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Broker, District Looking for Buyers of Number Six School By Scott P. Moore

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The property of the Number Six School sits on Church Avenue in Woodmere, much of it with overgrown vegetation and some fencing surrounding a pole that proudly ﬂew Old Glory in the past. About a year and a half after the school shut its doors for good, the property has recently hit the market with its future on the line. “The building is out as a RFT,

or request for tender, process,” said John Pujia, a senior director at Greiner-Maltz Real Estate which is selling the 6.67 acre, 80,000 square foot property. The process takes proposals from several interested parties and checks intended users and the price they are willing to pay for their use of the property. The Number Six School, which was opened in 1955, served children in the area ranging from ﬁrst to ﬁfth grade until 2009. The Lawrence Board of Education de-

cided to close the school in June of that year when faced with a decision to close it or the Number Four or Five schools due to dwindling attendance. The move saved the district an estimated $1.25 million. “The seller is very open and entertaining many proposals right now,” said Pujia. “They want a timely deal with a reasonable price, but a lot of the uses might require a zoning change which would be at least a two-year process.” In order for a

deal to be completed, it would require all of the changes the Town of Hempstead and local residents would want. “A process like this could generate a higher home value because it might end up with a higher end buyer,” said Pujia. “New homes would not generate a boost as much as, say, a condominium.” The process is still in the early stages though, according to PuThe Number Six School, closed since 2009, still displays its shiny welcoming sign behind some overgrown plants. Photo by Scott P. Moore.

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Where to Get the Best in Holiday Gear By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

The holiday season is upon The Five Towns and in-between picking up gifts for the spouse, family and children, don’t forget to light the menorah or pick up a Christmas tree! In and around The Five Towns, there’s more than enough places to pick up a great assortment of beautiful holiday items for budgets of all sizes and people of all kinds.

Chanukah The menorah is the central piece of any Chanu-

kah celebration – akin to the evergreen trees for Christmas. Representing the miracle that took place in Jerusalem after the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the second century. The Temple only had enough pure olive oil to light the menorah for a single day, but the candelabra stayed lit for eight days. Menorahs come in a variety of shapes, sizes and compositions. Both Judaica Plus in Cedarhurst and Five Towns Judaica in Lawrence are fully stocked

with varying varieties for any budget with similar pricing. Both stores feature a simple 12 inch nickle menorah for only $14.99 and a similar silver-plated menorah for $19.99. Other more elegantly designed menorahs can be found at Judaica Plus and Five Towns Judaica ranging between $30 and $60 while glass menorahs, some of which were made in Israel, are upwards of $100. Ceramic menorahs with varying designs, including sports and ballerina themes are $109 while shoe and baseball themed menorahs are $29.99.

Menorahs, both traditional and artistic, can be found at Judaica Plus or Five Towns Judaica. Photo courtesy Art Judaica.

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With Chanukah Coming, Time to Make the Sufganiyot… By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

Chanukah is almost here, which means it’s time to get out the menorah, dreidels and… fry the donuts? That’s right, with the Festival of Lights just a few days away, many local kosher bakers and eateries are dishing out the dough and frying up some delicious jelly ﬁlled treats known as sufganiyot. At Delicious Dishes in Woodmere, owner Benny Roth is one of The Five Towns premiere creators of this delec-

table holiday treat. He sat down to talk about his recipe, as well as why he asserts that his sufganiyot are the best. “Everything we make in the restaurant, the special thing I do is I bless everything,” Roth said. “Just kidding.” To make the sufganiyot, Roth says the instructions are fairly simple. “You take the dough, you rise the dough,” Roth said. “Make sure it rises slowly, very slowly. You put it in hot oil – it has to be a temperature of 320 degrees.

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Put it in the oil for four minutes. Flip it over and let it sit for another three minutes to six minutes. Let it cool off. Put the jelly inside. Put powdered sugar on top and enjoy the food.” Easy enough, but Roth says he was taught by his son’s former teacher in Brooklyn. He says that he begins making the donuts toward the beginning of December, so that people can see them and taste them before the holiday. “The reason I make it early is because people should know

what I have here,” Roth said. “Until you walk in and you taste one today, I am sure for Chanukah you’re going to come and take my donuts. That’s one of the reason I make it early. I used to make it much, much earlier. Before I had this restaurant I had a bakery but we ﬁnished with Sukkot. Right away when we ﬁnished that holiday I went right in and started on Chanukah. So I always do it a couple weeks before. I want people to taste it before,

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Chabad Center Celebrates with Annual Dinner Photos BY SUSAN VARGHESE

he Jean Fischman Chabad Center of The Five Towns hosted their annual dinner cele-

bration on Sunday, December 11. The elaborate dinner and awards presentation were well attended at the Grand Ballroom of the Sephardic Temple in Cedarhurst. The guests of

honor included: Aryeh and Brocha Blumenthal, Dovie and Tzipi Faivish, Mitchell and Stacey Teller, Dr. Mendel and Faigie Warshawsk, and Leibel and Myrna Zisman.

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Where to Get the Best in Holiday Gear CONTINUED FROM P. A1 Looking for an easier way to clean up after the holiday? Judaica Plus features a very affordable “disposable” menorah made of tin for only $1.49. On the other side of the budget, a large sterling silver menorah will set you back over $1,600. Have younger children looking to have their own celebration? A colorful wooden menorah can be purchased for $40 at Judaica Plus. Fire-safe electronic menorahs can also be purchased at Judaica Plus for $24.99 and up. You can’t have a menorah without candles or oil and many stores feature a variety of candles to light up your holiday. Judiaca Plus has the largest variety, with candles ranging from bright blues, greens and yellows to more reserved colors. Environmentally conscious shoppers can pick up a pack of 45 organic vegetable wax candles for $5.99 at Judacia Plus while a pack of 45 Israel-made Safed Candles is only $7.99. 44 piece olive oil lights or a 45 piece gelled oil set can be purchased for only $26.99. The traditional Chanukah game of dreidel is often fun for both children and adults. Out of dreidels to spin? No fear – Judaica Plus also has a wide variety of dreidels, including those made of plastic, rubber or wood – all of which range between $0.25 and $0.80 and come in a variety of bright colors. Larger hollow plas-

tic dreidels are also available for upwards of $4.00, made speciﬁcally to ﬁll with candies or other goodies. Judaica Plus is located at 445 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst – (516) 295-4343. Five Towns Judaica is located at 311 Central Avenue in Lawrence – (516) 569-9690.

Christmas The Christmas season brings to mind many holiday scenes – chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at your nose and a Christmas tree decorated standing at your toes. Decorating a tree for the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ has its origins in 14th century Eastern Europe while other legends attribute the Christmas tree to Saint Bonaface, who lived during the seventh century. Either way, the tree has become a staple for the holiday season and symbol of life persisting through the seemingly dead Winter season. Artificial trees are more commonplace throughout the world due to their re-usability and the obvious benefit of keeping other trees alive longer. Various retailers sell both pre-lit and unlit trees, but an easy source to go for all Christmas gear is the Five Towns Shopping Center in North Woodmere on Rockaway Turnpike. There, Michaels, Kmart, Lowe’s and Smart Deal all sell trees of differing sizes, colors and types.

With Chanukah Coming, Time to Make the Sufganiyot… CONTINUED FROM P. A1 try it out.” During the holiday though, Roth will make from 50 to 100 donuts a day to meet his growing demand. “A week before Chanukah, I do it already from the morning and throughout the day and because many of them are going home with people for parties,”

Roth said. Roth doesn’t eat the donuts himself, due to his diet, but promises that they are delicious. Roth’s sufganiyot are 1.50 per donut, but he says if you order in bulk, he’ll make you a deal. “Why are my donuts the best?” Roth said. “I guess you’re going to have to come and taste it. Then you’re going to know.”

Benny Roth inspects his fried creations. Photo by Jonathan Walter

Broker, District Looking for Buyers of Number Six School CONTINUED FROM P. A1 jia, who said the current market for properties of this size was “slow and grinding,” although there has been some interest. He expected the turn around on the property to be between one-to-three years, but hoped to be reviewing the property with potential buyers in the next three-to-four months. Local interest has come in the form of some the local yeshivas, according to Pujia who said he could not reveal which had called. “We have a number of schools that have expressed interest in the property and developers,” he said. Many of the local area schools, however, were not willing to speak about their possible interest in the Number Six School. “HALB is going to study its options as far as it goes,” said HALB executive director Richard Hagler. He declined to comment further. Leslie Gang, a representative for the Hebrew Academy of the Five Towns and Rockaways (HAFTR), said the school had no public comment at this time concerning Number Six

School. HAFTR has previously purchased and uses the former Number Three School in Cedarhurst as it’s high school. The funds generated by the sale of the former Number One School site, closed in 2004, in Lawrence provided the district with an extra $17 million to help improves the remaining schools in the district. The property, formerly 260 Central Avenue, is now being redeveloped into a high-end condominium. Funds from the future sale of the Number Six School could help further improve the ﬁve remaining schools in the Lawrence School District. Lawrence Athletic Director Patrick Pizzarelli recently stated in an interview with The Standard that he hopes that some of the funds from the sale of Number Six would help build lighting for the high school’s sports ﬁeld, which was remodeled using funds from the sale of Number One School. Interested in the former Number Six School property? Contact John Pujia at Greiner-Maltz Real Estate at (516) 364-1000 or visit their website at www.greinermaltz.com.

Michael’s, known more for arts & crafts, has a three foot white tree with colored lights, perfect for the kids, for only $39.99. A four foot multicolored or clear lit tree is $99.99 while a seven foot pre-lit tree is $137. Kmart features a ton of trees, including a prelit four-and-a-half foot prelit tree for $79.99, a six footer with no lights for only $29.99 and even a ginormous nine foot prelit tree for $299.99. Super Deal lives up to the name with a four-and-a-half foot prelit tree for only $45.99 while they also feature a ﬁberoptic four-and-a-half foot tree for $59.99. Going the natural route? Lowe’s has a forest of trees in their garden area, allowing you to pick the speciﬁc tree you want to bring home. Trees, ranging from four to nine feet, are available between $29 and $59, depending on size and shape. Naturally, lights will be necessary for

a natural tree – Lowe’s features a 100 count box of clear lights for only $2.69 while Super Deal also has clear sets for $3.99 and a set that plays holiday tunes for only $5.99. Variety Connection in Cedarhurst also has an assortment of lights for around the same prices. Last minute presents means last minute wrapping and these stores come in handy again. Kmart sells individual rolls of wrapping paper for $2.19, but a pack of four is a bargain at $5.39. Super Deal also sells four packs of wrapping paper starting at $3.99. Kmart, Lowe’s, Michaels and Super Deals are all located at the Five Towns Shopping Center in North Woodmere on Rockaway Turnpike. Kmart can be reached at (516) 295-4186. Call Lowe’s at (516) 837-4057. Michael’s can be called at (516) 791-1526. Super Deals can be reached at (516) 5696925. Variety Connection is located at 450 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst – (516) 374-9546.

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NIFA Approves County Budget; Downgrade for Nassau’s Bonds, Legislature Approves Bus Deal By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

he Nassau Interim Finance Authority reluctantly approved Nassau County’s 2012 budget with a 5-2 vote last Thursday. Those voting in favor of the budget did so only because they feared the county would miss payroll and shut down if it didn’t. NIFA took control of the county’s ﬁnances earlier this year due to what they deemed a ﬁnancial crisis. Since then, they have been responsible for approving county spending. NIFA Chairman Ronald Stack called the plan “far from ideal,” but that the board was concerned about a shutdown if it weren’t approved. The budget includes $450 million in borrowing, which NIFA had previously said it wouldn’t approve. The borrowing includes $305 million toward property tax assessment settlements, $64 million towards judgment and settlements, as well as another $80 million toward termination pay. County Executive Mangano was pleased with the approval

of the budget, which he created. “The approval of this budget plan, developed by the County in consultation with NIFA, will put Nassau on the road to recovery,” Mangano said. “We have mapped out a plan, which requires bipartisan support of the Nassau County Legislature, to address Nassau’s ﬁscal instability now and for years to come.” The county has yet to receive the necessary concessions from county unions in order to avoid laying off workers. The deadline to reach these concessions is December 19th.

Bond Rating Downgrade Another victim of the financial crisis in Nassau is the county’s bond rating. Fitch Ratings cut the rating of the county’s $1.2 billion in general-obligation bonds to A+, Fitch’s fifth highest rating. The ratings cut comes in the wake of NIFA giving approval to the county to sell over $450 million in bonds over the next four years. In a statement, Fitch said that it anticipated NIFA’s takeover would “enforced a level of fiscal

discipline,” however, “Fitch has not observed improvement in that area.”

