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KOPEL WORKING TO OVERHAUL TAX ASSESSMENT ERRORS, REFUNDS By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter Howard Kopel is keeping his campaign promise to reform the Nassau County Tax Assessment System. In a ﬂyer sent out to homes within his district, Kopel says that 46 percent of every dollar in county debt is due to tax assessment errors and his plan will drastically reduce that. Currently, homeowners ﬁle tax grievances before paying their assessment, but don’t have the grievances resolved until afterward. This leads to Nassau County having to borrow money in order to pay back refunds. The county must pay back 100 percent of refunds to the taxpayers, despite only 17 percent of taxes being attributable to Nassau, with 83 percent being attributed to other municipalities and governments. Kopel’s proposed reform would instead settle tax grievances before taxpayers have to pay their assessments so that no refunds or borrowing is necessary. “With this plan, no one has to get a refund,” Kopel said. “You save a lot of time and a lot of money and everyone is happy. It’s just a win in so many different ways. You can’t solve every case like that because sometimes one side is going to be unreasonable. It happens. You really have to make a serious effort and that hasn’t been happening in recent years.” Reforms enacted in 2010 include freezing residential assessments for four years, ending the payment of refunds for municipalities during the 2013/2014 year, ending the borrowing of money to pay refunds in 2011, and reducing this year’s refund-debt accrual by $28 million through the new Residential Tax Grievance Negotiation and Settlement Program which gives participants a reduced tax bill instead of a refund check. Democratic Legislator

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By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter Over 1000 Nassau County jobs will be lost if County Executive Edward Mangano’s new budget plan passes. Also meeting the ax are non-revenue generating county museums and requiring county workers to pay 25 percent towards their healthcare coverage. Mangano’s budget cutting efforts this fiscal year have already seen the demise of 300 county jobs. Mangano’s proposed spending plan for 2012 totals $2.64 billion, $63 million less than the current budget. According to Mangano, it will mark the first time in a generation that a budget will be less than the previous year’s budget. Mangano submitted his plan to the Nassau Interim Finance Authority (NIFA) on Thursday. NIFA took over county finances in March and ordered the county to take proper action to eliminate a possible $310 million budget gap for 2012.

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Solemn Commemoration of 9-11 Held in Cedarhurst

Ed Mangano my budget reduces the county workforce by over 1,000 positions.” Mangano also announced changes in the Nassau County Police Department, with ofﬁcers being moved from desks and onto the streets. “This program enhanc-

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Atlantic Beach Parents Upset Over Late School Bus Service

BY Natasha M. Velez Five Towners haven’t forgotten, and it was evident as they filled Andrew J. Parise Park on Sunday for the Cedarhurst 9-11 Memorial Service. The tragic event that lingers fresh in the minds of residents, resurfaced as local clergymen, town officials, legislators and residents joined to pay tribute to fallen heroes in the Five Towns. The Lawrence Philharmonic Orchestra performed a rendition of the “National Anthem” sang by Katy Miller, a Lawrence High School senior. The Lawrence Acapella Choir and the Lawrence High School Color Guard also participated. Senator Dean Skelos who was a guest speaker at the memorial said, “We need to reflect on the greatness of our country and where we are today. It’s not about being black, white or Lati-

“My budget tackles labor costs head on by implementing common-sense reforms that produce $210 million in reoccurring savings,” Mangano said. “Through layoffs and attrition,

BY SUSAN VARGHESE Standard Associate Editor

If you’re a resident of Atlantic Beach, your kids may not have to worry about missing the bus -- the bus may miss them. According to parents at the Lawrence School District Board of Education meeting on Monday, their kids have been arriving late to school from what appears to be miscalculated bus routes. One resident, Andrew from Atlantic Beach, who has four students in the district, noted a problem with his kids’ transportation. “…I have two students in Lawrence Middle School, and what I can tell you is that three days out of the four ﬁrst days of school, my children are arriving at school 10 to 15 minutes late every morning. Not only is it disruptive to my children, and to others… I have to imagine it would be disruptive to the teachers and the students that are in the classroom.” The problem isn’t as simple as a trafﬁc delay, though. Andrew added, “The bus driver had told myself and numerous other families in Atlantic Beach that it’s physically impossible for

Five Town residents bowed their heads in prayer and paid tribute to the fallen heroes who lost their lives on 9-11.

Photo by Natasha M. Velez no. It’s about being an American today. We are blessed to be in the best country in the world.” The memorial and concert ceremony was sponsored by the Lawrence Cedarhurst Fire De-

partment, the Lawrence School District, the fourth precinct of the Nassau County Police Department, the Town of Hemp-

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Savoring the Last Weekend at the Beach By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter Ravaged by Hurricane Irene only a weekend before, many beach clubs along the Atlantic Beach shoreline kept their cabana doors open to give their guests one last opportunity to enjoy a weekend at the beach before the summer sun set for good this past weekend. “We managed to get almost everything back open… it was a huge effort on the part of our staff,” said Mark Raab, manager of New Plaza Beach Club. “It was disgusting here after Irene. This thick, black seafoam covered everything.” The damage was noticeable — contrasting with the clear skies and bright sunlight were many of the cabanas underneath the boardwalk rendered unusable by ﬂood waters and wave action. The kiddie pool was left with at least a foot of sand and debris. Raab said the beach club would do everything it could to make sure it is back to normal when the

season reopens next year. “We thought staying open an extra week would be good will towards our customers,” he said. “We know a lot of people from the city are still having trouble getting here.” While New Plaza seemed to be open like any other day during the summer with guests ﬁlling many of the cabanas, the scene on the beach was completely different. Only a few beach chairs scattered the sands while lifeguards sat under an umbrella at ground level, their guard tower still standing but broken when it was carried by Irene’s waves into the boardwalk. Beach-goers were even more sparse, with only 10 or so people in the waters in and around New Plaza and nearby clubs. “We’re going boogie boarding,” said Bree Corbett of Long Beach who was at Atlantic Beach with family and friends. “[Hurricane] Katia is giving us some nice waves and we’ve got this extra weekend, so The sand at New Plaza Beach Club was nearly bereft of people last Saturday afternoon.

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Solemn Commemoration of 9-11 Held in Cedarhurst to go back to day one. Ten years ago after the terror attacks we were all right here. It’s a day to be with the people who are broken. We’re here for the people who came to serve and volunteer and to share our common sorrow.” Town ofﬁcials and residents bowed their heads in silence and held American ﬂags in hand, as Lawrence High School senior, Katy Miller, sang the National Anthem. Inwood resident, Theresa DeMichael said, I came to show my support for all those who lost their lives. I remember 9-11. I was driving on the Southern State Parkway when I heard the news. It was a sad day we will never forget.” Fourteen-year-old Nicolette Keefe was only four years old when her mom went to work that Tuesday morning. “I remem-

CONTINUED FROM P. A1 stead, The Party Source, FiveTowns Community Chest, the Five Towns Auxiliary Police Unit #109 and the Nassau Herald. The event was hosted by the Village of Cedarhurst, the Five Towns Community Chest and the Lawrence School District No. 15. Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum of the Temple of Israel of Lawrence said, “We were one at Ground Zero and we are one today. We were all one people united with one faith, though we come from different faiths and that’s what we need today,” adding “We must ﬁnd unity in our diversity.” Maria Giustini, Five Towns resident said she came out to show her support. “We all need to trust in God and pull through this.” Pastor of St. Joachim’s Church, Paul F. Rahilly said, “I came here

The Inwood Fire Department held their American flags high on this day of remembrance at the Andrew J. Parise Park.

Photo by Natasha M. Velez ber everything,” she said. “She was late for work because of me and got into New York when the ﬁrst tower fell. We lost many friends and fam-

ily. And even though today is a sad day, it’s a good day. Because it shows us unity and that we can always work together and pull together.”

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you would have to defend them. Right now there is no defense going on. They can’t refuse to settle cases, but they can’t get their numbers out of thin air. People need to know why they were assessed that number, but unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be what’s happening. We need to make these reforms, but we need to do it while defending the core principal of the assessment system, which is that it’s based upon a fair market value system.” Democratic Legislator Dave Denenberg was also supportive

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of what Kopel is looking to accomplish, but says if he were serious about tax assessment reform, he would have become a co-sponsor on his own bill. He says that this reform is just Kopel and Republicans realizing that they have 15 months to complete assessment reviews, from January and February when the grievances are due, until the following April. “I want to create a bill that requires all residential assessments done in September and all commercial cases by the end of the year,” Denenberg said. “Then we would have no liability. Why September? Because then you know if you get your assessed value lowered and you know what you have to pay to begin with. Real reform is getting things done by September. Howard Kopel woke up and sees that there is a 15-month period. I appreciate that he’s waking up to how the process works, but I don’t know where he’s been.” “No kidding,” Kopel said in response to Denenberg’s comments. “We have woken up to this 15-month period. It’s too bad that before the new administration and new legislature got in, that this period was not used in an efﬁcient way to accomplish to what we are accomplishing now. Unfortunately, no one woke up to it before. That’s not the only reform we want to put through. We had a hearing a year ago that Legislator Wink and I worked on together and it was about commercial assessments. I know he also wants to reform the process there to begin with. The truth is everyone is unhappy with the current system and we have to get that right. You’re always going to have unhappy people when the taxes are high, but we should really get the system where it’s fair. It’s caused by real dissatisfaction with the assessments. We’ll see if we can get it right.”

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William Street Debate Continues at Heated Lawrence BOT Meeting By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

or the third straight meeting, the issue of widening William Street and making part of it into a two-way street came up for debate at a tension-ﬁlled Lawrence Board of Trustees meeting Thursday evening that ran over three hours long. Board members were yelled at by many residents in the audience after another failed vote to overturn the decision made in July to widen William Street and turn part of it into a twoway street in order to help alleviate trafﬁc on nearby Washington Avenue. Mayor Martin Oliner and Trustee C. Simon Felder voted to postpone the previous decision, while Deputy Mayor Joel Mael and Trustees Edward Klar and Michael Fragin abstained. “It is a misnomer to call it ‘street;‘ it’s an alleyway — even

William Street continued to be a hot-topic at the Lawrence BOT meeting.

Photo by Scott P. Moore if you chop off the sidewalk it won’t be safe enough for trucks to make it through,” said Ann Werthein, a resident of The Plaza apartment complex on Central Avenue and William Street. “None of us wholly understands where it will beneﬁt Central Avenue, The Plaza or the parking lot to chop off the sidewalk

Temple Israel Moves Forward with Zoning Appeal BY SUSAN VARGHESE

fter months of backand-forth between Temple Israel and the Village of Lawrence, Temple Israel has received the denial letter for its subdivision request from the village, and appealed it on Thursday, September 15. When applying for a subdivision request, it automatically gets denied and gets referred to the Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals who looks at various factors on whether or not to approve the subdivision. However, the controversy was that the Village wasn’t allegedly issuing the “routine” denial letter, halting the process of the subdivision request, according to prior statements from James

Rotenberg, President of Temple Israel. “They [The Village] ﬁnally did what they were supposed to do and that allows us to move before the next step, which should have happened many months ago,” Rotenberg said. Although the appeal has been ﬁled, some of the initial commitments for the purchase have changed. Rotenberg added, “The library is currently reviewing their commitment to go forward to their purchase. We’re not committed to sell, either. There are other interested parties in looking at the properting .” The tentative hearing date in front of the Lawrence Board of Zoning Appeals is October 27.

and make it two-way. All anyone seems to say is it’s an accident waiting to happen.” “This is a two-year-old issue,” said Fragin, in response to complaining residents. “We have had complaints, probably well into the scores, regarding trafﬁc on Washington Avenue… We hired a trafﬁc consultant from

an engineering company to study it — they made this suggestion.” He added: “We have gone over the study and we made some tweaks that were suggested. I have to apologize if everybody is not happy 100 percent with the solution, but that’s unfortunately the way it is… This is the way the board has chosen… This is the decision of the village. It’s not up for debate right now.” Fragin added the board could ﬁx the street again in the future if the current solution turns out to be a problem. “You have to wisely watch our tax dollars and it’s not wise use of our tax dollars, no matter what that schlemiel trafﬁc consultant tells you,” said Werthein. “It could be put to much better use.” The meeting was held up several times by board members, including a 35-minute executive session called in the middle of the meeting to discuss items

on the agenda that, according to Mael and Fragin, were not given to them in an package of information for that evening’s meeting, including the William Street issue. Following the vote after the executive session, several audience members voiced their disapproval of the board’s decision and many left the meeting at that point. “This is not over,” said Werthein. “You can’t take our money and do this with it… This is not the end of the story.” Throughout the evening, Mael and Fragin were often at odds with Mayor Oliner and, occasionally, Felder, openly exchanging slight dissatisfaction with each other. Felder and Mael both called on each other to listen while they were speaking. Trustee Klar, who arrived late to the meeting, mostly stayed out of the crossﬁre. Trustee Mael complained many of his emails had gone un-

answered and that he could not be expected to make decisions when he has not been talked with nor received information pertaining to the items up for decision. Oliner denied receiving any of Mael’s emails and invited the trustee to read all of the unreceived messages to him at the meeting. The board also heard other issues from local residents, including golf balls from the Lawrence Golf Course striking people and homes nearby. Mayor Oliner also announced Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irene cost the village an estimated$150,000 to $175,000, with 80 to 87 percent of the costs eligible for coverage by F.E.M.A. Oliner also commended a long list of village employees for helping keep Lawrence open throughout the storm. The Lawrence Board of Trustees will hold their next public meeting on Thursday, October 6 at 8:00 p.m. in the Village Hall.

