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Huntington’s Piano Man Plays Paramount ldallojacono@longislandernews.com

In April, Billy Joel said he was putting his toe back into the water to see how performing feels.

That water is in Huntington.

The 64-year-old Joel announced on Tuesday he would play an exclusive onenight-only show at The Paramount theater on Wednesday to benefit the Long Island Cares Harry Chapin Food Bank.

The Oct. 16 affair was very hush-hush; the announcement was made at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, and limited tickets went on sale two hours later.

Given the Hicksville native’s Long Island fan base and history of selling out arenas – he sold out 12 straight in a 2006 run at Madison Square Garden, and had two sell-out nights at Shea Stadium in 2008 – it comes as no surprise that tickets

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to see the music legend at the 1,550capacity Huntington theater sold out in minutes.

Joel has been rehearsing at The Paramount to prepare for a short tour at the end of the month in Europe.

Paramount co-owner Stephen Ubertini said Joel likes the venue and decided to do a surprise show, something The Paramount – if not the entire town of Huntington – has been waiting and hoping for since the venue opened in September 2011.

“He’s happy with the sound,” Ubertini said. “That he chose us is an absolute honor. It’s a proud moment for us.”

Joel is familiar with the venue, which was recently named one of the top 25 music clubs in the world, according to an industry publication. He has never performed a show there, but has been to sev-

Billy Joel, pictured playing a Washington, DC theater in 2006, returns to Huntington to play The Paramount for the first time.

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Hills Gets First Look At $1M Bionic Man Half Hollow Hills photo/Kristen Schultheiss

As the first high school in the country to welcome The Incredible Bionic Man, students at Half Hollow Hills High School East are all too happy to pose with the $1 million state-ofthe-art robot.

By Kristen Schultheiss kschultheiss@longislandernews.com

The auditorium of Half Hollow Hills High School East was overflowing with excitement Wednesday night while an audience of about 200 waited to meet “The Incredible Bionic Man.” Students of all ages from about 20 districts gathered on Oct. 9 at the first high school in the country to be visited by the state-of-the-art robot.

Half Hollow Hills High School East was selected to host the robot because of the school’s robust robotics club and because of its central location on Long Island, according to Cablevision spokeswoman Kristen Banks.

Two makers of the robot, Shadow Box Managing Director Richard Walker and Social Psychologist Dr. Bertolt Meyer, traveled from the United Kingdom to present their creation.

The Incredible Bionic Man is made from $1 million worth of artificial limbs

and organs that were donated from some of the world’s leading manufacturers and laboratories. The robot is meant to showcase all parts of the human body that can be replaced today, and all of the parts can be used in a living person.

“This also shows us that there are a lot of things we cannot replace, and those things make us human,” Meyer said.

The robot has a heart that can keep a human alive for up to a few months while waiting for a transplant. Some other artificial organs the robot has are lungs, a pancreas, a kidney, a cochlear and a windpipe.

When the pair asked the crowd what body parts they did not see on the robot, “stomach”, “liver” and “bladder” were some of the accurate responses children gave.

Meyer and Walker used a remote control to make the bionic man speak. The robot greeted the audience, “Greetings ladies and gentlemen.”

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Sagamore Saga Rages On Grassroots groups call for action over pending closure Half Hollow Hills photos/Jacqueline Birzon

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

As New York State Senate hearings on the potential closure of various children’s mental health facilities winds down, tensions are rising over what is left to do in the fight to “Save Sagamore.”

Following a series of public hearings held by the State Senate Standing Committee On Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities where parents and experts testified, grassroots attempts to rally the state have surfaced in the Dix Hills children’s psychiatric center’s defense.

Sinking their teeth into the four-month window of opportunity before Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office proposes a budget in February, the Save Sagamore organization, Huntington Councilman Mark Cuthbertson and residents of The Greens at Melville have come together in their respective official capacities to bring attention to the looming threat of the center’s closure.

In July, the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) announced plans to “merge” 24 long-term, in-patient care facilities throughout the state into 15 “Regional Centers of Excellence” (RCE).

Should the Sagamore center close in July 2014, the closest childhood treatment facility or RCE offering in-house treatment would be located either in the Bronx or Queens.

Children from Sagamore – which has 54-in patient beds and last year treated 160 children with psychiatric issues – would be consolidated into the Greater New York Children’s RCE, comprised of youths from Brooklyn, the Bronx, New York City and Queens with 172 beds in Queens and the Bronx.

Dr. Dennis Dubey, former executive director at Sagamore who worked with the center for 36 years, said there is still a window of hope that the state legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo will restructure the state’s OMH proposal.

The RCE plan as a whole, Dubey said, is not necessarily a bad plan—it’s just bad for Long Island.

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Employees and labor union representatives stand outside Farmingdale State College’s Roosevelt Hall Sept. 9 after a public hearing on the facility’s pending closure. Sagamore employees are proudly sporting black T-shirts that say “Save Sagamore.”

“I don’t know if they’re going to have an epiphany, but…there’s definitely enough time for the legislature to put pressure on the governor’s office to revise this [plan],” Dubey said.

Unable to attend the Sept. 17 hearing at Farmingdale State College and feeling compelled to speak on Sagamore’s behalf, Dubey testified at the Middletown, N.Y. state senate hearing on Sept. 19. The psychologist said that last year, the Governor’s office at the last minute decided against cutting over $6 million in funding for the Office of Developmental Disabilities and restructured his budget to preserve those services. Dubey hopes a similar scenario will play out for children receiving services from the Dix Hills treatment center.

“It’s not to say that the plan as a whole is a bad plan for New York State OMH, but the aspect of it where it’s disproportionately cutting the children’s beds is bad for Long Island. They wouldn’t have to throw out or revise the whole thing to save Sagamore, but I believe the money could come from somewhere if the governor’s office agrees to change that target,” Dubey said.

Cuthbertson offered legislation at Tuesday’s town board meeting urging Gov. Cuomo and the state legislature to make Sagamore an RCE and continue to offer

services through the Dix Hills facility.

“There aren’t any similar facilities close by and these people who have children or family in need of those services are going to have to travel great distances to be with them,” Cuthbertson said on Monday.

According to Barbara Schnall, former chief of service and cabinet member at Sagamore who is now a resident of The Greens at Melville, said she and several Greens residents are in the process of forming a committee to preserve Sagamore.

Sagamore, which Dubey described as a “beautiful facility” that blends in with the character of the surrounding neighborhood, lies between Half Hollow Road and Altessa Boulevard, a main residential stretch of the private Greens community.

Residents of the Greens, Schnall said, are content with having Sagamore as a neighbor. As a former employee of Sagamore and presently a neighbor, Schnall said defending the status quo is an issue of importance for some who live in the 55-and-over development.

“There’s always scuttlebutt when these things happen… People fear what they don’t know,” Schnall said. “They’re good neighbors and we would like to keep them as our neighbor.”

Sanctuary Court Date Delayed NAACP attorney hopes time will allow for harmony on development dschrafel@longislandernews.com

A federal court judge has delayed the trial date for the Huntington NAACP’s lawsuit against the Town of Huntington over the Sanctuary affordable housing community planned for Ruland Road in Melville.

NAACP Attorney Christopher Campbell said moving the planned midOctober court date could allow the group, the town board and civic associations to salvage a settlement that was scotched in mid-August following an outcry by civic leaders.

“We have agreed to put off the trial date one more time to make a last-ditch effort to resolve this,” said NAACP attorney Christopher Campbell, a partner of the Manhattan firm DLA Piper. “We are still

Brothers donate $25,000 to Hills Robotics team

By Kristen Schultheiss

MELVILLE

By Danny Schrafel

Support For Science And Technology

somewhat optimistic, but a bit more cautious now.”

A settlement would end a 10-plus year saga over the community, which is an affordable-housing offset tied to The Greens at Half Hollow senior community.

The Huntington Fair Housing Committee and the Huntington NAACP sued the town in March 2011, alleging a previous plan for 122 for-sale one-bedroom units was discriminatory against families with children.

The Fair Housing Committee withdrew from the suit earlier this summer.

An attempt to settle the case through a settlement, which called for 77 one-bedroom, 34 two-bedroom and six three-bedroom affordable rental units, for a total of 117 units, was pulled from the agenda at the town board’s Aug. 13 meeting after civic associations caught wind of the plan and called town hall en masse to protest.

Developer Peter Florey, who designed the unit distribution, has an option to buy the land until the end of the year.

Alissa Taff, president of the Civic Association of Sweet Hollow, said town officials should stand by the original plan for 122 studio apartments, which were planned to be for sale.