Private Bus Company Approved The Nassau County Legislature unanimously approved an agreement with Veolia Transportation on Monday amid questions regarding the stability of the company. The deal privatizes Long Island Bus and ensures that bus service will be provided to Nassau’s over 100,000 riders in 2012. Veolia recently announced that they planned to sell its subsidiary Veolia Transdev. Riders came out last week to protest the potential for Veolia to alter service. Democrats, who seemed to be showing bipartisanship in the agreement, said they felt they had no choice but to approve the plan or lose bus service next year. Republicans presented the Democrats with a “take it or leave it situation” according to Legislator Judi Bosworth (D). Republicans say the privatization will save the county $32 million annually.

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Ways to Help the Less Fortunate During the Holidays BY SUSAN VARGHESE

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ccording to the New York State Department of Labor, as of October 2011, there was still a 6.6 unemployment rate on Long Island. Additionally, there are over 259,000 Long Island residents that use soup kitchens, shelters and food pantries a year. In an effort to make the holidays of those less fortunate and in need a little brighter, several Long Island organizations host holiday and year-wide drives and donation collections. There are programs for everyone, from clothes for teenagers to pet adoption programs, all available locally.

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Toy Collection is collecting new and unwrapped toys. Wrapping will take place at the Woodmere Fire House from December 19 until December 22 from 7:30 a.m. until 10:00 p.m. RSVP is mandatory and must be emailed to dmandelbaum@rockandwrapitup.org. The distribution of gifts will be held on Christmas Eve. Volunteers are also needed. Contact dmandelbaum@rockandwrapitup.org for more information. Visit their website at rockandwrapitup.org.

The INN The INN has a network of soup kitchens to help the hungry and homeless. There are 19 soup kitchens across Long Island, including Long Beach, Freeport and Hempstead, and over 7,500 people are fed each week. They always need volunteers

Area Fire District Election Results BY AMANDA MAYO Standard Staff

ive Towns ﬁre districts held elections on Tuesday that resulted in a close write-in and two victories for challengers. Hewlett Bay Fire District reelected Commissioner Anthony Vacchio with a vote of 82-69. Paul Gressin was the challenger. In the Treasurer election, Joseph Breslin won with a vote of 86-54 against incumbent Benjamin Moleno. He will replace Moleno starting on January 1st. Hewlett Bay was the only district that held an election for treasurer. At the Woodmere Fire District, it seemed as though incumbent Timothy Pastor would be running unopposed for the position of commissioner. At the last minute, however, a write-in challenger, Avi Dubin, announced he was running as well. Pastor won with a vote of 148-37.

Alan Stern, a Woodmere resident, said that Dubin’s lastminute challenge leads him to question the motives of the candidate. “If we don’t even know they’re running until the morning of, and it’s a write-in, how could you possibly make a comparison between one candidate and another?,” he said, and added, “That might suggest an ulterior motive, in my view.” In the Inwood Fire District, Commissioner Thomas Havey won unopposed and received 65 votes. “I feel great and thank all the people who came out and supported me,” Havey said. Meadowmere Park Fire District saw a newcomer, Kevin Bennett Sr., win the commissioner seat. Bennett won against incumbent Ruth Samuelson with a vote of 47-44. Neither could be reached for comment. In North Lawrence, Andrew Reilly ran unopposed and won as commissioner.

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The Jewish Community Center of the Five Towns The kosher food pantry serves over 1,000 people and is always in need of donations, especially during the holidays. Non-perishable food items such as rice, soups, canned fruit, tuna, salmon, juice, cereal and other kidfriendly foods are being collected. Anyone who wants to donate can drop off food and packages to 1012 Central Avenue in Woodmere. (516) 295-5678.

The organization, founded by Far Rockaway resident Jeanette Lamb, delivers Kosher food to over 300 families in The Five Towns and Rockaways who can’t afford food for the sabbath. Volunteers deliver a food box every Thursday night, 52 weeks of the year. All money goes to towards the food and families, there are no administrative costs or headquarters. Anyone who wants to donate can send a check to Tomchei Shabbos of The Five Towns

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island organization is accepting donations for teenagers across Long Island. They pick up gently used items six days a week, such as clothing, coats, small household items and shoes. The donation pickups can be scheduled online at bbbsli.com.

Five Towns Community Chest The Community Chest has currently partnered with The Dime Savings Bank to host a toy drive. There’s a large toy box in the lobby of the bank that will be delivered to the less fortunate in The Five Towns Area. Any new and unwrapped toy can be brought to the branch. “We’re looking for the box to overﬂow,” Bob Block, director of The Five Towns Community Chest

Members of the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department and Cedarhurst Mayor Andrew Parise pose for a picture with Santa Claus at the Tree Lighting in Cedarhurst Park on Sunday evening. Photo by Scott P. Moore.

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Standard Sports

Hewlett Squeaks by Garden City for 48-45 Win TEXT AND PHOTOS By JONATHAN WALTER

he Hewlett Bulldogs labored through four quarters of basketball in a tough 48-45 win over the Garden City Trojans on Wednesday night at Garden City High School. The game featured multiple lead changes and ﬂat offenses by both teams with the score tied 34 points each through three quarters. The victory moves Hewlett to 3-0 this season. “It was a grind. We’ve just got to make it up in practice this week, but a win is a win,” Bulldog forward Weldon Irvine said. Hewlett came out strong to

start the game, going up 10-5, but then began offensive struggles that stretched until the game’s ﬁnal minutes. They allowed the Trojans to tie the game at 15, but point guard Harrison Brenner hit a three point shot to give the Bulldogs an 18-15 lead after a quarter. Hewlett’s worst quarter was the second. They only managed to score six points while allowing ten. Poor rebounding by the Bulldogs combined with tough interior defense by the Trojans forced Hewlett to talk lower percentage outside shots, which weren’t falling. “We didn’t contest enough shots and we gave up a lot of

second shots,” Hewlett Head Coach Bill Dubin said. “If we’re going to be better than a ﬁrst round playoff team, you’ve got to play better than this. There were too many turnovers down the stretch and soft shots were picked off for easy lay ups for the other team. It just wasn’t good basketball.” Hewlett did pick it up a bit offensively and defensively in the third period, but not enough to establish them as the better team in the game. They outscored Garden City 10-9 to tied the game at 34 with a quarter left to play. Hewlett was able to get the offense rolling again in the fourth quarter with some clutch free throw shooting combined with tough defense that limited Garden City’s opportunities. “We’ve been practicing our free throws for this kind of opportunity to put a game away,” Irvine said.”

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Forward Avery Feldman hit some tough jump shots over defenders to help secure a lead that went as high as four points in the fourth quarter. Weldon Irvine was perfect on his free throw attempts in the game’s last few minutes and the Trojans were unable to overcome the deﬁcit. “They were packing the paint and forcing us to come out of our game, and we didn’t do what we had to do to be successful,” Dubin said. “It was our third game in a row that we grounded out and that’s always helpful, but it shouldn’t be this hard for a team of our caliber. We’ve got Jericho and the Southside next and we’ll have to play a lot better than this to beat those teams.” The team’s next game is Friday on the road at Jericho High School at 7:00 p.m. In the end, the team was happy to walk away with a victory. “It wasn’t the kind of win that we’d like to get, but a win is a win, so we’ll work hard tomorrow in practice and come out Friday in our game against Jericho and take out our frustrations from this game,” Feldman said.

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Harrison Brenner looks to score a basket.

Avery Feldman: 19 points, 5 rebounds Weldon Irvine: 15 points, 15 rebounds, 3 steals Harrison Brenner: 6 points, 2 assists Dimitri Baptiste: 5 points

Avery Feldman tries a jump shot.

Lawrence Dominates East Meadow 79-48. Robinson Scores 32. By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

ueled by the scoring duo of junior guard Eddie Robinson and sophomore Dexter Daniel, the Lawrence Golden Tornadoes (3-0) continued their winning ways in a non-league boys’ varsity basketball game against Clarke High School of East Meadow (0-2) on Wednesday night, easily taking the win, 79-48. Things spun the Golden Tornadoes’ way right out of the gate, opening with an 8-0 run only two-and-a-half minutes into

the game. By the end of the ﬁrst quarter, Lawrence’s offense had taken full control of the game with a commanding 18-7 lead. Dwayne Daniel and senior guard A.J. Gallo each drained a three-point shot during a 22-point second quarter that gave Lawrence a lead it would not relinquish throughout the game. The Tornadoes’ defense, less talked about than its offensive weapons, kept an outmatched Clarke team off balance during the entire ﬁrst half, limiting the team to only 21 points at half time. Eddie Robinson helped get the ball back into the offense’s hands by

pulling in 16 rebounds. “A lot of the offense led from the defense and it helped us score,” said Robinson. “We just played good defense tonight.” “We preach defense,” said Coach Joseph Supple. “A few of our seniors got our defense going and led to some buckets in the game.” The third quarter put the nails in the cofﬁn for Clarke as Lawrence’s offensive machine swung into high gear out of the gate. Robinson, who had already accumulated 19 points by the half, put on a basketball clinic fall those in attendance. The junior spun and

dove every which way, giving him 10 points in the quarter before nailing a three-pointer with time expiring for the quarter. The shot, his last on the evening, gave Robinson a season-high 32 points in the game. “Eddie brought intensity from the opening tip tonight,” said Supple. “That’s why we count on him as an emotional leader. He was able to Eddie Robinson shows off some slick moves as drives for layup.

Photo by Scott P. Moore. “I think we still need to get better,” said Supple. “Obviously 3-0 is better than 0-3, but we’re not we need to be yet to get to where we want to be, so we’ll keep working and come back tomorrow for another game.” The Lawrence Golden Tornadoes’ boys’ varsity basketball team will have played another game on Thursday against West Islip’s St. John the Baptist High School. See our website Friday morning for the score and details about the game. The team’s next game afterwards will be on December 23rd against Mineola’s Chaminade High School at 4:00 p.m.

really get on the glass... and tonight he really led us.” “We had a good week of team practices,” said Robinson. “It was just a great team effort out there tonight.” With the game’s score standing at 68-27 heading into the fourth quarter, Supple pulled many of the team’s starters, giving many of the bench players as well as Clarke a chance. The Clarke offense managed to score its most points on the evening during the fourth quarter, 21, but the victory belonged to Lawrence when the ﬁnal buzzer sounded with a ﬁnal score of 79-48.

Notes: Robinson’s 32 points and 16 rebounds gave him a doubledouble on the evening... Daniel was second on the team with 23 points... Gallo also reached double digits with 11 points in the game... Lawrence is averaging over 72 points per game through their first three games this season, opponents are only averaging just under 51 points per game... Hewlett and Lawrence are the only team’s in their division with a perfect pre-league game record.

