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The Paramount Spotlight

Kohl’s Plans To Close In Spring By Kristen Schultheiss kschultheiss@longislandernews.com

The duo that is Karmin brings hit pop and dance tunes to The Parmamount Feb. 1.

Karmin:Duo WantsItAll

Customers of Kohl’s Department Store in Melville, where shoppers can “expect great things,” in April can expect an empty storefront, a company representative confirmed Monday. According to a company spokeswoman, all of the store’s associates have been offered positions at Kohl’s locations nearby. No reason was given for the closure. There are 12 Kohl’s on Long Island and 50 in New York. The closest to the Melville site are in Commack and Deer Park. Employees who are choosing not to transfer to another store will be offered severance packages. The Walt Whitman Road Kohl’s is located in the Melville Mall. Other tenants include Marshall’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Waldbaums and a card store.

Kohl’s has announced plans to close its Walt Whitman Road store in April.

By Danny Schrafel

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

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Lighting A Fire On Smoking Age

It’s safe to say that Karmin is hardly “brokenhearted” these days. That’s the name of their top-20 smash of last February, and the pair of Nebraska-born Amy Heidemann and Maine native Nick Noonan are hoping to follow it up with their latest single, “I Want It All,” which they will bring to The Paramount stage Feb. 1. Decidedly less synthesized than their breakout radio hit, the danceable, late-’70s evoking “I Want It All,” available on iTunes Jan. 28, boasts a “strong MJ vibe” and ample brass – an opportunity to show off the chops they developed as students at the Berklee School of Music in Boston. “Why can’t there be a friggin’ horn (Continued on page A12)

Hearing approaches to raise tobacco-buying age to 21 By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Centers for Disease Control (CDC) representatives said on CNN Friday that raising the minimum age to purchase cigarettes and tobacco products is one way to prevent young people from picking up the habit. And for Suffolk Legislator William Spencer (D-Centerport), whose legislation to do just that goes up for a public hearing Feb. 11, it couldn’t come at a better time. The comments, Spencer said, follow the Jan. 11 release of the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking, the 32nd such report since 1964. In the report, federal officials state that smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States, resulting in 443,000 deaths a year. The study also said a new host of illnesses and ailments are caused by smoking, including: liver and colorectal cancer, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, rheumatoid arthritis, macular degeneration, ectopic pregnancies and impaired immune function. Secondhand smoke is now cited as a factor that can increase the risk of stroke by up to 30 percent in nonsmokers, according to the

report. “[The study provides] strong, statistical proof that smoking worsens these conditions and are a major economic burden on society,” Spencer said. Spencer is gearing up for a legislative battle that is expected to start Feb. 11 with the first public hearing that would raise the minimum age to buy tobacco products in Suffolk County to 21, matching recent legislation adopted in New York City. Spencer said the 21-and-over bill is based on scientific data that indicates that as a young person’s brain develops, critical portions that trigger addiction become more mature and less prone to react to nicotine and other addictive substances. However, retailers have pushed back against the proposal, arguing it would put a drain on small business owners while doing little good to prevent teens from picking up the deadly habit. Aside from pushback from gasoline retailers groups and convenience store trade organizations concerned about losses in sales and migration of customers to Nassau County, Spencer said the “support

has been really, really strong.” Legislator Lou D’Amaro (D-N. Babylon) said Friday that he hadn’t read the bill yet and was still undecided. “It’s a different consideration than when you’re trying to regulate the conduct of minors,” he said. “You have to think long and hard when you can regulate adult behavior. I haven’t really decided whether or not if it’s appropriate.” D’Amaro said his decision would be based on two factors: whether it’s appropriate to regulate tobacco use by adults, and if it is, “the impact of that limitation when you balance it against limiting their rights.” The hearing process, he said, will be “very, very helpful” to that end. Spencer said he is preparing for a battle to make the case, and he said he’s willing to be patient, noting that it took nearly a decade for New York City’s 21-and-over tobacco law to pass the city council. “I’ll have speakers, letters and studies [at the hearing] to make sure my colleagues have all the information they need to make the right decision,” Spencer said.

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MELVILLE

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Fire Dept. Swabs For A Match By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Philip A. Tepe DIX HILLS

Ex-Chief Left ThreeGen Legacy By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

Little did Dix Hills Fire Department officials know in 1963 that when they created the third assistant chief position for Philip A. Tepe, a bit of foreshadowing was at play. Tepe was the first member of his family to serve his community at the fire department, where he created a legacy that spans three generations that with Tepe, Tepe’s son and now, his grandson. Tepe, an ex-chief who served the department nearly 55 years, answered his “last alarm” on Dec. 21, 2013, when he died in Melbourne, Fla. where he lived since the 1990s. He was 87 years old. The Tepe family, humble and not wanting to make a fuss during the holiday season, waited until last Thursday to hold a memorial ceremony in the patriarch’s honor at the Dix Hills Fire Department headquarters. Ray Mahdesian, an ex-chief and Dix Hills resident who volunteered with Tepe for more than 50 years, said nearly 200 people attended the memorial in his fallen friend’s honor. Mahdesian, who delivered Tepe’s eulogy, characterized Tepe as one of the “pioneers of the Dix Hills Fire Department.” The pair joined the department around the same time, just 11 years after the emergency response unit opened and was still in its infancy as a department. “He had all the good characteristics of a leader. He was level-headed, fun, hardworking and led by example. He was a proficient firefighter and was everything you’d want in a fire chief and more,” Mahdesian said. “Most of all he was a wonderful human being who was also a gentleman.” Joining at the age of 26, Tepe became a member in 1959, when the Dix Hills area was mainly a “rural and farming community” that experienced many brush fires, department officials said. Tepe quickly rose through the ranks at the department, where he started as an officer and was elected Company 2 lieutenant in 1961. In 1963, he became captain. Following his service as a (Continued on page A12)

Members of the Melville Fire Department community swabbed their cheeks Sunday with hopes of finding a perfect bone marrow donor for an ailing 2year-old boy, although turnout was less than hoped. About 25 signed up for Delete Blood Cancer DKMS’s bone marrow donor registry at the drive – “not a huge amount,” said Lieutenant Kevin Barille, but it’s certainly a start. “A lot of people that came in, either we knew or they spoke to people that we knew and they came in,” he said. Donors collected DNA on two cotton swabs – one for each cheek – which Barille and other volunteers then sealed in cardboard envelopes. Those will be sent to Delete Blood Cancer’s headquarters to be entered into the database. The drive was inspired by the plight of Owen Hogan, a toddler diagnosed with life-threatening aplastic anemia who is in need of a bone marrow donor to save his life. With a perfect match, his chances of survival are better than 80 percent; if an imperfect match must be used, his chances drop to about 40 percent. Colleen Harrison said her father, who is a Melville firefighter, has an up-close view of the impact that donations can have. “I work in a hospital… you kind of see bone marrow transplants and all that stuff,” she said. Like Harrison, Binghamton University freshman Josh Sycoff was tipped off to the drive by his father, a Melville volunteer firefighter, while he was on winter break. He said the reason he signed up was simple. “Why not save a life? If it’s possible, you might as well do it,” he said. Miss the drive? You can sign up for the registry from your home – visit www.deletebloodcancer.com/register for more information on how to do it and the requirements. Donors must be in good health and ages 18-55. What Happens If You’re A Match? When you sign up for Delete Blood

Melville’s Josh Sycoff swabs his cheek Sunday to register for Delete Blood Cancer’s bone marrow registry. Cancer’s bone marrow registry, you’re making a commitment to donate marrow or peripheral blood stem cells (PBSC) should you be a match with a patient. When you donate marrow, liquid marrow is collected from the backside of your pelvic bone using a special syringe. Donors receive general anesthesia during the 1-2 hour, outpatient surgical procedure. Many donors experience some pain, bruising and stiffness for up to two weeks after their donation. Within a week of donating, most donors are able to return to work, school and many regular activities. While no medical procedure is without risk, there are rarely any long-term effects from donating, according to Delete Blood Cancer. If you’re called to donate stem cells, you’ll be given daily injections of a syn-

thetic protein called filgrastim for four days before, and on the day of the collection. Blood is drawn with a sterile needle from one arm and passed through a machine that separates out the blood stem cells. The remaining blood is returned to the donor through the other arm. PBSC Collection is a non-surgical, outpatient procedure that takes about 4-8 hours on 12 consecutive days. While taking filgrastim, many donors experience flu-like symptoms such as headaches, bone and muscle achiness and fatigue. Most side effects subside within 48 hours of donating. The method used for donation depends upon the patient’s needs and is determined by the patient’s doctor. Registered donors must be willing to donate using either method, according to Delete Blood Cancer.

