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FIGHTING SUBSTANCE ABUSE MAIN TOPIC AT DIST. 15 TOWN HALL By Amanda Mayo Substance abuse challenges that are being faced by students was the main topic of discussion on Wednesday, November 2 at Lawrence High School. Residents of the Lawrence Public School District came together to discuss these challenges and the efforts put forth by faculty, students and community leaders to combat these problems. The meeting was the second in a series of Town Hall meetings at Lawrence High School and was attended by various faculty members from the school district, students and their families. Gary Schall, Superintendent for the district, made opening remarks about how he is personally driven and committed to raise awareness about drug abuse in the schools in hopes to combat the problems. He said the issues were extremely sensitive in nature and “cuts through all racial, economic and social divides.” He speciﬁcally spoke about heroin problems among some Lawrence students, some of which have led to death. Pat Pizzarelli, Assistant Superintendent for Student and Community Affairs, spoke about corrective measures that were being put into place to combat any issues of drug and/or alcohol abuse. “We have a zero tolerance for illegal substances, including alcohol,” he said. Measures he spoke about included suspending a student for a minimum of three months, with

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October Freezes Over A freak late October snowstorm blanketed the local area with anywhere between two and four inches of snow on Saturday, creating hazardous driving conditions and beautiful scenery. Here, snow falls over Motts’ Creek in North Woodmere. Photo courtesy of Michele Rabinowitz.

The Nassau County Legislature approved the $2.6 million 2012 budget proposed by County Executive Edward Mangano 11-8 mostly along party lines with Republicans voting in favor and Democrats opposed. The newly approved budget calls for the layoffs of hundreds of county employees and the closure of two police precincts. Mangano has said that such drastic action would not be necessary if he could get $150 mil-

Fire at Gourmet Glatt Shuts Store Down By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

A minor fire took place at Gourmet Glatt Emporium in Cedarhurst on early Thursday morning, shutting down the supermarket for business on Thursday and Friday, according to Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department Chief Joseph Sperber. The fire took place at around 12:30 a.m. Thursday morning in the basement of the Gourmet Glatt supermarket at 137 Spruce Street in Cedarhurst, Sperber said. The fire department received a call at 12:39 a.m. alerting them of the fire and arrived on the scene shortly after. The fire was suppressed within 30 minutes of the fire department’s arrival and the entire cleanup after-

Gourmet Glatt’s main floor suffered smoke damage, but the building was not in considerable harm following Thursday morning’s fire.

Photo by Scott P. Moore. wards took roughly 90 minutes. The ﬁre was investigated by the Nassau County Fire Marshall

which said the ﬁre appeared to not be suspicious. Sperber said the ﬁre appeared to have been

caused by electrical equipment in the basement near a food preparation area and walk-in freezer. Fire suppression equipment, including a sprinkler system, was able to keep the fire in check until the fire department’s arrival. Most of the direct damage was contained to the basement level of Gourmet Glatt, according to Sperber. The building, however, could not be opened immediately to the public due to smoke damage on the first floor and would have to be inspected by the Department of Health. Two Gourmet Glatt employees who were in the building at the time of the fire were treated for smoke inhalation, but nei-

lion in concessions from county unions, including the Police Benevolence Association, who has said that they will not make any more concessions. “There is also an opportunity for union presidents to avoid the severity of extensive layoffs and unpaid furloughs by working with me to be part of the solution,” Mangano said. “Rest assured, while special interests yell and waste members’ dues on t-shirts, childish slogans, silly sign trucks and distorted media campaigns, the voice I hear the loudest is that of our residents who cannot afford a tax increase during this stagnant economy.” Republican District Seven Legislator, Howard Kopel, who voted for the 2012 budget admitted that it is a tough budget, but necessary given the situation the county is currently in. “It’s necessary simply because we can’t raise taxes,” Kopel said. “It really comes down to that at this point.” The county is also relying on $450 million in borrowing for the year, which has been approved by Nassau Interim Finance Association, as they move toward eliminating borrowing entirely. “We’re getting relief with NIFA and that’s very helpful,” Kopel said. “It’s transitional borrowing to fund some of the old messes left by the Democrats when they controlled

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Local Food Pantry Has Shortage, Needs Donations By Susan Varghese

Standard Associate Editor

The Jewish Community Center’s food pantry, which serves over 200 families, is experiencing a shortage. The kosher food pantry was started seven years ago and is in constant demand, Rina Shklonik, Executive Director of the JCC of the Greater Five Towns said. “The ﬁrst year, we served about 35 families, during the years and changes in the economy, the need for food in the community grew,” Shklonik said. With the help of the Five Towns Community Chest and communi-

ty members, Shklonik said that they serve over a 1,000 people in total. “There is a need for more food. We need the community to have more food drives and bring more food in. We need more because of Thanksgiving. When we had the Jewish holidays, the food came in and went out. “ The coordinator at the food pantry, Ellen Warshall, said, “ The shelves look full now, but if you came back in a week, they’d be empty.” Those in need get a list of food based on the number of people in their family. Last week alone, the pantry had 20 families come in two days. Because of the impending holidays, it’s important to have food

stocked, Warshall noted. “ Things for Thanksgiving are so expensive. We need turkeys for all of the families. We put our orders in with Island Harvest and Long Island Cares, but they can only give what they can. We have a lot of kids. We need snacks like macaroni and cheese, juice boxes – anything kid friendly. For families with ﬁve or six kids, it’s a lot.” According to Hunger in America 2010: The Local Report for Long Island, an estimated 283,700 Long Islanders, including nearly 110,000 children face the risk of going hungry everyday.

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Possible Precinct Closing on People’s Minds at Forum By Jonathan Walter Howard Kopel hosted a Public Safety Forum at Young Israel of Woodmere on Tuesday night, where he invited ofﬁcials from local law enforcement organizations to speak about safety within The Five Towns. The event was protested by supporters of the Police Benevolent Association, who held signs and hand-

ed out ﬂyers outside. Voicing what was perhaps on everyone’s mind during the meeting, one audience member asked Kopel if the Fourth Precinct would be one of the two Nassau police precincts to be shut down as was approved in the 2012 Nassau County Budget. “I believe in the Fourth Precinct. That hasn’t been decided yet, but when it has been de-

cided, we’ll study it. I would say that I would do everything in my power to make sure that the Fourth Precinct stays open.” When another audience member asked whether or not the closing of the Fourth Precinct would affect safety in the area, Kopel said that he didn’t believe it would happen, before

Super Kids to the Rescue! Costumed trick-or-treaters are all smiles after receiving candy on Halloween from a home in Inwood. The children were on their way to see the haunted house on Wanser Avenue. Photo by Scott P. Moore.

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No Tax Increase County Budget Approved 11-8 CONTINUED FROM P. A1 things, but it’s being phased out and that’s great. Kopel also spoke of the PBA’s complaints about the new budget. “I know that there are people that are complaining, especially the police unions,” Kopel said. “The PBA wants us to raise taxes. They say that it’s only a few hundred dollars per family, however they make more money than most. The average cost of a police ofﬁcer is close to $200,000 with taxes. I’m not going to vote to raise taxes on people who make far less money than police do so that they can keep some of their outlandish beneﬁts and ridiculous work rules, which cost the county a tremendous amount of money.” Democratic District Seven Legislative Candidate Adam Moser offered an opposing view of the budget. “My issue with the budget is that they had to go to NIFA, which is exactly what they cam-

paigned that they didn’t want to do and that’s exactly what they did,” Moser said. “While the Republican administration says they don’t want to borrow anything, they just did and of course they are going to blame it on the Democrats. It’s just very hypocritical that they say they aren’t going to borrow money, but they put the county into a deﬁcit. They blame the Democrats for this budget situation that they are in and it’s just wrong. The other issue with the budget is that two police precincts are being closed down, but they won’t tell us which ones. If you’re going to close two precincts, the public has a right to know and waiting till after the election is just unfair to public.” Deputy Minority Leader in the Legislature, Kevan Abrahams, also had issues with the new budget. “Of course the Republicans will tell you that they are not raising taxes, however the current administration with the support

of the Republican legislative majority has increased County fees by over $50 million which is the equivalent of a seven percent tax increase,” Abrahams said. “They have also given tens of millions in lucrative contracts to their politically connected lawyer and engineer friends.” Mangano, in a statement issued Monday, outlined some more of the budget’s money saving features: “The budget sets forth solutions, such as public-private partnerships, that will save taxpayers over $40 million annually,” Mangano said. “Nassau County will now attend to prisoners’ minor injuries at the jail, saving residents millions of dollars by reducing costs related to hospital transportation and security. Even greater savings will be achieved by allowing a private operator to run our bus system. This action will restore route cuts planned by the MTA and save residents more than $26 million annually.”

Mangano & Kopel Break Ground on New Affordable Homes in Inwood

Pictured (left to right) are: Frank Mistero Inwood Community Leader, John Zarcone Director of Housing for Nassau County, Diana Weir Vice President of The Long Island Housing Partnership, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano, New Homeowner Charlene Charlot, Nassau County Legislator Howard Kopel, James Vilardi President of Bedford Construction and Ricardo Mercado of the Nassau County Department of Housing.

assau County Executive Edward P. Mangano was joined on Monday, October 31 by Legislator Howard J. Kopel, the Long Island Housing Partnership and homeowners to break ground on four new affordable workforce homes on Harris Avenue and Redwood Avenue in Inwood. “It is extremely important that we increase affordable housing opportunities available to our residents. These homes provide a once in a lifetime opportunity to those who need it the most, while also creating construction jobs which are the backbone of our economy.” said County Executive Mangano. “Affordable housing programs like this provide seniors and low-income families with security and stability while improving neighborhoods with beautiful new homes funded by Federal dollars.”

A lottery was held in April of 2010 for the 44 applicants. Lottery winners include Charlene Charlot, Stephanie Hardy, Tamika Archer and Vivolyn Gayle. These four ﬁrst-time homebuyers qualiﬁed to purchase and have signed contracts for the 3-bedroom, 1 ½ bath homes. These beautiful homes will be built by James Vilardi of Roosevelt Development Corporation and will be sold after subsidy for $157,563. These homes have been made affordable through grants from Nassau County, the Federal HOME Program, as well as funds from the New York Homes and Community Renewal through the New York State Affordable Housing Corporation. Nassau County Legislator Howard J. Kopel, who represents the Inwood community, added, “Making affordable housing available across Nassau

County is fundamental to our long-term economic prosperity. Every generation of hard-working families and seniors deserves what so many of our parents and grandparents struggled to achieve, and what all parents want for their children: the security that only good homes in safe and stable neighborhoods can provide.” “We applaud County Executive Mangano for his commitment to affordable housing and for providing the grants through the HOME Program to help these homeowners achieve the American Dream of homeownership,” said Peter Elkowitz, President and CEO of LIHP. The mission of the Long Island Housing Partnership is to provide increased housing opportunities throughout Long Island for those unable to afford decent and safe homes, through programs, leadership and public advocacy.

Fire at Gourmet Glatt Shuts Store Down CONTINUED FROM P. A1 ther required hospital attention for their injuries. Managers were readily seen in nearby parking lot alerting customers that the supermarket was closed for the day. A

message released by Gourmet Glatt on their Facebook page stated the supermarket would be closed Thursday and Friday due “circumstances beyond their control.” The page suggested shoppers go to other kosher markets such as Brach’s or Season’s, both in Lawrence. “We have our vans out there making deliveries for them,” said manager Howie Klagsbrun. “Our concern is that the customers should be able to ﬁnd what they need for Shabbos. Obvious-

ly today is a big shopping day and we’re just trying to help everyone.” “It could be some time before they can reopen,” added Sperber. Sperber said the LawrenceCedarhurst Fire Department was assisted by other local ﬁre companies including Inwood, Hewlett, Valley Stream and Woodmere. Long Beach Fire Department temporally relocated to the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Firehouse in case of another local area emergency.

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Bay Park Sewage Plant Receives “D” Grading, Local Reps Not Surprised By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

he Citizens Campaign for the Environment, a not-for-profit, non-partisan advocacy organization, released its first report card on Long Island sewage plants with the nearby Bay Park Sewage Facility in Bay Park receiving the lowest grade, “D,” throughout the island. The report card also noted nearly 120 violations during a five-year study period between 2005 and 2010. The violations included 65 overdue violations and 54 water quality violations during that time span. Bay Park, which processes 58 million gallons of sewage a day, held the second highest violation frequency on Long Island, only outdone by Cedar Creek Sewage Facility in Seaford. Change, however, has already begun at the plant before the report card was released. The facility has recently had an over $100 million investment put into it within the last year by Legislator Howard Kopel and County Executive Edward Mangano. Also on October 18, Kopel and Mangano announced an effort to notify citizens of reportable incidents and violations that have occurred at the plant. “Residents have a right to know if sewage is contaminating local water bodies,” stated Maureen Dolan Murphy, Ex-

ecutive Programs Manager for Citizens Campaign for the Environment in a statement. “We urge New York State to implement statewide legislation that gives the public the power to protect themselves.” Local representatives were not surprised by the grading to the Bay Park facility. “It doesn’t surprise me a bit,” said Kopel. “It ran from 2005 to 2010. It was neglected horribly during that time. We funded it right after it. We’ve invested between $80 and 100 million and a lot of time in it. Hopefully it will be getting ﬁxed soon.” “This is of great concern to me,” said Lawrence Mayor Martin Oliner, who has overseen the forthcoming transfer of a Lawrence sewage facility to Nassau County. “It may well impact on what were trying to do with the county. I’m very concerned with its impact on our project.” He added: “The County told us recently that it was in great shape – obviously they’re not telling us the truth.” “The grading just goes with what I’ve been saying all along – the plant has sunk into the abyss,” said Councilman Anthony Santino. “I believe its right on target. Its a result of 10 years of neglect by Tom Suoizzi and Jeff Tobeck. Clearly, 80 percent of that was on their watch.” Santino said he commended Kopel and Mangano on their work on improving the plant.

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Brooklyn Man Gets Life for 2010 Woodmere Murder By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

Brooklyn man was sentenced to life in jail without the possibility of parole for the June 2010 shooting and murder of a Woodmere resident after a failed robbery attempt and kidnapping. Edward Williams, a 30 year old man from Brooklyn, was found guilty of first degree murder, kidnapping in the first degree, robbery in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree stemming from the June 15, 2010, murder of 20 year old Woodmere resident Tristan Theodore. According to a news release by Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice in July, Theodore and a friend arrived at about 1:40 a.m. on June 15, 2010 at Theodore’s Woodmere home where the two were accosted by Williams and another man, Anthony Jack-

Edward Williams son. Williams forced the two into Theodore’s home where he and his friend were bound with duct tape and told to hand over their

cash and valuables. The robbers forced Theodore and his friend into Theodore’s car and, after driving down the road, Theodore’s friend jumped from the moving vehicle to safety. Theodore also escaped the car shortly after, but was shot by Williams in the back as he fled. Theodore fled through the backyards of several homes before collapsing on the back porch of a home due to the gunshot wound received during his escape. Theodore was later taken to South Nassau Communities Hospital where he died from his wounds. “Edward Williams’ greed knew no bounds and he took an innocent life while trying to steal money and property,” said Rice. “The jury has made sure that Edward Williams will pay a heavy price for this horrific crime.” Joseph Lo Piccolo, Williams’ attorney, said that his client plans to “vigorously appeal his conviction” as soon as possible. He added: “He maintains his innocence.”

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Possible Precinct Closing on Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Minds at Forum CONTINUED FROM P. A1 quickly moving on to another question. Another resident voiced concerns that there is insufďŹ cient speed enforcement on Peninsula Boulevard, which was noted by Chief of Patrol Lorraine Hannon. Auxiliary Police Chief Daniel Gluck also addressed the issue, letting the audience know that the auxiliary police routinely leave their cruisers around areas in The Five Towns where residents request them in order to deter speeders. Jay Koffsky, who lives on Peninsula Boulevard, right by Young Israel of Woodmere, described what he feels is a dangerous area around the synagogue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really feel like someone is going to get hit by a car around this facility and I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get out of my driveway because it was blocked. The police come, but they seem unwilling to write tickets. I know that ev-

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Left to Right: Chief of the Nassau Police Department Steven Skrynecki, Nassau County Chief Assistant District Attorney Madeline Singas, Chief of Patrol Lorraine Hannon and Commanding Officer of the Fourth Precinct Christopher Cleary at Howard Kopelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s public safety forum. eryone is like â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;thank God we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have terror, and thank God crimes are down.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; This is minor, I get it, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still a safety issue, and I think that someone is going to get killed coming into the synagogue.â&#x20AC;? Another resident asked what the police are doing to deter underage drinking throughout The Five Towns, especially during the holidays. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We engage in something

called project 21 where we work with undercover individuals who are under the age of 21 and approach establishments and try to buy alcohol,â&#x20AC;? Chief of the Nassau Police Department Steven Skrynecki said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The inspector just talked to me a few days ago and made three to four arrests in this area where four deli owners were engaging in the sale of alcohol to minors.â&#x20AC;? Another issue brought up by

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chances for the student to enter school again before three full months are up. Pizzarelli said these measures were being taken so that school ofďŹ cials and parents could catch a drug or alcohol problem before itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One death is one too many,â&#x20AC;? Pizzarelli said. Student representatives were also present at the meeting. The students were members of a newly formed committee called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students For Students With Addiction.â&#x20AC;? The committee exists to lend an open door to any student who wants to come forth about a drug or alcohol abuse problem before approaching a teacher or faculty member. The committee has just been formed, so they are still working out how they will address these problems and what they can do to ďŹ x them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of us are here for our own peers,â&#x20AC;? Jessie Friedlander,

a junior, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one will be judged.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;You cannot assume your teenager is mature enough to make good decisions,â&#x20AC;? Schall said, adding that it is especially important for parents to be in their childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s face about issues like drug use and abuse. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an epidemic and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re here to talk about,â&#x20AC;? he said. Dr. Jennifer Lagnado, Principal of Lawrence High School, said the issue isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just affecting Lawrence School District -- it is also effecting schools across the country. Dr. Lagnado spoke of at least four assemblies that Lawrence High School has had in the last year. Professionals were brought in to talk about issues like â&#x20AC;&#x153;sexting,â&#x20AC;? cyberbullying and drug and alcohol awareness. She said the programs have been very powerful for the youngsters, and bringing in professionals has been very effective, but it is still an obligation for parents to talk to their teen to try to prevent or ďŹ x any of these problems. Sean CofďŹ n, Assistant Principal at Lawrence High School, said he has been at the high school for ďŹ ve years, and the drug and alcohol awareness movement has made â&#x20AC;&#x153;tremendous improvements in that short time.â&#x20AC;? CofďŹ n said that in the last year-and-a-half, clear guide-

lines have been constructed for responding to students bringing drugs and alcohol into the building. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our goal is to provide a safe and healthy learning environment for all students,â&#x20AC;? he said, adding, â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to be very heavy handed with our response.â&#x20AC;? Chris Milano, Executive Director of Facilities and Operations for Lawrence Public Schools, said funds have been allocated to allow for camera surveillance systems in the high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have essentially completed the ďŹ rst phase of that installation,â&#x20AC;? he said. The system will be the topic of a November 14th assembly at the school. Schall said he continues to be an optimist about eliminating any and all of these problems that Lawrence High School students may face. He strongly urged parents to take a strong stand in talking to their teenager and being â&#x20AC;&#x153;in their faceâ&#x20AC;? about drugs, alcohol, sexting and even cyberbullying. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t teach by talking,â&#x20AC;? he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;You teach by listening.â&#x20AC;? Schall said many other schools across the nation may turn a blind eye to these kinds of issues, but at Lawrence, school district ofďŹ cials are doing everything they can to address these problems and talk about solutions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope Lawrence will be the beacon of light,â&#x20AC;? he said of the drug awareness movement.