Spate of Shoplifting Plaguing Area Stores BY NATASHA VELEZ

here’s a pattern of shoplifting emerging in The Five Towns, with over $400 worth of merchandise stolen in the past week in three separate incidents. Two out of the three most recent alleged perpetrators are residents of the crime-heightened Rockaways. Last week, 33-year-old Shanzeea Figueroa and 25-year-old Alia C. Gibson, were charged with larceny and theft offenses after both allegedly stole from K-Mart on Rockaway Turnpike in North Woodmere. Figueroa attempted to exit the K-Mart store with $253.71 and Gibson with $113.92, both in assorted clothing. The Rockaways 101st NYPD precinct has seen growing trends

25-year-old Alia C. Gibson in crime, burglary and grand larceny in elevated numbers since 2008, when the NYPD’s preliminary CompStat report showed

33-year-old Shanzeea Figueroa a 9.15 percent increase, the highest the Rockaways has ever seen, compared to prior years. In a separate incident, 32-year-

old Nicholas M. Paul of Cedarhurst stole cheese from a local Foodtown located on Peninsula Boulevard, in Hewlett.

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them to be able to get the children to school on time. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re doing a private school bus run ďŹ rst and then coming back and picking up children in Atlantic Beach, and then going past the school to go to Inwood to pick up children, and then coming back to the school. I called the bus company and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m still waiting for somebody to get back to me on that.â&#x20AC;? Charlotte from Atlantic Beach, who has two kids in the district, also noted the same problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The bus driver personally told me this morning that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no physical way that he could get our children here on time. On the ďŹ rst day of school, they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pick up the children in the estates at Atlantic Beach. I called transporta-

tion and they told me that the route is made by the district and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nothing that they could doâ&#x20AC;ŚItâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at 8:15am thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re coming to pick up my children. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The district uses a computerized system used to develop each route. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It goes through a whole process on the computer to determine the routes. The drivers then check it out to determine the nature and accuracy of the route,â&#x20AC;? Superintendent Gary Schall said â&#x20AC;&#x153;Personally, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m a hands-on superintendent and I plan to be on the bus myself.â&#x20AC;? Schall noted plans of riding the bus routes to ďŹ gure out and ďŹ x the problem. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s [Schall] going to take care of it, even if he has to pick up the kids himself,â&#x20AC;? Board of Education President, Asher Mansdorf joked.

Changes in the district for this year were discussed at the Board Meeting on Monday, too, including green and technologysavvy initiatives. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Tonight is the ďŹ rst time that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gone totally paperless for our board meeting,â&#x20AC;? Schall noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every board member has the agenda in front of them with all the necessary documents [on the laptops]â&#x20AC;Śâ&#x20AC;? Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve also purchased 151 new laptops district-wide. (The laptops used by the board members are not a part of the new laptops for the schools.) The board approved the purchase, which cost $97,576.20. The Lawrence School District website has also under-gone changes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve re-formatted it and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a much more appealing website,â&#x20AC;? Schall said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One person responsible for all this, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to acknowledge our board clerk,

Mindy Bharaj.â&#x20AC;? Also discussed at the meeting were the school district initiatives and plan. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ďŹ rst is data-driven instruction, social and emotional learning, and response to intervention, which is a program methodology of intervention used to enhance instruction, monitor learning, and prevent students from getting into a situation where theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d have to be recommended for special education,â&#x20AC;? Schall said. Schall also noted the Lawrence Public Schools Town Hall Meetings, which give parents and the public a chance to discuss the districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s academic plan. The ďŹ rst was held last night, September 15 at the No. 2 School in Lawrence. The next Board of Education Meeting is October 3 at 8:00 p.m.

Mangano Planning To Layoff 1,000 Workers, And Slash $63 Million CONTINUED FROM P. A1 es crime ďŹ ghting while reducing wasteful contractual practices that force taxpayers to pay overtime when police are available at straight time pay,â&#x20AC;? Mangano said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is primarily accomplished by eliminating an archaic precinct minimum-manning requirement, as the Nassau County Police Department is the only major police force in the nation to have such a deal.â&#x20AC;? The plan also consolidates the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s precincts from eight to six. He has also called upon the New York State Legislature to pass assessment reform legislation that mirrors the laws in Connecticut and New Jersey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While the County Legislature and I have passed legislation to reform Nassauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s broken property tax assessment system, it is time for the State Legislature to do the same,â&#x20AC;? Mangano said.

Republicans in the Nassau County Legislature werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happy about the layoffs, but were supportive of Manganoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan as a whole. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to be supportive of anything that requires layoffs, but the ďŹ scal reality is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a possibility,â&#x20AC;? District Six Legislator Francis Becker said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t had a chance to digest and see where we stand on the many different things that the budget is calling for. Right now itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harsh, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in a recession and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t raise taxes. The public is suffering enough. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping that the unions will sit down and work with the county executives to avoid layoffs. With the budget, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for $100 million in labor savings.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to see the unions get together with the administration to work it out because there is no other place for the money to come from,â&#x20AC;? District Sev-

en Legislator Howard Kopel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Salaries are where the money is. There just isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t money anywhere else. The bottom line is we promise no property tax increase. We are also paying a fortune in interest because of all of the borrowing that happened when the Republicans were not in power over the past ten years. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a crime, and a waste of money.â&#x20AC;? District One Legislator and Democrat Kevan Abrahams sees things differently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This administrationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s concept has always been to spend money on outside council,â&#x20AC;? Abrahams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They spent wasteful money in regards to redistricting and lawsuits against NIFA for outside council. There have been frivolous cases that have been brought up one after the other itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfortunate that Mr. Mangano has to look at layoffs. I wish he had been more conscious

about spending in the past so we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have to make layoffs at this time. If they had spent a bit more wisely, we wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be at this point. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unfortunate that we have to make cuts on the backs of those who work the hardest in Nassau County including Nassau County police ofďŹ cers, and now at the eleventh hour right now, we need $310 million in savings.â&#x20AC;? Steven Anchin, a Five Towns Democrat who is running for Hempstead Town Clerk, also weighed in. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just think that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a disaster for Nassau County, and although Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m running for an ofďŹ ce in the Town of Hempstead, it seems to me that we need to desperately to change things in the Town and in the County because apparently they arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t capable of responsible government right now, and I say that as a resident,â&#x20AC;? Anchin said.

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Bulldogs Slay Knights in Season Opener TEXT AND PHOTOS By JONATHAN WALTER

he Hewlett Bulldogs rolled over the Floral Park Knights 24-0 on Saturday at Hofstra on the strength of three touchdowns by new Bulldogs quarterback Mark Rizzo. Hewlett’s defense as a whole was the real star of the show, however, pitching a shutout against Floral Park’s run driven offense. Offensively, Rizzo was the game’s top playmaker, rushing for 77 yards and two touchdowns with a passing touchdown thrown in as well. Defensive lineman Weldon Irvine lead the defense with a sack, an interception, and two pass defenses. The Bulldog defense stepped up right away for Hewlett. After being the first to receive the ball to start the game, Floral Park quarterback Alex Cerrone threw an ill-advised pass that went straight into the arms of Hewlett defensive back Sam Martorella. Deep in Knights territory, Hewlett was unable to pick up a first down, but still capitalized when field goal kicker Trevor Ellman nailed a 40-yard field goal, a rarity in high school football, to put the Bulldogs up 3-0 On the first play of the second quarter, during a drive that started at the Floral Park 47-yard line,

Hewlett defensive lineman Weldon Irvine sacks Glen Cove Quarterback Alex Cerrone. Rizzo threw a deep pass to receiver Michael Gray. Gray, trailed by two Floral Park defenders, caught the touchdown pass ﬁve yards deep in the end zone, to the delight of cheering Hewlett fans who packed out the stands at Hofstra’s James M. Shuart Sta-

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dium. “I kind of just threw it up there for Gray to go and get,” Rizzo said. “I trust him to go get that ball. I kind of just led him into the corner of the end zone and it worked out.” After the defense came up with yet another stop, Rizzo and the Bulldog offense got the ball back on the 50-yard line. On the second play, Rizzo broke away from Floral Park defenders on a keep and ran 49 yards Hewlett quarterback Mark Rizzo surveys the field.

for Hewlett’s second touchdown of the game. With the defense dominating, and the offense rolling, it came as a bit of a surprise when, on a play originating from Hewlett’s own 16 yard line, Rizzo fumbled on an errant pitch to Mortarella at running back. Floral Park defenders recovered the loose ball at the 14-yard line and set their offense up with great field position as they looked to cut into Hewlett’s lead. Hewlett’s defense wouldn’t stand for it however. On the first play of the drive, Michael Gray got into the backfield and batted down Cerrone’s pass. On second down, it was Irvine, coming up with one of his three pass defenses, when he slapped Cerrone’s pass down right in front of him. Then, on third down, Irvine came up with a big sack, chasing Cerrone back to the 32-yard line. The play proved crucial when Floral Park field goal kicker Michael Correale was just short on his 47-yard field goal attempt. “We had a couple of turnovers and I think we really need to learn to mesh,” Rizzo said. “Our defense bailed us out though on our own 14-yard line when Irvine came up with that huge sack that brought them back to the thirty. Our defense is meshing really well right now.” “He’s an outstanding athlete, a basketball player,” Hewlett Head Coach Jay Iaquinta said of Irvine. “He’s a little undersized, but he uses his quickness and he’s hard to block.” In the second half, Hewlett

came right out of the locker room ready to put the game away. Sam Mortarella got his team excellent starting position at the Floral Park 47-yard line, and after a six-yard run by Rizzo, wingback Drew Schweitzer broke free from the defense and nearly scored before being dragged down by a defender at the Floral Park ﬁve-yard line. That was all Rizzo would need as he ran ﬁve yards up the middle on a keep to complete the touchdown drive. Despite the offense’s success, Rizzo knows there is still plenty to work on. “Offensively we were trying to get outside and they kind of took that away from us and we had to go inside, so we still have some things to work out on the offensive line,” Rizzo said. “We’ve got Carlos Ubiera coming back next week. He’s our left guard. He’ll be back on Monday so hopefully they’ll all mesh well next week.” In the fourth quarter, Hewlett ran down the clock on offense by keeping the ball on the ground, while the defense held strong. “Our defense really came up big,” Iaquinta said. “They played very well. John Palladino, our offensive coordinator, did a great job of putting out a scheme today.” This Saturday, Hewlett will head to Rockville Centre to take on Southside High School, who fell to Valley Stream South, 21-0. The game starts at 1:30 p.m. “We’ll get some video on them,” Iaquinta said. “They’ve got a new coaching staff, so we’re not sure what they’re going to run offensively and defensively. We’ll just found out who their best players are and take it from there.”