MELVILLE

Concerns Over OTB, Housing Plans Plainview development, OTB casinos are on civic association’s radar By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

A civic group is urging the Town of Huntington to keep an eye on a large residential-commercial development in nearby Plainview and possible OTB casino gambling facilities on the Route 110 corridor, which they say could result in big impacts in neighboring Melville. Alissa Taff, president of the Civic Association of Sweet Hollow, raised the warning at a Jan. 7 Huntington Town Board meeting. Taff said that extensive plans for The Beechwood Organization in Plainview, which will be the subject of a Feb. 4 Town of Oyster Bay public hearing, could result in traffic and quality of life impacts that would spill over the town line. The proposal, according to Beechwood, calls for 800 market rate homes – more than two-thirds restricted to residents 55 and over – as well as 90 affordable senior homes and nearly

115,000 square feet of retail development space with a ShopRite supermarket as an anchor tenant on 143 acres near Round Swamp and Old Country Roads. More than 43 acres of open space is included in the proposal. But Taff said that the proposal, paired with a possible second phase of Canon’s North American headquarters and the possibility of other development in and near Melville, could bring even more traffic to an already clogged corridor. “It’s all in the same vicinity of Canon, where we’re already choking with traffic,” Taff said. Town spokesman A.J. Carter said Friday that Huntington Planning Director Anthony Aloisio is on the case. “[He] has been asked to look at this and weigh in and investigate that, to see what impact, if any” the project will have, Carter said. Taff urged the town to also take into consideration the possibility of OTB-run casinos, each with 1,000 video lottery

terminals (VLT) in and near Melville, as they investigate the Beechwood proposal. “You can’t look at it as ‘you’re a different town’. They’re a block away. You have to look at the whole impact,” she said. Suffolk County OTB President Phil Nolan said Friday that the agency is down to “a short list of three to five” possible sites, and expects to have made a decision “inside of a month and a half.” “There are several sites in the 110 corridor area that we’ve been looking at,” Nolan said. Nolan said that the OTB would weigh the amount of space, cost per acre, road access and flexibility for expansion in making their consideration. They’re also looking to make sure they choose a site that residents are comfortable with. “We’re looking for a site that takes those concerns into consideration,” Nolan said. “It’s a complex, multimatrixed equation. There are a lot of variables floating around.”

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POLICE REPORT Compiled by Danny Schrafel

I Dreamed A Dream

Burglar Snatches Cartier Watch

New year, new you?... How are we doing on

passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which includes Title VIII, commonly known as the Fair Housing Act. those resolutions, my friends? Are you a gym rat yet? It prohibits discrimination in housing on the basis of Have you lost four pounds yet? Are you drinking race, religion, or national orimore water, performing a random act of kindness gin, and was later expanded to each day, or redoing your reIN THE KNOW include sex, family status and sume? Or are you like me, sayWITH AUNT ROSIE disability. So what’s your ing, “Oh, to heck with it all! I dream? will become a new me on my own time”? I understand how the new year is, psychoOur boys are in charge… logically speaking, an easy place to start a change. A quick congrats to our local legislator Steve Stern, But the pressure of these resolutions and devastation who was recently named chairman of the Suffolk over broken promises to yourself if you can’t keep up County Legislature’s Ways and Means committee. are just too much! Better, I say, to make for change in Not only is that one of the most influential commityour life on your own time. If deadlines help you, tees of the legislature, it’s also his second! Mr. Stern then go for it. If they cause you so much stress that also heads the Veterans and Seniors committee, makyou develop an ulcer, forget about it! There is no law ing him the only Suffolk County lawmaker to chair that says with a new year has to come a new you. two committees this cycle. The Ways and Means There can be a new you if you want, or a new thing about you, and it can happen in January, in November, committee has the potential to impact most of the day-to-day operations of the government, and I am so or over the course of the entire year. Change on your happy to know one of our guys is at the helm. Former terms and at your own pace (which, for us older Ways and Means chair Lou D’Amaro (also one of ladies, might be slower than most). ours!) relinquished Ways and Means to head up the Budget & Finance committee. Talk about having Here today, gone tomorrow… Speaking of the friends in high places! Best wishes to both of these new year, there is a dichotomy about it I have to men who have our county’s future in their hands. mention. I seem to notice that the new year brings with it a wealth of promise, potential and excitement Are we in a horror movie?... I’m sure by the – but also “for rent” signs. As many vow to get a time this issue hits newsstands, all we will be talking business off the ground and finally realize a dream in about is the snow (which as I write this on Monday, the new year, others often decide to close their stores was expected to be somewhere between 8 and 12 at the start of it. Perhaps it has something to do with taxes? That closing at the end of the year or early in a inches), but I have to go back to last week’s fog. Ohh my goodness! Never have I ever seen (or not seen, new year is the best time to do it? Either way, my rather) such a thing. Driving at night was nearly imheart goes out to those stores in our downtowns who possible – I couldn’t see beyond a foot in front of my decided to close early this year. We truly hate to see car at times! I felt like the setting was perfect for a you go, for more reasons than one. But alas, with horror movie. And with my imagination, you bet their closings come an opportunity for someone else your bottom-dollar I scared myself good and plenty. I to dream their dream… know we’ve been talking about dreams, but the stage was set for some hefty nightmares. And speaking of dreams… Monday we saluted Martin Luther King, Jr. a beacon of change in this world whose legacy continues to make an impact to(Aunt Rosie wants to hear from you! If you have comday. He is most famous for his “I have a dream” ments, ideas, or tips about what’s happening in your speech, and his main legacy, in fact, still gets menneck of the woods, write to me today and let me know tioned here in Huntington when it comes to the lawthe latest. To contact me, drop a line to Aunt Rosie, suit over the Ruland Road housing project. King c/o The Long-Islander, 145 East Main Street, Huntworked tirelessly for civil rights in the United States, ington NY 11743. Or try the e-mail at and only days after his assassination, Congress aunt.rosieli@gmail.com)

Hit And Run To Jail An 18-year-old from Melville was arrested Jan. 14 after he allegedly fled the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Police said that the teen crashed his 2003 Honda into a 2009 Mercedes-Benz on Pinelawn Road in Melville at about 7:45 p.m., but instead of sticking around to handle the accident, he hit the gas.

Her Car Got Smashed, Too A Dix Hills woman was arrested following an earlymorning crash Jan. 13. Police said the 22-year-old was driving eastbound on Jericho Turnpike near Pidgeon Hill Road at 3:23 a.m. when she was involved in a crash. Police later determined that the woman was drunk and arrested her for DWI.

Anyone Seen Carrie Underwood Lately? Someone dug their key into the side of someone’s pretty-little souped-up four-wheel drive in Dix Hills at 9:30 p.m. Jan. 12. Police said that the culprit keyed the complainant’s entire 2006 Dodge Ram while the car was parked at a Sunoco gas station.

A Foot-First Entrance A Melville home was burglarized at noon Jan. 14. Police said that someone kicked in the side door of a Cabriolet Lane home in Melville and stole cash from a bedroom drawer.

Keep An Eye On Your Purse A supermarket shopper’s purse was snatched from her cart at 4:44 p.m. Jan. 14. Police said that the G&G pocketbook contained cash and assorted cards.

Feet Don’t Fail Me Now A would-be burglar left empty-handed following a Jan. 13 attempt in Dix Hills. Police said someone kicked in a Melrose Road home’s front door to get in at 4:58 p.m. While the front door was damaged, nothing was taken.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK LEGISLATOR LOU D’AMARO

BABY FACES VISITING THE FRIARS

A Village Hill Drive home in Dix Hills was burglarized Jan. 8. Police said someone broke into the home at noon through the front door and stole jewelry, including a Cartier watch.

You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out

“It’s a different consideration than when you’re trying to regulate the conduct of minors… You have to think long and hard when you can regulate adult behavior.”

St. Anthony’s High School students Leigh Poetzsch and Bri Xirinachs invited friend and Lloyd Harbor author Magnus Walsh to spend the day with the Friars and watch their presentation. Walsh said he was impressed with the students, as well as the school’s recent sports center and chapel additions.

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At the very least, you’ll wreck somebody’s window. Police are investigating a Jan. 13 criminal mischief complaint in Dix Hills after someone shot about 10 BB pellets at a Baldwin Path home and broke a window.

That’s One Hell Of An Argument An early-morning fracas that began in Hauppauge only subsided after one of the participants got dumped off in Dix Hills. Police said that the argument began in Hauppauge, continued in the car ride and escalated to a physical fight. The victim, bruised and cut on the face and hands, was dropped off in Dix Hills at 3:30 a.m. to separate the two combatants, and that’s when she called the cops. She was later taken to Good Samaritan Hospital.

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DIX HILLS

Stern Doing Double -Duty At Legislature As new Ways and Means chair, he is the only to lead two committees in 2014

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern, the new chair of the county legislature’s Ways and Means committee, poses outside the office of his state counterpart during a recent visit to Albany. By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Dix Hills) is a man on the move with a very full plate in 2014. Now in his fifth term as a legislator, Stern was named by new Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory (D-Lindenhurst) as chairman of the legislature’s powerful Ways and Means committee. That’s in addition to his ongoing role as head of the Veterans and Seniors committee, making him the only Suffolk County lawmaker to chair two committees this cycle. “Steve’s a good guy. He’s one of the more senior members of the legislature,” Gregory said. “He asked me if he could take on more responsibilities and we saw the opportunity.” Stern said his work on the veterans and seniors committee, as well as his background as an attorney, make him a good fit for Ways and Means. “It has broad jurisdiction over many of the operations of our government,” Stern said of the committee. “It has jurisdiction over tax and real estate issues… It really has an impact on many of the day-to-day operations of government that affect all of us.” As chairman, Stern will be on the front lines as Suffolk County government weighs proposals to restructure for the future. Stern said he expects the county will once again grapple with a controversial proposal to

merge the county comptroller’s office and the county treasurer’s office. Stern is moving up from the vice-chairmanship of the committee. Former Ways and Means chair Lou D’Amaro (D-N. Babylon) has taken the helm of the Budget & Finance committee, which deals oversees the county’s fiscal management and assists in implementing the county budget. “I think he’s fully versed on the issues… It’s a good fit,” D’Amaro said. Stern cut his teeth in the Veterans and Seniors committee, which oversaw the creation of the Silver Alert. It later became a statewide program to aid in finding lost seniors and special-needs residents. “It’s been a tremendous success and served as a model for the rest of the state,” Stern said. He also championed implementing universal design, which tailors building codes to ensure new construction is handicappedaccessible, incorporates accessible designs and allows residents to “age in place.” He also took on the infamous anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church, penning legislation that prohibits protests within several hundred feet of military funerals. In addition to his chairmanships, Stern remains vice-chair of Economic Development and a member of the Public Works committee. “It’s where it all comes together – all the critically important issues that will have an impact for years to come, come through those various committees,” he said.