“Now, they’re talking three-bedroom rentals. It’s really not right. It was an agreement [for one-bedroom, for-sale units]. That agreement was voted on by the town board and that agreement should be upheld,” she said, adding that settling and allowing rentals would set a “bad precedent.”

Campbell said that if no agreement comes by the end of the year, the NAACP is ready to fight in federal court.

“If we can’t [settle], we’ll have the trial date,” he said.

For the second year in a row, School-Business Partnerships of Long Island (SBPLI) volunteers Bob and Chuck Budah have provided the Half Hollow Hills robotics club with financial funding.

The Budah family, who owns and runs Park Shore Country Day Camp and School in Dix Hills, has donated $25,000 over the past two years to allow the program to prosper.

“I’ve really tried to be integral in supporting their programs,” Bob Budah said.

The family’s history with the Half Hollow Hills School District has been one of the major reasons the brothers choose to donate. Bob Budah graduated from Half Hollow Hills High School East in 1967, and Chuck Budah graduated from the high school three years later. Bob Budah was also an elementary school teacher in the district from 1971-1978.

“It’s a good feeling to pay it forward,” Bob Budah said. “We’ve been in the district for 53 years. I’m a private business looking for exposure, but at the same time I get to help a lot of kids.”

Half Hollow Hills High School West senior Justin Greene, 17, approached Bob and Chuck Budah two years ago with ideas promoting a robotics team, and the brothers jumped on board.

Greene said the robotics team has had a strong influence on his life, and the program would not be possible without the support from the Budah family.

“It has really impacted my life,” Greene said. “Now I have a wider sense of the world.”

Both Greene and Bob Budah were thrilled to have The Incredible Bionic Man presentation at a Half Hollow Hills high school.

“I think it’s a great example of how great minds can come together at any age,” Greene said of the event.

Bob Budah plans to continue his support of science and technology education with his business. This past summer, Park Shore had its first science academy with 25 enrolled campers, and next summer he expects the program to be even bigger.

“As long as the science academy is successful, I will continue to fund the [HHH robotics] program,” Bob Budah said.

Greene is continuing to work with SBPLI in fundraising for students in robotics.

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Shining From Above

And Boom Goes The Cosmetics Display

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property. That’ll allow General Services to come in and rip it out. In the age of the cell phone, the idea of damp Fall Festival weekend, I was hoping we woulda pay phone just seems kind of superfluous. I sort of n’t have a repeat in 2013. Thankfully, that wasn’t the miss making sure I had dimes case, and we had three sunny, beautiful days as we in my purse in case I needed to rang in the 20th annual Long IN THE KNOW make a call in my travels. At Island Fall Festival at HuntingWITH AUNT ROSIE least that part hasn’t gone out ton. It was great to see the of fashion – you’re still wise to streets and Heckscher Park carry quarters, especially if flooded with people, local merchants doing ample you’re planning to park in business at their stands, folks of all ages chomping Huntington village. away on roasted corn and pickles-on-a-stick and families enjoying the pomp and circumstance of SunPristine pearly whites… With Halloween right day’s Columbus Day parade. While Mother Nature around the corner, many children in our area will be came through big after last year’s washout (and the inundated with chocolate and candy. Here’s an idea crowds responded in kind – thank you!) I still believe that I love – bring the candy instead to Huntington our dearly departed friend Larry Kushnick was shinBay Dental, and the dentists will send the candy to ing down upon us – or at least called in a big-time fathe Christopher G. Scherer Leave No Marine Behind vor from Mother Nature. The Festival was his baby, Project, which prepares care packages for our men after all; he got involved with the chamber by joining and women serving overseas. Not only do you help the Fall Festival committee, which he later dutifully your kids eat healthier and avoid bombarding their and energetically chaired until he shockingly left us little chompers with sugar, you’re brining comfort to in June. It’s great to see that the event he so deeply our brave volunteers abroad – and the kids get a buck cared about carries on in grand style and has become a pound. It’s, as a certain former legislator would say, a living tribute to the shepherd who led it for so long. a win-win-win! You can drop off candy at their 222 Thanks, Larry.

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A Dix Hills woman was arrested at the Walt Whitman Shops Oct. 6 after allegedly destroying a cosmetics display at Bloomingdale’s. The 46-year-old woman allegedly threw a mirror in the store, which hit a cosmetics display and ruined it. She is charged with third-degree criminal mischief.

Oh, Put That Away A Huntington Station man was arrested Oct. 8 on lewdness charges. Police said the 52-year-old man was exposing himself while he standing in the Park and Ride at Commack Road and the South Service Road off the LIE.

Cabrio Cruisin’ To The Pokey A routine traffic stop in Dix Hills Oct. 9 led to the arrest of an East Northport woman on DWI charges. The 23-year old woman was driving westbound on Jericho Turnpike at Eldorado Drive in a 2001 Volkswagen Cabrio when she was pulled over at 1:47 a.m. for failing to signal. During the stop, she was tested and officers determined she was drunk.

Get Lost, Wannabe Rapunzel’s Prince A suspected burglary attempt was thwarted in Dix Hills Oct. 11 after the would-be thief saw someone in the house. Police said someone attempted to climb into a window at the Highfield Drive home at 1:05 p.m. The window was closed, and the burglar fled after they saw someone inside the house.

Dude, Where Are My Tires?

Rims and tires were stolen off a 2011 Nissan Maxima in Dix Hills Oct. 9, according to police. The complainant called cops at 8 p.m. after all four tires and the rims were stolen from their car, parked at Seward Drive.

Wait, Did The Rim Reapers Get Out? A Dix Hills resident called Suffolk County police at 11:30 p.m. Oct. 7 after four rims and tires were stolen from their 2011 Infiniti G37. The car was parked in their Shoreham Drive East driveway at the time of the incident.

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An Unpleasant Surprise Jewelry was stolen from a Dix Hills home on Sept. 25, according to Suffolk County police. Officers received the call at 11 a.m. Oct. 6 after the Wagon Wheel Drive homeowners returned home from an extended time away.

When they returned, they discovered a window had been removed and jewelry was missing.

What’s With The Windows Lately?

Suffolk County police are investigating an Oct. 11 burglary at a Dix Hills home. The complainants called police at 10:30 a.m. and said jewelry was stolen. Police believe the culprit came in through a window.

Huntington Supervisor Frank Petrone on Oct. 8 visits The Chai Center Preschool to see first-hand how the kids are enjoying their new classrooms and meet the moms there for the Mommy N’ Me program.

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Celebrating A Milestone St. Luke’s marks 50th anniversary of service Photos by Brenda Lentsch

Rev. Henry R. Schriever leads St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in prayer Oct. 6 as the community celebrates its 50th anniversary in Dix Hills.

The congregation began holding services in Dix Hills in 1963.

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

A fixture of the Dix Hills community of faith celebrated a golden milestone last weekend.

St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, located on Candlewood Path in Dix Hills, celebrated on Oct. 5 and 6 their 50th anniversary of the congregation’s start in 1963.

“When it first began, there was no building. There wasn’t a site. I think they met where the chiropractic office is,” Jim Dorner, the church’s Youth Minister, said.

“In that house is where they held the first worship service [on] Deer Park Avenue near the Northern State Parkway.”

Construction on the current home of St. Luke’s Church, at 20 Candlewood Path, began in 1968, when a permit was issued to erect the church, according to town records.

“They purchased this property and built on it… 50 or 60 members were attendance and signed the contract and constitution,” Dorner said.

Since then, the congregation has grown to approximately 300 parishioners for more than 16 school districts.

“It was a wonderful place to be. The years between 1979 and last year went by really quickly,” said Rev. Charles Froehlich, who led the church as its pas-

tor for over 33 years before retiring to Williamsburg, Va. in January. “The church did grow through outreach into the community, especially through our early childhood program.”

Service comes in several forms for the St. Luke’s family. Close to home, they aid the Helping Hands Rescue Mission in Huntington Station, assist with the soup kitchen at Trinity Lutheran Church in Wyandanch and assist Gloria Dei Lutheran Church during the winter months as part of the Huntington Interfaith Homeless Initiative (HIHI).

Their service-minded nature also lends itself to responding to natural disasters.

The church was active in providing relief efforts in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and spent “a lot of time” on the south shore during the last two years following Tropical Storm Irene in 2011 and last year’s record-setting Superstorm Sandy. More recently, they were in upstate New York to aid recovery efforts after this summer’s devastating floods.

Froehlich said St. Luke’s dedication to community service and aiding the needy, especially after disasters, is an outgrowth of the church community.

“This is where people come together to worship and then go out to serve together,” Dorner said.

