their annual Literacy Festival.

Enchanting Imaginations At Otsego Students in Otsego Elementary School celebrated their annual Literacy Festival with the theme “Enchant your imagination… read!” Students listened to mystery storytellers, had a book swap, met and listened to visiting authors, and hosted a family night. Visitors to the school stepped into the pages of fairy tales, with hallways decorated with a multitude of creative visuals and familiar characters. Students were excited to read and share their stories with their classmates and used their imaginations to make their favorite stories come to life.

Calling Student Shutterbugs All students who reside in Senator John Flanagan’s 2nd Senate district and are in the eighth grade or older can put their photography skills to work in his third annual community photography contest. This contest will focus on photographs of community-based events and will allow students to showcase their hometown or school.

Photographs can consist of a town government function or other public event, a building of historical significance, or anything that the student feels captures the essence of their community. The entries will be judged by a panel who will look at content, photographic competence and additional artistic factors.

The winner of this contest, along with their parent or a chosen guardian, will be invited to be Flanagan's guest in Albany during an upcoming session of the New York State Senate. In Albany, the winning student will be given a guided tour of the historic Capitol building, visit the senate photography staff for a personal lesson and be provided with access to the chamber to take pictures during a live session.

Those interested in entering the con-

Someone at Otsego likes “The Cat in the Hat.” test should visit www.senatorflanagan .com and click on the photo contest link for official contest rules and entry form.

Entries can be mailed – either on a disc or in printed form – to: Senator John Flanagan’s Third Annual Community Photography Contest, 260 Middle Country Road, Smithtown, NY 11787.

Digital photographs can be submitted by e-mailing senatorflanaganphotocontest@hotmail.com. Negatives or slides will not be accepted, and submitted photos will not be returned.

Students submitting photographs should include their name, grade and school along with where and when the photograph was taken. Their entry must include the contact information of their parent or guardian.

The deadline for submission of photographs is May 19. Contact Robert Caroppoli, Flanagan’s director of communications at 631-361-2154 for more information.

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Obituaries Vincent Gentile Vincent N. Gentile, of Melville, died on April 21. He was 90.

A veteran of the U.S. Army, Gentile served during World War II. He is survived by his daughter, Christine Sohm, sons, Joseph and Anthony,

and five grandchildren.

A funeral Mass was celebrated on April 26 at St. Elizabeth R.C. Church in Melville, followed by burial at St. Charles Cemetery, with arrangements by A.L. Jacobsen Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the American Cancer Society.

$19,000 raised in run (Continued from page A1)

Suffolk, Nassau and Queens; and Kids and Cars, an organization that supports public safety awareness for children and automobile safety.

The Dix Hills Fire Department and Suffolk County Police Department’s Second Precinct came to ensure the safety of the runners. Meanwhile, 75 volunteered for all other tasks. Food was donated from local businesses including Spuntino, Dix Hills Bagel and Oak Tree Dairy, among others.

“It takes a lot of effort,” Nelson said.

“Without the people, we couldn’t have such a day.”

Winners were declared from various age groups. In total, 60 were awarded with a

medal designed specifically for Alec’s Run and entertainment books with coupons for local businesses. The youngest winner was 7 years old and the oldest was 85.

“We really spanned the ages,” Nelson said.

Sue Fitzpatrick, who has been running in the race since its first year, took second place in the 45-49 age group.

“They made so much good come out of such a bad situation,” she said. Alec was only one year old when he died.

“The crowd was spectacular,” Nelson said. “It was a positive, warm, loving day.

Everyone leaves feeling upbeat and fulfilled. It was a great way to spend a Saturday morning.”

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Mike Bruno said upon his crew’s arrival there was a light smoke condition in the basement.

“People in the basement were aware of it, but people on the first floor were not,” Bruno said, saying other customers in the mall were probably unsure what was unfolding.

Approximately 30 firefighters, three fire engines, a ladder truck and fire police entered the store’s basement in an attempt to find the source of the smoke.

“We were looking around using thermal imaging to detect heat, as we were trying to find the source of it. It smelled electrical so we traced the wiring,” Bruno said.

Firefighters entered the elevator control room and found the wiring of the elevator pump had malfunctioned. Bruno said he gave orders for approximately 75 shoppers and retail employees to be evacuated using the store’s emergency fire plans. Power was cut to the elevator and the building was searched, and shoppers were allowed re-entry within the half hour.

“I advised [the manager] to contact his elevator services and check it out, not to turn the elevator back on until they had it inspected,” the captain said.

Macy’s general manager and public relations department could not be reached for comment or to disclose whether elevator service had been restored.

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taxed the region with an MTA tax, now we’re not even going to be able to have those dollars to improve the region.”

The five-year MTA Capital Program initially funded major infrastructural projects in the region including a second track between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma at a price tag of $137.9 million. MTA spokesperson Salvatore Arena said due to less federal funding than expected, the appropriation was reduced to $30 million, causing Phase I of its construction to be delayed. As a result, officials also decided to delay the design of a new LIRR Republic Station, near the intersection of Route 110 and Conklin Avenue, has been closed since 1986.

“It almost appears as though you question their real intention of doing this in the future,” said Mike Deluise, president of Melville-East Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce.

Petrone said the delay will impact several projects currently underway in Huntington and the Town of Babylon.

Particularly, the re-opening of Republic Station was anchoring a joint $150,000 traffic feasibility study to consider a bus

rapid transit system between LIRR’s Huntington Station and Republic Airport to ease north-south travel on Route 110.

“We’ll have to sit down with Babylon, talk about the impact and effect of this,” the supervisor said. “It’s going to stall the economic initiative and vision we’ve had for that area.”