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HAFTR Parents Making a Difference in Renovating Key School Facilities TEXT AND PHOTOS BY SUSAN VARGHESE

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is funded by the school and the Village of Cedarhurst. The front of the high school should be done early next week, including a clean up and level ground. The Village of Cedarhurst is putting up some trees and lamps along the street and benches in the next few weeks, Baron said. Baron estimated that parents have spent a few hundred thousand on the renovations in

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HAFTR students enjoying the renovated library. voted parents. It’s all within the Targeted Gift Program, in which parents target certain areas and needs within the schools, and fund projects. “This is all a testament to the commitment our families have. Once you start building something and the parents are committed to it, then their peers are committed,” President of the HAFTR Board of Trustees, Dr. Adam Lish said.

all the schools. But, one of the parents who also serve as vice chairman of the HAFTR Board of Education, Dr. Lisa Perl, doesn’t seem to mind. “… I am certain that these exciting school improvements are directly impacting our students’ educational experiences and reﬂect the upbeat feeling among HAFTR parents as we know that our children are receiving a well-rounded, progressive and

Students enjoying the beit medrash in HAFTR middle school It all started when one parent approached the board about installing Smart Boards, which are interactive, electronic whiteboards. There are now smart boards throughout the school buildings, in almost every classroom, and in places like the school library. Executive Director of the HAFTR Board of Trustees, Rueben Maron, said, “One parent came to me and said, ‘we need Smart boards and I’m willing to give some money. If you can raise money, then I’ll give you more money…” The library at HAFTR lower school has brand new computers and technology, ﬁlled with bright carpets, chairs, and walls to engage students. Librarian, Phyllis Horowitz, said, “The library is the heart of the school… we’ve upgraded the technology to meet the needs of this generation.” The beit medrash is a room in each building, which serves as a classroom, study room and a place to pray. The beit medrash rooms were all gutted, made twice the size, painted, carpeted and had new furniture put in. The courtyard offers an aesthetically pleasing environment where classes can be held, or just a place where people can enjoy or eat lunch. Everything is parent-funded and initiated, except for the current renovations happening outside the high school, which

very excellent Modern Orthodox education in both general and Judaic Studies,” Perl said in a statement. “We are in the midst of a renaissance,” Lish continued. “This is thanks to our staff and leadership’s collective ability to understand and articulate our mission statement: we are dedicated to providing the ﬁnest Torah and secular educations in a Torah environment in all of our grades. Our families are fervently committed to this, and as a result have actively supported our targeted giving programs.” Lish noted how fortunate HAFTR is that they didn’t have to dip into their budget, but instead the parents generated ideas, took initiative, and helped create improvements for their childrens’ educations. “These projects were made possibly by parents who identiﬁed a need…were very luck because we have parents that are very committed to our mission,” Lish added. Baron added that they’re planning to re-do their nursery playground, but that’s still in the planning stages. For now, board members and parents are enjoying the fruits of their labor. “I think it’s wonderful,” Baron said. “Parents are excited about it, children are excited, it’s given us a lot of positive buzz in the neighborhood.”

• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • NOVEMBER 4-10, 2011, 2011

Local Students Score Big in Science Competitions Semi-Finalists in Siemens, Others Enter INTEL Science Talent Search BY SUSAN VARGHESE

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ix students from Hewlett High School, two seniors at HAFTR, and three juniors at Lawrence High School, were named semifinalists in the Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology. Although 1,941 students registered to enter the competition, only 300 were named semifinalists. Hewlett High School seniors entered in two groups and all the research was focused on plant biology. The projects that were submitted were done in the high school lab and were designed by Dr. Terrence Bissoondial. The students also spent three years in the research program at Hewlett High School. Patricia Donskoy, Perry Goffner, and Jesse Korman did the projected titled, “Receptor for Activated C Kinase 1 (RACK 1) Regulates Cell Division Gametophyte Development, and ABA Signaling in Ceratopteris richardii.” Adam Marc, Chelsea Sidrane, and Helaina Regen-Tuero did the project titled, “Identification and Characterization of Late Embryogenesis Abundant (LEA) Proteins in Response to Abscisic Acid (ABA) and Osmotic Stress in Ceratopteris richardii.” Korman said of his achievement, “It just feels great to be a semi-finalist because we put a lot of time into this project. As time passed each person became a little bit of a master at one part in particular…” Bissoondial, who has been working with the students since they were freshmen, noted that he was “delighted,” at the student’s accomplishments. “Especially, because they’re competing with kids that have gone away to universities, for them to do this work at a high school level it’s a great testimony to how much work they’ve done and the level

Hewlett High School Siemens Semi-Finalists. Front Row: (from Left to Right) Helaina Regen-Tuero and Patricia Donskoy Middle Row: (from Left to Right) Adam Marc, Chelsea Sidrane, Jesse Korman, and Perry Goffner Back Row: (from Left to Right) Mr. John Kranz (Science Research Coordinator), Mr. Edward Tronolone (District Science Supervisor), Dr. Terrence Bissoondial (Mentor and Teacher), Mr. Thomas Russo (Principal) of work they’ve done.” Another one of the semi-finalists, Goffner, expressed his gratitude in coming this far. “Right now, I just want to get into college but in terms of research, I plan on doing research at a higher level in college. I want to be a doctor, so I’ll definitely pursue science. It’s opened my eyes to an area of science I wasn’t aware of. Three years of working on this has changed me forever.” Wade Miller and Eric Hirsch, seniors at HAFTR, researched and produced a project titled, “The Growth and Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells Plated on Polymer Scaffolds Containing Graphene and Graphene Oxide. HAFTR and Lawrence High School students conducted their research at SUNY Stony Brook under Dr. Miriam Rafailovich. Semi-finalist, Hirsch mentioned his interest in the field. “I’ve always been interested in science in general and scientific research. I got interested in this when Rebecca Isseroff of Lawrence High School gave us information about these programs and helped us apply. The project looked at stem cells from teeth…initially the project took seven weeks, then we came back to run different tests

and get new data. It’s very rewarding to have spent so much time and effort to be recognized for what you’ve done as a high school student.” Lawrence High School Juniors, Andrew Chen, Sneha Chittabathini, and Alexandra Tse’s project was titled, “Incorporating Graphene Oxide and Graphene into Polymer Layers of Organic Solar Cells.” Research teacher, Rebecca Isseroff, also guided the Lawrence High School students. “My research teacher, Rebecca found the research program at Stonybrook,” explained Tse. “ We went there over the summer and spent the summer doing research. I worked with Andrew and Sneha and we worked on the graphene. We always wanted to submit it to Siemens and we wanted to do the project for the sake of research, too. If I didn’t make semi-ﬁnalist I still know I did a good job. I worked really hard for it. It feels really good to accomplish this sort of thing.” The students are attending a Materials Research Society Conference in Boston and continuing the project. “She [Isseroff] was our mentor,” Tse said. “She really helped us a lot -- teaching us how to use equipment and

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Intel Science Talent Search HAFTR and Lawrence High School students are submitting projects to the Intel Science Talent Search Program, a pre-college science competition. Lawrence student, Mada-

lyn Forte is submitting a project where she studied the habitat preference of the Diamondback turtle hatchling, a threatened species native to Long Island. She conducted her research under Dr. Burke of Hofstra University. Forte’s results may be used to increase the survival rate of turtle hatchlings, and increasing their population. Lawrence student, Samuel Sussman did a research project on the effect of melatonin, a natural compound produced by the body, on Alzheimer’s disease. Sussman’s research suggests that melatonin could be used to stop or possibly reverse the progression of the disease. The research was done at the Johnnie Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute under the direction of Dr. Cao. Gabby Lovett from HAFTR High School researched the effect of neem oil. Lovett found that neem oil decreased the production of colon cancer cells. By 36 hours of exposure, all the colon cancer cells were dead. Neem oil has a low toxicity and has potential as a new and safe cancer ther-

RAMBAM HAPPENINGS

Rambam Back at School and Giving Back By Dov Herzberg

chool is back in session and at Rambam Mesivta and it began with a bang! The incoming class of freshman, a collection of young men from 13 different middle schools along with a couple of “senior advisors” enjoyed a day filled with sports, swimming and getting to know each other before they were met the following day by the rest of the student body and many Rabbeim for the school’s annual Shabbaton at Camp Seneca Lake. Shabbos was filled with meaningful davening, inspiring zemiros and bonding between old friends and new. The following Monday, the entire student body gathered in the Beis Midrash to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9-11. Josh Weiss, a member of Hatzolah, came to speak about his first-hand accounts at the World Trade Center and urged the eager listeners to never forget about the thousands of inno-

cent victims who lost their lives on that infamous day. At Rambam Mesivta, a big emphasis is placed on helping people who are less fortunate and this year has been no different. Senior Aryeh Korman and Junior Chanani Levy led Rambam on their quest to win the Blood Center’s, “Hero-globin Award” for the ﬁfth year in a row. Korman and Levy repeatedly reminded students that one donation can save up to three lives and the “drive for ﬁve” got off to a great start as an astonishing total of 38 pints of blood were donated! Another act of charity was spearheaded by Mr. Goldman, Rambam’s Assistant Principal. He, along with the Rambam Chesed Committee decided it was time to arrange a Sporting Goods Drive. Led by Senior Jonathan Beer and Sophomore Aaron Koppel, all the Rambam students were encouraged to bring in their used sports equipment to be donated to the Boys and Girls Club of America. Immediately, bats, gloves, sticks, balls

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and many more useful items began filling the second floor hallway, so much so that the box for the donated items soon overflowed. Needless to say, the Boys and Girls Club was extremely thankful. For the second straight year, about two dozen students volunteered to help OHEL, an organization that provides a multitude of services to children and families in need. The students enjoyed a rewarding experience building Succot and were delighted to meet a few of the OHEL members. On Sunday October 2nd, in order to convey a message appropriate for the fast, the Rambam student body along with many parents, grandparents and siblings, gathered together in anticipation of the annual TeshuvaThon. All attendees were treated to an enlightening speech by Rabbi Shlomo Axelrod about the proper foods to eat during the Aseret Yemei Teshuva. From the beginning of the school Shabbaton to the multitude of charity projects already fulfilled, it is evident that the start of the 2011-2012 school year has been nothing short of tremendous and that Rambam students are taking the lessons of altruism they learn in the classroom, beyond the classroom.

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DECISION  – CANDIDATE FORUM

Moser Taking on Kopel for Seat on County Legislature

assau’s Seventh Legislative District seat will be voted on next week in a race of two Five Towns natives, incumbent Republican Howard Kopel and Democratic challenger Adam Moser. Kopel has served as legislator since 2009, defeating former legislator Jeff Tobak by an overwhelming majority. He is a self-proclaimed “recovering lawyer” and currently owns a national title insurance and settlement service based in Valley Stream. Adam Moser was a Second District Court Judge from 1999 until 2005 and has been in private practice since he lost his re-election bid six years ago. He currently practices law out of Rockville Centre, focusing on marriages, crimes and family law. The two will face a public vote on Election Day, November 8th. This is the second of a series of candidate forums to appear in The South Shore Standard prior to Election Day. James Darcy, the incumbent, and Owen Rumelt, the challenger for the Town Council’s Third District had their positions and proﬁles appear in our October 21st edition. Their proﬁles are available online at our website at Standardli.com.

“Promises Made, Promises Kept” By Howard J. Kopel

am honored to represent our community after being elected just two short years ago. Since taking ofﬁce last year, I have served as a strong advocate for our community and continue to ﬁght hard for our neighbors, and deliver on the promises I was elected to keep.

Howard Kopel “Promises Made, Promises Kept” is the overall theme of my re-election campaign. Two years ago, I pledged to freeze our out-of-control property assessments; conduct reassessments once every four years instead of annually; reduce the multi-million dollar County budget deficit; upgrade, enhance, and improve the Bay Park Sewage Treatment Plant after years of neglect; and repeal the Democrats’ unfair 2.5 percent Home Energy Tax. And I kept each of my pledges to our community. I’ve been hard at work making the tough decisions WITHOUT raising taxes. Just several days ago, I voted for another NoTax-Increase County Budget. This is excellent news for homeowners. I’ve righted the County’s sinking fiscal ship by turning an inherited $130 million budget deficit into a $26 million surplus that’s been certified by Deloitte & Touche, a worldwide international finance firm. Moody’s Investors Service also removed Nassau County from its credit watch and restored its A1 bond rating. I have also begun restoration of Nassau’s crumbling infrastructure locally. I’ve replaced the dilapidated and crumbling sidewalks that

plagued our area for years along Branch Boulevard, and intervened to expedite the completion of the federally funded sewer pipe installation along Peninsula Boulevard, after which I lobbied and was successful in having the Nassau County Department of Public Works, schedule a total roadway repaving of Peninsula Boulevard next year. I also upgraded Mill Road traffic signals to interface with new computerized Nassau County traffic control system. Another of my other proud accomplishments has been to jumpstart genuine reform of Nassau’s broken property assessment system. I led the charge to enact a Four Year Assessment Freeze for Residential properties, changing it from an inefficient, error-prone annual system that raised property taxes each and every year. And all the while, I still provide responsive, efficient constituent services to ALL residents in the 7th Legislative District, while advocating for our needs. It’s been my pleasure serving our community for almost two years and I thank you for your support and vote on Tuesday.

“For me, It is about People.” By Adam Moser

y name is Adam Moser, and I’m the Democratic candidate for the 7th Legislative District of Nassau County. I’m a former elected District Court Judge, an active member of the HewlettEast Rockaway Jewish Center, and a soccer coach with the HewlettLawrence Soccer Club. I’m proud to have raised three wonderful children in our public schools

Adam Moser

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with my wife of 23 years. People enter public life for a variety of reasons. Some are looking purely for political power. Others want to use their offices as a stepping-stone to a bigger job. I’m neither of those things. I’m running for County Legislature because I’ve lived here for most of my adult life, and I know that I can represent this community better than it has been represented these past two years. I’m not just asking for your vote. I think the bond between elected officials and constituents should be much greater than that. What I’m asking for is an opportunity to govern, a chance to fight for better policies and more county dollars for this district. In essence, I am asking you to hire me to be your advocate in Nassau County. After years of working hard to represent and protect the citizens of Nassau County as a private attorney, I decided it was time to extend my service to the bench. As a young law student and in private practice, I always had a reverence for public men of the law. The legal system affects everyone every day, and judges have the opportunity to act as an intermediary between this complicated system

and the average citizen. In short, I wanted to do more than practice law. I wanted to help apply it to make the system more transparent and to do what it is supposed to do: serve the public. So in 1999, I ran for and was elected District Judge for Nassau County’s Second District. For the next six years, I was on the front lines of our justice system, seeing firsthand how our government’s policies can affect our neighbors. My experience on the bench gave me great insight into the power of legislation. Although a judge can shape and mold the law to better fit the needs of the people, he cannot make law. I saw how legislation, even at the most local level, affects lives in profound ways. It determines how much funding your community libraries, parks, police stations, and firehouses receive. It determines how much you are taxed and how your tax dollars are spent. Ultimately, it has a great deal of influence on your community’s quality of life. This has inspired me to run for the County Legislature. I want to make laws and fight for policies that make lives better. It is not about winning elections. It is not about securing a majority for my party. For me, it is about people. As a lifelong citizen and active participant in this community’s civic life, I, like many of you, am very upset and embarrassed at the way my opponent has represented this district since his election in 2009. The very first vote Legislator Kopel took when he was sworn into office was to give his party’s leaders over $80,000 in new pay raises. At a time when everyone else is struggling to find work, when the county is in a dire fiscal crisis, Kopel decided that the

first priority should me to make sure that his friends Peter Schmitt and John Ciotti got their proper cut of the action. When was the last time anyone else was able to give a pay raise to themselves? Sure is nice work if you can get it. This just goes to show why we need elected officials who are their to serve the public and fight for their districts as independent advocates, not in-the-bag votes for an entrenched party machine. If elected, I pledge never to vote for pay raises for myself or for my colleagues. Lastly, I want to address the issue of the Nassau Coliseum. I’m a lifelong Islander fan. I remember Bossy, Trottier, and Nystrom parading down Hempstead Turnpike celebrating their four consecutive Stanley Cups in the early 80’s. I’m the last person in the world who wants to see the team pack up and move away. But as a Nassau taxpayer, I was strongly opposed to the $400 million borrowing plan that Mangano, Kopel, and the Republicans tried to sell us back in August. I have always believed that the only way to develop the Hub area is with private funds. This will bring jobs and much-needed infrastructure improvements to Nassau County, without having to rely on costly borrowing schemes and bonding referendums. I want to ensure that my children can find the same kind of prosperity in our community that I did. There’s no reason that Nassau County, the birthplace of the great American middle class, can’t rise up and meet the new challenges of today. Unfortunately, that’s not where we’re headed under our current leadership. It’s time for a change.