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ELECTION 2013 TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

LIPA Lights Up Candidates Forum Half Hollow Hills photos/D. Schrafel

By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Could the last one out of Elwood Middle School please turn off the lights?

LIPA, how to best deal with the utility’s lawsuit against the town challenging its assessment and whether the “Stop The LIPA Tax Hike” party is a legitimate ballot line were the highlights of a marathon three-and-a-half hour long Meet the Candidates night at Elwood Middle School Oct. 9, hosted by the Greater Huntington Civic Group, Elwood Taxpayers Association and three other civic groups.

As the town stares down a tax certiorari lawsuit from LIPA which seeks to reduce the assessment of the Northport power plant by 90 percent, a current settlement offer would reduce the assessment by approximately 55 percent over a 10-year period.

Democratic Supervisor Frank Petrone, running for reelection, said that’s still too much for the schools and the town to bear.

“The school district is going to close their doors, the town is going to be burdened, and do you really believe that if this even went to court and we were losing, our state delegation would not stand up and say, ‘Give them the same deal you’re giving them today?’ Of course they would,” Petrone said.

However, his challenger, Councilman Gene Cook, an Independence Party member running with Republican backing, accused the supervisor of using the LIPA issue as a “political ploy.” Cook said he created what Republican Councilman Mark Mayoka, also running for reelection, described as a “phony” Stop the LIPA Tax Hike ballot line. Republicans are currently trying to have the line thrown out by taking the issue to court.

Cook, Mayoka and running mate Josh

Above: Town council candidates Mark Cuthbertson, Mark Mayoka, Josh Price and Tracey Edwards weigh in. Left: Supervisor Frank Petrone and challenger Gene Cook sparred over the LIPA tax certiorari lawsuit during a meet the candidates night hosted Oct. 9 by five civic groups.

Price urged the town to accept the current settlement proposal.

“Sometimes, there’s a bad decision and sometimes there’s a worse decision. From my understanding and sitting down and discussing it with [State Senators Carl Marcellino and John Flanagan], this is the best decision we can make, and nobody likes it,” Cook said.

Mayoka and Price pointedly blamed Petrone and Democratic Councilman Mark Cuthbertson, also running for reelection, for allowing the power plant to be over-assessed “year after year.” Price argued that the town is likely to lose the lawsuit based on existing case law around the country. He urged the town to take its medicine and settle.

“If LIPA wins the lawsuit, it’s an approximately $200-million judgment against the Town of Huntington.

Everyone in the town will feel it. The ramifications are enormous,” Price said.

“Anyone who does research on this issue will see that across the country, when utilities find themselves in the situation LIPA is in now, they win these lawsuits.”

“To the extent we can fight this, we will fight this,” Mayoka said. “But we would-

n’t have to fight it if the assessments weren’t so outrageously increased and escalated over the past 20 years.”

However, Petrone shot back later that his opponents were wrong, and that LIPA officials reneged on a deal inked in part by former Governor George Pataki.

“We never changed the assessment in 20 years. We had an agreement… and that agreement, they reneged on and the filed another certiorari suit. We never increased that assessment,” Petrone said.

In 1997 Richard Kessel, then CEO of LILCO, which transferred the sale and distribution of electricity to LIPA, entered into a 15-year Power Supply Agreement with the Town of Huntington agreeing not to challenge the assessed value of the plant.

In October 2010, LIPA filed a tax certiorari law suit against the town asking for a 90-percent reduction of the Northport power plant’s $3 billion assessment. In what the Town of Huntington determined was a breach of contract, the town filed a lawsuit against LIPA; as did the Northport-East Northport Union Free School District as a third party beneficiary of the agreement. Over 35 percent of the Northport-

East Northport School District budget is covered by taxes paid by LIPA for the plant.

Petrone also defended the integrity of the Stop the LIPA Tax Hike ballot line, and said Republicans were bitter.

“It’s sour milk because they didn’t think of it first,” Petrone said.

“We believe this is a critical issue… It should be in front of the voters and we should be talking about it with them,” Cuthbertson said. “But they’re on the wrong side of the issue.”

Petrone and Cuthbertson’s running mate, Tracey Edwards, disagreed with Mayoka and Price’s allegations that a Democratic administration purposely over-assessed the power plant, arguing that assessment laws favor Nassau County taxpayers.

“The power plant that is in Island Park will pay the same kind of assessment as residential and commercial, so they have a bigger benefit than the Northport-East Northport School District,” Edwards said.

“Not only do we have to continue to fight for fairness, we have to continue to push to partner with the state delegation to change the law for the future.”

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

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While 26-year incumbent William Naughton is saying his quarter-century of experience at the helm of the Huntington Highway Department makes him the best choice to manage the town’s roads, challenger Peter Gunther is just as emphatic that it’s time for a change.

Gunther and Naughton have squared off twice in recent weeks at Meet the Candidates nights, once before the Greater Huntington Civic Group Oct. 9 and a second time at the Northport Yacht Club before the Greater Huntington Council of Yacht and Boating Clubs on Oct. 3.

Naughton, running on the Democratic line, said his 26 years of municipal experience, as well as another 18 years in private business before that, has given him a plethora of real-world knowledge that makes him an effective manager.

“I have done everything I could to make the highway department one of the best in Suffolk County, and I believe it is,” he said Oct. 3.

But Gunther, running on the Republican, Conservative and Independence lines, argued Naughton has been a disappointment, especially in recent years.

“I think that Mr. Naughton has failed you. I think he hasn’t plowed the roads properly, which becomes a safety

condition for all of you,” Gunther said. “I know Sandy was a big storm, but priorities weren’t set. There was no organization, and I feel that people that were contracted to clean up, I don’t feel that there was enough oversight over those people and direction to clean up in a timely manner.”

Both men touted their fiscal bona fides to voters.

“I had been in my own business for 18 years, which I think was the best training I ever got for this job,” Naughton said Oct. 3. “The money, and how you spend the money and the value that you get for the people’s tax dollar, is very important.”

Gunther said his experience as a Centerport Fire District commissioner proves he’s the most fiscally conservative candidate and a man who has attention for detail.

“In the last 10 of the 12 years, we’ve delivered a 0-percent increase to the taxpayers of Centerport,” he said, adding that the district has built cash reserves so they can buy equipment without floating bonds.

Faced with a question Oct. 3 about storm water runoff, Naughton said he is limited by his budget, which is controlled by the Huntington Town Board. He said, however, that nearly 500 storm drains and recharge basin, powered in part by a $2 million investment, has helped improve conditions.

Gunther stressed the importance of better collaboration with Town Hall to solve highway problems.

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Superintendent of Highways William Naughton speaks to voters at the Greater Huntington Council of Yacht and Boating Clubs as his challenger Peter Gunther looks on during their Meet the Candidates night Oct. 3.

“I’m very concerned about storm-water runoff. I’d like to work with the Town Board members to be able to do whatever is necessary to be an advocate for you,” he added.

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Drunk Driving Tragedy Inspires Action In DWI Fight

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After a family friend was killed by a drunk driver, Half Hollow Hills High School East sophomore Sarah Haiken and her mother, Cheryl, took full advantage of the Long Island Fall Festival this weekend to share a potentially life-saving message with teens and their families.

Sarah and her mother, Cheryl, who serves as a volunteer subcommittee chair for Long Island MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), collected signatures over the weekend from teens who pledged to abstain from alcohol until they turned 21 and to never get in the car with somebody who has been drinking.

They have a secret weapon to drive the point home – a pair of goggles that simulate a blood alcohol content of .07-.10, or the equivalent of three to five drinks. Then, the participants are put through a basic field sobriety test.

“We use the fatal vision goggles to show their judgment is different and how they can’t do basic, daily activities,” Sarah said.

“When they put on the fatal vision goggles, they are amazed by what it could do.”

Once they take off the goggles, they are then asked to sign the pledge. Since

Cheryl Haiken and her daughter, Hills East sophomore Sarah Haiken, have been on a mission since 2009 to fight underage drinking and DWI.

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launching the program last year, Sarah has colleted hundreds of signatures between the Fall Festival and an event at the Walt Whitman Shops.

Sarah and Cheryl first got involved in MADD after a family friend, Karen Naclerio-Negrin, was killed in a head-on collision with a drunk driver who had two previous convictions. Naclerio-Negrin was driving to work at American Airlines around 3:30 a.m. when she was struck.

“She left a 5-year-old and an 8-yearold,” Cheryl said. “We have been involved with the aftermath of dealing with this tragedy.”