Deluise said further delay of Republic Station’s re-opening was “ridiculous,” criticizing how costly the delay could prove to Melville’s commercial development.

“If we think of the Route 110 corridor as the heart of Long Island business, all we are doing is continually clogging our arteries more. We need it to give us a healthy heart. If the artery gets too clogged, the heart is going to stop,” he said.

Arena said the plan will move forward with designing a second track between Farmingdale and Ronkonkoma, which eventually calls for the new station.

“The construction of a new Republic Station remains a key part of the LIRR’s future capital investment vision,” he said.

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HillSPORTS HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS

Former Quarterback Sees New Ratings Collegiate hall-of-famer Don McPherson discusses high school issues on TV show

By Zoe Shapiro info@longislandernews.com

Huntington resident and college football hall-of-famer Don McPherson fiercely believes in the topics he covers on his new show “Don McPherson’s Training for Life.”

Why wouldn’t he, especially since McPherson experienced many of the same issues when he was a teenage athlete?

“Training for Life” is a monthly TV show on MSG Varsity that discusses more than just sports, including “off field” issues for student athletes.

“I travel the country and address these issues,” McPherson said, “and this show is the first of its kind anywhere.”

Each episode was designed to address different issues teenage athletes face, ranging from hazing and bullying to alcohol. The show is geared towards anyone who is involved in some capacity in student athletics. It serves to inform parents and coaches how to help teenagers navigate through the rigorous world of high school sports.

McPherson said he invites coaches and professionals with real world experiences to discuss specific issues so viewers can take more away from the show.

“Since it focuses on high school sports, it can really talk about issues that other programs do not,” he said.

Even before McPherson signed on to compete in the entertainment world or became a Huntington resident, he dominated in sports. He started playing football at the age of 10. He said he was introduced to football because everyone in

the neighborhood played, including his two older brothers. Football, he said, was the thing to do.

McPherson continued to excel in football throughout high school, making the varsity team as a sophomore. He went on to play quarterback at Syracuse University. He won both the Maxwell Award for the best college player and Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award in 1987, and also finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting that year.

In 2008, McPherson was honored for his collegiate play. The National Football Foundation inducted the former quarterback into the NCAA College Football Hall of Fame.

“It was such a great honor that anyone who plays a team sport can understand,” he said.

McPherson continued his career into the NFL with the Philadelphia Eagles for two years. After a year with the Houston Oilers, he joined a pair of Canadian Football League teams. He left pro ball in 1994 to work more on social issues. These social issues led to the development of his new show, “Don McPherson’s Training for Life.”

“I have been working around social issues for years, and the show is about these issues,” said McPherson.

The show premiered on Jan. 22 with an episode discussing how to keep sports in perceptive and keep it fun. Since then, the show appears once a month.

“Hopefully over time there will be a greater appetite for what we talk about on the show,” said McPherson.

In addition to the show, McPherson also has an exclusive weekly video, column

Former pro quarterback Don McPherson, of Huntington, now shares advice for high school athletes on TV. and segment where he answers viewers’ questions.

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BASEBALL

Colts Bash Bellport In Three-Game Series

By Alessandra Malito amalito@longislandernews.com

WINTER TRACK

Sprinting To Six Straight

Half Hollow Hills West’s winter track team, pictured above, won its sixth consecutive Suffolk County championship last month. Adding to the spoils of victory – one of Hills West’s captains, Nick Sferrazza, was named a News12 Scholar Athlete.

said. “It does a good job highlighting these issues.”

To see some segments of the show, either visit www.msgvarsity.com or tune in to MSG Varsity Friday nights at 6 p.m.

If their last two games against Bellport are any indication of what the Colts’ future holds, it’s looking good.

The Half Hollow Hills West varsity baseball team took two of three games against Bellport, walloping them 10-0 in the third game on April 23.

Winning pitcher Michael Kaufman struck out 7 and walked 3, allowing 3 hits. Mike Blumenthal went 3-for-4 with an RBI, while T.J. Pecoraro had two hits, one of which was a 3-run homer.

Two days earlier, Hills West won 8-0, with Remy Janco allowing 3 hits and nailing 4 strikeouts for the Colts.

Blumenthal went 2-for-3, knocking in 3 runs. Bellport came out on top on April 20, however, with a come-frombehind 4-3 win over the Colts. Pecoraro held Bellport hitless through 6.2 innings, but Bellport came out swinging in the bottom of the seventh to score all four of its runs. Percoraro had 14 strikeouts.

The Colts are now halfway through their season with a 5-4 record in League IV as of Monday.

The team is led by senior captains

Pecoraro and Blumenthal, and coached

by Tom Migliozzi. Brandon Jaffe, Anthony Cipoletti, Jon Lustberg and Tyler Mackey also provide strong senior leadership.

Last year, the team was eliminated in the third round of the playoffs and placed second in the league.

“Our goal is to try to continue the winning tradition of Hills West and make a good showing in the playoffs,” said Migliozzi, who has been coaching for 16 years.

Along with a large amount of seniors, there’s a “pretty good number of juniors,” the coach said.

The team’s strengths, Migliozzi added, are pitching and defense.

“We try to score runs any way we can,” he said. “That’s our strongest concern.”

The team has a bond that helps them on and off the field as well.

“We have a bunch of great kids on the team,” Migliozzi said. “The team itself is great to work with. Their parents did a good job.”

Prior to the Bellport series, the Colts dropped three games to Smithtown West. They are scheduled to play West Babylon April 30 at 4 p.m. in Colts’ territory.

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