Gary Port Challenging Kate Murray for Town Supervisor Job

he Town of Hempstead Supervisor position is up for grabs this November, pitting Republican incumbent Kate Murray against Democratic challenger Gary Port. Murray has served as Supervisor since 2003 when then Supervisor Richard Guardino resigned. She won an election for the position that fall. Murray was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1998 and served until 2001 when she was elected Hempstead Town Clerk where she served until becoming Supervisor. Port, a local attorney who practices in Nassau County at Port and Sava, has served as an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn. He also has 25 years of military service where he is a legal advisor to the commanding general of the 78th Division and the Scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 240. The two will face a public vote on Election Day, November 8th

This Election is About Jobs. By Gary Port:

obs and economic development is the number one issue facing the Town of Hempstead in 2011. Hempstead has the highest unemployment in Nassau County, and the gap is growing. We’re now more than a full point higher than North Hempstead. The incumbent Supervisor, Kate Murray, has done nothing to address this. Instead, she killed the Lighthouse Project, which would have brought in $4 billion in private investment and created thousands of new jobs. At the height of the recession, she gave herself a $10,000 raise to $150,000 a year. Even though she touts the Town’s Triple A bond rating, the $7 million-plus budget to run the town animal shelter and the millions spent on self-promoting mailers show ﬁscal restraint isn’t her strong suit. We need to revitalize Hempstead’s economy, attract investment and create good jobs. As Supervisor, I will provide the leadership and vision achieve these goals. When elected I will convene an economic development

Gary Port summit that will bring together various stakeholders – community organizations, business leaders, etc. – to identify solutions and design a course of action. Out of this meeting, we will form a non-partisan economic advisory council to tackle the Town of Hempstead’s economic problems. Zoning reform can stimulate economic growth by making it easier for developers to create ofﬁce space for medical and other professional services as well as technology companies that employ knowledge workers in high-paying jobs. Such businesses add value to the local economy by strengthening the tax base and providing a market for nearby restaurants, retailers, banks and gas stations. Currently, zoning for commercial areas promotes development of strip malls, fast food restaurants and gas stations rather than ofﬁce space and mixed use development. While useful to residents, these kinds of businesses do not create jobs that hold out much of a future and can attract young people to live here. A local economy works like an eco-system where the health of one enterprise can affect that of others. Consider the site of the former Avis headquarters in East Garden City. A facility that one employed nearly 1,000 well-paid executive, technical and managerial employees is being replaced with a strip mall with 600 lowwage retail jobs. Instead of supporting local retailers, that property now competes with them. The Town of Hempstead has many assets that should make it a magnet for businesses and young people: excellent beaches; prox-

imity to New York City and JFK Airport; good housing stock; a strong retail base and outstanding schools and universities. What we don’t have – and I intend to create – is a vision for making the most of these assets. We need to harness our resources. For example, with Hofstra University starting a new medical school and Nassau University Medical Center just down the road, we could turn the Coliseum area into a hub for biomedical companies. We could also establish a free trade zone near Kennedy Airport where companies can set up facilities to add value to imported goods brought into and out of the United States through JFK Airport and other port facilities without being subject to tariffs. I decided to run for Hempstead Town Supervisor and end 110 years of single-party rule because I learned early in life the importance of hard work, commitment, personal responsibility and public service. After graduating from Brooklyn Law School, rather than pursue a career in corporate law I chose to join the Army as a judge advocate; 25 year later I still serve in the Army Reserve and hold the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In the Army I learned firsthand how critical it is for leaders to have a proper vision and the ability to execute that vision. I live the Army Values of Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity and Personal Courage. Later, as an assistant district attorney in Kings County, I investigated and prosecuted serious felonies. During this time, I learned the devastating effects poverty and drugs could have on a community, and I worked closely with victims of these crimes to achieve a measure of justice and return their dignity. Today, I am a partner in Port & Sava, a small, local law firm, with a practice focused on commercial litigation, matrimonial law, entertainment law and protecting the rights of veterans and their spouses. I live in West Hempstead with my wife, Yukiko Saito, and our four children, where I volunteer with the Boy Scouts as scout master of Troop 240. In 1997, I helped organize the West Hempstead Cham-

ber of Commerce out of concern about the decline of our business district and later served as vice president and president. We have a choice. We can ignore Hempstead’s problems and risk irreversible decline or we can exercise bold leadership and vision and make the Town of Hempstead a leader in creating jobs for our region. I hope you will join me in following the latter course.

“Value for your Tax Dollar” By Kate Murray

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alue for your tax dollar” is at the heart of government service, especially municipal governmental operations. As I recently presented a 2012 budget that freezes all town taxes, I was pleased that my budget funds a comprehensive array of municipal services while respecting the taxpayers of our town. Indeed, town taxes comprise only 9 cents of the average homeowner’s property tax dollar (less than 1 cent of every property tax dollar for residents of villages) while our government provides the lion’s share of local services, excepting police protection as well as primary and secondary education. I do believe it is noteworthy that our town will not collect one penny more in taxes for 2012 than it will during 2011. However, more important than the tax freeze itself is the manner in which we’re achieving this goal. Our town’s budget for 2012 is a sound and sensible financial document that justifies the highest Wall Street credit ratings available, higher than those of the United States of America. What’s more, the nonpartisan Government Finance Officers Association of America has conferred its top award on our government for Hempstead’s honest and forthright budgets and financial reporting. Other governments are resorting to budgetary tricks like selling government buildings in exchange for fast cash and then simply leasing the facilities back. Many are borrowing at a gluttonous pace to satisfy pay-as-you-go expenses. Our

Kate Murray children and grandchildren will have to pay for this type of fiscal irresponsibility. I won’t take taxpayers down that path. Instead, our township has crafted a simple, honest and accountable tax freeze budget. There are no tricks, “one-shot” revenues or overreliance on borrowing in Hempstead’s 2012 budget. In fact, we are reducing the township’s debt service by $6.3 million over a three-year period. Focusing again on value for your tax dollar, Hempstead Town is providing genuine and measurable benefits. Operating 16 senior centers that offer nutrition and transportation services, a no-cost flu-shot program, free senior emergency ID cards as well as recreational and social activities, we are ensuring that these are truly the golden years for mature residents. Hosting the ANCHOR program for children with special needs, our government leaders care deeply for the most vulnerable members of our town family. What’s more, great parks, beaches, marinas, nature preserves and a one-of-a-kind renewable energy park are part of the top-notch quality of life experience in our town. Whether you take advantage of our pre-colonial museum in Lawrence, our free child car seat safety installation program, our child safety ID kit, our free solar seminars or Hempstead’s free summer concert series, we have a lot to offer neighbors in America’s largest township. We’re helping seniors remain in the town they love with over 1,200 affordable rental apartments and over 1,500 affordable co-ops. Young people can stake their claim in our town with our affordable single-

family home program, affordable rental units in Westbury and new train-commuter-friendly apartments in West Hempstead. Our taxpayer seminars are even showing homeowners how to reduce their property taxes. Locally, we’re committed to neighbors. We are ﬁghting for neighbors who live near Kennedy Airport, proposing one telephone number for inquiries/complaints to the FAA and Port Authority. A local representative in Congress has taken up our idea. We’ve worked to get the LIRR to adjust train whistles that were a neighborhood nuisance. Local street beautiﬁcation work by the Town has enhanced Broadway in Woodmere, Station Plaza in Hewlett and parking areas behind stores in Hewlett. Neighbors enjoy the beauty of the restored Woodmere Docks, the new Beach Club at Atlantic Beach Estates and golf at the world-class Lido Golf Course. I’ve partnered with my colleagues on the town board to waive permit fees for Sukkah structures and worked with LIPA to restore Eruv wires damaged by major storms. Hempstead Town is also on the cutting edge of revitalizing our region, encouraging development and creating jobs. We’ve approved three major developments that are literally creating thousands of construction and permanent jobs, pumping hundreds of millions in private sector dollars into the economy and restoring luster to communities by removing blight like that of the seedy former Courtesy Hotel in West Hempstead. Adding to these economy-boosting projects, Hempstead Town is undertaking a $50 million capital upgrade program. Newly paved roadways, reconstructed marine bulkheads and a recreation building for children with special needs are all part of this economy stimulating investment in our township. I enjoy my work as Hempstead Town Supervisor. I am proud that we’ve been able to freeze taxes for 2012 and I am pleased that our government is helping people by providing real value for their property tax dollar. I hope that you will consider supporting my re-election on Tuesday, November 8.

NOVEMBER 4-10, 2011 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

RE-ELECT

LEGISLATOR HOWARD J. KOPEL REPUBLICAN • INDEPENDENCE • CONSERVATIVE • TAX REVOLT www.HowardKopel.com November 2011

Dear Friends: We are writing in support of Legislator Howard J. Kopel, who is running for re-election for Nassau County Legislator in the Seventh District, which includes the entire Five Towns. Howard is one of us; he lives here in the Five Towns and is part of our community. Legislator Howard J. Kopel’s strong support for our families and repeated advocacy for the entire Five Towns – our families, seniors, shuls, and community organizations – has made him most deserving of your vote on Election Day, Tuesday, November 8th. In his first term as our County Legislator, Howard has honored every pledge he made to our community two years ago. He successfully eliminated the unfair 2.5% energy tax, lowered every homeowners’ tax burden, turned an inherited $130 million budget deficit and turned it into a $26.6 million surplus without any tricks or gimmicks, and is leading the overhaul of Nassau County’s property assessment system, which always seemed to work against homeowners, regardless of how much property values have fallen. Howard also successfully jumpstarted the long-delayed Branch Boulevard sidewalk reconstruction project. After nearly a decade of delays, families, and especially mothers with strollers, can finally walk to and from North Woodmere in safety and comfort. Answering the community’s call for action, Howard improved the traffic flow on Rockaway Turnpike by arranging to repair or reprogram faulty, out-of-sync traffic signals, and recently undertook the goal to eliminate the traffic altogether. Legislator Howard Kopel also won the removal of that highly offensive strip-club billboard on the same street, which his predecessor was unable to get rid of for years and which caused families in our area great concern. Howard consistently shows strong leadership on issues concerning our police and fire departments, and is exceedingly responsive to every call for assistance to resolve day-to-day issues that affect our community’s families, seniors, shuls, yeshivas, and organizations. We believe Howard will continue using his knowledge and influence to further improve the quality of life in the Five Towns. He’s our champion. Legislator Howard Kopel is well informed about issues, honest, humble, straightforward, well respected by his colleagues, and both a continuous source of kiddush Hashem and pride to his neighbors and community. Howard J. Kopel is the best person to represent us. We ask you to go out and vote for Howard J. Kopel for Legislator on Election Day - Tuesday, November 8th. Please also convey to your friends, neighbors, and acquaintances the importance of this election for our community.

DR. ASHER MANSDORF

TRUSTEE MICHAEL FRAGIN

RABBI BINYAMIN KAMENETZKY

CAPTAIN DANNY GLUCK

SHALOM MAIDENBAUM

DR. MARC SICKLICK

YANKY BRACH

RABBI AVROHOM HALPERN

TRUSTEE ARI BROWN

ABEL FELDHAMMER

RABBI MORDECHAI KAMENETZKY

DEPUTY MAYOR BENJAMIN WEINSTOCK

URI KAUFMAN

TRUSTEE MYRNA ZISMAN

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Opinion DEAR THAT’S LIFE

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EDITORIALS - ENDORSEMENTS -

Kopel for Legislature

t is a rare thing these days (or anytime for that matter) to find politicians who actually live up to their campaign promises. Howard Kopel is that rare individual and we in The Five Towns are very fortunate to have him as our representative in Mineola. When campaigning two years ago against an entrenched 10-year incumbent machine politician who had aspirations to a lifetime sinecure in this job, Mr. Kopel pledged to vote against any tax increases and to vote for the repeal of many existing onerous taxes and surcharges. He has done both. He helped eradicate the Democrat-instituted energy tax at a time of oppressive heating costs for our homes. He was front and center when it came to eliminating the raft of multi-year, double-digit property tax increases which the formerly Democrat-controlled County Legislature had in store for us – the kind of tax hikes that would make the difference for many area residents struggling to stay in their homes. Moreover, Mr. Kopel was been forthright and foursquare in his voting record and in his pledges to not support any new taxes of any kind, notwithstanding a wholly disingenuous effort on the part of his opponent to disseminate disinformation alleging the contrary. He has also been at the forefront of cutting county expenses, consolidating redundant agencies and services and paring down the county’s bloated workforce. We also know that as part of the legislative majority, he will fight to ensure that the NCPD’s Fourth Precinct stays right where it is in Hewlett. A good way to bolster Mr. Kopel’s efforts in that regard is to send him back with both a high voter turnout and a substantial margin of victory. We also believe that Mr. Kopel has The Five Towns’ interests at heart. He lives in our community. He’s done an admirable job, especially for a freshman legislator and after only two years in office he clearly merits another term. We urge you to vote for Howard Kopel in the County Legislature’s 7th District.

Return Team Murray, James Darcy for Town Council

here is an old folk adage that goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” We live in an environment where the Federal Government’s credit has been downgraded and the national debt skyrockets to around $14 trillion – hurtling unbound by trillions more year after year. We have a state government that has had to make drastic cuts to avoid fiscal disaster. New York City is on the brink. We have a county government that inherited such an incredibly dysfunctional financial policy that budget gaps in the nine-figures have to painfully be closed. In the private sector, businesses struggle to stay afloat, as do workers and families. Yet in this dire environment, the Town of Hempstead is the solvent, financiallyhealthy envy of much of America. The Democrats have been forcefully braying about the supposed 100-year-plus “one party rule” in the Town of Hempstead. They make this assertion as though the Republican Party in our area were somehow analogous to Taiwan’s Kuomintang of the 1950s, the Communist Party in the former Soviet Union, or other despotic or semi-autocratic regimes. What the Democrats don’t want to tell you in this blizzard of innuendo and what they don’t want to admit even to themselves is that here in the Town of Hempstead, it is the people who have been democratically sending Republicans back to govern the Town in election after election. The Democrats assume the citizenry of the Town are imbeciles, easily hoodwinked by direct mail or bought-off in some manner. Residents here are among the most highly educated and accomplished in the nation and are not easily deceived. What most know here is that the Town is run very well. The Town has one of the highest credit ratings and best fiscal management of any municipality in the entire country and in fact has a higher credit rating than the Federal Government. The Town government is at the forefront of progressive environmental initiatives and runs no end of first-rate beaches, pools and parks that enhance our quality of life. Kate Murray has done an effective job steering the ship of Town government since 2003, especially since the recession got started a few years ago which has sunk many other municipalities. Murray also served as Town Clerk and as an Assemblywoman. What we need in these shaky times is the benefit of competence and experience. We urge you to re-elect Kate Murray as Town Supervisor. In the Town Council, James Darcy has been an able representative of our area’s interests. As a former Mayor of Valley Stream and Assemblyman, he has the depth and breadth of experience needed right now to keep the tiller pointed straight ahead in the same direction that has made the Town the island of efficiency and stability it has been the past few years. This is no time to rock the boat of effective government by sending someone wholly inexperienced to the Town Council. We also urge you to re-elect James Darcy in the Third Council District.

Court Endorsements

n the race for District Court judgeships, we recommend reelecting Gary Knobel, Anthony Paradiso and Eric Bjorneby to the Second District Bench. We need strong, conservative, toughon-criminals judges and these three have been a credit to the court and have upheld the values of the community. Courts are an important guarantor of our safety, law and order. Please take the time to send these three distinguished jurists back for another term.

DEMOCRATIC VOICE

VOTE FOR CHANGE ON TUESDAY By David Freedman

e in Nassau County will go the polls on November 8th with the opportunity to change the political landscape for the ﬁrst time in a very long time. If you live in the Town of Hempstead, that very long time is over 100 years. If you live in the rest of the county, the past two years has resulted in the near bankrupting of Nassau County by the Republican Administration of the County Executive and the majority Republicans of the Nassau County Legislature. Under the guise of no new taxes, the county’s bond rating is a shambles. Wholesale layoffs are imminent. A major development plan to upgrade the Nassau Coliseum and the surrounding areas, which would have been privately funded, was co-opted for a plan in which the taxpayers would have had to foot the bill. Thankfully, in an enormously expensive election held mid-summer when it could have been held concurrent with the General Election, the voters of Nassau decisively rejected this plan which would have never paid for itself and would have cost the county millions of dollars. Long Island Bus is in danger of faltering to a stop. County roads are in terrible shape. Snow removal last winter was pitiful. Special Interests continue to rule the day with little or no regard for the common citizenry who do not beneﬁt. There

David M. Freedman has been a resident of Cedarhurst for 12 years. He is a business owner in the Five Towns and is currently the President of the Five Towns Democratic Club. He is a published author of a novel “A Butterﬂy on the Gowanus Expressway” and he maintains a political blog called Federal Follies located on the web at http://thefederalfollies.blogspot.com. He is married with two children and is active in the community both politically and socially.

is a notion that Nassau County is this sweet suburban island when in fact much of the county is now urbanized and experiencing all of the things urban areas experience, such as gang violence, overcrowding and drug proliferation. That being said, the choice is yours. You as the voters of the South Shore have a huge stake in the future and the absolute power to change the dynamic. That power rests with you Showing Up! November 8, 2011 may be an off-off year election, but for us in Nassau County, it is very much an onon year election. We are electing a new Legislature for the county. The sitting Legislature’s Republican majority has shown that they really are not interested in serving us. The Town of Hempstead administration has allowed the Town to turn into an economic quagmire where services suffer and positive movement on almost any significant issue remains almost non-existent. If you as the voters of this county, stay home, I can assure you that the political powers that be will not. They will show up to the polls and vote for the same old stuff. Your voice will be not be heard, because you chose not to speak! If you go to the polls, there is no guarantee that new office holders more attuned to change will emerge victorious. However, it is far more likely that they will win and if they don’t, maybe the existing office holders will take notice. But sitting at home does not work. Your vote really counts. This year, The Five Towns have produced really viable candidates who are determined to make the changes necessary to bring this county and this town back into a place of high esteem. Steven Anchin for Town Clerk and Adam Moser for 7th Legislative District live in Hewlett and are committed to this change. Gary Port from West Hempstead is a powerful voice for change as the candidate for Town Supervisor. Owen Rumelt for Town of Hempstead Town Board 3rd District will be seen around the district and not just in mailings sent from Town Hall that we as taxpayers pay for. Wilbert Robinson presents a new voice in the Receiver of Taxes race. So please go to the polls next Tuesday. It is your right, but more importantly it is your duty as a citizen. Exercise it!

EDITORIAL

Vote on Tuesday. Yes, you!

tepping off the train onto the platform after a long tiring day at work or pulling in the driveway, the ﬁrst thing on your mind should be dinner, bed or “Dancing with the Stars.” Even if it’s Tuesday, November 8th, Election Day, the one thing you’re disinclined to do is get back in the car and head to your local polling place. You should reconsider. Many of your neighbors are voting, and they’re counting on you to make that detour. Because as crazy as it sounds, you (and we all) are being watched. Let’s start from the beginning: The residents of The Five Towns are on the cusp of something exciting and new. In the last number of years, starting from the community’s sudden surge of political participation in School District 15 elections; then the spike in Five Towns voter turnout that sent Howard Kopel to the Nassau County Legislature and a 10 year incumbent packing; and then last year, when Five Towns voters came out in record numbers to give Congressional challenger Fran Becker a three to one lead in a majority of the Five Towns’ 50 Election Districts. Local voters also gave Assembly challenger Josh Wanderer a resounding victory in this area with even larger margins than in the Becker race and even though neither Becker or Wanderer won their respective contests, the powers that be sat up and took no-

tice and The Five Towns has received a lot more attention from office holders because of it. Three years of growing voter turnout is pretty impressive anywhere. But for such growth to occur in a demographically constant community that typically drew about 5 percent less voters in proportion to the rest of Nassau County is practically unheard of. It’s so remarkable that reactions from the power brokers’ back offices range from awestruck to eye doctor appointments. Needless to say, this year will establish the precedent. And every voter that chooses dinner over voting is a lost opportunity for long lasting benefits for our community. The Five Towns just might have more dentists per square mile than nearly anywhere else on earth, except maybe dental school. So they’ll appreciate the analogy that politicians are like teeth. If you ignore them, they’ll go away (or ignore you). It’s absolutely true. For many years, The Five Towns existed in a self-inflicted exile where political parties banish communities that don’t vote. Look around The Five Towns and you’ll notice that it’s only the past few years that things really have started to change for the better and that’s because local voting trends began shifting in the late 90s, and the effects set in during the early 2000s.