Since the tragedy, Sarah and Cheryl have volunteered for MADD. Last year, Sarah was part of MADD’s National Teen Influencer Summit at MADD’s Irving, Texas headquarters. There, the teens shared their experiences with underage drinking and brainstormed how to better connect with their peers and convince them to wait until they’re 21.

Cheryl said her daughter has become a tireless advocate in the fight against DWI and underage drinking.

“I’m very proud of her. This is her passion. This goes before anything else,” Cheryl said. “She’s trying to make a difference.”

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Thank You, Billy Long Island Cares founder Harry Chapin Finally, the name Billy Joel went up on the called Huntington home and today, more than marquee at The Paramount in Huntington.

Announced Tuesday morning, the music 30 years after his death, his efforts to fight superstar was set to perform a surprise con- hunger locally continue to have tremendous impact. Long Island Cares is on cert Wednesday to benefit Long Istrack to distribute more than 7 land Cares, the anti-hunger charity EDITORIAL million pounds of food to needy founded by Harry Chapin.

Long Islanders this year. That’s a A concert at The Paramount was a natural. Billy’s a local boy with strong ties record amount, due in part to Superstorm to Long Island, and specifically to Hunting- Sandy, whose effects are still being felt in ton. He’s even been to a few shows at The many Long Island communities today. The Paramount and tickled out a few tunes on the storm created a great need, and Long Islanders responded. piano in its Founder’s Room.

Add Billy Joel to the list.

The charity aspect of the show seems a natThank you, Billy. ural as well. It’s a charity with roots in music.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Democratic Operatives Seek To Suppress Cook Vote DEAR EDITOR: As a lifelong Democrat, a former county and state Democratic committeeman, and a strong gun control advocate, I am appalled but hardly surprised by the recent words and actions of former Suffolk County Legislator Jane Devine. In the years since leaving the legislature and becoming a member of the Huntington Town Planning Board, Jane has more than once carried less than pure water for the Huntington Democratic organization and the Petrone administration to which she is beholden.

Like Huntington Town Councilman Gene Cook, I also was a victim of a spurious politically motivated smear from Jane Devine. In 2006, she helped suppress voter turnout for me in a Democratic primary for a Huntington Town Council seat by taking a statement of mine out of context and accusing me of being a racist. I had challenged former Councilwoman Glenda Jackson, who was appointed to the position earlier that year. I expressed my view – shared by a number of people in Huntington’s black community – that she was unqualified and was appointed to

the town board as a “token black” to do the bidding of her puppet master, Councilman Mark Cuthbertson.

Only after Tracey Edwards, an articulate, well-informed and community-minded person, declined to challenge Ms. Jackson, did I decide to wage a primary. As a former active board member of the NAACP’s Huntington Branch, I certainly was not prejudiced (look up the word “token” in the dictionary) and enjoyed some support within the black community. Indeed, I believe that Democratic operatives were so concerned that I might win the primary that – borrowing a page from the Republican playbook during the 2004 Presidential campaign in Florida (that is being repeated by the GOP in the Sunshine State today) – they did whatever they could to suppress turnout among those community activists and other progressive Democrats most apt to vote for me.

They are doing the same thing now to Gene Cook. Why else would longtime incumbents launch a negative town election campaign replete with Tea Party insinuations and character assassination?

Once again this year, Jane Devine has decided, for political reasons, to deliberately take a candidate for town office’s comments out of context. Gene Cook was joking when he made an off-

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the-cuff remark about guns in response to a question posed at a meeting. To her credit, Ms. Devine related Mr. Cook’s remarks to a 1979 hostage incident at Huntington Town Hall (nearly 35 years ago) and not to the more recent Newtown, Conn. elementary school incident that occurred after his January 2012 remarks. But it’s the latter tragedy that’s most vivid in Huntington voters’ minds. And Ms. Devine obviously knew this when the news conference at which she spoke was scheduled.

I share Mr. Cook’s frustration with the Petrone administration and with the cronyism, backroom deals, and lack of transparency at town hall. For too long, developers, their attorneys and outside legal counsel to the town – all of whom contribute handsomely to the campaign coffers of Petrone and Cuthbertson – have held sway, if not called the shots, in Huntington.

There are real issues that should be discussed during this campaign, not these red herrings raised

by Jane Devine and some others who fear that the supervisor’s days may be numbered and that their appointed jobs and contracts – and/or those of their family members – may disappear with him.

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Beware Of Medicare 3Day Hospital Stay DEAR EDITOR: Most people believe that if they are transferred from a hospital directly to a nursing home or rehabilitation center, they will be entitled to Medicare coverage for a certain period of time. This is generally true. However, a new status category employed by hospitals may thwart those benefits.

How It Works: When an individual has a three-day hospital stay and then transfers to a skilled nursing facility or rehabilitation center, s/he will be entitled to a maximum of 100 days of Medicare coverage if all eligibility criteria are met and the individual is making progress and/or maintaining their skill level due to the therapy or rehabilitation services provided. The first 20 days will be paid for by Medicare in full and days 21-100 will be subject to a co-pay (currently $148/day), which can be covered by medi-gap or other private health insurance plans.

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son in "observation." While a patient can be kept on "observation" for days at a time, it does not rise to the level of a hospital "admission." As such, when that patient is transferred to a nursing home or rehabilitation center, Medicare will not cover any of the costs of their care. With nursing homes and rehabilitation centers costing on average $400 per day, this is a huge financial burden to the patient and their family.

What You Can Do: When your loved one is in the hospital, ask a hospital staff member if s/he has been formally admitted to the hospital and has inpatient status.

If necessary, engage the help of your loved one's primary care physician to ensure a formal hospital admission. It is often the case that the patient has no idea of their "status" in the hospital until s/he is transferred to a nursing home and by then, it is too late to secure a formal admission and in-patient status.

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An Apple A Day…

By Logan Bordiga info@longislandernews.com

Fall is here, and for families starting to think about ways to spend time together and celebrate the season, the Huntington Historical Society has just the thing.

The annual Apple Festival is Sunday, Oct. 20 from 12-4 p.m. The festival has been bringing families together for the past 30 years.

“The festival is unique because it is charming and old-fashioned. It’s perfect for families,” said Huntington Historical Society Outreach Coordinator Cathi Horowitz.

According to the Apple Festival website, more than 1,000 Long Islanders were captivated by the allure of the festival last year.

The event, which will take place at the Daniel W. Kissam House, entertains fam-

ilies in many different ways. Families can learn to churn butter and listen to storytellers. They can also play games, take hayrides, and listen to music.

Some of the most popular attractions include scarecrow-making and pumpkinpainting. At the scarecrow-making, visitors can make authentic scarecrows up to 6 feet tall from hay and cloth. Attendees can explore the Kissam House Museum as well. They can learn what it was like to live during the colonial times, walk through the picturesque gardens, or look at gowns from the 1930s on display.

The festival also provides a wide variety of treats and drink, including candy apples, caramel apples and hot chocolate.

Admission to the festival is free, but donations will be accepted. It all takes place at the Daniel W. Kissam House at 434 Park Ave. Huntington.

Last year’s Apple Festival in Huntington drew more than 1,000 visitors.

MUSIC

Pianist Takes Action on 20-Pound Tumor Malignant tumor can’t stop young musician from taking the stage at Carnegie Hall Half Hollow Hills photo/Jacqueline Birzon

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The 1.3-gallon ovarian cyst growing inside 19-year-old Hyeonah Kim weighed heavy in her stomach. Kim, a student at the Gracias Music at Mahanaim School in Huntington, was three weeks away from the debut of her award-winning piano solo at Carnegie Hall when she learned that the malignant tumor was growing inside her small body.

As the mental and physical anguish began to set in, Kim said it was faith in God that kept her strong and focused, and carried her through an intensive surgical procedure in her native South Korea to arrive in New York just three days before her May 19 performance.

Kim, now enrolled at the Mahanaim School’s piano program for a year and a half, came to the United States to pursue a post-secondary education. College admission in South Korea, she explained, is highly competitive. She said that admission is often contingent upon networking and connections one has with staff at a university. The Seoul native said that lacking connections, she was put at a disadvantage, and chose to continue her musical studies in America.

Encouraged largely by her piano instructor, Anastasia Detik, Kim entered into the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in April. The annual contest was designed to allow aspiring pianists with an artistic vehicle, through the opportunity to perform at featured venues, to transition into the professional performing realm. The prize of the contest is the chance to perform at one of the most revered recital halls in the country: Carnegie Hall.

Having made her decision to enter just two weeks before the entry deadline, Kim poured her heart into perfecting Mozart’s

Hyeonah Kim, a 19-year-old student at the Gracias Music at Mahanaim School, performed at Carnegie Hall days after doctors in South Korea removed a 20-pound malignant tumor from her stomach.