DIX HILLS

Traffic Stop Leads To Assault Rap After stopping a Queens man for driving without a license Jan. 12, police found out that the same man was wanted for assaulting a person in Dix Hills nearly nine months before. Second Precinct officers pulled over 28year-old Robert Ortiz, of Dix Hills, while he was driving his 2013 Nissan Altima eastbound on Jericho Turnpike Jan. 12. Police said his license had been suspended at least three times. Ortiz was wanted for allegedly attacking a person on Suncrest Drive in Dix Hills –

an incident that dated back to April 8, 2012. According to police, Ortiz shoved the person in the chest, causing them to fall to the ground, and then he started punching the victim. Ortiz was charged with third-degree assault and second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, both misdemeanors. He was released on his own recognizance and is due back in court Jan. 27. -SCHRAFEL

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CENTERPORT

Museum Bumps Thatched Cottage Contract After hall’s bankruptcy filing, Vanderbilt trustees reopen RFP for caterer By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

After Thatched Cottage owner Ralph Colamussi, inset, filed to put his catering hall in Chapter 11, the Vanderbilt Museum has reopened its search for a caterer, a job for which Colamussi was previously a top contender.

New fallout from Thatched Cottage owner Ralph Colamussi’s recent bankruptcy filing emerged at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum & Planetarium Jan. 15. The museum’s board of trustees voted unanimously to issue a new request for proposals (RFP) for catering services at the museum, a contract for which Colamussi had been a top contender. “Given recent circumstances that have highlighted financial difficulties on the part of the individual we were considering contracting with, we have decided it was in the best interest of the Vanderbilt to put it back out to an RFP and see what kind of responses we get,” Vanderbilt board vice-chairman Joe Dujmic said. The Thatched Cottage filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Jan. 2. Colamussi’s attorney said last week that the owner and the catering hall were swamped with millions in storm damage-related debt from Tropical Storm Irene

and Superstorm Sandy after a $2-million FEMA disaster recovery loan fell through. The contract to make The Thatched Cottage the caterer for the historic Gold Coast estate nearly came to fruition in May 2013. Then, after nearly four years of negotiations, the Suffolk County Legislature was poised to clear the way for the Vanderbilt board to sign a five-year contract, with three five-year options, with Colamussi to cater at the Vanderbilt and open three concessions on the grounds. However, that vote was tabled in May 2013 shortly before a vote was called. At the time, the contract was projected to generate more than $200,000 in combined revenues and cost-avoidance savings for the museum, officials said. While Colamussi could re-file under the new RFP with hopes of catering at the Vanderbilt, Dujmic said reissuing the RFP means the museum is basically restarting its search from scratch. “This is quite disappointing for me that we have to go back to square one,” Dujmic said.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Chamber Members Meet The Media By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

All roads led to Huntington Station at the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce’s Meet the Media breakfast Jan 14. The hamlet was a focal point of discussion at the annual gathering, which featured a panel of seven reporters and editors who cover the Town of Huntington. The goal of the morning, according to Newsday columnist and moderator Joye Brown, of Huntington, was to take a look back at 2013 and take a look forward into the new year. But the spotlight was clearly on Huntington Station and those leading the charge to revitalize it. Panelists agreed that delivering on campaign promises to revitalize Huntington Station is crucial for Supervisor Frank Petrone’s sixth term to be successful. “They heard him say that revitalizing Huntington Station was his goal, that he wanted to have a chance to finally get that done – and people want to see that,” Newsday beat reporter Deborah Morris, of Huntington, said. “Frank has to deliver on Huntington Station, and one of the things he’s done right with this is form a public-private partnership,” Long Islander News Associate Publisher Peter Sloggatt added. “…Government, we all love ya, but you don’t get stuff done too quickly – whereas the private sector really tends to make things happen.” He was speaking of Renaissance Downtowns, a firm designated by the town to serve as the master developer of Huntington Station. While initial plans to build a boutique hotel could spur other development, Long Island Business News reporter David Winzelberg stressed that it eventually comes down to economics. “One of things you have to be careful of – the way Renaissance Downtowns does things, they’re not a developer,” he said. “Renaissance Downtowns is more like an organizer… They still need the buy-in from developers.” Some of the panelists’ comments reflected common frustrations tied to revitalization efforts in Huntington Station. “I don’t know what’s going on with that

Long Islander News Associate Publisher Peter Sloggatt takes a question at the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce’s Meet the Media breakfast at the Crest Hollow Country Club. project in the Station. It’s very disappointing,” News 12 correspondent Danielle Campbell, of Huntington, said. “I’m 51 years old, and it [revitalization] was talked about when I was a child. I don’t know what the holdup is.” But WNBC’s Greg Cergol, a Huntington resident whose wife, Joan, is director of the Town of Huntington’s Economic Development Corp. and Community Development Agency, disagreed and said “there’s a lot on the table.” “The problem is consensus – and money,” Cergol said. “You have to convince business to come in and spend money, but before they’re going to do that, they want to know the community is going to support them.” The panelists also agreed that the community’s image in some corners as a crime-ridden hamlet is unfair and overblown. “Quite frankly, if you want to talk about crime, I would rather walk through Huntington Station at night than invest money in Wall Street,” Sloggatt joked.

While Huntington Station dominated the talk, other issues emerged. The panel gave the Town of Huntington high marks on economic development and financial management issues, but a more mixed review on housing policy – particularly the creation of rental housing – and efforts to reverse “the brain drain” affecting Long Island. When the conversation moved toward Billy Joel playing The Paramount as some of the biggest news of 2013, JVC Broadcasting CEO John Caracciolo, of Dix Hills, chastised the media for “trying to make a scandal” out of the scarcity of tickets. “This is a guy that sold out Shea Stadium two nights in a row in 10 minutes. He’s going to sell out The Paramount in three minutes, and we tried to spin that,” he said. “The major point is that you get a worldclass artist to come into your village, people who haven’t seen the village in 20 years will come by… That’s a wonderful opportunity,” David North, of 97.5 WALK radio, added. On rental housing, Winzelberg said Hunt-

ington is “doing well” at creating opportunities through mixed-use development in Huntington village. Sloggatt, however, said that by the same token, the town and the Huntington NAACP are locked in a legal battle over whether for-sale or rental affordable housing should be built on Ruland Road in Melville. “It looks like it is going to court and is going to be decided by the courts,” Sloggatt said. Huntington Patch’s Pam Robinson, a South Huntington resident, said the demand for affordable rental housing remains especially high and cited the enthusiasm of participants in a recent lottery for the right to rent affordable units at Avalon Huntington Station on East 5th Street. “As a person with an accessory apartment in my house, I can rent it like that – there’s such a need for smaller, not-expensive housing in Huntington. Whether we want that in Huntington, I don’t know – that remains to be seen,” she said.

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CAMP& EDUCATION Writers Finding Their Place By Matt Kindelmann E. B. White, the celebrated author of “Charlotte’s Web,” once said that “a writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper.” I agree, and I stress the importance of finding and maintaining healthy writing habits to my journalism and creative writing classes. Don’t sit on your hands, I say, go find your place. I tell my students that finding the proper environment to think and put the pen to paper is a cornerstone to becoming a solid writer. Everyone is different and sometimes it takes some experimentation, but finding a setting that can work is the first and sometimes most crucial step. Getting an idea is one thing, but finding right atmosphere to nurture that idea is a whole other kettle of fish. I bend the rules and allow students to listen to their iPods during writing workshops. I sometimes even play some music in my classroom to help the creativity begin to bubble. (Miles Davis and Grateful Dead jams seem to work best.) Kurt Vonnegut said he liked to listen to jazz when he wrote in the evening and Charles Bukowski’s typewriter couldn’t produce poems unless his radio dial was tuned into the classical music station. I tell my students that I like to listen to music when I write, too. I wrote my master’s thesis, “Bullfighting’s Effect on Hemingway’s Style,” while incessantly spinning George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass.” I don’t know why, but this combination worked. My thesis and that album are forever linked in my brain and whenever I hear the opening guitar strums of “My Sweet Lord” I immediately picture the running of the bulls in Pamplona. I always choose specific music to fit my writing mood. I listen to The Stones when I’m feeling obnoxious, the Doors when I’m dark. I spin The Beatles when I want to be whimsical and I play Coltrane or Dylan when I need reflection. The molten sounds help me with my pacing and sometimes a chorus or bridge will subconsciously inspire a line or two.