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he naming of a child is not something to be taken lightly, and rightfully so. It is not a creative writing assignment. The name upon which a child is bestowed shapes who he is as an individual, sticking with him for life. I know the care and consideration my husband and I took in the naming of our kids, though I wonder if sometimes, people just pick names out of a hat. In my opinion, the name “Miriam” is a tough one to take through life. A friend had told me he and his wife had considered it for their daughter but went with a different “M” name instead. I told him that speaking from experience, they had made a wise decision. Constantly butchered and commonly mispronounced, I often use one of a series of aliases when needing to leave my name somewhere or place an order. It is easier than having to spell my name or face when it is destroyed by someone who has either never heard of Moses and his siblings or by a telemarketer who just cannot read. A good friend calls me “Marriot” because my name could be mistaken for that as well. “Marion” and “Maryann” are the two names I use as alternates to “Miriam.” A number of years ago, I wrote an article about how a local pharmacist named Marion with whom I was friendly shared that she tells people her name is Miriam because she is often called that instead of her own name. In our local Five Towns enclave, they hear her say, “Miriam” not “Marion” and in an effort to avoid her own personal frustration, she just calls herself by that name. When I told her that I do the exact same thing, except I use her name as a default the same way she uses mine, we both got a good laugh. I could not imagine how she could possibly ﬁnd “Miriam” to be easier than “Maryann.” In my opinion, hers was the golden ticket to a cleanly spoken name.. The one place where mispronunciations happen most often is at the coffee shop. With so many drinks prepared at once, patrons are asked their names in order for the cups to be properly labeled. In theory, it makes perfect sense. In practice it usually works pretty well and allows the customer to feel that added, personal touch. For me, I get that warm fuzzy feeling when my pretend name is said correctly. That is enough for me. I stood on line with my husband at a coffee shop in Manhattan about a year ago. “Your name for the cup?” asked the woman behind the counter. “Maryann,” I said, without missing a beat. “REALLY?” said my husband. “Maryann?!” I smiled, explaining that it was just easier than listening to someone get my name wrong or having to spell it out. It is just too complicated and this way was simpler. Success was

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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.

NOVEMBER 4-10, 2011 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

THE LEGENDARY DANNY O’DOUL

THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL

ALL POLITICS MAY BE LOCAL - BUT, MOST POLITICIANS ARE GLOBAL PAINS!

s I sit down to write this week’s column, I am being serenaded by the remote, tone-deaf voice leaving a message on my answering machine. I can’t make out whether it’s in favor of Mr. Kopel, or his challenger – but, I hear some disjointed references concerning the upcoming election for Nassau County Legislator. What does it matter? And, who can keep up with all the expensively produced stuff that these candidates bombard us with each election season? In fact, if you added up the cost of all these written advertisements, mini-magazines and brochures which our “public servants” are disseminating to us and gave this money to me, The Legendary Danny O’Doul – then I could edit, typeset, print and distribute an initial run of 1,000 limited-edition collector-copies, (covered in snakeskin-ﬁnish embossed leather) of my upcoming Five Towns-centric detective/ noir novel entitled, “Exotic Tales of The Green Shtreimel.” And, these will be printed on the ﬁnest gold-leaf, acid-free heavy paper stock! So, you know we are talking about really big bucks being spent here on printed advertising for something so trivial as politics. Remember, politics is not an art. If it were an art – than it would be of the most vulgar, scatological variety – like that artist who attached a container housing a urine sample to a

religious icon. Yes, I am talking about really sick degenerate art, here! Well, if that’s not strong enough – let me put it this way: If politics were an art – as is, cinema – then politics would surely be a snuff film! When you view politics in this gritty, realistic and totally un-glamorized way, then you will see that their petty pursuits – like winning elections – are so small and insignificant in our universe as to make the smallest ant look like Mothra from the Godzilla movies! So, why do these annoying attentionseekers feel it is perfectly okay to spar each week in the pages of this fine newspaper, and in the mailings -- which are a testament to the many species of trees which died to produce them -- and, finally, to feel free to fill our telephone answering machines with the most inane drivel the world of telephone hucksters has ever known. Clearly, this high-powered pitch by a talking robot puts many decent telemarketers to shame and is disagreeably taking precious space away on our answering machine mailboxes -- usurping much precious soundscape away from beloved insurance salesmen, survey-takers and urgent robot calls from organizations such as the “Young Israel of Woodmere Automated Message Center.” I don’t really care who will win any of these upcoming bo-

This is The Legendary Danny O’Doul signing off and imploring you, my dear readers, to give me a wake-up call somewhere around 10 p.m. on Election Night so I can watch those magniﬁcent concession speeches by the Losers - which always warm my heart and tickle my funny bone!

gus Elections – in fact, I hope we have a tsunami, earthquake and volcanic ﬁre eruption occur that day, causing most normal people to just take the day off and hunker down in their homes. Nonetheless, our local politicos will undoubtedly still try to “rally the troops,” offering free Hummer rides to and from the polling centers, as well as, a thermos of hot canned soup, a cup of coffee and a glazed munchkin – all for the price of a “vote.” With any luck, Governor Cuomo and FEMA will declare a state-of-emergency and impose a curfew – thus, ensuring poll numbers totaling even less than those of The Great Magneto’s “Monday Surprise Elections” of this summer - in which voters decided that for the woeful N.Y. Islanders an old Nassau Coliseum was perfectly serviceable and ﬁtting. Now, if they only let you smoke cigars there then, The Coliseum would be a major sporting venue and a really big destination for manly hockey fans! Well, soon enough (I guess somewhere around the third night of Chanukah) all of the mind-numbing and aesthetically-insulting political signage will be gone and most will have forgotten who won or lost. But the winners will regain momentary attention after their wins – and will, again – reawaken about 10 months later, to garner a modicum of name recognition, however ill-gotten, courtesy of those calendars, community updates and new year’s wishes which are sure to make our mailboxes bulge, our garbage cans swell, and our spirits sink!

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

What Residents Should Know About the Town of Hempstead’s 2012 Budget On October 11th the Town Board approved a $414.8 million dollar budget, a 2.9 percent increase (or $11.8 million) over the 2011 budget. The budget was touted by Kate Murray as being a tax freeze budget that “blazes ﬁscal responsibility”. The fact of the matter is that despite Kate Murray’s tax freeze, many departments had significant increases. For example, the Administration Salary line item in the General Services department went up 14 percent or $700,000. The Animal Shelter budget also went up 14 percent due to an increase in administrative costs. Although the tax levy for the

2012 budget remains the same, there are some facts about the 2012 budget that weren’t mentioned in the five (5) mailings and press release used to promote the budget. First, no mention was made of the use of $30 million in reserve funds. This is $12 million more than the $18 million used last year. Also, no mention was made of the $50.7 million of new debt issued by the Town in 2011. Kate Murray often emphasizes her fiscal responsibility over the eight years she has been in office. The best way to evaluate this statement is to look at your tax bills from 2003 and 2011 and compare the two. I did this and the results are displayed in the table below. All the numbers in this table were approved by Kate Murray and the Town Board.

DESCRIPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . %Change GENERAL PURPOSE. . . . . . . . $15,883,091.15 . . . . . .$17,126,589.87. . . . . 7.80% HIGHWAY DEPT . . . . . . . . . . . $42,853,039.47 . . . . .$63,951,727.30 . . . . 49.00% BUILDING/ZONING. . . . . . . . . $ 7,659,950.53 . . . . . .$10,823,572.12 . . . . 41.00% LIGHTING DISTRICT. . . . . . . . $ 7,018,990.72 . . . . . .$10,243,928.53 . . . . 45.90% FRANKLIN SQ PARK DIST . . . $ 1,465,457.84 . . . . . . .$ 2,443,839.45 . . . . 66.70% REFUSE DISPOSAL . . . . . . . . $37,050,010.31 . . . . . .$43,202,557.60. . . . 16.60% SANITARY DISTRICT 6. . . . . . $16,971,667.28 . . . . . .$24,840,787.69. . . . 46.00% FRANKLIN SQ WATER . . . . . . $ 757,797.98 . . . . . . . .$ 936,803.76 . . . . . 23.60% FRANKLIN SQ FIRE. . . . . . . . . $ 1,894,668.21 . . . . . . .$ 2,335,609.81 . . . . 23.00%

The annual debt service expense over the last eight years is presented in the following table.

Debt Service

2003 $41,926,770 (1)

2011 $52,800,000 (2)

%Change 25%

1 Source OpenbookNewYork.com 2 Source Town of Hempstead 2011 Budget, page 4 footnote. And ﬁnally FOILed documents show the Hempstead Animal Shelter budget has increased from about $3.5 million in 2003 to $6.6 million in 2011. The increase in the shelter budget is primarily due to an increase in administrative charges. When I asked what these were at the Oct 11th budget hearing and other Town Hall meetings, Kate Murray and her staff refused to answer.

We Make Great Pizza To the Editor, I feel that I need to share this with you. On your recent adventure by Susan Varghese and Scott P. Moore who had an article about the best pizza in The Five Towns. (“The Kings of Five Towns Pizza,” October 14th) Although food in its class is a very self centered opinionated subject, I want to comment on the opinion of the group tating that printed the following review about Max’s Pizza: “Comments from the panel: ‘It’s okay. Something about it is missing to me – zest or ﬂavor. Cheese doesn’t taste that great, but I’d still eat it. The cheese is a little blah, but the sauce is good. I’ve had better.’” I’d like to respectfully disagree. The cheese that we use is a full blend of the best cheese on the market that is Grande cheese, a cheese that isn’t used quite often not because of the lack of taste but because of the high cost in price since its considered top off the class. And about the sauce, we only use San Marzano tomato, imported from Italy, not watered down Pizza sauce. I respectfully disagree with your so called group rating and invite you in for a good slice of pizza when you like one and a great dinner with reasonable prices. We are all entitled to our opinion and this is mine.

Max Oliverio Max’s Pizzeria Inwood

Open Letter to the Community at Large To the Editor, In an Orthodox community on Long Island, in the midst of

Felix Procacci Franklin Square

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Two Girls for Every Boy I n July 1963 Jan and Dean had a number one Billboard hit with “Surf City,” it stayed at the top of the charts for two weeks and was the first surf song ever to hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Factoid – it was mainly written by Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. Some of the song’s memorable lyrics include “two girls for every boy” and “Well, with two swingin’ honeys for every guy and all you gotta do is just wink your eye,” followed by “Ya, we’re goin’ to Surf City, ‘cause it’s two to one you know we’re goin’ to Surf City, gonna have some fun, now two girls for every boy..” Now, Jan Berry and Dean Torrance were singing about a mythological, make-believe Pacific coast town where every day was “Beach Blanket Bingo,” but the U.S. Census Bureau is reporting in its 2010 census data that Jan and Dean’s feverish dreams have finally come true here on the east coast, specifically on the island of Manhattan (and some of Brooklyn). Of people between 20-29, 64.5 percent of the population of the Upper East Side zip code 10075 is comprised of women. Another Upper East Side neighborhood is close behind at 62.7 percent female, that being 10065. In the posh 10021 neighborhood on the UES, 60.2 percent of the population of 25-29 year olds is female. Looking for a little younger? In the 10001 neighborhood of Chelsea (which includes F.I.T.) a whopping 66.8 percent of the population of 20 to 24 year-olds are female and its 65.4 percent in 10065 in the UES. Older women, perhaps? In Brooklyn’s Starrett City area (zip 11239) you have 64.7 percent of the population of 3034 year olds are female while in mixed Hipster/Hasid Williamsburg, the figure is 60.3 percent in that same age category.

Mark Regnerus, one of the authors of “How Young Americans Meet, Mate and Think About Marrying” attributes the high percentage of women to “young gals tending to ﬂock to the glamorous city life more than men, trying to achieve their Carie Bradshaw fantasies.” For those of you unfamiliar with Ms. Bradshaw, she would be the main character in the “Sex and the City” franchise of books, TV shows and movies. Census numbers also reveal very high percentages of unmarried females throughout Manhattan and these numbers escalate with age. The New York Post reports that “New York state has the country’s highest percentage of women who have never tied the knot…the marital affairs are particularly bleak in the city, where gals who have never wed make up 42 percent of the population,” up from 39 percent in 2006. Across the country, also according to the Census Bureau in 2010 there were 61.5 million Americans who’ve never married which accounts for 26.9 percent of the U.S. population, up from 40.4 million 20 years ago. The fertility rate (the number of births per 1,000 women ages 15-44) in New York is 61.7 as contrasted to 88.4 in Utah. At least we beat Vermont which comes in dead last at 50.8. In 1990 births by unwed mothers was at 26.6 percent and in 2008 it rose to 40.6 percent. Men are an option. In this, my new iteration of single life, I’ve discovered these demographic facts ﬁrst hand. New York has seen the “triumph” of feminism in full force. Women have been liberated every which way, have drunk the Kool-Aid to such a degree that, as I wrote in a prior column this summer, (“What Men Want,” available on our website, Standardli.com) women often don’t want to accommodate men in the least, when in fact, to assuage their deep loneliness and

yearning for children they ought to be doing precisely that. Men don’t want to be treated badly, so because of the numbers in their favor, they just move on in the never-ending buffet line that is New York dating. Jewish women comprise the overwhelming majority of Manhattan never-marrieds over 35 and the way many of them treat men has driven many a Jewish male into the arms of non-Jewish women. For many a New York woman, the apogee of living is personified by their one bedroom Manhattan apartments and their designer clothes, Carrie Bradshaw-style. New York is teeming with them and you’d be surprised (and perhaps if you’re older, suburban and married) somewhat mortified at the sheer number of never-married women 35-45 in New York. The career as stand-in for lasting personal relationships is ubiquitous. Living in the suburbs is considered a fate worse than death. The restaurant industry in Manhattan is probably the strongest in the country thanks to the seven-day dating cycle and the never ending first through third date merry-goround. Housing prices are off the charts in the city because there is next to no turnover as single people remain single indefinitely and stay in their apartments for decades instead of marrying and moving out to the suburbs. (Conversely, our home values in The Five Towns would be appreciably higher were more folks looking for family housing). Often, even if you can break through the one or two month barrier, so many of the never-marrieds become so persnickety and hyper-judgmental (and hypercomparing to prior flames in their imaginations) that they render it nearly impossible for most men to live up to their unattainable ideals – which makes it easier for

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HOUSE & HOME • FASHION & FEATURES

Best Lunch Values Without Breaking the Bank “Blue Plate Specials” - Where to Go for Eats $7.95 and Under BY SUSAN VARGHESE & SCOTT P.MOORE

Rockaway Turnpike and an Inwood location at 571 Burnside Avenue. Specials offered all-day. Not kosher.

etting a bite to eat during lunchtime shouldn’t have to cost you half of your paycheck. According to a Forbes.com estimate, people spend over $72,000 on lunch in the span of their career. That’s a lot of money to spend on lunch. In order to make it easier, we’ve found over a dozen lunch options that are some of the best values around town and that won’t bust your budget. From burritos to lo mein to pizza, there’s an affordable dish for every palette that comes in at just $7.95 or less. While these suggestions may save you some money, we can’t guarantee that they won’t expand your waistline.

Island Bagel Bar If you’re looking for a late breakfast or a good lunch at a reasonable price, the Island Bagel Bar might be your next stop. A bacon, egg, and cheese on a bagel is only $2.89, while a hamburger is just $3.00 and a bacon cheeseburger $4.50. If you would prefer a bigger sandwich, Island Bagel Bar also offers a chicken Parmesan hero for $5.49 or a “Five Town” Panini, a sandChicken with rice and beans from El Chuso Restaurant in Inwood.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

Carlos & Gabby’s This kosher Mexican grill offers a variety of lunch options that come with fries and a large fountain soda, like burritos, buffalo ﬁngers, hot dogs, and wings. Two amigo tacos, which are seasoned ground steak, fresh lettuce, pico de gallo, jalapeno peppers and tangy taco sauce, or two pollo tacos, which are grilled and seasoned strips of chicken, fresh lettuce, pico de gallo, peppers and sauce, with fries and a large fountain drink are $5.95. A classic burger which is a 6 oz. ﬂame grilled steak burger, served on a soft roll with tomato, lettuce, onions, pickles, and dressing, with fries and large fountain drink is $5.95. Carlos & Gabby’s is located at 143 Washington Avenue in Lawrence. Lunch specials are from 11: 00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. (516) 239-8226. Carlosandgabbys.com. Kosher, check for supervision.

Chicken and Broccoli from Wok Tov in Cedarhurst.

Photo by Scott P. Moore. El Chuso is located at 458 Sheridan Boulevard in Inwood. (516) 239-2266. Not kosher.

King David Delicatessen Chen’s Kitchen Lunch special’s at Chen’s comes with roast pork fried rice, and each special comes in a different price category. They have $3.75 specials in Category A which consist of items like roast pork or chicken chow mein or lo mein. They have baby shrimp with lobster sauce and sautéed broccoli for $3.95 in Category B. In Category C, they have sweet and sour pork or chicken, chicken with broccoli and fried chicken wings for $4.50. In Category D, they have pepper steak with onions, General Tso’s Chicken, and sesame chicken for $4.75. In Category E they have shrimp and chicken or shrimp with mixed vegetables for $4.95. A can of soda is $1.00 extra. Chen’s is located at 1084 Broadway in Woodmere. Lunch Specials are Monday to Saturday from 11:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. (516) 374-6622. Not kosher.

Pantano’s Pantano’s menu is a one-stop shop for everything from quesadillas to fried chicken to pizza. Their all-day specials include two piece fried chicken meal with one side like mashed potatoes or macaroni and cheese for $6.50. Their lunch special is two regular slices of pizza and a fountain drink for $4.50. They have a pasta lunch special with a choice of house or Caesar salad, fresh bread, and a fountain drink. The pasta can be penne, spaghetti, fusilli, rigatoni, or bow tie, with an option of sauces like pesto, marinara, and alla vodka for $7.50. They serve breakfast all day; an omelet with home fries and toast are $6.95. Pantano’s is located at 1308 Broadway in Hewlett. Their pizza special is from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. The pasta special is from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. (516) 569-4421. Pantanofoods.com. Not kosher.

Tamburino’s Deli Although their huge and notable sandwiches es (usually can feed two or three people) are pricicey, Tamburino’s also has weekly lunch specials. ls. Currently, a turkey burger with fries is $6.95 and nd so is a quesadilla with French fries. Chili with h rice is $5.95. Tamburino’s is located at 672 Central Avenue in n Cedarhurst. Their specials run all day. (516) 295-2769. Not kosher.

Caribbean Hut A bodega-style eatery that also has pool tables, sells cigarettes and lotto and offers food specials all day. Enjoy a curry goat, curry chicken, brown-stew chicken, or jerk chicken with rice and plantains for $6.50. You can also grab a quick and crispy Jamaican beef patty for $1.79. Caribbean Hut is located at 137 Sheridan Boulevard in Inwood. (516) 371-0711. Specials are all day. Not kosher.