Lawrence Dominates, Shuts Out Manhasset, 35-0 Text and Photos By Scott P. Moore

ager to prove the worthiness of their number one ranking, the Lawrence Golden Tornadoes shut down and shut out the number nine ranked Manhasset Indians, 35-0, in their first varsity football game of the 2011 season. Lawrence produced from their opening drive with junior runningback Tyler Fredericks running the ball 50 yards into the end zone to put the Golden Tornadoes up 6-0 in the first five minutes of the game. The extra point was good and put Law-

rence up 7-0. In the second quarter, Lawrence ran away with the game — quite literally. The ﬁrst play of the quarter, continued from the ﬁrst, produced an 11 yard run by senior runningback Ryan Fredericks for an 11 yard touchdown and putting the team up 14-0. On the next Lawrence possession, Ryan Fredericks again came through with a six yard run for another touchdown. His youngest brother, freshman wide receiver Jordan, almost scored a touchdown during the next possession as well — a 15 yard run that was erased by a foul on the play.

Ryan Fredericks did not stop there — he scored another touchdown on the possession following the failed rush by Jordan. The six yard run put Lawrence up 28-0. Fredericks wrapped up the Lawrence scoring by running the ball seven yards in during the second possession of the third quarter, putting the Golden Tornadoes up 35-0. Fredericks ended the game with 170 yard rushing. His brothers Tyler and Jordan ﬁnished with 110 and 67 yards respectively. Lawrence’s defense held Manhasset from moving the en-

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Freshman Jordan Fredericks and his brothers, junior Tyler and senior Ryan, accounted for most of Lawrence’s offense..

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Hewlett Soccer Kicks Over Glen Cove 2-0 TEXT AND PHOTOS By JONATHAN WALTER

he Hewlett Bulldogs varsity soccer team started their season with their right foot, literally and figuratively, as they defeated the Glen Cove Big Red 2-0 at home on Wednesday afternoon. After building their two goal lead, the Bulldogs played some tight defense in the second half to preserve the shutout. “Our defense played exceptionally and our offense played well,” Forward Harrison Brenner said. “We started to spread the field out and really took control of the game.” Hewlett scored their first goal when they were awarded a corner kick with 26 minutes left in the first half. Mitchell Moser kicked the corner perfectly in front of the net towards the far

Matthew Isaac chases down a Glen Cove player with the ball. goal post. Brenner jumped up in front of two Glen Cove defenders

and drove the ball into the net past a diving Glen Cove goalie.

“For the last couple of days, we’ve been working on corner kicks a lot,” Brenner said. “So our plan was to kick it to the far post and Adam is an exceptional corner kicker and I just put it in the back of the net.” Hewlett scored their second goal just seven minutes into the second half. Kacper Napieralski received a pass on a run towards the goalie. He overtook the defender, and after setting up a one on one against the Glen Cove goalie, kicked a hard strike on the ground into the corner of the net. The offensive plays overshadowed some defensive miscues for Hewlett that could have lead to goals for Glen Cove. A Hewlett defender fell down in the ﬁrst half, leaving a one on one against the Ronnie Morales, Hewlett’s goalie, for a Glen Cove forward, but he kicked the ball

Lawrence Dominates, Shuts Out Manhasset, 35-0 CONTINUED FROM P. A6 tire game. The Indians’ first first down on possession came in the middle of the fourth quarter, when the game was already far out of reach. Senior linebacker Chris Hercules had two sacks along with his 14 tackles during the game. “The defense is really what I credit the score to,” said Lawrence Coach Joe Martillotti. “They shut them down and Manhasset did not move the ball at all.” Martillotti was, however, less than pleased with the performance of many of his players on the field, specifically the offensive line. While the Golden Tornadoes dominated the game, some players left a lot to be desired for Martillotti. “Thirty-five points out of a

sloppy and not so great offensive showing is still pretty good,” he said. “We had two starting linemen sitting out with injuries this week, but it’ll be a different team you see next week.” He added: “I thought it was a poor effort offensively. Defensively, they’re animals but offensively we’re going to have a lot of work to do.” He added that a lot of changes would happen to the starting lineup by this week. “We had about three key guys sitting out today that should make a difference, but we have a lot of work to do if we want to push forward.” Sophomore Joe Capobianco, the new starting quarterback, was less than stellar in his ﬁrst game, making four-out-of-nine passes for only 79 yards. “Our sophomore quarterback had a little bit of a sophomore

day — some missed timing stuff and missed leads,” he said. “Our guys were just good enough without blocking to make the plays.”

Notes: Lawrence had nearly 500 yards of total offense, racking up 492 yards on the ﬁeld on Saturday… The three Fredericks brothers accounted for over 74

wide left. “We were lucky,” Hewlett Head Coach Nick Lacetera said. “I felt like most of their opportunities were created off our mistakes, so in a sense we were lucky that they didn’t capitalize and put the ball in the net. But, I liked what I saw. We moved the ball, kept it out wide and did some nice things. We have to keep building, but I liked what I saw offensively with some of the young guys. We’ll take every game as it comes, but to come away 2-0 is great. We didn’t let any goals get in.” Hewlett is now getting set for a road game against Plainedge on Friday at 4:30 p.m. as they look to move to 2-0. “We have to work on our corners more, even though we did

score on one,” Lacetera said. “A lot of it is just working on quick plays, one-two touches. A lot of guys are holding onto the ball for too long. It’s definitely a confidence builder for us. We struggled a bit against Wantagh in a sense that we had a few kids who didn’t have any practices and we were just very chaotic in the back. That’s the biggest thing for us. We have to work out our play in the back. We’re no playing with confidence back there. Our guys aren’t clearing the ball with confidence back there. But they are young. My sweeper is a senior, but didn’t play much last year. I know we’re going to put the ball in the net. We have good offensive guys, but we have to be steadier in the back.

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percent of the team’s total offense… Wide receiver Eddie Robinson had three receptions accounting for 68 yards… Kicker Michael Franger was ﬁve-forﬁve on extra point attempts… The Golden Tornadoes are currently tied along with Lynbrook,

Hewlett and four other teams atop the Conference III standings at 1-0. Lawrence will gear up for another game at home tonight — Friday, September 16th, against another Conference III rival, number five ranked Bethpage High School, at 7:00 p.m.

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he text 10 days will see the streets of Cedarhurst clog-up like the arteries of a octogenarian who has spent a lifetime smoking a pack a day and mainlined buckets of chicken fat. With the impending arrival of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening, September 28th, we can anticipate no end of shopping and errands as families stock-up their pantries and larders as though no additional food will ever be available ever again in their entire lifetimes. One of our area’s pre-holiday (and pre-Sabbath for that matter) traditions is the penchant of local motorists to not put their vehicles in any clearly deﬁned parking spot, but rather to double park (and sometimes triple park) up and down Central Avenue and in some of the busier parking lots, such as the one by Gourmet Glatt. Because Central Avenue is but one lane in each direction, double parking, when combined with car doors opening and red lights turns our main thoroughfare into a gnarly parking lot where progress or egress is near to impossible, especially at peak hours. We call on area motorists to avail themselves of the beautiful fall weather and actually put their cars in a lot somewhere, even if said lot is a (heaven forbid) block or more away from their ultimate destination. With all the abundant food to be consumed on the holidays, the aerobic activity of actually perambulating from your car to the store and even lifting the weights of a bag or two will doubtlessly be beneﬁcial and salutary for one’s cardio-vascular system. Concurrently, the courtesy of not double parking will help the stress and anxiety levels of your friends and neighbors as they try to drive through town. It is also a act of civic virtue in that many of the non-Jewish residents of our area should not have to forcibly be conscripted into some of our more onerous holiday traditions, namely, the clogged Central Avenue crawl. We also call on Mayor Parise and the Village of Cedarhurst along with the NCPD and Police Auxiliary to rigidly enforce the no double parking regulations and to actively augment their village budget by issuing a profusion of tickets until such time as malefactors are either humbled, intimidated or trained to not double park all over our main street. Alternately, like at Christmas and Chanukah, we encourage the Village to offer some free parking in the main lots around the Jewish holidays so as to incentivize motorists to actually use the lots. Honey and vinegar. Clogged streets inhibit and deter commerce. Folks just will shop elsewhere out of frustration. There is a reason why the good lord invented parking lots, and that’s to make shopping accessible for everyone. It is not a god-given right to park directly in front of whatever store you may be visiting if no space exists. Let’s resolve as we approach the new year to keep Central Avenue passable for everyone.

Cedarhurst 9-11 Commemoration Kudos to the Village of Cedarhurst and all the many area organizations, institutions and leaders who put on a very meaningful public commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of 9-11 this past Sunday in Cedarhurst’s Andrew Parise Park. It drew a very healthy crowd from all over The Five Towns and showed the very best of our area as so many different ethnic, religious and political groups sat and stood shoulder to shoulder in shared grief, remembrance and respect for the victims of 9-11. Events such as this clearly show that our common values are much stronger than some of our differences and that we are all each of us ﬁrst and foremost Americans and New Yorkers.

Mangano Cuts the Fat County Executive Ed Mangano proposed serious cuts in personnel and spending this week to eliminate an anticipated $310 million budget gap for 2012. (See story on Page A1). Among his initiatives are eliminating more than 1,000 county jobs (about 12 percent of the county’s current workforce of 8,410), requiring county employees for the first time to contribute up to 25 percent of the cost of their health insurance and enacting many cost-cutting measures in the police department. Among the ideas for the police is the elimination of precinct minimum-manning -- as the NCPD is the only major police force in the nation to have such a deal. The archaic clause forces Nassau to call in cops on overtime even when straight-time police officers are available. Mr. Mangano would stop this practice, which is nothing more than payroll padding by the police. The other idea is to shrink the NCPD from eight to six precincts. This idea on the other hand is not something that should be done impulsively or precipitously. Each precinct now patrols and services a very wide area geographically. For example, our own Fourth Precinct is responsible for safety for a large swath of Southwest Nassau from Inwood in the west all the way to Point Lookout in the east. Precinct consolidation is not a move that should be made without a lot of serious study as to the ramifications for police service to Nassau citizens. On the whole however, Mr. Mangano’s wielding of the butcher’s knife will make for the first real substantive cut in the size of Nassau spending in longer than anyone can remember. We applaud Mr. Mangano’s refusal to entertain any new taxes and to make cuts instead. Government on all levels in this state and this country is already too big and too bloated and the taxpayers already too put upon. There very well may be friction with the unions over Mr. Mangano’s proposed cuts. We hope he and the Legislature will stand firm in the face of a culture of civil service entitlement that has made property taxes unaffordable for homeowners and drives people away from living and working in Nassau County.