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Eddie Robinson: Taking the Long Pass to Shooting the Long Shot Text and Photos by Scott P. Moore

few weeks ago before temperatures dipped into the lower 40s for the rest of the year, football season was still alive and well in The Five Towns. The Lawrence Golden Tornadoes, Nassau County’s Conference III Champions, were set to take on the Suffolk County Champion Sayville Golden Flash-

es. With most of the pregame predictions focused on the three Fredericks brothers and quarterback Joe Capobianco, most of the team’s other players slipped under the radar. When the game started though, junior Eddie Robinson stepped into the spotlight. He became a target for Capobianco throughout the game, receiving multiple passes and breaking two Long Island Championship

LWA’s Jeff Weiss: No Cut Policy Yields Championship Program By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

hrough many changing teachers over the years, there has been one constant at Lawrence Woodmere Academy, Athletic Director Jeff Weiss. While modest about his accomplishments, Weiss has helped lead the basketball team to many league championships and two state championships. He currently coaches the boys soccer team and the boys basketball team and is also a physical education teacher at the school. His revered status has lead to their basketball court being named in his honor. Weiss recently sat down with The South Shore Standard to discuss history, the current status of the sports program, as well as himself. What kind of success has Lawrence Woodmere Academy athletics enjoyed over the years? As you know, I’ve been here a long time. I started in September of 1988, so that’s forever, or at least it seems like it is. But this school is a great place, so that’s why I’ve stayed. Truthfully, our athletic department is built upon encouraging the kids to participate. It’s a no cut policy and it always has been. We can do that for a lot of reasons. We have multiple teams and it’s a small school. We take the attitude that we don’t want to tell a kid that you can’t play. If you want to play, and are willing the put the effort and work in, whether you’re experienced or inexperienced, we want you to experience all of the things that school sports has to offer, including being on a team and all of the social and peer things that go along with sports. So we encourage participation. In the context of doing that we’ve been fortunate because we’ve remained fairly competitive. So it’s not like we’ve taken that no cut policy and fielded teams of completely inexperienced players who go out and get crushed every game. We’ve remained competitive over the years. It’s been cyclical. Our girls sports are taking a little bit of a hit, but there are signs that it’s going to get better. Our girls soccer team, for about a five year period was very strong. We were in the New York State Independent Tournament. We’ve had a girl, Caroline Bonaparte go on to play as the captain of North Carolina’s national championship team. Our girls basketball teams has won couple of league championships and there was a couple of years where we had a girl named Emily Glazer, who was a pitcher on our softball team. She was MVP of the league and won the championship twice here with us. I guess the focus here has been the boys basketball since it has been at the forefront of our success, but our girls sports teams have also done really well over the years as well as this year’s boys soccer. It’s just that the basketball has remained the one constant and has been pretty strong. The boys baseball team also has been the league finals for the past two years. I think overall, considering the small school that we are, our teams have achieved an unbelievable amount of success and I think that’s a reflection of

Lawrence Woodmere Academy Athletic Director Jeff Weiss our coaches being really positive with the kids and helping them reach their potential. What is the current status of Lawrence Woodmere Academy Sports? How did you guys do in the fall? What’s going on right now, and what do we have to look forward to in the spring? Our girls volleyball team, for the first time that I can remember, finished the league in second place and lost in the league finals, which was a great season for them. Our boys soccer team really bounced back from what was the first year in quite some time that they did not make the playoffs. They were a very young team, but this year they bounced back and had a great year. We ended up losing in the semi-finals, but faced a really strong independent school league. Our girls soccer team had a tough fall. They are a very young group. This winter, our basketball teams are off to good starts. Our girls won their first league game and our boys varsity is 6-1 after losing to the league champs this week, with one game left to play before the break. That was a tough game. This spring, all of our teams are going to do well. Our boys tennis team has always been historically strong. This year’s team will feature a nationally ranked player named Lebedev. He’s a freshman. Girls softball should feature a little bit of an upswing this year. Everyone is back. And our boys baseball team has a lot of kids back including Jakob Cayne who was our stud pitcher for the past couple years. I think they are well situated to have a very strong season. We lose kids, but we always seem to find players who step up and we’ve just had a number of years in a row now where our sports program has been very strong in general. What is one sport that you are particularly proud of? I think one sport that has really stood out is our boys basketball. Over the years, we’ve had a multitude of players who have gone on to play in college and even the professional ranks. We’ve won a lot of league championships, so many that I can’t even count off of the top of my head. It’s been our signature program. With our league titles, it’s gotten a lot more press. Tell us a little bit about your background. My background is a little bit weird. I was always a sports guy. I played all through high school and college. I went to school for something unrelated, graduating from Hofstra Law School in 1986. I was admitted to the bar, makes no sense. I worked for a friend of mine who had a law firm in New

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records with eight receptions for three touchdowns and 238 receiving yards. While Lawrence went on to lose the slugfest, Robinson took the loss in stride and quietly began preparing for basketball. “People started to recognize me as a football player this season,” he said. “I think everyone’s starting to get it back, though, that I love basketball.” With one season over, another would begin for him. Last season, a then sophomore Robinson surprised many with his aggressive plays and high scoring games. Down the stretch of the team’s ﬁnal six games, Robinson averaged 12 points and eight rebounds. But basketball isn’t a new game for one of the Golden Tornadoes’ leaders, it’s a way of life. “My mom and dad both played basketball in college,” said Robinson, whose twin sister Nicole and younger brother also play basketball. “They got us

While playing football, Robinson was the wide receiver and broke two records in this year’s Long Island Championship game.

into playing from a very young age. We just picked up on it. we’ll occasionally play some e two-ontwo.” The Woodmere native ive said d he has always loved basketball since he can remember mber and was a big Miami Heatt fan before their recent powerhouse house acquisitions; he now ﬁnds ds himself rooting on the local New w York Knicks. He was still a big fan of the Heat’s pointt guard Dwayne Wade. Training, he says, is not just something he does because he has to

– he does it because he loves to. “I think this year I did d di d a much better job of preparing for the season, shooting-wise,” he said. “Every morning I come into the school gym at 6:00 a.m. before school

starts and get shots out and its really helped out.” Coming fr from the hard hitting Robinson said his style football, Rob won’t change much – he’s of play won’ still going to be aggressive out on the court. always be aggressive out “I’ll alway translate it into basketthere, I’ll tra little bit,” he said. “The ball for a litt conditioning is different cond for it, but I’m there fo now.” n With a great season last year for the basketball team, expectations are high for a repeat perforfo mance after making ma the playoffs last year, especially with Robinson peci and ssophomore Dwayne leading the team on the Daniel leadi Robinson said he wants to court. Robin improve on his All-County season from las last year and take it to the next leve level. “I expect many of the same things as last year, just better,” he worked extremely hard in said. “I work offseason. Losing the chamthe offseaso game [last year against pionship gam Manhasset] really hurt and as soon as it en ended, I went out and started shoo shooting again. Before football practice, I was and after foo too.” shooting, too Robinson said last year’s successes have one thing on his championship. mind – a cha “I want it to better than last year,” he sa said, noting the team came up ju just short. “The team comrodery iis so much better this year and I could tell from the practice.” ﬁrst practice He added: “It’s more like a famthis year, and so far, I ily setting th think that cchampionship could really be our ours.”

Robinson leads the basketball team in points so far this season and recently scored 32 against Clarke.

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EDITORIALS

Cleaning up Restaurants

ast week we ran a story on our front page called “No Transparency for Restaurant Eaters” (you can find it online at http://standardli.com/?p=5113) where we reported that unlike New York City where restaurants are required to post a letter grade in the front windows from the city’s health department and unlike Suffolk County which has an extensive, easily accessible website where you can find out anything and everything you might ever want to know about a dining establishment’s cleanliness, here in Nassau consumers are left totally in the dark. Why should Nassau be the “black hole” sandwiched in between the dual transparencies of New York City and Suffolk County? While Nassau does have a team of health inspectors and they do reportedly issue fines and violations, there is no way in heaven that any average citizen can find out what’s going on with the inspectors or the restaurants short of filing a formal Freedom of Information (FOIL) request for each individual restaurant. This is a weeks-long process fraught with a Dantean purgatory of bureaucratic obfuscation and even if you successfully get the FOIL data, it will be weeks old and irrelevant. There is no county website listing good guys, bad guys and filthy guys. There are no grades or ratings posted in restaurant windows. Basically it is caveat emptor – in this case, let the diner beware. When we go out to eat in Nassau County we dine in the dark and it is the restaurant patron that shoulders all the risk. While we’re sure that the majority of eateries are adhering to basic standards and levels of cleanliness, there just simply is no way to know – no way to avoid the places with unsanitary conditions and no way to reward the restaurants that are consistently spotless. With all he draconian budget cutting going on in Mineola, here is something County Executive Ed Mangano and the Legislature can do that will quite literally cost next to no money and improve the quality of life for all of Nassau’s residents – the County doesn’t have to build an expensive interactive website (although that would be nice in this day and age – how is the health department keeping track of their own inspections if not on computer and if it’s not computerized, what, is this 1952?) all that needs to be done is to mimic the letter-grade system in use in New York City, print 8 ½ x 11 posters with grades of A, B, C and D on them and give these to the health inspectors who supposedly are out at the restaurants all the time anyway and compel restaurateurs to put these grades in their front window. The wheel need not be reinvented here – let’s just copy NYC’s whole system (including their appeals process for restaurant owners) and shine some sunlight on Nassau dining. Restaurants are an important part of our local economy – let’s encourage more dining out by increasing the confidence of prospective patrons in the cleanliness and sanitary practices of our restaurants. We urge the Legislature to bring a bill to the floor to shed the light of day on restaurant cleanliness. This should be a bi-partisan issue – keeping Democrats, Republicans and even Independents safe from slovenly establishments and the potentially adverse gastro-intestinal ramifications that can come from walking into the wrong eatery.

A DEMOCRATIC VOICE

THE TIME FOR CHANGE IS NOW By DAVID FREEDMAN

found myself aghast the other day while driving home from work. Two police cars with lights and sirens going were unable to advance down Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn because four cars in front of them, two in each lane, refused to pull over to let them through. I had already pulled over to let them pass and remained on the side of the street watching as the police cars were honking their horns and barking into their microphones. Despite all that, they still refused to move and the police were forced to go up onto the sidewalk to get around them. I hate to think what they were responding to, who was depending upon them for help. Yet the simple act of pulling over to let a police car pass through was ignored by no less than four cars. It got me to thinking about how the world has changed since I was a child some 50+ years ago. I grew up in Brooklyn off Ocean Parkway and Avenue P in a neighborhood that was a small village unto itself. People said “Good Morning” to you and greeted you kindly and watched out for you if you had a problem. Today, people are more likely to have an electronic instrument driving their attention. Text messaging and Facebook or Twitter

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.

Ban Texting Nationwide

his week the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) came out with broad-based recommendations that all manner of mobile communications devices be made illegal while driving a motor vehicle. The NTSB called on states to voluntarily enact this kind of legislation. Presently, only nine states ban cell phone use (non-hands-free) while driving, while more prohibit texting, including New York. The evidence from a variety of sources including the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety also conclusively point to use of mobile devices while driving as contributing significantly to driver distraction and an escalation in serious and fatal accidents. This is especially true for young drivers from 17-24. An even more toxic driving combination is using a mobile device while under the influence or drugs or alcohol – and during this holiday season you can bet your bottom dollar that late at night a lot of young partiers will be doing just that. Our Congresswoman, Carolyn McCarthy has authored a bill, H.R. 2333 (the Safe Drivers Act) that would establish a nationwide ban on texting while driving, just as there is a national standard for alcohol impairment while behind the wheel. The bill “directs the Secretary of Transportation to establish minimum regulations that ban the use of hand-held mobile devices on a public road while operating a moving or idling motor vehicle, except in the case of an emergency. There are exclusions, including voice-operated, vehicle-integrated devices, as well as voice-operated GPS systems.” We applaud and support Representative McCarthy in this initiative. We don’t know whether in the current environment (and without multiple Republican co-sponsors) if the bill will even get out of committee – but it is a worthy effort to try and keep folks safe while hurtling about.

is the new way to relate. It is impersonal and allows people to engage in behaviors they wouldn’t dream of, if they had to face people directly. The availability of instant news has made the world small and impersonal. It has also led to behaviors that are abusive, mean and hurtful, because in the name of anonymity, one can claim no harm, no foul when the opposite is the truth. When I first got involved in politics some 40 years ago as a young teenager working for Steven Solarz, politics was more personal and less mean. People didn’t have their lives on open display and politics had some sense of propriety. Of course, just as now, the ones who were the holiest than thou were also the ones with the most baggage, yet then we were less likely to see it outright. Today, good people, who would make great candidates and great leaders shy away from running because the fishbowl is too large and every nuance of their lives is subject to lurid exposure. Mistakes made in a person’s youth loom large when they choose to run today. Casual conversations spoken in one era are judged in light of today’s political correctness and can disqualify many a fine man and woman from running. The result is a Congress that cannot govern and leadership who will not lead. There is a difference between reaching a compromise and giving up your principles to accomplish a particular thing. Too often we see this occur. Let me say that a Congress that would consider balancing the budget on the back of the working man should be removed in the next election. Social Security should be sacrosanct. Health and safety regulations to protect workers have to be off the table. No cost savings justifies lives ruined due to death or injury in the name of cost savings. Money spent for education is the VERY BEST investment of our national monies and to continue to let it

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SOAPBOX

Too Small to Save

By Joel Moskowitz

hen I was growing up we were taught to believe that there was nothing we couldn’t accomplish here in the good ole U. S. of A. That belief was not just some form of hyperbole, it was the truth. Opportunity was available to all, no mater what class you came from. There are generations of people who grew up in lower and middle class families that went to City College, usually working their way through it, who ended up going to law school, medical school, business school and various other professional schools. From these strivers came out judges, professors, top ﬂight doctors, engineers, journalists, businessmen, political leaders and even a Joint Chiefs Chairman. The merchant class made up most of the rest and employed most of the workforce. Jobs were available and the feeling that the next generation will succeed just as well if not more was palpable. America had a social compact with its citizens embedded in the founding of this union that guaranteed the freedom to improve one’s quality of