Ciccio Boy Besides pizza, Ciccio are experts at pasta. Their eir daily lunch specials include a variety of pasta including ding fettuccine, rigatoni, penne, spaghetti or ziti and served with bread. Alla vodka, which is vodka and cream in a light pink sauce is $6.25, spaghetti and meat sauce is $6.25, wings with salad or French fries are $7.25, a salami and provolone hero with lettuce and tomato is $5.50. They also have buffalo chicken wraps for $5.95 and a personal baby pizza with chicken is $6.50. Ciccio Boy is located at 567 Burnside Avenue in Inwood. (516) 371-3191. Specials are served all day. Not kosher.

Located in the heart of Cedarhurst on Central Avenue, King David has a wide variety of lunch specials for the hungry local. A bowl of soup du jour with a deli sandwich on rye bread runs $7.65, a quarterpound hamburger or chicken nuggets with French fries and a drink is $6.85. Two pieces of deep-fried chicken with French fries and soda are only $6.55. King David is located at 550 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 5692920. Lunch specials are offered Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Kosher, check for certiϔication.

Subway With four locations throughoutt The Five Towns, the Subway chain n of sandwich shops provides fresh-ly made sandwiches made-to-order. r. Subway offers various $5.00 foott long sandwiches every month, which can contain buffalo chicken or Philly-style cheese steaks. The Inwood location also features two sixinch sandwiches for only $2.50 – a steal at any time of the year. Subway has four locations in The Five Towns – one located in Hewlett at 1239 Broadway, a Cedarhurst location at 529 Central Avenue, a LawLaw rence shop at 480

Steak and Peppers from Wok Tov.

Photo by Scott P. Moore.

wich with roast beef, cheddar cheese, grilled onions and honey mustard, for $5.99. .Island Bagel Bar is located at 248 Burnside Avenue in Lawrence. (516) 371-3357. 371 33 Listed items are offered all day long, 5:00 a.m. through 5:00 p.m. Not kosher. ko

Tang’s Garden If you have a craving for Chinese food, Tang’s has a variety of lunch specials to make your mouth water. An order of Photo by Jonathan Walter shrimp chow mein, beef with broccoli, hot and spicy chicken or mixed vegetables in garlic sauce are all $5.25 and include chicken or pork fried rice and your choice of chicken nooinc dle soup, wonton soup, egg drop soup or a can of soda. Tang’s Garden is located at 129 Sheridan Boulevard in Inwood. (516) T 371-2557. Lunch specials are offered from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Not 371 kosher. kos Curry Chicken from the Caribbean Hut in Inwood.

Five Star Chinese Food The lunch specials at Five Star Chinese come with a little extra T to eeach order – pork fried rice or white or brown rice and a soda or wonton or egg soup. Orders of General Tso’s Chicken or Sweet and won Sour Pork are $5.50 while favorites such as chicken with curry sauce or roast ro pork lo mein are $5.25. Five Fiv Star Chinese Food is located at 456 Sheridan Boulevard in Inwood. (516) (5 371-3655. Lunch specials are offered from 10:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Not kosher.

Wok Tov If the craving for Chinese food strikes and you need to make sure it’s kosher, Wok Tov is the place to hit. All of the lunch specials start at $7.95 and include fried rice and your choice of wonton, egg drop, hot & sour soup or a can of soda. Wok Tov offers a variety of orders including Moo Goo Gai Pan, cashew chicken, chicken wings and any choice of chow mein. Wok Tov is located at 594 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 295-3843. Lunch specials are offered from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Kosher, check for certiϔication.

Max’s Pizzeria El Chuso Restaurant El Chuso offers a variety of authentic Columbian food and serve their lunch specials all day. It’s $4.95 for beef or chicken, rice, beans and a 12-ounce soda. For $7.75, soup, beef or chicken, rice, beans and a soda with free reﬁlls. Chicken Reuben Sandwich from Island Bagel Bar in Lawrence.

Photo by Jonathan Walter

Italian food does not have to be pricey in order to be good and Max’s proves that. The pizzeria offers a variety of soups for lunch at $3.99 including lobster bisque, pasta fagioli, and split pea soup. Pasta dishes start at $6.99 and include wellknown dishes like penne vodka, baked ziti with meat sauce and spaghetti verdi. Looking to be a little healthier? Salads are also $6.99 and include Caesar, Greek and a mixed Garden. Max’s Pizzeria is located at 470 Sheridan Boulevard in Inwood. (516) 239-7212. Not kosher.

• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • NOVEMBER 4-10, 2011, 2011

OPEN HOUSES CEDARHURST 292 Clinton Ave, 11/6, 1:00 p.m.-2:30p.m., 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, $275,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 463 Summit Ave, 11/6, by appointment, 1 bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms, Co-op, $129,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 5695651 589 W. Broadway, 11/6, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 8 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $749,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 425 Cedarhurst Av, 11/6, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $699,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 316 Argyle Rd, 11/6, 12:00 p.m.2:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $469,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 321 Buckingham Rd, 11/6, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $729,000, Milky Forst Properties, (516) 239-0306

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1349 W Boxwood Dr, 11/6, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $899,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 420 Everit Ave, 11/6, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, $925,000, Morton Haves Real Estate, (516) 3740100

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240 Central Ave #1K, 11/6, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $159,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 240 Central Ave #2G, 11/6, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $285,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 376 Central Ave #4L, 11/6, 10:00 a.m.-11:30 p.m., 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, $375,000,

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NORTH WOODMERE 656 Colfax Pl, 11/6, 12:00 p.m.1:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 731 Flanders Dr, 11/6, 2:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Prudential, (516) 238-4299 608 Prescott Pl, 11/6, 12:302:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $629,000, Prudential, (516) 238-4299 834 Fanwood Av, 11/6, 12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $499,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 845 Fanwood Av, 11/6, (By Appt), 3 bedrooms, 2 bathroom, $459,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 872 Park Lane, 11/6, 2:30 p.m.4:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $459,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 920 Longacre Ave, 11/6, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $749,000, Milky Forst Properties, (516) 239-0306

VALLEY STREAM 1263 Barry Dr, 11/5, 12:00 p.m.2:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $349,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000

WOODMERE 15 Neptune Ave, 11/6, 3:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $549,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 160 Ocean Ave, 11/6, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $669,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 303 Felter Ave, 11/6, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $465,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 563 Sunset Dr, 11/6, 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 826 Central Ave, 11/6, 11:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $699,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 835 Jefferson St, 11/6, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $399,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 913 Peninsula Blvd, 11/6, 11:30 p.m.-1:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $349,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 954 South End, 11/6, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1046 Dartmouth Ln, 11/6, by appointment, Hewlett Park, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $488,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516) 569-5651 966 Northﬁeld Rd, 11/6, 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, $749,000, South Shore Estates, Inc., (516) 569-4980

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CH Colonial. 7 BR, 2.55 bth. Atrium W/Spa. Sep. Entrance To Guest Suite/ Or Prof. Office. Cul-De-Sac $1.499M.

Expanded Ranch. O/s Property. 5 BR, 4 bth. Marble Baths. Spacious Property With Beautiful 20X40 IGP.$1.1M

First Time On The Market Mint Colonial In Sd #21. 4 Br, 3 bth. $849K

SH Colonial. 4 BR 2.5 Bth , New Master Bedroom Suite, Renovated Kitchen. SD#14.$669K.

N.Woodmere

Hewlett Bay Park New Construc.(is being build). CHColonial. 6BR, 6.5Baths. All Top Of The line. IGP. $2.699M.

PRICE REDUCED! Split. 3 BR, 2.5 bth. Cedarhurst Split. New To Market. Cul-De-Sac. Sd #14. Granit Kitchen 4/5 BR, 3 Full Bbth. SD#14. Waiting To Welcome Its New Owners. $569K With Nice Sitting Room .$520K

N.Woodmere Splanch. 4 BR, 2.5 bth. Totally Rebuilt In 2002-2003. IGP, Hot Tub And Cabana W/Sauna $849K

VI Properties, INC, 1208 Broadway, Hewlett NY 11557, Office: 516-791-1313 www.VIPropertiesNY.com vipi@optonline.net

Stats: A lot size of 11,717 square feet. The home features 10 rooms with ﬁve bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is selling for $999,000 with annual taxes of $17,979.02. Details: A true Center Hall Colonial with a grand foyer opening to a step-down living room, a formal dining room, eat-in-kitchen and a den with a ﬁreplace. The home features a two-car attached garage, plus an in-ground heated pool in the backyard. Contact: Lori & Associates LI Realty Inc., Lori Schlesinger at (516) 791-8300

67 Woodmere Blvd, Woodsburgh Stats: A lot size of 42,253 square feet. The home features 18 rooms

Properties Sold in the Five ive th h Towns since October 26th 10-27 Bay 30 St, Far Rockaway

889 West Broadway, Woodmere

A colonial-style home with 12 rooms, six bedrooms, four bathrooms and a detached garage. A lot size of 4,000 square feet. Year built: 1960. The home sold on October 31st for $410,000.

A Hi Ranch home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and a detached garage. A lot size of 7,520 square feet. Year built: 1973. The home sold on October 27th for $340,000.

32 West End Ave, Inwood

353 Roselle Ave, Cedarhurst

A colonial-style home with six rooms, three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a detached garage. A lot size of 4,000 square feet. Year built: 1926. The home sold on November 1st for $220,000.

A Tudor-style home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, two-and-a-half bathrooms and a detached garage. A lot size of 6,000 square feet. Year built: 1928. The home sold on October 28th for $590,000.

• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • NOVEMBER 4-10, 2011, 2011

Standard Sports

Lawrence Ices Sewanhaka, 33-6 Brings Season Record to 7-1; Meets Hewlett Saturday in First Round of Playoffs Text and Photos By Scott P. Moore

n rain or sleet or snow, the Lawrence offense plows on through – the Golden Tornadoes fought through what turned into a “Snow Bowl” in Floral Park last Saturday and defeated the Sewanhaka Indians 33-6 in their last regular season game before starting the playoffs this Saturday against Hewlett. “I’ve played in stuff like that in college,” said Coach Joe Martillotti. “I’ve never seen a snow game like that in high school on Long Island though.” With snow coming down heavy and the ﬁeld covered at kickoff, senior runningback Ryan Fredericks completed the sweep for the season with a 90yard kick return touchdown, giving him at least one touchdown

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Scoring L - Ryan Fredericks run, 90-yard KO return (2pt failed) L - Capobianco pass to Tyler Fredericks, 63 yards (2pt failed) L - Capobianco pass to Robinson, 10 yards (2pts, Capobianco run) L - Capobianco pass to Ryan Fredericks, 40 yards (2pt failed) L - Ryan Fredericks run, 50 yards (Fragner kick) S - Morris run, 20 yards (2pt failed) Final Conference III Standings Team The Golden Tornadoes (right) line up in formation at the line of scrimmage as the snow continued to fall. in every game this season. The Lawrence defense kept Sewanhaka back on the team’s next two possessions, keeping the score in their favor at 6-0. “Nobody’s really kicked it deep all season, but there’s Ryan and

Lawrence’s Rondi Gethers (#2) gets iced by the Sewanhaka defense in the fourth quarter.

he just goes 90 yards,” said Martillotti. “It’s a luxury to be coaching with a kid like that.” Only three plays into their third possession of the day, Lawrence sophomore quarterback Joe Capobianco threw to junior runningback Tyler Fredericks for 63 yards scoring another touchdown for the Golden Tornadoes and giving them the 12-0 lead. The second quarter held more the same for Sewanhaka with Lawrence allowing only 20 yards gained over eight plays before the Indians had to punt the ball away. The Golden Tornadoes capitalized once again with Capobianco connecting with wide receiver Eddie Robinson for a ten-yard touchdown pass. Capobianco would then rush the ball into the end zone for two more points, giving Lawrence a 20-0 lead. “I’d like to think we’ve got [the defense] ﬁgured out,” said Martilotti, who noted the starting de-

fense has not allowed a point in the previous three games. “Hopefully, we’ll just keep pushing through.” Sewanhaka was barely able to have four plays on their possession during the second quarter before the ball was given back to Lawrence. On the third play of the possession, Capobianco threw to Ryan Fredericks in the end zone for another touchdown and a 26-0 lead at the half. The coaches agreed to cut out the usual 10 or 15 minutes for halftime down to ﬁve in order to keep the game going since the snow and falling temperatures were getting worse during the tail end of the second quarter. Ryan Fredericks intercepted a throw by Sewanhaka and brought the ball back to the 50yard line for Lawrence. On the next play, he would take the ball the rest of the way into the end zone for a 32-0 lead. An extra point kick by Mike Fragner put Lawrence up 33-0.

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The starting Lawrence defense was pulled by the fourth quarter and Sewanhaka picked up their ﬁnal touchdown of the year, a 20yard run by runningback Malik Morris, that pulled the team closer at 33-6, but the game ended right there as both teams headed for the buses. “They were cold, I mean it was really bad weather,” said Mar-

tillotti. “I just kept telling them to hold on to the ball and keep moving on the sidelines to keep warm. It just absolutely was not ideal conditions for a game.” Lawrence (7-1) will begin their postseason run with an intraFive Towns playoff matchup with Hewlett (4-4) this Saturday, November 5 at 2:00 p.m. at Lawrence High School.

Bulldogs Shut-out in Snow, QB Rizzo Injured Again By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

he Hewlett Bulldogs lost to the Plainedge Red Devils 13-0 on a snowy day at Hewlett High School on Saturday. The game was supposed to be preceded by Hewlett’s homecoming celebration, but the snowstorm canceled the festivities. The storm severely limited the effectiveness of Hewlett’s triple option offense, which requires quick handoffs and tosses that were very difﬁcult for the team’s offensive skill players to hold onto, causing fumbles throughout the game. “As it turned out, we thought it might be an advantage, but it turned out that our triple option was tough to run in those conditions,” Hewlett Head Coach Jay Iaquinta said. “Both teams had a tough time throwing and catching.” The snow made it very difﬁcult for runners of offense to get the quick cuts required in order to dodge defenders. With both offenses struggling in the game, it felt like whichever

team scored first would be the victor and that’s exactly what happened. A scoreless first half that saw multiple turnovers by both teams took a turn for the worse for Hewlett. After a Jeremy Leguillow interception that got Hewlett out of some poor field position, senior quarterback Mark Rizzo, who had missed three games due to a sore hamstring, took a handoff from backup quarterback Zach Richman, who ran to the left and picked up over 10 yards, one of Hewlett’s longest plays of the game. However, on the hit that knocked him out of bounds, Rizzo re-aggravated his injury and was helped off of the field by teammates, putting Hewlett’s season squarely back into the hands of Richman. “In that kind of weather, and now Zach has played more games than Mark has and we wanted to see how Mark was going to be before fully putting him back in at quarterback,” Iaquinta said, “and honestly Zach has done an incredible job running the offense. So there was a good chance that he was go-

Zach Richman runs with the ball in near-blizzard conditions as Mark Rizzo keeps his eye open in case of a quick toss. ing to be our quarterback for the rest of the year.” In the second half, Plainedge running back Ralph Caccavale ran in a three-yard touchdown for the ﬁrst touchdown of the game. With Hewlett’s struggles moving the ball in the snow, even that would have been enough, but Caccavale added

another touchdown on a two yard run in the fourth quarter, this time with kicker Dan Stock missing the extra point to give Plainedge a 13-0 lead. Asked after the game if he felt the game should have been played in those conditions, Iaquinta felt it should. “We have turf,” Iaquinta said.

“If we had a giant puddle, then maybe the game should have been postponed, but on a turf ﬁeld you can play in just about anything. You play football outdoors and most kids have played in the snow when they didn’t have to. It’s not like it’s never been done before.” “They just played better

Photo by Jonathan Walter than us,” Iaquinta said. “They were able to get it done and we weren’t able to get it done. I don’t think the weather was that much of a factor. I don’t know. They throw the ball as well or better than we do. So, the snow was probably more of a detriment to them than it was to us.”

Five Towns Bowl II – Hewlett vs. Lawrence in Playoff Opener A Preview of Saturday’s Crosstown Rivalry

By Scott P. Moore and Jonathan Walter

Standard Staff Reporters

he Long Island High School Football playoffs begin this weekend, with both local teams making the cut as both strive to win it all. Lawrence (7-1) captured the number two seeding in the Conference III playoffs while Hewlett (4-4) was able to secure the number seven seed. This game will be the second meeting of the two Five Towns high schools this year. Lawrence won the ﬁrst meeting, earlier in the season, in a slugfest, 56-35. The Lawrence Golden Tornadoes (7-1) The Golden Tornadoes have been on an offensive rampage all season scoring no less than 33 points a game with

the exception of their single loss on the season. With senior runningback Ryan Fredericks and junior runningback Tyler Fredericks at the front of the Lawrence running game, the team’s offense has had little to worry about. Sophomore quarterback Joe Capobianco has seemingly found his groove, which was missing early on through the first few games, and has become a strong alternative to running the ball down the field. “We scored 56 points last time out against them,” said Lawrence Coach Joe Martillotti. “The only team that can stop us from moving the ball at this point is ourselves.” Defense was an early season woe for Lawrence, giving up an average of nearly 28 points a game through the first five games of the season. Lawrence was

dealt a huge blow when senior linebacker Chris Hercules went down for the year with a leg injury in the game against Hewlett. More recently in the last three games though, the defense has settled down, stopped nearly all offensive threats to the tune of just over four points a game; the starting defense has not allowed a single point in the last three games. “If our defense plays the way we’ve been playing and the option plays well, we’ll be ﬁne,” said Martillotti. “I think we’ve really settled in.” If the Lawrence defense holds up as it has most recently, the Golden Tornadoes might be able to run themselves to victory. Without a good solid defense though, this game easily turns into another slugfest which Lawrence is still

more than capable of winning. Added Martillotti: “I like this matchup... I like it a lot.” Key players to watch: QB Joe Capobianco (#11), RB Ryan Fredericks (#8) and RB Tyler Fredericks (#3): These three players accounted for over 90 percent of the Lawrence offensive points this season. The Hewlett Bulldogs (4-4) The Bulldogs have overcome their share of adversity this season as they qualified for the playoffs as the seventh seed. They lost their starting quarterback, Mark Rizzo, finally returning last week only to be reinjured in the first half. They were also without their starting center for three games, and lost their best blocker for disciplinary reasons. This hasn’t stopped them from heading

back to the playoffs this year, setting up their rematch against crosstown rival Lawrence. “We have to follow the Bethpage blueprint and we studied what Bethpage did in their victory over Lawrence,” Hewlett Head Coach Jay Iaquinta said. “Whether we can do it or not is obviously a different story. We need to shorten the game. We’ve got to possess the ball. We have to keep their offense off of the ball. We have to do a really good job on special teams and we have to keep it close to win it at the end.” Hewlett will look toward All-Conference quarterback Zach Richman, who is 2-2 since taking over as starting quarterback, to lead the team to victory running

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NOVEMBER 4-10, 2011 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

Hewlett Upset by Valley Stream North 2-0, Out of Playoffs Text and Photos By Jonathan Walter

tic season. We have been conference champs three of the past four years and it says a lot about what the boys can do.” Looking toward next year, Lacetera says his defense is the most important aspect of his team that he’ll have to rework next year. “Obviously, I’m losing some serious talent with Stephan Pierre in the back, but I have

ust a few days after wrapping up the top seed in their conference and the third overall seed in Nassau County, Hewlett Soccer fell to the 14th seeded Valley Stream North Spartans 2-0 at home on Friday. Hewlett ran its offense well, but penalties by Hewlett helped key the Spartans upset. Hewlett played well offensively and defensively in the ﬁrst half. They controlled possession and developed some scoring opportunities off of corner kicks. They even looked to score a goal when a Hewlett forward was able to break free of Valley Stream North defenders on a break away and completed a forward pass to his teammate, who kicked the ball past the Spartan’s goalie and into the back of the net. The play was ruled dead however when the referee determined that the player receiving the pass was off sides. “I don’t know if he was off sides when they called back that goal,” Hewlett Head Coach Nick Lacetera said. “I wasn’t in a good spot, but it didn’t look like he was off sides. You can’t get all of the calls though.” In the second half, Trevor Ellman was trying to make a defensive play inside the goal box,

a lot of guys coming back,” Lacetera said. “I’ve got my forwards coming back and a lot of other guys. We’re going to be building from that back up, and we’re going to have to be defensively strong but it’s going to be tough without Stephan back there. I never thought we would win the conference though this year, so we’ll see what happens next year.”