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WHEN IS ENOUGH, ENOUGH? By GEORGE SAVA

n 1796 George Washington announced that he would not to run for a third presidential term. At the time, during our nation’s infancy, Washington sent a clear message that America was a nation led by the people and not one man. He refused to sit as a king and he believed that by voluntarily leaving office he was in fact protecting the ideals set forth in the Constitution. President James Madison, who is known as the founder of the Constitution, set forth that, “Representatives would be called for the most part from pursuits of a private nature and continued in appointment for a short period of office.” The belief was that individuals would step forward to serve the public interest and, thereafter, return to private life. And in many instances that is the way it was for most of our history. Today, however, it seems that the typical elected official has either opted to make a career out of politics or worse considers their office a lifetime appointment. Therefore, I believe it is time that we consider the very real need for term limits in New York. One of the growing fears among supporters of term limits is that when a politician is in office too long, under current campaign finance laws, they find themselves propped up by special interest money and thus the needs of lobbyist are put before the needs of the people. Ask yourself, in a given day how much of a politician’s time is spent meeting with lobbyists and bureaucrats and how much is spent meeting with constituents? During

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the meetings with lobbyists, how much time is spent addressing the needs of the people and how much is fundraising? Another concern is that a public servant can also become complacent and thus ignore the needs of their most needful constituents. Sen. Warren Rudman, upon his retirement from the U.S. Senate explained that he retired because “the longer you stay in public office, the more distant the outside world becomes.” Because of the system in place today, fresh ideas by new candidates are quickly stomped out. The money advantage as well as other governmental perks, such as numerous government funded mailers touting how wonderful our elected officials are, provides incumbents with name recognition that in most instances a fresh faced opponent simply cannot overcome. Moreover, too many politicians have spent their time in office fighting not for the needs of their constituents but rather for personal gain. This longing for office, this desire for continued political power has too many times led to corruption. How many politicians in New York have ended their political careers in handcuffs? Sadly, too many. “Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on [offices] a rottenness begins in his conduct.” --Thomas Jefferson. Too often we find ourselves represented by lifelong politicians. These are the people who get elected at a young age and spend decades in office. The concern with these people is that even though they have no real world experience, they dictate their beliefs and rules on those that have the necessary experience. This naiveté can have a devastating impact on all of us. Quoting a Boston Globe 2008 article on the housing crisis, “while the mortgage crisis convulsing Wall Street has its share of private-sector culprits -- many of whom have been learn-

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and transform these customer loans into DRINKBONDS. These “securities” then are bundled and traded on international securities markets. Naive investors don’t really understand that the securities being sold to them as “AAA Secured Bonds” really are debts of unemployed alcoholics. Nevertheless, the bond prices continuously climb - and the securities soon become the hottest-selling items for some of the nation’s leading brokerage houses. One day, even though the bond prices still are climbing, a risk manager at the original local bank decides that the time has come to demand payment on the debts incurred by the drinkers at Heidi’s bar. He so informs Heidi. Heidi then demands payment from her alcoholic patrons. But, being unemployed alcoholics -they cannot pay back their drinking debts. Since Heidi cannot fulﬁll her loan obligations she is forced into bankruptcy. The bar closes and Heidi’s 11 employees lose their jobs. Overnight, DRINKBOND prices drop by 90%. The collapsed bond asset value destroys the bank’s liquidity and prevents it from issuing new loans, thus freezing credit and economic activity in the community. The suppliers of Heidi’s bar had granted her generous payment extensions and had invested

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t is safe to say that I thoroughly enjoyed my first Facebook birthday. When I used that term in conversation with a friend, her response was, “Your what?” Despite never having actually having heard anyone else say that before, I am convinced it is not original. I explained that it meant sharing my birthday with all of my Facebook friends, accepting every good wish and responding with thanks. It actually made the day a lot of fun and while I am confident social networking was not developed with the intent of spreading birthday cheer, it certainly brought me mine. I woke each of my children that morning with a rousing rendition of “Happy Birthday to Me!” should they have forgotten, even for a brief moment. Not the sentimental type, no cards are needed for my birthday, as they will readily end up in the garbage as I bemoan the trees that lost their lives. I appreciate more than anything else a morning without headache, yelling or crankiness as I rush weary children on the bus. That, coupled with numerous calls, emails, texts and Facebook filled with good wishes, is more than I could ask for as a birthday present. Anyone in charge of getting kids off to school when they would rather stay asleep under warm covers knows that a smooth morning routine is a gift that keeps on giving. “Getting older is better than the alternative,” someone once said to me after I complained about the passing of time. This was not a birthday, however, which made me feel old or question where the time had gone. Instead, I wondered if I was becoming that woman who thinks she is really younger than she is and when my children decided they could share everything they were thinking. Neither situation was good. Baking and talking on the phone never go hand in hand. While cooking is not a perfect science, baking is, requiring attention paid to detail and precision. In an effort not to get confused or miss a step, I got off the phone and decided to focus on the cake I was preparing. Having said under my breath that I really needed to pay attention to what I was doing, my daughter commented that I clearly was not a good multi-tasker. Taking that as a personal affront, and shooting her a glare, I decided to remind her that I have two master’s degrees, four jobs and six kids -- none of whom have never once walked on to the bus without being dressed and fed. It seems, I argued, I was better at this than she thought. Once I put it that way, she agreed, and it became increasingly clear, especially after I shot her a death stare, that she wished she could retract her statement. I did not blame her – I have a good death stare.

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Miriam L. Wallach,

MS.ed., M.A., has been writing “That’s Life” for close to five years. She lives in Woodmere with her husband and six children and can be found all week long on her blog at www.dearthatslife.com.

SEPTEMBER 16 - 22, 2011 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

THE LEGENDARY DANNY O’DOUL

THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL

ANCIENT CHINESE PHILOSOPHER PREDICTS: (VILLAGE OF) WOODMERE AND “CHO-SEN ISLAND” “SHALL BOTH RISE LIKE DRAGON AND PHOENIX”

our intrepid reporter of all events “Five Town” brings you a breaking news story so big that it can only be called “legendary.” When the area’s iconic restaurant, heretofore ravaged by fire, suddenly re-opens with absolutely no fanfare – it is a move so stealthy that it brings to mind the Stealth Bomber project, Area 51 and the rumored “hyper-space” technology believed to be utilized by Cedarhurst meter maids to mysteriously materialize at your meter as soon as it expires. By now, your interest must be peaking and your heart rate spiking, as you breathlessly await me divulging the name of this mysterious dining establishment. Well, wait no longer, it is…… Cho-sen Island! Yes, Cho-sen Island has risen, again, like a phoenix, or maybe a dragon (or maybe even a Dragon and Phoenix Beef entree) and, though no advance publicity was disseminated, and very few people have been “invited” to dine there, I am glad to report that the restaurant is definitely open and operational. As a legendary celebrity, and your man inside the “legendary” side of The Five Towns, it was imperative that Cho-sen Island welcome the “chosen few” to experience the new décor, ambience and aura of the reborn Cho-sen Island. The first thing one notices is that the color scheme of the restaurant has changed – no longer is it vari-

ous shades of aqua and green – but, now the walls are a smart silvery gray, featuring decorative tiling, and a more streamlined, sconce-adorned, sushi bar. The whole effect is quite pleasant and more sophisticated, and rumored to be the sharp design work of “Interior Designer to the Stars” J. Mark (of J. Mark Interiors). Yet, Norman, Eunice and the crew are intact and the food is still as tasty and plentiful as ever. I must add that about an hour prior to my dinner at Cho-sen Island, I had stealthily stopped into the area’s other kosher Chinese restaurant, Wok Tov, also on The Avenue, in Cedarhurst, and ordered two egg rolls to stay, in an effort to hedge, should the rumors of Chosen’s reopening turn out to be false. Also, I was really hungry. I am happy to report that as usual Wok Tov did not let me down and those two crispy beauties were each outstanding and as big as the Hindenburg blimp. I wolfed them down in about 2.5 minutes and still had time for a quick no-name Honduran cigar while strolling down The Avenue. There is something about The Avenue at night that is lovely – very few people! The benches are all unoccupied and the streets are free of meter maids and other disruptive forces. And, let me tell you, it is then almost as peacefully quiet as downtown Woodmere at noon. But, maybe not for long. As positive feedback from my col-

This is The Legendary Danny O’Doul signing off and leaving you with another legendary teaching of The Great Cho-Sen: “Always bring your ticket to laundry, always put quarter in meter when in Cedarhurst – or, else, you will get big ticket!”

umn of last week– outlining my Mayoral campaign and the imminent “incorporation” of Woodmere into a Village – exceeded even my own lofty expectations, it now seems that everyone is excitedly jumping on this Village of Woodmere initiative. I point out to this growing group of Woodmerians that their property taxes will not rise more than $300 dollars per year, but that they will surely save that amount by staying out of Cedarhurst during the hours when meters are in effect. They listen intently and really take to my well-thought agenda to rescue downtown Woodmere from both the doldrums and The Town of Hempstead! A cutting-edge Village, where culture abounds, fashion thrives and food and drink are heartily consumed is an image that few Woodmerians and members of the area’s business community can resist. Woodmere, though currently the ignored step-sister of Lawrence, Cedarhurst and Hewlett, will emerge as Cinderella and soon have her place at the ball. Like the lesson of the esteemed Chinese philosopher, Cho-Sen, who said, “I may be down, but I am sure not out,” Woodmere will surely enjoy a remarkably rejuvenated rebirth of the kind that Cho-Sen’s namesake restaurant has just achieved. Woodmere will become a beacon unto the nations and place that will and attract and produce great artist, artisans, chef’s, entertainers, business titans, and great philosophers – like Socrates, Kierkegaard, Confucius and, of course, that Asian master who possesses the ‘Ancient Chinese Secret – The Great Cho-Sen!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Disgraceful Comment on Weprin-Turner Race To the Editor, This week, asked to comment on the result of the 9th District Congressional race between Turner and Weprin, Henry Waxman (D-California), a prominent Jewish Congressman explained it by saying “It was due to rich Jews trying to protect their wealth.” Congressman Waxman, you need to be ashamed of yourself, and more people should be aware of where you stand and where you are coming from. You are a disgrace. The media should be shining a bright light on this Congressman’s comment and he should be asked what prompted this remark.

Noel H. Kleppel, MD Lawrence

Selwyn Family Update To the Editor I thought your coverage of 9-11 was great, and I wanted to

share what little I know about Howard Selwyn and his family. You listed his wife as his survivor, but Ruth passed away several years ago of breast cancer. It was very sad because they were both from the UK originally, and had become US citizens, so when Ruth died I think the younger son went to live in the UK with his grandparents and the older son stayed behind and lived with a friend so he could graduate from high school locally. I thought you might want to know that. And kudos for a really ﬁne local paper.

Teri Schure Cedarhurst

Takes Issue with Labor Day Cartoon You probably never had to earn a living at a sewing machine, on a farm picking crops, stocking shelves in a supermarket, or earning hourly wages in a substandard place of employment. The Jewish and Italian girls in the early sweatshops didn’t think they

were asking for much when they wanted toilets -- it took a union to get them. The thousands of employees unable to bargain with the industrial giants unionized for a better life. Maybe you are too young to remember the early years of the trade unions, or maybe you were raised in relative luxury and didn’t have a father, mother or sibling struggling for decent working conditions and a living wage. And without unions, now, many lowpaid hourly workers would be without beneﬁts or decent workplaces. Maybe you would rather buy everything from China, where there are no unions, and let the millions of working Americans starve. Your intemperate cartoons are an irritant, emphasizing Obama’s dark skin and railing against everything the Tea Party seems to ﬁnd wrong.. As a Jew much older than you, I give you a piece of advice: “Be careful who you get into bed with and be careful of what you wish for.”.

Leon Schwarzbaum North Woodmere

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Grief, Finales and True Love

he roll call of the deceased on Sunday morning television, live from Ground Zero was highly depressing. The reading of the actual names was not the big tugyour-heart part, rather, it were the readers themselves who after reciting a dozen or so names would then talk about their personal loved one, the reason why they were up at the podium. So many widows, siblings and semiorphaned children (many of whom are now in their teens and 20s) choking up and getting misty-eyed is a tough thing to endure on a Sunday. I freely admit that I couldn’t deal with much more than an hour of it before clicking-off the television entirely. Paul Simon gave perhaps the most poignant acoustic rendition of his 60s classic “The Sounds of Silence,” which was a totally appropriate anthem for the morning’s mourning. You can see and hear it on YouTube. A quintessentially American and New York troubadour strumming the heart strings while playing guitar. From all outward appearances, the 9-11 Memorial looks impressive and stunning in its understated use of water and negative space, but I don’t think I’ll be heading there anytime soon. As I wrote last week, the acrid aroma of a burning city has made an indelible impression on my subconscious (I’ve not smelled the like of it before or since, and I hope never to ever again) and in my dark recesses is where I’d like it to stay, locked-up and sealed tight. I also admit to profound relief that the 9-11 Anniversary is past and we can mourn the passing of other far more ephemeral and superﬁcial things. For example, this past week saw the series ﬁnales of two of

my favorite TV shows. I don’t watch nearly as much TV as I used to and what I do watch now has to have great writing, acting, intelligence and wit – and be DVR-worthy. So, it was with much melancholy that I bade a sad farewell to Entourage and Rescue Me. Entourage debuted in the summer of 2004 when everything in America was on a gogo upswing that would burst into millions of pieces of financial misery four years later. For those who didn’t follow this HBO comedy for its eight seasons, it was the story of a young Hollywood A-list star, his posse of childhood friends who lived with him (hence the “entourage”), his neer-do-well brother and most significantly, his double alpha charged, nearly cartoonish agent Ari Gold, played brilliantly by Jeremy Piven. One of the great things about the show was it’s utter unreality while at the same time seeming believable. No matter what the trials and tribulations encountered by the cast – career plummets, wreaked romances, fiscal ruin, drug overdoses, somehow everything always worked out in the end. The finale didn’t disappoint in that department with a fairy-tale “happily ever after” ending for all the major characters that could only have been crafted by bucketsful of wishful thinking – but that was the show’s charm that helped it endure eight seasons. Also in the mostly happily ever after department was the finale of Rescue Me. This show, (which ran for six seasons) was headed up Dennis Leary (he also helped create and write it) as a dissolute New York City fireman fighting the demons of alcoholism, sex addiction, a dysfunctional family, a firehouse full of crazy characters and the guilt-wracked torment of having survived on 9-11 at the World