Piano Sonata No. 18.

At the time, Kim realized she had put on some weight—20 pounds, to be exact— but brushed it off and thought it was a consequence of overeating. She changed her diet and tried to lose the weight, but couldn’t shake her physique that looked like she had “been pregnant for six months,” her translator, Glen Heim, explained. Kim can speak English but required Heim’s help to communicate complex ideas.

Eventually, Kim went to Huntington Hospital for a medical assessment of her painless, inflated stomach and after an MRI, realized the true nature of her condition—she had a malignant, endodermal sinus tumor swelling inside her.

With no insurance in the United States, Kim was left with no choice but to go back to South Korea for the surgical removal of her tumor.

In physical and emotional limbo, having just submitted her solo DVD for Bradshaw & Buono’s consideration, Kim arrived in Seoul the same day the competition results were posted online.

On May 1, Kim learned she was selected over hundreds of other pianists at the collegiate and professional level to play at Carnegie Hall. She vowed then and there, from behind her computer screen, that she would recover from the surgery in time for the May 19 recital hall performance.

“I was wondering if it is all going to work; it’s important to believe that it will work and have faith and it will happen,” Kim said. “In all aspects it’s very important to have faith… I believe in God so when I practiced and played the piano I think about the Bible, and my heart likes that.”

And recover she did. Three days before her solo debut, Kim returned to New York

to light up the stage at Carnegie Hall in front of an audience of her friends, professors and peers.

“At first I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t perform at the hugest hall [at Carnegie] but even just to reserve that hall to perform is so expensive. Since I was young I’d always heard it was every pianist’s dream to play there, and no matter what hall it is, just being there, it was great,” Kim said.

Following her performance at Carnegie Hall, Kim stayed at Mahanaim for the duration of the semester until her declining condition forced her to return to South Korea for further treatment. She received three months of chemotherapy. After what she described as a “successful” recovery period, Kim came back to Huntington in September to continue her studies at Mahanaim.

The pianist said that from a young age, playing the piano was her vehicle for mental escape. As an 8-year-old growing up in South Korea, the piano was a popular activity for many girls her age. Admitting she lacked the self-confidence to show the world her talent at the time, Kim remained quietly disciplined when it came to her piano studies.

Her mother would encourage her to take out frustrations with her social life on the piano, not on others, and playing the piano became Kim’s way of coping with stress.

“When I hear myself making progress [on the piano] it relaxes me; it’s the most fun thing for me,” Kim said.

Kim is already gearing up for another shot at recognition as a pianist, working on a performance submission for a competition in Switzerland.

After she completes her five-year certification program at Mahanaim, Kim said she hopes to stay in America and pursue a career as a pianist in metropolitan cities.

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Jellyfish 441 E. Main St., Centerport 631-261-1900

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Albert’s Mandarin Gourmet 269 New York Ave., Huntington 631-673-8188

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They’ll host on Oct. 22 Taste of the Town 2013 at Appliance World, at 414 New York Ave., Huntington, in support of the North Shore Holiday House. Chef Barret Beyer, a “Hell’s Kitchen” alum, will be hard at work live in an Appliance World kitchen.

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JUST IN THE NICK OF TIME: Acacia, Huntington’s newest fine dining seafood restaurant (371 New York Ave., Huntington 631923-2299) opened its doors just in the nick of time after eight months of work. Owner Michael Cassano and owner-chef Matthew Maxwell said they had a soft opening on Friday, a second soft-opening on Saturday for family and hit the ground running on Sunday for Dine Huntington Restaurant Week.

A focus of their menu is 11 presentations of mussels, and many varieties are on the Restaurant Week menu. Chef Matthew, a Culinary Institute of America grad, brings with him to Acacia experience in Manhattan restaurants like the Water Club on the East River. The Huntington village restaurant is a cool, urbane, comfortable Manhattan-flavored space created by New York City designer Steve Lewis. Swing by, welcome Acacia to town, grab a pot of mussels and let us know what you think!

Michael Cassano and Matthew Maxwell opened the doors of Acacia on Sunday in time for Dine Huntington Restaurant Week.

Portuguese destination Fado, Huntington favorite Red, Greenlawn’s classic Old Fields Inn, and Commack’s sophisticated Nisen Sushi. Tickets are $45 at the door; RSVP to Patrick Fallon at Appliance World at 631-418-1000. If you can’t wait for those four restaurants, visit them now during Dine Huntington Restaurant Week – all four are offering special three-course, $27.95 prix-fixe menus through Sunday.

TEA WITH A TWIST: Join the gang at Clipper Ship Tea Company (80 Main St., Northport 631-651-2764 www.clippershipteaco.com) to learn how to make tea cocktails from 7-9 p.m. Oct. 18. Learn how to infuse loose leaf tea into spirits to make healthy and fun seasonal cocktails. The event is free and open to all over age 21.

Things got meaty and messy Oct. 13 at the Long Island Fall Festival’s annual Meatball Eating Contest. Sponsored by Rosa’s Pizza, the contest pitted hungry hopefuls against each other with one mission: eat as many meatballs as possible in 60 seconds. The winners, eating 10-11 meatballs each, were Patrick Taylor, of Levittown, pictured stuffing his face above, and Len Pyros of Centerport.

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Thanks For Visiting Us At It was a beautiful weekend at the Long Island Fall Festival at Huntington, held Oct. 11-14 in Heckscher Park. We offer a big thank you to the dozens who came to visit Long Islander News at its table and took a photo with Walt Whitman, and those who struck a pose at the “photobooth” next door, run by our friends at Market Salad marketing firm.

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Long Islander Publisher Jim Kelly with Councilman Gene Cook, candidate for Huntington supervisor Councilwoman Susan Berland

Long Islander Editor Luann Dallojacono with Senator Carl Marcellino

Candidate for the 17th Legislative District Jim Martin and his family

Town board candidate Tracey Edwards Highway Superintendent Bill Naughton

Family Court judge candidate Deborah Poulos and her dog Sunny

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20 Years For Long Island Fall Festival The Long Island Fall Festival at Huntington drew thousands of people to Heckscher Park from Oct. 11-14, with continuous entertainment on several stages, street vendors, a huge food court, and world-class carnival. Organized by the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce, the weekend also included the Columbus Day parade.

Highway Superintendent Bill Naughton, Councilwoman Susan Berland and Supervisor Frank Petrone taste-test the meatballs before the competition.

Taylor Dayne sings her heart out on the Chapin Rainbow stage

And they’re off! The meatball eating contest has begun!

Country star Lisa Matassa celebrated her birthday on the Chapin Rainbow Stage.

The kids were hard at work at the Home Depot Kids Workshop table.

Lisa Lisa rocked the house on Saturday night.

Treats galore were at the Bon Bons table.

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A18 • THE HALF HOLLOW HILLS NEWSPAPER • OCTOBER 17, 2013 THURSDAY Melville Chamber Business Expo Win great prizes, including a Gurney's Inn New Year’s overnight gala package, and meet 75 exhibitors and more than 1,000 attendees at the Melville Chamber of Commerce’s Business Expo 2013 on Oct. 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Melville Marriot, 1350 Old Walt Whitman Road, Melville. www.melvillechamber.org.

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Free Spaying, Neutering The Town of Huntington and the League for Animal Protection are offering free spaying or neutering of pit bulls and pit bull mixes owned by town residents during October, Pit Bull Awareness Month. Visit the Town Animal Shelter on Deposit Road in East Northport with proof of residency and receive a voucher for a veterinarian. Contact the shelter at 631-754-8722.

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• Enjoy an afternoon movie when “Silver Linings Playbook” (Rated R) is shown Friday, Oct. 18, 1:30 p.m.

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

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SATURDAY Knocking Out Cancer

Italian Heritage Night The Sons of Italy Perry Como Lodge #2846 presents Italian Heritage Night on Oct. 19, 6:3011 p.m. at the St Philip Neri Parish Center, 15 Prospect Ave., Northport. Includes Italian buffet dinner, desserts and beverages, music by DJ Bob of “Classic Sounds of Long Island” featuring Italian favorites, and songs by Linda Catania and her band “Concepts of Sound.” $35 members/$40 non-members ($5 more after Oct. 11.) Call Maryann at 631-757-5946.

Vendors Wanted Vendors wanted for a wellness expo on Nov. 9, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. for the benefit of Gathering of Light held at Presbyterian Church of Sweet Hollow, 95 Old Country Road, Melville.

Discounted rates for vendors who sign up before Oct. 15. Call Margaret at 631-356-9100 or m4snoopy@gmail.com.