Hewlett and Valley Stream North players run to gain possession of the ball. but was given a yellow card after fouling the Valley Stream North offensive player. That set up a penalty kick for Marvin Eveillard, whose kick was driven home after the Hewlett goalie dove the wrong way. “They put the ball in the net when they had to,” Lacetera said. “You could almost see it happening. The penalty kick, you could see it coming. Those are the plays where you had to be careful in the box.” Hewlett had trouble devel-

oping offensive opportunities for the rest of the game, and with time beginning to run out, Lacetera implemented a more offensive game plan, putting more guys up front. However, that left Hewlett vulnerable defensively, and Eveillard scored again after getting past defenders and into the Hewlett goal box. “We put up an extra offensive player,” Lacetera said. “I took a defender out. You have to win or go home. So I ﬁgured, what the hell, I’ll give it a shot. I think it

was a good game. I thought we had the better of the play. It was in the last third of the ﬁeld that we couldn’t get it where we want it. We had opportunities, but shooting it at the goalie doesn’t help. We should have had a couple of goals.” Afterward, Lacetera talked about Hewlett’s surprise season. “It was a phenomenal season,” Lacetera said. “We’ve been here 18 years and never had the third seed. I’m proud of them. We were 8-2-2 and had a fantas-

A Hewlett player leaps over a Valley Stream North player as he goes for the ball.

HAFTR Sports Gearing up for Exciting Season An Interview with Athletic Director Joe Hoenig By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

oe Hoenig has been the Athletic Director at HAFTR for the past two years. Working in the ﬁnancial industry and the owner of Camp Lavi, a sleep away camp in the Poconos, he has always been

highly involved in the HAFTR sports programs, coaching basketball and compiling an impressive 244-91 regular season record over the years. With so much going on with HAFTR sports, The South Shore Standard recently decided to sit down with Hoenig to discuss the status of the HAFTR sports program and let fans know what they

can expect this coming season. What is your opinion of the athletic department overall and the success of the some of its sports programs? Overall we’re going to be strong again this year and a force in the leagues we’re in and I’m looking forward to a great year. Individual teams will vary however.

What do HAFTR fans have to look forward to this Fall into Winter? There will be a lot of exciting basketball and hockey. We don’t have the traditional sports that public schools have like football and lacrosse, but we have good sports. We have a vol-

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• THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD • NOVEMBER 4-10, 2011, 2011

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TEEN TRIP TO THE CITY The Cedarhurst Chabad is hosting a Teen Trip to Manhattan for girls in grades 7-9. Meet at Chabad, 74 Maple Avenue, Cedarhurst at 1:00 p.m. For more information, call Hadassah at (516) 295-2478 extension 20 or Club Girls at (516) 2952478 extension 18. HONOR OUR VETS: RESTAURANT TASTING EVENT Bewitched Grand Salon and the Community Enrichment Mini-Center in Woodmere, with its Director, Ann Salpeter Schockett, are hosting a special benefit in honor of our veterans and to support Veteran House, which provides temporary housing for homeless veterans and legal counsel, medical help and life skills for all our veterans.. There will be tastings from over 25 Long Island Restaurants, prizes and raffles. The event will take place at Bewitched Grand Salon, 956 Broadway, in Woodmere. There is a $40 donation per person. For further information, call (516) 374-1490. HISTORIC PLAY: NIGHTMARE IN THE ATTIC: THE OCCUPATION OF ROCK HALL Theatrical event showcasing a revolutionary war tale based on the occupation of Rock Hall by American Patriots in 1776. Rock Hall was home to British loyalists living a life of leisure, until hostile soldiers took over. The play is based on true events from the time period when American Patriots infiltrated Rock Hall. The free performance will take place at the Lawrence Middle School, 195 Broadway, in Law-

rence (next to Rock Hall Museum). Reservations are suggested. SUSAN WINTER, VOCALIST, ACCOMPANIED BY RICK JENSEN Winter will be singing a unique blend of pop, jazz and cabaret. The event starts at 2:30 p.m. at the Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. Pick up free tickets to this event at the Peninsula Public Library in Lawrence.

Monday, November 7th FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE: MOM’S NIGHT OUT An evening for mothers of children with special needs. Get a chance to network and socialize together and even enjoy a private Zumba class. The event is sponsored by Chabad of the Five Towns, and there is a suggested donation of $5.00. Meet at the Wolowik home: 748 Central Avenue, Woodmere, at 8:30 p.m. To RSVP call (516) 295-2478 extension 13 or e-mail Batsheva@ chabad5towns.com. AN EDUCATIONAL FORUM: “IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CHILD” Presented by The Lawrence High School Guidance Department in Collaboration with the Five Towns Community Center and The Latin Empowerment Project. Lawrence High School Counselor Isabel Hernandez will be conducting a presentation that highlights graduation requirements and various services available to students and families. Refreshments will be served and child care will be available. The free presentation is at 7:00 p.m. at the Five Towns Community Center, 270 Lawrence Ave., Lawrence.

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E-BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE AT LAW. LIBRARY E-books are now available at the Peninsula Public Library. The library entered into an exclusive project with Overdrive Systems and Amazon.com last week, which allows library patrons to check out e-books from their local library on all Kindle models. They can also check out e-books through platform applications, including the Kindle Cloud Reader. Books are downloaded over Wi-Fi or USB, but 3G will not be supported. Amazon’s “Whispersync” technology will also preserve digital notes and bookmarks in case you later buy the book from Amazon or check it out a second time. Kindle users also get some loan features not offered by other e-book formats-for example, borrowed books can be downloaded from almost anywhere using Amazon’s Whispersync wireless network. When a patron sees an ebook that they want to borrow, among the options available will be “send to Kindle.” If the patron chooses that option, he or she will be sent to Amazon. After the patron logs into their Kindle account, they will be able to send the book to any of their Kindle locations—smartphone, computer, tablet or e-reader. After the loan period expires, access to the book will be disabled and the patron will be advised to delete the book to free up space on the patron’s device.

Some relief might ﬁnally be on the way for residents living near and in the ﬂight path of planes arriving and departing from John F. Kennedy Airport. Town-Village Air Safety and Noise Abatement Committee (TVASNAC) Executive Director Kendall Lampkin announced to a small crowd that the Fed-

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By Scott P. Moore Standard Staff Reporter

Whee…! The 27th Five Towns Community Chest Cedarhurst Fair was held this past weekend at Andrew J. Parise Park on Saturday and Sunday. The park was filled with games, rides and food stands from local vendors including La Viola, Burgers Bar and Pretzel Time. “I like the one that’s tilted and spins you and you rock back and forth because you scream and you have fun and get dizzy.” Brianna Alvarez, from Lawrence. Here, a young boy enjoy the swings in the middle of the park.

The face of local politics could change by the the end of this year with less than two months separating now from Election Day on November 8th. Republicans as incumbents and Democrats duking it out for spots, its up to voters in The Five Towns to decide who represents them come next year.

Nassau County Legislator Seventh District Incumbent Republican How-

replace sidewalks along Branch Boulevard that have been in disrepair for at least ﬁve years. He said earlier this year he planned to run on his record of holding down taxes in the area. He currently owns a national title insurance and settlement services business out of Valley Stream. His Democratic opponent, Adam Moser of Hewlett, is no newcomer to local politics. Moser was a 2nd District Court Judge from 1999 to 2005 and runs a private law practice out of Rockville Centre. Moser said he wants to “run the county in

Photo by Scott P. Moore

Changes, Relief on the Way For Area Airplane Noise?

Van Strikes, Club Fires, Town Halls and Fences Fixed By Scott P. Moore Additional Reporting by Jonathan Walter & Susan Varghese

store. The front of the store was boarded-up Monday morning. “He was supposed to move the car up a little bit,” said Hay with a sheepish smile. “He moved it into our store.” No one was seriously hurt during the accident, but Hay said the store lost a lot of merchandise that was in the path of the vehicle and the entire front window would need reframing and replacing. “No one was hurt, or at least we did not hear anything back,” said Hay. He added, with a

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Ace Hardware was open on Monday morning after a van crashed through the front window the day before. Photo by Scott P. Moore.

By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

By Scott P. Moore and Jonathan Walter

Standard Staff Reporters

Hewlett fans react to the game against Lawrence.

Photo by Jonathan Walter.

County Executive Edward Mangano and the Assessment Reform Team announced that they have unveiled a new process that will result in a more efﬁcient handling of tax assessments in the county and save the county over $28 million, as well as unveiling a Taxpayer Bill of Rights. The Assessment Reform Team includes Lawrence resident Shalom Maidenbaum, who spoke about the new plan. “We wrote an approximately 30-page report and made recommendations that the administration is going to implement and it’s saving the county a lot of money and for the ﬁrst time in years, giving homeowners the ability to have their cases looked at more fairly,” Maidenbaum said. “Its resolving tax assessments prior to them being paid out.” Maidenbaum also discussed changed in policy within the Department of Assessment regarding interaction with taxpayers. “The big change is that The Administration has changed the Department of Assessments into a user-friendlier department,” Maidenbaum said. “This is a huge change in Department of Assessment policy. What they are doing now represents a huge shift in the way

The Beat Goes On for Lawrence Philharmonic Orchestra

By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

An American Airlines jet flies low over the Cedarhurst Fair this past weekend. Photo by Scott P. Moore.

Standard Staff Reporter

Howard Kopel

Adam Moser

ard Kopel will be matched up against Democrat Adam Moser for the single legislative spot that includes all of The Five Towns. Kopel (R) of Woodmere has been in ofﬁce since early 2010 and has been visible around the area helping residents, including a venture most recently to

an efﬁcient manner and save people money.”

Town of Hempstead Town Supervisor Incumbent Republican Kate Murray will be squaring off with Democrat Gary Port for

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ing plays. Sam Mortarella’s run was beautiful. It was the best I’ve seen and I think we’re pulling through.” “The atmosphere is very nice,” said Kelly Rizzo, mother of Hewlett quarterback/punter Mark Rizzo. “I’d like for our fans to cheer a little more. Every time it’s in the offense’s hands, we’re definitely moving it down the field very quickly. It’s fun and exciting and hopefully we build up that Hewlett score a little bit more.” On the other side of the field, Lawrence’s fan contingency was holding out vast amounts of hope. With a score so close, most fans were found still smiling, head-to-toe in blue and gold. It’s a great game and fun to watch,” said Lawrence math teacher Sal Saracini. “It’s going to ruin every football game [my kids] see from now on.” He predicted a Lawrence victory, 74-73,

due to the amounts of scoring during the second quarter. His friend disagreed --- on the score. “No way! 45-44 Lawrence,” said his friend, Mike Balzano of Bellmore. “It’s unbelievable --- every play seems to be a touchdown. We got here when it was 7-7! It’s been exciting, for sure.” When play started back up after halftime, Lawrence quickly jumped out to a 40-35 lead. Hewlett’s fans, who had been wildly cheering the team on began to quiet while Lawrence’s side of the ﬁeld got louder and louder. “Go, Lawrence, go! Go, Lawrence, go!” yelled the Lawrence cheerleaders in unison. As the game slipped further out of Hewlett’s hands, the pep band decided to make its exit during the beginning of the fourth quarter while many other

If the music of George Gershwin sends chills through your body or the relaxing sounds of compositions by Leroy Anderson bring you happiness, the Lawrence Philharmonic Orchestra should be your next local concert choice. The group, made up of a mixture of high school students and local community members, has been in existence for over 15 years and serves as an inter-generational bridge within the local area, according to director Lonnie Ginsberg. Many high school alumni, such

The Lawrence Philharmonic performs classical pieces during the 10 year anniversary of 9-11 in Parise Park. Photo courtesy of Ginsberg Family.

as Ginsberg himself, are members of the orchestra. While you probably will not see the group of 40 to 50 musicians performing at Carnegie Hall in New York City anytime soon, the group delivers performances that provide more than ample entertainment to local residents. “We tend to play mostly community events,” said Ginsberg, who has been the director of the philharmonic for two years. “The last few years we’ve played at the [Andrew J. Parise] Park in Cedarhurst and we’ve done a lot of American music.” The group most recently performed at the 9-11 Memorial ser-

vices held at the park for the 10 year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. “We played a lot of American music there, especially highlighting American composers such as Copland, Gershwin,” he said. “We also were able to play ‘Stars and Stripes Forever’... We were very proud to play there.” While the Philharmonic does not have another concert date deﬁnitively set, Ginsberg said he is looking towards later in the school year for another public performance --- possibly in March. Many of the

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Tornadoes Trounced Bethpage’s Danny Chillanis runs right through three Lawrence defenders in the first quarter of last week’s game, leading the Golden Eagles to one of their four touchdowns on the night, upsetting the number-one ranked Lawrence Golden Tornadoes, Photo by Scott P. Moore. 37-19. Complete story on page A7.

New Superintendent Gary Schall and the Lawrence School District Administration unveiled their District Academic Plan for a “New Lawrence” last Thursday at Lawrence’s Number Two School in Inwood. Last year, the district was given recommendations by a representative from the New York State Education Department after the high school was placed on the Needs Improvement List. Lawrence is doing their best to follow through on those recommendations, initiating changes to the district’s educational plan that includes restructuring the administrative team, aligning curriculum maps with the new

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Plenty of Pleas in Cedarhurst Traf¿c Court By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

Everyone has a story at Cedarhurst Trafﬁc Court. On Tuesday nights, during arraignments, and on Wednesday during trials, around 20 people try to escape their fate each week. The back and forth drama between Cedarhurst Village Court Justice Martin Zuckerbrod rivals any prime time television drama. Just head on down to Village Hall and you’ll be in for some laughs, just don’t laugh out loud during proceedings or you’ll be escorted outside by police ofﬁcers.

“I don’t think that I deserve it,” Lucy Ackerman of Hillcrest said. “I was parked by Gourmet Glatt in Cedarhurst. I put three hours worth of change into the meter. It was during the earthquake, so I don’t know if I had anything to do with it, but when I came back to my car, the meter was empty and I had a ticket. Whatever it was I put in enough for three hours.” Ackerman, a grandmother, was in Cedarhurst to have a meal with her family, has her receipt to prove that she was in the restaurant at the time of the earthquake. However, she didn’t

Village Court Justice Martin Zuckerbrod prepares for arraignment proceedings on Tuesday. Photo by Jonathan Walter

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The Lawrence Golden Tornadoes overpowered the Plainedge Red Devils 56-40 in front a home crowd on Thursday afternoon. Junior runningback Tyler Fredericks lit up the ﬁeld, running in ﬁve touchdowns during the game. Brothers Jordan and Ryan Fredericks each had a TD, QB Joe Capobianco also added a TD. For more on Thursday’s game visit our website at standardli.com and pick up next week’s edition of The Standard on Wednesday for in-depth game coverage. Sports this week begin on page A6.

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Both Hewlett High School and Lawrence High School cheerleaders are prepping for a busy fall. The squads are practicing and training in preparation for pep rallies, homecomings, and competitions.

Hewlett Falls to Lynbrook 40-21 With Hewlett quarterback Mark Rizzo still injured and on the bench, the Bulldogs couldn’t get it together against Lynbrook on Thursday evening, falling 40-21. Visit our website at standardli. com for more details and see Wednesday’s Standard for complete game coverage.

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A group of parents raised their concerns over growing class sizes within the Hewlett-Woodmere School District’s elementary schools at a Board of Education meeting on Thursday evening. Parents complained increased class sizes could lead to education problems throughout the year due to less attention from teachers. “There’s a common thread to each of the [parents’] conversations — class size,” said Al Grazioso, who has a son that is one of 25 in a ﬁfth grade class at Hewlett Elementary School. “We’re very concerned that class size will be the ‘X factor’ in determining the budget next year… Our concern is that if we need to make a budget under the dire constraints that we’re going

have any proof that she put three hours worth of quarters in the meter. “I got a ticket for parking more than 12 inches from the curb,” Tony Rosenberg from Woodmere said. “I don’t remember where but it had snowed and I couldn’t park right next to the curb because of the snow and I ended up with a $50 ticket and I’m here trying to ﬁght it. It was a metered space, but you couldn’t open the door if you parked less than 12 inches from the curb.” He plead not guilty and scheduled a trial date. Another woman, who did not

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Senior Ryan Fredericks, drives down the field during the fourth quarter leading to a touchdown in Thursday’s Lawrence victory. Photo By Scott P. Moore

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wish to be named, had a ticket on her car for having an expired registration. “I got a ticket on my car, which made me realize that I had already taken care of getting my registration renewed a month ago but had never got my new registration,” she said. “So, I called the Department of Motor Vehicles and she sent me a letter saying that I had it, that I paid for it on the ninth, that it didn’t expire until the 20th, and they sent me a new registration and a new sticker. She told me not to ex-

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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The team is currently perfecting their “wall stunt,” Hewlett High School varsity cheerleading coach, Jennifer Tuminello explained. “My squad has beautiful jumps — these girls reach the sky when they jump. We’re working on a wall stunt, which is a connected stunt. While the

The Hewlett High School Cheerleaders at the Hewlett’s football season opener on Saturday, September 10.

girls are in the air they basically have to connect each other.” Three new captains were also appointed: Tai Dowdell, junior, Alexis Weiner, senior, and Sapira Zubery, senior. Tuminello also said that although the varsity and junior varsity cheerleading teams are at different levels, they try to make sure that both squads work together. “We tried to keep the junior varsity and varsity girls together as much as possible together during practices, so they’re able to form a camaraderie between squads,” Tuminello said. “Eventually junior varsity will move up, too. We really want them to be role models and good peo-

ple.” Both cheerleading teams have 16 members each. Only a few practices into the season in, Tuminello noted that the girls are already excelling. “With being their third practice, they’ve already developed a trust among each other, from the ﬂiers who are in the air to the bases who lift the girls up. They’re all literally taking one for the team because sometimes they’re doing a position that maybe they didn’t want to do.” Their next event is the pep rally on October 28, but the homecoming game on October 29 is their biggest event. “The home-

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Fans Come Out to Cheer-on Teams at ‘Five Towns Bowl’ The Hewlett and Lawrence Varsity football teams faced off in possibly the biggest game of the regular season --- not necessarily for a championship or a playoff berth, but rather for what the fans and respective players will hold near and dear to their hearts until the two teams meet again --- local bragging rights. Hewlett’s fans outnumbered the Lawrence crowd, ﬂanked by a large marching pep band, and dressed mostly in the team’s navy blue and white cheering on the home team at their brand new turf ﬁeld. With Hewlett ahead 35-34 at halftime, many of the fans were feeling good about the team’s chances at victory. “I think that the Bulldogs are doing great,” said Omir Sultan of Hewlett. “We’ve had a lot of excit-

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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.