Trade Center when his cousin and more than 300 of his fellow firefighters perished, made for compelling, riveting television. Rescue Me was at times alternately a serious drama or a goofball comedy, and sometimes both in the space of a few minutes. In the last two episodes, as in Entourage, we are also treated to the triumph of true love surmounting all the obstacles of real life. The way both shows ended is the way many of us would like to believe life is or can be – the intrinsic daffy American-style optimism that defies all logic and all the odds so that all our dreams come true and all disappointments and setbacks can and will be overcome. That’s the magic of Hollywood whether on the large or smaller screen – the ability to transport us from the reality of the 9-11 roll call to magical alternate fictional universes where the stark, grim realities of things like war, death and disappointment are forever banished in the mystical realms of the imagination and endless wishful thinking. If you haven’t seen either show, I heartily recommend them. Entourage is easily seen on HBO On-Demand and Rescue Me is available on DVD and online from places like Netflix. Also having closure for me is the 2011 Mets season. I attended the last of my small package of games this past Monday night at CitiField. (Hey, I paid for the tickets back in March) When you’re down to two weeks to go and you start losing tons of games to teams like the Washington Nationals, even the prospect of ending year at 81-81 seems out of reach. Their payroll will drop another $30-$40 million next year as the Wilpons struggle to stave off bankruptcy. The benefit of all this

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• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • SEPTEMBER 16 - 22, 2011

Standard Sports

M O R E S P O R T S C O V E R A G E B E G I N N I N G O N PA G E A 6

Inwood Buccaneers Teaching Football and Sportsmanship By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

o the 20… to the 10… Touchdown! The Inwood Buccaneers Athletic Club is gearing up for their 55th year of football this coming fall for boys in elementary and middle schools. In existence since 1956, the Inwood Buccaneers arise a nonprofit organization that offers “pee-wee” level organized traveling sports teams for boys ages six through 10. During the fall, the football teams are organized by both age and weight to keep within regulations of the Nassau County Youth Football League (NCYFL) and maintain fairness from game-to-game. In all, the teams play eight games during the fall and potentially more if the team makes the playoffs. “We try to teach these kids a lot of fundamentals in the game,” said Buccaneers’ Athletic Director Frank DeCicco, who has been involved with the league for many years.. “But the things we really push are camaraderie, spirit and sportsmanship. There’s nothing like winning a game, but its really how you react when you lose.” He added: “When you knock a kid on his butt, you tell them to extend a hand and help him up. It’s really all about that.” In addition to learning about playing the game right, the team helps keep the boys healthy and fit by strictly adhering to specific weight requirements put out by the NCY-

FL. The Buccaneers have recently brought in past players to act as trainers and help the players maintain a healthy, athletic

The eight-year old squad sets up at the line of scrimmage to make their next play.

body. “They [the kids] love it and they want to continue it,” said Daniel Vacchio, a former player and local Marine who is putting on a “boot camp” The Inwood Buccaneers’ quarterback handles the ball on the play.

Photo by Jonathan Walter.

to help keep some of the players ﬁt. “We’ve really made some progress out there.” This year, the Buccaneers’ numbers are down about 10 percent from prior years to about 140 boys divided among the seven age-divided teams. “Between the sport and demographics changing and maybe economics people didn’t bring their kids out this year,” said DeCicco. “But we always try to make sure economics isn’t an issue — we ﬁnd scholarships to help these kids play.” Many of today’s current Lawrence football players passed through

the Buccaneers program when they were younger. Lawrence High School’s current trio of Fredericks brothers — Ryan, Tyler and Jordan — starting on varsity all previously played for the Buccaneers, with the youngest Jordan’s game and highlight videos still easily accessible through YouTube to view. Other former players have gone on to play college and professional football including former New York Jet Vaughn Sanders, and some have even returned to coach today’s crop of players. “We are giving these kids, and these kids are giving themselves some great memories,” said DeCicco. “It’s important for them to have good positive memories. I still remember when I used to play out there.” Buccaneer Day kicked off

the start of the season at Lawrence High School on Sunday, September 4th. The giant fundraiser pitted the teams in scrimmages against other county teams, including nearby rival Long Beach Pop Warner, with a rafﬂe, food concessions and a half-time show put on by the Inwood Buccaneers’ cheerleading squad. “It’s always a great day for us and the kids,” said DeCicco. “They all always have a bunch of fun.” DeCicco sees the Buccaneers as more than just an athletic club for local area children; he views it as a way of helping keep the young children off the streets and in organized activities and out of harm’s way or worse. “What I used to ask myself was, ‘where would some of these

Photo by Jonathan Walter. kids be without this?’ Maybe they’d be doing some other sport — basketball, baseball… but I always felt it probably wasn’t something good.” He then added: “It’s all about knowing you can dream big. We’re here to tell them they can make it.” All ages of the Buccaneers were in action for their first official games on Sunday, September 11th. Registration for this year’s football program has already ended, but DeCicco encourages local parents to look into their soccer, basketball and flag football programs during other parts of the year. More information on the Inwood Buccaneers can be found at their website www.leaguelineup.com/ inwoodbuccaneers or by calling (516) 239-8586.

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SEPTEMBER 16 - 22, 2011 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

HOUSE & HOME • FASHION & FEATURES

Fun Fashion for Expectant Moms and Babies BY SUSAN VARGHESE

come in when you’re youre expecting and maybe a few months before having hav the baby. You pick out evwould need for the first six weeks erything you wou to two months – stretchies (footed outfits), Onesies, sheets, towels, receiving Converters, One blankets – ever everything you’d need right away for the baby. You pick it all out and put it Then, after you have the baby, someaway. Then just come in and pick up everybody can ju Their two-piece outfits can start thing.” The around $22 and one-piece converters start aaround $27. Boys’ pant-sets start at $30 and girls’ footies start at $20, although items are also discounted altho less. for le Only a deposit is required and payOn ment is received only when all the men items are picked up. The deposit is item percent of all the items that be25 p ing held. “Most of the items are discounted,” Feldheim said. “Once you co actually purchase it after the baby is ac born, there are usually further disb ccounts given on each item. “ A personal appointment is made with the layette manager of 26 w years, Grace Paruolo, and the appointment takes about two hours. • Denny’s is located at 680 Central Avenue. (516) 295-0946. www.dennyschildrenswear.com

A simple and classic look featuring a pea coat, ruffles, and bows from Jacadi.

or moms-to-be, fashion and style can be a daunting challenge and preparing for the baby can be even more intimidating. But, Bellyssima, Denny’s Childrenswear, and Jacadi in Cedarhurst make shopping easy with some of the biggest fall trends for moms, babies, and todllers.

Fashion while you’re pregnant

Bellyssima Inside Bellyssima in Cedarhurst, lies an expectant mother’s fashion haven filled with this season’s hottest trends: jeweled tops, flirty ruffles, and tailored pencil skirts. Owners Amy Feldman and Lisa Brick-Hirsch stock around eight different kinds of black pencil skirts and eight jean pencil skirts. “They’re critical to a wardrobe. The material includes fabrics that run the gamut; stretchy, slinky, stiff, twill -- if it exists we have it in a pencil skirt,” Hirsch said. A cotton twill or denim pencil skirt Some featured items in the Layette section of Denny’s

After the baby’s born

Make your wardrobe pop with this fun and flirty piece from Bellyssima

($70 and up) can be paired with one of their satin ruffl uffle-sleeved tops ($69). Eggplant is a big color this fall, and having one ne or two tops in a rich eggplant can change up a routinely black wardrdrobe, without being ng too bold. Every closet set should stock just a few ew embellished tops or dresses, Hirsch said. d. “A couple of fashion n pieces amid a sea off black, less memora-ble pieces are good to have.” Contrary to popular belief, the mostt important part isn’t ’t the style of the cloththing. “It’s all about the fit,” Feldman said. “I think it’s important to feel good about yourself everyday ryday and if you have nice, e, affordable, and well-fi tting fitting maternity clothes -- you’ll feel good everyday.” To make the mostt of your wardrobe, Hirsch noted oted that less is more. “A black cardigan can hide figure flawss and also be transitional with the weather. It’s a great piece to have. Invest in a few layering ing t-shirts. Going back to the basics helps your wardrobe be more modular. Do more with fewer ewer pieces.” Generally, dresses aree $80 and up, skirts are $50 and up, and tops start at $40. In addition to carrying other vendors, Feldman and Hirsch design their own Bellyssima llyssima clothing. “We designed a top that fits virtually every silhouette uette and four or five different belts ts that go with it,” Hirsch said. “So, instead of buying several shirts, the e customer can come in buy one shirt and three belts and have the top op look different every time they wear ar it and their investment is much smaller.” maller.” Hirsch added thatt style should be accessible to all moms, ms, and it doesn’t Ruffles paired with a pencil skirt is a must-have at Bellyssima

need to be complicated. “The key is don’t put too much pressure on n yourself. You can look good in basicc l staples as long as they ﬁt you rightt and are tailored to your body. If you invest in those basics, bas during the day you’ll be able ab to take care of your children and put on child

we go to the vendors, the prices have more than doubled since we started the store. We’ve been able to keep our prices low by making our clothes internationally.” For women who’d rather shop with a click of their mouse, Bellyssima also has a personal shopping option on their website. “Option one is that the customer can call the store and tell us what they need, what their measurements are, and what their lifestyle lif tyle is like ( i.e., do they go to work, are they home with the kids, or do they have a lot of kids under the age of four). We suggest items that ﬂatter

Jacadi A blend of traditional silhoueettes and contemporary details are sweeping baby and toddler wear this season, according to Sandra Gonzalez, a Jacadi representative. Jacadi has nursery items, clothing for newborns, and for children up to 12-years-old. A fresh look filled with new colors and patterns will add some flair to classic pea coats, capes, kilts, and knit vests, Gonsaid. Colors such as ivory, charcoal gray, zalez sa navy and burgundy, and patterns such as checks, and Liberty prints. plaids, an Outerwear is both fashionable and functional, Outerw noted. “For girls, a must-have is a doubleGonzales n breasted ccape ($109 and up), and for boys, a sporty bomber. Iconic silhouettes make a comeback: bomber coats, duffle coats, and down-filled parkas pea co ($119 aand up) accented with faux fur trim.” As far as accessories, footwear including ballet flats and classic Mary Janes ($50) to sleek riding boots, are the best bet for girls. Boys can look sharp in suede loafers or updated brogues ($104) in A footed outfit is always in style at Jacadi

that th simple sweater or shirt sh and look good. You could also swap the basic top for fo a dressier one to go out to dinner with your husband in the evening. That way you’re able to feel a little bit bi sexier or fashion forward like you did when l you were ﬁrst rs dating. “

Behind Bellyssima Feldman and Hir Hirsch opened Bellyssima in late 2001 and an are still the only maternity store in the area. Hirsch recalled wanting to o open the store after being pregnant and searching for stylago. “I asked someone ish options years ago maternity store was on where the local mate the avenue [Cedarhurst] [Cedarhur and they said there was none. I co couldn’t understand how there could be this thi many children’s clothing stores on the avenue and nothing av for pregnant women.” Bellyssima’s own line o of clothing is what has helped them stay aﬂoat during the tough economy and maintain maint pricing. “When

them and ﬁt their budget,” Hirsch explained. “The second option is to look online and tell us what they’re looking for and we will pull the 12 to 14 best pieces in our store for them,” Hirsch added. “We’ll hold their credit card on ﬁle, but won’t charge them. We’ll ship them the garments for free and they can shop in the comfort of their own home. They can ship back whatever they don’t want and they pay for what they keep.” • Bellyssima is located at 111 Cedarhurst Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516)3742065. www.bellyssimamaternity.com.