A Theatrical Rollercoaster With ‘Three’ One Acts “Three,” a trio of one-act plays including a drama, a mystery and a comedy, plays at the Bare Bones Theater Company, 57 Main St., Northport, Oct. 17-19 at 8 p.m., with matinée performances Sundays, Oct. 20 at 3 p.m. $25. www.barebonestheater.com.

631-606-0026.. $30.00. You will receive a receipt to submit to your insurance company. Preservative-free vaccine available upon request; subject to availability. Call 631-261-7200.

MONDAY Larry Kushnick Tribute A tribute to late Huntington attorney Larry Kushnick will be held Oct. 28, 7-10 p.m. at Honu, 363 New York Ave., Huntington. $75 includes: h’ors d’oeuvres, Tuscan cold table, mini meals, beer and wine, and music by Peter Mazzeo and the Hit Squad. Proceeds to support The Jordan Kushnick College Fund and Leadership Huntington Foundation. Hosted by Moonjumpers Charitable Found, the Huntington Chamber of Commerce and Honu.

Checks should be made out to Moonjumpers Charitable Foundation.

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

The Chai Center hosts Mommy and Me classes every Tuesday. Limit of 10 students per class. Walkers: 12 months and up 9:45-11 a.m.; Crawlers: 6-12 months 11 a.m.-12 p.m.

Stretch, Sing, dance and bond with your toddler, and meet other Jewish moms. Register by phone or online: Chai Tots Preschool, 501 Vanderbilt Parkway, Dix Hills. 631-351-8672. www.TheChaiCenter.com.

Huntington Village’s Farmers Market is open in the Elm Street lot. The Long Island Growers Market continues its seasonal tradition in downtown Huntington, which runs through Nov. 24. The market will be open from 7 a.m.-noon each Sunday.

Get Your Flu Shot Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice of Suffolk County administers low-cost flu shots to patients ages 19 and over during a series of upcoming flu clinics at their 505 Main St., Northport office. The clinic is open: Saturday, Oct. 19 and 27; and Tuesday, Oct. 22. All sessions are from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., except for the Saturday, Oct. 27 clinic, which is from 9 a.m.noon. $30. Medicare Part B and Medicaid will be billed directly by Visiting Nurse Service & Hospice of Suffolk if you bring your ID Card. If you are enrolled in a Medicare HMO or Medicare Managed Care plan, the charge is

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

WEDNESDAY

A new program to be offered in Dix Hills will allow participants to ponder a range of ethical questions including end of life issues, preventive measures and respect due to the body after death. The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute (JLI) in Partnership with The Chai Center present “Life in the Balance: Jewish Perspectives on Everyday Medical Dilemmas,” the institute’s new six-session course. $130 for single, $200 for couples. Classes held on Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. Oct. 29-Dec. 3. A second option is available from 12:30-1:30 p.m. on Wednesdays, Oct. 30-Dec. 4. Open to the public. Call 631351-8672 or visit www.TheChaiCenter.com/JLI.

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

• Catch the movie “Much Ado About Nothing” on Friday, Oct. 18, 1:30 p.m. in East Northport.

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

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

• Learn to be tobacco free on Oct. 10 and Oct. 17, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

• Get all the info you need to know about Medicare at a seminar Thursday, Oct. 10, 1 p.m.

THEATER and FILM Bare Bones Theater Company

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

57 Main St., Northport. www.barebonestheater.com. 631-606-0026.

• “Three,” a trio of one-act plays including a drama, a mystery and a comedy, plays Oct. 10-12 and 17-19 at 8 p.m., with matinée performances Sundays, Oct. 13 and 20 at 3 p.m. $25.

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

• An AARP Defensive Driving Course will be held Tuesday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. In-person registration at the Information Services Desk. Fee: $17 AARP members or $19 nonAARP members.

Commack Public Library Jewish Perspectives

Main Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station.

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

• New Horizons String Orchestra invites the public to sit in on their rehearsals on Friday mornings at 9:30 a.m.

• Angela Stratton’s “Through the Eyes of the Artist” is on display through Nov. 10 in the main branch’s art gallery.

Power Breakfast

TUESDAY Mommy and Me Classes

It Doesn’t Get Any Fresher

Huntington Village” on Nov. 6, 7 p.m. at Huntington Public Library’s Station branch, 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station.

Free Help For Vets

Live Music

SUNDAY

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

• A class, “Boating Skills & Seamanship”, is designated for those over the age of 18 who are either interested in brushing up on their existing skills or who have not previously taken a boating course. This course meets NY State Legislation requirements. $59.

Tuesdays, Oct. 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26, 79 p.m. in Dix Hills.

FRIDAY

TITLE Boxing Club-Huntington is teaming up with Moms Who Kick Inc. for an all-day fitness event on Oct. 19 at TITLE Boxing Club in Huntington village. Classes will be held at 8:30a.m., 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. For a suggested donation of $20 per class, 100 of the proceeds will be donated to Moms Who Kick. Healthy refreshments will be served courtesy of BlonDees Bistro. There will also be a silent auction. Call Steven Stone at 631-4254141.

• Listen to the chilling, poetic words of the horror master Edgar Allan Poe on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2 p.m. A series of readings will be narrated and performed, including some of Poe's classic short stories, such as "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Cask of Amontillado," mixed in with some of his great poems.

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

• This time of year is the best time to see a beautiful fall canvas just waiting to be painted. Make this a reality with self-taught artist and Commack High School alumni Frank Latorre. The class will be held on Thursday, Oct. 17 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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

• Have you been interested in using an iPad to read a book or play a game? The library now has iPads available that are preloaded with preschool apps for use in the children’s room.

Around Huntington Village

Elwood Public Library

Dr. Alfred V. Sforza and Antonia S. Mattheou share their pictorial history book “Around

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

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

• When you want to just relax with a cup of coffee and listen to some relaxing music, head to the center on Friday, Oct. 18. From 10-midnight, listen to the smooth sounds of The Bob Leto Trio in the Sky Room.

• Dress to impress during a costume contest on Saturday, Oct. 19 along with a double-feature showing of “Beetlejuice” and “Ghostbusters.” 10:30 p.m. $13.

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

• Follow the lives of Becca and Howie in the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner “The Rabbit Hole.” While being both serious and humorous, David Lindsay-Abaire creates a story about human resiliency. Catch the play Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 17-19 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. $15 general/$12 seniors and students.

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

• Would you convict a teen of killing his father?

See what “Twelve Angry Men” decide.

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(Continued from page A18) • “Enchanted Evenings” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, and Sundays, Oct. 20 and 27 feature Rob Gallagher from the theater’s production of “South Pacific” and some of his friends singing Broadway classics.

The Minstrel Players of Northport. at Houghton Hall theatre, Trinity Episcopal Church, 130 Main St., Northport. 631-7322926. www.minstrelplayers.org.

• Agatha Christie’s “The Mousetrap” plays on Saturdays, Oct. 26 and Nov. 2 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, Oct. 27 and Nov. 3 at 3 p.m. $20 adults/$15 seniors and children.

AUDITORIUM

Italian Heritage Night

Be A Museum Docent

Miss your chance to celebrate your Italian heritage at the Columbus Day parade on Sunday? The Sons of Italy Perry Como Lodge #2846 presents Italian Heritage Night on Saturday, Oct. 19, 6:30-11 p.m. at the St Philip Neri Parish Center, 15 Prospect Ave., Northport. Includes Italian buffet dinner, desserts and beverages, music by DJ Bob of “Classic Sounds of Long Island” featuring Italian favorites, and songs by Linda Catania and her band “Concepts of Sound.” $40 members/$45 non-members. Call Maryann at 631-757-5946.

The Huntington Historical Society is currently seeking volunteers to train to become Museum Docents at the historic David Conklin Farmhouse Museum. The museum is located at 2 High St. in Huntington village and is a fascinating interpretation of the Colonial, Federal and Victorian time periods. No experience required – an interest in local history is a plus.

Training is provided. Call 631-427-7045 ext 403.

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

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

• The Long Island Craft Guild’s exhibit challenges artists to interpret “Feast or Famine” in media such as clay, fiber, glass, paper, leather, metal/jewelry and wood. Running through Nov. 3, with a reception on Oct. 20, 3-5 p.m.

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. www.bjspokegallery.com.

• On display Oct. 1-27, Paperworks 2013 is an exhibit of the winner artworks selected by Mia Curran, curatorial assistant at the Whitney Museum of Art, from a national call.

Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery 1660 Route 25A, Cold Spring Harbor. Open seven days a week, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sundays until 6 p.m.: $6 adults; $4 children 3-12 and seniors over 65; members and children under 3 are free. 516-692-6768. www.cshfha.org • On Saturday, Oct. 26, from 4-7 p.m., families can participate in haunted events.

Refreshments for all. Kids in costumes will receive an extra treat.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum 279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-3673418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org.

• There’s more fun this year at the Haunted Museum & Festival Sundays, Oct. 20 and 17, 1-4 p.m.

www.holocaust-nassau.org.

• The permanent exhibit explains the 1920s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others: people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intelligentsia.

Huntington Arts Council Main Street Petite Gallery: 213 Main St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Monday - Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Art in the Art-trium: 25 Melville Park Road, Melville.

Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

631-271-8423. www.huntingtonarts.org.

• The 2013 “Auction on Main” art exhibit and silent auction runs through its closing reception from 6-8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25 at the Main Street Petite Gallery. View and bid on over 50 pieces donated by Arts Council artists, and try your luck on raffles.

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

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

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

• Take a bite out of the annual fall Apple Festival on Oct. 20 at the Kissam House Museum.

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

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

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

• The gallery features a father-son exhibit titled “Redo Reinax2”.

Northport Historical Society Museum

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

Gallery Thirty Seven

Ripe Art Gallery

12b School Street, Northport. www.gallerythirtyseven.com.

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

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

631-239-1805.

• “Faces” by Swedish artist Cajan Bertilsson and Huntington’s own Rondi Casey, is on display through Oct. 19.

Heckscher Museum Of Art 2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., first Fridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $6-8/adults, $46/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-351-3250.

• “Stan Brodsky: Retrospective” is on display until Dec. 1. It celebrates the career of one of Huntington’s most prominent contemporary artists.

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

Sat.-Sun.: noon-4 p.m. 516-571-8040 ext. 100.

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

• The newly renovated planetarium is now open. Check the website for show times.

SPLIA Headquarters: 161 Main St., Cold Spring Harbor. Joseph Lloyd Manor House: Lloyd Lane and Lloyd Harbor Road, Lloyd Neck.

631-692-4664. www.splia.org.

• “Long Island at Work and at Play,” early 20thcentury photographs from SPLIA’s collections, is now on display Thursdays through Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Suffolk Y JCC 74 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4629800, ext. 140. Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Admission:

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

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

Don’t Hibernate. Help The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP SUFFOLK) needs adults 55+ to help in organizations throughout Suffolk County. Dozens of opportunities available in this federally funded program for just about any interest or skill. Visit www.rsvpsuffolk.org or call 631-979-9490 ext.12 for more information.

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

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

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

• Enjoy a non-scary Halloween Family Day with Henny the Clown on Saturday, Oct. 26, 1 p.m. $8/child, chaperones free. To register, call Carolyn at 631-427-5240, ext. 113 or email educator@waltwhitman.org.

MUSIC & DANCE

9 East Contemporary Art

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

• The new permanent exhibit, “Our Stories: the History of a Community,” transforms half of the Society’s gallery space into a timeline, tracing the history of the Northport-East Northport community and rarely seen photos and artifacts from the Society’s collection.

fotofoto Gallery

$5 per person, $18 per family. Special group programs available. www.suffolkyjcc.org.

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

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

Seeking Volunteer Advocates

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

Be A Friend Of The Bay Friends of the Bay is in need of volunteers who can help convert water quality data, which is currently kept in an excel sheet, into a Microsoft Access database. Assistance is also needed with ArcView GIS, to configure maps of the watershed. Call 516-922-6666 or email info@friendsofthebay.org.

The Paramount

Be A Host Family

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

• India.Arie takes the stage for a “SongVersation” on Nov. 3.

• The House of Blues 20th Anniversary presents Third Eye Blind on Thursday, Nov. 7.

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

Helping Furry Friends

Ridotto Concerts with a Touch of Theater At Huntington Jewish Center, 510 Park Ave., Huntington. www.ridotto.org. 631-385-0373 • Pianist Vassily Primakov plays an all-Chopin program on Sunday, Oct. 20, 4 p.m. $5 children/$18 members/$20 seniors/$25 adults.

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

631-271-8025.

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

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

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

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Meyer explained that although the robot can talk, it doesn’t always make sense.

“The… ‘artificial intelligence’ is not very intelligent,” he said.

Meyer and Walker told listeners that technology is advancing rapidly and now is the time to get involved in subjects like science, technology and engineering.

“We’re hoping to inspire some people and show them that science, technology, and engineering is full of weird and interesting stuff and it’s worth looking at,” Walker said before the presentation.

During the demonstration, Meyer shared a personal connection to the robot.

“You see, I was born without the lower half of my left arm,” he said as he revealed his own prosthetic limb to the audience.

He explained how his bionic hand could be hacked after a clever question from a child in the audience. Meyer has an application on his iPhone that can act as a remote control to his hand and wrist, and if someone were to hack into his phone and get access to that app, this person could theoretically control his hand.

Meyer shares another connection to the

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Meet The ‘Biggest Losers’

robot: they have the same face. The robot’s face, made of silicone, was modeled after Meyer’s face, and the two are startlingly similar.

The bionic man, in many senses of the word, is incredible. He has “plastic blood,” he can see with the use of an Argus II system, and he can walk via remote control.

“That was the moment it became a body for the first time,” Meyer said about seeing the robot walk.

The event was sponsored by Cablevision’s education initiative Power to Learn, Smithsonian Channel, and School-Business Partnerships of Long Island (SBPLI).

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Zach Hence and Diane Teets were the top two finishers in town hall’s Biggest Loser competition.

Huntington Town Hall workers dropped more than 550 pounds in a “Biggest Loser” contest, and the two top performers revealed their slim silhouettes after their final weigh-in Thursday.

Zach Hence, who works in the town’s IT department, and Diane Teets, who works in the Town of Huntington’s Office of Constituent Services, led the pack by losing 69.8 and 53 pounds, respectively, to finish first and second in the competition.

Kevin Gleason, the business agent of the town’s blue-collar union, the Local 342 Long Island Public Service Employees, was third, losing 50 pounds.

Of the 24 participants who carried on through the end of the competition, they lost 556.4 pounds of a starting weight of 4,647.6 pounds. Finishing position was determined by total percentage of body weight lost based on an initial July 9 weigh-in.

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Senator Carl Marcellino (R-Syosset) was happy to be a part of the presentation.

“As a former science teacher in the New York City school system, I am so pleased that we can have a program of this quality from the Smithsonian come here and show these youngsters what can happen if they just let their imaginations go,” he said.

A documentary on “The Incredible Bionic Man” will air Oct. 20 at 9 p.m. on the Smithsonian Channel and shows the six-week process of the scientists and engineers assembling the robot.

According to Walker, the pair showed the robot at Comic Con in New York City this past weekend, before heading back to the U.K.

eral concerts and even played a few tunes on the piano in its Founders Room.

The Oct. 16 Huntington concert comes after a three-year hiatus from the limelight of touring, aside from a few guest performances here and there. Prior to the five songs he played at last year’s 12-1212 benefit concert for Hurricane Sandy relief at Madison Square Garden, the last time Joel commanded the stage was in March 2010 during his tour with Elton John. Many called his 12-12-12 appearance the highlight of the evening, which included performances by Bon Jovi, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney.

The Paramount show, too, has a charitable component to it, with a portion of its proceeds going to Long Island Cares, the anti-hunger charity founded by Huntington resident and music icon Harry Chapin. Long Island Cares is on track to distribute more than 7 million pounds of food to needy Long Islanders this year.

Joel has advocated on behalf of Long Island Cares before. His motorcycle store in Oyster Bay, 20th Century Cycles, was a sponsor of rocker Dee Snider’s Ride to Fight Hunger, which benefited the nonprofit.

“It was totally his idea,” Long Island Cares Executive Director Paule Pachter said. “We received a call from his manager who said, ‘Billy is rehearsing on Long

Island for upcoming performances in the U.K. and Ireland, and said he would like to do a benefit concert.’”

Pachter said he is grateful not only for the donations that will come in, but also for the exposure the event will give to the charity.

“We are absolutely, incredibly excited.

It’s something every Long Island charity has wanted,” he said.

Although Joel hasn’t released a pop album since 1993’s “River of Dreams,” Joel has stayed relevant, largely in part due to the timeliness of the hits he had during his pop-star fame of the ’70s and ’80s, such as “Piano Man,” “Scenes from an Italian Restaurant,” and “New York State of Mind.” Hip-replacement surgery in 2010 sidelined him for a bit, but he has slowly reappeared, spending 2013 testing the waters of performing again by playing private shows and festivals.