Joel Moskowitz is a writer and businessman who resides in Lawrence. He is married with three children and prides himself on being outspoken. Comments can be sent to yoelmosk@aol.com.

life through hard work and resilience. Through blood and protests these freedoms over time extended to those who for many years were not given that equality. Our country was in constant motion evolving to form a more perfect union. Our democracy was a meritocracy and stories of rags to riches were abundant. There was no height that could not be reached. Our leaders seemed to have a handle on how to deal with the problems we faced and more importantly found a way to implement what needed to be done with compromise. Dessent, though sometimes acrid, seemed genteel compared to now. I remember a time not long ago, when a job also got you health insurance and a pension plan. Loyalty to the firm was usually met with reciprocal loyalty. Patient investment bought you a nice nest egg. Assets were actually backed by something and esoteric financial creations made by overleveraging value did not exist. When companies failed, they failed. When individuals met misfortune, society had a consensus to help prop them up. Cliché alert; life was simpler back then. Things are certainly different now. Depression in college students is at an all time high. Graduates from all levels of colleges, Ivy League included, have difficulty finding work. When work is found, the wages are too low. Many jobs come with no company participation in health insurance, those that do, contribute very little. There is no such thing as a pension anymore unless you

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ome weeks are easier to write than others. Whether it is sitting down to write something exciting, intelligent or even intelligible, sometimes the computer screen remains blank longer than I would like before I am able to put my thoughts down on “paper.” Numerous factors often impact on my ability to fluidly and easily write my column. Within five days, we have had three weddings and two funerals, both for people who died suddenly and had not been ill. To say that these two extremes have thrown me for a loop is an understatement. Faced with my own mortality, sitting next to others feeling the same way, picking myself up has not been as simple as I had hoped. Our community has been fraught with tragedy over the last few months, all of which has taken emotional tolls on many. Leave it to my life, however; something strange occurs, leaving me in stitches, serving as a clear reminder that crazy follows me everywhere and, more importantly, that life goes on. I interpret these events as sign from G-d that despite the tough ties in which we may find ourselves, this, too, shall pass. What makes some of these events funnier is when they happen to friends of mine, rather than to me. I have warned many of them that if crazy follows me, it may surely follow you as well. And to be honest, it is nice to sit back and watch crazy happen to someone else sometime. Calling a friend who lives out of state, I told her of the goings on in my life. “Give me some good news,” I begged her, the funerals taking their tolls. Without so much as a pause in her story, she told me of her husband’s cousin who was engaged to be married, for the first time in his life, at the age of 72. Seems he had dated and fallen in love with a woman 40 years ago. Because of complicated circumstances, they did not marry then. She subsequently dated and married another man, with whom she raised a family, while this cousin remained alone. Upon the recent death of her husband, the 72 year old ex-boyfriend called to express his condolences. What that call rekindled, however, was a spark in both of them which had existed for four decades. They are now engaged, laughing and in love like teenagers. And while my friend joked that all the happy couple will do now is drive each other to doctor’s appointments, so be it: at least they are doing together. “Isn’t that the nicest news you’ve ever heard?” she asked me. “Yes,” I said, meaning that whole heartedly, a true ray of sunshine, just at the right time. Because of the column, I have become accustomed to random people asking me

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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.

DEC. 1622, 2011 • THE SOUTH SHORE STANDARD •

THE LEGENDARY DANNY O’DOUL

WHAT IS THE “TRUE CHARACTER” OF WOODMERE?

can’t tell you how many times a day someone stops me and tells me that I, The Legendary Danny O’Doul, is the “True Character” of Woodmere. Well, actually I can. It is slightly more than the number of red light cameras which pepper Peninsula Boulevard, dotting the otherwise fast-moving thoroughfare like those annoying speed bumps in mall parking lots. So, am I really the “True Character” of Woodmere? I don’t think so. While I am perhaps the most beloved celebrity mascot of this otherwise laid-back hamlet, maybe even the “Donald Trump” of the Five Towns, and, therefore, perhaps a “character,” I am NOT the “True Character of Woodmere.” This moniker describes a “what” and not a “who.” Therefore, we need to begin, again. What is the “True Character” of Woodmere? Well, that is difﬁcult to answer. After all, this brand-less hamlet is not yet an Incorporated “Village” (despite beautiful green wooden golden-embossed signs along the roadsides on Broadway to the contrary). Thus, the just as I am a man without a village, the Hamlet of Woodmere, is a place without an clear image. It is easy to envision Woodmere, especially the more than half-empty downtown business district, as not more than an elaborate byway taking the traveler from Cedarhurst or Lawrence to Hewlett. While Hewlett is also not technically a “village,” it seems to be doing a little better than Woodmere, mainly due to its leading role as a center for the “Beauty Arts” and as home to many prominent doctors and medical services providers. That, and it has several sitdown restaurants of recent ac-

claim and, even Trader Joe’s -- the largest “free coffee emporium” in the Western World! So, back to Woodmere. Before, I tell you the unique places that are located in Woodmere, I will first tell you what Woodmere needs to determine its Manifest Destiny and establish its “True Character.” Well, we definitely need attract a First-Rate Cigar shop like “Cigar Superstore” on Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream. A hamlet with as many successful and prosperous business people requires it. I believe we should offer tax incentives to Cigar Superstore, so that by doing so we help defray the onerous new “tobacco taxes” which our former Gov. Patterson, instituted just before he finished warming up the Governor’s Throne for Mr. Cuomo! This “Woodmere Cigar Superstore,” will feature many premium “no-name” Honduran Robusto cigars – as the area’s cigar smokers love their smokes, but also love a great deal! The “sitting/smoking area” will, of course, feature “free coffee,” which will also be a codified requirement in every bank in the “Village” of Woodmere! Now, what is else is “Better in Woodmere?” (not a new slogan proposal, but just a real question)! Well, here in Woodmere we enjoy “Free Parking.” The amazing thing about free parking is that since we were kids we were conditioned to love free parking. Just think back to the epic Monopoly games of our youth when we would all shoot for landing on “free parking” and scooping up big progressive jackpots which began at $500. So, as Martha Stewart would say: “Free Parking is a GOOD thing! And, we got it here!

This is The Legendary Danny O’Doul preaching the gospel of “Free Parking and Free Coffee for all!

Now, “Woodmere…Park Free or Die” is definitely a great rallying catchphrase and all carowning Woodmerians will be require to sport our official bumper sticker with this slogan – a great war chant that all of us can really get behind! But, Woodmere is about more than just free parking and free coffee. It is about the our great spirit of pitching in during a flood and throwing an emergency extension chord to our neighbor who lost power. It is about our historic and beautiful Prep School Campus that is “The Woodmere Academy” and it is about our fine, brave and fearless volunteer Fire Corps. We boast many prominent houses of worship and my dear friend, Joel Baruch’s “Gotta Get A Bagel” and his neighboring competitor “Bagelo.” While we have a steak house, we lost two sushi restaurants in as many years. But, we are the home to the magnificent “Rabenko,” who attracts a celebrity clientele from the farthest reaches of The Five Towns. Let’s also not forget local landmark -- Desetta’s Nursery -- where plants, flowers and, even, mulch have been available since Biblical Times! So, we certainly do have a lot and life is really better in Woodmere. That still leaves us with our branding issue: what should be our descriptive moniker, to rival, say NYC’s “Big Apple”? Well, I have given this much deep thought and I have hearkened back to our beginnings as a farming community and the playground for the rich and famous, and then looked to our bright future. I think I have just the right nickname – “Woodmere: The Shining Star of The Five Towns.” Let us reflect the really good things that we Woodmerians enjoy and what we all aspire to become. I know that when we revel in our civic pride we will come to the only next logical choice -to finally incorporate Woodmere as a “Village,” and appoint The Legendary Danny O’Doul as it first Legendary Mayor!

THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL

Eye of Newt “Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting, Lizard’s leg, and howlet’s wing,-For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.” -- Macbeth (IV, i, 14-15)

hakespeare knew that “eye of newt” was a key ingredient for the roiling cauldron where Macbeth’s witches were conjuring up potions, ghosts and casting spells to help Macbeth attain the crown. The Oxford English Dictionary defines “newt” as “a small slender-bodied amphibian with lungs and a well-developed tail, typically spending its adult life on land and returning to water to breed.” For those of you who may have been living under a rock these past few weeks (or since the 90s), the word “Newt” has been ubiquitous in the news because former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is now the latest in a never ending series of wannabee Republican Presidential nominees to have attained front runner status in January’s coming caucuses and primaries. Gingrich’s real first name is Newton. Middle name of Leroy. Most famous “Newts” throughout history typically were “Knutes,” or a derivative with a “K” and no “w” in the mix. In the 20th Century there naturally was Knute Rockne, the legendary and storied Notre Dame football coach. In the Middle Ages there was King Cnut(e) The Great who ruled England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweeden from 1016 to 1035. And let’s look at the Newtons – there was Sir Isaac Newton who created the laws of gravity (among other prescient scientific inventions such as the first practical reflecting telescope and was one

of the creators of calculus) and there are many other famous or near famous individuals with “Newton” in their names: There was Huey Newton who lead the Black Panther Party and two very comely entertainers, the singer Juice Newton and the actress Thandie Newton. A “middle Newton” would be Olivia Newton-John of “Grease” fame. There are many places named “Newton,” among them Newtons in Massachusetts, Texas, Georgia, Wisconsin and even New Jersey. There are “Newtons” in the UK, Australia and even Singapore. Two craters, one on the moon and one on Mars are named “Newton.” Probably and arguably the most famous of the Newtons would be the “Big Fig Newton,” that soft and chewy cookie-cake hybrid that’s been around for well more than a century and manufactured by the fine folks at Nabisco, which is a take on millennia of fig pastries from across the globe. Newtons now come not just in fig, but in fat free fig, whole grain fig, strawberry, raspberry, minis and mutant Newtons in the form of “fruit thins” and “fruit crisps” (whatever they are). No less of a presence these days as the cookie, former House Speaker Newt(on) Gingrich is sallying forth on his quest to be President of these here United States. His main competitor is a guy named “Mitt.” We have an incumbent named “Barack.” What does it say about the state of our nation that the most likely occupants of The White House all have names like “Newt,” “Mitt” or “Barack?” I submit for your consideration that this is the very essence of the crisis that is plaguing our great nation right now – the utter dearth of Toms, Dicks or Harrys (or even Franks or Bills) who are in serious contention to run this august republic. We have become a country of

To the Editor, Thank you for running an article about the water issues we are experiencing in The Five Towns. (November 25th issue, “Residents Trying to Clear-up Bad Water”) Your paper’s accurate coverage and continued interest in this subject are greatly appreciated by the residents of our beautiful neighborhood. I wanted to let you know that the survey I posted will be open for responses for one more week and that as of today I have received 92 responses. 87 responses responded YES when asked if they experience brown water in their Five Towns home. Thank you,

Tova Plaut Cedarhurst

Keystone Cop Candidates for Fire District To the Editor, In the interest of full disclo-

sure -- my son has been a member of the Woodmere Volunteer Fire Department for over 15 years as an EMT and Firefighter. He is also a Commissioner. He participates in ongoing training all year, at nights during the week and Sundays. Of course, there are the never ending calls at all times. He expresses his love of community service with perhaps 20 -30 others who share his religious preferences. This week, Tim Pastor won reelection as a Commisioner for another five year term. He has served the community for 25-30 years as a member of the department. He defeated a last minute, write in candidate. Competition is a healthy condition for any public office. It allows the electorate to make informed judgments. We expect candidates to have some serious interest, experience, or expertise in the office being contested. This week’s write-in candidate was never a member of any fire department, had no knowledge

characters, cartoon or otherwise and these animated avatars offer us mere plebeians the crumbs instead of the cookie, rhetoric instead of gravitas, cacophony instead of symphony. So help me, as much as I like Newt’s position on Israel (Mitt’s is pretty good too…) I find it hard to take someone seriously who walks around with a first name like Newt. When I hear the name “Mitt,” I think of weekend softball games and the new baseball mitt I bought at Mo’s last year (although to be fair, Mitt Romney did a pretty good job running the Salt Lake City Olympics). It is a sad and sorry state of affairs that three years into the progressive experiment that is the Obama Administration our great nation has no one better to put forward to slay the Barack dragon than the aforementioned Newt and Mitt. By comparison to all the raging mediocrity surrounding us, the late President Gerald Ford is actually starting to look good by comparison. We have no end of lizardlike Newts (the reptilian kind) from both parties slithering around the national body politic – Newts who defy the laws of gravity, who sing out of key, who clamor for our attention. The baby-boom leaders are cheap knock-offs compared to those who governed here through most of the prior century – when men were men, women were women, strangers didn’t call you by your first name, telephones weighed eight pounds and lasted for decades, oil and gas were cheap, we didn’t carry untold credit card balances, we listened to Pink Floyd on LPs and cassettes and drove cars the size of Patton tanks. We’re weeks away now from the first primaries and 10 months of nonstop campaign-

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By Scott P. Moore & Susan Varghese

tumped trying to ﬁnd that special someone the most ideal gift for this holiday season? Have no fear, The Standard is here with some of the best deals on the most wanted gifts in the local area. Bundle up and hop a reindeer or swirling dreidel into The Five Towns for some great deals on the hottest presents from various vendors.