Bulldogs Slay Knights Hewlett quarterback Mark Rizzo tries to move the pile on a run up the middle during Hewlett’s 24-0 victory over the Floral Park Knights on Saturday at Hofstra University. See complete coverPhoto by Jonathan Walter age on Page A6.

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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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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,

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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-

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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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New in Movies Friday, November 4 Tower Heist: Rated PG-13. Ben Stiller and Eddie Murphy star in a comedy about working men who seek revenge on Wall Street titan Arthur Shaw (Alan Alda), who was caught stealing $2 billion from investors and retirement funds from his employees. Queens native Josh Kovacs (Stiller) and his crew hire a petty crook named Slide (Murphy) to plan a heist to reclaim what Arthur took from them.

Five Towners Choose ChoSen for Great Chinese Food Cho-Sen Island in Lawence has been a Kosher staple in The Five Towns for the past 18 years. However a fire hit the Chinese food mainstay in June, which destroyed much of the building’s interior, requiring it to be completely renovated. Owner Neil Wallen said that many of his customers took the closing particularly hard, considering how often many of them frequent Cho-Sen. The eatery has been back open for a few weeks now following a complete renovation. “We attribute a lot of our success to the quality of the food and the staff,” Wallen said. “Cho-Sen has become a second home for them. One customer told us that his wife wanted to do a renovation to

their kitchen, but he asked her why she wanted a new kitchen when all she does is order from Cho-Sen anyway.” One specialty dish at Cho-Sen is called the Basket of Fortune and Mazel ($18.95). It consists of lightly fried boneless chicken, tender sliced veal and stir-fried marinated beef. The dish comes served in Cho-Sen’s edible basket made from potatoes. Another popular dish is their half sesame chicken, half General Tso’s chicken ($16.95). The sesame chicken tends to be a bit sweeter and the General Tso’s, a bit spicier, according to restaurant staff. Cho-Sen also has a full kosher sushi bar, which was the first on Long Island.

Cho-Sen is located at 367 Central Avenue in Lawrence. They are open Sunday through Thursday from 12:00 p.m. till 10 p.m. and on Saturday from an hour after Shabbat until midnight. To place an order, call them at (516) 374-1199.

Wednesday, November 9 J. Edgar: Rated R. In this biopic about J. Edgar Hoover, director Clint Eastwood delves into the controversial FBI director’s personal life. Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio), was the “face of law enforcement” in America for almost 50 years. Also starring Naomi Watts, Armie Hammer, Josh Lucas and Damon Herriman.

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Bayswater/Far Rockaway: One of a kind Colonial on huge park like property (64 x 187), 6 Bedrooms, 3 Fireplaces, Lr, Fdr, Eik, 9.5’ ceilings thruout plus a Full Basement. Asking $534,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: 4/5 BR, 2.5 Bth Spacious Split, Bsmt,2 Car Gar,CAC, Near All .. $599K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Cedarhurst: 3500 Sq Ft of Living Space, Sunny Exp Hi Ranch. 5 BR, 3.5 Bth, XLarge EIK & FDR,CAC,Near All..$599K PRUDENTIAL 516238-4299 Cedarhurst: Condo 1 bed, 1 bath, 1st fl $149K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Cedarhurst: Townhouse, 3Br, 2.5 Bth, X-Large Master, Full Stand Up Attic, Great Storage… ..$475K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Cedarhurst: Charming 3 bdrm col ,attic ,basement, lg rooms $410K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Cedarhurst: Expanded cape with main level den 3 bdrms $349K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Cedarhurst: Mint 3-4BR 1 1/2bth bright spacious Col. EIK, FDR, LR/fpl, Den, 1st flr, lndry rm, cath ceilgs, hardwd flrs, lge backyard. Full bsmt. Great loc. $649,000. 516-569-6560 East Rockaway: Legal 2 Family, 4 Bedrooms, Den, Bsmt, 2 Kitchen, O/S Property...$399K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 East Rockaway: Enjoy The Natural Beauty Of This Cont. Waterfront Home! Open Layout Leads To Mag. Patio/Retrt Awning/Ig Heated Pool With Waterfall And Grounds Landscaped By Topaz. New Top-Of-Line Kit. Granite Counters. Appls. Mastersuite With Room-Size Closet, Bath/Steam Shower, New roof, Windows, Heating And Air Systems, Koi Pool. $689,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 East Rockaway: NEW! Lovely & Affordable 3 BR, 3 Bth Home in SD#20(Waverly Pk) Fin Bsmt..$425K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 East Rockaway: Updtd 2BR,2Bth Apt. Top flrcorner unit. Elev.$199K. Spac 1BR, 1Bth Apt. Elev.Near all $137,900 JANKALMAN.COM 516569-5651 East Rockaway: Lovely 1BR, 1Bth. Elevator bldg with Renovated lobby. Just Reduced! $137,900 JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 East Rockaway: Lg split 5 br’s, Waterviews $629K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-5695110 Far Rockaway: Spacious 3 bdrm home + den attic, basement $400’s MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Spac 5BR, 2.5Bth CH Col, Huge EIK/Great Rm/Fpl, Fin Bsmt, CAC, SD#20.$699K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: 4 BR,3.5 Bth Colonial on Oversized Property in SD#20(Waverly Pk)..$649K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Mint 3 BR,2.5 Bth CH Col on Beautiful St in SD#20(Waverly Pk). $599K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett/East Rockaway: Immaculate 4BR, 2.5Bth Col, Cul de Sac. Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar, SD#20.. $649K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett: Spac 5BR, 3Bth Split on Beautifully Landscaped Property,Great Flow for Entertaining,SD#14..$699K, RENT $3700 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett: Traditional CH Col on Oversized Prop, 6 BR,4.5 Bth, All Spac Rms, Room For Expansion, SD#14 ....$749K PRUDENTIAL 516-2384299 Hewlett: Immaculate 4BR, 3.5Bth CH Col on Lovely Property, Fin Bsmt,.Great Opportunity in SD#14..$529K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett: 2 BR, 2 Bth Co-op in Hewlett Townhouse. 24 Hr Drman, Valet Pkg, Near All $390K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett: 2 BR,1 Updtd Bth Co-op Apt, Ind Pkg, Stor,Terrace, Near All $139 PRUDENTIAL 516238-4299 Hewlett: Mint 3BR Colonial, New Granite Eik, Den, Fin Bsmt...$449K PUGATCH REALTY 516295-3000 Hewlett: Move In Condition. Quiet Location. Walk To Train. $499,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett: HEWLETT BAY MANOR: First floor. Spacious 1 br. With large living room and Eat in kitchen. $170,000 Also for Rent MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: New magnificent kit w/Stainless app & granite. Updated baths in this extremely large apartment. Separate room w/ washer, dryer Must see $289,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett: Col Lg. 5brms $939K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Hewlett: Townhouse, 3 Floors, 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Lr, Dr, Eik w/granite countertops, Den, Laundry room, private backyard, 1 car garage $399,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Hewlett: Hewlett Town House Co-Op 3 br’s, 3 bths, 2 enc terraces, drman, pool $499K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Hewlett: Colonial. 5 Br, 4 Bth, All Redone, New O/S Kitchen, Finished Basement w/Wine Cellar, Huge Backyard, SD#14…..$1.050M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett: 3 FAM. 6br/3bth, new upgrades, low taxes, great rent roll.. $599,000 Must see! FSBO 516-569-6579 Hewlett Bay Park: Colonial, 7 Br, 2.55 Bths, Atrium w/spa, Palladium Window, New Bath, Cul-De-Sac, SD#14…….$1.499M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Harbor: Elegant 3BR, 2.5 Bath Colonial, Lr W/Fp, Den, Bsmt, SD# 14...$779K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Hewlett Harbor: 4 br’s, btful prop $1,050M MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Hewlett Harbor: Private Hideaway on Over 2 Acres! 5 Br,6.5 Bth Colonial,200’ of Bulkhead & Dock,IG Pool, Tennis Ct...$3,450M PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Fabulous location in Heart of Hewlett Harbor, 6BR, 3.5Bth Exp Ranch,Listening to All Offers All Offers. $949K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Elegant & Grand 5 BR, 4.5 Bth Split,Over 1/2 Acre Prop, Poss M/D/Permits......$999 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: BOATERS DREAM HOME! Diamond Waterfront Contemporary, 6 BR, 5.5 Bth, Open Floor Plan, SD#14...$2,495M PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Harbor: Original Balin Expanded Ranch On Beautiful Corner Property. Plenty Of Room For A Pool. 6 Bed, 3 Full Baths, Great Open Layout, Cac, Wood Flrs, In Desirable Waverly/Lynbrook School District. $799,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Extremely motivated – Price reduced Spacious 5 Bedroom Home With A Brand New Granite Kitchen Incl. New Appliances And Gorgeous Bar In Den. House Is

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Done To The Nines.. Includes A Heated Pool W Lovely Patio. New Roof, Cac, Alarm And Updated Windows - Walking Distance To The Waverly Park School - Part Of The Lynbrook School District. This Is Your Quintessential ‘Move In Condition’ Home $989,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett Harbor: Beautiful 5br, 4.5 bath Home, In Great condition and location. IGP, CAC, GAS, 2 car attached garage. Just Waiting For The Right Family $895,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Hewlett Neck: New construction located on spectacular 1/2 acre lot. 6BR, 2-story entrance foyer, 9’ ceiling $1M+ SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Hewlett Neck: 1/2 acre, buildable lot, for sale $750K SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Hewlett Neck: FIRST TIME ON Market! Great Opportunity! 5 BR,3 Bth Exp Ranch w/ Full Bsmt on 3/4 Acres. Needs TLC..$799K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Move Right Into This Mint 6BR, 4.5Bth Country Style Dutch Colonial, Full Fin Bsmt, Near All, SD#14......$1,550M PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Traditional CH Col on an Acre with Tennis Ct. 6 BR, 5.55 Updtd Bths, Crown Moldings,HW Flrs....$1,650M PRUDENTIAL 516238-4299 Hewlett Neck: Hampton Living. Cathedral Ceiling Entry Foyer With Sky Lights, Powder Rm , Eik With Separate Ent.Dr With Double Sided Marble Fpl That Opens On To Oval Glass Family Room Leading To Deck Sep. Wing With With 3 Brs 2 Full Bths $899,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: 100 Ft Of Deep Water Front Prop. Dockage. Sunny Southern Exposure For 250 Sq Ft Brick Outdoor Dining Patio. Quiet & Private with Secluded Views. Spa Area On Os Deck. Gamins Greenhouse Eik. Tile And Oak Flooring. White Cedar Shingles 5 In To Weather. $1,349,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett Neck: Colonial, 6Br, 4.5Bth, 1.17 Acre of Park Like Property, Finished Basement, Lots of Storage, SD#14…….$1.499M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Neck: Contemporary, 6Br, 5.5Bth, Waterfront, Limestone Living Rm, Waterfalls, Fireplace, ¾ Acre of property, SD#14…..$2.199M VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Hewlett Neck: Charming Col, lge prop, 5 br $1.1M MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-5695110 Hewlett Park: Spac Apt w/lg entry & fabulous bonus rm. private terrace. $225,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Inwood: 4 br move in condition,$368K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Inwood: Free standing mixed use bldg, 2 stores 2 apts, parking lot $599K MILKY FORST PROPERTIES 516-239-0306 Lawrence: True Center Hall on 1/2 Acre property w/inground Pool. 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, Lr,Fdr, Den/fireplace. Asking $1,250,000. Call LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: FIRST TIME ON MARKET! 4 BR,3 Bth Spacious Split on Beaut Prop w/ IG Htd Pool..$999K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Lawrence: 4 BR, 3 Bth Split in Estates Area on Over 1/2 Acre w/ IG Pool,.. $1,100,000, Rent $5000 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Lawrence: Completely Renovated Home Over An Acre Of Private Land.10 BRs, Granite Eik Opens To Lg Den.Os Lr,Os Dr,Granite And Marble Floors.Mst Suite Has Sitting Room. WICs,Powder Area Luxury Bath.Radiant Heat In Kitchen And Bathrooms.Indoor Gas Bbq In House. Large Sunroom. Rentable 3Br,2Ba Carriage House. $1,680,000 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 Lawrence: THE PLAZA: Spacious Junior 4. Prestigious Building. 24 Hour Doorman, Indoor Parking & Pool. Renovated Lobby, Elev., Laundry Room & Storage On Same Floor. Freshly Painted, Refinished Floors, 3 Walk In Closets, Double Terrace Overlooking Central Courtyard. Quiet Location. $359,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: THE PLAZA: 2br 2ba in Prestigious building w/24hr doorman, security, indoor parking & pool. Elevator, laundry room & storage on the same floor, Many closets $449,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: Lovely Sunny 1BR, 1.5 Bath Condo, Handicap Accessible Shower, Washer/Dryer, 24hr Doorman, Elevator Bldg…$375K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: 7 br Col,2 story living rm, 3/4 acre $1.9M MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-5695110 Lawrence: 2br Co-Op updated EIK, 2 bths $199K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-5695110 Lawrence: Co-op, Elevator building, 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr/ Dr, New Kit, Hardwood floors. $149,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Long Beach: 2 BR, 2 Bth Renovated Oceanfront Co-op w/ Terrace Overlooking Pool, New Gym, 24 Hr Security..$399K PRUDENTIAL 516238-4299 North Woodmere: NEW! 4/5 BR,2.5 Bth Splanch on O/S Prop, CAC,HW flrs, 2 Car Gar, SD#14..$589K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: New! 4 BR,3 Bth Raised Ranch w/ Waterview, Spac Rms, CAC, Low Taxes..$499K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: Spac Split, 4BR One Level, 2.5Bth, EIK, Cath Ceiling LR, FDR, Den, Fin Bsmt,CAC, 2 Car Gar, SD#15.$629K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 North Woodmere: Split, 4 Br, 3Bth, Fin. Basement, Plyrm, SD#14……$599K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 North Woodmere: Split, 3Br, 2.5 Bth, Located in a Cul-De-Sac, Granite Kitchen, Closet Galore, X-Large Family Rm, SD#14……$560K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 North Woodmere: Serene Lake & Nature Preserve views. 4BR,2.5Bth H/R near Park/ Golf/ Tennis. $535K JANKALMAN.COM 516-5695651 North Woodmere: Split. 3Br, 2.5 Bth, Recently Renovated, New Gourmet Kitchen, SD#14 $689K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 North Woodmere: Lge Split main fl den updated $630K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Valley Stream: SD.14. Mint 3BR,2Bth Ranch. Spac Den. Close to all.$349,999 JANKALMAN. COM 516-569-5651 Woodmere: New Construction Classic 5BR c/h col. Large property. Walk to YI of Woodmere and Aish $1M+ SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516569-4980 Woodmere: 3BR Colonial Charming on oversized property great block, walk to new shul. SOUTH SHORE ESTATES 516-569-4980 Woodmere: Over 4000 Sq Ft Trad CH Colonial, 5 BR, 4.5 Bth on Acre,Fin Bsmt,Near All, SD#14...$1,399M PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: PROPERTY LOVERS DELIGHT! 5 BR,3.5 Bth Colonial in Old Woodmere.Large EIK/Great Rm, Open Flow, Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar ...$875K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Cedar Glen, 4BR, 3.5Bth Condo, SD#14. Main Flr Mstr, Fin Bsmt, 2 Car Gar.$599K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: NEW! Cedar Glen Condo, 3 BR, 2.55 Bth,Fin Bsmt, Gar, SD#14...$529K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Totally Redone 5 BR, 3 Bth Exp Ranch in SD#14.Gran EIK,Beaut Mstr Suite.....$679K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Builder Opportunity!! 4 BR, 2.5 Bth Split w/ Exp Main Flr Den.....$475K PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Woodmere: Co-op, 2BR, 1 Bath Pre-War Bldg, Hardwood Floors, Priced To Sell...$135K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Woodmere: Found A New Home. Available Asap! Walk In Thru The Large Entry To The Beautiful Spacious Living Space With Fabulous

Wood Floors And Stunning Stone Fireplace. The Flow Is Flawless! A Must See! $375,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Lovely Split In Immaculate Condition.3 Bedrooms.2 Bathrooms.Lr,Dr,Eik.Beautiful Lower-Level Den,2 Car Garage.Beautiful Brick Walkway And Proch And Brick Patio.Walk To All.Room To Expand. $499,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Beautiful Home With Amazing Master Suite; Open With Plenty Of Closets And Built In’s. Two Dens, Wet Bar, Eik, 5 Bedrooms Total! So Spacious With A Full Basement. Must See This Lovely Home. $950,000 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Woodmere: Split Ranch, 4 Br, 3 Bths, OS Property, Waterview on Lake, EIK, Full Finished Basement, SD#14……..$597K VI PROPERTIES 516-791-1313 Woodmere: Co-op across from the Woodmere LIRR, Elevator building, 1 Bedroom, 1 New Bath, Lr/Dr, New Kit. $135,000. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: Ranch 4 br’s $450K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Woodmere: Lg tudor 5 br Col 1.150M MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Woodmere: Sprawling 6BR,3Bth Exp Ranch with watervu. Great property. Bsmt.$979K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Woodmere: North Woodmere. Totally renovated in & out. 4BR,3Bth Ranch. Open floor plan. Lg beautifully finished Bsmt w/BR,Bth. SD.14 $479K JANKALMAN.COM 516-569-5651 Woodmere: Co-op- 2 BR 1 BA Jr 4 in Woodmere. Beautiful apartment with efficiency style kitchen (w/granite, new cabinets, floor and fridge), large LR & MBR. Motivated Sellers, asking $144,999 call: Jacobson Realty 516417-8031