I share with my students the writing methods of famous authors that I think might help them. I tell them how Stephen King writes 10 pages every day (including holidays) and he plunges into the writing of his novels without an outline or notes. “DaVinci Code” author Dan Brown keeps an hourglass on his desk and every hour he puts the pen down to do pushups, situps, and stretches. Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner Toni Morrison likes to write in hotel rooms with her Bible and glass of sherry close at hand. I sometimes get blank stares when I say that German writer Wolfgang Goethe kept rotten apples in his desk drawer that he would occasionally smell to kick-start the old imagination. To each his own, I say to my classes. Some students are surprised to learn that the uber-masculine Ernest Hemingway never wrote under the influence of alcohol or with a rifle by his side. He religiously wrote every day from the morning’s first light until the day was too warm to write. He stood and stabbed at a chest-high typewriter and made notes in his thick, boyish handwriting. For those students who like to work under pressure I tell them that Ray Bradbury wrote “Fahrenheit 451” in a basement typing room at UCLA. He pumped dimes into a “pay typewriter” and churned out pages in 30-minute clips. John Steinbeck liked pencils and snacks when he wrote. He reportedly used 60 pencils one day, and he usually noshed when being creative; tuna on crackers and chili were his favorites. I talk about, though do not recommend, the unorthodox methods used by Jack Kerouac and Truman Capote. Allegedly, Kerouac wrote “On the Road” in three weeks, typing it nonstop on a 120-foot scroll of paper. (Depending on the maturity of the class, I sometimes leave out the fact that he was popping uppers and typed most of it locked in his bathroom.) “In Cold Blood” author Truman Capote dubbed himself a “horizontal author” because he felt most comfortable stretched out on a bed or a sofa, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes when he wrote. He claimed he couldn’t think unless he was lying down. He would then transition from coffee to mint tea to sherry to martinis throughout the day. (I also mention that Capote died from liver disease as a (Continued on page A12)

Enrolling At Five Towns If you’ve had a change in career goals, or a change of mind or heart, a local college may be a good place to start. Five Towns College in Dix Hills welcomes new and transfer students to attend its final Enrollment Days now through Jan. 27. Interested students can bring in their transcripts Monday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. to the admissions office, which will arrange for an evaluation of transfer credits, financial aid

and scholarship eligibility. No appointment is necessary and application fees are waived on these special days. Five Towns College offers degree programs in music, media, education and the performing arts. For more information about undergraduate or graduate degree programs, to arrange for a private tour, or to speak with an admissions representative, call 631-656-2110 or visit ftc.edu. Scholarships and financial aid are available for those who qualify. Spring classes start Jan. 27.

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How Much Is Too Much? Each day in the United States, nearly 4,000 thing, but regulating adults is another. When is people younger than 18 years old smoke their it OK to act in the interest of public health, and first cigarette, according to the Centers for Dis- when are you infringing upon citizens’ rights? ease Control (CDC). For some, this is a starThe economics argument is not the strongest. tling statistic, given what we now know about Indeed, the bill would have a much higher the health risks one takes when taking on a chance of having its intended effect if Nassau smoking habit. took up the charge as well, creating a “ManhatOf those 4,000, an estimated 1,000 youth in tan-to-Montauk” ban on selling tobacco to anythat age group become new daily cigarette one under 21 years old. But for Suffolk vensmokers – that’s nearly 400,000 each year. dors, we imagine losing only a demographic of There are those that say, to each his own; all customers ages 18-20 would not be enough to we can do is inform the public of the cripple a business. risks, and let them make their own de- EDITORIAL When it comes to protecting cisions. public health, the argument is Then there are those like William Spencer. stronger. Eighteen does seem to be a critical age The legislator from Centerport is fighting to get for potential smokers. According to the CDC, the Suffolk County Legislature to pass a bill smoking and smokeless tobacco use are initiatthat would raise the minimum age to buy to- ed and established primarily during adolesbacco products in Suffolk County from 18 to cence; 88 percent of adult smokers who smoke 21, matching recent legislation adopted in New daily report that they started smoking by the York City. The expected legislative battle is ex- age of 18. And we have laws about alcohol for pected to start Feb. 11 with the first public hear- similar reasons. ing on the matter. Over-legislating is probably the biggest conThere are many angles to consider. First, cern. When is it too much? In a recent Surgeon there are the economics. Will this bill cripple General’s report, federal officials state that small businesses? Retailers are obviously smoking is the leading preventable cause of against the proposal, arguing it would drain death in the United States, with obesity coming small business owners while doing little to pre- in second. Are we to next ban certain foods for vent teens from picking up the habit. In addi- certain age groups? Or rely on public education tion, there is worry about losing customers – to fight the epidemic? and thus, dollars – to Nassau County, where the We also need to look at whether our previous age will still be 18. attempts at combating smoking among our Then there are the health factors to consider. youth have been successful. Education and anWill this bill protect the public health? It is no ti-smoking campaigns are making an impact, secret that smoking is bad for you, but consid- according to the CDC: Current cigarette smoker this: Younger brains are more susceptible to ing among middle school and high school addition. According to Spencer, who is also an youth declined in a linear fashion between 2000 ear, nose and throat surgeon, scientific data in- and 2011. dicates that as a young person’s brain develops, Taking all of these questions into consideraportions that trigger addiction become less tion, our editorial board is split on this bill, as prone to react to nicotine and other addictive are many, we expect. substances. But that is exactly why our legislature holds Finally, there is the question of how much hearings on bills before voting on them. So if legislation is too much legislation. As Legisla- you have something to say, exercise your right tor Lou D’Amaro said, regulating minors is one and speak up.

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Won’t Run Again The following is an open letter to Village of Northport residents from Trustee Tom Kehoe on his decision not to seek reelection.

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Turning The Tide Of Opinion For Avalon DEAR EDITOR: It was refreshing to see that the controversial AvalonBay development in Huntington Station is completed and ready for residents!

Congratulations to Supervisor Frank Petrone and the Huntington Town Board for approving the project against very vocal opposition who spread a lot of misinformation creating much fear, uncertainty and doubt among our citizens. They purported that rental housing would bring high rise tenements to Long Island,

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I am writing to say that I will not run for reelection as a Village Trustee this March. The past eight years have been a joy and privilege serving as your Trustee. I would like to thank all of you for voting for me and for your support. I would also like to thank The mayor and my colleagues on the Board, it has also been an honor serving with men of such integrity. Thank you also to the Business Development Committee, and in particular, Artie Glad,

Dave Ambro, The Gallowitsch's, The Maronis, Kathleen Murphy, Brian Burke, Ken Savin and others for their support and help in making Northport pro business. Thank you to the Northport Police Department, for making Northport one of the safest places to live on Long Island and for carrying out their duties with pride and class. I also want to thank Chief Rick Bruckenthal and Lieutenant Bill Ricca, two wonderful and first class law enforcement professionals. I will miss you two Gentlemen, and yes, you can still call me "Boss". Thanks also to the rest of the Village Staff and Village Employees, you do us all proud. I am a firm believer in the representative form of government that graces the American way of life. I also believe in the Collective Wisdom of the electorate. The voters of Northport will elect someone to replace me and he or she will go on to do many good things while they serve. Northport is a special place, where many divergent views dwell, but where all have a voice and are heard by their elected officials. God bless Northport, and God bless America.

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Raise A Glass For Literacy Local author’s first book-signing to support youth initiatives in Africa, Asia By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

A local author will debut his first book for young readers Friday and use the happy occasion to promote literacy in developing countries. Huntington resident James Perez will discuss and sign his first book, “Maia and Icarus,” a mythological tome aimed at pre-teen readers, at 7 p.m. Friday at Book Revue in Huntington. The event and a subsequent after-party at XO Restaurant will raise money for global literacy organization Room to Read.

“I was kinda bummed out when the last one came out, and I said, ‘Maybe I can write the next Harry Potter series’.” — JAMES PEREZ, Huntington author Perez, who works in the North Shore School District as an elementary school psychologist and recently opened a private practice, can directly pinpoint when he caught the writing bug: It was the summer of 2007, when the final installment of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter

series came out. “I was kinda bummed out when the last one came out, and I said, ‘Maybe I can write the next Harry Potter series’,” he said with a laugh. What followed was the story of Maia Peterson, a Long Island seventh-grader who, after a fire over summer break damaged her home, discovered a secret that landed her in Greece and discovered a hidden world where the gods of Olympus continue to reign. Perez said the storyline reflects a lifelong love of Greek mythology. “When I was a kid, I was fascinated with the story of Icarus,” he said. “I had this idea that when he fell he didn’t die, and it kind of went from there.” The name Maia was drawn from that of his niece, as well as from Greek mythology. “When I was looking up about who Maia was in Greek mythology, that kind of gave me the idea to make that connection,” he said. “It kind of all just jelled together.” All of Perez’ proceeds from Friday’s book signing will benefit Room to Read, which works to promote literacy and gender equality in education throughout Asia and Africa. They hope to reach 10 million

Huntington’s James Perez releases his book, “Maia and Icarus,” on Friday. children by 2015. The XO Restaurant after-party will support the foundation’s Beers for Books program, in which $1 from every drink sold is donated to Room to Read. Each $1

donation is enough to produce a highquality local language book. Since starting in February 2009, Beers for Books has funded over 180,000 books, and more are on the way.