From tablets to turntables, fur vests to futuristic bracelets, there’s no end to the type of gifts available. Some of this year’s gadgets for the tech-savvy consumer include the iPad and Amazon Kindle Fire, which offer more than just a platform for reading books. The Kindle Fire has built-in Netﬂix and the popular game, Angry Birds, while the iPad 2 comes equipped with Face Time and access to Apple’s over 100,000 applications. Classic gifts like watches or cigars offer sophistication, while out-of-the-

box picks like a vintage camera can make even the most novice photographer beam with excitement. Kids have their choices of manicure sets and science experiment books that offer a little glitz while combining learning. On Saturday, December 17th, Cedarhurst is hosting a Midnight Madness sale from 8:00 p.m. until midnight. Participating stores will be offering 20 to 80 percent off upscale merchandise. There will also be free parking everywhere after 7:00 p.m. For a list of stores, log on http://www.tinyurl.com/cedarhurstmidnight.

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Playstation 3. $299 at Best Buy, RadioShack, and Central Electronics Boutique.

Xbox 360 4 4GB GB w w// Ki Kinect Kinect. Find it for $299.99 at Best Buy in Inwood, RadioShack in Cedarhurst, Central Electronics Boutique in Cedarhurst.

iPhone 4s 16 GB. $199.99 with two- year contract at Best Buy, RadioShack and Central Electronics Boutique.

iPad 2 16 GB. $499.99 at Best Buy, RadioShack and Central Eectronics Boutique.

Amazon Fire Kindle. $199.99 at Amazon.com

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Michele watches, $200 and up at Simon-Tov Fine Jewelers at 510 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 295-6300.

For Him – Perdomo 10th Anniversary Set of Six Cigars. $45 at the Cigar Superstore at 50 East Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream. Cigarsuperstore.com. (516) 5996300.

For Him- The Art of Shaving 4 Elements Kit. $100 at Macys at Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream. Macys.com. (516) 2956300.

For Him- Cole Haan trifold leather wallet. $65 and up at Emporio at 467 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 295-0429.

For Her- Red fox fur vest. $1,299.95 at TresChic Furs at 1175 Broadway in Hewlett. Treschicfurs.com (516) 7916465.

For Her- Salon gift certificate. $200 or more gift certificate at local salons like Visage in Woodmere, Bewitched Salon in Woodmere and Salon Aqua in Hewlett will give your loved one an opportunity to get everything from a haircut to a massage. www. hairsalonwoodmere.com. www.salonaquany.com. Bewitched is located at 956 Broadway in Woodmere. (516) 374-1490

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Lomography Diana F+ camera. The camera makes radiant & lo-fi images using 120mm film, a plastic lens, two shutter settings, three aperture settings and manual focus. $99 at FredFlare.com.

Crosley USB Turntable with CD player. It comes with a Turntable for L.P.’s, a CD player, AM/FM tuner and MP3 player hook-up with stereo speakers. It can also convert your vinyl to digital using either USB drive or SD card. $179.95 at FredFlare.com.

Skanz bracelet. Skanz bracelets come with a scanable QR code allowing the wearer to share their social networks and other materials through a smart phone. $9.99 at Five Towns Gift Shop, Cedarhurst and Skanz.com.

Like & Dislike Stamps. Have a touch of Facebook in real life with these playful stamps. $12.99 at ThinkGeek.com.

Brooklyn Brew Shop Beer Making Kit. Create a brewery in your own home with a simple kit and instructions. The kit includes a one-gallon fermentation jug, stopper, airlock, racking cane, tubing, tube clamp, thermometer, sanitizer and ingredient mix. $40.00 at BrooklynBrewShop.com.

3D Stick ‘n Sparkle Manicure Magic. Includes six bottles of shimmering nail polish, different size nails, a nail dryer and stick-on sparklng gems. $14.99 at Matty’s Toy Stop at 1350 Peninsula Boulevard in Hewlett. Mattystoystop.com (516) 295-2555

DC Super Heroes: The Ultimate Pop Up Book. $29.99 at Blue Door Books at 501 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. Bluedoorbooks.com. (516) 837-0040.

Thomas the Tank Engine Wooden Railway Roundhouse. $85.00 at LaToys Etc at 82 Columbia Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 569-1112. Latoysetc.com

Sky King 8501 RC Remote Control Helicopter. $129.99 at Central Electronics Boutique.

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Potato Chip Science Book. Learn how to make use of every inch of a potato chip and its container from this cool science-experiment book. $17.95 at Blue Door Books in Cedarhurst and at Amazon.com.

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Holiday Toys from the Cerebral to the Action-Packed By JONATHAN WALTER Standard Staff Reporter

ou’ve decorated the house. You’ve got your holiday dinner all planned out. Everything is all set for a relaxing and fun holiday, but you… forgot to get your kids presents?! Christmas and Chanukah are just a week or two away and there isn’t much time left to purchase gifts for your kids. If you’re still stumped on what to get, there are a few local stores that can meet your toy needs, from mentally stimulating board games to Nerf guns.

miniature knock hockey table for $20. They also have many brain stimulating games like Spot It, a card game that involved matching cards, for $11.99. If you’re looking for something a bit bigger for your child to play with, there is Playmobil sets large and small, including a large set called the Secret Agent

citing card game available at La Toys is called Perpetual Commotion for $19.99, which has been selling very well according to Bloomberg. The game is a cross between spit and Uno and involves players quickly throwing cards into the center in what looks like a “perpetual commotion.”

La Toys Etcetera If you’re looking for some more traditional toys for kids, La Toys Etcetera in Cedarhurst is the place to go. Besides a fantastic collection of board games as well as an impressive 8’ x 10’ wall of Lego products, the store also has many other interesting gift ideas. For $34.99, you can get a friendship bracelet creator for your daughter, which owner Nancy Bloomberg recommends for girls between eight and 15. La Toys also has a toy called Fast Track, which is basically a

Nerf’s N-Strike Vulcan Blaster Headquarters, which features a trap door, a jet ski hiding place for emergency escapes, and a secret command center with LED lighting. It’s sure to please for your seven to 12 year old. An

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(516) 569-1112. They also have a website at Latoys.com, but doesn’t include all of the items available in the store.

Sakoffs The hottest item at Sakoffs in Cedarhurst are Zibits, which are R/C robots. With many to col-

lect, kids are eager get them all and race them against their friends. Also big at Sakoffs, according to employees, are their animal hats, which are entertaining and comfortable hats shaped like animals. With the winter weather moving it, it may be time to upgrade that rusty old metal sled and at Sakoffs they have the solution in the Zipsy sled, a small plastic sled that you sit on with your legs in front of you and a steering device between your legs. The sled comes in a variety of different colors and designs, holds up to 250 pounds (in case you adults want to give it a try) and is sure to leave your child happy on a snowy winter afternoon, after they ﬁnish their homework of course. Sakoffs is located at 131 Cedarhurst Avenue in Cedarhurst. You can reach them at (516) 569-2390. You can order online at sakoffs.com.

Toys R Us

Perpetual Commotion

Located at the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, Toys R Us may be the most common place to go to shop for your childs toys. They have everything you may need, including video games, Legos, and just about every game and toy you can think of. Perhaps one of the most under appreciated toys carried by Toys R Us are their Nerf guns. Nerf gun technology has improved tremendously over the years, from the days when a single pump tube holding three or four foam balls would shoot across the yard. Now, the wide arsenal of Nerf guns is sure to please. The Nerf N-Strike Longstrike CS-6 Blaster is Nerf’s take on a sniper riﬂe. The toy shoots foam darts up to 35 feet and has an easy loading clip on the bottom to load your ammunition. It

costs $29.99. If you need a little more firepower, the Nerf N-Strike Vulcan Blaster is for you. The large gun is mounted on a turret and fires with an ammunition belt that gets pulled through the toy as you fire. It packs a punch, firing three foam darts a second or can be switched to a single shot mode for improved accuracy. It costs $34.99 For a more lightweight Nerf gun, check out the Nerf N-Strike Maverick REV-6 Sonic Blaster. It is more of a traditional six-shooter, and has an easy to load barrel. It costs $12.99 Toys R Us is located at 300 Sunrise Highway in Valley Stream. You can reach them at (516) 791-1270. All Toys R Us products are also available on their website at Toysrus.com

Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year

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Legislator Francis X. Becker

SEASON’S GREETINGS Warmest Wishes for a

Happy Hannukah and a Merry Christmas

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Kids’ Fashions to Keep the Cool In and the Cold Out By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

ust because the weather is getting cold and the winter is on it’s way does not mean the kids have to look like bundled mini-snowmen – there’s plenty of fashion options available for young boys and girls to help look hip and trendy while keeping the cold out of their bones.

100 Percent Kids

to help keep cozy and warm during the coldest days while looking fashionably ﬁt. If down is not your style, Lipner also suggested purchasing a velour jacket for a more sporty look. 100 Percent Kids is located at 486 Central Ave in Cedarhurst. (516) 5697888.

The Children’s Place Add a little fun to your son or daughter’s outﬁt with a visit to The Children’s Place. For girls’ winter cardigans are back and better than ever, with assorted colors and styles including a rufﬂed look ($19.95) or go all-out bedazzled with a hot pink, jeweled carup car digan

Don’t let those dark days of Winter get you down – follow the trends, girls, and sparkle up the attire. 100 Percent Kids in Cedarhurst suggests glitzed and punk-style sweaters, s, with bright, striped designs igns to help liven up the he cold day. “The girls are going for the glitz because it’s lively,” said Ester Lipner, manager. She suggested brands like Wild Fox for their sweaters. “Everything is glitzy for the holidays right now.” Trying to keep your legs warm as the snow starts to fall? Lipner suggested leather or pleather skirts irts with tribal or striped ped Fight patterns on them to crime before keep cool and warm m at bed time! Spiderthe same time. Dressess- Man pajamas can be es also are key to any found at Old Navy. girls’ wardrobe, and Photo courtesy Old Navy. 100 Percent Kids goes all in with an assorted lineup of ($24.95). Looking for something a dresses from high-end brands little classier to wear to a ChristElla Moss, Splendid and High mas or Chanukah dinner, check Tail. Want to add a little style to out the lace dresses with big ribthat? Try a fur vest or skirt from bon bows attached to give every Lily Gaufette to give any outﬁt little girl a bit of extra cuteness some dazzle. ($44.95). Lipner also suggested girls Leggings have been the inlook into down jackets, stuffed style for quite some time, but afwith the famous goose feathers, ter years of seeing the same col-

ors The Children’s Place shakes things up with a new spin on an old classic – sequined leggings in multiple colors including silver and gold put an exclamation mark on your little girls’ outﬁt ($24.95). Get out of the brrrr! and into the fur – fur, ur, animal print vests ($34.95) 4.95) are hitting the racks cks along with animal print int skirts ($19.95) and among ong the most popular items ems for girls this season. Don’t forget about the boys – The Children’s en’s Places has everything ing for the little man of the house to feel just as comomfortable and classy as his for dad. Glazers from blue dad ue to black are an easy sy y way to class up any wa y outﬁt ($34.95-39.95) ou and checkered woven shirts can be worn shi for everything from hanging out to a forhan mal dinner ($17.95ma 19.95). Looking to stay ay classy and keep p warm? Check out The Children’s Place line of sweaters ranging from colorful mishmashes to two-toned stripes. ($19.95-24.95) The Children’s Place is located in The Five T Towns Shopping Plaz at 253-01 Rockaway za T dTurnpike in North Woodmere. (516) 569-9275.