Shopping for the baby while you’re pregnant

Denny’s Childrenswear Denny’s offers a layette section, a unique way to cut some of the stress and prepare early for the baby. Store manager, Sherri Feldheim explained, “You

Casual sports-themed outfit at Denny’s rich espresso suede.A basic turtleneck bodysuit is $30, shirts start at $30, and trousers start at $48. Jacadi also offers sprightly tweed caps, wool berets, ribbed tights ($20), and ties, to make every baby look like a seasoned fashionista. • Jacadi is located at 426 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 791-8341. www.jacadi.us

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• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • SEPTEMBER 16 - 22, 2011

HOUSE & HOME • FASHION & FEATURES

The Search for Chocolate Chip Perfection By Jonathan Walter Photos by Scott P. Moore

Shlomy’s Heimesh Bakery

Shlomy’s in Cedarhurst has a huge selection of cookies, but taste-wise their chocolate chip ($1.50) didn’t measure up to a couple of other cookies we tried. Also tried by the panel was a lace cookie, a pink and white cookie and a their rainbow cookie, to mixed reviews. Shlomy’s also features parve cookies in their lineup. Comments: “It’s not a real chocolate chip cookie— leaves me wanting more.” “It’s underwhelming—I don’t hate it.” “I’ve had Chips Ahoy! with more ﬂavor.” Group Rating: ** Other cookie comments: “Rainbow cookies too sugary.” “The pink & white is really good: it’s soft, and it taste fruity on the pink side a little.” Hours and location: Shlomy’s is located

round The Five Towns, stores are ﬁlled with fresh chocolate chip cookies, and not Chips Ahoy! either. We’re talking about sweet and chewy treats that taste like they came right from your mom’s oven — it’s America’s favorite treat after lunch and dinner or just for the fun of it. Here at The Standard, we have put together ratings for bakeries with chocolate chip cookies in The Five Towns, as well as reviews of the bakeries’ other specialty cookies.

Bagelo Bagelo in Woodmere might be better known for their bagels and lunch specials, but they also make a mean chocolate chip cookie ($2), and a big one at that, with a diameter of nearly six inches. While tasty, the cookie leaves a bit of a buttery taste in your mouth, maybe a bit too much to be desired. Comments: “Ugh, so much cookie!” “Way too buttery for me.” “It’s the right combination of chewy and crunch.” “Butter overwhelms the chocolate chip, but I like it.” Group Rating: Hours and location: Bagelo is located at 1033 Broadway in Woodmere. They are open Monday through Friday from 6:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday from 6:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Call them at (516) 569-7052 for more information.

Shula’s traditional chocolate chip cookie tasted great and is perfect for dunking.

Le Chocolat Le Chocolat in Cedarhurst usually specializes in chocolate truffles and other concoctions, but also features a chocolate chip cookie ($1) covered in a chocolate drizzle that drew some high expectations from the panel. It proved to be a chewy cookie and the chocolate drizzle was an added bonus. Comments: “Definitely has a strong flavor—its good.” “I think it’s perfect – the drizzle is not too much.” “Good mix of soft and crunchiness.” “It’s my favorite—the cookie is delectable and the chocolate drizzle on top is magical.” Group Rating: Hours and location: Le Chocolat is located at 556 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. They are open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and on Sunday from

9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Call them at (516) 7922462 for more information. Kosher, call for supervision.

The chocolate chip cookie with chocolate drizzle left our panelists wanting more.. at 535 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. They are open Sunday through Wednesday from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and on Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call them at (516) 374-2525 for more information. Kosher, call for supervision.

Shula’s Shula’s in Cedarhurst, which also serves pizza, is more popular as a destination for cookies. With every kind of cookie under the sun available at Shula’s, it should not be a surprise to ﬁnd out they have become masters at the craft of cookie baking. They feature a nice light chocolate chip cookie ($11 a lb.) that sat well with our panel. It is a parve chocolate chip, meaning there is no dairy involved. Comments: “It was chocolaty, chewy and very soft.” “Not overwhelming, or too sugary.” “Just like mom made it.” Group Rating: (Parve) Shula’s also features an excellent chocolate chocolate chip that most members of panel agreed didn’t taste entirely like a cookie, but like another treat. Comment: “It feels like I’m eating a brownie.” Hours and location: Shula’s is located at 608 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. They are open Monday through Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Friday from 10:00 a.m. to two hours before sundown, and Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Call them at (516) 569-7408 for more information. Shula’s is a Kosher establishment, call for supervision.

Wall’s Bakery Wall’s in Hewlett has a “Tollhouse” chocolate chip cookie ($15.50 per lb.), which the panel rated highly. Comments: “Chocolate melts in my mouth.” “I’m eating my second cookie – that’s a good sign. It has just the right crunchy vs. chewy, near perfect.” Group Rating: They also had a less rich cookie that wasn’t tollhouse style. It left a lot more to be desired. The light chocolate cookie ($15.50 per lb.) that was more crunchy than chewy. Comments: “It’s just a plain chocolate chip.” “This is a solid cookie. It’s nice and light, I can eat a bunch of them.” “Not really for me, right amount of chocolate chips, but the actual cookie isn’t my favorite.” Hours and location: Wall’s Bakery is located at 1336 Broadway in Hewlett. They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Sunday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Call them at (516) 374-3771 for more information.

Zomicks Zomicks in Inwood featured a great chocolate chip ($1.35), which two of our panel members viewed as being the best of the bunch. It was a chewy cookie that had a tasty ﬂavor and wasn’t too overwhelming. They also had a rainbow cookie that was tried by the panel. Comments: “I could eat a couple more of these—it’s solid and a good ﬂavor.” “This is my favorite cookie of the bunch.” Group Rating: Other cookie comments: “The rainbow cookie is pretty good!” Hours and location: Zomicks is located at 85 Inip Drive in Inwood and Gourmet Glatt in Cedarhurst. They are open Monday through Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and on Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Call them at (516) 239-3980 for more information. Kosher, call for supervision.

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Shula’s chocolate-chocolate chip cookie was one of the best nontraditional cookies the panel tried..

While one member of our panel found La Chocolat’s chocolate chip with chocolate drizzle on top to be the best, our three-member panel found Zomick’s chocolate chip to be the best overall.

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will grace the stage at Westbury next month, performing material from her comedy album My life on the D-List. Brian Regan – October 22nd at 8:00 p.m. Observational comedian Brian Regan will perform material from his album Brian Regan: All by Myself. Lewis Black – October 28th and 29th at 8:00 p.m. Popular Comedian and former Daily Show guest correspondent Lewis Black makes his way to Westbury for two nights of comedy. Black will be performing material from his new comedy album The Prophet. The Doobie Brothers – November 5th at 8:00 p.m. Classic Rock band, The Doobie Brothers are making a stop at Westbury for their 2011 tour.

assau County is home to some great venues that draw top artists from around the world and this fall is no exception, with headliners such as Roger Daltrey playing at The Nassau Coliseum and classic rocker George Thorogood coming to the Theater at Westbury. Below we’ve compiled a schedule of some of the top performances for the next couple of months.

Nassau Coliseum Roger Daltrey presents The Who’s Tommy – September 23rd at 8:00 p.m. The Who legend Roger Daltrey brings the bands iconic rock musical, based upon their 1969 album Tommy, to Nassau Coliseum. The musical will include classic tunes such as “Pinball Wizard” and “See Me, Feel Me.” Chris Brown: Fame Tour – September 30th at 7:00 p.m. Hip Hop Star Chris Brown takes his tour through the Northeast this fall, performing hits including “Look at Me Now,” “I

Blondie Courtesy of Alterna2 album 2120 South Michigan Avenue. The band will perform tracks from their new album as well as long time hits such as “Bad to the Bone.” “One Bourbon, One Scotch,

Lewis Black Courtesy of USAF Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth Need to Know,” and “Forever,” So You Think You Can Dance? Tour – October 3rd at 7:00 p.m. Participants in the hit Fox show “So You Think You Can Dance” will take to the stage at the coliseum this October. Performers include show winner Melanie Moore, Caitlynn Lawson, Clarice Ordaz, Jess LeProtto, Jordan Casanova, Marko Germar and Mitchell Kelly. Vicente Fernandez – October 28th at 8:00 p.m. Mexican La Ranchera singer Vicente Fernandez brings his talented voice to Nassau where he will perform hits from his more than 50 albums. Josh Groban: Straight To You Tour – November 4th at 8 p.m. In his fourth concert tour, Josh Groban will make a stop at Nassau Coliseum where he will perform some of his hits from his ﬁrst three albums along with many songs from his new album Illuminations. Andre Rieu – November 26th at 8:00 p.m. Dutch violinist, conductor, and composer, Andre Rieu will perform along with his orchestra and a host of other soloists at Nassau Coliseum.

One Beer,” and their rendition of “Who Do You Love?” Jackson Browne – October 12th at 8:00 p.m. American Rock SingerSongwriter Jackson Browne will perform his hits including “Somebody’s Baby,” “These Days” and “The Pretender.” From Memphis to Mardis Gras: Cindy Lauper and Dr. John – October 19th at 8:00 p.m. Grammy winning artists Cindy Lauper and Dr. John will come to Westbury next month. The unlikely pair will perform their hits from Dr. John’s “Right Place, Wrong Time,” to Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” Kathy Grifﬁn – October 21st at 8:00 p.m. Comedian Kathy Grifﬁn

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The group will be performing some of their hits including “China Grove,” “Long Train Running” and “Black Water,” as well as songs from their new album World Gone Crazy. Tony Bennett – November 19th at 8:00 p.m. Popular American Singer Tony Bennett is coming to Westbury in November. The iconic singer will be performing his classics including “Because of You,” “Rags to Riches,” and his signature song “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Jim Breuer – November 25th at 8:00 p.m. Comedian Jim Breuer, best known for appearing alongside Dave Chappelle in the 1998 ﬁlm “Half Baked,” will come to Westbury in late November where the Valley Stream native will perform standup.

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9 Copperbeech Lane, Lawrence

Colonial style home with nine rooms, four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. Lot size: 6,000 square feet. Year built: 1928. The property was sold for $354,570 on September 9.

Colonial style home with nine rooms, four bedrooms and 3 bathrooms. Lot size: 8,560. Year built: 1942. The property sold for $855,000 on September 6.

985 Northfield Road, Woodmere

243 Oakwood Avenue, Cedarhurst

Colonial style home with 10 rooms, four bedrooms and three bathrooms. Lot size: 14,820 square feet. Year built: 1942. The property was sold for $500,000 on September 8.

Colonial style home with 12 rooms, seven bedrooms and two bathrooms. Lot size: 242,000 square feet. The property was sold for $1,275,000 on September 6.