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To the historically minded in our town, he’s known as the Pickle King of Greenlawn. But to those who pay attention to the fine print, post-Civil War African American entrepreneur Samuel Ballton was also a house builder of no small proportions. Attesting to this fact is an item in the Northport column of the 1895 LongIslander which read: “Samuel Bolton finishing house on Woodbine.” That there is a home built by a man named Ballton or Bolton would not seem too significant a fact, until one considers that this Ballton is a man whose personal history is so exceptional. Samuel Ballton was an escaped slave who fought for the Union cause in the Civil War, settled in Greenlawn, and became an important agricultural entre-

preneur and civic leader. Born on a plantation in Virginia, Ballton was conscripted by the Confederate Army to work on the railroad in the Blue Ridge Mountains during the war. Instead, Ballton escaped, traveled north, and fought for the Union cause and freedom. He came to Greenlawn in 1873, and worked himself up from a farmhand position with Alexander Gardiner to a sharecropping operation. Before long he found himself in a position as a buying agent for a large Boston pickle house, and was a grower of some repute during the era when the pickle industry was of such importance to Greenlawn, East Northport and the surrounding agricultural areas. Meanwhile, it turns out Ballton also became a house builder and land developer. Ballton's houses in the Greenlawn area are well documented – in fact, during the late 1990s when the current post office was being constructed on Broadway, it was

necessary to move at least two of the houses – at nos. 3 and 5 Smith Street – up the road, because they were known as “Ballton houses” and recalled by a descendent of the man as being products of her illustrious ancestor. Review of old maps of the area also revealed that Ballton owned property beyond the Greenlawn area itself – the 1909 Belcher Hyde map of the area shows a Ballton property near the corner of Stony Hollow Road and Route 25a in Centerport, just above the location of the building used today as an outdoor clam shack restaurant in summer months. There is photographic support for the fact that a house on that property once had the name Ballton distinctly written beside it. And as it turns out, Ballton was an active member in Northport community life. In particular, he is pictured with some frequency among the Civil War veterans who regularly met and paraded in the late 1800s.

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If you ask for it, Pollo Campero will come. Pollo Campero Regional Manager Ana Epps said consumer demand in nearby restaurants for a new Huntington Station location got their attention, and they followed through on that clamor when they opened on New York Avenue in midDecember. Their feedback was right – the dining room was already filling up minutes after 11 a.m. during a recent visit. “When we came, the reaction we got was fantastic – the line was ongoing,” she said. “It’s great – it’s been non-stop.” Pollo Campero got its start in Guatemala in 1971 as a family-owned chain of Latin American restaurants. They made their way through Central America before making their American debut in California in 2000. Today, there’s more than 400 Pollo Camperos worldwide, with more than 50

in the U.S. As you might guess by the name (Pollo Campero is Spanish for “country chicken”) their menu focuses on chicken – Campero fried and citrus grilled, as well as chicken strips, chicken bowls, and empanadas. In America, it’s a hybrid fast food/sitdown experience – order at the counter, take a number, take a seat and the friendly staff will bring your meal to your table with plates and silverware. Empanadas ($6.99 for 3 with a classic side) are light and crisp on the outside but soft, savory and a little spicy on the inside, stuffed with herbs, spices and Campero fried chicken. Crispy hand-battered chicken strips ($5.99 for 3 and a classic side; $7.99 for 5 and a classic side) are another satisfying choice. However, the full chicken – either fried or grilled – is where it’s really at. Pollo Campero’s fried chicken ($5.19-$7.19 for personal meal) is just about perfect, and that’s probably why they haven’t changed

Pollo Campero Regional Manager Ana Epps and her staff at their new Huntington Station restaurant show off the bounty available on their menu. the recipe since launching in 1971. Covered in a slightly-spicy batter, the plump poultry is fried until crispy outside and juicy, tender and delicious. For those seeking some lighter fare, their citrus grilled chicken ($5.39-$7.99 for a personal meal) is equally enjoyable – never dry, full of zesty lime flavor and boasting an enticing citrus aroma thanks to flavor injection and 24 hours of marinating. Each personal meal comes with a choice of a classic side, including traditional (Continued on page A11)

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black beans, Campero beans (a blend of slow-cooked pinto beans simmered with smoked bacon, chorizo, onions, garlic, tomatoes and jalapenos), classic Campero rice, French fries, cole slaw and mashed potatoes ($2.09 regular/$3.99 family size on their own). A pro tip from Anna – blend the traditional chopped slaw and Campero rice and enjoy them together. You’ll notice that their cole slaw is cool,

crisp and not sweet – that’s by design, and a nod to traditional Latin recipes. Branch out to some signature sides like soft, fluffy Yuca fries and sweet roasted plantains ($2.39 regular, $4.39 family-style). With a fast start already under their belt and growing crossover success, we expect Pollo Campero to be a fixture in Huntington Station for years to come as they bring Latin flavor to new customers here.

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REDEFINING HAPPY HOUR: Brio Tuscan Grille at Walt Whitman Shops is redefining the “happy” in happy hour with its new Bar Brioso program, which launched on Jan. 13. Bar Brioso features a large selection of Brio’s signature dishes and drinks in the bar from Monday-Friday from 3:30-6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.-close. Bar Brioso features nine “plate” offerings, perfect for sharing. For $4, guests can enjoy beef carpaccio, tomato margherita flatbread, and new crispy eggplant fries. Available for $5 are the new vegetable and hummus plate, tomato mozzarella salad and Brio burger. For $6, guests can order up full-portion appetizer plates, including black pepper shrimp, crispy cheese ravioli and roasted garlic, spinach and artichoke dip. Thirteen enticing beverage options include Italian lemonade, Sangria Rosa, white peach sangria, and Peroni beer for $4; black raspberry Cosmo, vodka martini, and four Porta Palo wine selections for $5; and key lime mojito, mango mojito, classic Manhattan and Italian margarita for $6. In addition to the special plates, $5 martinis and $5 wine is available on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. AS SEEN IN HUNTINGTON: Thrilling your fans by signing your new book sure can work up an appetite. Film star Cameron Diaz whetted her appetite Jan. 14 by swinging by

Fantastic fare is available at an unbeatable price as part of Brio’s new happy hour promotion. Besito (402 NewYork Ave., Huntington 631549-0100, Huntington), insiders tell us. After signing “The Body Book” up the road, we’re told Diaz enjoyed tortilla soup, fish tacos and iced tea, keeping things light and lively in the new year.

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breakdown in the middle of a pop chorus anymore?” Noonan said. Karmin will be bringing that and more to Huntington next month as part of the “Pulses” tour to promote their upcoming studio album of the same name, which is due out in the spring. “It has a lot more of the duo feel… the big gang vocals, a big anthem kind of feel,” Noonan said. “We wanted everything to translate live – live is when we’re in our best element.” While Heidemann and Noonan are part-

ners in music, they were partners in life first and remain so – they got engaged before their first viral hit in 2010. “We fell in love first – we started dating eight or nine years ago,” Heidemann said, before joking, “What better way to destroy our relationship than start a musical group together?” The couple honed their craft busking on Newberry Street in Boston. Then YouTube put them on the map. After posting covers for about a year, they had a breakthrough when their performance of Chris Brown’s “Look At Me Now” went viral. That earned

them trips to perform with The Roots at Tufts and appearances on Ellen DeGeneres and Ryan Seacrest’s shows, where Heidemann’s singing and rapping abilities earned notice. Then, “Brokenhearted” from their 2012 EP “Hello” took off, and the title track topped Billboard’s dance charts. Their stop in Huntington will be their last east-coast performance before they head to the Midwest and the Pacific coast. But New York is a favorite destination, the duo agrees. “It’s just an awesome place to play for us – the fans go crazy, the energy is amazing,” Noonan said.

At their live show coming up Feb. 1, expect the unexpected, they say. “They expect it to be a lot cuter, nice and safe – that’s not what it’s about,” Noonan explained. “It’s a lot of energy – we’re running around the whole time.” Follow them on Twitter @Karmin and say “hello” – they typically tweet to their fans right before a gig. Tickets for their Paramount performance are $22.50 and $42.50, and are available through Ticketmaster, http://paramountny.com or the theater box office. For more info, call The Paramount at 631-673-7300.

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warning to potential copycats.) It’s important that I share my habits as well. First off, I remind them that inspiration can happen almost anytime, so you always have to be prepared. I’ve jotted down ideas on airplane sick bags, on the back of train tickets, and have jumped off the treadmill at the gym to write down an idea before I sweated it out. I tell them

that besides writing in my living room with music playing, I find I can write for blissful hours at a stretch in many public places. Since I was a boy, I’ve found solace in libraries, and the chitchatting, jukebox, and clinking of glasses and plates at a restaurant or a bar serve as white noise for my writing. The ocean, with its salty scent, constant motion, and enormous presence has helped my pen move. I’ve

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third assistant chief, a position created due to the flourishing population of the area, Tepe rose through the assistant chief ranks and was ultimately elected chief, serving from 1968-1970. After fulfilling his duties as chief, Tepe served as president of the Town of Huntington Fire Chiefs Council from 1966-1968 and later became a Dix Hills Fire District commissioner from 1987-1991. According to Philip H. Tepe, Tepe’s son, his father was a natural-born leader who led by example. Growing up in a home where volunteering and serving the community was held in high regard, Phil’s father was always his mentor. Walking in his father’s footsteps, Philip H. Tepe served as both a chief and commissioner with the department. “He’s always been my guiding light; he was my sounding board. My son has been bitten by that same bug my father and I had… He laid some real basic groundwork

for the department and a legacy for my son” Philip H. Tepe said Monday. Tepe’s 26-year-old grandson, Brett Tepe, serves the department as Company 2 captain. At the memorial service on Jan. 16, which was conducted by the department’s chaplain, Deacon James Hanly, Brett Tepe described his grandfather as “stoic” and an “exceptional role model” who passed down important life values for the entire Tepe family, as well as the volunteers who serve at the Dix Hills Fire Department. Tepe was the loving husband of Viola S. Tepe; father to Philip H. Tepe (Toni), Diane Marks, and Elizabeth Finkelstein (Frank); grandfather to Tiffany LeGrow (Luke), Philip A. Tepe II, Lesley-Anne Marks, Brett A. Tepe, Samantha Smith (Jason), Craig Finkelstein and Danny Finkelstein; and great-grandfather to Shane C. LeGrow. Philip H. Tepe said Monday his father’s wishes were to be cremated, and his remains will be put to rest in the near future.

written lots of lines while caked in sunblock in front of the rumbling Atlantic. I booked a motel room in Montauk with an ocean view one spring day with the specific goal of finishing an article. (Truth be told, I should have shared my byline with the sea.) Like Steinbeck, I’ll sometimes snack as I write, though I prefer peanut butter instead of tuna on crackers. And coffee can kick start my process, though I

stick to a cup or two instead of the 50 that Balzac reportedly downed each day he wrote. (How could he have written with such shaky hands?) It sounds hokey, but if someone is serious about writing, he must focus on the three P’s of the craft: place, passion, and patience. If a writer finds the right location, his style and voice will not far behind.