Old Navy With Winter on itss way, its the best time to stock ck up and Ella Moss’ new line of girls clothing for the winter can be found at 100 Percent Kids in Cedarhurst.

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Keep smiling through rain, sleet and snow with The Children’s Place’s line of winter fashions.

Photo courtesy The Children’s Place. feast on the warm and fluffy uf fleece. Old Navy’s popuNav lar line of fleece sweaters come in a wide variw ety of styles and s colors for both boys and girls. Boys’ Boy varsity style fleecst es come e in muli tiple colors

with college-style letter across the chest ($19.95) while the lighter performance fleeces are perfect for snow boarding and maintaining a hip look in an army-like black and white fatigues pattern ($14.95). Girls’ fleeces come in every bright style imaginable from multi-color stripes to peace sign patterns on their line of performance fleeces ($14.95). Zip up hoodies with cartoon skulls or peace and love symbols are

the most popular amongst the young girls this season ($19.95). Head to bed in a little something different! Old Navy also offers an assortment of girls and boys’ pajama sets featuring Batman, Spiderman, and Darth Vader or Hello Kitty and Mickey Mouse. Full sets include a t-shirt and bottoms ranging in every size ($22.95). Old Navy is located at the Green Acres Mall in South Valley Stream. (516) 596-6301.

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Lone Ranger, and Gene Autry. However, from April to October each year there was no question where my attention was directed. My life was baseball and I worshipped the Brooklyn Dodgers. What kind of days I had were dependent upon whether Duke hit a homerun; Clem won in relief; the number of bases Jackie stole; and whether Carl threw a base runner out at home plate. My favorite pintch hitter was one of baseball’s premier pitchers, Don Newcombe. We all knew if Pee Wee needed a break that Zim (Don Zimmer) was there to back him up. The Dodgers were not a team. They had become a cultural phenomenon. They were an integral part of the community where they played. Each time I went to Ebbets Field I treated it as if I were walking on hallowed ground. The spirit in that stadium generated excitement, hope and happiness. Unless you lived through that time period and were a Dodger fan, you could never understand the signiﬁcance of 1955. You could also never understand the symbolism and essence of the team and its players. This past week, major league baseball and its Hall of Fame had a unique opportunity to make amends for an unjustiﬁed and grave injustice while redeeming baseball’s declining professional and character image in recent years. Instead baseball was able again to grasp defeat from the jaws of victory; they failed to accept Gil Hodges into the Hall of Fame. At a time when it is regularly revealed that ball players are involved in panoply of vices, baseball had the chance to reclaim some of its

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Accessorizing Your Winter Wardrobe By Amanda Mayo Standard Staff

s the winter season approaches, fashionable Five Towners are heading out to stock up on all the cold-weather accessories they need. The usual hats, scarves and gloves are popping up in stores with wild, ethnic patterns, fringes and feathers. Headbands and ear muffs are decorated with bright crystals in every color and fancy cocktail hats, a la Kate Middleton, can also be seen around town. Inﬁnity Boutique in Cedarhurst

Jeannie’s Dream Jeannie Gesthalter, owner of Jeannie’s Dream, packs her store full of trendy accessorizing pieces. Statement jewelry glistens from the front counter and trendy hats are situated along the whole entire back wall. Gesthalter explained that this year, hats are very fashionable. “The big thing is the cocktail hat,” she said. These hats tend to be small in size, with a statement gem, feather or intricate design attached. There are also a lot of hats attached to headbands this year, and regular headbands decorated with

Rabbit fur earmuffs adorned with Swarovski crystals on display at Jeannie’s Dream in Cedarhurst. Photo by Amanda Mayo. and Jeannie’s Dream, also in Cedarhurst, are great places to ﬁnd the perfect winter accessories to keep warm and in style this year. Merle’s T.n.T. in Hewlett is also home to some of this season’s hottest winter accessories.

Infinity Boutique A lot of patterned, Indian-inspired scarves are at the top of the winter style list this season, Geri Zachman, sales associate at Inﬁnity Boutique said. “We’re also selling a lot of leopard print,” she added. Fringes and feathers are being added to all different kinds of accessories, from scarves to gloves to earrings. Traditionally, winter fashion colors tend to be in the darker spectrum, but this year, Zachman said, the colors are ranging from bright neons, to reds and blues, to black, white and gray. Fingerless gloves are a highselling item this season, and Inﬁnity Boutique can customize a pair by adorning them with crystals and sequins. The boutique specializes in custom tailor-made dresses and also in personalizing clothes and accessories with custom artwork, silkscreen designs and more. Infinity Boutique is located at 496 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 374-1180.

feathers, crystals and rhinestones. Gesthalter said “natural materials”, like silk and cashmere, are very popular and so are items adorned with Swarovski crystals. To put the two together, Gesthalter sells rabbit fur earmuffs that are attached by a Swarovski-covered headband. She said she has been selling a lot of ﬁngerless gloves as well, along with ﬂowing, patterned scarves. Jeannie’s Dream is located at 521 Central Avenue in Cedarhurst. (516) 374-9600.

Merle’s T.n.T. Merle Yaguda, owner of Merle’s T.n.T. in Hewlett said funky, layering jewelry styles are popular this year at her edgy, fashionforward boutique. “The same accessories are always popular, but the styles change,” she said. Tight-ﬁtting knit gloves and ﬁngerless gloves are both popular styles at her store, along with leather gloves. She said the Fedora hat is selling well right now, as well as fringy, patterned scarves. Big, statement necklaces decorate the displays inside Merle’s T.n.T., along with furs and layered looks. Merle’s T.n.T. is located at 1207 Station Plaza in Hewlett. (516) 5699009.

LWA’s Jeff Weiss: No Cut Policy Yields Championship Program CONTINUED FROM P. A7 York City while coaching two varsity sports at Hewlett High School. I was the varsity soccer coach and the junior varsity basketball coach. A friend of mine afﬁliated with this school told me that they were looking for a new Athletic Director. I applied for that job and I got it in September of 1988 and I’ve been here ever since. It’s always been a passion of mine to work with kids and it’s been a passion of mine to work in sports. I see sports more as a part of the educational experience of school. I do my part in teaching the kids right from wrong. Sports are extracurricular. It’s just a piece of the educational puzzle, but I feel that it is a positive piece. What is your coaching history? I’ve coached here since I started doing varsity soccer and basketball. When I was in graduate school at Hofstra, I was the graduate assistant on the men’s basketball team there for two years. I coached varsity soccer and junior varsity basketball at Hewlett High School. I’m not sure if this is a true stat, but in 1988, my ﬁrst year here, I was still the coach of the soccer team at Hewlett and we won the New York State

Championship. I believe that was their only state championship for soccer. It was tremendous. How many games do you try to make it to a week? It’s hard in the fall and the winter because I’m coaching and I’m also teaching health and physical education. That’s one of the reasons that the school doesn’t want me to coach in the spring so that I can go watch the tennis matches and go watch the baseball games and go watch the softball games to do more of the Athletic Director things that I can’t do in the fall and the winter. So I think in bigger schools, Athletic Directors don’t coach as much, but I don’t coach in the spring so that I can get around a bit more. What do you think about the future of LWA Athletics? I think the future looks good. I think our school has the best enrollment in years. The interest in the school and sports programs is high. I think the future looks bright and in terms of my experience here at the school, I feel unbelievably lucky to be here. I know it’s a cliché to say that the kids at your school are great, but these are some wonderful kids here and I’m fortune to be able to spend time here. It’s a great life.

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BY APPOINTMENT ONLY FABULOUS HOMES FOR SALE CONTINUED FROM P. A10

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833 Fanwood Ave, 12/18, 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 723 Mulberry Pl, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $699,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 330 Hungry Harbor Road, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $699,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651 656 Colfax Pl, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 623 Prescott Pl, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $599,000,

46 Clubside Dr, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $639,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 974 Dartmouth Ln, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $449,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 15 Neptune Ave, 12/18, 6 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $549,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 37 Neptune Ave, 12/18, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, $849,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 29 Neptune Ave, 12/18, 7

Offices available with view in the Wall Street Area. Subtenant recently downsized in our Manhattan suite. 2 Rector Street 21st floor. High Speed internet, F/T lobby security and receptionist. Shared reception area and conference room both windowed. Office facing courtyard and two offices (each with an outside secretarial cubicle) with river view Near Garage, Subways, NJ PATH and SI Ferry Subtenant(s) need not be attorneys, professionals such as accountants, insurance agents, mediators, etc. also welcome. 1+ year lease term. Send email to mario@tristatelawyer.com or call (212) 625-9949

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bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $950,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 369 Eastwood Rd, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $615,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 750 Lark Ct, 12/18, 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $759,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 388 Northﬁeld Rd, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $649,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 112 Ocean Ave, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $755,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 998 Clark, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $699,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 911 Green Pl, 12/18, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $649,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 954 South End, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $449,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 525 Allen Rd, 12/18, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $479,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 563 Sunset Dr, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 31 Burton Ave, 12/18, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $899,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 900 Mayﬁeld Rd, 12/18, 5 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, $1,195,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000

OPEN HOUSES CEDARHURST 316 Argyle Rd, 12/18, 11:30 a.m.1:00 p.m. p.m., 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $410,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000

HEWLETT 24 Everit Ave, 12/18, 12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $585,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 2953000 118 Harris Ave, 12/18, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $399,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 2953000 291 Channon Rd, 12/18, 1:00 p.m.3:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $699,000 Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1185 E. Broadway, 12/18, 11:00 a.m.12:30 p.m., 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, $189,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 2953000 1269 Wheatley St, 12/18, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $429,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 1588 Hewlett Ave, 12/18, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $339,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651 1614 Hewlett Ave, 12/18, 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $475,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651 38 Prospect Ave, 12/17, 1:00 p.m.3:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $797,000, Jan Kalman Real-

ty, (516), 569-5651

LAWRENCE 30 Bayberry Rd, 12/18, 2:30 p.m.4:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $839,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 376 Central Ave #4L, 12/18, 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms, $355,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000

NORTH WOODMERE 872 Park Lane, 12/18, 11:30 a.m.1:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $459,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651 834 Fanwood Ave, 12/18, 1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, $475,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651 781 Hillcrest, 12/18, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $647,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651 1031 Cedarhurst St, 12/18, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $649,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651

WOODMERE 22 Edward Ave, 12/18, 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathroms, $449,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 2953000 81 Centre St, 12/18, 12:00 p.m.-1:30

p.m., 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, $699,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 2953000 170 Ocean Ave, 12/18, 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $599,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 563 Sunset Dr, 12/18, 2:00 p.m.3:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $499,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 835 Jefferson St, 12/18, 12:00 p.m.1:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $399,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 954 South End, 12/18, 1:00 p.m.2:30 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $449,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 840 Jefferson St, 12/18, 12:00 p.m.1:30 p.m., 3 bedrooms, 1.5 bathrooms, $369,000, Pugatch Realty, (516) 295-3000 955 East End, 12/18, 12:30 p.m.-2:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $475,000, Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, (516) 238-4299 825 Raleigh Lane, 12/18, 3:00 p.m.4:00 p.m., 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $548,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651 1044 Westwood, 12/18, 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $574,322, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651

WOODSBURGH 180 Ivy Hill Rd, 12/18, 1:30 p.m.-2:30 p.m., 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $1,089,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651 847 Ivy Hill Rd, 12/18, 1:30 p.m.2:30 p.m., 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, $879,000, Jan Kalman Realty, (516), 569-5651

WOODSBURGH 891 Keene Lane, 12/11, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, $899,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 145 Willow Rd, 12/11, 4 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, $985,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 569-5110 98 Willow Rd, 12/11, 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, $1,050,000, Marjorie Hausman Real Estate, (516) 5695110

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CONTINUED FROM P. B4 former grandeur as the national pastime and symbol of the ideal American values. No baseball player in the history of the game more clearly represented sportsmanlike conduct, perseverance, integrity, and tenacity. He was, in every way imaginable, a role model for American youth. He was a gentle giant and more importantly, a gentleman. On the field he was the finest defensive first baseman of his era and one of the best hitting players in that position. His numbers speak for themselves. His accomplishments are legendary. He was an integral part of the greatest team in baseball history and was its hitting star in the final game of the 1955 World Series, the greatest series in baseball history. He would later go on to manage the first New York Mets World Series championship team. His sudden death at a relatively young age created a void in baseball that has never

been ﬁlled. In recent decades, we have baseball players that have been involved in sex scandals, gambling scandals, and the wrongful use of all kinds of substances. No one in the history of baseball symbolized more the antithesis of such behavior than Gil Hodges. He was a resident of the community where he played baseball. He was in every way a friend and neighbor to those who went to Ebbets Field to see the national pastime played the way it was supposed to be played. What major league baseball and the Hall of Fame have done in rejecting the admission of Gil Hodges is to send a message that impeccable character, moral values and ﬁne playing are not relevant when it comes to Gil Hodges. The Hall of Fame had an opportunity to take a moment in time and demonstrate to the youth today that the Hall of Fame, Gil Hodges and superi-

or character are one in the same. They have unfortunately chosen not to do that. That decision warrants a change of name for the Hall of Fame. It should now be called the Hall of “Shame”. I am a grandparent now. I take two of my grandchildren regularly to MCU Park to watch the Cyclones. Over the years I have found that the Cyclones and MCU Park (formerly Key Span) has an ambiance reminiscent of Ebbets Field. On the way there on the Belt Parkway, I always point out the bridge named after Gil Hodges and I explain the kind of individual he was and why the bridge is a monument to his memory. At MCU Park, there is a gallery focused on Brooklyn’s major league experience, including its players. As my grandchildren get older, I will explain why that gallery far more reﬂects the golden age and character of baseball than the Hall of “Shame” in Cooperstown.