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Real Estate for Rent

Bayswater: 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, Lr, Dr, EIK in private house, wall to wall carpet, quiet location. $1,600. Call owner 718-868-2614 Cedarhurst: Townhouses with Central Air and Heat, and your own washer/dryer in all units. 2 Bedroom/2 bath $1850/mo, and 3 Bedroom/ 2 Bath (ALL NEW) $2425/mo. NO FEE. Landlord is paying the commission. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: Across from the Cedarhurst park, Garden apartments, w/live in Super and indoor garage spot included in rent. Huge units. 1Bedrooms $1700/month, and 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath w/ separate Dinning room, and Eik $2300/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 Far Rockaway: Unfurnished. Adorable 1BR, EIK, full bth, access to backyard, near shul, school, and beach, new appliances, very reasonable rate. Call owner 718-868-0068 Far Rockaway: 2 family (1st floor aparment) 3 Bedroom, 1.5 Baths, Lr,Dr, Kosher Kit, playroom $1850/month LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 Far Rockaway: Doorman/Elevator building, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Bath, Lr/Dr, Eik, Laundry facility, parking available $1600/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Hewlett: 5 BR,3 Bth Split. Poss Professional Office/M/D w/ Proper Permits SD#14..$449K-2 BR Apt Available for Rent $1800 PRUDENTIAL 516-238-4299 Hewlett: First floor. Spacious 1 br. With large living room and Eat in kitchen. $1,500 Rental – Also for Sale MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Hewlett: Luxury All New Renovated 2BR, 2 Bath, Doorman, Prkg, Terrace...$2900/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Sponser owner unit in Garden apartment complex. 2 Bedrooms, 2 Bathrooms, New Kosher Kitchen, Terrace $200/ month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Lawrence: 3 BR’S IN 2 FAMILY HOME $1,899K MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Lawrence: Spacious 2BR, 2 Bath Carriage House, “Back Lawrence”, Lr W/Vaulted Ceil, Eik...$2900/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Fab 2BR, 2 Bath Duplex Townhouse, All Updated, Indoor 2 Car Garage…$2400/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: NO FEE! Lux Bldg, 24HR Doorman, Pool, Indoor Parking, 1BR, 1.5 Bath…$1795/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: NO FEE! Totally Renovated Apartments, 1-2 Bedrooms…Starting At $1500/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 Lawrence: Completely renovated home on over an acre of private land.10 Bedrooms, Granite and marble floors. Gas Heat. $6,300 MORTON HAVES 516-374-0100 Lawrence: 5 Rooms, 3br, 2ba Cottage. Utilities not included $1,950 MORTON HAVES 516374-0100 North Woodmere: Condo- Home That Is Hassle Free! 3BR, 2.5 Bath Twnhs, Fin Bsmt, CAC, Pkg…$375K PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000 North Woodmere: 1st floor of a 2 family home. Front private entrance to a 2 Bedroom, 1Bath, New Kitchen, Large Lr, Formal Dr, 2 AC units. ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED. $1650/month. Call LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 North Woodmere: House Rental 4 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths, Lr, Dr, Eik, Den, Large Backyard $2695/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)7918300 Woodmere: In a house. 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath, Lr, Electric cooktop ( No real Kit) $1075/ month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Woodmere: 4 br, 2 bth Ranch No Fee $3,200 MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Woodmere: Renovated 5BR, 2.5 Baths, “Old Woodmere” Home, Eik, Huge Den, SD# 14...$3700/m PUGATCH REALTY 516-295-3000

Commercial Real Estate for Rent/Sale

Cedarhurst: Commercial Rental. 2nd flr . 3,500 sq.ft. Ideal for professional. Can be subdivided. Also 1st flr space 1,250 sq ft. High visibility/traffic location w/municipal parking. Call for additional information and pricing. JANKALMAN. COM 516-569-5651 Cedarhurst: Business for Sale. Day Spa. Recently renovated. High visibility/traffic location. Plenty of parking. $35,000 JANKALMAN. COM 516-569-5651 Cedarhurst: Office 1st fl high exposure, approx 550 sq ft, near train $1,500per mo MARJORIE HAUSMAN REALTY 516-569-5110 Cedarhurst: Medical office on Grove, across from the post office. Was a Dental office. Beautiful waiting room, Reception area, 3 Operatories, Private Office, 2 Bathrooms, Good traffic area. $1995/month. LORI & ASSOCIATES (516)791-8300 Cedarhurst: Stores For Rent or Sale. Offices For Rent. U want them, I have them. Call ! Call ! Call ! Randy Green 516 295-3000 Cedarhurst: For Rent $1250/mo. 3 rm Prof’l suite w/Bathroom, Waiting area, Reception desk. Randy Green 516 295-3000 East Rockaway: Office space available in professional building. 1-4 offices, will divide to suit. Conference room, wireless internet, fax, parking. Call Lennie or Carolyn 516-593-9119 Far Rockaway: Warehouse 5000 sq ft. 14’ ceiling. Nameoke Ave. Electric discount available. Across from LIRR. Less than 1/2 mile from 5 Towns. 917-701-5065. Five Towns And Lynbrook: Professional/Medical space available for sale or lease call for more details. Lori Lewis 516-295-3000 Hewlett/Woodmere: Medical/Dental Spaces For Sale or Rent. We have all areas, all sizes. Call Randy Green @ Pugatch 516 295-3000 Lawrence: Burnside Ave. & Lincoln Place. Corner store 1,000 sq. ft., central a/c, with commercial space 2,000 sq. ft. Can be together or separate. 917-538-3003 Long Beach: Professional/Medical suites available with good Parking, call for more details. Lori Lewis 516-295-3000 Valley Stream: $Mid 20’s psf. 2300’/1300’ offices. Fully built out All redone. Pugatch.com Randy Green 516 295-3000 Valley Stream: Mixed Use Building For Sale $450K. 5200 SF @ traffic light. Completely renovated. Ample parking. Call Randy 516 2953000 pugatch.com Woodmere: Office suites for rent, all utilities included, copy center, conference rooms, free wifi, reception, 24/7 access, fully furnished, central 5Towns location, near LIRR, restaurants, call 516-374-6080 x 19 Woodmere: Medical Space For Rent $1250/ mo.Incl util. One exam room, share consult room, secty, waiting area. Pugatch.com Randy Green 516 295-3000 Woodmere: Bldg For Sale or Rent. 5500 sf can be divided. Info: Randy Green 516 295-3000

EDITORIAL

Vote on Tuesday. Yes, you! CONTINUED FROM P. A10 The Five Towns has become important to local politicians because we’ve been turning out to vote in large numbers. If every single person makes the effort to vote, our voice will once again be heard, and as the economy slowly shifts back to black, and the current efﬁciency-measures wending through

our County government take hold, the beneﬁts of political respect, appreciation, and deference will be seen and felt. On the Town level, high voter turnout also translates into high levels of governmental attention. So make sure you know where to vote, and go when you can. It’s like ﬂossing. Even if you hate doing it, it’s good for you. And it doesn’t matter whom

you vote for, or against. Just as long as every registered voter remembers that Tuesday is an important day for our community. And every vote counts. Oh, you may also want to try voting in the morning before heading off to work, you won’t be as tired, the sun will be shining and you’ll have shorter lines than at night – a great way to start your day.

DEAR THAT'S LIFE

“Hello, My Name is…” CONTINUED FROM P. A10 attained when both my name and my drink were correct. The irony becomes when I use one of my trusted aliases only for that name to be destroyed as well. Then I get really frustrated. As if lightning struck twice, I happen to have frequented the same coffee shop twice in one day but at very different times. (And if you think this is an opportunity to give me a lecture about coffee drinking, save it: I drink decaf.) The personnel had changed and I saw no one in common between my visits. Despite that, each visit elicited some kind of funny experience. While a normal person may have only had one such interaction, I am not normal. A low-maintenance coffee drinker, I only take milk in my cup of joe. Ear buds in and music blaring, I did not notice

anyone standing around me as I placed my order. “Name for the cup?” asked the gentleman behind the counter. “Mary,” I said as I took the bud out of my right ear, shortening my alias even further, laughing as I gave my fake name a nickname. “MARY?” said the gentleman behind me. I turned, only to notice a man, who seemed my age, wearing a yarmulke, standing right in front of me. “Really?” he said with a smile. Taking a good look at me, he did not believe my name was Mary, as it is not a name typically used by Orthodox Jews. I laughed. “It’s much easier than my real name,” I said, shrugging my shoulders. When my drink was ready, “Mary” picked up her coffee at the counter and went on her way. Later in the day, on my way home, I stopped back at the store, needing another drink before my commute. “Mary” was

so successful the last time, I tried it again. My iced coffee order placed, I waited for my current name to be called, except it never was. “Marie?” I heard, only to look up and see my drink on the counter, but with the wrong name. “A decaf iced coffee for Marie?” said the woman again. I could not believe it. Marie? Really? Come on. I knew she meant me, and yet, here I was. My pIan to have a simple, understandable name, was over. Even “Mary” wasn’t safe. I looked at the cup, saw the name and knowing I was back at the square one of name mispronunciations, I took my drink, my name now “Marie”. My face fell. Even my fake name was getting butchered. Stunned and dejected, I took the drink off the counter. Heading towards the door, feeling as if I needed to defend myself, I said in a barely audible voice, “My name is MARY.”

THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL

Two Girls for Every Boy CONTINUED FROM P. A11 them to migrate to the next person thereby avoiding emotional intimacy and commitment. In the 1930’s Duke Ellington penned a classic which is now in the canon of the Great American Songbook called “Sophisticated Lady,” which was covered by Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Linda Ronstadt among others. The depression-era lyrics are as valid today as they were nearly 80 years ago:

They say into your early life romance came And in this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I see you now Smoking, drinking, never thinking of tomorrow, nonchalant, Diamonds shining, dancing, dining with some man in a restaurant Is that all you really want? No, sophisticated lady, I know, you miss the love you lost long ago And when nobody is nigh you cry.v

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CONTINUED FROM P. A11 a bitter divorce case, a heartless, vicious mother-in-law is evicting a devoted and trusting daughter-in-law and her children from the daughter-in-law’s house of many years. Her husband and mother-in-law deviously, maliciously and fraudulently, in a pre-meditated and despicable plot, coerced her into signing

over her share of the deed to her house, believing she was signing tax forms. This was deliberately timed only days before her husband served this woman with divorce papers. This was a planned and plotted act between the husband and mother-in-law designed to cheat the daughter-in-law of her rightful share to her house, which is part and parcel of marital assets.

Eviction notice has been given to the daughter-in-law to move within a short period of time. If this eviction is not stopped, the woman will be out on the street with her children. This is an unconscionable, shameful and horrendous situation, which completely disregards basic human & moral values.

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Five Towns Bowl II – Hewlett vs. Lawrence in Playoff Opener CONTINUED FROM P. B4 the option. “He is the engineer of the offense,” Iaquinta said. “As the option quarterback goes, so does the offense.” They will also look to Sam Martorella, a home run threat at any time out of the backﬁeld on offense and on special teams returning kicks, to have a big game. “Our offensive line has to help us possess the ball by getting down and dirty and helping us pick up ﬁrst downs,” Iaquinta said.

Defensively, Iaquinta says his team needs to play as a cohesive unit in order to have success. “If we can limit their home runs and make them earn touchdowns, we can shorten the length of the game,” Iaquinta said. He also acknowleged the dangerous Fredericks brothers and said the best way to limit their effectiveness is to keep them off of the ﬁeld as much as possible. “They’re incredible,” Iaquinta said. “They are going to get their points when they possess. So, if we can limit the number of

times they possess the ball, like Bethpage did, that’s probably our best chance.” Special teams, Hewlett’s suprising strength this season, will also be a major factor in determining their success on Saturday. “We’ve got out punt them,” Iaquinta said. “We can’t give up any returns on kickoff or punts. They are going to score, so we need to get good returns on kickoffs to get good ﬁeld position.” Key players: RB/KR Sam Martorella (#6), QB Zach Richman (#7), RB/DB Jeremy Leguillow (#17)

NOVEMBER 4-10, 2011 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

FIRST PERSON

Woodmere Psychologist Tackling Abuse in Jewish Community Michael Salamon Releases his Fifth Book BY SUSAN VARGHESE

Standard Associate Editor

ong-time Five Towns resident, psychologist, and author, Michael J. Salamon is spreading awareness about abuse. Salamon has just released his ﬁfth book, titled Abuse in the Jewish Community: Religious and Communal Factors that Undermine the Apprehension of Offenders and the Treatment of Victims. “Early on, one of my internships was at a shelter for abused woman and children,” Salamon said. “ When I started working, I was exposed to several people with a history of abuse. And, because of the way it was handled in the Jewish community…well, it was basically not handled.” Salamon grew up in Cedarhurst and is currently a Woodmere resident. He is the founder and director of the Adult Development Center, Inc., a psychological practice in Hewlett. “My job, family and friends [made me stay in The Five Towns]. A lot of the same people I grew up with still live here,” Salamon said. He went to Queens College and then to Hofstra University for his doctorate. “I had a passion for music, I played guitar in bands, and put myself through school through playing gigs.” His latest book addresses the issue of abuse in the Jewish community, the factors, and signs of abuse, just to name a few. According to Salamon, the reasons of abuse being swept under the rug in the religious community, in all religions, are religious, psychological, and social factors. “Nobody wants to believe that you can be religious and still be abusive,” he said. “But, it happens… the Jewish mentality is that you don’t want to bring too much attention to yourself. You don’t want to advertise anything that can be misconstrued as overly negative about the population.” Salamon noted that lack of awareness is a huge problem in handling abuse. “I think the only

way to deal with it is to be more aware of it. I think that reporting abuse and abusers and teaching people how to recognize when they’re being abused is important…to understand when they’re being groomed into being in an abusive relationship and preventing it.” The signs of abuse can be subtle, Salamon explained. “The ﬁrst thing is that people don’t realize when

good explanation for why they developed it… the odds are that they had some traumas in their life.” Salamon’s past books include Every Pot Has a Cover, The Shidduch Crisis: Causes and Cures, Home or Nursing Home: Making the Right Choices, and The Basic Guide to Working With Elders. The Shidduch Crisis, is relat-

Every Pot Has a Cover The Shidduch Crisis: Causes and Cures they’re in an abusive relationship because the person who’s abusing tends to overly give them gifts and be attentive. But, slowly, over time makes small demands of them that eventually become increasingly abusive. Then they change the whole dynamic of the relationship and turn it into, ‘Well, if you really cared about me, you would…’ With children, it’s a matter of tricking them into a relationship and then scaring them. ‘I gave you a gift, why don’t you do this for me,’ or ‘If you tell your parents, I might have to kill them.’” Abuse can also lead to lifelong problems, Salamon said. “They develop all kinds of disorders, anything from eating disorders to severe depression to post-traumatic stress disorder to borderline personality disorder. The borderline personality disorder is one of the most important characteristics of someone that’s been abused. Someone who’s borderline that doesn’t have a

ed to the way people can be forced together in matchmaking and how it is reﬂected in the divorce rate in the Orthodox world. Salamon noted that the divorce rate for Orthodox people could be as high as 30 percent. Every Pot Has a Cover discusses the idea that people do better when they meet individually. Although they can be introduced to each other, if they’re given an opportunity to meet and see if they have any chemistry ﬁrst, they have a better chance at marriage. Salamon is married and has three children, but keeps his family and his practice separate. “We have a rule in the house, we don’t bring work home. I don’t bring it home with friends, either.” On his off time, Salamon noted that he still picks up his guitar. He writes songs, but shrugged it off, “Those aren’t that good,” he said. “I don’t have a favorite song, whatever strikes that particular moment. It could be Frank Sinatra one

HAFTR Sports Gearing up for Exciting Season CONTINUED FROM P. B5 leyball program too and a lot of it comes in a short period of time. We’re looking for the kids to have a really good competitive, spirited year and come out in full force. It’s rumored that you are making some changes to the athletic department, including new uniforms and a single name for all of the school’s teams. Tell us about little about what’s coming. We are not changing all of the uniforms and we are not going to a single name yet. That will probably come next year. The objective of our sports department is to be competitive and for the kids to have a great experience and also show that it’s not just about sports but sportsmanship as well and that’s something that we’re going to try to stress this year and the interaction between the kids and the other teams is more important than winning. What’s one sport that you’re particularly proud of? I’m proud of all the sports as long as there is good sportsmanship. I’m proud of all the teams. It’s not about winning or losing, as long as they are treating the other teams well. Tell us a little bit about yourself and your career with HAFTR. My ﬁrst year coaching at HAFTR was in 1987 as the basketball coach. I now coach the high school basketball varsity. I also coach the 8th grade basketball team. Two years ago, I became the Athletic Director and I’ve been trying to inject spirit into the school as well as the spirit of sportsmanship. That’s our goal, to get kids involved and root for their school and

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Michael J. Salamon

to play with sportsmanship. I’m the Athletic Director for all the schools, not just the high school, and there’s a lot going on with one gym. It is an interesting challenge and it’s amazing that the basketball team in particular has done so well without a home gym. It’s always a challenge for us. I think we’ve done well with the obstacles we’ve had. We have no gym for February and March because we rely on Lawrence Public Schools. So, I’m particularly proud of how our basketball team has competed. It’s something that we’re working on here though and I’m going to try to get a gym for the high school so that we have the same advantages as other teams in the league. How many games do you usually attend each week? I try to get to at least four of ﬁve games a week. Besides my own teams, I try to get over whenever I can for at least part of the game if the are playing at home. Tell me a little about coaching basketball. Basketball this season is more challenging than what we had last year. We had our 33-game regular season winning streak broken the other night. It’s a little more challenging than the teams we’ve had in the past, but we’re looking to compete. Hopefully we’ll make the playoffs and come playoff time, anything can happen. Is there anything else you’d like to add about the sports program at HAFTR? I’m just very proud of all of the kids and their efforts. With the Yeshiva schedule, it’s not that easy to have a dual curriculum and play sports at

the same time and it takes a lot more time and effort. I take my hat off to them. Speaking for all of the coaches, we appreciate the effort they put in and as a coach that’s all you can ask for. We’re looking forward to a great season.

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RE-ELECT Legislator

Howard J. Kopel Howard Kopel isn’t a professional politician. He’s a local businessman who ran for the County Legislature two years ago, promising to make the tough decisions necessary to cut spending, reform Nassau’s assessment system, and reverse the habit of endless tax hikes that were making Nassau unaﬀordable for our working families and seniors. Here’s what Legislator Howard J. Kopel, our community advocate, has accomplished for us: •

Supported two consecutive no tax increase budgets

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Cut county spending over $170 million

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Turned a $134 million deficit inherited from the previous administration into a $26.6 million surplus in his first year in office.

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Worked to eliminate the unfair 2.5% tax on home energy and electricity

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Eliminated unnecessary patronage jobs and cut the size of the county workforce to its lowest levels since the 1950s

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Stopped annual reassessments and made it easier for residents to grieve unfair and incorrect property value assessments

Legislator Howard J. Kopel Promises Made… Promises Kept

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