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Does your child need violin lessons? Looking to get your saxophone fixed? Want to buy a new guitar? Munro Music in East Northport is the place to go. Munro Music has been providing clients with music lessons since 1966. After its reopening under John Fogarty in 1967, the shop gradually expanded to selling instruments, accessories and sheet music, as well as repairing and renting out instruments. Shoppers can walk into Munro Music on Larkfield Road and find shelves of sheet music in front of them, keyboards to their left, rows of guitars hanging from the ceiling, bongo drums and clarinets in display windows around the store, trumpets and saxophones perched on the back wall, and any musical accessory they might need. Lessons can be arranged for just about any band or orchestra instrument, as well guitar and piano lessons. “It's an interesting business when you actually can see customers come down here with their kids and they used to take lessons here when they were kids,” Fogarty said. The music store staffs three repairmen. One focuses on band instruments, another specializes in orchestra instruments and a third repairman fixes up guitars and electronics. According to Fogarty, Munro Music is known for its stock in sheet music, especially NYSSMA sheet music that can be found in file cabinets organized by level and instrument in the back of the store. Many students in local districts come to the East Northport shop to buy their sheet music each spring for the state musical assessment.

Fogarty said the shop gets very busy during NYSSMA season, the beginning of the school year when parents and students come to rent and buy instruments for the year, and the holiday season. Fogarty, 70, began playing the guitar when he was 5 years old. In his early 20s, he taught guitar lessons at music stores in Queens where he lived. By the time he was 24, he was looking to buy his own store, and a friend who lived in Northport told him about a music store that was for sale. Munro Music provided lessons services and was only open for about a year when owner Nancy Munro decided to move to California. Fogarty then bought the shop in August 1967 and kept its name. A year after buying the shop, he moved from Queens to Northport Village, and about 10 years later, he moved to Eaton’s Neck where he still resides. Since taking over Munro Music, Fogarty has expanded the business to provide retail as well as services, and physically expanded the store space. Now, Munro Music has an informative website and even an eBay store so out-of-towners can buy guitars, amps, microphones and violins online. Fogarty also began playing the trombone around 7 years old. He played both trombone and guitar for the Air National Guard Band in New York from 1965-1970. In his first 20-plus years of owning and operating Munro Music, the musician taught guitar and trombone lessons. He can also play a little piano and a bit of a few other instruments, he said. Photography is another hobby of the musician and store owner, and his office is full of pictures he has taken of his staff, who he says is like a family. Many employees have gone off to college but come back to work at the shop with their college degrees. To add to the family-feel of the “mom and pop” music store, Fogarty’s dog, a Labrador-mix named Chloe, comes to work daily and hangs out in the office. “I still come to work every day and like what I'm doing. It's never been a job. It's nice having something that you really enjoy,” he said.

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Every Thursday except holidays, “Sharing Our Lives” at the Women’s Center of Huntington, 125 Main St., Huntington, gives women in the later stages of life a chance to share joys and concerns and in turn receive support and confidentiality. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $10 members/$15 non-members, per session. Advance registration: 631-549-0485.

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Elwood Public Library

3027 Jericho Turnpike, Elwood. 631-499-3722. www.elwoodlibrary.org. • On Thursday, Jan. 23, the library will be hosting a crochet workshop giving you the chance to talk with other people and share your love of crochet. The event is from 7-8:30 p.m. • Catch Lee Daniel’s “The Butler” movie on Friday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m.

FRIDAY ArtMosphere

Live blues and classic rock by renowned guitarists Kerry Kearney Duo, plus paintings by 40 regional artists, will fill the lobby of the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum's Charles and Helen Reichert Planetarium for ArtMosphere on Jan. 24, from 711 p.m. The public is invited to view the art and enjoy the music free of charge. Visit: www.limusicfestivals.com/artmosphere. The evening will feature a sneak preview of the latest planetarium show, Black Holes, at 9 p.m. Wine, beer and soft drinks will be available for purchase.

Half Hollow Hills Community Library

Dix Hills: 55 Vanderbilt Parkway. 631-4214530; Melville: 510 Sweet Hollow Road. 631421-4535. hhhlibrary.org. • Have fun doing jigsaw puzzles and playing other mind-sharpening games Monday, Jan. 27, 2-4 p.m. in Dix Hills. • Appropriate action during the first few minutes of a medical emergency can save a life! Lori Green, certified CPR instructor and former EMT, will instruct you in the life saving techniques of adult CPR and the use of an automated external defibrillator on Saturday, Feb. 1, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. in Dix Hills. Registration open now. $35.

SATURDAY Live Music

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

Become An Assistant Soccer Ref

The Long Island Soccer Referees Association (LISRA) holds a US Soccer’s Entry Level Course in January. Candidates must attend either both morning or both afternoon classes on Saturday, Jan. 25 and Sunday, Jan. 26 at the Wilson Tech, Western Suffolk BOCES, 17 Westminster Ave., Dix Hills. $145. Register at www.LISoccerRefs.org. Questions? Email LISRA’s Mike Roamer at G9@LISoccerRefs.org. Assistant refs must be 13 years old to officiate Long Island Junior Soccer League games.

SUNDAY Find Your Center

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

Summer Camp Open House

Wheatley Heights’ Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts (www.usdan.com), hosts its next open house on Jan. 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Check out several new programs for its 2014, 47th season: Musical Theater Dance and Musical Theater Audition Workshop, both for grades 7-12; and Sewing and Fashion Production, for grades 4-12. Usdan also offers individual weekend guided tours available by appointment. Weekday self-guided walks are also available. $100 “Early Bird” enrollment discount for registration through Jan. 31. For an appointment, call 631-643-7900.

Visits From County Senior Advocates

The Suffolk County Office for the Aging has released its Winter 2014 Senior Advocate Schedule for Huntington. County representatives will provide seniors assistance with food stamps, Medicare savings programs, Medicaid applications, Heating Emergency Assistance Program (HEAP) applications, and more at the following times: Huntington Library, Monday, March 10, 10 a.m.-noon; Huntington Nutrition Center, Wednesdays, Jan. 29, Feb. 26 and March 26, 9 a.m.-noon; Paumanack Village I & II (Greenlawn), Tuesdays, Jan. 28, Feb. 18 and March 25, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Paumanack Village V & VI (Melville), Tuesdays, Feb. 11 and March 11, 9 a.m.-noon; and South Huntington Library, Thursdays, Jan. 30 and March 27, 10-11:30 a.m. 631-853-8200.

MONDAY Red Is For Passion

Love the color red and enjoy living it up? The Red Hat women are looking for new members

be checked out for two weeks on an adult Deer Park library card. • Join the library’s team for the Advanced Battle of the Books, a countywide book trivia contest for students in grades 9-12. Participants read three books, then compete in teams against other libraries on March 28. Team practices begin in January. Call 631586-3000.

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TUESDAY Free Mommy And Me Class

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

Free Help For Vets

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

Obamacare Seminar

The Huntington Business Incubator is hosting a Jan. 28 seminar to help businesses and individuals understand the workings of the federal Affordable Care Act and how it applies to them. The one-hour session, entitled “Obamacare and You: Are You Eligible and How to Sign Up,” will begin with a networking opportunity at 5:30 p.m.; the presentation will start at 6:30 p.m., followed by a question and answer session at 1268 New York Ave., Huntington Station. Admission is free, but an RSVP is required. Call Diane Teets at 631-351-2884 or send an email to dteets@HuntingtonNY.gov.

WEDNESDAY Free Estate Planning Seminar

Learn to “trust” your instincts at Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 68 Hauppauge Road, Commack on Jan. 29 (inclement weather date of Feb. 5) from 7-9 p.m. Craig A. Andreoli, Esq., will present on elder law issues, including the distinctions between Irrevocable Trusts and Revocable Trusts as they relate to long term health care and estate planning. Reserve a seat at 631686-6500.

Open Mic Night

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

Power Breakfast

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

AT THE LIBRARIES Cold Spring Harbor Library

95 Harbor Road, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-6926820. cshlibrary.org. • Children in grades K-6 can practice reading their favorite stories to friendly dogs on Thursday, Jan. 23 from 4-5 p.m. All dogs have been trained and certified by Therapy Dogs International. To register, call or stop by the children’s department. • Meet new friends and use your imagination to build amazing creations with LEGOS. For children in grades K-6 on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2 p.m.

Commack Public Library

18 Hauppauge Road, Commack. 631-4990888. commack.suffolk.lib.ny.us. • Gail Janicola, fitness trainer, pre/postnatal exercise specialist and founder of Moms On Top, reveals the steps to creating true, lifelong family wellness on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 7 p.m. • Sign up now for a session on downloading eBooks and audiobooks from Live-brary.com, the digital branch of the library. You will learn how to create a username and password, maneuver around the site, download books, work with your eReader or MP3 player, and more on Saturday, Feb. 8, 10 a.m.