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NORTH WOODMERE 833 Fanwood Ave Ranch $499K 916 Cherry Lane Hi Ranch, $499K 723 Mulberry Pl Redone lg prop 699K 784 Park Lane LgSplit $599K 782 Caldwell Ave 4 br’s, $499K 645 Flanders Dr 5 br’s, $599K 739 Gilbert Pl Split pool, $579K 4 br’s , lg prop $535K EAST ROCKAWAY 69 Emmet Ave Lg split $629K 21 Arnold Ct Col SD#20, $599K 18 Rose Lane Mint $599K 12 Leonard Dr Col All new, $799K 295 Waverly Ave Spacious, $699K LAWRENCE 210 Pond Xing Col 1.5 acre $1.5M 211 Polo Lane Brick 7 br Col, $1.7M Fabulous 8 br home, 1 acre, $POR WOODSBURGH 890 Keene Lane Brick Col, $1,189M 891 Keene Lane lg prop $899K 145 Willow Rd Lge split Ѕ acre $985K 98 Willow Rd Lg tudor 5 br 1.050M 149 Woodmere Blvd S. Col $1,350M INWOOD 1 Douglas St 4 br’s $368K

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HEWLETT 1390 Broadway Co- Op, 2br’s, $395K

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Stats: A lot size of 8,000 square feet. The home has six rooms, three bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is selling for $520,000 with annual taxes of $13,695.13. Details: A ranch-style home, built in 1954, and newly renovated. The house features new hardwood ﬂoors, an eat-in-kitchen and a full, ﬁnished basement. The home sits on a large corner property. Contact: Marjorie Hausman Realty Co., Marjorie Hausman at (516) 569-5110

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974 Dartmouth Lane, Woodmere selling for $649,000 with annual taxes of $15,090. Details: A colonial-style home, built in 1966, with a sitting room that may be converted into another bedroom. The house features an eat-in-kitchen, a den, laundry room and a playroom in the basement. Contact: Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Ronnie Gerber at (516) 623-4500

41 Erick Avenue, Hewlett

Stats: A lot size of 27,710 square feet. The home has nine rooms, ﬁve bedrooms and four-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is selling for $895,000 with annual taxes of $27,428.15. Details: A colonial-style home, built in 1965, with spacious rooms and wood ﬂoors. The house features an eat-in-kitchen, dining room, den, living room and a master bedroom with master bathroom. Contact: Morton Haves Real Estate at (516) 374-0100

1605 Hilary Court, Hewlett

Stats: A lot size of 8,487 square feet. The home is 2,850 square feet, with nine rooms, four bedrooms and three bathrooms. The property is selling for $449,000 with annual taxes of $18,487.47. Details: A split-style home, built in 1960, with a vaulted ceiling and large formal dining room. The house features an updated eatin-kitchen, a den with ﬁreplace and a ﬁnished basement. Contact: Pugatch Realty Corp., Susan Pugatch at (516) 295-3000

Stats: A lot size of 11,776 square feet. The home has eight rooms, with four bedrooms and two-and-a-half bathrooms. The property is

Properties Sold in the Five ive Towns since Dec. 2nd 32 Pearl Street, Inwood A contemporary-style home with eleven rooms, ﬁve bedrooms, four full bathrooms and a private driveway. A lot size of 5,150 square feet. Year built: 1924. The home sold on December 2nd for $412,500.

812 Longview Avenue, North Woodmere A split-style home with eight rooms, three bedrooms, twoand-a-half bathrooms, a private driveway and an attached onecar garage. A lot size of 7,000 square feet. Year built: 1957. The home sold on December 7th for $470,000.

1607 Hewlett Avenue, Hewlett A cape-style home with eight rooms, four bedrooms, twoand-a-half bathrooms and a detached one-car garage. A lot size of 5,000 square feet. Year built: 1926. The home sold on December 13th for $500,000.

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Sunday, December 18th BLOOD DRIVE Congregation Sons of Israel in Woodmere will be hosting a blood drive this Sunday. Each blood donor will receive a free $5 Dunkin’ Donuts Card. The blood drive starts at 8:45 a.m. and ends at 2:45 p.m. For more information, please call (516) 374-0655. KULANU COMMUNITY ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP DINNER Kulanu Center for Special Services will be holding its annual scholarship dinner and fundraising event this Sunday at the Sands in Atlantic Beach. There will be a dinner buffet and a comedy show with Elon Gold. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. For more information, please call (516) 569-3083 x102.

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Monday, December 19th AMIT CHANUKAH BOUTIQUE There will be a Chanukah shopping boutique this Monday at the home of Brenda Goldstein in Woodmere. Vendors will have gift items, toys, games, hats, books, kippahs and more. By taking part in the boutique, you can help out the 25,000 kids in Israel who belong to AMIT schools in Israel. The event runs from 7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m. at the home of Brenda Goldstein, 559 Green Place in Woodmere. Please call (516) 295-4808 for more information.

Tuesday, December 20th PUBLIC MENORAH LIGHTING Chabad of Hewlett will be lighting a grand menorah in the Merill Lynch parking lot, at the corner of Broadway and East Rockaway Road. There will be lively Hanuk-

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Wednesday, December 21st CHANUKAH AND THE LIGHT OF UNDERSTANDING Temple Israel in Lawrence is hosting a dialogue between Rabbi Marc Schneier and Imam Muhammad Shamsi Ali, who will be speaking about the importance of collaboration in Muslim-Jewish relations. The pair is co-authoring a book that embraces their friendship and confronts the importance of working together to build a global movement of Jews and Muslims committed to communication, reconciliation and cooperation. Chanukah refreshments will be served. The event starts at 8:00 p.m. Please call (917) 492-2538 for more information.

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kah music, crafts, dreidels, latkes and gelt. You can even get your own menorah! For more information, please call Chabad of Hewlett at (516) 295-3413. CHANUKAH WONDERLAND Chabad of the Five Towns will be lighting an 18-foot menorah at 6:00 p.m. in Andrew Parise Cedarhurst Park. There will also be various activities at the Cedarhurst Center all week long, including Chanukah Crafts, Chanukah Theatre, an Olive Press Show, face painting and Chanukah Legoland. Times may vary. For more information, please call (516) 295-2478. NUMBER FIVE SCHOOL GAZEBO CONCERT Cedarhurst Mayor Andrew Parise is sponsoring Number Five School’s Holiday Concert under the gazebo in Parise Cedarhurst Park on Tuesday. The concert starts at 10:15 a.m. The rain/ snow date will be on Wednesday, December 21st at the same time.

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Late Night Humor

FOOD COURT

The Best of This Week’s Post 11pm Wit

Jimmy Fallon

David Letterman

“There was an embarrassing moment for Rick Perry. He announced that it was the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Jam.”

–Jay Leno The Godfather

The Atlantic Beach Special

VISIT YOUR ‘GODFATHER’ IN ATLANTIC BEACH Eric Fiebert and Paul Shanat have owned Atlantic Beach Café since 1996. Four years ago, the business got a major renovation, including expanded seating, a customer restroom to help accommodate the beach club crowds in the summer and a complete overhaul of the outside of the

building. Today, the deli is still serving some of the best lunches you can find in Atlantic Beach, from heroes to paninis to pizza, and despite the toll, it’s worth the trip over the bridge to get a taste of some of their unique variety of sandwiches.

One popular sandwich at Atlantic Beach Cafe is their Atlantic Beach Special ($7.95), which includes fresh chicken cutlet, crispy bacon, melted cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, and Russian dressing. Another is the Godfather ($7.95), a roast beef hero with melted mozzarella and brown gravy on a toasted garlic roll. Another interesting sandwich at AB Café is the Dutchess ($7.95). It in-

cludes hot Cajun roast beef, Monterey Jack cheese, jalapenos, brown gravy and toasted garlic bread. “We have everything that you want but it’s a welcoming place,” Fiebert says. “My partner and I are always here. Everybody that comes in comes in with a smile and leaves with a smile. There’s always someone who jumps on you – ‘How can I help you?’ That’s very important.”

Atlantic Beach Café is located at 1961 Park Street in Atlantic Beach. They are open from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. To place an order for pickup or delivery you can reach them at (516) 568-7799.

SNEAK New on TV

Who’s Still Standing?: NBC 8:00 p.m. This new primetime trivia competition show is family-friendly and perfect for the holiday season. Hosted by twotime Emmy Award winner Ben Bailey (“Cash Cab”), the new series features the best elements of a classic trivia match combined with physical comedy. The series is based on the hit Israeli game show called “Still Standing”, which offers contestants the opportunity to win up to $1 million while competing in head-

to-head trivia battles. Tune in on Monday to see Jared Young, a volleyball coach from Arkansas, test his knowledge against 10. There is a $10 million grand prize. A Chipmunk Christmas: ABC 8:30 p.m. Alvin and the Chipmunks return in this classic Christmas cartoon special. Tommy, a sick boy, is told he might be too sick to recover before Christmas. Alvin overhears Tommy tell his mother that he wants a Golden Echo harmonica and Alvin, feeling bad about Tommy’s illness, gives Tommy his own harmonica. The Chipmunks then get a phone call that Alvin has to

“Joe Biden visited Greece last week on the debt crisis. I don’t want to say the vice president doesn’t know much, but he kept asking for John Travolta.”

–Jay Leno “Newt Gingrich did not make it on the Most Fascinating People list. He made it on another list of 2011 though: Most Fascinating Newts.”

–Craig Ferguson “Former Vice President Dan Quayle...remember Dan? Potato with an ‘e’? He has officially endorsed Mitt Romney. And today Romney said, ‘Why are you rushing into this? Newt Gingrich is pretty good. Have you talked to him? That Rick Perry is a handsome...’”

–Jay Leno

–Jimmy Fallon

–Craig Ferguson “He was convicted of trying to sell Barack Obama’s vacant senate seat. If he had waited a few years, he could probably sell it back to Barack Obama.”

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lows a single dad (Matt Damon) through a journey to give a fresh start for his family. He and his two children move to the most unlikely of places: a zoo. The family works to return the dilapidated zoo to its former wonder and glory. The ﬁlm also stars Scarlett Johansson.

it will so include tweets from Gretchen44, who likes strawberry balsamic vinegar on her salad.”

–David Letterman

play his harmonica on Christmas Eve, so they make a plan to raise enough money to buy a new harmonica for Alvin. Be sure not to miss this television special, complete with Christmas music by Alvin, Simon and Theodore and a visit by a surprise guest.

Jay Leno

“I like Newt Gingrich. You know who he looks like? He looks like your Dad’s old Army buddy, doesn’t he?”

“The former governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich got 14 Years in prison. He will probably get time off for good hair.”

Rooney Mara stars as Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Conan O’Brien

“I’m so excited, Christmas season is finally here. ... A new survey found that two of the most popular holiday songs are ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ and ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.’ The LEAST popular Christmas song: ‘I Saw Mommy Kissing Herman Cain.’”

“Mitt Romney now says the gloves are coming off. And then Ron Paul said, ‘And my teeth are coming out.’”

PREVIEW

Monday, December 19

“The Library of Congress has partnered with Twitter to store every tweet ever posted in their archive of historical documents. So, this is what Congress is doing?”