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19 Lotus St. Sunday, September 18th 2:00-3:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms $829,000 Milky Forst Properties Inc. (516) 239-0306 353 Roselle Ave. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-2:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms $699,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 425 Cedarhurst Ave. Sunday, September 18th 1:30-3:00 p.m. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $699,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651

Hewlett Harbor 417 Pepperidge Rd. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $1,050,000 Marjorie Hausman Realty (516) 569-5110

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1 Steven Dr. Sunday, September 18th 11:30-1:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $629,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5110 1275 Sturlane Pl. Sunday, September 18th 11:30-1:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms $445,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 1588 Hewlett Ave. Sunday, September 18th 2:30-4:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms. $349,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 1607 Hewlett Ave. Sunday, September 18th 2:30-4:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms $529,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 1567 Mofﬁtt Ave. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $459,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 1185 E. Broadway #5-E, Sunday, September 18th 11:00-12:30 p.m. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom $219,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 1185 E. Broadway #5-C, Sunday, September 18th 11-12:30 p.m. 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom $289,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 1269 Wheatley St. Saturday, September 17th 11:30-1:00 p.m. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms $439,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 1415 Noel Ave. Sunday, September 18th 11:30-1:00 p.m. 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom $399,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 1460 Kew Ave. Sunday, September 18th 1:00-3:30 p.m. 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms $649,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 1476 Hewlett Ave. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-2:00 p.m. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms $499,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000

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day, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $1,100,000 Milky Forst Properties Inc. (516) 239-0306 240 Central Ave #1K Sunday, September 18th 3:00-4:30 p.m. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms $169,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 240 Central Ave #2G, Sunday, September 18th 3:00-4:30 p.m. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms $285,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 376 Central Ave #4L, Sunday, September 18th 12:30-2:00 p.m. 1 bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms $375,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 North Woodmere 656 Colfax Pl. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms $515,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 845 Fanwood Ave. Sunday, September 18th 2:30-4:00 p.m. 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms $459,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 872 Park Ln. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-2:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms $459,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 834 Fanwood Ave. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-2:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms $499,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 1031 Cedarhurst St. Sunday, September 18th 12:15-1:15 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms. $649,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 764 University St. Sunday, September 18th 12:30-2:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms $535,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651

Woodmere 931 Midway Sunday, September 18th 11:30-1:30 p.m. 6 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms $549,000 Morton Haves Real Estate (516) 374-0100 46 Clubside Dr. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $699,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 81 Centre St. Sunday, September 18th 12-1:30 p.m. 7 bedrooms,

4 bathrooms $799,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 132 Combs Ave. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $769,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 160 Ocean Ave. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms $669,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 170 Ocean Ave. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms $599,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 500 Forest Ave. Sunday, September 18th 2:30-4:00 p.m. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms $499,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 563 Sunset Dr. Sunday, September 18th 2:00-3:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms $499,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 826 Central Ave. Sunday, September 18th 3:00-4:00 p.m. 6 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $749,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 835 Jefferson St. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms $439,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 954 South End. Sunday, September 18th 11:30-1:00 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms $499,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 2953000 996 South End Dr. Sunday, September 18th 2:00-3:30 p.m. 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms $759,000 Pugatch Realty Corp. (516) 295-3000 912 Mayﬁeld Rd. Sunday, September 18th 11:30-12:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms $599,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651 Woodsburgh 110 Wood Ln. Sunday, September 18th 12:00-1:30 p.m. 4 bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms $1,292,000 Pugatch Realty (516) 295-3000 180 W. Ivy Hill Rd. Sunday, September 18th 11:00-12:00 p.m. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms $1,179,000 Jan Kalman Realty (516) 569-5651

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SELLER SAYS: “The quiet tree lined street was perfect for raising our family.” REASON FOR SELLING: “Relocating.” Contact Milky Forst Properties Inc. (516) 239-0306

ON THE MARKET 109 Longworth Avenue, Woodmere

DETAILS: Split style home, built in 1957 in a prime location. The first floor features a living room, formal dining area and wonderful eat in kitchen. Family Room and den in lower level. Upstairs, three large bedrooms and two full baths. Third floor has three more bedrooms. The home is ideal for a growing family. Beautiful wood floors. Contact Morton Haves Real Estate, Georgia Altman (516) 2202147

19 Lotus Street, Cedarhurst STATS: A lot size of 7,350 square feet with seven rooms, four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms. The property is going for $839,000 with property taxes of $12,700. DETAILS: The colonial style home was built in 1926. The property has wood floors throughout and a finished basement. The kitchen has high-end appliances. High ceilings and a fireplace.

STATS: A lot size of 4,000 square feet with nine rooms, six bedrooms and two bathrooms. The property is going for $390,000 with taxes of $13,174.86 DETAILS: Walk in thru the large entry to the beautiful spacious living space with fabulous wood floors and stunning stone fireplace. The flow is flawless. Full finished basement. REASON FOR SELLING: “Found a new home.” Contact Dorie Cohen from Morton Haves Real Estate (516) 3167862

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Friday, September 16 PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS BY LESLIE WASSERBERGER & ALLEN NATOW, NEW WORK EXHIBIT: The exhibit includes recent photographs by Allen Natow taken during a recent humanitarian mission to Cuba. His paintings have sculptural surfaces that continue a technique that he has been using for several years. Wasserberger’s oil paintings will also be on display. The exhibit is free and will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library in the Boehm meeting room. For additional information, call (516) 374-1967.

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ACROSS 1 Dante’s divine work is diffident about Italian sea (6) 4 Run out — it’s recalled in a cricket club’s puzzle (8) 10 Screen background with initially every source of news (9) 11 Structure includes University discussion group (5) 12 Money expert: “Gold? Had it with gold!” (7) 13 Gave answer about piano accompanying song (7) 14 Unhappy ladies want hug? That’s about right for some married ones (9-2-3) 19 Expression of individuality in Paris (6,1,3,4) 21 Men drifting in Norfolk town exhibiting stupidity (7) 24 Guard, say, left mother in a downpour (7)

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26 Article, in the end, recalled craze (5) 27 Pen something to accompany letter? (9) 28 Brought up drink for dog (8) 29 Japanese drama character mostly recalled as a crawler (6) DOWN 1 It’s put down precisely — by Holstein? (6) 2 What’s commonest in Lammermoor? A mad role, wild, emotive stuff (9) 3 Drank up the store (5) 5 Nurse’s vocation — no end of trouble (5) 6 Tainted source of water will do for seed (9) 7 Is miserable type picking up bones? (5) 8 Catcall about party involved in swindle — degrading event (8) 9 What’s excessive about French father over a piece of music? (8) 15 Artist drew a lung badly (9) 16 One takes on cases in relation to the estate? (4-4) 17 Glaring gap exposed by noisy type (9) 18 A college article intended upset for university types (8) 20 Sun, obscured, even invisible (6) 22 Child never allowed aboard old space-station (5) 23 Hum some lines, omitting nothing (5) 25 Very strong, ultimately filthy style of humour (5)

CONCERT: CATHY & THE REVIVALS: An oldies show featuring 50’s and 60’s entertainment will include vocals and instrumentals highlighting the 11-year old singing sensation Mia. The event is free and will take place at 2:00 p.m. at Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Avenue in Lawrence. For additional information, call (516) 2393262. CONCERT: STUART FISHMAN MEMORIAL: The Smith Street Society Jazz Band will be playing Dixieland jazz and ragtime. The band has previously played with the cabaret diva Julie Wilson and has also performed at the Newport Jazz festival and the Tony Awards. Tickets are free and must be picked up before the event. The concert is from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the HewlettWoodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway in Hewlett. For additional information, call (516) 3741967.

Monday, September 19 CURRENT EVENTS WITH BARBARA KRUPIT: The lecture will feature discussions based on headline news and global affairs in the community room of Peninsu-

la Public Library, 280 Central Avenue in Lawrence. For additional information, call (516) 239-3262. BOOK DISCUSSION: THE PARIS WIFE: Speaker Jane Issacson Shaprio will discuss The Paris Wife by author Paula McLain. The book is a tribute to a woman who acted with grace and strength as her marriage crumbled. The free event is at 1:00 p.m. at the HewlettWoodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway in Hewlett. For additional information, call (516) 374-1967.

Tuesday, September 20 LECTURE: LONG ISLAND & THE CIVIL WAR: Guest speaker Harrison Hunt, who is the author of two books on the Civil War, will examine Long Island’s role in the monumental struggle and the lives of Long Island residents between 1861 and 1865. Hunt was a Senior History Curator for the Nassau County Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Museums for several years. The event is from and will take place 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway in Hewlett. For additional information, call (516) 374-1967.

Wednesday, September 21 FILM: BARNEY’S VERSION: Directed by Richard J. Lewis, starring Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman and Rosamund Pike, the picaresque and touching story of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky. The film will play at 2:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. at the Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway in Hewlett inside of Gold Hall. For additional information, call (516) 374-1967. (134 minutes, Rated R)

SUNRISE MULTIPLEX CINEMAS 750 West Sunrise Highway, Valley Stream, NY - (800) 315-4000 Contagion |1hr 45min| Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 12, 1:20, 2:30, 3:50, 5, 6:40, 7:30, 9:25, 10pm, 12, 12:30am SUN: 12, 1:20, 2:30, 3:50, 5, 6:40, 7:30, 9:25, 10pm Warrior |2hr 19min| Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 1, 4, 7:20, 10:20pm|SUN:1, 4, 7:20, 10:20pm Shark Night 3D |1hr 35min| Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 12, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:15, 11:45pm|SUN: 12, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:15pm Colombiana |1hr 47min| Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT:1:20, 1:50, 3:50, 4:20, 6:30, 7:10, 9, 9:55, 11:30pm, 12:35am SUN: 1:20, 1:50, 3:50, 4:20, 6:30, 7:10, 9, 9:55pm Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark |1hr 40min| Rated R FRI&SAT: 4:20, 6:45, 9:10, 11:35pm|SUN: 4:20, 6:45, 9:10pm Spy Kids: All the Time in the World |1hr 28min| Rated PG FRI&SAT: 12, 2:10, 4:20, 6:35, 9, 11:15pm|SUN: 12, 2:10pm Final Destination 5 3D |1hr 28min| Rated R FRI&SAT: 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05pm, 12:20am SUN: 1:05, 3:20, 5:35, 7:50, 10:05pm Rise of the Planet of the Apes: |1hr 50min| Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 1:15, 3:45, 6:30, 9:05pm, 12:20am|SUN: 4:35, 7, 9:25pm The Smurfs |1hr 28min| Rated PG|FRI&SAT&SUN: 12:05, 2:20, 4:35, 7pm The Help |2hr 17min| Rated PG-13 FRI&SAT: 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:45pm, 12:40am|SUN: 12:40, 3:40, 6:40, 9:40pm The Smurfs |1hr 42min| Rated PG|FRI&SAT&SUN: 12:05, 2:20pm The Lion King|1hr 27min| Rated G|FRI&SAT&SUN: 12:15, 2:25pm Straw Dogs |1hr 45min| Rated R FRI&SAT: 12:15, 1:15, 2:45, 3:45, 5:15, 6:35, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15, 11:45pm, 12:40am SUN: 12:15, 1:15, 2:45, 3:45, 5:15, 6:35, 7:45, 9:15, 10:15pm&

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Late Night Humor

The Best of This Week’s Post 11pm Wit

to prove he’s still alive. It’s pretty much the same reason President Obama was on TV last night. ‘I’m still here! I’ve got your jobs!’”

ue. You can get something on a hero, and just 99 cents more, I give you chips, fries, or a pasta salad. Plus I’ll give you a 20-ounce fountain drink for just an additional 99 cents. So I try to put a little value in everything that we sell.” Pantano’s carries all Boars Head products. Their roast beef wrap is just one example of the many wraps they have there, from a simple roast beef wrap with lettuce, tomato and mustard to a wrap with sautéed onions, portabella mushrooms and sliced almonds. (Wraps start at $6.99) Also featured by Pantano’s is their Asian battered shrimp. It comes served over a rice pilaf, with a chopped salad on the side. Dinners at Pantano’s start at $9.95. Pantano’s is located at 1308 Broadway in Hewlett. To place an order for pickup or delivery, call (516) 569-4420. They are open from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. every day.

FOOD COURT

–Jay Leno

Jimmy Fallon

David Letterman

“A man wearing an Obama mask robbed a bank. Either that or Obama has an exciting new plan to reduce the deﬁcit.”

–Conan O’Brien “Tim Pawlenty endorsed Mitt Romney, calling him a ‘bedrock conservative.’ When he heard this, John McCain said, ‘I grew up in Bedrock, and I don’t remember seeing him.’”

–Conan O’Brien “It’s being reported that Rick Perry met his wife when they were in elementary school. There was another boy that liked her too but Perry had him executed.”

– Conan O’Brien “Since Rick Perry has been governor of Texas, 234 criminals have been executed. That’s the difference between Texas and California: In California, those criminals would have been given tryouts for the Raiders.”