Deer Park Public Library

44 Lake Ave., Deer Park. 631-586-3000. deerparklibrary.org. • Through a grant from New York State, the Deer Park Library is happy to offer Google Nexus 7 tablets for borrowing. Browse the web, download a book, play games and more with just a touch of your finger. Tablets can

31 Broadway, Greenlawn. 631-757-4200. harborfieldslibrary.org. • Harborfields High School students will be at the library on Monday and Thursday afternoons, 4-6 p.m., when school is in session to assist with homework for kids in grades 3-8. • On Friday, Jan. 24 from 5-6:30 p.m., young adults can bring their sketchbooks and share artwork with your friends. Instructor and artist Lilith Jones will give you instructions and feedback on your creations.

Huntington Public Library

Main Branch: 338 Main St., Huntington. 631427-5165. Station Branch: 1335 New York Ave., Huntington Station. 631-421-5053. www.thehuntingtonlibrary.org. • Using Microsoft Word, learn advanced word processing features including Mail Merge, Autotext, AutoCorrect and more. Saturday, Jan. 25, 10 a.m. in Huntington Station. • Enjoy “The Big Bad Musical” on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. The Jury (the audience) gets to decide the outcome of the biggest trail in the fairy-tale world. The Big Bad wolf if being charged with eating Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother, blowing down the house of the Three Little Pigs, and stealing sheep from the Boy who Cried Wolf. Will the Big Bad Wolf be acquitted of the crimes? Attend to find out.

Northport-East Northport Public Library

Northport: 151 Laurel Ave. 631-261-6930. East Northport: 185 Larkfield Road. 631-261-2313. www.nenpl.org. • Join the talented students of the East Northport Middle School for an evening of performances Friday, Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. in East Northport. • The Northport Arts Coalition’s “Do-ing Music” presents The Long Island Madrigal Singers, an a capella vocal ensemble specializing in music written before 1650, on Friday, Jan. 31, 7:30 p.m. in Northport.

South Huntington Public Library

145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station. 631-549-4411. www.shpl.info. • The Friends of the Library's 50th Anniversary Community Cookbook is now available for sale! It contains recipes contributed by friends and neighbors right here in South Huntington. From Asian Cocktail Meatballs and Hasselback Potatoes to Sauerbraten and Zucchini Bread, there are sure to be recipes that your family will love. $10 at the circulation desk. • Enjoy “The Big Bad Musical” on Friday, Jan. 24 from 7-8 p.m. The Jury (the audience) gets to decide the outcome of the biggest trail in the fairy-tale world. The Big Bad wolf if being charged with eating Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother, blowing down the house of the Three Little Pigs, and stealing sheep from the Boy who Cried Wolf. Will the Big Bad Wolf be acquitted of the crimes? Attend to find out.

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THEATER and FILM

Stay late at the Cinema Arts Centre and enjoy the roller disco epic “Skatetown USA” on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 24 and 25, at 11 p.m. Watch as Ace Johnson enters a roller rink turf war for a prize of $1,000. This 1970s time capsule is ripe for rediscovery as a quintessential movie classic, starring Scott Baio, Maureen “Marcia Brady” McCormick, Flip Wilson and Patrick Swayze in his first film. 423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631423-7611. $11/Public, $6/Members, $7/Students & Seniors, $4.50/Children under 12.

Cinema Arts Centre

423 Park Ave., Huntington. www.cinemaartscentre.org. 631-423-7611. • Enjoy the roller disco epic “Skatetown USA” on Friday, Jan. 24 at 11 p.m. and watch as Ace Johnson enters a roller rink turf war for a prize of $1,000. This 1970s time capsule is ripe for rediscovery as a quintessential movie classic, starring Scott Baio, Maureen “Marcia Brady” McCormick, Flip Wilson and Patrick Swayze in his first film. $11/Public, $6/Members, $7/Students & Seniors, $4.50/Children under 12. • Witness the eye-opening movie “Deputized,” on Jan. 26 at 11 a.m., in which Ecuadorian immigrant Marcelo Lucero is assaulted by a group of teenage boys in a deceptively peaceful Long Island town. The movie uncovers a shocking ritual performed by the town’s teenagers which resulted in the death of Lucero, and includes raw and honest interviews with family members on both sides. $15 members/ $20 public.

Dix Hills Performing Arts Center

Five Towns College, 305 N. Service Road, Dix Hills. Box Office: 631-656-2148. www.dhpac.org. • Listen to the best music from the 1970s and 1980s on Friday, Jan. 24 at 7:30 p.m. by The LP and Decadia. The LPs are an audio-visual concert experience featuring the best albumoriented rock of the 1970s. The Decadia show is jam packed with hit after hit, covering your favorite songs of the great musical decade of the 1980s. Tickets are $20, $25, $30, and $35. • Listen as Scogeojam, an American jazzfusion band, performs their “Tribute to Chick Corea on Friday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m. Chick Corea was a member of Miles Davis’ band in the 1960s and participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement.

John W. Engeman Theater At Northport

350 Main St., Northport. www.johnwengemantheater.com. 631-261-2900. • “Other Desert Cities” is the story of a once promising novelist who returns home after a six-year absence to celebrate Christmas with her parents, former leading Republicans, and her eccentric liberal aunt. When the novelist announces she is about to publish a memoir focusing on an explosive chapter in the family's history, the holiday reunion is thrown into turmoil. Shows through March 9.

AUDITIONS/SUBMISSIONS Northport Symphony Orchestra

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

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. • Artists from the tri-state area are invited to submit entries to the upcoming juried exhibition “Landscapes: From Metropolis to Arcadia.” Deadline is Feb. 9.

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. • The little fish’s birthday party was postponed until Sunday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. Celebrate the birth of the baby trout on this new date.

Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum

279 Main Street, Cold Spring Harbor. 631-367-

3418. www.cshwhalingmuseum.org. • Support the Whaling Museum’s education programs and take a chance to win tickets to Superbowl XLVIII. Participants are invited to the museum for a complimentary Happy Hour on Friday, Jan. 24 from 6pm-8pm for beer, bar food, and a raffle drawing. $150 per chance for 2 tickets with a maximum of 300 chances available.

Gallery Thirty Seven

12b School Street, Northport. www.gallerythirtyseven.com. • Visit Northport’s newest gallery and check out the resident artists.

Heckscher Museum Of Art

2 Prime Ave., Huntington. Museum hours: Wednesday - Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., first Fridays from 4-8:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission $68/adults, $4-6/seniors, and $4-5/children; members and children under 10 free. 631-351-3250. • “Rabble-Rousers: Art, Dissent, and Social Commentary”, on display until March 16, features works from the Permanent Collection by artists who challenged traditional aesthetics, politics, and social norms. Highlights include prints by Whistler, Rauschenberg, John Sloan, Larry Rivers, and May Stevens; photographs by Larry Fink and Garry Winogrand; and paintings by William Beard and George Grosz, among others.

Holocaust Memorial And Tolerance Center

Welwyn Preserve. 100 Crescent Beach Road, Glen Cove. Hours: Mon.-Fri.: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun.: noon-4 p.m. 516-571-8040 ext. 100. www.holocaust-nassau.org. • The permanent exhibit explains the 1930s increase of intolerance, the reduction of human rights, and the lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others: people with disabilities, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, gays and Polish intelligentsia. • “Art as Conscience: The Holocaust Art of Aaron Morgan”, which aims to move its viewers to understand the need for educating the world against intolerance and prejudice, is on display through Jan. 31.

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 works of 26 artists have been selected for the “Making an Impression II” printmaking show, on display through Jan. 27.

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.

LaMantia Gallery

127 Main St., Northport Village. 631-754-8414. www.lamantiagallery.com. • Following the success of their display of exclusive featuring never-before-seen Dr. Seuss artwork, the gallery displays a permanent collation of estate-authorized art.

9 East Contemporary Art

9 East Carver St., Huntington. Gallery hours: Wed.-Sat., 3-8 p.m. or by appointment. 631662-9459. • A unique winter invitational exhibition, “CLAY / PAPER 2014” presents works in clay or on paper by 30 professional artists. On display Jan. 25-March 16. Meet the Artist reception on Saturday, Feb. 2, 3-7 p.m.

Northport Historical Society Museum

215 Main St., Northport. Museum hours: Tuesday - Sunday, 1-4:30 p.m. 631-7579859. 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.

Ripe Art Gallery

1028 Park Ave., Huntington. TuesdayThursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday, 2-8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. www.ripeartgal.com. 631-239-1805. • Ripe Art Gallery is pleased to present their Eigth Annual Valentine’s Day Group Show. This year’s theme in “A RIPE Circus.” It is an open submission show drawing many local artists, working in all types of mediums, and everyone’s first opportunity to show in the New Gallery in the barn at Rexer’s Crossroads Farm. Submission deadline is Feb. 11.

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 Arena Players Repertory Theater presents the Bill Manhoff comedy “The Owl and the Pussycat” at the Carriage House Theater. The play will run through Sunday, Jan. 19. • On Saturday, Feb. 8, romance is in the air. Enjoy a Valentine's Day dinner in the mansion with seatings at 6 and 8 p.m. $100.

Walt Whitman Birthplace

246 Old Walt Whitman Road, Huntington Station. Hours: Wednesday-Friday, 1-4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.- 4 p.m. Admission: $6 adults, $5 seniors, $4 students, and children under 5 are free. 631-427-5240, ext. 114. www.waltwhitman.org. • Schedule at a time convenient for your group for high tea and transport yourself back in time as your group experiences High Tea in a private gathering house at the Birthplace. $25/person. 631-427-5240, ext. 113. educator@waltwhitman.org.