It is only fitting that Joel would play The Paramount, given his roots to the town. He is a former resident (a park in Cold Spring Harbor is named after him); his mother, Rosalind Joel, is a current resident; and his first solo album, released in 1971, was titled “Cold Spring Harbor.” Hard-core fans know that an error made during the mastering process resulted in the songs being sped up – and Joel’s voice sounding too high pitched.

The album has since been re-mastered and re-released.

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An array of wholistic services are offered at wholistic Wellness Center in Huntington.

Straightening Out Health Issues With Wholistic Approach

By Kristen Schultheiss kschultheiss@longislandernews.com

Dr. Michael Posner provides a mind, body, and spirit oasis with his family-oriented Wholistic Wellness Center in Huntington village.

Posner is a chiropractor, but his practice also offers acupuncture, massage, nutrition counseling, custom-made orthotics, Tai Chi and Chi Kung.

This is Posner’s 30th year in practice.

He started working out of his house in Huntington and moved into the village about 19 years ago. X-rays are still done from his home office.

Posner was introduced to chiropractics about 40 years ago when he joined a karate class, and in that class was a chiropractor.

Posner was experiencing a tremendous amount of pain in his body, so the chiropractor asked him to come into his office.

After a few months of treatment, Posner said he was completely healed; the chiropractor had even treated his allergies and digestive issues.

“I felt like if he could do that for me, I want to do that for other people,” Posner said.

The chiropractor explained that his office emphasizes health education. His wife, Lois Posner, is a registered nurse and she specializes in the educational counseling of the practice.

“In my office, we educate people about their bodies. We teach them how to exercise. We teach them how to have positive thoughts. We try to also teach them meditation and breathing,” Posner said.

His daughter, Christie Posner, is a licensed acupuncturist and also works at the wellness center.

“Wholistic health means looking at people for who they are in their lifestyle, what they do daily, how they think, what kinds of emotions they have, how they eat, if they exercise or not, if they take care of their spines, and then treating them accordingly,” Posner said.

He focuses on healing the mind, body, and spirit. “I have a very strong background in martial arts and meditation and yoga, and tai chi and chi gung, so I bring all of that into my practice,” said Posner.

Dr. Michael Posner has been fixing health problems in Huntington village for nearly 20 years.

Wholistic Wellness Center, located at 22 Wall St., has two chiropractic rooms and an acupuncture room on the first floor, and three massage rooms on the second floor.

The interior is decorated to create a calming atmosphere and peaceful music is played throughout the office.

“We have an amazing staff that puts out a lot of love and knowledge,” Posner said of his employees, which include 10 massage therapists, another chiropractor, his wife, and his daughter. He also just hired a nutritionist who has 30 years of experience and will begin working soon.

In addition to its services, Wholistic Wellness Center sells vitamins and herbs.

“I have personally tried all of the products and know they work – that’s why we sell them,” Posner said.

Posner said he is very dedicated to his practices, and tries to reach out to the community in every way he can. He participates in intermittent and corporate lectures, where he provides massage therapy, and has taught Tai Chi in Heckscher Park for collectively 15 summers. He is also writing a book which will be finished in a few months.

Wholistic Wellness Center 22 Wall St., Huntington 631-351-6111 www.huntingtonchiropractor.com

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HillSPORTS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Lady Colts Look To ‘Kill’ It On The Court Half Hollow Hills photos/Miya Jones

By Miya Jones info@longislandernews.com

The Half Hollow Hills West varsity girls volleyball team is pushing for the playoffs with an overall record of 5-11 and a league record of 4-3.

The starting lineup includes senior captains Katy Teets, Jacquie Pappalardo and Jenna Marinis, senior Miya Jones, juniors Gabby Barone and Jenifer Eason, sophomore Meagan Teets, and freshman Alex Parkas.

In the first set against Newfield on Oct. 10, the girls got off to a rocky start, falling behind in points, but they were able to make a comeback and win the first set with a close score of 30-28.

“We brought some fun back that we can channel into other games,” said Teets.

The girls went into the second set with the same strategies of not serving to their opponent’s best players and funneling the other team’s offensive hits to their libero.

This time, however, the strategies were not enough to win, and the girls lost the second set 22-25.

In the third game, the girls performed at the same level they did in the first. They were able to make a great play by digging Newfield’s big hitter and served up a storm.

The girls “gelled as a team and everyone brought something to help us win the game,” said Eason.

The girls finished the third set with a 2516 win.

The girls were determined to end the game and finish strong. Half Hollow Hills West crushed the competition and ended the fourth and final set with a score of 25-12.

Teets had 19 kills, Parkas had 30 digs, Pappalardo had 36 assists, and Marinis

The Lady Colts hope that “practice makes playoffs” as they compete for a slot. had 20 digs.

The overall game was “a rollercoaster and was scrappy, exciting and strong at the same time,” said Hills West coach DeNigris.

The beginning of the season for Half Hollow Hills West has been rocky, with losses against Bellport and East Islip, but

DeNigris said the team has improved its defense.

“Blocking is an area we need to work on as well as serving because that is one area of the game that we have complete control over,” he said.

Even though the team lost many seniors, “the younger girls have really stepped up

and are the reason why we are having good season,” Marinis said.

The girls hope to make it to the playoffs and win their next two games by improving their game play.

Editor’s note: The author is also a player on the team.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Combined Volleyball Team ‘Digs’ Third Place Topping 18 other school, Half Hollow Hills Thundercolts a stronghold in Div. I

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

Undefeated until halfway through the season, the Half Hollow Hills boys volleyball team isn’t letting a couple of lost digs get in the way of their winning reputation.

The glass is half full for the Thundercolts (6-3), who despite a recent loss to Bay Shore have locked in the third place, sitting atop 18 other competitors in the Division I volleyball bracket.

Bay Shore defeated Hills for the first time in 16 years at the Oct. 11 game, where Hills lost by a razor-thin margin, 3-2. After both teams came out victorious in two of four quarters, with Hills winning the second, 25-13, and the fourth, 25-23, the game entered into a fifth period to settle the score.

In the last period of play, the

Marauders bested the Thundercolts 26-24 to claim the win.

Just two days prior on Oct. 9, Half Hollow Hills played at Clarkstown North for a non-league game in New City where they won 3-1. Hills only faltered in the third period, losing 25-12, but won the best of the first, 25-17, second, 25-16, and fourth, 25-16. Hills’ Francis Gacek had 16 kills and five blocks and John Stanis had 13 digs to lead Hills to a favorably imbalanced non-league record of 10-2.

On Oct. 7, Hills fell to first-place contender, undefeated Lindenhurst, 3-2. The Bulldogs got the best of the Thundercolts by a nominal margin, and as usual the scoreboard didn’t necessarily reflect the intense level of competition at play that day. Hills won two of the five periods, and the rounds they lost were only out of reach by a maximum of five kills.

Taking on Northport Oct. 4, Hills swept the floor with the Tigers, defeating their opponents 3-0. All three rounds were won by a fairly sizable margin, 2521, 25-16 and 25-16. Luke Perlowski had 11 kills and 11 digs; Gacek had 8 kills and 3 blocks while Tommy Oliveri had a total of 25 kills.

The Dix Hills team, made up of players from both Half Hollow Hills high schools, faltered at undefeated Sachem North (9-0) on Sept. 30. However, the Thundercolts gave the Flaming Arrows a run for their money in all three periods, suffering tight losses 25-18, 25-21, and 25-23.

Undefeated prior to the last week of September, Sayville was defeated by Hills 3-0. Grant Rosenburg had 6 kills, Gacek had 10 and Jason Scheingold had 14 digs to defeat the faltering Flashes.

Defeating Walt Whitman 3-2 on Sept.

25, Hills had to defend their reputation

all the way into a forced fifth period to upset the Wildcats. After an unresolved four quarters where the score was 25-21, 19-25, 25-13 and 17-25, Hills used imbalance to add fuel to the fire and distinguished themselves as victors in the fifth, coming out 25-16. Perlowski had 23 kills and 12 digs, John Natalone had 18 kills, and Oliveri had 33 assists to declaw the Wildcats.

Prior to their winning spree in Division I, Half Hollow Hills also beat Center Moriches, 3-0, on Sept. 23; won against East Hampton, 3-0 Sept. 21; and beat Roslyn, 3-1, Sept. 20.

The Thundercolts are scheduled to take on Sachem East (6-2) Oct. 15, but scores were not available by press time on Monday. The boys are lined up to play against West Islip (4-4) on Friday. Game time is set for 5:45 p.m. at High School West.

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