–Jay Leno “The economy is so bad that in Texas Rick Perry had to execute convicts just by throwing a toaster in the bath tub! That’s

SNEAK

Conan O’Brien

Jay Leno

how bad.”

–Jay Leno “According to a new poll, only 55 percent of Americans think President Obama is intelligent. Yeah, that may not sound impressive, but it’s up 55 percent over the last president.”

–Jimmy Fallon “A new study found that in the last 30 years, the average home size has increased by 600 square feet. Which is ﬁtting, since in the last 30 years, the average person size has increased by 600 square feet.”

–Jimmy Fallon “There’s a commemorative 9/11 Merlot, perfect for when you’re drinking to never forget. “

“In his speech President Obama call”In his speech, President Obama introduced a $400 billion plan called the ‘American Jobs Act.’ They would have had a more creative name, but the guy that comes up with names got laid off six months ago.”

–Jimmy Fallon “The World Economic Forum, which ranks economies, moved the United States down to 5th place. But we’re still the fattest, so that’s good.”

–Jimmy Kimmel “The virus in the movie ‘Contagion’ is based on the bird ﬂu which came out of nowhere back in 2008. Everyone thought it was going to change the way we live and it just faded away. Wait a minute, I’m talking about President Obama.”

–Stephen Colbert

–Craig Ferguson

“President Obama introduced his $447 billion jobs plan. A lot of economists say it could work — if we had $447 billion.”

“Michele Bachmann is for people who ﬁnd Sarah Palin too intellectual. She is pure. She is always completely factfree. She said the Founding Fathers worked tirelessly until they got rid of slavery. So from now on Thomas Jefferson’s slaves will be known as friends with beneﬁts.”

–Jay Leno “Cuban leader Fidel Castro made a rare TV appearance yesterday. He said everyone keeps reporting that he’s dead, but he’s actually alive and well. He said he went on TV, basically

PREVIEW

–Bill Maher, on Jay Leno

Raising Hope: FOX, Season Premiere at 9:00 p.m.: This comedy about Jimmy (Lucas Neff), who is trying his best to raise his daughter Hope, the result of a one-night stand. Hope’s mother was charged with murder and electrocuted, leaving the 23-year old slacker the responsibilties a single father must face. With the help of his unstable grandmother, Maw Maw (Cloris Leechman), the every day struggles of raising a family shed light on the trails many families face.

Friday, September 16 I Don’t Know How She Does It: Rated PG: Starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Kate

CONTINUED ON P. B8 Mufasa and Rafiki in The Lion King

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Asian shrimp over rice pilaf

Tuesday, September 20

New in Theatres

2 Broke Girls: CBS, Series Premiere at 8:00 p.m.: This new series chronicles the lives of two waitresses in their 20’s, Max (Kat Dennings) and Caroline (Beth Behrs), who come from contrasting lifestyles but are united in their dream of owning a cupcake shop — Max being a down-to-earth city girl and Caroline the daughter of a former ponzi schemer. Before their dreams can become a reality, the duo must raise $250,000 and find ways to make ends meet to keep their dreams alive and business thriving.

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HEARD ON THE WEB

Understanding Derivatives: A Primer CONTINUED FROM P. A8 their ﬁrms’ pension funds in the BOND securities. They ﬁnd they are now faced with having to write off her bad debt and with losing over 90% of the presumed value of the bonds. Her wine supplier also claims

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CONTINUED FROM P. A8 ing lately just how pitiless the private sector’s discipline can be -- they weren’t the ones who ‘got us into this mess.’ Barney Frank’s talking points notwithstanding, mortgage lenders didn’t wake up one ﬁne day deciding to junk long-held standards of creditworthiness in

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bankruptcy, closing the doors on a family business that had endured for three generations, her beer supplier is taken over by a competitor, who immediately closes the local plant and lays off 150 workers. Fortunately though, the bank, the brokerage houses and their respective executives are

order to make ill-advised loans to unqualiﬁed borrowers. It would be closer to the truth to say they woke up to ﬁnd the government twisting their arms and demanding that they do so -- or else.” Opponents of term limits will argue that a term limit would force out effective politicians. My retort to this argument is

that a term limit will not preclude an elected ofﬁcial from continued public service. It will simply force that individual to seek a different ofﬁce. Thus, allowing new and motivated individuals, many with a great deal of private sector experience, to serve the public. That, I believe, is what our founding fathers intended.

DEAR THAT'S LIFE

Only as Old as I Feel CONTINUED FROM P. A8 I went for haircut on my birthday. While I was there, someone asked me if I was turning 27. Only in my dreams, I said, wondering if this person was trying to be funny. When I told her my actual age, which is considerably older, she was stunned. “I thought you were much younger than that,” she said, a comment which I took as both a plus and a minus. I decided it was a compliment, however, determining to see it in a positive light, though it meant I had given birth to my eldest child while I was still wearing braces. Nevertheless, when I got home, the cynical Wallach children saw it differently. One child asked if, at the time of the comment, I was about to give that person a tip. Someone else wondered if I was considering that person for a job, the compliment intended, therefore, to get on my good side. I squinted my eyes and snarled, since neither was the case. Almost like a public service, my children provide a reality check I did not know I needed. Having recently purchased a dress for a bar mitzvah, I changed into it the morning of the event, which also coincided with my birthday festivities. I was particularly excited and had

already tried it on while in the mall with my daughters. Unlike buying an item from the web or a catalogue, there are no surprises with the purchase you take home on the spot. You know what you’re getting, because it is in hand. The only difference here was that the dress I tried on in the store was a size too big. I needed a smaller size, and the right dress was found in another store, then shipped to my home address. When it arrived, however, it was smaller, but in more ways than one. While it ﬁt better in the waist, it was also shorter and no longer a length I was accustomed to wearing. I wore it in the house for a few minutes, surveying the opinions of various family members, in hopes that maybe the dress was not as bad as I thought. My gut instinct was immediately validated after I asked one child what she thought. After looking me over, it took very little time before she had formed an opinion. “Are you going to wear a skirt with that?” she said. Looking at her askance, I said that this was a dress, no skirt required. The look I gave was met by equally disbelieving eyes, followed by a quick, “You cannot wear that,” and a turn of the heels as she walked the other way, her word serving as law.

I then knocked on the door of another child to ask her opinion. Straight to the point, she looked at me and said, “Are you trying to look younger by wearing that?” I reminded her that she was there when I tried on the original dress and seemed to have liked it, and no: I was not trying to look younger. Despite my birthday, I said, I felt just ﬁne about my age, thank you very much. Unfortunately, it seems she did not like the dress even in the store, though neglected to say anything at the time. As I stood there in disbelief, she added one more comment. “And besides,” she said, “it is way too short.” It seemed the jury had returned with a unanimous verdict. Resigned that the dress was a failure, and afraid I was becoming one of those women who denies her age by dressing in a manner more appropriate for a younger crowd, I walked back to my room to change, but not before passing one more critic along the way. When I asked him what he thought about my outﬁt, he smiled. “I like your shirt, Mommy,” he said. As I rolled my eyes and began to close the door behind me, I heard that voice scream one more thing. “And happy birthday, Mommy!” he shouted. “You’re still young.”

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Grief, Finales and True Love CONTINUED FROM P. A9 mediocrity is in much cheaper game tickets for much better seats along with the occasional joys of Blue Moons (that’s a great summertime beer) to wash down those kosher Abeles

& Hyman dogs. But the Boys of Summer (for Met fans anyway) are giving way to the gridiron where also on Sunday night we were treated to the Jets overcoming all the odds with some serious clutch ball playing to defeat Tony Romo and the Dallas

Cowboys at home on the anniversary of 9-11 (don’t get me started on the Giants!) which was a ﬁtting metaphor to end the day – gritty underdog New Yorkers overcoming everything to triumph in the end. Can true love be far behind?

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Reddy, the working mother of two devotes her life to her job with a Boston-based ﬁnancial management ﬁrm wile juggling the everyday responsibilities of motherhood and the stress of a failing marriage with husband Richard (Greg Kinnear), she is faced with the unexpected temptations when a new business associate, Jack Abelham-

mer (Pierce Brosnan), joins the ﬁrm and a love affair develops between the pair. The Lion King 3D: Rated G: The original Lion King movie, Walt Disney’s animated musical, comes to theaters nearly two decades later, for a special two-week engagement. The comingof-age story tells the tale of a young lion cub named Simba, as he struggles to become King of the Jungle and follow in the paw-prints of his father, King Mufasa. With the help of pals Nala, Pumba, Timon and Raﬁki, he overcomes the hardships of losing his father and accepts the responsibility of his destined role as King of the Jungle.

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rie and David Bar know a thing or two about being eco-friendly, the Lawrence residents are specialists in installing solar power panels. The father and son duo are the lead engineer and vice president of sales, respectively, at ABest Energy Power in Cedarhurst. Some of their commercial clients include Mercedes Benz, Payless, and Burger King. They’re also the exclusive solar panel installers for Home Depot in the five boros of New York City. Arie, originally from Israel, is an electrical engineer by trade, and has been in the business since the 1970’s. David, 28, has a background in business, and noted that he’s been entrepreneurial since he was 16 years old. “I started my own promotions company at 16, and then I went to school for business,” David said. “I moved to Miami and coincidentally, I decided I wanted to come back here and settle down. I really felt like I could take everything that I learned and work with people that really care about me.” David added that besides working alongside his family, he enjoys working with solar energy. “I have the ability to take advantage of the American dream which is more of a dream that it used to be—as far as how far it really is from peoples’ reach. I wake up and I know I can do something amazing everyday. Arie has experience that he’s going to pass on to me but right now I’m working on the development of sales and marketing and leadership. “ ABest first started installing solar energy panels eight year ago. “We understood the need for solar in two aspects,” David said. “The first is saving energy and the second aspect is that it produces jobs...Installing solar energy cannot be outsourced, so there’s opportunities.” Plus, energy from the sun is limitless, David said. “There’s enough solar energy from the sun in one day that could power the entire earth for one year.” The biggest misconception people have of solar power is they use the power the solar panels produce. “You have a certain amount of power you’re already using from LIPA,” David explained. “When solar panels are installed, LIPA is still connected to your house. They’re buying the energy you’re producing from solar to offset your bill. If your bill is $100, and then you produce $60 worth of energy/

electric from the solar panels, you will pay $40 on that month. It’s based on the energy production every month.” The cost of Solar Energy is usually between $5 and $6 per watt. This includes the engineering, insurance, installation, and warranty. The average size system is between ﬁve and 10 kilowatts on Long Island.

ed, “He’s taken Jewish cooking to the next level where it’s a fusion of Italian, Mediterranean and French. Sometimes, he’s invited to Italy to cook in certain restaurants with my mother.” Even if they’re in a rush, Arie noted that they wouldn’t buy prepared food. “If we’re in a rush, then we cook in a hurry! Curry in a hurry -- no problem!” Arie

David Bar at one of their commercial projects in New York City

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laxes me.” Rosemarybreadcrumbcrusted rack of lamb is

joked. “It’s a past-time that re-

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cording to him, the sustainabil-

The Bars’ home in Lawrence with solar panels The government issues rebates and incentives for installing solar energy; discounts for residential installation are 75 percent, which means the government pays 75 percent of the gross costs in the form of rebates. David added that for commercial, the government pays around 80 percent or more of the gross cost. For example, if it’s an installation cost of $5.50 per watt for 6,000 watts, that’s a total gross cost of $33,000. The incentives and rebates discount the cost 75 percent, which would mean the cost for the homeowner is $8,250, while the government rebates about $24,750. Although the price of the panels can be a lot at ﬁrst, Arie said that the pay-off in the long run is worth it. “The system is good for 25 years. There’s hardly any service or repair, and it can withstand all types of weather. I have 90 systems on roofs and there zero damages.” Every installation takes different amounts of time, anywhere between four and 10 days. Arie noted that a commercial building with a 8,000 square foot roof took them three months. “It can be very complex depending on the size of the roof and building. There’s no one size ﬁts all. Everything’s designed for size and usage of the building or home.” When Arie’s not busy with the business, he’s also gained notoriety for his skills in the kitchen. Cooking has been a 30-year passion of Arie’s that draws inspiration from his grandparents’ food. David not-

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