MUSIC & DANCE The Paramount

370 New York Ave., Huntington. 631-673-7300. www.paramountny.com. All shows begin at 8 p.m. unless otherwise noted. • The Lauryn Hill concert scheduled for Dec. 26 has been postponed to Jan. 26. Tickets: $75, $100. • Spend “An Evening With Rob Thomas” of Matchbox 20 fame on Monday, May 5, 8:30 p.m. Tickets now on sale.

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

Supplies For Little Shelter

Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern is collecting supplies for The Little Shelter Animal Adoption Center in Huntington. The shelter is in need of pet treats, cat and dog toys, kitty litter, cleaning supplies, such as laundry detergent, glass cleaner, paper towels and garbage cans, dog food and wet cat food, AA batteries and bedding. Donations can be dropped off at: 1842 East Jericho Turnpike, Huntington, NY, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. until March 1. 631-8545100.

VOLUNTEERING Cosmetologists Wanted

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

Be A Museum Docent

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

Seeking Volunteer Advocates

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

Artistically Gifted Needed

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

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

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

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100 Years And Still Looking Good Long Islander News photos/Kristen Schultheiss

By Kristen Schultheiss kschultheiss@longislandernews.com

Ethel Weber turned the big 100 on Jan. 10 and was surprised with a birthday party at Apex Rehabilitation and Healthcare in South Huntington. More than 40 residents in wheelchairs filled up Apex’s dining hall to celebrate the milestone with her. Apex’s director of recreation, Fran Brivic, hired an entertainer for the party who sang and played the keyboard. Choruses of “Sweet Caroline” were echoing throughout the room. Weber was moved to tears as she sat like royalty in front of her fellow residents with her daughter, Joan, at her side, while she was read a proclamation from the Town of Huntington that declared Jan. 10, 2014, “Ethel Weber Day.” Weber is a mother of three, grandmother of 14 and great-grandmother of two. She was born in Brooklyn, spent most of her life in Queens, and then lived with Joan in Deer Park for about 10 years. She moved into Apex Rehabilitation two years ago. The 100-year-old enjoys living at the South Huntington home. “I’m surprised they treat you so good,” she said. “I have a best friend, Rose. We do everything together.” Joan says her mother loves to play bingo and cards. She also used to take pleasure in bowling, gardening and volleyball. After a century, Weber continues to take good care of herself and keeps up with her appearance with manicures and hairstyling. She had her hair done on Friday morning

A resident dances with an Apex staff member during Ethel Weber’s surprise 100th birthday party. and Apex staff members also brought her flowers. “We just wanted to make her feel like it’s the most important day of her life and make her feel as special as possible,” Brivic said. “The residents here wanted to celebrate with her and she gets to celebrate her day on her day.” Weber and the residents were certainly enjoying the live music, and one man even got up out of his wheelchair to dance with a staff member. Everybody chimed in to sing “Happy Birthday” and then ate some cake to top off the celebration. Weber says that longevity runs in her family. Her mother lived to 102. She also attributes her long life to not smoking or drinking.

Ethel Weber celebrates her 100th birthday at Apex Rehabilitation and Healthcare in South Huntington on Jan. 10 with daughter Joan by her side.

TOWN OF HUNTINGTON

Meet Your Councilwoman On ‘Civic Saturday’ Edwards kicks off series with visit to Harborfields library this week By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

After just one month in office, new town councilwoman Tracey Edwards is taking her office on the road. The councilwoman will host her first Civic Saturday, from 9 a.m.-noon Jan. 25, at Harborfields Public Library in Greenlawn. She hopes the series will give residents greater access to her and aid her in building closer bonds with residents all over town. “I want to be out in the community as much as possible, so what better way to do both things?” Edwards said.

The meeting is the first of a twice-monthly series that will see Edwards set up shop in public libraries throughout the Town of Huntington so residents can chat one-onone with her about whatever is on their mind. “When I was walking [during the campaign] I heard a lot of residents saying, ‘Sometimes, I have questions and I may not be able to come down to the town hall meeting’,” Edwards said. The Saturday morning gatherings will give residents who might not be able to make to Huntington Town Board meetings on Tuesday afternoons and nights a better

opportunity to connect with town hall and have their voices heard, Edwards said. The informal setting, she added, will help her learn what’s really going on in communities. She’s hoping to receive the same candid feedback as she did when she would go to sporting events in Elwood while she was a school board trustee. “You learn what’s going on when you’re sitting in the stands. You meet people oneon-one – it’s very informal,” she said. Even though the election season is over, Edwards said she plans to continue knocking on doors and asking residents how things are going – albeit this time from a different van-

tage point. “You get a different conversation when you are campaigning versus, ‘I’m your councilwoman and I’m coming to knock on your door to see how things are’,” Edwards said.

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HUNTINGTON

Housing Authority Head Wins Nassau Leg. Nod By Danny Schrafel dschrafel@longislandernews.com

Siela Bynoe, the executive director of the Huntington Housing Authority, is now in contention to become a Nassau County legislator. The Westbury resident won the Democratic nomination Jan. 13 to run in a Feb. 11 special election for the vacant Second Legislative District seat previously held by Robert Troiano, who left the seat to work for the Town of North Hempstead. Bynoe, 46, who screened for the seat Saturday, said she was “extremely excited and honored” to win the party’s backing. “There were some great candidates that screened along with me, so I was very honored to be chosen

amongst such wonderful professionals to be the candidate,” she said. Bynoe became the Huntington Housing Authority’s executive director in late 2006. She is also a member of the Town of North Hempstead’s Housing Authority board and is in her fourth year as a Westbury school board trustee. Bynoe became directly involved in the political process soon after Troiano stepped down. “When the vacancy was created, I was asked by some of the leaders within the Town of North Hempstead to consider,” Bynoe said. “Everything kind of got accelerated because County Executive

Siela Bynoe

[Edward] Mangano called the special election for Feb. 11.” Should she be elected, Bynoe said she plans to continue as the Housing Authority’s executive director. She said her work in Huntington will prepare her well to serve the residents of the second district, which includes Hempstead, West Hempstead, Westbury, New Cassel, Lakeview, Hicksville, Rockville Centre and East Garden City. “It will also allow me to draw from the experience and some of the successes we’ve been able to achieve here in Huntington,” she said.

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HillSPORTS BOYS BASKETBALL>> HILLS WEST 69, KINGS PARK 52

Colts Charge Through Winning Streak Coach says defense, key players have stepped up in last four victories Long Islander News photo/archives

By Jacqueline Birzon jbirzon@longislandernews.com

Charging through the midpoint of the season—and not to mention their opponents’ defensemen—the Half Hollow Hills West varsity boys basketball team is on a high after a four-game winning streak last week. Last Thursday, the Colts (6-2) went neck and neck with the Kingsmen (4-4), the second place team in League IV, and crushed their opposition with a 17-point victory. In the first quarter alone, Hill put up 22 points on the scoreboard, and continued to execute double-digit periods throughout all four periods. Against Kings Park, senior captain and guard Terry Harris added 22 points and 10 rebounds while junior forward Justin Leonard recorded a career-high of 11 points in one game and had 8 rebounds. Colt rookies this season like sophomore forward Rich Altenord and freshman forward Cameron Jordan also kept the Hills scoreboard climbing, with Altenord adding 8 points and Jordan adding 5. Some would argue it was senior captain and guard Ross Greenfield who really set the tone for a Colts victory Jan. 16, when he made a slam dunk over one of the Kings Park defenders in the first quarter of the game. Greenfeld added 19 total points and 7 rebounds against Kings Park, propelling Hills to a 69-52 victory. The Colts outscored East Islip on Jan. 14, when they continued to average well over 50 points by the final and kept their opponent from surpassing the 50-point thresh-

Pictured playing against Hills East earlier this season, the Colts are on a hot streak. old. Harris scored 25 points at the East Islip game, a contribution not too far off from his season average of 24 points per game, Mitiritonna said. Greenfield scored 131 points with 11 rebounds, while Leonard added 6

with 10 rebounds. Hills West’s offense skyrocketed, however, during a Jan. 9 home game versus West Babylon (4-4), and walked away with a 75-63 victory. Establishing a steady lead early from the offensive side, it was the strong and dynamic defense that sealed the Colts’ favor that day. “I think the reason for our winning streak has been the way our young guys have understood our team’s defense. It’s starting to click as a unit and we’re able to get stops on defense and… hold the other teams to around 50 points, so that’s been huge,” Mitaritonna said. Charging the net throughout the season and stealing the offensive spotlight against West Babylon, Harris added 35 points with 10 rebounds, Greenfield scored 17 with 11 rebounds and Leonard added 8 points, while sophomore guard Kian Dalyrimple scored 7 for Hills West. The streak all started at Hills West’s Jan. 7 game at Hauppauge, where the Colts dominated 70-50. Captain Harris and Greenfield carried the team on the offensive, scoring 28 and 18 points, respectively. “Because we have so many new players… it takes time for everybody to know their role, and now, we are able to perform at that high level,” the coach said. With the Suffolk AA playoffs in sight, the Colts have no time for horseplay. Hills West was scheduled to play at Huntington on Tuesday, weather permitting. The Colts have a league game set for Jan. 23 at Bellport and another away game at Deer Park on Jan. 28. The boys will return to their home court for a game against Hauppauge Jan. 30, the coach said.

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