–Jimmy Kimmel “The Library of Congress is home to some of the most important documents in history including the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and now

David Letterman’s “Top Ten Messages Left On Rod Blagojevich’s Answering Machine” 10. Hey, it’s Conrad Murray. 14 years? I didn’t get that for murder 9. This is your hairstylist. Make sure to condition after each delousing 8. Do you want the cell closer to the espresso machine or Jacuzzi? 7. Congratulations, I hear you’re going to Vail. Wait, never mind 6. Hey, it’s your cell mate. Do you like the top or bottom? 5. Sorry, I must have the wrong number. I was trying to reach Todd Blagojevich 4. Hey, it’s Dave. Tonight’s Top Ten List is about you. Nice work 3. It’s 2011, why do you still have an answering machine? 2. This is President Obama. I’m granting you a full pardon. Nah, I’m just screwing with you 1. It’s the warden. The inmates are asking how much you want for your seat

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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Rated R. While working to solve the mystery of a 40-year-old murder, a discredited journalist (Daniel Craig) and a mysterious computer hacker discover that even the wealthiest families have secrets to hide. Based on the best-selling trilogy by late author Stieg Larsson, the movie is a remake of the 2009 Swedish thriller of the same name. The two leads are briefed on the disappearance of Harriet Vanger, whose uncle suspects she may have been killed by a member of their own family. Through their investigation, the pair become at risk of being killed themselves by family members, who will do anything to keep their secrets safe. We Bought A Zoo: Rated PG. From Cameron Crowe, the maker of Jerry Maguire, comes a family movie perfect for the holiday season. Based on a true story, the ﬁlm fol-

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A DEMOCRATIC VOICE

The Time For Change Is Now CONTINUED FROM P. A8 take second ﬁddle is insane. I grew up in the era of John F. Kennedy. We believed that the United States could make this world a great place. We believed that America was a great place where people were protected. We believed that we would be able to retire in comfort and be taken care of. We did not ever envision that to receive end of life care, we would have to sell

all our assets, so that we could have health care at the end. We believed in an America that believed in itself. Now we have a government that is willing to play chicken with your rights for their own political ends. But it is a bed we made ourselves. It is our failure to go to the polls that tells our politicians again and again that they can do whatever they want. We can moan and groan all we want, but our strongest tool, our

sharpest weapon is the ballot. A new election season has past again with very few people executing their civic duty to vote. Look around you. Is this the government you want? Is this the life you dreamed of living in the United States? Next year, we elect a president and the entire House of Representatives as well as one third of the Senate. Additionally, there will be local ofﬁces to ﬁll. If you don’t like it the way it is, change it. GO VOTE!

SOAPBOX

Too Small to Save CONTINUED FROM P. A8 work for government and your public sector union negotiated a good one for you. Even those are being done away with. Forget loyalty, if you’re lucky to get a job, you are as expendable as the 21 year old behind you who will gladly take your place for half your salary. Two in five working families have less than $25,000 in savings, including retirement accounts, to fall back on in the event of a job loss. With unemployment lasting on average longer than six months, that’s not nearly enough for a typical family with rent or a mortgage, car payments, utilities and food. Our political leaders care more about filibustering and vetoing each other’s solutions then actually fixing anything. When they put something forward, say extending the payroll tax cut, an oil pipeline opposed by many is tacked on to the bill guaranteeing a continuation of gridlock. Staying in power trades at a higher premium than moving us back on course. In order to stay in power, obedience is given to money, not votes. Through money comes access and control of the narrative.

Control of the narrative is the key to advancing any agenda and money is the key to controlling the narrative. I recently read that point zero two (.02) percent of all U.S. citizens make political contributions. That means several thousand have more influence over the narrative than hundreds of millions. We are having a hard time extricating ourselves from this system. Congress is so addicted to money, they even voted down a bill that would restrict them from trading on inside information. As the stories begin to come out about how many TRILLIONS we gave the banking system to survive, is there anyone that doubts the influence their money had on those decisions? Unfortunately, the next year’s elections won’t change very much. As former Labor Secretary Robert Reich wrote in a recent column in The Huffington Post, we face a “passionless presidential race.” Those who voted for change under Obama in ‘08 remember the TRILLIONS he too injected into the banking system and the little he did for struggling homeowners. To those advocating for a more traditionally progressive approach to the financial crisis, Obama

might as well be George W. Bush. On the Republican side, of the two likely nominees, one made hundreds of millions buying companies, over leveraging them and then laying off thousands to pay off the debt. The other guy, a career Washington insider, never met a special interest whose pocket he couldn’t pick and who thinks poor school children should clean toilets to learn a work ethic. Oh yeah, he was thrown out of his last political position for dropping the ball on everything, including shutting down the government for political gain. God help us if any of the second tier Republicans jump to the fore. We can only pray that whoever wins morphs into a reformer, don’t bet on it. With that in mind, we have at least four more years of gridlock and the continuous stranglehold of moneyed interests over our leaders. We need to take the narrative away from them and build a movement that combines right and left, Democrat and Republican and that demands an overhaul of our system. Otherwise, when the time comes and for most of us it will come, we will be too small to save.

DEAR THAT'S LIFE

The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow CONTINUED FROM P. A8 questions about my life. On a recent train ride into Manhattan, I woman I see occasionally at the gym but whose name I do not know stopped me on the platform at Jamaica. “Does the dress fit?” she asked excitedly. Momentarily taken aback, I quickly remembered previously writing about the gown into which I was desperately trying to fit. “Yes,” I said, smiling, thrilled no ribs were removed nor did I starve. Of course, when I see “gym people” outside of our usual habitat, I have the same standard remark. “It is so nice to see you wearing clothes,” I said to her, referring to the classic state of sweatpants and spandex we often find ourselves in the wee hours of the morning. And while I’ve made that joke a number of times, it definitely startled many others around us, also waiting for the connecting train to Penn Station. Eyes bugged out, people stared and others simply froze, making me smile wildly. While the line is even funnier when I say it to men, especially in front of their wives, it played out just fine this time, too. I got a good kick out of this event, another brief pick-me up, though the best of what was to happen had not yet even occurred. Standing with a friend of

mine at the third and ﬁnal wedding to which we were invited, she began to bemoan the pain in her feet. Despite the hopes she had for the shoes she was wearing, they did not turn out to be nearly as comfortable as she would have hoped – and she was a bridesmaid. Her gown required that she wear heels, lest her hem sweep the ﬂoor the entire night. Almost immediately after sharing her frustrations, a woman swooped in beside her. “You’re feet are killing you?” she asked. “Come with me.” Grabbing her by the arm, she led my friend away, without waiting for a response and, it seemed, without even introducing herself. While I assumed from the ease and comfort with which she took my friend’s arm that they were old family friends, it seems this woman was a complete stranger – or maybe an “achy foot superhero” of some sort. “I am going to change your life forever,” the woman said to my friend, leading her to the bar. “Vodka on the rocks,” ordered the woman while my friend stood idly by, somewhat confused and seriously stunned. While my immediate reaction would have been to give the drink to the person in discomfort, it seems the woman had other plans. “Give me your

shoes,” she said, and my friend complied – but what happened next none of us could have predicted. “A friend did this for me,” she explained, “and it changed me forever.” Without further warning, she placed the shoes on the ﬂoor and poured the alcohol all over the insides. My stunned friend could not believe what had just happened, although she was thrilled she had not bought that pair of really expensive shoes she had been considering. “Now put them back on,” ordered the woman, and my friend complied, her nicely pedicured feet now cold and wet, awash in Absolut. We guessed the logic here was to numb the feet from the outside, rather than numbing the entire body from the inside. “How do they feel?” I asked her, the ceremony over. “Wet,” she explained. It seemed the unexpected activity did not yield numb footsies as hoped, so we took to numbing her from the inside instead. “I think this is the craziest thing to ever happen to me in my entire life,” she said. I smiled, knowing that I have said that way too many times, only for some other crazy to occur. “That may be the case,” I said, smiling from ear to ear, “but now I deﬁnitely have something to write about this week.”

THE ZEITGEIST WITH HOWARD BARBANEL

Eye of Newt CONTINUED FROM P. A9 ing – America is in desperate need of salvation but where will our knight in shining armor come from? Too bad John Huntsman never gained any traction – we need a leader who

can speak Chinese. Too bad Michele Bachmann doesn’t get taken seriously. Blame Newsweek’s batty cover photo of her for that. Too bad Rudy Giuliani has no appeal beyond a 40-mile radius of Manhattan. Too bad no one in the Democratic Party is chal-

lenging Obama for the nomination like Ted Kennedy did to Jimmy Carter. Too McCain isn’t giving it another go. Too bad Chris Christie decided to stay in Jersey. America – we may all be eating Newtons sooner than we think.

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Alan Katz: The Maestro of the Classroom By Scott P. Moore

Standard Staff Reporter

group of young boys sit in a circle around a man with a graying beard, hair pulled back into a ponytail and permanent smile on his face. In front of each person is an oddly shaped drum – some are tall and cylindrical like a bongo and others look like a triangular piece of cheese. Each drum makes a little different noise, but all nine in the room are in sync on the beat. “Right, right, left...” the man repeats for each beat, keeping time for all the boys. Suddenly, he breaks the monotonous rhythm. The boys, all a part of a special needs program, were attentive and focused throughout the beats, each smiling as they helped the beat continue. Standing at over six feet tall, the man seems to blend in with the children – all are entirely lost in the music at the moment. “We... will... we... will... rock you!” the pony-tailed man says, belting out the famous Queen lyrics. The boys join in for the rest of the chorus, all of them gleaming with happiness. Such is life throughout the day in the auditorium and in room 107 of the Number Five School in Cedarhurst. Alan Katz, one of the school’s music teachers, has been teaching the Lawrence School District’s children for the last 25 years, teaching band and now, introducing children to different forms of music. Born in 1963 in Queens, Katz has spent all of his life living in East Meadow. Music runs through his blood – his brother currently plays piano half-aworld away in Japan and his father, William Katz, Jr., was his both his inspiration and teacher of all things musical. “I’m a second generation musician – my dad’s a music educator still [in East Meadow],” he said. “He’s very well known on the island.” Katz added that his father taught him in band when

he attended East Meadow High School, an experience that led to his own pursuit of teaching. Even with the great rock bands of the era producing hit after hit, Katz said he was always on the look out then and now for new and different forms of music. “I was always like, ‘I know this already,’” he said, noting his interactions with different cultures throughout the neighborhoods of his area inﬂuenced him to enjoy and seek out different types of world music. He said he tuned into Fordham’s WFUV to listen to never-before-heard music and always found himself listening to something new. “When I liked The Who, my friends had no idea what they were,” he said. “Then they got into The Who and I’d moved on already. I kept doing that.” Katz attended the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, where he said he was introduced to an even deeper array of music types. Coming out of college, Katz knew that he wanted to continue to share his passion with others through teaching. Among a few other school districts offering a position, he took a job with the Lawrence School District in the late 1980’s. A year after he started teaching, he married his current wife, Florence Chapoteau. “I just taught straight band for 24 years,” said Katz, who has taught various students throughout the years including current co-worker and Lawrence Philharmonic director Lonnie Ginsberg. “I used to split schools and I felt like I lost touch with the entire culture.” After bouncing around for all those years, Katz was installed as a permanent teacher at the Number Five School this year. “I feel like if you treat the kids like people, which they are, they’ll always be pretty respectful of you,” he said, before pausing a second. “And your instruments,” he added with a smile. “I really love Number Five,” he said. “It’s small, close knit... when

I say this place is a family, I really mean that. This place is literally like an extension of my family – they’ve always been good to me. It’s a great district in general and always has been since I’ve been here.” While permanently moving into a regular teaching slot at Number Five, Katz said it has allowed him to ﬁnally connect with his students on an everyday basis whether it was through a music class or by ﬁlling in when needed. “It’s nice to get to know the students. Now I’m really familiar with everyone and it’s something I felt like I was missing for a while. I’ve had one of my happiest years here this past year.” “I think Mr. Katz has found an incredible way to reach all students and make them feel very accomplished ccomplished and very special,” special,l,” said aid Principal Jennifer DeSena. DeSena na. “II think thats a real gift.” In his most recent work worrk att Number Five School, Schoo ooll, Katz has brought in n a large arge collection of drums drum ms and nd percussion instruuments that he allows wss Alan Katz shares his passion for music with the children of Number Five School and has been teaching for 25 years.

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